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-2- ~ BURNING PERMITS: We are coming into the dry season and we want to urge everyone to be especially careful about fires. Be sure you have insur-\ ance coverage in case of a fire so your fire call is covered. If you have a special need for burning, be sure to call one of the fire wardens for a permit. They are: Wilbur Chapmarr-.-~- - 421-5761 Martin Gorham - - - - 421-4121 Manford Schake - - - - - - 421-4665 This is a good time to be trapping pocket gophers. The County and the Township each pay l5t, which means 30t a gopher to the trapper. Bring in the two front feet for each gopher, frozen. This is a good way to make some money in your spare time. OPERATING IDENTIFICATION IS GOING GREAT. It is said we have more of our residents using this plan than both Anoka and Coon Rapids, for which we are grateful. The more people having this program, the more it will cut down robbery in our area. One place was robbed in the late evening, long after dark. No one was at home. The robbers may not have seen the decals. At any rate all they took was money and jewelry which, of course, was not marked. There were two colored TVs, one in the family room and one in the livingroom. They had been pulled out at any angle from the wall and you could readily see the large identification numbers across the back. They left them standing right there. This program is free. Just call the Town Hall and we will put your name on the list. Burglary insurance only pays the depreciated price on your belongings and this insurance is very expen- sive. Many people are getting a discount on their isurance by using this program. We are very happy to welcome a new store into our Township. Mr. Robert Muller has opened his store on the corner of Highway No. 47 and l~th Av- enue, facing on the Avenue. He opened the first afternoon for four hours and had 250 people. We have needed a store like this in our Township for a long time and we wish him great success. He is also our Park Board Chairman and is working for us in this capacity. We want to say "Thank you" to Kay Nelson, one of our supervisor& for his work on planning the large playground that will come to being on the grounds of our new school. You can stop in the office to see a large pos- ter showing all the playground equi:pment that the Lions Club is giving to the children of Ramsey. They had planned on spending $15,600 over a five year period but with inflation, it looks now as if it would be about $22,000. Today they put in an order for $10,000 worth and the school is spending $4,600. Let's help the Lions Club whenever we can because they certainly are helping us. July 31st there was a combined meeting of several adjacent communities to discuss mutual problems. Our Township Chairman, Mr. Cox, organized the meeting and pointed out that decisions made by our neighboring com- munities directly affected Ramsey's residents. Mr. Hopperstad, Mr. Nel- son and Mr. Reimann of the Town Board also attended with our Building Inspector, Mr. Pittman and the members of the Planning and Zoning Com- mission. THE PARK BOARD would like to thank our' supervisor, Gary Reimann, who is responsible for placing equipment in our parks and for showing much com- munity interest in their planning. The Park Board would also like to encourage the self-help concept that was started by the residents around the Peltzer Park last fall which resulted in benches being made and painted and a skating area being kept clean this past winter. The Town- ship put up a light for the skating area. This concept is being used in