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Eastview coach in transitionEastview’s new girls basketball coach has hit the proverbial court running with a summer clinic and more.

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It’s a hard knock lifeThe classic musical “Annie” will presented June 26-28 at the Mraz Center for the Performing Arts in Burnsville.

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Cedar Avenue bridge workState Sen. Greg Clausen, DFL-Apple Valley, talks about Cedar Avenue bridge work that led to its closure this summer.

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Burnsville’s splash padThe city of Burnsville is the latest in the area to add a splash pad to its mix of parks and recreation opportunities.

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CROP Hunger Walk moved to Apple Valley Spirit of Life Presbyterian Church to host south of the river event

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Momentum is building for the South of the River CROP Hunger Walk, which organizers hope will draw more people from through-out the region. Past CROP Hunger Walks have been more local in na-ture, according to Denise Lewis, this year’s event coordinator with Spirit of Life Presbyterian Church in Apple Valley. Lewis told a gathering of Rosemount leaders last week that walks planned in Burnsville in recent years tended to draw mostly Burnsville residents, and she hopes rotating the location of the event throughout the area will raise more money and food for those in need. CROP Hunger Walk is an event where local residents walk about 4 miles together in an effort to raise money for Church World Service and local food shelves. Teams raise money through pledges. Twenty-five percent of funds raised will benefit 360 Communi-ties, Open Door Pantry and CAP Agency.

The length of the walk is sym-bolic of the distance many hungry people in developing countries walk each day to get food, water and fuel and take their goods to market. “We walk in solidarity for them,” Lewis said. Last year’s CROP Hunger Walk raised more than $14,740 and collected 900 pounds of food. “This event benefitted the food shelf so much,” Lewis said. “We were able to serve so many fami-lies in need.”

The organization reports that $110 can provide emergency food supplies for a family of five’s needs for a month. The walk, which is slated to start at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, is open to all ages and faith commu-nities. There’s a registration time and entertainment scheduled to start at 12:45 p.m. that day at Spirit of Life, 14401 Pilot Knob Road. The route will be set by Spirit of Life. To help the event get started

on the right foot, Raising Cane’s restaurant of Apple Valley will donate 15 percent of purchases on July 14 to the CROP Hunger Walk. A youth group competition, for which there is a pre-registra-tion required, is slated Aug. 22. A team captain training ses-sion will be held Aug. 29. In addition to Spirit of Life, other participating churches in-clude: Burnsville – St. James Lu-theran, Open Circle, Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Presbyte-rian Church of the Apostles, Riv-er Hills United Methodist; Eagan – All Saints Lutheran; Lakeville – Spirit of Joy; Savage – Glendale United Methodist, New Spirit; and Bloomington – Oak Grove Presbyterian. There is a link from this sto-ry at SunThisweek.com to the South of the River CROP Walk website. More information is available by calling the church at 952-423-2212, at www.cwsglobal.org, or by emailing Lewis at [email protected].

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

Lakeville resident Mike Freundschuh spent more than two years and about $40,000 restoring this formerly turquoise 1964 Ford Galaxy into a police squad care that is a replica of the car driven by television character Chief Dep. Barney Fife on “The Andy Griffith Show,” played by comedian actor Don Knotts. Freundschuh said the car, which was in tough shape, originally cost $1,500 and came with the same 352 police interceptor engine used in the show’s original squad. Freundschuh said he gets many chuckles about its license plate that reads, “CALL 911.” He carries a small police cap for children to wear when parents ask if they can take their child’s picture next to the car. It is also a hit with the law enforcement community. “I’ve been pulled over seven times because policemen want to see it,” he said. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Last year’s South of the River CROP Hunger Walk raised more than $14,000 and 900 pounds of food for those in need. (Photo courtesy of South of the River CROP Hunger Walk)

In wake of shooting, church comes together

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Rev. Bill Smith’s mes-sage to his congregation was one of love and for-giveness. Smith, pastor at Lily of the Valley AME Church in Apple Valley, said his church is focused on mov-ing forward in the wake of the church shooting in South Carolina last week. The horrific shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Caro-lina — in which a gunman claimed the lives of nine people during a prayer service, allegedly target-ing the church because its members are African American — was especial-ly troubling for congrega-tion members at Lily of

the Valley. Lily of the Valley, which holds its Sunday worship services at Apple Val-ley’s Christus Victor Lu-theran Church, is linked to the South Carolina church where the shoot-

ing occurred in that both are members of the Afri-can Methodist Episcopal Church, a predominantly black denomination with a focus on improving the lives of African Ameri-cans. “In Apple Valley, we’re certainly not concerned we’re at risk,” said Smith. “We’re not going to oper-ate with a spirit of fear — that’s not who we are — and we’re not going to respond to antagonism with violence. “Our response to this is continued preaching of the Gospel of love and for-giveness.” Lily of the Valley host-ed a community prayer service Sunday that also saw participation from members and leaders of

St. James AME Church in Minneapolis, Presbyterian Church of the Apostles in Burnsville, and Christus Victor. Pastors from all four churches led the 80-some people in attendance in prayer, and the service in-cluded music from the St. James choir. “It was just a really up-lifting and inspirational service,” Smith said. “The biggest part of it was the prayers and words of sup-port from other congrega-tions. “In the AME commu-nity, I think we’re all very shocked — there’s been trouble before, but never anything of this mag-nitude — and it was re-ally helpful to see support from others outside the

AME denomination.” Lily of the Valley began as a Bible study group of about a half-dozen people that met at Christus Vic-tor starting in 2006. The church held its first wor-ship services in 2007, and Smith was officially ap-pointed pastor the follow-ing year. The current con-gregation numbers about 50 people, Smith said, with average weekly wor-ship service attendance about 25. Lily of the Valley holds it weekly services at 5 p.m. Sundays at Christus Vic-tor Lutheran Church, 7510 Palomino Drive. More about the church is at www.lov-amec.com.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Focused on moving forward, Lily of the Valley holds community prayer service

Rev. Bill Smith

Post deal will keep 250 jobs in Dakota County

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


Post Consumer Brands headquarters will retain all 250 jobs in Lakeville and may add more after striking a deal with the city and state of Minnesota that provides the company about $1.1 mil-lion in combined incentives. Details of the tax abate-ment proposal were present-ed to Lakeville City Council members at a June 22 work session. Under the plan, the city and state are offering in-centives to the company to retain jobs at its Lakeville headquarters for at least five years. The incentive offers the new company $1,500 per job from the city and $3,000 per job from the state in tax abatements.

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FREEDOM DAYSApple Valley’s annual Freedom Days festival runs June 26-July 4 with a classic car show, parade and more. The full schedule of events can be found at www.sunthisweek.com/tag/Freedom-Days-2015.

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Wynes moves from interim role to president of DCTC Tim Wynes, who has been serving as interim president of Dakota County Technical Col-lege since Ron Thomas retired in April 2013, was officially elevated to the permanent post by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees. Wynes will serve as shared president of DCTC and Inver Hills Community College, ef-fective July 1. “President Wynes is com-mitted to continuing his work with the leadership, the faculty, and the staff of both colleges to provide an extraordinary education for Dakota and Scott counties,” Steven Rosenstone, MnSCU chancellor, said in a

press release. “The past two years serving as a shared president in the inter-im capacity has been a great learning expe-rience,” Wynes said. “There have been many successes that have

strengthened both colleges and maximized resources. It’s those positive results that led to the Board of Trustees’ decision. I appreciate the faith of the chancellor and the MNSCU Board of Trustees have in the work we have done in the past and will do in the future.” The release noted that DCTC’s accomplishments un-der Wynes’ leadership include creating transparent scholar-ship procedures, improving ac-

countability across all sectors of the college, commissioning and implementing the find-ings of a college-wide athletics task force, and implementing a CRM system to track and com-municate with students. Collaboration between the two colleges has provided sub-stantial financial savings and directly benefited students and the community, according to the release. The colleges currently share 18 positions in the areas of ad-ministration, customized train-ing, student services, workforce planning, and institutional sup-port efforts such as marketing, saving $759,000 annually. Con-tinuing Education/Customized Training went from losing over $131,000 in 2011 to generating

$518,000 in 2014. The colleges are also work-ing together with community partners to expose underrep-resented students in middle school to STEM careers and provide mentorships and in-ternships. Earlier this week legislators passed Phase II of the Trans-portation and Emerging Tech-nologies Bonding Request, allotting $7.7 million for reno-vation projects that aims to advance DCTC’s science, tech-nology, engineering and math-ematics initiative to keep pace with workforce demand in ar-eas critical to the economy. “We deeply appreciate the commitment the Legislature has shown the students of Da-kota County Technical Col-

lege,” Wynes said. “This capital bonding project modernizes relevant classroom space dedi-cated to giving our students the qualifications and opportuni-ties they need to secure high-paying, high-demand jobs in our region.” Rosenstone said in the re-lease that the colleges will con-tinue to operate as separate and distinct institutions. “The shared president is neither a merger nor a formal alignment,” he said. “The col-leges will retain their separate identities, separate budgets, and separate accreditation.” Wynes and his wife, Rebec-ca, live in Rosemount. They have two children, Madison and Drew.

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Area Briefs

Circle of Heat is bringing its blend of rock, jazz and blues to Apple Valley on Friday, June 26, as part of the summerlong Kelley Park concert series hosted by the Apple Valley Arts Foundation. The Twin Cities-based band’s four members — Tom Alane, Trevor Anderson, Kurt Andersen and Eric Neseth — are all graduates of the Universi-ty of Minnesota School of Music. Admission is free to the 6-9 p.m. concert in the park located at Founders Lane and West 153rd Street in Apple Valley’s Central Village, and vendors will be on hand offering festival food along with beer and wine. More informa-tion is at Facebook.com/MusicInKelleyPark. (Photo submitted)

Circle of Heat concertChallenge for Children’s paintball game set July 19 Lakeville entrepreneur Matt Ames will bring to-gether July 19 local and national paintball com-munities for the seventh annual Challenge for Chil-dren’s Paintball Big Game in support of Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota. Challenge for Chil-dren’s will run 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at MN Pro Paintball Park, 22554 Texas Ave., Lakeville. Tickets are $35 through June 30 and $50 thereafter. Ames was born with a congenital heart defect and has been treated at Children’s since birth. He still gets his care there to-day. Ames founded Chal-lenge for Children’s (C4C) in 2009. The event has grown to be the Midwest’s largest charity paintball game and is the largest third-party event benefit-ing the Children’s Hospi-tals and Clinics of Minne-sota. This year, national paintball personalities Colt Roberts and Bea Pax-son will lead an estimated 800 players from the Twin Cities and around the country in an epic, day-long paintball battle. Off-field activities include a silent auction, blood do-nation through Memorial Blood Centers’ Blood Mo-bile, the Children’s Hos-pital Mobile Sim Center, and more. In 2013, Ames and the C4C team pledged to do-nate $250,000 by 2017 to help build a new state-of-the-art Simulation Center

at the Minneapolis Chil-dren’s location. Visit www.challenge-forchildrens.com for more information.

International Festival of Burnsville is July 11 The annual Interna-tional Festival of Burns-ville will be held Saturday, July 11, from 3 to 9 p.m. at Nicollet Commons Park, 12250 Nicollet Ave. Ad-mission is free. Festival-goers can join in family activities such as face painting, crazy hair, balloon twister art, henna tattoos, hair braiding and cultural art projects; visit cultural exhibits sharing ethnic facts and traditions; and see the “Worldly Trea-sures” display in the Ames Center. The festival will feature performances by Hounds of Finn (Irish band), Sa-har School of Middle Eastern Dance (Turkish dance), School of India for Language & Culture (Indian dance), Iny Dance Theatre (Asian dance), Mongolian Circus (Mon-golian performance), Ball-room and Latin Dance Club (Latin dance), Kal-pulli Yaocenoxtli (Central American performance), Universal Dance Destiny (African dance), Orkestar Bez Ime (Balkan dance), and Hawaiian Islanders (Hawaiian/Pacific Islander band). The festival committee will be selling raffle tickets the day of, and leading up to, the event. All proceeds will help support this year’s festival. Tickets are $10 each and are available at Burnsville City Hall,

100 Civic Center Parkway, or during the festival. More information is at www.intlfestburnsville.org.

Lakeville Lions host pancake breakfast fly-in The Lakeville Lions will host the third annual Avia-tion Day Pancake Break-fast Fly-in from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, July 12, at Airlake Airport, 22100 Hamburg Ave., Lakeville. The menu includes pan-cakes, eggs, sausage, coffee and orange juice. Cost is $8 for adults and $5 for children age 12 and under. The Boy Scouts will serve hot dogs and brats at 11:30 a.m. until they run out. Weather permitting, Aviation Day will feature warbirds, experimental aircraft and conventional aircraft. The event is part of Lakeville’s Pan-O-Prog festival. For more infor-mation, call 952-469-4414.

Master Gardeners’ tour The Dakota County Master Gardeners’ Learn-ing Garden Tour will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 18. Eight Master Garden-ers will open their per-sonal gardens and provide unique educational oppor-tunity for guests. Master Gardeners will be present to lead tours and answer questions. Participants will learn about new vegetables va-rieties, growing fruit trees, saving a forgotten garden, garden produce recipes, woodland and rain gar-dens, growing hostas, and

more. Many gardens will have local artists present with art available for sale. The gardens are locat-ed in Apple Valley, West St. Paul, South St. Paul, Hastings and Farmington. Admission (including all the gardens) is $10. Regis-tration information can be found at http://www.Da-kotaMasterGardeners.org or by calling the Dakota County Extension Office at 651-480-7700.

Networking job club for veterans Veterans can discuss employment efforts, pro-vide support, and share advice, job leads, referrals, and more at a job club for

veterans from 10-11:30 a.m. Monday, June 29, at the Burnsville WorkForce Center, 2800 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. The workshop is free and open to any veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States. Regis-tration is not required but is preferred. For more informa-tion, call 952-703-3100 or visit www.mn.gov/deed and search “metro work-shops.”

Dakota County residents are lottery winners Steven Wedoe of Apple Valley won $5,000 by play-ing the Lottery’s Lucky For Life game. Wedoe claimed the prize on June 5. The winning ticket was purchased at SuperAmer-ica, 15020 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley. Garon Tichy of Farm-ington won $7,777 by playing the Lottery’s Black Diamond 7s scratch game. Tichy claimed the prize on June 5. The winning ticket was purchased at SuperA-merica, 18520 Pilot Knob Road, Farmington. Christopher Mertes of West St. Paul won $5,000 by playing the Lottery’s Bonus Ball Bingo scratch

game. Mertes claimed the prize on June 11. The winning ticket was pur-chased at Cub Foods, 2001 S. Robert St. in West St. Paul. Kathryn Hoglund of Eagan won $5,000 by play-ing the Lottery’s Mega Millions game. Hoglund claimed the prize on June 11. The winning ticket was purchased at SuperAmeri-ca, 4200 E. Highway 13 in Burnsville. Oswaldo Jimbo of Apple Valley won $5,000 by playing the Lottery’s Make My Month scratch game. Jimbo claimed the prize on June 11. The win-ning ticket was purchased at Gardenview Marathon, 213 County Road 42 in Apple Valley.

Job Transitions Group to meet Michael Monroe Kief-fer will present “Deter-mining Your Natural Tal-ents for Career Transition” at the June 30 meeting of the Easter Job Transitions Group. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. at Easter Lu-theran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Call 651-452-3680 for information.

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Splash pad set to open July 16 in Burnsville

This is a rendering of the splash pad scheduled to open the evening of Thursday, July 16, at Burnsville Lions Play-ground in Cliff Fen Park. (City of Burnsville graphic)

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


Just in time for the dog days of summer, a 2,000-square-foot splash pad is set to debut at the Burnsville Lions Play-ground in Cliff Fen Park. The pad, with up to 15 water features, will open the evening of Thursday, July 16. A grand opening will start at 6 p.m., with a ceremonial button-push-ing at 6:30 to activate the water features, said Gar-rett Beck, Burnsville recre-ation supervisor. The pad should be a hit, given the popularity of the park’s existing play-ground equipment and the splashing success of the streaming water feature in another Burnsville park, Nicollet Commons. “Apple Valley has a splash pad and two swim-ming pools,” Beck said. “We don’t have a pool. The Nicollet Commons Park

area is incredibly popular with the running water that goes through there. So it just made a lot of sense to have a splash pad go into a destination park like Lions Playground.” The city is matching a $70,000 donation from the Burnsville Lions Club to build the $140,000 proj-ect. In 2013 the Lions do-nated $50,000 for finish-ing touches to a $300,000 play-equipment complex at Cliff Fen Park, located on East Cliff Road be-tween Nicollet Avenue and River Ridge Boulevard in the Minnesota River bot-tom. Burnsville Lions Play-ground, which opened in June 2013, replaced the worn Skyland Playground, which was more than 20 years old. Plans quickly followed for a splash pad in the destination park, which also features picnic shelters, a volleyball court, soccer and football fields,

Setting is the popular Cliff Fen Park

nature trails and a scenic wetland. “Both the city and the Lions looked at future steps as it relates to provid-

ing more at Lions Park,” said Steve Knudsen, club president. The Lions, funded by charitable gambling, have also committed $50,000 to second-phase improve-ments planned for Burns-ville’s skate park, accord-ing to the city. The club has also donated $49,000 for improvements to the gun range in the basement of the police station, said member Bill Johnson, a city volunteer. “Our club basically works on a concept of highest-priority communi-ty needs is where the funds go,” said Knudsen, adding that in an average month, the club donates $25,000 to $30,000. “The city’s priorities get ranked in there with other priorities in the community, such as food shelves. We do have

a rhyme to our reason in terms of how we donate our money.”

Splash pad The figure 8-shaped concrete pad will have a toddler area, a family area and an area for older chil-dren, with higher-inten-sity water features, Beck said. There you can point water cannons at your friends, while the tod-dler area will have gentler sprays from a frog feature the little ones can rotate. In all, there will be 12 to 15 water features, Beck said. “When you push a but-ton it will activate a dif-ferent zone that will run for a set amount of time,” he said. “Then the water shuts off and someone else will push the button,

and it will activate a new set. The splash pad is nev-er running at 100 percent capacity. It’s always run-ning different features at different times.” The family area will have an overhead dump-ing bucket atop a tall flower feature. “That bucket will fill up, and at some point when it gets so heavy, it will just dump the wa-ter,” Beck said. “Kids will stand underneath it with the intention of getting dumped on or avoiding getting dumped on.” The grand opening will feature music and ice cream. Cliff Fen Park is at 120 E. Cliff Road. John Gessner can be reached at 952-846-2031 or email [email protected].

Making music during ArtBlast

Children and their parents had some musical fun Saturday morning in Rosemount dur-ing Sing, Play, Learn with MacPhail Music at the Robert Trail Library. The event is one of the many planned during ArtBlast 2015, whose dates this year are June 18-28. People also visited Fluegel’s Country Market Day at Fluegel’s Farm, Garden and Pet when music by Skally Line filled the air while people had pictures taken of their pets and vied for special prizes. ArtBlast is being organized by the Rosemount Area Arts Council. For a schedule of events, go online to SunThisweek.com/tag/ArtBlast-2015. (Photo by Tad Johnson)


Meaningful citizen participation To the editor: The Lebanon Hills Master Plan, including the controversial paved connector trail, has been submitted to the Metro-politan Council where it must be approved to be eligible for funding. At a recent Dakota

County Board meeting, one of our elected com-missioners who approved the plan asked staff what happens when a plan is submitted to Met Council. Here’s what happens. The Lebanon Hills Master Plan is now under review by the Met Council for compliance with their 2030 Regional Parks Pol-icy Plan. Page 2-30 states: Master Plan Content Re-

quirements and Funding Process – Citizen Partici-pation: A process to in-volve affected municipali-ties and the general public in the master planning. Truth is, the general public was not involved in the master planning. In-stead the public was only asked to comment on a plan which was created by

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OpinionVariety of factors required closure of Cedar bridge

Four books recommended for summer reading

by Sen. Greg ClausenSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Over the past several weeks I have received inquiries regarding the High-way 77 Cedar Avenue/Minnesota River bridge closure. There is no doubt that the Highway 77 bridge project has af-fected traffic patterns resulting in traf-fic congestion and is a source of frus-tration for many in our community. At the beginning of June, I contacted Jon Solberg, Minnesota Department of Transportation south metro area man-ager, to find out more about the work MnDOT will complete on the bridge and find out why the bridge needed to be temporarily closed. The work to be done includes paint-ing the bridge superstructure and walk-way and replacing expansion joints and guardrails. When speaking with Jon he outlined three alternatives that were considered for the project. The first option was to minimize disruption to

existing traffic patterns on north and south lanes in order to prevent any shutdown. However, this would pre-clude the expansion joint replacement because these replacements require the closure of the bridge deck. The second option was to maintain two lanes of traffic with a crossover. This would allow two lanes on one of the bridges in both directions while the other is undergoing maintenance. Jon identified several factors in discount-ing this option. The project would take longer, six to seven weeks versus four weeks, at an additional cost of $1 mil-lion. The additional costs are related

to developing a crossover lane, install-ing concrete lane dividers, removing existing lane stripes (which will have a damaging effect on the roadway limit-ing life expectancy of the roadway) and installing temporary tape lane lines, which are expensive. There are also safety concerns. Providing two lanes in each direction on one bridge does not allow for a shoulder lane, resulting in a lack of emergency access to accidents or stalled vehicles. The final option was to close all lanes in one direction and detour traf-fic utilizing 35W or 35E as alternatives. The Department of Transportation has studied similar bridge closures in the metro area and have found the similar commute time delay if two lanes are in operation versus complete road closure and detouring. The department ultimately chose the third alternative as the most cost effective and least disruptive to traffic when considering the requirements and

scope of the project. The Minnesota Department of Transportation has worked with Da-kota County and local municipalities in developing the maintenance plan and resulting road closures. The south-bound lane closure occurred on the evening of June 5 and reopened at 5 a.m. on June 15. The northbound lane closure schedule is June 19-30. I hope this information sheds ad-ditional perspectives on the project. Again, there is no doubt that this will result in additional traffic congestion and delays. However, I believe the De-partment of Transportation has taken into consideration project require-ments and attempted to minimize traf-fic disruption.

Sen. Greg Clausen, DFL-Apple Valley, serves Senate District 57, which includes Apple Valley, Rosemount, a portion of Lakeville and Coates. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

by Joe NathanSUN THISWEEK


Readers sometimes ask for advice about books to read over the summer. Here are four books that offer a mixture of encouragement, inspiration, passion, perspective, challenge and controversy. For people seeking inspiration and in-sight into the challenges and rewards of teaching, I’d suggest two books. The first is “Teaching with Fire: Po-etry that Sustains the Courage to Teach” (http://bit.ly/1nZzakA). The second is “Teaching with Heart: Poetry that Speaks to the Courage to Teach” (http://bit.ly/1eogCp0). Both were edited by Sam M. Intrator and Megan Scribner. Each book contains dozens of po-ems and one-page essays by educators explaining how the poem touches them. Contributors include district and charter educators, union leaders and college fac-ulty. These are great books to read for 10 minutes or several hours. The third book is “The Warmth of Other Suns” by Isabel Wilkerson (http://bit.ly/1Grz2HO). It contains extraordi-nary stories of 6 million African-Amer-icans who moved from the American South to the North between 1919 and 1970. Wilkerson’s parents were part of

this movement. Her research included more than 1,000 interviews. The stirring true stories are infuriating and inspi-rational. The book appeared on many “best books of the year” lists when pub-lished in 2010. Award-winning, controversial and challenging educator Howard Fuller is one of many millions who moved north. I strongly recommend his book, co-authored with Lisa Frazier Page, “No Struggle, No Progress: A Warrior’s Life from Black Power to Education Reform” (http://go.mu.edu/1L15vra). Fuller spent his early years with his mother and grandmother in Louisiana. Then the family moved to Milwaukee. His mother married, unfortunately to an alcoholic, abusive man. An outstand-ing athlete, Fuller was the only African-American at Carroll College in Wiscon-sin. Fuller has held an array of jobs. He’s

been a business agent for the union of maids, custodians and janitors at Duke University in North Carolina; a com-munity organizer; a co-founder of Mal-colm X Liberation University; a dean at Milwaukee Technical College; a Mil-waukee Public Schools superintendent; a Marquette University professor; and the founder of Black Alliance for Education-al Options. Fuller has been beaten by police and jailed for his civil rights efforts, which span more than 50 years. His book’s title comes from a speech by civil rights activ-ist Frederick Douglass. Fuller has become one of the country’s most eloquent, passionate promoters of chartered public schools and vouchers for students from low-income families. I agree with him on the charter idea and disagree about vouchers. But I think that regardless of a person’s position on these issues, Fuller’s insights, involvement and ideas are very much worth considering. So are his responses to those who in-sist that he is being “used” by conserva-tive groups: “My criteria for accepting financial support is that it must allow the organizations with which I am most intimately involved to stay true to our mission. … I find it a complete waste of time to debate which people and organi-

zations are considered acceptable donors and which ones are not.” Some disdain people like Fuller for viewing school choice as an extension of the civil rights movement. Critics should consider Fuller’s decades of expanding and improving opportunities in housing, health care and education with and for low-income African-American families. Fuller does not believe that schools alone can solve all the problems of youth. But Fuller has concluded: “Education offers the best route out of poverty for individuals. … For me, putting poor chil-dren on that path is today’s most urgent struggle.” I know of no more provocative, pas-sionate and powerful book for people who care about students from low-in-come families and the schools serving them. Each of these books offers insights and inspiration that stay with you long after this summer. Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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Every community can cut down the number of drunken drivers through a Safe Cab program that works in Isanti County. Thanks to an initiative by Isanti County Judge James Dehn, the number of drunken driving arrests has been cut in that county by 67 percent from 2006 to 2014, according to Dehn. The county has had the greatest decrease of any in Minnesota. This Safe Cab program is simple. Ac-cording to a story by Rachel Kytonen, editor of the Isanti County News, the program offers bar patrons a safe ride home seven days a week with no ques-tions asked. The commercial cab service is free for patrons up to $15 a ride, with the patron paying any difference to their final destination. The cost of the rides is shared by McDonald’s Distributing, Rush City; Bernick’s Distributing, St. Cloud; Dahl-heimer Distributing, Elk River; some area bars; and a community fund. From 2006 to 2014, Safe Cab provided 7,062 rides for 13,000 patrons. Moreover, Dehn has been tracking the last bars that drunken drivers drank at before being arrested for DWI. Those bar owners are likely to have a conversa-tion with law enforcement. Most of the bar owners in the county are delighted to cooperate with the program. Kytonen said some bars even have special table tents displaying information about Safe Cab. News of the Safe Cab program in Isanti County is spreading. The nation-al Beer Institute in Washington, D.C., wants to partner with the program, ac-cording to Barbara Rohde, a research fel-

low from the Humphrey School of Pub-lic Affairs. The National Association of Counties wants to promote Safe Cab. In Minnesota the counties of Chisa-go, Pine, Kanabec, Wright, Ottertail and Rice offer Safe Cab. Sherburne County hopes to organize it in the next few months. The model that started Isanti Safe Cab is a good place to start. Dehn in-vited leaders and stakeholders from bars, liquor stores, distributors, courts, law enforcement and public safety to discuss Safe Cab in 2004 before the program was organized and implemented in De-cember 2005. The goal was to reduce the number of bar-related DWIs, to reduce the blood-alcohol readings, to educate the public about drinking, and to work with liquor stores and bar owners. Early on, the number of bar-related DWIs and the BAC readings dropped dramatically. For more information, Judge Dehn at 10th Judicial District Court, Isanti County Government Center, 555 18th Ave. S.W., Cambridge, MN 55008. This is a win-win for the drunken pa-tron who takes the Safe Cab and the trav-eling public. Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers. He can be reached through [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Safe Cab program a model for any city

Sun Thisweek

ColumnistDon Heinzman

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Obituaries Graduations

Anne Ruth GodinCongratulations Anne

on your graduation from New York University earning a B.S. in Math-ematics and a B.S. in Me-chanical Engineering. We are so proud of you! Love, Mom, Dad and Johnny.

Birthdays

Happy 80th Birthday

Audrey StifterPlease join family and

friends at an Open House to help celebrate Audrey Stifter’s 80th Birthday at Celts Pub in Farmington on Sunday, June 28th from 1 - 4 pm.

Congratulations

Local Cadet Graduates

from West PointWest Point, N.Y.

Cadet Marion Wiede-mann, daughter of Karl and Laura Wiedemann of Burnsville, MN, graduated from the United States Military Academy - West Point on Sat., May 23, 2015.

Marion graduated from Burnsville Senior High School in 2011. While at West Point she concentrated her studies in the field of Psychol-ogy. She was commis-sioned as a second lieu-tenant in the U.S. Army within the branch of Military Intelligence.

Following her initial assignment to the Ar-my’s Intelligence school in Arizona, Marion will be stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky with the 101st Airborne Division.

staff and consultants, and the vast majority of those comments were then disre-garded. Tell Met Council to send the plan back to Da-kota County for meaning-ful citizen participation. Submit comments to [email protected].

W. BARRY GRAHAMEagan

Summer meals program needs changes To the editor: Summer is the hungri-est time of year for many kids from low-income families. When schools close, school meals dis-appear and summers can turn into a time of hun-ger and anxiety. Too many kids do not get the nutri-tion they need. Because of this, the 40-year-old National Summer Meals Program needs changes. When this program works, it’s a lifeline for kids in need. Unfortunate-ly, this program doesn’t ef-

fectively reach enough of the kids who need it. To end summer hun-ger, we need to improve the program. This year, Congress is reviewing the law that governs summer meals programs through the Child Nutrition Reau-thorization process. They have the opportunity to enact policies that would feed kids more effectively and efficiently. U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, is chairman of the Com-mittee on Education and Workforce that has al-ready begun debating the program’s future. We need to remind Kline that the program is broken: • Most kids don’t par-ticipate in summer pro-grams. Eighty percent of children from low-income backgrounds spend their summer days at home, not in organized programs that offer meals. Many families aren’t aware about the program. • Kids have trouble get-ting to sites. With school buses out of service, it can be difficult for many kids to find transportation to

summer meal sites. • Many kids live in communities that aren’t eligible for meal sites: Organizations may oper-ate as open summer meal sites when they are located in predominantly low-in-come communities. How-ever, a third of kids from low-income backgrounds live outside of these com-munities. • The red tape sur-rounding these programs is extensive, stopping many groups from apply-ing to be a summer meal site or sponsor. It’s not just the right thing to do, it’s also the smart thing to do. When we feed our children, they feel better, learn more and grow up stronger. This leads to a stronger, more productive Minnesota. This is a critical chance to end summer hunger for more kids in our state, but the time to act is now. To find out more infor-mation see www.nokid-hungry.org. JEAN HAYES COTTINGTONMendota Heights

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SeniorsApple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Se-nior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the fol-lowing activities, which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityofapplevalley.org. Monday, June 29 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Executive Committee, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitch-ers, 1 p.m.; Music Series: Jim Plattes, violin, 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 30 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Bi-cycle Group, 9 a.m.; Tues-day Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Spanish – Interme-diate, 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 1 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Morn-ing Stretch, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; First Edition Book Club, 1 p.m.; Gather Around Music, 1 p.m.; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mah-

jong, 1 p.m. Thursday, July 2 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Dupli-cate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Tap Dancing, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m.; Recreated Cards, 1 p.m.; Try Tap, 1:45 p.m. Friday, July 3 – Closed for the holiday.

Lakeville seniors All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for informa-tion. Monday, June 29 – Computer Tutoring, 9 a.m.; Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Cribbage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards, 1 p.m.; Mah-jong, 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 30 – In-terval Walking, 8:15 a.m.; Dominoes and Cards, 9 a.m.; Tappercize, 9:30 a.m.; Minneapolis River Queen Trip, 10:15 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 10:30 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 1 – Men’s Golf at Gopher

Hills, 8 a.m.; Health An-gels Biking, 9 a.m.; Poker & Hearts, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Pinochle, noon; Dime Bin-go, 1 p.m. Thursday, July 2 – Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Chorus, 10:30 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Quilting Group, 1 p.m.; Red Hat Chorus at Trinity Care Center, 1:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m. Friday, July 3 – Closed for the holiday.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior events. Monday, June 29 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Pinoch-le, 12:45 p.m.; deadline, Fall Colors. Tuesday, June 30 – Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Du-

plicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dancing. Wednesday, July 1 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; BABS, 1 p.m.; Wednesday in the Park, 7 p.m. Thursday, July 2 – Foot Clinic, 9 a.m.; Health In-surance Council, 9 a.m.; Crafters, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m.; deadline, Treasure. Friday, July 3 – Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m. Closed for the holiday.

Eagan seniors Call 651-675-5500 for more information. Up-coming events: New Ulm Trip, Tues-day, July 14, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Cost: $32. Register by July 3. Basic iPad Use, Mon-day, July 20, 1-3 p.m. Cost: $3. Register by July 13. Ages: 55-plus. Pig Roast at Central Park Pavilion, Wednesday, July 29, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Includes lunch, entertain-ment and games. Cost: $20. Register by July 22. Ages: 55-plus. Duluth Tour, includes Glensheen Mansion, Thursday, Aug. 6, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Cost: $52. Lunch on your own.

ReligionGardening talk at St. Joseph Church Dakota County Master Garden-ers Kim Wilker and Kim Baldwin will focus on how gardeners can safely preserve their garden produce during a presentation at 7 p.m. July 6 at St. Joseph Church, 13900 Bis-cayne Ave., Rosemount. The talk is free and open to the public. The presentation will cover which vegetables are best for freez-ing, which are best for water bath canning, and what research and ex-perience show are the best ways to safely preserve fresh vegetables. In addition, Wilker and Baldwin

will take questions from attendees. Their talk is the final in a three-part series at St. Joseph Church by the Dakota County Master Gar-deners, who for the third consecu-tive year are using one-third of the church’s 1,000-square-foot mission garden for seed trials. Last year the garden donated more than 1,000 pounds of veg-etables to those in need in Dakota County through area food shelves and through Loaves and Fishes din-ners the parish serves once a month at Holy Rosary in southeast Min-neapolis. The garden also serves as an educational tool for students and faculty at St. Joseph School.

For more information, email [email protected].

Women’s luncheon The Minnesota Valley Christian Women’s Connection luncheon will be 12:30 p.m. Thursday, July 9, at GrandStay Hotel, 7083 153rd St., Apple Valley. Cost is $16. The theme will be “America the Beautiful.” Nancy Cauley of Vin-tage Market Place will demonstrate how to make terrariums and fairy gardens. Heidi Studer will deliver a talk titled “Defining Moments: His-tory in the Making.” For reservations, call Pam at 612-207-3100.


“Professional Service at an Affordable Rate”

District 196 will borrow less than expected from fund balanceState aid increases

higher than projected by Jessica Harper

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The Rosemount-Apple Val-ley-Eagan School District will borrow from its reserves next school year to balance the bud-get, but it will borrow slightly less than initially proposed. A budget forecast earlier this month predicted a $4.07 million loss in the 2015-16 gen-eral fund, but officials say state

funding increases will likely cut that loss in half. District officials predict general fund revenues will total $327.3 million in 2015-16 and expenditures will be $331.3 mil-lion. The district plans to ab-solve the deficit by borrowing from its general fund balance. All Minnesota school districts maintain a general fund bal-ance to assist with cash flow. The School Board approved the district’s 2015-16 prelimi-nary budget on June 22 in a 4-0 vote. Board members Gary

Huusko, Art Coulson and Bob Schutte were absent. Officials accounted for a 1 percent state funding increase in prior budget forecasts, but the Legislature on June 12 passed a 2 percent increase in basic state aid as well as in-creases to categorical funding. District 196 Director of Fi-nance and Operations Jeff Sol-omon said he expects this will provide the district with $1.8 million to $2 million more rev-enue than expected. After covering the loss, the

general fund balance will total between $28.2 to $28.4 million, which is 7.98 percent of gen-eral fund expenditures. Board policy requires a fund balance that is at least 5 percent of the general fund expenditures. A final 2015-16 budget will go to the board this fall. This will be the third con-secutive school year District 196 planned to borrow from its fund balance. Although the district looks to its general fund balance to stay afloat, conser-vative budgeting often prevents

the district from having to fol-low through on the plan. The district planned to bor-row from the general fund bal-ance during 2014-15, but it likely won’t need to, Solomon said. The district was able to save $7.5 million during the cur-rent school year and will likely break even by the end of the fiscal year, he said.

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

Community Education District 196 Community Ed-ucation will offer the following classes. To register, or for more information, call 651-423-7920 or visit www.district196.org/ce. Art Experiments (ages 5-11), 10 a.m. to noon Mon-day-Thursday, June 29-July 2, Falcon Ridge Middle School, $115. Design Fashionista (ages 5-11), 10 a.m. to noon Monday-

Thursday, July 13-16, Falcon Ridge Middle School, $115. Robotic Engineering with LEGO EV3 (grades four to eight), 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, July 6-9, Falcon Ridge Middle School, $115. Skyhawks: Multi-Sport: Soccer, Baseball and Basket-ball (ages 6-12), 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Thursday, June

29-July 2, Black Hawk Middle School, $139. Skyhawks Mini-Hawk: Soc-cer, Basketball and T-ball (ages 4-7), 9 a.m. to noon Monday-Thursday, June 29-July 2, Black Hawk Middle School, $89; 9 a.m. to noon Monday-Friday, July 6-10, Scott Highlands Middle School, $115; 9 a.m. to noon Monday-Friday, July 13-17, Scott Highlands Middle

School, $115; 5-7 p.m. Mon-day-Thursday July 20-23, Scott Highlands Middle School, $79. Parent/Child Golf Lessons (age 5 to grade eight), 1:30-2:30 p.m. or 2:30-3:30 p.m. Satur-day, July 11-Aug. 1, Emerald Greens Golf Club, Hastings, $40 each person. Gymnastics: Beginner to Advanced (boys and girls ages 5-13), 1-2 p.m. Monday-Thurs-

day, July 13-Aug. 11, Rose-mount High School, $189. Rosemount Wrestling Camp Introduction to Wrestling (grades pre-K to six), 9-11 a.m. Monday-Thursday, July 13-1, Rosemount High School, $65. Eastview Lightning Volley-ball Camp (grades two-five), 10 a.m. to noon Monday-Thurs-day, July 13-16, Eastview High School, $75.


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Mother sentenced to 4 years in son’s death

Public Safety

Pleads guilty to manslaughter for not

protecting abused 4-year-old

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


The mother of 4-year-old Key’ontay Miller Peterson was sentenced June 19 for her role in the boy’s child-abuse death two years ago. Sha’reese Monique Miller, 25, of Burnsville, was sentenced to four years and two months in prison after pleading guilty in March to second-degree man-slaughter. Miller failed to protect Key’ontay from the abuse in-flicted by a former boyfriend convicted of murder in the boy’s death, Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said. William Alphonso Warr, 26, pleaded guilty June 3 to second-

degree murder while inflicting bodily harm on a person protect-ed by a protection order. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Miller, who lived at 31 Hori-zon Heights Road in northeast Burnsville, maintained a rela-tionship with Warr despite a protection order prohibiting him from contact with her, Key’ontay and his 2-year-old brother. Key’ontay went untreated for serious internal injuries Warr inflicted and died on June 11, 2013, after his mother reportedly tried to cool the ill boy’s fevered body in the bathtub, authorities said. According to a June 19 Star Tribune report, Miller spoke remorsefully at her sentencing hearing before Dakota County District Judge David Knutson, who called the case one of the saddest he’s seen. “I shouldn’t be living right now,” a tearful Miller reportedly told the judge before sentencing.

“I feel like my son should be here instead of me.” Knutson said he was troubled by Miller’s lies to medical professionals and her failure to cooper-ate with child protection and family members, the Star Tribune reported. Such behavior is con-sistent with that of a bat-tered woman, said her attorney, DeAundres Wilson, according to the newspaper. He reportedly told Knutson that during their 18-month relationship, Warr pulled guns on Miller, choked and kicked her, and controlled her finances and access to vehi-cles and phones. Backstrom said in a state-ment that Miller failed to protect Key’ontay “from a person she knew was harming him, placing him in extreme danger by doing so, and she failed to seek timely medical care when his life could have been saved.”

Key’ontay died of com-plications from blunt-force injuries to his ab-domen and chest, the Hennepin County medi-cal examiner ruled. He was found to have mul-tiple bruises in his head, face, arms, chest and back, and eight broken ribs — breaks that oc-

curred on at least two occasions. Responding to a 911 call from Miller’s townhouse on June 11, 2013, police and paramedics found Key’ontay dead on his bedroom floor. Warr was alleg-edly trying to flee in a vehicle when responders arrived. He struck the side of a garage while trying to leave the parking lot. He told an officer that the “sick” 4-year-old boy in the townhouse was his stepson, who needed to get to the hospital. Miller said the boy had been ill since June 6 with stomach pain and flu-like symptoms. She

said that just before she called 911 on June 11 she had tried to give Key’ontay a bath to reduce his fever. The boy was in the bath when he lost consciousness and stopped breathing, she told po-lice. The autopsy revealed that Key’ontay had an injury in his small intestine and was bleeding in the bowel area. He was “left with this injury long enough for him to develop sepsis and infec-tion,” said the Hennepin County coroner, whose findings included a contusion consistent with a hu-man bite mark. “Had the injury been treated in a timely manner, it may not have been fatal.” Key’ontay had been dead for “some time” when responders got the 911 call, said the com-plaint against Miller.

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

Sha’reese Miller

Burnsville man charged with attempted murder by Tad Johnson


A 37-year-old Burns-ville man was apprehend-ed in Indiana after a brief standoff with law enforce-ment in the early morning hours of June 18 and will be extradited to Minneso-ta to face charges in con-nection with the stabbing

of his former girlfriend and his attempt to stab her 14-year-old daughter June 16 in Burnsville. Jason Alexander Lott allegedly stabbed his for-mer girlfriend three times in the leg, abdomen and arm, which required emer-gency surgery to treat, ac-cording to a release from the Dakota County attor-

ney. Lott also allegedly attempted to stab her daughter, but the woman was able to stop Lott even after suffering her stab wounds. He then fled the scene. Lott was charged June 17 in Dakota County Dis-trict Court with attempt-ed second-degree murder,

first-degree assault and two counts of second-de-gree assault. “This is another ex-ample of a violent-related domestic assault which almost claimed the life of the victim and caused extreme trauma to the victim’s children,” Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said. “We are thankful the victim sur-vived this violent attack.” Lott, who was the fa-ther of one of the wom-an’s children, became upset on June 14 when he expressed anger at not seeing his child and then

took the woman’s cell-phone, keys and parking pass. The previous day the woman asked Lott to leave her apartment in the 14000 block of Portland Avenue, and he did. On June 16, as the woman was lying in bed, Lott unlocked her apart-ment door, entered her bedroom and made a statement about no one else having her, according to the release. Lott then got a knife from the kitchen, ran back to the bedroom and began stabbing the victim. The 14-year-old said

Lott tried to stab her, but her mother was able to stop him, the release said. As Lott and the wom-an struggled, the knife broke. Lott left the apartment, and the victim walked to a neighbor’s apartment where she called for help. Burnsville police were unable to immediately lo-cate Lott. A warrant for his arrest was issued and his car was found by law enforcement in Indiana.

Tad Johnson is at [email protected].

Two injured in crash on I-35 in Lakeville The driver of a mo-torcycle and his passen-ger were hospitalized last week following a crash on Interstate 35 in Lakeville. According to the Min-nesota State Patrol, Don-ald C. Zollars, 57, of St. James, was traveling north on Interstate 35 near Country Road 70 at about 12:50 p.m. Saturday, June 20, when he lost control of his Harley Davidson FLH during a traffic slowdown. The motorcycle skid-

ded along the shoulder before rolling, the State Patrol said. Zollars and his passen-ger — Dawn M. Zollars, 51, of St. James — were transported to Regions Hospital in St. Paul for treatment. Donald Zollars’ inju-ries were listed as non-life-threatening, while Dawn Zollars suffered serious in-jury in the crash, the State Patrol said. Both the driver and

passenger were wearing helmets, the State Patrol’s incident report said, and no alcohol was detected in the driver’s system. Damage to the motor-cycle was listed as severe in the report. Road con-ditions were dry on the divided interstate highway at the time of the crash. The Lakeville police and fire departments as-sisted the State Patrol at the scene.

—Andrew Miller


Eagan July 4th Funfest kicks off July 3

Eagan’s July 4th Funfest will be held July 3-4 and 6, and will include its annual Fourth of July Parade, car show, carnival, fireworks and much more. (File photo)

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


Summer is in full gear and that means Eagan’s July 4th Funfest is around the corner. Eagan’s 49th annual Funfest kicks off Friday, July 3, with many of the community’s fa-vorite events such as the Funfest parade, car show and fireworks. All events, except the parade and Eagan Fun-fest Ambassador coro-nation, will be held on the Central Park festival grounds at 1501 Central Parkway. The carnival will be held July 3 and 4 and will feature an array of food vendors and games. A Red Cross blood-mobile will once again be taking donations at Funfest. The blood drive has become so success-ful, Funfest organizers expanded it to two days. The bloodmobile will be taking blood donations from 1-7 p.m. Friday, July 3, and from 2-7 p.m. Sat-urday, July 4. Funfest wouldn’t be complete without its an-nual Fourth of July pa-rade. This year’s parade theme is Summer Spar-klers and will feature about 75 floats. The pa-rade route won’t include Central Parkway this year

due to construction. It will start at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Yankee Doodle Road and High-way 13 and end at Yankee Doodle Road and Central Parkway. There will be less event parking available this year compared to previous years due to construction on the Lockheed Martin property. Festival-goers were able to park at the Lockheed Martin build-ing in previous years, but the building has been de-molished and the parking lot no longer exists. City officials and Fun-fest organizers urge festi-val-goers to plan ahead. Festival-goers may need to park farther away and allow extra time to walk to their viewing spot when watching the pa-rade and fireworks. The annual Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Car Show will follow from 1-5 p.m. at the Eagan Com-munity Center. The car show, which was brought back to Funfest last year, won’t be a run-of-the-mill show, organizers say. As in most car shows, the list of about 100 vehicles not only includes classic cars, but also hot rods, mud-ders and souped-up lawn mowers. Funfest’s annual Ea-gan Ambassador Brain

Freeze will also begin at 1 p.m. July 4 when 2014 Ea-gan Ambassadors com-pete in an ice cream eat-ing contest. After watching the children’s bike parade or trying a hand at a Texas Hold ’em game, festival-goers can listen to Shirts & Skins as well as A Girls Journey featuring PMB on July 3 or the Brian Kinney Band on July 4. Funfest will come to a close Monday, July 6, with Eagan’s annual am-bassador pageant, during which six candidates will vie for a crown. The pro-gram, which focuses on volunteer service, leader-ship and public speaking, has fewer candidates this year than in recent years. “There are more or-ganizations out there so there’s more for kids to choose from,” said Cory Hilden, director of the Funfest Committee. “I think we still have a group of strong candidates this year.” Typically six ambassa-dors are chosen, but due to the low turnout, judges may choose only four winners. Eagan ambassadors represent the community at a variety of Eagan events such as Lone Oak Days, and at events in neighboring cities. They

also volunteer at non-profit and community events such as the Salva-tion Army holiday bell ringing campaign and National Night Out. Nine contenders com-peted for the title last year including three male candidates. There are no

male candidates in the program this year, Hilden said. To view a schedule of events, purchase Eagan Funfest buttons or dis-count carnival tickets, or to view a map of the pa-rade route, visit www.ea-ganfunfest.org.

Those who purchase buttons receive discounts for Funfest events, a schedule of events and will be entered into a raf-fle for several prizes. Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato, spring graduate, Tay-lor Beattie, of Apple Valley, B.S., business administration. Providence College, Provi-dence, Rhode Island, spring dean’s list, Courtney Kukowski, of Apple Valley. Concordia College, Moor-head, spring dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Abigail Beran, Kayla Berntsen, Jordan Bolger, Kjersten Bratvold, Ryan Heisler, Emily Luckhardt, McKenzie Mikulski, Madeline Phillips, Katherine Schiffman, Samantha Shotts. University of Minnesota Crookston, spring graduate, Al-exa Dohmeier, of Apple Valley, B.S., animal science.

University of Wisconsin-Ste-vens Point, spring honors list, from Apple Valley – Elizabeth Anderson, Caitlin Lockard. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, spring dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Ivy Arora, Ra-chel Haugen, Lauren Johnson, Justin Larson, Marissa Leners, Kollin Michels, Anne Pearson, Allison Prouty, Mara Reed, Sadie Sheldon, Allison Simser, Adam Sink, Alicia Swanson, Elizabeth Thooft, Taylor Vos-sen, Alexsandra Wenzel, Na-than Woodford. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Outstanding Senior Award, Cody Thompson, of Apple Valley. University of Minnesota Du-

luth, spring dean’s list, from Ap-ple Valley – Sidney Anderson, Riley Berg, Elisabeth Bodin, Haley Carr, David Haggstrom, Adam Hansen, Gina Holtgrave, Annika Josephson, Kira Lapin-sky, Kayla Sauve, Emily Shea, Michelle Sommers, Megan Thelen, Emily Young. St. Olaf College, Northfield, spring graduates, from Apple Valley – Kevin Berge, Eng-lish; Jack Frederickson, biol-ogy, summa cum laude; Lucas Haase, chemistry, summa cum laude; Matthew Mittelsteadt, economics, Russian area stud-ies, cum laude; Nicole Valencia, psychology, magna cum laude. St. Olaf College, Northfield, spring dean’s list, from Apple

Valley – Adithya Balaji, Jack Frederickson, Lucas Haase, Jonathan Lenz, Matthew Mit-telsteadt, Nicole Valencia, Sar-ah Youngner. Michigan Technological Uni-versity, Houghton, Michigan, spring graduate, Jeremy Hoff-mann, of Apple Valley, B.S., mechanical engineering. Michigan Technological Uni-versity, Houghton, Michigan, spring dean’s list, Jessica Mont-gomery, of Apple Valley. Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, spring graduates, from Apple Valley – Mariah Grant, biology, magna cum laude; Con-nor Haugen, political science; Kayla Hutsell, sociology and anthropology; Danica Swan-

son, chemistry; Matthew Wagle, psychological science; Emma Webster, psychological science, communication studies, magna cum laude; Benjamin Williams, nursing, magna cum laude. Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, spring dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Joshua Chat-field, John Granlund, Mariah Grant, Elissa Graupmann, Kelsey Harms, Madeline Jen-tink, David Roland, Natalie Sieve, Danica Swanson, Benja-min Williams.

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SportsEastview’s Kasper has to hit the court running

Since being hired, it’s been nonstop activity for girls basket-

ball coachby Mike Shaughnessy


Molly Kasper is trying to practice what coaches such as herself preach. In basketball, coaches tell their players they have to be ready to compete from the opening tip-off. It turns out Kasper has had to be ready, too. She was hired as Eastview High School girls basket-ball coach the first week

of June, held an introduc-tory meeting with players and parents June 7, and ran a team camp the first full week of summer vaca-tion. Things haven’t slowed up much since. “A lot of our players are playing for different summer teams, but we’re trying to keep them busy in our summer program, too,” said Kasper. “At a program like Eastview’s, the expectations are high, and we know the other teams in the South Subur-ban Conference are put-ting in a lot of work in the summer.” Last season Kasper was varsity assistant coach

at Rosemount, where the Irish went 19-8 and reached the Class 4A, Sec-tion 3 championship game – losing to Eastview. “Rosemount was great, and I definitely could have stayed there if the Eastview position hadn’t opened,” Kasper said. “I had an opportunity to teach at Eastview three years ago and really liked the atmosphere there, in academics and athletics. I’m happy to continue to coach in District 196 because I love teaching here.” Kasper currently teach-es special education at Scott Highlands Middle School. The Eau Claire,

Wis., native played bas-ketball at Winona State University and served two years as a graduate assis-tant coach before coming to District 196. She’s also aware of the standards the Lightning built under its first two head coaches, Paul Goetz and Melissa Guebert. Goetz led Eastview to four state tournament ap-pearances, including Class 4A runner-up finishes in 2000 and 2003. Guebert coached the Lightning to state in each of her four seasons as head coach, in-cluding a state champion-ship in 2014 and runner-up finish in 2015. At some point in the

near future – possibly as early as the 2015-16 sea-son – Kasper could find herself coaching Guebert’s youngest daughter. Kasper said she didn’t come to Eastview expect-ing to reinvent the wheel. Still, she expects there will be some differences in coaching style between her and her predecessors. As for how the Lightning will look on the court, it’s still early – Kasper just started. “One of my goals is to be a coach who can adapt to the skills of her play-ers,” Kasper said. “I don’t want to be somebody who can only coach a certain way.” Although Eastview

graduated three starters (Madison Guebert, Sam Trammel and Hana Me-toxen) who are headed to college basketball pro-grams, returning players such as Erika Schlosser, Rachel Ranke, Emma Sinn, Allie Pickrain and Miranda Crenshaw are ex-pected to keep the Light-ning competitive next sea-son. “After my first three weeks with these players, one thing I know is they work hard,” Kasper said.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Three tourney titles

The Apple Valley 10AA baseball team is 26-4 after winning a tournament last weekend in Apple Valley. Earlier this season the team won tournaments in Burnsville and Blooming-ton. Players are (front row, from left) Max Chamberlain, Nick Lind, Ryan Johnson, Leo Chamberlain, Ian Haueter and Vinny DeLuca; (second row) Miles Jensen, Ethan Gores, Eli Schlichting, Parker Behling, Spencer Klein and Spencer Trocke. (Photo submitted)

Notebook: NBA, NHL drafts have big implications locally

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Former high school sports stars from Dakota County are preparing for poten-tially life-altering decisions that will be made in the next few days. The thing is, those decisions won’t be made by the athletes. They will be made by NBA and NHL teams as those sports hold their drafts. The two-round NBA draft starts at 6 p.m. Thursday. Former Apple Valley High School basketball star Tyus Jones is expected to be selected in the first round after helping lead Duke to the 2015 NCAA championship and then turning pro. It’s believed Jones will be taken in the second half of the first round, with Texas a possible destination – draft ana-lysts have identified the Houston Rockets and Dallas Mavericks as two teams that could be interested. On Friday, the NHL will hold the first round of its draft. Former Burnsville High School star Brock Boeser could hear his name called that night. The right wing played for the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League last season and was tied for the USHL lead with 35 goals. He is ranked 27th among North American draft-eligi-ble skaters by the Central Scouting Bu-reau. Regardless of where Boeser is drafted, he is not expected to turn pro right away. He has signed to play at the University of North Dakota. The final six rounds of the NHL draft will be Saturday. Four skaters who led Lakeville North to the 2015 state Class AA championship could be picked that day – defenseman Jack Sadek (ranked 79th by Central Scouting), forward Jack Poehling (186th), forward Nick Poehling (191st) and defenseman Jack McNeely (208th). Sadek will play at the University of Minnesota, the Poehlings are headed for St. Cloud state and McNeely is going to Nebraska-Omaha.

Lacrosse player selected

for national showcase Abby Schaefer, who just completed her freshman season at Lakeville South High School, has been named to the girls Midwest team for the 2015 Brine National Lacrosse Classic to be held in Richmond, Virginia, June 29 to July 2. The event is for returning high school

players, who get to play in front of col-lege coaches. Lakeville South’s Logan Halvorson and Maddy Canney played in last year’s event; both later signed to play lacrosse at Central Michigan. Schaefer, a forward, helped Lakeville South finish 18-1 and place second in the state high school girls lacrosse tourna-ment.

Concordia hires North

lacrosse coach Concordia University-St. Paul recent-ly named Mo Gaitan as its first women’s lacrosse coach. Gaitan had been head varsity girls lacrosse coach at Lakeville North High School the last three years and led North to a second-place finish at the state tour-nament in 2013. At that time, North was the only team other than Eden Prairie or Blake to reach the state final since the Minnesota State High School League la-crosse tournament started in 2007. While coaching at North, Gaitan also served as the top assistant coach at Augs-burg College, the first college in Minne-sota to offer varsity women’s lacrosse. Concordia-St. Paul announced in the spring it would start a Division II wom-en’s program, making it the first school in Minnesota to offer scholarships for the sport.

Gott to Lax Tournament Teams from Burnsville, Eagan, Lakev-ille North and Prior Lake will compete at the third annual Gott to Lax Tourna-ment July 11-12 at Hill-Murray Lower Fields, Maplewood. Admission is free and open to the public. Activities include a silent auction, food vendors, vendor village and clas-sic car display. All proceeds benefit The ATG Legacy Project for free clinic offer-ings and free gear to underserved com-munities. Proceeds will also benefit The Adam Gott Collegiate Club Lacrosse Scholarship to help collegiate club la-crosse players pay fees to play at the col-legiate club level. The Gott to Lax Initiative was estab-lished in honor of Adam Gott, a former youth, high school, and collegiate club la-crosse player from Minnesota, who died June 30, 2012, in a dirt bike accident. More information is at www.gotttolax.com.


LV South sweeps clay target titlesAV, EV shooters place in individual competition

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


The Lakeville school district started offering clay target shooting as a varsity sport about two years ago, and it wasn’t long before Lakeville South was one of the state’s largest teams. It also didn’t take long for the Cou-gars to become one of the state’s most successful teams. Last weekend, Lakev-ille South swept the trap and skeet state team championships at Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake. Such is South’s depth that it fielded different lineups for the trap and skeet team competitions and still won both. “Our kids won the fall skeet league last year, so they knew they had a good chance,” said Jason Kelvie, Lakeville South head coach. “Winning the trap championship was more of a surprise. We finished sixth at state last year and were hoping for a top-three finish this year, but we didn’t know what our chanc-es were to finish first.” In the trap tournament, contested Sat-urday, Lakeville South’s five shooters put up a team score of 464, which Fairmont equaled. The Cougars won the tiebreaker by the smallest margin possible. “One target,” Kelvie said. “Andrew Krebs had 96 (out of 100 targets), and two of Fairmont’s kids had 95.” Jake Johnson broke 95 targets for South in the trap competition. Michael Huebner (92), Zac Olson (91) and Jacob Stewart (90) also shot for the winning trap team. Initially, the Cougars trap shooters weren’t satisfied with their performance because they did not match last year’s team score of 476, which was good for a sixth-place finish. Their mood bright-ened considerably once they learned they had done enough for a state champion-ship this year. In previous years, students who al-ready had competitive trap shooting ex-perience joined high school teams once their schools started programs, Kelvie said. The Lakeville South coach’s theory is that when those shooters graduated, they often were replaced by students new to the sport. That might explain the slight decrease in scoring from 2014 to 2015, but that could be short-lived be-cause clay target might be Minnesota’s fastest-growing high school sport. According to the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League, which runs the sport’s fall and spring seasons, about 8,600 students at more than 450 schools participated in 2014-15. The Minnesota State High School League took notice. While it doesn’t op-erate the state trap tournament, it served as a “presenting sponsor” for the sec-ond consecutive year. Shooters received the same trophies and medals that go to

students in the other sports the MSHSL sponsors. Lakeville South was one of 30 teams that advanced to Saturday’s state trap championship from the clay target league’s 2015 tournament June 11-16 in Alexandria. More than 5,600 shooters competed at that meet in what the clay target league billed as the world’s largest shooting sports event. Lakeville South placed second in the Class 6A team competition in Alexan-dria. The MSHSL does not sponsor the skeet tournament, which took place Sun-day. It’s possible the high school league will add skeet to the schedule for the clay target tournament it sponsors if skeet be-comes more popular. Lakeville South’s team was capped at 100 shooters with a waiting list. All 100 shoot trap, while 13 also shoot skeet. “The kids who shot for us in the skeet tournament definitely prefer skeet,” Kel-vie said. Trap shooting has one house from which targets are launched while skeet uses two houses, with targets crossing in front of the shooter. Lakeville South shot 466 in the 15-team skeet competition, 12 better than runner-up Wayzata. Five of Lakeville South’s six varsity skeet shooters in the state tournament broke at least 90 targets. The Cougars’ Jarret Hayes was overall varsity high gun with 98, winning a tiebreaker with Dylan Burns of Bloomington Jefferson. South’s Nick Ceplecha tied for third with 97. Brandon Tatge broke 91 targets, Brock Schueck and Ben Hines each had 90 and Nick Gray had 79.

Individual competition Lakeville North’s Andrew Krebs, who was his team’s top shooter in the state trap team tournament, tied for 13th place in the individual competition with 97. Individual champion Bryan Grotte of Fairmont was the only shooter to break all 100 targets. Apple Valley’s Kory Miller and Ryan Baer each scored 95 in the individual tournament. Miller went into the state competition as the top seed. Eastview’s John Sholl was part of a group at 95. Lakeville South’s Nick Gray broke 94 targets. Eastview’s Logan LeClair and Dylan Buck had 92 and 91, respectively. Jarret Hayes (98) and Nick Ceplecha (97) of Lakeville South were first and third in the individual skeet competition. The Cougars’ Brandon Tatge (91) tied for 11th. Brock Schueck and Ben Hines each broke 90 targets to tie for 14th place.


Job change puts Carpentiercloser to home and family

Former Eagan basketball coach will try to build Farmington girls

program by Mike Shaughnessy


Liz Carpentier left a team that was 17-10 last season to coach one that went 3-23. Which means the obvi-ous question is: Why on earth would you want to do that? As is the case for many high school athletic coach-es, family entered into the decision to make a change. Last month Carpentier, who had been head girls basketball coach at Eagan for seven years, took the same position at Farm-ington High School. Car-pentier, her husband and their three children live in Farmington, and the op-portunity to coach in the same community where

her children are growing up was a strong attraction. “Our kids are at the stage where they will start participating in youth sports,” she said. “Living here, we love the school district. It also made sense for me to coach closer to home because I’ll be home with the kids for the next few years.” Carpentier said she hopes to resume her teach-ing career once her young-est child, who’s 1 year old, is ready for kindergarten. Her husband Rob, a for-mer Farmington teacher and coach, is athletic di-rector at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Minneap-olis and coaches girls soc-cer there. Leaving Eagan was not a decision Carpentier made lightly. She was a varsity player at Eagan (graduating in 1999) who returned to coach at her alma mater and led the team to a school-record 17 victories in 2014-15. Farmington, mean-

while, struggled through a three-victory season in its first year in the South Suburban Conference, possibly the state’s stron-gest high school girls bas-ketball league. One of the Tigers’ top players, guard Sofia Chadwick, missed the entire season because of a knee injury. After the season, Sondra Chad-wick, Sofia’s mother and Farmington’s head coach, stepped down. Tom Cross, who was a varsity assistant coach at Eagan, is following Car-pentier to Farmington. One of their first priorities is building the numbers in the Tigers’ program. Last season the Farm-ington program had only two teams (varsity and ju-nior varsity), where most of the other SSC schools had four. Carpentier said Farmington expects to add a ninth-grade team for 2015-16.


Business Buzz

Anchor Builders, City Auto Glass, HealthSource Chiropractic of Apple Valley, and Tennis Sanitation teamed up with local donors and Usborne Books & More to donate over $1,700 in books to Children’s Therapy Center loca-tions in Eagan and Apple Valley. Usborne Books consultant Emily Hindal wanted to give back to Children’s Therapy Center for all it had done for her daughter, so she used her company’s grant matching program and raised money from local businesses, friends and family. For more information on the grant matching program, contact Hindal at [email protected]. (Photo submitted)

Books galore for childrenMendell to expand in Lakeville Mendell Inc. an-nounced plans June 17 to expand its operations in Lakeville and add 25 full-time jobs. The company will spend $2.36 million to ren-ovate an existing facility at 21463 Grenada Ave. and build an 18,700-square-foot addition. The new jobs, which the company plans to add within three years, will pay an average wage of $24.67 an hour. Once Mendell meets its hiring and investment goals, the Minnesota De-partment of Employment and Economic Develop-ment will award the com-pany $326,135 from the Job Creation Fund. “Mendell has earned a national reputation for producing high-quality medical device compo-nents from Minnesota,” said DEED Commis-sioner Katie Clark Sieben. “We are grateful for the company’s commitment to the state, and congratu-late them on this expan-sion that will help meet the growing needs of their customers.” Mendell is a preci-sion medical life sciences company that manufac-tures custom implants for orthopedic, orthopedic spine, cardiovascular and other device markets.

Marketing firm expands PR Caffeine, a Burns-ville-based digital mar-keting agency, has added three new team members: Todd Churchill, Ryan Ko-rpi and Bonnie Rae Back-er. Churchill serves in an advisory chief financial officer role for PR Caf-feine. He is the owner and founder of CFO Insights LLC, and has helped more than 90 company found-ers focus on their purpose and passion for solving customers’ needs by de-

signing, implementing and monitoring behind the scenes business efforts. Churchill also founded and ran Thousand Hills Cattle Company for more than 12 years. Churchill received his bachelor’s degree in speech communication and rhet-oric as well as accounting from St. Olaf College. In addition, he attended the University of Minnesota for advanced coursework in accounting and taxa-tion. As sales director, Ko-rpi cultivates prospective clients into brand ambas-sadors for PR Caffeine. He studied business at North Central University and most recently worked as a sales and leasing specialist for Morrie’s Automotive Group. Backer serves as ex-ecutive assistant to Ryan Berkness, founder and CEO of PR Caffeine. She has more than 25 years of experience as an executive assistant and studied exec-utive office administration at Hennepin Technical College. Due to the growth of the PR Caffeine team and clientele, the company has moved to a new location in Burnsville. The new office location is: 2438 E. 117th St., Suite 100.

Breakfast With Champions Dr. Scott Morrell, president of Stone Arch Organization Develop-ment, will be the featured speaker at Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Breakfast With Champions from 7:30-9 a.m. Thursday, July 23, at Southview Country Club, 239 Mendota Road E., West St. Paul. Morrell will speak about organiza-tional tensions. Cost is $20 for mem-bers and $30 for nonmem-bers, including breakfast. RSVP to Chelsea Johnson at [email protected] or 651-288-9202.

Montessori in Lakeville Sonnet Montessori of Prior Lake will open a second location in Lakev-ille. Lakeville city officials including Mayor Matt Little and City Adminis-trator Justin Miller joined members and staff of the Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce in a ground-breaking ceremony on June 16. The Lakeville location will be on the west side of Idealic Avenue behind Cub Foods. The school is scheduled to open late fall 2015.

Lennar Idea Gallery The Lennar Idea Gal-lery, a design selection stu-dio by new home builder Lennar, opened nearly

a year ago and provides homebuyers samples of all Lennar’s included features and personalized upgrade options. The Idea Gallery is located in Lennar’s head-quarters building at 16305 36th Ave. N., Suite 400, Plymouth, and is open Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lennar is building homes in Eagan, Farmington, Lakeville and Rosemount.

FamilyHealth adds dermatology specialty Amer Kalaaji, M.D., a Mayo Clinic specialist in dermatology, will begin seeing patients at Family-Health Medical Clinic in Lakeville on July 13. Kalaaji, an associate professor at Mayo Medi-cal School in Rochester, will be in Lakeville three days a week. His services are provided by Mayo Clinic Specialty Services.

A graduate of Univer-sity of Toronto School of Medicine, Kalaaji per-formed his internship at Toronto General Hospital and his dermatology resi-dency at Henry Ford Hos-pital in Detroit, Michigan, where he served as chief resident. He also did grad-uate work at the Univer-sity of Toronto’s Depart-ment of Pathology.

Applebee’s teams with Alex’s Lemonade A month-long cam-paign kicking off June 29 marks the 11th year that franchisees of Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar have supported Alex’s Lemonade Stand Founda-tion. The foundation grew from the front yard lem-onade stand of 4-year-old cancer patient Alexandra “Alex” Scott. Today, the foundation bearing her name has become one of the nation’s leading phil-

anthropic organizations in support of pediatric can-cer research. As part of the Apple-bee’s Serves program, participating restaurants, including the Apple Valley restaurant at 14678 Cedar Ave., will raise funds in support of ALSF.

Phoenix Residence a top workplace The Phoenix Residence Inc., based in West St. Paul, has been selected as one of the Top Work-places in Minnesota by the Star Tribune. The Phoenix Residence provides services to indi-viduals with disabilities and is committed to de-veloping person-centered quality living experiences. The Phoenix Residence owns and operates 19 group homes, located in Apple Valley, Arden Hills, Little Canada, Maple-wood, Mounds View, Newport, Roseville, St. Paul, Vadnais Heights and White Bear Lake.


LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

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

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

DATE OF MORTGAGE: May 24, 2012MORTGAGOR: Yohannes Haile

and Atsede E. Antehum, husband and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems Inc., as nominee for U.S. Bank N.A. its successors and assigns .

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded June 12, 2012 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2873708.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: U.S. Bank National Association. Dated De-cember 4, 2013 Recorded De-cember 13, 2013, as Document No. 2990348 and also by Docu-ment Dated September 11, 2014, Recorded September 19, 2014 as Document No. 3030481.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100021200006369044LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: U.S. Bank N.A.

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER:

U.S. Bank National AssociationMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 15053 Dutchman Way, Apple Valley, MN 55124

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 01.76900.03.420LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY:Lot 42, Block 3, Tousignant’s

Prairie Crossing, Common Interest Community No. 239, according to the recorded plat thereof.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $261,689.00

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

$276,279.18That prior to the commence-

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

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

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: July 17, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

fice, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hastings, MN

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

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on January 19, 2016 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

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

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

Dated: May 4, 2015U.S. Bank National AssociationMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688819 - 14-007939 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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DATE OF MORTGAGE:March 13, 2009MORTGAGOR:Robert L. Bean, a single person.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

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

CORDING: Recorded April 9, 2009 Dakota County Recorder, Docu-ment No. 2648926.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Dated March 5, 2013 Recorded March 12, 2013, as Document No. 2936558. And thereafter assigned to: Federal National Mortgage As-sociation. Dated December 10, 2014 Recorded May 5, 2015, as Document No. 3064513.





MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STAT-ED ON MORTGAGE: Cornerstone Mortgage Company

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Seterus, Inc.

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 938 Redwood Drive, Ap-ple Valley, MN 55124


PROPERTY: Lot 8, Block 5, Apple Valley 12th Addition







DATE AND TIME OF SALE: July 31, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

fice, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hastings, MN

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

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on February 1, 2016, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.



Dated: May 27, 2015Federal National Mortgage Asso-ciationMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-6888110 - 15-001114 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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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: The MOVE GroupPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 15451 Founders LaneApple Valley, MN 55124 USANAMEHOLDER(S): Name: M Enterprises, LLCAddress: 15609 Highview DriveApple Valley, MN 55124I, 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: 06/10/2015SIGNED BY: Joseph Mueller

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DATE OF MORTGAGE:June 7, 2007MORTGAGOR: Daovone Chan-

thalinh, a single person.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

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

CORDING: Recorded June 28, 2007 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2527097.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR LEHMAN XS TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SE-RIES 2007-15N.

Dated February 6, 2015 Record-ed March 9, 2015, as Document No. 3055695.





MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

AEGIS Wholesale CorporationRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: Nationstar Mortgage LLCMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 14255 Footbridge Way, Apple Valley, MN 55124


PROPERTY: Lot 5, Block 1, Cedar Isle Estates 6th Addition, Dakota County, Minnesota.







DATE AND TIME OF SALE: August 13, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

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

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on February 16, 2016, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.



Dated: June 10, 2015U.S. Bank National Association, as TrusteeMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688821-15-001605 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published in Apple ValleyJune 19, 26,

July 3, 10, 17, 24, 2015409217


MINN. STAT. 580.025, 580.04Date: June 18, 2015YOU ARE NOTIFIED that default

has occurred in the conditions of the following described Mortgage:

1. Date of Mortgage: April 5, 2004

2. Mortgagors: Daniel E. Kuk-lock and Ronda K. Kuklock, as joint tenants

3. Mortgagee: Wells Fargo Fi-nancial Minnesota, Inc.

4. Recording Information: Re-corded on April 28, 2004, as Docu-ment Number 2198959, in the Office of the County Recorder (or Registrar of Titles) of Dakota Coun-ty, Minnesota.

5. Assignments of Mortgage: Assigned to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., its suc-cessors and assigns by written as-signment recorded on 04/15/2005, as Document Number 2313317 in the recording office stated in paragraph 4. Further assigned to Ocwen Loan Servicing LLC by written assignment recorded on 09/26/2014, as Document Num-ber 3031359 in the recording office stated in paragraph 4. Further as-signed to Bucks Financial V, LLC by written assignment recorded on 09/26/2014 as Document Number 3031360 in the recording office stated in paragraph 4. Further as-signed to Home Expo Financial Inc. by written assignment recorded on 04/20/2015 as Document Number 3062714 in the recording office stated in paragraph 4. Further as-signed to 2nd Chance Mortgages, Inc. by written assignment record-ed on 04/20/2015 as Document Number 3062715 in the recording office stated in paragraph 4.

6. Tax parcel identification num-ber of the mortgaged premises: 01-31003-01-050

7. Legal description of the mort-gaged premises: Lot 5, Block 1, Greenleaf Fourth Addition, Dakota County, Minnesota.

8. The physical street address, city, and zip code of the mortgaged premises: 13549 Findlay Avenue, Apple Valley, MN 55124

9. The person holding the Mort-gage: is not a transaction agent, as defined by Minn. Stat. 58.02, subd. 30. The name of the residential mortgage servicer and the lender or broker, as defined in Minn. Stat. 58.02 is: 2nd Chance Mortgages Inc.

10. The name of the mortgage originator, as defined in Minn. Stat. 58.02, is: Wells Fargo Financial Minnesota, Inc.

11. The requisites of Minn. Stat. 580.02 have been satisfied.

12. The original principal amount secured by the Mortgage was $49,486.06

13. At the date of this notice the amount due on the Mortgage, including taxes, if any, paid by the holder of the mortgage, is: $ 45,150.71.

14. Pursuant to the power of sale in the Mortgage, the Mortgage will be foreclosed, and the mort-gaged premises will be sold by the Sheriff of Dakota County, Minne-sota, at public auction on Septem-ber 3, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Dakota County Sheriff’s Office, 1580 High-way 55, Hastings, MN 55033.

15. The time allowed by law for redemption by Mortgagor or Mort-gagor’s personal representative or assigns is 6 months after the date of the sale.

16. Minn. Stat. 580.04(b) pro-vides, “If the real estate is an own-er-occupied, single-family dwelling, the notice must also specify the date on or before which the mort-gagor must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated un-der section 580.30 or the property redeemed under section 580.23.” If this statute applies, the time to va-cate the property is 11:59 p.m. on March 3, 2016.

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.Name of Mortgagee or Mortgage Assignee: 2nd Chance Mortgages Inc.Name and address of Attorney for Mortgagee or Mortgage Assignee: Lesley A. Hoenig, Barham Legal LLC, 2644 Kull Road, Lancaster, Ohio 43130

Published inApple Valley

June 26, July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 2015

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSMINUTES OF JUNE 8, 2015

REGULAR BOARD MEETINGChairperson Rob Duchscher

called the regular School Board meeting to order at 6 p.m. on June 8, 2015 at Dakota Ridge School.

Present: Joel Albright, Art Coul-son, treasurer; Rob Duchscher, chairperson; Gary Huusko, clerk; Jackie Magnuson, vice chairper-son; Mike Roseen and Superinten-dent Jane K. Berenz.

Absent: Bob Schutte.The Pledge of Allegiance was

led by the School Board.Motion by Huusko, seconded by

Coulson and carried, with six mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition to approve the agenda.

Board members recognized Su-perintendent Jane Berenz who will receive a Reading Recovery Na-tional Teacher Leader Award later this month.

Superintendent Berenz con-gratulated:

• Eastview High School softball team on winning the Class 3A state tournament;

• High school students who won state titles and numerous finalists in other events at the track and field tournaments;

• Eshan Varma, Eastview High School on advancing to the cham-pionship match of the consolation finals at the boys’ Class 2A state tennis tournament;

• Dakota United Hawks on win-ning third place in the cognitively impaired and physically impaired divisions of the state adapted soft-ball tournaments;

• Woodland Elementary School’s Little Neon Monsters team that fin-ished runner-up in the Creature Feature technical challenge at Des-tination ImagiNation Global Finals;

• Students who qualified for the state boys’ and girls’ golf tourna-ments and National Speech and Debate Association national tour-nament, and

• More than 2,000 students who graduated from high schools and programs.

Linda Krummel, Eastview Com-munity Foundation Grants Chair, presented a summary of the five grants totaling $8,229 awarded to schools this year. She reported the foundation has awarded 83 grants totaling almost $180,000 over the past 10 years.

Motion by Magnuson, seconded by Roseen and carried, with six members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition to ap-prove the following Consent items:

• Minutes of May 11, 2015 regu-lar and May 18 and 28, 2015 spe-cial board meetings;

• Sun ThisWeek as the official newspaper for 2015-16;

• District memberships for 2015-16 as delineated;

• Claims for May 5-June 2, 2015;• Electronic funds transfer

schedule for May 2-29, 2015;• Schedule of investments for

May 2-29, 2015;• Treasurer’s report for the

month ending April 30, 2015;• Gifts valued at $500 or more

received by June 1, 2015 totaling $55,282;

• Advertising revenue received by June 2, 2015 totaling $2,378;

• Grants valued at $500 or more received by June 3, 2015 totaling $77,229;

• Appointment of Jeff Little, Christopher Knight, Grace Keliher and Christopher Wong to the Bud-

get Advisory Council for three-year terms ending June 30, 2018;

• Contract with Wide Area Transportation Services, Int, LLC for supplemental services Type III during 2015-16 and three addition-al years at the district’s discretion;

• Contract with Agropur for dairy products during 2015-16 using the escalation pricing estimated at $405,907;

• Personnel separations, leaves of absence and new staff;

• Pay rates for substitute, tem-porary and part-time employees, effective July 1, 2015, adjusted to meet the required minimum wage on August 1 of $9 per hour;

• Pay rates for substitute, tem-porary and part-time community education employees, effective July 1, 2015, adjusted to meet the required minimum wage on August 1 of $9 per hour;

• Termination and non-renewal of probationary teachers, long-term substitutes and re-employed retired teachers as listed in the exhibit;

• Contract with Travelers for workers’ compensation insurance through a guaranteed cost plan ef-fective July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016;

• Resolution to expel a student immediately, through the second trimester of the 2015-16 school year, continuing through and in-cluding March 10, 2016;

• Employment agreements to rehire a teacher and a school nurse subject to the terms of the agree-ments;

• Employment agreement with a continuing contract teacher for an additional .1 FTE during the 2015-16 school year without the ad-ditional FTE becoming part of the teacher’s continuing contract;

• Appointment of Director of Teaching and Learning Steve Troen as the Local Education Agency (LEA) representative for 2015-16;

• Agreement with the Scott-Carver-Dakota CAP Agency for Head Start services to preschool children who are eligible for special education services, from Septem-ber 1, 2015 to August 31, 2016, and

• Appointment of Nicole Arness, Heather Blair, Shikha Goodwin, Molly Lorenzen, Nicole Wensmann, David Wermerskirchen to the Early Childhood Family Services Adviso-ry Council and alternates Lindsey Biberdorf, Melissa Rose and Sahra Mohamed Ali, with terms expiring June 1, 2018;

Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent Kim Craven asked the board to approve the amend-ment of combined precincts and designated polling places that moves the polling place for Com-bined Precinct #5 to Apple Valley Municipal Center due to construc-tion at River Valley Church in No-vember 2015.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried, with six mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition to approve the amendment.

Director of Finance and Opera-tions Jeff Solomon presented the 2015-16 preliminary budget that was developed in keeping with budget and staffing guidelines the board approved in February 2015. The document is in a new format to adopt best practices in budgeting and to improve transparency.

Solomon provided background information on anticipated ad-ditional state funding from this legislative session, reported per-formance-to-budget estimates for 2014-15 indicate a savings of ap-proximately $7.5 million which is consistent with historical averages and noted the preliminary budget is slightly higher than initial estimates from the financial plan. He gave an overview of the three-stage budget process, individual funds and fund balances, and revenue sources and expenditures. Solomon sum-marized projections for all funds: revenues of $415,536,774, expen-ditures of $414,719,991, and a projected fund balance as of June 2016 of $80,209,362, with more than half of that amount directly tied to the restricted Internal Ser-vice Funds (Other Post-employ-ment Benefits Trust {OPEB} and insurance reserve accounts).

The board is scheduled to act on the preliminary budget at its June 22 meeting. By law, the district must approve a preliminary budget before the start of the school and fiscal year on July 1.

Craven presented a resolution establishing dates for filing for School Board election, from 7:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 28 through 5 p.m., Tuesday, August 11 at the District Office.

Board members Albright, Mag-nuson and Duchscher announced they would be seeking re-election.

The board is scheduled to act on the resolution at its June 22 meet-ing.

Craven presented revisions to Policy 707, Student Transportation, that corrects a reference number and clarifies charter and nonpublic schools are responsible for notify-ing students about transportation services and that drivers and chap-erones will continue to receive on-going training.

Motion by Magnuson, seconded by Albright and carried, with six members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition to ap-prove revisions to Policy 707, Stu-dent Transportation.

Craven presented revisions to Policy 806, Visitors to Schools, that adds language that visitors are welcome provided they comply with district guidelines, gives prin-cipals the discretion to determine the length of classroom visits and aligns policy on the important role volunteers play in the education process with the administrative regulation on volunteers.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried, with six mem-bers voting in favor and no mem-ber voting in opposition to approve revisions to Policy 806, Visitors to Schools.

Albright echoed Berenz’s con-gratulations to the Eastview High School softball team.

Duchscher reported board members attended several gradu-ation ceremonies and shook a lot of hands.

Berenz reported she replied to Ann Knudson of Burnsville, who had addressed the School Board through a Special Communication Request on May 11, that the mag-net school themes and timelines for Echo Park and Oak Ridge elemen-tary schools were approved by the board later at that same meeting.

Berenz announced the three

new elementary principals – Tine Haselius, Cindy Magnuson and Drew Goeldner – who have ac-cepted positions at Echo Park, Oak Ridge and Red Pine, respectively.

She also announced that the Legislature has agreed to increases of 2 percent to the general educa-tion formula for each of the next two years, which was the district’s top legislative priority this session. The education bill may also include additional dollars for preschool scholarships and School Readi-ness, but we have to wait and see what the Legislature agrees to dur-ing the special session.

Motion by Magnuson, seconded by Roseen and carried, with six members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition to ad-journ the meeting at 6:38 p.m.

Published in Apple Valley, Lakeville,

Burnsville/EaganJune 26, 2015

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CITY OF APPLE VALLEYNOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARINGPROPOSED REZONING

AND PRELIMINARY PLATNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the Planning Commission of the City of Apple Valley, Dakota Coun-ty, Minnesota, will meet at the Mu-nicipal Center, 7100 147th Street W., on Wednesday, July 15, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. The purpose of the meeting is to hold a public hearing on the rezoning of property from “PD-739, Zones 1 and 2” to “PD-739, Zone 1”, and replatting two (2) parcels totaling 4.78 acres into one (1) platted lot. Said hearing relates to property generally southeast of Garrett Avenue and 153rd Street W. The properties are legally de-scribed as follows:

Outlot A, VILLAGE AT FOUND-ERS CIRCLE, according to the re-corded plat thereof, EXCEPTING THEREFROM:

That part of Outlot A, VILLAGE AT FOUNDERS CIRCLE, according to the recorded plat thereof Dakota County, Minnesota described as follows:

Commencing at the southeast corner of said OUTLOT A; thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 28 seconds West, assumed bearing, along the South line of said OUT-LOT A, said line also being the South line of the North 2259.86 feet of the Northwest Quarter of Section 34, a distance of 118.22 feet to the point of beginning; thence continu-ing South 89 degrees 44 minutes 28 seconds West, along said south line of OUTLOT A, a distance of 582.75 feet to the southwest corner of said OUTLOT A; thence North 00 degrees 36 minutes 33 seconds West, along a westerly line of said OUTLOT A, a distance of 1.10 feet, thence North 00 degrees 16 minutes 57 seconds East, along a westerly line of said OUTLOT A, a distance of 81.07 feet; thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 03 seconds East a distance of 385.37 feet; thence North 44 degrees 57 minutes 45 seconds East a dis-tance of 31.41 feet, thence South 45 degrees 02 minutes 15 seconds East a distance of 120.00 feet; thence North 44 degrees 57 min-utes 48 seconds East a distance of 52.90 feet; thence South 45 de-grees 00 minutes 00 seconds East a distance of 74.25 feet to the point of beginning.

ANDThat part of the West 895.35 feet

of the East 945.35 feet which lies south of the North 2259.86 feet of the Northwest Quarter of Section 34, Township 115, Range 20, Da-kota County, Minnesota described as follows:

Commencing at the southeast corner of OUTLOT A, VILLAGE AT FOUNDERS CIRCLE according to the recorded plat thereof Dakota County, Minnesota; thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 28 seconds West, assumed bearing, a distance of 118.22 feet along the South line of the North 2259.86 feet of the Northwest Quarter of Section 34, said line also being the South line of said OUTLOT A, to the point of beginning; thence South 45 de-grees 00 minutes 00 seconds East a distance of 185.81 feet, thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East a distance of 31.98 feet; thence South 42 degrees 02 minutes 53 seconds East a dis-tance of 15.48 feet; thence North 89 degrees 47 minutes 32 seconds East a distance of 169.42 feet to the West line of Galaxie Avenue, said West line also being the East line of the West 895.35 feet of the East 945.35 feet of the Northwest Quarter of Section 34, thence North 00 degrees 11 minutes 15 seconds East, along said West line of Gal-axie Avenue, a distance of 118.50 feet; thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 32 seconds West a dis-tance of 70.60 feet; thence north-westerly 134.49 feet along tangen-tial curve concave to the northeast having a radius of 160.00 feet and a central angle of 48 degrees 09 minutes 35 seconds; thence North 42 degrees 02 minutes 53 seconds West, tangent to said curve, a dis-tance of 4.99 feet to the South line of said North 2259.86 feet; thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 28 seconds West along said South line of said North 2259.86 feet and said south line of OUTLOT A, a distance of 118.22 feet to the point of begin-ning.

as shown by the records of the County Treasurer of said County.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that these proceedings are insti-tuted by the property owner, the Dakota County Community Devel-opment Agency. All interested par-ties will be given an opportunity to be heard at said time and place.

DATED this 22nd day of June, 2015.By: /s/ Stephanie Marschall Deputy City Clerk

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Positions AvailableECM Publishers, Inc. is a publishing, printing, digital media and distribution company that operates in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Started in 1976 as the vision of founder Elmer L. Andersen, the Company has grown from one paid circulation weekly newspaper and shopper to its current operations which include 49 publications. Most of these newspapers are printed at the company’s Princeton web printing plant in addition to a number of other publications.

ECM Printing, a division of ECM Publishers, Inc., in Princeton, MN is looking for several new employees to meet the demands of our growing business.

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Press OperatorsECM Publishers is looking for dedicated individuals that have experience in assist-ing or operating a web press. Your experience, skills and abilities will determine what position you would be eligible for. This is a safety sensitive position.

Roll Tender/JoggersWe are looking for individuals who are eager to learn. On-the-job training will be provided for this entry level position. Successful individuals will use this position as the first step to becoming a press-operator.

Mail Room Operators (Post Press)ECM Publishers is looking for organized and efficient individuals that have experience in tending and operating a variety of machines used in the final step of publication production. You must be a team player and be able to change tasks to get the job done on time with minimum waste and disruption to the process.

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Post Consumer Brands, created after Post Hold-ings purchased Lakeville-headquartered MOM Brands for $1.15 billion in January, now says it will retain 250 jobs in Lake-ville. Lakeville will provide the funds after the jobs have been in place one year, according to Lake-ville Community and Eco-nomic Development Di-rector Dave Olson. He said incentive op-tions were limited to abatements because the Fairfield Business Campus where the new combined company will locate (for-merly MOM Brands head-quarters) in two buildings is already a tax-increment financing district that does not expire until 2022. “It’s not even possible in Minnesota to do a tax-increment district on top of an existing tax-incre-ment district,” Olson said. “So … the only other tool that is really available to the city is tax abatement.” Olson said tax abate-ment is similar to tax-in-crement financing, which subsidizes development costs with money gener-ated by the property’s in-creased value, diverting that amount from local

taxing governments for a set period of time. Olson said the differ-ence with tax abatement is that those taxing enti-ties that the money would go to, the city, county and school district, must agree to participate. Lakeville is planning to use money from its liquor fund to pay the company $375,000 after the jobs have been in place a year. In 2023, Lakeville will start to abate about $80,545 annually from its portion of the business’s property taxes for about three to four years to re-pay the liquor fund loan with interest. The city’s incentives will dovetail with the state’s portion, which Olson said was an unusual project for the Minnesota Investment Fund because its purpose is retention, not capital costs. Jim Gromberg, metro area business develop-ment representative with the Minnesota Depart-ment of Employment and Economic Development, agreed. He called use of the state’s fund for job reten-tion “outside of our com-fort zone,” but said they made some adjustments regarding what capital in-vestments are comprised

of and how they track it. “It’s a good project,” Gromberg said. Olson said having the state’s backing proves it recognizes “the impor-tance of keeping MOM Brands in Minnesota, as well as the city’s priority of trying to keep MOM Brands offices — soon to be Post Consumer Brand’s offices — here.” Post Consumer Brands announced in May it would be led by MOM

Brands President Chris Neugent and selected Lakeville as the location for its corporate head-quarters of its cereal divi-sion. Neugent said they are now hiring and added there will be “significant” new hires, particularly in marketing. This week, about 35 people came from the company’s two offices to tour Lakeville, see the of-fice and what the city has

to offer. Mayor Matt Little said the city wanted to provide a package that was useful to the company and pro-vided them a “reason to stay here.” “We are incredibly grateful that you did,” Lit-tle said. “We look forward to continuing this partner-ship.” Steve Smith, senior vice president of human re-sources for Post Holdings, said company officials this

spring were considering whether to headquarter in Lakeville; Parsippany, New Jersey, or St. Louis, Missouri. He said Lakeville’s lo-cation, employees and community all weighed in as a “strong positive” of making headquarters in Lakeville. He called the actions of the city and state to ar-range the deal a “great ef-fort” that was quickly and timely. “I’ve worked with states all over the coun-try putting together some of these packages,” Smith said. “Quite honestly, I haven’t had anybody that’s stepped up and put some-thing together at the rate of speed that you did.” Neugent said they plan for Post Consumer Brands to grow even more with fu-ture acquisitions and also base in Lakeville. “We’re excited,” Neu-gent said. “It’s a pretty fast pace right now. We’re moving fast to make the consolidation work, and it’s a very great opportu-nity for the employees here and certainly great for Minnesota not to have lost a cereal business versus to expand one.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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Steve Smith, senior vice president of human relations of Post Holdings, and Chris Neugent, head of Post Consumer Brands Division, meet with Lakeville officials, including City Administrator Justin Miller, at a June 22 work session. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Better Business Bureau offers tips on planning a summer event When you’re planning your summer event, it’s always good to start nailing down details ahead of time. You don’t want to rush when it comes to your special occasion. Getting a jump on planning your event also gives you the time you need to research businesses and vendors, letting you find com-panies that best suit your needs – and avoid potential letdowns. Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota (BBB) offers some practical tips to people getting ready to plan their event. “Every event season, we hear from people who didn’t research businesses ahead of time,” said Dana Badgerow,

president and CEO of BBB of Minnesota and North Dakota. “Sometimes the result is simply a minor inconvenience, but in other cases it’s led to special days being tarnished unneces-sarily.” Though problems can arise with even the best companies, BBB is here to assist you every step of the way. To help you find reliable businesses and ensure your event is a success, here are some practical steps to follow: – Research all facilities, sup-pliers and vendors at bbb.org. It’s fast and it’s free. – Watch out for estimates that are far lower than you can find elsewhere in the mar-

ketplace. Some less than scru-pulous operators will throw out low quotes just to get your business. However, when it comes time to deliver, they may leave you in the lurch. – Get everything in writing. A contract protects you and clearly outlines the obligations of the parties involved. If there are any changes to the agree-ment, make sure they are noted in the contract. – Gather as much informa-tion as possible. Make sure you have a physical address for all vendors and the best contact information if you need to reach them on an emergency basis – including a phone num-ber and an email address. If a

business or vendor refuses to provide any of this informa-tion, watch out. – Be leery of situations where you’re asked to pay the full amount for something up-front. Most event sites, clothiers and vendors will ask for a de-posit, with the bulk of the con-tract to be paid later. If you’re told a price is “only good” for a very short period of time or something about an offer doesn’t feel right, it may be a good idea to go elsewhere. – Ask for references and speak to previous clients. Also, research online reviews to get a sense of previous customers’ experiences with businesses

you’re considering. – Consider making purchas-es closer to the date of your event with a credit card. This will offer you protec-tions if products or services aren’t delivered or if merchan-dise is received in damaged condition. – Always comparison shop and get multiple estimates. This will give you an idea of the price ranges and help you make a budget. – If you experience prob-lems, it’s always best to try to resolve them directly with the vendor first, but if that’s unsuc-cessful, file a complaint at bbb.org.


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Libraries host programs celebrating Harper Lee To celebrate the release of Harper Lee’s compan-ion to “To Kill a Mocking-bird,” the Dakota County Library will feature two special programs in July. The new novel, “Go Set a Watchman,” will continue the story of Scout Finch, her father, Atticus, and the small Alabama town that captivated the nation. At 7 p.m. Thursday, July 9, at Heritage Library, 20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville, author Loretta Ellsworth will present “Mocking-bird Up Close.” Ellsworth has written several young adult novels, including “In Search of Mockingbird,” a story about a teen whose quest to learn more about her mother leads her on a bus journey from Minne-sota to Alabama in search of the reclusive Harper Lee. Ellsworth’s presenta-tion will discuss the life of Harper Lee, how “To Kill a Mockingbird” came to be published, and the book’s continuing impact. At 6 p.m. Thursday, July 16, Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville, will host a screening of the motion picture adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” star-ring Gregory Peck. The 1962 film won three Oscars, and in 2003, the American Film Institute named Atti-cus Finch the greatest mov-ie hero of the 20th century. See all of Dakota Coun-ty Library’s summer pro-grams at www.dakotacoun-ty/library.

Family fun at IMAX IMAX Family Fun morning is Saturday, June 27, at the Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Min-nesota Zoo, 12000 Zoo Blvd., Apple Valley. Doors open at 9:15 a.m. Those who purchase a ticket for the 10 a.m. Fam-ily Fun show receive a free snack and drink. The movie, “Flight of the Butterflies 3D,” begins at 10 a.m. Cost is $6. For more information, call 952-997-9714 or email [email protected].

Comedy at Mystic Lake Zainab Johnson and Jimmy Shubert will take the Mystic Comedy Club stage at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, July 10, and Saturday, July 11, at Mystic Lake in Prior

Lake. Johnson was a semifinal-ist on “Last Comic Stand-ing” in 2014. She has per-formed in clubs throughout the country including The Improv, Laugh Factory, Standup NY, and Caro-line’s on Broadway. She has also brought her comedy to “ComicView” and “The Arsenio Hall Show.” Shubert has headlined at The Improv and Com-edy Store in Hollywood. For five years, he had a re-curring role on “King of Queens.” He has also ap-peared on “Entourage,” “Two Broke Girls,” “Reno 911,” “ER” and “Just Shoot Me.” He was a finalist on “Last Comic Standing” in 2014. Mature audiences only. Tickets are $19. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit www.mysticlake.com for details.

July 4 fun at Mystic Lake Mystic Lake’s Rock and Rockets Fourth of July Cel-ebration returns this year with its fireworks display. The free all-ages event will take place outside Mystic Lake beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 4, and will feature live music, food trucks, games and give-aways. Local bands Viva Kniev-el and Maiden Dixie will play from 4-10 p.m. Guests should bring lawn chairs or blankets to the event, which will con-clude with fireworks begin-ning at 10 p.m. The event will take place, rain or shine, in the lower lot near Mystic Lake Casino Hotel and The Meadows at Mystic Lake golf course in Prior Lake. Coolers, picnic baskets, umbrellas and out-side food and beverages will not be allowed, but a vari-ety of food and drinks will be available for purchase. Also on July 4, the Beach Boys will perform at 7:30 p.m. on the lawn at Mystic Lake. Tickets range from $32 to $69. Contact the box office at 952-496-6563 or visit mysticlake.com for more details.

Riverwalk Market Fair Music by cellist and sing-er Parker Ousley, children’s activities by Health Find-ers, fresh local produce, and arts and crafts will be fea-tured at Riverwalk Market Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 27, in down-town Northfield’s Bridge Square. For more informa-tion, visit www.Riverwalk-MarketFair.org.

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

[email protected].

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

Events/Festivals Rosemount ArtBlast, June 18-28. Information: http://www.rosemountarts.com. Elko New Market Fire Rescue Days, June 27-28. In-formation: http://www.ci.enm.mn.us. Eagan Art Festival, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 27, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 28, Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. Infor-mation: www.eaganartfestival.org. Apple Valley Freedom Days, June 26-July 4. Infor-mation: www.avfreedomdays.com. Eagan July 4th Funfest, July 3-6. Information: www.ea-ganfunfest.org. Lakeville Pan-O-Prog, July 4-12. Information: www.pano-prog.org.

Exhibits A watercolor exhibit by Rita Ryan runs 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays through July 31 at Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Informa-tion: 952-985-4640.

Music Music in Kelley Park fea-turing Circle of Heat, 6-9 p.m. Friday, June 26, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Val-ley. Free. Food and beverages available for purchase. Informa-tion: http://avartsfoundation.org/. Buddy Guy with The Re-cord Company, 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 26, in the amphi-theater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $65, $77.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. Lee Engele and Reynold Philipsek (jazz), 7 p.m., Sun-day, June 28, as part of Sun-day Night Music in the Park at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free. Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 28, part of Caponi Art Park’s Sum-mer Performance Series in the park’s Theater in the Woods outdoor amphitheater, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. Opening act: Young Dance Company. A $5 per person donation is sug-gested. Information: 651-454-9412 or http://www.caponiart-park.org. Smorgasboard (polka), 7 p.m. Sunday, July 5, as part of Sunday Night Music in the Park at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free. Salt-N-Pepa with DJ Shannon Blowtorch, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 8, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music

in the Zoo. Tickets: $55, $67.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/.

Theater “Macbeth,” presented by the Northfield Arts Guild The-ater, 7:30 p.m. June 25-27 in Central Park, 421 Fourth St. E., Northfield. Tickets: $17 adults, $12 students and seniors at www.northfieldartsguild.org or 507-645-8877. “Baba Yaga,” presented by Children’s Castle Theater, 7 p.m. June 26-27 and 2 p.m. June 27-28, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 2965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $13 adults, $10 seniors and children under 10. Information: 952-985-4640. “Beauty and the Beast,” presented by Eagan Commu-nity Theater, 7 p.m. July 17-18, 22-25, 29-31, Aug. 1; 2 p.m. July 19, 26 and Aug. 1, Eagan High School. Senior citizen pre-view 7 p.m. July 16. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 seniors and children under 12. Information: http://www.eaganhs.portal.rschooltoday.com/.

Workshops/classes/other International Festival of Burnsville Planning Commit-tee: Get involved with the July 2015 festival; choose from en-tertainment, marketing, public-ity, sponsorships, and general event planning. Visit www.in-tlfestburnsville.org or contact [email protected]. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley,

952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tier-ney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes-days, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through drawing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksS-choolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making class-es held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Ja-mie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Country line dance class-es on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. Line dance classes for intermediates, 1:30-4 p.m., weekly schedule to be deter-mined at American Legion, 14521 Granada Drive, Apple Valley, $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833 for details. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Infor-mation: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

To submit items for the Family Calendar, email:

[email protected].

Friday, June 26 Nature Play Date, 11 a.m. to noon, Cleary Lake Regional Park, Prior Lake. Explore the park and meet other families in-terested in getting their children outdoors. Wear appropriate clothes and shoes. Free for all ages. Children 17 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.

Saturday, June 27 Farm Discovery Tour by Organic Valley, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Zweber Farms, 25420 Natchez Ave., Elko. Free. To reserve space, find driving di-rections, and “meet” the farmer hosts by video, visit: http://www.organicvalley.coop/who-is-your-farmer/farm-discovery/midwest/.

Sunday, June 28 St. Nicholas Catholic Church Garden Tour, 1-5 p.m., Elko New Market. Cost: $10. Information: 952-461-2403 or http://stncc.net/event-flyers.

Tuesday, June 30 Family Fun Tuesday – Su-munar Gamelan Ensemble: Indonesia – Listen, Dance, and Learn, 10-11 a.m. in the Sculpture Garden at Caponi Art Park, Eagan. $4 per person do-nation suggested. Information: 651-454-9412 or www.capon-iartpark.org. Tuesday Evenings in the Garden – Easy Peasy Plants

with Mickey Scullard, 6:30-8 p.m. in front of the red barn at the Dakota County Fair-grounds, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. Help for selecting easy care plants for the garden. Included is a demonstration on dividing perennials. Class size is limited; register by call-ing 651-480-7700. Information: www.dakotamastergardeners.org.

Wednesday, July 1 Eagan Market Fest, 4-8 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Cen-tral Parkway. Farmers market, entertainment by Jillian Rae, 4-5:30 p.m., and Brian Just Band, 6-8 p.m. Information: www.cityofeagan.com/market-fest or 651-675-5500. The Whitesidewalls (doo-wop, rockabilly and rock and roll), 7 p.m., as part of the Wednesday in the Park Concert Series at Civic Center Park, 75 Civic Center Parkway, Burns-ville. Free. Rain location: Dia-mondhead Education Center, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway.

Thursday, July 2 Nature Play: Science Play – Bubble Science, 10 a.m. to noon, Fawn Crossing Nature Play Area, Whitetail Woods Regional Park, 17100 Station Trail, Farmington. Learn the sci-ence behind bubbles and how to make your own bubble rec-ipe. All ages. Free. Register at http://parks.co.dakota.mn.us. Activity number: 112701-04. Wonder World of Woody, 10 a.m. at Central Park Amphi-

theater, 2893 145th St., Rose-mount. Part of the Summer Music in the Park series. Bring a blanket or lawn chair for seat-ing. Free. Call 651-322-6020 and select option 6 to check for cancelation due to inclement weather.

Friday, July 3 Forever Wild Family Fri-day: Storytelling with Roy Edward Power, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Cen-ter, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. All ages. Adult must accompany youth. One adult per four youth. Register at http://parks.co.dakota.mn.us. Activity num-ber 111001-04.

Ongoing The Ladies Auxiliary of Rosemount VFW Post 9433 will hold a fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 27 and 28, at Von Hanson’s Meats at Cliff and Nicols roads in Eagan. Emotions Anonymous meetings, 7:30-9 p.m. Tues-days at SouthCross Commu-nity Church, 1800 E. County Road 42 (at Summit Oak Drive), Apple Valley. EA is a 12-step program for those seeking emotional health. All are wel-come. Information: http://www.emotionsanonymous.org/.

Reunions Rosemount High School Class of 1995 20-year reunion, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday, June 27, Carbone’s, 14550 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. School tour at 10 a.m. Saturday followed

by family picnic. Buy tickets at http://rhs1995.brownpaper-tickets.com. Questions? Email the reunion committee at [email protected].

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • June 26, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Eastview High School, 6200 140th St. W., Apple Valley. • June 26, 12-6 p.m., Qdo-ba, 1298 Promenade Place, Ea-gan. • June 27, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kowalski’s Market, 1646 Diffley Road, Eagan. • June 28, 8 a.m. to noon, Savage Fire Department, 13105 Dakota Ave., Savage. • June 29, 12-6 p.m., Car-mike 15 Theatres, 15630 Cedar Ave., Apple Valley. • June 29, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Ames Construction Inc., 2000 Ames Drive, Burnsville. • June 30, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Foldcraft Company, 14400 Southcross Drive W., Burns-ville. • July 3, 1-7 p.m., Eagan Funfest, Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. • July 4, 1-7 p.m., Eagan Funfest, Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan.

Farmington Library events The Farmington Library, 508 Third St., will offer the following programs. Call 651-438-0250 for more in-formation. Dinosaurs Galore, 10:30-11 a.m. Tuesday, June 30. Explore the fantasy and reality, fiction and nonfic-tion of dinosaurs through interactive poetry, props and puppets with The Story Man from England. Ages 2-8. Dungeons & Dragons, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, June 30, and Wednesday, July 1. Join a dungeon master for two days of heroic Dungeons & Dragons game play through a world filled with magic and monsters. Registration for both days required. Ages 10-16. Registration required for each child. Arrive at least five minutes early. Late ar-rivals can lose their registra-tion spot. Movies for Kids, 10:30-11 a.m. Monday, July 6. Enjoy children’s books in movie format. Ages: 2-6. Farmington Afternoon Book Group, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 7. The group will discuss “China Dolls” by Lisa See. Learn to Juggle, 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, July 7. Learn how to juggle scarves, balls and other items and practice to become a pro. Registration required. Ages 9-16. Reg-istration required for each child. Arrive at least five minutes early. Late arrivals can lose their registration spot. Friends of the Farm-ington Library, 6:30-8 p.m.

Tuesday, July 7. Open to all community members who would like to provide extra support for the Farmington Library. Open Knitting, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 8. Join other knitters in a casual fo-cus group. Learn new stitch-es, get help with unfinished projects, or just enjoy new friends while knitting. Other crafters are welcome, too. Plant Health Care Diag-nostic Clinic, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 8. Bring gardening questions or sam-ples of weeds, fruits, veg-etables, trees, shrubs, turf or insects and let a Dakota County Master Gardener provide identification and recommendations. “Frozen” inspired Snow Globe, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 9. Create a snow globe scene featuring your favorite snowman in this collage and chalk lesson presented by Abrakadoodle. Registration required. Ages: 5-12. Registration required for each child. Arrive at least five minutes early. Late arrivals can lose their regis-tration spot. Stage Makeup, 2-4 p.m. Thursday, July 9. Work with a professional Stepping-Stone Theatre artist to learn the secrets of stage makeup including dramatic and special effects makeup and how to make fake blood. Registration required. Ages: 12-18. Registration required for each child. Arrive at least five minutes early. Late ar-rivals can lose their registra-tion spot.


ThisweekendThisweekend

Musical runs June 26-28

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


The classic Broadway musical “Annie” is com-ing to the stage of the Mraz Center in Burns-ville this weekend, sing-ing orphans and all. Lakeville-based The Play’s The Thing Produc-tions is presenting the show June 26-28 with an all-youth cast ranging in age from 6 to 15. “As a musical, it’s sort of an all-time favorite,” said Dayna Railton, di-rector of “Annie” and founder of The Play’s The Thing. “It’s sort of a bucket list show for little girls.” The original Broadway production of “Annie” opened in 1977 and had a run of nearly six years. It won the Tony Award for Best Musi-cal and spawned a host of produc-tions and national tours with its popular songs “Tomorrow” and “It’s a Hard Knock Life.” The Play’s The Thing last staged “Annie” five years ago. Eight young actors from that show are appear-ing in the current production of “Annie.” Adelyn Frost, of Lakeville, is cast in the show as Molly, Annie’s best friend. It’s a role her older sis-ter, Kamrie, played in the produc-tion staged five years ago. Sophie Herzog, of Burnsville, is cast in the title role of the curly

red-haired Annie, a spunky orphan searching for her birth parents. “Sophie is an actual redhead — she was afraid I was going to make her get a perm, so I ended getting a wig for her,” Railton said. The cast of “Annie” consists of 50-some young actors in The Play’s The Things summer theater camp. “What’s impressed me about these kids is their professionalism, and their ability to do complicated choreography,” Railton said. “ ‘An-nie’ was put together very, very fast, but it’s very, very solid.” Show times for “Annie” are 1 and 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 26, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 27, and 3 p.m.

Sunday, June 28. Tickets are $12 and can be pur-chased in advance at https://www.ticketsource.us/event/94432. The Mraz Center is located on the Burnsville High School campus. Following the run of “Annie,” The Play’s The Thing will present “Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical” in October at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. More about the theater group is at www.childrenstheatretptt.com.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Stage classic ‘Annie’ comes to Mraz Center

Sophie Herzog, right, of Burnsville, is cast in the title role and Adelyn Frost, of Lakeville, plays Molly in “Annie” presented by The Play’s The Thing. (Photo sub-mitted)

Paul Imholte, a musician specializing in acoustic stringed instruments who’s known by the nickname “The String-man,” is one of several performers set to play the Eagan Art Festival this weekend. The annual festival, which runs June 27-28 in Eagan’s Central Park, features a juried show of 100 artists, art activities for kids and adults and live entertainment. Admission is free; more information is at www.eaganartfestival.org. (Photo submitted)

Music and more

Labyrinth on offer at Caponi Art Park Visitors to Caponi Art Park in Eagan are invited to take a walk through the newly created labyrinth in the art park’s sculpture garden. Artist Angela Callais used white paint to create the classical seven-circuit labyrinth on the lawn of the sculpture garden, where it will be available to art park guests until the end of October. An ancient symbol found in many cultures, labyrinths can be used for meditation, reflection and prayer. Unlike a maze, there are no dead ends in a labyrinth, but one circu-itous path leading to the labyrinth’s center. Callais has previously used labyrinth designs in her artwork, including finger labyrinths made of clay and painted canvas labyrinths. Callais said she has used labyrinths “to create spaces for storytell-ing, healing, learning, sur-render and celebration.” Visitors are encouraged

to find an object from the surroundings of the park and bring it with them as they walk the path of the labyrinth. Park officials suggest leaving the item somewhere in the laby-rinth, with the community collection growing over the summer. Caponi Art Park, locat-ed at 1220 Diffley Road, is open to the public May through October every day except Monday. More information is at www.ca-poniartpark.org.

—Andrew Miller

Angela Callais


Toppers opens in Eagan

Eagan native Dustin Duarte returns to his hometown as general manager of Toppers Pizza’s new Eagan location, which opened June 24 at 4250 Lexington Ave. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


The aroma of pizza will once again waft from the former Pizza and Pasta location in Eagan. Top-pers Pizza opened June 24 at 4250 Lexington Ave. A grand opening event will be held at the restaurant June 27. “Eagan is a fantastic market with lots of busi-nesses and residents,” Toppers franchisee Brad Vinton said. “We felt that Eagan could use a Top-pers and experience some-thing new.”

The site was previously home to Pizza and Pasta for 30 years until it closed earlier this year. It was there that Eagan Toppers general manager Dustin Duarte got his start in the pizza-making business. “It’s nice to be back in Eagan,” Duarte said. “It’s nice to be back home.” Duarte took a job as cook at Pizza and Pasta while attending Eagan High School. Six years lat-er, he left the Eagan busi-ness to become a cook at Toppers in St. Paul where he quickly moved up to as-sistant manager. In 2014,

Dew Days festival in FarmingtonNear right: Children

ate as much chocolate pie as they could in five minutes during

the pie-eating contest sponsored by the

Farmington Bakery held during Farming-

ton’s Dew Days cel-ebration June 16-20.

Far right: Children riding big wheels raced down Oak

Street near Anchor Bank during Dew

Days late in the afternoon on June

19. (Photos by Andy Rogers)

Vinton and his business partner Dan Ogiba, who opened the St. Paul Top-pers, purchased a strug-gling Toppers location in Burnsville. Duarte was hired as general manager and given the task of turn-ing it around. Within 18 months, the Burnsville location was once again thriving, Vinton said. “Dustin did an un-believable job,” he said. “He’s involved in the com-munity and got people ex-cited about Toppers.” The first Toppers Pizza restaurant opened in 1991 in Champaign, Ill. Since then, the chain has ex-panded to include 70 fran-chise stores in 11 states. The company, which is now based in Whitewater, Wis., has doubled in size over the past two years and is expected to continue to grow exponentially, said Mark Cairns, director of franchise development for Toppers Pizza. The pizze-ria chain plans to open 10

more this year, including a Lakeville location, which is slated to open this fall. Cairns said Toppers stays competitive by of-fering unique speciality pizzas such as its signature mac and cheese pizza and

popular items like Toppers sticks. Toppers’ Eagan res-taurant will be open until 3 a.m. seven days a week and is currently hiring cooks and delivery drivers. Applications are available

at the restaurant and at www.toppers.com/careers. Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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