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Student targets bullyingEagan High School sophomore Irene Henderson, once bullied herself, is hosting a series of anti-bullying events.

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SPORTS

Entrepreneur remembered as pillar of the community

Dan Shimek dies of cancer at age 65

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Dan Shimek wore many hats: entre-preneur, philanthropist, family man and joyful storyteller. No matter which hat he wore, the Dakota County business owner was loved and admired by those around him. Shimek, of Apple Valley, who died at age 65 on Oct. 11 after battling cancer for

the past month, left his mark on a num-ber of communities. “He was a pioneer,” Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland said. “His light will continue to burn brightly in our community.” Seeing promise in Apple Valley’s Cen-tral Village, Shimek and his wife, Kay, opened Enjoy! restaurant in 2004 at 15435 Founders Lane. The district was envisioned as a thriving downtown area, but by 2008 it was filled with empty store-

Longtime entrepreneur Dan Shimek died at age 65 on Friday after a long battle with cancer. Shimek founded a number of area businesses including the Outdoor Great-Room in Eagan, Enjoy! restaurant in Apple Valley and Heat-N-Glo in Burnsville. (File photo)

Hookah loungesdraw city scrutiny

Burnsville willconsider newregulations

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


Joining other Minne-sota cities that have cast a wary eye on hookah to-bacco lounges, Burnsville will study possible new regulations on such busi-nesses. Increased regulation of hookah lounges “seems to be a trend,” City Manager Heather Johnston said, with bans in some cities, including Minneapolis. The two hookah loung-es in Burnsville have gen-erated complaints from some citizens and from a chiropractor next door to one of them, officials said at a City Council work ses-sion Oct. 15. Council members gave the go-ahead for study of new regulations. Burnsville’s two hoo-kah lounges — Taha Hoo-kah at 12010 County Road 11 and Ignite Hookah Lounge at 2552 Horizon Drive — opened in recent months. Both businesses are near Highway 13. Both have city licenses to sell tobacco, but the in-tersection of hookah with Minnesota’s Clean Indoor Air Act is another matter.

Hookah lounge cus-tomers typically rent or are provided hookah wa-ter pipes, purchase a bowl of tobacco of their choice and smoke it inside the lounge. A 2007 update of the Clean Indoor Air Act bans smoking in restaurants, bars and private clubs. Some exemptions are al-lowed, including sampling or lighting of tobacco in tobacco shops. Because the term “sam-pling” isn’t well-defined in state law, some shop own-ers have established indoor smoking lounges where patrons linger for hours, according to a transcript of a June 2011 Minneapo-lis City Council committee meeting. State law allows cities to adopt tougher measures than those in the Clean Indoor Air Act to protect people from secondhand smoke, the transcript said. The sampling exemp-tion is an exploitable loop-hole, Burnsville Council Member Mary Sherry sug-gested. “What I find rather amusing is that in this business, sampling means you buy the stuff and then you smoke it,” she said. If you paid for and ate

Be prepared to be scared

Buck Hill in Burnsville is hosting the Halloween attraction “Frightmares” Thursdays through Sundays in October. Information on hours of operation and tickets is at www.frightmares.com. More photos are at SunThisweek.com. (Photo by Rick Orndorf)

Bill Ganz, the lead volunteer at the 360 Communities food shelf in Burnsville, was honored by the Burnsville City Council for his volunteer work with the nonprofit agency. (Photo by John Gessner)

Ganz ‘irreplaceable’ atBurnsville food shelf

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


Bill Ganz has been off his golf game since health problems struck this sum-mer. His volunteer hours at 360 Communities are down, too. As the lead volunteer at the nonprofit agency’s Burnsville food shelf, Ganz could always be counted on for up to 28 hours a week. Then came his chronic lymphocytic leukemia, caused by exposure to Agent Orange, and meso-thelioma, caused by expo-sure to asbestos. “Bang, bang. Both bar-rels,” said the 75-year-old Burnsville resident, who traces the long-dormant conditions to his service in Vietnam in 1968 and 1969 and the asbestos insula-tion to which he was ex-posed during 22 years of active duty with the Ma-rine Corps. He’s being treated and plans a return to full duty

at the Burnsville food shelf, the busiest of five operated by Burnsville-based 360 Communities. “He is irreplaceable,” said Kathryn Archam-bault, resource develop-ment manager for 360 Communities. Thanks to her nomination, Ganz was named one of six 2013 Community Build-er Award recipients last month by the Burnsville City Council. “His love and passion for helping those in need, I feel, goes far beyond serving food,” Archam-bault said. “He has really touched the lives of many here at 360.” Ganz and his wife Jeri, parents of four, moved to Burnsville in 1981 when Ganz took a civilian job with Eagan-based Unisys as a product representa-tive. He later worked as a product rep for Uponor in Apple Valley.

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See GANZ, 17A

Habitat for Humanity rehabs its first home in Eagan



For Daniel Ghe-bremedhin and his fam-ily, homeownership is just the latest piece of fulfill-ing their American dream. It’s a dream that will soon be fulfilled by Habitat for Humanity — and for the first time in the nonprofit’s history, it will be in Eagan. The home — located on Easter Lane — was foreclosed and sat vacant for five years until it was donated earlier this year to Habitat for Humanity, making it the organiza-tion’s first project in the city. The home incurred extensive damage includ-

ing toxic mold after water pipes burst. “We knew we had a lot of rehab,” said Kristin

Beckmann, vice president of Twin Cities Habitat for

Eagan Mayor Mike Maguire assisted in the rehab of a 40-year-old home that was donated to Habitat for Hu-manity. A St. Paul family plans to purchase the home in April. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

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BRT is better than LRTBurnsville City Council member says that the Southwest Light Rail Transit project isn’t the best use of public dollars.

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She’s a ‘princess’The new tapir calf at the Minnesota Zoo has a new name with a regal flair thanks to the public’s votes.

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Lightning, Blaze to stateBurnsville girls, Eastview boys prevail in section soccer finals.

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Eagan High School sophomore Irene Hen-derson was no stranger to bullying. As a middle-schooler, she was belittled, pushed and chastised by a school bully. Now she is fighting all bullies by us-ing the greatest weapon — awareness. Henderson will host a series of anti-bullying events this month as part of National Bullying Pre-vention Month, and hopes to shed light on the issue while helping victims es-cape their taunters. Henderson’s first event will be held from 6:45- 7:45 p.m. Oct. 22 at Turn-ing Point Dance Studio, 4101 Nicols Road, Eagan. Fliers, bookmarks and T-shirts will be available at the event. “I want to share my sto-ry and let other students know they don’t have to put up with bullies,” Hen-derson said. The campaign was in-spired by the 15-year-old’s own battle with bullying. Growing up in San Diego, Henderson had few en-

counters with bullies until she entered sixth grade, when a former friend be-gan to push her around and verbally abuse her. Henderson said she kept the problem a secret from her parents for a while, but it came to her mother’s attention one day when she came home crying. An immigrant from Madagascar, her mother, Julie, was surprised by the other girl’s actions. “When I came to the U.S., I didn’t know about bullying,” Julie said. Henderson’s mother called the girl’s parents, but the problem persisted. The family moved to Eagan a month ago when her father took a job with Samsung. Though she has had positive interactions with fellow students at Eagan High School, Henderson said she still struggles to trust new people due to the bullying. “I’ve had a positive start. Everyone has been really nice,” she said, add-ing that she felt the cam-paign would be worth-while at the school to prevent others from falling

victim to bullies. In addition to the event at Turning Point Dance Studio, Henderson is working with Eagan High School on other events

throughout the month.

Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Eagan teen fights bullying Anti-bullying event set for Oct. 22

Eagan High School sophomore Irene Henderson will host an anti-bullying event at Turning Point Dance Studio in Eagan on Oct. 22 for National Bullying Prevention Month. Henderson was a victim of bullying as a middle-schooler. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

Elevating CROP Walk

Making sure that Sunday’s South of the River CROP Hunger Walk got started in a “big” way, the Rev. Walt Lichtenberger, lead pastor of St. James Lutheran Church in Burnsville, walked part of the route on stilts. Approximately 200 walkers and other volunteers were on hand for the first-time event, some of whom came from eight other area churches. The walkers and sponsors raised more than $11,000 for Church World Service and its programs to end hunger globally and locally. (Photo submitted)

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District 196 offers parent education conference District 196 will offer a free parent education conference from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, in the gym at Eastview High School. Keynote speakers Tom Cody and Paul Bernabei, co-founders of Top 20 Training, will share how to develop a child’s star qualities to gain success. Following the key-note, parents can attend two breakout workshops, choosing from over 20 of-ferings. Workshops will be presented by area ex-perts, including District 196 teachers and staff, on topics including discipline, health, communication and academics. A resource fair and re-freshments also will be available. The event is free, but register online for the con-ference and child care at www.district196.org/ce or call 651-423-7920 for more information. Child care is available for children ages 2 and older for $10 per family.

Burnsville High School hosts College Fair More than 50 colleges and universities will be featured at the sixth annu-al College Fair at Burns-ville High School from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, in the gym at the main cam-pus, 600 E. Highway 13. Students in grades 9-12 and parents are encour-aged to attend. The public is also invited at no charge. Two- and four-year colleges and universities from throughout the Up-per Midwest will partici-pate, and representatives

will be available to answer questions about degrees, programs, admission re-quirements, scholarships, tuition and more. “Education beyond high school is more im-portant than ever,” said Veronica Walter, a guid-ance counselor at Burns-ville High School. “That’s why we encourage stu-dents to explore their op-tions by attending the fair and speaking with college representatives.” “We are committed to helping students explore and find the ‘right fit’ for post-high school educa-tion,” she added. The event is sponsored by Burnsville-Eagan-Sav-age School District 191 and the Minnesota Asso-ciation of Counselors of Color.

Gideon Pond celebrates third consecutive year as Reward School Commissioner Brenda Cassellius of the Min-nesota Department of Education was scheduled for a meeting with her boss, Gov. Mark Dayton, on Monday morning, but first she stopped by

Gideon Pond Elementary School in Burnsville for an important event. Staff members at the school were celebrating a significant state designa-tion and Cassellius wanted to add her praise. Gideon Pond, located in Burnsville-Eagan-Sav-age School District 191, is among only 20 schools in the state that have been designated as Reward Schools for the third con-secutive year, based on the state’s new measurement of school performance called the Multiple Mea-surements Rating . Reward Schools are those among the top 15 percent of Min-nesota schools that qualify for federal Title I funding because of the number of students in poverty. Reward Schools serve as models for others in the state, according to Cassel-lius. “Congratulations! I’m so proud of what you are able to accomplish for kids,” she told staff mem-bers. “These kinds of con-sistent success are com-mendable.” Board Member Abi-gail Alt also congratulated staff. “I have the upmost respect for what you do ev-ery day,” she said. “Thanks for your hard work.”

Principal Kristine Black said that there is a shared commitment among all of the Gideon Pond staff members to provide students with the best they have to offer to maximize student learning and growth every day. “We have established extended time for staff to collaborate and learn with and from each other and rely heavily on the expertise in our building and district,” Black said. “We have implemented a structure where students are getting differentiated support and are receiving targeted interventions in specific areas of need in math and reading. “We are honored with this designation,” she add-ed.

Tree planting set at Rahn Elementary An ongoing partner-ship between Rahn El-ementary School of Arts & Technology and Tree Trust is coming to frui-tion on Tuesday, Oct. 22, when students, staff and volunteers will plant 21 trees around the school’s grounds and new outdoor classroom. The well-established

trees are provided through the Learning with Trees program of the local non-profit Tree Trust. The new trees will serve many dif-ferent purposes, including blocking road traffic and noise, providing shade and beauty, and replacing ash trees that will inevitably be lost to emerald ash borer. As part of the project, local business partners and volunteers worked with Rahn staff members over the summer to build an outdoor learning space with the help of a Tree Trust grant. The classroom includes benches and a cir-cular gravel “floor.” Trees planted Oct. 22 will com-plete the space. Along with beautifying the grounds and providing an outdoor learning space, Rahn Enrichment Special-ist Cara Slattery said the planting itself is a learning experience for students. “Every student will be involved over the course of the day, so it’s a great opportunity for them to learn about trees and plants in a very hands-on way,” Slattery said. On the planting day, Tree Trust staff and vol-unteers will lead groups of students through the process of planting a tree or shrub. The students are

assigned various roles – digger, planter, mulcher, waterer – and trained vol-unteers and staff make sure the trees and shrubs are planted properly. The school is located at 4424 Sandstone Drive, Ea-gan, in Burnsville-Eagan-School District 191.

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EducationApple Valley school bus involved in crash

No serious injuries reported

A group of Apple Valley middle school student had a bumpy start to their day this morning when their school bus was involved in a crash. The crash occurred on 147th Street and Pi-lot Knob Road just a mile from Scott High-lands Middle School. Police say the driv-er of a pickup truck thought the intersection was a four-way stop and continued through after stopping just as the bus was crossing as it did not have a stop sign, ac-cording to a KSTP-TV report. The bus was carrying about 50 sixth-, seventh-and eighth-graders, said Scott Highlands Princi-pal Dan Wilharber.

No serious injuries were reported. A second vehicle was hit as a result of the crash. The truck was to-taled, KSTP reports. Wilharber immedi-ately went to the scene and spoke with students and the drivers. He said some students had sore muscles, but they all ap-peared to be calm and in good spirits. A second bus picked up the students and brought them to school where they were as-sessed by the nurse. Par-ents of the students in-volved were notified of the incident, Wilharber said.

— Jessica Harper

Diversity rising, enrollment stable in District 196 by Jessica Harper

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Dis-trict has become increas-ingly diverse over the past 10 years, yet enrollment has remained about the same, according to an Oct. 1 re-port. Enrollment of minority students has grown slightly over the past year with black students accounting for 12 percent of the stu-dent population, Hispanics 7 percent, Asians 9 percent and American Indians 0.54 percent, according to the report, which was presented to the School Board on Oct. 14. The population of white students in the district has fallen slightly to 69 percent. “I think the changes we’ve seen will continue in the future,” Board Member Rob Duchscher said. Elementary schools have the most diversity in

District 196 with minority students making up 33.76 percent of the elementary population. This is above the state average of 27.02 percent for elementary schools. Over the past 10 years the district’s minority popu-lation has risen from 15 to 30.12 percent. At the same time, the dis-trict’s portion of students who speak English as a sec-ond language has grown. English Language Learners make up 5.39 percent of the district as of Oct. 1, which is an increase from 2003 when it was 3.92 percent. Statewide, 6.94 percent of students speak English as a second language. In addition to becom-ing more diverse, District 196 has seen more students qualify for free and re-duced meals over the past 10 years. The percentage of students who receive free or reduced meals has gone

from 9.2 percent n 2003 to 23.20 percent in 2013. “I’m surprised we are not seeing a greater increase in free and reduced meals with the economy,” Duch-scher said. Total enrollment — which includes all students in kindergarten through grade 12, plus students in center-based special educa-tion and early childhood special education programs — has increased slightly (0.13 percent) to 27,202 be-tween Oct. 1, 2012 and Oct. 1, 2013. “We’ve been holding our own,” said Kim Reis, stu-dent information supervi-sor for District 196. The K-12 only enroll-ment is 25,993 students, which is a 0.25 percent in-crease over the past year and 0.18 percent more than projected by the district last November for purposes of preparing the 2013-14 preliminary budget. The

final budget presented to the board in December will reflect actual enrollments from the Oct. 1 count. The largest growth was within the elementary schools, which saw enroll-ment increase 1.1 percent to 11,679. Although enrollment picked up at district elemen-tary schools, the 2013 kin-dergarten class was among the smallest in recent years with 1,782. “This is not a trend though,” Reis said. “Kin-dergarten enrollment has been fluctuating for a while.” This year, seniors make up the largest class with 2,113 students, but enroll-ment at district high schools has dropped by 1.8 percent to 8,319 over the past year.


Education Briefs


Invest in District 196 To the editor: An assured Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca once professed, “If you can find a better car, buy it.” On Nov. 5, the residents in District 196 will have an opportunity to commit with their vote and their dollars. While the current District 196 levy does not expire for two years, a con-tinuing operating gap with the current levy and future projected shortfalls if no levy is passed bring pause for reflection. Since 2009, the district has made over $34 mil-lion in cuts as a result of adjusted state aid that has not kept pace with infla-tion and student growth. As a result, class sizes have increased, hundreds of po-sitions have been eliminat-ed with retained employee

salaries frozen until this year, and fees increased on students who participated in co-curricular activities. If the levy is not passed, the trend will continue as Jeff Solomon, Dis-trict 196 finance director, would again have to make excruitiating cuts that would negatively impact the quality of the prod-uct. The practice of de-funding success, especially our schools rewarded by Minnesota’s Department of Education, and recent winners and finalists for teacher of the year within the district; is a surefire way to erode the quality of both public institutions and private enterprise. Filling a $30 million budget shortfall over the next two years can no longer be exclusively ad-dressed through pencil-sharpening frugality. The objective of a levy

approval is to provide the best opportunity for all children to succeed ar-tistically, academically, and athletically while still maintaining a quality, val-ue-conscious investment in education. A yes vote on the levy translates to countless rewards in classroom achievement, band perfor-mances, gifted and talent-ed programs, and B-team athletics with a support staff retained to manage a challenging, yet leveled, classroom size. What better investment could be made for less than $5 more a month in total school taxes (based on the average district home value this year) that enhances our students’ knowledge and experi-ence to provide the spark for our next generation of achievers? A bill with our 16th President on it buys

a whole lot now and vests many future returns. Vote YES on Nov. 5.

JEFF BECKEREagan

Levy approval would avoid more cuts To the editor: District 196 has a tax levy vote on the November ballot. If this levy does not

pass, District 196 will cut $30 million over the next two academic years and our schools, students, and community will pay the price. Why pass this tax levy? District 196 has excel-lent schools and it is best for all in our community, the young and the old, that we keep it that way. The education our young people receive in District 196 gives them the tools they need to lead fulfilling

and productive lives, to be-come contributors to soci-ety, and to compete in the local, national, and global economy. Our entire community benefits from the excel-lent education our stu-dents receive in District 196, even for households without school-aged chil-dren. Good schools help the community by build-ing a stronger and better

Opinion

Letters

Bus rapid transit trumps $1.2 billion for rail project

Children’s futures are on the line with levy vote

by Mary SherrySPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Elected officials have to weigh many competing options – usually all good – when it comes to spending taxpayer money. I should know; I am an elected official – a Burnsville City Council mem-ber to be specific. When I see the number of options competing for scarce public transit funding, I try to think like a de-cision maker, even if I am not the one making the decision. Thus, I must respond to the Oct. 4 edi-torial, “LRT needs to move ahead as part of a long-term statewide plan.” I believe the Metropolitan Council should review and potentially reconsider its investment in the Southwest Light Rail Transit proj-ect. Here is why. According to background informa-tion available, the Southwest LRT is ex-pected to cost nearly $1.2 billion. This in-vestment would result in approximately 15 miles of new light-rail track (and the things associated with it). In my opin-ion, $1.2 billion could complete a num-ber of other transportation projects that would have a broader impact in the Twin Cities.

Take, for example, the I-35W corridor. The Metropolitan Council is also work-ing to develop the Orange Line using bus rapid transit. BRT, in contrast to LRT, uses buses on existing roadway corridors rather than requiring the development of a train system. There are, however, many similarities between the two. BRT buses would use their own lanes/shoulders to provide quick and efficient movement through traffic. They would follow a very regular and con-sistent schedule, similar to that of light rail. Most important, they would connect people to and from destinations without the need of a personal automobile. This BRT Orange Line project would require stations along the I-35W cor-ridor at the already existing Burnsville Minnesota Valley Transit Authority Bus

Station, 98th Street, American Boule-vard (near Best Buy and Southtown), 66th Street, an already constructed 46th Street station, Lake Street and several downtown Minneapolis stops. This project would also require and result in interchange improvements at I-494/I-35W and Lake Street/I-35W. These interchange improvements would have the dual benefit of improving mobility for both transit users and motorists. The very roughly estimated cost for this proj-ect is $300 million, including the inter-change improvements. This is obviously a very large invest-ment, but it is only 25 percent of the base project cost for the Southwest LRT. Us-ing that math, the Metropolitan Coun-cil could construct four similarly scoped BRT projects for the cost of the lone Southwest LRT project. Four BRT proj-ects would also benefit a larger percent-age of commuters. My opinion is not that the Southwest LRT project is a “bad” project. For three years, I commuted to downtown Minne-apolis via the Hiawatha Line. It is an im-pressive part of the transit system. How-ever, when I consider that this is “other people’s money,” I question the value the

entire metropolitan region would receive from this investment. To me, it seems there are other more cost-effective op-tions to move people to and from work and recreation. This is also not a “suburban” rant against transit. As I’ve noted, I am a strong supporter of mass transit. How-ever, I would recommend transit projects that would (likely) connect with more users and more destinations. While the Metropolitan Council may certainly have documentation that the project is cost ef-fective, I would just point out again that $1.2 billion is a lot of money for 15 miles of track. When the city of Burnsville develops its capital improvement plans, we try to find the best value for the taxpayers in Burnsville. I’m not sure this project does that for the taxpayers in the metropolitan region. I know how I would vote on this proj-ect if I had the chance. How about you?

Mary Sherry is a Burnsville City Council member serving her second term. She rep-resents Burnsville as an alternate member of the I-35W Solutions Alliance. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

by Bill TschohlSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

It is important that Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District residents vote on Nov. 5. Our children’s futures are in our hands. We have 150,000 residents in the district with 90,000 registered vot-ers. Typically only 33 percent of parents with children in the district schools vote per available data. In 2010 when major political offices were on the ballot 60,000 voted. In 2005 when no major offices were up for election only 18,000 voted. We will possibly see a similar low turnout this year, which means every vote really matters. Failure to pass the levy referen-dum will negatively affect many. District 196 has 3,600 employees, in-cluding 2,000 teachers, making it the sec-ond largest employer in the district. Ap-proximately 70 percent of district staff lives in the district. If it is necessary to let go a number of teachers and staff, their loss of jobs will dramatically affect our local economy and home values. We are just starting to come out of a recession. Property values are starting to show signs of recovery. If the levy is not passed, it means severe cuts in employ-ment and services throughout the school system. This could again bring down home values by as much as 5-10 per-cent over a period of time. If hundreds of teachers are let go, they will look for

opportunities elsewhere. This will be our loss. We have some of the best teachers. It would take years before experienced high quality teachers would want to look at our district again. We all like stability. We would like to continue to attract the best. We are the ones making decisions for young people that will affect their lives forever. We want our young people to have the same or better opportunities than we enjoyed. Voting “yes” on the levy referendum will allow students to enjoy the benefits and opportunities they deserve. The community’s attitude toward the levy appears pretty close. Favorable re-sults will depend on voter turnout. If you are a believer in the levy, we need you to talk to your friends and neighbors about voting. On Nov. 5, voters will elect three School Board positions currently held by Art Coulson, Gary Huusko and Mike Roseen. There is only one challenger, Craig Angrimson, of Apple Valley. We

have experienced good leadership un-der the direction of the present School Board members and Superintendent Jane Berenz. In September Apple Valley was ranked No. 17 in the nation for cities un-der 50,000 on Money Magazine’s Ameri-ca’s Best Places to Live list. Much of this is due to the leadership of Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland and the City Council and the good school system. Three cit-ies in Minnesota in this category were selected among the top 50. These cities score high on many of the qualities that families look for in a hometown. Mon-ey Magazine reported that when decid-ing on a great place to live they ranked what was most important with afford-able housing at 35 percent, top ranked schools at 30 percent, lots of stuff to do at 21 percent and good high paying jobs at 14 percent. This ranking helps bring business and new homeowners to the area. The School Board has already made $34 million in budget adjustments with-in the last four years resulting in larger class sizes. If not passed, we will see fur-ther class size increases across all grade levels, leaving less individual attention to students. The fifth-grade band program would be eliminated. Three-fourths of this year’s fifth-grade students are par-ticipating in band; future fifth-graders would not have that same opportunity if

the levy is not approved. The more than 300 ninth-grade students participating in B-team sports this year would not have the option to play for their school. Fees for those who are playing high school athletics would increase by 20 percent for all sports. And the list goes on. If the levy passes, we would not need to make those cuts and total school dis-trict taxes on the $225,000 average-value home in District 196 would increase by $56 from this year to next year. The re-quest is to extend the district’s existing levy, which would otherwise expire in two years, and increase it by $10 million for the next 10 years. The tax impact of the current levy is $176 per year on the average-value home. If the levy increase is approved, the total tax impact would be $360 per year. Following the unsuccessful 2010 levy vote, the School Board approved a third straight year of budget adjustments which totaled $34 million over three years. It included elimination of more than 100 teaching positions. We cannot afford to see this happen again. Remember to vote on Nov. 5. The fu-ture of our children depends on you.

Bill Tschohl is a resident of Apple Valley. He was a Realtor with Coldwell Banker Burnet when he retired in 2012 after a 32-year career in residential real estate. Col-umns reflect the opinion of the author.

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School Board sets 2014 levy maximum Action reverses prior decision

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


The Lakeville Area School Board approved a proposed maximum 2014 levy (without referendum) of $30.2 million at an Oct. 8 meeting. Michael Baumann, Dis-trict 194 executive director of business services, said the amount is a 5 percent reduction from the $31.8 million levy of 2013 and the maximum allowed by the Minnesota Depart-ment of Education. The proposed levy amount could still be re-duced before final adop-tion of the levy in Decem-ber. Last month, the board had authorized certifica-tion for a $31.6 million levy maximum, but Bau-mann said the Department of Education implemented unprecedented changes to the levy calculations after deadline. He said the changes, caused because state sales tax revenues were less than anticipated, affected school districts across the state. In Lakeville, Baumann said the changes caused a reduction in the general fund component of the levy. According to the dis-trict, 80 percent of general fund revenue ($104.2 mil-lion 2012-13) is from the state; about 18 percent is

from local taxes, and about 2.5 percent is federally funded. Since 2008, district data shows state money to its general fund has increased and enrollment is on a de-cline. The district received $9,480 per student in 2013, down from $9,567 in 2012, but more than 2011 when the district was paid $9,148 per student, according to a district data sheet. Most years, per-student funding has not kept up with per-pupil spending from the general fund, which in 2011 was $9,493, $9,117 in 2012 and $9,616 in 2013, according to Dis-trict 194. In three years, the dis-trict reported student has enrollment dropped by about 4 percent, from 11,084 students in 2010 to 10,625 students in 2013. The amount levied by the district has also varied over the years, according to its data. From 2005 to 2009, the district’s levy increased from $21.8 million to $32.3 million; in 2011, it hit a high of $33.3 million and has been on the decline since; this year it was $31.8 million, down from $32.1 million in 2012. The district reported 51 percent of the proposed 2014 levy without referen-dum will be used to fund debt, 46 percent is to cover

the general fund and 3 per-cent goes to community services, including school age care, early childhood education, home visits and services for adults with dis-abilities. A truth in taxation meeting to receive public comment is Tuesday, Nov. 26, in the district office at 7 p.m. The board is expected to certify the final levy at its Dec. 10 meeting. Under prior informa-tion from the state, the board had passed on Sept. 27 a maximum levy of $31.6 million, $200,000 less than the district had initial-ly proposed. School Board Member Bob Erickson had request-ed the $200,000 budget reduction because the dis-trict is seeking a $5.6 mil-lion levy referendum in the Nov. 5 special election. He suggested making the cuts from the proposed levy increase for retiree benefits. In 2012, the district add-ed a $604,000 levy to fund retiree benefits that include life and health insurance. The district had pro-posed increasing the re-tiree benefit funding to $805,656. In prior years, the ben-efits were funded through the general fund. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].


educated labor force, at-tracting talented, able, and educated people, at-tracting high quality em-ployers, decreasing crime, dropout rates, and delin-quency, and increasing property values. If this levy does not pass, District 196 will need to cut $10 million for 2014-15, and $20 million for 2015-2016. It already cut $34 million, includ-ing more than 100 teach-ers, in the last four years. Additional wholesale cuts will negatively impact our students’ schooling and educational experiences. What happens if the new tax levy does not pass on Nov. 5? Class sizes will increase, fifth-grade band and some middle school athletics will disappear, fees will increase for aca-demics, arts, and athlet-ics, student support staff and gifted and talented funding will decrease, and more cuts will be made. District 196 has cut enough in the past four years. What are the tax impli-cations of this proposed levy? For the average house in the school dis-trict, valued at $225,000, overall property taxes would increase by $56 comparing last year to next year if the levy were to pass. I am certainly willing to pay the addi-tional taxes to support our schools. I hope others are, too. Please vote to pass the new school levy tax for District 196 on Nov. 5.

DONNA GIBBONSApple Valley

Vote yes for our local community To the editor: On Nov. 5, District 196

residents will have the op-portunity to vote on a levy referendum ques-tion that will provide ad-ditional funding for our public schools. The Dis-trict 196 administration has provided the relevant facts that help answer the questions that many of us have such as, “What will be cut if the levy is not passed?”, “What cuts has the District already made?”, and “How will the levy affect my prop-erty taxes?” on its website (district196.org). I en-courage everyone to get informed before voting on Election Day. In addition to under-standing the financial de-tails of the levy, I would encourage voters to con-sider two other factors you will not see on the district’s website. • We live in a global economy that rewards the best educated. To-day’s students are tomor-row’s business leaders and employees. District 196 schools must produce world-class students who can compete not only across the state of Min-nesota, but across the globe. A well-educated workforce is essential to our local economy and Minnesota’s long-term economic success. • Supporting the levy benefits our community directly. The additional money raised by the levy does not flow back to the state or federal govern-ment. We have witnessed everything from educa-tion payment shifts at the state, to the current government shutdown and debt ceiling debate at the federal level. The lo-cal levy on the ballot this fall helps to ensure the financial stability of our schools despite the politi-cal games played by state and federal politicians. Making further cuts to

our local schools is not a long-term winning strat-egy. Supporting the levy will directly benefit our local schools, our chil-dren, and the future talent pool for local businesses. Vote “yes” on Nov. 5 in support of strong District 196 schools. MICHAEL GRONEBERGEagan

‘Macy’s, now open on ThanksgivingTo the editor: The world we share and these lives we lead have an order (or bal-ance) that pervades them. Examples of this are so commonplace we often do not think about them. Some examples: Citizens have rights and respon-sibilities; people have moms and dads, etc. Sadly, such order is not always clear to us in everyday life. Despite our lack of clarity, we do well when we attempt to prop-erly balance our civic lives and personal lives that mirrors the larger common order. Why am I reviewing such a seemingly arcane bit of philosophy? Be-cause sometimes things that seem to me to be vio-lations of this order have a direct and negative im-pact on others. One such example is Macy’s recent announcement that it is breaking a 155-year-old tradition in order to be open on Thanksgiv-ing Day. I won’t pick on Macy’s. They are simply the most recent business to follow a trend that has more and more retail workers away from their family and friends on that special Thursday and the wee hours of Black Fri-day when families should be spending time togeth-

er. The Legislature spends quite a bit of time dis-cussing policies like the minimum wage, a livable wage, and what the cor-rect balance is that will reward labor without raising costs to a level that reduces employers’ ability to hire people. These are good and important dis-cussions. It is right that people are rewarded for their labors. It is right that businesses can con-duct their work with a great degree of freedom. It is clear that the Legis-lature cannot and should not be the chief mediator between people and em-ployers. The preceding obser-vations are simply pro-logue to this simple re-quest. Can we as parents, children, consumers and employers please restrain our shopping impulses for one day? Would you be willing to hold off shopping for 24 hours in order to have your son, daughter, mother, fa-ther, relatives or friends around the table with you on Thanksgiving Thurs-day? There is a bigger order to these lives we share. We are more than consumers. We are family!

DAN HALLState senator, District 56, Burnsville

Obermueller’s orchestraTo the editor: Second District candi-date Mike Obermueller be-lieves that positive contri-butions come from various sources in a government that works well together for people who have an invest-ment in it. His belief comes from a commitment to un-derlying harmony, based on the shared promise of opportunity for, and the well-being of, the people in our diverse country. Ober-mueller pursued this policy effectively in his work as a state representative in the Legislature in St. Paul, helping to forge bipartisan agreements on education and economic develop-ment.

In recent weeks people in Congress have insisted they are right, and that government needs to run according to their scenario and script. Musically, they want to write the score. And we’ve heard some jar-ring, expensive clinkers in the public discourse lately. As a kid, I remember an ad about integration and tolerance. It featured Ben-ny Goodman’s ethnically-mixed jazz quartet, with African-Americans, a Jew, and a Polish-Catholic. This diverse group played to-gether with the excellence, balance and harmony that America sought in postwar years. Obermueller is a can-didate for Congress who remains true to his beliefs, and believes sacrifices in personal opinion can some-times forward orderly prog-ress in our society. Unlike some, he thinks there can be a positive role to take when a challenge isn’t be-ing addressed elsewhere. He supports the ability of our government to pay its debt, and to avoid unnecessary expenditure from needless shutdown. Interestingly, Obermueller suggests we can do this by listening and harmonizing well together.

PAUL HOFFINGEREagan

Every levy vote counts To the editor: As a resident of Lake-ville for the past 18 years I have sadly witnessed the dismantling of our Lakeville public school system. Of the 20 largest metropolitan school dis-tricts we are now at the bottom of the list in per pupil funding. Because of this lack of financial support our schools have had to elimi-nate or cut back on many programs including, but not limited to, elemen-tary art and band, our successful middle school teaming, early bird class-es and even foreign lan-guages even though our students will have to com-pete for jobs in a global economy.

In addition, class sizes in Lakeville public schools are the highest in the metropolitan area. This is occurring while our teachers have to deal with ever increasing chal-lenges including special needs students of all abil-ity levels, lock down secu-rity training, and more. The simple fact is that our schools cannot offer nearly the same level of education to our students as other districts when our revenue per student is lowest of all the large metro districts. Even if this levy passes our rev-enue per student will still be in the bottom third of all large metro districts. This levy will not bring back all the programs that have been cut, nor will it lower our class siz-es to appropriate levels. But at least it will avoid further deterioration of the school system that we moved here for 18 years ago. For the sake of our community, I urge all voters to get to the polls and vote yes on Nov. 5. Every vote counts!

TOM TRAUBLakeville

More education on levy To the editor: After reading the latest round of letters support-ing the School District 196 levy, it appears more education is in order. After adjusting for the new state funding, pass-ing the levy will increase taxes on the average val-ued house by $58. But de-feating the levy would re-sult in a decrease of $128. That’s still a $186 swing, which is the actual cost of the new levy over the next two years. Then add the cost of extending the cur-rent levy for an additional eight years and the 10-year cost is still around $3,250. That’s obviously more than a few cups of coffee per week. KEVIN SCHLEPPENBACHApple Valley

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Raised a Jehovah’s Witness, James Zimmer-man says his break with the religion at age 31 came with painful reper-cussions. “Immediately, there was a lot of anxiety, con-frontation with friends and family, because people who leave are shunned,” said the Burns-ville native, now 38. “Those were difficult things to handle at first because that was my life.” Zimmerman, who was a member of two Dakota County congregations of Jehovah’s Witness-es, chronicles his split with the religion in the memoir “Deliverance at Hand: The Redemption of a Devout Jehovah’s Witness.” Zimmerman will be discussing his book as the featured speaker at the Minnesota Atheists’ meeting at 2 p.m. Sun-day, Oct. 20, at the Apple Valley Community Cen-

ter, 14603 Hayes Road. The event is free and open to the public. Two years af-ter leaving the Jehovah’s Wit-nesses, Zimmer-man got involved with the Min-nesota Atheists, serving as editor of the nonprofit group’s newsletter, as well as host of the “Atheists Talk” television show. Now a St. Paul resi-dent and employed by a Twin Cities medical de-vice company, he remains active in the Minnesota Atheists as a member of the group’s editorial board. Minnesota Atheists president Eric Jayne, of Apple Valley, said “De-liverance at Hand” helps to shed light on the fall-out that can occur when someone leaves a reli-gious community. For Zimmerman, one consequence of leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses was the end of his rela-

tionship with his four grandpar-ents, who are all members of the church. “There are some very powerful family dynamics at play in James’s story that I think are quite interest-ing and identifi-

able to many of us re-gardless of religious – or non-religious – identity,” Jayne said. “I think James does a wonderful job illustrat-ing his struggle with com-ing out to family, friends and colleagues about his atheist identity.” “Deliverance at Hand” was published this month by Minne-sota-based Freethought House and is available through online book-sellers such as Amazon. More about the book is at www.facebook.com/deliveranceathand.

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‘Deliverance at Hand’ author set to speak Oct. 20 in Apple Valley

Burnsville looks to strengthen massage ordinance by John Gessner


Burnsville will take a fresh look at its massage licensing ordinance, City Council members agreed at an Oct. 15 work session. Police Capt. Jef Behnk-en said city staffers are considering ways to close “loopholes” in the ordi-nance and ensure that Burnsville massage busi-nesses practice the “pro-fessional standards our community wants.” In an interview, Behnk-en said there have been re-ports of website postings

about “erotic” activities at some Burnsville massage businesses. Asked about pos-sible prostitution, he said there’s “no prostitution at all that we’re aware of” at any of the businesses. In looking to strength-en its ordinance, Burns-ville is following the lead of other cities including Bloomington, Minneton-ka, Eden Prairie, Roches-ter and Woodbury. The Police Department, city licensing staff and city attorney are seeking ordi-nance changes that would provide for regular inspec-

tions of the businesses, which don’t happen now. They’re seeking lan-guage to require “appro-priate body coverings for employees and custom-ers.” Other proposed chang-es are requiring visibility into the businesses (but not the treatment rooms) and ensuring “appropriate advertising practices.” “I would hope you’d also take a look at web-sites,” Council Member Mary Sherry said. “That’s the current fo-cus,” Behnken replied. City staffers also want

language reaffirming that the city will investigate all massage license appli-cants. The city plans to hold a meeting with existing licenseholders and have ordinance changes ready for council action by next March. Council Member Bill Coughlin wondered what massage services affiliated with medical clinics would have to say about new reg-ulations. “Whatever’s good for one will have to be good for all,” he said. The city has issued 50

licenses for massage “en-terprises” — 40 of them with storefronts and 10 that provide outcall ser-vices at various locations. A total of 172 people have massage licenses that allow them to work at only one storefront location. In July 2011 the coun-cil approved ordinance changes requiring profes-sional certification and a minimum number of training hours in massage therapy. The council established a new fee schedule to cov-er the cost of background checks.

“Consideration was also given for the existing licenseholders in place at the time of adoption of the ordinance,” a city staff report said. “Also, input was sought from the ex-isting licenseholders and business community as part of the process.” Since those changes, “there have been some concerns about inadequa-cies in the ordinance,” the report said.

John Gessner can be reached at (952) 846-2031 or email [email protected].

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Lakeville woman, family place hopes on brain surgery



Lori Williams rarely leaves the house anymore. The 38-year-old Lakeville wife, mother, former active volunteer, sales professional and car racing fan has been sidelined with torticollis and dystonia, progressively de-bilitating conditions that cause uncontrol-lable muscle spasms and upper body con-tortions that leave her in excruciating pain. “She has spasms in her neck, her head tilts to the side and she can’t straighten up,” said friend Natalie Bartyzal of Lake-ville. Lori’s conditions have become so bad that she has been at home on a morphine drip for about two years, while her hus-band Andy Williams struggles to care for her and their two sons, while managing work, daily responsibilities, the house and paying rapidly mounting medical bills. Lori’s disorders were triggered after she suffered multiple injuries in three separate car crashes she did not cause, including a rear-end collision and a passenger-side car crash during a ride-along with a Burnsville police officer. That crash was so severe that Andy said rescuers had to cut her out of the squad car, which was hit by a driver running a red light. Lori has spent years meeting doctors around the country, seeking some kind of treatment for her increasingly painful and debilitating symptoms. Nobody offered hope until she met Dr. Michael Rezak, a Chicago neurologist who is now giving the couple hope that Lori can return to a normal life. Previously, Lori was active in Lake-ville’s sports community, a busy mom de-voted to her family, including sons Chris, 15, and a student at Lakeville South High School, and Cameron, 11, a sixth-grader at Kenwood Trail Middle School. She and Andy served for about five years as commissioners of the Lakeville Baseball Association’s in-house program and helped coach their boys’ various teams; Lori was well known for helping others in the com-munity and supported her brother’s racing activities at Elko Speedway. Lori used to work in sales; more recent-ly she ran a child care. Now, Lori is confined to a wheelchair, barely able to stand and in constant pain. “She wants to go back to work,” Andy said. “She hates staying home.” With Rezak, Lori has new hope of re-turning to a closer reflection of her previ-ous life.

She is scheduled to undergo brain sur-gery in December to implant two elec-trodes that would eventually receive mild shock waves. Andy said the treatments are expected to reduce the pain and alleviate symptoms. Preparing for the surgery requires the family to make five or six trips to Chicago, with Andy taking days off his job with the city of Minneapolis and adding to the pile of medical bills. “We’re struggling,” Andy said. “There are a lot of medical bills we are trying to pay that puts a damper on everything. There is not an ounce of extra money.” Andy said he is also frequently fighting with the insurance company to cover treat-ments. A fundraiser is planned 6-9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at Babe’s Sports Bar & Grill, 20685 Holyoke Ave. in Lakeville. Tickets are $10 at the door and will in-clude a raffle and silent auction; beer will be free from 6-8 p.m. Auction items include a wall of wine, Pahl’s Market gift basket and a Lakeville South High School rhinestone studded sweatshirt and mittens. Funds raised will help pay for travel, a motorized wheelchair and medical bills. Andy said they are grateful for support they have received, noting it is difficult for them to ask for help, but their situation is dire. “She has never been in a crash she caused,” Andy said. “She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Donations to help the family can also be made at US Bank, 20191 Iberia Ave., Lakeville MN, 55044, care of the Lori J. Williams Donation Account. For more information, visit www.car-ingbridge.org/visit/loriwilliams2.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Lori Williams

Apartment property manager charged with theft, forgery Alleged thefts of rent money at a Burnsville apartment complex last year are being blamed on the person who managed the property. Kathryn Ann Blanken-ship, 37, of Brooklyn Park, was charged Oct. 2 with fel-ony counts of aggregating theft and check forgery. Her roommate is also charged in the alleged scheme. Burnsville police re-ceived a report last De-cember of employee theft at Shalimar Estates Apart-ments, 13332 Parkwood Drive. An audit by owner Gaughan Cos. showed rent deposits totaling $6,548 missing for October and November, according to the criminal complaint. Interviewed by a com-pany official, Blankenship said she had deposited all

the money in the company bank account and denied taking any of it, the com-plaint said. The official interviewed several tenants from whom rent was missing. They said they gave Blankenship money orders, and she ad-vised them to leave “pay to the order of” blank, the complaint said. Copies of four of the money orders were ob-tained. Three were made payable to Blankenship and one to her roommate, the complaint said. They were cashed at Walmart stores. The company official also said rent cash pay-ments made by two tenants on Dec. 2, totaling $2,440, were missing, the complaint said. Police interviewed ten-ants and obtained search

warrants. According to the complaint, their investiga-tion showed that between last Oct. 1 and Nov. 30, Blankenship cashed three money orders totaling $672 at a Bloomington Walmart, two money orders total-ing $600 at the Burnsville Walmart, and a $350 mon-ey order at an unknown lo-cation. Also during that period, the roommate, Rachael Elizabeth Ekholm, cashed a $302 money order at the Burnsville Walmart and an $800 money order at an un-known location, the com-plaint said. Ekholm, 34, of Minne-apolis, is also charged with felony aggregating theft and check forgery.

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com. • Wednesday, Oct. 23, 8 a.m. to noon, Real World Ready Career Day, Burnsville High School. Free. Informa-tion: 952-435-6000, [email protected]. Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Oct. 22, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Business After Hours, Hope Glen Farm, 10276 E. Point Douglas Road S., Cottage Grove. Informa-tion: Jessy Annoni, 651-288-9202, [email protected]. • Thursday, Oct. 24, 7:30-

9 a.m., Breakfast With Cham-pions – Leading Your Team to Higher Levels of Perfor-mance, Argosy University, 1515 Central Parkway, Ea-gan. Speaker: Dr. Jim Bohn. Cost: $20 members, $30 non-members. Information: Jessy Annoni, 651-288-9202, [email protected]. • Friday, Oct. 25, 7:30-9 a.m., Legislative Breakfast Series – Education for the Future, The Commons on Marice, 1380 Marice Drive, Eagan. Speakers: Sen. Greg Clausen, Rep. Anna Wills. ISD 196 Superintendent Jane Berenz will be on hand to

discuss the District 196 levy referendum. Cost: $25. Infor-mation: Jessy Annoni, 651-288-9202, [email protected]. • Tuesday, Oct. 29, 7:30-9 a.m., ISD 197 School Board Candidate Forum, Mendota Heights City Hall, 1101 Victo-ria Curve, Mendota Heights. Information: Jessy Annoni, 651-288-9202, [email protected]. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Oct. 22, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., CAbi open house with fashion stylist Karen McDonald, chamber

conference room. • Saturday, Oct. 26, 2-4 p.m., Downtown Lakeville Business Association Trick or Treat, post office mall. • Tuesday, Oct. 29, 7:30-9 a.m., New Member Orien-tation, chamber conference room, 19950 Dodd Blvd., Suite 101, Lakeville. RSVP by Oct. 28, 952-469-2020. • Friday, Nov. 1, 6-11 p.m., Fall Gala, Brackett’s Crossing Country Club, 17976 Judicial Road, Lakeville. Cost: $125. Sponsorships available. In-formation: Todd Bornhauser, [email protected].

James Barton recognized Apple Valley-based James Barton Design-Build was re-cently recognized in both the Qualified Remodeler Magazine Top 500 and Remodeling Maga-zine Top 550. Each year Qualified Remod-eler Top 500 recognizes remod-eling businesses for their success in terms of years in business, industry certification, dollar volume, industry awards and community service. The Top 500 is the longest ongoing recogni-tion program in the remodeling industry. In 2013 JBDB ranked No. 250. The Remodeling Magazine Top 550 recognizes the larg-est full-service remodeling and home improvement companies in the nation. JBDB ranked No. 88 in 2013.

Let’s Dish celebrates 10 years Let’s Dish will mark its 10th anniversary with special of-fers and samples from 3-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at its five Twin

Cities locations, including 15052 Gleason Path, Suite 103A, Ap-ple Valley. Let’s Dish offers families a place to assemble or pick up ready-to-prepare meals at home. Anniversary events include wine tasting, samples, prize drawings, and the opportunity to dish a meal for $15. One $500 grand prize gift card and 10 $50 gift cards will be awarded at each location.

Open house at insurance agency The AAA Patrick Bevan In-surance Agency in Apple Valley will hold a Trick-N-Greet open house in celebration of its one-year anniversary from 3-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30. The event will feature mini pork sandwich-es, cotton candy, beverages and Halloween activities. A bake sale also will be held with pro-ceeds benefiting the Susan G. Komen-Minnesota affiliate. The agency is at 7600 147th St. W., Suite 102, Apple Valley. Call 952-891-5566 for more in-formation.

Home Depot helps Majestic Hills On Oct. 11, The Home Depot Foundation transformed Majes-tic Hills Ranch, a therapeutic horse-riding facility in Lake-ville. More than 20 Team Depot associates updated the facility so that the ranch can continue to serve the veterans who utilize it. Home Depot volunteers helped to build a retaining wall and wheelchair ramp. They also updated landscaping and paint-ed sheds. The effort was part of The Home Depot Foundation’s third annual Celebration of Service campaign, a two-month initia-tive between Sept. 11 and Veter-ans Day.

Aid offered to members affected by shutdown US Federal Credit Union, Burnsville, is offering aid and education to federal employees who have been affected by the recent government shutdown. Borrower Resources is a pro-gram provided by US Federal’s asset protection department and

includes easy-to-use tools de-signed to help members through times of financial strain. These resources include loan consoli-dation, loan payment relief and loan restructuring. US Federal offers a signa-ture loan program to get mon-ey in members’ accounts fast and which requires no collat-eral. Members can borrow small amounts at a short term and de-fer the first payment for up to 90 days. US Federal is also offering penalty-free withdrawals on US-FCU share certificates to those impacted by the federal govern-ment shutdown. US Federal members are al-ways eligible for free, one-to-one financial counseling through Lutheran Social Service. For more information or to set up a complimentary session, visit www.lssmn.org/debt-counsel-ing. If the shutdown persists, visit www.usfed.org to learn more about helpful seminars hosted by US Federal and Lutheran So-cial Service. The “Surviving the Shutdown” education program is a free, no-obligation benefit of US Federal Credit Union.

Cyber security summit is Oct. 22-23 The Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Da-kota is sponsoring Cyber Secu-rity Summit 2013 on Oct. 22-23 in Minneapolis. The focus of the summit is to educate attendees on cyber threats and provide ac-tionable solutions. This year’s summit will show-case prominent keynote speak-ers and panel discussions, a VIP reception, networking opportu-nities and an exhibit area featur-ing leading industry organiza-tions. Topics addressed at the sum-mit will include risk manage-ment, security intelligence, the privacy debate, the executive response, data breach and the consequences of inaction. Summit participants will learn about the security strate-gies that are working today, the strategies that are not working and the latest trends in cyber se-curity. Online registration is avail-able at cybersecuritysummit.org.

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‘Real WorldReady’ career fair set for Oct. 23 at BHS In celebration of Min-nesota Manufacturers Week Oct. 20-26, the city of Burnsville, the Burnsville Chamber of Commerce and School District 191 will hold a “Real World Ready” Career Day Wednesday, Oct. 23, at Burnsville High School. The career fair, open to BHS students, will feature a number of Burnsville ST-HEM businesses (science, technology, health care, en-gineering and math). Burnsville currently ranks 10th among Min-

nesota cities for number of manufacturing firms, and more than 1,000 of those businesses have a STHEM base of employment. Burnsville business rep-resentatives are invited to hear Bill Blazer, senior vice president of public affairs and business development with the Minnesota Cham-ber of Commerce, speak on “How is Minnesota’s Econ-omy Changing.” Stacy Klein Dahlin, a Minnesota Workforce spe-cialist, will address BHS students on “Career Op-

tions of the Future.” Blazer’s address is from 8-8:45 a.m. Dahlin’s is from 9-9:45 a.m. The career fair is from 10 a.m. to noon. Businesses interested in hosting a career fair booth or attending the Bill Blazer presentation should con-tact the Burnsville chamber at 952-898-5642 or at [email protected]. For more information visit www.burnsville.org/whyburnsville.

Workforce Investment Board appoints new members At its meeting on Oct. 1, the Dakota County Board of Commission-ers appointed Claire Giancola-Belmares, di-rector of talent acquisi-tion – Thomson Legal at Thomson Reuters, and Vance Boelter, plant manager at Lettieri’s in Shakopee, to the Dako-ta-Scott Workforce In-vestment Board. Giancola-Belmares will fill a vacancy on the board representing large business in the private

sector. She has more than 15 years of experience in human resources, holds numerous certifications and maintains member-ships in various human resource associations and boards. Boelter will fill a va-cancy on the board rep-resenting small business in the private sector. He has extensive experience in the food manufactur-ing industry and cur-rently oversees produc-tion operations, quality,

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Judge appointed to fill district court vacancy Colleen Goggins King, of New Prague, was ap-pointed to fill the First Judicial District Court vacancy created by the re-tirement earlier this year of Michael V. Sovis, of Apple Valley. King, who will be chambered at Hastings, works as a partner with New Prague-based Worn-son, Goggins, Zard, Neis-en, Morris & King, where she maintains a general practice that includes family law, criminal de-fense, estate planning, probate, conservator/guardianship matters and civil litigation. “Throughout her ca-reer, (she) has demon-strated a strong commit-ment to justice, and to the well-being of her commu-nity,” Gov. Mark Dayton said on Tuesday of the appointment he made based on the Commission on Judicial Selection’s recommendation. “I am pleased to appoint (her) to serve as district court judge, and I am confident she will serve the people of the First District with distinction.” Previously, King served as a part-time pub-

lic defender for Scott, Da-kota and McLeod coun-ties and was an attorney with Apple Valley-based McDonough, Wagner & Ho. She earned her bach-elor of arts degree from the College of St. Bene-dict and her juris doc-torate from the Hamline University School of Law. King is a founding board member of the New Prague Area Educa-tion Foundation, a mem-ber of the Rotary of New Prague and a volunteer teacher for St. Wenc-eslaus Church’s Chil-dren’s Liturgy. Sovis, who retired after he pleaded guilty to and was sentenced in May for third-degree driving under the influence stem-ming from his Dec. 24, 2012, arrest in St. Paul, was appointed to the bench in 1998 by Gov. Rudy Perpich. Sovis won elections in 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2008. Other counties in the First Judicial District are Carver, Goodhue, Le Sueur, McLeod, Scott and Sibley.

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by Andy RogersSUN THISWEEK


Joe McCarthy, a physi-cal education teacher at Meadowview Elementary in Farmington, probably gives the most popular homework of any teach-er. McCarthy created a program to reward stu-dents for fitness, even though he believes there’s countless rewards already for being active. His fit-ness program has been so successful that it’s gone statewide. During the summer, McCarthy was contacted by the Minnesota Tim-berwolves and Lynx orga-nization to help motivate younger students state-wide to get them moving outside of class. Students in second through eighth grades in 60 Minnesota school districts will participate in the Get Fit program, which started Wednesday and will run three months. Every 15 minutes of exer-cise outside of class earns one point. Each student who achieves 75 points or more will receive a free Timberwolves ticket, a poster and another NBA-

related prize. The NBA was look-ing for something like the NFL Play60 program, which is a youth fitness campaign focused on get-ting young fans active for at least 60 minutes per day. The Timberwolves are the first NBA fran-chise to engage in a pro-gram like this, according to McCarthy. If it takes off here, it could spread throughout the NBA. It’s worked at Mead-owview. In the program, stu-dents who are active out-side the school day will record their information on a form. Exercise can include playing a sport, taking a dog for a walk, playing tag, raking leaves or shoveling snow. “I don’t want to decide what they do,” McCarthy said. “I want them to do what they want.” He has each student in class for 25 minutes ev-ery other day. That’s not enough, he said, so he de-veloped homework. There’s no denying he’s passionate about health. “Obesity rates are on the rise,” he said. “Unless kids develop heathy eat-ing habits and a habit of

movement early in life, it doesn’t look good.” To McCarthy, there’s more benefits to being an active person than a tick-et to a basketball game. “This is affecting their academic performance,” McCarthy said. “When kids are active, their fo-cus improves. The more focused, the more ready they are to learn. They’re heathier. They’re in school more often instead of being home sick. Ev-ery time the body moves, it creates brain cells. It relieves stress. As you feel better, you look better, you’re self confidence is better. It helps you sleep better. You listen better. There’s less problems at school.” Test scores at Mead-owview have gone up and discipline has gone down since the program started, according to McCarthy. In the next few weeks, McCarthy is giving pre-sentations at Minne-sota, Iowa and Wiscon-sin teacher conferences about the movement and how it affects the brain. He’s the vice president of sport and physical eduction on the Central District American Alli-

ance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance board and president of the Minne-sota chapter. He was the 2012 Minnesota Elemen-tary Physical Education Teacher of the Year, and he coaches track, basket-ball and soccer. Last year he helped the school win $25,000 in a contest sponsored by ChildObesity180. In the past three years he raised almost $30,000 in dona-tions for his program. Now he has the Timber-wolves and the Lynx to help inspire more young people. “My biggest obstacle is lack of time with stu-dents,” McCarthy said. “Hopefully they can be active all seven days after school.” McCarthy is out exer-cising as well. He com-petes in triathlons when he’s not encouraging peo-ple to be active. For more information about the program, visit www.nba.com/timber-wolves/wolvesfit.

Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].

News BriefsHalloween Fest at Nicollet Commons Park The Nicollet Commons Park Hallow-een Fest will be 6-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25. The festival will include an illuminated treat trail around the park, entertain-ment, face painting, characters from Buck Hill’s “Frightmares,” music by Kidz Dance and more. Families are invited to come in cos-tume. Cost is $5 per family. Nicollet Commons Park is at 126th Street and Nicollet Avenue. Parking is available at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center parking deck and the Heart of the City parking ramp.

Halloween skating party slated at Ice Center The Burnsville Ice Center will host its annual Halloween Skating Party from noon to 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27. Admission is free and skate rental is discounted to $3. Costumes are en-couraged. This event also includes prize drawings, trick-or-treating and carnival games. Free mini private lessons will be offered for new skaters of any age.

Skate rental and private lesson space is limited. For more information, call 952-895-4657 or visit www.burnsvilleice-center.org.

Eagan-based Cheerful Givers receives award Eagan-based Cheerful Givers has received a 2013 Top-Rated Award by GreatNonprofits, a provider of user re-views about nonprofit organizations. The award was based on the large number of positive reviews that Cheerful Givers received – reviews written by vol-unteers, donors and clients. People post-ed their personal experience with Cheer-ful Givers online at greatnonprofits.org. Cheerful Givers’ mission is to provide toy-filled birthday gift bags so that less fortunate parents can recognize their child’s one special day with a gift. More information is at cheerfulgivers.org.

Divorce information session set Oct. 22 People considering divorce or in the early stages of divorce can attend a free

informational event from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Summit Executive Offices Suites, 1500 McAndrews Road W., Burnsville. An open format will allow partici-pants to get answers and direction. To reserve a spot or for more infor-mation, call Terryl Johnson at 952-431-0805. Sponsored by Divorce Financial Directions in Burnsville.

Fair Trade Sale set Nov. 2 in Burnsville St. John Neumann and St. Thomas Becket Just Marketplace Ministry will host a Fair Trade Sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, in the social hall at St. John Neumann. Products include handcrafts and food items made by economically disadvan-taged artisans and farmers. The sale of the items provides a sustainable liveli-hood for these small-scale producers. Representatives will be on hand to tell the stories of the people behind the prod-ucts and how fair trade helps the artisans and farmers. The Fair Trade Sale is not a fundrais-er. More than 90 percent of the purchase

price goes directly back to support the artisans and farmers that produce the product. Cash or checks preferred. St. John Neumann Church is at 4030 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. For more in-formation, contact Jeanne Creegan at 651-681-9575.

Lebanon Hills enjoys the limelight Fitness magazine Runner’s World has named Lebanon Hills Regional Park’s trails as its “Trail of the Month.” Lebanon Hills, one of seven parks within the Dakota County Parks system, spans nearly 2,000 acres and features more than 20 miles of trails for various types of use, such as hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding. It has mul-tiple trailhead options, including Hol-land Lake, Jensen Lake and the Visitor Center trailheads. Runner’s World is a fitness magazine published monthly throughout the Unit-ed States and featured online via almost a dozen international websites. For more information, visit www.da-kotacounty.us/parks and search Leba-non Hills.

SeniorsBurnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information

about the following senior events. Monday, Oct. 21 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Ad-visory Council, 9:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Defen-sive Driving Refresher, noon; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; Enhance Fitness;

deadline, Fanny. Tuesday, Oct. 22 – Ce-dar Lanes Bowling, 9:30 a.m.; Quilters, 9:30 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Stroke Support, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dance Beg, 12:30 p.m.; Trouba-

dours, 1 p.m.; Line Dance Adv, 2 p.m.; Enhance Fit-ness. Wednesday, Oct. 23 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Woodcarvers, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:30 a.m.; Tai Chi MS, 11 a.m.; 500 and Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; En-

hance Fitness. Thursday, Oct. 24 – Health Ins. Council, 9 a.m.; Blood Pressure, 10:15 a.m.; Fun & Friend-ship (program, entertain-ment, lunch, cards and bingo), 11 a.m.; Wood Carving, 7 p.m.; Enhance

Fitness. Friday, Oct. 25 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; Apple Valley Bowl Bowling, 12:45 p.m.; Game Night, 4:30 p.m.; Enhance Fit-ness.


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Carlson/HaynesAmy, daughter of Paul

and Tami Carlson of Ap-ple Valley, and Tyler, son of Jeff and Kathy Haynes of Burnsville, announce their engagement.

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Amy is a 2012 gradu-ate of the U of M DPT program and is currently working at Memorial Medical Center in Spring-field, IL. Tyler is a gradu-ate of St. Louis Univer-sity’s MHA program and is an Administrative Fel-low for Hospital Sisters Health System.

A January 25 wedding is planned at Gethsemane Church in Hopkins.

Principal proposes a different kind of warm fuzzyDistrict 194 may add its first full-time school resource dog



Eastview Elementary Principal Taber Akin is hoping to add a four-legged staff member at school. Akin is seeking input from school families about his proposal to incremen-tally introduce a trained school resource dog. He said the dog could perform a variety of func-tions, including providing a calming presence, moti-vating students and dem-onstrating what it means to listen and follow direc-tions. “This isn’t about bring-ing a pet to school,” Akin said. “I’m not trying to take one of my existing dogs and spend time with it. This is about making more connections with students.” As proposed, the school would work with Pawsitive Perspectives As-sistance Dogs (PawPADs), a Savage organization that trains service dogs, to pick the right dog. Great effort is made to match a dog’s personality and skills to the role it will play in serving people. Akin’s wife, Beth, works at PawPADs and together they are active volunteers in the organiza-tion. The dog would stay at their house when not at school. The $3,500 cost for the trained dog would be cov-ered by donations, and no district money would be used, Akin said. The resource dog would help engage students throughout the school and in special education class-es. The dog would always be leashed, kennelled or in a closed room, supervised by a trained adult and kept away from students fearful of dogs or allergic

to them. School staff would vol-unteer to be trained han-dlers, and training would be conducted during off-school hours. The dog would never go into the school cafete-ria, and its initial school visits would start on a trial basis once per week to make sure the program is working. Eventually, Akin would like to have the resource dog in the school all day, every day. “I hope it’s going to fly,” Akin said. “I’m ex-cited about it.” Akin said research has shown dogs in school can reduce stress and anxiety, results that reflect what Lakeville school psycholo-gist Holly Ryan has seen at Kenwood Trail Middle School. She has used therapy dogs there for about 10 years on a limited basis and is in her third year of working with PawPADs. Students in her “Mak-ing a Positive Difference” program are taught to train the dogs to perform

increasingly challenging tasks, with the goal that they eventually leave to become a service dog for a disabled person. Some of the students who benefit from working with the dogs have emo-tional or behavioral issues that can interfere with stu-dent achievement. Success in teaching the dog to perform a task like turning off a light switch is a confidence-builder for students. Ryan said interacting with the dogs also help students learn behavioral and social skills that can improve interactions with people. Ryan said she has seen students “totally shut down,” crying with their head on the desk in defeat move on to have a great day after cuddling with one of the therapy dogs. “When they are upset or sad, dogs are a comfort without saying anything,” she said. Natalie Ball, a Ken-wood Trail sixth-grader, described how being with a dog helps her and others

manage emotions. “When we’re upset, they help us calm down to where we can cuddle up with them and read a book,” she said. The program at Ken-wood Trail is small com-pared to the school-wide program Akin would like to employ at Eastview. He envisions the re-source dog greeting stu-dents as they arrive to school, listening to stu-dents read, and participat-ing in classroom lessons, such as demonstrating what it means to listen and follow directions. Brushing the dog could help students who struggle with fine motor skills, and walking the dog could en-courage activity and serve as incentive for students to meet individual goals in behavior, social skills and academics. The dog could also be trained to tell by smell if a diabetic is in need of a shot, eliminating the need for testing. Having a dog in school would not just support students, but also staff

Natalie Ball, 11, reads to Tory, a PawPADs dog, during school at Kenwood Trail Middle School. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Kenwood Trail Middle School sixth-grader Ed-ward Roubinek smiles as he gives Tory, a Labrador retriever, a hug. School staff are known to also seek out visiting therapy dogs to pet and hug. (Pho-to by Laura Adelmann)

who may benefit from a warm friend to hug to cope with a stressful day, Akin said. The proposal is in its exploratory stage and would have to be approved by the Lakeville School Board, but he already has the support of Superin-tendent Lisa Snyder. District spokesperson Linda Swanson said Akin brought in one of the PawPADs service dogs to a meeting he recently had with Snyder to discuss the proposal. “This dog was so amaz-ing to me,” Swanson said. “He was so calm. It was like it took your blood pressure down about 10 points just being around the dog.” Swanson said Snyder is always open to innovation. “Lisa can look at some-thing that is out of the or-dinary, because a school resource dog is certainly out of the ordinary for an elementary school, and see the benefit to it for stu-dents,” she said. “Right now we have leadership that’s very sup-portive of innovation,” Ryan said.

Swanson said about 80 percent of families responding to Akin’s re-source dog survey were positive, and Akin is work-ing to resolve concerns raised by the remaining 20 percent, which were pri-marily centered on financ-es and student allergies. He said he is committed to listening to feedback and addressing concerns. “We’re not just plowing ahead,” Akin said. “But we’re listening to our fam-ilies.” He hopes to have a month-long trial to test the program, but would first seek School Board approval. “It would bring an-other instructional tool to the school,” Akin said. “Obviously, this tool has a heartbeat and a tail, but one of our goals is to have Eastview be a place students get up and want to come to, so they are ex-cited to be here. Adding a dog is another way to do that. It’s a different type of interaction, a different kind of warm fuzzy.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].


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Ted Foreman knows the power of giving. As a 9-year-old living in a Russian orphanage, he says his life was changed when he received a shoe-box filled with gifts from people who didn’t know him. “It made me know and feel that someone actually loved me and cared about me,” Foreman said. “I felt hope like I’ve never felt be-fore. It was what I needed then.” Foreman, now an adult living in St. Cloud, related on Oct. 6 the importance of volunteering through Operation Christmas Child to Rosemount chil-dren and their parents at Community of Hope Church. His story aimed to in-spire their work and show them how to appreciate their own gifts. “They are in awe lis-tening to him,” said Deb-bie Nauman, an area co-ordinator for Operation Christmas Child. “They realize what it was like to be him. … Many people are teary-eyed after hear-ing him speak.” Foreman said the shoe-box he received decades ago was the first gift he had ever received. “Growing up in Russia was very difficult,” he said, “especially because I was in an orphanage from a very young age. I lacked a loving family. I did not get to see my sisters very of-ten. It was depressing and hopeless.” He said he remembers having to share everything with the other children in the orphanage. “I even shared a towel with my whole group of almost 20 kids,” he said. Foreman, a full-time

diesel technician with Hoglund Bus and Truck in Monticello, said when he was young he never imagined he would live in America, “but God has the ultimate plan. He be-gan working in my life with an Operation Christ-mas Child shoebox.” Foreman and his two sisters were adopted by a Minnesota family when he was 13. He was reconnected with Operation Christmas Child when his adoptive parents happened to vol-unteer one year to pack gift shoeboxes. That’s when Foreman realized that it was Opera-tion Christmas Child that sent his shoebox. In nearly all of his spare time, Foreman volunteers with Operation Christmas Child, relating his story to groups like the one in Rosemount. He’s also spo-ken at the organization’s national convention in Or-lando, Fla. “This ministry plays a huge role in my life,” he said. “It changed my life and it continues to bless me. I’m so privileged to serve with Operation Christmas Child.” Community of Hope Church is one of many lo-cal contributors that will pack an estimated 24,500

gift-filled shoeboxes in the southern Twin Cities region, according to Nau-man. She said that goal is a 10 percent increase from last year. Since 1993, more than 100 million boys and girls in more than 130 countries have received shoebox gifts from Operation Christmas Child. Samaritan’s Purse works with local churches and ministry partners to deliver the gifts. Drop-off sites for the project that will be accept-ing items starting Nov. 18 are River Valley Church, 14898 Energy Way, Apple Valley; Lord of Life Lu-theran Church, 16200 Dodd Lane, Lakeville; Prince of Peace, 13901 Fairview Drive, Burnsville; and Grace Slavic Church, 1985 Diffley Road, Eagan. Local groups and or-ganizations can still be involved. National Col-lection Week will be from Nov. 18-22 when a site in Minneapolis will be open to organize and send out the shoeboxes. People can visit the website www.samari-tanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child to find out more.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

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Humanity. As a result, the proj-ect is estimated to cost between $60,000 and $90,000, which is higher than average for a Habitat project. The Dakota County Community Development Agency assisted in fund-ing the mold remediation. Once the mold was re-moved, volunteers were able to begin work on the rest of the home, which includes installing new walls, floors, doors, land-scaping and updating the kitchen and bathroom. On Oct. 10, about 20 volunteers, including Mayor Mike Maguire and council members Paul Bakken and Gary Han-sen, installed flooring and shelves and painted the ex-terior of the 1,300-square-foot, three-bedroom split-level home. All im-provements are aimed at fitting into the charac-ter of the neighborhood, Beckmann said. The project includes energy efficient features, including the furnace and appliances, to help keep the homeowner’s monthly costs low. “If the family gets in and can’t afford to heat the house, we’ve defeated our purpose,” Beckmann said. Maguire said he is pleased to see a Habitat project in Eagan. “It’s a real win-win for the folks who purchase the house and the neigh-borhood that has been dealing with a challenging property for five years,” Maguire said. Maguire, who volun-teered with Habitat for the first time last week, said enjoyed the opportunity to help his community. Beckmann looks to Ea-gan’s existing affordable housing options as a pos-sible reason why Habitat hasn’t previously had a project in the city. “Dakota County does a good job at building af-fordable housing,” she said. “Some communities

look to Habitat to develop their affordable housing.” Known for building new homes, Habitat for Humanity has increasing-ly rehabbed homes due to the foreclosure crisis and expectations of city offi-cials. At the height of the crisis, about 70 percent of Habitat homes were re-habs, Beckmann said. “Now as the crisis ebbs, we have a little more new homes,” she said. “But it also depends on the com-munity’s needs.” Hansen has been in-volved in Habitat for Hu-manity for a number of years and said he is excited to see Habitat come to Ea-gan after 37 years. Eagan resident and Habitat for Humanity Minnesota board member Bo Thao-Urabe said she is excited to see the non-profit rehab a home in her community.

“I think it’s great for the city and I’m eager to wel-come a new families and support affordable hous-ing,” said Thao-Urabe, who worked on the home last Thursday. Habitat homes aren’t a free handout. Families pass many of the same borrowing standards as other homeowners and pay a mortgage. The mort-gage is based on 30 percent of the family’s income and is interest free. More than 1,000 fami-lies have purchased homes in the Twin Cities from Habitat for Humanity. All Habitat families must meet income guide-lines and are required to put between 300 and 500 hours of labor into a Habitat project in lieu of a down payment. They must also complete hom-eownership training and

After sitting vacant for five years, the home required ex-tensive repairs including new walls, floors and doors due to mold damage. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

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courses on financing prior to purchasing the home. Ghebremedhin and his wife, Elelta Afework, hope to close on the home by April. The couple immi-grated to the United States in 2008 from Eritrea, a

small coastal African na-tion located between Ethi-opia and Sudan. They will live in the home with their three children: Sidona, 8, Lulia, 4, and Shalom, 1, as well as Elelta’s mother, Migsti. Ghebremedhin, who currently rents in St. Paul,

said he is excited to move to Eagan. “It will be nice to be close to my cousins in Eagan and it has good schools. We’re very hap-py,” Ghebremedhin said.

Jessica Harper is at [email protected].

Volunteers from Habitat for Humanity worked Oct. 10 on a home in Eagan. The home is the nonprofit’s first project in Eagan in its 37-year history. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

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food samples at Costco, “it would be a restaurant,” she said. If you did the same at a liquor store, “it would be a bar.” Doing so at a smoke shop makes it an “indoor smoking lounge,” she said. Minneapolis prohibits tobacco shops from pro-viding smoking devices for sampling and doesn’t allow them to charge a fee for indoor seating. And only sampling of tobacco prod-ucts furnished by the shop is allowed. Burnsville also has at least one cigar shop, Burn Premium Cigar Specialists at 409 W. Burnsville Park-way, which has an indoor

lounge. But it’s the hookah lounges that have drawn complaints, Community Development Director Jenni Faulkner said. Burnsville chiroprac-tor Stephen McCombs, who occupies the strip mall space next to Ignite Hookah Lounge, has com-plained to council mem-bers about the smoke smell and about loitering and lit-tering outside the lounge. Council Member Bill Coughlin said McCombs reported having once owned the dry cleaner next to the Burn cigar shop, whose smoke smell some-times bled over into the ad-jacent coffee shop. “So my sense of things, good or bad, is that it’s re-

ally not a city matter; it’s really a landlord-tenant matter,” Coughlin said. As for litter in Mc-Combs’ current parking lot, “it’s still a landlord-tenant problem.” “As bad as I feel for that tenant, I just think the city should tread carefully” on new regulations, said Coughlin, who has him-self enjoyed a cigar inside Burn. “Once I choose to go in, they’re smoking, and whether I stay or go, that’s really up to me,” he said. Hookah can also be found in Burnsville at the Mediterranean Cruise Cafe, but it’s done out-doors.

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Wescott Library book sale is Oct. 23-27 The Wescott Library Fall Book Sale will take place Oct. 23-27. Hours will be 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23 (mem-ber preview night); 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fri-day, Oct. 25, and Saturday, Oct. 26; and 1-3 p.m. Sun-

day, Oct. 27 (bag day). Books as well as CDs, DVDs and books on tape will be for sale. Members of the Friends of the Wescott Library gain entrance into preview night before the book sale officially begins. Members also receive a discount on

all purchases during the sale. To become a member, stop by the reception desk at the Wescott Library, visit www.fwlonline.com or join on site at the book sale. The library is at 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan.


SportsBlaze rallies, takes section title in shootout

Eastview girls denied

3rd-straight trip to state soccer

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


To Burnsville coach John Soderholm, Tues-day’s Section 3AA girls soccer final against East-view had the makings of a state championship game. “Eastview’s a good team,” he said. “In the pre-season I picked them to be the best team in the state, and they certainly played well all year.” The Lightning played particularly well in the first half of the section final, scoring the game’s first two goals. Two-goal deficits often are death to a soccer team, especially in playoff games. But the Blaze stayed calm, got back in the game and eventually won 3-2 in a shootout at Burnsville High School. It’s the second time in three years the Blaze has qualified for the state tournament and the 11th time overall. Burnsville (16-0-3), one of two unde-feated teams in the Class AA girls tournament – Mounds View is the other – figures to be one of the top four seeds at state. Seedings and first-round pairings won’t be deter-mined until this weekend. State quarterfinal games are scheduled Oct. 23-25 at Park of Cottage Grove, St. Louis Park and Chisa-

go Lakes high schools and St. Cloud State University. Even Burnsville’s play-ers and coaches marveled at their team’s comeback over their South Subur-ban Conference rival. Two first-half goals by East-view forward Kellie Mc-Gahn appeared to put the two-time defending sec-tion champion Lightning (13-3-3) solidly in control. “When we were down 1-0, I thought, ‘We’re good,’” Soderholm said. “Down 2-0, we started looking around to see if any shoulders were slump-ing. But we didn’t see any of that.” “In the past we’ve tended to get down on ourselves when we fell behind,” said senior Han-

nah Keirstead, one of the Blaze’s captains. “This time we were determined to get back in the game.” Abby Soderholm scored later in the first half to restore some of the Blaze’s energy. Keirstead redirected a corner kick from Abby Soderholm for the game-tying goal with 25 minutes, 12 seconds remaining. Keirstead usually plays midfield or defense but is sort of a designated scorer on corner kicks and free kicks. John Soderholm said most if not all of Keirstead’s five goals this season came in those situ-ations. “I get pretty excited when we get a corner kick,” Keirstead said.

The best scoring op-portunity in overtime was Burnsville forward Megan Engle’s header that East-view goalie Christina Bar-ry tipped over the cross-bar. In the shootout, East-view’s first player missed wide left and Blaze goalie Darby Lofthus stopped the Lightning’s fourth at-tempt. Keirstead, Ashley St. Aubin, Engle and Han-nah Mitby all scored to give Burnsville the section title. Maddie Haworth and Brianna Lindstrom scored shootout goals for East-view. Several Burnsville play-ers are getting a chance to win a state championship that narrowly eluded them

two years ago. Keirstead, Abby Soderholm and Amanda Hartmann start-ed in the 2011 Class AA championship game that Burnsville lost to Way-zata in a shootout. Alyssa Blahnik also started that game but has missed the last two high school sea-sons because of knee inju-ries. She is a student man-ager this year. “I know I wanted to get a second chance,” Keirst-ead said. “Two years ago, in 10th grade, I wasn’t feel-ing a lot of pressure. This year there was a lot more pressure because we want-ed to go back (to the state tournament).” Regardless of what happens at state, John So-derholm said the Blaze ac-complished something it won’t soon forget. “This game is some-thing they’ll remember, even when they’re as old as I am,” the coach said. “Not so much because they won, but because of the way they came back.”

Section 3AA boys The Section 3AA boys final – the second game of a doubleheader at Burns-ville High School – also matched South Suburban Conference rivals. East-view earned its third con-secutive trip to the state tournament with a 3-2 vic-tory over Eagan. The Lightning will de-fend the Class AA title it won in 2012. The date, lo-cation and opponent for next week’s state quarter-final game will be deter-mined this weekend.

Owatonna (Section 1), Edina (2), North St. Paul (4), Prairie Seeds Acad-emy (5), Minneapolis Southwest (6), Andover (7) and Elk River (8) also qualified for state. Senior midfielder Jack Teske scored Eastview’s game-winning goal with about six minutes remain-ing in the Section 3AA final. Eastview had not led before then, but had trailed 1-0 and 2-1. Pierce Erickson scored in the first half, head-ing in a throw-in by Sam Fluegge. Erickson just missed scoring earlier in the game, hitting the post with a shot. Eagan scored in the final minute of the first half to take a 2-1 lead into halftime, but Fluegge con-verted a penalty kick with about 30 minutes remain-ing to tie the game. A first-half goal by se-nior captain Jacob Punch gave Eagan its first lead. The South Suburban champion Wildcats (13-2-3 overall) were the section tournament’s top seed. Eastview avenged reg-ular-season losses to two teams in the section tour-nament. The Lightning lost to Eagan 3-0 in its fi-nal regular-season game. Eastview also defeated Apple Valley 2-0 in the semifinals after losing to Apple Valley 1-0 in Sep-tember.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Blaze, Wildcats football face long road to .500

Rosemount still owns SSC boys cross country

Cougars take back SSC cross country title



For Burnsville and Eagan to finish the football season at or above .500, they will have to go on a playoff run – and win some games away from home. Burnsville’s 18-15 loss to Apple Valley and Eagan’s 24-0 loss to Lakeville North last week dropped both teams to 2-5 and all but assured both will be on the road when the Class 6A playoffs start Oct. 25. In other South Suburban Conference action, Prior Lake defeated Eastview 17-7, drop-ping the Lightning to 3-4 over-

all. Eastview could still be in line for a first-round playoff home game with a victory over winless Bloomington Kennedy on Wednesday (that game took place after this edition went to press). Burnsville played host to Prior Lake in the annual “Battle of Savage” on Wednesday. That rivalry was born in 2010 when the South Suburban Conference formed, placing the Blaze and Lakers in the same league. The Dan Patch Trophy was intro-duced in 2010, with Prior Lake winning it the last three years. The Blaze jumped in front against Apple Valley when Ben

Sherman returned a fumble 97 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter. Apple Valley scored the game’s next 18 points before Burnsville responded in the fourth quarter on Will Re-ger’s 2-yard touchdown run. Re-ger also passed to Camden Trae-tow for a two-point conversion, but that was as close as Burns-ville could get. Reger completed 11 of 17 passes for 96 yards, rushed for 75 yards on 11 carries, and made 11 tackles on defense. Jahvonta Wilson gained 74 yards on 18 carries and Sherman ran three times for 40 yards. D.J. Fulton caught five passes for 50 yards.

Jaron Holt led the defense with 12 tackles and also inter-cepted a pass. Eagan’s offense struggled to get anything going against Lakeville North, yet the Wild-cats trailed only 10-0 going into the fourth quarter. Two more touchdowns by North put the game out of reach. The Wildcats had the ball for just 42 plays, managed five first downs and gained 93 yards. Sam Zenner rushed for 51 yards on 15 attempts. Joe Kovach led the Eagan de-fense with 17 tackles, including eight unassisted. Hogan Mar-shall had nine tackles and an in-

terception. Bryndan Matthews recovered a fumble. Eagan went to Apple Valley on Wednesday for its regular-season finale. Prior Lake’s Alex Hart scored both of his team’s touchdowns in last Friday’s game at Eastview, in-cluding a 35-yard fumble return in the third quarter that stretched the Lakers’ lead to 10-0. Eastview pulled within 10-7 on Will Rains’ 2-yard touch-down run in the fourth quarter before Hart scored on a 1-yard run late in the game.


Irish win team title for 4th time



The names might change but the results don’t. Every time Rosemount’s boys have competed in the South Suburban Conference cross country championships they have left with the title. The Irish resumed their domina-tion of South Suburban cross country last Friday, winning the team cham-pionship by 13 points over Burnsville at Eagan High School. Rosemount has won the SSC title every year since 2010, when the conference was found-ed. The Irish have won five conference championships in the last seven years dating to 2007, when they won the Lake Conference. Burnsville High School senior Ali Ahmed won the individual champi-onship, completing the 5,000-meter course in 16 minutes, 28.1 seconds. Rosemount and Burnsville had a close race for the team championship. The Irish’s fourth and fifth runners helped them carry the day by placing in the top 20, while the Blaze’s fourth and fifth runners finished 23rd and 24th. Junior Sam Ivanecky led the Irish by finishing fifth in 16:58.4. Cody Sed-brook, a senior, was ninth in 17:08.5. Ryan Condon was 12th in 17:11.9, Ryan Brumm was 16th in 17:23.2 and Clayton Smith finished 19th in 17:25.9. Rosemount’s top five runners earned all-conference recognition, which goes to the top 20 runners in the conference meet. The victory at the conference meet was the third of the season for Rose-mount, which also took first at the Apple Jack Invite in Lakeville and the

Ev Berg Invitational in Owatonna. The Irish, 12th in the state Class AA rankings, will defend their champion-ship at the Section 3AA meet Oct. 24 at Valleywood Golf Course in Apple Valley. Burnsville’s Ahmed was about 13 seconds ahead of Lakeville South’s Wali Ibrahim in the boys individual race. Blaze junior Faysal Mahmoud was eighth in 17:07.9. Mahmoud and Ahmed qualified for the state Class AA meet last year. Blaze senior Mitch Brown also earned a spot on the all-conference team by finishing 18th in 17:23.9. Lakeville North was third at the SSC meet with 88 points, 27 behind Rosemount and 14 behind Burns-ville. All-conference runners for the Panthers were junior Justin Hanson (fourth, 16:57.4), senior Jason Wind-horn (14th, 17:15.6) and sophomore Luke Anderson (17th, 17:23.4). Apple Valley finished fifth with 137 points. Junior Grant Udelhofen earned an all-conference spot by fin-ishing seventh in 17:06.1. Eagan was sixth with 147 points. Senior Dan Podpeskar finished 20th in 17:31.4, earning an all-conference spot. Lakeville South also scored 147 points but lost a tiebreaker with Ea-gan for sixth place. Still, the Cougars had two individuals in the top six – Ibrahim (second, 16:41.7) and Noah Hanson (sixth, 17:01.6). Eastview was eighth in the team standings, and senior Joey Beran was 21st individually in 17:32.3 – less than one second from a place on the all-conference team. He did earn honor-able mention, as did teammate Tanner Leighton.


South girls finish 20 points ahead

of Eagan by Mike Shaughnessy


Lakeville South re-turned the favor against Eagan at the South Subur-ban Conference girls cross country meet, dethroning the Wildcats one year after they had taken the champi-onship from the Cougars. South won the confer-ence championship for the third time in four years, scoring 63 points in Fri-day’s meet at Eagan High School. Eagan was second with 83 points. Lakev-ille South and Eagan are fourth and fifth in the state coaches association Class AA rankings. Burnsville senior Viv-ian Hett was the individ-ual champion, finishing the 4,000-meter course in 14 minutes, 50.8 seconds, about 15 seconds ahead of Eagan junior Anna Van Wyk. Hett finished fourth in the 2012 conference meet. Lakeville South added the South Suburban cham-pionship to its list of 2013 accomplishments, which includes a victory at the Victoria Lions Invitational on Oct. 1. The Cougars’ top seven runners finished 21st or higher at the con-ference meet; no other team had more than three

in the top 21. Junior Kaytlyn Larson led Lakeville South by fin-ishing fourth in 15:23.9. Annie Brekken (12th, 15:35.8), Erin Kilbride (13th, 15:37.8), Julia Durham (15th, 15:44.6) and Jenny Machaj (19th, 15:57.6) also counted to-ward the Cougars’ team score. All earned all-con-ference recognition, as did eighth-grader Patty Jo English, who finished 20th overall. Bailey Brewster, another eighth-grader, fin-ished 21st. Lakeville South will de-fend its team champion-ship at the Section 1AA meet Oct. 24 in Owatonna. Eagan’s Van Wyk (sec-ond, 15:05.7) and Raissa Hansen (sixth, 15:29.9) placed in the top 10 indi-vidually. The Wildcats were hampered by the loss of their No. 4 runner, Olivia Mitchell, who was unable to finish the race because of cramps. Eagan coach Lisa Langenhahn said it was unlikely the Wildcats would have caught Lakev-ille South even if Mitchell had finished. “I don’t know if you’re ever happy with finishing second,” Langenhahn said, “but the girls were OK with the way they ran. Time goals went out the window because of the wind, so they had to concentrate on placing.” Kelli Praska finished 14th in 15:43.7 to earn a

spot on the all-conference team. Sophomores Danielle Marshall and Katie Ko-prowski were 27th and 34th. Eagan defends its Sec-tion 3AA girls team cham-pionship Oct. 24 at Val-leywood Golf Course in Apple Valley. Burnsville finished fourth with 107 points, five behind third-place Prior Lake. Hett and eighth-grader Kelly Koch (fifth, 15:26.3) earned places on the all-conference team. Lakeville North was fifth with 112 points, five behind Burnsville. Eighth-grader Danielle Bellino was eighth in 15:33.9 to earn all-conference status. Courtney Earle and Emma Drangstveit finished 22nd and 23rd. Rosemount was sixth in the team competition and had two all-conference runners – senior Hannah Grim (seventh, 15:30.8) and eighth-grader Sydney Hansen (ninth, 15:34.8). Sophomore Laura Bestul finished 10th in 15:35.0 to lead Eastview, which was seventh in the team standings. Apple Valley placed eighth, with sophomore Olivia Anger (third, 15:21.7) and eighth-grader Molly Moynihan (15:46.2) earning spots on the all-conference team.


Members of the Burnsville girls soccer team celebrate their shootout win over Eastview in the section title game Tuesday. (Photo by Rick Orndorf)


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HIGH SCHOOLMark Ruhl proves once again that he is an integral part of the Lakeville South Offense. The Senior Captain lines up behind the quarterback as a runner, and out wide as a receiver and gets the job done both as a rusher and pass catcher. Mark’s ability lends itself to Special Teams, where he makes his mark as a kick re-turner. His efforts almost single handedly helped the Cougars beat Wayzata, one of the top teams in the state. When leading in a game, the Cougars rely on Mark to seal the game by gaining fi rst downs. When behind, the Cougars trust that Mark Ruhl will come up with a big play when needed to keep them in the game.To date, Mark has rushed for 420 yards, and three touchdowns. He has 13 receptions for 157 Yards. Mark Averages 20 yards gained every time he returns a kick. Ruhl’s commitment to the game of football, and his teammates bring credit on himself and Lakeville South High School. He is truly deserving of Male Athlete of the Week.

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HIGH SCHOOLVarsity starter since 8th grade, 2010-12 Star Tribune All-Metro First Team; 2011-12 St. Paul Pioneer Press First Team; 2011 Breakdown Minnesota’s Best of the Best; 2011 ESPN Minnesota Gatorade Player of the Year Runner Up; 2011 ESPN National Gatorade Player Top 10; 2011 Prep Volleyball High School All-American; 2011 National Sophomore of the Year; 2011, Minnesota State Single Season Kill Record (716), Finished #1 Prep Volleyball National Rank-ings, 2012 St. Paul Pioneer Press Player of the Year; 2012 Star Tribune Player of the Year; 2012 KARE 11 Athlete of the Week; 2012 Breakdown Player of the Year; 2012 Channel 4 CBS/WCCO Athlete of the Week; 2012 Prep Volleyball National Junior Player of the Year; 2012 Mizuno/Volleyball Girls’ High School All-American First TeamAlyssa leads the state in kills with 390 so far this sea-son. She had 41 kills in 4 sets against Eagan. She has verbally committed to Marquette University. The Lakeville North team is undefeated in match play.

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The spread of the in-vasive fish is not without its ironies, Asian carp expert Duane Chapman said. Chapman, who helped draft national policy on Asian carp, appeared at the University of Min-nesota on Tuesday, Oct. 8, as part of a speakers’ series sponsored by the Freshwater Society. “(Chapman) knows one heck of a lot about carp,” professor Peter So-rensen of the University of Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center said. Asian carp were origi-nally imported into the United States in keeping with the “Silent Spring” ethos, Chapman said. That is, the fish could eat unwanted vegetation or perform other biological chores without humans needing to rely on the use of chemicals. The story that these imports escaped into American waters because of flooding of fish ponds is a myth, Chapman said. Within a year of intro-duction, silver carp were caught in the wild, Chap-man said. Silver carp – famed leapers and one of the Asian carp varieties considered invasive – are capable of jumping 10

feet in the air and emp-tying boats by slamming boat throttles into high, Chapman said. In a sense, Asian carp provide verification to the history-repeats-itself theory. That’s because common carp, which dirty water by tearing up vegetation, were know-ingly introduced into the United States in the 1870s, according to the University of Minnesota. “They’re good bud-dies,” Sorensen said of the carp, adding that the two groups don’t com-pete because their feeding

habits are different. Although flatly saying biologists are not very good at risk assessment when it comes to Asian carp, these invasive spe-cies can be controlled, Chapman said. It took years to develop controls for sea lampreys, once de-pleting trout in the Great Lakes, but it was done. “We got a shot here, too,” Chapman said. Currently, the van-guard of Asian carp on the Mississippi River is at Lock and Dam 19 in Keokuk, Iowa, Chapman explained. While dried

remains of a silver carp were found this summer on a dam abutment near Winona, he noted, there’s nothing like a full-scale invasion upriver at this time. “I wouldn’t sell my boat yet,” Chapman said. “(There are) very, very few fish upriver.” It remains a big ques-tion whether Asian carp can reproduce in Minne-sota waters, he said. Not that there isn’t biological potential. One female Asian carp carried more than three million eggs, and the carp can

spawn at different times of the year. “They’re really fe-cund,” Chapman said. This is a worry. Asian carp are capable of filtering out 90 percent of larger suspended plant matter in water. Because Asian carp can filter materials as small as 4 microns, or, as a decimal, 0.00016 inch-es, researchers are look-ing at developing toxins so small as to only poison Asian carp. Studies from Europe suggest Asian carp can negatively affect game fish populations. Asian carp can get big. A bighead carp caught in Missouri weighed 106 pounds, Chapman said. Healthy game fish populations are consid-ered one means of con-trolling Asian carp, and Chapman noted that bluegills, black bass and catfish prey on Asian carp, the latter capable of eating silver carp that are almost a foot long. Asian carp spawn in rivers, and it’s believed the minimum length of river needed for spawn-ing is 26 miles, Chapman said. While taking ques-tions, Chapman was asked about erratic envi-ronmental DNA testing results for Asian carp in Minnesota, one batch showing positive hits for Asian carp above the Coon Rapids Dam, for instance, with later test-ing failing to replicate the results. Chapman in-

dicated that he interprets DNA testing results cau-tiously. It doesn’t take much to get a piece of Asian carp DNA upriver, he said. More sensitive forms of testing are needed, Chap-man said. Minnesota Depart-ment of Natural Re-sources fisheries manager Brad Parsons, one of the panelists at the lecture, indicated that while a full-blown invasion of Asian carp into Min-nesota waters could be years away, things could also change rapidly. “No, we can’t stay hyper-vigilant,” Parsons said of the current level of focus on Asian carp. But Parsons spoke of keeping active in efforts to curb the spread of the carp. Sorensen spoke of the state being at the begin-ning of the Asian carp invasion. Minnesotans are tracking the issue. A poll released in August by the Stop Carp Coali-tion showed six out of 10 Minnesotans reported hearing a lot or some about a fish called the Asian carp. While ironies exist with Asian carp, an irony of sorts also existed with Chapman’s visit. Because of the federal govern-ment shutdown, Chap-man, a federal employee, came as a private citizen.

Tim Budig can be reached at [email protected].

Asian carp expert Duane Chapman gives a presentation at the University of Minnesota on Tuesday, Oct. 8, as part of a speakers’ series sponsored by the Freshwater Society. Chapman believes controls can be found to manage Asian carp. (Photo by T.W. Budig)

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southeastern Scott Coun-ty. The organization will kick off the 2015 water-shed plan update at a meeting for stakeholders and the public from 3-6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the Dakota County Extension and Conserva-

tion Center, 4100 220th St. W., Farmington. A brief presentation, summary of issues and priorities identified so far, and addition of new topics, will take place from 3-4:30 p.m., fol-lowed by an open house until 6 p.m. when the

public can talk one-on-one with staff about ad-ditional issues to include in the new plan. This is the first of sev-eral meetings planned to ensure the 2015 Vermil-lion River Watershed Plan incorporates the best ideas of people who

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*NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTIONINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194

(LAKEVILLE)STATE OF MINNESOTA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election has been called and will be held in and for Independent School District No. 194 (Lakeville), State of Minnesota, on Tues-day, November 5, 2013, for the purpose of voting on the following question:____________________________________________________________________________

SCHOOL DISTRICT BALLOT QUESTION 1APPROVAL OF SCHOOL DISTRICT

REFERENDUM REVENUE AUTHORIZATION

The board of Independent School District No. 194 (Lakeville) has proposed to increase its general education revenue by $540 per pupil. The proposed referendum revenue authorization would increase each year by the rate of inflation and be applicable for ten years unless otherwise revoked or reduced as provided by law. YES Shall the increase in the revenue proposed by the board of Independent School District No. 194 be approved? NO BY VOTING “YES” ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE.____________________________________________________________________________

Passage of this referendum will result in an increase in your property taxes.

The annual dollar increases for typical residential homesteads, apartments, commer-cial-industrial properties, and most other classes of property within the school district are as shown in the table below.

For agricultural property (both homestead and non-homestead), the taxes for the proposed referendum will be based on the value of the house, garage and surrounding one acre of land only. There will be no referendum taxes paid on the value of other agri-cultural lands and buildings. For seasonal residential recreational property (i.e. cabins), there will be no taxes paid for the proposed referendum.

Market Value Dollar Increase

$100,000 $108 $125,000 $136 $150,000 $163 $175,000 $190 Residential $200,000 $217 Homesteads, $230,000 $249 Apartments, $250,000 $271 And Commercial- $300,000 $325 Industrial Property $350,000 $379 $400,000 $434 $450,000 $488 $500,000 $542 $600,000 $650 $800,000 $867 $1,000,000 $1,084 $2,000,000 $2,168

The polling places and combined polling places for this election and the precincts served by those polling places will be as follows:

POLLING PLACE: Crossroads Church 14300 Burnsville Parkway Burnsville, Minnesota

This polling place serves all territory in Independent School District No. 194 located in the City of Burnsville, Precinct 11; Dakota County, Minnesota.

POLLING PLACE: Episcopal Church of the Nativity 15601 Maple Island Road Burnsville, Minnesota


POLLING PLACE: Buck Hill Ski Resort 15400 Buck Hill Road Burnsville, Minnesota


POLLING PLACE: Lakeville Area Arts Center 20965 Holyoke Avenue Lakeville, Minnesota

This polling place serves all territory in Independent School District No. 194 located in the City of Lakeville, Precinct 1; Dakota County, Minnesota.

POLLING PLACE: St. John’s Lutheran Church 20165 Heath Avenue Lakeville, Minnesota


POLLING PLACE: Lakeville South High School 21135 Jacquard Avenue Lakeville, Minnesota


POLLING PLACE: Trinity Evangelical Free Church 10658 210th Street W. Lakeville, Minnesota


POLLING PLACE: Kenwood Trail Middle School 19455 Kenwood Trail Lakeville, Minnesota


POLLING PLACE: Family of Christ Lutheran Church 10970 185th Street W Lakeville, Minnesota


POLLING PLACE: Evergreen Community Church 16165 Kenwood Trail Lakeville, Minnesota


POLLING PLACE: Hosanna! Lutheran Church 9600 163rd Street West Lakeville, Minnesota


POLLING PLACE: Church of Jesus Christ LDS 18460 Kachina Ct. Lakeville, Minnesota


POLLING PLACE: Lakeville Water Treatment Facility 18400 Ipava Avenue Lakeville, Minnesota


POLLING PLACE: Crystal Lake Education Center 16250 Ipava Avenue Lakeville, Minnesota


POLLING PLACE: Messiah Lutheran Church 16725 Highview Avenue Lakeville, Minnesota


COMBINED POLLING PLACE: Lakeville Central Maintenance Facility 7570 179th Street W. Lakeville, Minnesota

This combined polling place serves all territory in Independent School District No. 194 located in the City of Lakeville, Precinct 13 and Precinct 14; Dakota County, Min-nesota.

POLLING PLACE: Eureka Town Hall 25043 Cedar Avenue Farmington, Minnesota

This polling place serves all territory in Independent School District No. 194 located in Eureka Township; Dakota County, Minnesota.

COMBINED POLLING PLACE: Credit River Township Hall 18985 Meadow View Blvd. Prior Lake, Minnesota

This combined polling place serves all territory in Independent School District No. 194 located in Credit River Township and Spring Lake Township; Scott County, Min-nesota.

POLLING PLACE: New Market Town Hall 8950 230th Street Lakeville, Minnesota

This polling place serves all territory in Independent School District No. 194 located in New Market Township; Scott County, Minnesota.

POLLING PLACE: Elko New Market Area Hall 601 Main Street Elko New Market, Minnesota

This polling place serves all territory in Independent School District No. 194 located in the City of Elko New Market; Scott County, Minnesota.

Any eligible voter residing in the school district may vote at said election at the poll-ing place or combined polling place designated above for the precinct in which he or she resides. The polls for said election will be opened at 7:00 o’clock a.m. and will close at 8:00 o’clock p.m., on the date of said election.

A voter must be registered to vote to be eligible to vote in this election. An unreg-istered individual may register to vote at the polling place or combined polling place on election day.

Dated: July 9, 2013. BY ORDER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD /s/ Michelle Volk School District Clerk Independent School District No. 194 (Lakeville) State of Minnesota

(Published in Sun Thisweek Lakeville and Sun Thisweek Burnsville/Eagan on October 11 and October 18, 2013 and the Dakota County Tribune on October 17 and October 24, 2013)

CITY OF EAGANNOTICE OF

ASSESSMENT HEARINGDELINQUENT FALSE

ALARM BILLSDAKOTA COUNTY,

MINNESOTANOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

City Council of the City of Eagan, Da-kota County, Minnesota, will meet at theEagan Municipal Center located at 3830Pilot Knob Road, in said City on Novem-ber 4, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. to consider theproposed assessment of delinquent falsealarm billings in Eagan.

The proposed area to be assessed isdescribed in the assessment roll on file with the City Clerk in her office, which roll is open to public inspection. Written ororal objections will be considered at thepublic hearing.

No appeal may be taken as to theamount of any assessment unless awritten objection, signed by the affectedproperty owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presentedto the presiding officer at the meeting.An owner may appeal an assessment todistrict court pursuant to M.S.A. §429.081by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City of Eagan withinthirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with theDistrict Court of Dakota County within ten(10) days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk.

Further information relating to theseassessments may be obtained from theSpecial Assessment Division at Eagan City Hall and any questions should be di-rected to that Division.

Dated: October 15, 2013./s/ Christina M. ScipioniChristina M. ScipioniCity Clerk City of Eagan

Published in Burnsville/EaganOctober 18, 2013

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CITY OF EAGANNOTICE OF ASSESSMENT

HEARING PROJECT NO. 1115 –

WESCOTT HILLS, THE WOODLANDS NORTH &

TRAILS END STREET IMPROVEMENTSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Ea-gan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot KnobRoad, Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Mon-day, November 4, 2013 to consider theproposed assessment of street improve-ments relating to Project No. 1115 in the following described area:

The area within the Northeast ¼ of Sec-tion 14, lying South of Yankee DoodleRoad (CSAH 28), East of Lexington Av-enue (CSAH 43), in Township 27, Range23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County,Minnesota.

The area proposed to be assessed is allproperty described above, all as more fullyand particularly described in the assess-ment roll on file in the City Clerk’s office, which roll is open to public inspection.The total amount of the proposed as-sessment is $81,520.06. Written or oralobjections will be considered at the publichearing.

No appeal may be taken as to theamount of any assessment unless awritten objection, signed by the affectedproperty owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the meeting. An ownermay appeal an assessment to DistrictCourt pursuant to M.S.A. Section 429.081by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City of Eagan, withinthirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with theDistrict Court of Dakota County within ten(10) days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk.

Notice is further given that pursuant tothe Minnesota Statues, Sections 435.193 to 435.195, the City of Eagan has ad-opted the City assessment deferral. Thisordinance provides that the Eagan CityCouncil may defer the payment of specialassessment against homestead property,which is owned and occupied by a person 65 years of age or older or retired by virtueof disability when the assessment wouldcreate a hardship upon the property own-er. Applications for deferral must be madenot later than ninety (90) days after the as-sessment is adopted.

Further information relating to these as-sessments and an application for deferralof assessments may be obtained from the Special Assessment Division of the Pub-lic Works Department and any questionsshould be directed to that Division.

Dated: October 1, 2013/s/ Christina M. Scipioni City Clerk – City of Eagan

Published in Burnsville/Eagan

October 18, 25, 201340999


ASSESSMENT HEARINGDELINQUENT NOXIOUS

WEED AND MOWINGSERVICE BILLS

DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eagan, Da-kota County, Minnesota, will meet at theEagan Municipal Center located at 3830Pilot Knob Road, in said City on Novem-ber 4, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. to consider theproposed assessment of delinquent nox-ious weed and mowing service billings inEagan.

The proposed area to be assessed isdescribed in the assessment roll on file with the City Clerk in her office, which roll is open to public inspection. Written ororal objections will be considered at thepublic hearing.

No appeal may be taken as to theamount of any assessment unless awritten objection, signed by the affectedproperty owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presentedto the presiding officer at the meeting.An owner may appeal an assessment todistrict court pursuant to M.S.A. §429.081by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City of Eagan withinthirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with theDistrict Court of Dakota County within ten(10) days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk.

Further information relating to theseassessments may be obtained from theSpecial Assessment Division at Eagan City Hall and any questions should be di-rected to that Division.

Dated: October 15, 2013/s/ Christina M. Scipioni Christina M. ScipioniCity Clerk City of Eagan


41444

CITY OF EAGAN NOTICE OF

ASSESSMENT HEARINGDELINQUENT UTILITY BILLS

DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theCity Council of the City of Eagan, Da-kota County, Minnesota, will meet at theEagan Municipal Center located at 3830Pilot Knob Road, in said City on Novem-ber 4, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. to consider theproposed assessment of delinquent utilitybillings in Eagan.

The proposed area to be assessed isdescribed in the assessment roll on file with the City Clerk in her office, which roll

is open to public inspection. Written ororal objections will be considered at thepublic hearing.

No appeal may be taken as to theamount of any assessment unless awritten objection, signed by the affectedproperty owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presentedto the presiding officer at the meeting.An owner may appeal an assessment todistrict court pursuant to M.S.A. §429.081by serving notice of the appeal upon theMayor or Clerk of the City of Eagan withinthirty (30) days after the adoption of theassessment and filing such notice with theDistrict Court of Dakota County within ten(10) days after service upon the Mayor orClerk.

Further information relating to theseassessments may be obtained from theSpecial Assessment Division at EaganCity Hall and any questions should be di-rected to that Division.

Dated: October 15, 2013/s/ Christina M. ScipioniChristina M. ScipioniCity Clerk City of Eagan


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RIDGEHAVEN ACRES/ RUSTIC HILLS DRIVE/

SKYLINE STREET IMPROVEMENTS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Ea-gan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot KnobRoad, Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Mon-day, November 4, 2013 to consider theproposed assessment of street improve-ments relating to Project No. 1109 in the following described area:

The area within the South ½ of Section4, lying North of Lone Oak Road (CSAH26), West of Pilot Knob Road, in Township27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan, DakotaCounty, Minnesota.







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HEARING PROJECT NO. 1106 – BLACKHAWK GLEN & BLACKHAWK RIDGE

STREET IMPROVEMENTSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the


The area within the South ½ of Section16, lying South of Yankee Doodle Road(CSAH 28), West of I-35E, in Township 27,Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota.







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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 196

PROCEEDINGSROSEMOUNT-APPLE

VALLEY-EAGAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

REGULAR BOARD MEETINGChairperson Rob Duchscher

called the regular School Board meeting to order at 6 p.m. on Sep-tember 23, 2013 at Dakota Ridge School.

Present: Joel Albright, Art Coul-son, treasurer; Rob Duchscher, chairperson; Gary Huusko, clerk; Jackie Magnuson, vice chairper-son; Mike Roseen, Bob Schutte and Superintendent Jane K. Berenz.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the School Board.

There was a moment of silence for Debbie Cunningham, a special education accounting clerk, who passed away.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Coulson and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the agenda.

Superintendent Berenz recog-nized principals and assistant prin-cipals for their leadership.

Lakeville parent Retno Saridewi-Wong informed the board of the formation of UNITE 196, a nonpar-tisan group of parents and citizens formed to fill in the gap between parents, community and the school district. They will work with state and local elected officials to make a difference for public schools.

Motion by Roseen, seconded by Huusko and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the following Consent items:

Minutes of September 9, 2013 regular board meeting (Exhibit A1);

Resolution appointing election judges and student election judge trainees for the November 5, 2013 election (Exhibit A2);

Claims for September 4-17, 2013 (Exhibit B1);

Electronic funds transfer sched-ule for August 31-September 13, 2013 (Exhibit B2);

Schedule of investments for Au-gust 31-September 13, 2013 (Ex-hibit B3);

Treasurer’s Report for month ending June 30, 2013 (Exhibit B4);

Gifts received through Septem-ber 15, 2013 (Exhibit B5);

Advertising revenue under $500 received by September 23, 2013 (Exhibit B6);

A $2,000 Peace Maker Founda-tion grant for Glacier Hills Elemen-tary School of Arts and Science to continue peacemaking efforts at Glacier Hills (Exhibit B7);

Contract with Hoglund Bus Company, Inc., through the State of Minnesota’s Cooperative Purchas-ing Venture, to purchase parts and services as needed throughout the 2013-14 school year (Exhibit B8);

Separations, leaves of absence and new staff (Exhibit C1);

Agreement with BOTH/AND Resources to provide co-located, mental health services to students at the School of Environmental Studies and Apple Valley High School for the remainder of the 2013-14 school year at no cost to the district (Exhibit D1);

Agreement for private nursing services with ACR Homes for one-to-one care at school to meet the needs of a student (Exhibit D2);

Agreement with a teacher for the 2013-14 school year, for an ad-ditional .033 FTE, without the FTE becoming part of a continuing con-tract (Exhibit D3), and

Agreement with Walgreens for flu shot clinics at district sites ex-clusively for employees and paid for by the employees’ health insur-ance (Exhibit D4).

Director of Elementary Educa-tion Julie Olson introduced Angie Wyatt, elementary band coordina-tor and band director at Northview and Oak Ridge elementary schools. Six years ago, Wyatt had a vision and implemented a program in District 196 entitled Band For All, in which the community donates gently used instruments for use by students who receive free- or reduced-price school meals. Band directors clean, arrange for repairs and distribute instruments to stu-dents for whom lack of access to an instrument would be a barrier to participation in school band.

Wyatt said that in 2006 several band directors and band parent Diane Morrison met to discuss the lack of diversity in the instrumental music program. District 196 has the largest band program in the state (currently 5,100 student partici-pate in band), but they had noticed bands at the secondary levels did not reflect the school populations. At most elementary schools 70-80 percent of students in grade 5 participated in band. At Cedar Park Elementary, less than 23 percent of students in grade 5 participated (at that time, Cedar Park was a racially identified school by the Minnesota Department of Education).

The goals of Band For All were to reduce barriers to participation, provide access to instruments and enroll every Cedar Park grade 5 student in band. Valley Middle School Principal Dave McKeag vol-unteered to host a benefit in 2007 called 100 Horns in the hope of getting 100 instruments donated. That fund-raising effort resulted in more than 80 instrument donations and $350 collected for supplies and repairs.

Band For All is now an ongoing donation program with more than 700 instruments in the system. Stu-dents are able to keep their instru-ment as long as they participate in band through the district. Students also benefit from in-kind donation of services from professional re-pair businesses. By 2011, the dis-trict had a large enough inventory to publicize the program to all fifth grade students. To date, more than 900 students have participated in the program and students across the district now benefit from the program.

Wyatt stated that Minnesota Public Radio modeled their Play It Forward statewide instrument do-nation program after Band For All.

Band directors Anja Firchow, Highland and Cedar Park elemen-tary schools; Dave Miller, Valley Middle-School of STEM, and Steve Olsen, Rosemount High, each shared a story about their students’ experience with the Band for All program.

Director of Finance and Opera-tions Jeff Solomon provided back-ground on the construction of a new facility for early learning and Adult Basic Education (ABE) pro-grams to replace the Early Child-hood Learning Center and Rahn-cliff Learning Center. The district has leased those spaces for the past 20 years and the buildings no longer meet the programs’ needs. Solomon said alternative properties within the community and existing district properties were studied. The administration determined the

best site for a new facility would be the Dakota Ridge/Diamond Path area.

Scott McQueen, Wold Architects & Engineers principal architect, re-viewed the makeup of the Core Planning Group, the group’s com-mitments and the design criteria. He noted current overall square footage for the ABE program was 6,770; Early Childhood Fam-ily Education (ECFE) was 8,140; Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) was 17,092, and general shared space was 3,950, for a to-tal of 35,922, with a multiplier of 1.45 for program growth, the total square footage would need to be 52,113. The project is in the Sche-matic Design phase and will move into the Design Development and then Contract Documents phases.

McQueen reviewed the two-sto-ry floor plan, the site plan and el-evations. The facility was designed based on the design criteria. He also shared renderings from the neighborhoods’ perspective.

Mark Bosch, Bossardt Corpora-tion chief executive officer (CEO), noted his firm will be the Con-struction Manager for this project, reviewed the project schedule and noted he will be back to present updates and ask the board to take action on construction bid pack-ages. Currently focus is on getting the site work (earth work, paving, retaining walls) completed before it gets too cold and freezes. Bids are planned to be open on October 28. Move-in is targeted for December 2014.

Solomon informed the audi-ence that the facility will be paid for through lease levy funding and there will be no tax increase. The district will save taxpayers approxi-mately $400,000 in lease levy costs and own the facility.

Director of Teaching and Learn-ing Steve Troen asked the board to approve the 2012-13 Annual Re-port on Curriculum, Instruction and Student Achievement (Exhibit E). He said the Curriculum and Instruc-tion Advisory Council (CIAC) re-viewed the report at its September 16 meeting, made suggestions and approved forwarding the report for School Board approval. The report now includes slide bar notes and facts highlighting district achieve-ments, and the addition of an ar-ticle on page 7 entitled, “Learning and technology task force develop-ing vision.”

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Coulson and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the annual report.

Solomon reported that the prop-erty tax levy is one component (19.42 percent) of the total revenue the district receives. He noted the board is required to adopt a pro-posed property levy limitation for taxes payable in 2014 by October 1 and forward that data to Dakota County (Exhibit F). The county will use the proposed levy limit amount to calculate information for the truth-in-taxation notices sent to taxpayers in mid-November. The final levy which the School Board certifies in December may not be greater than the preliminary levy limit approved now, except for ad-justments made by the Minnesota Department of Education.

Solomon said the property wealth in District 196 has been de-clining over the past four years and shared data on the two measures used to determine that wealth. One measure is the referendum market value in the district which is cur-rently at $12.7 billion, down 4.9 percent from one year ago. The other is the Adjusted Net Tax Ca-pacity (ANTC) calculated at $145.2 million, a 1.9 percent decline from last year. Using those figures, Solo-mon said the total maximum levy limitation for 2013 (payable 2014) is calculated at $68,183,697.33, a decrease of 7.6 percent, or $5.6 million. The decrease is the result of additional equalization aid the district will receive from the state as part of the 2013 Omnibus Edu-cation Bill. Equalization aid helps equalize the cost of a local school levy dollar for all Minnesota taxpay-ers, regardless of the amount of commercial/industrial property in the communities they live. Another reason for the decrease is the re-sult of debt refinancing and other actions by the School Board that saved money and lowered the dis-trict’s tax levy.

Solomon reported that the levy question on the November 5 ballot, if approved, would have a tax im-pact of $184 per year on the aver-age-value home. After factoring in the tax decrease resulting from the state equalization aid, the net prop-erty tax increase of an approved levy referendum would be reduced to $56 per year, or less than $5 per month on the average-value home.

The administration recom-mended the board adopt the maxi-mum levy limit which will allow for any adjustments to the data from the state to be sent directly to the county. Solomon noted the final certification in December may not be greater than the preliminary levy, except for operating levy funds ap-proved by voters in an election.

Motion by Magnuson, seconded by Coulson and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the proposed maximum levy limit.

Berenz asked the board to ap-prove a resolution recognizing the leadership role played by principals and assistant principals in support-ing the education of students and declaring October 6-12 as District 196 Principals and Assistant Princi-pals Appreciation Week (Exhibit G).

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Schutte and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the resolution.

Berenz announced residents may apply for an absentee ballot for the November 5 School Board election and levy referendum online or in-person at the District Office.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Roseen and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to adjourn the meeting at 7:15 p.m.

Published in Apple Valley, Lakeville, Burnsville/Eagan

October 18, 201341368

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LEGAL NOTICES

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194SEPTEMBER 24TH BOARD MEETING

This is a summary of the IndependentSchool District No. 194 Regular SchoolBoard Meeting on Tues, September 24, 2013 with full text available for public in-spection on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or District Office at8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN55044

The meeting was called to order at 7:04p.m. followed by pledge of allegiance. All board members and administrators were present.

Consent agenda items approved: Min-utes of the meeting on September 10;employment recommendations, leaverequests and resignations; payment ofbills & claims as presented; wire transfers/investments as presented; alt facilities change orders/bid awards; donations and fieldtrips.

Reports presented: Emergency re-sponse staff training; teacher develop-ment and evaluation pilot program; enroll-ment updates; levy communications.

Recommended actions approved:Integration plan and amended budget;resolution appointing election judges;policies 412-Expense Reimbursement,612.1-Development of Parental Involve-ment Policies for Title 1, 624-Online Learning Options; open fora declarationfor conferences.

Adjournment at 9:26 p.m. Published in Lakeville, Burnsville/Eagan

October 18, 201338104


ASSESSMENT HEARING PROJECT NO. 1111 – GREAT OAKS STREET

IMPROVEMENTSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the


The area within the Northeast ¼ of Sec-tion 14, lying South of Yankee DoodleRoad (CSAH 28), East of Lexington Av-enue (CSAH 43), in Township 27, Range23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County,Minnesota.







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DUCKWOOD CROSSINGS (CRESTRIDGE DRIVE)

STREET IMPROVEMENTSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the


The area within the East ½ of Section16, lying South of I-35E, West of PilotKnob Road (CSAH 31), in Township 27,Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota.







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NOTICE OF TESTING OF OPTICAL SCAN VOTING SYSTEM

(ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLS)STATE OF MINNESOTA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Independent School District No. 196 (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan) shall perform a public accu-racy test of the optical scan voting system to be used in the District’s November 5, 2013 General and Special Election. The test shall be conducted at: Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. Interested individuals are authorized to attend and observe. If you have any questions, please contact Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Kim Craven at 651-423-7746.

Dated: October 14, 2013BY ORDER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD/s/ Gary L Huusko Gary L. Huusko, School District Clerk

Published in Apple Valley, Lakeville, Burnsville/Eagan

October 18, 201341040

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #196CALL FOR BIDS

ECFE/ECSE/ABE BUILDINGNotice is hereby given that In-

dependent School District 196, will receive multiple prime sealed bids for the ECFE/ECSE/ABE Build-ing project, at the District Office located at 3455 153rd Street W Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2pm on Monday, October 28th, 2013 at which time they will be opened and read aloud. The work for this bid package includes Contracts for: #3100 Earthwork/Site Demoli-tion, #3210 Asphalt Paving/Curbs, #3123 Site Concrete/Concrete Re-taining Walls, #3290 Landscaping, and #3300 Site Utilities. Reference Specification Section 01 12 00 Contract Work Scope Descriptions for detailed listing of items included in each Contract.

Complete instructions on how to obtain Bidding Documents can be found at: http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm

A Bid Bond, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check in the amount of 5% of the base bid price, made payable to Independent School District 196, must be submitted with the bid as bid security. No personal checks will be accepted.

The Board of Education of In-dependent School District 196 re-serves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in bidding.

Gary Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196Published in the Apple Valley,

Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganOctober 11, 18, 2013

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PUBLIC SALE NOTICENotice is hereby given that on

November 8, 2013 at 11:00 AM at Acorn Mini Storage, 2935 Lexing-ton Ave. S., city of Eagan, county of Dakota, state of Minnesota, the un-dersigned Acorn Mini Storage will sell at Public Sale by competitive bidding the personal property here-tofore stored with the undersigned by:

Unit # 462--Sammi Barlow/ Kathryn Wawrzyniak television, boxes of unknown con-tent # 4432562

Unit # 577--Miles Smithelectric keyboard, stereo equip.television, microwave, luggage,boxes of unknown content# 4432560

Unit # 624--Barbara Inmansports equip., vacuum cleaner, lug-gage, furniture, boxes of unknown content # 4432559

Unit # 660--Sharrod Rowe/Jessie Holtvacuum cleaner, luggagefurniture,boxes of unknown content# 4432565

Published in theBurnsville/Eagan

October 18, 25, 201339276

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SEPTEMBER 27TH

This is a summary of the IndependentSchool District No. 194 Special Board ofEducation Meeting on Friday, September27, 2013 with full text available for publicinspection on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210th StreetW., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 9:00a.m. All board members and administra-tors were present except Director Skellyand Exec Dir Ouillette.

Recommended Action approves: Cer-tification of proposed 2014 property taxlevy and establishing hearing date andtime for Tuesday, November 26 at 7:00 p.m. at the District Office.

Meeting adjourned at 9:15 a.m.Published in Lakeville, Burnsville/Eagan

October 18, 201338136

CITY OF BURNSVILLEPUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARINGA Public Hearing will be held on

October 28, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. or assoon thereafter as possible by theBurnsville Planning Commission, 100Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on the application of Park Nicollet Clinic for rezoning from MIX (Mixed Use) to MIX, PUD (Mixed Use, Planned Unit Development), Prelimi-nary and Final Plat Approval for a Four Lot Subdivision to be known as RIDG-ES 11TH ADDITION, and Conceptand Development Stage Approval of a Planned Unit Development for ad-ditional parking located at 201 NicolletBoulevard East.

The application will be scheduled for the next appropriate City Council meeting following the Planning Com-mission meeting.

All persons desiring to speak on thisapplication are encouraged to attend.For more information concerning thisrequest, please contact Planner Chris Slania (952) 895-4451 at the City of Burnsville.

Chris Slania On Behalf of the Chair of the

Burnsville Planning CommissionPublished in

Burnsville/EaganOctober 18, 25, 2013

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October 28, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. or assoon thereafter as possible by theBurnsville Planning Commission, 100Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on the application of PRCAcquisitions IV LLC for a variance to the required setback for a monument sign located at River Ridge Apart-ments, 12901 County Road 5.



Chris Slania On Behalf of the Chair of the Burns-

ville Planning CommissionPublished in

Burnsville/EaganOctober 18, 25, 2013

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October 28, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. or assoon thereafter as possible by theBurnsville Planning Commission, 100Civic Center Parkway, in the Coun-cil Chambers on the application of Fairchild Living Trust for a ConditionalUse Permit for the cabinet signs on an existing building located at 3100Highway 13.



Chris Slania On Behalf of the Chair of the Burnsville Planning Commission


October 18, 25, 201340946


SPECIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING

SEPTEMBER 24TH This is a summary of the Independent

School District No. 194 Special Board ofEducation Meeting on Tuesday, Septem-ber 24, 2013 with full text available forpublic inspection on the district websiteat www.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210thStreet W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 6:00p.m. All board members and administra-tors were present except Exec Dir Ouil-lette.

Discussion: Integration and equity planand budget.

Meeting adjourned at 6:53 p.m.Published in Lakeville, Burnsville/Eagan

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fronts and undeveloped lots due to the recession. A savvy businessman, Shimek was able to beat the tide. Three years later, the restaurant’s future be-came brighter as Central Village rebounded. In August, the couple temporarily closed Enjoy! and sold the restaurant to Twin Cities restaurateur Bob Tinsley, who plans to reopen it under the name Vivo. The family insists Shimek’s health issues were not a factor in their decision to sell the restau-rant. At the time, the couple said they sold the restau-rant to “simplify our pro-gram.” Hamann-Roland de-scribed Shimek as an ethical businessman who treated his employees like family. Shimek’s generosity extended far beyond the restaurant. An advocate

of public education, the Apple Valley resident generously contributed to Rosemount-Apple Val-ley-Eagan schools — the school district his own four children attended. “He was a pillar of the community and a father figure to a lot of people,” his daughter, Jessica, said. When a devastating tsunami hit Sri Lanka in 2004, Shimek helped fund reconstruction efforts — namely a school — in one of the island nation’s villages. A school named after Shimek stands as a lasting reminder of his passion for helping others. One year later Hurri-cane Katrina devastated New Orleans, and Shimek and his family again ex-tended a helping hand. “They are incredibly wonderful stewards of the community and the world,” Hamann-Roland said. Shimek’s entrepreneur-ial spirit extended well be-

yond Apple Valley’s bor-ders. His first venture was Heat-N-Glo, which he founded in Burnsville in 1975 with his brother, Ron Shimek, who died in 2002. Shimek stayed on as president after the com-pany merged in 1996 with Heatilator to form Hearth and Home Technologies in Lakeville. He retired in 2002, but that was short-lived. Within a year he found-ed Eagan-based Outdoor GreatRoom Company, which designs and manu-factures upscale fire pits, furniture and kitchens for outdoor living spaces. Though Outdoor GreatRoom felt the weight of the recession, it con-tinued to thrive with an-nual sales in the millions. Aiming to save money and bring business to Minne-sota, Shimek moved the company’s engineering, production and manu-facturing operation from

overseas and Salt Lake City, Utah, to its head-quarters in Eagan. A year after opening Outdoor GreatRoom, Shimek opened Enjoy! and then Paradise Land-ing restaurant in Balsam Lake, Wis., and a winery called Chateau St. Croix in St. Croix Falls, Wis. “I wasn’t good at golf, and I enjoy business and being around good inno-vation,” Shimek said in a 2010 interview. Shimek didn’t run his businesses alone. His wife and St. Paul-based Morrissey Hospi-tality Cos. manage their restaurant, while his niece and her husband run the winery. Shimek also co-found-ed Blue Ox Advertising in Eagan with daughter, Jes-sica. Whether it was inside or outside their businesses, Shimek always made time for family, said Jessica, the eldest of Shimek’s four

children. “He was an incredible father,” she said. “He was such a rock and a person to turn to. I’ll miss that.” Jessica said her favor-ite memories of her father were listening to his sto-ries, spending time with him at the family cabin and visiting the farm where he grew up. Born in Ripley Town-ship in Morrison County, Minn., Shimek was one of seven children. A U.S. Army veteran, Shimek survived lym-phoma as a young adult but the disease returned. On Oct. 1, Shimek was diagnosed with advanced non-Hodgkin lymphoma and given a 25 percent to 50 percent survival rate. Dan and his family felt hopeful as he began his chemotherapy, Jessica said. But a week later, doc-tors discovered the cancer was far more advanced than they initially realized. This combined with other

health issues, Dan’s prog-nosis began to look bleak. Shimek died at home with his family at his side. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Kay; and children, Jessica Shimek, Danielle (Ricky) Dhali-wal, Kent Shimek and Richelle Shimek. A visitation is 3 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at White Funeral Home, 14560 Pennock Ave., Apple Valley. A funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18, at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 4030 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Burial will follow at Fort Ripley Na-tional Cemetery near Lit-tle Falls, Minn. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorial donations to www.just-give.org/danshimek.


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After retiring, Ganz joined the Burnsville Breakfast Rotary Club, which led to his volunteer work with 360 Communities. He’s logged more than 5,100 hours since 2007, ac-cording to Archambault, starting as a volunteer driver at 360’s Eagan loca-tion of the Lewis House, a domestic-violence shelter for women and their chil-dren. He drove Lewis House

clients to doctor visits, court appearances, school registrations and other ap-pointments. One Sunday morning he was called to drive a woman with a toothache to the only den-tist that could be found. “I never asked ques-tions” of the clients, Ganz said. “If they wanted to tell me things, I would be a good listener. Boy, there were some stories. You get irate.” When volunteer help was needed at the Burns-

ville food shelf, Ganz stepped up. He became the volunteer leader of the operation, which accounts for about half of the total visits at 360 Communities’ five food shelves. With a core of 24 volunteers, it’s the only one open five days a week. Ganz doesn’t just fill orders, stock shelves and trade jokes with fellow vol-unteers and 360 staffers. He’s a food shelf ambassa-dor, making and maintain-ing contacts with the local

supermarkets, civic orga-nizations, churches and others that donate food. “This is grassroots. This is local community,” Ganz said. “And you get a bigger bang for your buck at this level, no question about it. We rely a lot on volunteers and food dona-tions. You have to go out and go after it. You can’t just sit here and wait for the door to open. It’s like marketing, sales — you have to sell yourself.” Demand is up. From

GANZ, from 1A August 2012 through Au-gust 2013, the five food shelves had distributed nearly 6 percent more pounds of food than they had during the same pe-riod a year before. “I’ve always looked at the food shelf as the door to get people in to find out what’s really wrong,” he said, referring to other services 360 offers, such as its school-success pro-gram and two resource centers. “Like Napoleon says, an army travels on its stomach, and a hungry kid doesn’t learn much.” 360 staffers do the screening and intake. Food shelf volunteers fill the orders and distribute the food. Ganz recalled one un-employed client — “single father, two kids” — who pulled up in his truck to pick up a food order he’d requested three days be-fore. He brought good news of having been re-hired since placing the or-der.

“His cell phone rang while he was taking the or-der out,” Ganz said. “He just got laid off (again). Guy had tears. So he and I walked around the park-ing lot. Can’t do anything about it, but you can lis-ten.” Ganz recalled a couple who had been food shelf clients for a year pulling up to the door in an SUV. “They opened their car, gave me five bags of gro-ceries,” Ganz said. “They said, ‘Here — we’re both working now.’ ” He’s a little weak, dehy-drated and dizzy from his illnesses, but Ganz is plan-ning his comeback, saying “gloom and doom never got anybody anywhere.” “And you know the worst part about all this? A beer doesn’t even sound good,” he said. “A lot of water, a lot of juice.”

John Gessner can be reached at 952-846-2031 or email [email protected].


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2500 PETS

2510 Pets

Blue Parakeet for Salewith large cage, $50.

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Isis Has Waited 6 Years & 8 Mos. For A Home!

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Dawn Valley, Blmgtn, one lot, Garden of the Crosses, $2,100/BO. 952-471-7193

Gethsemane (New Hope) 1 grave site, 2 burial lots. $1,340/BO. 763-473-5760

3580 Household/Furnishings

1770 Antq English Dresser, $875, 22Dx47Hx53L, Good cond. 612-799-1400

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SCOOTER (Spitfire) w/2 batteries & access. Like new! $825/BO. 763-473-5760

Shaklee Products No shipping - I have inventory! Judy 651-454-7179

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Buying Old Trains & ToysSTEVE’S TRAIN CITY

952-933-0200Motorcycles Wanted!

Cash for used & Damaged 651-285-1532

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Mint Sets, Collections, Gold & 14K Jewelry

Will Travel. 30 yrs exp Cash! Dick 612-986-2566

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3620 MusicInstruments

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4000 SALES


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Curt & Marlene MorrowResidence 45986 Hwy. 56

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Fall Boutique - Prior Lake, Oct. 25-27, 8:00 - 5:00. Crafts, Antiques, over 20 crafters. www.barnonthehill.com 2290 233rd Street East


FARMINGTON19555 Ewing St. Oct 20th Sunday 11-4pm, Vendor Open House! 13 Direct Selling Vendors. Drawing for gift basket!

4030 Garage& Estate Sales

APPLE VALLEY 10/17-18 (9-5) Rub. stamps/suppls. scrapbkng, greeting cards, HH. 7122 131st Circle

APPLE VALLEY8734 134TH St. West Oct 24-26th 9-3pm, Moving Sale! Everything must go!

Bloomington Huge Sale! 10/17-19 (8-4), 9805 1st Ave S. Tlz, collect. dye cast, cars, furn, & cloz.

Bloomington, Oct 17-19; 10-6pm. 8240 1st Av S. Old jewelry collection, quality items & much, much more.

Brooklyn Center 10/17-19 (9-6) Huge Multi-Fam lthr coat, toys, HH, cloz, wt bench. 6400 Perry Ave. N.

Brooklyn Ctr 10/17-19, 10a-4p. Lots of stuff! Big sz cloz. 5906 Halifax Ave N.

Brooklyn Park Big Mov-ing Sale! 10/18-19 (9-6), 10/20 (9-2) Furn, frig, HH, winterwear, tools, X-mas 8324 Morgan Ave No.

BURNSVILLE1216 Crystal Lk Rd. E. Oct 17-18 8-5PM, Much misc. Furn. Tools, & compressors

Eagan, Th 10/17-Fri 10/18, 9-4. Multi-Family Garage Sale. 4306 Jessica Ct.

Eden Prairie, Huge multi fam/moving sale. HH, furn cloz, gift samples, misc. 10/17-10/18, 9a-6p; 10/19, 9a-1p 11308 Entrevaux Dr

EDINA: S’dale Library Friends Book Sale - Great selection incl. Kids & CD’s Huge selection! Preview for “Friends” Members 10/17 (5-8pm). Sale held: 10/18-19 (10-4); 10/20 (12-4) Bag day $5 7001 York Ave. So.

Estate Sale- Ltl Canada, 10/19-20, 9-3. Details on: www.oldisknew.com 2736 N Rice St.

FRIDLEYGigantic Yard SaleThurs-Sat (10-6) Everything A to Z! 6850 Siverts Ln. (69th & Old Central)

Fridley: Huge Moving Sale10/18-19 & 10/26 (8-6) Wshr/dryer, frzr, furn, HH, items. 180 62nd Way NE

Golden Valley: 10/17-18 (8-5) Nitro-Flex wt. gym, treadmill, electronics, re-cords, more! Cash only-no lrg. bills 7820 Faribault St.

4030 Garage& Estate Sales

Lakeville, 10/9-10/11 and 10/16-10/19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Designer clothing/purses, HH, women’s bike, comput-er printers, books, lots more! 20468 Kensfield Trl.

Lakeville, October 19-20, 9 am - 3 pm. Glass-ware, Books, Bikes, Ski & Sports Equip, Cloth-ing, Deck Furn, Trailer. 17414 Honeysuckle Ct.

Orono, 10/18, 9-6; 10/19, 9-5. Moving sale, furn, pic-tures, seasonal, hardwr,hh, much misc . 1212 Briar St.

PLYMOUTHMulti-Family 1 Day only! 10/17 (8-8) Jewelry, nice HH items, furn., much more! 2235 Xanthus Ln N

RICHFIELDSt Richards Catholic Church

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ROSEMOUNT 14787 Bloomfield Circle Oct 19th 9-3pm, Furniture!

ROSEMOUNT 14898 Bittersweet Court Oct 17, 18 & 19th 9-6pm Huge Moving Sale! Furn, Tools, Antqs, HH & guns

ST LOUIS PARKSt Louis Park Union Church

3700 Alabama Ave. So. PreSale: 10/23 (12-6) Ad-mission $3. Sale: 10/24-25 (9-6); Bag Sale 10/26 (8-12)

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4610 Houses For Sale

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5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters





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Carpentry Contractors Co. has openings for

TRIM CARPENTERSWith all levels of exp.

Apply within or online to:Human Resources21673 Cedar Ave.

Lakeville, MN 55044Phone: 218-847-4446

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The Outside Advertising Sales Executive is responsible for establishing and maintaining profitable relationships with customers on behalf of the company and actively prospecting for new accounts and maximizing sales potential with existing customers.

We are seeking the following qualities:• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Good math skills

• Self-motivated and problem-solving

• Able to identify and meet customers’ needs and requirements

• Identifies prospects, customers, and referral sources

• Develops and maintains relationships with customers

• Strong persuasive and interpersonal skills

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• Show tact, sensitivity, and professionalism with customers at all times

• A valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and current auto insurance

The Outside Sales Executive is in contact with current and prospective customers. EXCELLENCE is a must for this challenging opportunity. We offer a competitive compensation and benefits program‚ medical, dental, 401K, life insurance, holidays, and paid time off.

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5210 Drywall

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Perfect WallsHang * Tape * Spray

Shawn 651-285-6588

5220 Electrical

DAGGETT ELECTRICGen. Help & Lic. Elec.

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JNH Electric 612-743-7922Bonded Insured Free Ests

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Remodels. Old or New Constr. Free Ests. Bonded/Insured

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5260 Garage Doors

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www.expertdoor.com 651-457-7776

5270 Gutter Cleaning

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763-JIM-PANE 763-546-7263

Insured * Since 1990 [email protected]

5280 Handyperson

0 Stress! 110% Satisfaction!Status Contracting, Inc. Kitchens & Baths, Lower Level Remodels. Decks.

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Free Quotes & IdeasA-1 Work Ray’s Handyman

No job too small!!Quality Work @ Competitive

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5280 Handyperson

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One Call Does it All!Call Bob 612-702-8237or Dave 612-481-7258

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Kitchens, Baths, Bsmts Drywall, Tile & Decks

CCs accept’d 952-270-1895

George Lutz 35 yrs exp.Specializing in work for

the Elderly & persons w/spec. needs. Bathrooms,

ceramic tile, & grab bars. Remodeling.

952-435-5841Lic. #BC004406

5340 Landscaping

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E-ZLandscape.com

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Flex hrs. 952-461-3717

Modern Landscapes • Retaining Walls • Paver Patios • Design & Instal-

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modernlandscapes.biz

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763-420-3036 952-240-5533

Offering Complete Landscape Services

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5350 Lawn &Garden Services

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Mark 651-245-7876

A Happy Yard 20% Off Fall Clean-ups, Brush

Removal, Sod & Gutter Cleaning. 612-990-0945

CAYERING LAWN SERVICE

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Call Tim 952-212-6390

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952-883-0671 Mbr: BBB

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3 Interior Rooms/$250Wallpaper Removal.

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612•390•6845Quality ResidentialPainting & Drywall

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*A and K PAINTING*Int./Ext Painting/Stain-

ing & texturing. Free Est. 952-474-6258 Ins/Bond

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Ben’s Painting

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and WALLPAPERINGInt/Ext • Free Est. • 23 Yrs.

Will meet or beat any price! Lic/Ins

Visa/MC 952-469-6800

**Mike the Painter Interi-or/ exterior, Wallpaper, 35 yrs exp, Ins 612-964-5776

5380 Plumbing

SAVE MONEY - Competent Master Plumb-er needs work. Lic# M3869.

Jason 952-891-2490


A Family Operated Business

Roofing/Tear-offsNew Construction

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No Subcontractors Used. Lic/Ins. 952-891-8586

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Call 952-925-6156

◆ Roofing ◆ Siding Gutters * Soffit/Fascia

TOPSIDE, INC. 612-869-1177

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Call Jeff forStump Removal

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Jeff 612-578-5299

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paulbunyantreeserviceinc.com

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BBB Accredited “A” RatingRegistered W/Dept of

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5500 EMPLOYMENT

5510 Full-time

ASSEMBLYChanhassen

$12.50-13.80/hr.1st, 2nd, & Wknd Shifts

Growing CompanyGreat Work Environment!

We are currently recruiting for 1st shift for a growing manufacturing co in the SW metro. If you have as-sembly exp & are interested in long-term employment, this is a great opportunity! Please email resume to:[email protected]

VOLTWorkforce Solutions

Positions are contingent upon successful comple-tion of pre-employment screening. Volt is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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seeking self motivated, hard working individu-

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612-749-9752

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Call Diane at 952-767-2560 or email at [email protected]

Drivers Wanted-Class A Must be 21 yrs old. 2 yrs T/T exp. Twin Cities home every night,based in Eagan$17+ per hr, 401K plan plusbenefits or P/T . Call Kathy or Duane: 651-686-7221

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5510 Full-time

Community Habilitation Specialist

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Submit cover letter and resume to Jamie at

[email protected].

www.rise.orgEqual Opportunity

Employer

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Finish CarpentersSchwieters Companies is hiring entry level to expe-rienced finish carpenters. Top Benefits & Pay: tools/medical/dental/401kMajority of work on west & south side of metro area. Not required to go to office.Please call 612-328-3140to schedule an interview.

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5510 Full-time 5510 Full-time

Now Hiring Experienced CDL A Drivers *$2500 Signing Bonus*

McLane Minnesota, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire-Hathaway, is currently seeking qualifi ed can-didates to join our team! McLane, a wholesale grocery distributor, has been in business for over 119 years and continues to grow each year! Our Minnesota location has recently added additional customers and must fi ll team driver positions immediately. If you want home time, a secure paycheck, and make over $60,000, in your fi rst year, apply now.

Program runs until October 31st.Drive for the best, drive for McLane!

McLane Minnesota1111 5th Street West, Northfi eld, MN 55057

[email protected] www.drivemclane.com (507) 664-3038 Fax: (507) 664-3042

PRODUCTIONOur busy client company locatedin Shakopee is currently seeking

candidates for 1st, 2nd & weekendshifts. Duties will include stuffi ng,

weighing, snipping, bagging, rolling& boxing pillows. Fast paced

environment & must be able to standentire shift. Immediate openings!

Please call to schedule an appt(952) 368-4898, or apply online at:

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5520 Part-time 5520 Part-time

5520 Part-time 5520 Part-time

NAR: Part-time - PM Shifts We are seeking nurs-ing assistants to serve at our senior campus. Duties include assisting residents with their daily grooming, dining needs, ambulating and transferring. Candi-dates must be on the Minnesota Registry.

RN/LPN - Part-time & Casual CallWe are looking for creative, energetic profes-sionals with excellent communication, interper-sonal and leadership skills who have a passion for serving seniors. Candidates must have a current MN license & CPR.

Trinity, a five-star rated facility, offers an out-standing compensation package with scheduled

pay increases and a fun & rewarding work place!

Apply online:www.sfhs.org/employment

Or at: TRINITY CAMPUS3410 213th Street WestFarmington, MN 55024EEO/AA

Trinity Campus

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EOE

Enhancing the quality of human life through theprovision of exceptional healthcare services

Northfield Hospital & Clinics is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Please visit www.northfieldhospital.org for furtherdetails and to complete an online application!

TRANSIT DRIVERSchmitty & Sons Transit, Inc.

Is now hiring drivers for South Metro Routes

• Part-Time Weekday • Part-Time WeekendsPlease Apply at:

3600 Blackhawk Rd, Eagan or11550 Rupp Dr, Burnsville

www.schmittyandsons.com952-985-7501

Pre-employment drug test requiredEOE

5510 Full-time

FT Customer Service/Data Entry/Billing

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or call for an application651-463-3785

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Private, Public Charter and Pre-K

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for an interview. For assistance call

952-346-1656

5510 Full-time

Teacher Assistants/Paraprofessionals

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for an interview. For assistance call

952-346-1656

5510 Full-time

McLane Minnesota, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire-Hathaway, is currently seeking quali-fied candidates to join our team! McLane, a wholesale grocery distributor, has been in business for over 100 years and continues to grow each year! Our Min-nesota location has recent-ly added to our portfolio of outstanding customers and must fill the following position immediately.

Maintenance2:00 pm Start M- F

$15.60 + .35 shift pay DOEPrevious Warehouse

maint exp preferred.

We are seeking candidates with a good work history and a great attendance re-cord. Must pass drug test, physical screening and background check. Some positions require addition-al skills.

If you are interested in joining the McLane Team please email or fax your re-sume, or stop in to fill out an application.

McLane Minnesota1111 5th Street West

Northfield, MN 55057Fax (507) 664-3042

[email protected] EOE/M/F/D

Stream Global Services Looking to Fill More Than 100 New Posi-tions in Eagan – Posi-tion: Inbound Sales for Dish Network – with rapid hiring New hires will support Dish Net-work in Inbound Sales. People apply at www.stream.com/careers to learn more about the position, training and development opportu-nities, pay and benefits.Stream is located at 3285 Northwood Circle in Eagan and is taking ap-plications for immedi-ate hiring. The positions feature a competitive pay and benefits pack-age. Stream also pro-vides in-depth training and ongoing develop-ment opportunities to help employees build meaningful careers with the company. Stream is a global provider of business process out-sourcing services, sup-porting many Fortune 1000 companies. Stream provides sales, technical support and customer care services through its global network of approximately 56 ser-vice centers worldwide. Stream has had a sig-nificant presence in the Tri-County Area for more than fifteen years. No cold calling. Lucra-tive commission plan with guaranteed base; average agent makes $40,000/year with top performers have the ability to make $92,000/year. Office environ-ment, based in the world headquarters of Stream Global Services In-bound Sales with warm leads. Fast paced. Ben-efit package. Paid vaca-tion and sick time

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5520 Part-time

Lakeville Mini Storage

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PT Dietary Servers needed at The Rivers Se-nior Living Community in Burnsville. All shifts avail-able. Apply in person at

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5520 Part-time

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Events/festivals Harvest Moon Festival, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Oct. 18-19, Da-kota City, 4008 220th St. W. on the fairgrounds in Farmington. Information: dakotacity.org or 651-460-8050. Frightmares at Buck Hill, 7 p.m. Oct. 17-20, 24-27, Buck Hill, 15400 Buck Hill Road, Burnsville. Tickets are $18 Sun-days and $20 Wednesdays-Saturdays. Information: 952-435-7174, www.frightmares.com. Valleyscare Halloween Haunt, Oct. 17-19, 25-26, Valleyfair, Shakopee. Tickets range from $30.99 to $43.99. Ages 13 and older. Information: www.valleyfair.com/haunt. Halloween at the Park, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, Caponi Art Park, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. Information: 651-454-9412, www.caponiartpark.org. HallZooween, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 26-27, Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley. Children en-couraged to wear costumes. Information: mnzoo.org.

Exhibits Visual art exhibit by Stepha-nie Molstre-Kotz is on display through October at the Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Dan Petrov’s “The Mystery of Light” exhibit is on display through Oct. 26 in the Burns-ville Performing Arts Center gallery, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Information: 952-895-4679 or www.burnsvillepac.com. The Abode Exhibit, fea-turing quilts by the Minnesota Contemporary Quilters, is on display through November at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Informa-tion: 952-985-4640.

Music A Salute to the Rat Pack, 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, Burns-ville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets: $22-$51 at the box office and Ticketmaster.com. Country Roads: A John Denver Celebration, 3 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 20, Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets: $51-$71 at the box office and Ticket-master.com. “Spooky Music 2” by the Minnesota Symphonic Winds, 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. Tickets: $25 or $15 for groups of 10 or more at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com.

Theater “Ole & Lena’s Family Re-union,” 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18-19 and 2 p.m. Oct. 20, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holy-oke Ave. Tickets: $17.50 at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com. Mad Munchkin Produc-tions puppet shows, Friday, Oct. 25, garage at 17699 Lake Oak Circle, Lakeville. “The Great Candy Caper” for ages 3-12, 6:30 p.m.; “Late Night With Pumpkin Headerman” for ages 13 and older, 8 p.m. Bring lawn chair or blanket for seat-ing. Free, but non-perishable food donations requested. In-formation: www.madmunchkin-productions.com. “Arsenic & Old Lace,” pre-sented by the Prior Lake Play-ers Community Theatre, 7 p.m. Oct. 25-26 and Nov. 1-2, and 2 p.m. Oct. 27, Twin Oaks Middle School, 15860 Fish Point Road S.E., Prior Lake. Tickets: $14 for adults, $12 for seniors and students, and $8 for children 12 and under at www.plplayers.org or at the door. Information: www.plplayers.org.

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Saturday, Oct. 19 Fall Foliage Frolic, 10 a.m. to noon, Patrick Eagan Park (off Lexington Avenue, down the hill from Diffley Road). Meet at the pavilion behind the Eagan Art House for a nature hike through Patrick Eagan Park. Hike led by Craig Mandel, a premier bird-watcher and nature guide from Minnesota River Valley Audubon Chapter. Hosted by Friends of the Eagan Core Greenway, www.ea-gancoregreenway.org. Contact: Val Jackson, 651-470-2687. Spaghetti dinner and auc-tion to benefit Apple Valley can-cer patient Kimm Pray, 4:30-8:30 p.m. (auction), 5-7:30 p.m. (dinner), Savage American Legion Post 643, 12375 Princeton Ave., Savage. Musical entertainment: Whiskey and Prozac. Tickets: $10. Information: Ketti Green, [email protected], 763-482-2392. Benefit and silent auction for Lori Williams, 6-9:30 p.m., Babe’s Sports Bar & Grill, 20685 Holyoke Ave., downtown Lakev-

ille. Proceeds will help fund a motorized wheelchair and ex-penses for deep brain stimulation surgery to reduce Williams’ pain from dystonia as a result of car accidents. Cost: $5 at the door. Free beer from 6-8 p.m. Raffle and silent auction until 9:30 p.m. Donations can be sent to: Lori J. Williams Donation Account – US Bank, 20191 Iberia Ave., Lakev-ille, MN 55044.

Monday, Oct. 21 District 194 levy information meeting, 7 p.m., Oak Hills El-ementary, 8640 165th St., Lakev-ille.

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The Homeward Bound Theatre Company opens the regional off-Broadway premiere of the stage musical “Children’s Letters to God” on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 3, at 3 p.m. at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Taken directly from the letters of young people, the musical follows the lives of five young friends as they voice beliefs, desires, questions and doubts common to all people but most disarm-ingly expressed by children. Sixteen songs and assorted scenes (some based on actual letters) explore timeless issues such as sibling rivalry, divorce, holidays, the loss of a beloved pet and first love. Tickets are $18 for adults and $15 for seniors and students. Tickets are available online at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. For additional information, call 952-985-4640. (Photo submitted)

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Wednesday, Oct. 23 How to Get Into College, Pay for It – Without Unman-ageable Debt, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Lakeville North High School, Room 248 Lecture, 19600 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Sponsored by Lakeville Community Education. Registration required. Cost: $19. Information: 952-232-2150.

Thursday, Oct. 24 District 194 levy information meeting, 5 p.m., Lake Marion Elementary, 19875 Dodd Blvd., Lakeville. Prenatal Education Class “Childbirth and Infant Care,” 6:30-8 p.m., Bethesda Church, 15033 Highway 13 S., Prior Lake. Presented by Mary Nytes, RN and educator. This class will cover childbirth and necessary infant care once baby is born. Free. Registration is required. To register or more information, call 952-447-5683 or email [email protected].

Friday, Oct. 25 Halloween open house, 10-11 a.m., Peace Church, 2180 Glory Drive, Eagan. Hosted by MOMS Club of Eagan West. Halloween games, treats, and information on the MOMS Club. Information: [email protected] or https://www.facebook.com/MomsClubOfEa-ganWest.

Saturday, Oct. 26 North Park clean up, 8:30-10:30 a.m. Hosted by Lakeville Friends of the Environment. Meet in the wooden play area at Steve Michaud Park for coffee and treats before heading out. Wear appropriate attire, boots, gloves. Bags will be supplied. Informa-tion: Debbie at 952-250-3320. Holistic Health Fair, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Minnesota School of Business, 17685 Juniper Path, Lakeville. Vendor booths, speak-ers, demonstrations and give-aways. Free. Craft and bake sale, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Apple Valley Legion Auxiliary, 14521 Granada Drive, Apple Valley. Information: 651-423-2493. Spaghetti for Seminarians, 6-7:30 p.m., social hall, St. John Neumann Church, 4030 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Hosted by the Faithful Shepherd Knights of Columbus. A free-will offering will be taken to benefit the educa-tion of transitional deacon Rev. Kevin Manthey. All are welcome for food and fellowship. Silent auction items include jewelry, a flat-screen television, and a 2013 Specialized Work1 cross bicycle.

Sunday, Oct. 27 Boy Scout Troop 269 Break-fast, 8-11 a.m., VFW Post 8790, Upper 208th St., Lakeville. Break-fast buffet/omelette bar with bev-erages: $8 at the door. Informa-tion: Charles at 612-840-9143. Halloween Hodgepodge, 3-7 p.m., Eagan Community Cen-ter, 1515 Central Parkway, Eagan. Cost: $6 plus a food donation for children; free for adults with a food donation.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. • Oct. 19, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. • Oct. 24, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., St. John the Baptist Catholic School, 12508 Lynn Ave., Savage. • Oct. 29, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 16725 Highview Ave., Lakeville. • Oct. 29, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Valmont Industries, 20805 Eaton Ave., Farmington. • Oct. 30, 1:30-6:30 p.m., Al-lied Chiropractic Center of Eagan, 3410 Federal Drive, Eagan. • Oct. 31, 2-7 p.m., Glendale United Methodist Church, 13550 Glendale Road, Savage. Memorial Blood Centers will hold the following blood drive. Call 888-GIVE-BLD or visit MBC.org to make an appointment or for more information. • Oct. 31, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Argosy University, 1515 Central Parkway, Eagan.

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theater and arts briefsEagan choir’s season begins Eagan-based Exultate Chamber Choir and Or-chestra kicks off its 18th season on Oct. 26 and 27 with “Chamber Classics – Music that Exhilarates!” Performances are 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Bloomington, and 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27, at Lake Nokomis Lu-theran Church in Minne-apolis. Exultate’s complete season calendar can be found at www.exultate.org. Single tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students and seniors over age 65. Season ticket packages and single tickets are on sale at 651-707-0727 or www.exultate.org.

Monroe Crossing at LAAC Bluegrass and gospel quintet Monroe Cross-

ing performs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Tickets are $21 in advance – $23 at the door – and are available online at www.Lakevil-leAreaArtsCenter.com, or at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holy-oke Ave. Advance pur-chase is recommended. For tickets or additional information, call 952-985-4640.

Burnsville author releases fifth novel Burnsville author John Solensten has released his fifth novel, “Buffalo Grass,” which is rooted in Lakota myth and legend. It follows South Dakota native son Peter Thorson from his personal failure on Wall Street to a jour-ney of self-discovery on the South Dakota prairie. The novel, published by North Star Press of St. Cloud Inc., can be found

at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Local singing competition The North Star Com-petition, an Internet singing contest, is ac-cepting entries through Nov. 30 from singers age 18 and older. The win-ner will receive a trip to Nashville to record an album and a nationwide tour with The Color Dash 5K. Contest rules and more information can be found at North-StarSings.com.

Tonic Sol-fa holiday stop Minnesota-based har-mony group Tonic Sol-fa performs its holiday show at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $32 at the box office and via Ticketmas-ter at 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com.

Vote tally crowns new tapir calf a ‘princess’ The Minnesota Zoo’s female Malayan tapir calf, the first born at the zoo in more than 20 years, has been named “Amirah” (pronounced “ah MEER ah”) through a public naming contest. Amirah, which means princess, was the winning name with 401 votes. Amirah, born July 20, has quickly become a guest favorite at the Ap-ple Valley zoo. Growing rapidly, she now weighs 101 pounds and can be seen on exhibit each morning with her moth-er “Bertie.” For the first 6-8 months of life, tapir calves resemble furry

watermelons with legs. They are dark brown to black with alternating bands of yellowish-white stripes and spots. Young tapirs can weigh as much as 450 pounds at one year of age and reach adult size in about 2-3 years. One of the most en-dangered animals in Southeast Asia, Malay-an tapir populations are declining due to habitat loss from deforestation for agricultural palm oil plantations. Palm oil is used in many food prod-ucts, cosmetics, and bath products. People can help save tropical forests that are

home to tapirs and other wildlife by purchasing products that use sus-tainable palm oil. More information is at www.mnzoo.org/DoOneTh-ing/shopping.asp. In human care, the Malayan tapir is man-aged for breeding pur-poses by a Species Survival Plan, which, through the coordinated efforts of several zoos throughout the United States, helps maintain the gene pool for the fu-ture aid of the wild pop-ulation. The zoo had four pri-or Malayan tapir births, the last one occurring in 1991.

The Minnesota Zoo’s new female Malayan tapir calf “Amirah,” which means princess, was named through a public contest. (Photo submitted)

Jim Curry, billed as “the world’s most authentic John Denver tribute artist,” will pres-ent “Country Roads: A John Denver Celebration” this weekend at the Burnsville Per-forming Arts Center. Curry is joined onstage by members of John Denver’s band – in-cluding Jim Conner on banjo/harmonica and John Sommers on fiddle – in the national touring show. Tickets for the 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, concert range from $51-$71 and are available at the Burnsville PAC’s box office, 12600 Nicollet Ave., and through Ticketmaster.com. (Photo submitted)

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