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Doug Barthany, Dennis Foerster and Stephen McKeon. In order to e
<br />P get to know
<br />these people better, I sent questionnaires to each of them asking, among other
<br />things, "Why in the world do you want to be mayor/councilman in Arden Hills?"
<br />Here are some of the answers plus other facts and comments:
<br />;Henry J. Crepeau. Jr. is 66, lives on Siems Court, and is VP -Sales Manager for
<br />Ramaley Printing Co. His children are both grown. He's lived in AH for 27 yea
<br />and moved herebecause it is "quiet, peaceful, green and fresh". Nothing particul
<br />larly 'bugs" him about the city and he feels it is a "beautiful place to live
<br />and raise a family". He would like to be Mayor again "to keep it as nice as it
<br />is and to contribute as much as I am able". He does not smoke or own a dog or '
<br />a snowmobile. (OK, so I asked some weird questions!)
<br />Maryann Benson is 42, lives on County Road E with her husband Allan, and raises
<br />foster children. Currently she has five (51) teen-agers. She has lived in AH ,
<br />over 15 years and likes AH's "people and the businesses, and their interest in
<br />our city". She moved here for the "nice, quiet town and friendly people". What
<br />'bugs' her is "losing our Police Dept, with our city growing as it is". She
<br />wants to be Mayor to "listen to what people have to say about things and to try
<br />to do the best job I can for them". Youth, families, and schools are also im-
<br />portant. The Bensonsown a toy poodle, but no snowmobile. She smokes Winstons.
<br />Charlie Crichton turned 51 on the day he filled out my questionnaire. He and
<br />his wife Katharine live on Valentine Ave., and Charlie is a grandfather several
<br />times over. He works for CDC and is responsible for CDC's own computer operations
<br />in the U.S. and Canada. Charlie's lived in AH since 164 and moved here origina
<br />ly to be close to Control Data. He says he likes AH now because "it has almost l
<br />everything and it's small enough that each of us can help determine what happens".
<br />He wants to be Councilman again because "I'm getting old enough to know that if
<br />Itm not willing to make the 'right' things happen, nobody will. And the wrong
<br />people will make the 'wrong' things happen for our Village". Charlie owns a
<br />.golden retreiver, a snowmobile outside the city, and smokes cigarettes. The o
<br />thing that 'bugs' him about Arden Hills is the mosquitoes. -11
<br />Bob Woodburn is 48, lives on Ingerson Court with his wife Sally, and has three
<br />children. He is a pathologist for Miller Hospitals and has lived in AH for 18
<br />years. He says he was "just lucky" in moving to AH, but now likes it primarily '
<br />because of "the people -their clearheadedness, friendliness, and willingness to
<br />work for AH". What 'bugs' Bob most about AH is the way it is cut up geographic-
<br />ally, Bob says, "With my experience in public works, public safety, negotiati
<br />fire, police & public works contracts, working with watershed problems and main
<br />taining our low, stable tax rate, I feel that I can be of further use to the
<br />Village". Woodburns have a miniature schnauzer but no snowmobile.
<br />Dennis Foerster. 27, lives on Todd Drive with his wife Diana, and is President
<br />of North Star Security, Inc. They have lived in AH for 9 months and moved here
<br />because AH offered "an opportunity to be close to the cities, and yet enjoy
<br />country living". He also says that every community has its problems and you can
<br />not please everyone. He wants to become Councilman to become involved with
<br />affairs of the Village and to help with the decision-making. Mr. Foerster adds,
<br />"I am involved, through business, very closely with crime and fire prevention.
<br />I will work as a councilman to see that life and safety and crime prevention wi�.
<br />be of utmost importance to the decisions made for the Village of Arden Hills."
<br />Doux Barthany is 55, lives on Jerrold, has a 21 -year-old son and a daughter get
<br />ting married next month. He moved to AH in 1955 and likes everything about the
<br />place, particularly its "homey atmosphere". The only thing that 'bugs' Mr. Bar-
<br />thany at all is our current Council; he feels they are somewhat unresponsive to
<br />the wishes of the residents. When elected, Mr. Barthany would have an agenda I of upcoming Council meetings published each week in the Town Crier or New
<br />Brighton Bulletin to let the public know what is going on. Doug smokes cigaret-
<br />tes, has no snowmobile, and the dog will leave home when the daughter does. He
<br />still prefers to call Arden Hills a "village" rather than a "city".
<br />Stephen McKeon and Howard Pipkorn did not return my questionnaire it time for
<br />the printing deadline, and I could reach neither of them by telephone..
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