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.4 \A- j l"ig~ Fire Arm Safety This fall, Ramsey Community School will again host a Fire Arm Safety course for prospective young hunters. The class, which meets once a week for 6 weeks, will provide all information necessary for certification. Those who complete the course will be issued a gun safety permit by the state of Minnesota. Students must be 12 years of age. Class begins Thursday, September 17th at 7:00 p.m. and the fee is $3.00. Register by mail or phone at Ramsey Community School. Attention Ramsey Residents!! ! Please Use Ramsey In Your Address Approximately two years ago, a contract branch of the Post Office was set up in Ramsey. As of that time, Ramsey residents could start using "Ramsey" in their address, providing they use the 55303 zip code. The Ramsey City Council is urging all of our residents to start using Ramsey in their addresses. Girl Scouts Fall brings beautiful weather, back to school, football, and Girl Scouts. Troops are now in the process of getting ready for a busy year ahead. If you are in grades 1-12, you are invited to become a Girl Scout. If you have not already registered and would like to do so, or if you want more information about Girl Scouting in our area, you may call 427-8071. We are also in need of a few adult leaders. The requirements are easy-you must be over 18 years of age and enjoy NON.P~OFIT ORG U. S. POSTAGE PAID Message From Ramsey Police J J I'm sure that a number of citizens who read this will readily confirm that we have had, and. are having, a large number of valdalisms and thefts from cars, garages, and yards. For those of you who have had one of these types of incidents happen to you and you feel frustrated, if it's any consolation to you, WE ARE ALSO FRUSTRATED. One of the reasons for our frustration is that we are sick and tired of seeing people hurt, emotionally, by these invasions of rights. In particular, van- dalism, since it is a senseless crime, committed, I believe, by sadistic, emotionally crippled persons. But also our frustration stems from what we hear while in- vestigating the call. Time imd again we talk to residents in the area who say, "I heard this car engine idling for 10 or 15 minutes about 2:00 a.m. and thought it was strange," or "I saw a couple of kids and heard a crashing sound about 11:00 last night but I didn't want to bother you guys."!!! If you owned a cafe would you wait on a table yourself because you didn't want to bother your waiter?!! You do pay us, you know!! Call when you hear noises or see something strange. I just now picked up the phone on my desk and placed an im- aginary call to 427-1212, the central police dispatch. From the time I picked up.the phone until I hung up, took 40 seconds to give my name, my address and phone number, and tell the dispatcher that I heard some strange noises in my back yard and thought the police could check the area. Less than one minute!! Now I'm not go- ing to guarantee you that we will be there in a couple of minutes as we may be far away from you and/or on another call or eating lunch (Yes, Virginja, policemen do eatl. But if we're not tied up (or if we're. at lunch and it's a suspicion type of call) we'll respond as fast as our little wheels can carry us. Odds are that one of our cars will be free when you call and those odds are 100% than if you don't call at all! If it turns out to be a cat in the garbage can I promise you we will not roll on the ground laughing at you. If the idling car turns out to be the neighbor's boy necking with his girlfriend, we're not going to drag him kicking and screaming from the car. We're simply going to do what you pay us to do: inquire into an occurrence that has prompted a citizen to place a call for the police. . Two officers can't cover nearly 32 square'miles and see much of anything. We' need the nearly 10,000 pairs of eyes of our citizens to help. Basically, I'm saying that if you hear or see something that causes you to take a second look or listen, then it is likely what you heard or saw was unusual to your senses; not the normal sights and sounds that you subconsciously filter out day to day. So call!!! 427-1212. Once more, 427-1212. Easy to remember, rolls right off the tongue. 427-1212.' , working with girls. The troop size and age group depends on you, but most troops in our area average from 8-12 girls. All train- ing and meetings are held locally. Call 427-8071 and get any information you want about becoming a leader. Ask any leader and she will tell you how much fun Girl Scouting really is.