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That’s an attainable goal.”When Weiers can sneak

away for free time, he likes to hang out with his friends and read, but his real passion is travel. He’s looking forward to a scheduled trip to Winnipeg later this spring for the Model United Nations Assembly, but

his favorite thing about the activity is how it indulges his altruism.

“One of my goals in life is to help people a lot,” he says, beaming.

His enthusiasm extends far beyond his personal pursuits, a fact made even less surprising considering his student council peers voted him “Mr. Laker Spirit” earlier this year. He heaped praise

on his speech teammates and the school’s wrestlers, who recently returned from competing in the state tournament.

“I’m really proud of our school this year,” he says.

Q AND A WITH JORDAN WEIERS

What kind of music do you listen to?

Some of the most random

music ever. I like a lot of pop music: Lady Gaga, Cee Lo and Celine Dion. Anything that I can dance to, I will listen to it.

What’s your favorite TV show?

“Glee” is the one show that I always set aside an hour for each week. Sue Sylvester is my favorite television character ever. I think they capture what a high school environment is pretty well.

What’s your favorite book?

Bill Bryson writes these hilarious travel books. “Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe” is the funniest travel book ever.

What’s your favorite movie?

“Titanic” is one of my favorite movies. The “Harry Potter” movies are really good. Oh, and “Indiana Jones.” I

love “Indiana Jones” so much. That’s pretty up there in my top fi ve.

What’s the best vacation you’ve ever been on?

Last summer, I went to France by myself and lived there. It was the best four weeks ever.

What would be your ideal vacation?

Going back to France or somewhere in the Caribbean.

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Of course, there is one glaring difference between the stage and the screen: the endings.

“This is not the movie version,” said Jim Berger of Eagan, the musical’s assistant director. “It’s much darker … This isn’t your happy ending.”

Dark as it may be, the show includes plenty of upbeat songs from a range of genres, including rock, doo-wop and traditional-style showtunes. Director Ana Hellzen, of Lakeville, said the production is PG-rated and safe for families.

“It’s PG and that’s due to the nature of some of the subject matter,” she said. “Things that were acceptable in the 1950s are just not things that we would consider politically correct now … It’s not anything worse than anything [kids] are seeing on TV or in any horror movie.”

“Little Shop of Horrors” is Hellzen’s fi rst production for Prior Lake Players, though she’s directed shows in Texas and Iowa and began performing at age 4.

“Directing became the next step after you’re too old to play any of the roles you want,” she said.

She approached the Prior Lake Players’ board with the idea to do “Little Shop of Horrors” because they’d never done it before and because she wanted to do something “totally new.”

“It’s one of those shows that I never got to do as an actor, and I said, ‘Well, if I can’t do it then I want to direct it,’” Hellzen said.

If she could act in it, however, she’d be one of the Doo Wops – the trio of soul-singing female dropouts who act as the musical’s unoffi cial Greek chorus.

“They know everything that’s going on and they’re just devious enough that

PHOTO BY MERYN FLUKER

As Seymour, Andrew Werner sits with his strange plant Audrey II during a rehearsal of the Prior Lake Players’ production of “Little Shop of Horrors.” He’s surrounded by, from left, Katarina Werner, Mikaela Ekblad and Jodeci Johnson, as Crystal, Ronette and Chiffon – also known as the Doo-Wops.

you know they’re up to something,” Hellzen said. “They’re defi nitely in cahoots with the plant.”

Hellzen said it was a challenge to stage the show knowing that audience members have movie-size expectations.

“People expect bigger-than-life,” she said. “With our set,

it’s simple but we went all out with the plant.”

Hellzen, along with other

crew members, drove to Chicago to rent four plant puppets – to represent

Audrey II at it grows throughout the musical’s events – from the man responsible for the fi lm’s plants. Audrey II stars out like a normal potted plant but eventually expands to a full-size part of the set.

“When you think of ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ you think of Audrey II,” Hellzen said.

“As the plant comes to life, the whole store comes to life and Skid Row comes to life.”

Even though she’s committed to bringing life to the at-times scary production, Hellzen isn’t out to strike fear into anyone.

“I don’t want to be the cause of anyone’s nightmares,” she said.

“I’ve had every line of every song memorized for years. I’m a little obsessed.”

Jessy SoderbeckActress, “Little Shop of Horrors”

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CERTIFICATE OFASSUMED NAME

Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333File Number: Date Filed: February 10, 2011The fi ling of an assumed name

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO

SECTION 1002 OF THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE

You are hereby notifi ed that the Planning Commission will hold apublic hearing at Prior Lake CityHall, located at 4646 Dakota StreetSE, on Monday, March 28, 2011 at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. The purpose of the public hearing is to consider removing Sec-tion 1002.100 (related to the Concept Plan process) from the SubdivisionOrdinance.

If you wish to be heard in ref-erence to this matter, you should attend the public hearing. The Planning Commission will con-sider oral and written comments.If you have questions regarding this matter or would like to view theproposed amended Code language,please contact the Prior Lake Com-munity Development and Natural Resources Department at (952)447-9810 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday throughFriday.

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