Lorraine Weaver, 78, of Eden Prairie, died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010.

Service is Friday, Feb. 12, at 10 a.m. at Peace Lutheran Church, 8600 E. Bush Lake Rd., Bloomington. Visitation is Thursday, Feb. 11, from 4-7 p.m. at Washburn-McReavy Eden Prairie Chapel, and one hour before service at the church.

Washburn-McReavy Eden Prairie Chapel, 7625 Mitchell Road, Eden Prairie, 952-975-0400.

The City of Eden Prairie has issued a Snow Emergency effective Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 3:30 a.m.
The following is a news release:

The National Weather Service in Chanhassen, Minn. has determined a snow accumulation of 2 inches or more and parking will be restricted on all Eden Prairie streets from 3:30 a.m. until the street has been plowed to the full width of the roadway (Eden Prairie City Code 8.15).

Any vehicle parked on a City street which has not been plowed to the full width of the roadway will be subject to citation and possible impound by the Eden Prairie Police Department.

David Hamre, 50, of Eden Prairie, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010 of pancreatic cancer.

Memorial service is 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, with visitation one hour prior to service, all at Washburn-McReavy, 7625 Mitchell Road, Eden Prairie Chapel, 952-975-0400.

Souise Clark, 71, of Eden Prairie, died Jan. 13, 2010.

A memorial service will be held at Grace Church, Eden Prairie, at 11 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 8.

Arrangements by Washburn-McReavy Eden Prairie Chapel, 952-975-0400.

Mildred “Micky” Axton, 91, of Eden Prairie, formerly of Wichita, KS, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010.

Memorial service is Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 1 p.m. with visitation one hour before at Washburn-McReavy Eden Prairie Chapel, 7625 Mitchell Road, 952-975-0400.

Lyle Moran, 83, of Eden Prairie, formerly of Arlington, SD, died Friday, Feb. 5, 2010.

Visitation is Monday, Feb. 8, from 4-7 p.m. Funeral service is Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 11 a.m. with visitation one hour before, all at Washburn-McReavy Eden Prairie Chapel, 7625 Mitchell Road, 952-975-0400.

Devane Design, an interior design and kitchen/bath remodeling business based in Eden Prairie, was recently awarded the 2009 Angie’s List Super Service Award.

The Super Service Award is reserved for companies who have achieved and maintained a superior service rating on Angie’s List – the nation’s leading provider of consumer ratings on local service companies – throughout the past year. Fewer than 5 percent of the companies on Angie’s List meet the eligibility requirements to be considered for the award, according to a news release.

Hellmuth & Johnson PLLC has announced that Christopher R. Jones has been named a partner of the law firm. With the addition of Jones, Hellmuth & Johnson now has 17 partners and 20 associates.

Jones is a member of the firm’s real estate, construction and litigation groups, and has been since joining the firm in 2004. He represents contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, business and property owners in transactional matters and disputes.

By Pastor Rod Anderson

A year ago at a February funeral I met an elderly gentleman who had gathered with the congregation to mourn the loss of a dear friend. We struck up one of those especially meaningful conversations that prompted several visits in my office over the year since, focused on the role of the funeral service in shepherding those in grief to greater faith. We agree every funeral is an encounter with one’s own mortality and, thus, is a valuable opportunity for proclaiming faith and making the case for the promises in scripture regarding our afterlife with God.

Viking Squadron, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, Civil Air Patrol, announced the following promotions and awards:

Cadet Airman Basic John Lewis of Orono was promoted to Cadet Airman and awarded the General J.F. Curry Medal.

Cadet Senior Airman Creighton Monson of Chanhassen was promoted to Cadet Staff Sergeant and awarded the Wright Brothers Medal.

The Eden Prairie School Board is scheduled to meet for a regular business meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9, at the Administrative Services Center, 8100 School Road.

Items on the agenda include monitoring the "Life Skills" policy, as well as information on the district's Aspen Contract and facilities options.

Click on the attachment to this post for the agenda.

By Rep. Erik Paulsen

Just one year ago, Congress and the president stood poised to work together towards smart, effective policy that would encourage job creation and move us out of a terrible economic recession.

It's February: The only logical way to spend the day is ice bowling on your favorite frozen lake.
The “old fellows club” of Mitchell Lake gathered for their fourth annual afternoon of Ice Bowling recently. Photos of the event are below.

An Eden Prairie woman faces criminal charges after she allegedly pulled a shotgun out and threatened a contractor who had arrived to assess a diseased tree on her property on Tuesday. The woman, Kimberly Ann Sisak, 39, was charged with one count of making terroristic threats.

By Unsie Zuege

Although Minnesota Department of Transportation Commissioner Tom Sorel didn’t provide much new information or timetables for a Highway 212 extension or a major Highway 5 overhaul, he did communicate to the gathering of local officials and citizens that MnDOT is intent on becoming more responsive to the public, more transparent, and more visionary than it has been in the past.

Minnesotans planning to party for Super Bowl weekend need to make the call for a safe and sober ride as added DWI patrols will be on the roads, according to a release from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) reports during Super Bowl weekends 2006–2008, 1,474 motorists were arrested for DWI. In the same period, alcohol-related crashes accounted for five of seven motorists killed; all five were not buckled up.

The following is an e-mail from the Hopkins School District:

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Two Hopkins Nordic skiers to compete in National Junior Olympics

By Forrest Adams

University of Minnesota researchers were back in Chanhassen this week hunting for common carp in Lake Lucy and Lake Susan.

With a commercial fishing group from Cambridge, Minn., they removed some of the bottom feeders and radio tagged others. The group is scheduled to seine for carp on Lake Riley this Thursday.

By Forrest Adams

University of Minnesota researchers were back in Chanhassen this week hunting for common carp in Lake Lucy and Lake Susan.

With a commercial fishing group from Cambridge, Minn., they removed some of the bottom feeders and radio tagged others. The group is scheduled to seine for carp on Lake Riley this Thursday.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the February 4, 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.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has scheduled an informational open house on the proposed I-169/I-494 interchange reconstruction project from 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, in the Braemar Room at Braemar Golf Course, 6364 John Harris Drive, Edina.

The following obituaries are from the Feb. 4, 2010 print edition of the Eden Prairie News newspaper:

The Hollywood Video near Cub Foods in Eden Prairie may be evicted in the next few weeks. The store leases space owned by the city of Eden Prairie, at 8020 Den Road, adjacent to the municipal liquor store. According to City Manager Scott Neal, the store stopped paying its rent sometime in the fall and now owes the city over $70,000 in back rent.

Neal said that the city’s concern is that, with the changing technology and the chain’s business model, the store has a “limited ability to offer us payment.”

Eden Prairie put the finishing touches on the 2010 budget during the last City Council meeting held in late January. But, due to the nature of the past year’s budget challenges, planning for the 2011 budget should be just around the corner.

“I know the council is interested in getting an early start on the budget this year,” said City Manager Scott Neal in an interview.

Barbara Kaerwer has seen Eden Prairie grow up all around her since she and her husband first built their home on what was pasture land just off Gerard Drive.

“I just am so in love with Eden Prairie,” she notes. But Kaerwer is facing a frustrating situation in the city she has called home for approximately 60 years.

She would like to leave her property to the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District, for the woods surrounding her home to remain an open space and her house to be used as a resource center for the district. But, such a plan faces a number of regulatory hurdles.

It was the first time participating in a caucus for Adam Liter, 18, of Eden Prairie.

“I feel like it’s an obligation as an American,” he added.
Liter, who was attending the District 42 DFL precinct caucus at Central Middle School Tuesday evening, noted that there have been times where he started to feel cynical.

“Even so, I do feel like that you might as well try.”

Though nowhere near approaching the major crush of people attending the last presidential year caucuses, there was a steady flow of participants over at Central Middle School.

La Danse Fatale will perform “A Woman’s Light” at 7 p.m. Feb. 20 and 2 p.m. Feb. 21.

“A Woman’s Light is a series of dance performances telling the stories of women in history and the light that they carry as they face challenge in their lives,” according to a news release. “Often a woman’s place in history is undistinguished when it should be a source of pride and inspiration. A Woman’s Light can glow, flicker or dim but it never goes out. Enjoy these stories of brave women though this captivating live dance performance.”