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Photographs of Cambodia

For the months of April and May, the Chanhassen Library presents “Photographs of Cam-bodia,” by Chanhassen artist Rebecca Ryskamp. She will be speaking about her work at 1 p.m., Saturday, April 16 at the Chanhassen Library.

Ryskamp has followed her passion for travel to Central America, Europe, the South Pacifi c and Southeast Asia. Re-becca married in Fiji and lived for several years in Australia.

With a B.S. degree in mar-keting, she has worked primar-ily in medical sales for the past 17 years. Rebecca’s preferred method of documenting her travels was through pen and paper, due to her propensity of losing her camera when traveling, until a recent trip to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos where she documented her travels with pictures as an amateur photographer.

Rebecca’s upcoming photo exhibit focuses primarily on Cambodia’s ancient Angkor temples, built by a succession of Hindu and Buddhist Kings between the 9th and the 15th centuries. Rebecca lives in Chanhassen with her husband, three children and their cat, Mickey.

I asked Rebecca some ques-tions about her travels:

Q: What first made you get interested in Cambodia? How many times have you visited?

A: Ever since I was young, I was mesmerized by photo-graphs of Southeast Asia and knew I wanted to travel to all the countries in that part of the world. Southeast Asia is intrigu-ing and alluring to me with its ancient cultures, temples, kings, villages, food, tropical heat and surroundings.

The opportunity to visit the kingdom of Cambodia last year and be hosted by some locals, fi t into my Southeast Asia travel agenda.

Cambodia has the Ancient Temples of Angkor, combined with a despotic history under Khmer Rouge rule, when one in four lives were claimed by genocide. I had always wanted to see the ruins of one of the largest ancient civilizations, Angkor. I also was curious to know more about the Khmer people and how they moved forward after such a tragic recent past.

Angkor, where the major-ity of my photographs were taken, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that is consid-ered the grandest ruin in all of Southeast Asia. Angkor has the world’s largest concentra-tion of temples coupled with the world’s largest religious building, Angkor Wat.

The Angkor Empire, which for more than 500 years domi-nated the political scene and cultural affairs of much of Southeast Asia, dates from the 9th to 15th century. During that time a series of Khmer kings built the ancient temples as the centerpiece to their capital cit-ies with population estimates of over 1 million people.

Today Angkor spans 230 square kilometers and the temples number in the hun-dreds. To think a place like this still exists after all this time, partially engulfed by the jungle and surrounded by villages that are living much the same way today as they did hundreds of years ago, how could I not want to go?

I h ave b e en to Cambodia twice now, the reason I went back this year was to learn more about the people that cap-tivated my heart on my fi rst visit.

Q : H a s t h e country changed in recent years?

A: The villages where I spent time, things probably haven’t changed that much. Wood huts with thatched roofs, lack of water, toilets and electric-ity. Many kids still miss or quit school to work to support their families, although there is a growing push towards the importance of education.

Due to lack of employment opportunities, there is a grow-ing trend in migration to other countries to fi nd work. In urban

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SUBMITTED PHOTO BY REBECCA RYSKAMP

A photo of a Cambodian temple.

Kathy

PERSCHMANNCHASKA LIBRARY

areas there is an increase in foreign company investments, so there is more development, Western amenities and for some, expanding wealth.

Infrastructure is slowly im-proving with donations from the Chinese government and the national government has been working with NGO’s in social development needs, especially education and healthcare.

Wages still remain low for many of the educated posi-tions, for an example, a nurse or teacher only makes around $50 a month.

Q: How do Cambodians view Americans?

A: From my experience the Khmer people are shy, kind, gentle and silent when it comes to speaking their opinions. Most don’t ask where you are from and if they do, they give no indication that being Ameri-can is any different from other western visitors.

I asked my Cambodian friends, as we have built our relationships to the point that some opinions are shared, they respond, “Cambodians think Americans are so kind and have good hearts, we see this through their tourism and hu-manitarian donations.”

Q: Have you ever visited a library in Cambodia?

A: No. Cambodia is devoid of many “Western” amenities and libraries are in short supply where I spent the majority of my time this year. On my next trip, I will defi nitely be visiting some libraries, particularly the National Library which has been restored and still holds palm and mulberry leaf manuscripts.

CHASKA EVENTS

Family events include:Toddler Storytime at 10:30

a.m. Wednesdays. Toddlers and those chasing

after them are welcome to join us for 20 action packed minutes of short stories, action songs, fi ngerplays and more moving around. Come and shake your sillies out with us. Recommend-ed for ages 18 to 36 months. No registration is required.

Pre-School Storytime at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays. Children, parents, and caregivers are invited to come and share 30 minutes of stories, songs, and fi ngerplays that encourage the development of early literacy skills. The program is recom-mended for 3-5 year olds. No registration is required.

Family Storytimes at 6:30 p.m., Mondays, for all ages. Children and their caregivers are invited to come and share 30 minutes of stories, music and movement that encourages the development of early literacy skills. For toddlers to Pre-K. No registration required.

The Carver County His-torical Society and the Carver County Library System are hosting exhibits at the various libraries honoring service-men and women from Carver County. The exhibit at the Chaska Library, opening in late March, will spotlight Faith Salden, who served in the Navy Nurse Corps.

REVIEWS

“The Complaints,” by Ian Rankin

This is a new book by the cre-ator of the John Rebus mystery series. Malcolm Fox works in The Complaints De-partment in the Edinburgh police department. Also known as internal affairs, the profes-sional standards division, the “dark side.”

M a l c o l m i s a quiet man, who listens to bird songs on his radio at home, has a father in a nursing home, and his sister, Jude, is in an abusive relationship.

Fox is given a new case to investigate, against young cop Jamie Breck; and then Breck is assigned to the team looking for a murderer in a case very close to home. Jude’s boyfriend has

been found brutally beaten to death. Fox and his sister Jude, and even his colleagues in the Complaints, are all suspects.

There is also a missing de-veloper who is in deeply in debt; his partially built development is where the murdered man worked. Breck tries to help out Fox by leaking aspects of the investigation and even al-lowing him along to question witnesses, getting both men in serious trouble.

Fox finds himself liking and even trusting Breck. This complicated plot of revenge and betrayal is one of Rankin’s best so far.

CHANHASSEN EVENTS

The third of four Great De-cisions talks this spring is 1 p.m., Saturday, April 23 at the Chanhassen Library.

How has the U.S. national security agenda evolved since Sept. 11? In what ways will this agenda shape the American way of life in the future? The speaker is John Radson. Be-sides his work as a corporate lawyer and as a consultant, Professor Radsan served for over eight years in the federal government. He is an expert on legal issues related to national security. His combination of law enforcement experience, intelligence community experi-ence, and Middle Eastern ori-gins makes him unique within the legal academy.

There will be a total of eight Great Decisions talks in 2011. We have copies of the Foreign Policy Association Great Deci-sions booklet for check out.

Award winning authorsPete Hautman and Mary Logue will be speaking at the Chan-hassen Library at 2 p.m., Sun-day, April 10, as part of the Club Book program.

This fascinating husband and wife team write the Blood-water teen mystery series – “Snatched,” “Skullduggery,” and “Doppelganger.”

We have book club in a bag kits for several of Hautman’s books: “Godless” and “Invis-ible.” Logue writes the Claire Watkins adult mystery series, including “Blood County,” “Fro-zen Stiff,” and “Dark Coulee.” Supported by Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

The Library Thrift Club meets at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 9. Come and join like-minded individuals and share ideas for saving money. This group meets monthly.

The library has a great mag-azine, “Shopsmart,” put out by Consumer Reports, which reviews smaller items, like cleaning supplies, cameras, cell phone service, blenders, and processed foods like chips and other snacks.

The Library also has a new thrift-related book, “The New Good Life: Living better than ever in an age of less,” by John Robbins.

Robbins leads us all from conspicuous consumption to conscious consumption. He will show us how to live fru-gally without deprivation. Rob-bins, an author and columnist, himself lost his entire savings in an investment scam.

He focuses on diet, planning for economic catastrophes, cut-ting down housing and transpor-tation costs, and follows people who have done all these things.

Kathy Perschmann is a Chaska resident and assis-tant branch manager of the Chanhassen Library. She can be reached at kperschmann@co.carver.mn.us.

fi cation; expanding requirements for reuse of existing tanks and clarifying tank sizes; updating con-struction methods (sleeve the pump line, increasing setbacks for above grade systems to property line(s) or road right of way(s); adding bluff setbacks to be in accordance with Zoning Ordinance; requiring the entire area receiving materials for an above grade system to have the surface roughened); limiting the use of Type IV Systems; prohibiting the use of Type V Systems; clarifying compliance triggers for existing systems; reducing compliance timeframes for property transfers; adding a provision that failure to submit an SSTS Compliance Inspec-tion Report for a property transfer will result in all future permit appli-cations to be denied until resolved; and adding requirements for system abandonment by a homeowner.

Copies of the proposed Ordi-nance #67-2010 are available at the Environmental Services Depart-ment by request at (952) 361-1800. Information may also be obtained by clicking the Planning Commis-sion link at http://www.co.carver.mn.us/agendas.html.

All persons interested are in-vited to attend the hearing and be heard on this matter.

Written comment may be mailed to: Dept. of Environmental ServicesCarver County Government Center 600 East 4th St Chaska, MN 55318-2102 (952) 361-1800 Carver County Planning Commission By: Mike Lein Environmental Services Dept. Manager (Published in the Chaska Herald on Thursday, April 7, 2011; No. 6083)

ORDINANCE NO. 847AN ORDINANCE AMENDING

SECTION 9.15 (RADIO/TV TOWERS AND ANTENNAS) OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE BY REPLACING SAID SECTION

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHASKA DO ORDAIN:

Section I. Section 9 . 15 (Radio/TV Towers and Antennas), of the Zoning Ordinance, City of Chaska, Minnesota is hereby amended to read as follows:

9.15 Radio/TV/Cell Towers and Antennas

9.15.1 Purpose and intent.The purpose of this article

is to accommodate and provide a reasonable opportunity for the establishment of wireless telecom-munications in the city. The city fi nds it necessary to adopt standards and regulations that promote the public health, safety and general welfare, while minimizing the pos-sible adverse effects of towers and antennas on nearby property. The council fi nds that these regulations are necessary to:

(1) Establish standards, which permit a reasonable and equitable opportunity for the establishment of wireless telecommunication services in the city;

(2) Ensure that towers and an-tennas are designed, constructed, installed and maintained in a man-ner that does not adversely impact public safety;

(3) Maximize the use of existing and approved towers and buildings to accommodate new wireless tele-communication antennas in order to reduce the number of towers needed to serve the community; and

(4) Minimize adverse visual effects of towers through careful de-sign and siting standards, which at-tempt to screen and/or camoufl age

towers and antennas from adjacent public and private property.

9.15.2 Findings.9.15.3 Building permits.9.15.4 Height restrictions —De-

termination; maximum height.9.15.5 Same—Exceptions.9.15.6 Setbacks.9.15.10 Tower and antenna de-

sign. 9.15.11Co-location

requirements. 9.15.12 Lighting.9.15.13 Signs and advertising.9.15.14Accessory utility build-

ings.9.15.15 Landscaping.9.15.16 Atennas mounted on

roofs, walls and existing towers.9.15.17 Permit application for

mounting antennas on existing structures.

9.15.18 Appeals.9.15.19 Existing antennas and

towers.9.15.20 Time limit on tower

completion.9.15.21Abandoned or unused

towers.9.15.22 Interference with public

safety telecommunications. 9.15.23 Supplemental applica-

tion information. 9.15.24 Temporary mobile tow-

ers.Section II. Effective Date.

This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its date of passage, adoption, and publication according to law.

Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Chaska, Minnesota this 21st day of March, 2011.

Mark Windschitl MayorAttest:Chaska Deputy Clerk(Published in the Chaska Herald on Thursday, April 7, 2011; No. 6067)

SECTION 00 11 13ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed Bids will be received by the City of Chaska, Minnesota, in the City Hall at 1 City Hall Plaza, until 10 A.M., CDT, Wednesday, April 27, 2011, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for the furnishing of all labor, materials, and all else necessary for the following:

1.5 MG Industrial Park Water Tower Repaint

In general, Work consists of repainting an existing 1,500,000 gallon fl uted column style elevated reservoir. Provide surfaced prepa-ration, coatings, miscellaneous structural repairs, containment, and all associated work.

Bidding Documents may be purchased by credit card at www.bonestroo.com (follow the Plan Room link) for a fee of $60 (for a paper copy), or a fee of $20 (for a download digital copy). Bidders may purchase a paper copy of the Bid-ding Documents from the Issuing Offi ce of Bonestroo, 2335 Highway 36 West,

St. Paul, MN 55113, (651) 636-4600 with a check for a fee of $60. Bidding Documents may be viewed at the offi ce of the City of Chaska and at the Issuing Offi ce.

Direct inquiries to Engineer’s Project Manager Mark Rolfs at (651) 604-4872 or Tim Grinstead at (651) 604-4881.

Bid Security in the amount of 5 percent of the amount of the Bid must accompany each Bid in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

The Owner reserves the right to retain the deposits of the 3 lowest Bidders for a period not to exceed 60 days after the date and time set for the Opening of Bids. No Bids

may be withdrawn for a period of 60 days after the date and time set for the Opening of Bids.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive irregularities and informalities therein, and further reserves the right to award the Contract to the best interests of the Owner.Bill Monk, City EngineerCity of Chaska, Minnesota (Published in the Chaska Herald on Thursday, April 7, 2011; No. 6075)

SECTION 00 11 13ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed Bids will be received by the City of Carver, Minnesota, in the City Hall at 316 Broadway, until 10 A.M., CDT, Thursday, April 28, 2011, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for the furnishing of all labor, materi-als, and all else necessary for the following:

0.1 MG Water Tower No. 1 Re-habilitation

In general, Work consists of repainting an existing 100,000 gallon spheroid style elevated reservoir. Provide surfaced preparation, coatings, miscellaneous structural repairs, containment, and all as-sociated work.

Bidding Documents may be purchased by credit card at www.bonestroo.com (follow the Plan Room link) for a fee of $60 (for a paper copy), or a fee of $20 (for a download digital copy). Bidders may purchase a paper copy of the Bid-ding Documents from the Issuing Offi ce of Bonestroo, 2335 Highway 36 West,

St. Paul, MN 55113, (651) 636-4600 with a check for a fee of $60. Bidding Documents may be viewed at the offi ce of the City of Carver and at the Issuing Offi ce.

Direct inquiries to Engineer’s Project Manager Mark Rolfs at (651) 604-4872 or Tim Grinstead at (651) 604-4881.

Bid Security in the amount of 5 percent of the amount of the Bid must accompany each Bid in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

The Owner reserves the right to retain the deposits of the 3 lowest Bidders for a period not to exceed 60 days after the date and time set for the Opening of Bids. No Bids may be withdrawn for a period of 60 days after the date and time set for the Opening of Bids.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive irregularities and informalities therein, and further reserves the right to award the Contract to the best interests of the Owner.Patricia Plekkenpol, ClerkCity of Carver, Minnesota (Published in the Chaska Herald on Thursday, April 7, 2011; No. 6079)

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