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Villager FOURTH FLYOVER T-6 Thunder squadron planes soared over Chanhassen near the start of the Fourth of July Parade. This was sixth year the World War II-era training planes participated in the Chanhassen celebration. For more photos and information about July 3 and July 4 events, see pages 5, 6, 7 and 8. PHOTO BY RICHARD CRAWFORD
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Legislator escapes scathing heat, reports ‘warm’ crowds at parade Leidiger says he heard only four jeers all day BY FORREST ADAMS fadams@swpub.com
During the Chanhassen Fourth of July parade Monday, Erik Salveson described himself as one of the few Democrats in Carver County, but what the Waconia resident said about the state government shutdown was not unique. “The best-case scenario would have been no government shutdown, but now this is going to require compromise,” said Salveson as Rep. Ernie Leidiger rolled past on a Carver County Republican float, waving enthusiastically to the crowd. “Get back to work,” Salveson said dismissively. Elsewhere on the parade route, Sharon Critzer, an Eden Prairie resident, said she has a friend who lost work as a result of the shutdown. “It’s too bad they can’t figure this out for the average person,” she observed. “They should just set party lines aside.” Another Eden Prairie resident, Mary Kubicek, said she was more supportive of the Republicans. “It’s unfortunate they can’t learn to live within their means,” she said. Chanhassen City Councilor Bethany Tjornhom said she brushed up against an undercurrent of anger about the state Legislature as she
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Jonathan Manoles, 19, at right, of Chanhassen, is one of more than 50 people from the Lotus Lake area who has undergone DNR boat inspection training this summer in an effort to prevent zebra mussels from entering the lake. He is seen here with Jerry Frost, Eden Prairie, discussing the hull of Frost’s boat prior to Frost backing it into Lotus Lake.
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Mayer Republican Rep. Ernie Leidiger, waving from a float set up for him by the Carver County Republican Party, was the only local legislator to participate in Monday’s Fourth of July parade in Chanhassen. passed out her own city literature. “People are angry,” she said. “They told me, ‘If you’re from the state government, you need to leave.’ I told them I wasn’t from the state, and they were a little friendlier.” Observations during the parade revealed that if there was much anger, it was subdued. Many people in the crowd seemed to support Leidiger, a freshman Republican from Mayer representing western Carver County, or if not the person the things
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Sen. Julianne Ortman, Republican, Chanhassen Capitol phone: (651) 296-4837 Rep. Joe Hoppe, Republican, Chaska Capitol phone: (651) 296-5066 Rep. Ernie Liediger, Republican, Mayer Capitol phone: (651) 296-4282
Should gates be used to protect area lakes? Ef for ts that many local lake residents think will go a long way toward delaying and maybe even preventing zebra mussels from entering area lakes are moving forward, despite mixed responses they’ve gotten during the past month from state and local regulators. Lake association members from Lotus Lake, Christmas Lake and Lake Minnewashta have made sev-
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eral presentations to local government officials regarding a proposal to launch an aquatic invasive species pilot program on their lakes. The program would require all boaters using the public access launch ramp at all three lakes to fi rst pass a boat inspection prior to entering the lake. Inspections are now offered at public access sites at Lake Minnewashta and Lotus Lake, but not Christmas Lake. The
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