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* Playground leaders have been selected and hired. Three new leaders <br /> have been hired this year to replace three leaders that have just graduated <br /> from college and are in the full time job search. We will miss them but <br /> in turn are excited to have three new people with fresh ideas and <br /> enthusiasm <br /> I am very proud to announce that eleven of the fourteen Summer <br /> Playground Leaders are Mounds View residents. The three non-residents <br /> live just over our southern border in New Brighton, and are neighbors of <br /> the Woodcrest Park participants. In addition, three volunteer Junior <br /> Leaders have applied to assist in the programs. They are all ninth <br /> graders who have a dedication to community service - great kids! <br /> I think that the Community can be proud of these people, who dedicate <br /> their summers to the youth of our community - with ambitions of passing <br /> on the experiences and joys of summer recreation experiences. This is a <br /> very important factor in establishing Community Spirit, one that the <br /> Council can be proud of. The City of Mounds View is providing <br /> valuable employment experience to the young adults of our community. <br /> And, in return, these residents are offering the youth of our community <br /> valuable experiences and mentorship that is so important in the <br /> development of youth (as clearly identified in Peter Benson's research <br /> regarding youth assets). Most of the playground leaders have grown up <br /> in the community, attending Mounds View District schools, and are <br /> former participants of the programs which they are now leading. <br /> FORESTRY: <br /> * Rick has been leading planting activities with Pinewood School this week. <br /> Hundreds of pine seedlings have been planted by the school children, <br /> mostly in Greenfield Park. In addition, Rick has been planting bareroot <br /> trees which have been left over from the tree sales. <br /> CABLE TV: <br /> * Jerry have obtained an information tape on integrated systems of <br /> communications. This tape will be shown to staff, but it is available for <br /> Council members and others interested. The possibilities will be further <br /> discussed at budget time if not sooner. <br /> Mary S. <br />