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11 Published by The Arden Association Another recent prank deserves front page attention: The theft of the flag was shameful, what follows could have been fatal, and we hope pranksters will consider that even innocent mischief can contribute to dire results no one wants on his conscience. Recently a member of our community became seriously ill at home requiring immediate transfer to a hospital. The fam- ily called an ambulance. Upon arriving in the neighborhood, the ambulance driver could not locate the house. The street signs at the corners had been turned, thus directing him up and down the wrong streets. Two Arden Hills patrol cars answered the driver's summons for help in locating the house. All this resulted in a 15 -minute delay in providing the stricken person with the necessary emergency medical attention. In an emergency situation, 15 minutes can affect survival. I am happy to report our resident is home a- gain, after a period of hospitalization, but hope the episode will remind all that the price of pranks can be high ...... *****The Police Department has been calling our attention to the importance of making our homes identifiable with highly visible house numbers, mail -box numbers or names. Although this was not the problem in the above case, this seems an appropriate time to remember the time could come for any of us when we need to be located..... 'Committee appointments will be made by Council during December, to be effect- ive January 1, 1977 and the Crier has been asked to call your attention to this. Any resident who wishes to volunteer his services on a Committee for the 1977 calendar year should call Clerk/Administrator Charlotte McNiesh at Ill No. 103 November -December 1976 r Good News Department: Remember October's T Town Crier started off with bad news in ® reporting the theft of our Bicentennial Flag from in front of the Village Hall? W. Here's a happy ending: St. Paul Book & CN Stationery's Vice President, Gerald Meigs, read about the loss, and thanks to him and the generosity of his organization in donat- N ing a new flag to the Village and its resi- Idents,we are again flying a flag from the flagpole in front of the hall. This kind of civic spirit on the part of our business community - you recall the Coast -to -Coast • • Hardware store donated the first flag - is deserving of special thanks. The Town Crier says "Thank you", and we are sure this is echoed by all Arden Hills residents. Another recent prank deserves front page attention: The theft of the flag was shameful, what follows could have been fatal, and we hope pranksters will consider that even innocent mischief can contribute to dire results no one wants on his conscience. Recently a member of our community became seriously ill at home requiring immediate transfer to a hospital. The fam- ily called an ambulance. Upon arriving in the neighborhood, the ambulance driver could not locate the house. The street signs at the corners had been turned, thus directing him up and down the wrong streets. Two Arden Hills patrol cars answered the driver's summons for help in locating the house. All this resulted in a 15 -minute delay in providing the stricken person with the necessary emergency medical attention. In an emergency situation, 15 minutes can affect survival. I am happy to report our resident is home a- gain, after a period of hospitalization, but hope the episode will remind all that the price of pranks can be high ...... *****The Police Department has been calling our attention to the importance of making our homes identifiable with highly visible house numbers, mail -box numbers or names. Although this was not the problem in the above case, this seems an appropriate time to remember the time could come for any of us when we need to be located..... 'Committee appointments will be made by Council during December, to be effect- ive January 1, 1977 and the Crier has been asked to call your attention to this. Any resident who wishes to volunteer his services on a Committee for the 1977 calendar year should call Clerk/Administrator Charlotte McNiesh at Ill