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The Northwestern Bible College case has finally been settled! The Court thas decided that the Arden Hills City Council was right (was there really ever any doubt?) when they denied the Bible College the building permit to erect a new fine arts center. The Court said that the action of our Council in deny- ing -this Special Use Permit was "proper and legal in all respects". North- western has 30 days in which to appeal. Our other college (Bethel) has now come forth with,a request for a Build- ing Permit also. However, this one is for additional dormitories,which seems to present less difficulty -and certainly much less opposition. At the Public Hearing, a couple of questions came up concerning future enrollment and parking. Somebody wondered if there would be enough parking available., considering that Bethel's athletic teams are improving so much that they are beginning,to draw quite an audience. (Editor's note: Am I wrong or did I detect a note of pride in this query? I do believe our Planning Commission is proud of Bethel and the football team.) Anyway, since the games are usually on Saturday, there would seem to be enough parking. The Planning Commission then spent 45 minutes trying to word a motion that would..grant this building permit, but would prevent Bethel from doing anything else in the future without coming back to Arden: -Hills for permission. What Bethel has done with their last campus is making everyone here nervous. The spokesman for Bethel said they dori't.plan on ever leaving this campus, but then they never thought they'd outgrow the last one either. They have a lot of students living off -campus; next year they plan to bus in over 600. - POTPOURRI: Did you know that Arden Hills has nine (9) licensed trash, haulers? Many of them are for commercial pick-up only, but still, nine seems many. We sure must have a lot of`trash........... Also learned that all vend- ing machines in Arden Hills must be licensed and the owner has to pay..a $15.00 yearly fee for the priviledge. The only machines exempt .from the fee are the milk dispensers, which has something to do with Minnesota being a dairy state. Do you suppose the cigarette machines are exempt in .Carolina?..... ... Last year Arden Hills issued 61 Building Permits for new single-family dwellings at a total valuation of $3,296,025.00. (This works out to a $54,000 average.) We also permitted 1 new duplex, 18 dwelling additions,.9 new garages, 23 mobile homes, 8 fences, and one demolition. Larry Squires, Building Inspector, said the demolition was for a house torn down in Arden Manor........ "Briarknoll" is the name of Arden Hills' newest development. It's located between Hamline and North Snelling, just south of the Arden Hills Townhouses, west of Indian Oaks Trail. (Got all that?) Anyway, it's for 97 single-family lots, and lies within the map on the preceding page....... Some idiot stole a heater from the warming house at Valentine Park. I hope he's good and warm.......The Fire Station on Hodgson Road needs to be hooked up to City water because its well has become inadequate. A problem arises when you consider that the fire station is located in North Oaks, the water line comes from Shoreview, and that the Fire Department also serves Arden Hills. The at- torneys are trying to figure out how much each City should pay for the hook-up. ........A petition was submitted to our Council asking for more lighting at the 'Hamline-Snelling-Highway 51 intersection. The Council agreed to authorize the installation of two break -away lights there. It was noted however that this is only a stop -gap measure; we're still looking for a permanent solution to the 'problems there. (Apparently a break -away light in traffic jargon is something like a tear -away jersey in football. If you attack it, it won't fight back.)...