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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2011
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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL FITNESS CLUB
Dancing their way to fitness Spanish teacher starts new club Zumba for a cause Jordan High School’s fitness club is having a Zumba dance party, aka a Zumbathon, to benefit Jordan Family Outreach, featuring three trainers, a relaxation session, massages, and of course, Zumba. Time: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 Cost: $10 (prepay at jordan.k12.mn.us) Location: Jordan Middle School large gym, 500 Sunset Drive Info: (952) 492-4452 or peteramy@jordan.k12.mn.us
BY DAVID SCHUELLER dschueller@swpub.com
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hey stepped fast to the music in a dance, but this was no waltz. Those who were new to the Zumba class had to learn by following along with others, including instructor Amy Peters. Although there are graceful and perhaps less graceful ways to keep up with the quick dance moves, the goal in the Thursday afternoon class was getting a workout. Although there are lots of places to take a Zumba (pronounced zoom-ba) class, Jordan High School students and school district staff can try it as one of several activities in the school’s new fitness club. Peters, a high school Spanish teacher, started the fitness club this year.
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PHOTOS BY DAVID SCHUELLER
Student Selena Rios soon found herself overdressed, and had to take off a layer at Zumba on Oct. 27.
PHOTO BY DAVID SCHUELLER
Jordan Police Sgt. Brett Empey stands next to a squad car that has 106,700 miles on it.
Next up: City replaces high-mileage squads BY DAVID SCHUELLER dschueller@swpub.com
In 2010, the Jordan Police Department took a budget buzz cut. Recently, as one measure of replacing what was cut, the department is looking to get back into its former police car replacement schedule. “It’s important to us that we have reliable, well-maintained vehicles,” Jordan Police Chief Bob Malz said. Ideally, a squad car would be replaced at 100,000 miles, according to Malz, which is also the average number of miles a squad sees in a year. The department, thus, was replacing one squad per year – but did not do so in 2010 because of budget cuts. This year, a new squad was replaced in February, and last month the Jordan City Council approved having another squad replaced with money from the 2011 budget. That means in 2012, the department will get a new squad in either January or February 2012, and another one in March 2012.
Right – Amy Peters, a Jordan High School Spanish teacher and certified instructor, leads a Zumba class on Oct. 27.
County nears finish line for first-of-kind interchange
New wheels In 2010, the department skipped replacement of a squad, and will be getting two squads replaced early next year to get back into the pre-2010 replacement schedule. Ideal mileage for replacing a police squad car is 100,000. The Jordan Police Department’s squad mileage is as follows. K-9 unit: 117,100 Backup squad: 106,700 Main squad: 88,800 Squad No. 411: 32,100 Most recent cost to buy and equip squad: $33,100 Next squad model to be purchased: Ford Taurus, with all-wheel drive, new graphics and a turbo V6 engine. Source: City of Jordan
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CLEANUP WITH A PURPOSE
BY SHANNON FIECKE sfiecke@swpub.com
The first-of-its-kind interchange in Minnesota is nearly complete at the county roads 42 and 17 three-legged intersection. Although common in the East Coast, this is only the second known three-legged interchange, also cal led a partial or flyover interchange, in the Midwest. A similar one is under construction at the intersection of county roads 13 and 101 in Savage. Project manager Greg Felt said the desig n is intended to improve the safety of T-shaped intersections. “We want to eliminate the points where people have the tendency to make mistakes and judgments,” he said. “This one is very unique in the way it’s laid out.”
PHOTO BY DAVID SCHUELLER
Zachry Beach and Thomas Schlicht break from the day-to-day routine to dust near breaking bread. Among other art at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, they cleaned an image of the Last Supper. Students got some time to do work outside of the classroom for the annual Marathon that raises money for St. John’s school. Some students raked leaves, some sung to seniors at the Schule Haus, and some got to dust in the church.
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