Lee-Owler
Jaimie Kristine Lee and Shane Robert Owler of Shakopee announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.
Jaimie is the daughter of Steve and Karen Lee of Eden Prairie. She attended Eden Prairie High School and St. Mary’s University, Winona, Minn., and is a senior financial analyst at The Hartford.
Shane is the son of Robert and Marilyn Owler of Eden Prairie. He attended Eden Prairie High School and Minnesota State, Mankato, and is in sales at Johnson Brothers (Gallo).
A wedding is planned for Oct. 11, 2008, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Eden Prairie.

Gjersvik-Kendrick

Hooke-Van Schyndle
Catherine Murray Hooke and Eric James Van Schyndle were married June 7, 2008, at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church, Minneapolis.
A reception was held at the Minnesota Boat Club.
Parents of the couple are Bill and Casey Hooke of Eden Prairie and Craig and Sue Van Schyndle of Green Bay, Wis.
The maid of honor was Amanda (Mount) Sen. Best man was Matthew Mackenzie. Officiating the ceremony was the Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde.
Catherine attended Eden Prairie High School and the University of New Hampshire.

"People throughout Minnesota looking for comprehensive voter information before the Sept. 9 primary can get help from the League of Women Voters Minnesota online voter guide at www.vote.lwvmn.org and a voter information hotline at 877-580-5008," according to a news release from the group.

The league expected to register more than 1,000 new citizens at a citizenship ceremony at the Minneapolis Convention Center at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9.

The league also offers an online voter guide at www.vote.lwvmn.org.

Click below this story for a link to a presentation about the school funding proposals.

By Karla Wennerstrom
Changes in how the Eden Prairie School District can levy funds could result in a smaller projected deficit, the School Board learned recently.
The district was anticipating a deficit of about $10.3 million for the 2010-2011 school year.
At its meeting Aug. 26, the Eden Prairie School District heard about two changes that might mean that shortfall is reduced to $7.3 million in 2010-2011.

By Tim Power
Yes, the leading man was a “Waste Allocation Load Lifter, Earth Class.” He is a robot better known as “Wall-E” and he stars in Pixar’s new animated movie. I went to see it on a hot summer evening as much to be in an air conditioned space as to follow the recommendation of a friend to be sure to see the movie. I was ready for two hours of light entertainment. What I got was a challenging parable about humanity’s ability to destroy itself – and the resources we humans posses to save ourselves, as well.

Prairie Hill Evangelical Free Church, 17200 Valley View Road in Eden Prairie, is offering AWANA from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays.
An information and registration hour is set for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, at the church. The club program is for children ages 3 years (as of Sept. 1) through sixth grade. “Kids participate in games and activities that train their bodies and learn verses and spiritual truths that expand their minds,” the release said.
“AWANA teaches children that God is real, he loves them and he has expressed that love through his son, Jesus Christ.”

Rally Weekend at St. Andrew Lutheran Church includes a Special Worship Service of Ordination and Installation for Tasha Genck at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7. The community is invited to attend.
She joins the St. Andrew/St. Andrew West pastoral staff as a 2008 graduate of Luther Seminary in St. Paul. She grew up in Zion Lutheran Church in Anoka and completed her seminary internship at Christ Lutheran Church in Charlotte, N.C., according to a news release. She will work with Small Group Ministries, Pastoral Leadership for LiveWire and General Pastoral Ministry on the church staff.

The following is a 2008 travel survey released by Travel Leaders (formerly Carlson-Wagonlit Travel) in the Twin Cities:

For more information about this year's Eden Prairie Reads program, visit www.epreads.org.
Here's the link to a reading guide for the book: http://us.penguingroup.com/static/rguides/us/three_cups_of_tea.html

This is the sixth year of the Eden Prairie Reads citywide reading program and it’s a fantastic year to join the fun, according to a news release.

“Music and Poetry in the Midsummer Gardens,” a film by Lisa Rolf of Inchworm Productions, will be broadcast by Southwest Community Television Channel 15 in the cities of Eden Prairie, Edina, Hopkins, Minnetonka and Richfield at 6:30 p.m. Sept 8, 10:30 p.m. Sept. 10, 5 p.m. Sept. 12, 1 p.m. Sept. 13, 10 p.m. Sept. 15 and 9 p.m. Sept. 19.

By Unsie Zuege
Maybe you can relate.
The scenario: Your bedroom. It’s the beginning of a new day. The alarm goes off. You hit the snooze alarm because you are reluctant to face the day. You don’t have a bad attitude. You just don’t feel excited about starting the day because it’s going to be an awful lot like the day before, and the day before that.
You wonder about those people who can’t wait to leap out of bed in the morning, ready for their day to begin. Who are they? What do they know that you don’t?

For the past six years, Sam Bradley (age 12) and Charlie Bradley (age 10) have had a summer backyard carnival to raise money for various nonprofit organizations. They make all of their games, and invite neighbors, family and friends. This year, with many generous donations, they raised a record $875 during the Bradley Backyard Carnival with 100 percent of the donations being donated to the Migraine Research Foundation.

Cub Foods plans to offer $40,000 in scholarships to commemorate its 40th anniversary.

Graduating high school seniors can apply to receive $1,000 toward higher education.

The scholarships are presented by the Cub Cares Community Foundation, "which is committed to supporting education and fighting hunger," according to a news release. "The 40 $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors with a minimum of a 2.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale who show dedication in the classroom, provide service to their community and participate in extracurricular activities.

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

Welcome to Hopkins E-News for Sept. 5, 2008.

Outstanding Students and Staff Members

Upcoming Activities, Deadlines, and Events

Hopkins Spirit Shop has special hours and locations
Faculty Art Show opening reception, Friday, Oct. 24

Inside Hopkins Public Schools

The Royal Page goes online

Reminders about Previously Published Activities, Deadlines, & Events

Do Less . . . Be More: Eat. Talk. Connect!
Hopkins West Junior High needs volunteers for all–school community service project

Eden Prairie City Council election
Supports Aho
I am supporting Brad Aho in his re-election to the Eden Prairie City Council in this upcoming election. As Eden Prairie’s representative on the Southwest Transitway Policy Advisory Committee, Brad Aho has been lobbying for Light Rail Transit Alignment 3A, which runs from downtown through Opus in Minnetonka, a stop at City West in Eden Prairie, through the Golden Triangle and past Eden Prairie Center and to the SouthWest station and west by Highway 5 where it terminates.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the September 4, 2008 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.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN (September 4, 2008) - For the 19th consecutive year, the number of student participants in high school athletics increased in 2007-08, according to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).