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<br />mail boy <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />June, 2012 <br />Volume 6, Issue 6 Gem Lake News <br />Special Interest <br />Articles: <br /> <br />• Vera Auto Sales <br />Doing Well in Gem <br />Lake <br /> <br />• Garlic Mustard--Get <br />Rid of it! <br /> <br />• City News Page 4 <br /> <br />• The Honeymoon <br />House <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Upcoming Recycling <br />Dates: <br />June 27 <br />July 11 <br />July 25 <br /> <br /> <br />Gretchen Artig-Swomley, Newsletter Editor <br />When Vera Auto Sales opened in Gem <br />Lake August of 2010, it was the result of a <br />lot of careful planning. Owners Giorgi <br />Gochitashvili and Sally Ackerman had <br />been watching the area for a while, <br />impressed with the mix of nearby <br />businesses and the value of the real <br />estate. The married couple moved their <br />existing auto sales business from <br />Maplewood, because they wanted to be <br />visible to more potential customers who <br />were coming to the dealerships in the area <br />to find their perfect car. Vera Auto had <br />originally opened in Maplewood in August <br />of 2008. <br /> <br />Giorgi says he buys most of his cars from <br />other dealerships, including Tousley Ford, <br />and from the local auto auctions. He is <br />careful to buy only cars he would want to <br />drive. <br /> (continued on page 3) <br />Vera Auto Sales Thrives in Gem Lake <br />th <br />Jessie Hart Leaves Gem Lake <br />City Finance Director Jessie Hart resigned her <br />position last month to move to another state. <br />She has functioned as the Gem Lake Finance <br />Director since 2007 and did a tremendous job <br />of getting the city's financial reporting systems <br />into 'tip -top' shape. <br />"It wasn't by accident that Gem Lake came to <br />be able to produce a timely and detailed <br />budget, run of a variety of sophisticated reports <br />and do the kind of forecasting that keeps the <br />budget guesswork to a minimum," said Gem <br />Lake Mayor Bob Uzpen recently. "Jessie <br />worked hard to help us operate like a real city. I <br />found Jessie to be the most competent and <br />innovative Finance Director I have ever worked <br />with." <br />Jessie was an employee of White Bear <br />Township and worked for Gem Lake through a <br />shared services agreement. <br /> (continued on page 4) <br /> <br /> <br />