Losing three fumbles in the first 14 plays makes it tough for any football team.
When your team does that against Eden Prairie, it makes for a very long night.
EP turned the miscues into 10 points in taking a 31-0 halftime lead. The Eagles added a pair of second-half touchdowns to win 45-0.
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Eastview slightly overpowered Chaska 101.5-84.5 in the second Lake Conference girls swimming dual of the season on Thursday.

The Lightning piled up points by winning nine of the 12 events, but the Hawks hung in there with three first-place swims and second-place showings in the rest.

Hawk senior Sam Getty took first place in the 200 individual medley, with a time of 2:17.08. She also finished second in the 100 backstroke with a 1:04.86 race.

Chaska sophomore Shelby Peterson

Chaska’s volleyball team has proved over the years that it does not let an opponent get an upper hand.

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• Avoiding Probate and Preserving Assets – September 24, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
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Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the September 4, 2008 print edition of the Chanhassen Villager 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.

 Four people had filed as of Thursday for two seats up for election on the Chanhassen City Council Nov. 4.

The terms of councilors Bethany Tjornhom and Jerry McDonald will expire at the end of 2008.

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By Forrest Adams
The five-year trend has been more students each year, and the 2008-2009 school year begins with more students enrolled in Minnetonka School District than ever in its history.
Approximately 8,100 students are enrolled for school this year. District officials attribute this to a variety of factors, among them housing turnover, open enrollment, academic excellence and small class sizes.
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By Forrest Adams
Jessica Schlauderaff is 16 years old and trying to maintain a 3.9 grade point average, from her favorite recliner.
Her classroom is her home, or wherever else she has access to the Internet.
The Chanhassen resident attends a virtual high school. She is one of a growing number of Minnesota students taking advantage of the option to study online.
They attend virtual classrooms, submit digital assignments and communicate with their classmates and teacher without ever setting foot in a traditional brick and mortar classroom.

By Forrest Adams
Chanhassen’s Jake Breedlove, 19, is fired up for Democrat Presidential nominee Barack Obama, and not even a hurt leg and crutches could stop him from taking part in the Democratic National Convention activities last week in Denver.
He described the convention and voting in it to nominate an African-American to be President of the United States for the first time as an “emotional,” “historic” and “surreal experience.”

After more than 40 years of Republican Party politicking, K.J. McDonald is finally at his first national convention.
He has been to plenty of state conventions, but this is the first time he has been able to afford the national one, he said. He drives into St. Paul every morning from his home in Watertown.
“It’s probably the culmination of my political activity,” said the former state representative.
“It’s a real honor and a privilege to be here,” McDonald said before Tuesday night’s session convened in the Xcel Energy Center at 6 p.m. Tuesday.