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From YouTube: Bloomington Today: June 8, 2011
Description
On this week's episode of Bloomington Today, we'll take a look at what the City is doing to eliminate the cost of doggy clean-up bags in area parks, remind residents and businesses alike, to keep their lawns mowed, and honor a Bloomington facility with one B.I.G. award.
A
Welcome
to
bloomington
today,
I'm
kailyn
real
thanks
for
joining
us.
Bloomington
is
lucky
enough
to
have
numerous
parks
and
outdoor
areas
all
around
the
city
there's
even
an
area
dedicated
to
the
city's
four-legged
residents.
Recently,
city
staff
have
come
up
with
a
way
the
conserve
resources
and
save
money,
while
still
accommodating
your
pet.
Take
a
look.
A
Bloomington's
off
leash
recreation
area
for
dogs
is
25
acres
of
pure
pooch,
heaven
large
grassy
areas
for
the
pups
to
play
in
what
it
trails,
and
even
a
pond
for
your
pet
to
cool
off
in
keeping
this
park
and
other
city
parks
well
maintained,
is
a
must
in
an
effort
to
reduce
costs
on
doggie
cleanup
bags,
while
still
providing
that
service
to
park.
Goers
the
city
came
up
with
a
cost-effective
give-and-take
solution,
so.
B
We
come
up
with
is
a
system
where
the
people
who
actually
use
the
parks
with
their
dogs
provide
bags,
meaning
the
bags
like
you
get
vegetables
and
fruit
from
the
grocery
store,
or
your
Sunday
paper
in
and
we've
actually
built
containers
where
people
can
bring
bags
to
share
and
then
can
take
a
bag
when
they,
when
they
need
to
use
it.
Giving.
A
B
City
certainly
benefits
so
we're
looking
to
continue
to
provide
quality
service
at
the
most
affordable
price
as
economically
as
we
can,
and
so,
if
we're
not
having
to
spend
thousands
of
dollars
on
doggie
bags,
we
can
take
those
resources
and
and
put
them
toward
really
more
important
than
necessary
types
of
things.
I
think
we'll
all
benefit
from
it.
The.
A
B
Over
time,
people
will
get
the
idea
of
the
change
we're
trying
to
make
and
we'll
have
we'll
have
the
ability
at
some
point
down
the
road
to
take
out
those
those
older
dispensers
and
we
won't
be
buying
the
doggy
bags
anymore,
and
people
will
be
supplying
and
helping
themselves
and
helping
others.
At
the
same
time
as
the.
A
Weather
gets
nicer,
city
officials
would
like
to
urge
residents
to
get
outdoors
and
enjoy
one
of
the
many
city
parks.
Bloomington
has
to
offer
to
bring
your
pet
to
the
off-leash
area.
Dogs
must
be
licensed,
their
handlers
must
be
in
sight
and
you
must
leash
your
pet
when
entering
and
exiting
the
park
for
directions
to
the
off-leash
dog
recreation
area
or
to
see
a
complete
list
of
guidelines
visit
the
city's
website
keyword,
search
off
leash
park,
the
Sun
is
finally
shining
in
Minnesota,
and
that
means
the
grass
is
growing.
A
The
city's
Environmental
Health
Division
would
like
to
remind
residents
to
keep
non-native
areas
mode
even
along
streets
and
sidewalks
environmental
health
inspectors
are
sent
out
several
times
throughout
the
spring
and
summer
months.
Looking
for
tall
weeds
and
grass
approaching
12
inches
and
height
at
end,
a
written
notice
is
sent
to
the
property
owner
that
advises
them
to
mow
lawn.
C
Grass
and
weeds
is
considered
a
nuisance
and
it's
a
nuisance
that
affects
it
can
affect
the
property's
value
or
it
can
affect
the
neighboring
properties
value.
In
addition,
it's
you
know
considered
a
blight
which
means
that
potentially
it
could
lead
to
other
types
of
nuisance
conditions,
attract
other
types
of
nuisance
conditions
which
could
directly
impact
other
neighboring
properties.
C
A
C
A
Have
questions
about
mowing
inspections
or
to
report
an
unsightly
lon
contact
the
city's
environmental
health
division
at
9525,
638
934
again,
the
city
would
like
to
thank
residents
for
all
their
help
in
keeping
Bloomington
beautiful
one
line
at
a
time.
Last
weekend
Bloomington
today,
we
talked
with
two
people
involved
with
the
beyond
the
yellow,
ribbon
recognition
program.
A
Today,
we'd
like
to
remind
residents
to
do
their
part
in
helping
make
Bloomington
a
yellow
ribbon
city
by
attending
the
beyond
the
yellow,
ribbon
kickoff
event
on
tuesday
jun
14th
at
six
pm
at
Civic
Plaza,
the
city
is
asking
for
the
support
of
educators,
employers
veterans,
medical
personnel,
social
workers,
as
well
as
community
members.
With
that
support,
Bloomington
can
come
one
step
closer
to
becoming
a
yellow
ribbon
city,
which
helps
create
awareness
in
connecting
service
members
and
their
families
with
community
support
training,
services
and
resources.
A
Welcome
back
everyone
we're
now
joined
by
bloomington,
public
health,
youth,
health
promotion,
specialist
Denise,
Reese
and
tri-city
partners
coalition,
member
and
B
EC
TV,
director
Tom
ringle,
thanks
for
being
here
today,
please
well,
you
know
welcome
to
the
show.
Today
we
are
here
to
talk
about
the
tri-city
partners
coalition
and
why
don't
you
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
what
that
is
and
how
each
of
you
are
involved
with
that?
Ok.
E
F
Mean
me
immediately
a
zone
for
the
group,
and
so
in
our
work
with
blue
as
an
educational,
cable,
television.
We
do
some
outreach
and
try
and
work
with
other
groups
in
Bloomington
that
that
work
directly
and
help
affect
positive
affect
our
youth
in
Bloomington.
So
tri-city
partners
is
one
of
them,
along
with
blue
sky
for
youth
and
the
youth
action
crew.
Well,.
A
E
To
work
with
you
to
develop
these
PSAs
and
the
first
one
we
did
was.
We
actually
aired
last
fall
during
chemical
health
week.
We
aired
it
for
the
first
time
and
we
call
it
the
soccer
ball
PSA
and,
along
with
that,
we
had
some
posters
just
a
series
of
different
posters
that
went
along
with
the
PSA,
and
we
put
them
up
in
all
of
the
middle
schools
in
Bloomington
and
the
two
high
schools
to
go
along
with
the
PSA
and
then
and
then
we
also
did
a
second
PSA.
That
tom
is
going
to
talk
about.
F
So
this
another
time
that
that
is
critical
for
for
youth
and
alcohol
uses
around
the
prom
time.
So
we
wrote
we
roll
this
one
out
the
week
of
prom
and
it
was
the
vision
was
to
get
playing
in
the
school
news
shows
of
all
the
high
schools
in
the
middle
schools
which
reached
I.
Think
what
4,000,
oh
yeah,.
F
In
one
week-
and
that
was
that
was
the
maker-
I'm
a
proud
campaign,
and
so,
as
with
a
soccer
ball
one,
the
idea
came
from
the
youth
action
crew.
They
brainstorm.
Is
it
so
rather
dulls
coming
up
coming
up
with
this
whole
thing
we
put
to
the
youth,
it
said
you
know
what
kind
of
things.
What
messages
do
you
need
to
hear?
What
will
affect
your
peers?
What
would
make
some
positive
action
on
their
part,
and
so
that's
the
exciting
thing
about
this
whole
project.
F
A
A
Welcome
back
everyone,
you
just
saw
the
public
service
announcement
for
the
make
grandma
proud
campaign.
We
are
still
here
today
joined
by
public
health,
youth,
health
promotion,
specialist
Denise,
Reese
and
BC
TV,
director
and
tri
city
partners
coalition.
Member
Tom
ring
doll
thanks
again.
Well,
you
tell
us
a
little
bit
Denise
about
how
you've
seen
public
service
announcements
benefit.
Our
area.
E
Youth,
okay!
Well,
after
the
soccer
ball,
PSA
was
aired
in
the
fall.
We
did
a
follow-up
survey
with
300
9th
graders
in
the
high
schools
and
asked
them
if
they
had
seen
the
PSA
and/or,
the
posters
that
were
put
up
in
their
school
and
in
the
evaluation.
Seventy-Five
percent
of
the
respondents
said
that
they
had
seen
the
PSA
or
the
posters
and
of
those
fifty
two
percent
said
that
it
influenced
them
not
to
drink.
So
we
we
were
happy
with
that
and
thought
that
that
show
with
that,
they
related
have
an
impact.
A
E
Well,
for
this
particular
project,
we
did
focus
on
alcohol
because
it
is
alcohol
is
used
by
our
youth
in
our
community.
That
was
the
number
one
substance
that
is
used,
and
so
that's
why
we
put
a
lot
of
this
time
and
effort
into
this
particular
project,
because
alcohol
really
does
affect
you
within
a
lot
of
different
ways
in
a
lot
of
negative
ways,
and
so
we
really
wanted
to
get
that
message
out
there
and
the
coalition
really
tries
to
involve
youth
as
well
as
parents,
schools,
community
members,
other
organizations,
faith,
communities,
law
enforcement.
F
The
ECT
d-
it's
interesting
this
kind
of
project,
because
it's
a
great
opportunity
for
our
student
volunteers
to
get
involved
a
very
different
level
kind
of
production
than
their
accustomed
to
we
cover
somewhere
somewhere
between
four
and
six
hundred
new
new
shows.
We
create
every
year
on
BBC
TV,
which
is
huge
and
a
lot
of
it
is
event
coverage
and
and
there's
also
lots
of
school
news
kind
of
things,
and
things
like
that.
F
So
it's
a
great
opportunity
for
the
students
to
get
involved
in
that
we
work
with
student
volunteers
from
seventh
grade
on
up
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
students
when
they
graduate
from
high
school
still
hang
around.
So
they
have
a
lot
of
college
students
who
are
still
with
us
a
lot
of
students
who
who
volunteered
with
us
who
are
now
professionals
in
the
industry
who
come
back
and
mentor
current
youth,
and
all
of
that
involvement
is
one
more
way
that
what
one
of
the
factors
that
that
helps.
F
E
A
E
G
E
E
We
have
hourly,
we
have
a
leadership
team
that
meets
once
a
month,
but
we
also
have
some
action
teams
that
work
on
things
like
this
campaign,
as
well
as
other
work
like
policy
type
work,
changing
some
policies
in
the
community,
around
alcohol
and
tobacco
and
other
drug
use,
as
well
as
some
other
opportunities
as
well.
So
you
can
contact
actually
probably
the
easiest
ways
to
go
on
our
website,
which
is
wwii,
CT
partners,
o
RG,
ok,.
F
I
mentioned
we
work
with
students
from
seventh
grade
on
upward.
They
don't
have
any
experience
at
all.
We
train
it
with
everything
you
need
to
know
they're
just
going
with
a
passion
for
poor
technology
and
for
media,
and
for
you
know
we
have
people
who
are
people
who
are
artists
and
animators
and
and
photographers
and
everything
from
the
top
of
the
bottom.
You
know
TV
production
to
make
things
happen
and
we
work
with
them
and
train
them,
and
students
who
I'll
get
involved
bc
can
go
straight
to
our
website
at
b
ec
TV
org.
Well.
F
A
Well
great
well,
we'd
like
to
thank
both
Tom
and
me
is
for
being
with
us
today.
Now,
if
you'd,
like
more
information
on
either
BBC
TV
or
the
tri-city
partners
coalition,
we
have
links
to
those
up
at
on
the
city's
website
at
wwc.
Is
a
bloomington,
not
us
it's
time
for
a
short
break,
we'll
be
right
back.
H
Deal
about
moving
firewood.
Sometimes
we
move
things.
We
don't
want,
like
emerald
ash
borer
the
beetle
larvae
hatch
from
eggs
and
chew
through
bark
they
feed
on
the
wood
and
cut
off
the
trees
nutrients.
They
live
under
the
bark
in
winter
and
when
they
come
out
in
the
spring
as
winged
beatles,
they
can
fly
off
and
eat
other
ash
trees.
Emerald
ash
borer
might
seem
like
a
small
bug,
but
it's
a
big
deal
to
Minnesota.
Don't
spread
emerald
ash
borer
burn
firewood
where
you
buy
it.
A
Welcome
back
everyone,
a
few
weeks
ago,
on
Bloomington
today,
we
brought
you
one
area:
schools
quests,
to
incorporate
more
nutritious
meals
into
school,
lunch
programs,
a
team
of
students,
community
members
teachers
and
to
Bloomington
public
health
nurses.
Along
with
todd
bolton,
the
corporate
chef
for
parasol
restaurant
group
took
to
the
cookbooks
and
came
up
with
one
prickly
recipe
called
porcupine
sliders.
They
entered
the
recipe
for
kids
contest,
which
is
part
of
first
lady
Michelle
Obama's
initiative
to
prevent
childhood
obesity
out
of
hundreds
of
finalists,
the
sliders
made
it
into
the
top
15
semi-finalists.
A
The
group
made
the
sliders
for
a
panel
of
judges
who
then
voted
those
votes
as
well
as
online
votes
are
currently
being
tallied,
while
the
results
of
those
votes
are
not
yet
in
we'd
like
to
take
this
time
to
show
how
the
statewide
health
improvement
program
or
ship
was
a
catalyst
for
south
education
center
alternatives.
Healthy
living
initiative,
Bloomington
public
health
is
the
lead
agency
for
ship
in
Bloomington,
Edina
and
richfield,
a
three-city
effort
to
create
healthy
communities
promoting.
I
A
safe,
healthy
school
environment
is
key.
At
SCC
the
school
received
the
gold
award
in
a
countywide
wellness
competition.
The
past
two
years,
Terry
Guthrie
consumer
education,
instructor,
has
been
its
biggest
champion.
Terry
also
led
a
team
who
applied
for
and
received
a
statewide
health
improvement
grant
for
a
rather
unique
project.
J
It's
our
last
spring
when
we
apply
it
and
receive
the
ship
grant
for
our
garden,
and
we
received
the
grant
from
that.
We
built
12
raised
garden
beds
out
of
some
nice
cedar
wood,
and
then
we
had
a
huge
semi
come
and
dump
I,
don't
know
how
many,
how
much
it
was
a
lot
of
soil
and
then
we
filled
the
beds.
Then
we
planted
and
we
really
had
a
thriving
garden
this
summer,
which
is
really
nice.
K
We
have
roasted
vegetables,
the
squash
and
onions,
some
of
the
potatoes.
They
all
came
from
the
garden
this
summer,
so
we
just
roasted
them
this
morning
and
will
serve
them
for
lunch
today.
These
are
squash
breads
on
the
side,
and
these
are
zucchini
blueberry
breads.
The
students
that
you'll
need
today
made
these
carrot
cake
from
scratch
from
carrots
out
of
the
garden,
and
they
also
made
the
cream
cheese
icing
that
was
just
done
yesterday.
It
was
all
done
from
scratch.
It
looks
just
decadent.
J
Another
benefit
of
the
garden
has
been
not
only
our
students
eating
more
vegetables,
but
it's
affecting
a
younger
generation.
A
lot
of
those
students
have
their
children
here
in
our
child
care
and
so
the
little
ones
it's
so
fun
to
see
them
out
there
digging
in
and
getting
prickled
by
the
cucumber
plants
tasting
radish
for
the
first
time
their
eyes
and
excitement
anonymous.
It's
wonderful!
The.
I
A
Chef
Bolton
has
had
porcupine
sliders
on
the
menu
at
both
the
galleria
and
rosedale
Good
Earth
restaurants
and
officials.
At
the
school
say.
The
dish
has
been
quite
a
success
so
much
so
that
sliders
might
become
a
permanent
menu
item.
We'll
keep
you
updated
right
here
on
Bloomington
today
about
the
results
of
the
contest
when
they
are
in.
A
Let's
hope
the
porcupine
sliders
come
out
on
top
well,
one
of
bloomington's
longtime
fixtures
in
the
community
is
being
honored
with
one
big
award
we'd
like
to
congratulate
bloomington,
ice
garden
or
big,
as
many
people
know
it
as
they
were,
the
recipient
of
the
2011
James
pageant
ward.
This
award
is
given
annually
to
the
Minnesota
Ice
Arena
that
distinguishes
itself
as
a
leader,
innovator
and
contributor
to
the
Ice
Arena
industry.
L
Go
out
to
the
entire
staff
of
the
bloomington
icegarden,
particularly
its
manager.
Here,
andy
bulk
office
annie,
has
served
at
the
ice
gardens
since
1971.
Yes,
40
years,
he
doesn't
look,
doesn't
look
at
it
off
the
last
five
years
serving
as
its
manager.
Many
of
those
energy
efficiency
and
other
building
improvements
referred
to
earlier
are
directly
attributable
to
Andy
Andy
and
his
staff
are
meticulous
in
their
care
and
operation
of
the
ice
garden.
They
keep
a
watchful
eye
toward
keeping
costs
down
while
providing
a
first-rate
customer
experience.
A
Congrats
again
to
the
Bloomington
icegarden:
well,
that's
all
the
time
we
have
for
today
to
get
more
information
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projects,
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youtube,
channel,
accessible
right
from
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city's
homepage.
That
and
so
much
more
is
online
right
now
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