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by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The political calcu-lus in the 2nd District is changing rapidly since U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, said on Sept. 3 he would not seek an eighth term in the House. Eagan resident Mary Pawlenty, a former First District judge and Minnesota first lady, is reportedly considering running for the seat, accord-ing to multiple news reports. It is viewed that Pawlenty, whose hus-band served as Min-nesota governor for eight years and made a presidential bid in 2012, would have the name recognition across the 2nd District that would hold great sway over potential candidates. Pawlenty, whose judge-ship was chambered out of Hastings from October 1994 to February 2007, served in the First Judicial District, which serves the counties of Carver, Da-kota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, McLeod, Scott, and Sib-ley. The 2nd District in-cludes all of Dakota, Scott, Goodhue and Wa-basha counties and por-tions of Rice and Wash-ington counties.

Pawlenty, who current-ly works for Eden Prairie-based Gilbert Mediation Center Ltd., would enter a race that already has two women seeking the Demo-crats’ nomination. Democratic candidates include Dr. Mary Law-rence, executive director of the Center for Vision Excellence in Washington, D.C.; and Eagan resident Angie Craig, vice presi-dent of global human re-sources at St. Paul-based

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Erin and Madison playing biggest event of

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Ramble Jam has been a hotbed of emerging country artists through the years, but perhaps no one fits the bill better than Erin and Madison, a local country duo who are neighbors of many attendees. Erin Straw, 16, the lead singer, hails from Lakeville. while guitar-ist Madison Petersen, 14, lives even closer to the Dakota County Fairgrounds, the site of Ramble Jam, in Farm-ington. They form Erin and Madison, who will open Ramble Jam’s festivities from noon to 2 p.m. Sat-urday. The group has been playing together for a few years, and this will be the pinnacle of their budding career. “We couldn’t be more excited,” Petersen said. The duo volunteered for Ramble Jam last year and watched the bands as fans. Now they’re the ones doing the enter-taining.

They’ve performed at many private par-ties, restaurants, winer-ies, coffee shops, city festivals and art fairs through the years. “Sometimes there’s hundreds of people, sometimes it’s just our

parents,” Straw said. Thousands are ex-pected for Ramble Jam. The two teenag-ers “literally don’t do anything besides this,” Straw said. “Music is

Local duo ready to rock Ramble Jam

Local country music duo Erin and Madison will play from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday during Ramble Jam at the Dakota County Fairgrounds. The duo feature Erin Straw, 16, of Lakeville, and Madison Petersen, 14, of Farmington. (Photo submitted)

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Not a 2016 candidate, Kline focused on work

Burnsville resident says he plans to stay in Minnesota

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


When U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, an-nounced on Sept. 3 that he would not seek another term in 2016, it set many wheels in motion. It was a time for Kline, supporters and others to look back on Kline’s 14-plus years in the House, and it was time for Repub-licans to look forward to

selecting a new candidate. Kline, 67, made one thing clear after a half-hour telephone press con-ference – there’s still plenty of work to be done over the next 16 months before his term expires in Decem-ber 2016. He said he would be “fully engaged” in the “tons of work” ahead, saying he especially looks

U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, walks in the Lakeville Pan-O-Prog parade in 2014. (File photo by Tad Johnson)

A new roundabout opened in Lakeville on Aug. 28, and there were 13 crashes at the intersection of county roads 50 and 60 in its first week of use, according to KSTP. It is Dakota County’s first two-lane roundabout. The intersection handles about 30,000 vehicles every day. The roundabout is anticipated to reduce the potential for delays and severe crashes, according to a Dakota County release. To view the city of Lakeville’s video about how to drive in the roundabout, go online to SunThisweek.com/tag/round-about. (Photo contributed by Ron Redetzke)

New roundabout’s learning curves

Eagan resident and potential 2016 2nd District candidate Mary Pawlenty addresses Ea-gan caucus attendees in 2014. (File photo)

Mary Pawlenty among those considering 2nd District bids

Mack to pay fine for nuisance violationTwo lawmakers were allegedly ‘making out’ in Lebanon Hillsby Tad Johnson

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

State Rep. Tara Mack, R-Apple Valley, issued a statement on Friday that said she would not file a formal complaint regard-ing a Dakota County Sheriff ’s deputy’s report and citation that she and state Rep. Tim Kelly, R-Red Wing, were creating

a nuisance as they reportedly were “making out” in a car Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Lebanon Hills Regional Park. Mack and Kelly called the park ranger’s re-port completely false after news broke on the story Wednesday following a Pioneer Press story. They said they had met in the Eagan park to exchange some documents. Mack said she would pay the $260 citation

for misdemeanor committing an act that constitutes a nuisance. Those receiving such cita-tions have a certain amount of time to pay the fine or con-test the charges. “With the loving

support of so many, I’m moving on to focus my time and attention on my marriage, my family and those in my community,” Mack said in the state-ment posted at MPR.org.

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Local teams hunt for winsHigh school teams in Lakeville were on the fields looking for wins in their respective games.

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Bluegrass bash at CaponiThe second annual Caponi Art Park Bluegrass Festival runs Sunday, Sept. 13, as a fundraiser for the nonprofit art park.

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Learning from the studentsA workshop in the Twin Cities had educators learning from high school students and other groups of school leaders.

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Body camera issues on tapSome Minnesota cities are seeking to define what police body camera footage is private and what is public.

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Flags inspected in Lakeville

American Legion, Post 44, Lakeville, performed the first flag inspection

ceremony at the Lakeville Veter-ans memorial. Previously the flags

were brought down on Veterans Day and then returned to service in the spring before Memorial Day. Post

44, worked with the city of Lakeville to have the flags fly continuously

throughout the year at the memorial by helping supplement the cost of new flags. The flag ceremony involved low-ering the flags, inspecting serviceabil-

ity and replacing as necessary. The ceremony will be repeated every three

months to ensure the flags remain in a respectable condition throughout the

year. (Photo submitted)

Lakeville man dies in motorcycle crash A 57-year-old Lakeville man died at about 5 a.m. Aug. 31 af-ter the motorcycle he was rid-ing into a barricaded construc-tion zone hit a parked piece of paving equipment at 217th Street and Dodd Boulevard in Lakeville, according Lakeville police. Wayne R. DeWolf died at the scene. He was not wearing a helmet, according to police. The Lakeville Fire Depart-ment and Allina Ambulance provided assistance at the scene. DeWolf was an avid motor-

cycle rider who had completed the Route 66 ride with his wife, Linda, and their daughter, Mo-nique Indykiewicz, according to his obituary. He had a vast mechanical knowledge and shared it often with others. His obituary said he made fast friends every-where he went and he left an indelible mark on everyone he met. A celebration of life was held Sept. 4 at the White Fu-neral Home Chapel in Lake-ville.

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Students at Parkview Elementary School in Lakeville arrived for the second day of classes when teach-ers and staff members greeted them as the 2015-16 school year settled into its new routine. Children exited buses, arrived on foot or by bike. Parkview added eight classrooms this year along with a new bus drop-off area and playground. Staff said the changes at the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District build-ing led to a more organized drop-off and pickup of students. More photos are online at SunThisweek.com/tag/Parkview. (Photos by Tad Johnson)

by Andy RogersSUN THISWEEK


During the 2015 Minneso-ta Legislative session, several lawmakers discussed whether the video captured on body-worn cameras by law enforce-ment was private. Several bills advanced through the process, but noth-ing became law. Local law enforcement agencies aren’t going to wait for the Legislature to act with regard to what data will be private. Burnsville and Farmington approved resolutions on Tues-day to temporarily classify body-worn camera data as pri-vate, except where prohibited by current law. Access will be limited to those who may need it to advance an investigation and for police accountability purposes. “Technology has outpaced state statute,” Farmington Police Chief Brian Lindquist said. Burnsville passed the mo-tion as part of its consent agenda during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, and Farm-ington brought the motion up for a brief discussion. Exceptions to the privacy definition include if an in-cident involves the use of a deadly weapon by a peace officer or it involves the use of physical force that causes bodily harm by a peace offi-cer. Also, there are exceptions if the subject of the data col-lected requests that it be made public. “I’m not trying to hide any-

thing,” Lindquist said. “There is no one that benefits more from data than police and the city.” It’s a temporary classifica-tion to allow the Minnesota Legislature time to establish the law. Current data from body-worn cameras is governed by Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, meaning most data is public. Law enforcement may re-cord incidents such as mental health crisis, neighbor dis-putes, death scenes and foot-age captured in private homes. Incidents may be highly per-sonal, emotionally traumatiz-ing and not intended for the eyes and ears of others. Lindquist said there few circumstances where a police officer can enter an individu-al’s home, such as if they’re in hot pursuit, have a search war-rant, believe evidence is being destroyed or if a life is in dan-ger. “When an officer enters that home with a camera and that data is downloaded, it’s considered public data,” Lindquist said. “Your neigh-bors can come down and say they want to see that video, and I couldn’t stop you. You can ‘go’ into their home with no reason whatsoever.” The current law’s exemp-tions include limits if the data includes information on juve-niles, sexual assault victims or information that is part of an active investigation.

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Parkview students arrive for a new year Cities take steps to ensure body cam data is private ‘Technology has outpaced state statute,’

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Meaningful discussion To the editor: A letter from Melissa Hortman in the Sept. 4 edition compels me to re-spond. Not so much that I disagree to a great extent with the letter writer, but that the letter writer is a DFL representative from Brooklyn Park. Brooklyn Park? What is going on? We can argue about public education ideas all day long. That argu-ment becomes less and less valuable when people use phony phrases like “move forward with an $800 mil-lion funding injection,” and “standing still with a no vote” designed to make their opinion appear as fact. I especially like the

mentality that if a surplus exists, there should be no question as to how it should be used – why, pub-lic education, of course. No discussion necessary. Sad that DFL representatives have come to the point that to protect their votes, they must serve the public union which can help, or harm them the most, even to the point of penning a letter to a newspaper that serves a local community some 40 miles away. Fellow community members, there are other options, and there are many education profes-sionals who have better creative ideas than our bloated government and stale old unions who have become nothing more than self-protectionists. Some of these professionals are our

neighbors, close friends, and fellow church parish-ioners who have the talent and energy to affect real and meaningful change. Most of whom, I’d be will-ing to bet, would like noth-ing more than to break away from the union/gov-ernment coalition they’re forced to serve. So instead of $800 mil-lion or die, how about some meaningful thought and discussion? How about a real conversation about both the good and bad public education has brought? And how about having that discussion with the real experts and pro-fessionals who know what it takes to educate our children, instead of some union reliant government-type who writes a letter to a paper outside her local

community simply because she disagrees with our community elected repre-sentatives? Obviously, we know where her talents lie. Oh, and as for that sur-plus – can I have some of my money back?

MARK BELLILE Lakeville

One way to protect Lebanon Hills To the editor: It is the last week of August, the blueberries are freely offering their gifts unexpectedly late this year. I snack on fresh plums, grapes and the most incred-ible tasting strawberries thank me for “weeding.” I see an amazing variety of life forms and ask my-self can I see the beauty? For some unknown reason witnessing this beauty re-quires a level of courage I do not have but I muster a smile. I stop to watch the in-sects – what pollinator has a white belly? A monarch caterpillar inches in the strawberry patch. My yard is haven for in-

sects, birds and mammals. The dog got in a fight with skunk – which despite un-pleasant lingering odors – I am happy Eagan can still be home to skunks. For those who do not have yards, there are places such as Lebanon Hills Re-gional Park where life can be experienced. My heart tells me walking on asphalt feels different than walking on dirt. Despite an over-whelming public outcry, the Met Council and Da-kota County are planning to spend millions of dollars to pave a 6.5 mile asphalt trail thru the park. They say a flat asphalt “trail” is necessary to meet the needs of people in wheelchairs. There is widespread sup-port for paved looped lake-side trails but many voices are rising to say stop frag-mented the remaining open spaces. Lebanon Hills, like all land, has gifts to offer. The county is planning a Gre-enway to around the park which will meet the needs of people on bikes. The multi-use trail in the plan is redundant with the pro-posed greenway and only offers people in wheelchairs the opportunity to be on black tar-based pavement

next to people on bikes. As a leading county, we can do better. The best way now to protect Lebanon Hills is to elect in fall of 2016 new county commission-ers from the Burnsville and Apple Valley area. Dakota County commissioners make $72,500 a year. The other thing we can do to protect Lebanon Hills, the pollinators and ourselves from extinction is to be in relationship with reality. It is sweet experi-ence after all. LAURA HEDLUNDEagan

Congress should hold president in check To the editor: I have put off writing this letter hoping to see some hope. Not the “hope and change” President Obama promised but real hope. Recent events show that I can no longer wait. I spent nearly 35 years serving my country in mili-tary service defending my

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Achieving a better life for people with disabilitiesby Amy KlobucharSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Minnesota’s own Hubert Humphrey once said that the moral test of our gov-ernment isn’t just in how we treat the young, healthy, and able-bodied. It’s also how we treat the sick, the needy, and peo-ple with disabilities — those in need of a little extra support. These values are near and dear to our hearts in Minnesota, where we have long strived to ensure that people with disabilities have access to the same basic resources and opportunities as everyone else. During my time in the Senate, I have worked to share those Minnesota values across the country. That’s why I helped lead the push in Congress to success-fully pass bipartisan legislation called the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act – a law that will help people with disabilities and their families better plan for their futures. The reality is that people with disabil-ities and their families face many chal-lenges, and their expenses can add up in a hurry. Take just one example: the lifetime

cost of care for someone with autism is an average of $2.4 million when the au-tism involves an intellectual disability. Those with disabilities also face unique barriers to finding and holding a job and living on their own because their access to certain safety-net programs can be lost once they establish a minimum level of savings and income. That’s where the ABLE Act comes in. This law, which passed Congress with strong bipartisan support, creates tax-advantaged savings accounts – much like the 529 accounts many families use to save for college – that people with dis-abilities can use to cover expenses like ed-ucation, housing, employment support, assistive technologies, and wellness – all without jeopardizing the other support

and resources they count on. In the months after the ABLE Act be-came federal law, states across the coun-try have been quick to pass legislation to implement it. Since January, twenty-five states—including Minnesota—have passed ABLE Act implementation bills, and I’ve been pushing the federal gov-ernment to issue regulations so that these states have the guidance they need to launch ABLE programs and families can realize the law’s benefits. Many Minnesotans know a family or a person who has been affected by a dis-ability. For a lot of us, this is personal. When my daughter was born, she couldn’t swallow for nearly two years. She had a feeding tube, and the doctors didn’t know what was wrong with her. It ended up being a temporary problem, and we were able to get through it. But during those two years, I was able to see through the eyes of a parent of a child who was struggling, and I know that, like me, the parents of children with disabili-ties want what is best for their families—both now and for the years to come. There are families like these all across

the country – including many here in Minnesota – who can envision a bright-er future for their loved ones thanks to this legislation. That’s why more than 70 organizations that help people with dis-abilities support this legislation, includ-ing the American Association of People with Disabilities, Autism Speaks, and the National Disability Institute. In the 25 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, we have made progress in removing bar-riers and empowering people with dis-abilities. Now we must do even more. This is one of those laws that will do ex-actly what it says it will do: help millions of Americans with disabilities all across the country achieve a better life by help-ing them save for their future. Though there is still more work to be done, this is an important step to ensuring those with disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else.

Amy Klobuchar is a U.S. senator serv-ing Minnesota. She is a former Hennepin County attorney. Columns are the opinion of the author.

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High school faculty teaching college faculty? Students offering suggestions to educators? District and charter public school teachers helping each other? Each happened at an Aug. 17 workshop that challenged patterns in public education. The workshop, at Brooklyn Center High School, recognized that high school and college faculty can learn from each other. The educators wisely also listened to and learned from students, who usu-ally, appropriately, are on the receiv-ing end. Finally, the workshop brought together district and charter educators from rural, urban and suburban commu-nities. The workshop focused on how schools can help students and families save money on college costs and how public schools can help more students be better prepared for some form of one-, two- or four-year college program. It opened with a panel of recent high school graduates, now college students, who had several suggestions. Mykella Auld, a Brooklyn Center High School graduate who’s now at the University of Minnesota, urged high school teachers to distribute and use “a strict syllabi policy that included due dates and class expectations along with grading outline.” She explained that this “would be very helpful for creating a smoother transition to college.” She strongly favors providing high school students with an overview of the class and enforcing due dates. She found col-lege faculty (like many employers) want work done on time. She also urged high school faculty to recommend challenging courses in the

ninth and 10th grades so students are better prepared for dual-credit courses. (State law changed this year, making it easier for high school freshman and sophomores to take college-level courses taught in high schools, so this advice also needs to be shared with middle school students, faculty and families.) Larrick J. Potvin, another Brooklyn Center graduate and current college stu-dent, agreed with Auld. He also urged faculty to “build stronger connections” with students. He does not want lower expectations. But he thinks it helps when faculty know, for example, students are “tired because they had to work six hours the night before or had to take care of their younger siblings while (their) parents were at work.” Potvin also em-phasized the value of a “better support system” for high school students taking college-level classes, especially on a col-lege campus. Khalique Rogers, a graduate of Gor-don Parks High School in St. Paul, strongly agreed with Potvin about the value of a support system for students. He has found that this can be “the extra push (students) need to succeed.” After the students spoke, faculty from North Hennepin, Century College and the University of Minnesota, as well as a recently retired Macalester professor, shared expectations in reading, writing, math, biology and history for incoming

students. Then high school faculty from Brook-lyn Center, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Ros-eville and Willmar described teaching strategies and lesson plans that had been especially effective. Some were from dis-tricts, some from charters. More than 80 percent of the partici-pants who filled out an evaluation de-scribed the day as “a good use of their time.” The meeting was co-sponsored by the Bremer, St. Paul, Securian and Trav-elers foundations, the Brooklyn Center and St. Paul public schools and the Cen-ter for School Change, where I work.

As we begin a new school year, I hope that we’ll see more listening to and learn-ing from each other. High school and higher education faculty, families and students all have important insights. Stu-dents and schools make more progress when we respect and learn from each other.

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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New approaches help high school and college faculty, students

From left, Brooklyn Center High School graduates Mykella Auld and Larrick Potvin and Gordon Parks High School graduate Khalique Rogers participate in a workshop Aug. 17 at Brooklyn Center High School. They offered suggestions for how high school teachers can support their students and prepare them for postsecondary studies. (Photo by Joe Nathan)

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flag and the U.S. Constitu-tion “from all enemies, for-eign and domestic.” Since I’ve retired I’ve seen the liberties I defended being eroded and striped away. I have lost confidence and trust in my govern-ment. All three branches of the federal government have violated the Constitu-tion that they took an oath to support with no con-stitutional check from the other branches. Congress has allowed the executive to make them irrelevant. Obama has ignored con-gressional authority and has gotten away with it be-cause Congress will not use their constitutional power. They’re too frightened that they might be called racist if they do their constitu-tional duty. The same went for Eric Holder. Congress is supposed to protect us from a tyrannical president and an overreaching ju-diciary. It’s their constitu-tional duty. As I read the Declara-tion of Independence, I count 26 grievances against the king. When comparing them to Obama it seems that he is guilty of at least eight of the same griev-ances, and Congress does nothing. Article I, Section 1, states that Congress has all legislative power. Yet Congress allows Obama to make executive orders, amending or making any change and since Congress doesn’t do anything it has the appearance of law. Congress has also al-lowed the subversion of law by the Supreme Court and done nothing. There are Judiciary committees, why are justices never ques-tioned on why they issued an opinion that changed the congressional intent of the law? We are no longer represented by Congress. We are at the mercy of a tyrannical executive and nine overreaching justices. We are no longer a nation of laws but have become a nation of men. I study my Constitution every week because I took an oath, with no expira-tion date, to defend it. I can only wish that those in

government would do the same. We the People have had enough. MELFORD HENSCHELApple Valley

Planned Parenthood is not indispensable To the editor: If we believe the author of “Response to ‘Choices for women’ ” (Aug. 28), Planned Parenthood is in-dispensable for women’s health in America. We are told that they offer critical services and only 3 percent of their business is abor-tion. What they have not published is that such ser-vices as cancer screening and prenatal services have dropped by half, and breast exams by 41 percent in the last several years (they do zero mammograms) while the number of abortions are up. It is not clear to me how Planned Parenthood calculates the 3 percent since they reported a profit of $127.1 million in 2013-2014 – about 40 percent of this profit coming from abortions. Perhaps an inde-pendent audit is in order. From this hefty profit, Planned Parenthood Presi-dent Cecile Richards took home nearly half a million dollars ($490,000) last year. This is from a nonprofit organization that receives more than half a billion dollars from the taxpayers. Does any federal govern-ment official receive more? Our President Barack Obama with all his respon-sibilities for our nation and our world receives a salary of $400,000. Furthermore, compared to the 665 Planned Parent-hood clinics in the country, there are 13,540 compre-hensive health care clinics for women. That is a 1 to 20 ratio (LIfeSite News). That hardly makes Planned Par-enthood indispensable. Planned Parenthood’s assurance that abortion is only 3 percent of their business sounds like a justi-fication. The one question

to ask ourselves is “What is the pre-born?” To quote Gregory Koukl, “If the unborn are not human, no justification for elective abortion is necessary. But if the unborn are human, no justification for elective abortion is adequate.” Hannah Moore, anti-slavery activist along with William Wilberforce, once said, “What is morally wrong can never be politi-cally right.” The recent videos from the Center for Medical Progress showing Planned Parenthood selling baby parts show us ourselves. We want to look away. We are ugly.

JEANNETTE PAULSONApple Valley

Iran Mis-DealTo the editor: I am responding to a let-ter from Avi Meshar who stated the “GOP doesn’t believe in peace: after de-cades of hostilities with Iran, they want to slam shut a door to peace, and possibly another war that will kill American soldiers on foreign lands.” The Iran deal is a bad deal because it leaves Iran at the end of 10 years a “screwdriver turn away” from a nuclear weapon. The president has given away too much. The U.S. wanted these goals: • Prevent Iran from be-coming a nuclear power. We got a 10 to 15 year Iranian path to a nuclear weapon and a Middle East nuclear arms race. • Force Iran to disman-tle a large part of its nucle-ar infrastructure. We got continued nuclear research and development with Iran retaining key nuclear infra-structure. • Take away Iran’s abil-ity to enrich uranium. We got Iran continuing to en-rich uranium. • Close the Iranian For-do enrichment facility. We got its continued opera-tion. • Provide a history of past nuclear activities. We got nothing. • Shut down Iran’s bal-

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Expanded careunit providesbridge betweenhospital and home Ebenezer Ridges Tran-sitional Care Unit in Burnsville celebrated the reopening of its newly renovated and expanded facility at a ribbon-cutting ceremony last month. The renovated Eb-enezer Ridges TCU is for patients who are well enough to leave the hos-pital but not yet ready to go home and take care of themselves. The unit has expanded from 12 to 24 rooms and is Medicare-certified to provide short-term rehabilitation after a hospital stay. It is located down the street from Fair-view Ridges Hospital. Unit staff members provide occupational, physical and speech ther-apy, helping patients pre-pare for home life. The rehab gym has nearly dou-bled in the size, with new parallel bars and a ceiling lift to help people with gait or walking issues. Patient suites at the TCU include a bed, full-size bathroom and kitch-enette with a working sink and mini-fridge. Patients typically stay on the unit for 14 days, depending on their needs. Members of the public can call 952-898-8400 for more information about Fairview Ridges TCU, or visit the website www.fair-view.org/Services/Rehab/Transitionalrehab.

Lakeville building report Lakeville issued build-ing permits with a total valuation of $129,369,472 through August 2015. This a 45 percent increase com-pared to a total valuation of $88,958,875 through August 2014. The city issued com-mercial and industrial per-mits with a total valuation of $31,033,000 through August 2015 compared to a total valuation of $8,809,000 during the same period in 2014. Lakeville issued 232 new single-family home permits through August 2015 compared to 200 sin-gle-family permits issued during the same period in 2014. The city has also issued a total of 24 town-house permits through August 2015 compared to 12 during the same period last year. According to the Builders Association of the Twin Cities, Lakev-ille has issued the highest number of residential per-mits year-to-date with 244 permits issued through August.

Friends of the Heritage Library to sponsor travel series This fall the Friends of the Heritage Library will host a series of programs featuring destinations around the globe: The Balkans – Thurs-day, Sept. 24. From So-phia, Bulgaria, with its beautiful Orthodox churches; to Belgrade, Serbia, and its citadel and rivers; to Romania, home of storks, gypsies, castles and Dracula. Join Maxine Saul will share her experi-ences in this region. Spain – Thursday, Oct. 8. Learn about Spain, a study in contrasts, from the misty moors of Gali-cia to the sweeping coast-line of Catalonia and the wind-swept plateau of

Madrid. Tami Richardson will chronicle her adven-tures living and traveling in this historic country. Waterways of North America – Thursday, Nov. 12. Hear Ron Greiner, au-thor of “North, South, East, West by Water,” de-scribe his journeys across waterways in 33 states and two Canadian provinces. All programs begin at 7 p.m. The travel series is free and open to the pub-lic. Refreshments will be served. Heritage Library is located at 20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville, 952-891-0360. Visit www.heritage-libraryfriends.com for more information about the Friends of the Heri-tage Library.

Peterson completes regional leadership institute State Rep. Roz Peter-son, R-Lakeville, was among 35 lawmakers to complete a leader-ship training program that identifies and assists emerging state and pro-vincial leaders in the Mid-west. Peterson met with fel-low lawmakers from Min-nesota, 10 other Mid-western states and two Canadian provinces Aug. 21-25 in Madison, Wis-consin, for the Council of State Governments’ 21st annual Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development. BILLD was formed in 1995 to help new legisla-tors meet the demands of federal devolution and, in many states, term limits. A program of the Council of State Govern-ments’ Midwestern Office, BILLD is held in partner-ship with the University of Wisconsin’s Robert M. La Follette School of Pub-lic Affairs. Courses and seminars are conducted by La Follette faculty, Mid-western legislative leaders and professional develop-

ment experts. In addition to courses designed to de-velop leadership skills, the program analyzes a vari-ety of public policy issues, including corrections and the regional economy. The program is fund-ed through grants from foundation and corporate sponsors and an in-kind contribution provided by the Council of State Gov-ernments’ Midwestern Of-fice.

‘Rocket into Scouting’ event Boys from kindergar-ten to fifth grade and their parents are invited to attend a “Rocket into Scouting” event from 7-8 Thursday, Sept. 17, at all elementary schools. Vol-unteers will be on hand to welcome and sign up new members. New members will re-ceive a free model rocket to launch their Scouting adventures. Cub Scouts participate in a variety of indoor and outdoor activities de-signed to help them gain confidence, increase social skills, and develop their capacity for leadership – all while having fun and serving their community. Membership costs $32 per year, but all boys can join regardless of their ability to pay. Parents can register their sons for Cub Scouts at their local el-ementary school on Sept. 17 or online at www.Rock-etIntoScouting.org.

Swimming and diving team to host golf tourney fundraiser The Rosemount High School girls swimming and diving program is hosting its fifth annual golf tour-nament on Sunday, Sept. 20, at Southern Hills Golf Course in Farmington. The fundraiser will be a shotgun and scramble format with registration

at 8 a.m. and start time at 9 a.m. The $75 cost per golfer includes 18 holes of golf, cart, range balls, with luncheon and raffle to fol-low. Those who would like to only participate in the lunch and raffle can do so for $15. Prizes will be award-ed for closest to the pin, longest putt, and longest drive. There will be other contests along the course. People can support the team by playing golf (sin-gles, twosomes and four-somes welcome), donating a raffle item, or signing up for a hole sponsorship. Sponsorships include Bronze $100, signage on one hole; Silver $250, sig-nage on one hole, ad on team website, quarter-page True Team ad; and Gold $500, signage on one hole, ad on team website, half-page True Team ad, foursome in event. The organizers are a 501(c)3 nonprofit, so do-nations are tax deductible to the limits allowed by law. Funds raised will go to help pay for coaches and equipment for the 2015 swimming and diving sea-son. Volunteers also are needed to help stage the event. Contact Mary or Dave Johnston at [email protected]. More information about Southern Hills Golf Course is at www.south-ernhillsgolfcourse.com.

Reunion set for BHS Class of 1975 Burnsville High School’s Class of 1975 will celebrate its 40th reunion from 6:30 p.m. to mid-night Saturday, Sept. 19, at Buck Hill, 15400 Buck Hill Road, Burnsville. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. For more information, contact Robin Pederson Ruegg at 651-681-9233.

Farmington Library events The Farmington Li-brary, 508 Third St., will offer the following pro-grams. Call 651-438-0250 for more information. Teen-Led Book Group, 6-7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14. Join members of the Teen Advisory Group for a teen-led discussion of books and reading. This month’s selection is “I Am Princess X” by Cherie Priest. Ages: 12-18. Teen Advisory Group, 7-8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14. Get involved. Recommend books and music, help plan library programs and participate in community events and service proj-ects. Ages: 12-18. Books and Brew Book Group, 7-8 p.m. Tues-day, Sept. 15, Dunn Bros, 20700 Chippendale Ave. W., Farmington. The group will discuss “When Books Went to War” by Molly Guptill Manning. Open Knitting, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16. 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. Storytime for Babies, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Thurs-day, Sept. 17. Stories, songs, bounces and play-time for children newborn to 24 months and their caregivers. Robotics – Meet Sphe-ro, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thurs-day, Sept. 17. Sphero is a colorful ball with a tiny wireless robot inside. Chil-dren can meet Sphero ro-bots and try their hand at racing them. Space is lim-ited. Ages: 10-16. Storytime with a Police Officer, 10:30-11 a.m. Fri-day, Sept. 18. Stories and activities for mixed-ages audiences such as child care groups and families. Ages: 0-6. Teen Game Day, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18. Play board games and Wii games with friends. Ages: 10-16.

Area Briefs

Job Transitions Group to meet Dale Henry will pres-ent “Activate Your Super Powers” at the Sept. 15 meeting of the Easter Job Transitions Group. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. at Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Small group sessions are offered following the meeting at 9:30 a.m. each week on many different topics. Call 651-452-3680 for information.


Apple Valley firefighters plan to cook 375 gallons of booya — a savory meat- and vegetable-filled stew — for their 37th annual booya fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Fire Station No. 1 located at County Road 42 and Hayes Road. (Photo submitted)

Booya is back in Apple ValleyFirefighters host Sept. 19 event

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Those craving a bowl of booya cooked up by Apple Valley firefight-ers are advised to arrive early on Saturday, Sept. 19. The Apple Valley firefighters’ 37th annual booya fundraiser starts at 10 a.m. and runs into

the afternoon at Fire Station No. 1, located at County Road 42 and Hayes Road. Each year, the booya pots tend to run out by mid-afternoon. “We sold out by 2:30 p.m. last year, so come early and spend the day,” said Dave Ganfield, re-tired firefighter and chair of the booya event.

Firefighters plan to cook 375 gallons of the savory meat- and vegeta-ble-filled stew this year. They’ll begin the cook-ing process at 2 a.m. Saturday so it’s ready to serve by 10 a.m. It’s sold by the bowl, quart and gallon. The event has a fes-tival atmosphere, with activities such as bingo,

pull tabs and a meat raf-fle. There’s also a raffle with prizes donated by local businesses; some of the top prizes this year include an overnight stay at Apple Valley’s GrandStay Hotel, a $200 Von Hanson’s Meats gift card, and a $250 Dick’s Valley Service gift cer-tificate. The fire department will have its trucks on display, and there will be plenty of activities for kids and families. For those not keen on booya, there’s also a snack bar with a variety of offerings. All the proceeds from the event support the Apple Valley Firefight-ers Relief Association. More information is at ww.ci tyofappleval ley.org.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].


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SeniorsLakeville seniors All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for informa-tion. Monday, Sept. 14 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Fitness Nutrition, 9 a.m.; Health Insurance Counseling, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Knitting Class, 9:30 a.m.; Wii Bowl-ing, 10 a.m.; 50/60 Round-about Discussion, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Hearing Screening, 11 a.m.; Healthways Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Fitness 2, noon; Cribbage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards and Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Line Dancing, 1 and 2 p.m.; Spanish Classes, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.; Driver Safety Class (four-hour), 5:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15 – Dominoes & Poker, 9 a.m.; Let’s Go Fishing, 9:30 a.m.; Tappercize, 9:30 a.m.; Pi-lates Mat Class, 9:30 a.m.; Creative Writing, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Jewelry Making – Beading, 10:30 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 10:30 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Billiards, 1 p.m.; Pi-lates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16 – Men’s Golf at Gopher Hills, 8 a.m.; Health Angels Biking, 8:30 a.m.; Poker & Hearts, 9 a.m.; Line Danc-

ing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 2, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Pinochle, noon; Dime Bingo, 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 – Classic Voices Chorus, 9 a.m.; Interval Walking, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Chorus, 10:30 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fit-ness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Eu-chre, Hand & Foot, noon; Quilting Group, 1 p.m.; Red Hat Chorus at Fountains/Hosanna, 1:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Pickleball at Bunker Hill Park, 9 a.m.; Poker & 500, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Du-plicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m. Deadline: Natural Healing. Saturday, Sept. 19 – Mo-torcycle Club Breakfast Ride, 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 20 – Belgian Waffle Breakfast, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Social Security presentation Beau Bauer and Michael Pollock, financial advisors with Waddell & Reed, will present “Filing for Social Security: Flexibility and Choices for Your Retire-ment Income” on Sept. 23

at the Chart House Restau-rant, 11287 Klamath Trail, Lakeville. The presentation is free. Call Michael Pollock at 218-727-1508 or email [email protected] for an invitation with com-plete information.

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, Sept. 14 – Blood Pressure Checks, 9:30 a.m.; General Meeting, 10 a.m.; Zumba Toning, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m.; Finance Committee, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Bi-cycle Group, 9 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 9:15 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 – Intermedi-ate, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9:30 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Velvet Tones, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Eat to Live, 11:15 a.m.; Pool, noon; Domi-noes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Tai Chi Meeting, 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 – De-fensive Driving, 9 a.m.; Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Senior Housing Tour, 9:30 a.m.; Dakota War Presen-tation, 10 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; FMSC, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; In-surance Counseling, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Hardan-ger, 1 p.m.; Recreated Cards, 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 – Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Women’s Breakfast, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Members Bingo, 12:30 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, Sept. 14 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Crib-bage, 11 a.m.; Card Recycle, 12:30 p.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Tuesday, Sept. 15 – Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Dupli-cate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dancing. Wednesday, Sept. 16 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Crib-bage, 11 a.m.; Tai Chi, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; De-fensive Driving Refresher, 1 p.m.; Belle Lunch North-field, 1 p.m.; SS Flex. Thursday, Sept. 17 – Foot Clinic, 9 a.m.; Senior Housing Cruise, 9:30 a.m.; Health Insurance Coun-cil, 9 a.m.; Belle Scrappers, 9:30 a.m.; Crafters, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 – 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, Sept. 14 – Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Senior Advisory Board, 9:30 a.m.; Dulcimer Club, 10 a.m.;

Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Dominoes, 10:30 a.m.; Re-cycled Cards, 12:30 p.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15 – Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fit-ness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Chair Exercise, 10 a.m.; Lady Slipper Gar-den Club, 10:30 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Table Ten-nis, 2 p.m.; Yoga, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 – Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Coffee Guys/Gals, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; EZ Play, 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Nick’s Downtown Diner, 10:15 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.

Worship DirectoryShare your weekly worship schedule or other activities with the

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


District 194 School Board Following is the agen-da for the 6 p.m. Tues-day, Sept. 15, special meeting of the District 194 School Board at Crystal Lake Education Center.

1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Roll Call2. Discussion a. SEM Update Discussion – Mr. Baumann b. Nemesis SEM Future System Presentation – Mr. Baumann c. Long Term Facilities Management/Bond Refunding (formerly Alternative Facili-ties) 10 Year Plan – Mr. Bau-mann d. Pay 16 Levy – Mr. Bau-mann e. Board Stakeholder Sur-vey Results & Goals – Dr. Sny-der3. Chair/Administrative Up-dates 4. Future Topics for Consider-ation 5. Adjournment

District 194 National Merit semifinalists named Lakeville South High School seniors Alexan-der Heuer and Bryson Jones have been named semifinalists in the 2016 National Merit Scholar-ship Program. National Merit semi-finalists rank among the top 1 percent of high school seniors nation-wide and are eligible to compete for some 7,400 scholarships which will be awarded next spring.

Kline hosts information day U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, will host his annual U.S. Service Academy Information Day from 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at the Diamondhead Ed-ucation Center, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville. Attendees should enter Door 1 of the Diamondhead Education Center. The session will provide information about the appli-cation process to interested students and their families including requirements for admission, the application timeline, and the process for seeking a Congressional nomination from a member of Congress. Representatives from the U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, West Point, U.S. Na-val Academy, and offices of Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken have been invited to participate.

Lakeville Area Community Ed classes Lakeville Area Community Education offers the fol-lowing classes: Google Series Session 1: Your Google Services Ac-count and G-mail, Monday, Sept. 14. Photography, Tuesdays, Sept. 15-29. Learn the se-crets of lighting, angles and composition. Get to know what all of those knobs and buttons on your camera ac-tually do (shutter speed, F-stops, digital effects). Bring your digital camera to class. Adults. Puppy Beginner Training, classes start Monday, Sept. 14, or Thursday, Sept. 17. Adults. Beginners and Intermediate Yoga, classes start Mon-day, Sept. 14. Adults. Yoga Flow with Optional Weights, classes start Wednesday, Sept. 16. Yoga Flow is excellent for devel-oping grace, flexibility, core strength, balance, muscu-lar strength, and overall better health. It will also re-duce stress, release toxins, and calm your mind through breath control. Additional ab toning will be included in this class. Adults. Zumba, classes start Tuesday, Sept. 15, or Thursday, Sept. 17. Adults. Spirit Wear, Saturday, Sept. 12 or Sept. 19, 9 a.m. for grades 3-5, noon for grades 6-8. Kids will paint, deco-rate and glue designs to show their pride and be all set for spirit day at school and homecoming games. Swim Lessons for all ages, 6 months to adult: Eve-ning lessons start on Monday, Sept. 14, Saturday les-sons begin Sept. 26. Fall Gymnastics: Register by Sept. 21 and save $10. Call 952-232-2150 or visit www.LakevilleAreaCom-munityEd.net to register or for more information on these and all classes offered.

EducationCommunity Education

Agenda


Obituaries

Births

BroichWilliam George Broich

was born on July 10, 2015 to Katie and Tom Broich. He weighed 9 pounds, 1 ounce and was 19” long.

Proud grandparents are Angie and Jim Broich of Chandler, AZ and Mau-reen and George Mahow-ald of Lakeville, MN.

Anniversaries

LOBERG50th Anniversary

Congratulations to Pam and Chuck Loberg of Ap-ple Valley on celebrating 50 years of marriage on September 11th.

They were married in 1965 in Mankato and moved to Apple Valley in 1968. The Lobergs have 3 children: Brent, Chris, Dana, and 5 grandchil-dren: Maddy, Dane, Cam, Evan and Chloe.

Pam and Chuck have retired and enjoy spend-ing their free time with family, friends, and travel-ing.

Bible reading campaign Messiah Lutheran Church in Lakeville is launching a campaign based on “The Story,” a Zondervan best-seller that is a tool to increase Biblical literacy. “The Story” helps readers understand God’s story from Genesis to Revelation and how their own stories intersect with God’s. Consisting of 31 chapters of selected scrip-tures sequenced in chrono-logical order, “The Story” presents the word of God in an engaging format, reading like a novel. “The Story” provides up to 31 weeks of curricu-lum for children, teen and adult Sunday school and 31 weeks of corresponding sermons. Messiah Lutheran

Church plans to begin the experience on Sept. 20 with a kickoff event fol-lowing the 10:30 a.m. wor-ship service. The church is located at 16725 Highview Ave. in Lakeville. For more infor-mation, visit www.messia-honline.org.

Lutefisk supper at Highview Tickets are on sale for the Norwegian Lutefisk Supper to be served Sat-urday, Oct. 10, at High-view Christiania Lutheran Church. The menu will include Norwegian baked goods in addition to the tradi-tional lutefisk and meat-balls. Tickets are $17 for adults and $8 for children 10 and under. Advance

Volunteers from Advent United Methodist Church in Eagan help out at Wescott Li-brary on Saturday, Aug. 22, as part of Advent Cares. (Photo submitted)

ticket sales only. No tick-ets will be sold at the door. Call Cynthia Markle at 612-799-1442 for tickets. The settings will be at 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Come early to listen to the music of Gospel Road from 2:15-4:45 p.m. and the Highview Coun-try Singers & Guests from 4:45-6:30 p.m. There will also be a craft and bake sale from 2-6 p.m. spon-sored by the Highview Christiania Quilters to raise funds to support their blanket and quilt missions. The church is located at 26690 Highview Ave. W., Farmington, in Eure-ka Township, and is fully handicap accessible.

Family matters speaker The Rev. Michael Miller will be the speaker at the Saturday, Sept. 26, Family Matters event fol-lowing the 5 p.m. Mass at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, 51 Church St., Elko New Market. Miller will speak on the topics of family matters and the challenges people face in our culture today. Miller was born and raised in New Prague. He currently writes a column for the Catholic Servant and is the pastor of St. Patrick’s in Cedar Lake Township and St. Cath-erine’s in Spring Lake Township. Sponsored by the Pro-Life Committee, the free event includes dinner, speaker and a time for questions. Content may not be appropriate for young children. For more information, call the church at 952-461-2403.

Advent UMC reaches out to serve the community With more than 112 volunteers working at 14 different locations across Eagan and the surround-ing communities, Ad-vent United Methodist Church put faith into ac-tion with its third annual Advent Cares day of ser-vice. On Saturday, Aug. 22, volunteers gathered at Advent UMC in Ea-gan before fanning out across the community and beyond to help with projects both big and small. Volunteers of all ages worked together providing assistance wherever area organiza-tions needed help. Teams worked on landscaping and weed-ing projects at Caponi Art Park, Dakota Wood-lands, DARTS head-quarters, and at the home of a disabled veter-an in Mendota Heights. Groups also did land-

scaping at area elemen-tary schools including Glacier Hills, Northview and Rosemount. At Feed My Starving Children in Eagan, a group helped to pack 93 boxes which will provide 20,088 meals for people in Nicaragua and Mexico. At 360 Communities Lewis House in Eagan, a group of children and adult volunteers orga-nized a carnival for chil-dren at the shelter. At Living Well Disability Services in Mendota, a team cleaned a kitchen and outdoor patio and washed windows. Other projects included con-ducting worship servic-es at Brookdale Eagan (formerly Clare Bridge) and The Commons on Marice senior living complexes in Eagan, fil-ing papers at YMCA of Eagan, and re-bagging audio books at Wescott

Library. At its building at 3945 Lexington Ave. S., the church provided free d o c u m e n t - s h re dd i n g services for community members through Vet-eran Shredding of New Prague. In addition, volunteers helped bag 350 pounds of donated dry dog and cat food at Advent UMC that was then delivered to the Open Door. They also made 240 bookmarks for Cheerful Givers. Advent UMC first organized Advent Cares in 2013 in celebration of the church’s 30-year an-niversary. Advent Cares has since grown to over 100 volunteers helping on Saturday. Financial assistance to help with expenses during Advent Cares was provided by Thrivent Financial and Advent UMC’s Outreach Committee.

Religion


Book talk Author Joseph Gonnel-la will talk about his book, “The Odyssey: Love and Pain in God’s Pursuit,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at Advent United Meth-odist Church, 3945 Lex-ington Ave. S., Eagan. “The Odyssey” outlines one family’s journey when their 5-year-old daughter suffered a severe brain in-jury from viral encepha-litis. Along the way, “The Odyssey” explores biblical responses to suffering, in-cluding laments, Job’s suf-fering, faith healing, the

devil, natural evil, disciple-ship, the ways God’s glory may be revealed in suffer-ing, and how we can bear each other’s burdens. Books will be available for sale after the talk. This event is free and open to the public. RSVP to [email protected].

Outdoor service Cross of Christ Com-munity Church in Lake-ville will hold its an-nual outdoor service 10:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 13. A free lunch will

follow the service. All are welcome. The church is at 8748 210th St. W. in down-town Lakeville.

Fall Festival St. Michael’s Church, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington, is holding its Fall Festival from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. The event features a si-lent auction, bingo, raffle, bake sale, general store, children’s games, food, hay ride and more. Visit http://st.michael-farmington.org/ for more information.

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The annual Lakeville Art Festival encourages guests to get in on the process of artistic cre-ation. Each year, the festival held on the grounds of the Lakeville Area Arts Center hosts a commu-nity art project, and this year visitors will have the opportunity to help as-semble a huge metal fish sculpture. Guests will be pro-vided with small pieces of metal, hammers and other implements to cre-ate small sections of the sculpture’s exterior. Fol-lowing the festival, orga-nizers plan to erect the massive metal fish on the south lawn of the arts center as a permanent in-stallation. The festival, which runs Sept. 19-20, will feature music, food, art demos, and more than 70 artists exhibiting their work on the grounds of the arts center in down-town Lakeville. “There are so many great things about it — we’re really just cel-ebrating creativity in our

community,” said Sarah Stowell, art festival direc-tor. Organizers aim to make the festival an event appealing to all ages, Stowell said. Kids and families can take part in hands-on art activities in the Young at Art tent. Art supplies like glitter, modeling clay and paint will be provided. “Children can come and gather the materials they like, make whatever their heart desires and let their imaginations run wild,” Stowell said. An array of food ven-dors will be on hand, along with a wine and beer tent. There will be live music both days, with acts including percussion group MATRA, alt-country and blues musi-cian Sasha Mercedes, and DragonFly, a folk band featuring six Lakeville-area musicians. Paul Imholte, nick-named “the Stringman,” will be strolling the grounds of the arts center on Sunday playing acous-tic music on stringed in-struments for guests. The Featured Artist

The Lakeville Art Festival offers an array of hands-on art activities for kids and adults including its annual community art project. This year’s project will have guests helping to craft small pieces of metal which will be affixed to a huge metal fish sculp-ture. (File photo)

The Lakeville Art Festival is held each year on the grounds of the Lakeville Area Arts Center at Holy-oke Avenue and 210th Street. (File photo)

Festival weekend features fine art, music and more

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Lakeville Art Festival runs Sept. 19-20


by Shane AndersonLAKEVILLE ART FESTIVAL

FEATURED ARTIST

Art has played a major role in my life for as long as I remember. When I was in middle school I started doodling cartoons on my notebook covers. I would fill the covers of my notebooks with fun expressive faces. As I would run out of space on my “makeshift canvas” I would start filling in the spaces with more faces. Since then my unique style has evolved into cre-ative works of art. My introduction into the world of profession-al art started with St. Paul’s Peanuts statues. I designed and created six statues total. This also gave me great exposure as I was featured in the Pio-neer Press, Star Tribune, and on Channel 5 and Channel 9 news for my art. From there, I was a known artist. A couple of years later the Science Museum did a promotion for their 100th anniversary and created large dinosaurs for art-ists to paint. My wife and I created two statues that year. Especially fun as the dino we did for City County Credit Union. We created a dino with my unique and colorful style. Our dino included more than 100 cartoon dinos juxtaposed together including City County Credit Union’s mascot hidden among them. This was the introduction of my style to the world. My art is colorful, vi-brant, lively, filled with interesting details and above all, fun. I take bright colors and bold forms to create works of art that invite exploration and spark conversation. They are a collection of characters, destinations and landmarks that as a whole depict a series of separate, but intercon-nected scenes. However, each of these individual figures and scenes in a

painting portrays a small, specific facet of the over-all experience. My art draws on both graphic illustrations and cartooning techniques while also maintaining the level of expressiveness and rigor found in fine art painting. The shadow-ing, modeling and brush strokes are integrated with clean, sharp lines showing bold colors. These char-acteristics carry an urban quality. The techniques create a sense of narra-tive, as well as separating individual characters in such a way that it makes them feel as if they are leaping off the canvas. As an artist that has been working in Min-nesota for more than 10 years, I have a proven track record of creating successful commemora-tive artwork. I have created Com-memorative work for the St. Paul Winter Carnival, the Lakeville Area Arts Center, Artisans Craft Fair, Lord Fletcher’s, German Fest, as well as the Uptown Art Fair; which commissioned me to create a poster for their 50th anniversary. Many private collec-tors and smaller organi-zations have contracted my services to inspire and produce their custom art-work. My latest artistic ven-ture is creating large pub-lic art murals. I have been commissioned by large

corporations to enhance their spaces with custom murals. Calhoun Square, Bell Banks and Sunrise Banks are a few of my recent clients. My colors and style lend itself well to this engaging avenue. I have also been commis-sioned by many schools to create large interac-tive murals where I would teach the students color theory as well as painting techniques, then under my guidance the children would paint the mural. My art has taken me on many exciting adventures. I have had my art on dis-play in New York, Chica-go, and all over the Mid-west. Recently I received an Artist in Residency to teach art to children in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

More about Shane Ander-son’s work is at www.sha-neandersonillustrations.com.

Shane Anderson

“Uptown Turnaround” by Shane Anderson

Kids can try their hands at painting and other hands-on art activities in the Young at Art tent. Art supplies like glitter, modeling clay and paint are provided. “Children can come and gather the materials they like, make whatever their heart desires and let their imaginations run wild,” Lakeville Art Festival director Sarah Stowell said. (File photo)

Color, visual interest collide in his artApple Valley resident is 2015 featured artist

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at this year’s festival is Shane Anderson, an Ap-ple Valley illustrator who won “Best in Show” hon-ors at the 2014 event. The Literary Artist tent, which debuted at the 2013 festival, returns this year and will feature Nancy Nolan, a retired

Lakeville elementary school teacher and the author of the children’s book “Mr. Munson’s It-vice.” This year, she’ll be doing readings from her latest book. “Mr. Mun-son’s Itvice on Bullying,” along with literary-ori-ented activities for kids each day of the festival. Admission is free to

the festival, and hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both Saturday, Sept. 19, and Sunday, Sept. 20. The Lakeville Area Arts Center is located at the corner of Holyoke Av-enue and 210th Street.


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forward to getting rid of No Child Left Behind. “I love the work and continue to love the work,” he said. Other issues he said he plans to address are ex-panding access to higher education, seeking reform in Veterans Administration health care, curbing federal spending, reining in defi-cits, and federal debt. Kline said once his de-cision was clear, he wanted to make the announce-ment as soon as possible in consideration of poten-tial candidates and for his campaign to stop receiv-ing donations. “I had not alerted a lot of people in advance of this announcement,” he

said. The people he spoke to prior to making the an-nouncement, he said en-couraged him not to retire. “They like having me around and it might be easier to keep the seat. That is the issue we talked about,” said Kline, who has won re-election six times since he first won in 2002. He said about three or four years ago he spoke with his wife, Vicky, about the possibility of retire-ment. He said that work to be done as chairman of the Education and Work-force Committee and his continued interest to serve and make a difference had him running for re-elec-tion. When he spoke this

week with his staff at his Burnsville and Washing-ton, D.C., offices, the news was emotional. “That’s tough,” he said. “The staff is all tied to my service. If I am not here, they don’t have a job. “It’s tough. Everyone has been great about it. There were a tear or two shed by my staff members. They are supportive and ready to go to work.” Kline said his health and that of his family is fine and did not factor into the decision. One factor he acknowl-edged was the expiration of Kline’s chairmanship term. “It’s time to let some-one else have a shot,” he said. After Kline quipped

“he’d never say never” about a run for the U.S. Senate or governor of Minnesota, the Texas na-tive emphasized he’d be staying in Burnsville where he lives on Crystal Lake with his wife. Vicky Kline has many family members in the area near the farm-land her family has owned for generations. “What happens to me after January 2017 re-mains to be seen,” Kline said. He said he would have more time to fish, play golf and pick up some new challenges in life. “I’m sure it will be ex-citing,” he said.

Kline history Kline won election to his seventh term in the

House in November 2014, earning 56.1 percent of the vote. Eagan attorney and former state Rep. Mike Obermueller had 38.8 per-cent of the vote and Inde-pendence Party candidate Paula Overby had 5.06 percent. At the time, Kline not-ed in a statement that he has worked on legislation to protect children from predators, ensure mem-bers of the Minnesota Guard received overdue bonus pay, championed a bipartisan effort to train the unemployed for new jobs and worked to make college more affordable for students and families. Kline first won election by defeating incumbent Rep. Bill Luther in 2002.

It was the third Kline-Lu-ther matchup. He then defeated a string of Democrat candi-dates that included former Burnsville City Coun-cil Member Teresa Daly, former FBI agent Coleen Rowley, Iraq War veteran Steve Sarvi, former state Rep. Shelley Madore and Obermueller in 2012. Kline won 54 percent of the vote in 2012, while Obermueller finished with 46 percent. Kline defeated Madore in 2010 with 63 percent of the vote and Sarvi in 2008 with 56 percent of the vote.

Tad Johnson can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @editorTJ.

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Sports

Lakeville North running back Wade Sullivan eludes a Burnsville tackler during the Panthers’ 29-18 victory last Friday. Sullivan rushed for one touchdown and scored on an 89-yard kickoff return. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)

Zach Swedberg (54) of Lakeville North tackles Burnsville quarterback Kamal Martin, causing Martin to lose the ball. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)

Sullivan powers North past Blaze

Kickoff return helps Panthers remain undefeated

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Finally, Lakeville North just stood aside and let Wade Sullivan work his magic. Sullivan, until this sea-son known more for his considerable accomplish-ments in wrestling, now has become a difference-maker on the football field. His 89-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the third quarter turned the tide in the Panthers’ 29-18 victory at Burnsville last Friday. The return put the Panthers ahead to stay, and Sullivan added a 36-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. “After (the kickoff re-turn) happened, we fig-ured it was the Wade Sully show. He did it all,” North quarterback Drew Stewart said. Sullivan, who also rushed for 140 yards, de-flected credit to his offen-sive linemen. “Couldn’t have done it without them,” he said. “A bus could have gone through those holes,” Stewart said. “Our O-line opened some great holes. We all did our jobs, and Wade did a great job of running.” Sullivan, generously listed at 165 pounds in the football program, won the Class 3A state wrestling championship at 113 in 2014 as a freshman. In 2015 he placed third at 132. He was expected to be part of a tailback tandem with senior Joey Larson before Larson was injured. Lakeville North offensive coordinator Bob Kovich said Larson should be back soon, which would make the North rushing game that much more po-tent. Lakeville North, ranked third in Class 3A, improved to 3-0 overall.

Burnsville, which is seek-ing its first winning season since 2006, dropped to 2-1 after losing one of the pro-gram’s most highly-antici-pated games in years. But before anybody suggests the Blaze was put back in its place, it should be noted Burnsville led the game late in the third quarter. Steph Olson Jr. scored on a 5-yard run and added a two-point conver-sion, putting Burnsville ahead 18-15 with 1:47 re-maining. That lead lasted only until Sullivan reached the end zone with the en-suing kickoff. Lakeville North head coach Brian Vossen said the Panthers were hoping that Burnsville, which uses a number of its top play-ers on both offense and defense, would tire in the second half. But “it didn’t seem like they were letting up at all,” Vossen said. “Maybe defensively they started to wear out a bit. “They were smart about how they ran their offense. Their offense used a lot of time and took advantage of the clock whenever they could.” Burnsville’s Olson scored on a 9-yard run early in the second quar-ter. Evan Erickson kicked an 18-yard field goal for Lakeville North, then the Panthers took the lead on a 65-yard touchdown pass from Stewart to Nick Fos-sey. Burnsville, however, regained the lead at 10-9 on Josue Gonzalez’s 24-yard field goal at the end of the first half. The Gonzalez field goal was set up by Max Cantrell’s interception at the Lakeville North 23. Lakeville North took back the lead on a 1-yard run by Stewart with 8 min-utes, 54 seconds remain-ing in the third quarter. Stewart and Sullivan ref-erenced “blocking adjust-

ments” made at halftime, but Kovich said “I think our biggest adjustment was just saying we’re go-ing to be more physical. We were going to get af-ter them. The first drive in the second half, I don’t think we threw a pass. We pounded it at them, and it really worked.” With Lakeville North protecting a 22-18 lead early in the fourth quarter, Sullivan returned a punt to the Burnsville 36. He over-threw a wide-open David Lindstrand on a halfback pass, then atoned for it by rushing for a touchdown on the next play. Burnsville quarterback Kamal Martin caused Lakeville North’s defense problems in the first half by being a two-way threat, running and passing. The North defense, which fea-tures a lot of blitzing any-way, tightened its coverage of Burnsville’s receivers and brought more pres-sure on the quarterback. “Our kids do a good job understanding where we think the ball’s going to go,” Vossen said. “The ap-

pearance needs to be that we’re covering every single guy, then adjust and take away the guys we think are the biggest threats. The sacks we got in the second half are a great effort by

our D-line, but it’s also great coverage.” Lakeville North, which improved to 2-0 in the East Metro White subdistrict, plays host to Farmington (also 2-0 in the subdistrict)

at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11. Next up for Burnsville is a road game at Apple Val-ley (1-2 overall) on Friday night.

Cougars grind it outfor their first victory

Substitute QB throws for

winning score Lakeville South prob-ably thought it wouldn’t be this much of a prob-lem putting points on the scoreboard, but the Cou-gars eventually got the job done last Friday. It was a scoreless struggle with Eagan be-fore Lakeville South’s Cole Engstrom threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Soda Sim-philavong with 5 minutes, 14 seconds remaining, producing the only touch-down in the Cougars’ 8-0 victory. Clay Geary ran in a two-point conversion. The victory was the first of the season for Lakeville South, which opened with losses to

Cretin-Derham Hall and Burnsville. Engstrom, who had been starting at tight end for South, moved to quarterback when Cou-gars starter Will Heller injured his knee late in the first half. Engstrom completed six of 12 passes for 54 yards. Heller was 7-for-9 for 88 yards before leav-ing the game. Anthony Vote had four receptions for the Cougars, with Jake Flynn and Geary getting three catches each. South defensive back Blake Wacholz led his team with 12 tackles and Kyle Martin had an inter-ception. Lakeville South goes to undefeated (3-0) Rose-mount for a 7 p.m. game Friday, Sept. 11.

Tingelhoff to be honored at North-South game Lakeville resident and recent Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Mick Tingelhoff will be hon-ored in a ceremony be-fore the Sept. 18 game between Lakeville North and Lakeville South at Lakeville North High School. Tingelhoff, who played his entire 17-year career with the Minneso-ta Vikings, went into the Hall of Fame last month in Canton, Ohio. After signing with the Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 1962, Tin-gelhoff started 240 con-secutive regular-season games, third-most all time in the NFL. He also played in 19 postseason

games, including all four of the Vikings’ Super Bowl appearances. He played in six Pro Bowls. Tingelhoff is the 13th player in the Hall of Fame who played at least three seasons with the Vi-kings. He went into the Vikings’ Ring of Honor in 2001 and his number 53 has been retired by the franchise. Dave Osborn, former Vikings running back and Tingelhoff’s team-mate, will accompany Tingelhoff to the ceremo-ny. Lakeville North coach Brian Vossen and Lakev-ille South coach Larry Thompson will greet Tin-gelhoff shortly before the 7 p.m. kickoff.

Heads up!

Lakeville North players Hudson Fredericks (16) and Nate Hyden (9) battle Chanhassen forward Alex Bader for a ball in the air during the Panther boys soccer team’s 1-0 victory Sept. 3. Lakeville North defeated Apple Valley 2-0 on Tuesday to improve to 3-1-1 overall. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick/smugmug.com)

Applejack Invitational to celebrate 50th yearLakeville cross country staple

moves to a Saturday

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


One of the state’s lon-gest-running – if not the longest-running – high school cross country meets returns next week for its 50th edition. A couple of major changes are in store for the Applejack Invitational, held annually at Aronson Park in Lakeville. First, the meet is moving to a

Saturday (Sept. 19), as op-posed to the Thursdays and Fridays when it tradi-tionally was held. Second, a girls varsity course record is guaran-teed because the girls will run 5,000 meters at the Applejack meet for the first time. This is in keep-ing with a Minnesota State High School League rule change. Girls postseason varsity meets – and most regular-season meets – will be run at 5,000 meters (3.1 miles), the same distance as the boys. The Applejack Invita-tional started in the 1960s in an abandoned apple orchard at Ritter Park.

There wasn’t a running course there at the time; Lakeville High School cross country coach Jack Strommer had to hack a 3-mile course out of the brush. But the original course wasn’t ideal for spectator viewing, so it moved to its current location at Aron-son Park in Lakeville. In addition to the varsity races, the Applejack Invi-tational will have several grade-level races as well as a 500-meter children’s fun run. The Now and Then Singers from Lakeville North High School will sing the national anthem before the first race at 10

a.m. Sept. 19. Boys varsity race is at noon, with the girls varsity race starting at 12:30 p.m. The awards ceremony is scheduled for 2 p.m. The Edina girls and White Bear Lake boys will return to defend their team championships. Lakeville North, the meet host, is one of six South Subur-ban Conference schools sending teams to the meet. The other SSC schools en-tered are Lakeville South, Eagan, Farmington, Rose-mount and Shakopee. For more information, including parking instruc-tions, go to www.lnhspan-thers.com.


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Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, Sept. 24, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Chamber Business After Hours, Dog Day Getaway, 14607 Felton Court, Suite 101, Apple Val-ley. Information: Kristy Barse at 952-432-8422 or [email protected]. Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Sept. 15, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lunch and Learn, Renewal by Ander-son, 14270 Buck Hill Road, Suite 130, Burnsville. Free to attend, but registration is required. Information: www.burnsvillechamber.com. Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce events: • Monday, Sept. 14, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Speed Networking Luncheon, Val-leywood Golf Course, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Val-ley. Cost: $25. Limited seat-ing. Only one representative from each company may at-tend. All participants must be a current member of the DCR Chamber. RSVP/informa-tion: 651-288-9201 or [email protected]. • Tuesday, Sept. 15, 12-1 p.m., Meet the Chamber, DCR Chamber office, 3352 Sherman Court, Suite 201, Eagan. Free. RSVP required. Register at www.dcrchamber.com. Information: Vicki Stute at 651-288-9201 or [email protected]. • Wednesday, Sept. 16,

8-9 a.m., Farmington Cof-fee Break, Dakota Electric Association, 4300 220th St. W., Farmington. Open to all DCRC members. Free. Reg-ister at www.dcrchamber.com. Information: Vicki Stute at 651-288-9201 or [email protected]. • Thursday, Sept. 17, 3:30-7 p.m., The womEn’s circle Social, Southview Country Club, 239 E. Mendo-ta Road, West St. Paul. Cost: $45 (includes lesson, golf, appetizers). Only womEn’s circle members may attend. Register at www.dcrchamber.com. Information: Vicki Stute at 651-288-9201 or [email protected]. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Sept. 15, 4:30-10 p.m., Twins Group Outing, Chart House, 11287 Klam-ath Trail, Lakeville. Informa-tion: Shelley Jans at [email protected]. • Friday, Sept. 18, 8-9 a.m., Teacher Appreciation Breakfast, Christina Hud-dleston Elementary, 175th Street and Ipava Avenue. Information: Shelley Jans at shelley@lakevil lechamber-cvb.org. • Wednesday, Sept. 23, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., “How Lead-ers Become Super Heroes but their Capes are Invisible,” Holiday Inn & Suites, Lake-ville. Speaker: Jack Smal-ley. Cost: $25 members, $40 nonmembers. Registration required. Information: Shel-ley Jans at [email protected].

Affinity Plus names branch leader Ann Simon was recently named assistant manager at Affinity Plus’ Lakeville branch. She is a 10-year veteran of the credit union and a former Lakeville branch member advisor. Simon began her career with Affin-ity Plus in 2005 as a member service representative at the Faribault branch before transferring to the Lakeville branch. Prior to her move back to Lakeville, Simon was assistant man-ager of Affinity Plus’ Knowledge Re-source Center in St. Paul.

Kids Safety Day at Life Time Life Time Fitness will host its in-augural Kids Safety Day for mem-bers and guests from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at its Lake-ville location. Call 952-985-8800 for information.

Chamber leadership symposium “How Leaders Become Super Heroes but their Capes are Invis-ible” is the topic for the Sept. 23 ed-ucation symposium by the Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce. The symposium runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Holiday Inn & Suites, Lakeville. The keynote speaker is Jack Smalley, director of human resources and development for Ex-press Employment Professional In-ternational. Cost is $25 for Lakeville Cham-ber members and $40 for nonmem-bers. To register or for more infor-mation, contact Shelley Jans at [email protected].

Pioneer Plaza improvements Improvements to Pioneer Plaza in downtown Lakeville are nearly complete. The former walkway consisted of deteriorating pavers which needed to be replaced. The new walkway consists of a broomed finish concrete with a stamped col-ored border. The fountain has also been replaced with a granite boul-der fountain that has been engraved with the original Pioneer Plaza train graphic and text from the original

1990 dedication. A rededication has been scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18.

Hy-Vee issued building permit Hy-Vee has been issued a build-ing permit for its 92,000-square-foot grocery store that includes a sit-down restaurant and a free-stand-ing gas convenience store as well as a separate four-bay automatic car wash. Hy-Vee will be located in the Spirit of Brandtjen Farm commer-cial district at the southeast corner of County Road 46 and Pilot Knob Road in Lakeville. Construction has begun and is expected to be com-pleted by spring 2016.

Local leaders named to chamber board Kelly Larson, of Eagan, and Ameet Shah, of Burnsville, were elected to the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce board of directors. Larson is chief financial officer at Summit Brewing Co. in St. Paul. Shah is chief executive officer of Shah Corp. in Burnsville and chair of the Burnsville Chamber of Com-merce’s executive committee. The volunteer board represents businesses of all types and sizes across Minnesota. These business leaders set public policy priori-ties for the business community, carry the message for the statewide business community to the State Capitol, and develop resources and strategies to ensure businesses in Minnesota can grow and succeed. New state officers and board members will formally begin their terms at the Minnesota Chamber’s Business Conference on Oct. 22 at the Minneapolis Marriott North-west. To register for the conference, go to http://mnbiz.cc/1DNILZH.

Local Torch Award finalist Camp Bow Bow, Burnsville, has been named a finalist for the 2015 BBB Torch Award for Ethics by the Better Business Bureau of Minne-sota and North Dakota (BBB). The dog day-care and boarding facility is a finalist in Category II, businesses with 11-50 employees. The 2015 Better Business Bureau

Torch Awards for Ethics ceremony will be held 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at the McNa-mara Alumni Center on the Uni-versity of Minnesota’s Minneapolis campus. Tickets can be purchased online at: thefirstbbb.org/events.

Inspire Me Family Fun Fest Inspiration Design Center, 2200 W. Highway 13, Burnsville, will hold The Inspire Me Family Fun Fest from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Satur-day, Sept. 19. Free for all ages to at-tend, this daylong charity event will feature food trucks, music and beer along with free activities for kids, including balloon artists, bounce houses, pony rides and face paint-ing. Those who bring a nonperishable 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 tick-et to the Oct. 3 Eve of Destruction event where they can watch the In-spire 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 Hope-Kids Minnesota and 360 Communi-ties. HopeKids is an organization that provides events, activities and a sup-port community for children with cancer and other life-threatening medical conditions. 360 Communi-ties helps more than 14,500 people each year at its two domestic vio-lence shelters, five food shelves, and two family resource centers. For more information, visit www.inspirationdesigncenter.com.

Closets For Life milestone Closets For Life, a locally owned and operated custom organization company, celebrated its 10-year an-niversary in August. Apple Valley resident Rick Lyrek started the custom organization company in 2005. While the com-pany initially focused on closet or-ganization, over the years it has ex-panded to custom organization for wine cellars, garages, craft rooms and more. Visit www.closetsforlife.com for information.

Business Buzz

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BusinessAlzheimer’s program for businesses The Home Instead Senior Care office in Burnsville is launching a new campaign designed to make the community more Alzheimer’s friend-ly. Through the Alzheim-er’s Friendly Business program, the Home In-stead Senior Care office will provide free train-ing to local businesses to help equip employees with information and resources needed to wel-come families who are caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease. “For many caregivers, the unpredictable nature of the disease can make going out in public with their loved one intimi-dating,” said Vitaly Salo, CSA, owner of the Home Instead Senior Care of-fice serving the southern suburbs. “Our research shows that family care-givers might be reluctant to frequent public places because of the behaviors that could be associated with the disease.” According to Al-zheimer’s Disease Inter-national, the number of people with dementia worldwide is expected to

grow to 75.6 million by 2030 and 135.5 million in 2050. “Given the statistics, most businesses that deal with the public will be serving people with Alzheimer’s and their families,” said Salo. “It’s critical that local busi-nesses start working now to build Alzheimer’s-friendly communities to better serve their cus-tomers with Alzheimer’s and other dementias.” Local businesses can work directly with the local Home Instead Se-nior Care office to co-ordinate an in-person training. An interactive, online version of the training also is available at AlzheimersFriendly-Business.com. Once the training is completed, businesses will receive a window cling with the Alzheimer’s Friendly Business designation. The designation will be valid for two years. For more informa-tion about the program and to access additional resources, visit Alzheim-ersFriendlyBusiness.com or call 952-882-9300.

Minnesota Autism Center expansion moves forward by Jessica Harper

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The Minnesota Autism Center’s plans to add a “high school” and “quasi-college” at its Eagan cam-pus are moving forward. On Aug. 18, the Eagan City Council unanimously approved a comprehensive guide plan amendment, rezoning and a prelimi-nary planned development proposal that will allow the nonprofit to build a 47,500-square-foot build-ing on 12.5 acres adjacent to its existing school lo-cated northeast of the in-tersection of highways 77 and 13.

The plan calls for a two-story 50,000-square-foot building that will house 150 students and 130 staff members. This would double the school’s size and enrollment. The center’s Eagan campus is currently com-prised of 125 students and 150 staff members in a 40,000-square-foot build-ing. Representatives for the Minnesota Autism Cen-ter have said the expan-sion was prompted by increased demand for ser-vices. City officials had hoped for private redevelopment of the vacant property,

which is located near Twin Cities Premium Outlets in the Cedar Grove Redevel-opment District. Council members have previously expressed concerns about the site potentially coming off the tax rolls if it is re-zoned quasi-public. As part of the planned development agreement, Minnesota Autism Cen-ter has agreed to make a $40,000 annual payment to the city through the du-ration of the existing Tax Increment Financing Dis-trict. Ryan Cos., a Minneap-olis-based commercial real estate firm, plans to begin construction within the

next month with comple-tion in late summer 2016. The new building would serve students ages 13 to 21. A high school would occupy the first floor of the building and a “MAC” college would go on the second floor, according to documents submitted to the city. MAC has identified a need for post high school assistance, MAC represen-tatives have said, and these new programs would focus on teaching life skills for beyond high school and the traditional classroom. These skills would include finding and keeping a new job.


LEGAL NOTICES

CITY OF LAKEVILLE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council (the “Council”) of the City of Lakeville, County of Dakota, State of Minnesota (the “City”) will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 21, 2015 at approxi-mately 7:00 pm. At the Council Chambers located at 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota, relating to (i) the modification of Airlake Redevelopment Project No. 1 and establishment of Tax Increment Fi-nancing District No. 21 within Airlake Redevelopment Project No. 1 established by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, and approved by the City pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.001 to 469.047; and (ii) the approval and adoption of the Tax Increment Financing Plan and Modification to the Airlake Redevelopment Plan relating thereto, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.001 to 469.047 and Section 469.174 to 469.1794, inclusive, as amended.

A copy of the Tax Increment Financing Plan and Modification to the Airlake Redevelopment Project Plan will be on file and available for pub-lic inspection at the office of the City Clerk at City Hall prior to the public

hearing. Maps showing the boundaries of the proposed TIF District and Redevelopment Project Area are set forth below.

The public purpose for the Project is to facilitate the construction of an approximate 240,000 square foot manufacturing and warehouse facility occupied by SSB Manufacturing Corporation to increase the tax base of the City, to retain full-time equivalent living wage jobs, and to create full-time equivalent living wage jobs.

All interested persons may appear at the hearing and present their view orally or in writing.

Dated: September 8, 2015BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCILCharlene Friedges, City Clerk

Published in Lakeville September 11, 2015 446264

MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

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

ASSUMED NAME: FabHeist.comPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 8573 172nd Street WestLakeville, MN 55044 USANAMEHOLDER(S): Name: Jon SahlinAddress: 8573 172nd Street WestLakeville, MN 55044I, the undersigned, certify that

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

DATE FILED: 08/31/2015SIGNED BY: Patrick Bradley

Published in theLakeville Sun Thisweek

Friday, Sept. 4 and Sept. 11, 2015442931

MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

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

ASSUMED NAME: Smith Paper Co.PRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 16524 Jaguar AvenueLakeville, MN 55044 USANAMEHOLDER(S): Name: Amy Lee SmithAddress: 16524 Jaguar AvenueLakeville, MN 55044Name: Russell Dean SmithAddress: 16524 Jaguar AvenueLakeville, MN 55044Name: Crayton Russell SmithAddress: 16524 Jaguar AvenueLakeville, MN 55044Name: Perry James SmithAddress: 16524 Jaguar AvenueLakeville, MN 55044Name: Gracyn Lee SmithAddress: 16524 Jaguar AvenueLakeville, MN 55044I, the undersigned, certify that

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

DATE FILED: 07/27/2015SIGNED BY: Russell D. Smith

Published in theLakeville Sun Thisweek

Sept. 4 and Sept. 11, 2015442594

CREDIT RIVER TOWNSHIPCONTINUATION OF ANNUAL MEETINGMEETING NOTICE

The Continuation of the Credit River Township Annual Meeting will be held on September 14, 2015 at 7pm. The meeting will be held at the Credit River Township Town Hall, located at 18985 Meadow View Blvd., Prior Lake, MN 55372.

Published in Lakeville

September 11, 2015445523

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSANNUAL NOTIFICATION

OF RIGHTS, PROTECTION AND PRIVACY OF

STUDENT RECORDS1. Intent1.1 Pursuant to the require-

ments of Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records, and the require-ments of federal law (34 C.F.R. Sec-tion 99.7), the following constitutes the district’s annual notification to parents, guardians and students regarding data privacy practices of the district.

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

2. Privacy Rights2.1 Educational records which

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

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

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

cludes a student’s name, date and place of birth, gender, major field of study, participation and performance in officially recog-nized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, enroll-ment status, district-issued email address, grade level, degrees, honors, diplomas and awards re-ceived, honor roll, school of atten-dance, the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended, photographs and other visual and audio representations for school-approved publications, yearbooks, newspapers, public presentations, ID badges, and publication on school-approved Internet, pages and student iden-tification (ID) numbers, user IDs or other unique personal identifiers used by a student for purposes of accessing or communicating in electronic systems or displayed on an ID badge. (A student’s identi-fier is directory information but educational records can only be accessed in conjunction with the use of a password or personal identification number (PIN) or other factor known or possessed only by the authorized user.) Directory information does not include iden-tifying data which references reli-gion, race, color, disability, social position or nationality. “’Directory information” also includes home addresses and home telephone numbers of students in grades 9 through 12, for the purpose of pro-viding such information to military recruiting officials as requested by the military and to institutions of higher learning as requested by the institutions, in accordance with state and federal law.

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

and 12th grade students, only for the purpose of providing the infor-mation to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher learning.

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

3.4 Parent(s), guardian(s), or students age 18 or older may ob-ject to the release of directory in-formation by obtaining Procedure 505.2.4.3P, Denial of Release of Directory and Yearbook Informa-tion. The form should be completed and returned to your child’s school. A parent/guardian may not prevent the disclosure of a student’s name, identifier or institutional email ad-dress in a class in which the stu-dent is enrolled or from wearing, disclosing or displaying a student ID badge.

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

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

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

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

5. Challenge to Accuracy of Records - A parent, guardian, or student 18 or older who believes that specific information in the stu-dent’s educational records is inac-curate, misleading, incomplete or violates the privacy or other rights of the student, may request that the district amend the record in ques-tion. Challenges may be made by requesting and filing Procedure 505.2.1 IP, Request to Amend Edu-cational Records, with the director of special education at Indepen-dent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota 55068-4946.

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

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

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

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

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

6. Subjects of Special Educa-tion Records: Requesting Destruc-tion After Graduation or Upon Reaching Age 21 - District 196 complies with 34 C.F.R. Chapter III Section 300.624. At the time of graduation or at the attainment of age 21, special education records are no longer needed to provide educational services to the child.

6.1 Requests for destruc-tion of special education records can be made by:

6.1.1 The graduated student, age 18 or older, or

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

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

6.1.4 A person assigned guardianship of a former student with a disability who is no longer eligible for special education ser-vices.

6.2 Special education records are defined as any records stored in the district’s child study files that include a referral form and the sub-sequent steps of evaluation and/or assessment, including: raw data, any record of staffing and/or team meeting, and IEP periodic review and annual review.

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

6.2.2 Special education re-cords include records on students referred for special education service and denied assessment; referred for special education ser-vice, assessed and denied service; and/or assessed and granted ser-vice.

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

6.3 A former District 196 stu-dent (or the parent or guardian of such a student) who is the subject of special education data may re-quest destruction of special edu-cation records by calling 651-423-7628 or writing to the director of special education at Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minne-

sota, 55068-4946.6.4 Former students who are in

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

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

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

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

8.1.1 Information required to be submitted by students in con-nection with such reports, assign-ments and tests is private data under the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statute 13.01 - 13.99. Such information is gathered and used as part of the educational process, in part to determine what the student is learning and what the student needs to learn. The district may also gather information from students when necessary to main-tain the order and discipline of the school. In some cases this may in-clude private data.

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

8.1.3 School officials within the school district may receive and use the collected data when they have a legitimate educational interest in evaluating the student’s progress or maintaining the order and discipline of the school. Such information is treated as private information under the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Prac-tices Act and is not to be disclosed to third parties, unless authorized by law, consistent with the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, the Family Educa-tional Rights and Privacy Act (FER-PA) (20 U.S.C.1232[g] and 34 C.F.R. Part 99), without the permission of the parent(s) or guardian(s) of mi-nor students or students age 18 or older.

8.1.4 School officials may also use student data for research, including student data that is col-lected or assembled for purposes of student assessments. The re-search may be for developing, vali-dating or administering predictive tests; to administer student aid pro-grams, or to improve instruction. Student data collected or assem-bled for student assessments may be used in research that includes, but is not limited to norming stud-ies, longitudinal or alignment stud-ies and growth research. Parents, guardians and adult students may contact the district with questions about such research and may also refuse to participate in certain stu-dent assessments.

8.2 The information de-scribed above is maintained by the district in its educational records. There are two student record sys-tems:

8.2.1 Cumulative records, gathered on all students in the regular education program and include, but may not be limited to, group achievement and ability measures, Title I services, English Language Learner services, Gifted and Talented services, interest inventories, disciplinary interven-tions, transcripts and other records, and logs and notes as appropriate; and

8.2.2 Child Study records gathered when direct and indirect services and programs are deliv-ered to individual students and include, but may not be limited to, individually administered achieve-ment tests, sensory and motor function tests, intellectual mea-sures and other records, individual educational plans, evaluation re-ports, and logs and notes as ap-propriate. Such services and pro-grams include but are not limited to psychological services, special education services, Title I services, English Language Learner services and Gifted and Talented services.

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

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

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

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

9.4 Parents or students age 18 or older may request an opportuni-

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

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

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

11. For More Information - This review of the data privacy rights of students, and parent(s) and guardian(s) in the educational re-cords maintained by District 196 is intended only to be a summary of the provisions of Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records and applicable state and federal law. The policy and regulation are available online, at schools or the District Office. Questions should be addressed to: School District At-torney, Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rose-mount, Minnesota 55068-4946, phone number 651-423-7883.INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT 196/s/ Gary Huusko School Board Clerk

Published in Apple Valley, Lakeville,

Burnsville/EaganSeptember 11, 2015

444230

CITY OF LAKEVILLENOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the Lakeville City Council will meet on September 21, 2015, at approxi-mately 7:00 p.m. at the Lakeville City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota, 55044 to consider a business subsidy un-der the Business Subsidy Act for Scannell Properties, LLC, a Min-nesota limited liability corporation and SSB Manufacturing Corpora-tion, a Delaware Corporation. The proposed business subsidy is Tax Increment Financing in an amount not to exceed $1,607,350 for the development of a 240,000 square foot manufacturing building located in the southwest quadrant of the in-tersection of Dodd Boulevard and 215th Street West, pursuant to the terms of the Contract for Private Development (“Contract”) between the City of Lakeville (“City”), Scan-nell Properties, LLC and SSB Man-ufacturing Corporation, the tenant.

All persons who desire to speak on this issue are encouraged to attend and will be given an oppor-tunity to be heard at this meeting. Additional information about the business subsidy, including a sum-mary of the terms of the subsidy, can be obtained by contacting the City of Lakeville Community and Economic Development Depart-ment at (952) 985-4420.

A person with residence in or the owner of taxable property in the City of Lakeville may file a written complaint with the City if the City fails to comply with Minnesota Statute 116J.993 to 116J.995, con-cerning business subsidies, and no action may be filed against the City for the failure to comply unless a written complaint is filed.

Dated: September 8, 2015CITY OF LAKEVILLECharlene Friedges, City Clerk Published in

LakevilleSeptember 11, 2015

446265



PUBLIC SCHOOLSCALL FOR BIDSPRINTER TONER

CARTRIDGES AND ON-SITE MAINTENANCE AND

REPAIR SERVICESNotice is hereby given that BIDS

will be received to award a contract for purpose of purchasing printer toner cartridges and on-site main-tenance and repair services by In-dependent School District 196 at the District Office located at 3455 153rd St W, Rosemount, MN 55068 until 2:00 p.m. on September 18, 2015, at which time and place, bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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

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

The School Board of Indepen-dent School District 196 reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in bidding.Gary L. Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196


Burnsville/EaganSeptember 4, 11, 2015

443649



PUBLIC SCHOOLSDIRECTORY AND

YEARBOOK INFORMATIONThe following Public Notice shall

be published in the legal section of the district’s official newspaper, displayed on each school’s bulletin board by September 1 of each year and available in school offices.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ... That Independent School District 196, pursuant to the U.S. General Education Provisions Act and Min-nesota Government Data Practices Act, declares the following as “di-rectory information” as provided in said Act, and that information relat-ing to students may be made public if said information is in any of the following categories:

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

• Participation and performance in officially recognized school ac-tivities and sports

• Weight and height of members of athletic teams

• Dates of attendance• Enrollment status• District-issued email address• Grade level• Degrees, honors, diplomas and awards received• Honor roll• School of attendance• The most recent previous edu-

cational agency or institution at-tended

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

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

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

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

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

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

Please understand that if you choose to deny the release of all directory information, your child (or you, if a student 18 years of age or older) will be excluded from such published lists as honor rolls, news releases regarding sports achieve-ments, honors received, athletic contest programs, theater and fine arts programs, graduation pro-grams, future class reunion mail-ings, etc.INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT 196/s/ Gary Huusko School Board Clerk


Burnsville/EaganSeptember 11, 2015

444276

CITY OF LAKEVILLENOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARINGREQUEST: Preliminary and final

plat of three commercial lots and two outlots to be known as LAKEV-ILLE COMMERCE CENTER 4TH ADDITION.

APPLICANT: Lakeville Land, LTD.LOCATION AND LEGAL DE-

SCRIPTION: The subject property is located north of 210th Street (CSAH 70) and west of Keokuk Av-enue in the City of Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota and is legally described as follows:

Lots 1, 2 and 3, Block 2, Lakev-ille Commerce Center and Outlot F, Morgan Square

WHEN: Thursday, September 24, 2015 beginning at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the parties may be heard.

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

QUESTIONS: Call Frank Dempsey, Associate Planner at (952) 985-4423 or e-mail com-ments or questions to [email protected]

DATED this 8th day of Septem-ber 2015CITY OF LAKEVILLECharlene FriedgesCity Clerk

Published in Lakeville

September 11, 2015446269

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St. Jude Medical. Lawrence said in a statement that she thanked Kline for his ser-vice as a Marine and in Congress. “I wish him well,” she said. Republican David Gerson, who works for aerospace company Meggitt PLC, announced in January he would be seeking the 2nd District GOP endorsement. He made it official at a Fri-day press conference. Gerson ran against Kline in the 2012 prima-ry and lost an endorse-ment vote in 2014. The Republicans’ 2014 U.S. Senate candi-date Mike McFadden, who lost by 10 percent-age points to incumbent Sen. Al Franken, told the Pioneer Press he is seri-ously considering being a 2nd District candidate. McFadden lives in the Dakota County city of Sunfish Lake. State Rep. Joe At-kins, DFL-Inver Grove Heights, said in a Mon-day press release that he would make an an-nouncement this week regarding his own plans for the future. In Atkins’ statement, he thanked Kline for his service to the country as a Marine, serving at the side of President Ronald Reagan and as a member of Congress. “We have agreed on some issues, like support for veterans and their families, and disagreed on other issues, but I have always appreciated his willingness to serve,” he said. “I wish him well in his retirement.” Kline said experts have called the 2nd Dis-trict a safe Republican seat with Kline as an in-cumbent. Kline noted that Pres-ident Barack Obama car-ried the district in 2008 and 2012. Whether the assess-ment of the 2nd District

as “safe Republican” re-mains without Kline on the ticket “depends on who the Republicans se-lect,” Kline said. National Republican Congressional Com-mittee spokesman Zach Hunter said in a state-ment: “This district clearly favors a Republi-can congressional candi-date and with two true-blue liberals pulling each other to the left in search of the DFL primary en-dorsement, we are con-fident that the seat will remain in GOP hands.” Another Dakota County politician who may consider running is state Sen. Dave Thomp-son, of Lakeville, who ran for the Republican endorsement for gover-nor in 2014. An email to Thompson was not re-turned as of presstime. “I don’t have any idea who is going to run,” Kline said. Pundits can remove the name of state Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farm-ington, from the list of potential candidates. He told the newspa-per in an email: “I would rather stick a fork in my eye than run for Con-gress.” Garofalo said Kline has set the gold standard in effective representa-tion for the area. “Whoever follows him into this position, has big shoes to fill,” he said. “Congressman Kline exemplifies the ideal of public service,” Garofalo said. “Whether in the military or as an elected official, Congressman Kline has devoted his en-tire adult life to strength-ening America. All resi-dents of our area can be proud of Congressman Kline’s successes at re-ducing wasteful earmark spending in Washing-ton.”

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‘The Voice’ stars headline country

festival by Andy Rogers

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It may not be Oklaho-ma, the home of the Swon Brothers, or Nashville, the home of country music, but Zach Swon recog-nized Minnesota’s energy and passion for country music about a month ago. Zach Swon, and his younger brother, Colton, last performed in Minne-sota on Aug. 8 at We Fest in Detroit Lakes. “The crowd was incred-ible,” Zach said. “If we get any of those fans back, it will be a great time. ... Ev-ery time you play in Min-nesota, you feel the energy there.” The Swon Brothers performed with Blake Shelton at We Fest, some-thing Zach said is always a good time. Shelton chose to coach the Swon Brothers dur-ing the fourth season of NBC’s “The Voice.” The duo went on to finish third. Zach said it was a game changer. Although the duo has been playing together for more than 10 years, “The Voice” brought them to a whole new, bigger au-dience. They have received nominations for the Coun-try Music Awards, Acade-my of Country Music and Country Music Television awards for their work on their self-titled major label debut album, which fea-tured the hit “Later On.” They were also special guests on the 2015 run of Brad Paisley’s Country Nation World Tour. The experience helped the brothers refine their sound and gain a new pal in Shelton. “He’s become a friend more than anything,”

Zach said. “He’s a guy you could still get advice from well after the program ended. He’s a real genuine guy. We probably talk to him more now than when we were on the show.” He said Shelton is the same guy on and off cam-era. “Blake has been through everything we’re going through,” Zach said. The next step is head-lining your own music fes-tival. “We’ll just be happy if people show up,” Zach said of headlining their own festival. “We get a chance to turn it up a little louder and play a little longer.” The brothers have re-cently spent time in the recording studio for their next release, so don’t be surprised if they play something fans have never heard before.

“We will absolutely play some new songs,” Zach said. “We’re big ad-vocates of getting people’s opinions, especially fans who buy the music. We’re pumped about (the new album.) We’re halfway through the recording process. The new stuff has a lot of energy.” He said after spending the past year on the road, they’ve learned what the crowd reacts to, and that’s a lot of energy. The Swon Brothers hope to bring that energy at 10 p.m. Saturday at Ramble Jam at the Da-kota County Fairgrounds in Farmington. More information about the festival is at www.ramblejamcountry.com.


Going to Ramble Jam? What: A two-day country music festival featur-ing the Swon Brothers, Eric Paslay, Michael Ray, Brothers Osborne, Michael Ray, Lindsay Eli and more. Why: Fundraiser for Rotary of Farmington When: Friday and Saturday Where: Dakota County Fairgrounds, Farming-ton Tickets: www.ramblejamcountry.com

Swon Brothers aiming to energize Ramble Jam

Zach and Colton, who make up the Swon Brothers, will play at 10 p.m. Saturday during Ramble Jam at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington. The duo gained fame after placing third during the fourth season of NBC’s “The Voice.” (Photo submitted)

our sport.” They have eyes on Nash-ville, which is where many of their fellow performers at Ramble Jam got their start. But they wouldn’t call this paying their dues; they’re have too much fun. Their story began at Ho-sanna! Church in Lakeville, where both of their families attend. Petersen had been play-ing guitar since she was 7. “My dad made me start, and I hated it for like a year,” Petersen said. “The more you do it, the more fun it gets, I guess.” Straw, who will also sing the national anthem on Sat-urday, also started singing in church about the same time. They formed a band called Ageless with other fellow youths at the church. As bandmates grew up and took on different commit-ments, Erin and Madison evolved. It’s an eclectic duo; they could jam away on Prince’s “Purple Rain” or play a two-hour Christmas set. While the duo may dabble in pop music from the 1980s, their focus is still on country mu-sic. “We’re maybe a little folk, maybe a little rock, we’re going for that real country sound,” Straw said. They’re inspired by acts such as Kacey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert and an-other duo Maddie and Tae. While they grew up play-ing covers, the duo recently began writing original mu-sic. They’re polishing off about four or five songs they could mix into their two-hour set on Saturday. Playing original songs for a big audience is what many artists dream, which is a nice contrast to the re-ality of school beginning on Tuesday for the two. They hope this is just the beginning. More information about Erin and Madison is avail-able at www.facebook.com/ErinandMadison.


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theater and arts briefsBurnsville artist in national exhibit Burnsville resident Lucy LeMay has been se-lected as one of 60 artists in the NorthStar Water-media Society’s inaugural National Juried Exhibi-tion to be held Sept. 13 to Oct. 18 at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins. LeMay’s painting, “Hong Kong Canyons” will be on display at the exhibition. LeMay teaches watercolor classes in her home and at the Savage Library for the Savage Arts Council. For more information, visit http://northstarwa-ter media .com/exhib i -tions/.

‘The Odd Couple’ female version Eagan Theater Compa-ny will stage Neil Simon’s female version of “The Odd Couple” for six per-formances Oct. 2-11 in the Henry Sibley High School Theater, 1897 Delaware

Ave. in Mendota Heights. Performances will be held Fridays through Sun-days, Oct. 2-4 and Oct. 9-11. Friday and Saturday performances start at 7:30 p.m. with Sunday mati-nees beginning at 2 p.m. Tickets can be ordered online at www.etc-mn.org and will also be available at the door one hour prior to the performances. Ad-vance adult tickets are $18, $16 for seniors 60-plus and students age 17 and under. Tickets are $20 for adults and $18 for seniors and students at the door.

‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ The Paragon Odys-sey 15 IMAX Theater in Burnsville offers “Hotel Transylvania 2” fun from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27. Activities include face painting and vampire teeth, coloring stations, photo booth, origami bats and giveaways of “Hotel Transylvania 2” gear. The theater is at 14401 Burnhaven Drive, Burns-ville. Visit paragonthe-

aters.com for information.

‘World Rhino Day’ event AZUL, the Minnesota Zoo’s young professionals group, will host its annual Creature Feature evening event from 6-8 p.m. Tues-day, Sept. 22, at Bauhaus Brew Labs in Northeast Minneapolis. Minnesota Zoo con-servation biologist Jeff Muntifering will speak about his work to help save the rhinos. Proceeds will help raise funds for rhino protection and sup-port wildlife initiatives at the zoo. Creature Feature will also include craft beer, food trucks, and the op-portunity to purchase a limited-edition poster designed by a local art-ist. This event is free for AZUL members and $10 for nonmembers. To find out more information or register for the event, visit mnzoo.org/AZUL or email [email protected]. To learn more about the Minnesota Zoo’s Black Rhino Project, visit mnzoo.org/rhino.

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

ecm-inc.com.

Books SouthSide Writers, Satur-day workgroup for aspiring writ-ers, offering critique, submission and manuscript preparation in-formation, support and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. In-formation: 651-688-0365.

Comedy Sarah Colonna and Jeff Bodart, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, and Saturday, Sept. 19, at Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake. Tickets: $19. Mature audi-ences only. Information: www.mysticlake.com. Last Comic Standing Live Tour, 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake. Tickets: $37. Information: www.mysticlake.com.

Events/Festivals Renaissance Festival, weekends to Oct. 4, plus Festival Friday, Oct. 2, 12364 Chestnut Blvd., Shakopee. Information: www.renaissancefest.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. Streets Alive: The Cedar Grove Experience, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, Eagan Outlets Parkway, Eagan. Infor-mation: www.cityofeagan.com/alive. Caponi Art Park Bluegrass Festival, Sunday, Sept. 13, Ca-poni Art Park and Learning Cen-ter, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. Information: www.caponiartpark.org or 651-454-9412. Eagan Art House Harvest of Art Celebration, 12-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, 3981 Lexing-ton Ave. S., Eagan. Information: 651-675-5521. Lakeville Art Festival, Sept. 19-20, on the grounds of the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Information: www.

lakevilleartfestival.org. Lone Oak Days, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 19-20, Holz Farm, 4669 Manor Drive, Eagan. Infor-mation: http://www.cityofeagan.com.

Exhibits Outdoor Painters of Minne-sota exhibit runs through 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 Duc Huy: 50 Years of Love and Music, 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake. Tickets: $23 and $32. Information: www.mysticlake.com. Night of Worship: Benefit Concert for Team World Vision, 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, Faith Covenant Church, 12921 Nicol-let Ave. S., Burnsville. Tickets: $15, includes a bottle of clean water (children age 12 and un-der are free). Purchase tickets at: TWVnightofworship.eventbrite.com. Abbacadabra – The Ul-timate ABBA Tribute, 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake. Tickets: $23. Information: www.mysticlake.com. Donny & Marie Celebrating the Holidays, 8 p.m. Nov. 20-21, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake. Tickets: $79-$119. Information: www.mysticlake.com.

Workshops/classes/other Allegro Choral Academy is currently accepting registrations for singers entering grades two through nine. Students in grades seven to nine must schedule an audition by emailing [email protected]. Registration and other information is at www.allegroca.org or 952-846-8585. The Alle-gro season begins on Sept. 17. Kind Hearts Princess School filled with singing, danc-ing and acting, celebrating 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. Princesses wear whatever makes them feel beautiful that allows for movement. They will need ballet shoes for proper bal-let technique. 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. Oil painting workshop: “Copying Old Masters” with Dan Petrov, 6-9 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 10 through Oct. 15, at 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Pre-register by phone at 763-843-2734 . Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Arts Building, Burns-ville. Information: www.christine-tierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art educa-tion through drawing and paint-ing. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Present-ed by Making Scents in Minne-sota. 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 sec-ond Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Informa-tion: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

To submit items for the Family Calendar, email:

[email protected].

Saturday, Sept. 12 Metro Republican Wom-en breakfast meeting, 8:30 a.m., Mendakota Country Club, 2075 Mendakota Drive, Mendota Heights. Speaker: Mike McFadden. Cost: $18 members, $20 nonmembers, $10 students. Walk-ins wel-come, but reservations pre-ferred. For reservations, con-tact Kaki Frost at [email protected]. RSVP by Sept. 9. Third annual Run2Walk (1K fun run, 5K, 10K and 5K wheel chair roll), 9 a.m., Healthworks/Danceworks, 17470 Glacier Way, Lakeville. Proceeds benefit spinal cord injury research. Register at http://Run2Walkmn.org. Infor-mation: 952-432-7123. Eastview Marching Band Festival, 5 p.m., Eastview High School, 6200 140th St. W. Tickets go on sale at 3:30 p.m.; gates open at 4 p.m. Information: http://www.mid-westmarch ing .com/2015/eastview2015.htm.

Tuesday, Sept. 15 Eagan Girl Scouts new member event, 6:30 p.m., Dakota Hills Middle School cafeteria, 4183 Braddock Trail, Eagan. Information: www.eagangirlscouts.org.

Wednesday, Sept. 16 Eagan Market Fest, 3-7 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. Farmers market. In-formation: www.cityofeagan.com/marketfest or 651-675-5500.

Thursday, Sept. 17 Little Leaders Cheer Clin-ic by the Apple Valley High School varsity cheer team, 6-7:45 p.m., Apple Valley High School, 14450 Hayes Road. Open to children in grades K-5. Cost: $45. Participants invited to perform at the Sept. 18 AVHS football game. Reg-istration information: Coach Shawna Belden at [email protected]. “Bringing Family Stories to Life in Video Recordings,” 7 p.m., Dakota County His-torical Society, 130 Third Ave. N., South St. Paul. Presenter: Edward Wons, senior partner of JPC Media. Sponsored by the Dakota County Genealogi-cal Society. Free. Information: Dick Thill, 651-452-5926.

Saturday, Sept. 19 Home-based business back-to-school sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thomas Lake Apartments Clubhouse, 1500 Thomas Lake Point Road, Eagan. Kids’ activities. Free raffle. Free admission. The Inspire Me Family Fun Fest, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Inspiration Design Center, 2200 W. Highway 13, Burns-ville. Features food trucks, music, beer, and free activities for kids, including balloon art-ists, bounce houses, a petting zoo and face painting. Free. Charity event. Information: http://inspirationdesigncenter.com/blog/. Booya fundraiser by the Apple Valley Firefighters Re-lief Association, 11 a.m., Fire Station No. 1 at Hayes Road and County Road 42. Includes kids’ games, bingo, a raffle and family activities. Fall Festival, 11 a.m. to

From the Archives

Publicly sharing photos of cute cats isn’t a phenomenon limited to the Internet age. This photo of an adorable feline, resting comfortably in a sink, was taken by Dakota County resident Frank S. DeLaRose and published in the March 16, 1981, edition of Thisweek News. The image, submitted as an entry in the newspaper’s reader photo contest, was accompanied by the headline “Just relaxin’.”

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Jack Norton & the Mullet River Boys (pictured) are among the roster of performers set to play the second annual Caponi Art Park Bluegrass Festival on Sunday, Sept. 13. The family-friendly event also will feature performances by the Sawtooth Brothers, Mon-roe Crossing and the Wild Goose Chase Cloggers. The event, which is a fundraiser for the nonprofit art park, kicks off with an open jam session from noon to 2 p.m. General admission tickets are $20; tickets are $5 for kids 5-12, and kids under 5 get in free. The full schedule and ticket ordering information are at www.caponiartpark.org. Caponi Art Park is at 1220 Diffley Road in Eagan. (Photo submitted)

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8 p.m., St. Michael’s Church, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farm-ington. Silent auction, bingo, raffle, bake sale, general store, children’s games, food, hay ride and more. Informa-tion: http://stmichael-farm-ington.org/.

Sunday, Sept. 20 Golf tournament by the Rosemount High School girls swim and dive program, Southern Hills Golf Course in Farmington. Shotgun/scramble format. Registra-tion: 8 a.m. Start time: 9 a.m. Cost: $75, includes 18 holes of golf, cart, range balls, with luncheon and raffle to follow. Information: Mary or Dave Johnston at [email protected]. Jubilee Pastors’ Cele-bration, 10 a.m., Presbyterian Church of the Apostles, 701 E. 130th St., Burnsville. Former PCA pastors will be honored. Information: 952-890-7877 or www.ChurchApostles.org. Open house, 1-4 p.m., Lutz Railroad Garden, 2960 Egan Ave., Eagan. Visit Con-ductor Bud and his railroad garden. If raining, trains will not run. Free. Information: 651-454-3534, www.lutzrail-roadgarden.net, [email protected].

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

Reunions Burnsville High School Class of 1975 will celebrate its 40th reunion from 6:30 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Sept. 19, at Buck Hill, 15400 Buck Hill Road, Burnsville. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. For more information, contact Robin Pederson Ruegg at 651-681-9233.

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. • Sept. 11, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. • Sept. 11, 12-6 p.m., BMO Harris Bank, 17636 Ken-wood Trail, Lakeville. • Sept. 12, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville. • Sept. 12, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. • Sept. 15, 12-6 p.m., Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 3930 Rahn Road, Ea-gan. • Sept. 16, 1-7 p.m., Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 16200 Dodd Lane, Lakeville. • Sept. 17, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Round Bank, 3380 Ver-million River Trail, Farmington. • Sept. 18, 1-6 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 151 E. County Road 42, Burnsville. • Sept. 18, 12-6 p.m., Ho-sanna Church, 9600 163rd St. W., Lakeville. • Sept. 19, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Crown of Life Luther-an Church, 4150 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan.


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Festival-filled weekend offers something for allFire Muster, Streets Alive, Ramble Jam scheduled



There’s no shortage of entertainment offerings in Dakota County this week-end, with Burnsville hold-ing its annual Fire Muster event, the Streets Alive cel-ebration in Eagan, and the Ramble Jam country music festival in Farmington. Burnsville’s 36th annual Fire Muster kicked off earlier this week and runs through Sunday, Sept. 13, with most events in Civic Center Park, Nicollet Av-enue, and 130th Street. Events include Fire Mus-ter staples such as the Fire Truck and Community Pa-rade, live music, displays of old fire engines, firefighting and police demonstrations and many children’s activi-ties. The Fire Truck parade starts at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, followed imme-diately by the Community Parade. The parade route is along 130th Street to Nicollet to Civic Center Parkway. Among the many musi-cal offerings at Fire Mus-ter, pop-rock band the Dweebs will play the Pawn America main stage in Civ-ic Center Park from 8-11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, and

Saturday will feature coun-try sounds, with the Shalo Lee Band from 3-6 p.m. and the Tim Sigler Band from 7-11 p.m. A beer tent will be open in Civic Cen-ter from 5-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Civic Cen-ter Park. Burnsville adopted the Fire Muster as its an-nual community festival in 1980. A complete schedule is at www.burnsvillefire-muster.com.

Streets Alive While Eagan’s Caponi Art Park is staging its sec-ond annual bluegrass festi-val on Sept. 13, across town there’s a different kind of celebration taking place on Saturday, Sept. 12, in Eagan’s Cedar Grove Area with the Streets Alive festi-val. The event features mu-sic, games and food from

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. along portions of Eagan Outlet Parkway near the new out-let mall. Family-friendly events such as kids carni-val games, a play area with face painting and balloons, and raffles are planned. The event will feature about 20 food trucks of-fering a variety of fare, and live entertainment will include performances by Armadillo Jump, LaValle Jazz, and 7 Cats Swing. There will also be vehicle displays and demonstra-tions from Eagan police, fire and public works staff. The free event opens portions of roadways to pedestrians to connect with more than 100 local com-munity groups, volunteer organizations, city displays and family and fitness ac-tivities. Participants are en-couraged to walk, bike or

Burnsville Fire Muster events include the Fire Truck and Community Parade, live music, displays of old fire engines, firefighting and police demonstrations and many children’s activities. The 36th annual event runs through Sunday, Sept. 13. (File photo)

The Streets Alive event in Eagan returns Saturday, Sept. 12, along Eagan Outlet Park-way in the Cedar Grove area. The free event opens portions of roadways to pedestrians to connect with community groups, volunteers organizations and family activities. (File photo)

The Swon Brothers are scheduled to headline this year’s Ramble Jam country music festival Sept. 11-12 at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington. The duo garnered a national following after finishing third on NBC’s “The Voice.” (File photo)

in-line skate to the event, which has free parking at the outlet mall and in the Cedar Grove parking ga-rage. More information is at www.cityofeagan.com/Alive.

Ramble Jam Country music is in store Sept. 11-12 when the fifth annual Ramble Jam plays the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farming-ton. Since its inception five years ago, Ramble Jam has grown from a one-day event with a few hundred attendees to a two-day par-ty with attendance of about 5,000. Headliners this year include Eric Paslay, Broth-ers Osborne, Michael Ray and the Swon Brothers. Country music fans can also catch local acts Plott Hounds, the Chad Ed-wards Band, Chris Hawkey and others. A local country duo from Lakeville and Farmington — Erin and Madison — are set to per-form at noon Saturday, Sept. 12. General admission tick-ets for both days of the fes-tival are $59, with reduced

prices for one-day tickets. Ticket and camping infor-mation is at www.ramble-jamcountry.com.



The deputy’s report post-ed with the Pioneer Press story alleged that Mack’s pants were unzipped and pulled down. Mack said she disagreed with some of the details in the deputy’s report. Kelly said in a Friday statement that he did not agree with what was written in the re-port. Dakota County Sheriff Tim Leslie told the Pioneer Press he stood behind the deputy’s report “100 per-cent.”

The incident reportedly started when the deputy ap-proached Kelly’s car regard-ing a parking violation, the Pioneer Press reported. Mack and Kelly are mar-ried to other people. Prior to the Friday state-ments of Mack and Kelly, Speaker of the House Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, told the Rochester Post-Bulletin that he spoke briefly with Mack. “(Mack and Kelly) are members of my caucus and certainly we support them,” Daudt said. “They are both incredibly talented and vital members of our team.”

Mack is serving her fourth term in the House. She was elected in 2008. House District 57A covers a southern portion of Ap-ple Valley and a portion of northeast Lakeville. She serves as chair-woman of the Health and Human Services Reform Committee and is a member of the Health and Human Services Finance, Rules and Legislative Administration, and Ethics committees.

Tad Johnson is at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @editorTJ.

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listic missile program. We got Iran able to purchase ballistic missiles in eight years. • Have independent inspectors with the ability to inspect Iranian fa-cilities anyplace and anytime (24/7). We got the ability to inspect non-de-clared Iranian facilities only after 24 days. • Phase out sanctions gradu-ally over time in response to Iranian agreement compliance. We got an im-mediate lifting of Iranian sanctions after the completion of only a few steps of the agreement. The “snap back” feature of the agreement is not credible given the line of companies waiting to do busi-

ness with Iran. We got no control over Iranian support for terrorist groups. We didn’t even get our citizens back. We need to negotiate a better deal using our significant financial lever-age with global banks and interna-tional community sanctions. This deal is opposed by some Dem-ocrat senators and others. This deal is so bad that President Obama didn’t have the confidence to designate it as a treaty requiring a two-thirds con-gressional approval. This deal is an “executive agreement” which is only valid, unless renewed, during the Obama administration.

CARL ROCKCapt., U.S. Navy Reserve, retiredRosemount

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