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WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
<br />Film--felt
<br />will raise
<br />_ __ _ _._
<br />.funds for
<br />dog park
<br />Seven short movies
<br />screened at event
<br />BY MARY.BAUER
<br />PioneerPress ;,,,
<br />You could call them dogu-
<br />mentaries, or Fido films. -
<br />On Saturday, a group raising,: ",
<br />money for a hew off-leash dog.~_
<br />park in White Bear Township-^*
<br />will hold a Cannes for canines,
<br />showing films about dogs or
<br />that were filmed from a dogs ;'
<br />perspective.
<br />The DogTober Film Fbst at°~
<br />Bald Eagle/Otter Lakes Regional
<br />Park will feature seven short;
<br />films - seven minutes to half an -•-.
<br />hour- in keeping with the tastes,m..
<br />of the canines in the audience. -
<br />'T)oga are like kids..:-: they ..,,
<br />don't have much of ah attention _~
<br />span," said Barb Heideman, co-=~u
<br />founder and director of Respan-'
<br />Bible Owners of Mannerly Pets,
<br />or ROMP; a group that has
<br />raised money and organized
<br />support for dog parks in .the
<br />Twin Cities.
<br />The.. White Bear dog. park_.~
<br />will be the fifth in Ramsey;;"
<br />County: Its opening in October,:~•"
<br />along_with_one_iu_Crystal in.~,~~
<br />November, will give the metro,,..:
<br />area 2ll dog parks, makjhgit one
<br />of the most dog-friendly regions=^,
<br />in the nation, Heideman said
<br />The newest.park wlll be on.,
<br />1o acres on the east side of Otter'm
<br />Lake Road-dieestly-south -of
<br />Otter Lake, with an entrance at
<br />the-Otter Lakeboatlaunch .-..-._
<br />Ramsey County owns the'
<br />land,hut signage and fenc?ng on~•
<br />the western and south bound-••
<br />aries will cost about $15,000;:,
<br />Heideman said.
<br />The county and ROMP will V
<br />split the costs, and ROMP needs
<br />an additional $2,000, she said
<br />There are plenty of money-
<br />raising dog walks, so ROMP
<br />decided on a fain ~stivaT. Memm==
<br />hers approached Bob lleF'lores,
<br />a film archivist, and Todds._
<br />Hansen, director of festival pro-»
<br />gramming for IEP Minneapo-
<br />lis/St. Paul, which organizes the.~»
<br />Central Standard Film Festival.
<br />Hansen, who owns four cats;;
<br />and DeFiores donated their„
<br />time to ROMP, calling seven~+
<br />films-from historical sources
<br />and from the Central Standard
<br />festival, which starts Oct: 16 ins
<br />Minneapolis: °°
<br />Here's a brief synopsis of the
<br />DogTober highlights: ...•
<br />^ `T)ogway Melody" is a clas-
<br />sic 1930 spoof of MGM's'Broad-
<br />way Melody" in which dogs play
<br />all the parts, in costumes: The
<br />evil Mr. Curr pursues Queenie; a »
<br />showgirl, whose 'boyfriend;
<br />Buster, saves theday- »
<br />^ In "Seven Days," President
<br />Richard Nixon plots the inva-
<br />sion of Cambodia, but he can't ;
<br />I get his dog King to lick his
<br />hand. The film is shot from
<br />Kings eye-level, but is told in ..
<br />i Nixon's voice.'
<br />^"Garpenfargle" tells an age- »
<br />old story: Dces a dog answer his
<br />masters commands; or -the call
<br />of the trash? »
<br />^ One of Nick Park's Wallace
<br />and Gromit claymation film. •
<br />. A Tex Avery cartoon, "Dog- _
<br />gone Tired,"..and two episodes.. »
<br />from a popular cable dog. show
<br />round out the evening.
<br />Heideman admits-she's .not »
<br />sure how much the pups will get
<br />out of the film. There is some
<br />debate on whether dogs can see
<br />detail ` on a two-dimensional
<br />~ screen.
<br />"Our focus is notso much on ;
<br />the dogs as on the people with ;
<br />dogs," she said. "So we're focus- '
<br />ing on people:"
<br />', Mary Bauer can be reached at
<br />~~ mbanerQpianeerpress-eom or__. _ ____
<br />651-228-5311.
<br />ITEM B 9.2.B.
<br />Park built by developer `a rolef model'
<br />Tn constructing the Highland Wily Development Deparhnent.
<br />Hills subdivisioh m Cottage Newland spent an estimated
<br />Grove, Newland; Communities $750,000 on the park, more than
<br />decided ft would develop a 6- double the estimated $300,000
<br />.acre park complete with an the developer could have paid
<br />activity lodge, playground, base- under a state law that allows
<br />ball diamond and skating rink cities to either collect money
<br />-and then give $ to the city for from a developer or ask for a
<br />public use. portion of the land to be dedicat-
<br />The developer-driven public
<br />' ed for parks and open space.
<br />park -which
<br />will be turned Developer-driven public
<br />over to the sty Oct. 23 -is a first parks are popping up across the
<br />for Cottage Grove, and officials metro area, in part because
<br />say it will set the standard for sties are making more of an
<br />future projects. "It's a role effort to link new parks to exist-
<br />model," said John Burbank, Ben- ing park systems.
<br />for planner for the sty's COmmll- -Nancy Yang
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