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• ' • • N THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2000 LOCAL NEWS NORTH x ss R ] w SUBURBAN } � # ; �4" IN/lightytali +' BRIEFING WHITE BEAR LAKE ti ''� a " 4 � -0 v 3� r man a airs Public safety event tonight:,The ; . ° . White Bear Lake Crime Preven- ,-- ," t x tion Committee will sponsor the ",1 `� -.� . • Animals are cloggin - � �• • third annual Public Safety Aware- ��> � ;, f ��, ��^ _ = � �* � ' � ness Night from 6 to 9 p.m. today f '' ' river, creating pond g P Y . infested With germs in downtown White Bear Lake. '" �, Festivities will coincide with �� .►'� ,- scheduled Marketfest activities. ` ' = ' : ;'� �a ,' BAIRD HELGESON ..� Participants include the White .. .-. �• + ., y . ,,,. ,.. �,,, DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE Bear Lake Police Department, 1 i � 3 « EMBARRASS,M White Bear Lake Fire & Rescue, $ . z. t� Richard Rosett has declared the Ramsey County Sheriff's ,� ° `' � , . s ,, s r ; , � against beavers in the Embar Department Patrol and K-9 oin- ,•.-*".�, . -,:,� 3 ,, g Rivera cers, Ramsey County Lakes and Y if t.." -; k' So far the beavers appear tc Trails, the Minnesota Department , '- , r ,. winning. PP of Natural Resources and the Min- f� ' " `; ' ;, C �. , a Rosett-has watched about of Na State Patrol. - ,' . : , _ , r ,<. � � beavers erect dams and slo —MARISA AGHA,STAFF WRITER 4 d N ! i "� al ; 's r <. 1! ;; " r . his northern�Minnesota r land. SHOREVIEW !} : ; ': ' ,,. ki (` �, ,, dams have wreaked havoc in ` � '� area, he said, washing out rc Slice festival unveils new fun: ; s.- 4 , . ; The Slice of Shoreview starts Fri- with" f and creating small ponds teen 'day and runs Sunday with the JANET HOSTETTER/PIONEER PRESS FILE PHOTO With bacteria from beaver theme "A Slice in Time," to mark rodent droppings. Sam Morgan, left, an early force behind the Minnesota Parks and Trail Council (and honorary director), The water is so wretched in s new and returning events this year recently said: "We have cities, we have urban land,but we don't have open space unless we save It. We have areas that several pets are thOI iat Island Lake County Park off to grasp it when we can. It's important to keep some land open because It's necessary for the land to function to have died when they w Interstate 694 and Victoria Street well." Dorian.Grille executive director of the Parks and Trails Council,sits at right in this 1998 photo. 3`New this year is a hockey shoot, y' g exposed to it, he said. A St. L \vhich will be ongoing at the south County employee became serio d • • ill after falling in a beaver F shelter of the park. After a one- " T tra. P P year absence, the water-ski com- V 1 siona secured when working in the area. petition has returned by popular ►_ r "Even the ducks don't land in demand. water," said Rosett, 66r "I'm a Other features include an arts ally getting scared of the heave: and crafts fair, bingo games, car- ll ((�� 1 metro With good reason. While tryin rival rides, a petting zoo and train lant.L for east l l i etro public parikis rem a dam in the river, c rides. fell inove to the water and soon becl There will also be a Tae Kwan violently ill. He was later diagrn Do demonstration each 'day, a ■ 51111 Morgan looks ments until Fyl Afton State Park and then sold with what doctors think was .Ramsey County Sheriff's K-9 is on successes eral and funds For more and. donated o ated the ath waterotai usually caused fi demonstration at 2:45 p.m. Satyr- completed Information personal personal water tainted with rodent day and a Lake Johanna Fire completed the about Sam gain, says Dorian Grilley, execu beaver droppings. "It was the w y MARY DIVINE STAFF WRITER purchases. Morgan's book, tive director of the Parks and weeks of my life," he said. Department open house. „ In 1967, "Environmental Trails Council. The innovation There will be a new booth at Rosett is taking the beaver the open house this year with citi- he swimmers at Afton State Morgan and Recollections," and creative ways they were able from his back yard to the zens gathering community support 'the bikers along the Gate- Park, his wife, call the Parks to level funds to secure the Louis County Board room. H. for building a student partnership way Trail and the hikers at Natalie, pre- and Trails options to purchase the land that collecting photographs of between the cities of Shoreview William O'Brien State Park can sented a slide Council of became Afton State Park really beavers' destructive deeds 'and Einhatisen, Germany. thank Sam,Morgan and his family show at a St. Minnesota at were precedent setting. It was just plans to bring hi beaver sure Other highlights include fire- as they enjoy the parks and trails Croix River (651) 281-0508, not being done — not at that level lance to county officials in r Sat- this summer.;, Association and not in Minnesota." August hoping the 'll take actic urday,and a parade at 11 and a.m. "We have had a long tradition meeting. After the slide show, Grilley said Morgan's new book But county officials are poi Saturday, which will start at of'parks in one form or another," Chester Wilson, a longtime Still- will be an inspiration for future less to remove dams and Gramsie Road and Victoria Street. says Morgan, one of the founders water lawyer and past Minnesota park advocates. "Sam's passion beavers, said Mike Forsmad the parade will run north on Vic- of the metropolitan park system. Commissioner for Conservation, and commitment to park advocacy beavers, Louis County commissic Aoria and west onto County Road "It's in the blood." stood up and addressed the crowd. is never ending," Grilley says. "He y ,� who represents the area. great-grand I have just learned that the just didn't start the Parks and The Embarrass River is a s F It was Morgan's rest- rand On Sunday, there will be a Slip uncle, Henry Mower Rice, who lands with the best beaches on Trails Council or elevate it to new y by 'and Slide from 1 to 3 p.m. and a created the Rice Park "breathing Lake St. Croix . . are now for levels; he's carried that commit- waterway controlled b the P talent show at 1:30 p.m. space'.' in downtown St. Paul in sale, Wilson said. Its an oppor- ment throughout his life." Bands playing throughout the 1849 — several years before New tunity we shouldn't lose. Sam, you Morgan is still advocating for , weekend include Vic Volare and York City's Central Park was are just the person to go to work parks, especially on Lower Grey ST . P A U L established in 1853. to acquire this property for ,a Cloud Island in Cottage Grove. His Fabulous Volare Lounge , Orchestra at 7 p.m. Friday, the Morgan, one of the founders of Park. "That's important because it's the B R Shoreview Northern Lights Band what is now the Parks and Trails Morgan, who spent his boyhood only remaining piece of land 'in fat 5 p.m. Saturday and the Council of Minnesota, has just summers on the St. Croix River, our metro park preserve plan that WEST SIDE FLATS ytockin' Hollywoods at 7 p.m. Sat published his memoirs "Environ- met Wilson's challenge. It took has not been acquired as far as I urday. mental Recollections." several years, dozens of legislative know,'' he said. "And it's the only HRA acts to begin common For more event information, In the book, Morgan, 89, a for- committee hearings and a few potential parkland in that part of housing complex: The first 1 visit www.sliceofshoreview.com or mer St. Paul attorney, looks back Lerkburgers, but the land was Washington County." cial actions were taken Wedne� call (651) 483-2965. on his life as an advocate for eventually purchased and the state He is also still pushing for open to begin the redevelopment of —NANCY NGO,STAFF WRITER parks. He was instrumental in the park created, he says. space preservation and wants vot- West Side Flats into a m� creation of Fort Snelling State "About $400,000 was actually ers in Washington County to sup- office building for U.S. Bank ar Park, Afton State Park, the Gate- state money in the end and anoth- port a purchase of development large housing 'and commer way Trail and William O'Brien er $300,000 to $400,000 was feder- rights referendum this fall that complex. FROM State Park. al money, and I remember getting would help preserve select areas The St. Paul City Council, sit Morgan first got involved with approval for the federal money by of land in a designated "green cor- as the Housing and Redeye PAGE 1B parks almost 40 years ago when a going out with the federal officials ridor." ment Authority, unanimoi friend, Tom Savage, asked him to from Chicago," Morgan said. "We "We have cities, we have urban approved, among other things, serve on a citizens committee try- took them out to look at the land land, but we don't have open ating a new tax-increment fins DISPATCHING ing to create a park at Fort and we stopped at Lerk's (the space unless we save it," he says. district to fund some of the pc Snelling. "Little did I know what I famous burger joint in Afton). We "We have to grasp it when we improvements to the site. 'I •CONTINUED FROM 18 was getting into. Little did I bought them all beer and Lerk- can. It's important to keep some area already is In a tax-incren know," Morgan said during a burgers, and I thought that was land open because it's necessary district, but it is losing mol recent interview at the hospice in the best investment in Lerkburg- for the land to function well. because there is little developn The council voted 3-to-1 Monday Oakdale where he lives. "It just ers ever made." Imagine New York City without beyond the former state Dep to restore the dispatching service. went on from there. It was really When he looks back at what he Central Park. They could have ment of Revenue building. Voting for restoration were something." calls "the battle for Afton State paved it all over and put in homes The authority still will have Collins, Mayor Bob Cardinal and Morgan came up with the idea Park," Morgan said he is amazed and office buildings. . . ." hold hearings and approve Council Member Sherry of using donations to help buy by the foresight that he and others boundaries of the new tax-in Allenspach. Council Member Julie g P y had in creating the ark. Mary Divine,who covers Washington ment district. St. Paul lam Wasiluk voted against reinstate- 2,700 acres of privately owned g P County,can be reached at mdivine� P g land for Fort Snelling State Park. Morgan and others bought the officials told the commission merit, and Council Member Mary The donations became down pay farms that formed the core of pioneerpress.com or(ss1)228-5443. that the city will probably hay Koppen, who supported the change contribute about $11 million to two years ago, was absent. project, which will have a t Six city dispatchers were hired cost of more than $150 million. by the county under the contract SUBURBAN BRIEFING Completion of the U.S. B deal. Haider said Maplewood building is expected in June 2 expects to hire back all those who INVER GROVE HEIGHTS Weesner. Weesner also underwrote STILLWATER with a second phase being c want to return and also will add pleted in late 2003. It is expe the zoo's amphitheater. P P two positions. Two Eagan teens killed in colli- The Wells Fargo Family Farm Lumberjack Days to start today: to bring more than 2,000 job sion: Two Eagan boys were killed is funded entirely through private The annual community celebration the area. The housing and c The City Council will Wednesday afternoon when their donations. Lumberjack Days will be today merciai development still is b car crossed into an oncoming lane —TAMMY J.OSEID,STAFF WRITER through Sunday. Additional informa- negotiated but is expected to b have to find the money. on Minnesota 3 in Inver Grove tion is available on the festival Web next year. to pay for the service as Heights and was struck broadside OAKDALE site (www.lumberjackdays.com) or —CHARLES LASZEWSKI,STAFF WI _ ��_ ....... _•.__ by a van, the Minnesota State 2... by phone at (651) 430-2306.