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Food trucks to invade EaganFood trucks from across the Twin Cities will roll into Eagan Sept. 6 for the Eagan Food on 4 Wheels Festival

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SPORTS

Shoppers crowd new Eagan mallMany impressed by Twin Cities

Premium Outlets by Jessica Harper

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Trevor Ash has eagerly awaited Twin Cities Pre-mium Outlets’ opening since he first learned of the plans several months ago. So when the day fi-nally came, the Plymouth resident was sure to arrive an hour before the mall opened on Thursday, Aug. 14. Despite long lines of more than 100 people at some of its stores, the Ea-gan mall exceeded his ex-pectations, Ash said. “I think I will come here often,” he said. “I like the clean design. It has a lot more premium stores than Albertville and I like

that it has a food court.” Ash was among hun-dreds to crowd the mall’s grand opening celebration

with the hope of being among the first shoppers. Thursday’s event included visits by Gov. Mark Day-

ton, Mayor Mike Maguire and executives from the companies that built the center.

Located at the intersec-tion of Highways 13 and 77, the 100-store mall is now the closest to the Twin Cities core. It is about 16 miles from downtown Minneapolis and 4.3 miles from the Mall of America, the nation’s largest shop-ping mall. Asked if the $100 mil-lion mall will directly com-pete with the mega mall, Renee Lawler, director of marketing and business development for Simons, said she believes the two malls draw from different markets. “I think they will complement each other,” Lawler said. “The stores we have are for premium outlets, which are very dif-ferent from the Mall of America.”

Hundreds of people crowded Twin Cities Premium Outlets in Eagan during its grand opening on Thursday, Aug. 14. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

The original St. James Lutheran Church building went up in downtown Savage in 1944. (Submitted photo)

St. James has deep roots inSavage and Burnsville

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK

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In the late 1950s, leaders of St. James Lutheran Church in Savage decided their future lay across the border in Burnsville, where farm fields were giving way to new homes and young families. St. James had hired its first full-time pastor, the Rev. Earl Johnson, in 1958. Under his tenure the church paid $10,500 for 6.5 acres just east of Savage on County Road 34 (later known as Williams Drive). The congregation moved to Burnsville in 1963, not without dissent. “Of course, a lot of us didn’t like to see it moved out of downtown Savage, because it was the only Lutheran church we had ever had there,” said Carol Gutoske, who was confirmed at St. James in 1952. “Savage was predominantly, back then, a Catholic town,” said Gutoske, 75, who still lives in Savage. “To have a Lutheran church in downtown Savage was a big deal.” The old downtown church site on Princeton Avenue is now the Dan Patch American Legion Post. The origi-nal Burnsville building has had four additions, the last in 2006, and St. James is on its 13th full-time pastor, the

Rev. Walt Lichtenberger, who arrived from New Jersey in 2009. The rift has passed but isn’t forgotten as St. James celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. “That’s why an anniversary celebration is important for a church,” Lichtenberger said. “Instead of making the past a golden thing, anniversary celebrations give us a chance to say, ‘We struggled with that way back when, and we were still able to be a church.’ ” A series of anniversary events will culminate with a special service at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 7. Lichten-berger said five former pastors are expected to attend and share stories. A reception follows at 11 a.m., with a buffet luncheon at 12:15 p.m. “To me, it’s home,” said Gutoske’s sister, Nancy Westphal of Savage, who was baptized by the Rev. Charles Dion 66 years ago in her home, before the downtown church was built. “We’ve had different ministers come and go,” said Westphal, who married husband Dale in 1968 at St. James, where their two children were baptized and their daughter was married. “Some you get close to. And others you don’t get real close to at all. All in all, I’m just grateful and thankful to still be at St. James. We’re very proud to be there, both Dale and I. It’s a very warm congregation.”

Border-crossing church marks 75 years

Al Baker’s property to become a Holiday Inn Eagan city officials ap-proved plans to redevelop the former Al Baker’s property into a four-story Holiday Inn Express and Suites. The council unani-mously approved on Aug. 19 rezoning plans, a planned development amendment and a final plat for the 0.59-acre prop-erty at 3434 Washington Drive. Al Baker’s restaurant closed in January after nearly 30 years in business. The owners of the Best Western Dakota Ridge, which is adjacent to Al Baker’s, purchased the property on Jan. 1 and will own and operate the new Holiday Inn. Mike Berkopec, a rep-resentative of the Best Western Dakota Ridge, said he believes building another brand hotel next to the existing one will complement Best Western by tapping into a different customer base. Berkopec said he ex-pects to begin construc-tion on the Holiday Inn by spring 2015 and open spring 2016. Although the restau-rant is gone, Best Western Dakota Ridge honored the restaurant’s history by displaying a few Al Bak-er’s artifacts in the Best Western lobby. Among the items to be displayed is a row boat that was a prominent part of the res-taurant’s decor.— Jessica Harper

John Bedard is the CEO and founder of Cheers Pablo, which has opened a second location in Burnsville. (Photo by John Gessner)

Eat, drink, socialize, paintCheers Pablo

opens in Burnsville by John Gessner


Beverages, finger foods, acrylic paints and an artist’s counsel are what custom-ers can expect from a visit to Cheers Pab-lo. It’s not quite a bistro, not exactly a studio. It’s a place where people can sip wine or beer, nibble on snacks and social-ize — all while putting brush to canvas. Think of it as an armchair artist’s night out. “There’s no experience necessary,”

said John Bedard, CEO of the family-owned business, which opened its second location in Burnsville last month. “It’s about socializing and having a great time with friends and walking away sort of surprising yourself. Most of the people haven’t painted since they’ve been in grade school.” On a recent Friday, John and his brother, Richard, the company president, were preparing to host a “girls night out” gathering in one of their private studios and “Elaine’s 65th Birthday Bash” in the other. They expected another 10 or so customers to drop in for an open painting

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Talking about mental illnessThe ECM Editorial Board encourages people to start talking about mental illness in an effort to reduce the stigma often associated with it.

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Stage life beckonsAn apprenticeship at the Children’s Theatre Company is the latest achievement for young Eagan actor Meghan Kreidler.

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Fall sports kick off practices Area high school teams in all sports started practices this week to prepare for the upcoming season.

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Monster nights of entertainment at fairDakota County Fair grandstand events pass the eye test; final

numbers due in September

by Jennifer ChickSUN THISWEEK


Monster trucks rolled into the grandstands at the Dakota County Fair and put on a great show. The monster trucks on Aug. 6 were the new-est addition to the fair’s grandstand lineup. The fair began Monday, Aug. 4, and continued through Sunday, Aug. 10. Attendance numbers are not yet available, but Chris Wright, who is on the Dakota County Fair Board of Directors and helped at the grandstand during the week-long fair, was pleased with the turnout for the grand-

stand entertainment, the main revenue generating

activity at the fair. “The monster truck

show was a great event,” she said. “We wanted to

try something new. They looked like a fun event to have in our grandstand. There were a lot of people in the seats and it was a really great show.” On Thursday night, the fair brought back a ma-jor headliner musical act with Sawyer Brown. Last year’s concert featured Craig Campbell and mu-sical duo Love and Theft. Wright said this year’s concert went much better than last year. “We were better pre-pared to do a concert,” she said. “The show went really well, and they were great to work with.” Tuesday night’s grand-stand entertainment fea-tured a tractor pull, and on the last two nights of the fair, the grandstand hosted demolition der-bies. Wright has been on the board of directors for the past decade and she has seen demolition derby

numbers fall during that time. Demolition derbies used to fill five nights at the fair but have gradual-ly been cut back from five nights to two nights. Last year, the demolition der-bies ran for three nights. She said the economy and the Cash for Clunk-ers program affected the number of cars entered into the demolition der-by in past years. But this year the fair saw a great rebound in the number of cars entered in the demo-lition derby. “Both derbies were ex-cellent,” she said. “Our car counts were huge, and we had a lot of people in the grandstands.” The Dakota County Board of Directors will meet in early Septem-ber to review attendance numbers and begin plan-ning for next year’s fair, Aug. 10-16. Wright said they hope to have the monster trucks return.

Sawyer Brown performed during the Dakota County Fair this year. Band members above are shown at a 2013 concert at the University of Missouri. (Photo from band by Taz Hall)

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AZ Canteen, which is affiliated with “Bizarre Foods” star Andrew Zimmern, will offer a variety of unusual foods at the Eagan Food on 4 Wheels Festival on Sept. 6. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

Food truck festival coming to Eagan by Jessica Harper


Food trucks from across the Twin Cities will soon be rolling into Eagan for a festival that celebrates the recent food truck trend. Eagan Food on 4 Wheels Festival will be held from 3-7:30 p.m. Sat-urday, Sept. 6, at the Ea-gan Festival Grounds in Central Park, 1501 Cen-tral Parkway.

“People will get a chance to connect with others in the community while trying a whole host of foods in one setting. That’s our goal,” said Kerry Phillips, Eagan recreation supervisor and Eagan Market Fest coor-dinator. The free event will feature 20 food trucks that will offer an array of foods ranging from American and Mexican fare to Indian and Korean

foods. AZ Canteen, which is affiliated with “Bizarre Foods” star Andrew Zim-mern, will also be at the event offering unusual foods. Many of the food trucks now accept credit cards. In addition to sampling a variety of foods, festi-val-goers can purchase locally brewed beers and listen to live music. Retro Soul 5 and the Westsie

Horn will perform from 3-5 p.m. and will be fol-lowed by The Mill City Players from 5:30-7:30 p.m. A list of food trucks and additional infor-mation is available at cityofeagan.com/index.php/recreation/commu-nity-events/food-on-4-wheels-festival.

Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Here’s a taste of Eagan Food on 4 Wheels Festival A Cupcake Social – gourmet cupcake flavors AZ Canteen – smoked turkey and andouille gumbo, crispy bacon belly sandwich, sesame peanut noodle with cucumber to name a few Big Brother Almighty BBQ – smoked barbecue, brisket, chicken, pulled pork, ribs, sides Brava On Wheels – café with a twist, grass fed beef, old fashioned all beef hot dogs Butcher Salt Cave Café – chicken wrap, chicken/beef curry Chef Shack Emconada Food Truck

– Latin/Chilean food Finnegan’s Reverse Food Truck – bring a food donation item to help stock pile the local food banks Gogi Brothers – Kore-an barbecue; galbi, a beef short rib rice platter; man-du, deep fried pot stickers Green Mill – pizza by the slice and beer Hot Indian Foods – In-dian Food: indurritos In-dian burritos, lamb, spin-ach paneer, vegan channa and others Jake’s Street Grille – wings, lobster tacos, shrimp and sausage chow-der, mini burgers

LuLu’s Street Food – American Caribbean food: chicken and waffle sandwich with bacon and maple, seared ahi tuna taco with wasabi tomato slaw and balsamic driz-zle, parmesan and truffle French fries Motley Crews Heavy Metal Grill – Philly style sandwiches, sweet and heat pretzels O’Cheese – grilled cheese many ways R.A. MacSammy’s – mac and cheese many ways Rita’s Ice – frozen Ital-ian ice Taqueria La Hacienda – tacos, quesadillas, bur-

ritos, alambres, tortas The Moral Omnivore – organic eclectic: beet slid-ers, fried tomato BLT, but-ternut squash taco bowls and more Twin Cities Fritters and Philly Company – Philly sandwiches and corn/ci-lantro fritters

Lakeville man dies after single-vehicle crash

Justin Johnson was not wearing

seatbelt by Laura Adelmann


A Lakeville man has died after a single-vehicle crash in Edina on Wednes-day afternoon, according to the Minnesota State Pa-trol. Justin D. Johnson, 39, was driving a 2009 Audi

A8 south on Highway 100 just after 5:30 p.m. when the vehicle twice hit the guard rail, went off the road and hit the concrete side of a bridge. Johnson was not wear-ing a seatbelt; the car’s airbags deployed. It is un-known if he had any alco-hol in his system. Police reported the ve-hicle totaled. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Dakota City Heritage Village offers tours Dakota City Heritage Village in Farmington will offer the following events:

Adult fl ower

garden tour Adults can ride the trol-ley to see the fall flowers in bloom at Dakota City Heritage Village from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 24. A costumed guide and master gar-dener will accompany the group. A trip to the prai-rie to see native plants will be included. Dress for the weather. Guests can bring their own bag lunch and have a picnic on the village grounds after the tour. The cost is $8 per per-son, prepaid and includes an ice cream cone at the end. Registrations must be received by Monday, Sept. 22.

Trolley tour and

tea luncheon Dakota City will offer a trolley tour and tea lun-cheon for adults from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday,

Sept. 17. Guests will learn the history and use of the buildings as they travel through the village ac-companied by a costumed guide. They will meet some of the locals and hear about life in 1900. At the end of the tour, guests will be seated in the old-fashioned drugstore and served a luncheon with tea and dessert. This tour is about three hours and costs $15 per person, pre-paid. Registrations must be received by Friday, Sept. 12. To register for the tours, send a check made out to Dakota City, along with name, address, contact phone number and email address, to: Dakota City, P.O. Box 73, Farmington, MN 55024. Dakota City Heritage Village is located on the Dakota County Fair-grounds in Farmington. For more information, call 651-460-8050, ext. 3, or email [email protected].


Health care act is working To the editor: Television is full these days of politicians and ads complaining about the Affordable Care Act. To listen to them, you would think it’s ruining people’s lives. But it’s probably saved a friend of mine. My friend is a well-edu-cated woman who has held a variety of interesting and important jobs during her professional career. Now in her 60s, the loss of a job caused discourage-ment and self-destructive behavior. But thanks to a less well known part of the Affordable Care Act, she is now able to connect with a local program that will provide her with op-tions and improve her sit-uation. This program was not widely available before

the Affordable Care Act, and it probably saved her life. The ACA is not perfect; but it’s better than what we had before, and it’s helping lots of people.

VICI OSHIROBurnsville

All-day kindergarten welcomed To the editor: In a couple weeks, my oldest daughter starts preschool in the Lakeville Area Public Schools. It’s exciting for her, and for me. I am a stay-at-home mom, lucky to spend time with my two girls, reading, creating art projects, and trying to foster a love for learning at young age. But I know that I don’t have the training to really

help them excel. For plenty of parents, staying home isn’t an op-tion, and finding, and pay-ing for, quality child care is a constant concern. That’s why I’m delight-ed that the Legislature ap-proved funding for all-day kindergarten for all kids. As our country struggles to move up the list of na-tions in reading, math, and science (especially for girls), I am so proud of Minnesota for standing up and saying that we need to be responsible for helping our youngest students be-gin their lifelong journey of learning. My girls – and all our kids – will face lots of challenges as they grow up in an increasing competi-tive world. Families are up to the challenge, but we can’t succeed alone. Education needs to be a

priority of our communi-ties and our state. I’m glad to see that our legislators agree.

LINDSEY PORTBurnsville

True prosperity for all MinnesotansTo the editor: Over the past two weeks, there has been two people from Work-ing America knock on my door and two mailings from Middle Class Major-ity in my mailbox. All of these pieces tout claims of success by state Rep. Will Morgan, DFL-Burnsville. Especially, they claim how the middle class is more prosperous today than yesterday. Yet, my wife and I don’t feel any more prosperous today than we did two or four years ago. This leads me to one con-clusion: Morgan and his allies would, as Margaret Thatcher stated, “see us poorer as long as they take more from the wealthy.” Personally, I can not, and will not, accept this premise from Morgan and highly encourage all of my friends and neighbors to support Roz Peterson. Peterson will bring common sense to St. Paul and will fight every day to

help all Minnesotans feel more prosperous. Please vote for Peterson for state representative in House District 56B.

DAN RYANBurnsville

DFL Masin is best choiceTo the editor: I sure hope the people of Minnesota House Dis-trict 51A for Eagan and Burnsville are paying at-tention to the campaign between Rep. Sandy Ma-sin (DFL) and Andrea Todd-Harlin (GOP candi-date). Recently in letters to the editor we have heard how much better Todd-Harlin would be as a rep-resentative first because of her knowledge on health care issues seeing as she worked in the Department of Epidemiology. Yet the Minnesota Nurses Asso-ciation has chosen to en-dorse Masin. Now we hear how much better Todd-Harlin will be on education issues. She acknowledges the profound impact teach-ers have on preparing our children to be productive members of society, yet she is running under the GOP banner. The GOP’s track record on education

might help explain why Masin has been endorsed by Education Minnesota. Masin worked hard to pay our school districts back the monies approved by the GOP-led Legislature and GOP governor, Tim Pawlenty. Masin continues to fight for District 51A. She clearly represents us and not the outside or special interests. Masin’s philoso-phies mirror those of mid-dle-class Americans. I will always put facts before rhetoric and the facts say Masin has earned another term in the House of Rep-resentatives. Please vote on Nov. 4 for Masin and keep our state strong.

ELLEN HOLMES LAFANSEagan

Festival impresses To the editor: Tremendous thanks to our 2014 International Festival of Burnsville sponsors and community for supporting a most memorable day. Despite a two-hour late start, the crowd continued to grow, interact with entertain-ers indoors and out, and eat, and dance, and most

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Mental illness: no more secrets, no more deception Imagine this: Your 15-year-old son becomes seriously ill. Is it cancer or some other life-threatening disease? You whisk him off to the emergency room. Within days, you have updates on Facebook. “Billy is doing much better.” “The medi-cine is working!” “He’s going to be OK.” Many of us have experienced a similar scenario in our lives. But how many of us also experience this situation: Your 15-year-old son becomes seri-ously ill. He is afraid to leave the house; he suffers severe mood swings and de-structive behavior. You chastise him, you take away his computer or gaming sys-tem, and you force him into the car to go to school. You say nothing about your daily struggles to friends and family. You make up excuses for missing family gath-erings. You are too ashamed to seek help. When it comes to mental illness, we hide the truth. We don’t share our stories on social media. Who has ever shouted for joy that the new medication is helping your son’s severe anxiety? Or that your daughter finally got approved for resi-dential treatment for her schizophrenia? Those suffering from mental illness refrain from discussing their problems. Employees fear the loss of their job; indi-viduals fear losing a loved one when the truth is revealed. Patients hesitate to be frank with their doctors. Those of us spared dealing with men-tal illness are clueless as how to help a friend or co-worker whose life is being turned upside down. Yet mental illness is all around us.

Depression affects 10 percent of Americans. We are stunned to hear that actor Robin Williams – someone who seemingly had everything – took his own life. According to the American Psychi-atric Association, “Depression is never normal and always produces needless suffering.” One in 10 children are affected by de-pression, anxiety or other mental illness, according to bringchange2mind.org, a national initiative to educate and fight the stigma of mental illness. Some 25 million Americans have some type of anxiety disorder. On a national scale, shootings like the one at Sandy Hook in 2012 put mentally ill individuals into the headlines. In those worst cases, we shudder when the eve-ning’s newscasts bring us horrific video of a shooting scene. But mental health issues touch us in many other ways, every day. Families struggle when Dad is unable to hold down a job, or a daughter threatens sui-cide. Our workplaces are affected, too. A co-worker with mental health issues drains time and hurts morale. Those outbursts shatter the workday, creating a tense and hostile work team. On a practical note, undiagnosed and untreated mental illness hits us in the pocketbook. Some 30-40 percent of

those in our county jails are mentally ill, not criminals, Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek and many other law en-forcement officials from throughout the country will tell you. Their issues con-sume extensive staffing hours and tax dollars just to maintain and move these people through the system, while hard-core criminals go free. Our medical system is burdened by mentally ill who cannot or will not seek regular doctor’s care. One out of eight emergency room visits are for mental health issues. Again, we help to pick up the tab through government social ser-vices and health care subsidies. Some new laws have helped. Our state’s sheriffs, with Stanek leading the charge, were successful with legislation that speeds the process for assessing an inmate’s mental state. “Local jails should not be the largest mental health facilities in the state,” Stanek says. Organizations like the National As-sociation on Mental Illness are actively urging Congress to pass important legis-lation: The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act and the Strengthening Mental Health in our Communities Act of 2014 should be approved. The Affordable Care Act says that mental health issues need to be covered and treated the same as physical health ailments, but Medicare and Medicaid still do not pay as much for inpatient treatment for the mentally ill, encourag-ing private facilities to reduce their men-tal illness services.

We are blessed in Minnesota to have top-notch health care. We have clinics that specialize in mental health issues, some focusing specifically on young people. Yet we still keep the illnesses, the symptoms and treatment quiet. We are unprepared when illness strikes our own family or friends. A local campaign, supported by many Minnesota health organizations includ-ing the Mayo Clinic and HealthPartners called “Make It OK” (makeitok.org), of-fers simple ways to start a conversation about mental illness. It urges everyone to stop the silence, and be prepared to react and open up the discussion, not shut it down: “Thanks for opening up to me.” “Do you want to talk about it?” “How can I help?” The initiative urges everyone to take a pledge to help make it OK to discuss mental illness. One of the key points says, “If we join together, people with mental illnesses will be treated with respect and acceptance. This is how I’ll help remove the silence surrounding mental illness. This is how I will make it OK.” It is time for everyone to stop hiding mental illness, and start talking. Only when we as a society admit this huge problem exists, will we be able to work together to foster good mental health for all. This is an editorial from the ECM Pub-lishers Editorial Board. Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publishers.

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5-to-1 return on taxpayer dollars is encouraging newsby Joe Nathan


Here are two pieces of encouraging news about Minnesota’s public schools. First, the state teachers union has agreed on the potential value of yearly teacher evaluations. Second, a just-released report, “Qual-ity Compensation,” encourages Minne-sotans to build on success from a former-ly controversial reform called Q Comp, which provided extra funds to districts and charters that agreed to provide ad-ditional salary to teachers who partici-pated in new training and showed some evidence of improving student achieve-ment. Let’s begin with the report about Q Comp. A 2013 university study found, as lead author University of Minnesota professor Aaron Sojourner told me, “We estimate that Q Comp has produced a $5 gain to society for every $1 that has been invested in it.” Sojourner and co-authors Elton Mykerezi, of the University of Minneso-ta, and Kristine L. West, from St. Cath-erine University, found that Q Comp’s combination of strategies produced “sta-

tistically significant” gains in reading: “Gains appear to be driven especially by productivity increases among less-expe-rienced teachers.” (Download the study as a PDF file at bit.ly/1vGZclZ.) The study also found that: “This pro-cess of setting goals, when taken serious-ly by all sides, may harness teachers’ local information about the most productive strategies for success better than a cen-trally defined standard. Also, evidence is emerging from other states that attaching stakes to a process with regular feedback from classroom observers can produce achievement gains.” The study examined only districts serving grades three through eight. Char-ters were not included because some in-cluded pay for performance before Q Comp. Because of these results, a group of

Minnesota district and charter teachers called Educators 4 Excellence-Minneso-ta (mn.educators4excellence.org) has en-couraged expansion of Q Comp. E4E’s new report, “Quality Compen-sation: Supporting and Rewarding Excel-lence in Teaching” encourages legislators to increase funding so that more districts and charters can participate. Based on the research mentioned above, this seems wise. E4E’s new report also recommends using a variety of ways to evaluate teach-ers, not just standardized tests. I strongly agree. Parents and other taxpayers want schools to do more than raise test scores. But yearly evaluations of teachers and encouraging teachers to set and work to-ward goals that include, but are not lim-ited to, increasing test scores seems to be valuable. Holly Kragthorpe, a Minneapolis district teacher and union steward who helped write the new E4E report, believes that the “best way forward” includes having “honest conversations that in-clude everyone, especially teachers them-selves.” Denise Specht, Education Min-nesota’s president, made conversations

throughout Minnesota with educators, parents and community members one of her first priorities. Equally important, Education Min-nesota did not try to eliminate a law mandating yearly evaluations. This was passed when Republicans controlled the Legislature. This year, the governor was a DFLer. His party controlled both Minnesota House and Senate. Education Minnesota could have urged elimination of yearly evaluations. Instead, the union’s attitude this year was essentially, “Let’s work to-gether to make the evaluation process a good one for educators and ultimately for students.” That’s a wise, constructive approach. Annual evaluations in any field, if done well, can be useful. Given the $5-to-$1 return, Q Comp should be expanded. It can be a part of helping teachers improve and be part of annual evaluations. Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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importantly, talk and be-come better neighbors. Emerging and estab-lished local artists pre-sented wonderful cultural art pieces, including pho-tographs, pottery, acrylic and watercolor paintings, sculpture masks, clothing designs, textiles and more, within our festival’s Cul-tural Perspectives: Bring-ing Heritage Home art exhibit. In conjunction with a tour of cultural displays in the Ames Center art gal-lery, guests to the festival enjoyed a meet-and-greet-the-artists hour, interact-ed with the display hosts from more than a dozen countries, while hundreds of children experienced henna hands, Aboriginal dot-painting, tae kwon do demonstrations, crazy hair and face-painting in our Family Arts and Activities area. Special thanks to IFB’s Planning Committee; we launched a grand event without charging an ad-mission fee. The allure of free on-stage entertain-ment, where Minnesota artists delivered exciting and diverse cultural arts performances, was the ul-timate crowd-pleaser for nearly 2,500 guests. We’re so grateful for the monies and time invested in our popular community festival, and equally ap-preciative of our in-kind services providers. “Like” us on Facebook, and ex-plore the photo gallery that mirrors the many contributions of time and talent to festival.

MARGO SWANSONInternational Festival of Burnsville chair 2010-14

Shine the light of truthTo the editor: For a dozen years, U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, has lived in the shadows of Tea Party con-servatism. His voting re-cord is more conservative than U.S. Rep. Michele

Bachmann’s but he draws less airtime. He is against women’s rights, anti-union, and against provid-ing health care for all. He supports tax breaks for millionaires and billion-aires. His efforts in educa-tion and job development have simply been retreads of old programs that were of dubious worth — ex-cept he has slashed the budgets for those pro-grams, with no new ideas in their place. It is time to shine a light of truth on John Kline. As Kyle McCarthy of Stu-dentDebtCrisis.org notes, “on his show, Real Time, (Bill) Maher is calling on viewers to take to social media to nominate and vote for the worst mem-bers of Congress. Accord-ing to the Real Timeblog, once the “worst” member of Congress has been de-cided, ‘we will spend the year periodically looking at the district, meeting the entrenched incumbent, introducing his fresh-faced challenger, getting to know the people they want to serve, and gener-ally doing our level best to flip that district.’ ” Recently, Maher nomi-nated Kline as the first of his Final Four selections for worst congressman. Of course, Maher’s descrip-tion of Kline is accurate.

But one of the reasons that Maher picked Kline first is the overwhelming support of voters in the 2nd District to Decline Kline. It’s time Mr. Kline returned to Texas (yes, he comes from the home of Ted Cruz and anti-immi-gration policy against im-migrant children). It’s time to elect Mike Obermueller for Congress.

CRAIG JARRELLEagan

That guy will be missed To the editor: I will be missed. I have spent more than six decades in Minnesota, the last 39 years of which were in Rosemount. The Minnesota tax situation has finally driven me from the state. I will be missed. Not personally, for few people knew me and fewer still cared about me. I will be missed because I am “that guy.” I am that guy who saw my Minnesota income tax bill raise by $1,424 per year after my wife passed away even though my in-come has been less since she died. I am that guy who helped pay for every Rosemount-Apple Valley-

Eagan School District bonding issue and refer-endum passed in the past 39 years although I have not had a child in the sys-tem for the past 24 years. I am that guy who didn’t see a penny from the $500 million tax break the Legislature passed last year even though they were fond of calling it a “middle class” tax break. I am that guy who paid $431 for license tabs for my 1-year-old pick-up truck. Even the lady who waited on me said “ouch.” Incidentally, I left the state less than two months later and cannot recoup any of that money. I am that guy who has helped pay for state and county social programs even though I have never used them. I am that guy who has helped pay for mass tran-sit in the inner cities when I lived in the suburbs. After all of this, what put me over the top was the outrageous 10-year, $300 million District 196 school referendum and the shameful way in which it was passed last Novem-ber. Just as the Affordable Care Act is financially de-pendent upon the partici-pation of healthy people who seldom seek health care, so are state, county

and city initiatives depen-dent upon that guy. Well, that guy has had enough and left the state forever. As that guy becomes those guys, Minnesota will feel the loss.

GARY KOLLMANSequim, Washington

I left sunny CaliforniaTo the editor: People ask me why in the world I would move back to Minnesota. It’s simple: I moved back because this state pro-vides a solid foundation to help me build my life. As a young woman at the beginning of my career, I need to live in a state that will support my values. A lot of that support has come pretty recently. As of this year, I can trust that my employers will pay me the same as my male co-workers doing the same job. I know that if in the future I decide to start a family, my chil-dren will be encouraged and challenged in school, starting with free all-day public kindergarten, and all the way through a re-sponsibly funded school system. I am excited that all my friends, co-work-ers, and peers, no matter whom they love, will be treated with respect and given equal opportunities to marry and live their lives. I know that the children that I work with will attend schools dedi-cated to keeping all their students safe. And I’m looking forward to living in a state that my genera-tion to thrive, and knows fiscal responsibility and sound investments in the future is a way to make that happen. I am proud to be a Minnesotan. And I’m proud to be from a state with a great Legislature. Now that I’m back, I’m hoping it stays that way.

EMMA MARTINBurnsville

Host a high school studentTo the editor: During the month of August, 78 AFS-USA in-ternational high school students from 32 countries are scheduled to arrive in the Twin Cities, traveling by bus, train, and car to meet their host families. They will settle into a daily routine and, like many U.S. students, will surely feel angst over the first day of school. The organization is grateful to those residents who have opened up their homes to so many of these deserving students. There are still students available to be hosted in the community. It’s not too late to take advantage of this great opportunity. AFS-USA is still recruit-ing host families for some of the arriving students. The organization encour-ages all types of families to apply – both traditional and non-traditional family units including single par-ents, divorced couples and empty nesters. The organization pro-vides 24/7 support through local staff and trained vol-unteers. The students ar-rive with their own spend-ing money and medical insurance. All they require from your family is a bed of their own, three meals a day, and the chance to ex-perience the daily lives of Minnesotans with you and yours. Not only do the ex-change students have an impact on the families with whom they live – they become assets to the school communities that have agreed to host them as students. Since global competency is a critical skill for today’s students to attain, there is no better way to demonstrate it than by inviting international students into the school. Make this fall the time you decide to host an in-ternational student. It’s an experience you’ll cherish for years to come.

ANNE MELLESMOENAFS-USA volunteer

LETTERS, from 4A


Education

Familiar face enters Lakeville race Kathy Lewis

brings 22 years of board

experience by Laura Adelmann


A Lakeville nurse who held a seat on the Lakev-ille Area School Board for 22 years is stepping back into the race after a two-year absence. Kathy Lewis, 63, said she decided not to seek re-election in 2012 to care for her ailing mother, a com-mitment that required her to be away from the dis-trict too often. “In my heart, I didn’t want to leave,” Lewis said. “If it had not been for that, I would have run again.” She described herself as an involved mother of five Lakeville graduates and grandmother to seven students in the district and one who just graduated from Lakeville schools and will attend college this fall. Lewis said she is run-ning again because she missed advocating for stu-dents and doing what she can as a part of a board focused on providing edu-cational opportunities. “I still have a passion for education,” Lewis said. She said she supports innovative programs like Impact Academy, a multi-age, hands-on classroom that groups students by skill level in reading, writ-ing and math and incor-porates service learning in the curriculum. “I don’t think every-body learns at the same rate,” she said. “I don’t think they all learn at exactly the same time. I think some concepts you grasp very quickly, others it takes a little bit longer, so I think we really need to help students to be able to learn as they can, yet say-

ing that, we still need to hold them to a high standard as far as what t h e y ’ r e learning.” L e w i s said Impact

Academy may not work for all students, however, and she would support providing options. “I’m not so sure that it is a good option for every student in the whole dis-trict,” Lewis said. “That doesn’t mean I’m not supporting it, I just don’t know if I would expand it to every school and say this is how everybody has to change.” Lewis said Impact Academy is a reorganiza-tion of classrooms that is like having two different school districts residing in the same school, so she said if there is a lot of de-mand for it, it may be bet-ter to house it in one or two schools in the district. She called closing the achievement gap is “ab-solutely crucial” and is an advocate for enhancing the work of the Mental Health Task Force. “We need to be able to support students with the things they’re dealing with in their lives,” Lewis said. She said that while school security has been a concern for years, it has evolved and changed into more violent scenarios. “It certainly requires more collaborative work between your police force, your city, your communi-ty, your parents,” she said. Lewis said there has to be a balance between hav-ing the school open to the community and protecting students. She said the issue can be addressed by better use of technology, improved safety training for person-nel and working to create

an atmosphere where the staff really gets to know students. When situations arise from individuals outside the buildings, Lewis said they can rely on their poli-cies, security plans, tech-nology and working with the police force to address them to develop strategies that keep schools safe. Lewis said she is also supports the school re-source officer programs that allow a Lakeville po-lice officer to have an of-fice in each high school building. Lakeville School Board members have been dis-cussing a technology levy in 2016, and Lewis said she would “probably sup-port” holding a levy refer-endum but needs to find out more about it before fully backing it. Lewis emphasized that technology is important in learning, and she supports having students bring their own device, not only because doing so saves the district money, but because students can put it down, come back and all their information and work is easily found and accessed. She also said she needs to do more research about Common Core, the federal government’s initiative to create consistent learning standards in every state. “The concept of Com-mon Core can give you that balance that we do need to have some basic things that all kids need to learn,” she said. Minnesota adopted the Common Core Language Arts standards, which were implemented during the 2012-13 school year. Lewis said it is impor-tant for Lakeville that Common Core “really meets our needs,” and sug-gested looking for ways to enhance it, because she wants students to have the

best educational opportu-nities, not just meeting the minimal level. “It’s a very complicated subject, because every-body hears Common Core and says ‘Oh, this is great, why don’t we just jump right into it.’ But I don’t know if all of the stan-dards of Common Core have been fleshed out well enough and are accurate enough that we want to be able to teach it.” Lewis said many people in the community have told her she would be a vi-able candidate who brings skills and a perspective that would be useful in the district. “I think I have a lot of experience,” Lewis said. “I still have an extreme pas-sion for education. For me, it is absolutely over-riding, it’s an overriding principle in my life.” An intensive care nurse who has worked in the Fairview system for de-cades, Lewis has continued to pursue advanced train-ing. She recently earned a Certificate of Leadership Studies at St. Catherine University’s Leadership Institute, studying topics that included global stud-ies, global workforces, leadership training and moving organizations for-ward. She said she has an open mind about issues and always listens to peo-ple’s concerns. “I think I have an open mind, and I’m able to eval-uate the benefits of things with my experience and my history in the district and the things I have sup-ported I would be an ex-cellent candidate,” Lewis said. “I have these grand-children in school, and I not only want to do what’s best for them, but what’s best for other students.” Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Kathy Lewis

Seven file for 4 seats in District 191 Seven candidates have filed for four four-year terms on the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School Dis-trict 191 Board of Edu-cation. The filing period closed on Aug. 12. Incumbents Abi-gail Alt, Dan Luth, Jim

Schmid and Robert Van-denBoom are seeking re-election. The candidates are: Harold S. Sandahl IV, 14512 Kipling Ave. South, Savage; Schmid, 11107 Territo-rial Court., Burnsville;

Bradley Wolfe, 2751 Selkirk Drive, Apt. 211, Burnsville; Alt, 16 Marcin Hill, Burnsville; Dustin Cesarek, 11913 Baypoint Drive, Burns-ville, and VandenBoom, 2062

Royale Drive, Eagan. The terms of board members Alt, Luth, Jim and VandenBoom expire on Dec. 31. Newly elected board members will begin their terms on the seven-member board in January 2015.

District 191 schools plan back-to-school events Schools in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School Dis-trict 191 are hosting open houses, orientations, par-ent nights and more to en-sure students and families are ready for the start of the 2014-15 school year. More back-to-school in-formation is available at www.isd191.org. Burnsville High School Aug. 27: Sophomore & New Student Orientation, 4-4:40 p.m. or 6:30-7 p.m. Aug. 27: Open House, 4-7 p.m.Burnsville Alternative High School

Aug. 27: Ice Cream So-cialEagle Ridge Junior High Aug. 27: 8th and 9th Grade Open House, 5-6 p.m. Aug. 27: 7th Grade Orientation, students with last names A-K, 6-7 p.m.; students with last names L-Z, 7-8 p.m.Metcalf Junior High Aug. 27: New Student Orientation, 6-6:30 p.m. Aug. 27: Open House, 6:30-8 p.m.Edward Neill Elementary Aug. 27: Back to School Night, 5-7 p.m.

Gideon Pond Elementary Aug. 27: Meet-n-Greet/Back to School Meetings/PTO Ice Cream Social, 4 p.m.Harriet Bishop Elementary Aug. 28: Meet Your Teacher Open House, 4-5:30 p.m.Hidden Valley Elementary Aug. 28: Meet Your Teacher Open House, 4-6 p.m. Aug. 28: 1st Grade Open House, 5-5:30 p.m.Marion W. Savage El-ementary Aug. 27: Back to School Open House, 4-6 p.m.

Rahn Elementary Aug. 25: Family Out-reach Night, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Aug. 27: Meet the Teacher, 4-6 p.m.Sioux Trail Elementary Aug. 27: Open House, 5-6 p.m. Vista View Elementary Aug. 27: Open House, 4-6 p.m.William Byrne Elementary Aug. 27: Meet the Teacher Open House, 4-5 p.m.

New school year begins Sept. 2 in District 191 The new school year begins on Tuesday, Sept. 2, for most students in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191. There are a few excep-tions. At Nicollet Junior High School, only sev-enth-grade students will attend school on Sept. 2 so they have a day by them-selves to adjust to their new school. All students at Nicollet will attend begin-ning on Sept. 3. It’s a similar story at Burnsville High School where only 10th-grade stu-

dents will attend on Sept. 2 and be involved in orienta-tion activities all day. Then on Sept. 3, all high school students will attend. All kindergarten stu-dents start school on Thursday, Sept. 4. They will be meeting their teachers individually for a half-hour on Sept. 2 and 3. Appointments are being set up at each elementary school. “We are excited to wel-come students back to school in a few weeks,” said Superintendent Joe

Gothard. “It’s going to be a great year with lots of learning taking place.” Parents/guardians with children who are new to the district can register them for school online at www.isd191.org or in-per-son at the district’s Wel-come Center, lower level, Diamondhead Education Center, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway. Contact the Wel-come Center by phone at 952-707-4180 or by e-mail at [email protected]. School supply lists are

posted on school websites. Parents/guardians are en-couraged to register for SchoolView, the district’s online parent portal, to update their emergency contact information, pay for school meals, and monitor their child’s at-tendance and academic performance. Parents/guardians can register for SchoolView by sending an email to [email protected].

Foundation 191 golf tourney is Sept. 12 The sixth annual Foun-dation 191 golf tourna-ment will take place Sept. 12 at Crystal Lake Golf Club in Lakeville. Golf-ers will tee off at noon in a best ball format with proceeds to benefit Foun-

dation 191, the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage education foundation. Prizes will be awarded for play and for fun with dinner and program to fol-low. Sponsorship opportu-nities for the event, holes

and contests are available. Cost for the event is $125 for golf, cart, range balls and dinner. A dinner only option is available for $20. Registration is available at www.foundation191.org or by sending in the down-

loadable form and check. For more information or sponsorship opportunities visit www.foundation191.org or call Tom Umhoefer, event chair, at 952-707-4112, [email protected].

Obituaries


Education

Lakeville sets World’s Best Workforce Community Forum Lakeville Area Pub-lic Schools will hold the World’s Best Workforce Community Forum from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15, at Crystal Lake Educa-tion Center, 16250 Ipava Ave. During the 2013 legis-lative session, MN Statute 120B.11 required each dis-

trict to have a World’s Best Workforce Plan and Com-munity Forum. The goal of the plan is to make progress each year toward meeting these goals: 1. Closing identified achievement gaps. 2. All students ready for kindergarten.

3. All students in third grade achieving grade lev-el literacy. 4. All students attaining career and college readi-ness before graduating from high school. 5. All students graduat-ing from high school. The plan must include: 1. Clearly defined

benchmarks for student achievement for all sub-groups. 2. A process for assess-ing and evaluating each student’s progress. 3. A process to review and evaluate the effective-ness of all instruction. 4. Strategies for improv-ing instruction, curricu-

lum and student achieve-ment. 5. Effective education practices that integrate high-quality instruction, rigorous curriculum, tech-nology and a collaborative professional culture. 6. An annual budget for implementing the district plan.

The forum will explain the requirements and re-view the district’s progress toward meeting the five goals. Those interested in at-tending, should RSVP to Pam Fetzek at [email protected] or 952-232-2020.

Minnesota students outperform nation on ACT

For the ninth year in a row, Minnesota high school seniors were top in the nation on the ACT. Minnesota seniors posted an average score of 22.9, compared to the nation-wide average of 21. Addi-tionally, more Minnesota students met each of the four benchmarks – Eng-lish, Reading, Math and Science – than did stu-dents in any other state, 39 percent compared to 26 percent nationally. “I congratulate Min-nesota students, teachers, and administrators on this tremendous accom-plishment,” said Gov. Mark Dayton. “These

nation-leading scores demonstrate to the en-tire country the academ-ic ability of Minnesota students, the dedication of our teachers, and the world-class quality of our education system.” The data come from ACT’s yearly report, “The Condition of Col-lege and Career Readi-ness.” This year’s report shows that for Minneso-ta’s class of 2014, 45,305 students – or 76 percent – took the ACT. This num-ber is up 2 percent from 2010. Nationwide, 1.8 million students – or 57 percent – took the ACT last year.

This coming school year, all Minnesota ju-niors will take the ACT, free of charge, as part of new graduation require-ments approved by the 2013 Legislature. This move will not only help open up postsecondary as a real possibility for every child in the state, it will also provide important information to educators on whether students are career and college ready. The national and state ACT Condition of Col-lege & Career Readi-ness 2014 reports can be viewed and downloaded at: www.act.org/readi-ness/2014.

Curriculum council members sought ISD 194 is looking for community members to comprise two-thirds of the Curriculum Advisory Council (CAC). The purpose of the CAC is to ensure active community participation in all phases of planning and improving instruction and curriculum affecting state and local academic standards. The CAC in-cludes teachers, parents, support staff, students and other community resi-dents. CAC members spend considerable time inter-

viewing presenters, pro-viding input and making recommendations. Rec-ommendations are then shared publicly during School Board meetings by the Board of Educa-tion representative and by the executive director of teaching and tearning. The CAC meets month-ly with the first meeting 4-5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at Crystal Lake Educa-tion Center. Subsequent meetings will be the fourth Tuesday of each month, excluding December. The focus this year

will be on making prog-ress towards: Closing the achievement gap; all stu-dents are ready for kin-dergarten; all students in third grade achieving grade literacy; all students attaining career and col-lege readiness before grad-uating from high school; and all students graduat-ing from high school. Those interested in par-ticipating should contact Sandy Eissinger at 952-232-2026 or [email protected].

District 196 ECFE open house is Sept. 2 District 196 Early Childhood Family Edu-cation will hold an open house from 9-11 a.m. and 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, at Early Child-

hood Learning Center, 5800 W. 149th St., Apple Valley, and Rahncliff Learning Center, 2030 Rahn Way, Eagan. The free event will

feature hands-on activi-ties and a chance to meet ECFE staff. Call 952-431-8340 for more informa-tion.

Community Education fall catalog online now

The fall District 196 Community Education

catalog is now online at www.district196.org/ce.

Printed catalogs will arrive in mailboxes after Aug. 28.

STOP SMOKINGTODAY’S THE DAY

Worship DirectoryShare your weekly worship schedule or other activities with the

community. Email [email protected] or call 952-392-6875 for rates and informatilon.


Dum Diddies strumming away on dulcimers String-instrument club finds new

passion with the unique

instruments by Andy Rogers

SUN THISWEEK


Playing an instrument can be one of the more enjoyable hobbies for re-tired individuals, but it’s often a challenge to learn or know where to start. A group of retirees in Farmington have found the answer by forming the Rambling River Dum Diddies dulcimer club, who jam away on their mountain dulcimers, hammered dulcimers, bandjammers and auto harps every Monday from 10 a.m.-noon at the Ram-bling River Center, 325 Oak St. A dulcimer is a distant relative to the guitar, but it’s more closely related to a zither, which is a fret-less lap instrument. It’s regarded as one of the easier string instruments to learn. Scottish-Irish immigrants brought the idea of a dulcimer to the United States in the 19th century, when the instru-ment was developed in the Appalachian Moun-

tains. It’s a purely Ameri-can invention, as the im-migrants weren’t able to bring their own instru-ments with them or they broke on the way. Becoming proficient

in playing the instrument has been easy for most Dum Diddies members to pick up. “Most of the songs are three to four chords,” said Kathy Gunderson, one of the founding members.

The dulcimer is one of the core instruments in traditional folk music. “We get a chance to play songs I’ve never heard before like ‘Nail that Catfish to the Wall,’ ” teacher Mary Goetsch

said. “It’s good for retired people who want to play.” It’s the only dulcimer club that Goetsch knows of in the area. She lives in Texas during the win-ter, where its popularity is much stronger. She en-

joyed her time playing so much down South that she decided to bring the music to Farmington. In May, Gunderson and Goetsch decided to start a club, which now has about eight members. They would like to grow to about 30. The club plans to play year round. When Goetsch returns to Texas in November, Gunderson will take over as band leader. “You don’t have to be retired to join, but we only meet from 10 (a.m.) to noon,” Gunderson said. Gunderson said par-ticipants don’t need any previous knowledge of music, but it doesn’t hurt. “It’s easier than a gui-tar,” Goetsch said. “Most of the songs are in just one key and they’re just a few chords.” Club members have advanced to much in their playing skill that they are ready to show it off. The Rambling River Dum Diddies will perform a concert at 11 a.m. Sept. 22 at the Rambling River Center’s banquet room. For more information, call 651-280-6970.

Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].

Phillis Betzold, left, and Mary Jotsch play their dulcimers during a club meeting on Monday. (Photo by Andy Rog-ers)

Garofalo to introduce legislation to halt rail line to Rochester Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington, recent-ly announced his plan to introduce legislation next session to block the Minnesota Department of Transportation from moving forward with a proposed high-speed “zip line” that would run be-tween Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport and Rochester. The pro-

posed line is expected to cost more than a billion dollars, and would likely run through the district Garofalo represents. “It’s time to put a stop to government wasting hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars on studies and other plans for this California-style boon-doggle,” Garofalo said in a press release. “With an

expected one-way fare of $30, zip line is not a pri-ority for Minnesota fami-lies, and it’s appalling that Minnesota taxpayers con-tinue to be forced to foot the bill as big government types push forward against the will of local residents.” Garofalo pointed to a heated meeting that took place on July 31 in Ken-yon, Minn., where hun-

dreds of residents packed the Kenyon-Wanamingo High School gymnasium in overwhelming opposi-tion to the project. Garofalo said his leg-islation mirrors a similar law passed in 2002 that barred MnDOT from moving forward on the proposed Dan Patch line that would run from Min-neapolis to Northfield,

with stops in St. Louis Park, Edina, Blooming-ton, Savage, Burnsville and Lakeville. The 2002 law was authored by for-mer state senators William Belanger from Blooming-ton and Roy Terwilliger from Edina in response to overwhelming local oppo-sition. “Minnesotans are tired of being forced to sup-

port trains that they don’t want, don’t need and cer-tainly don’t wish to pay for,” Garofalo said. “A better use of these funds is to make Highway 52 a safer roadway. The legisla-tion I will author will put an end to this wasteful project and stop bureau-crats from forcing this rail line through communities where it is not wanted.”


Tax seminar in Eagan The Dakota County Regional Cham-ber of Commerce and the Center of the American Experience will host a seminar titled “Aligning Taxes with Economic Growth” from 7:30-9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 5, at Skyline Exhibits, 3355 Discovery Road, Eagan. At this event, Center of the American Experiment will release the seventh chap-ter of The Minnesota Policy Blueprint: Prescription for Prosperity, a package of policy recommendations that emphasize personal initiative, free enterprise and a limited, frugal government. The Minne-sota Policy Blueprint, in its entirety, will be released later this fall. Michael Vekich will be the event speaker. He is CEO of Vekich Chartered, a Minneapolis-based management advi-sory firm. Registration is required for this free event; space is limited. For more infor-mation, contact Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected].

New surgeon joins Northfield Hospital General surgeon Katya Ericson, MD, is joining Surgical Care Consultants P.A., a general surgery practice that serves both Northfield Hospital & Clinics and Allina Medical Clinic. A graduate of the University of Min-nesota Medical School, Ericson comes to Northfield from Hennepin County Med-ical Center, where she recently completed a five-year residency in general surgery.

Ericson, a native of Belarus, will see patients at both FamilyHealth Medical Clinic and Allina Medical Clinic and perform surgeries at Northfield Hospi-tal.

Checkerboard awards prize to nonprofit Burnsville-based Checkerboard Stra-tegic Web Development has announced the winner of its first-ever Nonprofit Web Rescue Contest. Minneapolis-based MicroGrants, a nonprofit organization that awards strategic grants to low-in-come people of potential, has won the grand prize of a new website and public relations package. The prize is valued at $15,000 to $20,000.

Kent Hrbek to judge local pet contest Minnesota Twins Hall of Famer Kent Hrbek will judge the Most “Twinning” Pet and Owner Look-A-Like Contest at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at Ban-field Hospital’s newest location at 10520 France Ave. S. in Bloomington. Pet owners and their dogs can don their most “twinning” attire for a chance to win a year’s worth of free veterinary care through Banfield’s Optimum Well-ness Plan and a pair of Dugout Box tick-ets to a Minnesota Twins 2014 season game. Customers also can enter to win the veterinary care and Twins tickets at the Apple Valley Banfield Pet Hospital, 15050 Cedar Ave. One winner will be drawn at random.

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Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, Aug. 27, 7:30-9 a.m., South Metro Young Professionals “Get Mo-tivated” August meeting, Bet-ter Business Bureau, 220 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Guest speaker: Jennifer Libby, president and CEO, Owatonna Chamber of Commerce. RSVP by Aug. 26. Information: Jina Duchnowski at [email protected]. • Thursday, Sept. 4, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lunch & Learn - 60 Ways to Grow Your List, River Ridge Building, Suite 112, 190 River Ridge Circle, Burns-ville. Cost: $10. RSVP by Sept. 2. Information: Jina Duchnows-

ki at [email protected]. Dakota County Region-al Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Aug. 26, 8-9 a.m., West St. Paul/Mendota Heights Coffee Break, DARTS, 1645 Marthaler Lane, West St. Paul. Open to all DCRC mem-bers. Information: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Wednesday, Aug. 27, 7:30-9 a.m., South Metro Young Professionals “Get Mo-tivated” August meeting, Bet-ter Business Bureau, 220 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Guest speaker: Jennifer Libby, president and CEO, Owatonna Chamber of Commerce. RSVP by Aug. 26. Information: Jina Duchnowski at [email protected].

• Wednesday, Sept. 3, 4:30-6 p.m., Why Not Wednesday, Argosy University, 1515 Central Parkway, Eagan. Information: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Thursday, Sept. 4, 8-9 a.m., At-Large Coffee Break, Burnet Title, 7741 147th St. W., Apple Valley. Information: Chel-sea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Friday, Sept. 5, 7:30-9 a.m., Aligning Taxes with Eco-nomic Growth, Skyline Exhib-its, 3355 Discovery Road, Ea-gan. Speaker: Michael Vekich, CEO of Vekich Chartered, a Minneapolis-based manage-ment advisory firm. Space is limited; registration required. Information: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected].

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by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


St. John’s Lutheran Church has been a part of Lakeville for every one of its first 100 years. Stained glass windows saved from the congrega-tion’s first building proud-ly stand behind protective glass in the church’s spa-cious entrance, a welcom-ing nod to the importance of tradition in the church family that has been cele-brating its centennial mile-stone all year. A sewing group is cre-ating a commemorative quilt, a centennial cook-book including favorite recipes and historical facts was printed, a limited edi-tion keepsake Christmas ornament is for sale and the church even commis-sioned Bradley Ellingboe, an accomplished compos-er and professor who grew up in the church, to create a special choral piece, “His Love Endures,” to honor the milestone. Based on some verses in the book of Psalms, Ellingboe said he spent about 16 hours over six weeks composing the piece, making sure it was suitable for a good church choir, which he said is dif-ferent than a college or professional choir. The choral piece also had to involve the children’s choir and be upbeat to cel-ebrate the happy oc-casion, which church members have spent this year recognizing in a variety of ways. There was a Chili Feed in February, a choir festival in May and a Centen-nial Summer Wor-ship and picnic in July. The festivities will culminate next month with a big cel-ebration St. John’s is inviting the commu-nity to attend, prom-ising a weekend of fun, food, games

and worship on Sept. 27-28 (see sidebar for details). The weekend’s high-light will be when Elling-boe, who is flying in for the event, directs the com-missioned anthem during Sunday services. Leading St. John’s in its centennial year is Rev. Gregg Helland, who with wife Debbie came to Lake-ville in 1998, knowing the church was struggling to set its future course as it was undergoing a major transition. St. John’s beloved pas-tor Dallas Blenkush had retired after 27 years of rapid change and growth at St. John’s. Under Blenkush’s lead-ership, the church had added Sunday services to accommodate a growing body of believers; choirs for every age multiplied, ministries flourished and its youth groups were ac-tively engaged with each other and the community.

St. John’s elected its first woman to serve on its council in 1973, and by 1978, the church held a ground-breaking for a new $200,000 education wing. Tragedy struck on Oct. 22, 1979, when Blen-kush’s wife Sharon died at age 41 in a car acci-dent with a drunk driver,

leaving him to raise their three children. “That was a hugely tragic event in the life of our congregation,” said Helland, who with wife Debbie, answered the call to serve in the church in 1998, two years after Blen-kush retired. He said the church was at a crossroads, struggling with declining member-ship over the months that turned to years as an inter-im pastor Jim Voelker led the congregation though what church administra-tor Judy Nyssen said was a “grieving process.” “It’s hard when you lose a pastor because people get to be friends and are attached to him,” Nyssen said. Helland said over those years, many people left St. John’s to attend Hosanna Lutheran, then a growing, young church with con-temporary services.

“When I came, the question was are we go-ing to flourish or not,” Helland said. “My convic-tion was we were going to flourish.”

A proud history St. John’s had been a Lakeville fixture since 1914, when about 50 wor-shippers turned out for its first service held in a dance hall. A handful of leaders officially organized St. John’s in October of that year, and 17 charter mem-ber families joined, many with names that are still

known in Lakeville today including Enggren, Knut-sen and Streefland. The church’s former long-time organist Myrtle Sorenson, whose parents were charter members of St. John’s, wrote at the church’s 50th anniver-sary that when the church started there were no auto-mobiles in Lakeville. She wrote that fami-lies walked to church or came by horse and buggy. Sleighs sometimes tipped over in the winter, spilling travelers into snowdrifts. The fledgling congrega-tion first met at other lo-

cal church buildings until 1916 when they built the basement (and ceiling) of their first church building at 210th Street and Holyoke Avenue. Worship services continued to be held in the basement until 1923 when the con-gregation voted to spend a maximum of $6,000 to construct the rest of the church. Over the years, the little church flourished, adding membership, growing music, women’s and youth ministries. Outgrowing its original building, it was razed in 1963

and the congregation met at what is now McGuire Middle School for a year until a new church build-ing was completed in 1964 on the same lot at 210th Street and Holyoke Av-enue. The temporary meet-ing space did not change the congregation’s thriv-ing course, and until Blenkush’s retirement, St. John’s had been on the same kind of growth tra-jectory as the sprawling city it called home. That changed by the time Helland arrived and the congregation faced an uncertain future; he was determined to regain mo-mentum. Nyssen said the first thing Helland said to her when they met was, “Are we going to grow this church together?” “I said yes,” she said. “At that point, it was a good relationship. I knew things were going to go well.” Nyssen said the church spent a weekend in a vi-sioning process to deter-mine next steps and seek-ing God’s direction. They defined St. John’s as a church of tradition and reverence, with Bible-based worship services,

A century of praise St. John’s celebrates 100 years in Lakeville

St. John’s Lutheran’s new building includes an open entrance featuring stained glass panels from its original building. (Photo submitted)

The Rev. Dallas Blenkush

The Rev. Gregg Helland

St. John’s Lutheran quilters Alice Anton, Ginger Gustafson, Jackie Knauff, Mary Ann White and Helen Wysocki display the centennial anniversary quilt they are working on. When complete, it will include over 80 squares, each made by members of the church. (Photo submitted)

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liturgy, hymnals, choral music and triumphant instrumentals, not praise bands and electric guitars. “That’s who we decided to be back in ’98,” Helland said. “And so then, people did start to join. The mo-mentum started to build, and a lot of it was around the idea that we had de-cided who we were.” In 2000, the church purchased 35 acres off of 202nd Street and built a 21,000-square-foot church building. “No one ever thought to look (for property) out-side of Lakeville,” Helland said. “There was a strong push by the congregation for us to build as close as we could to the origi-nal building, and the idea of continuing to identify strongly with Lakeville was important.” Details of the new church, including the stained glass pillars, celebrate their faith and heritage. A “Luna Moth Matrix” sculpture in front of the church depicts the eternal hope through Christ’s res-urrection. First commissioned to honor the memory of Sharon Blenkush, it is now intended to honor Jesus Christ, a request from Rev.

Blenkush before his death in 2009. A hanging wrought iron sculpture above the baptis-mal font is a reminder of the crown of thorns Christ wore at the crucifixion; the sculpture originally hung in their second building and was dedicated in 1964. The wooden and metal cross that once stood on top of the second build-ing is now in the sanctuary of the new church build-ing, its wide entry with the original stained glass also a symbol of Christ’s open invitation like that of the church toward the com-

munity where it has served for so long. Helland said he expects St. John’s future to remain strong in Lakeville. “I think this congrega-tion’s roots will only grow deeper as time passes,” he said. Tickets to the catered centennial dinner Sept. 27 are $20 and are on sale Sundays or can be ordered by calling the church of-fice by Sept. 20 at 952-469-4916. For more informa-tion, go to www.sjlcl.org. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

A weekend of celebration St. John’s Lutheran Church invites the commu-nity to celebrate its first 100 years. A welcome reception centennial program featur-ing honored guests and entertainment by the Min-neapolis Commodores Quartet starts at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, with a catered dinner starting at 6 p.m. The event’s $20 tickets are available at the church. The celebration will continue Sunday, Sept. 28, with both services (8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.) offer-ing a Centennial Festival worship service featuring a message by Bishop Patricia Lull and the world pre-mier of St. John’s Centennial musical composition, “His Love Endures” by accomplished composer Bradley Ellingboe, who grew up in the church and was commissioned to create the piece. Between services, St. John’s will hold a reception and education hour starting at 9:40 a.m. The Centennial Fall Festival will feature family-friendly games and food for all.

St. John’s first church building was located at 210th and Holyoke. It was razed in 1963 and replaced with a new building in 1964 that is now home to Cross of Christ Church. St. John’s now meets in a new building located off 202nd Street. (Photo submitted)

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SportsBlaze looking for some progress this year

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


When Burnsville foot-ball coach Tyler Krebs mentioned to a reporter that two juniors were in a close race for the starting quarterback job, Blaze senior co-captain Brett Shepley couldn’t resist. He half-jokingly told Krebs he was ready if the coach needed him. On one hand, he prob-ably could play quarter-back if it came to that. But the Blaze already has big plans for Shepley, a two-time All-South Suburban Conference player who will anchor the defense at linebacker. If Burnsville is to rise from the bottom half of the South Suburban Con-ference, players such as Shepley and senior line-man Andy Grahn, also a co-captain, will have a lot to do with it. It’s been a difficult month at Burnsville High School, where people were stunned and saddened by a traffic accident that took

one BHS student’s life and injured three other current or former students. Slow-ly, the enthusiasm to play football is coming back, Shepley said. Now the Blaze is eager to prove it can compete in one of the state’s best football confer-ences. “There’s a lot of excite-ment,” Shepley said. “We have some awesome ath-letes who want to go out and show what they can do.” Krebs is starting his fourth season as Burns-

ville head coach. When he arrived, he sought to up-grade the Blaze’s athletic performance by estab-lishing an Olympic-style weightlifting program. A number of football play-ers participated in the program, which has sent several lifters to national competitions. “Now we’ve got guys who can squat 300, 400 and 500 pounds,” said Grahn, a 6-foot-3, 295-pound of-fensive/defensive lineman. The Blaze is hoping the emphasis on strength will mesh with new offensive coordinator Nate Ander-son’s philosophy, which Grahn described as big on power running. As a lineman, “you al-ways like that kind of of-fense,” said Grahn, who’s position coach on offense is former Minnesota Vi-kings lineman David Dix-on. “In high school foot-ball, you need to be able to run the ball,” Krebs

said. “On offense, there’s a lot of learning going on right now, but we think we have the athletes to make it work.” Last year Burnsville had back-to-back victo-ries over Bloomington Kennedy and Lakeville South in midseason to improve to 2-3, but in-juries then depleted the Blaze lineup and the team lost its last four games. If there was an upside, a lot of underclassmen got to play – and they returned this year with a better idea of what’s required to com-pete in varsity football. After playing several of the South Suburban’s strongest teams last sea-son – including state quarterfinalist Lakeville North twice – Grahn said he thought Burnsville was close to those teams ath-letically. “It’s still about depth and numbers,” Krebs said. “We had a lot of injuries last year and finished the

season with 40 juniors and seniors. Now we’ve got about 85.” Senior running backs Jahvonta Wilson and Alex Davis likely will get a lot of carries for the Blaze. Shepley said he expects to play primarily at line-backer but also could see some spot duty at running back. Junior Benn Olson (6-4, 265) is a returning starter on the offensive and defensive lines and was honorable mention all-conference last season. Tight end Jarrod Leake is a returning starter Seniors Jackson Gil-man, Matt Ryan, Jacob Engel and Bryan Soto are offensive line candidates. Seniors Brad Sherin and Sam Atchinson are part of the receivers group. One of the Blaze’s top receivers from last year, senior co-captain Camden Traetow, is not expected to play this fall after tearing an elbow ligament during a baseball camp this summer.

Juniors Kamal Martin and Cory Kallstrom are the top candidates to start at quarterback. The defense will in-clude players such as She-pley (167 career tackles), Grahn and lineman Tahi Dixon. Lineman Nick Ol-son and linebackers Isaac Buchholz, Michael Schil-ler and Gerrit Olsen also saw playing time last sea-son. Burnsville also is em-phasizing being a “plus” team in turnovers. The last three years, Krebs said, the Blaze has given away the ball more than it has taken it away. It’s not a coincidence, he said, that winning teams generally are on the plus side of the turnover margin. Forcing turnovers “is something you can prac-tice,” Shepley said. “And if you get one, it really de-flates the other team. So we’re working on that.”

Burnsville coach Tyler Krebs speaks with his players at the end of practice last week. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Football team hopes better numbers leads to better results

Blaze football(All games 7 p.m. Fri-day unless noted)Aug. 29: at EaganSept. 5: FarmingtonSept. 12: MinnetonkaSept. 19: at Lakeville SouthSept. 26: at ShakopeeOct. 3: at EastviewOct. 10: Lakeville NorthOct. 15 (Wednesday): Apple ValleyOct. 24: Class 6A play-offs begin

Blaze players go through drills last week in preparation for their season opener Aug. 29 at Eagan. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Zenner gets opportunity; can he run with it?Eagan senior

takes control of the offense

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Football offenses can be complex, but their underlying principle is simple: Get the ball in the hands of your best athlete as often as possible. At Eagan, the coaches decided the best way to get the ball in Sam Ze-nner’s hands is to snap it to him. Zenner, a senior who played running back last season (and led the team in rushing yardage) becomes the Wildcats’ quarterback this year. “In our offense, it makes sense to have the ball in his hands every play,” head coach Rick Sutton said. “The quarter-back has to make a lot of decisions, and with Sam, any play can be a big play.” Zenner has spent much of the off-season refining his passing skills. “I don’t want to be the guy who’s dragging the team down by throwing a lot of incompletions,” Zenner said. “I’m pretty comfortable with throwing the ball now.” The Wildcats are com-ing off a 2-7 season in which they dropped their last five games. They’re looking for improvement from the offense, which didn’t score more than 14 points in any of games during the season-ending losing streak. The players and coach-es say there’s reason to be-lieve things will be better this year. Zenner is a gift-ed athlete, good enough to medal in the state swim-ming meet last winter. Sut-

ton said the Wildcats’ of-fensive line is the biggest, and potentially best, in his tenure at Eagan. The team also returns several of its key playmakers, includ-ing senior linebacker Joe Kovach, a two-time All-South Suburban Confer-ence selection. Kovach and Zenner are the captains. “If some-thing goes wrong, you know players are going to look toward you (for guid-ance),” Kovach said. “Our philosophy has to be, don’t give up. Be your best on every play.” Kovach was first on the Wildcats in tackles (87) and tackles for losses (4.5) last season, and led Ea-gan’s defensive point rank-ings. Linebacker Ricky Kamrud and defensive back Jake Ossell each had 38 tackles. Also back is linebacker Shane Kalb, whose 3.5 sacks led the Wildcats last season. Defensive lineman Josh Kawlewski got some varsity exposure last year as a sophomore. Other than Zenner, the players in the ball-han-dling positions on offense didn’t see much if any playing time last year, but Sutton said it’s an athletic

group with good poten-tial. Zenner rushed for a team-high 584 yards, caught 15 passes and com-pleted six of nine throws. The top returning of-fensive lineman is Noah Kuehn, a 6-foot-5, 265-pound senior who Sutton said is drawing in-terest from Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivi-sion colleges. Joe Everson, another senior, is the likely starter at center. Senior Brandon Carl and junior Ed Wag-ner are guards, and ju-nior Nate Nguon also saw

some varsity time on the line last season. “We have a lot of kids who play two or three sports, so we try not to overextend them,” Sutton said. “We like to get them in the weightroom four days a week, and we try to get 15 (practice) days in during the summer. “I’m pretty happy with all our guys. We have a lot of experience, and what we need now is depth.” The Wildcats also did well on their annual trip to the South Dakota State University team camp, Sutton said. It was there that Zenner verbally com-

mitted to play football for the Jackrabbits. Zenner’s older brother Zach is a senior running back at SDSU and has had two 2,000-yard seasons there. His older sister Abby is on the SDSU swimming team. “I don’t really have in-dividual goals,” Sam Ze-nner said. “I have team

goals, because it takes 11 men on the football field. Everybody’s got to do their job. Playing hard ev-ery single play and giving 100 percent effort is all you can do. Those are things you can control.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Sam Zenner, who will be Eagan’s starting quarterback, makes a throw at practice last week. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

An Eagan receiver makes a leaping catch at practice last Friday. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Eagan football(All games 7 p.m. Fri-day unless noted)Aug. 29: BurnsvilleSept. 5: at WayzataSept. 12: at FarmingtonSept. 19: RosemountSept. 26: Lakeville SouthOct. 3: Prior LakeOct. 10: at ShakopeeOct. 15 (Wednesday): at Lakeville NorthOct. 24: Class 6A play-offs begin


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Eagan officials expected traffic congestion and a parking deficit on open-ing day, but those who arrived early were able to avoid the mess. Chris Johnson of Still-water said traffic and parking was better than she expected when she ar-rived an hour before the mall opened. “I was a frightened at first that is would be like Black Friday,” Johnson said. Although early-birds were able to beat the con-gestion, parking became hard to find an hour after the mall opened. Traffic continued to flow smoothly on nearby roads and highway. Hundreds of people continued to line up outside some stores such as Coach, which limits the number of people allowed inside at once. The city of Eagan be-gan its efforts to redevel-op the Cedar Grove area a decade ago by moving businesses and demolish-ing a failing strip mall. An outlet mall wasn’t part of the city’s early plans. But retail developers have found success in other major cities when placing outlet malls near full-size malls to create shopping destinations. Indianapolis-based re-tail real estate company Simons announced plans to take ownership of the center last year after months of preparation. Simons partnered with Paragon Outlet Partners, a Baltimore-based devel-oper, on the project.

Simons also owns the Albertville Premium Out-lets in Albertville, which

is about 32 miles from downtown Minneapolis.

Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Hundreds of shoppers at Twin Cities Premium Outlets in Eagan lined up throughout the day outside some stores such as Coach, which limits the number of people allowed inside at once. A parking spot became hard to find an hour after the mall opened Thurs-day morning. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

Amy Mathews of Minnetonka arrived at Twin Cities Premium Outlets in Eagan a half hour before it opened to be among the first shoppers at some of her favorite stores such as Vera Bradley. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

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session in the main studio. “Fridays are good,” John Bedard said. Cheers Pablo is a suc-cess, he said, or he wouldn’t have opened in Burnsville after launching the business early last year in Wood-bury’s Tamarack Village mall. There’s a similar busi-ness in Maple Grove called The Paint Pub, he noted. A serial entrepreneur who has owned video and

auto-repair shops and was an investor in an interactive video store called Video Buddy, Bedard said the in-spiration for Cheers Pablo came from his wife, Chris-cell. An experienced painter, she had wanted a studio for years, Bedard said. But Cheers Pablo isn’t a typical studio. “There, you’re aspiring to become an artist,” he said. “Here, you’re aspiring to have fun, socialize, and

amaze yourself, hopefully, with what you’ve created.” Customers pay $35 per event ($25 for children 12 and younger). The cost covers paints, brushes, an apron, a 16-by-20-inch can-vas (jumbo canvasses cost $70) and instruction. Open studio time is also avail-able; the cost is $20 for four hours. Customers are seated at tables with neatly arranged rows of easels. A tray of acrylic paints in 26 colors,

from metallic to fluores-cent, is slid under each. For the group events, all the artists work on one of the more than 300 scenes Cheers Pablo offers, from flowers and animals to his-toric sites. Painters in open studio also work off a sin-gle piece. Painters get three or four brushes use. Video screens display the piece on the wall. For the group events, an art-ist instructor demonstrates

each stage of the painting, explaining the colors and brushes to use. The video screen shows each stage of the painting as it’s complet-ed. The instructor also goes around the table, offering individual tips. “You can go rogue if you want to,” said Bedard, whose wife is one of the in-structors. “You don’t have to follow the artist.” Music plays as the art-ists work and enjoy beer,

wine or nonalcoholic bev-erages, along with snacks such as panini, small piz-zas, spring rolls and chips. “They’re just talking and having fun,” Bedard said. “Painting is really secondary.” The Burnsville location, in the Burnsville Market-place mall at 13915 Al-drich Ave. S., is surround-ed by shops including the Michaels arts and crafts store, Ambience Spa and Salon and Step ’N Stretch. “It is a great area for women to shop,” Bedard said, noting that about 80 percent of his customers are women. He hopes to expand Cheers Pablo well beyond Woodbury and Burns-ville. Through a Minne-sota franchise license, the business is now eligible to locate in 33 states, Bedard said. “We have a lot of inter-

est,” he said. “Somebody’s looking at actually doing 10 stores in Wisconsin. It’s not finalized yet, but I’d say it’s 99.9 percent.” Cheers Pablo also takes its services to customers at their locations. More infor-mation is at cheerspablo.com.

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

Aprons and art hang on the wall at Cheers Pablo in Burns-ville. (Photo by John Gessner)

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Construction planned next year on County Road 42

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Expect to see orange construction cones next year on County Road 42 in Apple Valley. Dakota County is planning to rework sever-al intersections along 42 that will see removal and replacement of traffic sig-nals and modifications to medians. The planned con-struction includes traffic signal replacements at Garrett Avenue, Hayes Road, Pennock Avenue and Gardenview Drive in Apple Valley, as well as at Southcross Drive near the Burnsville-Apple Valley border. Additionally, modi-fication to the median is planned at Redwood Drive, and the traffic sig-nal at Elm Drive is slated for removal. Design work on the project is expected to begin in the fall, with construction getting un-derway next year, accord-ing to Dakota County’s transportation depart-ment. Project planning was guided by the County Highway 42 Corridor Study, and the construc-tion will address “needed improvements” along the transit corridor, ac-cording to a county press release announcing the Aug. 21 public open house regarding the proj-

ect at the Dakota County Western Service Center. The construction plans have drawn concerns from Apple Valley City Council Member Clint Hooppaw, who worries that removal of the traffic signal at Elm Drive could pose a safety hazard to children and other com-munity members cross-ing 42 to get to Redwood Pool and the adjoining park. “The removal of the stop light and ped cross-ing at Elm will make the nearest protected crossing at Gardenview,” Hoop-paw said in an email. “Many young people and adults use Redwood park, community center and pool. We know the ten-dency will be to continue to cross at that location. “The signal at Elm not only provides a safer crossing, but also serves to slow traffic and pro-vides a break in traffic if people choose to cross where they shouldn’t.” This newspaper con-tacted Dakota County transportation staff to inquire about potential safety hazards stemming from the removal of the traffic signal at Elm Drive, but had not re-ceived a reply as of press time Wednesday.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

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LEGAL NOTICES

CITY OF BURNSVILLEBURNSVILLE, MINNESOTA

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED ASSESSMENTSTO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Burnsville City Council will meet at the Burnsville City Hall, (Council Chambers)

100 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, Minnesota at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 2, 2014 to pass upon proposed assessments for the improvements described in this notice. The proposed assessments are on file in the office of the City Clerk. The City has also mailed notice to the owners of properties to be assessed and that notice includes the amount to be specially assessed against that particular lot, piece, or parcel of land. Written or oral objections to the assessment by any property owner will be considered at the hearing.

The designation of each improvement, its nature, its total estimated project cost, its total amount proposed to be assessed, and the area proposed to be assessed for it, are as follows:

1. 2014 STREET RECONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT: GENERAL LOCATION & TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT:The 2014 Street Reconstruction (14-101) consists of bituminous pavement and gravel base reconstruction, partial

or total curb replacement and watermain, sanitary sewer and storm sewer replacement, repair or extension. City’s Reconstruction area as described below.

TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST: $5,990,000TOTAL AMOUNT OF PROPOSED ASSESSMENT: $1,040,000AREA PROPOSED TO BE ASSESSED:The following parcels of land abutting/benefiting in the City of Burnsville, Dakota County, Minnesota:Chateaulin Area (14-101A):Parcels adjacent to or having frontage along Walnut Drive from 134th Street East to 131st Street East including

Walnut Circle and Oakland Drive from 134th Street East to 131st Street East and Pine Ridge Road from Willow Lane to 131st Street East, including cul-de-sac and Willow Lane from 134th Street East to Lakeview Drive including Wil-low Lane Circle and Elm Drive from 134th Street East to Lakeview Drive and Lakeview Drive from 134th Street East to 130th Street East and 132nd Street East from Walnut Drive to Lakeview Drive including northerly cul-de-sac and 132nd Circle and 132nd Street East from Lakeview Drive to Parkwood Drive and Highview Drive from 132nd Street East to Aspen Drive and Aspen Drive from Lakeview Drive to Parkwood Drive and Welcome Lane from 131st Street East to 130th Street East and 131st Street East from Walnut Drive to Lakeview Drive including Chateaulin 1st Addition Block 1, Lots 1-6, Block 2, Lots 1-5 and Lots 9-16, Block 3, Lots 1-10; Chateaulin 2nd Addition Block 1, Lots 1-12, Block 2, Lots 1-17, Block 3, Lots 1-18, Block 4, Lot 1; Elsinore Block 1, Lots 1-11, Block 3, Lots 1-13 and Lots 22-31, Block 4, Lots 1-6; Parkwood South 1st Addition Block 1, Lots 5-17, Block 2, Lots 1-16, Block 3, Lots 1-24, Block 4, Lots 1-8, Block 5, Lots 1-12, Block 6, Lots 1-18, Block 7, Lots 1-5, Block 8, Lot 1, Block 9, Lots 1-7; Parkwood South 2nd Addition Block 1, Lots 1-11, Block 2, Lots 1-10, Block 3, Lots 1-14, Block 4, Lot 1, Block 5, Lots 1-5, Block 6, Lots 1-6; Parkwood South 3rd Addition Block 1, Lots 3-6, Block 2, Lot 1, Block 3, Lots 1-6, Block 4, Lots 1-24, Block 6, Lot 1, Block 7, Lots 1-9, Block 8, Lot1; Parkwood South 4th Addition Block 1, Lots 1-11, Outlot A; all within Dakota County, Minnesota.

2. 2014 STREET REHABILITATION: GENERAL LOCATIONS & TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT: The 2014 Street Rehabilitation (14-102) consists of the bituminous pavement being rehabilitated using the mill and

overlay method; curb and gutter, sidewalk and utility improvements are made where warranted. This year’s projects include the areas listed below:

TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST: $468,000TOTAL AMOUNT OF PROPOSED ASSESSMENT: $128,400AREA PROPOSED TO BE ASSESSED:The following parcels of land abutting/benefiting in the City of Burnsville, Dakota County, Minnesota:Ewing Avenue Area (14-102A):Parcels adjacent to or having frontage along Ewing Avenue South from County Rd 42 to 145th Street West and

145th Street West from Ewing Avenue South to Burnsville Parkway West including Taxpin’s 02-15385-01-010, 02-15385-01-020, 02-15385-01-030, 02-15385-01-040, 02-15385-01-050, 02-15385-01-081, 02-15385-01-090, 02-15385-02-010, 02-15385-02-020, 02-15385-02-030, 02-15385-02-051, 02-15385-02-060, 02-15385-02-070, 02-15385-03-021, 02-72650-01-010, 02-90210-00-010, 02-90210-00-040, 02-90330-00-030, 02-90330-00-040, 02-90330-00-050, 02-90330-00-060, 02-90410-00-011, 02-90410-00-012, 02-90410-00-030; all within Dakota County, Minnesota.

Plymouth Area (14-102B):Parcels adjacent to or having frontage along Plymouth Avenue South from County Road 42 to Portland Ave S in-

cluding Portland Carriage Homes Units 1-148; Grand Addition Lot 1, Bock 1, Outlot A; Fairview Ridges Addition Lot 1, Block 1; all within Dakota County, Minnesota.

3. 2014 STREETSCAPE OPERATION & MAINTENANCE: GENERAL LOCATION & TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT:The streetscape improvements including the maintenance of the irrigation systems, concrete pavers, and colored

concrete sidewalks, lantern-type streetlights, streetlight banners and flower baskets, and boulevard/median turf, trees and shrubs.

TOTAL AMOUNT OF PROPOSED ASSESSMENT: $119,000AREA PROPOSED TO BE ASSESSED:Parcels adjacent to or having frontage along Burnsville Parkway West from Aldrich Ave S to Nicollet Ave S; Nicollet

Avenue South from 134th St to Trunk Highway 13;126th Street West from Pillsbury Ave S to Nicollet Ave S; Travelers Trail East from Nicollet Ave S to 400 feet more

or less east of Eagle Ridge Dr; 125th Street East from Nicollet Ave S to Burnsville Parkway E; Burnsville Parkway East from Nicollet Ave S to 100 feet more or less east of 125th St E; Pillsbury Avenue South from 200 feet more or less north of Burnsville Pkwy W to 180 feet more or less south of 126th St W; and 1st Avenue South from 200 feet more or less south of 125th St E to 325 feet more or less north of Travelers Trail including Taxpin 02-01200-06-010, in Section 12, Township 115, Range 21; Taxpin’s 02-01300-08-020, 02-01300-08-031, 02-01300-08-032, 02-01300-14-010, 02-01300-14-020, 02-01300-22-022, 02-01300-22-032, 02-01300-22-034,02-01300-23-012, 02-01300-27-020, 02-01300-30-010, 02-01300-31-011, in Section 13, Township 115, Range 21; Taxpin 02-01800-30-010, in Section 18, Township 115, Range 20; Taxpin 02-03410-82-012 in Section 34, Township 27, Range 24; Lot 1, Block 1, Anchor 1st Addition; Taxpin 02-14801-02-011, in Bor-Nel 2nd Addition; Lot 1, Block 1, Civic Center 2nd Addition; Lot 1, Block 2, Civic Center 2nd Addition; Lot 2, Block 2 in Civic Center Addition; Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Concorde Centre; Lots 1 thru 3, Block 1, HOC Parking Facility; Lot 2, Block 1, Grande Market Place; Taxpin’s 02-32175-01-030, 02-32175-02-011 and 02-32175-04-011, in Heart of the City East; all units within Lot 1, Block 2, Heart of the City East CIC 478 known as Uptown Landing Condominiums; all Lots and Blocks within the plat of Lintor Addition; Lot 2, Block 1, Nicollet Commons Park; Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Nicollet Commons Park 2nd Addition; Outlot B, Lots 1 and 3, Block 1, Nicollet Plaza; Lot 1, Block 1, Nicollet Plaza 2nd Addition; all lots within Nicollet Plaza 3rd Addition; all lots and blocks within Nicollet Plaza 4th Addition; Lots 1 and 2, Block 1, Prince of Peace Addition; Lot 1, Block 1, Red Lion Addition; Lot 1, Block 1, Ridgeview 3rd Addition; Lot 1, Block 1, Nicollet Addition; Lot 2, Block 1, TCF Addition; Taxpin’s 02-83500-02-030 and 02-83500-03-011, Warrior Plaza; all tracts and units within Registered Land Survey #62 CIC #569 Nicollet Plaza Retail Association and CIC #544 Nicollet Plaza Condominium Association; Tract A, Registered Land Survey #63; all units within Registered Land Survey #63 CIC #572 Parkcrest on Nicollet; Outlot A, Nicollet Addition; all within Dakota County, Minnesota.

4. MISCELLANEOUS: TYPE OF ASSESSMENT AND AREA PROPOSED TO BE ASSESSED: The following parcels in the City of Burnsville, Dakota County, Minnesota

PID LEGAL DESCRIPTION TYPE AMOUNT

DELINQUENT INVOICES

02-15396-01-010 BURNSVILLE CORPORATE CENTER 2ND ADDITIONLot 1, Block 1

False Alarms 182.88

02-18251-01-040 CONNELLY ESTATES 2ND ADDLot 4, Block 1

False Alarms 182.88

02-26102-01-022 FEDERAL LAND CO 3RD ADDLot 2, Block 1

False Alarms 339.64

02-26103-01-010 FEDERAL LAND CO 4TH ADDLot 1, Block 1

False Alarms 182.88

02-32400-01-010 HELENS 1ST ADDITIONLot 1, Block 1

False Alarms 339.64

02-32400-01-020 HELENS 1ST ADDITIONLot 2, Block 1

False Alarms 182.88

Assessments listed below have already been sent to Dakota County Waivers have been obtained

Various Parcels VARIOUS LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS Driveway aprons-Chateaulin 44,372.95

02-64009-02-010 RIDGES TENTH ADDITIONLot 1, Block 2

Nicollet Blvd Improvements 252,743.52

02-64009-02-010 RIDGES TENTH ADDITIONLot 1, Block 2

Fairview Dr Improvements 1,021,700.00

02-64010-01-010 RIDGES ELEVENTH ADDITIONLot 1, Block 1

Fairview Dr Improvements 678,300.00

TOTAL 1,998,527.27An owner may appeal an assessment to District Court pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 429.081 by serving

notice of appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City within 30 days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with district court within ten days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk. No such appeal as to the amount of an assessment to a specific parcel of land may be made unless the owner has either filed a signed written objec-tion to that assessment with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or has presented the written objection to the presiding officer at the hearing.

In accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 435.195, the City Council is authorized to provide for limited defer-ment of special assessments in the case of homestead property owned by either 1) persons 65 years of age or older, or 2) person who retired by reason of permanent or total disability, provided it would be a hardship for such person to make special assessment payments.

Details relating to qualification for such deferments and procedures for applying for deferments are provided in Burnsville Ordinance No. 1310, adopted December 17, 2013. Further information may be secured from the office of the City Clerk. BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL /s/ Macheal Collins, City Clerk Burnsville, Minnesota

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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 13, 2004MORTGAGOR: Elaine M. Mi-

chaels, an unmarried woman.MORTGAGEE: First NLC Finan-

cial Services, LLC.DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Recorded November 10, 2004, Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2266231 and also filed in the office of the Registrar of Titles March 7, 2008, Document No. 624781 on Certificate of Title No. 128051.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as trustee for Goldman Sachs GSAMP 2005-HE1. Dated October 23, 2004 Recorded August 12, 2008, as Document No. 2607715 and also filed in the office of the Registrar of Titles August 12, 2008, as Docu-ment No. T631767. And thereafter assigned to: Deutsche Bank Na-tional Trust Company, as trustee for GSAMP Trust 2005-HE1 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Se-ries 2005-HE1. Dated March 11, 2009 Recorded March 17, 2009, as Document No. 2644138 and also filed in the office of the Registrar of Titles March 17, 2009,as Document No. T640586. Said Mortgage being upon Registered Land.

TRANSACTION AGENT: NONETRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE

LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: First NLC Finan-cial Services, LLC

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER:

Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLCMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 2240 Williams Drive, Burnsville, MN 55337

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 022102001190LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY:LEGAL DESCRIPTIONParcel 1:That part of Lot Nineteen, Block

One, Donnays Burnsville Heights, a planned community, Common Interest Community Number 126 in Dakota County, Minnesota, accord-ing to the recording plat thereof, lying southerly of the following de-scribed line:

Beginning at a point on the East line of the East Half of the East half of the West Half of Section 14, Township 115, Range 21, Da-kota County, Minnesota, distance 1544.00 feet south of the northeast corner of said East Half of the East Half of the West Half; thence South 71 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds West (assuming said east line bears North), a distance of 577.50 feet and said line there terminating.

Parcel 2:Lot Nineteen, Block One, Don-

nays Burnsville Heights, a planned community, Common Interest Community Number 126 in Dakota County, Minnesota, according to the recorded plat thereof, except that part lying southerly of the fol-lowing described line:

Beginning at a point on the east line of the East Half of the East Half of the West Half of Section 14, Township 115, Range 21, Da-kota County, Minnesota, distance 1544.00 feet south of the northeast comer of said East Half of the East Half of the West Half; thence South 71 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds West (assuming said east line bears North), a distance of 577.50 feet and said line there terminating, Da-kota County, Minnesota.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $175,000.00

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

$227,272.67That 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: October 9, 2014 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 attor-neys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal rep-resentatives or assigns unless re-duced 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 April 9, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

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

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

Dated: August 11, 2014Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee 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) 925-688872 - 12-002476 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published in Burnsville/EaganAugust 22, 29,

September 5, 12, 19, 26, 2014267853

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

ROSEMOUNT - APPLE VALLEY - EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSDIRECTORY AND

YEARBOOK INFORMATIONThe following Public Notice shall

be published in the legal section of the district’s official newspaper, displayed on each school’s bulletin board by September l of each year and available in school offices.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ... That Independent School District l96, pursuant to the U.S. General Education Provisions Act and Min-nesota Government Data Practices Act, declares the following as “di-rectory information” as provided in said Act, and that information relat-ing to students may be made public if said information is in any of the following categories:

• *Student’s name• Date and place of birth• Gender• Major field of study• Participation and performance

in officially recognized school ac-tivities and sports

• Weight and height of members of athletic teams

• Dates of attendance• Enrollment status• District-issued email address• Grade level• Degrees, honors, diplomas

and awards received• Honor roll• School of attendance• The most recent previous edu-

cational agency or institution at-tended

• Photographs and other vi-sual and audio representations for school-approved publications, yearbooks, newspapers, public presentations, student ID badges and publication on school-ap-proved Internet pages

• *Student identification (ID) number, user ID, or other unique personal identifier used by the stu-dent for purposes of accessing or communicating in electronic sys-tems or displayed on a student ID badge

• **9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade student’s home address and tele-phone number (for release to mili-tary recruiters and institutions of higher education, only)

*A parent/guardian may not pre-vent the disclosure of a student’s name, identifier or institutional email address in a class in which the student is enrolled or on a stu-dent ID badge

**In accordance with the Min-nesota Statute 13.01-13.09, Gov-ernment Data Practices Act and Public Law 107-110 (No Child Left Behind Act of 2001), the district must release to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher education the names, home ad-dresses and telephone numbers of students in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades within 60 days after the date of the request, unless parents or students refuse to release the information. Therefore, students’ home addresses and telephone numbers are gathered only for 9th through 12th grade students, only for the purpose of providing the information to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher education.

Directory information does not include identifying data which ref-erences religion, race, color, dis-ability, social position or nationality. Any parent or guardian of any stu-dent in the district, or any student 18 years of age or older, may notify the district of their desire that some or none of the above information is to be released without their con-sent by contacting the principal of the school which said student at-tends and completing Procedure 505.2.4.3P, Denial of Release of Directory and Yearbook Informa-tion. This notification must be given to the district within thirty (30) days of this publication notice or at any time with the approval of district level administration. If filed, a denial will remain in effect until it is modi-fied or rescinded by the parent, guardian or eligible student.

Please understand that if you choose to deny the release of all directory information, your child (or you, if a student 18 years of age or older) will be excluded from such published lists as honor rolls, news releases regarding sports achieve-ments, honors received, athletic contest programs, theater and fine arts programs, graduation pro-grams, future class reunion mail-ings, etc. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT l96/s/ Gary Huusko, School Board ClerkSi usted habla español y tiene pre-guntas, favor de llamar al teléfono (952)431-8993.HADDI ADD SOMAAALI TAHAY OO AAD QABTID WAX SUAAL AH FADLAN LA SOO XIRIIR FAISAL MADAR (952)769-7625If you speak (Spanish/Somali/Ara-bic) and have questions, call 952-769-7625

Published inApple Valley,

Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganAugust 22, 2014

264544

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194

SPECIAL BOARD MEETINGJULY 8, 2014

This is a summary of the IndependentSchool District No. 194 Special Board ofEducation Meeting on Tuesday, July 8,2014 with full text available for public in-spection on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210th StreetW., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 5:35p.m. All board members and administra-tors were present except Terry Lind.

Discussions: Update on School RoadSafety Task Force Report; Mattamy De-velopment Presentation

Meeting adjourned at 6:53 p.m.Published in


265239

LAKEVILLE AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT #194CALL FOR PROPOSALSFACILITIES CLEANING

ASSESSMENT SERVICESProposals due by 2:00 p.m. Lo-

cal Time (LT) on Thursday, Septem-ber 18, 2014.

By order of the School Board of Independent School District #194,sealed proposal for Facilities Clean-ing Assessment Services will be received in accordance with the specifications prepared by the Inde-pendent School District# 194 until2:00 p.m. LT, on Thursday, Sep-tember, 2014 at the District Office, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, MN 55044. Hand delivered propos-als must be checked in at the frontreception desk.

The following project dates havebeen established: RFP Issued Mon-day, August 18, 2014, Closing datefor vendor questions is Thursday,August 28, 2014 by 2:00 p.m. LT, re-sponses to vendor questions issued by September 9, 2014 by 2:00 p.m. LT, proposal opening is Thursday,September 18, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. LT.

Specifications may be examined or obtained at the Lakeville Area Public Schools lSD #194, Purchas-ing Department, 8670 210th StreetWest, Lakeville, Minnesota 55044between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and4:00 p.m. LT or by emailing the Pur-chasing Department at [email protected].

No vendor may withdraw their proposal within sixty (60) days afterthe scheduled closing time for thereceipt of proposal.

The School Board reserves the right to reject any or all proposal orparts of proposal and to waive infor-malities in the proposal.

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August 22, 29, 2014267460

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194REGULAR BOARD

MEETING JULY 8, 2014This is a summary of the Independent

School District No. 194 Regular SchoolBoard Meeting on Tues, July 8, 2014 withfull text available for public inspection onthe district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or District Office at 8670 210thStreet W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 7:00p.m. followed by pledge of allegiance. All board members and administrators were present except Terry Lind.

Consent agenda items approved: Min-utes of the meetings on June 19 and 24;employment recommendations, leave re-quests and resignations; payment of bills& claims; authorization to release checks;2014-15 milk bids to Hastings Coopera-tive Creamery Co of Hastings; and dona-tions.

Consent Agenda Discussion Items: Fol-lowing discussions on each item, theywere approved – Workers compensationmanaged care; custodial supply leaseagreement; alt facilities change orders.

Report presented: Review of elemen-tary class size projections; first reading ofPolicy 514-Bullying Prohibition; academicreturn on investment.

Recommended actions approved: MNState High School League resolution for2014-15; 2014-15 Memberships in Lakev-ille Area Chamber of Commerce, MN School Board Association, and Associa-tion of Metropolitan School Districts.

Additions to agenda – the followingitems were approved: Resolution estab-lishing dates for filing affidavits of can-didacy; ratification of 2014-16 collectivebargaining agreement with LASA.

Closed session was held regarding su-perintendent evaluation.

Adjournment at 9:50 p.m. Published in


265252

CITY OF EAGANDAKOTA COUNTY,

MINNESOTA NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT HEARING DELINQUENT NUISANCE

ABATEMENT BILLSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the EaganMunicipal Center located at 3830 PilotKnob Road, in said City on September2, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. to consider the pro-posed assessment of delinquent nuisanceabatement billings in Eagan.

The proposed area to be assessed isdescribed in the assessment roll on file with the City Clerk in her office, which roll is open to public inspection. Written ororal objections will be considered at thepublic hearing.

No appeal may be taken as to theamount of any assessment unless awritten objection, signed by the affectedproperty owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presentedto the presiding officer at the meeting.An owner may appeal an assessment todistrict court pursuant to M.S.A. §429.081by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City of Eagan withinthirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with theDistrict Court of Dakota County within ten(10) days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk.

Further information relating to theseassessments may be obtained from theSpecial Assessment Division at Eagan City Hall and any questions should be di-rected to that Division.

Dated: August 18, 2014. /s/ Christina M. ScipioniChristina M. Scipioni, City Clerk City of Eagan

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267261

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE SS MNRI, LLC, doing business

as Simply Self Storage intends to enforce its lien on certain personal property belonging to the following at the facility located at 4025 Old Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan, MN 55122. The sale will take place (unless otherwise withdrawn) via an on-line auction at www.stor-agebattles.com on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 beginning at approximately 10:00 AM and con-cluding on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at approximately 10:00 AM. This public sale will result in the goods being sold to the highest bidder. Certain terms and condi-tions apply.

M. Altringer; Furniture, Tools, Grill

K. Wilson Herron; Bedroom Fur-niture, Television, Toys

T. Fleur; Sports Equip., Tools, Camera Bag

C. Williams; TV, Luggage, Couch Published in

Burnsville/EaganAugust 22, 29, 2014

257367

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

ROSEMOUNT - APPLE VALLEY - EAGAN PUBLIC

SCHOOLS ANNUAL NOTIFICATION OF

RIGHTS, PROTECTION AND PRIVACY OF

STUDENT RECORDS1. Intent

1.1 Pursuant to the require-ments of Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and

Privacy of Student Records, and the requirements of federal law (34 C.F.R. Section 99.7), the following constitutes the district’s annual no-tification to parents, guardians and students regarding data privacy practices of the district.

1.2 Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records, incorporates state and federal requirements on data privacy rights in student edu-cational records, as summarized below.

2. Privacy Rights2.1 Educational records which

identify or could be used to iden-tify a student, other than directory information, may not be released to members of the public without the written permission of the student’s parent or guardian, or the student if the student is 18 years of age or older or attends a post-secondary institution or as otherwise permit-ted by law. This general rule is subject to specific and limited ex-ceptions which are described in Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records.

2.2 One exception, which per-mits disclosure of educational re-cords without consent, is disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school of-ficial is a person employed by the school as an administrator, super-visor, instructor, or support staff; a person serving on the School Board; a person or company with whom the school has contracted to provide a service instead of using its own employees or officials or an authorized volunteer. Legitimate educational interests include those directly related to the school of-ficial’s professional responsibilities for classroom instruction, teaching, assessment and research, student achievement and progress, student discipline and student health or welfare or other legitimate profes-sional responsibilities.

3. Directory Information3.1 “Directory information” in-

cludes a student’s name, date and place of birth, gender, major field of study, participation and performance in officially recog-nized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, enroll-ment status, district-issued email address, grade level, degrees, honors, diplomas and awards re-ceived, honor roll, school of atten-dance, the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended, photographs and other visual and audio representations for school-approved publications, yearbooks, newspapers, public presentations, ID badges, and pub-lication on school-approved Inter-net pages and student identifica-tion (ID) numbers, user IDs or other unique personal identifiers used by a student for purposes of access-ing or communicating in electronic systems or displayed on an ID badge. (A student’s identifier is di-rectory information but educational records can only be accessed in conjunction with the use of a pass-word or personal identification number (PIN) or other factor known or possessed only by the autho-rized user.) Directory information does not include identifying data which references religion, race, color, disability, social position or nationality. “Directory information” also includes home addresses and home telephone numbers of students in grades 9 through 12, for the purpose of providing such information to military recruiting of-ficials as requested by the military and to institutions of higher learn-ing as requested by the institutions, in accordance with state and fed-eral law.

3.2 In accordance with the Minnesota Data Practices Act, 20 U.S.C. Section 1232g and Public Law 107-110 (No Child Left Behind Act of 2001), the district must re-lease to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher learning the names, addresses and home telephone numbers of students in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades within 60 days after the date of the request, unless parents or students refuse to release the information. Therefore, students’ addresses and students’ home telephone numbers are gathered only for 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade students, only for the purpose of providing the infor-mation to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher learning.

3.3 Directory information may be released to the public without prior parent, guardian or student con-sent unless the parent or student (if the student is 18 or older) has objected in writing to the release of one or more category of such information.

3.4 Parent(s), guardian(s), or stu-dents age 18 or older may object to the release of directory information by obtaining Procedure 505.2.4.3P, Denial of Release of Directory and Yearbook Information. The form should be completed and returned to your student’s school. A parent/guardian may not prevent the dis-closure of a student’s name, identi-fier or institutional email address in a class in which the student is en-rolled or from wearing, disclosing or displaying a student ID badge.

3.5 If filed, the denial of release of information will remain in effect until such time as it is modified or rescinded by the parent or eligible student.

4. Inspection of Records – The parent(s), guardian(s), or a student who is 18 or older, may request to inspect and review any of the stu-dent’s educational records except those which are, by state or federal law, made confidential.

4.1 The district will comply with the request immediately, if pos-sible, and, if not, within 10 days ex-clusive of weekends and holidays.

4.2 Copies of records may be obtained upon written request. A copying and handling fee will be charged.

5. Challenge to Accuracy of Records – A parent, guardian, or student 18 or older who believes that specific information in the stu-dent’s educational records is inac-curate, misleading, incomplete or violates the privacy or other rights of the student, may request that the district amend the record in ques-tion. Challenges may be made by requesting and filing Procedure 505.2.11P, Request to Amend Edu-cational Records, with the director


LEGAL NOTICES

of special education at Indepen-dent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota 55068-4946.

5.1 If the director of special edu-cation declines to amend the re-cord as requested within 30 days, the parent, guardian, or student who is 18 or older, will be advised in writing of their right to request and obtain a hearing.

5.2 If either the director of spe-cial education or, after hearing, the hearing officer appointed by the school district, determines that the record in question is inaccurate, misleading, incomplete or violates the privacy or other rights of the student, the record will be amend-ed, the parent, guardian, or student age 18 or older will be notified of the change, and an attempt will be made to notify past recipients of the data.

5.3 If, as a result of the hearing, it is determined that the challenged record is not inaccurate, mislead-ing, incomplete or in violation of the privacy or other rights of the student, the parent, guardian, or student age 18 or older, will be no-tified of their rights to place a state-ment with the record commenting upon it and setting out any reason for disagreeing with the decision of the district.

5.4 The decision of the director of special education as respon-sible authority or the hearing officer may, with regard only to questions of accuracy and completeness of records, be appealed in accor-dance with the applicable provi-sions of the State Administrative Procedures Act, Minnesota Statute Chapter 14, relating to contested cases.

5.5 To the extent that a record is alleged to be misleading or to vio-late the privacy or other rights of a student, in violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. Section 1232[g] and 34 C.F.R. Part 99), neither state nor federal law provides for an ap-peal.

6. Subjects of Special Education Records: Requesting Destruction After Graduation or Upon Reach-ing Age 21 – District 196 complies with 34 C.F.R. Chapter III Section 300.624. At the time of graduation or at the attainment of age 21, spe-cial education records are no lon-ger needed to provide educational services to the child.

6.1 Requests for destruction of special education records can be made by:

6.1.1 The graduated student, age 18 or older, or

6.1.2 The non-graduated stu-dent age 21 or older, or

6.1.3 The parent or guardian of a 17-year old or younger graduated student, or

6.1.4 A person assigned guard-ianship of a former student with a disability who is no longer eligible for special education services.

6.2 Special education records are defined as any records stored in the district’s child study files that include a referral form and the sub-sequent steps of evaluation and/or

assessment, including: raw data, any record of staffing and/or team meeting, and IEP periodic review and annual review.

6.2.1 Special education data in-cludes but is not limited to the child study forms labeled CS1 through CS99 and any supporting data, as well as due process forms DP1 through DP12 and any supporting data, and any analogous forms used in the district prior to the de-velopment of the forms now in use.

6.2.2 Special education records include records on students re-ferred for special education service and denied assessment; referred for special education service, as-sessed and denied service; and/or assessed and granted service.

6.2.3 There may be instances in which the director of special education may need to determine if records are special education records.

6.3 A former District 196 student (or the parent or guardian of such a student) who is the subject of spe-cial education data may request destruction of special education records by calling 651-423-7628 or writing to the director of special education at Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota, 55068-4946.

6.4 Former students who are in doubt as to whether they are sub-jects of special education data or want more information regarding destruction of data may call 651- 423-7628 for a determination. If records exist, the former student may request destruction of the data by writing to the director of special education at Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minne-sota, 55068-4946.

7. Transfer of Records to Other Schools – District 196 forwards educational records, including disciplinary records, of students to other schools and school dis-tricts in which a student seeks or intends to enroll upon request of that school or school district. A parent, guardian, or student who is 18 years of age may request and receive a copy of the records which are transferred and may, pursuant to this policy, challenge the ac-curacy of the records. The district does not, however, notify parent(s), guardian(s), or students of age 18 or older prior to such transfer.

8. Types and Purposes of Data Gathering: Right to Refuse or Not Refuse

8.1 Educational programs ad-ministered by the district involve the submission by students of as-signments, reports and, periodi-cally, the taking of tests. The dis-trict may also collect information for purposes of student enrollment, the administration of various school programs and for purposes of stu-dent health and safety.

8.1.1 Information required to be submitted by students in con-nection with such reports, assign-ments and tests is private data under the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statute 13.01 – 13.99.

Such information is gathered and used as part of the educational process, in part to determine what the student is learning and what the student needs to learn. The district may also gather information from students when necessary to main-tain the order and discipline of the school. In some cases this may in-clude private data.

8.1.2 There is no legal require-ment that the students submit such data, but their failure to do so will, of course, have a direct result upon grades which are measured by evaluating such information. In some cases, students may be required to share data when it is necessary to maintain order and discipline. Failure to provide data in such cases may lead to disciplinary action.

8.1.3 School officials within the school district may receive and use the collected data when they have a legitimate educational in-terest in evaluating the student’s progress or maintaining the order and discipline of the school. Such information is treated as private information under the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Prac-tices Act and is not to be disclosed to third parties, unless authorized by law, consistent with the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C.1232[g] and 34 C.F.R. Part 99), without the permis-sion of the parent(s) or guardian(s) of minor students or students age 18 or older.

8.1.4 School officials may also use student data for research, in-cluding student data that is collect-ed or assembled for purposes of student assessments. The research may be for developing, validating or administering predictive tests; to administer student aid programs, or to improve instruction. Stu-dent data collected or assembled for student assessments may be used in research that includes, but is not limited to norming studies, longitudinal or alignment stud-ies and growth research. Parents, guardians and adult students may contact the district with questions about such research and may also refuse to participate in certain stu-dent assessments.

8.2 The information described above is maintained by the district in its educational records. There are two student record systems:

8.2.1 Cumulative records, gath-ered on all students in the regular education program and include, but may not be limited to, group achievement and ability measures, Title I services, English Language Learner services, Gifted and Tal-ented services, interest inventories, disciplinary interventions, tran-scripts and other records, and logs and notes as appropriate; and

8.2.2 Child Study records gath-ered when direct and indirect ser-vices and programs are delivered to individual students and include, but may not be limited to, individually administered achievement tests, sensory and motor function tests, intellectual measures and other

records, individual educational plans, evaluation reports, and logs and notes as appropriate. Such services and programs include but are not limited to psychological ser-vices, special education services, Title I services, English Language Learner services and Gifted and Talented services.

9. Location of Records – The educational records gathered on students are maintained in secure locations in district schools.

9.1 Cumulative records are maintained in the school the stu-dent attends. When the student graduates or transfers out of Dis-trict 196, the records are main-tained at the school of last atten-dance for one year. After one year the records are moved to the Dis-trict Office and archived into the digital imaging system.

9.2 Current child study records are stored in the school the student attends. Historical child study re-cords are transferred once per year to the District Office (3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minne-sota 55068-4946, telephone 651-423- 7628) where they are archived into the digital imaging system. Questions may be addressed to the Director of Special Education or the principal of the school the student attends.

9.3 Records are released to outside individuals or agencies only according to provisions in Ad-ministrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records.

9.4 Parents or students age 18 or older may request an opportuni-ty to inspect records and/or receive copies of records according to pro-visions in Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records. To make an ap-pointment, Procedure 505.2.10P, Parent or Eligible Student Request to Inspect Records and/or Obtain Copies of Educational Records, should be completed and submit-ted to the principal of the school the student attends or last at-tended.

9.5 District policies, regulations and procedures are available on the district website.

10. Complaints for Non-com-pliance – Parent(s), guardian(s), and students age 18 or older may submit written complaints of vio-lation of rights accorded them by 20 U.S.C. Section 1232(g) to the Family Policy Compliance Office, U. S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washing-ton, DC 20202-8520.

11. For More Information – This review of the data privacy rights of students, and parent(s) and guardian(s) in the educational re-cords maintained by District 196 is intended only to be a summary of the provisions of Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records and applicable state and federal law. Requests for copies of the policy or regulation and questions should be addressed to: Director of Special Education, Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minne-

sota 55068-4946, phone number 651-423-7628.INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT 196/s/ Gary HuuskoSchool Board ClerkSi usted habla español y tiene pre-guntas, favor de llamar al teléfono(952)431-8993.HADDI ADD SOMAAALI TAHAY OO AAD QABTID WAX SUAAL AH FADLAN LA SOO XIRIIR FAISAL MADAR (952)769-7625If you speak (Spanish/Somali/Arabic) and have questions, call (952)769-7625

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264508

CITY OF BURNSVILLEORDINANCE NO. 1328

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 10 OF THE BURNSVILLE

CITY CODE, BEING THE ZONING TITLE OF THE CITY OF BURNSVILLE

TANURB DEVELOPMENTS INC.CASE FILE NO. DEV14-0024

The City Council of the City of Burnsville ordains as follows:

Section 1. Title 10 of the Burnsville City Code is hereby amended to allow a building addition and restaurant lo-cated at 14063 Aldrich Avenue in ac-cordance with the Amended PlannedUnit Development Agreement on file in the City clerk’s office dated August 4, 2014, for the following described property located within the City ofBurnsville, Minnesota:

Lot 1, Block 1 BURNSVILLE MAR-KETPLACE

Section 2. The zoning map of the City of Burnsville referred to and de-scribed in said Title

10 shall not be republished to show the aforesaid rezoning, but the Com-munity Development Director or his/her designee shall appropriately mark the zoning map on file in the City Clerk’s office for the purpose of indi-cating the rezoning provided for in this ordinance and all of the notations, ref-erences and other information shown thereon are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this or-dinance.

Section 3. This ordinance shall beeffective immediately upon its pas-sage and publication according to law.

PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED THIS 4th day of August, 2014, by the City Council of the City of Burnsville.

By: Elizabeth B. Kautz, MayorATTEST: Macheal Collins, City Clerk


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INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 917

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSNotice is hereby given that Intermediate

School District 917 Requests proposalsfor:

Group Life & Long Term Disability Insur-ance

Specifications will be available fromNational Insurance Services, 250 South Executive Drive, Suite 300, Brookfield, WI53005, Phone: 800-627-3660

Proposals are due no later than 3 p.m.on Wednesday, September 3, 2014 atNational Insurance Services, 250 South Executive Drive, Suite 300, Brookfield, WI53005

Published in Apple Valley, Lakeville, Burnsville/Eagan

August 15, 22, 2014263616

CITY OF EAGANDAKOTA COUNTY,

MINNESOTA NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT HEARING

DELINQUENT UTILITY BILLSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

City Council of the City of Eagan, Da-kota County, Minnesota, will meet at theEagan Municipal Center located at 3830Pilot Knob Road, in said City on Septem-ber 2, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. to consider theproposed assessment of delinquent utilitybillings in Eagan.

The proposed area to be assessed isdescribed in the assessment roll on file with the City Clerk in her office, which roll is open to public inspection. Written ororal objections will be considered at thepublic hearing.

No appeal may be taken as to theamount of any assessment unless awritten objection, signed by the affectedproperty owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presentedto the presiding officer at the meeting.An owner may appeal an assessment todistrict court pursuant to M.S.A. §429.081by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City of Eagan withinthirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with theDistrict Court of Dakota County within ten(10) days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk.

Further information relating to theseassessments may be obtained from theSpecial Assessment Division at Eagan City Hall and any questions should be di-rected to that Division.

Dated: August 18, 2014 /s/ Christina M. ScipioniChristina M. Scipioni, City Clerk City of Eagan


267280

CITY OF BURNSVILLEPUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARINGA Public Hearing will be held on Au-

gust 25, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burns-ville Planning Commission, 100 CivicCenter Parkway, in the Council Cham-bers on the application of Steve Ben-son conditional use permit request for an eight foot tall privacy fence at 14237 Park Avenue South.

The application will be scheduled for the next appropriate City Council meeting following the Planning Com-mission meeting.

All persons desiring to speak on thisapplication are encouraged to attend.For more information concerning thisrequest, please contact Planner Chris Slania (952) 895-4451 at the City of Burnsville.

Chris Slania On Behalf of the Chair of the Burns-

ville Planning CommissionPublished in

Burnsville/EaganAugust 15, 22, 2014

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Beginnings Westphal and Gutoske are still known by some as the “Boche sisters,” daugh-ters of charter members Howard and Lois Boche. The church was found-ed on Sept. 6, 1939, with a petition from local fami-lies to the United Luther-an Church in America. The new congregation met in members’ homes before turning to the school building at Walnut and Sibley streets and oc-casionally the Glendale Town Hall. Church legend has it that the “St. James” name was in honor of the first pastor, the Rev. James Sonnenberg, who served part time from 1939 to 1944. “I remember church council meetings at our home in Savage,” West-phal said. The congregation bought the land for its first building for a dollar. The first worship service, in the basement sanctuary, was on Christmas Eve, 1944. “We never had a full-time minister” in the early days, said Gutoske, a re-tired School District 191 kitchen worker who spent most of her career at Mar-ion W. Savage Elementary. “I can remember Dad go-ing to the seminary, and they’d bring out these student pastors to start us out with. Then we’d have them stay for dinner, and he’d take them back to the seminary.” The original building grew crowded, leading to an upstairs addition. “And for Sunday school we had curtains that you pulled in between

the classes,” Westphal re-called. “We didn’t even have partitions.” Westphal was awarded a pin for perfect Sunday school attendance. “Of course, with our dad playing the organ, we were there every Sunday,” she said. Both Boche sis-ters taught Sunday school as adults, including some team teaching. Bob and Mariel Knoch joined St. James in 1971 after moving from Rich-field to Burnsville. They were referred by the Rev. Paul Youngdahl at their former church, Mount Olivet in south Minneapo-lis. Youngdahl was high on one of his former as-sociates, the Rev. Daniel Johns, St. James’ full-time pastor from 1967 to 1973. “We visited on a Sun-day, and the next night he came out and visited us, and we’ve been mem-bers ever since,” said Bob Knoch, 82, who now lives

in Apple Valley but still travels to western Burns-ville for Sunday worship. Knoch is coordinating 75th-anniversary activi-ties. “St. James is in such a hidden location that you had to get a referral or oth-erwise you’d never drive by it,” said Knoch, a former church council president whose wife worked in the church office for 23 years. The congregation skews older today than the general population, but services are still livened by young families, said Lich-tenberger, 43. Sunday worship atten-dance averaged 331 last year, he said. St. James has 1,200 baptized members — fewer than many Lu-theran churches south of the river but a comparably good-sized congregation within the Evangelical Lu-theran Church in Ameri-ca, Lichtenberger said. “People are known

by name in worship,” he said. “If you come up to communion on Sunday, I would commune you by name.” At a time of great di-versity in worship styles, St. James emphasizes tra-dition augmented by some newer music, Lichtenberg-er said. “The emphasis is on all coming together,” he said. “So we don’t have one ser-vice that’s only this type of music and one service that’s only that type of music.” Since the last addi-tion was built in 2006, St. James has had to re-evalu-ate its operations, Lichten-berger said. “Just prior to that there was a lot of growth in all the churches,” he said. “Then the recession hit, and all the churches wound up with an enor-mous amount of debt. That’s part of our story, too.”

The church is making do with one full-time pas-tor and a part-timer, the Rev. Scott Simmons. “Certainly, all the wis-dom of the church says we need two full-time pastors, but right now we’re dis-covering what one and a half pastors can do,” Lich-tenberger said. “We’re not seeing that as a negative. We see that as an oppor-tunity. We really feel God is doing something in our midst.” Within the church’s midst is a planned new housing development to the north, Rose Bluff in Burnsville and Savage,

which Lichtenberger said will add about 100 homes “literally in our back-yard.” “We’re excited about the homes and the fami-lies that are going to be coming into our neigh-borhood,” he said. “As we start the next 75 years, we look forward to welcom-ing those new families and to being a good neighbor to them, and whether or not they decide to come to St. James, to sharing God’s hospitality with them.”

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

Land for a new church building across the border in Burnsville was purchased in 1960. (Submitted photo)

The Rev. Walt Lichtenberger is the 13th full-time pastor at St. James Lutheran Church. (Photo by John Gessner)

ST. JAMES, from 1A

Minnesota’s largest Cub Scout recruitment effort to be held Sept. 18 The Northern Star Council of the Boy Scouts of America will hold the Rocket Into Scouting event for young boys and their parents from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18, at elementary schools state-wide.

This marks the largest Cub Scout recruitment event of the year and the first time a single event will take place on the same day, involving Boy Scout Councils throughout Min-nesota and Wisconsin. Every boy who signs up

for Cub Scouts that day will receive a free model rocket, to be launched at his first pack meeting. Cub Scouts is a pro-gram for boys in kinder-garten through fifth grade that offers fun and active experiences to build char-

acter and leadership skills. Cub Scouts participate in indoor and outdoor activities designed to help them gain confidence, in-crease social skills and develop their capacity for leadership – all while hav-ing fun and serving their

community. Currently, there are more than 38,000 Cub Scouts within the 25 counties across central Minnesota and western Wisconsin that make up the Northern Star Coun-cil. A Cub Scout member-

ship costs $32 per year, but all boys can join regard-less of their ability to pay. Parents can register their sons for Cub Scouts at the school events on Sept. 18, or online at www.Rock-etIntoScouting.org.


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3580 Household/Furnishings

Antiques: 2 oak dressers, school desk chair, oak arm chair, white rotary sewing machine in cabinet. 763-473-2187

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3600 MiscellaneousFor Sale

Big Lake 1BR Mobile Hm on carefree ctry club Golf Course. Furn. gazebo, 2 golf crts, shed, swim. pool $39,900 952-894-6602

Going out of Drapery Business Sale! Hardware, fabrics, machines. Call for more information:

Elaine 612-869-9296

Kawai Full Upright Piano Excellent cond. $1250952-894-2450

Traeger Grill Closeout! All Traeger inventory sold at cost. email: [email protected] or call 612-978-3885 for inventory list.

3610 MiscellaneousWanted

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US Coins, Collections, Proof & Mint Sets. Also Currency

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3620 MusicInstruments

Allen Electronic Organ, Full size, internal spkrs. Very gd cond $350. 952-893-9284

Clarinet (Buffet Champi-on APRIS) w/case & stand, newly cleaned. Exc cond! $350/BO. 612-716-2161

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APPLE VALLEY Grace Lutheran Church Fri 8/22 8-6pm, Sat 8/23 8-2pm, 11 Rooms filled with home & office furn. purses, jewelry, HH goods, home decor, art, books, holiday! 7800 W. Cty Rd 42


APPLE VALLEY, 8/28-29th 8-5pm, 2 Garages! Adult cloz, toys HH, bks, season-al, fridge, & office supplies! 13784/13829 Evergreen Ct

APPLE VALLEY, Aug 20-22 & Aug 27-29 Wed. Thurs. 8-6pm, Fri 8 to 3, Furn, Collectibles, glassware, VHS movies, set of dishes, hunting. 7162 159th St. W.

Blmgtn Multi-Family Sale 8/20-23, Wed-Sat (8-6)Adult/kids cloz, toys, HH, tools, bks, bikes, furn, more! 5711 Hyland Greens Dr.

Bloomington9916 Little Circle. 8/22-23, (9-5), Furn, carpets, art, HH. Cash only.

Bloomington Estate Sale8/21-22 (8-6); 8/23 (8-1) Furn., tools, HH, decor, books, jewelry, small hard-ware, garage furnace, auto suppls., camping, more!

9300 Colorado Rd.

Bloomington, 8/21 & 8/22, 8a-5p. Large sale! DH skis, M&W cloz, camp gear, 2 Keu-rig, more! 10916 Drew Ave S

Bloomington-8/22 & 8/23, 8a-3p Moving Sale! Lawn,Garden,Garage,Craft,& HH supplies.7632 W. 111th St.

Bloomington: Garage/Antq Sale! 8801 Morris Rd 8/22-23 (8-5), Art, lamps, HH, needle pt, luggage, etc.

Brooklyn Park, Aug 20-22, 8-5. Furn, games, dishes, clothes & toys - boy & girl 9217 Trinity Gardens

BURNSVILLE, 8/22 & 23 9-5pm, Fabric SALE! Craft kits & sewing supplies! + misc. 1101 E. 145th St.

BURNSVILLE: 15001 Burnhaven Drive Sept 4th 8-6pm, Sept 5th & 6th 9-3pm, (1 Mi. South of BV Center, corner of 150th & Buck Hill), See Signs!

Crystal Estate Sale8/21- 22 (9-5); 8/23 (9-1)

Vintg. furn., HH and more!5930 Elmhurst Ave. North

EAGAN, Sept 4, 5th 7am-6p, 6th 8-12pm, Lg garage sale w/variety! Tools & furn 3867 PALISADE WAY

EDINA, Moving Sale! August 21st, 8 AM - 5 PM. Home to be torn down. All must go, priced to sell. HH, furn, carpet, applc, more! Cash only 6128 Beard Place

FARMINGTON , 8/22 - 23 8-5P, 2 Family Sale! Quilts/cloz. toys, baby, bikes. 16753 Farrago Trail

Fridley, Aug 21- 22, 8:30- 6; Aug 23, 8:30-4. Toys, Xmas deco, collectibles, much more. 5714 Jackson St NE


Fridley- 8/21- 8/23, 9am-5pm. Pack Rat Sale! Brand New Stuff still in boxes!

Electricians, Plumbers,Handymen -Must See!

665 57th Ave NE

LAKEVILLE, 8/15-17 & 8/22-24 10-6pm, Two weekends! 300 antiques & collectibles (only) ! 20047 Hoya Ct

Lakeville, Aug. 21-22-23, 9-5. Fish tanks, rugs, Olym-pic style wgts/bench, old computer games, girls misc 17240 Harrington Way

Minnetonka, 8/21- 8/23, 8-5. Power, hand & yard tools, fishing, dining tbl & chrs, collectibles, HH & much more. 4808 Valley Rd

Minnetonka: Moving Sale! 8/22 (2-7), 8/23 (9-5). Ga-rage stuff, kids cloz, toys. HH. 14405 McGinty Rd W

MPLS ESTATE SALE, 8/23-24, 9am-3pm. Lots to see: www.oldisknew.com 4297 Webber Pkwy

MPLS ESTATE SALE, 8/23-24, 9am-3pm. Must see: www.oldisknew.com 3118 90th St W

New Hope-Sat 8/23- 8am-5pm.TV,bikes,kids clothes,

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Plymouth DOWNSIZING! August 28-29 (9-4). HH, tools, yard, misc. Cash only 17510 25th Ave. North

PLYMOUTH, Aug. 21-23, 8:00 AM. ALL CHURCH SALE Clothes, toys, housewares, sporting goods, tools, furniture, antiques and MORE!!BigSalePlymouth.com 4300 Vicksburg Ln 55446

Plymouth: Moving Sale! 4130 Quinwood Ln N. 8/22-23 (9-4), Home & of-fice furn, tlz, yard & misc.

Richfield 8/29-30 (9-4) Furn., HH items, CDs, DVDs, electronics, more!75th & Bryant Ave. South

ROSEMOUNT 3820 155th St. W. 8/21-23 8-6p, 8/24 8-2p. Skis, school, DVDs HH Scrapbk, pics & furn!

Rosemount, 8/21-22-23, Th-F 9-5, Sa 9-1. VINTAGE SALE! LOTS of good junk! 15624 Cornell Tr

St. Louis Park - 8/21 & 8/22- 9am-5pm- Golf Set, bike, Collectibles, New music & video DVD’s & CD’s. 9436 W.14th St.

West St. PaulSalem Church Huge Sale!Thurs & Fri, 8/28-29 (9-7);

Sat, 8/30 (9-Noon)Furn & 1000’s of great items!

11 West Bernard St.www.salemluth.org

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Lakeville Art Festival Volunteers are needed for the 12th annual Lake-ville Art Festival to be held Sept. 20-21 on the grounds of the Lakeville Area Arts Center. The art festival commit-tee is seeking fun, energetic volunteers who would like to work in the following areas: Youth Art Tent, Art Ambassador, or with the Community Art Project. Members from the com-mittee will train on the spot – no experience neces-sary. Volunteers will receive a free 2014 Lakeville Art Festival T-shirt. To sign up to be a volun-teer, or to learn more about volunteering at the festival, visit www.lakevilleartfes-tival.org, or call the Arts Center at 952-985-4640.

Chorale auditions The South Metro Cho-rale is auditioning all voice parts for its 2014-15 concert series. The season kicks off on Sept. 2 with Tuesday evening rehears-als at Hidden Oaks Middle School in Prior Lake. Beginning its third year with director Russell Adri-an, the 40-50 voice ensem-ble prepares three concerts each season. The Dec. 14 Holiday Concert Fire and Ice fea-tures Conrad Susa’s “Car-ols and Lullabies from the Southwest” and a col-laboration with Twin Oaks and Hidden Oaks middle school choruses perform-ing David Metzger’s “Wil-lamette Winter Suite.” The annual Cabaret, March 7 and 8, showcases singers and a professional jazz combo performing music from all decades. The season is capped off with a masterworks con-cert on May 15 and 17 fea-turing Faure’s “Requiem” with professional orches-tra. Visit www.SouthMetro-Chorale.org or email [email protected] for more information.

Art deadline approaches The deadline is Aug. 29 to submit art for Dakota County’s fourth commu-nity art exhibit planned for display in county buildings beginning this October. Original, two-dimen-sional art can be submitted

in one or both of the fol-lowing categories: Critters of the Minnesota Zoo and Natural Wonders of the Parks of Dakota County. Artists must be at least 8 years old and live in Da-kota County. Artwork, which must feature sub-jects within Dakota Coun-ty, is limited to 36 inches by 36 inches and should be prepared for hanging on a wall. Submissions are lim-ited to one per artist per theme and must meet the full criteria outlined by the Dakota County Public Art Citizen Advisory Commit-tee at www.dakotacounty.us, search “art exhibit.” The committee will review submissions and make a recommendation to the Dakota County Board of Commissioners, which will select the artwork that will be exhibited. For more informa-tion, artists can contact Jean Erickson at 651-438-4286 or [email protected].

‘Rent’ features AV actress Laura Vannelli, of Ap-ple Valley, is featured in the lead role of Joanne Jef-ferson in the rock musical “Rent” opening Sept. 12 at the Rochester Civic The-atre, Rochester, Minn. Vannelli’s first experi-ence with theatre came during law school at the University of Minnesota when she joined up with the Theater of the Relative-ly Talentless, TORT, made up of law students look-ing to temporarily escape their grueling workloads by expelling some creative energy. She has been in several big shows at the Civic be-fore, including “Grease” (Sandy), “Les Miserables” (ensemble), and “Chicago” (Roxie Hart). The 2004 Eagan High graduate is a legal analyst at the Minnesota Board of Nursing. To purchase “Rent” tickets, visit www.roches-tercivictheatre.org.

‘Lake Superior Flavors’ James Norton and Bec-ca Dilley, founders of food website Heavy Table, will discuss their book, “Lake Superior Flavors: A Field Guide to Food and Drink along the Circle Tour,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18,

at Heritage Library, 20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville.

Harvest of Art The Eagan Art House will hold its annual Har-vest of Art celebration from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8. The event includes the opening of the ninth annual Harvest of Art ex-hibit featuring the artwork of over 50 local artists. It also features an outdoor raku pottery firing, pottery sale, artist demonstrations, entertainment by Wind-Wood with vocalist Paula Lammers and ice cream available from Ring Moun-tain Creamery. Register for an Art House class during the event and receive a 15 percent discount. For more information, call the Eagan Art House at 651-675-5521.

‘Last Comic Standing Live’ Television’s “Last Com-ic Standing” is hitting the road with a national tour, “Last Comic Standing Live,” featuring the season eight winner and four final-ists. The tour stops at the Mystic Showroom in Prior Lake for an 8 p.m. Satur-day, Nov. 15, show. “Last Comic Standing” began with the top 100 comics in the country, who were chosen to audition by invitation. The top five finalists chosen by judges Roseanne Barr, Keenen Ivory Wayans and Rus-sell Peters are Nikki Carr, Rocky Laporte, Joe Machi, Rod Man and Lachlan Pe-terson. Tickets for the Nov. 15 show are $35. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for more details.

Folk music at Riverwalk Banjo pickin’ folk mu-sician Helen Forsythe and some friends will play folk music with a contempo-rary flair during the Aug. 23 Riverwalk Market Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in downtown Northfield’s Bridge Square. Among other event activities, Division Street Dance Studio operator Emily Boyd and some of her students will lead dance and movement-based ac-tivities for young people. For more information, visit riverwalkmarketfair.org.

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Auditions The Eagan Theater Com-pany is holding auditions for up-coming radio plays from 1-3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, at Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Ea-gan. ETC will bring to life some of the best of the radio shows from the 1930s to the 1950s in front of live audiences at venues around the area. Adults who have some schedule flexibility for daytime and evening rehearsals and performances are sought. No memorization – scripts are used during performances. The South Metro Chorale is holding auditions for all voice parts for its 2014-15 season. Vis-it www.SouthMetroChorale.org or contact [email protected] for more information. Partners in Praise Girls Choir is holding auditions for girls in grades 3-12 for its 21st season. Information: www.part-nersinpraise.org.

Books Five local authors will read from and sign copies of their books from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at Jo Jo’s Rise and Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville: Paul Klegler, “Song of Destiny”; Greg Sisk, “Marital Privilege”; Midge Bubany, “The Equalizer”; Judy McConnell, “A Penny a Kiss”; Jeanette Lukowski, “Tar-nished Dreams.”

Events/festivals Burnsville Fire Muster, Sept. 4-7. Information: www.burnsvillefiremuster.com. Ramble Jam, 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, Dakota County Fair-grounds, 4008 W. 220th St., Farmington, 651-463-8818. Features Lost Highway, Sam Hunt, Chris Hawkey and others. Tickets: $39-$129. Information:

www.ramblejamcountry.com. Caponi Art Park Bluegrass Festival, noon, Sunday, Sept. 14, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. Tickets: $20. Information: www.caponiartpark.org/programs/bluegrassfestival. Lakeville Art Festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, and Sunday, Sept. 21, Lake-ville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Information: www.lakevilleartfestival.org. Party It Forward Birthday Bash to benefit DARTS, 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Oct. 4, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 11 E. Kel-logg Blvd., St. Paul. Music by Mick Sterling. Raffle and live/si-lent auctions. Admission is free, along with free appetizers and desserts. For $20, guests receive a “bottomless” glass for unlimit-ed beer or soda. (Bottled water is provided.) Sign up to attend by Sept. 15 and be entered to win $100 Target gift card. Informa-tion: www.partyitforward.net or Sarah Jacobson at DARTS, 651-234-2225.

Exhibits East Asian painting exhibit, June 1-Aug. 31, Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Cultural Perspectives: Bringing Heritage Home ex-hibit, July 10-Aug. 24, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville.

Music Josh Turner, 7:30 p.m. Sat-urday, Aug. 23, in the amphi-theater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $66, $78.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://mnzoo.org/plan-your-visit/music-zoo/. Carman – No Plan B Tour, 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, Destiny Christian Church, 12119 16th Ave. S., Burnsville. Tickets: $18-25. VIP tickets: $100. Informa-tion: 952-890-1477, www.itick-ets.com.

Workshops/classes/other The Eagan Art House offers art classes for all ages, www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/rec-reation/eagan-art-house, 651-675-5500. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Arts Building, Burns-ville. Information: www.christine-tierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art educa-tion through drawing and paint-ing. Classes for adults and teens. Information: 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. Present-ed by Making Scents in Minne-sota. Country line dance classes held for intermediates 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. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; In-termediate, 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 sec-ond Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Informa-tion: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

To submit items for the Family Calendar, email:

[email protected].

Friday, Aug. 22 Outdoor movie, “Monsters University,” rated G, 7:30 p.m., dusk showtime, Nicollet Com-mons Park in the Heart of the City, Burnsville.

Saturday, Aug. 23 Brat sale fundraiser by the Eastview High School cheer-leaders, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Von Hanson’s Meats, 2141 Cliff Road, Eagan.

Sunday, Aug. 24 Brat sale fundraiser by the Eastview High School cheer-leaders, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Von Hanson’s Meats, 2141 Cliff Road, Eagan. Adopted Friends, 1 p.m. at Farquar Park, off Pilot Knob Road in Apple Valley. Adoptive families welcome for friend-ship, support and fun. Informa-tion: www.adoptedfriends.com or email [email protected].

Tuesday, Aug. 26 Family Fun Tuesday – “The Adventures of Juan” puppet show with Teatro Del Pueblo, 10-11 a.m. in the Sculpture Garden at Caponi Art Park, Eagan. $4 per person donation suggested. Information: 651-454-9412 or www.caponiart-park.org. Tuesday Evenings in the Garden – Fairy Garden with Kathy Bonnett, 6:30-8 p.m. in the red barn on the Dakota County Fairgrounds, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. Choosing the right plants, mak-ing miniature garden ornaments and selecting a container are discussed. Free. Class size is limited; register by calling 651-480-7700. Information: www.dakotamastergardeners.org.

Wednesday, Aug. 27 Changing Custody, 1-3 p.m., Dakota County Northern Service Center, Room 520, 1 Mendota Road W., West St. Paul. Presented by Legal As-sistance of Dakota County Ltd. and the Dakota County Law Li-brary. Free informational clinic on changing a custody order. Back2School Student Vaccination Clinic, 1:30-4 p.m., Dakota County Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Free. In-formation: http://tinyurl.com/nr5a9u2 or 952-891-7999. Eagan Market Fest, 4-8 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. Farmers market, en-tertainment by Jolly Huntsmen and Eagan Theater Company. Information: www.cityofeagan.com/marketfest or 651-675-5500.

Thursday, Aug. 28 Confident Women: Find-ing freedom from your inner critic, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Thrive Therapy, 190 River Ridge Cir-cle S., Suite 208, Burnsville. Free workshop. Registration required. Information: www.thrivetherapymn.com, 612-

568-6050. Apple Valley Garden Club, 7:15 p.m., Apple Valley Com-munity Center, 14603 Hayes Road. Master gardener Claudia Zweber will present a program on heirloom seed saving. Free and open to the public.

Reunions Lakeville High School Class of 1964 – 50 Year Re-union, Sept. 18-20. Informa-tion: Clare Zweber, [email protected], 612-385-0838; Wally Jepsen, [email protected], 612-247-7799. Burnsville High School Class of 2004 – 10 Year Re-union, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Solera in Minne-apolis. Information: https://w w w . e v e n t b r i t e . c o m / e /b u r n s v i l l e - h i g h - s c h o o l -c l a s s - o f - 2 0 0 4 - t e n - y e a r-r e u n i o n - t i c k e t s - 1 1 9 6 7 293497.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • Aug. 25, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Culver’s, 15225 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. • Aug. 25, 2-8 p.m., Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 1975 Seneca Road, Eagan. • Aug. 27, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Dakota County Western Ser-vice Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. • Aug. 28, noon to 6 p.m., Grace Lutheran Church, 7800 W. County Road 42, Apple Valley. • Aug. 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Culver’s, 3445 O’Leary Lane, Eagan. • Sept. 2, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., MetroConnections, 401 E. Cliff Road, Burnsville. • Sept. 2, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 16725 Highview Ave., Lakeville. • Sept. 2, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Culver’s, 17800 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville.

Leprechaun Days button prize winners Winners of the Rose-mount Area Seniors Lep-rechaun Days button drawing were announced last Monday. The Rosemount Area Seniors said they would like to thank all of the sponsors who donated items for their support and all of those who pur-chased buttons during Leprechaun Days. This year’s Rosemount Leprechaun Days button was designed by Rose-mount Middle School stu-dent Taylor Brunes. $100 from Larsen & Lars-en, P.A. – Carter Turner Individual income tax re-turn preparation from Larsen & Larsen, P.A. – Maisy Bach Rosemount Floral gift card – Mary Ahrens BP Auto Service Center gift card – Sue Rousch $50 from Master Transmis-sion – Loren Tompkins $50 from First State Bank of Rosemount – Melanie Bry-an $50 gift card from Fluegel’s – Miranda Bondeson $30 gift card from MediCar – Janie Carlson and Lisa Shoe $25 from U Pull R Parts – Lynette Barrus $25 gift certificate from The Guitar Shop – Tiffany Ger-mann $25 gift card from Fireside

– Jeff Hanson $25 gift certificate from Or-chid Nails & Spa – Linda Bell $25 gift card from MGM Wine & Spirits – Amanda Gore $20 gift certificate from Quilter’s Haven – Jon Ander-son $20 gift card from Terry’s Hardware – Nicole Seeberg and Ken Barnes $15 gift card from Rudy’s Redeye Grill – Melissa Hanson $15 gift certificate from Paws Appeal Pet Salone – Rhonda Palm $15 gift card from Celts Pub – Judy Adams $14.99 gift certificate from Fantastic Sam’s – Katherine Gayl $10 gift certificate from The Yarn Garage – Jacqueline Dunker and Julie Toombs $10 gift card from Cub Foods – Ben Burdick $10 gift certificate from Von Hanson’s – 10 winners – Patti Wills, Abby Chumb-ley, Laura Coffey-Reis, Sheila Condon, Sunil Mohabir, John Loebach, Roger Seefeld, Kurt Nash, Brandon McPhillips, Rich Pruter $10 gift card from Taco John’s – Sandra Herme $10 gift certificate from Wheelie Awesome Bike Ser-vices – Liz Snyder $10 gift certificate from Carbone’s – Joan Schwoch & Shirley Barthel $5 Fuji Grill & Sushi Bar gift card and $5 Cherry Berry

gift card – Cecelia Zignego $5 Taco John’s gift card and $5 Cherry Berry gift card – Idolly Oliva Free haircut from ManCave Barber – 10 winners – Sherry Huber, Linda Bell, Kellie Bai-ley, Scott Serig, James Ahern, Sammie Formaneck, John Milchesky, Aisha Mohamed, Evie Selgested and Dave Ma-jewski Free haircut, Sportsman Barber – Mike Toombs and Charlene Fox Free haircut, Great Clips – Mike Meier and Mary Novak Great Clips, Biolage Beauty Product Gift Set – Vince Voeltz 2 free appetizers from Rose-mount Applebee’s – Jean Oie, Bill Collignon, Laura Welter and Lonnie Nordstrom 1 free large pizza from Piz-za Hut – Valarie Larsen, Abby Brand, Susan Engelhart and Zoe Peterson 1 free large pizza from Little Caesars – Rosemount – Tom Trebil, Pat Williams and Connie Kellington 1 pound coffee and travel mug from Starbucks – Alexis Coffey-Reis, John Haakana and Kathy Rachke 2 bottles of wine from MGM Wine and Spirits – Ray Hanson 55 small cone gift certifi-cates donated by Dairy Queen-Rosemount 20, $5 discount cards do-nated by Hong Kong Bistro Free Frosty coupons do-nated by Wendy’s-Rosemount


ThisweekendThisweekendSCHOOLHOUSE VILLAINY

Ken Coy of the Eagan Theater Company is cultivating his

wickedest sneer for the role of villain Smedley Smidgen in the old-fashioned melodrama “The

Perils of Priscilla,” which will be presented as part of the theater group’s “Back to School Blues” comedy skit showcase from 6-8

p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, during Eagan Market Fest at the city’s

Central Park festival grounds. At right: Judy Marder and Andrew Jensen are featured in the mini-play “Our Miss Brooks” at the

event. (Photos submitted)

St. Paul-based Teatro Del Pueblo will present its pup-pet show “The Adventures of Juan” at Caponi Art Park on Aug. 26 as the final performance in the Eagan art park’s summer-long Family Fun Tuesdays series. “The Adventures of Juan” tells the story of a boy who embarks on a journey with mythical fig-ures such as Paul Bunyan and Quetzalcoatl to save his grandmother’s garden, learning a greater appre-ciation for his Chicano heritage in the process. Ad-mission to the 10-11 a.m. event is free with a $4 per person suggested donation. The park is located at 1220 Diffley Road. (Photo sub-mitted)

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Stage life beckons for Eagan native

Meghan Kreidler lands Performing Apprenticeship at Children’s Theatre Company

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


If Meghan Kreidler’s new gig at the Children’s Theatre Company in Min-neapolis is any indication, a career in theater is as much about stamina as it is about acting talent. As a full-time Per-forming Apprentice for the 2014-15 season, the 23-year-old Eagan native will be logging some long hours. When her first pro-duction, “Busytown,” gets underway in the fall, she’ll also be doing rehearsals for the theater company’s winter show, “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.” “That’s when it be-comes like a marathon,” said Kreidler. “You perform eight to 10 shows a week, and then imagine rehearsing on top of that. Although I’m not understudying in ‘Busy-town,’ it’s very likely I’ll be understudying in ‘Grin-ch,’ so sometimes you’re performing in one show, learning another show and learning another person’s role on top of that. “It’s a true test of stam-ina, which is why I was so eager to be a part of this experience.” The Performing Ap-prentice gig is the latest achievement for Kreidler, who first performed as a sixth-grader at Ea-gan’s Blackhawk Middle School, where she scored a part in “The Music Man.” In high school, she de-veloped a yen for acting that hasn’t subsided. The 2009 Eagan High School graduate performed in four shows a year, each year, at the high school, before going on to major in acting at the University of Minnesota, where she graduated last May. Since college, there’s been no question for Kreidler whether acting would sim-ply be a sideline to a more buttoned-down career. She was cast as Lady Macbeth in a production

of the Shakespeare play at Illinois’s Festival 56, fol-lowed by roles in “Kung Fu Zombies vs. The Can-nibals,” CLIMB Theatre’s “A Deeper Look,” Mixed Blood Theatre’s rock mu-sical “Passing Strange” and a host of other pro-ductions. Kreidler, who’s also coached speech at Ea-gan High School the past two years, auditioned for

the Performing Appren-tice job in January. She’s playing a variety of parts in “Busytown,” which is adapted from a book by children’s author Richard Scarry and opens in mid-September. “The costumes for the show are adorable — ev-eryone wears a pod which is essentially a big round shell that our costumes are fitted over, so we’re all going to look very round and playful,” she said. Kreidler’s hope is that the Performing Appren-ticeship is just the start. “I hope one day I’ll direct, perhaps choreo-graph. I love to teach and mentor kids and young adults,” she said. “I’m just so thrilled to be spending this season at CTC where I can learn and have access to every nook and cranny of the theater world. Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Meghan Kreidler, right, weathered the horrors of the zombie apocalypse in “Kung Fu Zombies vs. the Can-nibals” presented by Mu Performing Arts last summer. Currently a Performing Apprentice with the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, she’ll be appearing in “Busytown,” “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” and “Peter Pan” in the coming year. (Photo submitted)

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