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4 / Elk. River Stpr News/Wednesday, March 15, 2000,
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<br /> .~ . ":zs ',one w~th.' good, i~-
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<br />;'-E~ ~ver',' ~ad,~ ~ay, is ~ ~"t~~a;
<br />'~ver.~;Ye~0~j~ ~e lead~rs~"0f't~e comm~t~is'
<br /> probl6m.~'.~i ~' :c6~ ~ ~? ~'/'t~6s~ S~o~n~·
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<br /> ~~g about i~,;,.-;:~;;~4~'~ ~'~:.~'¢~:~g~t;~/.¢.'-~ ...... "
<br /> .~., ~;~s due .~e. m,~e+~ ~m~ng t~at. concen-
<br /> ~a~s~::~on.. pr9~ .fac~e~,;~fe~ .more ho~mg;, but
<br /> .d~sH~le ~ promo~'ggoa, space fOr.z~
<br /> '~ :NOW, 'm~g mat~rs'.worse;' ~veh~t~. fac~ties"the
<br /> co~~ h~ ~e fa~' a pool t~t's closed.~d;
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<br />.~'. ~:' ~s~t[~t~Monb~eflo.~th a..?ew,.comm~ty ~
<br /> &n~+-~d' ~'~:~gh 's~6ol,~ Big L~e' ~th' a 'mod-
<br /> ..em.~,sc~ool~on~;~ego ~th a. Comm~ty~
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<br />. ~~fi':~~;~41~': c6~c~dt0 its school,
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<br /> . ;~e comm?~7~-zs co~2~ed,by, cau[zous [~g,;
<br /> exCep~ whe~'i{; C~mes ,'~.~o~/a' spots fac~
<br /> ~d laxly a fiae Boys ~d ~ls Club b~ding, w~ere
<br /> no Publib vote ~c0n~olS~?'. ;' ,~; ?.~ ~ ..... :.-...~ ?:; ~.-..;~ .-
<br /> ~e new cz~ h~'~d' the ad~tz6h' to the ice arena
<br /> both were done ~th creative ~eing and no refer-
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<br /> ~y i~ there such'~ a~re]uctane~:f0r~he ~lk ~iver
<br /> comm~ to ~ut up a comm~t~'.ce~te~? In a' word,
<br /> lack of public du~ for one. Polifi~i~s'reac[ ~& feed,
<br /> back and conce~s voiced ~ theme' ~'~.,~ '
<br /> Secgn~y,' there is a ~once~ about ~ow ~0 ~ay for it.
<br /> Effe~ive co~fies decide what they w~ and.
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<br /> T~y, there is a ~o]ia~ split' i~the s~h~] dis-
<br /> trict over ~ fac~ties in ~ ~iver, even though
<br /> people from' all over the school dist~c~ use ~he poOl,
<br /> the ice arena and the ~. ' . .
<br /> Fo~h]y, the leaaers~ in the c0mm~ty is para-
<br /> ]~zea on b~]ain~ a facUi~ ~ha~.wo~d se~ce corn-'
<br /> m~i~ and school ~stHct needs. Is ~here r~M]y a
<br /> ~fference? ~e t~ dollars ~e the same. '
<br /> ~ere.is one. bH~ht:'Spot.. ~e.. ~]k ~iVer ~ea
<br /> Ch~ber"of COmmerce, from where leaders~p must
<br /> come, has be~ to stUdy the operations.of success~
<br /> centers in Chaska and Shore~ew. ~y recommenda-
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<br /> A co~ion of sO~ of ~e ~'~,~aS in ~he '~i~Y neea~
<br />to"come ~getheT' and d6YeloP aPfopbs~ ~that C0~d
<br />be p~:,bf be SePara~ff6~ ~g schoolb0nd r~feren~'
<br />Ch~ber o(~0~er6e p9eds'~t~6 ~,m~j6r in-rest
<br />~'t~S becaUse 'g0od .~[iesk66~":~g6p16/.~'"~'
<br />and that'is'~good'fo~ bfis~e~s'~::. ~ %:?~ ,:-~.~,~?~?::
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<br />ple,-pro~d~g g0d~g~es ~d a'~d ~dficat~0n for ::'
<br />i~s s~den~'. Ha~g'a~g°od cO~~:,.~en~r:.~th.,."
<br />room] for the '~s '~d facilities for C°mmnnlty~' and.~
<br />co~~ :recreatiOn .'pro,ms' m~es.' Sense.' ~-
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