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A Note of Explanation to those of you who also receive The New Brighton Bulletins The Town Crier tries not to duplicate articles found in the Bulletin, but sometimes the Bulletin's straight, factual reporting leaves out some of the nuances of certain meetings that the Crier tries to capture. Occasionally therefore, some of the same news is repeated. Also, one lady who phoned me on a different subject, mentioned that many people in Arden Hills do not subscribe to The New Brighton Bulletin and the Town Crier is thus their main link to community happenings. So bear with me if you've read all this news somewhere else. The Public Hearing to be held by the Rice Creek Watershed on the proposed new water controls for their District has been changed from Mounds View High School to Irondale because of the bridge construction by MV. It's on Sept. 6 at 7s30 p.m. Several of the Rice Creek people came to the August 14 Council meeting to explain briefly what the new pumps and dredgings will mean to Arden Hills (be- sides helping to pay for it, that is). Rice Creek has obtained a Federal Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to improve the water quality in Rice Creek's 200+ sq, mile area. It must be clearly understood that this grant is for water QUALITY only. However, in order to control quality, the waterguan- tity must also be managed, and this is where Arden Hills becomes very interested particularly after this year's rains. Of the $2.6 million project, $600,000 will be spent in AH. The direct cost to us should be around $57,000. The system planned by Rice Creek is to take advantage of the natural fil- tering of the waters, which is provided/by marshes and ponds. A by-product of giving the water enough storage time i these swamps is that the level of the lakes involved, particularly Johanna a d Josephine, will be monitored and con- trolled. One of our Council's concer s is that this appears to be a semi -pilot project. Because each Watershed Dist ict necessarily has a different set of lakes, you can't ever copy exactly. RCWD has studied the Minnehaha Creek District however, and is hopeful that this project will solve many problems. The purpose of the Public Hearing on the 6th is to get input from local residents about any particular problems. Those who live by the lakes and marshes often know more of the day-to-day water flow than do the researchers. Two other important Public Hearings are coming up at the Village Hall, one on September 7 and one on September 25. At these times any suggestions on how AH should spend our Federal Revenue Sharing Funds will be considered. POTPOURRI: Public Works is going to buy a 1 -ton truck to replace the one that 'is worn out, and a 3/4 ton 4 x 4 (whatever that is) with plow ...... Here are some figures on what the Parks Dept. will spend this year on various improve- ments: ball practice board for Sampson Park, $650; trees along the highway ramp for Freeway Park, $500; grading of field and jogging path for Ingerson Park, $1250; top -dressing of fields in Perry Park, $1650; wooden climbing struc- ture and sandbox in Floral Park, $2550; bike trails development, $5800; picnic ' tables $600; and trees, $1500...... Omission last months The Townhouse Association that sponsored the Blood Drive in July wanted to thank specially the merchants who supplied snacks to the recovering donors. These stores are the K -Mart (Blaine), Arden Hills Penny'a 1 Market, Zeck's and Dunham Super Value...... The owner of the Arden Manor Mobile Home Park was granted an extension until September 30 to complete work in the Park......The Council approved a temporary extension of the number of hours worked by our Community Service Of- ficer (dog catcher) to see if that will help reduce dog compla.ints...... North- western National Bank is now looking at an opening date of August 30 or so, 'hopefully by the time you receive this newsletter. However, the Grand Opening will be the week of September 30 with prizes and refreshments. Watch for more advertising from the Bank itself on this......