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As Crown Victoria model phases out, new-look squad cars on the way

ing to fi ll the void left by the Crown Victoria, which Ford has produced since 1992.

This year, the Carver County Sheriff’s Office has purchased several Dodge Chargers to maintain its fleet.

Not only will the public notice new police vehicles patrolling the county – including one based out of Chanhassen – the county squads also have a new graphic look.

Deputy Chris Curtis, who works out of Chanhassen, helped develop the updated design for the new squad cars. The new design includes a new black and yellow color scheme,

BY RICHARD CRAWFORD editor@chanvillager.com

Squ ad c a rs a re b eg i n ni ng to have a new look in Carver County.

For Carver County Sheriff’s Office vehicles, the look is dramatically different.

L aw en forc ement a gencies throughout the country are in the process of assessing what vehicles to use in the future, after Ford Motor Company discontinued production of the Crown Victoria, which has been the vehicle of choice for the vast majority of agencies.

There are several vehicles compet-

sleeker striping, and a ref lective badge symbol that is visible at long distances at night.

Curtis, who put in about 70 hours of work into the design and gathered feedback from Sheriff’s Office personnel, said the feedback from inside and outside the department has been all positive.

Commander Jason Kamerud said the Sheriff’s Office is in an evaluation phase currently, as are law enforcement agencies around the country.

“We’ve been using Crown Victo-

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Carver County Sheriff ’s Deputy Chris Curtis poses in front of the new-look squad car he helped design.

Survey helped drive tech levy

In the pink When: 5 p.m., Friday, Oct. 7

District uses results to gauge support

Where: Chanhassen Storm Stadium What: The Chanhassen Storm football team will sports pink socks and pink mouthguards at their home game this Friday against Chaska in honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game, too.

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BY CHUCK FRIEDBAUER friedchu@yahoo.com

Chanhassen High School senior Nathan Holasek, at right, and his family had a jolt last winter when his grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Inspired

by October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Nathan and his teammates will wear pink socks and mouthguards in this Friday’s game against the Chaska Hawks. From left, Michael Cerjance, Dylan Young and Holasek model the pink socks.

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Storm football players to go pink Friday

BY UNSIE ZUEGE uzuege@swpub.com

Chanhassen High School’s football team is leading the charge for breast cancer awareness in October.

At this Friday night’s football game against the Chaska Hawks, Storm players will be wearing pink socks in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.

The idea sprouted for Nathan Holasek after his grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer last winter. In addition, his mother Laura Holasek coordinates the breast cancer awareness program at Park Nicollet Clinics. When Na-

than learned that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, he approached his mom to ask what they could do to raise awareness, partly in honor of his grandmother.

She suggested pink socks and mouthguards, similar to what NFL players did last year.

Nathan approached his coaches and his team.

Nearly everyone on the team has been touched by breast cancer through family and friends, Nathan said.

“It seemed like a good thing to do,” Nathan said, and the team agreed.

On Tuesday, Nathan, Mike Cerjance and Dylan Young described

how the idea developed.

“My older brother Holton Young wore a pink glove during last season’s football season,” Dylan said.

“He didn’t really make a big deal about it, so it really didn’t go anywhere.”

“Then my grandmother was diagnosed with breast cancer this past year,” Nathan said. “We thought it would be a good idea to wear pink for October.”

The team will wear the pink socks and mouthguards at this Friday’s game, and although it has yet to be discussed with the rest of the team, the boys are hopeful that they’ll continue wearing the pink at all their

October games.

According to Laura Holasek, the Storm Booster Club and Park Nicollet have teamed up and will hand out free pink wristbands and important breast cancer awareness information.

Fans also are encouraged to wear pink at Chaska/Chanhassen football game Friday night, which begins at 5 p.m.

“There will be sea of pink in the crowd and on the field,” Holasek predicts. “Chanhassen players, cheerleaders and fans will wear pink.”

The following week, the Chaska Hawks will do a similar event at their football game.

In an early November referendum, District 112 will ask voters to provide nearly $2 million a year to fund technology improvements over the next 10 years.

While the district bases the necessity to ask that question on comparisons to other school districts, it fi rst turned to a survey conducted this past spring to understand if residents would indeed support spending more on local schools.

District 112 Superintendent Jim Bauck said the need for technology money has been apparent for awhile.

“There was a plan as far back as 2007 for additional expenditures, but the school board at the time knew there would be marginal community interest due to the economy,” he said.

“During our current budget process, the problem of funding our technology requirements really began to stare us all in the face and we realized we’d have to come up with a solution or back off on much of our curriculum innovation.”

That realization prompted the school board to ask for speci fic technology-related questions in a community survey, said Bauck.

“We needed to find answers to how we would fund the technology requirements and to find out the position of the community on the subject,” he said.

TECHNOLOGY QUESTIONS The district had been planning a community survey by market and research firm Decision Resources, Ltd., as it has periodically over the past 20 years. So district officials asked to have a few questions added targeted specifically toward the receptiveness of a technology referendum.

The Decision Resources survey included two sets of telephone interviews between May 31 and June 17.

The fi rst was a general population survey of 400 randomly selected

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households in the District 112 boundaries. The second included 250 households randomly selected from parents of current District 112 students.

The survey provided several results about community feelings around technology in District 112 schools. In general, district residents believe technology is important to a student’s education. The survey indicates that 85 percent of parents and 88 percent of residents rate technology opportunities for students good or excellent, while 96 percent of parents and 92 percent of residents believe a student’s ability to use new technologies effectively is very important or absolutely essential.

District officials hope the importance of technology to residents will lead to support for increased funding for technology its schools.

According to the Decision Resources survey, among all district residents, the typical respondent would support a $4.40 per month or $52.80 per year property tax increase. The typical current parent would support a $5.92 per month increase, or a $71.40 per year property tax rise. Approximately 33 percent of all residents would support up to a $10 per month increase.

But the survey indicates the school district will have to put some effort into persuading residents to vote for the referendum. At the start of a referendum campaign, 62 percent of residents would require persuasion to vote for a proposal. And 22 percent of all residents would vote against almost any proposal, while 13 percent would vote for almost any question.

When compared to technology funding by neighboring districts, 38 percent of all residents and 41 percent of current parents indicated they would be more likely to support increasing the district’s technology levy.

GENERAL FINANCES The survey indicated a majority of residents have positive feelings about District 112 and its finances in general.

When asked if the District 112 administration and board have spent tax money effectively and efficiently over the last couple of years, 64 percent believed it has, while 56 percent of residents rate the fi nancial management of District 112 as

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The Sheriff ’s Office purchases severa l squad c a rs annually, Kamerud said. The typical deputy puts on about 18,000 miles on a vehicle per year and most vehicles are used by several deputies daily.

Once the vehicles approach 100,000 miles, performance begins to decline and the vehicles are reassigned to other county departments, Kamerud said.

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The survey says …

District 112 officials gauged support of a technology levy from a spring survey. Here are some of the levy specific results: 70% of residents are willing to invest in education by paying higher taxes, provided the schools can show they operate efficiently and more funding can improve the quality of educational programs.

54% of parents and 51% of residents view school taxes as high compared to neighboring districts.

85% of parents and 88% of residents rate technology opportunities for students good or excellent.

96% of parents and 92% of residents believe a student’s ability to use new technologies effectively is very important or absolutely essential.

41% of parents and 38% of residents are more likely to support increasing the district’s technology levy when comparing District 112 technology funding to that by neighboring districts.

At the start of a referendum campaign, 62% of residents would require persuasion to vote for a proposal. 22% of residents would vote against almost any proposal, while 13% would vote for almost any question.

Other notable survey results: 94% of parents and 80% of the general population are satisfied with the education of District 112 students.

90% of parents believe their child is taught by teachers who care about them.

78% of parents believe their child’s teachers are highly trained and effective.

89% of parents rate the elementary school curriculum favorably.

70% of parents rate the middle school curriculum favorably.

50% of parents rate the high school curriculum favorable, 2% unfavorable and 47% uncertain.

64% of residents agree the District 112 administration and board have spent tax money effectively and efficiently over the last couple of years.

66% of residents agree District 112 has been honest with residents about the ways in which they spend tax money.

73% of parents and 56% of residents rate the financial management of District 112 as excellent or good.

Source: Decision Res ources, Ltd.

excellent or good.

“When we looked at fiscal responsibility, Eastern Carver County Schools received one of the highest ratings in the metro area,” said Bill Morris, president of Decision Resources. “The fiscal management of [District 112] is highly rated despite the moderately hostile tax climate in the area. This perception contributes to the support for a future capital technology levy if a decision is made to pursue one in the future.”

SURVEY HISTORY Decision Resources has performed resident surveys for District 112 for over 20 years and has periodically been used by the cities of Chaska and Chanhassen for similar surveys.

“We rely on Decision Resources to perform statistically evaluate new police models being introduced by Chevrolet and Ford. Financial considerations, such as cost of the vehicle and gasoline costs, will weigh heavily on what vehicle eventually is selected, he said.

But rega rd less of which model becomes the mainstay of the fl eet, the new graphic design package was created to work with any model.

CHASKA PD Chaska Police Chief Scott Knight said his department received one last Crown Victoria model this year.

“That allows us to see what

valid polls to get accurate feelings about what our citizens are thinking,” said Lori Kendall, District 112 community relations assistant. “They are unique because they perform surveys all over the metro area and can compare where we are in context with others.”

The district did use Decision Resources to determine their referendum direction for the construction of Chanhassen High School.

“We had one survey to determine if the community wanted one or two high schools and the survey showed they wanted two to provide students more opportunity for involvement,” said Kendall. “And we did another survey to determine if the referendum for Chanhassen High School would pass. The survey suggested it would, so we went ahead with it.”

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www.chanvillager.com ot her agencies ex p erience and fi nd out what is the best and most reasonable vehicle,” Knight said.

The Chaska Police Department will be purchasing a different vehicle make next year.

But as far as the graphic design is concerned?

“We’re ver y happy wit h ours,” Knight said.

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Unknown future for AYP test Each year of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education program has brought somewhat consistent results for area school districts. This year is no different. District students, in general, made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP), while a few individual student groups did not.

But this year, the results are reported amid uncertainty in how Minnesota schools must react to the federal results. The federal government has made provisions for states to apply for waivers from the federal program’s requirements.

“Minnesota is directed by state law to release AYP data this year – however we are hopeful that positive changes in how we measure, support, and report school improvement are on the way,” said Minnesota Department of Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius in a press release. “Labeling schools as ‘failures’ or imposing one-size-fits-all mandates is a flawed way to address the unique challenges facing some of our schools.”

DISTRICT 112 RESULTS In Minnesota, students take the MCA-II test each spring as part of NCLB. Results from the MCA-II tests taken last spring indicate, as a whole, District 112 students exceed state proficiency averages.

But the NCLB program has benchmarks that require all specific student subgroups to perform better than the previous year to make AYP. The subgroups are developed with regard to factors such as race, English-speaking ability and income level.

As in past years, several subgroups at some District 112 schools did not meet the federal AYP requirements this year.

And as with past years, those subgroups primarily involve small student samples in Limited English Proficiency, Free/ Reduced Lunch and Special Education.

“In general, we are pleased with the majority of our results, especially because as the proficiency bar is raised each year, we continue to hit that bar for the majority of our groups,” said District 112 K-12 curriculum coordinator Cathy Gallagher. “But we know we have to focus on interventions

WAIVER UNCERTAINTY Under the current NCLB law, state schools that do not meet AYP with their test results must face consequences, such as allowing students to choose which school they attend.

The state of Minnesota submitted for a temporary waiver from certain provisions of NCLB in August. While the U. S. Department of Education has not acted on the waiver request, it has laid out a process by which states can apply for a waiver from NCLB mandates beginning in November.

Cassellius said Minnesota would apply. If Minnesota is granted a waiver, relief from those mandates may come as soon as this school year. “We are hopeful that positive changes in how we measure, support, and report school improvement are on the way,” said Cassellius in a recent press release.

Gallagher said the presence or lack of a waiver would not change the district’s approach.

“Our goal is always to help our students make continuous improvement,” she said. “But a waiver would be beneficial because it is in no one’s best interest to use one data point as a measure of success. It would allow schools to spend time and money more effectively in fi nding the best ways to represent the whole student.”

MINNETONKA SCHOOL DISTRICT Minnetonka school officials don’t put much stock in the AYP tests.

“Frankly, we don’t pay much attention to AYP,” said Minnetonka High School Principal Dave Adney in a district news release. “While in theory it is a laudable goal, in practice we are focused on more important initiatives. Giving a test in the spring and getting the results during the following school year is of little educational value. We are working with leading researchers in educational achievement, and we know that using formative

State AYP trend AYP by School

2006 2007

Making AYP

1,405 1,191

Not Making AYP 483 Insufficient Data n/a Total

727 n/a

1,888 1,918

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2010

2011

984

1,066

1,060 1,019

931

1,048

1,048 1,056

n/a

n/a

n/a

1,946 2,303

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2,291 2,255

Source: Minnesota Department of Education

and summative assessments and providing students and teachers immediate feedback about learning makes a much greater impact. During the past year, our use of more precise classroom assessment tools has improved student learning and decreased failure rates by 65 percent. Achieving success on classroom assessments is the fi rst step to meeting the higher expectations for all students.

Classroom learning is our top priority.”

Minnetonka High School, which bucked the state trend this year and improved on the 11th grade MCA math state test by three percentage points (the state rate dropped by five points) was deemed not making AYP. The district also fell short of targets with a handful of English Language Learners on the state reading test at the middle school level.

“Many of these students haven’t been in the country that long and are still learning English,” said Superintendent Dennis Peterson. “While we are focused on raising the achievement for all students, we have not yet achieved the target set by the federal legislation for this small group of students.”

Peterson also took a stab at the federal policy.

“Our federal policy directs all resources toward getting students over a minimum bar,” he said. “It would be negligent of us to ignore the learning needs of the more than 80 percent of our students who have progressed far beyond that point. Our teachers are masterful at meeting every child where they are at and moving them to the next level. The results have been impressive.

The average or middle student at grade 6 in Minnetonka is achieving at the 11th grade level in reading and math.We will continue to work to inspire all children to excel with confidence and hope.”

Minnewashta Elementary School also fell short of meeting AYP with a handful of special education students who are below the reading targets.

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and assistance for specific subgroups to allow for all students to make as much growth as possible.”

Gallagher said making AYP in all subgroups can be a challenge when taking into account students coming into the district with limited English proficiency skills.

“But we are really committed to helping each student make as much growth as personally possible,” said Gallagher.

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Motorists traveling Highway 101 in Chanhassen will experience delays and a detour as the roadway is closed between Highway 14/Pioneer Trail and County Road 61/Flying Cloud Drive. The road closed Oct. 3 and will reopen by Oct. 17.

The detour for southbound Highway 101 will direct motorists to westbound Highway 212 to southbound Highway 41 to eastbound County Road 61/ Flying Cloud Drive and back to Highway 101, according to a MnDOT press release. Northbound motorists reverse the route.

Access to local businesses and residences will be maintained from the south only. To reach local businesses and residences during the road closure, use northbound Highway 101.

The closures are needed as crews repair a 500-foot section of Highway 101 that has a history of frost heaving, the release stated.

When complete, the project will result in a fully rebuilt section of road with an improved roadbed and drainage.

Library director Brechon to retire Carver County Library Director Melissa Brechon has announced her plan to retire at the end of 2011. Brechon has been library director in Carver County since Nov. 30, 1998. Under her leadership, the county built new libraries in Chanhassen, Waconia, and Norwood Young America, expanded the Chaska library, and added express libraries in Victoria and Cologne.

Before coming to Carver County, Brechon had been public library director in Austin, Minn.

According to Steve Taylor, division director at Carver County, the position has been posted and closes on Friday, Oct. 14.

Taylor said there will be two rounds of interviews that will include members of the Carver County Board, and the Carver County Library Board, and other stake holders.

The position of library director has been renamed, Taylor said, to manager of library services, to make it consistent with all other similar management positions in the county.

Taylor said that under the current schedule, the Brechon’s replacement should be filled by Jan. 1, 2012.

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SouthWest Chamber supports tech levy At its recent board meeting, the SouthWest Metro Chamber of Commerce board of directors voted to support District 112’s upcoming technology referendum question, citing the benefits to business of a prepared and educated workforce, according to a chamber press release.

The question, which will be on the ballot on Nov. 8, is asking taxpayers for $1.98 million per year for the next 10 years. The dollars generated by the referendum will be used to invest in technology infrastructure, teacher and student devices and classroom technology.

The board invited Superintendent Jim Bauck and Director of Finance and Operations DeeDee Kahring to the board meeting to answer questions and share additional information about the technology referendum, how the dollars will be used and the impact on commercial businesses.

“There is no question that students need to be prepared to compete in a global marketplace,” stated board chair Mark Halla. “The future workforce will need to display many different competencies and technology is an important factor in that preparation. Technology is changing and evolving every day and will certainly effect how students will be interacting

and delivering their work in the future.”

When asked about the investment over a 10-year period instead of a shorter time span, Bauck stated “Technology is not going away, it is evolving every day and I don’t foresee a time when our need or investment in technology will diminish.” When asked if the investment in technology will translate to improved student achievement, Bauck said that the research doesn’t make a clear argument either way. Some studies show benefits to having technology tools available to them, other studies show that the technology doesn’t cause a measurable change in student performance.

“Businesses understand the importance of investment in our schools, but they clearly expect that those investments should produce improved results,” stated Deb McMillan, president of the SouthWest Metro Chamber of Commerce. “Taxpayers have a right to expect a return on their investment in a better prepared, globally competitive future workforce. Technology is just one tool that helps to deliver that.”

For additional information on the technology referendum the school district is seeking, visit www.district112.org.

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Technology powers learning

BY JIM LEONE

JOIN THE CHAT

On Sept. 8, the District 112 SHARE YOUR School Board voted unanimously VIEWS ON DISTRICT 112 to bring a technology referendum TECHNOLOGY REFERENDUM to residents of Eastern Carver www.chanvillager.com County Schools. This is an action we’re taking on behalf of the children you elected us to serve – 9,000 this year and growing. more capital dollars to facilities In recent years we have means fewer dollars available for challenged our outstanding technology. educators to secure the best We need a stable funding source education possible for our students for technology. With stability, by re-examining our K-12 program. we can plan for technology to be They answered that challenge with there to support and personalize strengthened instruction. curriculum Without stability, and exciting we’ll have less additions to money to do what classroom we know needs to learning at be done to support every level. learning through Today, technology. technology We ask you to is powering become informed learning at about the issues every school. surrounding this It engages ballot question.

Jim Leone and motivates Visit our website students. It at www.district112.

Chairperson is a powerful org. And please District 112 School Board instructional go to the polls on tool, extending Nov. 8. and personalizing learning We know it’s a tough time to be far beyond the limitations of asking for additional investment classrooms. in your schools. We’re asking for And, it requires investment. less than we need in recognition The district’s technology plan of current economic challenges. calls for technology expenditures But your investment in the every year. We’ve never had the community’s children will make a budget to completely fund the difference for every student. plan. Technology comes out of our Thank you for considering our capital budget, competing with request. other priorities. Our last budget Jim Leone is chair of the development process showed District 112 School Board. It was clearly that more money needs written on behalf of the board, to be invested in our facilities to including: Jim Leone, chair; Lisa keep them in good condition. We Anderson, vice-chair/clerk; Carole have to invest in and protect the Baab, treasurer; and directors Fred assets you funded through bonds Berg, Tim Klein, Heather Nelson, in years past. However, moving and Dick Tirk.

“But your investment in the community’s children will make a difference for every student.”

COMMENTARY: LAKES

Think about the future

BY LINDSAY SUSLA

There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the movement to inspect boats as they launch or leave lakes in Minnesota. So far, the discussion has been between the homeowners in this state. I am 19, and I’d like to give the perspective of a younger generation.

The spread of invasive species is something that has been dealt with for years. I remember when I was younger and Milfoil became a problem — it was annoying to get tangled in the weeds when my brother and I jumped off the dock. But the spread of Zebra mussels will be more than an annoya nce. T hey wi l l ma ke t he l a kes ba sic a l ly unusable, which is an absolute crime in the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.”

W hen p e ople from my college asked me why I was excited to go home for the summer, I told them it was because I would get to spend time on the lake with my friends and family. Being on the lake is what summer in Minnesota is all about. I would hate for future generations to not know what it is to play in the lake for hours on end, to get everyone together on the lake for the Fourth of July, or just to be able to swim or walk on the beach without getting hurt.

The discussion about Zebra mussels has been labeled a battle between those who live on the lake and those who want to use the lakes, but really, it’s not. I understand that no one wants to have their freedoms

jeopardized and nobody wants to be inconvenienced, but that’s not what the goal is at all. Once Zebra mussels get into our lakes, there is no known way to get them out. We are talking about forever changing what makes Minnesota great. The fight to keep Zebra mussels out of lakes is a fight to keep Minnesota’s natural resources beautiful for generations to come. In the end, the freedom to enjoy beautiful lakes is being protected, not hindered.

It disappoints me that adults would let petty arguments come before what is clearly a serious and immediate threat to something that every Minnesotan cherishes. This issue is so much bigger than any of the individuals who will argue for or against it at the present time. This is about the future of our state, and the future world we are creating for our children, and our children’s children.

You ask most people why they live in Minnesota, and they say that their parents lived here when they were young. There’s a reason generations return to this state. To simply ignore this problem that could seriously deplete the resources that make Minnesota a great place to live is to say “we couldn’t be bothered” to Minnesota’s future generations.

I think we can do better than that, and I think we must do better than that. The adults in control of our future should work together to protect what’s best about Minnesota, and stop bickering like children.

Susla is a Chanhassen resident.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLITICS

Obama’s Jobs Act proposal is a bust Barack Obama’s proposed $447 billion Jobs Act is proof that he is either completely clueless with regard to how to fi x the American economy or hell-bent on destroying the American economic private sector in hopes shifting America to a socialist system.

His anti-business regulations, Obamacare, high tax policies, and support for our predatory legal environment have convinced me it’s the latter. Not to mention his Labor Board’s closure of the new non-union Boeing plant in South Carolina, where thousands of great jobs are being squandered.

Obama is trying to blame Republicans for the unemployment and hardship he himself is creating for America’s middle class with his relentless attacks on our private sector, and he’s counting on his allies in the media, educational and entertainment communities to continue to help him sell this lie. His plan is to raise taxes once again to get the $447 billion, which will only discourage private-sector entrepreneurial activity, send more jobs overseas, and further erode confidence in the American economy and the dollar.

Tim Geithner, Obama’s treasury secretary, recently told ABC’s Diane Sawyer that the $200,000 per job cost of the Jobs Act, as calculated by Harvard economist Martin Feldstein, is a must because there is no other alternative. Wrong!

Just one obvious private sector fi x – instead of paying for expensive make-work jobs, an America-fi rst president and Congress dedicated to making America energy independent would pursue a vigorous program that allows drilling for oil in a tiny section of Alaska and other domestic areas now off limits.

Imagine also that A merica’s infrastructure for refining and distribution of both oil and natural gas (we’re sitting on a sea of natural gas) finally gets the bureaucratic approval to be rebuilt as needed.

Millions of well paying, permanent private sector jobs would be created directly and indirectly as a result.

The cost to the taxpayers would be nonexistent and much real wealth would be created, along with a windfall of greater tax revenues for government at all levels, and the dollar is strengthened. A great place to be if you’re anti-Socialist and Americafi rst at heart.

I haven’t the slightest doubt that most of the $447 billion Jobs Act funds would in fact be funneled to those states and unions most friendly to Democrats, just like most of the trillion dollar Stimulus Pack-

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Chaska’s former water treatment plant on Bavaria Road, already home to Love INC, will soon house the Bountiful Basket Food Shelf. age of two years ago. More than twothirds of all stimulus dollars going to Wisconsin two years ago went to the public sector there, including the union thugs who trashed the state capitol building and continue to send their union appropriated taxpayer dollars to Democrats.

When politicians and bureaucrats create jobs, the taxpayer gets clobbered because political favoritism usually results. The billions of taxpayer dollars the president is squandering to his political allies at Solyndra, SolarReserve LLC, and other “green” companies are just the latest examples. (Nancy Pelosi’s brother-in-law is No. 2 at SolarReserve LLC – just approved for $737 million.)

Vince Beaudette Victoria

FOOD SHELF

Building community On Sept. 9, the Chaska Town Course hosted its fi rst annual Chaska Cares Classic Golf Tournament.

This community event was very successful and included donating a large part of its golf tournament proceeds to the Bountiful Basket Food Shelf of Eastern Carver County.

This food shelf is located in Chaska and is temporarily housed at Highway 41 and Chaska Boulevard in the former Snyder Drug building.

The food shelf serves upward of 1,000 individuals a month from the Chaska, Chanhassen, Carver and Victoria areas. In 2010, over 265,000 pounds of food was donated to families who were in need of help.

The Chaska Cares Classic event was staged by the Chaska Lions, Chaska Rotary and Chaska Kiwanis. These

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Chaska civic organizations have always been known for their caring volunteer commitment in helping to build community and for many times assisting those who are most in need.

Starting in October, the city of Chaska will begin a renovation project at the former water treatment plan on Bavaria Road. This project, when completed in January of 2012, will become the permanent site of the Bountiful Basket Food Shelf.

This site presently accommodates Love INC and will continue to do so following the renovation project.

The local food shelf is operated and managed by local volunteers with assistance as needed provided by the CAP Agency. Eastern Carver County residents will hear more about their local food shelf over the next few months including volunteer and food drive opportunities.

The new volunteer board has created a web page at www.bountifulbasketfoodshelf.org and has plans to communicate its services to area governmental leaders, churches and civic organizations. If you would like to have someone come and visit your group or organization and tell you more about who we are and how you may be able to get involved please call (952) 227-7745. If you would like to volunteer at the food shelf please call (952) 556-0244. The Bountiful Basket Food Shelf is open Monday to Wednesday and on Fridays from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

There are a lot of different paths one can take to help build community. Caring for those who are in need of assistance through partnering with organizations like the Chaska Lions, Chaska Rotary and Chaska Kiwanis is certainly a path worthy of thanks.

Tom Redman Chairman Bountiful Basket Food Shelf Board

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A land bridge like this one on Highway 212 in Chaska would be used to raise the Highway 101 river crossing.

Shakopee backs 101 crossing with four lanes It appears the stars are lining up behind Highway 101 as the preferred option for a raised river crossing in this area.

Communities on both sides of the river back the 101 option over Highway 41 in Chaska, but the city of Shakopee would like the state to expand the crossing to four lanes — or at the very least, make it expandable.

State transportation engineers were in town Sept. 28 meeting with Shakopee businesses about the state’s flood mitigation study. On Friday, they released their fi nal report with all the Minnesota River modeling.

From this data, the state must now decide which crossing to submit this fall for competitive bonding dollars. But from the conversation at last week’s meeting, it appears a given that Highway 101 will be submitted.

Engi neers t hemselves seemed surprised by how much potential the narrower 101 crossing showed over Highway 41 once the data was complete.

The main bridge on Highway 41 limits that crossing from being raised as high as 101.

The study produced a lot of good data no one knew before, including that the 101 crossing can be raised to provide 100-year flood protection, said Scott County Deputy County Administrator Lezlie Vermil-

lion, who has a transportation background.

The Shakopee City Council has passed a resolution supporting the 101 option and is forming an organization with other towns to rally behind the project.

Like city councilors, businesses want the crossing built to four lanes off the bat, especia l ly i f the road has to be closed for the duration of construction.

“My concer n is we’l l be back here in five years,” said Shakopee Sales Manager Tom Frazier, if the road isn’t four lanes.

Sh a kop e e M ayor Joh n Schmitt told state transportation officials the city “would like to avoid a 12-month closure.”

Lynn Clarkowski from the M i n ne sot a D epa r t ment of T ranspor tation said i f the project is proposed now as four lanes it could doom its chances. This is due to the extra cost and permitting required since the crossing is in a wetlands area.

“The more you try to solve, t he lon ger it t a ke s ,” s a id Clarkowski.

Already, the state’s environmental review process is slated to take 12 to 18 months.

While state engineers were unwilling to definitely state that the bridge can at least be built to be easily expanded in the future, a former head state transportation official in attendance was confident it could be done. Furthermore,

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I Natural resource agencies, including the state Department of Natural Resources, often natural enemies of new bridges, actually support raising a river crossing here. Because a land bridge would be used where fill now exists, it would help flush out non-native material from the Minnesota River backwaters.

he was optimistic the construction window could shrink from the 12-month window given advances in technology and with creative bidding.

Sha kop ee leaders a l so brought up efforts in Carver County to improve Highway 101 on the other side of the river.

Clarkowski urged local officials to approach the projects separately and leave the connecting piece in the bluffs area (commonly called the Y) for the future. Including that section in a 101 river crossing project could kill it for permit-

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BY SHANNON FIECKE sfiecke@swpub.com

The Minnesota Renaissance Festival in Shakopee opened an hour late Friday morning after a fire damaged several food booths.

The fire was reported around 6:15 a.m. at the Rogue’s Chicken booth and was under control after about an hour. Tanker firetrucks from Chaska, Savage, Prior Lake, Jordan and Carver helped haul water to the site, which lacks fire hydrants.

An entire section of the festival grounds near the Crown Stage was closed off as the state fire marshal examined the scene.

Shakopee Fire Marshal Tom Pitschneider said investigators are still conferring on the cause of the fi re.

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Erica Christo, a marketing official from the Renaissance Festival, said entertainers noticed the fire and quickly notified security.

T he Chicken Shack was i n f l a me s when f i r ef i g hters arrived. It was reduced to r ubble and neighboring booths were also damaged.

The festival delayed opening until 10 a.m.

The raptors show and other performances were relocated to other places at the festival.

The Renaissance Festival, which is usually open Saturdays and Sundays, was open last Friday as it usually is on the last weekend of the festival for the season.

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A crow’s worst nightmare After a hiatus of several years, the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum sent out a call in August for public entries in its annual Scarecrows on Parade exhibit. Five families entered the contest. The entry called “Prince Chiming,” by the Price family of St. Louis Park, won fi rst prize.

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“Everyone went above and beyond,” Kells said. “We told them to take creative license and they did.”

The public can still vote on the “People’s Choice” scarecrow, either online at www.

arboretum.umn.edu/autumnhappenings. aspx, or in person at the Arboretum.

The scarecrows will be on display now through Sunday, Nov. 6, as part of the Arboretum’s Autumn Unplugged celebration, which includes Pumpkin Palooza in the Great Hall through Oct. 31.

—Unsie Zuege

LIVESREMEMBERED Charles D. Folch Charles D. Folch, 48, former Chanhassen resident and former City Engineer/Director of Public Works, passed away at his home in Fountain Hills, AZ on July 27, 2011 after a valiant fight against cancer.

Friends are invited to a Celebration of Life Service on Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Olympic Hills Golf Club in Eden Prairie from 5:30 - 9:00 p.m.

John William Edward Schneider Jr. John Schneider Jr., 50, of Chanhassen, entered his eternal home with peace in the loving care of his family, Monday, Sept. 26, 2011.

Preceded in death by his brother, Ron Schneider. Survived by his mother, Elaine Schneider and her husband Donald Van Hoff; his father, John William Edward Schneider Sr. and his wife Jan; his wife of 24 years, Rachel and his sons, John W. Schneider III (14) and Jake Alexander Martin Schneider (10); his sister, Cheryl Schneider Ingram.

Services will be held Friday Oct. 7, 11 a.m. at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, Excelsior Reception, 6:45 p.m.

Bayview Event Center. Memorials to ALS Association, MN PHOTOS BY UNSIE ZUEGE Chapter or College Savings Plan to benefit John or Jake Cheery and yet so eerie. This scarecrow is at home in front of the Oswald Visitor’s Center at the Minnesota Landscape Schneider payable to: Blackrock College Advantage.

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victoria TOWN SQUARE Business owner throws education challenge to community at large

BY UNSIE ZUEGE uzuege@swpub.com

As a former engineering professional, Gary Alick knows what it takes to succeed in engineering and the sciences.

So he was excited to learn that District 112 elementary schools are implementing STEM into their curriculums.

STEM is an acronym for Science, Technolog y, Engineering, and Mathematics. It’s a way of teaching those disciplines in a way that helps students become creative problem solvers. STEM methods teach creativity, problem solving and critical thinking.

The idea excited him enough that he contacted Victoria Elementary Principal Jill Velure.

What could the local business community do to help VES’s teachers and support the curriculum?

Did the school need technology? Did the teachers need more materials and resources?

What about iPads?

Currently, Victoria Elementary has 16, which allows only one classroom to use them at a time, Alick learned.

At first, Alick considered asking the Victoria business community to make donations to VES, to help them purchase additional technology, like iPads for example.

But as he t hought more about the many needs Victoria Elementary School has, he widened his scope.

“I was reading stories when school started, about families and kids who can’t even afford backpacks,” Alick said. “That’s sad. For some families, that’s a bundle of money. Thanks to the Victoria Lions for the backpacks and calculators they donated to VES this year.

“And then I started thinking. Even when my kids were in school, we kicked in a few bucks to their schools for supplies.

These days, teachers have even less money. I thought, ‘Why can’t we help, and get the school year off to a banner start?’”

Alick threw down a chal-

lenge to the local business community.

“Let’s each donate something to our local schools, whether it’s VES or another school in the area,” Alick said.

“It doesn’t necessarily have to be technology. It’s anything we can do so teachers don’t have to take money out of their own pockets for classroom supplies.

“We’re not getting all the good minds into science and math like we should,” Alick said. “We need to challenge our kids at a younger age. And on top of that, teachers can’t afford to supply their classrooms.

Schools can’t afford to do it all either.

“Education is really a big deal for me,” Alick said. “If we all stepped to make even one donation—even a box of Kleenex—that’s great. iPads are great but schools need all kinds of other supplies, too.

“I’m so sick of hearing about American education falling behind,” Alick said. “I’m challenging everyone, not just in

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Victoria firefighter Brian Pulvermacher makes sure everyone is strapped in safely before they take a ride in the firetruck. Last Saturday, hundreds of kids and their parents visited the Victoria Fire Station for its annual Fire Awareness Open House. Firefighters extended the truck rides by an extra half hour due to demand.

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Victoria, but throughout the district to write a check or to buy some ink cartridges.

Let’s stop depending on teachers to support the education programs. It’s not about me or the schools. This is truly about the kids.”

The leaves are donning their fi nal beauty until they freeze and fall. Hunters are anxiously waiting for No vember, when hunting season begins for fi rearms.

My dad’s nephew was in Minnesota from Da lar na, Sweden in August. Torsten and his wife, Anna, wanted to come in the fall before the snow hits in Minnesota. They had to get back to their home in Sweden for the moose hunt, which begins in the middle of September.

South of the provinces of Dalarna and Hälsingland, the hunt begins on the second Monday in October. There are approximately 30 0,0 0 0 moose in Sweden. Moose are hunted by teams of hunters using rifles and dogs. Walkietalkies are used by the hunters to keep in touch with one another. One shot to the moose is the expectation so there is a minimum meat loss. The hunting team shares the costs and meat regardless of who shoots the moose.

Moose hunting focuses on getting the meat, not a trophy.

My cousin, Torsten and his son each received 50 kilos of moose meat from this year’s hunt, which is approximately 110 pounds of meat. This meat goes in their freezers and is consumed until the next year’s hunt. When I visit Torsten and Anna in Sweden, I eat moose meat several times a week.

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MUSIC FEST RECAP The Nordic Music Festival was a great success! The weather started out a little cool but the sun appeared later in the day. We had fabulous musicians from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Viking Village drew

Above More than two dozen drivers, ages 50 and up, participated in the CarFit safety program last Friday in the Victoria Fire Station.

Victoria resident Ron Allen, at the right, assessed his results with an occupational therapist. CarFit helps seniors adjust their cars’ seating, steering wheels, seatbelts, and mirrors to better fit them and make driving safer.

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BEWARE WHITE ELEPHANTS T he Nordic meeting on Oct. 4 will be a show and tell.

Bring a Nordic article or an antique to the meeting that has meaning to you and tell us about it. We will also have our Lotteri during refreshments. Bring a white elephant item in good condition, if you have one, for the table. We will be asking for donations of $1 for each ticket for the drawing. This Lotteri is to help in donations for future programming.

This event is free to the public. Free will donations to the Nordic Heritage Club are tax deductible. For any questions call Carolyn Spargo at (952) 443-3312.

Carolyn Johnson Spargo lives on the border of Chaska and Victoria, and is active in all things Scandinavian including the Nordic Heritage Club, which meets on the second Friday of the month at the Victoria City Hall at 7951 Rose St., Victoria. Her column appears monthly in the Victoria Town Square pages and online at www.chanvillager.com.

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Raising awareness about breast cancer October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and southwestarea readers were asked to share their stories of hope and support.

The best of those submissions are printed here.

Although breast cancer death rates have been going down – probably as a result of early detection and better treatment, according to the American Cancer Society – breast cancer is still the second leading cause of cancer death in women, behind only lung cancer.

The chance of a woman having invasive breast cancer sometime during her life is a little less than 1 in 8, the Cancer Society estimates.

Right now there are more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the United States. If you would like to know more about the disease, consult www.cancer.org.

allowed them to send my tumor in for testing, OncoType DX. Monthly checks and early detection made the difference in my outcome.

I am now actively working for the American Cancer Society and the Susan G. Komen foundation, to raise money for research. Join me for “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, a 3-mile walk at Lake Nokomis.

Debra Meidl Prior Lake

The bravest person you could ever meet

Love, support helped in fight for her life Five years and a few dozen days ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Those words were shocking and for a moment, I considered my life being over, but just as fast as the thought came, it was gone.

I went into fight mode, the most aggressive fight of my nonconfrontational life. I won’t lie, it was hard and it was painful and there were times when I didn’t know how I would make it through the next treatment or surgery, but it was also one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I realized how strong I really am, how much I am loved and my relationship with God. And those are all incredible and enough. But another amazing and unexpected experience was the group of amazing women I met. We call ourselves creatively, Pink Ribbon Sisters. We were all considered young in breast cancer terms, had tried other types of support, and were all searching for a group that we felt could r el ate to ou r u n ique ne e d s.

One by one, through a friend of a friend, we formed a group and met once a month, usually with a bottle of wine and lots of snacks.

Yes, we talked about our cancer journey, but along the way, we formed an amazing bond of friendship and five years later, we still get together as often as possible and hardly talk about cancer.

When I look way into the future, I see a group of beautiful women who once survived cancer, but still get together, talk about life, love and friendship, drink some wine and have lots of snacks.

It was a beautiful day in May when I was on my way to work and said to myself, “Life is good.” I had dealt with some medical issues the last five years and had fi nally recovered.

But, on July 14, 2010, my life turned upside down and changed forever. I had breast cancer. I remember clearly thinking that I had spoken too soon and God had another plan for me.

My faith kept me in check, but in my private moments I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d be OK. After having surgery and meeting with my oncologist, I learned that chemotherapy would be my best option of the cancer not returning.

Chemo was rough on me, but as I lay in bed sick, I prayed that something good would come of this. I fi nished chemo at the end of November and radiation at the end of January 2011.

The cancer did change my life, and something good did come. I am a much stronger person than I ever was before and I have gained an unbelievable amount of trust in myself and my creator.

You can’t change circumstances, but you can change your attitude.

Our daughter, Diane’s 44th birthday was last week. However, breast cancer took her life Feb. 27, 2010.

Diane was the bravest person you could ever meet.

We b e l i e ve G o d g av e h e r extra faith and courage to cont i nu e t o c a r e for her husband and three teenage sons for the four years she struggled with her disease and the treatment of it. She lived long Diane enough to fulfi ll Hutchins her dream of seeing her oldest son enter college and pursue the love of music that they shared.

Breast cancer robbed our daughter of the joys of seeing her children grow up, have their own families, and becoming a grandmother.

Our daughter’s only goal in life was to be a loving mother. She had no interest in working outside the home; just taking kids back and forth to school and encouraging them to excel academically and participate in activities.

Now, her sons are trying to adjust to meeting the goals, jointly created with their mother, without her daily encouragement. We pray for the families that have gone through this same suffering and grief. Until the cure for breast cancer is found parents will continue to face the sadness of outliving our children.

wearing it, he looked at me with his big blue eyes and pure heart and said, “I would never take it off.”

The most profound things in life can be said without uttering a word.

Big Al wears a pink bracelet. He wears it for me.

Kristi Riddle Chaska

John and Jacqueline Kocourek Chaska

Nicki Boscia Durlester Sherman Oaks, Calif.

Stronger person than I ever was

Jan Aument Shakopee

Survivor now walks for others

Big Al wears a pink bracelet ‘for me’

Staying positive keeps Mom close

I had always gone in for my yearly mammogram. Two years ago, the radiologist recommended that I have an MRI due to my family history and the density, making it hard to see everything on a mammogram. I was in for a lump (cyst) in my right breast one month later. Everything was fi ne; it was a cyst.

Six months later, I discovered another lump. That same day, they did an MRI. I received a phone call from my doctor indicating that there was a suspicious mass in my right breast. They recommended an MRI biopsy. At 2 :30 p.m. the following day, I received the phone call letting me know that I had breast cancer. While this was not the news I wanted to receive, I felt blessed with the support of family and friends. They feel it was caught early, and I met with the surgeon right away. We decided on a lumpectomy and 33 treatments of radiation. We are blessed to have the technology that we do today. It

Big Al wears a pink bracelet. Not the typical accessory that adorns the wrist of a man’s man. Similar to the countless rubber bands on the market today, his is embossed in big burgundy letters with the name of my memoir, Beyond the Pink Moon.

I had them made as a party favor for a breast cancer luncheon and book signing last October. I didn’t notice when Big Al slipped his on until one evening at the dinner table when I glanced over and saw it overlapping the yellow Lance Armstrong bracelet he has worn for years. You see, Big Al is not a fad kind of guy.

Much like the wedding band he has never taken off since I placed it on his finger 26 years ago, when he chooses to wear something it holds great meaning for him.

Long after everyone, including me, removed their Beyond the Pink Moon bands, Big Al’s remains steadfast on his wrist. When I asked him one day why on earth he was still

I lost my mom to breast cancer two and a half years ago. Some days, it feels like just yesterday. There was (and is) so much more I wanted to share with her: My wedding day, cherry tomatoes from my garden, the birth of my fi rst child. I found myself holding my breath and feeling the ache in my heart. I had to make a conscious decision: Do I feel sad about tomorrow and mad about yesterday? Or do I live life in the present and pay attention to the good things happening right now?

I chose to be positive. I chose to live in the present. That does not mean I don’t miss my mom; there will never be a day when I don’t miss her. But with this attitude, I don’t have a chance to dwell on the things that could’ve been, and that is something I will never regret.

Sometimes, when I’m having a hard time staying positive, I pay more attention to my surroundings – the birds, the blooming flowers, the cool breeze – and I put my face to the sun and feel the warmth of my mom’s love shining down from Heaven, and then it feels like she never really left at all.

Andrea Mullenmeister Prior Lake

Mom will be forever cherished

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Vicky Gaughran (far left) with her grandson, Joey Larson, and daughter Mindy Larson.

Burdens lifted by others’ TLC In February 2005, I discovered a small, hard lump on my breast.

I am a true procrastinator, why my husband compensates for by being diligent on my behalf. For this I am usually annoyed, but ultimately grateful. Within two weeks of discover, I was biopsied for cancer. I received my results – positive – and scheduled for a mastectomy.

I should have been terrified, but I believe shock and denial numbs some of the fear in a manner that allows us the ability to process an overwhelming amount of feelings and life-altering events such as chemotherapy, hair loss, reconstructive surgery, etc.

What I discovered in the pro-

cess, which I wasn’t expecting, was that all of those burdens could be lifted off me by the tender loving care I received from others. It’s what helps survivors to survive for however long we’re intended to, with renewed strength, stronger faith and restored appreciation for others and life itself.

It also creates a desire to pay it forward, to become kinder and empathetic toward others.

Everyone can make a difference, no matter how big or small.

We all have something to offer one another. Never underestimate the power of giving.

Vicky Gaughran Prior Lake

Five years ago, the Shakopee Valley News published a story about Jan Aument, who was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer.

Aument’s son, then 11, and his friends surprised her by shaving their heads “so I wouldn’t have to be alone and feel sad anymore.” Aument, who has been released from her oncologist’s care and said “life is good,” gathered the boys for another photo. They are, in both photos, from left: Tanner Graff, Jan Aument, Alec Aument and Curtis Sager.

I unfortunately lost my mother to breast cancer 17 years ago. She was an incredible wife, mother, sister and daughter. Back 17 years ago, the knowledge and awareness was not as available as it is today, unfortunately. My mother, Patricia Anne Curielli, knew that she had a lump and was too scared and worried to have it checked out. She had five children, and my father traveled extensively, so she did not have it checked out for 18 months. When it was found, they immediately had her into surgery to have a double mastectomy.

Amazingly, it had already metastasized into her bones, unbeknownst to us. She was such a fighter that she had about four good years with us.

There were ups and downs along the way, but the journey was such a good fight.

My parents moved to Prior Lake when I was 19. My mother asked my father, John, to move to the lake. We had been a Burnsville family growing up. My father said to my mother, “Pat, this house is almost paid off, really? You want to move to the lake?”

Of course my father agreed, and they moved into the Harbor in 1994 where I lived for two years before I was married. I thank my mother for

bringing us to Prior Lake for many reasons. We have loved the people, the lake and St. Michael’s School, where our children go. There is not a day that goes by that I do not miss my mother, Patricia. But, I am so happy to have the memories and the vision she had for our family to be here in Prior Lake.

Kathryn Curielli-Underwood Prior Lake

An even worse diagnosis than my own for cancer Sept. 24, 2010 changed my life and the lives of my family and friends forever. To me, the word CANCER always meant a death sentence because Mother passed away years ago from breast cancer. The good news was treatment had improved immensely so I started to look at this as just another illness that needed to be treated!

The hardest part was telling my kids as my dad, their grandfather, had just passed away the month before. The preliminary diagnosis for me was a biopsy; at that time I was told it was cancer. The lab results would be in on Monday. My husband Gary and I agreed to wait until Monday to tell the kids, hoping that the preliminary result would be wrong.

My daughter, the strong, takecontrol young lady she is, was making plans on how we should proceed with this. My son was more emotional and all he could say was, “I love you and you will get through this.”

Eight months after I was diagnosed with breast cancer my 27-year-old daughter was diagnosed with breast cancer. Anyone who is a mother knows this news is much harder than your own diagnosis.

life and care. My heart feels so warm to know there are such great people in my life and in this world!

Becky Gesswein Becky Gesswein, a Shakopee native, resides in Richfield. Her mother is Linda Reed Thompson.

Grateful to be here In December 2009, I turned 40 years old. I decided not to have a birthday party, as that spring I would be finishing my master’s degree and I thought a graduation party would be the ultimate payoff.

In January 2010, I went in for a routine physical, at which time a lump was found in my right breast. I was overwhelmed, scared and fearful I wouldn’t see my children grow up.

On March 3, 2010, I had a mastectomy; from May through August I did chemotherapy; September, I had reconstructive surgery; and just last May I had a hysterectomy.

I have three children and a wonderful husband, but all I could think of was that my life was over.

“Why me?” went through my head over and over. Now I am 21 months cancer-free, and my world seems to have fi nally gotten back to normal. I never did get my graduation party, which is an example that life is short, so take advantage of every day. People always say that, but do they live that motto? I do! I am so lucky to be able to tell my story, and I am thankful for every day.

Kathie Pierce Prior Lake

Mission: To help other warriors After discovering a small lump,

Linda Reed Thompson I wondered if it was anything to be Shakopee concerned about. When I thought it

Support has warmed this daughter’s heart Nearly every person you encounter has a story about breast cancer.

With three generations of breast cancer, my family is no exception.

With my grandmother diagnosed at age 41, mother diagnosed at age 57 and my diagnosis at age 27, we are not short on personal stories.

Unless you’ve gone through it yourself, you will never know how each day living with cancer feels.

Those closest to me — my boyfriend, mom and dad — were my primary support. They were the ones I would allow to listen to my cries when the glass was half-empty and the ones who made me realize how lucky I am and made that glass feel full again.

Not only was my family affected by my diagnosis, but friends and coworkers were too. People from every touch-point in my life were concerned with my well-being, continually telling me and my parents that I was top of mind in their prayers, thinking positively and always asking what they could do to help. The health care professionals have also made a personal investment in my

was growing, I fi nally decided to see my doctor. Within days, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and was beginning a journey that changed my life forever. Early detection saved my life!

Even though I had eight chemo treatments, six surgeries and 35 days of radiation, I had a positive experience with breast cancer. From the very beginning, I felt that God wanted me to educate others about what cancer can and cannot do to a family.

Having breast cancer has given me many, many opportunities to help other women who are traveling on their journey. One way I do that is with a breast cancer ministry at the Church of St. Michael, called the Pink Prayer Warriors.

Our ministry will help in any way we can to support the “warrior” during treatment, whether it’s rides to doctor appointments or sending them an encouraging card. We stay in touch with them all the way through their journey. But most of all, we offer prayers.

I strive each day to be a positive role model for those who have been touched by cancer.

Rhonda Zweber Prior Lake

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CROSS COUNTRY

Tough field, encouraging race for Storm

BY ERIC KRAUSHAR scores@swpub.com

Chanhassen placed seventh of 25 teams in both the boys and girls races in the 29th running of the Victoria Lions Cross Country Invitational Tuesday at the Chaska Par 30 Course.

Looking further into the standings though, the Storm fared well against Section 2AA and Missota Conference foes.

Against section teams, the gi rls were second of eight teams – the boys were first.

Against con ference teams, again, the girls were second of five teams – the boys were fi rst.

“I think we did pretty well.

T he whole tea m ra n t hei r best,” said sevent h-g rader Anastasia Korzenowski.

It was the Storm youngster that turned in the best performance of the day with a personal-best time of 15:07.1 for sixth place overall.

Despite her small stature and relative inexperience in the sport, the Chanhassen runner is making the most of her opportunity to run.

“It’s hard because I don’t really know anybody. Its hard work but it’s paying off,” Korzenowski said. “I’m getting more used to all of the work now.”

Not only is she adjusting to her new teammates, but she is still learning the courses and her competition.

“Yeah, I was both surprised and excited,” she said about her time Tuesday.

No. 2 Lakeville South won the meet by three points over Shakopee, 110-113. Defending i ndividu a l ch a mpion, M aria Hauger of Shakopee, ran away with the title in a time of 14:07.2.

Along with Korzenowski, Jordan Paschke (31st, 15:53), Larissa Juelich (54th, 16:11),

Emily Castanias (63rd, 16:22) and Megan Gossfeld (6 5th, 16:24) rounded out the team score of 219 for Chanhassen.

PERSONAL BEST Alec Olson came into Tuesday’s race with a personal-best time of 16 minutes, 20 seconds.

The Chanhassen senior has a new time to beat now.

Olson recorded a mark of 16 : 08.6 to place 10th in the boys field.

Top-ranked Josh Thorson ran the fastest time by any male high school runner in Minnesota this fall at 15:19.6 to win the race. No. 3 Cole O’Brien of Burnsville and No. 8 Jan Ketterson of Bloomington Jefferson were second and third, respectively, with times of 15:22.5 and 15:30.6.

Seven of the nine runners to place ahead of Olson were ranked heading into the race.

“I felt really good the whole race. It was pretty hot, but it was windy enough where it cooled you off during the race,” said Olson.

After racing in the prestigious Roy Griak Invitational Sept. 24, Olson said the experience of running in big meets is helping him fi nd a winning strategy.

“It gives you experience running against a bunch of fast guys. It gives you a better idea of how fast you have to run. I knew there were going to be a ton of fast guys, so I didn’t go out as fast that fi rst mile. I stayed back and I worked my way up,” he said.

O l s o n w o r k e d h i s w ay through a pack of runners into the top-10 and nearly picked off another runner down the stretch in Holy Family Catholic’s Jensen Orlow.

“I was catching up to him, but I just didn’t have enough.

I was close,” Olson said.

Kieran Kelly, who fi nished

Emily Castanias runs just ahead of a Lakeville South runner midway through Tuesday’s race. Castanias was 63rd with a run of 16:22.

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11th at Roy Griak, was 21st Tuesday with a time of 16:25.

Austin Miller (38th, 16: 55), Mathew Janes (74th, 17:49) and Cameron Economy (90th, 18 : 0 0 ) help e d Ch a n h a ssen score 233 points in the meet.

No. 1 Stillwater topped unranked Burnsville by a score of 82-110 for fi rst place.

IMPROVING SKIPPERS One of the most surprising runs of the day besides Burnsville came from the Minnetonka boys, which placed a respectable sixth-place with 190 points.

Kyle Anderson led the Skippers with a 12th-place time of 16:14.

“I’m just trying to do my best. This was my best race so far. I cut about 20 seconds

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Mark Trautmann and Dan Holovnia run together in a pack for Chanhassen, running times just over 18 minutes during the 29th running of the Victoria Lions Invitational Tuesday at the Chaska Par 30 course

off my season-best. I’ve been training hard and doing my best,” Anderson said.

T he M i n neton k a sen ior ran with a friend, Chanhassen’s Kelly, for a bit, but made his move late to fi nish in the top 12. He had mixed feelings about running against some of the top runners in the state.

“It’s kind of a blessing and a curse to run with the top runners in the state. It pulls you

along, but it kind of makes you look slow,” he said.

Minnetonka is in the toughest section in the state – 6AA – with ranked Wayzata, Edina, Eden Prairie and Hopkins all gunning for the two spots to state.

The Skippers may not be the favorites later this season, but Anderson is happy with the team’s efforts.

“We’re gearing for the end of

the season. We’re trying to get our times down. I think we’re doing pretty well,” he said.

Senior tea m mate R ic a rdo Cel leri a lso had a good run with a 20th-place time of 16:23.

The Minnetonka girls were ninth with 238 points. Lucy Hoelscher and Anna Meiusi paced the Skippers in 20th and 37th with times of 15:31 and 15:58, respectively.

GIRLS SOCCER

HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC

Storm win the rubber match

Two Fire stars commit to Division 1 programs

BY ERIC KRAUSHAR scores@swpub.com

Fatigue set in at the end of each half and Chanhassen capitalized with a goal in a 1-0 win over District 112 rival Chaska Sept. 28.

Storm senior Kelly Ryan tapped in a perfect pass from Erika Hokkenen with exactly 10 minutes remaining in the fi rst half for the lone score of the contest.

The two teams played backto-back games on back-to-back days last week. Both Hokkenen and senior Katherine Fischenich said the legs got tired quick pretty quick, especially in the second half.

In year No. 1, Chanhassen beat Chaska 1-0, while in year No. 2 Chaska returned the favor 1-0. So it was only fitting the third meeting would come down to one goal.

The Storm had the better chances in the first half including a crossbar clang from Ryan in the 25th minute. In the 31st minute, Chanhassen broke the tie on a run down the left side.

“Delanie (Brew) made a great pass up to me. On my summer team, we always played the through ball, so we did that and Kelly one-timed into the net,” Hokkenen said.

Hokkenen entered the game midway through the half as a reserve.

The Chanhassen defense did the rest, allowing just one shot – a Sarah Wagman shot from 25 yards out in the 71st minute.

The Storm outshot the Hawks 6-1 for the game.

“I felt like we came together as a unit. We weren’t individuals. And it was the whole team that played great defense. The midfielders did a great job coming back and helping out. The defense did a good job marking up and keeping them to the middle. Whenever they tried to make a run, we shut them down,” Fischenich said.

Jordan Melby and Cassidy

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Chanhassen junior forward Briana Immerman dribbles up field as Chaska’s Sarah Wagman (14) and Brooke Moormeier (17) defend. Also pictured is Storm junior Nicole Becker (7).

Brewin each played a half to earn the shutout for Chanhassen, which matched a schoolbest five wins with the victory.

For Hokkenen and Fischenich, a victory over the Hawks was biggest moment of the year.

“We know all of the girls because we’ve played with them during the summer, so it’s nice,” Hokkenen said. “Plus, their coach (Pat Prindle), was my summer coach so I wanted to show him what we got.”

“It’s my senior year and

we lost last year, so we came into this game wanting to beat them. And we did and it feels amazing. It almost feels like my season is complete now,” Fischenich said.

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SCHOOL RECORD Chanhassen was coming off a 3-0 loss to Northfield Sept.

27 in a game in which Storm coach Jon Petersen said “we didn’t show up.”

The Northfield girls, which extended a 1-0 halftime lead with an early goal in the second stanza, pitched its fourth

shutout of the season. Northfield is 5-0 in the girls conference standings.

Chanhassen did earn a 2-1 win over Waconia Saturday to set a new school record with six wins. Victory No. 7 came at New Prague in a 3-0 road win.

Holy Fami ly’s Kasey Ralston, a Chaska native, has verbally committed to play baseb a l l at I n d i a n a University. He has ac c ep t e d C o ach T r a c y S m it h’s scholarship offer to joi n t he Hoo siers squad in the fall of 2012.

Ralston is a standout pitcher and shortstop for t he F i re. I n hi s career, he has a SUBMITTED PHOTO bat t i n g aver a ge Maggie Renfro, a standout for of .353 and slugthe Holy Family Catholic girls g i ng p ercent age soccer team, verbally committed to of .673.

Northern Illinois this week.

A starter since his freshman year, RENFRO COMMITS TO he was recruited by a numNORTHERN ILLINOIS ber of Division I schools, but Maggie Renfro, a girls soccer chose I ndia na University standout at Holy Family Cathobecause of the coaching staff, lic, has verbally committed to the competitive program and play soccer at the University of facilities.

Northern Illinois. She will join “Indiana is a great fit. The the Huskies in the fall of 2012. coaches and players are great Renfro has been a starting and I’m looking forward to forward for the Fire soccer playing in the Big 10.” Ralteam since her freshman year. ston said.

She has accumulated three Ra lston led the va rsity varsity letters and has been baseball team to back-to-back an all-conference selection conference championships as every year. She also earned well as back-to-back section all-section and was honorable final appearances. He was mention All-State her junior team pitcher leader in strikeyear. outs (87), earned run average Renfro earned the all-state (1.21), innings pitched (58) honors by leading the metro and wins (8) in 2011. area in scoring. Her junior As a junior, Ralston reyear she also led Minnesota ceived all-conference, Minnein total points for assists and sota River Conference Pitcher goals. Renfro will more than of the Year, all-section and likely finish her career as team MVP honors.

Holy Family’s leader in total He has also excelled in the points and she is team captain classroom, maintaining a her senior year.

3.5 GPA for five consecutive “Holy Family is very excited semesters at Holy Family. and proud of Maggie for all “I’m very excited for Kasey. of her accomplishments. She All his hard work in-season has been a tremendous asset and off-season both in the to our soccer program and to classroom and on the field has our school. Northern Illinois is paid off.” Fire Coach Bryan getting an outstanding soccer DeLorenzo. player and individual.” Activities Director Matt Thuli said.

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GIRLS TENNIS

FOOTBALL

Storm move on in playoffs

Rivalry resumes

BY ERIC KRAUSHAR scores@swpub.com

Chanhassen girls tennis is peaking at the right time of the season and that was evident Tuesday during a 7-0 victory over Holy Family Catholic in the Section 2AA North quarterfi nals.

The third-seeded Storm, which have won nine straight duals, not having lost a match since Sept. 8, dispatched the Fire in straight sets in all seven matches.

Chanhassen’s Kaitlin Storo was most impressive at fourth singles, winning all 12 games over Gabby Carter. The doubles team of Caitlin Matson and Kate Gerike also surrendered only two games in a win at No. 3 doubles.

Other big wins came from Lauren Weikle at No. 3 singles (6-1, 6-1) and Michaela Weispfennig and Anna Lano at No. 2 doubles (6-2, 6-0).

Isabel Tompkins had the most competitive match for Holy Family Catholic, a 6-4, 6-1 loss at No. 1 singles against the Storm’s Hayley Haakenstad.

Jess Menden and Meaghan Moakley also were defeated 6-3, 6-1 at No. 1 doubles by Katie Mattson and Brooke Lapinski, while Fire’s Lexi Lynch fell 6-3, 6-0 to Ashley Kemp at No. 2 singles.

Chanhassen travels to No. 2 seed Eden Prairie at 3:45 p.m. today for a semifinal match.

The winner likely will play Shakopee in the Section Final Four next Tuesday in St. Peter.

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Chanhassen’s Kaitlin Storo returns a serve during a 6-0, 6-0 win over Holy Family Catholic’s Gabby Carter Tuesday.

The Storm lost 6 -1 to the Eagles in late August.

SECOND PLACE Haakenstad beat previously conference undefeated Marisa Toivonen to help Chanhassen top Red Wing by a score of 4-3 Thursday in the Missota regular-season fi nale.

Haakenstad, who has only two losses on the season, improved to 7-0 against Missota opponents with a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 1 singles.

“Hayley led the way with a decisive win over a quality player. Marisa had been play-

ing some very good tennis lately and Hayley was up for the challenge,” said Storm coach Jim Mason on the eighthgrader Haakenstad. “It’s hard to imagine where this team would have been had we not had Hayley to step into the No. 1 spot when Katie (Mattson) went out. Every team needs that toplevel player at the No. 1 spot.

We were fortunate this year to have two players capable of accepting that role.”

Mattson returned to the lineup for only the second time in four weeks, playing with Brooke Lapinski in a 6-4, 6-2

win at No. 1 doubles.

Also winning were Lauren Weikle at No. 3 singles (6-4, 6-2) and the third doubles team of Michaela Weispfennig and Anna Lano (6-2, 6-4).

Chanhassen finished the conference season with a 6-1 record – their only blemish in a 4-3 loss to Shakopee Sept. 8.

“The girls really stepped up to the challenge. They fi nished behind Red Wing in the conference standings last year and had an opportunity to move past them this year,” Mason said.

BY ERIC KRAUSHAR scores@swpub.com

Eight games are on the football schedule, but one date each year is circled on every calendar of Chanhassen and Chaska player.

That date is this Friday, in which the District 112 rivals will meet in a week six clash beginning at 5 p.m. at Storm Stadium.

The early start time is to accommodate the Yom Kippur holiday, which begins at sundown.

Both teams are off to 1-4 star ts, but the two teams couldn’t be more than different.

Chanhassen lost its first three Missota contests by a combined seven points, including a last-second 17-15 defeat to conference leader Shakopee.

The Storm also had a gamewinning field goal sail wide in a 35-33 loss to undefeated Holy Angels.

Chaska’s lone win also came against Northfield in a 35-26 week two victory. Since then, the offense has been quiet, putting up 34 points in three losses – zero points, though, in the fi rst half. The defense has allowed 31 points per game as well.

The Hawks are led offensively by the combination of quarterback Nick Jensen and receiver/back Kolby Seiffert.

With the injury to starting tailback Carter Severinsen in week three, Seiffert has taken snaps in the backfield the past two weeks.

Other targets for Jensen

have been Sean Brewers and Brandon Ploen.

Chanhassen is seeking its first win in the series, having lost 47-7 to Chaska in 2009 and 18-13 last season.

FIRST VICTORY In four losses, Chanhassen either started slow or couldn’t finish off a win. In week five, the Storm did neither, dominating Northfield 28-7 for their first win of the season.

Maverick Edmunds scored twice on the ground and Ryan McGuire added two touchdowns as well – one through the air and one on the ground – as Chanhassen jumped out to a 28-0 lead at halftime.

Northfield managed a 15yard score in the fourth quarter as Jacob Mathison hit Jacob Wise for a touchdown.

Eric Bigaouette had an interception for Chanhassen, while safety Mike Busch had a team-high nine tackles. Tyler Rust also added three of the team’s four sacks in the game.

McGuire completed 10-of13 passes for 223 yards, while Mike Cerjance had a seasonhigh 72 yards on the ground.

Otto was McGuire’s favorite target, hauling in six catches for 177 yards.

The game had a scary moment as Northfield senior receiver Kohl DeGroot was taken off on a stretcher following a hard hit. The game was halted immediately once the Raider player did not get up.

According to Northfield Patch, DeGroot was not seriously hurt.

REGION FOOTBALL

SPORTS BRIEFS

Wayzata rolls in battle of unbeatens

Peterson running at Luther College

Things started so well for road warriors Minnetonka.

Scot t Benedict ’s one -ya rd run in the fi rst quarter gave the Skippers a 7-0 lead. That was as good as it got for Minnetonka.

N o . 2 - r a n k e d Way z a t a scored 35 unanswered points in a 35-7 blowout Friday in a battle of unbeatens.

Trailing 7- 6 at halftime, the Trojans got three touchdowns in the third quarter to turn a close game into a rout. Antonio Ford had two rushing touchdowns and 194 yards, while quarterback Nick Martin gave Wayzata the lead for good with a pair of passing touchdowns.

Kit Snyder also returned a

fumble for 13 yards just 11 seconds into the fourth quarter for the fi nal difference.

Benedict, who gave Minnetonka a 7-0 lead in the fourth quarter with a one-yard run, left the game on crutches.

Coach Dave Nelson said the injury was at least a “sprain.”

The No. 5-ranked Skippers came into the contest having allowed an average less than four points per game on defense in a 4-0 start.

Things don’t get any easier for Minnetonka, which travels to No. 1 Eden Prairie at 7 p.m. tonight.

FIRE ARE 5-0 Holy Family Catholic trailed for the fi rst time all season,

falling behind 21-20 to Esko at halftime.

The Fire, though, rallied behind Tommy Hanson, who had two special teams’ returns for touchdowns, as Holy Family held on to win 41-33 to improve to 5-0 on the season.

Holy Family has won 21 straight home games.

Trailing by a point at the break, the Fire took the lead for good in the third quarter as Michael Roane scored from five yards and Connor Byrnes added a two -yard score as well.

Hanson, who returned a kickoff 83 yards in the second quarter, added a second score on a 33-yard punt return to give Holy Family a 41-21 lead.

Esko (3-2) scored twice in the fourth quarter but No. 2-ranked Holy Family held on for the eight-point victory.

Ryan Dahl and Adam Reznick each had rushing touchdowns in the fi rst quarter for the Fire as well.

Roane was 9-for-17 passing for 115 yards through the air, while also rushing for 55 yards.

Senior Isaac Savaryn had a team-high 109 yards on just 10 carries after returning to the lineup following a two-week absence.

Esko outgained the Fire 484 to 324 in total yards.

Holy Family Catholic travels to Class AAAA No. 2 St. Thomas Academy (5-0) at 7 p.m. Friday.

STORM ROUNDUP

Relay sets a new pool record Chanhassen set a third pool record in a eight-day span Thursday, posting a time of 3:38.35 in the 400-yard freestyle relay in a 103-81 dual victory over Chaska.

The Storm relay team of Kaia Grobe, Shelby Holmes, Samantha Prasher and Kylie Dahlgren beat the old record of 3:43.50 by an Apple Valley team in 1998.

Grobe set new standards at the Chaska Middle School East pool in the 50- and 100yard freestyle events Sept. 22 against Northfield.

A fourth record was nearly beat in the 200-yard freestyle relay as Chanhassen swam a time of 1:40.69 - 57 hundredths of a second away from Northfield’s time on Sept. 22.

The Storm got individual wins from Dahlgren in the 100 and 200 freestyle, Shelby Holmes in the 50 freestyle and Mariah Holmes in the 100 backstroke.

Chaska won five events, including a pair from Kirsten Augdahl, who swam fi rst in the 20 0 individual medley and 100 butterfly. Stasi Zabel (diving), Caitlin Gilliand (500

freestyle) and Elizabeth Donnelly (100 breaststroke) also won events for the Hawks.

TRAVELING STORM SHOW Ch a n h a ssen vol leyba l l traveled 590 miles in three days for three matches. The Storm improved to 14-2 on the season with a pair of victories in Moorhead during the weekend after dispatching Northfield 3-0 on Thursday.

The ninth-ranked Storm rallied from two sets down to win 3-2 over Moorhead Friday before taking down Bemidji on the neutral court 3-1 on Saturday afternoon.

Against the Spuds, Julianne Blomberg led Chanhassen with 18 kills, 16 digs and six aces. The game scores were 15-25, 16-25, 25-16, 25-20 and 15-11.

Sarah Hess had 27 set assists, while Sarah Rasmussen added 24 digs and three aces.

Other statistical leaders were Emily Zahn and Keagan Kinsella with eight kills apiece, while Elly Krych had 11 digs.

Game scores with Bemidji Saturday were 24-26, 25-12, 25-18 and 25-11.

Grace Peterson, a 2011 graduate of Chanhassen High School, is a member of the 2011 Luther College cross-country team.

Luther is led by head coach Yarrow Pasche, who begins her seventh year at the helm of the program. During her tenure, Luther has captured the Iowa Conference championship three times, including last year’s title, and have also been runner-up three times. Last year the Norse fi nished sixth at the NCAA DIII National Championships. Coach Pasche returns four of the top seven runners from a year ago.

Peterson is the daughter of Dale and Sarah Peterson of Chanhassen.

Wear your pink tonight October is breast cancer awareness month and Chanhassen Storm Volleyball will be supporting the Side-Out Foundation’s efforts toward raising funds to award grants to medical research organizations and entities dedicated to providing compassionate support to breast cancer patients and their families.

During tonight’s match with Chaska, the Storm will host Dig Pink Night. An online donation site has been made available for those that wish to contribute. Go to www.digpink.org and search for event Chanhassen Storm Volleyball.

Fans are encouraged to wear pink that evening.

Chanhassen Volleyball will also be helping to support the local Miracles of Mitch Foundation that same night by hosting a toy/game drive for kids of all ages. This foundation is dedicated to providing fi nancial and quality-of-life assistance to pediatric cancer families in Minnesota by providing these toys/games to the families on a Minnesota Miracle Weekend getaway.

This special program offers a relaxing respite weekend to the families of children battling cancer. For more information on this foundation, visit miraclesofmitch.org. Toy bins will be available on the night of the match.

Also being honored this evening will be seniors Sarah Rasmussen, Julianne Blomberg, Chandler Weir and Wendy Lemke during their fi nal home regular-season match.

Stars JV soccer wins MCAA Tournament The Southwest Christian junior varsity girls soccer team captured the Minnesota Christian Athletic Association Tournament title on Saturday at the Bloomington Kelly Fields.

Having played four games already in the week, the Stars took down No. 2 seed Trinity of River Ridge 2-1, and then beat undefeated and top seed New Life Academy 2-1 in the championship game.

PHOTO BY ERIC KRAUSHAR

Chanhassen sophomore Megan Davidson places second in the 100-yard freestyle during a dual victory over Chaska Sept. 29. Davidson’s teammate, Kylie Dahlgren, won the event in a time of 56.03.

Blomb erg agai n le d t he Storm with 17 kills and 11 digs, while Rasmussen had 14 digs and a career-high nine kills from the libero position.

Maddie Entinger added 33 set assists, while Jill Entinger had nine kills and Emily Zahn had 13 digs.

Maddie Entinger had 36 set assists, while Blomberg added 15 kills, four block assists and four aces to lead Chanhassen to a 3-0 win at Northfield Thursday.

The scores were 25-20, 25-12 and 25-20.

Zahn also had nine kills, while Ashley Entinger had six kills and 11 digs for Chanhassen against the Raiders. Rasmussen chipped in 11 digs and four aces, while Jill Entinger had five block assists.

Chanhassen is 4- 0 in the Missota Conference.

The Storm look for win No. 15 tonight in the regular season home-fi nale against rival Chaska at 7 p.m.

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The Southwest Christian junior varsity girls soccer team won the MCAA title on Saturday. Pictured are, front row from left, Sarah Quernemoen, Brooke Johnson, Lydia Stuver, Katie Wisely, Bre Swanson, Hannah Paine, and Christine Piwnica. Back row: Amy Reimer, Amy Schilling, Courtney Claus, Linsey Kornoelje, Christine Brown, Kassie Graham, Elisa Palumbo and Coach Val Olson.

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BOYS SOCCER

Physical game ends in a draw

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Chanhassen needed overtime to beat Chaska 1- 0 in boys soccer in 2010. This time around, the Storm were unable to get the winner as the District 112 rivals played to a scoreless draw Wednesday.

Chaska had the better play for much of the 90 minutes, but failed to get a shot past Storm goaltender Tyler Szorcsik, who made seven saves in the tie.

“We wanted to win it, but we played a good game and we just couldn’t find the back of the net. The other goalie, Tyler, he played a great game,” Chaska senior goaltender Brendan Jackson said.

The Hawks were in position to win the rubber match in the third meeting between the two schools. Chanhassen won 1-0 in overtime in 2010, while Chaska was victorious 3-2 in 2009.

Chaska had three great opportunities during the final 19 minutes of regulation, but two shots were turned away from a diving Szorcsik and another attempt was high over the crossbar.

The Hawks outshot Chan-

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A WIN AT NEW PRAGUE Chanhassen came into the Chaska on the heels of a 5-1 loss

Web schedule: www.missotaconference.org School: www.district112.org/cns/ Hotline: (952) 361-CHAN (2426) Home football games at Chanhassen H.S. Home volleyball matches at Chanhassen H.S. Home girls tennis matches at Chanhassen H.S Home girls swim/dive meets at Chaska M.S. East Home soccer matches at Chanhassen H.S. TODAY, OCTOBER 6 Girls Tennis at Eden Prairie, 3:45 p.m.

Boys Soccer at Red Wing, 5 p.m.

Swim/Dive at New Prague, 6 p.m.

Girls Soccer at Red Wing, 7 p.m.

Volleyball vs. Chaska, 7 p.m.

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Chanhassen goaltender Tyler Szorcsik comes out to defend a pass into the box as Chaska attackers Camilo Gallego (11) and Jorge Romero (21) look for the opportunity to score. to Northfield Sept. 27.

Avery Nelson scored a natural hat trick for the Raiders boys, who led 1-0 at halftime.

The Storm also were defeated by Waconia 3-1 in a non-

conference match Saturday, but did rebound with a 8-0 victory at New Prague Tuesday.

Chanhassen finishes the regular season at Red Wing tonight.

In search of the Spirit Bear Just getting to Shearwater, British Columbia, is an adventure. It is one of many small islands along the B.C. coast. Here is my itinerary: Two flights brought us to Bella Bella, B.C., a small island and population 1,800. The second of these f lights, which was the most hair-raising flight I have ever had in all my years of traveling, landed us in pouring rain and no visibility, where we deplaned and crammed into a van that drove us to the boat docks. In a hard driving rain we boarded a large boat, which navigated between the hundreds of islands to the small village of Shearwater, population 75.

The scary flight started out in sunshine and warm temperatures. Taking off was completely uneventful but it wasn’t too long before the 15 passenger twin engine prop was f lying into pea-soup — rain, wind and no visibility. I was sitting right behind the pilot so I was looking over his shoulder seeing if I could see anything. Pure white is all I could see out the windshield. Watching the GPS I could see we were rapidly approaching our destination but without the GPS there would be no way of knowing where we were. Keeping an eye on the altimeter, I was wondering when we were going to break out under the cloud deck and start seeing the ground during the approach. Figuring about a thousand feet would be standard altitude when we might be able to see something, I was completely disappointed when it was still pure white.

At 800 feet I could see nothing; 600 feet — nothing; at 400 feet the faint outline of some trees and a runway was right in front of us. In less than 10 seconds we were navigating the high winds and attempting to land. This was one of those times I wish I was seated in the back of the plane so I couldn’t see what was going on. I must

This gray wolf was on the prowl for salmon in a remote part of British Columbia, Canada.

Stan

PHOTO BY STAN TEKIELA

TEKIELA right down to the water. The trees in this region are oldgrowth cedars and hemlocks with massive trunks. A half a day travel through the wilderness brings us to a small protective bay. Just minutes after setting anchor we spot a wolf on the shore near the boat. We jump into the zodiac and head out to see if we can get some shots. For the next 20 minutes or so, we follow the wolf as she walks along the shore.

The wolf is calm and comfortable with us on the zodiac and is traveling with a purpose. Soon we find the purpose. She slowly stalks up to a small creek and darts into the water grabbing a large salmon. She emerges from the water with her prize, water dripping from her fur, and a mouth full of fish. Yes, that is right, wolves are eating fish. These coastal wolves take advantage of the abundant fish and regularly go fi shing. The sun has set and it’s starting to get dark so we turn the zodiac around and head back to the sail boat. It has been a good — although rainy — start to this adventure. The days ahead will bring us to the real objective of this trip — the spirit bear. The spirit bear is an all-white black bear that only occurs in the temperate rainforest of British Columbia. We are keeping our fingers crossed that we will be lucky enough to see and photograph this truly rare bear. Until next time…

REGION ROUNDUP

Skippers soccer returning the favor M i n ne t on k a we nt 0 -2 -2 through the first loop of the Lake Conference girls soccer schedule. So far, the second loop has been much more kind to the Skippers.

Minnetonka, once ranked in Class AA, improved to 8-2-3 on the season with a pair of wins last week. The Skippers beat previous No. 1 Wayzata (now No. 4) 2-0 Sept. 27 and Hopkins 2-1 on Saturday.

The Skippers started the season with five straight wins, outscoring opponents 16-2. Then they went through a stretch where they went 0-2-3, which included a 2-1 loss in overtime to Wayzata and a scoreless draw with Hopkins.

Minnetonka, though, got some revenge against the Trojans. Junior Ellie Crowell scored both goals on four shots. Lizzie Crist made three saves for the shutout.

Crowell leads the team with seven goals and nine assists.

Senior Mary Stringini also has eight goals for the Skippers, including one against Hopkins.

Senior Abby Kuzara also added

a goal against the Royals.

THE RIGHT DIRECTION The Prior Lake girls soccer team took advantage of the wind Sept. 29 in its non-conference game.

The Lakers held Holy Family scoreless in the first half, playing into the 30-mph gusts, and then scored about 10 minutes into the second half with the wind at their back for a 1-0 victory.

Ninth-grader Kaija Ornes scored unassisted for the Lakers’ lone goal.

Holy Family Catholic has a record of 8-6-2 heading into the playoffs next week.

The Fire fi nished the regular season with victories over Rogers 5-2 and Waconia 7-0 on Monday.

The Fire boys soccer team tied Waconia 1-1 Monday to improve to 9-4-2 on the season heading into tonight’s regularseason finale against Orono at 5 p.m.

AN EASY WIN Minnetonka won with ease i n t he Section 2 A A Nor t h

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 Football vs. Chaska, 5 p.m.

Volleyball at Burnsville Tourney, 5 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 Volleyball at Burnsville Tourney, 9 a.m.

Cross Country at Alexandria, 10 a.m.

Boys Soccer at Mayer Lutheran, 7 p.m.

fi rst round match-up against Mound-Westonka Tuesday. The top-seeded Skippers cruised to a 7-0 victory.

Individual results were not available.

Minnetonka hosts fourthseeded Delano at 3 :4 5 p.m. today at the high school courts.

No. 2 Eden Prairie and No. 3 Chanhassen will meet in the other sub-section semifi nal.

The Section 2AA Final Four will be played Tuesday beginning at 9 a.m. in St. Peter.

TOUGH LOSSES Minnetonka fell to 12-7 overall with a pair of tough losses to Wayzata 3-2 on Sept. 27 and 3-1 to Shakopee on Monday.

The scores against Wayzata were 28-26, 25-21, 24-26, 19-25 and 15-11.

Renee Hoffman led the Skippers against the Trojans with 18 kills, two blocks and 16 digs, while Rachel Hugo had 45 set assists and 16 digs.

Shakopee won by scores of 25-17, 22-25, 26-24, and 25-22.

Individual statistics were not available at press time.

Stan Tekiela is an author/ naturalist and wildlife photographer from Victoria who travels the world to study and photograph wildlife. He can be followed on twitter and facebook or at naturesmart.com.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 Tennis vs. TBA, 9 a.m. (St. Peter) Volleyball at Hopkins, 7 p.m.

Holy Family Catholic HS Web schedule: www.mnriverconference.org School: www.hfchs.org Hotline: (952) 443-HOLY (4659), ext. 1111 Home football games at HFC H.S Home volleyball matches at HFC H.S. Home soccer matches at HFC H.S. Home swim meets at Mound-Westonka H.S. TODAY, OCTOBER 6 Boys Soccer vs. Orono, 5 p.m.

Swim/Dive vs. Watertown-Mayer, 6 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 Football at St. Thomas Academy, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 Volleyball at Perham Invite, 9 a.m.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10 Volleyball at New Ulm, 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 Cross Country at Shakopee, 4 p.m.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 Cross Country at Shakopee, 4 p.m.

Girls Soccer vs. TBA, TBA Boys Soccer vs. TBA, TBA Swim/Dive at St. Peter, 6 p.m.

Minnetonka High School

Chaska High School

Web schedule: www.lakeconference.org School: www.swchs.org Home football games at Minnetonka H.S. Home volleyball matches at Minnetonka H.S. Home soccer games at Minnetonka H.S. Home tennis matches at Minnetonka H.S. Home swim/dive meets at Minnetonka M.S. East TODAY, OCTOBER 6 Tennis vs. Delano, 3:45 p.m.

Boys Soccer vs. Edina, 5 p.m.

Girls Soccer vs. Edina, 7 p.m.

Volleyball vs. Edina, 7 p.m.

Football at Eden Prairie, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 Volleyball at St. Michael-Albertville Invite, 5 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 Volleyball at St. Michael-Albertville Invite, 10 a.m.

NATURE SMART

admit this was one of the scariest landings I have ever experienced.

So you may be wondering what brings me to this remote part of Canada? I am in search of a white bear also known as the Spirit Bear. From this tiny village consisting of a dozen or so buildings, I am boarding a 71-foot sail boat that will sail northward up the inside passage in search of the Sprit Bear.

Only one problem, the weather radio aboard the sail boat is crackling a constant stream of warnings of hurricane force winds and seas of up to 6 meters, which is 18-20 foot. Onboard is the captain, a single mate / cook and a handful of photographers all are in search of the elusive white bear. Decisions need to be made about if we are to set sail or stay tied to the dock.

Our captain, who has been sailing these waters for nearly 30 years, gives us two choices.

Stay tied up for two days or try and beat the storm and get out into the channel and find a protective cove and set anchor and ride out the storm. Overwhelmingly, we vote to stay put. Less than an hour later the captain fires up the engines and pushes off from the dock. Apparently things have changed and we are heading out.

The inside passage is truly an amazing place with forestcovered mountains descending

RIVALRY WEEK It’s the second part of the rivalry week with Chaska with volleyball and football squaring off. The Storm have won meetings in girls tennis, girls swimming and diving and girls soccer between the two District 112 schools thus far this fall. The two schools tied in boys soccer.

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hassen 7-5 for the game.

Senior Jason K arschnia gave the Storm the best chance in overtime in the 82nd minute as the Chanhassen captain weaved through the Hawks defense only to be denied by Jackson.

Every time Karschnia got free in the box, Jackson approached the forward to cut off the angle.

“If you sit back, he’s just going to put it in the corner,” Jackson said. “With Karschnia, you have to go out and attack him and make him shoot it into you instead of the corner.”

Other scoring chances came from Tyler Kobilarcsik in the 20th minute and Grady Wellmann in the 72nd minute.

Six yellow cards were issued during the contest.

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Web schedule: www.missotaconference.org School: www.district112.org/chs/ Hotline: (952) 556-HAWK (4295) Home football games at Chaska H.S. Home volleyball matches at Chaska H.S. Home girls swim/dive meets at Chaska M.S. East Home soccer matches at Chaska M.S. West TODAY, OCTOBER 6 Boys Soccer at Holy Angels, 6 p.m.

Swim/Dive vs. Farmington, 6 p.m.

Volleyball at Chanhassen, 7 p.m.

Girls Soccer at Holy Angels, 8 p.m.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 Football at Chanhassen, 5 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 Cross Country at Alexandria, 10 a.m.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 Girls Soccer vs. TBA, TBA Boys Soccer vs. TBA, TBA Swim/Dive vs. Red Wing, 6 p.m.

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The Carver County deputies assigned to the cities of Chanhassen, Victoria, and Carver and the townships of Laketown, San Francisco and Dahlgren responded to the following calls Sept. 26 through Oct. 2.

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Sept. 26 At 2:15 a.m., responded to the intersection of Highway 5/Market Boulevard in Chanhassen for a traffic stop.

An Excelsior man was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia.

At 1:34 p.m., responded to the 2200 block of Lyman Boulevard in Chaska for a theft of a radio valued at more than $600. A Chaska boy was cited for theft.

At 5:28 p.m. responded to the intersection of Highway 5/Laketown Road in Laketown Township, where a Chaska man was arrest for DWI and speeding.

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At 7:58 p.m., responded to the 700 block of Lake Susan Drive in Chanhassen for a report of threatening phone calls. A man was arrested for terroristic threats, domestic assault and harassing communications.

Sept. 27 At 9:50 a.m., responded to the 000 block of Lake Riley Trail in Chanhassen for a theft of building materials from a construction site. Total loss estimated at more than $700.

At 9:56 a.m., responded to the 400 block of Fourth Street East in Chaska for a report of theft of a money clip an cash. Estimated loss: $240.

Sept. 28 At 11:05 a.m., responded to the 7700 block of Market Boulevard in Chanhassen for a report of credit card fraud.

At 9:30 p.m., responded to the 600

block of Carver Beach Road in Chanhassen for a report of road rage. A Chanhassen man was cited for disorderly conduct.

Sept. 29 At 2:05 a.m., responded to the intersection Santa Vera Drive/ Powers Boulevard in Chanhassen for a traffic stop. An Excelsior man was cited for possession of a small amount of marijuana.

At 9:27 a.m., responded to the 7900 block of Rose in Victoria for a report of theft of a battery and gasoline.

Estimated loss: More than $500.

At 5:35 p.m., responded to the 8200 block of Main Street in Chanhassen for a report of theft from vehicle. A GPS and cell phone valued at $500 were reported stolen.

At 6:07 p.m., responded to the 2200 block of Stone Creek Lane East

in Chanhassen for a report of a street light blown onto a vehicle parked in a driveway.

Sept. 30 At 5:59 a.m., responded to the intersection of Highway 7/Rolling Acres Road in Victoria for a report of a car vs. deer accident.

At 7:30 p.m., responded to the intersection of Ridge Crest Drive/Woodview Circle in Carver for a reported stop-arm violation.

At 7:57 p.m., responded to the 9200 block of Red Oak Drive in Victoria for a request for a live trap for a raccoon problem.

At 9:39 p.m., responded to the 7700 block of South Shore Drive in Chanhassen, where a man was arrested for domestic assault.

Oct. 1 At 1:07 a.m., responded to the in-

tersection of Highway 212/ Highway 101 in Chanhassen, where two juveniles were cited for underage consumption and one juvenile was cited for underage drinking and driving.

At 9:25 a.m., responded to the 7700 block of Market Boulevard in Chanhassen for a report of identity theft.

At 10:12 a.m., responded to the 1300 block of Narcissus Curve in Victoria for a report of a burglary to a residence.

At 9:29 p.m., responded to the intersection of Highway 5/ Chanhassen Road in Chanhassen for a report of a dead dog in the road.

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“Children are at greatest risk for harm when they are riding in a vehicle,” stated Heather Darby, child passenger safety coordinator at the DPS Office of Traffic Safety, in a press release. “Parents need to take the time to properly secure their child and have them in the correct restraint for their size and age.”

The DPS emphasizes the life-saving importance of correct child safety restraint and booster seat use to keep children safe while riding in a vehicle. In Minnesota, three out of four child restraints are used incorrectly — meaning children are riding in the wrong restraint or it is not properly secured.

Booster seats are required by law in Minnesota. A child is ready for a booster once they have outgrown a forwardfacing seat, typically between 40 – 60 pounds, depending on the seat’s limitations. Children must ride in a booster until they are age 8, or 4 feet 9 inches tall — whichever comes fi rst.

DPS recommends keeping a child in a booster seat based on their height rather than their age.

I Harness on the child is not tight enough — if you can pinch harness material, it’s too loose.

I Retainer clip is up too high or too low — should be at the child’s armpit level.

I Child is in the wrong restraint — don’t rush a child into a seat belt.

Parents and caregivers are encouraged to visit buckleupkids.mn.gov for more information and to fi nd local car seat inspections.

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In an effort to educate Minnesotans on how to prevent fatal fi res and save lives, the State Fire Marshal Division is running a month-long public awareness campaign that includes advertisements on 51 Metro Transit buses in the Twin Cities. In addition, the education section on the SFMD website at w w w.f i re.st ate. mn.us will feature downloadable information, interactive games and other resources for use by fire professionals, teachers, parents and others. Throughout October, the SFMD social media pages will carry prevention messages, and multiple news releases will be distributed with updates on fire department open houses across the state, along with Halloween safety advice and the most recent Minnesota fi re statistics.

“With all this information, we hope Minnesotans learn some simple ways in which they can prevent fi res,” State Fire Marshal Jerry Rosendahl said. “We’re encouraging everyone to use this month as a time to focus on fi re safety and to share life-saving safety tips with friends and family.”

Gov. Mark Dayton signed a proclamation officially declaring October Fire Prevention Mont h i n Mi n nesota. Fi re Prevention Month is held every October, following a tradition that began in 1922 when Fire Prevention Week was declared to be the week including Oct. 9 — the day of the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.

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Fire department open house Oct. 16 The annual Chanhassen Fire Department Open House will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at Fire Station No. 1, 7610 Laredo Drive.

Visitors can meet members of the Fire Department and shake hands with Sparky the fi re dog! There will be lots to see and do including fi re truck rides and demonstrations of extrication and the proper use of fire extinguishers. You’ll also be able to spray water at the house of fi re.

The Carver County Sheriff’s Department, the Mounted Posse, city of Chanhassen Community Service Officers and Crime Prevention specialist, and CenterPoint Energy will also have demonstrations and exhibits. Food and refreshments will be available.

For more information, call Ed Coppersmith at (952) 2271152.

Outstanding photographs of autumn’s color Autumn is upon us, and we’re seeking your best fall color photos. We’re looking for those eye-popping reds, oranges, yellows and golds – whether they’re in landscape photos or pictures of your kids playing in the leaves.

Properly secure your children

Share your best photo with Chanhassen Villager readers. Send your picture – in .jpg format, at least 3 MB in file size – to Editor Richard Crawford, editor@ chanvillager.com, before noon on Wednesday, Oct. 19. Include your name and city of residence. We’ll run some reader photos online at chanvillager.com and some in the Oct. 27 Villager CHANHASSEN print edition.

Many Minnesota parents are not properly securing their children in car seats or using booster seats, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) Office of Traffic Safety.

Of the 30 children (ages 0–7) killed and 4,021 injured during the last five years in the state (2006 –2010), only 53 percent of victims were properly se-

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Common child passenger safety mistakes: I T u r ni ng a chi ld from a rear-facing restraint to a forward-facing restraint too soon.

I Restraint is not secured tight enough — it should not shift more than one inch sideto-side or out from the seat.

October is fire prevention month The Minnesota Department of Public Safety State Fire Marshal Division (SFMD) kicked off Fire Prevention Month in Minnesota by revealing the top causes of deadly fi res, encouraging Minnesotans to take personal responsibility for preventing them and unveiling a new public education campaign aimed at saving lives.

Minnesota had 39 fire deaths in 2010 – a slight increase from 2009 when there were 34 fi re fatalities, the fewest ever recorded in one year. Most of the deaths happened in residential structures and more than onethird of those deaths occurred where smoke a la r ms were missing or inoperable. Data collected by the SFMD illustrates that human error remains the root of most destructive fi res, with cooking the number-one problem and heating and open fl ames coming in second and

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They sit empty now, but just wait … not for the snow, silly. This weekend, the Highland Ski and Snowboard Area will open one of its chairlifts and a look at the leaves is just a part of it.

Clouds-eye view, almost anyway Three Rivers offers fall perspective from a chairlift

BY DANIEL HUSS dhuss@swpub.com

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ver see a guy wade deep into the ocean just to get a better picture of a sunset? The Three Rivers Park District can do better than that. This weekend, they’re giving fall chairlift rides.

Those that want a clouds-eye view of autumn can get one. If you just want to ride a chairlift to one of the highest points in the metro area, you can do that too.

“We’ve been doing this for 18 years,” said Fred Seymour, Three Rivers Park District senior manager of alpine services. “We used to call the event Fall Color Chairlift Rides.

Now we just call it Fall Chairlift rides.”

What happened to the color?

“We used to start at noon and no

one would show up until later in the evening,” he said.

Now, they show up late and stay late.

As such, the event, held over two days, has morphed into something bigger than chairlift rides.

“We bring raptors out from the Nature Center,” said Seymour, “We play games, we sit around the campfire, and we make s’mores.”

Hot dogs and burgers are also available, as is access to telescopes to look at the stars. There’s also a lantern-lit to trail to walk.

Heck, there’s even going to be a band, Pig’s Eye Landing.

Typically, the event attracts 2,000 to 2,500 (roughly 1,000 per day).

“It’s a mix,” adds Seymour. “Half the people are coming back, half the people are new.”

It goes without saying that some of the people are new to riding chairlifts.

Fall Chairlift Rides Location: Hyland Ski and Snowboard Area, Bloomington Date: Friday, Oct. 7 (5-9 p.m.) and Saturday, Oct. 8 (4-9 p.m.)

Cost: $5/person – group rates available for groups of 4 or more.

Children younger than 2 are free.

Participants must sign a waiver available on the website at threeriversparkdistrict.org or at the event.

“Envision a slow ride at Valleyfair,” said Seymour.

That’s the ride up the hill, what about getting back down?

“A lot of the kids just roll down the hill,” laughs Seymour.

OTHER THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT OFFERINGS:

Kayak Tour on Whaletail Lake Oct. 15 (1- 4 p.m.) -- Paddle the quiet backwaters of Whaletail Lake and soak up the fall colors. Stop for a short hike at Gale Woods Farm. Previous paddling experience required. All equipment provided.

Reservations required (threeriverspark.org).

MEA - Fall on the farm Oct. 20, 21 (9:30-2:30 p.m.) -- Enjoy an activity-packed fall day meeting farm animals, making a farm-fresh snack and creating a wool keepsake to take home. Lowry Nature Center staff will guide hikes on trails to learn about insects and introduce you to a live raptor! Come for an hour or stay the whole day. Program is designed for Kindergarten-aged children and older. There will be a break in programming from 11:45 a.m.

-12:30 p.m. for lunch. Reservations required for groups of 6 or more. Call Gale Woods at (763) 694-2001.

Enjoy a clouds-eye view of autumn during Fall Chairlift Rides at Hyland Ski and Snowboard Area in Bloomington. Stay for a bonfire with s’mores, play games, listen to live music, check out raptors and borrow telescopes to do a bit of star gazing.

PHOTOS COURTESY THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT

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let'sGo!Calendar Groveland Elementary School, 17210 Minnetonka Blvd., Minnetonka.

Info: Register online in advance at www.minnetonkacommunityed.org.

WE WANT YOUR LISTINGS! Listings are printed free but not guaranteed, although we do our best to include them. Submit your events through our www.LetsGo.mn website, where you can find many more local and regional fun things to do.

You can also send an e-mail to editor@chanvillager. com. Deadline is one week prior to publication. For information call (952) 345-6471.

Thursday

OCT. 6

PET ADOPTION Volunteers for the Carver Scott Humane Society will have a pet adoption from noon to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 15. There will be one rabbit, two gerbils and kittens and cats ages 4 months to 8 yearsold will be available. There will be solids, tabby, bicolored, and torties to choose from. Dogs two months to 10 years will be there. Some of the dogs include: Beagle, Pointer, Chihuahua, Labrador Retriever, Pug, Lhasa Apso, Great Dane, Husky, terrier mix, shepherd mix, black lab mixes and Heinz 57 mixes. All cats and dogs have updated shots and have been micro ID implanted, vet checked, wormed, checked for friendly temperaments, and age appropriately spayed/neutered.

Location: Petco, located off old Hwy. 212 and Singletree Lane in Eden Prairie. CSHS is without its own building and all pets are housed in foster care.

Cost: Adoption fees are $165+ for cats and $195+ for dogs.

Info: Call the society for more information on adopting a homeless pet at (952) 368-3553, or visit online at www.carverscotths.org.

Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville Info: (952) 895-4680 or ticketmaster.com

BINGO AND BANANA SPLITS

CAP/CCRR PLAY AND LEARN Enjoy an evening with family and Children of all ages and their caregivers are invited to attend this play group for interactive fun focusing on literacy concepts, writing, arts and crafts, music and movement, science, math, large and fine motor skills and the development of social and emotional skills. No registration is required. Please note caregivers must stay in the room with their children.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Shakopee Library.

Time: 10:30 a.m.-noon Thursdays, Oct. 6, Nov. 3 and Dec. 1 Cost: Free Location: Shakopee Library, 235 S. Lewis St., Shakopee Info: (952) 233-9590 or scott.lib. mn.us

HALLOWEEN HAUNT AND PLANET SPOOKY The Halloween Haunt at ValleySCARE is a world of terrifying mazes and scare zones that will bring fears and phobias to life. Guests will experience nine haunted attractions, creepy live entertainment and signature thrill rides. Daytimes Saturdays and Sundays, the all new Planet Spooky is open for all ages to join Snoopy and the PEANUTS gang for non-scary Halloween activities and attractions, including a hay-bale maze, trick or treat trail, storytelling and a variety of family and children’s rides.

Time: Halloween Haunt is open 7 p.m.-midnight Thursdays and Fridays, noon-midnight Saturdays, noon-7 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 7-8, 14-15, 20-22 and 27-29; Planet Spooky is open noon-7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays only.

Cost: All-day regular admission for ages 3-61 $41.99; starlight admission (after 7 p.m. Thursday and Fridays; after 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sunday, Oct. 30) $31.99; juniors/ seniors 3 years and less than 48” tall and 62 years and older $9.99 Location: Valleyfair, One Valleyfair Drive, Shakopee Info: ValleySCARE.com or (952) 445-6500

Friday

OCT. 7 ‘SOUNDS OF HOPE’ CONCERT Dove award-winning band Building 429 and three-time Grammy nominee Leeland co-headline the 30-city “Sounds of Hope” Tour, which will also feature emerging pop-rock band Royal Tailor.

Time: 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 Cost: $16 advance, $21 door, $12 groups of 15 and more Location: Friendship Church, 12800 Marystown Road, Shakopee Info: (952) 447-6449

CAM JAM 2011 Enjoy hot laughs and cool swing at CAM JAM 2011. Christian Arts Ministry (CAM), a Twin Cities nonprofit theater organization, will present an evening of big acts and great music. The John Roers Big Band will bring back the swinging sounds of the ’40s as will St. Paul based “Andrews Sisters” trio of Kathryn Mueller, Lisa Pallen and Aimee Fischer. The evening will include clean comedy presented by local comedian Bill Arnold of Triple Espresso fame and Michael Davis, who has performed on Broadway, on national television and for two presidents at the White House.

Time: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 Cost: $29 Location: Burnsville Performing Arts

friends playing Bingo and eating ice cream. Make a banana split or a sundae. Many prizes will be given away.

Time: 6:30-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 Cost: $5 per person Location: Youth Building, Lions Park, 1101 S. Adams St. Shakopee Info: ci.shakopee.mn.us or (952) 233-9500

FRIENDS OF ANDERSEN HORTICULTURAL LIBRARY BOOK SALE Shop for gently-used books of all genres, including gardening, fiction, cooking and children’s books.

Proceeds benefit the Arboretum library.

Time: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Oct. 7-9 Cost: Free with gate admission of $9 for adults; free for ages 15 and younger; free to Arboretum members Location: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr., Chaska Info: www.arboretum.umn.edu or (952) 443-1422

Saturday

BEAD BAZAAR PHOTO BY UNSIE ZUEGE

Workers installed a giant pink ribbon at the main entrance of the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres last Friday morning. The Pink Ribbon represents the CDT’s monthlong campaign to honor breast cancer survivors and raise funds for a cure. CDT is partnering with “Hairspray” sponsor, Regis Salons, and the Regis Foundation for Breast Cancer Research.

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partner with show sponsor Regis Salons and the Regis

ADOPTION DAYS Southwest Metro Animal Rescue pet adoptions will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8. All dogs and cats are microchipped, vet checked, vaccinations up-to-date and spayed/ neutered, if over 6 months. The organization will also participate in Lucky Dog Pet Lodge Halloween Party and Adoption Event on Saturday, Oct. 30. Lucky Dog is located at 1067 American Blvd East, Bloomington.

Location: The pet adoption will be at PetsMart, 11200 Prairie Lakes Drive, Eden Prairie.

Info: http://swmetroanimalrescue.org or call 952-368-PAWS (7297).

APPLE-TASTING WEEKENDS Taste-test University of Minnesota research apples and rate for flavor, size and texture.

Time: 1-3 p.m. Oct. 8-9 Cost: Free with gate admission of $9 for adults; free for ages 15 and younger; free to Arboretum members Location: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr., Chaska Info: www.arboretum.umn.edu or (952) 443-1422

Foundation for Breast Cancer

Spotlight

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Research, the American Cancer Society,

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer,

and the Minnesota Department of Health to

a 3-mile walk around Lake Nokomis, Satur-

spread the word, celebrate survivors, and

day, Oct. 15. The public is invited to join the

raise funds to fight breast cancer.

CDT team.

The CDT’s interest in highlighting breast

Survivor Dedication Nights on Tuesdays,

cancer awareness and a search for a cure is

Wednesdays, and Thursdays, honoring sur-

both personal and professional.

vivors and their families.

Specialty “pink” product gifts from Re-

For one thing, October is Breast Cancer

gis (while supplies last).

Awareness Month.

Second, “Katie Knudson, [director of advertising and marketing] at CDT lost a fam-

Make a donation and receive a Regis BCR pin from (while supplies last).

ily member to breast cancer,” Kris Howland,

Get your hair cut on Saturday, Oct. 1 at

public relations director said, “so it is a cause

any participating Regis Salon. A portion of

close to Katie.

proceeds go directly to Regis’ Clip For The

October CDT events and fundraising ef-

Cure event and the Regis Foundation for Breast Cancer Research.

forts include: A portion of October ticket sales to benefit the Regis Foundation for Breast Cancer

Specialty “pink” Hairspray merchandise at CDT gift shop.

For more information about Making

Research.

A portion of sales of specialty “pink”

Strides walk—to walk or donate, contact

cocktails and desserts to the American Can-

Chanhassen Dinner Theatres at (952) 934-

cer Society.

1500.

WEEKEND FAMILY FUN Enjoy nature-based fun for the whole family. The October theme is Falling Leaves.

Time: Noon-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 8-9, 15-16, 22-23, 29-30 Cost: Free with gate admission of $9 for adults; free for ages 15 and younger; free to Arboretum members Location: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr., Chaska Info: www.arboretum.umn.edu or (952) 443-1422

Learn how to cook and preserve the harvest at chef demonstrations. Tour the gardens and orchard, tasting the produce the farm has produced. Make a wool craft to take home and enjoy farm games for the children. For all ages.

Time: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 Cost: $5 for the whole weekend Location: Gale Woods Farm, 7210 County Rd. 110 W., Minnetrista Info: (763) 559-9000 or threeriversparkdistrict.org

CELEBRATE THE HARVEST FESTIVAL

Sunday

Join Gale Woods staff for the annual Fall Festival. Shop for fiber artwork and farm products from more than 30 local vendors. Watch the skill of border collies and their trainers at the Star of the North Stock Dog Trials and enjoy the fall colors on a wagon ride.

Observe world record holder Doug Rathke shear sheep on Saturday, and enjoy a llama show on Sunday.

OCT. 9 CANOE WHEN THE MOON IS FULL Enjoy a leisurely paddle as a guide leads you on a canoe trip under the full moon. Watch for deer, muskrats, herons and other wildlife while being entertained by stories of the

Job Opportunities with these great companies and others are advertised in CLASSIFIEDS located in the back of this newspaper Find more local JOB openings in the CLASSIFIEDS. To see your company listed here, or to place your employment ad, call 952-345-3003.

full moon. Reservations required; reference activity #424606-00. For ages 5 and older.

Time: 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 Cost: $8 Location: Cleary Lake Park, 18106 Texas Ave., Prior Lake Info: (763) 559-6700 or threeriversparkdistrict.org

Upcoming CHAMBER ORIENTATION Each month the SouthWest Metro Chamber hosts an orientation on the second Thursday at 9 a.m. at the Chanhassen Recreation Center, to teach you how to access the programs and services that are provided through membership. This is a great chance to meet SouthWest Metro Chamber staff, network with other members and learn about upcoming programs, services and events. Members and future members are welcome; all we ask is that you register in advance.

Time: 9 a.m.

Location: Chanhassen Recreation Center, 2310 Coulter Blvd., Chanhassen Info: (952) 448-5000

TONKA TROT FAMILY FUN RUN Four Minnetonka elementary schools (Groveland, Clear Springs, Minnewashta, and Scenic Heights) as well as Minnetonka Preschool/ECFE are teaming up to sponsor the Tonka Trot 10K, 5K and 1.5 mile Family Fun Run. This is a fundraising event for participating schools that also promotes healthy family activities.

Groveland elementary school’s “backyard” will be the site of post race fun for all ages. There will be food from local vendors, inflatable “jumpies”, and music with a live radio broadcast from Radio Disney.

Time: T-shirt pickup and same-day registration at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. First race begins at 8:30 a.m.

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The Twin Cities Bead Bazaar’s fall show will have 45-plus vendors from 10 states coming to sell beads, pearls, silver, findings, beadwork kits, bead storage, vintage beads, crystal and jewelry, pressed glass beads, handmade lampwork, blown and fused beads, ceramic faces, porcelain cameos, beadwork supplies, stone beads and cabs and much, much more. This event is for anyone interested in beadwork or making their own jewelry.

Time: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 22 and Sunday, Oct. 23 Cost: $3 admission, good for both days Location: Hopkins Eisenhower Community Center, 1001 Highway 7, Hopkins Info: beadsbydee.com; (952) 4922493; dcoghill@frontiernet.net

‘SPOOKTACULAR’ CONCERT The Minnetonka Symphony Orchestra presents its annual “Spooktacular” Concert on Sunday, Oct. 23 at 3:30 p.m. at the Minnetonka Community Center, 14600 Minnetonka Blvd, Minnetonka and on Sunday, Oct. 30 at 3 p.m. at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Drive, Chanhassen. Enjoy an afternoon of classical music featuring the works of Sousa, Holst, Mussorgsky and more. Cost: Freewill donation at the Oct. 23 concert; free concert with admission to the Arboretum.

Info: Call (952) 401-5954 or visit www.musicassociation.org.

HALLOWEEN ‘BOOSEUM’ AND GHOST TROLLEY The Annual Booseum and Ghost Trolley in Excelsior will be on Oct. 28 and 29 from 6-9 p.m. at 305 Water Street. This family-friendly Halloween event includes entertainment on stage (you never know who’s going to show up!), concessions, a trolley ride down the spooky trail, and a trip through the “haunted” museum.

Cost: $5 for kids 10 and under, $7 for adults - fundraiser for the Excelsior-Lake Minnetonka Historical Society and the Minnesota Streetcar Museum.

Info: Visit the BOOseum Facebook page for more information. Click the play button to a watch video from the 2008 Haunted Trolley and Booseum.

‘EXTRAORDINARY SACRIFICES’ The Carver County Historical Society and Carver County Library present: “Extraordinary Sacrifices” Learn about the servicemen and women of Carver County, from the Civil War to today,through images, letters, news clippings, stories, and poetry.

Date: Saturday, Nov. 5 Time: 11 a.m .

Location: Chaska Library , 3 City Hall Plaza, Chaska Info: www.carverlib.org

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COMMUNITY GATHERINGS

TAIZÉ PRAYER — People of all Christian traditions are welcome to a Taizé Prayer at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at St. Hubert Church, 82 01 Main Street, Chanhassen. The candle lit service includes sung prayer, rich silence, scripture readings, and a reflection.

BOGLEHEADS: INVESTING IN UNCERTAIN TIMES — Learn about Bogleheads. org, a resource for anyone who wants to take control of their fi nancial future, at a presentation at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Chanhassen Library.

Learn about 10 principles that can guide you to investing success in these challenging times. Hear testimonials from investors who are following these principles. This event is being is sponsored by the Mi nnesota Bogleheads, an all-volunteer group dedicated to providing free information, based on academic research, to help individuals make the best possible investment decisions.

The session is free, however, pre-registration is required. To register, e-mail westsubbog@ yahoo.com. For more information, go to Bogleheads.org and click on “about us.”

F O S T E R P E T H OM E S NEEDED — Volunteers are needed to provide temporary foster pet homes for puppies, cats, rabbits, kitten litters and dogs in Carver, Scott and Hen-

Eide, chapter president, at (612) 385-9141.

S O U T H W E S T M E T RO BNI - Business Network International has a business networking meeting from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Thursdays at the Eden Prairie Community Center (16700 Valley View Road, Eden Prairie). For more information, call Kevin Donlin at (612) 567-6642.

BNI-CHANHASSEN — Join other small business professionals committed to referring business to each other at our weekly meeting on Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at the Chanhassen American Legion Post 580, 290 Lake Drive E, Chanhassen. For more information, call Melissa Friedrichs at (612) 961-0632.

nepin counties . The CarverScott Humane Society is without a permanent shelter, so all abandoned pets are housed in foster care until permanent adoption occurs. Once or twice a month the foster family comes with the pet to a public adoption day for 3 hours, held in Eden Prairie and Chaska. The society provides medical care, food and litter. Volunteers provide a safe, loving home for an average of three to six months. Once a month volunteers come with the pet to a public adoption day for three hours; usually held in Eden Prairie. For more information, call the society at (952) 368-3553, line 4, or check online at www.carverscoths.org.

S O U T H W E S T M E T RO TEA PARTY — The Southwest Metro Tea Party meets at 6:45 p.m. Mondays at the Chanhassen Recreation Center. For more information on the group, call Becki Johnson at (612) 865-9178.

CHAMBER MEMBER ORIENTATION — The Southwest Metro Chamber of Commerce invites any prospective or new members to a member orientation session to learn more about the chamber’s programs, benefits and services.

The group meets the second Thursday of the month at the Chanhassen Recreation Center at 9 a.m. For more information, call Brad Gruhot at (952) 4485000 or e-mail brad@swmetrochamber.com.

FRESH START RECOVERY — A Christian 12-step recovery program for those struggling with any type of hurt, habit, or hang-up meets weekly on Thursdays at Grace Church in Eden Prairie from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. The program includes music, teaching, testimonials, and small groups. No cost or registration required.

For more information, go to www.atgrace.com/fresh-start.

NON-DENOMINATIONAL BIBLE ST U DY — A men’s

HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOW Unique Hand-Crafted Gifts

(all ages welcome) Bible Study meets every Thursday from 7:15-8:15 a.m. at Millie’s Deli in Chanhassen (545 W. 78th St., Chanhassen). During the year the group studies both Old Testament and New Testament books. For more information, call John at (763) 458-5985.

MEDITATION CLASS — A meditation class led by a Buddhist monk occurs from 10:10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturdays at Chanhassen Library. Classes are open to all regardless of level of experience. There is no charge; donations are welcome.

For more information, call Ralph at (952) 934-9727 or e-mail info@triplegem.org.

MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS PROGRAM — The Mental Health Crisis Program, serving Carver and Scott counties, has a telephone and mobile crisis response ser vice available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week.

To reach the Mental Health Crisis Program, call (952) 4427601.

W ESTWOOD JOB SUPPORT GROUP — Westwood Job Transition and Networking Group is a faith-based group dedicated to supporting those who have lost their job or are contemplating a career change.

Meetings will consist of curriculum covering a range of topics designed to assist you in your search. In addition, we will build relationships and business connections through networking, sharing, listening and supporting each other.

Employers who have open positions and are looking for great talent are encouraged to attend.

Westwood Job Transition and Networking Group meetings are on the first Monday of every month from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in Room A112 at Westwood Community Church, 3121 Westwood Drive, Chanhassen. No sign up is required; everyone is

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LIONS - The Chanhassen Lions meet every fourth Monday at the Chanhassen Legion. The monthly meeting starts with a social time at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting at 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.chanhassenlions.org or call Gary Haberman at (952) 200-2993.

ROTARY – The Chanhassen Rotary Club meets at 7 a.m. every Wednesday at the American Legion Post on Highway 5.

For more information, call Jeff Anderson at (612) 998-3688.

CHANHASSEN SAL MEETING — The Chanhassen Squadron 580 of the Sons of the American Legion meet monthly at 6 p.m. on the fi rst Monday of the month at the Chanhassen American Legion in the basement meeting room.

For information or to join, call Bob Synder at (612) 867-5365.

OPERATION MINNESOTA NICE — Operation Minnesota Nice is committed to making a difference in the lives of our soldiers who are serving abroad in war zones. The group meets monthly to pack boxes that are sent to our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan who have been “adopted” by various individuals or groups and meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month to pack items that have been donated by various orga ni zations, compa nies,

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churches, or individuals. If you’d like to donate items, please call Cindy Pugh at (952) 474-1436. Want to adopt a soldier or know more? Go to www. operationminnesotanice.com or call (763) 464-1696.

WOMEN IN NETWORKING — Women in Networking meets the third Thursday of the month in the Chanhassen/ Victoria area. For more information, visit www.win-mn.com or call Michelle Aspelin at (952) 241-4021.

W E S T M E T R O N E TWORKING GROUP — West Metro Network, a professional, referral-based network comprised of trusted and experienced business professionals in the west metro area, meets Tuesday mornings. For more information and meeting times, call Vicki Franzen at (952) 937-9596.

BN I- CH A N H ASSEN — Joi n ot her sma l l busi ness professionals committed to referring business to each other at our weekly meeting on Thursdays at 7:30 a.m. at the Chanhassen Recreation Center, 2310 Coulter Boulevard, Chanhassen. For more information, please contact Amy Foley at (612) 701-0822.

BNI CHAN-N ET— Business Network International has a business networking meeting from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays at AmericInn in Chanhassen. For more information, call Vicki

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Playing Friday – Sunday, Oct. 7-9 on Fri., Oct. 7 no shows will start before 4:00 pm

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TOASTMASTERS — The Rosemount Toastmasters club meets every other Thursday in the Rosemount facility in Chanhassen (8200 Market Blvd.) in the Walnut Conference Room at 12:05 p.m. For more information, call club president Dan Klein at (952) 949-7245 or see the club’s Web site at www.geocities.com/ club3096/info.htm.

The “Midday Mumblers” Toastmasters club meets from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Friday at the SuperValu office at 19011 Lake Drive East in Chanhassen. Non-SuperValu employees are welcome. For more information, call Dru Jorgensen, president, at (952) 294-7305, or Doug Hobbs at (952) 828-4619.

The Marsh Winds Toastmasters club meets from 9:15 to 10:30 a.m. Thursdays at The Marsh at 15000 Minnetonka Blvd., in Minnetonka. All are welcome. Call Michael for more information at (612) 387-5864.

The Carver County Communicators Toastmasters club meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 7 p.m. at Chaska Middle School East, Room E 30 across from the Chaska Community Center, 1600 Park Ridge Drive, Chaska. Call Jan Naude at (952) 442-3881 or e-mail him at naude11@yahoo.com for more information.

The H2O Toastmasters club meets the second and fourth Tuesday each month, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., at Culligan Water, 6030 Culligan Way, Minnetonka. For more information visit www.h2omasters.org or call JoAnn at (952) 912.2429.

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SW METRO AD/HD SUPPORT GROUP — The Southwest Metro AD/HD Support Group provides an opportunity to learn, discuss and share strategies. The group will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10, for a program titled “What’s motivation got to do with it?

The meeting will be at Eden Prairie Schools Administrative Services Building, 8100 School Road (just off of Scenic Heights between Mitchell and Eden Prairie roads.) For more information, contact Cindy Lea at (612) 965-3052 or e-mail Cindy@ SucceedingwithADD.com.

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(Published in the ChanhassenVillager on Thursday, October 6, 2011; No. 4555) STATE OF MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333 File Number: Date Filed: August 30, 2011 The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclusive rights to that name. The filing is required as a consumer protection, in order to enable consumers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

1. State the exact assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted: Metropolitan Supply 2. State the address of the principal place of business. A complete street address or rural route and rural route box number is required; the address cannot be a P.O. Box: 7580 Quattro Drive, Chanhassen, MN 55317 3. List the name and complete street address of all persons conducting business under the above Assumed Name, OR if an entity, provide the legal corporate, LLC, or Limited Partnership name and registered office address. Attach additional sheet(s) if necessary: MWS, Inc. – 7580 Quattro Drive, Chanhassen, MN 55317 4. I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the applicable chapter of Minnesota Statutes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this

document under oath.

Signature: Steven R. Mitchell – General Manager Steven Mitchell - Contact Person 952-975-4963 Date: 08-29-2011 (Published in the Chanhassen Villager on Thursday, September 29 and October 6, 2011; No. 4553) 2011 CARVER COUNTY AGRICULTURE SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE The Carver County Agriculture Society will hold it Annual Meeting at the Administration Building on the fairgrounds in Waconia on: Thursday October 20 th , 2011 beginning at 7:30 PM Reports pertaining to the 2011 Carver County Fair will be presented by President, Curtis Wolter, Secretary Twyla Menth and Treasurer Bob Lano.

Directors terms expiring at this time are: Adrian Rademacher, Waconia, MN Cindy Dobratz, Chaska, MN Dan Hoese, Mayer, MN Meldon Melcher, NYA, MN Wally Rolf, NYA, MN Vernon Rosckes, Watertown, MN Ross Schneider, NYA, MN Seven directors to be elected to serve for three years 2012-2014. The public is invited to attend.

To vote, person must show membership cards.

Secretary, Twyla Menth (Published in the Chanhassen Villager on Thursday, October 6 and 13, 2011; No. 4556) CITY OF VICTORIA NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED ASSESSMENT FOR THE 2010 STREET, DRAINAGE, AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS Notice is hereby given that the

City Council of Victoria will meet in the council chambers of the city hall at 6:30 p.m., or soon thereafter, on Monday, October 24, 2011, to consider, and possibly adopt, the proposed assessment against abutting property for the 2010 Street, Drainage, and Utility Improvements. Adoption by the council of the proposed assessment may occur at the hearing. The following are the areas proposed to be assessed: • Street reconstruction, total concrete curb and gutter placement, and storm sewer installation in the Auburn Neighborhood including Auburn Drive and Zinnia Lane, the amount to be specially assessed against your particular lot, piece, or parcel of land is $11,400.

• Extension of City Water service to the Auburn Neighborhood including Auburn Drive and Zinnia Lake, the amount to be specially assessed against your particular lot, piece or parcel of land is $6,600.

• The water core fee of $2,000 shall be specially assessed against 2425 Auburn Drive.

Said assessments are proposed to be payable in equal annual installments extending over a period of 15 years, the first of the installments to be payable on or before the first Monday in January 2012, and will bear interest at the rate of 5.61 percent per annum from the date of adoption of the assessment resolution. To the first installment shall be added interest on the entire assessment from the date of the assessment resolution until December 31, 2011. To each subsequent installment when due shall be added interest for one year on all unpaid installments.

You may at any time prior to certification of the assessment to the county auditor, pay the entire assessment on such property, with

interest accrued to the date of payment, to the City Clerk. No interest shall be charged if the entire assessment is paid 30 days from the adoption of this assessment. You may at any time thereafter, pay to the City Clerk the entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, with interest accrued to December 31 of the year in which such payment is made. Such payment must be made before November 13 or interest will be charged through December 31 of the succeeding year. If you decide not to prepay the assessment before the date given above the rate of interest that will apply is 5.61 percent per year.

The proposed assessment roll is on file for public inspection at the city clerk’s office. The total amount of the proposed assessments is $360,000. The City contribution for the project is $751,000. Written or oral objections will be considered at the meeting. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of an assessment unless a written objection signed by the affected property owner is filed with the municipal clerk prior to the assessment hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing. The council may upon such notice consider any objection to the amount of a proposed individual assessment at an adjourned meeting upon such further notice to the affected property owners as it deems advisable.

An owner may appeal an assessment to district court pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the district court within ten days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk.

The City Council is authorized in its discretion to defer the payment of an assessment for any homestead property owned by a person for whom it would be a hardship to make payment if the owner is 65 years of age or older and/or the owner is a person retired by virtue of a permanent and total disability or by a person who is a member of the Minnesota National Guard or other military reserves who is ordered into active military service, as defined in section 190.05 subdivision 5b or 5c, as stated in the person’s military orders, for whom it would be a hardship to make the payments. The owner must request a deferment of the assessment at or before the public hearing at which the assessment is adopted and make application on forms prescribed by the City Clerk within 30 days after the adoption.

Notwithstanding the standards and guidelines established by the City for determining a hardship, a deferment of an assessment may be obtained pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 435.193.

DATED: September 26, 2011

BY ORDER OF THE VICTORIA CITY COUNCIL MARY HERSHBERGER THUN, MAYOR (Published in the Chanhassen Villager on Thursday, October 6 and 13, 2011; No. 4557) CITY OF VICTORIA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO REVIEW A REQUEST FOR A MINOR SUBDIVISION FOR KYLE AND KATHERINE KORZENOWSKI FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5720 MARSH LAKE ROAD CHASKA MINNESOTA 55318 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2011 6:30 P.M. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Victoria Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter in the City Council Chambers located at 7951 Rose Street.

The purpose of the public hearing is to review and possibly recommend approval of a request for a minor subdivision for Kyle and Katherine Korzenowski for property located at 5720 Marsh Lake Road, Chaska MN 55318 to be within the City of Victoria, Carver County, Minnesota.

All those interested are encouraged to attend or contact the City of Victoria offices at (952) 443-4210 for further information.

Date: September 27, 2011

BY ORDER OF THE VICTORIA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Holly J. Kreft, Community Development Director (Published in the Chanhassen Villager on Thursday, October 6 and 13, 2011; No. 4558) CITY OF CHANHASSEN CARVER & HENNEPIN COUNTIES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLANNING CASE NO. 2011-10 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Chanhassen Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, October 18, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers in

Chanhassen City Hall, 7700 Market Blvd. The purpose of this hearing is to consider a request for Variances to construct a single-family home on property zoned Single Family Residential (RSF) located at 6829 Yuma Drive. Applicant: Peter & Tricia Nowling.

A plan showing the location of the proposal is available for public review on the City’s web site at www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us/serv/ plan/11-10.html or at City Hall during regular business hours. All interested persons are invited to attend this public hearing and express their opinions with respect to this proposal.

Angie Kairies, Planner I Email: akairies@ ci.chanhassen.mn.us Phone: 952-227-1132 (Published in the Chanhassen Villager on Thursday, October 6, 2011; No. 4559) CITY OF CHANHASSEN CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA NOTICE OF CERTIFYING DELINQUENT UTILITY ACCOUNTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Chanhassen will meet on the 24th day of October, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at 7700 Market Blvd to certify the following delinquent code violations to the parcel indicated below. Amounts certified will be payable with the 2012 property taxes. Included in the total charge is a 10 percent certification fee, plus a $4.00 Carver County certification fee.

PID Total To Certify 25-1601260 133.32 25-1601260 158.71 25-2560190 169.00 25-2560190 206.25 25-2560220 111.53 25-3370010 162.71 25-3490410 169.00 25-5640600 321.42 25-7560120 133.32 25-7560120 238.06 25-7560170 162.71 25-7560220 202.39 25-7560230 202.39 25-7560440 162.71 (Published in the Chanhassen Villager on Thursday, October 6, 2011; No. 4560) CITY OF CHANHASSEN CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA NOTICE OF CERTIFYING DELINQUENT UTILITY ACCOUNTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Chanhassen will meet on the 24th day of October, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at 7700 Market Blvd to certify the following delinquent utility accounts to the parcel indicated below. Amounts certified will be payable with the 2012 property taxes. Included in the total charge is a 10 percent certification fee, plus a $4.00 Carver County certification fee.

PID Total To Certify 25-0011400 404.10 25-0022500 377.85 25-0030800 64.44 25-0033100 500.30 25-0034200 38.20 25-0050500 65.34 25-0050510 64.77 25-0050600 64.77 25-0050700 392.81 25-0051500 302.41 25-0080600 58.75 25-0083200 45.91 25-0091200 65.12 25-0092600 60.18 25-0150600 315.41 25-0151300 83.67 25-0241900 60.32 25-0251510 629.11 25-0253900 62.75 25-0361300 285.19 25-0363000 831.98 25-0500070 143.78 25-0500130 260.82 25-0500190 1,523.57 25-0500200 135.68 25-0500330 816.41 25-0590220 34.25 25-0590230 45.92 25-0600040 61.54 25-0610470 72.06 25-0610810 64.51 25-0640230 289.10 25-0640460 270.31 25-0640520 469.49 25-0700010 115.35 25-0710180 149.99 25-0800180 364.26 25-0800190 91.15 25-0800270 1,225.68 25-0850250 58.25 25-0860100 97.50 25-0880030 164.18 25-0880040 93.29 25-0880180 59.35 25-0880200 573.02 25-0880300 91.44 25-0880480 260.36 25-0880770 267.79 25-0880790 925.87 25-0880800 1,526.81 25-1090060 65.43 25-1100070 874.78 25-1200010 65.43 25-1200080 54.71

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Q & A with ‘Vikings in the Attic’ author Eric Dregni

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dark, and solitary landscape of beautiful rocks in a country that is only 3 percent arable.

Q: You lived in Norway for a year a few years ago.

What do you miss the most?

The least?

A: I miss many aspects of Norway, but perhaps mostly the light. When it isn’t raining, the sky has a purplish-red glow as though the sun is always threatening to set (or perhaps rise, but that would ruin the plot). The fantastic health care coverage would be nice to have now considering the Norwegian government covered everything for the birth of our child born in Trondheim and gave us $5,000 to boot. Four months ago we had our third child and my U.S. health insurance charged us a $5,000 deductible!

12-18 and you owe the library money for returning stuff late, visit your local Carver County Library during October for a coupon good for up to $10 off fines incurred on Carver County materials.

Special teen events: CSI at the Library — Come and meet a Carver County Crime Scene tech and learn some of the tools and techniques used by police.

Families will have a chance to test some of these techniques, and learn how crime techs would take these skills and apply them to a crime from 1901.

Saturday, Oct. 15, 2 p.m.

Chanhassen Library, 7711 Kerber Blvd.

Presented by Heidi Gould and a Crime Scene Tech from Carver County. For ages 11 and up.

Chanhassen Library Teen Book Club, Oct. 6, Nov. 3 and Dec. 1 at 3:30 p.m. Join us for lively discussion about great books! Contact the library for more information and to register at (952) 227-1500 Great Decisions Discussion: Saturday, Oct. 8, 1 p.m., Crisis in the Caucasus. The Friends of the Chanhassen Library isagain sponsoring the Great Decisions Discussions, organized nationally by the Foreign Policy Association and locally by the Minnesota International Center. The countries and regions of the Caucasus all have strong national identities but have long lived in the shadow of their larger neighbors: Russia, Iran and Turkey. How does this influence the Caucasus of today? How do the region’s energy resources play into its relations with the outside world?

Speaker: Todd Lefko, President of International Business Development Council, an import-export firm, with homes in Minnesota and Moscow, Russia.

His weekly articles appear in Rossiske Vesti, a Russian political newspaper. Has taught ur-

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that encourage the development of early literacy skills. The program is recommended for 3-6 year olds. No registration is required.

Lapsit Storytimes are 10:30 a.m., Thursdays, from Sept. 15 to Dec. 8. Babies to 18 months old and their caregivers share quality time in a 20-minute session designed to encourage language development through sharing board books and movement activities, followed by time for visiting and play. Call to register at (952) 227-1500.

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Thrift Club, Saturday, Oct. 8, 10:30 a.m. Come and join likeminded individuals and share ideas for saving money. What is Thrift? Thrift is not simply a money saving strategy — it’s a broad term that encompasses the wise use of all resources: health, time, money, and environment included. The dictionary describes Thrift as prosperity, thriving, healthy and vigorous growth, careful management (especially of money), and gainful employment.

The Chanhassen Thrift Club meets to discuss goals, strategies, and results of the use of thrift. The group is open to anyone interested in learning about, or practicing this special way of life.

Toddler Storytimes are 10 : 30 a.m., Tuesdays, from Sept. 13 to Dec. 6. Toddlers and their caregivers are welcome to join us for 20 minutes of action-packed fun with stories, rhymes, fingerplays, and musical movement for this busy age group. Come shake your sillies out with us. Recommended for ages 18-36 months. No registration required.

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It’s a legacy of the unique — collecting silver spoons, a suspicion of flashy clothing, shots of turpentine for the common cold, and a deep love of rhubarb pie — but also one of poor immigrants living in sod houses while their children attend college, the birth of the co-op movement, the Farmer–Labor party, and government agents spying on Scandinavian meetings hoping to nab a socialist or antiwar activist.

I recently asked Dregni a few questions: Q: Who are your favorite Scandinavian authors?

A: I love to teach Ibsen because he can turn students’ worlds upside down and challenges their ideas of a supposed happy (Norwegian) home life. I liked “Sophie’s World”

by Jostein Gaarder and can’t wait to read it with my kids when they’re a bit older. For Vikings in the Attic, I reread Ole Rolvaag’s “Giants in the Earth,” which is such a grim take about the hard life on the prairie that it’s almost comical at times.

Q: Why are these authors so dark and depressing?

A: I do admit they often work towards social change, like Ibsen, Larsson, and Mankell, and some are simply stunningly beautifully written like Pettersen ... It wouldn’t be Norwegian unless it had the dark edge to it.

Just think of Grieg, Munch and all the other Norwegian artists.

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SENIOR NEWS Information submitted by the Chanhassen Senior Center.

For information on any of the programs or activities call the Chanhassen Senior Center at (952) 227-1125.

UPCOMING ENHANCE FITNESS —EnhanceFitness classes focus on stretching, flexibility, balance, low impact aerobics (seated if needed) for cardiovascular health, and strength training exercises. Classes will be at the Chanhassen Recreation Center starting Oct. 24.

Date: Oct 24-Jan. 18 Cost: $69 per session (UCare for Seniors members can attend at no charge, but must pre-register). Pre-registration is required. To register, fi ll out registration form or call the Chanhassen Recreation Center at (952) 227-1400. Online registration is not available. Information is available on the city website at www.ci.chanhassen. mn.us.

NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK DAY — The Carver County Sheriff’s Office is participating in the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, scheduled for Oct. 29. Developed by the DEA, this event is meant to provide a process for people to safely dispose of their unused or unwanted prescription drugs. This program is open for people of all ages who want to dispose of prescription.

There will be a drop off site in Chanhassen: Where: Chanhassen Senior Center, 7700 Market Blvd.

When: Saturday, Oct. 29 Time: Between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.

H A PPY H A N DS K N I TTING — The Happy Hands knitting group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month at 10 a.m. to work on their projects for local charities and community organizations. Feel free to bring your own knitting project and come and socialize with the group.

Yarn donations are welcome.

We are accepting new or good quality skeins of yarn for our projects.

ADULT WOODCARVING CLASS — Have you have ever thought about learning to carve or if you are already a carver and want some refresher tips this is the class for you. Participants will learn different carving techniques, receive one-on-one direction and guidance and will have a variety of projects to choose from to practice on.

Date: Tuesdays Oct. 11 and 18.

Time: 6-8:30 p.m.

Cost $20 Reg istration dead l ine : Oct. 3 CROCKPOT CUISINE — Is your Crockpot tucked away in

the back of the cupboard? Put it on the counter and discover the versatility of this amazing appliance. Everything you need to know about a slow cooker and how to prepare meats, entrees, sides anddesserts is covered. Save money and make meal preparation enjoyable. Cook a pot full and freeze some for another day. A sample-sized dessert prepared in a slow-cooker will be served.

No cooking will be done in class. The Crockpot Cuisine Cookbook with 150 recipes adapted for crockery cooking is included in the tuition.

Date: Thursday, Oct 27 Time: 10 a.m.

Cost: $18 Reg istration deadline : Oct. 10 MEDICARE 2012 — This presentation will focus on the changes to Medicare in 2012, including the new Medicare Pt D open enrollment date change (Oct 15-Dec 6.) This program will also provide information on Health Care Reform and what this may mean to you in the future.

Date: Monday, Oct. 10 Time: 10 a.m.

Cost: Free, but call to reserve your spot.

ESTATE PLANN ING — Join Attorney Chuck Roulet and discover how to make sure your wishes are carried out exactly as you want. Even if you have an estate plan or living trust, new laws are often overlooked. The presentation will address differences between a will and living trust, planning for incapacity, federal and state estate taxes laws, long-term care planning and more.

Date: The Aug. 29 session has been cancelled and rescheduled for Oct. 24.

Time: 10 a.m.

Cost: Free, but please call to register.

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Join us for a AARP Driver Safety (Defensive Driving) class. Tune up your driving skills, update your knowledge of the rules of the road, learn defensive driving tips and discover ways to handle left turns, right-of-way, highway traffic and blind spots.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING — The Senior Center offers both a fi rst-time defensive driving class (8 hour) and refresher course (4 hour) for participants who have taken the class before. An insurance discount certificate is given to everyone after completion of the class.

The cost is $16/18 per person.

The $16 rate applies for AARP members and the $18 rate is for non AARP members. Payment is due with registration. Make checks payable to the city of Chanhassen. Pre-registration is required for these classes and is due 5 days prior to start date. A A R P Driver Safety Program (DSP) will be offering a special promotion during the month of November. To recognize and thank veterans for their dedication and commitment to service, the program will of fer a free classroom course to all veterans from Nov. 1 through Nov. 30. To receive the free classroom course, veterans and/or veterans’ spouses should present some form of military identification. Registrations for November classes are on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis.

4-hour refresher class

CA RV ER COU N T Y SE NIOR EXPO — The Carver County Senior Expo is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 20, at Waconia High School. The Expo promotes the value of Carver County area services for older adults, caregivers, and anyone planning for retirement. The day begins at 9 am with speaker, Dr. Jennifer Olson, M.D. from the Park Nicollet Clinic Center for Senior Services, on “As the Years March on Getting the Most Out of Your Clinic Visit.” The day’s events will also include a variety of exhibits and resources, a delicious Pancake Brunch featuring Chris Cakes, free health screenings by local providers, door prizes and ending with entertainment by Sherwin Linton honoring Buddy Holly.

The cost for the event is $12 per person. Information and Registration for the event is available by calling Waconia Community Education at (952) 442-0615.

Wednesday, Nov 9, from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov 16, from 5:30 – 9:30 p.m.

8-hr fi rst-time class Monday/Tuesday Nov. 14 and 15 from 5:30- 9:30

ONE DAY TRIPS CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE — Bring the holidays to life! Cirque Dreams Holidaze, a New Wonderland comes to the Mystic Lake Showroom to celebrate the holiday season with spectacle, imagination and whimsical dreams.

Registration and payment deadline: Thursday, Sept. 15.

Date: Friday, Dec. 9 Time: 12:45 - 4:15 p.m.

Place: Bus will depart from Chanhassen Recreation Center

ONGOING CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES Monday Sr. Advisory Bd (3rd) 9-10:30 a.m.

Women’s Club (2nd ) 9:30-11 a.m.

Bridge 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Book Club (4th) Monday 1-2:30 p.m.

Tuesday Foot Care (1st) 8 : 30 a.m.

-12:15 p.m.

Health Insurance Counseling (2nd) 9-11 a.m.

Chan-o-laires – 12:30-2:15 p.m.

Wednesday Woodcarving 9-11:30 a.m.

Bingo 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Thursday Nintendo Wii (1&3) 9:30-11 a.m.

Card Club (500/ Hand &Foot) 1-4:30 p.m.

Friday Sr Com mission Meeti ng (3rd) 10-11:30 a.m.

Cards & Games (1st & 3) 10 a.m. – noon Woodcarving 9-11:30 a.m.

Cribbage (3rd) 1-3 p.m.

can be made by calling (952) 227-1125.

BOOK CLU B — All are welcome. Join us for some interesting reads and discussions at the Chanhassen Senior Center book club. The club meets the fourth Monday of the month at the Senior Center from 1 p.m. 2:30 p.m.

CARD CLUBS — The Chanhassen Senior Center invites you to play Bridge on Monday’s 12:30-3:30 p.m., Bingo on Wednesday’s from 12:30 p.m.3:30 p.m. and 500 and Hand & Foot on Thursday’s 1-4 p.m.

OPEN SWIM PROGRAM AT AMERIC INN — The Chanhassen Senior Center along with AmericInn of Chanhassen is offering an Open Swim opportunity for area seniors. The AmericInn pool ranges from 3-5 feet deep. All seniors will also have access to the heated hot tub/whirlpool, and sauna.

Towels are provided. The cost is $24 for a 12 session punch card. Punch cards need to be purchased at the Senior Center before attending Open Swim.

For additional information, call (952) 227-1125

CR I BBAGE — Peg your way to the Senior Center for an afternoon of fun. We’ll play on the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month from 1-3 pm. 6 games will be played with prizes awarded to the top 3 point holders.

Cost: $1 per person FRIDAY FUN AND GAMES — Join us every Friday for a morning of fun and games.

Board Games, Scrabble, dominos or a game of your choice.

Stay for a warm nutritious lunch provided by the CAP Agency Senior Nutrition Program. A two day reservation is required for lunch by calling (952) 227-1127 and the program requests a $3.50 contribution.

Time: 10 a.m. - noon

FOOT CARE CLINIC — The Senior Center is offering foot care services on the first Tuesday of the every month. Foot care services include a soak, assessment, nail trimming and a message. Appointments last approximately 45 minutes. The cost is $26 per visit and payment is made the day of your visit.

Appointments are required and

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PARK AND RECREATION The following Chanhassen Park and Recreation Department programs are coming up.

For more information, call Recreation Supervisor John Stutzman at (952) 227-1122. Also look for the City of Chanhassen on Facebook for more information on programs.

SPECIAL EVENTS Park and Recreation Challenge — Gather your family and get out and enjoy the best of what Chanhassen and Minnesota has to offer. Visit and take a picture at the 26 parks listed the city of Chanhassen’s website before Friday, Oct. 21, and you and your family will win a great prize pack. Preregistration required $10 per family.

Kids to Kids Garage Sale — Friday Oct. 21, 9 a.m. – noon.

Kids will be selling their own items to other kids. This is a great way to find deals on slightly used clothing, games, books, toys, electronics, etc.

This event is free to the public.

For more information, call (952) 227-1400.

Halloween Party — Join us for trick-or-treating, live entertainment, carnival-style games, hayrides (outside, weather permitting), refreshments, and even a few optional scary areas. The program, designed for children ages 2 to 10, will be Saturday, Oct. 22, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Chanhassen Rec Center. $5 for participants, adults are free.

YOUTH PROGRAMS Rec Center Sports Teen Time — On Thursdays in September and October, kids in grades 7-12 have exclusive use of the Chan Rec Center gym!

We offer a safe and fun environment for teens to hang out after school. Play or watch a game of basketball, whiffle ball, floor hockey, soccer, or dodgeball; listen to music, or just chill with friends after a long day of school. This program is on Thursdays, Sept. 8-Oct. 27 from 3-5 p.m. $1 with a Student ID KinderMusik: Wiggles & Giggles Party — Play instruments, singing, moving and exploring an uncovered engaging musical world while building confidence, self control and

communication skills. The program, designed for children ages 18 months to 4 years while accompanied by an adult, will be on Wednesday, Oct. 19, from 9:45 – 10:30 a.m. at the Chanhassen Recreation Center. $10 Residents/$13 Non-Residents.

Abrakadoodle: More Star Wars Art Adventures — In this release day program we’ll draw more of our favorite Star Wars characters and explore more Clone inspired art work.

We’ll sculpt Skalder, draw the Orto Plutonia Landscape, read Star Wars books and lots more.

Dress for art, bring a beverage, nut free lunch and snack. The program, designed for children ages 6 to 11, will be on Thursday, Oct. 20, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Chanhassen Recreation Center. $65 Residents/$70 NonResidents.

Rec. Center Sports Preschool Basketball – This is an introductory class for preschool boys and girls. Each session will teach the basics of basketball through warm ups, practice time, and a games.

The prog ram, desig ned for children ages 4 to 6, will have two sessions on Tuesday and Wednesdays from Oct. 25 – Dec. 7 at the Chanhassen Recreation Center from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. $45 Residents/$53 Non-Residents.

After School Dodgeball — Dodge, dip, duck, dive and dodge! Participants will play several games per week with mixed age teams using soft foam balls. All participants will receive a Chanhassen Rec., Center Sports T-shirt.

The prog ram, desig ned for children ages 7 to 11, will be on Tuesdays, Oct. 25 – Nov. 15 from 4 -5:15 p.m. at the Chanhassen Recreation Center. $21 Residents/$25 Non-Residents.

After School Volleyball — This fun program is designed to teach school age kids the basics of volleyball. We will provide skill development using drills, games and activities.

All participants will receive a Chanhassen Rec., Center Sports T-shirt. The program, designed for children ages 7 to 11, will be on Wednesday, Oct. 26 – Nov. 16 from 4 -5:15 p.m. at the Chanhassen Recreation Center. $21 Residents/$25 Non-Residents.

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Grandparent & Me: Pumpkin Painting – We’ll craft pumpkins, make popcorn balls, and have cider to celebrate the season. The program, designed for children ages 3 to 8, will be on Friday, Oct. 28 from 10 - 11 a.m. at the Chanhassen Recreation Center. $6 Child or $18 family maximum B aby s it t i n g T r a i n i n g — The American Red Cross Babysitter’s Training Certification is back in Chanhassen.

It will prepare youth to safely and responsibly care for children in the absence of parents or guardians. Students who pass the course will receive a Babysitter’s Handbook and certificate. This program is designed for students age 11-15.

The training will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12. $52 Residents/$57 Non-Residents Safe on My Own A Child’s Guide to Home Alone Safety — The American Red Cross has developed this course to teach 8-12 year olds how to be safe when at home alone. Skills taught include home safety skills, how to react to strangers, Internet safety, basic fi rst aid, choking emergencies, and more! A book and snack are provided. Tuesday, Nov. 15, 5:15-7:45 p.m. $27 Residents/$30 Non-Residents

ADULT PROGRAMS Zumba — Zumba fuses hypnotic musical rhythms and tantalizing moves to create a dynamic workout that is fun and easy to do. The routines feature interval training sessions where fast and slow rhythms and resistance training are combined to tone and sculpt your body while burning fat.

All levels welcome. The program will be on Wednesdays, Nov. 2 – Dec. 14 at 6:45 p.m. at the Chanhassen Recreation Center. $48 Residents/$56 NonResidents.

Vinyasa Flow Yoga — Vinyasa flow yoga is a physically challenging yoga that builds muscle strength. Slow paced deep stretching allows you to increase flexibility. The program will be on Tuesdays, Nov. 1 – Dec. 20, at 7:15 – 8:30 p.m. at the Chanhassen Recreation Center. $84 Residents/$91 NonResidents.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chaska Rentals

Chaska Rentals

1/2 mth FREE, selected units. Boutique Apt. Bldg.... 2 BR Elevator, Heat paid, Heated parking included.

Cats Welcome.

Available 11/1.

952-914-0357

2 BR apartment from $795 1 BR from $695 Heat & water paid 1 cat OK. Garage/Storage inc.

952-361-6864

RENTALS

Lost & Found

Office/Commercial

$100 REWARD Prescription sunglasses lost on Mitchell Road between Blakeney Road and Highway 5. Dark brown case.

Modo brand with gold band over frameless lenses.

Jeff Griffin at 612-6853174

Chan- Office Space Approx. 1300 s.f. avail. immed. Unique building.

952-474-7124 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL Drive-In's & Docks Available Immediately Intersections of 41/ 169.

952-484-9675

Carver Rentals SERVICES

1 BR, $645-685, all utilities included. No pets/ non-smoking. 952-3613245

Child Care

Chaska Rentals

25 yrs. Loving, licensed childcare. All ages welcome. Cindy, 952-4451932

$1195, 2BR, 2BA, 2 story. All appliances, huge bedrooms. Available immediately.

No pets.

Nancy @ CHR Realty 612-701-7404

Becky's Daycare: 3 openings, Shakopee.

Food program, licensed.

10 years experience.

952-445-2908

$875, includes heat, + washer/dryer.

2BR, 1BA, frplc. Overlooking pond, fast possession.

Nancy @ CHR Realty 612-701-7404

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

2 & 3 level Townhomes Rent $1,112 monthly* 3 BR Townhomes, 1322 - 1830-sq. ft. Private entry w/covered front porch. Single car garage w/opener, Coin op washer/dryer in each unit, Forced heat & central air Conditioning, Range w/self cleaning oven, Refrigerator, dishwasher & breakfast bar.

Brickstone Townhomes 850 Walnut Place Chaska, MN 55318 952-361-6945

1 BR $595 **Heat Paid** 612-874-8183 952-368-9360 Nice Duplex, 3BD, 2BA, W/D, A/C, deck. $1050. 952-955-1889

Eden Prairie Rentals 1 BR, quiet 6-plex. No pets, non-smoking.

Lease. $695. 952-9371959

*Income Restrictions Do Apply

2 BR apartment, Jonathan near Chaska Commons.

Fireplace, detached garage. Utilities paid, $875/ month.

952-448-3210.

2/ 3 BR townhomes, garage included, $795 & $950. 952-448-6549

COME HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

Jordan Rentals 1 & 2 BR apartments, (heat, hot/cold water, garbage included) $575$675, no pets. 612-5996245 1BR $550., 2BR $650.

Downtown Jordan.

Available immediately.

612-708-1154

Welcome to Highland Shores

Health Supplies

We have a few luxury apartments remaining.

Trendy upscale apartment suites with spacious floorplans and spectacular views, just blocks from the golf course 952-836-8550 OR 1-800-892-2091 Highlandshoresapts.com

Diabetic test strips wanted. Most brands.

Will pay cash. Local pick up. Call Ted at 612-216-6266

Jordan Center Apartments Large 2 BR, 2 bath, W/D dishwasher, elevator, security system. $800+ utilities. Available now. 952-492-2800

Jordan Rentals

Savage Rentals

Jordan Family Rambler This 4BR/1.5Bath home is located just off the Hwy 169 & CR9 interchange in downtown Jordan, MN! Recent renovations, a secluded parcel, and a large yard make this a great place for families! $1,000 per month. Call Steve at (612) 695-1054

1BR $635, 2BR $735.

Pets ok. 952-356-0611

Prior Lake Rentals 2 Bedroom Home. Single car garage. Dogs o.k. $1200/ month.

Available Now. 612618-0644 2 BR condo, garage.

Pet OK. Includes water, sewer, $925. Avail 11/1 952-440-4112 3 BR 1 BA apartment.

Detached garage. $895.

Randy 952-270-9221 55+ community. 1 BR, 1 BA condo. W/D, dishwasher in unit. Balcony, heated underground parking. Storage units. Library/ community room. Available immediately.

To schedule a showing, 763-238-8975

Lg 2BR, 1BA, Kit & more Basement apt. walkout on Prior Lake.

Gar/Doc space av.

Great views, $795/mo.

952-412-7160 Prior Lake- Lg 1 BR, $575/ mo. 2 BR. $735/ mo. Available now. Patio/ balcony, cats OK, please call 952-6532105, 952-594-1791, or 651-470-4017

Shakopee Rentals

Shakopee Rentals

Shakopee Rentals

Large 1 BR apartment, available now. $650 utilities paid, no pets. 952445-3062 (lve msg)

Sandalwood Studiosfull kitchenettes, nightly/ weekly/ monthly rates available. 952-277-0100

2 BR apartment, available, lease. Reasonable. 952-445-2739

SCOTT COUNTY CDA OPENING WAITING LIST FOR PROJECT BASED 3 BEDROOM UNITS ONLY

2 BR apt. in 4-plex, clean, updated, available immediately. $750. 612-518-6737 2BR, 2BA, $950. One level, end unit,6/12 excellent condition. 952361-0271 3 BR in 4-plex, 1-car garage, $850/ month+ utilities. Immediate. No dogs. 952-448-2333 321 S Harrison. Great 2BR, $795. Laundry on site, off street parking, AC unit included. Available asap. For more information please call Deparis with Detailed Mgmt 763-807-0148 3BR/1BA $800. Apt. Remodel!

Safe,cln,brght,quiet,Priv deck,plygrnd 1yr lse NrCub/Marshall 722Garden Ln 612-325-7954 Arlington Ridge Apts 2 BR Apts. For Rent Updated unit-Ready for move in!

Starting at $805 CALL 952-496-3281 1219 S. Taylor St. #103

The Scott County CDA will accept applications for its three-bedroom waiting list under the Project Based Voucher Program beginning Monday, October 10, 2011 until Friday, October 21, 2011. The waiting list for all other bedroom sizes is closed.

Interested applicants must apply in person.

Applications can be made in person beginning Monday, October 10th at 8 a.m. until Friday, October 21 at 4:30 p.m.

Scott County CDA is located at 323 South Naumkeag Street in Shakopee Directions to the office can be found on our website www.scottcda.org All eligible applications completed by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, October 21st, will be placed on the waiting list by a lottery subject to local admissions preferences.

Please refer to www.scottcda.org to determine if your household qualifies for the three bedroom list.

Applicants already on waiting lists for other housing programs must apply separately for this program and such applicants will not lose their place on other waiting lists when they apply for the project based list.

The CDA does not have emergency housing.

You must be a U.S. Citizen, or a non-citizen with eligible immigration status. Income limits apply.

If you need a special accommodation because of a disability, please contact Scott County CDA at 952-4029022.

Hillview Motel Micro/ Refrig. Weekly $175 & Up. Daily, $35 & Up. 952-445-7111

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BUILDING

BUILDING Residential, Commercial, Homeowner Associations, and Property Managers

We specialize in all of your Repair Needs! www.mrhandyman.com Member of the SouthWest Metro Chamber of Commerce

CONCRETE/MASONRY

• Block Foundations • New Additions, Repairs • Driveways • Patios • Steps • Garages • Pool Decks • Tear-out, Remove, Replace/New • Decorative • Colored, Stamped, Exposed Aggregate Free Estimates

952-758-7742

www.chconcretemn.com

Highland Home Services Inc.

612-221-2181

Free estimates/Insured

Remodeling ...Repair ... Design www.highlandhomeservices.com

30 years experience

Steve Jenness

cell 612-418-2277

fax 952-447-1211

sjenness@integraonline.com

lic#20628802

~ PARAMOUNT REMODELING, INC. ~ Where Your Dreams Are Paramount *Kitchen & Bathroom Remodeling *Distinctive Hardwood Flooring

*Lower Level Finishing *Decks & Exteriors

NO JOB TOO SMALL *** Mention this ad for a 10% discount.

Call today for a free consultation (952) 607-6726 MN Lic. 20483289, Fully Insured

MAGNUM CONSTRUCTION CO.

Over 19 Years Experience Licensed and Insured

Basements • Room Additions Complete Home Remodeling Decks/Porches

Big Enough To Help~Small Enough To Care

952-461-4540

www.magnumconstructioncomp.com

DECKS DECKS DECKS New Image Over 17 yrs in decks & porches.

For deck do-it-yourselfers: framing & footings. www.newimage decks.com

Mike 952-442-1308 Lic#20219985 Ins

CABINETRY KB Custom Cabinets Kitchens, Entertainment Centers, Bars, Built-ins Vanities, Counter Tops.

952-445-7790

CLEANING ! 952-239-4110 Bumble Bee Services Housecleaning. Insured www.bumblebeeservices.com

Builder's Edge Remodeling, Windows, Basements, Additions, Cabinets. Licensed.

952-492-3170

‘Bee” Smart, Shop Classifieds

! Country Touch Clean.

Several years in business. Reliable/Trusting 612-483-1092

Decorative stamped concrete, Driveways, Concrete Firepits, Tear-out & replacement, Steps, Floating garage slabs, Swimming pool decks, Poured Wall Foundations & Flat work www.mnvalleyconcrete.com Brick Work Stone Work New Remodel Chimney Repairs Free Estimates Licensed Insured

Lebens Masonry

952-233-1099

DCI Inc. We are a very diverse company that has expertise in Driveways Patios Foundation repair Chimney restoration Stone fronts Outdoor fireplaces Floor staining, etc....

References- Fully insured

Feel free to text, call or Email andydciinc@gmail.com Andy, 612-221-1849

952-454-7591, Melanie.

Home and Office Cleaning. Experienced, reliable, reasonable rates.

A Clean House= Big smiles.

Experienced, Responsible, References. 952-361-6237

CONCRETE/MASONRY

To place your ad, call 952-345-3003

DON WHERLEY MASONRY INC Decorative Concrete Additions - Patios Garage Floors Steps - Sidewalks Aprons - Driveways Stamped, Colored Exposed Aggregate

CONCRETE/MASONRY Monyok Masonry 16 years in business Driveways, Sidewalks, Patios, Floors, Steps, Block Foundations, Brick Repairs, Footings Call Joe: 952-492-3671 MonConServ.com

DRAPERIES Drapes, Blinds, Fabrics, Upholstery, Bedspreads.

Lakes Interiors. 38 yrs.

952-447-4655.

DRIVEWAYS

www.staincrete.com

ABOVE ALL HARDWOOD FLOORS & CARPET Floor Installation Sanding & Refinishing Carpet, Tile & Vinyl Installation Exceptional Quality Great Service

Radloff & Weber Blacktopping Inc. Driveways, Parking Lots ~Since 1971~ Free Estimates

952-447-5733

952-461-3710

952-469-5713 952-426-2790

HEATING/AIR COND Heating, plumbing, remodel and repair, and replacement, new construction. 952-492-2440

Pulverized Dirt $12.50/ yd.

Colored Mulch $26.50/ yd.

Cypress, Cedar, Hardwood

Sprinkler Blow-outs $50.

Residential & Commercial, Simply Green Inc. 952-484-6512

ELECTRICAL #Priority Electric Inc. Licensed- Bonded- Insured. No job too small.

952-403-9200 POWERTECH Electric.

Local. Owner operated.

Licensed, insured, clean.

Rich: 952-292-8683

LANDSCAPING

Flagstone, Steppers Decorative Rock Edging/ Poly/ Fabric Retaining Walls, Pavers

Call for Hours Wever i l e 952-492-2783 D www.HermansLandscape.com R.D. & Associates

Caola

Landscape Services 952 445-0663 X

Complete Landscaping Design, Build, Maintain

Water Problems resolved XSprinkler Systems XRock/Mulch/Edger XTrees & Shrubs XBrick Pavers XRetainingWalls Over 30 yrs of quality workmanship X

Specialized Services Inc. • Tree Removal • Stump Grinding • Brush Chipping • Overgrown Areas Mowed • Excavating • Sand & Gravel • Crushed Limestone

952-445-7302 www.rdandassociates.com

Visit our website: www.caolalandscaping.com Credit Cards Accepted

DEADLINES

Retaining Walls, Concrete & Paver Drives, Patio & Walks, Boulder walls, & much more!

~For Thursday Papers~ Before 3pm on Tuesdays

952-292-2261

IRRIGATION

info@staincrete.com

Search these Classified pages for your next job!

6 Miles S. of Shakopee on 169

HARDWOOD FLOORS •Floor refinishing & sanding •Real wood floors •Dustless refinishing •Water damage specialists •Board patching •Custom staining •Best quality •Best pricing •Most experience in your area •Family owned, 28 years • Free Estimates

LANDSCAPING Rock Engraving at Hermans

952-440-WOOD (9663)

www.duffyshardwoodfloors.com

Free Estimates

From the Unique to the Ordinary... Specializing in drives, patios and imprinted, colored and stained concrete.

Interior acid stained floors and counter tops.

LANDSCAPING

Duffy’s

952-448-7037

Lowell Russell Concrete

FLOORING

~For Saturday Papers~ Before 3pm on Thursdays

Premiere One Landscapes

Classifieds 952-345-3003

LAWNS ARE US C r e a t e s D i s t i n c t i v e O u td o o r L i v i n g Landscape & Irrigation Design & Block, Retaining Walls, Paver Driveway, Patios X Lake Shore Restoration & Drainage Correction X Outdoor Kitchens/ Fire Pits/ Rain Gardens/Ponds X Aeration & Over Seeding/ Fall Clean-Up & Dethatch X Tree/Shrub Trimming & Holiday Lighting

612-275-2574.

AJ's Tree & Lawn Service LLC. Trimming & removal. Licensed, insured.

X Complete X Boulder

952-492-3160

952-445-1812 Paul Bunyan Tree Service. Tree Removal and Trimming. www.paulbunyantree serviceinc.com

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DRIASI in Chanhassen is seeking Data Entry Representatives.

FT; M-F 8-4:30. Apply at: https://home.eease. adp.com/recruit/?id=895 201

1BR, apartment $425.

Bay window, private entrance.

Norwood/YA. 612-750-7436

Full time Bookkeeper Duties inc. A/P, A/R, job costing, Reconciling bank recs, and financials. Accounting background a must.

Please send resumes to: lori.horkey@ keylandhomes.com

Executive Assistant/ Accountant needed for Family Office. Resume:

Framing, Siding and Window carpenters wanted with all levels of experience. Positions are full time and benefits eligible. Must have valid D/L, reliable transportation and be able to pass background check, drug screen and physical.

Call our job line at 952-380-3720 or send resume to: jobs@carpentry contractors.com

Truck Driver-FT Radermacher's Fresh Market is looking to fill a local FT truck driver position. Class A license & experience required. Excellent pay & benefits. Apply at any Radermacher's Fresh Market location or send resume to : crystalw@ radermachers.com or fax 952-403-5926

We need experienced Drivers Kelly Services® is hiring temporary drivers for FedEx Ground®, a small-package ground delivery company serving business and residential customers across North America. Minimum six months experience driving like-sized commercial vehicle within last three years required. One year commercial driving experience strongly preferred.

-Part- TimeGeneral Cleaners Up to $11. per hour to start.

Now accepting applications. For the Chanhassen/ Wayzata areas. Apply in person, Tue 1-4pm, Wed & Thurs, 9am-1pm.

Please bring in 2 forms of government issued id.

Fidelity Building Services 951 American Blvd. E. Bloomington, 55420

.7 fte – all shifts 5 p.m – 9 p.m.

Please apply online at: www.stgertrudes shakopee.org

2BR, private entrance, porch, $700. + utilities, garage available. 612867-4829

REAL ESTATE Houses House for sale: 9875 Spring Rd, EP $327,400 952-240-8940

Lots/Acreage Farmland for Sale & Wanted. Randy Kubes, Realtor... 612-599-7440

Real Estate Bargains 3286 sq ft commercial bldg, $109,900.

New home, 3 car garage, $154,900.

24 acres of farmland, $109,900.

2-1/2 acre lots, $39,900-$69,900.

Cabin on Spring Lake, $239,900.

Randy Kubes Realtor 612-599-7440

EMPLOYMENT

Amanda@lhhendrickson.com

Taxi Driver- Shakopee area, 3rd shift, 6pm-6am.

612-747-3022. buschy22@aol.com

Truck Driver/ Mechanic Ditch Witch of Minnesota, Inc. is currently seeking a full-time truck driver/mechanic. Qualified applicants will have 5+ years experience with formal training.

Class A license is required. Benefits include: medical, dental, 401k & uniforms. Fax resume to: 952-4450035 or mail to: 12826 Emery Way, Shakopee, MN 55379 or come in to fill out an application.

TOOLMAKER Director Secondary Ed. Shakopee Schools. Resp. for leadership for all sec. instruction; curric/instruct; staff devel; prof devel/eval of all sec. Admin; data/ assessment/ district technology. Requires: Admin licensure, MA, exp w/data and assessment, extensive knowledge of technology.

For more info go to: www.shakopee.k12.mn.us/ and apply to posting number 1311.

Store Management & Crew Members Opportunities Available Now hiring for a full time Store Manager Position.

Stores are located in the Shakopee and Bloomington areas. Please call Michelle at 952.653.2192 for interested inquiries.

WE OFFER: Flexible scheduling Opportunity to run your own store Competitive pay Pleasant atmosphere Multi-store opportunities

Full-Time ASSEMBLER ASSEMBLY 1st & 2nd shift We are looking for a large number of people to work in a cold room environment packaging food items. Excellent opportunity for extra money over the next four Holiday months.

Apply ASAP for immediate placement!!!

Team Personnel Services Shakopee 952-746-3346

This Full time Position is for light assembly.

Coldwell Banker Burnet Eden Prairie Irene: 952-949-4759 Rolland: 952-949-4724 EOE

Auburn Homes & Services is looking for :

Laundry Aide Full Time

TMA/NAR varied shifts- Part time to start with possibility of Full Time Please apply in person at: 501 No. Oak Street Chaska, Mn. 55318 Auburnhomes.org No phone call please EOE

Experience required in building, repairing, & maintaining blank, progressive, and compound dies for METAL STAMPINGS. If you are interested in VARIETY & PERSONAL GROWTH, we offer: Excellent wages and benefits including Vacation, Insurance, 401(k), & a Profit Sharing Bonus Plan!

Please fax, mail or email your resume to: EDi, P.O. Box 85, Jordan 55352 F: 952-492-3790 vengelsteffan@engeldiversified.com

Individual must be able to work either alone or with others. Must be good at math and enjoy working with one's hands. This full time position does offer benefits.

We are located in Northern LeSueur County. Fax resume to: 952-873-2859 or email to: Jake.keohen@respyro.com Check our website at: www.respyro.com

Primary job responsibilities will include performing complex and critical welding operations on various metals using Flux-core, TIG, MIG and Sub-arc Welding.

The ideal candidate shall have a high school diploma, vocational welding program certificate or equivalent welding experience and the ability to read and interpret drawings and weld symbols.

Chart's fast track to a rewarding career includes a competitive compensation and benefits program. If you are interested in the challenge please apply in person, call or send your resume and/or application to:

Chart Inc. 407 7th Street NW New Prague, MN 56071 EOE

EOE

A New Career

www.askwyn.com

4 Day Work Week!

FSI International, located in Chaska, a global supplier of surface conditioning equipment and technology, currently has Technician opportunities available for candidates with strong electrical and/or mechanical troubleshooting experience.

To view additional opportunities and to apply online, please go to www.fsi-intl.com

Retail Business Analyst Twin Cities' corporation is looking for a Retail Business Analyst. This position supports the Sales Rep by providing customer service to Target and vendor, performs analysis of the business and provides insights into trends/assortment performance/and actual to forecasted reporting, takes ownership of inventory management, and coordination of needs between Target BAs and Manufacturers. Strong analytical skills, including forecasting, and retail experience is required.

Prior rep group and/or Target experience is a plus.

Email resumes to: hr@salesandmarketingfirm.com

Welders Chart Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of standard and custom engineered products and systems for a wide variety of cryogenic and heat transfer applications. Chart's New Prague MN manufacturing campus is a 27-acre site with over 275,000-sq. ft. of heavy manufacturing space. Presently, Chart has immediate openings for Welders on our night shift.

Visit our location (5800 12th Ave. East, Shakopee, MN 55379) at the following Open House Times: Monday 10/10/11 9am to 12pm; Tuesday 10/11/11 1pm to 4pm; Wednesday 10/12/11 4pm to 6pm; Send Resume to: gplstj@tempdriver.net

Carver County office: Are you fun and outgoing?

Take the real estate style test and find out if a real estate career is right for you.

Responsibilities include packing, boxing, weighing, pasting, labeling, and other related tasks.

www.teampersonnel.com ASSOCIATE TRAINEE Real Estate Career Excellent Potential Fast Growth

Finish carpenters wanted with 2-5 years of experience. Position is full time and benefits eligible. Must have valid D/L, reliable transportation and be able to pass background check, drug screen and physical.

Call our job line at 952-380-3720 or send resume to jobs@carpentrycontractors.com

21 years or older Clean driving record Drug screen, background checks, and physical Customer service skills

Maintenance

Wyn Ray 952-556-1750

Part-Time 30 hr/wk Office Admin/ Bookkeeping at 1st Presbyterian ChurchShakopee. Require MS Office proficiency, phone skills, bookkeeping exp. Send resume: sfpcpastor@gmail.com Front Desk/ Night Auditimmediate opening. Hotel experience required. Apply in person: Best Western Hotel, 511 S. Marschall Rd., Shakopee.

Nursing Assistants LPN/RN For additional information or to apply online, visit The Lutheran Home Association website at www.tlha.org or call (952) 873-2164.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Human Service Technician Divine House, Inc. Is currently accepting applications for our Chaska area site. This site has four male residents living in a residential home.

A Part position available including every other weekend, afternoon/evenings and overnight shifts are available. Experience working with people with disabilities or background in medical field experience helpful but not necessary. Apply online at divinehouse.org or Divine House Inc 328 5thSt. SW Willmar, MN 56201 EOE Immediate PT Openings Excellent Pay Flexible FT/PT Customer sales/svc No exp needed will train All ages 17+ Conditions apply Call Now: 952-746-8999

SCHEELS SCHEELS is hiring Part Time sales and cashiers at our Eden Prairie Store. SCHEELS is the leader in athletic and fashion shoes and clothing. Applicants must enjoy working with people and providing outstanding customer service. We offer a flexible schedule, competitive wages, and the best employee discount program in the industry. Hours consist of evenings and weekends. Strong communication skills and light to moderate lifting is required.

SCHEELS is located in the Eden Prairie Center.

Stop by our customer service counter to fill out an application or call Amy at 952-826-0067.

The Lutheran Home Campus is seeking a full-time Maintenance worker. Must have a special boilers license and a valid driver’s license. Experience in long term care is preferred.

The Lutheran Home: Belle Plaine is also accepting applications for the following positions:

Custodial / Maint.

Ice Rink P.T. Seasonal $9.00/hr weekday evening and weekend hours avail.

Includes ice resurfacing, run skate shop, general maint.

Apply at Chaska Community Center Front Desk, 1661 Park Ridge Dr, Chaska MN 55318

NAR's

EEOC

NOW HIRING SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR No experience Necessary will train Starting wage $13.25 per hour DOE No DUI's, must have Class D license at least 3 years And be 21 years of age Positive Connections 460 N Hickory Street Chaska, MN 55318 952-361-0899

Program Counselor (Shakopee) Thomas Allen Inc. 1 yr Exp working with developmental disabilities preferred, Driver's lic, insur., clean record required. Week 1: Wed 49pm, Fri 4-10pm, Sat 10am-4pm. Week 2: Wed 4-9pm, Sat 8:30am-4:30pm.

Contact: Deebaas@thomasalleninc.com

Fax: 952-233-4112 Reimbursed Senior Volunteer Position: Senior Corps is seeking volunteers 55+ yrs willing to help others as friendly visitors in their homes & with outings to the community. Tax-free stipend, mileage reimbursement and other benefits. Contact 651310-9447. kate.neuhaus@lssmn.org www.mnseniorcorps.org

Snow Removal We want you! Sub-contractors & operators of our own equipment.

Plow operators, Bobcat operators, Shovelers and Snowblowers. We pay for exp., quick cash, paid immed.

Flex. hours. Could lead to FT. 952-393-PLOW (7569) MoveSnowNow@ gmail.com StarTribune Newspaper Carrier Needed immediately Shakopee & rural Waconia Weekend routes.

For further information see our website at; www.Chaskadelivery.com

TEEN CENTER SUPERVISOR The City of Shakopee seeks to fill a part-time position supervising daily activities and DJ/Band events at Enigma Teen Center.

Late afternoon, evening and weekend hours; 4 to 15 hrs per week. Requires good communication and customer service skills. Live sound/music experience a plus, but not required. Must be at least 18 yrs old.

Starting Wage: $9.80 - $10.38 per hr. Position open until filled. For more information and an application, visit www.ci.shakopee.mn.us/employment.cfm or call (952)233- 9320. TTY/TDD: (952) 233-3837. EOE.

Seasonal Positions PT Seasonal snow plow operator, experienced with snow removal and operation of John Deere equipment. Will train the right person. Reliable transportation and self starter. Call 763-4288560, or fax resume to 763-428-8750

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LANDSCAPING

ODD JOBS

ODD JOBS

PAINT/WALLPAPER

AA Tree Removal/ trimming/ firewood/ brush hauling, stump grinding.

Steve, 952-445-5239

Quality Remodeling and Home Repairs

Ken's HANDYMAN SERVICE Repairs, Installations & Home Improvements. Call Ken: 952-445-1836

Quality Interior Painting.

Reliable, Professional, Experienced.

952-334-0977 Jerry Fehn

Kerchner Outdoors Now offering snow removal and yard services, including fall clean up. Serving the Lakeville, Savage, Prior Lake, and Shakopee area. Call today for a free estimate. 612-3859010 Dependable, on time. Flexible & efficient!

Schmidt and Son Lawn Care Aerating Leaf clean-up Mowing for 2012 Contracts

Free estimates

952-496-1365

MOVING/STORAGE

MOVING? You Call - We Haul

Completely Enclosed Truck Very Reasonable Rates

952-758-2552 We Haul Moving New Prague

ODD JOBS

A Minnesota Greenstar Qualified contractor

References, Lic & Ins Mn Lic. 20632058 Kevin Hayes

PAINT/WALLPAPER

kevin@hmwhome.com www.hmwhome.com

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Boats/Motors TRANSPORTATION

Campers Travel Trailers

Motorcycles

Motorcycles

Storage/Vehicles Boats, campers, cars, etc. Inside $8/ft. Outside $5/ft. per season. 25 minutes west of Chaska. 320-238-2315

All-Terrain Vehicles

2000 Polaris Sportsman 500. Green, H.D. Winch Rear basket. Like new Tires Rides-Drives Perfect. Great condition $2,750. 952-215-5421

Polaris Xplorer 300 4X4 1999 with plow, gun rack, tote box. Starts and runs great. Gently used. $2400 952-3888456

2006 Crestliner Lsi Angler 2285. Lots of extras. 60 HP Mercury 4 stroke and dual axle trailer. 763-360-6251

94 Starcraft, 17ft. Aluminum. Walleye, Bass ½ Console 75hp.

Mariner & 8hp. Kicker. $6500. 612-554-6725 or

1992 Vibo 21' Hexagon pontoon. Low hrs. 2 motors. '96 Merc 90HP + 9.9. Marine radio. Trailer. Clean. $9,500. 612720-2262

2007 27' Colorardo RL 5th Wheel, 2 Slide $29,500 or best offer.

507-934-4834 M-F after 5:30

Hydro Stream Vegas.

20'. 200 HP+++. Complete restoration. 5 passenger. A real head turner! $8,900 or all trades welcome. 952215-5421

27' 2007 Palomino Thoroughbred, 1 slide out, triple bunk, queen bed sleeps 7-8. $15,500.

Call Mitch 612-325-7365

Motorcycles

1994 Harley Heritage Softtail, 26300k, all service records avail, extra set of pipes. $7500. Call Mike @ 612-309-6737

1991 Fleetwood Southwind Motorhome, Class A, 33ft. Only 38k miles!

Smooth runner, fully loaded, sleeps 6, hydraulic leveler, $10,500, 612-669-4172

1996 Itasca Suncruiser Motorhome. Class A, 39'. Excellent condition, shedded at all times/ winterized.

Loaded!

29,300 actual miles. $35,000/BO. 507-6656019

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2004 Harley FXST Softail 24,000 miles. Extras too much to list. Call for details.

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CASH$$ We buy guns SPORTS STOP Shakopee 952-445-5282

1963 Buick Custom Convertible. V6 A/T. Completely rebuilt 3000 miles ago.

New white/top, brakes. Excellent condition some minor restoration needed. $5000. 605-2127283

2005 black Yamaha R6, 6,000 miles. Yoshimurd customized exhaust.

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EZ-GO Gas Golf Cart with Rear Seat. White with White Top and Seats. $2195. 952-2390446 Hunting lease, 40 wooded acres, prime deer hunting, borders state wildlife area. $525. 218378-4390, 218-6892659

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GARAGE SALES AUCTIONS 1998 Holiday Rambler Vacationer 36' motorhome, great condition, sleeps 6, 60,000 miles, $31,900 or best offer. Call Gary at 952492-1129.

Honda style 2007 JMST 250cc Scooter.

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Auto Accessories

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2001, 17ft. Starcraft, 90HP, Mercury. Excellent condition. $9,000 952-890-2630

2002 Larson 19' FishNSki, SEI 190, 135 HP Outboard, stored indoors. $11,900.00 or BO, NADA guide suggested $13,945.00, Jon 612-730-8116

2003 Harley Softtail Deuce Anniversary model.

5500 miles. $13,000. 952-447-4280

2005 Kawasaki 1600 Vulcan Classic with Vance & Hines pipes.

New tires. 10,895 miles.

Mint condition. $5900 Call (952) 934-7358

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**SALE** 1998, Bayliner Capri Fish & Ski boat, 19 ft.

135HP. Inboard, stored inside. Excellent condition $6900. 952-4126417

2000 Harley Davidson 883 Sportster, wife's bike, never rode, must go. 1300 miles, Lots, lots of extras, mint! $7000. 952-890-0905

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1973 14' Alumacraft boat/ trailer, 15 HP Johnson motor. Needs carb work. Trolling motor/ battery, steering console. $1,125/BO. 952-448-3128

2004 41' SportsCoach Elite. Fully equipped.

23,000K. Well-maintained.

3 slides. $100,000. 952-797-6264

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Chanhassen Sales Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun Oct 6-7-8-9 Thurs, Fri 86:30 Sat 9-5 Sun 9-3 7489 Saratoga Drive Chanhassen OFFICE HAS CLOSED HOUSE IS FULL. Too much to list

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Shakopee Sales

HUGE Multi Family Sale 10/13-14-15 7am-7pm.

Casey Pkwy. Vintage, collectibles & unique.

Tons furniture, pictures, lamps, mirrors & HH. Holiday & jewelry. Kids thru adult clothing.

From the farm: pumpkins, squash, gourds, broom corn.

Dept. 56 Sale! New England Village & Accessories. Sat. Oct 8, 8am-3pm 1254 Pioneer Ct. Downsizing Sale! Large and small appliances, electronics, TVs, power tools, lawn tools, furniture, clothing, books, HH. Home decor.

Thurs.-Sat. 10/6-10/8, 84. 1256 Quincy Circle.

Shakopee Sales 503 Timber Court, Sat., 10/8, 8am-3pm. Moving: a little bit of everything, HH, clothes, “old” goodies.

A HUGE MOVING SALE- Thurs-Fri, 10/6-7, 8am-5pm. Sat. 10/8, 9am-1pm. 6465 Oxford Rd. S. (Southbridge area) Kids thru adults.

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Bob's Barn Sale! FriSat-Sun, 10/7-8-9, 8am4pm. Antique garden tools, old canning jars, sinks, store fixture, old light fixtures, old cultivators, red wagon, tools, work benches, cement mixer. We have emptied our barn for the sale!

13162 Johnson Memorial Dr., Hwy 169. (4 mi. s. of Shakopee)

Garage Sale: Clothes, craft items, many misc items. Thurs-Fri., 10/67, 9am-5pm. 910 S. Shumway St. Multi Family Garage Sales. Thursday, 10/6Saturday 10/8. 8-5pm.

Saturday 8-noon. 965, 990 Westchester Ave. Furniture, antiques, kitchen electrics, Electronics, home decor, clothing, HH items. Must see, must sell. Cash only Multi-family sale, ThSat. Oct.6-8 from 9-4 cribs, dbl strollers, kids puzzles, books, toys.

Child-adult clothing. household items & furniture. 7324 Whitehall Rd. Shakopee Take Hwy 18 to Southbridge Pkwy. to Windsor. Follow signs.

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Baby, girl/ boy items, toys, clothes, bike, 2 desks, DVDs, TV, misc. items. 840 Prairie St. Wednesday 10/5 - Friday 10/7, 9-5pm. 2 many items for one week. Added adult, children clothes, HH and toys. 1844 Westchester Lane

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Cars

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1968 T-Bird, 429 automatic, new gas tank, tires, fuel pump, sending unit, brakes. Runs. Needs Restoration.

Asking $1500. 952-448-2015

1976 Chevy Nova hatchback, 305 AT, new tires & exhaust. Runs/ drives great, fun car to drive! $3,000/BO. 952447-8169

Cars

1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Cierra, silver edition.

Loaded!

Only 109,000K miles. V-6, 4 door, $1,100/BO. 952426-5657

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1998 Dodge Stratus, 6 cyl, AT. 156K. $1,500.

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Trucks

Trucks

2003 Jetta TDI 5-Speed manual. Up to 57/mpg hwy. 125,000 plus miles 1 owner. Excellent condition $7300. 612-8400884

Pontiac Grand Prix 1980 301 Engine, 4.9 Liter, 4 Barrel Overhead, New Fuel Pump, Alternator, Battery Heater, 129500K, $2100. 612418-5159

2000 Chev ¾-ton ext. cab 4x4. Burgundy/silver, newer Boss V-plow.

Rarely used.

140K. 6.0L. Excellent condition, all records. $15,500/BO. 612-8683768

Jeep Wrangler 1990 5spd. manual.

Black w/gray interior. AM/FM radio. Well maintained.

170,000 Runs great! $2500 612-799-5024

Trucks Sport Util Vehicles

1972 rare triple black 'Cuda, with high compression 340 HP. 727 slapstick tranny. Posirearend, PS, bucket seats, Recession reduced!! $42,500. 612804-4074

1976 Classic Cadillac Convertible.

Low mileage. 8 cyl. 440 engine. Complete facts available by calling.

559-435-3751

1989 Volvo 240DL. 118K, AT, CD, New tires, battery, tabs, and more. 4 cyl, provides great gas mileage. $2500. 952-440-2469

2000 Jaguar XJR. Well maintained. $9700 Silver and black interior, 83,000 miles. Call 612655-6680

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1964 Chevy C20, 350 engine, 350 auto tranny, every bolt, nut, part replaced, or sandblasted and painted. 8K. REDUCED- $12,500. 952913-7808

2004 Chevy Silverado Z71 Ext. Cab. 77,XXX perfect cond. Loaded, leather, Bose, 6Disc, Topper and many xtras. $15,700 B/O 612-2030804

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ENGAGEMENT

PETS OF THE WEEK

Uhlenkamp/Wolter Ken and Kathy Wolter of Carver are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Kevin, to Amy Uhlenkamp, daughter of Roger and Cindy Uhlenkamp of Sauk Centre.

Amy is a graduate of the University of Minnesota - Morris with a bachelor’s degree in political science, and is employed

by Bank of America.

Kevin is a graduate of Kettering University with a bachelor’s degrees in electrical and mechanical engineering, received his MBA from Harvard Business School, and is employed by Spire Solar.

They are having an October wedding at Our Lady of the An-

The pets noted are being housed by the Carver-Scott Humane Society (CSHS) and are among the dozens of homeless animals available for adoption.

For more information, go online at www.carverscotths.org.

ROGER AND EARL

Kevin Wolter and Amy Uhlenkamp gels Church in Sauke Centre.

The newlyweds will make their home in Boston, Mass.

WEDDING

Oelke/Sudlow Caitlin (Katy) Oelke and Justin Sudlow were married July 30, 2011, at Westwood Community Church in Chanhassen with a recption at The Marsh, in Minnetonka.

Katy is a graduate of Chaska High School and Nor thern State University. She is an exercise specialist intern with Mayo Clinic and an assistant volleyball coach at Blooming Jefferson High School.

Justin is a graduate of Aberdeen Central High School and Northern State University.

He is a training coordinator with G & K Services.

Parents of the bride are Elizabeth and Merle Oelke of

This 10-month old pair of male gerbils became homeless after the past owner lost interest.

They allow petting and once you get them in your gentle grasp, allow holding.

The foster home is working on furthering their taming. With proper care they live 3-4 years.

Adoption fee includes an easy clean cage with water bottle, litter and some toys.

MRS. WRIGLEY

Katy and Justin Sudlow Chanhassen and parents of the groom are Cindy and Jeff Sudlow of Aberdeen, S.D. T he c ouple resides i n Chanhassen.

Impound found me and no one came for me. I’m social with toddlers, most c at s, and some dogs. I’l l ju mp i nt o your lap when you sit and tolerate being carried around.

I’m affectionate, will ankle rub, and enjoy petting. I’d like to live in a home with another pet, as I’d be lonely by myself. But, I’d take any loving home, even if I’m the only pet. I’m a quiet, calm, and easy going 3-year-old tortoiseshell cat.

NEWS BRIEF

Baylor Campground annual chili cook-off Oct. 15 Carver County Parks will have its 8th annual Baylor Campground Chili Cook-off on Saturday Oct.15. All are welcome to make their best chili and enter it for judging at noon on Saturday in the Community Room of the Barn.

Following the chili judging, all participants and campers are invited to participate in a chili potluck sampling their competitions chili and vote for your favorite chili. Camping reservations are encouraged for the weekend and regis-

Take your car search for a spin.

tration for the chili cook-off is required along with a $10 registration fee. As part of the chili potluck, paper products, beverages, condiments (sour cream and shredded cheese) and corn bread will be provided. After the potluck there will be a free reptile show from 1-2 p.m. inside the community room. Baylor Regional Park Campground is located in western Carver County, 2-1/2 miles north of the intersection of Highway 5 and Highway 212 on County Road 33.

A f t er t h i s we ekend t he campground will be closing for the 2011 season. Carver County Parks will begin taking camping and shelter reservations for 2012 on Jan. 10t at 7:30 a.m. by phone, online or in person at the Parks Office located at 11360 Hwy 212, Cologne.

For more information, or to make a reservation, call the Carver County Parks office Monday-Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. at (952) 466-5250.

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Only $25. Call 612-6168999 Aquarium 30 gallon hexagon and stand. $150. 612-554-3111 Beautiful kitten for sale $10. 952-445-4976

Audio tower, 21"w x 52"h x 19"d $99. 952443-1382 Basketball hoop. Lifetime, portable, adjustable. Free 612-8603572 Bedroom set 3 piece in great shape. $150. 952807-2728 Bedroom set, Oak bed & 2 dressers w/mirror. $100. 952-873-5631 Bedroom set: headboard, frame queen, dresser, dresser w/mirror, $300. 952-220-5051 Black lab puppy. Looking for a loving home. $75. 952-334-5604 Black leather coat ladies L dressy $125. 952-8945907 Breast pump Medela. 4 bottles, electric, battery operated, $150. 952226-2236 Browning BPS 12 gauge shotgun. New. $450.

952-934-7587 Cage, 2ft by 3ft by 4ft. $50. 952-445-9127 Canopy bed, full-size, dresser, nightstand, canopy matching bedskirt. $350. 612-7471306 Cherrywood futon and table, upgraded mattress $400. 952-4433693 Chicco modo music & play table. Great condition, $40. 952-443-0186 Chicco talking garden.

Bilingual activity table.

Perfect condition, $30.

952-443-2409 Christmas tree, gorgeous 7.5' with lights. $175, bag, wheels. 952934-2435.

Coffee table, good shape, $20. 952-2927886 Computer table; 2 tier portable. Good condition $20. 952-934-3184 Couch, brown microsuede, excellent shape, $200. 952-467-3813 Crossbow, all around exercise machine. Over 65 exercises. $85. 651208-2169 Dell desktop computer, complete with HP printer, $25, 952-448-2116 Desk, solid oak corner, 4 drawers, file, chair, $300. 612-708-7067

Dish 322 dish reciever & acc., dish. $50. b/o.

952-448-4907 Dog house & 6x6 kennel. $50. 612-860-3572 Dog house, large homemade wood. $50. 952451-2438 Dog hut, Igloo Playmate, nice/ clean, 30x24”, $45, 952-9062928 Elliptical Horizon Club series cse3.5. $200.

952-226-2808 Fisher price carnival kick & whirl great condition. $20. 952-443-0186 Foosball table good condition. $80. 952-9443155 Free kitten to good home, contact hlazyheart@yahoo.com if you're interested.

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Tan. Very good condition. $100. 612-2691630 Glock 20, 10mm, 2 mags, night sights, $500. 612-716-5952 Goosebump books 70+ good condition. $80. b/o. 952- 486-1599 Graco, pack-n-play like new, pastel. $15. 952445-7207 Halloween, kids costume. Skeleton, large $10. 952-443-4609 Halloween, kids costume. Vampire, large $10. 952-443-4609 Handy Hand 3 ton, hydraulic jack, $10. 952440-4699 Health rider. Good condition. Strengthens arms and legs. $40. 952-9340892.

Kitten, free to a good family. 612-703-0630

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GG090N. $700. 952496-2442 Homelite weed whip.

Electric start, $50. 952402-9458 HON 4 drawer file.

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Call 612-6168999 Humble, wood burner 30x24x36 blower, glass, front loading. $350. 952426-8556 Ipod nano, 6th generation, 8gb, never used, green. $120. 952-4408591 Kennel fencing chain link, 12'X12'X6' two gates. $300 firm. 952403-9880 Kitchen Aid, side by side, SS refrigerator. $100. 763-355-7633 Kitten, 16 wk. Calico kitten. Friendly, fun, $5.

952-873-3697 Ladies fall coat, medium black.

Fleet Street brand, $5. 952-4031567 Large birdcage, selected toys, food & water dishes. $125. 952-4484447 Large mirror 25"X35" $5. 952-403-1567 Large oak entertainment center, mission style $250. 952-443-3693 Lawn sweeper, 42” heavy weight by AgriFab, excellent, $95, 612-275-0489 Lazy boy rocking chair.

Retro 80's orange.

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612-965-1773 Like new loveseat with wingback chair. Nonsmoking home. $100.

952-250-2377 Loveseat, recliner rocker, brown colors, good shape, $200. 952-4673813 LP's, 45's from 40's, 50's, 60's.

345 for $175. 952-250-2374 Magnum+ Crossbow, like new. $350. 952448-2304 Marble bathroom sink, faucet. Free. 952-4484907 Pool table, nice. $250.

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Three Qs

Character driven Chaska man remembered for ‘Chainsaw Caine’ persona

BY MOLLEE FRANCISCO mfrancisco@swpub.com

Chanhassen High School mascot “Thunder” Chanhassen High School’s mascot “Thunder” was formally introduced to the world at Chanhassen High School’s 2011 commencement program in June. Thunder burst from the wings of the stage, flexed, pumped his arms, and worked the audience into a mild frenzy, ensuring that the class of 2011 would have at least one lasting common memory of high school seared into their collective minds.

Mont hs a f ter g raduation, we couldn’t stop thinking about Thunder. We were curious. Who is Thunder? Where did he come from? Are his parents aware of his extracurricular activities? Inquiring minds want to know. And then we saw him pumping up the crowd at the homecoming parade. What a crowd pleaser. Obviously, he’s a real people person.

We caught up with Thunder recently to ask some questions, via e-mail.

Here’s what we’ve learned.

His name is Thunder, but he also responds to “Stormy,” and “Storm.”

We’re curious about his age, but he’s coy. All he says is, “Thunder never ages, only his surroundings do. People can believe that Thunder is whatever age they want him to be.”

Good answer.

Other details—he calls Chanhassen High School home, and his family consists of all the students, faculty and staff at Chanhassen High School.

He provided his job description as “Super Hero Mascot.”

But we had more questions, like where did he come from?

He explained, rather modestly, we thought.

“I was born after a mighty thunder clap sounded over Chanhassen High School. I [Thunder] materialized in the center of Storm Stadium as two lightning bolts struck it. I came out of the haze of the blinding lightning strike with both lightning bolts fused to my skull. I’ve roamed the halls of Chanhassen ever since its construction, but I chose to reveal myself only now.”

We had more questions.

How did Thunder happen to win the honor of being the Chanhassen High School Storm mascot?

“Auditions were held at the high school several days after school ended last semester,” Thunder explained.

“People who wanted the position of being school mascot were to perform a 3-minute skit that would be judged by a few members of the staff at Chanhassen. I believe that the judges were looking for spunk, playfulness and crowd reaction.

“Of all the entries, they picked me.”

Editor’s note: Apparently they were also looking for a muscular physique and healthy teeth.

Q: How has everyone responded to you?

A: The most interesting aspect of being a mascot would be the way people react to me. People sometimes find me fun and energetic. Others fi nd me creepy. Most people are open to having a new mascot and will run up and hug me while some people hide or give me funny looks. The muscles are the biggest thrill to most people; especially little kids who run up and either poke or jab at them. My teeth are another part of me that the students have poked at the most. As I roam the hallways before games, some people tend to avoid me. Others willingly make themselves known.

Q: When will you be making appearances through the year?

A: I plan on being at every varsity football game. During the football games I usually appear in the plaza on the home side of the field. People can get to really look at their new mascot and have photo opportunities. After the football season I will be at both girls and boys varsity basketball games. If there are other activities that people are interested in having me attend, Windy the head cheer coach contacts me. Sadly, I do not have a time management team, or scheduling secretary, yet.

Q: Do the cheerleaders get along with you?

A: Yes, the cheerleaders have been very accepting of me. It’s hard to communicate during games since my communication skills are limited to hand gestures. The cheerleaders are trying to include me in more and more of their routines. I think that the cheer team and I will get along perfectly over this year.

—Unsie Zuege

T

hese days, you might not necessarily recognize Mike Findling i f you passed him on the street in his Chaska neighborhood. But put a black patch over his left eye and a chainsaw in his hands and for many Twin Cities music fans, the nostalgia of the 1980s comes flooding right back.

Die-hards know Findling better as Chainsaw Caine, the bombastic lead singer of the heavy metal group Slave Raider. But today, he’s a bigger presence behind the scenes than on the stage. Findling is now a booking agent and owner of the Chaska-based Time Music Agency. He represents a host of tribute bands, including Boogie Wonderland, Pop Rocks and Hairball — a group he not only created, but served as lead singer for once upon a time.

“I still have a lot of desire and drive,” he said.

CREATING A CHARACTER Findling liked music when he was younger, but sports were his true passion until an injury to his left eye ended his competition days. That eye injury would later become the basis for Slave Raider and his Chainsaw Caine persona.

“I had this concept of the band where I was wearing an eye patch,” he said.

Findling found that the patch covering his injured eye helped him better communicate with his audiences. And so, in 1985, the pirate-themed Slave Raider was formed. Findling would lead the group, composed of Lance Sabin (guitar), Nicci Wikkid (guitar), Letitia Rae (base) and The Rock (drums).

“The music scene was really alive and good in those days,” said Findling.

But just being a part of it wasn’t enough for Findling. He understood that they needed to fi nd a way to stand out.

“The key is to have something identifiable,” said Findling.

They already had the pirate theme and the eye patch and a Led Zeppelin medley that crowds went crazy for. But something was still missing. And then suddenly one day they found it.

As Findling tells it, they were headed to a gig when a Menard’s sign advertising chainsaws for $199.99 caught his eye. A light bulb went off and the character of Chainsaw Caine was born. A string of chainsaw props soon followed.

INSTANT IMPACT The newly formed Slave Raider stuck to gigs outside of the metro as they fine-tuned their stage show and sound. It was a purposeful move that paid off handsomely when they finally hit the Twin Cities scene.

“We came in guns blazing,” recalled Findling. “We made an instant impact and took off.”

Slave Raider released its fi rst album, “Take the World by Storm” in 1986. The group restricted itself to modest salaries in the hopes of building their careers.

“My goal was to go all the way,” said Findling.

And for awhile, it seemed as though that was the direction the group was heading. Not only were they selling out shows and building a rabid fan base, but at their first Minnesota Music Awards ceremony in 1986, they cleaned out the heavy metal category, taking home four honors.

Findling said he wasn’t surprised by their success. “It was a great band.”

“We had talent, uniqueness and all the right people,” said Findling.

Or so they thought.

As the record deals began to come in, the group had a choice to make — join Mercury or join Jive. Mercury already had a metal division, but Jive was just starting theirs. In the end, the group opted to join Jive.

The move would eventually spell the end for Slave Raider as the executive heading up the new metal division soon jumped ship for another record company. “It was his baby and he deserted it,” said Findling.

Attention from the record label waned and it took two years for the group to release their sophomore album “What Do You Know About Rock ‘N Roll?” and another two years for its third “Bigger, Badder, Bolder.”

“It was too long,” said Findling.

Shortly after the release of “Bigger, Badder, Bolder,” the group was dropped by Jive and the future of Slave Raider was up in the air. With no record deals on the table then, the group had few options in front of them.

“Eventually, everyone just gave up,” said Findling.

NEW LIFE As his fellow group members found new jobs, so did Findling. Over the next decade, he dabbled in a variety of jobs. Findling sang with other groups Chainsaw and UKI. He quit music all together and took up roofi ng to make some money to support his wife and children. That lasted for less than a year before he was asked if he’d be interested in becoming a booking agent.

For three years, Findling focused on booking and left thoughts of a music career behind. Then, around 2000, he caught a show with Little Richard and Roy Orbison impersonators. He couldn’t help but notice how much the crowd loved the act and the wheels began to turn again.

“The 1980s had so many great characters,” he said. “I got the idea for Hairball.”

He rounded up some friends and suggested they work on a show featuring a couple characters.

“The idea was a comedy spoof act,” he said.

They brought their versions of Freddie Mercury and Poison to a jam session and wowed the crowd. “The people just ate it up,” said Findling.

Three months later, they had a bonafide hit on their hands. “It put the fun back in,” said Findling. “It was a blast.”

And yet, it was different than anything he had done before.

“Slave Raider was aut hentic, going-for-the gusto stuff,” said Findling. “Hairball was just about entertainment.”

For Findling, Hairball was a revelation.

“I accepted where I was at in life,” he said. “I’m an entertainer fi rst, a musician second.”

PHOTO BY MOLLEE FRANCISCO

Mike Findling, then and now, holding a copy of the June 4, 1988, issue of Kerrang, a British magazine devoted to heavy metal music.

Findling, as Chainsaw Caine, appeared on the cover.

SUBMITTED PHOTO

Slave Raider garnered 10 Minnesota Music Awards over the course of their short career. The group included Findling on lead vocals, Lance Sabin on guitar, Nicci Wikkid on guitar, Letitia Rae on base, and The Rock on drums.

HAIRBALL More than a decade later, Findling has a photo album chock full of pictures from various Hairball shows – pictures of him dressed as Ozzy Osbourne, Boy George and a host of other crazy characters from the 1980s that audiences can’t seem to get enough of.

“With concert tickets up to $150, you give them an alternative, you give them a whole decade of music,” said Findling.

They may not be the real thing, but it doesn’t seem as though Hairball fans care.

“The show is built around just having fun,” said Findling.

Although he retired from Hairball four years ago now, Findling is still involved with the group – primarily as their booking agent. The group is so popular, they play several times a

week across the Midwest. That’s good news to Findling.

“I’m really satisfied where I’m at,” he said.

“This fi lls the void for me,” Findling continued. “It fi lls my creative void.”

Findling represents a handful of tribute groups, covering everything from Journey and Prince to Donna Summers and Lady Gaga. Between his Slave Raider background and his Hairball history, Findling fi nds kinship with the acts he represents.

“It gives me an edge,” he said. “As an agent, you work for the group.”

Findling understands that some cities and venues are more attractive than others. He knows all about bad stage setups and poor acoustics.

“I put myself in their position,” he said.

But how many of them can reciprocate? Not too many.

A worthwhile timeout for writing I was out of town for preparing and shara few days last week, ing meals, or when we even though I couldn’t needed a break from really afford the time our writing, and late away. But that was the in the evening as we point. The trip was a were winding down 3-day Writers Retreat in and getting ready for Hinckley, with uninterbed. rupted time for the kind As much as I treaof writing that most of su re d t he w r iti n g us can’t find time to time, I cherished even do in our regular and more the “kitchen overly-busy lives. There time” and the diswere 15 women at the cussions that took FIND YOUR BURIED TREASURE retreat, all with differplace there, as well ent types of businesses, as the connections I and different types of made with the other projects they wanted to work on. women at the retreat. Some of them I We spent most of each day hunched already knew, but most of them I was over our laptops in a large writing meeting for the fi rst time. I enjoyed room that had enough electrical learning about their businesses outlets, table space, and elbow room and their projects, as well as hearfor all of us to work at once. The ing about their families and their room was usually silent except for other interests. What I enjoyed most, the sound of clicking keystrokes and however, was watching and taking an occasional sneeze or cell phone part in the informal and unplanned ringing. brainstorming sessions that took It was a different story in the kitch- place in response to specific problems en, which was just outside the writing or challenges that some people were room. That’s where everyone chatted having, in their businesses and in and consulted with each other while their lives.

Betty

LIEDTKE

The part I found most intriguing and rewarding was how quickly and easily some people came up with solutions and suggestions for other people’s issues. At one point, someone drew a sketch on a piece of paper and said, “Here. This is what you need,” to someone who was struggling with a new logo concept (and who later told me it would have taken her two hours to do what this person did in a few minutes).

During another conversation, I watched a woman glow with confidence and enthusiasm as she talked about the part of her job that she loved, and I saw her shrink into herself as she talked about the part she dreaded. I could relate to both parts of what she was going through.

I imagine most people could.

In my own business, I refer to gifts, skills, talents and strengths that people don’t even realize they have as buried treasure. In Dream Coaching, I help people fi nd their purpose – not what they’re meant to do with their lives, but how they’re meant to live their lives. In this sense, purpose is something that’s already inside of you, and when you can identify it

you can seek out ways to use more of it in different areas of your life.

When you’re using it, you shine. And when you don’t, you struggle. It’s as simple as that.

Figuring it out, of course, is a little more complicated. But whether they knew it or not, over and over again the women at the retreat last week were offering glimpses of their buried treasure, their purpose, or whatever name you want to give it. I saw it in the straightforward business advice one woman gave to another, and in the compassionate shoulder another one provided for someone else. I saw it in the different personalities and backgrounds of each person, and in not only what they said to each other but the way they said it, and the way they responded to what others were saying.

All and all it was a fascinating, rewarding, and productive three days. I came home with a lot of new ideas to think about. To write about, too.

Chanhassen resident Betty Liedtke is a writer, professional speaker, and Certified Dream Coach®. Visit her website at www.findyourburiedtreasure.com.