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Pa 4 r Thursda Ma 18, 2000
*OPINION
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:,Move past, -'back issues
"Hats off to the Oak Park Hei Cit Council for mdk-
i i n . reasonable in the use of the rop
course. at Stillwater Area Hi School. r 4
School District 834 had re bein allowed to ex-
pand the hours of use at the course to accommodate the
co-curricular g roups wishin to use t facilit The current
hours are 8 am. to 5 p.m. or dusk, whichever occur ear.,
Iler, Monda throu Frida The re was to alloW the
course to be In use from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. or,dusk,
whichever Is earlier, dall ' . ' t
The Oak Park Hei Plannin Commission had'rec-
o den the request.,.'
As the have at previous public' r hearin re Is-
sues surroundin the facilit Ba Township resi
llving h- homes adjacent .to the d , ourse. expressed concerns
about safet , - securit measure%, , and privac issu6sif the
Plannin Commlssion,�hd at Iasi w eek's Cit Coun'c1L%.'.
r eetin g r
he ad haval stated the don't o b j ect to
tie course per e,N Just the loc�flon. While" we certalfili
understand wh the nei don't like ropes 6ourse',
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ln� their. *back thiri n it reason eh'oU to deri V
Us' 4�bf district-owned property.'[( they ,�.
district the ri to the
therg are Issues with safet or 66urlt thoge are IssJOe''s
for the "district, to deal with, not the nei
In the end, the Cit Council came up with a ver
able compromise -- allowin the active use of the course..
from 8 am. to 8 p.m. or dusk, Monda throu Frida .8
a.m. to 6 p.m. or dusk on Saturda with the course cl
on Sunda and le holida
It's not eas and it's unpopular, but cit councils have
7 - to g et past "not-in-m Issues.
A hats otl 40'OPH;`
We'd give OP another "hat's off" for openin the lines
of communicatiorT with they "villa area of the cit Folks,,,�
livin In the neighborhood now called the - gr illa g e area,
versus "lower Oak Park Hei ( which some felt was a,
dero reference to their place of residence have a
number of concerns abo t a proposed 'street recbhst�uc_
tion pro and the residbnts let thb Cit Counc'il khb W" In
no uncertain terms, that the didn't want the pro pro-,
ceedin without their Input. The. real. u problem,"'
as one of the residen'ti expressi d d`a i�h I d - M a re 6 "c 666c 11
meetin was the nei felt the. coundil wasn't lis-
tenin
On Ma 4, an "open house;" attended b over 50 peo-
pie, was held to explain the pro and.,Ilst6n* to concerns.
WhIle residents still have some- and concerns, a
spokesperson for the communit 0160he meetih :.,--,�rult-
1g .
ful.* The council has agreed to hold two additional meet-1
Jn with neighbors before decidin on a project design.
While It's unlikel that the council will be able fo.Ad-
dress all concerns, openin trig lines of com
land g ivin g residents a feelin of ownership in the desi of
the pro Is an Important step in the ri dir'ection.'.
Question of - the Wf
What is y f o
upcoming graduates.?
Legislative session a
A Dem'ocrat's point c
Submitted b the office of Rep.
Tom Pu Houke DFL Leader
Minnesota Unnei- TIPmru
/IV succeeded in winnin approval for
facin hi prescription dru costs, the
of a lar sales tax rebate and a to 91
balanced hi construction schoo
Nd But this is onl a first step. are C;
CHRIS WILSON
Lakeland
"Have fun while y ou're
y oun g . It
ROB OLSON
Lakeland
"Know what y ou want to do --
y our lon g oals."
STEVEJOHNSON
.18ay . rt "ilk
"Don't g et stuck in y our first
job. Keep y our mind open to possi-
bilities other than y our major field
of stud
LEE BJERK
Stillwater
"If y ou g et the 'opportunit to
travel abroad, do it! 11