Thirty years ago, Ken Baldwin made his first Orchestra Hall appearance, playing string bass.

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the Sept. 11 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.

 

pFifty years ago, Washington acknowledged the Jordan Commercial Club's protest in regard to discontinuing trains through Jordan./p piFor more information, read the Looking Back column in the Dec. 4 issue of the /iJordan Independent. iRead it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to a href="/subscribe" title="www.jordannews.com/subscribe"www.jordannews.com/subscribe/a./i/p pnbsp;/p br class="clear" /img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jordannews-mainfeed/~4/_LL8Nlm8RI4" height="1" width="1"/

pSeventy years ago, your local newspaper told the story of Scott County's oldest map./p piFor more information, read the Looking Back column in the Dec. 4 issue of the /iJordan Independent. iRead it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to a href="/subscribe" title="www.jordannews.com/subscribe"www.jordannews.com/subscribe/a./i/p pnbsp;/p br class="clear" /img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jordannews-mainfeed/~4/nxkWB_s6Nzw" height="1" width="1"/

pFounder and CEO of Youth Frontiers, Inc. Joe Cavanaugh will help parents learn how to instill important values in their children./p pIn an effort to support district parents as they work to raise children who are kind and respectful, the Tonka CARES coalition will host parent speaker Joe Cavanaugh on Tuesday, Dec. 9. Cavanaugh is the founder and CEO of Youth Frontiers, Inc., a nonprofit organization that collaborates with schools to create more positive school communities./p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.chanvillager.com/news/schools/minnetonka-s-tonka-cares-coalition-presents-parent-speaker-youth-character-development-"read more/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chanvillager-mainfeed/~4/6Z6s4gm2K3g" height="1" width="1"/

pMinnetonka Schools kindergarten story hour and open houses on Dec. 10 are available for families of 4- or 5-year olds who will be attending kindergarten next fall. Families will have the opportunity to tour our schools, meet our teachers and visit with other parents. Children will enjoy an entertaining story time. Parents will learn about our outstanding kindergarten program and the variety of options we offer to meet each family’s needs. /p pWednesday, December 10br / Clear Springs Elementary - 10 a.m.br / Deephaven Elementary - 10 a.m.br / Excelsior Elementary - 10 a.m./p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.chanvillager.com/news/schools/minnetonka-schools-open-house-hours-incoming-kindergarteners-3994"read more/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chanvillager-mainfeed/~4/YbT_oihYeNQ" height="1" width="1"/

p class="RAG" strongBy Heidi Preslicka, Organized Thoughts/strong /p p Imagine your entire history of Christmas seasons in one hand book. A journal. A record. A keepsake. Keeping notes and information from past Christmases is very helpful for future seasons. /p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.savagepacer.com/news/opinions/organized-thoughts-heidi-s-handbook-holiday-history-9471"read more/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/savagepacer-mainfeed/~4/rnUljmPulZs" height="1" width="1"/

p strongBy Tim Gillette, Community Voices/strong /p p High expectations. A generation that would change the world. An overwhelming force that would show the world how a highly-educated population could innovate out of every problem faced by the world. That was the plan for the baby boomers of which I am one. But we miscalculated a bit. /p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.savagepacer.com/news/opinions/community-voices-baby-boomers-must-live-miscalculations-9470"read more/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/savagepacer-mainfeed/~4/cQv_sh93tcI" height="1" width="1"/

p class="RAG" strongBy Will Nordmark, Spiritual Reflections/strong /p p In God’s world life goes on in ways that we come to think of as ordinary and natural. The rain comes and the sun shines and plants grow and we are gifted with food. Babies are born and people die -- it is the cycle of life. /p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.savagepacer.com/news/opinions/spiritual-reflections-reach-out-and-touch-others-your-thanks-9469"read more/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/savagepacer-mainfeed/~4/oAsgX7sO7do" height="1" width="1"/

p strongBy Nancy Huddleston, Editor/strong /p p The Savage City Council approved a lease reassignment Monday night for a new bistro that will open in the historic Savage depot sometime in January. /p p The action comes just two weeks after the city moved forward with eviction proceedings involving the former tenant, the Dan Patch Coffee Depot. Owner Annette Grant has been involved in the lease reassignment deal and is vacating the depot this week. /p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.savagepacer.com/news/city-news/new-tenant-take-over-depot-9468"read more/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/savagepacer-mainfeed/~4/U1NOXLDWPRg" height="1" width="1"/

p class="LARGERAG" strongBy Nancy Huddleston, Editor/strong /p p class="LARGERAG" Looking to find the holiday spirit? /p p class="LARGERAG" Then head downtown Thursday, Dec. 4 for the second annual WinterFest celebration between 5 and 8 p.m. /p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.savagepacer.com/news/entertainment/come-downtown-winterfest-thursday-night-9467"read more/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/savagepacer-mainfeed/~4/TPd_7v397BY" height="1" width="1"/

p class="DTEXT" strongemEditor’s note:/em/strong In 2006, Ruth Anne Maddox, then a staff writer with the emSavage Pacer/em, put a face on domestic abuse by profiling “Ginger” and “Mary Anne,” two local women who opened up and shared their stories about surviving abusive marriages. The newspaper protected the identities of the women, as they continued to face harassment by their ex-husbands. /p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.savagepacer.com/news/general-news/part-1-domestic-violence-has-many-forms-9466"read more/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/savagepacer-mainfeed/~4/ltmLc7VIYms" height="1" width="1"/

p strongBy Joanna Miller, Correspondent/strong  /p p A potential revision to the plan for SS-9 protected woodland and a road on District 719 property was presented to the School Board at a  workshop Monday. /p p Scott McQueen of Wold Architects and Engineers told the board that the revised plan would offer a parkway looking road, rather than the original road design. /p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.savagepacer.com/news/school-news-prior-lake-savage-area/update-district-719-looks-revised-ss-9-roadway-plan-9465"read more/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/savagepacer-mainfeed/~4/9P8S5xs9iQ0" height="1" width="1"/

p class="DTEXT" strongBy Nancy Huddleston, Editor/strong /p p class="DTEXT" What’s going to happen to the section of 123rd Street between Buffalo Tap and Grill and the Quentin Avenue Fire Station when intersection improvements are made on Highway 13? /p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.savagepacer.com/news/city-news/quentin-intersection-change-will-have-ripple-effect-9464"read more/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/savagepacer-mainfeed/~4/rd5aCoHO0dg" height="1" width="1"/

p class="DTEXT" strongBy Nancy Huddleston, Editor/strong /p p class="DTEXT" As the saying goes, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” /p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.savagepacer.com/news/city-news/edc-encourages-continuation-grant-program-9463"read more/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/savagepacer-mainfeed/~4/DAYzYWyoDLY" height="1" width="1"/

A long process comes to an end: At last night’s Council Meeting the City Council approved the purchase of a new fully integrated suite of software to update our Computer Aided Dispatch product, our Records Management Systems and support state-of-the art in-field reporting and ticket processing. This system is going to be a huge technological upgrade from our current police and fire systems that are a series of software systems that are hung together by special code written to make them hang together, not a great way to do business. The process to acquire a state-of-the-art system began more than a year ago with the selection of a team of dedicated people to analyze exactly what the needs were of every stakeholder. I cannot thank all of those involved enough for their time, energy and dedication to the process.

A long process begins: Now that the contract has been awarded for the new system a long process is beginning to get all of the stuff done and figured out as the implementation of a new way of doing business begins. The implementation process will begin in January and we can all expect it to last well into 2009. No doubt there will be bumps along the way, but once implemented this new suite of products will change the way we do business, particularly when it comes to sharing valuable information between fire and police personnel on-scene and in real time. Firefighter and Officer safety will be greatly enhanced by virtue of this new suite of products and the way they are going to be implemented.

I am looking forward to seeing the new system in action and experiencing the many benefits that are awaiting us. Thank you to everybody that had a part in this selection process, and thank you to the City Council for their vision in approving the new system last night!

pAfter the professor has given his students with college term paper instructions, he can go on teaching and just wait for several weeks for the output. Meanwhile, this is the time for students to start counting their sleepless nights./p p Sleepless night experience is an event every student is doomed to experience. None of them can leave school without experiencing the rush and pressure of college term paper completion. Yet, this is how they will learn. This is how they will know the value of creativity and logical thinking./p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.chaskaherald.com/community/jennyrichey/amid-college-term-paper-pressure"read more/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/chaskaherald-mainfeed/~4/gImh_mV06Fg" height="1" width="1"/

pForty-some people packed the Jordan City Council chamber tonight, as the council held a public hearing regarding its proposed tax levy increase./p pCity staff proposed a $3.1 million budget, which included $225,000 less in spending than the preliminary budget approved by the council in September. Reacting to disdain voiced by 15 taxpayers, the council began to discuss proposed budget cuts that would severely affect city services and further lower the amount of money collected from taxpayers next year. /p pThe city staff proposed cutting: /p br class="clear" /pa href="http://jordannews.com/news/breaking-news-alert/40-people-pack-public-hearing-proposed-city-tax-levy-increase-9475"read more/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jordannews-mainfeed/~4/lN1YmGv29QY" height="1" width="1"/

pStudents experience stress before the writing process. The worries start upon professors’ announcement of the term paper writing assignment. And, it develops as they realize that it is never easy to look for credible information that will be relevant for their term paper project./p p The writer’s disposition affects the output of his term paper. Hence, he must learn to balance his emotion and drive his stress./p p Here are tips on how student can avoid stress as he goes through writing his term paper./p p 1. Don’t try to be Different/p br class="clear" /pa href="http://jordannews.com/community/laurenvawser/how-you-can-avoid-term-paper-writing-stress"read more/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jordannews-mainfeed/~4/RkaMcFBx590" height="1" width="1"/

pThis dessert is very easy to make./p pHere are the ingredients:/p p4 packs Lady Finger Crackersbr / 1 box Whipped Creambr / 1 big can Condensed Milkbr / 1 small plastic Chocolate Chips (for topping)/p pProcedure:br / Mix condensed milk and whipped cream and chillbr / in a nice piece of traybr / lay lady fingers horizontallybr / on top of each layer, spread in the cream mix.br / make at least 4 to 5 layersbr / sprinkle in some chocolate chips on top /p pchill./p pSaves 6 to 8 persons./p br class="clear" /img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/jordannews-mainfeed/~4/sW57NiHaXM4" height="1" width="1"/

p strongBy Chuck Friedbauer, Correspondent/strong  /p p A drug dog sweep of the Chaska High School student parking lot on Nov. 21 resulted in the alleged discovery of six student vehicles containing marijuana and illegal contraband. /p p “The students involved face criminal and school consequences and have lost their privilege to park at the Chaska High School,” said Chaska Police Chief Scott Knight in his weekly e-mail newsletter. /p br class="clear" /pa href="http://www.shakopeenews.com/news/police_and_courts/chaska_h_s_drug_sweep_nets_six_citations-7689"read more/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/shakopeenews-mainfeed/~4/eF6Ujp6ucLY" height="1" width="1"/