All after-school and evening Prior Lake-Savage Area Community Education Classes have been canceled for today, Monday, March 31.

Participants will be notified with a make-up schedule.

Just yesterday I was picking up my yard, cleaning out the garage, looking into what veggies and herbs I am going to plant in my garden and taking a leisurely stroll through my neighborhood with my family.

If I hear the phrase “It is what it is,” one more time I am going to scream like I just slammed my finger in a car door.

Pat Minelli of our sister paper, the Shakopee Valley News, reports:

A Shakopee man convicted in the alcohol-related crash that killed Timberwolves guard Malik Sealy was arrested early Sunday on suspicion of drunken driving.

Souksangouane Phengsene, 51, was booked into the Hennepin County Jail around 2 a.m. State Patrol spokesman Mark Peterson said Phengsene is likely to face a felony DWI charge.

As the Twin Cities hunkers down in yet another winter blast today and braces for more snow and rain later this week, there is a bright side: the forecast for Friday is “Mostly sunny, with a high near 51,” according to the National Weather Service’s Twin Cities station.

By Mark Nesvig, Sports Editor

As the 2008 track campaign begins, the Laker girls will be looking to build on one of their more successful seasons in recent memory.

Last year, the Lakers rolled to the Missota Conference championship and also secured a berth in the state True Team meet, where they ultimately finished sixth.

Baseball boosters to meet
The Prior Lake High School Baseball Booster Club has scheduled a meeting for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1, in the PLHS Lecture Hall.

Football booster meeting set
The Prior Lake High School Football Booster Club has scheduled a meeting for 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1, in Room 293 at PLHS.

Baseball fundraiser on tap

By Mark Nesvig, Sports Editor

Coming off a disappointing season in which the Laker boys placed 14th in the 15-team field at the section track meet, second-year head coach Russ Reetz is far more optimistic about his squad entering this season.

By Ruth Anne Maddox, Correspondent

In the spirit of “Build it and they will come,” Tom Melchior of Shakopee has written a book chronicling amateur baseball in Scott County.

It seems amateur baseball players and fans have been waiting for just such a book. Melchior planned on having 350 of the historical tomes printed, but with pre-orders at 320, he opted for a one-time printing of 550 copies of “Scott County Baseball.”

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the March 29, 2008 print edition of the Prior Lake American newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to this item, in the form of .pdf's that can be opened with Adobe Acrobat.