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Edina councilconsideringsupport forneighborhoodassociationsInterested residents,council memberssay could improvecommunication in cityBY KATIE MINTZ • SUN NEWSPAPERS
Rob Erickson hit a snagwhen he tried to organize aneighborhood association inEdina early last year.
He and his neighborscouldn’t decide how large tomake the boundaries or agreeon a name.
“We’re sort of west of thecreek, or right around 70thStreet or east of the highschool,” he said. “It’s reallykind of hard to say where welive.”
Erickson said he still seesbenefit in the sense of identi-ty and community that wouldcome from an association. Heplanned to pitch the ideaagain at an annual fall neigh-borhood gathering.
Nancy Hall, who has livesacross the city near Todd Park
Edinawomantweetswith thepresidentKatie Little attendsfirst White HouseTwitter Town HallBY KATIE MINTZ • SUN NEWSPAPERS
Katie Little of Edina witnessedpresidential history earlier thismonth in 140 characters or less.
Little was in the East Room ofthe White House Wednesday, July6, when President Barack Obamasent his first live “tweet” during aTwitter Town Hall on the econo-my and jobs.
An avid user of the socialmedia platform, 27-year-old Littlewas among approximately 30 peo-ple selected for the audience fromthose who follow the officialWhite House Twitter account,@whitehouse. The total audience,including press and administra-tion staff, was 140 – same as themaximum number of charactersallowed in each tweet, or brief
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Edina teens, left to right, MaryBeth Dahl, Carolyn Pattersonand Mark Racchini water agarden they planted in the alleybehind the 4200 blocks ofSunnyside Road and 44thStreet West Wednesday, July13. The teens formed the MCMGarden Club to care for a cen-ter island in the alley.
(Photo by Katie Mintz • Sun Newspapers)
Edina teens plant alley gardenMCM Garden Club springsup in north Edina alley BY KATIE MINTZ • SUN NEWSPAPERS
One of Edina’s rare alleys has a raregroup of caretakers.
The MCM Garden Club, named for theinitials of its teen members Mary BethDahl, Carolyn Patterson and MarkRacchini, planted a small garden in the
alley behind their homes on the 4200blocks of Sunnyside Road and 44th StreetWest.
Neighbor Lou Blemaster began payingthe teens a modest amount to weed thealley last summer when she first put herhome on the market. They’ve now goneabove and beyond, she said.
“They have beautified our alley. They
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School board votes to put levy on ballotBY KATIE MINTZ • SUN NEWSPAPERS
Edina taxpayers will be asked toapprove a $45 million technology referen-dum this fall.
The Edina School Board voted 6-0, mem-ber Idith Almog absent, Monday, July 18, toplace the capital project levy on the Nov. 8general election ballot, as well as a renewalof its general operating levy.
The technology levy would collect $4.5million annually for the next 10 years. Itwould more than quadruple the existingtaxpayer levy for technology, which expiresin 2012.
Currently, Edina collects about $1 mil-lion a year with its technology levy. Thatprovides approximately $122 per pupil,falling behind several area districts.
Boardmember Peyton Robb said theincrease would help the district remaincompetitive.
“It’s not something that we take lightly.It’s very well thought out,” he said.
According to the district, Edina’s exist-ing technology referendum is less thanmeasures in Hopkins, Minnetonka, EdenPrairie, Wayzata, St. Louis Park andBloomington districts. At the top of thatgroup, Hopkins collects $719 per pupil eachyear. At the bottom, Bloomington collects$273.
The renewal and increase would bringEdina’s per pupil amount to $549. Thatwould include about $600,000 a year in cap-ital expenses, as well as $3.9 million a yearfor maintenance, staff training, softwareand server enhancements.
If approved by voters, the estimatedimpact on an average $400,000 home inEdina would be $220 a year, an increase of$173 from the current $48 collected for tech-nology.
The increased referendum would alsofree up general fund dollars now beingspent on technology for other uses. Whilethe district collects $1 million a year intaxes for technology, it actually spends clos-er to $3.3 million through a combination ofthe referendum, capital and general funds.
Also up for renewal is the district’s $400per pupil operating referendum, currentlyat the maximum amount allowed by thestate. It would provide about $3 million ayear for the next 10 years if approved byvoters. It would continue to have a $158annual impact on a $400,000 home inEdina.
Supt. Ric Dressen said the districtwould provide more specifics on the meas-ures leading up to the November election.
“We have a full plan we’ll roll out inAugust to share information with commu-nity,” he said.
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Appeals court finds Edina’sassessment practice legal
BY KATIE MINTZ • SUN NEWSPAPERS
The Minnesota Court of Appealsrecently upheld Edina’s practice ofassessing property owners for staff andother ancillary costs related to streetreconstruction projects.
The Tuesday, July 5, decision in GayleGaumer, et al., vs. City of Edina foundthe city was within its legal authoritywhen it included city engineering, cleri-cal services and capitalized interestcosts in an assessment for a November2009 road project in the Highlands neigh-borhood.
Gaumer, an attorney who represent-ed herself and 20 others, appealed theassessment, stating the city was in thewrong when it calculated the staff costsas percentages of the total project cost,and included interest as a capital expen-diture in the principal assessment.
Calls and emails to Gaumer and City
Manager Scott Neal were not returnedat press time.
In the project, the city assessed arearesidents for just over $840,700 of thetotal $1.3 million cost. Of the assessedamount, approximately $689,500 was forconstruction, $103,400 for engineeringand clerical work, $47,300 for capitalizedinterest – used to finance costs the cityincurs during construction before thefinal assessment – and $500 for miscella-neous expenses. The engineering costswere calculated as approximately 13 per-cent of the construction costs and theclerical costs were calculated as 2 per-cent of the construction costs. The inter-est was calculated as approximately 7.5percent of the construction costs.
Before the July 2010 trial in HennepinCounty District Court, the partiesagreed the city did not act arbitrarily,
Residents challenged city’s ability to assess forstaff costs based on percentages, charge interest
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oppressively or unreasonably by includ-ing the in-house services and capitalizedinterest in the assessment. The issuewas whether Minnesota law authorizedthe inclusions. The district court heldthat it did and also concluded thatbecause the assessment was not unlaw-ful, the residents were not entitled torecover attorney fees.
According to the decision by Court ofAppeals Judges Natalie Hudson, FrancisConnolly and Louise Dovre Bjorkman,and written by Hudson, the city andlower court were correct in their inter-pretation of law.
The residents argued that Minnesotastatute 429.031, subd. 1(d) prohibited thecity from including engineering andclerical services performed by munici-pal employees in the assessment whenthe cost is calculated as a percentage ofthe total project. The statute relating tomunicipal projects states “the compen-sation must not be based primarily on apercentage of the estimated cost of theimprovement.”
The judges contended that the subdi-vision is not a standalone provision andprior subdivisions must be referenced.For instance, subdivision 1(b), in part,
states the city council must have a pre-liminary report prepared to determine aproject’s necessity, cost-effectivenessand feasibility before ordering it.
The following subdivisions 1(c) and1(d) then set out the factors the councilmust consider in determining the com-pensation for the preliminary report ifnot completed by a city employee,according to the opinion.
Subdivision 1(c) provides that thecompensation must be based on the timeand labor required, the experience ofthe preparer, complexity of issuesaddressed and extent of responsibilitiesassumed. Subdivision 1(d) then states“the compensation must not be basedprimarily on a percentage of the esti-mated cost of the improvement.”
“We believe that the legislatureintended the word ‘compensation’ to berestricted in both subdivisions to com-pensation paid to non-municipalemployees,” Hudson wrote.
Judges also cited previous decisionsconfirming a city’s authority to calcu-late engineering costs as a percentage ofthe total assessment cost when per-formed by city employees.
Additionally, the residents arguedthat the city violated Minnesota statute429.061 by including capitalized inter-
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Dropping a line to the far side of the worldI collect postcards. It’s a
habit my friends and familyhave unwittingly enabled foryears by sending me cards fromaround the country and anaddiction I do not plan to giveup any time soon.
As a bit of a connoisseur ofthe deltiologist (postcard col-lecting) community, I regularlyperuse postcard-collecting web-sites to keep up on the latesttrends, look at galleries of real-ly interesting collections andgenerally waste time in one ofmy favorite ways. So I wasshocked the other day to discov-er an organization that will notonly provide you with theaddress of someone anywherein the world who might like toget a postcard from you, but willgive your address to card writ-ers around the globe, as well.
Shocked, I tell you. Andridiculously enthused. I signed
up right away.On a rainy afternoon, I went
to the post office to drop myfirst postcard in the mail.Because it was traveling rough-ly 4,520 miles to Latvia — yes,Latvia — I wanted to doublecheck that I had affixed enoughpostage. The postal workerchecked my card, assured methe stamps I’d placed on thecard were sufficient andpromptly stood there readingwhat I’d written to my newLatvian friend.
Strange, I didn’t recall say-ing, “Good morning, is thisenough postage? Oh, and if
you’re feeling bored, why don’tyou read this postcard I’m send-ing. It’s good stuff, I promise.Kisses!”
But that’s perfectly all right.See, that’s what I love aboutpostcards: the public intimacy.Each card sent has a messagewritten on it, destined for a sin-gle individual, but can be readby a great many people before itever reaches that person.
On a recent trip to Ireland, Idragged my very understandingwife with me to an archeologymuseum near Dingle in CountyKerry. The museum was decid-edly unstimulating, but thesmall box of antique postcards— all of them circulated — inthe gift shop? Hmmm, I don’tknow. How do you think RobertBallard felt when he realized hefound Titanic? It was a box ofmessages, some of them morethan 100 years old, giving me a
glimpse of those personal yetwide-open messages. Too badthey were so stinkin’ expensive.
I’ve always wanted to ask to asimple question of those postalworkers that read postcardsbefore they are delivered: Didyou get it? Do the postcards youread make sense to you? I can’tsay that I recall ever runningacross someone else’s mail inthat way. I wonder what it’s like.
I guess this may be just a pro-tracted daydream. Maybe noone cares about the personallives of people they’ve nevermet. But that sure won’t stop mefrom sending postcards tostrangers around the world andwondering.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Edina Fourth ofJuly parade a‘super event’To the editor:
I have to thank the Fourth ofJuly Parade Committee for giv-ing the Edina-Morningside classof 1951 the honor of being thegrand marshals for the recentparade.
We were exhilarated by theresponse of the spectators alongthe route. We were excited andpleased to be in the parade, butthe spectators seemed to beenjoying the parade as much ormore than we were. Big smiles,waving, laughing and the yellingof greetings were the fare thatgreeted us all along the paraderoute. Thanks Edina! You madeus proud.
Many of our classmates had-
n’t been in Edina since graduat-ing in 1951. They were amazed tosee the community pride so evi-dent from the crowd. Thanksagain. The community has asuper event.
Bill JordanMinnetonka
Jordan was reunion chair-man for the Edina-MorningsideHigh School class of 1951.
Balancing budgeton schoolsunconscionableTo the editor:
Well, the shutdown comes toan end. No one wins, but it’sgood to get our people back towork.
Unfortunately, our good statehas taken a serious hit in our
long-standing reputation beingfair-minded and progressive.Whatever happened to“Minnesota Nice?” TheLegislature protected the upper-rich at all costs.
It’s unconscionable theschool system had to take anoth-er hit. Where, pray tell, will themoney come from to pay backthe schools? We are going to bein this fiscal mess for a while –I’m afraid a long while. Whycouldn’t the upper-rich step upto the plate and help out a statethat is in deep trouble?
They, after all, made theirriches in Minnesota but couldn’thelp their state in a time ofneed. Maybe they should taketheir riches and leave.
The result of all this, in myview, will be a lot of politicianslooking for a job in 2012.
Duaine OlsonEdina
Lawmakers shouldwork on budgetTo the editor:
Rep. Keith Downey wasinvited to a community meet-ing Thursday, July 7, in Edinaabout the state governmentshutdown but didn’t attendbecause he had other priori-ties.
In the middle of a shutdownwith people furloughed fromwork without pay, his priori-ties and those of all the legis-lators should be to work every-day to find a resolution tomove forward. He and theMinnesota Republican Party’sfailure to negotiate with thegovernor is the reason for thissituation. So, it’s particularlygalling that they are not meet-
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ing every day to resolve this stalemate.Rep. Downey is quite proud of his
Performance Pay Initiative, whichmeasures outcomes of state programsbefore spending on them. I think all thelegislators should be part of thisPerformance Pay Initiative and forgotheir salaries until their work is com-plete so they too have some skin in thegame.
Finally, the Republicans are notdemonstrating leadership when theyrefuse to consider any tax increase.When will Rep. Downey and theRepublicans start representing the peo-ple of Minnesota, not just business?
Suzanne ShuteEdina
A downside to schooloptions in Edina districtTo the editor:
Too many educational options inEdina Public Schools could leave somewondering if going back to simpletimes or no options would be better.
In the last year of preschool, we allwonder here in Edina what programfor elementary school should we putour child in. There is French immer-sion, Continuous Progress, neighbor-hood and Discovery. But don’t worry –
if the school in your Edina neighbor-hood doesn’t offer one of those pro-grams, you can be bused to anotherEdina school that does (providingthere is room, which is likely if youlist a couple choices).
Our neighborhood school, Concord,didn’t offer Continuous Progress so wechose Countryside. ContinuousProgress is a family-oriented loopingsystem that is highly praised for itsability to have families build relation-ships. Friends stay together fromgrades 1-5 and possibly longer if theywere in kindergarten together. Thereare also mandatory camping tripsevery year with parents and students,again to foster long-term friendships.
So while there is bus transportationfor students to get to these schoolsfrom kindergarten to fifth grade, ifthey want to continue to the westsidemiddle school Valley View with thesesame friends, these students have noEdina bus transportation even livingin the Edina community and payingtaxes. Now with a second child goingthrough the Countryside ContinuousProgress program we think that hav-ing too many options was not a goodthing.
Giovanna IngramEdina
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stretched from Superior into mid-Michigan. What is now all of the TwinCities was under fire. Not a small erup-tion either, this lava flowed for about100,000 years.
No lava is visible now, but it’s downunder your yard, way down. Above itlies the evidence of all the events thatfollowed.
Dinosaurs were here next? Yes, theystrolled much of what is now NorthAmerica for a couple of hundred millionyears, ending about 65 million years ago.Triceratops bones may be buried rightin your backyard. They’d be over theburied lava but under what came next.
Ice, a glacier, was here? Yes, on and offfor about the last 2 million years, Edinaand the rest of Minnesota lay under a lidof solid ice. Around here it was up to amile thick. The Ice Age – called thePleistocene – wasn’t uniform, though.Paws of the glacier would advance andretreat as the climate varied within thisperiod.
The Ice Age may not even be over yet.Best estimates from scientists are that anew pulse of glaciations are likely tocome within the next 50,000 years.Global warming could change that. Youmay not want ice in your yard but youprobably don’t want to bake either.
Large, wild creatures were here? Yes,about 10,000 years ago. Walking throughwhat is now your yard, after the glaciermelted, were short-faced bears, direwolves, mastodons, mammoths and 500-pound beavers, but not all at once. They
moved north as more ice melted andhelped to form the lake and forest ecolo-gies that we see today. Being large helpsa mammal stay warm – they were andthey did.
Underground water came next? Yes,as all of that glacial ice melted, it soakedthrough the ground. And, at about thistime, ample aquifers – undergroundwater formations – came into existence.The aquifers under Edina now are theSt. Peter, the Prairie-du-Chien, the Mt.Simon-Hinckley and the Jordan. Thiswater was clean, filtered through manylayers of soils on the way down. We stilluse the Ice Age leftovers, but they arenot infinite.
Ordinary northern mammals werehere, too? Yes, as the climate moderatedstill more, by about 9,000-9,500 years ago,your yard occasionally hosted a wolf,moose, bobcat, fisher, lynx or one of theother animals we now think of as “upnorth.” We use to be the up north.
Oak savanna came next? Yes, asEdina’s climate settled down about 8,000years ago, our local ecology became oaksavanna with lots of small lakes, wet-lands and drier, slightly higher grass-land areas whose largest trees wereoaks. You may still have one of theirdescendants in your yard or on yourblock.
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water, they weed. They take care of it.These kids are exceptional,” she said.
Mary Beth, 15, who will attend EdinaHigh School in fall, said they noticed itcould use some work this summer.
“There were a bunch of hostas, butthey were dying because they were inthe sun,” she said.
“There weren’t any other plants orcolors, just some dirt,” said Carolyn, 15,a student at the Blake School.
With the help of Carolyn’s mom,Joanne Patterson, they registered as agarden club with the MinnesotaHorticultural Society. After paying a fee,clubs can receive free plants for publicspaces.
They selected plants from a commer-cial nursery, planted the garden andwater and weed a couple times eachweek during summer vacation.
Mark, 13, a student at Benilde-St.Margaret’s with an interest in landscapearchitecture, said it was fun to choosethe plants and design the garden forneighbors to see.
“We all enjoy gardening,” Mark said,“and people appreciate [the alley] beingtaken care of.”
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Robert Solheim of Edina wasrecently appointed chairman ofthe Fairview SouthdaleHospital board of trustees.Solheim has served on the boardsince 2004 and was vice chair from2009-2011. He is co-founder andpresident of the N.C. LittleMemorial Hospice in Edina, a non-profit, residential hospice for ter-minally ill patients and their fami-lies. He was previously executivedirector of the MinnesotaReporters Association and as apast president and current mem-ber of the Rotary Club of Edina, aswell as a member of numerousother organizations. As a volun-teer, he conducts Bible studies andworship at an area nursing home.
Edina law firm Hellmuth &Johnson, PLLC partners ChadJohnson, David Hellmuth,Blake Nelson, J. Robert Keenaand Gary Fuchs were named tothe 2011 Minnesota Super Lawyerslist. No more than 5 percent oflawyers in the state are selectedfor the list.
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Cremation Society of MinnesotaREGISTRATION FORM
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Name _____________________________________________________________________
Address____________________________________________________________________
_________________________________Telephone ( ) ____________________
Date of Birth___________Place of Birth __________________________________________
Sex ❏ M ❏ F Race__________________ Hispanic ❏ Yes ❏ No
Social Security #____________________________Education (Grade 1-12/College 1-4 or 5+)
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Father’s Name_____________________ Mother’s Name ____________________________
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Are you a veteran? ❏ Yes ❏ No If Yes, enclose a copy of your discharge paper.
I, the undersigned, authorize and request the Cremation Society of Minnesota or its assignsto cremate the remains of _____________________________________________________,made: _____________________________________________________________________I will indemnify and hold harmless the Cremation Society of Minnesota and the crematoryfrom any claims to the contrary including all liability and claims related to the shipment andstorage of the cremated remains.
Signature __________________________________________________Witness Signature ___________________________________Date ____________________Address ___________________________________________________________________Phone ( ) _______________________
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❏ I wish to prepay for my Simple Cremation and havethe money placed in an Insurance Policy
❏ I wish to register at this time but not prepayTotal Paid _____________
The Cremation Society of Minnesota is Minnesota’slargest provider of cremation services.
Society members come from all social, religious, andeconomic backgrounds, finding unity in their mutualattraction of the simplicity of the cremation rite. Theychoose to dispense with costly and unnecessary pompassociated with conventional funerals, and committhemselves and their families to this dignified disposi-tion at the time of death.
Our membership plan allows families to make allarrangements in advance, thereby relieving survivorsof the need to make urgent decisions while in the stateof grief. Preplanning provides families with completepeace of mind, both emotionally andfinancially.
At the time of death, our coun-selors are available to assistyour survivors in arranging formemorial services, obtainingcertified copies ofthe death certificate,cemetery services,grave makers andmonuments, obituar-ies for the newspaperand paperwork forSocial Security andVeterans’ benefits.
Q. How does the Cremation Society of Minnesota Work?A. The Cremation Society is notified immediately at thetime of death. Then the member’s body is transported tothe Society’s crematory where it is held until proper med-ical authorization is secured. The cremation permit is thencompleted, and the body is cremated.
Q. Does the body have to be embalmed?A. No. With the Cremation Society of Minnesota’s modernfacilities the body does not have to be embalmed.
Q. What happens to the ashes after cremation?A. Your cremated remains (ashes) will be handled accord-ing to your written instructions. They may be picked up byyour survivors, or will be delivered or mailed for a fee.
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Who’s getting paid?BY PAUL GROESSEL • SUN NEWSPAPERS
Last week, when Gov. Mark Daytonoffered to accept Republican lawmaker’sJune 30 budget proposal, with new con-ditions, it appeared the two-week gov-ernment shutdown would come to anend.
During the shutdown, with thou-sands of state employees out of worksince Dayton and legislators did notagree on a 2011-13 budget by the June 30deadline, the issue of elected officialsreceiving pay or not surfaced.
In the House of Representatives, leg-islators who declined payment duringthe shutdown can choose to get paidretroactively once the shutdown is over,according to Greg Crowe, co-controllerfor the House.
But senators will not have the optionof receiving retroactive pay, accordingto Mary Ferguson with the Office of theSecretary of Senate.
For legislators representingBloomington, Richfield, Edina and EdenPrairie, things were pretty split.
All of the representatives, except one,deferred their pay and most planned onnot taking retroactive payments afterthe shutdown.
All four of the senators kept their pay.Of course, it’s not always that cut and
dry.For those who took pay, some
throughout the House and Senate havesaid they will donate their checks tolocal charity.
Legislators can also get paid for meet-ings they attend, known as per diem pay.In both the House and Senate, per diempayments were suspended for all legisla-tors during the shutdown.
After attempting to reach all legisla-tors representing the four cities ofBloomington, Richfield, Edina and EdenPrairie by phone and most cases emailas well, several indicated their inten-tions regarding retroactive paymentsand why they did or did not accept pay-ments. Not all could be reached, howev-er.
Here’s the breakdown for legislatorsrepresenting the four cities:
Legislators who receivedpayments during the
shutdown• Sen. Geoff Michel, R-41, Edina
In an email, Michel said he has nottaken per diem pay since the end of theregular legislative session May 23.
“As deputy majority leader in theSenate, and part of the legislative leader-ship team negotiating with GovernorDayton, I continue to receive the legisla-tive salary of $31,000 per year,” Michel saidin an email Wednesday, July 13.
• Sen. Ken Kelash, DFL-63,Bloomington and Richfield
Kelash did accept pay because he didn’tnotify the proper Senate office in time, hesaid. He’ll most likely give his pay duringthe session to a charity in his district, hesaid.
“It’s a symbolic thing, and in the end itwouldn’t matter if we were being paid a lit-tle bit of money … or an outrageousamount of money … ” he said.
• Rep. Kirk Stensrud, R-42A, EdenPrairie; Sen. Dan Hall, R-40, Bloomington;and Sen. David Hann, R-42, Eden Prairie,did accept pay during the shutdown andcould not be reached.
Legislators who delayedpayments
• Rep. Ann Lenczewski, DFL-40B,Bloomington
Lenczewski said she does not plan ontaking retroactive pay after the shutdown.
• Rep. Keith Downey, R-41A, Edina“As a legislator, I thought it was impor-
tant for me to share equally in the finan-cial impact that other state employeeswere also going to experience,” he said.“So, my intention is to share in equalmeasure, if you will, the same kind ofimpact in my own compensation that theaverage state worker would experience.”
That includes back pay. If state workersreceive it, he would seek the same. If theydon’t, he won’t either, he said.
Area legislators face tough questions followingthe state shutdown: Did they take payments?Will they seek repayment after the shutdown?
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• Rep. Pat Mazorol, R-41B,Bloomington and Edina
In emails, Mazorol said he did notaccept pay during the shutdown and doesnot intend to receive retroactive pay.
• Rep. Jenifer Loon, R-42B, EdenPrairie
Loon said when she inquired about notreceiving pay during the shutdown, shehad to write a personalized note since thatwasn’t an option on the payment form.
“I basically said I want to be treated thesame as government employees,” she said.
But even if lawmakers decide to giveretroactive payments to state workers, shedoes not intend to take it.
She said she normally doesn’t take perdiem pay outside of a regular session,either.
• Rep. Linda Slocum, DFL-63B,Bloomington and Richfield
Slocum delayed her payment andintends to donate it to Cornerstone, adomestic abuse prevention group.
• Rep. Paul Thissen, DFL-63A, Richfielddid not accept pay during the shutdown,but he could not be reached.
Legislative salary is $31,140 per year.Legislators are paid monthly, which equalsapproximately $2,595.
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The first session, “CommunicatingWith Your Health Care Provider,” is 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2. It will providetips to better communication with doc-tors, including how to create a visit planand important questions to ask during avisit.
The second session, “FindingAccurate and Reliable HealthInformation on the Internet,” is 5:30-6:30p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6. It will cover how tosearch for and evaluate health informa-tion on the Internet, and the best web-sites for health information.
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COMMUNITY NOTES
Edina-based Regispartners with Roosters
Edina-based Regis Corporationrecently entered a partnership withRoosters Men’s Grooming Center, awell-established, growing franchiseconcept that combines modern groom-ing techniques with classic barbershopelements.
Randy Pearce, president of RegisCorporation, said Roosters would com-plement the Regis’ family of brands,including RAZE for Men and Pro-Cutsconcepts. Other Regis propertiesinclude Supercuts, MasterCuts andCost Cutters, among others.
Roosters will continue to be operat-ed by its management team, whichincludes CEO Greg Longe, foundersJoe and Aaron Grondin, and KurtLandwehr. Landwehr will join RegisCorporation as the head of franchisedevelopment and work with AlanStorry to oversee development of itsnine franchise brands, plus Roosters.
Roosters has 35 franchised salons in15 states including Nevada, Michigan,Georgia, Texas, Colorado and Ohio.
The company expects to open an addi-tional 40 salons during the fiscal yearending June 30, 2012, and has awardeddevelopment rights to 170 new salonsacross the country.
What can Minnesotalearn from Fukushima?
Lessons Minnesota can learn fromJapan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster isthe topic for the next BloomingtonProgressive Issues Forum meeting.
The presentation is 6 p.m. Thursday,July 21, at Davanni’s Restaurant, 8605Lyndale Ave. S., Bloomington. A dinnersocial begins at 5:30.
Christina Mills, staff scientist andpolicy analyst at the Institute forEnergy and Environmental Research,will discuss the status of Minnesota’snuclear reactors in light of theFukushima earthquake and subse-quent tsunami.
Prior to joining IEER in 2008 Millsworked with Windustry, promotingcommunity-based wind energy proj-ects.
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est as a capital-expenditure cost in theprincipal assessment, saying the lawonly authorizes the city to assess peri-odic interest following the resolutionadopting the assessment.
The judges agreed that the statuteprohibits the city from beginning tocalculate the periodic interest due oneach homeowner’s assessment beforethe date the assessment is adopted, butnot that intends to prohibit the cityfrom including capitalized interest asa capital expenditure cost in the prin-cipal assessment.
“Although appellants are correctthat the city may not begin calculatinginterest on their periodic assessmentpayments until the resolution date,they are incorrect that the city wasprohibited from including financingcosts incurred prior to the resolutiondate in the assessment,” the rulingreads.
Finally, judges concluded thatbecause the city acted lawfully indetermining the assessment amount,the residents are not entitled to recov-er attorney fees.
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Claire Davidson of Edina was namedto the dean’s list for spring 2011 at St.Catherine University in St. Paul.
Hannah Kajer of Edina was named tothe second semester dean’s list at LoyolaUniversity.
The following Edina students werenamed to the dean’s list for the spring 2011semester at Marquette University: MarthaDubbs, Julia Loyd, Lauren Murray andBryan Reed.
Nathan Purdy of Edina graduatedfrom Cornell College with a Bachelor ofArts degree in economics, business andEnglish. He was also named to the springsemester dean’s list.
Brayton Kiedrowski of Edina wasnamed to the spring 2011 dean’s list atTaylor University.
Kai Roald Carlson-Wee of Edina grad-uated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Master of Fine Arts degreein creative writing.
The following Edina students graduatedfrom the University of Wisconsin-Madison:Spencer Jeffrey, Bachelor of Science,industrial engineering; MatthewCutshall, B.S., sociology; Julie Eisenberg,B.S., nursing; Janet Fronheiser, Bachelorof Arts, psychology; Kathryn Holtz, B.A.,
social welfare; Elizabeth Malone,Bachelor of Business Administration,finance investment and banking; KristenMartin, Master of Professional Frenchstudies; Molly O’Donnell, B.A., commu-nicative disorders; Adam Peczalski, B.S.,electrical engineering; Kevin Rolston,Master of Accountancy, accounting;Natalie Sandy, B.A., communication arts;Jacqlyn Shapiro, B.A., sociology; KerrySmith, Bachelor of Music, performance;Charles Tyson, B.A., communication arts;and Laura Waldman, B.A., journalism.
‘Big Jungle’ vacationBible school meets
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“I’m on it every single day. I work parttime for a social media consultant in theTwin Cities managing Twitter andFacebook pages for various clients,” shesaid.
Little also maintains a Twitter accountfor her dog-sitting business, @yourpuppy-nanny, and frequently updates her personal
Katie Little of Edina poses in front of the White House, where she attended the first-ever Twitter TownHall with President Barack Obama Wednesday, July 6. (Submitted photo)
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House-hosted tweetup – an event wherepeople on Twitter meet up in person – aspart of the town hall and applied to attendonline the last week in June.
“I heard the next day I was one of thelucky individuals,” she said, but she wasn’timmediately convinced.
She said she and parents Fred and Betsy
Little of Edina were skeptical of the emailinvitation, which included a security clear-ance form requesting her Social Securitynumber. Typically it’s not recommended togive that information online.
Little felt confident the invitation waslegitimate after checking Twitter and see-ing other applicants received the samenotice. She said the sense of online commu-nity attracts her to Twitter.
“I know people who have got jobsthrough Twitter. If you lose a dog and youmention it on Twitter you’ll get aresponse,” she said. “Usually the Twittercommunity is great listeners and we all
want to help each other.”She booked a last-minute flight and
room at a youth hostel and arrived inWashington, D.C., Monday, July 4. She tookin a Fourth of July fireworks show at theCapitol. While in town she also visitedmuseums and went on a tour of the WhiteHouse the morning of the town hall.
At the big event, she was seated secondin from an aisle. She was able to shake thepresident’s hand as he greeted participantson his way to the stage, where he tweetedhis responses from a laptop. He was joinedby moderator Jack Dorsey, Twitter co-founder and executive chairman.
The questions came from Twitter usersin the week leading up to the event. Onnoon the day of the event, more than 60,000questions had been directed to the#AskObama “hashtag,” according to theWhite House. A hashtag is used on Twitterto mark topics, making them easy to find ina search on the website.
In another Twin Cities connection,Minneapolis Star Tribune personal financecolumnist Kara McGuire, who tweets from@Kara_McGuire, was selected by Twitteras one of eight regional curators to identify
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Fans dress up for final ‘Harry Potter’ movieEdina residents, left to right, Greta Swanson, 15, and Ingrid Swanson, 17, and Richfield residentRuth Peterson, 16, make Snitches – the game ball used in fictional “Harry Potter” Quidditchgames – Thursday afternoon, July 14, at Southdale Center in Edina while waiting for the 12:01a.m. showing of the final “Harry Potter” movie. Mall staff held a look-alike contest and other activ-ities for eager moviegoers who began lining up at 7 a.m. Greta, dressed as Luna Lovegood, wasthe female winner. Ingrid came as Bellatrix Lestrange and Ruth donned a Rita Skeeter costume.
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At right, Richfield 4-year-old Cameron Fordis congratulated bymom Tamika Ford andbaby brother JaydenAlvarado-Ford for beingthe male winner in the“Harry Potter” look-alike contest Thursday,July 14, at SouthdaleCenter in Edina.Cameron, dressed ascharacter Dobby, wasamong several whocame in costume tocelebrate the finalinstallment in the“Harry Potter” seriesreleased 12:01 a.m.Friday. He didn’t stayfor the showing, whichwas past his bedtime.Southdale Center mar-keting assistant AmySiegel, a “Harry Potter”fan, said the mallplanned several activi-ties for the movierelease “because weknew there was goingto be a ton of hype.”
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common themes in the questions andretweet those she thought should beaddressed by the president.
Little said tweetup participants were notable to ask questions during the town hall,but most gave play-by-play accounts of thehappenings on Twitter. She, however, doesnot have a smart phone, and the WhiteHouse did not offer public Wi-Fi, whichmeant she couldn’t use her iPod Touch tokeep her followers up to date. In the end, shesaid that was a good thing.
“[People] joke about it because you gosee the president and everybody is lookingdown at their laps at their phone or iPad,”she said. “I was actually just watching him,watching his mannerisms and how hereplied to everything.”
Little, who was delegate for Obama inlocal election events in 2008, said it wasexciting to see him in person, as well as theman behind “the next big social platform.”While she called it a once-in-a-lifetimeopportunity, it wasn’t all smooth sailing. Onher first day in Washington, D.C., her walletwas stolen. Her dad had to overnight herpassport to her so she could make herreturn flight Thursday, July 7.
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A Cub Scout community:BY ALLY SERACKI • SUN NEWSPAPERS INTERN
Cub Scouting makes a difference inboys’ lives for many reasons; buildingtheir character and teaching them towork with others have been among themost important. Being part of Den 6,within Pack 66, is no exception.
Pack 66 is sponsored by St. Bernard’sCatholic Church, St. Paul. Den 6 is rela-tively new and was formed through aneffort of St. Bernard’s volunteers toreach out to their refugee community.For the den of 10 boys, all originallyfrom Southeast Asia, not only has CubScouting helped them reinforce relation-ships but it has also helped them breakdown language barriers. For Den 6,specifically, Scouting has reiterated a lot
of what they learn in school, butthrough experience.
“We trick kids to learn … throughhaving fun,” said Vincent Haen, adultleader for Pack 66.
Having the Scout uniforms connectsthem as well. “When they put on the uni-forms, it makes them feel united,” Haenadded.
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For Den 6, each family’s general eco-nomic situation is, as Haen woulddescribe, “your typical refugee story.”What some children may take for grant-ed, these boys cherish and appreciate.Haen described a time when the boys
needed water boots for an outdoor activ-ity. They received boots, free of charge,that some boys might refuse to wear. Butthe Den 6 boys didn’t care if the bootswere pink as long as their feet stayeddry.
On a case-by-case basis, a Scoutingoffice determines through a uniformexchange what donated uniforms to giveout to dens for free and reduced prices.All of Den 6 is receiving discounted orfree uniforms. Especially for the fami-lies who could not otherwise afford it,the assistance is a relief. Though manyof the boys’ parents do not understand alot about Cub Scouting, they realize it isgetting their sons involved in somethingthat is crucial. “Parents like gettingthem in the community,” Haen said.
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in Edina, has also got the ball rollingto form an association in her neigh-borhood.
“I think it’s a wonderful way to net-work and look after each other,” saidHall, adding she expects to kick-offthe effort as summer and vacationscomes to an end. By then, Ericksonand Hall may get some help from thecity.
The Edina City Council directedstaff to gather information on neigh-borhood association practices andpolicies at an informal work sessionlast month. Additional discussions areexpected later this summer.
City Manager Scott Neal saidmunicipalities have taken differentapproaches to the resident groups.
“Some actively don’t want them,some are indifferent. There’s somecities that want to be cooperative andsome cities give them money to exist,”he said.
Edina falls into the second type, andwhile it doesn’t prevent the independ-ent groups from forming, does notengage with them either, he said. Nealsaid he sees a potential in Edina forbetter communication between citi-zens and the city. There is growinginterest from residents and individualcouncil members as well.
“I think the city council here has todecide what role the city governmentought to play in neighborhood associa-tions,” Neal said. “They can existwithout city government helpingthem, however, if we played a slightlymore active role, who knows howmany more associations might exist.”
In Edina, there are already a hand-ful of groups with varying degrees oforganization and activity, includingassociations in the Country Club,Highlands, White Oaks andMorningside areas.
Councilmember Joni Bennett, oneof the founders of the MorningsideNeighborhood Association, said she’slong been interested in a citywide pol-icy on neighborhood associations. Shesaid for the first time since her elec-
tion to the Edina City Council in 2006it might be possible.
“We have an administration that isinterested in working with neighbor-hoods in this way,” she said.
The greatest benefit she sees is com-munication. She said neighborhoodslike hers have organized, but stilldon’t always have the two-way commu-nication with the city they hoped for.She believes city involvement is alsokey to ensuring inclusive and demo-cratic associations that are open to allhouseholds.
“You can’t have people orphaned.You don’t want any street adjacent to aneighborhood stuck out there byitself,” Bennett said.
She said she’s interested in a modellike that used in St. Louis Park.Marney Olson, community liaison forthat city, presented information at theEdina work session Tuesday, June 21.
In St. Louis Park, all households arecontained within 35 defined neighbor-hoods, 27 of which have active associa-tions, she said. The names and bound-aries were set by the city in the 1990srespecting long-existing groups like
Minikhada Oaks, one of oldest neigh-borhood associations in the state.When residents in neighborhoods vol-untarily decide to organize for thefirst time, the city allows them tochange their name and design a streetsign within certain guidelines, shesaid.
Each group is different. Somecharge dues and others don’t. Somehave frequent social gathering andothers rarely meet. The city supportsassociations by allowing them to meetin city buildings for free, printingnewsletters and providing associationcontact information on the city web-site. City staff are available to answerquestions and converse with neighbor-hood leaders, who then spread infor-mation to the their neighbors. Grantsof up to $2,000, totaling no more than$31,000 each year, are also offered forprojects in neighborhoods where theassociation has established bylawsand holds at least one annual meetingto select leadership.
Olson said nearly 20 years later the
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program is still thriving, and is mutu-ally beneficial for residents and thecity.
“They feel listened to. They feelthey can participate in public process.They feel they have a voice and that’sreally important,” she said.
Jennifer Janovy, a member of theMorningside NeighborhoodAssociation steering committee inEdina, said learning from St. LouisPark is a good first step for Edina, butshe hopes the city also consults withexisting organizations.
Morningside was once its own sepa-rate village, so boundaries werealready established when the associa-tion formed in 2003, as well as groupssuch as a women’s club dating back tothe 1930s, a men’s athletic club and
b a b y s i t t i n gcooperative.
“ B e c a u s eM o r n i n g s i d ehas socialgroups theM o r n i n g s i d eNeighborhoodAssociation isreally focusedon civic issuesand connectingpeople to theirlocal govern-ment and localissues,” she said.
It holds an annual meeting, as well associal events and informational meet-ings throughout the year. It does notcharge dues and anyone who lives in theneighborhood can participate.
The steering committee researcheshot topic issues and shares the informa-tion with neighbors so they can formtheir own opinions, she said. It also sur-veys residents and communicates thoseresults to the city when appropriate,
however, it doesnot purport torepresent all res-idents – some-thing detractorshave said is aconcern withn e i g h b o r h o o dassociations.
“We need toget over the fearthat these takeover neighbor-hoods,” saidCouncilmember
Josh Sprague, adding he’s 150 percentbehind the city stepping up its role inneighborhood associations. “I thinkthey’ll see there really is no downsideand a whole lot of up – public safety,communications and community build-ing.”
He would like to see the city takethe lead on establishing an infrastruc-ture for associations. He said groupsmostly form now around issues, like70th street reconstruction in his
neighborhood, but once the matterpasses, lack cohesion to continue. Heliked all aspects of the St. Louis Parkmodel, including the grant program.
“In a $30 million budget we canafford to kick $30,000, a small percent-age, back directly to the neighbor-hoods. The closer you get to the neigh-borhoods I think the more effective thedollars will be spent because thosepeople know what their local needsare,” Sprague said.
Other council members includingMayor Jim Hovland indicated theyweren’t ready to go as far as providingmoney to resident groups, but did sup-port the association concept.
“Neighborhood associations helpcreate a strong sense of community.Do people need neighborhood associa-tions in Edina to have a better qualityof life? I’m not sure. We’ll find thatout in the process,” Hovland said.
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Neighbors ‘I think they’ll see therereally is no downside and awhole lot of up – publicsafety, communicationsand community building.’
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Sidewalk Café DuoWhere: Centennial LakesPark, 7499 France Ave. S.,EdinaWhen: 7 p.m.Price: FreeInfo: 952-833-9587
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Execs Big BandWhere: Centennial LakesPark, 7499 France Ave. S.,EdinaWhen: 7 p.m.Price: FreeInfo: 952-833-9587
Edina PlanningCommission MeetingWhere: Edina City Hall,4801 W. 50th St., EdinaWhen: 7 p.m.Info: cityofedina.com
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Edina Farmers MarketWhere: Centennial LakesPark, 7499 France Ave. S.,EdinaWhen: 3-7 p.m.Price: FreeInfo: 952-833-9587
Ladies Night OutWhere: 50th Street andFrance Avenue, EdinaWhen: 4-8 p.m.Price: FreeInfo: 50thandfrance.com
LIBRARY CALENDAR
Saturday, July 23• Paws to Read, 12:30-2 p.m., Southdale
Library. For children in preschool to grade4. Young readers can cuddle up with a dogor other animal and practice reading aloudwith the help of certified volunteers. Arrive12:30-1:40 p.m. to sign up for a time slot.
Monday, July 25• Baby Storytime, 11 a.m., Edina
Library. For children from birth to 24months. Delight and stimulate your baby’ssenses with books and music.
• Stories in French, 4-4:30 p.m., EdinaLibrary. For students entering grades 1-4.French storytellers will tell stories andencourage dialogue in French. Childrenwill be divided by age.
Tuesday, July 26• Family Storytime, 7 p.m., Southdale
Library. For children ages 2 and up. Sharebooks, stories, rhymes, music and move-ment with your children.
Wednesday, July 27• SCORE Business Owners
Roundtables, 3:30-5 p.m., SouthdaleLibrary. Get feedback and advice,
exchange ideas, experiences and solutionswith other business owners in a round-table discussion led by SCORE counselors.Call SCORE at 952-938-4570 to register.
• Bruce the Bug Guy, 7 p.m., SouthdaleLibrary. For students entering kinder-garten and up. Professional entomologistBruce Giebink will present an entertain-ing, hands-on program featuring insectsand arthropods.
Thursday, July 28• Guys Read Book Club: “Things Not
Seen” by Andrew Clements, 11-11:45a.m., Southdale Library. For boys enteringgrades 4-6. Join other guys to talk about agreat book. Pick up a copy of the book atthe information desk.
• Teen Guys Read Book Club: “GoodOmens” by Neil Gaiman & TerryPratchett, 11-11:45 a.m., SouthdaleLibrary. For boys entering grades 7-9. Gettogether to talk about great books withother guys. Pick up a copy of the book atthe information desk.
Southdale Library, 7001 York Ave. S.,Edina, 612-543-5900.
Edina Library, 5280 Grandview Square,Edina, 612-543-6325.
Info: www.hclib.org/pub/events.
SENIOR CENTER CALENDAR
Edina Senior CenterFriday, July 22 – Podiatrist, 8:30 a.m.;
Social Bridge, 9 a.m.; Open Bowling atSouthtown Lanes, 9 a.m.; Gentle Yoga*,9:10 a.m.; Mah Jongg, noon; Poker, 12:30p.m.; BZZ’s**, 1 p.m.; Movie, 1 p.m.
Monday, July 25 – Golf, 7 a.m.; MahJongg, 9:30 a.m.; ACBL Bridge, 11:45 a.m.;500**, 12:45 p.m.; Cribbage**, 1 p.m.;Social Worker, 1 p.m.
Tuesday, July 26 – Tap Dance**, 9a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 9 a.m.; PickleBall, 9 a.m.; Digital Camera, 9:30 a.m.;Retain Your Brain, 10 a.m.; Gentle Yoga*,10:10 a.m. and 11:35 a.m.;Pinochle/Canasta, 1 p.m.; Health
Insurance Counseling, 1 p.m.; Matter ofBalance, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, July 27 – Tap Dance**, 9a.m.; Mah Jongg, 9 a.m.; DuplicateBridge, 9 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
Thursday, July 28 – Low Impact*, 8a.m.; Gentle Yoga*, 9 a.m.; Pickle Ball, 9a.m.; Computer Group, 9:30 a.m.; Sit Fit*,10:30 a.m.; ACBL Bridge, 11:45 a.m.;Needle Talk/Scrabble, 1 p.m.
All events are held at the Edina SeniorCenter, 5280 Grandview Square, Edina,unless otherwise noted.
*Register with Edina CommunityEducation, 952-848-3952.
**Register with Edina Senior Center,952-833-9570.
Parade photos onlineThe Fourth of July Parade Planning
Committee has posted more than 170 pho-tographs from the event online at edina-parade.org. Click the “Photos” link on
the left side of the page to view the pho-tos. Parade-goers are also asked to com-plete a brief survey on the website to letthe committee know what they like bestand what can be improved in next year’sevent.
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SPORTSTIDBIT
Eden Prairie will be the host for the stateAmerican Legion baseball tournament Friday, July29, through Monday, Aug. 1. Games will also beplayed at Braemar Park in Edina on the 29th.
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STARS OF THE WEEK
Ryan CairnsCairns’ hitting, as well as his play at short-
stop, helped the Splittin’ Stitches slowpitchsoftball team to a 23-16 win over the Decoysin Edina Monday Night League action atVanValkenburg Park. Cairns hit a home run tohelp his team take a 19-0 lead in the top of thefirst inning.
Kyle EnglerEngler’s hot bat helped the Edina American
Legion baseball team earn a Tenth Districttournament spot last week. He hit five homeruns in a six-game stretch and is batting .509for the season.
Judy FreemanThe Edina golfer shot a hole in one recent-
ly at Golden Valley Country Club. She aced the113-yard 11th hole, using a 5-hybrid club.
Peter KubalakKubalak hit a three-run homer in the top of
the first inning to lead the Splittin’ Stitchesslowpitch softball team to a 23-16 victory overthe Decoys in the Edina Monday Night League.
Mike RallisThe former Edina High football captain is
working out in anticipation of fall practice withcoach Jerry Kill’s University of Minnesotasquad. Rallis, a 6-foot-2, 236-pound line-backer, started six games for the Gophers lastseason.
Tyler PolomisThe Edina runner placed eighth overall at
the Robbinsdale Whiz Bang Days 10K runJuly 9. He was second in the men’s 40-49division.
Dominick RosarioThe former Edina High track standout
placed seventh overall in the Firecracker 10Krace at Excelsior Commons. Rosario, 21, fin-ished in 34 minutes, 32 seconds.
Mark SchroederSchroeder, a veteran right-hander for the
Edina ESOX amateur baseball team, went thedistance in a 3-2 Riverview League loss tothe Hopkins Berries last week. The loss gaveEdina a 6-6 record in Riverview Leaguegames.
LOOKING AHEAD
District Legion playoffsSix teams from the South Hennepin League, six
from the North Hennepin, two from the North EndLeague and two from Wright County will vie forstate tournament berths during the Tenth Districtplayoffs Thursday, July 21, through Sunday, July24, at Wintercrest Park in Coon Rapids.
Eden Prairie, the defending state champion, isamong the district favorites along with Edina andWayzata from the South Hennepin and CoonRapids, Osseo and Maple Grove from the NorthHennepin.
“It should be a pretty strong field,” said SouthHennepin League director Gene Berg. “You’ve gotthe defending state champion, Eden Prairie, a teamthat finished second in the World Series last sum-mer, and the North Hennepin has three very com-petitive teams.”
Edina has had a string of good teams the lastfew years, including a 2008 team that took thirdplace in the state tournament.
James Dean, Matt Hopfner and Alex Lampertare leaders on the Edina pitching staff while catcherNick Denn provides offensive and defensive spark.Edina’s middle infield is solid with shortstop JoeySpellman and second baseman Nick Leer.
The top four finishers in the Tenth District tour-nament will advance to the state tournament inEden Prairie July 29-Aug. 1.
Town team playoffsBloomington, Minnetonka and St. Louis Park
are best bets to earn first-round byes in theRiverview Amateur Baseball League playoffs.
Those clubs currently hold the top three placesin the standings.
Edina is fourth in the standings and Hopkins isfifth. Both of those clubs would most likely play infirst-round series beginning this week at local sites.
In each series, the team with the higher seedplays two games of the three-game series at home.
Minnetonka is the two-time defending stateClass A amateur champion.
Urban Wildland racesRegistration is open for the Urban Wildland 5K
and half-marathon races.The events are Saturday, Aug. 6, at Veterans
Park in Richfield. The half-marathon will begin at 7a.m. and the 5K starts at 7:15.
Runners may register at www.active.com. – COMPILED BY JOHN SHERMAN
Jesse Meehan of the Decoys stretches to scoop the ball for a force play on Splittin’ Stitches runner RyanCairns in an Edina Monday softball game July 11 at VanValkenburg Park. Splittin’ Stitches used a 19-run first inning to win 23-16. (Photo by John Sherman • Sun Newspapers)
Splittin’ Stitches at VanValkenburgRec softball teamexplodes for 19 runsin the first inningBY JOHN SHERMAN • SUN NEWSPAPERS
The Decoys, co-leaders in the EdinaMonday Rec Softball DoubleheaderLeague, were shocked when Splittin’Stitches exploded for 19 runs in the topof the first inning July 11 atVanValkenburg Park.
After looking more like sitting
ducks than Decoys in the first inning,the home team rallied to make it closeat the end, losing 23-16.
Splittin’ Stitches made use of thelong ball in their big inning. Teams arelimited to three home runs a game inthis league and the Stitches reachedtheir quota in the top of the first. RyanCairns, Peter Kubalak and MikeSarazine all hit the ball out of the park.
The Stitches hit five more homeruns during the seven-inning game, buteach of those five was an automatic
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ESOX readyto enter theplayoffsGeneral Sports couldbe seeded 4th or 5thBY JOHN SHERMAN • SUN NEWSPAPERS
As the last week of the RiverviewAmateur Baseball League began July 18,the Edina ESOX were fighting to becomefourth seed for the playoffs.
Edina, sponsored by General Sports,came into Monday with a 6-6 leaguerecord while Hopkins was close behindat 5-6.
Minnetonka, Bloomington and St.Louis Park are the top three seeds andhave clinched first-round RiverviewLeague playoff byes.
Whether Edina finishes fourth orfifth, it will start the playoffs in a best-of-three series Tuesday, June 26. Possibleopponents are Northwest Suburbs, theWestside Bombers and the BrooklynPark Hodags.
“We’re not setting the world on fire,”said Edina manager Denny Scanlon,“but our pitching is good and we’ve beencatching the ball. Our hitting hasn’tbeen consistent, except for a few guys.”
Edina didn’t deliver key hits in eitherof two Riverview League losses lastweek.
The Hopkins Berries topped Edina 3-2 July 12 despite a solid pitching per-formance from Mark Schroeder.
“We were ahead 2-0 late in the game,but we made a couple of mistakes andwalked a few,” said Scanlon. “Whenyou’re not scoring a lot of runs, it’s hard-er to cover your mistakes.”
Edina had similar problems in a 7-2loss to Northwest Suburbs July 14 atBraemar Park.
“Their pitcher threw three speeds ofslow, and we had trouble hitting him,”said Scanlon. “He had been effectiveagainst us in the past because he mixesit up and comes from different armangles.”
Edina’s offensive leaders are short-stop Brashad Johnson and left fielderErik Nelson.
“Brashad is as good a town ball play-er as you’ll see around here,” saidScanlon. “We’re lucky to have him. Erik[who played for Edina High School a fewyears ago], is the most consistent hitterwe have other than Brashad.”
SHORTS
Edina flag footballEdina flag football is open to boys in
grades 6-11 this fall.The non-contact league uses Velcro flags
and plays five on five with eight to 10 playerson a roster.
Games will be played Saturday morn-ings, Sept. 10-Oct. 15. The fee of $80 per play-er is due by July 22.
See edinaboysflagfootball.com. fordetails.
EP takes over as No. 1Eden Prairie moved into the No. 1 spot in
the Minnesota American Legion Baseballstate poll last week.
Scott Hackett’s club had trailedBurnsville for the previous four weeks, butmade it back to the top spot with a strongshowing in the Gopher Classic.
Edina Prairie has a 22-5-1 record.
Ed Hendrickson runEdina High’s boys cross country team
will host the alumni for the Ed Hendricksonrun at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at PamelaPark.
Hendrickson, an Edina Hall-of-Famer,was head track and cross country coach atEdina High School.
Register at edinacrosscountry.com.
Finanger’s golf clinicEdina High School boys golf coach Phil
Finanger is offering a short-game clinic forboys and girls, ages 9-15, the week of July 25.
Information: Coach Finanger at 952-829-7822.
Canoeing for beginnersThree Rivers Park District is offering a
beginners’ canoeing class this summer.The class will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday,
July 29, at French Regional Park inPlymouth.
The cost for the class, open to ages 12 andover, is $15 per person and reservations arerequired. The activity number to use whenregistering is 325011-11.
Information: 763-559-6700.
What’s in the woods?Three Rivers Park District is offering an
adventure in the woods for children ages 4and up from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 30, atCoon Rapids Regional Dam Park inBrooklyn Park.
The cost for the adventure is $5 per per-son. The park district activity number is315401-16. Information: 763-559-6700.
Legion team’s DH goeson a remarkable spreeBY JOHN SHERMAN • SUN NEWSPAPERS
Kyle Engler didn’t hit any homeruns for the Edina High baseball teamthis spring, and he didn’t hit any thefirst month of the American Legionseason either.
Then all of a sudden, everythingEdina’s designated hitter struck was ahome run.
Engler had five homers in a six-game stretch and boosted his EdinaLegion batting average to .509 in theprocess.
Asked about the sudden power, hegrinned and shook his head.
“The way I’ve been seeing the balllately, it’s like a beach ball coming inthere,” he said. “My timing’s good, andI’m feeling really confident now.”
“I hit three homers to left-centerfield, one to right-center and one tostraightaway center.”
“One of Kyle’s homers was up inthe lights at Braemar [Park],” said
Edina Legion head coach NickKennedy. “You don’t see that veryoften.”
With Engler’s bat showing the way,Edina clinched a spot in the TenthDistrict playoffs with two recent SouthHennepin League victories.
Edina topped St. Louis Park 12-5July 12 and Bloomington Blue 6-5 thenext night to wrap up a district berth.In a battle for first place July 14, Edinalost to Eden Prairie 5-1 as Engler gotEdina’s lone hit. After last week’sgames, Edina was 6-2 in league play.
“Eden Prairie’s pitcher, Geoff Bray,was tough,” said Engler. “He had anice curve tonight and didn’t leaveanything up. I went 1-for-3 and my hitwas kind of a squibber.”
Engler, a 6-foot-2, 175-pound 18-year-old, has been using a 33-inch DeMariniCFD bat during his recent home runstreak.
“It’s the team’s bat, but I’ve beenkeeping it in my bag,” he said.“There’s a lot of pop in it.”
Homers come in bunchesfor Edina’s Kyle Engler
Designated hitter Kyle Engler of the Edina American Legion baseball team, holding his favorite bat above,receives daily advice from his mentor, Tommy Nevers. (Photo by John Sherman • Sun Newspapers)
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out.During one flurry, foul balls
and home runs exhausted theball supply.
“We’re out of balls,” umpireBilly Moes declared.
At that point, both teamsdispatched shaggers to lookfor the lost balls in the weedsup the hill from Field 2.
“It’s great weather tonight,great weather for softball,”said Cairns after the game.“The ball was carrying prettywell, and we got hot in the firstinning.”
Hot as in sizzling – at onepoint the Stitches had nineconsecutive hits.
“We definitely came togeth-er,” said Kubalak, who pro-vides a solid bat in the middleof the order. He hits left-hand-ed and shows 400-foot power.
The experience of hittinghome runs was nothing newfor the Stitches’ sluggers.Some of them play in multipleleagues, so there are plenty of
opportunities to groove theirswings.
“I have eight home runs inthis league, 17 overall,” saidCairns.
“This makes 22 for me,”said Kubalak.
“I don’t watch my stats tooclosely,” said Sarazine, who isalso the team manager. “Iwould guess I have 14 or 15.”
The Decoys were undaunt-ed by the loss and felt goodabout the last six innings.
“That first inning wasrough,” said Decoys catcherTony Berg.
“We won the last sixinnings by 12 runs,” said JesseMeehan, one of the big slug-gers for the Decoys.
There are 13 teams in theMonday DoubleheaderLeague. The Decoys andSplittin’ Stitches are two ofthe contenders for the playoffs,which begin Aug. 1 atVanValkenburg Park.
“We have been fightingsome injuries,” said Sarazinein sizing up the Stitches’chances. “But if we haveeveryone in the lineup, we’llbe hard to beat.”
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These three sluggers from Splittin’ Stitches hit first-inning homers during a 23-16 Edina Monday softball win over the Decoys.They are, from left, Ryan Cairns, Peter Kubalak and Mike Sarazine. (Photo by John Sherman • Sun Newspapers)
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EnglerBesides finding the right bat,
Engler said he has the right hittingcoach, Tommy Nevers.
Nevers was quite a hitter himselfas an Edina High School ballplayer,and he went on to play 13 seasons ofpro baseball.
“It was Kyle who made the adjust-ments he needed to make,” Neverssaid after the Eden Prairie game. “Hewasn’t getting his front foot out in apower position, and when he did thatit made all the difference.
“Before he was the best 5 o’clock[batting practice] hitter we had. Nowhe’s doing it in the games. Kyle didn’thave the kind of high school season hewanted – I don’t think he hit muchabove .200 – but he’s making the mostof the summer.”
Engler hopes his power will contin-ue during the Tenth District tourneyJuly 21-24 at Wintercrest Park in CoonRapids. The top four finishers in the16-team event will advance to the stateDivision I Legion tournament the fol-lowing week in Eden Prairie.
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$44• 3 lines, 4 weeks, All zones• Additional lines: $7.00• Private party only
MERCHANDISE MOVER
$44• 3 lines, 4 weeks, All zones• Additional lines: $7.00• Merchandise $151.00 or more
$40 Package• 3 line ad• 2 week run• FREE Garage Sale Kit*• Metro Wide Coverage –
318,554 homes
$42 Package• 3 line ad• 2 week run• FREE Garage Sale Kit*• Metro Wide Coverage –
318,554 homes• Rain Insurance – we will re-run
your ad up to two weeks FREEif your sale is rained out.
Additional Lines $10.00Ads will also appear on www.mnSun.com each Wednesday by 9:00 a.m.
*Garage Sale Kits can be picked up at the
Eden Prairie office.
30 Edina Sun-Current – Thursday, July 21, 2011 – www.minnlocal.com In the Community, With the Community, For the Community
Landscaping 2350
100% Satisfaction Guar!Garden Design &
Maintenance Services�Garden Design & Remodel�Plant Installations�Containers & Window BoxesExpertise. Creative Designs.
Beautiful Results.Van Buren Landscape
952-292-2026
Lawn & Garden
2360
#1 in Customer Service &Professional Design
COMPLETE LANDSCAPING:• Interlocking Pavers• Retaining Walls• Sprinkler Systems15+ years exp. Free Ests/Lic’d/Ins’d
763-441-7575www.fernbrooklandscape.com
Landscaping 2350
RETAINING WALLSWater Features &
Pavers. 30+ Yrs Exp /Owner Operator763-420-3036 952-240-5533
Offering Complete Landscape Services
alandsapecreations.com
E-Z Landscape Retaining/Boulder Walls,
Paver Patios, BobcatWork, Sod, Mulch & Rock.
Decks & FencesCall 952-334-9840
Landscaping 2350
Anella LandscapingSpecializing in Design
& Construction of:Retaining Walls, Paver
Patios, Sidewalks & Drives.Call John 651-249-6766
A Change For YourLandscape
or Are You Looking ForSome Fresh Ideas?
Experienced in Design, Installa-tion, Maintenance, Pavers,
Walls, Drain Tile, Bobcat Serv. MNLA Certified Professional.Van Buren Landscape
Call 952-292-7453
30+Yrs Exp in LandscapingDesigning & Planting
� Retaining Walls� Concrete: Drives & Patios� Paver Patios & Drives� Drainage Solutions� Irrigation� Lighting
Landscape 2000 Inc.Free Ests/Ins 952-446-9707
Landscaping 2350
763-477-2612 ( 30 YRS) www.lewisinsulation.comOld Home Specialists –Walls/Attics/Venting/Spray Foam
�Energy Focus Insulation� Attic, Walls, Vents, Ice DamControl. 35 yrs Exp/Insured
Henry 952-884-0307
Insulation &Weatherproofing
2320
�HOME SPARKLERS�Reliable�Fussy�Reasonable20+ yrs, Ref/Ins 612-869-3661
*10% off 1st Cleaning*BEST CLEANING
WE CLEAN YOU GLEAMProf House & Office Cleaner
High Quality, Comm/ResRef/Ins/Bond. Call Lola
612-644-8432 or 763-416-4611www.bestcleaningservices.com
Housecleaning 2310
HOME REPAIRTile, Glass Block, Masonry/
Concrete, Misc. Home Remedy.30yrs. Exp “No Job Too Small”swisstoneconstruction
services.com Steve 612-532-3978 Ins'd
Handyperson 2290
JMR Home Services LLCHome Remodeling & Repair.No job too small. Lic# 20636754Call Joe @ 952-886-3888
HANDYMANCarpentry, Remodeling, Repair
& Painting Services.I'd love to do it all! 612-220-1565
Craftsman Inspired DesignCustom Cabs-Water DamageDrywall-Painting-CompleteTile Service. 952-607-7413
AP HANDYMAN, LLCRepair/ Remodel/ Build
Insured. License #20626270Randy 612-309-5396
A-1 Work Ray's HandymanNo job too small!!
Quality Work @ CompetitivePrices! Free Estimates.
Ray 612-281-7077
25+ Years Handyman Work REMODELING & REPAIRS
Basement Finish Work Free Estimates
Call Don @ 952-890-4792
100% Satisfaction Guaranteed952-451-3792
R.A.M. CONSTRUCTIONAny & All Home Repairs
�Concrete �Dumpster Service�Carpentry �Baths & Tile�Fencing �Windows �Gutters�Water/Fire Damage �DoorsLic•Bond•Ins Visa Accepted
0 Stress! 110% Satisfaction!Schultz'e Contracting Inc
Lower Level RemodelsWall/Ceiling Repair/Texture
Tile, Carpentry, Carpet, Paint.#BC20538329 MDH Lead SupervisorDale 952-941-8896 office
612-554-2112 cell“Soon To Be Your
Favorite Contractor!”schultzecontracting.com
Handyperson 2290
Landscaping 2350
HAULINGConcrete-Brush-Const Debris
2-40yd containers for cleanupsTotal Sanitation Service
612-861-2575
�Low Budget Hauling � Appliance Pickup/DisposalSr. Disc. 612-207-8885
6-30 Yard DumpstersBobcat Work & Black Dirt. Call Scott 952-890-9461
**First Impressions**“You Point & It Disappears”A Moving & Hauling Service
www.firstimpressionshd.com 612-598-2276
Hauling 2280
CLEANING & REPAIRSServing Area for 26 Years
Jim 952-933-8005
A.L.J. 20+ yrs 612-986-3476�Gutters �Cleaning �Siding�Leaf Covers �New Install
�Roofing �Doors �WindowsLic #20631172 Free Est.
Locally Owned & Operated
952-220-8820 GUTTER
Cleaning/Screening Ins/25 yrs Sen. Discount
763-546-PANE (7263)� GUTTER-WINDOW �
Cleaning Since 1990 Cover's & Screening
Gutters 2270
GARAGE DOORS& OPENERS
Repair /Replace /ReasonableLifetime Warranty on All
Spring Changes www.expertdoor.com651-457-7776
Garage Door
2260
REPAIRS DONE IN HOME
35 Yrs Exp. Wood,Upholstery& Recliner.10Yr guar. on re-gluingFree Est. Pick up & De-livery Jay 952-935-3349
Furniture Repair
2250
Garage Builders
2265
Handyperson 2290
Escobar Hardwood Floors& Ceramic Tile Work, llcWe offer professional services
for your wood floors!Installs/Repair Sand/RefinishFree Ests Ins'd Mbr: BBB Professional w/10 yrs exp.
952-292-2349
Flooring & Tile
2230
SANDING – REFINISHINGRoy's Sanding Service
Since 1951 CALL 952-888-9070
Desperately Need Work!Ceramic & Marble
Free Estimates. 40 Yrs Exp. Call Art 612-695-1348
Above All Hardwood Floors Installation•Sanding•Finishing
“We Now Install Carpet, Tile & Vinyl.”
Call 952-440-WOOD (9663)
952-994-4303 George Elite Repair & Tile
Regrout, Tile, Painting, Etc.We Do it All • Lowest Rates
20+ Years In Tiling Free Estimates/Low Prices
Excellent ReferencesCall 952-451-1037
#1 in Hardwood Refinishing�SANDMAN IS BEST!�sandmanjohansson.com low$$A+ Angie's List 952-474-4355
Flooring & Tile
2230
TROYS DECKS & FENCE St Lic # 20581059 Free Est.
651-210-1387
D.W. FENCE Chainlink,wood, vinyl.- Over 40 yrs exp.
Free Est. Ed 763-786-4691
Built-Rite Fence CompanyChain Link, Color Vinyl,All Styles of Wood, Iron
30+ Yrs of Proven ReliabilityCall For Free Est 952-934-4899
Fencing 2210
Garage Builders
2265
Handyperson 2290
TEAM ELECTRICwww.teamelectricmn.com Lic/ins/bonded Res/ComAll Jobs...All Sizes Free Est952-758-7585 10% Off w/ad
JNH Electric 612-743-7922Bonded�Insured Free Ests
Resid, Comm & Service. Old/New Const, RemodelsServ Upgrades. Lic#CA06197
612-501-1093WHY PAY MORE?
Call Signature ElectricService Upgrades, Misc
Wiring, Remodeling & More!Owner/Oper Lic/Bonded/Ins
ElectricRepairs
2180
612-272-3619 612-387-4849
www.adcreativelandscaping.com
LOWEST PRICES, BEST QUALITY
HARDSCAPES Retaining walls, Fire pits,
Paved patios, Water features,Paved walkways & driveways
SOFTSCAPES Mulch, Rock, Edging, Sod,
Plantings & Irrigation Services
FREE ESTIMATESWe will beat any written
estimate by 10-20%
Terry IngramLawn & Landscape Officer
612-919-1938952-926-8232
Free Estimatesvisit us online at: www.lawn-n-order.com
Lawn and LandscapeEnforcement Services
LandscapingWeekly/Bi-weekly mowingSpring and Fall Cleanups
Retaining Walls * Paver PatiosShrub trimming * Bobcat services
Snow plowing
Jim Cooper, Jr. Landscaping Inc.
61
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69
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Quality Work Since 1983Member: MNLA, • Licensed/Insured • FREE Est.YOUR HOMETOWN LANDSCAPER
•Patios, Walks, Retaining Walls•Shrubbery Removal & Replacement•Shrubs, Trees, Perennials Planted•Deco. Rock, Edging, Brush/Buckthorn Clearing•Mulch Installation (Many Varieties)•Complete Landscape Renovation & Design
Visit our website:www.JimCooperJrLandscaping.com
Since 19866 miles S. of
Shakopee on 169
Mon-Fri 7:30am - 5:00pmSat - Call for Hours
952-492-2783
• Pulverized Dirt - $12.50 yd• Black Dirt - $11.00 yd• Decorative Rock• Colored Mulch - $26.50 yd• Mulches• Boulders• Retaining Wall Block• Pavers (starting @ $2.10/sq ft)• Edging • Poly • Fabrics
LOWPRICES
- We Deliver -
www.hermanslandscape.com
LANDSCAPE RENOVATIONWE DESIGN, INSTALL & RESTORE:• Retaining Walls• Natural Stone
Work Edging • Bobcat
• Shrubs• Mulching • RemovalFree Estimates
www.groundscareinc.com 952-924-2441LICENSED • INSURED • MNLA
LetUs Be Your Handyman!Home Repair: Interior & Exterior
Fences, decks, gutters, ceiling/drywall, paint.Leaks & squeaks and much, much more!
You name it we can do it!
612-455-1217Multi-Year Service Award Winner
www.LetUsService.comL I C E N S E D
B O N D E DI N S U R E D
Great Time for a New Garage!Call Today for yourFREE ESTIMATE
St. Paul 651.645.0331Minneapolis
612.379.0949
Visit our showroom at: 654 Transfer Rd. 16B, St. Paul
www.SusselBuilders.com
763-537-4731 Schoo ElectricSmall Jobs – Service ChangesPrompt Service & Free Ests.Licensed – Bonded – Insured
ElectricRepairs
2180
PINNACLE DRYWALL*Hang *Tape *Texture*SandQuality Guar. Ins. 612-644-1879
Alliance Drywall30 yrs exp. Ins. Edina. Checkmy lower prices. Rock, text.,tape & skim-coat. Free est.Dan 651-235-7997
Excel Drywall, LLCFor All Your Drywall
Needs. Free Est. No JobToo Small 30 yrs exp. Ins.
612-382-8980
Drywall2170
www.egresswindowguy.com763-544-2775 Mark JohnsonLic.(20396184) Bond/Ins'd
A.L.J. 612-986-3476 Doors � Windows � Egress
New Installs � Free Ests. 20+ Years Lic #20631172Locally owned & operated!
Doors &Windows
2140
DECKS/PORCHES TWO TEACHER CONST.
*Professionals Who Design*And Build Quality 19+ years (BBB) Visit us for [email protected] Lic # 20073200 952-472-5670
Decks 3 & 4 Season PorchesPool/Hot Tub SurroundsJon Dimich Deck Creations
612-418-3677 Lic 20490464
www.jddeckcreations.com
ALL-WAYS DECKS Decks, Porches - Free Est.
SUMMER IS HERE! Enjoy the outdoors!
allwaysdecksinc.com Jeff 651-636-6051 Mike 763-
786-5475 Lic # 20003805
Decks2130
Cement, Masonry,Waterproofing
2100
SWEEP • INSP. • REPAIRFull Time • Professional Ser.
Certified/ Registered / Insured29 Yrs Exp. Mike 952-933-8005
londonairechimneyservice.com
Chimney &FP Cleaning
2110
Free Estimates
Cement, Masonry,Waterproofing
2100
Tuckpointing/Brick RprFree Est. Insured
Tim Arlt....952-937-6961
Lowell Russell ConcreteFrom the Unique to the
Ordinary Specializing indrives, patios & imprinted col-
ored & stained concrete. Intacid stained floors & countertops. www.staincrete.com
952-461-3710 [email protected]
CONCRETE & MASONARYSteps, Walks, Drives,
Patios Chimney Repair. No job to Sm. Lic/Bond/Ins
John 952-882-0775
Block/Bsmnts/Additions/Floors/Walks/Drives/Pa-tios /Camp fire pit's/ Ex-pose colored or stamped
Mn lic #0004327 30 yrs expCall Fritz @ F & B Const
952-445-6604
ANY CONCRETE Decorative/Stamped/Drives/Steps/Walks & AddntsBormann Construction
612-310-3283
Affordable Concrete &Chimney Work
Free Est. & Insured:www.campbellconcrete.net Joe 612-245-4439 (Hopkins)
�TWIN CITIES ConcreteReas.-Fast Friendly BBB Tear-out -Replacements-
Retain walls- Steps-Walks,Drives- Drain tile- Bsmnt
floors - Stamped & Colored 763-229-4508
952-292-0520 Masonry RprsGrinding Tuckpoint
Chimney's Brick Veneers Culture stone
QUALITY WORK 1ST CALL Res/Commercial�PATIOS �STEPS �FLOORS
�ADDITIONS �DRIVES�WALKS �BRICK �BLOCK
�MASONRY/CHIMNEYWORK �DRAIN TILE
�MC/VISA Bonded Insured BBB Member
952-473-5291 or 920-2395
Cell 612-207-6704
*ArchitecturalConcrete Work* Driveways * Patios * Sidewalks * Steps
*Aprons * PoolDecks * Floating Slabs *
* Floors *Call 651-246-7662
Cement, Masonry,Waterproofing
2100
Zick’s Concrete Solutions, L.L.C.
Specializing In Residential Concrete#1 in Well Pit Steps
Patios • Sidewalks • DrivewaysExposed Aggregate • Bobcat Work
Free Estimates • References • Fully Ins. • Bonded
Todd Zick(41yr Blmgtn Resident)
952-465-2227
I know yourproblems...
We’re neighbors!
17+ YearsExp
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The Nature of ItAntiques & Cabin Sale
7/21-23 (10-4) Carver www.thenatureofit.com
Carver & ChaskaOccasional MarketsDOWNTOWN CARVER
* Mustard Moon * Seasons* The Good Junk Garage
* The Vintage Cottage* Ms. Mac's Too
DOWNTOWN CHASKALinda's Cellar
July 21, 22, 23Thurs (10-5); Fri-Sat (10-4)
Antiqs, garden, vintg., summer
Anniversary SaleFri & Sat, July 22-23 (10-6)
Sun, July 24 (12-5)Antiques on Mainstreet
913 MainstreetHopkins, MN952-931-2144
Antiques3010
Merchandise3000
WindowCleaning
612-529-4444
BLUE SKIES Window Cleaning 14 Yrs Exp
Free Est. Insured 952-467-2447
WindowCleaning
2660
Affordable Custom UpholsUpholstery – Slipcovers
Visa/MC Jan 612-824-7376
Upholstery &Slipcovers
2630
TREE REMOVAL/TRIMMINGShrub Pruning Free Ests
Lic'd / Ins'd / 20 Yrs Exp.952-922-7543 / 763-535-7512
Parkway Tree ServiceQuality Work At
Affordable Prices! Trimming/Removal & StumpRemoval. Lic/Ins. Free Ests
Leo 612-210-0381/952-933-1458
Best Rates In TownTree Trimming & Removal
Buckthorn & Storm CleanupLifelong Edina Resident
Free Ests 612-790-0693
A Good Job!! 15 yrs exp.Thomas Tree Service Immaculate Clean-up! Tree Removal/Trimming
Lot Clearing & Stump RemovalFree Estimates 952-440-6104
15% Summer DiscountForget The Rest Call The Best!!
www.vincestree.comFull Tree &
Landscape Services.Serving The Entire Metro
Area. 763-954-1063BBB Accredited Business
TreeService
2620
612-275-2574AJ's Tree Service LLC
Trimming & RemovalFree Estimates & Insured
15% Summer Discount� Tree Trimming & Removal �
Premier Tree Service 612-396-9345
15% Spring DiscountTree Trimming & Removal.
Lot Clearing. Full Yard Landscaping. Fully Insured.
Call 612-390-0293Dynamic Tree & Landscaping
Will BeatAnybody's Price!
NEW HORIZONSTREE & LANDSCAPING
BIGTREES
& STUMPSCHEAP!!
Fully Licensed & Insured“We take pride in our work”
612-203-4309
$0 For Estimate Timberline Tree & Landscape.
Summer Discount - 25% OffTree Trimming, Tree
Removal, Stump Grinding 612-644-8035 Remove Large
Trees & Stumps CHEAP��
#1 All Area Tree/ShrubLg/Sm - Cut/trim/remvl
Ins'd. Sr disc. 612-532-1162
#1 All Area Tree/ShrubLg/Sm - Cut/trim/remvl
Ins'd. Sr disc. 612-532-1162
TreeService
2620
Auctions3020
NOVAK STUMP REMOVALFree Est Lic/Ins 952-888-5123
Call Jeff forSTUMP REMOVAL
Narrow Access or Backyards.Insured Jeff 612-578-5299
StumpRemoval
2600
Performance Paving& Sealcoating.
Summer Specials - All Jobs! Free Estimates on
Parking Lots & DrivewaysAll Commercial Work Guar.
Patching & Sealcoating. 952-220-5692/952-492-2866
Sealcoating2530
TreeService
2620
Auctions3020
Tear-offs & New ConstructionSiding & Gutters
Over 17 yrs exp. Free est.Rodney Oldenburg
612-210-5267952-443-9957
Lic #20156835 • Insured
Why WaitRoofing LLC
Offering the Best ExtendedManufacturers Warranty
We Take Care of Insurance Claims
TOP QUALITY ROOFINGFOR LESS $$$$
Two Teacher ConstructionRe-Roofing - Tearoffs.
Large crew done in a day! Immaculate clean-ups
Ins Lic # 20073200 Ref's 952-472-5670 BBB
Regal Enterprises IncRoofing, Siding, WindowsGutters. Insurance Work.Since 1980. Lic. 20515711
952-201-4817 Regalenterprisesinc.net
RC EXTERIORS 612-724-2672
Local Owner/Installer. HighQuality Work @ Reas. Rates .
Siding & Windows LIFETIME GUAR. Ins/ Lic. BBB
Roofs, Siding,& Gutters
2510
Alliance Bid, Inc.763-262-5555800-262-5092Lic# 86-65
Selling to Highest Bidder over $99,000!!!777 Cty Rd D East - Vadnais Hgts, MN 55117
Great Location w/High Traffic Counts
Inspection:July 17th from 2:00 –
3:00 PM or by appt.On Line Bidding
ends July 26, 2011Place bids at www.
K-BID.comJeff Johnson, Broker
11541 137th St. SE – Becker, MN 55308
Powerwashing2490
Re-Roofing & Roof Repairs 30 Yrs Exp
Insured - Lic#20126880 John Haley #1 Roofer,LLC. Call 952-925-6156
Constructive Solutions, LLC.
Hail Damage Repair, RoofsSiding, Windows & Decks.
Lic#20637738 – InsuredMc/Visa Sr. Discounts612-810-2059 Mbr:BBB
BLOMQUIST EXT Siding-Roofs-Soffit-Fascia-Gutters-Lic#20172580 763-754-2501www.blomquistexteriors.com
Roofs, Siding,& Gutters
2510
Powerwashing2490
A Family Operated Bus.
Re-roofs Tear-offs BBB Free Est. MC/Visa No Subcontractors Used.Lic/Ins. 952-891-8586
�612-802-8100�Shingles /Cedar Shake Reasrates-. 20+ yrs exp. Lic/InsRAINBOW ROOFING
Roofs, Siding,& Gutters
2510
Powerwashing2490
CIGARETTES CONTROLLING YOU?1 ON 1 Hypnosis Works
Free Consultation.612-868-8177
ProfessionalService Directory
2500
Right Way Painting Powerwashing, Decks, Stain-
ing, & Repairs 612-839-2239
DECK CLEANING & STAINING
Professional and Prompt Guaranteed Results.
�651-699-3504 www.rooftodeck.com
Code #78
Powerwashing2490
SAVE MONEY - Competentmaster plumber needs work.Lic#M3869 Jason 952-891-2490
An Honest Plumber Ins/Bond Lic. #57327-MR
Dan 952-465-2926
A RENEW PLUMBING•Drain Cleaning •Repairs
•Remodeling •Lic# 004914PMBond/Ins 952-884-9495
*A One Man Company*Toilets, Faucets, Sm jobs
Steve 612-940-5920 Lic#4040
763-792-2999Geno's Sewer & Drain
Special $89/with ad!
Plumbing2470
� � � � � � � � � �
PRO PAPER HANGING Removal, Paint/Plaster Work Guar/Refs/Ins/Free Ests35yrs Exp. 952-377-4612� � � � � � � � � �
Paperhanging2430
Ext/Int Quality PaintingStain, enamel, repairs, decks
30 yrs exp, master painterIns. Free est. 612-227-1844
DAVE'S Painting Int/Ext 3 Rooms $175. Paper rem
Enamel Refs avail. 952-201-1577
DAVE'S PAINTINGand WALLPAPERING
Int/Ext • Free Est • 23 YrsWill meet or beat any
price! Lic/Ins Visa/MCBBB 952-469-6800
Painting2420
Lawn & Garden
2360
Painting2420
Danielsonhomeservices.comPaint Drywall Lic 20444019
Ron 612-720-6525
Bell Professional Painting20 yrs serving SW Ext PtgBest Prices 952-949-0444
Allen's Perfect PaintingCeiling & Drywall Repair
BBB Member. Call anytime.Lic/Ins. Free Est. 612-388-2884
A German Craftsman� Paint, Plaster, papering �� 30yrs quality work, Ref's �� Seasonal Rates. Reliable �� roosterpainting.com ��Est. Int/Ext 952-484-4867 �
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Q uality R esidential Painting & Drywall
Ceiling & Wall Textures H20 Damage – Plaster Repair
Wall Paper RemovalINTERIOR �EXTERIOR
3 Interior Rooms/$250Wallpaper Removal. Drywall
Repair. Cabinet Enameling andStaining. 25 yrs exp. Steve 763-545-0506
*A and K PAINTING*Int./Ext Painting/Staining &
texturing. Free Est. 952-474-6258 Ins/BondMajor Credit Cards Accepted
*A1 CEILING & WALLS*Expert Texturing-Ptg -WaterDamage Reas. Prices-SeniorDisc. *Free Est. 612-927-5532*
Painting2420
Painting2420
Ext/Int PaintingReasonable Rates FREE Est.
EARL 952-944-7983
Painting2420
Lawn & Garden
2360
A Local MoverRobinson MovingHousehold & Office Movers
Reasonable RatesICC 52334 35Yrs Exp
Sr. Disc Call 763-566-8955
Moving, Storage & Shipping
2380
Field of Green LawncareResid & Comm Free Ests
Lawn Clean-Ups & WeeklyMowing. Call 952-807-1612
Curb Appeal! Sidewalks& Driveways. Will Edge It.Good Rates. 952-288-5304
A Lawn Service – Clean-Ups, Gardens, Hauling. Cheap
Rates. Call Bryan 763-276-0368
� Beautiful Gardens �Would You Like To Have
More Beauty In Your Yard?We Will Restore or Expand
Your Existing Gardens.Experienced Gardeners
Call Linda 612-598-3949
Lawn & Garden
2360
Great Service Affordable Prices
Senior Discounts
Roofing • Siding • WindowsLic # 20431519BC
952-934-7600 Since 1978
CONSTRUCTION&
REMODELING
FREEESTIMATES
• EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE
• Hardiplank® Siding• QUICK RESPONSE TIME
• HAIL DAMAGE
• FREE INSPECTIONS
• STATE LIC# 6793• ESTABLISHED IN 1984
ROOFING • SIDING • WINDOWS
q i a r
www.GatesGeneralContractors.com
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ACCREDITEDBUSINESS
Fast TurnaroundReduce Energy BillsFree EstimatesBank Financing
Available
Limited OfferTriple Glass for the Price of Double Glass
WINDOWS/SIDINGFamily Owned & Operated Since 1949
(651) 644-6900(952) 920-8888
Call For Free Estimatewww.WesternConstructionInc.com
SERVING THE
ENTIRE METO AREAMN LICENSE
#20316811BONDED • INSURED
Commercial and residential pressure washingDecks strip & seal, roof washing, house washing,
concrete cleaning and staining. Full exterior washing.
Our job is to make you look good!763-225-6200
www.sparklewashcmn.com
BOB’s
A Fresh Look, Inc.Interior/Exterior Painting by the Pros
Bonded & InsuredFree Est. • Senior Discounts
Lic. #20626700Credit Cards Accepted
612-825-7316/952-934-4128www.afreshlookinc.com
Right Way PAINTING
612.839.2239 • 612.866.0949WWW.RIGHTWAYMN.COM
20 years exp. Degreed Shop TeacherExterior/Interior Painting
Powerwashing • Decks • FencesWindow Glazing & Repairs
2 Year Labor / 10 Year Paint Warranty
952.278.0126Call Now For Weekly Mowing
Landscaping • Fertilization
Retaining Walls, Pavers, Shrubs, Mulch.
CONCRETE: Driveway, Walks, Steps, Patios
Residential & Commercial
FREEEstimates
32 Edina Sun-Current – Thursday, July 21, 2011 – www.minnlocal.com In the Community, With the Community, For the Community
PT Cleaning M-F evenings$10 to start. EP locations
612-827-4146
Customer Service RepPT eves & Sat. Chanhas-sen, Eagan, Edina, Blaine& Plymouth. Apply online:pilgrimdrycleaners.com
Help Wanted/Part Time
9200
Personality Sells at Hir-shfield's! Hirshfield'sInc., a leading retailer ofpaint & decorating prod-ucts for over 110 years. Ifyou are a motivated & pro-fessional individual wewill train you to become apart of our team as a:
Full Time SalesConsultant
Eden Prairie LocationWe offer competitive pay,flexible hours, benefits in-cluding Medical, Dental,401(k), Tuition Reimburse-ment, & more. If you haveexcellent customer serviceskills, an outgoing person-ality, and able to lift up to60 lbs, stop by to fill out anapplication or send yourresume to:
[email protected] Prairie Center Dr
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Edina - 50th & France1BR w/ deck. $685 + elec.612-210-9744 320-274-3398
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Multi-Family 7/28-30 (8-3)Greeting cards/stationary,HH, cloz, kids-Legos/Beanie,etc. 4108 Lake Dr Av N
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Huge Sale: 7/28-29 (8-5)7/30 (8-12) Furn, tools,books, HH & more. 220 Zinnia Lane North
Plymouth3665
Temple Israel Sisterhood24th & Fremont Ave S. (just
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St Philips Luth. ChurchPresale 7/27 (5-8p) $4 Adm;7/28-29 (9-7); 7/30 (9-12)Half Price - $5/bag - mostcloz. 6180 Hwy 65 NE
Fridley3629
Large N'Hood & YardSales 7/28-30 (8-5)HH, Clothes for all, microwave & misc.
6905 Lombardy Lane
Crystal3619
Huge 250 Family Sale!Family of God Church
8/3 (5-8) $3 Adm.; 8/4 (9-8);8/5 (9-5); 8/6 (9-12)
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Brooklyn United Meth.Church 7/27 (6-9) Pre-sale$3 Adm. 7/28-29 (10-7); 7/30(9-12). Sat. - ½ Price & Boxsale 10:30-12 www.bumc.org
7200 Brooklyn Blvd.
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Sat 7/30 ONLY (8-2), kidscloz up to sz 14, toys, biketrailer. 8230 Penn Ave S.
Moving 7/28-30 (8-4) Tools,car parts, X-mas, furn.,Mn/Wmn cloz 8439 12th Av S
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Over 250 families!Presale Wed 8/3 (5-8) $3 AdmThurs 8/4 (9-7); Fri 8/5 (9-6);
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1 Stop shopping @ our sale7/21-23 (8-5). Lots of items!
7421 Emerson Ave S.
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WayzataPublic Schools Sale
Furniture, AV, and misc.Thursday, July 21
(9am - 2pm)Wayzata Central Middle
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Plymouth
July 21-23 (8-3) Antiqs,tools, HH items, fish house,more! 12610 58th Ave. N.
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Fridley
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Edina
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P.E.O. Multi-Family SaleFurn, HH gds, plus! 7/21-23(9-5) 7917 South Bay Curve
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Eden Prairie
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Eagan
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Estate Sale. 7/21-23 (9-4)3217 Xenia Ave N. Antqfurniture & misc. items
Crystal
3519
ONE DAY SALE - 8-3KID'S STUFF, FURN,
13633 KRESTWOOD DRTHURSDAY, JULY 21st
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Estate Sale 7/21-23 (9-5)Antiq. furn, glasswr., vintg.toys-Troll dolls, crafts/decorHH. 14608 Summit Oaks Dr
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Sat., July 23 (8:30-12)Hennepin Technical College
9000 Brooklyn Blvd.Brooklyn Park
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Oak Baby BR Set, furn.,kids toys/cloz, HH 7/22-23(8-4) 8120 Rhode Island Cir
Multi-Family SaleWed-Fri, 7/20-22 (8a - 5p)
8411 5th Ave. South
7/21-22 (9-6); 7/23 (9-1) HH,Furn., Wmns plus Sz. Cloz &misc. 8406 Columbus Ave S.
Bloomington3506
Estate Sale! 7/22-23 (8-3)1888 129th Ave NE, Mens,tools, HH & more!
Blaine3505
Garage Salesthis week3500
Crown Upright PianoNeeds tuning. Good cond!$850/BO. 763-544-1236
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Buying Old Trains & ToysSTEVE'S TRAIN CITY
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Glenhaven Garden of Na-tivity. Lot 93B spaces 1&2companion marker and 2vaults. $5K 763-537-8296
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