Anytime Fitness of Eden Prairie will be holding a School Supply Drive during the month of August to benefit the Eden Prairie School District teachers and students.

The business, at the southwest corner of Highway 5 and Mitchell Road, will have drop-off hours from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3:30-6:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays.

Those dropping off school supplies will get a free seven-day pass to teh club. For more information, call 952-562-8702 or e-mail edenprairiemn@anytimefitness.com.

Congressman Erik Paulsen, R-Third District, will host a town hall meeting from 7-8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 2, at the Southview Middle School auditorium, 4725 Southview Lane, Edina.

"Paulsen will provide an update on recent legislation in Congress and share information on some of his other initiatives while taking questions and comments from constituents attending the forum," according to a news release.

How do you get eight high school students to go really fast backwards?

Put them in a racing shell and have them compete in the sport of rowing, also known as crew. Crew is a popular collegiate and Olympic sport that is growing rapidly among high-school students here in Minnesota.

In fact, some 150 high school rowers and 30 boats will be at Bryant Lake in Eden Prairie for a rowing competition on Sunday. Twin Cities Youth Rowing, a program that draws high school athletes from over 20 area high schools, is hosting the competition.

In the following slide show, participants in the sixth annual Eden Prairie Players Children’s Theater Workshop rehearsed Tuesday for their upcoming performances. The group will present Twelve Dancing Princesses at 2 and 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, July 30 and 31, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1, at the Riley-Jacques Barn, 9100 Riley Lake Road. Cost is $5 for ages 6 and older, $2 for 5 and younger. Seating will be limited to 100 tickets. For more information, call 952-949-8305.

A press release from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA):

The MPCA has announced the 2009-10 winners of the Governor's Awards for Pollution Prevention.

The 19-year-old award program honors superior environmental achievement by Minnesota businesses, nonprofits, government and institutions.

Two independent panels of judges reviewed 26 applications and selected the six winners. The judges evaluated organizations based on innovative pollution and waste prevention, resource efficiency and sustainable practices.

The 2009-10 winners include:

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the July 29, 2010 print edition of the Eden Prairie News 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.

Target has been getting a lot of flak recently because of the corporation’s $150,000 donation to MN Forward, a group running ads in support of Tom Emmer, a Republican running for governor. Emmer is not in support of gay marriage and has in fact authored a constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex unions.

Eden Prairie resident Randi Reitan documented her disappointment in Target’s support of Emmer by visiting the Eden Prairie Target last week, purchasing more than $200 in items, then returning the items right away and cutting up her Target charge card.

Tim Conrad, 45, of Minnetonka, died Tuesday, July 27, 2010. He is survived by friends and associates in the Eden Prairie area.

Funeral service is Monday, Aug. 2, at 11 a.m. with visitation one hour prior to the service at Living Word Christian Center Chapel, Brooklyn Park.

Visitation is also Sunday, Aug. 1, from 5-8 p.m. at Washburn-McReavy Eden Prairie Chapel, 952-975-0400.

The public is invited to meet Minnesota DFL gubernatorial candidate Margaret Anderson Kelliher and other political leaders at Glen Lake Golf and Eden Wood Center this Saturday, July 31. The golf, social and dinner event is hosted by Eden Prairie and Minnetonka Democrats. Reps. Maria Ruud (42A) and John Benson (43B), Sen. Terri Bonoff (43), and candidates Ray Daniels (District 42B) and Ron Case (Senate District 42) are among those slated to attend.

From 2-6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 8, Dick’s Sports Barbers in Eden Prairie will be offering haircuts in exchange for a non-perishable food donation (15-20 items recommended) to the Minnesota Emergency Food Shelf. Dick’s Sports Barbers is at a new location, above Punch Pizza at 8353 Crystal View Road, Suite 202.

“With your foodshelf donation, you'll also be automatically entered into a drawing for a collectible Minnesota Twins 50th Anniversary baseball,” according to a news release. For a list of acceptable donations, visit www.emergencyfoodshelf.org.

The following obituaries are from the July 29, 2010 print edition of the Eden Prairie News newspaper:

STARING LAKE: FIRE SPICE – Outdoor concert at 7 p.m. Friday, July 30, at Staring Lake Amphitheatre, 14800 Pioneer Trail. Picnic baskets, blankets and lawn chairs recommended. Parks and Recreation events are at www.edenprairie.org and 952-949-8470. Also this week at Staring Lake: Brio Brass at 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 1; and Letho & Wright at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 4.

Wendi Russo, 2010 Mrs. Minnesota U.S.A. came close, very close to winning the Mrs. U.S.A. title at the national pageant in Las Vegas last Thursday.

Russo is an Eden Prairie resident, and an on-air TV host at Shop NBC, a TV shopping network, broadcast from Eden Prairie. She won the Mrs. Minnesota U.S.A. pageant in May, winning the opportunity to compete in the national pageant.

Russo, 43, was first runner-up in the pageant, one of three national pageants that celebrate family and married women.

Though the middle of 2013 may be the earliest possible start date, Eden Prairie could see some major work on its electrical capacity if Xcel receives approval for a replacement transmission line project.

During the July 20 Eden Prairie City Council meeting, City Manager Scott Neal updated the council on the Xcel transmission line project, which would cut through northwest Eden Prairie. The replacement lines would be installed starting at a substation just off of Highway 5 and Martin Drive.

Just Between Friends will host an all season sale in Eden Prairie Aug. 12-14 at the Eden Prairie Community Center, Rink 3, 16700 Valley View Road.

Consignors and shoppers are encouraged to bring a new backpack with school items (pencils, notebooks, glue, etc) for PROP (the local foodshelf). For each stuffed backpack, their name will go into drawings for prizes like four passes to Water Park of America.

Sales offer clothing, baby equipment, toys, DVDs, books, crafts and more. Sellers earn up to 70 percent on their sold items and volunteers help run every aspect of the sale.

’60’s pop icons perform this weekend

By Unsie Zuege

As a 10-year old, Gail Wartman Bollis was so enamored with teen heartthrob and pop star Fabian, that she scrawled across one of his cherished albums, “To Gail.”

“I thought about signing it, ‘Fabian,’ but decided not to,” Bollis explained. Still, it didn’t detract from the fantasy.

Eden Prairie has taken another big step in the process to curb the amount of clear water entering the sanitary sewer system. How big? Think $599,000 to pay for home inspections throughout the city.

By Daniel Huss

Fantasy Football guru Paul Charchian, founder of LeagueSafe, hit the start line for Saturday’s Randy’s Run with the speed of turtle; make that a turtle nursing a hamstring injury.

But Charchian didn’t care. He wasn’t there to run; instead, he was there for his good friend Randy Voas, who died last April in Afghanistan, serving his country as a member of the U.S. Air Force.
“He cajoled me into becoming a runner,” remembers Charchian, who graduated from Eden Prairie High School in 1985; “it happened during eighth-grade band camp.”

Marguerite Goodrich, 82, of Buffalo, died Monday, July 26, 2010. Among others, she is survived by a daughter, Marianne (Carl) Johanson of Eden Prairie.

Funeral service is 11 a.m. Friday, July 30. Visitation is one hour prior to the service and also Thursday, July 29, from 6-8 p.m. at Washburn-McReavy, Eden Prairie Chapel, 8625 Mitchell Road; 952-975-0400.

More than 56 percent of dogs that are homeless are euthanized, most likely being unadoptable due to age and/or health issues, according to a news release.

Top Dog Foundation is planning a new sanctuary to provide shelter, food, health care, love and respect to dogs like these. Plans for the sanctuary are underway, with a site donated, the release said.
A golf tournament, wine tasting and auction are planned Aug. 16 at Bearpath Country Club in Eden Prairie. Founder, Jean Beuning, is finding support and funds to fill out her commitment to animal care, the release said.

Wendi Russo, 2010 Mrs. Minnesota U.S.A. came close, very close to winning the Mrs. U.S.A. title at the national pageant in Las Vegas last Thursday.

Russo is an Eden Prairie resident, and an on-air TV host at Shop NBC, a TV shopping network, broadcast from Eden Prairie. She won the Mrs. Minnesota U.S.A. pageant in May, winning the opportunity to compete in the national pageant.

Russo, 43, was first runner-up in the pageant, one of three national pageants that celebrate family and married women.

Motorists will experience delays and a detour at the Fish Lake Interchange in Maple Grove as the ramp from northbound Interstate 494 to westbound Interstate 94 closes at 10 p.m. Friday, July 30, according to a news release.

The release said: Posted detours will direct motorists to follow eastbound I-94/I-694 and use the loops at the Highway 169 interchange to travel westbound on I-94/I-694. The ramp will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, Aug. 2.

The Rasmussen family had to say goodbye to their six hens recently. They won’t be getting them back anytime soon. During last week’s Eden Prairie City Council meeting, the council decided to keep in place the ordinance that prohibits chickens in residential areas.
The Rasmussen family had wanted to keep the hens as pets and to produce eggs.

“The eggs are so much better for you,” said Jill Rasmussen, in an interview. “That’s kind of out right now. They’re not going to change the ordinance at all.”

Bert Notermann of Shakopee was recently inducted into the Hall of Leadership, nominated by the Shakopee Jaycees. Notermann owns Lion’s Tap Restaurant in Eden Prairie and Shakopee Gravel.

The Hall of Leadership recognizes former Jaycees, over age 40, who have displayed leadership abilities during their career and continue the traditions of leadership and service in their profession and community, according to a news release.

Megan Friend and Jeff Kraemer were married on June 5, 2010, at Mount Olivet Lutheran Church West, Victoria, Minn.

A reception was held at Olympic Hills Golf Club.

Parents of the couple are Mark Friend of Edina and Karla Freemark of Eden Prairie and Gary and Denise Kraemer of Eden Prairie.

Officiating the ceremony was Pastor Kurt Kalland.

Megan attended Eden Prairie High School and Minnesota State - Mankato. She is a social worker at Westwood Health Care Center.

The Carver Scott Humane Society is having two pet adoptions in August.

The first is Saturday, Aug. 7, from noon-3 p.m. at Petco, in Chaska, located off old Highway 41 and Pioneer Trail, next to Rainbow. The second one is Saturday, Aug. 21, from noon-3 p.m. at Petco in Eden Prairie, located off old Highway 212 and Singletree Lane.

CSHS is without its own building and all pets are housed in foster care.

By Shawn Hogendorf

The Minnesota Court of Appeals will hear arguments Wednesday about three motions prosecutors filed in Scott County District Court just prior to the start of Charles Anthony Maddox Jr.’s jury trial for the alleged murder of his estranged wife and Shakopee Valley News reporter, Ruth Anne Maddox.

Stanley Peterson, 90, of Eden Prairie, died Saturday, July 24, 2010.

Memorial service is Wednesday, July 28, at 6:30 p.m. at Ridgewood Church, 4420 County Road 101, Minnetonka.

Washburn-McReavy, Edina Chapel, 952-920-3996.

College-bound 11th- and 12th-graders can take practice ACT and SAT tests at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursdays in July at College Tutors’ Eden Prairie Learning Center, 16315 Terrey Pine Drive, Suite 300.

“College Tutors mimics the setting and timing of the actual tests,” according to a news release. “Tests will be scored by College Tutors and a free, individual consultation for parents and student will be scheduled to share results, as well as areas of strength and weakness.”

For more information or to register call 952-285-7667. Registration closes 24 hours before each test.