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by Aaron VehlingTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The city of Lakeville will offer residents a new way to give their input on fiscal issues and budget matters. The Lakeville City Council voted 4-1 (with Coun-cil Member Matt Little dissenting) to form a finance committee. Mayor Mark Bellows, along with members of the Lakeville Chamber of Commerce, have been big pro-ponents of the idea. The vote comes after months of planning, includ-ing late-into-the-night work sessions and ample in-put from the city’s finance department. The intent was to create an appointed advisory body akin to the entity the Lakeville school district has: A point at which the residential and business communities have a venue for sharing their budget ideas while giving the City Council and staff insight into the pulse of the community. The committee, said City Administrator Steve Mielke at the meeting, would function as a citizen advisory committee. It will look at long- and short-term financial planning; state, local and regional financial trends; legislative issues; and provide as-sistance in public education programs relative to the city’s budget and finances. “This is about protecting the taxpayers’ dollar,” Bellows said. But Little sees the finance committee as “another layer of government bureaucracy.” “We are not in a dire fiscal situation because of (Finance Director Dennis Feller’s) leadership,” he said. “I’m seeing this as an unnecessary duplication.” Little said another reason he opposed the forma-tion of the committee was because of the cost. “I would take that figure and put that into fixing potholes,” he said.

Cost unknown City staff have not determined the cost of the committee, and the council has not appropriated any funds toward the venture, though plans to iron out these details are in the works. At a work session on April 25, the cost was esti-

Lakeville to form finance committee

Appointed body will advise cityon budget, fiscal issues

Prom enchants Lakeville high school students

Photo by Rick Orndorf

This Lakeville South couple stopped and posed for photos during the Lakeville South Prom “Grand March” in the high school theater on May 14. Prom couples paused at three points on the stage to allow for family and friends to take photographs. The prom dance was held later that day in downtown St. Paul with Lakeville North.


Jake Weber and Jamie Urbina were one of many couples to walk the “Grand March” during Lakeville North’s prom activities on May 14. The Panther “Grand March” was held in the high school gym and the prom was a combined effort with Lakeville South in downtown St. Paul later that night.

by Laura AdelmannTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

At his last city meeting, Farmington City Adminis-trator Peter Herlofsky on May 16 recognized anoth-er city employee’s begin-ning. Herlofsky, who resigned in March and is planning his last day May 31, ad-ministered the oath of office to Dane Tukua, a Farmington police officer who has been serving since June. Farmington Police Chief Brian Lindquist de-scribed his department’s rigorous, competitive hir-ing process that started with a field of 300 appli-cants. Lindquist said he nar-rowed that list to 50 and Tukua, who served in the National Guard for seven

years, rose to the top. After taking the oath, Tukua thanked council members and the commu-nity for the opportunity to serve. “I’m looking forward to continuing my career here,” Tukua said. At the end of the city meeting, council members expressed their admiration of and gratitude to Herlof-sky for his work on behalf of the city. Council Member Chris-ty Fogarty, the only coun-cil member who was serv-ing on the council at the time Herlofsky was hired five years ago, thanked him for working hard for the residents. “You came in turbulent times,” she said, referring to his leadership in the

Ending with a beginningHerlofsky administers oath of office

for last time in city

Photo by Laura Adelmann

Farmington City Administrator Peter Herlofsky administers the oath of office to Dane Tukua, who has served for almost one year as an officer with the Farmington Police Department. Many Farmington officers attended the meeting and cheered after the swearing-in ceremony.


It was a night filled with misty-eyed reminiscences, reunions among former classmates and a calm, col-lected acceptance of that which has happened and that which will. But it was no funeral. Crystal Lake Elementary may be closing after 23 years as its neighborhood’s hub – a victim of budget cuts and declining enroll-ments – but the mood at the school’s legacy event on Thursday, May 12, was more of a celebration of life than a mournful wake. Photos lined the halls. Class photos going back to the late ’80s occupied the band room, and the corri-dors hosted photos that re-vealed the agrarian nature of the area before housing development. Anita Smith was one of the parents attending the event. Both her sons, Glen and Seth, were part of the earliest classes to attend the school. “I’m a little disappoint-ed (that the school is clos-ing), but I’m not surprised,” Smith said.

Community spirit Abbey Kaestner Berens, a former Crystal Lake stu-dent, was among the speak-ers at the celebration. She talked about playing ge-ography games on a giant, painted map in the parking lot and staking out choice seating in the library’s read-ing pit. “Learning was fun,” Be-rens said. Former principal Con-nie Miller also spoke. “I’m so sorry for your

loss,” Miller told the audi-ence of parents, students, faculty and staff. But the community did not turn out to mourn, she said. “We’re here to celebrate our successes,” Miller said. She spoke about the late Bob Indihar, Crystal Lake’s first principal. “He set about creating a special spirit,” Miller said. “He assembled a staff with a good heart.” In addition to academic excellence, Indihar also championed good, old-fashioned fun. Crystal Lake would host “Fantastic Friday,” Miller said, in which students would play games, make crafts and go snowshoeing and ice fishing. “It was a welcoming cli-mate focused on the enrich-ment of students’ lives,” she said. That spirit carries on through today, Miller said.

Another speaker was current principal Bill Mack, who said he had mixed emotions about the evening. Mack, who has been in his leadership role since 2004, praised the staff, the PTO and the students. Mack also praised learn-ing specialist Sandy Giorgi for her role in working to-ward closing the achieve-ment gap between white and minority students. He presented her with a basketball, signed by U.S. Education Secretary and former professional bas-ketball player Arne Dun-can when he visited Crystal Lake earlier this year. Giorgi ascended the stage wearing several lay-ers of tears. When she sat down, she and some col-leagues hugged each other. Jennifer Harmening, the school’s PTO president, praised the teachers, whom she called “the best of the best.” Harmening spoke highly of Mack, whom she said scared her at first. But be-neath that rough exterior is a protective man, she said. “Few are aware of the lengths you’d go to protect the children,” Harmening said. Amid the bittersweet mood of the evening, peo-ple seemed to take to heart some parting words from Miller. “Go proudly to your new schools,” she said. “The spirit of Crystal Lake Elementary will be with you always.” E-mail Aaron Vehling at [email protected] and www.facebook.com/thisweek-live.

Celebrating a 23-year legacy in Lakeville

Photo by Aaron Vehling

Crystal Lake principal Bill Mack presents learning specialist Sandy Giorgi with a basketball signed by U.S. Education Secretary and former professional basket-ball player Arne Duncan. The school, which is clos-ing this year, celebrated its legacy on May 12.

Crystal Lake community gathers to reminisce about a school that educated hearts and minds


A Lakeville North High School teacher, unhappy with Farmington Mayor Todd Larson’s deal-break-ing decision to oppose the city’s proposed chicken or-dinance, hoped to change his mind. So, Mary Yakibchuk, of Farmington, wrote Lar-son’s cell phone number on

Teacher led students’ flap over chickens

Farmington mayor angered over teacher’s actions


The flap over suburban chickens caused cell-phone headaches for Farmington Mayor Todd Larson this week.

the school white board and urged her students to call him. She also asked her stu-dents to pass his number on to Farmington residents they know and ask them to contact Larson via cell phone as well. “I told them this would be a great opportunity to see power in numbers,” said the earth and space science teacher in a Tuesday night interview. So began for Larson, a salesman who relies on his cell phone for business, “a very irritating day.” At around 8:30 a.m. Larson’s cell phone started beeping with text messag-es that included, “I want chickens, chickens, YAKIB-CHUK,” “Give me chick-ens or give me death,” and “Chickens please.”See Chickens, 6A See Committee, 14A See Herlofsky, 3A

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vention plan. • Allowed spilled materi-als to go into the stormwater conveyance system, which was connected to infiltration ponds, resulting in spilled materials being discharged directly into the soil. Progressive Rail Presi-dent Dave Fellon declined to comment on this story. The MPCA outlined a number of efforts Progres-sive Rail proposed to fix the situation, which includes revising its Prevention and Response Plan for a worst-case discharge, including construction of a secondary containment system to limit environmental damage from spills that occur when bulk materials are transferred from rail cars to tanker trucks or vice versa, and in-vestigating and potentially cleaning up contamination from past spills on the prop-erty.

Community concern Progressive Rail may be best known in the commu-nity for its rail cars parked along the rail line parallel to Kenwood Trail near down-town. In fall 2009, Thisweek ran a story about a community forum to address the issue. At that meeting, Pam Steinhagen, a resident of an neighborhood adjacent to the railroad tracks, said the cars were a hazard and a blight. “Having these long lines of cars parked along our backyards (is) hurting our property values,” Steinha-gen said. “But beyond that, the cars are a safety issue, a crime issue and an eyesore with all the graffiti.” Fellon told the crowd, at

the time, that the humbled economy resulted in fewer orders and thus more parked cars. The cars were still parked on the tracks until recently, and opposition has not sub-sided since 2009. Some residents formed the Facebook page, “Move Progressive Rail’s train out of Lakeville neighbor-hoods,” in which people dis-cuss the situation and also report on the movements of the cars. They often post quotations from conversa-tions with Progressive Rail officials. For example, a May 13 post indicated that “A new set of big blue Progressive Rail boxcars just moved into the Jersey Avenue neighbor-hood today.” The page also posts pho-tos of the cars that are often


The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency recently is-sued a $75,000 fine to Pro-gressive Rail, a Lakeville-based railroad company. According to the MPCA, the violations occurred at the company’s facilities east of Highview Avenue and south of County Road 70, where the company has track and facilities for transferring bulk materials to and from rail cars and tanker trucks. Progressive Rail handles about one million gallons of oil and hazardous materi-als per month at its Lakev-ille facility, according to the MPCA. The MPCA said Progres-sive Rail has taken measures to correct the error. Among the violations that the MPCA alleged Progressive Rail committed were: • Failed to notify the MPCA immediately of a number of spills, including the release of about 30,000 gallons of animal tallow to land and a ditch in 2005, and a spill of ferric chloride solu-tion to the pavement within 10 feet of a stormwater man-hole in May 2008. • Failed to take reason-able steps to prevent spills of hazardous substances or oil that might pollute the land, waters or air or that might threaten the public’s safety or health. This included transferring or allowing to be transferred, ethanol, sul-furic acid solution, and fer-ric chloride solution over the railbed, cracked asphalt and within 10 feet of stormwater inlets instead of in a second-ary containment area. • Failed to have an indus-trial stormwater permit and a stormwater pollution-pre-

Progressive Rail fined for environmental violations

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The Canadian Pacific-owned Dan Patch rail line, which runs parallel to Kenwood Trail near downtown Lakeville, has been a storage home to some of Progressive Rail’s train cars.

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency fines Lakeville-based short-rail line $75,000

stored on the track, adorned with political, religious and psychosexual graffiti that residents find offensive. Fellon has said that he aimed to work with the own-ers of the cars to paint over the graffiti, “but I’m not going to hold out any hope they will let us paint them. It’s not in their interests.”

The City of Lakeville passed a resolution in 2009 opposing the storage of railcars in the residential neighborhoods, but it has no statutory authority to do anything about it. The issue is under federal jurisdiction and affects communities across the nation. Angela Vanden Busch,

who lives along the tracks, has been a vocal opponent of the storage of the cars. “We are hoping some legislation gets passed that will help our situation,” she said. “In the meantime, we hope that Progressive Rail just does the right thing, (and) discontinues it’s neigh-borhood storage practices and keeps the environmen-tal hazards contained, and most residents won’t have a problem with having this company located here.” As the economy has picked up, fewer cars have been stored as Progressive Rail ships more freight for its industrial customers. But the changing quan-tity of rail cars, even if only a few are stored along those tracks, offers little respite from concern for neighbors along the tracks. “(It) looks like this is a work in progress for Pro-gressive,” wrote Steinhagen on the anti-railcar Facebook page, “(I’m) praying more train cars take that road out of town sooner than later.” E-mail Aaron Vehling at [email protected] and www.facebook.com/thisweeklive.

resolution of a lawsuit be-tween the city and Farm-ington School District. “I’ve learned a lot from you.” Farmington Mayor Todd Larson said Herlof-sky has done a lot to bring stability to the city. Herlofsky said he has enjoyed his time as city administrator and plans to stay in the community. Fogarty called it a privi-lege and an honor to work with Herlofsky. “You will be missed,” she said.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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OpinionSeniors: Make your voice heardTo the editor: It has been said that most seniors do not care about the proposal to uti-lize the old police station on Holyoke Avenue as a new senior center and a home for the historical society be-cause they have not voiced their opinions to City Hall. Now is your chance. A meeting is planned Monday, May 23, at noon at the Lakeville Area Arts Center for the purpose of updating everyone on the proposal. A study commit-tee and city staff have been given until mid-June to fi-nalize plans and financing options and to determine if there is enough community support. I want to urge all mem-bers and non-members alike to attend this meeting to be-come informed and to voice their opinions. They are the people who have been using and will use such a facility in the future.

WALLY POTTERLakeville

Newspaper’s ‘space’ dilemmaTo the editor: I have a suggestion that would kill two birds using one stone regarding your “space” dilemma. Quit writing your own opinions. 1. Your opinion piece last week used one-third page of space that could’ve been dedicated to news stories in which your customers might actually be interested. 2. You alienate your readers, some of whom own small businesses and would advertise them in your pa-per, when you call logical people like Dave Thompson wacko. You yourself are caus-ing this damage to your own paper. Crawl out from behind your posh desk and actually take the pulse of those of us working three or four jobs/family and trying to raise our kids within the cold confines of … reality. I guarantee your readership would go up. Really. I guar-antee it. MARK BELLILELakeville

Lakeville residents need right prioritiesTo the editor: I’ve been thinking about what has been going on in Lakeville the past few months and years. I was given wonderful opportuni-ties to be part of a great arts program and other non-sports activities throughout my time at Lakeville High School. Most importantly,

my teachers were able to spend quality time with me because my class sizes were just right. This was 2004. What has happened in the past eight years? The fact is that tax dollars pay for pub-lic education. Even in times of economic stress, great schools should be a priority to a wealthy district such as Lakeville. Based recent and previ-ous levies that did not pass, I believe that Lakeville resi-dents don’t care about the future of their youth or their property values. Resi-dents of Lakeville should be ashamed to have allowed school programming to be cut, class sizes to increase, and the overall quality of education to diminish. In the news we hear about cities that are facing high poverty rates closing schools and ending pro-grams. While this is unfair, it’s even more appalling that a wealthy suburb such as Lakeville could allow such important programs to be cut. These cuts are such a disservice to the youth and future of Lakeville. Lake-ville’s current median in-come is estimated to be over $86,000 per year. The 2011 poverty line is at $22,350 per year for a family of four (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services). Lakeville can afford to have great schools. For those who think, “Why should my tax dollars pay for public edu-cation?” just remember that great, well-rounded schools increase property values. Thank you to the teach-ers and students of Lake-ville for putting up with the politics and ignorance that puts your jobs, livelihoods, and great education in jeop-ardy. Lakeville, I recom-mend getting your priorities straightened out before it’s too late.

EMILY SAMSEL2004 Lakeville High School alumnus

Thanks to constituentsTo the editor: I am writing to say “thank you” to everyone who came and visited with me during my “In-District Office Hours” on March 19 at Farmington City Hall and my Town Hall on April 30 at Farmington High School. I received great feedback from constituents on a va-riety of issues. We talked about education, voter ID, gaming, the marriage amendment, and spending. I enjoyed hearing from my constituents. Feel free to contact my office at (651) 296-5252 or e-mail me your thoughts at [email protected]. SEN. DAVE THOMPSONLakeville

Support the ‘soldiers’ in schoolsTo the editor: I recently read a New York Times opinion piece, the “High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries.” It makes this point: in the military, soldiers are sent to do a job. If that job fails or is not done correctly, the focus of criticism falls on leaders who plan the sup-port efforts. There are calls for better leadership, more financial support, and mak-ing sure we give them the best tools possible so they can carry out the job. Rarely have there been rants and attacks that blame the soldiers on the ground for the issue. There are no calls to reduce their salaries/benefits/retirements because of their lack of performance. If a soldier doesn’t perform at the stan-dard they need to, there are evaluation tools in place as well as programs to help them improve before they are dismissed/discharged. Compare that with the American teacher. These are the folks who are edu-cating the children who will be leading this country, feeding us, building infra-structures, balancing fi-nances and financial struc-tures, running the military and protecting us, giving us medical-dental-mental health attention. These are extraordi-narily vital to the survival of our country, as well as our daily needs. However, conversations about these skilled and desperately-needed professionals are constantly filled with dis-dain, disrespect, and even hate. Conversations center around giving these profes-sionals the least amount of financial incentive, respect, and support – yet we have such high expectations for their performance, and are shocked and angry when these expectations are not met. This country/state, needs a mental “slap upside the head” in our attitude and commitment toward educa-tion, to realize the corner-stone that it is to the survival and thriving of this coun-try/state, and the individu-als who have chosen this as their career. This mind shift will be hard, and the com-mitment to back it up even harder. This amazing coun-try – with all its faults and glories – is in peril if it does not happen. Regardless of what side of the aisle you sit on, stop blaming these “soldiers on the ground” and work with the leadership teams to make good, solid, 21st cen-tury decisions in education.

VERONICA WALTERFarmington

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by Don HeinzmanTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

With all the concern over local jobs and the economy in communi-ties, this is the time to shop local mer-chants and keep them in business. Local businesses are the lifeblood of the local community. Not only do they provide jobs and convenient shop-ping, they also pay taxes and are a leading force in the community. One idea sweeping the region is called the 3-50 project, started by a woman in Minneapolis. It’s a simple suggestion. A shopper picks three independently owned businesses he or she cares most about and voluntarily pledges to spend $50 a month at those stores. Cities such as Little Falls and Hutchinson are using all means to tell resi-dents about this idea. Merchants, on the other hand, should do all they can to tell about their business and the sales they have. For example, in Pennsylvania, a group of restaurant owners discounted a meal for a certain purchase. One study says that spending $100 local-ly will bring back $68 to the local commu-nity through taxes and payroll, in addition to providing jobs – a win-win situation. If you spend the same amount in chain stores, only $43 stays in the community on average. And if you spend it online, none of it comes back to the local community. To be sure, chain stores have their place in our communities. They are an important source of jobs and they have low prices. Some will say that people can save mon-

ey by shopping online and at the big chain stores. That may be true, but this 3-50 promotion is aimed at saving your favorite bakery, candy store, bread store, plumber, electrician and fur-niture store. Having those stores in your com-

munity will keep it strong and make you a happy customer. If half of the U.S. employees were to fol-low this plan, it could generate $42.6 mil-lion more in revenue and more than $800 million more per state on average. During these tough economic times, more people are staying home to shop as community members rally around one an-other. Shopping locally also guarantees that stores on Main Street will remain open and the street won’t have that boarded-up look. Chambers of commerce and business associations would do well to examine the 3-50 project or create one of their own. Tom West, an ECM Publishers general manager and editor of the Morrison Coun-ty Record in Little Falls, has a good piece of advice: “We pull together to help our friends and neighbors in countless ways. We sup-port our local businesses because we know that the more that they succeed, chances are we all succeed.” Don Heinzman is chairman of the ECM Publishers Inc. Editorial Board. Thisweek Newspapers and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM. He is at [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

With concern over jobs, economy, it is time to shop local merchants

by Joe NathanTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Educators like Christine Wey-mouth, Barbara Knudsen and Jeffrey McGonigal are urging families to talk with youngsters about bullying. Judging from a statewide survey involving thousands of Minnesota sixth-, ninth- and 12th-graders, this is an is-sue for a lot of young people. Here’s what educators are suggesting, and here’s what the survey found. Last year, more than 70 percent of Min-nesota’s sixth-, ninth- and 12th-graders re-sponded (voluntarily) to a survey from the Minnesota Department of Education. More than half of Minnesota’s sixth-graders, more than one-third of ninth-graders, and more than one-quarter of 12th-graders reported they had been bullied or excluded from activities by other young-sters, within the last 30 days. Christine Weymouth, assistant superin-tendent of education services at Farmington Public Schools, said as a parent and a mid-dle school principal, she’s learned it is vital to spend time talking with children about anything and everything. “That sets the fundamental tone,” she said, “so that when something happens, they feel free to tell you. Teach youngsters to intervene when they see one child bother-ing another child. “Also, know who your children are spending time with. Be sure that you watch for signs that children are giving you. Do in-tervene. Inquire. Notify the principal if you have a concern. As soon as the school learns of the situation, we will check into this. While we are limited in what we can tell one parent about another child, we definitely will follow up.”

Barb Knudsen, director of teach-ing and learning for Lakeville Area Public Schools wrote that the dis-trict believes “bullying interferes with the students’ ability to learn and the teachers’ ability to educate students. As a district, we have a dual re-sponsibility to ensure the safety and

well-being of each of our students and to ensure that they learn and attain high aca-demic standards. Bullying interferes with the learning process. As a result, we have district-approved policies that prohibit a wide range of bullying activities.” McGonigal, principal at Coon Rapids High School, urged conversations with teen-agers, and recommended a well-done “You-Tube” video on the Internet. “Let youngsters know you have the right to check on cyber communications and will ask questions,” he said. “Without establish-ing a parental role, teens will close out their parents in this world that has so many po-tential dangers.” Last week we shared a video and bro-chure school-wide produced by Josten’s called “Pause Before You Post.” In addition the school e-mailed home a link (jostens.com/students/students_cp_pause_before_you_post.html) for parents so they could follow-up with the topic at home. Lasting less than two minutes, this video would be great for youngsters to watch with a parent. The problem is real. Parents can help solve it.

Joe Nathan, former public school teacher, administrator, PTA president, parent of three public school graduates, now directs the Center for School Change at Macales-ter College. He can be reached at [email protected].

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Eagle Scouts:Daniel Peterson& Kevin Eskuri

Daniel Peterson, son of David& Peggy Peterson and KevinEskur i , son of Bob and SueEskuri , have achieved the high-est rank that can be attained byScouts, the rank of Eagle Scout.Daniel and Kevin are members ofTroop 111-Lakeville (the 14thand 15th young men to becomeEagles from Troop 111 since2007). Daniel and Kevin per-formed separate Eagle projectsinvolving extensive landscapingand interior acoustical improve-ments to Glory-to-Glory Chris-tian Center of Lakeville. Ourthanks to Brian Quinlan, RussMatthys and Pastors Dean &Cheryl Engleman for their assis-t a n c e i n c o o r d i n a t i n g b o t hprojects. A joint Eagle Court ofHonor will be held at the Troop'ssponsor, St. John's LutheranChurch of Lakeville, on Satur-day, May 21, 2011.

Berkebile -Tackmann

Deb and Bruce Berkebile ofRosemount, MN, and Deb andDave Tackmann of Eau Claire,WI, announce the engagement oftheir children, Aubrey Berkebileand John Tackmann.

Aubrey has a bachelor’s degreefrom Winona State Universityand is pursuing her master’sdegree in elementary educationfrom UW-River Falls, WI. She isa special education paraprofes-s ional in the Oakdale , MN,school district.

John has a bachelor’s degreefrom Winona State Universityand is pursuing a master’s degreefrom St. Mary’s Univers i ty ,Winona. He is a high school sci-ence teacher and a coach at St.Croix Centra l High School ,Hammond.

A June 11 wedding at BethelHighlands Lutheran Church,Hudson, WI. is planned.

Elstad - HildrethJ o h n & S h a r y n E l s t a d o f

Lakeville, MN are pleased toannounce the engagement of theirdaughter, Casey Lynn Elstad toElias Lee Hildreth, son of LisaHildreth of Monroe Center, ILand Kelly Hildreth of Rockford,IL.

Casey is a 2002 graduate ofLakev i l l e High School . Sheattended Southern Illinois Uni-versity in Carbondale, IL andgraduated with a Bache lorsDegree in Early Childhood Edu-c a t i o n . S h e i s c u r r e n t l y apre-school teacher in SchillerPark, IL.

Elias is a 2000 graduate ofStillman Valley High School. Healso attended Southern IllinoisUniversity and graduated with aBachelors Degree in AviationManagement. He is currently apilot with SkyWest Airlines basedin Chicago, IL.

The couple will wed on July29th in an outdoor ceremony atTrellis Gardens in Stillwater,MN, to be followed by a recep-tion in Lakeville, MN. Followingtheir honeymoon, the couple willbe relocating as Elias begins F-16training for the Air NationalGuard 148th Fighter Wing inDuluth, Minnesota.

Evenson-Erickson

Danielle Marie Evenson daugh-ter of Marc and Cyndi Evensonof Burnsville and David ErickErickson son of Roger and LisaErickson of Moorhead, MNannounce their engagement.

Danielle is a 2003 graduate ofBurnsville High School and a2007 graduate of the Universityof Minnesota. She is employed byFlint Communications in Fargo,ND and is currently working on amasters degree in Business. Davidis a 2003 graduate of MoorheadHigh School and a 2007 graduateof the University of St. Thomaswith a degree in Business Entre-preneurship. He is self employedin Fargo/Moorhead.

A July 30th wedding is plannedat the Chapel of St. ThomasAquinas in St. Paul. They willmake their home in Moorhead,MN.

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hopes to have a new ad-ministrator in place by this fall. Until then, Schorzman said he intends to work closely with department heads to help keep the city on course. “I think my focus is going to be making sure there’s a smooth transition from Peter to that new per-son,” Schorzman said. Prior to working in Farmington, Schorzman worked as an area engineer for the Kansas Depart-ment of Transportation. Before he left that job, he spent several weeks training his replacement, a bridging opportunity he equates to this new role. Schorzman, who worked in Farmington for a year as an assistant city engineer before being promoted to head of the engineering de-partment, said that as the interim administrator he will attend regional meet-ings with local officials so the city will have continual representation. Larson said Schorzman is a good pick because he has proven himself to be level-headed and “as down-to-earth as they come.”



City Engineer Kevin Schorzman was named in-terim city administrator by the Farmington City Coun-cil on May 16. In that role, Schorzman said he intends to bridge the gap in providing city leadership after City Ad-ministrator Peter Herlof-sky’s last day, May 31. Herlofsky resigned un-expectedly in March; he has said he plans to enjoy time with his family, but has stopped short of call-ing it retirement. The application period for Farmington’s admin-istrator position closes today, and the council is leading the process to hire a replacement instead of hiring a consultant. Farmington Mayor Todd Larson said he dis-cussed options for an inter-im chief with other council members before making his recommendation. “Kevin’s name came up consistently.” Larson said, adding that all department heads were considered for the temporary position. Larson said several ap-plications have been re-ceived for the administra-tor job, and he and Human Resources Director Brenda

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dents to own back-yard chickens has been discussed by the Farmington Plan-ning Commission and City Council since March. Currently, the city re-quires residents to own at least 2.5 acres to raise chickens. Yakibchuk, an avid or-ganic gardener who’s pas-sionate about the sustain-ability movement, said she became intrigued with the idea of urban chickens and started researching it. She contacted Univer-sity of Minnesota poultry experts and called neigh-boring cities with chicken ordinances, including Rose-mount and Burnsville, to find out how it’s working there. Yakibchuk said she learned chickens are good for organic gardening: They eat weeds and provide fer-tilizer, and most cities with the ordinance had not had complaints about the birds. “The more I learned, the more I felt like this was a re-ally good thing to do,” she said. Yakibchuk prepared

and presented a 15-minute PowerPoint presentation about urban chickens to the Farmington Planning Commission and continued to follow Farmington city officials’ discussion on the ordinance. She also shared her pas-sion with her 9-12 grade students, starting a garden club and updating them on Farmington’s progress in considering the chicken ordinance. “They’ve been following this story since day one,” Yakibchuk said, adding that the class has been incu-bating chickens in the class-room. So, when Larson, at the May 16 Farmington City Council meeting, suddenly switched his position and came out in opposition to the ordinance, Yakibchuk shared her concerns with her students. His swing vote meant the ordinance would be scratched, as Farmington Assistant City Planner Tony Wippler said Tuesday morning. “Until I have the sup-

port of council, it’s the end of chickens for the time be-ing,” Wippler said. “I really don’t see any way that the ordinance would get ap-proved.” At the meeting, Larson joined council members Ju-lie May and Christy Jo Fog-arty in opposition to the ordinance, creating a ma-jority, and citing concerns about farm animals being allowed in residential areas. “I think people have a pretty good expectation that when they purchase a home in Farmington, it does not include cohabi-tating with farm animals,” May said. Previously, council mem-bers had cited concerns about the problems an ordi-nance could bring, includ-ing complaints about nois-es, smells and the potential for a pet dog to kill chick-ens, causing ill will between neighbors. In addition to those con-cerns, Larson said he re-ceived negative comments from about eight Farming-ton citizens. Larson invites comments

Chickens/from 1A on issues from constituents who identify themselves, and lists his cell phone number on the city’s web-site. However, Larson was angered by Yakibchuk’s decision to instruct her stu-dents, many who don’t even live in Farmington, to con-tact him and ask others to do likewise. “I think it was very irre-sponsible of a teacher to do that. … I think she used her students for personal gain. This is not the proper way to use students’ time,” Lar-son said. He added that as a par-ent, he would be upset if his child had been asked to participate in such an exer-cise by her teacher. “If she wanted to show them how the system works, this is obviously not how the system works. All it did was anger me,” Larson said. He offered to volunteer to speak to her class to in-struct them on the proper way to be involved in civic affairs. Yakibchuk, who called Larson to apologize Wednesday, said in hind-sight she should not have put Larson’s number on the board and asked students to call. “Part of me wants to

think that it’s OK for stu-dents to learn the process of learning how to use their voice, and this was an op-portunity for them to share in that. But I think at the same time, maybe some of them didn’t take it ... I just suppose somebody would think it was a bad idea,” Yakibchuk said. Lakeville North High School Principal Marne Berkvam cited concerns about Yakibchuk’s actions, and said she would be ad-dressing the situation. Berkvam said her con-cern was what the chicken ordinance had to do with the science curriculum in the classroom. “I don’t believe it’s part of the prescribed curricu-lum,” Berkvam said. She added that it is ap-propriate for social studies teachers in particular to engage students in civic af-fairs, presenting both sides of an issue, but questioned Yakibchuk’s decision to in-volve students in this way. “I don’t know that she used her best judgement in how to address that effec-tively,” Berkvam said. “She turned it over to the stu-dents.”



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‘School House Rock Live! Jr.’ in Lakeville “School House Rock Live! Jr.,” based on the 1970s children’s public tele-vision program, will per-form at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. May 26 and 7:30 p.m. May 27-28 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Tickets for the May 26 matinees are $7 for students and $9 for adults; evening performances are $8 for se-niors/students and $10 for adults. “School House Rock Live! Jr.” is presented by The Play’s the Thing Pro-ductions in cooperation with School District 191 Community Education. Tickets will be available at the door and by reserva-tion by calling (952) 469-3099.

Simple Steps kickoff event Dakota County’s Simple Steps program will hold a kickoff event from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 22, at the Lebanon Hills Visi-tor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. Participants will be able to take a guided walk along park trails, view a Nordic pole walking demonstra-tion, get ideas for healthy snacks and keeping children active, and learn how to paddle a kayak or a canoe. Free refreshments will be available and those who sign up for the free Simple Steps walking program will receive a prize. For more information about Simple Steps, visit www.dakotacounty.us and search Simple Steps. Visit the Simple Steps Facebook page by search-ing Dakota County Simple Steps.

Mystery writer/journalist at Burnhaven Library Minnesota author Ju-lie Kramer will talk about and read from her work at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at the Burnhaven Library in Burnsville. Kramer is a journal-ist and an award-winning author of the Riley Spartz mystery series: “Stalking Susan,” “Missing Mark,” and “Silencing Sam.” A fourth title, “Killing Kate,” is due out in July. Kramer will discuss her dual careers as journalist and novelist: how to write fiction and how to cover the news. Book clubs are invited as well as individual read-ers, and aspiring authors are also welcome. Attend-ees may bring books to be signed or purchase them at the event. The Burnhaven Library is at 1101 W. County Road

Music in the Park comes to Burnsville Burnsville’s Music in the Park series will be 7 p.m. Sundays, June 19 through Aug. 14, in Nicollet Com-mons Park in the Heart of the City. Food and bever-age sales will be provided by Milio’s. Schedule: June 19, School of Rock Road Crew; June 26, Lee Engele; July 3, The Space Hazards; July 10, Melody and The Dramat-ics; July 17, Time Turners; July 24, Lingua Luna; July 31, Q The Clique; Aug. 7, Crack in the Dam; Aug. 14, Alison Lund and the Queen of France. Sponsored by the city of Burnsville, King and Companies, Creative Color and School of Rock. More information is online at www.burnsville.org/index.aspx?NID=746.

Capt. Jack Sparrow sets sail at IMAX The Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley will host free family activities from noon to 1 p.m. Sat-urday, May 21, in celebra-tion of the opening of “Pi-rates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides an IMAX 3-D Experience.” Activities will include a special photo opportunity with Capt. Jack Sparrow, free Broadway Pizza for the first 300 people and Pirates of the Caribbean trivia and prize wheel. For more information, visit www.imax.com/minne-sota.

by Andrew MillerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Guests at Dakota City Heritage Village this week-end will get a frontlines look at infantry combat in Nazi Europe, minus the death and destruction. The guns will be real, the ammo will not, during the mock battle featured at the World War II living-history event. As for the battle’s outcome, the fix is in. “Everybody cheers when the Americans win,” said event coordinator Jon Boo-rom, who will be fighting on the side of the Soviets in the Axis-versus-Allies skir-mish set in the European Theater during the final months of the war. More than 20 living-history organizations will portray American, Brit-

ish, Canadian and Russian soldiers at the event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. In addition to combat re-enactments, there will be soldier camps, weapons and parachute demos, mili-tary vehicle displays and talks by World War II vet-erans. New to the event, now in its second year, is a hangar dance on Saturday night. Professional swing dance instructors Bill and Shan-non Butler will give a free dance lesson at 7 p.m., fol-lowed by the dance at 8 p.m. in Dakota City’s fire barn. Also new this year is a 1940s fashion show, along with “homefront” histori-cal displays by the Lakev-ille and Rosemount histori-

cal societies. A symposium at 1 p.m. each day of the event will feature speakers including Yogi Punsh, who served with a German artillery unit, and Liz Stohfus, one of 1,200 World War II “WASP” women pilots. The mock battles will be held at 2:30 p.m. both days, with an additional battle at 11:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission to the event at Dakota City, located at 4008 220th St. W. on the fairgrounds in Farming-ton, is $5 for adults and teens, $3 for ages 6-12, with a maximum charge of $10 per carload. More information is at www.dakotacity.org.

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

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Living-history organizations will portray German, American, Canadian, British and Rus-sian soldiers at the World War II re-enactment May 21-22 at Dakota City Heritage Vil-lage.

Dakota City hosts World War II living-history event May 21-22

42, Burnsville. For more in-formation, visit www.dako-tacounty.us/library or call (952) 891-0300.


SportsStandings

BaseballTeam Conference Overall W L W LEastview 13 2 15 3 Burnsville 12 3 13 5 Apple Valley 10 5 12 6 Eagan 9 6 12 6 Lakeville North 8 7 9 9 Prior Lake 7 8 10 8 B Jefferson 5 10 6 12B Kennedy 5 10 7 11Lakeville South 4 11 6 11 Rosemount 2 13 3 14

Saturday, May 21, 2011South Suburban Conference showcase • Rosemount vs. Eagan at Alimagnet

Park, 11 a.m. • Lakeville North vs. Eastview at

Alimagnet Park, noon • Apple Valley vs. Prior Lake at

Alimagnet Park, 2:30 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson vs.

Bloomington Kennedy at Alimagnet Park, 4 p.m.

• Lakeville South vs. Burnsville at Alimagnet Park, 6 p.m.

Monday, May 23• Farmington at Lakeville South, 4:15 p.m.Friday, May 24• Section 3AAA tournament, high seed

SoftballTeam Conference Overall W L W LBurnsville 13 0 16 1 B Jefferson 10 3 16 3 Eastview 8 3 10 8 Lakeville South 7 6 10 7 Eagan 7 6 10 8 Prior Lake 6 7 11 9 Apple Valley 5 8 10 10 Lakeville North 4 9 8 12 Rosemount 3 9 5 10 B Kennedy 1 12 5 13

Thursday, May 19Section 3AAA tournament • No. 9 Rosemount at No. 8 Lakeville North, 4 p.m.Monday, May 23• No. 5 Lakeville South at No. 4 Eastview, 4 p.m.• North/Rosemount winner at No. 1 Burnsville, 4 p.m.Wednesday, May 25• Section 3AAA final four, Eagan

Boys LacrosseTeam Conference Overall 7 L W LRosemount 6 1 11 1 Eastview 5 2 6 5 Eagan 3 2 8 2 Prior Lake 3 2 5 4 Burnsville 4 3 5 6 Apple Valley 4 4 7 4 B Jefferson 3 5 4 8 Lakeville South 2 5 4 6 Lakeville North 2 6 4 6 B Kennedy 0 6 1 9

Saturday, May 21• Burnsville at Lakeville South, 9:30 a.m.• Rochester Mayo at Lakeville North, 3:30 p.m.Wednesday, May 25• Section 3 first round, at high seed.

Girls LacrosseTeam Conference Overall W L W LB Kennedy 8 0 13 0B Jefferson 5 2 8 2Apple Valley 5 2 9 3 Lakeville North 4 2 7 4 Burnsville 4 3 6 6 Lakeville South 1 6 4 6 Eagan/Rosemount 1 5 4 6 Eastview 1 5 3 6 Prior Lake 1 5 2 9

Friday, May 20• Lakeville South at Eagan/Rosemount, 5:30 p.m.• Lakeville North at Eagan, 7:15 p.m.Monday, May 23• Section 3 first round, at high seed.

Boys TennisTuesday, May 17• Lakeville North 5, Austin 2• Winona 6, Lakeville South 1Thursday, May 19• Lakeville North at Rochester Century, 4 p.m.

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BaseballTeam Conference Overall W L W L Shakopee 9 4 12 6 Red Wing 8 4 10 6 Chaska 7 5 8 7 Northfield 7 5 10 7 Holy Angels 7 6 7 8 Chanhassen 6 6 7 6 Farmington 3 9 4 12New Prague 2 10 5 10 Monday, May 23• Farmington at Lakeville South, 4:15 p.m.Tuesday, May 24• Farmington at Hastings, 4:15 p.m.Saturday, May 28• Farmington at Section 1AAA tourna-ment

SoftballTeam Conference Overall W L W L Shakopee 11 0 12 0 Chaska 8 3 9 5 Northfield 6 3 7 3 Chanhassen 6 4 8 5 New Prague 4 5 5 10 Farmington 4 6 5 8 Holy Angels 2 9 4 10 Red Wing 0 11 2 13

Friday, May 20• Farmington at Lakeville South, 4:15 p.m.Wednesday, May 25• Farmington at Section 1AAA tourna-ment

Boys LacrosseWednesday, May 25• Farmington at Section 3 tournament, high seed.

Girls LacrosseMonday, May 23• Farmington at Section 3 tournament, high seed.

Masked men are baseball’s superheroes by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

It’s easy to lose focus during a baseball game. At first there’s so much anticipation during every pitch, but without a pay-off every few innings, the mind starts to wonder as the outfielder starts pick-ing dandelions. There’s one guy who never loses focus: The catcher. Catchers are especially important. Just look what happens when Joe Mauer has been out of the Min-nesota Twins lineup. The Twins’ struggles aren’t that simple, but you want someone good behind the plate playing catch with the pitcher. That’s where many of the top South Suburban Conference players find themselves. Behind the plate, wearing a mask, throwing their bodies in front of wild pitches and calling the plays. “It’s a hard position but I like being in the game for every pitch,” Lakev-ille North catcher Austin Strait said. “It helps me stay focused and learn the umpire’s strike zone.”

That may be why guys like Burns-ville’s Justin T h r e l k e l d hits all those home runs. But is it re-ally that tough? Mauer is a big guy who sits on his knees for two hours a day. Man is not meant to sit like that for long. “It’ not too tough,” Ap-ple Valley’s Aaron Gretz said. “I don’t have to play every day and it’s only sev-en innings.” The real challenge is maintaining a chemistry with all the pitchers. “It’s tough remember-ing all the pitches for eight different pitchers,” Strait said. Catchers are the first players on the mound when a pitcher needs some help and he’s the last guy to get dressed to play. Playoffs can go at a grueling pace compared to the regular season. Often, it’s the team with three or four quality start-ing pitchers that go the farthest.

The Section 3AAA playoffs are scheduled to begin on May 27. The prize for winning the sec-tion is a spot among the top eight teams in the state. If you win there, you’ll play at Target Field in the state finals. Burnsville knows what that’s like. The South Sub-urban Conference leader will have a better re-cord entering the Section 3AAA playoffs than last year when they finished second in the state.

Several teams have re-ally hit their stride in the past two weeks. Eastview has won 10 of 12. Apple Valley won seven straight from May 4-16. Eagan’s record might not be as strong, but the Wildcats won eight of 11. All three loesses were by one run. Every coach is well aware that the section champion doesn’t always come from the top three seeds. Eagan, Apple Val-ley and Rosemount have all qualified for state in

the past five years with re-cords around .500 during the regular season. Lakeville North and South won’t have top seeds in the section, but they know they can hang with them. North defeated Eastview and South de-feated North, twice. One team to watch out for is St. Thomas Acad-emy. The team didn’t play any South Suburban Con-ference teams, but they did win nine of 10 as of Tuesday. The prep school should get one of the top seeds, but they’ll go in as a bit of an unknown. The first two rounds of the section tournament are now single elimina-tion, which doesn’t sit easy with many coaches. Good teams lose all the time in baseball. In 2002, New Ulm lost in the first round as the No. 1 seed in their section, but went on to win the Class AAA state title. That couldn’t happen today. Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE


Teams with the best catchers will find the Section 3AAA playoffs a little easier.

MSHSL honors area coaches


The Minnesota State High School League honored its Hall of Fame class of 2011 on May 15 at the Edinburgh Event Center in Brooklyn Park. Apple Valley High School had three inductees (L to R) Chuck Scanlon, Geri Dirth, and Nancy Grimes. Lakeville coach Milan Mader (far right) was also inducted during the afternoon ceremony.

South softball sets sights on final fourCougars have high hopes for Section 3AAA playoffs

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Teams often look at the playoffs as a second sea-son, as a chance to rede-fine accomplishments. The Lakeville South softball team knows it’s not the favorite in Section 3AAA with a first-round bye and the No. 5 seed, but the players won’t spend long worrying about it. “There isn’t a team that you try to avoid, and that is very motivating for us,” Cougar head coach Kim Hess said. “We know when we step on the field we can beat anyone, and

that mentality is some-thing we take pride in.” Last season is proof of that: Lakeville South upset top-ranked Bloomington Jefferson to play in the Section 3AAA final four. “I am not sure if there is a secret,” Hess said. “It was an adjustment year last year with it being my first year, and I think we just really peaked in every area of the game at the right time.” She said she likes to treat the season as a pro-gression with a goal to play their best in the sec-tion tournament.

Hess feels the girls have been improving every game. “I really promote that each game is a learning ex-perience and that we need to relax and fix the little things so we are peaking this time of year,” Hess said. The Cougars will play at No. 4 seed Eastview at 4 p.m. Monday. The win-ner will be one of the final four teams remaining in Section 3AAA. The first round is single elimination this year, while the final four games are double-elimination contests.

Kendall Palfi leads the team in both hitting (.479 batting average) and pitching (2.65 ERA). Lindsey Uphoff (.411), Lindsey Kamleiter (.367) and Molly Olson (.367) have lifted the team to the top five in the South Sub-urban Conference.

Panthers Lakeville North hopes the 7-6 win over Rose-mount on Monday trans-lates into playoff success. The win broke a three-game losing streak. As the No. 8 seed, the Panthers played No. 9

Rosemount in the first round of the Section 3AAA tournament Thurs-day after this edition went to press. With a win, they would play at top-seeded Burnsville on Monday. Several Panthers had success at the plate this season. Maggie Olson (.411 batting average), Jessica Meidl (.373) and Erika Rozell (.373) kept pressure on opponents’ pitchers, while pitcher Sarah Rozel posted a 2.97 ERA. Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Tiger fastpitch bolts on a runFarmington softball bumped its record

up to .500 after a sluggish startby Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

If you’re looking for a team peaking right before the playoffs, the Farming-ton softball team is it. After starting the sea-son with a 4-7 record, the Tigers won five of six from May 7-13. Many of those vic-tories, like large-margin wins against Owatonna, Rochester Century and Northfield, have boosted the team’s confidence heading into the Section 1AAA tournament. “This should help our seeding at sections,” head coach Rob Laden said. “None of the Big Nine (Conference) teams have had to play Shakopee twice, who is ranked fourth in the state, or have they played Lakeville, Pri-or Lake or Chaska twice.” Hastings, Roches-ter John Marshall and Northfield are the only teams with winning re-cords in Section 1AAA, so Farmington has a chance at a higher seed when it begins. The Tigers have a 9-9 record as of last Tues-day. The team is scheduled to play a nonconference game at Lakeville South on Friday in the last reg-ular season game before playoffs begin on Wednes-day. The girls will welcome the time off. The Tigers haven’t had time to think about the season with 12

games in a 12-day stretch from May 4-13. “Half of our season played in that short a pe-riod of time is kind of cra-zy,” Laden said. “Because of the cold, wet spring we have only had four out-door practices all season.” With several new play-ers, it was tough to correct the trouble spots, but they showed they could im-prove by playing. A reason for optimism is the way the Tigers have been swinging the bats. “Our bats have warmed up like the weather,” Lad-en said. “It’s always bet-ter to be playing your best ball going into the end of the season. “The team is being more patient at the plate and really starting to hit the ball better.” Just about everyone in the lineup is getting in on the fun. Aleah Williamson had six RBI, and Ashley Bet-zold had two doubles and five RBI in the win against Owatonna. Alyssa Hagen, Dani Muelken, Ally Rice, Alys-sa Kalames, Toni Hun-singer, and Paige Lindrud have had multiple RBI games and multiple base hits during the four-win stretch in early May. They hope it continues through until June.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Tigers baseball finds some relief The Farmington baseball team earned a much-needed win on Tuesday with a 4-2 victory against Chanhassen. The win broke a four-game losing streak. The Tigers were beaten by Chanhassen 7-1 in their first meeting on April 25.

Boys lacrosse Farmington’s record dropped to 1-9 after a 12-3 loss to East Ridge/Park on Monday.

Girls lacrosse Three of the Tigers last four losses were by one goal. The most resent loss was 9-8 to Park on Tuesday. Ally Midboe and Jessica Er-chul each had two goals.

Boys tennis Farmington capped off

its season with a 7-0 loss to Owatonna in the first round of the Section 1AA tourna-

ment ending its team season. The individual tournament is scheduled for May 26.


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ProceedingsThis is a summary of the Independent

School District No. 194 Regular Board ofEducation Meeting on Tues., April 26, 2011with 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.isd194.k12.mn.us or District Office at8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The regular meeting was called to orderat 7:01 p.m. followed by pledge of alle-giance. All board members and adminis-trators were present.

Public Comment: Jill Zweber, 16310 JavaLane; Dawn Griebenow, EVE teacher; andJosh Kutzler, 19016 Ireton Way - regardingstranding teacher placement; Erin Gonyea,16979 Hubbard Trail; and Robyn Griffin,8450 168th St. W. - regarding placement ofstudents at OHE from attendance areaadjustment; Jennifer Harmening, 1220Bluebill Bay - regarding CLE closure pro-cess; Dan Nelson, 19520 Oak Grove Ave. -regarding teacher performance evaluations.

The following Consent Agenda itemswere approved: minutes of the meetings onApril 5,12, 13 and 18; resignations, leave ofabsence requests, employment recom-mendations; payment of bills and claimssubject to annual audit; investments andwire transfers; outdoor siren agreement;donations. Following discussion two altfacilities bids were approved and one wasrejected.

Reports : Grades 3-5 science curriculumupdate; first reading of 2011-12 studenthandbook/management policies; QuELSupdate; superintendent evaluation report.

Recommended ac t ions approved:2011-12 attendance area adjustment;2011-12 capital budget.

Adjournment at 9:37 p.m.________________________________

This is a summary of the IndependentSchool District No. 194 Special Board ofEducation Meeting on Tuesday, April 26,2011 with full text available for publicinspect ion on the dist r ict websi te atwww.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210thStreet W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 5:00p.m. All board members were present alongwith Director of Administrative ServicesMassaros and Director of Teaching &Learning Services Knudsen.

Discussion held: School Exec Connectsand BKB Associates were selected toreceive presentations from out of the eightapplications received from superintendentsearch firms.

Meeting adjourned at 5:58 p.m.________________________________

This is a summary of the IndependentSchool District No. 194 Special Board ofEducation Meeting on Monday, May 2,2011 with full text available for publicinspect ion on the dist r ict websi te atwww.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210thStreet W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 12:31p.m. All board members were present alongwith Director of Administrative ServicesMassaros and Director of Teaching &Learning Services Knudsen.

Discussion held: School Exec Connectsand BKB Associates presented proposalsfor the superintendent search process.Following discussion the board determinedto offer an agreement with School ExecConnects.

Agenda addition: Field trip for KTMS 6thgrade teams to Wolf Ridge from May 9-11was approved.

Meeting adjourned at 2:42 p.m.2616180 5/20/11

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PUBLIC NOTICESECTION 00 03 00

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

DODGE MIDDLE SCHOOL

ADMINISTRATION REMODELING

Farmington, MinnesotaGeneral ConstructionDodge Middle SchoolAdministration RemodelingFarmington, Minnesota

Farmington Public Schools, invites lumpsum bids for the construction work for theremodeling of the Administration area at theDodge Middle School 4200 West 208th.St.Farmington, Minnesota, in accordance withbidding documents prepared by MLAArchitects, Inc.

PROJECT SCOPE

The project consists of remodeling ofapprox. 5000 s.f. of the existing Adminis-trative Office Area. This work includes gen-eral, mechanical and electrical construction.

BID DATE

All bids must be submitted in a sealedenvelope marked "Dodge Middle SchoolAdministration Remodeling" and arrive atthe District Services Center; 421 Walnut,Farmington, Minnesota, 55024,attentionJeff Priess , Business Manager, on orbefore Tuesday May 24, 2011 at 2:00 PM.Bids will be publicly opened and read aloudat that time.

PLACE OF OPENING

Bids will be received and opened at theDistr ict Services Center, 421 Walnut,Farmington, Minnesota, 55024.

EXAMINATION OF DOCUMENTS

Bidding documents may be examined atthe following builder's exchanges:

MLA Architects, St Paul., MNMinneapolis Builders Exchange,Minneapolis, MNSaint Paul Builders Exchange,Saint Paul, MNFW Dodge Plan Room, Minneapolis, MNConstruction Market Data,Minneapolis, MNRochester Builders Exchange,Rochester, MNBidding documents will be available on

Monday May 2, 2011.PROCUREMENT OF DOCUMENTS

Copies of Bidding Documents may alsobe obtained from the office of the Architect,12 Long Lake Road, Suite #17, St. Paul,MN 55115 in accordance with the Instruc-tions to Bidders, upon making a deposit bycheck in the amount of one hundred dol-lars ($100.00) made payable to the Farm-ington Pub l ic Schoo ls . Documentsrequested to be delivered will be sent byUnited Parcel Service (UPS) upon receipt oft h e d e p o s i t c h e c k a n d a s e p a r a t enon-refundable check of thirty-five dollars($35.00) made payable to MLA Architects.

BID SECURITY

Each bid shall be accompanied by a bidsecurity of 5% of the maximum amount ofthe bid in the form of a Surety Bond, certi-fied check, cashier's check. The success-ful prime contract bidder shall furnish Per-formance and Payment Bonds in the fullamount of the contract.

CONSIDERATION OF BIDS

The Owner reserves the right to rejectany and all bids, accept any bid, waiveinformalities in bids submitted, and waiveminor discrepancies in bidding procedures,as it deems to be in its best interest. Bidsmay not be withdrawn for a period of thirty(30) calendar days immediately followingthe date of receipt of bids.

Direct communications regarding issueson this project to Mark Lenz at MLA Archi-tects. Inc.END OF SECTION 00 03 002604413 5/13-5/20/11

PUBLIC NOTICEADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed bids in duplicate will be receivedby

Farmington Area Public Schoolsfor the 2011 Pavement Rehabilitation until2:00 pm on June 8, 2011 at which time theywill be publicly opened and read aloud.Bidders are invited to attend. Bids receivedafter this time will be returned unopened.

Bids shall be upon form provided by theOwner. Envelopes containing bids must besealed, marked "2011 Pavement Rehabili-tation" with the name and address of thebidder, the name of the Project, and thedate and hour of the opening. Bids shall bedelivered to:

Mark StoffelFarmington Area Public Schools421 Walnut StreetFarmington, MN 55024

The complete form shall be without alter-ations, additions, or erasures. All bids shallbe on a lump sum basis. The Ownerreserves the right to reject any or all bidsand to waive any irregularities in the bids.

Copies of the Bidding Documents are onfile and available for inspection at LarsonEngineering, Inc., 3524 Labore Road, WhiteBear Lake, MN 55110.

Complete digital project bidding docu-ments are available at www.questcdn.com.You may download the digital plan docu-ments for $10.00 by inputting Quest project#1590913 on the website's Project Searchpage. Please contact QuestCDN.com at952-233-1632 or [email protected] forassistance in free membership registration,downloading, and working with this digitalproject information. Please contact AnnSkeie at 651-481-9120 if you have anyquestions.

Each bidder shall include the bid securitywith the Bid Form as described in theInstructions to Bidders.

A pre-bid conference will be held at 2:00pm on May 25, 2011 at the District ServiceCenter Building located at 421 WalnutStreet, Farmington, MN.2604437 5/13-5/20/11

PUBLIC NOTICEORDINANCE NO. 2011-03 (Summary)

On the 9th day of May 2011, the TownBoard of Eureka Township adopted Town-ship Ordinance 2011-03. The followingsummary was approved for publication. Afull copy of the Ordinance is available fromthe Town Clerk at the Township Office, P.O.Box 576, Lakevi l le , MN 55044, (952)469-3736 and during regular office hoursTuesday and Thursday 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.A copy of the Ordinance has also beenplaced on file with Dakota County LawLibrary and Lakevi l le and FarmingtonLibraries.

AN ORDINANCE REGULATING OPEN

BURNING WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP,

AND AUTHORIZING A SERVICE

CHARGE FOR CERTAIN FIRE CALLS

Ordinance 2011-03 established permitrequirements for open burning in the Town-ship. Defines terms relating to fires, prohib-its burning of certain materials and pro-vides for cost recovery for fire calls withinthe Township.

Summary read and approved for publica-tion by a 4/5 affirmative vote of the TownBoard.

Nanett SandstromClerk/TreasurerEureka Township5/20/2011

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Those attending the Farmington Area Public Schools forums next week are being asked to share descriptive attributes they would like to see in the dis-trict’s next superintendent. Led by Kenneth La-Croix, the district’s search consultant, the forums are scheduled for Monday, May 23, at 5:30 p.m. and Tuesday, May 24, at 6:30 p.m. Both forums will be held at the Boeckman Middle School Little Theater, 800 Denmark Avenue. Interested citizens are also invited to fill out a feedback form under the “superintendent search” tab online at the district’s website, www.farmington.k12.mn.us. LaCroix has empha-sized the importance of collecting input from a variety of sources, includ-ing elected officials, district staff, teachers and parents, as he begins leading the search for a new superin-tendent. Earlier this month, Farmington School Board members told LaCroix they prefer an experienced superintendent who is a

Public opinions sought regarding Farmington’s next superintendent

Two public forums scheduled May 23 and 24


The next man or woman to take the superintendent role in Lakeville Public Schools will enter a district chastened by financial con-cerns and a public outcry over labor contracts. But one thing he or she won’t have to worry about: a severance package. In his first official meet-ing with the Lakeville School Board, Kenneth Dragseth, of superinten-dent search firm School Exec Connect, told the board, “I would say you should not do a severance package.” Dragseth, a former su-perintendent in Edina, is a principal of School Exec Connect and also is direc-tor of Administrative Li-censure and a lecturer in Licensing and Leadership Development for Educa-tional Administrators at the University of Minnesota. The suggestion of no severance was in response to public outcry regard-ing current Superintendent Gary Amoroso’s $360,000 retirement package, which includes a $90,000 sever-

ance to be paid out in three payments over 18 months. On July 1, Amoroso will take over leader-ship of the Minne-sota Association of School Administra-tors (MASA). In an interview after the board study session, Drags-eth told Thisweek that sev-erance pay is disappearing from contracts in other dis-tricts, too. The new trend, he said, is toward “straightforward, transparent yet still com-petitive” contracts. The de-gree of public input has in-creased, too. School Board Member Bob Erickson was pleased to learn of this trend. “There are no sever-ance provisions, so we’ve changed history here,” he said. With the board, Drags-eth and associate Bob Os-tlund, also a former super-intendent, discussed the overall approach their firm will take to find the best possible candidate. Various forms of pub-lic involvement, from focus groups to the community

and students actu-ally interviewing the candidate, dominate the search schedule. School Exec Con-nect will advertise the listing on its own site, in addition to advertising na-

tionally in Education Week magazine which, in addition to running ads in its print edition, has an elaborate job search system online. Dragseth said the cost for both ads will be between $1,300 and $1,700. The board declined advertising more than once, given these rates. The board and School Exec Connect representa-tives also agreed to not include any actual com-pensation figures in their recruitment advertisements. Instead, Dragseth said, the ads will say the district is offering “total compen-sation (that) is regionally competitive.” The district will send out a letter to families outlining the search process in detail. E-mail Aaron Vehling at [email protected] and www.facebook.com/thisweeklive.

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Jeffery A. Cameron Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeffery A. Cameron, brother of Jennifer Perkins of Farmington, recently completed Naval Nuclear Power Training Pipeline. Cameron is a 2003 graduate of Simley High School, Inver Grove Heights, and joined the Navy in May 2009.

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visionary leader, passionate about education and chil-dren. They would also like to see a person who is a charis-matic, strong com-municator who can bring people to-gether. Current Superintendent Brad Meeks unexpectedly resigned in February, but he has the option to stay until Aug. 31 under the terms of his separation agreement. The district is accept-ing applications for its top spot until June 17. Applications will be evaluated and candidates who best fit the district’s

identified attributes will be invited to interview with the board and an ad-visory committee, according to Jim Skelly, District 192 communicat ions and marketing co-ordinator.

Interviews will take place in June with a final candidate selected by early July. LaCroix has 41 years of experience in the edu-cation profession, and has already contacted several prospects who, he said, are interested in exploring the opportunity.


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g. Wire Transfers and Invest-ments h. Alt Facilities Bids i. Other Business Matters j. Acceptance of Gift Donations k. Field Trips3. Consent Agenda Discussion Items4. Reports a. Technology Plan Report – Mr. Marcussen5. Recommended Actions a. Approval of Graduates for Class of 2011 – Ms. Berkvam/Mr. Douglas b. Grade K-5 Physical Educa-tion Curriculum – Ms. Knudsen c. 2011-12 School Start Times – Mr. Klett d. Revised Policy C-95 FUND BALANCE – Mr. Klett e. 2010-11 Revised Budget – Mr. Klett f. Resolution Authorizing Line of Credit – Mr. Klett g. Resolution Authorizing Sale of Aid Anticipation – Mr. Klett6. Additions to Agenda7. Information a. Superintendent’s Report b. Board Member Reports8. Adjournment

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Century Middle School celebrated its fifth annual Mighty Mile on May 13. Students ran a mile on the school’s cross-country course to promote lifelong physical fitness. Addition-ally, students raised mon-ey through the Tech Trek to purchase new technol-ogy for student use. Sixth-grade girls: 1. Temi Cardac, 5:37; 2. Ol-ivia Bruce, 5:37; 3. Nora Rasmussen, 6:10. Sixth-grade boys: 1. Evan El-Halawani, 5:32; 2. James Megarry, 5:38; 3. Charles Dufon, 5:50. Seventh-grade girls: 1. Hannah Cade, 6:08; 2. Molly Wilson, 6:12; 3. Hannah Olson, 6:13. Seventh-grade boys: 1. Luke Anderson, 5:19; 2. Justin Knippel, 5:41; 3. Carter Brooks, 5:44. Eighth-grade girls: 1. Brenna Smith, 6:10; 2. Alyssa Woodbury, 6:12; 3. Kimbrey Thole, 7:04. Eighth-grade boys: 1. Benjamin Rauzi, 5:11; 2. Justin Hanson, 5:24; 3. Christian Nielsen, 5:32.

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mated at anywhere be-tween $20,000 and $60,000. The biggest cost: devoting staffing resourc-es to the new committee. “I think we have to rec-ognize there are four to eight hours a month dedi-cated to monthly meet-ings,” Mielke said at the work session. “The issue is one of how much time will Dennis, and to some extent I, need to commit

to this process?” But the lack of a cost determination at that meeting led Little to de-clare that “I will vote against it if we don’t have a cost.” The other council mem-bers – Colleen Ratzlaff LaBeau, Kerrin Swecker and Laurie Rieb - all indi-cated they supported the committee because of the excellent community in-put it promises. “This is not being put

together because Mr. Fell-er has not done a won-derful job,” LaBeau said. “This is about bringing together people with dif-ferent ideas.” Mielke said the city will begin to advertise soon for applications to the com-mittee. The appointment decisions will be made June 27.

E-mail Aaron Vehling at [email protected] and www.facebook.com/thisweeklive.

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Mighty Mile results

Sign up for the following classes at www.LakevilleA-reaCommunityEd.net or call (952) 232-2150 for more infor-mation. • Favorite Artist Dance Party, grades K-5, June 20-23. • Glee Camp, grades K-2, July 18-22; grades 3-5, July 18-22; grades 6-12, June 27-30.

• First Aid for Your Cat or Dog, grades 3-6, June 20 and 21. • First Aid for Children To-day, ages 5-8, June 27-30. • Engineering: Crazy Gears and Wheels, grades K-3, June 20-23. • Roller Coaster Physics, grades 4-7, June 20-23.

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