A new Indian restaurant opened in Chaska today. Spice Up is located adjacent to the Best Western Chaska River Inn and Suites. For more information, visit www.chaskaspiceup.com.

Love INC is gearing up for its second annual community Thanksgiving dinner at St. John’s Lutheran Church next week. The event, sponsored by area churches and local businesses, is free and open to the public.

Doug Peterson, executive director of the non-profit Love INC, said that last year’s event was successful enough to convince them to do it again this year. “Everybody really enjoyed it,” he said.

Saturday, Chaska’s second food shelf will open to provide food and items for those in need in the community.

The food shelf, dubbed Chaska Food Shelf, will be open two Saturdays a month. It is the brainchild of Oasis Church, which offices in a building next door to the food shelf, located on the northwest corner of Chaska Boulevard (old Highway 212) and Audubon Road.

The more than 70 applications received for the job of Chaska’s new city administrator have been whittled down to the five finalists.

The Carver County recount is over.

In all, it took the Carver County workers about 15 hours on Wednesday and Thursday to complete the task.

“I think everyone kept their sense of humor quite well through the process,” said Recount Deputy Laurie Engelen.

The Chaska Area Chamber of Commerce will merge with chambers in Victoria and Chanhassen to become the SouthWest Metro Chamber of Commerce. The details of the merger were revealed to chamber members at a luncheon Thursday afternoon.

The new chamber will be headquartered in Chaska, at the North Meadows Office building on Bavaria Road.

James and Tim Vadnais carried a wooden fanning mill that was stored in the North Barn on the historic Andrew Peterson farm.

Volunteers removed wood and farm equipment from the north barn of the historic Andrew Peterson farmstead, near Waconia, on Saturday, Oct. 15.

The work was part of efforts to stabilize the structure, built by Peterson, a Swedish pioneer.

Planning is underway for the Chaska High School class of 2009 all-night party, which will take place after graduation ceremonies on Friday, June 5, 2009.

A group of parent volunteers has begun the planning for the annual party, and is seeking more senior and junior parent volunteers to serve on a variety of committees including entertainment, games, food, decorations, publicity, security and donations.

The next planning committee meeting is 6 p.m., Monday, Dec. 1 in the Chaska High School Staff Lounge, located in the Blue House.

Save energy and money with a new furnace filter. The city of Chaska, in conjunction with the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, is providing a $15 rebate when residents replace a furnace filter.

Send in a receipt along with a completed rebate form and the city will send a $15 check, regardless of what a customer paid for the filter, according to a city of Chaska press release.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the November 20, 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.