Neighborhoods wanting to register for this year’s Eden Prairie Night Out should send in their information by this Friday. This year’s event is set to take place the evening of Tuesday, Aug. 5, in neighborhood block parties around the city.

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We visit Garden No. 2 on the Eden Prairie Lioness Club's annual Garden Tour, Sunday, July 20, in this video:

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Fundraiser for the Breast Cancer 3-Day includes bake and rummage sale, silent auction, raffle, children's carnival and refreshments 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, July 26.

The group meets at 7 p.m. in the Council Chamber at Eden Prairie City Center, 8080 Mitchell Road.

When Eden Prairie emergency responders rushed to the scene of a construction accident last Thursday, they were not without help. That included access to highly trained personnel from a number of agencies in the metro.

Such access can make the difference in an accident as precarious as the one that happened on Picha Place at around 8:30 a.m. Thursday.

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A number of options remain open for the J.R. Cummins house, a historic Eden Prairie home just off of Pioneer Trail. And, with that same road’s reconstruction plan delayed until 2009, there remains plenty of time to settle on which one of those options is most viable.

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Twenty-five years into the future, planners envision an Eden Prairie Town Center complete with shops, entertainment, restaurants and office all mixed together in a walkable, connected space.

“There’s been a lot of work since 2004 on this whole Town Center planning and it has included a lot of public input,” said Community Development Director Janet Jeremiah.

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The following items occurred during the July 15 City Council meeting:

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Officials broke ground for the Eden Prairie Veterans Memorial Wednesday afternoon.

The memorial is expected to be completed by Veterans Day. For more information, visit www.epveteransmemorial.org

The following obituaries are from the July 24, 2008 print edition of the Eden Prairie News newspaper:

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Eden Prairie may be looking into developing its own ordinance related to public assembly.

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Receives Chancellor’s Award

Adrian Larson-Mallo has received a Chancellor’s Award from the University of Wisconsin-Stout.

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Southwest Newspapers has a really cool opportunity for a college student: Help create a vibrant, interactive Web site devoted to covering high school sports and adult and youth recreational sports in a fast and engaging manner. The intern will assist in obtaining scores, stats, quotes, photos, videos and user-submitted content and posting it to the site. The intern will also participate in telling sports and recreation stories via writing, photography, and audio and video recording.

Southwest Newspapers is a group of weekly community newspapers, Web sites and other news and information products in the southwest suburbs of Minneapolis.

Requirements:
• Valid driver’s license and current auto insurance.
• Intern must earn academic credit for the internship. Registration and payment is the intern’s responsibility.
• Experience with shooting photos, videos and creating multimedia projects.
• Work 15 – 20 hours per week.

Pay: $500 stipend.
To apply: Submit résumé, cover letter and work samples (including print and multimedia) to mgilman@swpub.com.

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Take a crash course in juggling at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 23 at the Savage Library.

Sidney Markie of Shakopee died this morning in a Miami hospital nearly five months after receiving a multi-organ transplant that was considered the only option for to live beyond age 3.

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Saint Paul, Minn. - Minnesota's 2007-2008 pheasant harvest of 655,000 roosters is the highest-recorded total since 1964, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Pheasants Forever (PF) notes the critical role quality habitat has played in the ring-necked pheasants' resurgence across Minnesota's farm country.

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In the 2007 “Beware of Global Warming Extremists” commentary, author Peter B. cherry picked sources to refute Global Warming by referring to "The Great Global Warming Swindle" which purportedly includes naysayers the likes of MIT scientist Richard Lintzen , NASA, The International Artic Research Center and other organizations and institutions.

Ironically Peter just passed on more disinformation that appeals to those who want to refute climate change/global warming.

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1. Guardian Angels Church Tour
In celebration of its 150th anniversary, Guardian Angels Catholic Church in Chaska is offering tour of the church, including the friary. After the tour, all are invited downstairs to St. Francis Hall to an artifact exhibit of Latin American culture. All present can enter to win the Jim Hansel print “Faith Through the Ages.”
Time: 2 p.m. Saturday, July 26
Cost: Free
Location: Guardian Angels Catholic Church, 217 W. 2nd St., Chaska

2. JULIFEST

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