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PRINCE ROGERS NELSON
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COVERAGE INSIDE:
PAGES 3, 4, 6, 7, 8,
14, 15, 16, 28.
INDEX
OPINION/ 6
SPORTS/ 9
CLASSIFIEDS/ 22
Prince to 14
OBITUARIES/ 8
CALENDAR/ 18
LIBRARY/ 27
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GENEROSITY
Back in the late 1990s and early
2000s I worked at the Chanhassen Public Library. One evening,
I answered a phone call from a
librarian in a small community in
one of the Southern states who was
trying to solve a mystery. Her library had received an anonymous
gift ($12,000) with no explanation,
in the form of a very large check.
The check had a Chanhassen address [7801 Audubon Road], and
the account name was listed as
Love 4 One Another Charities. I
told the woman that I suspected
that the donation came from our
local purple royalty, Prince. The
librarian explained that her community didnt have money to
sustain the arts and that she had
difficulty in putting new books on
the shelves of the library. She had
no idea how Prince connected with
her community but she told me
that his generosity would make a
huge difference.
Princes death has saddened me
in a personal way since I have always thought of him as a neighbor
rather than a rock star. Community and people mattered to him.
Kristin Raymakers, Chanhassen
Editors note: Prince donated
$12,000 by check dated Sept. 15,
2001, to the Louisville Free Public
Librarys Western Branch Library,
which in 1905 became the first
library in the nation operated by
and serving African Americans.
The donation arrived in 2001 but
word of the gift spread only Thursday, after a Louisville library
supporter posted about it on social
media.
Source: Courier-Journal, Louisville, Ky., and Insider
Louisville
A CUP OF CARIBOU
Jody Schepers, of Chanhassen,
recalls that her son Van worked
at Caribou Coffee next to the
Hair District. Van was age 16 at
the time and had just started; the
first fancy coffee drink he made
on the job was for Prince. When
asked what he remembered about
Princes visits to Caribou, Van,
now 21, and studying in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, said, I really
dont have much. The only words I
remember hearing from him were
TOP HITS
Prince was inducted into the Rock
and Roll Hall of fame in 2004. His top
hits:
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chocolate cooler, no kidding. He
was always dressed up very fashionably and confident as hell as a
very little dude.
FRESH FLOWERS
My Prince Story: Routinely,
P ri nces persona l at tenda nt
would stop at the [Chanhassen]
floral shop where I worked. She
stopped right before closing
time when we were not busy and
would have Prince on the phone,
describing the flowers and colors
to him. He usually just wanted
an arrangement for next to his
sink in his bathroom. Nothing
extravagant, just something
fresh.
B arb S ch ar fenb erg,
Chanhassen
LAMPSHADE
Several years ago, I bought
it [a lampshade from Princes
Chanhassen home] from our
friend Annette Hentz at Carver
Flowers, who had it in the shop
to sell for her former brotherin-law. He got the shade when
cleaning out some things for
Prince, who he did work for. It
might have been about the time
Prince demolished his Chanhassen mansion.
John von Walter, Carver
Farewell, Prince. Thank you for all you did for this
community and for music lovers everywhere.
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Toxicology tests
pending in Prince
death investigation
BY RICHARD CRAWFORD
dcrawford@swpub.com
at Paisley Park.
Staff members became concerned about Prince and went to
Paisley Park Thursday and a 911
call was placed at 9:43 a.m. He was
pronounced dead at 10:07 a.m.
Shortly after 1 p.m., the Carver
County Sheri f f s Of f ice confirmed via Twitter that Prince
had died.
Prince Rogers Nelson (57)
found dead at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, MN. We are
investigating the circumstances
of his death, according to the
Tweet.
Traffic was congested along
Highway 5 and Audubon Road
was partially shut down as people
streamed to Paisley Park this
past week.
Princes body was cremated
and a private ceremony was held
inside Paisley Park on Saturday.
No cause of death has been
determined as this edition went
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property.
Prince owned a large swath
179 acres of property on
the west side of Lake Ann, in an
area that is zoned residential,
Gerhardt said April 25.
Gerhardt said the city cant
dictate what happens with the
property. Ultimately, if plans
come forward, as long as the development meets city zoning rules
it likely will be allowed.
Assuming the land next to
Lake Ann would be a residential
development, it could accommodate hundreds of homes. Gerhardt said not all of the acreage is
developable because of wetlands.
Its up to the family, Gerhardt said. It could be a significant development. But you wont
see anything for a long time.
On Tuesday, Princes sister
filed a motion for a special administrator to oversee Princes estate
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