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Saints player fi nds his placeFormer Lakeville High School and Lakeville North three-sport athlete enjoying the ride with the Saints.

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Rolling Stones tributeHits by the Rolling Stones are getting an acoustic makeover when tribute band Stoned Acoustic plays Eagan Market Fest Aug. 19.

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Pearson owes schools moreNewspaper columnist Joe Nathan says the company that created testing problems throughout the state owes schools more than it has offered.

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Award-winning Lakeville North journalist Nick Kelly seeks to

make a difference by Laura Adelmann

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Lakeville North High School senior Nick Kel-ly only met Alyssa Ettl once, but she has had a life-changing influence on him. Alyssa was 16 in 2013 when she died in a car crash, and many in the Lakeville community joined in mourning be-cause of the vast number of lives the extraordinarily giving Lakeville North ju-nior had touched. “It hit me pretty hard,” Kelly said. “Because it made me think that: ‘If I were to die today, would I be happy with the impact I have had on people?’ Those type of questions came up.” Kelly reconsidered his life and purpose and de-cided his way to make a difference was in the writ-

ten word. “I realized through journalism, that could be the way I impact people as I tell people’s stories,” Kel-ly said. “As I share the suc-cesses and challenges that individuals go through … there’s people that are accomplishing amazing

things and to me it’s im-portant that those stories are shared.” He met with former Lakeville North Athletic Director Russ Reetz about his idea to start the Min-nesota State High School League’s student media program at the school and

emerged with the blessing to lead it. The program allows students to become re-porters for their schools, covering sports, activities and other school happen-ings, then posting their

A page from Alyssa’s playbook

Nick Kelly interviews a Lakeville North High School football player. (Photo submitted)

Lakeville North High School junior Alyssa Ettl died in 2013, but her legacy lives on, in part by aspiring journalist Nick Kelly to use his writing talent to make a difference in others’ lives. Alyssa was known for her strong Christian faith, active volunteerism and genuine concern for people of every age. She often organized fundraisers and took part in mission trips. Her father, Matt Ettl, said three mission trips have been held in Alyssa’s honor since her death. The family also annually holds the Alyssa Ettl Memorial Soccer Tournament to raise funds for scholarships. (File photo)

Innovation zone moves forwardHigh school students to have more choices in education

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Don’t call Lakeville Area Public School’s innovation zone with Prior Lake-Savage schools a jobs program. The districts will be seeking business part-ners to create “profession-based work experi-ences,” said District 194 Superintendent Lisa Snyder. High school juniors and seniors in both districts will have opportunities to work on real-life projects to gain experience in profes-sions where there are job openings that may not require a four-year college degree, say dis-trict officials. “This is not work experience where kids are going out and getting paid,” Snyder said. “This is very strategic partnership work, where students are working deeply on proj-ects and problems with real-world teams and having that experience in one of these high-demand, high-wage job sectors that are very viable to the economy.” Prior Lake-Savage is interested in STEM-related job opportunities (science, technol-ogy, engineering and math) while Lakeville is looking to local medical providers to provide high school students with hands-on projects

NBC’s “The Voice” Season 6 finalist Kat Perkins sang the song “Fearless” with children at Antler’s Park Aug. 10 to kick off the city of Lakeville’s annual safety camp. Perkins spoke against bullying and encouraged the children, ages 8-12, to be kind to others. Those in the two-day camp learned about fire, water and electrical safety, self-defense, drug awareness and stranger danger. Teachers included Lakeville police officers, firefighters, Red Cross members, Dakota Electric Association representatives and Lakeville Parks and Recreation staff. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

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Third annual Block Bash set for Aug. 21 New music, food trucks planned by Laura Adelmann


There are some new sounds and tastes planned for the third annual Block Bash in downtown Lakev-ille. This year, organiz-ers are swapping country crooners for a pop-rock sound at the Friday, Aug. 21, event at the downtown Market Plaza from 6-11 p.m. Lakeville-Farmington acoustic duo, Erin and Madison will open at the popular outdoor get-together for FlashMob, a Twin Cities’ pop-rock

cover band, Promoted by the Down-town Lakeville Business Association, the laid-back outdoor party has grown in popularity by featuring a variety of food trucks and beverages in addition to the live music. Food trucks this year will include hotdog vendor NateDogs, El-Jefe Mexi-can Cuisine and Moral Omnivore, which features organic food including a fried tomato BLT. Beer and spirits are available for the age 21 and over event through Brackett’s Crossing Coun-try Club. DLBA Director Anne

Downtown Lakeville was packed for the 2014 Block Bash event that featured the Killer Hayseeds. This year’s Block Bash, on Aug. 21, music begins at 6 p.m. with acoustic duo Erin and Madison opening for Twin Cities pop-rock cover band FlashMob. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

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A look back on the ride of a

lifetime by Laura Adelmann


Lakeville businessman Tom Mork arrived back in Minnesota this week after embarking upon a 2,100-mile, 39-day bike adventure dubbed “Tom’s Big Ride” to spread awareness of mental health issues. Three other riders have made the entire journey and at least 15 others have joined them for one or more stages of the bike ride that followed scenic back roads along the Mississippi River from Louisiana to Lake Itasca in northern Minne-sota. Mork said this week that the adventure raised more than Mork’s $100,000 goal to support the National Al-liance on Mental Illness. A welcome celebration was held Aug. 7 in Min-nehaha Falls that Mork de-scribed as “emotional” in his blog, tomsbigride.org. Along the journey, Mork spoke to a variety of groups and individuals about men-tal illness, including his family’s struggles after his daughter was diagnosed with bipolar disorder during college after a series of dan-gerous and bizarre behav-iors that included secretly marrying a 35-year-old man they later discovered was trying to avoid deportation. With her family’s help, Christine Mork was able to get the marriage annulled and is living a productive life, managing the disease and has started her own business online selling art she creates. Mork said in a news re-lease the story he tells in-cludes “ignorance, despair, bewilderment, humor, and yes … hope.” He has detailed his jour-ney on his blog, and has shared stories of those he has met along the way: “After returning from dinner I opened up my email and read one from a

Tom’s Big Ride supporter telling me that just this past week her nephew had taken his own life after struggling with mental illness for a long time,” Mork wrote in one post. “She wanted me to know that his family was being surrounded by loving, caring, supportive people, and she thanked me for the efforts we are making to bring more awareness to the whole issue of mental illness. So … tomorrow, we ride for Elliot and his imme-diate and extended family. You will be in our morning prayer for safe riding and on our minds as we head north to Greenville.” He described meeting a youth who had been diag-nosed with attention defi-cit disorder that had made his life so difficult that “he would have rather died of a heart attack because at least people then would have un-derstood that he had an ill-ness.” Mork said he met a woman who successfully battled clinical depression for over 18 years with medi-cation and therapy and a close friend never knew of it. “She has dealt with her mental illness and it has not defined her!!” Mork wrote. As his ride nears comple-tion, Mork said in an email

interview that the biggest surprise of the trip was dis-covering how much people along the route embraced what they were doing to raise awareness about men-tal illness. He said the most im-portant memory of the trip was the people they met who shared their stories for whom they dedicated days of their ride, includ-ing Morgan from Memphis who struggles with an eat-ing disorder or Katie from the Reelfoot Lake area in Tennessee who shared her struggles with anxiety and depression. Mork said his relation-ship with fellow riders has grown after being together “pretty much 24/7 for five weeks.” “We still get along great,” Mork said. “We have come to respect each other for the sacrifices we’ve made to make this trip happen and for our respective riding abilities, and we have learned to communicate quite well when we’re riding to keep each other safe. If our rela-tionships have changed, it’s that we’re better friends than when we started.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Tom’s Big Ride: A success

Lakeville businessman Tom Mork and City Council Member Doug Anderson have returned to Minnesota after going on “Tom’s Big Ride,” a biking trip along the Mississippi River to raise awareness of mental health issues. Both Lakeville leaders have shared their family members’ struggles with mental illness in hopes of breaking stigma associated with the problem. (Photo submitted)

Elko New Market firefighters worked to rescue an injured passenger from a one of two vehicles involved in a crash at County Road 86 and Pillsbury Avenue at around 9 a.m. Aug. 10. Both vehicles wound up in a soybean field. Firefighters removed the vehicle’s passenger-side door to rescue the woman who was air lifted by a North Memorial helicopter to receive medical treatment. A male in the same vehicle was placed in a neck brace and taken to Northfield Hospital by ambulance. Scott County deputies were also on scene, taking statements from witnesses as the rescues were underway. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

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BBB: Asphalt schemes roll across region It’s that time of year when you might get an un-expected knock on your door – especially if you have an older or unpaved park-ing lot or driveway. Better Business Bureau of Min-nesota and North Dakota (BBB) warns consumers and business owners that suspect asphalt firms are in the area and trying to rustle up jobs. These operators of-ten go door-to-door claim-ing they have extra asphalt from a nearby project and they’ll work at a discounted rate. However, the quality of the work is often sub-par

and the final bill can some-times be double – or even many times – the quoted price. BBB has received re-ports of this scheme from consumers in the Twin Cities and Rochester area who have been confronted by such “offers” recently. BBB notes that in both of these cases contracts were not provided prior to the work being performed; all agreements were verbal. Customers who deal with companies that operate in this fashion quickly discov-er that if there are problems

with the work performed, they only have a phone number for the company and no other way to con-tact them if calls are not returned. “This is what we call a classic scheme, and people fall victim to it every day during the paving season somewhere in Minnesota and North Dakota,” said Dana Badgerow, president and CEO of BBB of Min-nesota and North Dakota. “Worse yet, the elderly are often the ones that are tar-geted the most.” To avoid asphalt schemes, be sure you know who you’re dealing with. Research the company first at bbb.org. Also, be sure to ask the salesperson if they have a solicitor’s license from the city they’re doing business in – and then verify that by contacting your city officials. Be on the lookout for these common signs of a suspect asphalt firm: – The claim the compa-ny has leftover asphalt from another job. Be wary of pav-ing companies stating they are “in the neighborhood” and have extra asphalt to

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Lakeville man allegedly stole car because world ending

Complaint says he was

naked when he returned car keys by Laura Adelmann


A Lakeville man is charged with third-degree burglary after police say he stole a neighbor’s car to go to Walgreens because he thought the world was ending, and he entered their home naked when he attempted to return the keys. Anthony Leonard Beck, 22, was allegedly returning the car keys at around 4 a.m. to an Inver Grove Heights residence described as his neigh-bor’s home in the Aug. 10 Dakota County criminal complaint. One of the residents al-legedly awoke after Beck entered the home and knocked on a bedroom door, and police say the

woman told the naked Beck to get out, but he went into a bathroom. According to the com-plaint, Beck came out of the bathroom and started toward the front door, but turned around and went back into the bathroom where he donned a De-pends undergarment then took his clothes at the bot-tom of the stairs and ex-ited the house. The complaint said the residents were reporting

the incident to police when they discovered their car had been moved and the radio station changed. Beck allegedly told police he went into the neighbor’s garage using a code they gave him when he watched their pet in February and took the car keys to drive to Walgreens because he thought the world was ending. He then returned to the residence, parked the car and entered the garage again, the complaint said. Prosecutors say Beck told police he went up-stairs after returning the keys while “dressed lewdly” and went into the home again because he was “hoping to bust a nut that I didn’t bust earlier.” The complaint said Beck admitted taking mood-altering substances earlier in the day.


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Minnesota Energy Re-sources reminds everyone to call 8-1-1 before at-tempting any projects that require digging. Calling the “8-1-1 Gopher State One Call” should be the homeowner and contrac-tor’s first step before put-ting a shovel in the ground and performing any ex-cavation, construction, farming or digging. The 8-1-1 Gopher State One Call network is part of a coordinated nation-wide underground utility location system that is set up for everyone’s safety. Knowing where util-ity lines are buried before each digging project helps protect those who dig from injury, expense and penalties and ensures the

reliability of the system. Minnesota Energy Re-sources has nearly 4,500 miles of underground nat-ural gas pipelines and over 211,000 natural gas lateral services in the 165 commu-nities it serves. Last year, Minnesota Energy Re-sources experienced about 204 accidental dig-ins on its natural gas system, causing damage. Minnesota Energy Re-sources records indicate a very high percentage of accidental dig-ins result from people not calling “8-1-1” before they dig. Most customers are aware of the “8-1-1” system, but do not think it applies unless they are using some larger pow-er digging equipment. The unfortunate result may be

serious injuries and dis-ruption of utility service to entire neighborhoods. To request the locat-ing of underground lines, customers can either call the 8-1-1 Gopher State One Call by simply dialing 811 or log onto the 8-1-1 website. Customers will be asked a few questions about their location and project. Specialists using sophisticated equipment will respond to the site and mark the location of all buried facilities (natu-ral gas, electric, cable, telecommunications) on your property within a few working days. For more information on gas safety, visit the Minnesota Energy Re-sources website.

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Communication on road project To the editor: Looks like communica-tion was lacking in Lakev-ille. So the roundabout is over budget? No surprise there really. What is a surprise is how our local government was paying such little attention to the process. No job is to small (or big) to fail financially. As County Road 50 and 60 construction began I could see that it would cost a small fortune. Ap-parently our local govern-ment failed to open their eyes to the general size of the operation, much less its overall cost. Is our mayor and his staff paying attention? This project is disrupting our lives, and is creating chaos for Lakeville resi-dents and businesses. Not to mention, who is go-

ing to pick up the tab for the overages? Sadly that would be us, fellow tax-payers.I hope Mayor Matt Little pays strict attention to this issue in the future. If I were him, I would be ask-ing staff for updates sever-al times a week. When un-dertaking a major change, accurate communication with an eyes wide open mentality is vital to opera-tional and financial suc-cess. We cannot afford to forget these essential tools of change when it comes to community improve-ment projects.

ELIZABETH BAKEWICZLakeville

Disappointed by Senator HallTo the editor: I was disappointed and dismayed by Sen. Dan

Hall’s Aug. 7 guest column advocating for the state to investigate Minnesota Planned Parenthood’s ac-tivities. The senator’s call to investigate the Minne-sota branch of Planned Parenthood because of unsubstantiated allega-tions in other states is an alarming request for state government to disrupt a law-abiding organiza-tion with no evidence of wrongdoing. As a constit-uent and business owner, I do not want our state spending taxpayer dollars to investigate organiza-tions or businesses with-out evidence of wrong-doing simply to appease Hall’s political or personal agenda. To initiate an in-vestigation would open a slippery slope for inves-tigating Minnesota orga-nizations and businesses that do no wrong, but are related to a national or-ganization Hall disagrees with philosophically.

Planned Parenthood of Minnesota provides a multitude of important health care services and education for women, par-ents and families who need them most. Hall’s comment “As legislators, we hope none of these practices are oc-curring here in Minneso-

ta” recognizes no evidence of problems. He cites no activities or practices to be investigated or how much it will cost to do so. He of-fers no steps to take after an investigation, the spe-cific purpose of an inves-tigation, or how it would better our state. To spend state money investigating

hunches and disrupting organizations for political purpose is irresponsible. Hall has not been particularly friendly to women’s issues and equal rights. In 2014, he opposed the Women’s Economic Security Act, legislation

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Clarification The Lakeville Area School District 194’s Impact Academy Site Selection Committee recommended that the program that groups students by ability level be located at Orchard Lake Elementary, but a decision about the recommenda-tion is not expected by the Lakeville Area School Board until Aug. 18.

OpinionECFE parenting classes could help prevent abuse

A very modest payback for problems Pearson testing produced

by Don HeinzmanSUN THISWEEK


Reports of child abuse in Minnesota are alarming. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 69,322 referrals were made to Child Protection in Minnesota in 2013. A total of 49,006 were screened out and 20,316 were screened for follow through. A study of 17,000 adults by the Kai-ser Permanente health care organization in 1997 showed that 28 percent of the respondents had suffered from physical abuse growing up. Is it possible that some of this abuse could have been prevented had the par-ents learned how better to parent, instead of spanking and abusing their children? There is an organization in most com-munities called Early Childhood Family Education where parents can learn how to parent their children as they grow from birth to kindergarten. ECFE usually is sponsored by lo-cal community education departments where parents can find information about the program: the classes, the times and the fees. Parents should watch for seasonal mailings. ECFE is funded main-ly through state aid, fees and a communi-ty education tax levy. Fees are based on a sliding scale according to family income. Here’s how the program works in Bloomington and Richfield, according

to Carol Huttner, director of youth and family education and services. Parents can attend classes, with their kids, where they learn parenting and discipline strat-egies. Sometimes parents learn with the children present. Part of the time they are separated from their children when they meet with a licensed parent educa-tor and discuss the problems and frus-trations of raising their children. Mean-while, the children learn and play with an early childhood teacher how to share and get along with others. In the Bloomington system, parents in the prenatal and infant class learn how to deal with strategies to stop a baby from crying and how much of the crying is OK. They also learn how to calm the baby. In the toddlers class for parents of 2-year-olds, parents observe and play with the children but most of the time they discuss their problems and then hear strategies to deal with them. They learn about brain development and what is normal, the number of words verbal-ized, the physical development and when

the children should be able to crawl. They learn about nutrition and what is an appropriate weight They also learn strategies on how to win the power struggle when the child fights going to bed. “Give the child a choice,” Huttner said. “Do they either want to walk or do they want to be car-ried to bed? So they choose to go to bed one way or the other.” Another strategy is to develop a routine for going to bed: Brush their teeth, go to bed, hear a story. Parents also learn that a child may get out of control because they are eating too much sugar or not getting enough sleep. The parents learn to limit the time spent with screens and what the little ones watch on television and play on vid-eo games. These days some 3-year-olds even try to go to bed with their iPads, said Huttner. Using the strategies discussed in ECFE classes can prevent parents from hitting or spanking the child. Huttner said: “If you start to spank a child, when do you stop? ... It’s not a good long-term strategy. ... Better to count to five, take a deep breath or talk with the child.” Bloomington, like other districts, has a program for parents of children from 36 months to kindergarten where parents discuss a variety of topics with an early childhood teacher, but spend less time with their children present. Anoka-Hennepin School District has

a program similar to Bloomington, with classes based on the children’s ages. Beth Yokom, assistant manager for community education learning programs, says Anoka has programs for children birth to 12 months where a licensed edu-cator joins the circle of parents. There are programs for children 9-20 months, 11-24 months and 18-36 months. Anoka also has classes with the parents in mixed classes in which there are one or more children of different ages. Yokom says they use a sliding fee scale based on family income. That fee for a 15-week class could be as low as $29 and up to $159. You would expect parents when sur-veyed to say ECFE helps them parent. In a survey taken in 2013 and conducted by ECFE, 96 percent of parents agreed that participating in ECFE improved their parenting. In all five areas – child’s communica-tion, reading enjoyment, language skills, problem solving and age-appropriate social skills – parents agreed ECFE im-proved them all. A website offers parents more answers about parenting: ParentsAware.org. Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers. He can be reached through [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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“Minnesota nice” and a lovely summer encourage me to be gracious. But having listened to more than 40 Minnesota dis-trict and charter leaders describe massive disruption that Pearson testing produced earlier this year, I’m not feeling very char-itable toward the company. So I’m not excited about the announce-ment this week that Pearson will reduce its bill by $1 million from its $33.8 million contract and provide an estimated $4.6 million of additional services to Minne-sota schools. Details on the settlement are at: http://bit.ly/1E4KwMT. It’s the start – but only the start – of what I’d call appropriate payback for the widespread problems it created in Min-nesota public schools. And I’m stunned that a company named HumRRO, hired by MDE to check out these problems, reported to MDE: “There is no way to identify students that were impacted by the disruptions that occurred as a result of the service interruptions to PearsonAc-cess” Really? All HumRRO had to do was ask some of the several dozen educators I quoted last spring to identify students who could describe testing problems.

For example, Hopkins Superintendent John Schultz explained: “Hopkins Pub-lic Schools has experienced multiple dis-ruptions in our MCA testing throughout the week. Our internal technical systems are working well, and our building staff members are well prepared to administer the tests to our students. We remain very concerned and extremely frustrated about the disruption.” Jay Haugen, Farmington superinten-dent, wrote, “Twice in the past week we experienced significant disruptions with MCA testing.” Terry Moffatt, academic director at DaVinci Academy in Blaine, told me: “We have had numerous issues with testing in the last week, from the administrative site shutting down to students being kicked off the testing site. … We work very hard to create the best possible testing environ-ment, and those environments have been

disrupted to the detriment of students.” Milaca Superintendent Jerry Hansen wrote: “The conditions under which the tests were administered were varied and inconsistent from day to day, class to class, and student to student. Some stu-dents had to wait 20 to 40 minutes for the system to log them in, other students were dropped from testing when they used the Pearson-supplied calculator (requiring them to start the process over), some were told their data was not uploaded after they completed the exam.” Duane Berkas, director of teaching and learning, Columbia Heights, report-ed teachers were “unable to log into the Pearson system in order to start an online testing session or once logged in, the sys-tem (became) extremely slow and at times completely unresponsive.” He noted, “In addition, we have at times had students dropped from the Pearson system while testing and unable to log back in to com-plete the test.” Apparently HumRRO used about $45,000 of time under an existing state contract. They produced a number of sta-tistical tables – but somehow couldn’t find students? Minnesota Commissioner of Educa-tion Brenda Cassellius wrote: “The dis-ruptions experienced by students and

teachers this spring were simply unaccept-able.” I agree. But I think Pearson owes Minnesota much more than it settled for. Denise Specht, Education Minnesota president, told me via email: “Pearson offered additional services like access to online test prep tools and creating more exams. That’s nice, but one of the things educators are begging for is more time to teach – not more time preparing for high-stakes tests. I think what’s missing in this settlement is the human element. No one asked how these disruptions impacted in-dividual students and teachers, and that’s a problem.” Specht and I don’t always agree, but I think she nailed it this time. The Pearson-MDE agreement is a modest start to-ward compensating Minnesota students and educators for massive disruption. I think Pearson got off easy. If things are not much better this coming year, MDE should demand much more in payback. Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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requiring contractors to pay women equally. He also voted against rais-ing the minimum wage. In 2013, he voted against the same-sex marriage bill that passed and has been widely acclaimed. Hall’s priority to investi-gate Minnesota Planned Parenthood is out of sync with our state that faces other key issues involving education, student debt, transportation, affordable health care, the Minnesota Sex Offender Program and child protection, to name a few. The only investiga-tion needed is by voters to learn the views and priori-ties of Hall before the next election and then decide we deserve better.

STEPHEN C. FIEBIGERBurnsville

Green business To the editor: Minnesota grows clean energy businesses that power our state and nation. Since 2000, em-ployment in Minnesota’s clean energy economy has increased by 78 per-cent, providing more than 15,300 well-paying jobs as of 2014. It’s only going to get better – if Minnesota maximizes its clean ener-gy potential, we stand to create more than 35,000 new jobs and over $2 bil-lion in wages over the next 15 years. There’s a reason that this state is a great place to grow businesses like 3M. Minnesota has long

advanced policies that make this growth pos-sible. State policymaking sends clear messages to investors – is a state open for business or not? I urge Gov. Mark Day-ton to continue champi-oning policies that send clear market signals – signals that demonstrate Minnesota’s commitment to efficiency and afford-able energy from renew-able sources, along with solutions that significant-ly reduce carbon emission rates, such as the Clean Power Plan. This is a time to accelerate investment, rather than slow it down. Let’s keep the green light on – Minnesota should be open for clean energy business.

HARLEY HORSAGERLakeville

Hall should be more thorough To the editor: As I read Sen. Hall’s diatribe about Planned Parenthood, my immedi-ate reaction was the plea-sure of realizing that he’s not my state senator. In District 51 we have much more level and informed representation – Sen. Jim Carlson, Reps. Sandra Masin and Laurie Halv-erson. Unfortunately, the senator relies on discred-ited material which was severely edited to suit the likes, apparently, of peo-ple like himself. I hope he is more thorough when dealing with his district. Abortion is here, legal,

and the use of fetal tissue has been adopted by med-ical science and research-ers, as a viable way to find cures to diseases which ravage our citizens. Abortion deniers must accept the fact that their opposition is, for the most part, based on religious beliefs. But religious be-liefs, for the umteenth time, should not be forced on anyone else, and tell them what they can and cannot do with their body. A viable fetus is well de-scribed medically, as well

as legally, and punish-ing Planned Parenthood, which apparently receives no money from the gov-ernment for abortions, (3 percent of the services they perform) and which offers the vast majority of its services for women’s health, should not be pun-ished for the great good it does, which, I might add, is legal. Women, in the eyes of too many, including legis-lators such as Hall, have been relegated to a sec-ondary position in many

aspects of society. Let’s get out of the Middle Ages and move on to the many serious problems which impact us, and leave the female reproduc-tive system to the females.

ALAN MILLEREagan

Clean Power Plan can help the state To the editor: I am writing to request Gov. Mark Dayton imple-ment a strong Clean Pow-er Plan in Minnesota, pro-viding the first national protections on how much carbon can be released into our air by power plants. It’s an important investment in clean air, healthier communities, and sustainable jobs that support Minnesota fami-lies. Health: Advancing a strong Clean Power Plan will prevent up to 150,000 asthma attacks and up to 6,600 premature deaths across the country. Jobs: If Minnesota maximizes its clean ener-gy potential, we stand to create more than 35,000 new jobs and over $2 bil-lion in wages over the next 15 years. Our families deserve nothing less.

JACKIE CRAIGLakeville

Faith and the access to food To the editor:

No children deserve access to healthy food. The guest column by Chris Becker, “Hunger is not partisan: Children deserve access to healthy food,” was so typical of the socialists of our day. Our government has been handing out food for so long, this “religious lead-er” thinks children de-serve it. Nowhere in our founding documents do we read that children, or anyone, should be given any food or deserve ac-cess to food. So he resorts to scripture to support his food program; which he says is “central to his faith.” It may be central to his faith, but it is not at all central to what the holy Scriptures say. He has taken a verse out of con-text and applied it to gov-ernment; that is distorting the Scriptures. Jesus was not talking to the government of his day, but rather individu-als. The giving of food to someone in need is a personal decision. Je-sus never said or implied that children deserve food from someone other than their family. People should not dis-tort Scripture to support a socialist view. I agree, hunger and poverty are serious problems, but the problem will not even be helped through the school lunch program. The pub-lic school lunch program only fosters more depen-dency on government.

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Amandus and Hazel Studer (Photo submitted)

Giving back runs in the family To the editor: Our family would like to give a belated thank you to the Pan-O-Prog committee for choos-ing Bill Studer to be the grand marshal this year. While he was a little em-barrassed by the atten-tion, we think on the day he really enjoyed himself. In pre-Pan-O-Prog,

1958, Bill’s parents, Amandus and Hazel Studer, were chosen to be the Lakeville King and Queen in a celebration of the state centennial. Some of Amandus and Hazel’s children still live in the area, as do many of their grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchil-dren.

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College news University of Minne-sota Twin Cities, spring graduate, Thomas Fischer, of Lakeville, B.S., housing studies, sustainability and technology. University of Iowa, Iowa City, spring dean’s list, from Lakeville – Courtney Paulsen, Therese Pechacek, Betsy Povolny. University of Iowa, Iowa City, spring graduates, from Lakeville – Erin Arvidson, B.A., sociology; Courtney Paulsen, B.A., dance, and B.S.E., industrial engineer-ing; Therese Pechacek, B.A., cinema, B.A., theatre arts, and certificate, entrepre-neurial management. Rochester Community and Technical College, spring graduates, from Elko New Market – Garrett Delich, A.A., liberal arts and sciences; from Lakev-ille – Jenna Wyman, A.A.S., veterinary technician. Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, spring dean’s list, from Lakeville – Carl Budenski, Nirvan Dharam-paul, Greta Gillen, Han-nah Heintze, Kyrell Newell, Kelsey Olson, Jessica Rebi-schke. Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, spring presi-dent’s list, from Lakeville – Kimberly Hennen, Krista Petersen, Elyse Wheaton, Amanda Wilson. Inver Hills Commu-nity College, Inver Grove Heights, spring dean’s list, Macy Van Ert, of Lakeville.

District 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, special meeting of the District 194 School Board at Crystal Lake Education Center.1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Roll Call 2. Recommended Action a. Resolution Relating to In-creasing the General Education Revenue of the School District b. Resolution Designating Ad-ministration of Absentee Voting c. Resolution Establishing An Absentee Ballot Board3. Discussion a. Rebrand and Website Follow Up b. Impact Academy Site Study Discussion c. Preliminary Assessment Re-sults d. John Kline Roundtable4. Chair/Administrative Updates 5. Future Topics for Consideration 6. Adjournment

Bonnie Plants Cabbage Program registration open Registration for Bonnie Plants’ Cabbage Program is now open. The program is free to any third-grade classroom in the country. Bonnie Plants delivers millions of free cabbage plants each year to students in third-grade classes. The program offers students a chance to get a hands-on gardening experience through growing colossal cabbages, reaping hefty harvests, and holding high hopes to win “best in state” and receive a $1,000 schol-arship towards education from Bonnie Plants. Teachers can register for the program and find more information at www.bon-nieplants.com.

Lake Liners dance clinic The Lakeville North Lake Liners will hold a dance clinic Aug. 22 for girls in kindergarten through eighth grade. Participants will learn a dance routine at LNHS from 1:30-3 p.m. and will perform it at halftime during the game that eve-ning. Cost is $35, and in-cludes instruction, a T-shirt and performance at halftime of the football game. Preregistration is required by Aug. 17. Further information and registration forms can be obtained at: http://www.lnhspanthers.com/page/show/894415-dance-regular-season. Questions can be di-rected to Sheree at lakev-i l l e lake l iners@gmai l .com.

The Safe Roads Alli-ance, Cenex and West Bend Mutual Insurance have partnered with the Minne-sota Department of Public Safety to produce a new guide that provides par-ents and guardians with a simple, easy-to-follow plan designed to help teens to get the experience they need to be safe, smart drivers. “Drivers between 16 and 19 years old are more than twice as likely to be involved in a crash as drivers in other age groups,” said Donna Berger, director of the DPS Office of Traffic Safety. “Par-ents play a critical role in their children’s education. This guide encourages parents to expose teenagers to a variety of enhanced supervised driv-ing experiences that will help them become knowledgeable and safe drivers.” The Parent’s Supervised Driving Guide is filled with information and lessons on driving basics, paren-tal pointers, and licensing qualifications that are help-ful to parents of new drivers. The guide is supplemented by the Safe Roads Alliance RoadReady mobile app, which can track the required supervised driving time of 50 hours, including 15 hours of night driving. The enhanced Gradu-

ated Driver Licensing law took effect earlier this year in Minnesota. It increases the minimum number of hours teens must practice driving before licensure and requires a supervised driving log. It also requires all driver education programs to of-fer parent awareness classes which provide information on teen driving risks, laws, and the important role par-ents play in influencing teen safe driving behaviors. The guide focuses on the role of the parent in the teen driver education process and encourages parents and teens to drive together in a variety of weather condi-tions and unfamiliar set-tings, city and heavy traffic routes, and various times of day. According to a Chil-dren’s Hospital of Philadel-phia study, Driving Through the Eyes of Teens, teen driv-ers whose parents are highly involved in the teen driver education process were half as likely to get in a car crash, 71 percent less likely to drive intoxicated, 30 percent less likely to use a cell phone while driving, and twice as likely to wear seatbelts. The free guide is avail-able at driver licensing of-fices around the state. The RoadReady mobile app is available at the Apple Store.

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BusinessHospital names community relations director Northfield Hospital & Clinics has hired Betsy Spethmann as director of community relations, effec-tive Aug. 4. She succeeds Scott Richardson, who re-tired in July. Spethmann will oversee external communications for the organization, in-cluding community events and partnerships. She also will supervise some inter-nal communications for staff and providers across Northfield Hospital, the five primary care clinics and six specialty care clinics. She has worked most re-cently as a communications consultant, and has 20-plus years as an editor and jour-nalist. She served as execu-tive director of Northfield Area United Way from 2010-14.

Inspire Me Family Fun Fest Inspiration Design Cen-ter, 2200 W. Highway 13, Burnsville, is throwing The Inspire Me Family Fun Fest from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sat-urday, Sept. 19. Free for all ages to attend, this daylong charity event will feature food trucks, music and beer along with free activities for kids, including balloon art-ists, bounce houses, pony rides and face painting. Those who bring a non-perishable food item or school supply to donate to 360 Communities can paint their name on the Elko Speedway Figure 8 School Bus and receive a free ticket to the Oct. 3 Eve of De-struction event where they can watch the Inspire Me Bus Race. Limited to one free ticket per person with a school supply or food item donation. All proceeds from The Inspire Me Family Fun Fest will benefit HopeKids Minnesota and 360 Com-munities. HopeKids is an organi-zation that provides events, activities and a support community for children with cancer and other life-threatening medical con-ditions. 360 Communities helps more than 14,500 people each year at its two domestic violence shelters, five food shelves, and two family resource centers. For more information, visit www.inspiration-designcenter.com.

Turning Leaf school supply drive Turning Leaf Chiro-practic in Lakeville is hold-ing a school supply drive this month with a goal of collecting more than 1,500 school supplies. Anyone who brings in five items or more will be entered into a drawing for free Nickel-odeon Universe wristbands. The supplies will be donat-ed to the Lakeville schools. Turning Leaf is also partnering with Ready, Set, Achieve to raise funds and school supplies. On Thursday, Aug. 13, from 6-7:30 p.m., people who stop by Buffalo Wild Wings in Lakeville and drop off some school supplies will get a free chair massage. Turning Leaf Chiro-practic is at 10440 185th St. W., Suite 300, Lakev-ille, 952-898-0525. During the construction at County Road 50 and 185th Street, access to the Lakeville Pro-fessional Plaza is from the east.

Outlet mall birthday Twin Cities Premium Outlets in Eagan celebrates its one-year birthday with a weekend Birthday Bash Aug. 14-16. Friday events include live entertainment by Di-vas through the Decades and Pan-Handlers, family activities and complimen-tary cake from Kowalski’s. The first 200 people in line on Friday will receive a gift and one person will find a hidden gift card in their gift. Saturday events include a live radio broadcast from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with The Shop Girls from myTalk 107.1 and fashion shows produced by Twin Cities Live at 3 and 4 p.m. Sunday events include family activities and live en-tertainment by Tim Sigler and American Bootleg. Drawings and VIP shop-per sign-ups will be held throughout the festivities. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 14-15 and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 16. Twin Cities Premium Outlets is at 3965 Eagan Outlets Parkway. Visit pre-miumoutlets.com/twincities for more information.

Digital marketing secrets PR Caffeine is spon-soring the 2015 Digital Marketing Secrets confer-

ence from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Better Business Bureau, 220 River Ridge Circle S., Burnsville. Conference topics in-clude business planning, social media, search en-gine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC), mo-bile marketing, video mar-keting, email marketing, analytics, marketing auto-mation and return on in-vestment (ROI) tracking. Speakers include: Kari Switala, chief op-erating officer of Wild Fig Marketing and a national trainer on LinkedIn and Constant Contact. Switala helps small business own-ers identify strategies for growth and business suc-cess through email market-ing and LinkedIn. Ben Theis, founder and director of Skol Market-ing. The former manager at Google and reporting ana-lyst for Target helps small businesses and nonprofits get found online. Ryan Berkness, founder and CEO of PR Caffeine. Within his expertise of digi-tal marketing techniques, Berkness focuses on provid-ing ROI through effective SEO. Dan Rollins, owner and creative director of LiveWire Films. He special-izes in creating video mar-keting solutions for small businesses and nonprofits. Registration for the con-ference is online (http://www.dmsmn.com/register) and includes a ticket for the conference, a catered lunch and a conference work-book. The Early Bird Spe-cial is $297 and is available until Sept. 30. Registration after Sept. 30 is $397.


Forecast is bright at the fair this weekend

There are a variety of food vendors at this year’s Dakota County Fair. The fair continues this weekend with a full slate of activities that can be found at SunThisweek.com/tag/Dakota-County-Fair-2015.

Machines of all different kinds were found at the Dakota City Heritage Village on Tuesday. The fair started Aug. 10 and continues through Aug. 16. More is at dakotacountyfair.org.

The 2015 Dakota County Fair, Aug. 10-16, included 4-H contests, carnival rides, snacks and visits to Dakota City Heritage Village. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)


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Snapshots inside Dakota City Volunteers share why they love what they do

by Hannah GullicksonSUN THISWEEK


For Dakota City Heri-tage Village volunteers, stepping back in time is more than just expe-riencing it. It’s helping others get to know what it’s like. During the 2015 Da-kota County Fair, Aug. 10-16, the Heritage Vil-lage was open to the public who paid admis-sion to the fair. Fairgoers could explore buildings such as the library, drug store, millinery, thresh-ing barn, jail, barber shop, school, church and bandstand. Volunteers helped make the village come alive. They dressed up in vintage clothing and took posts at different buildings. Some served lemon-ade. Others sat in the drug store or millinery and talked with fairgoers who were curious about the village’s makeup. Kay Bennett, one of the volunteers who served at a lemonade stand, said she gets a thrill from showing the fairgoers, especially the children, around the Heritage Village. “It’s just meeting the people,” Bennett said. “It’s just a fun time and

I like to see the Dakota City continue because it’s amazing how times have changed in such (a short period), (from) 1900 to now. “We take the kids around, and they have on T-shirts. And we say, ‘We never wore T-shirts. Everything had to be long-sleeved.’ ” Bennett said the vol-

unteers like make the children live out the events at the Heritage Village. “(The children) like the jail,” she said. “We lock them in and take their pictures. But the jail was so small back then.” Some of the Heritage Village volunteers like to tell stories while living

out the days at the Heri-tage Village. One volunteer said she likes to have wonder and awe about the vil-lage, such as people once having to stitch material for their own underwear. During the Dako-ta County Fair, other events showed fairgoers daily life or historical events that would have happened in a village like the Heritage Village. In the school, a vol-unteer took her place as teacher and quizzed all the children who sat in the one-room school-house. At the threshing barn, volunteers hauled hay into the threshing ma-chines that separated grain from stalks of wheat. One of the vol-unteers came to all who sat watching and poured the newly threshed grain into their hands for them to feel. On Saturday and Sun-day, volunteers will re-enact a John Dillinger bank raid, reliving what such a historical moment might be like. One volunteer said it’s just awesome. Dakota City is always in need of new volun-teers. Those interested can find more informa-tion at dakotacity.org. Email Han-nah Gullickson at [email protected].

Volunteers at the Dakota County Heritage Village helped make the history museum come to life. They served lemonade and sat in the millinery or other buildings to tell stories of what life was like a century ago. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)

Fairgoers at the 2015 Dakota County Fair participate in a carnival game where they fish for toy sharks with a fishing rod. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)

A little girl peeks at a gray mini rex rabbit in the 4-H exhibits at the 2015 Dakota County Fair. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)


Sports

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


It would be overstating the case to say that getting released by the Minnesota Twins was the best thing to happen to Mike Kvasnicka. But it’s fair to say he’s happy with how things have worked out. Instead of clinging to a dream of playing in the majors, Kvasnicka latched on with the St. Paul Saints in time for their historic season. The Saints, who likely will clinch an American Association playoff berth this week, already have set a franchise atten-dance record in their new ballpark. Kvasnicka, the former Lakeville High School and Lakeville North three-sport athlete, said he’s loved every minute of it. Where else could he have gone to a family reunion in the morning and played baseball in the evening? “I was at my in-laws’ family reunion at Cleary Lake today,” he said before the Saints’ 7-4 victory over the Winnipeg Gold-eyes last Saturday. “They had a big pavil-ion. I got to have some grilled food and po-tato salad, and then drove up for the game.” Kvasnicka, one of three Minnesotans selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft in the last 20 years (the other two are current Twins players Joe Mauer and Glen Perkins), has been saying all summer his professional baseball career will end when this Saints’ season does. Asked if the Saints’ success – they were 58-16 as of Monday and had the best re-cord in the American Association – has caused him to reconsider, he said “actually, it’s gone the other way. It’s more solidified. I’m trying to enjoy the game, the team. It’s easy to do because it’s a really fun team and we’re doing well.” In one sense, it’s been liberating because Kvasnicka, 26, said he doesn’t have to worry about whether he’s going to be promoted, demoted or released. Whatever happens with the Saints, an independent minor league club, he knows he’s staying home. “It’s no pressure with that. It’s the best part about it,” he said. “I still don’t know if I could (go back to affiliated baseball). You know you’re being evaluated, judged con-stantly, because that’s how it works. “I always put a little more pressure on myself than was necessary, or was perceived necessary.” While he plays for the Saints, Kvasnicka also is busy planning the next phase of his life. Last week he registered for fall semes-ter classes at the University of Minnesota. He had about 30 credits left to obtain when he left the university in 2010 to sign with the Houston Astros, who took him with a first-round supplemental pick in that year’s MLB draft. Kvasnicka is pursuing a degree in youth studies. Where he goes from there isn’t quite certain. It could involve teaching. It likely will involve coaching. After specializing in baseball for the last seven or eight years, Kvasnicka said he’d love to coach football or hockey. “Hockey was my favorite sport to play, for sure,” he said. “The Lakeville North hockey team doesn’t need my help, obvi-ously (the Panthers won the 2015 state Class AA championship), but I would really love

to do that.” Kvasnicka’s wife Kim, a soccer and track standout at Lakeville North and St. Catherine University, works as a nurse at Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville. She is due to give birth to the couple’s first child in early September. “I’m not going anywhere,” he said. “I was going to move on from baseball. Just because (the Saints) were 12, 13 miles away,

that’s the reason I’m here. I wasn’t going to pack up and move down the road again.” Kvasnicka has a .306 average with 10 homers and 61 RBI for the Saints, whose lineup features six regulars with averages of .300 or higher. He tied a team record with three homers in a game against Far-go-Moorhead on June 26. A switch-hitter, Kvasnicka hit two of those homers right-handed and one left-handed. “Pretty good. It’s been up and down, like most seasons are,” Kvasnicka said when asked to evaluate his play this season. He was slowed by an ankle injury earlier this season but said it is almost fully healed. He’s the Saints starting right fielder, the position where Kvasnicka said he’s most comfortable. Playing in the affiliated minors wasn’t always the most comfortable experi-ence. Kvasnicka put a lot of time into learning to catch and switch-hit, figuring that would be his quickest route to the majors. But the Houston organization tried him at third base, a position he had not played since he was a high school junior. “The beginning of the career wasn’t the most fun because I spent a year and a half playing a position I’d played for 18 games in one cold Minnesota spring,” he said. “My last two years of affiliated ball and my year here, I think I found a home in right field.” The Astros traded Kvasnicka to the Twins in March 2013. The Twins drafted Kvasnicka in the 31st round in 2007, shortly after he graduated from Lakeville North, but he declined to sign with them and went

to the University of Minne-sota. He had probably his two best offensive seasons in af-filiated baseball in the Twins’ organization. In 2013, he batted .282 with nine hom-ers and 40 RBI in 69 games for the Twins’ high Class A affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla. That earned him a promo-tion to Class AA the next season, where he batted 257 with 10 homers and 55 RBI for the New Britain (Conn.) Rock Cats. New Britain also is where Kvasnicka had his YouTube moment. One year ago

Thursday, he had a full-speed collision with Twins uber-prospect Byron Buxton as the two outfielders chased a fly ball in right-center field. Kvasnicka made the catch but suffered a bruised oblique muscle that kept him out of the lineup for two weeks. Bux-ton was taken off the field in an ambulance after receiving a concussion and didn’t play again that season. That probably wasn’t why the Twins eventually cut Kvasnicka near the end of 2015 spring training. More likely, it was to make room for younger prospects. Either way, he said he was ready to be done with pro baseball – until the Saints called. The Saints were just about to move into the new and much-acclaimed CHS Field. Previously, they played at Midway Stadium in St. Paul, where Lakeville High – with Kvasnicka as a sophomore outfielder and pitcher – won the 2005 state Class 3A cham-pionship. “I remember standing in left field at Midway,” Kvasnicka recalled. “I looked over at our center fielder and couldn’t see his feet because the field was so wavy.” Kvasnicka said he probably would have agreed to play with the Saints even if they were still at Midway, but being at CHS Field is a bonus. “It’s far and away the best place to play in this league, and the best place I’ve played in minor league baseball, for sure,” he said. “It has everything a person in our shoes worries about for day-to-day stuff – an in-door (batting) cage, a nice locker room, a

training room if you need to have some work done before the game. And the people are energetic and fun to play in front of. All around, it’s been perfect.” The caliber of play can vary dramati-cally in the independent minors. “It’s really tough to put a finger on what it would be equivalent to,” Kvasnicka said. “The play-ers that find their way here have taken dif-ferent avenues, and they’re different ages. Some come here right out of college. Some, like me, have been in the minor leagues a few years, some even more, and there are a few ex-big leaguers. But I think it’s a really clean brand of baseball.” Even when he played in the affiliated minors, Kvasnicka returned to Minnesota in the off-seasons. He’s been a regular at football games at Lakeville North, where the head coach, Brian Vossen, was one of Kvasnicka’s linebacker coaches. The high school sports memories still are clear. “My two best memories are winning the state title at Midway in baseball and go-ing to the state tournament in hockey at the Xcel Center. Our baseball team was unbe-lievable. Every position was a college-cali-ber player, along with two or three pitchers. I was the only sophomore on that team. We had 12 or 13 seniors, plus me.” Kvasnicka played for Lakeville North’s team in the 2006 state Class AA hockey tournament at the Xcel Energy Center, but the Panthers lost to Blaine 7-2 in the quar-terfinals. “Out of all my sports memories, my big-gest regret is not playing well in that first-round game at Xcel,” he said. “We had to take a bus to Mariucci Arena to play Eagan the next morning (for a state tournament con-solation game) and we were not into it at all.” He’s looking to make one more memory with the Saints in the American Association playoffs next month. “This season has been a blast. Every-body here knows we should win the whole thing. I don’t think we’re cocky, I think we just know we’re the best team,” Kvasnicka said. “We have a lot of guys who are looking to win a ring. My whole thing is to wrap up that fairy tale.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Saints give Kvasnicka a chance to play the game on his terms

In what he says is his final season, former Lakeville standout says he’s enjoying the ride

St. Paul Saints outfielder Mike Kvasnicka greets children who were allowed to come on the field before the Saints’ game Saturday night against the Winnipeg Goldeyes. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Even though he’s batting better than .300 for the St. Paul Saints, Lakeville native Mike Kvasnicka said he is sticking to his plan to make 2015 his final season in professional baseball. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Riptide swimmers perform well in state, national meets

Smith takes 2nd in Junior Nationals The Riptide Swim Team of Apple Valley wrapped up an 18-week season with strong performances by its members in national and state meets. Regan Smith, an Olympic Trials qualifier in the 100- and 200-meter backstroke races, competed at the USA Swimming Ju-nior National Championships in San Antonio, Texas, and placed second in the women’s 100 backstroke. Smith, at 13, the youngest competitor in the meet, finished in 1 minute, 1.32 seconds. That set a Minnesota record, breaking Rachel Bootsma’s 13-14 age group mark of 1:01.71. Smith’s time also was the fourth-fastest in his-tory for the USA Swimming women’s 13-14 age group. It’s also the fourth-fastest time for the 18-and-under age group this year. Seven Riptide swimmers competed at the first USA Swimming Futures Championships in West Lafayette, Ind. Riptide finished 17th of 84 clubs in the team competition. Kelly Leonard competed in three events at the Futures Cham-pionships and placed first in the 200 backstroke. Her time was just four-tenths of a second off the Olympic Trials qualifying stan-dard. Leonard also placed eighth in the 100 backstroke and com-peted in the 400 medley relay. Tommy Weiss competed in four events and placed seventh in the 100 butterfly, earning a Junior National qualifying time. Quenton Steffen’s best finish in three events was 15th in the 200 breaststroke, where he earned a Junior National qualifying time. Lucia Rizzo competed in five events, scoring team points in the 1,500 freestyle (ninth place), 800 freestyle (12th) and 400 freestyle (12th). Brianna Alexander competed in five individual events and scored team points in the 100 breaststroke (16th), 200 breaststroke (18th) and 400 individual medley (15th). Shea Bougie placed 19th in the 400 individual medley. Alexander, Bougie and Grace Herron also competed in all three relays. Rizzo swam in the two freestyle relays. Fifty Riptide swimmers competed in the Minnesota Long Course Championships last weekend at the University of Minne-sota. Taylor Barabash, Skyler Leverenz, Keely McLean, Haakon Naughton, Zach Nelson, Tim Rizzo and Cora Smith qualified for the Central Zone 14-and-under Long Course Championships. The Riptide Swim Team has more than 300 members and trains at the Bluewater Aquatic Center in Apple Valley. Mike Par-ratto is the team’s head coach.

Notebook: Lakeville’s Tingelhoff walks through Hall of Fame door

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


On Saturday, Mick Tingelhoff received what many called a long-overdue day in the spotlight. But when the time came, he let others do the talking for him. Tingelhoff, a longtime Lakeville resident, was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame 37 years af-ter his career with the Minnesota Vikings ended. He did not speak at Saturday’s induction ceremony in Canton, Ohio. Fran Tarkenton, Tingelhoff’s longtime teammate with the Vikings and also a Hall of Fame member, spoke for about one minute on his behalf. Tingelhoff, 75, has some health issues. Tarkenton, who was going to introduce him, offered to speak in Tingelhoff’s behalf, and his fam-ily accepted. Tingelhoff missed a couple of the Hall of Fame week-end events but was introduced be-fore Sunday’s Hall of Fame game between the Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers. After joining the Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 1962, Tin-gelhoff started 240 consecutive regular-season games at center and was a five-time All-Pro. He also played in 19 playoff games, includ-ing all four of the Vikings’ Super Bowl appearances. Only two players in NFL history have had more consecutive regular-season starts, and both also played

with the Vikings. Brett Favre (297) played his final two seasons with the team. Jim Marshall started in 270 consecutive games, all with the Vikings. Tingelhoff, however, never could get through the traditional Hall of Fame voting process to get his place in Canton. It wasn’t until January, after he had been nominated by the Hall of Fame’s senior committee, that the door opened for him. He’s the 13th player in the Hall of Fame who played at least three seasons with the Vikings. That group includes Paul Krause, who was inducted in 1998 and, like Tin-gelhoff, is a Lakeville resident. Vikings fans remember Tingel-hoff for his excellence on the field, while Lakeville residents remember him as a longtime presence in their community. He took part in a num-ber of local events, including serv-ing as one of the grand marshals of the 1996 Pan-O-Prog parade. He also has two granddaughters who played volleyball for Lakeville South High School.

North’s Cade honored Lakeville North senior girls soc-cer captain Hannah Cade is on the watch list for the third annual High School All-American Game to be played Dec. 5 in Raleigh, N.C. Ap-proximately 175 players nationwide are on the watch list; 40 will be se-lected on Oct. 30 to participate in the game.

Last year Cade helped Lakeville North reach the state tournament for the fourth consecutive year. She also played on a club team that won an ECNL North American Cup championship in July.

Dan Fritze named East

Ridge football coach East Ridge has an interim head coach for its football opener Aug. 22 at Lakeville North. It’s former Eagan High School player Dan Fritze, who also is the Raptors’ of-fensive coordinator. It’s been a chaotic summer for the East Ridge program. It for-feited all its victories over the last two seasons because it was found to have used at least one ineligible player. The school’s athletic direc-tor resigned during the summer for reasons that were not made public. Head football coach Mike Pen-dino then resigned Aug. 3, denying knowledge of any ineligible players but saying he didn’t want to be a distraction to the team. Dan Fritze is a social studies teacher at East Ridge and has been the football team’s offensive coor-dinator since 2009. The Raptors’ coaching staff also includes defen-sive coordinator Dave Fritze, Dan’s father and former Eagan High School head coach.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].


Obituaries

LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

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

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

DATE OF MORTGAGE: July 21, 2011MORTGAGOR: Craig A. Leno

and Sandra M. Leno, husband and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded September 14, 2011 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2819398.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Dated November 17, 2014 Record-ed November 24, 2014, as Docu-ment No. 3039970.

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

TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100520801106300171LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: First American Funding Company, LLC

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 16660 Flounder Avenue, Lakeville, MN 55068

TAX PARCEL I.D. #:222117301300LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lot 30, Block 1, Don-nay’s Valley Park 4th, Dakota Coun-ty, Minnesota.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $154,075.00

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

$152,588.21That prior to the commence-

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

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

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: Sep-tember 24, 2015 at 10:00 AM

PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-fice, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hast-ings, MN

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

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before

which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on March 24, 2016, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

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

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

Dated: July 21, 2015JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688830-15-004680 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published in Lakeville

July 31, August 7, 14, 21, 28, September 4, 2015

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CITY OF LAKEVILLEADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received for partial reroofing of the Water Treat-ment Facility until 11:00 a.m. on September 1, 2015, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bids shall be on the form provid-ed in the Bidding Documents and sealed and marked “2015 Water Treatment Facility Partial Reroof-ing”. Bids shall be delivered to:

City ClerkCity of Lakeville20195 Holyoke AvenueLakeville, MN 55044Bidding Documents are avail-

able for a fee via digital download at www.inspec.com. Paper cop-ies of Bidding Documents can be ordered by contacting Northstar Imaging Services, Inc., 651-686-0477, for a non-refundable fee plus shipping and handling.

Copies of the Bidding Docu-ments will be on file and available for inspection at Inspec, 5801 Du-luth Street, Golden Valley, Minne-sota 55422. Direct contact is Kelan Werkmeister, Inspec, telephone 763-546-3434; kwerkmeister@ inspec.com.

A bid security and signed Re-sponsible Contractor Verification Form must accompany each bid.

A mandatory pre-bid confer-ence will be held at 2:00 p.m. on August 25, 2015 at the Water Treat-ment Facility, 18400 Ipava Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota.

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Free kids carnival Spirit of Life Presby-terian Church will hold a free kids carnival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29. The church is lo-cated at 14401 Pilot Knob Road in Apple Valley. The carnival will feature games such as ring toss and bean bag toss as well as a rubber duck pond, a cake walk, a “bouncy house” and funky hair dying. Refreshments will include popcorn, cookies, Kool-Aid and snow cones. Rev. Tony Winter, parish associate, will be the DJ and will provide music during the carnival. In September, the church will resume its after-school program on Wednesdays (known as Meet in the Middle or M & M). Sunday School will resume on Sept. 13, fol-lowing the 10 a.m. wor-ship service. For further informa-tion, call the church office at 952-423-2212, or visit www.spiritoflifeav.org. The church’s pastor is Rev. Rob Smith.

Benefit concert for clean water Faith Covenant Church, 12921 Nicollet Ave. S., Burnsville, will host a benefit concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, for Team World Vision to bring sustainable access to clean water to people in Africa and beyond. The evening will in-clude worship, stories and inspiration. Tickets are $15 and in-clude a bottle of clean wa-ter. Children 12 and under

are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased at TWV-nightofworship.eventbrite.com.

Moving On course at Prince of Peace Prince of Peace Luther-an Church, 13901 Fair-view Drive, Burnsville, will present Moving On, a six-week course designed to help people who have acknowledged the death of their loved one and feel ready to move on with their life. Moving On was cre-ated by and will be led by Gloria Swanson, recently retired minister of vital aging at Prince of Peace. She will share informa-tion about grief recovery and the moving on pro-cess. Participants will be given the tools and en-couragement to rediscover themselves and move on. Exercises will help them discover their talents, gifts, values and passions. They will come to understand their personality type and find new purpose for the future. The final session will include a moving on ritual. Registration is required and participants are re-quested to attend all six sessions. There is no fee for this program, however, participants are expected to purchase the book: “LifeKeys: Discovering Who You Are Workbook.” The book will be available at the first session and will cost $8. For more information, contact Leu Killion, par-ish nurse, at [email protected] or 952-898-9320.

Lakeville seniors All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for informa-tion. Monday, Aug. 17 – Fit-ness Nutrition, 9 a.m.; Com-puter Tutoring, 9 a.m.; Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Financial Advice, 11 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Cribbage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Free Spanish Classes, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 – Dom-inoes & Poker, 9 a.m.; Tap-percize, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 10:30 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Billiards, 1 p.m.; Ice Cream Social & Musical Entertainment, 1:30 p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 – Men’s Golf at Gopher Hills, 8 a.m.; Health Angels Bik-ing, 8:30 a.m.; Line Dance Practice – Beginners, 8:30 a.m.; Poker & Hearts, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Pinochle, noon; Dime Bin-go, 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 – Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Chorus, 10:30 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Quilt-ing Group, 1 p.m.; Red Hat Chorus at The Rivers, 1:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Pickleball at Bun-ker Hill Park, 9 a.m.; Poker & 500, 9 a.m.; Digital Pho-tography Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Du-plicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Holz Farm Event, 1-3:30 p.m.

New senior programs introduced During the Dakota County Fair, the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office will introduce two new pro-grams to improve the qual-ity of life for senior citizens in Dakota County. The new programs, File of Life and Triad, will empower seniors to proactively take steps that will increase their health, safety, and peace of mind. The File of Life is a med-ical information packet that provides emergency person-nel with the necessary medi-cal data to begin immediate treatment during an emer-gency call to a residence. “Our deputies will be talking to seniors at the Dakota County Fair and encouraging them to have this helpful information readily available in the case of an emergency,” said Da-kota County Sheriff Tim Leslie. “If a first responder is armed with accurate in-formation from the outset of an emergency call, there is a greater likelihood imme-diate action will help save a life.” The National Associa-tion of Triads is a partner-ship of three organiza-tions—law enforcement, older adults and community groups. These three work together to reduce the vic-timization of seniors, de-crease the fear of crime, and promote and facilitate the ongoing information exchange between law en-forcement and older adults. No admission is required so seniors can sign up and talk to Dakota County deputies about topics like scams, so-cial media, winter driving, and exercise. “As our society ages, we need more and more ser-vices for those entering their senior years. It is my belief and the belief of the entire Dakota County Sheriff’s Office that a proactive and organized approach to the relationships we hold with our seniors is the best way to achieve the goals set forth by these two programs. Serving our seniors is a priority for the Sheriff’s Office and the implementation of these two programs is necessary in order to uphold our prom-ise,” Leslie said. Find out more informa-

tion about File of Life and Triad by visiting their web-sites at: http://www.nation-altriad.org/ and http://www.folife.org/.

Apple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the following ac-tivities, which are organized and run by the Apple Val-ley Seniors and Apple Val-ley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityofapplevalley.org. Monday, Aug. 17 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m.; Defensive Driving, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 – Quilt-ing Bees, 9 a.m.; Bicycle Group, 9 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Blood Pressure Checks, 11:15 a.m.; Catered Lunch, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Spanish – Intermediate, 1 p.m.; Defensive Driving, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Domi-noes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burnsville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior events. Monday, Aug. 17 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Crib-bage, 11 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Tuesday, Aug. 18 – Scrab-ble, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Defen-sive Driving Refresher, 5:30 p.m.; Line Dancing. Wednesday, Aug. 19 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Tai Chi MS, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; BABS, 1 p.m.; Belle Luncheon, TBD, 1 p.m.; SS Flex. Thursday, Aug. 20 – Foot Clinic, 9 a.m.; Health Insur-ance Council, 9 a.m.; Belle Scrappers, 9:30 a.m.; Craft-ers, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; SS Flex.

Farmington seniors The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more information on trips, programs and other activities, call 651-280-6970. Monday, Aug. 17 – Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Dul-cimer Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Recy-cled Cards, 12:30 p.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 – Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fitness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Chair Exercise, 10 a.m.; Community Connec-tions, 10 a.m.; Lady Slip-per Garden Club, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Ta-ble Tennis, 2 p.m.; Defensive Driving, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 – Cof-fee Guys/Gals, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; End of Summer Member Social, 1:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; EZ Play, 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Snuffy’s Malt Shop, 10:30 a.m. Happy Harry’s Furni-ture Fundraiser – Stop by Happy Harry’s Furniture in Farmington and mention the Rambling River Center when ordering/purchasing your new furniture. Happy Harry’s Furniture will give 10 percent of the purchase to the Rambling River Cen-ter.

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Security OfficersGeneral Security Services Corporation has Secu-rity Officer opportunities throughout the Minneapo-lis/St. Paul areas. We have openings for FT and PT positions, Overnight week days and all hours on the weekend.

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work on their school’s own page on the MSHSL web-site. “A couple days later, I was covering my first bas-ketball game and posting a recap (story),” Kelly said. A chance encounter with Star Tribune sports writer David LaVaque led to on-line communication and Kelly seized the talented sports writer’s offer of help and advice. LaVaque said he was mentored by sports writers at the Star Tribune when he was writing for the Minne-sota Daily in college and has spent the past 13 years since graduating looking for op-portunities to help aspiring journalists. He said Kelly is one of the few who have made the most of the relationship, continuing to pursue it and seeking the advice he has of-fered. “Nick is always asking about stories that he’s writ-ten,” LaVaque said. “He’s always asking about getting feedback.” Kelly called LaVaque’s toughest input about one of his stories a “turning point” that made him drive deeper to find the story, not just a game recap. Others have taken notice of his work, which has led to Kelly’s jobs as a paid re-porter for Minnesota High School Prep Sports Hub and Minnesota Hockey Maga-zine, an online publication. “It sure beats the jobs a typical high schooler has,” Kelly said.

His writing also earned him a coveted spot as one of only 18 students across the country selected to attend the Dow Jones News Fund’s Missouri Urban Journalism Workshop this summer. The students stayed at the University of Missouri for nine days and trained with professional journalists to produce news stories. “It was a really good ex-perience, because we had to walk up to random strang-ers and ask them for inter-views,” Kelly said. He described asking someone you just meet to reveal themselves to him for a story as a “fantastic expe-rience” that built his confi-dence as a journalist. His work earned him the workshop’s top writer award, and the opportunity to put his writing against other top writers from simi-lar workshops sponsored by Dow Jones for a $1,000 scholarship to the college of his choice. “It was a pleasant sur-prise,” Kelly said. “I had no idea how I would stack up against these kids from throughout the country. I was very, very happy.” LaVaque said he saw Kel-ly has the talent, drive and desire to make a difference. He said Kelly has taken his advice to heart, chan-neled his passion and made such great strides that he considers their current jour-nalistic discussions more like those he has with colleagues than a student of the profes-sion. “He’s mature in his writ-ing, the way he approaches

it,” LaVaque said. “He’s do-ing some strong reporting and asking the right ques-tions because his stories are on point … he’s trying to make sure that he’s getting something valuable out of his reporting.” Kelly credits LaVaque for helping him improve his writing, that caught atten-tion and opened more op-portunities to publish his work. “I’ve become a much bet-ter reporter than I would have without him,” Kelly said. Alyssa’s father, Matt Ettl said Kelly’s passion to make a difference serves as a tes-timony to the kind of life Alyssa lived. “When you go through one of these situations … it’s challenging to find any answers to why did this hap-pen,” Matt Ettl said. “This might be part of those little answers. It’s not about us. It’s about everybody else she impacted.” Kelly, who is busy apply-ing to colleges and was just accepted into the Univer-sity of Missouri, is looking ahead but taking Alyssa’s inspiration with him. “When Alyssa died, I had no idea where my life was going to go,” Kelly said. “I was just kind of living in the moment. … I had no idea that I would get to the point where I am today. … Her death somewhat put me on a path to finding out where I want to go with my life.”


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that set them on a career pathway. Snyder said their research showed that the medical field is among the areas where job growth is expected. She added that District 194 already has STEM-related programming in its schools, including STEM Acad-emy at Lakeville South High School, which with Lakeville North High School’s Business Academy and the district’s online school may be used as part of the innovation zone pro-gramming. Students in the semester-based program will spend half the day in high school and half the day in the program, designed to be flexible so students can explore their options, Snyder said. “A junior or senior could try a se-mester in a (career) pathway, maybe try another semester in a different pathway, decide profession-based learning isn’t for them, go back to their high school full-time,” she said. Designed after programs like the Center for Advanced Professional Studies in Kansas, Snyder said their goal is to create a future workforce that is “highly marketable and inno-vative” to meet the demands of an increasingly competitive global mar-ketplace. Board Member Terry Lind was among a group of officials from both districts that visited Kansas this sum-mer to learn about their program. He said they visited an aeronau-tics room set up with a flight simu-lator and another room was set up like a hospital room, complete with working equipment. Graduates talked to them about their experiences, and Lind said one student wanted to help small busi-nesses build websites because most cannot afford to build them. “That was his passion,” Lind said, adding that a year later, the student has taken his high school diploma and created his own company build-ing small business websites; he has 15 employees. Lind said the CAPS building did not resemble classrooms, but confer-ence rooms, and students dress in business casual attire. He added that more businesses are looking for professional skills, not college degrees to fulfill posi-tions. Snyder said in the program here, teachers are “completely a facilita-tor” who helps students move along through real-world projects they work on with mentors. The program is expected to start

in the 2016-17 school year, and Cur-riculum Director Barb Knudsen said their goal is for the program to help increase the district’s graduation rate in “targeted subgroups” by at least five percent and narrow the achieve-ment gap by at least 50 percent by 2017. “We firmly believe, both districts, that (when) we have students partici-pating in profession-based program-ming that they will achieve that high level,” Knudsen said. “And that that opportunity will help them to pass more classes, just by the experience.” School Board Member Jim Skelly said he supports the concept, but cited concerns about costs and being able to sustain the program. Lind said staffing should not change, but costs could be incurred if there was a facility (proposed to eventually be called the Center for Advanced Professional Studies Academy) to house the program, which district officials said is only a concept now. The academy could be located in a school or off-site at a business. Lind said the center could be funded through partnering business-es, as it was in Kansas. He said he is hoping the program is “a wash” financially. Board Member Bob Erickson called the program a “stepping stone” that helps build entrepre-neurs. Board Member Judy Keliher said the program can’t happen fast enough because it offers students op-portunities “in a creative way.” “I don’t want to rush it, but I don’t want to wait anymore,” she said. Board Chair Michelle Volk noted there will be several joint meetings with the Lakeville and Prior Lake-Savage school boards where ques-tions can be addressed as they work through the joint powers agreement, which both boards will review, and potentially change, annually. Next steps include establishing two advisory boards, one comprised of students, investigate locations for a satellite campus and/or classrooms and develop marketing plans. The districts will also present information about the program to Rotary and chamber of commerce groups. Curriculum and interest areas are to be identified so that registra-tion information is included in both district’s high school December 2016 registration guides. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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Kutzler said the Block Bash is a great way for people to become more aware of the city’s historic downtown dis-trict. She said it encourages support of the local busi-nesses in the area. “I feel fortunate we are able to have a downtown, with Market Plaza, a fun place to gather at night and enjoy music, food and fun.”

Tickets are available for $5 in advance at any Lakev-ille Ace Hardware, Ben Franklin, Pink Door Bou-tique and Citizens Bank, and include a free beer from Brackett’s. The price doubles to $10 if tickets are bought at the gate, and there is no free beer included. Block Bash is hosted by the Downtown Lakeville Business Association, En-semble Creative and Mar-

keting, Metro Equity Man-agement, Helm Electric and Brackett’s Crossing Country Club. Block Bash sponsors in-clude Citizens Bank, Hobo Inc., Helm Electric, and Sterling State Bank. For more information, go to downtownlakeville.com.


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5540 Healthcare

CNA/ Hospice Aide- Bloomington, MN, Asera-Care Hospice is now hiring FT-CNA positions. Under direct supervision of regis-tered nurse, provides per-sonal care for patient & as-sists with activities of daily living. Must be certified by state as a home health aide from approved train-ing program as required by state/ federal regulations, maintains CPR certifica-tion. Daily travel required. Must have 24-hr access to motor vehicle & maintain personal auto liability in-surance. Must maintain valid DL and pass post-of-

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Stand-up comedy at Mystic Julian McCullough and Jon Rudnitsky take the Mystic Comedy Club stage at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, and Sat-urday, Aug. 29, at Mystic Lake in Prior Lake. McCullough has ap-peared on “Inside Amy Schumer” and as a fre-quent panelist on “Chel-sea Lately.” He can be seen Saturday nights as the host of TBS’s “Very Funny News” and on MTV2’s “Guy Code.” McCullough also has his own “Comedy Central Presents” stand-up spe-cial and has appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.” Rudnitsky performs at comedy clubs in the Los Angeles area and won The Laugh Facto-ry’s Laugh Bowl College Comedy Competition. He recently made his tele-vision debut on “Crimi-nal Minds.” Tickets are $19. Ma-ture audiences only. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for de-tails.

Men’s chorale rehearsals The Minnesota Val-ley Men’s Chorale begins rehearsals Aug. 17 for its fall concert season. The non-auditioned choir re-hearses at 7 p.m. Mon-days at Grace Lutheran Church, 7800 W. County Road 42, Apple Valley, to prepare for three con-certs in mid-November. For more information, visit www.mvmcsings.org

or call Steve Boehlke at 651-423-3501.

New chorale director Conductor, singer and educator Richard Car-rick is the new artistic director of the South Metro Chorale. He holds degrees from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and the University of Oregon in voice and choral con-ducting, respectively. Carrick serves as artis-tic director of the Calli-ope Women’s Chorus, as-sistant conductor of the Oratorio Society of Min-nesota, music director for Glendale United Meth-odist Church, and teach-es full time at Burroughs Community School. He has sung professionally with the Minnesota Cho-rale, the St. Paul Cham-ber Orchestra Chorale, Magpies and Ravens, and IMPLS. The South Metro Cho-rale’s fall/winter rehears-als begin Sept. 8 at Hid-den Oaks Middle School in Prior Lake. To audition for the chorale, email Carrick at [email protected]. The group is looking for all voices, es-pecially tenors and bass-es.

Tommy Emmanuel returns Acoustic guitarist Tommy Emmanuel brings his brand new Classics & Christmas Tour to Ames Center in Burnsville at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2. Tickets go on sale at

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Auditions Expressions Community Theater will hold auditions for the comedy “Christmas Belles” 6-8 p.m. Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at the Lakeville Area Arts Cen-ter, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Bring a headshot or current photo along with your calendar. Au-ditions will consist of readings from the script. Rehearsals begin Sept. 14. Show dates are Nov. 13-15 and 19-22. For cast descriptions, go to http://minnesotaplaylist.com/classi-fied/christmas-belles-audition-notice. Information: Jim Ander-son at 651-283-6118 or the arts center at 952-985-4640.

Books SouthSide Writers, Sat-urday workgroup for aspiring writers, offering critique, sub-mission and manuscript prep-aration information, support and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Information: 651-688-0365.

Call for artists Eagan Art House’s 10th annual Harvest of Art Com-munity Art Exhibit, Sept. 13 to Oct. 30. Open to all south-of-the-river artists, ages 8-18 and ages 19 and older. All media accepted. Registration fee: $16 per person for up to two pieces of artwork (ages 8-18); $21 per person (ages 19 and older). Deadline: Aug. 24. Complete guidelines are at www.eagan-arthouse.org. Information: 651-675-5521.

Comedy

Julian McCullough and Jon Rudnitsky, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 28-29, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Mature audiences only. Tick-ets: $19. Information: 952-445-9000 or mysticlake.com.

Events/Festivals Dakota County Fair, Aug. 10-16, Dakota County Fair-grounds, 4008 W. 220th St., Farmington. Information: 651-463-8818 or www.dakotacoun-tyfair.org. Northern Thunder Motor-cycle Rally, Aug. 21-23, Mystic Lake. Information: www.mysti-clake.com. Burnsville Fire Muster, Sept. 8-12. Information: www.burnsvillefiremuster.com. Ramble Jam, Sept. 11-12, Dakota County Fairgrounds, 4008 W. 220th St., Farmington. Information: www.ramblejam-country.com. Caponi Art Park Bluegrass Festival, Sunday, Sept. 13, Caponi Art Park and Learning

Center, 1220 Diffley Road, Ea-gan. Information: www.capon-iartpark.org or 651-454-9412.

Exhibits Outdoor Painters of Min-nesota exhibit runs Aug. 13 to Sept. 19 at the art gallery at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Information: 952-895-4685. Gary Holthusan painting exhibit is on display through late September at Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount.

Music Tina & the B-Sides with Molly Maher & her Disbeliev-ers, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Sub-way Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $37, $49.50 VIP box seat. Infor-mation: http://suemclean.com/. RAIN – A Tribute to The Beatles, 8 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 15, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Tickets: $37 and $46. Informa-tion: www.mysticlake.com or 952-445-9000. The Robert Cray Band with Sonny Landreth, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $45, $57.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. Jonny Lang with Guthrie Brown & the Family Tree, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $65, $77.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. Barebones Production: Outdoor Performance Art and Puppetry with opening act Drumheart, Women’s Drum Center, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, as part of the Summer Per-formance Series at Caponi Art Park’s Theater in the Woods outdoor amphitheater in Eagan. Free, but a $5 per person dona-tion is suggested. Information: www.caponiartpark.org. James Vincent McMorrow with Kevin Garrett, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, in the amphi-theater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $38, $50.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/.

Theater Uponor Shakespeare Un-der The Stars “Twelfth Night,” presented by Apple Valley Live! Theatre Company, 7 p.m. Aug. 14-16, 21-23 and 28-30 at Kel-ley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Ap-ple Valley. Free.

Workshops/classes/other Allegro Choral Academy is currently accepting regis-trations for singers entering grades two through nine. Stu-

dents in grades seven to nine must schedule an audition by emailing [email protected]. Registration and other infor-mation is at www.allegroca.org or 952-846-8585. The Allegro season begins on Sept. 17. Pretty Princess Party for girls ages 3 to 6, 2-3:30 p.m. Wednesdays, July 22 through Aug. 19, at Footsteps Dance Studio in Burnsville. Singing, dancing, acting, tumbling and games taught by dance teacher and educator Karin Wilde-Ber-ry. The Pretty Princess Party allows little girls to celebrate being a princess in God’s king-dom. Cost is $25 per class ses-sion. Information: [email protected]. Kind Hearts Princess School filled with singing, dancing and acting, celebrat-ing being a princess in God’s kingdom. Ages 4-7: Mondays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Sept. 28, Oct. 12-26, Nov. 2-16. Ages 3-5: Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Oct. 7-28, Nov. 4-18. Held at Footsteps Dance Studio in Burnsville. Cost: $97. Princess-es wear whatever makes them feel beautiful that allows for movement. They will need bal-let shoes for proper ballet tech-nique. Information: Miss Karin at [email protected]. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tier-ney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes-days, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through drawing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksS-choolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making class-es held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Ja-mie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Line dance classes Mon-days at Lakeville Heritage Cen-ter, 20110 Holyoke Ave., begin-ners 1-2 p.m., intermediate 2-4 p.m. Information: 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 Robert Trail Library. Infor-mation: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

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Friday, Aug. 14 Splash Dash Water For People 5K Run/Walk, 6 p.m. at Cleary Lake Park in Prior Lake. Fee is $35 for adults, children 12 and under are free. Includes goodie bag and T-shirt. Prizes are available. Strollers welcome. Register at: www.mnawwa.org/event/SplashDash2015.

Saturday, Aug. 15 Toss and Kick Cancer Tour-nament and Fundraiser for Mike Jacobs, noon, Lakeville North High School, 19600 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Includes silent auction, food, children’s activities. Movies in the Park, “Fro-zen,” at dusk at the Central Park Amphitheater near City Hall, Rosemount. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. Weather-related up-dates: 651-322-6020, option 6.

Sunday, Aug. 16 Open house, 1-4 p.m., Lutz Railroad Garden, 2960 Egan Ave., Eagan. Visit Conductor Bud

From the Archives

This morose-looking canine had no intention of putting on a happy face for his big photo shoot. Jerry Hesler of Lilydale captured this image of melancholy-laden pet Tucker peering through a fence; the image, published in the Nov. 10, 1980, edition of Thisweek News, earned an honorable mention in the animal/wildlife category of the newspaper’s reader photo contest.

10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at the box office, Ticket-master.com or by calling at 800-745-3000. Ticket prices are $49.50 and $39.50.

Peddlers market at LeDuc The LeDuc Historic Estate, 1629 Vermillion St., Hastings, is hosting a Peddlers Market from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Satur-day, Aug. 29. Admission to the grounds is free, but guided tours at 10 and 11:30 a.m. and 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. are available at regular rates. Guests can see the rain garden and watch how black walnuts are shelled and prepared for eating. Outdoors will be a farm-ers market, art fair, plant and bake sale. The Sim-mons Shed will offer an-tiques and collectibles. Artists and people wishing to participate in the farmers market should contact Susan Dredge at [email protected] or call 651-438-8480. This event is spon-sored by Friends of LeDuc and proceeds will be used for funding youth programs at the LeDuc Historic Estate. The es-tate is owned by the city of Hastings and man-aged by Dakota County Historical Society. Visit www.dakotahistory.org for more information.

A little Irish music Dunquin Irish Trio performs at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, as part of the LeDuc Or-chard concert series at the LeDuc Historic Es-tate, 1629 Vermillion St., Hastings. Dunquin was founded over 15 years ago by pianist and composer Sherry Ladig and her husband Don Ladig, who plays Irish whistles, flutes and smallpipes. They are joined by award-wining Irish fiddler Rosa Wells. Dunquin takes its name from the small town of Dunquin, Coun-ty Kerry, in the west of Ireland, where the Ladigs travel frequently to learn traditional tunes from lo-cal musicians. Dunquin was also an embarka-tion point to America for many Irish emigrants. A freewill donation will be taken for the band. Volunteers of the LeDuc Historic Estate will also offer refresh-ments for a nominal cost. Visit www.dakotahistory.org for more informa-tion.

Riverwalk Market Fair Music by singer-song-writer Matt Arthur, fresh local produce and flow-ers, and arts and crafts will be featured at Riv-erwalk Market Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Satur-day, Aug. 15, in down-town Northfield’s Bridge Square. For more infor-mation, visit www.River-walkMarketFair.org.

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About 45 youths with Al-legro Choral Academy will be performing for their big-gest audience yet this fall. The Dakota County-based youth choir orga-nization is set to sing the National Anthem to open the Minnesota Twins game Sept. 24 at Target Field in Minneapolis. Now entering its 10th season, Allegro begins its evening choir instruction for youths in grades 2-9 at East-view High School in Apple Valley on Sept. 17. That leaves about a week between the Allegro ensembles’ first rehearsals and their big date with Major League Base-ball. “This will be our first time at a professional sport-ing venue,” said Gregory Douma, co-founder and artistic director at Allegro.

“We’ve scheduled one extra rehearsal before the Twins game, and when we start classes Sept. 17 we’ll be hit-ting the National Anthem pretty hard.” Allegro offers weekly vo-cal instruction on Thursday evenings, with students di-vided into three ensembles based on age and ability level. Vivace and Prima Voce — the ensembles for stu-dents in grades 2-6 — are non-audition groups, while the Bel Canto ensemble is geared to advanced students in grades 6-9. The organization has planned three concerts for its upcoming 10th season, with traditional choral con-certs in December and May, as well as its “Allegro’s Got Talent” concert in March that will feature contempo-rary pop music, and plenty of student solos, in a nod to the popular TV talent com-

petition “America’s Got Tal-ent.” Funds raised at Allegro’s concerts are channeled into the organization’s Music Support Grant program, which offers grants to local school and church music programs. About 500 students have sung with Allegro since its inception, and enrollment each year is about 100. Al-legro aims to make vocal in-struction and performance opportunities available to all through its financial-as-sistance program. “We feel strongly we don’t want to turn anyone away — we never have and we never will,” Douma said. “We don’t want cost to be a barrier to music.” For registration informa-tion, visit www.allegroca.org or call 952-846-8585.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Allegro Choral students look to Target Field

Allegro Choral Academy is entering its 10th season this fall with evening youth choir classes starting Sept. 17. From left are Allegro students Megan Welch, Britton Vandenheuvel and Alejandro Anariva-Ploetz. (Photo submitted)

Stoned Acoustic, a Rolling Stones tribute band, is set to perform at Eagan Market Fest from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19. The St. Paul-based band does acoustic covers of Rolling Stones hits such as “Brown Sugar” and “Start Me Up.” Eagan Market Fest, a weekly farmers market and community festival, is held each Wednesday during the summer and early fall from 4-8 p.m. at the city’s Central Park Festival Grounds next to the Eagan Community Center. (Photo submitted)

Rolling Stones tribute

Twins game is first public performance in youth choir group’s 10th season

and his railroad garden. If rain-ing, trains will not run. Free. In-formation: 651-454-3534, www.lutzrailroadgarden.net, [email protected].

Monday, Aug. 17 Mentor information session by Kids ’n Kinship, 6-6:45 p.m., Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. RSVP to [email protected] or call 651-333-9468. Visit www.kid-snkinship.org for more informa-tion.

Tuesday, Aug. 18 Family Fun Tuesday – Raga-mala Dance Company, 10-11 a.m. in the Sculpture Garden at Caponi Art Park, Eagan. $4 per person donation suggested. Information: 651-454-9412 or www.caponiartpark.org.

Wednesday, Aug. 19 Eagan Market Fest, 4-8 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Park-way. Farmers market, entertain-ment by Stoned Acoustic (Roll-ing Stones tribute). Information: www.cityofeagan.com/market-fest or 651-675-5500.

Friday, Aug. 21

Outdoor movie, “Dolphin Tale 2,” rated PG, 7:30 p.m. seating, dusk showtime, part of Burnsville’s “Flicks on the Bricks” series at Nicollet Commons Park in the Heart of the City.

Sunday, Aug. 23 Ice Cream Social by Osman Shrine Temple, 1-4 p.m. Lost Spur Golf Club and Event Center, 2750 Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan. Featuring Peterson pop-corn and ice cream and Great American cookies. Cost: $2 per serving while supplies last. Magic of Patrick Wallace at 2 p.m. Spe-cial guest Mrs. Minnesota, Kate Howe, of Burnsville. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Call 651-452-5660 or email [email protected] with questions. Cat claw clipping clinic by Feline Rescue Inc., 2-4 p.m., Chuck & Don’s Pet Food Outlet, 1254 Town Centre Drive, Eagan. All cats must be transported in a carrier for their safety. Free. Infor-mation: http://felinerescue.org/.

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

All are welcome. Information: http://www.emotionsanonymous.org/.

Reunions Burnsville High School Class of 1985 30th reunion, Saturday, Aug. 15, at Buck Hill’s Whittier Room. Additional events on Friday, Aug. 14, and Saturday morning golf. Information: www.Braves85.com, [email protected] or 952-891-8377.

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. • Aug. 15, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. • Aug. 15, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Crossroads Church, 4100 Lex-ington Way, Eagan. • Aug. 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Eagle Valley Bank Building, 14800 Galaxie Ave., Suite 101, Apple Valley. • Aug. 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Minnesota School of Business, 17685 Juniper Path, Lakeville. • Aug. 18, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 10970 185th St. W., Lakeville.

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Take the bus to State Fair Minnesota Valley Transit Authority buses will run to the State Fair Aug. 27 through Sept. 7 from Burnsville, Eagan and Shakopee. On weekdays (except Labor Day), State Fair Express buses will oper-ate to/from the Burns-ville and Eagan transit stations and the State Fairgrounds. Buses will leave hourly from 8 a.m. at Burnsville and from 10 a.m. at Eagan, traveling to the Fairgrounds until 7 p.m. Buses return from the Fairgrounds from noon to midnight. On Saturdays, Sun-days and Labor Day, buses will operate to/from the State Fair from the Burnsville, Eagan and Marschall Road (Shakopee) transit sta-tions beginning at 8 a.m. Buses will leave Burns-ville and Eagan every 30 minutes from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Buses will depart Marschall Road every 60 minutes. Buses will leave the Fairgrounds to return to Burnsville, Eagan and Shakopee on the same schedule from noon to midnight. Round-trip fare is $5 cash for all riders age 5 and older; fares are free for children 4 and un-der. The round-trip fare is collected when board-ing in Burnsville, Eagan or Shakopee, and no fare is collected on the return trip. Payment is required in the form of dollar bills and/or coins (no pen-nies). There are no one-way fares. Stored Value Cards, 31-Day Passes, Go-To Cards, U-Passes and Metropasses are not valid on State Fair servic-es. MVTA also does not honor the Metro Transit Bus Bargain fare. For more information, call 952-882-7500 or visit www.mvta.com.

Youth dance registration The Youth Dance En-semble and School, 12237 Wood Lake Drive, Burns-ville, is holding an open house from 4-7 p.m. Mon-day, Aug. 17. The nonprofit dance center is accepting registrations for fall dance classes including ballet, jazz, tap and modern. Cre-ative movement classes are offered for preschoolers starting at the age of 3. Pre-professional classes focus on technical advancement. Classes start Aug. 31. Call 952-941-5771 or visit http://www.ydeschool.com/ for more information.

Farmington Library events The Farmington Li-brary, 508 Third St., will offer the following pro-grams. Call 651-438-0250 for more information. Books and Brew Book Group, 7-8 p.m. Tues-day, Aug. 18, Dunn Bros, 20700 Chippendale Ave. W., Farmington. The group will discuss “The Night Circus” by Erin Morgenstern. Open Knitting, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19. Join other knitters in a casual focus group. Learn new stitches, get help with unfinished projects, or just enjoy new friends while knitting. Other crafters are welcome, too. Classic Movies, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, Rambling River Cen-ter, 325 Oak St., Farming-ton. Watch an award-win-ning classic movie from each decade, beginning with a 1920s silent film and ending with a 1970s hipster. The final selection will be “All the President’s Men.” Popcorn included. Open Knitting, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26. Join other knitters in a casual focus group. Learn new stitches, get help with unfinished projects, or just

enjoy new friends while knitting. Other crafters are welcome, too.

Lakeville building report Lakeville issued build-ing permits with a total valuation of $114,272,268 through July 2015. This compares to a total valua-tion of $79,698,574 through July 2014. The city issued commer-cial and industrial permits with a total valuation of $26,859,000 through July 2015 compared to a total valuation of $8,592,000 during the same period in 2014. According to the Build-ers Association of the Twin Cities, Lakeville issued more new residential build-ing permits in July than any other city in the Twin Cities by issuing permits for 34 new single-family dwellings and one detached townhome. This is the third month in a row that Lakev-ille issued the highest num-ber of residential permits. Lakeville also issued the highest number of residen-tial permits year-to-date with 222 permits issued through July.

New board members at Eagan Theater Company Eagan Theater Com-pany has named Christine Keuler and Michael Ober-mueller to its board of di-rectors. Keuler is a customer and partner experience advisor for Cisco Systems. Her primary focus on the ETC board will be to fa-cilitate the outreach pro-gram, which brings short theatrical performances to local nursing homes, com-munity events and other local venues. “What a great oppor-tunity to bring together these passions of mine

– the theater and helping others – to help grow the performing arts in the Ea-gan community,” she said. Her other volunteer activities center on feed-ing the hungry locally and internationally, enhancing the lives of local home-less children and support-ing the military. A theater buff, both on stage and in the audience, she per-formed in ETC’s 2015 production of “My Fatal Valentine.” Obermueller is an at-torney with the law firm of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., where he practices in the areas of business, com-mercial and construction law. A former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, Oberm-ueller represented the east-ern half of Eagan from 2009-11. He is a member of the Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce and has served in volun-teer roles for the Dakota Center for the Arts, the Eagan Art Festival, and the Eagan Athletic Asso-ciation. He also represents underprivileged workers in unemployment compensa-tion appeals on a pro bono basis. “Our communities need more opportunities to ex-perience theater up-close and personal. I’m excited to play a part in bringing a great community theater experience to the south metro,” he said. Obermueller’s theater experience includes more than 30 productions as an actor and director, includ-ing his performance in ETC’s 2012 production of “Dealt a Deadly Hand.” Eagan Theater Com-pany, founded in 2011, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit orga-nization. Its mission is to ignite imaginations and encourage participation by producing high-quality theatrical performances that appeal to a wide range of community interests. It

also seeks to provide edu-cational and performance opportunities and to heighten the awareness of cultural arts in the Eagan community.

Girls on the Run registration Registration is now open for Girls on the Run, a curriculum- based youth development program for girls in third through fifth grade offered this fall at Southview and Green-leaf elementary schools in Apple Valley, Vista View Elementary in Burnsville, Oak Ridge Elementary in Eagan and Lakeview El-ementary in Lakeville. In the Girls on the Run program, girls spend 10 weeks preparing for a 5K run/walk event while learning about topics like conflict resolution, gos-siping, bullying, healthy eating and more. Practices begin in early September. Throughout the 10- week season, volunteer coaches lead groups of eight to 20 girls in games and lessons designed to encourage them to engage critically with the world around them. Coaches teach from a curriculum specifically geared toward pre- adolescent girls, us-ing team-building activi-ties, discussion questions, worksheets, games and running, to help empower girls to make important choices with confidence and compassion. The season culminates in a 5K run/walk celebra-tion on Saturday, Nov. 14, which is open to the pub-lic (including men, women and children). Cost is $150. Space is limited; register at www.gotrtwincities.org. Income- based financial assistance is available to families unable to pay the program fee.

Area Briefs repair your driveway for a minimal cost. Professional asphalt contractors know, with great accuracy, how much paving material is needed to complete a proj-ect. They will rarely have leftover materials. – High pressure sales. Never hire someone on the spot. Trustworthy contrac-tors provide a written esti-mate that will be valid for days or even weeks. If you feel that you are being sub-jected to high-pressure sales tactics, BBB advises you to end the conversation and tell the company you’re not interested. – Deals that seem too good to be true. If the quot-ed price seems very low, chances are the quality of work will also be quite low. – No contract is offered. Insist on a contract specify-ing in detail the work to be performed and the agreed total price, not just price per square foot. Then get at least two more estimates before hiring a contractor. – Cash-only sales. Most reputable contractors take checks or credit cards and don’t require cash-only terms. – Unmarked trucks. Less than reputable firms often travel in unmarked trucks or ones that have out-of-state license plates. Some research usually reveals that they have no permanent ad-dress and phone numbers they give out are not an-swered. If asphalt contractors are on your property and you feel work that’s being performed is beyond the scope of what was origi-nally agreed upon, contact the police. Or if you’re sud-denly presented with a bill much higher than what was originally discussed, don’t be pressured into making a payment on the spot. Re-member, you have rights. Consumers are often saf-er dealing with a contractor who has roots in the com-munity. Contact BBB for a free business review on any company you are consider-ing doing business with by visiting bbb.org.

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