Flying Cloud Airport
Planes need
decibel limitation

Other topics
Thank you
to community
Thank you to the community of Eden Prairie and the Eden Prairie Police Department! Tuesday, Aug. 5, was National Night Out and PROP Food Shelf was the recipient of great generosity! PROP received almost 8,000 pounds of food.
The timing couldn’t have been better as the shelves were becoming empty and the need for food increasing. This effort clearly shows me that Eden Prairie is a community of support from neighbor to neighbor. Thank you all for making a difference in the lives of those who struggle to feed their families.
Anne E. Harnack

City government
Thanks to Budget
Commission
I’d like to thank the Budget Advisory Commission (BAC) members for their considerable effort and many hours they logged in the past year and a half reviewing Eden Prairie’s budget and capital improvement plan. As volunteers, it is encouraging to see the dedication the commissioners gave to help analyze each city department.

EPPIA update:
If an elderly parent stopped paying bills on time would you ask them about it? If mom or dad had a series of falls in the home would you insist that they have a medical exam? How would you feel about entering into discussions like these?

A suggestion
on recycling
In last week’s letters to the editor, Leslie Fuller wondered why the city of Eden Prairie doesn’t provide recycling bins in our city parks. Although I can’t provide the real answer to this question, I have a hunch that the blame is being aimed in the wrong direction. We used to have the opportunity to recycle cans and bottles in our city parks. Whether due to ignorance, laziness, or obstinance, compliance was horrible.

By George Esbensen
I just received my “preview” copy of the Minnesota State Fire Marshal’s report on fires in Minnesota for 2007. The usual leading causes have not changed in quite some time, in rank order they are: Cooking, heating, with open flame and arson tied for third. Notice that natural causes are not on the list, meaning that all of these potentially tragic events are 100 percent preventable.

City government
Say what?
I read with great interest recently Leah Shaffer’s article on the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit project, the LRT route connecting Eden Prairie and a few other communities to downtown Minneapolis. As one who already commutes into the city each day via SouthWest Transit, (which I think very highly of by the way) the prospect of having LRT as an option is very appealing.

By John Mallo

A Civil War Soldier

John McClay

PHOTO COURTESY OF MARY GRANT John McClay in his Civil War uniform.

Eden Prairie School District
Expects review of fiscal responsibilities

By Ron Case
Eden Prairie is an amazing place to live with a great mix of residential and commercial tax base, the best park and open space system in the Twin Cities, and one of the finest school systems in the state. But like about any city in America, we have our detractions as well: Midwest Asphalt pounding and beeping neighbors in the north; a quarter million cars and trucks a day spewing noise and pollution across bordering neighborhoods, and of course, the airport in the south.