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Park and Recreation Commission Summer Meeting Schedule The Park and Recreation Commission meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm. In case of inclement weather, meetings will be moved to City hall . For more information, please contact Mark Riverblood at mriverblood @cityoframsey.com 763- 433 -9853. May — Elmcrest Park, 16303 Quicksilver Street NW — /Z mile south of 167th Avenue NW at Quicksil- ver Street Ext. and 164th Lane NW June — Woodland Green Park — 5201 155th Lane NW — three lots east of Barium St. on 155th Lane and accessed west of Yakima Street on 156th Lane July — Mississippi River Trail (location to be deter- mined) August — Central Park — 7925 161 st Avenue NW - corner of 161 st Avenue NW and Armstrong Blvd. NW September — The Draw, Park Patron Picnic, 7401 E Ramsey Parkway NW - Sunwood Drive NW to Rhine- stone Street NW FREE MAIL PRESCRIPTION If you can't come to us, we'll come to you! Mailed FREE of charge. Hours: M -F 8am -8pm Sat. 9am -5pm Sun. 10am -3pm 7900 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, MN (763) 323 -1004 Or Toll Free (866) 217 -1004 0 CO BOM IF S P H A R M A C Y Spring Water Main Flushing Earlier this spring you probably no- ticed City utility staff flushing water out of the City's fire hydrants. Water main flushing is a crucial element in the main- tenance of our drinking water system. Iron and manganese are naturally occurring elements in water and will settle out if water is allowed to stand for any amount of time. In the winter months when water consumption is low, the miner- als tend to drop out of suspension in the water and build up on the bottom of the water main. In the summer months when water usage is high, the iron and manganese are stirred up and give the water com- ing out of your tap a reddish color. The water is perfectly safe to drink but will stain clothes in your wash if the concentration is high enough. To diminish this problem, City crews open hydrants to rapidly accelerate the water and flush the minerals off the bottom of the pipe and out of the system. Another way to remove these minerals, which is not available to us at this time, would be to process our wa- ter supply through a filtration plant before it's introduced into the system. Once the minerals are flushed out and water use in- creases over the summer, mineral build -up is greatly re- duced. Other maintenance advantages of water main flush- ing are that we have a chance to operate a large number of our valves and all the hydrants in our system. This allows us to catch any maintenance problems before they advance too far and become more costly to repair. This entire process is repeated in the fall to prepare the water system for winter. For more information on water main flushing or any other questions you may have on our utility system, please contact John Nelson, Utilities Supervisor at 763- 433 -9861. �r-j AUTO SALES &SERVICE 7751 Hwy. 10 • Ramsey, MN 55303 Shop: 763 - 422 -0400 Auto Sales: 763 - 422 -1100 • Hours: M -F: 8:30am -6pm ------------------------------------------------ - - - - -- 10% OFF ALL SERVICE Not valid with any other offers • September 1, 2015 ---------------------------------------------------- •