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Shakopee names nine assistant superintendent candidates
by Kristin Holtz
A committee of Shakopee School Board members, administrators, staff and community members will interview nine candidates next week for a new assistant superintendent position. The candidates include: Robert Metz, principal, St Louis Park High School, St. Louis Park School District William Hare, director of special services, Belle Plaine School District Sheryl Hough, principal, Chaska Middle School West, District 112 John Wollersh...
Funeral Notice for Sompong Mounsamrouath
Sompong Mounsamrouath, 51, of Shakopee died Friday, March 2, 2012. Funeral Service is 1 p.m., Thursday, March 8, at Klecatsky & Sons, Eagan Chapel, 1580 Century Pt. (Yankee Doodle at Coachman) Eagan. Visitation one hour prior to the service. He was loved by many and cherished by friends and family. He was like a father to all. He loved everyone, and everyone loved him. Klecatsky & Sons Eagan Chapel www.klecatskys.com 651-454-9488
Soundset returns to Shakopee May 27
The popular hiphop music festival, Soundset, will be back at Canterbury Park Sunday, May 27. The event, produced by Rhymesayers Entertainment, returns to the Canterbury festival grounds for a fourth year. Soundset 2011 attracted nearly 20,000 people last year. Among those performing at the day-long music festival are Atmosphere, Lupe Fiasco and Raekwon and Ghostface Killah. Check out a full lineup here at Complex.com. Tickets go on sale a...
DNR to reassess deer population goals this spring
by Pat Minelli
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will begin reassessing deer population goals this spring. From 2005 through 2007 the DNR used an extensive public input process to establish deer population goals for all of the state's approximately 130 deer permit areas. Now that those goal populations have been achieved in most areas, the DNR will use a similar process to re-evaluate population goals in 23 permit areas in southwestern and...
Funeral Service for Alex Trofim
Alex Trofim, 26, of Savage, died Feb. 28, 2012, in Cancun, Mexico. Funeral Services were Monday, March 5, 2012, 12 noon, at the Slavic Baptist Church of Shakopee, with visitation one hour prior to the service at the church. Interment Valley Cemetery, Shakopee. Arrangements were with the McNearney Funeral Home in Shakopee.
Principal for the day
by Kristin Holtz
Three Red Oak Elementary students tasted life as school administrators March 1 as Principal for the Day. Throughout the month of February, as part of I Love to Read Month, Red Oak students could earn tickets for different raffles each week by meeting their grade level reading goal for the week. Three different students - third-graders Makayla Cizek and Henry Dahlen and fifth-grader Calista Hanninen - won the chance to be “Student-Principal fo...
Funeral Notice for Gerald F. Ceminsky
Gerald “Jerry” Ceminsky, 75 of rural Le Sueur and Henderson, died Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Mankato Hospital, Mayo Health System. Funeral will be Thursday, March 8, at 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Henderson. Visitation will be Wednesday, March 7, from 4-8 p.m. at the Kolden Funeral Home in Henderson and one hour prior to the services at the church.
Funeral Notice for Barbara Ann Schatz
Barbara Schatz, 74, of Carver, passed away Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the Belle Plaine Lutheran Home. Visitation will be on Wednesday, March 7, from 4-8 p.m. at Ballard-Sunder Funeral Home in Jordan with family prayers at 3:30 p.m. and the Knights of Columbus Rosary at 7 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be on Thursday, March 8, at 11 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Jordan with visitation one hour prior at church.
Shakopee Girl Scouts seek memorabilia to borrow
by Pat Minelli
On March 12, Girl Scouts will celebrate their 100th anniversary in the United States. The Shakopee Public Library has given the Shakopee Girl Scouts space for a historical display of “All Things Girl Scouts,” in honor of the anniversary. The Shakopee Girl Scouts are looking for memorabilia such as uniforms, hats, pins, books or pictures to use for the display. The items are needed by March 12 and will be returned to the owners. Anyone with it...
Relay for Life seeking planning committee members
Relay for Life of Scott County is looking for volunteers to help organize the 2012 event. The group is looking for new committee members with new ideas to attend a monthly meeting and learn more. Meetings are the first Monday of the month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Shakopee Community Center Rotary Room, 1255 Fuller Street, Shakopee. For more information or to sign up, contact one of the event chairs: Brenda Stocker, (952) 758-3998, bstoc...
Average gas prices in Twin Cities fall 6.7 cents in past week
by Pat Minelli
Average retail gasoline prices in Twin Cities have fallen 6.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.58 Sunday. That compares to the national average that has increased 5.2 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.71, according to gasoline price website TwinCitiesGasPrices.com. Including the change in gas prices in Twin Cities during the past week, prices Sunday were 1.3 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are...
VIDEO: Shakopee makes SNL skit
by Shannon Fiecke
Shakopee kids who hoped school would close this week due to the snow finally got their wish - on Saturday Night Live. A skit this weekend on SNL was broadcast from a fictitious Shakopee hip-hop station, "B108FM," following a winter storm. The morning disc-jockey said he had to get up at 4:30 a.m.: "I drove in the darkness through 10 blinking stoplights to downtown Shakopee." After "14 inches of fresh fall," a news reporter ann...
Let's Go: Spring into gardening
Biodiversity, heirloom plants and the latest and best gardening advice will be the topics at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum's Spring Expo 2012. Themed "Learning to Grow, Growing to Learn," the event will feature three days of discussion, lectures, book singings and networking among gardening enthusiasts. Special events include programming on seed saving and heirloom plants, Arboretum maple sugarbush tour and tasting and book-signings by g...
Renters Warehouse CEO to speak to young professionals
by Shannon Fiecke
Brenton Hayden, the 26-year-old founder and CEO of Renters Warehouse, will speak at a March 15 luncheon sponsored by ShakopeeConnect. Hayden, whose online company manages over $250 million in residential real estate, was named "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" by the Minneapolis St Paul Business Journal in 2010 and Professional of the Year by Donald Trump Jr.'s Cambridge Registry in Real Estate in 2011. This Q & A luncheon will be held at T...
Old Blockbuster filling up
by Shannon Fiecke
Snap Fitness and KoSama, an eight-week fitness program studio that is new to Minnesota, are under construction at the former Blockbuster Video store, 1282 Vierling Drive E. Snap Fitness also plans to open a location at First Avenue and Pierce Street, according to its website. Snap Fitness also has a club on Canterbury Road, but it's unclear whether it will be closing. A call to the company wasn't immediately returned.
Let's Go: Rewriting the book club
by Amy Lyon
In a back corner meeting room at the Burnhaven Library, members of the newly-formed Literary Ladies Book Club gather to talk about their February title, “The Devil in the White City.” The small group of six discusses details of the book: How it believes the World’s Fair changed America, the motives of a young doctor and murderer and the reality that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. Some members peruse the paperback version while oth...
Women in the U.S.: Interesting facts from the Census Bureau
by Pat Minelli
Women’s History Month Some interesting facts and figures about women from the U.S. Census Bureau. March is National Women’s History Month. 157.0 million The number of females in the United States according to the 2010 census. The number of males was 151.8 million. At 85 and older, there were more than twice as many women as men. Motherhood 85.4 million Estimated number of mothers in the United States in 2009. 2.3 Aver...
SACS ranks first in state for box tops
by Shannon Fiecke
Shakopee Area Catholic School ranked first in the state for online box tops earnings the last two years. SACS families raised $20,170 for their school by submitting box top codes online through the Growing Local Learning website sponsored by General Mills and Supervalu. In total, CUB Foods donated nearly $50,000 to Shakopee schools for online box tops over two years. While the box top program has been around for more than 10 years, the onl...
Two Prior Lake middle schools closed for one hour due to bomb threat
by Pat Minelli
Twin Oaks and Hidden Oaks middle schools in Prior Lake will be closed from 3 to 4 p.m. today in light of a bomb threat made Thursday. According to Twin Oaks Principal Dan Edwards, a staff member found the bomb threat written in one of the school's bathrooms Thursday morning for 3:30 p.m. Law enforcement was "immediately involved," including liaison officer Maureen O'Hehir, "the first point of contact," who divides her time between both mid...
Funeral notice for James Leonard Mayer
James “Jimmy” Mayer passed away Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 in Hanford, CA at the age of 38 years. Jimmy was born in Shakopee. There will be a Celebration of Life to be announce at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Whitehurst-McNamara Funeral Services, (559) 582-0251.
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