Trainer Mac Robertson won both thoroughbred stakes on Friday at Canterbury Park, but it took a stewards’ disqualification to get the second one. 

Happy Fourth of July!

It is the anniversary of the adoption of the U.S. Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Celebrating the day became common only after the War of 1812.

From ushistory.org.:

A 21-year-old man from Savage is charged with breaking into a Burnsville home through the kitchen window on Monday and caused a 9-month-old child to fall and hit her head, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

The Dakota County Attorney's office charged Abdiaziz Bashir Abdikadir with first-degree burglary and terroristic threats, both felonies, and fifth-degree assault, a misdemeanor.

By Mollee Francisco, Correspondent 

There are no bullet holes left as proof that notorious gangster John Dillinger once inhabited Apartment 303 at the Lincoln Court Apartments in St. Paul.

Seventy-five years after his 12-day stint at the corner of Lexington Parkway and Lincoln Avenue, there is only the occasional stop, by local gangster tours, to serve as a reminder that the quiet building in the tree-lined neighborhood was once the site of an infamous shootout between Dillinger and the FBI. 

Boy band Select Three, which was featured in the Shakopee Valley News last December, has made it to the second round of Fox 9 Television’s 2009 Battle of the Bands competition. 

By Shannon Fiecke, Staff Writer

Five people from Shakopee and Savage are among 18 charged today in federal court in connection with a Twin Cities indoor marijuana growing ring called “one of the largest drug operations of its kind in Minnesota” by Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek.

Shakopee was among the metropolitan-area leaders in residential building permits issued in June, and is the regional leader in the first six months of the year, according to the Builders Association of the Twin Cities.

Russell Baze, the winningest jockey in North American thoroughbred racing history, is coming to Minnesota to ride in the 11th annual Claiming Crown, July 25 at Canterbury Park in Shakopee.

Baze will have mounts on three or four horses for trainer Lloyd Mason and owner Ed Denike.

On Feb. 1, 2008, Baze became the first rider in North America to win 10,000 races and through Wednesday had a career win total of 10,570. Both Baze and Mason are based in Northern California.

Shakopee Indians outfielder Joey Heller and Shakopee Coyotes first baseman Andy Lazzari have been selected to play in the River Valley League vs. Dakota-Rice-Scott All-Star game.

Heller will play for the River Valley League while Lazzari will play for the DRS team.

The all-star game will be played at 8 p.m. on Friday, July 10 in New Prague.

Before the game, fans are invited out to watch the two teams take batting and fielding practice beginning at 5:30 p.m.

A Home Run Derby will take place at 7:30 p.m.

Students from the Emergency Medical Service program at Hennepin Technical College practiced triage skills and Shakopee firefighters worked to extricate victims from vehicles during a mock accident scene, involving three cars, on June 25, 2009.

Scott County motorists will face enhanced speed enforcement patrols throughout July.

At 11 a.m. yesterday, the NHL free agency scramble was on.

Recently, this time of the year hasn't inspired much hope in Minnesota fans since none of our professional sports teams (except the Vikings and maybe the Twins with Joe Crede) have shown much gumption to go out and get anyone of quality. 

With the 2009 construction season well under way, the Minnesota Department of Transportation is urging motorists to be aware of highway construction throughout the state.

Paul Keup, 75, of Belle Plaine, passed away at home on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 after a three-month battle with Leukemia.

Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday, July 3, at Our Lady of the Prairie Catholic Church in Belle Plaine. Visitation will be Thursday, July 2, from 4-8 p.m. at Kolden Funeral Home in Belle Plaine and will continue Friday morning from 8:00-10:45 at the funeral home.

Kolden Funeral Home, Belle Plaine; 952-873-6227.

Some local businesses will be closed Friday in honor of Independence Day, which is Saturday.

City of Shakopee and Scott County offices will be closed Friday, July 3 to observe the holiday. Shakopee Public Schools will also be closed.

Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the July 2, 2009 print edition of the Shakopee Valley News 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 Pat Minelli, Staff Writer

The housing-market slump in the Twin Cities area is well known, but the city of Shakopee gained 754 residents — an increase of 2.3 percent — between July 1, 2007 and July 1 last year, according to estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau.

By Shannon Fiecke, Staff Writer  

When the property value for Ed Chapman’s home along the Minnesota River in rural Jordan kept rising by double digits, he only wanted an
explanation.

Chapman mailed a letter to St. Lawrence Township Assessor Leo Anderly to find out what was going on. No one had ever been out to inspect the place, and with fungus growing on the trees and his Cathedral-shaped house in need of recaulking, the assessment seemed out-of-whack.

Charlotte Welin, 79, formerly of St. Louis Park, died Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at the Jones Harrison Residence in Minneapolis.

Visitation is Thursday, July 2, from 5-7 p.m. and Friday one-half hour before services at McNearney Funeral Home, 1220 E. Third Ave., Shakopee.

Funeral Services are Friday, July 3, at 10:30 a.m. at McNearney Funeral Home.

Funeral arrangements through McNearney Funeral Home in Shakopee, 952-445-2755. www.mcnearneyfuneralhome.com

The following obituaries are from the July 2, 2009 print edition of the Shakopee Valley News newspaper: