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Lettuce celebrate: Joe Faiad retires after 48 years in grocery
Anoka County commuters shift gears this week
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Joe Faiad’s first job was in the grocery store, and he’s never looked anywhere else. “When I was 15 years old, my father told me I needed to find something to do, so he drove me down to the old Knowlan’s main office and I put in an application,” Faiad explained. A few months later, after he turned 16, Knowlan’s hired him on April 26, 1978. Perhaps a grocery store was in his blood. His CONTRIBUTED grandfather, also named Lino Lakes resident Joe Faiad Joe Faiad, owned Faiads makes his last punch out at Grocery on West Seventh the Festival store in Hugo . Street in St. Paul for nearly 40 years. Young Joe worked in the produce department at the Knowlan’s store on Randolph Avenue in St. Paul until 1982, when he was promoted to a full-time position at the Roseville location. “I’ve worked at pretty much all of our stores,” he
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Council, residents raise concerns over tree removal work that was proposed within the city-managed parcels. Hoffman said the city had some concerns about erosion and sedimentation along the city stormwater pond and natural areas. Staff reached out to GRE for a restoration plan, which was provided to the city. Council Member Julia Nelson said the maintenance of this easement has been “extremely destructive” up until this point. “There has been a lot of conflicting information … Some residents are told one thing, some are told another. They’ve (GRE) used alarmist tactics to frighten people. So now people are terrified that these lines are harming them, harming their children,” Nelson added.
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She said she counted over 100 mature trees that Great River Energy has allowed to grow for the last 25 years, with minor trims, that the company now wants to take down. According to Nelson, the trees between Oak Court and Country Lane have all now been removed. “It was very, very aggressive,” she added. “Not only has that been taken down, but Carr’s Tree Service has sprayed some type of product on the stumps so that it will go into the roots, and they (the trees) will not regrow.” Council Member Randy Rennaker thanked staff for putting together the special City Council meeting and thought it was important because
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LINO LAKES — The Lino Lakes City Council and residents have raised concerns about the ongoing maintenance and tree removal along the Great River Energy (GRE) transmission line corridor west of Lake Drive. GRE owns easements and operates power lines through the city. According to the city’s Environmental Coordinator Tom Hoffman, the easement agreement for the location alongside Lake Drive was executed on October 3, 1968, and granted to Rural Cooperative Power Association and its successors. The easement allows GRE the
right to cut down, trim and remove trees, shrubbery or brush within the easement. In this location, according to Hoffman, the easement is 45 feet on either side of the transmission line. The easement also grants GRE the right to cut down from time to time all other dead, weak, leaning or dangerous trees that are tall enough to strike the wire in falling. “This spring, city staff was contacted by Carr’s Tree Service for proposed work within the city parcels,” Hoffman said at a special City Council meeting. “The city met with Carr’s and GRE to go over the removal of trees and shrubs on the city-owned areas.” On April 13, the city then received a letter from GRE outlining the
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