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published by The Arden Association No. 91 October 1975 Good News! The Town Crier is Alive and Well and (still) Living in Arden Hills! In August of this year officers of the Arden Association approached the Arden Hills City Council and said, Look, we think Arden Hills news should reach all its 5,994 residents, not just a percentage of them. .The Council agreed, and thanks to its unanimous decision to underwrite the costs of printing and mailing, this publication will be sent monthly to all homes and businesses in Arden Hills. On August 11, 1975 Council appointed a Newsletter Committee to be responsi- ble for the Town Crier: Chairman, Dave Locey; Members, Liz Bieger, Karen Berke, Katharine Crichton, Trude Harmon and Carmen Koshiol; Secretary/Edi- tort Janet Hollenhorst; Council Liaison, Jim Wingert and Bob Woodburn. The purpose and goals of the Town Crier remain the same: To provide Arden Hills residents with news of civic interest and to serve as a means of com- munication. We will watch what's happening in Council and Committees and tell you about it. We will try to keep you informed about what is coming up and what is under discussion. The news and views you read will not rep present "Officialdom". Council members and village Hall staff have not merely agreed to a hands-off, no censorship policy, they insisted it is a necessity if the Crier is to be effective in its public service role. In May 1966 the first issue of thw Town Crier was mailed to Arden Hills' residents. The newsletter was published by the newly formed R citizens group, The Arden Association, for the purpose of providing news of civic in- terest to subscribers. The subscription cost cost was $2.00 per year, raised to $3.00 per year in late 1974. For nine years a faithful • army of volunteers collected the news (by at- tending village meetings), putting it together • . • (on borrowed typewriters and mimeograph mach- ines), and sent it out. (via living room as- sembly lines - a big coffee pot at the,start- ing gate,. the finish line a trip to the post Office with -the bundled copies addressed and ready to go. And in between - bruised and bloodied fingers, the result of paper cuts and mis-directed staples.) Village residents and government alike valued the newsletter, but that did not change reality: The modest subscription rates were not covering ex- penses. Nor was the Crier reaching all residents, always the hope of its founders, but only those who subscribed, and although this was a substan- tial 35/0 of homes and businesses, it was not good enough. In August of this year officers of the Arden Association approached the Arden Hills City Council and said, Look, we think Arden Hills news should reach all its 5,994 residents, not just a percentage of them. .The Council agreed, and thanks to its unanimous decision to underwrite the costs of printing and mailing, this publication will be sent monthly to all homes and businesses in Arden Hills. On August 11, 1975 Council appointed a Newsletter Committee to be responsi- ble for the Town Crier: Chairman, Dave Locey; Members, Liz Bieger, Karen Berke, Katharine Crichton, Trude Harmon and Carmen Koshiol; Secretary/Edi- tort Janet Hollenhorst; Council Liaison, Jim Wingert and Bob Woodburn. The purpose and goals of the Town Crier remain the same: To provide Arden Hills residents with news of civic interest and to serve as a means of com- munication. We will watch what's happening in Council and Committees and tell you about it. We will try to keep you informed about what is coming up and what is under discussion. The news and views you read will not rep present "Officialdom". Council members and village Hall staff have not merely agreed to a hands-off, no censorship policy, they insisted it is a necessity if the Crier is to be effective in its public service role.