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<br />Centervilfe: Preserving the,Past while Focusing on the Future <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Le <br /> <br />Journal <br /> <br /> Cem:ervIIIe. MN <br /> All meetings at City Hall <br /> rmless otherwise noted <br />~\ <br />I SEPTEMBER <br />( I! 5 Plannln& & ZonIng 6:30 <br />Z <br /> E 6 Park & Rec. 6:30 <br /> 13 CIty Council 6:00 <br /> II. J9 EDC 7:00 <br /> 0 27 CIty Council 6:00 <br /> . <br /> = OCTOBER <br /> Z 3 Plannln& & Zonlna 6:30 <br /> au <br /> ~ .. Park & Rec. 6:30 <br /> CI II CIty Council 6:00 <br />- " <br /> 17 EDC 7:00 <br /> 25 CIty Council 6:00 <br /> <br />Auaust 2000 <br /> <br /> <br />Important Phone #'s 2 <br />Meet the Council <br />Committee Reports 4 <br />City Review 5 <br />National Night Out <br />Community Bulletin Beard 6 <br />Patricia's Point of VIew <br />CancIkIate RUng 8 <br />Ordinance #1 <br />AnoIca CoumJ Ubrary 9 <br />Recipe Corner <br />St. Genevieve's ,Picnic 10 <br />AnoIca County ParIes Ie Rec- II <br />CenterviIIe Trivia Contest 12 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />2000 Safety Camp <br /> <br />The 2000 SafetY Camp. held on Thursday, August 10 at RIce Creek Ele- <br />mentary, enrolled 104 participants. Only children entering the 4th Grade <br />this Fall were eUgible to register. <br />The Camp, which has been operating in this area for seven consecutive <br />years. is possible due to the cooperative effort from Uno Lakes Park and <br />Recreation; Centennial Lakes and Uno Lakes Police Department; along with <br />Lexington and Centennial Rre Department. Community support is received <br />to provide the participantS with snacks. lunch. medals. t-shirts and an assort- <br />ment of safety products to take home. <br />Children begin arriving at camp with their bicycles at 6:30 a.m. for regis- <br />tration. Bikes are labeled. helmets issued and children are assigned to one <br />of four teams. Each team is sporting a specific color, flag and four counsel- <br />ors from the various sponsoring departments. Counselors are dressed in <br />street clothes. so the <br />children are unaware <br />that they are police <br />officers or fire fighters. <br />After registration, <br />the teams gather on <br />- the field for a &roup <br />photograph and a <br />briefing as to what to <br /> <br /> <br />day. During the brief- <br />ing. a helicopter from <br />North Ambulance <br />lands in the field. The <br />paramedics give tours, <br />and talk about what <br />they do. The teams continue with dasses on Personal Safety, Bicycle Safety, <br />Safe Escape House and a Drug Program. Classes are taught by police ofR- <br />cers. firefighters. paramedics, Uno Lake Park and Recreation staff, NSP, <br />DNR and staff from Wargo Nature Center. A trailer set up as a simulated <br />burning house. teaches children escape methods. Personal Safety dasses <br />give Information on Stranger Danger and Good TouchIBad Touch and how <br />to handle these situations. During the Bicycle Safety class, helmets are sized <br />, to each child and they ride their bike through a course,. whIe praaidng the <br />use of hand signals and safe riding techniques. <br />After a lunch of hotdogs. chips and soda. the teams continue the day with <br />four more dasses: 8ectr1ca1 Safety, Outdoor Safety, Water-Safety and Ant <br />AId. The dasses offer hands-on experience for the children along with vis- <br />ual aids to make the information more interesting. <br /> <br />SAFETY CAMP ConIlnued on fHIIe , , <br />