By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

The Prior Lake girls cross country team took fourth at the Class AA state meet last year and all seven of its runners were underclassmen.

So one could only assume the Lakers will be fully loaded this fall with expectations of competing for a state title.

Not so fast.

Conversations about removing a forested parcel called SS-9 located on Prior Lake High School property will continue based on a divided vote at Monday's Prior Lake-Savage Area School Board meeting.

The board voted 4-3 to approve a resolution allowing up to $25,000 from the facilities budget (not the general education fund) to continue plans with city of Savage engineers. The board anticipates the total planning cost at $5,000, well below the approved amount.

Prior Lake-Savage area schools, in cooperation with Shakopee and Jordan school districts, are looking for parent and community volunteers to serve on a joint planning council that will focus on providing supportive programming and integrating minority students into the school systems.

The Regent Candidate Advisory Council (RCAC) is currently accepting applications for four positions on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents.

The Prior Lake man who hit a Shakopee boy on his bike, fatally injuring him, is back in jail for breaking probation-- this time for
drugs.

Randal Hennes, 40, was arrested by Southwest Metro Drug Task Force Officers yesterday and is now jailed on suspicion of two counts of fifth-degree possession of crack cocaine and meth. He is to appear in court Friday morning.

Hennes was in jail last week for breaking probation by consuming alcohol.