(Photo by Forrest Adams) Kids from the Springfield neighborhood in Chanhassen held a lemonade stand and bake sale Thursday afternoon to raise funds for Feed My Starving Children.

They were responding to a challenge from their vacation bible school leaders at Westwood Church to find creative ways to raise funds for the cause. As of Thursday, the more than 850 kids in VBS had raised about $3,000.

He hopes to use the film to raise money for orphans in Uganda

By Forrest Adams

Orphans in Africa are the subject line of countless fundraisers, the images of many infomercials, the topics of many church missions. Alex Fournier, 30, of Eden Prairie decided to take a few steps further, traveling to Africa to spend times in a boys' home that's sponsored by his church.

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The Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame announced that Jordan's John Breunig will be inducted into the 2008 Hall of Fame.

According to the Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame Web site, the 46th Annual Induction Banquet will be held on Sept. 20 at the Glenn Carson Hall in the St. Cloud Civic Center. Social Hour is at 4:30 p.m. with the dinner starting at 5:30 p.m.

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Snap Fitness, Inc., the rapidly growing franchisor of compact, 24/7 express fitness clubs, today announced it will open new clubs in Bangalore and Mumbai, India. The new clubs will be owned and operated by Force Fitness India Pvt. Ltd., an experienced area developer of fitness franchises in India, according to a business news report.

Got to http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/snap-fitness-expanding-into-indi... for the full story.

River City Days 2007

River City Days July 25-27 and
Shakopee Derby Days July 30–Aug. 2.

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Reviewed by Andrea Sisco

Jane Lawless is celebrating the New Year with close friends and family when she learns her father has been tapped to run for Governor of Minnesota. His campaign explodes and he appears to be on the fast track to the Governor’s mansion when a reporter surfaces with an old murder that might take down his bid for office, cost his son his life, and send the men working for him to prison.

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How was the singing and acting?

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For organizer Tim Sebenaler, planning Chaska River City Days is like putting together 10 weddings. And yet, year after year, he finds himself back in the fray. And this year is no exception. River City Days starts Friday and runs through Sunday. (For expanded information, pick up a print edition of this week's Chaska Herald, or visit the River City Days Web site.)

“The best reward for doing it is to see others do well,” said Sebenaler.

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St. Peter defeated the Jordan Millers 4-2 on Wednesday night.

Troy Mahoney took the loss for the Millers as he gave up all four runs in six innings.

Jordan managed only six hits in the loss.

Their record is currently 6-7 on the season. 

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the July 24, 2008 print edition of the Chanhassen Villager 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 Jordan High School cheerleaders will be washing cars to raise funds for the cheerleading program this weekend, said coach Dannica Erickson. One car wash costs $5.

The fund-raiser will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 26, at Radermacher's Fresh Market, 500 W. Second St. in Jordan.

For more information, call Erickson at 952-378-1086.

As part of Guardian Angels Church and School’s 150th anniversary celebration, all G.A. School alumni and students are invited to their alma mater for a special celebration on Aug. 2 and 3.

Alumni are encouraged to bring mementoes of their school years, and place them on the two side altars for blessing.

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Jessica Huang is learning more and more what it’s like to be a young writer. She is a student in the University of Missouri’s Journalism programand recently she wrote a musical with her friend Charlie Title. “The inspiration for the play came from a story my friend told me of her time spent in Madagascar. It’s a love story of a white foreigner that falls in love with a native Madagascaran girl, and as things do, it spirals out of control." She and Title presented the musical at the Chaska Community Theatre on July 19, with members of the Chaska Valley Family Theatre. The video shows excerpts of their musical.

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Twin Cities residents are invited to bring their plant health questions to a event with plant disease experts on Saturday, July 26, at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. 

Sponsored by The American Phytopathological Society, the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and the University of Minnesota Extension, this event is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the arboretum’s Oswald Visitor Center and is free with Arboretum admission, according to an Arboretum press release.

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Jordan at Norwood-Young America, 7 p.m.