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The 2007 Carver Country Fair rolls into Waconia August 8th to the 12th!

Grandstand events include:

• Aug 8th - Triple B Rodeo -7pm
• Aug 9th - Hell Drivers - 7pm
• Aug 10th - Semi Pull - 6:30pm
• Aug 11th & 12th - Demolition Derbies - 6:30 & 6pm

Entertainment includes:

• Aug 7th - Killer Hayseeds - 8:30pm
• Aug 8th - Johnny Holm Band - 8:30pm
• Aug 9th - Butch Automatic - 8:30pm
• Aug 9th & 10th - Paul Christian - 5:30 & 3pm
• Aug 10th - Smokescreen - 8:30pm
• Aug 11th - Smok’n Guns - 8:30pm
• Aug 11th - Richie Holliday, Tom Steffen, John Lewis - Comedians - 6pm
• Aug 12th - The Chaparrals - 6:30pm

Patio Entertainment

• Wednesday - Silverado
• Thursday - Catherine Scott - Musical memories of the Swing Era 30’s and 40’s big band music.
• Friday - Jym Elders - Mentalist
• Saturday - Drewdini - Comedy/Magic
• Saturday - Scott Severson DJ
• Sunday - Toby Kid - Comedy/Juggling

Plus you can’t for get the rides, bingo & card tournaments, pig races, livestock exhibits, food, beer garden, pony rides, exotic petting zoo and kids pedal pull! That’s tons of fun for everyone!

Admission is $5 for adults, kids under 8 are free and if you come in a car, it’s $5.

“Corn to be Wild” this year at the 2007 Carver Country fair in Waconia, MN!

More details can be found at the official fair site.

Highway 10 has been closed for some time now, however it’s still open to those that live out that way and emergency vehicles. So, I decided to go from Waconia to Chaska and see what was up.

The first part of the road wasn’t bad. Leaving Waconia on 10 isn’t to much trouble. A little off roading but more or less it’s a gravel road. Then it met up with a very nicely paved highway 10 that made me think we were close to the end of construction!

In the area just outside of town they’ve added a few more stop lights and lots and lots of roads. They are really planning for a huge area of expansion and you’ll be amazed once it’s all done.

Back on our journey, we went east on that nice new 10 and it turned back into a gravel road after about a mile or so. From there on out, it was questionable. Sometimes it wasn’t bad, other times there really wasn’t a road at all and you had to make your best guess on where to go. We did travel down one path that was a dead end. However, some quick reverse action and we were back on a path that went somewhere.

In the end, we did make it to Chaska, but it took a while and it isn’t for the faint of heart. My little Ford Focus made it, so I’m sure most vehicles would too. However, the road is VERY incomplete and probably changes daily as they continue to work on it. When it’s done, there will be a nice big road, but that’s a long ways off yet.

Out on highway 5, on the east side of town, they recently put in a strip mall with only one store; a liquor store. However, the ideas of what else to put in that area are swarming.

It’s been confirmed that a Kline Bank is coming in but I’ve also heard the rumors of Perkins and a KFC. Possibly an IHOP too?

Waconia could use a few new restaurants. Between Pizza and Subs, we don’t really have a lot of variety. However, the addition of more stores/resturants out there kind of makes me sad.