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Obituary for Winifred Rosalia (Hill) Anderson
Born Oct. 24, 1933 in Shakopee, Winifred was the daughter of Raymond and Rosalia (Philipp) Hill. She was the youngest of three children. Winnie’s childhood years were spent in Shakopee, attending the St. Mark’s parochial school and graduating from the Shakopee Senior High in 1951 as the valedictorian. After high school, Winnie found employment as a cashier for the First National Bank, until she met Charles W. Anderson. On Oct. 24, 1964, at th...
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Savvy.mn: An evening with Gloria Steinem
by Sara Glassman
Feminist activist Gloria Steinem is known for spreading her wisdom through writing, producing, lecturing and as one-time editor of Ms. Magazine. Lucky for Minnesotans, Beth El Synagogue invited her to speak as part of their Inspiring Minds series, which has previously featured Jane Goodall and Deepak Chopra. Steinem will share her reflections on “Feminism: the Longest Revolution,” which will provide a perspective on the meaning of equality a...
Target plans free reading event
Eden Prairie area families are invited to attend free reading event on Feb. 25. “Target Corp. will host in-store reading events for Target guests and their families in celebration of reading and the National Education Association’s (NEA’s) Read Across America program. Target’s in-store reading events will be free at all Target stores and include a reading nook inspired by Dr. Seuss’ ‘The Lorax,’ activity backpacks for children, readings by Ta...
PROP Shop needs of the week
The PROP Shop client room requests donations of dishes and drinking glasses which are in good condition and dishwasher safe. The PROP Shop is a nonprofit re-sale store, which sells new and gently used items to everyone in the community. It depends on donations of furniture, clothing and housewares. The PROP Shop also offers a separate Client Services Center, which provides clothing, housewares and furniture to referred families and individual...
Deadline to apply for Watershed Board is Thursday
The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants for a vacancy on the Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Board, due to the expiration of Leonard Kremer’s term of office on March 20. “A Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Board member may not be a public officer of the county, state or federal government and must be a resident of the district, which in Hennepin County includes portions of Bloomington and Eden Prairie...
PROP needs of the week
Did you know that PROP served nearly 500 households last month, distributing over 49,000 pounds of food? March is Minnesota FoodShare. Every pound of food and cash donation that comes to PROP during the month of March is part of a matched pool of funds. The more PROP receives the more matching funds it qualifies for. The food shelf relies on this campaign to help stock up. The food shelf is most in need of canned fruit, peanut butter/jelly, a...
Progressives on the Prairie meets March 13
Progressives on the Prairie is set to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 13, in the Star Bank Community Room, 250 Prairie Center Drive, Eden Prairie (across from the Eden Prairie Center Penney’s parking lot). Dr. Susan Strauss, a local author, former teacher, consultant and expert witness for harassment lawsuits, will discuss her book “Sexual Harassment and Bullying: A Guide to Keeping Kids Safe and Holding Schools Accountable.” “There is much co...
New bus service available
SouthWest Transit and Jefferson Lines (JL) have established an “intercity” bus stop on its route between Minneapolis and Sioux Falls, S.D., at SouthWest Station, 13500 Technology Drive, Eden Prairie, according to a news release. “Jefferson Lines provides intercity service in the upper Midwest states and is especially popular with college students in Duluth, Sioux Falls and other cities,” according to a news release. The current schedule offer...
Will the EdVenture continue?
by Karla Wennerstrom
Kids EdVenture, the before- and after-school program introduced in the Eden Prairie School District this year, has “achieved very positive outcomes,” according to a report presented to the Eden Prairie School Board Tuesday. The School Board is expected to make a decision at its Feb. 28 meeting on whether to continue the Kids EdVenture pilot program for another year. The program replaced YMCA programming at Oak Point Elementary and Eagle Heigh...
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by Beryl Schewe
Remember snow days, those glorious days when the radio announcer would roll through a long list of schools closed and as you listened, you crossed your fingers and hoped? As a kid, a snow day was the ultimate gift, offering unexpected free time and fresh snow to play in. If you had an unfinished school assignment, the day was a double bonus. Watching the snow fall as a young girl, I would press my face to the window and pray hard for a snow d...
Country music duo Montgomery Gentry will perform at the Mystic Lake Showroom Feb. 26. Photo courtesy Mystic Lake Casino Hotel.
Country music duo Montgomery Gentry will perform at the Mystic Lake Showroom Feb. 26. Photo courtesy Mystic Lake Casino Hotel.
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Let's Go: Montgomery Gentry to headline Mystic Lake
Country duo Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry will perform. The duo won Top New Vocal Duo or Group from the Academy of Country Music, Favorite New Artist (Country) from the American Music Awards, and Vocal Duo of the Year from the Country Music Association in 2000. Time: 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26 Cost: $45-$55 Location: Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd., Prior Lake Info: mysticlake.com or (952) 445-9000 Read more about local...
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Let's Go: Winter blues? Skip the canoes
by Dan Huss
Todd Eggenberger states the obvious when asked about winter camping. “No bugs,” he says with a smile, “and the camp fire actually feels good.” On the flip side, he’s not a big fan of getting out of a warm sleeping bag when it’s 20 degrees outside. Still, the Shorewood resident prefers to do his camping when it’s cold. “No bugs,” he reiterates. Eggenberger is not alone as lots of campers prefer camping in the winter. OK, maybe not lots. ...
Time to buy Girl Scout Cookies
Girl Scouts can be seen around town at stores, malls and in neighborhoods, selling cookies door to door. “Girls going door to door will have cookies on hand again this year, so you can get your cookies right away,” according to a news release. You can find locations, dates and times when troops are selling cookies at girlscoutcookies.org. You can also make a cash donation to donate cookies to Operation Cookie Care Package (which distributes ...
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Nakashima made this coffee table from a burl of an English oak. The chairs surrounding the table provide a comfortable place to sit and read.
Splendid table
by Mark W. Olson
A climate-controlled room at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum holds thousands of rare books documenting a half-millennia of natural history. However, Andersen Horticultural Library visitors might find themselves sitting on, rather than reading, an invaluable object. In the early 1970s, the late Gov. Elmer Andersen and his wife, Eleanor, filled the then-new library with commissions by master craftsman George Nakashima – table...
A superintendent by any other name
At its meeting Tuesday, the Eden Prairie School Board voted unanimously to refer to the superintendent as “superintendent” in its policy documents. The superintendent had been referred to as “CEO,” in the board’s governance documents. The change to all printed documents will take some time, but the board will start work to take the CEO references out. “We know we have work to do on the policies themselves,” Board Member Karla Bratrud said. ...
Deadline nears to remove fish houses
It’s hard to believe there are still fish houses on lakes anywhere in Minnesota, but those who are daredevils should know that the deadline to remove them is approaching, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. * Shelters located south of Minnesota Highway 200 and U.S. Highway 2 must be removed no later than midnight, March 5. * Shelters located north of Minnesota Highway 200 and U.S. Highway 2 must be removed no later th...
REMINDER: Both directions of Hwy. 169 will close at I-494 this weekend
Motorists will encounter delays and a detour in both directions of Highway 169 when the roadway closes at Interstate Highway 494 at 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17. Highway 169 and all ramps will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 20, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The loop ramps from Highway 169 to I-494 will also close at this time. During the weekend, posted detours will direct motorists to bypass the closure via Highway 212, ...
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‘Funny Money’ performances start Feb. 17
Producer Liz Michaelson says residents should come prepared to laugh for upcoming Eden Prairie Players performances of “Funny Money.” New this year is a “Pay What You Can” performance on opening night. “We’ve never done that before,” Michaelson said. “We hope to fill the audience.” The Eden Prairie Players present “Funny Money” by Ray Cooney at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17 and 18, 24 and 25, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at the Eden Prairie High School A...
Public notices from the February 16, 2012 Eden Prairie News
Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the February 16, 2012 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.
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Andrew Teaver (left) and Neeraj Ajgaonkar, lay down the house rules before the bidding began at Monday’s Charity Dream Fundraiser at Eden Prairie High School.
Photos: Charity Dream Date
by Alex Kempston
The Charity Dream Date Fundraiser event at Eden Prairie High School on Monday, Feb. 13, offered students a chance to try to outbid one another for dates. All the proceeds are donated to the Make A Wish Foundation and the Foundation for Eden Prairie Schools.
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EP boys hockey: Health to determine section success
In near-unanimous fashion, the Eden Prairie High School boys hockey team was awarded the No....
EP swim/dive team stays on goal-seeking task
If the Eden Prairie High School swim/dive team was working off a grocery list, it would be h...
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