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Lakeville dog owners, grab your dog leashes — it’s going to be a while before Rover can legally run with wild abandon in Lakeville. City Council mem-bers at a Feb. 23 work session indicated sup-port for locating Lakev-ille’s first off-leash dog park on 13 acres at the southeast corner of Rit-ter Farm Park between the entrance road and the Interstate 35 fence. Building the park is estimated to cost $60,000 to $75,000 for parking, fences, picnic tables, a water fountain, dispos-able bags, signs and light poles, so the earliest the park could be open would be 2017, accord-ing to Lakeville Parks and Recreation Director Brett Altergott.

Area identified for Rover to roam Lakeville to add a 13-acre dog park in future

Lakeville’s first dog park is proposed to be located on 13 acres in a rarely used corner of Ritter Farm Park. Building the park is estimated to cost about $60,000 to $75,000; the earliest the park is anticipated to be open would be 2017, according to Parks and Recreation Di-rector Brett Altergott. (Photo submitted)



The former Ace Hardware building in downtown Lakeville may become a new south-of-the-river hot spot. A rock music-themed restau-

rant that started as a food truck and Lakeville’s first brewery-tap-room will share the building at 20851 Holyoke Ave. starting this summer. Lifelong pals Jon Erickson, of Rosemount, and Josh Hebzynski, of Eagan, both 33, will open An-

gry Inch Brewing on the building’s north side. Motley Crews Heavy Metal Grill food truck owner Marty Richie, of Lakeville, is opening his first brick-and-mortar restaurant

Former Ace Hardware building to be occupied by summer Restaurant and brewery-taproom will share building

Lakeville Mayor Matt Little welcomes Angry Inch Brewing owners Josh Hebzynski and Jon Erickson. Hebzynski and Erickson are opening the first brewery and taproom in Lakeville this summer in half of the building formerly occupied by Ace Hardware in down-town Lakeville. (Photo submitted)

Erickson proposes levy option to restore popular school programsVows to raise idea at March 17 study

session by Laura Adelmann

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Lakeville Area School Board Member Bob Erick-son dropped an unexpected bombshell at the end of a long Feb. 17 study session. Erickson announced he wants to ask voters how they feel about funding the restoration of popular school programs that have been cut.

District leaders have been focusing on forward-ing a capital levy for voters’ consideration. Funds collected through a capital levy may not be used for restoring the pro-grams, so if the board sup-ports Erickson’s proposal, the district could be asking voters for two potential tax increases this fall: a capital levy and an operating levy. Erickson said he will raise the issue at the board’s March 17 study session. At that meeting, the board will meet with con-sultant Don Lifto to discuss

survey questions the district will pose to residents to test community support for a

potential tax increase. Erickson suggested the district’s survey specifically ask voters about whether they would support tax in-creases if the funds were used to restore fifth-grade band, reduce high school class sizes and return el-ementary art classes. Erickson said he hears perpetual complaints about the loss of programs and high class sizes from people in the district. “I want to find out where the community is at,” Erick-son said. Prior to his comment,

which was not elaborated upon by other board mem-bers, all conversation was focused on the potential uses of capital levy funds. How the funds are used are key because they help the district define how it will garner voter support for the additional funding. Voter reaction also serves as an indicator of the level of community support for the district vision of “individu-alized learning” through the use of technology. Areas of potential

Bob Erickson

City applying for America’s Best Communities cash prizes

New competition intended to increase collaboration, spur

economic development



Leaders from the Lakeville Chamber of Commerce, city of Lakeville and ISD 194 are hoping their collab-orative efforts will win the city cash and potentially be named one of America’s Best Communities. Together, Lakeville leaders are entering the Ameri-ca’s Best Communities competition, a new multistage, three-year contest that will award millions to communi-ties in an effort to revitalize small-town America. The contest is sponsored by Frontier Communications, Dish Network and CoBank. Communities with populations between 9,500-80,000 within the Frontier Communications 27-state service territory are eligible to enter before March 25. Applicants submit their ideas, and judges will select up to 50 qualified applicants in April to receive $50,000 with a $15,000 matching fund obligation to develop

Marty Richie and girlfriend Lisa Caulfield have oper-ated Motley Crews Heavy Metal Grill as a food truck since 2011. Richie will open the business as a restau-rant in half of the former Ace Hardware building this summer while continuing to operate the food truck on a more limited basis. (Photo submitted)

Lakeville woman faces federal lawsuitComplaint claims woman diverted

employee’s retirement funds

to business expenses



A Lakeville woman is being sued by the U.S. Department Labor for allegedly diverting thou-sands of dollars from an employee’s retirement earnings to cover corpo-rate expenses. A complaint filed Feb. 24 in U.S. District Court states that Jean Hanvik, owner of SGH Commu-nications Inc., withheld approximately $15,800 from an employee’s pay in salary deferral contribu-tions from Aug. 12, 2011, to April 26, 2012.

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Local group is silent no moreAfter months of debate and controversy, the Eagan Friends of the Core Greenway group is taking a stand on Lebanon Hills.

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Clint Black in BurnsvilleCountry music star Clint Black is bound for Burnsville next month with a March 11 concert at the Ames Center.

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South places at stateThe Lakeville South girls hockey team gave their best effort at the state Class AA girls hockey tournament.

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Monday, March 2 City Council, 7 p.m.Wednesday, March 4 Parks, Rec., & NR, 6 p.m.Thursday, March 5 Planning Comm., 6 p.m.

Meetings are held at Lakeville City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Ave. The public is welcome to attend. Agendas are available at www.lakevillemn.gov.

Mayor Matt Little has office hours at City Hall onFridays from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Call (952) 985-4403 to schedule an appointment.

No on-street parking is allowed between 2 and 6 a.m. on any day. In addition, there is no parking when snowing, until after the snow has been cleared.

Think spring! Order trees now!

City tree and shrub saleThe City is hosting its 8th annual tree and shrub sale. Now through April 20, you can order bare root (not potted) trees and potted shrubs. Residentsmay also want to consider purchasing one or more American Sentry Linden trees as a donation to a City park.

There are a limited number of trees and shrubs available so orders will be processed on a first come, first served prepaid basis. While the City assures you that the trees and shrubs come from reputable nurseries, it does not extend a warranty for replacement.

To avoid long lines, purchasers will be assigned a specific pick-up time on Saturday , April 25 between 8 and 10 a.m. Those unable to pick trees/shrubs up on April 25 should not apply - this is the only day available for pickup. Here are just some of the trees available:

This popular tree is shown at right. Purchase size 8’-10’ tall / mature height 50’ / mature width 40.’ Fast growing with spectacular fall color. Can grow up to 3’ peryear. It tolerates clay soil, and will withstand wet soil conditions and drought. Uniform shape, so little pruning is required.

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Purchase size 6’-8’ tall / mature height 15’-20’ / mature width 12’-15.’ Excellent oval shaped small tree. It produces large 5”-6” clusters of small, fragrant, creamy-white flowers in late June-early July. They prefer full sun for best development. Fairly tolerant of salt.

Red Oak - $47 each; Swamp White Oak - $45 each; American Sentry Linden - $42 each; River Birch - $32 each; and Black Hills Spruce - $28 each.

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Don’t miss Comedy Night at Lakeville Area Arts Center on Feb. 28.

The Lakeville Area Arts Center is proud to present a hilarious comedy variety show on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. featuring a line-up of three Twin Cities comedy acts starring Dennis Carney, Rob Blanchard, and “Pizpor the Magician”.

Tickets are $15 and are available at the door. The Lakeville Area Arts Center is located at 20965 Holyoke Avenue. For additional information, call 952-985-4640.

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After more than a year of heated debate, public input and revisions, the Dakota County Board will soon vote on a mas-ter plan for Lebanon Hills Regional Park, which bor-ders Eagan and Apple Val-ley. The county’s initial plan released in 2013 in-cluded 24.5 miles of un-paved trails, a new paved 6.5-mile connector trail that runs east and west and a 2-mile paved loop around Holland and Mc-Donough lakes. The plan would keep all existing unpaved trails in Lebanon Hills the same, and would add six miles of unpaved trails. In total, the park would have 46 miles of un-paved trails. The county was met with staunch opposition. More than 300 people at-tended open houses on the topic and expressed concerns about buckthorn removal, bridge repairs and overdevelopment. The hottest topic was the paved connector trail through the middle of the park, which some contend would ruin visitors’ wil-derness experience. Due to the uproar, county commissioners de-cided to create a citizen panel to review the plan and guide the regional park’s development. A re-vised plan was released in January and was open to public comment through Feb. 25. The new plan, which will be reviewed by the County Board’s Physical Development Commit-tee on March 10, shortens the controversial trail and moves it toward the edge of the park. A proposed loop around Holland Lake was tossed from the plans while a paved half-mile loop around McDonough remained. “We thought it was a little overkill to have two looped trails that close together,” said Tony Nel-

son, citizen panel chair. “We thought since Mc-Donough is near the visi-tor center, it made sense to have a paved trail there.” Plans to build picnic shelters by Jensen Lake were scaled back to in-clude new shelters by exist-ing ones and a beachfront shelter near the visitor center. County officials intend to cut the cost of plan implementation by $3 mil-lion. Nelson said he believes the revised plan more closely aligns with the county’s 2001 master plan for Lebanon Hills. Like the 2013 plan, the county’s revised plan has continued to meet resis-tance. In letters to the edi-tor and comments on the county’s website, large numbers of residents have continued to voice con-cerns about the proposed paved trails and a per-ceived lack of ecological restoration. County Parks and Rec-reation Director Steve Sullivan noted that the proposed connector trail would be created on land that was once farmed, not untouched wilderness. “This provides an op-portunity to put more sus-tainable landscape that is long-lasting, more diverse and a better habitat for wildlife,” Sullivan said. The county also plans to add three miles of soft-surface trails for a total of 43 miles of unpaved trails. The new trails are planned to loop around Holland Lake and wind through a section of the park be-tween Johnny Cake Ridge and Pilot Knob roads. Sullivan also noted that the master plan includes ecological restoration ef-forts such as removal of invasive species, water quality improvements within the park’s lakes and restoration of prairie and forested areas. The new paved trails will provide four-season opportunities for bicy-

clists, walkers, skaters and people with disabilities. The revised plan includes enforceable speed limits to ensure safe travel for users, officials say. Recent surveys con-ducted by the county es-timate that more than 30,000 people in Dakota County have a disability. County officials expect this segment to grow as the population ages. “There is currently no accessible trail for anyone with a mobility device to navigate the trails safely and independently,” said Todd Kemery, a member of the county’s citizen panel and advocacy direc-tor for Paralyzed Veterans of America’s Minnesota chapter. “It’s unaccept-able.” Kemery, a paralyzed veteran, said he sympa-thizes with opponents’ concerns for wildlife pres-ervation but insists that portions of the 2,000-acre park must meet Ameri-cans with Disabilities Act requirements. “This spacious park can and should accommo-date many diverse activi-ties and be welcoming to everyone,” he said. “Bird-ers would still be able to walk natural trails. Run-ners who prefer soft sur-faces would have 43 miles at their disposal. And I, with others that use mo-bility devices, could enjoy a portion of the park.” The board is expected to vote on the revised plan on March 17. Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

County commissioners to review new Lebanon Hills plan

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Uponor North Amer-ica announced plans this week to expand its Apple Valley manufac-turing facility. The $18 million proj-ect, which is set to be-gin in the spring and be completed by Dec. 1, will see renovation and expansion totaling 88,000 square feet to accommodate manufac-turing and office space. Uponor, whose North American head-quarters are in Apple Valley with a nearby distribution center and resin-processing plant in Lakeville, is undertak-ing the project to meet projected demand for its cross-linked poly-ethylene (PEX) tubing used in plumbing, fire sprinkler, heating and cooling systems for resi-dential and commercial buildings. “It’s a very exciting time in the building in-dustry, especially after

the downturn we experi-enced in the market just a few years ago,” said Bill Gray, president of Uponor North Ameri-ca. “We’re seeing sig-nificant growth in com-mercial and residential construction, and this expansion will ensure we match forecasted growth and demand for our PEX systems.” Uponor, which is seeking LEED certifi-cation for the project, has applied for financial support from the city of Apple Valley as well as state assistance from the Minnesota Job Creation Fund and Minnesota Investment Fund to aid the expansion. This year marks Up-onor’s 25th anniversary in Apple Valley. The company plans on add-ing “a significant num-ber of jobs” as a result of the expansion, Up-onor officials said. Up-onor employs 4,000 em-ployees worldwide, with about 500 employees in

the Twin Cities. “Uponor has been an outstanding job creator since opening its North American headquarters in Apple Valley in 1990,” said Katie Clark Sieben, Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development commissioner. “With such a large global pres-ence, we are grateful for the company’s decision to make further invest-ments in Minnesota.” Uponor last un-dertook an expansion project at its Apple Val-ley site in 2013, adding 17,500 feet of space for PEX tubing manufac-turing. The facility at 5925 148th St. W. houses the company’s North Amer-ican corporate offices, manufacturing plant and Uponor Academy, the company’s on-site training center.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Uponor’s expansion project consists of a 34,000-square-foot remodel to an exist-ing structure at its Apple Valley campus, along with a 54,000-square-foot addition. (Photo submitted)

Uponor plans major expansion


Peterson’s stance shows no difference between partiesTo the editor: I would like to thank state Rep. Roz Peterson for reminding me in her Feb. 20 article (“Increasing pay for families, not politicians, should be focus”) why there is not a dime’s worth of difference between the Republican and Democrat parties. Let’s start off by re-minding Peterson that the reason take-home pay is not as high as she would like is because the govern-ment takes so much of our money away from us. If she wants to increase take-home pay, she should push for cutting taxes dra-matically and across the board! Instead, she advocates lowering taxes on people and businesses who do exactly as she says: Ei-ther they study subjects (STEM) that she wants people to study or they go

to work in industries that she likes (long-term care). She also wants to decide the geographic location of the next big business breakthroughs (Minneso-ta). Let me just say that I’m in favor of any tax de-crease for any person or group, but why not give the lower taxes to everyone, in-stead of Peterson’s favored groups? Republicans complain about Democrats being “nanny-state liberals” with bills like Obamacare (which is true – they are nannies). Then Republicans turn right around and punish people with higher taxes because they aren’t in the Republican-favored, politi-cally correct line of work. Republicans wonder why only one-third of eligible voters went to the polls in 2014 and so many Republicans stayed home during the 2012 election. Peterson is a perfect example of why so many of us do stay home. She contrasts her position with

Gov. Dayton giving pay raises to his staff. Please pass on to Peter-son that I would gladly give every legislator a pay raise if they would just leave the rest of us alone!

HAL CRANMERLakeville

Peterson’s

right, Dayton’s

wrong I enjoyed the Feb. 20 column by state Rep. Roz Peterson in your opinion section. I agree with her views and direction. I, also, feel Gov. Dayton is out of touch with his views and direction, and way out of line paying his political cronies such exorbitant raises. Roz should be com-mended for not resorting to name-calling, as our governor has the propen-sity of doing — even when it’s members of his own party who do not agree with him. We can only

hope that Dayton and the remaining liberals in office will become more civil and actually start legislating the will of the people. TOM GOYETTEBurnsville

Straws are

wastefulTo the editor: Did you know Ameri-cans use 500 million drink-ing straws every day? To understand just how many straws 500 million really is, this would fill over 125 school buses with straws every day. That’s 46,400 school buses every year! Americans use these dis-posable utensils at an aver-age rate of 1.6 straws per person per day. So if you are a consum-er, please ask at restaurants for water without a straw. If you are a waiter or wait-ress, ask your customers if they want a straw. If you are a manager of a restau-rant, please post this letter for your waitstaff. You’ll help save the Earth for your children and grandchildren.

HARLEY HORSAGERLakeville

Leave park aloneTo the editor: Why is it so important to have Lebanon Hills Park be a carbon copy of other

parks in the metro area? Don’t the terms “diversity” and “uniqueness” factor in the discussion? The uniqueness of Leb-anon Hills Park is a plus. People get tired of the same-o, same-o. Leave Lebanon Hills Park in the pristine condi-tion. This way, we won’t hear or say, “I remember when … ”

PHYLLIS PETERApple Valley

Required study of Islam at BlackhawkTo the editor: I recently spoke with a friend who got a text from her daughter, an eighth-grader at Blackhawk Middle School in Eagan. The eighth-grader asked her mom why she had to do more stuff on Islam. Mom texted back and asked her to take pictures, so she sent three pages of the assignment. They were predominantly predictable questions on Islam but there were a few on Juda-ism, along with symbols of both religions. Noth-ing about Christianity, no symbol of a cross, nothing. So the girl’s mother called the school and when the teacher was far from reasonable, she called the Rosemount-Apple-Valley-Eagan School District of-fice. When she threatened to take her daughter out

of the class, they said the “assignment is required” and was about studying the “culture,” not the religion. I was personally surprised they did not try the “It’s a study of history” argu-ment. She got nowhere and is hopping mad about it, considering taking her daughter out of school. I told her I wondered what other materials they were pushing on the kids. So the eighth-grader took more pictures and, lo and behold, the material touts Islam as “one of the world’s greatest religions.” Doesn’t sound much like the study of culture to me. But then I noticed on the top of the page, handwritten direc-tions: “Please don’t remove from class.” Why? Some-thing to hide from Mom and Dad? What else are they teaching kids that par-ents don’t know about? I would like to see all religious history studied. After all, isn’t that what history class is supposed to be about? It’s also what our country was founded upon. But, based on the premise of separation be-tween church and state, no religion should be dis-cussed. To promote one religion over another, sug-gesting Islam is great and Judaism is “old” with no mention of Christianity, is disgusting. It’s not edu-cation, it’s indoctrination. In light of current events and the atrocities being

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OpinionNew ideas, attitudes, opportunities for students

by Joe NathanSUN THISWEEK


New ideas, attitudes and opportuni-ties are coming for Minnesota students. That was a central theme at the Feb. 6 “Pathways to Post-Secondary” confer-ence, co-sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Education and Minne-sota State Colleges and Universities sys-tem. If things work out as state officials hope, Minnesota students will know more about career options, be better prepared for them, and be more likely to find a good job that pays well. Those are great goals. They are going to require some rethinking by families and some refinements in schools. Joel Vargas, a featured speaker at the conference, helped introduce new ideas to about 140 educators and community members who attended the conference. Vargas is vice president of Jobs for the Future, a Boston-based nonprofit that provides information to educators and legislators. Vargas was not expected to attend college, but a special program provided encouragement and assistance. He ultimately earned a doctorate from Harvard and has dedicated his life to ex-panding opportunity for others.

Vargas promoted several ideas: •It’s important for all kinds of stu-dents to take some form of dual-credit (high school and college) courses. Var-gas emphasized the value of allowing a broad range of students to participate in these courses. He shared several stud-ies showing that students who take these courses, in a high school or on a college campus, are much more likely to gradu-ate from high school, enroll and gradu-ate from some form of higher education. This can be a one-, two- or four-year pro-gram. • Students need accurate information about future jobs. Vargas cited research showing that more than 70 percent of jobs by 2020 will require some educa-tion beyond high school, though not necessarily a four-year degree (read more about this at http://bit.ly/1EXMZgi). • Students should consider that many

high-paying, enjoyable jobs are available in technical fields like welding, digital imaging, advanced manufacturing, etc. These often require a one- or two-year degree or certificate beyond high school. A 90-second video featuring Vargas is at http://bit.ly/1vjmeul. His full presenta-tion is at http://bit.ly/1Dhm6lr. John Christiansen, superintendent of Intermediate School District 917, based in Rosemount, told me “the need is now.” He’s finding that Dakota County employers, and others around the state, are facing shortages of people trained in technical fields. Christiansen encourages students and families to be open to many fine jobs in these fields. This may require new attitudes and a greater openness to such jobs. 2013 Minnesota legislation requires that each student, starting in the ninth grade, develop a personal learning plan. It will be based on their interests, talents and skills. The plan will be updated as students move through high school. This is a terrific idea. Future columns will dis-cuss how it’s being implemented. Sen. Greg Clausen, D-Apple Valley, a former public school educator, attended the conference. He strongly supports the 2013 law and is working to help imple-ment it.

The Feb. 6 conference, held in Rose-mount at the Dakota County Technical College, was the seventh and last in a series of meetings held around the state. Each offered research, strategies and ex-amples of how schools and colleges are partnering to help students develop, as state legislation requires, the “knowl-edge, skills and competencies to pursue a career pathway.” I hope MDE and MnSCU hold more meetings like this. If they do, the confer-ences could benefit from an expanded list of partners and presentations. That could include presentations by students, the University of Minnesota, the Minne-sota Private College Council and charter public schools faculty. Thanks to Christiansen, other educa-tors and state legislators, good informa-tion will be shared with students and families. These new ideas and opportuni-ties are good for students and good for Minnesota.

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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Friends of the Eagan Core Greenway oppose trail planby Jack G. Conrad and Val Jackson

SPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

As one of Eagan’s oldest and most rec-ognized open space preservation groups, Friends of the Eagan Core Greenway has up until now stood on the sidelines of the current Lebanon Hills Development Plan debate. Given that Lebanon Hills represents the “southern bookend” of the Eagan Core Greenway, we remained cautiously optimistic that as the process progressed, a solution would be forged satisfying the needs and wishes of all of the stakeholders of this distinct natural environment. We can no longer remain silent. When an overwhelming majority of the comments to the county consistently rejected the current plan to put a ma-jor bike trail through the heart of the park, the County Board responded to this disapproval, according to District 3 committee member Steve Yaeger, by putting in place a tightly orchestrated Citizen Panel and a process essentially to endorse the narrow constraints of the proposed plan, allowing minimal altera-tion of those plans, and excluding voices for a no-build option for parts of the plan. Similarly, questions about funding

sources or whether programming would be sacrificed as a consequence of the plan were ignored. At the same time the will of the majority of its constituency was also ignored. So out of necessity, the time for FOECG to weigh in has arrived. Many of the previous letters and edi-torials to this paper have focused on the natural resources aspect of the park, a critical component of the current debate. By contrast, FOECG wishes to focus on alternative aspects of the preservation of this acclaimed park. In the words of Joanie Davis, widow of longtime Eagan city parks commis-sioner, Terry Davis, “follow the money.” The County Board plans to spend more than $28 million for their current plan, heavy on development and weak on com-mitment to long-term park maintenance. The plan possesses little commitment or accountability for supporting the park’s natural resources. But money is power, and it’s thus understandable how current commissioners are being seduced by the prospects of overseeing such a tower-ing developmental expenditure, even if

it flies in the face of the park’s original and current master plans and the park’s published mission, which is to “provide recreation and education opportunities in harmony with natural resource preser-vation and stewardship.” Given that the vast majority of these funds would not come from Dakota County taxpayers, but rather from state Legacy funds and federal Alternative Transit Funds, there seems little doubt, their thinking was: “Who would argue against such a wind-fall?” Currently the park is woefully under-funded in terms of maintenance pro-grams and Dakota County’s proposed plan will make things worse, especially for timely issues like buckthorn removal. Their plan creates a false dilemma. The Country Board and staff argue that many of these paved trails are necessary to comply with the American with Disabili-ties Act. If the county is serious about satisfying a variety of users’ needs like this, however, they should have learned from the Minneapolis experience – that one cannot reasonably and safely permit pedestrians, with or without disabilities, and families with children, to intermin-gle with bicyclists and roller bladers trav-eling at speeds of 10 and undoubtedly

more miles per hour. Minneapolis has good reason for two trails around many of its lakes: a fatal accident that took place before dual trails became policy. It is important to stress the real potential for personal injury and future litigation that would stem from such a poorly con-ceived trail plan. Make no mistake about it – FOECG is not advocating dual trails or twice as much destruction of hills and habitat through the park; rather, we un-derscore county staff’s lack of foresight while failing to satisfy the “comparable experience” condition, regarded as the goal for accessibility in a natural setting such as Lebanon Hills. We believe there are better solutions to providing acces-sibility that have not been considered. Proposals to transform trails beside a couple of the park’s lakes for this pur-pose are a step in the right direction. Over the next few years, Cliff Road will warrant expansion to four lanes. It’s already in the planning stages. That ex-pansion should include a bike trail on at least one side of the road. Eureka! The time for planning the roadway expan-sion, plus the actual construction time gives the county commissioners and staff

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THOMAS CARLSONEagan

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Lebanon Hills To the editor: In a letter to the editor, Dakota County Planning Commission Member Nate Reitz suggests that if you live in the wrong place you cannot comment on the much-disparaged plan for Lebanon Hills. Close to a thousand people have told the county that this plan — whose cen-tral item is a miles-long flat ditch road up to 80 feet wide — will destroy the beauty of the park. Ditches ain’t beautiful. If you remove the two of us who live on the wrong side of the tracks, according to Mr. Reitz, there are still hundreds and hundreds more who are ap-palled at the destruction of the hills and the beauty of the park. I agree with Mr. Re-itz that there will be more bikers brought in by the high-speed, bike ditch road. These bikers are mainly from existing trails some-times only a few yards away. Since the speed specifica-tion for this ditch road is 20 mph, it will be a hazard for any pedestrian users, including the disabled and parents with children. This poor and unsafe design is described in detail by Nika Davies’ letter of Feb. 12. It is obviously frustrat-ing for government official Reitz to have developed a $13.7 million plan that has no support in the county anywhere outside of gov-ernment circles. He gives us no substance on the plan other than platitudes of how multitudes will enjoy beauty — the beauty of a deep ditch, that is. Please contact the coun-ty and tell it to stop the de-struction of the beauty of Lebanon Hills with a haz-ardous ditch.

MIKE FEDDEEagan

Obermueller’s legacy To the editor: How could somebody who wasn’t elected to Con-gress have a nationwide legacy? It’s a valid ques-tion, and one that relates to the work Mike Oberm-ueller did on certain prob-lems that are still news-worthy for the neglect they receive. For years Obermuel-ler has advocated for ad-equate funding for public education, both E-12 and higher. The dip in investment in our public schools left a very low portion of the costs of special education being paid by the Congress which mandated it, despite congressional promises to fund nearly half of it. Public schools are where most of us are educated. The struggle for smaller classrooms and a reduced achievement gap have suf-fered as a result. Likewise, public col-leges, which for years saw a majority of their fund-ing from state and fed-eral sources, now receive less than a quarter of their funding from public sources, and Minnesota’s students and their families now consequently carry an additional debt averaging over $30,000. The freezing of tuition at Minnesota public colleges and univer-sities helps, and that’s just one step toward fairness. Obermueller said catering to the underperforming private colleges most de-pendent on federal loans doesn’t serve the taxpayers propping up these schools. Similarly, Obermueller spoke about the need for a better system of manag-ing the costs of election campaigns. In some cases candidates spent millions for a seat in Congress and are increasingly beholden to wealthy contributors whose agenda doesn’t ben-efit most of us. And the need to ex-tinguish the epidemic of sexual assaults in the mili-tary, highlighted by Ober-mueller last summer, has resulted in recent action by the Minnesota delegation. Obermueller’s work on these important issues is

noteworthy. And there is much work still left un-done for those elected. PAUL HOFFINGER Eagan

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Hills ParkTo the editor: Regarding the Feb. 20 opinion article “Friends of the Eagan Core Gre-enway oppose trail plan,” I am ecstatic that a well-known and regarded pres-ervation group has come forward in opposition of this bike connector trail through the middle of Lebanon Hills Regional Park. I now feel somewhat validated by this action by FOECG. Validated in the sense that we all need to be good stewards of Lebanon Hills if we want to pre-serve the natural beauty of this park and all parks. I also feel the public needs to know about what is going on in other parks in Dakota County for this connector trail. This is not just a Lebanon Hills prob-lem. Spring Lake Park Re-serve is in the beginning stages of the connector trail. I have gone out to see the destruction of this bike connector trail. The supposed 12- to 14-foot-wide bike path is more like a bike roadway. Our Dakota County commissioners have used eminent domain to scoop up their prized Mississippi River frontage for their bike trail, and of course “eminent domain” of all the animals homes as well. This is not good steward-ship. Too bad FOECG is not involved in all of Dakota County’s preservation ef-forts, because maybe we would not be still fighting to save Lebanon Hills Re-gional Park and surround-ing parks involved with this bike connector trail. Last but not least, I do not consent to, nor do I want my tax money used for, this project.

MARY KANUITEagan

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Driver involved in Farmington homecoming hazing incident pleads guilty The 17-year-old fe-male, of Farmington, involved in a homecom-ing hazing incident on Sept. 28, 2014, pleaded guilty to gross misde-meanor offense of crim-inal vehicular operation (gross negligence result-ing in bodily harm) on Tuesday. The misdemeanor count of assault in the fifth degree (intent to cause fear) was dis-missed. The female was the driver of a vehicle that was involved in a crash during a prank war at the beginning of home-coming week. Two ju-niors were locked in the trunk at the time. The driver is a juvenile, so her name was not re-

leased. Judge Michael May-er sentenced her to six months of probation and 25 hours of com-munity work service. As part of the condi-tions of her sentence, she must attend the safe driving course at Da-kota County Technical College, attend a victim empathy class, and write letters of apology to four victims. There were 15 other youth and young adults involved in this incident. They have all accepted the County Attorney’s Office Youth Account-ability Program (diver-sion from prosecution) for the offense of mis-demeanor disorderly conduct. This program

will require these youth to attend an educational class, pay restitution if owed and complete community work service hours. “We are pleased to have resolved this mat-ter and that all of the youth involved have ac-cepted responsibility for their actions,” Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said. “We are hopeful the victims and the community can move forward.” Backstrom thanked the Farmington Police Department for its thor-ough investigation of this case and Assistant County Attorney Nicole Nee who prosecuted it.

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Recent NLRB decisions causing some concern by Andy Rogers

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A group of franchise owners met with U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, at Rosemount’s Anytime Fitness on Monday to discuss challenges within the industry and recent action by the National Labor Relations Board. A recent ruling by the NLRB may affect labors relations between franchi-sors and local franchises. The fear is that fran-chises will be turned into essentially company em-ployees, reducing their in-dependence. The current law rec-ognizes franchises are in-dependently owned and operated businesses, in-sulating franchisors from liability in a situation where a fitness club mem-ber is injured because of negligence of a franchisee or employee.

Franchises have had control over employ-ment, including wages, and while the franchisor focuses on the brand and advertising. The meeting was closed to the public, but follow-ing the meeting, Kline re-leased a statement: “The Obama National Labor Relations Board’s radical agenda is hurt-ing workers and job cre-ators across the country, and right here in Minne-sota Congressman Kline heard this morning in Rosemount from numer-ous constituents how the NLRB’s joint employer test — telling small busi-ness owners that they don’t actually operate their small businesses — would increase costs and significantly limit small business owners’ freedom to run their businesses. Congressman Kline will continue to monitor this

issue and take whatever actions are necessary to rein in this activist board and ensure a vibrant and growing economy.” As chairman, Kline’s House Education and the Workforce Committee has held two subcommit-tee hearings on this issue, highlighting the request for briefs in Browning-Ferris Industries and more recently the General Counsel’s determination that McDonald’s LLC is a joint employer with its franchisees. Monday’s meeting was a part of a series of meet-ings across the country with franchise owners sponsored by the Interna-tional Franchise Associa-tion, which is opposed to NLRB’s position.

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Community education classes Lakeville Area Com-munity Education will of-fer the following classes. Call 952-232-2150 or visit www.LakevilleAreaCom-munityEd.net for more in-formation. YoPro Open House, 3:15-5:15 p.m. Wednes-day, March 4, Kenwood Trail Middle School gym. Listen to former Minne-sota Vikings linebacker E.J. Henderson and have a chance to meet other NFL stars. Win prizes and listen to a local disc jockey while exercising with the pros, completing fitness chal-lenges and learning about the importance of nutri-tion and safety. Staff and parents encouraged to at-tend. Free. Zumba, 6:45-7:45 p.m. Tuesdays, March 3 to April 14. No experi-ence required. Cost: $48. Adults. Zumba, 6:30-7:45 p.m. Thursdays, March 5 to April 16. No experi-ence required. Cost: $54. Adults. Yoga in Elko New Mar-ket, March 3 to April 28. Cost: $59. Adults. Goats Milk Soap Mak-ing, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7. Previous knowledge of soap making preferred. Cost: $21. Adults. Spring swim lessons start March 23. Class-es available for infants through adults. Group les-sons, private, semi-private and adapted lessons avail-able.

District 196 Budget Advisory Council meets March 11 The District 196 Bud-get Advisory Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednes-day, March 11, at the Dis-trict Office in Rosemount,

3455 153rd St. W. As al-ways, the public is wel-come to attend. Topics for the March 11 meeting include year-to-date budget performance, the state’s February bud-get forecast, School Board direction on five-year plan scenarios, an update on the Strategic Planning Facilities and Equipment Task Force, and a new budget format. The BAC advises the District 196 School Board on matters related to fi-nance. The 12-member BAC is made up of nine parents or residents and three district employees, including a teacher, sup-port staff representative and principal representa-tive. The director of fi-nance and operations and three School Board mem-bers serve as ex-officio members of the BAC. For more information about the BAC, call the office of the director of finance and operations at 651-423-7713.

Youngberg attends MSNA conference Sue Youngberg, food service manager with Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District 196, joined school nutri-tion professionals from across the state in St. Paul Wednesday, Feb. 18, for the Minnesota School Nutrition Association’s Legislative Action Confer-ence. Youngberg represented Diamond Path Elementa-ry School of International Studies and attended in-person meetings with Rep. Anna Wills and Sen. Dan Hill to share insight on lo-cal school meal programs and urge support for the priorities outlined in the association’s 2015 Issue Paper, which: • Requests providing a 3.5 cent increase in school lunch aid, from 12.5 cents to 16 cents per lunch. • Supports expanding free school breakfast be-yond kindergarten. • Supports measures to encourage schools to pur-chase locally grown agri-cultural products.

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Self-direction leads to engaged learners in Genius Hour project A lot of study and a little trial period led to an op-portunity for fourth-graders to pursue their individual genius in Jon Abrahamson’s class at Vista View El-ementary in Burnsville. Abrahamson’s class is participating in Genius Hour, a concept that encourages student choice by providing an hour each week (or more often in some cases) for them to work on a project of their choosing. The idea originated with search-engine corporation Google and its engineers. Abrahamson says he was turned on to the idea through a fellow educator’s blog, introduced Genius Hour to his class last year, and the results were very positive. “I feel that student choice is really important when it comes to learning,” he said. “It went great, and the students were engaged in learning what they were pas-sionate about.” There are three requirements for Genius Hour proj-ects in Abrahamson’s class. They must involve some type of learning; students have to show their learning; and students should have fun. So, for an hour every Thursday, students get to spend time learning about things they care about or have a passion for. The list of subjects includes Guate-mala, making websites, writing stories, surviving in the wild, Zach Parise and much more. “It’s an hour about you,” said Miguel Nunez about why he enjoys Genius Hour. “You get to do your own thing.” Classmate Danielle Vitez says she chose to study how to make a website because “I didn’t know how to make a website and this is a way to learn that and then share it with others.” Later this year, Abrahamson says students will be presenting their work using Google presentations, writ-ten reports, posters, digital storybooks, infographics and more. Learn more about Genius Hour at http://www.ge-niushour.com.

DCTC receives Walser grant The Dakota County Technical College Foun-dation recently received an $8,100 Walser Foundation grant to purchase automo-tive equipment and fund scholarships for students in the Automotive Techni-cian program. The grant funds will be used to purchase one GM MDI factory interface tool and one Ross-Tech VAG-COM Diagnostic System. The funds will also support five $1,000 scholarships for students enrolled in the automotive technician program. Eligi-bility for scholarships will be based on financial need as determined by DCTC.

Local schools participate in raffle All Saints Catholic School in Lakeville and St. Joseph School in Rose-mount are among the nearly 90 Midwest schools participating in the Catho-lic Schools Raffle. Tickets can be purchased from students through March 8.

time to reconsider their plan, and plenty of time to restore Lebanon Hills to its original beauty, by improving its current trails and removing all invasive species, particularly buck-thorn, that have flour-ished because the county has failed to find the maintenance money and the labor to perform this critically necessary work. Then the county may come to the same conclu-sion most of us have, and

they won’t pave over this natural beauty. Because Lebanon Hills is a regionally adored park, and given the short-sightedness of county of-ficials and their failure to heed the will of Dakota County citizens regarding the park’s overdevelop-ment, we call on all of our fellow community mem-bers, and ask that you contact your state sena-tor and state representa-tives to prevent this use of Legacy funds as a po-tential abuse of the funds.

Capital development con-flicts with both open space and the intentions of the citizens who voted for the Legacy funds. Just be-cause a county can amass and spend tens of millions of dollars in public funds for the development of an unparalleled urban nature preserve does not mean it is prudent to do so.

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school funding through a potential capital levy are security improvements, ad-ditional technology and classes focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The district is discussing adding an art component at the el-ementary level (STEAM). Technology requires the most money, and the district has been presenting two options for students to learn using electronic devic-es such as iPads or Chrome-books. Following the lead of other districts and provid-ing devices for students and staff is estimated to cost about $3.2 million. A bring-your-own-de-vice option (with the district providing supplemental de-vices for low-income stu-dents or extras) is estimated to cost the district $1.5 mil-lion. Technology and Data Services Director Jason Molesky for the first time added a third option, which was a hybrid of district-provided device scenario and the BYOD, which he estimated would cost about $735,695 for the district. The option proposed having students in grades three to 12 bring their own devices and providing iPads for students in kindergarten through grade two. Molesky said while the option is cheaper, it also limits how the tools can be used. Erickson said having students provide devices saves the district from costs to constantly upgrade de-vices to keep up with chang-ing technology. School Board mem-bers also expressed interest when they learned that 800 student-owned devices were connected to the district’s

newly upgraded wireless technology within one week of its installation at Lakev-ille North High School. Molesky said they ex-pect the same kind of us-age at Lakeville South High School. “That reinforces the BYOD (option),” Erickson said. Molesky said teachers need training on how to use the technology in their classrooms, and proposed the option of hiring digital integration coaches to be shared at the elementary level, two at middle level and one at high school. The plan also includes hiring tech support staff at the district level. In total, the proposal would add $700,000 in new technology staff for salaries and ben-efits. Board Member Ter-ry Lind said elementary coaches the district pro-posed to work with teachers should work with children more than staff. He suggested bringing back science fairs, having Lego teams or having them teach programs for gifted students. “I’m very, very shy about throwing more coaches at teachers,” Lind said. “If I’m trying to do my job and I’ve got 14 coaches behind me, I’m not going to get my job done. The reality of it is if you hire someone for technology, they’re going to want to piece more time from that classroom teach-er.” He said the district keeps piling on responsibilities and programs to classroom teachers without removing them unless the budget runs out. School Board Member Jim Skelly said the district’s focus for funding should be on classroom needs instead of school or teacher needs

or desktop lab needs. “What do our class-rooms need to be success-ful?” Skelly said. “That’s helpful, because these are some of the things that our students need in order to be successful.” Molesky said his com-ment aligns well with their focus, which is intended to be not on the devices, but on what can be done with them. Beefing up building se-curity is estimated to cost $3 million over the next de-cade. Lind questioned the costs, considering the dis-trict recently upgraded ele-mentary and middle school security systems for less than $400,000. Business Services Direc-tor Michael Baumann de-scribed the cost as a bargain and said it is less than other districts are spending. Erickson said he will be “a strong advocate” for camera upgrades and in-stalling the same buzz-in security systems at the high schools that are being in-stalled in the elementary and middle schools. He cited concerns about funding the improvements through a levy because if an increase is approved, the money wouldn’t be avail-able to do the work until the 2016-17 school year. Erickson said he will ad-vocate for using fund bal-ance money to pay for the security systems so they can be installed for the start of next school year. “We have the fund bal-ance to do it,” Erickson said. “I think we owe it to our students and our staff and have that completed before the start of the next school year.” Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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Police: Man assaulted officers, paramedic An Apple Valley man accused of biting, kick-ing and head-butting public safety workers during a medical call to his home Feb. 11 has been charged with assault. Zachary T. Wolff, 36, faces two charges — assault of a police officer and assault of emergency medical personnel, both felonies. According to the criminal complaint, Apple Val-ley police were summoned to a home on the 14000 block of Evergreen Trail on a medical call. Officers left the scene after speaking with Wolff and para-medics, who reported everything was under control. Minutes later, though, police were called back to assist paramedics with Wolff, whose behavior had become unruly. When police returned, they found paramedics restraining Wolff, who was on the ground yelling profanities and struggling to get out of paramedics’ grasp, the complaint said. During the incident, he allegedly kicked an offi-cer in the face, head-butted another officer, and bit a paramedic’s arm, drawing blood. Wolff was handcuffed and a spit mask was placed on his face, and he was carried to a squad car be-cause he would not walk, the complaint said. Police spoke with Wolff ’s girlfriend, who arrived on the scene during the incident. She reported that Wolff had called her earlier because he was having a panic attack, stating that he “took more Adderall than he was prescribed and had been smoking weed that evening,” the complaint said. If convicted of both charges, Wolff faces a maxi-mum penalty of five years in prison and fines total-ing $10,000.

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City Council members voted Tuesday in favor of lifting a population-based cap on the number of liquor stores in Burns-ville. The council voted 4-0 to change a provision in the off-sale liquor ordi-nance limiting licenses to one per 5,000 residents. The council left intact a requirement that liquor stores be at least three-fourths of a mile from one another. Lifting the population cap will allow three more neighborhood liquor stores, which would push the city’s total number of licenses to 15. But there could be more if own-ers want to locate near Burnsville Center. The council left intact a provi-sion that exempts the sur-rounding retail area from the spacing requirement. Liquor store owners have watched closely as the council reviewed its off-sale ordinance. They warned against over-saturation of stores that could cut into their busi-ness. Mike Moore, owner of the 50-year-old Red Lion Liquors on Nicollet Av-enue in Burnsville’s Heart of the City, said he can live with three more li-censes outside the Burns-ville Center area. “What we didn’t want to see is a liquor store on every corner,” Moore said after Tuesday’s meeting. Under the spacing re-quirement, new neighbor-hood liquor stores will be allowed in three specific

areas: in the building on Cliff Road previously occupied by Red Hawk Liquor, which went out of business; the site of Mr. Bee’s Car Wash at Cliff and Diffley roads; and south of Southcross Drive along Buck Hill Road. The city launched the ordinance review last February in response to the growing popularity of brew pubs, taprooms and speciality grocery stores such as Trader Joe’s that also sell liquor. Last April the council granted a license to Total Wine & More to open a store next to Super Tar-get on County Road 42. Store owners in Burns-ville and across the metro area have fought, without success, the national su-perstore’s entry into the market. At the time, Mayor Elizabeth Kautz and Council Member Su-zanne Nguyen warned against overconcentra-tion of liquor stores in the Burnsville Center area, where Total Wine became the sixth when it opened last September. Since then, one of the stores — Haskell’s — has closed. Its owner blamed overconcentration and Total Wine’s low-priced competition. Instead of pushing for a cap on licenses in the area, Nguyen and Kautz said Tuesday that the market has taken care of that, with smaller play-ers unlikely to come in and do battle with Total Wine. The license being va-cated by Haskell’s may be

inviting to someone who wants to open a brew pub in the retail area, Nguyen said. The area is bounded by McAndrews Road on the north, Portland Av-enue on the east, South-cross Drive on the south and County Road 5 on the west. The council’s vote in-cludes a provision con-firming that taprooms selling “growlers” for off-site consumption would be subject to the spacing requirement for all li-cense holders outside the Burnsville Center area. Taprooms are beer manufacturers that also sell beer for on-site con-sumption, Burnsville Economic Development Coordinator Skip Nien-haus said. Taprooms sell-ing growlers — 64-ounce capped bottles — would need an off-sale license, he said. Because of the manufacturing, taproom locations would be lim-ited to industrially zoned parts of Burnsville, Nien-haus said. The council declined to change the ordinance to add more off-sale li-censes for taprooms, growler sales or “acces-sory to grocery” sales. The Burnsville Cen-ter area has three liquor stores attached to grocery stores, at Costco Whole-sale, Cub Foods and Byerly’s. An amended ordi-nance with the changes will come to the council for final approval.

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

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A Farmington couple was allegedly involved in a large-scale operation of al-tering odometers on vehicles and selling them at a profit, according to a Dakota County criminal complaint. Farmington’s Maxim Vladimir Litvinov, 27, and Margarita Aleksandr San-dulyak, 23, were charged with two counts of felony theft by swindle and two gross misdemeanor counts of selling a motor vehicle with an altered odometer by the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office. According to the crimi-nal complaint, a Nissan and Toyota with altered odome-ters were sold for more than they were worth on Craig-

slist. Following a search warrant of their property, several more altered vehicle odometers were discovered. Last summer, the Da-kota County Sheriff’s Office began investigating a claim that the two sold a 2003 Nissan Altima with an al-tered odometer. An individ-ual purchased the car with 90,000 miles on it in Dec. 2013, but when they took it to get an oil change at a Jiffy Lube, records showed more than 130,000 miles from 2012. Further records on the vehicle from other ser-vice agencies confirmed the discrepancy. In September, another alleged victim contacted the Dakota County Sheriff’s

Office after they purchased a 2002 Toyota Avalon from Sandulyak with 90,000 miles. During an Internet search of the vehicle identi-fication number, they later discovered the same Avalon was posted online for sale with 207,000 miles. Law enforcement execut-ed a search of the property where both Litvinov and Sandulyak were living. Of-ficers found many different cars, including a 2002 Toy-ota Camry, a 2003 Acura MDX, and a 2004 Toyota Corolla, all with odom-eters in the 89,000-96,000 range along with several tools. Subsequent investi-gations discovered the cars had 80,000 to 185,000 more

miles than the odometers in-dicated. The maximum charges for the offenses is 12 years in jail, a $26,000 fine or both. The two were also charged with felony theft by swindle and sale of a mo-tor vehicle with an altered odometer by the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office in July 2014. An individual sold a Toyota RAV4 to Lit-vinov and Sandulyak and later discovered the same vehicle on Craigslist adver-tised with 135,000 fewer miles, sparking the investi-gation. — Andy Rogers

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Burnsville’s Lyslo first ref enshrined by US Youth Soccer by John Gessner


Wally Lyslo knew lit-tle about soccer in 1971, when the Univac com-pany transferred the pur-chasing manager from Burnsville to Washington, D.C. Out East, the interna-tional game wasn’t the cu-riosity it remained in the Midwest. Lyslo’s son was even recruited. “We had a colonel in the neighborhood who was starting a soccer pro-gram and he came to us and said, ‘Can Gunner play?’ ” Lyslo recalled. “Well, he was 5 or 6 years old at the time. That’s when I went to the li-brary and started getting books.” Gunner played for the Optimists team in Arling-ton, Virginia, while his father studied up. After the Lyslos moved back to Burnsville in 1973 and Gunner joined a local team, Wally volunteered as a referee. More than 40 years lat-er, few referees can match his longevity, expertise or reputation. Lyslo was in-ducted last month into the US Youth Soccer Hall of Fame. He’s the first refer-ee inducted since the hall’s founding in 2008. “I was stunned when I got the email,” said Lyslo, now 79. “In fact, I didn’t trust the email, so I checked to make sure it was not a spam.” Still living in Burns-ville’s Walden neighbor-hood, Lyslo has been out of the game for awhile. His 1996 appointment as chairman of the US Youth Soccer Referee Commit-tee lasted 10 years, and Lyslo figures it’s been five or six since he worked a game. Refs must pass annual running and agility tests

given by the United States Soccer Federation, the game’s governing body, Lyslo noted. “I couldn’t run with the 19-year-olds any more,” he said. “I could run, but I can’t keep up.” Since soccer began to grow in Minnesota, Lyslo has been “a person every-one could look up to in the referee community,” US Youth Soccer said in its Hall of Fame induc-tion. By his estimation, he’s worked thousands of games and trained at least hundreds of referees. Son Gunner was on hand for the Jan. 16 in-duction ceremony in Philadelphia. Though he played for Burnsville High School (as did his sister Kirsten) and played club soccer at Iowa State, Gunner followed his fa-ther into officiating. He started young, at 10 or 11. “I probably remember attending that very first referee clinic,” said Gun-ner, now 47. “That’s where my father and I spent a lot of time together, on the refereeing side of the fence.” Gunner said he cut his teeth on Burnsville Athletic club games. He and Wally worked many

games together. “When you’re 14 years old refereeing a game of 12-year-olds, it’s amazing, the intensity of some of the parents on the side-lines,” Gunner said. “He was probably able to de-flect some of the anger.” No longer an active referee, Gunner is founder and CEO of Chicago-based Surfacide LLC, which developed a disin-fectant technology used in hospitals to ward off mul-tidrug-resistant patho-gens. “Clearly I drew on what I learned in officiating to my current career path,” he said. “It’s being able to make quick decisions and deal with challenges” in a calming way. “Whether it’s a hostile parent or a hostile client, a lot of that stuff translated from my experience on the field to where I am today.” As his children ex-ited the game, Wally kept climbing in soccer’s gov-erning bodies. He became volunteer referee commis-sioner for the Minnesota Junior Soccer Association in 1985 and was named to the board of the newly formed Minnesota Youth Soccer Association in 1987. In 1991 he was ap-pointed referee adminis-trator for US Youth Soc-cer’s Midwestern region, one of four nationwide. Gov. Arne Carlson ap-pointed him to the Min-nesota State Games board in 1995. That same year Lyslo was appointed to the United States Soccer Federation’s referee com-mittee, followed by his ap-pointment as chairman of US Youth Soccer’s referee committee. “I can’t tell you what magical thing made me think about soccer, other

Wally Lyslo is the first referee inducted into the US Youth Soccer Hall of Fame. (Photo by John Gessner)

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North hits sea-son-best team score at state

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Lakeville North’s gym-nasts didn’t need to find out where they placed to be satisfied with their performance at the state meet. Just hearing their score was enough. The Panthers scored 147.525 points – a sea-son high – at last Friday’s Class AA team competi-tion at the University of Minnesota Sports Pavil-ion. For the record, that was good for third place. “When they heard their score, the kids didn’t even care what place they got because they knew they had done their best,” Lakeville North coach Teri Homan said. Truthfully, the Panthers cared at least a little about where they placed. Homan said their goal all year was a top-three finish at state.

Getting there was going to require their best per-formance of the year. If the qualifying teams were

seeded before the state meet, Homan said the Panthers probably would have come in at fifth or

sixth. “We hit all our routines on vault, bars and floor,” Homan said. “We had

some falls on beam, but it was still our best perfor-mance of the season. Cali Berg and Emma Johnson also had their personal-best all-around scores in the team competition, which helped us a lot.” Berg scored 38.175 all-around and Johnson had 36.775. Alyssa Woodbury also competed all-around and her highest event score was 9.425 on floor exercise. Ashley Good-lund, Megan Lemley and Indya Volk all were in at least one event at the team competition. Goodlund, Berg, John-son and Woodbury also were in the Class AA individual competition Saturday night. Berg was 19th in the all-around but might have finished in the top five if not for falling on her dismount on bal-ance beam. She lost her balance and landed awk-wardly at the side of the team. Berg was not in-jured, but the fall probably cost a full point.

Berg was sixth on floor exercise with 9.5, eighth on vault with 9.575 and 12th on bars. Johnson placed 25th in the all-around. Her best individual event score was 9.425 on floor exercise. Goodlund, a seventh-grader, placed 23rd on bars. Woodbury, a senior, scored 9.4 on floor, good for 17th place. Goodlund is the only member of the Panthers’ roster who is a senior. The returning gymnasts are likely to be back in the gym soon, participat-ing in Lakeville North’s off-season program. Out-side coaches come in to train them during the off-season; Minnesota State High School League rules allow high school team coaches to work with their gymnasts only during the season and in June and July.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

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Defense could be key to another North playoff runPanthers seeded 3rd in Section 1 boys basketball



Defending Class 4A boys basketball champion Lakeville North seems to have slipped out of radar range as the section play-offs begin. And that might not be a bad thing for the Pan-thers. Almost 12 months ago, they were celebrating their state title on the Tar-get Center floor. This year they are the third seed in Section 1 as teams such as undefeated Champlin Park and South Suburban Conference champion Apple Valley attract the attention. North was 15-11 over-all when it took on Owa-tonna in a first-round Section 1 game Wednes-day, after this edition went to press. Two of the Panthers’ better games near the end of the regu-lar season might have been losses. They lost 56-54 to Apple Valley and

took Shakopee, the SSC’s second-place team, to overtime before losing. “We’ve had some ups and downs, but we’ve been playing better defen-sively,” North coach John Oxton said. “We’ve defi-nitely been more consis-tent and the kids are more disciplined.” The Panthers were 4-0 in regular-season games against Section 1 teams but did not play Roches-ter John Marshall (21-5) or Hastings (20-5), the top two seeds. But the experience of playing in the South Suburban Con-ference usually serves the Panthers well in the Sec-tion 1 tourney, which they have won the last three years. Two teams from the SSC (Lakeville North and Farmington) are in Sec-tion 1. Hastings won the Metro East Conference. The other five schools from the section are in the Big Nine Conference. “It absolutely helps us. There’s no question our league is the best of the leagues that send teams to

that section,” Oxton said. “We played a lot of teams in our conference that have a chance to do well in the playoffs.” North forward Con-nor Flack leads the team with an 18.4 scoring av-erage. Four other players – Carter Brooks, David Lindstrand, Marquise Walker and Isaac Brooks – average 6.7 or more. The Panthers had to reshuffle a few roles when junior guard Calven Pesola was injured, but “our kids all year have done a good job of stepping up,” Oxton said. If the Panthers beat Owatonna, they would play Hastings or Farm-ington in the section semi-finals at 8:15 p.m. Satur-day at Mayo Civic Center in Rochester. Mayo Civic Center also is the site of the championship game March 6. Lakeville North teams have won their last six games in that building, so playing there shouldn’t be a problem should they advance to the semifinals. “If we’re rattled, that’s our

fault,” Oxton said. “Our kids have been around. They know what’s going on.”

Lakeville South The Cougars (12-14) hope to continue their late-season surge in the Class 4A, Section 2 playoffs. Fifth-seeded Lakeville South played at fourth-seeded Chanhas-sen in a section quarter-final game Wednesday, with the winner advanc-ing to face Shakopee or Bloomington Kennedy in the semifinals at 5 p.m. Saturday at Apple Valley High School. Lakeville South won six of its last seven regu-lar-season games, with the only loss in that stretch by one point against East-view. Jack Sorenson and Brenon Larson-Gulsvig scored 27 points each in the Cougars’ final regu-lar-season game, an 87-86 victory at Burnsville last Friday.


Tigers, Panthers prepare for rematchby Mike Shaughnessy


Farmington has no illu-sions about where it stands going into the Section 1AA boys hockey cham-pionship game against Lakeville North. The Tigers are under-dogs. Heavy underdogs. They’re trying not to think about that, coach Greg May said. “Our whole thing, since Day 1 of the season, is to get better each day,” May said. “I think that’s the only way you can ap-proach this.” Farmington is the last obstacle in the way of Lakeville North returning to the state tournament. The Panthers are 27-0 and defeated two overmatched opponents in the Section 1AA playoffs by a com-bined 24-0. The Tigers are 19-7-1 after defeating Lakeville South 5-1 in the semifinals last Saturday. That sent Farming-ton to the section cham-

pionship game against North at 7 p.m. Thursday at Rochester Recreation Center. It’s a rematch of last year’s section final, won by North 6-0. Lakeville North defeat-ed Farmington twice dur-ing the regular season, but the Tigers came as close as any team to beating the Panthers. In November at Schmitz-Maki Arena, the Tigers took the Panthers to overtime before North’s Jack Poehling scored to give his team a 6-5 victory. Lakeville North domi-nated the rematch, win-ning 6-0 at Ames Arena. The Panthers drubbed Rochester Century 10-0 in a Section 1AA semifinal game Saturday afternoon as Jack Poehling had five goals and one assist. Nick Poehling had two goals and three assists. Senior defenseman Jack Sadek scored once and had four assists. Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Lakeville North seventh-grader Ashley Goodlund competes on the uneven bars during the individual portion of the state Class AA gymnastics meet Saturday at the University of Minnesota. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Panther gymnasts take third place, are elated

Cougars finish fourth at state hockeyMorse scores all

5 of South’s goals in tourney



In the end, Lakeville South probably got as far as it could with what it had. One of the Cougars’ goals was to play three games at the state Class AA girls hockey tourna-ment. They did, although they were looking to fin-ish their season in the state final, not the third-place game. “The girls worked hard, and I thought there were times when we domi-nated 5-on-5,” South coach Natalie Darwitz said following the Cou-gars’ 3-1 loss to Edina in the Class AA third-place game Saturday at Xcel Energy Center. “We had a few self-inflicted wounds, but I thought we played well overall.” But, in games against Minnetonka on Friday (a 5-1 loss in the Class AA semifinals) and Edina on Saturday, it became clear what those teams had that the Cougars lacked – a true game-breaker. South relies on a deep core of good players, but Minnetonka has four Di-vision I college recruits and Edina has the state’s Ms. Hockey (Taylor Wil-liamson, who is headed to Minnesota). “We don’t have any DI

players,” Darwitz said. “Our kids put it all out there, and I’m proud of them. But we had a lot of opportunities, and we didn’t bury them. At the end of the day, you have to be able to make that last play the way the top-end players do.” Even the Cougars’ best player in the state tour-nament, senior forward Morgan Morse, hasn’t been heavily recruited by Division I schools, al-though perhaps that will change now. If South was to have a player on the all-tournament team Morse was the obvious choice, seeing as she scored all five of the Cougars’ goals. The Cougars left Xcel Energy Center on Satur-day puzzled as to why a team that featured bal-anced scoring all year had only one player find the net in the state tournament. But it was a showcase for Morse, who scored a natural hat trick in the Cougars’ 3-1 quarterfinal victory over Blaine on Feb. 19. Morse also scored the game-winner in overtime against Lakeville North in the Section 1AA final. “Getting that goal (in the section final) just kind of lit a match,” Morse said. “(Against Blaine) it seemed like I had a lot more room, and we had a great effort by all our players.” Her third goal of the Blaine game made it 3-0 at 4:41 of the second pe-

riod. The Bengals tried to rally, but Lakeville South made it tough for them to get back in the game, holding them to 15 shots. South goalie Chloe Cros-by made 14 saves. Fourth-seeded Lakev-ille South (24-5-1) lost to top-seeded Minnetonka in the semifinals despite outshooting the Skip-pers 28-27. The Cougars couldn’t put a puck past Minnetonka goalie Taty-ana Delaittre until 11:23 of the third period, mak-ing it 4-1. Minnetonka responded with its final goal of the game less than

one minute later. Minnetonka lost to Hill-Murray 2-1 in the championship game Sat-urday night as the Pio-neers won their second consecutive Class AA title. Morse scored her 33rd goal of the season, as-sisted by Elly Schroeder, as Lakeville South took a 1-0 lead against Edina in the third-place game. But the Hornets connected on power-play opportunities in the second and third periods to take the lead. The game-winner came with Edina on a 5-on-3

advantage. Williamson scored her 40th goal of the season into an empty net to wrap it up. It also wrapped up Lakeville South’s first state tournament appear-ance since 2011. This year was the first time in three trips to state that the Cou-gars won their first-round game. The team graduates eight seniors, including captains Morse, Haley Ravndalen and Kelsey Olsen, plus 20-goal scorer Chloe Batta. Lakeville South fig-ures to be tough to score against next season with

Crosby and four of the top six defenders return-ing. Asked if any younger players could develop into the offensive game-breaker the Cougars could use, Darwitz men-tioned Janna Haeg, a ju-nior who led the team in scoring this season with 58 points. One thing’s for cer-tain – they’ll keep looking now that they have seen they’re not that far from the state’s elite teams.


Haley Ravndalen (6) of Lakeville South crashes the net but is turned away by Minnetonka goalie Tatyana Delaittre. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)


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well as space. “It’s a good marriage,” Richie said. “Both the restaurant and the brew-ery will complement each other.” Richie said he will con-tinue to offer food truck favorites, including brat burgers, chicken Philly sandwiches and mild and wild pretzels, but in the new space, the menu will have more variety, includ-ing hamburgers, juicy lucys, freshly cut french fries, chicken wings and buffalo shrimp. “If it’s in the budget, we’re going to take a shot at pizza,” Richie said. No food will be served at The Angry Inch, but Er-ickson said Motley Crews Heavy Metal Grill patrons are welcome to bring their food over to eat while sip-ping The Angry Inch’s draft beer. Erickson, a former me-chanic with an interest in cooking, plans to quit his job at a brewery and supply store to run An-gry Inch Brewing when it opens. He said Hebzynski hopes to be able to follow suit if their business takes off. The duo unexpectedly became entrepreneurs af-ter Hebzynski spotted an unopened home brew kit at his house four years ago, according to Erick-son. “Josh saw it sitting in the corner of the garage

and said, ‘Why aren’t we doing that?’ ” Erickson said. What started as a fun pastime soon turned into a passion that led to tast-ing parties with impressed friends who invited more friends to taste the brews. “We had about nine taps in my garage,” Erick-son said. After winning acco-lades and awards in com-petitions, the duo started seriously thinking about opening a brewery and tap house. Their attention turned to Lakeville after Met-ro Equity Management founder Mark Hotzler tasted one of their brews at a local charity event and tracked them down. “He said, ‘What do you think about coming to Lakeville?’ ” Erickson said. “It was just kind of the right time, right place, and we found someone else who just loved our beer.” Erickson said they named their brewery An-gry Inch Brewing as a ref-erence to the movie “Hed-wig and the Angry Inch,” which tells the story of a transvestite whose surgery was not properly complet-ed. “Josh and I are re-ally big supporters of the GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisex-ual and transgender) com-munity,” Erickson said. “They don’t get as much support as they deserve …

We’re inspired by a lot of the trials and tribulations that that group of people have to go through.” Erickson said they plan to serve their beers with higher alcohol levels in 10- to 12-ounce glasses and the rest in 16-ounce glasses; both will cost $5. A news release said they plan to offer nine beers on tap, with two available on six-month rotations and one experimental brew. Erickson said craft beers differ from com-mercially produced beers because the goal is quality and innovation instead of mass production. Erickson said he and Hebzynski plan to “play” with recipes and try new brews “so we never get into a rut.” “We can always be try-ing different things to see what we like and what the people like,” Erickson said. Innovation is also on tap at Motley Crews Heavy Metal Grill, where Richie said customers will find a 1980s classic rock atmosphere. Richie, 45, said there is a huge need for a restau-rant downtown, adding that his will contrast with Babe’s Sports Bar partly because it will not focus on sports. “I wanted something that was a fun atmosphere,” Richie said. “I didn’t want the food to be the only star. I wanted a place where

people could come and feel comfortable.” He said patrons should expect guitars on the walls that are available to play by anyone who feels like entertaining the crowd. He envisions the res-taurant as an affordable (sandwiches for $10 or less), family-friendly venue where “people walk out of there happy at any cost.” Richie said the truck will continue to operate locally and is still booked for events with Minne-apolis breweries including 612 Brew, Bauhaus Brew Labs and Insight Brewing, and will continue to be at events and venues such as the Uptown Art Fair, Canterbury Park and food truck rallies in Burnsville, Blaine and St. Paul. Lakeville City Council members at their Feb. 23 work session expressed excitement about the new businesses moving into downtown. They’ve focused on improving the downtown area, recently upgrading the area in front of the District 194 Area Learn-ing Center, and indicated approval for a $37,000 plan to upgrade Pioneer Plaza, the park-like area between downtown build-ings that’s home to the city’s Christmas tree. The tree is set to be re-placed as part of the proj-ect, as are worn colored pavers and an old, chipped water fountain.

Mayor Matt Little sug-gested the city also exam-ine other cost-effective op-portunities to improve the site that encourage people to use the space. He suggested adding rotating plantings that would draw crowds or ro-tating displays of public art. Parks and Recreation Director Brett Altergott said there could be sea-sonal displays, which may attract donors. Council Member Doug Anderson suggested the Downtown Lakeville Business Association may want to be involved. “It’s important to ad-vance this forward with new businesses coming into town,” Anderson said. Sherer indicated there may be more announce-ments of new businesses coming to downtown Lakeville this year. Sherer said Metro Eq-uity Management is in discussions with numerous potential business owners interested in the down-town area, offering ideas that include three or four more restaurants and an event center. “We’ve looked at a lot of different options,” Sherer said. “But our main goal is to put uses in that are going to drive traffic into downtown.”

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ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTIONThe Citizens of the Township of New Market, County of Scott, State

of Minnesota who are qualified to vote at General Elections are hereby

notified the Annual Township Election and Meeting will be held on Tues-

day March 10, 2015 in the New Market Township Hall, 8950 230th St

E, Lakeville, MN.

Located at the corner of Cty Rd 29 and Cty Rd 91.

Voting hours are from 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM.

To be elected are two (2) Supervisors for a three (3) year term and one

(1) Treasurer for a two (2) year term.

Absentee Voter Information:

To obtain an absentee ballot application contact Scott County Elec-

tion at 952 496 8161. Voters can also vote at the County Government

Office Monday through Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, and Saturday March

7, from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

The Annual Meeting will be held at approximately 8:30 PM for the

following purposes: To levy money for the annual Township budget and

to do any other business to be done at said meeting.

In case of inclement weather, the Annual Meeting and Election will be

held on Tuesday March 17, 2015 at the same time and place.

The Board of Canvas will meet after the Annual Meeting is adjourned.

Purpose of the meeting is to review and certify the results of the elec-

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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING AND ELECTION OF OFFICERSNotice is hereby given that the Annual Town Meeting and Town Elec-

tion of Credit River, in the County of Scott, State of Minnesota, will be

held on March 10, 2015.

The Election Polls will open at 7:00 am and close at 8:00 pm at the

Credit River Town Hall, 18985 Meadow View Boulevard, Prior Lake, MN

55372, to elect the following town officers:

Supervisor Seat A, for a three (3) year term

Supervisor Seat D, for a three (3) year term

The Annual Meeting will commence at 8:30 pm to conduct all nec-

essary town business as prescribed by law. The Annual Meeting will

be held at Prior Lake Fire Department #1, located at 16776 Fish Point

Road, Prior Lake, MN 55372.

If inclement weather should occur on the above scheduled date,

the Annual Meeting and Election would be held on the third Tuesday in

March at the above scheduled times and at the Credit River Town Hall

for polling, and at the Prior Lake Fire Station #1 for the Rescheduled An-

nual Meeting. Prior Lake Fire Station #1 is located at 16776 Fish Point

Road SE, Prior Lake, MN 55372.

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Notice is hereby given that Eureka Township, Dakota County, Minne-

sota will, on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 conduct its Annual Town Meeting

and Election of Town Officers.

In case of bad weather, the Annual Town Meeting and Election may

be postponed until the following Tuesday, March 17, 2015.

The election polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., at which

time the voters will elect:

One (1) Town Supervisor Seat 3 – Three year term

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The Annual Meeting will commence at 8:15 p.m. to conduct all nec-

essary business prescribed by law.

The Annual Election and Town Meeting will be held at the following

location:

Eureka Town Hall

25043 Cedar Avenue

Board of Canvas will meet on Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 7:00 p.m.

in the Eureka Town Hall.

Mira Broyles, Clerk

Eureka Township

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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:

September 28, 2007

MORTGAGOR: Amy A.

Schultz and John W. Schultz, wife

and husband.

MORTGAGEE:

Mortgage Electronic Registration

Systems, Inc. as nominee for Provi-

dent Funding Associates, L.P..

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Recorded October 17,

2007 Dakota County Recorder,

Document No. 2550929.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-

GAGE: Assigned to: CitiMort-

gage, Inc. Dated October 12, 2010

Recorded November 10, 2010, as

Document No. 2765345 and also

by document Dated June 11, 2013

Recorded June 24, 2013 as Docu-

ment No. 2958248.

TRANSACTION AGENT:

Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.

TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION

NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100017935170901447

LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED

ON MORTGAGE: Provident Fund-

ing Associates, L.P.

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: CitiMortgage, Inc.

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 18541 English Avenue,

Farmington, MN 55024

TAX PARCEL I.D. #:

14.58651.02.020

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lot 2, Block 2, Prairie

Creek 2nd Addition.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF MORTGAGE: $207,500.00

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED

TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NO-

TICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY,

PAID BY MORTGAGEE:

$249,436.02

That 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:

April 7, 2015 at 10:00 AM

PLACE 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

October 7, 2015, unless that date

falls on a weekend or legal holiday,

in which case it is the next week-

day, 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: January 27, 2015

CitiMortgage, Inc.

Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee

USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-

EBO, P.L.L.P.

Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee

of Mortgagee

4500 Park Glen Road #300

Minneapolis, MN 55416

(952) 925-6888

10 - 14-008768 FC

THIS IS A COMMUNICATION

FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published in

Lakeville

February 6, 13, 20, 27,

March 6, 13, 2015

345747

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:

Face 4 Your Future

PRINCIPAL PLACE

OF BUSINESS:

20186 Hertage Drive

Lakeville, MN 55044

NAMEHOLDER(S):

Lara Kelley

2818 West 88th Street

Bloomington, MN 55431

Diane Lindo

2193 130th Way

Rosemount, MN 55068

Mona Christensen

243 Winona Street West

West St. Paul, MN 55118

I, 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: February 17, 2015

SIGNED BY: Lara Kelley

Published in

Lakeville

February 27, March 6, 2015

352162

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #194

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS MULTI-SITE FIRE

ALARM REPLACEMENT CHERRY VIEW ELEMENTARY

8600 175™ STREET WEST

LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044

KENWOOD TRAIL

MIDDLE SCHOOL

19455 KENWOOD TRAIL


Independent School District

#194 will receive single prime

sealed bids for Multi-Site Fire

Alarm Replacement until 2:00 p.m.

local time on March 12, 2015 at the

District Office, 8670 210th Street

West, Lakeville, Minnesota, 55044,

at which time and place all bids will

be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including

the Proposal Form, Drawings and

Specifications, will be on file at the

Offices of the Architect, Wold Archi-

tects and Engineers, 305 St. Peter

Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102.

(651) 227-7773; at the Minnesota

Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill

Construction/Dodge Plan Center;

Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan

Room (St. Paul, MN); and from Plan

Well at www.e-arc.com.

This project includes: Removal

and replacement of the fire alarm

system throughout the entire build-

ing.

American Reprographics Com-

pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St.

Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952)

697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-

8803, will provide complete down-

loadable sets of the Bidding Docu-

ments to prospective bidders and

subcontractors. The downloadable

set will be available on or about

February 2, 2015. A deposit check

in the amount of $25 made out to

ARC for each set downloaded via

the internet at www.e-arc.com and

clicking on the Plan Well icon, then

the Public Plan Room icon, select

Multi-Site Fire Alarm Replacement.

Make proposals on the bid forms

supplied in the Project Manual.

No oral, telegraphic or telephonic

proposals or modifications will be

considered. Submit with each bid,

a certified check or acceptable bid-

der’s bond payable to Independent

School District #194 in an amount

equal to five percent (5%) of the

total bid. The successful bidder will

be required to furnish satisfactory

Labor and Material Payment Bond,

and Performance Bond.

Bids may not be withdrawn

within thirty (30) days after the

scheduled time of opening bids,

without the consent of the Owner.

The Owner reserves the right to

accept any bid or to reject any or

all bids, or parts of such bids, and

waive informalities or irregularities

in bidding.

A pre-bid walkthrough has been

scheduled for Monday, February

16, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. at Cherry

View Elementary and at 9:00 p.m.

at Kenwood Trail Middle School.

Meet at the front door at Cherry

View Elementary School.

The Owner requires Substantial

Completion of the project on or be-

fore August 14, 2015.

Board of Education

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-

TRICT #194

Published in

Lakeville, Burnsville/Eagan


354080


ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSMULTI-SITE EXTERIOR CONCRETE REPAIRS

LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL

19875 DODD ROAD


CHERRY VIEW ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL

8600 175TH STREET WEST


OAK HILLS ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL



CHRISTINA HUDDLESTON

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL



CENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOL

18610 IPAVA AVENUE


LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH

SCHOOL

21135 JACQUARD AVENUE




sealed bids for Multi-Site Exterior

Concrete Repairs until 1:00 p.m. lo-

cal time on March 10, 2015 at the















Room (St. Paul, MN); and from

PlanWell at www.e-arc.com/MN/

saintlouispark.

This project includes: The re-

moval and replacement of portions

of concrete walks throughout the

District.




697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803

will provide complete download-

able sets of the Bidding Docu-


subcontractors. The downloads

will be available on or about Febru-

ary 16, 2015. A deposit check in the

amount of $25 made out to ARC for

each set downloaded via the inter-

net at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/

saintlouispark and clicking on the

PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan

Room icon, select Multi-site Con-

crete Repairs.






















in bidding.




Board of Education


TRICT #194

Published in



353420

CREDIT RIVER TOWNSHIP BOARD MEETINGAGENDA DRAFT

MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015, 6PM

A more complete agenda will be

posted on the Township Website at

www.creditriver-mn.gov approxi-

mately 6 days before the meeting.

You can also sign up to have the

agenda emailed to you monthly by

visiting the website and entering

your email address in the desig-

nated space.

PLEASE NOTE that due to re-

pairs on the Town Hall, the Monthly

Board Meetings will be held at Prior

Lake Fire Station #1, located at

16776 Fish Point Road, Prior Lake,

MN 55372, until further notice.

Please check the website at www.

creditriver-mn.gov for any updates.

6PM: Call March Board Meeting

to Order, Pledge of Allegiance

1) Approve or Amend Agenda

2) Consent Agenda

3) 2014 Audit Report Presenta-

tion

4) Highway 27 Corridor Study

5) Open Forum

6) Old Business

7) New Business

8) Road Report

9) Engineer’s Report

10) Treasurer Report

11) Clerk’s Report

12) Town Hall

13) Review and Pay Bills

14) Adjourn

Published in

Lakeville

February 27, 2015

352534


ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSMULTI-SITE WALL

REFINISHING PROJECTEASTVIEW ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL

18060 IPAVA AVENUE


ORCHARD LAKE ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL

16531 KLAMATH TRAIL




sealed bids for Multi-Site Wall Re-

finishing Project until 3:00 p.m. lo-

cal time on March 10, 2015 at the

















saintlouispark.


of vinyl wall covering and associ-

ated surface prep, painting of gyp-

sum walls, columns, metal lockers,

hollow metal doors and frames,

and metal stair stringers and rail-

ings.




697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803





will be available February 16, 2015.

A deposit check in the amount of

$25 made out to ARC for each

set downloaded via the inter-




Room icon, select Multi-Site Wall

Refinishing Project.






















in bidding.




Board of Education


TRICT #194

Published in



352483


ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSCALL FOR BIDS 2015 FIRE

ALARM UPGRADESNotice is hereby given that

sealed bids will be received for the

2015 Fire Alarm Upgrades by Inde-

pendent School District 196, at the

Facilities and Grounds Office locat-

ed at 14445 Diamond Path West,

Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2:00

p.m. on March 24, 2015, at which

time and place bids will be publicly

opened and read aloud.

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled

for March 13, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.

at Black Hawk Middle School af-

ter which Oak Ridge Elementary

School will be visited. Attendance

at this meeting is highly recom-

mended.

This project includes: Fire Alarm

Upgrades at Black Hawk Middle

School and Oak Ridge Elementary

School.

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. No personal checks

will be accepted.

Gary L. Huusko, Board Clerk

Independent School District 196

Published in

Apple Valley, Lakeville,

Burnsville/Eagan


354054

CITY OF LAKEVILLEDAKOTA COUNTY,

MINNESOTANOTICE OF HEARING ON IMPROVEMENT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the City Council of Lakeville

will meet at 7:00 p.m. on Monday,

March 16, 2015 at the City Council

Chambers, 20195 Holyoke Avenue,

Lakeville, Minnesota, to consider

the Kensington Boulevard Improve-

ment Project, which extends from

205th Street to a point just south of

the intersection with 210th Street;

City Improvement Project 15-04,

pursuant to Minn. Stat. 429.011 to

429.111.

The area proposed to be as-

sessed for the improvements is as

follows:

The project will include property

in that part of Section 25 Township

114 Range 21, within the City of

Lakeville, Dakota County, Minne-

sota, and also being along Kens-

ington Boulevard between 205th

Street and a point just south of

the intersection with 210th Street,

where the improvements associ-

ated with the CSAH 70 project ter-

minated.

The estimated cost of the im-

provement is $898,240.00. Such

persons as desire to be heard with

reference to the proposed improve-

ment will be heard at this meeting.

DATED this 17th day of Febru-

ary, 2015.

CITY OF LAKEVILLE

BY: Charlene Friedges, City Clerk

Published in

Lakeville


352071


ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSCENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOL FLOORING REPLACEMENTCENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOL

18610 IPAVA AVENUELAKEVILLE,

MINNESOTA 55044Independent School District


sealed bids for Century Middle

School Flooring Replacement un-

til 2:00 p.m. local time on March

10, 2015 at the District Office,

8670 210th Street West, Lakeville,

Minnesota, 55044, at which time

and place all bids will be publicly

opened and read aloud.













saintlouispark.


and replacement of carpet flooring,

vinyl wall base, and the installation

of quarry tile and athletic rubber

flooring as described in the con-

tract documents.




697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803





will be available February 16, 2015.

A deposit check in the amount of

$25 made out to ARC for each

set downloaded via the inter-




Room icon, select Century Middle

School Flooring Replacement.






















in bidding.




Board of Education


TRICT #194

Published in



352461

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196 ROSEMOUNT-

APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

APPLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL 2015 SCIENCE

LAB REMODEL 14450 HAYES ROAD

APPLE VALLEY, MINNESOTA 55124

Notice is hereby given that

sealed bids will be received for the

Apple Valley High School 2015 Sci-

ence Lab Remodel by Independent

School District 196, at the Facili-

ties and Grounds Office located at

14445 Diamond Path West, Rose-

mount, MN 55068, until 2:00 p.m.,

March 12, 2015, at which time and

place bids will be publicly opened

and read aloud.

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled

for March 4, 2015 at 3:30p.m. at

Apple Valley High School, meet at

main entrance. Attendance at this

meeting is highly recommended.

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. No personal checks

will be accepted.

Gary Huusko, Board Clerk

Independent School District 196

Published in


Burnsville/Eagan

February 20, 27, 2015

351586

CITY OF LAKEVILLE DAKOTA COUNTY,

MINNESOTANOTICE OF HEARING ON IMPROVEMENT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:


that the City Council of Lakeville

will meet at 7:00 p.m. on Monday,

March 16, 2015 at the City Council


Lakeville, Minnesota, to consider

the Hamburg Avenue Improve-

ment Project, which extends from

Lakeville Boulevard to 220th Street;

City Improvement Project 15-05,

pursuant to Minn. Stat. 429.011 to

429.111.

The area proposed to be as-

sessed for the improvements is as

follows:

The project will include property

in that part of Section 33 Township

114 Range 20, within the City of

Lakeville, Dakota County, Minneso-

ta, and also being along Hamburg

Avenue between Lakeville Boule-

vard and 220th Street.

The estimated cost of the im-

provement is $579,255. Such

persons as desire to be heard with

reference to the proposed improve-


LEGAL NOTICES

ment will be heard at this meeting.


ary, 2015.

CITY OF LAKEVILLE

BY: Charlene Friedges, City Clerk

Published in

Lakeville


352079

CITY OF LAKEVILLEPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

REQUEST:

1. The preliminary and final plat

and of one commercial lot to be

known as Minnesota Blue Skies

Addition; and

2. The PUD development stage

plans for The Goddard School; and

3. Vacation of public drainage

and utility easements.

APPLICANT: Cory Schubert,

representing Thomas J. Walker.

LOCATION AND LEGAL DE-

SCRIPTION: The property is lo-

cated in the southeast quadrant of

160th Street (CSAH 46) and Pilot

Knob Road (CSAH 31) in the City

of Lakeville, Dakota County, Min-

nesota and is legally described as

follows:

Outlot C, Spirit of Brandtjen

Farm Commercial 1st Addition, ac-

cording to the recorded plat there-

of, Dakota County, Minnesota

WHEN: Thursday, March 19,

2015 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon there-

after as the parties may be heard.

WHERE: Planning Commission

meeting at the City Hall Council


Lakeville, Minnesota.

QUESTIONS: Contact Associ-

ate Planner Kris Jenson at (952)

985-4424 or by e-mail at kjenson@

lakevillemn.gov


ary, 2015.

CITY OF LAKEVILLE

Charlene Friedges, City Clerk

Published in

Lakeville

February 27, 2015

355044

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

TRANSITION PLUS & PATHWAY PROGRAMS


that Independent School District

196 will hold three public hearings

on the continued Flexible Learn-

ing Year calendar for the Transi-

tion Plus and Pathway programs.

The public hearings will be held

on Monday, March 2nd, Tuesday,

March 10th and Thursday, March

12th. The three public hearings will

be held from 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

at the Transition Plus/Pathway pro-

gram in the ATP building located

at 5840 149th Street West, Apple

Valley, MN 55124. The Transition

Plus and Pathway programs are for

learners, 18 to 21 years old, with an

Individual Education Plan (IEP). The

District is recommending comple-

tion of a Flexible Learning Year

application for continuation of the

school year calendar that runs from

August through June. This calen-

dar has been in place since the

programs began in 1995 and 200

respectively.

Published in


Burnsville/Eagan

February 27, 2015

352705

Obituaries Obituaries

Engagements

Oblak/TowersJohn and Carole Tow-

ers of Damascus, Virginia announce the engagement of their daughter, India Rose Towers to William Thomas Oblak, son of Tom and Jill Oblak, pre-viously of Lakeville, MN.

India is a graduate of Appalachian State Uni-versity and is working on her masters degree.

1st Lieutenant Oblak is a Marine Corps Infantry Officer serving with the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Ma-rine Regiment at Camp Lejune, N.C. He gradu-ated from Lakeville North in 2007 and Penn State University in 2011.

A July 4th wedding is planned in Blowing Rock, N.C. Following the wed-ding, the couple will re-side at Will’s new duty sta-tion near Beaufort, S.C.

their vision. Final propos-als are due in November. Citing local business’ concern about struggling to fill open positions in manufacturing, Lakeville officials are proposing ef-forts that focus on work-force development for today, tomorrow and the future. A maximum of 15 semi-finalists will be selected in January 2016 for an all-expense paid trip to the April 2016 ABC Summit, where up to eight finalists will be named and receive $100,000 to implement their plans and record their progress. Three grand prize win-ners will be announced in April 2017. The community found to have the most innova-tive and effective plan will win a $3 million grand prize. Second place will win $2 million, third place will be awarded $1 million. “The funding that is po-tentially available is very significant,” said Lakeville Community Development Director Dave Olson, who presented the plan to City Council members at a Feb. 23 workshop attended by Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce President Tim Roche and Lakeville Area School District Su-perintendent Lisa Snyder. “We’re really excited because so many times the school district, the city and the chamber work kind in isolation, in silos,” Snyder said. “With us working to-gether, corroboratively, on really the same issue, every-body comes out a winner.” She said the city could grow and the industrial park businesses could see more employees that would help them through these times that she de-scribed as a “misalignment of education pathways to viable careers.”

Snyder said the initia-tive will work to expose high school students to real jobs that exist by in-troducing apprenticeships and mentors who could “help them see that there’s more than one way to be successful.” Olson said they are working on an official ap-plication along with an in-troductory letter that was to be completed this week. The contest builds on the efforts Lakeville com-munity members em-ployed to create Envision Lakeville, the city’s vision-ing document to establish strategic priorities to guide planning and decisions. The process to create the document began in 2012 and involved gather-ing input from hundreds of citizens through surveys and meetings. Last year, a final Envision Lakeville report was issued that de-fined priorities and initia-tives to forward them. Implementing the plan was delayed after several key community leaders resigned for other posi-tions, but it’s back on track and is a priority for new City Administrator

Justin Miller, Snyder and Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce President Tim Roche. Lakeville City Council members are also planning to make the En-vision Lakeville findings a main topic in an upcoming work session. Some conclusions from the Envision Lakeville process identified strong support for the schools, a desire for more diverse housing options and the need for economic devel-opment in the city as “cru-cial, if only to minimize the residential tax burden.” The Envision Lakeville process also brought peo-ple together to share opin-ions and ideas intended to help shape the future goals of the community and then align the resources to achieve them. Roche said the same kind of collabo-ration is occurring with the America’s Best Communi-ties process. “The opportunity of funding from the grant is exciting,” Roche said. “But what I am most excited about is the conversations, that have occurred in the past, we are having now and will continue to have

about economic develop-ment of the community.” Frontier Communi-cations Chair and CEO Maggie Wilderotter said in a news release the contest is meant to lead to change within communities. “This contest is de-signed to challenge a com-munity’s brightest and most innovative think-ers to develop meaning-ful strategies and plans that will transform their town or city,” she said. “Whether ideas come from an individual or a group, visionaries in a commu-nity can effect powerful transformations. And the $10 million in support from Frontier and Dish is just the tip of the iceberg. As businesses join togeth-er to support their local community through the America’s Best Communi-ties Contest, there will be a multiplier effect that will expand the size and impact of the prize. Frontier is of-fering qualified applicants the resources they need to be their own agents for positive change.”


PRIZES, from 1A

Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce President Tim Roche and ISD 194 Superinten-dent Lisa Snyder punctuated their support for the America’s Best Communities effort by appearing together at the Feb. 23 Lakeville City Council work session. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

“We have to do a de-sign and set a budget yet,” Altergott said. Smaller fenced dog exercise areas may be added in the city as neighborhood parks are built or upgraded in the future. The Lakeville Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Committee recommended the lo-cation after reviewing three potential dog park sites. Altergott said they decided to recommend the Ritter Farm Park location because of its size, fairly central loca-tion and proximity to homes. Many Lakeville parks backup to homes, and there were concerns noise, traffic and park-ing would be problem-atic for neighbors, he said. Council Member Colleen LaBeau cited concerns that adding dog parks could scare away families with small children and people who are fearful around dogs. Altergott said the area would be fenced in, and it is farther back from the main area of the park that most peo-ple use. The location was also deemed a good fit be-cause it has ample areas to accommodate park-ing. Mayor Matt Little called the park”a good

use of the space,” and said its location could help more Lakeville res-idents discover and use Ritter Farm Park. Altergott said there is an eagle’s nest in the area, so the city is work-ing with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to ensure the project does not interfere with the eagle. Altergott said they revised their original plan to ensure the park would be at least 350 feet from the nest as re-quired. According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the bald eagle was del-isted in 2007 from under the Endangered Species Act, but the bald eagle continues to be pro-tected by the Bald and Golden Eagle Protec-tion Act. The Bald and Golden Eagle Act prohibits any-one from taking, pos-sessing or transporting a bald eagle or golden eagle or the parts, nests (active or inactive) or eggs of such birds with-out prior authorization, according to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Altergott said some residents have already contacted city officials regarding concerns about protecting the nest. “We are not disturb-ing the area,” Altergott said.


PARK, from 1A

than it was fun,” Lyslo said. “And it’s a good sport.” As an instructor, he’s taught referees in “all corners of the state,”

LYSLO, from 10A Lyslo said. Their per-formance, he reports, is improving in Minnesota, with tougher standards and rigorous on-site eval-uations of their work. “It’s getting better be-cause we’re finding more people are getting more serious about it,” Lyslo said. “There are people that are not that knowledge-able and sort of invent their own rules. Which is detrimental,” he added. These days Lyslo works as a part-time greeter at the Costco Wholesale store in Burnsville, where, he said, the internationally diverse crew often watches soccer in the break room. He occasionally runs into Manuel Lagos, a custom-er and head coach of the Minnesota United, and sees many others he met on the soccer field. “Tons of them,” Lyslo said. “I see all the old play-ers who are now mothers or dads who’ve got their kids involved. And I get to see a lot of parents that I haven’t seen for years. It seems like everybody I know comes to Costco.”

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


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5420 Tree Care &Stump Removal

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MATERIAL HANDLER POSITIONWSC is looking to fill (1) Full-time Driver, (1) Part-time Driver, (1) full time material handler (2nd shift) position at our Lakeville, MN location. Qual-ified candidates for Driver position must have a CDL Class “A” license with a minimum of 100,000 road miles and a clean driving history.

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5510 Full-time

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5510 Full-time

Drivers WantedRegional/OTR

Home Weekends. Class ALate Model Equipment

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Finish CarpentersSchwieters Co. is hiring

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612-328-3140 to schedule an interview.

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Hoglund Bus & Truck is seeking a FT diesel me-chanic for our Lakeville loc. Related exp or train-ing/educ in diesel me-chanics desired. CDL w/ passenger endorsement or obtain upon hire. We are an EEO employer commit-ted to offering competitive wages, benefits, training/certifications & more. Pls apply to [email protected]; fax 763-295-4992; or 116 E Oakwood Dr., Monti-cello, MN 55362.

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5510 Full-time

Part Time Driver Wanted Dexterity Dental Arts in Farmington is looking for a part time driver to pick up and deliver small pack-ages to our local clients. Must have a valid driver’s license, a good driving record and be punctual. Please visit our website at www.Dexteritydental.com or call for an application. [email protected]

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ReceptionistAnimal hospital in Eagan looking for an enthusiastic individual for hands on ex-perience in our office. Hrs: May include, mornings, af-ternoons, E/O weekend & some holidays. Exp. in re-ception pref. Must be com-fortable around animals & working w/the public. Please stop by front desk to fill out an application or contact Calleigh, Office Manager at 651-456-5665.

Companion Animal Hospital,

1321 Duckwood Dr Eagan

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5520 Part-time

AdministrativeJob folder auditor related to new kitchen installa-tion. Some kitchen design experience necessary. This position is a 2-3 day a week job with flexible hours of 5-6 hours a day. Salary open and based on experience. Job is lo-cated in Bloomington for a 40 year old family owned business. Email resume to

[email protected]

Part Time Delivery Driver

Health Card required. Stop by to apply

Cross Nurseries, Inc. 22953 Highview Ave. Lakeville, MN 55044

5520 Part-time

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OUTDOOR WORKMetropolitan Mosquito Control District

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Pharmaceutical Indepen-dent Marketing Field Rep. Flexible schedule.10-20 hrs /week. Must be de-pendable, coachable, self -motivated, enjoy working w/ people. Needed: internet access, cell phone, dependable transportation. Market-ing/Sales experience helpful but not required. Full Training. Generous compensation based income/bonuses. Car allowance available. 651-214-4970


Community Assisted Living in Apple Valley and Farmington is look-ing for dedicated employ-ees to work as Houseaides in our Residental homes taking care of 6 Seniors. We currently are looking to fill PT & FT positions on Evenings & Nights, and PT W/E Day. All shifts include E/O Weekend. Wage based on previous exp. Call 952-440-3955 for application address.

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family calendarFestival of Music The Velvet Tones, the Apple Val-ley-based senior adult community chorus, will present their annual Festival of Music at 2 p.m. Sun-day, March 15, at Eastview High School, 6200 W. 140th St., Apple Valley. The concert is free and open to the public. The Deerwood Elementary School Da Capo Choir will be the special guest. Master of ceremo-nies will be Twin Cities broadcast journalist Stan Turner. American Sign Language interpreters will be present for this performance. Also on stage will be the Apple Valley American Legion Post 1776 Color Guard.

Comedy night in Lakeville The Lakeville Area Arts Cen-ter will present a comedy variety show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, featuring a line-up of three Twin Cities comedy acts starring Dennis Carney, Rob Blanchard and “Pizpor the Magician.” Tickets are $15 and are avail-able online at www.Lakevil-leAreaArtsCenter.com or at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. For additional in-formation, call 952-985-4640.

Cheech & Chong, WAR Grammy Award-winning com-edy duo Cheech & Chong and the iconic band WAR will take the Mystic Showroom stage in Prior Lake at 8 p.m. Friday, April 24. Tickets are $54. Contact the box office at 952-496-6563 or visit mysticlake.com for more details.

‘Narnia: The Ballet’ Twin Cities Ballet of Minneso-ta will present the world premiere

of its newest original full-length production, based on C.S. Lew-is’ classic book, “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,” May 8-10 at Ames Center, 12600 Nicol-let Ave., Burnsville. “Narnia: The Ballet” features an original story adaptation, mu-sic compilation, stage designs, sets, lighting, costumes and chore-ography. Performances will be 7 p.m. Friday, May 8; 2 and 7 p.m. Sat-urday, May 9; and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 10. Tickets are on sale now at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 and online at Ticketmaster.com. Tickets are $18-$34 for adults and $18-$30 for children under 12, seniors over 65, and groups of 10 or more.

‘Nutcracker Tour’ at Mystic Comedian Ron White will bring his “Nutcracker Tour” to the Mystic Showroom stage at 8 p.m. Friday, June 26. The Grammy-nominated co-median, multi-platinum record-ing artist and New York Times bestselling author gained national fame in 2000 when he joined the Blue Collar Comedy Tour along-side Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy. In 2003, White released his comedy CD “Drunk in Public” followed by his television special “They Call Me Tater Salad.” His second special, “You Can’t Fix Stupid,” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Comedy charts for nine consecutive weeks, earning him a Grammy nomina-tion. Tickets are $57 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 28. Con-tact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for more details.

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Auditions Auditions for the Prior Lake Players’ spring production of a Rodgers & Hammer-stein revue will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 5, and Monday, March 9, at Glen-dale United Methodist Church, 13550 Glendale Road, Sav-age. Auditions are open – no appointments are necessary. Roles are available for ages 13 and up. The production will be a concert-style performance, with approximately 15-20 sing-ers performing alongside a live pit orchestra. Those auditioning should prepare a short seg-ment of a Broadway showtune that shows their vocal talent. Performances will be Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2, at Glendale United Methodist Church.

Books Eric Dregni will discuss and sign copies of his new book, “By the Waters of Minnetonka,” at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 5, at Scott County Historical Society – Stans Museum, 235 S. Fuller

St., Shakopee. SouthSide Writers, Sat-urday workgroup for aspiring writers, offering critique, sub-mission and manuscript prep-aration information, support and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Information: 651-688-0365.

Comedy Jesse Joyce and Drew Mi-chael, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, and Saturday, Feb. 28, at Mystic Lake in Prior Lake. For mature audiences only. Tickets: $19. Information: 952-445-9000 or mysticlake.com. Comedy Night featuring Dennis Carney, Rob Blanchard and “Pizpor the Magician,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, Lakev-ille Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tick-ets: $15. Information: 952-985-4640.

Dance Art in Motion, presented by Twin Cities Ballet of Min-nesota, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $15. Information: 952-985-4640.

Iny Asian Dance Group, 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 7, Galaxie Library atrium, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Val-ley. Free. Information: 952-891-7045.

Music Eagan-based Exultate Fes-tival Choir and Orchestra will perform Mozart’s “Requiem” 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 519 Oak Grove St., Minneapo-lis; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at Church of The Annunciation, 509 W. 54th St., Minneapolis; and 2 p.m. Sunday, March 8, at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, 7180 Hemlock Lane N., Maple Grove. Tickets avail-able at www.exultate.org or by calling 651-707-0727. South Metro Chorale Cabaret: “Come Fly with SMC,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $20/$15, in-cludes appetizers, beverages and dessert. Information/tick-ets: 612-386-4636, [email protected] or www.southmetrochorale.org.

Theater “Veronica’s Room,” pre-sented by Chameleon Theatre Circle, Feb. 20-March 8, Black Box Theatre, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Adult situations, possible nu-dity. Tickets: $22 adults, $19 seniors and students, at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 and online at Ticket-master.com. “50 Shades! The Musi-cal Parody,” 8 p.m. Saturday, March 14, Mystic Showroom in Prior Lake. Adults only. Tickets: $29 and $39. Information: 952-445-9000 or mysticlake.com.

Workshops/classes/other Swing dance lessons, 7-8:15 p.m. Sundays, Feb. 22, March 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, at Dan Patch American Legion Post 643, 12375 Princeton Ave., Savage, 952-894-6940. Cost: $45/couple, $25/single for full session; $15/couple or $10/single for drop-ins. Les-sons culminate in a Zoot Suit Romp, 7:30-10:30 p.m. April 11. Information: [email protected] or 612-360-6471. International Festival of Burnsville Planning Commit-

tee: Get involved with the July 2015 festival; choose from en-tertainment, marketing, public-ity, sponsorships, and general event planning. Visit www.in-tlfestburnsville.org or contact [email protected]. The Eagan Art House of-fers art classes for all ages, www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/recreat ion/eagan-art-house, 651-675-5500. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Dan Petrov Art Studio, Burnsville, offers oil painting classes with continuous enroll-ment in fall/winter semester for beginners, intermediate and advanced oil painting students. Information: Dan Petrov, www.danpetrovart.com, 763-843-2734. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tier-ney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes-days, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art

education through drawing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksS-choolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making class-es held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Ja-mie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Country line dance class-es held for intermediates Mon-days 1:30-4 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Mar-ilyn 651-463-7833. Country line dance class-es on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Infor-mation: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

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Friday, Feb. 27 Walleye fry by Dakota County Elks Lodge 2832, 5-7:30 p.m., Mary Center at Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. All-you-can-eat walleye, baked po-tatoes, coleslaw, rolls, milk and cof-fee. Cost: $13 adults, $6 ages 11 and younger, $3 kid’s meal of mac-aroni and cheese, animal crackers and milk. Fish fry, 5-8 p.m., Rosemount VFW Post 9433, 2625 120th St. W., Rosemount. All-you-can-eat cod ($12.95) or walleye ($14.95); includes soup and salad bar. Fish fry, 5-9 p.m., Rosemount American Legion, 14590 Burma Ave., Rosemount. All-you-can-eat fish ($11.95 adults, $10.95 seniors, $7.95 kids). Information: 651-423-3380. Lenten fish dinner by the Lakeville Knights of Columbus, 5:30-8 p.m., All Saints Catho-lic Church, 19795 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Includes salad bar, baked cod, au gratin potatoes, rolls and butter, chocolate chip cookies and a beverage. All proceeds benefit All Saints Vocations. Suggested dona-tion of $11 for age 12 and older, and $8 for seniors and children age 11 and younger). Use the office en-trance in front and take the stairs or elevator to the lower level dining room. Fish fry by the Rosemount Knights of Columbus, 6 p.m., St. Joseph’s School Social Hall, 13900 Biscayne Ave., Rosemount. Dona-tions accepted.

Saturday, Feb. 28 Trade-O-Ree/Auction for Boy Scouts, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., St. James Lutheran Church, 3650 Wil-liams Drive, Burnsville. Earn the Collections Merit Badge that day. Indoor winter farmers market, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Eagan Commu-nity Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. Features winter produce, breads, meats, sweet treats and more. Final market of the season. Information: Eagan Parks and Rec-reation at 651-675-5500. Pins for Parkinson’s fundrais-er, noon to -4 p.m., Apple Place Bowl, 14917 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley, 952-432-1515. A total of

50 percent of bowling proceeds, 10 percent of food and beverage purchases, as well as money from raffle ticket purchases will be do-nated to the National Parkinson’s Foundation – Minnesota Chapter in memory of Gail Horn, who passed away this summer of Parkinson’s disease. She was a resident of Ap-ple Valley for over 50 years and a teacher in District 196 for 10 years. Cost: $10 per person for bowling and shoes.

Tuesday, March 3 Nature Play Date, 10-11 a.m., Cleary Lake Regional Park, Prior Lake. Explore, discover and play in the park. Meet families inter-ested in getting their children out-doors. Wear appropriate clothes and shoes. Free. Children 17 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.

Thursday, March 5 Burnsville Park Nicollet’s De-mentia Caregiver Support Group, 10 a.m., on the third floor in the administration conference room, 14000 Fairview Drive, Burnsville. No registration required. Informa-tion: Connie at 952-993-8739. Empty Bowls fundraiser, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4:30-7:30 p.m., St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 4030 Pilot Knob Road, Ea-gan. Benefits The Open Door food shelf. Information: www.theopen-doorpantry.org. Free divorce clinic, 1-4 p.m., Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Get help with divorce paperwork using Minnesota I-Can. Presented by the Dakota County Law Library, Legal Assistance of Dakota County, the Minnesota Jus-tice Foundation, and volunteer at-torneys and law students. Registra-tion required. Call 952-431-3200.

Friday, March 6 Walleye fry by Dakota County Elks Lodge 2832, 5-7:30 p.m., Mary Center at Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. All-you-can-eat walleye, baked po-tatoes, coleslaw, rolls, milk and cof-fee. Cost: $13 adults, $6 ages 11 and younger, $3 kid’s meal of mac-aroni and cheese, animal crackers and milk. Fish fry, 5-8 p.m., Rosemount VFW Post 9433, 2625 120th St. W., Rosemount. All-you-can-eat

cod ($12.95) or walleye ($14.95); includes soup and salad bar. Fish fry, 5-9 p.m., Rosemount American Legion, 14590 Burma Ave., Rosemount. All-you-can-eat fish ($11.95 adults, $10.95 seniors, $7.95 kids). Information: 651-423-3380. Forever Wild Family Friday: The Way of the Monarch, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. All ages. In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre returns with the story of the spectacular life, meta-morphosis and migration of the Monarch butterfly. Free. Registra-tion requested. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks. Course number 5050.

Ongoing Emotions Anonymous meet-ings, 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays at SouthCross Community Church, 1800 E. County Road 42 (at Sum-mit Oak Drive), Apple Valley. EA is a 12-step program for those seeking emotional health. All are welcome. Information: http://www.emotion-sanonymous.org.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. • Feb. 28, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Cari-bou Coffee, 3868 150th St., Rose-mount. • March 2, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Lu-theran Church of the Ascension, 1801 E. Cliff Road, Burnsville. • March 3, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Edina Realty, 17271 Kenyon Ave., Lakeville. • March 3, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 16725 Highview Ave., Lakeville. • March 6, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. • March 7, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. • March 9, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Min-nesota Valley YMCA, 13850 Port-land Ave., Burnsville. • March 9, 1-7 p.m., Hope Com-munity Church, 9623 162nd St. W., Lakeville.

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Jazz fans can get their fix at the Rosemount Community Center in coming months. The Rosemount Area Arts Council is presenting two concerts in its annual “An Evening of Jazz” se-ries, which opens March 6 with a performance by 651 Jazz. Made up of Rosemount area musicians, 651 Jazz features three Rosemount High School graduates — Connor Carroll, Mad-die Holtze and Andy Artz — along with Rosemount Community Band mem-bers Greg Twaites and Jim

Bolland. The six-piece band plays a mix of blues and jazz standards, including tunes by Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, George Gershwin and others. The concert series con-tinues May 1 with a per-formance by 7Days, billed as the University of Min-nesota’s “premiere co-ed a cappella group.” The vocal outfit’s 16 members perform original arrangements of popular hits that include jazz, pop and country. Linking the two bands booked for the jazz series is Holtze, who performs in both groups as a vocalist. Holtze was the winner of

the 2014 Rosemount Sings competition. Non-alcoholic bever-ages and snacks will be on offer at the concerts, and organizers from the Rose-mount Area Arts Council are encouraging guests to dine out at one of Rose-mount’s many restaurants prior to the performances. Tickets for each of the concerts, which run from 7-9 p.m., are $7 and are available in advance at www.rosemountarts.com. The Rosemount Commu-nity Center is at 13885 S. Robert Trail.

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The South Metro Chorale, a 50-member Prior Lake-based community choir, will don formal concert attire to present its annual cabaret variety show. “Come Fly with SMC” performances will be 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Festivities include a cash raffle, games, a silent auction, appetizers, beverages and dessert. Tickets are $20 ($15 for stu-dents and seniors) and can be purchased by calling 612-386-4636 or emailing [email protected]. Visit www.SouthMetroChorale.org for more information. Pic-tured, Burnsville’s Suzanne Mills-Rittmann and Prior Lake’s Bill Gurnon sing George Gershwin’s “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” in the 2014 show. (Photo submitted)

Chorale presents ‘Come Fly with SMC’

The Eagan Theater Company performed for a sold-out room on Feb. 14 at the Roy-al Cliff Center in Eagan. Community members, audience and performers came to-gether to create and solve the murder mystery, “My Fatal Valentine.” Cast members, back row, from left: Austin Ballhagen, Jana Tack-Norland, Paul Fourniea, Christine Keuhler, Jennifer Russet, Judy Marder, Phillip Baker, Christa Young. Front row: Mike Hentges, Shawna Bradt, April Bailey, Oskana Steinke, Beth Adams, Thomas Renner. (Photo submitted)

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Country music star Clint Black is bound for Burnsville next month with a March 11 concert at the Ames Center. Tickets range from $47-$56 for the all-ages show in the Burnsville venue’s 1,000-seat main theater, and can be purchased through Ticketmaster (800-982-2787/Ticket-master.com) or in person at the Ames Center box office, 12600 Nicollet Ave. (Photo submitted)

Clint Black in Burnsville

The Rosemount Area Arts Council’s bluegrass concert series continues March 12 with a performance by the No Man’s String Band. The Minneapolis-based bluegrass group released its debut album, “Let the Truth Be Told,” in 2013, and the album has enjoyed regular airplay on the Bluegrass Saturday Morning program on 88.5 FM. Other con-certs in the series include the Purdy River Band (April 9) and The Roe Family Singers (May 21). Tickets for all the shows, which start at 7 p.m. and are held at the Rosemount Community Center, are $7 and can be purchased at the arts council’s website, www.rosemountarts.com, and at the door. (Photo submitted)

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