Traditional garage sales may trigger visions of cardboard boxes full of vinyl records, mismatched glasses and racks of baby clothes, but this year’s Jonathan Festival of Garage Sales will also feature plenty of things straight from the garage itself.

“As far as quirky things, we have a GMC Jimmy, a Ford F-150, a boat and a boat motor,” said Jeri Glander, one of the members of St. Andrew West Church’s service team helping to organize this year’s event.

Under sunny skies, hundreds of kids of all ages descended on City Square Park last Saturday for the 58th Annual Chaska American Legion Auxiliary Easter Egg Hunt.

The weather was cool, but that didn’t seem to slow down the anxious egg gatherers. With Easter baskets in tow they scoured the park for pastel colored eggs filled with sweet treats. A few lucky kids turned up golden eggs, entitling them to a special basket full of goodies.

The 24th annual Jonathan Festival of Garage Sales will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 24. Registrations for those planning to host a garage sale will be accepted through April 17. Here is more information courtesy of the Jonathan Association website:

Not even a rainy weekend can threaten this year’s ice fishing contest. Cold weather earlier in the winter solidified the ice on Firemen’s Lake, and it isn’t budging. That’s good news for the firemen readying to put on the 53rd annual Chaska Fire Department Fishing Contest (1-3 p.m. Saturday at Firemen's Lake)

Last week’s snowstorm added an exclamation point a year that was already sludgy. Instead of barreling ahead, everyone was holed-up, waiting for the storm to pass.

Long gone are the days when Chaska was growing by a thousand people a year and houses were popping up like spring dandelions.

Instead, everyone – residents, politicians, business owners – were all coming to grips with the fact that cash just isn’t flowing into the coffers like it used to.

A small crowd gathered at City Square Park last Sunday for the the fifth annual Multicultural Holiday Celebration, sponsored by the city’s Human Rights Commission and Dunn Bros. The night featured music by Chaska High School’s chamber singers, discussion of various holiday traditions around the world, a visit from Santa and a piñata.

Come kickoff the holiday season by learning about holidays celebrated in different cultures around the world. Listen to the sounds of the season provided by Chaska High School students, sing carols, visit Santa and more! The evening will end with the lighting of the Community Christmas Tree!

Free Refreshments and a piñata for the kids!

Sunday, November 29, 2009

5:00 p.m.

City Square Park

Free and open to the public

Chaska Middle School West hosted its annual Veterans Day program on Wednesday. The event began with a flag raising, gun salute and taps in front of the school.