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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />May, 2010 <br />Volume 4, Issue 5 Gem Lake News <br />Special Interest <br />Articles: <br /> <br />• City Gets Extreme <br />Make-Over <br /> <br />• Free Resources <br />Available to <br />Residents <br /> <br />• City News-Page 4 <br /> <br />• Common Loons <br />Return to Gem Lake <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Upcoming Recycling <br />Dates: <br />May 19 <br />June 2 <br />June 16 <br />June 30 <br /> <br /> <br />Gretchen Artig-Swomley, Newsletter Editor <br />For several hours on the <br />morning of May 1, city <br />residents turned out to <br />engage in a little "spring <br />house cleaning." The <br />results were impressive. <br />Teams of volunteers walked <br />up and down streets in the <br />city, picking up a significant <br />amount of roadside trash. <br /> <br />By 11:00 a.m. nearly a <br />dozen bags of trash had <br />been put in its proper place, <br />giving volunteers a real <br />feeling of accomplishment. <br />For volunteers, such as <br />Caroline and Richard <br />Nordstrom, part of the fun <br />Volunteers Turn Out to Clean Up City <br />Gambling, Tobacco and Liquor All Discussed at Public <br />Hearing on May 18 <br />There will be a public <br />hearing on May 18 at 7:00 <br />p.m. at Heritage Hall during <br />the regular City Council <br />Meeting. The hearing will <br />focus on details surrounding <br />the sale of pull-tabs, liquor <br />and tobacco within Gem <br />Lake's boundaries. <br /> <br />Regarding charitable <br />gambling, the hearing will <br />consider whether or not <br />Gem Lake should increase <br />its percentage of the <br />charitable gambling receipts <br />it receives from 2% to 10%. <br />Charitable gambling receipts <br />was to see which of them <br />could manage to pick up the <br />most litter. (It was a draw.) <br />For other residents such as <br />Rick and Sam Bosak, the <br />interesting part of the <br />project was to note the <br />weirdest items of roadside <br />trash. <br />Among the items picked up <br />were single work gloves, <br />various shoes, cooking <br />utensils, phone wires, old <br />signs, many plastic soda <br />bottles and one working cell <br />phone, which was later <br />reunited with its owner. <br />(continued on page 2) <br /> <br />result when people buy <br />pull-tabs at licensed <br />venues within Gem Lake. <br />Gem Lake's portion of <br />those receipts has been <br />2%, but can, by law, be <br />raised to 10%. <br /> <br />The city must use these <br />dollars to fund charitable or <br />public safety programs. In <br />the past, Gem Lake has <br />used these receipts to fund <br />literacy programs at Willow <br />Lane Elementary School, <br />stock shelves at the local <br />food shelf, provide first aid <br />training and buy an AED <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />machine for Heritage <br />Hall. <br /> <br />Regarding liquor sales <br />and licensing, this <br />hearing will focus on <br />creating a hearing <br />procedure and civil <br />penalties for violations of <br />the liquor ordinance. A <br />standard method for <br />calling for a hearing due <br />to possible violations, <br />establishing findings, <br />and assessing penalties <br />will be discussed. <br /> <br />(continued on page 5) <br /> <br />Gem Lake residents Richard <br />and Caroline Nordstrom <br />helped clean up the city on <br />May 1.