Apple Valley takes state by storm

Posted under Apple Valley Sports on Thursday 5 November 2009 at 10:43 pm

by Andy Rogers
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The Apple Valley boys soccer team have achieved perfection.

The Eagles won their eighth state title and capped off a 24-0-0 record Thursday at the Metrodome in Minneapolis in the Class AA final.

PHOTO: Apple Valley boys soccer team beat Wayzata 4-0 to win the state championship. This is Apple Valley's eighth state title and a year in which head coach Chuck Scanlon celebrated his 500th career win. Photos by Rick Orndorf.

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Apple Valley takes state by storm

Posted under Sports on Thursday 5 November 2009 at 10:43 pm

by Andy Rogers
Thisweek Newspapersapv b soc 1.jpg

The Apple Valley boys soccer team have achieved perfection.

The Eagles won their eighth state title and capped off a 24-0-0 record Thursday at the Metrodome in Minneapolis in the Class AA final.

PHOTO: Apple Valley boys soccer team beat Wayzata 4-0 to win the state championship. This is Apple Valley's eighth state title and a year in which head coach Chuck Scanlon celebrated his 500th career win. Photos by Rick Orndorf.

(more…)


Apple Valley takes state by storm

Posted under Sports on Thursday 5 November 2009 at 10:43 pm

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Apple Valley boys soccer team beat Wyzata 4-0 to win the state championship. This is Apple Valley's eighth state title and a year in which head coach Chuck Scanlon celebrated his 500th career win. Photos by Rick Orndorf.

(more…)


‘Clear Lake, WI’ premiers Nov. 6 at Apple Valley, Burnsville theaters

Posted under Thisweekend on Thursday 5 November 2009 at 3:25 pm

The independent film


Zoo volunteers form friendships to last a lifetime

Posted under Apple Valley on Thursday 5 November 2009 at 3:25 pm

VIDEO: Apple Valley resident Andy Anderson, 90, and Minneapolis resident Floyd
Lewellen, 100, celebrate milestone birthdays together as volunteers at
the Minnesota Zoo Nov. 7. Service is what keeps them going, they say.
Video produced by Jeff Achen.

Minnesota Zoo volunteers Andy Anderson and Floyd Lewellen celebrate their 90th and 100th birthdays together

by Jeff Achen
Thisweek Newspapers

Every day is a party in the conference room on the third floor at the Minnesota Zoo’s main offices when groups of volunteers gather.

But on this day, Nov. 3, there was birthday cake.

Andy Anderson and Floyd Lewellen were celebrated, not only as longtime zoo volunteers, but as the organization’s oldest volunteers, 90 and 100 respectively. Each has a Nov. 7 birthday.

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