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Jordan’s best car cruise ever?

First of many to come

Hundreds of cars and thousands of spectators came out to the Jordan Classic Car and Cycle Cruise

Jordan Jaguars volleyball won the first match of what should be a successful season

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JORDAN

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

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INDEPENDENT COOL JOBS: JOHN BEHR, KING HENRY AT MINNESOTA RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL

ENJOY THE MOMENT

A King As H Henry of the Min Minnesota Renaissan Renaissance Jo Festival, John Minne Behr of Minnetonka interacti loves interacting guest with the guests, chil especially children. 31s He is in his 31st perfor season performing Renais at the Renaissance Festival. SUBMITTED PHOT PHOTOS

KING

Bow to the BY KRISTIN HOLTZ kholtz@swpub.com

Editor’s note: This is an occasional series focusing on local residents’ interesting, unusual or even oddball occupations. Who says a lowly street hawker can’t grow up to be king? John Behr has been a performer at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival for 30 years — most of them wooing young women from his royal state. The hawkerturned-prince-andnow-king is one of the only Renaissance Festival performers in the nation to secede to the throne, according to Behr, who has played the charming, smooth-talking King Henry since 2005. “How many guys do you know have their face on a coin?” he asked. While Behr, 42, spends his autumn weekends parading around a 16th-century village in doublet and crown, he’s pretty humble about his role. Playing His Majesty

PHOTOS BY DAVID SCHUELLER

She won two sashes. First, Ali Pauly was named Miss Congeniality in the Miss Jordan Ambassador Program. Soon after, Pauly was crowned Miss Jordan at the anticipated coronation at Heimatfest on Sept. 10. She was all smiles as fellow candidates gave their congratulations. First Princess Trisha Laabs (left), last year’s Miss Jordan Emily Beckius, Pauly, and candidates Kimberly Seifert and Mallory Thill enjoy the moment. Winning the title of second princess, but not pictured, is Lexi Johnson. Aiden Strack, 2, of Jordan finds his own fun at the Heimatfest tent on Saturday. Beautiful weather was on tap for Jordan’s annual festival Sept. 9-10.

It was 3-year-old Lily Dotseth’s first time running the whole race without stopping. At the Run of the Mill half-mile family fun run, Lily’s dad Trevor Dotseth of Prior Lake ran next to her and guided her toward the finish line. Last year was Lily’s first year running the race, he said.

TO SEE MORE PHOTOS FROM JORDAN’S ANNUAL HEIMATFEST CELEBRATION, TURN TO PAGES 8, 9 & 12

Sparks fly as county tax levy rises Menden wants road projects axed, tax increase put on ballot BY SHANNON FIECKE sfiecke@swpub.com

Dave Menden was outnumbered Tuesday as he opinioned that residents would rather forego roadwork than pay more property taxes and suggested Scott County had painted a “rosy” picture of the forthcoming fallout from the state. “I’m kind of upset. We didn’t save for a rainy day. I got the picture from talking to you people that we had nothing to worry about,” said Menden of Shakopee, who is in his fi rst year as county commissioner.

“We approved these road projects so fast and then got the hammer put on us.” His fellow Scott County Board members hammered back before voting 4-1 for a $61 million preliminary gross levy in 2012, an increase of $580,000 or 0.9 percent. (This amount could be lowered prior to final action in December.) Commissioners said they’ve been repeatedly warned about continual cost shifts and aid cuts from the state, which have totaled close to $9 million in recent years.

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is an honor and privilege thanks to the wonderful interactions he has with the audience, especially children. Wherever he turns, the Minnetonka resident has the opportunity to leave a knightly impression on a new clump of festival-goers, as well as himself. He calls it: “Three Feet of Magic.”

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JORDAN SCHOOLS

Cost of mold cleanup nears $400,000 BY DAVID SCHUELLER dschueller@swpub.com

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After a clean bill of health, Jordan Elementary School began its year on Monday, Sept. 12, four school days late after mold forced a late-summer cleanup of the building. “The building was beautif u l to d ay,” s a id P r i ncipa l Stacy DeCorsey at a Jordan School Board meeting that evening.

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A report from the Institute of Environmental Assessment, Inc. (IEA) concluded that all the surfaces in question passed testing. “It appears that the HVAC

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system and carpet cleaning were successful in removing residual spores after the mold remediation in the building,” states the report, dated Sept. 9. However, it recommends that the school implement a “proactive indoor air quality” plan and control humidity in the building. The cleanup was a major endeavor for the district.

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