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Some lake users leave mess eh0~ By Kay Harvey Staff Writer Through the budding trees, the orange and gold sunset reflects on the gleaming water. In contrast, bits of rubble - shattei•ed whiskey bottles, beer cans and splintered lumber from abandoned fish houses - are. strewn around the lake shore. New Brighton who use it will go to the lengths they do to mess it up." Parks department crews have tried to pick up on the problem when they can, Anderson said, and lake-side residents try - to keep up with' it. Along with that, two Scout groups went out this year on organized cleanup rounds. the metropolitan area. It's really been a mess this year, for some reason." Much of the blame probably goes to ice fishermen, Bergeron said. Some burn their fish houses and don't bother to clean up the mess. Other lake users leave cans and bottles behind. Sheriff's officers issue cita- tions for littering when they think they know who's responsi- ble, Bergeron said. - "But when we get to court, we have to prove they're the ones ~vho littered," he said. "There ire too many ways out. All we pan do is what we do -clean up the mess after they leave." said Bergeron.. ~! It's like having com- pany. When they leave, you're left with the mess. "It's like having company," said Elaine Schuessler, a resi- dent of New _ Brighton's Long Lake for more than 35 years. "When they leave, you're left with the mess." Complaints like Mrs. Schues- sler's are not unusual, said Mau- rice Anderson, parks director of New Brighton. Residents of the lake shore say the situation is nothing new. "It's an annual story," said Mrs. Schuessler. "It's just that it gets more serious all the time because of society's general ne- glect of their social responsibili- ties. The burden falls on those of us who live here." But complaints are on the in- crease, Anderson said. "We've had a lot of complaints this year -the most in the six years I've been here," said An- derson. "It's annoying to people who live on the lake that those The Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which issues permits for building of fish hous- es, and the Ramsey County Sher- iff's water control division also get involved in cleanup efforts. "We patrol the county's lakes every day," said Sgt. Jerry Ber- geron of the sheriff's office. "We might not get to Long Lake ev- ery day, but when we do, we pick up the garbage we see lying around." One day each spring, about a week after the deadline for re- moval of fish houses, the sher- iff's department has an orga- nized cleanup at the lakes, said Bergeron. But the problem con- tinues to show up after that, piece by piece. "It's not just Long Lake," Ber- geron said. "We see it all through Elaine SchuessBer City officials agree the prob- lem is a difficult one. But as they see it, a soluffon is probably morn in-the prevention than the cure. Dave Fridgin, New Brighton sanitation director, said he sub- mitted to the City Council a list of possible ways to deal with the Please see Lakes/2N /t cou/d be time for us to reclaim some of the simple ways of ou- ancestors. Many of us can look back into our child- hoods and remember how sa- tis/ying it was to col%c- Ihat piece of bread and butter aher schoo% how well it took care of the appetite, what energy it provided. There are breeds at Lunde to match those home- made breads of long ago which were not just an accom- poniment to the meal, but sr.,..... .... ...... brown peasant 'loaves were baked in a communal baking house, deep in a wood-heated oven. Today they come to us by plane, fresh every Wednss- day morning, from a Gsrman bakery in Canada. ~'/olkorn- brot, R+tuenchner Stadt, Bauer- schnitten, Klosterbrot ... un- deniably among the great breads of Germany. Ons slice, warmed with butter, is a ploughman's meal. And if you should W^~• •- -_ ~- ._ - '~ dread with m~l~le