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Volunteer to keep sharp Young people can learn a lot this summer even when they are out of school. Volunteering can help them learn life lessons.

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Dancing toward enlightenmentFormer Apple Valley High School dance instructor Cathy Wright is entering magical territory with her Fringe Festival show “Tough Love.”

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Rampage wins USA CupDakota Rev team wins U19 A division at Schwan’s USA Cup in Blaine.

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Dakota County Fair to startA special section inside today’s edition highlights events at the Dakota County Fair at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington.

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Parade entertains in RosemountLeprechaun Days event moved to second day

was well attended by Tad Johnson

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The Rosemount Leprechaun Days Grand Parade provided plenty of entertainment to start off the fes-tival’s 10 days of events. Though it was on the second day of Leprechaun Days, the morning-into-afternoon parade was held pri-or to more than 50 of Leprechaun Days’ 60-plus events. Organizers say moving up the pa-rade to the second day rather than its traditional slot on the second-to-last day of the festival is an effort to better promote events and improve logistics.

The Rosemount High School marching band entertained the crowd that attended the Rosemount Leprechaun Days Grand Parade on Saturday, July 19, which took place under sunny skies. The parade served as a kickoff this year for the week’s worth of events that continue this weekend with the Midsummer Faire at Central Park. More photos and information about Leprechaun Days is at SunThisweek.com/tag/Leprechaun-Days-2014. (Photo by Jennifer Chick)

Serving as the parade grand marshal this year was Don Chapdelaine, com-munity relations manager at Rosemount-based SKB Environmental and a volunteer in many capacities throughout Rosemount. More photos and in-formation about Leprechaun Days is at SunThisweek.com/tag/Leprechaun-Days-2014. (Photo by Jennifer Chick)

City offers to host special session

High school seen as possible

location by Andy Rogers


Farmington could serve as the state capitol for a day at the suggestion of Rep. Pat Garofalo. If the Minnesota Leg-islature needs a special session to address flood relief, Garofalo, R-Farm-ington, on July 17 brought up the idea of having it at Farmington High School. June storms have cost Minnesota more than $55 million for flood response and repairs. “We have the facility, we have the technology, we have the volunteer base to allow this,” Garofalo said at a news conference at the State Capitol. “We’re hoping the governor will at least consider it.” President Barack Obama approved federal relief funds requested by Gov. Mark Dayton on July 21, but Dayton hasn’t confirmed an official spe-cial session to match the funds. The State Capitol building is currently being renovated, which might require the Legislature to hold a special session else-where. The chambers are still open along with sev-eral committee rooms and offices, but parts of the building are inaccessible. Garofalo said sessions historically have always been recorded, but there are some issues with re-cording in the Capitol cur-rently. He also said there could be safety concerns for the public as parts of the Capitol are off-limits. “We also spend a lot of time in Minneapolis and St. Paul with legislative activities,” Garofalo said. “It would be a healthy thing to get legislators out of the urban core and get them out into other parts of Minnesota.” Garofalo said there have been discussions about the state renting a facility for the special ses-sion. Getting the technol-ogy up and running to re-cord the session would be

Relay for Life offers optimism in Farmington Participants walking through the night

by Andy RogersSUN THISWEEK

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Perhaps the biggest gift a cancer survivor can give during this year’s Relay for Life in Farmington is hope. Farmington’s Patty Torkelson, this year’s relay honorary survivor has been cancer free for 15 years af-ter being diagnosed with the disease three times. “There are so many new procedures out there and testing,” she said. “Because of (Relay for Life’s charity and the American Cancer Society) a lot of people

are going to celebrate birthdays that probably wouldn’t 15 years ago.” The Farmington Re-lay for Life will celebrate its 19th year from 6 p.m. July 25 to 6 a.m. July 26 at Robert Boeckman Middle School. According to Katy Fis-chgrabe, specialist for the Relay For Life, one out of every 10 people survived cancer 100 years ago. Now, two out of three people are surviving because of prevention, early detection and better treatment. Torkelson had cancer

three times. Her first di-agnosis came 25 years ago when she gave birth to her first child and doctors dis-covered cervical cancer. It was surgically removed, but a few years later after the birth of her second child, the cancer resur-faced, which was again re-moved. She thought she was fi-nally in the clear. Her third cancer diag-nosis came as a shock. She went in for a 30-minute sur-gery to remove a goiter on her neck. Five and a half hours later, they not only

removed the goiter, but her thyroid because they found cancer. “I never had a chance to be frightened about it,” Torkelson said. That was 15 years ago. She is checked for cancer every year and no recur-rence has been detected since. “I keep thinking in my mind that three strikes and your out,” she said. “I’m hoping I’m done.” She’s grateful for every day she gets to spend with her two children, Nicholas and Heather, along with

her 20-month-old grand-son, Oliver. “I went from a point where I was scared I would never see them grow up,” Torkelson said. “Now I’ve seen them graduate college, get married and have chil-dren of their own.” Having cancer was a de-fining moment in her life, but it doesn’t define her. “I can’t say I appreciate the experience of having cancer, but it made me re-alize how strong of a per-son I can be,” Torkelson said. “I wouldn’t do it all

City shares positive economic newsGeneral fund balance

stays positive

by Andy RogersSUN THISWEEK


Growth has returned to Farm-ington with construction permit numbers on the upswing, foreclo-sures in a dive, city liquor store profits rising, and delinquent taxes being repaid. That means the city is receiving

more revenue. At Monday’s Farmington City Council meeting, Farmington City Manager Dave McKnight shared that the general fund balance, which covers police, fire depart-ment, parks roads, city council and administration operations, held a positive balance of $3.8 million in June. It was the first time the city has held a positive general fund balance at that time of year that anyone who currently works for the city could remember.

The city receives tax money twice a year in June and December. For years the balance went into the negative for years in the months leading up to the collection, caus-ing McKnight, the city staff and the council great concern. The city had to borrow from other departments to pay its bills, so spending the entire year in the black was a high priority for the city.

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Hindu Milan Mandir held its grand opening July 18-20 at its new home at 501 Walnut St., Farmington, starting with a ceremonial procession and ribbon cutting Friday, and finishing with a cultural show on Sunday. Several monks came to celebrate from as far away as India. (Photo by Andy Rogers)

Grand opening at Hindu temple

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Berenz earns pay raise from boardRosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District

superintendent signs three-year contract by Tad Johnson


The Rosemount-Ap-ple Valley-Eagan School Board unanimously ap-proved a new three-year contract for Superinten-dent Jane Berenz during its Monday, July 14, regu-lar meeting. Berenz’s current $195,840 annual salary will increase by 2 percent in the 2015-16 contract year with no other increas-es slated during the July 2015 to June 2018 contract term. The board will consider pay changes in the other years after conducting its annual superintendent performance evaluation. Prior to the contract approval, the School Board conducted its an-nual evaluation and de-termined a raise was mer-ited. “From the board stand-point we were very, very happy with her,” Board Chairman Rob Duchscher said during the meeting. Duchscher said the evaluation included Berenz’s self-assessment based on her performance goals, board input and a discussion among board members and Berenz re-garding her performance. He said Berenz accom-plished what she set out to do and made it easy for them to be board mem-bers. Duchscher, senior vice president of information technology at Starkey Hearing Technologies, said if the district was a company its stock price would be pretty good and it would have a good re-turn on investment. “I don’t think there is a

district that is func-tioning better in the state,” he said. “It is pretty humbling to be the superintendent in a district where I have so many great people around me,” Berenz said. She said she appreciates the support of a School Board that cares greatly about children, a cabinet that is second to none, and administrators and teach-ers who are there for the students. Board Member Art Coulson said the con-tract’s approval should give the public the confi-dence that the district will continue to operate with very high academic out-comes at a very low cost to taxpayers. Under Berenz’s lead-ership, except for a tax increase passed for this year’s board-approved levy, the district lowered the levy in each of the pre-vious four years. Board Member Bob Schutte credited Berenz with being an important district liaison to the pub-lic and staff members. Berenz helped inform district voters who said yes in November 2013 to revoking a $20 million an-nual operating levy and replacing it with a 10-year, $30 million annual levy by about a 2-to-1 margin. Students also continue to exceed state averages on Minnesota Compre-hensive Assessment tests based on 2012 results (the most recent). Those results included averages that beat state average levels by 16 and 13 percentage points for 11th-grade math and 10th-grade reading, re-

spectively. Berenz’s contract changes took into account general compensat ions trends, the dis-trict’s collective bargaining settle-ments with other a d m i n i s t rat ive

and non-administrative employee units and the district’s budget guide-lines, according district information. Other changes to the contract were to increase the 403(b) savings plan match of 6 percent, which will not exceed the state maximum, and the district will increase its contribu-tion to her health insur-ance coverage by 1 percent for 2015-16, 2 percent for 2016-17 and 2 percent for 2017-18. In June 2013, Berenz re-ceived a 2 percent pay in-crease, raising her annual salary to $195,840 begin-ning July 1, 2013. Berenz received a 3.78 percent pay raise in 2012 after incurring a pay freeze for three years. The district has approx-imately 28,000 students. When Burnsville-Ea-gan-Savage School Dis-trict Superintendent Joe Gothard was hired in May 2013, he was to be paid a base salary of $185,000 in his first year under a three-year contract. Gothard’s salary rises to $186,800 for the 2014-15 school year and to $188,600 for 2015-16. The district has 9,500 students. Lakeville Area School District Superintendent Lisa Snyder will receive an annual 1.3 percent raise, increasing from $180,000 to $182,394 for

2014-15 and to $184,820 in 2015-16. By 2017, Snyder will earn $187,278 annually. Snyder’s contract includes an option for performance pay of up to $7,000 annu-ally. Snyder was hired in 2011 at a salary of $169,500 and has received $12,367 in bonus pay since coming to the district, which has approximately 10,800 students.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

Township man accused of burglarizing neighborsBrett Volkmeier allegedly sold

items in pawn shop

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


A southern Dakota County man has been charged with five felo-nies for possession of controlled substances and burglarizing multiple neighbors’ homes. Brett Eric Volkmeier, 44, of Greenvale Town-ship, was arrested July 9 after attempting to pawn jewelry in Burnsville that police say was stolen from several of Volkmeier’s neighbors, according to a July 11 Dakota County criminal complaint. The burglary reports were on June 27, June 29 and July 3. According to the com-plaint, items reported sto-len include two cellphones, a class ring, a silver wed-ding ring with a heart-

shaped diamond, guns, a herringbone necklace, a gold ring with a pearl, a laptop computer, a gold diamond wedding ring, diamond earrings and am-munition. Pawn records alleg-edly indicate Volkmeier pawned 15 pieces of jew-elry on July 3 that match items multiple neighbors reported stolen. Volkmeier was alleg-edly attempting to pawn additional items at the store July 9 when he was arrested. The complaint states he was carrying a key to a gun safe kept at his home that contained a shotgun and a rifle that resembled several items that were re-ported stolen after a June 29 burglary at a home a few blocks from Volkmei-er’s home. Identification cards belonging to a Goodhue County burglary victim were also found in the safe, according to the com-plaint.

During the safe’s search, police say they also found three metal containers containing a white crystal substance that tested posi-tive for methamphetamine and a plastic bag contain-ing a brown substance that tested positive for heroin. The complaint said police also found 19 plas-tic bags containing 2,657 grams of marijuana and 24 prescription drugs containing Lorazepam, a Schedule IV controlled substance. Greenvale Town Board Chair Greg Langer said home break-ins have in-creased over the past two years. “It’s been a concern,” he said. A Dakota County deputy said at a recent township meeting that the burglary investigation is ongoing. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

JaneBerenz


‘Monopoly’ and real life To the editor: One could draw a lot of comparisons about an economy to the game of Monopoly. In the be-ginning, all players are busy buying and selling property and collect-ing rents. This economy hums along for hours until one person owns all of the railroads, utilities, real estate and dollars. At this point the game is over. This happens most-ly because of the luck of the dice and without any help from the gov-ernment. Government will always have a role to play in our economy … something to think about when you vote in November. In 1980, the Tea/Re-publican Party gave us Reaganomics. Later this was to become known as trickle-down econom-ics. Today, we know it as tax cuts for the “job cre-ators.” This Tea/Repub-lican Party wants you to believe 47 percent of us are just kicked back, taking it easy and sliding by “Go” every so often to collect our $200 from the government while the 1 percent or better known as “job creators” are quietly stashing hun-dreds of billions of dol-lars in offshore bank accounts to avoid pay-ing their taxes. The Tea/Republican plan has not changed in 35 years. This economic plan does not serve America well and greatly contributed to our “great” recession. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions but they are not entitled to their own facts. Budget deficits have done bet-ter under Democratic control. The national debt has also done bet-ter under Democratic control. More people have access to afford-able health care under Democratic control. The quality of life for all is better under Democratic control. Ask someone who is dependent on their job for income in Mississippi or Alabama. Most would tell you they have worked hard all of

their lives and barely have enough to get by. It should always raise con-cern about an individu-al’s knowledge and mo-tive when they use words like Nazi, Lenin, Stalin and Marxism to defend their beliefs. George Ber-nard Shaw said, “Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.” Republican President George H.W. Bush called this tax plan “voodoo” economics. It didn’t work in 1980. It’s not going to work in 2016.

GARY ANDERSONApple Valley

Taxes should cover college expensesTo the editor: There is much in the news about the problems of college students in-curring more than $1.2 trillion dollars in debt, second only to mortgage interest. The President has mandated a cap on loan payments to 10 per-cent of income. Student loans have been crushing recent graduates, unable to afford a home or other investments. How did this happen? When we were in col-lege, student loans had very low interest and paying it off was not an issue. My sons worked through high school and in the summer to raise money for college and still ended up with thou-sands of dollars of debt. Average college debt in Minnesota is nearly $30,000 per student. Behind rising tuition has been the decline in public investment in col-lege. The Chronicle of Higher Education says colleges have responded by passing costs to stu-dents and their families. College education used to be seen as a public good. Now people think it’s a private benefit, to be paid for by students. Two decades ago it was common for 80 percent of college expenses to come from taxes. Now it is under 20 percent and falling. Some states may con-

tribute nothing to higher education in the future. Colorado is on sched-ule to stop funding col-lege by 2022, Minnesota by 2037. Currently the University of Minnesota receives less than 17 per-cent of its funds from state revenue. Faculty must seek outside fund-ing for research. In the 2nd District, Mike Obermueller ad-vocates public invest-ment in college, because of the advantages to our economy. College develops informed citi-zens, entrepreneurs, and a highly skilled, profes-sional workforce. Unfor-tunately fewer students are likely to afford it in the future. Let’s hope we begin to see the value of keep-ing college affordable. College students need a good start in life without massive debt. Declining investment helps banks, not students. Let’s invest in our future and that of our children. Much de-pends on it.

VEDA KANITZLakeville

Obermueller supports health care for allTo the editor: The Supreme Court’s recent decision regarding Hobby Lobby is a symp-tom of a bigger issue concerning health care in the United States. In one sense, the decision (right or wrong) is simple: em-ployers have a religious freedom right to deny contraceptive health in-surance coverage to their female employees. As a religious freedom issue, and as a women’s health issue, this is a horrible result. As a health care issue, it is even worse. Imagine a situation where you can go to your doctor, your doctor can evaluate your condition and symptoms, and you and your doctor decide on the best available course of treatment for you. You don’t have to worry about any medical bills. Your doctor does not have to worry about

over-treating you (to avoid medical malprac-tice) or under-treating you (to maximize prof-its). Your employer can-not decide what is prop-er medical care for you. Your church will not in-terfere with your medical decisions. And your gov-ernment will not be in-volved, except to pay for what the doctor requires. Hobby Lobby is one more example of our fragmented and tor-tured health care system. Women should not have to fight for necessary and appropriate medical care just because they are women. Employ-ers should not be put in the position of deciding what is or is not against their religious beliefs. In the short run, we must move toward pro-viding health insurance for everyone, and en-abling doctors to make medical decisions, not employers, churches or governments. To reverse Hobby Lobby, Congress must pass the “Not My Boss’s Business Act.” In the long run, Con-gress must improve the Affordable Care Act so medical care reaches all Americans. John Kline does not care about achieving this goal: he believes in every man for himself (and too bad for women). Mike Obermueller believes that a healthy society is a productive society, and that health care is a fun-

damental right. Who do you think should be your Congressman? RONALD S. GOLD-SEREagan

Broadening opportunity To the editor: We’ve always believed the institution of govern-ment is essentially neu-tral, and its effectiveness and goodness depends on those who manage it. When it enhances life, broadens opportunity, and extends benefits to those who have been ex-cluded, government is positive. During the past two years, our Legisla-ture has had a very posi-tive effect on the qual-ity of our lives in many ways. In particular, as heterosexual parents of a lesbian daughter and a gay son, we were incred-ibly grateful when the Legislature acted to pass the Marriage Equal-ity Amendment to bring about equality of rela-tionship and marriage. Over the years we wit-nessed the painful dis-crimination our children encountered—simply for being who they are. In fact, as their parents we also often experienced discrimination because we openly and proudly supported them. The Legislature’s passing of this bill was a positive vote for our children; al-

lowing same-gender cou-ples to covenant together in marriage brought our family relief and joy. With tears flowing down our cheeks, we celebrated that those who have been denied the privilege of marriage for so long can now experience this wel-come taste of freedom which the majority of our citizens have always enjoyed and from which they have richly benefit-ted. Now that our chil-dren – and others – have the possibility of being united in that covenant of love and marriage is a profound joy for both of us. Recently we have attended several same-gender weddings and have witnessed and shared their incredible happiness – a happiness that until now has been denied them. Our grand-children will benefit from this amendment, and we look forward to the time when we will celebrate our children’s marriages and experience the joy of their uniting in holy mat-rimony. As we head into an-other election season, where lots of people question what good gov-ernment does, we wanted to say that government can do truly great, life-transforming things for people.

ED and KITTY MAR-TINBurnsville

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Correction A photo of Wanda Trousil in the July 2014 Mature Lifestyles was incorrectly attributed to photographer Tad Johnson. The photo was submitted by Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Community Education.

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Make community service part of the summer by Joe Nathan


One of my favorite family memories is sandbagging by the St. Croix River with two of our children. It comes to mind after the Independence Day – a holiday celebrating the sacrifice and selflessness of others. One of the most important things a family can do together this summer is help young people continue this tradi-tion. Service should be a part of sum-mer. One of the people who knows most about this is Minnesotan Jim Kielsmei-er. Since returning from military duty in Korea, he has spent decades promot-ing youth leadership, service and learn-ing. He’s mentored many educators and youth workers in the U.S. and other countries. For decades, he directed the National Youth Leadership Forum, which encouraged service learning in and outside of schools. During a recent phone call, he told me, “You teach more clearly what you

do with your children than what you dictate to your children.” Over the years, he’s worked with his family to plant trees, plant and tend a garden that pro-duced food that was contributed to food shelves, and work on environmental res-toration. Kielsmeier says these experiences help young people develop a “capacity to care.” They help young people develop perspective on their lives and a belief that they can, and should, make a differ-ence with other people. And often, these experiences are fun. I remember a spring Sunday when a group of us decided to take our young people to help with sandbagging in Af-ton, Minnesota. The town was facing a

major flood from the St. Croix River. We pulled up to the flood control headquar-ters with about 20 adults and young peo-ple. The person in charge greeted us with: “Thank God you’ve come. We need you badly.” We spent several hours sandbag-ging. Our children still talk about how needed they felt and how satisfying that morning was, though it happened more than 20 years ago. We’ve done other things together, like serving meals at a food shelter. We’ve tried to model that one of our fam-ily’s values is service. We’ve helped oth-ers. When there was a fire at our home many years ago, people helped us. That was just one of many times when others helped us. One of the best sources of possible service projects is the website, www.whatkidscando.org. At the top of the website’s home page, there’s a link to “Fill your summer with random acts of kindness.” For example: • Help organize and cleanup your block or neighborhood.

• Help recent immigrants learn to speak or read English. • Collect your family’s history. • Cut the grass or go to the store for an elderly neighbor who’s not very mobile. • Connect with a group like Habitat for Humanity and help build a house. The possibilities are endless. And young people learn quickly that you give yourself a present when you give to oth-ers. The What Kids Can Do website quotes noted author Maya Angelou, who recently died. She wrote, “The best part of life is not just surviving, but thriving with passion and compassion and humor and style and generosity and kindness.” Summer is a great time for families to help young people learn how true that is. 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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The Farmington Area Veterans Memorial received a challenge pledge last February of $10,000, from Support Our Troops Haunted House if the Memorial Commit-tee could match that amount with other donations. Response to the challenge was great. With donations from local people and businesses combined with donations from neighboring areas, including Rosemount, Cannon Falls, New Prague and Iowa, the challenge was met. On July 10, officials from Support Our Troops Haunted House presented a check for $10,000 to be used in upcoming completion of the me-morial. The Support Our Troops organization raises funds each year by operating a haunted house at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in the fall and uses those funds for various military veteran causes. From left are Grant Beyl, treasurer, and Leon Orr, chairman of the Memorial Committee; Joe Walsh, haunted house volunteer, and Jonathan Lombardo, president of Support Our Troops Haunted House. (Photo submitted)

over again, but I’m a bet-ter person for it. I appreci-ate the caregivers — family and friends — those who allow you to keep going, and allow you to cry and get mad.” As the main fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, Relay for Life has events in more than 5,000 communities in 20 coun-tries. Festivities start with a high-energy opening cer-emony celebrating the lives of cancer survivors. “It’s a cheerful event, but there’s a lot of emo-tion,” Torkelson said.

“There’s happy ones sad ones, scared ones, and there’s a lot of love.” The first lap is taken by all cancer survivors fol-lowed by the caregivers lap. Several fundraising teams and individuals will then begin walking through the night, ending with a closing ceremony at 6 a.m. July 26. As of Tuesday, $26,521 has been raised for the Farmington Relay for Life, but that’s just part of the effort. The evening will also feature a silent auction, al-lowing anyone to contrib-ute. Fischgrabe said the

money goes for patient programs, services and research. The American Cancer Society has funded 48 scientists who have won the Nobel Peace Prize. The public is welcome to participate and walk even if they haven’t signed up. “We highly encourage any survivor to come and be recognized and hon-ored,” Fischgrabe said. For more information, or to make a general dona-tion, visit www.relayforlife.org/farmingtonmn.

Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].

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When presenting the new numbers to the council, McKnight said he expect-ed them to jump up and down. It doesn’t mean that Farmington is now “sit-ting on a pile of cash,” McKnight said. “This is money to pay our bills.” McKnight expects the city will keep a positive fund balance for the rest of the year. “If you think we’re patting ourselves on our back, we are,” Mayor Todd Larson said. “We’ve worked hard for this. This is awesome news.” In 2013, the council spent much of the year working on a budget set-tling on a 1.92 percent in-crease in its property tax levy. An influx of permit and delinquent tax rev-enue, helped keep the fund balance positive so far this year.

Hotel project

moving forward A potential hotel on land south of the Family-Health Medical Clinic in the Vermilion River Cross-ing is moving forward. Construction could start as soon as the fall with an opening in summer 2015, according to McKnight.

Settlement with

Charter Charter Cable Partners has agreed pay the city of Farmington and Rose-

mount a settlement after an audit discovered under-paid fees. In early 2013, the Ap-ple Valley, Farmington and Rosemount Cable Commission hired an ac-counting firm to review payments of franchise and Public Education and Government channels fees from 2009-2011. The audit determined Charter had underpaid fees, which Charter origi-nally disputed the out-come. At Monday’s council meeting, Farmington and Charter settled the dispute for $4,905.02. Rosemount settled for $3,392.12 at its council meeting July 15. It wasn’t as much as the original audit revealed, which was nearly $5,000 for Rosemount. But it was more than Charter origi-nally countered with in May, which was $778 for Rosemount. As part of the settle-ment, Farmington and Rosemount extended the franchise agreement with Charter until December 2014. The joint audit cost $26,688.70, which was paid by the Apple Valley, Farmington and Rose-mount Cable Commission with the understanding that each city would be re-imbursed by the proceeds of any settlement agree-ment. The city also approved a request by Charter to relocate the local commu-nity programming chan-

nels as Charter intends to convert to an all-digital platform next month. The channels will continue to be on the basic tier of ser-vice.

Louis Schmitz

Foundation Randy Schmitz pre-sented the Parks and Rec-reation Department with a $1,000 check during the council meeting on Mon-day. The money comes from the Louis Schmitz Foundation, which held a golf fundraiser in June. The foundation provides money for youth sports. “It give kids opportuni-ties to play in activities,” Randy Schmitz said. “No child should be left out be-cause they can’t afford it.” Next year’s golf clas-sic is scheduled for June 19 at Southern Hills Golf Course. Registration is available at www.louiss-chmitzfoundation.org. The foundation also gave two $2,000 scholar-ships to outgoing high school seniors, $2,000 to the Farmington softball program, $2,000 to Farm-ington youth hockey and $2,000 to the Veterans Memorial. “I know your dad would be proud of what you’re doing,” Larson said to Randy Schmitz. “This is the exact type of event he loved.”


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Obituaries

Engagements

Donner / SmithJoseph Donner and

Kristina Smith are happy to announce their engage-ment.

Parents are Paul and Rebecca Donner of Lakeville, Lisa Tulisaari of Lakeville, and Steve Smith of Wisconsin.

Joseph graduated from Augsburg College with a degree in Business Man-agement and is employed at Dart Advantage Lo-gistics in Eagan. Kris-tina graduated from St. Thomas University with a degree in Marketing Man-agement and is employed at The Creative Agency, Periscope in Minneapolis.

They will be married August 2014.

Ofstedal/FranzJulie Ofstedal, daugh-

ter of Dennis and Janet Ofstedal of Eagan, and Ryan Franz, son of Joel and Nancy Franz of Crystal, announce their engagement.

Julie is a 1999 gradu-ate of Burnsville High School, and Ryan is a 2001 graduate of Rob-binsdale Armstrong High School. Both are gradu-ates of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Julie is employed as a digi-tal marketing manager at the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities. Ryan found-ed and operates HIT Re-sults Fitness in St. Louis Park. A September wed-ding is planned.

Engagements

That’s no blarney

Hundreds of children par-ticipated in the Rosemount Leprechaun Days Blarney

Stone Hunt on Tuesday, July 22, at Jaycee Park. The event, which was or-

ganized by the Rosemount Parks and Recreation

Department with help from sponsor CF Industries,

offered the children money in exchange for picking up the colored stones littered

throughout three differ-ent fields. (Photos by Tad

Johnson)

The Recycling Zone at fair Those who visit the Government Building at the 2014 Dakota County Fair will learn more than they ever knew before about The Recycling Zone in Dakota County. With The Recycling Zone as its theme this year, the building will be covered in educational messages that will not just help people understand what recycled materials are turned into, but also remind them of the variety of items that are accepted for free at their local recy-cling facility. Some aspects of The Recycling Zone will even be brought directly to the fairgrounds as fairgoers are invited to drop off their unused cellphones,

ink cartridges and plas-tic bags in the Govern-ment Building for free and environmentally-friendly disposal. Adults can also browse Dakota County’s online Green Guide to learn what can and can’t be recycled, and utilize online maps to search for driving directions from their home to The Recy-cling Zone, while kids en-joy a variety of activities in the building. To inspire children to get into the habit of recy-cling, Dakota County staff will give superhero capes to kids as a reminder that “Superheroes Recycle” at The Recycling Zone from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at the Government Building.

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“I think we had a beau-tiful day for the parade, the breeze kept it nice,” said committee president Diane Wellman. “I believe it was a great kickoff to start all of the fun.” Having so many Rose-mount groups participat-ing and plenty of advance notice seemed to spread the word about the parade date change as crowds were on par with previous years. Among the Rosemount groups were the high school’s marching band and sports teams, along with service clubs the Li-ons, Rosemount Area Arts Council and many more. Wellman said people were impressed with the T-6 Thunder Flight Team’s flyovers prior to the parade start. While there were some people who commented they would have liked the parade to remain in the same date slot, Wellman said spreading the com-mittee’s work over two weekends meant commit-tee members were more focused on handling the

parade and will be more focused on tending to planning for this weekend’s Midsummer Faire. In past years many committee members were working Leprechaun Days’ final Saturday from before

sunrise to well after mid-night. Wellman is hoping this year’s change keeps volun-teers more excited and re-freshed as they tend mostly to keeping up with recy-cling and cleanup efforts.

She said many attendees seemed more relaxed after this year’s parade as many of them lounged around on the sidewalk areas or headed to Lighthouse Church for the Lightin’ Up the Leprechaun Family

Block Party. “They had a nice crowd,” Wellman said. There is plenty more fun to be had this week-end. Check out the re-maining schedule online

at SunThisweek.com/tag/Leprechaun-Days-2014 or RosemountEvents.com.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

PARADE, from 1A

Top: Leevie Martin and his son, Gavin, Eagan, watch the planes soar overhead before the start of the Rosemount Leprechaun Days Grand Parade on Saturday. Top right: The Rosemount High School marching band’s drumline provided the beat for the Rose-mount Leprechaun Days Grand Parade. Bottom right: Riders on the Lighthouse Mo-tor Sports and Marine float were spraying the crowd as they traveled along the route. Many children jumped into the air to put themselves in the path of the spraying water. (Photos by Jennifer Chick)


Bethel University, St. Paul, spring dean’s list, from Rosemount – Devin Awe, Justine Boecker, Madeline Johnson, Hugh MacGillivray, Lindy Parker, Micaella Petrich, Jesse Webb. Bethel University, St. Paul, spring graduates, from Rosemount – Grant Herschberger, B.A., English lit and writing; Jillian Pearson, B.A., psychology. Bradley University, East Peoria, Ill, spring graduate, Sean Clifton, of Farmington, B.S. Concordia College, Moorhead, spring dean’s list, from Farmington – Brittany Majeski, Jenna Morris, Cassandra Peroutky, Kelsi Wright; from Rosemount – Emily Feld, Alison Warweg. University of Northwestern – St. Paul, spring

dean’s list, Graham Warnken, of Rosemount. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, spring dean’s list, from Farmington – Cortney Hilton, Bradley Jokinen; from Rosemount – William Hoffman, Jeremy Laurel. University of Wisconsin-Stout, spring chan-cellor’s award, from Rosemount – Hannah Kelly, Amber Kurten, Meghan Olson, Laura Steinkopf. University of Minnesota Crookston, spring dean’s list, from Rosemount – Chantel Folden, Melissa Schneider.

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Schools earn honors in national speech and debate

Polly Reikowski named Principal of the Year for 40 years of contribu-tions to speech

and debate

Eagan and Apple Valley high schools both earned school-level recognition and Eagan Principal Polly Reikowski received Prin-cipal of the Year honors at this year’s National Speech and Debate Asso-ciation (formerly the Na-tional Forensic League) national tournament June 15-20 in Kansas City. Eagan was one of 10 schools in the nation to be named a School of Out-standing Distinction and Apple Valley was one of 21 schools to be named a Speech School of Ex-cellence. Both awards are based on the number of rounds of competi-tion completed by each school’s students during the tournament. Of the 25 District 196

students who qualified, two made it to the final round of competition (top six) in their event and three others advanced to the semifinal rounds. Laurel Scott of Eagan finished national runner-up in original oratory for the second year in a row and Moti Begna of Apple Valley was also a finalist, taking fifth in original ora-tory. Adam Stromme of Ea-gan, who advanced to the finals in U.S. extempora-neous speaking last year, finished ninth in the same event this year and earned an award for being a four-time qualifier for the na-tional tournament. The other two semi-finalists are Stephanie Kahle of Apple Valley, who took 10th place in humorous interpretation, and Nikhil Venkatasubra-manian of Eastview High School in congressional debate. Each event started with more than 200 competi-tors. Other District 196 students who advanced to

the top 30 in their event included Caroline Berg of Apple Valley in original oratory; Nissi Kunjum-men of Eagan in poetry; Quincy Nkwonta and Nick Saxton of Eagan in duo interpretation; Nurry Goren of Eagan in Lin-coln-Douglas debate; and Jack Kurila of Eastview in U.S. extemporaneous speaking. Top-60 finishers in-cluded Claire Hoffa and Maddy Ober of Apple Valley in Lincoln-Douglas debate; Talha Ahsan of Eagan in international ex-temporaneous speaking; Aekta Mouli of Eagan in original oratory; Mollie Clark and Alex Rosati of Eagan in public forum de-bate; and Anant Naik of Eastview in international extemporaneous speaking. Reikowski received the National Speech and De-bate Association’s Prin-cipal of the Year award for 2014 for supporting high-quality opportuni-ties in speech and debate programming, and for her exemplary contributions

to the profession during a 40-year career as a teacher, speech coach and adminis-trator in three District 196 high schools.

Reikowski started at Rose-mount High School in 1973 as a teacher. In 1976, she was part of the staff that opened Apple Val-ley High School, first as a communications teacher and speech coach, and lat-er as administrative assis-tant. In 1989, she helped open Eagan High School as dean of students, be-came assistant principal the following year and has been leading the school as principal since November 2002. Reikowski is as a true believer in providing students with opportuni-ties in academics, the arts and athletics -- the dis-trict’s Triple-A philosophy founded at Apple Valley High -- and she is an avid supporter of all co-curric-ular activities, most direct-ly involved with speech, debate and the other fine arts.

College News DCTC hosts TXT2014 Dakota County Technical College is hosting the fourth an-nual Teens eXperiencing Tech-nical Education workshop event July 28 through Aug. 1 on the college’s main campus in Rose-mount. “TXT2014 gives teenaged girls the chance to experience fun, hands-on, get-dirty work-shops that highlight technical education and career opportu-nities in technical fields,” said Linda Foster, DCTC instruc-tional technology director as

well as the creator and organizer of TXT. “About two hundred girls will explore programs in the Business & Management, Design & Technology, Health & Human Services, Industry Careers and Transportation de-partments at the college.” The workshop, for girls en-tering grades five through seven, runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and costs $50. For more information, con-tact Linda Foster at 651-423-8439.

District 196 Commu-nity Education will offer the following classes. To register, or for more infor-mation, call 651-423-7920 or visit www.district196.org/ce. Abrakadoodle Girls with Glitter Art Camp (ages 5-11), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday, Aug. 4-7, Fal-con Ridge Middle School, $109. Forbidden LEGO (grades 3-6), 9 a.m. to noon, Monday through Friday, Aug. 4-8, Falcon Ridge Middle School, $129. Culinary Adventures (ages 6-11), 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, Aug. 4-7, Falcon Ridge Middle School, $105. Science Explorers Zany Zoo Adventures (ages 3.5-6), 10 a.m. to noon Tues-day through Thursday,

Aug. 5-7, Falcon Ridge Middle School, $59. Rosemount Girls Bas-ketball Camps (grades 4-9), noon to 3 p.m. Mon-day through Thursday, Aug. 4-7, Rosemount High School, $75. Apple Valley Eagle Youth Running Camp (grades 2-8), 9:30-11:30 a.m. Monday through Thursday, Aug. 4-7, Apple Valley High School, $70. Skyhawks Volleyball (ages 10-14), 1-4 p.m. Monday through Friday, Aug. 4-8, Scott Highlands Middle School, $109. Skyhawks Mini-Hawk: Soccer, Basketball and T-ball (ages 4-6), 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday, Aug. 4-8, Scott Highlands Middle School, $109. Skyhawks Beginning Golf (ages 5-8), 1-4 p.m. Monday through Friday, Aug. 4-8, Scott Highlands

Middle School, $115. Skyhawks Multi-Sport:Basketball, Tennis and Volleyball (ages 7-12), 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday, Aug. 4-8, Scott Highlands Middle School, $109. Skyhawks Game Camp:Capture the Flag, Kick-ball, and Ultimate Frisbee (ages 6-12), 1-4 p.m. Mon-day through Thursday, Aug. 11-14, Scott High-lands Middle School, $89. Introductory Little Ninjas – Unlimited Class-es (ages 4-5), 5-5:30 p.m. Monday through Thurs-day, Aug. 4-14, Rose-mount Middle School, $19. Introductory Tae Kwon Do – Unlimited Classes (ages 6-plus), 5:40-6:25 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11-11:45 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1-16, Rose-mount Middle School, $39.

Community Education

Shopping for college needs a listPreparing for college life

is a must, whether you are planning to live on or off campus. But it can be over-whelming without a game plan.

To make this exciting ex-perience as smooth as pos-sible, the college experts at Bed Bath & Beyond are of-fering helpful shopping tips for students and parents.

• Use a checklist: Stay or-ganized and on budget with a checklist. Some retailers offer online and in-store lists breaking down the es-sential gear needed for on and off-campus living.

• Know your school rules: To avoid any unwel-come surprises on move-in day, learn your school-specifi c rules before shop-ping. From microwaves to coffeemakers, know what you can and can’t bring to your school. Look up your school rules at www.bed-bathandbeyond.com/shop-forcollege.

• Create a college reg-istry: A registry makes a great resource for family and friends choosing grad-uation or college gifts. Stu-dents can also use their reg-

istry to share what they’re bringing to school with roommates.

• Meet the roomie: Once students receive their hous-ing assignment, they should connect with their future roommate to fi nalize room decisions and avoid dupli-cation.

• Make packing easy: Take advantage of resourc-es that make transporting your items to college easier. • Bedding: The bed is pretty much the center of dorm room life, so make it com-fortable and stylish. School-provided mattresses are of-ten thin, so consider adding a memory foam topper or fi ber bed for extra support.

• Study smart: Make sure your work space is highly functional. You’ll need plenty of storage for school supplies, lighting for late night cramming and a surge protector to plug-in all your devices.

Creating a home away from home can be a chal-lenge. Use tools and re-sources specifi cally de-signed for college-bound students to stay organized and on budget. (StatePoint)

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“Imagine Your Future”


SportsFather, son take on new coaching challenges

Obarskis remain heavily involved in

local soccer by Mike Shaughnessy


The Obarski family has been a fixture in south metro youth and high school soccer for de-cades. This fall, however, finds two of them trying to leave im-prints on new teams. Jason Obarski, one of Mark’s and Barb’s five soccer-playing children, is a high school head coach for the first time, taking over the boys program at Farm-ington High School. Mark, head girls soccer coach at Eagan High School for the last 14 years, was hired in June to coach the women’s team at Dakota County Tech-nical College. “He had a lot of success at Eagan; he accomplished most of the things he wanted to do there,” Jason said of his father’s job change. “At the same time, he always had an eye on college coaching. This job lets him stay at Eagan as a teacher and gives him the chance he wanted to coach a college team.” Mark, on his son running the Farmington boys program: “I think it’s great. He has a pas-sion for coaching. His team

looks like it has a good founda-tion. He’s coaching in the South Suburban Conference, which is not only a strong conference but one he’s familiar with.”

Back to the fi eld Jason Obarski, an All-State soccer and football player at Apple Valley High School, has had a non-traditional career track. He was an athletic director before becoming a head coach, an almost unheard-of occurrence. In 2013-14 he was athletic di-rector at Prairie Seeds Academy, a charter school in Brooklyn Park. One of his biggest tasks was repairing the school’s relationship with the Minnesota State High School League and its other members. Before Obarski was hired, the MSHSL kicked Prairie Seeds out of the 2012 state Class A boys soccer tourna-ment for using ineligible play-ers. Part of Obarski’s job was to make sure Prairie Seeds coach-es understood the high school league’s rules and put proce-dures in place to make sure they were followed. But, he wanted to coach.

“Farmington is a growing community and the fact that the school is in the South Suburban Conference is definitely a plus, because I played at Apple Val-ley when most of those schools were in the Lake Conference,” Obarski said. In addition to coaching the high school team, Obarski will direct a Minnesota Thunder Academy regional branch in Farmington, which will operate the community’s youth soccer program. Farmington reached the Sec-tion 1AA championship game last season. From what Obar-ski has seen of the Tigers’ var-sity candidates this summer, he said they look like an unselfish, coachable group. He will run a camp for the high school play-ers later this month. “I’m implementing my phi-losophy, developing our style of play and building a relation-ship with the players so we’re not all going in blind Aug. 11 (when fall practices start),” he said. The Tigers have to adjust to playing in one of the state’s most competitive leagues, and Obarski has to adjust to coach-ing against people such as Alan Merrick and Chuck Scanlon. Obarski said Merrick is one of his biggest soccer influenc-

es. Scanlon, the Apple Valley coach who is the state’s all-time leader in victories, was Obar-ski’s high school coach.

A new challenge Mark Obarski was hired less than two months before the Dakota County Technical Col-lege women’s team is scheduled to begin practice. Recruiting started almost immediately. “We have a number of play-ers on the ros-ter already, but we’re definitely looking for more,” he said. He planned to be at the USA Cup Weekend and USA Cup tournaments in Blaine to see if he can find any players who slipped through the recruiting cracks. “We’ll look at kids who graduated (from high school) this year or the year before and see if they’re still interested in playing college soccer,” he said. Obarski takes over for Cam Stoltz, who founded the DCTC women’s team in 2003 and re-mains at the college as men’s soccer coach and athletic coor-dinator. The DCTC women’s soccer

rosters had a heavy Twin Cities influence under Stoltz. All of the players on last year’s team were from metro-area high schools. Obarski said he will have the same philosophy toward assem-bling his rosters. “My goal is to really hit the metro area hard for recruiting,” he said. A lot of colleges recruit Minnesota players, but Obarski said he will emphasize DCTC’s attributes: close to home, an on-campus field, and interest-ing road trips. “We have a trip to Salt Lake City this year,” Obarski said. “Sports is part of the college experience,” he said, “and that’s true if you’re at a two-year col-lege or a four-year college.” Obarski, a two-time state high school coach of the year, said he believes his ideas will translate to college soccer. Hav-ing been a local high school coach could help him get a foot in the door with players. “I hope so,” he said. “I had a good relationship with the coaches in the South Suburban Conference, and we played a lot of the Suburban East schools in our non-conference games.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

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Kellie McGahn (white uniform) of the Dakota Rev Rampage tries to elude two Fire SC defenders during the USA Cup Weekend tournament. The Rampage won the girls Under-19 A flight. (Photo by Jason Olson)

Rampage earns more hardwareDakota Rev team wins at USA Cup Weekend

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


The Dakota Rev Ram-page, a team with some of the metro area’s top girls soccer players, won an-other championship at the USA Cup Weekend tour-nament July 11-13. The team won six games in the girls Un-der-19 A Flight at the weekend tournament, out-scoring opponents 22-2. Dakota Rev defeated the Blaine-based Twin Cities Fire 3-0 in the champion-ship game. In the spring, the Ram-page finished first in the U18 Premier II division in the Midwest Regional League. Last summer, many of the same players traveled to Sweden and won their division at the Gothia Cup tournament. The Rampage roster includes numerous play-ers who are headed to college soccer, such as Kellie McGahn (an East-view High School gradu-ate) and Alyssa Blahnik

(Burnsville), who have signed with the University of Minnesota. Univer-sity of Nebraska redshirt freshman Natalie Muench (Burnsville) also played for the Rampage, as did Eastview graduate Paige Wilberding, who is joining the Cornhuskers this sea-son. Julia Lam, a Rampage player from Apple Valley High School, is headed to South Dakota State. Lauren Sherry, a defender for the Rampage as well as state high school Class AA runner-up Lakeville North, is headed to Cen-tral Michigan. Leah Schmidt of Ea-gan, Hannah Keirstead of Burnsville, Amanda Hart-mann of Burnsville, Ka-tie Eaton of Apple Valley (Eastview), Emily Sutliff of Apple Valley (Eastview) and Brianna Lindstrom of Apple Valley (Eastview) also played for the Ram-page.

USA Cup recap Although no teams

from the Sun Thisweek coverage area reached Gold or Silver division fi-nals in the weeklong USA Cup tournament that ended July 19 in Blaine, several did reach champi-onship games in the July 11-13 USA Cup weekend tourney. In addition to the Da-kota Rev Rampage’s girls U19 championship, the Lakeville Lightning fin-ished first in the girls U13 B flight playoff, outscor-ing three playoff oppo-nents 10-0. The Lightning defeated Futura Feroce of Missouri 3-0 in the cham-pionship game. The Dakota Rev Re-venge won the girls U15 B flight, defeating Integrity XC 2-0 in the champion-ship game. Valley United Fusion reached the boys U19 A flight final in the USA Cup Weekend tourney before losing to St. Croix of Minnesota 1-0. Val-ley United also finished second in the boys U12 C flight.

Eagan will be host of Legion baseball tourney16 teams will chase

state title starting Aug. 1 by Mike Shaughnessy


Organizers of next week’s state American Legion baseball tournament lined up Minnesota Twins general manager Terry Ryan to be the featured speaker at the pre-tourney banquet. Then they started to worry when they looked at the calendar. The banquet is scheduled Thursday, July 31, at Ea-gan Community Center. That also happens to be the Major League Baseball non-waiver trading deadline, and the Twins figure to be active. Thankfully for the local organizers, the trade deadline is 3 p.m. and the banquet’s social hour starts at 6 p.m. “We talked to (Ryan) a few weeks ago and he as-sured us he’s in,” said Doug Grawe, a member of the local committee putting on the state tournament. If any other problems that arise in the next week and a half can be solved as easily, Grawe and his compatri-ots will be happy. This is Eagan’s first chance to be at host city of the state American Legion tournament, an event that has been held for 88 years, or every year since 1926. Legion baseball is for players 19 and younger. Gen-erally, they are in high school or have just graduated from high school. In a few cases, players who have com-pleted one year of college can come back and play for their hometown Legion teams. The host team gets an automatic berth in the state tournament, so the Eagan Patriots will be one of the 16 teams in the field when play begins Friday, Aug. 1. The rest will qualify through Sub-State tournaments taking place this week. Eagan’s best finish in the state tournament was sec-ond in 2010. “Eagan had been in the state tournament two years in a row, and we thought it would be good timing for the community to serve as host,” Grawe said. “This is something we’ve been working on for two years.” The Eagan High School varsity field will be the head-quarters, but some state tournament games also will be played at Alimagnet Park in Burnsville and Red Had-dox Field in Bloomington. The championship game is scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, at Eagan High

School. First- and second-place teams will advance to re-gional competition. Last year, Burnsville finished sec-ond to Eden Prairie in the state tournament, then won its regional and played in the American Legion World Series in North Carolina. Eagan is somewhat of a non-traditional state Le-gion tournament host in that the headquarters field at EHS does not have lights (the fields in Burnsville and Bloomington do have lights). Grawe said that initially was a concern for state Legion baseball officials, but they eventually approved the local committee’s plan. Assuming there are no major weather delays, the big-gest challenge will be playing four nine-inning games on the EHS field Aug. 1 before nightfall. Games that day are scheduled for 9 a.m., noon, 3 and 6 p.m. At the other tournament locations, first-day action starts at 10 a.m. “From what we’ve seen, the Legion officials and um-pires do a good job of moving the games along, so we don’t think it will be a problem,” Grawe said. In addition to four days of baseball starting Aug. 1, there will be a home run contest and youth baseball clinics at 2 p.m. July 31 at the Eagan High varsity field. The home run contest was added last year, when Edina was host of the state tournament, and the Eagan orga-nizers chose to keep it. Grawe said the tournament has been able to secure strong local sponsorship from businesses such as Min-nwest Bank, Life Wellness Center, General Sports, Massage Envy and Grawe Law, as well as the Twins Community Fund. Among other things, sponsorships help pay for hotel rooms for teams that have to travel more than 50 miles to play in the tournament. Those teams will stay at the Best Western in Eagan. Eagan Baseball board members such as Kevin Na-gel, Tom Umhoefer and Matt Caudill helped guide the local effort to get the state Legion tournament bid, as was Eagan High School baseball coach Rob Walsh. The late Paul Clements, a longtime Eagan youth base-ball coach, also assisted in the bid before his death in December 2013. “Our philosophy has been to do the basics well and not add a lot of bells and whistles,” Grawe said. “If we cover the basics, we’ll have a successful tournament.” More information about the event, including ticket prices for the banquet and tournament, can be found at www.2014mnlegionstatetournament.com.

Notebook: Burns competing at World Junior track meet by Mike Shaughnessy


Shaina Burns’ suc-cessful spring in track and field has transitioned smoothly into a success-ful summer. Burns, who graduated from Lakeville South High School in June and will attend Texas A&M this fall, is competing for Team USA at the In-ternational Association of Athletics Federations World Junior Champi-onships this week in Eu-gene, Ore. Competing in the hep-tathlon against some of the world’s top junior athletes, Burns was 18th in the 100-meter hurdles and 13th in the high jump on Tuesday. Still to come were the shot put, 200 dash, long jump, jav-elin throw and 800. The heptathlon concluded Wednesday, after this edi-tion went to press. She ran the 100 hurdles in 14.58 seconds and cleared 1.7 meters (almost 5 feet, 7 inches) in the high jump. Burns was 17th in the overall standings after two events. Burns qualified for the IAAF World Juniors by taking second place at the U.S. Junior Out-

door Championships last month.

Legion baseball

playoffs American Legion baseball teams are com-peting this week for spots in next week’s state tour-nament to be held in Eagan, Burnsville and Bloomington. Fifteen “Sub-State” tournaments are being held across Minnesota, with the winners of each advancing to the state tournament that begins Aug. 1. Rosemount, Burns-ville, Apple Valley, Lakeville South and Farmington will play in the Sub-State 5 tourna-ment this week at Ali-magnet Park in Burns-ville. Rosemount faced St. Paul Park on Wednes-day, with the winner go-ing on to the double-elimination portion of the tournament. On Thursday, Apple Valley and Lakeville South play at 4 p.m., Burnsville plays Woodbury Blue at 4:20, Farmington plays New Prague at 7 and Inver Grove Heights meets the St. Paul Park-Rosemount winner at 7:20. The tour-nament runs through Sunday afternoon.


One tile at a time in RosemountOne Rosemount community art project starts to gain momentum

by Nick HassettSUN THISWEEK


Rosemount Lepre-chaun Days is underway, but the event isn’t just a city-wide get together. With help from the com-munity, a collaborative art installation is being put to-gether one piece at a time. The One Tile One Rosemount community art project is traveling all across the city in hopes of creating an 8-by-8 foot mosaic of thousands of tiles, 9,216 to be exact. Each tile will be painted a solid color, and contribu-tors can personalize the tile they painted to leave their mark. “Our biggest challenge is going to be getting those 9,000 tiles,” Rose-mount Area Arts Council member John Loch said. “That’s more than a third of the population of Rose-mount, but you don’t have to be from Rosemount to take part.” At the city’s Public Safety in the Park event on July 9, Loch said 174 tiles had been painted. At the start of a tile signing event Tuesday in Jaycee Park, around 340 had been com-pleted. The mosaic, called Journey, depicts Schaar’s Bluff at Spring Lake Park Reserve, the place where Rosemount borders on the Mississippi River. “A lot of people don’t know that we have a (Rosemount) Port Au-thority, and that’s why,”

RAAC member Jeanne Schwartz said. “Rose-mount was founded when settlers came off the Mis-sissippi.” The tile signing events started June 23 at Rose-mount’s Steeple Center, and community members have shown up to cre-ate their tiles at multiple events since then. Tile signings will happen to-night at the Rosemount library, and continue Sat-urday at the Church of St. Joseph. Other tile signing events have included an ice cream social at 360 Communities

Family Resource Center and will be at the city-wide Night To Unite on Aug. 5. Loch also mentioned a potential partnership with art teachers in Rosemount schools. With thousands of tiles left to paint, the project seems daunting. But Loch says there’s “no time con-straints,” and Schwartz looked to 2015. “We think it’ll take about a year,” she said. The installation will use a special paint that doesn’t fade easily to help accom-modate that time frame. At the events just one

color will be used for any particular day. With 35 different colors making up the mosaic, coordinators already know how many 1-inch square tiles they’ll need per color. The project has a bud-get of $24,000, most of which has been provided by sponsors. Original-ly, project coordinators sought out state grant funding. They were de-nied in favor of Vadnais Heights. As a result, Loch said they still are looking for $7,000 in donations. “We’ve had good dona-tions, the people that can

afford it are doing it,” he said. “But this is a free event. You shouldn’t have to pay, it’s OK not to. We want everyone to partici-pate.” At Jaycee Park on Tues-day, a line of tile painters formed, filling up picnic tables set up for the event. “We heard about it at the parade, and wanted

to be a part of it,” Rose-mount parent Scott Harris said. His daughter, Melissa, was just excited to paint. “It’s a great community builder,” Schwartz said. “With this, I’d like to see art grow in Rosemount.”

Email Nick Hassett at [email protected].

An estimated 200 people made their mark on history as they personalized one of the 1-by-1-inch tiles that will become part of the 8-by-8-foot mural “Journey” during the One Tile One Rosemount signing event at Jaycee Park on Tuesday. It was the most people the Rosemount Area Arts Council has had participate in one of its signing events. (Photo by Tad Johnson)

These are some of the 1-by-1-inch tiles that will become part of the 8-by-8-foot mural “Journey” that will be in-stalled in the lobby of the Dakota County branch Robert Trail Library in Rosemount. (Photo by Tad Johnson)


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2510 Pets 2510 Pets

1020 Junkers& Repairables


4030 Garage& Estate Sales

5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

5170 Concrete/Mason-ry/Waterproofing


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

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www.crosstownauto.net 612-861-3020 651-645-7715

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1060 Trucks/Pickups

1956 Ford F100 Truck Clean, great condition! $7,500/BO. 952-949-9128

1500 SPORTING

1530 Watercraft

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2500 PETS

2510 Pets

Free Kittens 8 wks old! Gold, females & males 952-469-5155

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3000 ANNOUNCEMENTS

3010 Announcements

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Self-help organization offers a proven method to combat depression,

fears, panic attacks anger, perfectionism, worry, sleeplessness,

anxiety, tenseness, etc. Groups meet weekly in several locations.

Voluntary contributions. Dona:

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3500 MERCHANDISE

3510 Antiques &Collectibles

Exceptional Solid Oak 1920’s Roll-top Desk. Restored. $2,800/BO. For photos/info 651-490-7510

3520 Cemetery Lots

Grandview Park Cemetery, Hopkins. 2 side by side plots$950 ea/BO. 602-861-8082

Must sell! Dawn Valley, 1 plot for 2 vertical. Pd $3,000; will negotiate. 480-820-0814

3580 Household/Furnishings

Dining Rm Set exc. cnd. Pine, 76x40 table, 4 side, 2cpt. chrs. 54X78 hutch. $595 651-460-4985

Leather Sofa very gd cond. $200 - Lighted China cab. & buffet $200. Solid wood-Cash only. 952-890-5422

QN. PILLOWTOP SETNew In Plastic!! $150

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3600 MiscellaneousFor Sale

2004 Olympia Millenium Ice Resurfacer. Resurfac-er maintained by City ofBurnsville’s Fleet Mainte-nance Department every200-250 hours. Resurfacerhas 3,454 hours of use.Compressed Natural GasFuel System. Resurfacerwill be in use until mid-August 2014 and will beavailable for pick up whenreplacement arrives. SalePrice $25,000.00.

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3600 MiscellaneousFor Sale

Radio Controlled Heli-copter 24” long. Flown only once. 952-236-2341

3610 MiscellaneousWanted

Buying Old Trains & ToysSTEVE’S TRAIN CITY

952-933-0200

3620 MusicInstruments

Whitney/Kimball Piano, upright console w/bench. Soundboard & bridge still in good shape. Asking $495/bo 952-423-4613

3630 OutdoorEquipment

Ridemowers - Homelite, & Snapper; Snowblower; Charbroil grill - $50 each

or best offer. 763-807-4187

4000 SALES


Apple Valley, 7/24, 2-8pm; 7/25, 9am-6pm; 7/26, 9am-3pm. SOLD OUR TRAILERAll items, inside and yard, for sale; plus much more. 5136 148th St. W.

APPLE VALLEY: 297 Walnut Lane 7/24 -27th 9-4pm, Table & chairs, desk, gaming chair & more!

Bloomington 7/31-8/2 (9-5)11211 Xerxes Ave. SouthElectronics, cloz, furniture, sporting goods, much more!

Bloomington Children & Wmn’s cloz, furn, misc HH, books, antiqs 7/24-26 (8-5) 9306 OAKLAND AVE. SO.

BloomingtonChurch Rummage Sale

7/24-25-26, Thurs & Fri (9-5); Sat (9-12) MN Valley UU Fellowship 10715 Zenith Av S

Bloomington, Aug. 1,2,3,5 to 8 on Aug. 1, 8 to 8 on Sat. & Sun. Men stuff, power & hand & yard tools, hunting, fishing, knives, gun holsters, cowboy hats, model rac-ing cars, household, tables, chairs, drum set, all must go. 10101 Colfax Ave., Bloomington

Bloomington, July 26th, 8am - 4pm.

Multi-Family Sale. All proceeds donated to the Alzheimer’s Assoc.

8100 Park Ave S.

Bloomington, July 31-Aug 2, Thur & Fri 8-5, Sat 9-5. HUGE Fund-raising Sale benefitting MN BOXER RESCUE Sat. $5.00/bag starting @ 1pm --- 2701 W. 96th Street (corner of 96th & Vincent)

Bloomington: Moving Sale! 7/25-26, (8-5). 10549 Lyndale Ave S. Furn & lots of misc.

Brooklyn ParkHuge 250 Family Sale!Family of God Church

7/30 (5-8) $3 Adm.; 7/31 (9-8); 8/1 (9-5); 8/2 (9-12)

8625 Zane Ave. North

BURNSVILLE14768 Oak Run Lane 7/25 - 26th 9am-5pm, Furn, jew-elry, cloz, juicer, playpen, HH, & misc.

Burnsville, Thurday-Fri-day 7/24-25 , 9am-4PM. Huge Sale! Lots of House-hold items. Snowblower, and miscellaneous tools. 13116 Irving Ave. S.

Golden Valley, 7/25-26, 8am-6pm, Garage/Estate Sale! 2200 Orchard Ave N.


BURNSVILLE: MOVING SALE! 1804 James Place July 25 9-5p, 26th 8-12p, Furn, Tools, home/garden!

Crystal Multi-Family Sale 7/31, 8/1-2 (9-5) Furn, HH, lawn & garden, more!5236 Hampshire Ave. No.

Crystal, Cedarwood Com-munity Apartment Multi Family Sale! July 25 & 26, 10-6. 5450 Douglas Dr N

Crystal: Moving Sale 8/1 -28a-5p. Furn, yard equip, HH items, + many items!!

5417 Angeline Ave N.

Eden Prairie Moving Sale: 7/25-26 (9-4). LR, DR Furn., HH, more! Cash only. 9455 Aspen Circle

Edina Moving Sale: 7/30-7/31, Wed 4-8pm, Thurs 8am-4pm. HH, Furn, Tools, Misc. 6629 Gleason Road

Edina: Multi Fam 7/31-8/2,(9-4) 5648 Woodcrest Dr. Vint. HH, unique objects, bks, hrdwre, toys & puzzles.

FARMINGTON: 17116 Eventide Way Aug 1/2 Fri/Sat 9a-5p, Huge sale! 20 years in the making - kids clothes 4T & smaller, kid items, furniture, house-hold items, lots of variety.

FARMINGTON: 305 Hick-ory St. Aug 1 & 2 9-5pm, Furn., Kitchenware, glassw. vintage tools, & handmade items.

FridleySt Philips Luth. ChurchPresale 7/30 (5-8p) $5 Adm; 7/31 & 8/1 (9-7); 8/2 (9-12)Sat. - most items 1/2 price

& $5/bag for most Cloz. 6180 Hwy 65 NE, Fridley

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LKVL, 7/30 (4-8), 7/31-8/2 (8-6). NEW inf travel system, freezer, mower, lawn furn, HH, furn, tools, antqs, video games, cloz NB-XXL 11375 237th St. E.

LV/Credit River Township20960 Monterey Ave. 55372 July 25, 26 & 27 8-2p, GIANT MOVING SALE! Deco, furn, kidstuff etc.

Minnetonka: 7/24, 8a-5p.Clothing, furniture, HH items, books, toys & games.

4713 Coventry Rd E

New Hope, 7/31-8/2; 7/31-8/1 8a-5p; 8/2, 8a-1p. baby stuff/cloz, maternity, HH, electronics/video games. & misc. 7724-45 1/2 Ave N.

Plymouth 7/24-25 (8-5) Antiqs, HH, Wmn’s cloz (sz Med. & plus sz), much more! 13012 45th Ave No


Plymouth HUGE SAMPLE SALE! Thurs-Sat, 7/31 & 8/1-2 (9-4). NEW - Gifts, gadgets, games & HH items15725 51st Place North

Plymouth: Estate Sales July 25-27 , 9-5. Great

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PRIOR LAKE: 20101 France Circle Aug 7-9th, 9-5pm, Tools, vintage, furn. On the ranch by the pond.

Robbinsdale Estate Sale7/25-26 (9-5) Antiqs.,

furn., lamps, dishes, clocks, much more! Cash only.4216 Islemount Place

Robbinsdale Moving Sale 7/24-25-26 (9-5) TV, wshr/dryer, tools, furn., misc. 4044 Yates Ave. North

ROSEMOUNT: 6656 GER-DINE PATH Aug 1 & 2nd 9-5pm, Furniture, antqs., HH, Collectibles & misc!

Shorewood Moving Sale7/31; 8/1-2 (8-4) Cash only

Furn, patio, HH & more! 19395 Waterford Place

4500 RENTALS / REAL ESTATE

4560 CommercialFor Rent

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5000 SERVICES

5080 Child &Adult Care

FARMINGTON Lic’d 8 yrs Fun Loving Family FT Childcare in North Trail Dist. Food prog. Ages 2+. 952-891-3266

5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

H & H Blacktopping612-861-6009

5110 Building &Remodeling

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Dependable, quality, time-ly. 30 years experience. Free Estimates Contact Jon

651-600-8820

5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

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5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

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We offer professional services for your wood floors!

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Professional w/12 yrs exp.952-292-2349

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SANDING-REFINISHINGRoy’s Sanding Service

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5150 Chimney &Fireplace Services

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londonairechimneyservice.com

5160 Commercial &Residential Cleaning

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A+ BBB Member

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952-985-5516• Stamped Concrete

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Christian Brothers Construction

Min Lic. BC679768

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

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

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Dave’s Concrete & Masonry

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Will meet or beat almost any quote!

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5370 Painting &Decorating

5510 Full-time

5420 Tree Care &Stump Removal

5510 Full-time






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5220 Electrical

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5340 Landscaping

CAYERING LAWN SERVICES LLC

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5350 Lawn &Garden Services

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Cleaning, Brush RemovalSod & All Types of

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Drywall Repair. Cabi-net Enameling and

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5380 Plumbing

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BBB Accredited “A” RatingRegistered W/Dept of

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5500 EMPLOYMENT

5510 Full-time

Accounting Clerk A/R & A/P person needed. Busy office. Great benefit pkg. Bloomington location.Send resume to:

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CARPENTERS & CONSTRUCTION

MANAGERLocal Co. seeks car-penters & Construction Mgr. w/at least 5 yrs exp. Must have DL, & transportation. Sarah 651-423-7248

Company Drivers/Owner Operators- Class A CDL,

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Call: 651-423-5388

5510 Full-time

Designed Cabinets, Inc.

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7965 215th St. WestLakeville, MN 55044Office: 952-469-2700

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Jeff Belzer Chevrolet/Dodge/Kia is rapidly growing and looking for Express Lube Techni-cians. Candidates must have a positive attitude, be self motivated and a team player. You must be able to pass a back-ground check and have a good driving record. Duties include: Oil changes, rotates, bulb replacement, filter and wiper blades. We offer: Competitive pay and a chance to advance in the compa-ny. If interested please send resume to [email protected]

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Contact Reinhart at 651-457-9796

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State officials will not reduce the 55 mph speed limit on a road where a Lakeville teen died in a car crash last winter, accord-ing to Kaare Festvog, a Minnesota Department of Transportation speed zon-ing supervisor. Local officials had re-quested a speed study, the first step to changing a speed limit, on Dodd Bou-levard (County Road 9) near Lakeville North High School after the vehicle LNHS junior Alyssa Ettl was driving slid sideways into oncoming traffic on Dec. 4, 2013. The resulting crash killed her instantly. The narrow two-lane road has a steep grade, curves, deep ditches lined with telephone poles and no shoulders.

Dakota County and Lakeville officials have planned but delayed up-grades to Dodd Boulevard between 185th Street to 194th Street for years as development funding for it waned and other projects were prioritized before it. Officials have now re-scheduled Dodd Boule-vard improvements from 2018 to 2016, which May-or Matt Little said is the earliest timeline techni-cally possible. A School Road Safety Task Force, formed in re-sponse to public outcry for action, identified the area as the top school road safety issue in the city, but Festvog said the study, due for release in two to four weeks, shows a slow-er speed limit there is not warranted and could ac-tually make traveling the road more dangerous. Festvog said the study, which included examining driver behavior and crash data, found posted lim-its on the two-lane road from 185th Street to 194th Street reflect actual travel

speeds and are appropri-ate there under ideal driv-ing conditions. Festvog said speed lim-its are set based on ideal conditions, and it is legally the driver’s responsibility to travel at a speed reflec-tive of weather and road conditions. “If conditions are not ideal, it’s the duty of the driver to respond to those conditions,” Festvog said. “There’s no way we can factor in weather condi-tions when creating the speed limit.” According to state and local police records, dozens of accidents have occurred on Dodd Boule-vard near Lakeville North in the last five years, and two LNHS students have died on the stretch since 2004. Festvog said the crash data shows most of the factors related to the ac-cidents did not involve speeding or skidding on that section of Dodd Bou-levard. He added that people tend to drive at speeds

based on roadway condi-tions and what is around the road instead of the speed limit sign, so lower-ing the speed limit there could actually reduce safe-ty. “You have some people who will follow the sign, but a lot of people drive at what they feel comfort-able, so you have speed dif-ferential issues,” Festvog said. “It’s much safer to have everyone driving with consistency.” Alyssa’s dad, Matt Ettl, expressed frustration when informed of the up-coming recommendation. “Frankly, it’s just not a safe road,” Ettl said, call-ing reducing the speed limit “the easiest and most simple way of trying to re-duce injury accidents.” He said Dodd Boule-vard’s design is made more unsafe with winter weath-er and summer construc-tion. Hundreds of homes in multiple developments are being constructed nearby LNHS that Ettl said will bring industrial truck

traffic that drops dirt and gravel on the road; he said piles of dirt are regularly moved and winds blow dirt and debris across Dodd Boulevard. “I think the road should be closed down as long as construction is there,” Ettl said. “I think they should just shut it down and make people go around.” Lakeville Police Chief Jeff Long said he respects the state engineers’ profes-sional opinion, but ques-tioned why the speed limit for Ipava Avenue, which has shoulders, a center median and other safety features has a 45 mph limit but Dodd Boulevard, which is narrow, winding and lined with steep ditch-es, is 55 mph. “It just doesn’t make sense to me,” Long said, calling Dodd Boulevard a roadway that everyone agrees “needs to be done.” He expressed concern that the road borders Cen-tury Middle School and that many young and in-experienced drivers use it as it is an entrance to the

LNHS student parking lot. Long said based on a law enforcement perspec-tive, he would prefer to see the speed limit reduced. “I have some concerns because of the history of Dodd Boulevard,” he said. Lakeville School Board Member Jim Skelly, a member of the School Road Safety Task Force, agreed with Long’s con-cerns. He said the study con-clusion not to reduce the speed limit “doesn’t seem to pass the common-sense test” because of the road’s curvy, narrow design, the history of accidents there and new housing develop-ments being constructed. “Try to imagine all these hundreds of new homes being constructed, and (Dodd Boulevard) is going to be their main route?” Skelly said. “High-view (Avenue’s) even in better shape,” He said Alyssa Ettl’s death changed Lakeville

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Kelley Park concert series The David Gonza-lez Band is bringing its rhythm & blues and Latin music to Apple Valley on Friday, July 25, as part of the summerlong Music in Kelley Park concert series hosted by the Apple Valley Arts Foundation. Admission is free to the 6-9 p.m. concert in the park located at Found-ers Lane and West 153rd Street, and vendors will be on hand offering festival food such as burgers and brats along with wine and beer. This summer’s concert series concludes Aug. 1 with a performance by Steve Sullivan & the Fac-tory. More information is at Facebook.com/Mu-sicInKelleyPark.

‘Annie Jr. – The Musical’ APPLAUSE! Perform-ing Arts Camps: BROAD-WAY presents “Annie Jr. – The Musical” on the Fal-con Ridge Middle School stage in Apple Valley. The production is un-der the direction of Mi-chael and Julianne Skaar. Performances are

Thursday, July 24, at 7 p.m.; Friday, July 25, at 11 a.m.; and Friday, July 25, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 at the door; $5 advanced ticket sales are available from cast members or at the FRMS lower entrance from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

Expressions production “Insane With Power,” a comedy by Expressions Community Theater, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1-2 and 7-9 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Lakev-ille Area Arts Center. Tickets are $13 on-line at www.Lakevil-leAreaArtsCenter.com or in person at the Arts Cen-ter, 20965 Holyoke Ave. For additional informa-tion, call 952-985-4640.

Author’s Sunday Fred Johnson, author of “The Sea Wing Disaster of 1890,” will be the guest author at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at the LeDuc His-toric Estate, 1629 Vermil-lion St., Hastings. The steamboat Sea Wing capsized on Lake Pepin during a summer

evening storm, claiming the lives of 98 people. The event is open to the public. A $2 donation is requested. Visitors are encour-aged to attend the 6:30 p.m. concert (with music by The Squires) sponsored by the Hastings Concert Association in the apple orchard behind the LeDuc House. Pie, ice cream, brownies and beverages will be served for a mini-mal fee by a nonprofit or-ganization. The LeDuc Historic Estate is owned by the city of Hastings and managed by Dakota County His-torical Society. Visit www.dakotahistory.org or call 651-437-7055 for more in-formation.

Merle Haggard at Mystic Lake Grammy Award win-ner and country music superstar Merle Haggard will take the Mystic Show-room stage at 8 p.m. Sun-day, Oct. 5. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 26, for $39 and $49. Call the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for more details.

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Auditions The Prior Lake Players will hold open auditions for their fall production of “The Leg-end of Sleepy Hollow” from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, and Tuesday, Aug. 19, at Twin Oaks Middle School, 15860 Fish Point Road S.E., Prior Lake. Roles available for children and adults. Auditions are first come, first served; no appointments necessary. Per-formances will be Oct. 10-12 and 24-26. More details are at plplayers.org.

Dance Rhythmic Circus: “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now,” 8 p.m. July 25 and 26, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $30-$40 at Ticketmas-ter.com. Information: 952-895-4685.

Events/festivals Rosemount Leprechaun Days, July 18-27. Information: www.RosemountEvents.com. Dakota County Fair, Aug. 4-10, Dakota County Fair-grounds, 4008 W. 220th St., Farmington. Information: www.dakotacountyfair.org.

Exhibits East Asian painting exhib-it, June 1-Aug. 31, Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Digital Impressionism photography exhibit by Bec-qi Sherman, June 2-July 31, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Informa-tion: 952-985-4640. Cultural Perspectives: Bringing Heritage Home ex-hibit, July 10-Aug. 24, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville.

Music Music in Kelley Park fea-turing The David Gonzalez Band, 6-9 p.m. Friday, July 25, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages available for purchase.

BoDeans, 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 25, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $37, $49.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://mn-zoo.org/plan-your-visit/music-zoo/. Summer Salon, chamber music concert featuring Dolce Wind Quintet, Steve Staruch and Valerie Kahler, 7 p.m. Sunday, July 27, Presbyterian Church of the Apostles, 701 E. 130th St., Burnsville. Silent auction at 6:30 p.m. Suggest-ed donation of $20, checks and cash only. Information: 952-890-7877. Sam McColley, folk music, 7-7:30 p.m., and The Man-chester Social Club, folk/rock, 7:45-8:30 p.m. on July 27 as part of Sunday Night Music in the Park at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free. Machinery Hill, original tunes that blend ska, klezmer, Celtic, rock and American folk, 7 p.m. on July 30 as part of the Wednesday in the Park Concert Series at Civic Center Park, 75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville. Free. Music in Kelley Park fea-turing Steve Sullivan & the Factory, 6-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages available for purchase.

Theater “Shrek, The Musical,” presented by Eagan Summer Theatre, July 18 to Aug. 2, Ea-gan High School auditorium. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 se-niors and children age 12 and younger. Purchase tickets on-line at eagan.k12.mn.us. Box office: 651-683-6964. “Grease,” presented by The Play’s The Thing Produc-tions, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8-9 and 2 p.m. Aug. 10, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $14 adults, $13 chil-dren age 12 and younger. Pur-chase tickets at the box office or at Ticketmaster.com, 1-800-982-2787.

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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 Battle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tues-day of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Ap-ple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tier-ney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes-days, River Ridge Arts Build-ing, Burnsville. Information: www.christ inet ierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art edu-cation through drawing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Pa-tricia Schwartz, www.Brush-worksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Summer Theatre Camps, ages 4-16, week-long camps June-August, In the Company of Kids Creative Arts Center, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, www.cokartscenter.com, 952-736-3644. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. 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 Marilyn 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 Li-brary. Information: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

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Friday, July 25 Outdoor movie, “Despi-cable Me 2,” rated PG, 7:30 p.m., dusk showtime, Nicollet Commons Park in the Heart of the City, Burnsville.

Tuesday, July 29 Family Fun Tuesday – Hu-morous Storytelling through Percussive Dance with Flying Foot Forum, 10-11 a.m. in the Sculpture Garden at Caponi Art Park, Eagan. $4 per person do-nation suggested. Information: 651-454-9412 or www.capon-iartpark.org. Open house for Link12 Lakeville, an online K-12 pub-lic school open to any family re-siding in Minnesota, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Crystal Lake Education Center, 16250 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Chipotle fundraiser by the Eastview High School cheer-leaders, 5:30-8 p.m. at the South Eagan Chipotle, Cliff Road and Park Center Drive. Bring in the flyer (found at http://eastviewathletics.com/competitive_cheer), show it on a smartphone or tell the cashier and the team will receive half of the proceeds.

Wednesday, July 30 Eagan Market Fest, 4-8 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. Farmers market, en-tertainment by Ticket to Brasil and Tropical Zone Band. Infor-mation: www.cityofeagan.com/marketfest or 651-675-5500.

Thursday, July 31 Magic Show will perform at noon for the Thursday Rockin’ Lunch Hour concert at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free. Thursday Rockin’ Read-ers, 11 a.m., Nicollet Com-mons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. William Byrne

Elementary Principal Lyle Bom-sta will read books to children. Books are geared toward el-ementary and preschool chil-dren.

Friday, Aug. 1 Forever Wild Family Fri-day: Storytelling with Roy Edward Power, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. All ages. Free. Registration requested. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks.

Saturday, Aug. 2 Sunset Hike for Adults, 7-9 p.m., Jensen Lake Shelter, Leb-anon Hills Regional Park, 1350 Carriage Hills Drive, Eagan. Ages 16 and older. Cost: $8. Registration required at www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks. Movies in the Park, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2,” at dusk at the Central Park Amphitheater near City Hall, Rosemount. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. Weather-related updates: 651-322-6020, option No. 6.

Sunday, Aug. 3 Windmill Animal Rescue Days, Webster Township Park, 4633 40th St. W., Webster. 5K run begins at 9 a.m., check-in at 8 a.m. Pet walk starts at 11 a.m., check-in at 10 a.m. Walk pledge sheet available at www.windmillanimalrescue.com. Volunteers needed, contact Toni Maat at 952-461-2765 or [email protected].

Reunions Henry Sibley Senior High School Class of 1974 – 40 Year Reunion, Aug. 9, Lost Spur Golf & Event Center, Ea-gan. For details and registra-tion go to class website: www.henrysibley74.com or call Mur-ray or Linda Kieffer at 651-452-7645. Lakeville High School Class of 1964 – 50 Year Re-union, Sept. 18-20. Informa-

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

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • July 26, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Walgreens, 15034 Shannon Parkway, Rosemount. • July 28, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Scott County Library – Market Village, 100 J. Roberts Way, New Market. • July 29, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Fairview Ridges Hospital, 201 E. Nicollet Blvd., Burnsville. • July 30, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., School of Environmental Studies, 12155 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. • July 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., First American Title, 14551 County Road 11, Burnsville. • July 30, 12-5 p.m., Hilltop Family Chiropractic, 1121 Town Centre Drive, Eagan. • July 31, 12-6 p.m., Shep-herd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. • July 31, 2-7 p.m., Glen-dale United Methodist Church, 13550 Glendale Road, Savage. • Aug. 1, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Paideia Academy, 7200 147th St. W., Apple Valley. • Aug. 2, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Caribou Coffee, 3868 150th St., Rosemount. • Aug. 2, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan.

Lynea and Bridget McCulloch and Stephanie and Jim Henkemeyer found the Lepre-chaun’s Lost Medallion on Monday, July 21. This year’s $500 prize was offered for the fourth consecutive year by Sterling State Bank. (Photo by Tad Johnson)

Jim Henkemeyer and his daughter, Stephanie and her friends Lynea and Bridget McCulloch, all 14 years old, found the me-dallion Monday at about 1 p.m. on the Koch Minne-sota Trail between Central and Erickson parks. Jim said he found the medallion, which was rest-ing sideways on a retaining wall facing Erickson Pond. He said the medallion was very hard to see, but he reached down to see what it was. To his surprise, it was the

medallion. The crew won the $500 prize offered by Sterling State Bank for finding the medallion. This is the fourth year in a row that the bank has offered the prize money. Having the medallion found on the first day of the hunt is very rare. In recent years, the medallion has been found on the fourth, third and second days of the hunt. Previous to those years, the hunt was only slated to be five days long and it rarely went that long.

Jim said they were very lucky to have found it since the clue didn’t offer any specific information that pointed to this location. He also said what he saw didn’t look like it could be the me-dallion since only the top side of it was visible. He said they were in the park looking around for about 15 minutes or so until they found it. They had al-ready been to Jaycee, Cam-field and Charlie’s parks be-fore going to Central Park and continuing to the trail.

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Cathy Wright’s “Tough Love” tells the story of the gypsy vagabond Eun Mohawk Manini, or “little bird,” and her journey over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii to find her guru. (Photo submitted)

Flying Foot Forum, a Twin Cities-based percussive theater and dance troupe, will be presenting two shows at Eagan’s Caponi Art Park in coming days. The group — which uses music and dance to tell humorous, unusual tales and create a variety of wild char-acters — is set to perform at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 29, and then again at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, as part of the art park’s Family Fun Tuesdays and Summer Perfor-mance Series programs. Admission is free with a $4 per person suggested donation to the July 29 event and a $5 suggested donation on Aug. 3; guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to spread on the art park amphitheater’s grassy slopes. More is at www.caponiartpark.org. (Photo submitted)

Salsa party Eagan Market Fest is getting a blast of salsa and other Latin music next week with performances from the Tropical Zone Band (pictured) and Ticket to Brasil. The con-cert on July 30 opens at 4 p.m. with Ticket to Brasil, which plays a mix of Bossa Nova, Latin jazz and Afro-Brazilian Samba; at 6 p.m. the Tropical Zone Band takes the stage to deliver its Puerto Rican salsa and merengue dance music. Admission is free to Mar-ket Fest, a weekly farmers market and community festival held on Wednesday nights throughout the summer at Eagan’s Central Park festival grounds, with live music each week at the Rotary Band Shell. More on the event is at www.cityofeagan.com. (Photo submitted)

Dancing toward enlightenment with ‘Tough Love’ Former Apple Valley High School dance teacher enters

magical territory with Fringe Festival show by Andrew Miller


After suffering three painful ankle injuries in the course of a year while teaching dance at Apple Valley High School, Cathy Wright decided it was time for a change. The experiences that fol-lowed Wright’s departure from the high school’s dance department in 2012 gave her a whole new perspective on life, which is on display in her new one-person show, “Tough Love.” The dance-centered mul-timedia show, which opens July 31 in Minneapolis as part of the Minnesota Fringe Festival, brings to-gether bits and pieces of Wright’s sabbatical travel and yoga and meditation practice. It tells the story of the gypsy vagabond Eun Mohawk Manini, or “little bird,” and her journey over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii to find her guru. “Tough Love” mirrors Wright’s own journey. She traveled to Hawaii in Oc-tober 2013, where she at-tended yoga, dance and drumming conferences, spent time at a Buddhist monastery, began practicing qigong, consulted with sha-mans, and undertook a 40-day kundalini meditation. During that long medi-tation she had a vision of

what she wanted to share with the world through her performances. “On day 28, I had this epiphany of ‘Tough Love,’ this message of love and kindness and compassion,” said Wright, who returned from Hawaii in April. “It’s a whole new area of perfor-mance for me.” “Tough Love” features dance vignettes, mantra-style chanting, film, and live ukulele music. Min-neapolis is the fourth stop

on Wright’s seven-city tour with the show; she’s already staged performances in Portland and Santa Cruz, Calif. The performance won’t be Wright’s first appearance at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. She won the fes-tival’s Encore Award in 2009 with her production “Thrower of Light.” Following the run of “Tough Love,” the 1995 Apple Valley High School graduate said she plans to focus on Art Yoga Cat, her performance art and yoga company, along with seek-ing out an artist residence that incorporates her back-ground in dance and yoga. “Tough Love” will be performed July 31-Aug. 10 at Intermedia Arts in Min-neapolis. Show times and ticket information are at www.fringefestival.org.

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an additional cost. Farmington is ready to help. “We would embrace the opportunity to showcase all the great things our community has to offer and be the home for state Legislature this summer,” Farmington Mayor Todd Larson said. Farmington High School was built five years

SESSION, from 1A ago, and two years ago it implemented a one-to-one iPad initiative. “We built a state-of-the-art high school where anything is possible,” Su-perintendent Jay Haugen said. “We are thrilled to be in a position to share our space and talents with oth-ers.” Jason Berg, Farming-ton High School princi-pal, said the infrastructure at the high school could handle the special session. School Board Chair Tera Lee highlighted the dis-trict’s desire to serve the greater community and share its technical capa-bilities. Garofalo said it’s not a partisan issue.

“This is purely to showcase the accomplish-ments we’ve had in the city of Farmington and the schools down there,” Garofalo said. “I’m very proud of the fact that our school district has been able to successfully de-ploy technology in a way that not only reduces costs but improves academic achievement.” If it were to happen, it would be the first spe-cial session outside of the State Capitol building since it opened in 1905.


and brought road safety issues to the forefront. “Don’t underestimate the impact the Alyssa Ettl accident had on Lakev-ille,” Skelly said. “People are still grieving about this. They’re still holding memorials, still doing ben-efits on her behalf. And the whole next school year, it will continue on because it would have been her se-

nior year. This wasn’t just a one-time thing. This will have a lasting impact on the city.” Skelly said the next three years in Lakeville will be filled with road construction and detours, but when it comes to that stretch of Dodd Boule-vard, because of Alyssa Ettl, nobody would com-plain about a little incon-venience. “If we could turn back

the clock and have a four-lane divided road there, we would not have the trag-edy, in my estimation,” he said, predicting that the majority of Lakeville resi-dents will disagree with the study’s recommenda-tion. To read more, visit www.sunthisweek.com.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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