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Wills carries education billsState Rep. Anna Wills, R-Apple Valley, has authored several education-related bills in the 2015 legislative session.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Inside this edition is a city of Lakeville public notice for consideration of a Conditional Use Permit to allow a small brewery with a taproom for Angry Inch Brewing Company in the C-CBD, Commercial Central Business District.

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Recorded meetingsColumnist Don Heinzman says when government meetings are audio or video recorded, it increases public confidence.

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Back on the caseApple Valley author Jeffrey Burton returns with “The Lynchpin,” the second in his Agent Drew Cady mystery series.

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Darwitz takes new jobLakeville South girls hockey coach Natalie Darwitz is moving on from the high school to the college game.

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What remains of the Motley Crews Heavy Metal Grill food truck is covered in blue tarp at owner Marty Richie’s Lakeville home a month after the truck exploded in his driveway. De-bris from the blast is scattered throughout the yard. The house is boarded up and repairs are expected to take 4 to 5 months to com-plete. Tattered crime scene tape and part of the food truck hangs in a tree next to Richie’s home behind a chain link fence that sur-rounds the property. (Photo by Laura Adel-mann)

Food truck owner describes ‘devastating’ loss

Marty Richie grateful people were not hurt

in blast by Laura Adelmann

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Marty Richie’s first visit home after his food truck exploded in his driveway March 6 was gut-wrenching, surreal and horrifying.

Bleary-eyed, an exhausted Richie surveyed the enormity of the March 6 loss revealed by the early morning light. “I lost a truck, I lost a job, I lost a business, I lost a house … everything is gone in the blink of an eye,” Richie said. “It’s devastating.” The blast that destroyed his Motley Crews Heavy Metal Grill food truck

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Nobody was happy about the unprecedented amount of special as-sessments imposed for the most expensive street reconstruction project in Lakeville’s history, unanimously approved by a stoic Lakeville City Council on April 6. Several City Council members sympathized with residents after their vote approving the re-cord-setting special as-sessment amounts of $8,098 per single fam-ily home and $4,049 per townhome for properties located roughly off High-view Avenue and west of Cedar Avenue. “I feel for each and

every one of you,” Coun-cil Member Colleen La-Beau said to the crowd of property owners who turned out for the hear-ing, later adding “I feel your pain.” The special assess-ments are roughly double the amounts assessed for street reconstruc-tion work to benefiting Lakeville property own-ers in previous years. Between and 2012 and 2014 single-family prop-erty owners were special assessed $3,200-$4,100 in street reconstruction areas, according to City Engineer Monica Heil. She said city policy prices townhome assess-ments at half that of sin-

Special assessment fees set a record

Soil condition multiplied street reconstruction work costs

Lakeville city officials, including Mayor Matt Little, fielded an array of questions and concerns from residents at City Hall before the City Council meeting April 6. The City Council later approved special assessments of $8,098 for a single-family home, approximately double the amount the city has assessed for similar work con-ducted in the past. Project costs escalated due to corro-sive soils in the area. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Lakeville police chief: Critical culture raises risksPredicts cops will be afraid to do their job



Police officers increasingly feel like they are wearing a target on their back, according to Lakeville Police Chief Jeff Long. He said stress has reached the highest levels he has ever seen in his 26-year law enforcement career. Provoking police to concern are international terror groups that target police officers and recruit individuals online to kill them, and fallout stemming from a culture that has become critical of police officer actions.

Long said of-ficers’ every move is publicly under scrutiny. “The general mood of television media is cops are evil,” Long said. Privacy laws and legal barriers keep police from provid-

ing detailed perspective on situa-tions as news stories are broadcast that include unsubstantiated accu-sations against a department. “You want to speak out, but you can’t,” Long said. In Lakeville and across the

Avonlea will bring change to Cedar Av-

enue landscape by Laura Adelmann


Lakeville City Council mem-bers approved the preliminary plat for Avonlea, a major hous-ing development April 6 that will change the Cedar Avenue land-scape.

Mattamy Homes’ Planned Unit Development was approved for the 470-acre project and plans to start construction for its first phase of 204 single-family lots and 47 townhomes this spring. Housing is planned to be con-structed in five phases on prop-erty on the west side of Cedar Avenue south of the city’s Central Maintenance Facility and on the east side of Cedar Avenue near

Major housing development plan advances in Lakeville

Mattamy Homes will start construction of Avonlea housing devel-opment this spring located off Cedar Avenue just south of the Dodd Boulevard intersection. The 470-acre project promises to transform the area as it develops in phases. (Photo submitted)

Another Democrat vies for

2nd District endorsementDr. Mary Lawrence seeks party’s nod

along with Eagan’s Angie Craig by Tad Johnson


Another Democrat will vie for the party’s 2016 endorsement in the 2nd Congressional Dis-trict. Dr. Mary Lawrence, who has served as deputy executive direc-tor for the Vision Center of Ex-cellence, will vie for the endorse-ment against Eagan resident Angie Craig. Craig, who said she was run-

ning in the 2nd District in Janu-ary, made her announcement official this week. The newspa-per’s story about Craig, vice presi-dent of global human resources at St. Paul-based

St. Jude Medical, is at sun-thisweek.com/?p=161859. The 2nd District seat is cur-rently held by seven-term U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville. Lawrence, since 2010 has been responsible for six differ-

After losing their home and business in a fraction of a second, Marty Richie and Lisa Caufield are deter-mined to see through their plans to turn this space into a restaurant based on their Motley Crew Heavy Metal Grill food truck. Significant renovations are underway, equipment is ordered and arriving or already in storage and the downtown Lakeville restaurant is planned to open June 1. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Lakeville Police Chief Jeff Long

Mary Lawrence

See RECORD, 15ASee TRUCK, 16A

See CULTURE, 15A

See LAWRENCE, 16A See PLAN, 18A

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Eagan-based Cheerful Givers has been selected by USA Today as one of 10 national winners for its Birthday Bag Blitz project held on National Make A Difference Day. “We scoured through thousands of project en-tries and found your proj-ect to be among the best that took place on Make A Difference Day 2014. A USA Today initiative,

in collaboration with Points of Light, and sup-ported by Newman’s Own, Make A Difference Day is the nation’s largest day of volunteering. As one of 10 National Honoree projects, you will receive a $10,000 grant from New-man’s Own,” said Angela Henry, marketing manag-er for USA Today. Cheerful Givers will re-ceive the grant at a May 6

luncheon in Washington, D.C. Cheerful Givers pro-vides toy-filled birthday gift bags to food shelves and shelters so that less fortunate parents can rec-ognize their child’s birth-day with a gift. For more information or to make a donation, visit www.cheer-fulgivers.org or email [email protected].

Cheerful Givers granted $10,000

Cheerful Givers volunteers work on the Birthday Bag Blitz project on National Make A Difference Day 2014. The project won a $10,000 grant from Newman’s Own. (Photo submitted)

Volunteers needed to help restore

Vermillion River south branch Volunteers are needed to help restore the south branch of the Vermillion River during a special proj-ect day 9 a.m. to noon Sat-urday, April 11. Organizers from the Twin Cities chapter of Trout Unlimited need help cutting invasive buckthorn and hauling brush as they continue restoring prime trout water east of Farm-ington in Empire Township. Members, non-members,

families, schools groups, community groups and neighbors are encouraged to attend. Volunteers should park in the field on the south side of County Road 66, just west of Highway 52, in the new DNR Aquatic Man-agement Area (map). Workers should expect to get dirty and should bring knee boots or hiking boots, and work gloves. People are also encouraged to bring

loppers and hand saws. Volunteers will be re-warded with free burgers at noon. People should regis-ter in advance so organizers can determine food quanti-ties. Contact Restoration Director Tony Nelson at [email protected], or call 952-486-2282. For more information go to www.TwinCitiesTU.org and click on Upcoming Events.

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Wills authors several education-related bills Technical college, change in aid to districts among the proposals

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


Second term state Rep. Anna Wills, R-Apple Val-ley, has introduced 25 bills this legislative ses-sion with several focused on education. Among them are mea-sures that would dedicate funds for remodeling at Dakota County Technical College, give school dis-tricts more flexibility in how Compensatory Aid is spent, reduce special education paperwork, and make 529 college sav-ing plans more attractive. Though Wills expects the DCTC funding re-quest of $7.733 million will not be approved this session, she chose to in-troduce the bill to keep the technical college’s needs in legislators’ minds. The request, which would fund the design, renovation and equipping of the transportation and emerging technologies space, was denied in 2014 after late bonding bill ne-gotiations resulted in the item being removed.

Wills said she is hope-ful the request will be in-cluded in the 2016 bond-ing bill. Dakota County school districts could gain great-er flexibility in how they spend Compensatory Aid, which is allocated based on the percentage of students who receive free and reduced priced lunches. Currently school districts are required to spend 90 percent of the aid on a per-building formula. The bill would change that to 50 percent, allowing the district to spend the other

half in schools where it determines there is the most need. “For kids who don’t have as many opportuni-ties, this can give them a boost,” Wills said. For fiscal year 2013-14 the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District has received the most Compensatory Aid of all area districts. The district was pro-vided $6.5 million for the year. Based on the cur-rent formula, Sky Oaks Elementary was shown as receiving $1.22 mil-lion, which is more than the total received by the Lakeville ($624,802) and Farmington ($532,397) school districts combined. The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Dis-trict was provided with $5.13 million in FY 2013-14. A bill to align special education state rules with state and federal laws aims to reduce the amount of required forms. Wills said she has heard from special educa-tion teachers who say that

the paperwork takes them away from working with students. She said some districts have had to spend funds to hire clerical staff to complete the work, but most of the work falls on teachers who say they have had to spend addi-tional hours after school and on weekends to com-plete the forms. A bill that would allow 529 college saving plans tax credits or deduction aims to incentivize more parents to put money in the plans. Wills’ proposal would provide a credit to those under a certain income level, while those above the income level would be able to deduct the amount saved from their annual tax filing. “This will help allevi-ate college loan debt,” Wills said. “It puts fami-lies more in control of their money. These plans certainly will not pay for it all.” Wills has also authored a bill that would provide $9.18 million for the Min-

nesota Reading Corps. A story in last week’s edi-tion explained how the program, which has a presence in each of the districts in the newspa-per’s coverage area, pairs mentors with students struggling with reading. The story is posted online at sunthisweek.com/?p=166256. Another piece of leg-islation with local impact that Wills has authored includes $20 million in bond proceeds for the Minnesota Zoo. The mea-sure would provide $16 million for the Heart of Zoo project and $4 mil-lion for asset preserva-tion. This bill comes on the heels of the February legislative approval of $1.35 million in deficien-cy funds for the zoo. The zoo had requested $1.5 million to help it cover a budget gap when it was about $2 million short on its annual revenue target. Zoo officials attributed the lower revenue to bad weather negatively affect-ing attendance.

The zoo has cut staff-ing and about $900,000 from its annual budget over the past two years. The zoo’s annual operat-ing budget is about $25 million. Wills expressed con-fidence in zoo officials’ handling of its budget and being able to hit its targets this year. She said the bond money would be used to improve the snow monkey exhibit and integrate the gift shop with the main zoo exit. Current work at the zoo includes preparations in Discovery Bay for the new Hawaiian monk seals exhibit. The zoo has long been viewed as an asset to Da-kota County. Past surveys have found that Dakota County residents’ favor-ite recreational activity is “going to zoos.” It is estimated the zoo has a statewide economic impact of $146 million annually.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

Anna Wills

Local lawmakers propose funding for I-35W bridge replacement Rep. Roz Peterson, R-Lakeville, Rep. Drew Christensen, R-Burns-ville, and other south metro lawmakers intro-duced legislation Tuesday to provide funding for re-placement of the I-35W bridge over the Minne-sota River. Replacing the Burns-ville bridge has been a priority for south metro cities for years, and would dramatically improve rush hour commutes for residents south of the riv-er, the lawmakers said in a news release.

Built in 1957 and wid-ened in 1983-84, the six-lane bridge is approaching the end of its life, accord-ing to the Minnesota De-partment of Transporta-tion. The bill calls for sell-ing up to $165 million in bonds to fund the proj-ect from the state’s trunk highway fund. “This project will shorten commutes and re-duce rush hour congestion for the south metro,” said Peterson, who represents House District 56B. “Re-placing the I-35W bridge

is a priority for residents in our area who want to reduce the number of ac-cidents on this bridge, and finally address spring flooding issues we’ve had over the years as well. It’s my hope that this bill will bring attention and focus to this important project, and ensure that it stays in discussion as we address our long-term road and bridge needs.” “I’ve heard from many constituents who have expressed their concerns about transportation to and from our district,”

said Christensen, who represents House District 56A. “This bill will ensure safety and ease of travel for residents in our dis-trict and those taking the I-35W bridge to and from work, school and home. I look forward to continu-ing to share my constitu-ents’ concerns with my colleagues as the bill pro-gresses, and am proud of the work we have already done to prioritize their needs this legislative ses-sion.” The bridge ranks sec-ond among metro-area

bridges needing replace-ment or improvements, according to Jon Solberg, south area manager for the Department of Trans-portation’s Metro Dis-trict. Replacement is ten-tatively scheduled for 2020. But with the Legis-lature’s focus on boosting transportation funding this year, MnDOT wants the project to be “shelf ready” for 2017 if money becomes available, Sol-berg told the newspaper in February. Lawmakers and Gov. Mark Dayton

have yet to agree on a statewide funding plan. Preliminary design work has begun on the project, estimated at $140 million, Solberg said in February. Other co-authors of the funding bill are Republican Reps. Jon Koznick, of Lakeville, Tony Albright, of Prior Lake and Bob Vogel, of Elko New Market. The bill was referred to the House Transporta-tion Committee where it awaits its first hearing.

— John Gessner


Appreciates town hall To the editor: I want to thank state Reps. Anna Wills and Tara Mack, and Sen. Greg Clausen for hold-ing their town hall meet-ing Saturday, March 21. It was extremely in-formative and good to hear from both the Re-publican and DFL per-spective about what’s going on at the Capitol. It’s great to see DFL and GOP legislators willing to hold a joint meeting to update the community on legislative issues. Wills spoke on be-half of our veterans in regards to the veterans jobs bill. Since she has been in office she has consistently supported the needs of our return-ing veterans. Mack spoke on is-sues regarding the MN-sure website and the amount of wasted tax dollars that will never be recouped. There has

already been over $200 million plus in tax mon-ey spent on the creation and maintenance of the MNsure website. Mack is chairwoman of the Health and Human Ser-vices Reform Committee and has promised to con-tinue to fight to reform health care and eliminate waste and abuse of the heath care system. Our communities are lucky to have great rep-resentation in St. Paul working hard on our be-half.

JONAH BURGOYNERosemount

Buy the open space for parks To the editor: The other day when driving around in Lakev-ille, my wife comment-ed, “Aren’t those lovely trees?” I said, “they’ll prob-ably have a shopping center there in a couple

years.” Lakeville, accord-ing to the Metropolitan Council, is projected to be the fourth largest city in Minnesota by the year 2030, bigger than Du-luth or Rochester. We and many others moved to Lakeville to get away from crowds. I would like to ask the Parks De-partment and the city government to buy up as much land for parks as possible. Instead of the fourth largest city, how about the 14th largest or better yet the 24th.

HARLEY HORSAGERLakeville

Reform the right way To the editor: Majority members of the Minnesota House and both houses of Con-gress are fond of the word “reform.” It has a nice ring, and seems to imply greater efficiency. Unfortunately, some of

the so-called “reforms” they are considering sound like taking care of well-heeled friends who may contribute to their campaigns. This is at the expense of programs for children and vulnerable citizens. Public schools continue to have class sizes much too big for classroom efficiency, many over 40 students, when students and their parents want smaller classes. Representatives in the majority don’t seem to want to fund the schools to make smaller classes possible. And, while many in-

cumbents want to “re-turn the surplus to the taxpayers,” such a move would most benefit the wealthiest, a factor the incumbents don’t men-tion. Similarly, after creating committees to reform services for aging Minnesotans and their long term care, incum-bents seem most focused on reducing benefits for these seniors and keep-ing wages at or below the minimum for expe-rienced employees in fa-cilities for seniors. A policy of help-ing out the wealthy is a contrast to what Gov.

Mark Dayton has pur-sued over the last half a decade. Minnesota has increased school funding and raised taxes on the wealthy, and has lower unemployment, higher median wages and great-er job growth than our neighbors in Wisconsin, where they have been helping wealthy folks. It’s time to keep the rest of us in mind when we create reforms. NANCY HALLBurnsville

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OpinionRecording meetings promotes government transparency

Progress in keeping promises made to our children

by Don HeinzmanSUN THISWEEK


After many years of covering subur-ban city council, planning commission and school board meetings, I have con-cluded suburban government in general is good government. Rarely will you find fraud and illegali-ties in suburban government. Furthermore, I’m convinced that vot-ers, once they have access to and know all the facts of an issue, generally come to good common sense conclusions. They abhor any kind of a cover-up. We must be concerned when access to official facts is hindered. Be on the lookout for a council or school board meeting in disguise. It’s called a study meeting, workshop or work session, where members gather to learn about an issue that may result in public policy. Councils may not be de-liberately trying to skirt the open process that is afforded to the public during a regularly scheduled meeting, but there is certainly a great deal of discussion that occurs during study or work sessions. There is often so much critical informa-tion discussed that it would seem better suited for a regularly scheduled meeting where everyone can hear and see what is happening.

This study meeting has all the trappings of a regular meeting. There’s an agenda, the mayor (in the case of city govern-ment) usually chairs it, minutes are kept and the public can attend. There is one exception: No official votes are taken at the study meeting. Aha, but many times the position on the vote is formed through the informa-tion given at a study meeting. Councils and boards will argue that the study meeting shortens the regular meetings that otherwise could go on un-til after midnight. I’ve heard councils say it’s hard to concentrate after 11 p.m. The problem is the public rarely knows what’s under “study” and rarely attends this special meeting where poli-cies are born. I argue that the public is missing out on what its council and board members are doing and saying at these study meet-ings. How can people judge the quality

of their elected officials if they don’t hear them? Councils and boards can argue that the meetings are recorded, open to the public and minutes are kept. But not all governmental bodies record such meet-ings. The Lake Elmo City Council recently voted to stop recording its workshop meetings. One council member who vot-ed to stop the recording said the work-shop meeting provided an opportunity for a more candid discussion. There you have it. If it’s not recorded you can really say what’s on your mind. That’s precisely what the public needs to hear. The Lake Elmo Council now will re-cord only the meetings of the City Coun-cil, the Planning Commission and the Parks Commission. This idea of not recording official meetings is spreading. Recently, the Orono City Council vot-ed not to begin video recording its plan-ning commission meetings. I agree with Council Members Aaron Printup and Dennis Walsh that recording the meet-ings is good government and increases transparency. The council argues the public can read the minutes, which we all know are filtered and are not published immediately after the meeting.

The Orono City Council’s work ses-sion, usually held before a regular coun-cil meeting, is not recorded. Notes are taken. The Bloomington School Board re-cently decided to discontinue video re-cording its study sessions for one year. They are audio recorded. Official min-utes are not published, but notes are taken on the proceedings. If truth be told, some councils and boards are intimidated by being video and audio recorded. They don’t want their uninformed questions on the re-cord. Anyone who has listened to an audio recording knows how tedious that is, and most officials know the public won’t take that time. Mind you, these study sessions are open to the public, and recording them is not legally required. Study sessions are convenient, but councils and boards should do all they can to keep their sessions transparent, even though video recording can pro-duce some uncomfortable moments. Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers. He can be reached through [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

by John KlineSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Whenever I bring up Washington’s role in funding special education with my colleagues, I receive an identical re-sponse. Regardless if they are a Republi-can or a Democrat, member of the U.S. House or U.S. Senate, virtually all agree Congress needs to do more to fulfill its promise made 40 years ago. Even though getting things done in Washington many days seems like push-ing rope, I am not giving up on that promise made to our children. In 1975, Congress passed the Indi-viduals with Disabilities Education Act, which mandated educational access and services for students with special needs, with the promise that significant federal investments would support state and lo-cal school districts in meeting their obli-gations to these children. The precursor to IDEA, the Education for All Handi-capped Children Act, committed federal funding up to 40 percent of the addition-al costs of educating students with dis-abilities. While Washington has never come close to fulfilling its IDEA commitment, significant progress was made toward

this goal from 1995-2005. Funding dur-ing those years more than doubled the federal contribution to the cost of edu-cating students with disabilities, from un-der 8 percent to more than 18 percent. Regrettably, the last decade has brought steady decreases in the federal contribution. The decline in funding has profound consequences for children with disabilities and their peers. School districts struggle to offer special needs students the necessary placements, sup-port, and services they deserve. General education budgets are cut to make up for the shortfall. I meet regularly in Minnesota with parents, teachers, principals, and super-intendents to discuss education issues. In virtually every meeting, we discuss Congress’ failure to fulfill its promise with special education. While fully fund-ing the federal share of IDEA will not

provide an endless pot of gold to meet-ing the needs of every school, it will free up hundreds of thousands of dollars for school districts. Earlier this month, as Congress be-gan reviewing its budget proposal for 2016, I asked House Committee on the Budget leaders to help Congress move toward honoring its commitment made decades ago to students with disabilities. My letter requested the House budget include provisions that would encourage an increase in the federal government’s contribution to special education to 18 percent, matching the highest level of sustained support provided by Congress. I am pleased to share the U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a bud-get that included a recommendation for Congress to “prioritize funding for stu-dents with disabilities provided under (IDEA)” and “refocus efforts to support existing commitments before entertain-ing new programs or initiatives.” Last week, I sent a letter to the House Committee on Appropriations request-ing $1.6 billion more than what was al-located last year which would increase the federal government’s contribution to approximately 18 percent, again, match-ing the highest sustained level provided

by Congress. Although the request still falls short of the federal government’s commitment to special needs children, it would gener-ate significant new resources for all states and school districts and moves us closer to following through on what Congress promised 40 years ago. Moving closer toward that benchmark means schools across Minnesota and throughout Amer-ica could direct limited resources to ad-dress their specific needs – whether it is state of the art classrooms, additional teachers, or new textbooks – and make it possible for teachers and administrators to focus on the important job of provid-ing the best education possible for all our children. Ensuring the federal government keeps its promises is one of the reasons I first ran for Congress. What better way to teach our children the valuable life les-son of keeping faith than by following through on our commitment to them. John Kline is the Chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee. He also serves on the House Armed Ser-vices Committee. He and his wife, Vicky, live in Burnsville. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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Kimmes serves well To the editor: The Dakota Electric Association is a not-for-profit cooperative owned by its more than 100,000 members. As an owner, each member has the opportunity to vote for their representatives on the board of directors. Ballots will be mailed to every member-owner the week of April 13, and I encourage everyone to vote before the annual meeting April 30. The employees of Dakota Electric do a wonderful job providing highly reliable yet af-fordable power, and I’m honored to serve as a di-rector for such a well-run utility. I’m proud of the entire board for helping to make Dakota Electric a top-rated power com-pany, and I support the re-election of the four in-cumbent directors on the ballot this year including Judy Kimmes. Judy is a wonder-ful representative for the entire organization, and she is an especially keen advocate for those in the more rural areas of our service territory. Her unique perspective makes us a more capable board, and we will all benefit from her re-elec-tion.

DAVID JONESLakeville

Tipped employees don’t deserve to be punishedTo the editor: Regarding the story “(State Rep. Pat) Garo-falo’s bill would lower minimum wage for some tipped workers,” I am always disgusted when I read about legislation that is targeting the low-est paid people. Anyone who has worked in a tip-ping profession knows that income ebbs and

flows regardless of hard work and effort. Tip-ping is purely an act of kindness on the part of a person receiving service. At a time when jobs are moving to the service sector that tends to of-fer sub-poverty wages, it baffles me that some-one would suggest such economically cruel leg-islation, and that people would support it. This legislation is un-Ameri-can. I constantly hear from those on the “right” not to attack the wealthy be-cause: “We don’t want to punish people for work-ing hard for their suc-cesses.” That is exactly what this proposal does. It takes away protection of the law from mini-mum wage employees because of their poten-tial to make money that would move them be-yond the impoverished minimum wage. Many tipping jobs are mini-mum wage because they receive tips. Some posi-tions such as hair styl-ist accept the minimum wages, even though their profession requires them to complete schooling. Other employers require people to split their tips with other non-tip em-ployees who already earn higher wages than the employees who receive tips. When I have worked with tipped employees, I have observed that they are some of the hardest working and most dedi-cated people. I’ve never said: “Wow, this person makes way too much money.” I normally think of how impressed I am with how hard they work just to get by. They are young mothers who are trying supporting their children, students who did not have the privilege of their parents paying for their education, and many times a chance for a middle class existence for those with no techni-cal skills. Before Garofalo sug-gests taking a dollar an hour away from the peo-

ple who need that mon-ey the most, maybe he should go down and wait tables for a couple years to see how it is to walk a mile in their shoes.

STEVE SEVERSONApple Valley

Vote for Judy Kimmes To the editor: Members of Dakota Electric Association will elect board representa-tives this month. Ballots are being mailed April 13. Judy Kimmes is a longtime board member who tirelessly represents interest of members, par-ticularly rural residents. Look for your ballot in the mail and consider supporting Kimmes with your vote. She is dutiful and conscientious in all regards.

CLAY VAN DE BOGARTLakeville

Common-sense transportation plan from GOPTo the editor: Kudos to Minnesota House Republicans for advancing a long-term transportation funding package that provides for strategic and sus-tained investments. It doesn’t raise taxes, rely-ing instead on efficient use of existing and new revenues. This is exactly the kind of investment the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, of which I am a member, has been seeking. The proposal is a real-ization that the projected state budget surplus of nearly $2 billion makes it unnecessary to raise ad-ditional taxes for trans-portation infrastructure and further increase tax-payer burdens. Our state already ranks in the top 10 for taxes in multiple categories for individu-als and employers. We must broaden the

source of funding to keep pace with trans-portation needs. Con-stitutionally dedicated revenues will remain the backbone of funding, but the buying power of the gas tax is diminishing as cars become more ef-ficient. The House GOP package wisely recom-mends using the general fund to finance a por-tion of the needs. Thirty-three states do so, and for good reason. Trans-portation is an essential government service yet, at present, Minnesota’s general fund does not contribute to our state roads and bridges. The detractors are pushing for a new “gross receipts” tax on fuel, which would start with a 16-cent per-gallon increase and would in-crease as the price of fuel rises. They say us-ing general fund dollars for transportation will raid other programs. The House GOP proposal dedicates approximately $300 million per year in currently collected auto-related sales tax revenues to transportation. At less than 2 percent of our an-nual $20 billion budget, that’s certainly doable – especially given the bil-lions of dollars in pro-jected surpluses for the next four years. Those newly dedicated funds, coupled with efficiencies and a responsible level of bonding, will inject $7 billion of new money over the next 10 years into our transportation system – that’s on top of the approximately $2.5 billion per year that’s al-ready dedicated to trans-portation through the fuel tax, motor vehicle sales tax and tab fees. This is a smart and responsible proposal that provides substantial long-term, dedicated and reliable funding. LIZ DIEDRICHBurnsville

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Dakota County recognizes residents for contributions to healthy communities The Dakota County Board of Commissioners presented Public Health Achievement Awards to three recipients at its board meeting Tuesday, April 7, as part of National Public Health Week. Samantha Kent, a se-nior at Hastings High School; Mary Ellen Fox, health services coordina-tor for the Hastings School District; and the South St.

Paul Mayor’s Youth Task Force were recognized for their efforts to build and sustain healthy families and communities in Da-kota County. Samantha Kent was recognized in the “youth” category for a range of accomplishments, includ-ing organizing a drive that quadrupled donations of hygiene products to support women at Lewis

House, a shelter for vic-tims of domestic violence. She also helped organize a Healthy Relationships Campaign that raised awareness about teen dat-ing violence and abuse. Mary Ellen Fox, who was awarded in the “in-dividual” category, has played an integral role as chair of the Hastings chapter of the Smart Choices Wellness Com-

mittee, which seeks to improve the health and academic performance of students by promoting better nutrition and in-creased physical activity. Over the past five years, she has improved the dis-trictwide wellness policy, and has spearheaded strat-egies to make recess more active and engaging and to integrate physical activity and academics to increase

student learning. The South St. Paul Mayor’s Youth Task Force, recipient of the “commu-nity group” award, was established in 2008. The Youth Task Force, which is open to students in fifth through 12th grade, provides opportunities for leadership develop-ment, teaching teens how to engage and collaborate with local businesses and

community organizations. The task force has helped organize and promote the South St. Paul Com-munity Food Drive, rais-ing awareness of the need for donated food through videos and presentations at schools, businesses, and council meetings.

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Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Saturday, April 11, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Home and Garden Show, Dakota County Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Free. • Thursday, April 16, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Joint Chamber Business After Hours and Legacy Awards, Lakeview Bank, 9725 163rd St. W., Lakeville. Joint event with Burns-ville and Lakeville chambers. • Wednesday, April 22, 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., Chamber Lun-cheon – Mayor Mary’s State of the City Address, Uponor Training Facility, 5925 W. 148th St., Apple Valley. Cost: $15 members, $20 nonmembers. RSVP to [email protected]. Burnsville Chamber of Com-merce events: • Tuesday, April 14, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lunch & Learn – “The Leadership Connection,” Better Business Bureau, 220 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Speaker: Erik Therwanger. Cost: $15 mem-bers, $25 nonmembers. RSVP by April 13. Information: 952-435-6000. • Thursday, April 16, 2:30-3:30 p.m., Chamber 101 Class, Burns-ville Chamber of Commerce, G Level Conference Room, 350 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville. RSVP by April 14 to Jina at 952-435-6000. • Thursday, April 16, 4:30-6:30 p.m., 2015 Lake view Bank Legacy Awards, 9725 163rd St. W., Lake-ville. Free to attend. No RSVP required. Information: 952-435-6000. Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, April 15, 8-9 a.m., Farmington Coffee Break, Anchor Bank, 324 Oak St., Farm-ington. Open to all DCRC mem-bers. Information: Chelsea John-son at [email protected] or 651-288-9202.

• Thursday, April 16, 7:45-9 a.m., The womEn’s circle: Confi-dent Networking, Valleywood Golf Course, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Valley. Speaker: Teresa Thomas, networking expert. Annu-al fee: $150. Attend as a guest one time for $25. Information: Chelsea Johnson at [email protected] or 651-288-9202. • Tuesday, April 21, 8-9 a.m., Membership Campaign Kick-off Breakfast, Casper’s Cherokee of Eagan, 4625 Nicols Road, Ea-gan. The campaign will feature a competition between two teams composed of 30 chamber mem-bers each, beginning April 21 and ending May 29. Information/RSVP: Kate Bowen at kbowen@ dcrchamber.com or 651-288-9200. • Tuesday, April 21, 12-1:30 p.m., Meet the Chamber, DCRC office, 3352 Sherman Court, Suite 201, Eagan. RSVP Required. Free. Information: Kate Bowen at kbow-en@ dcrchamber.com or 651-288-9200. • Wednesday, April 22, 7:30-9 a.m., SMYPros Professional De-velopment Event: The Power of Humor in the Workplace, Room 2031, Argosy University, 1515 Central Parkway, Eagan. Speaker: Andy Weisberg. RSVP: Kate Bow-en at kbowen@ dcrchamber.com or 651-288-9200. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Friday, April 10, 8-9 a.m., Teacher Appreciation Breakfast, Oak Hills Elementary. • Thursday, April 16, 4:30-7 p.m., Lakeview Bank Legacy Awards and After Hours, 9725 163rd St. W., Lakeville. Business Networking Inter-national events: • Thursday, April 16, 7:30-9:30 a.m., “Effective Networking with Social Media,” BNI Power Links, Highview Hills - Second Floor Conference Room, 20150 High-view Ave., Lakeville. Free breakfast meeting. RSVP/information: 763-270-1813 or http://www.bnimn.com/mn-minnesota-power-links/.

Caroline’s Cart at Cub Foods Cub Foods, the first grocer in the Twin Cities to offer Caroline’s Cart to customers with special needs children, is bringing the one-of-a-kind customized shop-ping carts to all 76 Cub stores in Minnesota. The new carts began arriving at stores in late March and are expected to be available at all Cub Foods locations by the end of April. Designed specifically for older children and adults with disabili-ties, Caroline’s Cart combines the functionality of a wheelchair with a traditional shopping cart. Customers who want to check the delivery status of Caroline’s Cart to a specific store can find contact information online at www.cub.com/stores/search-stores.html. They can also contact Luke Friedrich at [email protected] with questions or for additional details.

Youth finance seminars US Federal Credit Union will host two youth financial educa-tion seminars during April in celebration of National Credit Union Youth Month. The semi-nars will be at its corporate loca-tion, 1400 Riverwood Drive in Burnsville. These seminars are catered to specific age groups and are open to the community. Personal Finance 101 For Children (ages 8-12), 6 p.m. April 14. Financial Milestones For Teens (ages 13-17), 6 p.m. April

23. Call 952-736-5330 to RSVP. In addition to the seminars, the credit union will be deposit-ing cash rewards to new savings or checking accounts opened for youth during Youth Month. Those who open a youth account or make a deposit to one dur-ing April will be entered to win a prize package including a one-year Minnesota Zoo family pass and two Mall of America enter-tainment passes. Visit www.usfed.org/youthser-vices for more information.

Allina Clinic construction Construction has begun on a new Allina Clinic being devel-oped by United Properties on Keokuk Avenue south of Muller Family Theater in Lakeville. The new medical clinic building will be 12,500 square feet on a 4-acre site.

Recruitment, retention Dakota County Commu-nity Development Agency and Dakota|Scott Workforce In-vestment Board will host a free workshop, Recruitment and Retention: Tips and Strategies for a New Era, from 7:30-9 a.m. Wednesday, April 22, at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. The workshop will focus on thinking beyond busi-ness challenges in recruitment and retention for today’s labor market and discuss best practices. Register at http://www.eventbrite.

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Confident networking Confident networking will be the topic for the next Da-kota County Regional Chamber womEn’s circle to be held 7:45-9 a.m. Thursday, April 16, at Val-leywood Golf Course in Apple Valley. Speaker and networking ex-pert Teresa Thomas will lead an interactive session covering tips to be confident and effective in networking. This event is included in the womEn’s circle membership. Guests may attend one time for a fee of $25. To attend as a guest, email Chelsea Johnson at [email protected].

Home Federal to acquire Kasson bank Rochester-based Home Feder-al Savings Bank has entered into an agreement to acquire certain assets and assume certain liabili-ties of Kasson State Bank. Kasson State Bank is a Minne-sota state bank with two branch locations in Kasson. Once com-pleted, Home Federal plans to operate both of the Kasson State Bank locations as Home Federal Savings Bank branches. Home Federal, which has a full-service office in Eagan, ex-pects to complete the transaction late in the third quarter of 2015.

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Lakeville Parks and Rec-reation will offer the follow-ing activities. Register at www.lakeville-rapconnect.com or in person at 20195 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Nickelodeon Universe Mall of America, Bloomington: Pur-chase all-day discount wrist-bands for $25 online at www.lakeville-rapconnect.com or at the Lakeville Parks & Recre-ation office in City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Pick up tickets at City Hall. Summer brochure: All Lake-ville residents should have re-ceived their 2015 summer bro-chure. It may be viewed online at www.lakevillemn.gov. Adult Dance Classes: Mon-days, April 13-May 18, at the Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. East Coast Swing: 7-8 p.m. Foxtrot: 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $70 per couple per session. Free Family Fun Fest, 5-9 p.m. Saturday, April 11, Ames Arena, 19900 Ipava Ave., Lake-ville. Free activities from 5-7 p.m. include inflatable jump-ers, ice skating, turf games, face painting, chair massages, kids activity tables, sponsor booths and more. Concessions and rental skates available. The movie “Disney’s Big Hero 6” will play on the turf at 7 p.m. Bring a chair or blanket for seating. Lakeville’s Tree and Shrub Sale: Now through April 20, res-idents may order bare root (not potted) trees and potted shrubs. Residents may also want to con-

sider purchasing an American Sentry linden tree(s) as a dona-tion to a city park. Orders will be processed on a first-come, first-served pre-pay system. Purchasers will be assigned a specific pick-up time between 8 and 10 a.m. Saturday, April 25, at the Central Maintenance Facility, 7570 179th St. W. Staff will be on hand to answer ques-tions and seedlings will be given away. Also, in observance of Ar-bor Day, city staff will plant a tree at a Lakeville park. Dakota Electric Association donated the tree and seedlings. For more in-formation, call 952-985-2712 or visit www.lakevillemn.gov. School of Fish – Kids Fishing Class, grades three and above, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 2, Antlers Park, shelter C, 9740 201st St. W., Lakeville. This fish-ing class is for kids (and adults) and is taught by professional angler and television show host Mike Frisch. Each participant will receive a Shakespeare rod and reel, tackle box with North-land tackle, School of Fish workbook, Cabela’s $10 gift card and Fish ON Kids Book. Cost: $66. Bird Banding, 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, May 3, Ritter Farm Park, 19300 Ritter Trail, Lake-ville. Join researchers from the North Central Bird Observatory for an up-close and personal look at local and migrant wild birds. Cost: $2 for ages 10 and older; free for children under 10.

Winona Hims concert Men’s gospel choir Winona Hims will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 26, at Farmington Lutheran Church, 20600 Akin Road, Farmington. A freewill of-fering will be taken for the FLC Pipe Organ Project. For more information, visit www.farming-tonlutheran.com or call 651-463-4100.

Wellness program series Cross of Christ Community Church in Lakeville will present a wellness program called “The Daniel Plan” from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays, April 14 to May 19. The program was founded on biblical principles started by the Rev. Rick Warren, au-thor of “The Purpose Driven Life.” Expert physicians were involved in helping design the program. Cost for the program book is $8. The church will cov-er the cost of the book for those unable to pay. Cross of Christ is at 8748 210th St. W. in downtown Lakeville. For questions, call Deanna at 952-994-5785. More information is at www.crossof-christchurch.org.

Solar energy presentation Prince of Peace Lutheran

Church will present “Solar Energy for Your Home” from 12:30-2 p.m. Sunday, April 12. Homeowners Ross and Lisa LaMothe will share their expe-rience in installing solar panels on their home. Representatives from Dakota Electric, Clean Energy Resources Team and Alliance for Sustainability will explain their solar energy pro-grams. A question-and-answer session will follow. The event is free and open to the public. It will take place in the Community Room (second floor) of the Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Worship Center. RSVP at http://popcre-ationcare.blogspot.com/ via the Events link. The program is sponsored by the Creation Care small group of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in honor of Earth Day, April 22. Prince of Peace Lutheran Church is located at 13901 Fairview Drive, Burnsville, 952-435-8102 www.popmn.org.

‘Journey of Hope’ Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 13901 Fairview Drive, Burnsville, will present a screen-ing of “Journey of Hope” from 12:30-2 p.m. Sunday, April 19, in the Community Room (sec-ond floor) of the worship cen-ter. Robin Riley’s recently fin-ished film documents how the congregation of Mayflower

United Church of Christ in Minneapolis forged the path to become energy sustainable by 2030. “Journey of Hope” brings new insights into how faith organizations can tackle climate change issues. The di-rector will be present for the question-and-answer session afterwards. The screening is free and open to the public. It is spon-sored by the church’s Creation Care group in honor of Earth Day. RSVP at http://popcre-ationcare.blogspot.com/ via the Events link. For more informa-tion, call 952-435-8102 or visit www.popmn.org.

St. Michael’s Spring Fling The Church of St. Michael in Farmington will hold its Spring Fling from 5:30-10 p.m. Friday, May 8, in the church so-cial hall. Social hour and casino games will run 5:30-7:30 p.m. Dinner catered by Just North of Memphis will be at 7:30 p.m. Raffle drawings and casino games follow dinner. Tickets are $50 and will be on sale after Mass and in the parish office beginning April 18-19. Child care will be avail-able. The church is at 22120 Den-mark Ave., Farmington. Call 651-463-3360 for more infor-mation.

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Community ed classes Lakeville Area Com-munity Education offers the following classes: After-school art class for grades K-five offered at all Lakeville Area el-ementary schools. Work with oil pastels, texturing plates, clay, paint, glitter and jewels to create two- and three-dimensional spring-themed proj-ects. For class dates and times, visit www.Lakev-illeAreaCommunityEd.net. Keyboarding, grades six to eight, 2:15-3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thurs-days, April 14 to May 14. Learn the correct keyboarding technique. Website Coding, grades three to six, 12:45-3:30 p.m. Satur-days, April 11 to May 2. Create a website us-ing HTML and CSS, the building blocks of the Internet. Nia Fitness, 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays, April 14 to May 12. Nia Fitness combines the dance arts, martial arts and heal-ing arts to create a fun, energy-raising workout. All fitness levels. Adults. Stand Up Paddle-board (SUP) Yoga, 6-7 p.m. Tuesdays, April 14-28, McGuire Middle School Pool. All levels welcome. Participants will learn a series of spe-cially designed yoga pos-

tures geared toward con-necting their breath with their body while balanc-ing on a paddle board in the water. Newcomers will learn to stand on the paddle board as well as how to modify poses to their level. Limited space available. Adults. Basic Car Repair, 6-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 22. Learn how to check fluids, check and fill tires, change a tire and check the tread, lo-cate the fuse box and change a fuse, recognize warning lights and bet-ter understand what they mean. Participants will have the opportunity to learn how to change their oil at a later date (free in-struction). Adults. Photography – Tak-ing Great Photos, 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays, April 14-28. Learn the secrets of lighting, angles and composition. Get to know what all of those knobs and buttons on a camera actually do (shutter speed, F-stops, digital effects). Adults. Yogurt & Mozzarella Cheese for Beginners, 10-11:45 a.m. Saturday, April 25. Easy, inexpen-sive, nutritious and glu-ten-free – learn to make mozzarella cheese and yogurt at home. Adults. Call 952-232-2150 or visit www.LakevilleA-reaCommunityEd.net to register or for more in-formation.

Deadline nears for Friends of Education award nominations The deadline to submit nomi-nations for Lakeville Area Pub-lic Schools’ Friends of Education awards is Wednesday, April 29. The awards recognize people whose service to District 194 has been ongoing in one of these cat-egories: Volunteer Service, Business Partnerships, Distinguished Service, Education. Members of the community can nominate people they feel are de-serving of these awards, which will be presented at the 2015 Staff Rec-ognition Reception on May 20. To nominate an individual, visit: http://goo.gl/forms/xHH8oRPeH5. For questions, contact Stephanie Kass, communications specialist, at [email protected] or 952-232-2003.

Parent forum set April 20 The Lakeville PTO Roundtable is hosting its Spring Parent Forum from 6-8 p.m. Monday, April 20, at the Crystal Lake Education Center in the Media Center. Parents will receive feedback from spring site visits, an update on current status of the Board of Edu-cation’s possible levy for fall 2015, and have the opportunity to par-ticipate in a conversation about the ideas regarding a possible levy. Parent feedback will be gathered during the meeting and through an electronic survey and then shared with the Board of Education and community. To keep up with the Parent Fo-rum, follow the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/lakevil-leparentforum. For past forum in-formation, visit https://sites.google.com/site/lakevilleparentforum.

Lakeville South band trip to Italy Several members of the Lake-ville South High School band spent spring break on tour in Italy under the baton of director Peggy Malo-ney, performing in Orvieto, Sorren-to and Rome. They visited the Umbria region, Bay of Naples, Sorrento, Pompeii, Mt. Vesuvius, the Isle of Capri, the Amalfi Coast, the Coliseum, Ro-man Forum, the Vatican Museums, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica. The students were appreciated for their excellent concerts. They also formed a greater appreciation of ancient cultures and explored the beautiful country of Italy.

Local students advance to state History Day competition Local students who attend St. Thomas Academy have advanced to the state competition for National History Day, an inter-disciplinary research project for students in grades 6-12. The State History Day competi-tion will be Saturday, May 2, at the University of Minnesota. Senior Group Performance Cat-

egory: • “This is Your Life! The legacy of John D. Rockefeller” – Bren-dan Quinlan of Edina, Timothy D’Agostino of Woodbury, Charles Hubbel III of West St. Paul, Sean McFadden of Sunfish Lake, John Weidner of Eagan. • “Eleanor Roosevelt & Femi-nism” – Vincent Wren of West Lake-land, Mark Bastiaens of Eagan. Senior Group Documentary Cat-egory: “The Legend of Late Night: the Leadership and Legacy of Johnny Carson” – Joe Henderson of Eagan, Chase Nielsen and Hunter Nielsen of Mendota Heights. Senior Group Website Category: • “Defender of Democracy: George Marshall” – Billy Sullivan of Eagan, John Ingebritsen of West St. Paul, Daniel Gehrz of St. Paul. • “Barry Goldwater & the Rise of Modern Conservatism” – Warren Sexon of Mahtomedi, Eric Ruzicka of Apple Valley. • “The Life and Legacy of Doug-las MacArthur” – Gus Forseth of Minneapolis (Lynnhurst), Grant Dumler of Eagan, Liam Kelly of St. Paul.

Area students traveling to Washington, D.C. Five local high school students were recently selected to receive a trip to Washington, D.C., sponsored by Dakota Electric Association. The winners are Samson Ghirmai, Jes-sica Kostecki and Megan Smith, Apple Valley High School; Patrick Hartshorn, Lakeville North High School; and Tanner Ruppe, North-field High School. The students will participate in the National Rural Electric Association’s annual Wash-ington, D.C. Youth Tour, scheduled for June 13-18. Callahan Gergen, Hastings High School was selected as an alternate. Each June, more than 1,200 high school students from around the country travel to Washington, D.C., for the Youth Tour. Participants are selected and sponsored by their lo-cal electric cooperatives. During the week, the students learn about gov-ernment and electric cooperatives and have the opportunity to tour many of Washington, D.C.’s sites. They also have a chance to meet their elected officials.

Paideia earns high-quality designation For the second year in a row, Paideia Academy, Apple Valley, has been designated a High-Quality Charter School by the Minnesota Department of Education. Paideia was ranked 16th out of 158 charter schools in Minnesota and among the top third of all Minnesota public schools. The school was identified for this distinction based upon pro-ficiency and growth on standardized state tests and demographics. Last year’s High-Quality Charter School designation provided Paide-ia the opportunity to compete for a Best Practices Grant from the Min-nesota Department of Education. Paideia came in second place in that competition and earned $3,000 for its teachers to develop curriculum to support literacy by using the Daily 5 model across content areas. Paideia was established in Apple Valley in 2005 by families who want-

ed to provide children with a well-rounded education that focused on community, languages, and the arts while helping students meet high academic standards. Limited openings are avail-able for the 2015-16 school year, which begins Aug. 10. An informa-tion night will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 21. Contact Tonya Dill at [email protected] to learn more about the school.

Kline art contest deadline nears Entries from students in Minne-sota’s 2nd Congressional District for the 34th annual Congressional “Artistic Discovery” competition must be received by 4 p.m. Friday, April 17, at U.S. Rep. John Kline’s office in Burnsville. For more information, visit the Student Corner at http://kline.house.gov by clicking on the Con-stituent Services link. The nationwide art competition provides members of Congress an opportunity to showcase the talents of high school students. The an-nual competition includes paintings, drawings, collages, prints, photog-raphy, computer generated art, and mixed media presentations. Winning entries are displayed for one year in the U.S. Capitol Build-ing. The winner will be invited to at-tend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new display in Washington with airfare for the student and a guard-ian provided – free of charge – by a participating airline. Artwork by the two runners-up will be displayed in Kline’s offices in Washington and Burnsville. All artists who enter re-ceive certificates of participation.

District 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, regular meeting of the District 194 School Board at Lakeville City Hall.

1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Pledge of Allegiance c. Roll Call and Board Introductions d. Spotlight on Innovation e. Good News f. Public Comment g. Board Communications h. Agenda Additions i. Approval of Agenda2. Consider Approval of Consent Agenda a. Board Minutes b. Employment Recommendations, Leave Requests and Resignations c. Other Personnel Matters d. Payment of Bills & Claims e. Security Camera Upgrades at LSHS & LNHS f. Starting Blocks at KTMS (Alt Facili-ties) g. Other Business Matters h. Resolution Regarding Acceptance of Gift Donations i. Field Trips 3. Consent Agenda Discussion Items 4. Reports a. iLearn 2.0 Update – Mr. Molesky/Mr. Myers b. Finance Key Performance Indicators (Dashboard) – Mr. Baumann c. First Reading New/Revised Policies – Mr. Massaros 5. Recommended Actions a. FY16 Equity Budget – Dr. McDonald b. FY16 Preliminary Budget Approval – Mr. Baumann c. Health Insurance Carrier Recommen-dation (2015-17) – Mr. Massaros 6. Additions to Agenda 7. Information a. Superintendent’s Report b. Board Members Reports 8. Adjournment

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Benefit for explosion victims GoodFellas Pizza, Bar & Grill, 20643 Kenrick Ave., Lake-ville, will host a benefit for Mot-ley Crews Heavy Metal Grill from 3-5 p.m. Saturday, April 18. The event will help Marty Richie and Lisa Caulfield after the explosion of their food truck and home on March 6. The benefit will include drink and food specials, $10 all-you-can-drink light beer, as well as a silent auction and 50/50 raffle.

Ice show at Ames set April 17-18 Heritage Figure Skating Club will present “On the Air,” its fourth annual Legacy on Ice Figure Skating Show, at 7 p.m. April 17 and 18 at Hasse Are-na. The club will play host to skaters from the Lakeville and Farmington Learn to Skate pro-grams. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students under 18 and se-niors over 55. Ticket sales begin at 6 p.m. April 17 and 18 at the arena, 8525 215th St. W., Lake-ville.

Free Family Fun Fest is April 11 Lakeville Parks and Recre-ation will present a free Family Fun Fest from 5-9 p.m. Satur-day, April 11, at Ames Arena, 19900 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Free activities from 5-7 p.m. include inflatable jumpers, ice skating, turf games, face paint-ing, chair massages, kids activ-ity tables, sponsor booths and more. Concessions and rental skates will be available. The movie Disney’s “Big Hero 6” will play on the turf at 7 p.m. Bring a chair or blanket for seating. Sponsors include Turning Leaf Chiropractic, Lakeville Arenas, From Yours to Mine, FamilyHealth Medical Clinic-Lakeville, Tutor Time. For more information, call 952-985-4600.

Snowmobile club hosts brunch The Lakeville Sno-Tracker Snowmobile Club invites land-owners to a free brunch April

12 at Babe’s Sports Bar & Grill in downtown Lakeville. Invita-tions have been mailed, but if for some reason the club missed a landowner, they should call Linda at 952-469-3718 for more information. The club has its last meeting on April 20 to wrap up the sea-son and start plans for the next one. New members are welcome. Visit www.lakevillesnotrackers.com for more information.

Shred event at liquor store The Lakeville Liquors Heri-tage location, 20164 Heritage Drive, will host a paper docu-ment shredding event from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 28. All document destruction will be courtesy of Shred Right. For every bag or box of paper destroyed, the store requests a donation be left for the Kash for K-9 program.

Lakeville plumber donates his time Lakeville resident Herb Giles from Minneapolis Plumbers Lo-cal 15 was among 127 union vol-unteer plumbers around the state who repaired plumbing problems for 110 low-income, elderly, and disabled homeowners during Project Water’s Off on Saturday, March 21. Each year hundreds of union volunteer plumbers and contrac-tors from the Minnesota Me-chanical Contractors Association and the Metro Plumbing-Heat-ing-Cooling Contractors Asso-ciation help needy homeowners reduce their water bills by fixing leaky fixtures. The free service, which includes all parts and labor, is available to homeowners who qualify through their local Com-munity Action Programs.

Basketball tourney benefit is April 11 Law enforcement officers from throughout the counties of Dakota, Anoka, Goodhue, Olmsted, Hennepin, Morrison, Stearns and Ramsey, along with members of the Minnesota State Patrol, will again participate in the “Ballin’ in D.C.” basketball tournament to raise funds for the families of peace officers who have died in Minnesota.

This year’s tournament will take place Saturday, April 11, at 9 a.m. at Henry Sibley High School, 1897 Delaware Ave. in Mendota Heights. All proceeds will be given to the family of slain Mendota Heights Police Officer Scott Pat-rick, who was killed while con-ducting a traffic stop on July 30, 2014. Donated items from the Min-nesota Vikings, Timberwolves, Twins, Wild, and Gophers will be raffled off during the event. Members of the public are en-couraged to attend. Admission to the tournament is free. For more information, con-tact Sgt. Booker Hodges at 651-438-4700 or [email protected].

Divorce planning event in Burnsville Divorce Financial Directions is sponsoring a free small-group event on divorce planning from 6-7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16, at Summit Executive Suites, 1500 McAndrews Road W., Burnsville. The event is for those consider-ing divorce or just beginning the divorce process. It offers an op-portunity for participants to get answers to questions about the divorce process and how to get started. Seating is limited. Call Terryl Johnson at 952-431-0805 to re-serve a spot.

Wescott Library book sale The Wescott Library Spring Book Sale runs April 22-26. Hours are 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 22 (member preview night); 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 23; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25; and 1-3 p.m. Sunday, April 26 (bag day). The sale includes books as well as CDs, DVDs and books on tape. Members of the Friends of the Wescott Library gain en-trance into preview night before the book sale officially begins. Members also receive a discount on all purchases during the sale. To become a member, stop by the reception desk at the Wescott Li-brary, visit www.fwlonline.com, or join onsite at the book sale.

‘Going to the Dogs!’ fundraiser The fourth annual “Going to the Dogs!” fundraiser for Pawsi-tive Perspectives Assistance Dogs will be 5-9 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at the Best Western Premier Events Center, 14201 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. The event includes a silent auction, door prizes, wine pull, games, music, food and libations. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for children ages 9 and un-der at https://gttd2015.eventbrite.com.

Holocaust speaker at Inver Hills Inver Hills Community Col-lege will host a presentation by Norwegian Jewish Holocaust survivor Irene Berman from 4:30-6 p.m. Thursday, April 23, in the Liberal Arts Building, Room 210 on the IHCC campus, 2500 E. 80th St., Inver Grove Heights. April is Holocaust Remem-brance Month. Berman will present a testimonial about the Norwegian Jews and their life struggles during the Holocaust. Berman was born and raised in Norway. As a young child in 1942 she escaped to Sweden, a neutral country during World War II. Nazi Germany had invaded Nor-way and the deportation of 2,000 Norwegian Jews had begun. Sev-en members of her father’s imme-diate family were among the 771 victims who were unable to escape and were murdered in Auschwitz. Berman is the author of “ ‘We Are Going to Pick Potatoes’: Norway and the Holocaust, The Untold Story.” This book high-lights her childhood memories of growing up Jewish in Norway during and after World War II. The presentation is open to the public. For more informa-tion, contact Vicky Knicker-bocker at [email protected] or 651-450-3745.

Job Transitions Group to meet The April 14 meeting of the Easter Job Transitions Group will be a breakout bonanza on “Nego-tiation: How Much $$$ Do You Want to Make.” The group meets at 7:30 a.m. at Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan.

Small group sessions are of-fered following the meeting at 9:30 a.m. each week on many dif-ferent topics. Call 651-452-3680 for informa-tion.

Kids ’n Kinship mentor info session Kids ’n Kinship will hold a mentor information session from 6-6:45 p.m. Thursday, April 16, at Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. Kids ’n Kinship serves chil-dren in the communities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farm-ington, Lakeville and Rosemount and provides school-based men-toring at four elementary schools. There are currently 61 youths, 41 of which are boys, waiting for a mentor. Individuals, couples and fami-lies who have a desire to be a role model and special friend to a child are invited to attend the in-formation session. Attendees will learn about the youths who are waiting for men-tors, the volunteer screening pro-cess and the activities and benefits provided by Kids ’n Kinship. Ap-plication materials will be avail-able. Kids ’n Kinship is seeking volunteers to provide support, encouragement and friendship to a child or youth; with experi-ence or willingness to be trained to mentor children on the wait-ing list with special needs; and to support an elementary school stu-dent with academic needs at one to four schools. Training and ongoing sup-port is provided for all types of mentoring. Those planning to at-tend the April 16 session should RSVP to [email protected] or call 651-686-0990. Visit www.kid-snkinship.org for more informa-tion.

Free legal advice clinic A free civil legal advice clinic will be offered from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 21, at the Dakota County Northern Service Center, 1 Mendota Road, West St. Paul, MN 55118, Room 110A. No appointment is necessary. In-formation: Dakota County Law Library, 651-438-8080.

Area Briefs


Lakeville All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for informa-tion. Monday, April 13 – Health Insurance Coun-seling, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Knitting Class, 9:30 a.m.; Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Hearing Screening, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Cribbage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 14 – Dominoes and Cards, 9 a.m.; Tappercize, 9:30 a.m.; Blood Pressure Checks, 9:30 a.m.; Cre-ative Writing, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 – Cards, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Pinochle, noon; Dime Bin-go, 1 p.m.; Chess, 1 p.m. Thursday, April 16 – “Classic Voices” Chorus, 9-10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Cho-rus, 10:30 a.m.; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Ma-chine Sewing Group, 1 p.m.; Ping Pong, 1-3 p.m.; Motorcycle Club Meeting, 1 p.m.; Red Hat Chorus at Friendship Manor, 1:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30

p.m.; Billiards, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, April 17 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Cards, 9 a.m.; Pickleball Meeting, 9 a.m.; Digital Photography, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Oil & Acrylic Painting Class, 1 p.m.

Apple Valley The Apple Valley Se-nior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the fol-lowing activities, which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityofapplevalley.org. Monday, April 13 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Membership Commit-tee, 10 a.m.; Zumba Gold Toning, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 14 – Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Volunteer Breakfast, 9:30 a.m.; Bicycle Group, 9:30 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; IMAX Coffee & Show, 9:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Cribbage, 1 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m. Wednesday, April 15

– Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Velvet Tones, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m. Thursday, April 16 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; FMSC, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Insur-ance Counseling, noon; Tap Dancing, 12:30 p.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Har-danger, 1 p.m.; Recreated Cards, 1 p.m. Friday, April 17 – Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Women’s Breakfast, 9 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Members Bingo, 12:30 p.m.; Acrylic Class, 1 p.m.

Burnsville The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior events. Monday, April 13 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Taxes, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Card Recycle, 12:30 p.m.; Pi-nochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex; deadline, Greenline. Tuesday, April 14 – Quilters, 9 a.m.; Coffee Talk – Wills and POAs, 10 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Troubadours, 1 p.m.; Line Dancing. Wednesday, April 15

– Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Chair Tai Chi, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; Belle Holiday Pavek, 1 p.m.; SS Flex. Thursday, April 16 – Foot Clinic, 9 a.m.; Health Ins. Council, 9 a.m.; Belle Scrappers, 9:30 a.m.; Crafters, 10 a.m.; Defen-sive Driving Refresher, noon; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, April 17 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; SS Flex.

Senior driver improvement The Minnesota High-way Safety Center will offer 55-plus driver-im-provement courses on the following days: • 5:30-9:30 p.m. April 22 and 23 (eight-hour first-time course), Burns-ville Senior Center – ISD 191, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville. • 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. April 24 (eight-hour first-time course), Apple Val-ley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. • 5:30-9:30 p.m. April 27 (four-hour refresher), Lakeville Senior Center – Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Drive, Lakeville. • 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 27 (eight-hour first-time course), Eagan Com-munity Center, 1501 Cen-tral Parkway, Eagan. The courses are open to the public; however, pre-

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

Farmington The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more infor-mation on trips, programs and other activities, call 651-280-6970. Monday, April 13 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Senior Advisory Board, 9:30 a.m.; Dulcimer Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Dominoes, 10:30 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 12:30 p.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dancing, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 14 – AARP Taxes, 9 a.m.; Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fit-ness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Chair Exercise, 10 a.m.; Tap Dance, 11:30 a.m.; Trinity Coffee Chat, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; Book Club, 3 p.m.; Yoga, 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; EZ Play, 11 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, April 16 – Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Coffee Guys/Gals, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m. Friday, April 17 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Lone Oak Grill, 10:30 a.m. Happy Harry’s Fur-niture Fundraiser – Stop by Happy Harry’s Furni-ture in Farmington and mention the Rambling River Center when order-ing/purchasing your new furniture. Happy Harry’s Furniture will give 10 per-cent of the purchase to the Rambling River Center. May Day Tea Lun-cheon at Dakota County Technical College, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Wednes-day, May 6. “Ladies’ Hat Day” – wear your favorite hat. Cost includes raffle, favors, meal and entertain-ment. A craft sale will be held in the west commons area. Cost: $23 members, $33 nonmembers. Regis-tration deadline: April 22. Lefsa Lovers Trip, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 12. Breakfast at the Norske Nook, then stop at Countryside Lefsa in Blair, Wis. Visit the AMPI Dairy in Blair and stop at Schultz’s Country Barn and The Country Store. Cost: $65 members, $75

nonmembers. Registration deadline: April 23. Diamond Jo’s Casino Trip, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 20. In-cluded in the cost of the trip is a luxury motor coach bus ride to and from the casino, a coupon for a free lunch at “The Kitchen Buffet” ($10 value) and $10 in Diamond Dollars. Cost: $27 members, $37 nonmembers. Registration deadline: May 13.

Eagan The following senior activities are offered by the Eagan Parks and Rec-reation Department in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Community Cen-ter, 1501 Central Park-way. Call 651-675-5500 for more information. Monday, April 13 – De-fensive Driving, 8 a.m. to noon; Zumba (Oasis), 9 a.m.; Book Club No. 2, 10 a.m.; FFL+ (Oasis), 10 a.m.; FFL (Oasis), 11 a.m.; Volunteer Gala, 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 14 – Book Club No. 3, 10 a.m.; Euchre/500, 12:45 p.m.; Recycled Cards, 1 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, April 15 – Coffee & Conversations, 9 a.m.; Brain Fitness, 9:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:45 p.m. Thursday, April 16 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Zumba (Oa-sis), 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oa-sis), 6:30 p.m.; Book Club No. 4 (Library), 7 p.m. Friday, April 17 – Zum-ba (Oasis), 10:15 a.m.; S/B/Yoga (Oasis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m. Check with Eagan Parks and Recreation for more information and to register. Read the senior newsletter, “The Front Porch” on the city of Ea-gan website.

Wellness, aging expo Burnsville and neigh-boring residents are in-vited to the 2015 Spring Aging and Wellness Expo from 2-5 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Cen-ter Parkway. The free event is spon-sored by Elder Resource Association South of the River and will feature information on area ser-vices for older adults and caregivers. Exhibits will include free health screen-ings, information on care-giver resources, giveaways, door prizes and more. A yogurt bar will be provided by The Com-mons of Marice and the Epilepsy Foundation – and the first 100 guests will receive a $10 gift card. Other sponsors for the event include BrightStar Care, Gentle Transitions, Ebenezer, Pluto Legal, and the city of Burnsville. For more information, contact Amber Jacobson at 952-895-4575.

Senior day at IMAX Theatre Senior Citizen Day is Tuesday, April 14, at the IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo, 12000 Zoo Blvd., Apple Valley. Complimentary coffee and refreshments will be served at 9 a.m. The film, “Hubble 3D,” will begin at 10 a.m. Cost is $5. For questions or group reser-vations, call 952-997-9714 or email [email protected].

Obituaries Obituaries

Birthdays

Look Who is Going to be 80!

Doris DahlLook who is going to

be 80!!! We are having an Open House for her on April 25th. from 1 ‘til 4p.m. at the Vermillion River Crossing in Farm-ington. You are welcome to stop in and wish Do-ris a Happy Birthday. No gifts please.

Seniors

Burnsville man sentenced for criminal sexual conductby Eric Hagen


A 23-year-old Burns-ville man who sexually assaulted two 13-year-old Andover girls will serve about 11 years in prison. Casey Lee Chinn was sentenced April 1 in Ano-ka County District Court by Judge Nancy Logering after hearing a statement from the parents of both victims. According to Anoka

County Attorney’s Office spokeswom-an Leah Palmer, one of the girls had to change schools and is experiencing what her parents called depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. The other child is experiencing self-blame and has been to and continues to receive extensive therapy. In court Chinn apolo-gized for his actions, ac-

cording to Palmer, and said while sit-ting in jail for the past six months he had “turned it all over to God.” He spoke of serving his sentence and returning home to his family.

Chinn was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison but given credit for a little more than six months already served af-ter he was charged.

He was sentenced on four felony counts, two for third-degree criminal sexual conduct and two kidnapping charges. Two other felony charges of soliciting a child to engage in sexual conduct were dis-missed as part of the plea agreement. Chinn pleaded guilty Feb. 11. According to the crimi-nal complaint, Chinn met the girls on a social net-working website called Omegle. The Andover

girls were reported miss-ing on Sept. 29, 2014, and authorities found them the next morning in the base-ment of Chinn’s Burns-ville home, where they were found huddled and crying behind a couch. Chinn was working as a part-time volleyball coach for Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Minneapolis when he was arrested on Sept. 30. He was a coach with the Burnsville Athletic

Club’s Minnesota Wildfire softball team in 2014. Chinn previously was a volunteer coach for a ju-nior varsity baseball team at East Ridge High School in Woodbury and a part-time seasonal coach and referee for All Saints Cath-olic Church in Lakeville.

Eric Hagen can be reached at [email protected].

Casey Lee Chinn




A repeat drunk driv-er from Rosemount has been charged with four felonies after Lakeville police al-legedly discovered he was driving im-paired with his tod-dler in tow. The officer said he saw Benjamin William Burns, 30, drive into oncom-ing traffic, cross the center median and proceed east on Dodd Boulevard on April 3 at 1:36 p.m., ac-cording to a Dakota Coun-ty criminal complaint filed April 6. Burns, 30, pulled over and the complaint said the officer immediately smelled marijuana coming from the car and noticed that the driver appeared impaired. According to the com-plaint, the officer allegedly saw a bag of what appeared to be marijuana on the floor near the car seat containing Burns’ 1-year-old son. The child reportedly had food all over his face and clothes and was wear-ing a diaper so soiled it was soaking through his pants.

Police say Burns’ breath smelled strongly of alco-hol, and he could not cor-rectly tell the officer his son’s name.

The complaint said Burns poorly performed stan-dard field sobriety tests and blew a .198 alcohol con-centration rate, more than twice the legal limit. Lakeville police said Burns’ driv-ing privileges had

been canceled as inimical to public safety. According to the coun-ty, Burns has been con-victed four times of driving under the influence since 2007, including twice in Dakota County and once in Scott County. The complaint said Burns told the officer he has a lengthy DWI record and should have run away but could not because his son was in the vehicle. Burns is being held in the Dakota County Jail charged with three counts of first-degree DWI and one count of felony child endangerment. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Man allegedly drives while impaired with toddler son as passenger

Benjamin William Burns


by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


After a winter that fea-tured not a lot of snow but plenty of cold tempera-tures, the Apple Valley Home & Garden Expo is a welcome sign of spring planting and home proj-ects to come. The Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce is hosting its 15th annual Home & Garden Expo 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, April 11, at the Dakota County Western Service Center. It is expected to have more than 115 exhibitors, which is 15 more than last year’s show due to more room added to the govern-ment center. “There is no need to drive all over from store to store in the Twin Cit-ies and guessing at which contractor to use, when it is more fun and efficient to see them all at once, side by side,” said Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce President Ed Kearney. “See who you enjoy work-ing with and let them com-pete on the spot with their

competitors right there.” In 2014, more than 7,000 people attended, the event’s largest crowd ever, according to Kearney. “This is by far the larg-est home and garden expo south of the river,” Kear-ney said. “Here you can buy local from people we know already and you can get to know.” Children’s activities will include an inflat-able bounce house, face-painting, YMCA activi-ties, Home Depot crafts, noodle jewelry by Noodles and a city of Apple Valley fire truck exhibit. Staff from the Minne-sota Zoo in Apple Valley are expected to bring ani-mals for visitors to see, and Apple Valley Boy Scouts will be selling food at their booth with 100 percent of the proceeds going to sup-port Scout programs. Cul-ver’s will be offering free ice cream. New Spaces – a home renovation and remod-eling company – will be offering the Design Chal-lenge. For the event, New Spaces designers will be

asked to create three re-modeling plans for real homeowners with real budgets and present them to a live audience from 1-2:30 p.m. People will get a chance to see how the space plan and materials impact the bottom line. The staff from New Spaces say that: “If you love getting ideas for your home from TV shows and online from Houzz and Pinterest, you will love this event.” Bobby Jensen, co-host of television’s “Grow with KARE” on the local NBC affiliate’s station, said the Apple Valley Home & Garden Expo is one of the best local home shows in the Twin Cities. “They do it right,” he said. Event sponsors are Ace Hardware-Apple Valley, Custom Drapery & Blinds, Great Lakes Window & Siding Co., James Barton Design-Build Inc., New Spaces, Sam’s Club, Win-dow Outfitters Inc. and Garage Floor Outfitters. Admission is free to the event.

Apple Valley Home & Garden Expo aims to please

Event with more than 115 exhibitors slated April 11

The Apple Valley Home & Garden Expo will be Saturday, April 11, at the Dakota County Western Service Center in Apple Valley. (Photo submitted)

The Western Service Center is located at 14955 Galaxie Ave. between the Dakota County branch Galaxie Library and Ap-ple Valley City Hall. For more information about the expo, call 952-432-8422 or see www.Ap-pleValleyChamber.com.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].


SportsDarwitz leaving South to coach at Hamline

Girls hockey team was 79-29-5 during her tenureby Mike Shaughnessy


Lakeville South High School now is looking for new head girls and boys hockey coaches following Monday’s announcement that Natalie Darwitz is leaving to become head women’s hockey coach at Hamline University. Darwitz, 31, had been girls head coach at Lakev-ille South the last four years. Her Cougars teams were 79-29-5 and the 2014-15 squad reached the state Class AA tournament, fin-ishing fourth. Kurt Weber, head coach of the Lakeville South boys hockey team the past 10 years, stepped down last month to devote more time to his family and businesses. When she took the Lakeville South job, Dar-witz expressed an interest in eventually being a col-lege head coach. Wednes-day, she said the Hamline job was an ideal opportu-nity.

“In a lot of ways, high school hockey was a per-fect fit for me,” she said. “But anytime you have a chance for advancement, personally or professional-ly, I think you have to take a look at it. I’m competi-tive, and I wanted to play at the highest level I could. It’s the same way for me as

a coach.” Darwitz also said she was at a point in her life where she needed to look at earning a full-time sal-ary as opposed to a high school coaching stipend. She and husband Chris Arseneau are starting a family and expect their first child in July.

The fact she’s starting a family ruled out a Divi-sion I coaching job and its massive time commitment. Darwitz said she had been contacted by other col-leges but determined that Hamline was the best fit. A couple of years ago, Hamline hired a volleyball coach from the South Sub-urban Conference – Becky Egan, who had been East-view’s head coach. Dar-witz said she did not speak with Egan directly about Hamline athletics, but did talk with a mutual ac-quaintance who said Egan liked that coaching in Di-vision III didn’t force her to choose between sports and family. Egan has four children. The acquaintance said “Becky loved the fact that she could have a balance,” Darwitz said. Before taking over the Lakeville South program, Darwitz was an assistant coach at the University of Minnesota and Eagan High School. Coaching at Minnesota gave her an insight into re-cruiting, but by 2011 Dar-witz believed she needed to have her own program and expressed interest in

an opening at Lakeville South. “It gave me experience at running a program and deal with the off-ice aspects of the job,” she said. “A big part of being a head coach is dealing with people, and Lakev-ille South really helped me with that.” As for the Cougars, “I want nothing but con-tinued success for them,” Darwitz said. “They were great to work with. Our first year, everybody thought we were rebuild-ing, and we surprised some people. This year, we had kids who really wanted to play in the state tournament because they had never been there be-fore, and I was happy to see than accomplish that.” She had a decorated playing career, including playing on U.S. Olympic teams in 2002, 2006 and 2010. Darwitz helped lead the U.S. to gold medals at the IIHF World Women’s Championships in 2005, 2008 and 2009 and gold medals at the Four Na-tions Cup in 2003 and 2008. Darwitz was a three-time All-American at the

University of Minnesota and is the school’s career scoring leader with 246 points. At Eagan High School, she helped the Wildcats reach the state tournament three times and scored 487 points in 102 games. Dar-witz missed her senior year of high school hockey be-cause she had been named to the U.S. Olympic team. Darwitz will try to im-prove a Hamline team that was 6-17-2 last season, 4-12-2 in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Pipers had only two seniors on their 2014-15 roster. “Academically, Ham-line is a great school,” Dar-witz said. “The athletic director, Jason Verdugo, is very aggressive. He’s posi-tive Hamline can be one of the top athletic schools in the MIAC (Minnesota In-tercollegiate Athletic Con-ference).” Darwitz is scheduled to meet her new players for the first time Friday morn-ing.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Natalie Darwitz’s Lakeville South girls hockey teams won 79 games in four seasons. The Cougars finished fourth in the 2015 state Class AA tournament. (Photo by John Sherman)

Notebook: North, South players named to all-star football game in Juneby Mike Shaughnessy


Lakeville North’s Brian Vossen now knows the players he will have for the South team in the state high school all-star foot-ball game. Vossen, the South team’s head coach, will have one of his former Panthers players on the roster, defensive end Carl Engwall. Other local play-ers named to the South squad are Rosemount receiver Tyler Hartigan, Burnsville linebacker Brett Shepley, Eagan running back Sam Zenner, Lakev-ille South defensive back Grant Mosser, Rosemount defensive lineman Tramail Peterson, Eagan lineback-er Joe Kovach and East-view offensive lineman Thomas Anderson. One other South Sub-urban player was named to the South roster, Prior Lake offensive lineman Joey Schons. Retired Burnsville coach Jay Anderson will be one of Vossen’s assis-tants with the South all-stars. The Minnesota Foot-ball Coaches Association Tackle Cancer All-Star Game will be June 27 at St. Cloud State University.

Long, long throw

In her first outdoor track and field meet of the season, Eastview ju-nior Natalie Manders un-corked a discus throw that will be difficult for her to top – or for anybody else to beat. Manders, the Class AA discus runner-up in 2014, threw 167 feet, 6 inches in a home meet April 2 against Burnsville. Mike Manders, Natalie’s father and an Eastview assistant coach, said it’s the longest throw reported in the na-tion this season and one of the best in Minnesota high school history. Maggie Ewen of St. Francis had a throw of 175-9 in a regu-lar-season meet two years ago and holds the all-time state meet record of 171-9, also set in 2013. Keeping in mind that it’s still very early in the outdoor season, Manders is more than 50 feet ahead of the second best discus throw on the raceberry-jam.com girls Class AA honor roll. Manders is the South Suburban Conference re-cord holder in girls discus, throwing 147-1 at the 2014 conference meet. Among

the throwers she beat in the SSC meet was Prior Lake’s Kasie Vollmer, who two weeks later won the state Class AA girls discus championship. For comparison pur-poses, Lakeville High School’s Liz Podominick, who dominated girls high school throwing events in the early 2000s, had a state record of 160-2. Podomi-nick still is competing and last year was second in the U.S. national outdoor meet, throwing 196-9. Manders also won the shot put at the April 2 meet with a throw of 39-4. She holds Eastview’s school record in that event at 41-9. Eastview’s next meet will be 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, at Rosemount.

Lions awards Sam Zenner of Eagan, Madison Guebert of East-view and Rachel Schow of Rosemount are finalists for the St. Paul Downtown Lions Club’s amateur ath-lete of the year awards. Zenner starred at quar-terback for the Eagan football team, leading the Wildcats in rushing. He also helped Eagan win the 2015 Class AA boys swim-ming championship and is competing in track and field this spring. He will play football at South Da-kota State University. Guebert helped East-view win the 2014 state Class 4A girls basketball championship and finish second in the 2015 tourna-ment. She is the school’s all-time career scoring leader for boys and girls basketball. She will play basketball at South Da-kota State. Schow won state Class AA girls track and field championships in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles in 2013. She was state run-ner-up in the 100 hurdles last year. Schow, who also has earned six letters in gymnastics, will compete in track and field at the University of Minnesota. There are six male and six female finalists for the Downtown Lions awards. The program was estab-lished in 1943 and has named male and female winners every year since 1986. Winners will be an-nounced at a banquet May 19 at Mendakota Country Club in Mendota Heights.


State basks in glow of Jones’ successAVHS alumnus sparks Duke to

Final Four victory

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Zach Goring sat in front of his televi-sion Monday night and watched a familiar story unfold. It’s a story about a basketball team needing to win a big game, and turning to Tyus Jones to make the plays to help the team get there. Jones did that for Duke University, scoring 23 points in the national championship game to give the Blue Devils a 68-63 victory over Wisconsin. Goring had been Jones’ coach the previous five seasons at Apple Val-ley High School. He had seen Jones, a point guard who is his high school’s career leader in points, assists and steals, contrib-ute to numerous Eagles victories. He also helped his team win the Class 4A championship in 2013. Jones wasn’t the only former South Suburban Conference player who got exposure during the NCAA playoffs. J.P. Ma-cura, who led Lakeville North to the 2014 Class 4A championship, got regular playing time for Xavier. Macura aver-aged 13.2 minutes and 5.4 points for the Musketeers, who reached the Sweet Sixteen before losing to Arizona. As for Jones, “I was interested to see how his game would translate to the next level,” Goring said Tuesday afternoon. “I watched him have a really good game at Wisconsin in December. He had an-other good game against Michigan State, and there was a game against North Carolina where I thought he was the best player on the floor.

“I saw that many times in high school games. For him to do it on a stage with 70,000 people watch-ing in person and millions more watching on TV is incredible.” Tuesday, Apple Valley High basked in the at-tention it received from being Jones’ high school alma mater. Goring did multiple interviews with reporters and video crews who came to the school to speak with Jones’ for-mer teammates. They de-scribed him as someone who didn’t forget where he came from. They also said that even as Jones’ fame grew, his demeanor didn’t change. Case in point: In five years with the Apple Valley varsity, he never had to do the Eagles’ “shirt drill,” a post-prac-tice punishment for play-ers who misbehaved. “He knew how to be-have around adults, he treated other kids the right way and was never a problem for his coaches,” Goring said. Jones’ reputation as a basketball prodigy pre-ceded him to the Apple Valley varsity. It was con-firmed the first day he practiced with the Eagles as an eighth-grader. “Tubby Smith (then the University of Minnesota

coach) came to his first practice,” Goring said. “Tyus hadn’t even played a varsity game yet. From that point forward, we knew he was a Division I-caliber player. As he im-proved, we saw top-five programs get involved” in recruiting Jones. In November 2013, he picked Duke. “I believed in every-thing that they told me,” Jones said in a news con-ference following Mon-day’s game. “I just wanted to help, you know, con-tribute to such a special group. I wanted to go somewhere where I knew we would win. As soon as I stepped on campus, you could just feel the family atmosphere. It was just always positive energy, ev-eryone caring for one an-other. You could just tell that this year was going to be special.” In general, it’s been a good basketball season for the Jones family. In addition to Tyus helping Duke win the national title, younger brother Tre, a ninth-grader, started at point guard as Apple Val-ley won its second Class 4A title in three years. Tre Jones also appears on his way to being a future Di-vision I player. Jadee Jones, Tyus’ old-er brother by 10 years, is

the Eagles’ junior varsity coach and runs the con-ditioning program. Tyus’ aunt, Darcy Cascaes, is activities director at De La Salle, which won its fourth consecutive Class 3A boys basketball cham-pionship last month. His parents, Debbie and Rob, got to watch as their son was named the most outstanding player at the South Regional and the Final Four on consec-utive weekends. Jones averaged 11.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and led Duke in steals as the Blue Devils went 34-4. The 23 points he scored against Wisconsin in Monday’s national cham-pionship game in India-napolis was one short of his career high. He scored 19 points in the second half against the Badgers and hit two critical three-pointers – one to give the Blue Devils the lead for good and the other to essentially put the game out of reach. As part of a talent-lad-en team that just won a national title, the question now becomes, does Jones stay at Duke or declare for the NBA draft? It’s been widely speculated that Duke center Jahlil Oka-for, one of Jones’ friends, will enter the draft and be one of the first two play-ers selected. Goring said he expects to have no role in Jones’ decision about staying or going. “I think he’s go-ing to discuss that with his family and Coach K (Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski). Coach K is plugged in. He will know when it’s time for Tyus to go to the NBA. “Whatever happens, it was an honor to coach him.”


Tyus Jones tried on a Duke University hat when he signed with the Blue Devils in November 2013, and it’s been a good fit ever since. (File photo)

Five TAGS South gymnasts qualify for regionalsLakeville’s Keller, Meyer, Thorberg

among those advancing

Five TAGS South gymnasts qualified for re-gional competition after participating in the Min-nesota State Champion-ships at the Minneapolis Convention Center the weekend of March 20-22. Level 8 gymnasts Grace Keller of Lakev-

ille, Alex Barcus of In-ver Grove Heights and Lindsey Neumann of Ea-gan, along with Level 9 gymnasts Natalie Meyer of Lakeville and Tay-lor Thorberg of Lakev-ille, qualified for the Ju-nior Olympic Region IV Championship in Green Bay, Wis. The regional meet is April 10-12. TAGS South sent its Level 7, 8 and 9 teams to the state championships. Cecelia Gerlach of Prior Lake led the Level 7 team

on vault with 8.80. Ailey Kuehn of Eagan and Kai-ley Renn of Eagan both scored 8.60. On uneven bars, Kuehn scored 9.05, Maren Sund-berg of Eagan had 9.025 and Gerlach had 8.675. Jada Iberg of Hager City, Wis., scored 9.325 and placed third in her age group on Level 7 balance beam. Gerlach scored 9.275 to tie for third in her age group and Keegan Messner of Rose-mount scored 9.025.

On floor exercise, Renn had 9.125, Gerlach scored 9.10 and Iberg had 8.90. At Level 8, Keller scored 9.30 to place sixth on uneven bars and had an all-around score of 34.55. Barcus scored 34.175 and Neumann 34.05 in the all-around. Meyer was fourth on vault with 9.125 in the Level 9 state competition. She also scored a season-high 35.025 in the all-around.


gle-family assessments. City staff members said they received about 42 phone calls, emails, letters and walk-in visits from residents regarding the street re-construction project area assessments. Two property own-ers have appealed the assessment. Lakeville resident Chad Giese called the $8,098 assessment “un-reasonable for all resi-dents of the area” in a March 29 email notify-ing the city of his ap-peal. Giese said the assess-ment amount “drasti-cally affects my young family of 5, as I know it does other residents in the area after several conversations.” He said Minnesota law states property owners should be giv-en special assessments that bear a direct rela-tionship to the value of benefit to the property as a result of the im-provements. Since the work is a public improvement, Giese said the remain-der of costs should be financed by the public. Resident Dan Cur-tin presented his ap-peal to the assessment in person at the hear-ing. “I’m looking for-ward to discussions with the city repre-sentative on a mutual agreement resolution to this matter,” Curtin said. William Miller said he has lived in Lakev-ille for 28 years and ex-pressed surprise at the assessment. “In my 67 years, I thought I’d been taxed for about everything,” Miller said. “But corro-sive soil is a new one.” Heil said other cit-ies are also dealing with corrosive soil issues, including Minnetonka, Plymouth and Maple Grove. Originally planned

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country, mental health calls are increasing, and Long worries of the effect of a suicidal individual setting up a situation in which an officer would be forced to shoot. Long said he is increas-ingly concerned about the mental and physical strain his officers are feeling in response to what he said is increasingly a culture of distrust and outright anger against all in the profession, but based on the actions of a few bad cops. “I really foresee officers getting hurt because they are afraid to do their job,” Long said. He said smoldering pub-lic animosity toward police ignited last year with the Ferguson, Missouri, fatal shooting of a black teen by a white police officer. A grand jury declined to prosecute the officer, spurring demonstrators to urge violence against police across the nation simply be-cause they were wearing the uniform. Deadly crimes commit-ted against police officers have occurred across the nation. Two police officers sit-ting in their squad in De-cember 2014 were shot dead execution style in New York; a Boston police offi-cer was shot in the face at point-blank range during a March traffic stop. Violence has also struck in Minnesota. A Minneapolis police of-ficer was shot in February responding to a burglary in what police say may have been a targeted ambush on officers, and Mendota Heights police officer Scott Patrick was shot and killed last summer. “The Mendota Heights officer that got shot did nothing except step out of his squad car on a traffic stop,” Long said. Like any profession, Long added there are “some bad apples” in law enforcement, “but that doesn’t mean that they’re all bad. … That’s the frustrat-ing part; we feel like we’re all getting lumped togeth-

er,” Long said. For the first time he can recall, Long is advising young people, including his own 19-year-old son, to think “long and hard” be-fore pursuing a law enforce-ment career. “So many aspects of our jobs are being attacked,” Long said, noting even state legislators have unfairly complained about issues involving police, including pensions. “They think its like Wis-consin’s and it’s not,” Long said. He was also critical of state Rep. Peggy Scott, R-Andover, chairwoman of the Civil Law and Data Practices Committee, who was quoted in a January news story saying that law enforcement took it upon themselves to wear body cameras, a level of surveil-lance they sought without consulting the Legislature first. Long cited another news story reporting the Obama administration, not police, raised the issue and allo-cated federal funds for body cameras. He said Scott’s alleged comments cast a negative light on police officers. “You don’t feel the sup-port from the state politi-cal system anymore,” Long said. “It feels like they’re al-ways attacking … the trust and credibility of police of-ficers.” The climate against offi-cers combined with risks of the profession are always in mind, which are magnified when another officer is in-jured or killed on the job. Long’s friend Edina Of-ficer Mike Blood was shot multiple times with an as-sault rifle as a bank robber was making his escape in 2000. “To see somebody I knew and was friends with … and watch him struggle in the hospital bed and have these horrible nightmares … where he would scream and kick … you begin to question why you do this job,” Long said. “I think everybody in that police de-partment questioned, is this really worth it? Let some-body else do this. I’ve got a

family, I’ve got kids.” He said police do not need the headache of being second-guessed constantly, or being punched, hit and sworn at, but officers put it all aside because they are motivated for public ser-vice. “You get into this job to help people,” Long said. “They’re not going to get out. They’re not going to be driven out by what’s hap-pening now because they still have a strong desire to help people. Officers find rewards in delivering a baby or helping a person suffering a medical emergency. Long also noted it means a great deal to police when they receive affirmations for their work. He said Lakeville police were encouraged last year when two letters to the edi-tor in this newspaper were printed last year thanking police for their work. A group of about 20 children also recently also stopped by the station with treats for the officers. “That is so important for our officers to see they are appreciated,” Long said. A way community members can to show their support to police and fire members is through the recently established the Lakeville Public Safety Foundation. The nonprofit organiza-tion is dedicated to the sup-port those who put their lives on the line to serve the community, and fundraises to provide them resources like a new Sparky outfit or help raise money for police dogs. Its first Fields of Fire fundraiser is May 17. It of-fers community members the opportunity to a par-ticipate in paintball games with police and fire depart-ment members. The event is at MN Pro Paintball at 22445 Texas Ave., Lakeville. General admission tick-ets are $50 and can be pur-chased online at lpsfmn.org/event/fields-fire.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

CULTURE, from 1A to be completed in 2015, the city’s street project expanded to two con-struction seasons af-ter corrosive soils were found to have premature-ly aged the underground watermain in eight miles of neighborhood streets that Heil said are be-tween 22-35 years old. Public Works Direc-tor Chris Petree said that the street surface has also aged prematurely be-cause of issues involving the street’s subgrade, the bituminous mix design and how it is affected by groundwater and surface water. Extensive construction work is expected, includ-ing some that includes extending into people’s yards for hookup re-placements. Underground water and sewer lines in the ar-eas have had numerous breaks, leaks, road issues, causing drainage prob-lems for residents. Conditions require massive reconstruction of the streets, curb and gutter and replacement of the watermain, ac-cording to city officials. Project costs include installation of drain tile and the addition of at least 2.5 feet of sand be-neath the roads. Areas of sidewalks will also be torn up and replaced in areas neces-sary to complete the wa-termain work. Heil has described the project as a “signifi-cant undertaking” and a definite change from any other in the city’s history. The project’s total cost is $23.2 million and to-tal special assessments,

originally estimated at $4.5 million according to Petree, were set at $6.3 million. The city is proposing paying its $16.9 million share by taking on an-other $9.5 million in debt that will be repaid with property tax levies start-ing next year. Watermain replace-ment will cost $7.1 mil-lion, planned to be paid through the city’s Water Operating Fund. It is possible the ex-pense could entirely drain the fund. Petree said in a Febru-ary email to the newspa-per that the working cap-ital balance of the fund is $5.6 million. City officials are plan-ning to increase water fees and will complete a new rate study this year to determine options, ac-cording to Petree. Heil added that the Water Operating Fund balance could also change depending on the outcome of the cost and financial analysis for the 2016-2019 street recon-struction program. She said the City Council will be discuss-ing the timing of future street reconstruction projects later this year. Lakeville will also use $200,375 from its Sani-tary Sewer Operating Fund to pay for the sani-tary sewer work. Heil said the street surface and subgrade are expected to last 40-50 years.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].


2 Years In A Row!

was heard and felt for miles around. It rocked Richie’s neighborhood, propelling debris into neighboring yards and trees, breaking windows and blowing out doors. As Richie surveyed the damage, concern for his own loss was amplified by the destruction of his neighborhood. “I think that was the first time I had seen him cry in five years,” said Richie’s girlfriend and business partner Lisa Cau-field, whose late model Nissan was also destroyed in the explosion. After the 11 p.m. blast, the couple had driven throughout Dakota Coun-ty, their two always-shiv-ering Chihuahuas in tow, searching for a dog-friend-ly hotel. By early morning, they collapsed in a Burnsville hotel room, but just a cou-ple hours later awoke to a chorus of alerts emanating from Richie’s cellphone, indicating the world was talking about his business. “I’ve got Google alerts set up on my phone, so my phone just started going bing, bing, bing,” Richie said. Emails and texts from friends expressing shock, sympathy and support also began pouring into his phone. The couple returned to the home to find news re-porters set up on the street in front of the house and the neighborhood buzzing with activity. Police and city officials worked to inspect and monitor the scene. That morning, a pro-

cession of cars began to slowly stream past to wit-ness the damage. People also gawked at the de-struction on foot, walking by the house, cellphones in hand, snapping photos and recording video. Richie and Caufield said they are thankful the destruction was to build-ings that can be repaired and no person was severe-ly hurt or killed in the ex-plosion. “That’s the only thing that lets me sleep at night — that nobody got hurt,” Richie said. “That’s the main thing … I can’t even think of how I’d be if there was.” The cause of the blast is still under investigation, but officials have said they are considering it may be associated with propane tanks that were located on the vehicle. The wreckage that was once Motley Crew’s Heavy Metal Grill food truck still rests in Richie’s driveway covered in a blue tarp. Pieces of the truck hang in a tree next to a tattered length of yellow crime tape behind a chain link fence that surrounds Rich-ie’s house and a neighbor-ing one. Boarded up windows and doors remain on Richie’s house and several other homes in the neigh-borhood, one a block be-hind and several doors down from Richie’s house. Adjusting to the loss of their home and busi-ness has been a significant change that has left the couple feeling displaced. “It’s weird,” Richie said. “When it gets warm, I’m always thinking in the back of my head, should I be planning for this event

and that. Do I need to order this and that. It’s hard to get your brain out of that. It was my life, it was my world, it was ev-erything to me, To have it gone is kind of a void … there’s an empty spot.” After living two weeks in an extended-stay hotel, the couple has found a temporary place to rent in Lakeville and are trying to stabilize all that has been disrupted. “It was nice to … finally get some stability again,” Caufield said. “To get our computers set up and get our heads back into work-ing on the business.” The couple said they visit the house daily to clean up and pack so re-construction can begin. “We have to move ev-erything out of our home almost like we’re moving,” Caufield said. “So we have to put everything in pods and crates.” The damages to the home total over $100,000, according to Caufield. “They’re talking about taking off the whole front side of the house,” Cau-field said. “They have to redo the kitchen, the bath-room.” Work is expected to take 4 to 5 months before the family can move back into the home. Despite the challenges, the couple continues to move forward with their plans for opening a Mot-ley Crews Heavy Metal Grill restaurant in down-town Lakeville, set to open to the public June 1. Lakeville City Coun-cil members on Monday approved the restaurant’s liquor license and their proposal to operate the outdoor patio.

They have hired a bar-tender, cook and a server scheduled to start in May, and have planned a series of soft openings at the res-taurant that include one exclusively for the neigh-borhood. They also plan special nights for first respond-ers that include Lakeville police, supporters and friends. Richie said the out-pouring of support from the community has been an enormous help in deal-ing with strong emotions as they struggle through rebuilding their life. “The community has been incredible,” Richie said. “It’s a different world out here. The community has been so supportive of this. Maybe subcon-sciously they’ve helped me through this so it hasn’t felt so bad.” One of Richie’s earli-est supporters was Rocki Forseth, the woman who set up a fundraiser for Richie online at gofund-me.com/Motleycrews. Forseth said Richie opened his house to her when she was 17 and homeless. “Marty took me into his home, gave me my own bedroom, fed me and al-lowed me to graduate high school,” Forseth wrote on the GoFundMe page. “He continued to let me live with him so I could go to beauty school.” Within two days of the explosion, the site had raised $6,000 and as of Tuesday, 142 people had donated $12,951 of the $15,000 goal. Richie said it is hard and humbling to accept donations, and he never would have asked for help,

but is so grateful for the support that has included neighbors and city leaders. “I even had a conversa-tion with a police officer at a red light about how ev-erything is going,” Richie said. The blast affected some neighbors more than oth-ers, and at least one fam-ily has been displaced because of the damage it caused to their home. Media last week re-ported some neighbors expressed frustration that the food truck was parked in the driveway against city code. Lakeville officials are not planning any action regarding the violation. Richie said he has been relieved at the level of sup-port from most neighbors. “I know it’s hard on everybody,” Richie said. “It sucks, I guess is the best word. But in the end, everybody will be made whole and I appreciate their patience and their support. If there’s any-thing I can do, for God’s sake, please let me know. If there’s anything I can do to make their world any better.” The couple said they plan to return to the same home, and indicated they are eager to do whatever they can to help their neighbors rebuild. One of the neighbors had planned to have her graduation party at her house, but might not be able to because of the damage caused by the blast. Richie said he has of-fered to let her host the event at the restaurant, where construction work is underway to revitalize the downtown Lakeville

former Ace Hardware building. “I’ve reached out to her and her family and offered this place,” Richie said. “Hopefully by June this place is far enough along so I can offer it to her. I hope they take me up on it. It would mean a lot to me to be able to do that for them.” Richie said they have in-vested more than $100,000 to order equipment and open the restaurant, which will include a tribute to their food truck. The truck was a well-known sight in Lakeville, and Caufield said after the restaurant opened, they still planned run the truck downtown for lunch, then open the restaurant nights and weekends. They also planned to drive the truck in Lakev-ille’s Pan-O-Prog parade this year and were going to sell pretzels out of it dur-ing the event. They plan to honor the food truck’s memory in their new building by hanging its painted hood in the restaurant or pos-sibly use it as an awning leading to the patio. “We’re never going to forget the truck,” Caufield said. “It’s kind of like how you would have an urn in your house from a family member. It’s going to be a memory; it’s a part of us. We built this (restaurant) on the truck.” “It’s a reminder and a story,” Richie added. “The truck is a part of it. It’s what got us here.” Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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ent divisions at the Vision Center in Washington, D.C., which is a collab-orative among the De-partment of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs and other public and private agencies that are dedicated to vision care, especially traumatic eye and vision injuries. Lawrence told other media outlets that she is relocating from Minne-apolis to Prior Lake. She was previously a professor of ophthal-

mology at the University of Minnesota Medical School, where she was di-rector of cataract surgical education and the direc-tor of the Vision Reha-bilitation Center. During her time at the university, she was named the Surgical Teacher of the Year. Previous to working in Minnesota, she held a number of academic posts at Harvard Medical School; Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital; and the Yale University School of Medicine.

She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemis-try from Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.; a Medical Doctor-ate from Jefferson Medi-cal College, Philadelphia, and a Master of Public Health from Yale Univer-sity. The newspaper was un-able to connect with Law-rence before deadline, but she wrote in a statement release to the Pioneer Press: “After serving our na-tion’s veterans and service members as a physician at

the VA for over 17 years, practicing and teaching medicine, I’ve seen first-hand the negative conse-quences a hyper-partisan government can have on the people it’s supposed to serve. But there’s noth-ing wrong with Washing-ton that can’t be cured with some Minnesota commonsense.” Republican David Ger-son, who works for aero-space company Meggitt PLC, announced in Janu-ary he also would be seek-ing the 2nd District GOP endorsement.

Gerson ran against Kline in the 2012 primary and lost a lopsided en-dorsement vote in 2014. Kline, 66, a 25-year vet-eran of the Marine Corps and chairman of the Edu-cation and the Workforce Committee, won his sev-enth term in the House in 2014 with 56.1 percent of the vote to former state Rep. Mike Obermueller’s 38.8 percent. Kline, who also serves on the House Armed Services Committee, first won election by defeat-ing incumbent Rep. Bill

Luther in 2002. It was the third Kline-Luther matchup. He then defeated a string of Democrat candi-dates that included former Burnsville City Council Member Teresa Daly, former FBI agent Coleen Rowley, Iraq War veteran Steve Sarvi, former state Rep. Shelley Madore and twice defeated Eagan at-torney Obermueller.

Email Tad Johnson at tad . [email protected].

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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: March 15, 2011MORTGAGOR: Fred C. Bock, single man.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

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

CORDING: Recorded March 17, 2011 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2791783.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Bank of America, N.A.. Dated September 27, 2012 Recorded October 4, 2012, as Document No. 2899089.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

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MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100187500000349078LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STAT-ED ON MORTGAGE: PHH Home Loans, LLC, a limited liability com-pany

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

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 17685 Hyde Park Avenue, Lakeville, MN 55044

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 22.88504.02.030LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lot 3, Block 2, Zweber Farm Fifth

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $302,141.00

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

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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: May 28, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

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

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194PUBLIC NOTICE

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSSTUDENT NUTRITION

PROGRAMMILK PRODUCTS BID

ISD #194 Lakeville Area Schools will receive sealed bids at the Dis-trict Office, attention Pam Lund-berg-Schmidt, Purchasing Coor-dinator, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, MN 55044, on April 28, 2015 until 8:30 a.m., at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud for the Student Nutrition Program -- Milk Products.

Specifications may be picked-up on or about April 9, 2015 at the office of the Purchasing Coordina-tor located at ISD #194, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, MN, 55044.

ISD #194 Lakeville Area Public Schools8670 210th Street WestLakeville, Minnesota 55044Kathy Lewis, Clerk

Published in Lakeville, Burnsville/Eagan

April 10, 17, 2015372705

NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT LIEN FORECLOSURE SALE

Date: February 5, 2015YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:1. Default has occurred in the

terms and conditions of the Decla-ration for

Century Ridge Townhomes As-

sociation (hereinafter the “Associa-tion”) which was recorded as Doc. No. 1787608 on June 29, 2001, as amended by the First Amendment, filed September 27, 2002, as Doc. No. 1941019, both filed in the Of-fice of the Dakota County Recorder and also, pursuant to Minn. Stat. §515B.3-116, covering the follow-ing property:

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot 8, Block 3, Century Ridge Town-homes, CIC No. 296, Dakota Coun-ty, Minnesota

STREET ADDRESS: 18962 Inlet Road, Lakeville, MN 55044

TAX PARCEL ID NUMBER: 22-16950-03-0802. Pursuant to said Declara-

tion, there is claimed to be due and owing as of February 5, 2015, from Kari L. Bowen, title holder, to the Association, a Minnesota non¬profit corporation, the amount of $5,095.00 for unpaid association assessments, late fees, attorney’s fees and costs, plus any other such amounts that will accrue after Feb-ruary 5, 2015 including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of collec-tion and foreclosure which will be added to the amount claimed due and owing at the time of the sale herein.

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

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

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

6. The Declaration, referenced above, and Minn. Stat. §515B.3-116 provide for a continuing lien against the property. A Notice of Lien evidencing the amount due was recorded on November 6, 2014 as Document No. 3037821 in the Dakota County Recorder’s Office.

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

8. The time allowed by law for redemption by the unit owner, her personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months from the date of sale. The date and time to vacate the property is 11:59 p.m. on No-vember 9, 2015, if the account is not reinstated or the owner does not redeem from the foreclosure sale.

9. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR AT-TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE.Attorneys for Century Ridge Town-homes Association Chestnut Cambronne PACENTURY RIDGE TOWNHOMES ASSOCIATIONBy: /s/ Gretchen SchellhasGretchen S. Schellhas, Esq. (#195595)17 Washington Avenue North, Suite 300Minneapolis, MN 55401-2048(612)339-7300(Bowen 2014 1011.002)


March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 17, 24, 2015

364039

CITY OF LAKEVILLEPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

REQUEST: A Conditional Use Permit to allow a small brewery with a taproom for Angry Inch Brewing Company in the C-CBD, Commer-cial Central Business District.

APPLICANT: Metro Equity Management LLCLOCATION AND LEGAL DE-

SCRIPTION: The property is locat-ed at 20851 Holyoke Avenue in the City of Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota and is legally described as follows:

Lots 5,6,7,8, and 9, Block 10, FAIRFIELD, Dakota County, Min-nesota according to the recorded plat thereof, and also that portion of the vacated streets described as follows: Beginning at a point on the east line of Lot 7, Block 10 in said Fairfield Addition distant 15.7 feet north of the southeast corner thereof; thence east at right angles a distance of 4.7 feet; thence north parallel to the east line of said Block 10 a distance of 50.8 feet; thence west at right angles in a straight line to its intersection with the northerly line of said Block 10; thence easterly along the northerly line of said Block 10 to the north-east corner thereof; thence south along the east line of said Block 10 to the point of beginning.

WHEN: Thursday, April 23, 2015 beginning at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the parties may be heard.

WHERE: Planning Commis-sion Meeting. City Hall Council Chambers, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville.

QUESTIONS: Call Economic Development Specialist, Rick How-den at (952) 985-4425 or you may e-mail comments or questions to [email protected]

DATED this 7th day of April 2015CITY OF LAKEVILLECharlene Friedges City Clerk

Published in Lakeville

April 10, 2015375095




DATE OF MORTGAGE: June 13, 2005MORTGAGOR: Dereck W Laun-

drie and Nicole E. Laundrie, hus-band and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded June 30, 2005 Dakota County Recorder,

Document No. 2336007.ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-

GAGE: Assigned to: U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Certificateholders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Se-curities I LLC, Asset-backed Cer-tificates, Series 2005-HE9. Dated February 7, 2012 Recorded Feb-ruary 28, 2012, as Document No. 2852123.





MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

Maribella Mortgage, LLCRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.MORTGAGED PROPERTY

ADDRESS: 17078 Forfar Court, Lakeville, MN 55024


PROPERTY: Lot 16, Block 5, Dodd Park, Dakota County, Minnesota.










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 November 2, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.


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

Dated: February 24, 2015U.S. Bank National Association, as TrusteeMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688838 - 15-001474 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10, 2015

358043

MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

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

ASSUMED NAME: Premier As-sociation Management

PRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 8373 208th Street WestP.O. Box 490Lakeville, MN 55044NAMEHOLDER(S): C.G.T. Limited8373 208th Street WestP.O. Box 490Lakeville, MN 55044I, the undersigned, certify that

I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the appli-cable chapter of Minnesota Stat-utes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.DATE FILED: March 11, 2015SIGNED BY: Connie J. Hochsprung


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DATE OF MORTGAGE: September 28, 2007MORTGAGOR: Amy A. Schultz

and John W. Schultz, wife and hus-band.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Provident Funding Associates, L.P..

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded October 17, 2007 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2550929.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: CitiMort-gage, Inc. Dated October 12, 2010 Recorded November 10, 2010, as Document No. 2765345 and also by document Dated June 11, 2013 Recorded June 24, 2013 as Docu-ment No. 2958248.





MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Provident Fund-ing Associates, L.P.

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: CitiMortgage, Inc.

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 18541 English Avenue, Farmington, MN 55024


PROPERTY: Lot 2, Block 2, Prairie Creek 2nd Addition.







DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 7, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-



TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on October 7, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.


“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”Dated: January 27, 2015CitiMortgage, Inc.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) 925-688810 - 14-008768 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


February 6, 13, 20, 27, March 6, 13, 2015

NOTICE OF POSTPONEMENT OF MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALEPursuant to the provisions of

Minnesota Statutes 580.07, the foregoing foreclosure sale is post-poned until May 12, 2015 at 10:00 AM at the Sheriff’s Office, Law En-forcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hastings, MN, in said county and state.

Dated: April 7, 2015.CitiMortgage, Inc.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) 925-688810 - 14-008768 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


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DATE OF MORTGAGE: August 29, 2006MORTGAGOR: Sunny L. Nord-

vik, an unmarried woman.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

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

CORDING: Recorded September 18, 2006 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2461953.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: JPMC Spe-cialty Mortgage, LLC f/k/a WM Specialty Mortgage, LLC. Dated December 2, 2010 Recorded De-cember 30, 2010, as Document No. 2775730 and by Assignment Dated June 22, 2012, Recorded July 9, 2012 as Document No. 2878922.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mort-gage Electronic Registration Sys-tems, Inc.

TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:


MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STAT-ED ON MORTGAGE: New Century Mortgage Corporation

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 20064 Italy Avenue, Lakeville, MN 55044


PROPERTY: All of Lot 29, Block 8 and South 9 feet of Lot 30, Block 8, Lenihan’s Lots, Antlers Park, Da-kota County, Minnesota.










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 November 2, 2015 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.


“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”Dated: February 24, 2015JPMC Specialty Mortgage LLCMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688830 - 15-001167 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


March 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10, 17, 2015

358027

CITY OF LAKEVILLECONSTRUCTION

OF WELL #20ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed Bids for the construc-tion of Well #20 will be received by City of Lakeville at the office of the City Clerk, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, MN 55044, until 11:00 A.M. local time on May 5, 2015, at which time they will be publicly opened and read. The Project con-sists of constructing a deep mu-nicipal well.

A full notice can by viewed by going to http://www.lakevillemn.gov and clicking on the “Requests for Bids” button. A full notice is also available at the City’s Water Treatment Facility located at 18400 Ipava Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota 55044.


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DATE OF MORTGAGE: December 11, 2006MORTGAGOR: Bruno M

Pelagalli, a single person.

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

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded January 4, 2007 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2485853.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust 2007-AC3, Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2007-AC3. Dated Septem-ber 20, 2010 Recorded Septem-ber 27, 2010, as Document No. 2754967; and by Document Dated February 22, 2013 Recorded March 1, 2013 as Document No. 2933980.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mort-gage Electronic Registration Sys-tems, Inc.

TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:


MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STAT-ED ON MORTGAGE: GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc.

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER:

Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 16371 Impatiens Court, Lakeville, MN 55044


PROPERTY: Lot 9, Block 4, Crystal Lake Golf Estates 5th Addition, Da-kota County, Minnesota.










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 November 2, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

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: February 19, 2015Wells Fargo Bank, National Asso-ciation as TrusteeMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688838 - 14-008465 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3, 10, 2015

358033

NEW MARKET TOWNSHIPPUBLIC NOTICE

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ASSESSMENT

AND CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY

THIS MAY AFFECT YOUR 2016 PROPERTY TAXES

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Appeal and Equalization for New Market Township shall meet on April 21, 7:00 PM, 2015 at New Market Township Hall, 8950 230th St. E., Lakeville, Mn. 55044. The purpose of this meeting is to determine whether taxable proper-ty in the jurisdiction has been prop-erly valued and classified by the assessor, and to determine whether corrections need to be made.

If you believe the value or clas-sification of your property is in-correct, please contact your as-sessor’s office to discuss your concerns. If you are still not satis-fied with the valuation or classifica-tion after discussing it with your as-sessor, you may appear before the local board of appeal and equal-ization. The board shall review the valuation, classification, or both if necessary, and shall correct it as needed. Generally, an appearance before your local board of appeal and equalization is required by law be fore an appeal can be taken to the county board of appeal and equalization.LeRoy ClausenClerk New Market Township Published in

LakevilleApril 10, 2015

372572


LEGAL NOTICES




DATE OF MORTGAGE: July 28, 2005MORTGAGOR: Lishianna M.

Rolbiecki, a single person.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

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

CORDING: Recorded August 9, 2005 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2349189.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York as Trustee for the Cer-tificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-11. Dated August 18, 2009 Recorded September 10, 2009, as Document No. 2683442.





MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

America’s Wholesale LenderRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: Green Tree Servicing LLCMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 1141 Aston Circle, Burns-ville, MN 55337


PROPERTY: Lot 20, Block 1, Wood Park Plat Sixteen








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

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


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

Dated: March 5, 2015The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, as TrusteeMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-68888-15-001279 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published in Burnsville/EaganMarch 13, 20, 27,

April 3, 10, 17, 2015361109



The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclu-sive rights to that name. The filing

is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

ASSUMED NAME: Hungry Bowl BakeryPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 4684 Horten PointEagan, MN 55122NAMEHOLDER(S): Kristen A Weingartz4684 Horten PointEagan, MN 55122I, the undersigned, certify that

I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the appli-cable chapter of Minnesota Stat-utes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.DATE FILED: March 2, 2015SIGNED BY: Kristen A. Weingartz

Published inBurnsville/EaganApril 3, 10, 2015

369231

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #194

SECTION 00 11 13 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

DISTRICT OFFICE

GROUNDS SHOP

DEFERRED MAINTENANCE

EXTERIOR REPAIRS

8670 210th STREET WEST

LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044 Independent School District

#194 will receive single prime sealed bids for District Office Grounds Shop Deferred Mainte-nance Exterior Repairs until 2:00 p.m. local time on April 16, 2015 at the Independent School District #194 District Office, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota, 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Architects and Engineers, 305 St. Peter Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102. (651) 227-7773; at the Min-nesota Builders Exchange; Mc-Graw Hill Construction/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell at www.e-arc.com/MN/Plymouth Albert Lea Build-ers Exchange; Mankato Builders Exchange; Builders Exchange of Rochester.

This project includes: Exterior building repairs, including but not limited to, removal and replace-ment of the existing membrane roof system, modifications to the exist-ing masonry parapet wall, removal and replacement of the exterior windows and a new exterior metal wall panel cladding system. Also included in the scope of work are modifications to existing mechani-cal system components, including boiler stack modifications, roof drain replacement, and mechanical equipment curbs for existing me-chanical system components.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available on or about March 24, 2015. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the internet at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select District Of-fice Grounds Shop Deferred Main-tenance Exterior Repairs.

Make proposals on the bid forms supplied in the Project Manual. No oral, telegraphic or telephonic proposals or modifications will be considered. Submit with each bid, a certified check or acceptable bid-der’s bond payable to Independent School District #194 in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid. The successful bidder will be required to furnish satisfactory Labor and Material Payment Bond, and Performance Bond.

Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty (30) days after the scheduled time of opening bids, without the consent of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to accept any bid or to reject any or all bids, or parts of such bids, and waive informalities or irregularities in bidding.

The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project on or be-fore August 14, 2015.Board of EducationINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT #194

Published inLakeville, Burnsville/Eagan

April 3, 10, 2015370183




ASSUMED NAME:

Stitch in the Ditch FabricsPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 14161 Plymouth Ave Burnsville, MN 55337NAMEHOLDER(S): Jed Regan Enterprises14161 Plymouth Ave Burnsville, MN 55337I, the undersigned, certify that

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

DATE FILED: April, 6, 2015SIGNED BY: Jed Regan

Published inBurnsville/EaganApril 10, 17, 2015

374576

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 191

BURNSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT

INVITATION FOR QUOTATIONS

JANITORIAL SUPPLIESNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

written, sealed quotations will be received by Burnsville School Dis-trict, until 11:00 am. (SST), May 6th, 2015 for Janitorial Supplies. On the above date and time, authorized persons of Strategic Source and Burnsville School District will pub-licly open the quotations received and read aloud the names of in-terested parties submitting quota-tions, the dollar amount of their quotation and other pertinent data. This meeting will be held in the of-fices of StrategicSource located at 10812 Nesbitt Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota.

Quotations must be received by U.S. mail or delivered in person, on or before the above date and time, in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Burnsville Janitorial Supplies” to:

Chris RiderStrategicSource10812 Nesbitt Avenue SouthBloomington, MN 55437Quotations received after the

due date and time will be rejected. Burnsville School District is using an open bid process for the pur-chase of janitorial supplies and dis-claims usage of any other options allowed under applicable law. The School District reserves the right to reject any and all quotations and waive irregularities therein and fur-ther, reserves the right to award the contract to the lowest responsible bid that is in the best interest of Burnsville School District.

Questions regarding the RFQ and Specifications will be accepted until April 27th, at 4:30 p.m. A re-sponse to all questions received, will be provided to all interested parties by May 1st, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. via email.

The winning quotation will be judged by a combination of price and the service as indi-cated in the specifications. Gen-eral information and specifications may be obtained by contacting Chris Rider, StrategicSource, ([email protected]).Dana ChouRegional Client Services ManagerStrategicSource

Published in Burnsville/EaganApril 3, 10, 2015

369471




ASSUMED NAME: Kirk Douglas Video ProductionsPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 4336 Hamilton DriveEagan, MN 55123NAMEHOLDER(S): Name: Kirk DouglasAddress: 4336 Hamilton DriveEagan, MN 55123I, the undersigned, certify that


DATE FILED: 03/24/2015SIGNED BY:Kirk Douglas, President

Published inBurnsville/Eagan Sun Thisweek

4/3/15 & 4/10/15371304



The filing of an assumed name

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

ASSUMED NAME: Mags2UPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 1503 East Highway 13Burnsville, MN 55337NAMEHOLDER(S): Family Savings, Inc.1503 East Highway 13Burnsville, MN 55337I, the undersigned, certify that


DATE FILED: March 19, 2015SIGNED BY: Daniel Quam


368624

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 191INVITATION FOR

QUOTATIONSWASTE REMOVAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that written, sealed quotations will be received by Burnsville School Dis-trict, until 1:00 pm. (SST), May 6th, 2015 for waste removal services. On the above date and time, autho-rized persons of Strategic Source and Burnsville School District will publicly open the quotations re-ceived and read aloud the names of interested parties submitting quo-tations, the dollar amount of their quotation and other pertinent data. This meeting will be held in the of-fices of StrategicSource located at 10812 Nesbitt Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota.

Quotations must be received by U.S. mail or delivered in person, on or before the above date and time, in a sealed envelope clearly marked “Burnsville Waste Removal” to:

Chris RiderStrategicSource10812 Nesbitt Avenue SouthBloomington, MN 55437Quotations received after the

due date and time will be rejected. Burnsville School District is using an open bid process for the pur-chase of waste removal and dis-claims usage of any other options allowed under applicable law. The School District reserves the right to reject any and all quotations and waive irregularities therein and fur-ther, reserves the right to award the contract to the lowest responsible bid that is in the best interest of Burnsville School District.

Questions regarding the RFQ and Specifications will be accepted until April 27th, at 4:30 p.m. A re-sponse to all questions received, will be provided to all interested parties by May 1st, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. via email.

The winning quotation will be judged by a combination of price and the service as indi-cated in the specifications. Gen-eral information and specifications may be obtained by contacting Chris Rider, StrategicSource, ([email protected]).Dana ChouRegional Client Services ManagerStrategicSource


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ASSUMED NAME: NREPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 1503 East Highway 13Burnsville, MN 55337NAMEHOLDER(S): National Renewal Exchange, Inc.1503 East Highway 13Burnsville, MN 55337I, the undersigned, certify that




368637

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALENotice is hereby given that on

May 20, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at 14750 W. Burnsville Parkway, Lot 252, City of Burnsville, County of Dakota, Minnesota 55306 the fol-lowing property will be sold by pub-lic auction by the Sheriff of Dakota County:

A 1988 LIBERTY Manufactured Home, VIN number 06L20758XU

and any contents therein or about the premises.

This sale will be held to satisfy a claim upon the above described property held by Arbor Vista MHC. Upon information and belief, this property is owned by Beverly J. Tuma and Duane J. Tuma located at 14750 W. Burnsville Parkway, Lot 252, City of Burnsville, County of Dakota, Minnesota 55306. State of Minnesota records indicate that the first lienholder is Green Tree Accep-tance, Inc., located at 600 Amhoist Twr, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102.

A Writ of Recovery of the Prem-ises was issued by the Dakota County District Court on November 26, 2014, in favor of Arbor Vista MHC, and against Beverly Tuma, John Doe and Mary Roe, the then current occupants of the Premises, and was executed by the Dakota County Sheriff. The amount of the claim against the above referenced property is $3,520.00 computed to the date of the sale at the rate of $20.00 per day, exclusive of the ex-penses of making said sale.

The grounds for the lien held by Arbor Vista MHC are as stated in M.S.A. §§514.18 (1) and (4), 514.19(2), and 504B.271(1), in that Arbor Vista is holding and storing the personal property described above to its preservation and careDated: March 31, 2015 CONLAN LAW GROUP, PLLC/s/ Mick L. Conlan1600 Hopkins Crossroad Minnetonka, MN 55305

Published in Burnsville/Eagan

April 3, 10, 17, 2015371534




ASSUMED NAME: REMAX UnitedPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 418 Gateway Blvd.Burnsville, MN 55337NAMEHOLDER(S): United Real Estate Group.com, LLC418 Gateway Blvd. Burnsville, MN 55337I, the undersigned, certify that


DATE FILED: April 6, 2015SIGNED BY: Joseph Meglynn


374705




ASSUMED NAME: Sho CollectiblesPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 11505 22nd Ave. S.Burnsville, MN 55337 USANAMEHOLDER(S): Name: Phetsy VangAddress: 11505 22nd Ave. S.Burnsville, MN 55337I, the undersigned, certify that


DATE FILED: 03/29/2015SIGNED BY: Phetsy Vang

Published inBurnsville/Eagan Sun Thisweek

4/10/2015 and 4/17/2015374592



The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclu-

sive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

ASSUMED NAME: Mags4UPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 1503 East Highway 13Burnsville, MN 55337NAMEHOLDER(S): Family Savings, Inc.1503 Highway 13Burnsville, MN 55337I, the undersigned, certify that




368618




ASSUMED NAME: Universal Trailer LeasingPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 800 Lone Oak RoadEagan, MN 55121NAMEHOLDER(S): Dart Portable Storage800 Lone Oak RoadEagan, MN 55121I, the undersigned, certify that


DATE FILED: March 24, 2015SIGNED BY: Barb Casey


368700

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

WOODLAND ELEMENTARY BAS UPGRADE945 Wescott RoadEagan, Minnesota

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the Woodland Elementary BAS Upgrade by Independent School District 196, at the Facilities and Grounds Office located at 14445 Diamond Path West, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2:00 p.m., April 21, 2015, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for April 14, 2015 at 9:00 at Main Entrance. Attendance at this meet-ing is highly recommended.

This project includes: Demoli-tion of existing Pneumatic and DDC Controls and replacement with new DDC Controls.

Complete instructions on how to obtain Bidding Documents can be found at: http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm

A Bid Bond, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check in the amount of 5% of the total bid price, made payable to Independent School District 196, must be submitted with the bid.Gary Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196 Published in

Apple Valley, Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganApril 3, 10, 2015

371929

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE SS MNRI, LLC, doing business

as Simply Self Storage intends to enforce its lien on certain personalproperty 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 anon-line auction at www.storaget-reasures.com on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015 beginning at approxi-mately 10:00AM and concluding onWednesday, May 6th 2015 at ap-proximately 10:00AM. This publicsale will result in the goods being sold to the highest bidder. Certainterms and conditions apply.

L. Rodriguez – Wheelchair, Lad-der, Shovels

D. Oday – Jet Skis, TrailerC. Haiden – Recliner, Boxes,

ChairsPublished in

Burnsville/EaganApril 10, 17, 2015

369921

the transit station. Future project construction phases will continue development to the south, likely at higher den-sities. City Council members agreed to Mattamy Homes representa-tive Daren Laberee’s request for slightly smaller garages in some units, noting that the develop-ment includes areas for off-site parking. Included in the development will be a linear park that will

feature a fitness and educational component, a destination park and 5 miles of trails that connect to amenities in and around Lake-ville, ponds and 10 miles of side-walks. Homes are to be priced around $300,000, Laberee said. The development includes narrower streets – an effort to reduce speeding. There will be landscaped islands in cul-de-sacs, especially those along Cedar Av-enue. Plans also call for 185th Street, Highview Avenue and Hamburg

Avenue to be extended into the development and the addition of several other collector roads. A model village is proposed to be located when entering the development on the west from Cedar Avenue that would include five single-family lots and one three-unit townhome building. Lakeville Mayor Matt Little called the project “really good for Lakeville,” noting that it will add some variety of housing choices in the city.

PLAN, from 1A Lakeville building report issued Lakeville issued building permits with a total valuation of $43,886,952 through March 2015. This compares to a to-tal valuation of $31,697,031 through March 2014. The city issued commercial and industrial permits with a total valuation of $19,013,000 through March 2015 com-pared to a total valuation of $1,651,000 during the same period in 2014. Three building permits issued in the month

of March accounted for the majority of this amount. The city issued permits for the new Lakeville Medical Office Build-ing located on County Road 60 (185th Street) near County Road 50 (Kenwood Trail), the Fulford Warehouse expansion for BTD located on Cedar Av-enue south of County Road 70, and the FedEx Freight building to be located at the intersection of Dodd Boulevard and Coun-ty Road 70.


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classifieds• Wheels 1010-1070• Sporting 1510-1580• Farm 2010-2080• Pets 2510-2520• Announcements 3010-3090• Merchandise 3510-3630• Sales 4010-4030• Rentals/Real Estate 4510-4650• Services 5010-5440• Employment 5510-2280• Network Ads 6010

1020 Junkers& Repairables

2510 Pets


2510 Pets

4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

5170 Concrete/Mason-ry/Waterproofing


5310 HomeImprovement

5310 HomeImprovement

1000 WHEELS


$225+ for most Vehicles Free Towing

651-769-0857

$$$ UP TO $7,500 $$$Junkers & Repairables

More if Saleable. MN Licensed

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

1070 Trailers

Heavy Duty Trailer, 5 x 10 Great condition! $2,000/BO. Call Mike 612-414-4893

2500 PETS

2510 Pets

Parti-Poodles, Standard, AKC. Call 763-434-5303.www.castandardpoodles.com

Sun•ThisweekClassifiedsWORK!

952.846.20033500

MERCHANDISE

3520 Cemetery Lots

Dawn Valley (Garden of the Crosses), Bloomington

2 plots (side by side)$1,500/BO. 785-266-3380

3600 MiscellaneousFor Sale

KILL BOX ELDER BUGS/BEETLES! Harris Asian Beetle/Box Elder Spray. Effective results begin af-ter spray dries. Available: Hardware Stores, The Home Depot, homedepot.com

Whirlpool Refrig/Freezer, white, side by side, 25cf (icemaker & water disp.) Ex cond! $150. 612-669-3567

3610 MiscellaneousWanted

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

& Tokens & Gold Coins Will Travel. 30 yrs exp

Cash! Dick 612-986-2566

4000 SALES

4020 Crafts, Boutiques& Flea Markets

SpringCraft & Gift Market

Saturday, April 11 (9-3)40+ Vendors

Hand-Made CraftsFavorite Gift CompaniesMount Olivet Church

14201 Cedar Ave.Apple Valley, MN

4030 Garage& Estate Sales

Bloomington April 8, 9 & 11 (8-5) Multi-Family misc. HH, furn., cloz, Coca-Cola 100th Street & 10th Ave.

Brooklyn Park, 4/10-11, 9-4pm. Many tools, as-sorted hardware, lawn & garden supplies, wood-working items, flower pots & vases, and kitchen items 8317 Idaho Avenue North

Eagan 75+ Families!All Saints Lutheran Church4/17 (8-5) & 4/18 (8-3) 3810 Lexington Ave. South

(Lexington & Wescott)

Eagan-Moving Sale! 4/18 (9a-5pm) & 4/19 (9a-1pm) Furn, Glassware, HH items

3054 Timberwood Trail

Eden Prairie Huge Moving Sale! 4/16-18 (9-5) Furn., HH, decor, more! Cash only. 17162 New Market Drive

Estate Sale! Complete 7 pc oak carved queen bedroom set w/comforter & shams. $1500. 48” round glass din-ing table w/4 swivel match-ing chairs. $500. End tbls, lamps, hide-a-bed, couch & much more. 4/16-18th 8-2p 6273 West 158th St AV 952-236-2307.

Excelsior Estate/MovingSale April 16-17-18 (8-5)5339 Manitou Rd.

Pics/Info on CRAIGSLIST

Hopkins-4/16, 4/17, 4/18, 8-5pm(Thur & Fri) 8-2 (Sat) Antiques ,Collectibles, HH Furniture. 238 20th Ave N

LAKEVILLE: 4/10 & 4/11 ECFE Kids’ Stuff Sale

Fri 4/10 (7:30pm-9:30pm) $5 adm. 4/11 Sat(8am-3pm). $1 adm til 10am; 50%Off at 11am-2pm; $5 Bag Sale 2:30-3pm. Ken-wood Trail MS 19455 Ken-wood Trail, Lakeville. www.lakevilleECFEsale.com

RICFLD, ESTATE-3 BRHouse/garage/yard4/10 10-7; 4/11 8-46421 Washburn Ave SSee Craig List Ad

4030 Garage& Estate Sales

MinnetonkaHuge Warehouse Sale

at STROKE OF THE HEART

Greeting Cards & Gift ItemsLimited time, don’t miss out!Tues, April 14 10am – 8pmWed, April 15 10am – 8pm

Thurs, April 16 10am – 8pmFri, April 17 10am – 6pm

3792 Williston RoadFor info call 952-945-9495

Prior Lake, CR 70/8 & CR 91, April 9-10-11, 7a-6p. Furn, Antiques, Hutch top, piano bench, lamps, Tools, HH Kitchen, Collectibles. 21233 Vernon Ave.

Three Sisters EstateCompany helps seniors downsize, and/or prepares any estate for liquidation. LET’S MEET! 763-443-0519

To place your Classified Ad contact Jeanne Cannon at: 952-392-6875 or email:

[email protected]

4500 RENTALS / REAL ESTATE

4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

AV: 1 BR Condo, W/D, fire-pl. No pets. Avl now. $785 952-942-5328

4570 StorageFor Rent

Apple Valley: Outside storage. Great location & affordable rates. Boats &campers! Also offer Mini Storage ! 612-889-8768

Lonsdale Mini-Storage7 sizes available. 5’x10’ to 10’x40’. Call 507-744-4947 leave message.

5000 SERVICES

5020 ComputerServices

Are you in need of computer repairs??

Overclocked ITSolutions 651-295-9171overclockeditsolutions.net

5080 Child &Adult Care

Farmington Licensed Daycare Openings! Tina 651-463-4918

5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

30+ Years ExperienceAsphalt Paving & SealcoatQuality Work W/Warranty

LSC Construction Svc, Inc 952-890-2403 / 612-363-2218

Mbr: Better Business Bureau

5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

H & H Blacktopping612-861-6009

5120 Cabinetry &Countertops

DREXLER CABINETSCustom Cabinet Making, Laminate Countertops,

Refacing. 952-881-5331

5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

Above All Hardwood Floors Installation-Sanding-Finishing

“We Now InstallCarpet, Tile & Vinyl.”

952-440-WOOD (9663)

Escobar Hardwood Floors, LLC

We offer professional services for your wood floors!

Installs/Repair Sand/RefinishFree Ests Ins’d Mbr: BBB

Professional w/15 yrs exp.

952-292-2349

SANDING-REFINISHINGRoy’s Sanding Service

Since 1951 952-888-9070

5150 Chimney &Fireplace Services

SWEEP - INSP. - REPAIRFull Time - Professional Ser.Certified/Registered/Insured30 Yrs Exp. Phil 651-699-3373

londonairechimneyservice.com

5160 Commercial &Residential Cleaning

Not enough time in the day? Let Rosie do the cleaning! 651-238-4576

Sparkling CleaningGreat ref’s, reliable, any day. Angela 651-245-9027

THE CLEAN TEAM Making homes shine since 1994. Honest, Reliable, De-tailed. Rena: 612-267-0874


Christian Brothers Construction

Minn Lic. BC679768

Drain Tile, Concrete, brick, Stone, chimneys. Custom New or Repair.

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CONCRETE & MASONRYSteps, Walks, Drives,

Patios Chimney Repair. No job to Sm.

Lic/Bond/Ins John 952-882-0775 612-875-1277


A+ BBB Member

Owners on job site952-985-5516• Stamped Concrete

• Standard Concrete • Driveways • Fire Pits & Patios • Athletic Courts • Steps & Walks • Floors & Aprons www.mdconcrete.net

Dave’s Concrete & Masonry

38 yrs exp. Free ests. Ins’d. Colored &

Stamped, Driveway Specialist, Steps, Side-walks, Patios, Blocks,

& Floors. New or replacement. Tear out

& removal. Will meet or beat almost any quote! • 952-469-2754 •

Driveway and Apron Special MINN-CRETEFlatwork • Tex-

tured & Colored Concrete • Deco-

rative Coatings• Concrete Repair

612-239-4168

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Kelly O’Malley30+ yr exp“As owner,

I’m always on site!”Driveways SidewalksPatios StepsFloors Stamped

[email protected]

Lowell Russell Concrete

BBB A+ Rating - Angies List Honor Roll

From the Unique to the Ordinary

Specializing in drives, pa-tios & imprinted colored & stained concrete. Interior

acid stained floors and counter tops.

www.staincrete.com952-461-3710

[email protected]


Rick Concrete & Masonry All Types of Concrete Work! Additions, drive-ways, patios, stamped & colored. Tear out & replace

612-382-5953

5190 Decks

DECK CLEANING & STAINING

Professional and Prompt Guaranteed Results.

◆651-699-3504◆952-352-9986 www.rooftodeck.com

Code #78

5210 Drywall

Ken Hensley Drywall Remodels, knockdown

texture, repairs, Free est.30 yrs. exp. 612-716-0590

PINNACLE DRYWALL*Hang *Tape *Texture

*Sand Quality Guar. Ins., 612-644-1879

5220 Electrical

DAGGETT ELECTRICGen. Help & Lic. Elec.

Low By-The-Hour Rates651-815-2316Lic# EA006385

JNH Electric 612-743-7922Bonded Insured Free Ests

Resid, Comm & Service. Old/New Const, Remodels Serv Upgrades. Lic#CA06197

TEAM ELECTRICteamelectricmn.com

Lic/ins/bonded Res/Com All Jobs...All Sizes

Free Ests. 10% Off W/AdCall 952-758-7585

5260 Garage Doors

GARAGE DOORS & OPENERS

Repair/Replace/Reasonable

Lifetime Warranty on All Spring Changes

www.expertdoor.com 651-457-7776

5280 Handyperson

0 Stress! 110% Satisfaction!Status Contracting, Inc. Kitchens & Baths, Lower Level Remodels. Decks.

Wall/Ceiling Repair/Texture Tile, Carpentry, Carpet,

Painting & Flooring#BC679426 MDH Lead SupervisorDale 952-941-8896 office

612-554-2112 cellWe Accept Credit Cards

“Soon To Be Your Favorite Contractor!”

Statuscontractinginc.comFind Us On Facebook

100% Satisfaction Guaranteed952-451-3792

R.A.M. CONSTRUCTIONAny & All Home Repairs

�Dumpster Service�Carpentry

� Baths &Tile �Windows�Water/Fire Damage �DoorsLic-Bond-Ins Visa Accepted

A-1 Work Ray’s Handyman No job too small!!

Quality Work @ Competitive Prices! Roofing & Roof Repair

Ray 612-281-7077

5280 Handyperson

952-484-3337 Call RayR & J

Construction* Decks * Basements*Kitchen/Bath Remod*Roofing & Siding*All Types of Tile

Free Quotes & Ideas

All Home Repairs! Excell Remodeling, LLC Interior & Exterior Work

One Call Does it All!Call Bob 612-702-8237or Dave 612-481-7258

Home Tune-up • Fix It • Replace It

• Upgrade It Over 40 Yrs Exp.

Ins’d Ron 612-221-9480

5340 Landscaping

CAYERING LAWN SERVICES LLC

•Patios •Sod•Paver Driveways•Paver Sidewalks •Firepits •Fire Rocks•Retaining Walls•Boulder Walls•Rainwater Recycling

Call Casey 952-292-5636

E-Z LandscapeRetaining/Boulder Walls,

Paver Patios, Bobcat Work, Sod, Mulch & Rock.

Call 952-334-9840

LANDSCAPES BY LORAlandscapesbylora.com

Quality work @ competitiveprices. 15+ yrs exp.!

612-644-3580

Modern Landscapes • Retaining Walls • Paver Patios • “Committed to

Excellence” •Spring Pricing 612-205-9953

modernlandscapes.biz

RETAINING WALLSWater Features & Pavers. 30+ Yrs Exp /Owner Operator

763-420-3036 952-240-5533

Offering Complete Landscape Services

apluslandscapecreations.com

5350 Lawn &Garden Services

17yrs Exp Owner/OperatorWkly Mowing, Power Rake, Aeration. 952-406-1229

greenvalleymn.com

$40 Lawn AerationsMulti Neighbor DiscountWkly Mowing/Dethatching

Mark 651-245-7876

ABRAM SERVICES INC. Scheduled mowings, yard clean-ups, lawn treat-ments. Landscaping final grade & sod. Lic’d. & ins’d. 20 yrs service in Dakota County! 612-384-3769

All Your GREEN Needs:Mowing Lawn Care

Landscaping20+ Yrs Exp Free Ests

Call 651-695-1230SorensenLawnCare.com

CAYERING LAWN SERVICE

• Spring Clean-ups • Weekly Mowing

• Landscape lighting • Dethatching/Aeration

• Res. & CommercialCall Tim 952-212-6390

Swede Outdoor ServicesServing Eagan - Com/Res

Lawn Service 612-810-9374


5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters

5510 Full-time

5420 Tree Care &Stump Removal


5510 Full-time

5510 Full-time



5510 Full-time

5510 Full-time

5510 Full-time 5510 Full-time

Direct Service ProfessionalAssist adults with intellectual disabilities and sensory impairments in center based settings located in the twin cities metro area. Provide supervision, imple-ment programs, assist with personal care needs and teach job skills for individuals with intellectual dis-abilities and physical challenges. Position requires the ability to lift & transfer adults to/from wheelchairs and to drive a company vehicle. Degree in human service field and one year experience working with adults with intellectual disabilities preferred. A valid driver’s license and compliance with MVR & rule 11 background checks required. Ability to obtain a CDL license within 6 months of hire and drug/alcohol test-ing required. $11.50-$12.50 HR/DOQ with a generous training & benefit package. Submit cover letter and resume:Bloomington: Melinda at [email protected]: Maureen at [email protected]

www.rise.orgEqual Opportunity Employer



5370 Painting &Decorating




Green & Black LLC Lawn Maintenance

• Fertilizer • Irrigation• Mulch Install 651-356-9193

Lawn & TurfWkly Mowing, Power Rake, Aeration. 952-236-4459lawnandturfonline.com

Schmidt & Son Lawn CareDethatching/Power Raking

Aerating, MowingFertilize/Weed Control

Remulching, Overseeding& Trim Bushes.

Insured 952-496-1365


3 Interior Rooms/$250Wallpaper Removal.

Drywall Repair. Cabi-net Enameling and

Staining. 30 yrs exp. Steve 763-545-0506

612•390•6845Quality ResidentialPainting & Drywall

Ceiling & Wall TexturesH20 Damage-Plaster Repair

Wallpaper RemovalINTERIOR � EXTERIOR

SELL IT, BUY ITin Sun Classifieds

952.846-2000 orSunThisweek.com

*A and K PAINTING*Schedule Winter Painting!

Painting/Staining. Free Est. 952-474-6258 Ins/Bond

Major Credit Card Accepted

Ben’s PaintingInt/Ext, Drywall Repair

Paint/Stain/Ceilings. Visa/MC/Discvr.,

benspaintinginc.com

952-432-2605 DAVE’S PAINTING

and WALLPAPERINGInt/Ext • Free Est. • 23 Yrs.

Will meet or beat any price! Lic/Ins

Visa/MC 952-469-6800

**Mike the Painter Interi-or/ exterior, Wallpaper, 35 yrs exp, Ins 612-964-5776

5380 Plumbing

SAVE MONEY - Competent Master Plumb-er needs work. Lic# M3869.

Jason 952-891-2490


A Family Operated Business

No Subcontractors Used

Tear-offs, Insurance Claims BBB A+, Free Est. A+ Angies List Lic # BC170064 Certified GAF Installer - 50 yr warranty.

Ins. 952-891-8586

Budget Roofs, Siding, Windows, Storm Damage. 32yrs, Exp. Lic# 20011251.

Theyson Construction952-894-6226

Re-Roofing & Roof Repairs - 30 Yrs Exp

Insured - Lic#20126880 John Haley #1 Roofer, LLC.

Call 952-925-6156

��Residential Roofing ��CV Contracting, LLC MN Roofing Services

visit us online at:www.cvcontracting.com

for a Free Estimate within 48 hours

651-797-8621 MN Lic# CR681753 Ins.

◆ Roofing ◆ Siding Gutters ◆ Soffit/Fascia

TOPSIDE, INC. 612-869-1177

Lic CR005276 ◆ Bonded ◆ Insured

35 Yrs Exp. A+ Rating BBB


◆ 651-338-5881 ◆Exp’d. Prof., Lic., Ins’d.

Reasonable Rates. absolutetreeservicemn.com


$0 For Estimate Timberline Tree & Landscape.

Spring Discount - 25% Off Tree Trimming, Tree

Removal, Stump Grinding 612-644-8035 Remove Large

Trees & Stumps CHEAP!!

Al & Rich’s Low CostStump Removal, Portable Mach. Prof. tree trimming

••• 952-469-2634 •••

ArborBarberMN.com612-703-0175 Mbr: BBB

Trimming, Removal & Stump Grinding.

Call Jeff forStump Removal

Narrow Access Backyards Fully Insured

Jeff 612-578-5299

Easy Tree Service LLCTree Trim/Removal

Lic/ins. Eugene 651-855-8189

NOVAK STUMP REMOVALFree Ests. Lic’d & Ins’d

952-888-5123

Silver Fox ServicesTree Trimming/RemovalFully Licensed & Insured

BBB AccreditedRegistered W/Dept of

Ag. Loc. Bloomington Family Owned & Operated

Free Estimates952-883-0671 612-715-2105

STUMP GRINDINGFree Ests. Best $$ Ins’d

Brett 612-290-1213

Tall Oaks Tree ServiceTree Removal & Trimming

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theater and arts briefs

theater and arts calendar family calendar

Guthrie show at Eastview The Guthrie Theatre and the University of Min-nesota will present Wil-liam Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 10, at Eastview High School, 6200 140th St. W., Apple Valley. The PG-rated perfor-mance is free and open to the public. Tickets can be obtained at the box office beginning one hour before the show on a first-come, first-served basis.

Concert for Caring The Burnsville Rotary will present its 40th annual Concert for Caring featur-ing the Broadway Dolls at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. A pre-concert party will begin at 6 p.m. with a silent auction, compli-mentary appetizers and desserts, and music by jazz ensemble Real Big Band. Bidding for online auc-tion items will be available beginning at 8 a.m. Friday,

April 17, at www.bidding-forgood.com/burnsvillero-tary. The online auction will close at 8 p.m. Friday, April 24. Event tickets are $39 and are available at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 and at Tick-etmaster.com.

Eagan Men’s Chorus The Eagan Men’s Cho-rus spring concert will be 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at Christ Luther-an Church, 1930 Diffley Road, Eagan. The concert will be followed by light refreshments. Tickets – $10 for adults and $5 for students – are available from any chorus member.

Spring choral concerts The Minnesota Valley Men’s and Women’s Cho-rales, under the direction of Steven Boehlke and Judy Sagen, are gearing up for their Spring Choral Concerts to be presented at 7:30 p.m. Friday and

Saturday, April 24 and 25. Friday’s concert will be at Grace Lutheran Church, 7800 W. County Rd. 42, Apple Valley. Saturday’s concert will be at Shep-herd of the Valley Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. As part of their ongo-ing Choral Commission Program, the MVMC will perform this year’s pre-miere work, “Invictus,” by Minnesota composer Matthew Culloton, with poetry by William Henley. MVWC’s performance will include “The Road Home,” by Minnesota composer Stephen Paulus, who died in October 2015. At the conclusion of the concert, both groups will join as a mixed choir of 160 voices to perform two mass selections. Tickets can be pur-chased in advance for $8 from choir members and at MVMCSings.org or MVWCSings.org. Tickets will also be available at the door for $10. In addition to these two spring concerts, both choirs will sing at 11:15 a.m. Saturday, April 25, at the new Ordway Theater

in St. Paul as part of the Northern Voice Festival, a springtime choral festival, modeled after the Minne-sota Fringe performance festival. Tickets can be purchased at www.north-ernvoicefestival.org.

‘Turning Twenty’ quilt show The Dakota County Star Quilters present their 20th annual quilt show, “Turning Twenty,” April 14 to May 8 at the Dakota County Historical Society, 130 Third Ave. N., South St. Paul. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays; and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. A dona-tion of $3 is encouraged to support the museum. The show includes dis-plays of members’ quilts and other types of needle arts along with a small quilt auction. Quilting-re-lated items will be for sale in the museum gift shop. Quilter and teacher Wendy Butler Berns will give a lecture titled “Ca-pering with Creativity and Our Quilts” at 1 and

7 p.m. Tuesday, April 14. Advance tickets are $10, which includes museum entry. To purchase tickets, call Trisha Millonig, quilt show chair, at 651-452-6007 (evenings). For additional informa-tion, contact the Dakota County Historical Society at 651-552-7548, Millonig, or visit www.dakotacoun-tystarquilters.org or www.dakotahistory.org.

Melissa Etheridge Grammy-winning art-ist Melissa Etheridge is bringing her This Is M.E. Solo Tour to the Mystic Showroom in Prior Lake at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 25. During her perfor-mance, Etheridge will share personal stories about her remarkable journey through life and the inspiration behind some of her most popular songs. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, April 10, for $59 and $69. Contact the box office at 952-496-6563 or visit www.mysticlake.com for more details.

Civil War Roundtable The Cannon Valley Civil War Roundtable will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 16, at the Faribault Senior Citizen Center, 19 W. Division St., Faribault. Tom Hosier will pres-ent the story of Lincoln’s assassination through a costumed narration of the April 1865 event. For more informa-tion, contact Dan Peter-son at 507-459-3140 or [email protected].

Cannon Valley chorus The Cannon Valley Community Chorus will present a concert of jazz and gospel-inspired songs at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 18, and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at First English Lutheran Church, 511 Belle St. W., Cannon Falls. Admission is $10 for ages 19 and older, $5 for students ages 13-18 and free for children age 12 and younger. A portion of the proceeds benefit local charities.

To submit items for the Arts Calendar, email: darcy.

[email protected].

Art Children’s artist Julie Prairie, 6-7 p.m. Monday, April 13, in the children’s area at Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Stop by to see her murals high-lighting Minnesota trees, wildlife and transportation and chat with the artist. Fea-tures children’s activities and refreshments. Informa-tion: 651-450-2900 or www.dakotacounty.us/library and search “murals.”

Books One Book Bingo, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 11, Heritage Library, 20085 Heri-tage Drive, Lakeville. A One Book, One Lakeville event. Immigration in Perspec-tive, 7-8 p.m. Thursday, April 16, Heritage Library, 20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville. Eliz-abeth Venditto, historian at the University of Minnesota’s Immigration History Research Center, will explore immigra-tion in the U.S. and where Minnesota fits into the immi-gration picture. A One Book, One Lakeville event. SouthSide Writers, Sat-urday workgroup for aspir-ing writers, offering critique, submission and manuscript preparation information, sup-port and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Infor-mation: 651-688-0365.

Comedy Joel McHale, 8 p.m. Sat-urday, April 11, Mystic Show-room, Prior Lake. Mature audiences only. Tickets: $49-$59. Information: 952-445-9000 or mysticlake.com. Matthew Broussard and Troy Walker, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, April 17, and Satur-

day, April 18, Mystic Com-edy Club, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Mature audiences only. Tickets: $19. Information: 952-445-9000 or mysticlake.com.

Dance The Ballet Narnia, pre-sented by Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota, 7 p.m. Friday, May 8, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, May 9, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 10, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tick-ets: $18-$34 at the box of-fice, Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-982-2787.

Events Christopher & Banks Spring Style Event, 1 p.m. Saturday, April 18, Christo-pher & Banks, Time Square, 7605 148th St., Apple Val-ley. All sizes featured on the “runway.” Volunteer to model and receive a store discount. Information: 952-432-9287.

Music Eagan Men’s Chorus spring concert, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at Christ Lutheran Church, 1930 Diff-ley Road, Eagan. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students; available from any chorus member. The concert will be followed by light refreshments. All are welcome. Willie Nelson and Fam-ily, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 16, Mystic Lake. Tickets: $49-$59. Information: 952-496-6563, mysticlake.com.

Theater “Jesus Christ Superstar,” presented by The Chameleon Theatre Circle, April 10-26, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Cost: $22 at the box office, Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-982-2787. “You Can’t Take It With You,” dinner theater perfor-

mance by the Eagan Theater Company, 6 p.m. Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18, at Brianno’s Royal Cliff Cen-ter, 2280 Cliff Road, Eagan. Tickets: $42 until April 15 at www.etc-mn.org or in person at Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway. Infor-mation: 651-454-6755.

Workshops/classes/other Paint Stronger and Sim-pler Watercolors, taught by Andy Evansen, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19, Oasis Room, Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway. Cost: $140. An Eagan Art House workshop. Registration re-quired. Information: www.eaganarthouse.org, 651-675-5521. Flemish and Renais-sance Oil Painting Method Workshop with Dan Petrov starts April 22 for six consec-utive Wednesdays. Location: 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Pre-register by phone, 763-843-2734. Painting Flowers in Wa-tercolor with Holly Landauer, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, April 25, Eagan Art House. Beginning painters welcome. Cost: $45. All supplies included. Regis-tration required. Information: www.eaganar thouse .org , 651-675-5521. Artist Study: Vincent van Gogh with Robert Najlis, 1-4 p.m. Saturdays, May 2, 9 and 16, Eagan Art House. Bring your own supplies. Painting experience required. Cost: $98. Registration required. Information: www.eaganart-house.org, 651-675-5521. International Festival of Burnsville Planning Com-mittee: Get involved with the July 2015 festival; choose from entertainment, market-ing, publicity, sponsorships, and general event planning. Visit www.intlfestburnsville.

org or contact [email protected]. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Battle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Ap-ple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Chris-tine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. In-formation: www.christinetier-ney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through draw-ing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Informa-tion: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Country line dance classes on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Begin-ners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. Line dance classes for intermediates, 1:30-4 p.m., weekly schedule to be deter-mined at American Legion, 14521 Granada Drive, Apple Valley, $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833 for details. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Rob-ert Trail Library. Information: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

To submit items for the Family Calendar, email:

[email protected].

Friday, April 10 Lakeville Area ECFE Kids’ Stuff Sale, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Kenwood Trail Middle School, 19455 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville. Features maternity and chil-dren’s clothing (infant through size 14), toys, books and baby equipment. Admission: $5. In-formation: www.lakevilleecfe-sale.com.

Saturday, April 11 Lakeville Area ECFE Kids’ Stuff Sale, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kenwood Trail Middle School, 19455 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville. Features maternity and chil-dren’s clothing (infant through size 14), toys, books and baby equipment. Admission: $1. In-formation: www.lakevilleecfe-sale.com. Pancake breakfast by Boy Scout Troop 455, 8 a.m. to noon, Rosemount American Legion, 14590 Burma Ave. W., Rosemount. All-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee. Tickets: $5 at the door. Children 5 and under are free. Bake sale available, too. Metro Republican Women meeting, 8:30 a.m., Mendako-ta Country Club, 2075 Menda-kota Drive, Mendota Heights. Speaker: Peter Vodenka. Cost: $18 members, $20 nonmem-bers and $10 students. Walk-ins welcome. Apple Valley Chamber’s Home and Garden Show, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dakota County Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Free. Family Fun Fest, 5-9 p.m., Ames Arena, 19900 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Free activities from 5-7 p.m. Concessions and rent-al skates available. “Disney’s Big Hero 6” plays on the turf at 7 p.m. Bring a chair or blanket for seating.

Sunday, April 12 Pancake breakfast by the Farmington Knights of Colum-bus, 9 a.m. to noon, Church of St. Michael, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington. Pancakes, French toast, sausage links, scrambled eggs, coffee, juice and water. Good-will offerings accepted. Kids ’n Kinship Bowlathon fundraiser, 5:30-7 p.m., Ce-darvale Lanes, 883 Cedar Grove Parkway, Eagan. Regis-ter at http://kinshipbowlfund-raiser2015.eventbrite.com.

Monday, April 13 Relay For Life of Eagan fundraiser, all day at Gran-ite City Food & Brewery, 3330 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, 651-452-4600. Must present flier, available at the hostess table at Granite City. Ten percent of the total tab will be donated to American Cancer Society-Relay For Life Eagan.

Tuesday, April 14 Fit After 50: Get Going with Cardio, 7 p.m., Wel-cyon, Fitness After 50, 14635 County Road 11 (Summit Oaks Square), Burnsville. Free well-ness workshop. Limited space. Register by phone at 952-777-2061 or visit www.welcyon.com/burnsville.

Thursday, April 16 Stay-out-of-court divorce planning, 6-7:30 p.m. Summit Executive Suites, 1500 McAn-drews Road W., Burnsville. Free small group event for those considering divorce or just be-ginning the process. Limited seating. Call Terryl Johnson at 952-431-0805 to reserve a seat. Sponsored by Divorce Fi-nancial Directions.

Saturday, April 18 Waffle breakfast fund-raiser for River Valley Project Explore, 8:30-11:30 a.m., Mes-siah Lutheran Church, 16725 Highview Ave., Lakeville. Cost: $9 adults, $5 children. Register at https://district196.ce.feepay.com/course/project-explore-spring-2015/waffle-breakfast.

Sunday, April 19 Cat claw clipping clinic by Feline Rescue Inc., 2-4 p.m., Chuck & Don’s Pet Food Out-let, 1254 Town Centre Drive, Eagan. All cats must be trans-ported in a carrier for their safety. Free. Information: http://felinerescue.org/.

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

Reunions Apple Valley High School Class of 2005 10-year reunion, Saturday, June 13, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. family-friendly barbecue at Alimagnet Park; 5:30-9 p.m. adult-only dinner cruise along the St. Croix River. Barbecue cost: $5 children, $10 adults. Cruise: $50. RSVP by May 29. Information can be found on the Apple Valley High School Class of 2005 Facebook page or by emailing the reunion com-mittee at [email protected].

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. • April 11, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. • April 11, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. • April 13, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,

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Farmington writer Ron Runeborg signs a copy of his book, “Old Shorts and Poetree,” during the “Meet the Author” event on April 7 at the Robert Trail Li-brary. The series presented by the Rosemount Area Arts Council continues next month with Gordon Fred-rickson, author of “Farm Country Moments,” at the library on May 19. (Photo by Andrew Miller)

Meet the author

Local author’s new novel features

Minnesota murder investigation

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Apple Valley author Jeffrey Burton is back on the case. This month saw publication of “The Lynchpin,” the second entry in Burton’s Agent Drew Cady mystery series. Released by U.K.-based MP Publishing, the crime thriller follows an FBI agent investigating a mur-der in Duluth after a young woman’s body is pulled from Lake Superior. “The Lynchpin” is Bur-ton’s fourth book of fic-tion. In 2005 he published the short story collection “Shadow Play,” and his debut novel, “Sleuth Slay-er” — a murder mystery co-written with his father, Bruce Burton — came out in 2008. “The Chessman,” the first in the Agent Drew Cady series, was released in 2012. Burton, who works full-time as an online course designer for HealthPart-ners, plans to promote the book this spring, starting with a signing on May 9 at the Roseville Barnes & Noble. He spoke with this

newspaper recently about his writing habits, literary influenc-es, and plans for the future. Q: At what point in your life did you know you wanted to be a writer? A: I’ve been a book worm since grade school and have wanted to be a writer since ju-nior high. I received my B.A. in journalism at the University of Minnesota and have been writ-ing in one way, shape or form ever since. Q: What is your writing strat-egy? Do you have any writing

rituals? A: If an idea occurs to me, I’ll jot it down on a piece of scratch paper and toss it in my idea drawer. Then I’ll let the idea fer-ment for a while to frame the rest of the elements of the story. I’m also a bit of a binge writer where, if I get in the zone, twelve hours fly past and I have to remind myself to let the dogs out. Sometimes this goes on for a few days, which is a good thing as I’m able to make huge strides. And the dogs have for the most part been good – only a few

messes. Q: Describe your writ-ing room. A: My writing room contains bookshelves on three of the four walls. My laptop sits on the desk in front of me, a printer on my right flank, and a shredder at my back. Q: What’s on your writ-ing desk? A: My writing desk is shrouded in Post-It notes. I’m addicted to jotting ideas down on scratch pa-per the way some folks obsess about washing their hands. Q: What are you work-ing on now? Any book proj-ects in the works? A: I’ve begun work on the next Agent Drew Cady mystery, tentatively titled “The Eulogist.” Q: Which authors have inspired you?

A: I love reading Michael Connelly novels. You can learn what makes for an impossible-to-put-down mystery from read-ing his Harry Bosch series. Q: What mystery novels, oth-er than your own, do you rec-ommend to readers interested in the genre? A: I’d recommend anything

by Lee Child, John Connolly, Robert Crais, John Sandford, or Harlan Coben. Q: What was the last truly great book you read? A: “Dark Places” by Gillian Flynn.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Jeffrey Burton

Crime thriller hits close to home

Club Book presents author Garth Stein Garth Stein, a Seat-tle-based author whose “The Art of Racing in the Rain” spent more than 150 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list, is set to speak at the Club Book event Monday, April 20, at Apple Valley’s Galaxie Library. Stein, who won an Academy Award in 1991 in the short film category as co-producer of “The Lunch Date,” recently saw publication of “A Sudden Light,” a novel about a 14-year-old boy seeking to uncover the secrets hidden in his an-cestral estate. The book is billed as a “blend of ghost tale and coming-of-age story.” The 7 p.m. event at the Galaxie Library is free and open to the public. Doors open 45 minutes in advance of the pro-gram and books will be available for sale and signing.

A podcast of the pro-gram will be available on the Club Book website and at the iTunes store within a few days of the event. More information is at www.clubbook.org. Club Book, which presents author events throughout the Twin Cities area, is a program of the Metropolitan Li-brary Services Agency.

—Andrew Miller

Garth Stein

Culver’s, 3445 O’Leary Lane, Eagan. • April 14, 1-7 p.m., Rose-mount Community Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail, Rose-mount. • April 14, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Family of Christ Lu-theran Church, 10970 185th St. W., Lakeville. • April 15, 1-7 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church,

151 E. County Road 42, Burns-ville. • April 16, 12-6 p.m., St. James Lutheran Church, 3650 Williams Drive, Burnsville. • April 16, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Valmont Industries, 20805 Ea-ton Ave., Farmington. • April 21, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Burnsville Alternative High School, 2140 Diffley Road, Ea-gan. • April 22, 1-7 p.m., Church of St. Michael, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington.

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There are many ways to participate in the all-vol-unteer community festival Rosemount Leprechaun Days, which will run July 17-26, 2015. New volunteers and ideas for events are always welcome at committee meetings. Meetings are held the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Rosemount Community Center, with upcoming meetings April 20, May 18 and June 15. A special meeting will be at 7 p.m. Monday, July 13, at the Central Park Shelter, 2893 145th St. W. Volunteers are needed to help lead subcommittees that handle various plan-ning duties and are also needed on the busy event days, especially for clean up. If your group or orga-nization would like to plan an event, participate in the parade or become a mon-etary or in-kind sponsor, use the following contacts to request more informa-tion or go online to Rose-mountEvents.com to see forms that are needed to participate. Events – MaryJane Sch-neider 561-230-6191 and [email protected]

Parade – Maureen Bouchard at 651-423-4603 and [email protected] Fundraising and spon-sorships – Michelle Selig at 651-792-5915 and [email protected] As incentive for spon-sorships, local businesses, individuals, or groups contributing prior to July 1 will have their names displayed in various pro-motional items – fliers, a special newspaper “thank you” advertisement and the Leprechaun Days website. There are three contri-bution levels: • Gold level is for those giving over $2,500. • Sapphire is for $501 up to $2,499. • Emerald is for up to $500. Participation forms for the Leprechaun Days Mid-summer Faire are on the website. The fair will be from 5-11 p.m. Friday, July 24, and 1-11 p.m. Saturday, July 25, in Rosemount’s Central Park, 2893 145th St. W. It will include a car-nival, live music, beer gar-den and much more. More information about Leprechaun Days is at www.RosemountEvents.com.

Leprechaun Days seeks volunteers, donations