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RECREATION: <br /> • Playground leaders attended training and workshop days Thursday and Friday of this week <br /> to prepare for activities beginning Monday, June 24. Two new programs are being <br /> initiated. One is the Traveling Playground. Another is a Middle School Age youth <br /> afternoon drop-in program for 12 - 18 year Olds held at Pinewood and Edgewood <br /> gymnasiums. <br /> • The Sr. Day in the Park was held Tuesday and served over 180 senior citizens with fine <br /> food, great entertainment, games, and fellowship. All had a great time. Thanks to all the <br /> volunteers that helped make this special event a great success. Special thanks to the <br /> Mounds View and Spring Lake Park Lion's Clubs, Western Bank and Mounds View <br /> Square Merchants Association for funding this event. Sharie Linke is to be acknowledged <br /> for organizing this popular senior citizen program. <br /> • Congratulations to Sharie for receiving an Arts Grant totaling $1,650. This grant will be <br /> used for Festival Entertainment featuring culturally diverse entertainment- as is the theme <br /> for the 1996 Festival in the Park.. <br /> FORESTRY: <br /> • Forester Wriskey and crew planted a memorial tree for friends and family of Rick Johnson. <br /> The flowering Red Splendor tree was planted at Greenfield Park. The forestry crew <br /> continues to work at Silver View Park and has been spraying around the trees in <br /> preparation of an Eagle Scout project to chip around the trees to protect them from mowers <br /> and drought. <br /> CABLE TV: <br /> • Patrick Toth began work in Mounds View at a time when several large Cable TV projects <br /> are in the works. Programs including"A View From the Mound", footage from the Sr. <br /> Day in the Park,promotions for the Festival, Parade coverage, Mounds View Community <br /> Theater"Annie"promotions, and regular City Council meetings are all on his plate. When <br /> time allows he will be continuing to work on projects including"Seniors on the Go", <br /> Conversation with the Mayor, and others. <br /> GOLF COURSE: <br /> • John Hammerschmidt has been spending a lot of time with representatives and service <br /> technicians of the pump station- Tri-State Pump and Watertronics. The pump station is <br /> not working correctly making watering difficult. John has been documenting all <br /> information. A report will be forwarded to Bob Long, in hopes of seeking total <br /> replacement of the pump after this season. It has been determined that the pump that was <br /> installed does not comply with the pump specified on the construction plans. The power of <br />