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DECEMBER 3, 2010 VOLUME 31, NO. 40

Chameleon Theatre Circle is taking audiences back in time with

‘1940s Radio Hour.’See Thisweekend Page 7A

by Aaron VehlingTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

There was a time not that long ago when Lakeville was a much smaller town whose activities centered on a downtown that dated back to the 19th century. As Lakeville became a fast-growing suburb and decentralized its retail of-ferings, its downtown has become even more impor-

tant as the apex of com-munity, albeit one which people sometimes need a nudge with which to con-nect. Decked out in holiday decorations, this Saturday, Dec. 4, the Downtown Lakeville Business Asso-ciation (DLBA) will offer that nudge, the 14th annual Holiday on Main along Holyoke Avenue.

Replete with Santa, mu-sical performances, activi-ties for children, chances to shop for gifts and donation opportunities, Holiday on Main provides a way for the disparate neighbor-hoods of Lakeville to come together and bask in the underlying sense of com-munity the city offers. “This will be a huge fes-tival to celebrate the holi-

days,” said Judy Tschump-er, executive director of the DLBA. “The whole goal is to promote downtown Lakeville.”

What to do From Santa and face painting to horse-drawn trolley rides and a live rein-deer, there are activities for everyone in your family, re-

Christmas comes to downtown Lakeville

Photo by Rick Orndorf

A visit with Santa is among the many activities at the Holiday on Main in downtown Lakeville this Saturday, Dec. 4. There is something for every member of your family.

Holiday on Main to offer a variety of fun activities while promoting the district


The next two years in the Lakeville school district could usher in a new era of auster-ity. “We have to determine what the ‘new normal’ is,” said school board chairwom-an Judy Keliher. Board member Roz Peter-son echoed the idea of com-prehensive assessment. “I think everything is on the table,” she said. The district is looking at $15.8 million in budget ad-justments for the next two

years. Voters in the district voted last month in favor of main-taining an existing operating levy, but voted against an ad-ditional levy and a technology levy. It will mean many changes in the district, but district of-ficials have foreseen this mo-ment. “We are pleased to say we have no surprises,” said Mark Klett, director of Busi-ness Services, “but we are not pleased to see the numbers.” Board member Michelle

‘Everything is on the table’

Lakeville schools looking at

$15.8 million budget shortfall

Alternatives to layoffs on deck

Proposal expected today in council packet information

by Laura AdelmannTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Monday night is likely to be the final 2011 budget ne-gotiation between City Ad-ministrator Peter Herlof-sky and Farmington City Council members. Although on Nov. 22 City Council members again directed Herlofsky to lay off a senior staff mem-ber, he said late Tuesday that he plans to propose more alternatives for the council to consider. “My objective is still to keep from having to lay someone off,” Herlofsky said.

Asked if he would pro-pose a position to be elimi-nated, Herlofsky would not directly answer. Instead, he said, among the options he will propose are ones the council had re-quested. “Right now, I’m still working on issues and num-bers,” Herlofsky said. Wednesday morning, Herlofsky announced there will be a closed session of the board at 6:30 p.m. to discuss labor relations. Informed of Herlofsky’s intention to propose op-tions Monday night, coun-


Colleen Ratzlaff La-Beau’s office is decked out with an alternating series of family photos and scores of awards and honors for success in the real estate business. But perhaps the greatest testament to her acumen in that field is the pile of work orders on her desk, and the fact that two years after so many real estate firms im-ploded, her business is still standing. The burst of the bubble did not hit her as hard as others, she said, because she did not “put all her eggs in one basket.” Her businesses cover various aspects of real estate to ad-just to market conditions. Now Ratzlaff LaBeau is entering a new phase in her life: city politics. She was elected last month as one of Lakeville’s two newest city council members who will start in January. That word, “politics,” does not sit well with her, though. “I don’t like politics,” she said, characterizing herself as a “common sense” type

of person who finds no comfort in political career-ism. To be sure, as a member of a legislative committee with the Minnesota Asso-

ciation of Realtors for two decades, Ratzlaff LaBeau had certainly swum in the waters of public policy and governance; but politics as an arena of competing egos

was never something that interested her, she said. In fact, had she not missed a certain meeting, she may not even be poised to take a seat on the coun-cil.

Foundations It was the mid-1980s. Barely out of high school, the Farmington-raised Ratzlaff LaBeau was a retail manager with a steadfast work ethic. She was putting in about 60 hours a week manag-ing multiple stores in the south metro for a small but respectable wage. As a child of a single-mother-home (her parents were divorced), Ratzlaff LaBeau said she had to start work young. So those kind of hours were no bother. “I’ve always worked,” she said. “I get pleasure out of work.” Her father, Jim Stanton, is a real estate developer in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Visits with him during her youthful years built within her a strong foundation for an acute interest in all things real estate.

Location, location, location

Photo by Aaron Vehling

Colleen Ratzlaff LaBeau will join the Lakeville City Council in January. She said she wants to help bolster the representation of business interests on the council.

Real estate guru Ratzlaff LaBeau prepares to use life experience, business expertise to guide her on the city council


Quarterly utility rates in Lakeville could increase between $3 and $4.60 be-cause of necessary major maintenance projects and increased fees from service providers, city officials say. The water operations need some major mainte-nance work, said city fi-nance director Dennis Fell-er at a recent City Council work session. Among these projects is the rehabilitation of Well No. 15, painting of the Fairfield water tower and the replacement of a high-performance pump at the water treatment facil-ity. These would cost about $806,000. Feller said construction of water infrastructure such as wells, towers and water treatment are financed with water connection charges collected at the time build-ing permits are issued.

Because there has been a significant decrease in hous-ing construction, there has been a related decrease in water connection revenue. “Providing safe water to our residents and businesses is considered amongst the highest priorities of our residents,” Feller said. Metropolitan Council Environmental Services is in charge of sewage treat-ment for the entire metro area. It will increase its rates 3.2 percent in 2011. The city maintains more than 250 miles of sewer main and 24 lift stations. Over the next several years, the city will reline some major sewer lines. The Met Council in-crease and the maintenance costs were a catalyst for Feller’s staff to recommend an increase in fees for sani-tary sewer. As for street lights, Da-kota Electric implemented rate increases effective July 1 of this year, Feller said. The new rate led his staff to recommend the City Coun-cil increase street light fees in 2011 by 90 cents to $7.65 per residential account to

Utility fees could increase

Lakeville city officials say necessary maintenance projects, increased electric rates

are the cause

See Fees, 9A See Location, 9A

See Layoffs, 9ASee Christmas, 9A

See Shortfall, 9A

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A home detention ankle bracelet, probation and a suspended driver’s license did not stop 21-year-old Andrew Joseph Fischer of Prior Lake from allegedly committing a string of bur-glaries in Lakeville. Police arrested Fischer, along with a juvenile part-ner, on Nov. 23 in connec-tion with a residential bur-glary they committed to which a witness was privy, according to reports from the Lakeville Police Depart-ment. While in custody, Fischer and the juvenile admitted to involvement in six total

burglaries of residences in the city, said Police Chief T h o m a s Vonhof.

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report gave the following account: The duo’s unraveling be-gan on Nov. 23 when a wit-ness called the Lakeville Po-lice Department to report a burglary. The witness saw two suspects in a maroon Dodge vehicle leaving the scene. About 30 minutes later, a patrol officer stopped a

Dodge Stratus matching the witness’s description. Officers saw a number of pieces of jewelry and a woman’s purse in the car in plain view. They also learned Fisch-er’s driver’s license was sus-pended and the juvenile had a warrant out for his arrest. Both were arrested. They admitted to bur-glarizing five other resi-dences between Nov. 15 and 23, police said. They told police they broke into these homes by breaking base-ment windows or entering garage service doors. Among the items they al-legedly stole from the homes were jewelry, electronics and

Two arrested in connection with string of burglariesPolice: Duo admitted stealing from six homes in Lakeville

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a credit card. They sold the gold jewelry to proprietors who would melt it down. During the police inter-view, Fischer admitted that he was on probation from Le Sueur County and was wearing a home detention ankle bracelet at the time of his arrest.

Fischer is charged with two counts of second de-gree burglary. Vonhof said this incident was a good example of why it is extremely important for people to call 911 when they suspect something is going on. “The string of events

that led to these arrests and ultimately solving these burglaries,” Vonhof said, “all started with the witness picking up the phone and calling in to report suspi-cious activity.” E-mail Aaron Vehling at [email protected].

Lakeville VFW Post 210 will hold a Kids Christmas Party from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, for all children and grandchildren (age 16 and under) of area veterans. The free party will feature craft projects, bingo, cookie

decorating, a hot dog lunch, and a visit from Santa. Bring a camera for photos. An adult must attend with the children. VFW Post 210 is at 8790 Upper 208th St. Call (952) 469-5717 for more informa-tion.

Now and Then Singers perform Dec. 12 The Now and Then Singers from Lakeville North High School will present a holiday pro-gram at 1:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, at the Heritage Library, 20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville. The Now and Then Singers have performed as a group for 30 years. They are known for their vocal jazz harmonies, and abil-ity to sing all styles of mu-sic with ease and fun. The group is comprised of ju-niors and seniors from the choral program at Lakev-ille North. The program is free and open to the public. Call the library at (952) 891-0360 with questions.

Christmas party for veterans’ children set for Dec. 11


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William GessnerGessner, William Arthur Born

August 25, 1924 in Plainview,MN to Henry and Mary Gessner.Died November 26, 2010. Pre-ceded in death by his beloved wifeRuth and his brother George.Surv ived by chi ldren , AnneSummers (Craig), Beth Sullivan(Tim), John Gessner, managingeditor of Thisweek Newspapers;grandchildren, Yaasika Quist,David and Michael Amarvi ,John, Tom, and Paul Sullivan;nieces, Pat and Dawn Gessner;nephews, George Gessner, Davidand Paul Jorstad. Art enlisted inthe Navy in 1944, serving twoyears. He later earned a BS fromSt. Cloud Teachers College, thena Master of Arts from the Uni-vers i ty of Minnesota . From1948-51 he was a high schoolteacher and coach at Stewart,MN, where he met Ruth. From1951-54 he was the high schoolprincipal at Lewiston, MN. In1954, in Alden, MN, he becamethe youngest school superinten-dent in the state. In 1958, hebecame school superintendant inCanby, MN, and in 1963 hebecame superintendant at Clo-quet, MN. In 1967, he left Clo-quet to earn a Doctorate in Edu-cation Administration from theUniversity of Minnesota, whileworking full time to support afamily of five. In 1970, he becamethe first president of Inver HillsCommunity College. From 1974to 1985, he was the superinten-dant of schools in Inver GroveHeights, where he finished hiscareer. After retiring, he foundedthe Best Foundation, a scholar-ship fund for graduating seniorsin Inver Grove Heights. He lovedhis wife, his children, his friends,and golf. At age 82, he got histhird hole-in-one. He was anintelligent, hard-working manwho accomplished much. A gath-ering of family and friends will beheld from 4-7 PM Wednesday atROBERTS FUNERAL HOME8108 Barbara Avenue, InverGrove Heights (651-455-2035).Memoria l Serv ice at 10 AMT h u r s d a y a t G O O D S H E P -HERD LUTHERAN CHURCH7600 Cahill Avenue, visitation anhour before the service and lunchfollowing, both at the church.Private interment after lunch.Memorials to the Best Founda-tion or the Ruth Gessner Scholar-ship Fund at Inver Hills Commu-nity College.

Peter F. Sommo“Pete”

Age 82 of Lakevil le passedaway Nov. 28, 2010. Pete was amember of the United StatesArmy Band. He was a loving,kind and generous man to all. Hewill be greatly missed by his fam-ily. Preceded in death by broth-ers, Dominic, Michael and Louis“Charlie”. He is survived by hisloving wife of 17 years, Frances‘Fran’; stepchildren, John Langerand Amy (Dick) Kroeten. Hewas a proud and loving grandpato Nick, Jack and Alea; and isalso survived by siblings TheresaD ’ A n g i o , T o n y a n d J o h nSommo. Mass of Chr i s t ianBurial, was held 11AM Thursday,December 2 at All Saints Catho-l i c C h u r c h , 1 9 7 9 5 H o l y o k eAvenue, Lakeville with visitation1 hour prior to Mass at Church.Interment Church Cemetery.

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Melfred S.Anderson

M e l f r e d S . A n d e r s o n , 8 7 ,passed away Monday. He is sur-v ived by daughters Cynthia(Gary) Schultz and Deborah(Gene) Parks, son Joel (Susan)Anderson, grandchildren Maxand Michael Schultz, Spencer andDuggan Parks, Alena and JoshuaAnderson. Melfred was precededin death by his wife, Margaret.

He served his country in theUnited States Army, and later inthe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser-vice. Private services will be heldat a later date.

Henry W. Anderson Mortuary,Apple Valley (952) 432-2331.

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Plant could save, change lives of starving children

Photo of Haitian toddler changed Farmington man’s life


It was the look of mis-ery, possibly even anger, on a malnourished tod-dler’s face that changed Tom O’Malley’s life mis-sion. The Farmington resi-dent and former owner of the downtown art shop O’Malley’s Gallery found himself compelled to act in 2004 after developing the photo he’d quickly snapped while on a church mission trip to Haiti. Standing near a group of half-dressed skinny Haitian children, the boy looked miserable, his pro-truding belly a sign of malnutrition and starva-tion. O’Malley was struck by the raw emotion this child’s face portrayed, and suddenly he remem-bered a conversation he’d had about a process to mechanically separate protein from the fiber of black-eyed pea plant leaves. The resulting leaf pro-tein powder concentrate had been added to mal-

nourished children’s diets in Africa and successfully improved their health and lives. Born was an idea to introduce the protein ex-tracting process to Hai-tians, and offer them the training and equipment to make their own protein powder that could be sold and help them become self-sufficient. O’Malley brought the idea to his pastor, Rev. Mike Ambrust, lead pas-tor with The River Com-munity Church, Farming-ton, who liked the idea. Together with River Church member Tom Saunders, the three worked to establish a non-profit organization, “Pro-tein For Kids,” of which O’Malley is executive di-rector. The organization is headquartered in a spare bedroom at O’Malley’s house, but with little fund-ing, getting projects going in Haiti has been difficult. While they were able to get processing equipment to Arcahaie, Haiti, the project has suffered

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The toddler in this photo of a group of Haitian children with their school administra-tor compelled Farmington’s Tom O’Malley to begin a nonprofit organization, Protein for Kids, devoted to helping people make protein powder that can save lives while creating a sustainable business they can carry on for themselves.

because they lacked re-sources and time to prop-erly train and organize the Haitians to take it over. Now, a new opportu-nity has arisen by working with a French nonprofit organization, the Associa-tion for the Promotion of Leaf Concentrate in Nu-trition. APEF has years of ex-perience with the leaf pro-tein, producing it on an in-dustrial scale, and agreed to donate one metric ton of it to Haiti so that the people can see its benefits and will see the benefit of working to produce it lo-cally. “We want to try to get some acceptance and get a buzz going in Haiti,” O’Malley said. But, Protein for Kids has to come up with the money to pay duties and port entry fees so they can successfully get the substance through cus-toms, a process that can be complicated because the government is corrupt, O’Malley said. The trial project will add the protein powder to the diets of 40 Haitian children and another 40 children will receive a heavily fortified peanut butter. “We know what the results will be. These are both extremely good prod-ucts and are well proven,” O’Malley said of the trial plan. “We’re trying to get

the Haitians excited about it so they start produc-tion.” To forward the proj-ect, O’Malley and a group from the River Church are planning a return mis-sion trip sometime before March. To help raise money for the project, a dinner fund-raiser is being planned, and O’Malley said oth-ers are welcome to get involved to help out the Haitian children. On the organization’s website, www.protein-forkids.com, more infor-mation is available and there is an opportunity to donate to the organization as well. O’Malley said God used the little boy to help kindle in himself a strong commitment to helping to feed starving people, a drive which has left him surprised. “I’ve never had a pas-sion like this before. It’s kind of amazing,” O’Malley said.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

ISD 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, truth-in-taxation hearing of the Lakeville Area Public School Board in the board room at the District Office, 8670 210th St. W., Lakeville.

1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Roll Call c. Public Comment d. Agenda Additions2. Discussion a. Conduct Public Hearing on Proposed 2010 Payable 2011 Tax Levy3. Additions to the Agenda4. Adjournment

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by T.W. BudigECM CAPITOL REPORTER

Dakota County At-torney James Backstrom compared smoking the stuff to playing Russian roulette with chemicals. Lawmakers on Wednes-day, Nov. 24, unveiled a legislative initiative to outlaw the sale and pos-session of synthetic mari-juana – a potent mix of herbs and chemicals cur-rently legal and often sold as “Spice” or “K2” at to-bacco shops. Sen. Katie Sieben, DFL-Newport, and Rep. Denny McNamara, R-Hastings, had their inter-est piqued in pursuing the legislation after a local 14-year-old boy ended up in a coma after smoking the product and the boy’s mother became alarmed that synthetic marijuana was legal. “We need to take this product off the shelves and out of the hands of our children and treat it like the dangerous and po-tentially deadly drug it is,” said Sieben.

16 states have ban on synthetic marijuana Some 16 states already

have bans against syn-thetic marijuana, includ-ing neighboring Iowa and North Dakota. “It’s a serious problem,” said Backstrom, represent-ing the Minnesota County Attorneys Association. Designer drugs spread quickly, he noted. Products like “Spice” or “K2” first appeared on the Internet in 2004 and quickly spread across the county. Although sold as in-cense and labeled as not for human consumption, the pot substitute is often smoked. Experts warn these product are powerful and laced with unknown haz-ards. Dr. Cody Wiberg, ex-ecutive director of the Minnesota Board of Phar-macy, said the chemical ingredients in the products mimic those found in mar-ijuana and affect the same receptors in the brain. This is not an accident. Some of these chemi-cals were specifically de-signed to do exactly that, he said. “They were essentially designed, many of them, to be used in experiments

on lab rats,” he said.

How do chemicals affect humans? Exactly how these chem-icals affect humans is un-known, he explained. Beyond this, what’s also unknown are the other sub-stances or herbs contained in these products. The bill the lawmak-ers will pursue is expansive enough to include slight chemical variations in these products – molecules can be manipulated as to produce arguably another product immune to the law, Wiberg explained. Not that wholly new de-signer drugs won’t appear. “That happens all the time,” he said. And it’s often necessary to pursue them legally on a case-by-case basis, said Wi-berg. The lawmakers hope to make products like “Spice” or “K2” Schedule I con-trolled substances – carry-ing significant criminal pen-alties if possessed or sold. They’re upbeat about passing the legislation this session.

T.W. Budig is at [email protected].

Lawmakers want to outlaw synthetic marijuana

Kids ’n Kinship men-toring program will have an orientation from 6 to 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7, at Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Individuals, couples and families are needed who have a desire to be a role model and special friend for a child.

Kids ’n Kinship is seek-ing volunteers: • to provide support, encouragement, and friendship to a child or youth; • with experience or willingness to be trained to mentor children on our waiting list with special needs; or

• to support a student with academic needs at a school in Eagan. Training and ongoing support are provided for all types of mentoring. For more information or to RSVP, call (952) 892-6368 or visit www.kid-snkinship.org.

Kids ’n Kinship orientation set for Dec. 7

Minnesota Energy Re-sources, a subsidiary of Integrys Energy Group, filed a Nov. 30 request with the Minnesota Pub-lic Utilities Commission to increase overall natural gas distribution rates by about 5.2 percent. Minnesota Energy’s last distribution rate request was filed in July 2008. The company’s 209,000 cus-tomers are served from different pipelines and, consequently, have slight-ly different rates. The pro-posed new rates will result in monthly increases for gas distribution service for residential natural gas customers in a range of $2.24 to $5.27. “Nearly half of this request is for additional dollars to help our cus-

tomers conserve and man-age their natural gas use. Other lesser reasons in-clude a general rise in the costs of doing business, including providing cus-tomer service functions,” said Chuck Cloninger, president. Cloninger explained while other industries may choose to reduce the num-ber of shifts or even close entire plants, Minnesota Energy has fixed costs that are at much higher levels than other business-es. Those costs include maintaining and repairing 4,500 miles of natural gas pipes, as well as more than 150 natural gas distribu-tion stations to ensure the safe and reliable energy that customers absolutely count on.

Minnesota Energy has undertaken a number of cost-cutting efforts, in-cluding office consolida-tions and a workforce re-duction, while increasing employee contributions for benefits. The company expects interim rates to be effec-tive in February 2011, and final rates to be effective during the first quarter of 2012. The commodity cost of natural gas is not affected by this request. Under the oversight of the Min-nesota Public Utilities Commission, Minnesota Energy Resources charges customers the same price it pays for the natural gas commodity.

Minnesota Energy Resources seeks new natural gas distribution rates

Dakota County Farmington Seniors

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Farmington seniors The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more information on trips, programs and oth-er activities, call (651) 280-6970.

Secret Holiday Shop Children are encour-aged to shop from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Secret Holiday Shop at Rambling River Center. The shop has gifts for all ages. Wrapping is available. Gift prices range from 50 cents to $6.50. Children will need to buy tickets ($1 each). Send a shopping list with names and how much to spend on each person. Volunteers will be available to help shoppers.

Farmington Rotary & Seniors Luncheon Celebrate the holidays at the Farmington Rotary & Seniors Luncheon from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thurs-day, Dec. 9, in the banquet room of the Rambling Riv-er Center. The event will include singing, dancing and a visit by Santa. Transportation assistance is available. Reg-istration deadline is Friday, Dec. 3.

‘Ice Tea’ at the St. Paul Hotel Seniors can experience a five-course, two-hour tea at the St. Paul Hotel located

in Rice Park in downtown St. Paul on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. Following the tea, participants can walk around Rice Park to see the Winter Carnival ice sculp-tures. Program time: 11:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Cost is $59/members, $69/non-members.

King Tut at the Science Museum See artifacts from King Tut’s tomb in a display at the Science Museum in St. Paul from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8. Stop for lunch (on your own) at Granite City prior to the museum. Cost is $40/mem-bers, $50/nonmembers.

Christmas services at Mary, Mother Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville, has scheduled the following Christmas services: • Friday, Dec. 24 – 4 p.m., liturgy and children’s choir; 9:30 p.m., lessons and carols; 10 p.m., lit-urgy: festival choir and brass. • Saturday, Dec. 25 – 8:30 and 11 a.m., liturgy: choir and brass. For more information, call (952) 890-0045 or visit www.mmotc.org.

Blood drive slated Dec. 15 A Red Cross blood drive will be held from 1 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Farmington. For ap-pointments, call Marlene at (651) 460-6083.

Christmas at Old Trondhjem The Trondhjem Com-munity Preservation Society will host a Christmas con-cert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, in the Old Trondhjem Church at the intersection of Highway 19 and Garfield Avenue near Lonsdale. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased from Ramona Pumper by calling (612) 554-9252.

Brass quintet at Mt. Calvary The Copper Street Brass Quintet will perform a Christmas concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 3, at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, 3930 Rahn Road, Eagan. Tickets are $10. The group’s CDs will be avail-able for purchase. For more information, call (651) 454-2344.

Living Nativity at SouthCross SouthCross Community Church will present its 14th annual Living Nativity from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 13-14. Drive through to see the manger scene in Bethle-hem. Drop off a food shelf donation at the table in the parking lot. Take a break from the hectic holiday schedule and come into the church for a free chili din-ner. SouthCross church is lo-cated on County Road 42 on the Apple Valley/Burns-ville border. Call (952) 432-4286 for more details.

Unity event The Farmington Asso-ciation of Christian Evan-gelicals or FACE will host a unity event at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9, at Boeck-man Middle School, 800 Denmark Ave., Farming-ton. FACE was founded in 2009 by the pastors of The River, Bible Baptist, Faith United Methodist, Middle Creek Vineyard, and New Heights Christian Fellow-ship who are seeking the spiritual transformation of Farmington. Local Farmington pas-tors will include the Rev. Mike Barnett from New Heights Christian Fellow-ship, the Rev. Tom Yauch of Bible Baptist Church, the Rev. John Guist of Middle Creek Vineyard Church, the Rev. Kevin Fox of Faith United Methodist Church, and the Rev. Mike Armbrust from The River Church.


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Thank youTo the editor: We would like to express our thanks and apprecia-tion for all the wonderful support that was shown at the Tale of Two Sisters ben-efit and silent auction on Sunday, Nov. 21, with all proceeds going to the Tale of Two Sisters benefit fund at Wells Fargo. The event was held for our daughters, Natalie Curwick and Sara Taylor. Natalie was diagnosed in February with stage 3 ma-lignant melanoma, and Sara was diagnosed in September with stage 3 breast cancer. Rick Waggoner, general manager of Apple Place Bowl, generously donated the venue, and Jay Johnson donated his time as DJ. LiV

Health Center and Fitness 19 in Lakeville teamed up to sell $20 “Massages 4 a Cause,” with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the sisters. Countless other family and friends donated fantas-tic items for the silent auc-tion, including Dr. Joan Dawson, who donated cos-metic treatments, and Teri and TJ Mutch with their personal donation of a baseball signed by Joe Mau-er. Even in this difficult eco-nomic time, many area busi-nesses – Applebee’s, Babe’s, Green Mill, Rainbow, Sam’s Club and the Chart House – donated gift certificates. Wells Fargo and US Bank were additional supporters. We are so blessed to have such an amazing communi-

ty. Thank you again to our friends, family, and cowork-ers who donated, attended and volunteered their time and gifts to make this event successful.

PAUL and SHIRLEY TAYLOR Lakeville

Thanks to allTo the editor: I would like to express my gratitude and thanks to the community of Farming-ton for coming out for the Thanksgiving Ecumenical Service that was held on the evening of Nov. 24 at Faith United Methodist Church. In spite of inclement winter weather, people from the surrounding churches and the community came to

worship and to give thanks. It was an awesome time. Thank you to the com-bined ecumenical choir which offered great music. The worship service in-cluded the clergy and mem-bers from the churches of St. Michael’s Catholic, Light of the World Luther-an, Farmington Lutheran, Lord of Life Lutheran, Faith United Methodist, and First Presbyterian. Thank you the members

of Faith UMC who worked hard to get the facilities ready to receive the commu-nity of Farmington. As we enter into the Ad-vent/Christmas season, we the Farmington Ministeri-um wish you a blessed spiri-tual journey with God to the manger of Bethlehem.

REV. KEVIN FOXPastor, Faith UnitedMethodist ChurchFarmington

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by Mary AjaxSPECIAL TO THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

These past weeks our offices at 501 E. Highway 13 in Burnsville have been humming as our Arm-ful of Love volunteers register families for this holiday gift pro-gram. Started in the early 1970s by a group of our volunteers, Armful of Love has become a community tradition. It’s easy and natural to join a giving program when trees are sparkling with lights, holiday music fills the air and everyone’s filled with the spirit of brotherly love. My challenge to you, today, is to keep alive the spirit of shar-ing and community all through the year. The good vibes our vol-unteers get when working togeth-er through Armful of Love, our food shelves or at Lewis House are an intangible reward. My grown sons, Scott and Andy, participated in Armful of Love as boys. While many fami-lies would pick a family whose kids were the same age as theirs, then shop for them, my sons did

Armful of Love through their pre-schools, classrooms, or schools’ clubs. They got so excited about choosing the gifts. They liked this way of caring for

other kids. They developed own-ership in the project and pride in doing something for a stranger. I overheard a boy who came to donate to Armful of Love make a remark to his mother about the families who were waiting to be in-terviewed: “These kids don’t look poor.” “No, they look like every-one else,” his mother responded. The kid sitting next to you at school may be in a family that’s struggling. Participating in Arm-ful of Love provides an oppor-tunity for parents and grandpar-ents to discuss with youngsters how they or their forebears grew up poor, how little they lived on when they first came to this coun-try, how they “made do” during the Great Depression. Yes, the giving and receiving

families are strangers; no names are ever given during the exchange of needs and gifts. A family in need comes in and registers, they list the needs of the family mem-bers, things like a shirt, pajamas or slippers. After matching, the giving family fills the requests, then adds a toy or book, some-thing fun. Requests range widely. For ex-ample, a teenage boy requested ski goggles. The volunteer asked him why he was requesting help when he could afford to ski. He explained that his dad was dying of cancer and that he delivered papers to earn some money, rid-ing his bike every day in the cold. The ski goggles would protect his eyes from the bitter cold. He got them. In another case, a young wom-an began to cry while making her requests. There she sat, hold-ing her baby, sobbing. Finally, she explained that her husband had recently died. She was over-whelmed. Our Armful of Love volunteers put her in touch with

other resources. She later told us how struck she was by the kind-ness of strangers, the love she felt from our crew. Groups such as scout troops and entire departments of lo-cal businesses also participate in Armful of Love. At Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Eagan, a work team will sponsor several families. Even with many continuing sponsors, we always need new ones. The number of families in need has kept growing. This year we’ll serve 1,200 families. Participating in Armful of Love taught my boys teamwork and delegating. How much mon-ey will we need and how do we raise it? How to get the presents wrapped and delivered? Activities like this teach leadership. Young people learn how to make a plan and carry it through. These skills translate to the workplace. Armful of Love has loyal vol-unteers who work long hours keeping the needs and the gifts organized. The workers enjoy a wonderful camaraderie, and

many become dear friends. This is an ideal volunteer opportunity for folks who head south after the holidays. Let me repeat my challenge to you. Let’s extend the holiday spirit across the year. Let’s be on the lookout for projects in the schools, at our churches and here at 360 Communities where we can use our time and talents to make a difference for others. In the end we will all benefit.

Mary Ajax is the president and chief executive officer of 360 Com-munities, formerly known as Com-munity Action Council. She serves on the Fairview Minnesota Valley Care System Board of Trustees, is a past president of the Burnsville Rotary Club, and a past chair of the United Way Council of Agen-cy Executives. For ideas on how to have the conversations, devise these strategies, be a 360 Commu-nities’ volunteer or contribute, visit http://360Communities.org or call (952) 985-4018. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

A challenge: Let’s extend the holiday spirit across the year

CONTRIBUTED BY THE LAKEVILLE AREA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Dan Patch, the legendary race-horse of the early 1900s, never raced in Lakeville although his name has a strong connection to the community. Marion W. Sav-age, who owned the famous horse, was one of the developers of Ant-lers Amusement Park, located on the east shore of what was then Prairie Lake. Savage also owned a railroad that carried the horse’s name. When Savage purchased land along the shores of Prairie Lake for the amusement park, he re-named the lake “Lake Marion” after himself. He also took over a project to build the Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company. The railroad line, which eventu-ally connected Antlers Amuse-ment Park with Minneapolis to the north and Northfield to the south, was nicknamed the Dan Patch Electric Line. Known for carrying out grand plans, Savage orchestrated the construction of an impressive amusement park that opened on July 4, 1910. It became one of the

most famous parks in the Upper Midwest. The park contained a lavish dance pavilion with a gleaming oak dance floor. The 30-foot by 140-foot pavilion was surrounded on three sides by wide porches where visitors could listen to the music and “sit out” a dance. A 12-piece orchestra offered danc-ing music in both the afternoons and evenings. Dance tickets cost 10 cents for a set of three dances. The pavilion also contained a soda fountain and refreshment stands. Outdoors, a large bathing beach featured a dock, diving tower and high sliding chute. The bathing area boasted 250 individual dress-ing rooms and visitors could rent bathing suits, towels and lockers. An aerial swing offered a thrilling ride for visitors. They could use sailboats, rowboats and canoes on the lake. Pony rides and a minia-ture operating train entertained children. Would-be athletes were attract-ed to tennis courts, an athletic field and a baseball diamond with a grandstand for spectators. The grounds offered shaded benches,

picnic pavilions and colorful flow-erbeds. A clubhouse and café pro-vided meals that often included fresh fish from Lake Marion and fresh produce from area farms. Many visitors brought their own picnic baskets to enjoy in picnic pavilions or on shaded benches. Savage and his partners made sure that the Dan Patch Electric Line boasted many amenities for its passengers to the park. Men, women and children boarded luxury excursion cars that offered leather seats, stained-glass upper windows and richly carved and inlaid wood. Newspaper clippings from that era show large crowds that had just stepped off the trains at Ant-lers. The women were garbed in bustled, high-necked floor-length dresses and lovely hats while the men wore suits, starched white shirts and black hats. On weekends in the summer of 1912, the trains reportedly made 19 scheduled runs each day. Pas-sengers from all over the Twin Cit-ies took a five-cent streetcar ride to reach the terminal at 54th and Nicollet. The fare from Minneap-olis to Lakeville, a 40-minute trip,

was 45 cents. The train’s top speed was 55 miles per hour. Travelers could view the surrounding coun-tryside from observation decks on each train car. Savage and Dan Patch died in 1916 within a day of each other. George O’Rourke, one of the partners, purchased the amuse-ment park in 1918 and operated it until the late 1930s. He parked one of the gas-electric railroad cars on a siding and used it as a generat-ing plant to light up the park with “Fairyland Night Illuminations.” He also added a nine-hole golf course. The popularity of the park de-clined in the late 1920s and the 1930s due to a combination of factors. Automobiles were gain-ing in popularity, making travel possible to a variety of destina-tions. The area was hard hit by the economic impact of the Great Depression and several dry years caused Lake Marion to drop to its lowest level ever. A succession of owners fol-lowed O’Rourke. Although some of the park’s attractions began falling into disrepair, visitors still came for company picnics and for

dancing, swimming, boating and picnicking. During World War II, the aer-ial swing was dismantled and its steel went to support the war ef-fort. In the early 1950s, the dance pavilion was torn down and the lumber was used to repair the clubhouse and other buildings. In 1958, the park was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bentson. They revived big company picnics, re-sulting in crowds of thousands on weekends. In 1974, the Bentsons sold the park to the city of Lakev-ille. Today Antlers Park is one of the most popular parks in Lakev-ille. The park includes a large shelter, rest rooms, a fishing dock, a swimming beach and sand vol-leyball courts. Unless visitors stop to read a historical plaque near the shelter, they are unaware that the park once boasted a renowned amusement park with its own de-pot for a renowned electric rail-road line.

Information for this article came from “Lakeville 1878-1978, Our One Hundredth Year” and various newspaper clippings.

Savage isn’t the only south metro city connected to Dan Patch

by Don HeinzmanTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

During this holiday season, more attention is focused on people who are struggling with just living and finding shelter. One group, often hidden in the suburban counties, is the homeless, particularly homeless families with children. The recession is taking its toll on fami-lies who cannot find or afford housing. The most recent study by the Wilder Foundation revealed that a little over a year ago, there were 9,432 homeless people in Minnesota, up 22 percent from 2006. The Wilder Foundation defined home-less as people in shelters, transitional hous-ing and on the streets. What’s alarming is that one out of four people looking for shelter are children. The greater percentage of people looking for shelters is single adults with children, mainly single mothers. In Anoka County more than 1,300 chil-dren and adults represent a 40 percent in-crease over a year ago. Sherburne County last year had 170 homeless families with children. Schools in Sherburne County reported 85 students from homeless families in school year 2008-09. In a five-county region, where Cam-

bridge has a shelter program, New Pathways came in contact with 300 households, some of whom were served in a church-based program. There is a Family Promise program that began in New Jersey and is a model for the Cambridge and Anoka shelter programs. This hospitality

program is only for families with children and involves having at least 13 host church congregations. Each church takes one week every quarter to feed guests a dinner, shel-ter them overnight, feed them breakfast and pack bag lunches. During the day they are transported to a Day Center where their children are picked up and taken to school. Guests are screened to see that they meet requirements, and the objective is to help them find work and some affordable hous-ing. Their biggest obstacle, say program di-rectors, is a shortage of affordable housing. Cambridge has been running this shelter program in a five-county area since 2002. Last year New Pathways served 37 families, six at a time and maximum of 24 people. Last year 67 households were turned away because facilities were full. In Anoka County, the Family Promise program serves four families at a time and a maximum of 14 individuals living in sepa-

Communities will be asked to do more for those families who cannot afford housing

Thisweek Columnist

In last week’s story about District 192’s facili-ties plan, it said the school board would vote on the plan on Dec. 13. While the board may do so, it is more accurate to say that it will consider a variety of po-tential next steps in the pro-cess.

Clarification

See Heinzman, 6A


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ThisweekendThisweekend Chameleon Theatre Circle is taking audiences through a time warp this month when the south-met-ro theater troupe presents “1940s Radio Hour” at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. The musical tells the story of the final broadcast of The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade radio program from the Hotel As-tor’s Algonquin Room on

Dec. 21, 1942. The spirit of that bygone era when the world was at war and pop music meant “Strike Up the Band” and “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” is captured as a harassed producer copes with a drunk lead singer, a delivery boy who wants a chance in front of the mi-crophone, the second ba-nana who dreams of singing a ballad, and the trumpet-playing sound effects man

who chooses a fighter plane over Glenn Miller. “1940s Radio Hour” runs Dec. 3-19 at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Satur-days, and 2 p.m. Sundays, in the PAC’s Black Box The-atre. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for students and seniors, and can be pur-chased at the PAC box of-fice and via Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787.

Chameleon Theatre Circle presents...

Photos by Rick Orndorf

Performances of “1940s Radio Hour”

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1940s Radio Hour

New Year’s Eve with Louie Anderson Comedian Louie Anderson will pres-ent “Laugh Out Loud New Year’s Eve” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 31, at the Burnsville Perform-ing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Anderson’s material re-lates stories about grow-ing up in Minnesota, be-ing one of 11 children and dealing with an alcoholic father. Tickets range from $29.95 to $99.95 and can be purchased in person at the box office, via Ticket-master at (800) 982-2787 or ticketmaster.com.

Louie Anderson will ring in the new year with laughter at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center on Dec. 31.

Patrick Reusse to sign copies of his books Sports columnist and radio host Patrick Reusse will sign copies of his books from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, at Barnes & Noble Apple Valley, 14880 Flor-ence Trail, Apple Valley. Reusse is the author of “Minnesota Twins: The Complete Illustrated Histo-ry,” a tribute to 50 seasons of baseball in Minnesota, and “Minnesota Vikings: The Complete Illustrated His-tory,” a revised and updated edition including cover-age of the remarkable 2009 season and the addition of Brett Favre to the team.

thisweekend briefsChristmas band concert The South of the River Community Band will pres-ent a free Christmas concert from 4 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, at Presbyterian Church of the Apostles, 701 E. 130th St., Burnsville. The band has been per-forming concerts in the area for more than 20 years and has grown to over 60 mem-bers who range in age from teenagers to grandparents. For more information on the band, visit www.south-oftheriverband.org.

Holiday art sale The Lakeville Area Arts Center will host its sixth annu-al Holiday Art Sale on Friday, Dec. 10, from noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The sale will remain open through Dec. 17 during business hours. The sale features artwork handcrafted by arts center students and instructors. Shoppers will find a variety of media including jewelry, pot-tery, mixed media, and more. Also as part of this sale, the arts center’s pottery studio will sponsor its third “empty bowls” fundraiser. Potters have donated approximately 80 soup bowls which will be available at a suggested dona-tion of $8 each. All proceeds will go to 360 Communities to feed the hungry. The arts center is located at the corner of Holyoke Avenue and 210th Street. For more in-formation call (952) 985-4640.

‘70 Girls, 70’ musical in Lakeville “70 Girls, 70,” a musical production by Kander and Ebb (composers of “Caba-ret” and “Chicago”) will be performed at 2 p.m. and 7:30

p.m. Dec. 11 and 18, and 2 p.m. Dec. 12 and 19, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakev-ille. The production is present-ed by ISD 191 Community Education and The Play’s the Thing Productions. Tickets are $13 for adults and $11 for seniors and stu-dents. To reserve tickets, call (952) 469-3099; to buy tick-ets, call (952) 985-4640.

‘A Christmas Carol’ tickets available The Burnsville Civic Light Opera will present “A Christmas Carol” Dec. 10-12 at the Burnsville Per-forming Arts Center. Per-formances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11; and 1 and 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12. Tickets are $15 and $25 for adults, $15 and $20 for seniors, and $15 for stu-dents/children. Tickets can be purchased in person at the box office, via Ticket-master at (800) 982-2787 or ticketmaster.com.

Dinner and a movie night at IMAX The Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley will host Dinner and a Movie

Family Night on Monday, Dec. 20. Guests who purchase one adult admission ($9.50) to the 6:30 p.m. showing of “ Dolphins” will receive one free child’s admission to the movie and complimentary pizza from Broadway Pizza in Apple Valley (while sup-plies last) before the show. Pizza will be served in the lobby beginning at 5:30 p.m.

‘Church Basement Ladies’ in Burnsville The Burnsville Perform-ing Arts Center will host the first stop for the nation-al tour of Troup America’s “Church Basement Ladies 2! A Second Helping” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011. The original version of “Church Basement La-dies” opened at the Plym-outh Playhouse in 2005. This time around, the year is 1969 and the world is a changing. As folks protest the Vietnam War and wom-en are demanding equal pay for equal work, in their small rural Minnesota com-munity, the ladies of the Lutheran church basement kitchen are dealing with changes of their own. Tickets range from $34 to $39 and can be purchased in person at the box office, via Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or ticketmaster.com.


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To submit items for the Arts Calendar, e-mail: [email protected].

Theater “Twas the Night Before Xmas” is performing Dec. 3 and 4 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 4 at 1 p.m. at Hidden Valley Elementary, 13875 Glendale Ave., Savage. This mu-sical holiday children’s show is presented by ISD 191 Commu-nity Education and The Play’s the Thing Productions. Tickets are $6/adults and $5/children. Tickets can be reserved for the show by calling (952) 469-3099. “Hairspray,” presented by Eagan High School, performs at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10-11, 16-18, and at 2 p.m. Dec. 12. (Senior preview at 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 9.) Tickets are $9/adult, $7/senior citizen (55+), and $5/student or child. Tickets on sale beginning Wednesday, Dec. 1, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each school day. Call the EHS Office at (651) 683-6964. All seating reserved. Classes/workshops Brushworks School of Art

offers fine arts classes for teens and adults. Register online at www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com or call (651) 214-4732. Join other 55-plus adults at the Eagan Art House to create beaded jewelry. The Jewelry Club meets on the third Friday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m. Class fee is $3 per person and includes all supplies. Bring any old jewelry you would like to re-make. The Eagan Art House is located at 3981 Lexington Ave. S. For more information, call (651) 686-9134. The Eagan Art House offers classes for ages 4 through adult. For class and registration infor-mation, visit www.cityofeagan.com/eaganarthouse or call at (651) 686-9134. 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 classes held for intermediates Mondays 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farm-

ington. Cost is $5 per class. Call Marilyn at (651) 463-7833. Beginner country line dance classes on Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at the Lakeville VFW, 8790 Upper 208th St. $5/class. Call Marilyn (651) 463-7833. Country line dance classes on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20732 Holt Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermedi-ate, 10 a.m.-noon. $5/class Call Marilyn (651) 463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Cen-ter offers arts classes for all ages. For class and registration infor-mation, visit www.lakevillemn.gov or call the Arts Center office at (952) 985-4640. DanceWorks Perform-ing Arts Center is continuing its complimentary “First Friday” dance classes. Salsa, waltz, swing ... will be introduced and practiced from 7-8:30 p.m. on the first Friday of each month. Pro-gram is held at 20137 Icenic Trail, Lakeville. Phone (952) 432-7123 to reserve a spot.

To submit items for Thisweek-end’s Music Calendar, e-mail:

[email protected].

Friday, Dec. 3 Mixtape Revue & Junk FM, 9:30 p.m., Bogart’s Nightclub, 14917 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley, (952) 432-1515. Paul Woell Jazz Trio, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burnsville, (952) 736-3001. Big Toe & The Jam, 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513. Sell Out Stereo, Babe’s Mu-sic Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville, (952) 469-5200. Hitchville, 9 p.m., McKrack-en’s Pub, 3120 W. Highway 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197. Guerilla Radio, Primetime Sports Bar & Grill, 14103 Irving Ave. S., Burnsville, (952) 435-6111. Larry Johnson on key-

boards, 7 to 11 p.m., Chateau Lamothe, 14351 Nicollet Court, Burnsville, (952) 435-7709.

Saturday, Dec. 4 Days of Rae, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burns-ville, (952) 736-3001. Cherry Gun (front) and IWA (back), 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513. Strange Daze, 9:30 p.m., McKracken’s Pub, 3120 W. High-way 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197. Larry Johnson on key-boards, 7 to 11 p.m., Chateau Lamothe, 14351 Nicollet Court, Burnsville, (952) 435-7709.

Wednesday, Dec. 8 Strange Daze, Primetime Sports Bar & Grill, 14103 Irving Ave. S., Burnsville, (952) 435-

Burnhaven Library1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville, (952) 891-0300 Burnhaven Library is closed for remodeling through late April 2011.

Farmington Library508 Third St., Farmington(651) 438-0250 Community Celebration for all ages from 11:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 4. View the ceramic memory tiles and books created by Trinity Care Center residents for the Art of Aging proj-ect, and join us for a program, re-freshments, and music. “The Muppet Christmas Carol” movie for all ages from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4. Popcorn provided. Wii Games for teens from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 6 Maintain Your Brain Work-shop from 10:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, Dec. 9. Presented by the Alzheimer’s Association. Meet the Author: Stacy Waibel for all ages from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11. The author of “Rudy Gets a Transplant” and “Rudy’s Check Up” reads from her new book, “What’s On My Nose?” and an-swers questions. Books available for purchase/signing. Digital Camera Basics from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11. Registration required.

Galaxie Library14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Val-ley, (952) 891-7045 Storytimes will return in Jan-uary. Teen Advisory Group from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7. Punched Tin Ornaments for teens from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tues-day, Dec. 7. Create a unique holi-day ornament with the Eagan Art House. Registration required. Russian Soul for all ages from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday,

Dec. 11. Interactive performance by the Russian Cultural Center. Heritage Library20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville(952) 891-0360 Moose Mania Storytime for all ages from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Tues-day, Dec. 7. Adults must attend with the children. Storytime for ages 2-3 from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays, Dec. 8, 15, 22 and 29. Sing, Play and Learn! for children up to age 5 from 1 to 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8. Presented by MacPhail Center for Music. Registration required. Robert Trail Library14395 S. Robert TrailRosemount, (651) 480-1210 Creativity and Aging with Pat Samples from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4. Storytime for all ages from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Thursdays, Dec. 9 and 16. Sing, Play and Learn! for children up to age 5 from 2 to 2:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9. Pre-sented by MacPhail Center for Music. Registration required. Holiday Card Crafts for teens from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10. Supplies provided. Beat Boxing for ages 9-12 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11. Presented by Stepping-stone Theatre. Registration re-quired.

Savage Library13090 Alabama Ave. S.E., Sav-age, (952) 707-1770 Regular toddler and preschool storytimes will resume in January.

Wescott Library1340 Wescott Road, Eagan (651) 450-2900 History Day for teens from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4. Regis-tration required. Sing, Play and Learn! for

children up to age 5 from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Monday, Dec. 6. Pre-sented by MacPhail Center for Music. Registration required. Teen Writers Group from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Mondays, Dec. 6 and 20. Storytime for ages 2-3 from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. or 11 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays, Dec. 7 and 14. Baby Storytime for babies up to 24 months and their caregivers from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Thursdays, Dec. 9 and 16. History Players present ... Maud Hart Lovelace for ages 5 and older from 4 to 5 p.m. Thurs-day, Dec. 9. Storytime for ages 4-6 from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Fridays, Dec. 10 and 17. Storytime for all ages from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Fridays, Dec. 10 and 17, and from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Tues-day, Dec. 14. Pop-Up Holiday Cards for teens from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11. Registration required. Teen Advisory Group from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11.

Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine12501 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville(952) 736-3001 Book signing by Martin Bracewell of Savage, who writes under the pen name M. R. Tain, from 10 a.m. to noon Satur-day, Dec. 4. He will be signing his time-travel novel, “This Isn’t Normal,” in which a teenage girl awakens in the year 1965 and meets her late grandmother, who is the same age as she is.

Chianti Grill14296 Plymouth Ave., Burnsville(952) 892-7555 Book signing by Jeff Scislow, local author, speaker and Realtor, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14. Scislow will sign his books, “Leaders and Legends” and “Beyond Belief – Journey to a Miracle.”

Saturday, Dec. 4 Book fair by Shannon Park Elementary School from 9 a.m. to noon at Barnes & Noble, Apple Valley. Barnes & Noble will con-tribute a percentage of each sale to Shannon Park – just mention the school during checkout. Infor-mation: Tammy Block at [email protected]. Holiday on Main in down-town Lakeville from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sponsored by the Down-town Lakeville Business Associa-tion and its partners, www.down-townlakeville.com. Photos with Mrs. Claus for families and their pets from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Windmill Animal Rescue, 350 Main St., Elko New Market, (952) 461-2765. No ap-pointment needed. The $25 do-nation includes a CD of all photos and four 4x6 prints. Proceeds will go to the care of the animals. Cats live at the shelter so take that into consideration when bringing your pets.

Sunday, Dec. 5 Pancake breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon hosted by the Farmington Knights of Columbus Council 2400 at the Church of St. Michael, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington. Proceeds will be do-nated to local charities. An Old Fashioned Holiday from noon to 3:30 p.m. at Holz Farm, 4665 Manor Drive, Eagan. Includes hayrides, bonfire and s’mores, organ music, craft ac-tivities, live reindeer, cookies and Santa. Free. Most activities are held outdoors and in the barn. In-formation: www.cityofeagan.com/holzfarm.

Tuesday, Dec. 7 Orientation session for Kids ’n Kinship mentors from 6 to 6:45 p.m. at Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Be a role model and special friend for a child. Information and RSVP: (952) 892-6368 or www.kidsnkin-ship.org. Identity theft seminar from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Best Western Dakota Ridge, 3450 Washington Drive, Eagan. Free. Thursday, Dec. 9 Chicks for a Cause fund-raising benefit for Toys for Tots from 4 to 9 p.m. at Rosemount Community Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail. The event will fea-ture beauty, fashion, accessories, food, home decor and more from women-owned companies; also children’s activities and a visit by Santa. Bring a toy and receive a discount. Free admission. Infor-mation: www.chicksforacause.org.

Saturday, Dec. 11 Second Saturday of Service hosted by Burnsville Rotary and Burnsville Breakfast Rotary from 9 to 11 a.m. to help the Salva-tion Army with bell-ringing at area businesses. Meet at JoJo’s Rise and Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Anyone age 16 and above is welcome. Come early (8:30 a.m.) and we’ll buy you a cup of coffee and a sweet roll. Information: [email protected] or [email protected]. Pokémon TCG City Cham-pionships at 10 a.m. at Misty

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Mountain Games, 2113 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville, (952) 895-1989. Kids Christmas Party from noon to 2 p.m. in the dining room of the Lakeville VFW Club, 8790 Upper 208th St., Lakeville, (952) 469-5717. Free to local area vet-erans’ kids. All kids must be ac-companied by the veteran, parent or grandparent.

Ongoing The American Red Cross will sponsor the following blood drives. For more infor-mation, call 1 (800) 448-3543 or 1 (800) GIVE-LIFE or visit www.redcrossblood.org. In December, one $100 Visa gift card will be raffled off for donors each day. Winners will be notified after the promotion period ends. • Dec. 6, 1:30 to 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 601 Main St., New Mar-ket. • Dec. 8, 1 to 7 p.m., Rose-mount Community Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. • Dec. 8, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Ames Construction, Inc., 2000 Ames Drive, Burnsville. • Dec. 9, 1 to 6 p.m., Mt. Olivet Assembly of God, 14201 Cedar Ave. S., Apple Valley. • Dec. 11, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Nelson Chiropractic, 14321 Nicollet Court, Burnsville. • Dec. 15, 1 to 7 p.m., St. Mi-chael’s Catholic Church, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington. Call Marlene at (651) 460-6083 for an appointment. Thisweek Newspapers ac-cepts submissions for cal-endar events in Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farmington, Lakeville and Rosemount by fax at (952) 846-2010, by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at (952) 846-2034. Deadline for submis-sions is 5 p.m. Monday.

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Thursday, Dec. 9 Trainwreck, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave., Lakev-ille, (952) 469-5200. Blue Felix and Rising, 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513. Dirty Word, 9:30 p.m., McK-racken’s Pub, 3120 W. Highway 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197.

Friday, Dec. 10 Audio Circus, 9:30 p.m., Bo-gart’s Nightclub, 14917 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley, (952) 432-1515. Ashes for April, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burns-ville, (952) 736-3001. So Big (front) and Bad Ani-mals (back), 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513. Shirts & Skins, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave., Lakev-ille, (952) 469-5200. Smithtown, 9:30 p.m., McK-racken’s Pub, 3120 W. Highway 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197. Johnny Holm, Primetime Sports Bar & Grill, 14103 Irving Ave. S., Burnsville, (952) 435-6111. Larry Johnson on key-boards, 7 to 11 p.m., Chateau Lamothe, 14351 Nicollet Court, Burnsville, (952) 435-7709.

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Staying busy Ratzlaff LaBeau has lived in Lakeville since then. In addition to Ratzlaff Homes, Inc., the new home and remodeling firm, she is also a Realtor associated with RE/MAX. To top it off, she manages a down-town Minneapolis condo development for her father. Add to that her city council seat and her lead-ership role at Crossroads Church, and it seems as if she is carrying a heavy load. But that is not how Ratzlaff

LaBeau sees it. “Since I graduated from high school I have always had more than one job,” she said. When it comes to free time, she does not have a lot if it. For example, she does not watch television because “I only like to do things that are productive.” “I don’t engage my time in unproductive activities,” Ratzlaff LaBeau said. In recent years, she has also been involved with the Lakeville Chamber of Commerce’s governmental affairs committee. It was a group of people who separated from that committee who decided someone needed to run in the city council election this year, Ratzlaff LaBeau said. “When the city turned down Costco (the company chose Burnsville instead), the group got together,” she said. “Business did not feel like it had a voice.” She added that although Lakeville has major trans-portation thoroughfares and quality schools, it still seems to have trouble at-tracting plenty of jobs, retail and dining options. So members of this group agreed that they should hold a vote to determine who among them would declare

candidacy for a council seat. Ratzlaff LaBeau missed that particular meeting and was nominated.

‘Humbling’ Once she threw her name into the fold, Ratzlaff La-Beau said she received mes-sages of support from peo-ple she did not even know. “That was very hum-bling,” she said. If demand for signs were a gauge of support, then Ratzlaff LaBeau had quite a bit of it. “I had to order more of my large signs,” she said. She and her legion of supporters door-knocked around the city’s 38 square miles for three to six hours a day, five days a week until early November. “I thought I knew Lakev-ille before,” she said, “but now I think I really do.” Until she takes her seat in January, Ratzlaff LaBeau peppers her busy days with important orientation meet-ings that city officials facili-tate for new council mem-bers. On a given day, she and Matt Little, the other newly elected council mem-ber, can be seen meeting with such officials as Police Chief Thomas Vonhof and City Administrator Steve Mielke. They also are main-stays at meetings of the cur-

rent city council. As she goes forward and makes her mark on the council, Ratzlaff LaBeau said she just wants to get things done. She is not in it for the credit, she said. She just wants to keep Lakeville strong. “Lakeville is a great place to call home.

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cil member Julie May said she is becoming frustrated with proposals that shift money around, but do not create efficiencies and re-duce expenses for the long term. Mayor Todd Larson agreed and said he will not accept any budget changes other than what the council asked Herlof-sky to do: Cut a manage-ment position. City management sala-ries range from $88,930 to $106,082, according to Georgia Larson, Farm-ington Human Resources representative. Since July, Herlofsky has repeatedly offered alternatives for council members to consider, in-cluding a suggestion that the city cut toilet paper, tissues and hand soap at the Rambling River Cen-ter, which council mem-bers refused to consider. At the Nov. 22 meet-ing, Herlofsky proposed adjusting the budget and schedules to allow for the

reduction of one full-time equivalent in the budget. Council members Ter-ry Donnelly and Christy Jo Fogarty had been will-ing to agree to the pro-posal, but the rest of the board refused the option because they wanted long-term solutions to better manage the city’s debt in an uncertain economy. In an interview Tues-day, Fogarty said she would be extremely frus-trated if Herlofsky doesn’t bring back a position to be eliminated as council requested, but said she

would consider other al-ternatives. And, council member Steve Wilson said he is confident Herlofsky heard and understood council’s last direction and expects the administrator to fol-low through. Wilson also mentioned he’d consider other op-tions, but would not sup-port shuffling numbers and furloughing employ-ees. “I trust that Peter very clearly received the rec-ommendation from coun-cil, which seemed to be

non-debatable direction to him last meeting,” Wil-son said. Herlofsky, meanwhile, said there were new num-bers he was working out and would not comment extensively about the pro-posal he is planning. “I’m trying to do the best for everybody,” Her-lofsky said. Monday’s meeting will open to the public at 7 p.m. at City Hall.


Layoffs/from 1AFarmington Director’s Salaries

Farmington’s management staff salaries range from $88,930 to $106,082

Name/Title Annual SalaryBrenda Wendlandt, Human Resources Director $ 106,082

Brian Lindquist, Farmington police chief $ 102,220.84

Randy Distad, Park and Recreation director $ 101,795

Lisa Shadick, Administrative Services director $ 101,795

Kevin Schorzman, city engineer $ 97,518

Teresa Walters, finance director $ 88,930

Todd Reiten, Municipal Services director $ 88,930

Volk said it is time for the dis-trict to assess its role in the com-munity and how it operates. “How we do business has to change,” she said. Board member Kathy Lewis agreed. “I want to talk about trans-forming the system,” she said. “That’s where I’m ready to go.” Superintendent Gary Amoroso said, “we will look different. We will downsize,” but the district is devoted to of-fering quality education to the children. It is too early in the pro-cess for specifics (those will be ironed out over the next two months), but board member Bob Erickson offered up some cost-saving ideas, focusing on non-classroom expenditures to maintain the “primary focus of educating kids.” The ideas included lowering debt costs, reducing consulting services and tackling expensive lease payments. Several board members were reluctant to raise user fees, such as those for extracurricular and transportation. Board member Jim Skelly

said families choose Lakeville in part because of the schools, but that could change if fees in-crease even more. “Around us districts have more funding and less fees than Lakeville,” Skelly said. Public involvement The development of a bud-get adjustment plan will involve a series of meetings from now through Feb. 8, when the board is expected to vote on the plan. On Feb. 1, the board will host a Community Information Night at Kenwood Trail Middle School. Amoroso said the dis-trict will present the commu-nity with budget adjustments under consideration. Commu-nity members will have ample opportunity at this time to give their input. Despite the challenges the district will face, Erickson sees a light at the end of the tunnel. “I am confident that the entire organization can make this happen,” he said. “We have people who are eminently qualified to deal with all these issues.” E-mail Aaron Vehling at [email protected].

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gardless of age. The Lakeville Mall will host the following activities from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.: • Santa Claus meet and greet; • while waiting to meet San-ta, children can listen to Mrs. Claus tell stories; • face painters; • arts and crafts; • hairstyling by Barger’s Sa-lon; • a live reindeer to pet; • horse-drawn trolley rides around downtown. Holly’s Centre Stage Dance students will present dance recitals at the Lakeville Area Arts Center from 9 to 11 a.m. Following that will be choral presentations from students from Kenwood Trail, Century and McGuire middle schools. Lakeville’s Parks and Rec-reation Department will spon-sor from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the annual Santa’s Secret Store, which will be located at McGuire Middle School (in the southern part of down-town). The store is designed so kids can buy inexpensive gifts for their families and friends, Tschumper said. The price range is $1 to $15. For seniors, there is a holi-day bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lakeville Senior Center. During this time, staff will sell fresh cinnamon rolls

from 9 to 11 a.m. followed by lunch until 3 p.m. Businesses will be open, many offering special sales in honor of the occasion. Retail-ers will indicate their partici-pation with a snowman deco-ration.

A season of giving You have the opportunity to donate some items to those who are in need over the holi-days. Holly’s Centre Stage Dance will accept donations for Toys for Tots at the Arts Center and the DLBA invites attendees to bring nonperishable food items to the Lakeville Mall. The DLBA sponsors a number of events over the course of the year to bring people together downtown, including Wednesdays on Main and a Farmers Market. Tschumper said she and the board are always looking to host more events downtown. “It’s a great way to explore an historic downtown where there are lots of unique bou-tiques and different services, including a wine bar,” she said. Parking will be ample along Holyoke Avenue and in neigh-boring streets, in addition to the Market Plaza between Mainstreet Coffee Cafe and Ace Hardware.

E-mail Aaron Vehling at [email protected].

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cover the change. For com-mercial properties, the 2011 rate would be $.02140 per front foot, which is a two-and-a-half cent increase. For overall quarterly utility charges for residents, the rate increases could be as follows: • $3 for those who use 10,000 gallons of water. • $3.80 for 15,000 gal-lons; • $4.60 for 20,000 gal-lons. The City Council will consider these proposed increases at its Monday, Dec. 6, meeting at City Hall on Holyoke Avenue and County Road 50. E-mail Aaron Vehling at [email protected].

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Fifth-graders at Eastview Elementary raised $840 to purchase blankets for the homeless as part of a health unit in which they learned about being productive citizens and what it means to be part of a healthy community by doing good for others. Students gathered on Nov. 18 to tie the 60 blankets purchased with their earnings. Earlier in the week, volunteer moms spent two afternoons at Eastview to cut notches in the blankets; when the blankets were complete, students wrote heartfelt notes that were rolled up inside the blankets. The blankets will be distributed sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

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Despite it coinciding with the first serious snow storm of the season, Sons of Norway “Norsota 1-602” members braved the storm and celebrated the 25th anniversary of the lodge at their Nov. 13 meeting at the Lakeville Senior Center. Charter members in attendance at the monthly meeting were recognized and honored.

to a center. In Elk River six wom-en are working to sign up churches for the Family Promise program. So far they have five and need at least 12 to get started to serve a region within 30

miles of Elk River. There are Family Promise pro-grams in Brainerd, Roch-ester and Minneapolis and 161 nationwide. As joblessness contin-ues and state and federal resources dwindle, com-

Farmington KCs to host pancake breakfast Dec. 5 The Farmington Knights of Columbus Council 2400 will host its monthly Pancake Break-fast from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, Dec. 5, at the Church of St. Michael, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington. Proceeds will be donated to local chari-ties. For more information about the Farmington Knights of Columbus, contact Grand Knight Ed Schultz at (651) 463-1202 or e-mail [email protected].

Library workshop teaches brain fitness The Farmington Library will host a “Maintain Your Brain” workshop from 10:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, Dec. 9. Participants will find out what they can do to keep their brain healthy and help reduce the risk of Alzheim-er’s disease. Presented by the Al-zheimer’s Association, the one-hour interactive work-shop features nutritional and lifestyle advice, strategies to keep your memory sharp, in-teractive exercises and read-ing materials to take home. The library is located at 508 Third St., Farmington. For more information, call (651) 438-0250 or visit www.dakotacounty.us/library.

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munities will be asked to do more for those who cannot afford housing. The Family Promise model involves churches, volunteers, community and county resources at a low cost. For more informa-tion, visit www.familypro-mise.org. Don Heinzman is chairman of the ECM Publishers Inc. Editorial Board. Thisweek Newspapers and the Da-kota County Tribune are part of ECM. He is at [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.


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Boys basketballTeam Conference Overall W L W LLakeville North 0 0 0 0 Eastview 0 0 0 0 B Jefferson 0 0 0 0 Eagan 0 0 0 0 Rosemount 0 0 0 0 Apple Valley 0 0 0 0 Burnsville 0 0 0 0 Lakeville South 0 0 0 0 B Kennedy 0 0 0 0 Prior Lake 0 0 0 0 Friday, Dec 3• Lakeville North at Chaska • St. Paul Johnson at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec 4• Lakeville North at Hopkins, 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 7• Lakeville South at Hill-Murray, 7:30 p.m.Thursday, Dec 9• Chanhassen at Lakeville North , 7:30 p.m.

Girls basketballTeam Conference Overall W L W LLakeville North 0 0 2 0 Eastview 0 0 2 0 B Jefferson 0 0 1 0 Eagan 0 0 1 1 Rosemount 0 0 1 2 Apple Valley 0 0 0 0 Burnsville 0 0 0 0 Lakeville South 0 0 0 0 B Kennedy 0 0 0 1 Prior Lake 0 0 0 1 Saturday, Dec 4• Bloomington Jefferson at Hopkins• Eastview, Prior Lake, Lakeville North at Hopkins tournament • Wayzata at Lakeville South, 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 7• Hill-Murray at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m.

Boys HockeyTeam Conference Overall W L T W L TApple Valley 1 0 0 1 0 0 Burnsville 0 0 0 1 0 0 Eastview 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rosemount 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lakeville South 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Prior Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lakeville North 0 0 0 0 0 0 B Kennedy 0 0 0 0 1 0 B Jefferson 0 1 0 0 1 0

Tuesday, Dec 7• Eden Prairie at Lakeville North, 7 p.m.Thursday, Dec 9• Lakeville North at Eastview, 7:15 p.m.• Bloomington Kennedy at Lakeville North, 7:30 p.m. • Apple Valley at Rosemount, 7:30 p.m.

Girls HockeyTeam Conference Overall W L T W L TLakeville South 3 0 0 4 0 0 Rosemount 2 0 0 4 0 0 Eastview 2 0 0 3 0 0 Lakeville North 1 1 0 2 1 0 Eagan 1 1 0 2 3 0 Burnsville 1 1 0 1 4 0 Apple Valley 0 1 0 3 2 0 B Kennedy 0 1 0 1 3 0 B Jefferson 0 3 0 1 3 0 Prior Lake 0 2 0 0 5 0 Saturday, Dec 4• Lakeville South at Apple Valley, 2:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Lakeville North, 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 7• Bloomington Kennedy at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville North at Apple Valley, 7:15 p.m.

Farmington

Boys BasketballFriday, Dec 3• John Marshall at Farmington, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 7• Farmington at Owatonna, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec 9• Hastings at Farmington, 7:30 p.m.

Girls BasketballTeam Conference Overall W L W LNew Prague 0 0 3 0 Red Wing 0 0 3 0 Shakopee 0 0 2 0 Chanhassen 0 0 1 0 Chaska 0 0 1 0 Farmington 0 0 1 0 Northfield 0 0 1 0 Holy Angels 0 0 0 1

Friday, Dec 3 • Farmington at Rochester John Mar-shall, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 7 • Hudson at Farmington, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec 10 • Rosemount at Farmington, 7:30 p.m.

Boys HockeyTeam Conference Overall W L T W L TNew Prague 0 0 0 1 0 0 Chaska 0 0 0 0 1 1 Northfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 Holy Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chanhassen 0 0 0 0 0 0 Red Wing 0 0 0 0 1 0 Farmington 0 0 0 0 1 0 Shakopee 0 0 0 0 2 0Friday, Dec 3• Farmington at Cedarburg, 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 7• Winona at Farmington, 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec 9• Owatonna at Farmington, 7:15 p.m.

Girls HockeyTeam Conference Overall W L T W L TFarmington 2 0 0 3 3 0 Shakopee 1 0 0 6 1 0 New Prague 1 0 0 5 1 0 Northfield 0 0 0 2 1 1 Red Wing 0 2 0 1 4 0 Holy Angels 0 1 0 0 2 0 Chaska/Chan 0 1 0 0 3 0Thursday, Dec 2• New Prague at Farmington, 7:15 p.m.Tuesday, Dec 7• Farmington at Eden Prairie, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec 10• Farmington at Owatonna, 8 p.m.

Things looking up for Cougar hockeyLakeville South boys hockey aiming for an even better 2011

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Since qualifying for the state tournament in 2008, the Lakeville South boys hockey team has put it-self on the map in the South Subur-ban Conference. The team went 18-10 last season with nearly every one of their losses coming against a top-10 team or a team that eventually qualified for state. The Cougars played in the Sec-tion 1AA finals as well, losing to Lakeville North. This year the Cou-gars would like to improve on both their section and conference records. “With many key players return-ing we do expect more this year,” Cougar head coach Kurt Weber said. He feels the team is faster, stron-ger, deeper and ready for a run. “We just want to be prepared and make sure we come ready to play ev-ery game,” Weber said. “With our very difficult conference and non-conference schedule we cannot af-ford to take any games off.” The Cougars will find out right away where they stand. From Dec. 11 to Jan. 6, Lakeville South will play six games against teams ranked in the top 20 in Class AA, starting with No. 1-ranked Edina on Satur-day, Dec. 11. Two of South’s top three scor-ers from 2009-10, Justin Kloos and

Alex Harvey, are back and better than ever. “They are bigger, stronger and more skilled than a year ago,” We-ber said. Kloos ended up the third-leading scorer in the Elite 1 league this fall and Harvey was the second-leading scorer in the Elite D league. “They both have huge upsides,” Weber said. “We expect them to contribute a great deal this year and to also be team leaders as well.” The team’s second-leading scorer from last year, Tyler Osterberg, is playing with the U.S. National U-17 team, but Weber still feels like the puck will get to the net consistently. “Offensively, we feel we are more balanced this year with Kloos and Harvey anchoring the first line and Michael Chuinard and Jake Solberg centering very solid second and third lines,” Weber said. Four solid defensemen return, including Drew Brevig and Char-lie Heller. Joe Freemark and Ethan Quinnell are also back on the roster, but injuries will keep them off the ice until after Christmas. Brady Frahm will see the most time in goal, but two talented sophomores, Nick Heller and Tyler Schumacher, will push for a chance to play.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Panther hockey looks to reloadLakeville North has new-look roster after losing many

players from last year’s state tournament team


When you qualify for the state tournament, people take notice. Lakeville North got on a roll in 2009-10 and qualified for the state tournament. If they’re going to get back there, North is going to do it with several new players. Unfortunately for the Pan-thers, the U.S. National Team and the USHL found out about their top two scorers. Juniors Brady Skjei and Nate Arentz, who scored a combined 57 points last year, are play-ing elsewhere this winter. Skjei is playing in Ann Arbor, Mich., with the U.S. National Develop-ment Team, and Arentz is play-ing in the USHL with the Fargo Force. The Panthers also lost Jack Pahl, Nick Johnson, Tyler Goss, Derek Wypyszynski and Tim Kuzniar, who made up the bulk of North’s scoring last year, to graduation. Still, Lakeville North knows that it all comes down to the play-offs. Last year the Panthers en-tered the section tournament with an 8-15-2 record and ended up playing at the Xcel Energy Cen-ter in St. Paul with the top eight teams left in Class AA. “The team’s goals are to im-

prove upon last year’s record and reach the state tournament again,” coach Randy Schmitz said. If anyone is going to beat the Panthers, they’re going to need to first get through goalie Charlie Lindgren, who had an outstand-ing club season with the Minne-sota White in the Elite League. The trouble is finding someone to score. Ben Counters and Blake Winiecki are the leading return-ing scorers with 13 points each last year. Gordon Cappers (seven points) is also back. Lindgren will have some help on defense with Shaun Reinhardt and Johnny Domina helping clear the puck. The Panthers will rely on a number of newcomers to fill the ice such as Charlie Hayes, Evan Peterson, Erik Rutt, Alex Wood, Austin Tisdell, Sam Petrick, Jack Diercks, Tristen Hazlett and Con-nor Hyden. Although they may be short on varsity experience, Schmitz feels there’s plenty of tal-ent in the underclassmen ranks. The Panthers will kick things off with a visit from Eden Prairie on Dec. 7.


Tigers expect bigger things on the pondFarmington boys hockey team is an experienced bunch


The Farmington boys hockey team hasn’t had a winning sea-son since 2005-06, but based on the number of experienced players back, that could change this year. Last year’s team had just five se-niors in the lineup, compared to this year with 11. “Not that many teams will have that much experience and leader-ship,” Tiger head coach Keith Revels said. The Tigers won nine games last season with many of the same play-ers. Jake Sorenson is back leading a strong defense with Quinn Eden and Justin Rees. The top two scorers

from last year, Tyler Grubb and Dan Handberg, are ready to put the puck back in the net. Two senior goaltenders, Aaron Dahl and Michael Moser, will see time in the net along with the prom-ising newcomer Victor Simones, who had 14 wins on junior varsity last year. The challenge will be maintain-ing a presence in the Missota Con-ference where teams such as Holy Angels are the perpetual favorites. But beyond that, Revels feels it’s anyone’s puck. “The landscape changed in Missota,” Revels said. “I see a pretty competitive group of teams, not sure on newcomers but the split into two schools will have an effect on them.”

Chaska and Chanhassen are in and Hutchinson is out in the Missota. Staying out of the penalty box is one goal. “We need to be sure our physical style does not lead to an increase in penalty minutes,” Revels said. “We have to keep heads down and hands up.” Revels also hopes to see bet-ter defensive zone play, and better movement away from the puck. Revels just wants to make sure the Tigers are prepared and play to the best of their abilities. “I want to create an environment that will provide opportunities to de-velop and maintain team chemistry and to value what’s best for the team

over what’s best for the individual,” Revels said. “Just as we ask our play-ers to, the coaching staff is going to focus on the things we can control. How well we prepare our players to compete, execute, and conduct our-selves is what we can control.” Farmington will have plenty of home games early to jump start the season. Cedarburg, Wis., comes to town on Friday. Farmington will also welcome Winona, Owaton-na, Dodge County, Shakopee and Rochester Mayo to Schmitz-Maki Arena before getting on the bus for Simley on Dec. 23.


Photo by Andy Rogers

Farmington’s Krystal Baumann, No. 23, takes charge against Red Wing during a home game on Nov. 30. The Tigers won 6-4. Baumann and Grace Gavin each had two goals. Hannah Alexander and Chloe Batta added the others. It’s been a back and forth year for Farmington. The girls opened with a one-goal loss to Breck on Nov. 16 and beat Wayzata by a goal two days later. Lakeville North and South both handed the Tigers a loss in late November, but in between Farmington defeated Chaska/Chanhassen 6-3. The Tigers will travel to Eden Prai-rie for a 7:30 p.m. game on Dec. 7.

Photo by Andy Rogers

Lakeville’s South’s Ari Reid speeds down the ice as Lakeville North’s Heidi Winiecki catches up during a South Suburban Conference game on Nov. 30 at Hasse Arena. Lakeville South won 3-2. North held a 2-1 lead after two periods thanks to goals by Alli Harvey and Madison Solheid, but South caught up in the third with a short-handed goal by Morgan Fritz-Ward. Sam Moore put the Cougars ahead with assists from Morgan Morse and Kalley Ravndalen in the final three minutes. Darby Lindgren scored the first goal for South. South’s goalie Chelsea Laden had 28 saves and North’s goalie Dani Dexter saved 18. The win puts South’s record at 4-0. North moved to 2-1. The two teams are scheduled to meet again at Lakeville North on Jan. 11.

Farmington clips Red Wings Cougars win round one

Tiger girls basketball primed for a big run in 2010-11by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

For the past two years, the Farm-ington girls basketball team has been building up experience with a group of young girls who want to put it all together this year. Farmington will have all of its starters and backups back this sea-son. For many of the starters, this is their second or third year on varsity. “I think our experience will be a huge asset,” Tiger head coach Jason Berg said. Farmington will feature seven players who helped with the Section 1AA semifinals game two years ago against Rochester John Marshall, so the girls have a pretty good idea what it takes to compete at this level.

“More importantly they have a very good idea of how they need to practice each day to compete,” Berg said. The Tigers have five or six players who can score when called upon. “I believe for us to be successful we need five, six players to average be-tween eight-12 points,” Berg said. “If we have to rely on one or two players to do all the scoring it makes us too vulnerable to off nights by those play-ers.” The team’s leading scorer from last year, Taylor Meyer, has returned to the court in full form. Berg said she is currently being recruited by Division I schools. The next five leading scorers – Ele-na Koch, Jamie Kenealy, Isis Alexan-der, Jordan Bridges, Paige Steele, Sar-

ah Silber, Shelby Calhoun, Mariah Mincke and Jess Gaalswyk – have all worked over the summer to improve individually. The Tigers are long and tall with five players approaching six feet, so the team is going to play more con-tain defense and force more contested perimeter jump shots. “We need to continue to work on being a good offensive team,” Berg said. “Our players need to be aggres-sive and look to take shots they can make.” With all that talent and experience coming back, the goal for Berg is to compete for a Missota Conference title and win Section 1AA. Berg sees Red Wing and Chaska as the main competition in the Missota.

Owatonna and Rochester Mayo will also be tough come section playoffs. One thing the girls know how to do is play tough in the playoffs. In 2009, the girls played in the section fi-nals against John Marshall. Last year the girls beat John Marshall in the quarterfinals. “Our players continue to get bet-ter as the season goes on,” Berg said. “We try to spend more time as the season goes on working on individual skills and that pays off when you get to the end of February and beginning of March. Plus the benefit of playing in a tough conference gets us ready to play in the section.”



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Cougar girls basketball reload by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Lakeville South girls basketball team will have a little different look this year. For the first time, Jade Geif and Jennifer Kalb-fell, two of the best players in South history, won’t be playing. Both were on var-sity since eighth grade when the school opened, and they scored more than 1,000 points. “They were both great basketball players that are going to have extremely suc-cessful collegiate careers,” coach Lynn Dalhed said. Geif is a starter with the Naval Academy and Kalb-fell is at Wayne State. The cupboard is far from bare at South. Last year the girls won 11 games thanks to several sophomores and juniors who are now a year older and wiser.

“Several upperclassmen have patiently sat back and waited their turns,” Dalhed said. Senior captains Kelsey Thulien, Brionna Harris, Hailey Brown, and Heidi Knower are all back “with a fight about them and leave their own legacy for South basketball,” Dalhed said. The team’s No. 3 scorer, Baylee Meier, is also back on the court along with classmates Nicole Ekegren, Katie Huggins, and Maddie Turbes. Newcomer Grayson Schroeder could also pro-vide a boost. “Our goals are constant improvement,” Dalhed said. “We will continue to battle and develop a mental-ity where we will prepare to compete with the best of the best.” It’s going to be diffi-cult with teams like Prior

Lake, Lakeville North and Eastview in the South Sub-urban Conference. To compete, South will need to rely on some out-side shooting. “We have gone from a team that was dominated by inside players to a team that has many more perimeter threats – including more speed on the perimeter,” Dalhed said. But with a younger team, it may take a few games to get up to full speed. “Everything will be a first,” Dalhed said. “The first home game, conference game. This may lead to in-consistency at the beginning but it is also a great oppor-tunity for our team to come together and compete with the best of the best.”


Thompson breaks down Prep Bowl

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Even though Lakeville South didn’t play in the Prep Bowl last week, the Cougars still had a presence. Cougar head coach Larry Thompson was a guest commentator with KSTC-45 sports anchor Joe Schmit during the Rosemount/Wayzata championship game on Nov. 26 at the Metrodome. South played both Wayzata and Rosemount during the season. They were the only two teams beside Lakeville North to beat South in 2010.


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District 194School BoardProceedings

This is a summary of the Independent

School District No. 194 Special School

Board Meeting on Tuesday, October 27,

2010 with full text available for public

inspect ion on the dist r ict websi te at

www.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210th

Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 7:00

p.m. All board members and administration

were present.

Information regarding the November 2

levy election was presented, followed by

questions and comments from the commu-

nity members.

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.

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This is a summary of the Independent

School District No.194 Regular Board of

Education Meeting on Tues, November 9,

2010 with full text available for public

inspect ion on the dist r ict websi te at

www.isd194.k12.mn.us or District Office at

8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 7:01

p.m. followed by pledge of allegiance. All

board members and administrators were

present.

The following Consent Agenda items

were approved: minutes of the meeting on

October 26; resignations, leave of absence

requests, employment recommendations;

payment of bills and claims subject to

annual audit; donations; field trips.

Reports presented: 2011-12 LNHS &

LSHS Program of Studies; Summer School.

Recommended actions approved: Reso-

lution Authorizing Canvassing Returns of

Votes of School District Levy Election;

Resolution Authorizing Canvassing returns

of Votes of School Board Election; Resolu-

tion Authorizing Issuance of Certificates of

Election.

Adjournment at 8:59 p.m.

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PUBLIC NOTICECredit River Township Board Meeting -

Monday, December 6, 2010 - 6pm

Agenda

1 Approve or amend Agenda

2 Consent Agenda

1) Approve November 3, 2010 board

meeting notes

2) Approve October 2010 Treasurer

Report

3) A p p r o v e N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 0

Developer's Escrow Report

3 Resident Open Forum

4 Scott County Erosion and Sediment

Control Program information session

5 Scott County Parks and Trails informa-

tion session

6 Old Business

1) CSTS Ordinance for tank testing

2) Scott Co. Subdivision Ordinance -

length of permanent cul-de-sacs

3) Scott Co. Township Association

(SCTA) report

4) Legends Club and Heritage Links

2011 liquor licenses

5) Prior Lake Fire Contract update

6) Krieger - Oak Grove update

7) Sign reflectivity - signage to be

used throughout the Township

8) City of Savage JPA update

9) CSTS Budget update

10) SCALE report

11) Cress View Letter of Credit

7 Engineer's Report

1) Stonebridge update

2 ) F ina l payment for Whi tewood

Avenue and Birch Road

8 Road Report

1) Hills of Credit River road project

2) Repair updates

9 Treasurer's Report

1) Transfer funds

2) Budget review process proposal

3) Consolidating accounting funds

4) CD renewal authority

5) Treasurer Report monthly review

process update

10 Clerk's Report

1) Scott County HHW facility

2) Resident letter regarding guard rail

3) Final 2011 meeting schedule

11 New Business

1) Discuss E. 180th Street Right of

Way

2) Attorney billing

3) Tree Removal Ordinance

4) Mediacom Transaction Consent

Resolution

5) March election information

12 Review and Pay Bills

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Annual Toys for Town is chance to give to local families in need

Toy drop-off sites located throughout Farmington

Photo by Laura Adelmann

Toys for Town collection boxes are set up around Farming-ton, including at businesses, like this one in Castle Rock Bank.


With about two weeks to go before the big wrap-up, contributions to Farmington’s annual Toys for Town drive are down while the list of needy children is on the rise. Toys for Town coordi-nator Marjie Boese said as of Nov. 30 almost 70 fam-ilies have signed up, and she anticipates more than 250 people being served through the program. But new toy donations are coming in at such a slow pace, Boese said she is worried. “There’s been a very slow trickle in of toys this year. I don’t know if it’s the later start to winter this year or if it’s the econ-omy. I’m hoping we can serve everyone this year,” she said. “We have noth-ing sizeable yet for toys, which is a concern for me because we are less than three weeks out from our deliver and wrap date.” Since 1988, when Toys for Town was started by Farmington Police Chief Dan Siebenaler, who re-mained event leader un-til his retirement in 2006, Farmington children in need have enjoyed a brighter Christmas be-

cause of the generosity of others. Participating is as easy as dropping off new, un-wrapped toys to any of the drop-off sites around town until Dec. 17. Drop-off locations have increased this year, and are at: Anchor Bank; Boeck-man Middle School; Cas-tle Rock Bank; City Hall; Dodge Middle School; Econo Foods; Farming-ton High School; Farm-ington Lanes; Farmington Library; Farmington Vet Clinic; Rambling River Center; Police Depart-ment; Round Bank and Tan Ambitions. Monetary donations are also accepted to pur-chase toys and may be dropped off at the Police Department or City Hall. The money is used to help buy toys or holiday meals that are delivered with the toys on Dec. 18, after a wrapping party that begins at 9 a.m. at Robert Boeckman Middle School, 800 Denmark Av-enue. Boese said participants bring their own scissors, select a family, and get to choose amongst the do-nated toys for age-appro-priate gifts that they then

wrap. After all the gifts are wrapped, they are deliv-ered to the families along with food needed for a turkey dinner. Volunteers don’t have to sign up and can work whatever time fits their schedule. Boese said the event usually lasts until 2 p.m. and urged more people to get involved to help oth-ers in need. “It’s the kids we’re try-

ing to serve … so they can have a better Christmas,” she said. “I just don’t want it to be a real lean year if I can help it.” Families who would like to be added to the list or for more information about Toys for Town can con-tact Farmington police at (651) 280-6700.


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