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Driver <br />Rum River Streambank <br />Improvement <br />Stabilization – Grants <br />Classes for 55+ <br />Available to Landowners <br />Landowners on the Rum River have access to <br /> <br />funding to address riverbank erosion with a unique <br />and Nowthen residents a chance to take Driver <br />method – cedar tree revetments. Anoka Conserva- <br />Improvement Classes. Classes will be held at the <br />tion District, in partnership with Isanti Soil and Water Conserva- <br />Ramsey Municipal Center, Alexander Ramsey <br />tion District, has secured funding from the MN Department of <br />Room, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, Ramsey, MN. <br />Natural Resources as part of the Clean Water, Land and Legacy <br />For more information and to sign up for classes, <br />Amendment. <br />please call St. Cloud University at 1-888-234- <br />1294 or visit www.mnsafetycenter.org. <br />address minor bank erosion before it gets worse. It’s not appro- <br />4 Hour Refresher Class (Repeat Student) <br />priate for major bank erosion, such as on outside bends of the <br />4:30 – 8:30 pm <br />- <br />and <br />sistant wood provide many years of bank armoring. In doing so, <br />Wednesday, June 6, 2018 <br />they protect <br />4:30 - 8:30 pm <br />property, help <br />improve the <br />river’s water <br />Library Focus: Free <br />quality and <br />Summer Reading <br />habitat. <br />Program <br />Residents <br />interested in Jump into MEL- <br />having their SA’s “Summer at <br />riverbank Your Library” for fun <br />evaluated for and learning, June 1 <br />a cedar tree revetment should contact Carrie Taylor at the Anoka - August 8 at Anoka <br />Conservation District, 763-434-2030 ext. 19, or email carrie.County Libraries, <br />taylor@anokaswcd.org. Installation of revetments will occur in with free activities for children and teens to read, <br />summer 2018. Most projects cost $5,000-$10,000. Landowners explore, and connect. <br />must provide 10% of that amount; the remainder is grant-funded. Children and teens may also participate in <br />three activities that especially promote reading <br />and responding to books. First, submit a “Read <br />Write Draw” form about a book you read to <br />Are You an <br />earn a book to keep—one per person, limited <br />Entrepreneur <br />supply. Second, enter “Read It! Rate It!” forms <br />for additional books read, which go into weekly <br />at Heart? <br />drawings for prizes, like Bunker Beach and State <br />Need a trusted advisor? A business consultant? Money to <br />“Read Down.” For details and select registrations, <br />contact Rum River Library, 4201 6th Ave. NW, <br />For more information, call 763-438-7315, or email info@open- <br />Anoka, 763-324-1520, or anokacountylibrary. <br />tobusinessmn.org. <br />org. <br />Ramsey Resident • May/June 2018 23 <br />