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Pan-O-Prog crowds tax police force

Concerns raised during budget meeting by Laura Adelmann

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Lakeville police intend to work with the Pan-O-Prog Board of Directors to ensure safety during the popular 10-day summer festival that draws thousands. Police Chief Jeff Long said he was “tak-en aback” after experiencing his first Pan-O-Prog celebration since starting with the city in January. He described it as a mini version of Min-neapolis’ Basilica Block Party, an annual concert held as a fundraiser for the Basilica of Saint Mary, where the tag line has been “Praise the Loud.” Long said downtown revelers after some of Pan-O-Prog’s biggest events ended drew police attention when they caroused down-town streets and congregated around the former Ace Hardware building downtown, which has been empty for several years. “The drinking that occurs on Friday night and Saturday night, the open bottles, the fights, the dangerous situations … re-ally kind of put us at risk, and we really felt under-staffed,” Long told Lakeville City Council members at an Aug. 11 budget workshop. Police Chief Deputy John Kornmann said between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. Friday, July 4, all 23 Lakeville officers and volunteer re-serve officers on duty in the city were de-voted to managing Pan-O-Prog crowds. He said there were not enough officers to respond to other calls after people were dis-persed into the city when the event closed. “We need responsibility for the rest of the city,” Kornmann said. “We had other calls occurring.” Long said Pan-O-Prog is a good com-munity event that is important and needs to continue, and believes adding a few more police officers will address the situation. The question is where the funding will come from to pay for the extra patrols. Council Member Colleen LaBeau said most of the cost for the additional officers and overtime is falling to the city.

A century of praise St. John’s celebrates 100 years in Lakeville

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St. John’s Lutheran Church has been a part of Lakeville for every one of its first 100 years. Stained glass windows saved from the congrega-tion’s first building proud-ly stand behind protective glass in the church’s spa-cious entrance, a welcom-ing nod to the importance of tradition in the church family that has been cele-brating its centennial mile-

stone all year. A sewing group is creat-ing a commemorative quilt, a centennial cookbook in-cluding favorite recipes and

historical facts was printed, a limited edition keepsake Christmas ornament is for sale and the church even commissioned Bradley El-lingboe, an accomplished composer and professor who grew up in the church, to create a special choral piece, “His Love Endures,” to honor the milestone. Based on some verses in the book of Psalms, Elling-boe said he spent about 16 hours over six weeks com-

St. John’s Lutheran’s new building includes an open entrance featuring stained glass panels from its original building. (Photo submitted)

Familiar face enters Lakeville School Board race

Kathy Lewis has 22 years of board experience by Laura Adelmann


A Lakeville nurse who held a seat on the Lakeville Area School Board for 22 years is stepping back into the race after a two-year absence. Kathy Lewis, 63, said she decided not to seek re-elec-tion in 2012 to care for her ailing mother, a commitment that required her to be away from the district too often. “In my heart, I didn’t want to leave,” Lewis said. “If it had not been for that, I would have run again.” She described herself as an involved mother of five Lake-ville graduates and grand-mother to seven students in the district and one who just graduated from Lakeville

schools and will at-tend college this fall. Lewis said she is running again be-cause she missed ad-vocating for students and doing what she can as a part of a board focused on providing education-al opportunities. “I still have a passion for education,” Lewis said. She said she supports inno-vative programs like Impact Academy, a multi-age, hands-on classroom that groups stu-dents by skill level in reading, writing and math and incor-porates service learning in the curriculum. “I don’t think everybody learns at the same rate,” she said. “I don’t think they all

learn at exactly the same time. I think some concepts you grasp very quickly, others it takes a little bit longer, so I think we really need to help students to be able to learn as they can, yet saying that, we still need to hold

them to a high standard as far as what they’re learning.” Lewis said Impact Acad-emy may not work for all students, however, and she would support providing op-tions. “I’m not so sure that it is a good option for every student in the whole district,” Lewis said. “That doesn’t mean I’m

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Candidate for change in city’s developmentRajavuori wants diverse housing, redevelopment

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For 37 years, business owner Steve Raja-vuori has lived in Lakeville and watched the city grow in ways that concern him. The 51-year-old married father of four is taking his concerns to a new level by entering the 2014 election for a seat on the Lakeville City Council. Rajavuori said he wants to effect change in how the city develops. He said there is a shortage of housing options in Lakeville, noting he would advocate for a bigger variety of housing that makes Lakeville affordable for people in all ages, economic stature and stages in life. He added that while development is booming, too much of it is upscale residen-tial, and commercial development lags be-hind. “There’s hundreds and hundreds of hous-es being built,” Rajavuori said. “That’s the one thing that goes on in Lakeville, building

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With perfect weather, a crowd enjoys music, food and drinks at the second annual Downtown Lakeville Block Bash on Friday, Aug. 15, at 208th Street and Holyoke Avenue. The retail park-ing area was transformed into a party oasis, featuring the food trucks Motley Crews Heavy Metal Grill, Tiki Tims and Hibachi Drauma and a bar provided by Brackett’s Crossing Country Club. Presented by the Downtown Lakeville Business Association, music included The Killer Hayseeds, Phil Halstead and Erin & Madison. Among those enjoying the event beneath a setting sun are Lakeville Area Public Schools Superintendent Lisa Snyder and School Board Member Judy Kelilher. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

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Talking about mental illnessThe ECM Editorial Board encourages people to start talking about mental illness in an effort to reduce the stigma often associated with it.

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Stage life beckonsAn apprenticeship at the Children’s Theatre Company is the latest achievement for young Eagan actor Meghan Kreidler.

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Fall sports kick off practices Area high school teams in all sports started practices this week to prepare for the upcoming season.

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Repairs at Heritage Center Among the issues the Lakeville City Council is considering during 2015 budget discussions are repairs at the Lakeville Heritage Center.

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Titan competitor David Voth, Lakeville, competes in the Minneso-ta State Highland Heavy Games Aug. 17 at the Re-naissance Festival grounds in Shakopee. The games date back to the 11th cen-tury and consist of several events, including caber toss, stone put and Scottish hammer throw. This year’s scheduled events were un-able to be completed due to severe weather. Earlier this summer, Voth won the amateur master’s class at a similar event in Eagan and he took second at a compe-tition held in Kansas City. (Photo by Jim Lindquist)

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Council balks at estimate for Heritage Center skylight repairFeller: Estimate was inaccurate by Laura Adelmann

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Total costs to replace a leaky skylight at the Heritage Center is near-ly double an original es-timate, concerning City Council members who at an Aug. 18 meeting directed staff to consult structural engineers for more options. Replacing the 29-year-old discolored and deteriorating sky-light panels above the Heritage Center gift shop and multipurpose room was budgeted to cost $67,000 this year based on a verbal esti-mate by manufacturer representative. Costs escalated when the city put the proj-ect out for bid, actual measurements were taken and staff learned the company no longer made that size panel. New panels from a different manufacturer are longer, and install-ing them requires a completely new support structure. Additional roofing work and the relocation of a sprinkler pipe is also required with the new size, said City Finance Director Dennis Feller, for a total cost of $108,803. Feller said the project was proposed to be paid

for with one-time rev-enues and a portion of the building fund levy. Council Member Dennis Anderson’s re-quest for the city’s con-sulting structural en-gineer to review other options gained unani-mous council support, even though doing so will add to the project costs. Public Works Direc-tor Christ Petree said other options could be eliminating the skylight for a flat roof, replacing the skylight system with a pitched roof or install-ing a different type of skylight system. He said consulting fees for the project so far have cost the city just under $12,000. LaBeau expressed frustration about the maintenance costs of the building, and ques-tioned the whether the city should spend more engineering fees to wind up back with the same potential recommenda-tion. Anderson advocated for the additional proj-ect review. “We have to under-stand this is a signifi-cant deviation from what we originally bud-geted,” he said. “And we have a reasonability to take a look at what the options are.” Mayor Matt Little asked for staff to re-view the additional op-

tions, create their own assessment and return with a proposal for an engineering agreement with a cost estimate, a proposal that council all supported. Remodeling the for-mer police station into the Heritage Center was approved on a split vote in 2012. The $1.1 mil-lion project was partial-ly financed through the city’s building fund and park dedication funds. A $298,882 remodeling loan through the city’s liquor fund was estab-lished and to be paid back through sale of the former Senior Center ($164,124) and fund-raising and donations of $134,758. There is currently $48,418 of the loan left to pay back to the city through fundraising, according to Parks and Recreation Director Brett Altergott. Since the move, Se-nior Center member-ships dropped from 1,136 in 2011-12 to 965 members in 2012-13 and 1,060 now. The costs for Senior Center member-ships increased after the move from $9 for a single resident in 2011-12 to $18 now and from $15 for a couple to $34 in 2013-14.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Justin Johnson was not wearing

seatbelt by Laura Adelmann


A Lakeville man has died after a single-ve-hicle crash in Edina on

Wednesday afternoon, according to the Minne-sota State Patrol. Justin D. Johnson, 39, was driving a 2009 Audi A8 south on Highway 100 just after 5:30 p.m. when the vehicle twice hit the guard rail, went off the road and hit the concrete side of a bridge.

Johnson was not wear-ing a seatbelt; the car’s airbags deployed. It is un-known if he had any alco-hol in his system. Police reported the ve-hicle totaled. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Lakeville man dies in Edina crash

Lakeville budget discussions include sinking floor, play structure concerns

City advocates to close one ice rink, open two

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Lakeville property tax-es would increase by $2.1 million in 2015 under a “potential” budget scenar-io presented to the Lakev-ille City Council at its first 2015 budget work session on Aug. 11. City Finance Direc-tor Dennis Feller said the budget was not “pro-posed” because some line items in the budget are not recommended by staff or any city committees, but are an “identification of issues.” He said Monday he will present a new budget doc-ument with adjusted fig-ures at the council’s next budget workshop Aug. 25. Issues presented that were recommended to be funded next year include addressing a slowly sink-ing floor at City Hall, safety concerns regarding some park structures and repairs at the Lakeville Heritage Center. Council members di-rected staff to work to-gether to prioritize pro-posed spending for its review and for department heads to present written justification for adding staff and any potential cost-savings options or offsets from those hires. Feller’s presentation itemized how the poten-tial levy increase would be absorbed. He said under the potential budget, exist-ing taxpayers would pay

about $1.3 million of the property tax increase, and 2.7 percent ($638,496) of it would come from new construction revenue. He said 0.8 percent of the potential increase would be funded by the re-tirement of four tax incre-ment financing districts. Properties established in a TIF district allow develop-ers to divert local property taxes generated by new de-velopment into subsidies for a set period of time in exchange for economic stimulus that otherwise would not occur. Of the potential $2.1 million budget increase, over $1 million would be spent on employee com-pensation, benefits, retire-ments, hiring, reorganiza-tion, retirement benefits (PERA), new hires and union negotiated em-ployee raises, with all but $325,583 of that amount paid through the property tax levy, according to city budget documents. Costs of some of the new positions, including a fleet manager, are at least partially offset by savings they bring. Feller also pre-sented $30,623 in money-savings ideas, which in-cluded $18,000 in savings by the city switching cell-phone service providers.

Heritage Center Costs for the Heritage Center are anticipated to increase by $20,651, and another $63,368 is includ-ed in the budget scenario for adding an attendant that will split time between the Heritage Center and the Arts Center. Council Member Col-leen LaBeau, who was on the opposing side of the

3-2 decision in 2012 to renovate the former police station into a home for the city’s senior center, veter-ans and historical society, questioned the need to add that position. She said when the $1.1 million Heritage Center project was approved, they were told volunteers would provide staffing. Feller said they will delve further into the issue at its next meeting.

Parks Another option for consideration in the 2015 budget is establishing an annual levy of $350,175 to start a park improve-ment fund. The city bud-get would not change, as the city spends that much now repaying a 1994 bond set to expire this year. The levy amount as presented would annually increase for inflation. Feller said major main-tenance projects in the parks have been deferred for years. The 2014-15 Capital Improvement Plan identifies about $1 mil-lion of park projects that have no approved revenue source. Parks and Recreation Director Brett Altergott cited concerns about de-ferring the repairs, not-ing safety concerns at the 22-year-old wooden Land of Amazement at Steve Michaud Park. He said it needs to be replaced with a safer structure within two years. LaBeau asked for in-formation on demograph-ics and parks usage before decisions are made regard-ing replacing or repairing parks and equipment.

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Thanks to Post 210 membersTo the editor: I’ve been a member of the Lakeville snowmobile club for close to 30 years, and thanks to the Lakev-ille VFW Post 210 organi-zation, we’ve been able to have our monthly meet-ings in their restaurant for free all those years. They have allowed us to hold appreciation breakfasts there, Christmas parties, and dinners. We’re sorry to see the doors close on the VFW’s club, but know they will still be around in the com-munity doing good things for many years to come. Thanks again to the VFW for having such an “open-door” policy and good luck in the future. LARRY LULF LakevilleSno-Trackers president

Shine the light of truthTo the editor: For a dozen years, U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, has lived in the shadows of Tea Party con-servatism. His voting re-cord is more conservative than U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s but he draws less airtime. He is against women’s rights, anti-union, and against provid-ing health care for all. He supports tax breaks for millionaires and billion-aires. His efforts in educa-tion and job development have simply been retreads of old programs that were of dubious worth — ex-cept he has slashed the budgets for those pro-grams, with no new ideas in their place. It is time to shine a light of truth on John Kline. As Kyle McCarthy of Stu-dentDebtCrisis.org notes, “on his show, Real Time,

(Bill) Maher is calling on viewers to take to social media to nominate and vote for the worst mem-bers of Congress. Accord-ing to the Real Timeblog, once the “worst” member of Congress has been de-cided, ‘we will spend the year periodically looking at the district, meeting the entrenched incumbent, introducing his fresh-faced challenger, getting to know the people they want to serve, and gener-ally doing our level best to flip that district.’ ” Recently, Maher nomi-nated Kline as the first of his Final Four selections for worst congressman. Of course, Maher’s descrip-tion of Kline is accurate. But one of the reasons that Maher picked Kline first is the overwhelming support of voters in the 2nd District to Decline Kline. It’s time Mr. Kline returned to Texas (yes, he comes from the home of

Ted Cruz and anti-immi-gration policy against im-migrant children). It’s time to elect Mike Obermueller for Congress.

CRAIG JARRELLEagan

True prosperity for all MinnesotansTo the editor: Over the past two weeks, there has been two people from Work-ing America knock on my door and two mailings from Middle Class Major-ity in my mailbox. All of these pieces tout claims of success by state Rep. Will Morgan, DFL-Burnsville. Especially, they claim how the middle class is more prosperous today than yesterday. Yet, my wife and I don’t feel any more prosperous today than we did two or four years ago. This leads me to one con-clusion: Morgan and his allies would, as Margaret Thatcher stated, “see us poorer as long as they take more from the wealthy.” Personally, I can not, and will not, accept this premise from Morgan and highly encourage all of my friends and neighbors to

support Roz Peterson. Peterson will bring common sense to St. Paul and will fight every day to help all Minnesotans feel more prosperous. Please vote for Peterson for state representative in House District 56B.

DAN RYANBurnsville

Host a high school studentTo the editor: During the month of August, 78 AFS-USA in-ternational high school students from 32 countries are scheduled to arrive in the Twin Cities, travel-ing by bus, train, and car to meet their host fami-lies. They will settle into a daily routine and, like many U.S. students, will surely feel angst over the first day of school. The organization is grateful to those residents who have opened up their homes to so many of these deserv-ing students. There are still students available to be hosted in the community. It’s not too late to take advantage of this great opportunity. AFS-USA is still recruit-ing host families for some of the arriving students.

The organization encour-ages all types of families to apply – both traditional and non-traditional family units including single par-ents, divorced couples and empty nesters. The organization pro-vides 24/7 support through local staff and trained vol-unteers. The students ar-rive with their own spend-ing money and medical insurance. All they require from your family is a bed of their own, three meals a day, and the chance to ex-perience the daily lives of Minnesotans with you and yours. Not only do the ex-change students have an impact on the families with whom they live – they become assets to the school communities that have agreed to host them as students. Since global competency is a critical skill for today’s students to attain, there is no better way to demonstrate it than by inviting international students into the school. Make this fall the time you decide to host an in-ternational student. It’s an experience you’ll cherish for years to come.

ANNE MELLESMOENAFS-USA volunteer

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Mental illness: no more secrets, no more deception Imagine this: Your 15-year-old son becomes seriously ill. Is it cancer or some other life-threatening disease? You whisk him off to the emergency room. Within days, you have updates on Facebook. “Billy is doing much better.” “The medi-cine is working!” “He’s going to be OK.” Many of us have experienced a similar scenario in our lives. But how many of us also experience this situation: Your 15-year-old son becomes seri-ously ill. He is afraid to leave the house; he suffers severe mood swings and de-structive behavior. You chastise him, you take away his computer or gaming sys-tem, and you force him into the car to go to school. You say nothing about your daily struggles to friends and family. You make up excuses for missing family gath-erings. You are too ashamed to seek help. When it comes to mental illness, we hide the truth. We don’t share our stories on social media. Who has ever shouted for joy that the new medication is helping your son’s severe anxiety? Or that your daughter finally got approved for resi-dential treatment for her schizophrenia? Those suffering from mental illness refrain from discussing their problems. Employees fear the loss of their job; indi-viduals fear losing a loved one when the truth is revealed. Patients hesitate to be frank with their doctors. Those of us spared dealing with men-tal illness are clueless as how to help a friend or co-worker whose life is being turned upside down. Yet mental illness is all around us.

Depression affects 10 percent of Americans. We are stunned to hear that actor Robin Williams – someone who seemingly had everything – took his own life. According to the American Psychi-atric Association, “Depression is never normal and always produces needless suffering.” One in 10 children are affected by de-pression, anxiety or other mental illness, according to bringchange2mind.org, a national initiative to educate and fight the stigma of mental illness. Some 25 million Americans have some type of anxiety disorder. On a national scale, shootings like the one at Sandy Hook in 2012 put mentally ill individuals into the headlines. In those worst cases, we shudder when the eve-ning’s newscasts bring us horrific video of a shooting scene. But mental health issues touch us in many other ways, every day. Families struggle when Dad is unable to hold down a job, or a daughter threatens sui-cide. Our workplaces are affected, too. A co-worker with mental health issues drains time and hurts morale. Those outbursts shatter the workday, creating a tense and hostile work team. On a practical note, undiagnosed and untreated mental illness hits us in the pocketbook. Some 30-40 percent of

those in our county jails are mentally ill, not criminals, Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek and many other law en-forcement officials from throughout the country will tell you. Their issues con-sume extensive staffing hours and tax dollars just to maintain and move these people through the system, while hard-core criminals go free. Our medical system is burdened by mentally ill who cannot or will not seek regular doctor’s care. One out of eight emergency room visits are for mental health issues. Again, we help to pick up the tab through government social ser-vices and health care subsidies. Some new laws have helped. Our state’s sheriffs, with Stanek leading the charge, were successful with legislation that speeds the process for assessing an inmate’s mental state. “Local jails should not be the largest mental health facilities in the state,” Stanek says. Organizations like the National As-sociation on Mental Illness are actively urging Congress to pass important legis-lation: The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act and the Strengthening Mental Health in our Communities Act of 2014 should be approved. The Affordable Care Act says that mental health issues need to be covered and treated the same as physical health ailments, but Medicare and Medicaid still do not pay as much for inpatient treatment for the mentally ill, encourag-ing private facilities to reduce their men-tal illness services.

We are blessed in Minnesota to have top-notch health care. We have clinics that specialize in mental health issues, some focusing specifically on young people. Yet we still keep the illnesses, the symptoms and treatment quiet. We are unprepared when illness strikes our own family or friends. A local campaign, supported by many Minnesota health organizations includ-ing the Mayo Clinic and HealthPartners called “Make It OK” (makeitok.org), of-fers simple ways to start a conversation about mental illness. It urges everyone to stop the silence, and be prepared to react and open up the discussion, not shut it down: “Thanks for opening up to me.” “Do you want to talk about it?” “How can I help?” The initiative urges everyone to take a pledge to help make it OK to discuss mental illness. One of the key points says, “If we join together, people with mental illnesses will be treated with respect and acceptance. This is how I’ll help remove the silence surrounding mental illness. This is how I will make it OK.” It is time for everyone to stop hiding mental illness, and start talking. Only when we as a society admit this huge problem exists, will we be able to work together to foster good mental health for all. This is an editorial from the ECM Pub-lishers Editorial Board. Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publishers.

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5-to-1 return on taxpayer dollars is encouraging newsby Joe Nathan


Here are two pieces of encouraging news about Minnesota’s public schools. First, the state teachers union has agreed on the potential value of yearly teacher evaluations. Second, a just-released report, “Qual-ity Compensation,” encourages Minne-sotans to build on success from a former-ly controversial reform called Q Comp, which provided extra funds to districts and charters that agreed to provide ad-ditional salary to teachers who partici-pated in new training and showed some evidence of improving student achieve-ment. Let’s begin with the report about Q Comp. A 2013 university study found, as lead author University of Minnesota professor Aaron Sojourner told me, “We estimate that Q Comp has produced a $5 gain to society for every $1 that has been invested in it.” Sojourner and co-authors Elton Mykerezi, of the University of Minneso-ta, and Kristine L. West, from St. Cath-erine University, found that Q Comp’s combination of strategies produced “sta-

tistically significant” gains in reading: “Gains appear to be driven especially by productivity increases among less-expe-rienced teachers.” (Download the study as a PDF file at bit.ly/1vGZclZ.) The study also found that: “This pro-cess of setting goals, when taken serious-ly by all sides, may harness teachers’ local information about the most productive strategies for success better than a cen-trally defined standard. Also, evidence is emerging from other states that attaching stakes to a process with regular feedback from classroom observers can produce achievement gains.” The study examined only districts serving grades three through eight. Char-ters were not included because some in-cluded pay for performance before Q Comp. Because of these results, a group of

Minnesota district and charter teachers called Educators 4 Excellence-Minneso-ta (mn.educators4excellence.org) has en-couraged expansion of Q Comp. E4E’s new report, “Quality Compen-sation: Supporting and Rewarding Excel-lence in Teaching” encourages legislators to increase funding so that more districts and charters can participate. Based on the research mentioned above, this seems wise. E4E’s new report also recommends using a variety of ways to evaluate teach-ers, not just standardized tests. I strongly agree. Parents and other taxpayers want schools to do more than raise test scores. But yearly evaluations of teachers and encouraging teachers to set and work to-ward goals that include, but are not lim-ited to, increasing test scores seems to be valuable. Holly Kragthorpe, a Minneapolis district teacher and union steward who helped write the new E4E report, believes that the “best way forward” includes having “honest conversations that in-clude everyone, especially teachers them-selves.” Denise Specht, Education Min-nesota’s president, made conversations

throughout Minnesota with educators, parents and community members one of her first priorities. Equally important, Education Min-nesota did not try to eliminate a law mandating yearly evaluations. This was passed when Republicans controlled the Legislature. This year, the governor was a DFLer. His party controlled both Minnesota House and Senate. Education Minnesota could have urged elimination of yearly evaluations. Instead, the union’s attitude this year was essentially, “Let’s work to-gether to make the evaluation process a good one for educators and ultimately for students.” That’s a wise, constructive approach. Annual evaluations in any field, if done well, can be useful. Given the $5-to-$1 return, Q Comp should be expanded. It can be a part of helping teachers improve and be part of annual evaluations. Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, Sept. 4, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 2014 Apple Valley Chamber Golf Classic, Valleywood Golf Course, 4851 McAn-drews Road, Apple Valley. Sold out. Information: Kristy Cleveland at 952-432-8422 or [email protected]. Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, Aug. 27, 7:30-9 a.m., South Metro Young Professionals “Get Motivated” August meeting, Better Business Bureau, 220 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Guest speaker: Jennifer Libby, president and CEO, Owatonna Cham-ber of Commerce. RSVP by

Aug. 26. Information: Jina Duchnowski at [email protected]. • Thursday, Sept. 4, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lunch & Learn - 60 Ways to Grow Your List, River Ridge Build-ing, Suite 112, 190 River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Cost: $10. RSVP by Sept. 2. Information: Jina Duch-nowski at [email protected]. Dakota County Region-al Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Aug. 26, 8-9 a.m., West St. Paul/Men-dota Heights Coffee Break, DARTS, 1645 Marthaler Lane, West St. Paul. Open to all DCRC members. In-formation: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Wednesday, Aug. 27, 7:30-9 a.m., South Metro Young Professionals “Get Motivated” August meeting,

Better Business Bureau, 220 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Guest speaker: Jennifer Libby, president and CEO, Owatonna Cham-ber of Commerce. RSVP by Aug. 26. Information: Jina Duchnowski at [email protected]. • Wednesday, Sept. 3, 4:30-6 p.m., Why Not Wednesday, Argosy Univer-sity, 1515 Central Parkway, Eagan. Information: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Thursday, Sept. 4, 8-9 a.m., At-Large Coffee Break, Burnet Title, 7741 147th St. W., Apple Valley. Informa-tion: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Friday, Sept. 5, 7:30-9 a.m., Aligning Taxes with Economic Growth, Skyline Exhibits, 3355 Discovery Road, Eagan. Speaker: Mi-

chael Vekich, CEO of Vekich Chartered, a Minneapolis-based management advi-sory firm. Space is limited; registration required. Infor-mation: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. Lakeville Area Cham-ber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, Aug. 27, 7:30-9 a.m., New Member Orientation, Chamber con-ference room. RSVP by Aug. 26. • Wednesday, Aug. 27, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Gener-al Membership Luncheon – State of the Chamber, Chart House Restaurant & Event Center, 11287 Klamath Trail, Lakeville. Cost: $20 mem-bers, $40 nonmembers. RSVP by Aug. 20. • Friday, Sept. 5, noon to 1 p.m., ribbon cutting, Bal-let Royale Minnesota, 16368 Kenrick Ave., Lakeville.

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in Eagan The Dakota Coun-ty Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Center of the American Experience will host a seminar titled “Aligning Taxes with Economic Growth” from 7:30-9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 5, at Skyline Exhibits, 3355 Discovery Road, Eagan. At this event, Center of the American Ex-periment will release the seventh chapter of The Minnesota Policy Blue-print: Prescription for Prosperity, a package of

policy recommendations that emphasize personal initiative, free enterprise and a limited, frugal government. The Min-nesota Policy Blueprint, in its entirety, will be re-leased later this fall. Michael Vekich will be the event speaker. He is CEO of Vekich Char-tered, a Minneapolis-based management advi-sory firm. Registration is re-quired for this free event; space is limited. For more information, con-tact Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected].

New surgeon at Northfield General surgeon Katya Ericson, MD, is joining Surgical Care C o n s u l -tants P.A., a general s u r g e r y p r a c t i c e that serves b o t h Northfield H o s p i t a l & Clinics and Allina Medical Clinic. A graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School, Eric-son comes to Northfield

from Hennepin County Medical Center, where she recently completed a five-year residency in general surgery. Ericson, a native of Belarus, will see patients at both FamilyHealth Medical Clinic and Al-lina Medical Clinic and perform surgeries at Northfield Hospital.

Checkerboard awards prize B u r n s v i l l e - b a s e d Checkerboard Strategic Web Development has announced the winner of its first-ever Non-profit Web Rescue Con-

test. Minneapolis-based MicroGrants, a non-profit organization that awards strategic grants to low-income people of potential, has won the grand prize of a new website and public rela-tions package. The prize is valued at $15,000 to $20,000.

Hrbek to judge pet contest Minnesota Twins Hall of Famer Kent Hrbek will judge the Most “Twinning” Pet and Owner Look-A-Like Contest at 11 a.m. Sat-urday, Aug. 23, at Ban-

field Hospital’s newest location at 10520 France Ave. S. in Bloomington. Pet owners and their dogs can don their most “twinning” attire for a chance to win a year’s worth of free veterinary care through Banfield’s Optimum Wellness Plan and a pair of Dugout Box tickets to a Minne-sota Twins 2014 season game. Customers also can en-ter to win the veterinary care and Twins tickets at the Apple Valley Banfield Pet Hospital, 15050 Cedar Ave. One winner will be drawn at random.

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Business Calendar Lakeville native Lauren Davis performed at the Shell Lake Arts Center’s final jazz improvisation and combo concert on Fri-day, July 4, in Shell Lake, Wis. The concert was a culmination of a weeklong Jazz Improvisation and Combo camp, where par-ticipants received instruc-tion from professional jazz musicians from across the nation on improvisation, instrument master classes, jazz history and more.

Anne Johnson will present “Rebuilding Trust … A Journey of Faith” at the Aug. 26 meeting of the Easter Job Transitions Group. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. 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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EducationPaideia celebrates 10 years

Apple Valley’s Paideia Academy marked its 10th anniversary earlier this month with a community celebration in the parking lot of the K-8 public charter school. “We have now graduated six eighth-grade classes, been authorized for a five-year charter — the longest allowed by Minnesota state law — and been designated a High Quality Char-ter School by the Minnesota Department of Education,” said Marci Levy-Maguire, director of Paideia Academy. The Aug. 6 event included guest speakers, cake and music from the Paideia Academy School Band. Pictured at the celebration are, from left, Apple Valley City Council Member Tom Goodwin, Levy-Maguire, Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland, and Paideia’s PTO President Andrea Seitz. (Photo by Lov4Pictures)

District 194

School Board Following is the agen-da for the 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, special meet-ing of the District 194 School Board at Lakev-ille City Hall.

1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Roll Call 2. Discussion a. Impact Academy Draft Business Plan: Focus: Prelimi-nary Facilities & Transporta-tion3. Adjournment

District 194

School Board Following is the agen-da for the 7 p.m. Tuesday,

Aug. 26, regular meet-ing of the District 194 School Board at Lakev-ille City Hall.

1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Pledge of Allegiance c. Roll Call and Board In-troductions d. Good News e. Public Comment f. Board Communications g. Agenda Additions2. Consider Approval of Con-sent Agenda a. Board Minutes b. Employment Recommen-dations, Leave Requests and Resignations c. Other Personnel Matters d. Payment of Bills & Claims e. Wire Transfers/Invest-ments f. American Capital Lease (IT Infrastructure Upgrade) g. Managed Print Service

Recommendation h. District Office Project i. Other Business Matters j. Resolution Regarding Ac-ceptance of Gift Donations k. Field Trips3. Consent Agenda Discussion Items 4. Reports a. Gifted Program Update – Ms. Traub b. Staff Summer Learning & Professional Development – Ms. Knudsen/Ms. Ouillette/Dr. McDonald/Mr. Porter c. 2014-15 Student Enroll-ment Update – Mr. Massaros d. Budget Revisions – Mr. Baumann5. Recommended Actions a. Resolution to Adopt 2014-15 Legislative Priorities – Chair Peterson6. Additions to Agenda 7. Information a. Superintendent’s Report b. Board Members Reports 8. Adjournment

ISD 194 is looking for community members to comprise two-thirds of the Curriculum Advisory Council (CAC). The purpose of the CAC is to ensure active com-munity participation in all phases of planning and improving instruction and curriculum affecting state and local academic stan-dards. The CAC includes teachers, parents, support staff, students and other community residents. CAC members spend considerable time interview-

ing presenters, providing in-put and making recommen-dations. Recommendations are then shared publicly during School Board meet-ings by the Board of Edu-cation representative and by the executive director of teaching and tearning. The CAC meets monthly with the first meeting 4-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at Crystal Lake Education Center. Subsequent meet-ings will be the fourth Tues-day of each month, exclud-ing December. The focus this year will

be on making progress to-wards: Closing the achieve-ment gap; all students are ready for kindergarten; all students in third grade achieving grade literacy; all students attaining ca-reer and college readiness before graduating from high school; and all stu-dents graduating from high school. Those interested in par-ticipating should contact Sandy Eissinger at 952-232-2026 or [email protected].

Community education classes scheduled Call 952-232-2150 or visit www.LakevilleA-reaCommunityEd.net to register for upcoming classes through Lakeville Area Community Educa-tion. After-school classes for grades K-5 start Sept.

19. Choose from art, Spanish, Legos, chess, flag football and more. Register now for swim lessons. Monday/Wednesday evening les-sons begin on Sept 8. Sat-urday lessons begin on Sept. 20.

Gymnastics classes start Sept. 20. Adult fitness classes start the week of Sept. 15. Choose from yoga, Zumba, Pilates, Crossfit training, strength train-ing, interval training and more.

World’s Best Workforce Community Forum set Lakeville Area Pub-lic Schools will hold the World’s Best Workforce Community Forum from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, at Crystal Lake Education Center, 16250 Ipava Ave. During the 2013 leg-islative session, MN Statute 120B.11 required each district to have a World’s Best Workforce Plan and Community Forum. The goal of the plan is to make progress each year toward meeting these goals: 1. Closing identified achievement gaps. 2. All students ready for kindergarten.

3. All students in third grade achieving grade level literacy. 4. All students attain-ing career and college readiness before graduat-ing from high school. 5. All students gradu-ating from high school. The plan must in-clude: 1. Clearly defined benchmarks for student achievement for all sub-groups. 2. A process for as-sessing and evaluating each student’s progress. 3. A process to review and evaluate the effec-tiveness of all instruc-tion. 4. Strategies for im-

proving instruction, curriculum and student achievement. 5. Effective education practices that integrate high-quality instruction, rigorous curriculum, technology and a collab-orative professional cul-ture. 6. An annual budget for implementing the dis-trict plan. The forum will explain the requirements and re-view the district’s prog-ress toward meeting the five goals. Those interested in at-tending, should RSVP to Pam Fetzek at [email protected] or 952-232-2020.

Norwegian student will attend Lakeville North High School Students at Lakeville North High School will get an extra lesson in ge-ography this year when they welcome Anne-Lotte, an international exchange student from Norway. Anne-Lotte will live with the Schurch fam-ily and experience the American way of life for an academic year. She is sponsored by Aspect Foundation, a nonprofit

organization that strives to bridge cultures through international youth ex-change. Aspect Foundation is always seeking more fami-lies who want to host an international student. Ex-change students are aged 15 to 18, speak English, and have their own spend-ing money and insurance. Volunteer host families provide room, board, and

a loving home environ-ment for a semester or academic year. For more information about hosting an Aspect Foundation international exchange student, call Te-resa Gulden at 763-416-1765, the Aspect Foun-dation national office at 1-800-US-YOUTH or vis-it www.aspectfoundation.org.

Minnesota students outperform nation on ACT For the ninth year in a row, Minnesota high school seniors were top in the nation on the ACT. Minnesota se-niors posted an average score of 22.9, compared to the nationwide aver-age of 21. Addition-ally, more Minnesota students met each of the four benchmarks – English, Reading, Math and Science – than did students in any other state, 39 percent com-pared to 26 percent na-tionally. “I congratulate Min-nesota students, teach-ers, and administrators on this tremendous ac-complishment,” said Gov. Mark Dayton. “These nation-leading scores demonstrate to the entire country the academic ability of Minnesota students,

the dedication of our teachers, and the world-class quality of our ed-ucation system.” “One of the best indi-cators we have to show that our students are prepared for career and college is the ACT,” Ed-ucation Commissioner Brenda Cassellius said. “And for nine straight years our students have outperformed the na-tion. It is an incredible achievement that would not be possible without Minnesota’s dedicated teachers and students.” The data come from ACT’s yearly report, “The Condition of Col-lege and Career Readi-ness.” This year’s report shows that for Min-nesota’s class of 2014, 45,305 students – or 76 percent – took the ACT. This number is

up 2 percent from 2010. Nationwide, 1.8 million students – or 57 percent – took the ACT last year. This coming school year, all Minnesota ju-niors will take the ACT, free of charge, as part of new graduation re-quirements approved by the 2013 Legislature. This move will not only help open up postsec-ondary as a real pos-sibility for every child in the state, it will also provide important in-formation to educators on whether students are career and college ready. The national and state ACT Condition of College & Career Read-iness 2014 reports can be viewed and down-loaded at: www.act.org/readiness/2014.

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Participation sought for Curriculum Advisory Council in Lakeville

Minnesota’s largest Cub Scout recruitment effort to be held Sept. 18 The Northern Star Council of the Boy Scouts of America will hold the Rocket Into Scouting event for young boys and their parents from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at elementary schools statewide. This marks the largest Cub Scout recruitment event of the year and the first time a single event will take place on the same day, involving Boy Scout Councils through-out Minnesota and Wis-consin. Every boy who signs up for Cub Scouts that day will receive a free model rocket, to be launched at his first pack meeting.

Cub Scouts is a pro-gram for boys in kin-dergarten through fifth grade that offers fun and active experiences to build character and lead-ership skills. “Kids today spend half as much time out-doors as they did 20 years ago. Thanks to Cub Scouts, I’ve pitched a tent, built a fire and mastered a ropes course with my son,” said Mi-chael Anderson, a parent of Pack 508. “Neither of us will forget the adven-tures we’ve shared.” Cub Scouts partici-pate in indoor and out-door activities designed to help them gain con-

fidence, increase social skills and develop their capacity for leadership – all while having fun and serving their community. Currently, there are more than 38,000 Cub Scouts within the 25 counties across central Minnesota and western Wisconsin that make up the North-ern Star Council. A Cub Scout member-ship costs $32 per year, but all boys can join re-gardless of their ability to pay. Parents can register their sons for Cub Scouts at the school events on Sept. 18, or online at www.RocketIntoScout-ing.org.

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Altergott said they will need time to get the data, but expressed concern that they not miss the oppor-tunity to address parks issues by continuing to de-lay repairs. Mayor Matt Little said parks are a “competitive business” between cities. He cited concern that chil-dren from Lakeville are going to other cities’ water parks. “That shouldn’t hap-pen,” Little said. “They should have options down here.” He said Lakeville should try to have the best park in the region and not one that is “second rate.” LaBeau and Council Member Doug Anderson said they are not comfort-able putting an amount for parks into the budget without that information, but Council Member Ker-rin Swecker supported keeping $350,000 in as a placeholder until more information and data is complied, and Little and Council Member Bart Da-vis agreed. A budget item that was recommended by city staff and the Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources

Committee is for the city to close the ice rink at Highview Park, which is in need of major mainte-nance estimated to cost $23,250. Proposed is to in-stead reopen the ice rinks at Quail Meadows and Rolling Oaks next year; both were closed in 2010. Altergott said demo-graphics show with new development occurring, those areas are located near the biggest popula-tions of school-age chil-dren.

Building fund Part of the floor in the west wing of Lakeville City Hall, is slowly sink-ing, and city staff is rec-ommending “mud jack-ing” the floor to fill the void of unknown propor-tions below the slab. Feller said the walls are not moving, but the con-crete slab has started drop-ping at an increased rate over the last two years. “We know there’s a void down there,” Feller said. “We just don’t know how big it is.” Interim City Adminis-trator Allyn Kuennen said the area would likely need several additional mud jacking treatments every 5-7 years or so until it hits bottom.

“At some point you’ll get it stabilized,” Kuennen said. Staff is also proposing replacing the north end of the City Hall parking lot, which Feller said “is prac-tically turning to dust.”

Alarming decision The potential budget also includes charging people for responding to false alarms, which is es-timated would generate about $12,500. Anderson cited con-cerns the fee could create a disincentive for people to use their burglar alarm systems. “I’m all for finding oth-er revenue sources in ap-propriate ways,” Anderson said. Police Chief Jeff Long agreed that they do not want to discourage safe practices, but said alarm calls are frequent and re-quire two officers to re-spond; he said they have only had one alarm this year that was not false. Little said there should be a review process if the city charges a fee; the topic will be discussed again at a future workshop. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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Heritage Village events scheduled Dakota City Heritage Village in Farmington will offer the following events:

Adult fl ower

garden tour Adults can ride the trol-ley to see the fall flowers in bloom at Dakota City Heritage Village from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 24. A costumed guide and master gar-dener will accompany the group. A trip to the prai-rie to see native plants will be included. Dress for the weather. Guests can bring their own bag lunch and have a picnic on the village grounds after the tour. The cost is $8 per per-son, prepaid and includes

an ice cream cone at the end. Registrations must be received by Monday, Sept. 22.

Trolley tour and

tea luncheon Dakota City will offer a trolley tour and tea lun-cheon for adults from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17. Guests will learn the history and use of the buildings as they travel through the village ac-companied by a costumed guide. They will meet some of the locals and hear about life in 1900. At the end of the tour, guests will be seated in the old-fashioned drugstore and

served a luncheon with tea and dessert. This tour is about three hours and costs $15 per person, pre-paid. Registrations must be received by Friday, Sept. 12. To register for the tours, send a check made out to Dakota City, along with name, address, contact phone number and email address, to: Dakota City, P.O. Box 73, Farmington, MN 55024. Dakota City Heritage Village is located on the Dakota County Fair-grounds in Farmington. For more information, call 651-460-8050, ext. 3, or email [email protected].


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Shoppers crowd Eagan outlet mall on opening day

Many are impressed by Twin Cities Premium Outlets by Jessica Harper


Trevor Ash has eagerly awaited Twin Cities Pre-mium Outlets’ opening since he first learned of the plans several months ago. So when the day fi-nally came, the Plymouth resident was sure to arrive an hour before the mall opened on Thursday, Aug. 14. Despite long lines of more than 100 people at some of its stores, the Ea-gan mall exceeded his ex-pectations, Ash said. “I think I will come here often,” he said. “I like the clean design. It has a lot more premium stores than Albertville and I like that it has a food court.” Ash was among hun-dreds to crowd the mall’s grand opening celebration with the hope of being among the first shoppers. Thursday’s event included visits by Gov. Mark Day-ton, Mayor Mike Maguire and executives from the companies that built the center.

Located at the intersec-tion of Highways 13 and 77, the 100-store mall is now the closest to the Twin Cities core. It is about 16 miles from downtown Minneapolis and 4.3 miles from the Mall of America, the nation’s largest shop-ping mall.

Asked if the $100 mil-lion mall will directly com-pete with the mega mall, Renee Lawler, director of marketing and business development for Simons, said she believes the two malls draw from different markets. “I think they will complement each other,” Lawler said. “The stores we have are for premium outlets, which are very dif-ferent from the Mall of America.” Eagan officials expect-ed traffic congestion and a parking deficit on opening day, but those who arrived early were able to avoid the mess. Chris Johnson of Still-water said traffic and parking was better than she expected when she ar-rived an hour before the mall opened. “I was a frightened at first that is would be like Black Friday,” Johnson said. Although early-birds were able to beat the con-gestion, parking became hard to find an hour after the mall opened. Traffic continued to flow smooth-ly on nearby roads and

highway. Hundreds of people continued to line up outside some stores such as Coach, which lim-its the number of people allowed inside at once. The city of Eagan be-gan its efforts to redevelop the Cedar Grove area a de-cade ago by moving busi-nesses and demolishing a failing strip mall. An out-let mall wasn’t part of the city’s early plans. But retail develop-ers have found success in other major cities when placing outlet malls near full-size malls to create shopping destinations. Indianapolis-based re-tail real estate company Si-mons announced plans to take ownership of the cen-ter last year after months of preparation. Simons partnered with Paragon Outlet Partners, a Balti-more-based developer, on the project. Simons also owns the Albertville Premium Out-lets in Albertville, which is about 32 miles from down-town Minneapolis.

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

Hundreds of people crowded Twin Cities Premium Outlets in Eagan during its grand opening on Thursday, Aug. 14. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

Amy Mathews of Minnetonka arrived at Twin Cities Premium Outlets in Eagan a half hour before it opened to be among the first shoppers at some of her favorite stores such as Vera Bradley. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

Hundreds of shoppers at Twin Cities Premium Outlets in Eagan lined up throughout the day outside some stores such as Coach, which limits the number of people allowed inside at once. A parking spot became hard to find an hour after the mall opened Thursday morning. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

Mormon youths up early for class Mormon high school students will roll out of bed at the crack of dawn each school day to attend seminary, a 50-minute re-ligion class that starts at 6 a.m. Attending seminary is not mandatory; how-ever it is a requirement if a student wishes to be accepted into Brigham Young University in Pro-vo, Utah, which is owned and operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Students from Lake-ville and Burnsville/Sav-age meet for seminary in their church build-ings. The students from

Prior Lake, Apple Valley and Farmington meet in someone’s home more central to the families involved. Each class has a student president and may have vice presidents who oversee music, birth-days and devotionals. There are four courses of study which rotate yearly, so by the time a class member gradu-ates from high school he will have experienced all courses. The 2014-15 curriculum is The Doc-trine and Covenants/LDS Church History. In the three years following, the classes will sequence through The Old Testa-ment, The New Testa-ment, and The Book of Mormon. One need not be a member of the Mor-

mon faith to participate. The first class is Tues-day, Sept. 2. For more information, call 952-435-4370 (Lakeville) or 952-435-8185 (Burns-ville).

New church in Lakeville Pastors David and Linda Cross are launch-ing Christian Family Church of Lakeville with a grand opening service at 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, at Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. The service includes contemporary worship and a message called “New Beginnings with God.” A children’s ministry

for ages 6-12, preschool 3-5, and infants 0-2 will be offered. A taco bar lunch will be available following the service. For more information, call 952-769-3669 or visit www.CFCLakeville.com.

Women’s fall retreat The Women of Wood-crest Church’s fall retreat will be 6:30-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 13. Breakfast will be served. Cost is $20. The theme is “Rooted and Grounded in the Holy Spirit.” Call 651-681-9800 to register. The church is at 525 Cliff Road, Eagan.

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Lynx kittens debut at zoo

Four Canada lynx kit-tens made their public de-but at the Minnesota Zoo on Aug. 14. The two boys and two girls were born at the zoo on May 6 and will make their home on the zoo’s Medtronic Minnesota Trail. This is the zoo’s third litter of the Canada lynx, which are currently listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. (Photo submitted)



Construction planned next year on County 42

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Expect to see orange construction cones next year on County Road 42 in Apple Valley. Dakota County is plan-ning to rework several in-tersections along 42 that will see removal and re-placement of traffic sig-nals and modifications to medians. The planned con-struction includes traf-fic signal replacements at Garrett Avenue, Hayes Road, Pennock Avenue and Gardenview Drive in Apple Valley, as well as at Southcross Drive near the Burnsville-Apple Valley border. Additionally, modi-fication to the median is planned at Redwood Drive, and the traffic sig-nal at Elm Drive is slated for removal. Design work on the project is expected to begin in the fall, with construc-tion getting underway next year, according to Dakota County’s transportation department. Project planning was guided by the County Highway 42 Corridor Study, and the construc-tion will address “needed improvements” along the transit corridor, according to a county press release announcing the Aug. 21 public open house regard-

ing the project at the Da-kota County Western Ser-vice Center. The construction plans have drawn concerns from Apple Valley City Council Member Clint Hooppaw, who worries that removal of the traffic signal at Elm Drive could pose a safety hazard to children and other community mem-bers crossing 42 to get to Redwood Pool and the ad-joining park. “The removal of the stop light and ped cross-ing at Elm will make the nearest protected crossing at Gardenview,” Hooppaw said in an email. “Many young people and adults use Redwood park, com-munity center and pool. We know the tendency will be to continue to cross at that location. “The signal at Elm not only provides a safer crossing, but also serves to slow traffic and provides a break in traffic if people choose to cross where they shouldn’t.” This newspaper con-tacted Dakota County transportation staff to in-quire about potential safe-ty hazards stemming from the removal of the traffic signal at Elm Drive, but had not received a reply as of press time Wednesday.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Changing custody clinic set Legal Assistance of Dakota County Ltd. and the Dakota County Law Library will present a free informational clinic on changing custody from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, at the Dakota County Northern Service Center, Room 520, 1 Mendota Road W., West St. Paul.

The clinic is for those who have a custody order they would like changed, are worried their current custody order is hurting their child, or are wonder-ing what their options are. To register, contact Le-gal Assistance of Dakota County Ltd. at 952-431-3200.


SportsPanthers want to play the best they can findDefense figures to be Lakeville North’s strengthby Mike Shaughnessy


Some football teams shy from playing Lake Conference schools, as evidenced by the difficulty Eden Prairie and Wayzata have had filling their reg-ular-season schedules in recent years. Lakeville North does not have a problem with playing teams from the Lake, even though losses to Eden Prairie have end-ed the Panthers’ last two seasons. Playing the best competition you can find is the tried-and-true way to improve, North coach Brian Vossen says. A scheduling agree-ment between the South Suburban and Lake con-ferences provides for some non-conference games between schools from the two leagues. That arrange-ment will end for football after this season, when the Minnesota State High School League’s district scheduling plan goes into effect. North will be in an east metro district while the five Lake Conference schools will be in a west metro district. Starting in 2015, that likely means Lakeville North can’t play a Lake Conference school until the playoffs. The Panthers will try to make the most of their opportunities, and senior defensive end Carl Eng-wall said the players were happy to see that their sea-son opener Aug. 28 was against Hopkins, a Lake Conference school. “They’re from a con-ference that gets a lot of

respect. We want to play them,” Engwall said. The league where the Panthers play – the South Suburban – gets a fair amount of respect, too. Four teams from the SSC advanced to the quarter-final round in last year’s state playoffs. South Sub-urban teams have played in the state championship game three of the last four years, including Lakeville North in 2012. After finishing second in Class 6A two years ago, the Panthers went 8-3 last season and reached the state quarterfinals. This year’s team believes an-other deep playoff run is possible. “Going off the last couple of years, we know

we have a lot to live up to,” Engwall said. “If we want to achieve what our teams did the last couple of years – or go even further – we know what we have to do.” The Panthers appear loaded on defense despite the graduation of Greg Menard, a defensive end who was the South Subur-ban Conference defensive player of the year in 2013. He’s now playing at North Dakota State. Linebackers Tristyn Hanson and Jesse Carde-nas were all-conference last season, as was defen-sive back Jordan Carde-nas. Engwall, who last week verbally committed to North Dakota to play football, also is a big part of the Panthers’ defensive

plans. “There are eight of us (on defense) coming back who played a lot last year,” Engwall said. “We’re pret-ty experienced.” Other defensive return-ees include lineman Bra-dyn Daniels, safety Stu Haman and linebacker Dakota Toedter, all se-niors. Speed and pursuit are the foundation of North’s defense, but Jesse Carde-nas is one of the Panthers who can be physical. He was a 180-pound safety as a sophomore, but this year is a 220-pound mid-dle linebacker with Divi-sion I college potential. Cardenas says he’s as fast now as he was as a soph-omore, when he was 40

pounds lighter. “We’re fast, but I think we’re smart about how we use our speed,” Jesse Cardenas said. “We know that when a runner cuts back, we have to have somebody in that lane.” Junior Drew Stewart is beginning his second year as the Panthers’ starting quarterback. Senior Con-nor Flack led the Panthers in receiving yardage last year, and Kyle Rhodus also saw time at receiver. The Panthers must find a running back – or more than one – to replace Ja-miah Newell, who’s now at Minnesota-Duluth after gaining more than 1,500 yards last season. Hanson (6-foot-2, 215 pounds) might be in line

for some carries, although he’s likely to see most of his playing time at line-backer. North’s offensive line is relatively inexperienced, although senior Zachary Knochenmus had playing time as a reserve last year. Vossen, after running an afternoon practice last week, said he likes what he has seen from the Pan-thers so far. “I’m really happy,” he said. “We had a couple of key defensive losses from last year’s team and our offensive line is almost all new, but I like what I’ve seen. Our guys on offense don’t look out of place even when they compete against our defensive starters.” “The tempo’s been pretty high,” Jesse Carde-nas said. “The defense is probably ahead of the of-fense right now because we have more returning starters. I can see our of-fensive line getting bet-ter and Drew Stewart is stepping up. The product looks good so far.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Lakeville North quarterback Drew Stewart tries to escape the rush at practice last week. (Photo by Mike Shaugh-nessy)

North football(All games 7 p.m. Fri-day unless noted)Aug. 28 (Thursday): HopkinsSept. 5: at ShakopeeSept. 12: Apple ValleySept. 19: Prior LakeSept. 26: at EastviewOct. 3: at Lakeville SouthOct. 10: at BurnsvilleOct. 15 (Wednesday): EaganOct. 24: Class 6A play-offs begin

Cougars’ runners determined, excited to race Lakeville South girls are No. 2

in preseason poll by Andy Rogers

SUN THISWEEK


After finishing third in the Class AA state meet last year, like many runners, the goal of the Lakeville South girls cross country team is to beat

their personal bests. It’s a lofty goal consid-ering where they’ve been. Lakeville South’s top four finishers at the state meet last season are back including Kaytlyn Larson, Annie Brekken, Patty Jo English and Bailey Brew-ster. Prognosticators feel the Cougars will be one of the leaders of the pack again this year. The Minnesota

Cross-Country Coaches Association has Lakev-ille South ranked No. 2 in Class AA behind only Wayzata and ahead of ev-ery other South Suburban conference team in its pre-season poll. Head coach Jessica Just said her team was honored by the rank and will embrace the oppor-tunity. The girls have been ranked highly before and

have risen to the occasion. Last season the girls also finished first in the Sec-tion 1AA meet and in the South Suburban Confer-ence. “We have great runners and families involved in our program,” Just said. “Our team leadership is outstanding where the more experienced runners are great mentors for our less experienced runners

— helping them see that running is hard work but fun. Each runner is an im-portant part of our cross country family.” But polls are a mythical pursuit. Just is more fo-cused on the real races on the schedule while helping each individual runner be-come the best version of herself. “Each practice and meet brings a new chal-

lenge,” she said. “We encourage our athletes to focus on each day of training and to take one practice and one meet at a time.” Depth is one of the team’s strengths as well. Last year’s junior varsity team finished with a per-fect score at the Section 1AA meet taking first

See COUGARS, 13A


Eagan, BV, Elko head to state The Eagan Bandits and Burnsville Bobcats will play in the state Class B men’s amateur baseball tournament be-ginning this weekend. Eagan, which qualified by winning the Cannon Valley League regular-season championship, plays Dundas at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Jordan “Mini-Met” ball-park. Eagan finished third in last year’s state tourney. Burnsville defeated Savage in a best-of-three series to advance to state, plays the Austin Greyhounds at 11 a.m. Satur-day in Le Sueur. Elko plays Isanti at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Le Sueur. The Express qualified for state by beating Northfield in a Section 1B playoff series, then defeated Dundas

4-3 to earn the top seed from the section. Sixteen teams play first-round games this weekend in the single-elimination tournament. Winners move on to the quarterfinals Friday, Aug. 29. The cham-pionship game is scheduled at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 1, in Belle Plaine.

Game On Sports flag football Game On Sports is accepting registra-tions for its flag football leagues for play-ers in grades 3-12. Registration is open to players from any community. The season starts Sept. 6. Games will be played in Lakeville. Teams can quali-fy for the NFL Flag Championships in Phoenix in February 2015. For more information, visit www.gameonsportsmn.com.

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through fifth place. “The girls have a posi-tive attitude and believe in each other,” she said. “They are hard working and determined.” They will be tested

early with a meet on Aug. 29 in Eagan. The conference is loaded with speedsters from neighboring Lakev-ille North, Burnsville, Eagan and newcomer Shakopee. Just says it will be a challenge to

compete with the quality programs.

Boys cross

country Noah Hanson will run with the Cougars this season as the team’s

captain. Last year he was sixth across the finish line at the South Suburban Conference meet, earning himself All-Conference honors and qualifying for state. He will be joined by Mike Kennedy and Josh

Willard along with top prospects Sam Moerbitz and Mark Hager. The goal for the boys is to improve from last year’s seventh-place fin-ish in the conference and ninth-place finish in the Section 1AA meet.

The boys also begin their season at Eagan on Aug. 29.

Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].

COUGARS, from 12A

The Lakeville South varsity football team has spent the past two weeks practicing in preparation for the season. With many returning players, especially along the offensive line and defensive backfield, expectations are high. The team’s first game is 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29, at Prior Lake. (Photo by Andy Rogers)

Many return to the field for Lakeville South football

Expectations high for Cougars’ players

by Andy RogersSUN THISWEEK


When the lineup runs out onto the field on Thursday for the 2014 high school football sea-son opener, the Lakeville South Cougars will have many familiar faces lead-ing the charge. The Cougars have sev-eral starters back coming off a season where they went 4-3 in the South Sub-urban Conference and 5-3 overall. Like most seasons, it had its highs and lows. The season kicked off with a three-game win streak in September that included victories against Wayzata, Eagan and Apple Valley. The Cougars went on to beat Eagan 10-0 in the first round of playoffs, but lost to Roseville 39-15 in the following round to end their season. That team relied on sev-eral underclassmen who

are now a year wiser and stronger. “I saw a lot of potential last year, but we couldn’t follow it up,” senior cap-tain Grant Mosser said. “This year I see even more potential.” When asked the goal for 2014, Mosser said “TCF,” referring to the new site of the state tournament: TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. “We’re getting there this year — definitely,” he said. “We have good ex-perience coming back and good talent. I haven’t been on a team with this much talent.” The last time the Cou-gars qualified for state was in 2011. Still, many things need to happen before the team steps on the field. Head coach Larry Thompson hasn’t settled on a long-term starting quarterback with Mitch Wolkow, who played in six

games last year, competing with Will Heller. “It depends on who scores touchdowns,” Thompson said. “The quarterback can’t hurt us. He can’t throw intercep-tions.” He says they could both alternate during the sea-son depending on the situ-ation. “We might not know until halfway through the season,” Thompson said. No matter who the quarterback is, he will have plenty of veteran protection. Every return-ing starting offensive line-man started several games last season including Eric Rousemiller, Landon Mount, McLain Blohm, Jack Swanhorst and Jon Zeidler. “It all starts up front with those guys,” senior captain Josh Corcoran said. “We’re going to pow-er the football and get it done up front.” Running back Tom Duckstad is also back af-ter carrying the ball 35 times last year. “We should have a good run game,” Thomp-son said, “which will turn into some good play ac-tion.”

Corcoran will see time at fullback as well as line-backer. “He’s too good to keep off the field,” Thompson said. The quarterback will also have receivers Spen-cer Linse and Trent Sub-stad to help. The defensive players like what they’ve seen from the offense in practice. “They’ve improved tre-mendously from just last week and from last year,” Corcoran said. The defense has several players back as well. “We were really good last year, but we’ll be bet-ter this year,” senior cap-tain Ryan Kretzschmar said. Thompson called the defensive backfield as good as he’s had in a while with Mosser and Kenny Braziel at cornerback and Brandon Johnson and Blake Wacholz at safety. Corcoran leads a line-backing crew with Kyle Martin, Dalton Peter-

son and Bryce Fatturi. On the defensive line, Kretzschmar is back along with Connor Rousemiller. Thompson said he may platoon a few offensive linemen for the interior spots during the games. While he’s happy with his starters, Thompson is concerned about depth, and perhaps more specifi-cally, injuries. “I always hate to see it if one of our top guys go out,” he said. The schedule will look a little different this season thanks to a shake-up in the members of the South Suburban Conference. The two Bloomington schools have joined the Metro West Conference. Replacing them are Sha-kopee and Farmington. The Cougars will play an all-South Suburban Conference schedule start-ing with a trip to Prior Lake on Thursday. The home opener is Sept. 12 when Eastview will pay a visit. The Cougars will

close out the regular sea-son at Farmington, who is new to the conference. “It’s basically the bet-ter teams left,” Thompson said. “It’s a fine line be-tween 6-2 and 2-6 some-times. We’ll just have to see.” The Class 6A playoffs may look a little differ-ent in 2014 as well. In the first round, the Cougars will face off against fellow Section 3-6A opponents, which includes most of the South Suburban Con-ference teams. In the previous two sea-sons, the second round was a crossover bracket with teams from Section 4-6A, which includes teams from the Suburban East Con-ference. This season if the Cougars advance to the second round, it will enter a crossover bracket with Section 6-6A, which fea-tures many teams from the Lake Conference.

Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].

South football(All games 7 p.m. Fri-day unless noted)Aug. 29: at Prior LakeSept. 5: at Apple ValleySept. 12: EastviewSept. 19: BurnsvilleSept. 26: at EaganOct. 3: Lakeville NorthOct. 10: RosemountOct. 15 (Wednesday): at FarmingtonOct. 24: Class 6A play-offs begin

A Lakeville South football player takes in some hydration during practice earlier this week. (Photo by Andy Rogers)


“Pan-O-Prog needs to be aware this is an in-creased cost,” LaBeau said. “The city shouldn’t be absorbing it, but the event should be absorbing it.” Pan-O-Prog Board President Diana Nea-

meyer said they help cover some police and other costs already, and their funds are limited. She noted the event re-cently began paying for extra outhouses and trash pickup instead of it being a city expense. This year, the organization contrib-uted a flat rate of $3,500

for city services. Long said the Police Department incurred $22,513 in overtime for Pan-O-Prog-related ac-tivities, but the city was reimbursed $7,488 from the Lions (for Beer, Brats, Bingo), Lakeville VFW Post 210 and Babes Sports Bar & Grill for security

services. The remaining overtime paid for police services for other activities, including traffic direction for Cruise Night, the parade and the K-9 demonstration, Long said. Although some years Pan-O-Prog does not come out ahead finan-cially, Neameyer said the organization will do what-ever it can to help keep the

city’s biggest celebration going. She said the 10-day celebration is good for downtown businesses and described it as “very safe,” having successfully hosted some 80,000 people for 48 years without major inci-dents. Long said he also val-ues the event and wants it to continue. “I’m not trying to dis-

courage it, I just want to see the people that are down there for the right reasons enjoy it,” he said. “I don’t care if they’re drinking and having a good time with a designat-ed driver, but it was more than that this year.” Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

not supporting it, I just don’t know if I would expand it to every school and say this is how every-body has to change.” Lewis said Impact Academy is a reorganiza-tion of classrooms that is like having two different school districts residing in the same school, so she said if there is a lot of de-mand for it, it may be bet-ter to house it in one or two schools in the district. She called closing the achievement gap is “ab-solutely crucial” and is an advocate for enhancing the work of the Mental Health Task Force. “We need to be able to support students with the things they’re dealing with in their lives,” Lewis said. She said that while school security has been a concern for years, it has evolved and changed into more violent scenarios. “It certainly requires more collaborative work between your police force, your city, your communi-ty, your parents,” she said. Lewis said there has to be a balance between hav-ing the school open to the community and protect-ing students. She said the issue can be addressed by better use of technology, improved safety training for person-nel and working to create an atmosphere where the staff really gets to know students. When situations arise from individuals outside the buildings, Lewis said they can rely on their poli-cies, security plans, tech-nology and working with the police force to address them to develop strategies

that keep schools safe. Lewis said she is also supports the school re-source officer programs that allow a Lakeville po-lice officer to have an of-fice in each high school building. Lakeville School Board members have been dis-cussing a technology levy in 2016, and Lewis said she would “probably sup-port” holding a levy refer-endum but needs to find out more about it before fully backing it. Lewis emphasized that technology is important in learning, and she supports having students bring their own device, not only because doing so saves the district money, but because students can put it down, come back and all their information and work is easily found and accessed. She also said she needs to do more research about Common Core, the federal government’s initiative to create consistent learning standards in every state. “The concept of Com-mon Core can give you that balance that we do need to have some basic things that all kids need to learn,” she said. Minnesota adopted the Common Core Language Arts standards, which were implemented during the 2012-13 school year. Lewis said it is impor-tant for Lakeville that Common Core “really meets our needs,” and sug-gested looking for ways to enhance it, because she wants students to have the best educational opportu-nities, not just meeting the minimal level. “It’s a very compli-cated subject, because ev-

erybody hears Common Core and says ‘Oh, this is great, why don’t we just jump right into it.’ But I don’t know if all of the standards of Common Core have been fleshed out well enough and are accurate enough that we want to be able to teach it.” Lewis said many peo-ple in the community have told her she would be a vi-able candidate who brings skills and a perspective that would be useful in the district. “I think I have a lot of experience,” Lewis said. “I still have an extreme pas-sion for education. For me, it is absolutely over-riding, it’s an overriding principle in my life.” An intensive care nurse who has worked in the Fairview system for de-cades, Lewis has contin-ued to pursue advanced training. She recently earned a Certificate of Leadership Studies at St. Catherine Univer-sity’s Leadership Insti-tute, studying topics that included global studies, global workforces, leader-ship training and moving organizations forward. She said she has an open mind about issues and always listens to peo-ple’s concerns. “I think I have an open mind, and I’m able to evaluate the benefits of things with my expe-rience and my history in the district and the things I have supported I would be an excellent candidate,” Lewis said. “I have these grandchildren in school, and I not only want to do what’s best for them, but what’s best for other stu-dents.”

LEWIS, from 1A

lots of big houses. There’s a real shortage of restau-rants and retail, just a real serious lack of those things in a city of our size.” He said Lakeville’s loca-tion that includes multiple freeway exits is a “huge ad-vantage” to the city that is “poorly used.” Pointing to Burnsville’s Heart of the City redevel-opment, the County Road 42 and Cedar Avenue area in Apple Valley and Ea-gan’s Town Centre and newly opened outlet mall, Rajavuori said Lakeville should redevelop the retail area on County Road 50 off of I-35. “That’s almost a blight-ed area,” Rajavuori said. “You’ve got an abandoned Burger King and an aban-doned Pizza Hut, an old gas station that somebody just bought. The whole area needs to be managed and thought through with tax incentives and plans by the city to make it an attractive area with lots of good services. I think there needs to be a whole new level of initiative and thought put into that.” He said people moving into Lakeville will need ser-vices, and attracting com-mercial development takes vision and direction by the City Council, rather than just building houses with “hopes that they show up.” Rajavuori said all op-tions need to be on the table for the right reasons, including eminent do-main, to accomplish goals of bringing in commercial development, but said it would need to be “ap-proached very carefully.” “I don’t like the thought of taking things away from

people, but where there is an area that for the good of the whole community that really needs to be looked at and re-thought,” Rajavuori said, “I would put all the options on the table. I wouldn’t just say no to eminent domain just because it’s a bad idea, I would want to look at the whole big picture and con-sider maybe there are ar-eas in Lakeville that need that.” Rajavuori said property owners would have to be fairly compensated if their property were condemned for redevelopment purpos-es. “If it were going to be approached, it would have to be done the fair way, compensating property owners … involving every-one in the process, and not making anyone feel like they have a gun to their head,” Rajavuori said. “I think there’s a careful bal-ance between respecting rights of property own-ers and trying to create a shared vision for a better area.” Rajavuori also said he would try to not increase that tax burden on existing properties in the city, and be careful about managing the city’s aging infrastruc-ture, be it parks, streets or utilities. “I’d want to make sure we keep the whole quality of life at the level we’ve had, but in a carefully managed way, without in-creasing the tax burden, without increasing spend-ing,” Rajavuori said. He said to attract a stronger business base, the city could actively pursue businesses, perhaps by of-fering more incentives. He also suggested studying

what other cities did to at-tract development in their communities. Rajavuori said as presi-dent and owner of REI Real Estate Property Man-agement, he has demon-strated key skills needed to serve as a council member, including decision-making, problem-solving and work-ing with a variety of peo-ple. He said his vision for Lakeville sets him apart from other City Council candidates. “I frankly haven’t heard about the other candidates talk about really a positive vision,” Rajavuori said. “I was looking beyond the City Council to see a rule-making body that talks about should we or should we not have chickens. That needs to be minor back-ground noise. I’d like to present a really positive vi-sion of what can we do to create a new vision, a big-ger vision … for the next level of how do we act on that. What spaces do we create, what businesses do we bring in? I’d like to get people talking about really creating a concrete, posi-tive vision for the future.” While this is his first time running in an elec-tion, Rajavuori applied in 2012 to fulfill the re-maining two years of then Mayor-elect Matt Little on the City Council and he has applied for a Planning Commission seat as well. Rajavuori and wife Laura have four children, three who are Lakeville graduates, and a son who will be a junior at Lakeville North High School. More information is on www.facebook.com/sjrlakeville or his Twitter feed https://twitter.com/sjrlakeville.

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POLICE, from 1A


together?” “I said yes,” she said. “At that point, it was a good relationship. I knew things were going to go well.” Nyssen said the church spent a weekend in a vi-sioning process to deter-mine next steps and seeking God’s direction. They defined St. John’s as a church of tradition and reverence, with Bible-based worship services, liturgy, hymnals, choral music and triumphant instrumentals, not praise bands and elec-tric guitars. “That’s who we decided to be back in ’98,” Helland said. “And so then, people did start to join. The mo-mentum started to build, and a lot of it was around

the idea that we had decid-ed who we were.” In 2000, the church purchased 35 acres off of 202nd Street and built a 21,000-square-foot church building. “No one ever thought to look (for property) outside of Lakeville,” Helland said. “There was a strong push by the congregation for us to build as close as we could to the original building, and the idea of continuing to identify strongly with Lakeville was important.” Details of the new church, including the stained glass pillars, cel-ebrate their faith and heri-tage. A “Luna Moth Matrix” sculpture in front of the

church depicts the eternal hope through Christ’s res-urrection. First commissioned to honor the memory of Sharon Blenkush, it is now intended to honor Jesus Christ, a request from Rev. Blenkush before his death in 2009. A hanging wrought iron sculpture above the baptis-mal font is a reminder of the crown of thorns Christ wore at the crucifixion; the sculpture originally hung in their second building and was dedicated in 1964. The wooden and metal cross that once stood on top of the second building is now in the sanctuary of the new church building, its wide entry with the original stained glass also a symbol of Christ’s open invitation like that of the church to-ward the community where it has served for so long. Helland said he expects St. John’s future to remain strong in Lakeville. “I think this congrega-tion’s roots will only grow deeper as time passes,” he said. Tickets to the catered centennial dinner Sept. 27 are $20 and are on sale Sun-days or can be ordered by calling the church office by Sept. 20 at 952-469-4916. For more information, go to www.sjlcl.org. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

A weekend of celebration St. John’s Lutheran Church invites the commu-nity to celebrate its first 100 years. A welcome reception centennial program featur-ing honored guests and entertainment by the Min-neapolis Commodores Quartet starts at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, with a catered dinner starting at 6 p.m. The event’s $20 tickets are available at the church. The celebration will continue Sunday, Sept. 28, with both services (8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.) offer-ing a Centennial Festival worship service featuring a message by Bishop Patricia Lull and the world pre-mier of St. John’s Centennial musical composition, “His Love Endures” by accomplished composer Bradley Ellingboe, who grew up in the church and was commissioned to create the piece. Between services, St. John’s will hold a reception and education hour starting at 9:40 a.m. The Centennial Fall Festival will feature family-friendly games and food for all.

St. John’s Lutheran quilters Alice Anton, Ginger Gustafson, Jackie Knauff, Mary Ann White and Helen Wysocki display the centennial anniversary quilt they are working on. When complete, it will include over 80 squares, each made by members of the church. (Photo submitted)

posing the piece, making sure it was suitable for a good church choir, which he said is different than a college or professional choir. The choral piece also had to involve the children’s choir and be upbeat to cel-ebrate the happy occasion, which church members have spent this year recog-nizing in a variety of ways. There was a Chili Feed in February, a choir festival in May and a Centennial Summer Worship and pic-nic in July. The festivities will culminate next month with a big celebration St. John’s is inviting the com-munity to attend, promis-ing a weekend of fun, food, games and worship on Sept. 27-28 (see sidebar for details). The weekend’s highlight will be when Ellingboe, who is flying in for the event, directs the commissioned anthem during Sunday ser-vices. Leading St. John’s in its centennial year is Rev. Gregg Helland, who with wife Deb-bie came to Lakeville in 1998, knowing the church was struggling to set its fu-ture course as it was under-going a major transition. St. John’s beloved pastor Dallas Blenkush had re-tired after 27 years of rapid change and growth at St. John’s. Under Blenkush’s lead-ership, the church had added Sunday services to accommodate a growing body of believers; choirs for every age multiplied, ministries flourished and its youth groups were actively engaged with each other and the community. St. John’s elected its first woman to serve on its council in 1973, and by 1978, the church held a ground-breaking for a new $200,000 education wing. Tragedy struck on Oct. 22, 1979, when Blenkush’s wife Sharon died at age 41 in a car accident with a drunk driver, leaving him to raise their three children. “That was a hugely tragic event in the life of our congregation,” said Helland, who with wife Debbie, answered the call to serve in the church in 1998,

two years after Blenkush re-tired. He said the church was at a crossroads, struggling with declining membership over the months that turned to years as an interim pas-tor Jim Voelker led the congregation though what church administrator Judy Nyssen said was a “grieving process.” “It’s hard when you lose a pastor because people get to be friends and are attached to him,” Nyssen said. Helland said over those years, many people left St. John’s to attend Hosanna Lutheran, then a growing, young church with contem-porary services. “When I came, the ques-tion was are we going to flourish or not,” Helland said. “My conviction was we were going to flourish.”

A proud history St. John’s had been a Lakeville fixture since 1914, when about 50 worshippers turned out for its first ser-vice held in a dance hall. A handful of leaders of-ficially organized St. John’s in October of that year, and 17 charter member families joined, many with names that are still known in Lakeville today includ-ing Enggren, Knutsen and Streefland. The church’s former long-time organist Myrtle Sorenson, whose parents were charter members of St. John’s, wrote at the church’s 50th anniversary that when the church start-ed there were no automo-biles in Lakeville. She wrote that families

walked to church or came by horse and buggy. Sleighs sometimes tipped over in the winter, spilling travelers into snowdrifts. The fledgling congrega-tion first met at other local church buildings until 1916 when they built the base-ment (and ceiling) of their first church building at 210th Street and Holyoke Avenue. Worship services con-tinued to be held in the basement until 1923 when the congregation voted to spend a maximum of $6,000 to construct the rest of the church. Over the years, the little church flourished, add-ing membership, growing music, women’s and youth ministries. Outgrowing its original building, it was razed in 1963 and the congregation met at what is now Mc-Guire Middle School for a year until a new church building was completed in 1964 on the same lot at 210th Street and Holyoke Avenue. The temporary meet-ing space did not change the congregation’s thriv-ing course, and until Blen-kush’s retirement, St. John’s had been on the same kind of growth trajectory as the sprawling city it called home. That changed by the time Helland arrived and the congregation faced an uncertain future; he was de-termined to regain momen-tum. Nyssen said the first thing Helland said to her when they met was, “Are we going to grow this church

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St. John’s first church building was located at 210th and Holyoke. It was razed in 1963 and replaced with a new building in 1964 that is now home to Cross of Christ Church. St. John’s now meets in a new building located off 202nd Street. (Photo submitted)


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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 conditions of the following described mort-gage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: June 30, 2005MORTGAGOR: Juan Jose Her-

nandez Hernandez, a single per-son.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded July 18, 2005 Dakota County Recorder, Docu-ment No. 2341060.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Indenture Trustee of the FBR Securitization Trust 2005-4, Mort-gage-Backed Notes, Series 2005-4. Dated May 2, 2012 Recorded May 21, 2012, as Document No. 2869307.

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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: October 7, 2014 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

fice, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hastings, MN

to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attor-neys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal rep-resentatives or assigns unless re-duced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on April 7, 2015 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None

“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: August 11, 2014HSBC Bank USA, National Asso-ciation, as Indenture Trustee Mortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688830 - 14-002269 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published inLakeville

August 22, 29, September 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014

267861

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALESheriff’s sale for abandon stor-

age yard items, Tuesday, Septem-ber 9th at 10:00 AM located at Dunham Rental Properties, 21716 Kenrick Avenue, Lakeville, MN.

(2) 1993 Ford box vans1990 GMC truck1978 trailer30’ storage container1987 Flatbed trailerIngersoll-Rand Compressor1989 Storage container 40X8X82008 landscape trailer with seal-

coating equipment.Lots of miscellaneous house-

hold items and tools.Published in

LakevilleAugust 15, 22, 29, 2014

264346

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

ROSEMOUNT - APPLE VALLEY - EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSDIRECTORY AND

YEARBOOK INFORMATIONThe following Public Notice shall

be published in the legal section of the district’s official newspaper, displayed on each school’s bulletin board by September l of each year

and available in school offices.NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ...

That Independent School District l96, pursuant to the U.S. General Education Provisions Act and Min-nesota Government Data Practices Act, declares the following as “di-rectory information” as provided in said Act, and that information relat-ing to students may be made public if said information is in any of the following categories:

• *Student’s name• Date and place of birth• Gender• Major field of study• Participation and performance

in officially recognized school ac-tivities and sports

• Weight and height of members of athletic teams

• Dates of attendance• Enrollment status• District-issued email address• Grade level• Degrees, honors, diplomas

and awards received• Honor roll• School of attendance• The most recent previous edu-

cational agency or institution at-tended

• Photographs and other vi-sual and audio representations for school-approved publications, yearbooks, newspapers, public presentations, student ID badges and publication on school-ap-proved Internet pages

• *Student identification (ID) number, user ID, or other unique personal identifier used by the stu-dent for purposes of accessing or communicating in electronic sys-tems or displayed on a student ID badge

• **9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade student’s home address and tele-phone number (for release to mili-tary recruiters and institutions of higher education, only)

*A parent/guardian may not pre-vent the disclosure of a student’s name, identifier or institutional email address in a class in which the student is enrolled or on a stu-dent ID badge

**In accordance with the Min-nesota Statute 13.01-13.09, Gov-ernment Data Practices Act and Public Law 107-110 (No Child Left Behind Act of 2001), the district must release to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher education the names, home ad-dresses and telephone numbers of students in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades within 60 days after the date of the request, unless parents or students refuse to release the information. Therefore, students’ home addresses and telephone numbers are gathered only for 9th through 12th grade students, only for the purpose of providing the information to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher education.

Directory information does not include identifying data which ref-erences religion, race, color, dis-ability, social position or nationality. Any parent or guardian of any stu-dent in the district, or any student 18 years of age or older, may notify the district of their desire that some or none of the above information is to be released without their con-sent by contacting the principal of the school which said student at-tends and completing Procedure 505.2.4.3P, Denial of Release of Directory and Yearbook Informa-tion. This notification must be given to the district within thirty (30) days of this publication notice or at any time with the approval of district level administration. If filed, a denial will remain in effect until it is modi-fied or rescinded by the parent, guardian or eligible student.

Please understand that if you choose to deny the release of all directory information, your child (or you, if a student 18 years of age or older) will be excluded from such published lists as honor rolls, news releases regarding sports achieve-ments, honors received, athletic contest programs, theater and fine arts programs, graduation pro-grams, future class reunion mail-ings, etc. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT l96/s/ Gary Huusko, School Board ClerkSi usted habla español y tiene pre-guntas, favor de llamar al teléfono (952)431-8993.HADDI ADD SOMAAALI TAHAY OO AAD QABTID WAX SUAAL AH FADLAN LA SOO XIRIIR FAISAL MADAR (952)769-7625If you speak (Spanish/Somali/Ara-bic) and have questions, call 952-769-7625

Published inApple Valley,

Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganAugust 22, 2014

264544

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194REGULAR BOARD

MEETING JULY 8, 2014This is a summary of the Independent

School District No. 194 Regular School Board Meeting on Tues, July 8, 2014 withfull text available for public inspection onthe district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or District Office at 8670 210thStreet W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 7:00p.m. followed by pledge of allegiance. All board members and administrators were present except Terry Lind.

Consent agenda items approved: Min-utes of the meetings on June 19 and 24;employment recommendations, leave re-quests and resignations; payment of bills& claims; authorization to release checks; 2014-15 milk bids to Hastings Coopera-tive Creamery Co of Hastings; and dona-tions.

Consent Agenda Discussion Items: Fol-lowing discussions on each item, they were approved – Workers compensationmanaged care; custodial supply leaseagreement; alt facilities change orders.

Report presented: Review of elemen-tary class size projections; first reading ofPolicy 514-Bullying Prohibition; academicreturn on investment.

Recommended actions approved: MNState High School League resolution for2014-15; 2014-15 Memberships in Lakev-ille Area Chamber of Commerce, MN School Board Association, and Associa-tion of Metropolitan School Districts.

Additions to agenda – the followingitems were approved: Resolution estab-lishing dates for filing affidavits of can-didacy; ratification of 2014-16 collectivebargaining agreement with LASA.

Closed session was held regarding su-perintendent evaluation.

Adjournment at 9:50 p.m. Published in


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LAKEVILLE AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT #194CALL FOR PROPOSALSFACILITIES CLEANING

ASSESSMENT SERVICESProposals due by 2:00 p.m. Lo-

cal Time (LT) on Thursday, Septem-ber 18, 2014.

By order of the School Board of Independent School District #194,sealed proposal for Facilities Clean-ing Assessment Services will be received in accordance with the specifications prepared by the Inde-pendent School District# 194 until2:00 p.m. LT, on Thursday, Sep-tember, 2014 at the District Office, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, MN 55044. Hand delivered propos-als must be checked in at the frontreception desk.

The following project dates havebeen established: RFP Issued Mon-day, August 18, 2014, Closing datefor vendor questions is Thursday,August 28, 2014 by 2:00 p.m. LT, re-sponses to vendor questions issued by September 9, 2014 by 2:00 p.m. LT, proposal opening is Thursday,September 18, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. LT.

Specifications may be examined or obtained at the Lakeville Area Public Schools lSD #194, Purchas-ing Department, 8670 210th StreetWest, Lakeville, Minnesota 55044between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and4:00 p.m. LT or by emailing the Pur-chasing Department at [email protected].

No vendor may withdraw their proposal within sixty (60) days afterthe scheduled closing time for thereceipt of proposal.

The School Board reserves the right to reject any or all proposal orparts of proposal and to waive infor-malities in the proposal.

Published in Lakeville, Burnsville/Eagan

August 22, 29, 2014267460

CITY OF LAKEVILLENOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARING REQUEST: The preliminary plat

and PUD development stage plansof two commercial lots to be knownas Spirit of Brandtjen Farm Com-mercial 1st Addition.

APPLICANT: SBF Development Corp.LOCATION AND LEGAL DE-

SCRIPTION: The property is located in the southeast quadrant of 160thStreet (C.R. 46) and Pilot KnobRoad (C.R. 31) in the City of Lakev-ille, Dakota County, Minnesota andis legally described as follows:

Outlots CC and DD, Spirit ofBrandtjen Farm, according to the recorded plat thereof, Dakota Coun-ty, Minnesota, and

Outlot B, Spirit of Brandtjen Farm14th Addition, according to the re-corded plat thereof, Dakota County,Minnesota

WHEN: Thursday, September 4,2014 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon tliere-after as the parties may be heard.

WHERE: Planning Commission meeting at the City Hall CouncilChambers, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota.

QUESTIONS: Contact Plan-ning Director Daryl Morey at (952)985-4422 or by e-mail at dmorey@lakevillemn. govDATED this 19th day of August,2014.CITY OF LAKEVILLECharlene Friedges, City Clerk

Published in Lakeville

August 22, 2014268303

CITY OF LAKEVILLENOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARING REQUEST: Conditional Use

Permit to allow a private commu-nity recreation building and outdoorswimming pool in the Summerlynsingle family residential develop-ment.

APPLICANT: Lennar CorporationLOCATION AND LEGAL DE-

SCRIPTION: The property is located at 19353 Hillcrest Avenue in the City of Lakeville, Dakota County, Min-nesota and is legally described as follows: Lot 4, Block 4, Summerlyn2nd Addition

WHEN: Thursday, September 4,2014 beginning at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the parties may be heard.

WHERE: Planning Commis-sion Meeting. City Hall CouncilChambers, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota.

QUESTIONS: Call the Associate Planner Frank Dempsey at (952) 985-4423 or you may e-mail com-ments or questions to [email protected] this 19th day of August 2014CITY OF LAKEVILLECharlene Friedges, City Clerk

Published in Lakeville

August 22, 2014268309

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194

SPECIAL BOARD MEETINGJULY 8, 2014

This is a summary of the IndependentSchool District No. 194 Special Board ofEducation Meeting on Tuesday, July 8,2014 with full text available for public in-spection on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 5:35p.m. All board members and administra-tors were present except Terry Lind.

Discussions: Update on School RoadSafety Task Force Report; Mattamy De-velopment Presentation

Meeting adjourned at 6:53 p.m.Published in


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INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 917

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSNotice is hereby given that Intermediate

School District 917 Requests proposals for:

Group Life & Long Term Disability Insur-ance

Specifications will be available fromNational Insurance Services, 250 South Executive Drive, Suite 300, Brookfield, WI53005, Phone: 800-627-3660

Proposals are due no later than 3 p.m.on Wednesday, September 3, 2014 atNational Insurance Services, 250 South Executive Drive, Suite 300, Brookfield, WI 53005

Published in Apple Valley, Lakeville, Burnsville/Eagan

August 15, 22, 2014263616

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

ROSEMOUNT - APPLE VALLEY - EAGAN PUBLIC

SCHOOLS ANNUAL NOTIFICATION OF

RIGHTS, PROTECTION AND PRIVACY OF

STUDENT RECORDS

1. Intent1.1 Pursuant to the require-

ments of Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and

Privacy of Student Records, and the requirements of federal law (34 C.F.R. Section 99.7), the following constitutes the district’s annual no-tification to parents, guardians and students regarding data privacy practices of the district.

1.2 Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records, incorporates state and federal requirements on data privacy rights in student edu-cational records, as summarized below.

2. Privacy Rights2.1 Educational records which

identify or could be used to iden-tify a student, other than directory information, may not be released to members of the public without the written permission of the student’s parent or guardian, or the student if the student is 18 years of age or older or attends a post-secondary institution or as otherwise permit-ted by law. This general rule is subject to specific and limited ex-ceptions which are described in Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records.

2.2 One exception, which per-mits disclosure of educational re-cords without consent, is disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school of-ficial is a person employed by the school as an administrator, super-visor, instructor, or support staff; a person serving on the School Board; a person or company with whom the school has contracted to provide a service instead of using its own employees or officials or an authorized volunteer. Legitimate educational interests include those directly related to the school of-ficial’s professional responsibilities for classroom instruction, teaching, assessment and research, student achievement and progress, student discipline and student health or welfare or other legitimate profes-sional responsibilities.

3. Directory Information3.1 “Directory information” in-

cludes a student’s name, date and place of birth, gender, major field of study, participation and performance in officially recog-nized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, enroll-ment status, district-issued email address, grade level, degrees, honors, diplomas and awards re-ceived, honor roll, school of atten-dance, the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended, photographs and other visual and audio representations for school-approved publications, yearbooks, newspapers, public presentations, ID badges, and pub-lication on school-approved Inter-net pages and student identifica-tion (ID) numbers, user IDs or other unique personal identifiers used by a student for purposes of access-ing or communicating in electronic systems or displayed on an ID badge. (A student’s identifier is di-rectory information but educational records can only be accessed in conjunction with the use of a pass-word or personal identification number (PIN) or other factor known or possessed only by the autho-rized user.) Directory information does not include identifying data which references religion, race, color, disability, social position or nationality. “Directory information” also includes home addresses and home telephone numbers of students in grades 9 through 12, for the purpose of providing such information to military recruiting of-ficials as requested by the military and to institutions of higher learn-ing as requested by the institutions, in accordance with state and fed-eral law.

3.2 In accordance with the Minnesota Data Practices Act, 20 U.S.C. Section 1232g and Public Law 107-110 (No Child Left Behind Act of 2001), the district must re-lease to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher learning the names, addresses and home telephone numbers of students in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades within 60 days after the date of the request, unless parents or students refuse to release the information. Therefore, students’ addresses and students’ home telephone numbers are gathered only for 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade students, only for the purpose of providing the infor-mation to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher learning.

3.3 Directory information may be released to the public without prior parent, guardian or student con-sent unless the parent or student (if the student is 18 or older) has objected in writing to the release of one or more category of such information.

3.4 Parent(s), guardian(s), or stu-dents age 18 or older may object to the release of directory information by obtaining Procedure 505.2.4.3P, Denial of Release of Directory and Yearbook Information. The form should be completed and returned to your student’s school. A parent/guardian may not prevent the dis-closure of a student’s name, identi-fier or institutional email address in a class in which the student is en-rolled or from wearing, disclosing or displaying a student ID badge.

3.5 If filed, the denial of release of information will remain in effect until such time as it is modified or rescinded by the parent or eligible student.

4. Inspection of Records – The parent(s), guardian(s), or a student who is 18 or older, may request to inspect and review any of the stu-dent’s educational records except those which are, by state or federal law, made confidential.

4.1 The district will comply with the request immediately, if pos-sible, and, if not, within 10 days ex-clusive of weekends and holidays.

4.2 Copies of records may be obtained upon written request. A copying and handling fee will be charged.

5. Challenge to Accuracy of Records – A parent, guardian, or student 18 or older who believes that specific information in the stu-dent’s educational records is inac-curate, misleading, incomplete or violates the privacy or other rights of the student, may request that the district amend the record in ques-tion. Challenges may be made by requesting and filing Procedure 505.2.11P, Request to Amend Edu-cational Records, with the director of special education at Indepen-

dent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota 55068-4946.

5.1 If the director of special edu-cation declines to amend the re-cord as requested within 30 days, the parent, guardian, or student who is 18 or older, will be advised in writing of their right to request and obtain a hearing.

5.2 If either the director of spe-cial education or, after hearing, the hearing officer appointed by the school district, determines that the record in question is inaccurate, misleading, incomplete or violates the privacy or other rights of the student, the record will be amend-ed, the parent, guardian, or student age 18 or older will be notified of the change, and an attempt will be made to notify past recipients of the data.

5.3 If, as a result of the hearing, it is determined that the challenged record is not inaccurate, mislead-ing, incomplete or in violation of the privacy or other rights of the student, the parent, guardian, or student age 18 or older, will be no-tified of their rights to place a state-ment with the record commenting upon it and setting out any reason for disagreeing with the decision of the district.

5.4 The decision of the director of special education as respon-sible authority or the hearing officer may, with regard only to questions of accuracy and completeness of records, be appealed in accor-dance with the applicable provi-sions of the State Administrative Procedures Act, Minnesota Statute Chapter 14, relating to contested cases.

5.5 To the extent that a record is alleged to be misleading or to vio-late the privacy or other rights of a student, in violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. Section 1232[g] and 34 C.F.R. Part 99), neither state nor federal law provides for an ap-peal.

6. Subjects of Special Education Records: Requesting Destruction After Graduation or Upon Reach-ing Age 21 – District 196 complies with 34 C.F.R. Chapter III Section 300.624. At the time of graduation or at the attainment of age 21, spe-cial education records are no lon-ger needed to provide educational services to the child.

6.1 Requests for destruction of special education records can be made by:

6.1.1 The graduated student, age 18 or older, or

6.1.2 The non-graduated stu-dent age 21 or older, or

6.1.3 The parent or guardian of a 17-year old or younger graduated student, or

6.1.4 A person assigned guard-ianship of a former student with a disability who is no longer eligible for special education services.

6.2 Special education records are defined as any records stored in the district’s child study files that include a referral form and the sub-sequent steps of evaluation and/or assessment, including: raw data, any record of staffing and/or team meeting, and IEP periodic review and annual review.

6.2.1 Special education data in-cludes but is not limited to the child study forms labeled CS1 through CS99 and any supporting data, as well as due process forms DP1 through DP12 and any supporting data, and any analogous forms used in the district prior to the de-velopment of the forms now in use.

6.2.2 Special education records include records on students re-ferred for special education service and denied assessment; referred for special education service, as-sessed and denied service; and/or assessed and granted service.

6.2.3 There may be instances in which the director of special education may need to determine if records are special education records.

6.3 A former District 196 student (or the parent or guardian of such a student) who is the subject of spe-cial education data may request destruction of special education records by calling 651-423-7628 or writing to the director of special education at Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota, 55068-4946.

6.4 Former students who are in doubt as to whether they are sub-jects of special education data or want more information regarding destruction of data may call 651- 423-7628 for a determination. If records exist, the former student may request destruction of the data by writing to the director of special education at Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minne-sota, 55068-4946.

7. Transfer of Records to Other Schools – District 196 forwards educational records, including disciplinary records, of students to other schools and school dis-tricts in which a student seeks or intends to enroll upon request of that school or school district. A parent, guardian, or student who is 18 years of age may request and receive a copy of the records which are transferred and may, pursuant to this policy, challenge the ac-curacy of the records. The district does not, however, notify parent(s), guardian(s), or students of age 18 or older prior to such transfer.

8. Types and Purposes of Data Gathering: Right to Refuse or Not Refuse

8.1 Educational programs ad-ministered by the district involve the submission by students of as-signments, reports and, periodi-cally, the taking of tests. The dis-trict may also collect information for purposes of student enrollment, the administration of various school programs and for purposes of stu-dent health and safety.

8.1.1 Information required to be submitted by students in con-nection with such reports, assign-ments and tests is private data under the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statute 13.01 – 13.99. Such information is gathered and used as part of the educational process, in part to determine what the student is learning and what the student needs to learn. The district may also gather information from students when necessary to main-tain the order and discipline of the school. In some cases this may in-clude private data.

8.1.2 There is no legal require-ment that the students submit such data, but their failure to do so

will, of course, have a direct result upon grades which are measured by evaluating such information. In some cases, students may be required to share data when it is necessary to maintain order and discipline. Failure to provide data in such cases may lead to disciplinary action.

8.1.3 School officials within the school district may receive and use the collected data when they have a legitimate educational in-terest in evaluating the student’s progress or maintaining the order and discipline of the school. Such information is treated as private information under the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Prac-tices Act and is not to be disclosed to third parties, unless authorized by law, consistent with the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C.1232[g] and 34 C.F.R. Part 99), without the permis-sion of the parent(s) or guardian(s) of minor students or students age 18 or older.

8.1.4 School officials may also use student data for research, in-cluding student data that is collect-ed or assembled for purposes of student assessments. The research may be for developing, validating or administering predictive tests; to administer student aid programs, or to improve instruction. Stu-dent data collected or assembled for student assessments may be used in research that includes, but is not limited to norming studies, longitudinal or alignment stud-ies and growth research. Parents, guardians and adult students may contact the district with questions about such research and may also refuse to participate in certain stu-dent assessments.

8.2 The information described above is maintained by the district in its educational records. There are two student record systems:

8.2.1 Cumulative records, gath-ered on all students in the regular education program and include, but may not be limited to, group achievement and ability measures, Title I services, English Language Learner services, Gifted and Tal-ented services, interest inventories, disciplinary interventions, tran-scripts and other records, and logs and notes as appropriate; and

8.2.2 Child Study records gath-ered when direct and indirect ser-vices and programs are delivered to individual students and include, but may not be limited to, individually administered achievement tests, sensory and motor function tests, intellectual measures and other records, individual educational plans, evaluation reports, and logs and notes as appropriate. Such services and programs include but are not limited to psychological ser-vices, special education services, Title I services, English Language Learner services and Gifted and Talented services.

9. Location of Records – The educational records gathered on students are maintained in secure locations in district schools.

9.1 Cumulative records are maintained in the school the stu-dent attends. When the student graduates or transfers out of Dis-trict 196, the records are main-tained at the school of last atten-dance for one year. After one year the records are moved to the Dis-trict Office and archived into the digital imaging system.

9.2 Current child study records are stored in the school the student attends. Historical child study re-cords are transferred once per year to the District Office (3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minne-sota 55068-4946, telephone 651-423- 7628) where they are archived into the digital imaging system. Questions may be addressed to the Director of Special Education or the principal of the school the student attends.

9.3 Records are released to outside individuals or agencies only according to provisions in Ad-ministrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records.

9.4 Parents or students age 18 or older may request an opportuni-ty to inspect records and/or receive copies of records according to pro-visions in Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records. To make an ap-pointment, Procedure 505.2.10P, Parent or Eligible Student Request to Inspect Records and/or Obtain Copies of Educational Records, should be completed and submit-ted to the principal of the school the student attends or last at-tended.

9.5 District policies, regulations and procedures are available on the district website.

10. Complaints for Non-com-pliance – Parent(s), guardian(s), and students age 18 or older may submit written complaints of vio-lation of rights accorded them by 20 U.S.C. Section 1232(g) to the Family Policy Compliance Office, U. S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washing-ton, DC 20202-8520.

11. For More Information – This review of the data privacy rights of students, and parent(s) and guardian(s) in the educational re-cords maintained by District 196 is intended only to be a summary of the provisions of Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records and applicable state and federal law. Requests for copies of the policy or regulation and questions should be addressed to: Director of Special Education, Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minne-sota 55068-4946, phone number 651-423-7628.INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT 196/s/ Gary HuuskoSchool Board ClerkSi usted habla español y tiene pre-guntas, favor de llamar al teléfono(952)431-8993.HADDI ADD SOMAAALI TAHAY OO AAD QABTID WAX SUAAL AH FADLAN LA SOO XIRIIR FAISAL MADAR (952)769-7625If you speak (Spanish/Somali/Arabic) and have questions, call (952)769-7625

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1996 Wht Caddy 148k, $800/bo needs work, 952-432-5538


$$$ $200 - $10,000 $$$Junkers & Repairables

More if Saleable. MN Licensed

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$225+ for most Vehicles Free Towing

651-769-0857

1030 Motorcycles

2007 Suzuki Blvd C50, 800 CC. 40,000 mi. Exc. cond $3800 or B/O. 612-709-3824

1070 Trailers

Canoe Trailer with Racks and Open Box. Heavy duty. $550/BO. 952-938-4187

2000 FARM

2030 Farm Services

Land clearing: Untillable land to tillable land, Ease-ment clearing, windbreak removal, CRP reclaiming, ETC. Using a Seppi head machine to do it and look-ing to book for August and beyond. Travis, 763-238-7159

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MERCHANDISE3510 Antiques &

Collectibles

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7 Vintage ShopsOpen 3 Days Every Month!Thurs (10-5); Fri-Sat (10-4)

August 21, 22, 23Facebook:

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3580 Household/Furnishings

Antiques: 2 oak dressers, school desk chair, oak arm chair, white rotary sewing machine in cabinet. 763-473-2187

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3600 MiscellaneousFor Sale

Big Lake 1BR Mobile Hm on carefree ctry club Golf Course. Furn. gazebo, 2 golf crts, shed, swim. pool $39,900 952-894-6602

Going out of Drapery Business Sale! Hardware, fabrics, machines. Call for more information:

Elaine 612-869-9296

Kawai Full Upright Piano Excellent cond. $1250952-894-2450

Traeger Grill Closeout! All Traeger inventory sold at cost. email: [email protected] or call 612-978-3885 for inventory list.

3610 MiscellaneousWanted

Buying Old Trains & ToysSTEVE’S TRAIN CITY

952-933-0200* WANTED *

US Coins, Collections, Proof & Mint Sets. Also Currency

& Tokens & Gold Coins Will Travel. 30 yrs exp

Cash! Dick 612-986-2566

3620 MusicInstruments

Allen Electronic Organ, Full size, internal spkrs. Very gd cond $350. 952-893-9284

Clarinet (Buffet Champi-on APRIS) w/case & stand, newly cleaned. Exc cond! $350/BO. 612-716-2161

Janssen Console Piano w/bench. Good cond. $450/BO 952-985-0647

Wurlitzer Baby Grand Piano: Exc. condition! Ap-praised at $4,650; will sell for $1,999. 952-942-7279

4000 SALES


APPLE VALLEY Grace Lutheran Church Fri 8/22 8-6pm, Sat 8/23 8-2pm, 11 Rooms filled with home & office furn. purses, jewelry, HH goods, home decor, art, books, holiday! 7800 W. Cty Rd 42


APPLE VALLEY, 8/28-29th 8-5pm, 2 Garages! Adult cloz, toys HH, bks, season-al, fridge, & office supplies! 13784/13829 Evergreen Ct

APPLE VALLEY, Aug 20-22 & Aug 27-29 Wed. Thurs. 8-6pm, Fri 8 to 3, Furn, Collectibles, glassware, VHS movies, set of dishes, hunting. 7162 159th St. W.

Blmgtn Multi-Family Sale 8/20-23, Wed-Sat (8-6)Adult/kids cloz, toys, HH, tools, bks, bikes, furn, more! 5711 Hyland Greens Dr.

Bloomington9916 Little Circle. 8/22-23, (9-5), Furn, carpets, art, HH. Cash only.

Bloomington Estate Sale8/21-22 (8-6); 8/23 (8-1) Furn., tools, HH, decor, books, jewelry, small hard-ware, garage furnace, auto suppls., camping, more!

9300 Colorado Rd.

Bloomington, 8/21 & 8/22, 8a-5p. Large sale! DH skis, M&W cloz, camp gear, 2 Keu-rig, more! 10916 Drew Ave S

Bloomington-8/22 & 8/23, 8a-3p Moving Sale! Lawn,Garden,Garage,Craft,& HH supplies.7632 W. 111th St.

Bloomington: Garage/Antq Sale! 8801 Morris Rd 8/22-23 (8-5), Art, lamps, HH, needle pt, luggage, etc.

Brooklyn Park, Aug 20-22, 8-5. Furn, games, dishes, clothes & toys - boy & girl 9217 Trinity Gardens

BURNSVILLE, 8/22 & 23 9-5pm, Fabric SALE! Craft kits & sewing supplies! + misc. 1101 E. 145th St.

BURNSVILLE: 15001 Burnhaven Drive Sept 4th 8-6pm, Sept 5th & 6th 9-3pm, (1 Mi. South of BV Center, corner of 150th & Buck Hill), See Signs!

Crystal Estate Sale8/21- 22 (9-5); 8/23 (9-1)

Vintg. furn., HH and more!5930 Elmhurst Ave. North

EAGAN, Sept 4, 5th 7am-6p, 6th 8-12pm, Lg garage sale w/variety! Tools & furn 3867 PALISADE WAY

EDINA, Moving Sale! August 21st, 8 AM - 5 PM. Home to be torn down. All must go, priced to sell. HH, furn, carpet, applc, more! Cash only 6128 Beard Place

FARMINGTON , 8/22 - 23 8-5P, 2 Family Sale! Quilts/cloz. toys, baby, bikes. 16753 Farrago Trail

Fridley, Aug 21- 22, 8:30- 6; Aug 23, 8:30-4. Toys, Xmas deco, collectibles, much more. 5714 Jackson St NE


Fridley- 8/21- 8/23, 9am-5pm. Pack Rat Sale! Brand New Stuff still in boxes!

Electricians, Plumbers,Handymen -Must See!

665 57th Ave NE

LAKEVILLE, 8/15-17 & 8/22-24 10-6pm, Two weekends! 300 antiques & collectibles (only) ! 20047 Hoya Ct

Lakeville, Aug. 21-22-23, 9-5. Fish tanks, rugs, Olym-pic style wgts/bench, old computer games, girls misc 17240 Harrington Way

Minnetonka, 8/21- 8/23, 8-5. Power, hand & yard tools, fishing, dining tbl & chrs, collectibles, HH & much more. 4808 Valley Rd

Minnetonka: Moving Sale! 8/22 (2-7), 8/23 (9-5). Ga-rage stuff, kids cloz, toys. HH. 14405 McGinty Rd W

MPLS ESTATE SALE, 8/23-24, 9am-3pm. Lots to see: www.oldisknew.com 4297 Webber Pkwy

MPLS ESTATE SALE, 8/23-24, 9am-3pm. Must see: www.oldisknew.com 3118 90th St W

New Hope-Sat 8/23- 8am-5pm.TV,bikes,kids clothes,

car seat, & much more! 3248 Independence Ave N

Plymouth DOWNSIZING! August 28-29 (9-4). HH, tools, yard, misc. Cash only 17510 25th Ave. North

PLYMOUTH, Aug. 21-23, 8:00 AM. ALL CHURCH SALE Clothes, toys, housewares, sporting goods, tools, furniture, antiques and MORE!!BigSalePlymouth.com 4300 Vicksburg Ln 55446

Plymouth: Moving Sale! 4130 Quinwood Ln N. 8/22-23 (9-4), Home & of-fice furn, tlz, yard & misc.

Richfield 8/29-30 (9-4) Furn., HH items, CDs, DVDs, electronics, more!75th & Bryant Ave. South

ROSEMOUNT 3820 155th St. W. 8/21-23 8-6p, 8/24 8-2p. Skis, school, DVDs HH Scrapbk, pics & furn!

Rosemount, 8/21-22-23, Th-F 9-5, Sa 9-1. VINTAGE SALE! LOTS of good junk! 15624 Cornell Tr

St. Louis Park - 8/21 & 8/22- 9am-5pm- Golf Set, bike, Collectibles, New music & video DVD’s & CD’s. 9436 W.14th St.

West St. PaulSalem Church Huge Sale!Thurs & Fri, 8/28-29 (9-7);

Sat, 8/30 (9-Noon)Furn & 1000’s of great items!

11 West Bernard St.www.salemluth.org

4500 RENTALS / REAL ESTATE

4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

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4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

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4520 Townhomes/Dbls/Duplexes For Rent

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5050 Music &Dance Lessons

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5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

H & H Blacktopping612-861-6009

5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

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952-440-WOOD (9663)

Escobar Hardwood Floors Carpet & Ceramic Tile

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SANDING-REFINISHINGRoy’s Sanding Service

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5150 Chimney &Fireplace Services

SWEEP - INSP. - REPAIRFull Time - Professional Ser.Certified/Registered/Insured30 Yrs Exp. Phil 651-699-3373

londonairechimneyservice.com

5160 Commercial &Residential Cleaning

Clean Team - Mother/daughter crew. 10 yrs exp. 952-431-4885

Cleaning. 14 yrs exp. Reas. rates - Refs. available.Vicky 651-493-0856


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Christian Brothers Construction

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Concrete, Customized Concrete, Drain Tile, Stone, New or Repair.

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Patios Chimney Repair. No job to Sm. Lic/Bond/Ins

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Dave’s Concrete & Masonry

37 yrs exp. Free ests. Ins’d. Colored &

Stamped, Driveways & Steps, Sidewalks,

Patios, Blocks, & Floors. New or replacement. Tear out & removal.

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

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5190 Decks

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5210 Drywall

3-D Drywall Services36 yrs-Hang • Tape • Spray • Painting 651-324-4725

PINNACLE DRYWALL*Hang *Tape *Texture

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

5220 Electrical

DAGGETT ELECTRICGen. Help & Lic. Elec.

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JNH Electric 612-743-7922Bonded Insured Free Ests

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

Lew Electric: Resid & Comm. Service, Service Upgrades,

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

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5260 Garage Doors

GARAGE DOORS & OPENERS

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Lifetime Warranty on All Spring Changes

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5280 Handyperson

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5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters

5370 Painting &Decorating

5510 Full-time

5420 Tree Care &Stump Removal






5510 Full-time 5510 Full-time

Direct Service ProfessionalProvide direct care assistance for adults with intellectual disabilities and high medical needs at a vocational program located in Bloomington. Position requires the ability to lift/transfer adults to/from wheelchairs. A valid driver’s license and compliance with MVR & Rule 11 background checks required. Ability to obtain a CDL license within 6 months of hire and drug/alcohol testing required. FT/M-F $11.50-$12.50 HR/DOQ with a generous training & benefit package. Submit cover letter and resume to Melinda at [email protected].

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Home Tune-up • Fix It • Replace It

• Upgrade It Over 40 Yrs Exp.

Ins’d Ron 612-221-9480

5340 Landscaping

LANDSCAPES BY LORAlandscapesbylora.com

Quality work @ competitiveprices. 14+ yrs exp.!

612-644-3580

RETAINING WALLSWater Features & Pavers. 30+ Yrs Exp /Owner Operator

763-420-3036 952-240-5533

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5350 Lawn &Garden Services

A Happy Yard 20% off-New Customers

Fall Clean-ups, GutterCleaning, Brush Removal

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3 Interior Rooms/$250Wallpaper Removal.

Drywall Repair. Cabi-net Enameling and

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

612•390•6845Quality ResidentialPainting & Drywall

Ceiling & Wall TexturesH20 Damage-Plaster Repair

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*A and K PAINTING*Int/Ext Painting/Staining

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Ben’s Painting

Int/Ext, Drywall Repair Paint/Stain/Ceilings. We accept Visa/MC/Discvr.,

952-432-2605 DAVE’S PAINTING

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

Will meet or beat any price! Lic/Ins

Visa/MC 952-469-6800

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

5380 Plumbing

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

Jason 952-891-2490


A Family Operated Business

Roofing/Tear-offsNew Construction

BBB Free Est. MC/Visa Lic # BC170064

No Subcontractors Used. Ins. 952-891-8586

* Roofing, Siding, Gutters Greg Johnson Roofing

612-272-7165. Lic BC48741


NEED A ROOF? Dun-Rite Roofing/Siding

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Randy’s ResidentialImprovements

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Lic. 2063583 BBB Member

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

34 Yrs Exp. A+ Rating BBB


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612-275-2574AJ’s Tree Service

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A Good Job!! 15 yrs exp.Thomas Tree Service

Immaculate Clean-up! Tree Removal/TrimmingLot Clearing/Stump Removal Free Ests 952-440-6104

Al & Rich’s Low CostStump Removal, Portable Mach. No job too big!

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Jeff 612-578-5299

NOVAK STUMP REMOVALFree Ests. Lic’d & Ins’d

952-888-5123

Silver Fox ServicesTree Trimming/Removal

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BBB Accredited “A” RatingRegistered W/Dept of

Agriculture. 16+ Yrs Exp. Family Owned & Operated

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STUMP GRINDINGFree Ests. Best $$ Ins’d

Brett 612-290-1213

5440 Window Cleaning

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

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5500 EMPLOYMENT

5510 Full-time

Assistant Property Manager

Small locally-owned com-mercial real estate firm looking for dynamic pro-fessional with excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills. Prior real estate/construc-tion and small-office expe-rience a plus. This position provides Administrative, Accounting and Property Management support for the company; is full-time and requires the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and requests on a daily basis. Excellent skills in Excel, Word and Internet navigation are re-quired, in addition to su-perior mathematical com-petencies. Please email resume to:

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Immediate FT Openings:

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Line workers FT 6:30-3pm Seasonal $8. Apply today - start tomorrow! Dianne’s Custom Candles. 11903 Larc Industrial Blvd, BV

Savers, Inc is openingdonation drop spots inRichfield. Immediate Openings: Customer Reps FT w/ benefits. $14.15 Contact Erica,[email protected]

5520 Part-time

DARTS - PT Homemakers

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St Paul. M-F 9-4. EOE

Housecleaning, responsi-ble, conscientious, person to team clean homes. So. Metro. Approx 4-6 hr/day. $9 hr to start 651-905-9106

5520 Part-time

Delivery Drivers -Couriers/

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HOUSECLEANERS$13-$15/Hour Starting

15-25 hrs/weekMorning & early afternoonSouth metro area. Car req’d

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5530 Full-time orPart-time

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PT/FT • Pool Attendants • Housekeeping

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Lakeville Art Festival Volunteers are needed for the 12th annual Lake-ville Art Festival to be held Sept. 20-21 on the grounds of the Lakeville Area Arts Center. The art festival commit-tee is seeking fun, energetic volunteers who would like to work in the following areas: Youth Art Tent, Art Ambassador, or with the Community Art Project. Members from the com-mittee will train on the spot – no experience neces-sary. Volunteers will receive a free 2014 Lakeville Art Festival T-shirt. To sign up to be a volun-teer, or to learn more about volunteering at the festival, visit www.lakevilleartfes-tival.org, or call the Arts Center at 952-985-4640.

Chorale auditions The South Metro Cho-rale is auditioning all voice parts for its 2014-15 concert series. The season kicks off on Sept. 2 with Tuesday evening rehears-als at Hidden Oaks Middle School in Prior Lake. Beginning its third year with director Russell Adri-an, the 40-50 voice ensem-ble prepares three concerts each season. The Dec. 14 Holiday Concert Fire and Ice fea-tures Conrad Susa’s “Car-ols and Lullabies from the Southwest” and a col-laboration with Twin Oaks and Hidden Oaks middle school choruses perform-ing David Metzger’s “Wil-lamette Winter Suite.” The annual Cabaret, March 7 and 8, showcases singers and a professional jazz combo performing music from all decades. The season is capped off with a masterworks con-cert on May 15 and 17 fea-turing Faure’s “Requiem” with professional orches-tra. Visit www.SouthMetro-Chorale.org or email [email protected] for more information.

Art deadline approaches The deadline is Aug. 29 to submit art for Dakota County’s fourth commu-nity art exhibit planned for display in county buildings beginning this October. Original, two-dimen-sional art can be submitted

in one or both of the fol-lowing categories: Critters of the Minnesota Zoo and Natural Wonders of the Parks of Dakota County. Artists must be at least 8 years old and live in Da-kota County. Artwork, which must feature sub-jects within Dakota Coun-ty, is limited to 36 inches by 36 inches and should be prepared for hanging on a wall. Submissions are lim-ited to one per artist per theme and must meet the full criteria outlined by the Dakota County Public Art Citizen Advisory Commit-tee at www.dakotacounty.us, search “art exhibit.” The committee will review submissions and make a recommendation to the Dakota County Board of Commissioners, which will select the artwork that will be exhibited. For more informa-tion, artists can contact Jean Erickson at 651-438-4286 or [email protected].

‘Rent’ features AV actress Laura Vannelli, of Ap-ple Valley, is featured in the lead role of Joanne Jef-ferson in the rock musical “Rent” opening Sept. 12 at the Rochester Civic The-atre, Rochester, Minn. Vannelli’s first experi-ence with theatre came during law school at the University of Minnesota when she joined up with the Theater of the Relative-ly Talentless, TORT, made up of law students look-ing to temporarily escape their grueling workloads by expelling some creative energy. She has been in several big shows at the Civic be-fore, including “Grease” (Sandy), “Les Miserables” (ensemble), and “Chicago” (Roxie Hart). The 2004 Eagan High graduate is a legal analyst at the Minnesota Board of Nursing. To purchase “Rent” tickets, visit www.roches-tercivictheatre.org.

‘Lake Superior Flavors’ James Norton and Bec-ca Dilley, founders of food website Heavy Table, will discuss their book, “Lake Superior Flavors: A Field Guide to Food and Drink along the Circle Tour,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18,

at Heritage Library, 20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville.

Harvest of Art The Eagan Art House will hold its annual Har-vest of Art celebration from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8. The event includes the opening of the ninth annual Harvest of Art ex-hibit featuring the artwork of over 50 local artists. It also features an outdoor raku pottery firing, pottery sale, artist demonstrations, entertainment by Wind-Wood with vocalist Paula Lammers and ice cream available from Ring Moun-tain Creamery. Register for an Art House class during the event and receive a 15 percent discount. For more information, call the Eagan Art House at 651-675-5521.

‘Last Comic Standing Live’ Television’s “Last Com-ic Standing” is hitting the road with a national tour, “Last Comic Standing Live,” featuring the season eight winner and four final-ists. The tour stops at the Mystic Showroom in Prior Lake for an 8 p.m. Satur-day, Nov. 15, show. “Last Comic Standing” began with the top 100 comics in the country, who were chosen to audition by invitation. The top five finalists chosen by judges Roseanne Barr, Keenen Ivory Wayans and Rus-sell Peters are Nikki Carr, Rocky Laporte, Joe Machi, Rod Man and Lachlan Pe-terson. Tickets for the Nov. 15 show are $35. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for more details.

Folk music at Riverwalk Banjo pickin’ folk mu-sician Helen Forsythe and some friends will play folk music with a contempo-rary flair during the Aug. 23 Riverwalk Market Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in downtown Northfield’s Bridge Square. Among other event activities, Division Street Dance Studio operator Emily Boyd and some of her students will lead dance and movement-based ac-tivities for young people. For more information, visit riverwalkmarketfair.org.

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

ecm-inc.com.

Auditions The Eagan Theater Com-pany is holding auditions for up-coming radio plays from 1-3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, at Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Ea-gan. ETC will bring to life some of the best of the radio shows from the 1930s to the 1950s in front of live audiences at venues around the area. Adults who have some schedule flexibility for daytime and evening rehearsals and performances are sought. No memorization – scripts are used during performances. The South Metro Chorale is holding auditions for all voice parts for its 2014-15 season. Vis-it www.SouthMetroChorale.org or contact [email protected] for more information. Partners in Praise Girls Choir is holding auditions for girls in grades 3-12 for its 21st season. Information: www.part-nersinpraise.org.

Books Five local authors will read from and sign copies of their books from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at Jo Jo’s Rise and Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville: Paul Klegler, “Song of Destiny”; Greg Sisk, “Marital Privilege”; Midge Bubany, “The Equalizer”; Judy McConnell, “A Penny a Kiss”; Jeanette Lukowski, “Tar-nished Dreams.”

Events/festivals Burnsville Fire Muster, Sept. 4-7. Information: www.burnsvillefiremuster.com. Ramble Jam, 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, Dakota County Fair-grounds, 4008 W. 220th St., Farmington, 651-463-8818. Features Lost Highway, Sam Hunt, Chris Hawkey and others. Tickets: $39-$129. Information:

www.ramblejamcountry.com. Caponi Art Park Bluegrass Festival, noon, Sunday, Sept. 14, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. Tickets: $20. Information: www.caponiartpark.org/programs/bluegrassfestival. Lakeville Art Festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, and Sunday, Sept. 21, Lake-ville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Information: www.lakevilleartfestival.org. Party It Forward Birthday Bash to benefit DARTS, 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Oct. 4, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 11 E. Kel-logg Blvd., St. Paul. Music by Mick Sterling. Raffle and live/si-lent auctions. Admission is free, along with free appetizers and desserts. For $20, guests receive a “bottomless” glass for unlimit-ed beer or soda. (Bottled water is provided.) Sign up to attend by Sept. 15 and be entered to win $100 Target gift card. Informa-tion: www.partyitforward.net or Sarah Jacobson at DARTS, 651-234-2225.

Exhibits East Asian painting exhibit, June 1-Aug. 31, Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Cultural Perspectives: Bringing Heritage Home ex-hibit, July 10-Aug. 24, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville.

Music Josh Turner, 7:30 p.m. Sat-urday, Aug. 23, in the amphi-theater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $66, $78.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://mnzoo.org/plan-your-visit/music-zoo/. Carman – No Plan B Tour, 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, Destiny Christian Church, 12119 16th Ave. S., Burnsville. Tickets: $18-25. VIP tickets: $100. Informa-tion: 952-890-1477, www.itick-ets.com.

Workshops/classes/other The Eagan Art House offers art classes for all ages, www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/rec-reation/eagan-art-house, 651-675-5500. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 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 Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Arts Building, Burns-ville. Information: www.christine-tierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art educa-tion through drawing and paint-ing. Classes for adults and teens. Information: 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. Present-ed by Making Scents in Minne-sota. Country line dance classes held for intermediates Mondays 1:30-4 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. Country line dance classes on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; In-termediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call 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 sec-ond Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Informa-tion: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

To submit items for the Family Calendar, email:

[email protected].

Friday, Aug. 22 Outdoor movie, “Monsters University,” rated G, 7:30 p.m., dusk showtime, Nicollet Com-mons Park in the Heart of the City, Burnsville.

Saturday, Aug. 23 Brat sale fundraiser by the Eastview High School cheer-leaders, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Von Hanson’s Meats, 2141 Cliff Road, Eagan.

Sunday, Aug. 24 Brat sale fundraiser by the Eastview High School cheer-leaders, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Von Hanson’s Meats, 2141 Cliff Road, Eagan. Adopted Friends, 1 p.m. at Farquar Park, off Pilot Knob Road in Apple Valley. Adoptive families welcome for friend-ship, support and fun. Informa-tion: www.adoptedfriends.com or email [email protected].

Tuesday, Aug. 26 Family Fun Tuesday – “The Adventures of Juan” puppet show with Teatro Del Pueblo, 10-11 a.m. in the Sculpture Garden at Caponi Art Park, Eagan. $4 per person donation suggested. Information: 651-454-9412 or www.caponiart-park.org. Tuesday Evenings in the Garden – Fairy Garden with Kathy Bonnett, 6:30-8 p.m. in the red barn on the Dakota County Fairgrounds, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. Choosing the right plants, mak-ing miniature garden ornaments and selecting a container are discussed. Free. Class size is limited; register by calling 651-480-7700. Information: www.dakotamastergardeners.org.

Wednesday, Aug. 27 Changing Custody, 1-3 p.m., Dakota County Northern Service Center, Room 520, 1 Mendota Road W., West St. Paul. Presented by Legal As-sistance of Dakota County Ltd. and the Dakota County Law Li-brary. Free informational clinic on changing a custody order. Back2School Student Vaccination Clinic, 1:30-4 p.m., Dakota County Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Free. In-formation: http://tinyurl.com/nr5a9u2 or 952-891-7999. Eagan Market Fest, 4-8 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. Farmers market, en-tertainment by Jolly Huntsmen and Eagan Theater Company. Information: www.cityofeagan.com/marketfest or 651-675-5500.

Thursday, Aug. 28 Confident Women: Find-ing freedom from your inner critic, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Thrive Therapy, 190 River Ridge Cir-cle S., Suite 208, Burnsville. Free workshop. Registration required. Information: www.thrivetherapymn.com, 612-

568-6050. Apple Valley Garden Club, 7:15 p.m., Apple Valley Com-munity Center, 14603 Hayes Road. Master gardener Claudia Zweber will present a program on heirloom seed saving. Free and open to the public.

Reunions Lakeville High School Class of 1964 – 50 Year Re-union, Sept. 18-20. Informa-tion: Clare Zweber, [email protected], 612-385-0838; Wally Jepsen, [email protected], 612-247-7799. Burnsville High School Class of 2004 – 10 Year Re-union, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Solera in Minne-apolis. Information: https://w w w . e v e n t b r i t e . c o m / e /b u r n s v i l l e - h i g h - s c h o o l -c l a s s - o f - 2 0 0 4 - t e n - y e a r-r e u n i o n - t i c k e t s - 1 1 9 6 7 293497.

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. • Aug. 25, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Culver’s, 15225 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. • Aug. 25, 2-8 p.m., Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 1975 Seneca Road, Eagan. • Aug. 27, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Dakota County Western Ser-vice Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. • Aug. 28, noon to 6 p.m., Grace Lutheran Church, 7800 W. County Road 42, Apple Valley. • Aug. 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Culver’s, 3445 O’Leary Lane, Eagan. • Sept. 2, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., MetroConnections, 401 E. Cliff Road, Burnsville. • Sept. 2, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 16725 Highview Ave., Lakeville. • Sept. 2, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Culver’s, 17800 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville.

Leprechaun Days button prize winners Winners of the Rose-mount Area Seniors Lep-rechaun Days button drawing were announced last Monday. The Rosemount Area Seniors said they would like to thank all of the sponsors who donated items for their support and all of those who pur-chased buttons during Leprechaun Days. This year’s Rosemount Leprechaun Days button was designed by Rose-mount Middle School stu-dent Taylor Brunes. $100 from Larsen & Lars-en, P.A. – Carter Turner Individual income tax re-turn preparation from Larsen & Larsen, P.A. – Maisy Bach Rosemount Floral gift card – Mary Ahrens BP Auto Service Center gift card – Sue Rousch $50 from Master Transmis-sion – Loren Tompkins $50 from First State Bank of Rosemount – Melanie Bry-an $50 gift card from Fluegel’s – Miranda Bondeson $30 gift card from MediCar – Janie Carlson and Lisa Shoe $25 from U Pull R Parts – Lynette Barrus $25 gift certificate from The Guitar Shop – Tiffany Ger-mann $25 gift card from Fireside

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ThisweekendThisweekendSCHOOLHOUSE VILLAINY

Ken Coy of the Eagan Theater Company is cultivating his

wickedest sneer for the role of villain Smedley Smidgen in the old-fashioned melodrama “The

Perils of Priscilla,” which will be presented as part of the theater group’s “Back to School Blues” comedy skit showcase from 6-8

p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, during Eagan Market Fest at the city’s

Central Park festival grounds. At right: Judy Marder and Andrew Jensen are featured in the mini-play “Our Miss Brooks” at the

event. (Photos submitted)

St. Paul-based Teatro Del Pueblo will present its pup-pet show “The Adventures of Juan” at Caponi Art Park on Aug. 26 as the final performance in the Eagan art park’s summer-long Family Fun Tuesdays series. “The Adventures of Juan” tells the story of a boy who embarks on a journey with mythical fig-ures such as Paul Bunyan and Quetzalcoatl to save his grandmother’s garden, learning a greater appre-ciation for his Chicano heritage in the process. Ad-mission to the 10-11 a.m. event is free with a $4 per person suggested donation. The park is located at 1220 Diffley Road. (Photo sub-mitted)

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Stage life beckons for Eagan native

Meghan Kreidler lands Performing Apprenticeship at Children’s Theatre Company

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


If Meghan Kreidler’s new gig at the Children’s Theatre Company in Min-neapolis is any indication, a career in theater is as much about stamina as it is about acting talent. As a full-time Per-forming Apprentice for the 2014-15 season, the 23-year-old Eagan native will be logging some long hours. When her first pro-duction, “Busytown,” gets underway in the fall, she’ll also be doing rehearsals for the theater company’s winter show, “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.” “That’s when it be-comes like a marathon,” said Kreidler. “You perform eight to 10 shows a week, and then imagine rehearsing on top of that. Although I’m not understudying in ‘Busy-town,’ it’s very likely I’ll be understudying in ‘Grin-ch,’ so sometimes you’re performing in one show, learning another show and learning another person’s role on top of that. “It’s a true test of stam-ina, which is why I was so eager to be a part of this experience.” The Performing Ap-prentice gig is the latest achievement for Kreidler, who first performed as a sixth-grader at Ea-gan’s Blackhawk Middle School, where she scored a part in “The Music Man.” In high school, she de-veloped a yen for acting that hasn’t subsided. The 2009 Eagan High School graduate performed in four shows a year, each year, at the high school, before going on to major in acting at the University of Minnesota, where she graduated last May. Since college, there’s been no question for Kreidler whether acting would sim-ply be a sideline to a more buttoned-down career. She was cast as Lady Macbeth in a production

of the Shakespeare play at Illinois’s Festival 56, fol-lowed by roles in “Kung Fu Zombies vs. The Can-nibals,” CLIMB Theatre’s “A Deeper Look,” Mixed Blood Theatre’s rock mu-sical “Passing Strange” and a host of other pro-ductions. Kreidler, who’s also coached speech at Ea-gan High School the past two years, auditioned for

the Performing Appren-tice job in January. She’s playing a variety of parts in “Busytown,” which is adapted from a book by children’s author Richard Scarry and opens in mid-September. “The costumes for the show are adorable — ev-eryone wears a pod which is essentially a big round shell that our costumes are fitted over, so we’re all going to look very round and playful,” she said. Kreidler’s hope is that the Performing Appren-ticeship is just the start. “I hope one day I’ll direct, perhaps choreo-graph. I love to teach and mentor kids and young adults,” she said. “I’m just so thrilled to be spending this season at CTC where I can learn and have access to every nook and cranny of the theater world. Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Meghan Kreidler, right, weathered the horrors of the zombie apocalypse in “Kung Fu Zombies vs. the Can-nibals” presented by Mu Performing Arts last summer. Currently a Performing Apprentice with the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, she’ll be appearing in “Busytown,” “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” and “Peter Pan” in the coming year. (Photo submitted)

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