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( PARKS, RECREATION AND FORESTRY PARKS • Monday, February 19 was the last day that park buildings were open at the ice skating rinks. Rinks were open one week longer than scheduled due to money saved from the cold week when rinks were closed. Rink maintenance has ceased. Park building reservations for groups will resume. • Swings are being installed at playgrounds where animal swings were removed last Fall • Jeff Weinke and Steve Dazenski took their Chemical Applicators Licensing test. • The crew continues to collect branches broken during the ice storm. RECREATION • The March/April City Newsletter has been prepared this week, going to print Friday. • Mary drove for the WIC program again this week.. • The Parks and Recreation Commission meets Thursday evening. • We have a new student office assistant. His name is Josh Brown. He is an Oak Grove/Irondale High School student that lives in Mounds View. He will be coming in the office after school about 2:30 p.m. and working until 5:30 p.m. • Mary chaperoned the School Vacation trip Monday, February 19 -President's Day. This was a joint program with Arden Hills and Vadnais Heights. • The Department received three requests from college students for internships in the Spring/Summer. We have a reputation of being an excellent sponsor for internships, providing a wide variety of experiences for college near-graduates. Each will be interviewed and one will be chosen. • FORESTRY • The branch pick up has concluded. The City has been swept through entirely once, with callbacks for those places that were missed. The program has now concluded. Anyone that missed the branch pickup are being informed that a Spring Cleanup Day will provide opportunity for them to rid of their branches.