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Farmington’s Fogarty will run for County Board by Laura Adelmann

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

After serving nine years on the Farmington City Council, Christy Jo Fogarty announced Wednesday that she will run for a seat on the Dakota County Board of Commissioners. Fogarty is seeking to fill the seat held for 32 years by Joe Harris, who earlier this year announced he will not seek re-election. “Joe leaves very big shoes to fill,” Fogarty said in a news release. “He has done a great job for Da-kota County, and I think I can bring some of the same strengths to the office.” Fogarty, a 12-year Farm-ington resident, was a mem-

ber of the Castle Rock Planning Group, the Board of Water and Soil Resources and the Empire-Farmington Planning Commit-tee. Fogarty has helped create several joint powers agreements and develop orderly annex-ation agreements. “Anyone familiar with annexation issues knows they can be very difficult to negotiate and often end in litigation,” Fogarty said. “To be able to come to joint resolutions is not only good communication, it is an ex-ample of good government. This experience has given

me great insight to the concerns the communities have and what they need from surrounding communities and the county.” Fogarty said she is interested in taking her experience with

water and transportation issues, economic develop-ment, orderly annexation, parks and challenging bud-gets and serve the commu-nity on a broader level. “I know that at the coun-ty level these issues are big-ger and more complicated than they are at the city level,” Fogarty said. “But I have worked closely with the county on many proj-

ects over the past nine years and am confident I am well equipped to hit the ground running; my learning curve will be very short.” Fogarty has sought high-er office in the past. She lost to Patrick Garofalo for the 2004 Republican endorse-ment for Minnesota House, and last year she came in second against Lakeville’s David Thompson for the Republican nomination for the Minnesota Senate. A few months ago, Hastings City Council Member Mike Slavik an-nounced he would also seek the District 1 seat.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Christy JoFogarty

Lakeville is center stage for stadium debate

by T.W. BudigTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

While a Vikings caravan made a stop in Lakeville, a feisty Gov. Mark Day-ton urged state lawmakers on Nov. 8 to “stop play-ing games” and act on the NFL team’s stadium pro-posal.

“Come on. What are we doing here?” asked Dayton at a Capitol press confer-ence. “This is about mov-ing Minnesota forward,” he said of finding a stadi-um solution. Dayton’s goading of lawmakers comes the week when the governor had

been planning to release his own Vikings stadium proposal. But Republican legisla-tive leaders last week left a meeting with the governor speaking of holding hear-ings on the stadium rather than biting on Dayton’s proposal to hold a special

legislative session prior to Thanksgiving. Dayton argues that establishing a tight time frame is key to finding a stadium solution. The Minnesota Vikings are active.

In recent days, the team released an ad on local television that asks Min-nesotans to find a stadium solution. Vikings Vice President of Public Affairs and Sta-dium Development Lester

Bagley along with Vikings players were in Lakeville on Tuesday at a luncheon with the Burnsville and Lakeville chambers of commerce for a program that included a stadium

Governor says it’s time to stop playing games as Vikings take show

on the road

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Lakeville North football coach Brian Vossen (right) meets Minnesota Viking defensive end Brian Robison and former Viking Stu Voight during the Lakeville and Burnsville chambers’ General Membership Luncheon, which featured current players Robison, Michael Jenkins and vice president of public affairs and stadium development Lester Bagley at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites in Lakeville.


Lester Bagley, Minnesota Vikings vice president of public affairs and stadium development, said during the General Membership Luncheon of the Burnsville and Lakeville chambers of commerce that half of all Minnesotans attend or watch Vikings home games on television. He advocated the construction of a new stadium for the Vikings and the state in Arden Hills on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

by Aaron VehlingTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

During boom times, Lakeville seemed to be adding new neighbor-hoods every couple weeks. The city provided a healthy dose of parks for all those new families. To pay for those ameni-ties, the city used “park dedication fees,” charged to the developer to assist in the construction of parks. When a company built a development, the city as-sessed a fee for each lot.

A drive or walk around Lakeville reveals numer-ous parks constructed with such funding. But we live in a different era now; if someone builds a house there’s no guar-antee buyers will come. To boot, land prices have dropped. As part of an overall vote on a parks, trails and open spaces plan update, the Lakeville City Coun-cil voted this week to re-assess the amount of those

City to study reducing developers’ park fees

Current rate deemed too high considering market conditions

Aging sewer pipes chip into Farmington budget

by Laura AdelmannTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Video reveals numerous cracks and breaks in the oldest parts of Farming-ton’s sewer pipe system. About 10 to 15 miles of the clay pipes can still be found in parts of the city, some of it 70 years old, 20 years past its maximum life expectancy. Using a wheeled video camera, the city has found many gaps, chips, cracks and holes in the eight-inch pipe. “(The clay pipe is) no dif-ferent from your clay flower pot,” said Farmington City Engineer Kevin Schorzman. “Once it cracks, it loses its strength.” Tree roots easily break into the clay pipe, cutting off flows. Breaks or collapses of sewer line can cause nasty

sewer backups in homes and businesses. “If you get sewage back-ing up into your house

through the floor drain, you’re probably looking at, depending on the severity, a $3,000 to $6,000 repair,”

Schorzman said. Maintaining and repair-ing city infrastructure, in-

Clay sewer lines wearing out after decades of use

Graphic: City of Farmington

This chart shows the city will avoid about $11.6 million in debt by establishing a cash fund for capital improvement projects.

See Pipes, 13A

See Fees, 5A

See Vikings, 5A

by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Four top employees of 360 Communities have left or lost their jobs in recent m o n t h s — a time of budget retrench-ment for the Burns-v i l l e -b a s e d nonprofit, according to Mary Ajax, its longtime executive di-rector. She said two have retired: former School District 191 Superinten-dent Ben Kanninen, who was 360’s senior director of school success, and former District Court Judge Leslie Metzen, 360’s senior violence

prevention coordinator. Thisweek has learned that two others were ter-minated: Greg Konat, a former Burnsville city manager and Dakota County physical devel-opment director who served as 360’s executive vice president, and Steve Haschig, former se-nior pastor at Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church in Prior Lake, who served as 360’s se-nior development direc-tor. Ajax didn’t confirm the terminations and said she wouldn’t com-

Staff exodus from 360 reflectsrevenue shortages, exec says

Former Burnsville school superintendent, city manager, district court judge have left

their jobs in recent months

Mary Ajax

See 360, 13A

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A Farmington couple safely escaped a Nov. 4 fire that destroyed their home and cars. Homeowner Mark Da-vis had just taken a shower when he heard crackling sounds and discovered a raging fire in his garage. Davis quickly alerted 911, woke his wife, Kerrie, and safely led her out of their burning home. Farmington firefight-ers responded within seven minutes to Davis’s 6:40 a.m. call, and found the fire rag-ing through the upper levels of the home, located on the 5900 block of Upper 183rd Street West, Farmington Fire Marshal John Powers said. With assistance from Lakeville, Farmington fire-fighters had the fire under control within 30 minutes.

Powers said the garage and much of the first level were destroyed in the fire. Also burned was a car parked inside the garage and another in the driveway. The Davis’s basement suffered extensive water damage from water used to extinguish the blaze.

Powers said the cause of the fire was a cigarette Mark Davis had smoked and dis-posed of in the garage trash can before taking a shower. Powers estimated to-tal losses to be $250,000, including contents of the home. “Smoking material is still

very probably one of the top five causes of fire in Minne-sota,” Powers said. “People need to be sure they handle them right. If smoking, they should not dispose of them in the garbage can.”



A crowd of about 1,200 turned out for Farmington’s Patriotic Day celebration Oct. 3 at Farmington High School. The annual event in-cluded patriotic music and tributes to service men and women and those who lost their lives in the line of duty. Speakers included Betty Wall Strohfus, a Faribault native who loved to fly, and was first in line when the Army Air Force opened a women’s program in 1942. Strohfus was one of about 1,000 women pilots who flew during World War II. The event’s main speak-er was Dick Carroll, 91, a World War II veteran who was forced to bail out from his plane while on a bomb-ing run in Budapest, Hun-gary. Carroll was shot in the

chest after he safely para-chuted to ground, and was captured by Hungarians. He spent 11 months in a Budapest hospital as a pris-oner of war.

More than 60 years later, the bullet is still lodged in his heart. The event also featured a free pork chop dinner fol-lowed by music by Farming-

ton High School bands and a combined fourth-grade choir.


Farmington Patriotic Day draws crowd

Photo submitted

Dick Carroll, 91, shared his experiences as an Air Force pilot and POW during Farming-ton’s Patriotic Day event Nov. 3 at Farmington High School.

About 1,200 turn out to honor

military members

Early morning fire destroys Farmington home

Photo by Laura Adelmann

Two cars were among the valuables destroyed in a Nov. 4 fire that ripped through a Farm-ington home, located on Upper 183rd Street West.

Couple escapes without injury


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Two Lakeville men were arrested on Nov. 4 for the al-leged possession of a collec-tion of drugs at their home on Kenwood Trail. The homeowner, Sun Leader Glows-Brightly, 73, and tenant Laron Alex Schmidtke, 20, were charged with possession of marijuana and oxycodone found around the home. According to the criminal complaint: Lakeville police officers entered the residence at 8:25 a.m. Nov. 4 with a search warrant. During the search, they found a number of drugs and paraphernalia in rooms throughout the house. Among the items police found in the house were mari-juana, needles, a glass pipe, a spoon and tin with alleged trace amounts of controlled substances on them and a spoon that contained trace amounts of oxycodone. In an interview with an of-ficer from the Dakota Coun-ty Drug Task Force, Glows-Brightly admitted to being a resident and owner of the

property. He said he rented a room to Schmidtke. He de-nied any of the drugs in the home belonged to him. Schmidtke told the officer a different story. He said the marijuana belonged to both men, but denied any knowl-edge of any of the other drug items found throughout the home. The Drug Task Force em-ployed the help of the St. Paul Police Department’s Crime Lab to determine the nature of some of the substances. Each man faces two felony drug charges for marijuana and oxycodone. Each charge carries with it as much as five years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine.

Aaron Vehling is at [email protected] and www.facebook.com/thisweeklive.

Lakeville men arrested for alleged drug possession

Homeowner, roommate deny knowledge of oxycodone

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Crime doesn’t pay – nor should it help subsidize your carpet cleaning. An Apple Valley man allegedly responsible for a string of vacuum cleaner thefts at a local Target store has been charged with a fel-ony in Dakota County Dis-trict Court. The criminal complaint filed Nov. 1 alleges that Wil-liam L. Peck, 45, stole three vacuum cleaners on three separate occasions from the SuperTarget at 18275 Ken-rick Ave. in Lakeville be-tween December 2010 and May 2011. The store’s loss preven-tion staff contacted Lake-

ville police in June to report three incidents in which Peck was seen on surveil-lance video selecting a vac-uum cleaner, placing it in a cart and then simply walk-ing out of the store without paying. The total value of the three vacuum cleaners was $1,207, the complaint said. If convicted, Peck faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine for the one count of felony theft. According to police, Peck was recently convicted of stealing a vacuum cleaner from a Target store in Edina.

—Andrew Miller

Crime of cleanliness? Suspect charged in serial vacuum theft

Farmington man allegedly taught child to grow potby Laura Adelmann

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Police say a Farmington man used his marijuana

growing operation to teach his child how business works. Craig Martin Gisch, 34, is charged with conspir-

ing to employ a minor to sell and manufacture mari-juana, child endangerment and contributing to the de-

linquency of a minor, ac-cording to a Dakota County criminal complaint issued in May but released Nov. 9 on-line. According to the com-plaint: Farmington police were called to Gisch’s home at the 4800 block of 189th Street West on reports of an unre-sponsive female on May 6. Police said they found Gisch’s wife, Katryna, in a car in the garage and pro-nounced dead at the scene. Neighbors told police that three children also lived in the home, and they searched inside the home to check for others who may be in need of medical attention. Nobody was in need of medical attention, but po-lice discovered a marijuana growing operation in the basement. Marijuana plants, grow lights and growing equip-ment was located in two rooms and several marijua-na plants were hanging from the ceiling of a crawl space to dry. The marijuana was in ar-eas easily accessible to the couple’s three minor chil-dren. After obtaining a search

warrant, officers found $2,000 in Gisch’s wallet and located 26 more marijuana plants as well as marijuana on top of laundry room vents. Four grow lights, a trans-former, a fan with a timer and a carbon filter were found, and agents also dis-covered marijuana leaves, shavings and trimmings. Two days later, the Dako-ta County Drug Task Force learned from a confidential source with knowledge of Gisch’s operation that the officers had missed money, grow equipment and con-trolled substances Gisch hid in the home. A search on May 10 turned up marijuana in a Tupperware container in the water softener, a gallon-size heat sealed plastic bag with residue and miscellaneous marijuana paraphernalia. Containers with mari-juana were found in a box in the laundry room, glass pipes, and three gallon-size

plastic bags with marijuana were found in a cooler in the garage. Two more gallon-size plastic bags containing mar-ijuana were found in a blue bag on a garage shelf. The St. Paul Crime Labo-ratory determined the mari-juana weighed two pounds and eight ounces. Officers also allege Gisch employed his minor child to assist in the cultivation of marijuana, trimming, water-ing and re-potting the plants. The complaint states that Gisch instructed the child how to grow and sell mari-juana, and told the child it was “necessary for him/her to learn and participate in the cultivation of the plants and to understand how the business worked.” The minor stated that Gisch sold only to a few peo-ple and that his marijuana was high quality.



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status report. State Reps. Diane An-derson, R-Eagan; Pam Myrha, R-Burnsville; and Mary Liz Holberg, R-Lakeville, attended the event. Bagley thanked all three for working with them on the stadium issue. When Holberg was asked afterward if she sup-ported public financing for a Vikings stadium she said she would need to see a bill to make such a decision. She compared the sta-dium discussion to work-ing on a thousand-piece 3D puzzle, except putting to-gether a puzzle “would be a lot more fun,” she said. Dayton was more direct in his rhetoric. “They’re our team,” said Dayton of the Vikings. They want to remain in Minnesota, “but they need a new stadium to do it.” Besides keeping the Vi-kings in Minnesota, Day-ton argues that building a new stadium would create thousands of private sec-tor construction jobs – he’s “mystified” lawmakers fail to make this connection, he explained – in addition to offering a means for rem-edying urban blight and in the case of Arden Hills, clean up a contaminated

area. Bagley cited such eco-nomic impact factors in support of the Arden Hills proposal. He said the Vikings gen-erated $21 million in taxes in 2010. Since the Vikings have been playing in the Metrodome, the team has accounted for $186 million in taxes going to the state. He also argued that the Vikings are a regional draw with 40 percent of game-day attendees coming from outside the metro area and 20 percent from other states. Owner Zygi Wilf, who was slated to speak on Tuesday, has proposed to give the third largest owner contribution in NFL his-tory – $420 million of the proposed $600 million. Dayton charged that lawmakers, unwilling to vote on a stadium, were putting their jobs as legis-lators ahead of thousands of needed jobs that a big construction project would bring. Dayton, as in the past, would not say which of the stadium proposals, Arden Hills or ones in downtown Minneapolis, he favors. A stadium could be built without using any state general fund taxpayer dol-lars, Dayton said. Dayton indicated a pref-

erence for the use of pull-tab dollars, but did not rule out racino, a sales tax on sports memorabilia, or most other potential fund-ing sources. But he did in-dicate that he did not favor the use of Legacy Amend-ment dollars for stadium financing. Letting the Vikings sta-dium issue slip into the regular legislative session in January will serve only to dilute it, Dayton argued. The stadium issue would then be in “limbo” even longer, he said. Dayton did not specifi-cally mention the names of lawmakers whom he per-ceives as playing games. “If the shoe fits, wear it,” he said. An email from House Speaker Kurt Zellers, R-Maple Grove, to Republi-can lawmakers that came to light last week indicated the speaker had decided against a special session, though Dayton said Zellers had never indicated that to him. “It’s time for the leaders of the Legislature to show some leadership,” Dayton said.

Email T.W. Budig at: [email protected]. Additional reporting by Tad Johnson: [email protected].

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park dedication fees. The total plan is not to exceed $25,000 (paid out of park dedication fees). The park dedication fees study is scheduled to be completed by January. Developer Jim Stanton, who develops property all over the metro as principal of Shamrock Development, wrote a letter recently to the city asking that the $176,000 in park dedication fees from his most recent Crescent Ridge project be put into an escrow fund until the city reviews its park dedication rates. “I think we are very aware that land prices have plummeted and develop-ment has substantially slowed,” Stanton wrote. He added that the cur-rent fee of $4,747 per lot would amount to about 33 percent of the land cost for him. State law and city code govern fee rates, suggesting 10 percent as a reasonable fee percentage. “As you can see,” he wrote, “such fees are pro-hibitive.” Stanton, who is also

the father of City Council Member Colleen LaBeau, asked that if the fees are re-duced because of the study that he be reimbursed the difference between current and any future reduced rate, according to city docu-ments. LaBeau said that the cur-rent fee rate was set when land went for $150,000. Now that it’s at $18,000 to $30,000, it is just too expen-sive. Her vote on the Crescent Ridge project at an October meeting sparked cries of a conflict of interest in cer-tain circles. Some alleged that she was trying to save her father money on park dedication with a vote. Alas, that was not the case. Immediately following that meeting, LaBeau told City Administrator Steve Mielke she made a mistake voting and intended to ab-stain from voting on her fa-ther’s project. LaBeau abstained from an additional vote on the Crescent Ridge project at the Nov. 7 meeting. City Attorney Roger Knutson has said that there is no conflict of interest

because LaBeau is an inde-pendent person who does not live with her father. “I haven’t lived with him since I was one,” LaBeau said. In addition to the park dedication fees study, con-sultant The Planning Com-pany will complete the city’s five-year update of the Lakeville parks, trails and open spaces plan. The update includes a look at current issues and policies, a social profile based on Census data, land use plan-ning and coordination and a park facilities inventory, among other things. These updates are stan-dard practice. Parks and Recreation Director Steve Michaud said the city has updated its plan every five years since the 1970s. Dan Licht of The Planning Company has completed the last three updates. Aaron Vehling is at [email protected] and www.facebook.com/thisweeklive.

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Nominations for the 2012 Dakota County Tri-bune Exceptional Business-women are being accepted through Friday, Nov. 25. People may nominate a woman who has excelled in the workplace and com-munity by going online to www.ThisweekLive.com and filling out the nomi-nation form. A link to the form is on the main page. This is the third year of the Tribune’s recognition event, which has honored

27 Dakota County recipi-ents in the past two years. Nominations may also be sent to [email protected] or by mail to Dakota County Tribune Exceptional Businesswom-en, 12190 County Road 11, Burnsville, MN 55337. The nomination should include contact informa-tion for the person submit-ting the nomination and the woman being nominated along with reasons why she deserves the award.

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Get Ready for ‘Give to the Max Day’To the editor: In the next week, your email in box will probably be filled with requests to “Give To The Max” on Nov. 16. Last year, $10 mil-lion was raised for Minne-sota nonprofits by 42,624 online donors during this annual day of charitable giving. So how will you decide where to give your hard-earned dollars? Might be a time to pri-oritize your giving habits. Some families let their kids help decide what char-ities they would like to sup-port as a way of teaching them about the value of sharing with those who are less fortunate. Cheerful Givers, which provides birthday gifts for kids in Minnesota who don’t get to celebrate their birthday, is just one ex-ample of several thousand nonprofits who need your help (www.cheerfulgivers.org). To encourage donations

throughout the day, an in-dividual donor will be ran-domly chosen every hour by GiveMN.org to win a “Golden Ticket.” An additional $1,000 will be given to the charity that received the original donation, and one name will be randomly drawn to win a $10,000 golden tick-et. Local musician, Tim Mahoney, has written a song to be unveiled on this day whose title sums it all up – “Just Give.” KAREN KITCHELPresident Cheerful GiversEagan

Farmington teacher rememberedTo the editor: The family of Audrey Wangen would like to ex-press our deepest thank you for all the love and support given to her dur-ing her illness. The won-derful donations of food, emotional support, and many encouraging cards were truly appreciated. The

cards especially were a dai-ly reminder for our mother of how many people cared and loved her. We would also like to ac-knowledge the support giv-en by St. Michael’s Catho-lic Church, the Farmington School District, family and many friends at the time of her passing. The flowers and cards/memorials were greatly appreciated. A me-morial contribution to the school district is planned in memory of “Nurse Noo-dles.” The students made her daily routine the most enjoyable. With our sincerest grati-tude.

KATIE WANGEN QUENZER and EMILY WANGEN SHERMAN and their families

No taxation without representationTo the editor: “No taxation without representation.” This was

the cry of the American Colonies and our founding fathers some 235 years ago. Would anybody disagree with their sentiment that it was unfair to impose taxes without getting some rep-resentation in government? It even sparked a revolu-tion and brought about the birth of a new country. Today, we hear a cry of a different nature: “Every-body should pay their fair share!” Agreed. Almost half of Ameri-cans pay $0 in income tax-es. Today, we need to flip our founding fathers’ cry around to: “No represen-tation without taxation.”

If you don’t pay dollar one into the system, you haven’t earned your vote. You don’t get a say as to who that system employs and what decisions are made. The simple reason being that if you put any amount of skin in the game, you question and respect how that money is being used. If you don’t, you cannot really be as genuinely con-cerned. Therefore, why would you get a say? And please don’t argue that there are other forms of taxes than just income. With all the government credits available today, most people who pay $0 in

income taxes also receive a net check back each year, covering their sales and property tax expenditures. This country was built on self-sufficiency, not nanny state principles. Self-sufficiency is what made the USA the greatest country on Earth, and it is self-sufficiency that must prevail. Would anybody disagree with the sentiment that sparked a revolution? Would anybody disagree that legitimate taxpayers are being treated in the same way today?

MARK BELLILELakeville

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As the guy who is lucky enough to manage the largest news organization south of the river, I get to attend a lot of meetings all over Dakota County. Among those I attended this past week were two that dealt with public funding of entertain-ment. Beyond that basic similar-ity, they were very different meet-ings. But they got me to thinking about the role entertainment plays in the quality of our lives. The first meeting, on Monday, consisted of a dozen volunteers who make up the steering com-mittee for the Dakota County Regional Arts Collaborative. It was held at the Steeple Center, Rosemount’s arts center, which was built in the old St. Joseph Catholic Church. The second meeting, on Tues-day, was a lively lunch for several hundred at the Holiday Inn & Suites in Lakeville. There, mem-bers of the Lakeville and Burns-ville chambers of commerce cheered employees, players and cheerleaders of the Minnesota Vikings. At both meetings, there was discussion of public funding for

the entertainment indus-try. The arts collaborative is a year-old organization put together by LaDonna Boyd, economic develop-ment director for Farming-ton-based Dakota Electric.

Boyd pulled arts folks together a year ago to talk about coordinat-ing and promoting the county’s arts organizations and artists. This soft-spoken, but hard-charging, businesswoman has long believed that the arts con-tribute not only to our enjoyment but to economic development. The organizational meeting of the collaborative a year ago drew about 70 people who represent arts groups in the county. The first annual meeting of the col-laborative could draw 100 people to the Lakeville Area Arts Center from 1 to 3 p.m. on Nov. 16. At Monday’s meeting of the steering committee, the mem-bers, who represent the arts from Eagan to Lakeville and from Hastings to Burnsville, talked about the need for funding. At the annual meeting, the commit-tee will set a date for electing a board of directors, which will then adopt bylaws. That kind of structure is need-

ed, Boyd said, if the collabora-tive hopes to get a few thousand dollars from the state’s Legacy Fund, which awards grants from sales-tax receipts for environmen-tal and cultural activities. At this point, the collaborative is using a Legacy grant of $1,500 for its organizational activities, which have included focus groups on what county arts groups want from a collaborative. Michael Bateson, a market-ing representative with Charter Communications who also is an actor, said artists such as he need support from a county-wide arts group. Others described artists, arts centers and arts groups as small businesses in a growing in-dustry that deserves public sup-port. Bateson leaned over during the meeting to tell me nearly 200 at-tended his one-man Mark Twain show in Lakeville last month. The next day, at the Holiday Inn, Vikings executive Lester Bagley told the chamber mem-bers the football team provides entertainment for millions of fans and generates millions of dollars for the state and its busi-ness community. He introduced cheerleaders, Viking radio voice Paul Allen

and players Michael Jenkins and Brian Robison as part of a cam-paign to get $600 million in pub-lic money to build a new stadium for the team. Bagley showed a slick video that suggests a new stadium is not an arena for the team’s wealthy owners and multi-millionaire athletes, but a monu-ment to the team’s 50-year his-tory. At my table, some local busi-ness executives expressed con-cerns about spending millions on a stadium but admitted they do love their Vikings and hope they can give the Packers their first loss in Green Bay on Monday night. I, too, bleed purple, which is no small admission for a guy who grew up in Michigan watch-ing the Detroit Lions. But I un-derstand that while I am home watching Christian Ponder con-nect with Michael Jenkins on Sunday afternoon, others prefer listening to chamber music or at-tending art exhibits. Whether it’s sports or sculp-ture, our lives are enriched by art and entertainment. And these cultural pursuits deserve public support. But can we afford what the Vi-kings want?

Mary Liz Holberg, the state representative from Lakeville, was surrounded by reporters and photographers after the Vikings lunch. Would she support a sta-dium bill? She won’t comment until there is one, said the Repub-lican chair of the House Ways and Means Committee. After the metro media moved away, I asked her why no one is talking about adding seats to TCF Bank Stadium so the Vi-kings can play in a lovely new stadium at the U. I was encour-aged to hear her say that such a proposal is being drafted in St. Paul. As a supporter of the arts and a Viking fan, I think the county arts collaborative deserves more than $1,500 in public funding – and the Vikings deserve some-thing less than $600 million. Let’s hope our lawmakers can find a way to keep the Vikings with a sensible stadium plan and that the Vikings beat the Packers on Monday.

Larry Werner is editor and gener-al manager of the Dakota County Tribune and Thisweek Newspa-pers. He can be reached at [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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Wayne I.Tourtillott“Turtle”

Wayne I. Tourtillott "Turtle"(Matahon) of Eagan, passedaway peacefully on Thursday,November 3rd, 2011.

Wayne was born on Dec 29th1933, to Bernard and Theresa ofKeshena, WI. Wayne served hiscountry in the Marines, and was aKorean War Veteran. After hismilitary service he had a success-ful career in the aviation industry,and proudly served on the EaganFire Department.

Wayne will remain in the heartsof his wife of 53 years, Rose-marie; son, Wayne Jr. of Eagan;son, Maynard (Mary) of Eagan;daughter , Sad ie (Denny) ofMadison MN; son, Lee (Cheryl)of Burnsville; son, John (Debo-rah) of Rochester; son, David(Char) of Lakeville; 9 grandchil-dren, 3 great grandchildren;brother, Bernard (Josephine), sis-ter, Vivian Ranta, brother in law,Francis Webster, Roger (Lois)Bogda, sister in law, Janie Salz-man, many nieces, nephews,extended family and friends.

He was preceded in death by hisparents, Bernard and Theresa;brothers, Maynard, Steven; Dou-glas, s ister, Glarus (Robert)Diers, sister in law Mary Web-s ter , brother in law TommySalzman.

Services are in the care of HindtFuneral Homes of Spring Valley,MN.

Visitation was one hour priorNovember 11th, memorial ser-vice 12:00 pm, and luncheon fol-lowed, Mary Mother of theChurch, 3333 Cliff Road, Burns-ville, MN 55337.Condolencesmay be left atwww.hindtfuneralhomes.com

Bruce AldenKuehne

Age 62, of Farmington, passedaway Friday, October 28. He wasborn February 22, 1949 in LongPrairie, Minnesota to Otto Her-m a n a n d R u t h H e l e n ( n e eSchmidt) Kuehne. Bruce is sur-vived by his former wife Shirley,daughter Jessica (Caleb) Tilton,son Adam, brothers Norman(Janet) and Roland (Viola) Kue-hne, sisters Diane (Dave) Reeceand Lorna (Carroll) Lambrecht.He was preceded in death by hisparents and sisters Ruby andElaine. Bruce loved the outdoors,especially hunting, fishing, gar-dening, and performing homeprojects. He also served his coun-try in the United States Navyduring the Vietnam War period.Bruce will be forever loved andmissed. Gathering of Friends andFamily was held Wednesday,November 2, at the Henry W.Anderson Mortuary, 14850 Gar-rett Avenue, Apple Valley (952)432-2331. Memorial Services fol-lowed at 6 PM.obit.HenryWAnderson.com

Obituaries

Gross - NehlsKrystle Marie Gross, daughter

of Bob and Patty Gross of LInoLakes and Andrew ClaytonNehls, son of Bob and LyndaNehls of Lakeville, announcetheir engagement.

Krystle and Andrew are plan-ning a June 29, 2012 wedding inPrior Lake, MN.

50th WeddingAnniversary

Walter and Louise Michaels ofFarmington will celebrate their

50th Wedding Anniversary.The Michaels will be honored

with an Open House onSaturday, November 19, from1-4pm at the Rambling River

Center in Farmington.The family would welcome the

presence of friends and family tohelp them celebrate this special

occasion. No gifts please.

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Lakeville and Dave and TheresaBeissel of Prior Lake, are happyto announce the June 25, 2011marriage of their children, JustinOtting and Kailey Stunkel. Thewedding took place at St. Nicho-las Catholic Church in New Mar-ket, MN. Justin and Kailey metat MN State Univers i ty andgraduated in May 2011. Justin iscurrently working for OttingHouse Movers in Lakeville andKailey accepted a long term subTeaching job in New Prague. Thecouple currently resides in Lons-dale, MN.


Richard and Jean Heinen ofRosemount are celebrating their50th Wedding Anniversary onSaturday, November 19, 2011.

Family and friends are invited toshare in this celebration byjoining the couple at a Mass

of Thanksgiving at 3:00 p.m. atthe Church of St. Joseph, 13900Biscayne Ave. W., Rosemountfollowed by an Open Housefrom 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the

Rosemount Community CenterBanquet Room, 13885 SouthRobert Trail, Rosemount.

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Ed and Judy McKinley ofApple Valley are celebratingtheir 50th wedding anniversary

on November 18, 2011.Ed and Judy were married at St.John the Evangelist CatholicChurch in Duluth, MN onNovember 18, 1961. They

celebrated their anniversary bytouring Eastern Europe byCruise ship accompanied by

three other couples.

Carron - MasonRichard and Karen Carron of

Lakeville, MN are pleased toannounce the engagement of theirdaughter, Laura Carron, to PhilipMason. Philip is the son of Ericand Lida Mason, Greenville, PA.

T h e b r i d e - t o - b e i s a 1 9 9 9graduate of Lakev i l l e HighSchool. She graduated from Pur-due University in 2003 with adegree in business and receivedher master's degree in businessadministration from ArizonaState University in 2007. Shecurrently is employed as a SeniorFinance Manager for Caterpillar,Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA.

The future groom is a 2002graduate of Greenvi l le HighSchool, a 2006 graduate of Buck-nell University with a degree inbiology, and a 2010 graduate ofthe University of PittsburghSchool of Dental Medicine, wherehe received his doctorate in den-tal medicine. He currently prac-tices dentistry in Butler, PA.

The couple is planning a Sep-tember 2012 wedding in Cross-lake, Minnesota.

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St. Paul, Minneapolis, Robbinsdale and Edina. The fact that some of these women are willing to drive those distances to sing shows that there are few opportunities to sing choral music with a qual-ity that Sagen inspires. She said people are drawn to the chorale be-cause of the camaraderie, their love of singing and a chance to “get away and do something they wanted to do.” “The members are very dedicated,” Sagen said.

“In starting up a com-munity group like this, I knew up front that there would be people that would miss due to fam-ily commitments … but I work around their com-mitments.” She said one of the great things about the chorale’s schedule is that it has two sessions. One runs from August to November and the other runs from January to April. Sing-ers in both choirs have a break during the holiday season and have the spring and summer off. “This way people don’t feel that it takes up too much time,” Sagen said. “It also keeps it fresh where people look for-ward to coming back.” People who attend the concerts can expect to hear classical, folk, Broad-way and gospel music. Among the wide rang-ing selections are “Ave Maria 2,” “Agnus Dei,” “Jimmy Crack Corn,” and “Hey, Look Me Over,” and music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Antonin Dvorak, and Franz Schubert. She said the group was founded on the idea that it centers on a community that sings together and provides an opportunity to perform and share it with the community. That sharing will begin this weekend.

Tad Johnson is at [email protected].

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by Tad JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Minnesota has a rich choral tradition that reso-nates throughout high school and college audito-riums and church steeples across the state. While students have a chance to explore a broad repertoire, after their col-lege graduations often their soaring voices can’t be heard singing much more than hymns on Sun-days. The 100-member Min-nesota Valley Women’s Chorale plans to change all that. Founded by longtime District 196 vocal music teacher Judy Sagen, the chorale will stage its in-augural performances this weekend at two Apple Val-ley churches. While the group is steeped in Minnesota’s choral tradition, the wom-en hope to start a tradition of their own. “We want to introduce audiences to the power and beauty of the women’s rep-ertoire,” Sagen said. “We believe in the performance of creative and challeng-ing music that entertains, inspires and affirms with a spirit of friendship and hope.” Rehearsals for the up-coming performances, which will be in conjunc-tion with the 9-year-old Minnesota Valley Men’s Chorale, started in August.

The 58-member men’s cho-rale is directed by long-time Rosemount vocal mu-sic teacher Steve Boehlke. The groups practice ev-ery Monday at Grace Lu-theran Church in Apple Valley. Sagen, who taught high school vocal music at Ap-ple Valley, Eagan and fi-nally Eastview before retir-ing this year, said working with the women who range

in age from recent college graduates to senior citi-zens is rewarding and fun. “We sing, we laugh and sometimes even cry,” she said. “There is something about women singing with women … a special bond that is hard to describe.” The group consists of attorneys, doctors, busi-ness owners, nurses – many of them Sagen’s former students. “I absolutely love it,” she said. “After teaching

vocal music in District 196 for 36 years, I feel like I’ve come full circle. My phi-losophy in teaching high school students was first and foremost for the enjoy-ment of singing lifelong. “Some of them hadn’t sung since high school or college and missed the choral experience,” Sagen said. Many of them live in the south metro, but they also come from Maple Grove, Northfield, North

Inaugural concert for Minnesota Valley Women’s Chorale is Friday

Chorale members find their voices

The Minnesota Val-ley Women’s Chorale and Minnesota Val-ley Men’s Chorale will perform their 2011 Fall Concerts in Apple Val-ley on Friday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road and Saturday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at Grace Lu-theran Church, County Road 42 and Pennock. Tickets are available at the door or from any chorale member. Sug-gested donation: $5 per ticket.

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Elaine Jonas sings during a rehearsal of the Minnesota Valley Women’s Chorale. She is a graduate of Rosemount High School and her father, Pete, is in the Minnesota Valley Men’s Chorale.


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theater and arts briefs

ThisweekendThisweekendCall for local authors Dakota County Li-brary is looking for local authors, illustrators, pub-lishers and literary agents to be part of the first Lo-cal Author Fair to be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in the West-ern Service Center atrium, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. The fair is an opportu-nity for authors and book creators to showcase their work, discuss and sell their books, network with one another and learn more about the writing and pub-lishing business. Award-winning author David Housewright will speak, and The Loft will present free writing and publishing workshops. Anyone interested in participating needs to turn in an application by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30. Space is limited. Those se-lected will be notified by Dec. 22. There is no fee to apply or participate. Applications are avail-able online at www.dako-tacounty.us/library, search local author fair. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty.us/library or call Lindsey Dyer (adult) at (651) 450-2918 or Jen-nifer Verbrugge (children’s and teen) at (651) 450-2942.

McVicker to perform Nov. 16 Singer/songwriter Mitch McVicker will give a con-cert at 6 p.m. Wednesday,

Nov. 16, at South Metro Vineyard Church, 13798 Parkwood Drive, Burns-ville. The concert is free and open to all. Attendees are asked to bring a non-per-ishable food item to benefit Fruit of the Vine food pan-try. A freewill offering will be collected. Information: (952) 892-1000.

‘Junie B.’ to be staged in Lakeville The Play’s the Thing Productions will present “Junie B., First Grader in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May)” Dec. 16-29 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lake-ville. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, stu-dents and groups. Tickets can be purchased online at www.ci.lakeville.mn.us or by phone at (952) 985-4640.For more information about the show, go to www.childrenstheatretptt.com.

Rhythmic Circus in Burnsville Percussive-dance group Rhythmic Circus will pres-ent “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now!” at 7:30 p.m. Satur-day, Nov. 12, at the Burns-ville Performing Arts Cen-ter. Tickets are $34 and $29 and can be purchased at the box office, 12600 Nicollet Ave., or via Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or ticket-master.com.

Christmas at Steeple Center The Rosemount Area Arts Council is producing its first Christmas at the Steeple Center with perfor-mances at 2 and 7 p.m. Sat-urday, Dec. 3. Performances are pat-terned on the variety shows of old. Tickets are $12 for the matinee and $15 for the evening performance. Tick-ets and additional informa-tion can be found at www.rosemountaac.org or by calling (651) 600-8693. The city of Rosemount will hold a tree lighting ceremony in front of the Steeple Center at 6:30 p.m. prior to the evening perfor-mance. Santa Claus and/or St. Nicholas will be available for pictures prior to the performance start.

‘The Nutcracker’ ballet in Burnsville Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota will present its ninth annual production of Denise Vogt’s original “The Nutcracker” ballet Dec. 9-11, at Burnsville Per-forming Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Performances are Fri-day, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m.; Sat-urday, Dec. 10, at 2 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 11, at 1 and 4:30 p.m. Tickets range from $12 to $26 and are available at the box office and via Tick-etmaster at (800) 982-2787 or ticketmaster.com. For more information, visit TwinCitiesBallet.org or call (952) 452-3163.

Village Christmas The annual Christmas in the Village event is sched-uled from 1 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3-4 and Dec. 10-11 at Da-kota City Heritage Village, 4008 220th St. W., at the Da-kota County Fairgrounds in Farmington. Admission will be $2 for ages 4 to 12 and $3 for ages 13 and older. Children under 3 will be admitted free and there will be a maximum charge of $12 for each car-load. For information or to vol-unteer, call (651) 460-8050.

Swing night Tim Patrick and his Blue Eyes Band will per-form from 8 to 11 p.m. Fri-day, Nov. 18, at Best West-ern Premier Nicollet Inn, 14201 Nicollet Ave. S., Burnsville. Dance lessons will be offered at 7 p.m. Cost is $12 (including les-sons). Information: www.nicolletinn.com or (952) 435-2100.

MAX family night The IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Ap-ple Valley will host Family Night on Monday, Nov. 21. Guests who purchase one adult admission ($16) to the 6:30 p.m. showing of “Hap-py Feet Two: An IMAX 3D Experience” will receive one free child’s admission to the movie and complimentary pizza (while supplies last) before the show. Pizza will be served in the lobby be-ginning at 5:30 p.m.


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A Farmington man has been charged with posses-sion and intent to distribute marijuana that was alleg-edly discovered by Dakota County Sheriff ’s deputies investigating his wife’s death on Aug. 31. Keith Glen Doan, 52, was charged Oct. 28 with a felony and a gross misde-meanor for possessing mar-ijuana, marijuana seeds and paraphernalia, and growing marijuana that prosecutors allege he intended to sell. Dakota County Sher-

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ment on individual per-sonnel matters. “We’re in a strong, healthy financial posi-tion now because we’ve got the staffing level that we can sustain and sup-port,” said Ajax, who be-gan work 37 years ago for the human-service agency formerly called Commu-nity Action Council. “We have eliminated a whole level of services and flattened our orga-nization,” Ajax said. “We are putting all of our dol-lars into direct services at a time when the needs of the community have also increased incredibly.” Adjusting levels is nothing new for the 40-year-old agency, Ajax said Friday. 360 Communities had a

year-end deficit in 2010 of $580,540, according to the state attorney gen-eral’s office. Revenue to-taled $3.37 million, with expenses of $3.95 million. The deficit figure is skewed because it reflects only nine months of rev-enue after the agency switched to a new fiscal year, Ajax said. For the newly begun 2011-12 fiscal year, Oct. 1 to Sept. 31, 360 Commu-nities has budgeted $4.3 million, Ajax said. That’s compared with $4.8 million back in 2007, even though the needs of the Dakota County com-munities 360 serves have grown, Ajax said. The $700,000 in Unit-ed Way funding that 360 got in 2007 has shrunk to $230,000 today, she said. County and state fund-

ing have been cut, Ajax said. The only stable source of funding has been con-tributions from citizens and businesses, she said. “We need the commu-nity now more than ever when the needs are great,” she said, noting that 360 gets about 40 percent of its contributions from October through Decem-ber. Konat started in his new position on Oct. 17 as CEO of DARTS, a West St. Paul-based nonprofit that addresses transportation and other needs for the aging popu-lation.

John Gessner is at [email protected].

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cluding roads and water lines, is a priority for city of-ficials, but funding is a chal-lenge. To extend the life of the clay sewer lines, the city has installed liners and performed repairs as nec-essary, but eventually the sewer lines will need to be replaced. Replacing old clay sewer lines with modern, strong, smooth plastic pipes costs about $300,000 to $350,000 per mile, according to Schorzman. Total reconstruction projects, which involve city sewer, water and roads, costs about $700,000 per mile. For years, Farmington has funded maintenance and repair of its infrastruc-ture, including sewer lines and roads, through assess-ments and bonding to avoid raising property taxes. Farmington’s current bond debt is $38.6 million, and its 2012 General Fund operating revenues are ex-pected to be $10.8 million. In comparison, in neigh-boring Rosemount, which is similar in population to Farmington but includes a bigger commercial/industri-al tax base, the city expects

a 2012 General Fund of $10.5 million. That city’s debt will total $21.5 million at the end of 2011, said Rosemount Fi-nance Director Jeff May. Farmington city officials have raised concerns about continuing to bond for proj-ects, and have introduced a controversial plan to raise taxes to build a cash account for anticipated project costs like sewer and roads. Also proposed for funds are parks and trails, fire, po-lice, computers and equip-ment and building mainte-nance. The plan is entirely fund-ed with incremental prop-erty tax increases for every year through 2023, except in 2013, 2017, 2019 and 2021. If followed, by 2023 aver-age-value homestead prop-erty taxes would rise $251 more than in 2011. For the average value commercial property, taxes would be $495 higher in 2023 than in 2011. A chart from Farming-ton shows citizens will save about $11.7 million in in-terest with the plan than if funded without adding the levy. During two city open house meetings about the proposed plan, citizens have spoken against the plan.

Many have cited the tough economy, the finan-cial struggles of limited and fixed incomes and the lack of good-paying jobs. Schorzman has respond-ed that the need for repairs and maintenance is a ne-cessity, and building a cash reserve for projects will save taxpayers millions in inter-est payments. “I know it’s a crappy time to be talking about this,” Schorzman said. “But the reality is this: As long as the sewer functions, it’s a beautiful thing. When it doesn’t, nobody will care anything about anything else that we do at the city other than that I want my toilet to flush and I want this sewage out of my base-ment.” The third and final bud-get open house is Nov. 14 from 6 to 8 p.m. at City Hall. Farmington City Coun-cil members will use infor-mation gleaned during the open houses to discuss the budget at a 6:30 p.m. Nov. 15 public workshop at City Hall. The final 2012 budget and levy will be passed in December.


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The Dakota County Board of Commissioners is seeking qualified appli-cants for expiring terms and mid-term vacancies on the following citizen advi-sory committees: • Dakota - Scott Work-force Investment Board; • Community Correc-

tions Advisory Board; • Extension Committee; • Human Services Advi-sory Committee; • Library Board; • Public Art Citizen Ad-visory Committee; and • Special Board of Ap-peal and Equalization. See the Dakota County

website (www.dakotacoun-ty.us/CountyGovernment/CAC) for information. Dakota County resi-dents interested in serving on a committee can call County Administration at (651) 438-4418 for an ap-plication. The application deadline is Nov. 23.

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by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The defending state Class AAA volleyball champions will have the chance to repeat this week-end at the Xcel Energy Center. It wasn’t easy to get there. Lakeville North defeat-ed Lakeville South 25-20, 17-25, 25-22, 22-25, 15-13 in a match of wild momen-tum swings and hard hits on both sides in the Section 1AAA final Nov. 5 at Sim-ley High School. “I don’t know whether to cry or to freak out,” Lakeville North’s Alyssa Goehner said. “I think it’s going to hit me soon. Two years in a row, it can’t get better than that.” It was back and forth the entire evening. Even in the final game, neither team took more than a 1-point lead until the Panthers pulled ahead 12-10, but the Cougars tied it after a time-out. “It was a crazy game,” Panther head coach Steve Willingham said. “Our team was really steady. During a timeout, whether we were up by four or down by four they were the same. They really understand they don’t have to play any different.” Goehner, who was named to the Class AAA All Tournament team last

year, had 20 kills during the contest against South, but the Cougars found a way to block her several times. Nicole Latzig had 15 kills and helped swing the mo-mentum back on Lakeville North’s side. “I got stuffed a lot,” Goehner said. “You just have to trust people around you.” Lakeville North won the state title last season with several of the same players such as Latzig, Goehner, Abby Monson, Kelly Niz-zari, Laura Larson and Jes-sica Wolff. “They understand what to expect and the logistics of it,” Willingham said. “They understand how hard it is to just get there.” Lakeville South was the top seed and the No. 1 ranked team in Class AAA coming into the game. The only team to defeat the senior-heavy Cougars was Lakeville North. “They’re a great team,” Willingham said. “It’s too bad. They deserve to be (at state) too. ... It was pick your poison with Monica Turner and McKell Ander-son out there. We tried to adjust our blocking a little, but they’re just so good.” While Lakeville North came into the season ranked No. 1 in Class AAA, the Panthers slid down the charts with losses to Eagan, Blaine, Bloomington Jef-

ferson, Marshall and Shakopee. In the final weeks, ev-erything seemed to come together. “We knew we had to be a team,” Goehner said. “You can’t rely on just one per-son. We just have to play as one.” The girls avenged an early-season loss to Eagan in the section semifinals as they swept the Wildcats 3-0 in perhaps their strongest showing yet. “We were so hyped up about it,” Goehner said. “We were looking forward to that match for like two weeks. Every practice was good. We knew we were go-ing to win.” The Class AAA state tournament began Thurs-day at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul when North played Bemidji. The Panthers were awarded the No. 2 seed behind No. 1 Blaine. “I think it’s going to be easier for us because we’ve been there, but at the same time there are very good teams there,” Monson said. “The first few points we’ll probably be nervous, but knowing that we have play-ers who have been there be-fore will help.” Visit www.Thisweek-Live.com for updates.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Lakeville North football team will make its third state tournament appearance in five years at 5 p.m. Friday at the Metrodome in the Class 5A state quarterfinals. The Panthers will take on the Cretin Derham-Hall Raiders, who possess one of the top offenses in all of Minnesota, averaging more than 35 points per game. But they haven’t faced a team like Lakeville North, which hasn’t given up more than 14 points in a game all season. “We know they’re 10-0 and we’re 10-0,” junior de-fensive back Zach Creigh-ton said. “They have good players and we have good players. It’s going to be a battle from start to finish.” Cretin-Derham Hall may not be a familiar team to Lakeville North, but the Panthers have some old scouting material to go on for Friday’s game. In 2007 Lakeville North met the Raiders in the Class 5A state quarterfinal with completely different rosters but similar coaching styles. “Like our coach says, that year (Cretin-Derham

Hall) was better than they are this year and we are better than we were that year,” junior linebacker Mitch Johnson said. In 2007, Cretin-Derham Hall featured Michael Floyd, who is now one of the top college receiv-ers while playing at Notre Dame, along with several other Division I recruits. Lakeville North lost the game 26-18. Four years later the teams will meet again. Last week, Cretin-Derham Hall de-feated Eagan 31-12 in the section 3-5A final owing to a heavy dose of James Onwualu, who ran for 220 yards. Eagan missed several tackles, which sprung a lot of big plays, and the Pan-thers took notice. “If we shut down the run and tackle well, I think we’ll be fine,” Johnson said. The Raiders like to run, averaging 232 yards per game, but they’re not afraid to pass either. “We’ve played teams that can run and stopped them, and teams that can pass and we’ve stopped the pass,” junior defensive end Karl Finkel said. “We’re

not the biggest team, but I like to think we’re one of the fastest and strongest.” Playing in the South Suburban Conference, the Panthers feel battle-tested after games against the likes of Rosemount, Lake-ville South, Eastview and Prior Lake, but the Raiders bring something new to the table. “We really haven’t played a team like Cretin,” Johnson said. “They’re a new style. They’re good all around.” The coaches and players spent several hours watch-ing tape of previous Raider games, just like every other game. “We know what they’re going to run out of certain formations,” Johnson said. To get to the state tour-nament, Lakeville North defeated Owatonna 26-7 on Nov. 4, but the players didn’t feel like it was their best effort. “We definitely could have improved on some things,” Johnson said. “We knew that they were a good team, but there was defi-nitely some things we had to work on because we have to play our best football to beat Cretin this week.”

Quarterback Trey Heid ran for a 1-yard touchdown and threw to Brandon Mor-gan for a 12-yard touch-down. Heid also kicked a

field goal and Morgan ran for a 25-yard touchdown. Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

SportsPanthers qualify for state


Lakeville North’s Michael Koloski, No. 19, carries the Sec-tion 1-5A first place trophy after defeating Owatonna 26-7 on Friday.

Lakeville North football will play Cretin-Derham Hall in state quarterfinal game Friday

Panthers return to state


Lakeville North’s Alyssa Goehner, No. 4, attempts a kill during the team’s win over Eagan in the Section 1AAA semifinals, while Kelly Nizzari, No. 3, watches.

Lakeville North volleyball team defeats Lakeville South

Cougars second at state

Photos by Rick Orndorf

Lakeville South’s Erin Kilbride, No. 95, Megan Kilbride, No. 93, Annie Brekken, No. 92, and Kaytlyn Larson, No. 91, run at the Class AA state cross country meet on Saturday at St. Olaf College in Northfield. The girls finished in second place, 25 points behind winner Monticello. Larson finished sixth, Brekken 17th, Megan Lubow 50th, Megan Kilbride 53rd, Erin Kilbride 83rd, Jenny Machaj 98th and Caraline Slattery 133rd. To view more photos, visit www.ThisweekLive.com.

Lakeville North’s Chloee Sagmoe, No. 106, and Riley Broughten, No. 107, run at the Class AA meet last weekend in Northfield. The team finished in 14th place, nine points behind Prior Lake. Taylor Perkins finished 38th, Emma Johnson 58th, Haley Eskierka 109th, Hannah Evers 132nd, Sagmoe 138th, Broughten 141st and Elle Severson 151st.

Seniors sign letters of intent Several seniors at area high schools signed Na-tional Letters of Intent on Wednesday to play their re-spective sports at a NCAA Division I or II college.

Lakeville North Tyler Flack, men’s bas-ketball, University of South Dakota. McKenzie Hoelmenn, women’s basketball, North-ern Illinois. Nicole Latzig, volleyball, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Lakeville South Hunter Harnish, base-ball, Minnesota State, Mankato.

Madeline Turbes, crew, Gonzaga University. Monica Turner, vol-leyball, University of Minnesota-Duluth. McKell Anderson, vol-leyball, Southwest Minne-sota State. Kaitlin Van Winkle, vol-leyball, Minnesota State University-Moorhead. Lindsey Kamliter, soft-ball, Concordia University at St. Paul. Justin Kloos, men’s hockey, University of Min-nesota.

Farmington Taylor Meyer, women’s basketball, University of Minnesota-Duluth.

South SuburbanConference

FootballSaturday, October 29 • Eastview 49, Rosemount 13 • Prior Lake 31, Bloomington

Kennedy 7 • Lakeville North 24, Lakeville

South 14 • Eagan 63, Woodbury 29

Friday, November 4 • Cretin-Derham Hall 31, Eagan 12 • Prior Lake 27, Eastview 7 • Lakeville North 27, Owatonna 7

Friday, November 11 • Prior Lake vs. Totino-Grace, 8 p.m.

Metrodome, Minneapolis • Lakeville North winner vs. Cretin-Derham Hall, 5 p.m. Metrodome, Minneapolis

Saturday, Nov. 19• Lakeville North/Cretin-Derham Hall winner vs. Wayzata/Moorhead winner, 8:15 p.m. Metrodome, Minneapolis

VolleyballFriday, October 28 • Lakeville South def. Burnsville

25-20, 25-16, 25-21 • Bloomington Jefferson def.

Eastview 26-24, 25-17, 25-15 • Eagan def. Bloomington Kennedy,

25-15, 25-20, 25-13 • Lakeville North def. Apple Valley,

25-18, 25- 19, 25-15

Wednesday, November 2 • Lakeville South def. Bloomington

Jefferson 24-26, 25-22, 25-19, 25-22 • Lakeville North def. Eagan 25-22,

25-21, 25-22

Saturday, November 5 • Lakeville North def. Lakeville

South, 25-20, 17-25, 25- 21, 22-25, 15-13

Thursday, November 10 • Lakeville North vs. Bemidji, Class

AAA state tournament, 11 a.m., Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Friday, November 11 • Lakeville North/Bemidji winner

vs. Andover/Cretin-Derham Hall winner, Class AAA semifinal, 11 a.m. Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Saturday, November 12 • Class AAA final, 5 p.m., Xcel

Energy Center, St. Paul

Boys SoccerThursday, October 27 • Eastview 2, Rochester Mayo 1

Tuesday, November 1 • Eastview 2, Minneapolis Southwest 0

Thursday, November 3 • Eden Prairie 3, Eastview 1, Class

AA state final, 3 p.m. Metrodome, Minneapolis

Girls SoccerWednesday, October 26 • Lakeville North 3, Anoka 0

Friday, October 28 • Burnsville 1, Woodbury 0 • Centennial 1, Eastview 0 (3-2 SO)

Monday, October 31 • Wayzata 1, Lakeville North 0

(5-3 SO) • Burnsville 5, Centennial 2

Tuesday. Nov. 1• Centennial 2, Lakeville North 1

Thursday, November 3

• Wayzata 2, Burnsville 1 ( 4-3 shoot-out) Class AA state final,

Metrodome, Minneapolis

Cross Country GirlsSaturday, Nov. 5• Class AA state cross country meet, St. Olaf College, Northfield

Team:2. Lakeville South; 5. Kaytlyn Larson, 14:36.7; 12. Annie Brekken, 14:47.7; 26. Megan Lubow, 15:18.1; 28. Megan Kilbride, 15:19.7; 47. Erin Kilbride, 15:38.3; 57. Jenny Machaj, 15:48.7; 87. Caraline Slattery, 16:17.0

14. Lakeville North; 21. Taylor Perkins, 15:09.9; 30. Emma Johnson, 15:22.9; 66. Haley Eskierka, 15:56.1; 86. Hannah Evers, 16:14.8; 92. Chloee Sagmoe, 16:25.3; 95. Riley Broughten, 16:27.3; 105. Elle Severson, 16:58.6

Cross Country BoysSaturday, Nov. 5• Class AA state cross country meet, St. Olaf College, Northfield

Lakeville North: 22. Ben Saxton,16:10.4

Girls HockeyFriday, Nov 11• Hill-Murray at Lakeville North, 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov 12• Shakopee at Apple Valley, 2:15 p.m. • Tartan at Bloomington Kennedy, 3 p.m. • Henry Sibley at Eagan, 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 15• Shakopee at Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Burnsville at Minnetonka, 7 p.m. • East Ridge at Apple Valley, 7 p.m. • Eagan at Eden Prairie, 7 p.m. • Eastview at Edina, 7 p.m. • Wayzata at Prior Lake, 7 p.m. • Hopkins Lakeville North, 7 p.m. • Mound-Westonka at Bloomington Kennedy, 7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Champlin Park, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Nov 17• Bloomington Kennedy at Hopkins, 7 p.m.• Apple Valley at Wayzata, 7 p.m. • Minnetonka at Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Edina at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. • East Ridge at Eagan, 7:15 p.m.

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Thisweek Newspapers, the Dakota County Tribune and ECM Specialty Publi-cations, the largest news or-ganization in Dakota Coun-ty, will move its operation from Burnsville to Apple Valley next year after con-struction of its new, second-floor space at the Shops on Galaxie is complete. After months of con-sideration and review of several potential locations throughout Dakota Coun-ty, the Apple Valley space emerged because of its cen-tral location in the county, access to support services and the chance to design the space to the operation’s needs. “Our employees like the idea of working in an area that is surrounded by res-taurants, shopping, and much more,” Larry Werner, Thisweek and the Tribune’s general manager, said. “We did not take lightly our de-cision to move from Burns-ville, which has been a very supportive community through the years.” The business has been at

its location at 12190 County Road 11 since 2002. Prior to that, the newspaper opera-tion was at 1525 E. High-way 13 since 1982. Thisweek Newspapers was founded in 1979 as a free distribution alternative to the paid-subscription Tribune, which was based in downtown Farmington. The Tribune has been in continuous operation since 1884.

The newspapers have a combined circulation of about 60,000, offering cov-erage in the cities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farmington, Lakeville and Rosemount. ECM Specialty Publica-tions develops custom prod-ucts with an emphasis on tourism and travel, econom-ic growth, and new resident information along with the south-of-the-river lifestyle

journal Focus Magazine. The Tribune, Thisweek and the Lakeville Life & Times merged in 1999 when ECM Publishers purchased the newspapers. At the time, the business included locations in Lakeville and Burnsville. ECM Publishers was founded in 1976 by former Minnesota Gov. Elmer L. Andersen and is based in Coon Rapids.

Newspaper group to move to Apple Valley

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Thisweek Newspapers, the Dakota County Tribune and ECM Specialty Publications will move its operations to a new office on the second floor above Mainstream Boutique at the Shops on Galaxie next year.

All new property owners (or qualified relatives) who changed residences during the past year – and use the residence for homestead pur-poses – must apply for home-stead status with their county assessor by Dec. 15. Property owners or quali-fied relatives who want to classify property as home-stead that was not classified as homestead in the past, must apply with the Dakota County Assessor’s Office to receive homestead for prop-erty taxes payable in 2012. Once the homestead clas-sification has been granted, no further applications are necessary, unless requested by the county assessor. Only new applicants must file if they have not already done so. Application forms are available from Dakota Coun-ty Assessing Services, (651)

Homestead property tax information available438-4200, www.dakotacoun-ty.us or at the Service Desk in the main floor atrium area of the Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, during normal busi-ness hours. Property owners who sell

their home, or move, or for any reason no longer qualify for the homestead classifica-tion, are required to notify the county assessor within 30 days of the homestead’s change in status. (This no-tice is usually taken care of

during the closing process.) Failure to notify the county assessor within 30 days is punishable by recalculation of tax as non-homestead, in addition to a penalty equal to 100 percent of the homestead benefits.


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Michael Bakke, a sopho-more at Farmington High School, has earned the Boy Scouts of America’s high-est advancement award, the rank of Eagle Scout. Bakke was recently recognized at his Eagle Scout Court of Honor at Dakota County Heritage Village. A member of Farming-ton Troop 116, chartered by Farmington VFW Post 7662, Bakke is one of only 2 percent of all Boy Scouts who attain the Eagle rank. Eagle Scouts must earn 21 merit badges and suc-cessfully complete a com-munity service project. Bakke built a wood shed fashioned as an outhouse on display at Dakota City Heritage Village. Steve

Hoffman served as Bakke’s Eagle Scout mentor. Bakke is the son of John and Brenda Bakke of Farm-ington.

Bakke earns Eagle Scout rank

Michael Bakke

Santa’s Secret Store open Dec. 3 Santa’s Secret Store will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at McGuire Middle School, 21220 Holyoke Ave. W. All ages are welcome. The store is designed for children to pur-chase gifts for family and friends. Gifts will be avail-able priced from $1 to $15. Volunteers assist the chil-dren with their gifts. Gifts are wrapped and brought home to remain a secret until the holidays. Volunteers are needed for Friday, Dec. 2, and Saturday, Dec. 3. Friday night set-up, shopper help-ers, and gift wrappers are needed. Interested volun-teers should call Lakeville Parks and Recreation at (952) 985-4610 to receive a volunteer packet.

Holiday programs set in Lakeville Register online at www.lakeville-rapconnect.com, or call (952) 985-4600 to register for the following programs: • Letter from Santa –Completed forms must be received by the Lakeville Parks and Recreation of-fice by Dec. 1. • Phone call from Santa – Completed forms must be received by Dec. 1. • Holiday Bazaar – Sat-urday, Dec. 3, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Lakeville Senior Center, 20732 Holt Ave. • Cookies for Santa – Saturday, Dec. 10, 8:30 to 9:15 a.m., 9:30 to 10:15 a.m., and/or 10:30 to 11:15 a.m., Lakeville Se-nior Center, 20732 Holt Ave. Register by Dec. 1.

Light up the night The Downtown Lake-ville Business Associa-

tion’s Third Thursday event will be Light Up the Night, its annual holiday lighting ceremony, at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, at Pioneer Plaza (Holyoke Avenue and 208th Street). Music will be provided by the Lakeville North Now and Then Singers. Free refreshments, cour-tesy of Main Street Coffee Café, will be available.

District 194 on AP honor roll The Lakeville Area Public School District is one of fewer than 400 school districts in the na-tion, and 1 of 11 school districts in Minnesota, being honored by the Col-lege Board with a place on the second annual AP Honor Roll, for simulta-neously increasing access to Advanced Placement coursework while main-

taining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP exams.

Library children’s programs The Heritage Library in Lakeville will host the following children’s pro-grams: • Books and Beyond – Alphabet Soup, 10:15 to 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 21. • Thanksgiving Sto-rytime, 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23. These library programs are free. For more infor-mation, call (952) 891-0360.

Community ed classes Sign up for the follow-ing classes at www.Lakev-illeAreaCommunityEd.

net or call (952) 232-2150 for more information. • Crazy for Cake Pops, adults, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Tues-day, Nov. 15. • Zumba Fitness, adults, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Nov. 15 to Dec. 20.

Scott County immunizations Scott County Public Health offers immuni-zation clinics Mondays from 1 to 5 p.m. at 792 Canterbury Road S., Suite A160, Shakopee. Clinics are not held on legal holi-days. To make an appoint-ment, call (952) 496-8552.

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