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- 3 - help patrons answer questions on every subject imaginable. Nearly 40,000 questions were answered last year alone. The Central reference line is 784-1100 - extension 21 is open seven days a week. A NOTE FROM OUR NEW WEED INSPECTOR, BRUCE BACON: Do you like the natural beauty of trees throughout the seasons? Sure, just about everyone is a friend of these upright, stalwart oaks that abound here, and they are dying from a fungus disease called Oak Wilt, a disease much like the better publicized Dutch Elm disease. As warm weather returns and buds, then leaves, appear, notice oak trees that do not refoliate and that have dead and leafless branches. To contain the spread, diseased trees can be tested and cut, the brush burned or buried and debarked wood can be used for firewood. The more and sooner we cut down the diseased tre s, the smaller the loss of red oaks will be. Because this tree is so familiar to us here, and we'll be losing a lot of then, we need to look ahead and plant trees not susceptible to Elm and Oak fungus. Other oaks are less affected and other species of trees, by this beetle-born fungus. With this or your neighbors' Newsletter is enclosed a fact sheet about trees or specifically OAK WILT DISEASE. Please share the responsibility to identify and remove trees afflicted. The City provides a Tree Inspector to help collect samples for laboratory identification. His telephone number is 421-2199~ His name is Bruce Bacon. Please call if you have questions, or wish to report possible infestation. The Bi-Centennial is fast coming up. We are happy to announce that Mrs. Mel James has agreed to serve as our Chairman and Mrs. Landol Locher as Co-Chairman. It is our hope that everyone will try to help them in any way possible to make this a successful and meaningful celebration in the City of Ramsey. THE RAMSEY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS NOW ACCEPTING applications for member- ship in a police reserve unit. The primary function of this unit would be one of a supportive nature. The duties of the officers of this unit could include, but not be limited to, assisting the regular police offi- cers at accident scenes and other emergency situations where injured per- sons would require first aid care, control of traffic and large gather- ings of people at public functions (such as the annual air show), assist- ing the regular police officers in the patrol cars on weekends and on other occasions when a patrol car with two offiGers is desirable. We will select 12 persons, men or women, for this unit and the selection will be by written examination and an oral interview. The only requirements are that you be at least 18 years of age, be a resident of Ramsey and provide a doctor's certificate of good health. Applicants must also have a valid Minnesota Driver's license. A thorough background check will be conducted by the police department. There. Now that all the picky-picky part is done we will get down to"where it's at." Police work is not "The Rookies" or "Get Christy Love" or "S.W.A.T.". It may be (however, I hope not) such in New York, L.A. or Philadelphia but it is not the case in our suburban area. Quite often it seems boring and petty, especially after 8 hours in the squad with only one or two calls. I am reminded of the story about a man who was standing on a street corner snapping his fingers over and over. A passer-by asked him why he was doing this and the man replied, "I'm chasing away the elephants." The passer-by said, "There aren't any elephants around here" and the man responded, "Yes, I know. Doing a good job aren't I." I guess that the police are like that. We are here and we are there; Our presence alone lends to social control and a sense of security for the citizens. We don't shoot people (may my gun rust in its holster). We don't punch folks (especially if they are big, big, big) and we try, with proper allowance for the fact that we are human beings, to treat all persons, regardless of race, creed, religion, age, sex, or what have you, in an impartial manner. If this still sounds interesting, then we want you.