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Good afternoon Wayzata, Orono and Long Lake. I'm Sun-Sailor Community Editor Jared Huizenga. Today is Wednesday, Feb. 18, and this is what's going on in your area today. • Wayzata Community Church Nursery School has got word that it has received re-accreditation from National Association for the Education of Young Children. At first glance it might not appear to be that big of a deal, but the honor is only earned by 8 percent of early childhood programs nationwide, according to Kate Knight a ...

Orono Public Schools re-opened three of its four schools today after a probable case of N1H1 influenza - "swine flu" - shut the district down Monday. The only district school that remains closed today is Orono High School. The district knows that its potential case has links to OHS, but has not said whether it is a student or staff member. All high school events for today have also been postponed or cancelled. OHS remains closed today while the district and state officials await the results ...

Area students stand out Orono Middle School eighth-grader Andrew Casey has been selected as a semifinalist and will compete in the 2009 Minnesota Geographic Bee. It will be held Friday, April 3, at St. Cloud University. Bees were held for fourth- through eighth-grade students in schools throughout Minnesota to determine each school's Geographic Bee winner. School-level winners then took a qualifying test, which they submitted to the National Geographic Society. The students with the top 100 ...

At last night's Wayzata City Council meeting, the council voted to approve some personnel moves to help get the city to the $300000 it needed to cut from this year's budget. On May 5 the council made a number of budget cuts, but held off on any personnel decisions until a task force of residents, city staff and officials could look for alternatives to staff layoffs or reductions. City Manager Al Orsen had recommended cutting the positions of Parks Superintendent Sonny Clark, Motor Vehicle ...

The Wayzata High School Dance Team performed their routine to "One Night Only" from the Dreamgirls Motion Picture Soundtrack. They placed second in division AAA at the Minnesota State Dance Tournament. The event was held at the Excel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

James Laurinitis to speak at spring prayer breakfast Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners has announced that the speaker for its annual spring community prayer breakfast will be former Wayzata High School football standout James Laurinitis. Laurinaitis, Ohio State All-American and former Wayzata Trojan All-State Linebacker, will be talking about "Growing in Christ". Laurinaitis is projected to be either a first- or second-round draft pick in the NFL draft, which will be held later this ...

Hundreds of fourth and fifth graders from Birchview Elementary School in the Wayzata School District along with teachers, volunteers and parents gathered for the schools annual Track and Field Day Thursday, May 28. Here's a video report on the festivities. The students gathered for a grilled hamburger lunch following the competitions. Wayzata Chamber announces summer concert series The Wayzata Chamber of Commerce has announced the lineup for its annual summer concert series. The series will ...

Our top story this week was Orono Schools closing due to a probable case of N1H1 influenza the so-called "swine flu." I don't know about you, but I'm a little tired of seeing, reading, writing and talking about this illness. So here's the short version: All four Orono Schools closed on Monday while the district waited for more information about a probable case of N1H1 at OHS. Orono Middle School, Intermediate School and Schumann Elementary re-opened on Tuesday. On Wednesday the high school ...

The Orono City Council will meet tonight at 7 pm Among the items on the council's agenda is a request from the Lake Minnetonka Communications Commission to purchase the building it currently leases. The LMCC had previously been in negotiations to purchase the Southshore Community Center in Shorewood, but the deal fell through. The council is also expected to vote on the Orono Police Department's request to hire a part-time community service officer and to implement a safe and sober program ...

Students at Orono High School will return to class on Wednesday, May 6, after being kept away for two days while school and state officials waited to see if an illness connected to someone at the school was N1H1 influenza - the so-called "swine flu." "We want to thank all of our families and staff members for their patience these past few days," Superintendent Karen Orcutt said in a press release posted Tuesday afternoon to the district's website. "As our one case of H1N1 was discovered, we ...

Emily Staples of Wayzata High School and Erin Garfield of Orono High School were recently named the Athena Award winners for their respective high schools. I'll now toss it over to Nick Clark who talked about these two winners in a recent edition of Sun on Sports. Frolfing at Three Rivers You've probably never heard of disc golf, but it's becoming increasingly popular in the Twin Cities. In our second installment of a five-part interview with Tom McDowell of the Three River Parks District ...

Four Wayzata High School students got some good news to end January: Yoojin Kim, a senior at the Wayzata High School, won a $14000 scholarship to the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) this month for participating in the fine art portfolio portion of the Minnesota Scholastic Art Awards competition. MCAD, which administers the Minnesota Scholastic Art Awards (MSAA) program, awards scholarships each year to one fine art portfolio candidate and one photography portfolio candidate in ...

Students at Orono Schools are getting an unexpected vacation today, although it's not for the best of reasons. At the urging of the state officials, Orono Schools closed the doors to all four of its schools today while state officials awaited results to see if an illness connected to Orono High School was N1H1 novel influenza - "swine flu." Orono Superintendent Karen Orcutt was notified in a Saturday afternoon conference call with Minnesota Department of Health and Commissioner of Education ...

With the redevelopment of the Wayzata Bay Center pushed back to next year due to the instability of the economy, Presbyterian Homes announced this week that it would be hosting a number of events to help keep the center a viable venue for community and charitable events throughout the redevelopment process and carry that into the new Bay Center as well. Beginning this Friday, the center will host for the 20th straight year an exhibit of art from students of the Wayzata School District. Art ...

One of the world's current bestselling authors will be coming to the Twin Cities in early February for a new program started by a Long Lake man. Terry Esau, author of "Surprise Me" and "Be the Surprise" sent me an e-mail last week announcing that William 'Paul' Young author of "The Shack" will speak on February 7th at 7:30 PM, at the premiere Nudge the World event at Church of the Open Door in Maple Grove, MN. He will be reading, speaking, and then engaging the audience in a Q & A time that ...

Right now, 12 Wayzata High School students are witnessing history, being in Washington DC for the inauguration of President Barack Obama. The students are there as a part of the schools Close Up program, a non-profit formed in 1971 to help educate and inspire young people to participate in democracy. In addition the inauguration, the students will attend the parade, the Close Up Inauguration ball and see a number of the sites in Washington. Were hopeful that once these students return from ...

Leaders from the Hopkins, Minnetonka, and Wayzata School Districts will host a discussion, "How to Make Sure our Schools Fare Well at a Time Minnesota Faces a $4.5 Billion Deficit" at 7 pm tonight at the Ridgedale Byerly's Community Room in Minnetonka. Dennis Peterson, Superintendent of Minnetonka Schools; John Toop, Director of Business Services at Hopkins Schools, and Robert Noyed, Director of Communications at Wayzata Schools will join the discussion. A social hour will precede the ...

Only blue and gold. We may not all be able to rap but we at least we have our school spirit.

It was a week of honors for a few Orono High School students. Melissa Slagle, a senior advanced art student at Orono High School, received a Merit Award in the Minnesota Scholastic Art Awards - a program sponsored by the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and is open to students in grades 7-12. Slagle was honored for her painting, "Sam: The Chapter Story." It is a portrait of another OHS student created in a contemporary fashion. Two Orono High School students have been named to the ...

High school football season kicks off tonight with Minnetonka High School playing Fargo High School North, 7:45 pm, at the Fargo Dome in Fargo, ND For any fan not making the trip, the game can be viewed live on the school district website. Visit www.minnetonka.k12.mn.us to watch the webcast. Hopkins will get its schedule underway tonight as well, when the Royals travel to Rochester to play Mayo High School at 7 pm Orono also kicks off its season tonight when the Spartans take on Waconia at 7 ...

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• It will be a busy night and afternoon for Orono Schools. From 3 to 5 pm the district will host an open house reception for Board of Education member Martha Van de Ven, who is a member of this year's All-State School Board. Following the open house the Board of Education will hold its meeting at 6 pm instead of the typical 7 pm start time. Tonight the board is expected to award the bid for deferred maintenance projects at Schumann Elementary School and Orono Intermediate School. Orono High ...