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• "THIS IS IT" <br /> PARKS, RECREATION & FORESTRY <br /> PARKS: <br /> Mowing continues as a daily activity. Park grass was sprayed for dandelions and other broad leaf <br /> weeds at the end of last week. Many park rentals and picnic reservations require daily cleaning. <br /> The siding on the south side of Hillview Park building is being replaced. Benches were installed <br /> at Edgewood Middle School softball fields (in the back of the school). Steve along with Mary <br /> and Mary attended a meeting with MVAA representatives working on the committee hosting the <br /> AAU Regional Baseball Tournament at Silver View Park June 28, 29 and 30 to plan field <br /> maintenance and park use during that weekend. This event is always a popular entertainment <br /> activity and brings in many people throughout the weekend to our fair city. <br /> RECREATION: <br /> Playground leaders attended training and workshop days Thursday and Friday of this week to <br /> prepare for activities beginning Monday, June 24. Two new programs are being initiated. One is <br /> the Traveling Playground. Another is a Middle School Age youth afternoon drop-in program for <br /> 12 - 18 year olds held at Pinewood and Edgewood gymnasiums. <br /> • The Sr. Day in the Park was held Tuesday and served over 180 senior citizens <br /> od, <br /> great entertainment, games, and fellowship. All had a great time. Thanks to all the volunteers <br /> that helped make this special event a great success. Special thanks to the Mounds View and <br /> Spring Lake Park Lion's Clubs, Western Bank and Mounds View Square Merchants Association <br /> for funding this event. Sharie Linke is to be acknowledged for organizing this popular senior <br /> citizen program. <br /> Congratulations to Sharie for receiving an Arts Grant totaling $1,650. This grant will be used for <br /> Festival Entertainment featuring culturally diverse entertainment - as is the theme for the 1996 <br /> Festival in the Park.. <br /> FORESTRY: <br /> Forester Wriskey and crew planted a memorial tree for friends and family of Rick Johnson. The <br /> flowering Red Splendor tree was planted at Greenfield Park. The forestry crew continues to <br /> work at Silver View Park and has been spraying around the trees in preparation of an Eagle Scout <br /> project to chip around the trees to protect them from mowers and drought. <br /> CABLE TV: <br /> Patrick Toth began work in Mounds View at a time when several large Cable TV projects are in <br /> • the works. Programs including "A View From the Mound", footage from the Sr. Day in the Park, <br />