By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

The Burnsville football team struggled in its season opener on Aug. 30.

The Blaze fell behind 17-0 in the first half and never recovered in a 38-7 loss to Eastview in a Lake Conference game.

The Lightning defense held Burnsville to just 165 total yards and lost the shutout with 4:17 to play in the fourth quarter. Burnsville junior Cameron Jones hit senior Corey Babcock on an 11-yard scoring strike. Babcock finished with three catches for  45 yards.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the August 30, 2008 print edition of the Savage Pacer 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.

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor

When Martin Bracewell started writing “This Isn’t Normal,” he wasn’t sure if it was a short story or a novel.

After all, he’d never taken any kind of writing class outside of college prep English and had no formal training. But he knew he wanted to write something that showed the Hollywood version of sexuality in the 1960s didn’t exist and would give today’s teenagers something to think about.

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor

Although the majority of the people who came to a public hearing last week about Dan Patch Trail debated with each other about environmental impacts, transportation and the site layout concerns were the chief reasons the Savage Planning Commission voted against the preliminary development plan.

By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent

For the first time the history of the Republican or Democratic conventions, 50 police chaplains will form a support network to assist law enforcement during the Republican National Convention in St. Paul next week.

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor

No one said changing the intersection of Highway 13 and County Road 101 was going to be easy.

The preliminary design calls for a partial interchange that includes a bridge for the eastbound traffic, a two-lane bypass for the westbound traffic and a signal for the left turns on and off the intersection. The plan also calls for access modifications -- specifically turning Zinran Avenue into a right turn in and closing access completely at Rhode Island and Louisiana avenues.

Wednesday, Aug. 20

At 9:30 a.m. firefighters responded to a call for a gas line that was severed by a contractor in the 14100 block of Ottawa Drive. The cut was sealed when firefighters arrived. Firefighters inspected the line and cleared the scene.

By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent 

It was a case of being in the right place at the right time for three members of the Burnsville Police Explorers when an air conditioning unit caught fire atop the blue gym at Prior Lake High School last week.

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

One goal was enough to give the Prior Lake girls soccer team its first win of the season.

The Lakers improved to 1-2-1 overall with a 1-0 non-conference victory over Minnetonka. Prior Lake went into the game on the heels of back-to-back shutout losses to Edina and Bloomington Jefferson.

The Lakers will start the Missota Conference season on Tuesday, Sept. 2 at Northfield at 7 p.m.

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

The Prior Lake volleyball team earned its first win of the season on Aug. 28 with a sweep of Faribault in a non-conference match.

The Lakers (1-2 overall) rolled to a 25-18, 25-19, 25-12 victory.

Prior Lake started the season with two losses, but both were against ranked teams - No. 10 Burnsville on Aug. 21 and No. 1 Chaska on Aug. 26.

The Lakers will start the Missota Confernece season on Thursday, Sept. 4 at Holy Angels at 7:30 p.m.