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BY LEAH SHAFFER lshaffer@swpub.com
BY ALEX HALL ahall@swpub.com
Stretch program. They hit the road optimistic and excited for the day, but it wasn’t long before the trip hit a snag.
Nine candidates will be running for four School Board positions this fall, including the four incumbents: Carol Bomben, John Estall, Kim Ross and Holly Parker. They’ll be joined by K arla Brat r ud, David Espe, Tim Fox, Derek Gunderson and Bill Lapadat. Tuesday, all the candidates, with the exception of Espe, gathered at the district Administrative Services Center for a session on board member responsibilities and the board’s governance model. Eden Prairie News has put together a breakdown of all the candidates thus far: Carol Bomben : Bomben currently serves as the chair of the Eden Prairie school board. She was fi rst elected to the board in 1996. Karla Bratrud: Bratrud, who has two children in the district, has been active in getting more parent involvement in the district since controversy arose about the district looping policy. David Espe: Espe has four children who graduated from EPHS and one in seventh-grade. He is a coach for the seventh-grade football team. Espe said he decided to run because he is not satisfied with the direction the board and administration has taken the past several years. John Estall: Estall was first elected four years ago but, prior to that was involved in a number of district committees. He said his
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or just about everybody, it was the worst case scenario. A school bus carrying 62 children and five adults is heading down the highway in Eden Prairie when, all of a sudden, the driver slumps over in his seat, causing the bus to careen off of the guard rail of an exit, leaving the children and adult chaperones in terror. This wasn’t a scene from a high-budget summer blockbuster, but rather the real-life events surrounding a near-crash on July 20 involving a bus full of kids and volunteers from St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Savage. However, much like most summer blockbusters, this story also had a clear-cut hero. Tim Taormina of Apple Valley, a chaperone on the bus, saw what was happening and grabbed the wheel, applied the brakes and was able to maneuver the bus off of an exit into a grassy area, sparing the bus’ occupants of any injury. “You’ve got a bus barreling down the highway at 60 mph, and the driver loses consciousness, it can go anywhere,” said Eden Prairie Police Sgt. Jarrad Biggar, one of the first responders on the scene. “Luckily [Taormina] was sitting behind him and took control of the bus, because if he hadn’t done that, that bus could have gone anywhere off the road and overturned. He definitely
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Eden Prairie Police say the actions of Tim Taormina and the other volunteers on a bus July 20 helped to avoid a serious tragedy. Volunteers from the bus that day and Father Michael Tix: Nicole Jeziorski, Lori Taormina, Maddie Sabin and Tim Taormina. prevented a certain tragedy, that’s for sure.”
HEROICS AND LUCK It was a stiflingly hot Wednesday morning, and chaperones from St.
John the Baptist had just finished packing the sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders into the bus for a volunteering trip to Feed My Starving Children in Chanhassen as part of the church’s Summer
‘When is it going to get better?’
IT’S THE COWS
Ensign neighborhood feels the brunt of 169/494 project BY LEAH SHAFFER lshaffer@swpub.com
PHOTO BY KARLA WENNERSTROM
Steve Schussler of St. Louis Park, creator of the Rainforest Cafe, has been sprucing up Eden Prairie’s Goodrich-Ramus Barn at 14150 Pioneer Trail. The entire barn was scraped and painted by hand with paintbrushes; a fence was added, like “putting a frame around a painting;” the roof was replaced, with an added layer of insulation; huge fans were added to extract heat; pots of flowers from Marshall’s Farm Market were placed by each entrance. But something was missing. Cows.
SEE PAGE 28, LIVING IN EP, FOR MORE AND PHOTOS FROM THE COW DELIVERY MONDAY.
For the residents of the Ensign neighborhood, this construction season is particularly painful. Because of their location next to the Highway 169/Interstate 494 interchange project, residents must contend with booming noise from the highway; piles of dirt and construction vehicles that clutter their only neighborhood entrance; lost motorists gunning through their formerly quiet streets, and a single exit that can take them five miles out of their way south on Highway 169. “When is it going to get better?” wondered one resident during a meeti ng wit h M n DOT of f icia ls Thursday. The short answer: About two and a half months. MnDOT and the project contractor have been working with neighborhood residents to alleviate some of their concerns, but at this point,
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PHOTOS BY LEAH SHAFFER
Linda Goetz, a resident of the Ensign neighborhood, shares her concerns with the ongoing traffic getting lost on their street because of the Highway 169/I-494 project.
Watch for delays Motorists may encounter delays this week while going westbound on Interstate 494 as the right auxiliary lane remains closed between Highway 169 and Prairie Center Drive. The lane will remain closed for approximately another week, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. Part of the Highway 169/I-494 interchange reconstruction project, the closure is necessary as crews construct a new entrance ramp from southbound Highway 169 to westbound I-494, according to MnDOT.
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John Kerber, a 2011 honors graduate of Eden Prairie High School, was nominated for a Student Emmy by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Upper Midwest Chapter. Kerber was the Student Producer of EagleVision News and president of the Young Filmmakers Club at EPHS. He received his nomination for a segment he wrote, produced and edited on Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul Anderson. The Emmy Gala and Awards Night will take place Sept. 24 at the Historic State Theater in Downtown Minneapolis where the winners will be announced. Kerber will attend the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities this fall and major in journalism and political science.
Don Shelby signs books Aug. 24 Emmy award-winning news anchor Don Shelby is scheduled to sign copies of his new book,
The Season Never Ends, from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, at the Dunn Bros. Coffee Smith Douglas More House, 8107 Eden Prairie Road. “Shelby will make his fi fth book tour stop at the Dunn Bros Coffee of Eden Prairie location and will continue promoting his book through signings at six other Twin Cities-based Dunn Bros. Coffee locations into early September,� according to a news release. Shelby will do a reading, question-andanswer and signing. I n fo : du n nbros.com a nd http://edenprairiewest.dunnbros.com/2011/08/08/donshelby-book-reading/.
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The “overwhelming” op position to a restriping plan on Baker Road has led the city to decide to keep the road the way it is, Public Works Director Robert Ellis told the City Council Tuesday. Hennepin County is scheduled to resurface the roadway between Highway 62 and St. Andrew Drive. The proposal had been to restripe the pavement at the same time, changing the roadway from four lanes to three,
with dedicated left-turn lanes and more room for pedestrians and bikers. Of the comments received on that plan, many from an Aug. 4 open house, 13 were in favor of the change, 50 were opposed and 7 were neutral. Some of the comments included in the City Council meeting information Tuesday included negative ones, like, “Terrible plan to change a roadway that works just fi ne the way it is. Do not change to 3 lanes,” “Baker Road is crowded enough without reducing lanes,” and positive
ones, like, “I am pleased with the plan. I believe this project will be a benefit for both drivers and pedestrians.” C ou nci l Memb er K at hy Nelson said the city should continue to pursue ideas that i mprove wa l kabi lit y, however, “Anytime you make what could be considered a major change, it has to have buy-in by the community.” The Eden Prairie City Council did not have to take any action, and the city’s Public Works department is to make the city’s preference for four lanes known to the county.
Ellis said that the city’s staff will support future lane marking changes at the intersection of Baker Road and Highway 62 “to allow for a protect/permitted signal phasing operation,” which the report said would help reduce driver delays.
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The Grand Haven at Marsh Cove plan for 16 homes on 11.62 acres at 17850 Duck Lake Trail received approval from the Eden Prairie City Council on Tuesday. It had been sent back to the drawing board at the previous City Council meeting due to questions including the 40 waivers from city code the development would have required.
According to city staff, the waivers have gone from 40 to 3. “We’ve done a lot of work,” said Jeff Schoenwetter, CEO of JMS Cos., said of the King of Glory Lutheran Church site. He said that working with staff and neighbors, “virtually all” of the waivers were eliminated. Schoenwetter provided his phone number, (952) 949-3630, to call with questions. “We are committed to building the fi nest homes in the fi nest community,” he said. Concerns included tree removal and the size of the backyards. Schoenwetter reported that a more extensive tree replacement plan had been
agreed upon. He also said that most of the backyards in the project were now at 200 percent of the minimum required by the city. The City Council approved a g u ide pl a n ch a n ge f rom church to low-density residential and from church to park/open space at the site. It also adopted resolutions for planned unit development review and preliminary plat required for the project to move forward. Shawn Cheesman, who lives nearby, said at the previous meeting he had represented 59 neighbors expressing concerns. He said the developer had not communicated directly
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ing for a group of about 60 Eden Prairie community members for this free event. In each community there are four meetings, the first one is about city services; the second, service delivery and the third is “Getting people to talk about fees versus taxes and what role the state should play,” said Walker. At this upcoming fourth meeting, all the issues will be pulled together for a wrap-up session. The bulk of the time in meeting four explores the question of what values leaders should keep in mind, she said. The MLC will eventually release a
report compiling its fi ndings from these community events. The upcoming Aug. 25 event, which includes a free dinner, is open to anyone in the Eden Prairie area. The bulk of the time will include small-group conversation, lead by a facilitator. “We’re trying to get as many people as we can coming out that night,” said Walker. The event is a very different kind of meeting, very interactive, she noted. “We really want to hear people’s opinions and ideas,” she added. Leah Shaffer
tually recovered in St. Paul. Sometime between 8 a.m. Aug. 3 and 2:13 a.m. Aug. 6, someone burglarized a home on the 8000 block of Hilloway Road. Twenty pieces of jewelry were stolen ranging from $100 to $550 in value. In addition, two watches, valued at almost $ 8,000, were stolen from the house. Residents returned to fi nd their front door had been forced open. The following people face felony charges from Hennepin County: Patricia Marie St. Clair, 31, of Minneapolis, was charged with theft over $1,000 after allegedly attempting to steal items from JC Penney in Eden Prairie.
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PUBLIC SAFETY Eden Prairie Police reported the following incidents in Eden Prairie:
Reports An employee is suspected of stealing $ 2,781 from Lifetouch, 11000 Viking Drive. The employee obtained the money through fraudulent refunds. Between 7 and 7: 3 0 p.m. Aug. 11, someone stole credit cards out of an employee’s wallet at Fireside Hearth and Home store. More than $400 wa s ch a rge d to t he stolen cards. Between Aug. 6 at 9 p.m. and Aug. 8 at 7 a.m. someone stole a van from a business at 6251 Bury Drive. The van was even-
Approximately $ 5,0 0 0 in damage was caused during a deck fi re at Edenvale apartments, the morning of Aug. 15. According to Fire Chief G eorge Esbensen, t he f i re started on the second floor of the apartment building and was confi ned to the deck and wa l l of t he a f fected apa r tment. Investigators have not yet determined the cause of the fi re. Esbensen noted that during the last five years, apartment fi res like the one at Edenvale have been a rare occurrence
ever since the city’s rental housing inspection program went into effect. Inspectors have removed illegally placed barbecues and ash trays from hundreds of decks in Eden Prairie, he noted. Eden Prairie firefighters were able to quickly respond to the fi re because staff was on hand as it started at 6 a.m. If a duty crew were in place, a similar response time (about si x mi nutes) wou ld be t he norm, according to Esbensen. The City Council will be deciding this year whether to pay for a duty crew, which would allow a crew of fi refi ghters to be on call and staff the fi re stations at all times.
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Chore wars and the martyr complex “Men are now category, but pulling their weight – fundamentally it at work and at home. is self-care. I also So why do women still found I actually think they’re slacking spent much more off ?” time relaxing – 10 That was the teaser minutes online for “Chore Wars” in here, reading a the Aug. 8, 2011, issue magazine there – of Time – an article I than I would have immediately knew I had thought. Tracking to read. I don’t know made me aware one marriage where of the precise a sense of chore and amount of time REAL PARENT parenting martyrdom I am currently has not taken hold spending on at some point. I have myself and at-home mom friends in their 20s whether I would get more pleasure whose husbands work all day and spending it in different ways. When do all the cooking and a lot of the you realize how much of your housework and that’s still not day is just maintenance, the rest enough. So I went into this article becomes that much more precious. with both skepticism that the You must decide whether your overall dude pool was really pulling kids count as work or fun. Some its weight and curiosity at how things you do for your kids are not much better a deal other moms at all enjoyable – dragging them (especially the younger generation, through homework, breaking up I thought) might be getting than fights, changing diapers. Others, me. though, are pretty fun. I found A couple key facts stood out the largest amounts of my time in this study, which had parents in the kids category was spent track their activities throughout on fun stuff like reading to them, the day with a stopwatch tool. One, taking them on bike rides or even apparently everyone is working schlepping them to activities darn hard. The average workload where I contentedly multitask by for paid work plus child care plus getting work done or talking to chores was almost identical for friends. Since “child care” is by married men and women with far the lions’ share of parents’ young kids working full time or non-working, non-sleeping hours, part time – 68 hours per week, your attitude toward that time is much more than in say the 1960s critical to whether you feel happy or even 1980. (At-home moms were or aggrieved. “Family time” is relative slackers at 58 hours per much happier than “child care.” week). The second was that the Yes, it’s easier as the kids get older nature of that total workload has but possible at any age to make this changed. Parents, both men and switch in thinking. Choose happy! women, are spending a lot more You will be happier without time on their kids and much less on the martyr act. Few things are housework and food prep. as toxic to an otherwise healthy Well, even with the article marriage as the martyr dynamic. providing evidence to the contrary, After my own tracking experiment I was still pretty sure that I work I decided I’m content with how I harder and am more deserving. But spend my time. Deciding that you I decided to do my own experiment. are happy with your lot in life is I downloaded a time-tracker app on one of the most freeing actions you my phone and started logging every can take. Find out the actual facts, second of my day to work, family, adjust your thinking and actions household or self-care. Within a few as needed, and enjoy the sense of days, it was pretty enlightening. empowerment, contentment and If you are a parent, of whatever rest. gender, who is prone to feelings of I didn’t think that reading about martyrdom, I invite you to consider the Chore Wars would make them the following points I found to go away, but I’m certainly glad it be true for me and, I respectfully did. Lay your own chore wars to submit, may also be true for you. rest, and enjoy the blessings of You probably spend close to peace – in your home. half your time on yourself. Basic Deb Sweeney is an Eden Prairie self-maintenance – sleeping, eating, parent of five children ages 8 to 15. grooming, exercising – consumes You can submit a topic or question enormous amounts of time. I admit to Deb at realparent100@yahoo.com. that I considered finding some Sweeney’s column appears the third way to put exercise in the “work” week of the month.
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What does being involved in your child’s life really mean? Sometimes it seems like parents have little time left to spend just being present with their children after homework, sports, activities and other daily tasks. I often think about what it means to be involved in my children’s lives; is my relationship with them more than the sum of all the tasks? Often it feels like it is not. I think a fact that is often overlooked by parents is that being there emotionally for our children is just as important, if not more so, than the taxi service we provide for them. Peter Benson, a leading authority on childhood and adolescence, believes that every child has a spark within that is waiting to be ignited. Parents have a primary role in helping their child discover their gifts. But it does not end there, as youth need ongoing support and direction in developing their strengths, as well as dealing with the things that are difficult for them. A couple of years ago a high school friend phoned me, somewhat panicked. His wife, who had also become a good friend of mine, was on a trip for a week, and I could tell he was having a difficult time figuring out how to entertain his kids while mom was away. During our conversation, two thoughts struck me. One was that it probably wouldn’t matter to his children if they spent a lot of money on an outing, or just simply hung out together. The second was that he felt like he needed to entertain his children. It was then I suggested to him that it might be fun to plan a meal together, go to the grocer, get the ingredients, and then prepare and eat the meal together. A simple idea like this had not crossed his
mind as a valid way to spend time together. Before we hung up, he seemed more relaxed about the prospect of just being with his children. As a prevention professional and counselor, there are Kaylene a few things I think Billington parents can do to assess if they are doing everything they can to use their available resources. The best way to start is to make a list of your family’s protective factors and risk factors. The easiest way to do this is to make two lists on a piece of paper labeled Family Protective Factors and Family Risk Factors. Protective factors are characteristics that decrease an individual’s risk for mental, chemical and behavioral problems. Some examples are: I Strong and positive family bonds I Parental monitoring of children’s activities and peer groups I Clear expectations about behavior I Other adults that provide positive support I Success in school performance I Strong bonds with one’s community such as school, church or community clubs Risk factors increase the likelihood of mental, chemical and other behavioral problems. Some examples are: I Chaotic home environment, particularly in which parents abuse substances or suffer from mental illnesses I Being bullied or being a bully I Failure in school performance I Peer group who engages in
high-risk behaviors I Not feeling connected to school I No participation in extracurricular or social activities Each family is unique and may have other assets that aren’t listed above, and completing this brainstorming activity may help identify resources that have not been tapped. Listing and looking at the risk factors may set in motion some corrective steps that help address identified risks. As summer begins to wind down and families are getting in those summer vacations, it is also time to start preparing our children to go back to school. While I have not made a mad rush to get school supplies yet, I am cognizant of the fact that my kids will need to do more reading, and start to go to bed earlier. Taking the whole month to make the back-to-school transition will make it more manageable when the time comes. Having periodic discussions about what to expect, taking the kids with you to pick out their school supplies and clothes, and attending all the meetings and orientations for school are excellent ways to be involved and show support for this inevitable yet exciting transition. An anonymous quote I saw recently said, “To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today.” Now those are words to live by! EP4Y is a community coalition dedicated to reducing underage drinking and drug use, as well as promoting healthy youth development among Eden Prairie youth. Visit EP4Y.org to learn more. Kaylene Billington is a former prevention specialist at Eden Prairie Schools who continues to counsel, coach and work with youth and their families in the west metro.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR EP SCHOOL DISTRICT
Why approve another $4 million? Let us know why we should approve borrowing another $4,000,000 for the School District operations. The School District debt balance as of a year ago was $ 83,600,000. The proposed referendum is to add another $4,000,000 to this balance. Does the School Board really want to add another $4,000,000 to the debt without an understanding of why it is required? A current EP School Board organization chart shows 26 staff positions above the level of principal. Supporting this staff is a significant cost. Before pursuing a $4,000,000 referendum, the public has a right to know, and the School Board has the responsibility to show, that this
cost is justified. The Board can accomplish this by publishing, in the next few weeks, job descriptions and salaries of the 26 staff positions. The job descriptions should include current title, salary, months in the position, as well as previous position and longevity. Responsibilities should be described in 2 or 3 paragraphs, defi ning principal duties, as well as secondary duties. Transparency is its own reward.
Patrick Poisson Eden Prairie Editor’s note: Poisson is a vice chair of the Senate District 42 Republican Party.
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It’s your money ... The EP Fire Chief recent presen-
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tation of the advantages of a “duty crew” schedule for volunteer firefighters spelled out the real advantages in improving response time. Under “costs” the chief only told part of the story. The 2011 budget includes $ 340,0 0 0 wages for volunteer firefighters; the additional $260,000 requested brings the total to $600,000. The $ 340,000 (before duty crew) equals $ 3,700 average per year for each of the 92 volunteers (four stations, 23 people per station; why not 20?). This bears little correlation to the number of fi re or 911 calls. How exactly is this time utilized? The $ 600,000, if the additional $260,000 is approved, works out to about $6,000 for each of the fi refighters, depending on how many additional are hired. This kind of income simplifies recruiting; applicants for
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the recent increase to staff the fourth fi re station were numerous. A problem with additional hiring is the long-term cost of retirement benefits; the most generous in the state based on the State Auditor’s report dated Dec. 31,2008. The volunteers, mandated by the state, have their own retirement system. The contribution budgeted by Eden Prairie in 2011 is $1,421,000, one of the most expensive budget items, after wages. The system in place is a Defined Benefit Plan which requires the city to pay fixed retirement benefits, regardless of the accrued funding available. Many organizations have gotten away from this plan in favor of a Defined Contribution Plan in conjunction with a 401k plan, which requires only an established annual contribution. Recommendations: Hire an experienced professional to design a transition to a different retirement plan. Appoint a committee to review the details of just how $600,000 will be spent on volunteer wages, before approving the $260,000 request It’s your money!
Richard Proops Eden Prairie Editor’s note: Proops is a vice chair of the Senate District 42 Republican Party.
Bikes need north-south route Thank you for the opportunity to provide input into the Baker Road project. I have lived in Eden Prairie since 1986 and work at the University of Minnesota. I make good use of SouthWest Transit, my car and my bike for getting to my job at the university. Additionally, I ride my bicycle for recreation and have ridden on most of the roads in Eden Prairie. There are some wonderful bike trails – I particularly appreciate the new tunnel access to Staring
Lake from Sunnybrook Drive. Although the bike trails are great, there is an urgent need to provide a north-south route for commuting cyclists in Eden Prairie. To get to the Southwest Trail to ride to Hopkins, Baker Road is one of my only alternatives. I currently ride on the sidewalk as I have found many unfriendly motorists in Eden Prairie. I often continue to ride on Baker Road into Minnetonka and fi nd that the road configuration there, one lane in each direction with a bike lane, works great for both cyclists and motorists. It appears that when motorists have two lanes of traffic in each direction, they tend to drive too fast. Everyone is in a hurry to get to a freeway, but they need to be more concerned with pedestrians and cyclists. Please let me know if I can provide additional support for the conversion of Baker Road to a bike-friendly configuration. As a nutritionist, I support all community efforts to improve the public health of our community. Encouraging residents to ride their bikes will make us a greener community – and might assist in efforts to fight the obesity epidemic. We may be the No. 1 community in Money Magazine (2010), but our bike commuting routes need to elevate to that high standard.
Joanne Slavin Eden Prairie Editor’s note: A copy of this letter was also sent to the Eden Prairie City Council.
The Eden Prairie mall In Eden Prairie you can get anywhere by using the endless paths that snake around the town, or you can grab a bite to eat at one of the many restaurants that enhance our community, but one of the best things about our city is the Eden Prairie mall. The mall offers many, many varieties of stores, restaurants, movies and more. What better place to hang out with your friends or spend quality time with your family? And it will defi nitely get you your
daily work out in. The mall is also conveniently close to a lot of great things, like an Osaka’s. It’s a delicious restaurant filled with exotic foods, funny birthday songs and talented chefs who cook your food right in front of you! Also on the way to the mall you’ll fi nd Purgatory Park, a beautiful body of water with a convenient walking path stretched around it. And it defi nitely shows off some of Eden Prairie’s great scenery! So come on out to the Eden Prairie Mall. It will be so much fun!
Maggie Jay, 11 Eden Prairie
POLITICS
Will Paulsen hold town meeting? I’m trying my best to fi nd anyone who can tell me when our Congressman Erik Paulsen plans to hold a town meeting in Eden Prairie during this current Congressional recess. I’ve checked his official website, contacted his office several times by phone and email to get that information, but there’s no place on his website for coming events; when I talked to his office aides, one said Paulsen was very busy; another reported that they couldn’t fi nd a place to hold a meeting. None of these “explanations” are helpful. I also checked the “Events” section of Eden Prairie News online. Again, nothing listed that would indicate Paulsen is interested in meeting with constituents in a town hall format. With the country being in the condition it is, I would think a lot of Paulsen’s constituents would be interested in his views. If I lived in Betty McCollum’s 4th district or Keith Ellison’s 5th district, I would have been able to attend their town meetings last week. But I live in Paulsen’s district. I’m wondering if he intends to return to Washington without giving constituents the opportunity to talk with him.
C.S.Wallace Eden Prairie
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Grant for water quality projects The Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources has announced that $16.6 million in competitive grants is available for projects that will protect and restore Minnesota’s streams, rivers, lakes and groundwater. Funding for the competitive grants is provided by the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment. Eligible projects include those that control stormwater runoff in agricultural and urban areas or that will improve water quality by replacing problem septic systems, upgrading feedlots or establishing native vegetation along shorelines in sensitive areas. The deadline to apply is Sept. 20. For more information, visit bwsr.state.mn.us/citizens. html.
Citizens Academy registration Registration for the Hennepin County Citizens Academy has been extended to Aug. 26. There are six seats available and new applicants will be put into a lottery for consideration. The Citizens Academy is six sessions on how Hennepin County government works. Attendees will have the chance to interact face-toface with county leaders and elected officials, including the county administrator, sheriff, county attorney and county commissioners. Sessions will run weekly from 6:30-9 p.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 14-Oct. 26. Call (612) 348-5130 or email CitizensAcademy@ co.hennepin.mn.us with your name, phone number and address to register.
Health care community forum Agencies and service providers interested in learning about Hennepi n Cou nty’s ideas for a health-care demonstration that would test alternative and innovative health-care delivery systems are invited to a community forum. Hennepin is responding to a request for proposals from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, and the goal is to deliver more effec-
tive health care. The forums will be held on the following dates: 9:30-11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 22, Brookdale Library, ABC Conference Room, 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center 9 -10 : 30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23, Ridgedale Library, RHR Conference Room, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka
PROP Shop’s needs of the week The PROP Shop client room requests donations of back-toschool clothes and sneakers for boys and girls. The PROP Shop is a nonprofit re-sale store, which sells new and gently used items to everyone in the community. The PROP Shop is at 15195 Martin Drive in Eden Prairie. Store hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Donations are accepted from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays and 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays. For more information, visit propshopEP.org or call (952) 934-2323.
PROP food shelf needs of the week “PROP is in need of volunteers in the food shelf for both Monday and Wednesday mornings from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is an ongoing commitment of time. Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator at (952) 294-8378 for more information,” according to a news release. PROP is in need of coffee, apple juice, tea, canned meat other than tuna and baked beans. Your cash donations enable PROP to use its buying power for food, supplies and financial support for clients. Your food donations keep shelves stocked. The group appreciates the support and invites you to volunteer and use your creativity to create a PROP-themed event. If you need services or support from PROP, visit its website at propfood.org, call (952) 937-9120 or stop by the office at 14700 Martin Drive Monday through Friday 9:30 to 1 p.m. or Monday and Wednesday evenings 4 to 6:30 p.m.
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LIVESREMEMBERED Jeanne Marie Platt
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Jeanne Platt, 30, of Eden Prairie, formerly of Berkeley, CA, died Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011. Memorial Service was 12:30 p.m. Saturday Aug. 13, with visitation beginning at 11 a.m. at Wooddale Church, 6630 Shady Oak Rd., Eden Prairie. Washburn- McReavey Edina Chapel 952-920-3996
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The senator wanted to highlight the importance of programs like Meals on Wheels, which predominantly serve home-bound seniors. Approximately 200 volunteers in Eden Prairie help make the program possible and connect the clients of Meals on Wheels to needed food and friendship. According to a news release, Sen. Franken is a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, “which oversees Meals on Wheels and other services that Minnesota seniors rely upon to remain independent and in their homes.” Funding for such programs is set to be reauthorized sometime this year by that committee as part of the Older Americans Act. Franken noted that in addition to providing meals that can keep senior citizens from having to move to a
lorence Moynihan was beaming as Sen. Al Franken arrived at her Eden Prairie doorstep with a meal in hand. Franken was delivering her meal through Eden Prairie’s Meals on Wheels program.
Clara Laxen, 82, of Chaska, died Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, in Chaska. Memorial Mass was Wednesday, Aug. 17, 11 a.m. at Guardian Angels Catholic Church in Chaska with a visitation one hour prior to the service at church. Father Doug Ebert was the celebrant. Private family inurrment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery. On May 16, 1950 she married Leonard Laxen at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Winsted, MN. Clara was a member of Guardian Angels Catholic Church for 51 years and was also a daycare provider in Chaska for 22 years. Preceding her in death was her husband, Leonard; brothers, Edmond and Simon Jaskowiak; sisters, Pauline McClary, Martha Brown and Blanche Quast. Survivors include her children, Sharon Laxen of Chaska, Sandra (John) Kuhn of Wisconsin, Leonard (Rhonda) Laxen of Shakopee, Nancy Nelson of Chaska, Paul (Mary) Laxen of Shakopee, Timothy (May) Laxen of California, William (Kolleen) Laxen of Chaska, Patricia Laxen of PHOTOS BY LEAH SHAFFER California; 19 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; sister, Sen. Al Franken chats with Eden Prairie resident Theresa (Jerome) Cafferty of Howard Lake. Arrangements are with the Bertas Funeral Home of Florence Moynihan after he dropped off her weekly meal through the Meals on Wheels program. Franken was in Chaska, 952-448-2137. Eden Prairie Tuesday to highlight the program and visit with volunteers.
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To volunteer To volunteer to deliver meals, call Meals on Wheels at (952) 937-1478. nursing home, the program provides a point of contact every day for those in the program. “I love that,” said Moynihan. Moynihan, a retired teacher, is mother to eight grown children. One of her daughters was on hand when the senator arrived with her mother’s meal. She said that the Meals on Wheels program has been so important to allowing her mother to stay in her home. “It’s great to meet you, a satisfied Meals on Wheels customer,” said Franken. Leah Shaffer
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Fafinski Mark and Johnson named ‘Aviation Firm of the Year’ Eden Prairie law firm Fafinski Mark and Johnson, which opened in 1999, was recently named “Aviation Firm of the Year” by Finance Monthly magazine. CEO Robert Fafi nski Junior responded to some questions about the business via email. Owner: 10 shareholders, Robert R. Fafinski Jr., CEO Address: Flagship Corporate Center, 775 Prairie Center Drive, Suite 400, Eden Prairie Services offered: Fafi nski Mark and Johnson serves local, national and international clients in 11 primary practice areas: Aviation, bankruptcy and insolvency, commercial lending and fi nance, commercial real estate, estate and trusts, general corporate and business, HR and employment, insurance, intellectual property, litigation and mergers and acquisitions.
Number of employees: 47 Telephone number/e-mail/ website: (952) 995-9500; info@ fmjlaw.com; fmjlaw.com Tell me about your business? We are a local law firm, founded in 1999, located here in Eden Prairie. We started out with three attorneys and have now grown to 27. We are a firm based on a model that is a bit different than most law firms. We have three tenets that form our business model: Performance, relationships and cost effectiveness. We view our firm as a business law firm. What are some of your favorite things about being located in Eden Prairie? Our location in the Flagship Corporate Center allows us to look out our windows onto a lake instead of into the windows of the adjoining high rise. We have a beautiful view. Our employees
also have all of the advantages of a suburban location. They do not have to take a bus downtown or pay for parking. They have all of the amenities of stores and restaurants right at our doorstep. Who are the partners involved in the business? Our firm started with three attorneys: Donald Chance Mark Jr., Kevin Johnson and Robert Fafi nski Jr. and now includes Shannon McDonough, Heidi Carpenter, Greg Brenny, Connie Lahn, Howard Wu, David Runck and Pat Shriver. The founders had all worked in larger firms downtown and realized we had something in common. We wanted to take our knowledge and expertise and use it to practice in a smaller, more personal environment. Our history of growth seems to indicate that we have hit on a
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Donald Chance Mark Jr., Kevin Johnson and Robert Fafinski Jr. are the founders of the firm. Don Mark Jr. successfully represented Jimmy Williams in his case against Tubby Smith and the University of Minnesota. Connie Lahn, David Runck and the bankruptcy and insolvency group represent the Unsecured Creditors Committee in the Petters bankruptcies. They are also involved in representing creditors in the Denny Hecker bankruptcy. How are your conference rooms named? All of our conference rooms are named after giants in the aviation industry: Wright Brothers, Lindbergh, Earhart and Armstrong. Although we have grown significantly and have many strong practice areas, the names of our conference rooms harkens back to our beginnings when our practice centered more around aviation. What community organizations or charities do you support? I am proud to say that FMJ has a strong history of
supporting various local charities. We have supported PROP as our annual holiday charity for several seasons. We’ve also supported the Animal Humane Society, Second Harvest Heartland, Operation Backpack, Common Hope, Coats for Kids and Adopt a Family among others. Our firm has endowed a permanent scholarship at the University of St. Thomas Law School rewarding one student each year that most closely lives the mission of the University. We jump in as a firm for things such as the recent Minneapolis tornado. Our employees raised money for the Salvation Army and we did a firm match. Anything else you’d like to add? I am most proud of our incredibly dedicated staff. They treat our clients professionally and with a friendly demeanor. It’s the little things our staff does for our clients that differentiates FMJ from our competitors.
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with The Caring Tree to collect school supplies for children in need now through Sept. 9. Donations of school supplies may be dropped off at any of the four Twin Cities LearningRx locations in Chanhassen, Savage, Maple Grove or Eagan. Learning Rx Chanhassen is at 600 Market St., Suite 120, between Cub Foods and the Chanhassen Cinema. The Caring Tree will distribute the supplies to area children in need. Donors will receive a certificate for a $49 Cognitive Skills Assessment from Learning Rx and a copy of the book “Unlock the Einstein Inside.” Call (952) 949-6900 for details.
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Robyn Scott and Carmen Hamilton work the till at the PROP Shop’s booth during the Eden Prairie Antique Fair Saturday. PHOTOS BY KARLA WENNERSTROM
Connie Momenthy of Eden Prairie said her hobby is vintage linens and small furniture.
Glass globes and yard ornaments sparkle in the sun at the Eden Prairie Antique Fair.
Proceeds from the vendor fees go toward Dunn Bros. projects like a new shed. The Eden Prairie Antique Fair is sponsored by the Eden Prairie Historical Society, Dunn Bros. Coffee, Eden Prairie News and M&I Bank.
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City seeks arts and crafts vendors The city of Eden Prairie is looking for arts and crafts vendors to sell their work at the 2011 Sunbonnet Day event on Saturday, Sept. 10. If interested, contact Nicole White at nwhite@ edenprairie.org for an application and to receive more information. The application deadline is Monday, Aug. 22. Sunbonnet Day is an opportunity to join neighbors and learn about the history of Eden Prairie from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at the Riley-Jacques Barn, 9100 Riley Lake Road, Eden Prairie.
Time to register for Citizen’s Academy Applications are now being accepted for the 2011 Eden Prairie Police Department Citizen’s Academy. “This is your chance to learn more about the Police Department and gain first-hand understanding of what happens in the world of law enforcement,” according to a news release. The deadline to apply is Monday, Aug. 22. For more information, visit edenprairie.org.
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“No,” laughs Scott Hackett, head coach of the Eden Prairie American Legion baseball team “it’s not how I drew it up.” Why not? Why the heck not? Tuesday, Eden Prairie capped what had already been an incredibly wild ride with an improbable 5-4, 13-inning victory over Tupelo, Miss., in the championship game of the 85th American Legion World Series. Wow! Wow! And Wow! Amazingly, Eden Prairie’s title run began last Friday with a character-testing 14-3 loss to Midland, Mich. “We hadn’t been 10-runned since what, 2008?” questions Hackett. But baseball players, Eden Prairie baseball players in particular, have short memories. Saturday, and from the bowels of loser’s bracket, Eden Prairie stormed its way back into the tournament with a 10-2 win over Waipahu, Hawaii. Tyler Ruemmele pitched seven innings. Lance Thonvold came in relief and threw the last two. David Belusky went 3-6 and scored two runs. Tyler Peterson was 2-4 with 2 runs and a home run. Sunday, Eden Prairie continued its winning ways with a 13-2 victory over Gaffney, S.C. Cameron Mingo pitched eight innings. AnthonyKing Foreman pitched the last inning. Ryan Maenke was 4-5 with 4 RBI; Peterson was 4-5 with 2 RBI. On paper, Sunday’s win over Gaffney sent Eden Prairie into a rematch with Midland, but because of a rule against matching previous opponents, Eden Prairie had the unenviable task of facing Tupelo; at the time, the only undefeated team in the tournament. Trailing 4-2 going into the sixth inning, and with its backs up against the proverbial wall, Eden Prairie exploded for six runs in the sixth and another six in the seventh. “You can never count these guys out,” states Hackett. “They are an amazing group.” Jordan Smith pitched five innings; Thonvold
Support the Eden Prairie High School Booster Association by purchasing a multi-event activity pass. Passes for the 201112 school year are now available – you can purchase passes at the Spirit Store, football games and most PAC meetings. When you purchase an activity pass, you enjoy significant savings on your favorite events – up to $85 in admission fees. You also receive immediate entrance into events – no more waiting in lines! Most importantly, profits earned through activity pass sales go directly to Student Activities at Eden Prairie High School. Pass types include: Eagle, 25 admissions for $90 ($85 savings); Aerie, 15 admissions for $65 ($40 savings); Pinion, 10 admissions for $50 ($20 savings); Talon, five admissions for $35 (convenience) and Student, 10 admissions for $25 ($25 savings). Without a pass, regular admission is $7 for adults and $5 for students. Eden Prairie households with students in grades seven to 12 should expect more information to arrive in the EPHS Booster Association newsletter in late August, which will include a mail order form for pass purchase. Passes will also be sold during picture days, orientation, PAC meetings and home football games. The EPHS Booster Association is a parent-run organization that supports over 50 co-curricular activities including sports, intramurals, academic clubs, student clubs and organizations, vocal and instrumental music, and theater. In the 2010-11 school year, the Booster Association donated over $85,000 to Student Activities and awarded five $1,000 scholarships to deserving seniors. For more information, visit ephs.edenpr.org (click on the Booster Association logo).
EPGBA accepting paid travel coach applications The Eden Prairie Girls Basketball Association (EPGBA) is accepting applications for paid travel coaches for the 2011-12 season. The coaching positions are for grades four to eight. Competitive salaries are offered and are dependent on years and quality of prior coaching experience. Application forms can be found on the EPGBA Web site at www.epgba.org, under the “hey coach” tab. Applications must be submitted by Sept. 18. EPGBA travel team tryouts will be held the weekend of Sept. 16; travel coaches will be announced after teams have been determined. Mail applications to EPGBA, PO Box 44731, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 or scan and email application to Carol Levine at carollevine@msn.com. PHOTO COURTESY OF JIM CARROLL/AMERICAN LEGION
Tyler Peterson had reason(s) to cheer. Here, he’s pictured rounding third base after hitting a home run in a win over Waipahu, Hawaii. Tuesday night, he scored the winning run in Eden Prairie’s 5-4 victory over Tupelo, Miss. in the American Legion World Series championship game. pitched two. Blake Schmit, Tony Skjefte, Peterson, Thonvold, Adam Bray and Danny Blasy would have two hits apiece. This brings us to Tuesday where Eden Prairie would have to win back-to-back games in order to win the World Series. First, Eden Prairie would win a 2-1 nail biter over Las Vegas. Bray tossed a complete game gem. Eden Prairie scored two runs in the second inning off hits by Bray, Ruemmele and Belusky. Thirty minutes later, they’d face Tupelo (winner’s bracket winner) in the championship game. Ruemmele pitched the fi rst seven innings; Thonvold the last six. Like the first time it played Tupelo, Eden Prairie found itself staring up at a 4-2 deficit. Schmit cut it to 4-3 with a solo home run in the fi fth inning. Eden Prairie scored
“You can never count these guys out. They are an amazing group.” Scott Hackett Eden Prairie Legion Head Coach the tying run in the eighth off a double by Peterson. Eden Prairie scored its winning run in the 13th inning off a combination of good luck and good fortune. Peterson walked. Thonvold reached base on an error. Smith drove home Peterson with a grounder to short. Game over? Hardly. Tupelo opened its half of the 13th with a fly out and then a pair of singles. Showing bunt, Schmit put a play on at second. “Their guy was taking a
bigger lead than he probably should have,” said Hackett, “Blake (Schmit) saw that and we caught him. That’s something we work on and today it paid off.” The last batter grounded out to third. No, you don’t want to draw it up like that, but why not, why the heck not? Eden Prairie is the fi fth Minnesota team to win a World Series title. The Rochester A’s won it in 2003, Tri-City Red in 1999, Edina in 1983 and Richfield in 1943. Eden Prairie was the runner-up in 2007 and then again last year.
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Kyle Geason searched high and low for a team to play with. The answer kept coming back the same – ‘We’re full.’ The Eden Prairie native and third-year Chaska Cubs third baseman finally got a break in late spring. University of Minnesota assistant baseball coach Rob Fornasiere received an email asking for a corner infielder and he knew exactly who to ask – Geason. “It was coming to the end of the season and I just couldn’t find a team. Coaches find opportunities for their guys to play all the time. Coach said a team in Alaska needs a third baseman, ‘You want to go?’ The timing for me was perfect. I couldn’t pass it up,” said Geason, a three-year starter for the Gophers. Following the college season, Geason spent five weeks playing for the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks. Playing in 32 games, Geason batted .315 in 111 at-bats with 19 runs, 18 runs batted in and nine doubles. The team
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A golf league, for girls ages 11-16, will be held this fall. All abilities are welcome. The league will be held Tuesday and Thursday afternoons Aug. 30 to Oct. 4. A season-ending tournament will be held Oct. 6. Range lessons and practice, beginning at 4 p.m., is followed by nine holes of competitive golf. Cost is $90. For more information, contact Marty Teigen at (952) 975-4362 or MTeigen@edenpr.org.
Voted Best Young Rider At Saturday’s JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) Ride to Cure Diabetes in La Crosse, Wisc., Eric Myers of Eden Prairie was voted Best Young Rider after completing the 100-mile course from La Crosse through Minnesota to Iowa and returning back to La Crosse.
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Recreational volleyball registration Registrations are being accepted for the 2011 Eden Prairie Volleyball Fall League. Girls entering grades K-8 are eligible. Registrations are being accepted through Sept. 4. For more information, as well as registration instructions, go to epvolleyball.com.
MN Elite Academy Fall Lacrosse programs The MN Elite Lacrosse Academy is offering lacrosse opportunities to girls (K-12) on Sunday afternoons at Benilde-St Margaret’s. All players must have U.S. Lacrosse memberships. All abilities welcome. Sessions will be held Sept. 18, 25 and Oct. 9, 16 and 30. League games, with instruction from MN Elite Academy Staff, will be of the 4 v. 4 format. Cost for K-6 players is $55 and includes a T-shirt. Cost for grades seven to 12 players is $90 and includes a reversible jersey. Questions? E-mail MNElitelacrosse@gmail.com See nslaxacademy.com for registration information.
Boots and Boas event accepting registration You can run or walk a scenic 3.1-mile course and help fight domestic abuse at the same time by participating in the inaugural Boots & Boas 5K Run/Walk at 9 a.m. Sept. 10 at Purgatory Creek Park in Eden Prairie. The event is sponsored by Savvy. mn magazine, Eden Prairie News, St. Francis Regional Medical Center and a number of other local businesses. A pre-race 50-yard “dash” in boots and boas will be held as a photo opportunity and to make people more aware of the good work of two organizations working to end domestic violence: Cornerstone, which serves southwestern Hennepin County, and the Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women, which serves Scott and Carver counties. Early-bird registration (before Aug. 20) costs $25 per person. After that the fee goes to $30; race-day registration is $35. You can register online at active.com (type in Boots & Boas), which charges a small administrative fee. Or, download an entry form at savvy.mn or edenprairienews.com. More information about the race is available on Facebook. You can also call (952) 445-3333 or send an e-mail to Mark Weber at mweber@swpub.com.
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Eden Prairie’s Kyle Geason (No. 8) returned to the Chaska Cubs in mid-July after spending five weeks playing for the Alaska Goldpanners. Geason has one year remaining with the University of Minnesota baseball team.
Eden Prairie’s Reptar wiffle ball team defeated the Big Bunyans by a score of 5-2 in the title game of the Wifflin’ for Wishes Tournament. The Wifflin’ for Wishes Tournament, held at Hopkins’ Central Park on Saturday, Aug. 13, featured 52 teams. In winning their title, Reptar played nine games and 59 innings. Tournament proceeds went to Make a Wish Foundation Minnesota. Reptar members include Zach Minnich (left), Charlie Minnich and Jason Folstad.
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Let the games begin On Monday an estimated 850 Eden Prairie High School athletes participated in their first official practices of the 2011-12 school year. Eden Prairie’s first real competition begins Monday when the tennis team travels to Lakeville North to take on the Panthers. The Eden Prairie football team plays its season opener Sept. 1 against Champlin Park. Fall sports include boys and girls soccer, cross-country running, dance team, cheerleading, Pom Squad, girls swimming, girls tennis, football and volleyball.
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“With Eden Prairie and Chaska rivals, (Athletic Park) was always my favorite place to play. It has a great atmosphere and great fans.”
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finished the season with a 27-8 record. “We had a really good team. We played a lot of teams from the West Coast. There were a number of Division I and II players. The pitching was good,” Geason said. While it was an opportunity to grow as a baseball player as he enters his final season with the Gophers, it was also a time to experience life. Even the long road trips by bus were enjoyable, he said, as wildlife and scenery helped pass the time. “There were endless outdoor activities in Fairbanks, including ATV’ing, fishing, kayaking and boating, to name a few. Even though we played 18 days straight to start the summer, we did find time during the day to enjoy ourselves,” said Geason on his blog on Gophersports.com. Geason also had to adjust to the climate and the long summer days in Alaska. Most days the sun only sets for two or three hours. “The weather was pretty consistent. It was 60s or 70s most of the time. It wasn’t as humid as here. I had a great living situation with my host family. They had a very nice log cabin house across the street from the airport and off the Chena River, which is the main river that runs through Fairbanks. It was a great experience,” he said. “It never gets dark during the summer. This was one of the hardest things to get accustomed to. Luckily, our host mom set up the bedroom for my roommate and I down in the dark basement. I don’t think I would have been able to sleep a wink if I was
Kyle Geason University of Minnesota and Chaska Cubs third baseman
staying upstairs,” Geason added in his blog.
COMING BACK HOME Geason had the opportunity to play in a league in the Northeast part of the country after his freshman season and had a short stint with Green Bay of the Northwoods League two years ago. He had the offer to play in Green Bay last summer, but being at home and enjoying time with family and friends meant a full season with the Cubs. “With Eden Prairie and Chaska rivals, (Athletic Park) was always my favorite place to play. It has a great atmosphere and great fans. The guys like to have fun, but they also like to compete. That’s why I love [it]. They’ve been very welcoming,” he said. Geason came to the Chaska amateur team three years ago not knowing a single player. “Obviously being from around here, I knew the Cubs. My dad played for a number
of teams back in the day including Chaska and Carver and he really enjoyed his time there. Eden Prairie doesn’t really have an organized town team so it was nice to find a great group of guys,” he said. His impact this season has been felt immediately. He hit a home run and drove in three runs in a 5-3 win over Shakopee before he departed for Alaska. After returning, he helped the Cubs beat Prior Lake July 17 and then went 4-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs in a 15-0 victory over New Ulm. But even for a seasoned collegiate athlete, it took a few at-bats to find his groove again. “You face a consistent group of pitchers and then it changes, yeah, it takes a couple of trips to the plate to adjust. One thing the coaches (in Alaska) stressed was being able to hit the ball the other way. You can use that approach with any pitcher,” Geason said.
With Geason back in the lineup, Chaska earned the No. 1 seed out of Region 3B. The Eden Prairie native had two home runs and was flawless in the field as the Cubs defeated Victoria 3-2 in a best-of-five series. Saturday, Geason’s Cubs open Class B State Tournament play in Hutchinson with a game against Miesville (7:30 p.m.)
A DREAM TO PLAY This may be Geason’s final year with Chaska, at least for the immediate future. He has one year of eligibility remaining with the Gophers and if he continues to progress at the plate and in the field, a shot with a major league team might open up. “That’s my dream is to play professionally. It’d be great to get a chance,” he said. Geason started all 49 games as a junior for the University of Minnesota, batting .243 with 23 runs batted in, 15 runs scored, 10 doubles, and one home run. As a sophomore, he hit .278 with 36 runs, 11 doubles, 39 RBI and four home runs. “I hope to have a good last year. I’m going in with an allor-nothing kind of attitude,” he said.
The Class 6A football playoff format passes the smell test. The sight test? Well, let’s just say it looks confusing. For those that don’t remember, or never heard in the first place, the Minnesota State High School League’s Board of Directors approved the addition of a seventh class of football for the 32 largest schools in the state at its April meeting. Tuesday, the board voted on a playoff format. Beginning with the 2012 season, the 32 6A teams will be divided into four eight-team sections. For the first round of the playoffs, sections will seed the eight teams and commence play with No. 1 hosting No. 8; No. 2 hosting No. 7; No. 3 hosting No. 6 and No. 4 hosting No. 5. Here’s the confusing part. In the second round, the four winning teams from one section will be matched up against the four winning teams from another section. Which section plays which section will be determined by a random draw; high seeds play low seeds. Section to section pairing will rotate every two years. After two rounds, the eight remaining teams will advance to the state quarterfinals, where they’ll be seeded according to the current seeding format, with coaches voting on the top four seeds and a blind draw determining opponents for the remaining four teams.
Quarterfinal games will be played when the other classes play their quarterfinals games. Class 6A semifinal games will be played the Thursday one week before Thanksgiving. The Class 6A state championship game will be on Friday night of Prep Bowl weekend. “I don’t know if going to 32 teams was the right decision,” said Mike Grant, head coach of the Eden Prairie High School football team, “but if it is, this seems to be the fairest way to run playoffs.” When asked to explain, he talks of having the best teams advancing to the state tournament. “ For u s ,” he add s , “it would’ve been almost impossible to make it any harder than what we’re doing right now. Some years, our section has five teams ranked in the top 10.” With the addition of Wayzata into a section that had already included Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Edina and Hopkins, that might be the norm. What differs, however, is what happens after the first round. In the old format, matchups amongst some of the state’s best teams took place at the section level. Under the new format, they could be played in front of a state tournament audience. In addition to the five Lake teams (Eden Prairie, Edina, Hopkins, Minnetonka and Wayzata), Section 6 includes Minneapolis South, Robbinsdale Armstrong and Shakopee.
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Foxjet swimmers excel at state meet Eden Prairie’s Team Foxjet swim club finished its summer long course season on a high note with strong performances at the state meet (University of Minnesota Aquatic Center, July 28-31). Twenty-eight Foxjet swimmers placed in the top eight, five swimmers and three relay teams won state championships, and two senior men earned four Olympic Trials qualifying times. Chris Satterthwaite won the men’s senior 50-, 100- and 200-meter freestyle events with times that beat the Olympic Trials qualifying standard. Teammate Richard Dunham would also qualify to swim at next year’s Olympic Trials, finishing second in the 50-meter freestyle. O t her i nd ividu a l st ate cha mpions i nclude Madison Rundell in the girls 9-10 100-meter breaststroke; Jennie Novak in the girls 11-12 50-meter freestyle and 200-meter individual medley; Griffin Back in the boys 13-14 100-meter breaststroke and Ellie Suek in the girls 15-16 200-meter backstroke and 400-meter individual medley. Team Foxjet relay champs include the 15-16 boys 800-me-
ter freestyle relay team of Jonathan Lieberman, Sean Satterthwaite, Michael Berg and David Harris, whose time of 8:20.74 ranks 22nd in the nation; the senior boys 400-meter freestyle relay team of Drew Johnson, Dunham, Satterthwaite and Marcus Duval with a time of 3:31.82 and the senior boys 200-meter freestyle relay team of Satterthwaite, Dunham, Johnson and Tim Satterthwaite, whose time of 1:34.90 ranks first nationally. Seven Team Foxjet swimmers swam to high-point honors in their age groups. These include Novak (second in girls age 11-12), Suek (third in girls 15-16), Mackenzie Braden (sixth in girls 15-16), Rundell (seventh in girls 9-10), Lieberman (seventh in boys 15-16), Back (eighth in boys 13-14), and Chris Satterthwaite (10th in senior men). Of the 45 teams competing at the meet, Team Foxjet placed fourth overall. Team Foxjet will host its Fall Open House and New Swimmer Registration Saturday, Sept. 10, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Eden Prairie Community Center Pool. For more information, go to www.teamfoxjet.com.
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While en route to Feed My Starving Children, the bus they were riding in broke down, and everybody was forced to wait in a strip mall parking lot in the blistering heat for about 30-45 minutes until a replacement bus arrived. “It was a heat index of I think 113 that day,” said one of the group’s chaperones, Nicole Jeziorski. Undaunted, the group pressed on. But the inconvenience they had just experienced wouldn’t compare with what was about to happen next. As the bus traveled westbound on I-494 near the 212 west exit, its driver, Marc Yadeau of Maplewood, suddenly hunched over in his seat and instantly lost control of the bus. “One of the parents up front was saying, ‘No one’s driving, no one’s driving!’” said Jeziorski. Those on the bus could then hear the sound of the bus grinding up against the guard rail, and it was clear something had to be done. That’s when Taormina, 24, who was sitting right behind Yadeau when he collapsed, sprang into action, taking control of the bus and guiding it and its precious cargo to safety. “My first instinct was to straighten it out, because when (Yadeau) let go, we were heading onto the ramp, but we were going too far to the right,” said Taormina, “so I straightened us out and ended up leading us off-road. Once we got it straightened out I reached in and found the brake.” Eden Prairie Police arrived on the scene quickly as the wife of an on-duty officer had seen the bus lose control and called her husband, expediting the response, and when they got there Taormina and the other chaperones, including Jeziorski and Maddie Sabin, were helping the kids off the back of the bus. “[Eden Prairie Police and Fire] were on their way before the first 911 call even came in,” said St. John the Baptist Father Michael Tix, “so the response couldn’t have been any quicker.
“If you never believed in guardian angels before, this should make you believe.” Father Michael Tix St. John the Baptist Catholic Church It’s pretty amazing.” Sabin, Jeziorski and the other chaperones gathered the students in prayer, and officers quickly went to work performing CPR on Yadeau before a Hennepin County Medical Center ambulance arrived. The ambulance arrived, as did Eden Prairie firefighters and the Minnesota State Patrol, and firefighters handed out water to the children while police chaplains helped talk them down. “The Eden Prairie Police and firemen were amazing,” said Taormina. Yadeau, 48, was taken to Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina where he was unfortunately pronounced dead of a suspected heart attack. The St. John’s crew then received assistance from an unlikely source: SouthWest Transit in Eden Prairie. SouthWest had been running shuttles to Target Field in Minneapolis as they normally do for Minnesota Twins’ home games, but when police alerted them about what happened, they quickly volunteered one of their Twins’ busses (fully air-conditioned, by the way) to pick up the children and return them to St. John the Baptist. When they returned, they were greeted by Tix and had the opportunity to discuss what they had just been through. The next week, Tix and the kids held a prayer session at the church to pray for Yadeau and his family, but also to help the kids continue to process the traumatic events of that day. “Some of the kids in my group were kind of freaking out [at the time] because they had lost a classmate in a car accident last year,” said Sabin, “I think it kind of hit them more than other kids.”
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Police Chief Rob Reynolds and Mayor Nancy Tyra-Lukens present the Commendation Award to Tim Taormina.
GUARDIAN ANGEL To many, Taormina served as a guardian angel of sorts that day. “The kids were crying and telling him, ‘You’re our hero, you’re our hero,’” laughed Jeziorski. Taormina may be the clear hero of the day, but he and the others on the bus believe it was someone else who was their guardian angel. Last July 18, nearly one year to the date of the near-crash, Joey Balistreri, an 11-year old Burnsville boy and St. John the Baptist Catholic School student, was killed when he and his family were struck by a speeding vehicle on Highway 13 in Savage. In the wake of his death, his mother, Pam, kept telling fellow parents to give their children an extra hug. The following month, St. John the Baptist began making bumper stickers that read “Have you hugged your child today?” accompanied by a picture of a dragonfly. Sabin said the dragonfly was a reference to a story they had been reading at the time,
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and that the dragonfly in the story was representative of re-birth and transformation. “For people around here, after the events of last year, (the dragonfly) carries very special meaning,” said Tix. So naturally, many on the bus already had some reason to believe that Balistreri was looking over them that day. But that belief was reinforced 10 times over when everybody first exited the bus following the near-crash. “As we were waiting for water, I just saw all these dragonflies around the bus,” said Sabin. “I was like, ‘That is too perfect.’ And I think that was a big part of what helped calm the kids down.” “It was clear someone was watching over us,” added Jeziorski. “God was there.” Another reason to believe Balistreri might have been watching over them that day? His sister was sitting in one of the front seats of the bus.
ON THE RIGHT PATH Taormina, who belongs to Mary Mother of the Church in Burnsville, has volunteered at
St. John the Baptist’s Summer Stretch program for the past two summers helping out sister Lori Taormina, who is youth minister at the church. His actions that day may be getting him plenty of accolades and atta-boys right now, but in the future, they might help him in another area: job applications. Taormina studies law enforcement and criminal justice at Inver Hills Community College, and his quick instincts proved to him that he’s chosen the right path in life. “I always knew I wanted to do something like this, but this really kind of reinforced that,” said Taormina. Taormina may already have one high-profile reference in his back pocket: Eden Prairie Police Chief Rob Reynolds. At Tuesday’s Eden Prairie City Council meeting, Taormina was given the Eden Prairie Police Department’s Commendation Award honoring his brave actions. “Mr. Taormina had the presence of mind to witness a dire emergency situation
and react calmly and precisely in order to mitigate the situation,” Reynolds wrote in the commendation. “Had he not reacted as instinctually and quickly as he had, the bus could have easily crashed, causing a serious tragedy. Mr. Taormina’s brave actions saved the lives of the passengers on the bus and the lives of the other drivers at that intersection.” “It’s an honor,” said Taormina, “but I just did what I thought was best.” Immediately after what happened, Taormina said he wasn’t thinking about what he had just done, but rather about what he could have done to save the bus driver. Between Taormina’s quick thinking, the officer’s wife calling in the incident, which led to a speedy response, and the sheer luck of being near an exit at the time of the emergency, a lot of things had to go right to avoid tragedy that day. And thankfully, they all did. “If you never believed in guardian angels before,” said Tix, “this should make you believe.”
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for them to turn around is Anderson Lakes Parkway. Residents have been working with MnDOT and the project’s contractor to remedy the situation. Traffic has been cut down since last week, noted Cindy Morical, who lives right at the end of the Ensign Road cul-de-sac. “They did put a no-outlet sign up,” she noted. “It has diminished from last week.” They’re down from 200 cars a day getti ng lost i n t hei r neighborhood to 100, said Goetz. But it’s still a sig nage problem, she added. Morical was concerned with the elderly residents in the neighborhood who may have trouble merging onto 169 from their exit. A driver doesn’t have very far to get up to speed in the short merge lane, she added. “My concern is for the elderly residents,” said Morical. “If you don’t gun it, you’re in trouble.” Morical lives at the end of the Ensign Road cul-de-sac. Her view includes a steady st r e a m of t r a f f ic he ad i n g southbound on Highway 169 as the retaining wall that used to block that view has been removed. Needless to say, it was a noisy spot for a meeting when residents gathered with MnDOT and Bloomington officials Thursday. During the meeting, John Griffith, a manager with MnDOT, said that they certainly want to hear from the neighborhood. Officials recently worked to correct an issue with construction equipment clogg i ng up t he nei g hborhood’s exit lane. The equipment was from one of the many utility contractors working on the project. “I appreciate your patience with this project,” Griffith told residents. The project’s lead contractor, Ma rk Olsen, said t hat they had heard concern about the southbound 169 exit and they put up addition signage to let other motorists know there is no outlet if they enter t he En si g n nei g hborhood. Additionally a gravel turnaround space has been added just before the entrance to the neighborhood. “I hope it’s helping,” said Olsen. Griffith said that MnDOT is
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morning.” Anderson also noted the increase in traffic in her neighborhood. “During the 20 minutes that I mowed the lawn on Saturday, there were 11 cars, two Class 8 heavy-duty semi-trucks … and one state trooper that darted in and out of the neighborhood going 40-plus. One of the cars actually parked diagonally in the middle of the street to read his map.”
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Refreshing walls Paint is one of the most dramatic and cost-effective ways to give your home’s interior a new look, and now it can also give your home a new fresh scent. For example, Dutch Boy’s Refresh paint features odor-eliminating technology from Arm & Hammer. It reduces odors caused by pets and other sources, keeping your home smelling as good as it looks.
Clean with steam Even if your pet isn’t allowed on the furniture, your home furnishing fabrics are holding onto unpleasant scents. Though you may vacuum regularly, animal hair and dander are trapped in the fibers of your cushions, curtains, sofa and other decor. Using a steam cleaner
is the best way to eliminate bad smells in upholstered furniture and other items that cannot be laundered. Hire a professional service to treat the common areas in your home, or purchase a steam cleaner specifically designed for pet hair removal. Deep-clean common area fabrics several times each year, and to help maintain a fresh smell day to day, use an odorneutralizing fabric spray regularly.
Hit the floor The biggest source of your home’s potentially objectionable smell could be right under your feet. As anyone who has house-trained a pet knows, they don’t always get it right, and sometimes those accidents go unnoticed and cause stains to inevitably set in. To remove odors of any age, scrub bare floors with white vinegar and water or an odor-neutralizing cleaner, and thoroughly wash carpets and rugs using an odor-neutralizing shampoo. You can also hire a professional to clean the carpets and provide extra deodorizing treatments. If stains or smells remain, you’ll likely need to replace the carpet
and padding. If this is the case, be sure to scrub the floor beneath before laying new carpet down. After the carpet has been thoroughly cleaned or replaced, regularly use carpet deodorizer formulated for pet odors when vacuuming.
Scented accessories Tie a ribbon on your odor-free home with strategically placed candles and air fresheners. Choose classic scents that complement your decor, and use a variety throughout the home to avoid an overpowering result. Many candles and fresheners offer odor-neutralizing technology as well as pleasant scents, ensuring unfavorable smells are not only covered up but eliminated. Jars of potpourri or scented crystals add touches of personality to any room decor as well. No matter what types or the number of pets that share your home, these tips will help keep it smelling fresh all year round. Source: ARA Content
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Take pain-free path to training for a 5K BY KRISTIN HOLTZ kholtz@swpub.com
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t’s time. Put down the remote control. Throw away the half-eaten chip bag. Pull yourself off the loveseat.
We’re going running. If only it was that simple. Running a 5K takes a lot more than just deciding you want to get active; it’s also about ensuring your body is ready for the road. Adopting a training program that increases your endurance and stamina gradually is key to preventing running injuries, said Leslie Burkhalter, a physical therapist at ACCUA in Savage. “There are a lot of really good programs out there, especially for first-timers,” she said. If you haven’t been active in awhile, Burkhalter recommends starting with a walking program. It’s also a good idea, she said, to schedule a physical with your doctor to ensure your body can handle the rigors of exercise.
“Injuries can take time to heal and that is very frustrating and can cause people to quit an exercise routine all together. That’s why starting gradually and increasing the demand on the body slowly is so important.” Justin Musil Owner of Anytime Fitness, Eden Prairie “Many people suffer setbacks and injuries because they start too fast,” said Justin Musil, a NSCA-certified strength and conditional specialist and owner of Anytime Fitness in Eden Prairie. “If you become sore at the beginning your body will adjust, but you may need to cut back on the demands you are placing on your body.” Burkhalter suggested alternating walking and jogging for several blocks and then checking your heart rate. If you can still speak when exercising, “that’s a pretty good indicator [you] can still continue to do more,” she said. A run/walk series is a great way
Training tips 1. What advice would you offer for people starting an exercise programs? Always be sure to check with your physician before starting a training program. After you are cleared to exercise it is then essential to start gradually. Many people suffer setbacks and injuries because they start too fast. Listen to your body. Sometimes rest is the key to helping your body recover. If you become sore at the beginning your body will adjust, but you may need to cut back on the demands you are placing on your body. With all of this being said, the body recovers much better with a well balanced diet and plenty of water. 2. Why are gradual increments the best? Increasing exercise in gradual increments allows the body to adapt more easily. Our body is very intelligent and will catch on quickly, but it will also get irritated and tell us we need to shut down if we jump into routines too fast. Injuries can take time to heal and that is very frustrating and can cause people to quit an exercise routine all together. That’s why starting gradually and increasing the demand on the body slowly is so important. Soreness is normal at the start of an exercise routine or a new routine but that should subside as you are further along into a good routine. Source: Justin Musil
to build your ability by giving your body days off to rest or cross train. Burkhalter recommends using an elliptical at your local gym or riding a stationary bike to get different muscles involved. In addition to avoiding injuries, alternative workouts can optimize your performance, too, Musil said. He recommends a good strength training routine and full body workouts, such as swimming and biking. “Even though these are both aerobic workouts, as is running, it incorporates different muscles and also helps keep your body in balance,” Musil said. “Swimming and biking also take pressure off your joints and that helps avoid injuries while in a running training program.” Another key to preventing injuries is good stretching, Burkhalter said. Instead of stretching cold, walk or light run for five minutes. Then stop and stretch your upper and lower body. Stretch again at the end. When training on a road or trail, alternate directions. For example, if you’re running around a lake, run clockwise one day and counterclockwise another. “Even the angle [or crown of the road] is enough to change the mechanics on the knees and hips,” Burkhalter said. Burkhalter recommends investing in a good pair of shoes. A running shoe store can help ensure you get the proper fit for your foot structure. If you run a lot consider rotating shoes every few months, she said. Some injuries, like shin splints, may indicate poor shoes, improper stretching or just an unusual running gait, Burkhalter said. Shin splints can usually be iced, but if you’re starting to feel knee or hip pain, consult a doctor or physical therapist, she recommended. Burkhalter, who has been running since high school, said another great way to get off the couch is by joining a running group. The Twin Cities has a number of running clubs that offer great advice on everything from training to stretching to nutrition. Most clubs have runners of different levels and abilities, so you can find people who understand your pace. “It’s a little bit more fun to run with people and it keeps everyone motivated, too,” she said.
Boots & Boas Fun Dash and 5K Run/Walk What: Stomp out domestic violence by participating in the inaugural Boots & Boas Fun Dash & 5K Run/Walk. Bring along your favorite boots and don a complimentary boa for the 50-yard fun dash. A portion of proceeds will benefit two local organizations dedicated to ending domestic abuse: Cornerstone and Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women. The 5K Run/ Walk takes place on easy, flat terrain that wraps around a scenic wetland. Presented by St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Eden Prairie News and Savvy.mn Magazine. Major Sponsor: LasikPlus. Nutritional Food Sponsor: Complete Nutrition and Pure Market Express. Water Station Sponsor: Anytime Fitness, Eden Prairie & Chaska. When: 8-11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10. Race starts around 9 a.m., awards at 10:30 a.m.; exhibitor booths open 8-11 a.m. Where: Purgatory Creek Park, Eden Prairie Cost: $25 through Aug. 20; $30 through Sept. 3; $35 Race Day. Includes a T-shirt while supplies last. Info: Register at active.com by searching “Boots & Boas 5K.” Find more training tips and info on Facebook.
Fall fitness opportunities Here are a few other area 5K events: I Nickle Dickle 5K Run/Walk, 10K Run and 1/2 Mile Tickle Run, 8 a.m. Sept. 17 at Waconia High School, Waconia I
Ken Rome 5K Run and Walk, 9 a.m. Sept. 25 at McCullough Park, Shoreview
I The Extended Run One-Mile Relay and 5K, 9 a.m. Sept. 25 at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins I Eighth annual Historic Riverfront 5K Run/Walk, 9 a.m. Oct. 8 at Boom Island Park, Minneapolis I Scenic Byway Half Marathon and 5K, 9:20 a.m. Oct. 8 at Court Square Park, Belle Plaine I Jack O’Lantern 5K and Kids Pumpkin Run, Oct. 29, Shakopee Community Center, Shakopee Source: Active.com
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Thursday
AUG. 18 CHAMBER LUNCHEON Join the Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce for its General Membership Luncheon on Thursday, Aug. 18, at Biaggi’s with speaker Robert Stevens, president and CEO of Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia. He will discuss healthcare issues and their new Two Twelve facility. Time: 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 18 Cost: $25 for chamber members, $40 for non-members Location: 8251 Flying Cloud Drive, in Eden Prairie Info: RSVP at (952) 944-2830 or register at epchamber.org
HAPPY HOUR AT THE ARB Enjoy wine flights, beer and nonalcoholic beverages, plus a variety of appetizers. Time: 4:30-6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18 Cost: Arboretum admission is free every third Thursday after 4:30 p.m. Location: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr., Chaska Info: www.arboretum.umn.edu or (952) 443-1422
LYLE LOVETT & HIS LARGE BAND Singer-songwriter will perform with his Large Band. Time: 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18 Cost: $59-$65 Location: Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville Info: (952) 895-4680 or ticketmaster.com
DAYLILY SALE The annual Daylily Sale provides an opportunity to purchase some of the daylilies that grow at Noerenberg Gardens. A list of the daylilies to be divided will be available at the garden or on the Three Rivers Park District website. For all ages. Time: 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18 Location: Noerenberg Gardens, 2840 North Shore Dr., Wayzata Info: (763) 559-9000 or threeriversparkdistrict.org
Friday
AUG. 19 KIDSPLASH Registrants will spend more than an hour on the lake and learn how to get into and out of a kayak safely, how to make a kayak go in a straight line and spin in one spot. Priorities are safety, fun, participation and skill. Reservations required. For ages 12 and older. Time: 9-11 a.m. or noon- 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19 Cost: $20 Location: Bryant Lake Regional Park, 6800 Rowland Rd., Eden Prairie Info: (763) 559-6700 or threeriversparkdistrict.org
2011 WACIPI (POW WOW) The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community will celebrate the annual Wacipi (Pow Wow). The public is invited to experience Native American culture at this event. Twelve invited drums will provide songs for the dancers. Grand Entries will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. Fireworks at 10 p.m. Saturday, and a church service will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Tiowakan Spiritual Center. The Pow Wow will feature Native American vendors with arts, crafts, beadwork, jewelry, quillwork and Native American foods for sale. Admission price includes supper on
Saturday night and lunch on Sunday, both catered by Mystic Lake. Time: Aug. 19-21 Cost: $5 button purchase provides admission for the weekend; adults 60 and older and youth 10 years and younger free Location: Pow Wow Grounds, 3212 Dakotah Parkway, Prior Lake Info: (952) 445-8900 or go to shakopeedakota.org and click on Wacipi
TUXEDO BAND Bring a blanket or lawn chair and enjoy an evening of classic rock and roll by Tuxedo. Time: 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19 Cost: Free Location: City Square Park, 120 E. Fourth Ave., Chaska Info: (952) 448-453, ext. 4
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Starring at Staring concludes the season with a performance by the United States Air Force Heartland of America ensemble Brass in Blue.
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he Air Force Heartland of America Band ensemble Brass in Blue will perform at Starring at Staring. Pack a picnic, bring a blanket or lawn chair and head to Starring at Staring at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, for this free event. The Staring Lake Amphitheatre is
at 14800 Pioneer Trail, Eden Prairie. Info: edenprairie.org or (952) 949-8449, Ext. 5.
‘OKLAHOMA!’ Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Oklahoma” tells the tale of a highspirited rivalry between farmers and cowboys, a love story’s journey and the birth of a new state. The score includes “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning,” “People Will Say We’re in Love” and “Oklahoma!” Time: Evening and matinee showtimes Aug. 19-Sept. 18 Cost: Adults $28; students and seniors $25 Location: Bloomington Civic Theatre, 1800 W. Old Shakopee Rd., Bloomington Info: bloomingtoncivictheatre.org
Saturday
AUG. 20 FLOWER, FOOD & FOTO SHOW The members of the Men’s Garden Club of Minneapolis will be exhibiting their very best flowers, vegetables, photos and floral designs in this annual judged event. Everyone, including non-members, is welcome to visit the exhibit. Time: 12:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, and 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21 Cost: $9 entry fee to Arboretum for non-members Location: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chanhassen Info: (952) 975-1960 or minneapolismensgardenclub.org
STARRING AT STARING Air Force Band will be performing at Starring at Staring. Pack a picnic, bring a blanket or lawn chair and head to Starring at Staring. Time: 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20 Cost: Free Location: Staring Lake Amphitheatre, 14800 Pioneer Trail, Eden Prairie Info: edenprairie.org or (952) 9498449, Ext. 5
SCOTT COUNTY’S LARGEST BEAN BAG TOURNAMENT Scott County’s Largest Bean Bag Tournament includes beginner and championship brackets, $2,050 in payouts to winners, beer garden, food vendors and live music. Sponsored by the Jordan Area Chamber of Commerce. Time: Opening toss 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 Cost: $40 per two-member team Location: Clancy’s Bar and Pizza Parlor, 220 Triangle Lane N., Jordan Info: jordanchamber.org or (952) 492-2355
FLOWERFEST AND FAMILY FUN WEEKEND The Men’s Garden Club of Minneapolis’ Flower, Food and Foto Show will take place in the visitor center 12:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday and 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday.
FLATWATER KAYAKING ESSENTIALS FOR WOMEN
The Iris and Daffodil societies’ plant sales will be in the visitor center 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. Time: Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 20-21 Cost: Shows are free with Arboretum 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
Participants will learn the basics of kayaking including safety, proper paddling form and paddle strokes from qualified instructors. All equipment provided; reservations required. For ages 14 and older. Time: 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 Cost: $50 Location: Bryant Lake Regional Park, 6800 Rowland Rd., Eden Prairie Info: (763) 559-6700 or threeriversparkdistrict.org
THE GREAT WORM ROUNDUP
MINNESOTA RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL
Not all worms in local forests are native to Minnesota. Learn where the worms came from and what they are doing. Then go outdoors and hunt for worms. Bring them back to the nature center and feed them to salamanders and turtles. Visitors will get their hands dirty during this program. For all ages. Time: 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 Cost: Free Location: Lowry Nature Center (Carver Park Reserve), 7025 Victoria Dr., Victoria Info: (763) 559-9000 or threeriversparkdistrict.org
The Minnesota Renaissance Festival includes seven themed weekends, 16 stages of live entertainment, live armored jousting, food, drink and artisan booths. Time: Weekends Aug. 20-Oct. 2 Cost: Adults $20.95; seniors $18.95; children 5-12 $11.95 Location: Three miles south of Shakopee in Hwy. 169 Info: (952) 445-7361 or renaissancefest.com/MRF
WEEKEND FAMILY FUN: PRAIRIE NATIVES Families are invited to search for late bloomers in the prairie and the butterflies and birds that call the prairie home. Time: Noon-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Aug. 20, 21, 27, 28 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
WALKS FOR THE CURIOUS Enjoy a nature walk with an Arboretum naturalist. Meet at the Ordway parking lot. Time: 10 a.m. Saturdays, Aug. 20, 27 Cost: $7.50 Location: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr., Chaska Info: www.arboretum.umn.edu or (952) 443-1422
BIRD BANDING See wild songbirds being safely trapped, studied and tagged with numbered rings. Hear a bird’s heartbeat and help release it. For all ages. Time: 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 20 Cost: Free Location: Lowry Nature Center (Carver Park Reserve), 7025 Victoria Dr., Victoria Info: (763) 559-9000 or threeriversparkdistrict.org
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cultural demonstrations, activities and Japanese food. Lantern Lighting is at 8:15 p.m. Mu Performing Arts, featuring the Mu-Min Chorus MuDaiko and Mikaharu-kai dance troup, will perform the Minnesota Bon Odori celebrating Minnesotan culture with a Japanese flair. Time: 3 p.m. to dusk Sunday, Aug. 21 Cost: Adults $5; children 3-12 and seniors $3; children 2 and younger free Location: Como Park, 1250 Kaufman Dr N, St Paul Info: comozooconservatory.org or (651) 487-8200
Upcoming CAR SHOW Westwood Community Church hosts an any make, any year, any shape car show, with food and trophies. Time: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 27 Cost: Free Location: 3121 Westwood Drive, Chanhassen Info: Jim Theis at (952) 224-7378
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Participants will learn the basics of kayaking including safety, proper paddling form and paddle strokes from qualified instructors. All equipment provided; reservations required. For ages 14 and older. Time: 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 20 Cost: $50 Location: Bryant Lake Regional Park, 6800 Rowland Rd., Eden Prairie Info: (763) 559-6700 or threeriversparkdistrict.org
What can you grow in a garden that gets less than four hours of sun a day? Spring bulbs to deep-shade ground covers! Explore perennials and the many types of ferns that thrive in shade at the Eden Prairie Library. Time: 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27 Cost: Free Location: Eden Prairie Library, 565 Prairie Center Drive, Eden Prairie Info: Register online at hclib.org or call (612) 543-6275
Sunday
AUG. 21 OUR CHILDREN ARE DYING WITH HUNGER While touring the historic Pond House this Sunday, hear from historian Carrie Zeman as she examines evidence from primary sources that Dakota children were dying of hunger on the Sioux Reservation in 1862 while the U.S. Government claimed food was plentiful. Time: Program at 2 p.m., house tours at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21 Cost: $2 suggested donation, youth through high school are free Location: Pond Dakota Mission Park, 401 E. 104th St., Bloomington Info: (952) 563-8738 or ci.bloomington.mn.us
JAPANESE LANTERN LIGHTING FESTIVAL The Lantern Lighting Festival, the largest Japan-related festival in Minnesota, is modeled after summer festivals held across Japan. It features stage performances,
SUNBONNET DAY Dress as a pioneer or come as you are, get your picture taken by Flash photography, play old-fashioned games, tour the Dorenkemper House, ride a horse-drawn wagon, make fresh apple cider from a cider press, shop at a farmers market featuring local farmers, dance to the Virginia Reel, visit an auction of historical items and purchase items from food and craft vendors. Time: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 Cost: Free Location: Riley-Jacques Barn, 9100 Riley Lake Road Info: edenprairie.org
A COLLECTION OF ONE ACTS Enjoy appetizer and dessert buffets along with a collection of comedic and dramatic plays. Advance tickets are recommended due to limited seating. Appetizers will be served half an hour prior to the One Acts. Time: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16-17, 23-24, 30, Oct. 1; 2 p.m. Oct. 2 Cost: Advance tickets, $13.50 Location: Riley-Jacques Barn, 9100 Riley Lake Road, Eden Prairie
Info: tickets available at the Senior Center (8950 Eden Prairie Road), Community Center (16700 Valley View Road) or edenprairieplayers.com
ALMA MATER TROTTER The 3rd Annual Alma Mater Trotter 5K Run/Walk will be held at 8:30 a.m. with a one mile Kids Fun Run at 9:30 a.m. Prizes will be awarded to top finishers through various age groups and through drawings. Proceeds will support Eden Prairie Schools. Early registration guarantees a free Alma Mater Trotter T-shirt. Online registration is available at FoundationforEPSchools.org or (952) 975-7205. Same day registration is available beginning at 7 a.m. Time: 5K, 8:30; Kids Fun Run, 9:30 Saturday, Sept. 24 Cost: $25 for adults, $15 for the Kids Fun Run through Sept. 14 Location: EPHS Aerie Stadium, 17185 Valley View Rd, Eden Prairie Info: To register, FoundationforEPSchools.org or (952) 975-7205
ART CRAWL Visit the studios of artists exhibiting all types of media. Visit local artists, tour the Art Center, find unique and creative gifts and more. Time: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 and noon-5 Sunday, Sept. 25 Cost: free Location: Eden Prairie Art Center, 7650 Equitable Drive, Eden Prairie Info: (952) 949-8304 or edenprairie. org
FRIENDS GROUP BOOK SALE
Library Friends Groups throughout Hennepin County host book sales to raise funds for their local library. Each sale features hundreds of adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback. Most books are priced at $2 or less. There will be a bag sale at noon. Time: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 Location: Eden Prairie Library, 565 Prairie Center Dr., Eden Prairie Info: hclib.org
RUN, WALK, ROLL AGAINST BULLYING PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center will hold the second annual Run, Walk, Roll Against Bullying on Saturday, Oct. 1, in Bloomington as part of PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Month of October. Run four miles or walk/roll one and a half miles to kick off National Bullying Prevention Month. Preregistration is encouraged. Time: Registration, 9 a.m.; four-mile run or one and a half mile walk/roll, 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 Cost: $20, which includes a T-shirt and snacks. Location: Mount Normandale Lake, Normandale Boulevard and 84th Street, Bloomington Info: To register, PACER.org/bullying or (952) 838-9000
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Senior Center Th e following upc oming events take place at the Eden Prairie Senior Center at 8950 Eden Prairie Road, unless another location is given. To register, visit the center, mail in your registration or visit edenprairie. org. For other information, call (952) 279-8050. Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday. To display artwork at the center, call (952) 279-8050.
Special events Friday BINGO – 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26. Suggested cost is $1 per two cards.
Senior trips Senior trips leave from the Senior Center. Winona Trip (Lake City; Winona) – 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15. Cost is $61, which includes transportation, lunch and a visit to Pepin Heights Apple Orchard and the Marine Art Museum. Registration deadline: Sept. 5. Hairspray (Chanhassen Dinner Theatre) – 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21. Cost is $59, which includes transportation, lunch and tickets to Hairspray. Registration deadline: Sept. 7.
Health and wellness The Eden Prairie Community Center at 16700 Valley View Road offers fitness classes geared toward seniors. Call the Community Center at (952) 949-8470 for more information. RSVP at (952) 279-8050 for the following events: Health Insurance Help –
On Thursday, Aug. 18, trained volunteers will be available to help with questions about confusing Medicare and health insurance forms, as well as counsel peoples in selections of supplemental health insurance. Call (952) 279-8050 to make your one-hour appointment. Biking Club – Ride 15-20 miles round trip each week with the biking club. The group meets at 10 a.m. Tuesdays. Contact Duane or Diana at (952) 448-1608 for more information. Join The Walking Club – Walk on local trails, 6 p.m. Wednesdays. Call the center for schedule. Pickleball – Play Pickleball at Pioneer Park from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and Thursdays and 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. Players of all levels are welcome. Wear comfortable clothes and white-soled tennis shoes. Contact Jerry Maas at (952) 918-0500 for more information.
Classes Several driver safety courses are offered. Call (952) 279-8050 for information. Line Dance – 11: 30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9. Cost is $42 for eight sessions.
Red Hat Chapter Contact the Senior Center for more information on trips and special events. The group meets at 9:30 a.m. the second Friday of each month at the Original Pancake House.
Weekly events Mondays S en ior S i n g le s C of fe e
Klatch – 8:45-10:30 a.m. at Dunn Bros., 8107 Eden Prairie Road, for senior discounts on coffee. Shopping Bus – Call (952) 279-8051 by Thursday to schedule a senior van home pick up for the 9:30-11:30 a.m. Monday shopping trips in Eden Prairie. Duplicate Bridge – 12:15 p.m., no need to sign up, just bring a partner or call John Dollerschell at (952) 937-2150. Crafting – 1 p.m., bring your own project to work on and socialize. Tuesdays Greeting Cards – 9:30 a.m. to help cut, tape and create old greeting cards into new. Bread Day – 9:30 a.m. for “end of the day” baked goods and breads donated by a local baker. Donations accepted. Party-Style Bridge – 12:153:30 p.m., no need to sign up, just come and play. Call Mary Canakes at (952) 445-0978 for more information. Cribbage – 1-3 p.m. Open to all levels of players. Wednesdays ‘500’ Cards – 1 p.m. No registration necessary. Just stop in and play. Thursdays Canasta – 1 p.m. No need to sign up. Cards are provided. Call BJ Cappozzi at (951) 8205542 for more information. Cribbage – 1-3 p.m. Open to all levels of players. Call Jerry Clark at (952) 974-7989 for more information. Fridays Men’s Coffee Group – 9:30 a.m. Tell a tale, swap a story and learn something new. Call Duane Kasper at (952) 448-1608.
Bread Day – 9:30 a.m. for “end of the day” baked goods and breads donated by a local baker. Donations accepted. Partner Bridge – noon, arrive with a partner or fi nd one at the center to play at 12:15 p.m. Call Lorraine Dilling at (952) 941-2060. Party Bridge – 12:15-3:30 p.m., no need to sign up, just come and play. Call Shirley at (952) 934-3461 for more information.
Monthly events Bunco – 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19. No experience necessary. Chair Massages – 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25. Call the Senior Center for pricing and appointments.
Beyond the Senior Center Th e following upc oming events are geared toward Eden Prairie seniors, but are not affiliated with the Eden Prairie Senior Center. Learning Facebook basics – Join Girl Scout Troop 10035 to become a tech savvy senior. The class will be offered from 10:30-11:30 Friday, Aug. 18, at the Eden Prairie Library, 565 Prairie Center Drive, Eden Prairie. Learn how to create an account, modify account settings, discuss privacy and security settings, search for friends, add friends and add a profi le picture. Call the Senior Center to sign up. Walk-ins are welcome. Bring your Facebook e-mail ID and password if you already have one.
MEETINGS
Hospice Care presentation Paula Borer of Ridgeview Home Care will present information about hospice and palliative care at the Prairie Adult Care Caregiver Support Group meeting from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Aug. 18. A general support group facilitated by LeeAnn Eiden, MSW from Senior Community Services, will follow the presentation from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Free respite care is available with advance reservation in the licensed daycenter, Prairie Adult Care, for care receivers. To learn more about the support groups or the adult day center, visit prairieadultcare. com or call (952) 949-3126. Prairie Adult Care is in Victory Lutheran Church at 16200 Berger Drive, Eden Prairie.
Newcomers Club Join the Newcomers Club of the Southwest Suburbs for coffee, conversation and an opportunity to meet fellow newcomers to the area. The group will meet for coffee at Dunn Bros., 8107 Eden Prairie Road, Eden Prairie, from 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 23. Info: newcomersmn. com or call MaryAnn (952) 9442309 or Cia (952) 974-5103.
Men’s Meeting is set at 7 p.m. every Monday at the Preserve Center “Barn,” on the second f loor, 11221 Anderson Lakes Parkway, Eden Prairie, next to the tennis courts. Info: (612) 210-1312, Brian. The Eden Prairie AM Rotary Club meets at 7:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Biaggi’s Restaurant in the Eden Prairie Shopping Center. Info: (612) 759-9150, Dick Ward.
Civil Air Patrol
Fresh Start Recovery
The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Viking Squadron offers a cadet aerospace education program for kids ages 12 to 21 years. Senior officer members are age 21 and older. Viking Squadron covers the southwestern portions of the Twin Cities area and meets every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Grace Church in Eden Prairie, 9301 Eden Prairie Road. For more information contact Lt. Col. Barney Uhlig at (952) 937-2924 or buhlig@mncap.org. CAP National Headquarters’ website is gocivilairpatrol.com. The Viking Squadron website is mncap.org/viking/.
From 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays at Grace Church, 9301 Eden Prairie Road, Christian recovery program for those with a “hurt, habit or hang-up.” Music, teaching, testimonials and small groups. No cost, no registration required. Info: atgrace.com/fresh-start.
Eden Prairie AM Rotary
Eden Prairie Noon Rotary The Eden Prairie Noon Rotary Club meets at noon Thursdays at Bearpath Country Club in Eden Prairie. Info: (612) 7193236, Bill Dobbins.
Business to Business
Fa mi lies wit h at tention issues face challenges that friends might not understand, according to a news release. The group meets from 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, at the Eden Prairie School District Administrative Services Building, 8100 School Road. Amy Dawson, executive director from the Autism Advocacy and Law Center will be speaking on “What to Do When Your Child Could Be Doing Better at School.” For information, contact Cindy Lea, MA, at (612) 965-3052 or Cindy@SucceedingwithADD.com.
Networking group meets from 7:30-8:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Flagship Corporate Center, 775 Prairie Center Drive, Suite 400. Info: (612) 247-3630, Heather.
A Small Dog Play Group meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 5:30 p.m. Thursdays at Nesbitt Preserve Park hockey rink, 8629 Center Way. Bring water and clean-up bags.
Meals on Wheels Delivers weekday, noontime, nutritionally balanced meals to residents of Eden Prairie who are unable to leave their homes. Deliveries may be long term or for a short-term medical recovery. Info: (952) 221-2123.
Optimist Club The Eden Prairie Optimist Club is a civic organization with an emphasis on programs that benefit and recognize the youth of Eden Prairie. The club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of each month at the Chanhassen American Legion, 290 Lake Drive E., Chanhassen. Visitors are always welcome. I n fo : rocky @ l hot ka.net or EdenPrairieOptimists.org.
Alcoholics Anonymous An Alcoholics Anonymous
Eden Prairie Lioness The Eden Prairie Lioness Club is a volunteer organization of civic-minded women representing a cross-section of the community. The club meets at 6 p.m. the fi rst Thursday of each month at Camp Eden Wood, 6350 Indian Chief Road. Meetings include a guest speaker and club discussion. Info: eplioness@comcast.net.
SW Metro AD/HD Support
Small Dog Play Group
6524, Ext. 7568, Paul Turney.
La Leche League Meets at 10 a.m. every third Tuesday of each month for women to learn about breastfeeding. Expectant, nursing mothers and babies are welcome. Info: (952) 474-5173, Deb.
Speakers by Design
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7:15, 9:30 RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG-13) 12:25, 2:35, 4:55, 7:10, 9:20 THE HELP (PG-13) 12:35, 3:45, 6:30, 9:25 CONAN THE BARBARIAN (R) 12:30, 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30
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Minneapolis Commodores The Minneapolis Commodores, a member of the Barbershop Harmony Society, welcome all men, young and old, who enjoy singing to come and experience the pleasure of barbershop harmony and camaraderie. The group practices at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at House of Prayer Lutheran Church in Richfield. Call Rich at (952) 829-7009 or go to minneapoliscommodores.org.
Unlike the summer blockbuster that busts,
We Won’t Break Your Heart. Fan Appreciation Extended Fireworks August 26 vs. Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks Aug. 19: Friday Night FIREWORKS presented by Xcel Energy. Plus, you could win up to $77,777 on St. Croix Casino Big Money Days (7:05 p.m.) Aug. 20: Winter in the Summer presented by Welch Village Ski and Snowboard Resort. Dress for the occasion! (7:05 p.m.) Aug. 21: “Cool” Day presented by Daikin McQuay. Kids run the bases and get autographs after the game on S&W Beans and Butter Kernel Family Sunday (1:05 p.m.) vs. Sioux City Explorers Aug. 23: May Madness Gary Busey Mask Giveaway (first 1,501 fans)! Stay connected on TDS Tuesday (7:05 p.m.) Aug. 24: iLove Apple…Apple Products Giveaway (first 1,501 fans) on Walser Wednesday (7:05 p.m.) Aug. 25: Professional Baseball Scouts Hall of Fame Induction presented by Killebrew Root Beer. Enjoy $1 Beer on Old Chicago Thirsty Thursday (7:05 p.m.) Aug. 26: Fan Appreciation Celebration with extended post-game FIREWORKS presented by Sun Country Airlines (7:05 p.m.)
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H2O Masters
Speakers after Hours Toastmasters invites you to improve your public speaking and leadership skills. Meetings are from 6:15-7:15 p.m. Tuesdays at Supervalu Corp. Headquarters, 11840 Valley View Road, Room 203, Eden Prairie. Info: afterhours.freetoasthost.org or Bennie.R.Leonard@supervalu. com.
Meets noon-1 p.m. Thursdays at Best Buy Corporate Headquarters, 7601 Penn Ave. S., Richfield. Details are at John.Simmons3@bestbuy.com and (612) 291-7585.
Datamasters Toastmasters group meets 8-9 a.m. the fi rst and third Friday of each month at Datalink Cor p., 8170 Upla nd Ci rcle, Chanhassen. Info: cleeman@ datalink.com or (952) 279-4852, Cheryl Leeman.
Midday Mumblers Toastmasters group meets 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Fridays at Supervalu, 19011 Lake Drive E., Chanhassen. Info: (952) 9066470, Morgan Holle.
Meditation A meditation group led by a Buddhist Monk occurs from 10:10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturdays at
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From 9-10:30 a.m. Saturdays at Pax Christi, 12100 Pioneer Trail, men and women use the 12 steps of Overeaters Anonymous to stop eating compulsively. Info: (952) 237-1168, Adam; and odat0487@ aol.com and (952) 943-8422, Sarah.
Tagtalk Toastmasters
F rom 7- 8 : 3 0 a.m. Thursdays at Eden Prairie Community Center, 16700 Valley View Road, international networking group focuses on referrals. Info: bni-mn.com/ or (952) 890-
12:15, 2:25, 4:55, 7:05, 9:10 CRAZY STUPID, LOVE (PG-13) 12:10, 2:30, 5:05 FINAL DESTINATION (R)
Overeaters Anonymous
Speakers after Hours
BNI Networking Group
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Toastmasters Group meets from 7-8 a.m. Fridays at Supervalu, 11840 Valley View Road. Free for all. Info: (952) 294-7410 or steve.d.clifton@supervalu. com, Steve Clifton.
Toastmasters group meets 7:30-8:30 a.m. the second and fou r t h T ue s d ays of ever y month at Culligan Water, 6030 Culligan Way, Minnetonka. Info: h2omasters.org or (952) 912-2429, JoAnn.
Meets 7:15-8:45 a.m. Tuesdays at the Eden Prairie Community Center. More information is available at bit.ly/ getreferred. Info: http://bit.ly/ getreferred.
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Super Speakers
Toastmasters group meets from noon-1 p.m. Tuesdays at Digital River, 9625 W. 76th St., to increase confidence, improve public speaking and develop professional leadership skills. Free. Info: bbirr@rfamec.com and (612) 229-8386, Bruce.
Business Igniters
the Chanhassen Library. Classes are open to all regardless of level of experience. There is no charge; donations are welcome. For more in for mation cal l Ralph at (952) 934-9727 or e-mail meditation@triplegem.org.
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Platner receives Holasek-Griffiths Scholarship
EDUCATION NEWS
Plans to pursue biomedical engineering
Family Center offers classes
BY MICHELLE STEVENS mstevens@swpub.com
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a v i d P l a t n e r, a 2 010 g raduate of Eden Prairie High School, was awarde d t he Hol a s ekGriffiths Scholarship through the Foundation for Eden Prairie Schools for his interest in engineering. Platner applied for two scholarships through FEPS but “really wanted this one. I was surprised and really excited to hear my name,” said Platner. “ T he Hol a s ek- G r i f f it h s Scholarship was created in 2000 when Mr. Harold Griffiths donated an endowment to FEPS in honor of his late wife, Betty Holasek-Griffiths, Eden Prairie High School class of 1947. It is in the amount of $2,750, and is renewable for four years, for a total of $11,000. It is designated for students who will be majoring in engineering, business administration or computer sciences,” said Deb Karulf, a member of the FEPS Board of Directors, in a news release. Platner will attend the University of Minnesota in the fall and plans to major in biomedical engineering. “I like engineering and the medical field and want to engineer medical devices that will help people in the future,” Platner said. “My dad is an en-
gineer and I’ve watched him bui ld things over the year and helped h i m a r ou nd the house. I’ve a lways been interested i n bui ldi ng and fixing David things.” Platner In high school, “I fell in love with the principles of engineering,” said Platner. He had the opportunity to build supermileage car from scratch and race them at Brainerd International Speedway in May. Platner played football and track in high school, as well as being involved in the National Honor Society, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and DECA-BPA. He will play football at the University of Minnesota next fall. “I’m going to be walking on there as a kicker,” Platner said. He has played football since he was 3 years old. Platner said he believes he won the scholarship because he tried to stay very involved in high school, displayed an interest in engineering, took classes in engineering, physics and math, and did 20 hours of community service every semester. “I was very ecstatic [that I won],” Platner said. “My family was very surprised and supportive and excited with me.” A week before the banquet where Platner found out he had received the scholarship, FEPS
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Platner was involved in track and football in High School and plans to play football at the U of M.
Save the Date for Alma Mater Trotter The Foundation for Eden Prairie Schools is asking residents to “Save the Date” for the third annual Alma Mater Trotter, set for Saturday, Sept. 24, beginning at Aerie Stadium at Eden Prairie High School. FEPS is a nonprofit “with a mission to support and enhance the legacy of excellence in Eden Prairie Schools.” The Alma Mater Trotter fundraiser features a 5k run/walk at 8:30 a.m. and one-mile kids fun run at 9:30 a.m. Registration and volunteer information are available at FoundationforEPSchools.org or by calling (952) 975-7205.
called his mother to tell her the news. “She kept it a secret. I was happy; it was more fun fi nding out.”
Platner hopes to get involved in engineering societies in college, something he was not able to do at Eden Prairie.
ON CAMPUS Denison University Molly Thomson of Eden Prairie and Allison Becker of Eden Prairie received a Denison Alumni Scholarship from Denison University in Granville, Ohio.
Concordia University We ston P r i g ge of E den Prairie was awarded the Concordia Opportunity grant and Lutheran Heritage scholarship at Concordia University, St. Paul. These achievements provide a total of $ 6,000 in funds. Heather Linville of Eden P rai rie was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2011 semester at Concordia University, St. Paul, and she is pursuing an individually designed major.
Normandale College The following Eden Prairie students were named to the spring 2011 dean’s list at Normandale Community College in Bloomington: Mohamed Abdi, Katayoun Amjadi, Heidi A nder s on , K a m i l Aw nu r, Parker Bailey, Mohamed Ali Belfadel, Eric Berg, Jeffrey
Bluem, Tracie Bohlsen, Kately nn Buchanan, Margaret Bullen, Moniroat Chea, Alex Cooper, Amanda Cribbs, Carter Cripe, Zachary Dennis, DeAnna Dodson, Mahin Fernando, Sarah Fiedler, Chris Flaten, Margaret Florek, Eric Formico, Joelyn Fredericksen, Grace Fremouw, Anne Fullerton, Douglas Gengler, Anil Gherau, Sara Groves, Kyle H a n nema n, A m a nd a Hess, Emilee Howe, Faduma Ibrahim, Matthew Jaeb, Kyle Johnson, Patrick Johnson, Cole Justic, Marcella Kendall, Faryal Khan, Barbara Koester, Yevgeniy Kuksenko, Taylor Larson, Frances LeFever, Tiffany Leff, Kyle Lenzen, Rachel Lindgren, Yekaterina Lupina, Britney Martin, Kim McKen na, K risten Meyer, Timothy O’Brien, Tadd Parris, Brandon Paulsen, Stephanie Phang, Joseph Pi ram, Yan Rakhamimov, Nicholas Reichel, Sindy Rivera, Joseph Rorem, Rodo Sabuni, Andrew Sanvick, Marissa Schmidt, Katrina Sheldon, Virginia Shu lts, R ichel Shu st rova, Alina Skorokhodova, Ross Stager, Roy Stephen, Sotheany Sun, Alyssa Thames, Chae Hui Tong, Mollie Valentino,
Koorosh Vaziri, Michael Walton, Daniel Wessels, Stephanie Wilson and Songhong Yang. The following Eden Prairie students graduated from Normandale in spring 2011: Martha Adghe, Katayoun Amjadi, Emily Baldwin, Sarah Barrie, Sara Bender, Joshua Blaeser, Ryan Blanck, Kayla Branham, A m a nd a B r ow n , K at ely n Brow n , Jiva n i Ch a nd i r amani, Megan Christianson, Ian Kenneth Clark, Rachel Colville, Angela Dauwalter, Joey DeCarlo, Gina DeSanctis, Bryan Dean, Zachary Dennis, Paul Ditty, Jacob Divish, Meghann Droeger, Mitchell Elftmann, Constance Ewing, Ibrahim Farah, Mahin Fernando, Margaret Florek, Eric Formico, Pauline Gleisberg, Sara Groves, Rachael Haas, K ristopher Hackett, Andrew Hamilton, Brianna Hamilton, Kaylin Hasselquist, Paul Hayes, Sreyleak Heng, Emilee Howe, Halima Hussei n, Benja mi n Jacobson, Abdullahi Khandid, Marina Kuksenko, Yevgeniy Kuksenko, Kimberly Kurtz, Ki Kyun, Anna Lanners, Caitlin Larson, Chanvachna Lee, Shelby Ludwig, Katarina Luyken, Chad Miller, Mohamed Mo-
hamed, Scott Morris, Kayla O’Neil, Alishia Oien, Pauline Pajibo, Tadd Parris, Catherine Petrich, Amber Petrik, Jon Poupard, Kristyn Prokic, Andrew Ramert, Jessica Retterath, Sherry Reu, Daniel Richards, Omar Safi , Jayme S ch m it , E l i z ab et h S lo a n , Quentin Smith, Anna Steider, Erin Summers, Agnes Talbot, Usuku Nicole, Kristin Warren, Kyle Waterstreet and Michael Youngs.
UND Austin Artz, son of Kelly and Bonita Artz of Eden Prairie, received the JFT O’Connor Student Scholarship from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, N.D., for the 2011-2012 academic year. Artz graduated from Eden Prairie High School and plans to attend UND in the fall. Christiana Chresand, daughter of George and Barbara Chresand of Eden Prairie, received the Neil C. Macdonald Scholarship from the University of North Dakota for the 2011-2012 academic year. Chresand transferred from Calvin College and plans to attend UND in the fall.
The Eden Prairie Family Center offers the following fami ly and parenting classes: Dinner and Baby Story Time Share: Visit with other families and infants, leave with a free children’s book and enjoy a free dinner from 6-7:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, at the Eden Prairie Early Childhood Center. Families with babies under 12 months are welcome to attend. This event is free. Eden P ra i r ie Schools P re scho ol Reg i st rat ion 2011-2012: Sign up now for preschool. There are many options: Family Center Preschool, Spanish Preschool and Partners Preschool have two-, three- and four-day preschool options available. An evening preschool opportunity from 5-7:30 p.m. is also available. Register for ECFE Classes 2011-2012: Meet once a week with other families to share the fun and challenges of parenting. The Eden Prairie School’s Early Childhood Family Education Program is taking registrations for 20112012. Weekly parent/child classes for babies through five year olds provide parents with the opportunity to network, share ideas with each other and receive parenting tips from a parent educator. Daytime and evening classes are available. All Aboard for Two Day Twos!: Beginning in September, this new class will offer older 2-year-olds a weekly special class with a parent and an additional day of preschool on their own. The Wednesday class, from 9:30-11 a.m., will offer parent/child time and parent conversation facilitated by a parent educator. The Friday class, from 9:30 a.m.noon, will offer the 2-year-olds the opportunity to grow on their own. T he Wonder of Ones : ECFE Class for One Year Olds. Kids must be 1 by Sept. 1. Enjoy shared playtime with your child that brings their curiosity to life. Parent discussion time will explore what is behind your toddler’s endless energy and enthusiasm. All classes and events are held at the Eden Prairie Family Center, 8040 Mitchell Road, Eden Prairie. To register for a class, call (952) 975-6980.
Community Ed offering classes According to a news release, “the fall Community Education catalog has been delivered to every home and
business in Eden Prairie and registration is open for a variety of new lifelong learning opportunities. Do something for yourself and try a new fitness class like Abdominal Strengtheners, Hips, Bellies and Shoulders, Hula Hoop, Kettlebells, or Zumba; learn about all the new technology out there including Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010, or sign up for some real fun learning Sign Language to use with your baby or try another one of our popular languages. Take up dancing, yoga, or check out one of our many new classes. If you didn’t receive a copy or need more information, go to our website at www. epcommunityed.org or call (952) 975-6940.”
Behavior expert speaking at ISM Dr. Marti Erickson, cohost of momenough.com and well-known, local child and youth behavior expert, will be speaking at The International School of Minnesota (ISM) between 9:30 and 11 a.m. and 6 and 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8. According to a news release, “she will be focusing on five steps for ensuring your child’s school year is the best it can be. Dr. Erickson’s presentations at ISM are free and open to the public. They will be held in the school’s performing arts center. The school is at 6385 Beach Road, Eden Prairie. For more information, call (952) 918-1816. For school information, go to internationalschoolmn.com.
GED program taking registrations Adult Options in Education is taking appointments for registration at Eisenhower Community Center. To schedule a registration appointment for adult English language or GED preparation classes, call (952) 988-5343. According to a news release, “appointments begin mid-August; classes will start Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at sites in Minnetonka, Hopkins and St. Louis Park. “Adult Options In Education offers classes for adults who need English-language skills (ESL/ELL classes); a refresher in math, reading or writing; or GED preparation. All Adult Options in Education classes are free. Transportation and childcare assistance may be available for registered students.” Registrations for classes at all sites are at Eisenhower Community Center, Room 228, 1001 Highway 7, Hopkins.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
publicnotices City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota Annual Disclosure of Tax Increment Districts for the Year Ended December 31, 2010. TIF District Name:
Current net tax capacity Original net tax capacity Captured net tax capacity
TIF 10
TIF 12 Columbine Road
TIF 13 Eden Prairie Center Proj.
TIF 14 Edenvale Townhomes
TIF 15 Eden Shores Senior Hsg.
TIF 16 Lincoln Parc Apts.
TIF 17 Rolling Hills
TIF 18 Heights at Valley View
TIF 20 Superior Office Ctr
TIF 21 Town Center Phase One
$111,661
$33,566
$2,771,150
$28,322
$473,890
$345,875
$266,643
$263,200
$251,250
$527,039
$976
$3,450
$466,500
$5,525
$11,144
$20,388
$39,380
$5,921
$39,210
$122,910
$110,685
$30,116
$2,304,650
$22,797
$462,746
$325,487
$227,263
$257,279
$212,040
$404,129
Principal and interest payments due during current year
$91,251
$28,832
$1,199,871
$21,825
$443,014
$228,584
$217,601
$218,970
$83,923
$331,344
Tax increment received
$117,941
$32,183
$1,465,697
$24,343
$495,188
$352,619
$243,268
$277,550
$211,441
$243,640
Tax increment expended
$112,923
$29,789
$1,082,882
$22,772
$447,454
$229,940
$218,824
$220,234
$85,106
$221,439
Month and year of first tax increment receipt
7 / 1987
7 / 1997
7 / 1998
7 / 2000
7 / 2001
7 / 2002
12/2003
7 / 2003
7 / 2008
7 / 2010
12/31/2011
12/31/2012
12/31/2017
12/31/2013
12/31/2015
12/31/2015
12/31/2014
12/31/2020
12/31/2033
12/31/2035
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Date of required decertification Increased property tax imposed on other properties as a result of fiscal disparities contribution *
* The fiscal disparity property tax law provides that the growth in commercial-indusrial property tax values is shared throughout the area. In a tax increment financing district, this value sharing can either result in a tax increase for other properties in the municipality or result in a decrease in tax increment financing district revenue depending on how the tax increment financing district is established. Additional information regarding each district may be obtained fromSue Kotchevar, CFO 8080 Mitchell Rd. Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (952) 949-8386
(Published in the Eden Prairie News on Thursday, August 18, 2011; No. 3195) NOTICE OF SALE Storage mechanics lien request. For fees & services rendered for 2001 Mercedes Benz S-500. Vin # WDBNG75J51A164298. Black sedan, black interior. T. Matthews was served letters on the following dates. 03/17/04, 03/25/04, 02/25/05, 12/10/10, 07/20/11. Sale will be at 10830 Greenbrier Road, Minnetonka, MN 55305 on Friday, September 2, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. $216,425.00 – Storage, repo and towing fees. Rapid Recovery Service Company Jamie Scott 10830 Greenbrier Road Minnetonka, MN 55305 (952) 829-5515 (Published in the Eden Prairie News on Thursday, August 18, 25 and September 1, 2011; No. 3196) Public Notice (Official Publication)
Notice of Public Hearing Nine Mile Creek Watershed District 2012 Budget and Levies Notice is hereby given that the Board of Managers of the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District will hold a public hearing pursuant to Section 103D.911 of Minnesota Statutes, on Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 5:30 p.m., at the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District Office, 7710 Computer Avenue, Suite 135, Edina, MN to consider the District’s budget and levies for the year 2012. The total proposed expenditures for 2012 are $2,462,150. Proposed levies are as follows: A $250,000 general fund levy for District operations as authorized by Minnesota Statutes 103D.905. A $1,200,000 levy not to exceed 0.00798 percent of taxable market value for Basic Water Management Projects initiated by petition of the
City of Hopkins, the City of Bloomington, and the City of Edina and authorized by Minnesota Statutes Section 103D.905, Subd.3. A $15,000 maintenance and repair fund levy as authorized by Laws of Minnesota 1980, Chapter 501. A $911,950 Metropolitan Surface Water Management Act implementation levy as authorized by Minnesota Statutes Section 103B.241. A levy for tort liability insurance premiums of $10,000 as authorized by Minnesota Statutes 466.06. Dated: August 10, 2011 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS /S/Steve Kloiber Steve Kloiber, Secretary (Published in the Eden Prairie News on Thursday, August 18, 25 and September 1, 2011; No. 3197)
Early Deadline Notice due to the Labor Day Holiday will be at 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, August 31, 2011 for the September 8, 2011 edition of the Eden Prairie News. Faxes are not accepted.
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Left to right: EPHS students Danielle Stacey, Jackson Mullett and Brian Paulus were chosen to participate in the Minnesota All State bands.
EPHS students qualify for All State bands Eden Prairie High School students Brian Paulus, tenor sax, Danielle Stacey, bassoon, and Jackson Mullett, trumpet, have been recognized among the fi nest high school musicians in the state by being chosen for All State bands, which will perform in February 2012. Paulus and Stacey qualified for the All State Symphonic Band, which will perform on Saturday, Feb. 18, at Orchestra Hall, and Mullett made All State Jazz Band, which will perform on Friday, Feb. 17, for the MMEA Convention in Minneapolis. The three students completed a week of All State Band Camp at Concordia College in Moorhead and performed for parents and faculty on Aug. 6.
Lynch attends leadership program Kevin Lynch, son of Ed and Gretchen Lynch of Eden Prairie, recently attended the
Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Seminar. Kevin joined more than 77 other you ng le aders representing many high schools from throughout Minnesota on June 10-12, 2011, at Bethel University in Arden Hills, Minn. He represented Eden Prairie High School. “HOBY Leadership Seminars bring together a select group of high school sophomores to interact with groups of distinguished leaders in business, government, education and the professions to discuss present and future issues. “The goal is to provide the youths a stimulating forum for learning about critical issues while broadening their understanding of their leadership potential and quest for self-development. HOBY leaders are also challenged to return to their communities to perform at least 100 hours of community service within 12 months following the seminar,” according to a news release.
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Civility – when the president comes to your hometown
RELIGION NEWS
I’m writing this column before President Obama touches down at MSP airport to begin his Midwest bus tour in my hometown where he will speak to 500 “ticketed” citizens. Now I can only imagine that crowds lining main street to watch him pass by will be larger than they are at the annual Fourth of July parade, and that some in the crowd will be frustrated – maybe even a little angry – giving me cause to call for the exercise of the discipline of civility in troubled times such as these. My parents were young children the last time a president came to our hometown of Cannon Falls 83 years ago – Calvin Coolidge was his name. President Obama will get off the bus to speak at Lower Hannah’s Bend Park, a spot my wife Julane and I liked to visit when we were young and courting. Hannah’s Bend is where the Cannon River turns as it flows through Cannon Falls. It’s within eyesight from where my mother lived when she moved to town after a lifetime on the farm. At this very pleasant placid peaceful place, President Obama will hold a Town Hall Meeting to discuss the troubling topics of unemployment, jobs
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Prairie Lutheran Church students pose during their Duluth trip.
Prairie Lutheran Duluth mission trip 39 members of Prairie Lutheran Church spent a week helping families and churches in Duluth. The Middle School Youth Group and their chaperones traveled July 24 -29. Prairie Lutheran partnered with YouthWorks to provide the surrounding community with help on food shelves, thrift stores, senior centers and community gardens. The theme of the week-long mission trip was “Be Different” and the goal was to make Christ known through service and relational ministry. For more information, visit prairielutheran.org or call (952) 829-0525.
Interfaith Thanksgiving planning meeting Interested members of the g reater Eden P rairie community are invited to join the planning team for this year’s city-wide interfaith Thanksgiving celebration. The planning group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, at Pax Christi Catholic Community, 12100 Pioneer Trail, Eden Prairie. All are welcome; enter through door three. Interfaith Thanksgiving draws from various traditions to gather people in an experience of gratitude drawn from many faith perspectives, and it is planned collaboratively. This year’s host is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The event will again be held at Pax Christi Catholic Community the Sunday before Thanksgiving.
Funshine Preschool enrolling students Funshine Preschool at Grace Church in Eden Prairie is enrolling students for the 20112012 school year. A three-day program is offered from 9:30 a.m. to noon Monday through Wednesday for children age 33 months to 5 years old, and a new four-day option is available Monday through Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to noon for children 3.5 to 5 years old. Lunch is offered each day from noon to 1 p.m. as well as on two extended days each month, when all children are cared for until 2:30 p.m. Semester add-on classes are offered for 4-year-olds until 2:30 p.m. on topics like cooking, art and science. A winter morning drop-off has been added to make it more convenient for parents to bring their children to the door. Info: atgrace.com/ funshine or call Deb at (952) 224-3069. For directions, visit atgrace.com/directions or call (952) 224-3180.
Young Life plans kick off The annual kick off “Eden Prairie Young Life” event is set for 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, at the Homeward Hills Barn park area, 12000 Silverwood Drive. Eden Prairie sevenththrough 12th-graders and their parents are invited to join in a fun night of activities and learn more about the opportunities to be involved with Young Life ministry, club nights and camp getaways. For more information, contact Theresa Dolezal, head youth leader, at (612) 226-6527, visit ephsyounglife.org or call Jim Printup, Parent Committee chair, at (952) 484-6110.
Prairie Lutheran Information Night Prairie Lutheran Preschool will hold a Parent Information Night at 6 p.m. Aug. 18. Families interested in enrolling a preschooler and currently enrolled families are invited to attend. Learn about and register for new extended programming
options including Early Bird, Play-Break, Sports Play, Creative Movement and Music Masters. New this year and included in the daily curriculum is the Everyday Spanish program. To register or for more information, visit prairielutheran.org or call (952) 942-1800. Prairie Lutheran Preschool is at 11000 Blossom Road, Eden Prairie.
Rev. Rod
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creation and the economy. But this presidential hometown visit calls to mind the day in 2002 when George W. Bush came to your hometown, and mine now, and Air Force 1 landed, roads closed on the way to Eden Prairie, and the motorcade made its way to the high school where the largest crowd of school students, teachers, parents and residents could be gathered in one room to hear the president in one of the “best schools in America,” a foreshadowing of our hometown’s Money Magazine selection of EP as the “best town” for living in all our great land. It was such a great community day, propelling us
forward in a spirit of unity and positive purpose! But we have come to a time of such disunity in so many stalemated discussions of social, political, economical, educational and etc., and etc., issues that a call to be civilized in a time so polarized is in order from our hometowns, to our state Legislature, to the U.S. Congress and beyond. Recently I was privileged to attend a conference of college faculty and administrators at Augsburg College in our extended hometown of Minneapolis titled, “A Calling to Embrace Civility,” in our moral discussions and deliberations on the campus and in the culture. In times such as these, a nonpartisan plea for civility has become the cry of many, and the church and the faith in the hearts of people of all denominations and religions has something to offer! Martin Luther wrote, “Now our neighbor is any human being, especially one who needs our help, as Christ interprets it in Luke 10:30-37. Even one who has done me some sort of injury or harm has not shed his humanity on that account or stopped being flesh and blood, a creature of
God very much like me; in other words, he does not stop being my neighbor.” The acceptance of the belief and trust that everyone in the world is my neighbor is both a daunting and a hopeful inspiring truth. “What we have most in common is not religion but humanity,” writes Barbara Brown Taylor in An Altar in the World. “I learned this from my religion, which also teaches me that encountering another human being is as close to God as I may ever get – in the eye-to-eye thing, the person-to-person thing which is where God’s Beloved has promised to show up.” On the altar of self-sacrifice and total acceptance, may the seeds of healing and hospitality and civility toward our hometown and worldwide neighbors take life and grow! It will be good for the president and his successors and all in our land and beyond! The Rev. Rod Anderson shares this space with the Revs. Timothy A. Johnson and Michael Miller as well as spiritual writers Dr. Bernard E. Johnson and Lauren CarlsonVohs. “Spiritually Speaking” appears weekly.
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952-292-2261 Premiere One Landscapes
LANDSCAPING #1 Schieber Outdoor Services LawncareLandscaping. Commercial Residential. Senior Discount. Joe: 952-2924445
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612-275-2574. AJ's Tree & Lawn Service LLC. Trimming & removal. Licensed, insured.
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952-445-1812 Paul Bunyan Tree Service. Tree Removal and Trimming. www.paulbunyantree serviceinc.com
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EMPLOYMENT Metro area asphalt paving contractor has openings for qualified experienced personnel. Skilled positions are available in all areas of excavation/ grading and asphalt installation. Clean driving records with Class A CDL is required. For more information please contact Pam at 952-4962651
Full-Time ASSEMBLY We have several 1st/2nd shift entry-level positions available. Must be willing to work in a cold environment. Pay $8-$9/hr. Apply ASAP for immediate consideration. TEAM PERSONNEL Shakopee...952-746-3346 Mankato...507-720-6556 www.teampersonnel.com
Safe Step Inc. is seeking 5+ people for the following positions:
Bathtub Refinishers: Experienced bathtub refinishers needed. Willing to travel 20-22 days/month. Travel expenses paid, fast growing company with internal promotion. Clean record/license, professionalism a must. Hourly rate is $17.50- $20.00 per hour.
Project Managers: Experienced technician/ project managers needed. Willing to travel, 20-22 days/month. Travel expenses paid, fast growing company with internal promotion. Clean record/license, professionalism a must. Hourly rate is $20.00$25.00 per hour. E-mail resume to
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ASSOCIATE TRAINEE Real Estate Career Excellent Potential Fast Growth
Restaurant Manager FOH-Entry Level Must have previous FOH exp. No late hrs/ No early AM. 40-45 hrs/wk, varied sched. Paid weekly. Insurance & Bonus. Vacation every 6 mos. Fun, fastpaced, well staffed. Lions Tap Family Restaurant 16180 Flying Cloud Dr. Eden Prairie, MN 55347. Apply in person
Coldwell Banker Burnet Eden Prairie Irene: 952-949-4759 Rolland: 952-949-4724 EOE
Block Layer, FT. 612309-1251. Southwest metro area. DRIASI in Chanhassen, MN is currently hiring Claims Examiners. Candidates must be familiar with Life and Health Insurance concepts and must also have at least 3 years claims examining experience. For full detail and to apply, please go to: https://home.eease. adp.com/ recruit/?id=814271
RN ADMISSIONS NURSE St. Gertrude's Health & Rehabilitation Center has an opening for a RN Admissions Nurse to assist in our fast paced transitional unit. Recent LTC/Rehab experience required. Fulltime position. Please apply online at: www.stgertrudes shakopee.org
Experienced Siding Installer wanted. Call: Protective Home Covering, 952-226-2700 Full Time Teaching Opportunities at KinderCare Learning Center in Savage, MN. Great benefits! Please send resumes to Kelli at 301547@klcorp.com or call 952-440-9890 with any questions.
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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
Warehouse Now hiring for full time, part time, and seasonal full time positions! **Warehouse experience preferred, but not required.** Heartland America is a direct marketing company offering brand name and other quality merchandise at value prices via catalog and internet sales. Excellent starting wage and full time benefits include: Medical, dental, 401K, paid vacations, paid holidays, a generous merchandise discount & more!! Application available online at: www.heartland america.com/ application Send resume or apply in person: Conveniently located off of Hwy 5/41, Chaska Heartland America Attn; Jason/Warehouse 8085 Century Blvd. Chaska, MN 55318 Phone (952) 361-5609 Email: jdrum@heartland america.com
Store Management & Crew Members Opportunities Available Now hiring for a full time Assistant Store Management position. Stores are located in the Shakopee, Chanhassen, and Excelsior areas. Please call Michelle at 612.718.3520 or Lauren at 952.239.1466 for interested inquiries. WE OFFER: Flexible scheduling Opportunity to run your own store Competitive pay Pleasant atmosphere Multi-store opportunities
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New and used car and truck sales. We need self starters, looking for long term employment and huge earning potential. We are one of the few growing Ford dealerships in Minnesota. Experience preferred but will train the right individual. Wolf Motors Jordan, MN 952-492-2340 Laborer Wanted for Excavation crew. Must be hardworking. GMH Asphalt Corp Call between 9am & 2pm: 952-442-5288 Prep Cook, PT/FT, all duties. Weekends required. Excellent attendance, communication & basic math skills. Background check required. We offer 401k plan and discount meals. 105 W. 2nd St., Chaska. Apply within. No phone calls.
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Controls Engineer Inquiries sought from motivated individuals with analog and digital machine control design experience. Associate Degree or higher in electrical engineering required. Assignments require strong computer skills, the ability to read, design and draw wiring diagrams and control schematics using AutoCAD 2012 and good communications skills. Jordan Transformer offers competitive wages, 401K plan and medical package. Inquires send resume with wage expectations to: Email: hr@jordantransformer.com
Printing Press Operator North Star Publishing of International Falls is seeking a Printing Press Operator for its sheetfed print shop. Heidelberg experience is preferred, but willing to train the right individual. This is a union position with good wages and benefits. Primarily a day shift position, but flexibility is a must. Starting pay scale commensurate with experience. To apply, email resume to: jerry@northstarpublishingmn.com send to Jerry Flansburg, North Star Publishing, 1602 Hwy 71, International Falls, MN 56649 or call Jerry or Rob at 218-285-7411
MANUFACTURING Rahr Malting Co. is seeking energetic, team-oriented individuals for placement in our grain processing and plant maintenance departments. All candidates must have a high school diploma or GED equivalent. The following positions are available immediately: PRODUCTION OPERATOR The ideal candidate should have a minimum of three years manufacturing work experience. Experience with plant sanitation, mechanical trouble-shooting, repair and a basic knowledge of process control systems is a plus. Swing shift assignments required with a differential of $.60/hr. 2nd and $.75/hr. 3rd. Base salary starting at $20.76/hr and reaching $21.76/hr upon completion of training for qualified candidate. ELECTRICIAN Rahr is recruiting an Electrician to join our Maintenance Team. The successful candidate will possess a two year degree in an electrical curriculum from an accredited technical college. Work experience should include 3 years plus in an industrial setting. An electrical license and experience in PLC controls are both preferred but not required. Responsibilities include installing, trouble-shooting, maintaining, and repair of single phase and three phase general electrical systems in the plant to provide power for operations equipment, lighting, facilities and other apparatus. This position may be required to fill a second shift assignment. Base salary starting at $23.97 per hour for the fully qualified candidate. REFRIGERATION, CONTROLS AND INSTRUMENTATION TECHNICIAN Rahr is recruiting a Refrigeration Controls and Instrumentation Technician to join our Maintenance Team. The successful candidate will possess 4-6 years of refrigeration and/or HVAC experience including refrigerant side troubleshooting and repair. Centrifugal chiller experience is a plus. In addition, candidate must have training and experience in electrical and electronic control systems related to refrigeration/HVAC systems. PLC control system knowledge and previous instrumentation calibration experience is a plus. Base salary starting at $23.97 per hour for the fully qualified candidate. MAINTENANCE MECHANIC The ideal candidate should have a diverse mechanical skill package with a vocational technical certification or equivalent including a minimum of three years experience in an industrial setting. Proven skills in trouble shooting, preventative maintenance, installation and repair of light to heavy production machinery are required. Specialty skills such as welding, pneumatics, sheet metal fabrication and basic electrical comprehension are a strong plus. The candidate must have the flexibility to work either alone or in a team environment with minimal supervision. Base salary starting at $22.47 per hour for the fully qualified candidate. Rahr Malting Co. offers a complete benefit package including Co. provided family medical, dental and vision insurance, 401-K savings plan, pension plan, FSA and more for the fully qualified candidate. Send resumes to MIKE MAYNE at: mmayne@rahr.com, or applications are available at: RAHR MALTING Co. 800 West First Avenue Shakopee, Minnesota 55379 EOE
Salary range: $53,185.60 - $79,518.40 DOQ Supervises the functions and activities of the Equipment Maintenance Dept. of Public Works Division. Provide supervision and management of the Carver County vehicle and equipment maintenance function for divisions and offices. See full posting on county website. MQs: HS diploma/GED, 5 yrs. fleet maintenance exp., 1 yr. supervisory exp. and valid Class A DL. PREF. QUAL.: MN DOT Vehicle inspector certificate, tanker and haz mat endorsements. Apps at Carver Co. ER, 600 E. 4th St., Chaska, MN 55318. Jobline 952-361-1522. Closing 4:30pm, 8/26/11. www.co.carver.mn.us. EOE.
Parts Department Support- FT Quality Forklift Sales and Service, Inc. seeking self-motivated parts department support. Position requires basic computer and data entry skills, background knowledge on industrial equipment, experience in parts sourcing. Past experience as technician or in material handling and/or automotive industry is a plus. Wage depends on experience and qualifications. Benefits include: Health/Dental/Life Insurance 401k Savings Plan Vacation/Holiday Pay Please fax resume to 952-895-9036 or email jensames@qualityforklift.com
Dining Server position Full-time and Part-time 7:00AM-3:00PM and 11:00AM-3:00PM shifts available The Colony at Eden Prairie is an Assisted Living serving seniors in your community. If you would like to be a part of a fun team and work in a great environment, we have the job for you. Please contact Lynda Harmon @ 952-697-0613 Email lyndah@the-colony.org 431 Prairie Center Drive Eden Prairie, MN 55344 952-828-9500 *Group interviews every Thursday at 4:00PM
GENERAL LABORER Koda Energy, LLC is seeking an energetic, team-oriented individual for placement in our power plant facility: The ideal candidate should have a minimum of two years heavy industrial work experience. Experience with plant sanitation, mechanical trouble-shooting, repair and a basic knowledge of mechanical systems or equivalent background is a plus. This position will work Monday-Friday day shift, and after qualification will cover vacation in our fuel handling area as needed. Starting pay is $13.00/hr. We offer a complete benefit package including Co. provided family medical, dental and vision insurance, 401-K savings plan, pension plan, and FSA. Send resumes to MIKE MAYNE at: mmayne@rahr.com, or applications are available at: RAHR MALTING Co. 800 West First Avenue Shakopee, Minnesota 55379 EOE
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Handy Home Repair Service, Inc. Any Task... Just Ask Insured, References, Licensed #20374699
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Quality Remodeling and Home Repairs A Minnesota Greenstar Qualified contractor
References, Lic & Ins Mn Lic. 20632058 Kevin Hayes
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ODD JOBS Bruce Mackenthun Does It All! WindowDoor- Deck specialist! Professional services. 952-270-9166. Lic #20452534 Ins. www.brucedoesitall.com Ken's HANDYMAN SERVICE Repairs, Installations & Home Improvements. Call Ken: 952-445-1836
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INT/EXT Specializing in wall & ceiling painting and texturing. Wallpaper removal. Staining. Enameling & more! Free estimates 612-701-6805, Troy
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Best Drywall LLC Serving SW Metro 18 yrs. Small crew/no subs/ painting. New Const/ Basements/ Repair. BBB Reg/Ins/Free Est. All work guaranteed Mic 612-685-0476 bestdrywallminnesota.com
PLUMBING/SEPTIC Father/ son plumbing company. Licensed, bonded, insured. Working for you! R&D Plumbing952-237-0115 Plumbing, heating, remodel and repair, new construction. 952-4922440
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PAINT/WALLPAPER “Bill's Painting” Exterior/ Interior/ Decks. 29 yrs/ guaranteed work. 10% scheduling discount. 952-448-6633/ 952-220-1090
952-492-3842 952-412-4718(cell) Storm damage repairs Defective shingle claims Family owned & operated Thousands of satisfied customers Professional and Courteous
Monnens Custom Builders Roofing/ Additions New Construction Siding/ Windows Locally owned 20 + Years Jim's Cell: 612-859-4618 Mike's Cell: 612-859-4620 952-496-0921 Lic. 4960
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Offering best extended manufacturers warranty! Tear-offs, Re-roofs, Siding & Gutters, New Construction Insurance Specialist Over 18 years experience FREE ESTIMATES Rodney Oldenburg Cell # 612-210-5267 952-443-9957 Lic. ID-20156835
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Regal Enterprises, Inc. Roofing, siding, windows, gutters. Insurance work. Since 1980. regalenterprisesinc.net 952-201-4817
SIDING/GUTTERS Grade A Gutters, competitive prices, free estimates. Since 1991. 952448-9943
UPHOLSTERY Discounted fabrics... drapes, bedspreads, residential/ commercial. 38 years' experience. 952-447-4655
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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.
Express Employment is having a Job Fair From 2:00 pm-5:00 pm Wednesday, August 24th All shifts open for the following: CNC Machinist/ Assembly Line/ Warehouse Bilingual Customer Service (at least 1 year) Admin. Assist./ Clerical w/automotive background Landscape Foreman 7876 Century Blvd, Chanhassen MN 55317 952-915-2000
School Bus Drivers Palmer Bus Service is looking for persons with a good driving record to drive school bus in the Shakopee School District. Opportunity for AM, PM, Activity routes and Special Education routes. Requires School Bus license. Will train eligible applicants. Excellent salary, annual bonus, paid training. Palmer Bus Service 952-445-1166
TOOLMAKER 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
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Professional, experienced Groomer. High Demand. Paws & Pals Pet Resort. E-mail interest to: kgastony@pawsresort.com
Experienced with office support? Flexible 30-35 hrs/wk, $8.-10/hr. Email resume to: info@safestep.com 952-229-8282
Labor for mechanical/ construction. Eager to learn. DL required. Lydia, MN 952-412-6199 Rewarding & fun position working as an activities coordinator. No experience required. $9$11/ hour. Call 612-2456797.
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Bartender, PT. Apply in person 1201 3rd Ave E, Shakopee VFW.
Janitorial Retail Cleaning Part-Time KBS is recruiting in Shakopee. 8am-12pm shift, Monday-Friday. Basic cleaning duties. $8+/hour d.o.e. Call 866-775-0143, then dial extension 611 & leave a voicemail. EOE www.KBS-Clean.jobs
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MDS NURSE St. Gertrude's Health & Rehabilitation Center has an opening for a MDS Nurse to assist in our fast paced transitional unit. Recent MDS experience required. Position is 57 to 64 hours/pay period. Please apply online at www.stgertrudes shakopee.org
Personal Care Assistant Wanted Aspirience Home Care is hiring a PT PCA to care for a young boy near Chaska. Position requires flexible scheduling, may include weekends and evening shifts. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Must be mature, non-smoker, neat, and must be active. Going swimming, to the park, therapy, etc. Could lead to FT. Call Tom at 952-412-5828
Newspaper Route: Weekday/Weekend Routes now avail. Bloomington area. Must be 18 yrs. & have own vehicle. (952) 451-8188
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Office Support Small office in Eden Prairie is looking for part-time (20-25 hrs weekly) employee to answer phones, input customers and general office work. Must have good phone skills and be able to use Windows based programs. Please send resume to krosland@comcast.net
JIMMY JOHN'S GOURMET SANDWICHES Hiring Delivery Drivers, Cashiers, Sandwich Makers, & Entry Level Mgrs., Days, Nights, Weekends. If you enjoy working in an energetic atmosphere, come in and apply at Shakopee 952-746-5990. Savage, 952-440-2200. between 2pm-4pm
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"Audio books on tape" 100 for $300. 952-4450213 “Big game carry all”. New, model GC3000. $125. 952-496-0627 "Winter Silence Wolves" framed print, by Tom Moen. $200. 952-4450213 1 year old Laying Hen. $2. 952-445-2515 14' Bluefin boat & shoreline tilt bed, trailer. $500. 952-873-6114 2 boxes, CCI Blazer 38 special ammo. $15. box. 952-240-1025 2 end tables. Good condition. $50. 952923-1272 2 slice toaster. Toastmaster, cool touch. $15 Excellent. 952-226-2236 24, piece dish set, 4 glasses, coffee mugs. $30. 651-226-7063 3 piece bedroom: Headboard frame, dresser. Dresser w/mirror. $400. 952-220-5051 3 piece queen bedroom set. Headboard, frame, dresser. $350. 952220-5051 40x55 table (opens75”), 4 chairs, A-1 condition, $400, 952-4451935 48 DVD's. Wide variety of movies. $50, all. 952-233-2131 6, Earthenware coffee mugs. New, $10. 952447-4961 60 feet 1 and 1/4 hemp rope. New $30. 612619-3694 60" projection Mitsubishi TV. Perfect for college house. $200. 952-4036923 7' forest green leather couch. Perfect for college. $75. 952-4036923 72, Goosebump books. Good condition. $100. 952-486 -1599 Antique, vanity dresser. 7 drawers with mirror. $100. 952-447-0679 Art desk., with lamp and tray. $35. 953-994-5497
Basket Longaberger 1998. Glad tidings. Never used $20. 952942-9281 Basket, Longaberger 1997 Sleigh. Never used. $40. 952-9429281 Bike, girl's 24" Schwinn helmet. $50. like new 952-443-0124 Bike. Pink Raleigh 16" kids with removable training-wheels. $40. 952-447-7470 Bike/ski rack for 2" hitch. 4 bikes/10 skis $50. 952-406-1205 Black leather, LayZboy recliner. Good condition. $150. 651-226-7063 Boat anchor. $10. 612619-3694 Bumper Pool/ Poker table, octagon, balls/ sticks, $100 952-3687279 Bunk beds, This End Up. $300. 952-607-6763 Cedar wood mailbox. New construction! Sale price, $38. Call: 952361-5401 Chairs, 2 resin patio with cushions. $20. 952 443-0124 Chicago Bears blue jersey, XL, #80, "Conway" nameplate, $30. 952334-2593 Chicago Bears orange jersey, #87, "Moose" nameplate, XL, $40. 952-334-2593 Christmas china set of 8. Plus accessories $50. 952-449-3158 Coffee table and end table. $65. 952-292-7886 Coleman -Powermate 5000w portable generator 10hp Briggs &Stratton $450. 952-496-3440 Computer workstation. HP, Dell monitor. $75. 952-448-4037 Couch grayies color 72 " $120. Good condition. 952-941-2989 Couch, browns, reclining ends. Pics available, $350. 952-467-3813 Female black cat. 8/23 952-567-4056
CPR Manikin $100. for adult. Mary 952-8071886 CPR Manikin, $150. Child. Mary 952-8071886 Craftsman, 19 pc. router bit set. Like new. $40. 952-240-1025 Desk, large, oak, roll top. Great. 60"w 53"h $300. 612-875-5858 Diego truck, with Diego, great condition. $5, 952942-7518 Diego, rescue pack. $5, great condition. 952942-7518 Dish set. 10 cups, saucers, plates, 2 bowls. $30. 952-2205051 DR, table, 4 chairs, hutch, oak, excellent condition, $400, 952448-3221 Dresser, with mirror. 9drawer. $40. 952-4030771 Dryer, Kenmore, gas, $125/ BO. 952-9134057 Ducks Decoy, hand carved, painted. Canvasbacks $250. pair 952-474-8081 Evenflo high-low-recline baby highchair with pad, straps. Nice, $15. 952882-4919 Executive desk. Cherry 6', good condition. $450. b/o 612-802-3555 Export Series, pearl drum set. New hardware, $500. 507-2617500 redtwist5@yahoo.com Free kitten, 8 weeks old. Very cute and fun. 952873-5456 Free kitten. 6 weeks old. Litter trained. 612-3103156 Free, 2 large freshwater iridescent, shark, catfish, aquarium pond. 952-447-4423 Free, beautiful female cat, spayed, declawed fronts. 952-492-6180 Free, love seat. Sturdy, no holes. 651-216-6658
Garmin Nuvi 200 in box $60. 612-237-3269 Girls bike, Magna, purple, training wheels, basket. $23. 952-8903470 Glass, table top. 36"W X 60"L perfect. $50. 612644-5314 Golf bag, with set of tour model irons. $30. 952942-9281 Hilfiger comforter, 90X90. Good condition, red, white, blue. $20. 952-934-8892 Honda Accord 95-97. V6 parts motor $200 952-292-7886 Honda Accord blown motor. 95-97 V6 good parts/restore. $200 952292-7886 Hoover, vacuum cleaner. Used only 3 yrs. Blue. $50. 952-4484037 HP Photosmart 3-1 printer C4380, works great, $65, 952-2927886 HP Photosmart 3-1 printer, C4380, $60, 952-262-7886 HP scanjet. 6200C, cable & cd software. $25. 952-226-2236 Ikea twin bed, mattress, nightstand. $200. 952465-2814 Karcher model 2301 6.0HP 2.2gpm@2300PSI gas pressure washer $400 952-496-3440 KEC, mobile applications center, video console, for vehicle. $15. 612-237-1300 Kelty Kids deuce-coupe, double jogging stroller. Excellent condition. $150. 952-496-1434 Kitchen faucet, Moen with sprayer. Chrome, nice condition. $10. 612-327-1548 Kitten, female. $5. 952492-3401 Kodak EasyShare Z650 in box w/case & batteries. $110. 612-237-3269 Large, child's wagon. Wooden sides. $10. 952-448-4907
Lamps, 2/24", brass, mauve base, ivory pleated shade. $50. 952-934-5713 Lawnmower, Craftsman self-propelled. Used, great condition. Asking $60. Call 952-440-5409 Legos- large tote. $20. Prior Lake. 952-4127094 Lifejacket, youth chest size 24-28, great shape, $8. 612-581-0122 Light fixture, kitchen. New $10. 612-644-8377 Little Tikes play kitchen. Food, dishes. Best toy $100. 952-445-7472 Little Tykes workbench. Excellent condition, from non-smoking home $25. 952-403-0387 Loon decoy and Bronze decoy. $100. 952-4450213 Loveseat, browns, rocker, recliners. Excellent. condition. Pics available, $300. 952-4673813 Loveseat, dual recliner. Medium brown leather. Good condition. $100 952-445-3936 Marine radio. Cobra, Mrf75b, Like new. $110 952-215-5308 Mary Kay products sale, big savings, 3-in-1 cleanser, $15 952-8914694 Mary Kay, Velocity perfum NEW $15 cash 952564-1161 Mattress, box spring. Sealy, queen plush top excellent. $250. 952448-9877 Medical, 3 wheel scooter. Bruno, good condition. $250. 952-9346427 Mens black leather, motorcycle jacket, w/lining. Sz M. $50. 952-4035921 Microwave Emerson, red. Great for college. $40. Call 612-802-7506 MinnKota Endura 34 trolling motor. Electric transom. $60. 952-4013786
Movado Amorosa, ladies watch. 0604759. New, never worn. $300. 952-452-6229 New, Men's Remington MS5200, shaver. $40. 952-292-7886 Nokia, 6010, bar phone with charger. $50. 952443-2518 Oak 4 piece entertainment center unit. Must see. $400. 952-8821125 Oak table, round with white tile. 4 chairs. $100. 612-578-5891 Oak, captain's bed. Custom built, twin size. $75. 952-492-2278 Office table 5ft, 2 1/2 ft Pick up. $30. 952-4402795 Piano w/ matching bench, Courier, needs tuning $100 952-3687279 Popular Mechanics doit-yourself, encyclopedia. Complete set 23 books. $25. 952-4922493 Propane tanks, (2) 100 lb. Free 952-445-6833 PS2, 23 games, 3 controllers, memory cards. $100. 952-334-2593 Queen bed. Box spring, frame included. $300. or b/o. 952-484-8215 Rain barrel. Excellent condition. $30. 952-4471727 Range, Kenmore electric, glass top. White, excellent. $400. 952474-8081 Refrigerator, small, ideal for a dorm room. Clean, $50. 612-840-1252 Round, living room table. Excellent condition. $125. 952-941-1313 Rug, 5X7.5, green, gray border, great for dorm. $25. 952-934-8892 Sanyo, dorm refrigerator. Stainless, 4.9 cu ft. $100. Excellent. 952937-1835 Sawdust collector & accessories. Grizzly 2hp $100. Mike 612-2106145
Science Museum family membership. $70. $99.value. Call 952-2400906 Sectional, sleeper couch, tan, cup holders. $75. 952-445-2492 Sharper Image hot, cold snack box. Brand new. $15. 612-237-1300 Silver King, canister vacuum cleaner. 4 amps, older. $10. 952447-4961 Small display hutch 2pcs. Excellent condition. $200. 952-9411313 Small refrigerator. Like new, works perfectly, cash pickup. $20. 952882-4919 Sofa- Ethan Allen 70" multi-color floral. $100. Superb condition. 952934-5713 Sony HD Handycam Excellent shape $200 952-237-9218 SS gas stove apartment size. 19.25 wide. $400. 952-496-3440 Steel, safety stair, treads. (10) 4"X30". $30 952-994-5497 Student, 4pc. bedroom set. Oak, $250. 952212-2546 Suitcase, new style roller. w/extend a handle. $40. 612-644-8377 Swingset, metal, 2 swings, slide, glider, more. $75. 952-4450937 Swingset, wooden with slide and 3 swings. FREE 952-445-7472 Tablesaw, Craftsman 10". Cast iron #113.298240. $100. 952-855-4533 Utility table, 6'x3'. $10. 952-448-4907
Tires wear left 235/65/17 255/60/17 $40. Call 612-644-5314 Tires, 2 new Dunlap signature 215/656R16. Never used. $179. 651775-3844 Toddler bed blonde, w/matt. minor repair. $30. Belle Plaine 763300-3890 Toro, self propelled mulching mower. Clean. $250 952-237-9218 Trampoline, mini, 40", used lightly indoors. Great shape. $20. 612581-0122 Trumpet, Bach TR300, Used, with case. Excellent condition. $325. 612-269-0198 TV w/remote. Toshiba, 32", great condition. Will deliver, $35. 952-4961434 TV, Mitsubishi, 55 inch, projection, HD ready. $100. 952-440-6952 TV, Sony 37" Stereo PicinPic w/remote. Great picture. $40. 952361-4839 Twin captains bed. Bookcase, headboard, 3 drawers. $139. 952-8903470 Used, Conn Alto Saxophone. Tuned, good condition. $150. 952448-4594 Weedeater, EFCO brand. Excellent condition. $125. 952-4455342 Weight bench. Werner, 3 dumbells and weights $80. 952-447-4423 White daybed with mattress. Beautiful condition. $95. 612-644-5314 Wilderness Cabin, a craft project. 93 pieces. $38. Call 952-361-5401
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1991 Fleetwood Southwind Motorhome, Class A, 33ft. Only 38k miles! Smooth runner, fully loaded, sleeps 6, hydraulic leveler, $10,500, 612-669-4172
1998 Holiday Rambler Vacationer 36' motorhome, great condition, sleeps 6, 60,000 miles, $31,900 or best offer. Call Gary at 952492-1129.
2004 41' SportsCoach Elite. Fully equipped. 23,000K. Well-maintained. 3 slides. $100,000. 952-797-6264
Dutchman Camper 2002- 28ft. Excellent condition. Sleeps 6-8 w/queen bed. A/C, heat, appliances, plumbing works perfect. $7800. Must see. 952-474-6230
2000 Harley Davidson 883 Sportster, wife's bike, never rode, must go. 1300 miles, Lots, lots of extras, mint! $7000. 952-890-0905
2005 black Yamaha R6, 6,000 miles. Yoshimurd customized exhaust. With OEM cover & tank bra. $5,500. 952-3610142
Motorcycles
Honda style 2007 JMST 250cc Scooter. 1329 miles, original owner, 80 mpg, 4 stroke 2 passenger, $2900.00, call Ray 952-402-9110
Sporting Goods 2007 27' Colorardo RL 5th Wheel, 2 Slide $29,500 or best offer. 507-934-4834 M-F after 5:30
1996 Itasca Suncruiser Motorhome. Class A, 39'. Excellent condition, shedded at all times/ winterized. Loaded! 29,300 actual miles. $35,000/BO. 507-6656019
2001 Camper, 5th wheel 2 slideouts, golfcart, shed $14,500. Excellent condition. Parked on beautiful wooded lot in Zumbrota, MN 612-7208683/ 612-599-0184
27' 2007 Palomino Thoroughbred, 1 slide out, triple bunk, queen bed sleeps 7-8. $17,499, Parked in Waseca. Call Mitch 612-325-7365
1994 Harley Heritage Softtail, 26300k, all service records avail, extra set of pipes. $7500. Call Mike @ 612-309-6737
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
2004 Harley FXST Softail 24,000 miles. Extras too much to list. Call for details. $9,400. 952836-6773
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$$ Wanted $$ JUNK CARS Viking Auto Salvage 651-460-6166
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
EZ-GO Gas Golf Cart with Rear Seat. White with White Top and Seats. $2195. 952-2390446
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1972 rare triple black 'Cuda, with high compression 340 HP. 727 slapstick tranny. Posirearend, PS, bucket seats, Recession reduced!! $42,500. 612804-4074
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1976 Classic Cadillac Convertible. Low mileage. 8 cyl. 440 engine. Complete facts available by calling. 559-435-3751
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1988 Chev Monte Carlo SS T-Top, 305 HO Engine, original, fast, 69K, stored, like new. $9,900 or b/o. 952-445-6533, Gale
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1998 Dodge Stratus, 6 cyl, AT. 156K. $1,500. 952-445-6173
2007 Ford Focus. 5 speed, manual. 37 MPG 19k + miles. One owner, $10,500. 612-8400884
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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
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2004 Chevy Silverado Z71 Ext. Cab. 77,XXX perfect cond. Loaded, leather, Bose, 6Disc, Topper and many xtras. $15,700 B/O 612-2030804
2000 Ford Windstar LX 7 Passenger Van, 133,349 Miles. $2,250. 6 Cyl Engine, Automatic Runs and drives great. Craig 952-368-9689
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1986 BMW 528e, sunroof, 5 speed, 4 door, 2.7L, good tires, good body. Reduced to $1,250. 952-426-5657
1988, Cadillac Eldorado 78,000 miles. All original, with maintenance records. $6500. b/o 952233-2148
2000 Jaguar XJR. Well maintained. $9700 Silver and black interior, 83,000 miles. Call 612655-6680
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GARAGE SALES AUCTIONS Estate Sales Estate Sale- Sat., 8/20, 8am-5pm. Furniture, queen bed, DR/LR sets, entertainment center, HH misc., many tools, air compressor, drill press. Christmas decorations. Everything must go! 15645 Green Meadows Cir., Carver
Belle Plaine Sales Neighborhood Garage Sale- 900/ 901/ 919 W. Church St. Thurs-Fri. 8/18-19, 8am-4pm. Sat. 8/20, 8am-12noon. Antiques, vintage linens, collectibles, holiday, furniture, HH, golf bag/ clubs.
Chanhassen Sales Thursday & Friday August 18 & 19 8am-3pm. Garage sale. Children's clothing. Sofa, Collectibles. Paperback books. Assorted kitchen items. 8018 Dakota Ave. Chanhassen
Chaska Sales Get your kicks along Hwy. 212, Chaska to Glencoe on our 7h Annual “Treasure Trek”. “Follow the Yellow (signs) brick road”. 8/25-26-27, 8am-5pm. For more information & maps, 320238-2579, pinesntiques@embarq mail.com
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Huge Moving Sale: Furniture, home goods, lawn care, electronics, DVDs, clothing, and much more. Friday 8/19 8am-6pm Saturday 8/20 8am-6pm 968 Bluff Pointe Drive, Chaska
Saturday, August 20, 8am-3pm. Moving sale. Children's books. Living room furniture. Snowboard, skateboard, Assorted kitchen items. Jewelry. Vases, desk lamps, Women's clothing. 9270 Garrison Way, Eden Prairie
Multi-Family Sale: Thurs-Fri., 8/18-19, 8am-4pm. Sat., 8/20, 8am-1pm. Jr. girls clothes, HH goods, much more! 836 BRIDLE CREEK LN
HUGE!! Women's size med-Xlarge, new with tags, designer & namebrand clothes/ coats & purses, kids, men's XXL, HH. Motorized Barbie Trailblazer & boys jeep. 8/18-19, 9am-5pm. 8/20, 9am1pm. 16276 Lakeside Ave.
Fri. 8-19 9am-5pm. 1485 Tyrone Dr. Located near Eagle Cr Blvd and Canterbury Rd. Moving sale. Something for everyone!
New Dates! Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church Annual MEGA Sale! Wed., 9/14, 48pm. Thur., 9/15, 9am7pm. Fri., 9/16, 8am12noon. 3611 N. Berens Rd. NW. www.sollc.org 952-230-2988
Moving Sale: antiques, HH, lotza stuff! Sat., 8/20, 10am-5pm. Sun, 8/21, 12noon-5pm. 1097 Van Buren
Huge Garage Sale Thurs-Fri-Sat Aug.-18-19-20 8am - 5pm Hazeltine Shores Townhomes 3456 Lake Shore Dr. 166 Townhomes Hwy 41 & Hazeltine Blvd. 952-448-7887 Multi Family Sale Thursday 8/25Saturday 8/27. Thursday, Friday 8-5pm, Saturday, 8Noon. Baby and children items. HH, misc. 2249 Manuela Drive Saturday, August 20 8am-5pm. Chaska, Multi-family sale. Antiques collectibles, golf clubs. Woodworking & assorted tools Fishing gear. Exercise/equipment. Hockey. Children's toys games, books. Camping, sporting goods. 460 Oakhill Road Thurs-Fri., 8/25-26, 8am-5pm. Lots of stuff! Vintage, HH, much more!. 1020 Wildwood Cir.
Eden Prairie Sales Friday, 8/19- Saturday, 8/20 8-4pm. HH items, adult clothing, tools, John Deere books, collectibles, dishes, misc 8868 Peep O Day Trail
Thur, Fri, August 18, 19th 8am-3pm. Sat. Aug. 20th 8am-12pm. A little bit of everything. Cleaning house. No early bird sales. 7028 Springhill Circle
Excelsior Sales Moving Sale! Furniture, HH items, breadmaker, computer desks, knickknacks. Sat., 8/20, 9am5pm. only. 6280 Cartway Lane
Jordan Sales Estate Sale August 1819, 9-6pm August 20 91pm. Furniture, HH, garage, wood shop items. 4476 Morlock Dr. Hwy 282 E. of Jordan. Cash only INDOOR SALE ThurFri-Sat, 8/18-19-20 86pm Hope Lutheran Church. 201 Hope Avenue. Infant-adult clothing (men's, women;s, maternity), books (novels, music, cookbooks), infant equipment, household, porcelain dolls, toys, jewelry and more... Lower rooms of the church are full and handicap accessible. Saturday 1/2 price & $5 bag sale.
Prior Lake Sales 2nd Annual Charity Garage Sale. Thursday 8/18 - Saturday 8/20. Thursday, Friday 8-5pm. Saturday 9-4pm. Hundreds of items. Most items $1.00. Hot dogs for sale. 17011 Mushtown Rd. Fri. & Sat. Aug 19 & 20; 26 & 27. 8am-4pm. Garage, moving sale. Formal dining, tools, outdoor furniture, pool table. 17215 Wilderness Ct SE,
Savage Sales Wed. August 17th 48pm and Thurs., August. 18th 8am- ? (open until we're empty) Garage sale. A to Z - a lot to C. 13934 Aquila Circle.
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Multi Family Sale Friday 8/19, Saturday 8/20. 84pm. Clothing, HH items, toys, books. 2483 Emerald Lane SUPER SALE! Fri. & Sat. August 19th & 20th, 8am-6pm. Vintage, old stuff. Good variety! NEW KitchenAid Mixer! American Girl Dolls/Accessories (new/gently used, some retired)! HH, PS2, Sofa, Books/Music/Games, Outdoor Stuff, & MUCH MORE. Something for everyone! DON'T MISS IT! 220 4th Ave. E. Shakopee, Thurs 8/18 2pm-6pm, Fri 8/19 8am-6pm, & Sat 8/20 8am-2pm. Moving sale. Bedroom set. Leather sofa & chair. Assorted furniture, kitchen items, & decorative items. Books. TV. 1628 Lexington Lane, Shakopee
Victoria Sales Wednesday, 8/24 4pm9pm. Thursday, 8/25 7am-7pm. Friday, 8/26 7am-Noon. Variety of Antiques, HH, collectibles, no clothes or toys. 767 Woodland Hills Blvd
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STUFF! For Sale 128 Meridian St. N., Belle Plaine. 952-873-6617 Mon., Thurs-Fri., 2-8pm. Sat-Sun 12-6pm.
BIG SALE!! Everything reduced. 4 bedroom sets from $75. 2 dinette sets from $50. 23 c.f. stainlness steel side-by-side refrigerator and stainless steel electric stove, $950/both. Couches, chairs, coffee, end tables. Craftsman 42” riding mower, 18 HP, $750. 21” self-propelled Toro mower, $35. 2 Singer sewing machines from $25. Truck tool box, $30. Furnish your apartment with a bedroom set, living room set & kitchen set, $365/ all. Glassware & kitchen utensils, ½ price.
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Victoria Sales Estate Sale Saturday 8/20, 8-5pm. Sunday 8/21, 11-4pm. Furniture, dishes, wicker loveseat and more. 1148 77th St. Victoria off Kochia & Hwy 5
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living in ep Did you know? In the 1800s, buying school supplies looked very different for Eden Prairie children. Typical 19th century school supplies included a chalkboard, chalk, an eraser, cedar pencils, a quill pen or stylus, ink, a ruler and a hornbook. Each school would likely have children’s books such as A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Goody TwoShoes, Elton’s Pictorial A.B.C., Marmaduke Multiply and Girl’s Own Book. Chalk or slate boards were used to practice reading, writing and arithmetic at school; they served as scratch paper. Cedar pencils did not have erasers and had to be sharpened by whittling one end with a knife. Hornbooks were a lesson sheet mounted on a wooden paddle and usually hung at the child’s waist using string attached to the handle. The lesson sheet contained the ABC’s and the vowels followed by their combinations with the consonants. At school, children would be expected to have certain manners and follow many laws of etiquette. Source: ushist.com
This date in EP history PHOTOS BY KARLA WENNERSTROM
The Goodrich-Ramus Barn is an Eden Prairie Heritage Site.
Udderly eye-catching
Aug. 16, 1867 – The hotel at Hennepin landing has burned down. Source: “Eden Prairie Book of Days” by Ernie Shuldheiss
BY KARLA WENNERSTROM editor@edenprairienews.com
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everal cow statues were lined up in the lower level of the Goodrich-Ramus Barn Monday. The bevy of bovine beauties was awaiting placement in the barnyard along Pioneer Trail. They were temporarily placed next to classic cars, jukeboxes and bronze art featuring James Dean and an eagle riding a motorcycle. And upstairs? Forty crystal chandeliers now hang from the ceiling. Steve Schussler explains. “I love the dichotomy between the old and the new,” he said. “I’m making it luxurious.” He said he’s already had couples ask if they could hold their wedding at the site. Although that’s not in the plans for the near future, Schussler said there is a possibility of nonprofit groups using the building for fundraisers.
INSPIRATION He is using the GoodrichRamus Barn as a creative laboratory. The creator of the Rainforest Café, T-Rex and Galaxy Drive In restaurants, Schussler said he has several methods for sparking his creativity. “The idea is to be inspired,” he said. He drives a different car every day and is invigorated by spending time at the Eden Prairie barn site. He said he even drives over from St. Louis Park in the mornings to water the plants. “I fell through the floor last week,” he said of the upstairs of the barn.
PRESERVATION He loves the historical aspect of the barn, saying that many of his restaurant concepts involve historical themes. When the door in the upper level of the barn opens and you have a view of Flying Cloud Airport, Schussler says he’s speechless. “S omet i me s t her e’s not words for it,” he said. He’s hoping to preserve the historical integrity of the barn. He envisions a historic corridor
along Pioneer Trail with the nearby Cummins-Phipps-Grill House, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. The site has a lot of history in Eden Prairie, as it was home to the Goodrich Hotel and near the Goodrich Store, points out City Council Member Ron Case. Schussler said it’s fun to have residents like Ron and Kathie Case who are as excited about history as he is. Schussler, originally from Queens, has chosen one cow with Yogi Berra’s number in a Yankees jersey, in addition to one with the New York skyline and taxi theme. Another is wearing a tuxedo. The cows came from a manufacturer in the Philippines, he said. Schussler said he was going for class and whimsicality – but also to give people a laugh. “You want to make people laugh and smile from the road as well as from the entrance,” he said, as he directed the cows into place. He hasn’t named the cows yet, but said he would be open to conducting a contest with local schoolchildren to come up with the best names.
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Ginko, named for the ginkgo plant, takes a leap on an agility course.
Turn back the page The Aug. 19, 2010, Eden Prairie News reported that the Londeen family would again be bringing bunnies to the Minnesota State Fair. “Tiffany, Sam, Harry and Ted Londeen’s rabbits include Phoenix, Bubbles, Peppermint, Tango, Ginko and Eye Candy,” the story said. Mark Engstrom, a livestock advocate for Hennepin County 4-H, said people are often surprised to learn that Hennepin County has 16 4-H clubs, including the Londeens’ club, the Hennepin Hoppers, which has been around for about 20 years. About 520 youth participate in the county, according to the story.
Cows awaited placement in the barnyard.
Historic place Steve Schussler saved the Goodrich-Ramus barn from possibly being dismantled, bidding on the barn when Hennepin County put it up for sale. The site was to be cleared for a stormwater pond in 2007 as Pioneer Trail construction started. However MnDOT and the State Historic Preservation Office found that the barn, which was built in 1942, could qualify for the National Register of Historic Places. Owners of the property included Floyd Sjostrand, and the Goodrich and Ramus families. It was built using laminated arch trusses built by Rilco (Rock Island Lumber Co., a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser) in Albert Lea, Minn. Schussler said it’s the first barn in the United State to use the laminated trusses. Source: Eden Prairie News archives
Source: Eden Prairie News
Dates to remember Laminated arch trusses by Rilco give the barn its historic heft.
Senior Center BBQ – 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, Senior Center, 8950 Eden Prairie Road Sunbonnet Day – 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, Riley-Jacques Barn, 9100 Riley Lake Road Art Crawl – Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 24-25, Art Center, 7650 Equitable Drive
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One Acts – Sept. 16-17, 23-24, 30, Oct. 1-2, Riley-Jacques Barn, 9100 Riley Lake Road For more information, see the Let’s Go! Calendar.
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Jukeboxes are being stored in the lower level.
Flower, Food & Foto Show – Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 20-21, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Schussler has added 40 chandeliers to the ceiling of the upper level of the Goodrich-Ramus Barn.
Schussler, originally from Queens, picked some cows with New York themes.