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Fund special educationThe ECM Editorial Board urges Congress to finally live up to its Special Education funding obligations.

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Spotlight on Civil RightsAuthor Susan Follett will be joined by two Civil Rights Movement veterans at a Feb. 17 panel discussion in Rosemount.

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Eagles have eyes on prizeThe Apple Valley High School wrestling team is taking aim at another Minnesota state championship.

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Lee Petersen and Peggy Evans smile from inside their new accessible van. (Photo submitted)

Man accused of spending spree with stolen credit cards

Co-worker’s fundraiser allows couple to buy van

Speed racers

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK

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A man accused of going on a Christmas Eve spend-ing spree with stolen credit cards at stores in Apple Val-ley, Burnsville and Eagan was charged in district court last week with two felonies. Jeffrey G. Welch, 51, of Minnetonka, allegedly went on a similar spree on Dec. 11 in which he used a differ-ent set of stolen credit cards to purchase more than $300 worth of cigarettes at two Apple Valley gas stations. According to a criminal

complaint, a stylist at the Great Clips in Burnsville contact-ed police Dec. 11 to report that a man came into the salon while she was cut-ting hair and asked for change for $20, and to use the bath-room. The stylist, who noted that the man “appeared very nervous and was act-ing odd,” later discovered her wallet missing from the back area of the salon, and when she contacted her bank learned that her credit

cards had been used at Shell and Kwik Trip gas stations in Apple Valley, the complaint said. Welch, who police identified from sur-veillance photos of the incidents, alleg-edly used the stolen

cards to buy $147 worth of Newport cigarettes at the Kwik Trip, and $162 worth of Newport cigarettes at the Shell station. Then, on Dec. 24, Burns-ville police responded to the Caribou Coffee on County Road 42 in Burnsville, where

a woman reported that her wallet had been stolen and her credit cards used with-out her permission. Twelve transactions were made with the woman’s sto-len credit cards on Dec. 24, with the transactions total-ing more than $1,700, the complaint said. Records show the cards were used at a Walgreens in Burns-ville, a Holiday gas station in Eagan, and at Walgreens, Walmart, Kwik Trip and Paul’s Tire & Auto in Apple Valley. Video surveillance foot-age shows Welch using the

stolen credit cards at four of those stores, according to the complaint. Welch was charged Jan. 28 with two counts of finan-cial transaction card fraud, a felony. If convicted of both charges, he faces a maxi-mum penalty of 10 years in prison and fines totaling $20,000. Welch remained in cus-tody at the Dakota County Jail as of Wednesday morn-ing. His next court appear-ance is scheduled for April 7 in Hastings.

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


A local couple grap-pling with health chal-lenges will have an eas-ier time getting around, thanks to the fundrais-ing efforts of a group of workers at Midwest Veterinary Supply in Lakeville. The group’s efforts resulted $10,290 be-ing raised for their co-worker Peggy Evans and her husband, Lee

Petersen, to purchase a used accessible van to improve Petersen’s opportunities for more comfortable mobility. Petersen and Evans have struggled for years since Petersen was struck with ankylos-ing spondylitis, a pro-gressively degenerative form of arthritis that was first diagnosed in 2006. Petersen undergoes

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


Those who have spent any time with the Rev. Paul Jarvis in the past four years while he has served as St. Joseph Catholic Church lead pastor know he has a “big” heart. But it is his heart – his aorta to be exact – for which doctors have in-structed him to reduce possible stress and which led him to step down from his Rosemount as-signment to seek another calling within the Archdi-ocese of St. Paul and Min-neapolis. Jarvis broke the news to church leaders and close friends prior to announc-ing it Sunday during each Mass. The decision sent rip-

ples of sorrow, some tears and also an outpouring of support from the church members and commu-nity leaders that Jarvis do what’s right for him. “I was very sad,” said the Rev. Karen Bruins of Rosemount United Meth-odist Church, which has participated in numerous ecumenical efforts with St. Joseph since Jarvis’ ar-rival. “He’s come to be a good friend. I’m 100 per-cent in favor him of taking care of his medical needs.” Though he’s been the lead pastor, the church’s 15th for a short time, there are many enduring images of Jarvis. It could be when he and a young St. Joseph parishioner dressed in the

Josh Baumann, Liam Hagen, Carson Sanderson and Leo Finestack cheer on their entries during Apple Valley Cub Scout Pack 292’s annual Pinewood Derby event Jan. 30 at Falcon Ridge Middle School. Thirty-seven Cub Scouts in kindergarten through fifth grade par-ticipated, with the top three finishers in each rank earning a berth in the regional Pinewood Derby in April. The Pinewood Derby was established more than 60 years ago to provide scouts and their parents an opportunity to spend quality time together while designing and building a car for the race. Pack 292 is based at Spirit of Life Presbyterian Church and is the primary Cub Scout pack for boys at Highland Elementary. (Photo by Jeanne Somsky)

Health concerns to end St. Joseph pastor’s tenure

Jeffrey G.Welch

St. Joseph Catholic Church lead pastor the Rev. Paul Jar-vis has cast many memorable images. Clockwise from top left: at this year’s Leprechaun Days church block party; with Brayden Thomas Sworski caught in the middle of bad angel, Loren Sworski, and good angel, Jarvis, during the All Saints Party; dancing a jig during the block par-ty; dressed as a dog during the Blessing of the Animals; resting one month after his heart surgery in a Hawaiian shirt; at the 2012 Blessing the Animals; and riding on a Leprechaun Days float four months after his 2013 heart surgery. (Photos by Leo Aviendo, Matt Weber Photogra-phy and the Dakota County Tribune)

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New look for GrandStay Hotel

GrandStay Hotel recently redesigned its exterior, opting for a multi-colored, “more urban” look, according to gen-eral manager Tony Lawler. (Photo submitted)

Central Village landmark remodels by Andrew Miller

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The scaffolding has come down, and Apple Valley’s largest hotel has taken on a whole new look. GrandStay Hotel & Conference Center at 7083 153rd St. W. in the city’s Central Village dis-trict recently completed a construction project that saw a revamp of its exte-rior facade. The stucco exterior of GrandStay, which opened in 2007, was completely replaced and a new paint scheme add-ed. The cream colors of the hotel’s original design have been replaced with a multi-colored “more urban” look, said Grand-Stay general manager Tony Lawler.

Another new feature is an interior connection between the 78-room ho-tel and conference center. The new corridor runs through what was previ-ously the breakfast serv-ing area, so the breakfast area was also revised and updated. Prior to opening the conference center adja-cent to the hotel, the two buildings were uncon-nected, with the idea of incorporating the space for retail use, Lawler said. Additionally, the GrandStay building is adding new logo signs in gold and silver on each side. New power automated doors have been installed at the entrance, and the remodel also includes new carpeting, along with historic photographs of

Apple Valley in common areas. Architect Michelle Watanabe of Apple Val-

ley-based CNH Archi-tects, which undertook the redesign at the hotel, is helping to coordinate

local artist displays in frames along the new interior connection be-tween the hotel and con-

ference center.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

The Apple Valley Arts Foundation’s Frozen Apple concert series

continues Saturday, Feb. 7, with a performance by Fred Steele, vocalist for

The Steeles, a quintet of five siblings specializ-ing in pop, gospel, jazz, and rhythm and blues.

Admission is free to the 6-9 p.m. concert in the

clubhouse at Valley-wood Golf Course, 4851

McAndrews Road. The series concludes March

7 with a concert by Michael Monroe. More information is at www.avartsfoundation.org.

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Valleywood concert

Fire displaces residents

Lakeville and Apple Valley firefighters responded to a Jan. 28 garage fire at the 7500 block of a twin home on Upper 167th Street in Lakeville. Crews arrived to discover heavy smoke and fire from the tuck-under garage that had spread to the second floor and attic. There were no serious injuries reported, but one police officer was treated and released for smoke inhalation that occurred while evacuating residents. The sec-ond floor was heavily damaged in the fire. People living in two units were displaced as a result of the fire and received assistance from the Red Cross, according to the city. (Photo submitted)

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New senior housing building planned in Lakeville

The Dakota County Community Development Agency is proposing to build a three-story independent living senior housing building off Junelle Path in Lakeville in 2016. (Photo submitted)

Construction anticipated to start in 2016 by Laura Adelmann


The Dakota County Community Development Agency plans to construct a 62-unit senior housing building in Lakeville in 2016. Argonne Village is planned as a three-story independent living senior housing building for peo-ple ages 55 and up with one- and two-bedroom units to be located on 3.22 acres northeast of Junelle Path and south of 175th Street. Project plans include a parking lot that would contain 29 spaces with an additional 58 spaces to be located in an underground parking garage at the building’s southern end. The Lakeville City Council unanimously ap-proved the preliminary plat and planned unit de-velopment at its Feb. 2 meeting.

Construction of the building is not expected to begin until late spring or summer of 2016 to al-low completion of several other projects in the coun-ty, according to Kari Gill, deputy executive director of the Dakota County CDA. The building will be the organization’s fourth senior housing facility in Lakeville, according to CDA Executive Director Mark Ulfers. He said the need for af-fordable senior housing is growing as Dakota Coun-ty’s population ages, and hundreds are on waiting lists. The CDA’s Septem-ber 2013 Comprehensive Housing Needs Assess-ment report, conducted by contractor Maxfield Research of Minneapolis, found a tight rental market in the county. It stated demand is out-pacing supply and reduc-

ing options for low- and moderate-income house-holds. “The need just contin-ues to grow,” Ulfers said. Interviews with service providers identified in the study also found pro-nounced affordable hous-ing needs for veterans, people with mental health or criminal histories as well as transitional hous-ing support for homeless individuals or families. The study states major shifts in housing prefer-ences are expected to occur in Dakota County by 2030 as the population ages. Five years ago, the re-port stated, 10 percent of Dakota County’s popula-tion was over age 65, but that is predicted to increase to 13 percent by 2020 and to 17 percent by 2030. To meet the projected growing demand for senior housing, the report rec-ommended development of senior housing projects

between 50-60 units each in Apple Valley, Eagan, Lakeville and West St. Paul through 2020. From 2020-2030, the

report recommended ad-ditional senior develop-ments in Lakeville, Apple Valley, Rosemount, Hast-ings, Farmington, Eagan

and Burnsville.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Belland is new president of Fairview Ridges Patrick Belland has ac-cepted the position of pres-ident of Fairview Ridges Hospital. He begins Mon-day, Feb. 2. Belland replaces Beth Krehbiel, who was presi-dent of the Burnsville hos-pital for seven years. “Patrick has great skill and experience in strategic planning, operations and physician relations,” said Bradley Beard regional president, for Fairview Health Services’ south re-gion. Belland spent the last 14 years in senior leader-ship positions with Allina Health. He most recently

served for eight years as vice president of opera-tions for Unity Hospital. Belland also served as vice president of Home Oxygen & Medical Equip-ment and Pharmacy and as vice president of finance, payer relations and con-tracting – both with Allina. He received his master of business administration with a health care empha-sis from Concordia Uni-versity and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the College of St. Thomas. Krehbiel, who left Fair-view Ridges in November, was named the hospital’s president in 2007. She was

previously chief operating officer of Fairview Health Services in Red Wing. Under her direction, Fairview Ridges recently opened the 133,000-square-foot Fairview Ridges Spe-cialty Care Center on its Burnsville campus. Fairview Health Servic-es, headquartered in Min-neapolis, is a nonprofit, academic health system. In partnership with the Uni-versity of Minnesota, Fair-view has 21,000 employees and 2,300 aligned physi-cians.

— John Gessner

Area BriefsKids ’n Kinship info session Kids ’n Kinship will hold an information ses-sion from 6-6:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, at Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Individuals, couples and families who have a desire to be a role model and special friend to a child are invited to attend the information session. Attendees will learn about the youths who are waiting for mentors, the volunteer screening pro-cess and the activities and benefits provided by Kids ’n Kinship. Application materials will be available. Kids ’n Kinship is seek-ing volunteers to provide support, encouragement and friendship to a child or youth; with experience or willingness to be trained to mentor children on the waiting list with special needs; and to support an elementary school student with academic needs at one to four schools. Training and ongoing support is provided for all types of mentoring. Information and RSVP to [email protected], 952-891-3885 or www.kid-snkinship.org.

Library launches literacy campaign Dakota County Li-brary is launching Raise a Reader, a campaign to increase awareness of the importance of early child-hood literacy. The library’s online resources, children’s sto-rytimes, and music and theater programs help children develop early lit-eracy skills. Programs are offered specifically for parents and caregivers to discover the five practices that pre-pare kids for learning to

read — talking, singing, reading, writing and play-ing. 30 Ways to Raise a Reader, 7-8 p.m. Wednes-day, Feb. 18, at Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Every Child Ready to Read, 10 a.m. to noon Sat-urday, March 7, at Farm-ington Library, 508 Third St., Farmington. All nine Library branches have been updat-ed with brightly colored displays featuring inspir-ing characters that will encourage young minds to let their imaginations take them somewhere new with every book they dive into. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty.

us/library and search “Raise a Reader.”

Dementia speaker Caregivers and the community can attend a presentation on The 3-D Approach – Dementia, Delirium and Depression at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, at Ecumen Centennial House, 14625 Pennock Ave., Apple Valley. The speaker is Shelley Wagner, senior director at the Grace Unit Geriatric Behavioral Health. To sign up, contact Christi Fletcher at 952-542-5687 or email [email protected].


Improving education To the editor: I recently introduced legislation to allow more high school juniors and se-niors to take college-level classes right at their high school through partner-ships among high schools and state colleges. Expan-sion of this existing pro-gram has many benefits to students and school dis-tricts. Under my bill, stu-dents will not have to leave their high school to take college-level classes and receive college credits. The courses and college credits are free, and students can maintain their involve-ment in school activities. Students can save thou-sands of dollars in tuition by earning college credit during high school, and many participating stu-dents feel more equipped to succeed in college fol-lowing graduation. While I was a princi-pal at Rosemount High School, we had a very successful College in the

Schools dual enrollment program that helped high school students begin col-lege early, and provided students with college cred-its and skills for a success-ful transition to post-sec-ondary education. I hope we can expand this pro-

gram to more schools so more students can partici-pate in this great program. Another advantage of high school students tak-ing college classes at the high school is that school districts do not lose state funds for students who

participate in the pro-gram. When high school students take classes at a college through programs such as PSEO, the higher education institution re-ceives most of the state funding the school district would otherwise have re-ceived. Some schools face financial hardship when large numbers of their stu-dents attend college dur-ing their junior and senior years of high school. We must pursue all av-enues to help prepare a skilled workforce for the 21st century. I join an in-creasing number of poli-cymakers, educators, and researchers in promoting

dual enrollment as an av-enue for building a work-force with the knowledge and skills needed for the emerging globalized econ-omy. With almost 80 per-cent of the nation’s fast-est-growing jobs requiring some postsecondary edu-cation, there is a growing recognition that a college education is necessary to prepare a workforce for the present and future economic realities. This is a great piece of legislation that will help students, parents, and high schools. I am hopeful this bill becomes law.

Sen. GREG CLAUSENDFL-Apple ValleyDistrict 57

Help the homeless children To the editor: I am a community health care worker, and I volunteer at a safe and sober living home. In see-ing homelessness in many different areas of my daily life and in talking about it with co-workers, peers, and clients, I have made a conclusion about how to begin to end homelessness. We need to stop believing the stereotype of home-lessness. Most people who com-mute especially to the city have seen them – the di-sheveled middle aged men standing on the side of

the inner city street hold-ing signs that say things like “homeless vet” or “anything helps.” I once believed that all homeless-ness looked like this was a result of drug problems, alcohol addiction and poor decisions. For some this is true, but for many others suffering homeless-ness it is not. What many of us don’t know is that these middle aged men only make up a small portion of the home-less population in the Twin Cities area. In Minnesota children and youths un-der 21 make up half of the homeless population. A total of 13,000 pub-lic school students were identified as homeless or highly mobile in the past two years. Homelessness is not a child’s fault and if we are to end homeless-ness, we should start with the population who is hit the hardest: children.

MARGARET BENSONRosemount

Do as Scott County did, reject trail plan To the editor: Dakota County offi-cials have put a plan out that has a miles long de-velopment that will slice through the hills creating ditches sometimes 30-50 feet deep, up to 100

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Find ways to fully fund school special education

Lebanon Hills: To be, or not to be, ‘Forever Wild’

The number of students who have special needs in Minnesota schools continues to grow. State and federal governments need to fund federally mandated programs as promised to avoid using local oper-ating school district funds to subsidize the program. To its credit, the 2012-13 State Leg-islature appropriated an additional $40 million to fund special education for 112,000 students. The federal govern-ment came up with $167 million in new money. In the 2013-14 school year, the cost of educating disabled learners was $1.955 billion, with the state contribut-ing $1.049 billion that was designated for students with special needs. That means that during the 2013-14 school year local school districts will have to use $611 million out of their general funds to subsidize special edu-cation programs. General funds are in-tended for the education of all students, including those with special needs.

U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee, intends to find more funds for special education, but he contends the Obama administration keeps coming up with new programs that take away scarce dollars that could go to students in Minnesota’s class-rooms. When the federal government in 1975 mandated the special education program it promised to fund it up to 40 percent. It’s now approximately 18 per-cent. Meanwhile, the number of students eligible for special education under Minnesota law continues to climb, while the total enrollment continues to decline. Part of the answer may be more funding for high quality 3- and 4-year-old early childhood programs from low-income families. Some research

shows this helps reduce the number of students with special needs in elemen-tary and secondary schools. Each student with special needs has an individual education plan that by law must be funded. All children, including those with special needs, have an equal right to an education as guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Con-stitution. They also have a right to the same funding as all children. According to the Minnesota De-partment of Education, in 2012 it cost $1.8 billion to fund these individual education plans. State and federal gov-ernments covered $1.2 billion, forcing local school districts to bolster special education funding by almost $600 mil-lion from their general operating funds. State legislators would rather spread any new funding to their local districts, rather than give more to districts that have disabled learners. Advocates for children with learning disabilities contend that a local school district’s subsidy of the funding gap is

part of the community’s responsibility to educate all children. They note that students with special needs also lose opportunities when districts cut oper-ating budgets. School superintendents from all over the state say their No. 1 priority for the federal government is full fund-ing of special education. People need to rise up, contact their state legislators and members of Congress, and demand that federal and state governments live up to their promises of full funding. Until federal and the state govern-ments feel the heat, they will be content to let local school districts spend gen-eral operating funds intended for the education of all students to provide de-served special education programs for those students with special needs.

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by Christie SoderlingSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Dakota County and the Metropoli-tan Council are headed in the wrong direction regarding proposals for the Lebanon Hills Greenway Hub and the most recent (Jan. 26) Draft Master Plan for Lebanon Hills Regional Park. It is distressing that there has been no apparent change in the official attitude that no longer places a primary value on the unique natural resources at Leba-non Hills. The proceedings of a tightly-controlled citizen panel convened to study controversial plans for significant development in the park have failed the people in this county. The aspect of the plan most damag-ing to the integrity of Lebanon Hills and its most prized resource is the paved trail proposed through the interior of the park, acquiescing to Met Council’s policy that combines bicycle commuting with recreation. Established 40 years ago, the domi-nant theme of Lebanon Hills has been restoration, preservation, education, and recreation in a high-quality natural setting – until now. The proposed green-way corridor planned through the park – up to 80 feet wide, graded to flatten the hills, with pavement not less than 10 feet wide, and plowed in the winter – would

forever destroy the continuous natural habitat of the park interior. Develop-ment of this type quite simply cannot co-exist with the experience of the natu-ral landscape that visitors treasure (as the county’s own surveys demonstrate). Recognized as a premier destination for cross-country skiers, hikers, trail runners, mountain bikers, birders, natu-ralists, snowshoers, and equestrians, a paved and plowed trail would hugely de-grade the experience of park users. Safe-ty concerns will be a factor for families with young children, elderly and mobil-ity disabled are mixed with high-speed bicyclers and inline skaters. There would be no way to protect the many wetlands and lakes from oily asphalt run-off or chemicals used for ice control. Root systems damaged by heavy construction would be extremely detrimental toward efforts to manage the spread of oak wilt through park. Disrupted soil will provide ideal condi-tions for further spread of buckthorn. Any visitor can attest to the fact that maintenance and restoration programs have been severely lacking. Financial commitment to these critical aspects of park funding in the past decade have been skewed 3:1 in favor of develop-

ment over ecological stewardship. The proposed plan aggravates this trend by eliminating even previously stated goals of equalization. Increased development (the paved trail is only a part of the am-bitious expansion proposed) will stretch the marginal maintenance dollars even more thinly, to the detriment of visitor experiences. As a critical example, the eventual and predictable replacement costs of paved trails far exceed budget capacities. The plan needs to realisti-cally account for the stated, but under-funded, aims regarding maintenance and resource management. It seems that Dakota County is no longer in the business of what is best for its own parks. It would ap-pear that we are now playing catch-up with Three Rivers Parks, as indicated by the side-byside comparison, really apples-to-oranges comparison at best, as justification for additional develop-ment. Planners asked how many miles of paved trails does Lebanon Hill have? How many visitors? What can we build to draw more people? These are the wrong questions for Dakota County. Commissioners should be asking if we have committed the resources to teach visitors of all ages about the natural resources at the park. How do we encourage our visitors to en-gage with the natural setting? To be a

buckthorn control volunteer? How do we all benefit from a healthy ecosystem? How can we provide a true comparable experience for all ages and abilities? The county got it right on the last Management Plan (2001) where, with in-clusive citizen input, the stated emphasis was on restoration, keeping the unde-veloped areas natural, and providing a unique experience for visitors. Commis-sioners should not cede their longstand-ing goals for Lebanon Hills to planners who see an “empty” swath of land as a convenient place to put a paved trail. Lebanon Hills’ chief asset is its unde-veloped landscape. The proposed paved trail through the interior of the park, in particular, is markedly inconsistent with this vision. Tipping the balance away from pertinent park services, manage-ment, and restoration, and focusing in-stead on development defeats the objec-tive of wise stewardship of this unique resource. Our elected commissioners should remind themselves that by far the best course of action would be to heed the Dakota Parks moniker, “Forever Wild,” and preserve the land that was set aside for its inherent value as a natural area.

Christie Soderling is an Eagan resident. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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feet wide along with high berms and side cut slopes. This development will have a paved 10-foot wide ribbon at the center for high speed biking along with anyone else who wants to risk being run over on an isolated strip of pavement. This devel-opment, misnamed as a greenway, wipes out many of the existing ski and hik-ing trails. It also wipes out thousands of trees directly and probably even more trees later due to root damage and the road salt to keep this mini freeway open in the winter. This plan was soundly rejected by over 90 per-cent of residents over a year ago when commen-tary was given. There was then a panel methodol-ogy to try to greenwash the flop which was ma-nipulative and dishonest. The method is best de-scribed by Steve Yaeger, District 3 representative in panel’s report. “First, meeting agendas were set and dominated by staff and by the county’s paid consultants, who have a

financial interest in the continued development of Lebanon Hills.” The gre-enway as envisioned is an expensive boondoggle that duplicates trails and de-stroys parks including the destruction already visited on Dodge Nature Center. Scott County has rejected this unpopular and dumb greenway trail into Mur-phy Hanrehan Park. Resi-dents of Dakota County are doing their best to tell our county government the same for Lebanon Hills.

MIKE FEDDEEagan

There is no honeymoonTo the editor: Lest U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, think that there is post-election exhaustion, he can retire that thought. His recent actions in the House are being closely scrutinized. He continues to vote against the interests of this district and the country. For example: Save American Workers Act: He voted to increase

to 40 hours the definition of full-time employment before an employer is re-quired to provide health insurance under the Af-fordable Care Act. As a result, many employees will be removed from the rolls of the insured. We, the taxpayers, will bear the burden of this decision. Keystone XL Pipe-line: He voted to autho-rize the construction of the pipeline. No oil flow-ing through this pipeline will remain in the United States. Only approximate-ly 30 permanent jobs re-sult from its construction. And, it encourages the production some of the world’s dirtiest oil from the Canadian tar sands. Regulatory Account-ability Act: He voted to create many of new hur-dles for the EPA, the FDA, and other science agencies, while allowing for endless court challenges from spe-cial interests. This could delay protections from current and emerging threats for years. Homeland Security: He voted to defund all immigration reforms un-dertaken by the president.

This results in continuing insecurity for workers and students who have and will contribute to our economy and society. Job Creation and Re-ducing Burdens on Small Business: This bill weak-ens the Dodd-Frank leg-islation, giving renewed power to Wall Street to impose its will on Main Street. Before he retires or is voted out of office, he should stop doing damage to his beloved country.

RON GOLDSEREagan

Pot calling the kettle blackTo the editor: After my letter, “Leba-non Hills Park Master ‘Mis’ Plan,” was published on Jan. 16, I “uncovered” three additional related stories and letters. One was published in the Star Tribune on Oct. 2, 2014, titled, “Dakota County, Met Council clash over parks plan.” Following are excerpts: “A Metropolitan Council plan that would guide the

development of parks in the metro area over the next 30 years has irritated Dakota County officials, who say it would under-mine the control of local leaders who know resi-dents’ needs best.” A letter from the county commissioners to the Met Council criticizing several of the plan’s proposals, stated, “Their input was disregarded during its cre-ation.” County Commissioner Tom Egan was quoted as saying, “They are trying to top-down dictate how we operate our parks.” It continued, “Com-missioners bristled at the suggestion that the Met Council should help de-cide which park improve-ment programs to pur-sue.” The county’s letter said, “It is important that the Metropolitan Council does not usurp the author-ity of local elected officials in the improvement of re-gional park systems.” I would appreciate being informed of the difference(s) between what our commissioners stated the Met Council was do-ing to them and what they

are attempting to do to county citizens. The Lebanon Hills Cit-izens Advisory Panel, sup-posedly established to ad-dress citizens’ objections, was rather, it appears, used to enable the commission-ers to impose their plans on the people the parks belong to, doing just what they were complaining about the Met Council do-ing. What is that old say-ing about the shoe “pinch-ing” when it’s on the other foot? My tally of 39 articles and letters relative to the “Master Plan” published over the last 20 months is 31 “nays” and two “yeas,” six being strictly informa-tive or neutral commentar-ies. A couple of other “old sayings” I like: “Recogni-tion of reality is the be-ginning of wisdom” and/or, alternately, “When illu-sion dies, wisdom is born.” If the shoe fits, wear it.

CARL “BILL” IRELANDApple Valley

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Obituaries Seniors‘Born to be Wild’ at zoo Senior Citizen Day is Tuesday, Feb. 10, at the IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo, 12000 Zoo Blvd., Apple Valley. Complimentary coffee and refreshments will be served at 9 a.m. The film, “Born to be Wild 3D,” will begin at 10 a.m. Cost is $5. For questions or group reservations, call 952-997-9714 or email [email protected].

Senior driver improvement The Minnesota High-way Safety Center will offer 55-plus driver-im-provement courses on the following days: • 5:30-9:30 p.m. Feb. 17 (four-hour refresher), Burnsville Senior Center – ISD 191, 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway, Burnsville. • 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 19 (four-hour refresher), Apple Valley Senior Cen-ter, 14601 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. • 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Feb. 20 (eight-hour first-time course), Apple Val-ley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. • 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 23 (eight-hour first-time course), Eagan Com-munity Center, 1501 Cen-tral Parkway, Eagan. • 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 23 (four-hour re-fresher), AAA Minnesota – Iowa, 600 W. Travelers Trail, Burnsville. • 5:30-9:30 p.m. Feb. 23 and 24 (eight-hour first-time course), Burnsville Senior Center – ISD 191, 200 W. Burnsville Park-way, Burnsville. • 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 28 (four-hour re-fresher), Lakeville Senior Center – Heritage Cen-ter, 20110 Holyoke Drive, Lakeville. The courses are open to the public; however, pre-registration is requested.

The eight-hour course is $24; the four-hour refresh-er is $20. For more infor-mation or to register, visit www.mnsafetycenter.org or call 888-234-1294.

Apple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Se-nior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the fol-lowing activities, which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityofapplevalley.org. Monday, Feb. 9 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Membership Commit-tee, 10 a.m.; Zumba Gold Toning, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; IMAX Coffee & Show, 9:30 a.m.; “SOFT” Program, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Cribbage, 1 p.m.; Ta-ble Tennis, 1 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Velvet Tones, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Oils Class, 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Tap Dancing, 12:30 p.m.; Du-plicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m.; Social Seniors, 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13 – Morn-ing Stretch, 10 a.m.; Wom-en’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Valen-tine Party at Ames Center in Burnsville, 3 p.m.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior events. Monday, Feb. 9 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Card Recycle, 12:30 p.m.; Pi-nochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Tuesday, Feb. 10 – Quil-ters, 9 a.m.; Cedar Lanes Bowling, 10 a.m.; Scrab-ble, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Trou-badours, 1 p.m.; Blood-mobile, 1:30 p.m.; Evening Taxes, 5:30 p.m., Presbyte-rian Church of the Apos-tles; Line Dancing. Wednesday, Feb. 11 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Taxes, 9 a.m. to noon; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Chair Tai Chi, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; Hearing Clin-ic, 1 p.m.; SS Flex. Thursday, Feb. 12 – Massage, 9 a.m.; Triple Espresso, 10:15 a.m.; Fun & Friendship (program, entertainment, lunch, cards and bingo), 11 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Knitters, 9:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Chocolate & Hearts, 3 p.m.; SS Flex; deadline, Hinckley. Chocolates & Hearts event – Burnsville resi-dents ages 62-plus are in-vited to celebrate Valen-tine’s Day at Chocolate & Hearts: How Sweet It Is from 3-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. The event will include hors d’oeuvres, a choco-late fountain, games, a photo booth and more. Registration deadline is Friday, Feb. 6. Register by phone at 952-895-4500, online at www.burnsville.org/recreation (click “On-line Registration”), or in person at Burnsville City Hall’s Recreation Office, 100 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville. Cost is $12.

Eagan seniors The following senior activities are offered by the Eagan Parks and Rec-reation Department in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Community Cen-ter, 1501 Central Park-way. Call 651-675-5500 for more information. Monday, Feb. 9 – Zum-ba (Oasis), 9 a.m.; Book Club No. 2, 10 a.m.; FFL+ (Oasis), 10 a.m.; FFL (Oa-sis), 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10 – Book Club No. 3, 10 a.m.; Euchre/500, 12:45 p.m.; Recycled Cards, 1 p.m.; Defensive Driving, 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 – Coffee & Conversations, 9 a.m.; Bring a Treat Wednesday; Blood Pres-sure Checks, 9:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Nimble Fingers, 9:30 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Zumba (Oa-sis), 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oa-sis), 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13 – Zum-ba (Oasis), 10:15 a.m.; S/B/Yoga (Oasis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m. Chocolate & Hearts Party, 3-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13. Celebrate Valen-tine’s Day at Ames Center in Burnsville. Includes ap-petizers, games, chocolate fountains, entertainment and more. Cost: $12. Reg-ister by Feb. 6 by calling Eagan Parks and Recre-ation at 651-675-5500. St. Paul Union Depot and lunch at Christos, Tuesday, March 10. Coach bus trip to the Depot for a guided tour, buffet lunch at Christos and gangster tour of the St. Paul Land-mark Center. Cost: $39. Register by Feb. 27 by call-ing Eagan Parks and Rec-reation at 651-675-5500.

Farmington seniors The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more infor-mation on trips, programs and other activities, call 651-280-6970. Monday, Feb. 9 – Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Se-nior Advisory Board, 9:30 a.m.; Dulcimer Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Dominoes, 10:30 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 12:30 p.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dancing, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10 – AARP Taxes, 9 a.m.; Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fit-ness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Chair Exercise, 10 a.m.; Tap Dance, 11:30 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; Book Club, 3 p.m.; Yoga, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Happy Feet, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; School Box Tops, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; EZ Play, 11 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12 – Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Sit -n- Stitch, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Val-entine’s Event, 1 p.m.; Ta-ble Tennis, 2 p.m.; Model Train Meeting, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Recycled Bingo, 1 p.m. Rambling River Center Financial Support Pro-gram – Contact Nicole at 651-280-6971 for informa-tion. Happy Harry’s Fur-niture Fundraiser – Stop by Happy Harry’s Furni-ture in Farmington and mention the Rambling River Center when order-ing/purchasing your new furniture. Happy Harry’s Furniture will give 10 per-cent of the purchase to the Rambling River Center. Valentine’s Event: Call-ing All Chocoholics, 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12. Take a closer look at the history of chocolate. Wine and chocolate tasting to accompany program. Cost: $5 members, $15 nonmembers. Registration required. Deadline: Feb. 9. Mardi Gras Party, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.

17. Registration required. Features Farmington High School’s jazz sextet and New Orleans-inspired appetizers. Cost: $5 mem-bers, $8 nonmembers. Deadline: Feb. 10. Red Carpet Gala, 5-11 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22. An evening of socializing with awards for best dressed, best hair and best ac-cessories. Attendees will experience the live (tele-vision) showing of the 87th Academy Awards, paparazzi and more. Walk the red carpet and receive a souvenir photo. Dinner provided by Longbranch. Dessert provided by Keller Williams Realty. Cost: $10 members, $20 nonmem-bers. Registration dead-line: Feb. 17.

Rosemount seniors The following activities are sponsored by the Rose-mount Parks and Recre-ation Department and the Rosemount Area Seniors. For more information, call the Rosemount Parks and Recreation Department at 651-322-6000. Monday, Feb. 9– Bridge, 9 a.m., Rosemount Community Center; Tax Assistance, 9 a.m.; 500, 1 p.m., RCC. Tuesday, Feb. 10 – Cof-fee, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Rose-mount Cub; Bid Euchre, 9 a.m., RCC; IMAX, “Born To Be Wild,” 10 a.m.; Ge-nealogy, 10 a.m., Library. Wednesday, Feb. 11 – Velvet Tones, 10 a.m.; Mexican Train Dominoes, 1 p.m., Do Drop Inn. Thursday, Feb. 12 – Breakfast Out, 9 a.m., Per-kins in Apple Valley. Friday, Feb. 13 – Eu-chre, 9 a.m.; Bowling, 1 p.m., Apple Place in Apple Valley. The Rosemount Area Seniors “Do Drop Inn” is open to senior citizens 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The room is located in the Rose-mount Community Center and allows seniors a place to stop by and socialize during the week.

Lakeville seniors All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for informa-tion. Monday, Feb. 9 – Health Insurance Coun-seling, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Knitting Class, 9:30 a.m.; Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Hearing Screening, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Cribbage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Driver Improvement Class, 5:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10 – Dominoes and Cards, 9 a.m.; Tappercize, 9:30 a.m.; Blood Pressure Checks, 9:30 a.m.; Creative Writing, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Weight Control Support, 11:30 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m.; deadline, Diner’s Club. Wednesday, Feb. 11 – Cards, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Pinochle, noon; Dime Bin-go, 1 p.m.; Chess, 1 p.m.; Grief, Loss & Cancer Group, 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12 – “Classic Voices” Chorus, 9-10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Cho-rus, 10:30 a.m.; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Ping Pong, 1-3 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Diner’s Club – Teresa’s, 5 p.m.; Billiards, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Cards, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Tatting, 1 p.m.; Oil & Acrylic Painting Class, 1 p.m.

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EducationLocal teachers up for Teacher of the Year The following area teachers have been nomi-nated for 2015 Minnesota Teacher of the Year: Mark Riggs, Burns-ville-Eagan-Savage Christopher Clifford, Lakeville Kari Dykhoff, Lakev-ille Cathy Knutson, Lakev-ille Pamela Jaye, Rose-mount-Apple Valley-Ea-gan The 2015 Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be announced Sunday, May 3, at the Radisson Blu Mall of America in Bloomington. Over the coming weeks, a 25-mem-ber panel of community leaders will name a group of semifinalists and final-ists. Organized and un-derwritten by Education Minnesota, the Minne-sota Teacher of the Year program receives support from Education Minneso-

ta ESI, The Harvard Club of Minnesota Foundation, McDonald’s Restaurants of Minnesota, Radisson Blu Mall of America, The SMARTer Kids Founda-tion, TruStone Financial and United Educators Credit Union.

Community Education classes District 196 Commu-nity Education will offer the following classes. To register, or for more infor-mation, call 651-423-7920 or visit www.district196.org/ce. iPad – Back to the Ba-sics, 9-11:30 a.m. Satur-day, Feb. 7, Scott High-lands Middle School, $29. Preparing Your Estate Plan, 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, Scott Highlands Middle School, $15, $12 additional person. Introduction to Win-dows 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 9, Rose-mount Middle School, $39. Windows 8: Discover

and Learn, 6-9 p.m. Tues-day, Feb. 10, Rosemount Middle School, $35. How to Start Your Own Business, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10, Fal-con Ridge Middle School, $29. All About Angels, 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, Falcon Ridge Middle School, $19. Accounting Facts and Fun, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, Fal-con Ridge Middle School, $19. Trusts and Wills, 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, Scott Highlands Middle School, $19. Mushrooms for Health, 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, Scott Highlands Mid-dle School, $19. Proficiency and Prepa-ration for Steam and Hot Water Heating Boiler Li-cense Testing, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 21, Falcon Ridge Middle School, $99. Excel Extras, 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, Rose-mount Middle School, $35.

College News Wartburg College, Wa-verly, Iowa, fall dean’s list, Karina Devine, of Apple Valley. Vermilion Community College, Ely, fall honors list, Taylor Ham, of Apple Valley. North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D., fall dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Sarah Bourassa, Ann Ehresmann, Leah Gullickson, Tyler Holm-vik, Rachel Marsh, Samu-el Mayer, Isabelle McKay, Micah Schmitt. University of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H., fall dean’s list, Ma-rissa Nelson, of Apple Valley. Grinnell College, Grin-nell, Iowa, fall dean’s list, Rebecca Scherrer, of Ap-

ple Valley. University of Wiscon-sin-River Falls, fall gradu-ate, Michael Shiels, of Ap-ple Valley, B.S., marketing communications. Carroll University, Waukesha, Wis., fall dean’s list, Holly Kowal-ski, of Apple Valley. Miami University, Ox-ford, Ohio, fall dean’s list, Kirby McPhee, of Apple Valley. The College of St. Scholastica, December graduate, Rebecca Con-don, of Apple Valley, M.S., occupational thera-py. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D., fall dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Austin Britnell, Taylor Jamison,

Adam Jentink, Elijah Kranz, Jamie St. Marie, Lindsey Wegner. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D., fall president’s list, from Apple Valley – Jo-seph Besong, Lindsey We-gner. St. Cloud State Univer-sity, fall graduates, from Apple Valley – Windy Moua, B.S., community health; Abby Reesen, B.S., community psychology, magna cum laude; Tyler Schmidt, B.A., travel and tourism; Mallory Spin-dler, B.A., anthropology, summa cum laude.

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Goetz is lunch speaker Beth Goetz, deputy athletics director for Gopher Athletics, is the guest speaker at the 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, Lakeville Women in Business Lun-cheon at Legends Club, 8670 Cred-it River Blvd., Prior Lake. Cost is $20 for Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce members, $40 for nonmembers. To register, con-tact Penny Zurn or Shelley Jans at [email protected].

Houzz award for local builder Lakeville-based College City Design/Build has received 2015 Best of Houzz Customer Ser-vice and Design Awards. Houzz is an online platform for home remodeling and design. The Best of Houzz Award is given in two categories: Cus-tomer Service and Design. Customer Service honors are determined by several factors, including the number and qual-ity of client reviews a profes-sional received in 2014. Design award winners’ work was the most popular among the more than 25 million monthly users on Houzz. Winners receive a

“Best Of Houzz 2015” badge on their profiles. College City features over 50 completed projects on the Houzz website at www.houzz.com/pro/collegecity.

New VP at GrandStay Eric M. Tweten has joined GrandStay Hospitality as vice president of franchise sales and development. His background includes management and regional operations experience with Ledgestone Hospitality, Quiz-nos Franchise Sales and Devel-opment and AmericInn hotel management. GrandStay Hos-

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Promotion at AE2S Aaron Vollmer has been pro-moted to operations manager of the Eagan and Maple Grove of-fices of Advanced Engineering and Environmental Services Inc. (AE2S). Vollmer has extensive design and construction experience in all aspects of public water sup-ply, including wells, raw water supply, water treatment facili-ties, water towers, booster sta-tions, transmission and distribu-tion pipelines, and lime solids lagoons.

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‘Top Shop’ auto repair facilities Dick’s Valley Service in Apple Valley and Crystal Lake Automotive in Lakeville have earned “Top Shop” honors for 2014 from the AAA Clubs of Minnesota. The two facilities are among 18 in the state that received an “Excellent” rating of 93 percent or higher in online customer sat-isfaction surveys.

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Apple Valley Chamber of Com-merce events: • Wednesday, Feb. 11, 8-9 a.m., Joint Chamber Coffee Connection – 360 Communities, 501 E. Highway 13, Suite 100, Burnsville. Food shelf do-nations will be accepted. Information: Kristy Barse at 952-432-8422. • Thursday, Feb. 19, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Business After Hours – Galaxie Floor Stores – Abbey Decorating Center, 6808 151st St. W., Suite 104, Apple Val-ley. Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, Feb. 11, 8-9 a.m., AM Coffee Break, 360 Communities, 501 E. Highway 13, Suite 102, Burnsville. Joint event with the Apple Valley and Lakev-ille chambers. Consider bringing a food or cash donation for the food shelf. In-formation: Jina at [email protected]. • Wednesday, Feb. 11, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., State of the City Address, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Address is free; luncheon is $25 and registration is required. Information: Jina at [email protected]. • Thursday, Feb. 26, 6-10 p.m., Bite of Burnsville, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $40. Information: Jina at [email protected]. Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce events:

• Friday, Feb. 6, 7:30-9 a.m., Legis-lative Breakfast Series, The Commons on Marice, 1380 Marice Drive, Eagan. Series pass, $200; single event, $25; nonmembers, $30. Information: Vicki Stute, [email protected] or 651-288-9201. • Monday, Feb. 9, 4:30-6 p.m., Wine Donation Happy Hour Event, Casper’s Cherokee, 4625 Nicols Road, Eagan. Free admission. Donate a bottle of wine ($10 or more) for a chance to win a tast-ing for four at Cannon Falls Winery. All wine donated will be contributed to the Wall of Wine at the March 12 womEn’s Conference. Information: Carmen Schaffer at 612-532-5387. • Thursday, Feb. 12, 8-9 a.m., Ea-gan Coffee Break, Style Encore Eagan, 1960 Cliff Lake Road, Eagan. Open to all DCRC members. Information: Chel-sea Johnson at [email protected] or 651-288-9202. • Tuesday, Feb. 17, 12-1:30 p.m., Meet the Chamber, DCR Chamber Of-fice, 1121 Town Centre Drive, Suite 102, Eagan. For new and prospective mem-bers. Registration required. Information: Kate Bowen at [email protected] or 651-288-9200. • Wednesday, Feb. 18, 8-9 a.m., Farmington Coffee Break, Dunn Bros Coffee, 20700 Chippendale Ave. W., Farmington. Open to all DCRC mem-bers. Information: Chelsea Johnson at [email protected] or 651-288-9202. • Thursday, Feb. 19, 8-9 a.m., At-Large Coffee Break, Valleywood Golf Course, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple

Valley. Information: Chelsea Johnson at [email protected] or 651-288-9202. • Thursday, Feb. 19, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., The womEn’s circle: Commu-nicating in Today’s Business World, Mendakota Country Club, 2075 Menda-kota Drive, Mendota Heights. Speaker: Jennifer Hellman, public relations ex-ecutive. RSVP required; limited seating. Information: Chelsea Johnson at [email protected] or 651-288-9202. Lakeville Area Chamber of Com-merce events: • Wednesday, Feb. 11, 8-9 a.m., Morning Brew, 360 Communities, 501 E. Highway 13, Suite 100, Burnsville. Joint event with the Apple Valley and Burnsville chambers. Bring food or cash donation to help stock 360 Communi-ties Burnsville or Lakeville food shelf. Information: Penny Zurn at [email protected]. • Tuesday, Feb. 17, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lakeville Women in Business lun-cheon, Legends Club, 8670 Credit River Blvd., Prior Lake. Speaker: Beth Goetz, deputy director of Gopher Athletics at the University of Minnesota. Cost: $20 members, $40 nonmembers. Registra-tion required. Information: Shelley Jans at [email protected]. • Tuesday, Feb. 17, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Lakeville Chamber After Hours, Anchor Bank, 9202 202nd St. W., Lakeville. Mardi Gras theme. Information: Karen Sullivan at 952-985-2201 or [email protected].

Business Calendar BBB releases 2014 statistics Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota (BBB) has compiled lists of the top 10 industries for consumer complaints and inquiries, according to its fi-nal statistics for 2014. These numbers are for complaints and inquiries from consum-ers in Minnesota and North Dakota regarding businesses which are headquartered in the region. The local BBB set a new record in 2014 by pro-viding more than 4 million BBB Business Reviews to the public, up from nearly 3 mil-lion in 2013. BBB received nearly 24,000 complaints in 2014, down just slightly from the previous year. Complaints are generally handled by BBBs where companies are headquartered, so some of those complaints were trans-ferred to different BBBs na-tionwide. Of the complaints BBB of Minnesota and North Dakota handled to closure, roughly 90 percent were closed as resolved. “Our complaint levels have remained remarkably

steady for the last few years,” said Dana Badgerow, presi-dent and CEO of the BBB of Minnesota and North Da-kota. BBB’s statistics for 2014 are as follows: Top 10 industries by vol-ume of complaints: 1. Auto Dealers – New; 2. Auto Deal-ers – Used; 3. Property Man-agement; 4. Auto Repair & Services; 5. Banks; 6. Rub-bish & Garbage Removal; 7. Newspapers; 8. Contractors – General; 9. Roofing Con-tractors; 10. Furniture – Re-tail. Top 10 industries by con-sumer inquiries: 1. Collec-tion Agencies; 2. Contractors – General; 3. Construction & Remodeling Services; 4. Roofing Contractors; 5. Auto Dealers – Used; 6. Checks – Printing; 7. Internet Shop-ping; 8. Property Manage-ment; 9. Plumbers; 10. Home Builders. For the latest consumer news, fraud alerts and free BBB Business Reviews, visit bbb.org.

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Lenten kickoff in Eagan Author Sally Howell Johnson will talk about her book, “The Practic-ing Life: Simple Acts. Sa-cred Living,” as a kickoff to the Lenten season at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, at Advent United Methodist Church, 3945 Lexington Ave. S., Eagan. The free event is open to all. Johnson is the minister of worship and spiritual formation at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church. “The Practicing Life: Simple Acts. Sacred Liv-ing” offers insight and in-spiration for a connection of mind, body and spirit. The book will be avail-able for purchase. It is also available through Kirk House Publishers, www.kirkhouse.com.

Lenten retreat at St. Joe’s The Rev. Bob Schwartz, priest of the Archdiocese and weekend assistant at Church of St. Joseph in Rosemount, will lead a Lenten retreat on St. Joe’s core values over three sep-arate Friday evenings. Feb. 20: Prayer and Worship. March 6: Being One in Christ and Respect for All People. March 20: Evangeliz-ing, Service and Life Long Learning. Friday stations in the church begin at 5:30 p.m. The Lenten soup sup-pers begin at 6 p.m. and Schwartz will begin his retreat talks shortly after. There is no cost. Church of St. Joseph is at 13900 Biscayne Ave. W., Rosemount, 651-423-

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Tai chi and chai tea at Grace Grace United Method-ist Church, 15309 Maple Island Drive, Burnsville, will offer the Arthritis Foundation’s Tai Chi Pro-gram. Classes will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 24 to April 7. They will be followed by an optional time for tea and conversa-tion. Past participants in this program have reported decreased joint pain and stress, increased range of motion and improved bal-ance. Cost is $35. Scholar-ships are available. To reg-ister, call Tracy at 952-215-7052 or sign up online at www.apparentplan.org.

Religion Apple Valley woman injured in crash An Apple Valley wom-an suffered serious inju-ries in a one-vehicle crash the morning of Feb. 2. Elizabeth A. Jax, 28, was at the wheel of a Chrysler 200 LX that drove off the on-ramp from Old Shakopee Road to Highway 77, traveling down the embankment and hitting the ditch be-fore landing in the right

southbound lane of the highway, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Jax, the vehicle’s sole occupant, was not wear-ing a seatbelt, though her airbag deployed in the crash, the State Patrol said. No alcohol was detect-ed in her system. She was transported to Hennepin County Medi-

cal Center in Minneapo-lis for treatment. The Chrysler was to-taled in the incident. Road conditions were dry on the divided high-way when the crash oc-curred. The Bloomington Police Department assist-ed the State Patrol at the scene.

—Andrew Miller

Women’s health, fitness seminar in Burnsville “Breakthrough in 2015,” a seminar and fundraising event for the Lewis House, will be 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Best Western Premier Nicollet Inn in Burns-ville. “The purpose of this event is to kick off 2015 by teaching women a proven strategy for achieving their New Year’s resolu-

tions of health and fit-ness and raising money for a great charity that I feel strongly about,” said Erik Peacock, owner of Puravida Fitness and one of the event sponsors. In addition to Pea-cock, registered dieti-cian and nutritionist Val Schonberg and Tom Schmidt, owner of Life Wellness Center, will

share tips and informa-tion on their programs. All women over 15 years of age are invited. Admission is a mini-mum donation of $10 to 360 Communities at the door. Additional infor-mation about the event is available at www.break-throughlakeville.com.


Focusing on the fun of wedding plans Small steps can help alleviate stress

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


When it comes to plan-ning a wedding, there’s plenty of advice out there. While individual tastes guide couples in different directions when it comes to the tangibles – food, venue, attire, etc. – the advice that resonates the most is that for what’s be-tween our ears. Keeping a mind that’s focused on being happy and enjoying the moments as an engaged couple is what matters most to many people. Following is a roundup of advice gathered from bloggers and advice col-umnists who take into ac-count the psychology of wedding planning from the profound to the off-beat. Engaged couples are encouraged to be gentle with one another, says the Newlywed Project. “Wedding planning can be incredibly stressful and overwhelming, no matter how laid back your atti-tude, or how committed you are to enjoying the process,” NP says. “You will likely have moments of nuclear meltdown.” NP encourages couples to take deep breaths in moments of stress and be patient with each other. “Think before you speak, hug before you crit-icize. Choose your words carefully.” Another blogger of-fered this piece of advice: “You cannot yell at any-one while you are wearing your wedding dress.” She says this is hilarious and serious at the same

time, and it helped her to maintain her composure on her wedding day. “The morning of my wedding, I felt calm, cool and collected,” she said. Sandy Malone wrote in Brides magazine that it’s important for engaged couples to take time for themselves in the run up to the wedding day. She said they should do something that doesn’t involve the engagement or the wedding. That could be a “no wedding talk” night, a get-away weekend or taking on a fun project around the house. She suggests that time away from each other might not be the worst thing as separate “girls” or “boys” nights out could be a fun outlet.

“Continuing to main-tain the friendships you have independently is important, and will not only keep things peaceful in the bride and groom’s house, but it will also keep your friends from feeling neglected and ignored,” Malone says. Mary Dann-McNa-mee of Inside Weddings magazine says exercising is another way to work off stress and clear one’s mind. What outlet one chooses depends on their personality. For some, it could by yoga. For others, it may be kickboxing. She also says journaling about positive things can help. Malone also says that passing little “love” notes, emails or texts can be ways

in which to keep the focus on what’s most important and demonstrate in this time when there is a lot of focus on wedding finances that love is free. “Whichever way you choose, it is important that you take the necessary steps to alleviate stress in-stead of simply hoping the stress will go away on its own,” Dann-McNamee writes. “Managing your wedding planning respon-sibilities and the stress they can bring are vital to enjoying this extremely unique and priceless time in your life.”

Tad Johnson can be reached at [email protected].

Keeping a mind that’s focused on being happy and enjoying the moments as an engaged couple is what matters most to many people as they are undertaking wedding plans. (Photo submitted)

County offers plenty of places to wed local One piece of advice many engaged couples receive early and often in their wedding planning is to make the most of their special day because it zooms by so fast. Often with over a hun-dred of their family mem-bers and closest friends taking part in their mar-riage, there doesn’t seem to be enough time in the day to connect with all of them on a personal level. That makes the time spent with family and friends all the more impor-tant to maximize. From a logistical stand-point, the geography of a wedding determines how much time couples can spend with their guests. If the hotel, ceremony location and reception hall are separated by miles of roadway, one can be sure precious minutes that could be spent with family and friends will be lost. That’s why couples planning to get married at a Dakota County church or other location south of the river shouldn’t have to consider any other venues in the Twin Cities other than the ones around here. The county is home to a bounty of locations where couples can tie the knot, celebrate in style and sleep the night (or next morning) away in one of the many hotels. Some of those locations, along with other products and services that can help, are noted on this special page. With regard to a ban-quet hall, there are many factors to consider. The wedding is a cel-ebration, and the banquet hall is where the couple

and their guests will let their hair down and hope-fully enjoy a festive and memorable night. Because the reception is typically the most lengthy portion of a couple’s wedding day, it’s important to find a place where everyone can be comfortable and enjoy themselves. The following are a few tips for couples looking to find the ideal banquet hall to host their wedding reception. • Ask around. Word-of-mouth is a great way to find the right banquet hall. Ask friends or family members who got hitched in Dakota County and if they can recommend a reception site. These friends or family members can provide a behind-the-scenes look at a reception hall, from how accommo-dating the staff was to how flexible the banquet hall was with regard to pricing to how open the staff was to suggestions. Wedding planning isn’t easy, so if friends, family members or co-workers recommend a hassle-free banquet hall, that recommendation can remove a lot of the stress from planning a wedding. • Consider the size of the facility. Some couples prefer an intimate affair with relatively few guests, while others will desire a large wedding party with lots of guests. Couples can find a banquet hall that’s capable of catering to small or large wedding parties, but find one that fits your party specifically. If your wedding party is small, then avoid a larger facility that will appear

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District 196 parents asked to share interest in school choice options Parents of preschool and elementary-aged chil-dren in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Pub-lic Schools are being asked to complete a survey to measure interest in differ-ent academic themes and alternative school calen-dars that may be used to create additional school choice options in the dis-trict. The school choice sur-vey opened Feb. 3 and will remain open through Feb. 27. Parents can access the survey with a link provid-ed by their child’s elemen-tary school or the district’s early childhood program. The 12-question survey asks parents to rate their

interest in several magnet themes being considered by the district, including environmental sciences, fine and performing arts, international studies, lead-ership, Montessori, STEM and world languages. Re-spondents are also asked to rate their interest in different school calendar options, including an ex-tended school year with more days than the regular calendar, a year-round cal-endar with the same num-ber of school days spread throughout the year, and a year-round calendar with additional days for academic support and en-richment during scheduled school breaks.

District 196 currently has 18 elementary schools, including three magnets: Cedar Park Elementary Science, Technology, Engi-neering and Mathematics (STEM) School in Apple Valley; Diamond Path El-ementary School of Inter-national Studies in Apple Valley, and Glacier Hills Elementary School of Arts and Science in Eagan. All three have proved popular with parents and students, and have earned state and national recognition mul-tiple times since they were converted to theme-based magnet schools in 2007. Three years before they opened as magnet schools, Cedar Park and Glacier

Hills were determined to be “racially identifiable” schools under the state’s Desegregation Rule, meaning they had enroll-ments of students of color that were more than 20 percent higher than the average for elementary schools in the district at that time. That designa-tion required the district to develop a plan to ad-dress the racial imbalance at these two schools. The resulting integra-tion and educational eq-uity plan called for Cedar Park, Diamond Path and Glacier Hills to become magnet schools as a strat-egy to improve the racial balance at Cedar Park and

Glacier Hills, and to pro-vide parents throughout the district with additional school choice options. The strategy has proved suc-cessful on both counts. All three magnet schools have ongoing waiting lists, Glacier Hills is no longer considered a racially iden-tifiable school and Cedar Park is close to having the designation dropped as well. The district’s current effort to survey parent in-terest in possible magnet school themes comes in response to a November 2014 letter from the Min-nesota Department of Education which classifies Echo Park Elementary in

Burnsville and Oak Ridge Elementary in Eagan as ra-cially identifiable schools. This year, 56 percent of students enrolled at Echo Park are students of color, which is 20.6 percent high-er than the district average of 35.4 percent. At Oak Ridge, students of color represent 56.6 percent of enrollment this year. Given the popularity of the magnet schools and the success in improving racial balance at Cedar Park and Glacier Hills, district lead-ers have started the pro-cess of developing plans to improve the racial bal-ance at Echo Park and

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empty. If the party is large, make sure there’s adequate room so guests won’t feel like they’re sitting on top of one another during din-ner and dessert. • Don’t downplay de-cor. A banquet hall with an attractive decor is not only aesthetically appeal-ing but can appeal to a couple’s finances as well. Such a hall likely won’t need any additional deco-rations, while a banquet hall that’s unadorned and lacks embellishments will, and those decorations can dip into a couple’s overall wedding budget. Compare the costs of the more dec-orated banquet hall with the one that’s more plain in appearance, factoring in the cost to decorate the latter, and you might just realize the one with more aesthetic appeal is more affordable in the long run. • Prioritize privacy. Few couples would be open to strangers having easy ac-cess to their wedding re-ception. When shopping for a banquet hall, look for one that gives you and your guests all the privacy you need. Many couples have taken to hosting the entire ceremony at a ho-tel, which may handle the bulk of the planning

and remove the hassle of transportation for out-of-town guests. However, couples considering a ho-tel should look for one that can promise privacy from other guests at the hotel who aren’t there for

the wedding. The recep-tion room should be se-cluded from the rest of the hotel so other guests walk-ing by aren’t tempted to walk in on the festivities.

Many people dream of a wedding in a church or synagogue before dozens of family members and friends, while there are others who prefer to forgo those venues and have a civil wedding instead at the Dakota County Court-house or other location. Civil ceremonies are often a choice for couples who may have different religious beliefs or do not belong to a particular re-ligious persuasion. In lieu of being presided over by a pastor, priest or rabbi, civil ceremonies are conducted by an authorized official, such as a judge or justice of the peace. The marriage also can be performed by a licensed wedding officiant. In terms of location, the most basic of civil cer-emonies take place at the county courthouse, where paperwork is immediately filed. Couples can choose to hire an officiant to go to another location to over-see the marriage ceremo-ny. The latter is the more expensive option and will be based on the officiant’s schedule. The structure of a civil marriage is much more lax than those which fol-low the more traditional course. Rather than being required to wear a certain wardrobe or meet with the requirements of a particu-lar church or other house of worship, couples often find flexibility with the

civil route. Although some brides and grooms prefer to wear a tuxedo or suit and a wedding gown, it is not necessary to do so. There are many couples who have tied the knot in more casual clothing or even costumes. In order to participate in a civil ceremony, cou-ples must secure a mar-riage license. Dakota County offers three locations to obtain marriage licenses for cer-emonies that take place in Minnesota. Those loca-tions are the Administra-tion Center in Hastings, the Northern Service Cen-ter in West St. Paul and the Western Service Cen-ter in Apple Valley. After a license is issued, it is valid for six months. There is a five-day wait-ing period between the time the application is signed and the license is is-sued. More information about county marriage li-cense locations and PDF versions of Marriage Li-cense Application and of the Statement of Premari-tal Education is at www.co.dakota.mn.us. In the next six months, when the ceremony will take place is generally up to the couple and, if a member of the judiciary will be overseeing the wed-ding, the courthouse. Couples must contact the judges to make ar-

rangements for a wedding. On the day of the wed-ding, couples will need to bring along their marriage license and two witnesses, age 16 or older. A fee may be charged, which can be discussed when scheduling a wedding with a judge. Because there is no firm tradition with civil cere-monies, couples may need to be more hands-on when it comes to executing the wedding. Here are some tips to consider. • An officiant may not organize the wedding, meaning it will be up to the couple to choose vows, arrange where people will stand, request any clerical blessings, or include any other special elements. • Some officiants enjoy presiding over weddings, while others see it as just a part of public duty. Couples can try to find an officiant who meets with their approval and will keep with the tone that is expected of the ceremony. • For those adding per-sonal vows, keep them brief and tailored to the occasion. • Know how many people can attend the cer-emony in advance. Cou-ples should recognize that space could be limited and restricted to only a few people if the wedding is taking place at the court-house.

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Oak Ridge, which may involve convert-ing them to magnet schools. Results of the parent survey will be reported to the School Board this spring. If the board decides to move forward with additional magnet schools, the soonest Echo Park and Oak Ridge could open as magnets would be in fall 2016. Elementary students who live in the attendance area of a magnet school are guaranteed enrollment in that school. Students who do not live in the atten-dance area of a magnet school may ap-ply for enrollment, which is determined by a lottery of applicants conducted in January each year. Transportation is pro-vided for students who are selected for enrollment and live more than one mile from the magnet school they will attend. For more information about the school choice survey, contact any District 196 elementary school or Stacy Wells in the district’s Teaching and Learning De-partment at 651-423-7914.

CHOICE, from 10A Kline nominates students to U.S. Service Academies U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, honored the following students at a Jan. 29 ceremony in his Burnsville office to recognize his nominees to the U.S. Ser-vice Academies for the class of 2019.

Apple Valley Brandon Cordova, a senior at East-view High School, was nominated to West Point. Cordova plays soccer, com-petes in wrestling and is a member of student council and the National Honor Society. His parents are Jose and Laura Cordova. Andrew Morgenstern, a senior at Eastview High School, was nominated to the U.S. Air Force Academy. Morgen-stern plays football, competes in wres-tling and is a member of the National Honor Society. His parents are Mark and Julie Morgenstern. Jennifer Suter, a senior at Apple Val-ley High School, was nominated to West

Point. Suter plays football, competes in track and field and is a member of the National Honor Society and student council. Her parents are Scott and Kari Suter.

Burnsville Jacob Biehn, a senior at Apple Valley High School, was nominated to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Biehn plays football and basketball and competes in track and field. His parents are Brian and Kim Biehn. Andrew Carter, a senior at Apple Val-ley High School, was nominated to West Point. Carter plays soccer and competes in Alpine skiing. He is an Eagle Scout and a member of the National Honor Society. His parents are Bruce and Pa-mela Carter.

Farmington Justin Hyytinen, a senior at Farm-

ington High School, was nominated to the U.S. Naval Academy and has been offered an appointment. Hyytinen plays hockey, competes in track and field and is a member of the National Honor So-ciety. His parents are Dean and Kelley Hyytinen. Kylie Wharton, a senior at Farming-ton High School, was nominated to the U.S. Air Force Academy and has been offered an appointment. Wharton com-petes in gymnastics and is a member of the National Honor Society. Her par-ents are Brett and Suzanne Wharton.

Lakeville MaCabe Wartick, a senior at Apple Valley High School, was nominated to the U.S. Air Force Academy. Wartick plays hockey and baseball and is a mem-ber of the National Honor Society. His parents are Kevin and Kari Wartick.


SportsLocal teams come up big in section Nordic skiingISD 196 program sends 2 squads to state meet

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


The ISD 196 Nordic skiing program will send two teams to next week’s state meet after the Eagan boys and Eastview girls won Section 1 champion-ships Tuesday afternoon. Also, Lakeville North’s girls were one of the first teams to benefit from a change in state meet quali-fication rules for Nordic skiing and also will ad-vance. Eagan sophomore Pat-rick Acton and Eastview junior Margie Freed were the boys and girls medal-ists at the Section 1 meet at Hyland Recreation Area in Bloomington. The Sec-tion 1 meet originally was to be held at Valleywood Golf Course, but the lack of natural snow at Val-

leywood forced it to be moved to Hyland, which has snowmaking capabil-ity. Acton was second, 13 seconds out of first place, after the 5-kilometer clas-sic leg of the two-stage boys pursuit race. He had the fastest time on the freestyle leg by more than 40 seconds and won with an overall time of 27 min-utes, 47 seconds. Sophomore Ryan Ste-ger (third, 28:53) and sophomore Ryan Conroy (10th, 30:06) also placed in the top 10 individually as Eagan won the team championship with 375 points. Winona/Winona Cotter finished second with 359 and also will send its team to the state meet. Lakeville South (third, 341), Lakeville North (sixth, 266), East-view (eighth, 253), Apple Valley (ninth, 215) and Rosemount (10th, 177) were among other teams competing in the Section 1

meet. Also skiing for Eagan’s boys at the section meet were senior Chris Acton (12th, 30:43), sophomore Dylan Schuller (24th, 31:42), sophomore Sam Schmidt (30th, 32:49) and sophomore Nate Schmidt (44th, 34:25). The top six individuals not on a qualifying team advance, which means Lakeville South senior Noah Hanson (sixth, 29:41) and Rosemount ju-nior Max Johnson (11th, 30:06) also have earned spots at the state meet. Eastview’s top skier was junior Sean Tuff, who placed 13th in 30:32. Leading Lakeville North was senior Grant Eggan, who was 22nd in 31:50. Se-nior Jacob Thompson was Apple Valley’s top skier, placing 26th in 32:06. Eastview’s Freed domi-nated the girls Section 1 race, particularly on the freestyle leg. Her freestyle time of 15:14 was 1:21

faster than anyone else in the race, and Freed won with an overall time of 31:04. Lightning junior Annika Martell was sec-ond in 33:20. Junior Ky-lie Kraemer was fourth in 33:39 and junior Sydney Hedberg finished 10th in 34:59, meaning all four skiers who counted toward Eastview’s team score of 387 placed in the top 10. Also skiing for East-view at the section meet were senior Lauren Her-land (19th, 37:19), sopho-more Ana Brakke (23rd, 38:07) and junior Erin Dawson, (24th, 38:14). In the regular season the Eagan boys and East-view girls ski as indepen-dent teams with the re-maining ISD 196 schools competing under the ISD 196 Nordic banner. In section competition, each ISD 196 school is required to compete independently. Lakeville North was second at the Section 1 girls meet with 355 points.

Until this year, that would have signaled the end of the Panthers’ team season as only section champi-ons advanced to the state Nordic meet. However, in the off-season the sport’s coaches petitioned the Minnesota State High School League to allow section runner-up teams to advance, and the MSHSL approved. So that puts the Pan-thers in the state team competition. Junior Molly Wilson was North’s top skier, placing fifth in the pursuit competition in 34:19. Sophomore Emma Drangstveit was 13th in 36:24. Junior Brianna Vet-ter (37:11) and senior Elise Askeland (37:14) were 15th and 16th. Bailey Naatjes (31st, 39:26), Nicole Jensen (46th, 42:47) and Izzy Wolf (51st, 43:42) also skied for North at the sec-tion meet. Individual state qualifi-ers included Apple Valley

senior Camille Sjoquist, who finished seventh in 34:34. Apple Valley was 11th in the girls team com-petition with 167 points. Eagan finished fifth with 300 points, with se-nior Helen Matsoff the Wildcats’ top finisher in 14th place (36:40). Seventh-place Lakeville South (284) had a 12th-place finish by sophomore Harmony Zweber-Langer in 36:23. She was one place from qualifying for the state meet. Ninth-grader Tess Grunklee was 26th in 38:28 to lead Rosemount, which was 14th in the team standings. Farmington sent one girl to the Section 1 meet – senior Kali Opsal, who was 42nd in 40:56. The state meet will be Thursday, Feb. 12, at Gi-ants Ridge in Biwabik.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Apple Valley’s Brock Morgan (left) looks to take down Alex Coleman of Shakopee after grabbing his leg. Morgan won the match by decision as Apple Valley defeated Shakopee 55-12. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

AV, Eastview wrestlers try to peak for section tournament

Eagles drop Shakopee;

another SSC title is likely

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Apple Valley’s 55-12 victory over Shakopee last week suggests the Eagles are on a good path as they seek a 10th consecutive state Class 3A champion-ship. The match between the top-ranked Eagles and No. 4 Shakopee was keenly anticipated because both teams had numer-ous wrestlers high in the state rankings. But Apple Valley jumped to a 27-6 lead and closed the match with pins at the final four weight classes. It turned out Shakopee was missing a couple of its top wrestlers, but their presence likely would not have prevented Apple Val-ley from winning. The Sa-bers won only two match-es, and one of those was by forfeit. Apple Valley suffered its only two dual-meet losses of the season at the Clash tournament in Rochester the first weekend in Janu-ary. If the Eagles have ap-peared to be on a mission since then, well, they are. But it’s not much different than other years when the Eagles have ramped up to try to peak for the section tournament. “Our kids work hard at the sport,” Apple Val-ley coach Dalen Was-mund said. “But the Clash showed us, especially some of our younger wrestlers, that we still had a ways to go. Since then I think we’ve improved every time

we’ve wrestled.” The Eagles wasted little time taking control against Shakopee as Nate Larson (106 pounds), Kyle Rathman (113) and Devin Roberts (120) won their matches and gave their team a 12-0 lead. Jalen Thul won a major decision at 132. Seth Elwood, ranked seventh in Class 3A at 138 but out since the first weekend of the regular season because of injury, returned and defeated fourth-ranked Tyson Leon 1-0. “That was really a big match for him because he hadn’t wrestled in a while and he went against a tough kid,” Wasmund said. Brock Morgan won by decision at 145 and Zach Chytka won by techni-cal fall at 152. Andrew Walock earned a ma-jor decision at 170, then the Eagles’ trio of No. 1-ranked wrestlers – Mark Hall, Bobby Steveson and Gabe Steveson – won their matches by fall. Eagles senior Mitchel Nelson dispatched his op-ponent at 285 in 29 sec-onds. Nelson had few op-portunities to wrestle on varsity before this season,

but now he is seizing an opportunity, Wasmund said. “He was in a tough situation last year, wres-tling behind Lord Josh Hyeamang (an individual state qualifier),” Wasmund said. “He kind of had to wait his turn, but now he’s doing a good job against some of the best kids out there.” Apple Valley wrestles at Burnsville at 7 p.m. Thursday. The Eagles are heavily favored to win and wrap up the South Sub-urban Conference cham-pionship, something that Wasmund said means even more to the Eagles this year because of the league’s strength. Six SSC teams were in the top 12 in the most recent state Class 3A rankings released by theguillotine.com. Apple Valley, which hasn’t missed qualifying for the state team tour-nament since 1982, will compete in the Class 3A, Section 3 tournament next week. The final rounds are Friday, Feb. 13, at East-view High School.

Dodd on a tear Eastview senior Luke Dodd is 32-3 and ranked

second in Class 3A at 182 pounds. He’s been on a particularly good run late-ly, Lightning coach Kurt Habeck said. Dodd won five matches last week in helping his team sweep a triangular and go unbeaten in the Robbinsdale Armstrong Duals. At the Armstrong meet, Dodd won an 8-7 decision over Isaac Florell of Totino-Grace, who’s ranked third in Class 2A. That was a key match in the Lightning’s 41-22 vic-tory over Totino-Grace (ranked fifth in Class 2A) that earned Eastview first place in the tournament. Dodd won two other matches by fall and two by major decision last week. Also going 5-0 for Eastview last week were Gage Greenlee (106) and George Farmah (126). Farmah, 19-4 this season, was state Class 3A runner-up at 126 in 2014. Eastview (15-6) will be host of the final rounds of the Section 3AA team tournament Friday, Feb. 13.


Eastview gymnasts climbing the ladder in Class AA12th-ranked

Lightning hits season-high scoreby Mike Shaughnessy


Eastview faces a diffi-cult path to the state gym-nastics meet, as three of the top five teams in the state Class AA poll are in the Lightning’s section. But regardless of what happens at the section meet, the Lightning has made significant strides this season. Eastview has twice scored more than 140 points in a meet and is ranked 12th in the state, two signs that the program is making rapid progress. “The 140 mark was a big hurdle,” Eastview coach Kim Miklya said. “We’d been hovering at

137, 138, but we hadn’t competed with our full roster for most of the sea-son. Now our girls know they can be competitive.” East Ridge, Eagan and Rosemount are expected to battle for the Section 3AA team championship Feb. 13 at East Ridge High School. Eastview will go into that meet with little pressure, and it should give the Lightning gym-nasts who return next sea-son – which could be all of them – valuable experi-ence. The Lightning has no seniors and only three ju-niors on its roster of 17. “It’s a young team that’s starting to see what it can accomplish,” Miklya said. Eastview scored 140.50 points at a home quadran-gular meet Jan. 24. In that meet, ninth-grader Bailey

Davidson won the all-around with 36.25 points and had the Lightning’s top score in two individual events, including a 9.35 on bars. Ninth-grader Kelsey Dolejs (34.8) and junior Lauren Casey (34.25) also competed all-around for the Lightning at the quad-rangular, and Dolejs had the team’s best vault score of 9.25. Maddie Appleton, an eighth-grader, led East-view on floor exercise. The score from the Jan. 24 meet stood as East-view’s highest of the sea-son until the Lightning blew past that Tuesday night, scoring 143.55 in a victory over Farmington. Davidson scored 37.025 in the all-around along with 9.475 on floor exercise and 9.2 on balance beam. Dolejs had a 9.5 on vault. Miklya, a member

of the state gymnastics coaches association hall of fame, coached two state team champions and five individual state champi-ons at Apple Valley from 1985 to 2002. She is in her third season as Eastview head coach. She said her approach to coaching po-tential state champions is no different than her ap-proach to coaching ath-letes who want to get there someday. Miklya also is trying to help her gymnasts be undaunted at the prospect of competing in Section 3AA. “Our section is one of the toughest in the state this year,” she said, “but for us, it’s also an oppor-tunity.”


Eagles, Lightning send Alpine skiers to the state meetby Mike Shaughnessy


The South Suburban Conference did not have a team advance through Section 6 to the state Alpine skiing meet, but several individuals from local schools will go. Edina and Lake Crys-tal Valley were the top two boys teams and Mankato West and Eden Prairie the top two girls teams at the Section 6 meet Tuesday at Buck Hill. Teams from Lakeville North, Lakev-ille South, Eastview, Apple Valley, Burnsville and Rosemount also par-ticipated. Eagan com-peted in the Section 4 meet Wednesday at Wild Mountain. That meet was still in progress when the Sun Thisweek print edition went to press. Lakeville North ninth-grader Bailey Servais was runner-up in the girls meet with a two-run time of 48.76 seconds. Kate Hanson of Roches-ter Century was the girls medalist. Claire Hefko of East-view was 14th in the indi-vidual competition, but came in below the state meet cutoff, which sends the top 10 individuals not on a qualifying team to state. Hefko’s time was 53.22. Hannah Rost of Lakeville South also advanced after finishing

16th in 53.44. Renee Boldus of Lakeville North was one place away from qualify-ing for state. Elliott Boman of Northfield won the boys individual championship in 46.83. Eastview soph-omore Luke Doolittle (47.81) and Burnsville sophomore Jack Lindsay (47.88) were third and fourth and earned places at the state meet. Robert Hapke, an Apple Valley junior, was sixth in 48.19 and also will advance to state. Doolittle and Hapke will be returning to the state meet, where Doo-little finished 10th and Hapke placed 15th. Jake Abbott of Lakev-ille South was the 10th-place individual not on a qualifying team, and his time of 49.77 edged the 11th-place skier by .03. Burnsville senior Jon Garbe, a three-time state qualifier, missed by about half a second this year. His time of 50.22 was good for 17th overall. Croix Turner of Apple Valley was 20th overall in 50.45. The state meet will be Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Giants Ridge in Biwabik.


On signing day, athletes put it on the line for their new schoolsby Mike Shaughnessy


College football pro-grams collected a truck-load of talent from high schools in Dakota Coun-ty, including eight play-ers from 2014 state Class 6A semifinalist Lakeville North. Wednesday was the first day high school se-niors intending to play football at the Division II level and above could sign a National Letter of Intent. Here are some of the local athletes who were expected to sign: Apple Valley – Matt Morse, a receiver and quarterback for the Ea-gles, signed with the Uni-versity of Minnesota as a preferred walk-on. Burnsville – offensive lineman Aaron Berg and running back Jahvonta Wilson will go to North Dakota School of Sci-ence. Defensive lineman Tahi Dixon signed with Southwest Minnesota State, where one of his future opponents could be Blaze linebacker Brett

Shepley, who signed with Augustana. Eastview – offensive lineman Tommy Ander-son and running back Tommy Hutsell signed with Division II power Minnesota-Duluth. Trey Johnson, a running back, will go to Eastern Michi-gan.

That’s not all Although most of the attention Wednesday was paid to football players, it also was the first day of the winter signing period for several other sports. Apple Valley – soccer player Laura Edgren is headed to Minnesota-Duluth. Eastview – Claire Pueschner (Nebraska-Omaha), Lizzy Fontes (Minnesota-Duluth) and Katelyn Toner (South-west State) signed to play women’s soccer in college. Also part of the school’s signing ceremo-ny Wednesday was Keith Muehlbauer, who will play hockey at the Uni-versity of Maine.


Burnsville home to youngest House member

State Rep. Drew Christensen, a Burnsville Republican and the youngest member of the Minnesota Legislature, is pictured in his new office at the State Office Building in St. Paul. (Photo by John Gessner)

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


“Ronald Reagan: 100 Years,” a hardcover vol-ume commemorating the former president’s centen-nial birthday, is promi-nently displayed on an end table in state Rep. Drew Christensen’s new office. Reagan left the White House four years before Christensen was born, but the 21-year-old is inspired by his example. “I like that he was a joyful warrior,” said Christensen, the young-est member of the Min-nesota Legislature and the youngest allowed by state law. “He was never rude or abrasive. He had strong disagreements and he was passionate, but he wasn’t abrupt or abrasive. And I think he knew how to compromise, too. He had strong convictions but knew that getting 80 per-cent of what you want it still getting 80 percent of what you want.” Christensen represents District 56A, which in-cludes northwest Burns-ville and all of Savage. He won the local Re-publican endorsement to replace Rep. Pam Myhra, who didn’t seek re-election to a third term. Christensen comfort-ably defeated Burnsville DFLer Dan Kimmel in November. He was born in Burns-ville to Scott and Julie Christensen, raised in Sav-age and graduated from Prior Lake High School in 2011. He now lives in a Burnsville apartment and is a senior political science major at the University of Minnesota. Christensen said he’s taking only one online course while con-centrating on the 2015 legislative session and expects to graduate this summer. His mother was a long-time speech-language pathologist in the Prior

Lake-Savage School District and involved in school affairs, Christensen said. The family attended Illumination Church in Burnsville when he was growing up. “They were very in-volved in the community, my parents were, but not necessarily politically,” Christensen said. “It was always important for me to be involved in the com-munity and serve the com-munity, and politics was just kind of an outlet.” He was a paid field staffer for U.S. Rep. John Kline during his 2012 and 2014 campaigns. Kline’s 2014 campaign manager was Tim Commers, who served three terms as a state representative from Eagan during the 1990s. “I kind of always had a fire,” Christensen said of running for office, “but I think he had a lot of po-litical experience and he was elected to the House at a fairly young age, 26. I think that was an inspira-tion for me. And his guid-ance was certainly helpful in the process.” Christensen’s commit-tee work will focus mostly on education. He was ap-pointed to three House education committees: education finance, educa-tion innovation policy and higher education policy and finance. “They’re fairly young communities with a lot of families with school-age kids — Savage, especially, but Burnsville, still, too,” Christensen said of his district. “When I would go out knocking on doors, that’s what people would want to talk about, mak-ing sure our kids really get a great education.” While door-knocking, he said he heard from peo-ple “that we need to make sure there’s a great teacher in every classroom.” His and his caucus’ 2015 edu-cation priorities include changing law that gives the most senior teachers

job security when teachers are laid off. Christensen noted that legislation to end “Last In, First Out” is sponsored in the Senate by a DFLer, Terri Bonoff. “We’re receiving bi-partisan support for it,” Christensen said. “The governor hasn’t seemed overly supportive. But hopefully, he can come around. There’s a lot of support in the DFL-con-trolled Senate.” Christensen has intro-duced his first bill — a measure affecting school funding shifts, which have been part of past budget-balancing deals. His bill would require a two-thirds vote in both houses to pass a shift that provides less than 90 percent of the agreed-upon funding to school districts, according to his office. Christensen’s fourth

committee assignment touches the other end of the age spectrum. He was appointed to the Aging and Long-Term Care Pol-icy Committee. He said he’s disap-pointed that DFL Gov. Mark Dayton’s budget doesn’t offer needed fund-ing increases for nursing homes and their workers. Nursing-home admin-istrators say “they can’t even afford to pay their employees enough to keep them around,” Chris-tensen said. “Their nurses are there for a little while, and then they bolt to the hospital where they can make $5 more an hour.” The funding formula for nursing homes is “out-dated” and based on cost calculations from the 1990s, he said. “We’re really going to try to take a look at that

and try to direct more funding toward nursing homes and care facilities,” he said. Christensen and his caucus oppose Dayton’s proposal to raise the gaso-line tax to fund transpor-tation infrastructure proj-ects. Dayton and House Republicans opened the session far apart on their proposals for transporta-tion spending. “When I go out in the district and talk to folks, they don’t want to raise the gas tax,” Christensen said. “It’s a pretty regres-sive tax, and it’s really not something that I think families in Savage and Burnsville could afford right now.” He opposes the pro-posed Southwest Light Rail project and said the state should direct the $120 million needed to

complete the funding to road and bridge projects. “We can spend the money a lot more effec-tively and get a lot more bang for our buck in spending it on roads and bridges,” Christensen said. He called for invest-ments in the Highway 169 and Interstate 35W Min-nesota River crossings. One large project in his district — the new High-way 13-County Road 5 interchange — was com-pleted before Christensen took office. “I get a smile on my face every time I go through that intersection,” he said. “That was horrible. That had to have been the worst intersection in our area by far.”

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


LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT LIEN FORECLOSURE SALE

Date: January 9, 2015YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:1. Default has occurred in

the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Declara-tion for Garrett Square Associa-tion (hereinafter the “Association”) which was recorded as Document No. T261860 on August 12,1992, in the Office of the Registrar of Titles of Dakota County, Minnesota, and also, pursuant to Minn. Stat. Sec. 515B.3-116, covering the following property in Dakota County:

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Resi-dential Unit No. 502 and Garage Unit No. 37 in Condominium No. 36, Garrett Square Condominium Homes, Dakota County, Minnesota

STREET ADDRESS: 14630 Garrett Avenue, Unit 502, Apple Valley, MN 55124TAX PARCEL ID NO. 01-81401-01-1582. Pursuant to said Amended

and Restated Declaration, there is claimed to be due and owing as of January 9, 2015, from Steven S. Gauw, title holder, to the Associa-tion, a Minnesota non-profit corpo-ration, the amount of $4,473.50 for unpaid association assessments, patio door and window, special assessments, late fees, attorneys’ fees and costs, plus any other such amounts that will accrue after Jan-uary 9, 2015, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of collec-tion and foreclosure which will be added to the amount claimed due and owing at the time of the sale herein.

3. No action is now pending at law or otherwise to recover said debt or any part thereof.

4. That all pre-foreclosure re-quirements have been met.

5. The owner has not been re-leased from the owner’s financial obligation to pay said amount.

6. The Amended and Restated Declaration, referenced above, and Minn. Stat. §§515B.3-115 and 515B.3-116 provide for a continu-ing lien against the property. A No-tice of Lien evidencing the amount due was recorded on August 8, 2014, as Document No. T734518 in the Dakota County Registrar of Titles’ Office.

7. Pursuant to the power of sale contained in the same Amended and Restated Declaration and granted by the owner in taking title to the premises subject to said Amended and Restated Declara-tion and pursuant to Minn. Stat. §§515B.3-115 and 515B.3-116, said Lien will be foreclosed by the sale of said property by the Sher-iff of Dakota County, at the Dakota County Sheriffs Office, Dakota County Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Highway 55, Lobby S-100, Hastings, MN 55033, on the 28th day of March 25, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at public auction to the highest bidder, to pay the amount then due for said assessments, together with the costs of foreclosure, including attorney’s fees as allowed by law.

8. The time allowed by law for redemption by the unit owner, his personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months from the date of sale. The date and time to vacate the property is 11:59 p.m. on Sep-tember 25, 2015, if the account is not reinstated or the owner does not redeem from the foreclosure sale.

REDEMPTION NOTICETHE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW

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

9. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR AT-TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE.Attorneys for Garrett Square As-sociationChestnut Cambronne PA GARRETT SQUARE ASSOCIATIONBy: Gretchen S. Schellhas, Esq. (#195595)Chestnut Cambronne PA17 Washington Avenue North, Suite 300Minneapolis, MN 55401-2048(612) 339-7300(Gauw 2014 1029.001)

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that

default has occurred in conditions of the following described mort-gage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: October 17, 2007MORTGAGOR: Julian Horton, a

single person and Ellyse Gillem, a single person.

MORTGAGEE: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Recorded October 23, 2007 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2552130.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC. Dated September 6, 2014 Recorded September 18, 2014, as Document No. 3030163 and by Document Dated 8/20/2014 and Recorded 11/03/2014 as Doc-ument No. 3036927.

TRANSACTION AGENT: NONETRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE

LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: Bayview Loan Servicing, LLCMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 15082 Dunwood Trail, Apple Valley, MN 55124

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 01.76900.06.031LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Unit No. 31, Common Interest Community No. 241, Prai-rie Crossing Villas, Dakota County, Minnesota.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $156,000.00

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

$175,709.80That prior to the commence-

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

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

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March 20, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

fice, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hast-ings, MN to pay the debt then se-cured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, includ-ing attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on September 21, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemp-tion period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

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

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

Dated: January 14, 2015Bayview Loan Servicing, LLCMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688837-14-008488 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


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THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN

THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

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

DATE OF MORTGAGE: October 26, 2009MORTGAGOR: Keith R. Porath

and Renae A. Porath, husband and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc..

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded November 20, 2009 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2697846.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Bank of America, N.A. successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP . Dated December 2, 2011 Recorded December 19, 2011, as Document No. 2837502.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100061907000126375LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Summit Mort-gage Corporation, a Minnesota Corporation

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Bank of America, N.A.

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 12892 Forest Court, Apple Valley, MN 55124

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 01.15300.01.090 and 01.01500.79.023LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY:Parcel I:Lot 9, Block 1, Broner Woods,

Dakota County, Minnesota. PID No. 01-15300-090-01

Parcel II:That part of the East Half of the

Southwest Quarter of the South-east Quarter of Section 15, Town-ship 115, Range 20, Dakota Coun-ty, Minnesota described as follows:

Beginning at the Northeast cor-ner of Broner Woods, according to the recorded plat thereof; thence North 89 degrees 20 minutes 31 seconds East (assumed bearing) along the Easterly extension of the North line of said Broner Woods 15 feet to the West line of Nordic Woods Eighth Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, thence South 0 degrees 38 minutes 14 seconds East along said West line 120 feet to the Easterly extension of the South line of Lot 9, Block 1, said Broner Woods; thence South 89 degrees 20 minutes 31 seconds West along said Easterly extension 15.01 feet to the Southeast corner of said Lot 9; thence North 0 de-grees 38 minutes 04 seconds West along the East line thereof 120 feet to the point of beginning, Dakota County, Minnesota.

PID No. 01-01500-023-79COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: DakotaORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF MORTGAGE: $206,564.00AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED

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




DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March 19, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

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

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

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on September 21, 2015 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemp-tion period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.


“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE

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

Dated: January 13, 2015Bank of America, N.A.Mortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688818 - 14-008628 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


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SUMMONSSTATE OF WISCONSINCIRCUIT COURTOUTAGAMIE COUNTYCASE TYPE: Small Claims Case No.: 14SC3852Younis Zaidan940 E. Capitol Dr.Appleton, WI. 54911Plaintiff(s)vs Fatima & Alaaeldeen Ahmed15671 Finch Ave.Apple Valley, MN. 55124Defendants(s)

TO THE PERSON(S) NAMED ABOVE AS DEFENDANT(S):

You are being sued by the person(s) named as Plaintiff(s). A copy of the claim has been sent to you at your address as stated in the caption above.

The lawsuit will be heard in the following Small Claims court:

Outagamie County CourthouseTelephone Number of Clerk of

Court: 920-832-5131Courtroom/Room Number: “H”,

Human Services Building, 410 South Walnut Street, Appleton, WI. 54911, on February 23, 2015, at 2:30 p.m.

If you do not attend the hear-ing, the court may enter a judgment against you in favor of the person(s) suing you. A copy of the claim has been sent to you at your address as stated in the caption above. A judgment may be enforced as pro-vided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be en-forced by garnishment or seizure of property.

You may have the option to An-swer without appearing in court on the court date by filing a writ-ten Answer with the clerk of court before the court date. You must send a copy of your Answer to the Plaintiff(s) named above at their ad-dress. You may contact the clerk of court at the telephone number above to determine if there are other methods to answer a Small Claims complaint in that county.

Dated: January 13, 2015By: /s/ Younis Zaidan


January 23, 30, February 6, 2015339526


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

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

DATE OF MORTGAGE: November 10, 2006MORTGAGOR: Manal Rashid, a single person.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

tronic Registration Systems, Inc.DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Filed November 29, 2006, Dakota County Registrar of Titles, Document No. 601796 on Certificate of Title No. 141362.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Dated May 28, 2009 Filed June 11, 2009, as Document No. T645359.

Said Mortgage being upon Reg-istered Land.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE

LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

Fremont Investment & LoanRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 13333 Hummingbird Lane, Apple Valley, MN 55124

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 01.56501.09.020LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY:Lot 2, Block 9, Palomino Cliffs

2nd Addition, Common Interest Community Number 257, Dakota County, Minnesota.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $308,000.00

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




DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 3, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

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

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

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on October 5, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.


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

Dated: January 26, 2015JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688830 - 14-007896 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT LIEN FORECLOSURE SALE

Date: January 9, 2015YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:1. Default has occurred in the

terms and conditions of the Dec-laration for Empire River Preserve Townhome Association, Inc., (here-inafter the “Association”) which was recorded as Document No. 1965081 on November 25, 2002 in the Office of the County Recorder of Dakota County, Minnesota, as amended and supplemented, and also, pursuant to Minn. Stat. Sec. 515B.3-116, covering the following property:

Legal Description: Lot 38, Block 4, Empire River Preserve Town-homes, CIC #386

Street Address: 20057 Cabrilla Way, Farmington, MN 55024,

Tax Parcel No. 12-24500-04-038COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: Dakota2. Pursuant to said Declaration,

there is claimed to be due and owing as of January 9, 2015 from SMHB Ventures LLC title holder, to the Association, a Minnesota non-profit corporation, the amount of $5,295.00, for unpaid association assessments, late fees, attorneys’ fees and costs, plus any other such amounts that will accrue after Jan-uary 9, 2015 including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of collec-tion and foreclosure which will be

added to the amount claimed due and owing at the time of the sale herein.

3. No action is now pending at law or otherwise to recover said debt or any part thereof

4. That all pre-foreclosure re-quirements have been met (the owner not being an individual none being required).

5. The owner has not been re-leased from the owner’s financial obligation to pay said amount.

6. The Declaration, referenced above, and Minn. Stat. §§515B.3-115 and 515B.3-116 provide for a continuing lien against the proper-ty. A Notice of Lien evidencing the amount due was recorded on De-cember 12, 2014 as Document No. 3042670 in the Office of the Dakota County Recorder.

7. Pursuant to the power of sale contained in the same Declaration and granted by the owner in taking title to the premises subject to said Declaration and pursuant to Minn. Stat. §§515B.3-115 and 515B.3-116, said Lien will be foreclosed by the sale of said property by the Sheriff Dakota County, at Da-kota County Sheriffs Office, Dakota County Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Highway 55, Lobby S-100, Hastings, MN 55033 on the 26th day of March 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at public auction to the highest bid-der, to pay the amount then due for said assessments, together with the costs of foreclosure, including attorney’s fees as allowed by law.

8. The time allowed by law for redemption by the unit owner, her personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months from the date of sale. The date and time to vacate the property is 11:59 p.m. on Sep-tember 28, 2015, if the account is not reinstated or the owner does not redeem from the foreclosure sale.

REDEMPTION NOTICETHE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW

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

9. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR AT-TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE.Attorneys for Empire River Preserve Townhome Association, Inc.Chestnut Cambronne PABy: /s/ Gretchen S. Schellhas, Esq. (#195595)Chestnut Cambronne PA17 Washington Avenue North, Suite 300Minneapolis, MN 55401-2048(612) 339-7300Empire River SMHB- 20141026.002

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MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

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

ASSUMED NAME: Cool Wine Bottles LLCPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 7373 West 147th Street,Suite 110Apple Valley, MN 55124NAMEHOLDER(S): Designs By Dave Allen, LLC7373 West 147th Street,Suite 110Apple Valley, MN 55124I, the undersigned, certify that

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

DATE FILED: January 27, 2015SIGNED BY: David Homstad

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Area BriefsLincoln scholar to speak in Mendota Heights Law professor and Lincoln scholar Michael Stokes Paulsen will speak at the annual Lin-coln Day High Tea on Feb. 7, sponsored by Metro Republican Women to celebrate the wis-dom and character of President Abraham Lincoln. Started in 2003, the MRW Lincoln Day Tea presents a speaker who can provide per-spective on the 16th president of the United States. Each table is set with a teapot and tea cups and saucers loaned by the mem-bers and an MRW member is assigned to pour at each table.

Finger sandwiches, sweets and tea are served. The high tea will begin at 1 p.m. at Mendakota Country Club, 2075 Mendakota Drive in Mendota Heights. The cost of the event is $25, and reserva-tions can be made by contacting Kaki Frost at [email protected].

Divorce planning event Feb. 12 Divorce Financial Directions is sponsoring a free small-group event on divorce planning from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, at Summit Executive Suites, 1500 McAndrews Road W., Burns-ville.

The event is for those consid-ering divorce or just beginning the divorce process. It offers an opportunity for participants to get answers to questions about the divorce process and how to get started. Seating is limited. Call Terryl Johnson at 952-431-0805 to re-serve a spot.

DARTS seeks committee members DARTS is seeking represen-tatives to participate on its Tech-nical Advisory Committee. TAC members are from orga-nizations that provide or over-see transit operations or serve

people that need transit to con-nect with services. The commit-tee meets once a month for one hour. To join TAC or for additional information, contact Courtney L.B. Whited, mobility manage-ment program director, at [email protected] or call 651-234-2279.

Teaching green practices Community POWER, a pro-gram of the Solid Waste Man-agement Coordinating Board that includes six metro area counties, is looking for appli-cants to propose new and in-novative ways to educate and

actively engage Twin Cities residents in recycling and reus-ing more, reducing waste and toxicity, composting yard and food waste, and planning green events. Nonprofit organizations and schools are eligible for grants of $5,000 and $12,000 to fund their projects. Applications are avail-able at www.rethinkrecycling.com/grants and must be submit-ted by March 27. In the past, grantees have used classes, workshops, events, videos, art projects and more to reach their audiences. For more information, call 651-222-7227 or email [email protected].


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effect of two people who could have been homeless and pushed a grocery cart down the aisle of the sanc-tuary in an effort to spur food donations. It could be his appear-ance in a green fedora, black shorts and black short sleeved pastor’s col-lar shirt waving an Irish flag atop a Leprechaun Days float a mere four months after heart sur-gery. It could be his other various costumes during the church’s events – a dog during the Blessing of the Animals or an angel dur-ing the All Saints Party. Most might say that it’s any of picture of him with a smile. “He has personality and spunk and is just a lot of fun,” Bruins said. “He is a person of deep grace who doesn’t take himself too seriously.” “I will miss his creative spark,” church trustee Tom Arata said, “and the slightly mischievous ‘why not’ question that never put limits on the growth of our ministry to the com-munity.” He frequently sought partnerships outside of the church as best exemplified by ecumenical efforts, such as participating with other churches during Thanks-giving and Taize services. Bruins said Jarvis un-derstood what Method-ist Church founder John Wesley said: “The world is our parish.” “He has exuded that in his behavior,” Bruins said. “He has done a great job of living that out.” In addition to ecumeni-cal services and frequent columns in these news-papers resonating with ecumenical themes, Jarvis and Bruins demonstrated their unity by delivering gift baskets to community leaders in government, schools and other organi-zations prior to Thanks-giving Day. It was a fun activity that Jarvis undertook with

zest, according to Bruins. She said people would know when they were coming because Jarvis “is very loud and he sings a lot.” While there was joy woven into these efforts, Jarvis was committed to showing the serious side of ecumenical efforts in his homilies and writings. “Being invited to share in the faith life of another congregation is a gift,” she said. Bruins said Jarvis un-derstood that “we are all one big church.” She said she hopes the ecumenical efforts contin-ue in the future.

The future Jarvis, who underwent a seven-hour emergency heart surgery in April 2013 at Fairview Southdale Hospital, said doctors have recently encouraged him to seek an assignment with significantly reduced stress. “This will help extend my life’s span – and there-fore enable me to continue being of service to God’s Kingdom-building,” he said in a letter to parishio-ners. Bruins said one of the telling moments about

Jarvis’ character was when he gave the congregation a gift to care for him after his heart surgery and al-lowed them to bless him. She said Jarvis lived life the fullest prior to his heart surgery and even more so after it. Jarvis said in his letter that St. Joseph has grown by 500 registered house-holds to nearly 2,000 in the past four years. He gives all the credit for that growth to parish-ioners. “Sadly, clergy get all the credit for what is really parishioners’ accomplish-ments,” he said. “I hope you know that I know you are St. Joe’s and respon-sible for its incredible ac-complishments.” He said the special recognition should go to those parishioners serving as members in its six min-istry areas’ commissions, their many committees and the parish council. “Believe me when I say this, that it has become re-ally hard for me to keep up with you … with this dy-namic parish,” he said. Arata said one word jumps out in regard to Jar-vis – engagement. “He challenged us to be actively engaged in a

way we never were before, with our parish, our faith and our community,” he said. “He puts this word into action. I don’t think you can find an event in the Rosemount commu-nity for the past few years where St. Joseph’s wasn’t engaged and visible.” Arata said Jarvis’s greatest asset is the trust he has in the members to step up, to lead, to create an exciting vision for the future that they own. “Under his leadership as a pastor we have truly been transformed into a parishioner-led church with a vision for our fu-ture, with common values that unite us,” he said. Jarvis said a group photo of church members taken recently helps him “remember who we are – an extended family.” “And what we’re all about – supporting each other as we build up God’s Kingdom. Through thick and thin. In good times and in bad. We’re there for each other. That’s what St.

Joe’s Family means to me. “And it is indeed what St. Joe’s was for me when I had my surgery two years ago this April 12. Over the past few years, I hear sto-ries of how my extended family came around to pray for me and be a part of my healing. Thank you! To me, that’s Church at its best.” Jarvis said he would have liked to make the an-nouncement in May, but wanted to give the arch-diocese time to have the opening listed in an effort to generate a list of the best possible candidates. The Rev. Bob Schwartz has agreed to continue as-sisting as a retired, unas-signed priest. Jarvis said he is sure any future pas-tor would benefit from his wisdom. “I’m actually fine with mortality,” Jarvis said. “I just want to serve as long as possible. It’s what gives me life.” Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].


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The Rev. Paul Jarvis is church’s 15th lead pastor The Rev. Paul Jarvis was officially installed as lead pastor at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Janu-ary 2012. His diaconal ministry began at St. Joseph Church in Lino Lakes. His summer diaconate was at St. John Neumann Church, Eagan. His first assignment as a priest was as the associate pastor at Our Lady of Grace in Edina. He then served as vicar at the Basilica Cathedral of St. Mary in Minneapolis. His first pastorate was at Guardian Angels Church and School in Chaska. Jarvis attended seminary at the St. Paul Semi-nary for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minne-apolis. He obtained a Master of Divinity degree in 2004. He was ordained a deacon in November 2002 by Bishop Richard Pates and then as a priest by Archbishop Harry J. Flynn in May 2004.

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Books David Housewright, 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, Burn-haven Library, 1101 W. Coun-ty Road 42, Burnsville. The award-winning author will talk about what’s next for private investigator Mac McKenzie. Housewright will sign and sell his books. Information: 952-891-0300. Meet the Author: Susan Follett, 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, Rosemount Commu-nity Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail. Follett, author of “The Fog Machine,” a novel that explores the price of free-dom in racially charged Mis-sissippi in 1964, will lead a panel discussion focusing on her debut novel and the inspiration behind it. Follett will sell and sign her book. A Black History Month program presented by the Rosemount Area Arts Council. SouthSide Writers, Sat-urday workgroup for aspir-ing writers, offering critique, submission and manuscript preparation information, sup-port and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Infor-mation: 651-688-0365.

Exhibits Art Fete, an exhibit by the Burnsville Visual Arts Society, is on display through Feb. 9 in the art gallery at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Information: 952-895-4685.

Events Valentine’s Day Couple’s Dinner, Rosemount Ameri-can Legion, 14590 Burma Ave., Rosemount. Cost: $40 in advance, $45 at the event. Dinner available 5-8 p.m. Reservations requested. In-formation: 651-423-3380. Love Me Tender Week-end, Feb. 13-14, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake. In-formation: mysticlake.com/lovemetender15.

Music Marilyn Manson’s The Hell Not Hallelujah Tour, 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6, Mys-tic Showroom, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Tickets: $49 and $57. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysti-

clake.com for more details. Music from the Heart Concert by the Bells of the Bluffs Handbell Ensemble, 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, First Presbyterian Church, 503 W. Sixth St., Red Wing. Doors open at 1 p.m. for socializing and silent auction. Refresh-ments follow concert. Pure Classics Concert by the Dakota Valley Symphony & Chorus, 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tick-ets: $5-$20 at the box office and Ticketmaster.com. The Teddy Bear Band, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, Farmington High School, 20655 Flagstaff Ave. Part of the Vermillion Voices Concert Series. Free.

Theater “Ole and Lena at the State Fair,” 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6-7 and 2 p.m. Feb. 8, Lake-ville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tick-ets: $18. Information: 952-985-4640. “My Fatal Valentine,” pre-sented by the Eagan Theater Company, 6 p.m. Feb. 13-14, Brianno’s Royal Cliff Center, 2280 Cliff Road, Eagan. Inter-active murder-mystery dinner theater. Tickets: $38 at www.etc-mn.org. “Love, Loss and What I Wore,” 2 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13, Black Box Theatre, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $30 at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 and online at Tick-etmaster.com. “Cirque Ziva,” presented by the Golden Dragon Acro-bats, 8 p.m. Feb. 13, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $20-$40 at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 and online at Ticketmaster.com. “Honk!” presented by Children’s Castle Theater, 7 p.m. Feb. 13-14 and 20-21 and 2 p.m. Feb. 14-15 and 21-22, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $13. Infor-mation: 952-985-4640.

Workshops/classes/other International Festival of Burnsville Planning Com-mittee: Get involved with the July 2015 festival; choose from entertainment, market-ing, publicity, sponsorships, and general event planning.

Visit www.intlfestburnsville.org or contact [email protected]. The Eagan Art House of-fers art classes for all ages, www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/recreation/eagan-art-house, 651-675-5500. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Battle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Ap-ple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Dan Petrov Art Studio, Burnsville, offers oil painting classes with continuous en-rollment in fall/winter semes-ter for beginners, intermedi-ate and advanced oil painting students. Information: Dan Petrov, www.danpetrovart.com, 763-843-2734. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Chris-tine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. In-formation: www.christinetier-ney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through draw-ing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Informa-tion: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Country line dance classes held for intermedi-ates Mondays 1:30-4 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. Country line dance classes on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Begin-ners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Rob-ert Trail Library. Information: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

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Friday, Feb. 6 Forever Wild Family Friday: The Man Who Loved Snow, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visi-tor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. All ages. In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre shares the story of “Snowflake” Bentley, the first person to photograph a single snow crystal. Free. Reg-istration requested. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks. Course number 5049.

Saturday, Feb. 7 “Lose 20 lbs. in 30 days Weight Loss Challenge” by Es-sential Health Chiropractic, 9 a.m. to noon, 1964 Rahncliff Court, Suite 100, Eagan. Cost: $10-$25 depending on if you would like the book with the event. RSVP by calling 952-432-3833 or register-ing on eventbrite.com “Lose to Win-Health Makeover.” Citizens Climate Lobby of Dakota County meeting, 10 a.m. to noon, Jo Jo’s Rise and Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Burns-ville. Information: 952-920-1547 or [email protected]. Youth Ice Fishing Contest, noon to 2 p.m., Valley Lake Park, 16050 Garrett Path. For ages 13 and under. Bring your own fishing equipment and bait. Free. Spon-sored by the Lakeville Knights of Columbus. Lincoln Day High Tea, 1 p.m., Mendakota Country Club, 2075 Mendakota Drive, Mendota Heights. Speaker: Law profes-sor and Lincoln scholar Michael Stokes Paulsen. Cost: $25. Res-ervations required. Information: Kaki Frost at [email protected]. Sponsored by Metro Re-publican Women (www.metrog-opwomen.org).

Monday, Feb. 9 State Sen. Dan Hall in-dis-trict office hours, 5-6 p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Fifteen-minute meetings are available. RSVP by calling Greg at 651-296-5975.

Wednesday, Feb. 11 Eagan Garden Club monthly meeting, 7-9 p.m., Eagan Mu-nicipal Center, 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Speaker: David Ziesak on “Growing Minnesota Hardy Roses.”

Thursday, Feb. 12 Divorce planning small group event, 6-7:30 p.m., Sum-mit Executive Suites, 1500 McAndrews Road W., Burnsville. Get questions answered about the divorce process. Free. Limit-ed seating. Call Terryl Johnson at 952-431-0805 to reserve a spot. Sponsored by Divorce Financial Directions.

Saturday, Feb. 14 Indoor winter farmers mar-ket, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. Features winter produce, breads, meats, sweet treats and more. Information: Ea-gan Parks and Recreation at 651-675-5500. Adopted Friends sledding, 11 a.m., Crystal Lake Education Center, 16250 Ipava Ave., Lake-ville. Bring your own sled. Meet at 11:45 a.m. at Pizza Ranch, 16995 Kenyon Ave., Lakeville. Friend-ship, support, and fun for adop-tive families. Information: www.adoptedfriends.com or [email protected]. Trails by Candlelight, 6-9 p.m., Visitor Center at Lebanon Hills Regional Park, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. Candlelit hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country ski-ing and skating. Cost: $8 if reg-istered by Feb. 13, $10 at the door, free for children age 5 and younger. Information: www.da-kotacounty.us/parks and search “Trails by Candlelight” or call 952-891-7000.

Sunday, Feb. 15 Essential oils for everyone and yoga, Platinum Yoga of Burnsville, 509 E. County Road 42, Burnsville. Vinyasa flow yoga class at 1 p.m.; essential oils class at 2:15 p.m. Open to all. Come to one or both. Free. Information: Emily Heinis at e.w.heinis@gmail.

com or 952-451-7976.

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

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. • Feb. 7, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. • Feb. 10, 1:30-7:30 p.m., School District 191 - Community Education Center, 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway, Suite 102, Burns-ville. • Feb. 10, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 10970 185th St. W., Lakeville. • Feb. 12, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Round Bank, 3380 Vermil-lion River Trail, Farmington. • Feb. 13, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. • Feb. 14, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. • Feb. 16, 1-7 p.m., Church of St. Joseph, 13900 Biscayne Ave. W., Rosemount.

From the Archives

Sometimes monstrous-looking sea creatures just can’t get a fair shake. This column from the Smithsonian News Service, published in the Oct. 6, 1980, edition of Thisweek News, attempts to dispel the myth that giant squid are rapacious, bloodthirsty aquatic hell-beasts intent on senseless destruction of any and all fishing crews with the gall to traverse their oceanic turf. Part of the squid’s image problem, the column notes, is that while the animals generally dwell close to the ocean’s bottom, when they are sick or dying they may drift to the surface. “Sometimes people in fishing boats have poked or tried to get a line around one of these moribund animals,” a Smithsonian expert relates. “In such circumstances, it is a natural reaction for the squid to rear up to protect itself — gripping a boat with its arms and tentacles.” The 2006 film “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” which features the Kraken, a squid-like sea monster given to unthinkable carnage, probably did little to improve popular perceptions of the mostly reclusive cephalopod.

The next concert in the Rosemount Area Arts Council’s bluegrass series features Sans Souci on Feb. 12 at the Rosemount Community Center. Sans Souci, a five-piece blue-grass and folk-rock band from the Twin Cities, released its third full-length album, “On the Line,” in September. Other bands in the series include No Man String Band (March 12), Purdy River Band (April 9) and The Roe Family Singers (May 21). Tick-ets for all the shows, which start at 7 p.m., are $7 and can be purchased at the arts council’s website, www.rosemountarts.com, and at the door. (Photo submitted)

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Women’s health, fitness seminar “Breakthrough in 2015,” a seminar and fundraising event for the Lewis House, will be 9-11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at the Best Western Premier Nicollet Inn in Burnsville. “The purpose of this event is to kick off 2015 by teaching women a proven strategy for achieving their New Year’s resolutions of health and fitness and raising money for a great charity that I feel strongly about,” said Erik Peacock, owner of Puravida Fitness and one of the event spon-sors. In addition to Peacock, registered dietician and nutritionist Val Schonberg and Tom Schmidt, owner of Life Wellness Center, will share tips and infor-mation on their programs. All women over 15 years of age are invited. Admission is a mini-mum donation of $10 to 360 Communities at the door. Additional infor-mation about the event is available at www.break-throughlakeville.com.


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Classic film series The Rosemount Area Arts Council will present the film “The Big Sleep” at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, at the Rosemount Community Center as part of its Classic Film series. The theme of this year’s series is “Bogart & Bacall.” Tickets are $7 and can be purchased on the arts council’s website, www.rosemountarts.com, and at the door.

‘Love, Loss & What I Wore’ in Burnsville “Love, Loss & What I Wore,” a play written by Nora and Delia Ephron based on the 1995 book of the same name by Ilene Beckerman, will be present-ed at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13, at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burns-ville. Organized as a series of monologues and using a ro-tating cast of five principal women, the play touches on women’s relationships and wardrobes and at times the interaction of the two, us-ing the female wardrobe as a time capsule of a woman’s life. Tickets are $30 and are available at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 or online at Ticketmaster.com.

Medalist Band at Eastview The Eastview High School wind ensemble will host the Medalist Concert

Band from Bloomington at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10. The Medalist Band is an acclaimed adult ensemble directed by Jerry Luckhardt from the University of Min-nesota. The concert will begin with performances by both groups followed by a massed band finale featuring “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral” from Richard Wagner’s op-era “Lohengrin.” The concert will be in Eastview High School’s Per-forming Arts Center, 6200 140th St., Apple Valley. Ad-mission is free.

Feb. 17 ‘Meet the Author’ event

spotlights Civil Rights Movement

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Susan Follett’s historical novel “The Fog Machine” revisits the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement in the American South. The Rosemount author wasn’t simply navel-gazing when she wrote the book. The child of middle-class Northern whites, Follett grew up in Mississippi, and her graduating class at Me-ridian/Harris High School was the first under federally mandated desegregation. For “The Fog Machine,” Follett interviewed Civil Rights Movement veterans and histori-ans, as well as Missis-sippi resi-dents. T h e book ex-p l o r e s p re j u d i c e and what enables change from the perspective of a 12-year-old white girl, a young black woman who leaves Missis-sippi for Chicago, and a civil rights activist from New York City. The book was published in June 2014 dur-ing the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, a voter registration and education movement. Follett will be featured at the “Meet the Author” event at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17 at the Robert Trail Library in Rosemount. The event spotlighting the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi in the 1960s will take the form of a panel discussion also featuring Gail Falk, a Free-dom Summer veteran who taught at the 1964 Meridian Freedom School, and Dr. Anthony J. Harris, a stu-

dent at the 1964 Hattiesburg Freedom School. Harris, a professor of education at Mercer Univer-sity, was a keynote speaker at the 50th anniversary re-enactment of the Freedom Day march that took place in Hattiesburg, Miss., in January 1964. Harris par-ticipated in both the original march and the anniversary march. Falk became active in the Civil Rights Movement while studying at Radcliffe College in Massachusetts, arriving in Meridian, Miss., in June 1964. She was a Free-dom School teacher, along with planning a campaign to test area restaurants for compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. There’s no cost to attend the library event, which is

part of the ongoing “Meet the Author” series orga-nized by the Rosemount Area Arts Council. The event also includes music by the Soulful Sounds Gospel Choir. The panel discussion is the first of several events at Dakota County librar-ies spotlighting Black His-tory Month. The next event, scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at Burns-ville’s Burnhaven Library, explores the legacy of Af-rican-American poetry and music with Anita Ruth and T. Mychael Rambo. More about Black History Month events is at https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/libraries.

Civil rights struggles, from those who lived them

Anthony Harris

Susan Follett Gail Falk “Ole & Lena at the State Fair” performs at the Lakeville Area Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6-7 and 2 p.m. Feb. 8. For years, Lena has been in countless competitions with her arch rival Elaine Danielson, only to end up with a tie for the coveted blue rib-bons. This year Lena has a new trick up her sleeve that she’s sure will tip the balance in her favor. Meanwhile, Ole heard on ’CCO that Sweet Martha makes a truckload of money at the fair. So Ole and Sven have decided they’re going to turn the fair into a money-making operation with a food stand of their own. Tickets for the comedy are $18 at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or at the Arts Center at 20965 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4640 for more information. (Photo submitted)

Blue ribbon fun with Ole and Lena

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monthly infusions for the disease, which is incurable and has irreversible effects, to reduce joint inflamma-tion to make it easier for him to walk. Petersen’s mobility has also been compromised as his legs swell from lymph-edema, a disease that now affects both of his legs and requires leg wraps. Evans has become the couple’s primary bread-winner and also a care-giver as Petersen has been sidelined by chronic pain, swelling and fusing of some of the vertebrae in his spine. Evans’ colleague Jan Volimas organized an on-line fundraising site, and Midwest Veterinary’s cor-porate office held a draw-ing and bake sale that raised over $1,100 of the fundraising total. With the funds gener-ated, Mark Halverson at Apple Valley Autos helped the couple purchase a Ford Freestar van, which the couple picked up on Saturday, Jan. 24. Volimas said Petersen, once housebound, and Evans enjoyed a four-hour ride in the van the next day, stopping for hamburgers and talking about all the

trips they would now be able to take together. News of the co-work-er’s generosity spurred U.S. Rep. John Kline to se-lect Volimas and the Mid-west Veterinary Supply team to be recipients of Congressional Certificates of Special Recognition. They will be presented to them at the annual Star of the North Ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, at Kenwood Trail Middle School, 19455 Kenwood

Trail in Lakeville. In a letter to Volimas, Kline said he selected her and the co-workers who participated for the award to recognize their selfless efforts and kindness in as-

sisting others in need. He stated the ceremony will include a presentation honoring the outstanding acts of service taking place throughout our communi-ty.

Volimas called the rec-ognition “awesome.” “I just kind of started it, but it was a group ef-fort on all of Midwest’s part,” Volimas said. “I’m honored, and I think it’s

awesome. It’s as excited as them getting the van, ac-tually. Both are very nice things, wonderful things.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Coworkers at Midwest Veterinary Supply stand in front of the accessible van that was purchased for Lee Petersen and Peggy Evans with fundraisers. From left are Bayleigh Winzenburg, Joan Gishwiller, Jeff Burkhamer, Pam Koopman, Jan Volimas, Peggy Evans, President Guy Flickinger, Shannon Kottke and Becky Olsen. (Photo submit-ted)

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I just kind of started it, but it was a group effort on all of Midwest’s part. I’m honored, and I think it’s awesome. It’s as excited as them getting the van, actually. Both are very nice things, wonderful things.

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