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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNovember 1978II r Published by the Arden Association No. 122 November 1978 "They have such refined and delicate palates That they can discover no one worthy of their ballots, And then when someone terrible gets elected They say, There, that's just what'I expected!" Ogden Nash, 1902-1971 RConsider this issue of the Town Crier to be a "get out the vote" issue. If you are not al- ready registered to vote, you can do so on E election day, November 79 at your polling place. A college student away at school may register at his school precinct or vote by absentee • • ballot. • • • After all the trouble Ramsey County had with the absentee ballots in the primary, per- haps some review of the system is called for. lIn order to vote by absentee ballot, you first have to make application for such a ballot. You can get these applications from'the County Election Bureau, Room 185 City Hall, St. Paul, Mn. 551029 298-4'181. If you are not a registered voter, e sure and say so on this application. (If there's not a place for it, make a note. The gal at the Bureau said some of the new application forms were mis- rinted and the question about being registered or not was left off by mistake. 1pood grief. Anyway, once you return this application, you will receive. your absentee ballot, plus the form to register to vote if that was requested. You must do our absentee voting in the presence of a Notary Public, a U.S. Postmaster or clerk in charge of a postal station, or any officer having authority to admin- ister an oath. It's also OK to vote in the presence of any eligible voter from tour own county that has voted in the last four years. The only trick to all his is that you have to allow enough time for your ballot to get back to the County and then from there to your precinct by November 7• If you know you will be out of town on election day, you can go down to 'the Courthouse now, make your application for absentee ballot, get it right there, and vote, all at once. The absentee ballot voting booths will be open at the Courthouse weekdays after October 30, plus Saturday morning on Nov. 4. Now, if you get really jammed up for time and are confused by all this, Charlotte McNeish, our Clerk -Administrator at the Arden Hills Village Hall has said that she will also have a supply of absentee ballots on hand. She will be ilad to assist you in any way she can, so if you have a voting problem, just give the Village Hall a call, 633-5676• ' As you all probably know, the election on November 7 will decide for Arden Hills who will be mayor for the next two years. The two candidates for Lhis office are the incumbent,Henry J. Crepeau, Jr. and the challenger Maryann enson. There are also two council seats to be filled this election, each of them running for four years. We have six candidates for these two positionss in- cumbents Bob Woodburn and Charlie Crichton, plus challengers Howard Pipkorn, T CN Published by the Arden Association No. 122 November 1978 "They have such refined and delicate palates That they can discover no one worthy of their ballots, And then when someone terrible gets elected They say, There, that's just what'I expected!" Ogden Nash, 1902-1971 RConsider this issue of the Town Crier to be a "get out the vote" issue. If you are not al- ready registered to vote, you can do so on E election day, November 79 at your polling place. A college student away at school may register at his school precinct or vote by absentee • • ballot. • • • After all the trouble Ramsey County had with the absentee ballots in the primary, per- haps some review of the system is called for. lIn order to vote by absentee ballot, you first have to make application for such a ballot. You can get these applications from'the County Election Bureau, Room 185 City Hall, St. Paul, Mn. 551029 298-4'181. If you are not a registered voter, e sure and say so on this application. (If there's not a place for it, make a note. The gal at the Bureau said some of the new application forms were mis- rinted and the question about being registered or not was left off by mistake. 1pood grief. Anyway, once you return this application, you will receive. your absentee ballot, plus the form to register to vote if that was requested. You must do our absentee voting in the presence of a Notary Public, a U.S. Postmaster or clerk in charge of a postal station, or any officer having authority to admin- ister an oath. It's also OK to vote in the presence of any eligible voter from tour own county that has voted in the last four years. The only trick to all his is that you have to allow enough time for your ballot to get back to the County and then from there to your precinct by November 7• If you know you will be out of town on election day, you can go down to 'the Courthouse now, make your application for absentee ballot, get it right there, and vote, all at once. The absentee ballot voting booths will be open at the Courthouse weekdays after October 30, plus Saturday morning on Nov. 4. Now, if you get really jammed up for time and are confused by all this, Charlotte McNeish, our Clerk -Administrator at the Arden Hills Village Hall has said that she will also have a supply of absentee ballots on hand. She will be ilad to assist you in any way she can, so if you have a voting problem, just give the Village Hall a call, 633-5676• ' As you all probably know, the election on November 7 will decide for Arden Hills who will be mayor for the next two years. The two candidates for Lhis office are the incumbent,Henry J. Crepeau, Jr. and the challenger Maryann enson. There are also two council seats to be filled this election, each of them running for four years. We have six candidates for these two positionss in- cumbents Bob Woodburn and Charlie Crichton, plus challengers Howard Pipkorn, Doug Barthany, Dennis Foerster and Stephen McKeon. In order to e P get to know these people better, I sent questionnaires to each of them asking, among other things, "Why in the world do you want to be mayor/councilman in Arden Hills?" Here are some of the answers plus other facts and comments: ;Henry J. Crepeau. Jr. is 66, lives on Siems Court, and is VP -Sales Manager for Ramaley Printing Co. His children are both grown. He's lived in AH for 27 yea and moved herebecause it is "quiet, peaceful, green and fresh". Nothing particul larly 'bugs" him about the city and he feels it is a "beautiful place to live and raise a family". He would like to be Mayor again "to keep it as nice as it is and to contribute as much as I am able". He does not smoke or own a dog or ' a snowmobile. (OK, so I asked some weird questions!) Maryann Benson is 42, lives on County Road E with her husband Allan, and raises foster children. Currently she has five (51) teen-agers. She has lived in AH , over 15 years and likes AH's "people and the businesses, and their interest in our city". She moved here for the "nice, quiet town and friendly people". What 'bugs' her is "losing our Police Dept, with our city growing as it is". She wants to be Mayor to "listen to what people have to say about things and to try to do the best job I can for them". Youth, families, and schools are also im- portant. The Bensonsown a toy poodle, but no snowmobile. She smokes Winstons. Charlie Crichton turned 51 on the day he filled out my questionnaire. He and his wife Katharine live on Valentine Ave., and Charlie is a grandfather several times over. He works for CDC and is responsible for CDC's own computer operations in the U.S. and Canada. Charlie's lived in AH since 164 and moved here origina ly to be close to Control Data. He says he likes AH now because "it has almost l everything and it's small enough that each of us can help determine what happens". He wants to be Councilman again because "I'm getting old enough to know that if Itm not willing to make the 'right' things happen, nobody will. And the wrong people will make the 'wrong' things happen for our Village". Charlie owns a .golden retreiver, a snowmobile outside the city, and smokes cigarettes. The o thing that 'bugs' him about Arden Hills is the mosquitoes. -11 Bob Woodburn is 48, lives on Ingerson Court with his wife Sally, and has three children. He is a pathologist for Miller Hospitals and has lived in AH for 18 years. He says he was "just lucky" in moving to AH, but now likes it primarily ' because of "the people -their clearheadedness, friendliness, and willingness to work for AH". What 'bugs' Bob most about AH is the way it is cut up geographic- ally, Bob says, "With my experience in public works, public safety, negotiati fire, police & public works contracts, working with watershed problems and main taining our low, stable tax rate, I feel that I can be of further use to the Village". Woodburns have a miniature schnauzer but no snowmobile. Dennis Foerster. 27, lives on Todd Drive with his wife Diana, and is President of North Star Security, Inc. They have lived in AH for 9 months and moved here because AH offered "an opportunity to be close to the cities, and yet enjoy country living". He also says that every community has its problems and you can not please everyone. He wants to become Councilman to become involved with affairs of the Village and to help with the decision-making. Mr. Foerster adds, "I am involved, through business, very closely with crime and fire prevention. I will work as a councilman to see that life and safety and crime prevention wi�. be of utmost importance to the decisions made for the Village of Arden Hills." Doux Barthany is 55, lives on Jerrold, has a 21 -year-old son and a daughter get ting married next month. He moved to AH in 1955 and likes everything about the place, particularly its "homey atmosphere". The only thing that 'bugs' Mr. Bar- thany at all is our current Council; he feels they are somewhat unresponsive to 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 Brighton Bulletin to let the public know what is going on. Doug smokes cigaret- tes, has no snowmobile, and the dog will leave home when the daughter does. He still prefers to call Arden Hills a "village" rather than a "city". Stephen McKeon and Howard Pipkorn did not return my questionnaire it time for the printing deadline, and I could reach neither of them by telephone.. I know it's very difficult to make a voting decision based on such sketchy information, but the League of Women Voters is sponsoring a Candidates' Meeting just for our Arden Hills' candidates on Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m, at our Village Hall. Hopefully, all of these candidates will be there,and it will be a super opportunity to ask questions and figure out just which candidates support your views the best. Do plan to attend. There will be a special showing of Bethel College's Christmas production "Amahl and the Night Visitor" for residents of our north suburban area on Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. It will be held in the Bethel gym and the cost is $3.00. This is sort of a goodwill gesture from Bethel to let the people who live around them become better acquainted with the college. If you have any questions, feel free to call their Community Relations Director John Bell Wilson at 641-6233. (Although,I sure hope you have better luck reaching someone at that number than I have had the three times I've called. The Oct. 2 Public Safety Committee meeting at the Village Hall concerning the Northwest Youth Services Bureau was quite well attended, with over 30 people in the Council chambers. However, when you consider there were 5 speakers, 4 Council members, 5 Public Safety Committee people, 2 stenographers, 4 from the Finance Committee and 3 staff members from the Youth Services Bureau, it's ob- vious why there was such a crowd. The question is whether or not Arden Hills should help fund this Bureau for the coming year. The purpose of the Youth Services Bureau is to serve youth in the North Suburban area as a job referral service and as a youth counseling service. Up until the arrival of the YSB two years ago, the only way the Sbs riff's Depart- ment had to handle kids in trouble was to "warn and release" them, or to turn them over to the courts system. There are many kids that really need a sort of in-between program,which the YSB can provide. All of the speakers, which included Wayne Foxx from the County Welfare Of- fice, Ms, J. Mincceskie from the Corrections Bureau, and Capt. Spencer of the Sheriff's Office, seemed to feel that the YSB is doing a good and necessary job in our area. The Public Safety Committee has not yet made its recommendation to the Council however. POTPOURRI: At AH Precinct 1, one voter who attempted to register on primary election day was turned down. It seems he had just moved into our area and had not yet changed the address on his driver's license. He had no other means of identification and apparently could'not round up anyone to vouch for him. The moral of the story is that if you want to register on election day, come pre- pared to prove your identity and address..... The immunization clinic on Rice Street has moved to downtown New Brighton. It's now at 701 NW 8th Ave. 633- 0301 ..... Bethel Seminary has 466 students enrolled this year...... Arden Hills received two neat checks last month, one from the Federal Dis- aster Assistance Administration for nearly $25,000 to help pay for last summer's flood damage, and another donation from the Minnesota Baptist Conference for $200. This last amount will be put toward fire protection in the city...... Would you believe another idea for the empty gas station at Cleveland and D? This is for a glass sales and replacement service business...... Received two calls this month about the lack of visibility of police cars in the Mobile Home court north of 96. The question is, can we afford more pat- rolling and do we really need it? ...... The movie "Foolin' Around", which is filming in the Twin Cities, asked Mayor Crepeau if they could shoot some scenes at the intersection of Cnty. Road D. New Brighton Road and Lake Johanna Blvd. After checking with the City Attorney, the Council said OK. It will be the last week of October or first week in November..... Z96T 'ON IIUUM •uulrll lined 'IS aIdd ?jviS0d I A .I.zVN rZag Because the Town Crier operates on a limited budget, we're going to have to skip another issue sometime before the end of the year. Therefore, the next issue will not come out until sometime near the end of December. The following Calendar of Events is necessarily rather tenative; be sure to check with the Village Hall to verify location and time before attending any of these meetings. 22 Rice Creek Watershed 27 City Council' The Arden Association is a non-profit organization existing for the purpose of informing Arden Hills' residents of Village activities and business. The Town Crier expresses opinions of,the editor on these matters and attempts to ' make its contents informative and interesting. Readers' comments on anything is encouraged. Deadline for the next issue: December 14. Secretary -Editor: Diane McAllister, 1200 Ingerson Road, 55112. 484-0773 Village Hall: 1450 W. Highway 96, 55112. 633-5676 NOVEMBER - DECEMBER CALENDAR NOVEMBER DECEMBER 1 Planning Commission 4 Public Safety Committee 2 League of Women Voters 6 Planning Commission Candidates' Meeting 7:30 7 Human Rights 6 Public Safety Committee 11 City Council 7 General Election VOTE! 12 Parks and Recreation Committee 8 Rice Creek Watershed 13 ' Rice Creek Watershed 9 Human Rights 14 Finance Committee 10 Holiday 20 Public Works 13 City Council 25 Holiday - The regular Council ' 14 Parks & Recreation meeting will be rescheduled 15 Public Works 27 Rice Creek Watershed 22 Rice Creek Watershed 27 City Council' The Arden Association is a non-profit organization existing for the purpose of informing Arden Hills' residents of Village activities and business. The Town Crier expresses opinions of,the editor on these matters and attempts to ' make its contents informative and interesting. Readers' comments on anything is encouraged. Deadline for the next issue: December 14. Secretary -Editor: Diane McAllister, 1200 Ingerson Road, 55112. 484-0773 Village Hall: 1450 W. Highway 96, 55112. 633-5676