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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />March/April, 2011 <br />Volume 5, Issue 3 Gem Lake News <br />Special Interest <br />Articles: <br /> <br />• City Discusses <br />Goals for 2011 <br /> <br />• Historic Home <br />Renovation <br /> <br />• City News-Page 4 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Upcoming Recycling <br />Dates: <br />April 6 <br />April 20 <br />May 4 <br /> <br /> <br />Gretchen Artig-Swomley, Newsletter Editor <br />The Gem Lake City Council is now <br />preparing a proposal for the Vikings <br />Football team to build a new stadium on <br />city property. <br /> <br />While this particular headline might fall <br />under the category of an April Fool's joke, <br />coming up with long range goals and <br />priorities was truly the subject of the March <br />14 City Council Workshop, <br />even if a stadium project wasn't among <br />them. <br /> <br />The council's goals and priorities turned <br />out to be a bit more down to earth, such as <br />installing a flagpole at city hall and <br />encouraging more citizens to volunteer for <br />city committees and projects. <br /> <br />(continued on page 3) <br />City Sets 2011 Goal: New Viking Stadium in <br />Gem Lake <br />Historic Bemis Home Gets a Major Facelift <br />When the Smiths bought their dream house in <br />Gem Lake in 2008, they began the type of <br />"love/hate" relationship that usually comes <br />along with remodeling an old house. <br />In this case, the "old" house once belonged to <br />Barbara and Judson "Sandy" Bemis and has <br />long been a historic fixture in our city. <br />While the couple wanted to perform a sweeping <br />restoration of the big old house, they also <br />wanted to maintain is original character. To get <br />the job done, they hired Authentic Remodelers <br />of St. Paul and planned a project that would be <br />accomplished in phases in a reasonable <br />amount of time and on a realistic budget. <br />Naturally, not everything has gone strictly as <br />planned over the course of the past few years. <br /> (continued on page 2) <br /> <br />The original Bemis home, now <br />located on the Hillary Farm <br />Housing Development.