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Synthetic marijuana dangers shift to internet

Drug has disappeared from tobacco shop shelves in Dakota County

by Andrew MillerSuN ThISWeek

For parents concerned about the prospect of their kids try-ing synthetic marijuana, there’s good news and bad news . The good news is that, at least in the south metro area, it ap-pears the drug is no longer avail-able at tobacco shops, gas sta-tions, or “head” shops . The bad news: Illegal or not, synthetic marijuana is still available online . L e g i s l at i o n was passed in Min-nesota last year that out-laws sale and possession of synthetic marijuana, along with recreational drugs sold

by Jessica HarperSuN ThISWeek

Meg Chevalier will never forget the night her brother brought her home from a late-night drug binge . The Dakota County teen had lived away from home for some time and quickly felt ashamed upon seeing the disheartened look upon her mother’s face . It was then, at age 15, she hit rock bottom . “It hurt to see what I was doing to her,” Chevalier said . “My mom is so im-portant to me . She’s always been supportive of every-

thing I did .” Though she remained at the bottom for a short time, Chevalier attempted to get sober on her own during her sophomore year of high school . Soon temptation became too great and Chevalier re-lapsed several times . Many of her friends at school also abused sub-stances, making sobriety nearly impossible . Chevalier, now 17, de-cided to start over by enroll-ing in Alliance Academy, a public charter school that provides a sober environ-

ment for teens who struggle with drugs and alcohol . “I found exactly what I was looking for in this school,” said Chevalier, who has been sober for 16 months . While attending the Burnsville school, Cheva-lier found a network of sup-portive sober friends, which she says has been key to her sobriety . “It’s like a family here,” she said . “unlike my old friends, they genuinely care and support my sobriety .”

by Laura AdelmannSuN ThISWeek

For four years, one Dakota County juvenile sustained his prescription drug addiction by raiding other people’s medicine cabinets . People don’t realize that the bathroom is the one room in a house that gives people complete privacy to snoop, to gather, to take,

says one Dakota County chemical health social worker . Prescription drug abuse among teens is a growing trend in Dakota County that officials say is a lead-ing cause for the rise in heroin addictions among young adults . Past-year use of pre-scription pain killers was reported by 6 .3 percent of

Minnesota 12th-graders in 2010, according to a Janu-ary 2011, National Insti-

tute on Drug Abuse report . Those types of prescrip-tion narcotics, like Oxycon-tin and Vicodin, are highly addictive opiates that pro-duce a placid euphoria . Youths who try them may not realize their in-herent danger, said Carol Falkowski, Minnesota De-partment of health drug abuse strategy officer, be-cause they have grown up

in a pill-popping culture . “eighty-five percent of our population takes pills every day for one reason or another,” Falkowski said . “Children growing up are very used to seeing pill-taking . They see par-ents and relatives take pills, they may have siblings on medication . They see kids

Carol Falkowski

James Backstrom

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Apple Valley Police Officer Mike Eliason testified at the state Capitol last year in support of legislation out-lawing the sale and posses-sion of synthetic marijuana.

Youth drug trends: Meth use declines, pot, heroin on the rise

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Addison Ehrreich of Farmington found the treats at the Rosemount Lions Club Spring Egg Hunt to her liking March 31 at the Ames Soccer Complex at Dakota County Technical College in Rosemount. The egg hunt was for chil-dren ages 10 and under and had three divisions for ages 1-3, 4-6 and 7-10. Each age group had the chance to find the “golden” egg, which was turned in for a special prize. For more photos, go online to www.SunThisweek.com.

children feast on treats Yellow ribbon city ceremony drew crowd

Apple Valley among cities recognized by governorby Laura Adelmann

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Across party lines, Da-kota County elected of-ficials stood together to join the community in sup-porting military families, March 30 . Gov . Mark Dayton and u .S . Rep . John kline along with Richard C . Nash, the adjutant general of the Minnesota National Guard, recognized Dakota County and several of its cities as Yellow Ribbon entities during a proclama-tion ceremony at Trinity evangelical Free Church in Lakeville . Dakota County com-missioners and Apple Val-ley, Burnsville and Lakev-ille mayors and council members were among those presented an official proclamation from Dayton signifying their status as an

official Yellow Ribbon en-tity . Yellow Ribbon net-works support military members and their families in a variety of ways, such

as providing child care, helping families move or doing household chores . “You are modeling be-

Photo by Laura Adelmann

Adjutant Major Gen. Richard Nash and U.S. Rep. John Kline congratulated Dakota County commissioners Liz Workman of Burnsville and Will Branning of Apple Valley during the ceremony.

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Teens take comfort in sober school County, local organizations work toward prevention

lakeville violin virtuoso returns Seventeen-year-old musical prodigy Chad hoopes is returning to his hometown April 29 for a concert at the Lakeville Area Arts Center .

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Sun Thisweek’s new homeLarry Werner, general manager and editor of Sun Thisweek, writes about the newspaper’s new location in Apple Valley’s Central Village .

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Check out the new Sun Thisweek website at www .SunThisweek .com .

See a photo slideshow from the March 31 Rosemount Lions Spring egg hunt .

Read guest editorials from Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, u .S . Sen . Al Fran-ken and a Yellow Medicine county commissioner .

baseball season off and runningNew bats designed to re-strict offense are the talk of high school baseball . Local teams are assess-ing the impact .

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as bath salts and “research chemicals.” Not long after the legis-lation was passed, synthetic marijuana – often marketed under names such as K2, Spice and Yucatan Fire – began disappearing from retail venues in Dakota County. Prior to the drug being outlawed, “we had stores selling it in Savage, Burns-ville and Apple Valley,” said Apple Valley Police Officer Mike Eliason, a past presi-dent of the Minnesota Ju-venile Officers’ Association

who testified at the state Capitol last year in support of legislation outlawing synthetic marijuana. “Right now I don’t know of any places that are sell-ing it in the south metro,” he said. “If kids are buying it, they’re buying it on the Internet.” During an interview with Sun Thisweek on Monday, Eliason did an Internet search to under-score the ease with which synthetic marijuana can be purchased. In a matter of seconds, he’d turned up a website with K2 on offer. “$23.95 a gram, $39.95

for three grams,” he said, reading from the website. “You get a discount the more you buy. And you can use Visa or MasterCard.”

Threat grows Synthetic drugs first came on the radar of state officials about 15 years ago when raves were popular, but “it has really taken off as a social phenomenon in the last few years,” said Carol Falkowski, drug abuse strategy officer with the Minnesota Department of Human Services. “More and more people are using

them.” Falkowski pointed to sta-tistics from the Hennepin Poison Control Center to emphasize that the threat of synthetic drugs is growing. In 2010, the center han-dled 28 incidents involv-ing synthetic marijuana; in 2011 the number of inci-dents jumped to 149. Bath salts incidents logged by the center in 2010: five. In 2011: 144. “There are signs at the national level this is not subsiding, and I have no reason to think we’re any different,” Falkowski said. “These synthetic drugs are

a whole new ball game. The Internet plays a key role in the retail marketing of these substances, and the whole area of Internet law is an emerging one.” The availability of syn-thetic drugs on the Internet may obscure the dangers involved in using them. Synthetic marijuana can produce coma, hallucina-tions, heart irregularities, depression and other severe health problems in abusers, officials say. And unlike bath salts or “research chemicals” such as the synthetic hallucino-gen 2C-E, which tend to at-

Synthetic/from 1A tract hardcore drug users, synthetic marijuana appeals to young, novice users, Falkowski said. “Because it’s something that’s sold as legal and harmless on many websites, teenagers may be inclined to try it,” she said. Eliason illustrated the “nudge, budge, wink, wink” conspiratorial mental-ity surrounding the sale of synthetic marijuana when he testified before a state House committee in Janu-ary of last year. Eliason told legisla-tors he’d recently visited a website selling K2-coated gumballs that labeled the product “not for human consumption.” “I’m still trying to figure out who’d chew a gumball that’s not fit for human consumption,” Eliason said with a note of irony. At the same House com-mittee hearing, Rep. Tara Mack, R-Apple Valley, spoke on behalf of a fam-ily in her district whose 16-year-old son abused syn-thetic marijuana for about nine months. The parents became aware when noticing “very dangerous and scary be-haviors in their son,” Mack said. “It’s disturbing to hear what individuals and fami-lies go through when they’re involved with this drug,” she said.

‘Dangers lurk online’ In the past two weeks, both the Minnesota House and Senate approved bills that strengthen penalties for selling synthetic marijuana. If put into law, the leg-islation would increase the penalties for selling the drug from a gross misdemeanor to a felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine. As state officials work to curtail the synthetic drug problem with new laws, Falkowski said the burden of prevention is on parents, schools and communities. Falkowski’s advice to parents seeking to dissuade their kids from synthetic marijuana and other drugs: “Talk early, talk often.” “Dangers lurk online – I think they need to point that out early and point it out often,” she said. “Just because it’s found online doesn’t mean it’s safe or le-gal or good for you.”

Andrew Miller can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Pedestrian struck, killed crossing Pilot Knob Road An Apple Valley woman died March 30 after she was struck by a vehicle on Pilot Knob Road. Police found Co T. Tran, 72, dead at the scene around 6:30 a.m. after receiving a report of a pedestrian-vehi-cle accident on Pilot Knob just south of County Road 42. Tran was lying in the cen-ter median area of the road when officers arrived. According to Apple Val-ley police, Tran was crossing from the east side of Pilot Knob when she was struck by a northbound vehicle driven by a 54-year-old Farmington man. Police believe darkness was a contributing factor in the accident. The Minnesota State Patrol is assisting with ac-cident reconstruction.

—Andrew Miller

Sexual Assault Awareness Walk 360 Communities will hold its third annual Sexual Assault Awareness Walk on Wednesday, April 21. The event will be at Lewis House, 4345 Nicols Road, Eagan. The evening will kick off with an open house at 7 p.m. followed by an 8 p.m. candlelight walk in remem-brance of victims and in support of survivors. Bring a candle and a flashlight for back-up in case of rain or wind.

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Rep. Kurt Bills, R-Rose-mount, saw a bill he authored requiring school boards to establish policy prohibiting the use of school resources for political purposes pass the House on March 28.

Rosemount legislator’s bill passes the House Vote was close; opponents argue it would stifle free speech

by T.W. BudigSun ThiSWeek

Rep. kurt Bills, R-Rose-mount, saw his bill requir-ing school boards to adopt policy prohibiting the use of school district resources by employees for political purposes pass on a 73 to 60 vote on March 28. But not without debate. “This bill violates the First Amendment,” argued Rep. Melissa hortman, DFL-Brooklyn Park. no one wants teachers or oth-er school employees to be misusing school district re-sources, she explained. But the bill “very clearly” attempts to control what’s being discussed in the teachers’ lounge, hortman argued. Another attorney, Rep. Tina Liebling, DFL-Roch-ester, noted that required school board policy must not apply when an employ-ee is disseminating “factual information.” Who makes the call on what’s factual and what isn’t? she asked. “i think you’re creating a lot of problems with this bill,” Liebling said. Rep. Mindy Greiling, DFL-Roseville, said she was glad the legislation had been “gutted” in education com-mittee and that it no longer did much of anything. it still sent a bad mes-sage, she said. But Bills, who still teach-es first period at Rosemount high School before leaving for the State Capitol, said anyone who’s ever been in a teachers’ lounge isn’t wor-ried about the legislation silencing teachers from of-fering opinions. Rep. Mary Liz holberg, R-Lakeville, said rather than opposing the legisla-tion, some school district employees would embrace it.

“There are many school employees that would ap-preciate having that policy,” she said. house education Fi-nance Committee Chair-man Pat Garofalo, R-Farm-ington, argued there wasn’t a credible education group that opposed the bill. Sen. Dave Thompson, R-Lakeville, has been working on similar legislation in the Senate.

T.W. Budig can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.


Kline has facts on gas-price blame wrong To the editor: My first thought when reading U.S. Rep. John Kline’s column (Sun Thisweek, March 30) is to inquire as to whether Cindy looked into mass transit or carpooling. I am a bit sur-prised a single mother could quit her job no matter what the cost of gas is. As to lowering gas pric-es, we need to establish the facts. On March 7, USA Today reported the U.S. is produc-ing more oil than ever. We are using less oil. Vehicles are more fuel-efficient. In his recent article in the Wall Street Journal “Move Over, OPEC-Here We Come’ Ed Morse said, “The Unit-ed States has become the fastest-growing oil and gas producer in the world, and it is likely to remain so for the rest of this decade and into the 2020s.” Fuel is now the top U.S. export. In 2011 Associated Press reported America was on pace to ship out more gasoline, die-sel, and jet fuel than any-thing else. In 1981 when prices sky-rocketed at the pumps oil was slightly more than $200 a barrel. I just checked, as of today oil is $103 a barrel yet gas prices are at all time highs. How can Kline com-plain about Obama’s energy policies if we are exporting more, using less, and the price of gas at the pump cannot be traced to extreme prices for a barrel of oil? Our last two presidents rec-ognized that there are no quick fixes to reduce high oil or gasoline prices. In 2008 President George W. Bush said that “if there was

a magic wand to wave, I’d be waving it” to lower prices. I think Kline should consider joining our senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken who are sponsoring legisla-tion aimed at reigning in oil speculators. As to Solyndra, it was partly backed by the Walton family (think Wal-Mart) and received loans from the Bush and Obama adminis-trations. So its funding was bipartisan. The economy tanked, which cut demand, and Solyndra found itself unable to compete with sub-sidized Chinese companies. Now its bankruptcy is being used as a platform to attack Obama’s energy policy.

NIKA DAVIESApple Valley

Daley’s support of racino appreciatedTo the editor: I’d like to thank state Sen. Ted Daley. As a Rosemount resident and horse owner, I applaud Daley for his efforts to get racino legislation passed in 2012. Minnesota needs jobs and to pay back the school funding shift. Jobs and edu-cation should be the priori-ties at the Capitol and rac-ino would assist with those areas. Daley knows that Racinos will generate mil-lions in revenue and thou-sands of jobs in the con-struction, hospitality and agricultural industries, as well as give a much-needed boost to the state’s floun-dering equine industry. I encourage Daley to keep up the good work as an advocate for Racino. With his support, we are inching closer to finally reaping the benefits that this important bill will offer Minnesotans

and communities in every corner of the state.

DANA and MARy LOU WERNERRosemount

A pickle in a candy wrapper To the editor: It’s the patriots who pro-tect the Constitution, right? Well, the super-patriots in Minnesota think that their Constitution is so bro-ken that they need to give it a mega-dose of fixing up. How about a “Right to Work” Amendment to fix the jobs situation? Don’t we all like the right to work? But when you unwrap that candy bar, you will find a sour pickle that amounts to union busting. How about a “Voter Pho-to-ID” Amendment to weed

out all those people who vote twice? Unwrap that one and you find a thinly-veiled attempt to disenfran-chise many of the 200,000 Minnesota voters who don’t have a Minnesota driver’s li-cense or equivalent. A photo ID law would have caught the single known instance of voter impersonation in Minneso-ta history. Sure, there would be the collateral damage of disenfranchising the thou-sands who could not pro-duce a photo ID. But that would be good since most of them would vote for Democrats if we let them. One thing that these two candy bars have in common is that they are both manu-factured by the American Legislative Exchange Coun-cil. ALEC consists of a bunch of corporations that write corporation-friendly legislation for which they recruit stooges in public of-fice to introduce their inter-ests as legislation. Another of ALEC’s creations is the “Stand your Ground” law. My daddy always taught me that was a good thing. you will recognize it as the shoot-if-you-feel-scared law that they have in Flor-ida and many other states. Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed it for Minnesota in March 2012, but these zombies have a way of reappearing as amendments on the No-vember ballot. yet, really, is there any-thing wrong with corpora-tions trying to disenfran-chise voters with the photo ID thing? After all, corpo-rations are the real people in our national constitution, aren’t they? By the way, ALEC’s patsies have at least five other pickles in the mix (Senate files 149, 373, 429, 530, 1236). If you have any questions, just ask your Re-publican senator or Repre-sentative.

RAyMOND A. LARSONEagan

Schools are crumblingTo the editor: Many Minnesota two-year colleges and universi-ties are dealing with crum-bling school infrastructures. They need money to main-tain and fix plumbing, roofs, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and electri-cal systems of the schools’ buildings. Fixing these assets should be an even greater priority than building new buildings and that is why fully funding the Minnesota State College and Univer-sity system’s $110 million Higher Education Assets Preservation and Replace-ment request should be the first funding priority for the Legislature. At my school, Dakota County Technical College, our welding department and all of the auto pro-grams have such poor ven-tilation that all the fumes seep into the cafeteria from their classrooms. We also have heating and air con-ditioning problems in the landscape horticulture part of the building, where stu-dents have to sit in 50 de-gree lectures. Bathrooms on the north side of the build-ing are also very old and are very inefficient compared to the bathrooms on the south side of our campus building that have sensors and mod-ern efficient designs. For the past decade, we have backlogged $775 mil-lion of HEAPR requests that haven’t been funded by the state of Minnesota. In fact, the state has never fully funded HEAPR. So to at least keep up, we need to fully fund MnSCU’s $110 million request and “Fix it First.”

MICHAEL DOyLEMinneapolis

Stop bullyingTo the editor: Bullying – a problem in high schools, junior highs, and elementary schools – is not only an issue in the schools, but also outside of the classroom. According to the Ameri-can Society for the Preven-tion of Cruelty to Children, an estimated 160,000 stu-dents refuse to go to school each day for fear of physical and verbal abuse from their peers. This bullying can cause depression, anxiety, irritability, shame or aggres-sion in students. Bullying has taken on a whole new appearance through cyber bullying. Through social networks such as Facebook and Twit-ter, students are constantly being bullied. Gossip and rumors can spread from the halls to the student’s social network pages in seconds. Because cyber bullying hap-pens outside of school, stu-dents are reluctant to report it, and the bullying contin-ues. Bullying should not be a part of school or any stu-dent’s life. The damage it causes is completely avoid-able if the bullying is re-ported and dealt with prop-erly. With better education about bullying there can be a change in the schools. If this problem continues, students will continue to be hurt. If teachers, parents, and students are better educated about the effects of bully-ing, maybe a change could come from it. School should be about education, not so-cial media and gossip.

CLAIRE D’AGOSTINOBurnsville

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We’ve settled into our new home in downtown Apple Valley by Larry Werner

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Shortly after 4 p.m. on March 29, I was greeting guests at a chamber of commerce party we threw in the atrium of the building we had moved the newspaper into a couple weeks earlier. Bruce Nordquist, director of community development and planning for the city of Apple Valley, congratulated me on our decision to move from Burnsville to the Shops on Galaxie building. “you’re a visionary,” Nordquist said with his characteristic overstatement and enthusiasm. “you’ll love it here. There are 57 restaurants within a half mile of this building. I counted them.” By the time the party began last Thurs-day, I was feeling more like a punching bag than a visionary. Over the last two months, we have merged Thisweek Newspapers with the Sun Current papers to create Sun Thisweek while moving our entire opera-tion from our longtime home in Burnsville to the Central Village area of Apple Valley. At the same time, we’ve had to make some major changes in our distribution system and our technology to accommodate the acquisition of the Sun papers by ECM Publishers, our parent company. But Nordquist’s comment about the choice of this Apple Valley location for our headquarters got me to thinking about an interview I did several years ago with

Bruce’s boss, Mayor Mary Hamann-Ro-land. At the time, I was writing for the Star Tribune and doing a story about her plans for a new walkable downtown where peo-ple can work, live and play without having to get into their cars. In her conference room, the mayor showed me a map with lines drawn where office buildings, restaurants, a park and multi-family housing would be built on what had been a pumpkin patch. Hamann-Roland was jumping on a trend known as “new urbanism” that was being embraced by other suburban communities, includ-ing Burnsville, where her friend, Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, had built her “new down-town,” known as Heart of the City. For years, Apple Valley officials had re-ferred to the commercial cluster adjacent to Cedar Avenue and County Road 42 as “downtown.” As anyone who has driven through that intersection knows, there’s nothing “walkable” or “pedestrian-friend-ly” about that busy place. So Apple Valley

officials had embarked on turning a pump-kin patch along Galaxie Avenue, a couple blocks south of 42, into a place that feels more like a downtown. Readers of this newspaper might recall we’ve done several stories on the fact that the Central Village has been slow to devel-op. The building in which I am writing this column has seen several tenants fail after opening their businesses with great hope. And as I look out my office window, I can see empty plots of land where apartments and townhouses were to have been built by now. The Great Recession got in the way of the big plans Hamann-Roland and Nor-dquist had for this place. But now that the economy is improving, the prospects for Central Village are im-proving. Our building, which had dropped to about 40 percent occupancy, is more than 80 percent occupied. An apartment building planned to our west will connect by trail to the new Bus Rapid Transit line on Cedar. There’s talk of another develop-ment to our north that will wrap around the lovely Kelley Park where concerts are held in a bandstand on summer Fridays. And my staff enjoys walking along the sidewalks of Central Village to some of those restaurants or grabbing a bite at the Valley Diner, which, along with the Kami Japanese steak house, is in the Shops of Galaxie building.

Readers of this space know I’m a down-town guy. There’s something magical about the vitality of working in a place that of-fers the variety that downtowns do – re-tail, restaurants, workplaces and gathering spots such as Kelley Park. As our lease was headed for expiration in Burnsville, I began to look at space in downtowns, including Burnsville’s Heart of the City and down-town Lakeville, one of my favorite places to hang out. We got the best deal in Apple Valley, and we’re happy to be here. Last Thursday, about 150 businesspeo-ple enjoyed food from Kami and Valley Diner and music from a talented performer known as Rockin’ Woody. Many of the folks who came to our party said they had never been to the old pumpkin patch that is becoming a downtown. If you’re in the neighborhood, stop by. I can recommend the food at Kami, Valley Diner and a few of the other restaurants I’ve tried in our new neighborhood. It will take me a while to try all 57 of them. It’s a difficult job, as they say, but someone has to do it.

Larry Werner is editor and general manager of Thisweek Newspapers and the Dakota County Tribune. He can be reached at [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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PUBLIC NOTICEINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

Rosemount-Apple Valley-EaganPublic Schools

Educating our students to reachtheir full potential

DAKOTA HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLBUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM

REPLACEMENTNotice is hereby given that sealed bids

will be received for the Dakota Hills MiddleSchool Bu i ld ing Automa t ion SystemReplacement by Independent School Dis-tr ict 196, at the Fac i l it ies and GroundsOffice located at 14445 D iamond PathWest, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2 p.m.,April 19, 2012, at which time and place bidswill be publicly opened and read aloud.

Complete instructions on how to obtainB idding Documen ts can be found a t :http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm.

If you should have any questions regard-ing this bid you may contact the FacilitiesDepartment at (651) 423-7706.

Joel Albright, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

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PUBLIC NOTICEINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

Rosemount-Apple Valley-EaganPublic Schools

Educating our students to reachtheir full potentialCALL FOR BIDS

Wireless LAN InfrastructureNotice is hereby given that BIDS will be

received for the purpose of securing a con-tract for a wireless LAN infrastructure byIndependent School District 196 at the Dis-trict Office, 3455 153rd Street West, Rose-mount, MN 55068, until 2:00 PM, Tuesday,May 1, 2012, at which time and place theywill be publicly opened and read.

Complete instructions on how to obtainBidding Documents from Elert & Associ-a t e s c a n b e f o u n d a t :http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm.

If you should have any questions regard-ing this bid you may contact Sandi Parr at(651) 705-1221.

Joel Albright, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

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Citizens Climate Lobby to meet The Dakota Countychapter of Citizens Cli-mateLobbywillmeetfrom11:45a.m. to2p.m.Satur-day,April7, in theDakotaRoom at Wescott Library,1340WescottRoad,Eagan.Those who are concernedaboutclimatechangearein-

vitedtothemeeting. The speakerwillbeShi-Ling Hsu, author of “TheCase for a Carbon Tax,”whowillbeheardviaphonelink. Contact Paul Hoffingerat (651) 882-0671 for moreinformation.

Education

Primrose Spring Fling family fundraiser Primrose School ofLakevilleNorthwillholditsannual Spring Fling fund-raiser from 11:30 a.m. to 2p.m. Saturday, May 5. Theeventwill includefamilyac-tivities,food,ponyrides,pet-ting zoo, silent auction andmore.Thepubliciswelcome. Event proceeds will sup-port Miracles of MitchFoundation, which providesassistancetopediatriccancerfamilies in Minnesota, andPrimroseChildren’sFounda-tion, which supports ReachOutandReadandChildren’sMiracleNetworkHospitals. The school is at 9711163rd St. W., Lakeville. Formore information, visitwww.primroselakeville.comorcall(952)435-8885.

Ten teams of studentsrepresenting five District196schoolshadtopfinishesat the Destination Imagi-Nation regional tourna-ment in March and quali-fied to compete at the DIstate tournament April 14at Champlin Park HighSchool. Of the 10 teams, fourare from Shannon ParkElementary School, threefrom Dakota Hills MiddleSchool and one each fromRosemountMiddleSchool,Northview ElementarySchool and Woodland El-ementarySchool. The following DI teamsfrom District 196 qualifiedtocompeteatthestatetour-nament: ShannonPark’sArgenti-naApples,firstintheSolarStage challenge/elementarylevel; ShannonPark: Kids Who Shall Not BeNamed, first in the Com-ing Attractions challenge/elementary1level; The Dragon Bolts, firstin Coming Attractions/el-ementary2level; The Men, second in theHoldItchallenge; DakotaHillsMiddle: 50 Fingers…For Now!,first in the Assembly Re-quired challenge/middlelevel; DiscomBOBulatedteam,first in Solar Stage/middlelevel; BubblyChickenPotPies,second in Hold It/middlelevel;

Ten District 196 teams qualify for state Destination ImagiNation tournament

Rosemount Middle:Periwinkle Fluffy Squids,firstinComingAttractions/middlelevel; Northview: DInomite,second in Coming Attrac-tions/elementarylevel,and Woodland: Bob’s theBuilders,firstinHoldIt/el-ementarylevel. A second team fromRosemount Middle calledTGIDI,iscompetinginthe

“Project Outreach” chal-lenge. Teamscompeting inthiscommunity activism chal-lenge compete only at thestatetournament. OnMarch16-17,thesixmembers of team TGIDIhelda24-hourswimmara-thon in the RosemountMiddle pool. More than500 people participated intheir event and the girls

raised more than $10,000for muscular dystrophy re-search. The top two finishersat the state tournament ineach challenge area/agelevel will qualify for theGlobal Finals, which areheld in late May each yearattheUniversityofTennes-seeinKnoxville.Thisyear’sGlobal Finals will be heldMay23-26.Rivard - Mihm

Raymond and Ruth Rivard ofLakeville are pleased to announcethe upcoming wedding of theirdaughter Kassi to Austin Mihm,the son of S teve and JacqueMihm, also of Lakeville. Kassi, a2007 graduate of Lakeville SouthHigh School, is a student at theUniversity of Minnesota, TwinC i t i e s m a j o r i n g i n I n t e r i o rDesign, with a minor in FamilySoc ia l Sc ience. Kass i is a lsoworking as an intern at Cuning-ham Group Architecture in Min-neapolis. Austin, a 2004 gradu-ate of Lakeville High School, is agraduate of Metro State Univer-sity, with a degree in Interna-t i o n a l B u s i n e s s . A u s t i n i semployed at Best Buy Corporateas a Merchant Analyst. Kassiand Austin are planning an out-door wedding in July.

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Florian G. KraftAge 85, of New Prague passed

away peacefully on March 23,2012. Preceded in death by hisprevious wives, Ann and Fran;Daughter, Bev; and grandchil-dren: Matthew and Corey. Sur-vived by his wife, Dorothy Efta;children: Ken (Marianne), Duane(Brenda), Robert (Cyndi), Judy(Don) Fedder , Tom (Mary ) ,Mary Jo (Ron) H iner ,Terry(Rose), Lori (Jeff) Doerr, andLisa (Frank) Marek; 12 grand-children; 4 great grandchildren;also by 10 wonderful step chil-dren, step grandchildren, andtheir families.

Mass of Christian burial, washeld 11am Monday, March 26th2012 a t S t . Pa tr ick Ca thol icChurch, Jordan.

He was loved and will be missedby all.

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eastview has built a rep-utation as a baseball team with strong pitching and solid defense. That isn’t expected to change this season. in fact, coach Tom Strey said it had better not change if the Lightning expects to contend for South Subur-ban Conference and section championships. “if we do those things well, we’ll be in every game,” Strey said. in 2011 the Lightning

was 16-8 and reached the Class 3A, Section 3 final before losing to eventual state champion Burnsville. Burnsville and eastview were first and fifth in the preseason state Class 3A rankings. The Lightning, which opened the regular season wednesday at Apple Valley, is deep in returning pitch-ers. Seniors Adam Moorse, evan Decovich, Quinn Trusty and Chris narum are expected to see time on the mound. Patrick Strey, the head coach’s son, is a potential late-inning op-tion. Cameron hall, an-other senior, pitched a lot of innings for eastview’s American Legion team last

summer. if there’s one thing for which the eastview pro-gram has become known, it’s developing pitchers. Sev-eral recent Lightning pitch-ers have gone on to throw for college programs. “we’ve been fortunate,” Tom Strey said. “we have a good youth program, and a lot of kids have been dedi-cated in the off-season. “we’re in a good situa-tion with our pitching. it’s going to be a senior-domi-nated group.” The Lightning also will have experience at a number of other positions. Starting catcher Ryan Reger returns to work with the pitching staff. Decovich will play

first base when not pitch-ing. Seniors Austin hebig (second base), Scott nel-son (shortstop) and Patrick Strey (third base) are re-turning regulars. hall, narum, Trusty and senior Brennan espinda-Banick will play outfield. The Lightning practiced during spring break last week in St. Pete Beach, Fla. The week before, the team was able to practice out-doors in Minnesota thanks to unseasonably warm March weather. “we scrimmaged Ma-ple Grove (last year’s state Class 3A runner-up) while we were in Florida, as well as some other teams,” Strey said. “we had the lineup

semi-settled before we went there, but there are always going to be surprises. we tell the kids it’s a process. As we go through the year, we might have some kids mov-ing to different positions.” An unknown factor is the effect of less-lively bats mandated for use in high school baseball this season. eastview teams tend to rely on contact over power, and Strey said he’s assuming that making good contact will be even more important this season. So, too, will players who know how to run the bases. “Overall, we have some de-cent speed,” Strey said. “we don’t have any burners, but we have four or five kids

who run well.” After opening the season against its crosstown rival, the Lightning returns to conference play at 4:15 p.m. Monday at Rosemount. eastview plays home games against Lakeville South on April 11 and against non-conference opponent eden Prairie on April 12. Burnsville is favored to win the South Suburban Conference, but “in that conference, everyone has a couple of pitchers that are good,” Strey said. “So we kind of beat up on each other throughout the year.”

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Baseball team looking to make run at SSC title

Fifth-ranked Eastview deep in pitching

Photo by Mike Shaughnessy

Senior captain Kati Erb is a returning infielder for the Apple Valley softball team.


Apple Valley softball coach Carla Christiansen refers to the experience level of her players as “the great divide.” The eagles have five se-niors, several of whom are multi-year starters. But the 12-player roster also has six sophomores and ninth-graders. As Apple Valley prepares for its season open-er at 4:15 p.m. Monday at home against Bloomington kennedy, how that group will mesh is anyone’s guess. “we’re asking ninth-graders to play South Sub-urban Conference softball,” Christiansen said. “it’s a tough conference all the way around, and some of our players won’t have much [varsity] experience. But our younger players have played a lot of softball in the sum-mer and were competitive.” One of the seniors, Loryn Charbonneau, has been on varsity since ninth grade and is expected to be the eagles’ no. 1 pitcher. karleigh Crepin, a junior, also will get some innings in the pitching circle.

Senior Mallory Micha-luk is a returning catcher, although her innings be-hind the plate might be limited because of a knee injury. Christiansen said Michaluk’s bat would be in the lineup somewhere – probably at designated hit-ter – if she can’t catch. Seniors kati erb (short-stop) and Julia Gerlach (third base) each have two years of varsity experience on the left side of the infield. The other senior on the ros-ter, hailey Casperson, can play outfield or infield. All five seniors will serve as captains. Sophomores on the ea-gles’ varsity are outfielder Jessica Tilbury and catcher whitney Gilsrud. ninth-graders natalie Breckner (outfield), kacey Sande (catcher), Rachel Goodman (infield) and Colleen Moore (infield) also are expected to play. Goodman hit two homers in limited varsity action last season. “we have a lot of multi-position kids, and that should be a big advantage because it’ll give us some flexibility,” Christiansen

said. Last season the pitching rubber for high school soft-ball was moved back three feet. That made the top pitchers slightly less domi-nant, gave hitters more of a chance and placed greater emphasis on defense. “now, you can’t have a good team with just five players,” Christiansen said. “There is so much more strategy, so many more choices to make. i like that kind of game.” Last season Apple Valley finished 10-9 overall, losing to Bloomington Jefferson in the second round of the Class 3A, Section 3 playoffs. Over the last few seasons the eagles have done well against teams from outside their conference but strug-gled against South Subur-ban opponents. in 2011, they were 5-0 against non-SSC teams. winning more games in the league “is definitely a goal of ours,” said Chris-tiansen, who has been in charge at Apple Valley since 2000, making her the lon-gest-tenured head softball coach in the SSC. “we have kids who have played a lot of softball in the summer against the kids they’ll see this spring.” Bloomington Jefferson, which returned almost its entire roster after reaching the state tournament last year, rates as the SSC favor-ite. Apple Valley will see the Jaguars on April 11 at Dred Scott Field in Bloomington.


Apple Valley has five seniors, four ninth-graders

Eagles softball team tries to blend youth, experience


Apple Valley sophomore outfielder Jessica Tilbury takes some swings in the batting cage last week.


Apple Valley’s Hailey Casperson puts down a bunt during indoor batting practice last week.


it was Rosemount’s first baseball game using new bats designed to limit of-fense, but the irish didn’t have any trouble scoring runs. Rosemount, a team with a predominantly senior line-up, defeated Park of Cot-tage Grove 8-3 in its season opener Tuesday afternoon. “we’re trying to make sure we hit line drives and ground balls,” coach Chris Swansson said. “it’s going to be tough to get a hit if you hit the ball in the air.” “There’s definitely not as much pop in the bats,” said Rosemount senior Joe waite, who batted .318 last year and made the All-South Suburban Confer-ence team. “i don’t think it will have much of an effect on us, though. we’ve always been a team that tries to hit line drives.” new specifications on bats went into effect this year for high school base-ball and are in their second season for college baseball.

They are intended to make metal and composite bats more closely simulate the performance of wood bats. waite said a ball struck on the sweet spot of one of the new bats will still travel a long way. “The biggest difference is, with the old bats you saw towering fly balls that went over the fence,” waite said. “now, those are outs. if you’re a power hitter, you might need to shorten your swing because a long swing isn’t going to work as well.” Rosemount is trying to bounce back from a 5-15 season marked by a number of one-run losses. “i think we can be one of the top contenders in our conference,” waite said. “we have high hopes. “we have a lot more depth compared to last year. There are five or six guys who could be day-one starting pitchers, three guys who could start at third base, three who could start at first, and a lot of out-fielders.” Twenty-two seniors came

out for the team. “The players have a strong team concept, and they’re willing to accept roles,” Swansson said. The irish went to Vero Beach, Fla., on a spring break trip last week. Swansson said one of the goals was to find out how many of the players could pitch. The answer: A lot of them. “we had four varsity scrimmages and four (ju-nior varsity) scrimmages,” the coach said. “Sixteen of the 28 guys we took down there pitched.” waite, Morris Valenzu-ela and Jordan Tumilson are expected to see time on the mound this year, as is Andrew Schwartz, an hon-orable mention all-confer-ence player last year. Trevor kolden and nate Lemoine are returning position play-ers. The South Suburban Conference has the defend-ing state Class 3A cham-pion (Burnsville), another state tournament qualifier

(Bloomington kennedy) and last year’s Section 3 runner-up (eastview). The competition level means improving on last season’s record won’t be easy for the irish. “we have a really tough conference,” Swansson said.

“A lot of our guys played last year and lost a lot of one-run games to good teams. we need to win some of those games.” waite said he believes that will happen. “we just need to swing the bats,” he said. “That’s

been a problem with us be-fore, but i don’t see it being a problem this year.”


Rosemount baseball team defeats Park in season opener

Irish put runs on board with new bats


Rosemount senior Joe Waite takes a swing during Tuesday’s 8-3 victory over Park of Cot-tage Grove.

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Apple Valley high School’s baseball players and coaches went to Puerto Rico on spring break last week. They liked the weath-er, loved the beaches and came away very impressed with the local players. “There are some very talented baseball players down there,” Apple Valley head coach Jeremy hen-drickson said. “we were talking with the coach of

one of the teams we scrim-maged there, and he said he had seven (Major League Baseball draft) prospects on his team. it was a real eye-opener for us.” Spring break trips have rarely been on Apple Val-ley’s baseball agenda in recent years, but hendrick-son, the eagles’ second-year head coach, said the trip south was worthwhile. “For six days, we had two-a-day practices,” he said. “we also had three scrimmages there and a lot of one-on-one time with guys. “On a daily basis, we had five to five-and-a-half hours of practice. if we were here, it probably would have been

two hours a day.” The eagles had a chance to see if the extra work paid off when they played eastview in their season opener wednesday after-noon. The Lightning is the no. 5-ranked team in Class 3A. hendrickson said the eagles went into the game without as much experience as their crosstown rival, but they hoped to have the pitching to remain competi-tive. Seniors Garrett Gan-skie, Ben Schneider and Tate erickson are returning pitchers, and junior Dusty Varpness also will be in the rotation. “we really liked what we

saw out of (Varpness) in Puerto Rico,” hendrickson said. Ganskie will be an out-fielder when not pitching, and erickson will see play-ing time at first base. Outfielder Cory Brock and catcher/infielder Tan-ner wild are returning se-niors. Sophomore third baseman Dougie Parks played on varsity for about half of last season and made an impression. Parks “played the last 12 games for us last year and batted .417 with two home runs – both grand slams – and 18 RBi. And he com-mitted zero errors,” hen-drickson said. Junior noah Seburg and

senior Cory Rathman will play shortstop and second base. Logan kohorst, a sophomore, is expected to see varsity time behind the plate. new, less-lively bats were mandated for high school play this year and are expected to tone down offense. how much will be difficult to assess until teams start playing games that count. But there will be an effect. “it’s going to be a game-changer,” hendrickson said. “we’re hitting the ball Ok, but on our trip and in our practices and scrim-mages, there weren’t a lot of extra-base hits.” Defending state Class

3A Burnsville returns a strong group, including two players who have signed with the university of Min-nesota. That makes the Blaze the South Suburban Conference favorite in hen-drickson’s eyes. “we all know what Burnsville has,” hendrick-son said. “i have them at the top (of the conference), with eastview a distant second. i think eagan and Prior Lake are next, and then there’s a jumble in the middle. But there are a lot of good teams in this con-ference.”


AV baseball team puts in lots of

hours on spring break

Puerto Rico trip an ‘eye-opener’ for Eagles


where Rosemount’s softball team is con-cerned, close won’t count. The irish were 5-11 last season, with seven of the losses by one or two runs. Second-year head coach Tiffany Rose said she made it clear to the play-ers that expectations are going up. “we’re here to win,” Rose said. “The season is so short that we don’t have time to let players get into a groove. “we’re going to give everybody an opportu-nity to be successful, but if it doesn’t go well, they will come out. if i have to take out a senior captain, i don’t care. we need to play the kids who can get

the job done.” Senior captain Summer Lindelien said the play-ers have no problem with Rose’s direct approach be-cause they also expect bet-ter of themselves. To improve on last year’s record, Lindelien said the irish have to take better advantage of their scoring opportunities. “A lot of times last year, we’d have run-ners on second and third and couldn’t drive them home,” said Lindelien, who will play center field and hit in the middle of the order. “we need to get down better bunts to move our runners along, and then bring them home.” One potential issue for Rosemount is the team’s

youth. Lindelien is one of only two seniors on the roster; infielder Summer Sorenson is the other. “The players are hard workers,” Rose said, “so we should improve every game. And our players are very fast. i’m confident this is a better team than we had last year. we just need to see it on the field.” Junior Melissa Seldon returns as pitcher for the irish, but she might share duties in the pitching cir-cle with ninth-grader ni-cole Johnson. “with the pitchers moved back to 43 feet (a rule change that took ef-fect last year), i feel you need to have at least two pitchers,” Rose said. “To have only one pitcher throwing seven innings

in every game in a really good conference like the South Suburban, that’s going to be tough.” Johnson can play shortstop when not pitch-ing, and Seldon is a good outfielder, Rose said. Catcher Grace Long-man and infielders hannah esselman and Meghan Schuster are ju-niors on the roster. Sopho-mores are outfielder erica Tamminen and infielder karly kirchgatter. ninth-grade outfielder Anna hinderacker could add something to the lineup with her ability to slap and bunt from the left side, Lindelien said. Rosemount had success in winter dome leagues, although Lindelien said it’s difficult to know how

much to read into that. “You don’t know if the other teams have all their players there,” she said. “we had a lot of girls on our dome team who play other sports, so we had some seventh-graders playing up with us. “i think we lost only one or two games in dome ball, and we saw teams like eastview, Lakeville north and Lakeville South. i’d like to say we can compete with them this spring, too.” The irish will play host to eastview in their sea-son opener at 4:15 p.m. Monday.


Irish hoping to rebound from five-win season

Rosemount softball players, coaches expect more


Rosemount softball senior captain Summer Lindlien takes a swing in the batting cage at the Irish Sports Dome.


whether he wanted to or not, Joey king has had to move on from eastview’s loss in the state Class 4A boys basketball quarterfi-nals last month. Last weekend, a week after the Lightning’s season ended, king suited up for the Minnesota high School All-Star Basketball Series in St. Cloud. he will graduate in about two months and plans to be in Des Moines, iowa, a week after that to start summer workouts with his new team at Drake uni-versity. king, who averaged about 24 points and six re-bounds a game in his senior season, led the Lightning to a 28-2 record, a South Sub-urban Conference co-cham-pionship and the school’s second state tournament appearance in three years. he also was a finalist for the Mr. Basketball award that last week went to hopkins

guard Siyani Chambers. But the season had a bit-ter ending as the Lightning, a team with state champi-onship aspirations, lost to eden Prairie 75-68 in over-time in the Class 4A quar-terfinals. eden Prairie guard Grant Shaeffer hit three three-pointers in the final 50 seconds of the second half to send the game to over-time, then scored 15 of his team’s 18 points in the extra five minutes. A week later, it was clear the loss still stung. A frown formed on king’s face and he said, “that was a disap-pointment,” when asked about it last weekend dur-ing the high school all-star series. his other memories of eastview basketball are far more positive. After transferring from eagan to eastview and becom-ing eligible to play for the Lightning varsity midway through his sophomore year, king was a go-to scor-er. But to hear him describe it, he had height but not much else. “i was a bit of a stick,” he said. “My speed wasn’t what it needed to be. But in our program, i got stronger and faster.”

he was indoctrinated into eastview’s style of in-your-face defense, which could serve him well in col-lege basketball. in all-star games such as last week-end’s, however, defense goes out the window. “i’m so used to the eastview style,” king said. “Running the fast break, i’m not so used to that, but it was fun to have all these great players around me.” king played for the Ma-roon All-Stars, who lost to the Green All-Stars 112-101 in the first round of the four-team, two-day series March 30 at St. Cloud State uni-versity. The event moved to Macalester College the next day and Maroon beat Gold 105-90 for third place. king verbally committed to Drake last summer and signed with the Bulldogs in november 2011. he de-scribed it as an easy choice. “i played at their team camp last year,” king said. “They called me two weeks ahead of time and said they were going to watch all my games. “Then they offered me a scholarship. They were the first school that was straight-up with me, told me the truth and said, ‘You’re

our guy.’ i really liked that.” king is 6-foot-9, but is not exclusively a low-post player. he has shooting range extending beyond the three-point arc, and he is likely to be a wing in a col-

lege offense. “They said i’ll have an opportunity to do that,” he said. “i’ll definitely have a chance to play (as a true freshman). The Missouri Valley (Conference) is

tough, but i’m not scared of that. i’m going to take it as a challenge.”


Senior closes high school basketball career with all-star appearance

Eastview’s King ready to take on Missouri Valley


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in grade schools line up at lunch time at the nurse’s of-fice to take pills. It’s part of the culture.” Apple Valley High School resource officer Michael Eliason said some teens use their own pre-scription drugs to get high. “We had one case this year where the kid was grinding up his Adderall and snorting it,” Eliason said. There were no charges filed, but his parents were

advised to bring the student in for a chemical health as-sessment. “He’s just taking it a dif-ferent way, so there’s not much you can do,” Eliason said. “It’s his prescription.”

Heroin connection Once addicted to pre-scription drugs, powerful cravings can lead to smok-ing or injecting heroin to find the same high without need of doctors or phar-macies. Chase, 22, a recovering addict formerly of Rose-mount, said his drug use

in high school escalated rapidly and included pre-scription drugs, marijuana, ecstasy and cocaine. What started as week-end recreation overtook his life, pulling him from his family and toward friends who used. “In the drug world, it’s like drugs are pretty much your whole life,” Chase said. “Pretty soon the only thing you talk about is get-ting high and being high. The only thing you think about is where you can get more with your drug-ad-

dict friends.” The day after gradua-tion, he used $300 of gift money he’d received on cocaine, snorted most of it in his car at a nearby town-house complex. He was later pulled over and arrested for possession of the small amount left. Chase later pawned the laptop he’d been given for college so he could purchase drugs. Partying was his priority in college, and he failed his first semester, dropping out after his parents refused to continue the loan. He had long decided never to inject a drug or smoke methamphetamine, his threshold of what he considered an addict. His lowest point was freebasing heroin. “That was the worst ex-perience of my life,” said Chase, who has completed treatment and is pursuing a drug counseling degree to help others find their way out. The types of cases Chase is likely to encounter in Minnesota are changing. The state Health Depart-ment reported that from January to June 2011, metro treatment admissions for heroin and other opiates topped those for marijuana. “That’s unprecedent-ed … in the Twin Cities,” Falkowski said. Over 3 percent of those heroin/opiate admissions were minors, according to the MDH January 2012, Drug Abuse Trends report. Minnesota’s teenagers are using heroin at a higher rate than in other states. According to the Min-nesota Student Survey, 1.4 percent of Minnesota 12th-graders had used heroin in the past 12 months in 2010, higher than the 0.9 percent national rate. Falkowski believes her-oin’s allure is partly due to Minnesota’s cheap yet potent supply of Mexican heroin. The U.S. Drug Enforce-ment Agency reported last year that Mexican “black tar” heroin available in the Twin Cities was as little as 25 cents per pure milligram, the cheapest of 21 cities studied. One Dakota County social worker said heroin addiction is particularly problematic among subur-ban young adults, most of whom abused prescription drugs as teens. The social worker, who asked her name not be used to protect her clients, said one juvenile she knows reg-ularly bought and used her-oin in public restrooms in an Apple Valley retail store. She said the bathroom is very isolated in a corner and is a perfect spot for such ac-tivity. Long-term use of heroin leads to mental and physi-cal problems that include sweating, insomnia, im-paired vision, as well as lung, liver, kidney and brain damage, seizures and even death. Once addicted, users keep taking heroin not only to get high, but to avoid in-tense, painful withdrawal symptoms that include

stomach cramps, vomiting and fever.

Price to pay The type of heroin avail-able in Minnesota is ex-tremely potent and danger-ous, said Dakota County Drug Task Force Cmdr. Dan Bianconi. “What was 50 percent pure four or five years ago is now 70 percent to 90 per-cent pure, now,” Bianconi said. Chase said he used hero-in after smoking marijuana with a friend who “talked him into doing it” even though he was scared. “He’s like, ‘It’s not that bad,’” Chase said. “And, he was will-ing to share it for free.” Bianconi said users of-ten are given their first high for free, then once they are hooked, the bargains end. After smoking the her-oin, Chase said everything started spinning and he felt “like a big shot.” Craving more drugs, he and some friends drove to Minnetonka to rob an al-leged drug dealer rumored to have $2,000 and drugs stashed in his bedroom at his parents’ Minnetonka home. As the victim slept, Chase and his friends searched in vain for the stash. Frustrated, they woke up the alleged dealer, who started fighting and scream-ing. “We tried to suffocate him and make him pass out so he would stop scream-ing,” Chase said. The boy’s brother ran in, calling 911. Chase’s friends fled but were caught and ar-rested. Chase evaded police un-til the next day when offi-cers knocked on the door of his home. In court-ordered treat-ment, Chase and his room-mate found they had a lot in common, including families dedicated to their rehabili-tation. The roommates played chess late into the evening, sharing laughs and future plans. “His family owned a bar,” Chase said. “They were well-off. He had every-thing set for him. All he had to do was get clean and he’d have college paid for.” Chase successfully com-pleted treatment and left. His friend’s new room-mate was being treated for heroin addiction. Within a month, Chase’s friend, who had never tried heroin, overdosed on the drug and died. “I know how deadly her-oin is,” Chase said. “It puts people in graves or institu-tions.”

Harmful Law enforcement offi-cials say the path by which most users take to heroin is laced with marijuana. Dakota County Attor-ney James Backstrom called marijuana “by far the most frequently used illegal drug in America,” but said peo-ple wrongly often dismiss it as harmless. Backstrom called pot “America’s most danger-ous illegal drug” in a June

15, 2010, paper blasting the movement to legalize mari-juana. In an interview with Sun Thisweek, Backstrom said: “There’s a common percep-tion that marijuana is no different than alcohol … but the simple truth is that it’s dangerous and destruc-tive.” A January 2011 Drug Enforcement Agency report stated 79 percent of the na-tion’s adolescent treatment admissions involved mari-juana as the primary or sec-ondary substance. In the 17 years as Apple Valley High School resource officer, Eliason said the popularity of other drugs including ecstasy, cocaine and methamphetamine has waned, but marijuana is a constant. “There’s becoming a social acceptance to pot,” Eliason said. Dakota County Com-munity Corrections Dep-uty Director Jim Skoivil, agreed, stating marijuana is the drug he is “most con-cerned about,” because of its cancer-causing proper-ties, mind-altering effect on young growing minds and bodies, and how it often leads youth toward escalat-ing crime. “But as a society, we’ve rationalized marijuana so well,” he said. Like heroin, Bianconi said, the marijuana smoked today is an extremely potent high-grade drug compared what was available 20 or 30 years ago. Backstrom said THC levels have increased from 1 percent in the 1970s to an average of over 13 percent today. He also cited studies showing teens who smoke pot at least once a month are almost 26 times more likely to use another illegal drug than teens who never smoked marijuana. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Admin-istration, youths ages 12 - 17 who smoked marijuana were 85 times more likely to use cocaine than those who did not. Money raised through marijuana sales finances crime, gang and drug-dealer activities, Backstrom noted, and he advocates additional controls on it. “We need to recognize the threat it represents and continue our efforts to con-trol it, prevent our youth from starting to use it, ag-gressively enforce our laws against those who illegally cultivate, distribute and pos-sess it, and effectively treat those who have become ad-dicted to it,” he said.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Officials at District 196 are considering purchas-ing a 28,0000-square-foot building in Apple Valley to save money. The Rosemount-Apple Valley-eagan School Dis-trict has leased the building for the past five years for its Area Learning Center. The School Board agreed in a closed session April 2 to send a purchase offer to the facility’s owner, AVP Devel-opers. “The board wanted to discuss what they feel is a fair amount without giving the owner an unfair advan-tage,” said Jeff Solomon, director of finance and op-eration in District 196. Solomon wouldn’t say how much the district is willing to pay for the facility or how much it could save.

To date, the district pays $380,000 in rent annually as well as $112,000 in taxes. it is also responsible for main-tenance. The building — located near the intersection of County Road 42 and John-ny Cake Ridge Road in Ap-ple Valley — houses several programs and nearly 300 students. it is used for the district’s Area Learning Center, Transition Plus and Path-way. Transition Plus and Pathway help young adults with special needs transi-tion from school to adult life. These programs would stay put if the building is purchased by the district. The Board didn’t cast a vote on the issue Monday. A decision will likely be made later this spring, Solomon

District 196 looks to purchase Apple Valley building For past five years, school district has

leased the building for its Area Learning Center, other programs

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District 196 is considering purchasing a 28,000 square-foot bulding in Apple Valley that houses its Area Learning Cen-ter. The buidling is also home to the district’s Transition Plus and Pathway programs.said. The facility was built be-tween 2005 and 2006 for the district by AVP Developers. District 196 moved its programs into the building in 2006 and agreed to lease it til 2016. At the time, the district’s lease on another facility had expired, and the new build-ing seemed to be a tempo-rary solution until officials could decide whether to move the programs back

into other buildings. “we determined the old facility was not ideal for those programs,” Solomon said. Although enrollment has declined in recent years, the district’s existing buildings don’t have enough space, he said.

Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or face-book.com/sunthisweek.

District 196 Community Ed classes Register for District 196 Community education classes online at www.dis-trict196.org/ce or call (651) 423-7920.

Monday, April 9 Container Garden De-sign using Proven Per-forming Plants, 7 to 8:45 p.m., Falcon Ridge Middle School, 12900 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. Cost: $19.

Tuesday, April 10 health4Families (par-ents and children ages 5 to 12), 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, April 10 through May 15, Scott highlands Middle School, 14011 Pilot knob Road, Apple Valley. Cost: $10.

Wednesday, April 11 Beginning Cake Deco-rating, 6 to 9 p.m. wednes-days, April 11-25, Scott highlands Middle School, 14011 Pilot knob Road, Apple Valley. Cost: $55.

Thursday, April 12 Trusts and wills (how They Can and Cannot help You), 7 to 8:30 p.m., Fal-con Ridge Middle School, 12900 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. Cost: $19; $6 additional adult.

Friday, April 13 how to Raise happy, Responsible and emotion-ally healthy Children, 7 to 9 p.m., Falcon Ridge Middle School, 12900 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. Cost: $10; $5 additional adult.

Saturday, April 14 Build Your First Profes-sional website, 9 a.m. to noon, Rosemount Middle School, 3135 143rd St. w., Rosemount. Cost: $39. Daddy/Daughter Dance (dads and daughters ages 3 to 11), 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Falcon Ridge Middle School, 12900 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley.

Sobriety High holds fundraiser Sobriety high School of Burnsville will host an April extravaganza Fundraiser from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 21. A silent auction will run from 2 to 4:30 p.m. A live auction will begin at 4:30 p.m. and end at 5 p.m. There will be games and food as well as student per-formance and involvement. Admission is free. Call Judi hanson with questions at (612) 328-3973.

Cost: $30; $15 additional child.

Tuesday, April 17 Spring Rhubarb to win-ter Squash (eating Fresh and Local), 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Valley natural Foods, 13750 County Road 11, Burnsville. Cost: $18.

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Thirty-six District 196high school students havequalified to competeat theNational Forensic League’sspeech and debate tourna-ment June 11-15 in India-napolis, including AppleValleyHighSchool’sNaderHelmy,whowill be return-ing to nationals to defendhis2011titleinoriginalora-tory. Students earned spotsforthenationaltournamentbasedontheirperformanceat separate qualifyingevents that were held thiswinter and spring. The 36students from District 196earned 32 qualifying spotsat nationals, including fourteam-eventqualifiers. Eastview High Schoolhas10studentswhoearnedqualifying spots in10 indi-vidual events: Kiki Laingand Karina Devine in dra-matic interpretation; AlexLeehan in humorous in-terpretation; Mike Ross inoriginal oratory; Svati Pa-zhyanurandAdithyaBalajiin domestic extemporane-

ous speaking, and AsheshRambachan,TonyBigelow,Sergey Ivanchuck and An-ant Naik in internationalextemporaneousspeaking. Apple Valley HighSchoolhassixstudentswhoearned qualifying spots insix individual events: LukeStuttgen and John Gran-lund in Lincoln-Douglasdebate;RandSilversincon-gressional debate (Senate),and Patricia Alexis Reeves,Szumei Leow and NaderHelmyinoriginaloratory. RosemountHighSchoolhas three students whoearned qualifying spotsin two events: the team ofRyanKirkleyandMatthewStefanko in policy debate,andWesleyJustincongres-sionaldebate(Senate). Eagan High School has17 students who earned 14qualifying spots: the teamsof Maggie Parra/DavidWickard and Sophia Cal-lahan/Maxwell Minsker inpublicforumdebate;KunalPatel in Lincoln-Douglasdebate; Adam Markon

in congressional debate(HouseofRepresentatives);theteamofDavidNewhallandMadelineSachsinduointerpretation speech; Jus-tin Wirsbinski, EmeraldEgwim and Reid Emmonsin dramatic interpretation;David Stevens and JacobGuzior in humorous inter-pretation; Tom Dyke andConnorSwansoninoriginaloratory; Adam Strommein domestic extemporane-ous speaking, and WilliamThomasininternationalex-temporaneousspeaking. At the 2011 nationaltournament, District 196had national championsin two events and Eaganand Eastview both re-ceived School of Excel-lenceAwards.InadditiontoHelmy,severalotherofthisyear’s qualifiers also com-peted at last year’s tourna-ment, including Eastview’sRambachan, who was na-tional runner-up in inter-national extemporaneousspeaking.

District 196 seeking applicants for open parent positions on curriculum council

National speech and debate tournament will have 36 students from District 196

Parents in the Rose-mount-Apple Valley-EaganPublic Schools who areinterested in becoming in-volved in curriculum mat-ters are encouraged to ap-ply for membership on thedistrict’s Curriculum andInstructionAdvisoryCoun-cil.Applicationswillbeac-cepted through April 20forthreeelementaryschoolparent positions, two mid-dle school parent positionsandtwohighschoolparentpositions that will be openat the end of the currentschool year. The terms areforthreeyearsbeginninginJuly2012. The purpose of theCIAC is to ensure commu-nity participation in plan-ning and improving theinstruction and curriculumaffecting state graduationstandards. The CIAC alsorecommends to the SchoolBoard districtwide educa-

tion standards,assessmentsandprogramevaluations. The CIAC meets up tofourtimesduringtheschoolyearatthedistrictoffice inRosemount,usually from5to 6:30 p.m., and membersare invited toserveoncur-riculum review committeesthatmeetoccasionallydur-ing theday throughout theyear. Applications will be ac-ceptedfromparentsofchil-dren who will attend oneof the following schools in2012-13: • Two positions fromDeerwood, Glacier Hills,Northview, Pinewood orWoodland elementaryschools; • One position fromCedar Park, Echo Park,Southview or Westview el-ementaryschools; •OnepositionfromFal-con Ridge or Scott High-landsmiddleschools;

•OnepositionfromVal-leyMiddleSchool; • One position fromEaganHighSchool,and • One position fromEastview High School ortheSchoolofEnvironmen-talStudies. Members who are cur-rentlyservingontheCIACmayreapply toserveasec-ond, three-year term; how-ever, a second term is notautomaticallygranted. Parents interested in be-ing considered for CIACmembership must submitanapplicationbyApril 20.Theapplication isavailableat www.District196.org orby calling 651-423-7739.Completed applicationsshould be sent to Indepen-dent School District 196,TeachingandLearningDe-partment, 3455 153rd St.W.,Rosemount,MN55068,orfaxedto(651)423-7897.


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Robert Trail Library programs Robert Trail Library,14395S.RobertTrail,Rose-mount,hasplannedthefol-lowingprograms: •ExcelforCareersclass,adults, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.Wednesday,April11,intheComputer Lab. Presentedby the Minnesota ScienceMuseum. • Poetry Contest contin-ues through the month ofApril. Prizes awarded tochildrenages6to18. • Family Story Time,10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Thurs-days, April 12, 19 and 26.Stories,music,activitiesandplaytimeappropriatetoallages. •WoodandWireWOW,teens,3to5:30p.m.Thurs-day, April 26. Create asculpture using wood andwire. • Young Poet’s Work-shop,read,writeandsharepoetry, forages9-12, regis-terat(651)480-1202. • Rainy Days StoryTime, story time and craft,for ages newborn-6, 7 p.m.Monday,April30. •BabyStoryTime,new-born to 24 months, 10:30a.m.to11:15a.m.,Wednes-day,April25.

Summer parks & rec programs Rosemount Parks andRecreation summer pro-grams are now open forregistration.Foracompletelisting of activities offeredand program details, visitwww.ci.rosemount.mn.us.Foradditionalinformation,call(651)322-6000. • Mini-Sport Camp No.

3,ages4to6,9:30to11:30a.m. Tuesdays, April 10 toMay 1, at the RosemountCommunityCentergymna-sium. Children will explorebaseball, soccer, lacrosse,andflagfootball.Cost:$53. • Mysteries of Motion,ages 3-1/2 to 6, 1 to 2:15p.m. Thursdays, April 12-26,atRosemountCommu-nity Center. Children willusetheirnaturalcuriositytoexplore physics, the scienceofmotion.Cost:$34. • Buggy for Bugs, ages3-1/2 to 6, 1 to 2:15 p.m.Thursdays, May 10-24, atRosemount CommunityCenter. Science Explorerswilllearnaboutinsectsandbugsand explorehow theyaredifferentfromeachoth-er.Cost:$34. •SPAMTour inAustin,adults,8:15a.m.toapproxi-mately 4:30 p.m. Wednes-day, May 9. The bus willdepartfromtheRosemountCommunity Center. Cost:$57. Registration deadlineisMonday,April23.

KCs host steak and shrimp feed TheRosemountKnightsof Columbus will host asteak and shrimp feed at 6p.m. Saturday, April 21, inthesocialhallatSt.Joseph’sChurch, 13900 BiscayneAve. W., Rosemount. Afreewill offering will be ac-cepted.

Perennial sale Dakota Gardeners willholdtheirperennialsalefrom8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday,May 19, at Community ofChrist Church, 5990 134thSt.Court,AppleValley.

ConvergeOne names chief financial officer Marc Vassanelli hasjoined Eagan-based Con-vergeOne, a national pro-vider of integrated data,communications,collabora-tion,andcustomer interac-tion solutions, as its chief financialofficer. As CFO, Vassanelli isresponsible for manag-ing all aspects of financialplanning, assessment, andreporting, including super-vising all finance and ac-counting operations acrossConvergeOne; quantifyingkeydriversoffinancialper-formance; and managingworking relationships withequity partners and banks.In addition, the IT and le-galdepartmentswill reporttoVassanelli. Vassanelliwaspreviouslythe CFO and chief inte-gration officer of EquinitiGroup,aUKmarketleaderin business process out-sourcing and a portfoliocompany of Advent Inter-national. HehasaMBAinfinanceand strategic managementfrom the Wharton School,University of Pennsylva-nia, and a B.S. in market-ing from the University ofMaryland.

Area Briefs

Police offer bargains on unclaimed goods The Rosemount PoliceDepartment will hold itsannual sale of unclaimedbicycles and other itemsSaturday,April14. The inventory includes67bikesinavarietyofsizes,allpricedunder$40.Otheritems for sale include anRCA-brand boom box ste-reo, compact disc wallets,

two power inverters, twoPioneer-brand car stereos,a Durabuilt-brand toolkit,and miscellaneous back-packsandbags. Prices will be clearlymarked on the merchan-dise,whichwillbesold“asis”andcannotbereturned. The sale will begin at 8a.m. at the storage garagejust north of RosemountCity Hall, 2875 145th St.W. Parking is available intheCentralPark lot. Thesalewillendat12noon,orsoonerif theinventorysellsout.


It’s this network, alongwith her family, that keepsheronthepathtorecovery,Chevaliersaid. “When I feel cravings, Irealize I would give up mysober family that I havegrowntolovesomuch,”shesaid. Chevalier’s sentimentsare not unique. Recentstudieshaveshownthatstu-dentswhoattendsoberhighschools after treatment are

more likely to stay on thepathtorecovery. If sent to a traditionalhigh school, 80 percent ofteensstrugglingwithaddic-tionwillrelapse inthefirst90 days, according to theNationalCenteronAddic-tion and Substance AbuseatColumbiaUniversity. Bycomparison,thecen-ter found that 70 percentof students who attend arecovery-based high schoollike Alliance, will graduatesober.

Since itopened in2003,Alliance Academy hasstruggled to stay afloat fi-nancially due to delayedstateaid,andreliesonvol-unteers in addition to full-timeemployees. The sober school planstohostafundraiserforthepublictojoinat2p.m.April21at12156NicolletAve.inBurnsville. For more infor-mation, contactLisaWest-holderat(715)651-4297. AllianceAcademyisjustone of many organizations

looking to combat grow-ingratesofdruguseamongteens. In recent years, schoolofficials have seen increas-ingincidentsofprescriptiondruguseandpersistentratesofheroinuse. Heroin use was on therise about three years ago,buthassinceleveledoff,saidDebbie Bolton, school so-cialworkerandassistantex-ecutive director of AllianceAcademy. Counselors at RiverRidge Treatment Centerhaveseensimilartrends. Krista Pugsley, a coun-selorattheBurnsvilletreat-mentcenter, saidshe is see-ing many teens experimentwithharderdrugsatafasterrate. “Most start with painkillersandmoveuptohero-in,”shesaid.“Oncetheyuseopiatestheyseemlessreluc-tanttouseheroin.” Pugsleysaidshehasseensome instances of syntheticdruguseamongteensenter-ingtreatment,butnotmuch. Officials at AllianceAcademy noticed the sametrend. ThoughareateensatAlli-anceareexperimentingwithsyntheticdrugs,fewconsiderittobetheirdrugofchoice,Boltonsaid. “A lot have been experi-mentingwithit,andit’shardtotest,somanycontinuetouseit,”shesaid. However, school officialsrequestaspecial,costlytestforstudentstheysuspectareusingsyntheticdrugs.

Pot use increases Marijuana has been apopular drug among teensforyears,anduseinDakotaCountyisontherise. “Currentlyratesofmari-juana use have been thehighest since the ’90s,” saidShannon Bailey, adolescenthealth coordinator for Da-kotaCounty. The2010MinnesotaStu-dent Survey, which is usedby county officials to tracksubstance abuse by teens,indicated that marijuana istheamongthemostpopularsubstancesamongteens,sec-ondtoalcohol. Thatstudyshowedfewin-stancesofprescriptiondrugand heroin abuse amongteens—about1to3percentofninth-and12-graders. Dakota County Pub-lic health has taken severalsteps to prevent substanceabuseinteens,Baileysaid. In addition to typicalPSAs and efforts at highschools, Dakota CountyPublic Health has workedto prevent substance abuseamong teens by hosting fo-rumsforparents. Its latest forum is setfrom 6 to 8:30 p.m. May 9atHenrySibleyHighSchool

in Mendota Heights. EmailAnn Lindberg at [email protected] for moreinformationortoRSVP. OfficialsatAlliancehaveseen similar trends in mari-juanause,andcredittheup-tick,inpart,tochangingat-titudes. JudiHanson,directorofcommunityand familyout-reach at Alliance, said shehas noticed parents whosmoked marijuana whenthey were teens in the 80s,sometimesviewthedrugasaharmlessplant. But Hanson is quick topointoutthattoday’smari-juana is often more dan-gerous than itwas20 to30yearsago. Unlike the marijuana ofyesteryear, current marijua-naisoftenlacedwithharsh-er substances and containsmuchhigherlevelsofTHC. “Alotofkidsthinkitsnobigdeal,”Hansonsaid.

Gateway drug But studies have shownmost addicts begin withmarijuana. Carol Flugaun is one ofthe many parents who sawher teenage son becomehooked on marijuana andalcohol. Flugaun said she firstsuspectedherson,TylerNo-vacek, was abusing drugsandalcoholafterseeingdis-cussions between him andhisfriendsaboutthesubject. A short time later, hewas expelled from school.Though she found herself surrounded by red flags,Flugaun said she struggledwithdenial. “I thought thatmaybe itwasaphase,”shesaid. But upon finding a half emptybottleofwineinherson’sbedroom,Flugaunde-cided to send Novacek totreatment. OnceNovacekcompletedtreatment, his mother senthimtoAllianceAcademyinhopetheschoolwouldhelphimstayontrack. “Ifeelthattheyhavemybackhere,”shesaid.“Idon’tthink I would have a sonwithoutthem.” Today,Novacek,asenior,isontracktograduatefromAllianceAcademy. Flugaun advises all par-entswhosuspecttheirchildis abusing drugs or alcoholtodothesameimmediately. AccordingtotheNation-alCenteronAddictionandSubstanceAbuseatColum-bia University, one out of70teensareinneedoftreat-ment. “It may take multipletries for themtostaysober,butnevergiveup,”shesaid.

Bailey suggests that par-ents set clear rules, stay intune to their children’s be-havior and friends to help

keepthemawayfromdrugsandalcohol. “This means doing thehard work to monitor yourchildren and their friends –andwhattheyaredoingon-line,”Baileysaid. Chevalier’s drug addic-tion too began with mari-juana. She began smoking potin ninth-grade and quicklymoved on to hallucinogensandhuffing–ahabitsheof-tensupportedbystealing. “I’m an all or nothingperson so once I started togiveupmymorals,Ifiguredwhynotuse,”shesaid. Marijuana is often thehardest thing for teens toquitdue to itsmild reputa-tion,Chevaliersaid. “A lot of kids won’t ad-mit they have a problemwithpot,”shesaid. Chevaliersaidsheturnedtodrugstodealwithdepres-sionandothermentalhealthissues. Though she has a sup-portive mother, Chevaliersaid she found it hard toreachoutforhelp. “Ididn’tlearntocopeinhealthy ways,” she said. “Iclosed off my feelings be-causeIdidn’tliketofeelvul-nerable.” Chevalier said her self-destructionbeganwithself-mutilationinmiddleschool. Chevalier’s struggle iscommon among teens andyoung adults who abusedrugsandalcohol. Individuals who sufferfrommajordepressionare4percentmorelikelytoabusedrugs and alcohol, accord-ingtotheNationalInstituteofMentalHealth. Thosewithschizophreniaareatgreaterrisk,10percentmore likely, than people ofnormalmentalhealth. Even teens who don’tbattleclinicalmentalhealthissues struggle emotionallyupon getting sober, Boltonsaid. “Many discover theydon’tlikethemselves,butit’sawesome to see them comeout on the other side,” shesaid. Therapy and medica-tion has helped Chevaliermanage her depression, yetshe said, itwill alwaysbeastruggle. Today, Chevalier’s futureis a bright one. She is ontrack to graduate this yearandplanstoattendcollege. Asforteenswhocontinueto struggle with addiction,Chevalier has the follow-ingwordsofadvice:“Don’tthink there’s no way out orthatyou’retoofarin.There’salwayshope.”Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or face-book.com/sunthisweek.

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As part of the estab-lished maintenance pro-gramforRosemount’swa-ter utility, city crews willbeginflushingwatermainsMonday,April9. The procedure maycause temporary discolor-ationof thewatersupply. Thecityflushesthewa-ter system each spring tokeep pipes in good condi-tionandtocheckforprob-lemswithwatermainsandfirehydrants. Theprocedureisexpect-ed to be complete aroundtheendof April. A side effect of flush-ingthesystemisthatwatermay briefly appear brownbecauseof minerals. Consumers who noticediscoloration shouldavoid

doing laundry until theyhave flushed their ownpipes by letting their fau-cets run for a fewminutesuntilthewaterisclear. Questions or concernsshould be directed to thePublic Works Departmentat(651)322-2022.

Spring water main flushing could affect color

Rogers installed Jennifer Rogers, a 2008Apple Valley High Schoolgraduate, was installed aspresident of the Chi Iotachapter of Sigma TauDelta, the InternationalEnglish Honor Society, atMinnesotaStateUniversityMankato. Rogers, an Eng-lish major, is the daughterof Bruce and Lorri RogersofAppleValley.


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A Vision for You- AAThursdays 7:30 PM

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East Frontage Roadof 35W across from

Buck Hill-Burnsville

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1505

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2360

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Dakota County Com-missioner kathleen Gay-lord said she will seek the DFL endorsement to run against Republican incumbent John kline in the newly drawn 2nd Con-gressional District. “A number of people have asked me to con-sider running,” she told Sun Thisweek. “Virtually everyone i have talked to have been very supportive,

Democrats and Republi-cans.” Gaylord, an attorney and South St. Paul resi-dent, has served on the Dakota County Board of Commissioners since 2003, and is up for re-elec-tion in 2014. under the redrawn sec-ond district, Democrats index at more than 50 percent, and other DFL candidates have indicated interest in endorsement at the district’s April 28

DFL convention at Rose-mount high School. Gaylord said she ana-lyzed how redistricting af-fected the district closely before making her deci-sion to run. “The district has changed substantially,”she said. “i think this is a dis-trict looking for new rep-resentation.“ Michael Obermueller of eagan, a Minneapo-lis attorney and former member of the Minnesota

house of Representatives, announced Tuesday he is also seeking endorse-ment and Patrick Ganey, a northfield City Council member, entered the en-dorsement race March 24. kline is seeking his sixth term in office; his spokesman, Troy Young, declined comment. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sun-thisweek.

Gaylord to seek DFL endorsement to challenge Kline


Dakota County Commissioner Kathleen Gaylord shook hands with U.S. Rep. John Kline at a Yellow Ribbon ceremony days before an-nouncing she would seek the DFL nomination to run against him in November,

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Roofs, Siding,& Gutters

2510

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2660

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CemeteryLots

3090

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3090

Grandview Park Cemetery,Hopkins, MN. 2 side by sideplots, $950 ea. 602-861-8082

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3110

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3130

BLOOMINGTON9800 Elliott Ave South

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BR Set: Qn. size, lightwood, bkcase hdbrd, tripledrssr, 2 nite stands. Mintcond! $400. 952-831-2998

Couch, loveseat, chairTan, microfiber, Solid Exccond $499. 952-843-8138

Pine Log Handmade TwinLoft Bed $500or OBO 763-559-9344.

Set of 4 Tables sofa, cof-fee & 2 end tbls. Exc. Cond.$100 Loretta 952-846-0143

Simmons LoveseatHunter green, fabric. Exc.cond! $250/BO 952-423-1303

Misc.For Sale

3260

COURT RESOURCES-SAVE! Bkrptcy Debt Re-lief $860* Divorce/Custody$570* Civil/Criminal DUIstart $165* *court fees ad-ditional 763-792-4940, 218-828-4483

Elec. Wheel Chr, Walkers,Bedside commodes, Hospitalbed, 6” toilet seat w/side loc.Price to Sell. 612-269-2977

TreeService

2620


3050

Misc.Wanted

3270

� � WANTED � �Hifi/stereo equip., HAM,& misc. old electronics.

Andy 651-329-0515

Misc.Wanted

3270

Buying Old Trains & ToysSTEVE'S TRAIN CITY

952-933-0200

MusicalInstuments

3280

Piano player: mahog. Upright. $849

612-377-4715

Garage Salesthis week3500

Farmington3528

Fgtn: Fri. 4/6- Sat., 8-620215 Dunbar Ave.MOVING SALE! Tools, an-tiq. & reg furniture, dishsets, PA system, house-hold.

Garage Salesnext week3600

AppleValley

3603

4/13-14, 9-4. 14146 Ensley Ct.Kids cloz NB-5T strollers,carseats toys, HH

6 Families – One StreetDurham Way 4/12-14th

8-6p Pilot Knob/D Path

Bloomington3606

Huge Sale 4/12 – 4/13, 9-5.60 yrs of treasures, furn, hh,gardn,vintage, Tonka toys,mangle. 9312 12th Ave S.

BrooklynCenter

3607

St. Alphonsus Parish7031 Halifax Ave N.

$3 per person Pre Sale:4/13 (5-9pm) Sale: 4/14 (9-2pm) 4/15 (9-2pm) $2 per bag

Burnsville3609

Big Redecorating Sale!Tue.- Sat. Apr. 10-14, 9-5pm15506 Fremont Ave. Lots

furn, couches! Rugs, HHLegos! Lots lots more!

TreeService

2620


3050

Lakeville3643

Lakeville ECFE Kids'Stuff Sale, Sat, 4/21, 8am-2pm Kenwood Trail MS,19455 Kenwood Trail; $1adm until 10; 50% off at11:15-1 pm; $5 Bag sale1:30-2pm www.lakevilleecfesale.com

Minneapolis3653

Textile Center GarageSale! Apr 14th Fundrais-er (8-4) New Event Loca-tion U of MN Reuse Ctr,

883 29th Ave SE,MPLS 612-436-0464

Plymouth3665

Moving: 4/14 (8-2) Kid &adult cloz, toys, yard tools,furn., snowblower, HHitems. 3010 Kimberly Ln N

Richfield3667

Glasstop tbl, furn, tools, HH,more! 4/12-13 (9-5); 4/14 (9-12) 7333 Russell Ave. So.

Leisure3700

Boat Services,Storage & Slips

3730

Don't Be Left AgroundCome Boat the Mississippiwww.watergatemarina.netSlips available for all sizes

Plenty of water!Call JP at 651-695-3783

SportingGoods & Misc

3810

Personal Gun Collectionfor Sale. High quality! Callfor pricing. 612-408-0222

Agriculture/Animals/Pets3900

SeniorRentals

5100

Pets3970

Peeka & Boo, 2 sweet &beautiful, bro & sis, orangetabby cats, together only toa special loving home. Alltests/shots/spay/neut. $75for both. Vet. refs. req'd.Call Jerry 952-888-9524

Pets3970

Family Care4000

ChildCare

4100

EG:Reasonable Prices 2.5+& summer care, 10 yrsExp. FT/PT 651-330-8167

Farmington M,W,F Day-care 2yrs+. Drop in avl.

Kathy (651) 463-3765

Farmington: Lic'd 10 yrsexp! Opngs. Inf-Schl. Age.MVES. 651-463-4918

Home HealthCare Providers

4300

PCA 11 Yrs Exp. 1 to 1 inyour home, overnightsavailable 952-435-3152

Rentals5000

Pets3970

SeniorRentals

5100

Townhouse ForRent

5200

FGTN: 2 BR, 1-1/2 BA, 2-lvl TH, appls, gar.

Avail 5/1 $850mo+util. Call 651-463-4921

Prior Lake 2BR, attachedgarage, pets OK. $950/mo.Includes Sewer & WaterAvl 4/1! 952-440-4112

(952) 881-2122 • (612) 599-6385DAN WIMMER

Quality Work and Low Rates

Tree Removal, Tree TrimmingHigh Risk Climbing, Stump Grinding

and Storm Clean Up

Free EstsLic’d & Ins’d

Ideal Tree ServiceIdeal Tree Service

www.idealtreemn.com

20% SpringDiscount

April 11 - April 22Weekdays 9 - 8:30 Weekends 9 - 5

CENTENNIAL LAKESHUGHES PAVILLION

7499 France Ave. South, Edina(Located on the lower level,

between Chuck E. Cheese & Q.Cumbers)Over 80 artists!

HOME DECOR•GIFTS•ANTIQUES

CANDLEBERRY ON THE LAKES

Since 19866 miles S. of

Shakopee on 169

Mon-Fri 7:30am - 5:00pmSaturday 8:00am - 2:00pm

952-492-2783

• Pulverized Dirt - $12.75 yd• Black Dirt - $11.25 yd• Decorative Rock• Colored Mulch - $27.00 yd• Bagged Mulch - $3.00/bag• Mulches• Boulders• Retaining Wall Block• Pavers (starting @ $2.10/sq ft)• Edging • Poly • Fabrics

LOWPRICES

- We Deliver -www.hermanslandscape.com

A Fresh Look, Inc.Interior/Exterior Painting by the Pros

Bonded & InsuredFree Est. • Senior Discounts

Lic. #BC626700Credit Cards Accepted

612-825-7316/952-934-4128www.afreshlookinc.com

Commercial and residential pressure washingDecks strip & seal, roof washing, house washing,

concrete cleaning and staining. Full exterior washing.

Our job is to make you look good!763-225-6200

www.sparklewashcmn.com

BOB’s

Family Owned/Operated — 30 Years Experience952-469-5221 | www.allsonsexteriors.com

MN License # BC 639318 | Lakeville, MN 55044

Storm Damage RestorationRoofing ■ siding ■ windows

Established 1984

(763) 550-0043(952) 476-7601(651) 221-2600

3500 Vicksburg Lane Suite 400-351Plymouth, MN 55447 Lic # 6793

General Contractors

Great Service Affordable Prices

Senior Discounts

SPRING &SUMMER

SCHEDULE

9242 HUDSON BLVD NORTH • LAKE ELMO, MN

651.730.8006www.HomeEssentialsBoutique.com

CLOSED MONDAYS, TUESDAYS & EASTER SUNDAYHours: Wed thru Fri 10am-8pm • Sat 10am-6pm • Sun12pm-5pm

Furniture • Garden Ware • Florals • Home AccentsPrimitives • Antiques • One of A Kind

Glassware • Treasures & So Much More• • Inventory Restocked Daily • •

Wednesday, March 14 thru Sunday, April 15, 2012

RT03

0812

No strollers allowed.Handicap accessible.

You are invited to tour our Model

Apartment Home

Market Village for 55+ Opened March 1, 2012

Please call Cindy at 952-461-1644 or

612-865-6625 to arrangefor a personal tour of

the model.

Market Village100 J Roberts Way

Elko New Market, MN 55054

Turn your unneeded items in to

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $Sell your items in Sun•Thisweek Classifieds

952-846-2000


Enhancing the quality of human life through theprovision of exceptional healthcare services

Northfield Hospital & Clinics is an Equal Opportunity Employer

RN House Supervisor (Ref. #556) (.3 FTE).3 FTE (24hrs/2wks). Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN), current MN RN license, current BLS/CPR. Current or obtain within the first 6 months - ACLS, PALS, NRP/STABLE and Basic Electronic Fetal Monitoring. Preferred skills/experience: 5 years current experience in hospital clinical practice and management and/or leadership experience, ability to relate to physicians and other healthcare professionals and the ability to perform multiple concurrent tasks.

Cancer Care & Infusion Center Care Navigator (Ref. #554) (Cancer Care & Infusion Center)

(.5 FTE).5 FTE (40hrs/2wks). BSN required, Current MN RN licensure, preferred experience in outpatient care coordination in oncology and one to two years experience in care navigation.

Clinical CMA/LPN (Ref. #566/548) (FamilyHealth Medical Clinic-Lakeville &

Farmington) (.5 FTE & .9 FTE).5 FTE (40hrs/2wks) (#566). .9 FTE (72hrs/2wks) (#548). Current CMA/LPN certification required (may obtain within 6 months of hire). Current BLS/CPR required.

Dietary Aide 1 (Ref. #555/550)(Nutrition Services) (.4 FTE & Casual/On-Call)

.4 FTE (32hrs/2wks) (#555). Casual Call (#550). Must be at least 16 years of age, high school graduate preferred. Must be willing to work weekends and holidays.

Please visit www.northfieldhospital.org for furtherdetails and to complete an online application!

OWN ME FOR $1,450/MONTH (APPROX)20406 Jupiter Ct. has 4 BR, 2 BA, kitchen has new granitecounter tops, tile floor and stainless steel appliances. Dining/entry& bathrooms have new tile & showers are tiled. New flooring &paint throughout. 2 stall garage, finished with new garage door.

Max Embacher 507-380-9197Land To Home Development

LAKEVILLE

HousesFor Rent

5400

Farmington, 3BR, 2BA,1500sq. ft. Nice yard. Petspossible for additionalcharge. $1300/month. 651-398-5473

RentalInformation

5500

All real estate advertisingin this newspaper is sub-ject to the Fair HousingAct which makes it illegalto advertise “any prefer-ence limitation or dis-crimination based on race,color, religion, sex handi-cap, familial status, or na-tional origin, or an inten-tion, to make any suchpreference, limitation ordiscrimination.” Familialstatus includes childrenunder the age of 18 livingwith parents or legal cus-todians; pregnant women;and people securing cus-tody of children under 18.

This newspaper will notknowingly accept any ad-vertising for real estatewhich is in violation ofthe law. Our readers arehereby informed that alldwellings advertised inthis newspaper are avail-able on an equal opportu-nity basis. To complain ofdiscrimination call HUDtoll-free telephone numberfor the hearing impairedis 1-800-927-9275.

RoomsFor Rent

5600

Lkvl by 35E & 160th, Wlk-out bsmt to pond Avail.Imdly. Rick 612-366-4580

Apartments &Condos For Rent

6400

AV–Palomino East Apt.Blowout special,

2BR, 2BA , Availimmed. W/D in unit. Free

cbl $99 depCall David 952-686-0800

Farmington 1BR. On siteLaundry. No pets. $595

612-670-4777

Rosemount: 2 BD Off St.pkg. Includes heat & wa-ter. NO PETS. AvailableNOW. $600. 952-944-7983

Real Estate7000

Apartments& Condos For Sale

7400

EaganSet back in a secludedarea of Eagan. Beaut. land-scaping, 55+ co-op unit,2BR, 2BA. Reduced! Easyaccess to trails & EaganComm Ctr. 651-994-6778

Farmington1BR Apt. Avl 5/1.

$595/mo. $500 SecurityMonth to month lease.

651-274-2837 Fairview Apartments

Farmington

RENTS START AT1BR $685

$250 OFF FIRSTMONTHS RENT Rosewood Manor

14599 Cimarron Ave.Rosemount

651-423-2299

Employment9000

Businessfor Sale

9010

Small Plastics Co.For Sale!

Operate full or part time.Move to your area.

563-872-4671

HealthCare

9050

BusinessOpps & Info

9020

Advertising DisclaimerBecause we are unable tocheck all ads that areplaced in our media, weencourage you to be safeand be careful before giv-ing out any importantinformation such as creditcard numbers or socialsecurity numbers, whenresponding to any ad.

If you're not afraid tospeak in front of smallgroups and like the idea ofunlimited income poten-tial, please call Andy Bess-er @ 612.454.5821

HealthCare

9050

Med Records/ReceptionPT 5-9 pm. Two eves/wk

and rotate Sat amsPeds office/Burnsville.Phone: 952-278-6950

Fax: 952-278-6947

RN / LPN Edina Derm clinic. Staff/triage nurse. Flexibilityand clinic experiencemandatory. Mon - Fri.

E-mail resume:[email protected]

or fax to 952-915-6100

HealthCare

9050

Help Wanted/Full Time

9100

***DRIVERS***LOCAL DRIVERS

HOME EVERYDAY

Tractor-trailer driversneeded for a Private Fleetdelivery operation basedin Burnsville, MN forBridgestone/Firestone.Driver will make dailyhand deliveries within aregional area. Physicalwork required.

Rate of Pay: $0.4025/mi for delivery/ local peddie $0.4175/mi after 1 year $19.35/hour – local $800 weekly minimum guarantee

Health Insurancewith Dependent Cov-erage & Dental, LifeInsurance, Visioncoverage, & Prescrip-tion card.401k Pension Pro-gramPaid Holidays & Va-cationHome every nightMonday thru Fridaywork week

Applicants must be over24 yrs old, have a mini-mum 2 yrs tractor-trailerexp within the last 3 yrs, &meet all DOT require-ments. Contact:

CPC Logistics, Inc. at 1-800-914-3755 or

email resume to: [email protected]

Adults-Prepare forthe GED Test! Learn

from home online, 24-7.Like District 196 ABE on

Facebook. [email protected] or

call 952-431-8316.

Castle Rock Bank is currently accepting ap-plications for a full-time

bilingual (Spanish) tellerposition. Previous tellerexperience is required.Please contact either Eric or Dave Nicolai

at 651-463-4014

Construction Companylooking for PROFES-SIONAL Sales Reps! Jobis salary based w/ com-mission & very attainablewkly & monthly bonuses.Only respond if you desireto make $75,000.00+ a yr!Call Bryan at 763.244.6679

DRIVER/WHSE NEEDEDFT to deliver cabinetry

and work in a warehouseenvironment. Good driv-

ing record req. Knowledgeof the Twin Cities area

helpful. Warehouse exp.Preferred. Health benefits,

401K & 2 weeks pd vaca-tion. Immediate start.

Apply in person at: DIVERSIFIED DIST., INC.

11921 Portland Ave. So.,Ste A., Burnsville, MN

55337 (952)808-9646

Dry Cleaning PlantManager, Farmington,Must have strong atten-tion for details, honest,hardworking, neat, quicklearner, able to work as ateam player. Apply at: Total Care Cleaners 949 - 8th Street Farm-ington, MN 55024 651-460-3340

Open House from9am to 11am onWednesday for FoodManufacturing. All skilllevels & warehouse/Fork-lift. Call for more info

952-924-9000

HOUSE CLEANERS$80-$110/day FT/PT

7:20am-3:00pm. We pro-vide CAR. Burnsville

Location. 952-432-2134


9100

Join Our TeamCrew Leads/Crew Members Needed

Prescription Landscape islooking for energetic andmotivated persons to joinour production teams. Wehave openings at both lo-cations, Crystal and St.Paul. Job duties includeoperating mowing equip-ment, physical labor; up toand including bending,kneeling and lifting up to45 lbs, and other duties asassigned. Seasonal andyear-round positionsavailable. Year-round po-sitions include snow andice management; plowing,shoveling, etc. Experiencehelpful but not required,on the job training avail-able. Some positions re-quire a valid and cleandriver's license. Pre-em-ployment drug/alcoholtesting required. Compen-sation: $10.00-$18.00 pend-ing experience. For moreinformation visit our website at: www.rxlandscape.comor email [email protected] or phone

Sue at 651-379-4713

Manufacturing5 Summer Students to dovarious tasks in a manu-facturing atmosphere toinclude anything frompainting to gardening topiece work. Pay is $10.00per hour with an end ofsummer bonus. Qualifica-tions are: minimum 18years old and currently at-tending school. Hire dateis May to Sept. Apply at:

[email protected]

Now HiringFoldcraft Co., a 100% em-ployee-owned, foodservicefurnishings manufactureris seeking energetic, quali-fied candidates for the fol-lowing positions at ourBloomington, MN loca-tion:

1st Shift Production-Sewing1st Shift Production-gen-eral (cabinetry, ware-house, upholstery)Staff/Job Cost Accoun-tantAccount Manager

To learn more about theseopportunities, and how toapply, visit our website atwww.plymold.com and

click on our News andEvents tab.

NOW HIRING-Companies desperatelyneed employees to assem-ble products from your lo-cation. No selling, anyhours. $500 weekly poten-tial. 1-985-646-1700 Dept.MN-1077

ProductionSupport Specialist

Seeking dependable en-ergetic person w/posi-tive attitude to workwith other team mem-bers in a clean, natural-light office environ-ment. Successful candi-date must be able towork w/various datasets within MS Word &Excel, perform mailmerges and have dataentry skills. Attentionto detail is critical. Oth-er duties include lightpaper assembly and theuse of office printingequipment.

FT position, M-F, 8:30 am-5pm. Solid ben-

efit offerings. Musthave AA/AS or equiva-lent work experience.

Apply online at: www.

medimedia.com/careers.aspx

Scale Operator Lakeville, Operate truckscale at aggregate minepit. FT Seasonal. Willtrain. EOE/AA. Submitresume. FAX: 952-937-6910or E-mail:

[email protected]


9100

The City of Burnsville iscurrently accepting appli-cations for the position of:

Executive Assistant/

Deputy City ClerkRegular Full-Time

Starting Salary: $20.86-24.15/hr, DOQ

Salary Range: $20.86-26.62/hr

Closing date for applica-tions is 04/16/12. Appli-cants must complete Cityof Burnsville EmploymentApplication in order to beconsidered. For completejob description and to ap-ply online, visit the web-site at:

www.burnsville.org or call 952-895-4475 for

information.

An AA/EEO Employer

Wanted Exp. Landscape Laborer Call 952-461-2579

Would You Like to Change the World?

If you have a passion forwork that can make ameaningful, long-term im-pact around the world,join us as:

SAVE THE CHILDRENAMBASSADORS

F/T & P/T Selected candidates willpromote the Save the Chil-dren Sponsorship Pro-gram in MALL OF AMER-ICA. Complete training &flex schedules. Ideal forstudents, business-mindedindividuals & mothers w/kids in school. Must be ar-ticulate & outgoing,w/strong resilience &commitment to the cause.$13.50/hour to start w/rapid promotion oppty's;benefits after 3 mo's; & reg-ular incentives. Apply at:donorworx.com EOE


9100

Help Wanted/Part Time

9200

City of Elko New Market

Summer Seasonal Public Works

PositionThe City of Elko NewMarket is accepting ap-plications for a summerseasonal maintenanceworker in the PublicWorks Department. Theposition will be respon-sible for assisting in themaintenance of the Citystreets and storm sew-ers, water and sanitarysewer systems, parks,buildings and otherCity property. Mini-mum qualifications in-clude a valid MinnesotaClass D Drivers Licenseand must be a mini-mum of 18 years of age.Preferred qualificationsinclude Experience inthe operation of lawnmaintenance equip-ment, medium and lightequipment, and generalproperty maintenanceand groundskeeping.The position will bescheduled 30-40 hoursper week, Mondaythrough Friday, day-time hours. Startingsalary is $10.00 to $12.00per hour, dependingupon qualifications.City application re-quired. For a copy ofthe application materi-als, contact the City of Elko New Mar-ket at (952) 461-2777 orvisit the city web site atwww.ci.enm.mn.usSubmit completed ap-plication to the City ofElko New Market, 601Main Street, P.O. Box99, Elko New Market,MN 55020. Completedapplication packet mustbe received by 4:00 p.m.,April 20, 2012.

Junkers &Repairable Wanted

9810

Vans, SUVs, & Trucks

9900


9200

Burnsville Sparks YouthWrestling K-6 coach forthe 2012-13 season. Pleasecontact – Jason O'Brien at612-240-6614 or Sam Sandat 701-320-0104 with inter-est or further questions.

CARQUEST Distribu-tion Center, LakevilleWe are looking for PT autoparts handlers to work inour distribution center.20-40 hours per week be-tween the hours of 9:00 amand 7:00 pm. Must be will-ing to work weekends, andbe able lift up to 50 lbs.www.carquestcareers.com or call 952-322-6735

Exp. Res. Cleaner, musthave car, $11+ start PT nighthrs. LV loc. 612-987-1917

Fantasy GiftsPart time sales clerks Evenings and weekends atour Lakeville, St. LouisPark and Coon Rapids

locations.

Applications at all loca-tions or email resume to

[email protected]

Godfather's Pizza hasimmediate openings forPart-Time, EveningDelivery Drivers.Drivers receive: competi-tive pay, tips, per deliveryfee, flexible hours and agreat environment: Must 18 years of age, agood driver and have ac-cess to an insured vehicle.

Apply in person at: 850 WCounty Rd 42 or online at

www.godfathers.com(specify Burnsville

location)

EOE

Mystery ShoppersEarn up to $100/day. Un-dercover shoppers neededto judge retail & dinningestablishments. No expreq. Call 855-219-4443

NAR VARIOUS SHIFTS

We are seeking nursingassistants to serve in

our 65-bed skilled nurs-ing facility. Duties

include assisting resi-dents with their daily

grooming, diningneeds, ambulating andtransferring residents.

Candidates must be on the Minnesota

Registry.

COOK PT PM Duties include: prepa-ration of meals from

scratch & supervisingdietary staff in the ab-sence of the Director.Candidates must haveknowledge of food safe-ty practices, diet modi-fications & recipe con-

version. Previous long-term care experience

preferred.

Please apply at:TRINITY CARE

CENTER3410 213th Street W. Farmington, MN 55024Or send resumes to:[email protected]

EEO/AA

NEWSPAPERDELIVERY

Do you have some sparetime on Thurs/Friday?Earn some extra cash! ECM DISTRIBUTION islooking for you! We cur-rently have motorroutes in Burnsville,Eagan, Apple Valley,Rosemount, Farming-ton, Lakeville. A typicalroute takes 2 to 4 hours.Motor routes require areliable vehicle. Deliv-ery time frames arelong enough to allowflexibility for yourschedule. Give us a callfor more details.

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952-846-2070

PT Dog HandlerRequired hours are 6am-1pm &/or 1pm-8pm. Week-ends & holidays a must.Looking for motivated, de-pendable individuals. Dogexp. pref. Required tomanage & care for a largegroup of dogs. Excellencein customer svc neces-sary. Apply online at:www.dogdaygetaway.com


9200

Newspaper DeliveryMinneapolis Star Tribune

Apple Valley, Eagan, Inver Grove.

Immediate weekend openings.

Call and leave a message.651-968-6039

Window Cleaners WantedWill train, starting salary$10hr. Ladder exper. aplus. 952-431-5521

Automotive9500


9810

Runners & Non Runners 612-810-7606

Licensed/Bonded/Insuredwww.cash4clunkers.com

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Motorcycle,Moped, Motor

Bike

9820

Motorcycles Wanted! Cash for used & Damaged

651-285-1532

RVs, Nonmotor-ized Campers

9850

20' Shasta pull behind.Real nice shape. Must see.Loaded! $5500 952-435-5684


9900

01 GMC Yukon XLT 1500AT, 4WD, Red w/grey lthr,heated seats, 230K, verywell maint., 1 owner, cleaninside/out, no rust, 3rdseat, rear heat/ac. $3800

Mike 612 987 1044


9810


9900

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Photo by Laura Adlemann

Gov. Mark Dayton, Adjutant General Maj. Richard C. Nash and U.S. Rep. John Kline clapped during the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Proclamation Ceremony March 30.


Burnsville Mayor Elizabeth Kautz smiled at Gov. Mark Dayton, holding Burnsville’s Yellow Ribbon proclamation.

havior of how to support military members and their families,” said Nash. “I sin-cerely appreciate all that you do.” Dayton said Minnesota soldiers are being deployed multiple times, and the stress of not knowing if they would live through the day takes a toll. “Thanks to leadership of the National Guard, it has become a national pro-gram,” he said. “Thank you to all of you, who are the people who have made these awards a reality in your communities. I just can’t tell you how important they are and how needed they are.” Kline said America’s mil-itary members need help of the community to be reinte-grated with their family and neighbors. All credited the Min-nesota National Guard for getting the Yellow Ribbon Network going here and across the country. Kline said that it won’t work without people in the community to provide the services, and help. “I am so proud of these communities…who have stepped up and get orga-nized and make sure that when our soldiers come back, they are not only wel-comed, but they’re helped to get reintegrated,” Kline said. “Thank you for mak-ing it possible.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Brownie Troop 55486, second-graders from Parkview Elementary in Rosemount, earned their Take Action Key Award on April 1 by making 153 sand-wiches for 363 Days (www.363days.org), an organization that dis-tributes sandwiches to the homeless. The girls are standing by their completed project.

Brownies take action Rosemount winterguard takes third place The Rosemount High School winterguard took third place at the North Star Color Guard Circuit Championships last week-end. The team’s coaches said this was a very impressive showing since this is only the second year of winter-guard at the school. They said team members put in a lot of hard work

and dedication, which re-sulted in exciting perfor-mances throughout the sea-son. The coaches said it was a memorable show to see develop from the first re-hearsal to the final product. To view a final rehears-al run of the show go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXeLMLdtMcg. Winterguard members include: Nikki Hanto,

John Malecha, Raine Mar-hula, Megan Skrbec, Emma Bruce, Lexi Cross, Savannah Kearns, Lindsey Mohrland, Amanda Pavlicek, Ashley Ramaker, Alex Roby, Al-lie Schneider, Maggie St. Ores, Anna Tessling, Caitlin Hanson, Brandy McCarthy, Auna Nelson and Ashley Rossel.

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