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it I I Love Councilman Crichton and his attitude toward the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission. It seems the MWCC wants Arden Hills to pass an ordinance that would charge more money to sewer users that have a high strength sewer discharge. Mr. Crichton agrees that these users should be charged more, but strongly objects to the MWCC telling Arden Hills how to go about doing it. MWCC even told us what formula to use to figure out the payments. On the other side of the argument is the fact that MWCC probably knows more about this formula than does Arden Hills. Neverthless, it is an interesting example of the effect of the Metropolitan Council on Arden Hills. Hang in there, Charlie. The Arden Hills Memorial Day Parade, sponsored by the Arden Hills Community Service Club was a most pleasant happening. Although the morning started out on the cool side, it warmed up a lot by marching time. The parade was led by assorted costumed children on decorated bikes, Cub Scout Packs 34 -and 419, Junior Girl 'Scout Troop 1254, and Brownie Troop 901. Oce of the scout leaders whispered to me that the hardest part of the whole affair was trying to figure out who should carry the flags. The Twin City Early Ford V-8 Club provided a variety of antique cars that seemed to fascinate nearly everyone. I admired the upholstery in one convertible and found out that a lady in Cambridge sewed it for the car. That seems like an impossible job. All of the cars were obviously cared for and loved. The Johanna Junior High "A" Band sent 10 or so volunteers to give us some marching music; unfortunately all the trumpets stayed home, but the group did magnificantly without them. From the Presbyterian Home came their King and Queen, plus the 13 members of the Kitchen Band -Aides and Pam-pon girls. This last group mustheLve arrived promptly at the assembly time of 9s15 a.m., because when I talked to them at 10100, one gal remarked, "We're going to be a lot older than we are now if we doa't get goings" White Bear Lake American Legion Post 168 Clown Club marched with the parade, as did seven Vulcans from the St. Paul Minter Carnival. The Vuloans actually provided most of the real excitement of the parades As the leader, Jack Crawford, jumped off their truck to kiss a girl, he fell and the truck ran over his arm. The bone in the upper part of the arm was broken, and Vulcanus Rex made an abrupt departure from the parade. My 12 -year-old and 42 -year-old were especially interested in the racing ear that was pulled on its trailer by Greg Cole and Dick Carpenter. Dick is the president of the Mid- west Sprint Association, and Greg had raced the oar in Grand Forks the preceding night, was going to race at the Northstar track that evening, and would then race in Winnipeg the next day. Sound fun? There were supposed to be a few more of the cars in the parade, but after Grand Forks, a couple were in the shop. All in all, it was delightful. But as with so many things in life, you get out of this parade just what you put into it. If you are excited and enthused, you will have fun. The Arden Hills Community Service Club deserves thanks and praise for its work. The plans for the Town Crier Pancake House on the Southwest corner of Lexington Ave. and 694 seem to be going ahead with little dissention. The only question asked at either the Planning Commission or Couaoll meetings on this subject was if the roof HAD to be such a violent canary yellow color. And the reply was that yes, this is a part of the Image of the restaurant chain, just like golden arches and MacDonald's. Since the location is rather isolated however, nothing more was said. It was also pointed out that the roof would probably be covered with snow six months of the year anyway. Even including the roof, it's not a bad looking building.