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i Published by The Arden Association No. 125 March -April 1979 T "0 the snow, the beautiful snow, Filling the sky and the earth below. O Over the house -tops, over the street, Over the heads of the people you meet, Dancing, Flirting, Skimming along, Beautiful snow, it can de nothing wrong." '----from "Beautiful Snow" 1869) by CN John Whittaker Watson (1824-1890) The Arden Hills Public Works Department is Inot sure that Mr. Watson's verse is entirely I�correct. Apparently when you have to clear as many miles of roads as does Public Works, and R as often, snow becomes something less than • • a joy, ' • . • Actually though, according to Supervisor • Bud Johannsen, it's not the snow that's causing the trouble as much as the parked cars. For some reason (more snow? more people?) there has been an unusual number of cars in the way of the plows this year; so many, in fact, that Arden Hills has had to stop warning people to move their cars and simply give them a tag. This has resulted in several irate calls to the Village Hall. But please understand the reasons for these tages we simply cannot have cars left in the streets when the plows come past. Bud said there was one case where there were cars parked on both sides of the.,;street and the ' plow could not even get pastl The rule says that you must keep your parked car off the street from the time a snowfall reaches 2" in depth until the street has been cleared by the plows. Also, there can be no on -street parking in Arden Hills for over 6 hours at a stretch. The problems are particularly difficult in construction areas where there are an additional number of workmen's vehicles. At any rate, as the winter gets longer and the streets become narrower, the road -clearing job ' becomes harder and we citizens must do our part. There have also been several complaints at the Village Hall about people who snow -blow their driveways and dump the snow into the street. This is clearly illegal, besides being inconsiderate, so let's watch it. Editor's comments I hope by the time this issue reaches you that the entire subject will be passe. However, March is very often a heavy snow month around here, and of course there is always next yearl So do keep these things in mind. A long-haired female calico cat has been found in the area of the Town- houses. She was described as being rather old but very well-mannered with 'white paws, stomach, and chin. If anyone is missing such a lovely animal, give a call to Nancy Krupa at 636-51689 and she will put you on the trail. e * e e ' The April 5th meeting of the Arden Hills Human Rights Commission is 4cheduled to study the problem of job discrimination in the areas of released offe Aers and chemical abusers. The May meeting will consider special problems of the aged. e * e