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Champs againBurnsville High School’s dual-gender weightlifting team won its third consecutive state championship.

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Presidential primary, pleaseLarge March 1 caucus crowds showed Minnesota wants and deserves a presidential primary.

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Glenn Miller OrchestraYoung Burnsville sax player Jerod Kaszynski is on the road, helping to keep a tradition alive.

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The Burnsville Fire Department cleaned bodily fluids March 17 from the site of that morning’s officer-involved fatal shooting at the McDonald’s at Highway 13 and Wash-burn Avenue. (Photo by John Gessner)

Probe continues in fatal police shooting

Man, 38, killed outside a

Burnsville McDonald’s by John Gessner

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The Hennepin County medical examiner has identified the man killed by Burnsville police gun-fire March 17 outside the McDonald’s restaurant at Highway 13 and Wash-burn Avenue. He is Map Kong, 38, of Chaska. Kong died of multiple gunshot wounds at the scene of the shoot-ing, 2901 Highway 13, the medical examiner said, calling the death a homi-cide. It was the second fatal

officer-involved shooting in Burnsville Police De-partment history. A bur-glary suspect brandishing a weapon was shot and killed in 1981, Police Chief Eric Gieseke said. Five officers responded March 17 to a 911 call about a disturbance in the McDonald’s parking lot, said the Minnesota Bu-reau of Criminal Appre-hension, which is investi-gating the shooting. “They encountered an individual brandishing a weapon. At one point dur-ing the encounter officers fired their weapons, fatally striking the individual,” the BCA said in a state-ment last week. The deceased was at first inside a vehicle but eventually exited it,

Burnsville police Sgt. Matt Smith said. Authorities didn’t disclose the type of weapons Kong allegedly had. All five officers were wearing on-body cameras, according to Gieseke. The officers were placed on “standard administrative leave,” the BCA said. They are: • Sgt. Patrick Gast, 13 years with the department. • Sgt. Maksim Yakov-lev, 16 years. • Officer Taylor Jacobs, four years. • Officer John Mott, eight years. • Officer LynRae Tonne, 17 years. The BCA has conduct-ed initial interviews with

Vikings submit plans for Eagan developmentDocuments will go to Planning

Commission, City Council

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The Minnesota Vi-kings’ move to Eagan is one step closer to real-ity after the team’s owner-ship submitted an official proposal with the city of Eagan to redevelop the former Northwest Airlines site. Vikings owners filed on March 16 a 200-page application that details plans to develop 193 acres just off Interstate-494 at the intersection of Dodd Road and Lone Oak Park-way. “This vast expanse of

land on the our northern edge represents a great op-portunity for the Vikings, their owners and for our community,” Mayor Mike Maguire said. “We are committed to working with the Vikings to assure they can open their world-class facility on schedule, with appropriate review.” Maguire announced the arrival of the team’s development plan during his State of City address on March 17. The Planning Com-mission is expected to review the team’s docu-ments and issue an advi-sory opinion during its April 26 meeting. From there, the City Council will review the applica-tion and hold a public

The late Robert Alpers is pictured volunteering as a Reading Buddy at Edward Neill Elementary in about 2008. (School District 191 photo)

Burnsville’s Alpers thrived on community service

Former School Board member

dies at 82 by John Gessner


When Robert Alpers’ failing health forced him to stop attending Monday Rotary Club meetings in Burnsville, he relinquished the pleasure with sadness. A Burnsville resident since 1971, Alpers was a joiner who found suste-nance in fellowship and

decades of community service. “He felt such great guilt about having to miss the meetings that the presi-dent of the Rotary Club wrote him such a nice let-ter and absolved him of his dues and made him a lifetime member with all privilege and rank,” said Alpers’ son, Bob Jr. “He held that letter, boy. That meant a lot to him even though he couldn’t go to the meetings.” Robert James Alpers died March 16, 2016, at

age 82. He had suffered from Parkinson’s disease, and his health worsened after a broken leg last summer, Bob said. A father of three, Alp-ers was a longtime youth sports coach and a former Burnsville Athletic Club president and commis-sioner. He served on the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage District 191 School Board from 1977 to 1983 and later was appointed to the board of the Dakota

Maguire askscommunity to steerEagan’s futureMayor gives State of City address by Jessica Harper


Steering the city on the right path as it moves into the future will require the community’s voice and involvement, Mayor Mike Maguire emphasized dur-ing his annual State of the City address. Building upon the mo-mentum of the Eagan For-ward Visioning process, Maguire urged residents and business owners to be-

come involved in the pro-cess and expand their view of Eagan. “To some extent, the way we have viewed the traditional state of our city — and the services it provides — hasn’t changed much in 30 years,” Magu-ire said during his March 17 speech. “Yet, it would be hard to argue that Ea-gan has not changed in the last three decades. To cap-ture and understand how much we’ve changed, it’s important to include and

Eagan’s historic Town Hall restored to old glory Donations sought to cover cost of artifact display,

landscaping by Jessica Harper


When a fire set by two arsonists tore through Ea-gan’s Old Town Hall in 2013, many in the com-munity worried that the historic building would be a total loss. Under the guidance of city leaders and the sup-port of community mem-bers, Eagan’s oldest build-ing has been restored. With new white siding and sage-green shutters

and door, the one-room hall — located across the street from City Hall at Wescott and Pilot Knob roads — looks much like it did when it was built over 100 years ago. “We’ve made the best out of a bad situation and were able to restore Ea-gan’s Old Town Hall even better than before,” said Joanna Foote, Eagan com-munication coordinator and liaison to the Eagan Historical Society. Old Town Hall was built in 1914 and served as Eagan’s official Town Hall until 1965. For the past several decades, it has

Restoration of Eagan’ Old Town Hall is complete after a fire severely damaged the building three years ago. Do-nations are being sought to cover the cost of displaying artifacts and landscaping outside the historic building. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

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Meet the AuthorFantasy writer Kristin Van Risseghem is set to speak March 30 at the Robert Trail Library as part of the “Meet the Author” series.

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by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


After passing through the mountains of Oregon last week, Jerod Kaszyn-ski had to call a couple of times before he got a good signal back home. The 23-year-old musi-cian from Burnsville is in the early stages of life on a tour bus. “Trying to get settled on the road is definitely a new experience. It’s been great so far,” Kaszynski said. He’s the newest mem-ber of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, a Florida-based outfit preserving the legendary band leader’s legacy while performing such hits as “Chattanooga Choo Choo” and “Penn-sylvania 6-5000” from coast to coast. On March 21 Kaszyn-ski joined the band on the most recent leg of its tour, starting in Brit-ish Columbia, Canada. The band had a week off after reaching Port Ange-les, Washington, but doz-ens more bookings are in place through the first half of 2017. “The band I’m in right now has been touring 48 weeks a year since 1956,” Kaszynski said. He traces his new ca-reer to Echo Park Elemen-tary in Burnsville, where Kaszynski began playing the saxophone in fifth

grade. He kept at it in middle school, attending both Falcon Ridge and Valley Middle. At Apple Valley High School Kaszynski played in the wind sym-phony and, at one point, all three of the school’s jazz bands. He also took private lessons. “I got to listen to a whole bunch of new music that I’d never heard before, and I really loved it. I love swing jazz, and I love fig-uring out how to play it,” he said. “It’s really hot; it’s real-ly fun to move to. I wasn’t really into the pop music of the day,” Kaszynski said. “It always seems a little uncomplicated and simple, whereas playing jazz and a lot of that stuff, it’s really intense. Har-

monically speaking and melodically speaking, it’s all very complicated and intense.” The 2010 Apple Valley graduate went on to ma-jor in saxophone perfor-mance at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He played in the symphonic band and wind sympho-ny as well as a couple of school jazz bands. He and his music friends also played in jazz combos around town, picking up whatever gigs they could. After graduating in 2015, Kaszynski continued play-ing shows while teaching lessons once a week at a school in Ladysmith, Wis-consin. “I was told about the (Glenn Miller) job open-ing by a buddy of mine who keeps up with a lot of

this stuff,” Kaszynski said. “He said, ‘Hey, there’s an opportunity, the deadline’s in a week, you should try for it.’ ” He sent in an audi-tion tape and a couple of weeks later was told he was hired. Kaszynski has some distant lineage with the Glenn Miller organization — two of his great-uncles played with Miller in the 1930s, according to his mother, Carol. The second Glenn Mill-er Orchestra — the one that churned out all the hits and set live attendance records — was launched in 1938. In 1942 Miller reported for Army duty and even-tually organized the Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band, which was stationed in England. In December 1944 he boarded a trans-port plane for Paris, trav-eling ahead of the band in preparation for a six-week European tour. The plane, and Miller, weren’t heard from again. Saxophone player Tex Beneke was the first musi-cian to reform a posthu-mous version of the Glenn Miller Orchestra under license from the Miller Estate. Today, the band leader is vocalist Nick Hilscher. “Playing with these guys is really something else,” Kaszynski said. “I’ve never played in a band this tight before. It keeps me on my toes. It’s a great at-mosphere to work on mu-sic and get better. I’ve seen this band bring dancers out to the dance floor like nothing else.”

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

Musician takes to the road with Glenn Miller Orchestra

Jerod Kaszynski is shown in his stage uniform before a recent show with the Glenn Miller Orchestra. (Submitted photo)

Burnsville man gets 19 years in murder attempt

A Burnsville man con-victed of trying to murder his former girlfriend was sentenced March 18 to 19 years in prison, Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said. Jason Alexander Lott, 38, stabbed the woman on June 16, 2015, at the apart-ment they shared on the

14700 block of Portland Avenue. She underwent surgery for wounds to her abdomen, right leg and right arm. Lott then tried to stab the woman’s 14-year-old daughter when she inter-vened in the attack. The woman foiled the attempt on her daughter until the

knife broke. Lott attacked the wom-an while she was lying in bed the morning of June 16. He had taken her keys, parking pass and cell-phone after she had tried to kick him out of the apartment.

— John Gessner

County conducts prescribed burns Dakota County Parks, in cooperation with Prai-rie Restorations and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, will conduct prescribed burns throughout its parks be-tween the end of March and May 31, as conditions allow. Burns will take place in Lebanon Hills Regional Park, Thompson County Park, Spring Lake Park Reserve, Whitetail Woods Regional Park and the Dakota County Adminis-tration Center in Hastings.

Prescribed burns are controlled fires used to improve the growth of na-tive vegetation, including trees, shrubs, grasses and wildflowers. Prescribed burning can recycle nutri-ents tied up in old plant growth, control many woody plants and herba-ceous weeds, improve poor quality forage, increase plant growth, reduce the risk of large wildfires, and improve certain wildlife habitat. County staff and con-tractors who are experi-

enced with fire control and management will conduct the prescribed burn. The exact time and date of the burns cannot be determined more than a day in advance because of weather conditions. Veg-etation needs to be at the correct moisture level and the wind needs to be the correct speed and blowing the correct direction. For more information about the burns, contact Dakota County Parks at 952-891-7000.

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District 191 Bowls for BrainPower event slated April 14 The sixth annual Bowls for BrainPower will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in the Campus Cup Cafe at Diamondhead Education Center, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School Dis-trict 191. This year’s event is dedicated to Burnsville High School art teacher Tim Hammes, who passed away in March and had worked tirelessly to ensure the success of the event ev-ery year. “Tim’s idea was for stu-dents to serve students,

to work alongside others, teaching and learning at the same time. He taught them to make bowls, but wanted them to learn how to give from their hearts,” said Fay Finn, his partner on the project. The annual fundraiser supports BrainPower in a Backpack, a largely stu-dent-supported commu-nity service program that provides weekend meals to elementary school stu-dents in need. BrainPower, which is funded entirely with donations, currently sends food home with 580 children each weekend during the school year in District 191. Like in past years, at-tendees of Bowls for BrainPower can make a freewill donation and re-ceive a simple meal of

soup and bread, along with a homemade pot-tery bowl as a reminder that children in our com-munity face empty bowls every day. In the first five years of the event, more than $53,000 was raised to support BrainPower in a Backpack. Organizers say their goal is to raise $14,000 this year. Bowls for BrainPower is a collaboration between the Burnsville High School art department and the District 191 Community Education Youth Service Program. The program relies on Burnsville High School students and com-munity volunteers. This year’s Bowls for Brain-Power sponsors include Foundation 191, BHS Blaze Fund, Blick Art Materials-Edina, Campus

Cup Cafe, Chianti Grill, ISD 191 Community Education, Continental Clay, Delicioso Catering, Kusske Financial Man-agement, Olive Garden, Skyline Displays Midwest, Target and Valley Natural Foods. For more information about Bowls for Brain-Power and BrainPower in a Backpack, go to www.isd191.org/brainpower or contact Fay Finn at 952-356-7999 or [email protected].

District 191 chess teams win state championships Teams from Metcalf Junior High in Burnsville and Harriet Bishop El-ementary in Savage won state titles at the Minneso-ta State Scholastic Chess Championship, March 19-20. Despite having just two team members, the Harri-

et Bishop team finished as state champions in the el-ementary division behind individual champion Cal-vin York, a sixth-grader at the school. Fifth-grader Saketh Budideti took third place. Also, in the elemen-tary section, fifth-grader Gavin Kellen, from Wil-liam Byrne Elementary in Burnsville, placed fourth overall. The Metcalf team took home the junior high championship, its 29th

District 194 studies what’s next for facilities Skelly cites concerns over task force membership

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


A District 194 School Board member is calling for more community in-put regarding a task force charged with planning the next decade for district grounds and facilities. School Board Member Jim Skelly said the Long-Range Facility Task Force includes too many district officials and not enough community members. He has called for an open invitation for task force members instead of an appointment process. The task force is to ana-lyze the district’s buildings and grounds and make recommendations to the School Board based on capacity, enrollment, edu-cational needs, special pro-grams, district initiatives, facility conditions and fi-nances.

Re c o m m e n d at i o n s could include remodeling work with new furniture or a new school building (or buildings) to accommo-date what district officials project will be growing en-rollment over the coming decade. Other recommenda-tions from the task force could include transporta-tion and boundary adjust-ments. The recommendations, originally projected in June, are now expected to be completed by fall, ac-cording to Michael Bau-mann, District 194 execu-tive director of Business Services. Baumann said the plan will prioritize projects and costs estimates. He said a timing sequence may also evolve through the process. Baumann said he is not aware of any plans for an-other levy referendum this

fall or at any other time in the district’s budget plan-ning cycle. Superintendent Lisa Snyder, also a task force member, has advocated for a “21st century” education model, like Impact Acad-emy. The program, which began as a pilot at Or-chard Lake Elementary, replaces traditional desk-and-chair classrooms with open spaces furnished with couches and tables to en-courage collaboration and interaction with technol-ogy. Skelly cited multiple concerns about task force membership at a March 15 special board meeting and was critical of the district’s influence over the group. He said most of the committee membership was district staff or School Board members. The task force first

formed last year, and the School Board approved its first recommendation: that the Impact Academy teaching model be the only one at Orchard Lake El-ementary, beginning this fall. District minutes show the task force has 17 mem-bers, with 10 who are high-level district officials. Two School Board members were appointed to the task force by School Board Chair Michelle Volk. Skelly said he does not believe any School Board member should serve on this task force so their per-sonal preferences for an amenity, like an athletic fa-cility or new building, does not influence the commit-tee recommendations. “There are no (formally agreed upon) board posi-tions on facilities,” Skelly said. “So to have a board member representing the

board on the task force doesn’t make sense. What we were trying to do was reach out to the commu-nity and have them pro-vide some guidance on what should we be think-ing about, given our situa-tion.” School Board Member Terry Lind, who serves on the task force, disagreed with Skelly. He said there is at least one board member on ev-ery other district commit-tee, and the School Board member’s job is not to ex-ert influence, but to keep other board members informed of committee progress. “That’s what we do at the end of each (regular School) Board meeting,” Lind said. “We give a re-port.” Skelly additionally cited concern that School Board Member Judy Keliher,

who also serves on the task force, could have a conflict of interest there because of her work as an area sales manager with the office supply company, Staples. Keliher said she has no conflict of interest be-cause although Staples has sold furniture to local school districts, including Lakeville, she has not been involved in those transac-tions or personally ben-efited from any sales. Lind said the School Board will discuss commit-tee representation during an upcoming work session. According to the dis-trict, its average facility is 27 years old and in the last three years it has spent about $2.5 million annu-ally on deferred mainte-nance facility projects.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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No one listening on Lebanon Hills To the editor: Ken Wolf’s recent let-ter to the editor on the trail planned in Lebanon Hills Regional Park was interesting in the policies he points out and effect on Lebanon Hills. There were about 700 comments against the plan when sub-mitted to Met Council and two dozen for. Comments years before and then directly to Met Council after county action were similarly numerous and in same ratio with 97 percent

against, 3 percent support. Mr. Wolf stated that com-menters should be ignored as the people who did not comment at all were more numerous. In other words he is advocating unrespon-sive government, stating – don’t bother talking to elected officials – just let them do whatever. His point that Lebanon Hills is not used depends on when. Sometimes you will see no one – like on a week day at 8 a.m. or see throngs and the parking lots full on a nice week-end. I once drove on 35E at 2 a.m. and was the only car on the road. Should we convert part of 35E

to a dragstrip based on one event? Lebanon Hills is by far the busiest and most used park in Dakota County with the slightly used Greenway trails and the other parks contribut-ing a little over 40 percent of the remaining county park use. The planned trail cuts off or destroys existing trails, presently in their hilly natural form, and requires extensive hill removal to become flat enough for the funding re-quirements. We have seen such a trail constructed in Spring Lake Park with hills re-moved, dry bluff prairie removed, and an eyesore

limestone strip mine vis-ible from the river. It is in some places the widest roadway east of 35E be-ing 250 feet wide. The idea that a hill removal project for Lebanon Hills will have no effect on the park, park water quality, or present users is not credible.Can Mr. Wolf could show us his or any candidate’s campaign literature stat-ing that they intend to ignore citizens and listen only to consultants or the voices in their head. It will certainly affect our choices for voting in the fall.

MIKE FEDDEEagan

Does the truth still matter? To the editor: Does the truth still mat-ter? The endless conflict between the school teach-ers of St. Paul and their students has one critical victim. That which has suffered most from this public display of insubor-dination, disrespect and lack of civility is the truth.

It has been sacrificed for lack of courage and de-cency for that which is right and honest. Mr. Olson, the teacher from Como High School, made his observations known regarding the incredible upside down world that is our extant public schools. The electronic message is read by those who would rather kill the messenger than correct the problem. The solution then is to ignore the truth, suspend the teacher and pretend that the ship, captained by the incompetent, will right itself. Ultimately the veracity of Mr. Olson’s comments appear to be shunted aside for some pu-sillanimous non-solution and the lives of those who want to matter are made irrelevant.

RICHARD IFFERTEagan

Important context missed To the editor: The letter writer in last week’s newspaper who

said concerns regarding paving Lebanon Hills Re-gional Park is the work of “very vocal minor-ity” missed an important piece of context. Dakota County used this newspa-per, their newsletter and their email list to ask for public feedback. Accord-ing to the Star Tribune 97 percent of the comments were against paving the park. Two county com-missioners Tom Egan and Nancy Schouweiler chose to respond to people’s concerns while commis-sioners Kathleen Gaylord, Chris Gerlach, Mary Liz Holberg, Mike Slavik and Liz Workman ignored how people responded to their questions. Why did the county even ask for the public comments if they were going to ignore what they heard? Lebanon Hills Re-gional Park is to Dakota County was Central Park is to New York City. Broad consensus builds commu-nity. Citizens pay for gov-ernment. Those interested in running for Dakota

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OpinionMinnesotans deserve a presidential primary Tuesday night, March 1, was one for the record books. From Stillwater to Waconia, from Morrison County to Dakota County, the story was the same: Traffic snarled around precinct caucus locations. Park-ing lots overflowed. Hundreds of people crammed into rooms designed to hold 50. Caucus night was a huge success with great turnouts. It was also a nightmare and disaster for many. The participation levels that night proved that our precinct caucus structure is not designed to handle large crowds. Many people were turned away because they just could not get through the doors before 8 p.m. Some never found a place to park. Others, those who work evening shifts or have commitments such as child care, could not attend. Minnesota’s results exemplify the excitement, clamor and controversies of the 2016 presidential race. Our state showed our independence. Marco Rubio won, running well ahead of Ted Cruz, with Donald Trump finishing a distant third. Bernie Sanders did better than many expected, trouncing Hillary Clin-ton 62 to 38 percent. It’s fascinating to dissect the results — it’s what makes the political process so compelling. And it raises the question: What

would Minnesota’s results have been if we’d been able to vote in a regular prima-ry election, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.? We pride ourselves on high voter turn-out, on concern and caring for our com-munities and our state. While we differ greatly on our choice for president, we share an intense interest and dedication to the process. We want our voices heard, we want to be a part of the decision-making. We need to etch the images of March 1, 2016, into our brains — Minnesotans cared, we showed up for the caucuses, but unfortunately too many of us were unable to be part of the process. By our strong participation, Minneso-tans proved we want and deserve a presi-dential primary. Bipartisan legislation is already be-ing considered to create a presidential primary every four years. One proposal would put the presidential primary a week before the precinct caucuses. Such an election will cost money. An estimate done a few years back showed it would cost about $3 million to accom-plish. A more recent estimate by Secre-tary of State Steve Simon suggests the

primary might cost $6 million. That is significant but many in our state believe it will be worth it. Another issue centers on the signifi-cance of the results. Would each party’s delegates be bound by the popular vote? Should the parties — especially the DFL — be able to designate as many “super-delegates” as they do? We do not want to repeat 1992, the last presidential pref-erence primary in Minnesota. That was only a “beauty contest” — convention delegates were not bound to the popular vote. It will also need to be decided whether we would have an open or closed pri-mary. Minnesota currently uses the open primary ballot — meaning that any-one can cross over to vote in the other party’s election, a tactic sometimes used to bolster a candidate on the other side who seems vulnerable. Secretary Simon said Minnesotans don’t have a big appe-tite for closed primaries, where a person must declare his or her party choice be-fore getting a ballot. We believe delegates will need to have some commitment to the popular vote. Many will ask, would they be allocated as “winner takes all” or proportionately? We feel the proportionate choice is the best, and would be preferred by most Minnesotans.

The ECM Editorial Board supports a presidential preference vote and sup-ports the state continuing with its caucus system for all other races. We support timing the primary to precede the cau-cus, and to coincide with other states’ elections. We believe the presidential preference election should be binding on the parties’ delegates — most, if not all, delegates should be bound to support the candi-date that the people have chosen, at least on the first convention ballot. Gov. Mark Dayton (as did Gov. Pawlenty before him) has vowed he will not sign any election legislation that does not have broad bipartisan support. We are confident this is a case where Repub-licans and Democrats can work together to find common ground. We urge you to contact your legisla-tors and state your position on this im-portant issue, and support action this session or next. Let’s learn from March 1 — a night of great success and chaos wrapped into one — and create a presidential primary election on Super Tuesday, 2020.

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MnSCU should update students regarding grant programby Joe Nathan


Marissa Colangelo and Vickie Kepler are rightly frustrated about the way an amazing opportunity for Minnesota stu-dents is being carried out. Colangelo, a Monticello High School senior, and Ke-pler, a northern Minnesota educator, are upset about what is happening with the MnSCU Two-Year Occupational Grant Pilot Program. This is an incredible, historic opportu-nity. The state Legislature has decided to pay tuition for up to two years at Minne-sota public two-year colleges for students in most vocational fields if their families earn $90,000 or less annually. The state grant will be used after other federal and state scholarships are applied. Colangelo has applied for this grant at 12 Minnesota public colleges, but only heard from four that they received her application for financial aid. Wouldn’t it be possible for colleges to acknowledge admission and financial aid applications and give students a timeline for final de-cisions? When I make a hotel or airplane res-ervation, there’s an immediate email con-firmation. I realize that the Minnesota State Colleges and University system is not the same as a for-profit hotel or air-line. But wouldn’t it be possible to have a simple confirmation that the admissions application and the financial aid request have been received, since both are sub-mitted online? For example, North Hennepin Com-munity College admissions representa-

tive Candice Bartelle, who has commu-nicated with Colangelo, explained to me the confirmation process for the admis-sions application at NHCC: “Once a stu-dent applies, they automatically receive an email that states we’ve received their application. And then another automatic email goes out within a couple days let-ting them know they’ve been accepted.” Jim Grathwol, a government relations specialist at MnSCU, did not respond when I asked if MnSCU could give stu-dents written updates on the status of their applications. He did describe how MnSCU is publicizing the program and concluded: “I am told patience is a vir-tue. Something I try to practice every day. Some days are harder.” In addition, students might not know until June how much financial aid they are receiving, explained Dave Kornecki, who does a great job as administrator of the Minnesota Senate Higher Education committee. “The MnSCU system will not know exactly how much money the Legislature is giving it for other scholarships until the end of the legislative session. When it has that information, MnSCU will be able to tell students how much they’ll re-ceive in financial aid, including the new

Two-Year Pilot Grant Program,” he said. That seems reasonable. Why not share information now with students and their families about when financial aid deci-sions will be made? Families need to plan. Colangelo has encountered other glitches. One admissions person wrote to her last month, “I understand your frus-tration and there has been a lot of confu-sion around this grant program and not much is being said by MnSCU.” Another admissions official wrote to her: “I will defiantly (sic) share with you my under-standing of the program, though I am by no means an expert on this grant, and also direct you to the source, Minnesota Office of Higher Education, for more questions you may have. ... Additionally applicants for programs will be ranted (sic) based on their application date to the college and students must apply for FAFSA.” Kepler, who works with students at Northern Lights Community School, a charter in Warba, described to me her experiences in seeking information from the Minnesota Office of Higher Educa-tion – which received the grant funds from the Legislature. Kepler reported that a MOHE staff member told her “the Office of Higher Education did not have any information on the program and that I would need to call the particular indi-vidual colleges and ask the college which programs the college plans to use under this grant pilot program.” She continued: “I then asked for some specifics, like can a person with disabili-ties use this? Does it have to be done in

two years? Could teen parents enroll? And a variety of other questions so I would be able plan and focus on certain students, but this person said that was, again, up to the college and the indi-vidual colleges would set the amount for funding based on their criteria for the grant pilot program. This was very discouraging as a staff member who is trying to find ways for low-income, pov-erty-stricken, at-risk students to attend college.” Kornecki explained that Occupa-tional Grant Pilot Program funds are available for the next two school years. Otherwise people are eligible if they are admitted to a two-year public Minnesota college, graduate from high school in spring 2016, or earn a GED or Adult Ba-sic Education degree this academic year and have a family income of $90,000 or less. While patience is a virtue, I hope MOHE will provide more information and MnSCU will tell students like Col-angelo that their admission applications have been received and that final deci-sions about financial aid will be made late this spring. Meanwhile, information about the grant program is available here: http://bit.ly/1RGsV6z.

Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota pub-lic school teacher, administrator and PTA president, is a former director and now senior fellow at the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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County commissioner know that the filing dates are May 17-31 and the sal-ary is about $75,000. LAURA HEDLUNDEagan

Responsive voters can decide To the editor: In response to Ken Wolf’s letter, I find it dis-maying that he is pleased to have county commis-sioners who ignore pub-lic input. Here are quotes from the Dakota County commissioners themselves regarding just the final County Board approval vote for the controversial Lebanon Hills Regional Park plan: Commissioner Tom Egan (who voted against approval), “There is no passion for the paved trail at all. … I’ve never been in a position like this before in all my 30-plus years of public service, I have never had 97 percent of people opposing something and yet it going forward as strongly as it is here with no passion at all.” Commissioner Nancy Schouweiler (who voted against approval), “I can’t believe that out of the 650-plus comments there were only 22 that were for the plan. … What happened to representative govern-ment?” Commissioner Chris Gerlach (who voted for approval), “I am support-ive of a paved trail. … I think public opinion has been heeded. … To say the board isn’t listening to public input I think is un-fair.” These quotes show two very different perspectives on responsive government. Commissioner Gerlach, who is one of four com-missioners up for re-elec-tion this November, and all the other Dakota County commissioners (all except for Egan and Schouweiler voted for approval) seem to perceive public input in the same way as the Mr Wolf. That because Dakota

County has 40,000 citizens, it doesn’t matter how many people take time to write, call, sign petitions, educate themselves, organize, or show up at meeting after meeting on an issue, the commissioners can ignore them all because there will always be more (unin-volved) citizens that they can claim to stand for. That interpretation of responsive government can only be understood to mean that with these Dakota County commis-sioners the public needn’t bother getting involved. Those are not the kind of county commissioners citi-zens should support in the next election.

MARYANN PASSEEagan

Political funding should be disclosed To the editor: Regarding the Feb. 26 story “Halverson aims to disclose all political fund-ing,” kudos to state Rep. Laurie Halverson, DFL-Eagan, for her efforts to require all organizations to disclose their politi-cal spending. Those who help pay for negative and misleading political ads shouldn’t be allowed to hide themselves behind the “nonprofit” label. And as campaigning continues, I also urge everyone to take a “both sides now” pledge. Don’t accept any political ad at face value. Look at the actual posi-tions the candidates take by going to their websites. Yes, that means reading what “the other side” says. Keep an open mind, and it just might surprise you. At the very least, that would mean we’re doing our part to be informed citizens when we vote in Novem-ber.

JUDY NOLLETEagan

The ‘Freedom Caucus’ is at it againTo the editor: The Republican Free-

dom Caucus in Congress once again has simply said “no” to federal budget discussions, defying, yet again, their own leader-ship. All four Republican candidates for Congress from the 2nd District have either allied themselves with the Freedom Caucus or said they would con-sider it. All have clearly stated their intentions to slash and burn the federal budget with little regard for the necessary federal programs in their way. This is why I support Angie Craig for Congress. Angie will thoughtfully discuss budget options and priorities with mem-bers of both parties. Angie will try to find budget cuts that make sense. Angie will seek all opportunities to balance the budget. But none of this will come at the expense of seniors on Social Security or Medi-care. None of it will be at the expense of educational programs supported by the federal government, including early childhood programs, special educa-tion, job retraining, veter-ans programs, the GI bill or federal support for col-lege and technical educa-tion. None of it will be at the expense of a strong — but lean — military. Angie supports the middle class, the economy that they cre-ate, and the families that they love. Say “no” to the Free-dom Caucus and those who want to be like them.

JIM JOHNSONEagan

Correction An article in the March 18, 2016, edition of the ourLife section in the Sun Thisweek newspapers in-correctly duplicated con-tent from another article in the section. The article, “Eden Prairie Realtor constructs his own home, including observatory,” is available in its entirety on the Sun Thisweek website, sun-thisweek.com, under the “Community” category, or search “March ourLife.” Sun Thisweek regrets the error.

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by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


District 194 recently un-veiled a detailed communi-cations plan to tell its own stories to develop its own brand. Communications Direc-tor Amy Olson said the dis-trict has numerous positive stories to share of student and staff achievements in addition to its innovative programs, and has devel-oped a detailed strategic communications plan to highlight what makes the district unique. “We have so many great stories to tell,” Olson said. “There are so many amaz-ing things that are happen-ing in our classrooms each day, and getting to share just a fraction of those is an honor for us.” The plan proposes the district create its own in-ternal and external news engine, using its resources to tell district stories, har-

nessing content for positive media relations and de-veloping a comprehensive strategy for social media. Olson said the district will use both print and video, and may do some advertising depending on who the core audience is and if its research indicates it could be effective. Staff communications are proposed to inform, engage and inspire staff members, providing infor-mation so they can be am-bassadors for the district. Proposed is a refine-ment of the district’s inter-nal weekly administrative update, development of a secure intranet website for staff communications and an electronic publication for regular staff updates. Also proposed is sup-port for two-way commu-nication efforts between administration and staff. Additional plan com-ponents being developed focus on social media, mar-

keting and editorial plans that will dovetail with the district’s strategic commu-nications plan. Communications Spe-cialist Stephanie Kass’ title is proposed to be converted to marketing communica-tions coordinator under the proposal. “What we’re asking of staff is a combination of marketing and communi-cations,” Olson said, not-ing that Kass has strengths in marketing and design that are helping the district develop a consistent look and feel to its publications.

She said Kass has helped develop market-ing materials for new pro-grams like MNCAPS, the district’s joint venture with Prior Lake-Savage Public Schools to develop a pro-fessional studies school set to open this fall. “She has a beautiful eye for design,” Olson said. The district may also collaborate with the city of Lakeville and the Lakeville Area Chamber of Com-merce, participate in spe-cial events and support trade shows and commu-nity celebrations to pro-

mote programs and share its work. It recommends estab-lishing a budget for pro-motions that may include media buys, radio sponsor-ships and Google and so-cial media ads. Olson said the recom-mendations will be includ-ed in the 2016-17 budget. One of the goals of the plan is to attract new stu-dents to the district, but Olson said there is no set number identified. In recent years Dis-trict 194 has expanded its educational programming, which has reversed the trend of more students en-rolling out of the district. The majority of District 194 students now enroll into the district. The district’s educa-tional opportunities have grown to include LinK12, an online school; hybrid classes that combine online and in-school learning; a business academy; and Im-

pact Academy, an elemen-tary learning model that operates in an open setting and emphasizes collabora-tion and community ser-vice and promotes based on ability, not age. Olson said she is most excited about the oppor-tunity the communications plan offers for the district to tell stories that highlight its staff. “There’s just so much going on,” Olson said. “And for us to be able to connect the community to the classroom and vice versa, it’s really an honor. Our staff members are re-ally incredible, and for us to be able to share how they’re making a difference for our students is just amazing to me.” The School Board is expected to further discuss the plan in April.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Lakeville School District to share its own stories Communications plan to highlight students, staff, programs


team title in school his-tory. The team also had several impressive individ-ual performances. Jackson Reichert, Zander Gorton and Ben Brekke, all ninth-graders, took fifth, sixth and 11th place, respec-tively. Eighth-grader Jarett Mosoti took 13th place in-dividually. Other members of the Metcalf team that par-ticipated at state are Ar-baz Ansar, Griffin Boos, Jacob Callenius, Tommy Faba, Anthony Friedma-nn, Noah Helke, Wes Ho, Mark Huttman, Kent Le-Vu, Lyla Lichliter, Andrew Madonna, Andrew Moe, Matt Nguyen, Chance Persons, Collin Ridgeway, Zach Smith, Adam Sta-dick, Brayden Taheri, Ross Waataja, David Wilkens and Carson Zerr.

Nominations open for Coskran Volunteer Awards Nominations are now open for the 2016 John Coskran Volunteer Award, presented annu-ally in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191. The award honors ex-traordinary volunteers who give of their time and talents to enhance students’ educational ex-perience and achievement, and/or demonstrate the importance of volunteer-ism and good citizenship. Business people, com-munity residents, students, parents, staff members and alumni are eligible for the award. Nominations are due by Monday, April 18, and can be submitted by any group or individual who benefits from District 191’s volunteer program. Selection is based upon effort, scope and impact of the volunteer’s service. The award is named in honor of John Coskran,

a former associate direc-tor of Catholic Charities, former District 191 Board of Education member and longtime advocate for vol-unteerism. Nomination forms are available on the district website at www.isd191.org or by contacting Ruth Dunn, the district’s com-munications director, at [email protected] or 952-707-2020. For more informa-tion about the award and to view past recipients, visit: http://tinyurl.com/hl52frm.

EHS robotics team qualifies for world competition “The Q is Silqent” ro-botics team competing for Eagan High School quali-fied to the FIRST World Championships with its performance at a tourna-ment in Iowa. The team was awarded the third place Inspire Award at the FTC North Super Re-gional in Cedar Rapids. “The Q” also finished its qualification rounds in first place which al-lowed the team to captain an alliance in the playoff rounds. The team’s alli-ance advanced to the divi-sion finals before losing 2 matches to 1. Both the award and the robot performance allow “The Q” to continue on to the FIRST Champion-ships, to be held at the end of April in St. Louis, Mis-souri. FTC, or FIRST Tech-nology Challenge, teams in grades seven to 12 are challenged to design, build, program, and oper-ate robots to play a floor game in an alliance for-mat. Guided by adult coach-es and mentors, students develop STEM skills and practice engineering prin-ciples, while realizing the value of hard work, inno-vation, and sharing ideas. The robot kit is reusable

from year-to-year and can be programmed using a variety of languages. Teams also must raise funds, design and mar-ket their team brand, and do community outreach for which they can win awards. Participants have access to college schol-arships. Each season concludes with regional championships and an ex-citing FIRST Champion-ship. The Inspire Award is a judged award given to the team that truly embod-ies the “challenge” of the FTC program. The team that receives this award is a strong ambassador for FIRST programs and a role model FTC team.

District 196 teams qualify for state Destination ImagiNation Twenty-four teams from 14 District 196 schools had top finishes at the east metro tourna-ment March 12 and quali-fied to compete at the Destination ImagiNation state tournament April 9 in Champlin. Destination Imagi-Nation is a worldwide, performance-based com-petition that develops students’ creative skills through problem-solving, improvisation, teamwork and independent think-ing. Teams of students ranging from elementary to high school compete by age level in one of eight different challenges: technical, scientific, struc-tural, fine arts, improvisa-tion, service learning, ear-ly learning and an instant challenge. The top two or three finishers in each challenge and age level qualified for the state tournament. The 24 state qualifying teams from District 196 are listed below by chal-lenge category; District 196 teams qualified in six of the eight challenges.

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SeniorsApple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the fol-lowing activities, which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityofap-plevalley.org. Monday, March 28 – Int. Line Danc-ing, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Executive Committee, 10 a.m.; Zumba Toning, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Tues-day Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Cribbage, noon; Pool, noon; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Spanish – Intermediate, 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 30 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Vel-vet Tones, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Men’s Bowling at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Pool, noon; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Tai Chi, 2 p.m. Thursday, March 31 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Hardan-ger, 1 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Color & Chat, 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 1 – Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Men’s Bowling at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Members Bingo, 12:30 p.m.

Burnsville recycling workshop Burnsville Recreation is offering a recycling workshop for seniors 62 and older 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7, at Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic

Center Parkway, Burnsville. Participants will learn about the his-tory of recycling and what is recyclable in the modern world. The event will include fun ways to reuse items for the sake of art, as well as a “low-waste” lunch. Cost is $5. Register by April 1 by phone at 952-895-4500, online at www.burnsville.org/recreation (click “Online Registration”), or in person at Burnsville City Hall’s Recreation Office, 100 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is locat-ed in the Diamondhead Education Cen-ter at 200 W. Burnsville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior events. Monday, March 28 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Card Re-cycle, 12:45 p.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; Coffee Talk – Fond Farewell, 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 – Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; SS Yoga, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Evening Taxes, 5:30 p.m., Presbyterian Church of the Apos-tles. Wednesday, March 30 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Taxes, 9 a.m. to noon; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Chair Tai Chi, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m. Thursday, March 31 – Health Insur-ance Council, 9 a.m.; SS Yoga, 10:30 a.m.; Nicollet Beach Party, 1-4 p.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, April 1 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Paint-ing, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; SS Flex.

Eagan seniors The following senior activities are of-fered by the Eagan Parks and Recreation Department in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Cen-

tral Parkway. Call 651-675-5500 for more information. Monday, March 28 – Zumba (Oasis), 9 a.m.; F&Fab, 10 a.m.; FFL (Oasis), 11 a.m.; Drop In Time, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 – Drop In Time, 9:30-11:30 a.m.; Euchre/500, 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, March 30 – Coffee, Con-versations & Games, 9 a.m.; Wisdom Teeth, 10:30 a.m.; Potluck, 11:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:45 p.m. Thursday, March 31 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m. Friday, April 1 – Mahjong Demo, 10 a.m.; Zumba (Oasis), 10:15 a.m.; S/B/Yoga (Oasis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m. For full information on senior events and details, read the Front Porch newslet-ter on the city of Eagan website. Become a senior center member for a $10 annual fee and receive the Front Porch quarterly by mail. For questions or to register for events and pay by credit card, call Eagan Parks and Recreation Department.

Rosemount seniors The following activities are sponsored by the Rosemount Parks and Recreation Department and the Rosemount Area Seniors. For more information, call the Rosemount Parks and Recreation De-partment at 651-322-6000. Monday, March 28 – Bridge, 9 a.m.; Taxes, 9 a.m., Room 200; 500, 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 – Coffee, 8 a.m., Rosemount Cub; Bid Euchre, 9 a.m.; Bowling, 9:30 a.m., Eagan. Wednesday, March 30 – Velvet Tones, 10 a.m., Apple Valley Senior Center. Thursday, March 31 – Yoga, 1 p.m. Friday, April 1 – Euchre, 9 a.m.; Bowl-ing, 1 p.m., Apple Valley. Saturday, April 2 – “Northern Dar-ling” Concert, 7 p.m., Assembly Hall. The Rosemount Area Seniors are lo-cated in the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Rob-ert Trail. Cards and games take place in

Room 100. Check room schedules at the facility for locations of other programs and activities.

Lakeville seniors All Lakeville Area Active Adults events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for information. Monday, March 28 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Computer Tutoring, 9 a.m.; Inter-val Walking, 9:30 a.m.; Knitting Class, 9:30 a.m.; Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Legal Advice, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Crib-bage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards and Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Basic Spanish Class, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 – Dominoes & Poker, 9 a.m.; Tappercize, 9:30 a.m.; Cre-ative Writing, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 10:30 a.m.; Fitness Nutrition 2, noon; Party Bridge, noon; Ping Pong, 12:30 p.m.; Billiards, 1 p.m.; Weight Lifting 101, 1:30 p.m.; Pi-lates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 30 – Poker & Hearts, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Pinochle, noon. Thursday, March 31 – Classic Voices Chorus, 9 a.m.; Interval Walking, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Chorus, 10:30 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Red Hat Chorus at Trinity Ter-race, 1:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Lasagna Dinner, 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 1 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Pok-er & 500, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Du-plicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Oil & Acrylic Painting, 1 p.m. Deadline: iPad – Back to Basics.

ReligionProgram on Islam and Christianity Community of Christ Church, 5990 134th St. Court, Apple Valley, will explore the similarities and differenc-es between Islam and Christianity at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 12. A representative from the Islamic Resource Group will facilitate this opportunity to promote greater un-derstanding and peace in a multi-faith world. The event is open to all.

Women’s luncheon The Minnesota Valley Christian Women’s Connec-tion will hold its April luncheon 12:30-2 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at GrandStay Hotel and Conference Center, 7083 153rd St., Apple Valley. Rita Weber, singer, songwriter, and award-winning humorous speaker, will tell how she took advantage of adversity. Staff from Terra Nursery in Lakeville will

share gardening tips. Cost is $16. To RSVP, call Jan at 651-434-5795.

Growing Through Loss series begins A five-week Growing Through Loss series will be offered by the Interdenominational Coalition of South Suburban Churches 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays, April 5 through May 3, at Church of St. Peter, 1405 Highway 13, Mendota. Suggested donation per ses-sion is $3. Call Barb Korman, 651-452-8261, or email [email protected] with questions. The next series will be held at Augustana Lutheran Church in West St. Paul in September and October.

Sweetwater Revival concert Sweetwater Revival’s Hallelujah Homecoming Con-cert will be 6 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at Trinity Evan-gelical Free Church, 10658 210th St. W., Lakeville.

Special guests will be The Perrys. The concert will feature pianist and emcee Michael Fischer. Advance tickets are $20; tickets at the door will be $25. For more information, visit www.SweetwaterRe-vival.com or call 651-638-6333.

Pork chops and music The Church of St. Joseph in Rosemount is hosting the University of St. Thomas Summit Singers and KC Pork Chop-on-a-Stick Feed Saturday, April 9. The con-cert benefits St. Joe’s adult mission trip to Haiti. The meal, to be served at 6 p.m., includes pork chops, fries, coleslaw and cookies. The men’s a capella group from St. Thomas per-forms at 7 p.m. A freewill offering will be taken. The church is at 13900 Biscayne Ave. in Rosemount. Call 651-423-4402 for more information.


functioned as a museum with displays and artifacts from the city’s history. “One upside of this whole thing is that the vis-ibility of the building has increased and we’ve heard the community’s apprecia-tion for the city’s decision to salvage the building in-stead of totaling it,” Foote said. After considering a number of options, Eagan officials agreed to restore the building and hired MacDonald & Mack Ar-chitects, a Minneapolis firm that specializes in preservation and restora-tion of historic properties. As workers removed frames and boards for refinishing, they discov-ered the town hall’s origi-

nal green and white paint scheme. The interior was also restored to resemble its original appearance with avocado-green walls and a cedar shake roof. Modern heating and cooling sys-tems were added to make the building more com-fortable for guests and to better preserve artifacts inside. The $500,000 restora-tion of the building was completed in recent weeks. The city received only $104,000 from its insur-ance claim so the rest of the cost was covered by a $160,000 grant, $16,000 in donations and approxi-mately $220,000 from the city’s community invest-ment fund. Donations are being sought to cover the cost of

creating displays for arti-facts and landscaping out-side the Old Town Hall. The town hall’s original potbelly stove and a few benches have gone back inside, but the historical society plans to carefully go through its artifacts be-fore deciding which to dis-play, and how to display them, inside the restored building. “It needs to be a thoughtful process that will take some time,” Foote said. The building is still closed to the public. A re-opening event for the pub-lic will likely take place in June. Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Restoration of the Town Hall cost $500,000. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

Rhythmic Circus to play BurnsvilleRotary’s Concert for Caring Burnsville Rotary, with the support of the Walser Foundation and the Dr. LaChapelle Charitable Fund, will host the Con-cert for Caring on Satur-day, April 23, at the Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. S. It’s the Burnsville Ro-tary’s 40th annual com-munity fundraising event. Doors open at 6 p.m. There will be live and silent auctions, compli-mentary appetizers and a performance by the Real Big Band, an 18-piece jazz

ensemble. Rhythmic Circus per-forms an inventive style of rapid-fire tap with a variety of musical genres to create a show that por-trays the power of the hu-man spirit. The show has won two SAGE Awards for Outstanding Ensemble and Performance, a Spirit of the Fringe Award, two Upper Midwest Emmys and has been named Best Dance Performance by City Pages. Burnsville Rotary supports more than 30

charities, including Lewis House, DARTS, Meals on Wheels, YMCA and 360 Communities. Bidding on auction items can be done online after Thursday, April 11. Visit www.BiddingFor-Good.com/BurnsvilleRo-tary to view more than 200 items from yoga classes to jewelry to vacation pack-ages. Tickets for the Concert for Caring are $39 and are available at the Ames Cen-ter box office or ticketmas-ter.com.

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hearing on Monday, May 23. Since the Vikings an-nounced their plans to buy the former Northwest headquarters property in August, the team and city planners have worked to create two extensive docu-ments: the Northeast Ea-gan Development Plan and the Design Guide-lines. The plan identifies seven parcels for develop-ment. The team plans to develop the site — which includes the 185-acre for-mer Northwest site and an adjacent eight-acre prop-erty — in phases over sev-eral years. The first phase includes the construction of the team’s corporate headquarters, training fa-cilities, practice fields and

a 6,000-seat stadium that would be located in the north-central portion of

the site. The team may consider adding more seating at the

stadium, if needed, in later phases of the project, said Steve Poppen, executive

vice president and chief marketing officer for the Vikings. The location of the headquarters site has changed considerably compared with earlier plans, which placed it farther north. The team moved the proposed sta-dium further south to a lower elevation on the site due to concerns voiced by Mendota Heights resi-dents, Poppen said. The Vikings’ three-story head-quarters and adjoined in-door practice facility will tower above the stadium and provide a sound and light barrier to homes on the other side of the high-way. The latest plans also switch the location of the proposed residential area with the office space, which will enable office

tenants to access current parking on the eastern side of the property and protect green spaces on the western side, Poppen said. Those plans are in-cluded in later phases of the project. If the project gains nec-essary approvals, it could break ground as early as June. Vikings officials say they expect the first phase would be completed in March 2018 at the earli-est. The team will need City Council approval for changes to the land uses before work can begin. In the meantime, the team will continue to oc-cupy its outdated Winter Park facility in Eden Prai-rie.

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

Vikings owners filed on March 16 a 200-page application that details their plans to develop 193 acres located just off Interstate-494 at the intersection of Dodd Road and Lone Oak Parkway. The site includes the former Northwest Airlines property the team bought in January. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

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actively ask about how others see the city.” To demonstrate Eagan’s diverse perspectives, Ma-

guire included video in-terviews of eight residents from various backgrounds who shared their insight during the early stages of the Eagan Forward pro-

cess. The videos included in-terviews with a longtime resident who wants Eagan to stay largely the same; a young couple who would

like to see more indepen-dent restaurants and rec-reational opportunities in the city; an African-Amer-ican man who commends the Eagan Police Depart-

ment for its positive work with minorities but would like to see more minor-ity officers on the force; a recent immigrant from In-dia who would like to see

more cultural influence in the community; and a newly retired woman who wonders if Eagan has

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See CITY, 11A


enough single-story and senior housing to meet the needs of the aging population. The mayor also shared a video interview with a young woman who was homeless as a teen-ager and helped by the Lincoln Place, and who expressed the need for more such shelters in the region. Maguire noted that Eagan’s demographics have changed consider-ably in the last 20 years. It has become increas-ingly diverse since 1990 when 93 percent of the population was white. The latest census data shows that number is down 15 percent. The data show that minori-ties make up 32 percent of School District 196’s population in Eagan, 37 percent of District 191’s and 45 percent of Dis-trict 197’s. The Eagan Forward visioning process began nine months ago under the guidance of Next Generation Consult-ing. The city hired the Madison-based consult-ing firm last year to help create a 20-year vision for Eagan. Since then, the firm has conduct-ed months of analysis, interviews and focus groups involving resi-dents, businesses, city leaders and school ad-ministrators and created a plan that lists numer-ous strategies to address the needs and interests of the city’s existing and future populations. The city started the conversation, but the community will be the driving force in turning the vision into a reality,

Maguire said in his ad-dress at City Hall. Though Maguire fo-cused much of his speech on the community’s fu-ture, he also highlighted Eagan’s present accom-plishments. Maguire noted that the city’s finances rank among the top 1 percent of cities nationwide, ac-cording to independent credit rating agencies. “That prudent, cau-tious, responsible, fiscal approach is hard-wired; it’s part of the contract between citizens and their government to pro-vide services residents demand — now or in the future — at the lowest responsible price while maintaining strong fi-nancial stewardship.” Crime has gone down in the city, despite an increase in service calls due to the aging popula-tion. Maguire recognized the police and fire de-partments for their work in building a case against two men who were charged with setting fire to Eagan’s Old Town Hall, which has since been restored. During his speech, Maguire announced that on March 16, the Min-nesota Vikings and team owners submitted plans for how they would de-velop the 194 acres in northeastern Eagan, which includes the for-mer Northwest Airlines headquarters. The first phase of the plan in-cludes construction of the team’s headquarters and practice facility. The Planning Com-mission is expected to review the team’s docu-ments and issue an ad-visory opinion during its

April 26 meeting. From there, the City Council will review the applica-tion and hold a public hearing on Monday, May 23. “By now, Eagan is getting rather used to handling these sorts of large, creative, impact-ful proposals,” Maguire said. Numerous other proj-ects have been taking shaping in Eagan such as the Flats in Cedar Grove and CityVue apartments, both of which opened earlier this year. Construction of Cen-tral Park Commons is underway at Yankee Doodle and Pilot Knob roads. Following on the heels of the Twin Cit-ies Premium Outlets, the Commons will be the largest mixed-use development since the 8 0 0 , 0 0 0 - s q u a re - fo o t Fountains at Arbor Lakes opened in Maple Grove, Maguire said. Citing a Minnesota state demographer’s re-port that more people will retire and move out of the workforce in the next 15 years than in the last six decades, Maguire emphasized the impor-tance of attracting the best and brightest work-ers to Eagan. “I believe Eagan, which has accomplished so much already, can go far,” Maguire said. “We can stand out not sim-ply for award-winning administration but as an active, vibrant, exciting, forward-thinking com-munity.”

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

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SportsBurnsville wins varsity weightlifting team title by Mike Shaughnessy


Burnsville’s won its third consecutive varsity team championship at the Minnesota high school state weightlifting meet March 12, and five Blaze weightlifters won individ-ual titles. Rosemount took fourth and Lakeville South was sixth among schools that entered the varsity compe-tition. Cannon Falls won the junior varsity meet with Burnsville finishing second. In weightlifting, the varsity-junior varsity designation is determined by age; lifters 17 and older are in the varsity division and those 16 and younger are in junior varsity. The Blaze scored 43 points in the varsity meet, with male and female lift-ers contributing points to the team total. Rob-binsdale Armstrong was second with 36 points and Cannon Falls was third with 35. Three Burnsville lifters won their weight divisions in the varsity meet. Noah Bachmeier completed all six of his lifts success-fully (three snatch, three clean and jerk) and won the boys 69-kilogram di-vision. Bachmeier’s total was 197kg, combining his best snatch and clean and jerk. Nick Burton of Burns-

ville won the boys 105+ division with 247kg, with teammate Andy Samuel finishing second with 236kg. Adonya Gray of Burnsville lifted 122kg to win the girls varsity 69kg weight class. Other top finishers for Burnsville in the varsity di-vision were Anthony Vang (fourth in boys 56kg), Ben Anderson (sixth in boys 56kg), Travis Agarano (second in boys 62kg), Luke Simon (third in boys 62kg), Jared Shearer (third in boys 69kg), Alex Garlington (second in

boys 77kg), Eric Voxland (second in boys 85kg), Jared Lozano (sixth in boys 85kg), Binh Nguyen (fourth in boys 94kg), Angel Cruz (sixth in girls 53kg), April Kim (fourth in girls 63kg), Taylor Gil-bertson (third in girls 75+kg), Amanda Dack (fourth in girls 75+kg) and Emily Johnson (fifth in girls 75+kg). Trevor Liggett of Rose-mount lifted 233kg to win the boys varsity 94kg weight class. The Irish’s Grace Knoll won the girls varsity 48kg division, lift-

ing 79kg. Rosemount’s David Hausmann was second in the boys 56kg division, with Logan Bruce taking second at 105kg. Andrea Holtz placed sixth in the girls varsity 63kg division. Alicia Vogel of Lakev-ille South lifted 166kg to win the girls varsity 75+kg weight class. Tyler Car-mody (fifth in boys 69kg), Pete Eklund (fifth in boys 85kg) and Matt Eklund (seventh in boys 85kg) also placed for the Cougars in the varsity division. Jordan Tompkins of

Burnsville lifted 100kg to win the boys junior var-sity 50kg weight class. Also winning a JV divi-sion championship was the Blaze’s Elena Pearce, who lifted 60kg in the girls 44kg weight class. Also placing for Burns-ville in the junior varsity division were Jake Boat-man (second in boys 69kg), Nick Gilman (fifth in boys 69kg), Darien Clayborne (fifth in boys 77kg), Drew Schwab (eighth in boys 77kg), Lucas Moreno (third in boys 85kg), Kyle Atkinson

(fourth in boys 94+kg), Erin Bachmeier (second in girls 48kg), Lauren Jensen (third in girls 48kg), Miah Keller (second in girls 63kg), Emma Buchanan (sixth in girls 63kg) and Natalie Thoresen (fourth in girls 69kg). Matt Borowicz of Lakeville South lifted 210kg to win the boys ju-nior varsity 94+kg weight class. Nick Rousemiller placed second in the boys 85kg class, William Rouse-miller was sixth at boys 85kg, Brock Mergen was sixth at boys 50kg and T.J. Nelson was seventh at boys 77kg. The Cougars’ Maddie Differding was second in the girls junior varsity 53kg weight class, with Adele Wolf placing third at 58kg. Theresa Hausmann of Rosemount lifted 143kg to win the girls junior varsity 69kg weight class. Sarah Hammond finished third in the 44kg division and Tsola Oneserosin was third in the 69kg class. The Irish’s Sam Johnson was fourth in the boys junior varsity 62kg division and Josiah Skaar was fourth at 85kg. Timothy McNa-mara was fourth at boys junior varsity 69kg. Jared Flannery was 11th at boys junior varsity 77kg.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

The Burnsville High School weightlifting team celebrates after winning its third consecutive state team champion-ship March 12 at Lakeville South High School. (Submitted photo)

Fasching’s off to Buffalo

Burnsville native and former Apple Valley High School player Hudson Fasching (24) is shown playing for the University of Minnesota in an NCAA men’s hockey tour-nament game in 2014. Fasching began his professional hockey career this week by signing a three-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres and could make his NHL debut as early as Saturday. Fasching had one year of eligibility remaining at Minnesota but is expected to complete his degree this spring. He had 20 goals and 38 points in 37 games this season for the Gophers, whose season ended with a loss to Michigan in the championship game of the Big Ten Conference tournament. He was named second-team All-Big Ten. Fasching played for Apple Valley during his freshman and sophomore years of high school, helping the Eagles qualify for the 2010 state Class AA tournament. (File photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Local swimmers haul in medals at Senior StateLakeville’s Smith, Eagan’s Lemke

among standouts Riptide Swim Team of Apple Valley won the men’s, women’s and over-all team championships at the Minnesota Senior State meet March 10-13 at the University of Minne-sota Aquatic Center. Along the way, Riptide swimmer Regan Smith of Lakeville won seven indi-vidual events in the wom-en’s 13-14 age group, set-ting state records in each. Three of the records she broke were her own. For the weekend, Smith earned nine first-place medals, including two in relays, and was the women’s high point award winner. Riptide won the overall and women’s team cham-pionships by wide mar-gins. The club won the men’s team championship by about 30 points over Blackline Aquatics, which is based in Farmington and trains at several pools in the south metro. Smith took second in two events at the 2014 state high school Class

AA meet, swimming as a seventh-grader for Lakev-ille North. She did not compete in the 2015 high school season and re-mained with her club. Last summer, she earned two qualifying times for the U.S. Olympic Trials, which will take place in June in Omaha, Nebraska. Smith’s record times at the senior state meet included 1 minute, 46.77 seconds in the 200-yard freestyle and 1:55.23 in the 200 backstroke. Not only are those state records for the 13-14 age group, they’re faster than the ex-isting records for the 17-18 age group. She also won the 500 freestyle (4:53.15), 100 backstroke (52.58), 200 butterfly (1:59.73), 200 in-dividual medley (2:00.28) and 400 individual medley (4:15.80). Smith and Lakeville South High School senior Shea Bougie swam on two first-place relays for Rip-tide. Lakeville South senior and Riptide swimmer Bri-anna Alexander was sixth in the women’s high point standings, while Bougie was eighth. Alexander had

a second-place finish in the 200 breaststroke. Quenton Steffen of Ea-gan and Noah Peterson of Rosemount, both of whom swam in the state boys high school Class AA meet the first weekend in March, helped Riptide to the men’s team champi-onship at the senior state meet. Steffen had three top-eight finishes and Pe-terson had one. One of Blackline Aquatics’ top swimmers at the senior state meet was Parker Lemke, who helped lead Eagan to third place in the state high school boys Class AA meet ear-lier this month. Lemke won the 200 freestyle in 1:39.70, the 500 freestyle in 4:35.69 and the 200 backstroke in 1:48.56. He took third place in the 100 freestyle and was sixth in the 50 freestyle. Blackline’s Sam Pek-arek, an Eastview High School junior, also had a strong meet, taking first in the 400 individual medley (4:01.79), sixth in the 100 freestyle, fourth in the 200 freestyle, second in the 500 freestyle, second in the 200 breaststroke and sixth in the 100 butterfly.

Eastview guard Allie Pickrain goes to the basket against Hopkins during the state Class 4A girls basketball semifinals March 17 at Williams Arena. The Lightning lost 85-67 but defeated White Bear Lake 53-48 two days later to take third place. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)

Lightning’s tradition of success continuesEastview girls close season-

with victory over White Bear Lake by Mike Shaughnessy


Few programs have won with as much consis-tency as Eastview’s girls basketball team. The Lightning is the only team to reach the semifinals of the state Class 4A tournament the last five years with a championship, a second-place finish, two thirds and a fourth during that span. Eastview is 142-18 over the last five seasons with three South Subur-ban Conference champi-onships. It was important to this year’s team that the pat-tern of success remain, even though some of the names have changed. “I don’t even know that our kids realized East-view’s been to the state

semifinals the last five years,” first-year head coach Molly Kasper said, “but it’s a testament to what all the people who played and coached here have been able to build.” Eastview (27-5) closed its 2015-16 season with a victory, defeating White Bear Lake 53-48 in the Class 4A third-place game Saturday at Concordia University in St. Paul. The Lightning appears to have a head start on another state tournament appear-ance in 2017 as it will re-turn four girls who started in this year’s tourney. The team loses seniors Emma Sinn, Erika Schlosser and Colleen Muraca. Schloss-er, a starting guard, was lost to a knee injury in ear-ly February but even that didn’t stop the Lightning from returning to state. “There are always sur-prises. A season is never predictable,” Kasper said. “But the way the kids played all year, and espe-cially in the last month,

made me proud.” Eastview trailed by as many as 10 points in the first half of the Class 4A third-place game before starting the second half with a 22-5 run. A layup by Sinn with 14 minutes, 12 seconds remaining gave the Lightning its first lead. Eastview held the lead the rest of the game even though White Bear Lake cut the margin to one point at 49-48 with 59 sec-onds remaining. Junior guard Allie Pickrain and sophomore forward Megan Walstad had 14 points each for the Lightning, with junior guard Rachel Ranke add-ing 12. Walstad also had 10 rebounds. Hopkins ended East-view’s bid to reach the state championship game for the third consecutive year, pulling away for an 85-67 victory in the semi-final round March 17 at Williams Arena. Eastview successfully controlled the tempo of its

first-round game against Lakeville North (a 52-35 Lightning victory March 15), but found that to be much more difficult against Hopkins. “We felt like we’d have some opportunities to score in transition,” Kasper said. “We talked about limiting their chanc-es to score in transition and taking care of the ball. We did that for a while.” Eastview led 28-25 with about four minutes left in the first half, but Hop-kins closed the half with a 14-2 run. Then the Royals scored nine of the first 11 points of the second half to expand their lead to 48-32, and the Lightning never caught up. “You have to keep Hopkins from going on a run like that if you’re go-ing to beat them,” Kasper said. “Minnetonka (which defeated Hopkins 61-52 for the Class 4A title Sat-urday night) did that in the championship game.”


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CITY OF EAGANNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 5, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. at Eagan City Hall located at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Minnesota, the Eagan City Council will hold a public hearing concerning submittal of an application to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development for a grant under the Minnesota Investment Fund (MIF) program.

The Eagan City Council is requesting approximately $400,000.00 to assist with financing expansion for J&J Solutions, Inc. d/b/a Corvida Medical, Inc. The funds will be used to assist in the creation of jobs.

All interested parties are invited to attend the public hearing at which time you will be given the opportunity to express comments on the proj-ect. Written testimony will also be accepted at the public hearing. Writ-ten comments must be received by April 5, 2016, at Eagan City Hall, 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Minnesota 55122. Specific questions can be directed to the Community Development Department, telephone number (651) 675-5660.

The City of Eagan makes reasonable accommodation for any known disability and to meet the needs of non-English speaking residents that may interfere with a person’s ability to participate in this public hearing. Persons needing an accommodation must notify the Community Devel-opment Department, telephone number (651) 675-5660, no later than April 4, 2016, to allow adequate time to make needed arrangements.

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March 25, 2016525427

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following de-scribed mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: December 17, 2004ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF MORTGAGE: $207,500.00MORTGAGOR(S): Brent F New-

ton and Heidi M. Newton Husband and Wife as joint Tenants

MORTGAGEE: First Franklin Financial Corp., subsidiary of Na-tional City Bank of Indiana

SERVICER: Specialized Loan Servicing, LLCLENDER: First Franklin Financial

Corp., subsidiary of National City Bank of Indiana.

DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Dakota County Minnesota, Record-er, on February 10, 2005, as Docu-ment No. 2294765.

ASSIGNED TO: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for FFMLT Trust 2005-FF2, Mort-gage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-FF2 Dated: August 10, 2011, and recorded January 10, 2012 by Document No. 2841493.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:

Lot 5, Block 4, Burnsville High-lands first addition, Dakota County, Minnesota.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 13628 Washburn Ave S, Burnsville, MN 55337PROPERTY I.D: 02-15550-04-050COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: DakotaTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO

BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: One Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Nine and 98/100 ($196,699.98)

THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recov-er the debt secured by said mort-gage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and acceleration requirements of said mortgage, and/or applicable statutes;

PURSUANT, to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM on February 2, 2016PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff`s Main

Office, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Highway 55, Hastings, MN 55033-2343

to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is 6.00 months from the date of sale. If Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the prop-erty is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on August 2, 2016, or the next business day if August 2, 2016 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”

Dated: December 18, 2015Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for FFMLT Trust 2005-FF2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-FF2Randall S. Miller & Associates, PLLCAttorneys for Assignee of Mort-gage/MortgageeCanadian Pacific Plaza, 120 South Sixth Street, Suite 2050Minneapolis, MN 55402Phone: 952-232-0052Our File No. 15MN00512-1THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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December 18, 25, 2015, January 1, 8, 15, 22, 2016

NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALEThe above referenced sale

scheduled for March 22, 2016 at

10:00 AM , has been postponed to August 22, 2016 at 10:00 AM, lo-cated at Sheriff`s Main Office, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Highway 55, Hastings, MN 55033-2343, Da-kota Minnesota

The time allowed by law for re-demption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is 5 weeks from the date of sale. If Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the property is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or be-fore 11:59 p.m. on September 26, 2016, or the next business day if September 26, 2016 falls on a Sat-urday, Sunday or legal holiday.

Dated: March 22, 2016Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for FFMLT Trust 2005-FF2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-FF2Sonja Ortiz (0304918)Attorneys for Deutsche Bank Na-tional Trust Company, as Trustee for FFMLT Trust 2005-FF2, Mort-gage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-FF2 Randall S. Miller & Associates, PLLCCanadian Pacific Plaza, 120 South Sixth Street, Suite 2050Minneapolis, MN 55402(952) 232-0052Our File No. 15MN00512-1PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THIS OFFICE MAY BE DEEMED A DEBT COLLECTOR ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT AND DOES NOT IMPLY THAT WE ARE ATTEMPT-ING TO COLLECT MONEY FROM ANYONE WHO HAS DISCHARGED THE DEBT UNDER THE BANK-RUPTCY LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.


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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE FEB. 23, 2016

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WITH THE FULL

TEXT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT WWW.DISTRICT196.ORG

OR AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE OR BY STANDARD

OR ELECTRONIC MAIL.The meeting was called to order

at 5:03 p.m. at the District Office. Present: Albright, Coulson, Duch-scher, Huusko, Magnuson, Roseen, Schutte and Supt. Berenz.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve the agenda.

Rosemount City Administrator Dwight Johnson and Mayor William Droste urged the district to recon-sider an alternate Rosemount site that was included in the original properties identified but not one of the four finalist sites.

Director of Finance and Opera-tions Jeff Solomon reviewed the criteria for elementary school land and reported the board authorized negotiations with land owners. Dur-ing that process it was determined the Traditions property located near the intersection of 160th Street and Diamond Path in the City of Lakev-ille met the criteria and was the most suitable of the four sites.

Motion by Albright, seconded by Huusko and carried with a 7-0 vote to approve closing the meet-ing pursuant to M.S. 13D.05, Subd. 3 (c)(3). A public body may close a meeting to develop or consider offers or counteroffers for the pur-chase or sale of real or personal property to discuss the purchase of the property.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Duchscher and carried with a 7-0 vote to approve re-opening the meeting.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Roseen and carried with a 7-0 vote to authorize the administration to prepare a purchase agreement for the Traditions property.

Motion by Roseen, seconded by Huusko and carried with a 7-0 vote to adjourn the meeting at 6:02 p.m.

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MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclu-sive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a

business.ASSUMED NAME: Copper CardinalPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 2512 Hayes DriveBurnsville, MN 55337NAMEHOLDER(S): Kathryn Soucek2512 Hayes DriveBurnsville, MN 55337I, the undersigned, certify that

I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the appli-cable chapter of Minnesota Stat-utes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

DATE FILED: July 30, 2015SIGNED BY: Kathryn Soucek


March 25, April 1, 2016525255

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSLAKEVILLE NORTH HIGH

SCHOOL REKEYING AND DOOR HARDWARE

REPLACEMENT19600 IPAVA AVENUE

LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044

Independent School District #194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Lakeville North High School Rekeying and Door Hard-ware Replacement until 3:00 PM local time on April 12, 2016 at the Independent School District #194 District Office, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota, 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Architects and Engineers, 332 Min-nesota Street, Suite W2000, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101. (651) 227-7773; at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construc-tion/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell at www.e-arc.com/MN/Plymouth

Mankato Builders Exchange; Builders Exchange of Rochester; St. Cloud Builders Exchange; Mid Minnesota Builders Exchange (Will-mar, MN);

This project includes: Building wide door hardware replacement including new cylinders, cores and other miscellaneous hardware re-placement.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available on or about March 15, 2016. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the inter-net at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Lakeville North High School Rekeying and Door Hardware Replacement.

Make proposals on the bid forms supplied in the Project Manual. No oral, telegraphic or telephonic proposals or modifications will be considered. Submit with each bid, a certified check or acceptable bid-der’s bond payable to Independent School District #194 in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid. The successful bidder will be required to furnish satisfactory Labor and Material Payment Bond, and Performance Bond.

Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty (30) days after the scheduled time of opening bids, without the consent of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to accept any bid or to reject any or all bids, or parts of such bids, and waive informalities or irregularities in bidding.

A prebid walkthrough has been scheduled for 3:00 PM on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. Meet at the main entrance.

The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project on or be-fore August 19, 2016.Board of EducationINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT #194

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THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE MAR. 1, 2016 SCHOOL

BOARD MEETING WITH THE FULL TEXT AVAILABLE FOR

PUBLIC INSPECTION AT WWW.DISTRICT196.ORG

OR AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE OR BY STANDARD

OR ELECTRONIC MAIL.The meeting was called to order

at 4:33 p.m. at the District Office. Present: Albright, Huusko, Magnu-son, Roseen and Supt. Berenz.

Motion by Roseen, seconded by Huusko and carried with a 4-0 vote to approve the agenda.

School District Attorney Jill Coyle asked the board to adopt a resolution to expel a student im-mediately, through the remainder of the 2015-16 school year, continu-ing through and including June 10, 2016.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried with a 4-0 to approve the resolution.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried with a 4-0 vote to adjourn the meeting at 4:35 p.m.



March 25, 2016523992

MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

The filing of an assumed namedoes not provide a user with exclu-sive rights to that name. The filingis required for consumer protectionin order to enable customers to be

able to identify the true owner of abusiness.

1. List the exact assumed name under which the business is or willbe conducted:

Crayford Woodworks2. Principal Place of Business:4478 Lakeshore TerraceEagan, MN 55122 USA3. List the name and complete

street address of all persons con-ducting business under the aboveAssumed Name, OR if an entity,provide the legal corporate, LLC, orLimited Partnership name and reg-istered office address:

First Down Sales, Inc.4478 Lakeshore TerraceEagan, MN 551224. I, the undersigned, certify

that I am signing this document asthe person whose signature is re-quired, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be requiredwho has authorized me to sign thisdocument on his/her behalf, or inboth capacities. I further certify thatI have completed all required fields,and that the information in thisdocument is true and correct andin compliance with the applicablechapter of Minnesota Statutes. I un-derstand that by signing this docu-ment I am subject to the penaltiesof perjury as set forth in Section609.48 as if I had signed this docu-ment under oath.

Date: 03/11/2016SIGNED BY:Jeremy J. Crayford, Owner

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March 18, 2016 & March 25, 2016521988


ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSMULTI-SITE BOILER

BURNER REPLACEMENTLAKEVILLE NORTH

HIGH SCHOOL 19600 IPAVA AVENUE

LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044

LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY 19875 DODD BOULEVARD

LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044Independent School District

#194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Multi-Site Boiler Burner Replacement until 2:00 p.m. local time on April 14, 2016 at the Independent School District #194 District Office, 8670, 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Architects and Engineers, 332 Min-nesota Street, Suite W2000, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101. (651)227-7773; at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construc-tion/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell at:

w w w. e - a r c . c o m / a r c E O C /Secures/PWELL_Pr iva teL is t .aspx?PriType=pnb or Mankato Builders Exchange; Builders Ex-change of Rochester; St. Cloud Builders Exchange; Mid Minnesota Builders Exchange (Willmar, MN);

This project includes: Removal and replacement of the boiler burn-ers and associated system compo-nents.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available on or about March 24, 2016. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the inter-net at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Multi-Site Boiler Burner Replacement.





Burnsville/Eagan Sun ThisweekMarch 18, 25, 2016

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PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the Board of Di-rectors of Baseball Association 191 shall be held on Tuesday, April 26,2016 at 6:00 p.m. in the AlimagnetHouse in Alimagnet Park located two blocks north of County Road 42on County Road 11, Burnsville, MN.

The Board of Directors shallchoose officers to hold office until next such annual meeting or untiltheir successors are chosen andhave qualified.

The officers of the Corporationshall consist of a President, Secre-tary, Treasurer, and such other offi-cers as may be designated or ap-pointed by the Board of Directors onan annual basis.

Any person who is a member of the Corporation and is not a par-ent or guardian of a player on youthteams organized by the Corpora-tion, may serve as an officer of theCorporation.

Dated: March 21, 2016President: Richard McKenneySecretary: Kevin Kenly

Published inBurnsville/Eagan Sun Thisweek

March 25, 2016525129


This is a summary of the February 8, 2016 School Board Meeting with the full text available for public in-

spection at www.district196.org or at the district office or by standard or electronic mail.

The meeting was called to or-der at 6 p.m. on Feb. 8, 2016 at Dakota Ridge School followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and a mo-ment of silence for Ken Warnke, a Glacier Hills Elementary School of Arts and Science custodian and Karen Kellar, former Early Child-hood Family Services manager, who both passed away. Present: Albright, Coulson, Huusko, Mag-nuson, Roseen, Schutte and Supt. Berenz.

Magnuson administered the Oath of Office to re-elected board member Albright.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Roseen and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve the agenda.

Berenz congratulated One-Act Play casts and crews from Eagan (EHS) and Eastview (EVHS) high schools; EHS boys and EVHS girls Nordic ski teams; Luke Doolittle, EVHS for his Section 6 alpine ski championship, and Joshua Doo-little, EVHS and Robert Hapke, of Apple Valley High School (AVHS) on qualifying for state; EVHS dance team on qualifying for state, and Jill Jensen, Glacier Hills Elementary School of Arts and Science, recipi-ent of the 2016 Science Teaching Award.

Berenz thanked school coun-selors for the important work they do to help students and recognized School Board members who cu-mulatively have 116 years on the board.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Schutte and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve Consent items: Jan. 4, 20 and 25, 2016 board meeting minutes; claims, electronic funds transfer schedule; sched-ule of investments; gifts totaling $159,584.29; advertising revenue totaling $1,529; grants totaling $29,109; a contracts with PFM As-set Management LLC, Emergent Network, EarthBend and MP Nex-level; advance purchase of certain 2016-17 capital expenditures; personnel separations, leaves of absence and new staff; resolution terminating certain probationary teachers; resolutions to expel two students, and an Interagency Early Intervention Committee (IEIC) Joint Powers Agreement.

Berenz provided background on the STEM corridor at Cedar Park Elementary School of STEM, Valley Middle – School of STEM (VMSS) and Apple Valley High School (AVHS). Next year the program will expand to Echo Park. The STEM program at VMSS promotes an in-quiry approach with rigor, relevance and relationships across all areas of the curriculum.

AVHS Michael Bolsoni, assistant principal; Jim Lynch, E3 STEM pro-gram manager and student Sam-son Ghirmai shared the impact and opportunities of STEM programs at AVHS.

Magnuson turned the meeting over to Huusko at 6:30 p.m. and left.

Dir. of Finance and Operations Jeff Solomon presented an over-view of the guidelines and rec-ommendations for the 2016-17 Capital Expenditure Budget total-ing $10,635,514. Capital funding for 2016-17 is $220.17 per pupil and Solomon estimates a slight increase for the district due to an increase in pupils. The board is scheduled to take action on the capital budget at its April 18 meet-ing.

Integration/Equity Coordinator Carita Green presented an amend-ment to the 2014-17 Achievement and Integration (AI) Plan due next month to the Minnesota Depart-ment of Education (MDE) and the annual AI budget that supports the goals of the plan. The board is scheduled to take action on the AI plan amendment and budget at its March 14 meeting.

Dir. of Communications Tony Taschner and David Unmacht, Ea-gan resident and member of the Legislative Advisory Council (LAC), reported on anticipated issues for the 2016 legislative session and advocacy efforts of the LAC. Tas-chner asked the board to approve three legislative priorities for the district: to stabilize state funding for education by indexing general education funding to inflation, in-creasing special education funding and updating factors for calculat-ing equalization aid; increase fully funded early learning opportunities, and reduce mandates and increase local control. He announced there will be four openings for citizens on the LAC that will be advertised this spring.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Roseen and carried with a 5-0 vote to approve the 2016 legislative priorities.

Albright commented on the ThisWeek Readers’ Choice Awards.

Schutte encouraged people to attend high school productions and concerts.

Berenz announced the STEM Career Fair; the Environmental Col-lege and Career Fair and that public comments on world languages cur-riculum are being accepted online. She reported the district’s capture rate remains at 87 percent this year.

Motion by Albright, seconded by Roseen and carried with a 5-0 vote to adjourn the meeting at 7:20 p.m.



March 25, 2016523966

NOTICE OF SELF STORAGE SALE

Please take notice Town Centre Self Storage - Eagan located at 3495 Denmark Avenue Eagan MN 55123 intends to hold an auction of the goods stored in the following units in default for non-payment of rent. The sale will occur as an online auction via www.storagetreasures.com on 04-13-2016 at 10:00am. Unless stated otherwise the description of the contents are household goods and furnishings. Tomas Martinez; Dwight and Kaylarae Lewis and Mcdonough; Klemmensen Vickie (3 units); Michael Wolden; Dan Petersen; Susan Hauber. All property is being stored at the above self-storage facility. This sale may be withdrawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. See manager for details.

Published in theBurnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek

May 25, April 1, 2016524603


ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSLAKE MARION

ELEMENTARY BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM

REPLACEMENT 19875 DODD

BOULEVARD LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044

Independent School District #194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Lake Marion El-ementary Building Automation Sys-tem Replacement until 1:00 p.m. local time on April 7, 2016 at the Independent School District #194 District Office, 8670, 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Architects and Engineers, 332 Min-nesota Street, Suite W2000, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101. (651) 227-7773; at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construc-tion/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell at:

w w w. e - a r c . c o m / a r c E O C /Sect i res/PWELL_Pr ivateL is t .aspx?PrjType=pub or Mankato Builders Exchange; Builders Ex-change of Rochester; St. Cloud Builders Exchange; Mid Minnesota Builders Exchange (Willmar, MN);

This project includes: Complete Building Automation System Re-placement.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available on or about March 10, 2016. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the inter-net at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Lake Marion El-ementary Building Automation Sys-tem Replacement Multi Site Boiler Burner Replacement.



The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project on or be-fore August 19,2016.Board of EducationINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT #194



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NOTICE OF SALEThe following goods will be sold

at public auction to cover storage liens. Sale to be conducted at North Star Mini Storage, 1900 West 143rd St., Burnsville, MN 55306 at 1:00 p.m. sharp on Thursday April 21st, 2016.

North Star Mini Storage L.P. re-serves the right to accept or decline any or all bids.

PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE FOR ANY CHANGES PRIOR TO SALE www.northstarministorage.com. Click on Lien Sale Tab for detail

Unit 1039, Mark Colin, 13641 E Wellington Crest, Burnsville, MN 55337; Misc goods, garage items, bike

Unit 2069, Jason Sieling, 16367 Chestnut Circle, Brainerd, MN 56401; Household Furnishings, misc

Unit 2204, Michelle Tompkins, 1813 Bryant Ave North, Minneapo-lis MN 55411; Clothing, suitcases. misc

Unit 2140, Michael Talamantes, 8725 Columbine Road, Eden Prai-rie, MN 55344; Household furnish-ings/small appliances


March 25, April 1, 2016524874

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALESS MNRI, LLC, doing business

as Simply Self Storage intends to enforce its lien on certain personal property belonging to the following at the facility located at 4025 Old Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan, MN 55122. The sale will take place (unless otherwise withdrawn) via an on-line auction at www.stor-agetreasures.com on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2015 beginning at ap-proximately 10:00AM and conclud-ing on Wednesday, April 6th, 2016 at approximately 10:00AM. This public sale will result in the goods being sold to the highest bidder. Certain terms and conditions apply.

B. Malin – 372373 – Chairs, Lap-tops, Furniture, Tables, Mattresses

M. Sheffel – 244 – Mattresses, Bike, Lounge Chair, Boxes

M. Sheffel – 246 – Mattresses, Chairs, Boxes, Toys

A. Ayoka – 121B – Fish Tank, Desk, TV Stand, Bags, Boxes

J. Youngdahl – 401 – Plow, Tools, Boxes

J. Gadbois – 210A – Bikes, Tools, Steamers


March 18, 25, 2016516679

CITY OF BURNSVILLEPUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARINGA Public Hearing will be held on

March 28, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burnsville Planning Commission, 100 Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on the applica-tion of Bidhipur Properties Invest-ment LLC for a Planned Unit Devel-opment Amendment for a building addition to the India Palace Res-


LEGAL NOTICES

taurant located at 1905 County Road 42W.

The application will be sched-uled for the next appropriate City Council meeting following the Plan-ning Commission meeting.

All persons desiring to speak on this application are encouraged to attend. For more information concerning this request, please contact Planner Regina Dean (952) 895-4453 at the City of Burnsville.Regina Dean On Behalf of the Chair of the Burnsville Planning Commission


March 18, 25, 2016522717

CITY OF BURNSVILLEPUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARINGA Public Hearing will be held on

March 28, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burnsville Planning Commission, 100 Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on the appli-cation of Eleven Investments LLC for a Planned Unit Development Amendment to allow a community center including a prayer hall and school use located at 13770 Fron-tier Court.

The application will be sched-uled for the next appropriate City Council meeting following the Plan-ning Commission meeting.

All persons desiring to speak on this application are encouraged to attend. For more information concerning this request, please contact Planner Deb Garross (952) 895-4453 at the City of Burnsville.Deb Garross On Behalf of the Chair of the Burnsville Planning Commission


March 18, 25, 2016522726


ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSWESTVIEW ELEMENTARY

BAS UPGRADE225 GARDEN VIEW DRIVE

APPLE VALLEY, MINNESOTANotice is hereby given that

sealed bids will be received for the Westview Elementary BAS Upgrade by Independent School District 196, at the Facilities and Grounds Office located at 14445 Diamond Path West, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2:00 p.m. April 12, 2016, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read

aloud.Bidding documents, including

the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Architects and Engineers, 332 Minnesota Street, Suite W2000, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101. (651) 227-7773; at the Minnesota Build-ers Exchange; McGraw Hill Con-struction/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell at www.e-arc.com/MN/Plymouth.

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for March 29, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. at Main Entrance. Attendance at this meeting is highly recommended.

This project includes: Demoli-tion of existing pneumatic and DDC controls and replacement with new DDC controls.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (612) 722-2303, facsimile (612) 722-2958 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Documents to prospective bidders and sub-contractors. The downloads will be available March 22, 2016. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set download-ed via the internet at www.e-arc.com and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Westview Elementary BAS Upgrade.



The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project on or be-fore Phase 1 on or before August 19, 2016, Phase 2 on or before No-vember 18, 2016.Joel Albright, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

Published in the

Apple Valley Sun Thisweek, Lakeville Sun Thisweek,


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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSCENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOL

FIRE DAMPER REPLACEMENT

18610 Ipava AvenueLakeville, Minnesota 55044

Independent School District #194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Century Middle School Fire Damper Replacement until 1:00 p.m. local time on April 14, 2016 at the Independent School District #194 Office, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Architects and Engineers, 332 Min-nesota Street, Suite W2000, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101. (651) 227-7773; at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construc-tion/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from Plan Well at:

w w w. e - a r c . c o m / a r c E O C /Secures/PWELL_Pr iva teL is t .aspx?PriType=pub or Mankato Builders Exchange; Builders Ex-change of Rochester; St. Cloud Builders Exchange; Mid Minnesota Builders Exchange (Willmar, MN).

This project includes: Building wide fire damper replacement.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available on or about March 17, 2016. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the inter-net at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the Plan Well icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Century Middle School Fire Damper Replacement.

Make proposals on the bid forms supplied in the Project Manual. No oral, telegraphic or telephonic proposals or modifications will be considered. Submit with each bid, a certified check or acceptable bid-der’s bond payable to Independent School District #194 in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the

total bid. The successful bidder will be required to furnish satisfactory Labor and Material Payment Bond, and Performance Bond.

Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty (30) days after the scheduled time of opening bids, without the consent of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to accept any bid or to reject any or al) bids, or parts of such bids, and waive informalities or irregularities in bidding.

A prebid walk though has been scheduled Tor 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Please meet at the main entrance.



Burnsville/EaganSun ThisweekMarch 18, 25, 2016

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSLAKEVILLE NORTH

HIGH SCHOOL PARTIAL ROOF REPLACEMENT

19600 Ipava Avenue Lakeville, Minnesota

Independent School District #194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Lakeville North High School Partial Roof Replacement until 1:00 PM local time on April 12, 2016 at the Lakeville District Office, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota, 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Architects and Engineers, 332 Min-nesota Street, Suite W2000, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101. (651) 227-7773; at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construc-tion/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from Plan Well at www.e-arc.com/MN/Plymouth


This project includes: Partial Roof System Replacement at Lakeville North High School.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803

will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available on or about March 15, 2016. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the inter-net at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the Plan Well icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Century Middle School Roof Replacement.



A prebid walk through has been scheduled Tor 1:00 PM on Wednes-day, March 30, 2016. Meet at the main entrance.

The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project on or be-fore August 12,2016.Board of EducationINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT #194



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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSCENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOL

ROOF REPLACEMENT 18610 Ipava Avenue Lakeville, Minnesota

Independent School District #194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Century Middle School Roof Replacement un-til 2:00 PM local time on April 12, 2016 at the Lakeville District Office, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota, 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold

Architects and Engineers, 332 Min-nesota Street, Suite W2000, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101. (651) 227-7773; at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construc-tion/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell at www.e-arc.com/MN/Plymouth


This project includes: Complete Roof System Replacement at Cen-tury Middle School.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available on or about March 15, 2016. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the inter-net at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Century Middle School Roof Replacement.



A prebid walkthrough has been scheduled for 2:30 PM on Wednes-day, March 30, 2016. Meet at the main entrance.

The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project on or be-fore August 19, 2016.Board of EducationINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT # 194



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County Community De-velopment Agency. Alp-ers served as chair of both boards for part of his ten-ure. He was a Rotarian who also served as district gov-ernor, a member and head usher at St. John the Bap-tist Catholic Church in Savage, a Knights of Co-lumbus member, a Burns-ville Fire Muster volunteer and a campaign chair for the late Burnsville City Council Member Charlie Crichton. Alpers was well-known at Edward Neill Elemen-tary in Burnsville, his fam-ily’s neighborhood school, where he served as a Read-ing Buddy for many years after his children were grown. He coached sports teams for all three. And he played slow-pitch soft-ball until he was nearly 60, Bob said. “That’s why I’m a coach, because of him,”

said Bob, the head golf coach and assistant ath-letic director at St. John’s University in Collegeville. “Through work, through the community groups that he served and was involved in, he worked re-ally well with people. And he cared a lot about trying to help people. I think that got passed on.” Alpers and his wife, Norma, were raised in Chicago. He served in Ger-many as an Army cryptol-ogist between World War II and the Korean War, Bob said. He worked as a sales manager for AT&T for 37 years. The family lived in Kansas City and St. Louis before moving to Burnsville, Bob said. “He was the youngest of nine kids coming out of the Depression,” said Bob, a 1978 Burnsville High School graduate. “They didn’t have a whole lot. He was selling groceries and selling flowers and pencils on the street corner to try

to help out.” Alpers’ father, who died when he was 15, stressed to his children that you can complain about things or do something about them, Bob said. “My mom always said if they gave out a button or a pin, my dad would join the organization,” Bob said with a laugh. “He loved to get involved.” Bob’s first time in a voting booth included marking the ballot for his father. Alpers’ tenure on the School Board included a “heartbreaking” teacher strike Alpers didn’t like discussing in private, said Bob, who remembers see-ing his father on the TV news when he was away at college. “He was a wonder-ful person to have on the board,” said Frances Potts, a School Board member from 1974 until 2001. “He had a deep interest in the community, particularly the youth sports programs.

And he brought an air of his business profession to the board. He was always thoughtful and well-spo-ken for his point of view and stuck to the principles that he believed in.” Alpers served on the CDA Board of Commis-sioners for many years, un-til 2010, Bob said. In 2000 the Minnesota chapter of the National Association of Housing and Redevel-opment Officials gave him its Distinguished Service Award for Commissioners. “He used to love to drive around town and show us the (CDA-con-structed) buildings and talk about what a great thing they were doing for seniors and to provide af-fordable housing in the community,” Bob said. Alpers became a Read-ing Buddy at the urging of his wife, who had also held the volunteer post, said Sandy Doyle, a special ed-ucation teacher at Edward Neill Elementary.

“I think he was my Reading Buddy for 10 years,” she said. “He would come into my class-room once a week and he’d bring a tote bag full of books and he would spend an hour reading every week, three to four kids on a given day, one-on-one.” The students loved him for his “gentle nature” and the treats he brought to class, said Doyle, who was the nominator for Alpers’ 2009 John Coskran Vol-unteer Award in District 191. In later years when Alpers was no longer able to drive, Norma brought him to Neill for the weekly reading, Doyle said. “They’ve got a lot to overcome,” she said of her students, “and he was a big part of their success and a great encourage-ment for them.” He and Norma eventu-ally sold their house near Edward Neill and moved

into the Valley Ridge se-nior housing complex on Burnsville Parkway, a joint venture between the CDA and Presbyterian Homes and Services. Alpers was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, four sisters and a granddaughter. He is survived by his wife; sons, Bob (Elli) and John (Betsy); daughter, Julie Allis; grandchildren, RJ Alpers, Jennifer, Andy and Melissa Alpers, and Char-lie, Katie and Jimmy Allis. The funeral Mass was Monday, March 21, at 11 a.m. at St. John the Bap-tist Catholic Church, 4625 125th St., Savage. Visita-tion was Sunday, March 20, from 5-8 p.m. at the church, and also one hour prior to Mass.

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

ALPERS, from 1A

the officers and is seeking witnesses in the shooting. It asks that anyone who witnessed the incident or has any other information to call 651-793-7000.

Once the BCA finishes the investigation, it will turn its findings over to the Dakota County Attor-ney’s Office for review. Kong was taken to the Hennepin County Medi-cal Examiner’s Office for

formal identification and autopsy. He had five convictions in Minnesota since 2000 for petty misdemeanor marijuana possession, driving without a license and driving after revoca-

tion.

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

SHOOTING, from 1A Job Transitions Group to meet Dr. Roxanne Meshar will present “Upgrade Your Life” at the next meeting of the Easter Job Transitions Group. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. March 29, at Easter Lu-theran Church – By The

Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Small group sessions are offered following the meeting at 9:30 a.m. each week on many different topics. Call 651-452-3680 for information.


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1000 WHEELS

1010 Vehicles

2010 Dodge Caravan, Stow & Go, 48,000 mi, $11,000.

New tires & brakes. Call 952-334-1434

2010 Ford Crown Vict. X cop car, looks & runs great! $4,500/BO. 952-829-8299


$$$ UP TO $7,500 $$$Junkers & Repairables

More if Saleable. MN Licensed

www.crosstownauto.net 612-861-3020 651-645-7715

3000 ANNOUNCEMENTS

3070 OrganizationalNotices

EG/BV & Savage AA MeetingsSun 6:30pm AA,

Mon 10am Alanon, & 6:30pm AA,

Tues 6:30pm & 8pm AA, Wed 12noon AA,

Thur 6:30pm Alanon& 8pm AA,

Fri 6:30pm AA,Sat 10am ACA,

Sat 8pm AA (Speaker) 3600 Kenebec Dr. 2nd floor, Eagan

(Off Hwy 13)

3500 MERCHANDISE

3510 Antiques &Collectibles

A Gathering of FriendsAntiques Market

Wedding / Vintage /GardenPrimitives / European

Cottage & Industrial LooksMarch 31, April 1, 2, 3

Thurs & Fri 9-8; Sat 9-6;Sunday 10-3Bachman’s

6010 Lyndale Ave S., Mpls• FREE ADMISSION •

651-247-9935www.gatheringoffriends.net

3520 Cemetery Lots

Dawn Valley Memorial Park Choice Burial Plot + Marker, Bloomington, $1,890. 952-451-5760

4000 SALES

4030 Garage& Estate Sales

3 Sisters Premier Estate Sales

Moving & Tag Sales,Clean-Outs

LET’S MEET!

763-443-0519

4030 Garage& Estate Sales

Bloomington-4/7-4/9, 8a-4p. Gar/Moving Sale! Furn, HH, gar. tools, yard items & more! 9319 Nicollet Ave S

Brooklyn Center 4 Family sale! April 1-2 (8-5) Cash only 6223 Major Ave. No.

Burnsville DOWNSIZING! HH items, outdr furn, sport equip., decor 3/25-26 (8-4) 15001 Keller Lake Drive

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Silver Lake, MN 3/26 & 27, 9a-3p. Worth the drive! See pics at www.oldisknew.com/upcom-ing-Sales 20232 Cty Rd 2

To place your Classified Ad contact Jeanne Cannon at: 952-392-6875 or email:

[email protected]

4500 RENTALS / REAL ESTATE

4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

To place your Classified Ad contact Sharon Brauer at: 952-392-6873 or email:

[email protected]

4530 Houses For Rent


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4570 StorageFor Rent

Lonsdale Mini-Storage7 sizes available. 5’x10’ to 10’x40’. Call 507-744-4947 leave message.

4610 Houses For Sale


[email protected]

5000 SERVICES

5080 Child &Adult Care

To place your Classified Ad contact Jeanne Cannon at: 952-392-6875 or email:

[email protected]

5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

H & H Blacktopping612-861-6009

5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

Above All Hardwood Floors Installation-Sanding-Finishing

“We Now InstallCarpet, Tile & Vinyl.”

952-440-WOOD (9663)

Escobar Hardwood Floors, LLC

We offer professional services for your wood floors!

Installs/Repair Sand/RefinishFree Ests Ins’d Mbr: BBB

Professional w/15 yrs exp.

952-292-2349

5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

SANDING-REFINISHINGRoy’s Sanding Service

Since 1951 952-888-9070

5160 Commercial &Residential Cleaning

Call Mary Lou for a free estimate. Reasonable rates

& ref’s. 612-865-3392


A+ BBB Member

Owners on job site952-985-5516• Stamped Concrete

• Standard Concrete • Driveways • Fire Pits & Patios • Athletic Courts • Steps & Walks • Floors & Aprons www.mdconcrete.net

CONCRETE & MASONRYSteps, Walks, Drives,

Patios Chimney Repair. No job to Sm.

Lic/Bond/Ins John 952-882-0775 612-875-1277

Concrete, Chimneys Drain Tiles, Brick, Stone.Custom, New or Repair. Christian Brothers

ConstructionMinn Lic. BC679768

612-716-0388

Dave’s Concrete & Masonry

39 yrs exp. Free ests.• Early Bird Specials •

Ins’d. Colored & Stamped, Driveway

Specialist, Steps, Side-walks, Patios, Blocks,

& Floors. New or replacement. Tear out

& removal. Will meet or beat almost any quote!

• 952-469-2754 •

*** HUBCRETE Inc. ***Drives, Patios, Walks

Steps, Walls & AdditionsStamped & Color avail.Chimney repair & blockNO $ DWN on most jobsIns./bonded 30 yrs exp.

CARL 612 979-3518


Kelly O’Malley “As owner,

I’m always on site!”Driveways SidewalksPatios StepsFloors Stamped

612-756-3060 - 30 yr [email protected]

Lowell Russell Concrete

BBB A+ Rating - Angies List Honor Roll

From the Unique to the Ordinary

Specializing in drives, pa-tios & imprinted colored & stained concrete. Interior

acid stained floors and counter tops.

www.staincrete.com952-461-3710

[email protected]

Rick Concrete & Masonry

All Types of Concrete Work! Additions, drive-ways, patios, stamped & colored. Tear out & replace

612-382-5953

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contact Elliot Carlson at: 952-392-6879 or email:

[email protected]

5190 Decks

DECK CLEANING

& STAINING Professional and Prompt

Guaranteed Results.

◆651-699-3504◆952-352-9986 www.rooftodeck.com

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Having aGarage Sale?

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5210 Drywall

Ceiling Renewal ExpertDrywall & plaster skim-coating. Knockdown tex-ture or smooth ceiling.Drywall hang & tape. Paint-ing. Water damage repair.Call Gary @ 612-940-3458

PINNACLE DRYWALL*Hang *Tape *Texture

*Sand Quality Guar. Ins., 612-644-1879

5220 Electrical

DAGGETT ELECTRICGen. Help & Lic. Elec.

Low By-The-Hour Rates651-815-2316Lic# EA006385

JNH Electric 612-743-7922Bonded Insured Free Ests

Resid, Comm & Service. Old/New Const, Remodels Serv Upgrades. Lic#CA06197

5260 Garage Doors

GARAGE DOORS & OPENERS

Repair/Replace/Reasonable

Lifetime Warranty on All Spring Changes

www.expertdoor.com 651-457-7776

5270 Gutter Cleaning

To place your Classified Ad

contact Elliot Carlson at: 952-392-6879 or email:

[email protected]

5280 Handyperson

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

Wall/Ceiling Repair/Texture Tile, Carpentry, Carpet,

Painting & Flooring#BC679426 MDH Lead Supervisor

Dale 952-941-8896 office 612-554-2112 cell

We Accept Credit Cards“Soon To Be Your

Favorite Contractor!”Statuscontractinginc.com

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#1 Home Repair No job too small!!

Quality Work @ Competi-tive Prices! We do it All!

Ray 612-281-7077

100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

952-451-3792 R.A.M. CONSTRUCTIONAll Home Modifications

Specializing in Handicap Assesabilty for all ages

� Carpentry

� Baths & Tile � Windows

� Water/Fire Damage � Doors

Lic-Bond-Ins

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All Home Repairs! Excell Remodeling, LLC Interior & Exterior Work

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

Home Tune-up • Fix It • Replace It

• Upgrade It Over 40 Yrs Exp.

Ins’d Ron 612-221-9480

Smart Move Home Services651-724-0157 Jeff

Insured / Ref. Home Repairs, Painting, Tile

Trim, Doors, and more...

To place your Classified Ad contact Mike Specht at: 952-392-6877 or email:

[email protected]

5300 Heating &Cooling Services

To place your Classified Ad contact Michelle Ahrens at: 952-392-6883 or email:

[email protected]

5340 Landscaping

E-Z LandscapeHardscape & Landscaping

Retaining / Blder Walls Paver Patio Rock & Mulch Bobcat Work

Call 952-334-9840www.e-zlandscape.com

RETAINING WALLSWater Features & Pavers 30+ Years of Experience

763-420-3036 952-240-5533

Offering Complete Landscape Services

apluslandscapecreations.com

Rock-N-Water LandscapesPond & Water Garden

Cleaning, Repair, & Install.

◆ Jeff 952-322-4269 ◆

Rustic Tree & Landscape“Spring” into those

new Landscape Proj-ects. From planting a tree to creating a patio

or complete Landscape Renovation, we can help!

Tree Trimming & Removal, Stump Grinding services also available. Free est.

Tom 612-867-6813


Green & Black LLC Lawn Maintenance

• Fertilizer • Irrigation• Mulch Install 651-356-9193

JM Lawn & SnowWeekly Mowing, Core

Aeration, Fertilizing +more

Josh 763-400-1986


3 Interior Rooms/$275Wallpaper Removal.

Drywall Repair. Cabinet Enameling and

Staining. 30 yrs exp. Steve 763-545-0506

612•390•6845Quality ResidentialPainting & Drywall

Ceiling & Wall TexturesH20 Damage-Plaster Repair

Wallpaper RemovalINTERIOR � EXTERIOR

*A and K PAINTING*Schedule Spring Painting! Stain/Texturing. Free Est. 952-474-6258 Ins/LicMajor Credit Cards Accepted

Ben’s PaintingInt/Ext, Drywall Repair

Paint/Stain/Ceilings. Visa/MC/Discvr.,

benspaintinginc.com

952-432-2605 **Mike the Painter Interi-or/ exterior, Wallpaper, 35 yrs exp, Ins 612-964-5776


5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters


5510 Full-time

5420 Tree Care &Stump Removal

5510 Full-time

5510 Full-time


5510 Full-time

5510 Full-time

Merchandise Mover (CMM)

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Garage Sales (CGS)

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Contact UsClassified Phone 952-392-6888Classified Fax 952-941-5431

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In the community, With the community, For the community

How to PayWe gladly accept VISA, American Express, Mastercard, Discover, personal checks, and cash.

Location10917 Valley View RoadEden Prairie, MN

Services & PoliciesSun Newspapers reserves the right to edit, refuse, reject or cancel any ad at any time. Errors must be reported on the first day of the publication, and Sun Newspapers will be responsible for no more than the cost of the space occupied by the error and only the first insertion. We shall not be liable for any loss or expense that results from the publication or omission of an advertisement.

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DAVE’S PAINTING and WALLPAPERING

Int/Ext • Free Est. • 23 Yrs.Will meet or beat any price! Lic/Ins

Visa/MC 952-469-6800

5380 Plumbing

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

Jason 952-891-2490


A Family Operated Business

No Subcontractors Used

Tear-offs, Insurance Claims BBB A+, Free Est. A+ Angies List Lic # BC170064 Certified GAF Installer - 50 yr warranty.

Ins. 952-891-8586

Re-Roofing & Roof Repairs - 30 Yrs Exp

Insured - Lic#20126880 John Haley #1 Roofer, LLC.

Call 952-925-6156


◆ Roofing ◆ Siding Gutters ◆ Soffit/Fascia

TOPSIDE, INC. 612-869-1177

Lic CR005276 ◆ Bonded ◆ Insured

35 Yrs Exp. A+ Rating BBB


$0 For Estimate Timberline Tree & Landscape.

Spring Discount - 25% Off Tree Trimming, Tree

Removal, Stump Grinding 612-644-8035 Remove Large

Trees & Stumps CHEAP!!

BretMann Stump GrindingFree Ests. Best$$ Ins’d

Bck Yrd Acc 612-290-1213


◆ 651-338-5881 ◆Exp’d. Prof., Lic., Ins’d.

Reasonable Rates. absolutetreeservicemn.com

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ArborBarberTrees.com612-703-0175 Mbr: BBB

Trimming, Removal & Stump Grinding.

Call Jeff forStump Removal

Narrow Access Backyards Fully Insured

Jeff 612-578-5299

Easy Tree Service, LLCTrim/Removal. Lic/Ins Eugene 651-855-8189

Easy Tree Service, LLCTrim/Removal. Lic/Ins Eugene 651-855-8189

Silver Fox ServicesTree Trimming/RemovalFully Licensed & Insured

BBB AccreditedRegistered W/Dept of Ag.

Located in Bloomington Family Owned & OperatedFree Est. Open 8am-7pm

952-883-0671 612-715-2105

Thomas Tree Service25 yrs exp./ Expert Climb.

Immaculate Clean-up! Tree Removal/TrimmingLot Clearing/Stump Removal

Free Ests 952-440-6104

▶ Total Tree Care ◀24 Hr. Emergency ServiceCertified Arbortist on Staff

Satisfaction GuaranteeSave Up To 10% Off

▶ 651-331-1042 ◀

5440 Window Cleaning

Rich’s Window Cleaning Quality Service. Afford-able rates. 952-435-7871

5500 EMPLOYMENT

5510 Full-time

About U Inc. is seeking 2 PT PCA’s to work with a paraplegic gentleman in Burnsville. Morn & Eve hrs available. 612-866-4884

Castle Rock Bank is cur-rently accepting applica-tions for both a Teller and someone to work in Data Processing. Both posi-tions are full-time and will require some experience. Contact either Dave Nicolai or Jane at: 651-463-4014.

Do you have experi-ence in custom cabi-netry or interested in learning the trade?

Designed Cabinets, Inc.

located in Lakeville, MN is looking to add members to our family owned & operated busi-ness. We are seeking up-beat, hard working indi-viduals, from entry level to experienced cabinet makers, & wood finish-ers. If this is you, please stop in to fill out an ap-plication, 7965 W. 215th St. Lakeville, or send us a resume [email protected]

Irrigation TechnicianExperience Required. Pay DOQ. Call 952-233-1905


5510 Full-time

5520 Part-time

5530 Full-time orPart-time

5560 Seasonal Hiring

5510 Full-time

5520 Part-time

5530 Full-time orPart-time

5560 Seasonal Hiring


Job?hunting for a


5510 Full-time

Driver Position- Family owned Garbage Company located in Prior Lake. Looking for experienced FT or PT Drivers for newly added routes. Competitive wages, benefits, uniforms. An additional bonus for successfully completing a 90 day probation period. If this seems like a fit for your come join our team.

Email your resume to: [email protected]

Or Apply within at:5980 Credit River Road SE

Prior Lake, MN 55372

Driver/Finish GraderMust have Class A license. Great pay. 651-457-6037

Wagner Sod Company

Lawn Care Pesticide/ Herbicide Applicator (South Metro) Immedi-ate opening for licensed applicator with A & E cer-tifications. Knowledge of chemicals, plants, weeds, & irrigation systems a plus. Work independently & effi-ciently. Valid & clean MN DL. Pass DOT physical/drug test. Will train. Pay $15 - $20 per hr. DOE Re-sume/References Con-tact: [email protected]

5510 Full-time

FT openings in Lakevillearea for a variety of great job positions including:

• Cashier• Inventory Specialist• Nursery Worker• Groundskeeper• Merchandiser• Customer Service Rep• Wholesale Yard Sales• Landscape Sales• Landscape Yard Worker

Equal Opportunity Employer

For job descriptions and requirements, or to apply:

www.bachmans.com

Receptionist - FTMon- Fri needed to answer busy phones. Exp pref’d but not nec. For more info or email resume to: [email protected]

TNT Fireworks-looking for Tent Operators in Dakota Co.Make $2K-$4k in 10 days. NO upfront $. Small credit inquiry required.Call Chris:701-400-7661

5520 Part-time

Now Hiring / Training

School Bus DriversPT, benefits, paid holidays

$15.50 per hour$750 Hiring bonus

Call Denise

952-736-8004Durham School Services

PT Cleaning Apple Valley

Day Shift!4.5 hour shifts, flexible hours. $11+ start. Call

Mike 612-501-2678


Obituaries

Engagements

Woelfel/WrightKen and Ann Marie

Woelfel of Apple Valley are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter Jessica Woelfel to Aaron Wright. Aaron is the son of Tony and Mary Wright of Evans-ville, MN.

The couple reside in Fargo, ND.

at the Eagan Art House. Reg-ister by phone at 651-675-5500 or online at cityofeagan.com. Information: [email protected] or 651-675-5521. Square dancing, 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, in the gym at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 151 County Road 42 E., Burnsville. No previ-ous dance experience re-quired. All ages; no partner needed. Free. Wear comfort-able shoes and casual attire. Questions: 651-423-1206 or 612-759-9235. Rosemount Area Arts Council classes at the Stee-ple Center (www.rosemoun-tarts.com): Watercolor class,

6-8 p.m. April 11, $22 RAAC members; $24 nonmem-bers. Felted Vases, Vessels & Bowls, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 22, $36 RAAC members, $40 nonmembers (plus a $20 ma-terials fee payable to instruc-tor). Basket Weaving: Heart Embellished Basket, 6-9 p.m. April 12 and 16, $11 RAAC members, $12 nonmembers (plus a $10 materials fee pay-able to the instructor). Bas-ket Weaving: Yarn Storage Basket, May 10 and 17, $11 RAAC members, $12 non-members (plus an $18 materi-als fee payable to the instruc-tor). Watch Me Draw Art Stu-dio, 20908 Holyoke Ave.,

Lakeville, classes: Ladies Night Out, 6-8 p.m. the sec-ond and fourth Friday of the month, create a 9x12 acrylic painting, $30. Date Night Painting, 6-8 p.m. the first and third Friday of the month, choose to paint individual canvases or one large can-vas, age 21 and older, $55 per couple includes light appetiz-ers. Coffee & Canvas, 9-11 a.m. Wednesdays, create a 9x12 acrylic painting, $25. Information: www.watchme-draw.net or 952-454-2736. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Battle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with artist Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, River Ridge Studios, 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Informa-tion: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through draw-ing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Informa-tion: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Line dance classes Wednesdays at Lakeville Her-itage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., beginners 9-10 a.m., intermediate 10 a.m. to noon. Information: Marilyn, 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Rob-ert Trail Library. Information: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected]. SouthSide Writers, Sat-urday workgroup for aspir-ing writers, offering critique, submission and manuscript preparation information, sup-port and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Infor-mation: 651-688-0365.

theater and arts calendar

family calendar

To submit items for the Arts Calendar, email: darcy.

[email protected].

Books Mystery author J.A. Jance will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at the Gal-axie Library, 14055 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, as part of the Club Book author series. She will discuss her latest book, “Clawback.” Free. In-formation: http://tinyurl.com/ja8vg14.

Call for Artists The Eagan Art House is accepting registrations for the visual art exhibition titled “One x One.” Two- and three-dimensional artwork will be accepted for display in May and June. Registrations are due April 15. There is no fee to participate. Visit www.ea-ganarthouse.org for complete

registration and submission details.

Comedy Jim Belushi and the Board of Comedy, 8 p.m. Friday, April 1, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake. Tickets: $35-$45. Information: 952-445-9000 or www.mysticlake.com.

Events Farm Babies at the Min-nesota Zoo, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 25 to April 30. Informa-tion: mnzoo.org. “Skating Through Route 66,” presented by Heritage Figure Skating Club and the Farmington and Lakeville Learn to Skate programs, 7 p.m. April 15-16 and 1 p.m. April 17 at Hasse Arena, 8525 215th St. W., Lakeville. Cost: $8 adults, $5 students and seniors. Information: www.

To submit items for the Family Calendar, email:

[email protected].

Friday, March 25 Fish fry, 5-9 p.m., Rose-mount American Legion Post 65, 14590 Burma Ave., Rose-mount. All-you-can-eat fish ($11.95 adults, $10.95 seniors, $7.95 kids). Information: 651-423-3380.

Wednesday, March 30 Memory Care Support Group, 2-3 p.m., Augustana Regent at Burnsville, 14500 Regent Lane, Burnsville. Infor-mation: Jane Hubbard at 952-898-8728.

Thursday, March 31 Get Jobs Job Fair, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Eagan Civic Arena, 3870 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. No registration is needed for job seekers. Free shuttle buses from the Minnesota WorkForce Centers in Burnsville, Shako-pee and West St. Paul will be provided. Buses will wait five minutes at each stop. YEA! Investor Panel Event, 6-8 p.m., Kenwood Trail Middle School, 19455 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville. Meet-and-greet at 5 p.m. Young entrepreneurs from the YEA! program pitch their business ideas to a local investor panel and the panel allocates funding based on the quality of their pitch and presentation. Information: 952-

469-2020. 2nd District GOP debate, 6-8:30 p.m., Hastings High School, 200 General Sieben Drive, Hastings.

Friday, April 1 Forever Wild Family Fri-day: Treasure Hunt, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Cen-ter, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. Geo-cache for treasures hidden in the park. Bring your own GPS unit; a limited number of GPS units are available at the park. All ages. Free. Registration re-quested. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks/.

Saturday, April 2 Apple Valley Chamber’s Home and Garden Show, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dakota County Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Free. Confident Women: Finding Freedom From Our Biggest Critic, 12-2 p.m., Thrive Ther-apy, 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Suite 208, Burnsville. Informa-tion: http://thrivetherapymn.com.

Sunday, April 3 Belgian waffle breakfast, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Church of St. Michael Social Hall, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington. All-you-can-eat waffles. Cost: $6.50 presale, $7 at the door, free for ages 5 and younger. Call Theresa at 651-460-6060

for tickets. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary.

Ongoing Emotions Anonymous meetings, 7:30-9 p.m. Tues-days at SouthCross Commu-nity Church, 1800 E. County Road 42 (at Summit Oak Drive), Apple Valley. EA is a 12-step program for those seeking emotional health. All are wel-come. Information: http://www.emotionsanonymous.org/out-of-the-darkness-walks.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • March 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Culver’s, 3445 O’Leary Lane, Eagan. • March 29, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Edina Realty, 17271 Kenyon Ave., Lakeville. • March 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Apple Valley Medical Center, 14655 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. • March 31, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dunn Brothers, 15265 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. • March 31, 1-7 p.m., Trinity Evangelical Free Church, 10658 210th St. W., Lakeville. • April 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Walmart, 20710 Keokuk Ave., Lakeville.

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Exhibits A children’s art exhibit is on display March 9 to April 25 at the art gallery at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. The gallery is closed weekends, March 30-31 and April 7. Information: 952-895-4685. “Elements” exhibit by the Eagan Art House runs through March 31 at the Ea-gan Community Center and Lunds & Byerlys. Information: 651-675-5521.

Library Aztec and Nahautl Dance and Culture, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Friday, April 1, Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. Free. Information: 952-891-0300.

Music Scotty McCreery, 8 p.m. Friday, March 25, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Tickets: $39 and $47. Information: 952-496-6563 or www.mysticlake.com.

Theater “On Golden Pond,” pre-sented by Expressions Com-munity Theater, 7:30 p.m. April 1-2 and 7-9; 2 p.m. April 3 and 10, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets: $13 at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or by phone at 952-985-4640. “The Music Man,” pre-sented by Twin Cities Home-schoolers for the Arts, 7 p.m. April 14 and 1 and 7 p.m. April 15 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holy-oke Ave. Tickets: $12 at the box office or www.Lakevil-leAreaArtsCenter.com. “Let Him Sleep ’Till It’s Time for His Funeral,” com-edy dinner theater presented by the Eagan Theater Com-pany, 6 p.m. Friday, April 15, and Saturday, April 16, at Brianno’s Royal Cliff Center, 2280 Cliff Road, Eagan. Tick-ets: $42 at www.etc-mn.org or at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Park-way, Eagan. Tickets are not available at the door. “BRAVO 2016: Passport,” senior preview 3:30 p.m. April 19; 7 p.m. April 21-23 and 28-30; 2 p.m. April 24, Eastview High School. Information: 952-431-8900. “Saturday Night Fever – The Musical,” 8 p.m. April 22-23, Mystic Showroom, Prior Lake. Tickets: $36-$47. Information: 952-496-6563 or mysticlake.com. “Mary Poppins,” pre-sented by Lakeville South High School, 4 p.m. April 21 senior preview; 7 p.m. April 22-23, 28-30; and 2 p.m. April 23, LSHS auditorium, 21135 Jacquard Ave. Tick-ets: $10 adults, $7 students and seniors at http://lshs.seatyourself.biz and one hour before curtain. Information: 952-232-3322.

Workshops/classes/other Eagan Art House is part-nering with Minnesota Center for Book Arts to offer a series of four book arts workshops. Letterpress: Print on a Table-Top Platen Press, Wednesday, April 27; Jason Yoh, instruc-tor. Bookbinding: Pamphlet Stitch and Asian Stab Bind-ing, Wednesday, May 4; Sue Bjerke, instructor. Paper: Two Decorative Japanese Paper Techniques, Wednesday, May 11; Jana Pullman, instructor. Teaching Book Arts to Youth: The Language of Books, Wednesday, May 18; Jill Weese, instructor. All work-shops held at the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S., from 6-9 p.m. Cost: $45 per class, including supplies. Call 612-215-2520 or register online at www.mnbookarts.org/ontheroad. Information: [email protected] or 651-675-5521. The Eagan Art House of-fers a Sumi Painting lecture and workshop. The Myth of Sumi Art: A Lecture on the Madness and Creativity of Sumi Painting, 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1, at Wet Paint Artist Materials, 1684 Grand Ave., St. Paul. Cost: $10; fee can be applied to Sumi paint-ing supplies at Wet Paint. Call 651-698-6431 to register. Sumi Blue and Green Floral & Landscape with guest art-ist Yuming Zhu, Saturday and Sunday, April 2 and 3, at the Eagan Art House. Cost: $255. Bring a bag lunch both days. Supplies will be available for purchase on workshop days

Becky Fredericksen, left, and Elizabeth Streiff are among the cast of the Eagan The-ater Company comedy “Let Him Sleep Till It’s Time for His Funeral,” which will be performed April 15-16 at Brianno’s Royal Cliff Center, 2280 Cliff Road, Eagan. Set in the 1950s, the dinner theater event takes on the guise of a classic early television sitcom — an episode of a fictional show titled “Life with Edna,” in which Edna decides to throw a surprise funeral-themed 60th birthday for her husband Harold, who mistak-enly jumps to the conclusion he’s about to be murdered. The audience is encouraged to wear 1950s attire. The event is being presented in partnership with the Eagan 55 Plus/Seniors Group. Tickets for the dinner and play are $42 and are available at www.etc-mn.org, and in person at the Eagan Community Center until April 11; tickets will not be available the nights of the performances. (Photo submitted)

Comedy dinner theater

Stand-up comic Ralphie May is set to perform April 14 at the Ames Center in Burnsville as part of his nation-wide “Unruly” tour. The popular comedian appeared on season one of “Last Comic Standing” and has been featured in multiple Comedy Central stand-up specials. Tickets are $30 and are available in person at the Ames Center box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 or online at Ticketmaster.com. (Photo submitted)

Ralphie May in Burnsville


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Oak Ridge Boys at Ames The Oak Ridge Boys will perform 3 p.m. Sun-day, July 10, at Ames Cen-ter, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. The Oak Ridge Boys are the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. They have garnered nine Dove Awards and five Grammy Awards and many other honors. Tickets are $48 and $68 at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 and Tick-etmaster.com.

Anderson Ponty Band Former Yes singer Jon Anderson and jazz-fusion violinist Jean Luc Ponty have combined their musi-cal talents to form a new supergroup, the Anderson Ponty Band, which per-forms 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, at Ames Cen-ter, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets are $32.50-$79.50 at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 or online at Ticketmaster.com.

Painting class at Burnhaven “Paint like Kandin-sky” will be offered 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. Participants will learn about color, line and shape, and paint their own Wassily Kandinsky-inspired abstract artwork; no experience is necessary. This program is free to students, presented by an Eagan Art House instruc-tor, and funded in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment. Space is limited to 15 students; registration begins Tuesday, March 29. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/libraries or 952-891-0300.

Charity fashion show and magazine launch The Volk is hosting a fashion show and launch party for the first issue of its new fashion magazine at 8 p.m. Saturday, April

9, at Opinion Brewery, 374 21st St., Newport. The fashion show fea-tures eight to 10 local de-signers, and live music, as well as local style icon and celebrity host Grant Whit-taker. Those who purchase VIP tickets will have front row lounge/table seat-ing, plus a free edition of The Volk’s first issue. Networking opportunities will be available for artists, photographers, models, hair and makeup artists, designers, and agents. The Volk’s quarterly fashion magazine encour-ages confidence, positivity, collaboration and commu-nity in the world of fash-ion. The Volk uses fashion as a form of art and love as a lifestyle. Local artists have donated their time and effort to create The Volk’s first issue, Fierce Fashion You. Proceeds from the magazine will be donated towards mental health awareness. VIP tickets are $25; general admission tickets are $15. Purchase tickets at http://tinyurl.com/jg-fm4wy.

Otherworldly scenarios unfoldFantasy writer Kristin Van Risseghem featured at March 30 author event

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


In the fiction of Kristin Van Risseghem you’ll find angels, demons, fairies, werewolves — many of them balancing their oth-erworldly natures with the pressures of teenage life. The Apple Valley writer of young-adult urban fan-tasy debuted in 2015 with “The Guardian, a Sword, & Stilettos,” the first book in her “Enlighten” series, whose 17-year-old protag-onist attends parties and develops crushes while at the same time battling the forces of evil. Van Risseghem’s sec-ond “Enlighten” series book, “The Passage, a Dance, & a Little White Dress,” was released this month. Employed full-time in the paralegal field, she often finds herself burning the midnight oil to complete her writing projects. “When I wrote ‘The Guardian, a Sword, & Sti-lettos,’ it was all at night and on the weekends,” she said. “I’d come home after work, sit on my black vinyl couch with noise-cancel-ing headphones, with my laptop perched across my lap and type away into the wee hours of the morning, only to get a few hours of sleep. But the story came and I didn’t want to lose it.” Van Risseghem is set to speak at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, at the Meet the Author event at the Robert Trail Library in Rosemount. Admission is free to the event present-ed by the Rosemount Area

Arts Council. She spoke with this newspaper recently about her writing habits, some of her literary influences and the challenges of compos-ing fantasy fiction. Q: What initially sparked your interest in writing fantasy? A: As cliché as it is, I dreamed the opening warehouse scene in “The Guardian, a Sword, & Sti-lettos.” I knew it was going to be fantasy after three nights of dreaming vari-ous scenes. Q: What is your writing strategy? Do you have any writing rituals? A: Nope — when inspi-ration hits, I write. Some-times it’s a few lines, while other times it’s a full scene. Now it’s on the rare occa-sions that I find time to write where I can type out a few chapters at a time. Q: How do you get past writer’s block? A: I don’t force my-self because that ends up wasting a lot of time do-ing nothing — no writing,

or plenty of staring into space. If the story isn’t coming to me, then I do other things. I live my life until inspiration hits and I need to write it down. Q: What are some of the challenges of writing fantasy fiction as opposed to, say, realist fiction? A: As with any writing, there are tropes especially for young-adult fiction. The main character has to be within a certain age spread, the adults have to be missing or dead or not helpful, but you still have to write things that are important to teens and young adults without making them look silly, feel less than their age, or ignore themes that they re-ally do live through. Q: What are you work-ing on now? Any book projects in the works? A: I’m writing the sec-ond novella about Kieran, the Guardian Angel, titled “The Mentor, a Wish, & an Angel.” If I can get my act together, it should re-lease later this fall. Q: What are you read-ing right now? A: I read about two books a week. I read a lot from debut authors or newly released self-pub-bers. I strongly believe in supporting the many indie authors who weren’t se-lected to publish through traditional means. Q: What sparked your interest in reading fantasy fiction? A: It all started with “Twilight.” Up until then I usually read mysteries — John Sandford, Vince Fly-nn, Mary Higgins Clark, John Grisham and Patri-

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cia Cornwell. Q: What fantasy novels, other than your own, would you recom-mend to readers inter-ested in the genre? A: Julie Kagawa — she wrote “The Iron King” series. My first novella about Sidelle, the Summer Fairy, her back story was inspired by Kagawa’s series. I love “The Mortal Instru-ments” — and yes, I watch “Shadow-hunters” on TV — Lauren Kate’s “Fallen” series, the “Vampire Acad-emy” series, “The Vampire Diaries” series. Oh, and of course Harry Potter. Can you tell I love series?

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