In golf, progress often comes slowly.

The Chaska boys golf team has had several tournament victories this season, and set a school record for lowest score.

But the Hawks had not topped Eden Prairie in a Lake Conference Tournament this season.

The Hawks tied Eden Prairie in the fifth and final Lake tournament, Wednesday at Inverwood in Eagan. The Hawks and Eagles each shot 296, but the Hawks finally wrestled away first place on a tiebreaker.

The Chaska Cubs amateur baseball team had a Friday tilt with Miesville called off, and added a game to the home-opening festivities.

The Cubs will face Arlington at 2 p.m. on Sunday at Athletic Park, followed by a clash with Henderson at 5 p.m. Chaska was to open the season against Henderson, but weather washed out the game.

Chaska then takes on defending Class A champion Minnetonka at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, and visits LeSueur for a 7:30 p.m. game on Tuesday.

Minnesota State Patrol has released the names of the individuals involved in a fatal crash on Highway 212 just outside of Carver Thursday morning.

According to the Minnesota State Patrol, Luallen Kettner, 73, of Chaska was the driver of the vehicle that struck and killed 47-year-old construction flagger Leo Kuisle, of Stewartville. Kuisle died at the scene of the crash. No injuries to Kettner have been reported.

The incident occurred just before 7 a.m. Thursday on Highway 212 near Mount Hope Road.

Minnesotan Doug Benson recently proposed the Marriage and Family Protection Act to make marriage a gender-neutral proposition in Minnesota. It was introduced to the Minnesota legislature with 14 House sponsors and 5 Senate supporters.

Chaska Police Sgt. Mike Duzan knows the value of tasers. When he was an officer in St. Paul, he broke his hand in an altercation. Today he suffers from arthritis as a result of that break.

“I wish I would have had one of these then,” he said of his taser.

Many of history’s greatest inventions have been the result of accidents. Penicillin, the microwave, potato chips and even Leslie Grant’s award-winning “Sweet Garden Crunchers” pickle recipe.

Chaska pitcher Brad Hand finished Wednesday’s baseball game at Rosemount with 10 strikeouts, and hit a first-inning home run.

But a trio of late-inning runs kept the Hawks from winning the game.

The Irish scored twice in the bottom of the seventh inning to prevail 3-2. It was the first loss for Hand on the season.

Chaska took the lead immediately, as leadoff hitter Cory Glieden reached on an error and Hand blasted his fifth home run of the season.

Michelle Frank

Chaska has a steep section road ahead if it is to return for a third consecutive state tournament.

The Minnetonka boys tennis team advanced in the Subsection 2AA North team tournament on Tuesday with an easy 6-1 victory over Prior Lake.

Things will get much tougher for the third-seeded Skippers on Thursday afternoon, as the squad travels to second seed Eden Prairie. EP shut out Shakopee 7-0 in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Orono eliminated Chaska on Wednesday with a 5-2 victory. The Spartans visit top seed Wayzata on Thursday. The Trojans enjoyed a first-round bye.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the May 15, 2008 print edition of the Chaska Herald 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.