Perspectives

By Annie May Krapek 

Editor’s Note: Annie Mae Krapek set off for a summer of volunteer work in Sierra Leone in June. Her story was featured in the May 29 issue of the Chaska Herald and here online. She will be writing regular columns on her experience throughout the summer. You can also follow her work at www.be-change.blogspot.com.

Dick Lano

By Leonard "Dick" Lano 

With all the talk about Fireman’s Park these days, I think it’s time to tell how it all began. I believe I am one of only two living members of the original fire department that started the project.

By Mollee Francisco 

When Walt Ripplinger and several other concerned members of the Jonathan Association started the Jonathan Research Group (JRG) back in 2001, they knew they needed a surefire method to get their thoughts and ideas out to their 8,000 fellow homeowners.

Vademecum. It doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

However, just over 40 years ago, it was one of the first companies to settle in Chaska's new Jonathan industrial park.

The Swedish toothpaste manufacturer built the plant, its first in the United States, to supply the entire U.S. market with its product. It planned to produce 20,000 tubes a day.

The collapse in August of the Hwy. 35W bridge in Minneapolis is No. 7 on the Associated Press top stories list of 2007.

Editorial 

Money magazine recently labeled Chaska the eighth best place to live in the United States. And it feels pretty good.

Editor’s note: Dr. Leo Parvis, who writes the Herald’s Eye on Diversity column, wrote this column for the Aug. 24, 2000 Herald.