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Lindgren leads SCSU into tourneyThis Lakeville native is the only Division I goalie with 30 victories.

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Meet the AuthorFantasy writer Kristin Van Risseghem is set to speak March 30 at the Robert Trail Library as part of the “Meet the Author” series.

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There must be another wayMinnesotans deserve a presidential primary to ensure all voices are heard.

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State of City: strongLakeville Mayor Matt Little cited exceptional growth, citizen accomplishments in annual address.

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Lakeville woman most wild about

foxes by Laura Adelmann

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Mikayla Raines is a born rescuer. The 21-year-old Lakev-ille woman spent her child-hood working alongside her mom, a licensed wild-life rehabber, caring for or-phaned squirrels, bunnies and birds. “I was 8 years old and my mom has a little home video of me going outside and feeding bread to the wild raccoons and they’d

come right up to me,” Raines said. Over the years, she has taken in pregnant feral cats

and patiently tamed and sheltered them through their deliveries before find-ing good homes for each kitten and its mom. At 15, Raines discov-ered her particular affin-ity for foxes while work-ing with the Department of Natural Resources to rehabilitate an orphaned baby gray fox. “I fell in love with them,” Raines said. “I love their personality and just everything about them.” When she learned of a fox born at a fur farm with a severe upper respira-tory infection who might

Finnegan, a fox rescued by Lakeville’s Mikayla Raines, sleeps with a stuffed toy. While foxes may look like house pets, Raines said they are wild animals that require special-ized care. Many of the foxes she rescues have been surrendered by overwhelmed owners who purchased one intending it as a pet. (Photo submitted)

Mikayla Raines holds a baby fox. (Photo submit-ted)

The rescuer

Danielle Edson’s mom, Melissa Hartwell Hanson, posted on Facebook her relief regarding her daugh-ter’s safe return two days after the Lakeville South High School junior disappeared from Lakeville Target. (Photo: Facebook)

Missing Elko New Market teen found safe

Mom pleaded for help in wFacebook postsby Laura Adelmann


An Elko New Market teen is home again two days after she disappeared from Lakeville Target and her worried mom took to Facebook to plead for help in finding her. Lakeville South High School junior Danielle Ed-son disappeared Saturday, March 19, and she was seen on video leaving Target Lakeville in a silver sports car originally believed to be driven by a 30-year-old man she allegedly met on a social media app. Edson’s mom, Melissa Hartwell Hanson, reported Edson missing after waiting 40 minutes in vain to pick her up after work at Target. Working with police, Hanson said they believe Ed-son met the adult male on an app called MeetMe and they had been talking on Snapchat. Hanson said Edson used a co-worker’s phone to arrange the pick up. Concern poured out online after Hanson pleaded on Facebook for people to be on the lookout for the missing teen. Initially there were no news updates, and Han-son posted to Facebook thanking people for their thoughts and prayers. Then, late Monday night, Hanson reported on Facebook that the worrisome ordeal was over. “FOUND!!!!!!” Hanson wrote. “Danielle Edson

District 194 studies what’s next for facilities Skelly cites concerns over

task force membershipby Laura Adelmann


A District 194 School Board member is call-ing for more community input regarding a task force charged with plan-ning the next decade for district grounds and fa-cilities. School Board Mem-ber Jim Skelly said the Long-Range Facility Task Force includes too many district officials and not enough com-munity members. He has called for an open invitation for task force members instead of an ap-pointment process. The task force is to analyze the dis-trict’s buildings and grounds and make recommendations to the School Board based on capacity, enrollment, educa-tional needs, special programs, district initiatives, facility conditions and fi-nances. Recommendations could include re-modeling work with new furniture or a new school building (or buildings) to ac-commodate what district officials proj-ect will be growing enrollment over the coming decade. Other recommendations from the task force could include transportation and boundary adjustments. The recommendations, originally projected in June, are now expected to

Jim Skelly

Top goals of District 194’s new communications plan include highlighting positive achievements of students and staff. (ISD 194 graphic)

Communications plan to highlight students, staff,

programsby Laura Adelmann


District 194 recently unveiled a detailed com-munications plan to tell its own stories to develop its own brand. Communications Di-

rector Amy Olson said the district has numerous positive stories to share of student and staff achieve-ments in addition to its innovative programs, and has developed a detailed strategic communications plan to highlight what makes the district unique. “We have so many great stories to tell,” Olson said. “There are so many amaz-ing things that are happen-ing in our classrooms each

day, and getting to share just a fraction of those is an honor for us.” The plan proposes the district create its own in-ternal and external news engine, using its resources to tell district stories, har-nessing content for posi-tive media relations and developing a comprehen-sive strategy for social me-dia.

Taming the trauma Local veteran starts dog therapy nonprofit

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK

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The wounds warriors bring home aren’t always visible. Nightmares, anxiety, depression and flashbacks are common feelings for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress dis-order upon returning from deployment, said Jeff LeBaron, a local U.S. Navy veteran who suffered from PTSD for 34 years before it was diagnosed. While seeking treat-

ment, LeBaron learned about how much therapy dogs can help veterans, but not only are trained dogs hard to find, many veterans cannot afford them. LeBaron said one prop-erly trained dog can cost $15,000-$30,000. With his wife, Mary, LeBaron fundraised to start the nonprofit orga-nization Pets Loyal 2 Vets, which raises, trains and places therapy dogs with military veterans dealing with PTSD or traumatic

brain injuries for free. With the help of many volunteers, the or-ganization operates a 5,000-square-foot train-ing facility just west of Lakeville in Credit River Township and only recent-ly started placing its first trained dogs with quali-fied veterans. “We opened up the door to a floodgate of vet-erans applying,” LeBaron said. “We get applications every day.”

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Mayor declares state of the city strongCites continued

growth by Laura Adelmann


The state of the city is “exceptionally strong,” said Lakeville Mayor Matt Little in his last State of the City address as mayor March 23.

L i t t l e said the city’s re-cord-break-ing three-year period of growth and devel-opment is continuing to build and the start of 2016 is super-seding that of last year at the same time. He said for the third year in a row, Lakeville had the highest number of single-family residen-tial permits of any Min-

nesota city. “That’s 420 permits this year, 348 permits last year, and 398 permits in 2013,” Little said. “In dollars, that’s over $140 million in additional residential valuation this year alone, and over $400 million in the last three years.” And, Little said 2016 “looks even better.” “We already have 737 single-family lots platted for 2016, a 72 percent in-crease over last year,” Lit-tle said. Achievements he

pointed out include city and state tax incentive programs that he said generated more than $39 million in development activity, retained 779 jobs and created 327 new jobs in Lakeville. He said total jobs in the city have reached a new high of 16,793, causing unemployment in Lakev-ille to drop to 2.7 percent. Little also emphasized the people of Lakeville, ranging from students to business owners, who have built businesses, achieved

success and overcome ob-stacles. Little’s mayoral term ends this year. He’s the DFL candidate for the Minnesota Senate seat for-merly held by Republican Dave Thompson, who ear-lier this year announced he is moving out of Min-nesota. The endorsed Repub-lican challenger is Tim Pitcher, a Farmington City Council member.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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• Lakeville firefight-ers arrived to an exterior house fire on March 12 to find it had been ex-tinguished by neighbors. The cause of the fire was determined to be a ciga-rette butt can located by the front door. • After 33 years, the city of Lakeville’s IT Manager Danny Barth has announced his retire-ment. His last day is May 31. • The Ardmor Vil-lage manufactured home park off Cedar Avenue in Lakeville is under new ownership. It was purchased for $7.6 mil-lion by Lakeshore Com-munities, Inc., based in Skokie, Illinois. Ardmor Village was owned by Uniprop Manufactured Housing Communities

of Birmingham, Michi-gan, for nearly 30 years. The manufactured home park is located on 75 acres and opened in 1975. • Reconstruction of Dodd Boulevard is expected to begin in mid-April. The project includes the reconstruc-tion of Dodd Boulevard from 194th Street to County Road 60 (185th Street). The road will be-come a four-lane divided highway with turn lanes at intersections. Paved trails are planned along both sides of the road and a traffic signal will be installed at the inter-section of Dodd Boule-vard and County Road 60. The work had been delayed for years but was fast-tracked after a

Dec. 4, 2013, car acci-dent on Dodd Boulevard took the life of Lakeville North High School ju-nior Alyssa Ettl. • A sure sign of spring recently occurred with the opening of the Ken-wood Disc Golf Course on Monday, March 14. The free course is lo-cated behind Kenwood Trail Middle School. • Volunteers are need-ed to help at the city of Lakeville’s free Fam-ily Fun Fest on April 16. The event is held at Ames Arena and is co-sponsored by the Lakev-ille arenas and the city’s Park and Recreation De-partment. Interested vol-unteers may contact the city at 952-985-4400.

Lakeville Briefs Demo route suspended The Suburban Transit Association will suspend service on the Suburb-to-Suburb Demonstration Route 494 between Sha-kopee and Maple Grove, effective April 4. The STA providers are working with Commuter Services to pro-vide alternative commute options to existing Route 494 riders. Among the guiding principles established when planning the demonstra-tion project, the suburban providers agreed to a set of performance benchmarks to measure the success of the project and to make adjust-ments as needed. “Suburb to suburb bus service truly is a new concept for our region,” said STA Chair and Plymouth City Councilmember Jeff Wosje. “In the first two months of service, we’ve already identi-fied key learnings. Based on that information, the board decided it was unlikely rider-ship would grow sufficiently to keep the route sustain-able.” In the next several months, the suburban providers will conduct a review of the ini-tial service before consider-ing a service relaunch later this year. Topics of discussion include frequency of service, last-mile considerations, a more focused route and sus-tainability.

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Metro Republican Women to meet April 9 Two graduates of the Minnesota Excellence in Public Service training program will share their experience in this leader-ship training for conser-vative women when they speak at the Metro Re-publican Women meeting on April 9 in Mendota Heights. Regina Barr and another graduate recently completed MEPS and will discuss how the intensive program had an impact on their understanding of world of politics and their personal political goals. “Metro Republican Women has supported MEPS from the begin-ning,” said Margaret

Flower, the president of MRW. “Five of our club members graduated from MEPS and were inspired to lead successful cam-paigns or to become elect-ed local and state leaders.” Starting with its first graduating class in 2008, MEPS has successfully trained 70 women in its nine full-day weekly ses-sions, covering the work-ings of local, state and federal government, the basics of economic devel-opment, and other current public policy issues. Out-side experts are brought in to speak on critical topics such as campaign man-agement, communications

training, working with the media, public speaking and fundraising. The pro-gram currently has nine graduates in elected office. The April 9 event be-gins with registration at 8:30 a.m., buffet break-fast served at 8:45 and the program at 9 at Menda-kota Country Club, 2075 Mendakota Drive in Men-dota Heights. The cost is $18 for members, $20 for nonmembers and $10 for students. Walk-ins are welcome but reservations are encouraged. Go to me-trogopwomen.org to pay online or to make a reser-vation and pay at the door. RSVP by Tuesday, April 5.

BBB reminds consumers that price-slashing deals can cut both ways In the last several years, online companies specializ-ing in group discount offers – offered to consumers on behalf of local businesses – have flourished. These companies, such as Groupon and Living So-cial, drive new and existing customers to the businesses making the discount offers and keep a percentage of profits from vouchers they sell. Though this business model has proved popular with both businesses and consumers, Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota urges people to research businesses co-ordinating these discount packages as well as the com-panies offering coupons or specials. “Everyone loves a deal and a chance to save some money,” said Dana Bad-gerow, president and CEO of BBB of Minnesota and North Dakota. “However, some customers who have purchased various group discount offers have learned the hard way that not all companies are equal when it comes to providing quality service.”

In particular, BBB of Minnesota and North Da-kota has noted issues with some carpet and duct clean-ers that offer discount pack-ages through third-party services. These complaints generally involve substan-dard service and additional “bait and switch” charges beyond the cost of the voucher or coupon pur-chased. Customer service issues are also common with complaints of this nature. Before signing up to take advantage of an offer or receive future offers, BBB encourages consumers to research the company or website packaging the deals at bbb.org. From there, re-search the businesses offer-ing the specials. Be sure to check out customer reviews available on BBB’s website and others. If you have a bad expe-rience with a business you dealt with through a dis-count offer brought to your attention by a third-party company, try to work it out directly with the business first. If you’re unsuccessful, let the company that pack-aged the group offer know

about it. In some cases, companies will work to make customers whole and take up the issue with the re-tailer. Reporting your expe-rience also tells companies that package these offers there may be a problem with a given retailer or service provider. “In a few cases, we feel companies may be making these special offers regu-larly through third-party websites to continually at-tract new customers, leaving many dissatisfied past cus-tomers in their wake,” added Badgerow. You can also file com-plaints and customer re-views through Better Busi-ness Bureau by visiting bbb.org, although consumers cannot file both. If you’re seeking a resolution, you should file a complaint. If you aren’t seeking a resolu-tion but want others to be aware of your experience – be it good or bad – you should file a customer re-view. Groupon and Living Social are BBB Accredited Businesses.


Pitcherpassionateabout serving others To the editor: As many of you know, Farmington City Council Member Tim Pitcher is run-ning for the Minnesota Sen-ate. I have known Mr. Pitch-er for just about a year now and had the opportunity to sit one-on-one with him at a meeting a few weeks ago. Over this time I have gotten to know a person who truly has a heart for community, not only the community of Farmington but also the communities he would rep-resent as a state senator. He is always out in the community doing some-thing, and you can really tell that he volunteers and does what he does because he genuinely has a passion for serving others. Which is just one of the reasons that he is

running for Senate. Personally, Mr. Pitcher supported me in the Na-tional Day of Prayer event I hosted last May in Farming-ton. He supported me from the beginning to the end. He also attended the event, and even said a few words to all of those in attendance. Mr. Pitcher is a problem solver who strives to get things done correctly and with effi-ciency, and most important, with the people in mind. He believes that every life mat-ters, and talking to him you can see that he wholeheart-edly believes this and is not afraid to stand for it. He also stands for school choice and no new taxes, among other things. Mr. Pitcher is an indi-vidual with outstanding character. He is a person of courage and honesty, he is genuine, and most impor-tant, he has integrity. He is not another career politician out to further his career. He wants to take this step to

further serve the people he represents. I believe that he is what this state needs. He is already an incred-ible representative of Farm-ington, and I know that he would be incredible for the Senate. As an 18-year-old new voter who is passionate about community and serv-ing others, I encourage vote for Tim Pitcher for Senate.

AUNDREYA EDWARDSFarmington

Invest in schools, not prisons To the editor: In Minnesota we want to have a graduation rate of 90 percent for all demographics for our high school students. This could be a daunting task especially when we are not wanting to provide more funding for schools. In Rush City the depart-ment of corrections is ask-

ing for $141 million this year to add 500 more beds to their prison. If we want to have our graduation rates continue to grow, then we need to not invest money into our prisons and instead invest the money into our schools. The youth is the future of tomorrow and someday they will be taking over for us when we need to retire from our jobs. Putting more money into our schools will allow us to reach our goal of 90 percent passing rate for our youths. If we don’t start putting more funding in our schools then we are going to see our graduation rates shrinking. Some ideas that the funding can go to is smaller class sizes for stu-dents and keep funding for free and reduced breakfast and lunches. We are always hearing about how the class sizes are growing that is making youths who strug-gle in class fall through the cracks. Having smaller class sizes would allow for each student to get more one-on-one attention that they can

grasp the information and have it stick in their brains. Research has shown that kids who are on free and re-duced breakfast and lunches have proven that they can stay awake in class and they can understand the infor-mation. Research also has proven that kids on free and reduce lunches are doing better in school then kids who aren’t on the program. What I’m suggesting to readers is to go and lobby for more funding for schools and think about the our young people. The youth are our future workers and they should have everything that they need to succeed.

NATHANIEL TONGUELakeville

Wolf’s logic

doesn’t hold upTo the editor: I find the logic of for-mer Rep. Ken Wolf’s letter (March 18) to be simply mind-blowing in its hypoc-risy. Basically he is stating

that the process for gaining public input on proposed county development should involve holding open infor-mational meetings, inviting public input in the form of oral and written submis-sions, and then summarily disregarding them because, as he states, “only the oppo-nents ever come forward.” What is the purpose, then, of even holding hear-ings or information gather-ings? Why should concerned people ever bother to take the time out of their busy lives to show up and get involved in civic affairs if in the end they will be sim-ply ignored in deference to some unsubstantiated and conveniently unquantifiable, development-backing, silent majority? Mr. Wolf takes the time to show up, get involved and come forward with his own editorial. Should that mean by his own definition that he also be disregarded as sim-ply a vocal dissident voice? I would hope not, for it is

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OpinionMinnesotans deserve a presidential primary Tuesday night, March 1, was one for the record books. From Stillwater to Waconia, from Morrison County to Dakota County, the story was the same: Traffic snarled around precinct caucus locations. Park-ing lots overflowed. Hundreds of people crammed into rooms designed to hold 50. Caucus night was a huge success with great turnouts. It was also a nightmare and disaster for many. The participation levels that night proved that our precinct caucus structure is not designed to handle large crowds. Many people were turned away because they just could not get through the doors before 8 p.m. Some never found a place to park. Others, those who work evening shifts or have commitments such as child care, could not attend. Minnesota’s results exemplify the excitement, clamor and controversies of the 2016 presidential race. Our state showed our independence. Marco Rubio won, running well ahead of Ted Cruz, with Donald Trump finishing a distant third. Bernie Sanders did better than many expected, trouncing Hillary Clin-ton 62 to 38 percent. It’s fascinating to dissect the results — it’s what makes the political process so compelling. And it raises the question: What

would Minnesota’s results have been if we’d been able to vote in a regular prima-ry election, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.? We pride ourselves on high voter turn-out, on concern and caring for our com-munities and our state. While we differ greatly on our choice for president, we share an intense interest and dedication to the process. We want our voices heard, we want to be a part of the decision-making. We need to etch the images of March 1, 2016, into our brains — Minnesotans cared, we showed up for the caucuses, but unfortunately too many of us were unable to be part of the process. By our strong participation, Minneso-tans proved we want and deserve a presi-dential primary. Bipartisan legislation is already be-ing considered to create a presidential primary every four years. One proposal would put the presidential primary a week before the precinct caucuses. Such an election will cost money. An estimate done a few years back showed it would cost about $3 million to accom-plish. A more recent estimate by Secre-tary of State Steve Simon suggests the

primary might cost $6 million. That is significant but many in our state believe it will be worth it. Another issue centers on the signifi-cance of the results. Would each party’s delegates be bound by the popular vote? Should the parties — especially the DFL — be able to designate as many “super-delegates” as they do? We do not want to repeat 1992, the last presidential pref-erence primary in Minnesota. That was only a “beauty contest” — convention delegates were not bound to the popular vote. It will also need to be decided whether we would have an open or closed pri-mary. Minnesota currently uses the open primary ballot — meaning that any-one can cross over to vote in the other party’s election, a tactic sometimes used to bolster a candidate on the other side who seems vulnerable. Secretary Simon said Minnesotans don’t have a big appe-tite for closed primaries, where a person must declare his or her party choice be-fore getting a ballot. We believe delegates will need to have some commitment to the popular vote. Many will ask, would they be allocated as “winner takes all” or proportionately? We feel the proportionate choice is the best, and would be preferred by most Minnesotans.

The ECM Editorial Board supports a presidential preference vote and sup-ports the state continuing with its caucus system for all other races. We support timing the primary to precede the cau-cus, and to coincide with other states’ elections. We believe the presidential preference election should be binding on the parties’ delegates — most, if not all, delegates should be bound to support the candi-date that the people have chosen, at least on the first convention ballot. Gov. Mark Dayton (as did Gov. Pawlenty before him) has vowed he will not sign any election legislation that does not have broad bipartisan support. We are confident this is a case where Repub-licans and Democrats can work together to find common ground. We urge you to contact your legisla-tors and state your position on this im-portant issue, and support action this session or next. Let’s learn from March 1 — a night of great success and chaos wrapped into one — and create a presidential primary election on Super Tuesday, 2020.

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Where decisions on proposals come predeterminedby Don Heinzman


Over the years of covering local com-munity government, I’ve come to believe that some decisions are reached before they are on the public council, school board and county board agendas. A good example is the Stillwater School Board that floated a bond issue to improve education without mentioning it had a plan to close three elementary schools. The public learned about clos-ing the schools after passing the bond issue. Despite intense opposition, the School Board recently decided to close the schools. In some cities, staff, led by the city manager, prepares proposals for the council that many times is unwilling or unable to counter staff ’s recommenda-tions. The public sometimes hears about the proposal too late to prevent it. One former Jordan council member, Thom Boncher, said in a Star Tribune opinion piece last summer that some pro-posals from city staff go unopposed by a city council. Boncher said most of his colleagues neither wanted to press the is-sues nor push to put items on the agenda. “Most were content to deal with what they were given,” Boncher wrote. “And what they were given came from staff, which would sometimes cook a project for months or years, eliminating options

and obstacles before presenting the issue to the council.” He’s quick to say this isn’t true of all communities and can be better or worse in any town depending on the issue. He acknowledged staff has the duty to bring to the council’s attention proposals that could add to the quality of life. One controversial issue making its way through city governments is chang-ing how the city collects garbage and charges for it. It’s safe to say that chang-ing how garbage is collected and paid for generally doesn’t come from the grass-roots public. It has been coming from the staff, ever since the Minnesota Legisla-ture in 2013 approved a process on how the system can be changed. Now in some suburban communities, residents decide what hauler will pick up their garbage at the price they negotiate, no matter how many trucks roll down their streets. The homeowners are in charge and love their freedom to decide. Golden Valley held the required hear-ings on an organized garbage collection.

Residents protested the loss of their right to decide and the attempt was stopped. Mounds View’s council held the required hearings on its proposal and after hear-ing opponents stopped the process. Frid-ley also decided against changing the sys-tem. The Bloomington City Council, how-ever, is in the process of implementing the decision it made in favor of the new collection system, after hearing strong opposition from those who fear the loss of an important right to select the hauler at a price they can afford. The Bloomington staff started the process and a former city manager pushed for the new organized collection system and eventually convinced the council. The staff argued that the new system results in fewer trucks, less fuel, fewer emissions, less noise and less congestion. In addition, staff said the cost would save each homeowner $100 a year while pay-ing $19.52 a month. So, why do some of the council’s deci-sions catch the public off guard? Boncher observed that most people are happy with what they have unless they can get something cheaper. He wrote: “Voters are the wild card in this game. Most of them don’t under-stand or care about the structure of their city’s government. They care about their taxes, or about specific issues such as

growth/no growth. Voters elect city coun-cils. City staffs need to recognize that vot-ers set the tone, and that if quarrelsome or abrasive people are being elected to council seats, it’s because voters believe those traits represent what they, the vot-ers, want.” How can voters be more aware of what their councils and boards are do-ing? Here are several of my suggestions, in no particular order: • Develop a good relationship with your council member and school board member and check in with them from time to time. • Watch the planning commission agendas – most city proposals start there. As for the school board, most superin-tendents have administrative cabinets where proposals are born and discussed. County boards usually develop their pro-posals at the committee level. • Of course, read your local newspa-per and minutes of meetings in the public notice section of the paper. • Go to or watch your local meetings. Some cities televise live the entire meet-ing over local cable access. The lesson: Pay closer attention. It’s your government.

Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers. He can be reached through [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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not how a democracy is sup-posed to work. Unfortunately, his letter echoes a common attitude held by our elected officials, one of knowing what is best for us despite whatever we might say, think or feel. It is an attitude that permeates the political landscape of to-day. It brings out the cynic in me and I find myself ques-tioning why an admitted “non-hiker,” career politi-cian who has never in all his days visited his local county park would suddenly decide to walk all of its 29 miles. I would hope it’s because he has fallen in love with it. Be-cause if it’s only to enhance a run for the County Board, I will be sure to remember. If I want a candidate who’ll promise to disregard the public to go with his own policy instincts, he will defi-nitely be my guy.

DAVE SCOTTEagan

How is 95 percent opposition a minority? To the editor: It took me a bit to com-prehend the astonishing gall of a letter in the March 18 edition of the paper, but eventually Ken Wolf made everything clear. In writing about the Lebanon Hills trail controversy, Mr. Wolf referred to those in opposi-tion to the plan, which ran about 95 percent of those weighing in, as the “very vocal minority.” Wait a sec-ond – 95 percent is a minor-ity? Yep. You see, according to Mr. Wolf, “only oppo-nents of any development proposal come forward.” Using this logic Mr. Wolf then postulates that, other than the hundreds of people who voiced public opposi-tion, there can’t possibly be any other objectors, that ev-ery single person who was against this weighed in pub-licly. Therefore, according to Mr. Wolf, this necessarily means that since they did not speak out publicly, every other person in the county gave their tacit approval of this travesty. It takes a special kind of

person to make these out-rageous blanket statements without any substantiating evidence – not that it would have possible – while simul-taneously defending the County Board for ignoring the overwhelming public opposition. That’s when the clarity hit. What, you ask, is Mr. Wolf’s background, which he used as a basis for making these ridiculous claims? Politician. Suddenly it all made sense. While I don’t expect other politi-cians to understand, this in a nutshell is why Don-ald Trump will be our next president.

JOHN MORGANBurnsville

Responsive voters can decide To the editor: In response to Ken Wolf’s letter, I find it dis-maying that he is pleased to have county commissioners who ignore public input. Here are quotes from the Dakota County commis-sioners themselves regard-ing just the final County Board approval vote for the controversial Lebanon Hills Regional Park plan: Commissioner Tom Egan (who voted against approval), “There is no pas-sion for the paved trail at all. … I’ve never been in a po-sition like this before in all my 30-plus years of public service, I have never had 97 percent of people opposing something and yet it going forward as strongly as it is here with no passion at all.” Commissioner Nancy Schouweiler (who voted against approval), “I can’t believe that out of the 650-plus comments there were only 22 that were for the plan. … What happened to representative government?” Commissioner Chris Gerlach (who voted for ap-proval), “I am supportive of a paved trail. … I think public opinion has been heeded. … To say the board isn’t listening to public input I think is unfair.” These quotes show two very different perspectives on responsive government. Commissioner Gerlach, who is one of four commis-

sioners up for re-election this November, and all the other Dakota County commis-sioners (all except for Egan and Schouweiler voted for approval) seem to perceive public input in the same way as the Mr Wolf. That because Dakota County has 40,000 citizens, it doesn’t matter how many people take time to write, call, sign petitions, educate them-selves, organize, or show up at meeting after meeting on an issue, the commissioners can ignore them all because there will always be more (uninvolved) citizens that they can claim to stand for. That interpretation of responsive government can only be understood to mean that with these Dakota County commissioners the public needn’t bother get-ting involved. Those are not the kind of county commis-sioners citizens should sup-port in the next election.

MARYANN PASSEEagan

Does the truth still matter? To the editor: Does the truth still mat-ter? The endless conflict between the school teach-ers of St. Paul and their students has one critical victim. That which has suf-fered most from this public display of insubordination, disrespect and lack of civil-ity is the truth. It has been sacrificed for lack of cour-age and decency for that which is right and honest. Mr. Olson, the teacher from Como High School, made his observations known re-garding the incredible up-side down world that is our extant public schools. The electronic message is read by those who would rather kill the messenger than correct the problem. The solution then is to ignore the truth, suspend the teacher and pre-tend that the ship, captained by the incompetent, will right itself. Ultimately the veracity of Mr. Olson’s com-ments appear to be shunted aside for some pusillani-mous non-solution and the lives of those who want to matter are made irrelevant.

RICHARD IFFERTEagan

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Vikings submit official plans for Eagan development

Documents will go to Planning Commission, City Council for review in coming months

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


The Minnesota Vikings’ move to Eagan is one step closer to reality after the team’s ownership submitted an official proposal with the city of Eagan to redevelop the former Northwest Air-lines site. Vikings owners filed on March 16 a 200-page ap-plication that details plans to develop 193 acres just off Interstate-494 at the inter-section of Dodd Road and Lone Oak Parkway. “This vast expanse of land on the our northern edge represents a great op-portunity for the Vikings, their owners and for our community,” Mayor Mike Maguire said. “We are com-mitted to working with the Vikings to assure they can open their world-class facil-ity on schedule, with appro-priate review.” Maguire announced the arrival of the team’s de-velopment plan during his State of City address on March 17. The Planning Commis-sion is expected to review the team’s documents and issue an advisory opinion during its April 26 meeting. From there, the City Coun-cil will review the applica-

tion and hold a public hear-ing on Monday, May 23. Since the Vikings an-nounced their plans to buy the former Northwest head-quarters property in August, the team and city planners have worked to create two extensive documents: the Northeast Eagan Develop-ment Plan and the Design Guidelines. The plan identifies seven parcels for development. The team plans to develop the site — which includes the 185-acre former North-west site and an adjacent eight-acre property — in phases over several years. The first phase includes the construction of the team’s corporate headquarters, training facilities, practice fields and a 6,000-seat sta-dium that would be located in the north-central portion of the site. The team may consider adding more seating at the stadium, if needed, in later phases of the project, said Steve Poppen, executive vice president and chief market-ing officer for the Vikings. The location of the head-quarters site has changed considerably compared with earlier plans, which placed it farther north. The team moved the proposed stadium further south to a

lower elevation on the site due to concerns voiced by Mendota Heights residents, Poppen said. The Vikings’ three-story headquarters and adjoined indoor prac-tice facility will tower above the stadium and provide a sound and light barrier to homes on the other side of the highway. The latest plans also switch the location of the proposed residential area with the office space, which will enable office tenants to access current parking on the eastern side of the property and protect green spaces on the western side, Poppen said. Those plans are included in later phases of the project. If the project gains nec-essary approvals, it could break ground as early as June. Vikings officials say they expect the first phase would be completed in March 2018 at the earliest. The team will need City Council approval for chang-es to the land uses before work can begin. In the meantime, the team will continue to occu-py its outdated Winter Park facility in Eden Prairie.

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

Uponor wins patent infringement suit Uponor AB, an affili-ate of Apple Valley-based Uponor North America, secured a favorable ruling this month in its patent infringement case againstCanada-based Heatlink Group Inc. and Pexcor Manufacturing Inc. Uponor AB filed suit in both the United States and Canada against Heatlink and Pexcor, which are af-filiated companies, alleg-ing that the companies infringed claims in an Uponor patent relating to

the manufacture of cross-linked polyethylene, or PEX, pipe. In January, the suit went to trial in Calgary, Alberta, and on March 16 the Federal Court of Canada ruled in favor of Uponor AB. As a result of the rul-ing, Heatlink and Pexcor must halt production and sale of infringing PEX products, and will be or-dered to pay as-yet-un-determined damages and costs.

The court action in the United States was previ-ously stayed, pending the outcome of the Canadian litigation. “We’re pleased that the Federal Court of Canada deemed these claims to be valid and appreciate the considerable amount of time and effort the court extended to arrive at its ruling,” said Bill Gray, president of Uponor North America.—Andrew Miller


He expects the need to continue growing as more veterans return from the Middle East, and said he expects the organization will be able to train and certify 40-50 dogs per year. Each dog receives cus-tomized training that is tailored to the needs of a specific veteran. They offer companion dogs, therapy dogs and psychiatric service dogs. “Our purpose is to meet the individual needs,”

LeBaron said. “You can have 10 veterans with PTSD, but they each have different triggers.” While not intended to replace other therapies or treatments, a therapy dog provides veterans com-panionship and emotional support. “The dog will pick up on the pheromones people give off when they start to be stressed,” LeBaron said. “They can go over and lick their face or lay next to them just enough to let them wake up and come out of that night-

mare. It’s just incredible how much can be trained into a dog and how smart the right dog is.” The pet also requires care, like daily walks, that helps veterans interact with others and avoid se-clusion that LeBaron said often leads to depression. LeBaron said volun-teers are needed to provide foster homes and help the dogs going through train-ing. He said being able to help other veterans is like therapy to him. “The whole idea is to

help veterans so they’re not doing any self-inflict-ed harm or committing suicide,” LeBaron said. “This is a labor of love.” For more information, go to petsloyal2vets.org. Minnesota veterans ex-periencing trauma or suf-fering symptoms of PTSD may also contact the Vet-erans Crisis Line at 800-273-8255.


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be completed by fall, ac-cording to Michael Bau-mann, District 194 execu-tive director of Business Services. Baumann said the plan will prioritize projects and costs estimates. He said a timing sequence may also evolve through the pro-cess. Baumann said he is not aware of any plans for an-other levy referendum this fall or at any other time in the district’s budget plan-ning cycle. Superintendent Lisa Snyder, also a task force member, has advocated for a “21st century” education model, like Impact Acad-emy. The program, which began as a pilot at Or-chard Lake Elementary, replaces traditional desk-and-chair classrooms with open spaces furnished with couches and tables to encourage collaboration and interaction with tech-nology.

Skelly cited multiple concerns about task force membership at a March 15 special board meeting and was critical of the district’s influence over the group. He said most of the committee membership was district staff or School Board members. The task force first formed last year, and the School Board approved its first recommendation: that the Impact Academy teaching model be the only one at Orchard Lake El-ementary, beginning this fall. District minutes show the task force has 17 mem-bers, with 10 who are high-level district officials. Two School Board members were appointed to the task force by School Board Chair Michelle Volk. Skelly said he does not believe any School Board member should serve on this task force so their personal preferences for an amenity, like an ath-letic facility or new build-ing, does not influence the

committee recommenda-tions. “There are no (formally agreed upon) board posi-tions on facilities,” Skelly said. “So to have a board member representing the board on the task force doesn’t make sense. What we were trying to do was reach out to the commu-nity and have them pro-vide some guidance on what should we be think-ing about, given our situa-tion.” School Board Member Terry Lind, who serves on the task force, disagreed with Skelly. He said there is at least one board member on ev-ery other district commit-tee, and the School Board member’s job is not to ex-ert influence, but to keep other board members informed of committee progress. “That’s what we do at the end of each (regular School) Board meeting,” Lind said. “We give a re-port.” Skelly additionally

cited concern that School Board Member Judy Ke-liher, who also serves on the task force, could have a conflict of interest there because of her work as an area sales manager with the office supply company, Staples. Keliher said she has no conflict of interest be-cause although Staples has sold furniture to local school districts, including Lakeville, she has not been involved in those transac-tions or personally ben-efited from any sales. Lind said the School Board will discuss com-mittee representation dur-ing an upcoming work ses-sion. According to the dis-trict, its average facility is 27 years old and in the last three years it has spent about $2.5 million annu-ally on deferred mainte-nance facility projects.


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has been found!!!! Thank you so much to the Elko New Market Police De-partment, Jordan PD, Minneapolis PD, Target and all of our friends and family and the community for all of you prayers.” Others responded and expressed relief regarding Edson’s return home. A post by Mark Koski

stated, “Wonderful news! We are so happy she is home, we have been very concerned for you and your entire family!” And, in a clear dem-onstration of the power of social media, Jordynn Janson wrote: “I’m just so happy she has been found safe. It was hard to go through this when I was half way across America.” Elko New Market po-

lice reported they worked with officers from the Jor-dan and Minneapolis po-lice departments and the Scott County Sheriff ’s Of-fice to identify the person who picked Edson up as a 21-year-old Minneapolis man. According to Elko New Market police, the man was stopped and admitted Edson was in his apart-ment.

Edson was allegedly found there unharmed, and according to police, told them she willingly left the Target store with the man. Elko New Market po-lice said no charges have been filed against the man, but the case remains under investigation.


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Area Briefs4-H Key Award recipients honored Six Dakota County 4-H members received the 4-H Key Award in March at a luncheon hosted by the South St. Paul/Inver Grove Heights Rotary Club. Recipients included Sally Frandrup from Hast-ings; Emilia Fredrickson from Northfield; Abigail Linnett from Rosemount; Laura Stiles from Lakev-ille; Grace Welter from Farmington; and Harmo-ny Zweber-Langer from Lakeville. Special guests included Dakota County commis-sioners Mike Slavik and Nancy Schouweiler, fami-lies, high school principals and teachers of the 4-H members. The 4-H Key Award recognizes youth for their contributions to their club and their community, and encourages youth to grow as an outstanding citizen. The award is the high-est honor of achievement in the 4-H Program. To be eligible, 4-H members must have completed their sophomore year of high school, participated in 4-H for at least five years and have met several criteria around their participation in leadership activities.

Rock For Life event The American Cancer Society is hosting Rock For Life at 5 p.m. Satur-day, April 23, at Apple Place Bowl & Bogart’s Event Center, 14917 Gar-rett Ave., Apple Valley. The event ends at 2 a.m. Rock For Life is an evening of music, dance, food, drink and more, with all proceeds going to support cancer research and fund programs that provide support to those battling the disease. The event is for ages 21 and older after 9 p.m. with live music by The Fu-Ga-We band. A silent auction runs 5-7 p.m. with food service from 5-10 p.m. Tickets include mu-sic and dinner and

may be purchased for $15 at www.rockforlifeconcert.eventbrite.com. Rock For Life is pre-sented by Relay For Life. For more information on Rock For Life, visit www.RelayForLife.org/AppleValleyMN.

Retro 5K Run seeks sponsors The fourth annual Ret-ro 5K Run and Walk to benefit Burnsville Women of Today’s Youth of To-day Scholarship will take place at Crystal Lake Beach Park in Burnsville June 25. Local companies are needed to sponsor the race through tax-deduct-ible donations. Burnsville Women of Today is a service organi-zation dedicated to mak-ing the community a bet-ter place for all. Its Youth of Today Scholarship benefits local high school students in their pursuit of higher education. All types of support are welcome. Sponsors may receive business name rec-ognition on all media and website promotion, and business name and logo on signs at the race. All spon-sors have the opportunity to provide products or dis-count coupons for the rac-er gift bags as well as vol-unteers wearing company branded shirts on race day. Contact [email protected] or 952-898-1479 to discuss sponsorship de-tails. For information on the race or to register as a participant, visit www.ac-tive.com.

Rain garden workshop Burnsville and Dakota County residents can at-tend a free introductory workshop to see how rain gardens, native gardens and shoreline stabilization projects benefit local water quality and help wildlife. The Landscaping for Clean Water Rain Garden workshop is 6:15-7:30 p.m. April 12, at Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Cen-ter Parkway. Participants will learn how to build and maintain

native plant and rain gar-dens. Design and installa-tion assistance is available to attendees. Burnsville also offers grants of up to $1,000 for residents with qualified water quality im-provement projects. The application deadline for the city grant program is Monday, May 2. Registration is re-quired by emailing [email protected] or calling 651-480-7777. Visit www.dakotacountyswcd.org for more information.

WorkForce Centers offer hiring event in Eagan Local employers will be recruiting for hundreds of entry to professional level jobs at the 16th annual GET JOBS Job Fair 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 31, at the Eagan Civic Arena, 3870 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. With more than 100 exhibitors, the GET JOBS Job Fair is one of the larg-est of its kind in the Twin Cities. Admission and park-ing are free. Free shuttle buses will also be available throughout the day from the Minnesota WorkForce Centers in Burnsville, Sha-kopee and West St. Paul. For more information, bus schedules, and a list of the job fair exhibitors and their websites, go to www.mn.gov/deed/events/get-jobs or call 952-703-3100. The Minnesota Work-Force Centers of Dakota and Scott counties work in collaboration with key partners to make sure that area job seekers find em-ployment and training and area employers find the skilled workers they need.

Parks conduct prescribed burns Dakota County Parks, in cooperation with Prai-rie Restorations and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, will conduct prescribed burns throughout its parks be-tween the end of March

and May 31, as conditions allow. Burns will take place in Lebanon Hills Regional Park, Thompson County Park, Spring Lake Park Reserve, Whitetail Woods Regional Park and the Dakota County Adminis-tration Center in Hastings. Prescribed burns are controlled fires used to improve the growth of na-tive vegetation, including trees, shrubs, grasses and wildflowers. Prescribed burning can recycle nutri-ents tied up in old plant growth, control many woody plants and herba-ceous weeds, improve poor quality forage, increase plant growth, reduce the risk of large wildfires, and improve certain wildlife habitat. County staff and con-tractors who are experi-enced with fire control and management will conduct the prescribed burn. The exact time and date of the burns cannot be determined more than a day in advance because of weather conditions. Veg-etation needs to be at the correct moisture level and the wind needs to be the correct speed and blowing the correct direction. For more information about the burns, contact Dakota County Parks at 952-891-7000.

Dakota County to capture property images The Dakota County Assessor’s Office has contracted with CycloM-edia Technology Inc. to take street-level images of properties in Dakota County from March 21 to May 15. The county uses these images to update land record information used in the appraisal pro-cess. CycloMedia Tech-nology will photograph properties using rooftop mounted cameras and global positioning equip-ment from two vehicles while traveling on public roadways. Similar tech-nology has been used in a number of other cities and counties across the coun-

try. Personnel will have Da-kota County contractor identification badges and will be in regular commu-nication with the Asses-sor’s Office. Information concern-ing their routes will be provided to city and police agencies. For more informa-tion, contact Dakota County Assessing Servic-es at [email protected].

Job Transitions Group to meet Dr. Roxanne Meshar will present “Upgrade Your Life” at the next meeting of the Easter Job Transitions Group. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. March 29, at Easter Lu-theran 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.

MRCI partners with pro sports teams MRCI WorkSource, a provider of employment to people with disabilities, has formed a partnership with the Minnesota Tim-berwolves and Lynx. The partnership in-cludes in-arena branding, radio spots, fundraising events, a presence on Tim-berwolves.com and social media features. MRCI continues to grow in the Twin City Metro area, and is looking for partnerships to help inform the public about MRCI’s programs and ser-vices, said Brian Benshoof, MRCI’s chief executive of-ficer. As an official partner, MRCI will be featured on the Timberwolves ra-dio network during game broadcasts, and will have digital signage during home NBA and WNBA games. MRCI has a location in Rosemount.

Register for summer gymnastics at TAGS TAGS Gymnastics, 5880 149th St. W., Apple Valley, is taking registrations for summer classes and camps. The 10-week summer ses-sion starts June 6. Summer camps are offered in June, July and August. For more information, go to www.tagsgym.com or call 952-431-6445.

Free legal clinic for veterans A free drop-in legal clin-ic for veterans will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednes-day, April 20, in Room CR ADC 1A (basement) at the Dakota County Admin-istration Building, 1590 Highway 55, Hastings. The clinic is offered by the Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans, in partnership with the Da-kota County Law Library. Veterans will be able to receive help with housing, employment, benefits, debt collection, enpungement and family law issues in-cluding child support. Attorneys, MACV staff, county veterans service of-ficers and child support officers will be available throughout the day to assist veterans with questions, le-gal forms and counsel. For more information, contact Vetlaw Program – MACV at 651-200-4750.

Young adult support group Young Adult National Alliance on Mental Ill-ness Connection is a free support group for teens ages 16 to 20. A group meets from 6:30-8 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road in Apple Valley. There is free pizza from 6-6:30 p.m. The group is facilitated by young adults who live with mental illnesses and are doing well in recovery. For more information, contact NAMI Minnesota at 651-645-2948, ext. 106.


Education

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College News

The Lakeville North High School mock trial team took second place at the Minnesota High School Mock Trial State Tournament. The winners of the 12 regional com-petitions throughout the state competed in the state tournament at the Ramsey County Courthouse. The final round be-tween Nova Classical Academy and Lakeville

North High School was held in the Supreme Court chamber for the Minne-sota Supreme Court. The statewide mock trial program consists of teams from 83 schools statewide which field 128 teams. This year’s competi-tion case was based on the famous 1933 kidnapping of William Hamm Jr., the president of Hamm’s

Brewery, by gangster and well known speakeasy operator, Jack Peifer. The case brought Minnesota high school mock trial participants back to the days when St. Paul was at the forefront for na-tional gangster activity and mayhem, and forensic scientific testing was in its infancy.

Normandale Community College, Bloomington, fall graduate, Evan Franzen, of Lakeville, A.A., liberal education with high honors. Concordia University, St. Paul, fall dean’s list, from Elko New Market – Cameron Greenwalt, Taylor Sadusky; from Lakeville – Alex Moore, Michael Richardson, Courtney Starnes. Marquette University, Milwau-kee, Wisconsin, fall dean’s list, from Lakeville – Logan Dobratz, Jacklyn Englund, Theresa Morris, Benjamin Pelner. Jaya Perkins, of Lakeville, is a part of the University of Wisconsin-White-water women’s basketball team, which will compete Friday at 5:30 p.m. in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament against Bluffton (Ohio) at Washington University in St. Lou-is, Missouri. Perkins, a senior for the Warhawks, is majoring in criminol-ogy.

To submit college news items, email: [email protected].

Lakeville Area Com-munity Education offers the following classes: Nia - Fitness for Your Body, Mind and Spirit, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays starting March 29. Nia is a cardio-dance workout, a movement practice, and lifestyle based on the intel-ligent design of the body. Adults. Fabulous Flower Col-lages, 6:30-9 p.m. Wednes-day, March 30. Create a pair of collage paintings on canvas panels. Experi-ment with layering, color and lettering. Learn about and practice handwriting. Some letter stamps and stencils will also be avail-able. Adults.

Meditation for Begin-ners, 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, March 39. Meditation can help decrease stress, im-prove health, maintain a peaceful state of mind, in-crease joy and happiness, and more. Adults. Hello Cupcake, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 2. Demonstration, lecture and hands-on activities in this class. Each student will go home with a box of finished cupcakes. Adults. Elementary After School Art Classes begin the week of April 4. Watch Me Draw Spring Art Stu-dio: Sculpt and paint a “bugs and critters” mas-terpiece, draw a rain for-est monkey, and design an

oversized hot air balloon scene. Intro to Coding with Superheroes, grades kin-dergarten to three, Sat-urdays, April 16 and 23. Students will create their own video game. They will choose a storyline with popular superheroes as their stars, add challenges and levels of difficulty, then share by email or post on the web to chal-lenge family and friends. Call 952-232-2150 or visit LakevilleAreaCom-munityEd.org to register or for more information on these and all classes of-fered.

District 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the 5 p.m. Monday, March 28, special joint meeting of the District 194 and Prior Lake-Sav-age school boards at Prior Lake High School, Room 249, 7575 150th St. W., Savage.

1. Call to Order 2. Welcome and Introduction3. Discussion – Joint work ses-

sion with Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools Innovation Zone: Minnesota Center for Advanced Professional Studies (MNCAPS)4. Adjournment5. Tour of Prior Lake High School led by Principal Dave Lund

District 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, special meeting of the District 194 School Board at the District Of-

fice.

1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Roll Call2. Closed Session a. In accordance with MN Statute 13D.05, subd. 3(c) re-garding purchase or sale of prop-erty b. In accordance with MN Statute 13D.03 for purpose of discussion of contract negotia-tions c. In accordance with MN Statute 13D.05, subd 3(d) for purpose of security discussion3. Adjournment

The Lakeville North mock trial team took second place in the state mock trial tour-nament. Front row, from left, Brandon Luu, Cullen Enabnit, Kate Seivert, Mariah Glinski, assistant coach Jake Chivers, attorney coach Lisa Vandelist. Back row, assis-tant coach Jake Erdman; attorney coach Randy Sparling, head coach Sarah Vandelist, Riley Wyberg, Caleb Brady, coach Judge Mark C. Vandelist, Brady Erdman. (Photo submitted)

North takes second at state mock trial tourney

District 194 to hold community budget hearing March 31 Lakeville Area Public Schools will hold a community hearing on its 2016-17 proposed budget from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, March 31, at the audito-rium at Lakeville South High School, 21135 Jacquard Ave., Lakeville. This hearing is intended to of-fer members of the community opportunities to learn about the proposed 2016-17 budget and to ask questions. There will be a pre-sentation and an open forum. In preparation for the meeting, community members are welcome to submit preliminary questions about the budget to the district. To submit a question, go to http://goo.gl/forms/x9UsOIQJCZ. Survey feedback will be consolidated to address frequently asked questions. For more informa-tion on budget and finance, visit http://tinyurl.com/jrgv42a. For more information about the hearing, contact Emily Herman, busi-ness office coordinator, at [email protected] or 952-232-2038.


Education

The sixth annual Bowls for BrainPower will be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in the Campus Cup Cafe at Diamondhead Education Center, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School Dis-trict 191. This year’s event is dedicated to Burnsville High School art teacher Tim Hammes, who passed away in March and had worked tirelessly to ensure the success of the event ev-ery year. “Tim’s idea was for stu-dents to serve students, to work alongside others, teaching and learning at the same time. He taught them to make bowls, but wanted them to learn how to give from their hearts,” said Fay Finn, his partner on the project. The annual fundraiser supports BrainPower in a

Backpack, a largely stu-dent-supported commu-nity service program that provides weekend meals to elementary school stu-dents in need. BrainPower, which is funded entirely with donations, currently sends food home with 580 children each weekend during the school year in District 191. Like in past years, at-tendees of Bowls for BrainPower can make a freewill donation and re-ceive a simple meal of soup and bread, along with a homemade pot-tery bowl as a reminder that children in our com-munity face empty bowls every day. In the first five years of the event, more than $53,000 was raised to support BrainPower in a Backpack. Organizers say their goal is to raise $14,000 this year. Bowls for BrainPower

is a collaboration between the Burnsville High School art department and the District 191 Community Education Youth Service Program. The program relies on Burnsville High School students and com-munity volunteers. This year’s Bowls for Brain-Power sponsors include Foundation 191, BHS Blaze Fund, Blick Art Materials-Edina, Campus Cup Cafe, Chianti Grill, ISD 191 Community Edu-cation, Continental Clay, Delicioso Catering, Kusske Financial Management, Olive Garden, Skyline Dis-plays Midwest, Target and Valley Natural Foods. For more information about Bowls for Brain-Power and BrainPower in a Backpack, go to www.isd191.org/brainpower or contact Fay Finn at 952-356-7999 or [email protected].

Registration is now open and a calendar of events is available for the EDGE, a comprehensive summer youth program for students entering grades six to nine, run by Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 Com-munity Education in part-nership with Farmington, Lakeville and New Prague schools. The EDGE runs June 15 to Aug. 26. Partici-pants take daily field trips to places including Val-

leyfair, Minnesota Twins games, water parks, Min-nesota Vikings train-ing camp, movies, malls, bowling, Sky Zone, horse-back riding and more. Breakfast, a bag lunch or lunch outings, snack and all fees (except Valleyfair admission) are included in the $34 daily fee. Trans-portation is available to and from several area schools in Burnsville, Farmington, Lakeville and New Prague/Elko/New Market.

An open house for families to learn more about the EDGE will be take place from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, at Mari-on W. Savage Elementary, 4819 W. 126th St., Savage. For more information, download the flyer or con-tact Shar Lattery at 952-707-3908 or [email protected]. Register now by downloading the forms from the EDGE website at www.isd191.org/theEDGE.

District 191 Bowls for BrainPower event is April 14

Registration opens for EDGE summer program for grades 6-9

Two ExCEL winners in District 196 Ethan Elumba of Ap-ple Valley High School and Anna Wise of Rose-mount High School have been named recipients of the ExCEL (Excellence in Community, Educa-tion and Leadership) Pro-gram. Wells Fargo spon-sors the ExCEL Program

as part of its sponsorship of the Minnesota State High School League. The award recogniz-es high school juniors who are volunteers in local community orga-nizations, have achieved classroom excellence and exhibit leadership skills

in activities ranging from sports, fine arts, clubs and other programs. Students are nominated by their high schools and selected by an independent panel from throughout Minne-sota schools. Hundreds are nominated annually and 36 are chosen.


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Seniors ReligionLakeville seniors All Lakeville Area Ac-tive Adults events are held at Lakeville Heritage Cen-ter, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for informa-tion. Monday, March 28 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Computer Tutoring, 9 a.m.; Interval Walking, 9:30 a.m.; Knit-ting Class, 9:30 a.m.; Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Legal Advice, 11 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Cribbage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards and Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Basic Spanish Class, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 – Dominoes & Poker, 9 a.m.; Tappercize, 9:30 a.m.; Cre-ative Writing, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 10:30 a.m.; Fitness Nutrition 2, noon; Party Bridge, noon; Ping Pong, 12:30 p.m.; Billiards, 1 p.m.; Weight Lifting 101, 1:30 p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 30 – Poker & Hearts, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Pinochle, noon. Thursday, March 31 – 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; Red Hat Chorus at Trinity Terrace, 1:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Lasagna Dinner, 5:30 p.m. Friday, April 1 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Poker & 500, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fit-ness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Dupli-cate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Oil & Acrylic Painting, 1 p.m. Deadline: iPad – Back to Basics.

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, March 28 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Card Re-cycle, 12:45 p.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; Coffee Talk – Fond Farewell, 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 – Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; SS Yoga, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Evening Taxes, 5:30 p.m., Presbyte-rian Church of the Apostles. Wednesday, March 30 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Tax-es, 9 a.m. to noon; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Chair Tai Chi, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m. Thursday, March 31 – Health Insurance Council, 9 a.m.; SS Yoga, 10:30 a.m.; Nicollet Beach Party, 1-4 p.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, April 1 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Paint-ing, 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, March 28 – Coffee Guys, 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, March 29 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fitness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Chair Exercise, 10 a.m.; Stroke and Falls Prevention, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Table Ten-nis, 2 p.m.; Yoga, 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 30 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Milk/Box Top Group, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Aging Mastery, noon; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, March 31 – Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Dance, 10:45 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; EZ Play, 2 p.m. Friday, April 1 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys,

9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Snuffy’s Malt Shop, 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 new furniture. Happy Har-ry’s Furniture will give 10 percent of the purchase to the Rambling River Center.

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, March 28 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Executive Committee, 10 a.m.; Zumba Toning, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 29 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Zum-ba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Crib-bage, noon; Pool, noon; Pi-nochle, 12:30 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Spanish – In-termediate, 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 30 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Velvet Tones, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Men’s Bowling at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Pool, noon; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mah-jong, 1 p.m.; Tai Chi, 2 p.m. Thursday, March 31 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Color & Chat, 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 1 – Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Morn-ing Stretch, 10 a.m.; Wom-en’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Men’s Bowling at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Members Bin-go, 12:30 p.m.

Program on Islam and Christianity Community of Christ Church, 5990 134th St. Court, Apple Valley, will explore the similarities and differences between Islam and Christianity at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 12. A representative from the Islamic Resource Group will facilitate this opportunity to promote greater understanding and peace in a multi-faith world. The event is open to all.

Women’s luncheon The Minnesota Val-ley Christian Women’s Connection will hold its April luncheon 12:30-2 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at GrandStay Hotel and Conference Center, 7083 153rd St., Apple Valley. Rita Weber, singer, songwriter, and award-winning humorous speak-er, will tell how she took advantage of adversity. Staff from Terra Nursery in Lakeville will share gar-dening tips. Cost is $16. To RSVP, call Jan at 651-434-5795.

Growing Through Loss series begins A five-week Growing Through Loss series will be offered by the Inter-denominational Coali-tion of South Suburban Churches 6:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays, April 5 through May 3, at Church of St. Peter, 1405 Highway 13, Mendota. Suggested donation per session is $3. Call Barb Korman, 651-452-8261, or email [email protected] with questions. The next series will be held at Augustana Lu-theran Church in West St. Paul in September and Oc-tober.

Sweetwater Revival concert Sweetwater Revival’s Hallelujah Homecoming Concert will be 6 p.m. Sat-urday, April 30, at Trinity Evangelical Free Church, 10658 210th St. W., Lakev-ille. Special guests will be The Perrys. The concert will feature pianist and emcee Michael Fischer. Advance tickets are $20; tickets at the door will be $25. For more informa-tion, visit www.Sweet-waterRevival.com or call 651-638-6333.


SportsLindgren leads SCSU into West Region tourneyLakeville native

is only Division I goalie with 30 victories

Success has followed Charlie Lindgren through-out his hockey career. As a prep athlete, Lindgren helped guide Lakeville North High School to state tournament appear-ances and was USA Hock-ey Junior Hockey Goalie of the Year in 2012-13 after a 40-victory season with the Sioux Falls Stam-pede in the United States Hockey League. The trend continues at St. Cloud State University, where Lindgren has estab-lished himself as a strong candidate for the Mike Richter Award – given to the most outstanding goalie in NCAA men’s hockey – with his work for the Huskies in 2015-16. Lindgren, a junior, has started all but one game as the Huskies (31-8-1) reached the NCAA Di-vision I playoffs for the fourth consecutive year. St. Cloud State is the No. 1 seed in the West Re-gional and the No. 2 seed overall. St. Cloud State will play Ferris State in the West Region semifinals at 2 p.m. Saturday at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. The winner faces Boston University or Denver at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Xcel Center for a spot in the NCAA Frozen Four on April 7 and 9 in Tampa, Florida. Lindgren is 30-8-1 with a 2.05 goals-against aver-age, .927 save percentage and four shutouts. He is the only goalie in Division I with 30 victories. An All-National Col-legiate Hockey Confer-ence Honorable Mention player in 2014-15, Lind-gren has been a two-year starter for the Huskies. Last season he had a 2.26

goals-against average for a team that reached the West Region final. Lindgren’s path to suc-cess started back home in Lakeville. The son of Bob and Jennifer Lindgren, Charlie started playing in the Lakeville Hockey As-sociation at age 4. His father was a goalie and played college hockey at the University of Michi-gan. Charlie soon followed in his footsteps and he liked playing goalie. His younger brothers also took up the sport with Ryan Lindgren cur-rently playing defense for the U.S. Under-18 na-tional team in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Andrew Lindgren playing goalie for the Johnstown Toma-hawks in the North Amer-ican Hockey League. Charlie played for Lakeville North through

the 2010-11 season – his sophomore year – before heading to Sioux Falls for two seasons. As he considered his college options, Lindgren liked what head coach Bob Motzko had to offer at St. Cloud State University. The campus location just northwest of the Twin Cit-ies was also a positive. “The program was go-ing in the right direction and that was a big attrac-tion for me,” Lindgren said. “Another attraction is the campus is only about an hour and 15 minutes from my house in Lakev-ille and that allows my family a chance to come my games up here. I get to see them here all the time. I’m a big family man and that’s important to me.” At SCSU, Lindgren has been part of three stellar seasons since 2013-14. The

Huskies won the NCHC regular-season title in 2013-14, when Lindgren was the backup to Ryan Faragher, and finished runner-up at the West Re-gional in 2014 and 2015. “Up and down the line we have depth and talent,” Lindgren said of the Hus-kies’ strengths in 2015-16. “Ethan Prow (a Hobey Baker Award candidate) is our captain and he brings so much to our team as a leader on defense and on the power play. Our fresh-men have also done a great job stepping in this year and a lot of the credit for that goes to the leadership of our seniors like Prow, (David) Morley, (Joey) Benik, (Kalle) Kossila and (Jimmy) Murray.” Lindgren also credits an atmosphere of success at the Herb Brooks Na-tional Hockey Center for

the Huskies’ winning ways during his time on cam-pus. “A big key to our suc-cess this year is the culture in our locker room,” he said. “We care about each other and that has been a huge part of our success. We certainly have some very talented players on this team but we also have a lot of will and determi-nation in the locker room and that really has been the key to our success this winter.”

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regional notes • Lakeville North grad-uate Blake Winiecki is a sophomore forward at St. Cloud State. He has played all 40 of the Hus-kies’ games and has 23 points (12 goals, 11 assists) and a plus-8 rating. • Lakeville native Da-

vid Zevnik is a freshman goalie at SCSU but has not appeared in a game this season. He played high school hockey at St. Thomas Academy. • Former Eastview High School boys hockey coach Mike Gibbons is in his ninth season as an SCSU assistant coach. Gibbons was head coach at Eastview from 1997 to 2007. • Lakeville natives Kyle Osterberg and Matt Mc-Neely play for the Univer-sity of Minnesota Duluth team facing Providence at 3:30 p.m. Friday in a Northeast Region semi-final in Worcester, Mas-sachusetts. Osterberg, a junior who played high school hockey at Lakev-ille South, has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in 30 games. McNeely, a se-nior who played for St. Thomas Academy and the U.S. Under-18 national team, has appeared in goal in two games. UMD (18-15-5) reached the NCHC tournament final before losing to St. Cloud State 3-1. • Derek Smith, a junior defenseman from Apple Valley, has 16 points (three goals, 13 assists) for Quinnipiac (29-3-7), the top overall seed in the tournament as well as the No. 1 seed in the East Re-gion. Quinnipiac will play Rochester Institute of Technology in an East Re-gion first-round game at 4 p.m. Saturday in Albany, N.Y. • Burnsville’s Brock Bo-eser leads North Dakota in goals (25) and points (51) as a freshman forward. He has a plus-35 rating, tied for second best on the team. North Dakota (30-6-4) is the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region and will play Northeastern at 1 p.m. Friday in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Lakeville native and former Lakeville North goalie Charlie Lindgren is one of the reasons St. Cloud State is seeded No. 1 in the NCAA Division I men’s hockey West Region tournament this weekend at Xcel Energy Center. (Photo courtesy of St. Cloud State University athletics)

Local swimmers haul in medals at Senior State

Lakeville’s Smith wins 7 individual events Riptide Swim Team of Apple Valley won the men’s, women’s and overall team championships at the Minnesota Senior State meet March 10-13 at the Uni-versity of Minnesota Aquatic Center. Along the way, Riptide swim-mer Regan Smith of Lakeville won seven individual events in the women’s 13-14 age group, setting state records in each. Three of the records she broke were her own. For the weekend, Smith earned nine first-place medals, including two in relays, and was the women’s high point award winner. Riptide won the overall and women’s team championships by wide margins. The club won the men’s team championship by about 30 points over Black-line Aquatics, which is based in Farmington and trains at several pools in the south metro. Smith took second in two events at the 2014 state high school Class AA meet, swim-ming as a seventh-grader for Lakeville North. She did not compete in the 2015 high school season and remained with her club. Last summer, she earned two qualifying times for the U.S. Olympic Trials, which will take place in June in Omaha, Nebras-ka. Smith’s record times at the senior state meet included 1 minute, 46.77 seconds in the 200-yard freestyle and 1:55.23 in the 200 backstroke. Not only are those state records for the 13-14 age group, they’re faster than the existing records for the 17-18 age group. She also won the 500 free-style (4:53.15), 100 backstroke (52.58), 200 butterfly (1:59.73), 200 individual medley (2:00.28) and 400 individual medley (4:15.80). Smith and Lakeville South High School senior Shea Bou-gie swam on Riptide’s first-place 400 freestyle and 800 freestyle relays. Lakeville South senior and

Riptide swimmer Brianna Alex-ander was sixth in the women’s high point standings, while Bou-gie was eighth. Alexander had a second-place finish in the 200 breaststroke. Grace Tolan of Rosemount also had a top-eight finish in the women’s competition. Quenton Steffen of Eagan and Noah Peterson of Rose-mount, both of whom swam in the state boys high school Class AA meet the first weekend in March, helped Riptide to the men’s team championship at the senior state meet. Steffen had three top-eight finishes and Pe-terson had one. One of Blackline Aquat-ics’ top swimmers at the senior state meet was Parker Lemke, who helped lead Eagan to third place in the state high school boys Class AA meet earlier this month. Lemke won the 200 free-style in 1:39.70, the 500 freestyle in 4:35.69 and the 200 back-stroke in 1:48.56. He took third place in the 100 freestyle and was sixth in the 50 freestyle. Blackline’s Sam Pekarek, an Eastview High School junior, also had a strong meet, taking first in the 400 individual med-ley (4:01.79), sixth in the 100 freestyle, fourth in the 200 free-style, second in the 500 freestyle, second in the 200 breaststroke and sixth in the 100 butterfly. South Metro Storm, which serves Lakeville and Prior Lake, was fifth in the men’s team com-petition, 12th in the women’s meet and eighth overall. Current Lakeville North swimmer Andrew Trepanier and former Lakeville North swim-mer Jacob Burchfield swam for a winning South Metro Storm team in the 400 freestyle relay. The relay’s time was 3:02.85. The Storm also had three of the top seven swimmers in the men’s 50 freestyle. Storm swim-mer Alexander Leff, a Prior Lake High School senior, won the men’s 100 freestyle.

Two South lifters win championshipsBurnsville takes 3rd straight team title

at state meet by Mike Shaughnessy


Burnsville’s won its third consecutive varsity team cham-pionship at the Minnesota high school state weightlifting meet March 12, and five Blaze weightlifters won individual titles. Rosemount took fourth and Lakeville South was sixth among schools that entered the varsity competition. Can-non Falls won the junior varsity meet with Burnsville finishing second. In weightlifting, the varsity-junior varsity designa-tion is determined by age; lift-ers 17 and older are in the var-sity division and those 16 and younger are in junior varsity. The Blaze scored 43 points in the varsity meet, with male and female lifters contributing points to the team total. Rob-binsdale Armstrong was sec-ond with 36 points and Cannon Falls was third with 35. Three Burnsville lifters won their weight divisions in the varsity meet. Noah Bach-meier completed all six of his lifts successfully (three snatch, three clean and jerk) and won the boys 69-kilogram division. Bachmeier’s total was 197kg, combining his best snatch and clean and jerk. Nick Burton of Burnsville won the boys 105+ division with 247kg, with teammate Andy Samuel finishing second with 236kg. Adonya Gray of Burnsville lifted 122kg to win

the girls varsity 69kg weight class. Other top finishers for Burns-ville in the varsity division were Anthony Vang (fourth in boys 56kg), Ben Anderson (sixth in boys 56kg), Travis Agarano (second in boys 62kg), Luke Si-mon (third in boys 62kg), Jared Shearer (third in boys 69kg), Alex Garlington (second in boys 77kg), Eric Voxland (sec-ond in boys 85kg), Jared Lo-zano (sixth in boys 85kg), Binh Nguyen (fourth in boys 94kg), Angel Cruz (sixth in girls 53kg), April Kim (fourth in girls 63kg), Taylor Gilbertson (third in girls 75+kg), Amanda Dack (fourth in girls 75+kg) and Emily John-son (fifth in girls 75+kg). Trevor Liggett of Rose-mount lifted 233kg to win the boys varsity 94kg weight class. The Irish’s Grace Knoll won the girls varsity 48kg division, lifting 79kg. Rosemount’s David Haus-mann was second in the boys 56kg division, with Logan Bruce taking second at 105kg. Andrea Holtz placed sixth in the girls varsity 63kg division. Alicia Vogel of Lakeville South lifted 166kg to win the girls varsity 75+kg weight class. Tyler Carmody (fifth in boys 69kg), Pete Eklund (fifth in boys 85kg) and Matt Eklund (seventh in boys 85kg) also placed for the Cougars in the varsity division. Jordan Tompkins of Burns-ville lifted 100kg to win the boys junior varsity 50kg weight class. Also winning a JV divi-sion championship was the Blaze’s Elena Pearce, who lifted 60kg in the girls 44kg weight

class. Also placing for Burnsville in the junior varsity division were Jake Boatman (second in boys 69kg), Nick Gilman (fifth in boys 69kg), Darien Clay-borne (fifth in boys 77kg), Drew Schwab (eighth in boys 77kg), Lucas Moreno (third in boys 85kg), Kyle Atkinson (fourth in boys 94+kg), Erin Bachmeier (second in girls 48kg), Lauren Jensen (third in girls 48kg), Miah Keller (second in girls 63kg), Emma Buchanan (sixth in girls 63kg) and Natalie Tho-resen (fourth in girls 69kg). Matt Borowicz of Lakev-ille South lifted 210kg to win the boys junior varsity 94+kg weight class. Nick Rousemiller placed second in the boys 85kg class, William Rousemiller was sixth at boys 85kg, Brock Mer-gen was sixth at boys 50kg and T.J. Nelson was seventh at boys 77kg. The Cougars’ Maddie Differding was second in the girls junior varsity 53kg weight class, with Adele Wolf placing third at 58kg. Theresa Hausmann of Rose-mount lifted 143kg to win the girls junior varsity 69kg weight class. Sarah Hammond finished third in the 44kg division and Tsola Oneserosin was third in the 69kg class. The Irish’s Sam Johnson was fourth in the boys junior varsity 62kg division and Josiah Skaar was fourth at 85kg. Timothy McNamara was fourth at boys junior varsity 69kg. Jared Flannery was 11th at boys junior varsity 77kg.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Lakeville North in-house volleyball Registration is open for the Lakeville North spring developmental in-house volleyball pro-gram for girls in grades one to six. The five-week program is open to girls from all attendance areas. The program will include

individual, small-group and team practices, along with games. The first session of five sessions is April 2. Reg-istration cost is $70. Registation deadline is Fri-day, March 25. Late registrations will be accept-ed, but players will not be guaranteed of receiving T-shirts. More information is available at www.LakevilleNorthJuniors.com.

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following de-scribed mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: October 4, 2005ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF MORTGAGE: $618,400.00MORTGAGOR(S): Carmen M.

Wieczorek and Tace R. Wieczorek, Wife and Husband

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Lake-land Mortgage Corporation

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems Inc.MIN#: 100137510000217028SERVICER: Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC LENDER: Lakeland Mortgage Corporation.DATE AND PLACE OF FILING:

Scott County Minnesota, Recorder, on October 18, 2005, as Document No. 717097.

ASSIGNED TO: The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of CWMBS, Inc., CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-HYB10, Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-HYB10 Dated: May 6, 2015, and recorded May 13, 2015 by Docu-ment No. 979117 .

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:

Lot 8, Block 1, Century Pond, Scott County, Minnesota

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 21931 Century Court, Prior Lake, MN 55372PROPERTY I.D: 040690080COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: ScottTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO

BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: Six Hundred Three Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Two and 34/100 ($603,792.34)

THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recov-er the debt secured by said mort-gage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and acceleration requirements of said mortgage, and/or applicable statutes;

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

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM on April 7, 2016PLACE OF SALE: in the lobby of

the Scott County Law Enforcement Center, 301 S. Fuller Street, Shako-pee, MN 55379

to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is 6.00 months from the date of sale. If Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the prop-erty is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on October 7, 2016, or the next business day if October 7, 2016 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

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

Dated: February 19, 2016The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of CWMBS, Inc., CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2005-HYB10, MortgagePass Through Certificates, Series 2005-HYB10Randall S. Miller & Associates, PLLCAttorneys for Assignee of Mort-gage/MortgageeCanadian Pacific Plaza, 120 South Sixth Street, Suite 2050Minneapolis, MN 55402Phone: 952-232-0052Our File No. 15MN00637-1THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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CITY OF LAKEVILLEPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

REQUEST: An amendment to Conditional Use Permit No. 09-02 to allow the Minnesota Center for Advanced Professional Studies (MNCAPS) program to locate in the Minnesota School of Business building in the C-3, General Com-mercial District.

APPLICANT: Independent School District (ISD) 194

LOCATION AND LEGAL DE-SCRIPTION: The property is lo-cated at 17685 Juniper Path in the City of Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota and is legally described as follows:

Lot 2, Block 3, Argonne ParkWHEN: Thursday, April 7, 2016

at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the parties may be heard.

WHERE: Planning Commission meeting at the City Hall Council Chambers, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota.

QUESTIONS: Call Planning Director Daryl Morey at 952-985-4422 or e-mail questions or com-ments to [email protected].

DATED this 22nd day of March 2016CITY OF LAKEVILLECharlene Friedges, City Clerk


March 25, 2016525862

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: UrbainPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 9464 183rd CourtLakeville, MN 55044 USANAMEHOLDER(S): Name: Logan Ketterling LLCAddress: 9464 183rd CourtLakeville, 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: 01/25/2016SIGNED BY: Logan Ketterling

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194

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This project includes: Building wide door hardware replacement including new cylinders, cores and other miscellaneous hardware re-placement.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available on or about March 15, 2016. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the inter-net at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Lakeville North High School Rekeying and Door Hardware Replacement.

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

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

A prebid walkthrough has been scheduled for 3:00 PM on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. Meet at the main entrance.

The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project on or be-fore August 19, 2016.Board of EducationINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT #194

Published in theLakeville Sun Thisweek,

Burnsville/Eagan Sun ThisweekMarch 25, April 1, 2016

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NEW MARKET TOWNSHIP IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ASSESSMENTS

THIS MAY AFFECT YOUR 2017 PROPERTY TAXESNotice is hereby given that the

Board of Appeal and Equalization for New Market Township will meet on April 5, 5:00 PM, 2016 at New Market Township Hall, 8950 230th St E, Lakeville, Mn 55044. The pur-pose of this meeting is to determine whether property in the jurisdiction has been properly valued and clas-sified by the assessor.

If you believe the value or clas-sification of your property is incor-rect, please contact your assessor’s office to discuss your concerns. If you disagree with the valuation or classification after discussing it with your assessor, you may ap-pear before the local board of ap-peal and equalization. The board will review your assessments and may make corrections as needed. Generally, you must appeal to the local board before appealing to the county board of appeal and equal-ization. LeRoy ClausenClerkNew Market Township


March 25, 2016524355

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

This is a summary of the February 8, 2016 School Board Meeting with the full text available for public in-spection at www.district196.org or at the district office or by standard or electronic mail.

The meeting was called to or-der at 6 p.m. on Feb. 8, 2016 at Dakota Ridge School followed by the Pledge of Allegiance and a mo-ment of silence for Ken Warnke, a Glacier Hills Elementary School of Arts and Science custodian and Karen Kellar, former Early Child-hood Family Services manager, who both passed away. Present: Albright, Coulson, Huusko, Mag-nuson, Roseen, Schutte and Supt. Berenz.

Magnuson administered the Oath of Office to re-elected board member Albright.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Roseen and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve the agenda.

Berenz congratulated One-Act Play casts and crews from Eagan (EHS) and Eastview (EVHS) high schools; EHS boys and EVHS girls Nordic ski teams; Luke Doolittle, EVHS for his Section 6 alpine ski championship, and Joshua Doo-little, EVHS and Robert Hapke, of Apple Valley High School (AVHS) on qualifying for state; EVHS dance team on qualifying for state, and Jill Jensen, Glacier Hills Elementary School of Arts and Science, recipi-ent of the 2016 Science Teaching Award.

Berenz thanked school coun-selors for the important work they do to help students and recognized School Board members who cu-mulatively have 116 years on the board.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Schutte and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve Consent items: Jan. 4, 20 and 25, 2016 board meeting minutes; claims, electronic funds transfer schedule; sched-ule of investments; gifts totaling $159,584.29; advertising revenue totaling $1,529; grants totaling $29,109; a contracts with PFM As-set Management LLC, Emergent Network, EarthBend and MP Nex-level; advance purchase of certain 2016-17 capital expenditures; personnel separations, leaves of absence and new staff; resolution terminating certain probationary teachers; resolutions to expel two students, and an Interagency Early Intervention Committee (IEIC) Joint Powers Agreement.

Berenz provided background on the STEM corridor at Cedar Park Elementary School of STEM, Valley Middle – School of STEM (VMSS) and Apple Valley High School (AVHS). Next year the program will expand to Echo Park. The STEM program at VMSS promotes an in-quiry approach with rigor, relevance and relationships across all areas of the curriculum.

AVHS Michael Bolsoni, assistant principal; Jim Lynch, E3 STEM pro-gram manager and student Sam-son Ghirmai shared the impact and opportunities of STEM programs at AVHS.

Magnuson turned the meeting over to Huusko at 6:30 p.m. and left.

Dir. of Finance and Operations Jeff Solomon presented an over-view of the guidelines and rec-ommendations for the 2016-17 Capital Expenditure Budget total-ing $10,635,514. Capital funding for 2016-17 is $220.17 per pupil and Solomon estimates a slight increase for the district due to an increase in pupils. The board is scheduled to take action on the capital budget at its April 18 meet-ing.

Integration/Equity Coordinator Carita Green presented an amend-ment to the 2014-17 Achievement and Integration (AI) Plan due next month to the Minnesota Depart-ment of Education (MDE) and the annual AI budget that supports the goals of the plan. The board is scheduled to take action on the AI plan amendment and budget at its March 14 meeting.

Dir. of Communications Tony Taschner and David Unmacht, Ea-gan resident and member of the Legislative Advisory Council (LAC), reported on anticipated issues for the 2016 legislative session and advocacy efforts of the LAC. Tas-chner asked the board to approve three legislative priorities for the district: to stabilize state funding for education by indexing general education funding to inflation, in-creasing special education funding and updating factors for calculat-ing equalization aid; increase fully funded early learning opportunities, and reduce mandates and increase local control. He announced there will be four openings for citizens on the LAC that will be advertised this spring.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Roseen and carried with a 5-0 vote to approve the 2016 legislative priorities.

Albright commented on the ThisWeek Readers’ Choice Awards.

Schutte encouraged people to attend high school productions and concerts.

Berenz announced the STEM Career Fair; the Environmental Col-lege and Career Fair and that public comments on world languages cur-riculum are being accepted online. She reported the district’s capture rate remains at 87 percent this year.

Motion by Albright, seconded by Roseen and carried with a 5-0 vote to adjourn the meeting at 7:20 p.m.

Published in theApple Valley Sun Thisweek,

Lakeville Sun Thisweek, Burnsville/Eagan Sun Thisweek

March 25, 2016523966

EUREKA TOWNSHIPPOSTING NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:The Planning Commission of

Eureka Township will hold a public hearing on Monday, April 4, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. in the Eureka Town Hall located at 25043 Cedar Avenue. The purpose of the public hearing is to consider a Conditional Use Permit for Real Tree Church to use existing building as a church. All persons wishing to be heard on this matter will be allowed to address the Commission.Mira Broyles, Clerk


March 25, 2016525542

CITY OF LAKEVILLEPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

REQUEST: A Zoning Map amendment to rezone property from RM-2, Medium Density Resi-dential District to PUD, Planned Unit Development District.

APPLICANT: Safety Signs – Safety Properties, LLC

LOCATION AND LEGAL DE-SCRIPTION: The property is locat-ed at 19784 Kenrick Avenue in the City of Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota and is legally described as follows:

19784 Kenrick AvenuePARCEL A: (PID 22-02400-51-

022)All that part of the E 1/2 of the

SW 1/4 of Section 24, Township 114, Range 21, Dakota County, MN, described as follows:

Commencing at the southwest corner of said E 1/2 of the SW 1/4; thence bearing North, assumed bearing, and at right angles to the south line of said E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 a distance of 1039.87 feet; thence North 87 degrees 23 min-utes 00 seconds East a distance of 301.58 feet to the point of be-ginning; thence North 76 degrees 01 minutes 24 seconds East a dis-tance of 395.90 feet; thence North 04 degrees 23 minutes 40 seconds West a distance of 491.52 feet; thence South 87 degrees 23 min-utes 00 seconds West a distance of 569.81 feet to the easterly right-of-way line of Interstate Highway No. 35 (formerly Trunk Highway No. 65); thence South 01 degrees 12 minutes 02 seconds East along said right-of-way line a distance of 410.79 feet to the point where said right-of-way line deflects to the south; thence South 01 degrees 12 minutes 02 seconds East along said right-of-way line a distance of 159.14 feet to a point on a line that bears South 87 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West from the point of beginning; thence North 87 de-grees 23 minutes 00 seconds East a distance of 231.00 feet to the point of beginning.

Excepting therefrom that part described as follows: Commenc-ing at the southwest corner of said El/2 of the SW 1/4; thence bearing North, assumed bearing, and at right angles to the south line of said E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 a distance of 1071.10 feet; thence East and par-allel with said south line of the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 a distance of 42.47 feet to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Minne-sota Trunk Highway No. 65; thence North 04 degrees 23 minutes 40 seconds West a distance of 141.52 feet; thence North 87 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds East a dis-tance of 390.30 feet to the actual point of beginning of the tract to be described; thence continuing North 87 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds East a distance of 100.00 feet; thence South 02 degrees 37 min-utes 00 seconds East a distance of 75.00 feet; thence South 87 de-grees 23 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 100.00 feet; thence North 02 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 75.00 feet to the point of beginning.

Also being subject to an ease-ment 15 feet wide to MN Natural Gas Company as recorded on Doc-ument No. 404991.

PARCEL B: (PID 22-02400-51-031)All that part of the E 1/2 of the

SW 1/4 of Section 24, Township 114, Range 21, Dakota County, MN, described as follows:

Commencing at the southwest corner of said E 1/2 of the SW 1/4; thence bearing North, assumed bearing, and at right angles to the south line of said E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 a distance of 1071.10 feet; thence East and parallel with said south line of the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 a distance of 42.47 feet to its intersection with the easterly right-of-way line of Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 65; thence North 04 degrees 23 minutes 40 seconds West a distance of 141.52 feet; thence North 87 degrees 23 min-utes 00 seconds East a distance of 390.30 feet to the actual point of beginning of the tract to be de-scribed; thence continuing North 87 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds East a distance of 100.00 feet; thence South 02 degrees 37 min-utes 00 seconds East a distance of 75.00 feet; thence South 87 de-grees 23 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 100.00 feet; thence North 02 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 75.00 feet to the point of beginning.

WHEN: Thursday, April 7, 2016 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, Minnesota.

QUESTIONS: Call Associate Planner Frank Dempsey at (952) 985-4423 or email comments or questions to [email protected].

DATED this 22nd day of March 2016CITY OF LAKEVILLECharlene FriedgesCity Clerk


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THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE FEB. 23, 2016

SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WITH THE FULL

TEXT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT WWW.DISTRICT196.ORG

OR AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE OR BY STANDARD

OR ELECTRONIC MAIL.The meeting was called to order

at 5:03 p.m. at the District Office. Present: Albright, Coulson, Duch-scher, Huusko, Magnuson, Roseen, Schutte and Supt. Berenz.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried with a 6-0 vote to approve the agenda.

Rosemount City Administrator Dwight Johnson and Mayor William Droste urged the district to recon-sider an alternate Rosemount site that was included in the original properties identified but not one of the four finalist sites.

Director of Finance and Opera-tions Jeff Solomon reviewed the criteria for elementary school land and reported the board authorized negotiations with land owners. Dur-ing that process it was determined the Traditions property located near the intersection of 160th Street and

Diamond Path in the City of Lakev-ille met the criteria and was the most suitable of the four sites.

Motion by Albright, seconded by Huusko and carried with a 7-0 vote to approve closing the meet-ing pursuant to M.S. 13D.05, Subd. 3 (c)(3). A public body may close a meeting to develop or consider offers or counteroffers for the pur-chase or sale of real or personal property to discuss the purchase of the property.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Duchscher and carried with a 7-0 vote to approve re-opening the meeting.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Roseen and carried with a 7-0 vote to authorize the administration to prepare a purchase agreement for the Traditions property.

Motion by Roseen, seconded by Huusko and carried with a 7-0 vote to adjourn the meeting at 6:02 p.m.



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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSMULTI-SITE BOILER

BURNER REPLACEMENTLAKEVILLE NORTH

HIGH SCHOOL 19600 IPAVA AVENUE

LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044

LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY 19875 DODD BOULEVARD

LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044Independent School District

#194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Multi-Site Boiler Burner Replacement until 2:00 p.m. local time on April 14, 2016 at the Independent School District #194 District Office, 8670, 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Architects and Engineers, 332 Min-nesota Street, Suite W2000, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101. (651)227-7773; at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construc-tion/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell at:

w w w. e - a r c . c o m / a r c E O C /Secures/PWELL_Pr iva teL is t .aspx?PriType=pnb or Mankato Builders Exchange; Builders Ex-change of Rochester; St. Cloud Builders Exchange; Mid Minnesota Builders Exchange (Willmar, MN);

This project includes: Removal and replacement of the boiler burn-ers and associated system compo-nents.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available on or about March 24, 2016. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the inter-net at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Multi-Site Boiler Burner Replacement.





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THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE MAR. 1, 2016 SCHOOL

BOARD MEETING WITH THE FULL TEXT AVAILABLE FOR

PUBLIC INSPECTION AT WWW.DISTRICT196.ORG

OR AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE OR BY STANDARD

OR ELECTRONIC MAIL.The meeting was called to order

at 4:33 p.m. at the District Office. Present: Albright, Huusko, Magnu-son, Roseen and Supt. Berenz.

Motion by Roseen, seconded by Huusko and carried with a 4-0 vote to approve the agenda.

School District Attorney Jill Coyle asked the board to adopt a resolution to expel a student im-mediately, through the remainder of the 2015-16 school year, continu-ing through and including June 10, 2016.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried with a 4-0 to approve the resolution.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried with a 4-0 vote to adjourn the meeting at 4:35 p.m.



March 25, 2016523992

CITY OF LAKEVILLEDAKOTA COUNTY

MINNESOTASUMMARY ORDINANCE

NO. 958AN ORDINANCE AMENDING

TITLES 3 (BUSINESS AND LICENSE REGULATIONS) AND 11 (ZONING) OF THE

LAKEVILLE CITY CODEThis ordinance amends Titles 3

and 11 of the Lakeville City Code. Amendments have been made to the following chapters of the Lakeville City Code:

Title 3 (Business and License Regulations)

Chapter 22-7.B (Dynamic Dis-play Sign Performance Standards)

Title 11 (Zoning Ordinance)Chapter 5-1 (Interim Use Per-

mits – Purpose and Intent)Chapter 17-9.D (Building Type

and Construction)Chapter 18 (Accessory Build-

ings, Structures, Uses and Equip-ment)

Chapter 21-5 (Fences)Chapter 21-9.E (Residential Buf-

fer Yards)Chapter 23 (Signs)Chapter 57-15 and 19 (RST-

2 District Setbacks and Exterior Building Finish)

Chapter 58-17 and 21 (RM-1 District Setbacks and Exterior Building Finish)

Chapter 59-17 and 21 (RM-2 District Setbacks and Exterior Building Finish)

Chapter 61-15 and 19 (RH-1 District Setbacks and Exterior Building Finish)

Chapter 62-15 and 19 (RH-2 District Setbacks and Exterior Building Finish)

Chapter 70-7 (O-R District Con-ditional Uses)

Chapter 72-5 and 7 (C-2 District Permitted Accessory and Condi-tional Uses)

Chapter 73-5 and 7 (C-3 District Permitted Accessory and Condi-tional Uses)

Chapter 74-5 and 7 (C-CBD Dis-trict Permitted Accessory and Con-ditional Uses)

Chapter 75-5 and 13 (O-P Dis-trict Permitted Accessory Uses and Parking Setbacks)

Chapter 85-5 (I-CBD District Permitted Accessory Uses)

Chapter 86-5 (I-1 District Per-mitted Accessory Uses)

Chapter 87-5 (I-2 District Per-mitted Accessory Uses)

Chapter 97-5 (P-OS District Per-mitted Accessory Uses)

A printed copy of the entire ordi-nance is available for inspection by any person during the City Clerk’s regular office hours.

Approved for publication by the City Council of the City of Lakeville, Minnesota this 21st day of March 2016.CITY OF LAKEVILLEBY: Matt Little, MayorATTEST: Charlene Friedges City Clerk


March 25, 2016525666


ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSLAKE MARION

ELEMENTARY BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM

REPLACEMENT 19875 DODD

BOULEVARD LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044

Independent School District #194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Lake Marion El-ementary Building Automation Sys-tem Replacement until 1:00 p.m. local time on April 7, 2016 at the Independent School District #194 District Office, 8670, 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Architects and Engineers, 332 Min-nesota Street, Suite W2000, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101. (651) 227-7773; at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construc-tion/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell at:

w w w. e - a r c . c o m / a r c E O C /Sect i res/PWELL_Pr ivateL is t .aspx?PrjType=pub or Mankato Builders Exchange; Builders Ex-change of Rochester; St. Cloud Builders Exchange; Mid Minnesota Builders Exchange (Willmar, MN);

This project includes: Complete Building Automation System Re-placement.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available on or about March 10, 2016. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the inter-net at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Lake Marion El-ementary Building Automation Sys-tem Replacement Multi Site Boiler Burner Replacement.



The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project on or be-fore August 19,2016.Board of EducationINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT #194


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CITY OF LAKEVILLEDAKOTA COUNTY

MINNESOTAORDINANCE NO. 959

AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY FROM RS-2 TO RS-3 AND FROM RS-3 TO RS-4 IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NICHOLAS

ESTATES PLATTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE

CITY OF LAKEVILLE ORDAINS:Section 1. Legal Description.

The following described property located within the City of Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota is here-


LEGAL NOTICES

by rezoned:1. From RS-2, Single Family

Residential District to RS-3, Single Family Residential District:

Blocks 1 – 3 as shown on the Nicholas Estates preliminary plat; and

2. From RS-3, Single Family Residential District to RS-4, Single Family Residential District:

Blocks 4 – 5 as shown on the Nicholas Estates preliminary plat.

Section 2. Zoning Map. The zoning map of the City of Lakeville, adopted by Section 11-45-5 of the City Code, shall not be republished to show the aforesaid rezoning, but the Zoning Administrator shall ap-propriately mark the zoning map on file in the Zoning Administrator’s office for the purpose of indicating the rezoning hereinabove provided for in this Ordinance, and all of the notations, references and other in-formation shown thereon are here-by incorporated by reference and made part of this Ordinance.

Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage by the City Council and the recording of the Nicholas Es-tates final plat with Dakota County.

Adopted by the Lakeville City Council this 21st day of March 2016CITY OF LAKEVILLEBY: Matt Little, MayorATTEST: Charlene Friedges, City Clerk


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ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSWESTVIEW ELEMENTARY

BAS UPGRADE225 GARDEN VIEW DRIVE

APPLE VALLEY, MINNESOTANotice is hereby given that

sealed bids will be received for the Westview Elementary BAS Upgrade by Independent School District 196, at the Facilities and Grounds Office located at 14445 Diamond Path West, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2:00 p.m. April 12, 2016, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Architects and Engineers, 332 Minnesota Street, Suite W2000,

St. Paul, Minnesota 55101. (651) 227-7773; at the Minnesota Build-ers Exchange; McGraw Hill Con-struction/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell at www.e-arc.com/MN/Plymouth.

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for March 29, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. at Main Entrance. Attendance at this meeting is highly recommended.

This project includes: Demoli-tion of existing pneumatic and DDC controls and replacement with new DDC controls.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (612) 722-2303, facsimile (612) 722-2958 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Documents to prospective bidders and sub-contractors. The downloads will be available March 22, 2016. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set download-ed via the internet at www.e-arc.com and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Westview Elementary BAS Upgrade.



The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project on or be-fore Phase 1 on or before August 19, 2016, Phase 2 on or before No-vember 18, 2016.Joel Albright, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196



March 25, April 1, 2016524931


ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSCENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOL

FIRE DAMPER REPLACEMENT

18610 Ipava AvenueLakeville, Minnesota 55044

Independent School District #194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Century Middle School Fire Damper Replacement until 1:00 p.m. local time on April 14, 2016 at the Independent School District #194 Office, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Architects and Engineers, 332 Min-nesota Street, Suite W2000, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101. (651) 227-7773; at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construc-tion/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from Plan Well at:

w w w. e - a r c . c o m / a r c E O C /Secures/PWELL_Pr iva teL is t .aspx?PriType=pub or Mankato Builders Exchange; Builders Ex-change of Rochester; St. Cloud Builders Exchange; Mid Minnesota Builders Exchange (Willmar, MN).

This project includes: Building wide fire damper replacement.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available on or about March 17, 2016. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the inter-net at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the Plan Well icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Century Middle School Fire Damper Replacement.


Bids may not be withdrawn

within thirty (30) days after the scheduled time of opening bids, without the consent of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to accept any bid or to reject any or al) bids, or parts of such bids, and waive informalities or irregularities in bidding.

A prebid walk though has been scheduled Tor 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Please meet at the main entrance.



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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSLAKEVILLE NORTH

HIGH SCHOOL PARTIAL ROOF REPLACEMENT

19600 Ipava Avenue Lakeville, Minnesota

Independent School District #194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Lakeville North High School Partial Roof Replacement until 1:00 PM local time on April 12, 2016 at the Lakeville District Office, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota, 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Architects and Engineers, 332 Min-nesota Street, Suite W2000, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101. (651) 227-7773; at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construc-tion/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from Plan Well at www.e-arc.com/MN/Plymouth


This project includes: Partial Roof System Replacement at Lakeville North High School.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads

will be available on or about March 15, 2016. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the inter-net at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the Plan Well icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Century Middle School Roof Replacement.



A prebid walk through has been scheduled Tor 1:00 PM on Wednes-day, March 30, 2016. Meet at the main entrance.

The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project on or be-fore August 12,2016.Board of EducationINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT #194



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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSCENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOL

ROOF REPLACEMENT 18610 Ipava Avenue Lakeville, Minnesota

Independent School District #194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Century Middle School Roof Replacement un-til 2:00 PM local time on April 12, 2016 at the Lakeville District Office, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota, 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Architects and Engineers, 332 Min-nesota Street, Suite W2000, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101. (651) 227-

7773; at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construc-tion/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell at www.e-arc.com/MN/Plymouth


This project includes: Complete Roof System Replacement at Cen-tury Middle School.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available on or about March 15, 2016. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the inter-net at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Century Middle School Roof Replacement.



A prebid walkthrough has been scheduled for 2:30 PM on Wednes-day, March 30, 2016. Meet at the main entrance.

The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project on or be-fore August 19, 2016.Board of EducationINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT # 194



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not live through the night, Raines was in her van be-fore the conversation was over. “They said they do not save sick animals and usu-ally just let them die natu-rally,” Raines said in a let-ter she recently submitted to city officials seeking an interim use permit to con-tinuing caring for up to three domesticated foxes at a rural residential property in southwest Lakeville. Raines said she was awake for nearly three days straight providing care, food and antibiotics to the day-old kit she named Far-ah Foxette, who has thrived with her care. When Raines learned of a domesticated fox kept in a cramped cage, being poked, teased and forced to sleep in his own feces during par-ties, she persuaded the over-whelmed owners to let her take him off their hands. Raines nursed the mal-nourished fox back to health, patiently gaining his trust and even training him to climb a ladder. “He just loves to cuddle with me,” Raines said of the young red fox she has named Finnegan. She also cares for a white male arctic fox named Fi-asco whom she said is ex-tremely smart and can perform tricks that include sitting, rolling over and giv-

ing a high-five. “I have a few videos of him doing that on the Inter-net,” Raines said. Raines warned that while foxes are part of the dog family, raising one is extremely expensive, time-consuming and vastly dif-ferent from owning a house pet. “Dogs were bred to obey people, like that’s their whole purpose,” Raines said. “And foxes were not. Domesticating a fox is a dif-ferent story because they don’t really care. You have to really create a bond with them for them to listen to you.” Her ultimate goal for the foxes she rescues is to ensure they are not mistreated and find them the best possible homes. Raines said the best place for foxes would be in the wild, but that is not an option for Fiasco, Farah and Finnegan because they were all bred in captivity. She has talked to the Alaska Zoo about the pos-sibility of moving Fiasco there. Other possibilities are for the foxes to be licensed as educational animals or become surrogate parents in wildlife rehabilitation facili-ties, where they would teach kits how to be foxes. Raines is determined to continue caring for the fox-es and devotes every waking minute to their care.

They require regular vet-erinary appointments, are or will be spayed or neu-tered, receive monthly heart worm treatments and need individual attention and ex-ercise daily. She said she gave up col-lege to care for them be-cause they needed so much attention, and she rarely if ever goes out with friends. “I can’t remember the last time I hung out with some-one because my animals are my life,” Raines said. “They’re my main focus.” The day she turned 21 was spent caring for the foxes. “They’re my best friends,” Raines said. “I work 40 hours a week for them. I get off and then I walk each one individually every day.” She said would do any-thing for her foxes, and dreams of one day owning a nonprofit fox rescue in an area far from the cities. “I can’t explain the spe-cial bond that I have with foxes,” she said. “I can’t ex-plain what it is, but there’s something about wildlife that I connect with.” Lakeville Planning Com-mission members voted 3-2 to recommend granting her an interim use permit. City Council members are slated to vote on the request at their April 4 meeting.


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Olson said the district will use both print and video, and may do some advertising depending on who the core audience is and if its research indi-cates it could be effective. Staff communications are proposed to inform, engage and inspire staff members, providing in-formation so they can be ambassadors for the dis-trict. Proposed is a refine-ment of the district’s in-ternal weekly administra-tive update, development of a secure intranet web-site for staff communica-tions and an electronic publication for regular staff updates. Also proposed is sup-port for two-way commu-nication efforts between administration and staff. Additional plan com-ponents being developed focus on social media, marketing and editorial plans that will dovetail with the district’s strate-gic communications plan. Communications Spe-cialist Stephanie Kass’ title is proposed to be converted to marketing communications coordi-nator under the proposal. “What we’re asking of staff is a combination of marketing and commu-nications,” Olson said, noting that Kass has

strengths in marketing and design that are help-ing the district develop a consistent look and feel to its publications. She said Kass has helped develop market-ing materials for new programs like MN-CAPS, the district’s joint venture with Prior Lake-Savage Public Schools to develop a professional studies school set to open this fall. “She has a beautiful eye for design,” Olson said. The district may also collaborate with the city of Lakeville and the Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce, partici-pate in special events and support trade shows and community celebrations to promote programs and share its work. It recommends estab-lishing a budget for pro-motions that may include media buys, radio spon-sorships and Google and social media ads. Olson said the rec-ommendations will be included in the 2016-17 budget. One of the goals of the plan is to attract new students to the district, but Olson said there is no set number identified. In recent years Dis-trict 194 has expanded its educational program-ming, which has reversed

the trend of more stu-dents enrolling out of the district. The majority of District 194 students now enroll into the dis-trict. The district’s educa-tional opportunities have grown to include LinK12, an online school; hybrid classes that combine on-line and in-school learn-ing; a business academy; and Impact Academy, an elementary learning model that operates in an open setting and empha-sizes collaboration and community service and promotes based on abil-ity, not age. Olson said she is most excited about the oppor-tunity the communica-tions plan offers for the district to tell stories that highlight its staff. “There’s just so much going on,” Olson said. “And for us to be able to connect the community to the classroom and vice versa, it’s really an honor. Our staff mem-bers are really incredible, and for us to be able to share how they’re mak-ing a difference for our students is just amazing to me.” The School Board is expected to further dis-cuss the plan in April.


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5380 Plumbing

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at the Eagan Art House. Reg-ister by phone at 651-675-5500 or online at cityofeagan.com. Information: [email protected] or 651-675-5521. Square dancing, 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, in the gym at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 151 County Road 42 E., Burnsville. No previ-ous dance experience re-quired. All ages; no partner needed. Free. Wear comfort-able shoes and casual attire. Questions: 651-423-1206 or 612-759-9235. Rosemount Area Arts Council classes at the Stee-ple Center (www.rosemoun-tarts.com): Watercolor class,

6-8 p.m. April 11, $22 RAAC members; $24 nonmem-bers. Felted Vases, Vessels & Bowls, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 22, $36 RAAC members, $40 nonmembers (plus a $20 ma-terials fee payable to instruc-tor). Basket Weaving: Heart Embellished Basket, 6-9 p.m. April 12 and 16, $11 RAAC members, $12 nonmembers (plus a $10 materials fee pay-able to the instructor). Bas-ket Weaving: Yarn Storage Basket, May 10 and 17, $11 RAAC members, $12 non-members (plus an $18 materi-als fee payable to the instruc-tor). Watch Me Draw Art Stu-dio, 20908 Holyoke Ave.,

Lakeville, classes: Ladies Night Out, 6-8 p.m. the sec-ond and fourth Friday of the month, create a 9x12 acrylic painting, $30. Date Night Painting, 6-8 p.m. the first and third Friday of the month, choose to paint individual canvases or one large can-vas, age 21 and older, $55 per couple includes light appetiz-ers. Coffee & Canvas, 9-11 a.m. Wednesdays, create a 9x12 acrylic painting, $25. Information: www.watchme-draw.net or 952-454-2736. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Battle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with artist Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, River Ridge Studios, 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Informa-tion: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through draw-ing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Informa-tion: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Line dance classes Wednesdays at Lakeville Her-itage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., beginners 9-10 a.m., intermediate 10 a.m. to noon. Information: Marilyn, 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Rob-ert Trail Library. Information: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected]. SouthSide Writers, Sat-urday workgroup for aspir-ing writers, offering critique, submission and manuscript preparation information, sup-port and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Infor-mation: 651-688-0365.

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Engagements

Woelfel/WrightKen and Ann Marie

Woelfel of Apple Valley are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter Jessica Woelfel to Aaron Wright. Aaron is the son of Tony and Mary Wright of Evans-ville, MN.

The couple reside in Fargo, ND.

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Books Mystery author J.A. Jance will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21, at the Gal-axie Library, 14055 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, as part of the Club Book author series. She will discuss her latest book, “Clawback.” Free. In-formation: http://tinyurl.com/ja8vg14.

Call for Artists The Eagan Art House is accepting registrations for the visual art exhibition titled “One x One.” Two- and three-dimensional artwork will be accepted for display in May and June. Registrations are due April 15. There is no fee to participate. Visit www.ea-ganarthouse.org for complete

registration and submission details.

Comedy Jim Belushi and the Board of Comedy, 8 p.m. Friday, April 1, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake. Tickets: $35-$45. Information: 952-445-9000 or www.mysticlake.com.

Events Farm Babies at the Min-nesota Zoo, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 25 to April 30. Informa-tion: mnzoo.org. “Skating Through Route 66,” presented by Heritage Figure Skating Club and the Farmington and Lakeville Learn to Skate programs, 7 p.m. April 15-16 and 1 p.m. April 17 at Hasse Arena, 8525 215th St. W., Lakeville. Cost: $8 adults, $5 students and seniors. Information: www.

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Friday, March 25 Fish fry, 5-9 p.m., Rose-mount American Legion Post 65, 14590 Burma Ave., Rose-mount. All-you-can-eat fish ($11.95 adults, $10.95 seniors, $7.95 kids). Information: 651-423-3380.

Wednesday, March 30 Memory Care Support Group, 2-3 p.m., Augustana Regent at Burnsville, 14500 Regent Lane, Burnsville. Infor-mation: Jane Hubbard at 952-898-8728.

Thursday, March 31 Get Jobs Job Fair, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Eagan Civic Arena, 3870 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. No registration is needed for job seekers. Free shuttle buses from the Minnesota WorkForce Centers in Burnsville, Shako-pee and West St. Paul will be provided. Buses will wait five minutes at each stop. YEA! Investor Panel Event, 6-8 p.m., Kenwood Trail Middle School, 19455 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville. Meet-and-greet at 5 p.m. Young entrepreneurs from the YEA! program pitch their business ideas to a local investor panel and the panel allocates funding based on the quality of their pitch and presentation. Information: 952-

469-2020. 2nd District GOP debate, 6-8:30 p.m., Hastings High School, 200 General Sieben Drive, Hastings.

Friday, April 1 Forever Wild Family Fri-day: Treasure Hunt, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Cen-ter, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. Geo-cache for treasures hidden in the park. Bring your own GPS unit; a limited number of GPS units are available at the park. All ages. Free. Registration re-quested. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks/.

Saturday, April 2 Apple Valley Chamber’s Home and Garden Show, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dakota County Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Free. Confident Women: Finding Freedom From Our Biggest Critic, 12-2 p.m., Thrive Ther-apy, 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Suite 208, Burnsville. Informa-tion: http://thrivetherapymn.com.

Sunday, April 3 Belgian waffle breakfast, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Church of St. Michael Social Hall, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington. All-you-can-eat waffles. Cost: $6.50 presale, $7 at the door, free for ages 5 and younger. Call Theresa at 651-460-6060

for tickets. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary.

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

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • March 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Culver’s, 3445 O’Leary Lane, Eagan. • March 29, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Edina Realty, 17271 Kenyon Ave., Lakeville. • March 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Apple Valley Medical Center, 14655 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. • March 31, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Dunn Brothers, 15265 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. • March 31, 1-7 p.m., Trinity Evangelical Free Church, 10658 210th St. W., Lakeville. • April 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Walmart, 20710 Keokuk Ave., Lakeville.

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Exhibits A children’s art exhibit is on display March 9 to April 25 at the art gallery at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. The gallery is closed weekends, March 30-31 and April 7. Information: 952-895-4685. “Elements” exhibit by the Eagan Art House runs through March 31 at the Ea-gan Community Center and Lunds & Byerlys. Information: 651-675-5521.

Library Aztec and Nahautl Dance and Culture, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Friday, April 1, Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. Free. Information: 952-891-0300.

Music Scotty McCreery, 8 p.m. Friday, March 25, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Tickets: $39 and $47. Information: 952-496-6563 or www.mysticlake.com.

Theater “On Golden Pond,” pre-sented by Expressions Com-munity Theater, 7:30 p.m. April 1-2 and 7-9; 2 p.m. April 3 and 10, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets: $13 at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or by phone at 952-985-4640. “The Music Man,” pre-sented by Twin Cities Home-schoolers for the Arts, 7 p.m. April 14 and 1 and 7 p.m. April 15 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holy-oke Ave. Tickets: $12 at the box office or www.Lakevil-leAreaArtsCenter.com. “Let Him Sleep ’Till It’s Time for His Funeral,” com-edy dinner theater presented by the Eagan Theater Com-pany, 6 p.m. Friday, April 15, and Saturday, April 16, at Brianno’s Royal Cliff Center, 2280 Cliff Road, Eagan. Tick-ets: $42 at www.etc-mn.org or at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Park-way, Eagan. Tickets are not available at the door. “BRAVO 2016: Passport,” senior preview 3:30 p.m. April 19; 7 p.m. April 21-23 and 28-30; 2 p.m. April 24, Eastview High School. Information: 952-431-8900. “Saturday Night Fever – The Musical,” 8 p.m. April 22-23, Mystic Showroom, Prior Lake. Tickets: $36-$47. Information: 952-496-6563 or mysticlake.com. “Mary Poppins,” pre-sented by Lakeville South High School, 4 p.m. April 21 senior preview; 7 p.m. April 22-23, 28-30; and 2 p.m. April 23, LSHS auditorium, 21135 Jacquard Ave. Tick-ets: $10 adults, $7 students and seniors at http://lshs.seatyourself.biz and one hour before curtain. Information: 952-232-3322.

Workshops/classes/other Eagan Art House is part-nering with Minnesota Center for Book Arts to offer a series of four book arts workshops. Letterpress: Print on a Table-Top Platen Press, Wednesday, April 27; Jason Yoh, instruc-tor. Bookbinding: Pamphlet Stitch and Asian Stab Bind-ing, Wednesday, May 4; Sue Bjerke, instructor. Paper: Two Decorative Japanese Paper Techniques, Wednesday, May 11; Jana Pullman, instructor. Teaching Book Arts to Youth: The Language of Books, Wednesday, May 18; Jill Weese, instructor. All work-shops held at the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S., from 6-9 p.m. Cost: $45 per class, including supplies. Call 612-215-2520 or register online at www.mnbookarts.org/ontheroad. Information: [email protected] or 651-675-5521. The Eagan Art House of-fers a Sumi Painting lecture and workshop. The Myth of Sumi Art: A Lecture on the Madness and Creativity of Sumi Painting, 6-7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1, at Wet Paint Artist Materials, 1684 Grand Ave., St. Paul. Cost: $10; fee can be applied to Sumi paint-ing supplies at Wet Paint. Call 651-698-6431 to register. Sumi Blue and Green Floral & Landscape with guest art-ist Yuming Zhu, Saturday and Sunday, April 2 and 3, at the Eagan Art House. Cost: $255. Bring a bag lunch both days. Supplies will be available for purchase on workshop days

Becky Fredericksen, left, and Elizabeth Streiff are among the cast of the Eagan The-ater Company comedy “Let Him Sleep Till It’s Time for His Funeral,” which will be performed April 15-16 at Brianno’s Royal Cliff Center, 2280 Cliff Road, Eagan. Set in the 1950s, the dinner theater event takes on the guise of a classic early television sitcom — an episode of a fictional show titled “Life with Edna,” in which Edna decides to throw a surprise funeral-themed 60th birthday for her husband Harold, who mistak-enly jumps to the conclusion he’s about to be murdered. The audience is encouraged to wear 1950s attire. The event is being presented in partnership with the Eagan 55 Plus/Seniors Group. Tickets for the dinner and play are $42 and are available at www.etc-mn.org, and in person at the Eagan Community Center until April 11; tickets will not be available the nights of the performances. (Photo submitted)

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Stand-up comic Ralphie May is set to perform April 14 at the Ames Center in Burnsville as part of his nation-wide “Unruly” tour. The popular comedian appeared on season one of “Last Comic Standing” and has been featured in multiple Comedy Central stand-up specials. Tickets are $30 and are available in person at the Ames Center box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 or online at Ticketmaster.com. (Photo submitted)

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Oak Ridge Boys at Ames The Oak Ridge Boys will perform 3 p.m. Sun-day, July 10, at Ames Cen-ter, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. The Oak Ridge Boys are the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. They have garnered nine Dove Awards and five Grammy Awards and many other honors. Tickets are $48 and $68 at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 and Tick-etmaster.com.

Anderson Ponty Band Former Yes singer Jon Anderson and jazz-fusion violinist Jean Luc Ponty have combined their musi-cal talents to form a new supergroup, the Anderson Ponty Band, which per-forms 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, at Ames Cen-ter, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets are $32.50-$79.50 at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 or online at Ticketmaster.com.

Painting class at Burnhaven “Paint like Kandin-sky” will be offered 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. Participants will learn about color, line and shape, and paint their own Wassily Kandinsky-inspired abstract artwork; no experience is necessary. This program is free to students, presented by an Eagan Art House instruc-tor, and funded in part by the Minnesota Legacy Amendment. Space is limited to 15 students; registration begins Tuesday, March 29. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/libraries or 952-891-0300.

Charity fashion show and magazine launch The Volk is hosting a fashion show and launch party for the first issue of its new fashion magazine at 8 p.m. Saturday, April

9, at Opinion Brewery, 374 21st St., Newport. The fashion show fea-tures eight to 10 local de-signers, and live music, as well as local style icon and celebrity host Grant Whit-taker. Those who purchase VIP tickets will have front row lounge/table seat-ing, plus a free edition of The Volk’s first issue. Networking opportunities will be available for artists, photographers, models, hair and makeup artists, designers, and agents. The Volk’s quarterly fashion magazine encour-ages confidence, positivity, collaboration and commu-nity in the world of fash-ion. The Volk uses fashion as a form of art and love as a lifestyle. Local artists have donated their time and effort to create The Volk’s first issue, Fierce Fashion You. Proceeds from the magazine will be donated towards mental health awareness. VIP tickets are $25; general admission tickets are $15. Purchase tickets at http://tinyurl.com/jg-fm4wy.

Otherworldly scenarios unfoldFantasy writer Kristin Van Risseghem featured at March 30 author event

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


In the fiction of Kristin Van Risseghem you’ll find angels, demons, fairies, werewolves — many of them balancing their oth-erworldly natures with the pressures of teenage life. The Apple Valley writer of young-adult urban fan-tasy debuted in 2015 with “The Guardian, a Sword, & Stilettos,” the first book in her “Enlighten” series, whose 17-year-old protag-onist attends parties and develops crushes while at the same time battling the forces of evil. Van Risseghem’s sec-ond “Enlighten” series book, “The Passage, a Dance, & a Little White Dress,” was released this month. Employed full-time in the paralegal field, she often finds herself burning the midnight oil to complete her writing projects. “When I wrote ‘The Guardian, a Sword, & Sti-lettos,’ it was all at night and on the weekends,” she said. “I’d come home after work, sit on my black vinyl couch with noise-cancel-ing headphones, with my laptop perched across my lap and type away into the wee hours of the morning, only to get a few hours of sleep. But the story came and I didn’t want to lose it.” Van Risseghem is set to speak at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, at the Meet the Author event at the Robert Trail Library in Rosemount. Admission is free to the event present-ed by the Rosemount Area

Arts Council. She spoke with this newspaper recently about her writing habits, some of her literary influences and the challenges of compos-ing fantasy fiction. Q: What initially sparked your interest in writing fantasy? A: As cliché as it is, I dreamed the opening warehouse scene in “The Guardian, a Sword, & Sti-lettos.” I knew it was going to be fantasy after three nights of dreaming vari-ous scenes. Q: What is your writing strategy? Do you have any writing rituals? A: Nope — when inspi-ration hits, I write. Some-times it’s a few lines, while other times it’s a full scene. Now it’s on the rare occa-sions that I find time to write where I can type out a few chapters at a time. Q: How do you get past writer’s block? A: I don’t force my-self because that ends up wasting a lot of time do-ing nothing — no writing,

or plenty of staring into space. If the story isn’t coming to me, then I do other things. I live my life until inspiration hits and I need to write it down.

Q: What are some of the challenges of writing fantasy fiction as opposed to, say, realist fiction?

A: As with any writing, there are tropes especially for young-adult fiction. The main character has to be within a certain age spread, the adults have to be missing or dead or not helpful, but you still have to write things that are important to teens and young adults without making them look silly, feel less than their age, or ignore themes that they re-ally do live through. Q: What are you work-ing on now? Any book projects in the works? A: I’m writing the sec-ond novella about Kieran, the Guardian Angel, titled “The Mentor, a Wish, & an Angel.” If I can get my act together, it should re-lease later this fall. Q: What are you read-ing right now? A: I read about two books a week. I read a lot from debut authors or newly released self-pub-bers. I strongly believe in supporting the many indie authors who weren’t se-lected to publish through traditional means. Q: What sparked your interest in reading fantasy fiction? A: It all started with “Twilight.” Up until then I usually read mysteries — John Sandford, Vince Fly-nn, Mary Higgins Clark, John Grisham and Patri-

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novels, other than your own, would you recom-mend to readers inter-ested in the genre?

A: Julie Kagawa — she wrote “The Iron King” series. My first novella about Sidelle, the Summer Fairy, her back story was inspired by Kagawa’s series. I love “The Mortal Instru-ments” — and yes, I watch “Shadow-hunters” on TV — Lauren Kate’s “Fallen” series, the “Vampire Acad-emy” series, “The Vampire Diaries” series. Oh, and of course Harry Potter. Can you tell I love series?

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