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Beauty and the BeastTwin Cities Ballet debuts its latest production next week at the Ames Center in Burnsville.

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Burns wins two eventsShaina Burns of Lakeville South won two individual events at Friday’s meet at Hamline University’s Klas Field, which also will be the home of the state meet in early June.

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Light rail project on track The route for Southwest Light Rail was approved by the Metropolitan Council and Minneapolis should also support the project of regional significance.

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Universal playground

Lakeville South students organize meal-packing event

Tradition to continue into future

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

All children will be able to play at a new universal playground planned for construction this summer at Lakeville’s King Park, which includes a Miracle League baseball field. The sprawling, nine-field complex has no playground, a concern that Lakeville Parks and

Recreation Director Brett Altergott said drew city staff and Miracle League representatives together to address. “People come from out of town, maybe a kid with a brother who is playing baseball, and they’re all just running around,” Al-tergott said. “We thought a play yard would be a great addition. And with Miracle League being

there, we looked at it as an opportunity to part-ner with them to have a playground that meets the needs of Miracle League players as well.” Miracle League fields are built with a surface that allows any child to ex-perience baseball regard-less of physical challenges. A smooth, rubberized



Almost 500 volunteers will meet at Lakeville South High School on May 9 for a volunteer event that could prove a life-sav-ing mission. For the day, some school space will become a Feed My Starving Children packing center to pro-duce 75,000 specially formulated meals that will be shipped to malnourished children around the world. Student-initiated and orga-nized, the event is made possible by fundraising the students have done throughout the year to pay $17,000 to provide the food and materials needed for the meals, Lakeville South Activities Direc-tor Neal Strader said. He said the event started two years ago with a proposal by Brittany Ebeling, then a Lake-ville South junior, who was ex-

cited about the idea and pursued it despite Strader’s initial reluc-tance because of the financial obligation it could have placed on the school. When she first proposed the charity event, Strader said he was skeptical that the students could raise the $22,000 needed to cover the costs, but Ebeling brought him proposals outlining potential donors and fundraisers that could get it off the ground. “She wouldn’t take no for an answer,” Strader said. “She was very, very persistent.” He said Feed My Starving Children officials also agreed not to hold the school accountable if the money was not raised. The event was a success, and so once again, Feed My Starving Children will deliver the supplies and materials their fundrais-ing purchased and set up a mo-



The tradition of music, food and fun will continue at the Taste of Lakeville, which will be held at the Lakeville Area Arts Center 5-9 p.m. May 15. Guests can sample all-you-can-eat food from more than 35 Lake-ville area restaurants and caterers, along with multiple wine and beer tasting opportunities. This year’s event, sponsored by Lakeville Rotary, is its premier fundraising event and aims to draw an even bigger crowd.

Two stages will feature live mu-sic from The Teddy Holidays, Dan Turpening and Michael Loonan. Live and silent auc-tions will offer items that include Minnesota Wild hockey tick-ets and a signed hockey jersey, a youth rock-ing chair, Mall of America coupon book, Gander Mountain hand-gun training class, gift certificates, a Williams Sonoma cooking bas-ket, 32-inch television and a high

school senior photo shoot. Every year the event has grown, and last year earned over $100,000

for Rotary to use in support-

ing needs in the com-munity. Proceeds from the

annual event have benefited numer-

ous causes and individuals, including scholarships, commu-nity bookshelf, Kids ’n Kinship,

Lighting baseball fields, paving parking lot also proposed for King Park

The popular annual Taste of Lakeville will offer food, drink and music at the Lakeville-Area Arts Center on May 15. Hosted by Lakeville Rotary, proceeds are invested in numerous projects the club takes part in that benefit the community, including scholarships, youth programs, parks and the Heritage Center. (File photo)

The design of the Lakeville’s first accessible playground reflects the King Park baseball complex where it is planned to be located. Construction is slated to start this summer. (Photo submitted)

Honkers, go awayLakeville to address growing goose problem

at Antlers Park by capturing the birds

City’s fourth liquor store to open

New location predicted to be strongest performer



The city of Lakeville’s $15.3 million liquor busi-ness is planned to expand with a proposed new lo-cation predicted to be its best sales performer yet. Planned to be con-structed near I-35 and County Road 70 next to Harry’s Restaurant and across from the Lakeville 21 Theatre, the 4.5-acre property offers signage visible from the freeway. A SuperAmerica gas station will soon be under construction on an adja-cent lot. Liquor Manager Bren-da Visnovec predicted the store will pull in more cus-tomers than even the city’s highest volume location, Galaxie Avenue, which is expected to end this year with sales of $5.3 million. She said another loca-tion is needed because sales are robust and they are running out of space, noting that over the last 17 years, floor space has increased by 13 percent while sales have grown by 211 percent. The city has operated three liquor stores since



Lakeville parks staff have for years battled to get gaggles of geese to leave the popular Ant-ler’s Park and Beach and take their droppings with them. They have tried spraying them away with liquid repellents and explored chasing them out with border collies. The sprays caused the geese to move over to Lake Marion ho-meowners’ properties, and staff learned from other cities that the geese simply return when no dogs were on patrol. Determined to reclaim the lakefront public property in the name of all that is clean and healthy, city staff remained un-deterred in their quest and in-troduced more geese-ridding op-tions at the April 29 City Council workshop. They had explored employ-

ing scare tactics using predator decoys to shoo the birds out, and considered various methods that employ holographic foil tape, strobe lights or even electric bird repellents, but figured those items would be more successful at at-tracting vandals than getting rid of the birds. So now, Lakeville is getting tough. City Council members unani-mously agreed at an April 29 work session to contract with Canada Goose Management, Inc. this year to capture the adults, who after enjoying a final meal and drink during a brief stay at a holding facility, will be on their way to a state-approved poultry processing plant. The food will be donated to area food shelves. All baby geese too young to fly will be gathered up and donated

Taste of Lakeville returns May 15

Annual event expected to be bigger than ever

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Grad returns with debut novel in tow Jeanette Watts author event set May 27 at Magers & Quinn

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Jeanette Watts has always been a big fan of “Gone with the Wind.” Her debut novel, “Wealth and Privilege,” adds a Yankee twist to that style of historical romance. “It was my favorite book — and movie — in high school,” she said. “It spawned the romance novel as it ex-ists today, to a ridiculous extreme. “I got the idea for ‘Wealth and Privilege’ after reading the back covers of a girlfriend’s immense stack of romance novels. They’re all set in the South and occasionally the West. I’m a Yankee girl, what’s un-romantic about the North? So I set out to correct that omission.” Watts, a 1984 Apple Valley High School graduate who now lives in Dayton, Ohio, wrote “Wealth and Privilege” over the course of 10 years. Though it’s set in Pennsyl-vania, she gives a nod to her home state in the book. “My book is set between 1875 and 1889, and for forces of plot, I

needed an out-of-town di-saster, so I make reference to the Washburn ‘A’ explo-sion of 1878,” said Watts, explaining that the incident was a flour mill explosion in what is now Minneapo-lis that decimated whole city blocks and resulted in new safety standards for the milling industry. Watts will be appearing

at Magers & Quinn Booksellers in Minneapolis on May 27 to sign and discuss “Wealth and Privilege.” The 7-8 p.m. event, dubbed “Books and Bubbly,” will include champagne as well as a group dance demonstra-tion highlighting dance from the pe-riod in which her novel is set. “Wealth and Privilege” was pub-lished last year, and Watts has be-gun work on a sequel, tentatively titled “Brains and Beauty.” A dance instructor by profession, she also recently completed an instructional book, “The Mechanics of Waltz,” with a planned release later this year. “Wealth and Privilege” is avail-able through online booksellers such

as Amazon as well as at Magers & Quinn Booksellers. More informa-tion about the book can be found at www.JeanetteWatts.com.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Jeanette Watts

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Terror, recovery, rewardVictim of brutal home invasion

honored by John Gessner

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

After being stabbed at least 20 times, terrorized by his two assailants and left to die in fires they set, Paul Traub was warned by a doctor he might suffer post-traumatic stress. “Thankfully, I haven’t experienced any of that,” Traub said, six years after the attack on the Burns-ville townhouse where he still lives. “So it’s just a matter of moving on. I tell people I can’t change what happened. But I don’t need to make it control me or stop me.” Traub, 58, went to Washington, D.C., last month to receive the Spe-cial Courage Award from the Justice Department’s Office for Victims of Crime. He was nominated by Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom, who said it was a miracle that Traub survived “one of the most brutal home-invasion attacks” in county history. “Paul Traub is a re-markable man who has exhibited more strength, courage and absolve than I could ever hope to do un-der similar circumstances,” Backstrom wrote in nomi-nating him. Traub, who does dis-patching and office work for a construction com-pany, has told his story several times — at trial, in victim-impact statements, to a gathering of Dakota County law officers and in a few interviews. He said Burnsville Police Chief Eric Gieseke has asked him to speak to his officers later this year. “I don’t see it, but peo-ple tell me that the story is pretty inspirational,” said Traub, a divorced father of two adult sons. “That’s hard for me to say. I lived it, and I just tell people what happened.”

He was alone in the split-level townhouse, part of a four-plex building on Knox Drive, when a pair of intruders interrupted his sleep at about 4 a.m. May 11, 2008. Traub had mistakenly left his garage door open, thinking he might make a trip to Target earlier but then deciding against it. The intruders — Shaqueen Perril Whitfield, then 19, and Irvin Scott Cook, then 18 — were walking by after earlier stealing, crashing and abandoning a car in Burnsville. They set their sights on Traub’s Chevrolet Impala, which he still drives today. But first they needed the keys. Traub heard noises and saw a flashlight beam in his living room. Getting up to investigate, he said he saw one of the teens — Whit-field — retreat into the bathroom, where Traub confronted him and asked him to leave with whatever he had stolen. Whitfield then followed Traub to his bedroom, call-ing out for his “mom” and asking what he’d done with her. Traub said he sat on the bed trying to defuse the teen. “Out of nowhere, I got hit on the side of the head with pretty good force,” the soft-spoken Traub said calmly. “It knocked me all the way across my queen-sized bed onto the floor on the other side.” The assailant was Cook, Traub said, who apparent-ly had entered the bedroom before he could see him. The weapon wasn’t just a fist but also a paring knife from Traub’s kitchen. The tip of the 3.5-inch blade still resides in the right side of his skull. “And pretty much from that point on, I just started praying as I was on the floor,” said Traub, who at-tended Lutheran Church of the Ascension in Burns-ville at the time and now attends Messiah Lutheran in Lakeville. “The person

that struck me on the side of the head came over and knelt down by me as the other kid went through the house and was rummaging throughout the house and throwing things around. When I saw it later, they had pretty much pulled ev-erything out of every cabi-net and every closet.” Cook hovered over Traub with the knife, taunting him with life-or-death scenarios he com-pared with the “Saw” hor-ror movie. “He said, ‘You’re going to have to pick A or B, and if you pick the right one you can live, and if you pick the wrong one you’re going to die,’ ” Traub said. Relenting, he picked A. “He goes, ‘Is that a good answer? Do you think you are going to live, or what?’ ” Traub said. Cook told Traub he was dying from the stab wound to his head. Cook asked if Traub thought he’d go to heaven. Yes. “I said I know Jesus loves me,” Traub said. “And he said, ‘Well, because I’m Jesus, and I didn’t die for anybody like you. ... ’ And then he moved on to talk-ing about other things.” He said he had mouth-wash splashed in his face and the empty bottle thrown at him. Something was sprayed in his face — cooking oil, Traub thinks. His memory goes cloudy after that, until both as-sailants appear in the bed-room. Traub said Cook called on Whitfield to be “a man” and finish Traub off. Whitfield hesitated briefly, Traub said, and then jumped on him from behind, stabbing him 17 times in the back with the same kitchen knife. Police later found the knife with a missing tip and a broken handle. “I have to assume that he (Whitfield) would have continued stabbing me if had hadn’t broken it,” Traub said. When he opened his eyes after the stabbings

Traub saw flames illumi-nating the bedroom. Cook stood in the doorway, or-dering Traub to stay where he was. The teens had set eight fires throughout the town-house, disabled the fire alarm and ripped out the phone. Cook opened the gas valves on Traub’s stove, but Traub said the gas au-tomatically shuts off if there’s no ignition. When Traub heard his car pull out of the garage, that was his cue to move. “Plus, there are three other families living in this building,” he said. “So at that point they’re in jeop-ardy as well.” Traub calculated that he might be able to withstand the bedroom flames like someone passing a hand over a candle. Escaping the flames and the townhouse, Traub went next door to the home of Wanda Trou-sil, who eventually an-swered his repeated knocks and asked him inside. Covered in blood, Traub declined as Trousil called 911. Many hours later, ly-ing alone for the first time

in his room at Hennepin County Medical Center, Traub reflected on the ap-proximately 40 minutes of terror and the calm he said he’d felt throughout. “I had two prayers: One was a prayer of thanksgiv-ing that I was still breath-ing, and one was that something would happen in these two young guys’ lives that would turn them away from the lives they were leading at this point,” Traub said. “That point is when I was able to forgive them for what they had done.” Traub spent three days in the hospital. A couple from Lutheran Church of the Ascension, Don and Lorna Pitzer, put him up for a couple of weeks and dressed his back wounds while his insurance compa-ny found him a temporary apartment. Police began to break the case more than three months later when DNA on the knob of the door leading from the garage to the house matched that of Whitfield, who had ap-parently cut himself in the crash of the stolen car.

Already in jail on an-other charge, Whitfield pleaded guilty in June 2009 to attempted first-degree murder, first-degree arson and second-degree bur-glary. Now serving a 17-year sentence, he agreed to testify against Cook, Traub said. In May 2010 a jury found Cook guilty of first- and second-degree attempted murder, first-de-gree arson and first-degree burglary. He’s serving a 29.5-year sentence. Traub tried not to look at his assailants in court, but there was a chilling moment during sentencing when everyone rose for a break. “He was standing,” Traub said, “with the same sort of a look on his face and the same posture as he was in my doorway as the flames were illuminating his figure. ... That was re-ally the only time I looked at him during the trial.”

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

Paul Traub, shown at his Burnsville townhouse, received the Special Courage Award from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Victims of Crime. (Photo by John Gessner)


Grief should not be regulated To the editor: I feel the Lakeville Area School Board’s newest me-morial regulations are un-necessary. After the death of ju-nior Alyssa Ettl all the memorial activities that took place are what helped her friends and the school grieve for her. The regulations make the activities we did impos-sible to do in the future. The regulations say “Any selling of fundraising or memorial items during the school day is banned.” I don’t understand the reasoning for that, the shirts and blue wristbands were sold at lunch and were not a distraction to the school day. Marne Berkvam stated: “It’s important to note that in the policy we want-ed to respect the family of the deceased.” I see her point; they are experiencing the most loss. I would think any griev-ing parent/family member would be honored that students would want to purchase and wear a shirt in memory of their loved one. In fact, at all memorial events for Alyssa I saw her father proudly wearing the blue shirt most of my school owns. The District 196 con-troversy was brought up, and I see their point, but for as little memorials as we would have I think we would find ways to con-quer those problems. We could plant another tree or build a bench out of the wood from the tree. Honestly, are we ex-panding anytime soon,

because I thought we built another high school to avoid expansion? People are not sup-pose to die at this age, 16 year-olds aren’t supposed to bury their friend and parents aren’t supposed to bury their children. So in the cases where this traumatic incident happens, I think we should be allowed to do what is needed to grieve and re-member the one who has passed. Lakeville has seen quite a few young deaths in the last decade, and every sin-gle one of them deserves to be remembered through T-shirts, trees, benches, even cups in a fence, because that’s what it takes for us as students to get through the days, remembering the impact they left on us and allowing them to live on in memory.

MARISSAPRONSCHINSKELakeville

‘Beauty and the Beast’ impresses To the editor: We had the pleasure of attending Lakeville South High School’s production of Beauty and the Beast last weekend. Great acting, amazing vocalists, and outstanding choreography. Truly, an enjoyable experience! We want to acknowl-edge the cast, crew and orchestra for their signifi-cant contributions. Congratulations se-niors for your hard work and dedication. Special thanks to di-rector and choreographer Becky Erickson, music director Julie Brott and

orchestra director Paul Wigley. Don’t miss this Disney theatrical event. Tickets are available online or at the door (6 p.m.) for the remaining performances on May 1, 2 and 3 at 7 p.m.

BOB and SHELLEY ERICKSONLakeville

DFLer against veteranscauses? To the editor: In a letter to the editor in the April 25 edition Joe Niedermayr, a longtime DFL party leader, seems to question the integrity of those of us who served and continue to serve. It is typical for Mr. Nie-dermayr to twist the facts and conduct personal at-tacks under the cloak of any ordinary citizen but he neglects to inform the readers that he is a long-time DFL activist. To be clear, no one asked anyone to “subsi-dized the VFW.” All it stated was that this in-crease would cost our Post thousands of additional dollars in payroll, and these are dollars that will no longer be used to sup-port veterans causes. Mr. Niedermayr also mentioned that there is opposition to paying peo-ple a “living wage” which again is misleading. He seems to confuse the terms “minimum wage” and “living wage.” The new law makes a distinction between large businesses and small busi-nesses and the “minimum wage” needed to be paid to employees, neither of which is really a “living wage.”

Using his own logic, it would appear that Mr. Niedermayr’s support for the new law indicates he does not believe that ev-eryone deserves a “living wage” as some will get less than others. At the VFW, our em-ployees are paid above the current minimum wage plus receive tips, and it is intended to be a second income and not a “living wage.” As the commander of the VFW, a nonprofit or-ganization, my objective is to raise funds to support veterans causes as well as community causes. A large part of my job is to advocate for policies that support this mission. If the new law can make a distinction between large businesses and small busi-nesses, why would they not consider an exemption for nonprofit organizations? Before you know it, people like Mr. Nieder-mayr and the state of Min-nesota will be requiring a “minimum wage” for vol-unteerism. Lastly to answer his question, we served and continue to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

RANDY PRONSCHINSKELakeville

Kline should support USPSTo the editor: The Postal Account-ability and Enhancement Act was passed by a lame duck Congress and signed into law by the president in 2006. This legislation is ef-fectively putting the USPS slowly out of service. An agency that operates inde-pendently and efficiently without one dime of tax-payer support. The giant private delivery companies have done very well for themselves while compet-ing with the USPS along with the many smaller de-livery companies that have appeared in recent years. I don’t believe there are any private organizations that would deliver my letter across the country, then if

necessary, return it back to me for a cost of less than 50 cents as the USPS does. This legislation is so bad that Congress had to pass it with a “voice” vote. Sad-ly, no representatives had the courage to put their vote in writing. My representative in Congress, U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, has voted over 50 times to re-peal the Affordable Care Act. These votes, if passed into law, would block ac-cess to affordable, qual-ity health care to fellow American human beings. Surely, my representative could support a full repeal of the 2006 PAEA. No, I am not a postal employ-ee. No, I do not have any family or personal friends working for the USPS. I am just an individual who appreciates the affordable, quality service the United States Postal Service has provided me for over 50 years and my country for over 238 years.

GARY ANDERSONApple Valley

Wrong directionTo the editor: “Give new bullying law chance to work,” says the ECM Editorial of April 25. That is the equivalent of saying, “we have to pass the law to find out what is in it,” and we know how well that worked out. It only works if the title of the bill tells you what it actually does, or if you be-lieve that good intentions alone make good law. Actually reading the law makes clear that what its sponsors claim is simply wrong. The first thing that strikes you in reading this bill is the long list of “victim classes,” followed by the statement that “schools may add to the list of protected classes.” Yet backers of this law claim that it applies to all students equally. It is simply not possible when the law contains a long, specific list of students to whom it applies. This logical failing leads directly to a second

fault in the law. That is, schools and parents have always disciplined bully-ing behavior. What this law does, with the list of protected classes, is to introduce elements of a “thought crime” into the definition. We no longer care so much what was done, but why it was done, based on to whom it was done. Again, we are not protecting all students, be-cause we should not care about “why.” Finally, proponents claim the law protects free speech, and it even spe-cifically states such. Yet by defining bullying as “con-duct,” all forms of speech are clearly included. Thus a simple round of name-calling is declared bully-ing, but only if the victim is protected and, presum-ably, the bully is not a member of the same class. It is political correctness run amok. Parents and schools have long taught children not to bully, and how to cope with bullies. District 196 already has a policy, posted on the walls as five simple rules, and it is work-ing. So why do we need the “almighty state” bullying schools into something certain to be less effective?

JERRY EWINGApple Valley

Kline claims criticism is petty partisan politicsTo the editor: Mike Obermueller was endorsed on Saturday by the DFL to run for the 2nd Congressional Dis-trict seat in Congress. Obermueller made clear that U.S. Rep. John Kline’s record over his six terms in Congress would be put under the microscope. In response, Kline claimed that this was nothing more than “petty partisan poli-tics.” Let’s start looking at Kline’s record, and voters can decide whether criti-cism of that record is more than partisan politics.

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OpinionIt’s time for Southwest Light Rail to move forward After years of debate and many les-sons learned, it appears the path of the proposed 16-mile long Southwest Light Rail Transit has finally been decided. By a 14-2 vote, the Metro Council has ap-proved the final route and the shallow tunnel option in Minneapolis. It is an option that this editorial board strongly supports. It has been no small feat, if you con-sider rail line discussions date back to 1988 when the Hennepin County Re-gional Rail Authority identified the southwest transitway from Hopkins to Minneapolis as a future light rail route. Later this month, the five cities along the line will take a municipal consent vote — we hope Minneapolis joins the suburbs and votes yes to move the proj-ect forward. For 25 years, there has been much debate over the best route for light rail. Twelve options were originally consid-ered. Those 12 were narrowed to four by 2002-03 but harmony could still not be achieved, largely because the proposed routes were either going to cause disrup-tion to business in the Uptown Minneap-olis area or send more trains through the prestigious Kenwood neighborhood of Minneapolis. It was a virtual guarantee that routing any line through the unique amenities and characteristics between downtown Minneapolis and St. Louis Park would pose challenges and friction. The greatest attention centered on the Kenilworth area, because of the number of single-family homes and the proxim-ity to Cedar Lake and Lake of the Isles. There are unquestionably points along the route in St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie that will cause discomfort. That is part of the

shared pain, but also the tremendous gain that comes with a transit project of this magnitude and significance. The opportunity this presents for the mobility of thousands of Twin Cities resi-dents is remarkable. It is a hallmark victory for the families and work-ers who do not have the luxury of being able to jump in a car and get from Minneapolis to Eden Prairie to experi-ence all the region has to offer between those two points. With 16 stops at strategic locations along the way, much opportu-nity will be available in the years ahead. This region of the Twin Cit-ies is expected to add 30,000 households and 60,000 jobs in the next 16 years. The Southwest Line will allow anyone to gain access to other valuable transit connections, including light rail that ex-tends between Minneapolis and the Mall of America, which connects to the Metro Red Line busway to Apple Valley along with the Minnesota Valley Transit Au-thority’s many local routes into Dakota County. These are epic connections that will not only help ease congestion and pollution on already over-crowded high-ways, but will create real opportunity for thousands of metro residents to secure jobs in suburban locations.

Although Gov. Dayton’s delay of this project last October to gain more feed-back and seek more study has added roughly $50 million to the cost, that de-cision has ensured this route is the best option and the time to move forward is now. We urge Minneapolis to add its sup-port when the municipal consent vote is

taken. There will continue to be debate about the Southwest Line, some of it focused on the cost, now tipping the scales at $1.7 billion. Continued opposition from Minneapolis offi-cials does little to help many of the residents of that city gain access to one of the most job-rich areas of the metro. Ultimately this is about creating a better transit system throughout the Twin Cities and this is a key component that must occur for that to

happen. City leaders in St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Minnetonka and Eden Prairie face their own challenges in the months ahead as the exact path of the line takes shape and causes the usual disruptions. But when the line finally opens in 2019, it will all have been worth it. There are lessons to be learned from this process. The greatest beneficiary of those lessons could be the proposed Bottineau Transitway, which will extend from Minneapolis to Brooklyn Park, passing through Golden Valley, Robbin-sdale and Crystal. It will further extend the reach of light rail and already the

cities affected have approved resolutions in support of a preferred route. Gaining approval for that preferred route today is a major step that could save millions of dollars in delays later. It is essential that all major stake-holders become involved from day one. Mark Wegner, president of Twin Cities & Western Railroad Company, told the ECM Editorial Board his company was not consulted in the early planning. Pro-posals to reroute freight in St. Louis Park were not feasible, he said. Freight trains just cannot make sharp turns or ascend steep grades. Let’s be sure the railroads are at the table as the Bottineau route is finalized. The greatest lesson is that transit is a metro-wide issue that needs consensus from the entire region. The workers who fill downtown office buildings are not all from Minneapolis and St. Paul. The shoppers who help support downtown restaurants and bars, hotels, fill Target Center, Target Field and soon a new Vi-kings stadium come from all areas of the state, but many call a suburban commu-nity home. Likewise, jobs, shopping and entertainment are available in the subur-ban areas that soon will be available to a wider audience because of light rail. It has been a long and painful pro-cess at many junctures. But five years from now when a critical new thread in the metro’s transit tapestry is finally un-veiled, all that emotion and hard work will not have gone to waste.

This is an opinion from the ECM Publish-ers Editorial Board. Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publishers Inc.

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Over time Kline has: • Refused to vote for immigration reform • Voted against equal pay for equal work • Refused to raise the minimum wage • Refused to extend long term unemployment benefits • Voted against the food stamp program • Voted against orga-nizing labor unions • Voted against the Pay-check Fairness Act • Voted against the Lily Ledbetter Act • Voted to privatize So-cial Security • Voted in favor of vouchers for Medicare • Voted to raise student loan interest rates • Voted 50-plus times in favor of pre-existing con-ditions in health insurance policies • Voted against the right to marry for all citizens • Voted against labor and in favor of interna-tional free trade agree-ments Do you think criticism of these votes is petty par-tisan politics? It is time to change the course of politics. Vote for Mike Obermueller for Congress in November. RONALD S. GOLDSEREagan

Obermueller is the clear choice To the editor: Mike Obermueller was unanimously endorsed on the first ballot at the DFL 2nd Congressional District convention April 26. Taking off the gloves against U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, Ober-mueller served notice that the incumbent is out of touch with the values of 2nd District constituents. In his acceptance speech, the Democrat said

his campaign will focus on three main issues: improv-ing and expanding the middle class; preserving the financial safety net for seniors; and ensuring that women’s security, and eco-nomic and privacy rights are guaranteed. Oberm-ueller generated substan-tial financial and voter support in his 2012 race against Kline, at a time when he had limited name recognition, and time to present his message. This year, Obermueller says he’ll carry that mes-sage to all corners of the district. In areas where immigration issues matter, he will talk about the need for immigration reform. In rural areas, he’ll continue the dialogue with farm-ers about farm economics and environmental needs. In suburban districts, he will continue to meet with small business owners to understand and promote programs to enhance the ability of small business to thrive. In his opening salvo back to the Obermueller

campaign, all Kline could point to was ensuring overdue bonus pay to the National Guard and his student loan interest bill (which actually increased student loan rates). In my view, this elec-tion is about two things: Kline’s pitiful record in his six terms in Congress, and the needs, desires, and dreams of 2nd District residents. On the basis of values, record and philosophy, Obermueller is the clear choice in November.

CATHY JOHNSONFarmington

Survey falls short To the editor: The 2nd District in-cumbent representative in Congress recently sent an email inviting constituents to share their thoughts with him. He occasion-ally issues invitations like this – impersonal and re-mote. One recent occasion was shortly after he voted

to shut down the federal government at a cost to the economy of some $20 billion. But the topic of this recent “survey” was the economy, and it ad-mitted to troubles we “are experiencing because of a historically slow economic recovery.” I thought this might have been an apol-ogy for votes against un-employment benefits and the Affordable Care Act. Instead, it asked what kind of expenses con-cerned me most. Then it asked whether Congress should: increase spend-ing, decrease it, cut taxes, or “get out of the way.” The list includes the kind of remedies pursued by former President George W. Bush. They are sum-marized by the phrase “trickle-down” and they didn’t work for Mr. Bush. In fact, since Ronald Rea-gan introduced this eco-nomic theory it has never worked. While I’m happy to share my thoughts on the economy, I don’t know my answers will be consid-

ered, since the incumbent seems to mirror the poli-cies of his friend, Speaker of the House John Boeh-ner. And the questions seem to reflect “either/or” solutions rather than thoughtful attempts to un-derstand what his voters are thinking. A real town hall meeting might allow the representative to find a broader range of options than an online survey. I think the timing of this survey came suspi-ciously soon after the first-ballot endorsement of his opponent, Demo-crat Mike Obermueller. In Obermueller’s speech, he said time had run out for the incumbent to do something about equal pay or care for veterans or for folks who want to go to college. As a senior, I’m in-terested in stability for my Social Security and Medi-care. So far, I like what Obermueller has to say. JUDY FINGERApple Valley

Wearing green for May is Mental Health MonthTo the editor: As we finally emerge from the cold dark win-ter our thoughts turn to spring – and green. Not the green from our grass or the leaves on the tree, but to mental health. May is Mental Health Aware-ness Month and green is the color being used to symbolize awareness. Mental health is a con-tinuum, from having very good mental health to having a serious mental ill-ness. Good mental health means being able to learn, express a range of emo-tions, form and maintain good relationships and cope with change and un-certainty. Like any health care

condition, it’s good to identify symptoms early and seek treatment. Men-tal illnesses disrupt a per-son’s thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily function-ing. One in four adults and one in five children live with a mental illness. Promoting good men-tal health, learning how to deal with stress can help, but making sure a mental illness is identified and treated early may prevent it from becoming more se-rious. It is also important to recognize that mental illnesses are treatable med-ical conditions, and with proper treatment people can and do recover. Unfortunately, people aren’t comfortable talking about mental health or mental illnesses. There is a cloak of silence around it. During the month of May we encourage people to talk about it. You can help raise awareness by wearing green – paint your nails, wear green cloth-ing, put on a green ribbon – and then when people ask why, share informa-tion with them about men-tal health. You can direct people to the Make It OK campaign or the NAMI Minnesota website to learn more about mental illnesses, how to talk about them and how to request a speaker. Every time someone talks about mental illness-es we take another brick off that wall of silence. So celebrate May this year by promoting mental health and talking about mental illnesses. It’s OK to talk about it! Help end the si-lence that discourages people from seeking help.

SUE ABDERHOLDENExecutive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Minne-sota.

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Society exhibit opens May 8 by John Gessner


Rural electrification came to Burnsville Town-ship, population 495, in 1939. “I remember that,” said lifelong Burnsville resident Eldon Kohls, who was born in 1933 and raised on the family dairy farm where Lunds and Byerly’s, The Woods of Burnsville Apartments and other buildings now stand. “I can remember them guys setting poles, electric poles. That was all done by hand.” Kohls is a member of the Burnsville Historical Society, which is present-ing a 1939-themed exhibit from May 8 to June 15 at the Ames Center (formerly the Burnsville Performing Arts Center). “Burnsville’s Attic: 1939” is a multimedia mix of photos, artifacts, dis-plays and audiovisuals. “If you walk through this exhibition, you’ll have a real feel for what it was like to live in Burnsville in 1939,” said Jeff Jerde, the historical society’s vice president and graphics whiz, who masterminded the major displays on Photoshop and his 44-inch color printer. Originally, local histo-rians planned a joint ex-hibition with the Dakota County Historical Soci-ety, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, said Len Nachman, president of the Burnsville group and a board mem-ber with the county group. Since then, Burns-ville has ceased to be a dues-paying chapter of the Dakota County soci-ety, Nachman said. But the Burnsville group still wanted to honor the an-niversary of the county group, whose first year was a doozy in history. “It turned out that was the year 1939,” Nach-man said. “So we decided that’s a really important year with how the world changed: everything from electricity coming to Burnsville to Hitler mov-ing to start World War II. We decided we were going to do 1939.” Kohls, the son of Hen-ry and Eleanor Kohls, was growing up on a farm that straddled what is now Portland Avenue south of County Road 42. “Some of them trees on the corner (by The Woods) are the original trees yet,” Kohls said. His family raised milk cows, a few chickens and a few pigs. “And all the crops were used to feed the animals,” he said. “There was no

cash cropping in Burns-ville at all. Everybody had a few cows and every-thing.” Pre-1939, his family got around the electricity problem by rigging some batteries and a genera-tor to light the house and barn. “As far as having lan-terns and stuff, I’ve never been through that,” said Kohls, who sold the farm in 1965, went to work for the new village of Burns-ville’s Street Department in 1966, retired 29 years later and still lives in his 1959 rambler on Susan Lane in the area known as Burnsville Heights. Leo Martin didn’t ar-rive in Burnsville until 1941, when his father, Wil-liam, moved from Rose-mount to his father’s farm on what is now one corner of County Road 11 and McAndrews Road. “We moved there in the early fall, I think, around September, and it maybe took a month or so be-fore we got electricity,” said Martin, a Burnsville Historical Society mem-ber and retired bricklayer who left Burnsville when he married in 1957 and has lived for decades in Bloomington. “That was the first electricity that we had, and I was 10 years old at the time. We never had none in Rosemount. We milked the cows. I started milking the cows when I was 6 years old.” Historical society mem-ber Sivert Hedrickson, who has lived in a ram-bler on Sumac Lane in the Orchard Gardens area of southwest Burnsville since 1966, served as the vil-lage’s first building inspec-tor, from 1965 to 1972. Hedrickson, 86, was growing up in the Keween-aw Peninsula of northern Michigan in 1939. “There was copper mining there,” he said. “When the Depression hit back in ’32, all the mines closed. I was born in ’27, so from my recollection, as I grew up, the only work

my father had at that time was on the WPA, Roos-evelt’s program for jobs. Our family lived on $44 a month for several years. We were poor, but we didn’t know it. And every-body else was in the same boat.”

Exhibit The exhibit will feature a simulated garage, kitch-en, living room, school-room, movie theater and baseball stadium (the old Nicollet Park in Minne-apolis). The garage features a life-size photo replica of a 1939 Crosley automobile, a brand that made its U.S. debut that year. “I wanted to build one in 3D out of foam, but we just couldn’t pull that off,” said Jerde, a Burnsville resident since 1978 who owns an arts and office building with his wife, Pat, that was once the Minne-sota River School of Fine Art. The settings will be ren-dered with real-life touch-es. “We’re putting in arti-facts that we can find from around town, everything from a kids’ train set to an old apron to a butter churn. The list goes on,” said Nachman, 83, who will add the pennant he took home from the 1939 World’s Fair in New York to the mix. Jerde said the exhibit will include a “govern-ment film” he dug up on the wonders of rural elec-trification. “Everyone is just grin-ning when they turn on the water or turn on a lamp,” he said. The exhibit will include a display of items sup-plied by the city, which is planning events to mark Burnsville’s 50th anniver-sary of incorporation on the heels of an annexation attempt by Bloomington.

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

Historical Society put the swing into history75th Anniversary

Diamond Dance slated in

Rosemount by Tad Johnson


Rhett Butler and Dor-othy with her ruby red slippers would have made quite a pair back in 1939. This weekend at the Dakota County Histori-cal Society’s 75th Anniver-sary Diamond Dance, one might see that duo swing-ing the night away. The chance pairing could be made possible because the Saturday, May 3, event at the Rosemount Community Center asks attendees to dress up like characters from the top movies of 1939 – the year the society was founded in South St. Paul. “We wanted to do something fun,” said Lynn Gruber, historical society executive director. “There won’t be any pro-gram. There won’t be any speeches.” The event will start with swing dance lessons directed by the University of Minnesota Ballroom Dance Club from 6:30-7:30 p.m. After that, the Bend in the River Big Band will provide the musical backdrop from 8-11 p.m. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. People can also enter a raffle to win one or more of the 40-plus prizes that will be offered. Tickets are $15 in ad-vance and at the door. The previously announced price of $20 at the door has been reduced. Gruber said she is look-ing forward to seeing what costumes people will de-vise. Some of the hit mov-ies include “Gone with the Wind,” “The Wizard of Oz,” “Stagecoach,” “Mr. Smith Goes to Washing-ton,” “Gunga Din” and “Gulliver’s Travels.” Those who want to

rent a costume, purchase a mask or accessories may call or visit Twin Cit-ies Magic and Costumes, 2044 S. Robert St., West St. Paul, 651-227-7888 or www.twincitiesmagic.com. Reservations may be made by calling 651-552-7548. While the event isn’t billed as a fundraiser, Gr-uber said it is an effort by the society to elevate its recognition in the county. Gruber, who was hired in July 2013, has been working with board mem-bers and volunteers on ideas to bring the society’s mission and resources to more people. The society, which has a membership of about 525 people, aims to in-crease that by 75, a nod to the anniversary year. With an estimated 400,000 people in the county, Gruber says that should be an attainable goal. “The board looked at the situation and said we should make it a goal to really build the member-ship,” Gruber said. Another effort the soci-ety will make in the com-ing year is to plan more events throughout the county in partnership with city historical societies. This month, the Burns-ville Historical Society will launch a new exhibit at the Ames Center, formerly

1939 revisited

Burnsville Historical Society Vice President Jeff Jerde showed the 1939 Crosley automobile replica that is fea-tured in the exhibit “Burnsville’s Attic: 1939.” (Photo by John Gessner)

the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. The society is also part-nering with Dakota City Heritage Village in Farm-ington for The Origin of Food – Early Farming in Dakota County 1860s-1920s. The free education-al program for families will be 1-4 p.m. Sunday, May 4, at the Dakota County Fairgrounds, 4008 220th St. W. During the event, par-ticipants will be able to watch teams of Belgian draft horses plowing fields in preparation for planting corn and try their hand at milking a cow. Farm im-plements used in the 1860s to early 1900s will be on display. Participants will learn how staple foods – corn, wheat, soybeans – make the journey from field to table. A pork chop dinner will be available for $6. More information about the program is at 651-460-8050. Another program that’s in the works is a boat ride down the Mississippi Riv-er in the northeast corner of the county. Gruber said the society will also make improve-ments to its website with the aim to attract more young people. “Some of the subjects we are covering are to at-tract younger people,” Gr-uber said, noting the so-ciety is working on a new exhibit to show the first computer developments at former Lockheed Martin locations in South St. Paul and Eagan. Lockheed Martin re-cently donated 18 pallets stacked with boxes filled with such materials related to the defense contractor. “I don’t think a lot of people understood it was happening in South St. Paul and Eagan at that time,” Gruber said. The community center is at 13885 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. More about the society is at http://www.dakota-history.org.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

The University of Minnesota Ballroom Dance Club will offer swing dance lessons 6:30-7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 3, during the Dakota County Historical Society’s 75th Anniversary Diamond Dance. (Photo submitted)

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A visit from a furry friend Dogs brighten

hospital patients’ day

by Lisa KaczkeSUN CURRENT NEWSPAPERS

Moses gets off the el-evator on Fairview South-dale Hospital’s third floor, ready to make his rounds.

The cavalier King Charles spaniel’s fi rst stop is to greet the nurses, his tail wagging as a nurse says “Hi, sweetie!” and another snuggles him, say-ing how much she loves his visits. Moses gets his back scratched. A box of dog treats appears from a nurse’s desk drawer.

Moses and his owner, Heidi Bock, spend the

next hour walking the halls of the third and fourth fl oors of the Edina hospital. Moses indicates he wants to go into a pa-tient’s room, stopping at the door. Bock knocks on the door and says, “I have a therapy dog. Would you like a visit?”

While some patients de-cline, others agree. Bock lifts Moses onto the hos-pital bed, where the dog settles in while Bock chats with the patient.

In one room, a woman recovering from having surgery that morning says her 3-year-old daughter will be disappointed to have missed Moses’ visit. In the next visit, Moses snuggles against a pa-

tient who talks about the schnauzer she used to have and the birds she currently has as pets.

In Gary Bill’s room, he and his family all get a kick of out Moses’ visit. Moses lets Bill scratch his ears and receives a dog treat from Bill. His family takes photos of him with Moses and shows photos on a cellphone of their own spaniel.

Patients usually perk up when Moses visits, and caregivers and family members in the room be-come happier, Bock said. The benefi ts of having a therapy dog also extend to hospital staffers, who get a lift in their day from seeing the dogs in the hos-pital, Fairview Volunteer Services coordinator Ka-tie Dahill said.

Therapy dogs can be used in hospitals, clin-ics and hospices, but also in places like colleges to lower students’ stress and schools to help students who may be frustrated while learning.

Fairview Southdale’s sister hospital in Burns-ville, Fairview Ridges, has 13 therapy dogs that visit, some once a week, said Deb Hummel, leader of Fairview Ridges’ adult volunteer program.

“It’s defi nitely a day-brightener,” Hummel said.

The dogs visit patient rooms and waiting areas, offering “a nice distrac-tion” from the patients’ own problems.

“Many times the pa-tients experience stress relief or more of a calm-ing presence, just to get their minds off their own health problems,” Hum-mel said.

Moses usually tires out after an hour of visiting patients because he takes in a lot of human emo-tion, Bock explains.

Moses is certifi ed by

Therapy Dogs Interna-tional and has been a therapy dog at Fairview Southdale for the past six months. Bock said she en-joyed being a hospital vol-unteer and loved Moses, so having Moses as a ther-apy dog tied it together.

He’s one of fi ve therapy dogs at Fairview South-dale, with another coming on board soon.

In addition to walk-ing the hallways visiting patients, therapy dogs sometimes visit specifi c patients at the patient’s re-quest. Therapy dogs can go into the waiting room in the emergency depart-ment but not the emer-gency treatment area. They also don’t go to the family fl oor because the focus is on the new babies, Dahill said.

Therapy dogs have been volunteering at Fairview Southdale for several years. The response from the nurses is that patients appreciate the visits and the dogs provide a sense of well-being, Dahill

said. The dogs’ owners fo-

cus on the benefi t to the patient. They enjoy the company of their dogs and like to see others en-joy them, too, Dahill said. Dogs are in tune with the emotional responses of patients, and patients are often happy, relaxed and at ease when a therapy dog is around, she said.

A therapy dog needs to have the temperament for the job, Bock explained. The dog needs to be OK with noises of a hospital and being around chil-dren and adults. Obedi-ence is also needed.

Moses walks right next to Bock so he’s not block-ing the hallway if some-one needs to get through quickly. He’s also trained to immediately come to Bock if he gets loose and she calls him back to her.

The process to become a therapy dog at Fair-view begins with a vol-unteer application and two references. Fairview also requires therapy dog

certifi cation. The appli-cation process includes a meeting between the dog and volunteer services staff. The therapy dog is brought in and walks the hospital hallways to en-sure the dog is OK in the setting, Dahill said.

“There are a lot of rules, such as dogs need to be on a leash constantly,” said Hummel of Fair-view Ridges. “The dog handler, their owner — I sometimes call them their person — needs to be with them the whole time. The dog handlers are very compassionate types of people, too, and love to brighten people’s day.”

The owner goes through an orientation process that includes observing a therapy dog in action.

Contact Lisa Kaczke at [email protected] or follow her on Twit-ter @EdinaSunCurrent. John Gessner contributed to this story and can be reached at 952-846-2031 or [email protected].

Gary Bills gives Moses a dog treat during a visit at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina Monday, April 14. Moses is one of five therapy dogs who visit patients at the hospital. (Photo by Lisa Kaczke)

Aarow, with his owner Steve Anderson, of Blooming-ton, is one of 13 therapy dogs that visits Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville. Anderson and Aarow, a Brittany spaniel who has been a therapy dog for three years, visit the hospital every Wednesday. (Submitted photo)


Moms and Neighbors band together in RosemountNonprofit group hosts music, food, silent auction fundraiser

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


Stacy had been living in foster care ever since her mother died. The only family she ever knew were her foster parents. When Stacy (not her real name) turned 18, she was no longer eligible for foster care and moved into an apartment with little or no support network. That’s when the Dakota County-based nonprofit Moms and Neighbors stepped in. “When you hear these kinds of stories, we ask what we can do to help,” said Sara Haugland, co-chairwoman of the group. About five years ago, Moms and Neighbors started networking with Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District counselors, social workers and area churches with the goal to help families and young people like Stacy with basic needs – food, shelter and clothing. On Friday, the group will hold its largest annual fundraiser with the Moms and Neighbors Carbone’s Night Out from 6-11 p.m. at the downtown Rose-mount restaurant. The money raised dur-ing the food, music and silent auction event will go to sustain the group’s daily efforts and a holiday gift-giving drive.

As long as diners men-tion the fundraiser to their servers, a portion of carry out or dine-in sales during the event will go to Moms and Neighbors. Haugland said the event is great for all ages to begin with and chang-es over to a 21-and-over crowd later in the night. She said her 9-year-old daughter stays until about 7 p.m. The silent auction in-cludes such items as mov-ies, games, craft beer kits, theater tickets and gift baskets filled with choco-late, wine or other items. The event marks the five-year milestone of the all-volunteer group of about 30 moms from Rosemount, Eagan, Apple Valley and Inver Grove Heights that started with the idea that it could serve the needs of young people by attempting to use every dollar for those needs. The group says it has never spent more than $90 a year in operating costs while donating an esti-mated $75,000 to those in need. When Moms and Neighbors was in its infan-cy, it served only a family or two every few months. Now the group assists about two or three fami-lies every month, whether it is paying a heating bill or sending a gift card for food.

Haugland, of Inver Grove Heights, said the group has experienced slow growth by design. They are respectful of members’ time commit-ments and strive to recruit as many new members who are interested in giv-ing as much time as they want. “If they have a specific interest or skill, they can do that segment,” Haug-land said. Haugland said anoth-er way people can help is to organize their own group to conduct fund-raising, organize a food drive or collected gently used household items or clothes. Since Moms and Neigh-bors members network their donations through schools or churches, they do not know the names of the people they help. Some send thank you cards. A dad who was helped by the group one year donated a $50 gift card after he found finan-cial stability. When the group was recruiting new members at a local school, Haugland said two different families approached their booth and said through some tears that they were helped by the group last year. The group’s other large fundraiser is a November bingo night at Cooper’s Restaurant in Eagan.

The main event of the year is the holiday gift-giv-ing drive. Last year, Moms and Neighbors supported 15 families and gave gifts to 25 individual teenagers. “Some of the teens on our list wouldn’t have received any presents,” Haugland said. “It’s quite overwhelming when you hear something like that.” Haugland said when the school counselors pick up the gifts, even they are often so overwhelmed, they, too, are crying. “They are our partners in kindness,” Haugland said. More information about the group is at momsandneighbors.org.

Live music The Prospects, a band comprised of mostly Rosemount and Inver Grove Heights musicians, will play a set the Moms and Neighbors Carbone’s Night Out at 8:30 p.m. Fri-day, May 2. The group formed about six years ago when neighbors Matt Brokl and Doug Molitor were talk-ing one day about their mutual longing to play in a band again. Brokl, who was playing guitar in a band at Easter Lutheran Church in Ea-gan with drummer Dar-rin Cresswell, suggested the three could play at a neighborhood birthday

party.

“Then everything took off from there,” Brokl said. The band has pulled in Paul Jacobson and Tony Vega since then and played at venues such as O’Gara’s in St. Paul and Mississippi Mud in Inver Grove Heights.

The band covers a wide

range of material, includ-ing songs from Jimi Hen-drix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, U2 and Foo Fighters. More information is at www.theprospectsrock.com.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

Isaac Trowbridge, 8, a student at Red Pine Elementary School, wraps a gift for one of the recipients through the Moms and Neighbors holiday gift-giving campaign in December 2013. (Photo submitted)

Lakeville Yellow Ribbon receives donation for veterans programs

Tee it up for the Troops donated $5,000 to Lakeville Yellow Ribbon for programs and events that support area veterans and their families. Cochairs Rick Dale (left) and Ken Titcomb (right) presented the check to Vice President Lindy Kes on Monday, April 21, with Mayor Matt Little in attendance. Tee it up for the Troops is a fundraising golf tournament that takes place annually in September at Brackett’s Crossing Coun-try Club to raise money to support veterans programs. “We’re proud to contribute to Lakeville Yellow Ribbon and the programs they sponsor in our local area,” Dale said. The donation will be used to partially fund the Ramp Team, the Women of the Military Luncheon, skeet shoots and the Veterans Day dinner. (Photo submitted)

County plans Lake Byllesby refill The Dakota County Environmental Resources Department plans to refill the Lake Byllesby reser-voir to its summer eleva-tion beginning Thursday, May 15. In the fall, the reser-voir level is lowered 3 feet to 853.7 feet, and remains there until May 15 when refilling to the summer elevation of 856.7 feet is

permitted to start. Raising the Lake Byllesby reservoir level requires Dakota County employees to access the top of the spillway and manually lift and set the trip gates. This is only pos-sible when there is little or no water flowing over the spillway. In the event that it is not possible to raise the gates May 15, the gates

will be raised at the earliest possible date thereafter. Access weather data at the Byllesby Dam and lake level information gen-erated from river gauges at www.byllesbydam.org. For information about the refill process, call the Da-kota County Environmen-tal Resources Department at 952-891-7000.


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SUNDAY, MAY 11Your Guide to Dining, Entertainment and Gifts for Mother’s Day.

Friends of Education Awards nominations open Lakeville Area Pub-lic Schools is soliciting nominations for its an-nual Friends of Education Awards. Community members are encouraged to nomi-nate district employees or community members who they feel have contributed to the Lakeville schools programs and services in one of these categories: Volunteer Service, Busi-ness Partnerships, Distin-guished Service and Edu-cation. Awards will be pre-sented at the May 21 Staff Recognition Reception. The selection commit-tee will consider if the nominee has achieved be-yond what is expected in the public school program, demonstrated continu-ous support for Lakeville schools and affected one or more of the following: program development, staff morale, community support, student interest,

learning environment, or general support for public education. Additional consider-ations include providing creative leadership in in-spiring or motivating oth-ers to achieve or contrib-ute to public education. The qualifications will be considered collectively so the persons selected are recognized for their ser-vice to the entire district, rather than for one par-ticular project or area of performance. Nomination forms are available in the office of every school building and on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us. Entries must be re-turned to Linda Swan-son, director of commu-nication, 952-232-2004, email at [email protected] or at the Dis-trict Office, 8670 210th St., Lakeville, MN 55044 by Wednesday, May 8.

Thirty Lakeville South High School students participated in the annual A Vous la Parole French speaking contest held in Coffman Memorial Union at the University of Min-nesota on Tuesday, April 22. Sponsored annually by the Minnesota Chapter

of the American Associa-tion of Teachers of French with help from the Uni-versity of Minnesota De-partment of French and Italian, the contest recog-nizes excellence in French speaking skills. This year’s contest drew more than 1100 entries among students in grades

7-12. The various categories include prose and poetry recitations, theater pre-sentations, song perfor-mances, extemporaneous reading, extemporaneous conversation, as well as original skits. Students are given ratings based on a four-star system with four

stars earning them a blue medal, three stars earning a red medal, and two stars earning a white medal. All participants receive a cer-tificate of participation re-gardless of their particular rating. The students’ teacher is Anne Muske.

Lakeville students vie in French speaking contest

Lakeville South High School students who participated in this year’s French contest were (from front left) Ben Wick, Alanis Roy, Madyson Morse, Katherine Redetzke, Claire Schostag, Annika Fox, Noel Jacobson, Alexandra Dillon, Christian Messier, (middle row) Elise Backer, Allison Brown, Jennifer Ellenburg, Leah DeYoung, Morgan Hollar, Amelia Anderson, Julia Edwards, Natalie Keyes, Caitlyn Jones, Lauren Reed, Dakota Aretz, (back row) Alyssa Ludwig, Grace Mohn, Kennedy Fleming, Erin Jagt, Shannon Parcher, Madison Koski, Sydney Olsen, Me-gan Pospisil, Rory McCabe and Matt Barry. (Photo submitted)


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60 years as a Legionnaire Apple Valley American Legion recognizes

longtime member Howard Blix The year Howard Blix joined the American Legion, Dwight D. Eisen-hower was president, Marilyn Monroe married baseball great Joe DiMaggio, and Bill Haley and His Comets launched the rock ’n’ roll craze with the hit “Rock Around the Clock.” That was 1954. Times have changed, but one thing that hasn’t changed is Blix’s status as a member in good stand-ing with the American Legion. Blix, of Apple Valley, was recognized by the American Legion on April 24 with a certificate recognizing his 60 years of continuous service with the veterans or-ganization. Apple Valley American Legion Cmdr.

Bob Nelson presented Blix with the cer-tificate at the Thursday morning cere-mony held in the communal area outside Blix’s residence at the Augustana Health Care Center. Also attending the ceremony were Apple Valley American Legion mem-bers Gene Moon, Vern Yetzer and Jack Metzger, as well as Blix’s wife, Shirley, who lives in a townhome complex near-by. A Korean War veteran, Blix served as an Air Force mechanic in the early 1950s. An American Legion member since 1954, he’s been with the Legion post in Apple Valley since the early 1990s.

—Andrew Miller

Apple Valley American Legion Cmdr. Bob Nelson, left, presents Howard Blix with a certificate recognizing Blix’s 60 years of service with the veterans organization, as Ap-ple Valley Legion member Gene Moon, back right, looks on. (Photo by Andrew Miller)

Howard Blix cel-ebrates his American

Legion recognition with wife, Shirley,

following the April 24 ceremony. (Photo

by Andrew Miller)


SportsSouth suburban athletes star at HamlineCougars’ Burns is a double winner by Mike Shaughnessy


The Hamline Elite Meet is a showcase for top high school track and field athletes from throughout Minnesota, and competi-tors from Dakota County in particular stood out. Seniors Shaina Burns of Lakeville South, Jacob Gourley of Eagan and Payton Otterdahl of Rose-mount each won two indi-vidual events at Friday’s meet at Hamline Universi-ty’s Klas Field, which also will be the home of the state meet in early June. Rosemount and Eagan each had three first places in total. Burns was one of the top athletes in the girls competition. She won the 100-meter hurdles in 14.60 seconds, edging Lakeville North junior Michaela Preachuk by .02. Both athletes broke the previous meet record. Burns added a vic-tory in the shot put with a throw of 44 feet, 6 inches and was runner-up to Rosemount’s Rachel Schow in the 300 hurdles. Schow, the defending Class AA champion in the

100 and 300 hurdles, won Friday’s 300 at Hamline in 43.87, a meet record (Burns’ second-place time of 44.29 also bettered the previous record). Schow was a last-min-ute addition in last year’s Elite Meet and finished second in the 100 hurdles and sixth in the 300. “It was my first year running the 300 hurdles (in 2013),” Schow said. “There was no pressure. This year was exponen-tially more difficult. I was hoping for top three, and I had a really good race.”

Schow also placed fourth in the 100 hurdles in 14.89. Eastview sophomore Natalie Manders went into the discus competi-tion as the fourth seed but won with a throw of 142-5, about 5 1/2 feet farther than the runner-up. Manders also threw the shot put 39-9 to place fifth. Farmington scored a victory in the 4x200 relay with Isabelle Ferm, Emma Record, Jennifer Miller and Megan Graham fin-ishing in 1 minute, 43.90

seconds. Eagan sophomore Maddie Gourley finished second in two sprint races, running the 100 in 12.27 and the 200 in 25.79. Wildcats senior Emerald Egwim finished sixth in the 200. Lakeville South junior Caraline Slattery, the de-fending Class AA high jump champion, finished third in that event in the Hamline Elite Meet, 1 inch behind the winner. Other highlights in-volving local girls teams included Lakeville South’s

second place in the 4x400 relay. Rachel Mickelson, Haley Lubow, Slattery and Burns finished in 3:57.49, breaking the previous meet record. Minnetonka finished first in 3:56.30. Burnsville senior Viv-ian Hett was third in the 1,600 in 5:04.03. Cretin-Derham Hall senior Megan Linder, an Eagan resident, won the 400 in 56.83, edging Min-netonka’s Elizabeth Endy by two one-hundredths of a second. Those two sprinters also finished first and second in the 400 at the 2013 state meet.

Boys highlights Eagan’s Jake Gourley clearly was the top boys sprinter in the Hamline Elite Meet. He won the 100 in 10.66 and the 200 in 21.60 – narrowly miss-ing meet records in each – as well as anchoring the Wildcats’ first-place 4x200 relay. David Brown, Dallas Krech and Douglas Brown ran the first three legs of Eagan’s 4x200, which set a meet record of 1:29.07. Rosemount’s Otterdahl was a double winner in the throws. His distances were 58-0 3/4 in the shot put and 167-09 in the discus. Both were farther than the winning throws in those

events at the 2013 Class AA state meet. Otterdahl was second in the shot and third in the discus at state last year. Farmington junior Justin Hyytinen overtook Richfield’s Obsa Ali in the final 400 meters to win the 1,600 in a meet-record 4:14.05. Hyytinen beat one of the state’s elite distance runners; Ali’s re-sume includes a victory in the 3,200 at the 2013 state track meet and the Class AA cross country champi-onship last fall. Hyytinen also ran the 3,200, finishing 13th. Farmington also had a third place in the 4x400 relay. The Tigers’ Tanner Grubb was fifth in the 200 dash and Nehemiah Rock-ett was sixth in the 300 hurdles. Apple Valley sopho-more Kieran McKeag earned invitations to the Elite Meet in both throw-ing events, finishing seventh in the shot put and eighth in the discus. Lakeville South junior Josh Corcoran came in third in the discus with a throw of 159-6.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Rachel Schow (left) of Rosemount, Shaina Burns of Lakeville South and Michaela Preachuk of Lakeville North run the girls 100-meter hurdles at the Hamline Elite Meet last Friday. Burns won the race, with Preachuk finishing second and Schow fourth. (Photo by Jason Olson)

Panthers winbragging rights battle

Lakeville North infielder Joseph Haider throws to first base after fielding a grounder during a baseball game Friday at Lakeville South. The Panthers won 10-0 and ended last week 7-1 overall. This week, they ascended to No. 1 in the state Class 3A rankings. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick/smugmug.com)

Local gymnasts getting national exposureLakeville’s Larson headed west for big meet

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Many of the 3,800 TAGS Gymnastics mem-bers who train at two sites do so for fun and fitness, not necessarily to com-pete. But five from the club’s Apple Valley loca-tion will perform at some of the highest levels of youth gymnastics in the next week. Lakeville North High School student Olivia Larson is in the Women’s Level 9 Western Cham-pionships, which runs through Sunday in Boise, Idaho. Level 9 is the third-highest proficiency group in club gymnastics behind Olympic level and Level 10. A number of Level 9 girls club gymnasts have earned scholarships to compete for Division I college programs. Four members of the TAGS South boys club program in Apple Valley – Shashank Yallamraju of Apple Valley, Blake Wright of Rosemount, P.J. Lenz of Prior Lake and Vladimir Tipler of Hastings – will be in the men’s Junior Olympic National Championships beginning May 7 in Long Beach, Calif. Yallamraju, a senior at Eastview High School, is a Level 10 gym-nast. Wright, Lenz and Tipler, who are all in mid-dle school, are Level 9s. Yallamraju has quali-fied for the Junior Olym-pics six times. He finished fourth on the high bar last year and seventh on par-allel bars two years ago. He will attend the University of Minnesota in the fall and try out for a spot on the men’s gymnastics team. Even though Yallamraju is the state Level 10 all-around champion and one of the top gymnasts in the coun-try in his age group, he is not assured of a spot with the Gophers. That’s because fewer than 20 colleges have men’s gymnastics teams and the competition for roster spots is intense, said Tony Aretz, head

coach of the TAGS South boys team. “Making a college team is a big accomplish-ment now because there aren’t many of them left,” Aretz said. “Fifteen or 20 years ago, it would have been easy for (Yallam-raju) to find a spot on a team. Now it’s down to the top 50 or 60 gymnasts in the country, and he’s right on the bubble.” Wright, Lenz and Ti-pler will compete in the 13-14 age group at nation-als, meaning they have a few years before having to decide if they want to take a shot at college gymnas-tics. Lenz is making his third trip to nationals and

Wright his second. It will be the first time at nation-als for Tippler. At nationals, the TAGS gymnasts will be compet-ing against gymnasts for whom the sport is almost a full-time job. Some boys gymnasts, particularly in the southern United States, train 35 to 40 hours a week, Aretz said. A typical TAGS training week is about 18 hours over six days so the gym-nasts have time for other activities, Aretz said. Larson qualified for the Western Nationals through regional compe-tition in Fargo, N.D., two weeks ago. She was 10th in the all-around; the top

12 qualify. She also was a Level 9 vault champion in her age group at the Min-nesota state meet. This is her second trip to the Western Nationals. TAGS South girls team coach Kevin Brown, who trained four Olympic gymnasts in the 1980s and 1990s, said Larson’s goal is a top-10 finish at the Western Nationals. “She’s worked very hard for this and always has a great attitude,” Brown said, “and now she knows what it’s like to compete at that level.” Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Lakeville resident Olivia Larson will compete in the Women’s Level 9 Western Gym-nastics Championships this weekend in Boise, Idaho. She trains at TAGS South in Apple Valley and is one of five gymnasts from her club to qualify for national compe-titions this spring. (Photo courtesy of TAGS South Gymnastics)

Minnesota Burn Cancer Games This spring, boys and girls high school lacrosse teams from across the country are joining the HEAD-strong Foundation’s fight against blood cancers by facing-off against rival opponents as part of the orga-nization’s National Rivalry Series.

In addition, 24 rival Minnesota high schools, in-cluding Lakeville North and South, have united to be part of the inaugural Minnesota Burn Cancer Games, a charitable event series which began April 23 and will conclude May 20 with the Lakeville North-South game. For more information, visit headstrong.org.

Sports Brief

Lakeville golfers elevate their game at Tri-State

North, South teams place in top 5; Freddy Thomas earns medalist honor

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


In golf, how a player performs when conditions are less than ideal tells you more than how he plays when conditions are per-fect. Lakeville North senior Freddy Thomas stepped up his game Saturday as conditions started to de-teriorate at the Tri-State Invitational at Edinburgh USA in Brooklyn Park. With the wind picking up and rain looming (it held off until after play was completed Saturday evening), Thomas shot an even-par 72. He was

one of only two players to match par in the 24-team, 36-hole event; nobody had an under-par round. That was enough to give Thomas, who shot 77 in Friday’s first round, a tie for first place with Owatonna’s Ted Urch. Thomas earned the first-place medal in a scorecard playoff by making par on Edinburgh USA’s No. 1-handicap hole Saturday. Urch had a bogey on that hole. Lakeville North also had the best team score of the second day (310) and finished second, three strokes behind Wayzata. The Panthers were in fifth place after the first round. Freddy’s twin brother Bobby tied for fourth indi-vidually with two rounds of 76 and a 152 total. Lakeville South fin-

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North 2nd, South 8th in girls golf opener

Welch ties for 2nd individually by Mike Shaughnessy


Rosemount edged Lakeville North by two strokes and Eastview by four in the first South Sub-urban Conference girls golf tournament of the spring. Low scores were hard to come by in the confer-ence opener, played April 23 in cold, windy and wet weather at Valleywood Golf Course. Three girls in the 53-player field shot in the 70s, with nine others shooting in the 80s. Prior Lake senior Kenzie Sexe was medal-ist with a 77, two strokes ahead of Eastview senior Kari Opatz and Lakeville North eighth-grader Me-gan Welch. Sophomore Jessica Pe-terson helped lead Rose-mount to the team medal by shooting 82, good for fourth place. Two oth-er Irish players, junior Monica McDonald and eighth-grader Sydney Re-galado, shot 89s. Ashlee Humble, a senior, had a 92 that counted toward Rose-mount’s team total of 352. Also playing for the Irish were senior Molly Re-ber (98) and ninth-grader Gretchen McDonald (100). Sophomore Brian-na Vetter had Lakeville North’s No. 2 score, an 86. Senior Christi Vetter (91)

and junior Abby Cooper (98) also counted toward the Panthers’ team total. Sophomores Holly McPhee (86), Haylee Christenson (94) and Tylor Christensen (97) turned in the second through fourth scores for third-place Eastview. Apple Valley finished fourth at 364, with senior Lauren Kerr (83), senior Erica Power (86) and ju-nior Rachel Harty (88) leading the Eagles. Eagan finished sixth, with Ina San Jose (94), Sarah Rutzick (97) and Karli Simon (98) turning in the Wildcats’ top scores. Sophomore Maria Graves shot 90 and senior Mackenzie Kaplan had 91 to lead Burnsville, which was seventh in the team standings. Lakeville South ninth-grader Alexa Weber shot 87 to lead the Cougars, who were ninth in the team standings. Abby Juckel had a 98. Only nine of the 10 South Suburban schools sent a team to the con-ference girls golf opener. Bloomington Kennedy was not represented. The second round of conference play was to be Tuesday at Dwan Golf Course in Bloomington, but bad weather forced it to be postponed. It now will be played May 6.


ished fifth in the team standings, 11 strokes be-hind Wayzata, and the Cougars’ second-round score of 312 tied for the day’s second best. “The DePaul coach (Betty Kaufmann) said she likes recruiting Min-nesota players because they’re used to playing in the wind,” said North coach Steve Sabetti. It should be no surprise then that Kaufmann re-cruited both of the Thom-as brothers, who will join

the Blue Demons’ pro-gram in the fall. “Freddy and Bobby are used to playing in bad weather, as are all our play-ers,” Sabetti said. “They’re really good about it. They don’t let it get them down, and it seems to make them stronger.” In the Tri-State Invita-tional, teams are limited to using five players each day, with the best four scores counting. That gives them less margin for error as opposed to other tourna-ments that allow six var-sity entries, with the top

four counting. Eric Oberg shot 86-81–167, Carter Gidlow had 83-81–169 and Max McGlade finished with 83-91–174. The Thomas brothers, McGlade and Gidlow had the Panthers’ counting scores the first day. In the second round, the Thomas brothers’ scores counted, as did the 81s Oberg and Gidlow turned in. Lakeville South ninth-grader Tanner Sperling was in his team’s lineup for only the second round of the Tri-State Invitational

GOLF, from 12A but turned in the Cou-gars’ best score, a 74. Phil Thompson, a senior, had a 76 in the second round and Max Redetzke and William Moore both shot 81. Thompson was the Cougars’ best player over the two days with 81-76–157. Redetzke (78-81–159), Moore (82-81–163) and Trey Sheehan (84-85–169) also played both rounds. Noah Rasinski

had a 93 in the first round. The Lakeville schools dominated the first two South Suburban Confer-ence tournaments, with North winning and South taking second in each. Tuesday’s scheduled con-ference tournament at Brackett’s Crossing was postponed until May 12, and the final conference tournament is May 14 at Crystal Lake. Lakeville North was

fifth and Lakeville South 11th in this week’s state Class 3A team rankings done by the Minnesota Golf Association. Wayza-ta is the top-ranked team. Freddy Thomas is sec-ond and Bobby Thomas fourth in the Class 3A in-dividual rankings.


Lacrosse teams slog through tough weatherSouth girls start 5-1, beat 2013 state qualifier

Burnsville by Mike Shaughnessy


This spring’s unpre-dictable weather has af-fected almost every high school spring sport, al-though lacrosse has got-ten by with fewer disrup-tions than most. Apple Valley and Prior Lake are off to undefeat-ed starts and shared the lead in South Suburban Conference girls lacrosse at 2-0 as of Wednesday. Close behind were Lakev-ille South and Burnsville, both of which were 2-1 in the league following South’s 11-5 victory over the Blaze on Tuesday. Farmington, mean-while, was tied for first in Missota Conference girls lacrosse and had the league’s best overall re-cord at 4-1. Prior Lake, Blooming-ton Jefferson and Rose-mount maintained unde-feated records in SSC boys lacrosse. As of Wednes-day the Lakers were 3-0 in league play with Jefferson and Rosemount both 2-0. Farmington was 5-1 overall and tied with Holy Angels for the Missota Conference lead.

Girls highlights The first-place tie between Apple Valley and Prior Lake in the South Suburban would

have been broken Tues-day night if bad weather had not intervened. The Eagles-Lakers game now will be May 9. Apple Valley improved to 4-0 overall with a 17-12 victory April 24 over Lakeville North, last year’s state runner-up. It was the first time an op-ponent had come within 10 goals of the Eagles. Blayr Thompson and Reagan Roelofs had eight-point nights for the Eagles. Thompson had six goals and two assists, while Roelofs had five goals and three assists. Jessica Cashman scored three goals. Logan Dobratz had four goals and three as-sists and Emmie Madsen scored three times for Lakeville North, which has started 1-4. Lakeville South im-proved to 5-1 overall and 2-1 in the conference with an 11-5 victory Tuesday at Burnsville. Madeline Canney had four goals and two assists and leads the South Suburban in scoring with 40 points. Brooke Galle (30 points) and Logan Halvorson (26) also are among the conference’s scoring lead-ers. Burnsville dropped to 3-2 overall after winning its first three games. The Blaze, a veteran team with 13 seniors on its roster, is led by midfielder Lindsey Coleman, an all-tourna-ment selection at state last year. Kallie LaValle, Briita Nelson and Bailey

Childs also are among the Blaze’s top returning players. Farmington is 4-1 after beating Eastview 11-6 in a non-conference game Sat-urday afternoon. Rachael Welzin had four goals and Becky Genzler had two goals and an assist for the Tigers. Farmington has played three games against teams from the South Suburban, the conference the Tigers will join next year. The Tigers have victories over Rosemount and Eastview. Their only loss this sea-son was 8-7 to Lakeville South.

Boys highlights Rosemount looked more and more like a state championship contender after blitzing Eagan 16-3 at Eagan last Friday. The Irish (4-0 overall) scored seven goals in the first quarter and led 16-1 after three. Connor Yepsen had six goals and Carter Yep-sen four for the Irish. Rosemount is sched-uled to play Prior Lake at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Savage Sports Center in a game that could break up the logjam near the top of the South Suburban stand-ings. Prior Lake is com-ing off a 7-3 victory over Apple Valley on Tuesday in a game between teams ranked among the state’s top 10. The Eagles are 4-2 after winning their first four games of the season. Lakeville South is 3-3 overall and 2-1 in the

South Suburban, while Lakeville North has played just three matches, winning two. South evened its re-cord with a 12-10 victory Tuesday at Burnsville. Tommy Duckstad scored four goals on eight shots for the Cougars. Donavon Dempsey and Trent Sub-stad each had hat tricks. South lost its first two games but has won three of its last four. Last week, Lakeville North beat Apple Valley 6-5 in a South Suburban game and routed Stillwa-ter 15-3 in non-conference play. Eastview has had a sur-prising start – surprising because the Lightning, a state championship game participant the last two seasons, is 0-3. The three teams that have beaten the Lightning – Bloomington Jefferson, Rosemount and Champlin Park – all are ranked in the top 10 in the state. Farmington defeated Chaska 11-0 in its lone Missota Conference game so far this season. On Tuesday the Tigers edged St. Thomas Academy 6-5 in a non-conference game. Corey Rudrud was in-volved in five of Farming-ton’s goals against STA, scoring four and assisting on the other. Mitch Hil-ton had a goal and two assists.



Obituaries Engagements

Carlson/BauneKatryna Marie Carl-

son, daughter of Brett Carlson, Hampton and Shery Hepp, Scottsdale, AZ and Kyle John Baune, son of Brad Baune, Inver Grove Heights and Con-nie Baune, Lakeville an-nounce their engagement.

Katy is a 2004 gradu-ate of Hastings High School and is attending college through Arizona State University. She is employed at Ameriprise Financial in Minneapolis.

Kyle is a 2008 graduate of Lakeville North High School and 2012 gradu-ate of Metropolitan State University. He is an as-sociate wealth manage-ment advisor with Baune Financial of Northwest-ern Mutual in Mendota Heights.

An August 23rd wed-ding is planned at Bayport Marina in Bayport, MN.

Anniversaries

Gene & Marlene Brand

50th Anniversary Please join us as we cel-

ebrate our Golden Anni-versary, Open House May 18th from 2-5 PM at St Michael’s Church 22120 Denmark Ave. Farming-ton, MN. We request no gifts as your presence will be your gift to us.

Thomson Reuters team moves to Eagan Thomson Reuters, a provider of in-formation for businesses and profes-sionals, is moving its Risk team from Plymouth to Eagan to leverage global resources to expand its Accelus Work-flow Suite. Accelus is a comprehensive suite of solutions built to address the gover-nance, risk and compliance challenges faced by the boardroom, and its legal, compliance, audit and risk management professionals. “We are excited about the increased growth opportunities that we are seeing in the Risk business and are looking to drive more scale and resources to fulfill the expanding market demand,” said Chris Perry, managing director, Risk. “Consolidating and investing more in our Eagan team will further enable us to leverage our global resources to benefit our customers by delivering leading so-lutions that help to meet their evolving needs.”

Thrivent office earns honor The Eastern Minnesota and North-west Wisconsin Regional Financial Office of Thrivent Financial has been awarded the 2013 Regional Financial Office of Excellence for the third year in

a row. The award, known as the Karsten Lundring RFO of Excellence award, is the organization’s highest honor for performance. The Eastern Minnesota and North-west Wisconsin RFO excelled in several performance goals such as hiring and retention of financial representatives, sales growth, member retention and attracting new members. The RFO in-cludes local representatives in Eagan, Burnsville, Apple Valley, Rosemount, Farmington and Lakeville.

Hospital recognized Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burns-ville received the Innovation of the Year in Patient Care Award from the Minne-sota Hospital Association. The award recognized Fairview Ridges Hospital Emergency Department’s development of a series of innovative measures de-signed to improve its system of patient arrival and triage.

Ladies Night in Farmington Businesses in downtown Farmington will host Ladies Night from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, May 15. Stores and restau-rants located on Third, Oak and Spruce streets will offer price specials, raffles, demonstrations and other activities.

To submit items for the Business Calendar, email:

[email protected].

Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • No chamber events planned. Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, May 7, 8-9 a.m., AM Coffee Break, Workforce Centers of Dakota County, 2800 County Road 42, Burnsville. Information: Jina at [email protected]. • Tuesday, May 13, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Business Women’s Happy Hour, Innovative Of-fice Solutions, 151 E. Cliff Road, Burnsville. Free. RSVP to [email protected]. Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce events:

• Tuesday, May 6, 8-9 a.m., Rosemount Coffee Break, Rosemount Eye Clinic, 15083 Crestone Ave. Open to all DCRC members. Information: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Thursday, May 8, 8-9 a.m., Eagan Coffee Break, Hill-top Family Chiropractic, 1121 Town Centre Drive, Suite 202. Open to all DCRC members. Information: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Friday, May 2, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Teacher Appreciation Visit, McGuire Middle School. • Tuesday, May 6, 11:30 a.m., Lakeville Women in Business Luncheon, Legends Club, 8670 Credit River Blvd., Prior Lake. Speaker: Angela

Champagne-From of The Fight Back Project. Informa-tion: 952-469-2020. • Wednesday, May 7, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Morning Brew, Crystal Lake Golf Club and Speedpro Imaging at Crystal Lake Golf Club. • Thursday, May 8, 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m., General Mem-bership/Annual Tourism Lun-cheon, Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, 20800 Kenrick Ave. Cost: $20. RSVP by May 1. In-formation: 952-469-2020. • Friday, May 9, 8-8:30 a.m., MN Chamber Webcast, chamber conference room. • Tuesday, May 13, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Chamber Golf Tour-nament, The Wilds Golf Club, 3151 Wilds Ridge, Prior Lake. Registration required. Infor-mation: 952-469-2020.

Business Buzz

Business Calendar

Obermueller wins DFL endorsement again

The former state representative will face

Kline in November by Jessica Harper


Former state Rep. Mike Obermueller won the DFL Party endorsement last weekend to again challenge U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, in November. “I’m very proud of winning the par-ty’s endorsement and am looking for-ward to having the opportunity to show the contrast between Kline’s record and my own,” Obermueller said. Obermueller beat challengers Paula Overby and Thomas Craft in the first round of voting April 26. Once it became clear Obermueller had a strong lead, Overby called for a unanimous consent vote to endorse the Eagan attorney, which passed among all delegates, said Sue Moravec, chairwoman of the Min-nesota DFL 2nd Congressional District. Craft also agreed to drop from the race to endorse Obermueller. Since a unanimous consent was passed before the final count was an-nounced, the exact percentage of votes each candidate received won’t be made public, Moravec said. The 41-year-old Eagan resident is one of six adopted children and was raised on a dairy farm in rural Wisconsin. His father worked on the farm and mother was an elementary school teacher for 40 years. After graduating from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, with a bachelor’s de-gree in communication and political sci-ence, Obermueller went to work as the director of Campus Dining Services for ARAMARK Corporation at Mount Marty College in Yankton, S.D. While there, Obermueller managed more than 30 employees, ran a full-ser-vice catering operation, and learned the ropes of operating a small business. By 1999, he decided to shift careers and enrolled at the University of Iowa where he graduated from with a law de-gree. Obermueller was elected to the Min-nesota House of Representatives in 2008

and served one term. He said he plans to focus his cam-paign on rebuilding the middle class and on women’s rights issues such as equal pay. “Kline has given huge tax breaks to millionaires, leaving the middle class in the lurch,” Obermueller said. Obermueller also criticized Kline’s re-cord of voting against the Lilly Ledbet-ter Fair Pay Act of 2009 and a federal minimum wage increase. This will be Obermueller’s second time challenging Kline in the 2nd Dis-trict. Obermueller lost to the Burnsville resident and Vietnam veteran 54-46 per-cent in 2012. Kline has raised $1.8 million in cam-paign contributions — more than twice the amount Obermueller has raised to date. Obermueller said he views Kline’s large campaign budget as an asset rather than an obstacle. “Kline will out spend me for sure,” he said. “He will need a lot of money to de-fend his record.” Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Dakota County property taxes due According to state law, the county will assess a penalty for late payments. The penalty depends on the tax amount, property classification and when the payment is made. Pen-alties are listed on the back of property tax statements that were sent to residents earlier this year. Property taxes can be paid online, by phone or by mail. Mailed payments must be postmarked by

midnight May 15 to be considered timely. Pay-ments can also be made in person at the following times and locations: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Dakota County Ad-ministration Center, 1590 Highway 55, Hastings. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mon-day through Friday at the Dakota County Western Service Center service desk, 14955 Galaxie Ave.,

Apple Valley. Additional hours: Open until 6 p.m. Thursday, May 15. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mon-day through Friday at the Dakota County North-ern Service Center service desk, 1 Mendota Road W., West St. Paul. For more information, call the Dakota County Property Information line at 651-438-4576 or visit www.dakotacounty.us and search pay property taxes.

Mike Obermueller

Education

Middle-school stu-dents of Faithful Shep-herd Catholic School in Eagan will present their spring musical, “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Jr.” at 7 p.m. Monday, May

19, and 12:30 and 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 20. Tickets are available on the school website, www.fscsmn.org. Adults are $3 and students K-12 are $2.

The school is located at 3355 Columbia Drive in Eagan. Call 651-406-4747 for more informa-tion.

Faithful Shepherd musical is Disney classic


LEGAL NOTICES

CREDIT RIVER TOWNSHIPBOARD MEETING

MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014, 6PMAGENDA

5:15: Closed Session to Discuss Zwe-ber V. Credit River Township

6 PM: Call May Board Meeting to Or-der, Pledge of Allegiance

1) Approve or Amend Agenda2) Consent Agenda 1) March 2014 Treasurer’s Report 2) April 2014 Developer’s Escrow Statement 3) April 7, 2014 Board Meeting Minutes 4) April 21, 2014 Fern & Birch Road Assessment Hearing Meeting Minutes3) Board of Equalization Conclusion 4) Open Forum5) Old Business 1) Mediacom Representative 6) New Business 1) Creekwood Park Update 2) County 2015-2019 CIP 3) Deputy Clerk Computer7) Road Report 8) Engineer’s Report 1) Award Bid for Fern & Birch 2) Sign Replacement 3) Schedule Assessment Hearing for Overlay 4) Dakota Avenue Utility Permit9) Treasurer Report 1) Transfer Funds 2) Escrow Release/ Update 3) Transfer Funds Resolution 4) Bank Updates10) Clerk’s Report 1) Publishing Requirements & Website Update 2) AUAR Document11) Review and Pay Bills12) Adjourn

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194REGULAR BOARD

MINUTES APRIL 8, 2014This is a summary of the Independent

School District No. 194 Regular School Board Meeting on Tues., April 8, 2014with full text available for public inspec-tion on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or District Office at 8670 210thStreet W., Lakeville, MN 55044

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

Consent agenda items approved: Min-utes of the meetings on March 25 and 27;employment recommendations, leave re-quests and resignations; payment of bills& claims as presented; donations; and field trips.

Report presented: In District Achieve-ment & Integration Plan; First readingpolicy 534 Memorials for Deceased Stu-dents and Staff.

Recommended actions approved: 2013-15 Employment Agreement with Student Nutrition employees; Superinten-dent’s 2014-17 contract; Administrativerecommendation for the use of $1.6M levyfunds.

Adjournment at 8:24 p.m. Published in

Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganMay 2, 2014

211094

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194SECTION 00 II 13

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSMULTI-SITE FLOORING

REPLACEMENTLAKEVILLE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL 19600 IPAVA AVE. LAKEVILLE, MN 55044LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 20500 JACQUARD AVENUE LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044AREA LEARNING CENTER 20950 HOWLAND AVENUE WEST LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044Independent School District #194 will

receive single prime scaled bids for Multi-Site Flooring Replacement until 2:00 p.m.local time on May 6, 2014 at the DistrictOffice, 8670 210th Street West, Lakev-ille, Minnesota, 55044, at which time andplace all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including theProposal Form, Drawings and Specifica-tions, 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 Minneapo-lis Builders Exchange; Builders Exchange at St. Paul; McGraw Hill Construction/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and fromPlanWell at www.e-arc.com.

This project includes: Removal and re-placement of carpet flooring at multiplebuildings throughout the District.

American Reprographics Company, 2007 E. 24th Street, Minneapolis, MN55404 (612) 722-2303, facsimile (612) 722-2958 will provide complete down-loadable sets of the Bidding Documentsto prospective bidders and subcontrac-tors. The downloads will be available April11, 2014. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the internet at www.e-arc.com and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, selectMulti-Site Flooring Replacement.

Make proposals on the bid forms sup-plied in the Project Manual. No oral, tele-graphic or telephonic proposals or modi-fications will be considered. Submit witheach bid, a certified check or acceptablebidder’s bond payable to IndependentSchool District #194 in an amount equal tofive percent (5%) of the total bid. The suc-cessful bidder will be required to furnishsatisfactory 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 informali-ties or irregularities in bidding.

The Owner requires Phased Substantial Completion of the project throughout Julyand August of 2014 (See Section 01 11 00Summary of Work for additional informa-tion).Board of EducationINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #194

Published in Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganApril 18, 25, May 2, 2014

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194SECTION 00 11 13

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSLAKEVILLE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS COURT

REPLACEMENTLAKEVILLE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL 19600 IPAVA AVE. LAKEVILLE, MN 55044Independent School District #194 will

receive single prime sealed bids for TennisCourt Replacement until 2:00 p.m. local time on May 8, 2014 at the District Office,8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Min-nesota, 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and readaloud.

Bidding documents, including theProposal Form, Drawings and Specifica-tions, 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 MinneapolisBuilders Exchange; Builders Exchange at St. Paul; McGraw Hill Construction/DodgePlan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFtPlan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from Plan Well at www.e-arc.com.

This project includes: Removal and re-placement of the tennis courts.

American Reprographics Company, 2007 E. 24th Street, Minneapolis, MN55404 (612) 722-2303, facsimile (612) 722-2958 will provide complete down-loadable sets of the Bidding Documentsto prospective bidders and subcontrac-tors. The downloads will be available April18, 2014. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the internet at www.e.-arc.com and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, selectMulti-Site Flooring Replacement.

Make proposals on the bid forms sup-plied in the Project Manual. No oral, tele-graphic or telephonic proposals or modi-fications will be considered. Submit witheach bid, a certified check or acceptablebidder’s bond payable to IndependentSchool District #194 in an amount equal tofive percent (5%) of the total bid. The suc-cessful bidder will be required to furnishsatisfactory 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 informali-ties or irregularities in bidding.

The Owner requires Substantial Com-pletion of the project by August of 2014 (See Section 01 11 00 Summary of Work for additional information).Board of EducationINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #194

Published in Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganApril 18, 25, May 2, 2014

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194SPECIAL BOARD

MEETING APRIL 4, 2014This is a summary of the Independent

School District No. 194 Special Boardof Education Meeting on Friday, April 4, 2014 with full text available for public in-spection on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210th StreetW., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 1:00p.m. All board members and administra-

tors were present.Discussions: General fund budget over-

view; STEAM recommendations; classsize reduction preliminary recommenda-tions.

Meeting adjourned at 3:38 p.m.Published in


211073

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194

(LAKEVILLE)STATE OF MINNESOTA

EXHIBIT ANOTICE OF INTENT TO

ISSUE ALTERNATIVE FACILITIES BONDS

TO FINANCE CERTAIN PROJECTS INCLUDED IN

THE DISTRICT’STEN-YEAR FACILITY PLANNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

School Board of Independent SchoolDistrict No. 194, State of Minnesota(the “District”), adopted a resolution (the “Resolution”) on April 22, 2014, stating the intention of the School Board to is-sue general obligation alternative facilities bonds (the “Bonds”) in the total princi-pal amount of not to exceed 55,065,000 pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 123B.59 and Chapter 475, as amended. The proceeds of the Bonds will be used tofund a portion of the costs of the follow-ing projects at various District facilities, as included in the District’s ten-year facilityplan approved by the School Board and the Commissioner of Education, and re-lated financing costs:

• various deferred maintenance proj-ects at district sites and facilities;

• repair, replacement and resurfacingof tennis courts at Lakcville North HighSchool and Century Middle School;

• removal, replacement and repair ofcarpet in various facilities;

• replacement of HVAC equipment, sys-tems and steam boilers; and

• removal and replacement of electricalpanel boards, concrete wall panels, fire alarm systems, public address systems, exterior door assemblies and toilet parti-tions in various facilities;

The total amount of District indebted-ness as of April 10, 2014, is $150,020,000. If these proposed Bonds were issuedafter that date, the total indebtedness of the District at that time would be$155,085,000.

Dated: April 22,2014BY ORDER OF THE SCHOOL BOARDBy: /s/ Michelle VolkSchool District ClerkIndependent School District No. 194 (Lakeville)State of Minnesota

Published in Lakeville, Burnsville/Eagan

May 2, 2014211128

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194SPECIAL BOARD

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

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

The meeting was called to order at 5:30p.m. All board members and administra-

O

tors were present except Exec Dir Ouil-lette.

Discussions: In District Achievement &Integration Plan; Springsted survey; iL-earn update.

Meeting adjourned at 6:49 p.m.Published in


211086

EUREKA TOWNSHIPPUBLIC NOTICECALL FOR ROAD

MAINTENANCE QUOTES The Eureka Town board will be ac-

cepting quotes for Summer Road Main-tenance and Winter Road Maintenance.

Quotes specifications and contract are available through the clerk’s office by call-ing 952-469-3736.

Quotes will be accepted until 2:00 PM Monday, May 12th, 2014.

Quotes will be reviewed on Monday, May 12, 2014 at 8:00 PM, at the EurekaTown Hall located at 25043 Cedar Ave.Farmington, MN.

The Township Board reserves the rightto reject any or all quotes, to waive anytechnicalities and to award the quoteswhich are in the best interest of the Town-ship.


May 2, 2014212381

SUMMONSSTATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF DAKOTADISTRICT COURTFIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICTFAMILY COURT DIVISIONCourt File No.: 19AV-FA-14-1084In Re the Marriage Of: CHRISTINE MARIE PETTIT,Petitioner,and ANTHONY JAMES PETTIT,Respondent.

THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO ANTHONY JAMES PETTIT

YOU ARE HEREBY SUM-MONED and required to serve upon Petitioner’s attorneys within thirty (30) days after service of this Sum-mons upon you, exclusive of the date of such service, an Answer to the Petition for Dissolution of Mar-riage which is herewith served upon you. If you fail to do so, Judgment by Default will be taken against you for the relief prayed for in the Peti-tion for Dissolution of Marriage.

NOTICE OF TEMPORARY RE-STRAINING AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVI-SIONS UNDER MINNESOTA LAW, SERVICE OF THIS SUMMONS MAKES THE FOLLOWING RE-QUIREMENTS APPLY TO BOTH PARTIES TO THIS ACTION, UN-LESS THEY ARE MODIFIED BY THE COURT OR THE PROCEED-ING IS DISMISSED:

(1) NEITHER PARTY MAY DIS-POSE OF ANY ASSETS EXCEPT (I) FOR THE NECESSITIES OF LIFE OR FOR THE NECESSARY GEN-ERATION OF INCOME OR PRES-ERVATION OF ASSETS, (II) BY AN AGREEMENT IN WRITING, OR (III) FOR RETAINING COUNSEL TO CARRY ON OR TO CONTEST THIS

PROCEEDING;(2) NEITHER PARTY MAY HA-

RASS THE OTHER PARTY; AND(3) ALL CURRENTLY AVAIL-

ABLE INSURANCE COVERAGE MUST BE MAINTAINED AND CONTINUED WITHOUT CHANGE IN COVERAGE OR BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION.

IF YOU VIOLATE ANY OF THESE PROVISIONS, YOU WILL BE SUBJECT TO SANCTIONS BY THE COURT.

(4) PARTIES TO A MARRIAGE DISSOLUTION PROCEEDING ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEMPT AL-TERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLU-TION PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA LAW. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION INCLUDES MEDIA-TION, ARBITRATION, AND OTHER PROCESSES AS SET FORTH IN THE DISTRICT COURT RULES. YOU MAY CONTACT THE COURT ADMINISTRATOR ABOUT RE-SOURCES IN YOUR AREA. IF YOU CANNOT PAY FOR MEDIATION OR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLU-TION, IN SOME COUNTIES, AS-SISTANCE MAY BE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH A NONPROFIT PROVIDER OR A COURT PRO-GRAM. IF YOU ARE A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC ABUSE OR THREATS OF ABUSE AS DEFINED IN MIN-NESOTA STATUTES, CHAPTER 518B, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO TRY MEDIATION AND YOU WILL NOT BE PENALIZED BY THE COURT IN LATER PROCEEDINGS.

NOTICE OF PARENT EDUCA-TION PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 519.157, IN A CON-TESTED PROCEEDING INVOLV-ING CUSTODY OR PARENTING TIME OF A MINOR CHILD,

THE PARTIES MUST BEGIN PARTICIPATION IN A PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT MEETS MINIMUM STANDARDS PROMULGATED BY THE MINNE-SOTA SUPREME COURT WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE FIRST FIL-ING WITH THE COURT. IN SOME DISTRICTS, PARENTING EDU-CATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN ALL CUSTODY OR PARENTING PROCEEDINGS. YOU MAY CON-TACT THE DISTRICT COURT AD-MINISTRATOR FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS REQUIREMENT AND THE AVAIL-ABILITY OF PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

Dated: April 23, 2014DWIRE LAW OFFICES, P.A.TODD M. DWIRE Attorney ID No. 276455 20686 Holyoke Avenue Post Office Box 427 Lakeville, MN 55044 Telephone: (952) 469-4948 Attorney for Petitioner


May 2, 9, 16, 2014214388

Lakeville Beyond the Yellow Ribbon, Lake-ville Resource Center, Sobriety High School, Special Olympics RAVE Team, Miracle Field, the Lakeville Senior Citizen Center, Lakeville Educa-tion Foundation and the Lakeville Veterans Me-morial.

Participating Lakeville restaurants are Porter-house Steak & Seafood, Rudy’s Redeye Grill, Buf-falo Wild Wings, Green Mill, Crystal Lake Golf & Banquet, Carbone’s Bar & Grill, Brackett’s Crossing and the Lake-ville locations of Jimmy Johns and Culvers. Restaurants from out-side of Lakeville that will

also be at the event are Farmington Bakery, Er-nie’s Pub & Grill, Mor-gan’s Tavern, Rascals Bar and Grill, Valley Tap House and D. Fongs. Wine, beer and spirits will be provided by the Lakeville liquor store, Kahlua and Bacardi. Also at the event will be Summit Brewing Company of St. Paul,

August Schells Brewing Co. from New Ulm and Cold Spring Brewing Co. from Cold Spring, Minn. Tickets for the adults-only event are $35 and available online at www.tasteoflakeville.org or may be purchased for $45 the day of the event. Tickets are also avail-able at CVS Pharmacy and Walgreen’s locations

in Lakeville, Erickson’s Ben Franklin, the Lake-ville Area Arts Center and Citizens Bank. Premium gold-level sponsors of the event include Shamrock De-velopment Inc., LaBeau and Associates Remax Advantage Plus and Jeff Belzer’s. Silver sponsors are Ames Construction Inc.

and Valmont, and many local companies are bronze sponsors. For more informa-tion, call Tom Mork at 952-892-9710 or email at [email protected].

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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Dakota Electric members hear updates at annual meeting Communication with member owners, reliability in tough winter weather and solar initiatives were a few of the topics discussed at Dakota Electric Asso-ciation’s annual meeting, held in the social hall at St. Michael’s in Farming-ton on April 24. President and CEO Greg Miller discussed challenges faced while try-ing to provide affordable, reliable electricity. Re-garding reliability Miller highlighted a few of the cooperative’s proactive measures. “Tree clearing is one of the best investments we can make to reduce power outages,” said Miller, and he discussed how infrared cameras play a role in find-ing overheated equipment, which can be replaced be-fore the equipment fails and causes an outage. Miller also talked about

Dakota Electric testing LED streetlights on the company’s property, the construction of a new sub-

station to help reliability in the eastern side of the ser-vice territory and the need to update its billing and

member service software. Board Chair Jim Shel-don provided a brief up-date. The board approved

extra funds in 2014 to accelerate replacement of older mainline under-ground cable. “This decision will im-prove reliability through-out our system,” he said. The board also devel-oped a plan for donating unclaimed capital credit money to assist local schools with special proj-ects. Regarding Dakota Electric’s employees, Shel-don said, “I can tell you they take their role of serving you — the mem-ber-owner — seriously.” Board Treasurer Ken Danner gave an overview of the 2013 financials, which received a clean au-dit opinion from Dakota Electric’s auditor. Great River Ener-gy CEO David Saggau brought an update from the wholesale power sup-ply side of the utility busi-

ness. He shared examples of cost-saving measures initiated by employees that have saved the company money. Four incumbent direc-tors were elected to serve three-year terms: John (Jack) DeYoe, District 1; Janet Lekson, District 2; Margaret Schreiner, Dis-trict 3, and Paul Bakken, District 4. As a cooperative owned by those it serves, Dakota Electric holds director elections and an annual meeting each year. A customer-owned, nonprofit utility since 1937, Dakota Electric As-sociation provides electric-ity to more than 103,000 members throughout Da-kota County and portions of Goodhue, Rice and Scott counties. Dakota Electric is a Touchstone Energy Part-ner.

Dakota Electric President and CEO Greg Miller discussed the cooperative’s rates as well as some of the challenges the company faces in providing reliable energy at the association’s annual meeting. (Photo submitted)

Dakota Electric Board Chair Jim Sheldon commended the staff for their work and said they take seriously their role of serving the member-owners of the cooperative. (Photo submitted)

All four incumbent Dakota Electric directors were re-elected at this year’s annual meet-ing. From left are Paul Bakken, Margaret Schreiner, Janet Lekson and John (Jack) DeYoe. (Photo submitted)


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5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters


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4020 Crafts, Boutiques& Flea Markets

4030 Garage& Estate Sales



4530 Houses For Rent

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5000 SERVICES


CAYERING LAWN SERVICES LLC

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

Call Casey 952-292-5636

Dependable Great ServiceJOE’S LAWN SERVICE

Commercial & Residential Dethatch Clean-up

Mow Aerate FertilizeReas Rates/Free Ests/Insured

952-894-9221

Liberty Lawn Care Spr. cleanup starts at $99. Leaf/gutters/pet cleanup. Lawn Mowing 952-261-6552


Swede Outdoor ServicesServing Eagan - Com/Res

Lawn Service 612-810-9374


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


*A and K PAINTING*Think Spring!!!!

Int/Ext Painting/Staining & Texturing. Free Est.

952-474-6258 Ins/BondMajor Credit Card Accepted

Ben’s Painting

Int/Ext, Drywall Repair Paint/Stain/Ceilings. We accept Visa/MC/Discvr.,

952-432-2605

DAVE’S PAINTING and WALLPAPERING

Int/Ext • Free Est. • 23 Yrs.Will meet or beat any price! Lic/Ins

Visa/MC 952-469-6800

Int/Ext Painting 26 years, Insured, Ref’s.

Mike 763-434-0001

**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

Roofing/Tear-offsNew Construction

BBB Free Est. MC/Visa Lic # BC170064

No Subcontractors Used. Ins. 952-891-8586

Re-Roofing & Roof Repairs - 30 Yrs Exp

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

Call 952-925-6156


◆ Roofing ◆ Siding Gutters ◆ Soffit/Fascia

TOPSIDE, INC. 612-869-1177

Lic CR005276 ◆ Bonded ◆ Insured

34 Yrs Exp. A+ Rating BBB

* Roofing, Siding, Gutters Greg Johnson Roofing

612-272-7165. Lic BC48741


$0 For Estimate Timberline Tree & Landscape.

Spring Discount - 25% Off Tree Trimming, Tree

Removal, Stump Grinding 612-644-8035 Remove Large

Trees & Stumps CHEAP!!

612-275-2574AJ’s Tree Service

Trimming & RemovalFree Estimates & Insured


A Good Job!! 15 yrs exp.Thomas Tree Service

Immaculate Clean-up! Tree Removal/TrimmingLot Clearing/Stump Removal Free Ests 952-440-6104

Al & Rich’s Low CostStump Removal, Portable Mach. No job too big!

◆◆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

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

952-888-5123


Silver Fox ServicesTree Trimming/Removal

& Stump Grinding.Fully Licensed & Insured

BBB Accredited “A” RatingRegistered W/Dept of

Agriculture. 16+ Yrs Exp. Family Owned & Operated

Free Estimates952-883-0671 612-715-2105

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STUMP GRINDINGFree Ests. Best $$ Ins’d

Brett 612-290-1213

5440 Window Cleaning

Rich’s Window Cleaning Quality Service. Afford-able rates. 952-435-7871

Sparkling Clean Window Washing Free ests. Ins’d. 952-451-1294

1000 WHEELS

1010 Vehicles

1991 Ford Crown Victoria LX, 85K, $4,500. Original owner. 612-866-5184


$$$ $200 - $10,000 $$$Junkers & Repairables

More if Saleable. MN Licensed

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

$225+ for most Vehicles Free Towing

651-769-0857

Vehicles Wanted: Any year, make or model. Running or not. We pay more. Free towing. Licensed, bonded & ins. DMV notified of sale within 24 hrs. Very profes-sional. 612-940-3648

1050 RV’s & Campers

2001 Excel 5th Wheel Trlr $14,900 or best offer, clean and many ammenities. Call 612-201-6906

1070 Trailers

2005 Cruiser 5th Whl, Bunkbeds, slide out, nice unit! $13K OBO. 712-898-4405

1500 SPORTING

1530 Watercraft

16’ boat, 50 hp motor & trailer. Deep & wide. Good cond. $4000. 952-935-8712

1530 Watercraft

17’ Alumacraft Canoe, trolling motor, batt. & chgr. $525 Sold it!

2500 PETS

2510 Pets

Free Kittens 7 wks old! Gold, yellow males. 952-469-5155

Free To Good Home: Older very healthy, sweet, Fem. Shep/Mix 50 lbs. 952-985-5178

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3010 Announcements

If you want to drinkthat’s your business... if you want to STOP

that’s ours.Call

AlcoholicsAnonymous

Minneapolis: 952-922-0880

St. Paul: 651-227-5502

Find a meeting:www.aastpaul.org

www.aaminneapolis.org

3070 OrganizationalNotices

South Suburban Alanon

Mondays 7pm-8:30pmEbenezer Ridges

Care Center 13820 Community Drive

Burnsville, MN 55337 Mixed, Wheelchair

Accessible. For more information:

Contact Scott 612-759-5407

or Marty 612-701-5345

3500 MERCHANDISE

3510 Antiques &Collectibles

BARN SALE Friday, May 2 (8-5)

Saturday, May 3 (9-5)13630 Yale Ave, Hamburg (45 mins W of TC, 212 West

thru Norwood, left on 5 & 25)Watch for signs!

Antiqs, primitives, lawn & garden, furn., sporting goods

3520 Cemetery Lots

Gethsemane Mausoleum Companion Crypt. Choice southern exposure. 20% discount. Call 612-308-7450

Glen Haven Memorial Gar-dens (Crystal) 2 spaces, 2 vaults & comp. memorial. $3000/BO. 612-850-3028

3520 Cemetery Lots

Lakewood Cemetery4 gravesites $4,985/per lot.

Call 952-926-8842 or 1-715-220-2330.

3580 Household/Furnishings

48 x 36 Wood Kitchen tbl w/4 chairs $200 Brass Chand. $30 651-894-3019

Moving Sale! Queen Ann Oak DR Set, Hutch, Desks, Theatre Style Sec, Beds & misc. 952-891-8267

Moving, must sell: Round Oak tbl w/5 chrs; 3 oak bar-stools; Qn. Hdbrd & frame (hand carved); couch & loveseat (floral); grn plaid couch & loveseat; recliner; coffee tbl; lamps; 5 grn fab-ric barstools w/arms. All very gd cond! Priced to sell! Plymouth 612-803-2953

QN. PILLOWTOP SETNew In Plastic!! $150

MUST SELL!! 763-360-3829

3600 MiscellaneousFor Sale

Unique bridal busi-ness, owner retiring! Great start up! Current inventory (gowns etc.) plus machines, tables, & racks. For info call: 952-292 6668

3610 MiscellaneousWanted

Buying Old Trains & ToysSTEVE’S TRAIN CITY

952-933-0200

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

& Tokens & Gold Coins Will Travel. 30 yrs exp

Cash! Dick 612-986-2566

◆ ◆ WANTED ◆ ◆Old Stereo / Hifi equip.

Andy 651-329-0515

3620 MusicInstruments

1969 Everett Console Upright Piano Piano is in excellent condition. Current fair market value $1,200-$1,500. Will sell for less, make an offer. Call 952-913-8229

Kawaii Console Piano Just tuned & repaired. Make me an offer! 952-939-9177 or

[email protected]

3630 OutdoorEquipment

Rainbow Play System or best offer

You move. --

4000 SALES


Apple Valley Downsizing HUGE! HH items, tools, furn. April 24-27 (8-?) & 5/21-24 8536 136th Crt W

APPLE VALLEY ESTATE SALE! Fri. Sat. May 16 & 17 8-5PM, (Off Cobblestone Lake Pkwy) 15639 Duck Crossing Way Cash Only. Desks, barstools, BR set, pictures & collectible dolls.

APPLE VALLEYMay 9 & 10th 8-5pm, Multi Family, lg variety! Priced to go! 14326 GLENDA DRIVE

APPLE VALLEY Zoo Neighborhood Sale! May 15th-17th 8-4pm, Furn, HH, cloz, & more! McAndrews Rd & Foliage

Blaine, MN, 5/9-5/10, 8:00-3:00. Eric’s Big Sale, Hotwheels, collectibles, antiques, fishing, etc. 1861 86th Lane NE

Blmgtn: Annual Church Sale - St. Bonaventure

Ambrose Hall 90th St @ 10th Ave. 5/7 (9-7) & 5/8 (9-4)1/2 price Thur AM (Bag day 12-4)

Bloomington - HUGE Multi-Family Sale

May 8-9-10 (8am-4pm)9325 4th Avenue South

Bloomington 20+ Homes!1st sale in 20 yrs 5/8-9 (8-5)Antiqs, furn, tools, kids, HH, sport equip, cloz, new items! 84th St. & Oak Pointe Crv.

BloomingtonGarden Club Plant SaleCome early for best se-lection! Thurs 5/8 (8-6); Fri 5/9 (8-3). Patio pots, hanging baskets, annuals & some vegetables.8300 Sheridan Ave. So.

BloomingtonHuge Sale - Huge!

100+ Families contributingMay 1st, 2nd & 3rd (8-5)

8444 1st Ave. SouthAll Proceeds

Benefit Missions

Bloomington Moving Sale May 1st - 3rd; 8-5:30.

Everything Must Go!10909 Xerxes Ave S

BloomingtonSALE YOU CAN’T MISS!5/8-10, (8-4). 9924 Colum-bus Ave S. Collect., HH, cloz, furn, CASH ONLY


Bloomington, 19 Mission LnGrandpa’s Garage Sale! May 2nd & 3rd! All day

Tools, tackle & household

Bloomington: MOVING SALE May 1-2-3 (8-5) HH,artwork, furn., tents, lawn-mower. 9401 4th Ave. So.

Brooklyn Park: Castlebar N’brhd Multi-Family Sales 5/1-2-3 (9242, 9255, 9262 Dunbar Knoll Cir. North) &9233 Dunbar Knoll North

Brooklyn Park:HUGE KIDS SALE

500+ Sellers!! May 2-6 10a-7p Daily

6731 Boone Ave N

Columbia Heights Moving Sale! 5/3, 8am-3pm. 5100 5th Str. NE. All must go, lots of good deals!

Eden Prairie: Immanuel Lutheran Church Rum-mage Sale Sat, May 3 (8-1)

16515 Luther Way

Edina Moving SaleSat., May 3 (8-4) Craftsman tools, LR furn, organ, antiq furn, HH 6101 Beard Ave.

Estate Sale in Orono2660 Fox St May 1st & 2nd

9:00am to 4:00pmMay 3rd 10:00am to 3:00pm

Farmington20878 Belinda Cir. May 1, 2 & 3 + May 8, 9, & 10, 7am- 6pm all days. Toys, cloz, Furn, collectibles, & HH.


Farmington901 10th Street. May 2 & 3rd 9-4pm, Multi-Fam! Priced to sell! Furn. & tools

Hopkins• • Rummage Sale • •

ST. GABRIEL’SCATHOLIC CHURCH

(formerly St. Joseph’s)13th & Mainstreet

Thurs, May 1 (9:30a-8p)Fri, May 2 (9:30a-5p)

Sat, May 3 (9:30a-12:30p)Low Prices - No Junk!

SAT., MAY 3$1/Bag soft goods, or 1/2 price!

Hopkins, SOS - SALE “Some odd Stuff”

5/8 & 5/9; 9-5. 5/10; 9-Noon Van Buren Ave N

Lakeville 20665 Holiday Ave West.May 2 & 3rd 9-4pm, Estate/Moving Sale! John Deere Riding mower, 17’ Aluma-craft boat Fishing, Tools, Furn & HH!

LAKEVILLE5/15, 16 & 17th 8-4pm, 19058 Inca Ave (1 blk E. of Ipava @ 190th St.)

Lakeville, Multi Fam Sale May 8-9, 8-5; May 10, 8-12.

18310 Kerville Trail Lots of Misc!

MinneapolisMount Olivet Church

30th Annual Super Sale300 families contributing!

50th St & Knox Ave. S.Wed., 5/7 (4-8:30) $3 Adm.;

Thurs., 5/8 (8-2) FreeFor info call 612-926-7651

Minneapolis, Annual Jewelry Sale! May 9th & 10th 8-5. Walker Methodist

3737 Bryant Av S

MinnetonkaRummage Sale

Oak Knoll Lutheran Church600 Hopkins Crossroad

Wed, May 7 Preview 5-8pm$5 Adm; Thurs, May 8

(8:30-3) Park in West Lot

New BrightonCHRIST THE KING

LUTHERAN CHURCH1900 7th St. NW

Huge! 250+ Families!Presale: $5 Adm. 5/7 (6-8);May 8 (9-9); May 9 (9-7);May 10 (9-2); $5 “Leaf”

Bag Sale Sat. from 1-2pmAccepting Donations:

Beg. Sunday, May 4 (noon)

Plymouth: Peace Lutheran Church Rummage Sale3695 Hwy 101 & Medina RdThurs-Fri, May 1-2 (8a-6p);& Sat, May 3 (8a-12p).All proceeds go to charity

Richfield - HUGE SALE!UM Church of Peace

May 1-2 (9-5); May 3 (9-1)6345 Xerxes Ave. So.

Richfield Rummage SaleBlessed Trinity School5/7 $1 Admission (5-8p);

5/8 (8a-5p);5/9 Half price (8a-4p);

5/10 $5 Bag day (8a-12p)6720 Nicollet Av. S. (Gym)

Richfield: May 2-3,(8a-2p). Moving Sale. Tons of StuffFurn, KitchenAide, tools +more!! 7621 14th Ave S

Wayzata38th Annual Plant Sale

Thur & Fri, May 8-9(9-6); Sat, May 10 (9-2)Hang baskets, patio plants,annuals, 2nd yr perennials,

vegetables, herbs, bushes, Hosta bonanza!St Edward’s Church

865 Ferndale Rd. North952-473-2262 763-591-0466

4500 RENTALS / REAL ESTATE

4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

Farmington2 BR Apartment

$745/mo., Avl. 6/1Heat included

Garage available612-722-4887

Mankato- 2Br,$300 disc.for June w/lease sign.Walking dstnce to U: 952-835-2980

4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

Rosemount, 2 BR Off St. prkg. No Pets. Available NOW. $600 952-944-6808

4520 Townhomes/Dbls/Duplexes For Rent

AV TH! 2BR/1.5 BA, Fplc., W/D, lg. Kitch, $1200+utils. 651-437-8627

4530 Houses For Rent

Farmington House 2+br,gar, w/appliances, lg yard, Exc Cond Avail Immed $1350 Must See! by own-er Call 612-804-7591

Farmington, House 3br, 2 ba, dbl gar w/applianc-es Exc Cond, avail May $1295 Must See! by own-er Call: 612-804-7591

Farmington,House 4br,2ba ba, dbl gar w/appliances-Fenced yrd,Exc Cond Avail Immed $1495 Must See! by owner Call 612-804-7591

4550 Roommates &Rooms For Rent

Bloomington,room for rent in 4 Br, 2 Ba home,$435/mo +utils. Call: 320-293-5163

Fgtn, Non-smoker, Furn. room, $425 incl utils appls. W/D. 651-463-7833

4560 CommercialFor Rent

Warehouse in Great Location! 1200 sq ft heated/AC & lighted, concrete floor, 10X10 overhead dr. $700 mo. 612-889-8768

4610 Houses For Sale

Burnsville, Great location a stones throw from Crystal Lake. 3BR, 1BA, 2,000 sq. ft., many updates. School District 196. $209,000.Call 612-790-8658

4620 Modular/Manufactured For Sale

We pay Cash for used mo-bile homes, 1976 & newer , any size 763-434-4465

5500 EMPLOYMENT

5510 Full-time

Company DriversFarmington. Class A CDLat least 24 yrs old with 2 yrs experience. Must have current health card and

able to pass drug test. Local, 5-6 days a week Call: 651-423-5388

Concrete Workers: Finishers & Laborers needed. So. Metro.

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CUSTOMER SERVICE AUTOMOTIVE TOOL

Bloomington Co seeks exp’d individual to work as part of our team. Phone & counter sales. Strong com-munication skills. Automo-tive background preferred. Great benefits.

Fax or e-mail resume 952-881-6480

[email protected]

DRIVER - FTRedi-mix Concrete Driver. Class B or A Lic required. Savage, MN location. Starts May 1st. Call 952-890-7072

DRIVERS WANTED Class A must be 21 yrs. old, 2yrs. T/T exp Twin Cities home every night- based in Eagan MN $17 + pr hr F/T with 401K plan+ benefits Call Karen or Kathy at 651-686-7221 Citi-Cargo, Eagan, MN

Exp. yard man. Must be forklift certified, M-F, ben-efits. B & B Transformer

Farmington MN. Call: 651-463-2573 to apply.

FT Positions Large national company expanding, several FT positions available. $10-$20 per hour. No nights or weekends. Call Casandra at 612-355-3913 for an inter-view today, start to-morrow!

Irrigation TechniciansPay DOQ. Start immedi-ately. 952-233-1905

5510 Full-time

Jimmy John’s Hiring de-livery drivers, cashiers, sandwich makers & entry level managers. Day, night, weekends. 14351 Highway 13 South West. Savage

952-767-0095

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS$1,000 Hiring Bonus!!

Custom Remodelers is a Twin City based

multi-million dollar home improvement company.

Due to an over abundance of leads, we are in need

of 2 more sales people for our siding and window

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WAREHOUSE

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5510 Full-time

Service Advisor(ASM)

Position open at a high volume dealership. We are looking for this person to have great communication skills, Reynolds and Reynolds computer experience and at least two years of dealership experience. Please send a copy of your resume to [email protected]

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5520 Part-time

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Reliable HCAs for Rsmt & BV group homes. Weekday & weekend hrs. Ability to drive handi-capped - vehicle a plus, must have clean driving record. 651-452-5781


playing surface is also pro-posed for the accessible playground, which City Council members unani-mously gave approval for construction at an April 28 work session. Planned to be con-structed in July by commu-nity volunteers with expert oversight, the baseball dia-mond-shaped playground will include swings, climb-ers, spinner and a “cozy dome” for children feeling over-stimulated to take a break from the action. Also included is a “Zip-Krooz,” a zip line swing that can simulate the feel of flying. Two zip lines are planned next to each oth-er, one would be an assist-ed zip line with a mobile bucket seat with a harness lock. All the playground equipment is manufac-tured by Landscape Struc-tures located in Delano, Minn. The company is a na-tional sponsor of the Mir-acle League, and in honor of that association, the company is donating the ZipKrooz, which Alter-gott valued at $9,500. Charlie Colvin, a rep-resentative with Flagship Recreation, of St. Louis Park, that distributes the Landscape Structures products, said the ac-cessible playground will be one of the first in the metro area, but more are planned in other areas. The father of a son with autism, Colvin called development of accessible playgrounds “critical” for meeting the needs of all children.

He said the equipment will encourage physical play and social interac-tion among children of all abilities. The Lakeville City Council unanimously agreed the $180,816 proj-ect should go forward at its April 28 work session. Project costs are pro-posed to be split between multiple entities, including $120,000 from city funds, $50,000 raised by the Mir-acle League and $5,000 from Minnesota Energy Resources. Another $5,000, origi-nally planned for paving the baseball park’s park-ing lot will be dedicated to the project after bids came in below estimates. Paving the lot is im-portant to help improve accessibility and allow for marked parking spaces, critical during tourna-ments held at the complex, according to Altergott and Lakeville Baseball Asso-ciation leaders. LBA members are also proposing the city help them fund a phased plan to light the baseball fields. Lighting improvements and correcting irrigation problems would total be-tween $1.7 million and $1.9 million. LBA officials com-mitted the organization to an initial donation of $150,000 toward the proj-ect and additional dona-tions in following years. City Council members indicated support for the playground, but cited cost concerns of the number of improvements to the park, particularly as they will soon prioritize road improvement projects, an issue that consumed the

community after Lakeville North High School ju-nior Alyssa Ettl died in a December crash on Dodd Boulevard. Road improvements there had been planned but delayed for years as development slowed. Altergott said the City Council has already ap-proved paving the parking lot; it is included in the city’s Capital Improve-ment Plan at a cost of about $220,500. LBA Fields and Facili-ties Director Chuck Ryan said they consider paving the parking lot to be a moral consideration to al-low easier access for play-ers and families because they want the Miracle League to be successful. LBA Commissioner Russ McGill added that tournaments generate rev-enue for the organization, and lights will allow them increased flexibility for scheduling games to ac-commodate weather prob-lems or possibly include more teams if they can hold night games as sur-rounding communities do. City Administrator Steve Mielke said that if the City Council agrees to light some or all fields at the complex, a sign should be installed to notify po-tential home buyers in the area because multiple resi-dential developments are planned in the area. Altergott added the city plans to include the light-ing project in the city’s 2015-2019 CIP, which will be reviewed by the City Council during the 2015 budget review process.


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2000, when it closed its fourth location at 175th Street and County Road 50 after the lease ended and it was determined to be located too close to the new Kenrick location. Under the proposal, the city will purchase two adjacent lots at $1.9 mil-lion, under a substantial discount for taking them both as offered by the landowner, Bill Cooley of Lakeville Land Ltd. Funding for the prop-erty will come from the

city’s liquor fund, which Visnovec said allows $2 million for future location land acquisition. Visnovec said with the discount, the city is get-ting both lots for less than it would have cost for one. The city plans to fill in low areas on one lot and correct topography issues on the other during exca-vation, then recoup some of its investment by sell-ing about 2 acres of the property. Through the sale, the city can ensure the neigh-boring business would en-

hance or be conductive to their customer base. Visnovec said she ex-pects construction to oc-cur in two or three years, but financing methods still have to be evaluated. “We also understood that with SA coming out there now, land opportu-nities are not going to be any cheaper,” she said. The City Council is ex-pected to approve a pur-chase agreement for the transaction in May.


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bile packing unit at the school. Since Ebeling has grad-uated, Lakeville South seniors Sydney Grossman and Elise Redetzke are leading the effort this year, and some Lakeville North High School students are

also pitching in with the effort. From the start, the charity event has proven to be sustainable with a lot of hard work and local organizations, businesses and individuals providing donations and participat-ing in or contributing to fundraisers.

Strader said the event has become a tradition and hopes it will continue for many years. “It’s showing how kids can come together and do some pretty neat things,” Strader said.


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as food for wolves kept at a wildlife research facility. “It is the only real control method that we have in the metro area to actually reduce the popu-lation,” said Tom Keefe, president of Canada Goose Management. He said it will generally take two to three years for the geese and their drop-pings to be cleared from the area, because the local birds will return, along with new ones who move in. He added that geese who were raised there but have not nested there yet are also likely to move in and continue the prob-lem. Keefe said they have been doing this for years for about 100 clients throughout the Twin Cit-ies. Without the program, he said the estimated goose population in the Twin Cities would be 300,000; it is now estimat-ed at 15,000 to 20,000. The Department of Natural Resources states that the goose popula-tion in Minnesota has “dramatically increased” because habitat is “abun-dant.” Canadian geese eat aquatic insects, soybeans and plants and are found on most of the state’s wa-ter bodies, according to the DNR.

Able to reproduce at 2 or 3 years old, the brown and white bird can live for over a decade, according to the DNR, and their flocks can quickly grow out of control. “At normal reproduc-tion and mortality, a pond or lake with three pairs of adult geese can multiply to nearly 50 birds within five years, and to over 300 in just 10 years,” accord-ing to the DNR website. The birds are social, congregate in flocks and return to the same nesting areas annually. Keefe said the birds degrade water quality and cause extensive crop dam-age for farmers. To battle the rapidly expanding populations, the DNR has increased bag limits and season lengths to help keep the population from explod-ing out of control. Lakeville Parks and Recreation Director Brett Altergott said Lake Mar-ion homeowners have expressed concern about the geese and the drop-pings they leave behind, complaining that the re-pellents the city tried last year did not work. “They see it as a prob-lem,” Altergott said. The DNR reports that Canada goose hunting is the fastest growing hunt-ing sport in the state, and Minnesota harvests more geese than any state in the country.

In the 1950s, no Cana-da geese nested in Minne-sota, but during the 1960s and ’70s, private individu-als and natural resource agencies restored the Canada goose popula-tion throughout the state, according to informa-tion provided by Canada Goose Management. “It’s a success story that’s become a bit of a problem,” Keefe said. Under the contract, the city will pay up to $2,000 for the bird’s capture and removal of adult and gos-ling geese found at Ant-lers Park and Beach and the adjacent Lake Marion during mid-June to mid-July. At that time, the adult geese are flightless be-cause they are molting. Keefe said he will re-move every one that is found at the park. The company may also remove birds from adja-cent private properties with the property owner’s permission. “This is a problem on the lake,” City Council Member Doug Anderson said. “I know that the staff tried some of the other methods last year. I was hopeful on one of them, but the best method is actually to not have the birds there.”


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Books Author Christopher Va-len, 11 a.m. Saturday, May 3, Barnes & Noble, 14880 Flor-ence Trail, Apple Valley. Valen will sign copies of his latest John Santana novel, “Death’s Way.” Information: 952-997-8928.

Comedy Dwight York, 8-10 p.m., Monday, May 5, The Mason Jar, 1565 Cliff Road, Eagan. Cost: $3. Information: face-book.com/TheMasonJarEa-gan.

Dance “Beauty & the Beast” presented by Twin Cities Bal-let of Minnesota, 7 p.m. May 9-10 and 2 p.m. May 10-11, Ames Center, 12600 Nicol-let Ave., Burnsville. Tickets range from $16-$32 at the box office or via Ticketmaster at 800-982-2787 or Ticket-master.com.

Exhibits Savage Juried Art Com-petition & Show, April 27-May 29. Information: sav-ageartscouncil.org. Burnsville Historical So-ciety exhibit, May 8-June 15, Ames Center gallery, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free. Information: 952-895-4685. Artwork by Burnsville High School students is on display May 8-31 at the Cre-ative Self-Expression Show contest at The Great Frame Up, 1004 County Road 42 W., Burnsville. Information: 952-898-1677.

Music The South Metro Cho-rale presents “Haydn: The Creation” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, at Glendale United Methodist Church, 13550 Glendale Road, Savage. Tick-ets available at southmetro-chorale.org or at the door. Apollo Male Chorus with guest The George Mau-rer Trio, 6 p.m. Friday, May 2, Apple Valley High School Theatre, 14450 Hayes Road. Free. Big Band – Swing Dance, 6:30-11 p.m. Saturday, May 3, Rosemount Community Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Dakota County Historical So-ciety. Tickets: $20. Informa-tion: 651-552-7548. The Paul Renz Quartet, 7-9 p.m. Saturday, May 3,

as the finale concert to the “Jazz at the Steeple Center” series, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Tickets: $5 at the door. Allegro Choral Academy spring concert, 3 p.m., Sun-day, May 4, Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Lakeville. Information: www.allegroca.org. Organ dedication con-cert with Maestro Hector Olivera, 4 p.m. Sunday, May 11, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Sanctuary, Worship Center, 13801 Fairview Drive, Burnsville. Free. Cello rock band Break of Reality, 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tick-ets: $25 adults, $10 students, 800-982-2787 or Ticketmas-ter.com.

Theater “Mom! A New Musi-cal!” April 25-May 11, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $20 adults, $17 seniors/students at the box office, 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com. “Love Potion #10, The Musical” with The Whiteside-walls, 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 9, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets: $22 in advance, $25 at the door. Information: 952-985-4640.

Workshops/classes/other Painting Flowers in Wa-tercolor for ages 14 and older, 9 a.m. to noon Satur-day, May 3, at the Eagan Art House. Cost: $45. Informa-tion: 651-675-5521. Flag Baskets for ages 14 and older, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 10. Cost: $50. Information: Eagan Art House, 651-675-5521. Travel Sketching for ages 14 and older, 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, May 21 and 28. Cost: $55. Information: Eagan Art House, 651-675-5521. Art-themed birthday par-ties are offered by the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Cost: $125-$135 for up to 10 people. Additional guests are $12.50 per child. Supplies provided. Informa-tion: 651-675-5521. Summer camps for ages 4-15 are open for registra-tion at the Eagan Art House. Information: 651-675-5521 or www. eaganarthouse.org. Arts classes for all ages are offered by the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Information: www.eagan-arthouse.org, 651-675-5521. 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. Adult painting open stu-dio, 9 a.m. to noon Fridays at the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Fee is $5 per session. Information: 651-675-5521. 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. Show Biz Kids Theater Class for children with spe-cial needs (ASD/DCD pro-grams), In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, 952-736-3644. Broadway Kids Dance and Theater Program for all ages and abilities, In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, 952-736-3644. Join other 55-plus adults at the Eagan Art House to create beaded jewelry. The Jewelry Club meets on the third Friday of each month from 1-3 p.m. Information: 651-675-5500. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Country line dance classes held for intermedi-ates Mondays 1:30-4 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. Country line dance classes on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Begin-ners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Rob-ert Trail Library. Information: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

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Friday, May 2 FUNdraising Fun Fest, 5-8 p.m., The YogaSoul Cen-ter, 1121 Town Centre Drive, Eagan. Psychic readings, bake sale, raffle, specials and children’s activities. Proceeds will help with moving costs for YogaSoul. Information: 651-452-5789 or yogasoul-center.com. Forever Wild Family Fri-day: Treasure Hunt, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Ea-gan. Find treasures hidden in the park using GPS units. Bring your own unit or borrow one of ours. Limited number available. All ages. Free. Reg-istration requested. Informa-tion: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks. Dance for teens with dis-abilities, 7-9 p.m., Apple Val-ley Teen Center, 14255 John-ny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. Snacks provided. Parents and PCAs welcome. Cost: $8 at the door.

Saturday, May 3 Garage sale by the Rose-mount High School band, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., RHS student center, 3335 142nd St. W., Rosemount. Run for Hope 5K, 8 a.m., Valley Natural Foods, 13750 County Road 11, Burnsville. Run, walk or stroll. Proceeds benefit the Foundation for Early Childhood Family Ser-vices of District 196. Informa-tion: runforhope5k.com. Arts & Crafts Scholar-ship Fundraiser, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Farmington Billiards, Highway 3, Farmington. Sponsored by teachers of

Watch Me Draw, an after-school class for children in grades K-6. Features unique vendors, face painting, Watch Me Draw demos, prizes and more. Scholarships will go to districts to help fund tuition for Watch Me Draw classes. Run For The Roses 5K, 10 a.m., Wishbone Ranch, 19025 Coates Blvd., Hast-ings. Proceeds benefit This Old Horse, a nonprofit that provides sanctuary to retired, rescued, and recovering horses. Information: www.runforroses.org.

Tuesday, May 6 Open house for Link12 Lakeville, an online K-12 public school open to any family residing in Minnesota, 10 a.m. to noon, Crystal Lake Education Center, 16250 Ipa-va Ave., Lakeville.

Wednesday, May 7 Spring Fling, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Church of St. Michael, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farm-ington. Cost: $50, includes dinner, casino games and si-lent auction. Child care avail-able. Information: 651-463-3360.

Thursday, May 8 Stephanie’s Coffee Chat, 9-10 a.m. Panera Bread, 15052 Gleason Path, Apple Valley. Learn about the Susan G. Komen 3-Day event (Aug. 22-24) to beat breast cancer. RSVP at www.the3day.org/site/Calendar/1313637064?view=Detail&id=335888.

Saturday, May 10 Pancake breakfast fundraiser for Diamond Path Elementary Destination ImagiNation teams head-ing to nationals, 8-11 a.m.,

Rosemount American Legion, 14590 Burma Ave. W., Rose-mount. Cost: $6 at the door. Also features a bake sale, pound auction and raffle.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. • May 3, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Lakeville Fire Department Station 4, 9465 185th St. W., Lakeville. • May 5, 1-7 p.m., Apple Valley Fire Department Sta-tion 1, 15000 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. • May 5, noon to 6 p.m., Eden Baptist Church, 1313 Highway 13 East, Burnsville. • May 5, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Rasmussen College, 3500 Federal Drive, Eagan. • May 6, noon to 6 p.m., Christian Life Center, Prince of Peace Church, 13901 Fair-view Drive, Burnsville. • May 6, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 16725 Highview Ave., Lake-ville. • May 8, 1-6 p.m., Hope Church, 7477 145th St., Ap-ple Valley. • May 9, 12:30-5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church – By the Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. • May 10, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Caribou Coffee, 3868 150th St., Rosemount. • May 10, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. • May 10, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan.

The local arts community in Burnsville is getting a boost thanks to several grants fund-ed through Minnesota’s Clean Water, Land, and Legacy Amendment. Two Burnsville organizations were presented $5,000 checks on April 17 at the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council’s “Big Check” event. In The Company of Kids received a $5,000 check for its Drama Interaction program’s Education Performance Project, an eight-week drama class for 10 pre-selected children between the ages of 8 and 12 with physical or development challenges. The International Festival of Burnsville community event also received a grant. State Rep. Will Morgan (left) and Sen. Dan Hall (right) present a check to International Festival of Burnsville chair Margo Swanson. (Photo submitted)

Book sale at Wescott Library The Wescott Library Spring Book Sale runs April 30 to May 4. Hours are 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 30 (member preview night); 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thurs-day, May 1; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, May 2, and Saturday, May 3; and 1-3 p.m. Sunday, May 4 (bag day). The sale includes books as well as CDs, DVDs and books on tape.

Chameleon season tickets Season ticket packages for the Chameleon The-atre Circle’s 2014-15 sea-son are now on sale. The season includes “Blood Brothers,” a dou-ble feature of “The Anti-christ Cometh” and “Bril-liant Traces,” “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” “Veronica’s Room,” “Je-sus Christ Superstar” and “Betty’s Summer Vaca-tion.” The ticket package

includes a complimen-tary ticket to Chameleon’s One-Act Showcase. All performances take place in the Black Box Theatre at Ames Cen-ter, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. A season package is $99 through July 31 and $110 starting Aug. 1. Tickets can be purchased at the box office or by calling 952-895-4680. Visit www. chameleontheatre.org for more information.

Farmington Billiards to host fundraiser The Arts & Crafts Scholarship Fundraiser will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Farmington Billiards on Highway 3 in Farmington. The event is sponsored by teachers of Watch Me Draw, an after-school class for children in grades K-6, through Community Education. It will features vendors, face painting, Watch Me Draw demonstrations, prizes and more.

Scholarships will go to area school districts to help fund tuition for Watch Me Draw classes.

Zoo up for recognition The Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley is in the running to be recognized as the nation’s best zoo through USA Today’s “Best Zoo in the United States” contest. Competing against 19 other top-notch zoos across the country, the Minnesota Zoo and oth-er candidates were select-ed by USA Today based on data supplied by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Contest cri-teria for “Best Zoo in the United States” includes annual attendance, total acreage, admission, con-tribution to conservation efforts, number of sup-porting members, and recent awards won. Voting is open to the public through noon on May 19 at www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-us-zoo.

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Don’t expect to en-counter any talking tea-pots or candlesticks with French accents in Twin Cities Ballet’s “Beauty and the Beast.” The Lakeville-based dance company’s new production, which runs May 9-11 at the Ames Center in Burnsville, was written in the tradition of classic story ballets — with the tale told through dance and music, rather than words and song. Disney characters are absent, explained Twin Cities Ballet artistic direc-tor Denise Vogt, though the magic of the original tale is not. “It’s not like the Dis-ney version — you’re not going to find Chip the Cup or a dancing broom,” said Vogt, who wrote and choreographed the adap-tation. “It’s a very easy story to follow — it’s about in-ner beauty, it’s about loss, it’s about love, and it’s also about a relationship between two people and how she can see through his ugliness to see his heart.” With a cast of about 90, the production fea-tures dancers drawn mainly from Ballet Royale Minnesota, the Lakeville dance studio run by Vogt and her husband Rick. Along with the stu-dent-dancers, there’s also about a dozen profes-sional dancers in the mix, among them Andrew Les-ter and Michelle Ludwig, who play the title charac-ters.

Twin Cities Ballet also commissioned an original score for the production. Composer Jordan Cox, a Minnesota native now living in Los Angeles, brought a background in classical and film scores — including work on doc-umentaries and television commercials — to the task. “Beauty and the Beast” is the third ballet written by Denise Vogt for Twin Cities Ballet, formerly Lakeville City Ballet, which is known for its an-nual south-metro produc-tion of “The Nutcracker.” The dance company’s first original production, “Wizard of Oz – The Bal-let,” debuted in May 2012, followed by “Cinderella 1944” in May of last year. The Vogts’ goal is to grad-ually build a repertoire of original story ballets that

will rotate throughout the year. Tickets for “Beauty and the Beast” range from $16-$32 and are available at the Ames Center box office and at Ticketmas-ter.com. More about the pro-duction is at www.twin-citiesballet.org.

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The Roe Family Singers will be bringing their down-home Americana music to Rose-mount on Thursday, May 15, as the final concert in this season’s “Bluegrass at the Steeple Center” series hosted by the Rosemount Area Arts Council. The self-styled “Hillbilly band” is a nine-piece ensemble that features fiddle, jug, mandolin, saw and banjo. Tickets for the 7-9 p.m. concert are $5 and can be purchased at the arts council’s website, www.rosemountarts.com, and in person at the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail. (Photo submitted)

Vocalist Vicky Mountain and her band will present “Swingin’ on a Star: The Voice of Van Heusen” on Thursday, May 8, at Eagan’s Wescott Library. The 2-3 p.m. perfor-mance geared to ages 55 and older will spotlight songs by American composer Jimmy Van Heusen, who wrote many of the biggest hits sung by Bing Crosby and Frank Sina-tra. One of Hollywood’s most successful composers in the 1940s and 1950s, Van Heu-sen won four Academy Awards for best original song and was the songwriter behind “Swinging on a Star,” “Love and Marriage” and “Come Fly With Me.” There’s no cost to attend the concert; more information is at www.co.dakota.mn.us/libraries/Pro-grams. (Photo submitted)

Andrew Lester and Michelle Ludwig, who play the title characters in “Beauty and the Beast,” are among the dozen or so professional dancers Twin Cities Ballet en-listed for the 90-member cast. (Photo submitted)

Twin Cities Ballet dancers rehearse Sunday in preparation for the May 9 opening of “Beauty and the Beast” at the Ames Center in Burnsville. (Photo submitted)

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Production runs May 9-11 in Burnsville

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