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Join Chanhassen High School at 4 p.m., Friday, as it brings its third annual homecoming parade to downtown Chanhassen, with marching band, school mascot “Thunder,” and spirited parade entries. The Minnetonka High School parade will also be at 4 p.m. Friday in downtown Excelsior.
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Homecoming heralds traditional rites of autumn
by Unsie Zuege
Just to be clear, it’s the Chanhassen High School students who plan Homecoming. The committee of parents is just there to assist and support the students’ plans, Michelle Schindler pointed out. Schindler is a member of the parent committee that is helping students plan Homecoming 2011. This is the third annual Chanhassen High School Homecoming Week and as in previous years, students kicked off a week of dress-up themes: Monday — Comfy Day, Tu...

A new canopy over the drive-through area recently was constructed at the Carver County Environmental Center at 116 Peavey Circle in Chaska.
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New canopy at Environmental Center helps drive traffic
by Richard Crawford
Visitors to the Carver County Environmental Center now have a new canopy overhead to make dropping off waste and recycla-ble materials a bit more convenient. The new canopy, located on the south side of the facility, was installed this summer at a cost of $125,000. Mike Lein, environmental services manager, said the canopy has made the flow of traffic at the site better and provides protec-tion from the elements for residents as they drop o...
Man with Chanhassen address found dead in Chippewa Falls
Man with Chanhassen address found dead in Chippewa Falls. Story here .
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Movie review: 'Fright Night'
by Jeffrey Ray
'Fright Night' (R) Three and a half stars (of 5) Although the original “Fright Night” was very cheesy its balance of humor and scares made it entertaining. 2011’s “Fright Night” remake takes the basic storyline and modernizes it, just as “Disturbia” modernized “Rear Window.” Apart from the fact that the story is still the same, the plot changes quite a bit. In fact, the first part of 2011’s “Fright Night” has more in common with “Disturbia” ...
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Take a relaxing dive into millions of corn kernels with the ever-popular Sever’s Corn Pool. (Photo by Sever's)
A corny adventure
by Kristin Holtz
Dive into some seasonal fun and lose yourself in an out-of-this-world maze at Sever’s Corn Maze and Fall Festival in Shakopee, opening Saturday, Sept. 17. For 15 years, the Sever and Sharon Peterson family of Eden Prairie has been bringing families together to explore fall fun. Home of the first corn maze in the Midwest, Sever’s is blasting off with an outer-space theme that includes shooting stars, planets and even a space shuttle. Sever’s ...
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Navigating change
by Sara Glassman
Is your career feeling stalled? Karen Kodzik, a St. Paul-based career management consultant ( www.cultivatingcareers.com ) with 15 years of experience, can help give you a jump start. Her new book “Navigating Through Now What?” is full of advice that covers how to move forward and the emotional aspects of crossroads. For her a career crossroads is “any time anybody is facing a critical career decision.” Her goal? Empowerment. When people come ...
Funeral Service for Gary Peters
Gary Peters, 40, of Victoria, died Monday Sept. 12, 2011. Visitation is Friday Sept. 16, 4-7 p.m. at Washburn McReavey Eden Prairie Chapel, 7625 Mitchell Rd. (1 blk N of Hwy 5). Service is Saturday Sept. 17, 11:30 a.m. with visitation one hour before at Mt. Olivet Lutheran Church West, 7150 Rolling Acres Rd, Victoria. Washburn-McReavey Eden Prairie Chapel 952-975-0400
Public notices from the September 15, 2011 Chanhassen Villager
Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the September 15, 2011 print edition of the Chanhassen Villager newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to this item, in the form of .pdf’s that can be opened with Adobe Acrobat.
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Chanhassen looking for win No. 1
by Eric Kraushar
Chanhassen goes for win No. 1 on Friday at Farmington. Read the web exclusive preview of the game at Scoreboard.MN .

Proceeds from the sale of “Flavors of the Arboretum” cookbook will benefit the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum.
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Taste of the seasons: Arb publishes first cookbook
by Mollee Francisco
Roasted beet carpaccio with whipped goat cheese, strawberries romanoff, beef tournedos on heirloom tomatoes with alfredo butter, cranberry orange scones, carrots vichy. These are just a few of the 101 recipes featured in “Flavors of the Arboretum,” the first cookbook to be published by the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. “It’s an idea that’s been cooking on the back burner for quite awhile,” said book editor Judy Hohmann, pun in...
Highway 5 open house is tonight
by Unsie Zuege
Chanhassen council approves preliminary levy
by Richard Crawford
The average homeowner in Chanhassen shouldn’t have to pay more in property taxes next year for the city portion of their taxes based on a preliminary levy approved Monday. The Chanhassen City Council, by a vote of 4 to 1, approved a preliminary levy of about $10.2 million. The final levy, which will be set in December, can be lower but not higher than the preliminary figure. While the average homeowner shouldn’t see an increase in city taxes,...
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Trying to keep up with new housing demand is good news for Victoria
by Unsie Zuege
PHOTO BY UNSIE ZUEGE While we don’t usually cover ribbon-cuttings, we did agree that in a depressed housing market, the City of Victoria has a reason to break out the ribbon and scissors. This summer, the city got good news. A housing needs study indicates the city has a potential demand for 225 new housing units between 2012 and 2015. Pictured is a new townhome unit in Madelyn Creek. From left, Pete Kerber of Kerber Homes, Carl Hennen, Voya...
“Discover Victoria” at Rec Center Sept. 24
by Unsie Zuege
Victoria sets 2012 preliminary levy
by unsie zuege
BY UNSIE ZUEGE [email protected] The Victoria City Council voted to approve the city’s 2012 preliminary property tax levy, the result of numerous workshops and budget and revenue reviews and analysis. The council voted unanimously to approve a preliminary city levy of $4,100,492, which is a slight decrease of .15 percent or $6,058 from the 2011 tax levy, and an estimated city tax rate of 38.9 percent. It means that the city tax on a median...
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Tennis team competes in prestigious meet
by Eric Kraushar
At the Rochester Mayo Invitational Saturday, the Storm were sixth in the team standings. The top five teams in Class AA – Edina, Mounds View, Rochester Mayo, Minnetonka and Wayzata were all in attendance. “The field was impressive and our girls stepped up to the challenge. Even though we were missing our two senior captains (Katie Mattson and Ashley Kemp), the girls battled and competed at a very high level,” Mason said. “Overall, it wa...
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Republican Party chair faces criminal-sex charges; steps down from post
by Richard Crawford
The chairman of the Carver County Republican Party has resigned from his post and faces two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. According to an official Carver County criminal complaint, Paul Scott Zunker, 36, of Waconia, faces two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a person under age 16. According to the complaint, Zunker is accused of sexually touching the alleged female victim on several occasions between...

The Chanhassen High School Storm marching band play patriotic tunes during the Sept. 11 parade in Carver. The high school’s boundaries include the city of Carver.
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Parade observes 9/11
by Mark W. Olson
A 10-year remembrance of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks began Carver’s Steamboat Days parade on Sunday afternoon. As the color guard passed Carver Village Hall, it paused for a moment of silence to honor those who lost their lives. The observation was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem. The Carver Fire & Rescue Department had its entire fleet in the parade. And the department’s floats included three firefighters...
Driver in fatal accident intoxicated
Bridgette Twining, 18, had a blood-alcohol level of .27 — more than three times the legal limit for a person of legal drinking age — when she died in a crash the night of Sept. 3, according to the Carver County Sheriff’s Office. Twining, of Chanhassen, was driving on County Road 40, just west of downtown Carver. The car was westbound on County Road 40 and had just passed another vehicle prior to the accident. The vehicle over-corrected and s...
Early season freeze possible Wednesday night
An early season freeze is possible Wednesday night for an area that includes the outlying western and southern parts of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The warning area includes much of central and southern Minnesota, according to the National Weather Service office in Chanhassen. Strong Canadian high-pressure on Wednesday night will bring light winds, a clear sky and well-below-normal temperatures, said the weather service. Low tempera...
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Football: Back to the state tournament for the Fire
Holy Family Catholic Head Coach Dave Hopkins called the 2011 season a "rebuilding year." Throu...
Football: Fourth-quarter touchdown sends Eagles to state
Dave Nelson stood on the sidelines, looking up at the clock as time winded down in the fourth ...
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