Chaska Rotary is sponsoring an evening meeting Thursday, Nov. 18, to welcome community members interested in finding out more about this service club.The event will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Hazeltine National Golf Club.

Appetizers and beverages will be served beginning at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. The program for the evening will focus on what Rotary is about and its commitment to the community, both locally and internationally.

Local photographers are invited to participate in the Chaska Community Photo Show and Contest. The subject of the contest is “Chaska Scenes.”

Photos will be on display at the Chaska Community Center, from Dec. 7-29, with an awards ceremony and reception scheduled for 6 p.m., Monday Dec. 13.

To participate fill out an entry form, available at the Chaska Community Center or chaskacommunitcenter.com.

Entries are limited to one photo per applicant and must be framed and ready to hang. The contest categories are:

“Don’t veer for deer” is the message to Minnesota motorists as the state’s deer population becomes more active during mating season — at a time when deer-vehicle crashes historically spike.

By Richard Crawford

The razor thin margin of victory in the state’s gubernatorial race is expected to extend this year’s election at least into December.

After the votes were counted across the state in the general election, DFLer Mark Dayton had an 8,856 vote lead over Republican Tom Emmer. The margin is within parameters that allow a publically funded recount.

Russell Wildermuth, 55, of Waconia, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010.

A celebration of life will be held Sunday, Nov. 14, at the Waconia V.F.W. from 1-5 p.m.

Arrangements handled by the Johnson Funeral Home in Waconia, www.johnsonfh.com.

By Forrest Adams

Following last week’s elections that swept Republicans into control of the Minnesota Legislature for the first time in 38 years, Rep. Joe Hoppe, a Chaska Republican, and Sen. Julianne Ortman, a Chanhassen Republican, appear poised to receive two key committee assignments.

By Unsie Zuege

You thought planning your own wedding was overwhelming and crazy?

How about planning a “Big Whopping Wedding” for 50 couples?

Talk to Kris Howland at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, and she’ll run down a mind-boggling to-do list that would have put the most seasoned wedding planner to the test: Guest list. Flowers. Wedding cake. Music. Catering. Wedding attendants’ attire. Photography. Getting everyone to the wedding on time.

Now multiply by 50.

Oy.

By Mark W. Olson

It is Chaska’s most celebrated and reproduced landmark. Tens of thousands of commuters drive past it every day.

Yet few know City Square Park like Richard Kochenash.

The park has been the subject of many of his paintings. “The whole town park is such a beautiful gem,” said Kochenash, a Chaska resident and professional artist.

By Chuck Friedbauer

While many District 112 residents were surprised at Tim Klein’s election to one of the five open school board seats, no one was more surprised than Klein himself.

“I was in shock when I was told the news because I did not fathom I would win,” he said. “I thought I’d get a few hundred, maybe a thousand votes, but not enough to win.”

Klein ended up with 4,470 votes, a number that propelled him into the school board position.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the November 11, 2010 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.