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VOL. 25, ISSUE 16/3 © SOUTHWEST NEWSPAPERS [email protected] Art Shanty Project returns TO REACH US St. Olaf ensemble coming to town JOIN THE CHAT ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY AT THE CARVER COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER? David Murphy, a bailiff with the Carver County’s Sheriff’s Office, displays a metal detector wand that is used periodically outside county courtrooms. INSIDE THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2012 Free Market Analysis • Free Short Sale Consultation Courthouse to page 2 ®TRANSCRIPT
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David Murphy, a bailiff with the Carver County’s Sheriff ’s Offi ce, displays a metal detector wand that is used periodically outside county courtrooms.
Security upgradesconsidered at countygovernment centerBY RICHARD CRAWFORD
In the wake of a courthouse shooting in Cook County, Minn., security at the Carver County Government Center has been more than water-cooler conversation.
On Tuesday, Carver County commis-sioners considered spending $75,000 to make some security enhancements at the Chaska campus as well as examine long-term security needs.
The specifi c building improvements were discussed in a closed meeting al-lowed by state statutes to protect security. The meeting allowed county commission-ers “to receive security briefings and
reports, to discuss emergency response procedures and to discuss security defi -ciencies in or recommendations regard-ing public services, infrastructure and facilities at the County’s Government Center and Justice Center,” according to a staff report.
The county staff is recommending hiring an architect to develop security proposals and to provide a long-range capital upgrade proposal.
Even before the courthouse shooting in Grand Marais last month, building secu-rity had been a concern in Carver County, even though there hasn’t been a similar security incident at the Carver County Government Center in recent years.
In the county’s long-term fi nancial plan approved in December, building security was identifi ed “as a growing concern that needs to be addressed.”
RANGE OF SECURITY
In the 87 counties in Minnesota, court
security measures range from open courtrooms to full-f ledged weapons screening systems similar to those at airports. In the metro area, Hennepin, Ramsey and Dakota counties have rela-tively advanced security systems.
“The shooting in Cook County raised a lot of concerns,” said John Kostourus, a spokesman with the state court informa-tion offi ce. “What most people don’t real-ize, while courts are a state institution, courthouse security is the responsibility of the county government.”
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Educational co-op wallows in debtCuts and fees may be on horizonBY DAVID SCHUELLER
Dramatic cuts, a building sale and district user fees could be on the horizon for a local educational coopera-tive that’s running $1 million in the red.
The Carver-Scott Educational Cooperative, headquar-tered in Chaska, includes programs such as alternative learning centers, special education, adult education, technical and career education and family classes. The co-op is in statutory operating debt (SOD), a serious bud-get situation that could force member districts, including District 112, to make changes or even help pay.
“We’re not just in statutory operating debt. We’re hun-kered down,” said Executive Director Darren Kermes.
The debt, caused by billing errors made during a number of years, came to light in the past couple years, and puts more pressure on executing a planned merger between Carver-Scott and the Minnesota River Valley Special Education Cooperative (MRVSEC), based in Jordan.
Kermes, who last year became the top administrator for both cooperatives, said billing mistakes dealing with special education teachers with dual licensure, as well as claiming revenue from a social worker contract shared with District 112, were two main reasons for the debt.
“It was a series of reimbursement claims that were not allowable for several years, that were corrected,” Kermes said. Kermes compared the mistakes, which he inherited when he started as executive director, to a knotted string of Christmas lights.
The billing in question for special education costs to-taled about $2.2 million. And billing for the social worker contract was about $1.6 million, Kermes said.
“The problem was Carver-Scott submitted 100 percent of the costs,” he said.
IMPACT ON DISTRICTS
The SOD status was announced Jan. 9, by Jordan School Board Chairwoman Deb Pauly, who represents Jordan on the Carver-Scott board. “It will greatly im-pact Carver-Scott and our relationship with them,” said Pauly, adding that buildings and staffi ng could also be affected.
Currently, the biggest co-op components for local District 112 students are vocational and special educa-tion programs, said Superintendent Jim Bauck. Another large co-op program, the area learning center, will soon be rolled into District 112 programming.
“As far as immediate impact, I don’t think we’ll see some major changes,” said Bauck, in a phone inter-view.
“We’re looking at the merging of MRVSEC and Carver-Scott for effi ciency reasons,” Bauck said. “I think the co-op will come out of this thing in a very strong and very focused shape, but we have a little bit of heartburn to go through with that funding piece and righting the ship with the budget right now.”
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Highway 5 garden center has new owners, new name
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Jay and Peggy Kronick have sold Lotus Lawn and Garden Center. The new owner is Laura Wood, at left, with Paul Farrelland James Favret.
BY UNSIE ZUEGE
When Jay and Peggy Kronick looked for a location for their garden center, they took a map of the Twin Cities and a Yellow Pages telephone directory, and looked up garden centers. They placed a pin on the map for every garden center they found. After they were done, they looked up the demographics for the empty spots on the map.
“All arrows pointed to Chanhassen,” Jay Kronick said in a recent phone interview. He spoke on the phone as he and Peggy headed north to their cabin. The Kronicks were living on the East Coast in the 1980s and by 1987, were looking to move to Minnesota to
raise their family. Based on their Yellow Pages research and marketing followup, they chose Chanhassen for their business and Chaska for their home.
After 22 years, with their children grown and out of the house, the Kronicks were ready to move on, and spend more time at their cabin up north. After con-sidering all their options, they sold their garden business to former employee Laura Wood of Victoria.
The Kronicks, of Chaska, opened their garden center in the spring of 1989. They
closed the Lotus on Dec. 31, 2010. Wood has owned and operated her own landscaping company called “By the Woods” for the past 11 years.
The business will be renamed “By the Woods Presents The Garden.”
But it will be most easily known and re-ferred to as “The Garden,” Wood said. Wood is joined by Paul Farrell, chief of operations and installments, and James Favret, cre-ative director.
Currently, the building at 78 West 78th St., Chanhassen, next to Haskell’s liquor store, is undergoing a renovation.
In the Garden will open in March.Read more about Laura Wood and In the
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Share your Super Bowl recipes and activities with Chanhassen Villager readers. Send them to Editor Richard Crawford, [email protected], before noon on Friday, Jan. 27. Include your name, city of residence, and a daytime phone number. We’ll run some submissions online at chanvillager.com and some in the Feb. 2 Villager print edition.
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WANDING
Carver County has six bai-liffs with the Sheriff’s Office who are responsible for court-room security, explained Carv-er County Sheriff Jim Olson. The bailiffs are armed and periodically use portable metal detectors for weapons screening outside courtrooms.
In 2011, there more than 1,200 criminal and traffic cases in Carver County as well as 642 family court cases, according to court records. There were 14 criminal jury trials and four civil jury trials.
At a recent weeklong crimi-nal trial, all people who entered the courtroom were required to empty their belongings and be screened with the wanding detector every time they re-entered the courtroom.
“We have to look at cost ver-sus benefi t,” Sheriff Olson said. “There’s no way to make a courthouse incident proof. But we want to mitigate potential problems. It’s important for all of us to keep the campus secure not only for people coming in but also for employees.”
Carver County Attorney Mark Metz said he’s a proponent of enhanced security at the gov-ernment center and he credited county commissioners for tak-ing the matter seriously.
Metz said he’s received doz-ens of e-mails from legal col-leagues since the Cook County attorney was injured in the shooting.
“Everybody is very con-cerned,” Metz said. “It shook people up.”
While it is in the public inter-est that the courts are secure, Metz said, other county depart-ments — such as Social Services and the tax department — also deal with high-intensity situ-ations.
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WHAT’S NEXT
Carver-Scott has a total bud-get of about $16 million, and in recent years saw its fund bal-ances gradually sink toward the negative, not counting the billing errors.
The cooperative might be hanging on for dear life to its nine member districts as it de-velops plans to get out of debt in 18 to 24 months.
“I don’t think we can make it if we lose so much as one small
district during these 18 months,” Kermes said.
When a district is in SOD, the state must approve a plan to get the district out of debt.
So what’s in the 18-month plan, according to Kermes? Dis-tricts could pay a membership fee that they didn’t pay in the past. Carver-Scott could look at selling its Crosby Park building at 309 Lake Hazeltine Drive in Chaska, appraised at $1.5 mil-lion. There will be dramatic cuts – to the tune of $500,000, Kermes said – to administration. And the planned merger with MRVSEC would reduce core costs.
Kermes said he’s optimistic that within 18 to 24 months they can put in place a plan that will get Carver-Scott out of debt.
“We just have to get our costs under control,” he said.
Kermes said the 18-month plan hinges on the support of member districts to hang in there and not leave the coopera-tive.
In all, about 600 students use the cooperative. Kermes said that if a district did leave, “we might as well shut the coopera-tive down.”
The Carver-Scott board will discuss changes Jan. 24.
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ONGOING CONCERNS
Steve Taylor, the county’s administrative service direc-tor, said a county task force on Government Center security has been meeting since 2005 and took on a renewed energy in 2010. The task force consid-ers security measures for the entire county complex and includes representatives from the Sheriff’s Offi ce, the proba-tion department, the County Attorney’s Offi ce and general government center employees.
Since 2005, Taylor said, there have been security enhance-ments. The latest recommen-dations include locations for
cameras, signage and security measures at entrances.
“We’re looking at all the op-tions,” Taylor said. “It comes down to a balancing act – being able to mitigate a threat versus inconveniencing the public.”
Taylor said the expense also has to be justifi able.
“We take this very seriously,” he said.
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TRANSPORTATION
Transit coalition: ‘We’re not done’Hwys. 212, 5atop to-do listBY MOLLEE FRANCISCO
Bob Lindall once believed he’d never see the construc-tion of new Highway 212 in his lifetime. And even though the highway is almost four years old, Lindall’s advocacy work is far from fi nished.
As president of the South-west Corridor Transportation Coalition (SWCTC), Lindall acknowledges that there are still plenty of transportation needs for the area.
The 1967 plan shows High-way 212 all the way to Norwood Young America, noted Lindall in a phone interview. “We’re not done.”
The SWCTC meets on an occasional basis to discuss transportation issues pertinent to the region. Lindall said the meetings typically draw be-tween 35 and 45 members from the immediate area (Chaska, Chanhassen, Carver) all the way to outlying communities like Renville and Olivia. Many of the members in attendance are elected offi cials.
The group last met on Jan. 6 to discuss the 2012 work plan. Improvements to Highway 5 as well as the extension of Highway 212 as a four-lane section out to Cologne and then Norwood Young America were both on the agenda.
Ironically, those were the same two issues that originally brought the coalition together in the 1980s. Prior to that, there
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Work to reconstruct the intersection of highways 212 and 284 will begin this summer. The project will restrict traffi c from crossing Highway 212 as well as making left hand turns onto Highway 212 from Highway 284.
County library unveils website
Carver County has launched its new library website at www.carverlib.org. The redesigned site was created by Jack Frost Design and library staff, ac-cording to a Carver County press release.
Based on an extensive re-search process with librarians, library users and national library standards, the new site offers:
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� Streamlined searching � Additional content pro-
vided by staff from across the Library system
� Direct access to chat with librarians
“I was very impressed when I saw the drafts of the new site,” stated Carver County Com-missioner and Library Board Member Gayle Degler. “The site’s new brand and layout makes it easier to navigate and fi nd information.”
The site’s homepage wel-comes visitors with bold new colors, a new library brand, a clean uncluttered design, and moving images with featured content encouraging lifelong learning, advancing knowl-edge, and strengthening com-munity.
Tell the Library what you
think of the new site. On the homepage of www.carverlib.org is a two-question survey.
Party caucuses slated for Feb. 7
The Senate District 34 Dem-ocratic-Farmer-Labor Party holds its precinct caucuses at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 7, with registration beginning at 6:30 p.m., according to Chair Rich-ard Donnay.
Eastern Carver County cau-cus locations are:
Carver: Church by the Riv-er, 109 Main Street
Chaska: Chaska Middle School West, 140 Engler Bou-levard
Chanhassen: Bluff Creek El-ementary School, 2300 Coulter Boulevard
Victoria: Victoria Elemen-tary School, 9300 Red Fox Drive
The main order of business at caucuses are elections of lo-cal party leadership; elections of delegates and alternates to the conventions; a presidential preference ballot; and discus-sion of issues. At both sites members arriving will be pro-vided directions to the room for their caucus.
Youth 16 years of age and older may participate, but to vote they must be 18, Donnay said.
REPUBLICANS
The Carver County GOP also holds its caucuses at 7 p.m., Feb. 7, with registration beginning at 6:30 p.m., according to Steve Nielsen, Carver County Repub-lican Party chair.
Eastern Carver County cau-cus locations are:
Chaska, Carver and San Francisco Township: Chaska Middle School East, 1600 Park Ridge Drive
Chanhassen: Chanhas-sen High School, 2200 Lyman Boulevard
Victoria: Victoria Elemen-tary School, 9300 Red Fox Drive, Victoria
The group will be select-ing delegates for the GOP county convention to be held on March 3, and electing pre-cinct offi cers for the next two years. There are about 400 delegate positions and another 400 alternate positions to the convention. Participants can also make proposals for party platform changes and vote in a presidential straw poll, accord-ing to Nielsen.
Participants in the GOP caucus must reside in their precinct on caucus day; be able to vote at the time of the next general election; agree with party principles; not have par-ticipated or intend to partici-pate in another party’s precinct caucus this year, according to Nielsen.
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were two groups that dated back to the 1970s – one coali-tion for Highway 212 and one for Highway 5.
The SWCTC continues to push for dollars for both high-ways despite the Minnesota De-partment of Transportation’s (MnDOT) new philosophy to focus more on existing roads at the metro’s core to get the most bang for its limited buck.
“We recognize the reality that money is tighter than it has been in the past,” said Lindall.
“We believe that our past success has been a result of con-tinuing to keep the issue before elected offi cials and MnDOT, realizing that it’s the squeaky wheel that gets the grease,” he added.
There is about $1.3 mil-lion in federal funds left to use for Highway 212, Lindall noted. While that won’t buy much pavement, it can help
with right-of-way acquisition and other roadway improve-ments.
“We’re still working out the details on how that money can be used,” said Lindall.
A 2016 project to change the intersection of highways 212 and 284 in Cologne has been advanced from 2016 to 2012 due to a couple of recent fatalities and past accidents.
The project will restrict left hand turns from Highway 284 onto Highway 212 as well as the crossing of all four lanes on Highway 212. Drivers will be routed west to County Road 36.
The project is expected to help with the extra traffic caused by the detours from the Highway 5 improvements scheduled for this summer between Minnewashta Park-way and the western edge of Victoria.
The name of Carver County’s new library director Nick Dimassis was misspelled in last week’s edition.
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New session,new leadershipBY STATE SEN. CLAIRE ROBLING
Jobs and the economy, capital investment projects, streamlining government, property taxes, a stadium, racino, and more will all likely be on the agenda when the Minnesota Legislature convenes Jan. 24 for its 2012 session.
Thankfully, something that is not on the list is dealing with another budget defi cit. As chair of the Senate Finance Committee, the Dec. 1 news that Minnesota is projected to have an $876 million budget surplus — after dealing with a $5 billion defi cit last year — was a tremendous relief. At least we should not have to reopen all of the budget areas for the remainder of the biennium that ends June 30, 2013. Minnesota’s economy is recovering, which will help us restore the cash-fl ow account, the budget reserve, and begin paying back the education shift that was implemented last summer to balance the budget. We will hopefully continue to grow our way to economic prosperity by holding down taxes and over-regulation and allowing the private sector to fl ourish and hire more employees.
Helping to steer the majority caucus this session is a new leadership team that I was elected to in December.
The leadership team includes seven members, including the majority leader, Sen. Dave Senjem, R-Rochester; four assistant majority leaders elected by the caucus, including myself, and two members appointed by the majority leader. Sen. Julianne Ortman, R-Chanhassen, has been appointed the deputy majority leader by Sen. Senjem.
Typically, the leadership team divides the work among its members, with the majority leader having major responsibilities. However, since our team is so new, we haven’t determined which members will assume specifi c responsibilities and we’re all helping out in multiple areas right now.
Our fi rst priority is to make sure the legislative session is ready to begin, that agendas are being developed, bills are being drafted, and that we are providing information to and receiving information from our members, staff, and the public. Committee chairs have been reviewing possible legislation, and
members have been visiting with their constituents to fi nd out their positions on issues. The leadership team has met with Kurt Zellers, the speaker of the House, and Gov. Mark Dayton as we look for ways to work together. Although we know we will have disagreements, it is our goal to also
fi nd common ground, especially in the area of jobs and the economy and government reform and effi ciencies.
I expect a capital investment bill to be passed this session, and if we can fi nd an acceptable agreement on a stadium, that will also be addressed. However, I believe any plan using general fund tax dollars for a stadium will not be approved since that is not acceptable to many of us in the Legislature, including me.
The Senate leadership team has not set a date for adjournment, but we must adjourn by the third Monday in May, which falls on May 21 this year. However, I don’t expect legislators to want to stay in St. Paul that long since new district maps are expected to be released Feb. 21. Redistricting is completed within two years after the U.S. census in order to make districts proportional again.
Sen. Claire Robling, formerly a Chanhassen resident, is a Republican, who represents Shakopee, Savage, Prior Lake, Jordan, Elko/New Market, and the townships of Spring Lake, Sand Creek, Credit River and New Market.
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ADVICE
Tips for getting homework turned inBY TERRI O. JOHNSON
Parents often tell me, “My son (or daughter) does the homework, but doesn’t always get it turned in.” They’re baffl ed about why their child does this and need help in fi nding ways to turn this around.
The simplest cause is that your child has lost the homework. Once or twice is understandable, but if this becomes a pattern, you’ll need to dig deeper.
Keep in mind a child’s brain is still developing, especially when it comes to planning or organizing and in understanding the long-range consequences of their actions or inactions. They’re easily distracted by everything going on at home and school – or in their own heads. Even if they do the homework, they may need help getting organized enough to follow through in a timely man-ner.
Talk with your child to discover whether you can help by, for instance, buying a binder with a pocket for each class or fi nding a quieter study area in the home. Many children need a particular setting. Experiment until you find what works best for your unique child. If you’ve taken these steps and the pattern continues, the
following tactics might help.If the school doesn’t use assign-
ment sheets, help your child develop one with details such as assigned book pages, due dates and the teach-er’s name. This could be a one-page table printed out from your computer that your child then takes to school. Make sure your child writes down all assignments as he or she receives them. Ask the teacher(s) to initial the sheet each day to show that it is complete. Then, review the sheet each evening.
Help your child fi nd a “home” for their backpack and a set place for completed assignments, making it convenient to grab as they head out
the door in the morning.Monitor assignments on the school
website portal. Do this regularly, such as once a week, to ensure your child hasn’t fallen behind. If they do, have them track down the homework, redo it, or ask the teacher for a makeup assignment with a deadline.
If your child is making progress, let them propose rewards they’ll get for keeping on track. Increase the rewards for longer time periods. For instance, i f they turn in all their homework for one week, reward them w it h s omet h i n g small. A fter one month of success, reward them with something bigger such as an outing for a movie and piz-za with friends. Or reward points for a gadget they’ve asked for.
Enlist the school staff; after all, you all want your child to do well. Find out the best way to reach the teachers so it’s easy to contact each other with questions or reminders. Talk with the teacher about whether your child is capable of doing the
assignments. Does he or she need extra help? You could take your child along to meet with the teacher and ask him or her to discuss the reasons for homework and how it affects the fi nal grade. Are other students hav-ing similar problems?
Ask the school counselor for help planning a homework strategy. Does the school offer a class or study group
focusing on home-work skills?
The school staff may have insights into the general behavior of other students in your child’s grade. They may be at the age when they want to look cool in front of their classmates. Boys of ten se ek affirmation from other boys, while
girls usually want to please parents and other authority fi gures. This ten-dency usually increases in middle school and high school.
Think about any issues in the home. Is your child having problems with a sibling? Is there tension be-tween you and the other parent? The child may be rebelling against home-
work out of a need to control some part of their life. Have a conversation when you’re both feeling relaxed and don’t forget to acknowledge his or her feelings.
They may be looking for attention. Skip the drame and calmly and fac-tually tell your child you will work with him only if he brings his home-work home. Ask what she thinks is going on, enlist her suggestions on how you might help, and give it a chance.
If the problem continues or wors-ens, have your child evaluated. De-pression, ADHD, or weak cognitive skills may be the cause. Consider seeking help from an ADHD coach or therapist. During the teen years, your child is more likely to listen to others.
Experiment with different ap-proaches until you fi nd the one right for your child. The bottom line, keep channels of communication open with your child and with the school.
Johnson is director at LearningRx in Chanhassen, which helps students to improve their learning ability through cognitive brain training. For more information and questions about these and other learning topics, call her at (952) 949-6900.
Terri
JOHNSON Partnering with your child and teacher(s) is the best strategy to fi nding workable solutions to homework problems
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
CABLE REVENUE
Return moneyto residents
Interesting article on the $625,000 payment from Mediacom (Jan. 12 Villager) and the timing could not be better given the upcoming contract renewal but I’m certain the two are unrelated.
However, as I thought about this and refl ected on how the money was sup-posed to be collected and spent; it hit me that these funds, were/are “known budgeted funds/fees” collected by the city from Mediacom and paid to Media-com by the residents of Chanhassen. Because these funds/fees were not collected by the city it no doubt caused a “revenue shortfall” somewhere in the city budget each year.
That shortfall no doubt required the city to “raise” taxes the following year to cover the shortfall. Doesn’t all potential revenue collected by the city needed to be refl ected in the budget?
Can you see where I’m going with this? This is not “new found money”; wouldn’t tax laws have required it to be refl ected in the city budget as a re-ceivable? And wouldn’t non-collection have caused a shortfall in the budget, which in turn would require a general tax increase on Chanhassen residents the following year.
This “$625,000 windfall” belongs
to the residents of Chanhassen, not the city government. Which probably means it should be returned to the tax payers as a credit or in the form of a city “tax reduction.”
No doubt those within the govern-ing body will present a 1,000 ways to spend this “windfall” now that its been placed in the cities “cable” ac-count and not the general fund.
How about doing the right thing and return these funds to the resi-dents/users of Chanhassen.
How about a follow-up story that tracks what the city plans to do with these “Chanhassen resident” gener-ated funds and how they justify not returning them to Chanhassen Me-diacom residents/users.
Frank ZimmermanChanhassen
CAUCUSES
Fun and gratifying
For all Carver County Republicans, Tuesday, Feb. 7 is your chance to get involved in determining the future direction of our country. We will be holding our election year caucus on this date.
At the caucus, we will be selecting delegates for our county convention to be held on March 3, 2012 and elect-ing precinct offi cers for the next two
years. You can run for delegate to this exciting and patriotic event or for a precinct offi cer position if you wish.
We have allotted almost 400 del-egate, and another 400 alternate, positions to the convention, so your chances should be good. Also at the caucus, you will have the opportunity to make proposals for party platform changes and to vote in a presidential straw poll.
To be eligible to participate in the caucus, you must:
� Reside in your precinct on cau-cus day
� Be able to vote at the time of the next general election
� Agree with party principles� Not have participated or intend to
participate in another party’s precinct caucus this year
If you meet these relatively simple requirements, we strongly encourage you to attend the caucus. The caucus for the Chaska area will be held at the Chaska Middle School East starting at 7 p.m. For other caucus locations or addresses, go to our website at carvergop.org or call me at home. I am in the Waconia phone book (old school huh?).
Please consider attending this im-portant democratic process. It should be fun and gratifying.
Steve NielsenChair
Carver County Republican Party
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5:30 P.M. - CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION, FOUNTAIN CONFERENCE ROOMNote: If the City Council does not complete the work session items in the time allotted, the remaining items will be considered after the regular agenda.
A. Review Tabulated List of 2012 Key Financial Strategies.
B. Discuss Alternative Urban Area-wide Review (AUAR) Amendment Process.
C. In ltration/In ow Update.
7:00 P.M. – REGULAR MEETING, CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
CONSENT AGENDAAll items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine by the city council and will be considered as one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If discussion is desired, that item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately. City council action is based on the staff recommendation for each item. Refer to the council packet for each staff report.
1. a. Approval of Minutes
b. TH 41 Trail Extension, At-Grade Pedestrian Crossing and Stairway Connector:
1) Approve Plans & Speci cations
2) Approve Limited Use Permits
c. Approval of Legislative Policies.
VISITOR PRESENTATIONS
LAW ENFORCEMENT/FIRE DEPARTMENT UPDATES
2. a. Lt. Jeff Enevold, Carver County Sheriff’s Department
b. Chief John Wolff, Chanhassen Fire Department
PUBLIC HEARINGS
3. Request for On-Sale Intoxicating Liquor License, Special Events Catering dba Chuckwagon Charlie, 545 West 78th Street, Byron Korus.
4. 2012 Street Improvement Project (Minnewashta Heights).
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None
NEW BUSINESS - None
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CORRESPONDENCE DISCUSSION
ADJOURNMENT
Members of the City Council and some staff members may gather at Chanhassen American Legion Post 580, 290 Lake Drive in Chanhassen immediately after the meeting for a purely social event. All members of the public are welcome.
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ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF AGENDACommissioners may add or delete items at this time.
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VISITOR PRESENTATIONSCommission Procedures allow for presentations from the audience at this time. If a motion is required, the item will be forwarded to the next available agenda to allow for publication and review prior to consideration.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES1. Approval of Minutes dated
December 13, 2011.
NEW BUSINESS 2. 2012 Park and Trail
Acquisition and Development
Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Overview.
OLD BUSINESS - None
REPORTS3. Recreation Programs: a. 2012 February Festival 4. Administrative a. 2012 Commission
Committee Assignments – Disc Golf Course, Skate Park Renewal, Pioneer Pass Park and Riley Ridge Park Neighborhood Playgrounds.
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Taking a swing for sightBenefi t helpsCarver boyBY NICK MASON
Andrew Steines will be in the spotlight at noon Saturday with his new friends in the city of Carver.
The 9-year-old boy will be the star of the Soggy Bottom III golf tournament, sponsored by the Carver Lions Club and Carver Fire & Rescue Depart-ment.
“I get the fi rst swing. That is awesome,” he said.
Andrew will open the 18-hole tournament with a ceremonial shot, hitting a yellow tennis ball with a hockey stick. He was given that honor because the third annual Soggy Bottom event was crafted to raise mon-ey to pay some of his expensive vision tests.
Andrew is a typical boy in many ways, but his vision is becoming limited because of a macular problem fi rst noticed last fall.
“I’ve been seeing Andrew as a regular patient since 2009,” said Chaska optometrist Dr. Stacey Ulrick. “At his last exam in October 2011, I noticed his vision had decreased. He was not seeing 20-20 anymore. He was two lines down on the eye chart, about 20-30. It’s not usual for a young person to have a vi-sion decrease like that.
“When I looked inside his eyes, I did see a change I hadn’t noticed in prior years,” she said. “The change was in the look of the macula. It’s part of the retina that is your central vision area. It has the high-est concentration of rods and cones. It takes care of detail focus.
Following a visit with a retina specialist, Andrew went to the University of Minnesota for treatment. The diagnostic focus now centers on retinitis pigmentosa or a genetic dis-order.
“Most people do not go com-pletely blind, but just lose a signifi cant amount of vision,” Rachael Steines said, of retini-tis pigmentosa.
SCHOOL AND PLAY
At home in Carver, Andrew is among four boys and three girls, including a twin sister, Emily. He is a fourth-grade stu-dent at East Union Elementary School.
“Lunch, recess and going home,” Andrew said when asked his favorite part of school. With a little prodding from his stepmother, Rachael, he expanded his answer.
“I don’t like anything of math,” he said. “I like a little bit of art. The only thing I like about music is the drums.”
Andrew plays a child’s drum set on a music synthesizer, builds cars and army tanks with LEGO pieces, enjoys video games and wrestles on the fl oor with older brother Anthony. His declining vision was appar-ent as he demonstrated doing math homework, sitting within two feet of a television screen to see large print displayed on the School District 112 website.
Steines and her husband, Peter, want to “create memo-ries” for Andrew by having him
PHOTO BY NICK MASON
Andrew Steines and his drumsticks snuggle up with his stepmother, Rachael, at their home in Carver.
see as many sights and places as possible in case his vision continues to decline.
“It’s one of the things I’ve thought about,” she said. “I want him to see how big an ocean is. There are so many things that are visual. It’s something I’ve thought about, but we haven’t talked to him yet.”
The Steines are educating themselves about vision dis-orders. She is used to talking about medical conditions in her job as a nurse for Hiawatha Home Care, a private duty nurs-ing fi rm in Red Wing.
“I work with kids and adults, and I work with disabilities all the time,” she said. “It makes it easier for me to understand what the doctors are talking about. I know what to do to get us where we need to go. I know where to go to get the informa-tion we need.”
Steines contacted the Carver Lions Club because she knew the organization is dedicated to preserving vision and help-ing people with sight disorders. Andrew’s sophisticated testing is expensive and not covered by the family’s health insurance, she said.
“They’ve been just amaz-ing,” she said of the Carver Li-ons. “Their generosity has just blown Peter and me away.”
LIONS CLUB
Andrew attended a Carver Lions Club meeting and cap-tured the hearts of club mem-bers, said Tim Craig, the club’s vice president and co-chair of the Soggy Bottom III golf event.
“He looks like every kid I ever played with when I was his age,” Craig said. “He may or may not know what he is going through, but it doesn’t seem to affect him. It wasn’t woe is me. It wasn’t you need to help me. It was I’m just a kid running down the street.
“He asked when he can come back to the Lions meeting so he can play with the puppies,” Craig said. “We have two pup-pies [for guide dog training].”
Lions Club members decided to earmark their 50 percent share of Soggy Bottom III pro-ceeds to benefi t Andrew. Craig said the goal is $2,900, but he expects to surpass that if the weather cooperates to produce a large turnout of winter golf-ers.
“It’s gotten a little bigger this year than we thought it was going to be,” Craig said. “When you have something people can see and touch and feel, it has an impact. That is pretty cool.
“It’s fun to get to do some-
thing like this,” he said. “We send so much money to dif-ferent Lions clubs or send money to Japan to help tsunami victims. It’s nice to be able to do something for someone I drive past every day. That is the whole thing. When you see somebody that young whose sight is getting affected, it’s a different thing, it’s a different feeling.”
Carver Fire Chief Dan Meyer said the fi re department voted unanimously to also give its 50 percent share of Soggy Bottom III proceeds to the Steines fam-ily. “The fi re department is not in serious need of money. We would like to give something back to the community,” Meyer said. “We felt it would be better for it to go to somebody who re-ally needed it.”
“Whatever is raised is a blessing,” Rachael Steines said. “I think Andrew’s going to have a ball [at Soggy Bottom III], and that is most important. Right now, it’s about creating memo-ries for him.”
Andrew Steines Benefi tWhat: The “Soggy Bottom III” golf tourney will be a benefi t for Carver 9-year-old Andrew Steines, who has a disease attacking his sight. Soggy Bottom stocking caps included with price. Winter golfers may register for Soggy Bottom III at the Carver Lions Club website or at Riverside Park the day of the event.
Time: Noon, Saturday, Jan. 21
Cost: $20; $5 for ages under 12
Location: Riverside Park, 300 Main Street East, Carver
Info: caringbridge.org/visit/andrewsight; www.carverlions.org
* Peter and Rachael Steines have opened an account at Wells Fargo Bank to accept donations for Andrew’s vision disorder diagnosis and treatment. Contributors may visit any Wells Fargo branch and donate to “Andrew’s Sight Donation Fund.”
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The Chanhassen Feed Mill once stood on the property next to Axel’s in downtown Chanhassen. What year was it taken down? Find out the answer at Chanhassen Family Day, sponsored by the Chanhassen Historical Society and the Chanhassen Library on Jan. 28.
Chanhassen history lessons aplenty on Jan. 28The Chanhassen Historical
Society and the Chanhassen Library invite everyone to ex-perience a brief history lesson of Chanhassen from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Chanhassen Library, 7711 Kerber Blvd.
Heidi Gould, education director at the Carver County Historical Society, will pres-ent a brief history lesson of the city. She will teach people how to make a toy so bring chil-dren and grandchildren. Meet costumed characters from Chanhassen’s past who will tell their stories and answer questions about Chanhassen’s history.
Snacks and lively discus-
sion will follow.“Whether you are a lifelong
resident or if you have just joined our community this is your chance to learn more about our history,” said Paula Atkins, member of the Chan-hassen Historical Society.
The resident whoever guess-es the closest date for the day the Chanhassen Feed Mill was torn down will win a prize.
Eve Weipert
BY UNSIE ZUEGE
Eve Weipert is from a large family. She’s one of eight chil-dren. Growing up, her family liked to visit museums on vaca-tions. Museums were economi-cal for a big family and educa-tional. But she chose her career path after a school fi eld trip to the Oshkosh Museum. The visit opened Weipert’s eyes.
“It was the fi rst time I was able to see behind the scenes at a museum,” Weipert said, “how collections come to be, how to show them and tell the history of a community.”
Weipert decided when she grew up she would work in a museum.
Years later, she realized her dream and has worked in museums in Michigan and now Minnesota.
In mid-December, Weipert, 44, was named curator at the Carver County Historical So-ciety Museum, replacing Larry Hutchings, who started his own business. Most recently Weipert was state curator for collections and exhibits at the Michigan Historical Museum in Lansing. The Michigan His-torical Museum is equivalent to the Minnesota Historical Soci-ety and its History Museum.
In addition to the fl agship museum in Lansing, Weipert oversaw the 11 satellite mu-seums including The Fort Wilkins and Copper Harbor Lighthouse, the Michigan Iron Industry Museum, the Sanilac Petroglymphs and the Hart-wick Pines Logging museum.
“We liked to alternate a ma-jor exhibit between the Upper
ends after this month’s elec-tions. “She’s jumped right in. The future is very bright for CCHS.”
NEW BUT FAMILIAR
One of the fi rst things that impressed Weipert when she visited the Carver County His-torical Society Museum was the extensive military collec-tion. While she was accustomed to juggling and organizing the main state museum and the 12 field locations, she’s looking forward to concentrating on one county.
“We have a few satellite locations in Carver County,” Weipert said. “It will be a nice change to focus.”
Before heading the state col-lection in Michigan, Weipert’s experience includes working at fi ve smaller museums includ-ing the local historical society in St. John’s, Michigan.
She loves to read history, especially books about the 1890-1915 era.
“It was a time of changes when their issues were child labor, women’s rights, breaking
Getting to knowName: Eve Weipert
Age: 44
Hometown: Born in Dearborn, Mich., grew up in Michgan, Georgia, Wisconsin.
Title: Curator, Carver County Historical Society
The Carver County Museum is located at 555 West First Street, Waconia. For more information, visit www.carvercountyhistoricalsociety.org/, e-mail [email protected], or call (952) 442-4234.
Feed mill refl ections BY CHUCK DIMLER
As a young boy in the 1950s, I was helping Daniel K lingelhutz harvest his corn across the street from the Chanhassen Feed Mill. The corn ears were har-vested whole and loaded into a wagon pulled behind a mechanical corn picker.
In the farmyard the corn ears were unloaded into a portable elevator that dumped them at the top of a slotted exterior-walled building called a corn crib.
My job was to distribute the corn ears equally away from where the elevator dropped them.
One sunny fall afternoon a gentleman stopped and asked me if the farm owner was available. I directed him to Mr. K lingelhutz. T he gent leman was M r. Herb Bloomberg, who pur-chased the farm, built the Frontier Lumber Company and the Chanhassen Din-ner Theatres and changed the course of the history of our town.
up the big business monopo-lies, the downfall of Standard Oil,” Weipert said. “Sorry Mr. Rockefeller! It was a great time period of history, a real chang-ing period.”
Carver County is not too dif-ferent from where she grew up in Wisconsin and Michigan.
“The area has a similar type of history to what I grew up with,” she said. “My mother was from Wisconsin, Racine County, which is similar with dairy and farming and a simi-lar t German and Scandinavian culture.”
Weipert lives in Norwood Young America with her cat Boots.
“I have a nice little drive to work,” Weipert said. “Every morning I get to say hello to my Guernseys in the fi eld having breakfast.”
WHAT’S NEXT
Weipert’s looking forward to completing the Veterans gal-lery, catching up with the new donations that have come in, and working on the preserva-tion of the photography collec-tion. The county has a collec-tion of 5,000 photographs.
“We’re working on a legacy grant project with the state,” Weipert said. “The grant al-lowed us to bring in two con-tract workers who are put-ting our photograph collection onto acid free backing boards, into archival sleeves, and into numeric order for research. We’re about a third of the way through it now.”
Weipert described two up-coming temporary exhibits the museum is preparing.
In February, the museum presents “Why Treaties Mat-ter: Self-Government in the Dakota and Ojibwe Nations.” It explores the native nations of Minnesota and their treaty making from the time before Europeans came to this land, through treaty making with the United States, to the growth of tribal self-determination in our time.
In March, the museum will have a traveling Civil War exhibit.
“It was created by two lo-cal women, including Joyce Hendricks of Norwood Young America, and CCHS board member,” Weipert said. “They are Civil War descendents and they created a traveling exhibit depicting roughly 100 soldiers from the Watertown area, who participated in the Civil War.
The exhibit kicks off on Sat-urday, March 10.
Peninsula one year and the Lower Peninsula the next,” Weipert said. “There was a lot of variety with the exhibits. We had lighthouses, historic houses as well as regular mu-seums.
Due to state budget cuts, Weipert was laid off a year and a half ago. She kept herself busy volunteering with other historical societies, in addition to her job search.
While it was a whirlwind of interviewing with a variety of staff from the county and members of the Carver County Historical Society board of di-rectors right before Thanksgiv-ing, Weipert wasn’t panicked
“I interviewed on Tuesday,” Weipert said, “got the job of-fer after Thanksgiving, and moved to start my job in mid-December. I had half my house already packed, so I packed up mostly what was used during the year and a half I was in-between jobs.”
“She is a great addition,” said John Varone, who is cur-rent Carver County Historical Society president, whose term
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LIVESREMEMBEREDDoris Nikolai
Doris Nikolai, 87, of Chanhassen,passed away Jan. 13, 2012.
Doris was raised in Minneapolis, gradu-ated 1943 from Central High. She marriedDaniel Nikolai of Chaska in 1950. Anemployee of Minnetonka Schools, sheretired after 26 years obtaining the positionof executive secretary for the Superintendent of District 276.
Doris loved music, from playing piano and listening toopera with a passion for singing soprano (Mt. OlivetChurch, Sweet Adeline’s, Mt Calvary choir). Lately heractivities included the Chan-O-Laires Sr. singers, the MtCalvary Quilters supplying shelters via His House and bak-ing cookies for Operation MN Nice for military troops overseas. She was a fantastic cookie baker for family andfriends alike. She always had a kind word for whomevershe met.
She is survived by children, Lynnae, Denise and Alan;brother, Jon Lucky (Jackie) of Medford, OR; sister-in-law,Norma Lindseth of Seattle, WA; close cousin, Joan Haris(Robert) of Valley Forge, PA, along with nieces, nephews,cousins and friends. Preceded in death by husband Daniel.
Memorial service Thursday, Jan. 26 at 11 a.m. at Mt.Calvary Lutheran Church, 301 County Rd. 19, Excelsior.Visitation one hour prior with lunch after the service.Private interment. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred.
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Super Bowl party recipes and activitiesWhen the Super Bowl arrives, it doesn’t matter if your team is playing. It’s about the commercials, the food, and the fun as much as the football. We’re asking you to share your favorite party-food recipes that are fi t for the Super Bowl on Sunday, Feb. 5 – decadent dips and salty snacks, but also healthy options.
If you don’t have a recipe to share, tell us about a traditional activity you hold on Super Bowl Sunday. Do you have an awards program for your fantasy-football league? Do you head outside for a game of touch football?
Share your Super Bowl recipes and activities with Chanhassen Villager readers. Send them to Editor Richard Crawford, [email protected], before noon on Friday, Jan. 27. Include your name and city of residence. We’ll run some recipes online at chanvillager.com and the best in the Feb. 2 Villager print edition.
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WRESTLING
Butcher, Loosbrock earn milestone winsBY ERIC KRAUSHAR
A milestone is one of a series of numbered markers that are constructed to provide refer-ence points along a journey. In wrestling, milestone wins are a reference point not only for an individual’s success, but also hard work and determination.
C h a sk a ju n ior s E t h a n Loosbrock and Trent Butcher reached separate milestones during matches late last week.
Loosbrock notched No. 100 in a triangular in New Prague Jan. 13, while a day earlier at home in Chaska, Butcher hit No. 75 with a pin.
“It’s just great to get the 75th win and see all the hard work paying off. Hopefully I can keep it going and hit 100 by next year,” Butcher said.
While the Chaska juniors achieved individual success, the Storm Hawks wrestling team fell to a pair of conference foes in close duals that went down to the fi nal matches.
Josh Blackowiak’s 5-3 over-time victory at 170 pounds gave Chaska/Chanhassen the 23-14 lead, but two fi rst-period pins, a forfeit win and a 3-2 decision to end the dual put Shakopee on top 35-23 in a Missota Confer-ence event Jan. 12 at Chaska High School.
A pin from Sabers’ sixth-ranked Scott Bode at 20 seconds of the fi rst period at 195 pounds
put Shakopee ahead for good at 26-23.
The Storm Hawks won four of five matches between 126 and 152 pounds to gain a 20-10 lead.
Butcher started the run with a second-period pin at 126 pounds – his 75th win of his career.
Butcher said the experience of wrestling in the big tourna-ments such as Rumble on the Red in Fargo and the Foley In-vitational Jan. 7 help prepare a wrestler for the months ahead.
“Wrestling the best helps you no matter if you win or lose. Just the experience of wrestling the best helps you down the road,” Butcher said.
C/C eighth-grader Brenden Olevson, ranked No. 10 in 3A, also won by overtime decision over ranked Patrick Casey 6-4 in the most anticipated match of the night.
Olevson reversed a tired Casey in the second overtime for two points and rode him for the entire 30-second third overtime session for his biggest win of the season.
“I just wore him out I guess. I’ve faced fi ve ranked kids now, so you get used to facing tough guys. I actually lost to him by three points last year because he was stalling so much. I wanted to push the tempo,” Olevson said.
Casey, a junior, defeated Olevson 7-4 in the semifi nals
of the 130-pound bracket in Section 2AAA last March. Olevson finished the season with a 32-7 record – one of four wrestlers with 30-plus wins to not reach the state meet out of the section.
“It wasn’t very fun because I lost a lot actually,” said Olevson about wrestling at the tough tournaments in Fargo and Foley, “but like Trent said it helps you no matter what. I get more out of the practice room, though. I get to work with Trent every day and he pushes me harder than anyone to be bet-ter. Working with him helped me out the most (with Casey).”
Zach Boyum and sixth-ranked Loosbrock also won for the Storm Hawks at 145 and 152 pounds for the 10-point team advantage.
Shakopee cut the defi cit to six points with a 13-0 victory from Sam Hall, but Blackowiak returned the favor on the Sa-bers with an overtime win over No. 7 Jacob Glynn at 170 pounds. It is the second win over top 10 wrestlers this sea-son for the Chaska senior.
Pins by Chaydon O’Fallon and Bode followed by a forfeit win to Alex Denis gave the
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Chanhassen eighth-grader Brenden Olevson scores the two-point reversal for the 6-4 triple-overtime win over ranked Patrick Casey of Shakopee Jan. 12.
Sabers a 32-23 lead.C/C’s Reid Johnson gave
second-ranked Corey Anderson all he could handle at heavy-weight, but a late stalling call with nine seconds remaining gave the Sabers senior a 3-2 victory.
Despite the loss, both Butch-er and Olevson were pleased
with the effort on display from the Storm Hawks. With the Missota Conference ruling C/C ineligible to win the conference title as a team, a victory really would have meant a loss in the standings.
“This still affects all-con-ference. We’re all still going for all-conference selections,”
said Butcher.“Winning is always good.
You’re always trying to win no matter what,” Olevson added.
C/C lost to New Prague 36-30 on Jan. 13 before fi nishing off the night with a 42-33 vic-tory over Waterville-Elysian-Morristown. Individual results were not submitted.
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Injuries limit gymnastics squad in Missota losses
C h a s k a / C h a n h a s s e n dropped to 1-3 in the Misso-ta Conference season with a 144.125-134.275 loss to New Prague at Chanhassen High School Jan. 10 and a 142.775-133.9 defeat to the same Trojans squad Jan. 13.
New Prague is 12-1 on the season in duals and ranked No. 2 in Class A.
In the first meeting, the Storm Hawks got a 9.2 from Ra-chel Nornes on fl oor exercise. Nornes fi nished the all-around with a score of 35.375, while Leah Kutsch also had a score of 33.0.
Nikki Lombardo earned her highest varsity fl oor score of 8.55.
“The girls did surprisingly well. We are battling a few var-sity injuries, which we thought would set us back a bit. The JV girls have stepped up and really done their job, so we are very happy with that,” said Storm Hawks coach Jaime Tsurusaki about the Jan. 10 meet. “We went 4-for-5 on beam, which is the fi rst time that has hap-pened as well. Our scores were low, but we are working on it. We hit all of our bar routines and landed the majority of our vaults. All-in-all, it was a good meet.”
C/C was coming off a third-place fi nish on Jan. 7 at the St. Peter Invitational at Gustavus Adolphus College. The Storm Hawks scored a 131.750.
Nornes led C/C in the all-around portion of the invite, placing fourth overall with a score of 34.700. She won beam competition with a 9.4 and placed third on fl oor with an 8.6.
Leah Kutsch placed 10th on vault, fl oor and all-around with scores of 8.7, 8.150 and 31.450, respectively.
Senior captain Alex Dragos competed on bars and placed second with a score of 8.9.
PROMISING RESULTS
A disqualification in the fi rst event of the meet Jan. 12 resulted in a defi cit to great for Chaska/Chanhassen to overcome in a 99-87 loss to Red Wing at Twin Bluffs Middle School.
The Storm Hawks had the winning time in the 200 med-ley relay, but were disqualifi ed for a false start. A fi rst-place fi nish for C/C would have re-sulted in a 93-93 tie.
C/C won four individual events, including back-to-back swims from Connor Martin and Sean Donnelly in the 100 backstroke and 100 breast-stroke.
Martin hit the wall at 56.54
for a dominating fi ve-second win. Donnelly’s win was even more convincing with a time of 1:04.23, which was more than 11 seconds faster than the runner-up swimmer from Red Wing.
Benny Richardson had a first-place time in the 100 butterf ly, while Jack Getty continued to shine in diving. Getty clipped Wingers’ Chris Byrne by a single point 153-152 for the diving victory.
Richardson beat Red Wing’s Conner O’Keefe in the butter-fl y with a swim of 56.63.
Also placing second indi-vidually for the Storm Hawks were Richardson (200 free-style), Donnelly (50 free), and JP Currie (200 IM and 500 free). Both of the top 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays also were runners-up as well.
Chaska/Chanhassen was swimming against the big boys Saturday in the True Team Section 6AA Meet in Edina. The Storm Hawks gave up a lot of depth, but still managed to fi nish fourth among the six competing teams.
No. 1 Eden Prairie topped No. 2 Minnetonka and No. 3 Edina with a score of 1,108. The defending state champion Skippers had 1,047 points.
The Storm Hawks were fourth with 505 points – ahead of Hopkins and Watertown-Mayer/Delano/Holy Family Catholic.
C/C had eight top-10 indi-vidual finishes in the meet. Donnelly led the way with a third-place swim in the 100 breaststroke at 1:04.29. He was also fourth in the 50 freestyle at 23.27.
Ot her top Stor m H awk swims came from Richardson (200 free: eighth, 1:55.02; 500 free: eighth, 5:13.11), Currie (200 free: ninth, 1:55.16; 500 free: seventh, 5:12.48), Getty (Diving: seventh, 269.40) and Martin (100 back: seventh, 56.90).
Minnetonka had a great sec-ond-half of the meet, winning fi ve of the six fi nal events.
Noah Busch won the 100 freestyle by three-hundredths of a second in 47.99 to start the winning run. Eric Sirjord (500 free, 4:51.83) made it two in a row for the Skippers, while Busch and Kendall Dunn also won the backstroke and breast-stroke events.
Busch hit the wall two sec-onds ahead of the fi eld at 53.25, while Dunn was also dominant with a time of 1:00.93.
Minnetonka finished the meet with a victory in the 400 -yard freestyle relay at 3:19.36.
Gopher recruits lead big second-half eff ort from No. 5 Eden PrairieBY ERIC KRAUSHAR
Shayne Mullaney and Jackie Johnson feed off each other well on the court, so it’s no surprise that both Eden Prairie seniors decided to commit to the Uni-versity of Minnesota.
On Tuesday, the Eagle duo showed how dominating they can be, netting 33 of their team’s 40 second-half points as Eden Prairie blew open a 31-30 halftime game in a 71-49 win.
The game featured two teams ranked in the top-6 in Class 4A.
Trailing 31-30 at halftime, Chanhassen quickly ran into foul trouble in the opening minutes of the second half. Guard Becca Smith picked up her fourth foul on the third offensive possession. Mikki Prince followed suit with four fouls with 12:26 to play.
Smith eventually fouled out with 11:13 remaining in the game.
With Smith and Prince ei-ther on the bench or limited defensively, Mullaney went to work, scoring 20 of her game-high 28 points in the second half. Prince’s stellar defense held Mullaney to just eight points in the fi rst half.
Johnson, who stands at six feet, two inches, had no trouble collecting the ball in the paint, scoring 13 of her 26 points in the second half as well.
Chanhassen struggled to fi nd offense with Prince on the bench as EP used a 14-0 lead to pull away from a 37-37 tie. A basket from Anna Letsche with 7:58 remaining halted the run at 51-39, but the lead never went under 10 points the rest of the way.
The Storm converted just 11 fi eld goals for the game - fi ve in the second half. Mullaney, alone, made 11 fi eld goals in the contest. I f not for free throws, in which Chanhassen converted 22-of-34, the game would have not been close in the fi rst half.
Lauren Shi f felt led the Storm with 17 points – 10 from the foul line. Prince also added 15 points, which included four 3-pointers.
The game had 48 personal fouls and one technical foul whistled.
Chanhassen (12-3) had a seven-game winning streak snapped with the loss.
Chanhassen began the week by keeping pace with Red Wing for the lead in the Missota Con-ference with a 59-30 win over Holy Angels Friday. The Storm
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Tori Shear (43) goes up for the scoop layup as Eden Prairie center Jackie Johnson (4) attempts the block. Shear had seven points in Chanhassen’s 71-49 loss Tuesday.
were tied with Red Wing at 3-0 in league play heading into the week’s action.
Shif felt and Tori Shear each had 11 points to lead Chanhassen in the win, while reserve Olivia Wilder and Prince contributed nine and seven points, respectively.
Ten Storm players had at least two points in the win.
Facing Minneapolis South for the second time in three weeks, Chanhassen needed
a second-half rally to stretch its winning streak to seven games in an 84-58 victory Saturday.
The Tigers led 36-34 at half-time over the Storm, which were playing for the second straight day. Chanhassen outscored South 50-22 during the fi nal 18 minutes.
Four Storm players were in double fi gures led by Shiffelt with 17 points. Letsche added a season-high 16 points, while
Shear and Smith were also in double fi gures with 15 and 11 points, respectively.
L a s h e l l e O r r - N e w t o n scored a team-high 16 points for South.
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BASKETBALL
Brothers off the court, rivals on the courtBY ERIC KRAUSHAR
For two years, Justin Arnold has been attending Chanhas-sen varsity basketball games, cheering on his brother Bran-don and the Storm. Now, a freshman on the Chaska var-sity basketball team, his alle-giance has changed a bit.
The two brothers will square off for the fi rst time in different jerseys at 6 p.m. Saturday at Chaska High School.
“It’s just another game. We compete against each other in everything life. We’re brothers. He wants to beat me in every-thing, just like I want to beat him. You know, when we’re on the court we’re going to be enemies, but if he’s on the fl oor, I’m going to pick him up – he’ll pick me up. We’re brothers on the court, but we’re going to compete against each other,” Brandon said.
“I’ve played him many times in my life, but it’s never actu-ally been something like this. The fi rst couple of minutes I’m sure it’ll be weird, but after that I think it will be fun. I just have to think of it as I’m not playing my brother – I’m just playing someone else,” Justin said.
The Arnolds live within the Chaska school boundary, but with Chanhassen High School opening two years ago, Brandon open-enrolled to remain with his group of friends. Justin had the chance to do the same thing, but he
decided to remain at Chaska to stay together with a strong freshman football class.
Two sons on two dif fer-ent teams for two different schools makes it tough on the parents.
“Yeah, our parents have to split up. One usually goes to one game and the other goes to the other game,” Brandon said. “We go and support each other when we can. If we don’t have a game, I’ll go and watch his. And it’s the same with him. We’ve grown up and played together – we’re brothers – so we’l l always support each other.”
“We get to each other’s games a few times. Even though I go to Chaska, it’s not like I can’t cheer for him even though he goes to Chanhassen. We sup-port each other as much as we can. Plus it helps to watch other players and other teams and it helps me prepare for my games,” Justin said.
Justin is no stranger to be-ing one of the youngest play-ers on the court. Growing up with an older brother, many times he played alongside his brother in pick-up games and competitions.
His ability to play with older players has made his adjust-ment to the varsity game a smooth transition. Through 13 games, Justin is fi fth on the team at 5.6 points per game.
“The fi rst couple of weeks this season we’re tough with getting used to things. It wasn’t
a big deal when I messed up something before, but those fi rst couple of weeks I didn’t want to make a mistake. Now it feels normal. I don’t look at it as playing seniors. We’re all just as talented,” Justin said.
Brandon didn’t mind hav-ing his younger brother tag along and he certainly didn’t mind being a mentor as the two grew up.
“He’s used to it because he’s grown up playing with me and my group of friends – me, Kevin (Jensen), Zach Stahl, Joey Stark, Cole (Otto). The age difference never has re-ally bothered him. He plays football and he’s physical. That’s why he can be success-ful because he goes out and he doesn’t mind being physical with guys older than him,” Brandon said.
The two players are similar in their games in that they can get to the rim on the drive. But they are also different in that Justin prides himself in defense where Brandon is a great passer. Brandon aver-ages just more than fi ve points per game.
“I think the main thing to my game is I try to work the hardest on defense out of any-
one on the court. I think what helps me get to the rim is that I’m strong. I’m bigger than most ninth graders, but I also can handle the pressure when there is contact,” Justin said.
The Arnolds aren’t the only family rivalry that will be fea-tured in the boys game. Chan-hassen freshman Joey Witthus will be matched against his cousin, Matthew, a sophomore at Chaska.
One thing is for sure, the Chaska High School gym will be packed on back-to-back nights with a lot at stake. On the boys side, Chanhas-sen is the early front-runner, but Chaska along with New Prague aren’t too far behind. On the girls side, Chanhassen and Chaska are in a group of pack leaders with Red Wing and New Prague.
A ll of the teams are in search of one thing – a confer-ence title.
“It’s a chance for a confer-ence win and our goal is to go undefeated, so we need this one if we want to accomplish that,” Brandon said.
In four previous boys meet-ings, Chaska has come away victors every time. The Storm did come close in a 74-71 over-time loss last January.
On the girls side, it has been a dead heat with the Hawks winning twice in 2010 and Chanhassen taking both clashes in 2011. The girls game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Fri-day at Chaska High School.
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Chanhassen senior Brandon Arnold rises for two points in a rout over Northfi eld Jan. 10. Arnold will face his younger brother, Justin, in a game at Chaska at 6 p.m. Saturday.
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THIS AND THAT
Penalties stiff ened in eff ort to thwart unnecessary hockey hits
The Minnesota State High School League had planned to revisit possible changes to the current checking rules at a meeting this summer, but after two recent spinal injuries, MSHSL decided it was time to act now.
The MSHSL Board of Di-rectors approved a recom-mendation to stiffen several penalties in hockey that be-came effective this week. The goal is to continue the League’s efforts to reduce and remove dangerous contact that has led to severe injuries to players.
The penalties for three infractions of the rules have been signifi cantly increased in an effort to thwart players from making dangerous hits on the ice.
Checking from behind, which formerly called for a two-minute minor penalty plus a 10-minute misconduct penalty, will now become a five-minute major penalty plus a 10-minute misconduct penalty. It also states that any check from behind that is deemed “fl agrant or causes the player to crash head-fi rst into the boards or goal frame” will continue to be a game disqualification. The disqualified player cannot re-enter that game and can-not play in the next scheduled game either.
Boarding, defined as a “check, cross-check, elbow, charge or trip” that sends an opponent “violently into the boards” now becomes an automatic major penalty – fi ve minutes – instead of the option of either a two-minute minor penalty or a fi ve-min-ute major penalty. The exist-ing rule also states that any boarding check that “causes the player to crash headfi rst into the boards” may qualify for a game disqualifi cation. The disqualifi ed player can-not re-enter that game and cannot play in the next sched-uled game either.
Contact to the head also now becomes an automatic major penalty – fi ve minutes – instead of the option of ei-ther a two-minute minor pen-alty or a fi ve-minute major penalty. The rule states, “No player shall make contact with an opposing player’s head or neck area in any manner.” Offi cials still have the option of assessing a disqualification penalty if warranted, and in that case the disqualifi ed player can-not re-enter that game and cannot play in the next sched-uled game either.
“I was a little surprised it happened so fast. They usu-ally do some beta testing and do a lot of research before making a decision as large as this,” said Holy Family Cath-olic Head Coach Noel Rahn.
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“It’s something that needed to be done, but implementing it in the middle of the season makes it tough on us coaches. I’m interested to see how things go down. We won’t know until we see what happens and how it’s called.
Last summer the MSHSL ad-visory committee established contact to the head and check-ing from behind as ongoing areas of concern to discuss. At a Jan. 10 meeting the commit-tee members immediately es-tablished a priority to address the issue of proper contact in the game.
The League’s chief hockey rules clinician was also invited to attend and participated in the discussion. The boys and girls coaches on the commit-tee quickly agreed that the best way to address increasing violent hits was to escalate the penalty structure and to get all parties involved to seek to change the culture of the game.
“As a coach, it’s something that we should be instructing from Day One. But now we have to be more aware of it. We have to go back to the basics of check-ing. If we’re ever in an issue or circumstance where we may hit someone from behind, we have to turn our back and skate away,” Rahn said. “If penalties were enforced the way the rules were written, we wouldn’t be here in this situation.”
In the MSHSL’s release, it states: “The coaches need to accept the stiffer penalties and need to instruct their players the proper and legal ways of making contact with opponents. The offi cials need to make the calls and when the calls are made, they need to be supported by not only the coaches, but also by the players and the fans.”
“Hockey is a great game, and when it is played the way it should be played, it should be a safe game,” said Craig Perry, League associate director who oversees hockey. “The advisory committee’s recommendations and our Board’s support of the action continue our efforts to protect the kids on the ice, ef-forts that have been in place for a number of years.
“The rules book developed by the National Federation of State High School Associa-
HOCKEY ROUNDUP
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Defenseman Lauren Kohler (5) fi res a backhander on net moments before Chaska/Chanhassen took a 1-0 lead Tuesday. The Storm Hawks beat Shakopee 6-2.
Storm pass key conference testsBY ERIC KRAUSHAR
Chanhassen needed a trio of third-period goals to rally for its sixth straight victory in a 5-4 win over New Ulm Saturday in Victoria.
The fi nal goal came from one of the most unlikely sources in senior defenseman Joe Pries, who entered the contest with no points in 11 games.
Pries’ game-winning shot under the crossbar broke a 4-4 tie with 8:09 left in regulation. The goal came on assists from Jack Spillers and Austin Simenson.
“Big goal for Joe Pries on Saturday. Bar down snipe to win it. Joe had not played a shift in the fi rst two periods, but showed why the coaches are excited to have him part of the team. He stayed focused and ready and didn’t get down, and when called upon he answered the bell,” Storm Head Coach Chris Wilson said.
Chanhassen trailed 4-2 en-tering the fi nal period, but the Storm quickly knotted the game at four. Logan Wilkinson contin-ued his recent stellar play with a goal from Connor Kelly 1:39 into the stanza.
Less than three minutes later, it was Kelly from Nate Traina and CJ Oddsen for the tie.
Traina gave the Storm the early lead on a short-handed goal, but a trio of goals from New Ulm’s Brody Peterson – two on the power play – to give the Eagles a 3-1 lead after a period.
Chanhassen’s Kelly and New Ulm’s Peterson traded goals in the second period for the 4-2 ad-vantage in favor of the Eagles.
Harlin Paradise earned the victory for the Storm in the nets.
Chanhassen started the week with a pair of victories over league foes New Prague and Red Wing.
Each game is a lesson for a team. In the Jan. 10’s 3-2 win over New Prague, the message was never give up, even when it doesn’t look like there’s much of a chance.
New Prague took a 2-1 lead on a Jordan Holicky power-play netter with 2:26 to play in regula-tion. The Storm, though, never quit, even when leading scorer Kelly went to the penalty box for head contact 23 seconds later.
Kent Eklund, who drew the hooking penalty that led to the power play for the Trojans that ultimately led to the third-period goal, tied the game short-handed with 75 seconds to play.
Defenseman Eric Bigaouette got around two New Prague defenders on a rush, feeding Ek-lund, who tapped in the pass to send the game into overtime.
That’s where Jackson Spin-gler gave Chanhassen the win with 2:08 left in overtime, bang-ing in a rebound off a point shot from Eklund, sending the Storm into celebration mode.
Paradise made 19 saves for the victory for the Storm.
New Prague led 1-0 after the
first period, but a Bigaouette end-to-end rush set up Jake Anderson for a power-play goal to knot the game at one.
Chanhassen passed prior Missota Conference tests with wins over Holy Angels and New Prague and it was the same sto-ry Jan. 12 as the Storm topped Red Wing 4-2 at the Victoria Recreation Center.
Traina’s goal with 3:17 re-maining in the second period gave Chanhassen the lead for good. The Storm are 5-0 in league play.
Holy Angels (4-1) and Red Wing (4-2) are the top two con-tenders for the conference ti-tle.
“It was a big week for us. Two Missota wins over the next place teams. We still need to put together an entire game. We have it up to two periods, but need to make it all three,” Wilson said.
Oddsen got the Storm on the board fi rst at the 6:21 mark of the opening period from Tanner Walsh and Bigaouette.
With the game tied at one, Spingler gave the Storm the lead again with a power-play goal from Kelly and Bigaouette.
Traina netted the eventual winner before Kelly added an insurance goal on a shot from the point that deflected off a defenseman’s skate into the net with 2:15 to play in regulation for the fi nal difference.
Chanhassen outshot the Wingers 34-31 for the game. Erik Anderson stopped 29 shots for the victory.
FIRST-PLACE TEAM
Chaska/Chanhassen broke open a one-goal game with three second-period goals in a 6-2 win over Shakopee at home Tuesday.
The Storm Hawks are now 8-0-1 in the Missota Conference – 1 1/2 games ahead of Red Wing who sits at 7-1.
After outshooting Shakopee 18-2 in the fi rst period, C/C only led 1-0 on Kaitlin Storo’s re-bound goal off a point shot from Jenna Wormuth.
W o r m u t h a n d C a s e y Lindquist netted goals 19 sec-onds apart in the second stanza for the 3-0 lead.
Silkey, who had a four-point
night, added a goal later in the second period, while Storo and Megan O’Brien also scored for the Storm Hawks. C/C outshot Shakopee 38-13 for the game.
The Sabers tied C/C 3-3 in the fi rst meeting in December.
Coming off three straight wins, in which goaltender Jes-sica Erchul allowed two goals in 10 periods, Farmington entered Chaska Community Center hop-ing to knock off Missota Confer-ence unbeaten C/C.
Much like the fi rst meeting in which the Storm Hawks domi-nated the Tigers and Erchul in the fi rst period, C/C scored three times less than two min-utes apart in a 5-1 win Jan. 10.
After seven scoreless min-utes, the Storm Hawks got on the board first as Breanna Lervick scored her third goal of the season at the 7:13 mark from Sheridan Bergo.
Just 18 seconds later, it was Megan Williams from Storo and Silkey for the 2-0 advantage.
Eighty-seven seconds later, down a player, Lindquist made it 3-0 Storm Hawks with a short-handed goal from Silkey and Wormuth.
Farmington cut the deficit to 3-1, but goals from Lindquist and Storo proved to be the fi nal difference for C/C.
Carly Van Orden stopped 21 shots to outduel Erchul, a fi fth-year starter, for the second time this season. Erchul turned away 27 of 32 shots in the loss.
C/C was at its best Jan. 12 with an 8-0 win at Holy Angels. Lindquist scored three times as the Storm Hawks outshot the Stars 54-1 for the game.
Van Orden faced only one shot in the second period for the shutout. Holy Angels had three power-play opportuni-ties, including a 5-on-3 for 64 seconds.
Bergo gave C/C a 1-0 lead in the fi rst period from Wormuth and Sophia Buelow. The fl ood-gates opened in the second period with Lindquist lighting the lamp twice and Morgan Morse tallying a goal from Kylie Eklund.
Silkey, Megan Hinze, Storo and Lindquist capped off the scoring in the third period. Hinze, Morse and Eklund each had two assists in the win.
tions has made checking from behind and hits to the head as points of emphasis since the 2004-05 season.”
Rahn has been told coaches will not be able to challenge a referee’s decision and that if any comment is made from anyone on the bench, an un-sportsmanlike conduct penalty will be issued.
“We don’t carry four lines. We only suit fi ve defensemen. Now we’re going to have to carry extra forwards and six or seven defenders. The game will defi nitely change. There won’t be as much physical play. Kids are going to be tentative because they don’t want to be sitting in the box for five minutes. We might even have to change our systems. Send in one guy on the forecheck instead of two,” Rahn said.
An education module is now available online that details the rules changes. All coaches, offi cials and players have been instructed to view the education module and endorse its imple-mentation prior to the next scheduled competition. The education module is also posted on the home page of the League website – www.MSHSL.org.
STALLMAN RETIRES
Chaska Head Girls Cross Country Coach Scott Stall-man is calling it a career after 36 years as the leader of the Hawks. He has coached more than 85 teams in his years at Chaska High School.
Stallman also started the Live-Run-Smile camp in Chas-ka.
The district is hosting an open house for Stallman in ap-preciation for athletes coached from 1975-2011 and lives forever changed at the Chanhassen Le-gion (upper room) on 290 Lake Drive East.
The event is from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 24.
If anyone has questions, contact the Chaska High School Activities Department at 952-556-7130.
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An open house is planned for next Tuesday at the Chanhassen Legion to wish retiring Chaska Cross Country Coach Scott Stallman well after 36 years of service.
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Don’t miss thisRIVALRY TIME
Its District 112 rivalry time on the bas-ketball court this time as Chaska hosts Chanhassen in girls hoops on Friday with the boys in action on Saturday. Get there early as the gym will be packed both nights!
TONKA ROUNDUP
Skippers hockey all alone atop Lake ConferenceLaura Bowman netted her
second goal of the game with more than 10 minutes left in regulation to lift fourth-ranked Minnetonka to a 3-2 win on the road at Eden Prairie Saturday.
The Skippers, who sit a half-game ahead of Edina for fi rst place in the Lake Conference at 3-0-1, have an unbeaten streak of nine games.
With the score tied at two en-tering the fi nal period, Bowman notched the winning goal with Minnetonka down a skater with 10:47 left to play.
Hannah Ehresmann made six of her 19 saves in the third period for the victory in nets for the Skippers (15-3-1).
The two teams each scored a pair of goals in the second stanza with Bowman and senior Hadley Cookson fi nding the back of the net for Minnetonka.
Goals 54 seconds apart from Angie Heppelmann and Karissa Olsen had given the Eagles a 2-1 lead midway through the period.
Minnetonka outshot Eden Prairie 26-21 for the game.
The Skippers host Hopkins Saturday for Hockey Day in Minnesota at 4 p.m. indoors at Pagel Ice Center.
Kira von Steinbergs likely netted her most important var-sity goal in a 3-2 win over Wayz-ata Jan. 7. Three days later, the Minnetonka senior may have scored an even bigger one.
Down 1-0 in the third period at sixth-ranked Edina Jan. 10, von Steinbergs banged in a loose puck in the crease to tie the game at one. The contest ended in a tie after an overtime session.
Sarah Nielson got the Hor-nets on the board 39 seconds into the second period, knock-ing in a rebound for the 1-0 advantage.
The lead lasted until the 5:44 mark of the third stanza where von Steinbergs inched the puck just over the goal line off assists from Cookson and Bowman.
Minnetonka, which got 32 saves from Sydney Rossman, was outshot 33-31 for the game.
THREE MORE WINS
Tommy Vannelli broke a 3-3 tie with 8:40 to play in regula-tion to lead Minnetonka to a 5-3 win over sixth-ranked Benilde-St. Margaret Jan. 12 at Pagel Activity Center.
Vannelli’s fourth goal of the season from Phil Katopodis proved to be the difference maker. Connor Thie added an insurance goal with 88 seconds remaining for the 5-3 fi nal.
Minnetonka is ranked No. 2 in Class A.
T he Sk ipp er s a nd Re d Knights traded goals in the fi rst period with Erik Baskin netting a power-play goal before Sam Rothstein made it 2-1 for Minnetonka.
Baskin added his second goal of the game midway through the second stanza for the 3-2 lead.
Benilde-SM tied the game in the third period, but Vannelli’s game-winner 56 seconds later was the fi nal difference.
Rothstein and Vinni Lettieri each had two assists in the win.
Matt Behounek stopped 31 saves for the victory for Min-netonka.
Minnetonka finished the week with an 8-1 win over Holy Angels Saturday. Lettieri net-ted his second hat trick of the week. He scored twice in the opening stanza and notched his third goal of the game with less than four minutes remaining in the second period to put Min-netonka (15-1) ahead 4-0.
Baskin also had a hat trick for the Skippers, while Max
Coatta and Jared Ridge notched goals in the third period.
Rothstein, Jack Ramsey and Phil Katopodis all had multi-assist games.
Paul Ciaccio made 10 saves for the win for the Skippers.
Earlier in the week, Let-tieri grabbed the team lead in goals as the Minnetonka junior scored four times in an 8-0 win over Hopkins in the Lake Con-ference opener Jan. 10.
Lettieri got the Skippers on the board fi rst in the opening period at the 4:39 mark off a pass from Michael Prochno. The Go-phers recruit scored twice more in the second period before add-ing a power-play goal 13 seconds into the fi nal stanza.
Rothstein, Thie, Ramsey and Justin Bader each had a goal for the Skippers.
Ramsey’s netter was short-handed 52 seconds into the sec-ond period from Jimmy Schuldt, who had three assists. Prochno also had three assists from his blueline position.
Minnetonka gets a rematch with No. 1 Duluth East at 1:30 p.m. Saturday for Hockey Day in Minnesota at Pagel Ice Center.
BIG DEFENSIVE EFFORT
A trio of Minnetonka shoot-ers scored in double figures, but it was the defensive effort from the Skippers that allowed them to win easily 65-39 over Moorhead Saturday.
Minnetonka held the Spuds to 21 and 18 points in each of the halves.
Joanna Hedstrom led the Skippers with 19 points followed by Courtney Fredrickson and Anne Hamilton with 14 and 11 points, respectively. Kelly McK-enzie also added seven points.
“Anne played a very com-plete game today. Her defense, rebounding and offensive pro-
duction were a big reason our team played as well as we did today,” Minnetonka coach Leah Dasovich said.
No Moorhead player had more than seven points in the contest.
Earlier in the week, four straight turnovers from Roches-ter John Marshall lead to a pair of buckets for Minnetonka as the Skippers extended a seven-point halftime lead to 11 points in the early stages of the second half in a 64-50 win Jan. 10.
Hedstrom and Frederickson paced the Skippers with 19 and 18 points, respectively. Hamilton contributed 13 points, while McKenzie added nine.
Megan Haynes was one of three Rockets in double fi gures with 12 points.
Minnetonka has a record of 12-2 and is ranked No. 8 in Class 4A.
SMASHING THE FALCONS
Coming off a week layoff, Minnetonka didn’t show much rust in an 85-65 win over former conference foe Robbinsdale Armstrong Saturday.
Ranked No. 10 in Class 4A, the Skippers stretched its win streak to fi ve games with an 11-2 overall record.
Four Minnetonka players were in double figures led by Tommy McDermott with 18 points. Riley Dearring (15), Andrew Grosz (14) and Latrell Love (13) also hit double digits in the win.
The 14 points matched a ca-reer-high for Grosz, who helped the Skippers bench net 33 points for the game. Malcom Moore also had nine points off the pine.
Mitchell Biewen paced the Falcons with 18 points.
TWO SKIPPER CHAMPS
Andrew Sutton and Oscar
Arteaga each captured indi-vidual titles at the Minnetonka Wrestling Tournament Friday at the high school.
Arteaga, ranked No. 10 at heavyweight, went 3-0 to im-prove to 18-3 on the season. The Skippers junior won 13-6 over Henry Sibley’s Tyler Custard in the championship match.
Sutton’s record went to 18-2 with a first-place showing at 140 pounds with a pair of pins and a 7-4 win over Ben Rogers of Mound-Westonka in the title match.
Minnetonka was fourth in the team standings with 106.5 points. Henry Sibley won the event with 208, while Mound-Westonka/Holy Family Catho-lic was runner-up with 181.
Will Van Sant, ranked No. 3 in Class AAA, beat No. 9 Gavin Winkels of Orono 4-2 in the title match at 195 pounds.
Also winning titles for the White Hawks were Sam Ben-nyhoff, Tyler Hebig, Bryan Tierney and Ryder Schmidt.
Chanhassen H.S.Web schedule: www.missotaconference.orgSchool: www.district112.org/cns/Hotline: (952) 361-CHAN (2426)� Home boys hockey games at Victoria Arena� Home girls hockey games at Chaska C.C.� Home basketball games at Chan H.S.� Home wrestling meets at Chan HS/Chaska HS� Home gymnastics meets at Chan H.S.� Home swim/dive meets at Chaska M.S. East
TODAY, JANUARY 19Boys Swim/Dive at Shakopee, 6 p.m.Wrestling vs. Hutchinson, 7 p.m.Boys Hockey vs. Shakopee, 7:15 p.m.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20Girls Basketball at Chaska, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21Dance at Wayzata Invite, NoonGirls Hockey at Northfi eld, 2 p.m.Boys Hockey vs. Rochester Lourdes, 3 p.m.Boys Basketball at Chaska, 6 p.m.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24Alpine Ski at Afton Alps, 5:30 p.m.Boys Swim/Dive vs. Northfi eld, 6 p.m.Gymnastics vs. Red Wing, 6:30 p.m.Girls Basketball at New Prague, 7:30 p.m.Boys Basketball vs. New Prague, 7:30 p.m.
Minnetonka H.S.Web schedule: www.lakeconference.org� Home hockey games at Pagel Activity Center� Home basketball games at Minnetonka H.S. West Gym� Home wrestling matches at Minnetonka H.S. East Gym� Home gymnastics meets at Minnetonka H.S. Middle Gym� Home swim/dive meets at Minnetonka M.S. East
TODAY, JANUARY 19Wrestling at Hopkins Quad, 5 p.m.Gymnastics vs. Lakeville North, 6 p.m.Dance at Lake Conference (Edina), 7 p.m.Boys Hockey vs. Edina, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20Wrestling at New London-Spicer Invite, 5 p.m.Boys Swim/Dive vs. Eden Prairie, 5 p.m.Girls Basketball at Braham, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21Gymnastics at Buffalo Invite, NoonBoys Hockey vs. Duluth East, 1:30 p.m.Girls Hockey vs. Hopkins, 4:30 p.m.Boys Basketball vs. Rochester John Marshall, 6 p.m.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24Girls Hockey vs. Wayzata, 7 p.m.Girls Basketball vs. Osseo, 7:30 p.m.
Holy Family Catholic H.S.Web schedule: www.mnriverconference.orgSchool: www.hfchs.orgHotline: (952) 443-HOLY (4659), ext. 1111� Home girls hockey games at Victoria and Waconia Arenas� Home boys hockey games at Victoria Arena� Home basketball games at HFC H.S.
TODAY, JANUARY 19Girls Hockey vs. Minneapolis Novas, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20Boys Basketball at Annandale, 7:30 p.m.Girls Basketball vs. Waconia, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21Dance at Totino-Grace Invite, 10 a.m.Girls Hockey at St. Peter/L-SH, 3 p.m.Boys Hockey vs. Litchfi eld, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24Girls Hockey at Hutchinson, 7 p.m.Boys Hockey at Delano, 7 p.m.Boys Basketball vs. Belle Plaine, 7:30 p.m.
Chaska H.S.Web schedule: www.missotaconference.orgSchool: www.district112.org/chs/Hotline: (952) 556-HAWK (4295)� Home basketball games at Chaska H.S.� Home hockey games at Chaska C.C.� Home wrestling meets at Chan HS/Chaska HS� Home gymnastics meets at Chan H.S.� Home swim/dive meets at Chaska M.S. East
HOLY FAMILY ROUNDUP
Wildfi re hockey gets back on track with two winsPlaying for the second time
in 20 days, Holy Family Catho-lic/Waconia improved to 9-7-2 on the season with a 4-1 win over the St. Paul Blades in Victoria Jan. 10.
The Wildfi re beat the Blades 3-2 Dec. 20 at Phalen Arena in St. Paul.
Sarah Rosland broke a score-less tie in the second period with a pair of goals, including a second one with seven seconds left in the stanza. Megan Burke assisted on both goals.
St. Paul cut the defi cit to a goal early in the third period, but Brityn Ryshavy and JC Reinke each netted goals for HFC/Waconia for the fi nal dif-ference.
Lexi Hartman made 18 saves for the win for the Wildfi re.
The key to beating Hutchin-son is stopping its fi rst line of Sara Carlson and Claire Cripps. HFC/Waconia did just that Jan. 12, holding the duo scoreless in a 5-1 win in Victoria.
HFC/Waconia is now 2-4 in the Wright County Confer-ence.
Megan Menzuber netted a pair of goals, while Jenna Sik, Burke and Reinke also scored for the Wildfi re, which outshot the Tigers 27-20.
Menzuber put HFC/Waconia on the board fi rst and Burke’s goal with 2:43 remaining in the
opening stanza proved to be the eventual winner. The Wildfi re led 5-0 until Ashley Madson netted a goal from Carlson with just over two minutes to play in regulation.
Carly Bergstrom turned away 19 shots for the victory for HFC/Waconia (10-7-2).
DEFENSE KEY TO SUCCESS
Holy Family Catholic coach Noel Rahn liked what he saw from his offense after two games into the 2011-2012 season. What was not to like – the Fire had 19 total goals.
What he didn’t like, though, was the nine goals allowed. His message to the team was offense is great now, but defense wins games late in the season.
Including the Fire’s 2-1 win over East Ridge Jan. 10, Holy Family had allowed just three goals in winning four straight games.
Holy Family is now 4 -1 against Class AA opponents this season.
With top forward Shane Ger-sich leaving earlier in the day for the Winter Youth Olympics Games in Austria representing Team USA, the Fire needed other avenues of offense.
Sophomore defenseman Dy-lan Woolf provided the first goal on the power play at the 5:41 mark from Will Garin and
Ryan Swanson.Almost six minutes later, it
was eighth-grade defenseman Matt Runyon on the power play from Garin and Austin Balm for the 2-0 lead.
From the first period on, though, it was the Fire’s de-fensive efforts that preserved the victory. Having to kill 16 minutes short-handed during the fi nal 34 minutes of play, Holy Family allowed just one goal with 3:19 to play.
In total, East Ridge was 0-for-6 on the power play.
Nick Schreiter posted 26 saves for his third win in a row and seventh overall.
The defense didn’t respond two days later, though.
Trailing 5-2 after two peri-ods, HFC got back within a goal, but it wasn’t enough as Waconia recorded a program-record 11th win in a 7-5 win over the Fire.
Down 6-3 with less than 10 minutes to play, HFC got goals from Tim Fellner and John Peterson 46 seconds apart to get back within a goal.
Waconia held on in the fi-nal two minutes, adding an empty-net goal, for the final difference.
The Wildcats jumped to a 5-2 lead through two periods, which included a pair of goals from Justin Reinke.
Garin and Sam Stenson
netted goals in the first two periods for the Fire, which outshot Waconia 48-26 for the game, including 20-6 in the fi nal period.
Peterson, who had a three-point game, had two goals in the fi nal stanza.
Schreiter took the loss for HFC in nets. Larry Bieneman stopped 15 shots in relief.
Third-ranked St. Thomas Academy rolled over HFC 8-0 Saturday in Mendota Heights.
Eric Schurhamer and Tom Novak each had two goals for the Cadets, which outshot the Fire 33-7 for the game.
STA netted three goals in the fi rst period and then added two in the second stanza and three more in the fi nal period.
Larry Bieneman stopped 25 saves in the loss for HFC (9-5).
FIRE STILL WINLESS
On one side of the court stood unbeaten and f i f th-ranked Wayzata with a record of 12-0. On the other side of the court was winless Holy Family Catholic at 0-10.
The game didn’t follow the script of David vs. Goliath as the Trojans rolled to a 76-45 victory Friday in Victoria.
Zach Robertson led three Wayzata players in double fi gures with 17 points. The Tro-jans led 41-20 at halftime.
Joe Hanel had 10 points to lead the Fire, while Joe Sperr and Jake Dryer each had nine points.
The next night, HFC played a competitive game against St. Thomas Academy Saturday, but still fell 72-53 in a noncon-ference game in Victoria.
The Fire trailed 35-24 at halftime.
Hanel and Brent Hentges, both sophomores, led Holy Family with 12 and 11 points, respectively. Freshman post Justin Dahl scored his first varsity points, finishing his debut with 10 points.
WIN STREAK ENDS
All good things must come to an end. Holy Family Catho-lic girls basketball’s 10-game winning streak came to an end in a 68-33 loss to Class 4A top-ranked Hopkins Jan. 10 in Victoria.
Hopkins is off to a 14-0 start. The Royals have had an aver-age margin of victory of 38.71 points. Only one team, Lakev-ille North, has played within 20 points of Hopkins this season.
Hopkins led 40-15 at half-time.
Sydney and Tia Coffey led the Royals with 17 and 16 points, respectively.
Individual statistics were not available for the Fire.
DANCE TEAM
Storm pick up right where they left off BY ERIC KRAUSHAR
Winter break was a lot more than sleeping in and not having any homework for the Chanhassen dance team. It was an opportunity to look at each of their routines and tweak them to improve scores and begin to prepare for sec-tions in early February.
The Storm used the almost three-week layoff to break down their jazz/funk and high kick dances and see where teams were beating them.
A nd whi le Cha n hassen improved in those areas, it wasn’t enough to top Chaska at the Missota Conference Championships Saturday at Shakopee High School. The Storm were runner-up in both dances, placing second overall with 40 points.
Chaska earned two more fi rst-place fi nishes to pile up a perfect 48 points in the league standings.
“We looked at the score
sheets and we pointed out where they were beating us. In jazz, Chaska’s diffi culty in turns is where they were get-ting us. We were doing well in leaps and that kind of stuff. We told the girls that’s where we have to focus,” Storm Head Coach Allison Feeny said. “We had our best jazz perfor-mance, but it wasn’t enough. The judges didn’t feel we had a better routine.”
Chanhassen also performed well in high kick, but came in second for the sixth time this season in Missota events. The Storm were third last year in conference behind Chaska and Holy Angels, which placed third this year.
Shakopee (23), Farmington (19) and Northfi eld (8) rounded out the fi eld.
“Our team and the coaches are thrilled with how things are going. We couldn’t be hap-pier,” Feeny said.
C om i n g of f t he l ayof f , Chanhassen placed first in both routines at Henry Sibley
Jan. 7.“Winter break was extreme-
ly helpful. We added some new formations and changed some things around. It ’s a good time to do that with no com-petitions because it gives the team more time to process the changes,” the coach said.
Now the focus is the last regular-season competition this Saturday at Wayzata High School. Many of Chanhassen’s Section 2AAA foes will be in attendance, plus it is an opportunity to compete on the same fl oor the team will dance at during the section meet Feb. 4.
“It is a very important meet for us. It is really the fi rst time that we’ve competed against the teams in our section. We haven’t seen them much. Once we do we can work on strate-gies to hopefully beat them at sections,” Feeny said.
Meet time for varsity is 2 p.m. PHOTO BY ERIC KRAUSHAR
Alyssa Boddicker and Liz O’Neill help Chanhassen to a second-place fi nish in the Missota Conference Championships Saturday at Shakopee High School.
No outdoor hockeyDespite the diligent eff orts of the local event committee, the three high school hockey games originally scheduled to be played outside at Excelsior Bay on Lake Minnetonka as part of the sixth annual Hockey Day Minnesota 2012 Saturday will now be played indoors at the Pagel Activity Center in Minnetonka at the same times as originally scheduled. The quality of the ice, due to unseasonably warm temperatures, caused the move indoors.
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The City of Chanhassen is seeking applicants to ll vacancies on various commissions. Terms
are for 3 years unless otherwise noted and no prior experience is required to apply. Application forms are available at City Hall, or on the City’s web site at www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us (follow the link under “What’s New”). Applications will be accepted through Friday, February 10, 2012.
Planning Commission: This is an advisory body to the City Council that makes recommendations regarding site plans, subdivisions, special use permits, land use, and zoning regulations. The commission also provides input into plans and programs that will have a long term impact on the community, e.g. the Comprehensive Plan and special studies. They meet on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month at 7:00 p.m. at city hall. Two positions are available.
Park & Recreation Commission: This commission acts as an advisory board to the City Council, reviewing all recreation, leisure,
and park-related issues. This includes park development, recreation programming, and implementation of the recreation section of the Comprehensive Plan. They meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at city hall. Two positions are available.
Environmental Commission: This commission acts as a citizen outreach and education board for the City Council. Issues addressed by the commission include water quality, forestry, stormwater management, and water conservation education. They meet the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at city hall. Three positions are available.
Senior Commission: This commission examines the needs of senior citizens in the community. They review issues such as housing, information and referral services, transportation, and senior center operations. They meet the 3rd Friday of each month at 10:00 a.m. at city hall. Three positions are available.
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DISTRICT 112
New projections forecast fl at enrollment for district schoolsStudy showsno growthfor 10 yearsBY CHUCK FRIEDBAUER
A recent demographic study projects total K-12 enrollment in District 112 schools to be fl at over the next 10 years.
With a 2011-12 enrollment of approximately 9,000 stu-dents, the study forecasts the
total enrollment in 2021-22 to be between 8,925 and 9,123 students.
A number of factors led to the projection, said Hazel Reinhardt of Hazel Reinhardt Consulting Services, who per-formed the study.
“New housing units will not be substantial enough to drive growth here as it has in the past and the number of [local] births have declined in the past sev-eral years,” said Reinhardt.
The study also forecasted enrollment by District 112 school buildings using current
attendance areas.“The forecast indicates
C h a n h a s s en E lement a r y School enrollment will decline by 16 percent and Pioneer Ridge Middle School will decline by 18 percent over the next five years,” said Reinhardt. “Clover Ridge and Bluff Creek Elemen-tary Schools continue to show small enrollment increases as do the high schools.”
Superintendent Jim Bauck said the elementary school enrollment trends will require further examination.
“Clover Ridge, Victoria and
East Union Elementary schools are all at or over capacity now, while others are not,” he said. “That is one critical piece we need to re-examine.”
The study is the first part of the district’s long term fa-cility planning. Bauck said the district will update its facility plan by this summer after a series of meetings with staff, parents and students to be scheduled this winter and spring at Chaska and Chanhas-sen High Schools.
“Using all this informa-tion, the school board will
take approximately four to six months to discuss how to posi-tion the district over the next fi ve years,” said Bauck. “The goal is to make these decisions re-grading items like program-ming and attendance areas in about one year from now to implement for the 2013-14 school year.”
TRIMESTERS
District officials are plan-ning a few changes to the mid-dle school programming, as part of the secondary redesign initiative implemented three
years ago. One change includes eliminating six-week classes in favor of more traditional trimester courses.
Another would be to allow all students to take two music classes at the same time.
An Information Technol-ogy Class previously offered in ninth-grade will be offered in sixth-grade and move the World Language Exploratory class to eighth-grade. District offi cials will bring the changes to the school board for ap-proval at an upcoming board meeting.
Middle school performance more than a show
PHOTO BY CHUCK FRIEDBAUER
Chaska Middle School West music teacher Eric Songer listens to guitarists, from left, Maxwell Brunner, Jack Pavett, Parker Anderson and Macy Buan prepare for the Talent Show.
Student talenton displayBY CHUCK FRIEDBAUER
An audience will laud the performers during a musical performance or concert without much thought of the production efforts.
“The audience may not notice anything if a performance looks nice and is fl uid,” said Anson Allard. “But there is a lot of hard work behind the scenes to make it look that way.”
Allard and his fellow Chaska Middle School West eighth-grade band members ran every aspect of the school’s Talent Show, held recently at the Chaska High School auditorium. Lighting and
sound, back-up music, stage or-ganization and ticket sales were just a few of the tasks handled by the teenagers.
“We want students to be edu-cated of all aspects of music, including understanding what is required to put on a perfor-mance,” said Chaska Middle School West music teacher Eric Songer.
Allard is a saxophonist in the eighth-grade jazz band, but he led the Tech Crew for the Talent Show. Because he has experience running sound and light systems at his church and with his friends, leading the tech crew in this production came naturally to him.
“I like to know if something goes wrong, I can fi x it,” he said. “And if something is wrong with the lighting or sound, per-formers will get stressed out.
I like to think I can help them through that.”
The eighth-grade band class requires students to participate in one talent show production committee. Even though many have very limited experience in the committee they’re on, Songer said he has been im-pressed with how quickly they learn their responsibilities.
“These are all very intelli-gent kids and not one dropped the ball from the fi rst rehearsal through the production itself,” he said.
PERFORMERS
While Allard said he agreed it is more nerve-wracking to be a performer, confi dence was the ruling emotion in all of the 40 performing acts of the show itself.
Sixth-grade student Evy Peel
sang “Copacabana” in front of a packed auditorium.
“I’ve been singing that song on a karaoke machine as long as I can remember,” she said. “I like performing and being on stage, so it wasn’t really a big deal for me.”
During rehearsals, Peel did say she was intimidated at fi rst to sing in front of “the big people” – eighth-graders – but she quickly calmed down.
“I’m always dancing like crazy in my room, so I just imag-ined I was there and told myself I would do great,” she said.
Fellow sixth-grade perform-er Destiny Colville sang “Shy” from the musical “Once Upon a Mattress” and used a similar technique to calm the slight nerves she experienced.
“If I look at the spotlight while I’m on stage, all I can see
are two little dots in the light booth, which becomes the only audience I have,” she said.
Colville said plenty of prac-tice helped dampen any ner-vousness.
“I’ve practiced that song so much that I’m actually a little tired of it now,” she said. “I’d like to put it in a drawer and not take it out for along time, like when I’m 16.”
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victoria TOWN SQUARE
Landscaper’s new venture is homegrown, hands onBY UNSIE ZUEGE
Laura Wood of Victoria is moving her home-based busi-ness to Chanhassen. The store-front, just off Highway 5, gives her more visibility. Since 2001, Wood has owned and oper-ated By the Woods Custom
Landscaping based from her home. Before owning her own company, she gained extensive experience working at Lotus Lawn and Garden, owned by Jay and Peggy Kronick.
In 2001, she left to start By the Woods.
Being in the same business, Wood kept in touch with the
Kronicks, and two years ago, they began to collaborate on landscaping projects. When the Kronicks considered retiring and selling their business, they approached Wood .
“We had a family-owned busi-ness,” Kronick said. “So we’re happy that Laura will continue that legacy in Chanhassen.
PHOTOS BY UNSIE ZUEGE
Former Lotus Lawn and Garden employees Paul Farrell, left, and Laura Wood, center return to the Chanhassen business, this time as owners. The garden and landscaping store is undergoing a remodeling inside and out, and will be called The Garden. Landscape designer James Favret is at right.
Getting to knowName: Laura Wood
Age: 31
Title: CEO/Owner, “By The Woods Custom Landscaping” and “The Garden”
Area of expertise: Landscape design and installation
One word that describes your approach to gardening/landscaping: Thoughtful
Favorite fl ower/plant/tree: Catalpa
Favorite celebrity gardener/landscape architect: My favorite landscapes are not from famous designers. I have seen the most inspiring work from my travels in Peru and Honduras where simple homes burst with luscious greenery.
Name one item every landscape should have: A
fi replace or fi re pit. I can’t tell you how many times I was able to bond with my son over a fi re. Teaching him how to build one, tend one then sit and talk about his day.
Name: Paul Farrell
Age: 29
Title: Operations/installment manager, “By The Woods Custom Landscaping” and “The Garden”
Area of expertise: Landscape Installation
One word that describes your approach to gardening/landscaping: Value
Favorite fl ower/plant/tree: Balloon Flower or Lilac
Favorite celebrity gardener/landscape architect: Thomas Jeff erson
Name one item every
landscape should have: Landscape lighting
Name: James Favret
Age: 25
Title: Designer and Garden Center Go-To
Area of expertise: Design and Design detailing
One word that describes your approach to gardening/landscaping: Conscientious
Favorite fl ower/plant/tree: Most plants- each serves a purpose in diff erent situations. If forced to pick: ‘Edith Wolford’ Iris, or ‘Britt-Marie Crawford’ Ligularia
Favorite landscape architect: Katherine Gustafson
Name one item every landscape should have: Depth and texture- I know these are two elements, but they play hand in hand.
Downtown: Use it, or lose it?Last month I wrote about
how much downtown Victo-ria had changed and grown in the last seven years.
This month I feel com-pelled to talk about the re-verse.
What would happen if all these changes were to slip away from us from lack of use? It is an honest question. If Victoria, as a community, fails to make a concerted effort to support its busi-nesses — and I mean all its businesses: services, down-town, close to downtown, home-based, etc. —what would the visual landscape look like? What would be the big picture?
My guess is it would look much like it did seven years ago…a boarded-up grocery store, no pedestrian activity or cars driving downtown. Who knows how many other businesses would also be gone? If downtown weren’t a viable location, who in their right mind would consider bringing in new business? With a loss of the major business community, as we know it, the downward spiral would most certainly affect our property values — and up would go the taxes. An apt cliché for us to remember: “Use it or lose it.”
Doom and gloom is not my thing. My biggest wish is to share my enthusiasm for this unique small city of ours, and that enthusiasm encompasses all aspects of the community. The busi-nesses, the neighborhoods, and the celebrations that make us feel that where we chose to live and raise our families is simply the best place on earth. The feeling of belonging in Victoria and getting to know each other
Linda
MCNULTY
The Garden
CITY NEWS
Council reorganizes for 2012
The city of Victoria’s fi rst of-fi cial meeting of 2012 took place on Monday, Jan. 9.
The council selected members and liaisons to serve on commit-tees and commissions in 2012, terms ending Dec. 31, 2012. These are the city’s go-to people.
Acting mayor pro tem—Tom Strigel
Economic Development Authority—President Mary Hershberger Thun, Executive Director Don Uram, Commis-sioners Jim Crowley, Tom O’Connor, Kim Roden, and Tom Strigel.
Fire Relief Association—Ex-officio member, Mary Her-shberger Thun, Don Uram and Andrew Heger.
Lake Minnetonka Cable Communications Commis-sion—Jim Crowley and Don Uram.
Park and Recreation Committee—Tom O’Connor
Planning Commission—Tom Strigel
Business Development Committee—Kim Roden
Finance Committee—Jim Crowley, and Mayor, Finance Director, City Administrator
Personnel Committee—Tom O’Connor and Mayor, City Administrator
Senior Commission—Mary Hershberger Thun
City Attorney—Michael T. Norton, Kennedy & Graven
City Engineer—Cara Ge-heren, Focus Engineering
Fire Chief—A nd rew Heger
Assistant Chiefs—Aaron Jurek and Troy Walsh
Fire Marshall—Troy Walsh
Offi cial City Newspaper—Chanhassen Villager
Official Depository—
Klein Bank, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, PMA Financial Network, Inc., Northland, Secu-rities, Inc., RBC Dain Rauscher, Security Bank of Waconia, M&I Marshall & Illsley Bank, Com-munity Bank Corp., and Band of the West.
Official Calendar—Offi-cial city council meeting cal-endar is posted and is on file with the offi ce of the City Clerk; certain committee/commission meetings meet as needed or as scheduled by other agencies.
Council Meeting Proce-dure—Robert’s Rules of Order as amended.
Records Retention—As ad-opted by the State of Minnesota
Data Practices Offi cer—Jennifer Kretsch, city clerk
Mileage reimburse -ment—$ 0.55/mile
Compensation plan updated
The city’s Personnel Commit-tee recommended a 1 percent ad-justment for full-time employees effective Jan. 1, 2012; also a step increase for one of the city’s 18 full-time employees to maintain pay equity. All changes will re-sult in an increased wage base for all departments by $13,500 offset by benefit reductions. Overall the city’s wage base remains fl at.
Garbage hauler licenses
Every year the city reviews refuse, recycling and compost haulers who submit applica-tions to renew their license. The following haulers submitted ap-plications and comply with city ordinances.
Allied Waste Services Dick’s Sanitation Service,
Inc.
Elite Waste Disposal Franck’s Sanitation Garbagemen A Green Com-
pany Organic Disposal Randy’s Sanitation Waste Management
Next step in GreenStep City status
In 2010, Victoria participated in the pilot program for Min-nesota GreenStep Cities, and provided feedback on how to change the program to make it feasible for smaller cities. The next step for the city is to identify best practices in build-ings and lighting, land use, transportation, environmental management and economic and community development, many which the city already has in place. Upon completing the re-mainder, the city will be recog-nized as a Step Two GreenStep City. Minnesota has 31 cities in the program. Victoria is the only Carver County city in the program.
City rejects curfew amendment
In December, the City Council reviewed an ordinance amend-ing the city’s curfew, and was presented for a second reading on Jan. 9. The council rescinded the city’s ordinance after Victo-ria resident, Chanhassen High School student, and Boy Scout Kyle Simon of Troop 7337 told the council its proposed curfew amendment is more restrictive than Chanhassen and Chaska, making it more diffi cult for lo-cal students who work or are in school activities in Chanhassen and Chaska.
The council agreed it was du-plicating efforts of the county, and rescinded the ordinance.
is special, and can wrap itself around us like nothing else can do.
The attachment to where we live becomes a responsibility to maintain that infrastructure. Much as the city maintains its roads, the infrastructure residents need to maintain is the health of its business com-munity by supporting them as much as possible. “Buy local” isn’t just a trendy phrase — it is critical to the life of any small town!
Victoria is a bedroom com-munity. Unfortunately, one can drive into most of its neigh-borhoods without nearing the downtown area. This is part of the problem that our busi-nesses face, and this is why it will take a concerted effort on
WHAT: Garden/landscaping center with retail, and open spaces for off erings in arts, yoga, healing
WHERE: 78 West 78th Street, Chanhassen
WHO: Laura Wood, CEO/Owner, Paul Farrell, operations and installments, and James Favret,
designer
WHEN: Soft opening in March, grand opening in April
HOW: For more information, go to www.bythewoods.com/
the part of residents to support local business.
I invite all residents to ac-tively use the city’s website: www.ci.victoria.mn.us, as well as ThinkVictoria.com, victoriadetour.org, and www.chanvillager.com—Victoria News, to keep up with what is happening locally. Sign up online with many of our busi-nesses to receive their special sale information. You might use the time between now and next May to get in the habit of checking the Internet because you will need to do so to obtain detour information after High-way 5 construction begins. Most of all, please take some time to think about what each family can do to be involved, not just in the schools and your own neighborhoods, but also in the city as a whole. We are all a part of the big picture! Say “cheese”!
Linda McNulty is a Victoria resident, a city liaison to the Victoria Senior Commission and a member of The Schools of Eastern Carver County’s Community Education Advi-sory Council (CEAC). Her col-umn appears monthly in the Victoria Town Square page and online at www.victoria-townsquare.com.
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to the cities of Chanhassen, Victoria, and Carver and the townships of Laketown, San Francisco and Dahlgren responded to the following calls Jan. 9 through Jan. 15.
Jan. 9At 8:13 a.m., responded to the 8400
block of Duck Trail, Victoria, for report of theft of tools and damage to construction trailer. Estimated loss and damage is more than $2,000.
At 2:22 p.m., responded to the 400 block of 4th Street East, Chaska, for disorderly conduct report.
At 2:44 p.m., responded to the 1300 block of Lake Susan Hills Drive, Chanhas-sen, for report of property theft.
At 3:40 p.m., responded to the 2200 block of Lyman Boulevard, Chanhassen, for report of cell phone theft.
Jan. 10At 7:26 a.m., responded to County
Road 18 and Kochia Lane, Victoria, for a property damage accident. An adult Eden Prairie male was cited for no driv-er’s license in possession.
At 10:50 a.m., responded to the 2200 block of Lyman Boulevard, Chan-hassen, where a juvenile male was cited for underage consumption.
At 11:25 a.m., responded to the 400 block of Pond Promenade, Chanhassen, for theft of a tip box and its contents, estimated loss of $15.
At 2:44 p.m., responded to the inter-section of Highway 5 and Market Boule-vard, Chanhassen for a personal injury
accident.At 5:03 p.m., responded to the 2600
block of 78th Street West, Chanhassen, for a personal injury accident.
At 7:17 p.m., made a traffi c stop at Highway 5 and Great Plains Boulevard, Chanhassen, where an adult Excelsior male was arrested for DWI and failure to stop at a red light.
At 11:26 p.m., made a traffi c stop at the 700 block of Belmont Lane, Chan-hassen, for a personal injury accident, where a 20-year old Chanhassen male was charged with DWI.
Jan. 11At 12:36 a.m., responded to the
7900 block of Market Boulevard, Chan-hassen, where an adult female shop-lifter was cited for theft.
At 3:04 p.m., responded to the 800 block of 78th Street West, Chanhassen, for report of theft from vehicle, including wallet and contents valued at more than $200.
At 5:08 p.m., responded to the 79th Street West, Chanhassen, where an adult Chanhassen female was cited for theft.
At 11:35 p.m., made traffi c stop at Highway 5 and Market Boulevard, Chan-hassen, where an adult male was ar-rested on outstanding warrant and cited for possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.
Jan. 12At 10:23 p.m., responded to the
1700 block of Arboretum Boulevard, Victoria, where an adult male was ar-rested on an outstanding warrant.
Jan. 13At 12:32 a.m., made a traffi c stop at
78th Street West and Frontier Trail, Chan-hassen, where an adult Hopkins female was arrested for DWI and centerline vio-lation.
At 2:31 p.m., responded to the 2200 block of Lyman Boulevard, Chanhassen, for report of an assault.
At 2:54 p.m., responded to the 300 block of Lake Drive East, Chanhassen, for report of a theft of glasses, an esti-mated loss of $300.
At 7:10 p.m., responded to the 2200 block of Lyman Boulevard, Chanhassen, for report of phone theft, estimated loss of more than $200.
Jan. 14At 12:55 a.m., made a traffi c stop at
78th Street West and Century Boulevard, Chanhassen, where an adult Eden Prai-rie female was arrested for driving after suspension.
At 1:22 a.m., made a traffi c stop at 1400 block of Mallard Court, Chanhas-sen, where an adult Chaska male was arrested for DWI and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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Editor’s Note: You can listen to police, fi re and sheriff’s calls 24/7 through our online police scanner at www.chanvil-lager.com/crimebeat.
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Not your average juried art show2012 Art Shanty Project
What: Twenty art shanties created by Twin Cities artists, providing interactive, whimsical, off -beat art and entertainment.
Where: Medicine Lake, Plymouth, Minn.
When: Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Jan.21-22; Jan. 28-29; Feb. 5-6.
Who: Open to the public and all ages; free.
How: For directions, schedule of events, ice shanties and participants, go to www.artshantyproject.org.
Contact the Art Shanty Projects at [email protected] or call the Art Shanty Hotline (612) 567-6844.
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Time: 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27Cost: Adults $10-$25; children $5Location: Wooddale Church, 6630 Shady Oak Road, Eden PrairieInfo: (651) 291-1144 or thespco.com
3. GUITARISTS EXTRAORDINAIRE
Guitarists Joan Griffi th and Sam Miltich play the Brazilian styles of Samba, Bossa Nova, Choro and Baiao. Other selections include standards from Django Reinhardt and Cole Porter, along with original compositions. Griffi th will play mandolin and the Brazilian cavaquinho. Guest vocalist will be Connie Evingson.Time: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28; 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29Cost: Adults $18; students and seniors $16Location: Bloomington Center for the Arts, 1800 W. Old Shakopee Road, BloomingtonInfo: bloomingtoncivictheatre.org
PHOTO CREDIT SARAH RUBINSTEIN
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra will perform at Wooddale Church Friday, Jan. 27.
1. INDIGENOUS
Guitarist Mato Nanji fronts this blues-rock group that was born on South Dakota’s Yankton Indian Reservation. This program is part of the Take Five Tuesdays after-work concert series which includes a social hour with free hors d’oeuvres and cash bar at 6 p.m. followed by the concert.Time: 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 24Cost: $20Location: Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, HopkinsInfo: hopkinsmn.com or (952) 979-1100
2. ST. PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conductor Paul McCreesh and tenor Robert Murray will be featured in a program that will include Elgar’s “Serenade in E Minor for String Orchestra, Opus 20,” Britten’s “Nocturne for Tenor, Seven Obbligato Instruments and String Orchestra, Opus 60” and Brahms’ “Serenade No. 1 in D, Opus 11.”
Shake off the winter blahs at Art Shanty Project 2012 BY UNSIE ZUEGE
No one was more disappointed than me to learn that the Art Shanty Project
on Medicine Lake took a break last winter.
Our record winter of ice and snow was ideal for this virtual art village on a frozen lake. And, more importantly, I was all revved up to once again shake my groove thing in the “Dance Shanty.”
I love the Dance Shanty.The offi cial artist
statement about the Dance Shanty talks about “pushing the boundaries between artist and observer…the pursuit of positive personal and communal transformation…”
Blah, blah, blah. What it doesn’t say is the
Dance Shanty is essentially a backwoods dance club — something you might come across trekking through the Yukon with your dogsled. At its best moments, the 10-foot-by-10-foot (I’m just guesstimating here) fi sh house is packed to the rafters — everyone jumping up and down, pumping fi sts in the air, singing, “I want to rock with you!” or “Oh Lawdy mama those Friday nights when Suzie wore her dresses tight…!”
It’s my kind of place.The Art Shanty Project is
in its eighth year on Medicine Lake in Plymouth. This annual outdoor arts and entertainment event brings together downtown-type Twin Cities artists and suburban arts lovers. And let’s be honest, it’s something really fun and zany to do in the dead of winter.
Twin Cities photographer and Art Shanty Project cofounder Peter Haakon Thompson likes the idea of breaking out of the typical downtown art environment.
“It’s an opportunity to bring artists to new audiences who live outside downtown,” Thompson said. Besides, he grew up near Medicine Lake and thought it was an ideal location for an outdoor art event like this.
ICE FISHING FOR THE ARTY SET
You don’t have to love ice fi shing to attend. You’d be hard pressed to fi nd an ice fi shing hole, but the there are 20 ice shanties, each with a theme and artistic vision.
For example, this year’s lineup includes:
The Naughty Shanty — Look through peep holes to view tiny, naughty scenes. Not naughty as in “dirty” but naughty as in “who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?”
Clubhouse on the lakeWhy should ice fi shing folks have all the fun?The idea of holing up on a frozen lake, in a tiny shack
with your friends, trading stories and more importantly, making up stories and art, intrigued Peter Haakon Thompson. Thompson is a Twin Cities artist whose main medium is photography.
About eight years ago, Thompson and his friends — many are artists — started talking about the whole concept of ice fi shing shanties. Thompson admitted that for a non-fi shing person like himself, he’d never been in one.
“I loved the idea of it being like a kid’s clubhouse where you hang out,” Thompson said. “And the backdrop is a beautiful frozen lake environment where it’s like free land for part of the year.
“Everything about it incorporated all the things I was interested in. I had some friends help build an ice shanty/studio.
“The fi rst year it was about having friends come by, and sometimes they’d invite their acquaintances. We did things like make a heart-shaped rink for Valentine’s Day.
“I happened to mention it at an artist talk, and David Pitman [a local artist and blogger] got excited about multiple artists participating. It’s his energy that’s turned this into what it has become.”
The second year, there were 10 art projects including six ice shanties. The third year, the group’s board decided to limit the number of ice shanties to 20. The art on ice project took off, growing in popularity every year. After the 2010 Ice Shanty Project, the group took a hiatus to develop its mission and structure more fully. The group had applied for and received a grant from the Minnesota Regional Arts Council, to do strategic planning.
The renewed direction results in the Art Shanty Project taking place every other year and moving the event to other Twin Cities suburban lakes.
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Completely appropriate for all ages. The creators say, “Stay awhile and have a candy cigarette.”
Fort Shanty — Build your own fort using pillows, pulleys, ropes and more. Just like when you were a kid tearing apart the living room sofa. Enjoy snack time, nap hour and story hour while you’re there.
Capitol Hill Shanty — Why let the politicians have all the fun? Make your own pat, self-serving speeches, create your own ‘stache’ at the mustache station and heckle the suit at the podium. Drop in for some bureaucracy.
Nordic Village Bridge — Hang with the trolls in the Concordia Language Villages’ shanty. Choose your culturally authentic Nordic name, meet the troll who lives under the bridge and choreograph your own dance to Eurovision songs.
Monsters Under the Bed Shanty — It wasn’t all in your head. Visit the giant bed and let out your inner monster in a monster-friendly environment.
Oh, and not to be missed, the Dance Shanty. See you there.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ART SHANTY PROJECT
The Art Shanty Project is all about the arts, entertainment and fun. Come as you are.
A youngster peers out of an art shanty porthole.
All the art shanties and events are kid friendly, adult kids included.
Twenty art shanties of all colors, styles and materials are spread out over the frozen water of Medicine Lake in Plymouth, including this standout.
It’s standing room only in the Black Box Theater.
As long as you’re here, make a confession.
“It’s an opportunity to bring artists to new audiences who live outside downtown.”
Peter Haakon ThompsonArt Shanty Project cofounder
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Enjoy tastings of classic to comfort foods
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Guests will enjoy traditional and not-so-traditional cuisine and drink, against a backdrop
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Enjoy a hearty meal at the Arboretum from 2-5 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 29.
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ThursdayJAN. 19
PAYING FOR COLLEGE
St. Gertrude’s Health & Rehabilitation Center, Ducerus-Minnesota and Thrivent Financial host a workshop for parents and students “How to Pay for College Without Going Broke.” This workshop will focus on little known ways of getting money for college, no matter what your income is, or how good of a student you have. The workshop is taught is being taught by Ducerus-Minnesota. Light supper provided. Registration required.Time: 5:30-7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 19Cost: FreeLocation: St. Gertrude’s, 1850 Sarazin Street, ShakopeeInfo: (952) 233-4488; [email protected]; www.stgertrudesshakopee.org
FridayJAN. 20
COMEDIAN SHANNAN PAUL
Shannan Paul loves to laugh, and to share this love with her audiences. Her storytelling and infectious smile will crack up even the most stone-faced curmudgeon. Shannan is a regular guest on local TV talk shows speaking on pop culture and diversity. She can relate to just about everyone whether they be students, Sci-Fi fans, jocks or soccer moms. Comedian Benny Quash will open.Time: 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20; 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21Cost: $13Location: MinneHAHA Comedy Club, 1583 First Ave., ShakopeeInfo: minnehahacomedyclub.com/shakopee
BARK, BUDS ANDA LEAF OR TWO
Learn how to identify Minnesota trees in the winter. Dress for being outdoors. Program led by Park Ranger Mara Koenig.Time: 9-10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 20Cost: FreeLocation: Bloomington Visitor Center, 3815 American Blvd. E., BloomingtonInfo: (952) 854-5900 or fws.gov/midwest/minnesotavalley
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JAN. 21SOGGY BOTTOM
The “Soggy Bottom III” golf tourney will be held, with proceeds benefi ting Carver 9-year-old Andrew Steines, who has a disease attacking his sight. Soggy Bottom stocking caps included with price. Participants have chance to win free golf rounds at Dahlgreen Golf Course.Time: NoonCost: $100 (for 4 golfers)Location: Riverside Park, 300 Main Street East, CarverInfo: caringbridge.org/visit/andrewsight
CANDLELIGHT WALK
Spend an evening skiing or walking a candlelit trial or taking a hayride. Participants are invited to ski (if conditions allow) or walk a groomed trail lit with candles winding through prairie and forest of Lake Minnewashta Regional Park. You can take a ride on the tractor drawn hay wagon. A bonfi re will be lit to keep people warm and refreshments will be served. Preregister by Jan. 19.Time: 6-9 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 21Cost: $4/person or $15/familyLocation: Lake Minnewashta
Regional Park , on highway 41, between Highway’s 5 and 7 in Chanhassen. Info: (952) 466-5250; www.co.carver.mn.us/parks
BARIATRIC INFO
Attend a seminar to learn more about weight loss surgery and get answers to your questions without any cost or obligation. Seminars will cover current surgical options, benefi ts and limitations of weight loss surgery, lifestyle and behavior changes associated with the surgery, and the insurance approval process. Time: 10-11:30 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 21Cost: FreeLocation: Two Twelve Medical Center, 111 Hundertmark Road, Chaska. Info: ridgeviewmedical.org/events; (952) 442-7820
BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY
EXHIBITION
Bloomington Theatre and Art Center announces “I Remember the 1950s,” a black-and-white photography exhibition in the Atrium Gallery. Bloomington photographer Richard Thorud will present his black-and-white photographs from the 1950s, a time he considers to be the “golden age” of photography. Prior to the reception, a digital Photo Scavenger Hunt will be at 1:30 p.m. in conjunction with the City of Bloomington’s Winter Fete celebration.Time: Opening reception 2:30-4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21; exhibit runs through March 4Cost: FreeLocation: Bloomington Center for the Arts, 1800 W. Old Shakopee Road, BloomingtonInfo: bloomingtoncivictheatre.org or (952) 563-8575
WEEKEND FAMILY FUN: PREHISTORIC PLANTS
Meet some living fossils and prehistoric plants from the days of the Diplodocus. What kind of plants did the dinosaurs munch on? Create a fern print, hunt for prehistoric plants in the greenhouse and pot a prehistoric plant to take home.Time: Noon-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Jan. 21-22 and 28-29Cost: $9 for adults; free for ages 15 and younger; free to Arboretum membersLocation: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr., ChaskaInfo: www.arboretum.umn.edu or (952) 443-1422
BIRD WATCHING TREK
Take a bird walk on the Wilkie Unit and learn about the birds that spend the winter in Minnesota. Search for birds that winter in Minnesota and the fi rst migrating species of the year. Birders of all skill levels are welcome. Bring binoculars, a favorite fi eld guide and dress appropriately for the weather. Time: 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21Cost: FreeLocation: Wilkie Unit, 7701 County Road 101 E., ShakopeeInfo: (952) 854-5900 or fws.gov/midwest/minnesotavalley
ELVIS EXPERIENCE
The public is invited to a St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Fundraiser “Hope is Alive.” This fundraiser concert will feature award-winning tribute artists Steve and Tommy Marcio who will perform all eras of “The King’s” greatest hits.Time: 5 p.m. silent auction; 7 p.m. show Saturday, Jan. 21Cost: $21Location: Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave.,
Burnsville Info: (952) 982-2787 or ticketmaster.com
BIRD BANDING
See wild songbirds being safely trapped, studied and tagged with numbered rings. Hear a bird’s heartbeat and help release it. For ages 4 and older.Time: Saturdays, Jan. 21 and Feb. 18Cost: FreeLocation: Lowry Nature Center (Carver Park Reserve), 7025 Victoria Drive, Victoria Info: (763) 559-6700 or threeriversparkdistrict.org
SundayJAN. 22
WINTER BIRDS
Look out the windows of the wildlife viewing room to see winter birds visit the feeders for food, the heated pond for water and shrubs for shelter. Listen to the calls they make
through the speaker system. Learn how to identify the birds that stay during the winter and learn where they fi nd food in the wild. Open to all ages.Time: 3-4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22Cost: FreeLocation: Richardson Nature Center, 8737 E. Bush Lake Road, Bloomington Info: (763) 559-9000 or threeriversparkdistrict.org
MURPHY MOUNTAIN BIKE FRIGID TIME TRIAL
Dust off the bike for a winter mountain bike time trial. Race through the trees and snow, then warm up at the trailhead building for awards and door prizes. Studded tires are approved; helmets required. For ages 18 and older. Pre-register online for activity 123735-00.Time: Registration begins at 10 a.m.; race starts at 11 a.m.; racing until 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22Cost: Pre-registration $10; registration day of event $15Location: Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, 15501 Murphy Lake Road,
SavageInfo: (763) 559-6700 or threeriversparkdistrict.org
MondayJAN. 23
IMMUNIZATION
Carver County Public Health provides immunizations to residents who do not have health insurance or whose insurance does not cover immunizations. Adult and childhood vaccines are available.Time: 3-5 p.m., Monday, Jan. 23Cost: $14 requested, not requiredLocation: 600 East Fourth Street, ChaskaInfo: (952) 361-1329
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ADVENTURE
See the Lowry puppets put on a show. Explore activity stations together before the show and enjoy a hike on your own in search of winter happenings. Bring a picnic lunch to
eat on your own after the program. For children ages 2 to 6 and their parents and/or caregivers. Reservations required; reference activity 111303-04.Time: 10-11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23Cost: $4Location: Lowry Nature Center (Carver Park Reserve), 7025 Victoria Drive, Victoria Info: (763) 559-6700 or threeriversparkdistrict.org
MY PRESCHOOLER AND ME: CLUCKING CHICKENS
Parents or caregivers and their children ages 1 to 5 can explore the farm and learn through hands-on activities. Maximum of three children per adult. Reservations required; reference activity number 137403-34. Time: 10-11:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 23Cost: $6Location: Gale Woods Farm, 7210 County Road 110 W., MinnetristaInfo: (763) 559-6700 or threeriversparkdistrict.org
WednesdayJAN. 25
WINTER WONDERLAND
“Tot-Time: Winter Wonderland” for pages 2-6. A parent and child class will make winter-themed crafts and play winter-themed games while enjoying warm cocoa.Time: 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 25Cost: $5, Chaska Community Center member; $6.50, non-memberLocation: Chaska Community Center, 1661 Park Ridge DriveInfo: chaskacommunitycenter.com; (952) 448-5633
UpcomingMINNESOTA ROMP
Join a 3K or 5K “Romp to Stomp” snowshoe walk, benefi ting the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Time: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 28Cost: Adult, $37 (preregister); $42 day of eventLocation: Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Boulevard, ChanhassenInfo: http://tubbsromptostomp.com/mn
‘BUMPING INTO GOD OUTSIDE OF CHURCH’
The Active Older Adults (AOA’s) for Christ is hosting a special event for all adults on Thursday, Feb. 2, in the Chaska Community Center Theater. Father Tim Powers will be speaking on “Bumping into God Outside of Church. Prior to this speaking event the AOA’s for Christ will host a coffee, punch and cookie social at the CCC Lodge starting at 6 p.m.Time: 7 p.m.Cost: Free with donations being accepted to the local Bountiful Basket Food Shelf of Eastern Carver County.
WHITE PRIVILEGE
A “New Conversations” dialogue on “White Privilege.” Facilitated by The Saint Paul Foundation’s Facing Race Initiative. Sponsored by the Chaska Human Rights Commission, with Chaska Dunn Bros Coffee, Chaska Police Department, Carver County Sheriff’s Department, Carver County Library and the Beacon Council.Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 9Cost: FreeLocation: Chaska Community Center, 1661 Park Ridge Drive.Info: (952) 448-9200, Ext. 7103; FacingRace.org
MYTHS SUPPORTING RACISM
A “New Conversations” dialogue on “Uncovering the Five Myths that Support Racism.” Facilitated by The Saint Paul Foundation’s Facing Race Initiative. Sponsored by the Chaska Human Rights Commission, with Chaska Dunn Bros Coffee, Chaska Police Department, Carver County Sheriff’s Department, Carver County Library and the Beacon Council.Time: 6:30-9 p.m., Thursday, March 8Cost: FreeLocation: Chaska Community Center, 1661 Park Ridge Drive.Info: (952) 448-9200, Ext. 7103; FacingRace.org
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BLOOD DONATIONS — January is National Blood Donor Month and above all other times of the year, it is the month that presents the most challenges for blood collection, according to the Red Cross. Blood donation times are scheduled in January in Carver County:
Jan. 23 — 12:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m., Parish Center, Parish Cen-ter, Victoria.
Jan. 31 — 1:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m., American Legion, 290 Lake Dr. E., Chanhassen.
First-time and regular donors are encouraged to make a differ-ence in their communities by scheduling an appointment to give blood every January, and regularly thereafter. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card or driver’s license, or two other forms of identifi ca-tion are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental permission in some states), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school stu-dents and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements.
DFL — The monthly meeting of the Senate District 34 Dem-ocratic-Farmer-Labor Party is at 5:30 p.m., Jan. 25, in the Chanhassen Library Wilder Room. There will be a caucus convener organizing session at 7 p.m. in the Wilder Room. For more information, call Richard Donnay at (952) 934-4702.
M I N N E T ON K A P R E -SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE — There will be a Minnetonka preschool open house on from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Minnetonka Commu-nity Education Center in Deep-haven. Parents and children are invited to explore, play, and participate in activities in the preschool classrooms and gym. In addition, child care will be available while parents are given the opportunity to attend the presentation “What to Look for in a Preschool.” For more information, call (952) 401-6812 for details.
FOSTER PET HOMES NEEDED — Volunteers are needed to provide temporary foster pet homes for puppies, cats, rabbits, kitten litters and dogs in Carver, Scott and Henne-pin counties. The Carver-Scott Humane Society is without a permanent shelter, so all aban-doned pets are housed in foster care until permanent adoption occurs. Once or twice a month the foster family comes with the pet to a public adoption day for 3 hours, held in Eden Prairie and Chaska. The society provides medical care, food and litter. Volunteers provide a safe, lov-ing home for an average of three to six months. Once a month volunteers come with the pet to a public adoption day for three hours; usually held in Eden Prairie. For more information, call the society at (952) 368-3553, line 4, or check online at www.
carverscoths.org.
SOUTHWEST METRO TEA PARTY — The Southwest Metro Tea Party meets from 7-9 p.m. ev-ery Monday at the Chanhassen Recreation Center located at 2310 Coulter Boulevard. Each meet-ing includes a guest speaker and many ‘Calls to Action’ encour-aging citizens to get involved in Restoring our Republic. To view past speakers or to receive our weekly e-mails, please visit www.SWMetroTeaParty.com.
CHAMBER MEMBER ORI-ENTATION — The Southwest Metro Chamber of Commerce invites any prospective or new members to a member orienta-tion session to learn more about the chamber’s programs, ben-efits and services. The group meets the second Thursday of the month at the Chanhassen Recreation Center at 9 a.m. For more information, call (952) 448-5000.
FRESH START RECOV-ERY — A Christian 12-step recovery program for those struggling with any type of hurt, habit, or hang-up meets weekly on Thursdays at Grace Church in Eden Prairie from 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. The program includes music, teaching, testimonials, and small groups. No cost or registration required. For more information, go to www.atgrace.com/fresh-start.
MEDITATION CLASS — A meditation class led by a Bud-dhist monk occurs from 10:10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturdays at Chan-hassen Library. Classes are open to all regardless of level of experience. There is no charge; donations are welcome. For more information, call Ralph at (952) 934-9727 or e-mail [email protected].
MENTAL HEALTH CRI-SIS PROGRAM — The Mental Health Crisis Program, serving Carver and Scott counties, has a telephone and mobile cri-sis response service available 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. To reach the Mental Health Crisis Program, call (952) 442-7601.
WESTWOOD JOB SUP-PORT GROUP — Westwood Job Transition and Networking Group is a faith-based group dedicated to supporting those who have lost their job or are contemplating a career change. Meetings will consist of cur-riculum covering a range of topics designed to assist you in your search. In addition, we will build relationships and business connections through networking, sharing, listen-ing and supporting each other. Employers who have open posi-tions and are looking for great talent are encouraged to attend. Westwood Job Transition and Networking Group meetings are on the fi rst Monday of every month from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in Room A112 at Westwood Com-munity Church, 3121 Westwood Drive, Chanhassen. No sign up is required; everyone is welcome. For more informa-tion, contact Matthew Beck at [email protected] or Pat DeZiel at [email protected].
LIONS - The Chanhassen Lions meet every fourth Monday at the Chanhassen Legion. The monthly meeting starts with a social time at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting at 7 p.m. For more infor-mation, visit www.chanhassen-lions.org or call Gary Haberman at (952) 200-2993.
ROTARY – The Chanhassen Rotary Club meets at 7 a.m. ev-ery Wednesday at the American Legion Post on Highway 5. For more information, call Jeff An-derson at (612) 998-3688.
C H A N H A S S E N S A L MEETING — The Chanhassen Squadron 580 of the Sons of the American Legion meet monthly at 6 p.m. on the first Monday of the month at the Chanhas-sen American Legion in the basement meeting room. For information or to join, call Bob Synder at (612) 867-5365 or go online at www.sal580.org.
OPERATION MINNESOTA NICE — Operation Minnesota Nice is committed to making a difference in the lives of our soldiers who are serving abroad in war zones. The group meets monthly to pack boxes that are sent to our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan who have been “adopted” by various individu-als or groups and meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month to pack items that have been do-nated by various organizations, companies, churches, or indi-viduals. If you’d like to donate items, please call Audra Brown at (612) 849-0156. Want to adopt a soldier or know more? Go to www.operationminnesotanice.com or call (763) 464-1696.
WOMEN IN NETWORK-ING — Women in Networking meets the third Thursday of the month in the Chanhassen/Victoria area. For more infor-mation, visit www.win-mn.com or call Michelle Aspelin at (952) 484-6015.
W E S T M E T RO N E T-
WORKING GROUP — West Metro Network, a professional, referral-based network com-prised of trusted and experi-enced business professionals in the west metro area, meets
Tuesday mornings. For more information and meeting times, call Vicki Franzen at (952) 937-9596.
BNI-CHANHASSEN — Join other small business profession-als committed to referring busi-ness to each other at our weekly meeting on Thursdays at 7:30 a.m. at the Chanhassen Recre-ation Center, 2310 Coulter Bou-levard, Chanhassen. For more information, please contact Amy Foley at (612) 701-0822.
BNI CHAN-NET— Business Network International has a business networking meeting from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays at AmericInn in Chanhassen. For more information, call Vicki Eide, chapter president, at (612) 385-9141.
SOUTHWEST METRO BNI - Business Network Interna-tional has a business network-ing meeting from 7 to 8:30 a.m. Thursdays at the Eden Prairie Community Center (16700 Valley View Road, Eden Prairie). For more information, call Kevin Donlin at (612) 567-6642.
BNI-CHANHASSEN — Join other small business profes-sionals committed to referring business to each other at our weekly meeting on Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at the Chanhassen American Legion Post 580, 290 Lake Drive E, Chanhassen. For more information, call Melissa Friedrichs at (612) 961-0632.
TOASTMASTERS — The Rosemount Toastmasters club meets every other Thurs-day in the Rosemount facility in Chanhassen (8200 Market Blvd.) in the Walnut Conference Room at 12:05 p.m. For more informa-tion, call club president Dan Klein at (952) 949-7245 or see the club’s Web site at www.geoci-ties.com/club3096/info.htm.
The “Midday Mumblers” Toastmasters club meets from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Friday at the SuperValu offi ce at 19011 Lake Drive East in Chanhassen. Non-SuperValu employees are welcome. For more information, call Dru Jorgensen, president, at (952) 294-7305, or Doug Hobbs at (952) 828-4619.
The Marsh Winds Toast-masters club meets from 9:15 to 10:30 a.m. Thursdays at The
Marsh at 15000 Minnetonka Blvd., in Minnetonka. All are welcome. Call Michael for more information at (612) 387-5864.
The Carver County Com-municators Toastmasters club meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 7 p.m. at Chaska Middle School East, Room E 30 across from the Chaska Community Center, 1600 Park Ridge Drive, Chaska. Call Jan Naude at (952) 442-3881 or e-mail him at [email protected] for more information.
The H2O Toastmasters club meets the second and fourth Tuesday each month, from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., at Culligan Water, 6030 Culligan Way, Minnetonka. For more information visit www.h2omas-ters.org or call JoAnn at (952) 912.2429.
GENEALOGY GROUP –
Group meets the second Sat-urday of the month from 12 to 3 p.m. at the Carver County Historical Society, 555 West 1st Street, Waconia. The group has informal discussions about genealogy software, Web sites, and tips about research. For more information, call the mu-seum at (952) 442-4234.
HOMESCHOOL MOMS’ NIGHT OUT — Join other mothers committed to home-schooling their children of any age, for a monthly night out on the fi rst Tuesday of each month, at 6:45 p.m., at Grace Church, 9301 Eden Prairie Road, Eden Prairie, door 4, Terrace level, Room CA214. There is no cost. For more information or to register, call Shirley at (952) 934-4825, or register online at www.atgrace.org/events.
MINNETONKA CAMERA CLUB — The Minnetonka Cam-era Club meets on the first and third Thursdays of every month in the Glen Lake area of Minnetonka. Meetings begin at 7 p.m. All skill levels are welcome. For more information, call Linda at (763) 479-1635 or Le-anne at (952) 443-46 17 or visit www.minnetonkacamera.org.
BETA SIGMA PHI MEET-INGS — Beta Sigma Phi, an international friendship net-
work providing educational programs and service to the community meets the second and fourth Monday of each month at 7 p.m. around the southwest metro area. Women of all ages, interests, education-al and economic backgrounds are welcome to attend. Meeting locations vary. For more infor-mation, call Annette Walters at (952) 250-7860.
SUPPORT GROUPS
ALANON — Westwood Com-munity Church in Chanhassen is hosting an Alanon group, a 12-step program of recovery for any person who feels deeply af-fected by someone else’s drink-ing, from 7 to 8 p.m. Mondays. For information, call (952)224-7300.
MEN’S AL-ANON — Meets at Mount Calvary Lutheran in Excelsior at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. For information, call John at (612) 269-5657.
COMFORT AND CARE — If you’ve lost someone close to you, or know someone who has, please call us to fi nd out more information about our weekly Griefshare seminar/support group sponsored by Westwood Community Church. For more information, call (952) 224-7300.
MOMS CLUB — The MOMS Club of Chanhassen/Excelsior is a support group specifi cally for at-home moms. If you are in-terested in seeing if the MOMS Club of Chanhassen/Excelsior is for you, e-mail [email protected] for more information or come to our monthly business meeting at 10:30 a.m. on the fi rst Tuesday of the month at Mt. Calvary Church, Excelsior, room 202. You qualify for membership to this local chapter if you live in the zip codes of 55331 or 55317.
MOPS – MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) meets at West-wood Community Church. The group meets every other Thurs-day morning or the fi rst Thurs-day evening of the month in a relaxed atmosphere to connect with other moms and learn from guest speakers. Visit online at www.westwoodcc.org.
MOPS — MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) for moms of children from birth through 5 years. Meets twice a month from 9:15-11:30 a.m. on Fridays at Our Savior Lutheran Church and School, 23290 Hwy. 7, Ex-celsior. For more information, call Lindsey at (952) 465-4194, or visit www.oslcs.org.
ALCOHOLICS ANONY-MOUS — Meetings each Satur-day at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. at the Living Christ Lutheran Church, 820 Lake Drive, Chanhassen. Call (952) 922-0880 for a listing of other meetings in the area and for information about AA.
LA LECHE LEAGUE — La Leche League of Eden Prairie meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. All expect-ant and nursing mothers and their babies are welcome. Call (952) 474-5173 for meeting loca-tion and discussion topic.
PETS OF THE WEEK
The pets noted are being housed by the Carver-Scott Hu-mane Society (CSHS) and are among the dozens of homeless animals available for adoption. For more information, go online at www.carverscotths.org.
LOLA
I’m a pretty, tri-colored, me-d iu m-h a i r e d gal who is fi ne with dogs, most cats and chil-dren. Oddly, af-ter three years the past owner became allergic to me and gave me to CSHS. I’m friendly, af-fectionate and would like for you to sit for hours and brush me. I just love it. I’ll jump into your lap when you sit. I’ll greet
you at the door, ankle rub, and follow you around. I’d make a great companion cat, so please give me a call.
ZACH
I f you run e r r a n d s i n the car, please take me along, and let’s go out for wa l k s. I am crate- and house-trained, plus I know how to sit and come. Brushing and petting make me feel loved. I’m a friendly and affectionate 45 pound beagle/doberman mix born in 2005. Kids are nice; play-ing with dogs is fun; but I don’t like cats. Come meet me and talk to my foster family about being my new forever family.
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Hazelden to open facility in ChaskaOutpatient program to serve adults, youthBY MOLLEE FRANCISCO
Hazelden is preparing to open its fi rst treatment facility in the southwest metro. The renowned alcohol and drug addiction treatment center will launch a youth and adult program in Chaska this spring. The facility will be located at the northeast corner of High-way 41 and Hazeltine Boule-vard in the Hazeltine Gates building, across from Kohl’s.
Hazelden was founded in 1949 in a farmhouse near Cen-ter City, 50 miles north of the metro. Since that time, the treatment center has opened three more facilities in Min-nesota – St. Paul, Plymouth and Maple Grove. Hazelden also offers treatment programs in Florida, Oregon, New York and Illinois. Chaska will be Hazelden’s ninth treatment center.
PHOTO BY MOLLEE FRANCISCO
Hazelden will open its ninth treatment facility in Chaska this spring.
The Chaska facility will feature an intensive outpatient program for adults and an-other program for adolescents. Both programs are designed to be incorporated into patients’ lives to allow for work, fam-ily, school, etc. in addition to
treatment. According to the Hazelden
website, the outpatient pro-grams are intended for those “who do not require medically supervised detoxification or stabilization, and have stable mental and physical health.”
Hazelden’s Chaska facility will also offer extended out-patient services, assessments, mental health services and continuing care. A ribbon cutting event is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 23.
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Master Gardener classes at area librariesThere is an upcoming series
of Master Gardener classes at area libraries:
� “Better gardens, less work” is at the Waconia Li-brary at 6:30 p.m., Jan. 23. Join Master Gardener Dave Daubert as he explains how to accomplish having better gardens.
� “Seed Starting,” is at the Chanhassen Library at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 23.
� “Better gardens, less work,” Chaska Library, at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 16.
Check the Website calendar for all the Master Gardener classes. They are a lso of-fered at the Norwood Young America Library at 1:30 p.m., Saturdays.
READING PROGRAM
The Winter Jackets Adult R e a d i n g P r o g r a m r u n s through Feb. 29. Fill out a form, completing three of the suggested tasks. Turn it in by March 1 and you will be entered in a drawing for a Barnes and Noble gift card. You can only enter the contest
once.The Winter Jackets kick-
off is 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 19. Our librarians will share some ideas about books and what’s being published. There will be time for questions and for sharing any books you’d like to talk about.
CHANHASSEN LIBRARY
“Senior Surf Day.” Basic computer classes for seniors. Learn how to search the In-ternet and find web sites of interest. Mondays 10 a.m. to noon, Jan. 23 and Feb. 27. Call
to register. Family Day is 10 a.m.-
noon, Saturday, Jan. 28 with the Chanhassen Historical Society and Carver County Historical Society. Come and meet people from Chanhas-sen’s early history. Fun for all ages. Snacks.
The Writer’s Group meets 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Jan. 21. Join this group of aspiring writers for inspiration and support. They meet monthly at the Chanhassen Library. In February Darby Nelson will be speaking about his book on citizen involvement in local water protection. How can you get a desired response about a hot issue? In March Mike Lein will talk about “Writing for columns.”
NEW BOOKS
“Deadline” (Godmothers series), by Fern Michaels
Toots Loudenberry and her three best friends – Sophie, Ida, and Mavis – assist Toot’s daughter Abby to solve the mysterious disappearance of a Hollywood starlet.
“How it all Began,” by Penelope Lively
A retired school teacher is mugged on a London street and this sets off a number of unusual events.
“Lunatics,” by Dave Bar-ry and Alan Zweibel
Humorous story of a pet shop owner and a curmudgeon who are f leeing police, ter-rorists and … a pizza chain mascot.
“The Odds,” by Stewart O’Nan
Art & Marion Fowler are struggling with job losses, the foreclosure of their home, and deal with it by liquidating everything and gambling.
“The Angel Makers,” by Jessica Gregson
Hungary 1916 – When their men go off to war, the abused women of the village enjoy their freedom. Medicine wom-an Siri uses her skills to kill her husband when he returns, and then the other women of the village seek her out for help.
“The Broken Land: A People of the Longhouse
Novel ,” by Kathleen & ‘Neal Gear and W. Mi-chael Gear
No. 3 in a series of four books about the Iroquoian nations.
“Conqueror : A Novel o f K u b l a i K h a n ,” b y Conn Iggul-den
K u b l a i K h a n t a ke s o v e r h i s g ra nd fat her G e n g h i s Khan’s empire and China while dealing with his three brutal brothers.
“The Crown” by Nancy Bilyeau Nun
Joanna Stafford f lees her convent to support a cousin condemned to death by Henry VIII, and then finds herself arrested by Thomas Cromwell and ordered to recover a reli-gious artifact.
“Death of Kings,” By Ber-
nard Corn-well
No. 6 in the Saxon Tales series. At the end of the 9th century, Sax-on claimants to the throne comp ete for the throne.
“The Little Russian,” by Susan Sherman
Set in Russia during the time of the pogroms, pre-rev-olution. A grocer’s daughter from a small village falls in love with a man smuggling arms to the smal l Jewish towns to help them protect themselves.
“The Winding Road,” by Cinthia Harrod-Eagles
The 34th in the long Mor-land Dynasty series, set in 1925 England and New York.
Kathy Perschmann is as-sistant branch manager of the Chanhassen Library. She can be reached at [email protected].
Kathy
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Information submitted by the Chanhassen Senior Center. For information on any of the programs or activities call the Chanhassen Senior Center at (952) 227-1125.
SENIOR CENTER ADVISORY BOARD OPENINGS
Beginning on Jan. 23, ap-plications will be accepted for vacancies of the Senior Advisory Board for the upcoming term, beginning in April 2012. The Senior Advisory Board meets on a monthly basis and serves as an advisory board, making recommendations to the Senior Center Coordinator & Park and Recreation Department on mat-ters relating to social, recreation and education programs and ser-vices at the Chanhassen Senior
Center. For more information or to obtain an application, call Sue at (952) 227-1124. Application deadline is Feb. 24.
SPECIAL EVENTS
VALENTINE’S DAY DE-LIGHT — Join us for the sweet sounds of our very own Chan-o-laires Chorus as they perform songs that are sure to warm our hearts. Following the perfor-mance we will enjoy an array of sweet treats, coffee and tea.
Date: Friday, Feb. 10Time: 1 p.m.Cost: $6 Payment/Registration
deadline: Feb 2
UPCOMING
ACTIV ITY SAMPLER (PICKLEBALL AND SHUF-
FLE BOARD) — Get rid of the winter blues and drop into the Chanhassen Rec Center for a morning of fitness and fun. Learn to play the fastest-growing player participation sport in America — Pickle Ball. Pickleball is played on an indoor court with a paddle similar to those used in ping-pong, only larger and with a baseball-sized wiffle ball. It’s a fun way to get your fitness fix. Also, Shuffleboard courts and equipment will be avail-able for play.
Date: Monday, Jan. 23 Time: 9 a.m. Pickle Ball
demonstration with games to follow.
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Defensive driving instructor Walter Baker teaches an AARP Defensive Driving class. The Senior Center offers both a fi rst-time defensive driving class (8 hour) and refresher course (4 hour) for participants who have taken the class before. An insurance discount certifi cate is given to everyone after completion of the class. Call the Senior Center for more information.
Offi ce of the Minnesota Secretary of State
Assumed Name/Certifi cate Of Assumed Name
Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333File Number: Date Filed: December 29, 2011The fi ling of an assumed name
does not provide a user with exclu-sive rights to that name. The fi ling is required as a consumer protection, in order to enable consumers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.
1. List the exact assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted: Corners 4
2. Principal Place of Business: 510 Bighorn Drive, Chanhassen, MN 55317
3. List the name and complete street address of all persons con-ducting business under the above Assumed Name, OR if an entity, provide the legal corporate, LLC, or Limited Partnership name and registered offi ce address. Attach additional sheet(s) if necessary: Masood Sajady – 510 Bighorn Drive, Chanhassen, MN 55317
4. I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is re-quired, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fi elds, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the appli-cable chapter of Minnesota Stat-utes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.
Signature: Masood Sajady – Owner
Contact Person Date: 12/29/2011(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on Thursday, January 12 and 19, 2012; No. 4584)
CITY OF CHANHASSENCARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 2012 STREET
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT NO. 12-01
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Chanhassen City Council will meet in the City Hall Council Chambers located at 7700 Market Boulevard on Monday, January 23, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible for a public hearing on the feasibility study for the reconstruction of the following streets in the Minnewashta Heights neighborhood:
Dogwood AvenueElm Tree AvenueFir Tree AvenueGreenbriar AvenueMaplewood CircleShore DriveThe estimated cost of the street
improvement is $1,579,800. The total estimated project cost is $2,681,230. A reasonable estimate of the impact of the assessment will be avail-able at the hearing. This project is proposed to be paid for with a combination of assessments and City funds.
All persons interested may appear and be heard at said time and place.
Todd Gerhardt, City Clerk (Published in the Chanhassen Villager on Thursday, January 12 and 19, 2012; No. 4585)
Offi ce of the Minnesota Secretary of State
Assumed Name/Certifi cate Of Assumed Name
Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333File Number: Date Filed: December 09, 2011The fi ling of an assumed name
does not provide a user with exclu-sive rights to that name. The fi ling is required as a consumer protection, in order to enable consumers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.
1. List the exact assumed name under which the business is or will be conducted: Embellish by Jackie
2. Principal Place of Business: 7753 Village St., Chanhassen, MN 55317
3. List the name and complete street address of all persons con-ducting business under the above Assumed Name, OR if an entity, provide the legal corporate, LLC, or Limited Partnership name and registered offi ce address. Attach additional sheet(s) if necessary: Jackie Coulter – 7753 Village St., Chanhassen, MN 55317
4. I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is re-quired, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fi elds, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the appli-cable chapter of Minnesota Stat-utes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.
Signature: Jackie Coulter
Contact Person 320-761-0256
Date: 11/17/2011(Published in the ChanhassenVillager on Thursday, January 12 and 19, 2012; No. 4586)
CITY OF VICTORIASUMMARY PUBLICATION OF
ORDINANCE NO. 377AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 16, ARTICLE II, DIVISION 2: CURFEW
That Chapter 16 , Article II, Di-vision 2: Curfew has been rescinded and thereby the City-wide curfew is enforced through the Carver County Ordinance.
Passed and adopted this 9th day of January, 2012 by the Victoria City Council.ATTEST: Mary Hershberger Thun, MayorJennifer Kretsch, City Clerk(Published in the Chanhassen Villager on Thursday, January 19, 2012; No. 4587)
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Chanhassen Villager is at 4 p.m. Thursday for
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JUST THERIGHT TOUCHMuch of the bodywork performed by the chiropractor centers around an “adjustment” or “spinal manipulation”) which involves moving a joint out of its usual range of motion but not beyond the point that the joint was anatomi-cally designed to move. To pinpoint the exact place in the vertebrae need-ing adjustment, the chiropractor uses examining procedures such as motion palpation (diagnostic touch) to detect misalignments of spinal bones. Unless corrected, this abnormal positioning or functioning of the spinal joints may lead to irritated nerves and related problems. To relieve stress on irritated nerves, the chiropractor treats the pa-tient with vertebral adjustments in an effort to put misplaced areas of the spine back into alignment to restore the fl ow of nerve energy.
Chiropractic care, especially when combined with acupuncture, can help with many symptoms and there un-derlying problems. Everyone benefi ts differently, but the commonality is that they just feel better. Imagine your 2012 pain free through a healthy bal-anced lifestyle, wellness education and natural alternative healthcare. Visit us at 7975 Stone Creek Dr., Suite 20, Chanhassen, for your complimentary initial chiropractic consultation and ex-amination. Call today, (952) 746-8150 to schedule your appointment and put yourself on a path to wellness.
P.S. Chiropractic treatment is predicat-ed on the belief that a body in balance and without internal interference has the inherent ability to heal itself.
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2007 Chevy Impala LT #16148A, 3.5 V-6, 72,300 Miles, PW, PL, Remote Start, A/C, Cruise & Tilt, 31MPG
Was $12,995
Now $10,095$16525*
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2008 Chevy Impala LS #5797, Silver,3.5 V-6, 43K, PW, PL, PS, Tilt, Cruise, 20MPG
Was $14,695
Now $13,195$20566*
/Mo.
2011 Chevy Impala LT#5826, white, 3.5 V-6, 12,800 Miles,Auto, PW, PL, remote start, 29MPG
Was $21,995 Now $19,995
2002 Ford Ranger X-Cab XLT#5858B, black, 4.0 V6, 58,800 miles, 4x4,
automatic, 20mpg
Was $6,995 Now $4,695
2004 Ford F250 X-Cab#16283B, black, 6.0, 4x4, diesel,
automatic, must see,
Was $9,995 Now $7,995
2008 Chevy Malibu Hybrid#5399, gray, 2.4 4 cyl, 29,900 miles, PW, PL,
aluminum wheels
Was $14,995 Now $12,995
2008 Chevy Malibu LS#5323, blue, 2.2 4 cyl, 45,000 miles,
great mileage
Was $14,995 Now $11,995
2008 Chevy Malibu Hybrid#5398, black, 2.4 4 cyl, 30,400 miles, aluminum
wheels, and more.
Was $14,995 Now $12,995
2006 Chevy Trailblazer LS#16365A, maroon, 4.2L V6, 122,944 miles,
PW, PL, PS, one owner, 4x4
Was $9,995 Now $8,695
2006 Buick Rendezvous CXL#16334A, white, 3.5 V6, 112,000 miles, AWD
leather, DVD and more
Was $10,495 Now $8,495
2003 Chevy Trailblazer LTZ#16347C, white, 4.2L V6, 85,900 miles, loaded,
sunroof, 4x4, leather, one owner
Was $9,995 Now $8,995
2008 Pontiac G6 4 Dr#5798, silver, 3.5 V6, 43,600 miles,
Automatic, PW, PL, GM Certifi ed
Was $16,495 Now $14,995
2002 Buick LeSabre Custom#5749B, gray, 3.8 V6, 74,200 miles, local trade
Was $8,995 Now $7,595
2008 Pontiac G6 Convertible#5774, black,3.9 V6, 36,200 miles, leather &
loaded, GM Certifi ed
Was $17,995 Now $15,995
2004 Buick Rendezvous CXL#16294A, black, 3.4 V6, 92,000 miles,
leather and more, 24mpg
Was $10,995 Now $9,995
2001 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4#15786D, black, 4.0L V6, 58K, very clean,
one owner
Was $11,995 Now $9,995
2007 Chevy HHR LT#16332A, silver, 2.2L 4 cyl,
43,800 miles, automatic, PW, PL
Was $11,995 Now $10,995
2008 Chevy Impala LT#5816, white, 3.5 V6, 26,900 miles, PW, PL P
Seat, 29mpg. GM Certifi ed
Was $18,995 Now $16,895
2010 Chevy Cobalt 2LT 4 DR#5807, black, 2.2 4 cyl, 26,900 miles, 4 dr, PW,
PL, P Seat, 35mpg, GM Certifi ed
Was $16,495 Now $14,195
2010 Chevy Malibu 1LT#5810, white, 2.4 cyl, 29,400 miles,
PW, PL, 33mpg, GM Certifi ed
Was $17,995 Now $16,995
2011 HHR 1LT#5854, white, 2.2L, 28,600 miles, 4 cyl, auto-
matic, PW, PL, GM Certifi ed
Was $16,995 Now $14,995
2004 Ford F250 Super Duty#16234A, white, 6.0L V8, 56K, Ext Cab, diesel,
one owner, PW, PL, PS
Was $16,995 Now $14,495
2011 HHR 1LT#5802, bronze mist, 2.2L 4 cyl, 10K miles,
automatic, PW, PL, GM Certifi ed
Was $16,995 Now $15,295
2008 Buick Lucerne CXL#5841, red, 3.8 V6, 46,065 miles,
leather and loaded, , 25mpg
Was $19,995 Now $16,995
2010 Pontiac G6#5831, black, 2.4 4 cyl, 21,100 miles, automatic,
PW,PL, 4 dr, 30mpg, GM Certifi ed
Was $17,995 Now $16,995
2010 Chevy Impala LT#5838, white, 3.5 V6, 13,600 miles,
PW, PL and more, GM Certifi ed
Was $18,995 Now $16,995
2008 Chrysler Town & Country#15790A, silver, 4.0 V6, 28,400 miles, leather and
loaded, 23mpg, LTD,
Was $26,995 Now $21,995
2009 Chevy Colorado Crew 1LT#15985A, Maroon, 3.7L, 5 cyl, 31K, one owner,
4x4, PW, PL, PS, GM Certifi ed
Was $23,995 Now $19,995
2006 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew#16271A, white, 5.3 V8, 48,600 miles,
SLE, Z71 and much more, must see, 19mpg.
Was $25,995 Now $22,995
2011 Chevy Cruze 2LT#5870, gold mist, 1.4 4 cyl, 9,400 miles,
automatic, nicely equipped, 36mpg
Was $18,995 Now $17,995
2010 Chevy Cobalt Coupe LT#5857, black, 2.2 4 cyl, 26,700 miles, automatic,
nicely equipped, 25mpg, GM Certifi ed
Was $16,495 Now $14,995
2011 Chevy Traverse 2LT#5828, white, 17,000 Miles, AWD,
23MPG, Nicely Equipped
Was $29,995 Now $27,595
2009 Buick Enclave CXL#16022A, silver, 13.6L V6, leather and more,
22mpgs
Was $28,995 Now $26,995
2011 Chevy Equinox LTZ AWD#5808, white, 3.0L V6, 33,600 miles, leather,
remote start, PW, PL, GM Certifi ed
Was $29,995 Now $26,995
2011 Chevy Traverse 1LT AWD#5863, maroon, 3.6L V6, 13,600,
8 passenger, PW, PL
Was $28,995 Now $27,495
2008 Pontiac Grand Prix#16019A, grey, 3.8 V6, 93K,
PW, PL and more, 28mpg
Was $15,995 Now $11,995
2005 Buick LeSabre Custom#15883A, gold, 3.8 V6, 90,800 miles,
nicely equipped, 29mpg
Was $12,995 Now $9,995
2007 Buick Lucerne CXL#16013A, gold mist, 3.8 V6, 74K, leather and
loaded, 28mpg
Was $14,995 Now $11,995
2003 Ford F150 Crew XLT #16107A, green, 5.4L V8, 85K, priced right, 4x2
sunroof, one owner, PW, PS, PL
Was $10,995 Now $8,995
2002 Chevy Trailblazer LT #15746A, pewter, 4.2L V6, 112K, 4x4,
one owner, PW, PS, PL
Was $10,995 Now $8,995
2003 GMC Yukon XL 4x4#16112A, white, 5.3 V8, 126,000 miles, nicely
equipped, local trade, 17mpg
Was $10,995 Now $8,995
2010 Chevy Cobalt LT 4 Dr#5805, red, 2.2 4 cyl, 26,300 miles, PW, PL,
37mpg, GM Certifi ed
Was $16,495 Now $14,195
2008 Pontiac G6 GT#5799, red, 3.5 V6, 42,600 miles, automatic
PW, PL, 4 dr, , 24mpg
Was $16,995 Now $14,995
2011 Chevy Malibu LT#5803, gray, 2.4 4 cyl, 24,300 miles,
PW, PL, great mileage, 30mpg, GM Certifi ed
Was $18,995 Now $17,495
2008 Ford Escape XLS 4WD#15603A, gray, 2.3L 4 cyl, 25K, one owner,
PW, PL, very clean
Was $15,995 Now $13,995
2005 Chevy Avalanche LT Z71#16037C, silver, 5.3L, V8, 101K miles, 4x4,
leather, PS, PW, PL, one owner
Was $15,995 Now $13,595
2004 Chevy Suburban 4x4 Z71#15545B, black, 5.3L V8, 111K, leather, sunroof,
2nd row bucket seats
Was $14,995 Now $13,995
2010 Pontiac G6 4DR#5830, red, 2.4 cyl. 23,199 miles, nicely
equipped, 4 dr, 30mpg, GM Certifi ed
Was $17,995 Now $16,895
2010 Chevy Impala LS#5823, silver, 3.5 V6, 14,500 miles,PW, PL,
29mpg
Was $19,995 Now $16,995
2010 Chevy Impala LS#5824, white, 3.5 V6, 21,500 miles,
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2008 Trailblazer LT1 4x4#15302A, silver, 4.2L V6, 74,900 miles,
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2007 Buick Rendezvous FWD#16359A, maroon, CXL, 3.5 V6, 40,300 miles,
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Was $20,995 Now $19,995
2004 Pontiac Grand Am SEI#5856, red, 3.4 V6, 41,300 miles,
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2010 Pontiac G6 4 Dr#5845, silver, 2.4 4 cyl, 17,400 miles, PW, PL
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School Bus DriversPalmer Bus Service is looking for persons with agood driving record to drive school bus in theShakopee School District. Activity routes andSubstitute driver routes available. RequiresSchool Bus license. Will train eligible applicants.Excellent salary, annual bonus, paid training.
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Order FillersFashion jewelry and accessories distributor locatedin Chanhassen currently accepting applications forenergetic, detail oriented person to pull product forcustomer orders. Must be fluent in English andhave strong numerical aptitude. Position requiresstanding and some lifting. 40 hrs/ week 8:30am to5pm. Send resume to: pallar@howards jewelry.com
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Painter/Welding FabricatorGES is a market leader in the Construction ad Aggre-gate Equipment business. GES has an opening forsomeone who would like to work for a growing com-pany that grows with its employees. Check us out atgenequip.com and apply.Mail application ATTN: HR General Equipment &Supplies, 4300 Main Ave, Fargo, ND 58103Email: [email protected]
U of MN Extension Carver-Scott Master Gardener Coordinator
University of Minnesota Extension seeks appli-cants for a .75FTE Master Gardener Coordinatorfor Carver and Scott counties. Bachelor's degreein a related field or four (4) years related experi-ence, including managing people and programs, re-quired. Computer skills for communication andmanagement required. Horticulture experience pre-ferred. Some evening/weekend work and access totransportation for job-related travel. Starting salary$16.00 + DOQ. Applications reviewed February 1,2012. Apply online. Job description and applica-tion at:https://employment.umn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=100294 May call (763) 767-3874 with questions. EOE
Graphic Designer/Multi-Media Specialist
The excitement is building at Jackpot Junction CasinoHotel. We have an excellent opportunity for a GraphicDesigner/Multi-Media Specialist. Responsibilities in-clude develop and execute creative concepts for mar-keting and promotional materials. Design print adver-tisements, posters, backlits, signs, and collateral mate-rials. Create billboard layouts. Output materials formedia and print vendors to generate finished product.Placement of all media. Update onsite plasma screensand daktronic boards. Bachelor's Degree with 3+ yearsof design experience. Knowledgeable and highlyskilled on a Mac platform in Adobe CS5.5; Adobe In-design, Photoshop and Illustrator. Experience withpreparing files for printer with proficiency in 4-colorprocess. Large format printer experience preferred butnot required. Creative portfolio demonstrating profi-ciencies in publication design and layout. Highly or-ganized and able to manage multiple projects in a verydeadline driven environment. Excellent communica-tions skills; ability to take a proactive approach to cre-ative and cross-functional communication. Knowledgeof Sales & Marketing principles and methods forshowing, promoting, and selling product and services.We also offer an excellent benefits package: 401K,medical with flex plan, dental, life insurance, shortand long term disability, on-site daycare.To apply, please send or fax your cover letter and resume to:Human Resources DepartmentJackpot Junction Casino HotelP.O. Box 420Morton, MN 562701.800.WIN.CASH ext. 8106Fax: 507.697.8112www.jackpotjunction.com
Accurate Home Care, LLC, is currentlyseeking RN/LPNs to work in Prior Lake and thesurrounding areas. We are looking for individualsfor all shifts.Qualified candidates must have great customer ser-vice skills, be compassionate and dependable andbe able to provide assistance with daily livingtasks. We offer outstanding wages plus excellent benefitsincluding: Holiday Pay, Paid Time Off, Health,Dental, STD, LTD, and Life Insurance, 401K withmatch, & Educational Benefits. Interested candidates can apply by completing anapplication, please attach cover letter and resumealong with salary requirements. EEO/AA To apply go to our website:http://www.accuratehomecare.com/
Experienced Truck MechanicDue to our rapid growth and expansion we arelooking for a professional, reliable mechanic tojoin our team.Emergency Apparatus Maintenance, Inc pro-vides full service and repair of fire apparatus, am-bulances and other emergency vehicles.Technician's responsibility includes all aspects ofonsite emergency vehicle/equipment repair,maintenance, and testing. Job Requirements: Trade school & experience,personal tools, DOT Certified, current CDL. Pre-employment physical and drug screen required. Excellent Benefits: medical/dental/life insurance,premier ESOP retirement plan, 401K, uniforms,tool insurance, Holiday/Vacation pay. Monday-Friday daytime hours.Please visit our website for more information andemployment application, www.eamservice.com.
TechniPac, a flexible packaging company, is hiringExperienced Machine Set Up Operators and MachineOperators for our manufacturing facility. Daily workincludes setting up machines for new jobs, trou-bleshooting and adjusting equipment, completing pa-perwork, reading job orders and specs, maintaining aclean work environment, and inspecting finished prod-uct. Set up operators will also operate machines asneeded. The successful applicant must have previousexperience in set up and troubleshooting in manufac-turing plus be detail oriented, dependable, and safetyconscious. Experience with web presses is also useful.
For these positions, the applicant must be able to liftup to 75 pounds and stand or walk for 8 hour shifts.Requirements include a solid work history and theability to work independently in a fast paced environ-ment.
Regular work hours are as follows:1st shift: 6:45am to 3:15pm; 2nd shift: 2:45pm to 11:15pm; 3rd shift: 10:45pm to 7:15am; Monthly Saturday shifts and overtime required.
If you would like to apply for this position, stop byTechniPac to fill out an application or email your re-sume to [email protected] Cambria AvenueLe Sueur, MN 56058Phone: 507-665-6658Fax: 507-665-2870Email: [email protected]
ROUTE DRIVERAllied Waste Services seeks FT Route Drivers for res-idential routes in the Twin City area and suburbs.
WE OFFER-Excellent payAdvancement opportunitiesBenefits-including medical, dental, vision andlife insurance plans, long-term disability, short-term disability, health spending account, depen-dent spending account, 401k, uniforms, paid holi-days, personal and vacation time
APPLICANT MUST POSSES-Class B (CDL) license w/Air Brake Endorsement
Excellent driving recordHigh School Diploma or equivalentStable employment history1 year commercial driving experienceKnowledge of Twin Cities area and suburbsExcellent communication skillsPhysical ability to lift 45+# repeatedly
Position requires strenuous physical labor with 45+hours per week in all kinds of weather. Candidatemust pass DOT physical and drug screen as well asassessment for essential physical job skills.If you are interested in joining our team, stop in andfill out an application, Monday through Friday, 8:00a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Applications accepted through February 3, 2012.
9813 Flying Cloud Drive Eden Prairie, MN 55347
An Equal Opportunity Employer, m/f/d/v
Jordan High School is looking for a 9th GradeBaseball Coach. Responsible for daily coachingduties, including practices, games and clinics.All other coaching duties as assigned by headcoach/principal. Send letter and application toJeff Vizenor, Athletic Director, 600 SunsetDrive, Jordan, MN 55352. Open until filled.Application materials can be emailed [email protected]
Jordan Middle Schools is looking for a 7th and8th grade baseball coach. Responsible for dailycoaching duties, including practices, games andclinics. All other coaching duties as assigned byhead coach/principal. Send letter and applica-tion to Jeff Vizenor, Athletic Director, 600 Sun-set Drive, Jordan, MN 55352. Open until filled.Application materials can be emailed to:[email protected].
Warehouse Full-Time
We are looking for anew member to add toour team. Candidates areexpected to indepen-dently perform generalwarehouse operations including, picking, ship-ping, packaging and in-ventory control. Candidates must havestrong attention to detailto ensure orders and in-ventory are accurate.Must be able to handleheavy lifting, work wellas a team player andcommunicate efficientlywith others. Starting wage: $10/hrInterested candidatesshould fill out an appli-cation at :Total Automotive Inc.2431 Galpin Ct Ste 110Chanhassen, MN 55317Ph (952)448-7750
Supervisor for AdultFoster Care Home
Direct Supervision of a4 client MI home. Re-view, create programs, monitor health, safety.Experience with MI andsupervisor skills. Locat-ed in Shakopee, 40hrs/wk Contact Brett @My Brother's Keeper(952) 496-0157
Skilled labor positions atsteel culvert mfg plant.1st and 2nd shift. Bene-fits available. Construc-tion or Machine operatorbackground preferred.Apply on: Careerbuilder.com or inperson: Contech 11155Chaparral Ave,Shakopee, PH: 952-496-1049.
Full-Time
Shakopee School Districtis looking for a full timecustodian. Position isyear round second shiftduring the school year anddays during summermonths. For full job de-scription and directions onhow to apply please visitwww.shakopee.k12.mn.us
Program Counselor(Shakopee)
Do you enjoy going tosporting events or com-munity activities? Grouphome exp. preferred butnot required. E/OSat/Sun 1 pm to 7pm(some 9am to 3pm).Diabetes exp. a plus!Driver's lic, insur. ,cleanrecord required. Contact:
For more openings go to:www.thomasalleninc.com
AA/EOE
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The area's BEST Center hasimmediate openings for:
Aides, Assistant Teachers,
at our Chaska location.
Ladybug ChildcareCenter
306 Lake Hazeltine Dr.Chaska
Please contact:Chaska: Julie at 952-448-7202
Full-Time
Scott CountySocial Work Case Manager Developmental Disabilities
We seek to hire an enthusiastic, dedicated, profession-al to provide case management and service coordina-tion for persons with developmental disabilities (DD)and their families. MQs - Requires equivalency of abachelor's degree in a human services related field andtwo years of professional social work/case manage-ment experience working directly with clients. QMRPis required. Strong preference for recent (w/in 12 mos)experience providing/coordinating direct services forpersons w/DD. County DD experience; and bilingualabilities are also highly desirable. Valid drivers licenseis required. Hiring Range - $51,358 to $60,421 -DOQ. Closing - 01/30/12. Obtain application fromScott County Employee Relations at (952) 496-8890or online at www.co.scott.mn.us. EOETTY/TDD: (952) 496-8170 Let's Work Together.
Sales/ Marketing Outside Sales RepDitch Witch of Minnesota is looking for a motivatedindividual to fill a position supporting directionaldrilling customers with after market support productsthroughout Minnesota. Competitive compensationpackage, vehicle, medical, dental, 401K. Fax resumeto: 952-445-0035 or mail to: 12826 Emery Way,Shakopee, MN 55379. No phone calls please.
SUGARFACTORY
WORKERS WANTED!
Chief A Boiler Operator$24.00/hr
plus day-one benefits
includingmedical,
personal time and flex $$.
Come to work for the nation's leading beet sugar pro-ducer in a hands-on, equipment orientedenvironment. United Sugars has openings for non-union, full time, limited duration jobs in our Chaska,MN plant. These positions work a minimum of 8 hourshifts. There is currently a union lockout in progress.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old with a HS Diploma or GED and have a hold a Valid Boiler operator licenseand pass entrance testing, drug testing and criminalbackground check. Preferred candidates will havemanufacturing or industrial experience, be able towork in an industrial setting, have a good work ethicand communication skills.
Apply online at: www.dohertyhrdirect.com
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SUGAR FACTORY WORKERS
WANTED!
Maintenance/Mechanical Person
$ 20.75/hr
plus day-one benefits including medical, personal time and flex $$.
Come to work for the nation's leading beet sugar pro-ducer in a hands-on, equipment oriented environment.
United Sugars has openings for non-union, full time,limited duration jobs in our Chaska, MN plant. Thesepositions work a minimum of 8 hour shifts. There iscurrently a union lockout in progress.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old with a HSDiploma or GED and pass entrance testing, drug test-ing and criminal background check. Preferred candi-dates will have manufacturing and industrial facilitymaintenance background, have hands on electrical ex-perience be able to work in an industrial setting, havea good work ethic and communication skills.
Apply online at: www.dohertyhrdirect.com
Select Applicant LoginUsername: unitedsugarsPassword: applicantHiring Manager's Email: [email protected]
Equal Opportunity Employer
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LIEDTKEFIND YOUR BURIED TREASURE
Three Qs
Rob Fugli
There are some things a person just can’t live with.
For Rob Fugli of Chanhassen, it was a poorly designed milk jug cap.
The tipping point for Fugli came on a Saturday morning last year.
Up early, Fugli poured himself a cup of coffee, then added some milk from the plastic milk jug.
Instead of a dribble, out poured a gusher.
“I had more milk on the counter than in the cup,” Fugli said. “That’s when I decided to do something about it.”
Apparently, the square milk jug has irritated other Costco customers, too Several years ago, TV shows like Good Morning America, the Today Show, and others did some stories about the problem jug.
“It wasn’t designed for consumers,” Fugli said. “It was created for the milk distributors so they could ship as many gallons on a pallet as possible.”
After fi elding complaints, Costco suggested that customers adopt the “Counter Pour,” where you set the milk jug on the counter, and slowly tip until you get a nice pour.
“It’s still not a great help,” Fugli said. “Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t and you don’t know when it will happen.”
Fed up after that coffee incident, Fugli took matters into his own hands.
He’s an entrepreneur with a back-ground in business development and commercial construction. He saw an opportunity for a new product, or at least creating a solution.
Fugli began by studying his child’s sippy cup and his commuter coffee mug lids to see how they worked in delivering liquids. Then he worked with a software engineer and a design engineer.
After some trial and error and sev-eral designs, the bottle caps rolled out last week.
Q: How long did it take to come up the idea, test it, and have a fi n-ished, marketable milk cap?
A: It takes a lot of time for a profes-sional design. I started last April, and just got the samples back last week. I wanted it to look nice, making it useful and making it easier for the user. It’s like what they did when they redesigned the Tide detergent bottle. They put an integrated pour spout on the Tide bottle. It pours better and decreases the mess. We took a complex idea and made it easy for the user. There’s no learning involved, it’s just the same motion they’re used to.
Q: Why wouldn’t Costco redesign the cap themselves?
A: It’s not an easy fi x for them. The company works with milk suppliers all over the country and different dairies have their own proprietary systems. And when they agree to sell milk to Costco, they agree to put it in Costco’s design. I decided to make it easy by making a replacement cap. I found a small manufacturer in Fergus Falls. The caps just rolled off the production line last week. We’re getting ready to sell them online and by word of mouth.
Q: Was it diffi cult to fi nd people to test it out?
A: Surprisingly yes. Not everybody shops at Costco which is the only place that has the square jug around here. In other areas of the country, they’re car-ried at Sam’s Clubs and Walmart, too. But I’ve tested it, my wife has tested it, the neighbors, my dental hygien-ist. If you go to the website —www.squarejug.com—you can see video of my 3-year-old son demonstrating a jug without the cap, and with the cap, and see the difference. And one more thing to like, because the cap doesn’t leak, there’s no more sticky ring under the jug in the refrigerator. I like to say, “Buy the caps (two for $8.99, in white plastic), and lower your aggravation so you can enjoy your coffee.”
-Unsie Zuege
Laughter and lotus and friendly remindersI need to lighten up.
I realized this after talking with a friend of mine who was telling me about the yoga class she’s taking. At one point, she asked me if I’ve ever done yoga.
“You should take a class,” she said. “I think you’d really enjoy it.”
Actually, I have tak-en a yoga class. It was years ago, and I con-tinued it until the day I got hit at a stoplight on my way to class. I don’t hold it against the yoga class that I got rear-ended, but the accident left me with a lot of pain in my neck and shoulders, and put me in physical therapy for several months. Since some of the yoga exercises involve the neck and shoulders, I didn’t think it was a good idea for me to continue doing them. Still, I en-joyed the class while it lasted, and I
even wrote a column about it shortly after I started taking it.
I told my friend this, and asked her if she’d like to read t he c olu m n . S he said, “Absolutely,” so I emailed a copy of it to her when I got home.
Although it’s been more than ten years since I wrote that column, it’s still one of my favorites. In it I talked about joining
a yoga class even though “Yoga” was the correct answer to a trivia ques-tion I had answered recently that asked, “In what type of exercise do you stand on your head?” I also men-tioned my apprehension about the lotus position, which I thought could more accurately be described as “the pretzel position.” And I pointed out that if God had wanted my feet and
thighs to be that close to each other, he wouldn’t have put the femur – the longest bone in the body – between them. (If you’d like to read the whole column and you didn’t cut it out of the paper ten years ago, you can fi nd it on my blog, www.findyourbur-iedtreasure.com/blog).
“You should write funny more often,” my friend said the next time I saw her. “That column was hilari-ous.”
That’s when I realized that I’ve been getting awfully serious lately, at least in my writing. Understand-ably so, I’d say, considering some of the things I’ve been writing about, which have included some pretty serious topics as well as some in-tense observations and powerful insights.
But that doesn’t mean they can’t be fun.
Most of us are aware that laughter is the best medicine, and that happy people are generally healthier than those who wallow in their stress and
sadness. Humor helps, and humor heals. Plus, it almost always feels better to laugh than to cry – not to dismiss the therapeutic benefi ts of a good cry when grief, sadness or frus-tration becomes overwhelming.
So I’m going to try not to take myself – or my writing topics – too seriously from now on. This doesn’t mean I’m going to start doing the lit-erary equivalent of stand-up comedy, or that I’m going to treat any topics irreverently or disrespectfully. It just means I’m going to look a little harder for the humor in the things I write about and the way I write about them.
Who knows? I may even decide to go back to yoga class and try once again to get into the lotus position. That would defi nitely be good for a few laughs!
Chanhassen resident Betty Liedtke is a writer, professional speaker, and Certified Dream Coach®. Visit her website at www.fi ndyourburiedtrea-sure.com.
He’s with the bandLocal alumnusperforms withrenowned group BY MARK W. OLSON
Persuadi ng t he re -nowned St. Olaf Band to perform at Chaska High School this Sat-urday wasn’t easy.
“It was about seven years of pestering to get the St. Olaf Band to Chaska,” said Noah Anderson, a 2008 Chaska High School graduate.
Noah, a St. Olaf senior and a bass clarinetist for the band, con-tributed four years of pestering. His older sister Lauren, who also played bass clarinet in the band, contributed the fi rst three years. The siblings are the children of Linda and Richard Anderson of Chanhassen.
The band performs in two metro area concerts before its national tour every year, said St. Olaf Band Manager Terra Wid-difield. She credits Anderson’s lobbying (“Mostly, I just got worn down,” Widdifi eld joked), as well as Chaska High School music teacher Tim Beckler and Min-nesota Valley Community Band Director Barry Fox with bringing the band to Chaska. “[We had] all the right local support and a nice venue,” Widdifi eld said.
Conductor Timothy Mahr leads the wind ensemble, which was founded in 1891 and has over 90 members. “They’re one of the premier performing groups in the state. The St. Olaf Band has an in-ternational reputation,” said Fox.
POLISHED
This is the fi rst leg of the band’s tour, which brings it to Chaska and Rosemount, before the band travels to a variety of venues in California.
By this point, the program is “completely polished,” said Wid-difi eld. The audience is “getting a chance to hear what most people agree is one of the top fi ve under-graduate wind ensembles in the country – and that includes music conservatories.”
“The program is really varied,” said Widdifield, ranging from quiet pieces to music “that will make people jump on their feet and clap.”
The performance includes a premiere of “New Symphony,” by David Maslanka. “People who know wind band music really follow him. He’s one of the most sophisticated living composers of wind band music,” Widdifi eld said.
The band will also perform a piece by current St. Olaf band member Eric Choate, “an up-and-coming composer.”
CULMINATION
At Chaska High School, Noah Anderson performed in the wind ensemble, pit orchestra, jazz band and pep band, and sang with the concert choir and chamber sing-ers.
“I learned something different from every musical experience,” he said.
Anderson is looking forward to playing at his alma mater.
“It’s a culmination of my mu-sical experience, which really started off in high school,” he said. Anderson said the performance
allows him to “come back to the high school that had given me so much … and give a little bit back to the students.”
“I haven’t been on the stage there for about four years, and it will just be a really great experience that I know a lot of people of my hometown will be there supporting me.”
At St. Olaf, Anderson also sings in Chapel Choir, and plays in the jazz band and pit orchestra. While Anderson is active in band, it’s not his primary field of study. He’s a political science and American stud-ies major. When he graduates this spring, he’d like to get involved in an
election campaign as a canvasser or fi eld organizer.
Anderson has honed his orga-nizational skills while working as fi nancial offi cer for St. Olaf’s Student Government Association (fellow Chaska High School alumnus John Laven is president of the group).
“I defi nitely want to keep playing,” Anderson said. Because it’s not his major fi eld of study, music has given him a break from other work. Music “taught me to have a separation be-tween my personal life and my work life,” Anderson said. I think that’s something I’ll be able to continue after I graduate.”
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The 93-member St. Olaf Band is performing in Chaska on Jan. 21.
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Bass clarinetist Noah Anderson is pictured with St. Olaf Band Conductor Timothy Mahr. Anderson, of Chanhassen, lobbied to bring the band to Chaska High School this Saturday.
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St. Olaf Band Conductor Timothy Mahr.
St. Olaf BandWhat: The St. Olaf Band, directed by Timothy Mahr, performs a program of classics, as well as new compositions.
When: 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 21
Where: 545 Pioneer Trail, Chaska High School
Cost: $10 adults/seniors; free for students
Info: stolaftickets.com; (800) 363-5487
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