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lief Association. In fact, it takes longer to make the 400 or so gallons of booya than it does to sell all of it. Each year, firefight-ers start dishing up the booya in the late morning, and they usually run out by about 3

tificates and bottled water for a year. As with most good ideas, this one started with a sim-ple connection. Gretchen Flynn, the mother band members Mi-chael (2006) and seniors Molly and Patrick, had a friend refer her to Megan Jackson, who runs Shakop-ee-based Plan4APlan Event Coordination. After the marching bands golf tournament fundraiser had gone flat, they turned to Jackson to organize a silent auction in conjunction with the marching band festival. I know that we would not have had the success with the auction without her connections, Flynn said. In past years, the si-lent auction has had about $16,000 worth of prizes do-nated, so being shy of about tripling that is a big deal. Jackson said she has con-nections to about 2,500 lo-cal businesses and retailers from all over the United States. As an event coordina-tor, I love doing this type of work, she said. It is a

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State continues to excel on ACT Minnesota continues to be a leader in the percentage of students taking and scoring well on the ACT test.

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eastview loses to WayzataThe Eastview football team lost to No. 2 Wayzata last week, but there were some encouraging signs in the loss.

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Bootlegging in your backyardLocal historian John Loch digs up details of the moonshine-producing underworld in Prohibition-era Dakota County.

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Look for photos from this weekends Rosemount High School marching band festival.

For a full schedule of One Book, One Rosemount events, go online to the Rosemount page.

Check out the opinion section where letters from all the communities Sun Thisweek covers are printed.

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hit-and-run driver left couple injured, alone One victim was a longtime Rosemount Elementary School teacher

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEk

Police are looking for a young man, possibly Hispanic, involved in a hit-and-run accident that in-jured a retired Rosemount teacher and his legally blind wife on La-bor Day. The man was driving a black older four-door sedan, possi-bly a Pontiac, Aug. 31 when he plowed into David and Doreen kennedys vehicle at around 5:30 p.m. as David was backing out of their driveway on Maple Street in Farmington. The loud noise of the crash startled 18-year-old college stu-

dent Brooklynn Searles, who was about two blocks away unlocking her car. She said she witnessed the man, wearing a flat-billed hat and a Run-D.M.C. T-shirt, get out of his damaged car, run to the ken-nedys car and after about 20 sec-onds sprint back to his car and drive from the scene. He literally ran into his car, got in, put it in reverse, flew back-wards, whipped his car around and left, Searles said. Doreen said the man came to her side of the car and asked with a Spanish accent if she was

Photo by Laura Adelmann

David and Doreen Kennedy stand next to the rental car they were forced to get after their car was totaled in a Labor Day hit-and-run accident that occurred at the end of their Maple Street driveway, seen in the background.See hiT-And-run, 5A

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEk

What do Bruce Spring-steen, Adele, Muhammad Ali and Justin Bieber have in common? They are all supporters of the Rosemount High School marching band. Well, at least indirectly. Memorabilia items cen-tered around the interna-tional icons are part of a massive $43,000-plus esti-mated value silent auction Saturday, Sept. 15, during the marching bands home show at Irish Stadium. If the chance at claiming an autographed Ali boxing glove or a Springsteen gui-tar are not enough to get you in the door, what about a Masters golf tournament package or a trip to see the Chicago Cubs from a Wrig-leyville rooftop? Those and nearly 100 other items are part of the auction that runs from 4 p.m. when the gates open until about 8 p.m. The auction aims to raise money for the marching band that has seen cuts in recent years. Past fundrais-ers have collected enough money to buy the program sheet music for the year or an instrument or two, but

Springsteen strums up money for marching band Rock legends autograph graces Rosemounts silent auction item

this effort aims to shatter those money-raising efforts. The Masters package, which includes a hotel stay and tickets to the practice rounds, has the highest re-serve ($3,900), which is the

minimum bid needed for the $7,853 estimated item to be sold. Other items on the list include autographed mem-orabilia from Aerosmith, Ringo Starr and Taylor

Swift. Theres a cruise ship ex-cursion, hotel stays and a 40-person bowling party on the list. Bids can be placed on oil changes, restaurant gift cer- See BAnd, 5A

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Rosemount Area Athletic Association youth football players gave out high fives to Rosemount High School varsity football team members as they were introduced in the game against Eden Prairie on Sept. 8. RAAA players were introduced and formed a tunnel to cheer on the Irish as they were introduced before the first home game. More photos are at SunThisweek.com.

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The Eastview High School marching band will be one of the competitors in the Rosemount High School Marching Band Festival on Saturday, Sept. 15, at Irish Stadium.

its time for booya in Apple Valley

Firefighters annual event is Sept. 15by Andrew Miller

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For Apple Val-ley firefighters, cooking booya means burning the midnight oil. Under the watchful eye of head cook and retired Assistant Fire Chief Dan Engel, firefighters begin preparing the savory stew a day in advance of their annual booya fundraiser, chopping vegeta-bles for three to four hours before filling the massive booya pots with meat and oth-er delectables for the all-night cooking process. Start to finish, its about an 11-hour undertaking. The end result is 400 or so gallons of booya which the firefighters sell, by the bowl and by the quart, as a fundraiser for the Apple Valley Firefighters Re-

File photo

Each year, Apple Valley firefighters begin the cooking process a day in advance of their booya fundraiser.

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A cut above the rest Rosemount Saw & Tool forges 40 years in downtown

by Tad JohnsonSun ThiSweek

Gary Betters doesnt have to look very far to see the results of his labor. when the owner of Rose-mount Saw & Tool walks the few blocks to work near-ly every day, he can see how the horsepower and sharp blades have done their duty on the finely clipped lawns and perfectly pruned trees along Rosemounts neigh-borhood streets. Betters, who has owned the business for the past 36 years, is helping organize a 40th anniversary celebra-tion from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, to thank all the shops customers for the past four decades. i dont see much change, Betters said. i walk home to work every day and have to cross high-

way 3. i know theres a lot more traffic. The understated Betters knows the 40-year mile-stone is a big deal. not many businesses have been in downtown Rosemount as long as Saw & Tool, but theres a few within shouting distance Fluegels Farm, Garden & Pet; First State Bank of Rosemount; Shenani-gans (formerly Shamrock Lounge); Rosemount BP (formerly Standard), and Titan Machinery (formerly Carlson implement). Saw & Tool was opened by Bill Preston in 1972 in a building on South Robert Trail that from 1923 housed German shoemaker Adam Schneiders harness shop that he later handed down to his son, kurt. The Sch-neiders made and repaired

horse saddles, harnesses, belts and other leather items, according to local historian Maureen Geragh-ty Bouchard. The building was razed in 2007 to make way for the apartment/commercial building Rosemount Com-mons. At that time, nAPA Auto Parts had just moved from its location just a block to the south, so Saw & Tool moved into the spot at 14760 S. Robert Trail, which about doubled its space. Betters said he bought the business in 1976, not because he has a particular affinity for machines, but because he didnt want to see the jobs lost. he still sees that as his mission keep the business running so he can retain the head-of-household jobs in Rosemount.

By extension that means providing top-notch service to customers. i couldnt have done it without the young guys, Betters said. Betters, who prospects and maintains accounts and manages the books, says hes not much of a mechan-ic. he leaves that work up to the experts, though he says hes done some sharpening when in a pinch. Another job he handles is calling customers to make sure their service experience went well and if they can do anything to improve upon it. we are here to help peo-ple with their problems, Betters said of those mo-ments when a lawnmower wont start or a hedge trim-mer goes dull. we want to make sure we have done the job correctly. Geoff kusick, general manager who has been with Saw & Tool for the past 27 years, said its client base continues to grow. while fixing lawnmowers, snow-blowers and other small ma-chines for residents has been a visible part of the busi-ness, Saw & Tool also has commercial customers like

Ace hardware, walmart, cabinet makers and school districts that span from as far away as Rogers and into western wisconsin. Saw & Tool employees log hundreds of miles on the road each week picking up paper cutters that wont clip from schools, weary saw blades from hardware stores or dull knives from kitchen departments. it hasnt been easy to keep growing. Changes in industry with new materials, speci-fications, and equipment have meant the business has needed to invest in new equipment, which can run as much as $40,000 for a new sharpening machine, and pay for training. every year one or two employees attend sessions organized by manufactur-ers of the equipment Saw & Tool sells and services. if the employees arent trained, then the business is unable to perform warranty work on the manufacturers products. it seems like we are al-ways going to school, ku-sick said. Maybe thats the reason Saw & Tool supports local schools as much as it does

with monetary donations and making presentations to machine shop classes. Another community ef-fort Saw & Tool has do-nated to is the Bluegrass Americana Festival during Rosemount Leprechaun Days. Betters, who says he can play some instruments just a little bit, has always had an interest in bluegrass music. i thought that looked like something that would be fun, so we thought we could help them, Betters said. They have done all the hard work. So people can expect to hear some music during Saw & Tools party, along with something for the little ones. People will have a chance to win a chain saw, lawn mower and hedge trimmers along with opportunities to talk to representatives from the manufacturers. On the menu will be chili dogs, hot dogs, chips, cake and drinks. More information on the business is at www.rose-mountsawandtool.com.

Tad Johnson can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Photo by Tad Johnson

The staff of Rosemount Saw & Tool includes (from left) Erik Miller, Geoff Kusick, Gary Betters, Mike Armstrong and Mike Warweg. The business will have an open house anniversary celebration Saturday, Sept. 22.

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the Rosemount Middle School band. In fact, we are setting out to add more performances over the next few years. During the program, each band will perform a repertoire of marches, clas-sical music, pop tunes and traditional band music. Zchunke said the band has added some new songs to its set list since July. We are excited at being a part of the music festival, he said of the band that practices most Mondays at the middle school. He said the hope is that the band will play several concerts each year. Its next performance is slated dur-ing Christmas at the Steeple Center in December.

Organizers from Da-kota County Parks, and the Hastings Prescott Area and Rosemount Area arts coun-cils, are hoping people will be able to enjoy fall colors at the Schaars Bluff Gath-ering Center that overlooks the Mississippi River. People are encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs and blankets. Refreshments will be available for purchase by River City Popcorn Com-pany. Parking is free. Guide dogs are allowed. The parks address is 8395 127th St. E., Hastings. Additional information can be found at www.dako-tacounty.us and www.rose-mountcommunityband.org.

Tad Johnson is at [email protected] or at face-book.com/sunthisweek.

Community bands to unite Rosemount, Hastings musicians to

perform at music festival

Eagle project spruces up Scott Highlands

Garrett Broemer, 13-year-old Eagle Scout candidate from Rosemount, completed his Eagle project at Scott Highlands Middle School over the Labor Day

weekend. Broemer enlisted fellow Boy Scouts and his billet brothers from the Northern Lights Jr. Hockey team in

Bloomington to help him with the project. In addition to his family and friends, half of the junior hockey team showed up to

volunteer their time planting flowers and trees and moving mulch to improve the attractiveness of the school entrance. Several teachers stopped by to thank

Broemer for his efforts. Principal Dan Wilharber said this was an awesome

project and thought the team did a great job.

Photo submitted

by Tad JohnsonSun THISWEEk

The Dakota County Regional Arts Collabora-tive was formed, in part, to synergize the efforts of arts groups. That cooperative spirit will resonate outside the Schaars Bluff Gathering Center from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23, at the Spring Lake Park Reserve Music Festival. The idea for the event, which will feature perfor-mances by the Rosemount and Hastings community bands, was born when mem-bers from the two cities arts councils were sitting next to each other at a recent col-laborative meeting. Spring Lake Park Re-serve, which is on the bor-der of the two communities, was the natural location for the first-time event, which organizers hope will be come a major, annual fall event. The Rosemount Com-munity Band, formed in September 2011 and which played most recently in Cen-tral Park during Rosemount Leprechaun Days, will take to the outdoors along with the Hastings-based River Valley Band. We are not surprised in another performance so soon after they July perfor-mance, said director John Zchunke, who also directs


Correction IntheSept.7storyaboutSenateDistrict57candidatePat Hall, the name of thechurch where he is pastorwas incorrect. The correctname is True Light Cove-nantChurch.SunThisweekregretstheerror.

Local service organizations deserve supportTotheeditor: The Apple Valley Ro-taryClub, LionsClub andAmericanLegion domanygreat things for our com-munity and deserve ourthanks and support. Themembersoftheseorganiza-tions donate their time tohelpsupportworthycausesandneedsof individuals inApple Valley. Please con-sider joining one of theseorganizations or support

theirfundraisers. Rotary, Lions and theLegionaremadeupofgreatpeople who want to giveback to their community.Much of the money theyraise goes to many goodcauses. TheRotaryClubishold-ing its annual fundraiser.Members are selling $20ticketsforanOct.20draw-ing at Apple Valley FordLincoln. First prize is a2012 Ford Focus, secondprizeisagasgrillfromWar-nerStelliansandthirdprizeis$500cash.Theraffleisanimportant fundraiser. Theclub awards scholarshipstostudentsatAppleValleyand Eastview high schooland awards theTeacher oftheYearAwardatAVHS. The club supports 360Communities food shelf,BoyScouts,BeyondtheYel-lowRibbonNetwork, sup-port for military families

andmuchmore. The Lions Club projectofcollectingusedeyeglassesandhearingaids togive tothose inneed is important.Lionsalsosupportthehighschoolseniorparty,providescholarships and support afoodshelf drive. ItishardtolistallofthecontributionsoftheLegiontoourcommunity.Itisabigsupporterof theFourthofJulyFreedomDayscelebra-tiononbothafinancialba-sisandasparticipants.TheLegion sponsorsMemorialDay, Flag Day and Veter-ans Day observances andhavebeensupportiveoftheAVBeyondtheYellowRib-bonNetworkandBoysandGirlsStateProgram. It would take pages tolist allof the contributionsof Rotary, Lions and theLegion. Their efforts andyoursupportarewhatmakeApple Valley such a great

cityinwhichtolive. Next time one of theseorganization memberswantstosellyouaraffleorspaghettidinnerticketorif youseeaveteranorservicemember,thankthem.Theirsuccessdependsonyou.

BILLTSCHOHLMember, Apple ValleyRo-taryClub

No conscience?Totheeditor: Military families arevery proud of their mem-berswhoareservingforourcountry. Our son is a ser-geant intheMarineCorps.HehasbeentoIraqandAf-ghanistan, which was verystressful for him and us,thankfully he came homefrombothplacessafe.HeisnowstationedinCalifornia. We have hung aMarineflag on our house since heleft, which was April of2006. Then just recentlysomeone stole the flag andpole. It was very sad tothinkthatsomeonehadnothoughts of what the flagmeanttous. Whoever stole it shouldbe ashamed of themselvesandthinktwicebeforetheysteal something from an-otherfamily.

TERRITARKEYAppleValley

Get it straight Totheeditor: I dont know whetherit is your reporter who isconfused (Churches enteramendment debate, 8/31),or the apostate priests, orwhetherbothhavebeentak-en in by the lies regardingthemarriageamendmentontheNovemberballot.Yourstory, the DFL Party andtheir local candidate Jeff Wilfahrtwantus tobelievethat the amendment bansgay marriage but that isa flat-out lie. Whether theamendment passes or fails,nothing changes for those

few gay people that wantto marry. Obviously, theycan go intomany of thesechurchesandhavealifelongcommitment solemnized,justas theycan today. Allthe amendment really doesisputthequestionofstate-recognizedmarriage beforethevoters,andaYesvotewillmake it less likely thatthat the inevitable lawsuitfinds an activist judge toimpose a gaymarriage lawon all of us, without thepeople or the Legislaturehaving a say in thematter.The amendment doesntchange gay marriage law;it is justaquestionofwhodecidesmillionsofvotersoronejudge.Please,giveusthestraightstory.JERRYEWINGAppleValley

Phy ed should have separate classes Totheeditor: I am concerned aboutmy son being pushed be-yond his limits in physicaleducation classbothphysi-cally and emotionally. Myson is overweight and it isa condition we are work-ingonalbeitaslowprocess.Howcanhebeexpectedtokeepupwithhispeerswithinnate athletic abilities?Why should he be madefun of because he is lastto the finish line breathingsoheavilyeverybreathfeelslikehislastcompoundedbytheechoingsensationofhischestpounding? He is afraid to tell theteacher because he wouldrather feel physical painthan the emotional painof being humiliated byhis peers or,worse yet, theteacher who calls him outinfrontoftheclass.Insteadhecomeshomefromschoolupset, feeling bad abouthimself feelinglikeabigfatloser.Itsheartwrench-ing.

Shouldntwebeteachingandconditioningouryouththat exercise doesnt havetobepainfulbyinstructingthemon theproperway todoasit-uporcrunch(qual-ityoverquantity)?Aphysi-cal therapist stresses theimportance of tighteningthoseabssoyoudontinjureyourback! My son overall likesschool but will attempt tomissitforadayif heknowshe has to face a long raceand suffer the embarrass-ment and cruelty of namecalling. Physical educationis a required class just likemath, science, reading,andlanguage. However, theseclasses have acceleratedclassesforstudentswhodoextremely well or remedialclassesandassistanceavail-ableforstudentswhoneedalittleextrahelp. Why not have differentlevels for physical educa-tion? IknowImnot theonlyparent who feels this way.There are genetic, intellec-tualandemotionalreasonswhy our children grow upto be NFL players, scien-tists,accountants,computertechnicians, or video gamecreators.

AMYCHAMBERSLakeville

Dont pick winners, losers Totheeditor: I have a different per-spective to a part of a let-ter submitted by TimothyDuecker regarding TheTruth(SunThisweekSept.7). Instead of I proudlystandwithAmericans whosay there are winners andlosersand itsnotourgov-ernments job topick em,Iwouldsaythatitisnotthejobofanyreligiontodothisthroughourgovernment.

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OpinionCongratulations, concerns about Minnesota college entrance test scores

The road to prosperity is with open trade borders

by Joe Nathan SUNTHISWEEK

Congratulations and concerns. Thatshow we might react to recently releasedMinnesota high school graduates perfor-manceontheACTcollegeentrancetest.Where do the congratulations come in?Minnesotaseniorsrankedfirstamongthe40stateswhereatleast30percentofseniorstook the test.Thepercentage of studentstaking theACT in those39 states rangedfrom14 to100percent.MinnesotashighschoolgraduatesalsorankabovenationalaverageinareaoftheACT:English,Read-ing,MathematicsandScience. ACTs research suggests that studentswho dowell on their test aremore likelytoearnAsandBsintheirfirstyearofcol-lege. ACTsaysthat74percentofMinnesota2012highschoolgraduatestooktheirtest.Thatcomparesto100percentofseniorsinninestates,includingNorthDakota. Ninestateshadasomewhathigheraver-agescorethatthe22.8thatMinnesotastu-dents earned.All the stateswith ahigher

averagehadafarlowerpercentageofstu-dentstakingthetest(from9to27percent). Theconventionalwisdomisthatif vir-tuallyallofastateshighschoolseniorsorgraduates take a test, the average will belowerthanif onlythosewhoareplanningtoenteracollegeoruniversitytakethetest. That is not always true. For example,graduatesoffourstatesearneda22.1aver-age, andhadwidely varyingparticipatingparticipationpercentages.Seventy-oneper-centofWisconsingrads took the test, 63percent in Iowa,25percent inCalifornia,and21percentinMaryland. Minnesotashighnationalrankisatrib-utetostudents,facultyandfamilies.Con-gratulationsonthat.Whataboutconcerns?

Only36percentofMinnesotagradu-atesscoredatthelevelinallfourareasthatpredict theywill dowell as college fresh-man. Lessthanhalf ofMinnesotagraduates(42 percent) scored at the level in sciencethatACTsayspredictsstrongcollegefresh-mangrades. More than a third of graduates (38percent)scoredlowerinmathematicsthanACTsayswillpredictagoodcollegefresh-mangradeinthatfield. Thewidelyreportedachievementgapshows up here, too. The percentage ofwhitegraduateswhometat least threeofthebenchmarkswashigherthananyotherracialsubgroupwhite(59percent),AsianAmerican (36), Hispanic (34), AmericanIndian(30)andAfricanAmerican(16). You can findmore about results fromMinnesota and other states at www.act.org/newsroom/data/2012/states/minnesota.html. Atestscoreisonlyonepredictorofhowwellastudentwilldoincollege.Atarecentmeetingofcollegeandhighschoolfaculty,

AndrewNesset,thendeanatCenturyCol-lege,pointedout thatcollegeshave foundthat tests dont measure the persistence,planningandresponsibilityskillsthatsuc-cessful students need. Colleges study testscores. But they also look at grades andotherfactorstoseeif studentsarewellpre-pared. Its also important to remember thatmost ofMinnesotas two-year public col-leges dont require that students take theACTtest.Thesetwo-yearcollegespreparemanyyoungpeopleforgoodjobs. Theresultsgiveusreasonstobeproud.Thescoresalsopointtoareaswheremorework is necessary, with a variety of stu-dents.Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher and administrator, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions wel-come, [email protected]. Col-umns reflect the opinion of the author.

by John NerdahlSPECIALTOSUNTHISWEEK

TheGuestColumnistpiecebyaformerDFLcandidate(Aug.31)wasthoughtful,wellwritten and poignant.Hewrote thatAmericaseconomicstaturehasslippedbe-causewecreatedboundariesandfrictionbetween us and we let racism and warcloudoureyes.Helamentedtheincreasedfocusonself-centeredconsumerism,whichhas been abetted by politicians and busi-nesses distorting our sense of perspectiveandcommitmenttothegreatergood.Hearguesthatif itwerentforsocietysaddic-tion (my word) to cheap products, busi-nesseswouldntbeexportingsomanyjobsand creating a huge income gap betweentherichandmiddleclass.Hechallengesustoworktogether,toinvestmoreinourfu-ture,toconsumelessandtobuylocally. Thearticlepresentsaterrificphilosoph-icalframeworktodiscussseveralprofoundissues that often divide us. I agree withmuchofwhatthewriterwrote(exceptforhis assertion that racism is clouding oureyes. On the contrary, although there isstillmoretodo,letsgivetheuscreditformakingastonishingprogresshere).Butas-sumingthewriterisrightonwhatwehave

become,therealquestioniswhatwecandoaboutitwithoutmakingthingsworseohthosepesky,devilishdetails. Afewquestions: HowmuchmorearewewillingtospendtobuyAmerican?Andif ourproductisntmanufactured in the U.S., should we gowithout? Would tariffs on foreign made goodslevel the playing ground, allowing U.S.manufacturerstocompete?WillthismaketheU.S.andtheworldbetteroff ? If U.S. businesses cant compete withforeign made goods by leveraging lowermanufacturing costs overseas, wouldntweeffectivelybeexportingU.S.businessesratherthansomejobs? IsntitbettertohaveaU.S.businesssell-ing products with some foreign contribu-tion rather thana foreignbusiness sellingusasimilarproduct?(Manyproductsareacombinationofsub-productsfromvariouscountries). Yes, its a complicated world. Beforegoing forward, we must understand howmuchoftheU.S.srelativedescentisattrib-

utedtonaturalandunavoidableevents. I believe theU.S. has lost some of itseconomic superiority because the uniquecircumstancesthatengendereditarenatu-rally waning, such as our relative bumpfromWorldWar II and meeting the po-tential of a burgeoningmiddle class.Ourrelativeslippageisanaturalconsequenceofoursuccesswhatgoesup,mustcomedown.Othercountriesarecatchingupbe-causethegapwassowideastheU.S.sharesmoreglobalprosperity. In the end, the good news is that oureconomies become more globally inte-gratedanddeveloped.Wearemuchlessin-clinedtomakewarwithnationswithwhomweshareeconomicself-interest.Andnearlyall reputable economists feel that harshtariffs and overly nationalistic economieshurtmorethanhelpovertime.But,asthewriterindicated,globalizationhascontrib-uted to greater income disparity as somebusinesses have tapped into this increas-ingglobalprosperitybutthemiddleclassisntanypoorerbecausethericharericher.Althoughthisimbalanceisachallengeandasocialproblem,demagoguesmakethingsworse by divisively condemning the richandbymanipulatingpeopleintobelieving

theydbebetteroff if itwerentfortherich. SothequestionisnothowtoreturnustoaspecialanduniquetimeinU.S.history,buthowtodealwiththeimmutablereali-ties facing us today. There are reports ofjobscomingback to theU.S.because thecombinationofmorecostlyoverseas jobsand less costly U.S. jobs has made U.S.manufacturingmorecompetitive.Andtheincreasingly prosperous citizens of othercountries have become customers of theU.S. In the long run, its truly a win-winsituation. Understandably, this is small consola-tion for the manufacturing middle classwho has lost somuch clout.Wemust besensitive to this unfortunate outcome ofglobalizationfortheU.S.middleclassanddecideonpoliciestoameliorateitinclud-ing common sense constraints on unbri-dledcapitalismandfreetrade. But the key to their prosperity is notclosingourborderstotheglobaleconomy.

John Nerdahl is a Lakeville resident. Col-umns reflect the opinion of the author.

Sun ThisweekColumnistJoe Nathan

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OK before running away, leaving the injured couple to fend for themselves. Searles ran to the Kenne-dyss car where Doreen was still in the passenger side, bleeding profusely from a head wound. She scared me because it looked like she was al-most passing out, Searles said. David, who retired this spring after 41 years of teaching at Rosemount El-ementary School, had got-ten out of the car, seemed dazed and was on the phone by the time Searles arrived. It was a horrible im-pact, Doreen said, adding that the car was totaled in the accident, which bent the frame several inches, keep-ing the passenger side from closing. The car was later hauled away on a flat bed truck; David is now driving a rent-al car as they look for a new vehicle. Most of the impact hap-pened at the back passenger door and the rear tire, Do-reen said. They said if he had hit me further up on the car, Id be hurt worse. She said at impact, her head violently snapped to-ward David, then slammed back into the passengers side of the car frame. The couple, in their 60s, are both still undergoing medical treatment for their injuries. Doctors stapled shut the inch- to inch-and-a-half-long gash in Doreens head, but she still suffers pain on half her head. Her vision problems in her left eye have worsened vision since the accident. David suffered soft tis-sue damage; his knees and back are sore, and he is hav-ing trouble bending his left elbow; both have neck inju-ries and are receiving chiro-practic care. I cant hardly stand to walk it hurts so bad, Do-reen said. Searles said the hit-and-run drivers car was dam-aged and was leaking large amounts of radiator fluid when he left the scene. The Kennedys said neighbors told them there may have been a passenger in the mans car, possibly a young person. I think they were wor-ried about that because of the severity of the crash, Doreen said. David said he believes the man either ran the stop sign or was speeding be-cause there was no traffic and it was a clear day. Weve always been con-cerned about the way cars come around that corner, Doreen said, noting that de-spite the area being a school zone they often witness cars speeding on the road. If he had been going the speed limit, he would have been able to stop, Searles said. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Farmington po-lice at (651) 280-6700. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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lot of fun and brings en-joyment packaging all the items together, kind of like Christmas when the items come in, you never know what the vendors are going to provide. People dont have to get a ticket to the event to bid on an item since the auction tables will be outside Irish Stadium. We hope to get the community involved more with the band and have the chance to see some of the top bands in the nation compete in Rosemount, Flynn said. With 18 bands scheduled to perform, its going to be a busy day. Of course, theres a marching band festival to support, too. Tickets are $9 for adults, $5 for students/senior citi-zens and admission for chil-dren 5 and under is free. The show starts at 5 p.m. with the band slated to per-form last at 10 p.m. The performance sched-ule is: Class A 5-6:30 p.m. Farmington (exhibition), ROCORI, Minnetonka, Pipestone, Hastings, Winona Cotter Class AA 6:45-7:30 p.m. Chippewa Falls, Wase-ca, River Falls, Rochester Lourdes Class A and AA awards 7:45 p.m. Silent auction bidding closes at the end of inter-mission Class AAA 8:15-10 p.m. Cumberland, Sioux Falls Roosevelt, Sioux Falls Lincoln, Marshall, Eden Prairie, Eastview, Irondale, Rosemount (exhibition) Class AAA awards 10:15 p.m. A list of silent auction items is at www.rosemount-band.com/index.php/en/special-events/2012-silent-auction. Tad Johnson is at [email protected] or face-book.com/sunthisweek.

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oclock. Last year we served the last bowl at 2:15, said Al Olson, firefighter and chair of the booya event. It sold out fast last year because it was cold outside and a big bowl of booya was just what the doctor ordered. This years booya event hosted by the Apple Valley firefighters starts at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at Fire Station 1 located at County Road 42 and Hayes Road. The 34th annual event will also feature bingo, chil-drens games and inflatables, a dunk tank, silent auction, bake sale and raffle. Raffle tickets are $1 and top prizes include a Lawn Boy lawn mower and gift cards to area businesses. In addition to the booya, there will also be a snack bar with hot dogs, pulled pork sandwiches and other offerings. More information about the event is at www.cityo-fapplevalley.org.

Andrew Miller can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Happy BirthdayGeorge Gleim!

Oh no, the Big 5-0!It is what it is

Happy Birthday George!Love and best wishes,Mom, Russ, Ann,Ellie and Henry!

Mattson - WinterBarb and Jerry Mattson of

Eagan MN , a r e p l ea s ed toannounce the engagement of theirdaughter, Stephanie Mattson toTravis Winter, son of Sue andJohnWinter of St. Augusta,MN.Stephanie is a 2005 graduate

from Eagan High School andattended college at Bemidji StateUniversity, graduating with aMarke t ing Communica t ionsdegree. She currently works forModern Piping a mechanicalcontracting company located inCedar Rapids IA, as a FacilitiesFinancial Consultant.Travis is a 2003 graduate from

Tech High School and attendedcollege at Bemidji State Univer-s ity . He earned his Bus inessAdministrat ion degree whileplaying hockey for the BemidjiBeavers as Captain. Currently,Travis is a hockey coach for theCedar Rapids Rough Riders inthe USHL.The wedding is planned for Sep-

tember 21st, 2012 in the TwinCities.

Ethel Elizabeth(Kraemer) ComasEthel Elizabeth Comas, most

recently of Burnsville, MN andHilton Head Island, SC, diedAugust 19, 2012 at Veterans' Vic-tory House, Wa lterboro, SC ,after a long illness.Born in Parkers Prairie, MN,

February 11, 1915, to Anna andMathias Kraemer, Ethel gradu-ated as a Registered Nurse fromSaint Mary's Hospital, Minne-apolis where she worked as anewborn care and private dutynurse. She entered the U.S. Armyas a nurse in 1944, and was sentto the Philippines for the dura-tion of World War II, attainingthe rank of 1LT. She returned tothe U.S. in 1946, and worked atSaintMary's as night supervisor,and as director of nurs ing atGroveland Terrace and HighlandPark Nursing Homes, Minne-apolis, before retiring in 1980.She is remembered as a devotedand loving mother, grandmother,and great-grandmother.Ethel was preceded in death by

h e r p a r e n t s , h e r h u s b a n dAnthony, sisters Florence andEvelyn, and brothers George andRaymond. Her brother Ralphpassed away on September 1,2012 . She is surv ived by herdaughter Camille Avore and hus-band James (Hilton Head Island,SC); her son Timothy (Westmin-ster, MD); grandchildren BrianG i lbert (Tr ish) of Mounta inView, CA and Karin Davidson(Ross) of Fort Benning, GA; fourgreat-grandchildren; and sisterJoan Fuhrman of Jordan,MN.A Memorial Mass was held at

Sa in t John Roman Ca thol icChurch, Westminster, MD onAugust 31, 2012. Burial is sched-uled for September 21 at 10:45a.m. at Fort Snelling NationalCemetery, Minneapolis. Memo-rial donations can be made to theTidewater Foundation, 10 Buck-ingham Plantation Drive, SuiteA , B l u f f t o n , S C 2 9 9 1 0(www.tidewaterhospice.com).

Shirley JensenJensen, Shirley Ann age 76 of

Lakeville passed away unexpect-edly after suffering a stroke. Pre-ceded in death by brother BillBaier; sisters Margie Weyer andLorraine McCardle. Survived byhusband Norbert; children Brad-ley, David, Kristy (John) Bertschand Peggy (Jim) Spadafore. 7grandchildren; sisters Judy (Bob)Giardino and Marylou Droster;bro ther J im (Joanne) Ba i er .Memorial Mass 11AM Tuesday,September 11, 2012 at All SaintsCatholic Church, 19795 HolyokeAve. Lakeville,MN. Gathering offamily and friends one hour priortoMass at church. Interment, AllSaints Cemetery.White Funeral Home Lakeville

952-469-2723www.whitefuneralhomes.com

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Robert Trail Library programs Robert Trail Library,14395S.RobertTrail,Rose-mount,hasplannedthefol-lowingprograms.Call(651)480-1200formoreinforma-tion. EveryFamilyCanTellAStory,10:30a.m.tonoonSaturday, Sept. 15. Hear awell-told story and learnhowtotellyourownstory.Registration required; call(651)480-1202. An Old-FashionedStoryTime,7p.m.Monday,Sept.24.Stories,songsandsimple games of long ago.Foragesbirthto6. Family Story Times,10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Thurs-days, Sept. 20 and 27. Sto-ries, music, activities andplaytimeappropriateforallages. Baby Story Times,10:30to11:15a.m.Wednes-days,Sept. 19,Oct. 3,Oct.17. Stories, bounces, songsand playtime for childrennewbornto24months. One Book Kids BookClub, 7 to 8 p.m. Monday,Oct.1.Joinwithotherkidsacross Rosemount to dis-cuss Moon Over Mani-fest by Clare Vanderpool.Register by calling (651)480-1202. Free copies ofthebookareavailablewhenregistering while supplieslast.

College news Iowa State University,summer 2012 graduate,AdamMcChesneyofRose-mount,B.A.,interdisciplin-arystudies. UniversityofWisconsin-Eau Claire, summer 2012graduate,KarissaDanesofRosemount,M.S.E.,schoolpsychology. Jakob Gomez of AppleValleyisplayingtheroleofArcher Brown in the Min-nesota State University,Mankato, Sept. 19-22 pro-duction of David MametsNovember.

Family run/walk set at Shannon Park Elementary District 196 CommunityEducation will host the in-augural Run with Me 5Kand 1 Mile Family Run/Walk and Health Expo onSaturday, Oct. 6, at Shan-non Park ElementarySchool,Rosemount. The event will feature a1-milewalk/runand5KracebeginningatShannonParkand continuing throughsome of Rosemountsneighborhoods,followedbyrefreshments, family activi-ties,andaHealthExpo. Costis$30perfamily,$15for additional team mem-ber. Registration informa-tionisathttps://district196.thatscommunityed.com/course/youth-fall-2012/run-with-me-1-mile-and-5k-family-run-walk.

District 196 seeks members with legislative experience School District 196 islooking for five districtresidents with experiencein government affairs lob-byingorthelegislativepro-cess who are interested inservingonthedistrictsnewLegislativeAdvisoryCoun-

News Briefscil (LAC), which will meetforthefirsttimeinDecem-ber.ThedeadlinetoapplyisOct.12. Thecouncilsrolewillbetoprovideinputonthedis-tricts legislative priorities,review legislative sugges-tions submitted by citizensandstaff andprovideinputtotheSchoolBoardregard-ingproposedlegislation. Applications for the fiveat-large citizen positionswill be accepted throughOct.12.Interestedresidentscan complete and print aanapplicationatwww.Dis-trict196.org or call (651)423-7775 to request an ap-plication.

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Booze and bootlegging, right in your backyard

Local historian digs up details of Dakota Countys Prohibition-era underworld

by Andrew MillerSun ThiSweek

John Loch is finding that booze was abundant, and moonshine raids by federal agents were c o m m o n -place, in Da-kota County during Pro-hibition. Loch, an Apple Val-ley resident and vice president of the Rosemount Area historical Society, has been poring through old newspapers on microfiche at the library, and talking with

locals who were alive at the time, to piece together a pic-ture of the bootlegging un-derworld in Dakota County at the time of Prohibition when production and sale of alcohol was illegal. There was the massive, 70,000-gallon distillery said to be the largest distill-ery west of Chicago op-erating on the outskirts of Rosemount. it was raided in 1924 or 1925. There was the deputy sheriff from Rosemount who kept confiscated moon-shine stills in his backyard as trophies and disposed of illegal booze by pouring it

into the city sewer system. And in Miesville, there seemed to be a citywide conspiracy. Just about everybody in Miesville was involved in producing or selling moon-shine, Loch said. The farmers made it, the in-town people sold it at their dance hall. They were never raided theres one highway that runs through Miesville, and they had lookouts. if an un-known car passed through town, theyd sound the alarm. Loch will present his findings in a talk titled

Blind P i g s , Speakeasies and Moonshine on Thursday, Sept. 27, at the Robert Trail Library in Rosemount. The talk, presented un-der the auspices of the Rosemount Area historical Society, is one several com-munity events being held as part of the One Book, One Rosemount program. This year, the One Book pro-gram has residents reading Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool, part of which deals with bootleg-ging during Prohibition. As for the title of Lochs presentation, he borrowed a bit of Prohibition-era lingo. Speakeasies were high-end establishments where alcohol was served, while blind pigs referred to lower-end establishments. Patrons were charged ad-mission to see a blind pig, or some other freakish animal attraction, and were given a glass of ale with admission.

I Read It in the Paper Blind Pigs, Speakeasies and Moonshine is one of two presentation Loch will

b e g i v -ing this month as part of One Book, One Rosemount. On Sept. 22 hell pres-ent i Read it in the Pa-per, an interactive talk at which guests will piece to-gether details from the life of a prominent, early-1900s Rosemount resident based on articles published in the Dakota County Tribune. Loch, who researches local history by reading old editions of newspapers at the wescott Library in eagan, said he uncovered about 300 short news items about william Cadzow, who was involved in poli-tics, owned a hotel, man-aged a baseball team and had his hand in a host of other aspects of Rosemount civic life. The presentation, Loch said, is about how you re-ally can find out the history of an individual and a place by reading the columns you find in old newspapers. i Read it in the Paper

will be held from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, and Blind Pigs, Speakeas-ies and Moonshine is set for 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27. Both events will be held at the Robert Trail Li-brary in Rosemount and are geared to adults and youths ages 12 and older. Admis-sion is free.


Photo by Andrew Miller

In addition to his talk Blind Pigs, Speakeasies and Moonshine, local historian John Loch this month will present I Read It in the Pa-per, an interactive event at which guests will piece to-gether details from the life of a prominent, early-1900s Rosemount resident based on articles published in the Da-kota County Tribune.

John Loch


From comicbook beginnings,artist evolved to oil on canvas

Todd Voss is the featured artist at this years Lakeville Art Festival

by Andrew MillerSun ThiSweek

Todd Voss first started doing art as a child, drawing the characters in his favorite comic books Bugs Bun-ny, Road Runner, Por-ky Pig, the whole gang. he began getting seri-ous about it and con-sidering art as a vocation his senior year of high school. My last year of high school i took nothing but art classes and, i think, one gym class, he said. ive been doing art since i was a little kid and i just never stopped. As the Best in Show win-ner as the 2011 Lakeville Art Festival, Voss will be the featured artist at this years festival, which runs Sept. 15-16 on the grounds of the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Lakeville will be the final stop on Voss summer art fair schedule. A full-time professional artist, he aver-ages about 10 such events throughout the Midwest each year, where he sells his oil paintings. Last weekend saw him at an art fair in cen-tral wisconsin. The real work his paint-ing he does mostly at his home in Detroit Lakes, Minn. he admits there isnt much pingpong played in the basement rec room of his split-level home. his wife, Fern Belling, is also a painter, and the couple has

converted the basement of their home into an art stu-dio. Some people say two artists cant live together, but we seem to get along fine, he said. Voss also does a lot of outdoor painting, picking a bucolic locale and doing a field study a smaller painting with less detail than the works he produces at home. And he shoots a lot of photos during these out-door sessions. ill then use the field study and the photos to make a larger painting in my home studio, he said. One thing influencing Voss artwork is his practice of transcendental medita-tion, or TM. its something he learned as a student at Maharishi international university in Fairfield, iowa, which he attended from 1986 to 1990. its a regular four-year college, but in addition to that it teaches TM and the science of consciousness, to connect the subjects youre studying back to yourself, he said. i still practice TM. i dont consciously try and in-tegrate things from TM and meditation into my paint-ing, though meditation is bound to have an effect on whatever you do. To view samples of Voss work, visit www.mnartists.org/todd_voss.


In the Oaks Pasture by Todd Voss

Todd Voss

theater and arts briefs

family calendar

Area residents in The Music Man Jillian Jacobson of Burns-ville, kati Devitt and Atlee Jensen of Apple Valley, and Morgan Guinta and Tawny Greene of eagan are featured as members of the ensemble in the eat Street Players pro-duction of The Music Man at the howard Conn Fine Arts Center, 1900 nicollet Ave. S., Minneapolis. Perfor-mances are Sept. 14-15. For more information, visit www.eatstreetplayers.org.

Local artists works on display nancy Miller of Rose-mount is among seven re-cipients of a 2011 emerg-ing Artists Grant from VSA Minnesota whose work will be exhibited Sept. 13-29 at homewood Studios Gallery, 2400 Plymouth Ave. n., Min-neapolis. An opening recep-tion will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 14; a read-ing with the artists will be 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18. The artwork is for sale. VSA Min-nesotas events are fragrance-free.

Lorie Line holiday concert Pianist Lorie Line will bring immanuel, her holi-day extravaganza, to the Burnsville Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday, nov. 30, and 3 and 7 p.m. Sat-urday, Dec. 1. Also performing will be Lines Fab Five including award-winning drummer Jean-Pierre Bouvet of Lakev-ille.

Tickets are $48 and can be purchased at the box office or via phone at (952) 895-4680.

White Christmas auditions set The Plays the Thing Pro-ductions will hold auditions for irving Berlins white Christmas from 6 to 9 p.m. Sept. 24 and 25 in the caf-eteria of Metcalf Junior high School in Burnsville. Performers ages 10 to 18 are eligible to audition. Au-ditions are by appointment, email [email protected] with preference for an on-the-hour time slot, with callbacks the following wednesday eve-ning, time to be determined. initial auditions will be singing and dancing only. Prepare 32 bars of an upbeat/Broadway style song. Bring sheet music in the appropri-ate key. no a capella singing. Accompanist provided. For the dancing audition, wear comfortable clothing and dance shoes, choreographer will teach the routine for the dance audition. Play performances will be weekends Dec. 14-30 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center.

Laugh Lines Comedy Laugh Lines Comedy will have its grand opening Oct. 11-14 at the GrandStay ho-tel in Apple Valley. Stand-up comedian Chad Daniels will headline. Laugh Lines plans to host comedy shows one weekend per month through the fall, winter and spring months. Shows will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $12

To submit items for the Fam-ily Calendar, email: darcy.

[email protected].

Saturday, Sept. 15 Junk Market from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Towne and Country Shop-ping Center, 1998 Cliff Road E., Burnsville. Free admission. Held rain or shine. Eagan Charity Run/Walk 5K at Diffley/Lexington Athletic Fields, 4201 Lexington Ave., Eagan. Registration opens at 8:15 a.m. Race begins at 9:30 a.m. Online registration at www.eaganwt.org under the 5K tab. Hosted by the Eagan Women of

Today, (651) 354-5827, [email protected]. Who Done it Hike, 9:30 a.m. registration, 10 a.m. hike at Rit-ter Farm Park, 19300 Ritter Trail, Lakeville. For all ages. Collect clues, gather information and solve mysteries while walking the trails. Free. No registration need-ed. Information: Lakeville Parks and Recreation, (952) 985-4600. Apple Valley Firefighters Relief Associations Booya, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. or until booya pot is empty, at Fire Station 1, 15000 Hayes Road, Apple Valley.

on Thursday and Sunday and $15 on Friday and Sat-urday. Tickets are available online at www.hahatickets.com or by calling (651) 528-8454.

Holocaust survivor program holocaust survivor eva Mozes kor, who as a child was subjected to human ex-perimentation at Auschwitz concentration camp, will speak from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, in the Fine Arts Theater at inver hills Community Col-lege, 2500 e. 80th St., inver Grove heights. The event is free and open to the public.

Ghost town in Dakota County inver hills Community College professor Jeremy nienow will share from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20, a selection of artifacts, documents and discoveries from an ihCC summer dig which discovered an 1850s failed frontier community and two native American sites in southern Dakota

County. The free presentation, titled This Summer in the Life of an Archaeologist, will be in Room 290 of the College Center building. For more information, visit www.inverhills.edu/interest-ingconversations.

Hispanic Heritage Month Dakota County Library will celebrate hispanic heri-tage Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) with the following pro-grams: The Adventures of Don Quixote, 7 to 7:45 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, wescott Library, 1340 wescott Road, eagan. interactive, bilingual show about Don Quixote, a famous character from Spanish literature. Ticket to Brasil, 11 to 11:45 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 13, Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Take an inspiring journey through the world of Brazil-ian music, traditional per-cussion playing and dance. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty.us/library or call (651) 450-2900.


Sports

Photo by Brian Nelson

Eastview players, including Ben Oberfeld (44), try to block a Wayzata field goal attempt. Wayzata won the Sept. 7 non-conference game 24-7.

Photo by Brian Nelson

Eastviews Henry McIsaac tries to run against a stingy Wayzata defense.

Tough tests continue for Lightning

Drawing a crowd

by Mike ShaughnessySuN ThiSweek

The eastview football team went to wayzata last Friday with the No. 8 rank-ing in the state high school football Class 6A poll. ear-ly-season rankings can be subject to wild fluctuations, and there likely was some lingering uncertainty about just how good the Light-ning could be. The Lightning didnt get a victory, but it might have gotten an answer. Number one, you be-long on the field with that team, eastview coach kelly Sherwin told his play-ers after a 24-7 loss to No. 2-ranked wayzata on Fri-day night.

Asked later if he thought the players believed that, Sherwin said, i think they know. The kids understand there isnt that much of a difference between way-zata and them, but there are things we have to do better if were going to beat a team like wayzata. while the score might suggest another one-sid-ed victory for a wayzata team that has been in the state large-school champi-onship game the last two years, eastview saw missed opportunities to keep the score much closer. One third-quarter wayzata touchdown was set up by an eastview turnover. Later in the quarter the Trojans

Eastview falls 24-7 to Wayzata; Lakeville North up next

muffed a punt catch, only to recover the ball at the Lightnings 29 and score five plays later. wayzata also kicked a field goal on the last play of the first half, three points it might not have scored if not for a holding penalty that nullified an eastview first down and forced the Light-ning to punt the ball back to wayzata in the final minute of the second quarter. Still, there were issues for the Lightning (1-1). The offense managed only 119 yards and struggled to move the ball until the fourth quarter. eastview was in wayzatas half of the field only twice, and one of those times started a possession there after blocking a punt. Sophomore running back will Rains prevented a shutout by scoring on a 1-yard run with 2:24 re-maining. Rains led his team with 62 yards on 18 carries. Against a team like wayzata, first-down yard-age is a big deal, Sherwin said. You cant have sec-ond and 13 or third and 11 against them. But i think well be fine. we have a lot of young guys on offense, and as the season goes along we should be able to attack more.

eastviews defense al-lowed 292 yards but made several big plays to keep the game close. The Lightning held on fourth and goal at the 2 when senior defen-sive back Anthony Munos broke up a pass. The defense also recovered two fumbles, including defensive lineman Max kane jumping on a

bad snap at the Lightning 18. Any lessons eastview learned against wayzata could be put to use almost immediately when it plays fourth-ranked Lakeville North at home at 7 p.m. Sept. 14. North, the defend-ing South Suburban Con-ference champion, hung 10

touchdowns yes, 10 on Bloomington kennedy in a 70-25 victory last week. As explosive as North has been the Panthers scored 117 points in their first two games defense is considered the teams strength. Lakeville North

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Rosemount receiver Dimitri Williams picks up yardage as several Eden Prairie tacklers try to bring him down during a Sept. 7 non-conference football game at Rosemount High School. Williams caught six passes for 79 yards and one touchdown, but Eden Prairie won 34-7.


Apple Valley volleyball players Stephanie Hechsel (25) and Colleen Moore block at the net against Cretin-Derham Hall.


After Apple Valley lost quickly and decisively to Stillwater in a volleyball match last week, eagles coach Shelly Lundin had one re-quest for her players. i want my team back, she said. in other words, she wanted to see the team that had been im-proving steadily in practice, not the one that fell flat in the Sept. 6 non-conference match. its likely the eagles gave Lun-din what she was looking for in last weekends Aerie Challenge at Apple Valley high School, where they finished third and defeated Stillwater in their final match, just two days after being blown out by the same team. we didnt even have a practice to fix what went wrong, Lundin said, but i think it worked out. instead of talking about what happened (in the first Stillwater match), we had to play again. Apple Valley responded with victories over hastings, St. Fran-cis and Stillwater in the Aerie Challenge last Friday and Satur-day. The eagles only loss was to Cretin-Derham hall in a best-of-three semifinal match that went to a 17-15 third game. CDh went on to beat Lakeville South in the championship match. Apple Valley was 3-4 after los-ing to Burnsville in a South Sub-urban Conference match Tuesday night. Lundin, a former university of Maine player, is in her first season as head coach at Apple Valley af-ter several years as an assistant. So far, i love it, she said. As a coach, you always have your own ideas about how you want to do things, and now i have a chance to put them in place. while the eagles dont have someone like eden Prairies Sarah wilhite, Lakeville Norths Alyssa Goehner or eagans Taylr McNeil

three of the most feared hitters in the state Lundin said she be-lieves they have enough athletes to cause problems for opponents. One thing evident from the ea-gles play against Stillwater in the Aerie Challenge is they will use a lot of quick sets and try to attack before the opponents can get their blockers in position. Lundin said her coaches at Maine used that philosophy, and she has borrowed it for her team. Senior outside hitter Shanotta Bawek, one of Apple Valleys three captains, has been on varsi-ty since eighth grade. Sophomore Colleen Moore also could be an impact player for the eagles; Lun-din praised her athletic ability. Also serving as captains are senior middle hitter Alex wangen and senior defensive specialist Ga-ret Milner. Juniors on the roster are outside hitter Chaz Flanagan, middle hitter katie Shabatura and libero Janelle Lam. Moore, setter isabelle Rieth, right-side hitter Stephanie hechsel and outside hitter harmony huglen-hawkins are sophomores. Middle hitter Julia Running, an eighth-grader, also is on the varsity roster. Lundin said she regarded the eagles performance in the Aerie Challenge as a positive step, espe-cially coming off the first Stillwa-ter match. we would have liked to be in the championship game, but we lost our semifinal match 15-17 in the third, she said. But we played much better matches, and thats what we wanted to see. Apple Valley will face an even stronger field when it plays host to the eagle invitational begin-ning Sept. 21. The field includes the No. 1-ranked team in each of Minnesotas three enrollment classes.

Mike Shaughnessy is at [email protected] or face-book.com/sunthisweek.

Eagles spikers third in aerie Challenge

Coach says progress is evident


when a team begins a season with seven consecutive victories, it tends to attract attention from people who vote in state polls. So it was for Apple Valleys boys soccer squad, which was ninth in the Class AA preseason rankings but zoomed to No. 1 by Sunday. The eagles played for the first time as the states top-ranked team Tuesday and rallied for a 1-1 tie against South Suburban Conference rival Burnsville. Senior midfielder Mitchell Dawson, one of Apple Valleys captains, said the eagles werent flustered by their rapid rise in the state poll. were kind of used to it, Daw-son said. were Apple Valley. The eagles were ranked No. 1 as recently as the beginning of the 2011 season, when they were coming off back-to-back state championships. For now, coach Chuck Scanlon could do without his team being at the top of the poll. i want to be ranked No. 1 at the end of the year, not now, said Scanlon, whose soccer teams have won nine state champion-ships. Being ranked No. 1 puts a target on your back. You have to work harder. Apple Valley (7-0-1) certainly had to work hard against Burns-

ville (4-1-1) in a game that in-cluded numerous fouls, several yellow cards and one ejection. Burnsville went most of the over-time with 10 players after losing one to a red card. There must have been 50 fouls, and thats tough on us because were a smaller team, Scanlon said. Burnsville, working into a 30 mph wind in the first half, took the lead on senior Mauricio Mendozas goal in the 24th min-ute. The first half, we didnt play the way we wanted to, but we picked up our game in the sec-ond half, Scanlon said. Burnsville, the home team, appeared to have everything its favor in the second half because it had the lead, had the wind at its back and faced a team thats not as familiar with playing on artificial turf.

Playing the ball in the air was problematic because of the wind, and when the eagles played it along the ground they had difficul-ty adjusting to the faster surface. we like to play a lot of through balls, but thats harder to do on turf, Dawson said. The eagles tied the game with four minutes left when Con-nor Flanagan nudged the ball into the net just before colliding with Blaze goalkeeper Mayowa Lekuti. Flanagan, the eagles leading scorer with eight goals and 18 points, then left the game because of a strained abdominal muscle. he did not return. we expected a challenge, Dawson said. we thought wed win if we played our game, but it was tough today. The eagles were scheduled to play eastview on Thursday and

Eagles, blaze play to a wind-blown tie

Photo by Mike Shaugh-nessy

Apple Valley goalkeeper Ethan Meiburg (left) comes out of the net to scoop up the ball in the second half of his teams 1-1 tie with Burnsville on Tuesday.

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will go to Park of Cottage Grove for a non-conference game at noon Saturday. Burnsville will face Cristo Rey Jesuit High School of Minneapolis at home at 7 p.m. Friday.

Mike Shaughnessy is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Dance clinic The Eastview High School Lightning dance team will hold its annual community dance clinic from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat-urday, Oct. 6, at the high school, 6200 140th St. W., Apple Valley.

returned nine of 11 defen-sive starters after reaching the state quarterfinals in 2011. They have a very good defense, Sherwin said. They might not be as fast as Wayzata, but they prob-ably have more size.

Apple Valley Two weeks into the regu-lar season, two South Sub-urban Conference teams are undefeated Lakeville North, which probably sur-prises nobody, and Apple Valley, which might surprise everybody, considering the Eagles won only once in 2011. The Eagles moved to 2-0 with a 30-8 victory at Bloomington Jefferson on Sept. 7. They play host to Prior Lake at 7 p.m. Friday in Apple Valleys homecom-ing game. Senior running back Quinn Hooks scored on two explosive plays against Jefferson, a 63-yard run and a 71-yard pass from Tommy Singer. Steven Wilson (26 yards) and Dom McDew-Stauffer (1 yard) also had touch-down runs. Harry Sonie got the Eagles first score on a 41-yard interception return. Apple Valley led 30-0 at halftime and didnt let Jefferson get on the score-board until the fourth quar-ter, when the Jaguars had a touchdown and safety. Prior Lake, the Eagles opponent this week, is 1-1. The Lakers defeated Eagan 30-11 in their season opener but were routed by Lakev-ille South 49-14 last week.

Rosemount The Irish (0-2) will go for their first victory of the season at 7 p.m. Friday at home against Bloomington Kennedy, also 0-2. Both teams are coming off losses to highly ranked opponents last week. Ken-nedy was routed 70-25 by Lakeville North, which is fourth in the state Class 6A poll. Rosemount stayed in the

game for a while against de-fending state large-school champion Eden Prairie, but the No. 1-ranked Eagles ul-timately rolled to a 34-7 vic-tory. The Irish scored with one minute left in the first quar-ter on a 30-yard pass from Sean Kalinowski to Dimitri Williams. That touchdown cut Eden Prairies lead to 14-7. Williams had six catches for 79 yards. Kalinowski completed eight of 16 pass-es for 83 yards, and sopho-more Jackson Erdmann had six completions in eight throws for 39 yards.

Mike Shaughnessy is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

footbAll, from 10A socceR, from 10A The clinic is open to chil-dren ages 4 to 14. The ad-vance registration fee is $35 per participant ($25 each additional family member). Registration at the door is $39. The fee includes a T-shirt, personal instruction by the Eastview dance team, a snack, and free student admission and popcorn at the Eastview Dance Invi-tational if you wear your shirt. Registration information is at www.lightningdance-team.com.

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by Tad JohnsonSun ThiSweek

Zero. That number may not be as fun as some of the others, but when it comes to taxes itll do. Zero is the estimated change in the city of Rose-mounts portion of proper-ty taxes from 2012 to 2013 for the median residential homestead property. That estimate comes as a result of the City Councils approval of the preliminary 2013 levy and budget at the Sept. 4 regular meeting. The median value home-stead of $194,100 is estimat-ed to pay $854 in 2013. while thats the same for the median property in 2012, tax bills dropped in each of the previous four years. Council Member Jeff weisensel said he was dis-appointed that the budget didnt keep that string on a roll and asked for more in-novation and cost cutting. Finance Director Jeff May said the city is becom-ing more efficient because and finding ways to make cuts or find savings in order to add amenities and opera-tional costs and still main-tain zero. i see zero as a positive, he said.

City Administrator Dwight Johnson said the city could have put last years surplus fund toward debt reduction for an imme-diate reduction in taxes, but the council has tentatively accepted a plan to use that money to stabilize health in-surance rates. i think we made a good decision to help us in that regard, he said. we bought ourselves some real stability for years to come so we dont have a yo-yo budget. The sample property would have seen a reduc-tion in the city portion of property taxes if the median value would have slipped as much as it had in previous years. Rosemount had the smallest median home value reduction (-3.34) of any city in Dakota County. The median value percent-age change has ranged from -5.86 to -8.83 in the past three years for Rosemount. City officials reported the overall tax base did not decline by much because new growth offset some of the decline in existing prop-erty values. The citys levy and fund-ing needs are proposed to increase from 2012 to 2013 1.26 and 1.76 percent, re-

spectively. Cities are required to set a preliminary budget by Sept. 15. At this point, the levy amount can only be re-duced before the final levy is set in December. Property owners will re-ceive their tax statements in november prior to the citys Dec. 4 required bud-get hearing. The 2013 budget includes not filling two positions that had retirements in 2012 (re-ceptionist and public works operations superintendent). not all of the costs associ-ated with those positions will be saved. Some funds are budgeted in the event a part-time receptionist is hired, and some salary in-creases were passed along when public works opera-tion superintendent duties were assigned to current employees. The city, which has 76 full-time employees, has trimmed full-time positions by five since 2008. Salary increases for all employees was 1 percent for 2012, along with another 1 percent increase slated for Jan. 1, 2013, and July 1, 2013.

Tad Johnson can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Rosemount tax impact aims for zero

The winners in the 2012 Rosemount Leprechaun Days Button prize giveaway were announced this week. The Rosemount Area Se-niors sold the official Rose-mount Leprechaun Days buttons during the July 23-31 festival this year. At the same time people purchased a button, they were given a chance to enter the prize giveaway. Money raised through the effort will help fund fu-ture senior programs. Vol-unteer leaders of the seniors group said they appreciate the support of the commu-nity. The winners are: $100 cash prize Dave haukas $50 cash prize from Lars-en P.A. karen Peterson $50 cash prize from Master Transmission (2) nikole kesner and Avarie Otto $50 cash prize from Phils Body Shop Don Cregan $50 gift card from MGM wine & Spirits Terry kaeder $25 gift card from BP Gas Station Bob Ander-son $25 gift card from

Caspers Steak house Mike hamre $20 gift card from Terrys hardware (2) Sue Collin and Colleen Adams $10 gift card from na-dias hair Shop (2) Lori Dousett and Lois norgard $10 gift card from Bakers Square (2) Sheryl kendall and Tracy Tobritzhofer Rosemount Floral gift card Linda Tutko Gift Bag of hair Prod-ucts Cost Cutters (3) Jim koslowski, wayne Snyder and Colleen Alcin emerson Round Slow Cooker Connie kelling-ton

Rosemount Leprechaun Days button winners announced


District 917School BoardProceedingsThis is a summary of the Intermediate

School District 917 Regular School BoardMeeting on Tuesday, September 4, 2012,with full text available for public inspectiono n t h e d i s t r i c t w e b s i t e a twww.isd917.k12.mn.us or the District Officeat 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount, MN55068.The meeting was called to order at 5:30

PM. Board members present: Ar leneBush, Dan Cater, Ron Hill, Jill Lewis, KathyLew is , Deb C la rk , Vanda P ressna l l ,Veronica Walter, and administrators werepresent. Absent: Tom Ryerson. Goodnews reports were presented. The follow-ing Consent Agenda items were approved:minutes, personnel, , bills to be paid, andwire transferst. Recommended act ionsapproved: Policy 9.24, Imprest Petty CashFund, and Goals for 2012-2013. Also rec-ommended to set all future Board meet-ings a t 5:15 PM instead of 5:30 pm.Adjournment at 6:31 PM.3148922 9/14/12

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PROPOSED CONDITIONAL USE PERMITIN THE CITY OF APPLE VALLEY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that thePlanning Commission of the City of AppleValley, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meetat the Municipal Center, 7100 West 147thStreet, on Wednesday, October 3, 2012, at7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as pos-sible. The purpose of the meeting is to holda public hearing on a proposed conditionaluse permit for outdoor storage of vehiclesin conjunction with a commercial operationin a RB (Retail Business) zoning district.Said hearing relates to property located at7600-147th Street W. and legally describedas follows:The East 85 feet of Lot 1, Block 2 and theWest 40 feet of Lot 2, Block 2, ValleyCommercial Park First Addition, DakotaCounty, M innesota, according to therecorded plat thereof on file at the Officeof the Dakota County Recorder.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN tha t these

proceedings are inst ituted by T imothyShiels and Keith Sperbeck. All interestedparties will be given an opportunity to beheard at said time and place.DATED this 7th day of September, 2012.

/s/ Pamela J. GackstetterPamela J. Gackstetter, City Clerk

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PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PROPOSED CONDITIONAL USE PERMITIN THE CITY OF APPLE VALLEY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that thePlanning Commission of the City of AppleValley, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meetat the Municipal Center, 7100 147th StreetWest, on Wednesday, October 3, 2012, at7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as pos-sible. The purpose of the meeting is to holda public hearing on a proposed request foran outdoor display and sales conditionaluse permit in a RB (Retail Business) zon-ing district. Said hearing relates to propertylocated at 7501-75 145th Street West, andlegally described as:Lots 1 and 2, Block 2, BOR-NEL, DakotaCounty, M innesota, according to therecorded plat thereof, on fi le and ofrecord in the Office of the Dakota CountyRecorder.NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that these

proceedings are instituted upon the peti-tion of Kwik Trip, Inc. All interested partieswill be given an opportunity to be heard atsaid time and place.DATED this 4th day of September, 2012.

/s/ Pamela J. GackstetterPamela J. Gackstetter, City Clerk

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U.S. Service Academy Information Day is Sept. 15

Service news N i c h o l a sA. Manninghas gradu-ated fromthe U.S. AirForce Acade-my, ColoradoSprings, Colo.He received abachelor of science degreeand was commissioned asasecondlieutenant.A2008graduate of RosemountHigh School, Manning isthe son of Michael andMonicaManning ofRose-mount. C a d e tBryce Wil-b e r d i n g ,son of Jayand JudyNeudecker ofRosemount,c o m p l e t e dCadet BasicTrainingattheU.S.MilitaryAcademy at West Point.Wilberdinggraduated fromRosemount High Schoolin June 2012. He plans tograduatefromWestPointin2016 andbe commissionedasasecondlieutenantintheU.S.Army.

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Ramble Jam this weekend by Laura Adelmann

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Farmington Rotarysbiggest fundraiser, RambleJam, returns this weekendattheDakotaCountyFair-groundsand isbigger thanever. The country music fes-tival has added anotherfull day of entertainmentthat includes national actsandbeginstodaywithSaraLynnWallinat3:30p.m. Performers includeRan-dy Houser; Dustin Lynch;

Whiskey Meyers; Rock-et Club; Lost Highway;Greene & Hurst; SunnySweeney and Josh Thomp-son. One of the headliners,LeeBrice, isnominatedfornewartistoftheyearbytheCountry Music Associa-tion. Rotary Club presidentPamHadler said the eventwill also feature food andbeveragevendors,merchan-diseforsaleandamechani-calbull.

Gatesopenat2p.m.Fri-dayandnoonSaturday. Hadler said the profitsareusedtobenefitthecom-munity, including scholar-ships, mentoring programsfor at-risk youth andworkwithseniorcitizens. Ticketsprices vary; theyareavailableat thedoororatadiscountonlineatwww.ramblejamcountry.com.Laura Adelmann is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

U.S.Rep.Johnklinewillhost a U.S. Service Acad-emy information Day forstudents who live in Min-nesotas 2nd congressionaldistrictfrom9a.m.tonoonSaturday, Sept. 15, at theDiamondhead educationCenter, 200 W. BurnsvilleParkway, Burnsville (Door

7). The information ses-sionwillprovideimportantinformation to candidatesand their families abouttheapplicationprocessandhow candidates can seeknomination through hiscongressionaloffice,aswellastheirU.S.senators.

New church inFarmington meets The Real Tree Churchwillbeginservicesat10a.m.Sunday,Sept.16,inthelittletheateratRobertBoeckmanMiddleSchool.Thechurchis led by Pastor ShonMc-intyre,whohasabachelorsdegree in biblical studies/theology and is workingon his masters of divinity.The Real Tree Church is amember of the Fellowshipof evangelical Churches.Formoreinformation,gotowww.therealtreechurch.org.

Community meals Grace Lutheran Churchin Apple Valley will servefree community meals onMondays, Sept. 17 and 24.Dininghall doorswill openat 5:30 p.m. Dinner will beserved from 6 to 6:30 p.m.Themealsareforseniorciti-zens, single-parent families,families in transition andall others in the surround-ing community seeking a

Religion Briefshealthy meal in a relaxedand fun environment. Freewill donations are accepted.Grace Lutheran Church islocatedattheintersectionofPennockAvenueandCountyRoad42.Formoreinforma-tion,callthechurchat(952)432-7273.


Burnsville duo brings homeland cuisine to town

by John GessnerSun ThiSweek

Yussuf and ifrah Shafie, longtime Burnsville resi-dents by way of kenya and Somalia, are bringing east African cuisine to Burns-ville. The brother-sister team is opening Tawakal Res-taurant on Sept. 21 in the nic-Burn strip mall east of nicollet Avenue and north of Burnsville Parkway. This is the first Somali restaurant in Burnsville, 23-year-old Yussuf de-clared, explaining that the menu will be mostly Soma-li fare with a sampling of ethiopia and kenya. he and his 25-year-old sister have seen many east African immigrants come behind them since they ar-rived in Burnsville with their family in 2000. im really confident in the restaurants prospects, Yussuf said. People drive 20 minutes to Minneapolis to get Somali food. we have a huge Somali population here. he hopes the restaurant builds a fan base with non-Africans, too. i want to change per-ceptions in the community. i want to educate others who dont know much about us, said Yussuf, who is originally from Somalia but spent most of his child-hood in kenya. im 23 years old and im opening my own restaurant. Thats the American dream. One of seven Shafie chil-dren, Yussuf started seventh grade at nicollet Junior high and graduated from Burnsville high School in 2006. it was tough lan-guage barriers, a lot of ra-cial stuff, he said of his early school experiences here. Burnsville back in 2000 was the whitest place you could find. now, its very diverse. ... But i think i

did pretty good handling all that as a youngster. in May, he got a bach-elors degree in social work from Metro State univer-sity. he plans to pursue a masters of social work at the university of Minne-sota or Augsburg. i want to give back to my community, Yus-suf said. Literally, i enjoy helping people. i want to empower people. Graduate studies will wait a year, he said, while he gets the restaurant off the ground. Savings from his job with a residential group-home provider and his sisters savings from her job as a nurse are helping bankroll the business, Yussuf said. Another family member is a minority investor, and the business has a bank credit line, he said. Tawakal Restaurant promises halal (permissible according to islamic reli-gious law) meats and sea-food, farm-fresh vegetables, and breads and pastries baked daily. Goat, fish, chicken, lamb, chicken steak and beefsteak are staples of the 40-plus menu items, along with rice, Yussuf said. which is very similar to lots of parts of the world, he said. its good stuff. i am very confident you guys will like our food.

Spicy? You can make it hot, said Yussuf, who lives at home with his family. its up to the customer. we have many different spices we can add. we have a home-made hot sauce on the side you can have. its the best. The menu will have half-plate ($7) and full-plate ($10) options and daily lunch specials, Yussuf said. For opening day on Sept. 21, the restaurant is offering one free lunch special per customer from noon to 3 p.m. Tawakal Restaurant is located in a newly renovated space at 12609 nicollet Ave. For information, call (952) 500-8954 or visit www.tawakalrestaurantmn.com.

John Gessner can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Tawakal will serve East African fare

Photo by John Gessner

Yussuf Shafie, above, and his sister Ifrah are opening Tawakal Restaurant in Burnsville on Sept. 21.

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