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today's forecast.......back to the drawing board. With continued cloudiness and uncertainty in the near future.

The planned and approved mascot logo for the new Chanhassen HS has dissipate into nothing more than a meaningless low pressure cell of disappointment.

Josten's had donated the time and work on the creation of the new Storm logo. Well you get what you pay for. It was recently discovered that a minor league baseball team has a very similar image as its team's secondary logo. It was then learned that Stephen- Argyle HS is also using a very similar logo as their school's mascot.

The new direction is to create a unique logo image for the school that no one else has.
That was also the original direction, but this time they mean it!

Storm watcher alert radar indicates nothing threatening at this moment.

On the topic you get what you pay for......over 3 million dollars have been spent already just on the retaining wall blocks used in the landscaping of the terrain of the new school. They do compliment the surrounding railroad tracks, power lines and the gas lines very well

The "new logo" school task force obviously didn't do their homework and must go back to the drawing board. I thought the so-called new logo looked a little busy anyhow. They should stay with something simpler and good luck finding something unique.

tomASS, I want to take this opportunity to Thank You for your share of the property taxes to build this baby. Do you know if the new rink they are going to build in Victoria was included in this round of property tax increases or will they need a new referemdem? Tom do you support a new rink for the area?



December 6, 2007



Chanhassen High School deserves unique trademark
COMMENTARY

David Jennings
So what is up with this Chanhassen High School logo thing anyway? By now, you may have read or heard about the controversy surrounding the selection of a proposed logo for the new Chanhassen High. The team name will be the Storm and the school board recently approved a logo to go with that name. Last Friday, I announced in our 112Online newsletter that we are literally going back to the drawing board. Here's what happened.


The logo was selected by a task force of parents, staff and primarily students, at least some of whom will be likely to someday wear the team uniforms that bear the logo.

The task force worked hard and did a great job. To facilitate the discussion and decision process, the district accepted an offer of assistance from the art/design folks at Josten's, Inc. The goal, of course, was to get some professional help without the cost that might normally go with it. The group reviewed a number of logo possibilities and made a selection to recommend to the school board.

The selected logo turned out to be similar to a logo formerly used by a minor league baseball team in Lake Elsinore, California. Given the location of the team and the fact that their version is no longer in use, we were not overly concerned about the resemblance; we did take the precaution of contacting Major League Baseball to make sure they would not object to our use of a similar logo.

Mid-week, it came to light that Stephen- Argyle High School, a district in northwestern Minnesota (north of East Grand Forks) had also adopted a logo that was strikingly similar to our choice. This was too close for comfort and this one is still in use.

We are re-convening the task force and, this time, will proceed with the assistance of an artistic design professional.

To some, this whole matter might seem like "a tempest in a teapot" and, to others, it may seem like something of grave importance. We take neither side in that argument. We simply agree that the Stephen-Argyle logo is just too close for comfort and that a world class high school in our community needs and deserves to have something more unique as its trademark.

Stay tuned. The logo discussion continues.

Jennings is superintendent of School District 112.
David Jennings

Does it matter? "Storm" is just another one of those PC-new agey nicknames like "Blaze," "Fire" and ugh, "Steel." Come to think of it, "Wild" also fits the bill.............

RobRay,
your welcome! The new arena was not part of this last referendum, it's a new idea without the finances set yet. As we all know there is always a way to afford it on the backs of the taxpayers.

That being said - I am all for new arenas, we just need to be smarter how we build and finance them. I do like what St. Paul has done and what Toronto has done for years and that is to do refrigerated outdoor rinks to ensure outdoor ice throughout the winter season.

There is a plan for another new high school in the area in the next 10 years. This time it will probably be out Victoria way where this current high school should have gone in the first place.

By then I will hopefully be retired in Maine enjoying life