Ramsey Resident - 1974 - December

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- 2 - " If you are interested, The tree inspectio~ must be certified by the State. please let us hear from you. We want. to welcome a new store to our community, the Tom Thumb store on Ramsey Blvd. N.W. at l49th Street. We wish you much success. We also want to congratulate our first store, Bob's Market on the corner of l67th and Highway No. 47. We understand Mr. Muller is very happy with his bus- iness. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT. They are all set for snow and ice. We have had many compliments from residents and non-residents on the way our highway depart- ment takes care of the snow on our roads. P:JJtKD.EPA.RTMENT.. We . are getting the Peltzer Park ready tor skating. We have a street light there for your convenience and enjoyment. We are get- ting rinks ready in other areas and have an arrangement whereby we can put water. on top of the present ice when it becomes necessary. There will be..benches at the rinks so the children can put on their skates comfortably. We hope you will use these rinks and find much enjoyment from them. . MESSAGE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. "Twas the night before Christmas and all through .the house, not a creature was stirring, except the burglar." My apologies to the author of that Christmas classic, but let's face it; this time of the year is .tgood-peeking" for a few persons in our society. Homes are loaded wi th Christmas presents and famili&sare busy running here and there; visiUng, playing, attending outside functions and just plain having tun. After Christmas, the tree comes down, ki ds go back to school and MOm and Dad go back to work, leaving the house empty of people and tullof valuables. Well, maybe we can prevent some of those home burg- laries this year by practicing a little watchfulness in the neighborhoOds. Now, I don't mean that we should all become paranoid or that we should spy on our neighbor's in Orwellian "1984" fashion, but we should be concerned. To those who are home during the daytime, we ask that you watch tor cars cruising around the neighborhood or parked in "out of the way" spots. Keep.aneye on your neighbor'S house when you know they both work and the kids are in school. Let the police know ot a car parked in their driveway when there .was none there that morning. If the person is therelegiti- mately,they won't mind the police stopping by nor, I am sure, will your neighbor. If someone comes to your door and when you answer it, he pro- fesses to be looking for some other person or address, notify the police and give a description of the car and license number, if possible. If that person is really looking tor an address, he will welcome a squad to direct him. On the other hand, if he was only knocking on your door to see if anyone was home, that squad will be an unwelcome sight to him and you will have your neighbor and yourself. Talk some of these things over with your neighbors and maybe you can come up with other ideas. Remember, its nice to live in a semi-rural setting such as Ramsey has, but there are certain hazards and isolation is one of them. I guess self-help and .. neighborliness is nearly as important .now as it was 100 years ago on the Minnesota.prairies. Beginning. in the latter part of January, Ramsey Police are going to be gin an ongoing program of First Aidtamiliarization for all citizens, age 14 and older. This course will be held monthly, )- 2 hour sessions, and upon completion a certificate will be issued. The course wi11 cover three major areas; bleeding, breathing and poisoning. AFter completing the First Aid familiarization course, those who are interested will be invited to attend one further) hour session concerning the responsibilities and