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.

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

The Hawks will face Minnetonka on Tuesday, May 20 at 5 p.m. in the first round of Section 2-3A play at Caswell Park in North Mankato.

The winner then takes on Mankato West at 7 p.m., with the loser dropping to the elimination bracket to play at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 22.

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.

Minnesota State Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that occurred this morning on Highway 212 at Mount Hope Road near Carver.

The incident occurred just before 7 a.m. when an SUV driver westbound on Highway 212 struck and killed a flagger.

According to the State Patrol, the flagger was holding a stop sign at the time of the crash.

Traffic was diverted for three hours following the incident. Highway 212 was closed from new Co. Rd. 147 north to Co. Rd. 43 until 10 a.m. when Minnesota State Patrol wrapped up their site investigation.

The Chaska baseball team has few games left at Athletic Park as the high school season winds down.

But for the trio of Hawk senior captains bound for college programs, there will be some more time at the old ballpark.

Brad Hand, Cory Glieden and John Straka were selected to play for the West Metro team in the Lions All-Star Series, set for June 19-21 at Athletic Park.

It is the first time three Hawks were picked to play in the series in the same season.

Greg BoeGreg Boe has announced his candidacy for Ward 2 on the Chaska City Council.

Boe is the first person to announce candidacy for the position, currently held by Bob Lindall.

The following obituaries are from the May 15, 2008 print edition of the Chaska Herald newspaper: