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Above is an aerial photo of Kansas artist Stan Herd’s recreation of Vincent Van Gogh’s “Olive Trees” on a vacant Eagan field owned by Thomson Reuters. The artwork is expected to be completed Sept. 10. (Photo submitted by Thomson Reuters)

The Minneapolis Institute of Art invited Stan Herd, who is internationally known for his earthworks, to create an art piece based on its collection. Herd has spent the past four months recreating Vincent Van Gogh’s “Olive Trees” in a field on the Thomson Reuters Eagan campus. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

Van Gogh work comes to life in Eagan field

Artist recreates ‘Olive Trees’ on a grand scale

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Those flying into the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport this fall will be able to see one of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings come to life. For the past four months, Kansas artist Stan Herd and his team of help-ers have reshaped the land at Thomson Reuters’ campus to recreate Vincent Van Gogh’s “Olive Trees” as part of the Min-neapolis Institute of Art’s 100th anniver-sary celebration. “I feel very connected to the man,” Herd said. “He was one of my earliest inspirations.”

MIA invited Herd, who is internation-ally known for his earthworks, to create an art piece based on its collection. And Herd leapt at the chance. “We felt it would be fun to have some-thing that could represent Minnesota by bringing art and agriculture together,” Kristin Prestegaard, chief engagement officer at MIA. Herd, 65, has spent more than four decades carefully grooming, planting and transforming fields and urban lots across the globe into colorful works of art. “Growing up on a farm in Kansas, a fly-over state, I wanted to incorporate ag-riculture into my work and create some-thing interesting that people from the

Glenn Simon stood in a construction zone at Burnsville High School. Simon, the Dis-trict 191 director of transportation, operations and properties, is the district’s liaison to the construction manager on the project. (Photo by John Gessner)

Under constructionBurnsville High aims for business as usual

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


At Burnsville High School, the challenges of a new school year will in-clude a parking squeeze, reduced building access and separating work done in the classroom from work done on the build-ing. Huge piles of excavated dirt surround the school, which will be in full con-struction mode when stu-dents return on Tuesday, Sept. 8. “That’s going to be our

biggest challenge — keep-ing staff and students out of the construction area and the construction out of the student and staff area,” said Glenn Simon, director of transportation, operations and properties for Burnsville-Eagan-Sav-age School District 191. The payoff will come in September 2016, when the three additions — a tech wing, science wing and ac-tivities center — open to students, including fresh-men. “With the additions, I think there’s something

for everyone that comes into this building,” said Si-mon, the district’s liaison with construction man-ager Wenck Construction. The $52.5 million proj-ect is the biggest piece of the Vision One91 plan voters approved in Febru-ary’s $65 million bond ref-erendum. The expansion will make room for ninth-graders at the high school, one of the last in the metro area still serving grades 10 through 12. The school is los-

Last BRT stop likelyin Heart of the City

Preferred location meets some resistance

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


Burnsville’s Heart of the City is the likely final stop for the first phase of a bus rapid transit line along Interstate 35W. But the exact spot hasn’t been chosen, and the Dakota County com-missioner from Burnsville has resisted the favored lo-cation of regional transit planners. Planners want to choose the site soon to

keep the $150.7 million Orange Line line from downtown Minneapolis to Burnsville on track for construction beginning in 2017 and opening by the end of 2019. “This fall is when we’re looking to resolve that lo-cation,” said Charles Carl-son, senior manager for bus rapid transit for Metro Transit, which will man-age the line. Local and regional au-thorities agree that the Heart of the City area south of Highway 13 is the desired location, espe-cially after plans to build

Streets Alive festivalcoming to Cedar Grove



Eagan’s Cedar Grove area will come alive with music, games and food next weekend as the city’s Streets Alive event returns for the second year. “It’s really exciting to have this event at the new site and to welcome resi-dents to the redistricted area,” said Juli Seydell Johnson, director of Ea-gan Parks and Recreation. The redevelopment district has experienced a large boom in the past few

years with the construc-tion of Twin Cities Pre-mium Outlets and other retail and housing devel-opments. The free event opens portions of roadways to pedestrians to connect with more than 100 local community groups, vol-unteer organizations, city displays, and family and fitness activities. Two years ago, the event was held along portions of Central and Northwood parkways, and Denmark

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INDEX

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Announcements . . . . . 6A

Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . 14A

Public Notices . . . . . . 16A

Classifieds . . . . . . . . . 17A

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September is upon usEven though the school year hasn’t started for most students in Dakota County, sports teams are already settling into a mid-season groove.

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From the secret fi lesRosemount suspense novelist Craig MacIntosh returns with “Wolf’s Vendetta,” a tale of criminal conspiracies and intrigue.

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Get ready for Fire MusterBurnsville Fire Muster, the city’s annual community celebration, gets ready to fire up this week.

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Burnsville Athletic Club The Burnsville Athletic Club will have a booth at the Burnsville Fire Mus-ter Festival on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 11 and 12. Get in free on Friday, Sept. 11, with any BAC shirt. Visit the BAC booth for games, prizes and infor-mation about the sports offered by the Burnsville Athletic Club.

Eagan GardenClub

The Eagan Garden Club will meet from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Eagan Municipal Center, 3830 Pilot Knob Road. The topic will be “Food for Thought” by Bonnie Blodgett.

Eagan Rotary donates Little Free Libraries The Eagan Rotary Club donated 34 Little Free Libraries to residents who live in and around the Eagan-Burnsville-Rose-mount-Apple Valley area.

Eagan-based Graham Construction donated the lumber and labor to pre-pare the library units. Lit-tle Free Library recipients painted their units Aug. 28 at Graham Construction. On Aug. 29, Little Free Library recipients, Eagan Rotarians, Eagan High School students and Gra-ham carpenters joined together to assemble the units and take them home for installation. The recipients and their neighbors will stock the libraries with books for people of all ages.

Vaughan named CAP Agency president Joe Vaughan has been named president and chief executive officer of the CAP Agency by the Scott, Carver, Dakota CAP Agency Board of Direc-tors. Vaughan served as vice president of Development & Marketing at CAP for the past three years while also serving as a member of the agency’s Transi-tion Team over the past 10 months. He has 25 years of fundraising, executive management and commu-nity relations experience. Vaughan earned a bachelor’s degree from St. John’s University and a law degree from the Uni-versity of Minnesota. He serves on the boards of Shakopee Rotary, Sha-kopee Chamber of Com-merce, and River Valley YMCA.

New Saturday Service Hours

Blaze heats up the fair

The Burnsville High School marching band performed during the Friday afternoon parade at the Minnesota State Fair. The parade was one of the many activities at the fair, which will continue through Labor Day. More photos are at SunThisweek.com. (Photos by Tad Johnson)

Memorial honors motorcycle crash victim

Ceremony held Aug. 30 for plaque unveiling by Andrew Miller

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About 200 people gath-ered at Galaxie Avenue and County Road 46 at the Apple Valley-Lakeville border on Sunday, Aug. 30, to honor the memory of the friend and fam-ily member they lost to a motorcycle crash this sum-mer. The gathering saw the unveiling of a permanent memorial for 29-year-old Lakeville resident Jacob G. Lindholm, who died July 25 when his motor-cycle collided with a car on County Road 46 just east of Galaxie, about four miles from his home. The memorial consists of a tree and stone plaque carved with an image of Lindholm, along with a temporary set of wooden crosses in the tree line. Apple Valley resi-dent Matt Falco, a friend of Lindholm’s, said he reached out to Dakota

County officials to get the proper permit for the me-morial. “Jake was my best friend for almost 20 years and we were pretty much brothers,” said Falco. “Jake was truly someone special who made a huge impact on everybody he came into contact with. Everyone knew him and loved him.” A funeral service for Lindholm, a 2004 Apple Valley High School gradu-

ate and an avid hockey player, was held July 30 at Hosanna Church in Lakeville. Lindholm is one of 47 riders who have died in motorcycle crashes in Minnesota this year as of the end of August, ac-cording to the state’s De-partment of Public Safe-ty. Thirty-one of those riders, including Lind-holm, were not wearing helmets. Friends and family members are also plan-ning a website to honor

Lindholm, Falco said. The website, JakeLindholm.com, was still under con-struction as of Wednesday. “He was something special,” said Falco. “He still carried that sparkle in his eye that most of us lost as we grew up. … He was a legend in many of our eyes.” Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Jacob Lindholm

News Briefs

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Public hearing set for Nov. 30



A preliminary 4.9 per-cent increase in Eagan’s 2016 property tax levy is moving forward. On Sept. 1, the Eagan City Council unanimously approved the move and a preliminary 2016 Gen-eral Fund budget of $32.2 million, a 2.75 percent in-crease from 2105. The increases are due to wage and benefit increases

and the loss of grant fund-ing for five full-time fire-fighters, according to city officials. If the $31.7 million property levy proposal re-ceives a final approval, the city’s 2016 tax rate would remain relatively the same compared to the previous year at 5.8 percent. Most homeowners would expect to pay slight-ly more in property taxes in payable 2016 due to in-creasing home values. The average home value in Eagan is expected to rise to $258,752 in 2016, which

would result in a $34 prop-erty tax increase for the year. If a home’s value re-mained the same, the own-er would pay slightly less in 2016, Finance Director Tom Pepper said. Property taxes in Ea-gan have historically been lower than those in many neighboring cities of equal size. In 2015, the owner of a $247,534 Burnsville home paid $158 more in the city’s portion of property taxes than the owner of the same-valued home in Eagan, according to a re-

cent state auditor’s report. Apple Valley homeown-ers with the same valued property paid $216 more than those in Eagan. The city’s $32.2 million preliminary budget is a 2.75 percent increase from 2105. This increase is due, in large part, to increases in wages, health insurance costs and the loss of grant funds. Health insurance costs are expected to rise 5.6 percent in 2016 and wages are expected to increase 2.3 percent next year. In 2014, the city of Ea-

gan received an $871,111 grant from Federal Emer-gency Management Agen-cy that provided funding for the city to hire four full-time firefighters and a captain. The department is largely comprised of volunteer firefighters and struggles to find volun-teers to work weekdays. By hiring full-time firefighters to work these hours, the department has been able to improve its ability to meet National Fire Pro-tection Association stan-dards, such as firefighter response times, officials

have said. But the two-year grant is set to expire at the end of the year, leaving the city to pick up the cost. City officials don’t ex-pect to hire any more new positions in 2016. A public hearing is set for 6:30 p.m. Nov. 30 in the City Council Chambers at the Eagan Municipal Center where members of the public can voice their questions and concerns.

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

Eagan council approves preliminary tax levy increase

Downtown Rosemount has two new neighbors

A Cat and the Fiddle A Fair, owned by Katherine Snyder, and Rustic Junk’tion, owned by Deborah Pelch, Vicki Schomaker, Bailey Schomaker and Brittany Navratil, moved into 145th Street West in downtown Rosemount. Both are boutique shops that open weekly or twice a month. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)

From left: Brittany Navratil and her baby, Vicki Schomaker, and Bailey Schomaker are three of the four-women business at Rustic Junk’tion at 2980 145th St. W. in Rose-mount. Deborah Pelch, not pictured, helped launch the business. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)

A Cat and the Fiddle A Fair and Rustic Junk’tion move into 145th

St. W.by Hannah Gullickson


Downtown Rose-mount has two new neigh-bors that moved into 145th Street West. Rustic Junk’tion and A Cat and the Fiddle A Fair offer boutique items from jew-elry to furniture, adding to the small-town feel of Rosemount’s cozy atmo-sphere along Highway 3. But they’re not open usual hours. They’re based on the occasional sales model, which means they open weekly, biweek-ly or monthly. The store owners have different views on how the occasional sales model works for them. Katherine Snyder, owner of the 7-year-old A Cat and the Fiddle A Fair, said the idea of occasion-al sales is wearing off. “When there were

a couple (of boutique shops), you had a killing business. But when ev-erybody figures out it’s a really fun thing to do and it’s something they can do while raising a family, that piece of the pie gets small-er and smaller,” she said. Snyder opened her store in Rosemount in 2008, when she was open monthly. But as her busi-ness grew, she got more vendors to fill her shop and more customers wanting longer hours. “They don’t want to shop once a month. They kind of want it when they want it,” Snyder said. “So that’s what I find, and the customers have been ask-ing for it. And so we did it.” Currently she has 16 vendors that supply her shop’s items. Her mer-chandise includes jars, vases, pottery, clocks, chairs, dressers, candles, jewelry, toys, books, flow-ers and paintings with hu-morous or inspirational quotes. Snyder said if business keeps increasing for her

store, she will switch to re-tail hours. “For me, I just need to stay ahead of the curve,” she said. “So if it’s going in that direction, I’m go-ing to be the first to go there.” Rustic Junk’tion, on the other hand, has an easier time with its ev-ery-other-weekend time frame. “I think it’s better for us because we all have full-time jobs. It would be a little too hard to do both,” said Vicki Scho-maker, co-owner of Rus-tic Junk’tion. Rustic Junk’tion is a family-owned business. Deborah Pelch, her sis-ter, Vicki Schomaker, and nieces Bailey Schomaker and Brittany Navratil opened the store on June 27 of this year. Navratil, who lives in Waconia, said she found a lot of occasional sales stores there that seemed successful with their “ev-ery other weekend or once-a-month type of sales.” “It seems the more

people you can tell about it, the more you can get them to come in and come that time. It leads up to a hype, I guess,” she said. Both Rustic Junk’tion and A Cat and the Fiddle A Fair discovered that part of the hype of oc-casional sales is spread-ing news word of mouth. Whenever they have cus-tomers, they tell them about the other boutique shops in downtown Rose-mount. Several include A Bushel & A Peck, Divas & Denim, and Wish. “They’ve all been su-per helpful for us,” Bailey said. “When they get a cli-ent, they’re like, ‘Oh, Rus-tic Junk’tion just opened up.’ So we’re very grateful for that.” “All of them have been very, very supportive,” Vicki said. “And we tell our customers, too. You know, there’s a place over here, there’s one down there.” Rustic Junk’tion offers boutique items such as Sweet Pickins Milk Paint,

a local brand of organic paint, and DIY classes where customers can cre-ate signs with their names stenciled onto them. Since they’re brand-new to the business, they’re still figuring out how often they’ll be offer-ing their DIY classes. Both Rustic Junk’tion and A Cat and the Fiddle A Fair said they’re grate-ful to be where they are now and for the warm re-ception they’ve had with customers. “It just came at the right time,” Bailey said. When Pelch found the spot for Rustic Junk’tion, she called her family and said, “What do you guys think about doing a store?” “We found a great space, and here we are,” Bailey said. “I think for a com-munity it’s good to keep the downtown part of Rosemount growing and bringing in new stuff,” Navratil said. “It’s fun when we get

repeat customers. It’s like, ‘Oh I remember you! You came in here two weeks ago,’ ” she added. “I think your custom-ers speak a lot about your success,” Snyder said. “I just make it a habit of getting to know my cus-tomers and having that personal relationship with them. It’s special for me and it’s special for them. I find that really reward-ing.” A Cat and the Fiddle A Fair is open Thursdays to Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sundays from noon to 3 p.m. Rus-tic Junk’tion’s summer hours are Friday noon to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Customers can find more information at acatandthefiddle.com or facebook.com/rusticjunk-tionmn.

Email Hannah Gullickson at [email protected].

ECM Publishers awarded LLS National Media Award The Leukemia & Lym-phoma Society announced that ECM Publishers has been awarded LLS’s Na-tional Media Award. ECM Publishers, parent company of Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune, has consistently supported LLS since 1992 when its employees first participated in Dress for LLS, an annual fundraiser in which employees dress up in costumes or dress down in jeans and raise money for blood cancers. Along with Dress for LLS, Sun Newspapers also formed a Light The Night Walk team three times un-

der the direction of inside sales executive Michelle Ahrens, fundraising thou-sands of dollars for the mission. Sun Newspapers has sponsored ads for Light The Night and Team In Training, campaigns hosted by LLS. It also highlights people in area communities who have partnered with the organi-zation in a variety of ways: Man & Woman of the Year candidates, team cap-tains, and top fundraisers, to name a few. The Lifeblood Awards, where ECM Publishers will accept its award, is

the one night of the year set aside to honor and thank the participants and fundraisers, patients and volunteers who are truly the lifeblood of the LLS mission, according to Teri Cannon, executive direc-tor of LLS, Minnesota Chapter. The Lifeblood Awards will take place Sept. 17, as September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month. ECM Publishers has continually played a great role toward the success of LLS’s mission, striving for a world without blood cancers, according to Can-non.

Household hazardous waste disposal events planned Dakota County resi-dents have two upcoming opportunities to safely dispose of their household hazardous waste and elec-tronics at no cost. The fol-lowing drop-off events are planned: Saturday, Sept. 12, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Farming-ton Maintenance Facility, 19650 Municipal Drive,

Farmington. Saturday, Oct. 3, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Burnsville Main-tenance Facility, 13713 Frontier Court, Burnsville. Items that will be ac-cepted at no cost from Dakota County residents include: paint, fluorescent bulbs, fertilizers, pesticides, rechargeable batteries, sol-vents, gasoline, oil, televi-

sions, cellphones, comput-ers, coffee makers, toaster ovens and vacuums. No medicine, sharps, or yard, business, or farm waste will be accepted. For more information or to see a complete list of accepted items, visit www.dakotacounty.us and search “hazardous waste events.”


Peterson, Christensen finally came around To the editor: I read Rep. Roz Peter-son and Rep. Drew Chris-tensen’s Aug. 27 letter re-garding education funding increases with interest. It took Gov. Mark Dayton vetoing the House Republican school fund-ing plan, which would have forced teacher layoffs and program cuts in the districts they represent, to get these two Represen-tatives to finally vote to provide adequate funding. The original House Re-publican education budget wouldn’t have kept pace with inflation, only in-

creasing school budgets by 0.6 percent. I’m glad they finally decided to provide more funding for schools, but House Republicans should not have forced the legisla-tive session into overtime. Peterson and Christensen could have voted for the House DFL education budget, which would have raised school funding by nearly $800 million. They both voted against provid-ing much-needed resourc-es to schools. They could have voted to fund optional all-day everyday preschool and to provide more funding for special education, but they voted no. Instead of moving Minnesota’s K-12 schools forward, their op-position has us standing

still. They also could have voted for the House DFL plan to continue the tu-ition freeze for public col-lege students, but they vot-ed no. There’s no reason tuition should be going up when Minnesota is sitting on a $1 billion unspent surplus. Minnesota college students and their families are paying more for school so the Republicans could hold on to $1 billion for an election year tax bill. For college students and their families, the tuition increase feels just like a tax increase. And it’s totally unnecessary. Lakeville residents Pe-terson’s district will vote on whether to increase their school property tax levy, along with nine oth-

er metro school districts. Metro superintendents told us last year that they preferred a 3 percent in-crease in education fund-ing, but Republicans of-fered only 0.6 percent. Dayton and DFL legisla-tors finally got Republi-cans to accept a 2 percent increase during the special session. When Minnesota has $1 billion in an unspent budget surplus, it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense that districts have to look to raising property taxes

to meet their needs. These legislators could have stepped up and provided the leadership to properly fund Minnesota’s K-12 schools. But they didn’t. Rep. MELISSA HORTMANDFL-Brooklyn Park, Dis-trict 36B, deputy minority leader

What the 14th Amendment grants

To the editor: Just what kind of faulty research did Paul Hoffin-ger do to come to such an anachronistic belief as his letter to this paper stated on Aug. 28? Hoffinger uses some false assump-tions intertwined with a Greek syllogism for the sole purpose of besmirch-ing U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville. For Hoffinger to assert that the 14th Amendment, passed shortly after the

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Kudos to Center for School Change for PSEO study

Minnesota says ‘No More’ to sexual, domestic violence

Minnesota has some of the nation’s best programs that enable high school students to take free accredited college classes. This includes the Postsecondary Enrollment Options program, which is open to students grades 10-12. In order for students and their par-ents to make good planning decisions on taking college classes, state law requires that all district and charter schools pro-vide “up-to-date” information on their websites and distribute materials to stu-dents in grades 8-11 and their families by March 1 of each year. The Center for School Change, lo-cated in St. Paul, has released stunning results of a study involving 128 school districts and charter schools, including one from each of the 87 counties. The study revealed that fewer than 1 percent of those districts provided students with

complete information on their websites on six major points of the Postsecondary Enrollment Options law. Moreover, the CSC study found that some districts did not provide any infor-mation on their websites on the PSEO options. Most provided only part of the information on such basic facts that un-der PSEO, tuition, books and fees are free, or that there is a 10th-grade PSEO option, or that students had to declare their intention to take college courses by May 30. This is shameful. Under PSEO, students in grade 10 who meet certain standards can take technical and career courses. Students in grades 11 and 12 can take free college

credit courses either at the colleges or on-line. Tuition, books and fees are all paid for students who take these courses. Money to pay transportation costs of students from low-income families is provided. The Minnesota Department of Edu-cation, to its credit, has acted swiftly on learning the results of the study by the Center for School Change and its direc-tor, Joe Nathan. (Nathan writes a weekly column for ECM Publishers Inc. news-papers). The MDE is revising its website with revisions made by the 2015 Minnesota Legislature. And on Aug. 14, MDE sent a note to every district and charter school urging them to take the message and transmit it via their websites to help inform parents. We urge districts and charters to provide this information by

January 2016, when students begin reg-istering for the 2016-17 school year. A follow-up study by the Center for School Change is planned this fall, an-ticipating the March 1 date required by the law to notify students and parents. ECM Publishers Editorial Board com-mends the Center for School Change, Nathan, assistant director Marisa Gustafson and intern Diana Chao for their revealing study. Since 1989, CSC has worked directly to improve educa-tion, with schools, families, community members and policy-makers. More on the center can be found at www.center-forschoolchange.org.

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by Tony ComptonSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

No more, ‘what did she think was go-ing to happen?’ No more, ‘what was she wearing?’ No more damaged lives. No more excuses. These are some of the words Min-nesota residents expressed in public service announcements for Minnesota Says No More, a 360 Communities proj-ect aligned with the national No More campaign. No More’s aim is to engage the public in conversation about the dif-ficult issues surrounding sexual and do-mestic violence and ultimately eliminate sexual and domestic abuse altogether. The print, video and social media project features celebrity actors and professional athletes confronting these issues directly with their own No More statements. Minnesota Says No More is a grass-roots answer to the national campaign and features concerned citizens, sur-vivors of domestic and sexual assault, elected officials, law enforcement, ad-vocates, and more. It is an opportunity for all Minnesotans to stand up and be heard as we work to shift a culture to no longer allow sexual and domestic vio-lence to persist. Recently the country has seen some gains in shifting the cultural norms around sexual and domestic violence. Violence prevention and intervention programs around the country, including 360 Communities, have been working diligently for decades to provide shelter and resources to survivors, and to edu-cate the public. Projects like No More have been a boost to these efforts. No More has been instrumental, for exam-ple, in shifting how we view and address domestic and sexual violence in profes-sional sports. We now see No More pub-lic service announcements during NFL football games featuring current and

former players, such as New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and Hall of Fame former Vikings wide receiver Cris Carter. However, the battle to shift minds is far from over in this country. You don’t need to look hard to find high profile ex-amples that show victim blaming and a “rape culture” entrenched in our every-day lives. Bill Cosby recently hired attorney Monique Pressley to help him fend off the allegations of sexual assault made by scores of women. In an interview with the Huffington Post, Pressley as-serted that “women have responsibility. We have responsibility for our bodies, we have responsibility for our decisions, we have responsibility for the ways that we conduct ourselves.” She insisted that this was not victim-blaming, and that she was not speaking about Cosby’s accusers. She says she was talking about all women. Some might think this sounds reason-able. You know, “we all have to take per-sonal responsibility.” In fact, what she is saying is that many women who are raped somehow bare responsibility for their victimhood – essentially deflecting responsibility away from rapists. This is victim blaming. Men should never rape. Period. When a high profile attorney is so off-base with her understanding of sex-ual violence, it is not only apparent why women would be hesitant to come for-ward to report their assaults, but it also underscores the work we still need to do to change the culture.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 30 per-cent of women and 10 percent of men in the United States have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner. That works out to 24 people every minute, or 12 million people over the course of a year. In a national survey, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men re-ported experiencing rape at some time in their lifetime. According to a Washing-ton Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll, 1 out of 5 college women report being subjected to sexual assault. We know these crimes are underre-ported for a variety of reasons, includ-ing: • shame, • victim blaming, • humiliation of reliving the crime over and over, • lack of confidentiality when report-ing, • concern for safety and • knowing the perpetrator/not want-ing to get them in trouble. We need to level the playing field for survivors of abuse by removing the mountain of obstacles they face in seek-ing justice. Otherwise, many will not re-port abuse and many more will be vic-timized. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, 68 percent of sexual assaults go unreported. They say for every 100 rapes, 32 get reported. From that pool, there are only seven ar-rests. Of those seven, three are referred to a prosecutor, and only two end in a felony conviction. Recently, Alec Neal pleaded guilty to raping his former girlfriend, Sarah Su-per. His sentencing hearing in a Ramsey County courtroom was noteworthy. Neal had entered Super’s apartment, waited for her to come home, and raped her at knifepoint. Neal’s defense attorney, Rob-ert Sicoli, cited mental illness as a con-

tributing factor, and was quoted in the Pioneer Press as saying to Ramsey Coun-ty District Court Judge Judith Tilsen, “Alec’s actions were incongruous with the man. … He really is not that kind of person.” Tilsen rejected that claim, tell-ing Neal, “You are the kind of person who would do this. You did it. And as soon as you can face that, you can move forward.” When survivor Sarah Super had her chance to speak, she dismissed Neal’s claim of mental illness and assert-ed that he is a product of privilege who felt entitled to her body. This case was an example of the phrase “no more excuses” in action. We need to hold abusers accountable for their choices and actions. Together, we can shift the dialogue surrounding sexual and domestic vio-lence. The work of local and national violence prevention and intervention ad-vocacy groups, supported by movements like the No More campaign, is helping to change the culture. We need your voice. You can take part by heading to 360Communities.org, viewing and shar-ing our Minnesota Says No More public service announcements, signing our No More pledge, and supporting 360 Com-munities’ violence prevention and inter-vention work. It is encouraging to see so much prog-ress in the country already, but we have much more work to do if we are going to eliminate sexual and domestic vio-lence. If each of us can shift one person to action on these issues, we can create a world where everyone’s sense of safety is secure.

Tony Compton is director of marketing and communications at 360 Communities, a Dakota County nonprofit that works to prevent violence, ensure school success and promote long-term self-sufficiency. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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by Joe NathanSUN THISWEEK


The 47th annual national Gallup-Phi Delta Kappa poll demonstrates how the general public and public school parents have fascinating, often complicated, views about public education. Among other things, the poll reports widespread concerns about an overem-phasis on tests, mixed views on “opting out” of testing and strong support for public school choice. The survey, done by Phi Delta Kappa International, a national education group and the respected Gallup organization, was released Aug. 23. It has become part of the nation’s “back to school tradition.” PDK presented results with the head-line, “Testing doesn’t measure up for Americans.” But the actual responses show a more complicated picture. For example: • Regarding testing, 64 percent of the public and 67 percent of public school parents think there is “too much empha-sis on standardized testing in the public schools in your community,” compared to 19 percent of the public nationally, and 20 percent of public school parents, who think there is “about the right amount.” • However, on whether “all parents with children in the public schools should be allowed to excuse their children from

taking one or more tests,” there is a sig-nificant split: an estimated 44 percent of the public say no and 41 percent say yes. Among public school parents, 47 percent say yes, 40 percent say no. Furthermore, 59 percent of public school parents said they would not excuse their own child from one or more tests, while 75 percent of African-Americans, 65 percent of His-panics, and 54 percent of whites said they would not excuse their own child. So about two-thirds of Americans think there is an overemphasis on stan-dardized tests. But both the public and public school parents are split on whether families should “opt-out.” Most would not do it themselves. The majority, and vast majority of African-American and Hispanic parents, would not excuse their children from test-ing. They want to know how their chil-dren are doing. They also recognize, I think wisely, that there are other impor-tant ways to assess how well students are doing in school.

Part of the poll discusses charter pub-lic schools and public school choice: • 64 percent “favor” the idea of charter schools. That’s up 1 percent from 2014. Another 25 percent oppose the charter idea, down from 31 percent in 2014. • 66 percent of public school parents are in favor of the charter idea. That’s up from 55 percent in 2014. Opposition to the charter idea among public school par-ents has declined from 33 percent in 2014 to 27 percent in 2015. • 64 percent of Americans, and 67 per-cent of public school parents, favor the idea of allowing students and their par-ents “to choose which public schools in their community the students attend, re-gardless of where they live.” • Of 11 options presented, public school parents say the three most impor-tant factors they use in selecting a school are “quality of the teachers, curriculum (i.e., the courses offered) and the mainte-nance of student discipline.” • On a controversial question regarding taxes, only 31 percent of the public and 33 percent of public school parents favor the idea of using tax funds to support en-rollment of students at a private school. This approach has been called “only 31.” Voucher advocates say the way the ques-tion is asked encourages a negative an-swer. This poll suggests there is twice as

much support for public school choice, in-cluding charter public schools, as there is for using tax funds to support enrollment in private schools. The poll includes more than two dozen questions. In addition to what’s discussed above, questions ask, for example, about vaccinations (which more than 80 percent believe should be required before students enter public schools), use of standardized tests to help assess teachers (which the majority oppose), Common Core stan-dards, public ratings of local schools and the biggest problems in public education. PDK’s presentation of poll results also includes comments from five mothers, most of whom have concerns about test-ing. Gallup and PDK report that the find-ings came from a “nationally representa-tive web survey of 3,499 Americans, ages 18 and older with Internet access and an additional telephone survey of 1,001 Americans, ages 18 and older.” Poll results are available here: http://bit.ly/1PMtDxs.

Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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Poll supports public school choice, reduced reliance on testing

Civil War, now gives illegal aliens citizenship is noth-ing short of a giant canard coupled with a surfeit of a lot of logorrhea. The 14th Amend-ment was clearly passed to give slaves and former slaves full citizenship and the great debates that oc-curred in Congress and the press made that the locus of all related discussions. It was indeed passed to right official prior deci-sions, especially the Dred Scott decision. Later deci-sions by the U.S. Supreme Court elucidated these rights in the overthrow of Plessy v. Ferguson as well as the voting rights for all citizens. Likewise, Brown v. Education affirmed the rights of African Ameri-cans to have equal oppor-tunities in education and to correct endemic racial biases against them. For Hoffinger to now conclude that the 14th Amendment was created to include automatic citi-zenship for illegal aliens

is the height of sophistry and no letter of apology can erase his benighted contretemps.

RICHARD IFFERTEagan

Support voiced for SNAP To the editor: A critical piece of leg-islation is up for renewal this September in Con-gress. The Child Nutri-tion Act provides funding for the school lunch and breakfast programs, sum-mer meals, the Child and Adult Care Food Program and WIC. Previously it has had bipartisan support in Congress, but some House members have eyed it for a significant reduction in benefits. The child nutrition programs provide a criti-cal safety net for children with a high risk of hun-ger, whom private chari-ties simply don’t have the capacity or resources to reach. Thousands of Min-nesota children depend on

these programs for proper nutrition and to ensure they don’t go hungry. Re-ductions to the programs will significantly increase the number of hungry children in our communi-ties. As chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Work-force, U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, will play an integral role in crafting renewal legisla-tion and continued fund-ing. Discussions will begin in earnest when House members return to Wash-ington, D.C., on Sept. 8. To date, Kline has not publicly released details regarding the changes or enhancements he is con-sidering for the new bill. It is absolutely criti-cal we convey the urgency and importance of provid-ing continued funding for the child nutrition pro-grams and that we do not cut funding from other safety-net programs (like SNAP) as an offset. We know Kline cares deeply about Minnesota children

so please join me in calling or writing his office asking for his continued support of this vital piece of legis-lation.

BARBARA SKOCHILEagan

Vaccinations help the frail To the editor: Flu season is coming up. I am a medically frag-ile adult who cannot get vaccinated. When you say that “I am not in a high risk group for the flu,” and deny a vaccine, you are hurting those of us who cannot receive a vaccine. You may not be high risk, but people you love may be. Infants you see in the grocery store, too little to be vaccinated, are. You may never get sick, but the thing about vaccines is they don’t just protect you, they protect the peo-ple around you and the people you love. Please get your vaccine if you are medically able – protect those of us who would

love to get one but cannot. Be grateful you are healthy enough to get one and stay healthy.

NORA WADEBurnsville

Talking rationally about political ideas To the editor: As a Republican wom-an, I want to talk Avi Me-shar of Burnsville off the ledge. His letter “Why to Vote Republican in 2016” Aug. 27 sounds like time clocked on the couch. I can honestly say, that Republican women are alive and well. We actually talk about items in clear-cut, logical and meaning-ful ways. We understand the short- and long-term consequences of our ac-tions. And we love our brethren and care about the future of our children and country. We aren’t playing the fear factor on global warming and the days of impending doom

on countless created crisis situations. Too bad he has revealed himself as using the “we’re all gonna die” factor if the evil Republicans win. Too bad he’s not ready and willing to hear dialogue on how to fix things versus determining that you’re good, we’re bad, the end. Bottom line, we have a lot of talent that has come forward to present ideas, to rationally talk about the realities and scrub the po-litical-speak. If he needs any factual data, read the U.S. and state constitu-tions, the countless laws already on the books and the history of our nation and the world. It’s not hard to come to the conclusion that we are much safer in a atmosphere of law and history than a screaming tirade of terrified Demo-cratic doomsdayers. Have no fear! The Republicans are adults in the room.

SHARON PETERSONRosemount

LETTERS, from 4A


Music Together joins children,

parents by Laura Adelmann


Toddlers joyfully wiggle to music, rattling instru-ments and prancing about the community building at Steve Michaud Park. Parents with babies, toddlers and preschool-ers sit in a circle as music teacher Robin McGuire strums an autoharp and sings a welcoming song. It’s time for Music To-gether, a research-based music class that offers “music intelligence” in a fun, playful environment. The curriculum is de-signed to teach basic mu-sic competence in a light, play-centered atmosphere. Although established in 1987, the class is being offered for the first time through Lakeville Parks and Recreation to start the week of Sept. 20. At the recent introduc-tory class, children and their parents followed McGuire’s animated sing-ing and actions as she introduced a list of child-friendly original tunes. What may look like playtime is actually educa-tion, said Music Together director Clarice Auluck-Wilson. She said all children are born with an inher-ent ability to sing on key and keep beat on time, but that opportunity has been lost over the years as most families no longer sit around the piano and sing for entertainment. She said she learned how to sing because her family sang at home. “We sang a lot, “Au-luck-Wilson said. “But

that’s not happening so much anymore, and its certainly not singing in our broader culture.” She encouraged parents to build a musical base for their children, not only because singing is fun, but music can help children improve on many levels, emotionally, academically, physically and socially. She said music learn-ing supports coordination, physical development and cognitive development, particularly problem-solv-ing while also encouraging social interaction and lan-guage development, par-ticularly verbal fluency. “Music learning sup-ports all learning,” she said, noting that children are motivated to learn the songs and interact with their parent or caregiver. Kara Spielmans, of Lakeville, has been at-tending Music Together for two years with her son, Benjamin, 5, who has had delays in language and motor development.

She said her initial wor-ry that Benjamin would not be able to keep up dissolved as soon as they went to a class. “He was able to partici-pate just exactly how he needed to,” she said. “So if he needed to watch a little bit longer, he would do that. Or if he wanted to move around and do his own interpretation of a movement or a dance or using an instrument, he’s allowed that, you can just kind of do that, however the child interprets it.” Auluck-Wilson said any child can benefit from the program, and parents or caregivers who attend do not need to be particu-larly musical or talented for the program to work. She said a parent or caregiver is required to participate and model for the child, noting the program helps build the bond as the child naturally responds to and imitates their loved ones. “Because it’s early

childhood, children learn through play, and they learn by emulating the adults,” Auluck-Wilson said. Spielmans added that the program is also a fun way to interact with a child. “It’s easy to fall into and just have fun as an adult yourself,” she said. Free demonstration classes are being held at the Steve Michaud Com-munity Building at 17100 Ipava Avenue starting Sept. 11 at 10:30 a.m. Additional demonstra-tion classes are Sept. 13 at 4 p.m.; Sept. 14 at 9:30 a.m. and Sept. 15 at 10:30 a.m. Music Together classes are also held in other cities that include Apple Valley, Prior Lake, St. Paul and Eden Prairie. For more information go to lakeville-rapconnect.com.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

ISD 191 parenting resource classes ISD 191 Community Education is offering par-enting resources classes presented by Katharine Krueger, the founding director of Journey of Young Women and the Boys Mentorship Collab-orative. “Body Sovereignty and Consent,” “Parenting for Sexual Well-Being” and “Talk to Kids About Sex” will be held at Diamond-head Education Center in September. Registration is re-quired. To learn more visit www.communityed191.org or call 952-707-4150.

District 196 graduates outscore state ACT average District 196 students in the graduating class of 2015 scored nearly two points higher than the nation-leading Minnesota average on the ACT college admissions test, according to results released Aug. 26. The average compos-ite score for District 196 graduates was 24.4 out of a possible 36. That is 0.3 points higher than the district’s score in 2014 and 1.7 points higher than the state average of 22.7, which for the 10th year in a row was highest in the nation among states where more than half of all graduates took the test. The national average composite score was 21.0. In District 196, ap-proximately 82 percent of the graduating class of 2015 took the ACT last school year, compared to 78 percent statewide. In the 2015-16 school year, all high school juniors in Minnesota will have an op-portunity to take the ACT Plus Writing as part of a new state requirement. The test date for juniors in Dis-trict 196 will be April 19, 2016, with a make-up date of May 3. The ACT is the primary admissions test for

students attending colleges in the Midwest. The average composite scores of 2015 graduates for individual District 196 high schools are as follows: Apple Valley High School – 23.5 Eagan High School – 25.6 Eastview High School – 24.8 Rosemount High School – 23.9 School of Environmen-tal Studies – 22.9

Advisory Council has openings for parents The District 196 Special Education Advisory Coun-cil has open positions for parents who have a child with special needs. The terms are for two years, beginning this fall. Mem-bers can serve consecutive terms. The Special Educa-tion Advisory Council represents the interests of district learners with dis-abilities from birth through age 21. The council advises the Special Education De-partment on current issues, program development, parental concerns and in-volvement; serves as an ad-vocate for high-quality spe-cial education programs, and promotes communica-tion between family, school and community. The council consists of 20-25 people, including district parents, communi-ty representatives, students with disabilities and school staff. Approximately half of the members are par-ents and parent advocates of diverse disability areas. The council is scheduled to meet four times during the 2015-16 school year. Meetings will be held from 6-8 p.m. on the following Thursdays: Sept. 17, Nov. 12, Jan. 14 and April 7. Parents or staff mem-bers interested in being considered for membership on the Special Education Advisory Council must complete an application that is available at www.District196.org or by call-ing 651-423-7631. The

completed application can be faxed to 651-423-7627 or mailed to: Independent School District 196, Spe-cial Education Depart-ment, 3455 153rd St. W., Rosemount, MN 55068.

Kids cheer clinic at AVHS The Apple Valley High School varsity cheer team will host a Little Leaders Cheer Clinic from 6-7:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at Apple Valley High School, 14450 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. The clinic is open to children from kindergarten to fifth grade. Participants will learn cheerleading chants and are invited to perform at the Apple Val-ley-Eastview football game on Sept. 18. The $45 registration fee includes a T-shirt, pom-poms, hair bow, snack and special award. Send an email to coach Shawna Belden at [email protected] for registration informa-tion.

Giant Step auditions Giant Step Children’s Theatre will hold auditions for its fall production of “Tom & Huck” on Sept. 11 and 12. Youths in first grade and above who are inter-ested in auditioning should email [email protected] as soon as pos-sible. Indicate the child’s name, grade level and au-dition date preference of Friday evening, Sept. 11, or Saturday afternoon, Sept. 12. An email will be sent back confirming the audi-tion date and time. Performances will take place Oct. 15, 16 and 17. Each actor will pay a regis-tration fee of $98 ($9 for a sibling, $175 maximum per family) to be in the show. The actor will receive show tickets they may either use or sell. Giant Step Theatre is a program of Lakeville Area Community Education. Call 952-232-2170 with questions.

Education

Feeling the beat

Music Together Director Clarice Auluck-Wilson joined in singing with children and parents during the organization’s Aug. 10 demonstration class at Lakeville’s Steve Mi-chaud Park. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Obituaries

Engagements

Waldemar / SyversonJay and Michele Syver-

son of Apple Valley an-nounce the engagement of their daughter Nicole Syverson to Christopher Waldemar, son of Mike and Sarah Waldemar of Rosemount, and John and Lisa Grannan of Bloom-ington.

The bride-to-be gradu-ated from Metropolitan State University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Multi-Media Design. She is employed at Wings Financial in Apple Valley. The groom-to-be graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor or Arts degree in Sports Manage-ment. He is employed at Best Buy Headquarters in Richfield.

The couple are plan-ning a fall 2015 wedding.

Weddings

Walsh / SetterholmJackie Walsh, daughter

of Teresa & Steve Cod-dington of Austin, MN, and Vincent Setterholm, son of Donna & Jeffrey Setterholm of Lakeville, MN, were married on May 2, 2015 at the Bell-ingham Cruise Terminal in Bellingham, WA.

Jackie is a Bethel Uni-versity graduate and Vin-cent graduated from the University of Minnesota.

Their honeymoon was in Hawaii; they reside in Bellingham, WA.


by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


Lakeville businessman Tom Mork arrived back in Minnesota recently after embarking upon a 2,100-mile, 39-day bike adven-ture dubbed “Tom’s Big Ride” to spread awareness of mental health issues. Three other riders have made the entire journey and at least 15 others have joined them for one or more stages of the bike ride that followed scenic back roads along the Missis-sippi River from Louisiana to Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota. Mork said that the ad-venture raised more than Mork’s $100,000 goal to support the National Alli-ance on Mental Illness. A welcome celebration was held Aug. 7 in Min-nehaha Falls that Mork described as “emotional” in his blog, tomsbigride.org. Along the journey, Mork spoke to a variety of groups and individuals about mental illness, in-cluding his family’s strug-

gles after his daughter was diagnosed with bipolar dis-order during college after a series of dangerous and bizarre behaviors that in-cluded secretly marrying a 35-year-old man they later discovered was trying to avoid deportation. With her family’s help, Christine Mork was able to get the marriage annulled and is living a productive life, managing the disease and has started her own business online selling art she creates. Mork said in a news re-lease the story he tells in-cludes “ignorance, despair, bewilderment, humor, and yes … hope.” He has detailed his jour-ney on his blog, and has shared stories of those he has met along the way: “After returning from dinner I opened up my email and read one from a Tom’s Big Ride supporter telling me that just this past week her nephew had taken his own life after struggling with mental illness for a long time,” Mork wrote in one post. “She wanted me to know that his family

was being surrounded by loving, caring, supportive people, and she thanked me for the efforts we are making to bring more awareness to the whole is-sue of mental illness. So … tomorrow, we ride for El-liot and his immediate and extended family. You will be in our morning prayer for safe riding and on our minds as we head north to Greenville.” He described meeting a youth who had been diag-nosed with attention defi-cit disorder that had made his life so difficult that “he would have rather died of a heart attack because at least people then would have understood that he had an illness.” Mork said he met a woman who successfully battled clinical depression for over 18 years with med-ication and therapy and a close friend never knew of it. “She has dealt with her mental illness and it has not defined her!!” Mork wrote. As his ride nears com-pletion, Mork said in an

email interview that the biggest surprise of the trip was discovering how much people along the route embraced what they were doing to raise awareness about mental illness. He said the most impor-tant memory of the trip was the people they met who shared their stories for whom they dedicated days of their ride, including

Morgan from Memphis who struggles with an eat-ing disorder or Katie from the Reelfoot Lake area in Tennessee who shared her struggles with anxiety and depression. Mork said his relation-ship with fellow riders has grown after being together “pretty much 24/7 for five weeks.” “We still get along

great,” Mork said. “We have come to respect each other for the sacrifices we’ve made to make this trip happen and for our respective riding abilities, and we have learned to communicate quite well when we’re riding to keep each other safe. If our re-lationships have changed, it’s that we’re better friends than when we started.”

Lakeville businessman Tom Mork and City Council Member Doug Anderson have returned to Minnesota after going on “Tom’s Big Ride,” a biking trip along the Missis-sippi River to raise awareness of mental health issues. (Photo submitted)

Tom’s Big Ride: A successA look back on the ride of a lifetime

Women’s luncheon The Minnesota Val-ley Christian Women’s Connection will hold an autumn luncheon for all area women at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at GrandStay Hotel, 7083 153rd St., Apple Valley. Speaker Cynthia Shep-pard will share “An Ex-changed Life.” Entertain-ment will be by the trio of Lori, Lori, Lori. Cost is $16 inclusive. For reservations, call Jan at 651-434-5795.

Caregiver class offered “Powerful Tools for Caregivers” is a six-ses-sion class designed to pro-vide caregivers with the tools they need to care for themselves. The class will be held 1:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 22 to Oct. 27, at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 4030 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Participants will learn tools to: reduce stress, im-prove self-confidence and life balance, communicate effectively, increase their ability to make tough de-

cisions and locate helpful resources. The $45 cost covers the class fee, participant handbook and materials for all six sessions. A few scholarships are available. The class is sponsored by the Faith Community Nurse Program of Allina Health and St. John Neu-mann Catholic Church. Register by calling 651-454-2079.

Prison ministry info session The Catholics in Ac-tion Prison Ministry will host a Prison Ministry

Information and Support Workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Church of the Risen Savior, 1501 Coun-ty Road 42 E., Burnsville. The theme of the workshop will be transi-tion from prison back to society. Five speakers will be featured. There will be oppor-tunities to ask questions about the ministry over lunch following the speak-ers. A freewill donation will be taken for lunch. RSVP is requested. Register online at http://www.stjosephcommunity.org/prison_ministry.aspx

or contact Kevin Con-nors, [email protected], 952-426-8633; Fay Con-nors, [email protected], 952-250-7613; or Scott Brazil, [email protected].

Jubilee Pastors’ Celebration The Presbyterian Church of the Apostles (PCA) in Burnsville will hold a Jubilee Pastors’ Celebration at the 10 a.m. worship service on Sept. 20. The community is in-vited. The church will honor its former pastors and

their unique contribu-tions as well as other longstanding partner-ships in the community. Former PCA pastors Ed Martin, Steve Van Kuiken and Terry Roos will be at-tending along with Phyliss Byers Hetland and Ann Byers, daughter of found-ing pastor Harold Byers. A fellowship lunch will follow the service. The church is located at 701 E. 130th St., Burns-ville, between Nicollet Avenue and County Road 11. For more information, call 952-890-7877 or visit www.ChurchApostles.org.

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Who’s getting social?

by Hannah GullicksonSUN THISWEEK


When the Minnesota Zoo hired social media specialist Josh Le in 2012, it was followed by a significant increase in attendance. Zoo attendance exceeded ex-pectations by more than 50,000 within the last quarter of the fis-cal year they hired Le, according to Minnesota Economic Trends. It took Le eight months to double and triple the zoo’s Face-book and Twitter followers from 25,000 to 55,000 and from 3,000 to 11,400, respectively. But having multiple follow-ers isn’t the key to good busi-ness. Knowing what the audience wants is. Prominent business leaders say that social media is one of the pri-mary aspects to promoting a busi-ness. “You have to have social me-dia to be in business,” said Bernie Laur, digital sales manager for Hubbard Interactive in St. Paul. Laur and his colleague, Me-lissa Budensiek, Hubbard’s digi-tal and social media consultant, teach and work alongside busi-nesses to maximize their social media use. Some of their clients are Nissan, Massage Envy, Old Home Peanut Butter, Minnesota Bound on KARE 11, and Zan-tigo Restaurant. This May, they spoke at the Dakota County Regional Cham-ber of Commerce regarding the topic, outlining several key strate-gies they teach their clients.

Ads on Facebook Laur said if businesses want to reach their audiences, they can choose to pay Facebook to send advertisements to select audi-ences. Some of the demographic choices include age and gender, in addition to items an audience member “likes.” For instance, a makeup com-pany can target female audiences that “liked” other makeup com-panies. “It used to be you wanted to get a lot of likers on your page, and you reach 15 percent of those people on average,” Laur said. “That number has been declining. Finally Facebook admitted if you want to reach your people, you need to spend money.” Erin Edlund, director of insti-tutional advancement and mar-

keting for the Dakota County Technical College, said the col-lege sees an increase in students because of their social media ad-vertisements. “We have found that students really use our social media plat-forms to seek out information when they are new students,” she said. “We have had a good amount of success with (social media ad-vertising), and it is a cost-effective strategy for getting our name out there, since we can really hone in on our target audience,” Edlund said. “But the vast majority of our followers have come through keeping at it.”

Tweaking keywords Laur and Budensiek said busi-nesses can improve their social media promotions by tweaking their keywords and metatags. For instance, if Old Home Pea-nut Butter uses keywords such as “all natural peanut butter” and “Minnesota” in its website, users will most likely find the website if they type similar keywords in a search engine such as Google. Metatags work almost the same way. Budensiek explained that metatags are like keywords that a business types in the website’s HTML coding, the behind-the-scenes backdrop of a website. Users won’t see the metatags, but if a business types “creamy peanut butter” in a website’s HTML coding, users will most likely be able to find the website using the same keywords.

Tracking views Several tools such as Google Analytics and Sprout Social help businesses keep track of their websites’ views or clicks. Laur and Budensiek recom-mend Google Analytics, which keeps track of statistics such as how long users stay on a Web page and which cities the users are from. Budensiek gave an example of a website post she follows that was written six years ago. “It still gets about 2,000 views a month,” she said. “So we’re go-ing to push that.” Edlund said she and her mar-keting team, which also works with Inver Grove Heights Com-munity College, use Social Sprout.

This sends out timed messages and allows its users to respond to posts. “We go in and set up messages in advance whenever we can, pro-moting events or important infor-mation,” she said. “We try really hard to respond to any questions or comments we receive within four hours during the week if at all possible. “That is actually something that Sprout helps us track – how we do in responding to engaged users.”

Know what users want The greatest strategy is know-ing what users really want and which social media outlets they use the most. Laur said some people think they need to spend money in or-der to get a good return on their investment. “But even those words don’t say anything,” he said. He said it’s interacting with customers that matters more. “Driving people to your web-site. … That’s a really positive re-turn on investment,” Laur said. Laur and Budensiek said they helped sell a $38,000 Nissan to a Twitter follower who casually tweeted about needing a new car. They helped car dealers get featured on Pinterest. “Actually their pins were so popular, they got ... 9,000 follow-ers in a couple of weeks,” Buden-siek said. When Laur and Budensiek manage their clients’ social me-dia accounts, they do a variety of promotions, such as posting texts, photos or videos and tagging rel-evant companies in their posts. “We tried an event where you can bring your dog to a dealer-ship,” Laur said. “When we’d post on these auto dealers’ Facebook pages, we would tag Secondhand Hounds,” who was another Hub-bard client. “And now the message wasn’t just reaching Secondhand Hounds’ followers. (We were) broadening that reach,” he said. Budensiek said when business-es post on social media, the posts have to be “something captivating to the audience.” Laur said, “Facebook likes video and photos better than just text. We would put a photo (on) Twitter, but we’ll promote that and we’ll see people commenting

... and we engage with that.” Edlund said she and her mar-keting team discovered that DCTC students, alumni and em-ployees find the latest informa-tion via social media. “These days we include our so-cial media information on almost all of our marketing materials. It’s linked everywhere throughout our website, we have signage in the building, and more,” she said. “So there is incentive to be en-gaged via social media.” Some businesses reach out to their members with an emphasis on social media. The Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce provides networking opportunities for its members, and uses social media to send out newsletters, promote events within the chamber, con-gratulate new members and in-form existing ones of business issues concerning the county and region. The chamber that primar-ily serves Eagan, Rosemount and Farmington has about 500 mem-bers and more than 100 network-ing events every year. “As a member-based organiza-tion, we are continually working on new ways to provide exposure for our members, whether that is providing them access to our chamber-based networking and education events, or more directly spreading their own news and ac-complishments to our followers in the local community,” said Chel-sea Johnson, communications and events manager. Johnson said social media is an “integral part” in growing busi-nesses’ contacts, exposure and appearance. The chamber invites guest speakers such as Laur and Budensiek to teach its members on tactics, such as social media campaigns. Regarding its own growth, the Chamber of Commerce isn’t al-ways sure whether social media is the main tool for promoting or increasing members, according to Johnson. “Although we don’t know for sure if these efforts are a key com-ponent to growing our member-ship and attracting attendees to events, we utilize social media in these ways in the hopes of doing so,” Johnson said.

Email Hannah Gullickson at [email protected].

Local businesses, organizations try to find the

right formula with social media campaigns

Roundabout open in Lakeville Dakota County’s first two-lane roundabout opened at the intersection of county roads 50 and 60 in Lakeville on Aug. 28. The intersection han-dles about 30,000 vehicles every day. The roundabout is anticipated to reduce the potential for delays and se-vere crashes, according to a Dakota County release. Built by Park Construc-tion, the roundabout was completed on time despite an aggressive schedule and weather delays. The area is still an active work zone and construction will con-tinue for the next month, so motorists should use extra caution. County officials say the new intersection will be easy to navigate if drivers follow these rules: • Pick a lane depending on where you intend to go. If you are making a left turn or a U-turn, you must be in the left lane. If you are making a right turn, you must be in the right lane. If you intend to go straight, you can use either lane. • Slow down as you ap-proach the roundabout. This will allow you to be prepared to yield appro-priately to pedestrians and bicyclists, and then to traf-fic in the roundabout. • Yield to all traffic in the roundabout. Traffic in either lane of the round-about may be exiting, so it’s important to yield to all traffic in the round-about, regardless of which lane it is in. Roundabouts aim to improve the flow of traf-fic, have lower long-term operational costs and re-duce the number of fatal and injury crashes.

Kids ’n Kinship mentor info session set Kids ’n Kinship will hold a mentor informa-tion session from 6-6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Kids ’n Kinship serves children in the commu-nities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farm-ington, Lakeville and Rosemount and provides school-based mentoring at four elementary schools. There are currently 57 youth, 39 of which are boys, waiting for a mentor. Individuals, couples and families who have a desire to be a role model and special friend to a child are invited to attend the information session. Attendees will learn about the youth who are waiting for mentors, the volunteer screening pro-cess and the activities and benefits provided by Kids ’n Kinship. Application materials will be available. Training and ongoing support is provided for all types of mentoring. Those planning to attend the session should RSVP to [email protected] or call 651-686-0990. Visit www.kidsnkinship.org for more information.


Bookawocky Art Contest winners

The winners in the Dakota County Library System’s “Read, Explore, Connect” Bookawocky Art Contest were Nina G. (right), of the Robert Trail Library, with “Books and Nature” in the ages 5-8 category and Heidi S., of the Wescott Library, with “A Day at the Library” in the ages 9-12 category. Entries spanned a variety of media from pencil to collage, watercolor to digital images. There were 121 entries submitted.

Kline talks schools with local officials

Local school officials chatted with U.S. Rep. John Kline before his annual roundtable to formally discuss federal education policy. Kline said he expects contentious debate on a number of issues when the federal legislative sessions resume Sept. 8, including trying to reconcile the House and Senate versions of legislation to replace No Child Left Behind. Kline said it is expected he will chair the conference. “We will have serious discussions about where we can come together,” Kline said. He said their goal is to get the legislation to President Barack Obama’s desk this year. Included at the meeting were ISD 194 Superintendent Lisa Snyder, School Board Chair Michelle Volk and School Board Members Bob Erickson, Jim Skelly and Kathy Lewis. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Loch to give history talk The Rosemount Historical Society is partnering with the Robert Trail Library to present a series of his-tory talks beginning in September and continuing every other month through March. Rosemount resident John Loch is set to present the first program at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10. Loch will discuss the connection between a German World War II rocket specialist and the beginnings of Rosemount Engineering. Those connections include: Rudolph Herman, a German rocket specialist working on the V2 rocket during World War II; Dr. John Ackerman and the be-ginnings of the University of Minnesota Aeronautical Engineering Department; the Rosemount Gopher Ord-nance Plant, Rosemount Aeronautical Laboratory and creation of Rosemount Engineering. Instruments created by Rosemount Engineering are found on all United States aircraft and missiles flown today and has become an international corporation, according to Loch. There is no cost to attend. The Robert Trail Library is located at 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount.

Galaxie Library looking for new Friends members A meeting will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, for community members interested in forming a Friends of the Galaxie Library group. The meeting will be held at the Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Learn what it means to be a Friend to the Galaxie Library and show your support by attending this infor-mational meeting. For more information, call Annemarie Robertson at 952-891-7173, Margaret Stone at 952-891-7054, or stop in at the Galaxie Library.

HAFA open house The Hmong American Farmers Association (HAFA) will hold its second annual open house from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at the HAFA Farm, 20385 Coates Blvd., Hastings. Entertainment will include Gospel Machine, Mu Performing Arts, Tou Saiko Lee and Payne Avenue. Food from Destiny Cafe and the HAFA Farm will be available. For more information, contact Winnie Zwick at 651-493-8091 or [email protected].

Job Transitions Group to meet The Sept. 8 meeting of the Easter Job Transitions Group will be a breakout bonanza on Catherine Byers Breet’s “Top 10 Networking Blunders.” The group meets at 7:30 a.m. at Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Small group sessions are offered following the meet-ing at 9:30 a.m. each week on many different topics. Call 651-452-3680 for information.

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Ball turret gunner flies in bomber once againHarold Laursen,

Farmington, is 94by Eric Hagen


Thirty-five times during World War II, Farming-ton man Harold Laursen crawled into a tight space to protect the bottom of a B-17 bomber from Ger-man fighter planes. The former ball tur-ret gunner, 94, rode in a B-17 for only the third time since his last mission more than 70 years ago when Aluminum Overcast paid a visit to the Anoka County-Blaine Airport on July 28. As the propellers spun to life and the plane rum-bled underneath him, he watched the ground rush away as he peered from his seat through an open side window. He looked around in awe and then closed his eyes to remi-nisce. When at cruising alti-tude, his daughter, Joan Storlie, helped him stand up so he could peer out that open window across from his seat where the left waist gunner would have been. He was no longer crammed in one spot. When the plane landed and he exited, he simply said, “Wow!” Laursen flew on 18 different B-17s on his 35 missions, the last being on his 24th birthday, Dec. 23, 1944. He was a “spare” ball turret gunner with-out a main crew because five of them were killed in a plane crash near the Grafton-Underwood base when coming back from a training exercise in foggy weather. Only one man survived. Drafted into the Air Force, Laursen wanted to be a pilot like most other guys but the 5-foot-5-inch, 110-pound man was a “perfect candidate for a ball turret gunner,” he said. “It was lonely down there by yourself and very cold,” Laursen said. “I couldn’t hardly move be-cause there was no room.

Some people couldn’t stand it because they were claustrophobic. Some-body had to do it, so I did it.” After the war, Laurs-en stayed in England for awhile to lease a farm and later moved back to Min-nesota. He bought his own dairy farm 51 years ago near Farmington, where he still lives to this day. He married in March 1943 be-fore going to Europe, and Laursen and his wife had three children.

History takes

fl ight Aluminum Overcast never flew in World War II. It was delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps May 18, 1945, less than two weeks after Germany sur-rendered. Japan would surrender three months later. But it has long served a purpose of giving multiple generations a chance to touch and walk through a historical artifact so those who did not fly in a B-17 in World War II can gain a better understanding of

what these veterans went through. It is painted in the colors of the 398th Bombardment Group, which flew hundreds of missions over Nazi-held territory during the war. Veterans of this group helped finance the bomb-er’s restoration. Owned by the EAA and based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, it is one of 10 World War II era B-17G Flying Fortresses that re-main airworthy and that are based in the United States. It takes part in the Experience History tour that reaches approximate-

ly 40 U.S. cities each year. The Blaine chapter of the EAA hosted Aluminum Overcast July 28 and June 16 so paying customers could take flights, which all helps pay the upkeep. For the entire year, an average of 10 hours of maintenance are needed for every hour of flight, although replacing parts, cleaning and repainting mostly happens in the win-ter when the plane is not being flown. It needs to be inspected for every 120 hours of flight, according to John Hopkins, head of maintenance for the EAA’s B-17 program. “It’s a constant up-keep on the airplane,” he said. After World War II, the military sold “Alumi-num Overcast” in 1946 for $750 when it was looking to unload surplus aircraft. Between 1946 and 1978, it served as a cargo hauler, an aerial mapping plat-form and in pest control and forest dusting appli-cations. The EAA spent thou-sands of hours and several million dollars since “Alu-minum Overcast” was donated to it in 1983 by a group of investors called B-17s Around the World, which had purchased the plane in 1978 to return it to its historical military roots. It took about 10 years to restore this aircraft back to the way it looked in 1945. Parts came from all over, but the biggest haul was when the EAA negotiated a deal about 15 years ago for parts from a dealer in Red Deer, Can-ada, located about half-way between Calgary and Edmonton. Hopkins said the dealer was hesitant to sell, but eventually agreed when the EAA gave him a helicopter. The cockpit is the only area of the plane where there is technology that did not exist in World War II, but the Federal Aviation Administration it requires for safety. Old radios have too wide of a frequency range, so there would be danger of inter-ference from other radio

calls. Newer radios have a narrower frequency band, according to Hopkins. There is an on-board data link for weather updates. There is a collision avoid-ance system that warns not only of other planes, but tall hills or wind tur-bines, for example. Ken and Lorraine Morris flew Aluminum Overcast on July 28 at the Anoka County air-port. Both are licensed to fly large aircraft. Ken is a retired airline pilot and Lorraine currently flies a Boeing 777 for United Airlines, which she said is “the modern version of the B-17.” Handling the B-17 in the air is similar to a modern large aircraft. The main differences are becoming familiar with the instrumentation and growing accustomed to having a tail wheel when taking off and landing, which is something mod-ern large aircraft do not have. “It’s like trying to push a grocery cart backwards,” Ken said. Lorraine never thought she would be able to go into a World War II era B-17 let alone fly one. “It’s an amazing hon-or,” she said. Hearing the stories is what keeps them interest-ed. They have met World War II veterans, which is becoming harder to do because, in the seven de-cades since the war ended, so many have died. They have spoken with descen-dents of someone who died on a B-17 during the war. Lorraine said families have brought U.S. flags that were draped over a coffin of their loved one. They come to learn a little more about what it was like for these young boys many decades ago when the world was a much dif-ferent place. “Just to listen to them tell their stories is really heartwarming. It brings tears to your eyes,” Ken said. “That’s why we do it.”

Harold Laursen, 94, of Farmington, was a ball turret gunner on a B-17 bomber for 35 missions during World War II. He rode a B-17, Aluminum Overcast, July 28 at the Anoka County-Blaine Airport. (Photo by Eric Hagen)

A ball turret is where Harold Laursen sat during his 35 missions during World War II. (Photo by Eric Hagen)

Farmmington woman to receive Veterans’ Voices award Ashley Laganiere honored with On the Rise award

by Andy RogersSUN THISWEEK


Ashley Laganiere will be recognized for her work ensuring the livelihood of veterans throughout Min-nesota next week. The Farmington vet-eran will receive the “On the Rise” 2015 Veterans’ Voices Award Sept. 11, which acknowledges vet-erans who are making an exceptional difference in their communities and throughout the state. Throughout her ca-reer, Laganiere has met a

number of previous award winners, so she was hum-bled to receive the award. “They’ve all given so much to the community,” Laganiere said. “It’s very

exiting.” Laganiere is a third-generation Army veteran. She joined the Minnesota Army National Guard in 2002 when she was 17 and trained as an interrogator. She was injured during basic training after nearly four years of service. “I was kind of lost after that,” she said. “I joined so young and that was my plan for my life.” But, as one door closed, a new one opened. She went to college and took a job as an elemen-tary teacher for a year. When a job with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in St. Paul opened, she polished her resume and got the job. She de-

veloped claims for service-connection and special-ized in development of military sexual trauma claims. But she felt she could do more. Last year she took on the responsibilities of Gold Star Families, a pro-gram supporting the heal-ing process for families of service members who lost their lives in combat. She plans a yearly Gold Families weekend retreat to support families of the fallen. She has plans to expand it to a year-round program. “It helps address dif-ferent stages of grief,” she said. “There are families who lost someone a few

years ago and families who lost a member 10 years ago.” She also helped host an event at Valleyfair last month where families got together for a few smiles. “It was a brainchild of two mothers who felt like people needed to be re-minded that it was OK to laugh,” she said. Last year, Laganiere took on the women veter-ans coordinator role with the Minnesota Depart-ment of Veterans Affairs. She ensures women have equitable access to ben-efits and services. “Women veterans are more likely to be homeless, homeless with children, unemployed and more

Ashley Laganiere

likely to be divorced,” she said. “It’s about increasing awareness and ensuring they’re getting the same benefits.” She was one of 25 other veterans nominated by Minnesotans who have both honorably served and shown exemplary commu-nity service. This event is part of the Humanities Center’s Vet-erans’ Voices program to call attention to the stories and contributions of vet-erans. She will receive the award on Sept. 11 during a ceremony at the Univer-sity of St. Thomas. Other local On The Rise awards include Eagan’s Josh Sav-age and Tyler Sanchez.

Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].


Holistic healing offered at Valley Pointe acupuncturePractice in Apple Val-

ley offers array of

treatments by Andrew Miller


Amy Lanahan’s first expo-sure to acupuncture came fol-lowing a stress fracture she suf-fered in high school gymnastics. “Growing up, my parents were kind of oddballs, using chi-ropractic treatments in the 1970s and 1980s,” she said. “I was 17 when I had the stress fracture in my fibula. The chiropractor we went to did acu-puncture in that area, and the ef-fect was it sped up the healing.” Lanahan, who operates Val-ley Pointe Acupuncture in Ap-ple Valley, said she was seeking a career change a few years back — she’d been working as a den-tal hygienist for about 15 years — when she enrolled at North-western Health Sciences Univer-sity in Bloomington. She earned a master’s degree in acupuncture at the school, logging about 3,000 hours in hands-on and classroom train-ing, before opening her Apple Valley practice in July 2014. Valley Pointe Acupuncture offers treatments for anxiety and depression, digestive issues, neck and back pain, fatigue,

weight loss, fertility and other conditions. Lanahan also offers cosmetic acupuncture. “People are mostly familiar with acupuncture being used to treat pain,” said Lanahan, of

Rosemount. “We’re trying to get the word out that acupuncture can be used for multiple condi-tions. Anybody can benefit.” Rooted in traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture involves

inserting thin needles into the body at various points. Lanahan used the analogy of a river that’s been blocked to describe what acupuncture attempts to rectify in the body.

“Anytime there’s a blockage in the flow of energy, or blood flow or circulation, you’re go-ing to have a symptom such as pain,” she said. The idea behind acupuncture, then, is to “release the stagnation and the blockage, and heal that area.” “Generally, the primary focus is to bring health back into bal-ance,” she added. “It’s our job to gather all of a person’s health history, put all the pieces of the puzzle together, and then we try to bring it all back into balance.” The number of acupuncture sessions a person undertakes depends on the condition being treated, though Lanahan said five visits is about the average for the clients she’s seen. As for the needles, “because these needles are so thin — they’re about the thickness of a cat’s whisker — there’s generally no pain,” Lanahan said. Valley Pointe Acupuncture shares a space at 14855 Energy Way with Back in the Game Chi-ropractic, a chiropractic practice treating humans and animals run by Lanahan’s husband, Hal Brown, in the Knob Ridge Busi-ness Park near County Road 42 and Pilot Knob Road. More about Valley Pointe Acupuncture is at www.valley-pointeacupuncture.com.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Amy Lanahan opened Valley Pointe Acupuncture last year in the Knob Ridge Business Park near Coun-ty Road 42 and Pilot Knob Road. The practice shares a space with Back in the Game Chiropractic, a chiropractic practice treating humans and animals run by Lanahan’s husband, Hal Brown. (Photo by Andrew Miller)


Janelle and Ben Kelley are the parents of Lilah – a 3-year-old Rosemount girl who is battling neuroblastoma, a rare nervous system cancer. (Photos submitted)

Toddler’s cancer prompts blood drive An American Red Cross blood drive will be held Tuesday, Sept. 8, in honor of Lilah Kelley, a 3-year-old Rosemount girl who was diagnosed with Stage 4 high risk neuro-blastoma, a rare cancer of the sympathic nervous sys-tem that is usually found in young children. Lilah’s family and friends said they want to help raise awareness for Lilah and others battling childhood cancers through the blood drive, according to a Red Cross release. Around her first birth-day Lilah’s parents no-ticed that her breathing was “noisy.” They were reassured by her doctor’s that there was nothing to worry about. However, it became progressively worse and they knew something wasn’t right. Eventually they received a referral to a pediatric otolaryngologist who per-formed a bronchoscopy. “We were hoping that the doctor would come back and say he had found something simple like a foreign body and just quickly remove it so we could go back to our lives,” said Jenelle Kelley, Lilah’s mother, an Eagan High School graduate. “But when he returned he said that Lilah’s airway was severely compressed and sent her down for a CT scan immediately. What they found is something we never could have imag-ined – a large mass taking up the majority of her left chest and compressing her airway.” Lilah was intubated and transferred to the pediatric intensive care unit where she remained intubated for 10 days. Ex-tensive work up revealed Lilah had Stage 4 high risk neuroblastoma with metastasis to her spinal column, chest cavity, skull and bone marrow. She immediately began aggressive treatment start-

ing with chemotherapy. Because of the com-plexity of her tumor, Lilah and her family traveled to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for her surgery and her radiation treatments. The remainder of her treatment included a bone marrow stem cell trans-plant and antibody ther-apy. During her 80 plus days in the hospital, treat-ments and surgery, Lilah required 16 blood and platelet transfusions. “So many people helped us when we were going through Lilah’s treatment, including the volunteer blood donors who ensured that the blood she needed was available,” Jenelle said. “We want to pay it forward and help other families who are going through something simi-lar so they have more time with their loved ones, too.” Lilah is in stable condi-tion today. Her breathing is normal, and she does not appear to have any long-term side effects. She has a couple small spots of scar tissue on her lung and will need to have scans every three months to check to see if there is any growth. “Lilah is a very resilient and active 3-year-old,” Jenelle said. “This blood drive in her honor is just one way to thank the do-nor that gave the gift of life to her and to help build awareness of the need for blood for others battling childhood cancers. It’s the blood on the shelves that help saves lives. You never know when you or your family is going to be the one in need. I encourage all eligible donors to roll up a sleeve and give blood and get a glass of lemon-ade to help support child-hood cancer research.” The blood drive in honor of Lilah comes at an important time for the Red Cross. The Red Cross is facing a looming short-

age of the blood types most needed by patients and is calling on eligible donors with O negative, B negative blood to give now to prevent an emergency situation. The Red Cross also needs platelet donors and those with type AB blood to help ensure the shelves are stocked for patients in need. All blood types are needed to ensure a reli-able supply for patients. A blood donor card or driv-er’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Indi-viduals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental consent in some states), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other do-nors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements. To sign up online, go to www.redcrossblood.org/2015-summer. In the blue box on the right titled “Give blood. Find a blood drive” enter the sponsor code: Rose-mount. At the blood drive there will also the family’s an-nual Lemonade Stand to support pediatric cancer research. Donations raised will go to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. Pe-diatric cancer receives 4 percent of federal funding for research and treatment development. This leaves it up to families and com-munities to raise money for better treatments and a cure. The relapse rate for Lilah’s cancer is 40 per-cent, the family said. . Those who can’t at-tend the Lemonade Stand, can donate online at www.alexslemonade.org/mypage/1165442#. More about Lilah is at www.caringbridge.org/visit/lilahjeankelley.

Firefighters’ booya event is Sept. 19 The public is invited to the Apple Valley Firefight-ers Relief Association’s 37th annual booya fund-raiser on Saturday, Sept.

19, at Fire Station No. 1 located at Hayes Road and County Road 42. The event, which starts at 11 a.m. and runs until the

booya is gone, will include kids games, bingo, a raffle and family activities.


SportsWildcats young, but expectations remain high

No. 2-ranked volleyball team sweeps South-west in opener

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Brie Orr has been known to break into a wide smile on the volley-ball court, so it should be no surprise that she sees a sunny side to being on a team with no seniors. “We’re getting better every day, and I think be-ing young helps with that,” said Orr, the top returning player for No. 2-ranked Eagan. “We don’t have anybody here who thinks, ‘Oh, I’m good enough.’ Everyone wants to learn, and everyone knows they have to get better.” All of the 20 players on Eagan’s varsity and junior varsity rosters are juniors or younger. But the Wildcats aren’t waiting for some undefined point in the future to become a good team. They expect to be good now. Chronologically, the players may be young, but “in terms of volleyball age, they’re pretty advanced,” Wildcats coach Kathy Gil-len said. The Wildcats dis-patched Minneapolis Southwest 25-10, 25-13, 25-21 in their season opener Tuesday night at Eagan High School. They displayed their talent and versatility – and also, in Gillen’s view, some flaws that need to be patched. Southwest “is a decent team, but we made a lot of errors,” the coach said.

“We found a lot of things we need to work on. Some of it might have been first-match jitters, but by the time we got to the second game we saw a lot more passing and hitting er-rors.” The Wildcats will try to clean that up in non-con-ference matches against Tartan (at home at 7 p.m. Thursday) and at Stillwa-ter (Tuesday, Sept. 8) be-fore starting their South Suburban Conference schedule against third-ranked Prior Lake on Sept. 15. Like many coaches, Gillen downplays the im-

portance of rankings, but they’re an indication of how other coaches regard the South Suburban Con-ference. Four SSC teams – Eagan, Prior Lake, Lakev-ille South and Rosemount – are second through fifth in this week’s Class 3A poll. Six Eagan players were on the varsity roster last year when the Wildcats went 26-6 and reached the state Class 3A champion-ship match before losing to Chaska. Orr, a junior setter and outside hitter, played for Eagan’s 2013 state championship team as well as last year’s run-

ner-up squad. “She has met every one of my expectations,” Gil-len said of Orr. “She’s a leader on the court, off the court and in practice. If we’re doing a drill, I know Brie’s going to do it the right way. When we need a kill, we go to Brie.” Gillen already has de-cided how to split up Orr’s workload. “She will set half the time and hit half the time,” the coach said. “And she’s not coming off the court.”

“I know I have a big re-sponsibility, for sure,” Orr said. “But that’s some-thing I want, and I won’t let it affect my game.” Juniors Taylor Olstad (outside hitter) and Alyssa Doucette (middle hitter) also are back. Junior set-ter Emma Slaikeu moves up from the junior varsity. Sophomores Anne Wong, Ally Murphy and McKenna Melville are returnees. All are out-side hitters. Melville was mainly a defensive special-

ist last year. In Tuesday’s match, Wong switched be-tween libero and outside hitter, but Gillen said that was because another Wild-cats player wasn’t available to play. Ellie Husemann, a 6-foot-2 ninth-grader, is a middle hitter, and it ap-pears she will play regu-larly. Many middle hitters, especially when they’re young, come out for a defensive specialist when they rotate to the back row. In Tuesday’s match, Husemann remained on the court for back-row work. Also on the team is sev-enth-grade setter Kennedi Orr, Brie’s sister. Asked how Kennedi handled her first high school varsity match, Brie Orr said, “I’m sure she was a little nervous, but I thought she did re-ally well. I was on a high school varsity team in seventh grade, but I didn’t play very much.” Orr said the Wildcats aren’t out to avenge last year’s state final loss to Chaska because what’s done is done. “Winning the state championship two years ago didn’t affect anything we did last year, and fin-ishing second last year doesn’t affect anything we’re doing this year,” she said. “You have to move on. The team we have this year, I think, has a lot of potential.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Eagan junior Brie Orr (8) played on the Wildcats’ state Class 3A volleyball championship team in 2013 as well as their runner-up squad last year. (Photo by Mike Shaugh-nessy)

Ninth-grader Ellie Husemann is a new varsity player with the potential to make an impact for Eagan. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Notebook: Gable Steveson adds world title to wrestling resume

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Within the last six months, Apple Valley sophomore-to-be Gable Steve-son has won state, national and world wrestling championships. His latest title came Sunday on the final day of the United World Wrestling Cadet World Championships in Sara-jevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he placed first in freestyle at 100 kilograms (220 pounds). Steveson went 5-0 in the tournament and defeated Khasanboy Rakhimov of Uzbekistan 9-0 in the championship match. In his earlier matches in the tourna-ment, Steveson won two by technical fall, one by decision and one by crite-ria after a 5-5 draw with Alimagomed Alikhmayev of Azerbaijan. Steveson was one of four Americans to win gold medals at the UWW Cadet Worlds. The U.S. placed third in the team standings behind Russia and Iran. In July he won the 220-pound free-style title at the USA Wrestling Cadet National Championships. Steveson was Class 3A champion at 220 in the Min-nesota state high school championships last winter. He is ranked as the No. 1 wrestler in the Class of 2018 by Inter-matWrestle.com. Steveson’s Apple Valley teammate, incoming senior Mark Hall, was a UWW Cadet World champion in 2014. Hall competed in the Junior World tournament this summer in Salvador, Brazil, reaching the quarterfinals at 74 kilograms (163 pounds). Hall defeated wrestlers from Japan and Azerbaijan before losing 4-2 to a wrestler from Hungary in the quarterfinals. Hall, who will go for an unprecedent-ed sixth Minnesota state high school individual championship next winter, is first in the FloWrestling.org high school “pound for pound” rankings. He’s also No. 10 at 163 pounds in the USA Wrestling senior men’s freestyle rankings – which are populated mainly by college and post-college wrestlers.

Hit the ground running Many high school cross country teams are starting their competitive sea-sons this week, and Rosemount and Ea-gan high schools will host meets Friday morning. The annual Irish Invitational at Rosemount High School starts with youth races at 8:05 a.m. Girls and boys varsity meets will be at 10:50 and 11:15 a.m. All races for high school runners will be 2 miles. Edina, which is ranked first in the raceberryjam.com preseason Class AA rankings, is scheduled to compete in the

boys varsity race, as are South Subur-ban Conference schools Farmington, Lakeville North and Rosemount. Minnetonka and Edina, the top two teams in the Class AA girls preseason rankings, also are scheduled for the Irish Invitational, as are eighth-ranked Lakeville North, 20th-ranked Rose-mount, and Farmington. The Dakota Classic meet will be 10 a.m. Friday at Eagan High School. Ap-ple Valley, Lakeville South and Eagan are in the field for the boys varsity race, with Apple Valley, Lakeville South, Eastview and Eagan among the teams competing in the girls meet. No. 6 Lake-ville South is the top-ranked team in the girls meet.

Bandits stay alive The Eagan Bandits lost a game in the state Class B men’s amateur baseball tournament last weekend, but the im-portant part was the loss did not come in their first game. The Bandits defeated Shakopee 4-3 last Friday in Cold Spring in a single-elimination round-of-16 game. The eight first-round winners advanced to the double-elimination phase of the tournament. Eagan fell to Moorhead 7-5 on Saturday in St. Cloud and faces Coon Rapids in an elimination game at 5 p.m. Thursday in Watkins. The Class B tournament will conclude Monday in Cold Spring. Jordan Brandt pitched seven innings for Eagan in its victory over Shakopee, allowing four hits and two runs. Roy Larson pitched the final two innings. Eagan third baseman Mark Tatera was 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Larson was 2-for-4 and drove in two runs. Tatera and catcher Trent Anderson had two hits each in the Moorhead game, with Tatera and Larson driving in two runs each.

Coaches on the move Danica Cutshall was named head coach of the Lakeville North girls la-crosse team, replacing Mo Gaitan, who left to become head coach of the wom-en’s team at Concordia University in St. Paul. Cutshall, a former Panthers varsity player, played at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. After college, she returned to Minnesota and worked on Gaitan’s staff at Lakeville North, most recently as junior varsity coach. Apple Valley is seeking replacements for boys tennis coach Bruce Gullickson and gymnastics coach Carla Blazek, both of whom resigned recently.

Soccer in full swing

(Top) Burnsville’s Ethan Andersen jumps into the arms of a teammate after the Blaze boys soccer team scored last week against Hopkins. (Left) Sam Pope (2) of Burnsville pressures Isaac Johnson of Hopkins. (Below) Samuel Burke (4) and Sean McCoy (11) converge on Minnetonka’s Avery Weaver during a non-conference game last week. The Blaze and Wildcats begin South Suburban Con-ference play Tuesday, Sept. 8. (Photos by Mike Shaugh-nessy and John Sherman)

See NOTEBOOK, 15A


Farmington offense busts loose against

Eastview by Mike Shaughnessy


Three teams in East Metro White district foot-ball remained undefeated after last Friday’s games, but that number will de-crease by at least one by the end of this week. Lakeville North and Burnsville, two of the league’s 2-0 teams, will play at 7 p.m. Friday at Burnsville High School, with the winner taking an important step toward contending for the White district championship. Rosemount, the league’s other 2-0 team, plays at Eastview at 7 p.m. Thurs-day. Burnsville rushed for 230 yards in defeating er-ror-prone Lakeville South 24-6 last Friday. Lake-ville North, ranked third in Class 6A, went on the road and routed Eagan 41-17. Rosemount was a convincing 20-7 winner over Apple Valley. Farm-ington’s offense exploded for more than 500 yards in a 56-27 victory over East-view. It was the Tigers’ first victory in almost two years and broke a 15-game losing streak.

Burnsville 24,

Lakeville South 6 Steph Olson Jr. is one of Burnsville’s two-way players, and he made big plays on offense and de-fense in the Blaze’s victory at Lakeville South. A line-

backer on defense, Olson made a one-handed inter-ception that he returned 18 yards for a touchdown for Burnsville’s first touch-down early in the second quarter. Playing running back on offense, he scored on a 5-yard run with 40 seconds remaining before halftime. Olson, a junior, had five tackles, one interception, 14 rushes for 77 yards, and two receptions for 12 yards. Still, it remained a one-score game (with Burns-ville leading 14-6) until late in the third quarter, when the Blaze’s Josue Gonzalez kicked a 46-yard

field goal. Jackson Mar-tens scored on a 43-yard run with 9:43 remaining, putting the game out of Lakeville South’s reach. The Blaze rushed 45 times for 230 yards. Mar-tens had a team-high 84 yards on just seven carries. Michael Schiller had 43 yards on six carries. Burnsville safety Ka-mal Martin (eight tack-les) and linebacker Gerrit Olsen (seven tackles, one interception) were among the Blaze’s defensive lead-ers. Martens also had an interception. Lakeville South (0-2) had 264 yards of offense but hindered its own ef-forts with three intercep-tions and nine penalties for 88 yards. Cougars fullback Brett Fatturi scored on a 1-yard run in the second quarter, completing a 15-play, 75-yard drive. Running back Clay Geary rushed for 112 yards on 15 carries and caught six passes for 70 yards. Anthony Vote had three catches for 35 yards. Blake Wacholz, Adam Lucast and Mason Kohl-beck each had six tackles for the Cougars. Next: Burnsville plays host to Lakeville North at 7 p.m. Friday. Lake-ville South looks to turn around its season when it faces Eagan at home at 7 p.m. Thursday. After they play Eagan, the Cougars’ next two games are at Rosemount and Lakeville North.

Lakeville North

41, Eagan 17 It’s difficult to find any-thing that didn’t go well for Lakeville North last Friday. Well, the Panthers did miss one extra-point conversion. That’s about it. Quarterback Drew Stewart, who went into the season saying he need-ed to improve his accu-racy, completed 13 of 16 passes for 230 yards and three touchdowns. The running game ground out 164 yards, including 100 from junior tailback Wade

Sullivan. North’s defense didn’t allow a touchdown until the fourth quarter, by which time both teams had most of their starters off the field. In two games, Stewart has completed 20 of 25 passes for 301 yards. Last Friday he found Nick Fossey seven times for 96 yards and two touchdowns and David Lindstrand five times for 130 yards and one score. Sullivan (1 yard) and Preston Emerson (47 yards) had rushing touch-downs, and Evan Erickson returned an interception 28 yards for a touchdown late in the third quarter, pushing North’s lead to 41-3. In the fourth quarter, Eagan’s Gus Kluender scored on a 10-yard run and Hunter Weis scored on a 2-yard carry. Klu-ender, who shares time at quarterback with Sam Schuberg, led the Wildcats in rushing with 78 yards on 10 carries. Kluender, who plays receiver when not at quarterback, also had five catches for 29 yards. Con-ner Tonsager had 53 yards on two catches. Defensive backs Drew Bonjean (eight tackles) and Jacob Traefald (sev-en tackles) were among North’s defensive leaders. Linebacker Erik Mack had eight tackles for Ea-gan. Next: Lakeville North is headed to Burnsville on Friday for a game be-tween two of the East Metro White’s undefeated teams. Eagan (1-1) trav-els to Lakeville South on Thursday to face a Cou-gars team seeking its first victory of 2015.

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Apple Valley 7 The Irish were efficient in Friday’s victory on the road, sustaining drives with their running game and seizing opportunities to make big plays through the air. Junior running back Alec Schimmel got most of the carries in Rosemount’s

ground game, rushing 19 times for 81 yards and scoring on an 8-yard run in the third quarter. Senior Austin Valenzuela gained 62 yards on seven carries. Blake Storholm scored the Irish’s first touchdown on a 3-yard run in the first quarter. Rosemount quarter-back Jared Hanson, who completed just four of 18 passes in the Irish’s opening-week victory over White Bear Lake, was 7-for-11 for 68 yards against Apple Valley. Se-nior wide receiver Simon Hatlen had five catches for 54 yards, including a 20-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter. The Irish held Apple Valley to 76 rushing yards on 27 attempts. Eagles quarterback Noah Sand-ers threw effectively, com-pleting 18 passes to six different receivers. Jacob DeWall had six catches for 45 yards and Isaiah Hall had an 11-yard touch-down reception in the fourth quarter. Mistakes troubled the Eagles, who committed two turnovers and had 11 penalties for 75 yards. Tyler Liska had an in-terception for Rosemount and linebacker Jordan Hardee made six tackles. Apple Valley linebacker Kieran McKeag had eight tackles and Hall, who also plays defensive back, had seven. Next: Rosemount goes to Eastview, a team that allowed 56 points against Farmington last week, at 7 p.m. Thursday. That same Farmington team is home against Apple Valley (1-1) on Thursday night.

Farmington 56,

Eastview 27 The Tigers’ 56-point outburst against East-view last Friday was only four points fewer than they scored all last sea-son. Farmington scored on its first eight posses-sions as quarterback Cole Hinrichsen completed 23 of 29 passes for 385 yards and six touchdowns.

The victory was Farm-ington’s first since Sept. 20, 2013, when the Tigers defeated New Prague 19-3 in a Missota Conference game. The Tigers had lost 15 in a row – the last five of the 2013 season, all nine games in 2014, and the 2015 season opener – before stopping the streak. It also is Farmington’s first varsity football vic-tory over an opponent from the South Suburban Conference or East Metro White district team since the school joined the SSC last year. The Tigers (1-1) didn’t waste time assuming con-trol. After forcing East-view into a three-and-out on the Lightning’s first se-ries, Farmington took pos-session at the Eastview 23 after an 8-yard punt. An offside penalty against the Lightning moved the ball to the 18, then Hinrichsen threw to Mitch Fox for the Tigers’ first score just 1:11 into the game. It snowballed from there. By the time Farm-ington finally had to send its punt team on the field – midway through the third quarter – it was 49-7. Charlie Marthaler kicked a 29-yard field goal and Bryan Aguilar ran for a 19-yard score as Farm-ington led 16-0 after the first quarter. Hinrichsen threw for four touchdowns in the second quarter – 54 yards to Fox, 8 yards to Alex Zitzmann, 12 yards to Christian Groves and 19 yards to Gavin Bassett. Aguilar scored on a 3-yard run in the third quarter. Fox caught a 40-yard touchdown pass from Hinrichsen in the fourth. Fox caught six passes for 137 yards and three touchdowns. Groves had six catches for 105 yards and one score. Aguilar rushed for 76 yards. On defense, Bassett had a team-high 15 tackles, plus a fumble recovery. Tanner Sundt had 13 tack-les, including two tack-les for losses and a sack. Dylan Bergstad and Nino Douangboutdy inter-cepted passes and Hayden Kendall recovered a fum-ble. Four turnovers ac-celerated the downward spiral for Eastview, which dropped to 0-2. One of Eastview’s high-lights was three touch-down passes by Riley Johnson, who was 10-for-24 overall for 128 yards. Junior wide receiver Khalil Poe had touchdown recep-tions of 14 and 9 yards, and Mike Delich caught a 6-yard pass for a score. Markees Phillips had a 5-yard touchdown run for the Lightning in the third quarter. Delich led East-view in rushing yardage with 97 on eight carries. Next: Farmington goes for back-to-back victories when it plays host to Apple Valley at 7 p.m. Thursday. Also on Thursday night, Eastview returns home to face Rosemount.


Football Week 2: Panthers, Blaze win convincingly on the road

Kamal Martin (7) and Andy Samuel (71) are two of the Burnsville defenders pursuing Lakeville South running back Clay Geary during the Blaze’s 24-6 victory last week. Burnsville, 2-0, plays host to third-ranked Lakeville North at 7 p.m. Friday. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)

Pisith Soeun of Eagan carries the ball during the fourth quarter of the Wildcats’ 41-17 loss to Lakeville North last week. Eagan will play at Lakeville South at 7 p.m. Thursday. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Irish volleyball

victory Rosemount defeated Hopkins 25-14, 25-23, 19-25, 28-26 Saturday in one of the featured matches of the Breakdown Sports Side Out Classic at Hop-kins High School. With Hopkins lead-ing 23-15 in the fourth set and looking ready to force a fifth set, Rosemount roared back and won 13 of the next 16 points. Britta-ny McLean, a University of Minnesota recruit, led Rosemount with 15 kills. Rosemount was ranked sixth in the state and Hop-kins was third going into the Side Out Classic. The Irish moved up to fifth in this week’s rankings. They

are among four South Suburban Conference teams in the top five of the state Class 3A poll; Eagan, Prior Lake and Lakeville North are second through fourth. After defeating Bloom-ington Jefferson in four sets Tuesday night, Rose-mount is 2-0. The Irish play host to Faribault at 7 p.m. Thursday and New Prague at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8. Farmington also played in the 16-team Side Out Classic on Saturday, los-ing to Osseo in four sets. The Tigers improved to 2-1 overall with a four-set victory over Hastings on Tuesday.


NOTEBOOK, from 14A


LEGAL NOTICES

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CITY OF EAGANDAKOTA COUNTY

STATE OF MINNESOTANOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

EAGAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Eagan Economic Development Authority, Dakota County, State of Minnesota, will hold a public hear-ing on September 15, 2015, at approximately 6:30 p.m. in the Eagan Municipal Center, 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Minnesota, to consider the sale of real property to CAP Acquisitions, LLC. A copy of the pro-posed Purchase Agreement is on file and available for public inspec-tion at the office of the Community Development Director at the Eagan Municipal Center.

The properties to be included in the sale are located in the City of Eagan (the “City”), County of Dakota, State of Minnesota containing approximately 4.0 acres and legally described as Outlot A, Paragon Ad-

dition (part of the Cedar Grove Redevelopment District). A map of the subject property is set forth below:

All interested persons may appear at the hearing and present their views orally or prior to the meeting in writing. At the hearing, the Author-ity will decide if the sale is advisable.BY ORDER OF THE EAGAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EAGAN, MINNESOTA/s/ Jon Hohenstein,Community Development Director

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mort-gage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: July 31, 2007MORTGAGOR: Rachel A. Schaf-

fer and David W. McDonial, wife and husband.

MORTGAGEE: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A..DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Filed October 23, 2007, Dakota County Registrar of Titles, Document No. 619191 on Certifi-cate of Title No. 158835.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Countrywide Bank, FSB. Dated July 31, 2007 Filed October 23, 2007, as Docu-ment No. 619192. And thereafter assigned to: Bank of America, N.A. successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Coun-trywide Home Loans Servicing LP. Dated October 10, 2008 Filed Oc-tober 24, 2008, as Document No. T634904.

Said Mortgage being upon Reg-istered Land.

TRANSACTION AGENT: NONETRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE

LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: Bank of America, N.A.MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 4621 Penkwe Way, Eagan, MN 55122

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 10.39802.08.010LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lot One (1), Block Eight (8), in Johnny Cake Ridge 3rd Addition, CIC No. 341

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $113,601.00

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NO-TICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE:

$106,884.53That prior to the commence-

ment of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;

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

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: October 23, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

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

to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including at-torneys’ fees allowed by law sub-ject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on April 25, 2016 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

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

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

TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”

Dated: August 18, 2015Bank of America, N.A.Mortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688818 - 15-006038 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in the condi-tions of a mortgage dated February 2, 2009, executed by Cindy Lea Spoerner, as mortgagor(s) to U.S. Bank National Association ND as mortgagee in the original principal amount of One Hundred Ninety-six Thousand ($196,000.00) Dollars, recorded with the Dakota County Recorder, State of Minnesota, on February 24, 2009, as doc. no. 2639312; that all pre-foreclosure requirements have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to re-cover any part of the debt secured by said mortgage; that there is claimed to be due thereon the sum of One Hundred Eighty-nine Thou-sand Four Hundred Forty-nine and 62/100 ($189,449.62) Dollars on this date; and that pursuant to the power of sale therein the mortgage will be foreclosed and the property described as follows:

Lot Twenty-four (24), Block Five (5), Wilderness Run Sixth Addition, Dakota County, Minnesota,

Property address: 4300 Dunr-ovin Lane, Eagan, MN 55123

Parcel I.D. #: 10-84355-05-240will be sold by the sheriff of said

county at public auction on Sep-tember 30, 2015, at 10:00 o’clock A.M. at Sheriff’s Office, Law En-forcement Center, 1580 Highway 55, Hastings, Minnesota, to pay the debt secured by the mortgage, including costs and attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemp-tion by the mortgagor(s), her heirs or assigns, within six (6) months from the date of sale. The mortgagor(s) must vacate the property on or be-fore 11:59 p.m. on March 30, 2016 (if that date is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, then the date to vacate is the next date thereafter which is not a Saturday, Sunday or holiday), if (i) the mortgage is not reinstated under §580.30, or (ii) the property is not redeemed under §580.23.

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

Dated: July 27, 2015U.S. Bank National Association, successor by merger to U.S. Bank National Association ND, Mort-gageeRalph L. Moore, STEIN & MOORE, P.A., Attorneys for Mortgagee, 332 Minnesota Street, #W-1650St. Paul, MN 55101 (651) 224-9683

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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT LIEN FORECLOSURE SALE

THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THIS COMMUNICATION IS AN AT-TEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT default has been made in the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Birnamwood Homes, Common Interest Community No. 170, Da-kota County, Minnesota, recorded in the office of the County Recorder in and for Dakota County, Min-nesota (the “Recorder”), as Docu-ment No. 1377559, as amended by Document No. 2458732 recorded

in said office (said Document Nos. 1377559 and 2458732 are col-lectively referred to herein as the “Declaration”), and the Amended and Restated By-Laws (the “By-Laws”) of Birnamwood Homes Association (the “Association”), a Minnesota nonprofit corporation. Said default creates a lien in favor of the Association and against the property described herein.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:

Lot 2, Block 8, Birnamwood Plat 1, Dakota County, Minnesota.

ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 49 Birnamwood Drive, Burnsville, Minnesota 55337.TAX PARCEL IDENTIFICATION

NUMBER OF PROPERTY: 02-14000-08-020.LIENEE: Erin Young (the “Lienee”).LIENOR: Birnamwood Homes

Association.AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED

TO BE DUE TO THE ASSOCIA-TION ON THE LIEN DESCRIBED HEREIN, ON THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE: $20,486.19.

Said amount includes unpaid annual assessment installments, insurance premium assessments, late fees, and attorney’s fees and costs of collection incurred by the Association (all of said unpaid amounts are collectively referred to hereinafter as the “Debt”), all as assessed to and levied against said property by the Association pur-suant to the Declaration, the By-Laws, and/or Minnesota Statutes Chapter 515B (“Chapter 515B”). Pursuant to Chapter 515B and the Declaration, the Debt creates a lien in favor of the Association against said property.

Pursuant to the Declaration, the By-Laws, and/or Chapter 515B, the Lienee is financially obligated to pay the Debt to the Associa-tion, as well as all unpaid assess-ments and/or installments thereof, late fees, costs of collection and foreclosure, and attorney’s fees in-curred by the Association in collec-tion of the Debt and in foreclosure of the Association’s lien against said property, and all other unpaid amounts, which the Association assesses to and levies against said property from and after the date of this Notice, which additional un-paid amounts are part of said lien and are subject to this foreclosure.

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORD-ING OF LIEN: The Lien Statement in favor of the Association is dated July 7, 2015, and was recorded in the Recorder’s office on July 13, 2015, as Document No. 3077869.

All pre foreclosure requirements have been complied with by the Association. There are no actions or proceedings instituted at law by the Association to recover the Debt or any part thereof. The Lienee has not been released from her person-al obligation to pay the Debt.

Pursuant to the power of sale granted by the Lienee in taking title to said property, as provided in the Declaration and in Chapter 515B, said lien will be foreclosed by the sale of said property by the Sheriff of Dakota County, Minnesota, at the office of the Dakota County Sheriff, 1580 Highway 55, Hastings, Minne-sota 55033, on October 14, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, to pay the amount then due for all unpaid annual assessment installments (as may be accelerated by the Associ-ation), insurance premium assess-ments, late fees, costs of collection and foreclosure, attorney’s fees, and all other amounts, assessed to and levied against said property by the Association through the date of said sale.

TIME ALLOWED BY LAW TO REDEEM: The Lienee, her personal representatives or assigns, has the right to redeem said property within six months after said sale.

The Lienee must vacate said property on or before 11:59 p.m. on April 14, 2016 (or the next business day if April 14, 2016, falls on a legal holiday), if said lien is not reinstated under Minnesota Statutes Section 580.30, or if said property is not re-deemed under Minnesota Statutes Section 580.23, or if said redemp-tion period is not reduced under Minnesota law.

REDEMPTION NOTICETHE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW

FOR REDEMPTION BY THE LIEN-EE, OR THE LIENEE’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTH-ER THINGS, THAT THE LIENED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONEDDated: August 19, 2015 BIRNAMWOOD HOMES ASSOCIA-TIONLienorFELHABER LARSONBy: Fredrick R. KrietzmanAttorney Registration No. 211473Attorneys for Lienor220 South 6th Street, Suite 2200Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402(612) 373 8418


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CITY OF EAGANPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

TO: Property owners within 350’ of 510 Lone Oak Rd

APPLICANT:Peter Deanovic, Wyatt Sharing & CaringREQUEST: A Variance to the

Tree Preservation Ordinance.LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot 1, Block 1, Gift of MaryTIME OF HEARING: City Council Meeting: September 15, 2015 at 6:30 pmPLACE OF HEARING: City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob RoadANY QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Department

at (651) 675-5685 or contact Mike Ridley, the Planner at (651) 675-5650 or [email protected] with the following information:

DEVELOPMENT: Gateway Business Park - VarianceCASE #: 12-VA-06-08-15


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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 191

REGULAR BOARD MINUTESAUGUST 13, 2015

This is a summary of the Burns-ville-Eagan-Savage Regular School Board Meeting on Thursday, Au-gust 13, 2015, with full text avail-able for public inspection on the district website at www.isd191.org or the District Office at 100 River Ridge Court, Burnsville, MN.

The meeting was held at the Di-amondhead Education Center, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville, MN, 55337 and was called to or-der by Chair VandenBoom at 6:30 p.m. Board members present: Alt, Currier, VandenBoom, Schmid, Hill, Luth and Sweep. Superintendent Gothard, administrators, staff and members of the public were also present. Hill led the Pledge of Al-legiance.

The following Consent Agenda items were approved: minutes; personnel recommendations; do-nations; change order #1 for the 2015 Sky Oaks Elementary School Alterations Project in the amount of $7,107.0; change order #1 for the 2015 Diamondhead Education Center Early Childhood Program Alterations Project in the amount of $16,602.63; change order #1 for the 2015 Roof Rehabilitation at Rahn Elementary School and Eagle Ridge Junior High School in the amount of ($5,810.00); change orders #1, #2, #3 and #4 for the 2015 Pavement Rehabilitation Proj-ect at William Byrne Elementary and Marion W Savage Elementary Schools in the combined amount of $23,554.20; and change orders #001, #003, #004, #005, #006 for the 2015 additions

Reports presented: Superinten-dent Gothard and Chair Vanden-Boom gave verbal reports.

Recommended actions ap-proved: agenda; Ice Arena Lease with the City of Burnsville for the 2015-2016 year in the amount of $89,522.40 for a total of 407 hours of ice time; a five year land lease agreement with Burnsville High School Black and Gold Alumni Foundation; award the Burnsville High School Bid Package #3 to said contractors and authorize the signing of contracts with said contractors; award the base bid of $214,000.00 for the ISD 191 Pag-ing System Replacements project to Olympic Communications, Inc.; the Long-Term Facilities Main-tenance Revenue Application; resolution approving Intermediate School District No. 917’s Long-Term Facility Maintenance Pro-gram Budget and Authorizing the Inclusion of a Proportionate Share of Those Projects In the District’s Application for Long-Term Facil-ity Maintenance Revenue; lease financing for Chromebooks for a 34 month period in the amount not to exceed $400,000 and authorize the Executive Director of Business Services to finalize the lease docu-ments; procurement of technology Chromebooks, carts, and acces-sories through TIES Master Price Agreement with HP Inc. in the amount of $340,908.30 for 1310 G3 Chromebooks, 27 Carts, and ac-companying set-up and accesso-ries; first reading of Board Policies 405: Veteran’s Preference, 407: Employee Right to Know-Exposure to Hazardous Substances, 408: Subpoena of a School District Em-ployee, 414: Mandated Reporting of Child Neglect or Physical or Sex-ual Abuse, 415: Mandated Report-ing of Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults, 422: Policies Incorporated by Reference, 423: Employee-Stu-dent Relationships, 424: License Status, 427: Workload Limits for Certain Special Education Teachers and 509: Enrollment of Nonresident Students-Regulation. Rescind poli-cies GCDCA, GBED, GBLAC and 423-R and refer Policy 206: Public Participation in School Board De-liberations back to the Policy Re-view Committee.

The meeting adjourned at 8:28 p.m. to a closed session to discuss negotiation strategies as permitted by Minn. Statute § 13D.03.


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CITY OF EAGANADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed Bids will be received by the City of Eagan, Minnesota, in the Eagan Municipal Center at 3830 Pi-lot Knob Road, Eagan, MN 55122, until 11 A.M., CDT, Thursday, Sep-tember 24, 2015, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for the furnishing of all labor, materials, and all else necessary for the following:

Well No. 3 Pumphouse

Improvements

In general, Work consists of im-provements of a pump facility for Well No. 3, consisting of building modifications, well pump modifi-cations and motor addition, flow meter, check valve, electrical con-trols, lighting, conduit and wiring, HVAC, and related appurtenances. Also included with this project will be approximately 450 feet of 6” DIP and 350 feet of 12” DIP watermain installation with tree removals and site restoration.

Complete digital Bidding Docu-ments are available at www.questcdn.com for $20 by inputting QuestCDN eBidDoc #4069257 on the website’s Project Search page. Paper Bidding Documents may also be viewed at the City of Eagan and at Stantec, 2335 Highway 36 West, St. Paul, MN 55113, (651) 636-4600.

Direct inquiries to Engineer’s Project Manager, Mark Rolfs, at (651) 604-4872.

Bid Security in the amount of 5 percent of the amount of the Bid must accompany each Bid in ac-cordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

The Owner reserves the right to retain the deposits of the 3 lowest Bidders for a period not to exceed 60 days after the date and time set for the Opening of Bids. No Bids may be withdrawn for a period of 60 days after the date and time set for the Opening of Bids.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive ir-regularities and informalities there-in, and further reserves the right to award the Contract to the best interests of the Owner.Christina Scipioni, City ClerkCity of Eagan, Minnesota


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NOTICE OF INFORMAL PROBATE OF WILL

AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL

REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF DAKOTA DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICTCourt File No.: 19HA-PR-15-598Estate of Michael T. AshtonDecedent

Notice is given that an appli-cation for informal probate of the Decedent’s will dated December 27, 2013 has been filed with the Registrar. The application has been granted. Any objections may be filed with this Court and will be heard by the Court after proper no-tice of hearing.

Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed John T. Ashton, whose address is 806 15th Avenue North, South St. Paul, MN 55075 as personal repre-sentative of the Estate of the Dece-dent. Any heir, devisee or other in-terested person may be entitled to appointment as personal represen-tative or may object to the appoint-ment of the personal representa-tive. Unless objections are filed with the Court (pursuant to Minn. Stat 524.3-607) and the Court oth-erwise orders, the personal repre-sentative has full power to admin-ister the Estate including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate.

Notice is also given that (sub-ject to Minn. Stat 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representa-tive or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this notice or the claims will be barred.

Dated: September 1, 2015/s/ Deb HubleyRegistrarHeidi CarstensenCourt AdministratorAttorney for Personal Representa-tiveVincent K. HuttererHutterer & Krenn, P.A.7900 Xerxes Ave. S., Suite 928Bloomington, MN 55431Attorney license No.: 48550Telephone: 952-831-8585 FAX: 952-84290999

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 191INVITATION FOR

QUOTATIONSSECURITY CAMERAS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that written, sealed quotations will be received by Burnsville School Dis-trict, until 11:00 am. (SST), October 8th, 2015 for Security Cameras. At 1:00pm on October 8th, 2015 authorized persons of Strategic Source and Burnsville School Dis-trict will publicly open the quota-tions received and read aloud the names of interested parties submit-ting quotations, the dollar amount of their quotation and other perti-nent data. This meeting will be held in the offices of Burnsville Admin-istrative Services Center located at 100 River Ridge Rd., Burnsville, MN.

Quotations must be received by U.S. mail or delivered in person, on or before the above date and time, in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Burnsville Security Cameras” to:

Taylor GingrichStrategicSource10812 Nesbitt Avenue SouthBloomington, MN 55437Quotations received after the

due date and time will be rejected. Burnsville School District is using an open bid process for the pur-chase of security cameras and dis-claims usage of any other options allowed under applicable law. The School District reserves the right to reject any and all quotations and waive irregularities therein and fur-ther, reserves the right to award the contract to the lowest responsible bid that is in the best interest of Burnsville School District.

Questions regarding the RFQ and Specifications will be accepted until October 1st, at 4:30 p.m. A response to all questions received, will be provided to all interested parties by October 5th, 2015 at 5:00p.m. via email.

The winning quotation will be judged by a combination of price and the service as indicated in the specifications. General informa-tion and specifications may be obtained by Taylor Gingrich, Stra-tegicSource, ([email protected]).Dana ChouRegional Director Client Services StrategicSource


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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSCALL FOR BIDSPRINTER TONER

CARTRIDGES AND ON-SITE MAINTENANCE AND

REPAIR SERVICESNotice is hereby given that BIDS

will be received to award a contract for purpose of purchasing printer toner cartridges and on-site main-tenance and repair services by In-dependent School District 196 at the District Office located at 3455 153rd St W, Rosemount, MN 55068 until 2:00 p.m. on September 18, 2015, at which time and place, bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Complete instructions on how to obtain Bidding Documents can be found at: http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm

A Bid Bond, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check in the amount of 5% of the total bid price, made payable to Independent School District 196, must be submitted with the bid.

The School Board of Indepen-dent School District 196 reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in bidding.Gary L. Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

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Burnsville/EaganSeptember 4, 11, 2015

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This is a summary of the Inde-pendent School District No. 194 Regular Board of Education Meet-ing on Aug. 11, 2015 and Special Board of Education Meeting on Aug. 18 with full text available for public inspection on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

AUGUST 11, 2015

REGULAR MINUTES

The regular meeting was called to order at 8:02 p.m. followed by pledge of allegiance. All board members and administrators were present except Renae Ouillette.

Consent agenda items ap-proved: Minutes of the meetings on June 30, July 14, 23, 27 and Aug. 4; employment recommenda-tions, leave requests and resigna-tions; payment of bills & claims; donations; field trips; additional non-public school transportation contracts.

Reports presented: Update on Innovation Zone.

Approved actions: 2016-18 Technology and Future Ready Plan; Agreement to Share Education Ser-vices between LAPS and PLSAS.

Adjournment at 10:02 p.m. AUGUST 18, 2015

SPECIAL MINUTES

The special meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. All board members and administrators were present.

Approved actions: Resolution Relating to Increasing the General Education Revenue of the School District; Resolution Designating Administration of Absentee Voting; Resolution Establishing an Absen-tee ballot Board.

Discussions: Rebrand and web-site follow up; Impact Academy site study; preliminary assessment re-sults; John Kline roundtable.

Approved actions: Capital proj-ect bid award

Meeting adjourned at 8:38 p.m.Published in

Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganSeptember 4, 2015

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MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

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

ASSUMED NAME: PK RealtyPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 10564 Alison WayInver Grove Heights, MN 55077NAMEHOLDER(S): Name: Paula KrautAddress: 7697 157th St. WestApple Valley, MN 55077I, the undersigned, certify that

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

DATE FILED: 08/31/2015SIGNED BY:Paula Kraut - Owner

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Sept. 4 and Sept. 11, 2015443763

INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 917BOARD MINUTESAUGUST 25, 2015

This is a summary of the Inter-mediate School District 917 RegularSchool Board Meeting on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 with full text avail-able for public inspection on the district website at www.isd917.k12.mn.us or the District Office at 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount, MN 55068.

The meeting was called to order at 5:03 PM. Board members pres-ent: Dick Bergstrom, Bob Erickson,Jill Lewis, Dan Cater, Deb Clark, Vanda Pressnall, Melissa Sau-ser, and administrators were pres-ent. Absent: Ron Hill and Joanne Mansur. Good news reports were presented. The following Consent Agenda items were approved: min-utes, personnel, donations, bills to be paid, wire transfers and the investment report. 2015-2016 Ad-ministrative Operational Actions and Goals and School Board agen-da items were reviewed. Recom-mended actions approved: SchoolResource Officer Contract with Da-kota County and a denial of an em-ployee request for leave of absence.Adjournment at 5:34 PM.

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Burnsville/EaganSeptember 4, 2015

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CLOSED SESSION NOTESAUGUST 13, 2015

This meeting will be closed as permitted by Minnesota Statutes, §13D.03 to discuss ISD 191’s labor negotiation strategies.

The closed session was called to order by Chair VandenBoom at 8:35 p.m. at the Burnsville High School Senior Campus in the Dia-mondhead Education Center.

Members present: Directors Luth, Alt, Currier, Schmid, Hill, Sweep and Chair VandenBoom. Dr. Gothard, S. Sovine, L. Rider and J. Kenney were also present.

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the negotiation strate-gies related to BEA.

Hill left the meeting at 9:04 p.m. and returned to the meeting at 9:06 p.m.

The closed session adjourned at 9:23 p.m. /s/ DeeDee Currier, clerk


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LEGAL NOTICES

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 191SCHOOL BOARD

RETREAT MINUTES AUGUST 17, 2015

The meeting of the Board of Education was called to order by Chair VandenBoom at 8:00 a.m. at Emerson Process Management, 6021 Innovation Blvd., Shakopee, MN 55379.

Directors Currier, Alt, Hill, Schmid, Sweep and Chair Van-denBoom were present. Others in attendance were Superintendent Gothard, J. Kenney and Emerson employees.

Director Luth arrived at 8:23 a.m. Director VandenBoom left the meeting at 9:37 a.m. and returned at 9:39 a.m.

Administrators L. Rider, Dr. Stanley, C. Amoroso, D. Johnson, T. Umhoefer, S. Sovine and Dr. Fun-ston joined the meeting from 11:45 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

The purpose of the retreat was annual planning and touring Emer-son Process Management.

The retreat adjourned at 4:00 p.m. DeeDee Currier, clerk


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PUBLISHYOUR LEGALNOTICEHEREEmail legal notices for publication to [email protected] days anddeadlines vary. Call 763-691-6001 for more information.

SeniorsSocial Security presentation Beau Bauer and Mi-chael Pollock, financial advisors with Waddell & Reed, will present “Filing for Social Security: Flex-ibility and Choices for Your Retirement Income” on Sept. 23 at the Chart House Restaurant, 11287 Klamath Trail, Lakeville. The presentation is free. Call Michael Pollock at 218-727-1508 or email [email protected] for an invitation with complete information.

Apple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Se-nior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the fol-lowing activities, which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityofapplevalley.org.

Monday, Sept. 7 – Closed for Labor Day. Tuesday, Sept. 8 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Bi-cycle Group, 9 a.m.; Tues-day Painters, 9:30 a.m.; IMAX Coffee & Show, 9 a.m.; Pool, noon; Pinoch-le, 12:30 p.m.; Cribbage, 1 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Spanish – Intermedi-ate, 1 p.m.; Flu Shot Clin-ic, 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9:30 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Velvet Tones, 10 a.m.; Morn-ing Stretch, 10 a.m.; Eat to Live, 11:15 a.m.; Pool, noon; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Senior Law Project, 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Discover Group, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Du-plicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m.; Social Seniors, 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 – F.F. on Spokes, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.;

Watercolor Class, 1 p.m.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior events. Monday, Sept. 7 – Closed for Labor Day. Tuesday, Sept. 8 – Quil-ters, 9:30 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Trou-badours, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Le-gal App, 9 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Tai Chi, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; Hearing Clinic, 1 p.m.; SS Flex. Thursday, Sept. 10 – Gull Lake, 8 a.m.; Mas-sage, 9 a.m.; Fun & Friendship (program, en-tertainment, lunch, cards and bingo), 11 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Knitters,

9:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; SS Flex.

Farmington seniors The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more infor-mation on trips, programs and other activities, call 651-280-6970. Monday, Sept. 7 – Closed for Labor Day. Tuesday, Sept. 8 – Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fit-ness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Senior Surf Day, 10 a.m.; Chair Exer-cise, 10 a.m.; Wood Carv-ing, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; Yoga, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Happy Feet, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; School Box Tops, 10 a.m.; Senior Law Proj-ect, 11 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 – Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Sit-n-Stitch, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Ad-vance Care Planning, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; EZ Play, 2 p.m.; Model

Train Meeting, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Recycled Bingo, 1 p.m. Happy Harry’s Fur-niture Fundraiser – Stop by Happy Harry’s Furni-ture in Farmington and mention the Rambling River Center when order-ing/purchasing your new furniture. Happy Harry’s Furniture will give 10 per-cent of the purchase to the Rambling River Center.

Lakeville seniors All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for informa-tion. Monday, Sept. 7 – Closed for Labor Day. Tuesday, Sept. 8 – Life Line Screening, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Dominoes & Poker, 9 a.m.; Blood Pres-sure Checks, 9:30 a.m.; Tappercize, 9:30 a.m.; Craft Group, 9:30 a.m.; Pi-lates Mat Class, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15

a.m.; Zumba Gold, 10:30 a.m.; Active Adults Advi-sory Committee Meeting, noon; Party Bridge, noon; Billiards, 1 p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Dead-line: Diner’s Club. Wednesday, Sept. 9 – Men’s Golf at Gopher Hills, 8 a.m.; Health An-gels Biking, 8:30 a.m.; Poker & Hearts, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Pinochle, noon; Dime Bingo, 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 – Classic Voices Chorus, 9 a.m.; Motorcycle Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Cho-rus, 10:30 a.m.; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Red Hat Chorus at Friendship Village, 1:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Diner’s Club – Celts, Farmington, 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Pickleball at Bunker Hill Park, 9 a.m.; Poker & 500, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Tatting, 1 p.m. Dead-line: Let’s Go Fishing.

Business Business BuzzDoctors join FamilyHealth Two doctors special-izing in obstetrics and gynecology — Nicole Dohm-Palmer and Kaye Mickelson — have joined FamilyHealth Medical Clinics in Northfield, Lakeville and Farming-ton. Dohm-Palmer, MD, joins FamilyHealth Medi-cal Clinics on Sept. 8. She will see women and ado-lescent patients at Fami-lyHealth’s Northfield and Farmington clinics. Dohm-Palmer comes to FamilyHealth from United and Abbott North-western Hospitals, where she was an emergency obstetrician. She is board-certified as a fellow in the American Board of Ob-stetrics and Gynecology, and has 15 years of experi-

ence. She earned her medi-cal degree from the Uni-versity of Minnesota and did her resi dency at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She is also a graduate of Carleton Col-lege. Mickelson, MD, joins FamilyHealth Medical Clinic on Sept. 22. She will see female patients of all ages at the Northfield and Lakeville clinics. Mickelson previously worked at Allina Women’s Health in St. Paul. She is board-certified in ob-stetrics and gynecology and has over 20 years of experience. She earned her medical degree from the University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine and did her resi-dency at the University of Minnesota. Appointments can be made by calling Fami-

lyHealth in Lakeville at 952-469-0500 and Fami-lyHealth in Farmington at 651-460-2300.

Charter helps family in need Charter employee vol-unteers were in Farming-ton Saturday, Aug. 29, to support the company’s na-tional philanthropic initia-tive, Charter our Commu-nity, a program that seeks to improve 25,000 homes in the Charter footprint by 2020. Charter’s national ini-tiative joins with Rebuild-ing Together to provide critical home repairs to low-income homeowners. In Farmington, Charter worked with Rebuilding Together’s Twin Cities af-filiate to help a local fam-ily make their home wheel-chair accessible, safe and

healthy. Charter provided a fi-nancial contribution and volunteers to work along-side other Rebuilding To-gether volunteers to com-plete the project.

Credit union appreciation event Ideal Credit Union held its Community Apprecia-tion Event Aug. 10-14 at its five metro locations. Hundreds of people turned out each day to take part in the celebra-tion. More than 3,300 hot dogs were consumed over the course of the week, with 600 leftover hot dogs donated to missions in St. Paul. Five lucky members each pocketed $1,000 for having the winning serial number on their free sam-

ple $1 bill. Eagan’s $1,000 winner was James Flis, a 31-year member of Ideal Credit Union. The Ideal Credit Union Community Foundation donated $2,500 and pre-sented $500 checks to lo-cal food shelf representa-tives at each of the credit union’s five branches dur-ing the celebration. Local recipients included The Open Door in Eagan and Neighbors Inc. in West St. Paul. Event attendees brought donations for local food shelves and more than 500 attendees donated their sample $1 bill. Coats for the annual Salvation Army Coats for Kids drive were also col-lected.

Business CalendarTo submit items for the

Business Calendar, email: [email protected].

Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, Sept. 10, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Chamber Golf Classic, Valleywood Golf Course, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Valley. Registra-tion required. Individual fee: $140. Foursome fee: $520. In-formation: Kristy Barse at 952-432-8422 or [email protected].

Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, Sept. 9, 8-9 a.m., AM Coffee Break, US Federal Credit Union, 1400 Riv-erwood Drive, Burnsville. Free to attend. • Thursday, Sept. 10, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Business After Hours, Mediterranean Cruise Cafe, 12500 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free to attend. Dakota County Region-al Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, Sept. 10, 8-9

a.m. Eagan Coffee Break, Min-nesota Occupational Health, 1400 Corporate Center Curve, Suite 200, Eagan. Open to all DCRC members. Free. Regis-ter at www.dcrchamber.com. Information: Vicki Stute at 651-288-9201 or [email protected]. • Monday, Sept. 14, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Speed Net-working Luncheon, Valleywood Golf Course, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Valley. Cost: $25. Limited seating. Only one rep-resentative from each company

may attend. All participants must be a current member of the DCR Chamber. RSVP/infor-mation: 651-288-9201 or [email protected]. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, Sept. 9, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Teacher Appreciation Breakfast, Eastview Elementary School. Information: Shelley Jans at [email protected]. • Wednesday, Sept. 9, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., State of the Schools General Membership

Luncheon, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Catered by Rascal’s Catering in Apple Valley. Cost: $25 members, $40 nonmem-bers. Information: Shelley Jans at [email protected]. • Tuesday, Sept. 15, 4:30-10 p.m., Twins Group Outing, Chart House, 11287 Klamath Trail, Lakeville. Cost: $40. Reg-ister by Sept. 7. Information: Shelley Jans at [email protected].


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952-288-3419

3580 Household/Furnishings

Thomasville DR Set, $1,900tbl, 2lvs, pads, 8chairs,cab- inet, server. 952-994-2434

3600 MiscellaneousFor Sale

Diamond Ring Womans, 1.38 carats, size 7.5-8,

H color. Appr. at $2,950. Sell $1,395. 763-219-5271

3610 MiscellaneousWanted

Wanted to buy: 1958 Chevrolet Impala whole or part or older Corvettes. Al 763-242-1924

3620 MusicInstruments

Piano - Upright Decent Shape - Fritz. FREE!!!

952-836-9843

PIANO: Kimball console, french case w/matching bench. Exc cond! $695/BO. Call 952-432-0714

4000 SALES

4020 Crafts, Boutiques& Flea Markets

Craft & GiftMarket

Sat, Sept. 12 9am-3pm◆ 50+ Vendors

◆ Hand-Made Crafts◆ Favorite Gift Companies

Mount Olivet Church14201 Cedar Ave.Apple Valley, MN

4030 Garage& Estate Sales

APPLE VALLEY 9/10 (9-6);9/12 (9-12) Name brand Rub. stamps & suppls, HH, cloz. 7122 131st Circle

Apple Valley Rodeo Hills N’brhd Multi-Family Sale 9/11-12 (8-5) Huntington Drive off Palomino.

Blmgtn: Rummage Sale Holy Emmanuel Lutheran Church 9/10-12; Thurs-Fri 7-7; Sat ($5 Bag day) 7-12 Craft & Holiday items, HH, Men/Wmn/Kids cloz, Furn., Books, Toys, Games

201 East 104th Street

Bloomington 12+ Homes!9/10-11 (8-5) Furn, HH, tools, sports, kids, new items, coffee makers, Xmas, crafts 7000-7233 Oak Pointe Crve

Bloomington-9/11, 9/12 &9/13(8a-3p)high-end adult cloz-men/women. Kitchen

items! 9619 4th Ave S

Burnsville, Fri, Sept. 4-Sun, Sept. 6, 8 am - 5 pm. NEW Household items & decor, kid & baby, lawn care items, dog kennel, ofc. desk, like new kitchen items & clothing. 2401 Alcana Lane

Eagan: Fri., Sept. 4 - Sat., Sept. 5, (8-1). Lots of toys. Kids clothes.

1616 Clemson Dr

Edina, 9/5-7, 9-5. Moving Sale: Brass Bed, HH, Arts, CD’s, Patio, Linens, Books and Toys. 5705 Code Ave

Farmington, Thursday 9/3 & Friday 9/4, 8-5. Adult & Children’s Cloths, Dishes, & Antiques. 708 Spruce St


Eden Prairie, Fri. & Sat., Sept. 4-5 & 11-12, 9am to 4pm. Moving. 21 years of stuff: furniture, rugs, lawn & garden, snowblower, grill. Sports equipment: baseball, hockey, golf, snow board, water skis, weights, fishing, camping, bike. 612-803-0251, 18758 Magenta Bay

EDINA GIANT SALEChurch of St. Patrick20,000 sq ft of HH, Furn, Antqs, Bikes, Jewelry, Cloz

9/16 (5:30-9) Preview -$3 Adm.; 9/17 (8:30-8);9/18 (8:30-12) 1/2 Price;

9/18 (12:30-3) $3 Bag SaleGleason Rd & Valley View Rd

Lakeville, 9/11-12, 9a-5p Garage/Estate Sale

Home Decor, Furn, More Kindred Court

Memorabilia Sale, 9/12-9/13, 9am-3pm. Lots of Sports and high-end an-tiques pics on website address at oldisknew.com/upcoming-Sales

Minnetonka, 9/17-19, 9-5. HUGE CHARITY GARAGE SALE. 5243 Minnetoga Ter.

Mounds View, Saturday, September 12, 8-3. Realife Cooperative of Mounds View - Annual One Day Sale! Large to small. 7735 Silver Lake Road

New Brighton Estate SaleSat, Sept 12 (9-3) HH items cloz, collectibles, & more!

2287 Palmer Drive

PRIOR LAKEBargain Hunters

Black Friday! Wed., Sept. 9 4-8pm; Thurs., Sept. 10 9am-

8pm; Fri. Sept. 11 Half Price Day!

8am-Noon Annual Garage Sale

Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran

Church - Prior Lakewww.sollc.org

Richfield- 9/3-9/5 (9am-5pm) Multi Family! Xmas, HH,Furniture, Lots of Misc!

7600 13th Ave

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West St. PaulSalem Church Huge Sale!

Thurs & Fri, 9/3-4 (9-7); Sat, 9/5 (9-Noon)

Furn & 1000’s of great items!11 West Bernard St.

www.salemluth.org

4500 RENTALS / REAL ESTATE

4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

Apple Valley: 1 BR Condo, W/D, firepl., No pets. Avail now! $785 952-942-5328

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4550 Roommates &Rooms For Rent

Farmington-M.non-smkerFurn. room, $400 inc. utils appls. W/D. 651-463-7833

4570 StorageFor Rent

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

Warehouse for Rent!Great Location! 1200 sq. ft, concrete floor, heated and AC. 10 x 10 overhead

door. $675 per month.Call: 612-889-8768

5000 SERVICES

5050 Music &Dance Lessons

Piano Lessons Ages 6 & up. Mon,Thur, my home, Apple Valley: Call: 952-431-3245

5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

30+ Years ExperienceAsphalt Paving & SealcoatQuality Work W/Warranty

LSC Construction Svc, Inc 952-890-2403 / 612-363-2218

Mbr: Better Business Bureau

H & H Blacktopping612-861-6009

5110 Building &Remodeling

Decks, Kitchens, Baths!Christian Brothers

ConstructionMinn Lic. BC679768

612-423-2784

5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

Above All Hardwood Floors Installation-Sanding-Finishing

“We Now InstallCarpet, Tile & Vinyl.”

952-440-WOOD (9663)

Escobar Hardwood Floors, LLC

We offer professional services for your wood floors!

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

Professional w/15 yrs exp.

952-292-2349SANDING-REFINISHINGRoy’s Sanding Service

Since 1951 952-888-9070

5160 Commercial &Residential Cleaning

Professional Cleaning w/o paying the high priceHonest, dep, reas. Exc. refs Therese 952-898-4616

Wkly/bi-wkly/monthly 10+ years exp., refs. Amber 612-245-3852

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CONCRETE & MASONRYSteps, Walks, Drives,

Patios Chimney Repair. No job to Sm.

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


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

ConstructionMinn Lic. BC679768

612-716-0388

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DAN’S CONCRETEDriveways, Patios, Sidewalks, Blocks,

Footings, Etc.25 Years of Experience

612-244-8942

Dave’s Concrete & Masonry

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

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& Floors. New or replacement. Tear out

& removal. Will meet or beat almost any quote! • 952-469-2754 •

Lowell Russell Concrete

BBB A+ Rating - Angies List Honor Roll

From the Unique to the Ordinary

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

acid stained floors and counter tops.

www.staincrete.com952-461-3710

[email protected]

St. Marc Ready Mix Concrete

1-100 yards delivered. Both small & large trucks. Con-tractors & Homeowners.

952-890-7072

5190 Decks

DECK CLEANING & STAINING

Professional and Prompt Guaranteed Results.

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

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5210 Drywall

PINNACLE DRYWALL*Hang *Tape *Texture

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

5220 Electrical

DAGGETT ELECTRICGen. Help & Lic. Elec.

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

JNH Electric 612-743-7922Bonded Insured Free Ests

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

TEAM ELECTRICteamelectricmn.com

Lic/ins/bonded Res/Com All Jobs...All Sizes

Free Ests. 10% Off W/AdCall 952-758-7585

5260 Garage Doors

GARAGE DOORS & OPENERS

Repair/Replace/Reasonable

Lifetime Warranty on All Spring Changes

www.expertdoor.com 651-457-7776

5280 Handyperson

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

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

Painting & Flooring#BC679426 MDH Lead SupervisorDale 952-941-8896 office

612-554-2112 cellWe Accept Credit Cards

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R.A.M. CONSTRUCTIONAny & All Home Repairs

�Dumpster Service�Carpentry

� Baths & Tile �Windows�Water/Fire Damage �DoorsLic-Bond-Ins Visa Accepted

5 Star Home ServicesHandyman, Painting, In-stall Appliances & Mainte-nance. Sm/Lg Jobs. Ref/Ins 40+yrs. Bob 952-855-2550

952-484-3337 Call RayR & J

Construction* Decks * Basements*Kitchen/Bath Remod*Roofing & Siding*All Types of Tile

Free Quotes & IdeasA-1 Work Ray’s Handyman

No job too small!!Quality Work @ Competitive

Prices! Roofing & Roof RepairRay 612-281-7077

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

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

Home Tune-up • Fix It • Replace It

• Upgrade It Over 40 Yrs Exp.

Ins’d Ron 612-221-9480

5340 Landscaping

AB LANDSCAPING General Landscaping

& Shrub Trimming Call Al at

952-432-7908

E-Z LandscapeRetaining/Boulder Walls,

Paver Patios, Bobcat Work, Mulch & Rock, & Fences.Call 952-334-9840


5370 Painting &Decorating

5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters

5510 Full-time

5420 Tree Care &Stump Removal



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5340 Landscaping

� MN Nice �Gardens & Landscapes

952-288-7693 Modern Landscapes • Retaining Walls • Paver Patios • “Committed to Excellence” • Summer

Pricing 612-205-9953 modernlandscapes.biz

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

763-420-3036 952-240-5533

Offering Complete Landscape Services

apluslandscapecreations.com

5350 Lawn &Garden Services

$40 Lawn AerationsMulti Neighbor DiscountWkly Mowing/Dethatching

Mark 651-245-7876


*A and K PAINTING*Schedule Winter Painting!

Painting/Staining. Free Est. 952-474-6258 Ins/Bond

Major Credit Card Accepted


3 Interior Rooms/$275Wallpaper Removal.

Drywall Repair. Cabi-net Enameling and

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

Visit us atSunThisweek.com

612•390•6845Quality ResidentialPainting & Drywall

Ceiling & Wall TexturesH20 Damage-Plaster Repair

Wallpaper RemovalINTERIOR � EXTERIOR

*A and K PAINTING*Schedule Winter Painting!

Painting/Staining. Free Est. 952-474-6258 Ins/Bond

Major Credit Card Accepted

Ben’s PaintingInt/Ext, Drywall Repair

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

benspaintinginc.com

952-432-2605 DAVE’S PAINTING

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

Will meet or beat any price! Lic/Ins

Visa/MC 952-469-6800

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

5380 Plumbing

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

Jason 952-891-2490


A Family Operated Business

No Subcontractors Used

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

Ins. 952-891-8586

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Re-Roofing & Roof Repairs - 30 Yrs Exp

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

Call 952-925-6156


◆ Roofing ◆ Siding Gutters ◆ Soffit/Fascia

TOPSIDE, INC. 612-869-1177

Lic CR005276 ◆ Bonded ◆ Insured

35 Yrs Exp. A+ Rating BBB


$0 For Estimate Timberline Tree & Landscape.

Summer Discount - 25% Off Tree Trimming, Tree

Removal, Stump Grinding 612-644-8035 Remove Large

Trees & Stumps CHEAP!!

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

Reasonable Rates. absolutetreeservicemn.com

Al & Rich’s Low CostStump Removal, Portable Mach. Prof. tree trimming

••• 952-469-2634 •••

ArborBarberMN.com612-703-0175 Mbr: BBB

Trimming, Removal & Stump Grinding.

BretMann Stump GrindingFree Ests. Best$$ Ins’d

Bck Yrd Acc 612-290-1213

Easy Tree Service, LLCTree Trim / Removal

Lic / Ins. Eugene 651-855-8189


Call Jeff forStump Removal

Narrow Access Backyards Fully Insured

Jeff 612-578-5299

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

952-888-5123

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Silver Fox ServicesTree Trimming/RemovalFully Licensed & Insured

BBB AccreditedRegistered W/Dept of Ag.

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

952-883-0671 612-715-2105

Tall Oaks Tree ServiceTree Removal & Trimming

Free Ests ◆ Fully InsuredAerial Lift 651 707 5074

Thomas Tree Service25 yrs exp./ Expert Climb.

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

Free Ests 952-440-6104

TREE TRUST LANDSCAPE SERVICESYour Tree Care Experts!

Removal & Pruning Emerald Ash Borer Trtmt952-767-3880 Free Est

TreeTrustLS.com Lic/Ins

5440 Window Cleaning

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

Sparkling Clean Window Washing Free ests. Ins’d. 952-451-1294

5500 EMPLOYMENT

5510 Full-time

30 Yr Heating & Air Con-ditioning Co. looking for FT Service Technician,

New Home Installers, & Retrofit Installers.

Apply in person: 3451 W. Burnsville Parkway #120

or apply online: www.burnsvilleheating.com

AutomotiveJim Cooper’s Goodyear

Sales and General Ser-vice openings. Full & Part time. 401K, paid vacation, insurance, uniforms. Apply at: www.jimcoopers.com

651-454-3250

5510 Full-time

City of Prior LakeMaintenance V /

Streets and UtilitiesFT position to perform rou-tine manual labor & equip-ment operation. Class A MN commercial driver’s license or obtain in 6 months. $22.91-27.36/hr DOQ plus benefits. Application dead-line is Sept 25, 2015. Apply at www.cityofpriorlake.com/jobs.php, or e-mail [email protected]

or call 952-447-9800

FT Teller PositionComp. pay, Exc benefits! Cash handling exp. pref’d. Learn more and apply at:www.sharepointcu.comSharePoint Credit Union




5530 Full-time orPart-time

5520 Part-time


5520 Part-time

Community Living OptionsNow Hiring Part time RN

for our Group home in South Washington County in the

Stillwater, Lakeland and Maplewood areas.

Experience in geriatric care preferredMust be current on RN license and

familiar with State licensing andregulations pertaining to assisted living.

To apply send resume to Carla Fatland by

fax 320-629-1214 or via email: [email protected]

Home Care RNs

Ecumen Home Care-Twin Cities is a Medicare-certified, state licensed home health agency serving

the Minneapolis Metro and surrounding areas.

We are currently seeking experienced home health RN Case Managers and Field RNs to join our team in the following service areas:

◆Apple Valley ◆Chisago City/North Branch ◆Maplewood ◆St. Paul

To apply please visit: http://www.ecumen.org/careers

Please select, “I am interested in becoming an Ecumen employee”,

search MN-Coon Rapids from the Location field and select one of the Registered Nurse (RN) positions

Ecumen Home Care – Twin Cities

CNA/Home Health Aide Positions

Ecumen Home Care-Twin Cities is a Medicare-certified, state licensed home health agency serving

the Minneapolis Metro and surrounding areas.

We are currently seeking Home Health Aides to join our team providing ser-vices in the following service areas:

�Apple Valley �Chisago City/NorthBranch �Maplewood �St. Paul

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5510 Full-time

Drivers-Class A-Hiring Event

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Visit our HIRING EVENTSept 2nd, 3rd or 4th

7 am to 6 pmMcLane Company1111 W 5th Street

Northfield, MN

Eligible CDL A Applicants:21 Years of AgeHS Diploma50,000 Safe Driving Miles

Call Hollie at McLane Northfield Today!

(507) 664-3038Email resume:

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5510 Full-time

Private Country Club – Now Hiring

Banquet ServersBanquet Captain

Dining Room AttendantsRestaurant Servers PT/FT

Grounds CrewGardener Assistant

PT Flexible Schedules

17976 Judicial Road, Lakeville, MN 55044

[email protected]

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Pump Repair & InstallationMechanic/Maintenance Mechanical, electrical, plumbing exp helpful.

Must work outside. Good pay & benefits DOE &

attitude. 952-469-1422

5510 Full-time

Nurse PCA

Regency Home Healthcare

has immediate opportu-nities for compassionate people to join our team!

RN’s and LPN’s Our agency is searching for nurses in Eagan, Hastings, Farmington, St.Paul, Ma-plewood, Roseville, Blaine, New Brighton, and Crystal.

All applicants must have current RN or LPN license. We welcome new gradu-ates & experienced nurses.

Regency provides services to all age’s pediatrics to geriatric. We specialize in medically complex cases including vent dependant clients. This allows the nurses to experience ICU level care in clients home. Our nurses enjoy the ben-efit of full or part-time schedules. We have an ex-cellent office staff that pro-vides respectable customer service. Also, Regency pro-vides extensive training with our veteran staff.

PCA’SPart time day and/or eve-ning PCAs to care for in-dividuals in their homes. Help needed in the Mounds View, Apple Val-ley, Eagan, St Paul, White Bear Lake, Shoreview, and Lino Lakes areas. Re-sponsible for assisting with client cares, food prepa-ration, light housekeep-ing, and laundry. Must be compassionate, have great attention to detail, excellent problem solving skills, strong communica-tion skills, and must have a valid driver’s license.

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TRUCK DRIVERS-OTR/CLASS A CDL

Ashley Distribution Ser-vices in Blaine, MN seeks:

•TRUCKLOAD DRIVERS (No Touch) Earning poten-

tial avg. $68,000 year•Home Weekly •Paid Vacation

•Full Benefit Package• Paid Holidays

Class A CDL & at least 1 year current OTR exp. Clean MVR/PSP Reports.

Call 1-800-837-2241 email: jobs@

ashleydistributionservices.com or www.

ashleydistributionservices.com to apply under jobs.

5520 Part-time

Fantasy GiftsSales Clerk - PT

Evenings and weekends, set schedule.

Lakeville location11276 210th St W.

Applications at store orSend resume to:

[email protected]

Now Hiring: Book Processors

& ShelversPT and On Call

Attention to detail req’d. Friendly, casual environ. Day & evening hours, ending by 8pm! For job

description or to apply:www.mackin.com

–Employment Or apply in person at: Mackin Educational

Resources 3505 Co. Rd. 42 W.

Burnsville, MN 55306 Mon-Fri 9am-4pm

Reliable HCAs for Bville & Rsmt group homes. All hours. Able to drive handicapped vehicle. Must have clean driving record. 651-452-5781

5520 Part-time

PT Cleaning Two positions avail. Apple Valley: 10a-2p, 6 days/wk, $11/hr to start. Rosemount: 4 eves/wk, 2 hr shifts. Call Mike leave msg. 612-501-2678

5520 Part-time

Retail/Clerk PT- Days/Evenings & Weekends for responsible

adult. Apply in person:Blue Max Liquors14640 10th Ave S.

Burnsville


CNAs - LIVE-IN OP-PORTUNITIES for south metro clients! Matrix Home Health Care Spe-cialists is now hiring. We offer 3-7 day schedules, competitive pay & ben-efits. JOIN OUR TEAM TODAY! Apply at www.matrixhomehealthmn.com 952-525-0505

Community Living

Options

NEW LOCATION INSTILLWATER

OPENING SOONNOW HIRING FOR

ALL POSITIONSSeeking motivated

people to implement programs &community integration.

651-237-1087or

www.clo-mn.com

Community Living Options,

Seeking motivated people to implement

programs & com-munity integration.

Starting pay $11.05 FT/PT & Relief avail.

651-237-1087 or www.clo-mn.com

Housekeeping/Starts $10/hr

AmericInn Hotel, in Apple Valley, is currently seeking to grow our housekeeping

team. 952-431-3800 [email protected]

MN Valley Country Club Golf Course-Maintenance positions FT & PT no ex-perience necessary. Excel-lent opportunity for semi-retired individuals and all others. Competitive wage, golf privileges and free lunch! Email: mbrower@

mvccgolf.com or call Mike at: 612-816-3776

5540 Healthcare

Now Hiring!!Children’s Mental HealthCase Manager needed toprovide targeted case man-agement services to chil-dren in Goodhue County.Some evening hours re-quired. Must have Bach-elor’s degree in humanservice field & relevant ex-perience. Send resume to:Fernbrook Family Center

PO Box 977Owatonna, MN 55060

or email: [email protected]


the stop at the Burnsville Transit Station across the highway fell through. But three county com-missioners, including Liz Workman of Burnsville, are wary of a proposed site on Travelers Trail west of Nicollet Avenue. Carlson said the site has ample parking at the nearby Heart of the City Parking deck, which serves the adjacent Ames Center and other visitors to the downtown Heart of the City area. “That’s an area we see a lot of synergy with,” Carl-son said. “Our peak time wouldn’t be when (Ames Center) event times are.” The Heart of the City Park and Ride Ramp also offers nearby spaces, he said.

With Travelers Trail, Workman sees a potential repeat of the flawed Red Line BRT stop at the Ce-dar Grove Transit Station in Eagan. The Travelers Trail stop, like the Cedar Grove station, is “offline” — a distance from the main route. After Red Line com-muters grew frustrated by the circuitous route to the Cedar Grove station, Da-kota County and regional officials decided to build an “online” BRT station in the median of Cedar Avenue. Riders will take a walkway over Cedar to get back to their cars at the transit station. The fix is expected to knock 10 min-utes off the Red Line com-mute. The Travelers Trail site poses similar problems, with buses leaving the freeway and re-entering

via Burnsville Parkway, Workman said. That’s not genuine bus “rapid” tran-sit, she said. “You can’t call the Travelers Trail station BRT,” said Workman, chair of the Dakota County Regional Rail Au-thority, comprised of the seven county commission-ers. “You can call it local service, you can call it ex-press service, you can call it whatever — but it’s not BRT.” The Travelers Trail site “isn’t exactly comparable” to the Cedar Grove Tran-sit Station, Carlson coun-ters. There, buses must go through 10 signalized intersections after leav-ing Cedar Avenue, while the Travelers Trail site has only one signal delay, at Burnsville Parkway and I-35W, Carlson said. Buses would exit the freeway to

Highway 13 and Nicollet Avenue and re-enter from Burnsville Parkway, he said. “There’s about a 10-minute delay for al-most everybody who rides the Red Line. But we don’t have nearly that kind of delay — it’s two minutes or so in the case of the Travelers Trail site,” Carl-son said. Commissioners Mary Liz Holberg and Nancy Schouweiller share her concerns, Workman said. A second Heart of the City site being considered, further south at Travelers Trail and Burnsville Park-way, would offer “more the true form of bus rapid transit because it’s right next to the freeway,” Workman said. The first Travel-ers Trail site is better because of its ample

parking, according to Carlson. Another site, on the Burnsville Parkway bridge, has been discussed but judged unsafe, said Steve Albrecht, Burnsville public works director. A true online station in the freeway median is im-possible because there’s no room, Albrecht said. The city, which isn’t a funding partner in the Orange Line, has no say in the station location but would support either Heart of the City site, Al-brecht said. “The Heart of the City is the type of destination point that Metro Tran-sit wants on the Orange Line,” he said. “There’s a lot of things going on there. It’s meant to be a more transit-oriented area.” Metro Transit had originally hoped to build

the stop at the Burnsville Transit Station on the north side of Highway 13. But it’s already too busy, local officials countered. Carlson said Metro Transit will continue working on the issue with other agencies involved in the project and local elect-ed officials. The Dakota County Regional Rail Authority has yet to vote on a funding commitment for its share of the project cost, Carlson said. Local funding in Hennepin and Dakota counties will cover about 10 percent of the cost, he said. The second phase of the project will extend the Orange Line into Lake-ville, with a possible stop at Burnsville Center.

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

Avenue. This year the event will be held Saturday, Sept. 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. along portions of Eagan Outlet Parkway near the outlet mall. Participants are en-couraged to walk, bike or in-line skate to the event, which has free parking available on surface lots in the outlet mall and in the Cedar Grove parking ga-rage. Event organizers are also encouraging people to take a shuttle or Min-nesota Valley Transit Au-thority bus. Shuttle buses will be available at Cedar School at the corner of Nicols Avenue and Diffley Road and at Christ Lu-theran Church at Diffley Road west of Blackhawk Road. Many of the same family-friendly events

will return this year in-cluding carnival games, a children’s play area with jumpers, face painting, balloon artists and raffles and contests. Pickleball demonstra-tions will also be back this year. After a food truck fes-tival last year drew in 8,000 people, organizers decided to add food trucks to Streets Alive. The event will feature about 20 food trucks that will offer a va-riety of fare from Asian to Latin to “zombie bites.” The Streets Alive event drew about 3,000 people two years ago. Organizers say they expect the addi-tion of food trucks will more than double atten-dance. Families will be able to listen to Armadillo Jump, LaValle Jazz Cats and 7 Cats Swing perform on two stages and check out

vehicles and demonstra-tions from Eagan police, fire and public works de-partments. Representatives from Eagan Athletic Associa-tion, Boy Scouts of Amer-ica, Girl Scouts, District 196 Community Educa-tion, The Open Door and many other local organi-zations will be at booths along the route. This year’s event is sponsored by the city of Eagan, Sun Thisweek, The Urgency Room, Twin Cit-ies Premium Outlets and the Eagan Convention and Visitors Bureau. For more information and to view a music sched-ule and map, visit www.cityofeagan.com/Alive.

Jessica Harper is at jes-s i ca .harper@ecm- inc.com or facebook.com/sun-thisweek.

The second Streets Alive event will return to Eagan on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at a new location. The free event opens portions of roadways to pedestrians to connect with more than 100 local community groups, volunteer organizations, city dis-plays, and family and fitness activities. This year, the event will be along Eagan Outlet Parkway in the Cedar Grove area. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

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Free buckthorn workshop set for Burnsville residents The city of Burnsville will offer a free workshop for residents, “Take Back Your Woods – How to Win the Buckthorn Bat-tle,” from 6:15-7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, at

Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Center Parkway. The workshop will provide information to help resi-dents improve the health of area woods – whether a small patch of trees or sev-

eral acres. Pre-registration is re-quired The workshop will be led by Cheryl Culbreth, owner of Landscape Res-toration Inc., and an ex-

pert in woodland restora-tion. Topics will include: – How to successfully remove buckthorn. – How to bring back native plants. – Maintaining restored

woodlands. – Available city pro-grams to assist residents with buckthorn removal. Limited space is avail-able. Register by calling 952-895-4550. The work-

shop is open to Burnsville residents only. For more information on buck-thorn, visit www.burns-ville.org/buckthorn.

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History talks in Rosemount The Rosemount His-torical Society is partner-ing with the Robert Trail Library to present a series of history talks beginning in September and con-tinuing every other month through March. Rosemount resident John Loch is set to present the first program at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10. (Last week’s edition incor-rectly listed the date of the presentation as Sept. 13.) Loch will discuss the con-nection between a Ger-man World War II rocket specialist and the begin-nings of Rosemount Engi-neering. There is no cost to at-tend. The Robert Trail li-brary is located at 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount.

Lakeville Art Festival set Sept. 19-20 The 13th annual Lakev-ille Art Festival will be held 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 19 and 20 in historic downtown Lakeville on the grounds of the Lakev-ille Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. This free festival will have more than 70 exhib-iting artists, ongoing artist

demonstrations, silent art auction (Saturday only), and hands-on community art projects for both adults and children. Local children’s author Nancy Nolan will pres-ent her recently published book, “Mr. Munson’s It-vice on Bullying.” There will be a diverse lineup of performing art-ists and food vendors. LakeVinery & Hops will serve fine wine and craft beer. For more information, go to www.lakevilleartfes-tival.org or call 952-985-4640.

Dakota City garden tour Dakota City Heritage Village’s flower gardens will be open for a tour from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 9. The tour will be led by a cos-tumed guide and a master gardener. Participants will ride the trolley through the village and take a trip to the nearby prairie to view the native flowers and grasses. The master gardener will be on hand to share information about the gardens and to provide tips for flower gardening. The tour will end with a hand-dipped ice cream

cone treat at the Dakota City drugstore. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own bag lunch and have a picnic on the village grounds after the tour. Registration is required with a small fee. Call the office at 651-460-8050, ext. 3, or email [email protected]. The village is located on the Dakota County Fairgrounds at 4008 220th St. W., Farmington.

Harvest of art celebration The Eagan Art House is holding its 10th annual Harvest of Art Celebra-tion from 12-4 p.m. Sun-day, Sept. 13. The event includes the opening of the Harvest of Art exhibit featuring the artwork of more than 40 local artists. It also features an out-door raku pottery firing, pottery sale, artist dem-onstrations, entertain-ment by WindWood with vocalist Paula Lammers, a hands-on activity with Minnesota Center for Book Arts and refresh-ments from Dunn Bros. Register for an art house class during the event and receive a 15 per-cent discount. For more information,

call the Eagan Art House at 651-675-5521.

Comedy at Mystic Lake Sarah Colonna and Jeff Bodart will take the Mys-tic Comedy Club stage at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, and Saturday, Sept. 19, at Mystic Lake in Prior Lake. Headliner Colonna penned the New York Times bestseller “Life As I Blow It” and “Has Anyone Seen My Pants.” The comedian is a round-table regular on “Chelsea Lately” and stars in “After Lately.” On the big screen, Colonna had comedic roles in “Back in the Day” and Diablo Cody’s “Para-dise.” The “Last Comic Standing” semifinalist has made guest appear-ances on “Battle Creek,” “Killing Hasselhoff,” “The United States of Tara,” “Scare Tactics” and “Monk.” Bodart is a regular guest on the nationally syndicated radio show, “The Bob & Tom Show.” He has performed at com-edy festivals around the nation, including The World Series of Comedy, Laugh Your Asheville Off and the Cape Fear Com-edy Festival.

Tickets are $19. Mature audiences only. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for details.

Kansas at Mystic Classic rock group Kansas performs at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake. Emerging in the early ’70s as a garage band, Kansas produced eight gold albums, three sex-tuple-platinum albums (“Leftoverture,” “Point of Know Return,” “The Best of Kansas”), one plati-num live album (“Two for the Show”) and a million-selling single, “Dust in the Wind.” Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 5 for $29 and $39. Contact the box of-fice at 952-496-6563 or visit mysticlake.com for details.

Riverwalk Market Fair Music by Alexander’s Ragtime Brass, Cannon River Watershed Part-nership rain barrel activ-ity, fresh local produce and flowers, and arts and crafts will be featured at Riverwalk Market Fair

from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat-urday, Sept. 5, in down-town Northfield’s Bridge Square. For more informa-tion, visit www.Riverwalk-MarketFair.org.

Women of Note at Guthrie The Eagan Women of Note, under the direction of Taylor Quinn, will be the featured choir for the Oct. 16 performance of “The Events,” an inter-nationally acclaimed play with music at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Award-winning Scot-tish playwright David Greig’s “The Events” fol-lows a community’s search for compassion, peace and understanding in the wake of unthinkable violence. A response to the 2011 Norway attacks, the pro-duction delves into faith, politics and reason, and features music sung by a different community choir at each performance. “The Events” explores the desire to fathom the unfathom-able and asks how far for-giveness will stretch in the face of atrocity. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. performance on Oct. 16 may be purchased on-line at https://www.guth-rietheater.org or by phone at 612-377-2224.

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Books SouthSide Writers, Satur-day workgroup for aspiring writ-ers, offering critique, submission and manuscript preparation in-formation, support and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. In-formation: 651-688-0365.

Events/Festivals Traders Market, Sept. 5-7, 10675 260th St. E., Elko New Market. Antique and vintage sale. Admission: $6. Information: www.tradersmarket.us. Renaissance Festival, weekends Aug. 22 to Oct. 4, plus Labor Day and Festival Friday, Oct. 2, 12364 Chestnut Blvd., Shakopee. Information: www.renaissancefest.com. Burnsville Fire Muster, Sept. 8-12. Information: www.burnsvillefiremuster.com. Ramble Jam, Sept. 11-12, Dakota County Fairgrounds, 4008 W. 220th St., Farmington. Information: www.ramblejam-country.com. Streets Alive: The Cedar Grove Experience, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, Eagan Outlets Parkway, Eagan. Infor-mation: www.cityofeagan.com/alive. Caponi Art Park Bluegrass Festival, Sunday, Sept. 13, Ca-poni Art Park and Learning Cen-ter, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. Information: www.caponiartpark.org or 651-454-9412. Lakeville Art Festival, Sept. 19-20, on the grounds of the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Information: www.lakevilleartfestival.org. Lone Oak Days, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 19-20, Holz Farm, 4669 Manor Drive, Eagan. Infor-mation: http://www.cityofeagan.com.

Exhibits

Outdoor Painters of Min-nesota exhibit runs Aug. 13 to Sept. 19 at the art gallery at Ames Center, 12600 Nicol-let Ave., Burnsville. Information: 952-895-4685. Gary Holthusan painting exhibit is on display through late September at Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount.

Music Justin Hayward, 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $40-$78 at the box of-fice, by phone at 800-982-2787 or online at Ticketmaster.com. Huey Lewis and The News, 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Tickets: $49 and $59. Information: www.mys-ticlake.com or 952-445-9000. Night of Worship: Benefit Concert for Team World Vision, 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, Faith Covenant Church, 12921 Nicol-let Ave. S., Burnsville. Tickets: $15, includes a bottle of clean water (children age 12 and un-der are free). Purchase tickets at: TWVnightofworship.eventbrite.com. Donny & Marie Celebrating the Holidays, 8 p.m. Nov. 20-21, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Tickets: $79-$119. Information: www.mysticlake.com.

Workshops/classes/other Allegro Choral Academy is currently accepting registrations for singers entering grades two through nine. Students in grades seven to nine must schedule an audition by emailing [email protected]. Registration and other information is at www.allegroca.org or 952-846-8585. The Alle-gro season begins on Sept. 17. Kind Hearts Princess School filled with singing, danc-ing and acting, celebrating being a princess in God’s kingdom. Ages 4-7: Mondays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Sept. 28, Oct. 12-26, Nov. 2-16. Ages 3-5: Wednesdays,

12:30-1:30 p.m. Oct. 7-28, Nov. 4-18. Held at Footsteps Dance Studio in Burnsville. Cost: $97. Princesses wear whatever makes them feel beautiful that allows for movement. They will need ballet shoes for proper bal-let technique. Information: Miss Karin at [email protected]. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Oil painting workshop: “Copying Old Masters” with Dan Petrov, 6-9 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 10 through Oct. 15, at 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Pre-register by phone at 763-843-2734 . Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Arts Building, Burns-ville. Information: www.christine-tierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art educa-tion through drawing and paint-ing. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Present-ed by Making Scents in Minne-sota. Line dance classes Mon-days at Lakeville Heritage Cen-ter, 20110 Holyoke Ave., begin-ners 1-2 p.m., intermediate 2-4 p.m. Information: Marilyn, 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the sec-ond Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Informa-tion: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

From the Archives

Three Dakota County boys were captured demonstrating their “para-cycle” in this photo from the June 29, 1981, edition of Thisweek News. The boys — Eric Ross, 13, Dan Mossberg, 12, and Jim Ross, 11 — used the top of a tent as a wind-catcher in an experiment to power a bicycle on a quiet residential street. An editor noted in the text accompanying the photo, “Although the para-cycle may not be too practical, it demonstrates the ingenuity of three energy-conscious boys.”

Fire Muster returnsBurnsville Fire Muster will run Sept. 8-13 in various lo-cations throughout the city of Burnsville, with much of the activity at Civic Center Park. The event’s big day is Saturday, Sept. 12, when there is the Fire Truck and Community Parade, carni-val, fire demonstrations and more. For more information, go online to SunThisweek.com/tag/Fire-Muster-2015 or burnsvillefiremuster.com. (File photo by Tad Johnson)


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Friday, Sept. 4 Forever Wild Family Fri-day: Paddling Fun, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Cen-ter, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. Try out canoes, kayaks and stand up paddleboarding. All ages. Free. Registration requested. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks/.

Wednesday, Sept. 9 Nature Play Date, 1-2 p.m., Cleary Lake Regional Park, Prior Lake. Explore the park and meet other families interested in getting their children outdoors. Wear appropriate clothes and shoes. Free for all ages. Chil-dren 17 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Eagan Market Fest, 3-7 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. Farmers market. En-tertainment by RAMM (Real American Made Music) and Ga-lactic Cowboy Orchestra. Infor-mation: www.cityofeagan.com/marketfest or 651-675-5500. Eagan Garden Club meet-ing, 7-9 p.m., Eagan Munici-pal Center, 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Speaker: Bonnie Blodgett: Food for Thought.Saturday, Sept. 12

Metro Republican Women breakfast meeting, 8:30 a.m., Mendakota Country Club, 2075 Mendakota Drive, Mendota Heights. Speaker: Mike McFad-den. Cost: $18 members, $20 nonmembers, $10 students. Walk-ins welcome, but reser-vations preferred. For reser-vations, contact Kaki Frost at [email protected]. RSVP by Sept. 9. Third annual Run2Walk (1K fun run, 5K, 10K and 5K wheel chair roll), 9 a.m., Healthworks/Danceworks, 17470 Glacier Way, Lakeville. Proceeds ben-efit spinal cord injury research. Register at http://Run2Walkmn.org. Information: 952-432-7123. Eastview Marching Band Festival, 5 p.m., Eastview High School, 6200 140th St. W. Tickets go on sale at 3:30 p.m.; gates open at 4 p.m. Information: http://www.mid-westmarching.com/2015/east-view2015.htm.

Ongoing Emotions Anonymous meetings, 7:30-9 p.m. Tues-days at SouthCross Community Church, 1800 E. County Road 42 (at Summit Oak Drive), Apple Valley. EA is a 12-step program for those seeking emotional health. All are welcome. Infor-mation: http://www.emotion-sanonymous.org/.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • Sept. 4, 1-7 p.m., Kowal-ski’s Market, 1646 Diffley Road, Eagan. • Sept. 5, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. • Sept. 8, 1-7 p.m., Rose-mount Community Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail, Rose-mount. • Sept. 10, 12-6 p.m., Hope Church, 7477 145th St., Apple Valley. • Sept. 10, 1-7 p.m., Lu-theran Church of the Ascension, 1801 E. Cliff Road, Burnsville. • Sept. 11, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pi-lot Knob Road, Eagan. • Sept. 11, 12-6 p.m., BMO Harris Bank, 17636 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville. • Sept. 12, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville. • Sept. 12, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville.

From the secret files of Craig MacIntoshSuspense novelist featured at Sept. 15 author event

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


“Wolf’s Vendetta” isn’t the book Craig Macintosh initially set out to write. The Rosemount author had planned a straightfor-ward follow-up to “Mc-Fadden’s War,” his sus-pense and adventure novel released last year that cen-ters on two Special Forces agents. But MacIntosh’s real-life conversa-tions with a retired Navy SEAL captain, and the details about global crimi-nal conspiracies gleaned from those talks, inspired the plot for his new book. “I had an en-tirely different sto-ry in mind — one that will be pub-lished next year,” said MacIntosh. “My aim was to write a brief sentence rein-troducing my main characters to past readers, and hopefully, attracting new ones unfamil-iar with my books.” One sen-tence grew into a para-graph, then a full page. “Before I finished the character’s up-date I had the beginnings of a complete-ly different story,” he said. “I shelved my first idea and began writing ‘Wolf ’s Ven-detta.’ ” The retired Navy SEAL who provid-ed much of MacIntosh’s source material — introduced to the novelist by a neigh-bor — also provided other contacts con-nected to military Special Forces units. Soon MacIntosh found himself with a treasure trove of data on Russian orga-

nized crime and Washing-ton insider politics. “He’s high enough in the food chain that he has all of these contacts,” Ma-cIntosh said. “Wolf ’s Vendetta” fol-lows former Navy SEAL Tom Wolf and retired Green Beret Sam McFadden in a plot that incorporates a Soyuz space launch in Ka-zakhstan, the Russian mafia and the interconnected con-spiracies of trans-national organized crime.

MacIntosh, who’s set to speak at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, as part of the “Meet the Author” series organized by the Rosemount Area Arts Council, said “Wolf ’s Vendetta” will appeal to

military buffs, mystery fans, and es-pionage and a d v e n t u r e readers. A n Army veteran who served in Vietnam, Ma-cIntosh recent-ly retired from a career as a newspaper car-toonist. From 1992 to 2013 he worked full-time as illustrator of the syndicated comic strip “Sal-ly Forth.” He made his book-length de-but in 2009 with “The Fortunate Orphans,” which was followed in 2012 by “The Last Lightning.” Both

novels are mystery-adventure tales that use incidents from World War II as their starting points. Admission to the Sept. 15 author event is free. More about “Wolf ’s Ven-detta” and MacIntosh’s other books is at www.cjmacintosh.com.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Craig MacIntosh

The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra (pictured) and RAMM are set to perform at Eagan Market Fest from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9. RAMM, a band specializing in funk, Motown classics, rhythm & blues and rock, will perform from 4-5:30 p.m., followed by the Galactic Cowboy Orchestra, a jazz, bluegrass and art-rock band, from 6-8 p.m. Eagan Market Fest, a weekly farmers market and community festival, is held each Wednesday during the summer and early fall from 4-8 p.m. at the city’s Central Park Festival Grounds next to the Eagan Community Center. (Photo submitted)

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airplanes can look down at and see,” he said. Herd’s first choice for the MIA project was “Olive Trees,” which Van Gogh painted in 1889, just before he died. “There’s not a single straight line in the work. It’s moving — living,” Herd said. MIA directors felt the Olive Trees project is a great way to celebrate the institute’s centennial, Pre-stegaard said. “To take a piece like Van Gogh that is legend-ary in the collection and couple it with a living art-ist with a new take on art is perfect,” she said. “We love the connection be-tween legacy and contem-porary.” The original painting is about 29 by 36 inches. Herd’s version covers about an acre. Herd uses a worn photocopy of the painting as a reference, marking it off in a grid to pinpoint where he needs to dig, plant and mow. Since his artwork is best seen from high above, he knew he would need a location with a lot of air traffic. That’s where Thomson Reuters came in. The land is part of the Thomson Reuters Eagan campus and is directly under the flight path for planes land-ing from the south at Min-neapolis-St. Paul Airport. Planes pass about every 90 seconds and at approxi-mately 2,000 feet. Passen-

gers on the left side of the plane will have nearly per-fect views of Herd’s work. “When Stan contacted me my first reaction was enthusiasm and my sec-ond was what’s crop art?” said Rick King, chief op-erating officer for technol-ogy a Thomson Reuters. King, who is a board member at MIA, immedi-ately hopped on board. The untouched nature of the field with its tall native grasses and flowers made it an ideal canvas, Herd said. Herd expects to complete the work on Sept. 10. Depending on the weather, it may still have some colors that need to bloom when it is first completed, Herd said.

Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or

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Stan Herd uses a worn photocopy of Van Gogh’s painting as a reference and marks it off in a grid to pinpoint where he needs to dig, plant and mow. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

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Stan Herd uses a worn photocopy of Van Gogh’s paint-ing as a reference and marks it off in a grid to pinpoint where he needs to dig, plant and mow. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

ing about 400 of its 900 parking spaces, most-ly for staging of con-struction materials, Simon said. The school’s 245-space northeast park-ing lot, little used during the school day, will help ease the crunch. Most of the parking on the west side of the building, where old shop rooms have al-ready been demolished, is gone. “Staff and students will be parking in the front lot and that east lot,” Simon said, noting that some temporary stalls are being added in the bus loop near the front of the building. The school is encour-aging students to form carpools and has cur-tailed the number of park-ing permits. For football games and other evening events, overflow parking will be available in the Bosch Communication Systems lot across Port-land Avenue. Workers have been putting barricades in the building to separate daily activities from the con-struction zones, Simon said. “There are some exits that we’ve barricaded that no longer exist,” he said. “We’ve got alternative ex-its for safe exiting in case of emergencies.” The automotive, wood and metals shops on the west side of the building are gone. The shops will be moved permanently to the school’s nearby annex, an old bus and maintenance garage. The building will be ready for classes by Nov. 1, Simon said. The two-story west ad-dition to the main building will include 12 classrooms, an expanded cafeteria and commons and a technolo-gy education “house” that will open onto an outdoor plaza. The two-story science addition on the east side

will include four labs on the main level and three classrooms and a flexible team learning area on the upper level. The two-story activities center on the south side of the building will include three basketball courts on the main level, along with three health classrooms and boys and girls locker rooms. The upper level will have a 150-meter jog-ging track around the pe-rimeter, a weight room, a fitness room and a dance studio. Work is underway to re-locate utilities for the three additions, Simon said. “And then they will start working on the foot-ings and the foundations, getting those ready for the precast walls that will be showing up sometime in December,” he added.

Diamondhead At the district’s Dia-mondhead Education Center, the lower level has been renovated to include more space for early-child-hood classes. “We’re looking to get our certificate of occupan-cy next week,” Simon said Aug. 28. Adult Basic Education classes have been moved upstairs, where renovation will occur next summer. District administration offices and professional training spaces will also be on the upper level, now occupied by the high school’s Senior Campus. Seniors will no longer at-tend a half day of classes at the campus once the main campus is expanded. “The upper level was virtually untouched this summer,” Simon said. “Next summer is when we will convert that to adult learning, and our Admin-istrative Service Center will move over there.”

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

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Kline’s ‘mobile office’ to stop in Rosemount, Farmington U.S. Rep. John Kline’s “Mobile Office” will make stops Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount, and from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at Farm-ington Library, 508 Third St., Farmington. Constituents can re-

ceive help processing a visa or passport, claiming veterans benefits or navi-gating the federal bureau-cracy. “I would like to encour-age residents in Dakota County to take advan-tage of the constituent services available to them by stopping by my mo-

bile office Tuesday, Sept. 15,” said Kline. “District staff will be on hand to answer questions and help constituents with any problems they may be ex-periencing with federal agencies without having to visit my Burnsville of-fice. The mobile office will also allow constituents to

register their thoughts on the important issues of the day.” Kline is chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Commit-tee. He also serves on the House Armed Services Committee. He and his wife, Vicky, live in Burns-ville.