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TEEN CENTER NEWS Ramsey teens held their first meeting of the year in the Teen Center. Twenty-five teens were in atten- dance. Suggestions and plans were made for the following months. The first events being planned are Halloween Parties. 5th and 6th grade party will be October 23 from 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. and the 7th, 8th & 9th grade party will be October 30 from 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Cost is $2.50 or $2.00 with costume. There will be special games, special concessions and lots of scary events. Prize for best costume boy and girl. Some of the suggestions for future events includes dances, pizza party, ski trips, lock-in, camping, talent show, sledding party. If you are interested in atten- ding teen board meetings - parents welcome too - Call Claudia - 422-5199. COMMUNITY EDUCATION PLANS MINI SESSION Fall Mini Session classes and events are being planned by Community Education. Included will be safety classes for ages K-4, Rollerskating event, foreign languages, special cooking classes for youth and adults, ceramics, piano lessons, cheerleading, basketball, plus many others. Brochures will be sent home from school Oct. 24th. If you do not have children in Ramsey Elementary, please call 422-5199 and we will put you on our mailing list. RAMSEY LIONS CLUB The good news is that the soccer nets that the Lions donated to Central Park are back in place and ready for use by our community. The Lions recently held a prize bingo night for the folks at Maple Manor Nursing Home, and also par- ticipated in the Anoka County food distribution program. Preparations are being made for the Lions Fun House at the annual Halloween party on October 31 at the Ramsey school. This is just too scary to talk about. If you know of any community related project or activity within the City of Ramsey that the Lions club may be of any help, please contact Ramsey Lions President Dave Bawden at 753-4055. RAMSEY SENIOR CITIZENS The Ramsey Senior Citizens met for their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, October 1. However, instead of having their usual pot luck din- ner at City Hall, they met for dinner at "On The Green." It was a welcome change and very enjoyable. The Seniors Club will be meeting again on November 5 for a pot luck luncheon at City Hall at noon. The special program for that meeting will be a slide presentation of Israel. As part of the regular business meeting that day, there will be an election of officers. The Ramsey Seniors invite you to come and join them for a pleasant afternoon. The Ramsey Senior Citizens meet the first Wednesday of each month at noon in the lower level of Ramsey Municipal Center. The Club welcomes new members and anyone interested in joining should contact Dorothy Scroggins at 421-4414. LORD OF LIFE WELCOMES REVEREND ANDERSON Rev. Blair K. Anderson was installed as pastor at Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Ramsey, on Sunday, September 21, 1986, at the 8 and 11 a.m. worship services. Guest speaker at both services was Rev. Orville Olson, Assistant to the Bishop of the Southeastern Minnesota District Office of the American Lutheran Church, St. Paul. A congrega- tional pot-luck dinner was served at 12:30 p.m., followed by a hymn fest at 2:00 p.m. Pastor Anderson graduated from Tracy High School, Tracy, Minnesota, in 1966, attended St. Olaf College in 1966 and 1967, and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics and Business Ad- ministration. He attended Luther Northwestern Seminary in St. Paul and graduated in 1974. Prior to accepting the call to Lord of Life Lutheran, Pastor Anderson served eight years as associate pastor at Redeemer Lutheran Church in White Bear Lake. From 1975-78 he was associate pastor at both Bethel Lutheran Church in Lester Prairie and Christ the King Lutheran Church in Hutchinson. Pastor Anderson, wife Betty, and daughters Elizabeth, 4112, and Emily, 11 months, live in Ramsey. MEETING CALENDAR November 1986 Nov. 5 Wednesday Planning and Zoning Commission City Hall 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 Wednesday Economic Development Commission City Hall 7:30 a.m. Nov. 12 Wednesday Airport Commission City Hall 7:30 p.m. Nov. 13 Thursday Economic Development Corporation City Hall 7:30 a.m. Nov. 13 Thursday Park and Recreation Commission City Hall 7:00 p.m. Nov. 25 Tuesday City Council City Hall 7:30 p.m. Agendas for all Council, Commission and Committee meetings are available at City Hall two working days prior to the date of the meeting. ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA MUST BE SUBMITTED TO CITY STAFF BY NOON ON MONDAY OF THE WEEK PRECEDING THE SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING. NOTE: Ramsey Municipal Center will be closed on Tuesday, November 11 in observance of Veterans Day and Thursday, November 27 in observance of Thanksgiving. YOU ARE INVITED TO A HALLOWEEN PARTY AT RAMSEY SCHOOL!! Community Education is sponsoring a Halloween Party October 31 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Ramsey Elementary School. The party will be for kids preschool - 4th grade. There will be games to play (some are new this year), refreshments and lots of fun. Mark your calendars and come on over for a fun filled evening. Cost is $1.00 - includes Trick or Treat bag of goodies and 10 tickets for the games. WHAT'S HAPPENING AT CITY HALL Council met on September 15 and conducted assessment hearings for the 1986 sealcoating pro- jects. Assessments for the 1986 sealcoating projects were adopted with the exception of the two un- completed projects, Hall Anderson Acres and Halland Acres. Council met on September 30 and appointed Mr. Steve DeLuca to serve out the unexpired term of Council member Reimann who was recently ap- pointed to serve out the unexpired term of Mayor. Findings of fact were ordered regarding Mr. Root's conditional use permit. Stanhope River Hills (66 acre plat to be developed with 18 single family lots and located north of 153rd and east of Roanoke) receiv- ed preliminary plat approval. Staff was directed to advertise for bids for necessary repairs to eliminate water penetration at city hall. Preliminary plat ap- proval of Autumn Meadows was tabled until an ease- ment for a second access to the plat can be provid- ed. Council adopted a resolution supporting the Anoka County Mediation Project. The Mediation Pro- ject is a process for taking disputes out of the legal system and working out a resolution to a given pro- blem in a volunteer situation. Mr. Hartley reported that the bids for Municipal Well NO.2 exceeded the engineer's estimate by more than 10%; staff is pro- posing that the bids be accepted and awarded and that a change order be prepared to bring the con- tract price more inline with the estimates. Council awarded the contract for Municipal Well No.2 to E.H. Renner and Sons. Bids for municipal sewer and water to the industrial area exceeded the engineer's estimate by more than 10%; the project process was stopped and a feasibility study was ordered on a new project with a similar scope. The public hearing on the redesigned sewer and water project will be held on October 20, 1986. Council member DeLuca was appointed to work with Staff and Ironworks Develop- ment Corporation to develop a proposal for a business incubator facility. Staff was directed to prepare a resolution stating that based on the City's desire for a safe and adequate airport to serve the needs of various segments of Ramsey, necessary steps to be taken to acquire and develop Gateway North Industrial Airport. Council also approved enter- ing into an agreement with Hakanson/Anderson for preparation of an environmental impact assessment report and a land acquisition program for Gateway North Airport. Assessment rolls for now completed sealcoating projects (Hall Anderson Acres and Halland Acres) were adopted. The Finance Officer informed Council that the City received one proposal for insurance, the premium cost of which exceeds last year's premiums by 24-1/2%; the city can save $4,900 by raising the deductible; recommend city ac- cept the proposal with a raise in the deductible and setting that $4,900 savings aside to pay smaller claims. Council met on October 7 and conducted public hearings regarding proposed uses for Federal Revenue Sharing Funds and the 1987 proposed Ci- ty Budget. Council adopted the 1986 tax levy col- lectable in 1987 and scheduled another meeting on October 14 to discuss the proposed budget further. Change Order #1 to decrease the price of the con- tract for Municipal Well NO.2 by $10,736.25 was ap- proved. Two requests for deferment of sealcoating assessments were denied because of non- compliance with State statute requiring application to be made prior to adoption of the assessment rolls. Mrs. Dorothy Hunt was granted a metes and bounds subdivision of her 40 acre parcel. DOGS SHOT! By: Chief Auspos Sounds like a rather simple headline, doesn't it? Nothing complicated; just "Dogs Shot". To a family living in the area of Azurite and 163rd it isn't simple at all. It is quite tragic for them, especially when they don't understand why. Now, in this short, deadline approaching article I'm not going to write about how to handle dogs that mutilate your garbage so as to drive you up a wall about once or twice a week. I'm not addressing the subject of pit bulls, certain types of guard dogs, etc. that snarl and chase/bite children, joggers, bicyclists, etc.; nor even the dog that leaves humongous piles of doo-doo on your yard which you spread for 2 acres when passing over it with the mower. No, those are other subjects for another time and I have talked about the legalities, morality, niceties of that before anyway. This time I want to just talk about two Pomeranian dogs, very small (likely to tip over bathroom wastebaskets or bite mice), that were recently shot and kicked by so- meone who is, apparently, having some sort of emo- tional problem which presents itself in senseless displays of destruction and cruelty. The weapon us- ed was apparently a B-B gun, or other round pellet discharging weapon, and maybe a foot. One of the animals is recovering quite nicely, the owners hope, and the other is dragging himself around quite game- ly by his front legs since the two rear legs are paralyzed and will always be. I really don't believe either dog was so vicious as to be shot on sight. (While takin~ the report, I petted the crippled one and he didn t growl, snarl or bite, even though he certainly has a right to be somewhat testy at this time). As I said, I'm not talking about problem animals which are of a nature to be dealt with forcefully; there are legal, quite lethal remedies for this type and sometimes, rarely, these remedies are required. There are also remedies available such as having the dog picked up and/or citing, fining, warning, scolding the owner. What was done to these two pomeranians was senseless. I am asking those who read this article to contact the police department with any information they may have in regards to this incident. Any information will help and we would be very appreciative. The inci- dent happened between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 19 and again on October 16 (one dog on each of the days). It was done, most likely, in the area of the 16300 block of Azurite or Coquina by a person with, it appears, a B-B gun of gas powered construction or other round pellet shooting device, but not too likely with a shotgun. If you are a person who has a dog and always keep it tied up, you may not be too sympathetic about a dog being shot off it's property. Keep in mind that these dogs may have been shot on their own property. Yours could be next! Please give us a hand in solving this case. Thank you, CABLE T.V. On Sept. 11 the Quad Cities Cable Commission passed a resolution recommending that the four member cities (Champlin, Ramsey, Anoka and An- dover) approve the sale and transfer of all Group W stock to North Central Cable Communications Cor- poration. Each city council will now act independent- ly on that resolution. Cable Customer Service Representatives are answering the phones Monday thru Friday 8AM - 10PM, and 8AM - 5PM on Saturday. 427-2320. FM Service is available from Group W. Connect your FM tuner to your cable service and enjoy Twin Cities FM radio stations. Call 427-2320 for details. Cable TV Highlights ESPN, channel 34, will feature at least 112 NCAA football and basketball games this Fall and Winter. Arts and Entertainment, channel 55, features cultural events and top notch BBC series for the whole family, as well as concerts, theatre, dance, films, and opera.