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1 Barris had brought a copy of the Hopkins history with her as an example •2 of what could be done. The Society is having some of the oral histories 3 they have taken transcribed at a cost of $55.00 per history. 4 Councilmember Nakowske indicated there is a welcome diversity in the 5 Society membership, with various aspects of the Village history 6 represented, including people who. have expertise in working with photos 7 and others who are working on histories of the types of people who first 8 came to this area, etc. She said the next thing she hoped would be done 9 would be to have someone other than herself take over the leadership of 10 the Committee, for which she just doesn't have time. The Councilmember 11 concluded her report by passing around a copy of the Greenpeace 12 magazine, which a member of that group had brought to her door that day. 13 She said the Councilmembers might be interested in several articles in 14 the magazine, particularly the one opposing garbage incinerators. Mr. 15 Childs told her the City has a letter from the Attorney General which 16 gives the group permission to solicit donations in St. Anthony. 17 Mayor Sundland Partig_ip t in Cable Program Filmed by St. Anthony Middle 18 School Students 19 The Mayor said he had been interviewed that morning by seventh and 20 eighth grade students who are studying cable and television filming. 21 He said the interviewers were very professional and he enjoyed 22 participating very much. A volunteer, Sharon Damsgard, reported the 23 sixth grade students in the class were participating i I n the City Police Department Ride Along Program during which they were interviewing the officers in the squad cars. Ms. Damsgard indicated she thought it was 26 great that the students were allowed to conduct these interviews and to 27 utilize not only the school's equipment, but also the cable company's 28 equipment. She indicated the programs would be shown on the local 29 public access cable channels sometime in April. The program would be 30 publicized in advance of its showing, she added. 31 Le gue of Minnesota Cities Conference for Newly -Elected Officials 32 Reported_by Councilmember Ranal to 33 The Councilmember reported that the Women in City Government 34 Organization had met the evening before the conference, which was held 35 February 3rd and 4th. He said he had served as the Mayor in a mock 36 presentation of a public hearing conducted by Barb Arney. 37 Plans for "Celebrate Minnesota 1990" Progressing with ,$dditional Projggt 38 Grants to be Available 39 Councilmember Ranallo announced the above and reported there would be 40 VCR tapes as well as speakers available for cities to learn more about 41 the event and what is expected from each community. He said one of the 42 projects would be a Minnesota Mayors Clean Up the Riverbanks promotion. 43 Dorothy Thorson, VillageFest Co-Chair Reports Committee's Decision to Have Float Professionally Constructed �4 6