Category Archives: Current Happenings
Chunky-Dunk 13 Picture Gallery
Here are some pictures of the 2013 Chunky-Dunk event held on New Year’s Day, 2013. If you have any additional pictures you would like to share, contact Julie Dornbush or Fred Wenthe and they will arrange to add them here.
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For more pictures, go to our Facebook page.
Forest Township Neighborhood Watch Notification System
The Rice County Sheriff Dept. is assisting Forest Township residents in setting up and running a rapid response alert notification system. See the recently published Forest Township Neighborhood Watch flier.
HOW THE PROCEDURE WILL WORK: Forest Township will be divided into four quadrants – (A) Northeast; (B) Northwest; (C) Southwest; and (D) Southeast. There will be a Quadrant Captain for each of these. Within each quadrant are 9 Sections (the 1-mile square area numbered in your plat book). Each Section will have a Section Leader. When the Sheriff’s Dept., or a Township Board member, or a resident wishes to report an incident through our notification system, they need to contact their Section Leader or Quadrant Captain. That person will notify all of the Quadrant Captains, who will send out a group email or telephone message to the 9 Section Leaders in each of their quadrants. The Section Leaders will then notify the residents in their section who have signed up to participate by their email list or telephone. Thus the information will be communicated like the branching of tree. Of course, if you witness a crime or suspicious activity, CALL THE SHERIFF’S DEPT FIRST, and then secondly inform your Section Leader or Quadrant Leader.
Proper Septic System Maintenance
Did you know, MPCA rule 7080.2450 requires Individual Sewage Treatment Systems’, (i.e., septic systems’) owners to every 3 years or less: ”
A.
assess whether sewage tanks leak below the designed operating depth and whether sewage tank tops, riser joints, and riser connections leak through visual evidence of major defects; and
B.
measure or remove the accumulations of scum, grease, and other floating materials at the top of each septic tank and compartment, along with the sludge, which consists of the solids denser than water.”
You can do the measurements and inspections yourself or hire a pumping service to do it. See https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=7080.2450. Talk to Merillee DeGroot, the Rice Co. Sanitarian, about how to make a dipstick for the measurements.
Learn All About Raingardens (2/10)
In this email, CRWP is announcing the availability of a series of workshops beginning in February which describe how to design and create a rain garden. These gardens help control runoff and stabilize shorelands.