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r E r Z. f� 4. f t t CITY OF HUGO LOOKING TO ACQUIRE LAND FOR PARKS AMERICAN LEGION GROUNDBREAKING The City of Hugo would like to acquire land for neighborhood parks, Hugo Mayor Fran Miron and City Council Members Mike Granger and Becky active recreational areas, and open Petryk join American Legion Commander john Thomas, 1st Vice Commander Phil spaces. "We are primarily interested Kamman, and General Contractor Jim Faulkner at the groundbreaking on in land located in the central portion November 10,2002 for the new 7,500 square foot American Legion building to be of the City," explains Community located next to the Hugo Fire Hall. Development Director John Rask, "but we wouldn't rule out any parcel of 20 to 100 acres suitable for active recreation purposes." REMEMBER TO RECYCLE! Funds for purchasing this land would Recycling one aluminum can save enough energy to run a TV for three hours. The come from the City's park dedication energy saved from recycling one glass bottle can run a 100-watt light bulb for four fund, which is obtained from new hours. Every ton of recycled paper requires 7,000 fewer gallons of water to manu- development in the City. A $1,700 facture than virgin paper. fee is collected and deposited into this fund when new residential lots are In Hugo, items for recycling are collected curbside as part of your weekly trash col- created. Anyone who is interested in lection. A recycling container is available from vour garbage hauler or by calling selling land to the City of Hugo is City Hall at (651) 762-6300. Those items which can be recycled include newspa- I asked to contact City Administrator oers,aluminum beverage cans, tin cans,glass jars and bottles,corrugated cardboard, Mike Ericson at City Hall or Parks glossy magazines,junk mail, boxboard (such as cereal boxes),#1 and#2 plastic bot- Commission member Pete Pedersen at (651) 426-4126. tles, and car and tractor batteries. 7 t