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AUGUST 19, 2011 VOLUME 32, NO. 25

by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The stock market was getting clobbered when Thomas and Kathleen Mor-ris of Burnsville met with their financial advisor on Monday, Aug. 8. “So that night I told Tom, ‘The only way we’re going to retire is if we win the lottery,’ ” Kathleen said. Four days later, the Michigan natives, married 38 years, discovered their retirement worries had van-ished. The couple won the $228.9 million Powerball Jackpot, the largest payout in Minnesota Lottery his-tory. Tom, a sales engineer, had bought five Powerball tickets Wednesday morning in Lakeville on his way to a work assignment in Indiana.

“I wasn’t aware that he even bought a ticket on his way out of town on Wednes-day,” Kathleen said. The Morrises discussed their good fortune in an often-giddy and briefly tear-ful press conference Friday, Aug. 12, at Lottery head-quarters in Roseville. “I’d like to say, we have a lot of nice friends that added that it couldn’t have happened to a nicer couple,” Kathleen said, patting her chest and welling up. “That was nice to hear.” Tom said he was pre-paring to put off pending retirement plans after the recent market downturn. Those plans quickly turned around. “He’s retired – 14, 15 hours ago,” Kathleen told reporters as the couple’s two

adult daughters stood near-by. Tom – who didn’t name his employer but said the company does mechani-cal contracting and makes packaging conveyors – stopped by the Super-America store at 16161 Cedar Ave. in Lakeville Wednesday morning before driving to Indiana. “They’re always very, very nice to me,” Tom said. “That’s why I pulled in there. It’s a good store. I like their coffee.” He said he generally buys tickets every other week, usually in lots of three. Not this time. In a hurry and with only a $5 bill in his pocket, Tom went for broke and purchased five quick-picks.

$228.9 million for Morrises of Burnsville

Minnesota Lottery photo

Thomas and Kathleen Morris of Burnsville met the media Friday, Aug. 12, at Minnesota Lottery headquarters in Roseville. Jenny Canfield, right, the acting lottery director, introduced the couple.

Largest Lottery jackpot in state history makes couple’s retirement worries vanish

Majority of Eagan homeowners may see same city taxesOfficials propose 2.9 percent

drop in property tax levyby Jessica Harper

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As Eagan residents continue to feel the weight of the recession, they can breathe a sign of relief in knowing their city taxes may remain flat next year. In a special City Coun-cil meeting Aug. 15, City Administrator Tom Hedg-es proposed lowering Ea-gan’s property tax levy by 2.9 percent to $27.4 mil-lion. “I think our challenge each year is to do the best we can to recognize all rev-enue sources and keep the property tax at a good lev-el,” Hedges said. “I think it’s very responsible.” Most homeowners would pay the same in the city’s portion of their pay-able 2012 since property

values are expected to fall. The average home value of $241,744 is expected to drop by $4,048 in payable 2012, according to the city. County officials predict that Eagan home values will continue to fall over the next two years. Residents whose homes maintain their value can expect to pay between $12 and $18 more in property taxes, depending on the home value. Property taxes would not decline because the tax base is shrinking, ex-plained Gene VanOver-beke, director of adminis-trative services. How the proposed property tax levy would affect commercial and in-dustrial properties is still


Jon Elbaum, credited by Burnsville officials with turning around the city’s Performing Arts Center, is resigning as its execu-tive director. Elbaum, 52, is resigning effec-tive Aug. 31 to become executive director of the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Troy, N.Y. “It was too hard to pass up,” Elbaum said of the chance to run the historic, nonprofit concert hall. “It will allow me to be closer to a lot of my family.” VenuWorks, the PAC’s management company, will put Regional Vice Presi-dent Tammy Koolbeck in charge while it does a nationwide search for Elbaum’s permanent replacement. Elbaum, installed by VenuWorks as the PAC’s second executive director in March 2010, has improved the money-losing venue’s bottom line and turned around its substandard customer service, according to Burnsville Deputy City Manager Tom Hansen.

“Jon took over the Perform-ing Arts Center at a time when many people were questioning its value,” Hansen said in a city news release. “He turned it completely around through smart manage-ment and an incredible work ethic.” Opened in January 2009, the $20 million center, whose con-

struction many residents opposed, was still a lightning rod for controversy when Elbaum arrived to replace the first ex-ecutive director, Wolf Larson. “I had the same experience at the building I opened in Iowa,” said Elbaum, who was the first general manager of the city-owned Bridge View Center in Ot-tumwa before coming to Burnsville. Support among Ottumwans was slow to build, he said. “When they started to figure it out that it was a neat place to come, it kind of started turning around.” With pre-construction projections of annual losses of up to $350,000, Burns-ville’s PAC disappointed in its first year,

City credits outgoing directorwith turnaround at arts center

Elbaum leaving to run New York concert hall

Jon Elbaum

Eagan market grows

Photo by Jessica Harper

Small growers bring their goods from all over the metro to the farmer’s market in Eagan. A variety of seasonal produce and flowers are available at Eagan’s Market Fest. Market Fest is held every Wednesday from 4-8 p.m. from until Sept. 28 in Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park.

by T.W. BudigECM CAPITOL REPORTER

Old friends of Tim Pawlenty believe the former governor simply studied the political cards he had left and made a rational decision. He was out of the game. “Governor Pawlenty is a realist,” said former Repub-lican State Auditor Pat An-derson of Pawlenty drop-ping out of the Republican presidential race on Sunday. Anderson, who served with Pawlenty on the Eagan City Council when both were starting out in politics, views his distant third place finish in the Iowa Straw Poll on Saturday as actually low-er when considering former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and newcomer

Texas Gov. Rick Per-ry in the equation. “It really meant that he was fifth,” Anderson said. In recent national polls Pawlenty’s sup-port among Republi-cans has often been single-digit. “I think he’s been angry.

I don’t think he’s an-gry anymore,” An-derson said. His departure from the race was grace-ful, she said. Pawlen-ty was just in a bad position to raise campaign funds,

Anderson said.

Photo by T.W. Budig

Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty tries hammer home a point during his speech at the Iowa Straw Poll on Saturday, Aug. 13. Pawlenty dropped out of the Republican presidential race the following day.

Former colleagues in the south metro and beyond see a

bright future

Friends endorse Pawlenty’s exit

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requiring an operating sub-sidy of $525,654, according to the city. The operating subsidy was cut to $367,630 last year, compared with a bud-geted amount of $430,573, according to city figures. And revenue of $745,340 exceeded budgeted revenue by $128,440, according to city figures. “We’re heading in the right direction financially,” Hansen said in an interview. “And the five-year outlook for the Performing Arts Center is now in line with the original forecast made back in 2006, well before the major economic distress we’ve all gone through.” Hansen said Elbaum’s projections show the oper-ating subsidy shrinking to $209,000 in 2016. “Jon is a very conserva-tive budgeter and a conser-vative manager,” Hansen said. “He doesn’t like to overpromise. He likes to overdeliver.” The numbers are im-proving, Hansen said, de-

spite the loss of a $130,000 rental contract with Envi-sion Academy, the former School District 191 arts academy that ceased opera-tions in June. While bookings and at-tendance at the PAC have improved, the previous-ly rental-only venue has launched an “angel fund” with money to book shows on its own rather than wait-ing for business to come. The fund was established in part with a $50,000 city loan to the PAC. “That’s certainly some-thing I’ve been pushing for since I got there, to create a programming fund,” El-baum said. “I’m glad we got the support to make it hap-pen. I think that was the one element that was missing. Now we’re able to go out and fund programming and potentially make some prof-its from that programming. Obviously, there’s some risk involved. The upside is also there.” Thanks to the fund, the PAC will soon announce its first performance series. VenuWorks officials didn’t

disclose the performers as of Wednesday. Elbaum said business from dance competitions staged by private companies is growing. Those bookings, which can be for up to five days, have grown from sev-en in 2009 to 12 this year to 15 scheduled for next year, he said. Hansen praised Elbaum and his staff ’s emphasis on customer service to renters of the facility and patrons. “I used to get, either directly or through (City Council) members or other folks, at least one complaint about customer service over there per week after it first opened,” Hansen said. “Some of those things you can tally up to just grow-ing pains of a new facility. I think it’s fair to say when Jon took over, he turned 180 degrees around on the attention paid to customer service.” The city says a new direc-tor is expected to be in place by November.

John Gessner is at [email protected].

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unknown, said Tom Garri-son, communications direc-tor. Property taxes in Eagan have historically been lower than in neighboring com-munities. In payable 2011, Eagan’s portion of property taxes for the average home value was less than its neigh-bors with one exception — Mendota Heights. Though city officials are looking to lower the proper-ty tax levy in payable 2012, total revenues are projected to rise slightly. City documents project total revenues to be $28 mil-lion in 2012, which is ap-proximately $312,000 more than this year. “Our budget is increas-ing by about half the rate of inflation so essentially, we are becoming more ef-

ficient,” said Council Mem-ber Paul Bakken. The city will be able to increase its budget without raising the property tax levy by increasing nontax rev-enues, Hedges said. City officials have been able to contain several cost factors such as health in-surance, while preparing for rising inflation and up-coming election expenses. Eagan also saved money by cutting two positions through restructuring. Each year, city officials aim to maintain a general fund balance that is be-tween 40 and 45 percent of the general fund. This money is essentially a rainy day fund for unex-pected expenses. Eagan is on track to meet this goal by the end of fiscal 2011, VanOverbeke said. The city would continue to meet this goal in fiscal

2012 if the council approves the proposed property tax levy, according to his pro-jections. City officials expect that staff numbers and services will remain the same next year, Hedges said. Eagan has a history of keeping a tight rein on its spending when compared to similar sized communities. According to a 2011 state auditor’s report, Eagan spent fewer tax dollars per capita in 2009 than other similar-sized cities in the state. The council must ap-prove a preliminary prop-erty tax levy for payable 2012 by Sept. 15. Council members are scheduled to discuss the proposed levy at their Sept. 6 meeting.

E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

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A total of seven people have filed for the four open seats on the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Board. Filing ended at 5 p.m. Aug. 16. The seven candidates for the Nov. 8 election School Board General Election include incumbents Joel Albright and Bob Schutte of Apple Valley, and Rob Duchscher and Jackie Mag-nuson of Rosemount. The challengers are Steven Butler and Gary Krueger of Eagan, and Fay Coggshall of Apple Valley. The terms of Albright, Duchscher, Magnuson and Schutte expire on Jan. 2, 2012. The new terms for all four positions run from Jan-uary 2012 to January 2016. Information about the School Board candi-dates will be published in Thisweek Newspapers prior to the Nov. 8 election.

Seven candidates file for School Board


Mr. Steak. Jose’s. Toohey’s. Southside Music Cafe. Renegades. That’s at least a partial list of the businesses that have inhabited the bar and restaurant building at 3809 W. Highway 13 in Burns-ville. “We don’t know a lot of the history,” said Steve Hig-gins, whose The Edge Bar and Grill is the latest occu-pant. The Lakeville resident plans to write his own his-tory with an establishment that stands the test of time. He signed a 20-year lease on the building and opened The Edge on Aug. 8. “We’ll be here for a while,” said Higgins, who’s pleased with the terms he negotiated with the build-ing’s new owner, Jeff Xie. “This was a deal I couldn’t pass up.” The long-vacant build-ing’s previous occupant was Renegades, which devel-oped a reputation as a biker bar. Higgins said he wants to shed that image while keeping The Edge “biker-friendly.” “We’ve been through this before,” said Higgins, 35, an accountant-turned-bar owner. “We’ve been through trying to change something to our identity, our footprint.” He got into the business in 2005 when a friend con-vinced him to become part-

owner of Doherty’s Tavern in Prior Lake. “We jumped on it, turned it around and then I sold out,” said Higgins, also a former bartender. “It allowed me to get into The Basement, which allowed me to get in here.” In 2008 Higgins and partner Steve McKenna opened The Basement Bar and Grill in the Prior Lake eatery space previously oc-cupied by Hollywood Bar and Grill. Higgins is now sole owner of The Base-ment and The Edge. Extensive remodeling helped turn around a place Higgins described as “run-down” when he got his hands on it. “Sports bar by day, live entertainment by night,” he said, describing the business model. That’s also his plan for The Edge, which will feature The Basement’s pizza menu and 23 kinds of burgers. Higgins expanded The Edge’s stage and dance floor. Live music on Friday and Saturday nights (with a D.J. on Thursdays) will be-gin in early September.

He chose the name The Edge partly for his prac-tice of booking bands that aren’t necessarily the usual suspects on every stage in the area. “We’ve got lots of bands at The Basement on a nice rotation that we’re going to bring down here,” he said, noting that upcoming acts at The Edge include Rock-fist, the Shaw Brothers, Po-pROCKS, Lady Luck and Playback. Higgins also brought some loyal staffers from The Basement, including The Edge’s general manag-ers, Ryan Bartlett and Nate Mohling. The place’s biker-bar im-age during the Renegades days was due in part to some common ownership between the bar and the former Ghost Riders mo-torcycle shop in Lakeville, Higgins said. “It was too exclusive,” he said of the former clientele. “According to police, they said it got to be a little row-dy toward the end.”


The Edge replaces old RenegadesSteve Higgins (right) The Edge Bar and Grill owner, with general mangers: Ryan Bartlett, left, and Nate Mohling.Photo by John Gessner


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Nation can’t tax itself to prosperityTo the editor: Some things are just too predictable. Your “staff writer” Paul Hoffin-ger’s letter of Aug. 5 fol-lows his normal path of coming to erroneous con-clusions on the basis of wistful yearnings. The re-frain never alters: People making more money than he, must fork it over to him through changes in the tax code. Hoffinger notes that the job creators and entre-preneurs own more prop-erty than the rest of us. He fails, however, to mention that the top 1 percent of wealth providers pay more in taxes than the bottom 50 percent combined. Hoffinger claims to be an advocate of Keynes-ian economics. He might do well to recall the words of Milton Friedman, who marveled at those who think that a nation can tax itself into prosperity even though there has never been a shred of evidence that it has ever worked. Or as Winston Churchill wrote, “I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” The evidence is clear: Keynesian economics has been a failure in Europe and Great Britain and it has shown to be a failure here. Hoffinger’s diatribe conveniently ignores the

fact that it is big govern-ment with excessive regu-lation and huge spending that has caused the cur-rent economic crises. Surely, even he must see the havoc that government runaway spending with subsequent taxation, bor-rowing and a debased cur-rency have visited on our state and nation.

DONALD DeGENAROEagan

Health insurance reform neededTo the editor: A recent opinion piece about the state’s obliga-tion to care for people with mental challenges rings the bell. Basic human respect requires that we provide care for those with these challenges in life. The cost of health care in our state is often borne by taxpay-ers who may have to pick up the tab for the most ex-pensive care offered. That care is available at emer-gency rooms. Low- and middle-income patients without adequate cover-age may try to pay for this most expensive care over time as best they can, and still the greatest individual source of bankruptcy in our country remains un-paid medical bills. For decades the situ-ation has cried out for remedy beyond merely requiring all citizens to

carry health coverage. This coverage may be in-adequate to cover many expensive procedures, and patients may continue to be plagued by gargantuan bills. A single-payer sys-tem, perhaps similar to Medicare, could provide some solutions. It might be particularly effective if co-payments by the pa-tient could be adjusted for income levels, on a sliding-scale basis. Many community clinics have implemented this billing standard, and in a society with a widening income gap like ours, it makes sense. Decency requires that we do what we can to help stabilize middle- and low-income families. For the future of our chil-dren and grandchildren, legislators like Reps. Pat Garofalo, Mary Liz Hol-berg, Diane Anderson and Pam Myhra, and Sens. Ted Daley, Dan Hall, Chris Gerlach and Dave Thompson must take steps to counteract the dangers of unemployment and underemployment. Former state Sen. Jim Carlson, running in Eagan and Burnsville, is working to address challenges of high medical bills. Family values require that we do what we can to protect our families. BETTY MACKEYEagan

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Elyas Shaik of Burns-ville, like the rest of the faith-ful at the Burnsville Mosque last Friday evening, had not eaten a gram or drunk even a drop of water all day. The former Texan, who works in the local aerospace industry, was celebrating Ramadan. During this holiest month, Muslims fast as the sun shines. When night falls, they gather for an iftar, a breaking of the fast with prayer and a scrump-tious dinner. The mosque also hosted a cou-ple dozen non-Muslims, inviting them to ask questions about Islam and dine on a delicious array of lamb, hummus and rice dishes. Debby Reisinger of Burnsville was among the curious parties. “I have a friend who’s Mus-lim,” said Reisinger, a parishioner at Mary, Mother of the Church in Burnsville. “I’ve been very upset by people who make assumptions about Muslims without having any

experience with them.” This was her second iftar. She and her husband attend-ed one last year in St. Paul. This year, they wanted to visit one in their own back-yard. Reisinger said she respect-

ed that faith was a huge part of the lives of the people she met. “Practice and prayer is part of who they are and how they live,” she said. To get an idea of the impact of Ramadan on a Muslim’s life, think of the holiday as a summertime Lent, but with the fasting require-ment all day, everyday from Ash Wednesday to Easter (and not just refraining from red meat on Fri-days). There would be no eating or drinking while the day basks in sun-light. Obviously, not everyone sticks to this (just as I would often forget to forgo burgers on Fridays during Lent), but millions of people take it seriously enough to create both a market for buffets in the evening

and a profound ambiance of piety. For Shaik and his family, Rama-dan is about empathy, that sacred idea of putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. “We fast so we can feel the thirst and the hunger of those around the world who don’t have anything,” he said. He also said that fasting can be a catalyst for other forms of self-reflection. He has found that it discourages him from lying and committing other sins. To continue one’s sinful ways while putting on the show of Ra-madan wouldn’t make any sense. “Otherwise,” Shaik asks, “why fast?” This was the second time I’ve attended an iftar at the Burnsville Mosque for a story and the third time ever I’ve attended the service. The first I attended was last August in Washington, D.C., at the Embas-sy of Bahrain (the Pentagon iftar was tossed around as a possibility, but its timing was not in tune with

mine). What sticks out for me about the Burnsville Mosque is the pal-pable friendliness and neighborly demeanor. As the only one south of the river, the mosque serves as a window into the world of Mus-lims for non-Muslims all over Da-kota County. It is important for the members of the mosque to honor their holy month, but it is also im-portant for them to reach out to ev-eryone in their community. Most of what we know about Islam is through the eyes of those who hate it: whether it is people trying to stop a Muslim commu-nity center from being built near Ground Zero in Manhattan or those who would believe that with-in each Muslim community lies the potential for a “Red Dawn”-style invasion of America, the shadow of 9/11 seems poised to indict an entire group of people. It does not have to be this way, of course. You yourself could stop by the mosque one night during Ramadan (which lasts until Aug.

29) for an iftar feast and fellow-ship. You won’t find people who hate America, but instead you’ll find Americans (native or natural-ized) who in addition to working and raising families, also happen to take their faith as seriously as those who attend local churches or syna-gogues. They will not try to convert you, but they could cause you to gain a few pounds. Steve Lucas of Apple Valley is another Dakota County resident who stopped by the mosque. “I’m open to different customs and religions,” he said. “I wanted to see what was going on.” Sometimes wanting to see what’s going on can lead to a series of re-warding adventures.

Aaron Vehling is the Lakeville edi-tor for Thisweek Newspapers. You can reach him at [email protected], or at www.facebook.com/thisweeklive. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Visiting with neighbors at Burnsville Mosque

by Elizabeth KautzMAYOR OF BURNSVILLE

Common sense is prevail-ing in Washington – at last. Thanks to the president and leaders from both parties in the Senate and House of Representatives, a potential economic disaster has been averted. By extending debt limit increases to 2013, a cloud of uncertainty has been lifted from the economy. This is very good news for all those people relying on a stable pro-vision of federal government services. Banks, businesses, and ev-eryday Americans must have a predictable and reliable gov-ernmental partner to prosper and grow. While a welcome relief to millions, this debt agreement is not a solution to the struc-tural challenges facing our economy. Spending and revenue must come into balance if we are to succeed as a nation. I have great hope that a renewed spirit of bipartisanship will

guide our national leaders as they ap-proach 2013 and beyond. On the lo-cal level, we have succeeded in achieving and

maintaining a strong financial structure despite the econom-ic uncertainty at the state and federal levels. We enjoy the highest pos-sible credit rating – Moody’s AAA. We have been notified that our strong rating will continue even as many other cities and school districts face a worrisome credit watch on their ratings. Since 1995, we have reduced our debt by 30 percent while maintaining an aggressive in-frastructure replacement and rehabilitation program. Each year, we “right-size” our op-erations by evaluating the ser-vices we provide and how we provide them. Today the city operates with virtually the same num-ber of employees as 1995 – despite a 10 percent increase

in population and a prolifera-tion of state and federal man-dates. Many of these simple local practices should be emulated by our leaders in Washington. At the local level we mini-mize the bitter partisanship and rancor by focusing on what is best for the people. We balance our budgets and submit to rigorous audits and public access and review of our practices and procedures. We are transparent and rarely allow party politics to be a motivating factor in local de-cision making. The president, our senators and House members have an incredibly difficult job. But I am confident if they stay fo-cused on job creation and do-ing what is best for the Ameri-can people, we all will prevail in the face of a daunting eco-nomic challenge.

Elizabeth Kautz is mayor of Burnsville and immediate past president of the U.S. Confer-ence of Mayors. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

Burnsville financially strong despiteeconomic challenges nationwide


Dorothy JeanEngel

Dorothy was born March 2,1 9 2 5 , o n a f a r m b e t w e e nH o f f m a n a n d H e r m a n ,Minnesota, to James Henry andRuth (Getz) Norman. As theeldest of 8 children, her life wasshaped to be selfless, frugal,caring, and show love to all. Shefound the best in every personand of every s i tuat ion. Shegraduated from Hoffman HighSchool and following vocationals choo l a t the Univer s i ty o fMinnesota, Morris, she moved tothe big city, Minneapolis. It wasthere she met the love of her life,Clarence Engel, while on a blindd a t e . T h e y w e r e m a r r i e dOctober 21, 1950. The first homethey owned was in ArgonneFarms in Lakeville. Their firstchild, Gloria, was born while theylived in Lakeville. Shortly beforethe birth of their second child,Alan, Dorothy and Clarencemoved to Hoffman where theyfarmed the Norman family farm.They continued farming until themid 1960's during which time son,Mark, and daughter, Jill, wereborn. Dorothy and Clarencereturned to Lakevi l le whereClarence began long distancetrucking and Dorothy began along career as a cook with theL a k e v i l l e S c h o o l S y s t e m .Following the sudden death ofher husband, Dorothy filled herlife with spending time with herchildren and grandchildren andplaying cards with family andfriends. A better Grandmothercould not be found. Dorothy hada deep faith which carried herthrough all of life's trials. After acourageous battle with cancer,Dorothy passed away peacefullyon August 9, 2011. She waspreceded in death by husband,Clarence, and siblings Williamand Ruth. Dorothy is survivedby children Gloria (Rick) Louk,Alan (Yumiko) Engel , MarkEngel, Jill (Tom) Seivert; grand-children Jennifer (Mark) Rumsey,E l i z a b e t h ( E r i c ) S c h a e f e r ,Caroline and Alison Engel, CarlEngel, Jack, Claire, and KateSeivert, Eugene Engel, Michael(Melissa) Louk, Jennifer (Don)Garmong, Garth (Tanya) Teske;and great grandchildren Gloria,Cameron, Kel ly , Samantha,Sydney, Connor, Curtis, Zachary,E v a a n d V a n c e . S u r v i v i n gsiblings include Ardelle Rohloff,Betty Anderson, James (Betty)N o r m a n , J u n e S i b e l l , a n dH o w a r d ( J o n i ) N o r m a n .Dorothy is also survived by closefamily friends Nancy Hopko,Julie Peters, Robert McDonalda n d n u m e r o u s n i e c e s a n dnephews.

Funeral services will be held onAugust 13, 2011, at Hosanna!Church at 11:00 a.m. in Lakeville,MN.White Funeral Home Lakeville

952-469-272www.whitefuneralhomes.com

Melvin C.Bengtson

Melvin C. Bengtson, betterknown as Chet in his hometown,was born in Sebeka, MN on April12, 1942. He left this world onAugust 11th at the age of 69.

He is preceded in death by hisfather, Melvin C. Bengtson; sur-vived by his loving wife of 50years, Shirley; children, Sherry(Steve) Beckey, Mike (Cathy)B e n g t s o n a n d S h e i l a ( J e f fHoudeshell) Bengtson; grandchil-dren, Sarah and Maria Bengtson;mother, Amber Bengtson; sib-lings, Doug (Kathy) Bengtson,Connie (Charley) Smith andChristine (Joe) Bernstetter, alsoby nieces, nephews and friends.

Mel started working as a salesrepresentative the day after hegraduated from high school. In1961, a little over a year aftergraduating from high school hemarried Shirley Schneider. Dur-ing his years working in sales theylived in various cities includingAberdeen, SD, Coon Rapids,MN and Wadena, MN.

In 1969, after Mel’s dad passedaway, the family moved back tothe farm he grew up on outside ofSebeka. During his years farm-ing he raised hogs then laterswitched to dairy cattle. In 1976,he started driving truck over theroad. He worked in variousaspects of the trucking industryincluding dispatch and logisticsfrom that point until he retired in2010 for eight months and thenretired again in 2011.

When he wasn’t working he waswatching his grandchildren par-ticipating in their activities orlooking for something new to addto his collection of duck para-phernalia. Mel also enjoyed fairsincluding various county fairsand, particularly, the MinnesotaState Fair. He rarely missed theState Fair since he was a teen-ager. He was also very support-ive of his children’s involvementin 4-H including helping raisevarious animals to show at thelocal county fair with the ulti-mate goal of winning trips to theState Fair.

Mel generally didn’t have a lotto say but led by example. Hewould take charge and quietlylead when a situation called for it.Everything he did was for thebenefit of his family and eventhough he didn’t express himselfwith words, his family knew hecared deeply for them.

Memorial Mass will be held 11AM Tuesday, August 16, 2011 atSt. Joseph’s Catholic Church,13900 Biscayne Ave., Rosemountwith a gathering of family andfriends on Monday from 5-8 PMat theWhite Funeral Home, 14560Pennock Ave., Apple Valley

Joe MurphyJoseph LaVerne “Joe” Murphy,

age 80 of Cannon Falls, diedWednesday, August 10, 2011 atthe Regina Medical Center inHastings.

Joe was born on March 26,1931in Lakeville, the son of James E.and Gertrude (Streefland) Mur-phy. He graduated from Farm-ington High School in 1948, andwent on to serve with the USNavy. He farmed for many yearsin Cannon Falls Township. Hemarried Violet (Nielsen) Moss onDecember 2, 1973, and she diedon April 8, 1992. He later mar-ried Ruth (Alexander) Hauchildtin November, 1993, and she diedon August 21, 2010.

He is survived by his brother,Bernard “Babe” Murphy ofLakeville; sister-in-law, PatriciaMurphy of Farmington; niecesand nephews and their families:Tom (Julie) Murphy of CannonFalls, Mary Stover of Farming-ton, Tim (Judy) Murphy of InverGrove Heights, Kathy (Bill) Lar-son of Lakeville, Ann (Tom) Wel-ter of Farmington, Mary (Jim)Fisher of Minneapolis, Brian(Trish) Murphy of Lakeville andMolly Murphy of Minneapolis.He is also survived by Ruth’schildren and their families: DebbiSt . John of Red Wing, Barb(John) Maher of Hastings, Gary(Gloria) Hauschildt of Randolphand Kathy (Kevin) Clemens ofWelch; and Violet’s children andtheir families: Richard (Marva)M o s s o f S t a f f o r d , V A , L e s(Elaine) Moss of Eagan andDennis Moss of Lakeville.

He was preceded in death by hisparents, James and GertrudeMurphy; brother, James “Jim”Murphy; and his wives, Violetand Ruth.

Mass of Christian Burial will beheld on Monday, August 15 at10:00 a.m. at St. Pius V CatholicChurch in Cannon Falls, withFather Jay K. Kythe celebrating.

Interment with military honorswill follow at 1:30 p.m. at FortSnelling National Cemetery.

Visitation will be held on Sun-day from 2-5 p.m. at LundbergFuneral Home in Cannon Falls.There will also be visitation at thechurch on Monday from 9-10a.m.

Arrangements by LundbergFuneral Home in Cannon Falls.

On-line condolences may bedirected to

www.lundbergfuneral.com.

Dorothy J. GrotheAge 89, of Faribault, died on

Wednesday, August 10, 2011 atthe St. Lucas Care Center inFaribault following a sudden ill-ness.

Funeral services will be held onSaturday, August 13, 2011 at11:00 a.m. at the St . Luke ' sChurch in Faribault with theReverend Aaron Brockmeier,officiating. Interment will be heldat the Maple Lawn Cemetery inFaribault.

Visitation will be held at theParker Kohl Funeral Home &Crematory of Faribault on Fri-day from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. andfor one hour prior to services atthe church on Saturday.

The family prefers that memo-rials be directed to St. Luke'sChurch in Dottie's memory.

Dorothy Jean Nichols Grothe(Dottie) was born on October 12,1921 in Rice County, Minnesota.Her father, George DonaldsonNichols, was a lifelong postal car-rier in Faribault, Minnesota, andher mother , Ethe l F lorenceMichel Nichols, was a home-maker. As a child, Dottie wasactive in church, gymnastics, andschool activities. She graduatedfrom Faribault High School, classof 1939, and attended three and ah a l f y e a r s a t W i n o n a S t a t eTeachers College.

Dottie married Frederick I.Grothe, Faribault High Schoolclass of 1938, during World WarII, when he was home on leavef r o m t h e U . S . A i r F o r c e .Throughout their sixty-six yearmarriage, Fred often referred toDottie as "the sweetest woman inthe world." Together, they livedon a number of military bases.As a military wife, Dottie wassupportive of Fred when he wascalled up again in 1951, duringthe Korean War. She acted as theb o o k k e e p e r f o r t h e f a m i l yfinances and for a startup busi-ness, Frederick-Willys Company,which became successful and wassold to Stanley Home Products in1967. Fred and Dottie spentmany years living in Farmington,Minnesota, before moving toPrior Lake, Minnesota, and even-tually returning to live in Farib-ault.

In school and throughout herlife, Dottie had a gift for friend-ship, and stayed in touch withhigh school friends, neighbors,and business associates. She likedto travel to a second home inFlorida and a cabin near Nisswa,Minnesota. Dottie laughed easilyand had a warm, delightful per-sonality. She was a devout Chris-tian and member of the St. Luke'sChurch, where she gave her tes-timony this past June. She stayedin touch with her extended fam-i ly including in recent t imesthrough her computer. After herhusband died in 2009, she livedindependently, but struggled withhealth issues and after a series ofstrokes, died peacefully, withexcellent care, at the St. LucasCare Center in Faribault. Shewas unafraid of death and lookedforward to being reunited withher be loved Sav ior and herbeloved husband.

Dorothy was preceded in deathby her parents, by her husband,Frederick, and her brother, Rob-ert Nichols. Her sons and daugh-ters and their spouses survive her,including Dave Grothe and Mar-garet Hasse, Steve Grothe, Pattyand Lane Purcell, and Becky andSteve Sanford. Dorothy was av e r y l o v i n g g r a n d m o t h e r ,i n c l u d i n g o f Z a k a n d C a l l iG r o t h e , N a o m i a n d B r e t tLatimer, Julia and Scott Nelson,David and Melanie Purce l l ,Elizabeth and Jordan Carlson,Brianna and Ben Zeckmeister,Cam and Becca Sanford, CalebSanford, Michael Grothe, andAlex Grothe , and ten grea tgrandchildren. She is also sur-vived by her sister-in-law RuthNichols, a daughter-in-law, JacqiGrothe, nieces and nephews andcousins.

For guestbook and furtheri n f o r m a t i o n p l e a s e v i s i twww.ParkerKohlFuneralHome.com.

Ardelle VanderAarde

Age 84, of Apple Valley, MNand Naples, FL passed awaypeacefully on August 10, 2011.Ardelle volunteered for SchoolD i s t r i c t 1 9 6 a n d M e a l s O nWheels. She was the matriarchand glue behind the family andthe family business Robert’s Drugand Ardelle’s Hallmark GiftStores. Ardelle devoted her life toher family, it was her greatest joy.Ardelle is preceded in death byher parents, Norbert & MarthaE n g l e r t ; s i s t e r , J a c q u e l i n e(Nathan) Adams; brother in law:Chuck Gilmer, she is survived byher loving husband of 59 yearsBob; children, Bill (Myla), Susan(Lonnie) Bryan, Thomas (Coni),Nancy (Michael) Hodson, Jane(Gerard) Berenz, Julie (Donal)O’Donnell, John (Elizabeth) andJames VanderAarde; 19 grand-children, Charles, Sarah, Mychal,Pe ter , Tay lor , Luke , Mark,Bobby, Claire, Joseph, Katy,Laura, Eric, Scott, Molly, Abbey,Jack, Sam and Max; 4 greatgrandchildren, Calvin, Billy,Edward and Thomas; siblings,Jeanne (Roy) Amacher, Ronald(Karen) Engert, Gordon (Nancy)Englert and Kathleen Gilmer.M a n y n i e c e s a n d n e p h e w s .Memorial Mass 11 AM Tuesday(8/16) at Risen Savior CatholicChurch 1501 Co. Rd. 42, Burns-ville, with a gathering of familyand friends on Monday from 4-7PM at the White Funeral Home,12804 Nicollet Ave. S., Burns-ville (952 894 5080) and 1 hr priorto Mass at church. IntermentFort Snelling National Cemetery.www.whitefuneralhomes.com

Wade Lee EnrightAge 49 of Bloomington. Memo-

rial Service Thurs., Aug. 18 at 5PM, gathering 1 hour prior atCremation Society of MN, 7110F r a n c e A v e , E d i n a , ( 9 5 2 )924-4100. A Life Celebration tofollow at Oak Park Point partyroom, 6901 W. 84th St., Bloom-ington.

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Stevens -Traetow

Scott and Mary Jo Stevens ofBurnsville and Kevin and JulieTraetow of Prior Lake, are happyto announce the August 6, 2011m a r r i a g e o f t h e i r c h i l d r e n ,Andrea Stevens and Marcus Tra-etow. The wedding took place atHoly Spirit Catholic Church inSt. Paul, MN.

Marcus and Andrea met atBurnsville Senior High School,where they both graduated in2006. They both attended Gusta-vus Adolphus College and gradu-ated in 2010. Marcus is currentlyworking for AON Benfield as aReinsurance Broker and Andreai s w o r k i n g a s a 6 t h G r a d e -Teacher and Interventionist atGideon Pond Elementary Schoolin Burnsville.

The couple currently resides inLakeville, MN, and is planning aSpring 2012 honeymoon.

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Jorgensen -Perdue

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Jor-gensen of Rosemount, MN andMr. and Mrs. Jay Perdue ofRound Rock, TX are happy toannounce the May 14, 2011, mar-riage of their children, JenniferLynn and Christopher James.The wedding took place at BereanBaptist Church in Burnsville,MN.

Jennifer is a 2004 graduate ofRosemount High School and a2009 graduate of NorthwesternCollege, Saint Paul, MN.

Christopher is a 2004 graduateof Jubilee Christian Home Schoolof Elgin, TX and a 2008 graduateof Northwestern College, SaintPaul, MN. The couple is residingin Apple Valley, MN.

Jennifer is the Assistant Wor-ship Leader at Berean BaptistChurch and Christopher is an ITauditor at Prime Therapeutics inBloomington MN.

Sonja MariePeters

(August 28, 1967 - August 9,2011) Sonja Marie Peters Age 43of Lakeville, passed away on Aug.9, 2011 as a result of a suddencerebral hemorrhage. Sonja was a1985 graduate of Northfield HighSchool and was close to complet-ing her BA degree in Theology atN o r t h w e s t e r n C o l l e g e i nRoseville. She also earned anAssociate’s degree in Theology atMaranatha Christian College inBrooklyn Park, MN. She waspreceded in death by her father,Richard Staudacher; and mother,Sharon Anderson. She is survivedby her loving children, Nic andCharlie Peters and their father,Rolf Peters; her significant other,Craig Dansky; sister Sera; andbrother, Jerry Anderson; stepfa-ther, Gerald Anderson; step-sib-lings, Jennifer, Noah and Van-essa Anderson; many aunts ,unc les , cous ins and fr iends .Memorial service was held 11:00AM Wednesday , Aug. 17 atHosanna! Church, 9600 163rd St.West, Lakeville with memorialvisitation was on Tuesday, Aug.16 from 5-8 PM at the WhiteFuneral Home 20134 KenwoodTrail, also one hour prior to ser-vice at church. Interment Oak-lawn Cemetery, Northfield at alater date Memorials wil l bedonated to Hunger SolutionsMN, www.hungersloutions.org

On line condolences atwww.whitefuneralhomes.com

Wahlstrom -Kniefel

Roger and Karen Wahlstrom ofBurnsvillle, MN, and Todd andJane Kniefel of Webster, MN arehappy to announce the engage-ment of their children, JenniferMarie and Timothy Todd. ASeptember wedding is planned.

Jennifer is a 2005 graduate ofBurnsville Senior High School,and Timothy is a 2005 graduateof Lakeville Senior High School.

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No levy referendum on ballot in District 196Additional state aid and frugal

planning should balance budget

by Jessica HarperTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Dis-trict will not seek a levy referendum this fall due to additional funding the state will provide in the future and changes in the property tax credit many homeown-ers have previously received. The state promised the district an extra $50 per pu-pil this school year and an-other $50 per pupil in 2012-13. This amounts to $1.5 mil-lion each year in additional revenue, Finance Director Jeff Solomon said. District 196 will receive $2.96 million in compen-satory funding starting in 2012-13. The state Legislature passed the one-time money for 20 districts with the larg-est enrollment aside from Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth. District 196 is expected to receive the largest sum of this money, Solomon said. The district also expects to receive $1.63 million in literacy aid for 2012-13. This aid is based on the lit-eracy achievement of third- and fourth-graders. The elimination of the market value homestead credit is another reason the district decided against ask-ing voters to consider a levy referendum, Solomon said. The MVHC previously provided a credit on some homeowners’ property tax bills, and without it some could see their property taxes increase even if their home value declined. Since the board planned for a potential 3.5 percent cut in state funding – which will not be the case – it won’t have to make cuts in 2012-13, Solomon said. The district’s projected deficit in 2013-14 should be closer to $6.5 million instead of $12.5 million as previous-ly predicted, he said. “We’ll need to start mak-ing budget adjustments at that point by using the fund balance,” Solomon said.

Email Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

Dance team hosts car wash The Apple Valley High School dance team will host its annual car wash from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at Red Tag Clean-ers (behind Flowerama), lo-cated at the intersection of County Road 42 and Gar-den View in Apple Valley.


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SportsKathy Gillen takes the reins back in Eagan

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

One of the most successful Minnesota volleyball coaches in history is back. Kathy Gillen has returned to lead the Eagan varsity team after a three-year hiatus. She wanted to spend more time with her family, but she nev-er stopped coaching. “I know a lot of the kids who come through the program,” she said. “I coached my daughter in a fall program for three years and now she’s done, so it was easier to come back.” Three years ago it became dif-ficult to juggle all the volleyballs in the air with her family, school and coaching. When the job opened at Eagan this fall, she felt it was time to come back. “It was a family decision,” she said. “My husband says I’m a lot happier when I’m coaching.” Fans of Eagan volleyball are happy, too. During her 17 years, she led the best volleyball team in the state from 1996-2003 winning state titles in 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2003. There were numerous conference and section champi-onships during her run. “I don’t have a magic wand,” she said. “I attribute the success of the program to the girls who have come through the program and worked their butts off. “I don’t have any part of me that’s better than another coach, I don’t think. I just had girls that were willing to buy into the sys-tem and get the job done.” So what’s the system?

“That’s a really hard ques-tion,” she said. “I just have a pas-sion for volleyball and the girls shared that with me. Nobody works harder at practice than I do. We have a set plan. All the coaches in the conference have the same thing. They all have a goal. I try to set the bar high.” Win or lose, Gillen always finds something to improve. “That’s the beauty or the de-mise of high school, you play with the hand your dealt,” she said. “You have to take your strengths and make them shine, and you have to take your weak-nesses and build on them, some-how. That’s something we’ve done pretty well – work through the defects. “All the teams are going to have good hitters and setters. If you can take what is the lower part of the game and raise that, that’s what wins the games.” The Wildcats finished 11-16 last season in the most talented conference in the state. With sev-eral talented players on the ros-ter, expectations are high. “We’re not going to change the world in a year, but we’re

going to be pretty solid,” Gil-len said. “We have a foundation that could challenge some teams, but it’s going to be a long stretch to say with a new player or new coach it’s going to turn every-thing around.” All conference honorable mention player Hannah Linder is back along with Cassie Wein-berg and Emily Peterson. Gillen praised the play of setter Nicole Johnson. “It’s a good foundation to start with,” she said. The Wildcats received a boost when Taylr McNeil moved to town. “She’s one of the best players in the state, so that’s going to give us a jump start,” Gillen said. McNeil was all-state last year as part of the state champion Lakeville North squad. “We have a good mix of veter-ans, but they’re not my veterans,” Gillen said. “They’re going to have to get used to my coaching style and so far they’ve been very receptive.” Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Irish tennis hashigh expectations

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Rosemount girls tennis team may have a youthful lineup in 2011, but no one is going to take them lightly. Sophomores Virginia Norder (No. 1 singles) and Ally Baker (No. 2) may be young for a varsi-ty lineup, but they’re already two of the top players in Minnesota. Norder went to state for her singles play for the second year in a row, and Baker participated in the doubles tournament. She will switch to singles this season as her partner Makayla Newbery has graduated. Kristen Hoffman comes in at No. 3 singles. Layna Mestad, Me-gan Harrington, Rachel Olsen and Emily Harrington will round out the doubles lineup. “We should have a solid team with all returning singles play-ers and only a few doubles play-ers graduating last year,” coach Dana Beck said. “We have some great potential with some new ninth-graders coming in as well.” Beck envisions a top-three fin-ish in both the South Suburban Conference and Section 3AA.

Apple Valley Krista Pawlicki has taken over as varsity head coach for Apple Valley. She’s knows what it takes to play in the South Suburban Conference as she played No. 1 doubles for Bloomington Ken-nedy in the 1990s. She played tennis and basket-ball at Gustavus Adolphus Col-lege in St. Peter and was instruc-tor at Tennis and Life Camps for seven years. She has taught at Bloomington

Kennedy and Eastview, where she has helped coach for the past four years. This summer, she switched to work at crosstown rival Apple Valley as head coach and teach-er. She has a number of expe-rienced tennis players to help her ease in to the position. Two of Apple Valley’s top players – Anna Nguyen and Dani Tobrox-en – both earned all conference honorable mention last season. The team’s most improved player from 2010, Mouy Bun, is back along with rookie of the year Malini Wijesinghe. They will also have familiar faces Kati Erb and Katrina Vo-gelgesang as two of the potential top doubles players back on the court. “We are a young team with some promising talent,” Pawlicki said. “We look forward to a good showing in the conference and learning more about the game of tennis and putting what we learn into quality matches and prac-tices.”

Burnsville While the Blaze may lack a go-to player this season, Burnsville should have a deep lineup with eight returning players with var-sity experience. The senior-laden team fea-turing Rachel Raden, An-nie Beckel, Brita Preus, Toni Carlstrom, McKenna Stebbins and Josie Montgomery should give the team an experienced edge. “We look to be pretty deep,” coach Ben Stapp said. “We don’t have any huge superstars, but we do have solid tennis players. We hope to do well this season and have a fun time doing it.”

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Apple Valley has new coach with south

suburban experienceOne of the most successful varsity volleyball coaches

in Minnesota history is leading Eagan again

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Eagan volleyball coach Kathy Gillen talks to her team during practice earlier this week. She returned to coach varsity after a three-year hia-tus to spend more time with her family.


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Jazz band caps off Sunday series Blues spirituals, rags and marches from the Bill Ev-ans New Orleans Jazz Band will fill the air in Caponi Art Park’s outdoor amphi-theater at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 21 during the nonprofit’s final Sunday evening perfor-mance of the summer. Admission to the perfor-mance is free, with a $4 per person suggested donation. Ice cream from Ring Moun-tain Creamery will be for sale. Bring lawn chairs and blankets for seating. In the event of rain, the performance will be at St. Martha and Mary Episco-pal Church, 4180 Lexington Ave. S., Eagan.

Don Shelby book signing at Dunn Bros in Apple Valley F o r m e r WCCO news anchor Don Shelby will read from and sign copies of his new book, “The Season Never Ends: Wins, Losses, and the Wis-dom of the Court,” from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, at Dunn Bros Coffee of Ap-ple Valley, 15265 Galaxie Ave. Books may be reserved beforehand and may be pur-chased the day of the sign-ing.

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Harvest of Art at Eagan Art House The Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave., Eagan, will host a variety of art activities from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28. Featured this year will be the opening of the sixth an-nual Harvest of Art Com-munity Art Exhibit as well as a raku pottery firing where guests can purchase a pot and fire it in the out-door kiln while they wait. Exhibit awards will be presented at 3 p.m. Eagan Art Festival volunteers will also be recognized. For more information, call (651) 675-5521.

Auditions for ‘Fairy Tale Adventures!’ The Prior Lake Players will hold open auditions for “Fairy Tale Adven-tures!” from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, and Monday, Aug. 29, at Twin Oaks Middle School, 15860 Fish Point Road S.E., Prior Lake. Roles are available for all ages. Auditions for children age 12 and younger will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. both nights. Teen/adult auditions will be from 7:30 to 9 p.m. “Fairy Tale Adventures!” is a collection of two short plays: “Hansel & Gretel”

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This isn’t the first time Art & All That Jazz orga-nizer Dan Gustafson has booked soul singer Mick Sterling. It’s been a while, though. Sterling, who’s set to headline this year’s fes-tival on Aug. 20 with his band the Irresistibles, was a performer at the Minne-apolis night club Gustafson owned in the ’80s. Since those gigs at Gus-tafson’s club 20-some years ago Sterling has built a solid following by relent-lessly playing around the Twin Cities, and he and the R&B-oriented Irresist-ibles are known for their high-energy, dance-inciting shows.

“He’s going to turn it into quite a party,” Gus-tafson said. “For two hours they’re going to own that park.” Scaled back this year to a one-day, 10-hour event, the eighth annual Art & All That Jazz in Burnsville’s Nicollet Commons Park features an all-local roster of musicians, food booths and a juried art fair, along with beer and liquor con-cessions at the adjoining Burnsville Performing Arts Center. The Dakota Combo, consisting of Twin Cities high school jazz standouts, opens the festival at noon, followed by the New Or-leans-style jazz of the Jack Brass Band at 2 p.m. The Super Pilots – four

Berklee College of Music students, including Lakev-ille South alumnus JP Bou-vet on drums and Apple Valley High School gradu-ate Mike Linden on guitar – take the stage at 4 p.m., followed by the Latin-influ-enced jazz of Salsa del Soul at 6 p.m. and Mick Sterling and the Irresistibles at 8 p.m. For the kids, there will be an instrument petting zoo offering a hands-on ex-perience with a variety of musical instruments from noon to 5 p.m. New to the festival this year is dance; Lakeville-based Twin Cities Bal-let will present two free, 20-minute performances of traditional, contemporary and Broadway-style jazz

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Admission to the festival is free. More info is at www.burnsvilleartjazz.com.

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Sampers to resign from District 196 School Boardby Jessica Harper

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Kevin Sampers has spent more than half his life in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District. He began as a student, then a par-ent and finally as a member of the School Board. Now, after 18 years on the board, Sampers will step down at the end of the month to focus on his start-up business. “I didn’t know how much time the business would take,” Sampers, an Eagan resident, said. “Over the next few months it will be busier and I just can’t do both.” Sampers began attending District 196 as a first-grader and was among the first graduating class at Apple Valley High School in 1978. Decades later his three daughters graduated from

district schools. Sampers was elected to the School Board in 1993. His time on the board co-

incided with a pe-riod of rapid growth including the con-struction of several new schools such as Dakota Ridge. Sampers said the most fulfilling part of being a 196 board member has been in working with the

district’s employees and community. “We have the best staff from the top down,” he said. “It shows in what our students achieve.” Though Sampers has thoroughly enjoyed his time on the board, it hasn’t come without challenges. Facing budget deficits and ever-changing state funding have been most dif-ficult, he said. “You always have more wants than you have money for,” he said. “With the way

the state is handling its bud-get, it makes it harder for school districts.” Chairperson Jackie Mag-nuson has worked alongside Sampers during his entire time on the board. “Kevin has been a really solid board member,” she said. “He has a true love for the district and knows the district really well. … He will be missed.” Sampers was instrumen-tal in advocating on behalf of the school district at the state capitol, Magnuson said. “He’s really good at bringing a real clear mes-sage when working with area legislators, and at clearly explaining to the board how legislative deci-sions impact schools,” Mag-nuson said. In December of last year, Sampers became COO of Naiku, an education soft-ware company founded the month before. The company recently

took on a new project aimed at helping entrepreneurs. The project, Sampers said, has consumed much of his time. The company was also named as a semifinalist for the University of Min-nesota’s Minnesota Cup, a statewide competition that identifies the state’s most promising new entrepre-neurs. Trying to balance his re-sponsibilities at work and on the board has become in-creasingly difficult, he said. Sampers’ position will not be on the ballot Nov. 8. Four other board seats – which are held by Mag-nuson, Rob Duchscher, Joel Albright and Bob Schutte – are up for re-election. The current board will fill Sampers’ vacancy through an appointment process.

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portant to him. His reli-gious faith is important to him. Pawlenty’s ego wasn’t caught up in the campaign, Weaver said. Former Pawlenty chief of staff Dan McElroy, now president of Hospital-ity Minnesota and a former Burnsville state representa-tive, said he has no idea of what Pawlenty will do next. But he offered a suggestion. “My advice to him is ex-

hale,” McElroy said, adding that he should spend time with his family and take time weighing future options. T.W. Budig is at [email protected].


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PUBLIC NOTICENotice of Public Sale: SS MNRI, LLC

doing business as Simply Self Storage

intends to enforce its lien on certain per-

sonal property belonging to the following,

at the facil ity. The sale will take place

(unless otherwise withdrawn) on Wednes-

day September 7, 2011 on or after 10am at

the Simply Self Storage location at 4025

Old Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan, MN

55122 Phone 651-894-5550. This public

sale will result in the goods being sold to

the highest bidder. Certain terms and con-

ditions apply.

D. Cooper #451 Desk, Chairs,

Exercise Equipment

A. Schindeldecker #830 Tools, Safe,

Fishing Equipment

E. Stately #167 Furniture, Aquarium,

Scooter

A. Martinson #725B Furniture, Vacuum,

Electric Mixer

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PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN

POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION

ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITYThe City of Eagan is committed to the

policy that all persons have equal access to

its programs, services, activities, facilities

and employment without regard to race,

color, creed, religion, national origin, sex,

disability, age, sexual orientation, marital

status or status with regard to public

assistance.

Auxiliary aids for persons with disabilities

will be provided upon advance notice of at

least 96 hours. If a notice of less than 96

hours is received, the City of Eagan will

attempt to provide such aid. Telephone:

(651) 675-5000; TDD: (651) 454-8535.

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District 194School BoardProceedings

This is a summary of the Independent

School District No. 194 Special Board of

Education Meetings on Monday, July 11,

2011 with full text available for public

inspect ion on the dist r ict websi te at

www.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210th

Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 4:00

p.m. All board members and administration

were present.

Discussions held: LNHS property

Addition to agenda: Discussion was held

regarding membership offer from Associa-

tion of Metropolitan School Districts.

Meeting adjourned at 5:22 p.m.


p.m. All board members and administration

were present.

Action Taken: The slate of five candi-

dates recommended by School Exec Con-

nect as interview candidates for the super-

intendent position was approved.


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School District No.194 Regular School

Board Meeting on Tues, July 12, 2011 with

full text available for public inspection on

t h e d i s t r i c t w e b s i t e a t

www.isd194.k12.mn.us or District Office at

8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044


p.m. followed by pledge of allegiance. All

board members and administrators were

present.

The following Consent Agenda items

were approved: minutes of the meeting on

June 22; resignations, leave of absence

requests, employment recommendations;

payment of bills and claims subject to

annual audit; authorization to release

checks; alt facilities; and donations.

Recommended act ions approved :

MSHSL 2011-12 membership; 2011-12

membership in Lakeville Area Chamber of

Commerce; MSBA 2011-12 membership.

Adjournment at 7:21 p.m.

______________________________



Education Meeting on Tuesday, July 12,






a.m. All board members were present.

Superintendent interviews: The Board

interviewed five candidates and moved Bob

Laney and Lisa Snyder forward for final

interviews.


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Education Meeting on Wednesday, July 20,






p.m. All board members were present.

Superintendent final interview: The Board

interviewed Bob Laney, current Assistant

Super in tendent w i th St . Lou is Park

Schools.


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Education Meeting on Thursday, July 21,






p.m. All board members were present.

Superintendent final interview: The Board

interviewed Lisa Snyder, current Superin-

tendent for Merrill Area Public Schools.

Action taken: Unanimous Board approval

to enter into contract negotiations with Dr.

Lisa Snyder.


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PUBLIC NOTICEBID REQUEST NOTICE

City of EaganThe City of Eagan is placing fiber and

conduit in select areas of the city and will

receive sealed bids for this work until 4:30

p.m. local time on Friday, September 13,

2011. Mail bids to the attention of:

Ms. Kristi Peterson

IT Manager

City of Eagan

3830 Pilot Knob Road

Eagan, MN 55122-1897

A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be

held in the Eagan Room at Eagan City Hall

at 9:00 a.m., August 3, 2011 to answer

questions and discuss the specific project

area.

Mark sealed envelopes containing the

bids on the lower left corner: "SEALED

PROPOSAL -Fiber/Conduit Bid". Faxed

bids will not be accepted.

Please provide two (3) paper copies of

your bid and an electronic copy. We

anticipate final award by the Eagan City

Council by September 20, 2011.

The complete bid specification can be

obtained by visiting the City Web site at

www.cityofeagan.com/rfp or by emailing

[email protected].

The City of Eagan reserves the right to

accept or reject any or all bids, or parts

thereof. The request for bids is being made

under conditions set forth in Minnesota

Statute Section 471.345.

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“The fourth ticket was the winning number,” Kath-leen said. “He usually stops at three.” Who was the clerk who made the winning sale? “We still have yet to fig-ure that out,” said store manager Dan Aul. “They vaguely mention it was a young kid, but we have two or three of them in the 18 to 25 range so we’re not 100 percent sure who it might be.” The Lottery is paying the store a $50,000 bonus. “The employees don’t re-ally see any of that $50,000,” Aul said. “It goes to the bot-tom line of the store. And at that point, it will help the store out tremendously.” Once the winners were announced, Burnsville po-lice were prepared to beef up patrol around the couple’s home lest a media crush en-sue, but it didn’t, Deputy City Manager Tom Hansen said.

‘Pacing, pacing, pacing’ The couple were watch-ing TV after Tom’s return on Thursday night when the winning number was read on the 9 p.m. news. Kathleen already knew from news reports that the win-ning ticket had been sold in Dakota County, but she hadn’t known her husband had bought some the day before. Tom called the Lottery’s players hotline to make sure what was happening as the

numbers were read off was real. “I was pacing, pacing, pacing,” Kathleen said. “And then I just kind of screamed.” The couple contacted their daughters, one by Sky-pe and one by FaceTime, and showed them the win-ning ticket, which Kathleen later placed in a zip-lock bag. “They screamed, they had fun,” Tom said. “I didn’t get to sleep at all last night. But I’d do it again.” What will your first big purchase be? the couple were asked. “I have many interests,” said Kathleen, who said her employment was dabbling in a small coffee business with a friend, which she will now give up. “The list is grow-ing by the moment. Family members are helping us.” In what form will they collect the prize – a cash op-tion of $123.6 million ($83.7 million after tax withhold-ing) or a $228.9 million an-nuity? The Morrises had 60 days to decide. “I notice that everybody (past Powerball winners) takes the cash, but I kind of like spreading my fun out,” Kathleen said. “The annu-ity kind of sounded good. We’re going to discuss that with our financial advisor. This will be a more fun topic than talking about the stock market.” How will the couple re-main grounded? a reporter asked. “Oh, I think we’ll do just fine,” Kathleen said. “We’re just going to live the way

we have, but just a little bit higher, a little different level. We’ll do just fine.” Charities? “We have a number of issues that are close to our heart,” Kathleen said. “I don’t really want to divulge them right now, maybe. But there are several issues we’re passionate about. We have a large family.” “Family first,” Tom add-ed. “My mom’s still alive (at 86). I want to help her.” It wasn’t always easy street for Tom, of Troy, Mich., and Kathleen, of West Bloomfield. The Michigan State alumni met in college and married when Kathleen had graduated and Tom was working on a second degree. Kathleen, who managed the household finances, recalls spending their checking ac-count down to $2.12. “Our parents were amazed at what we could do with such little money,” said Tom, who came to Minneso-ta in 1984 to work for Pills-bury. “But we made it work. It was fun. Sometimes it was fun just not to have money.” And sometimes it’s fun to have it. “My degree’s in interior design, and I love building houses,” Kathleen said. “So I imagine we’re going to build another one.” Ending the news confer-ence with an applause line, Kathleen announced that the couple’s first grandchild had been born the previous week.


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