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About 200 people gathered at Galaxie Avenue and County Road 46 at the Apple Valley-Lakeville border on Sunday, Aug. 30, to honor the memory of the friend and family member they lost to a motorcycle crash this summer. The gathering saw the unveil-ing of a permanent memorial for 29-year-old Lakeville resident Ja-cob G. Lindholm, who died July 25 when his motorcycle collided with a car on County Road 46 just east of Galaxie, about four miles from his home. The memorial consists of a tree and stone plaque carved with an image of Lindholm, along with a temporary set of wooden crosses in the tree line. Apple Valley resident Matt Falco, a friend of Lindholm’s, said he reached out to Dakota County officials to get the proper permit for the memorial. “Jake was my best friend for al-most 20 years and we were pretty much brothers,” said Falco. “Jake

was truly someone special who made a huge impact on every-body he came into contact with. Everyone knew him and loved him.” A funeral service for Lind-holm, a 2004 Apple Valley High School graduate and an avid hockey player, was held July 30 at Hosanna Church in Lakeville.

Lindholm is one of 47 rid-ers who have died in motorcycle crashes in Minnesota this year as of the end of August, according to the state’s Department of Pub-lic Safety. Thirty-one of those rid-ers, including Lindholm, were not wearing helmets. Friends and family members are also planning a website to

honor Lindholm, Falco said. The website, JakeLindholm.com, was still under construction as of Wednesday. “He was something special,” said Falco. “He still carried that sparkle in his eye that most of us lost as we grew up. … He was a legend in many of our eyes.”

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From the secret fi lesRosemount suspense novelist Craig MacIntosh returns with “Wolf’s Vendetta,” a tale of criminal conspiracies and intrigue.

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PSEO study nets resultsA Center for School Change study has changed what information about Post Secondary Enrollment Options is available.

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Toddler’s cancer battleA blood drive is planned to honor a 3-year-old Rosemount girl diagnosed with a rare cancer of the nervous system.

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Holistic healing at Valley Pointe Acupuncture

Van Gogh painting comes to life in field



Amy Lanahan’s first exposure to acupuncture came following a stress fracture she suffered in high school gymnastics. “Growing up, my parents were kind of oddballs, using chiro-practic treatments in the 1970s and 1980s,” she said. “I was 17 when I had the stress fracture in my fibula. The chiro-practor we went to did acupunc-ture in that area, and the effect was it sped up the healing.” Lanahan, who operates Valley Pointe Acupuncture in Apple Val-

ley, said she was seeking a career change a few years back — she’d been working as a dental hygien-ist for about 15 years — when she enrolled at Northwestern Health Sciences University in Blooming-ton. She earned a master’s degree in acupuncture at the school, log-ging about 3,000 hours in hands-on and classroom training, before opening her Apple Valley practice in July 2014. Valley Pointe Acupuncture of-fers treatments for anxiety and depression, digestive issues, neck

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


Those flying into the Minneapolis-St. Paul Air-port this fall will be able to see one of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings come to life. For the past four months, Kansas artist Stan Herd and his team of helpers have reshaped the land at Thomson Reuters’ campus to recreate Vin-cent Van Gogh’s “Olive Trees” as part of the Min-neapolis Institute of Art’s

100th anniversary celebra-tion. “I feel very connected to the man,” Herd said. “He was one of my earli-est inspirations.” MIA invited Herd, who is internationally known for his earthworks, to cre-ate an art piece based on its collection. And Herd leapt at the chance. “We felt it would be fun to have something that could represent Minneso-ta by bringing art and ag-riculture together,” Kristin Prestegaard, chief engage-

ment officer at MIA. Herd, 65, has spent more than four decades carefully grooming, planting and transform-ing fields and urban lots across the globe into col-orful works of art. “Growing up on a farm in Kansas, a fly-over state, I wanted to incorporate agriculture into my work and create something in-teresting that people from the airplanes can look down at and see,” he said. Herd’s first choice for the MIA project was

“Olive Trees,” which Van Gogh painted in 1889, just before he died. “There’s not a single straight line in the work. It’s moving — living,” Herd said. MIA directors felt the

Olive Trees project is a great way to celebrate the institute’s centennial, Pre-stegaard said. “To take a piece like Van Gogh that is legend-

Practice offers array of treatments

Kansas artist recreates ‘Olive Trees’ on a grand scale

Amy Lanahan opened Valley Pointe Acupuncture last year in the Knob Ridge Business Park near County Road 42 and Pilot Knob Road. The practice shares a space with Back in the Game Chiropractic, a chiropractic practice treating humans and animals run by Lanahan’s husband, Hal Brown. (Photo by Andrew Miller)

Jacob Lindholm

Memorial honors crash victim Ceremony held Aug. 30 for plaque unveiling

The Minneapolis Institute of Art invited Stan Herd, who is internationally known for his earthworks, to create an art piece based on its collection. Herd has spent the past four months recreating Vincent Van Gogh’s “Olive Trees” in a field on the Thomson Reuters Eagan campus. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

A plaque bearing an image of Jacob Lindholm was unveiled Aug. 30 at County Road 46 and Galaxie Avenue, near the site of the car-motorcycle crash that claimed Lindholm’s life in July. (Photo submitted)

Kansas artist Stan Herd’s recreation of Vincent Van Gogh’s “Olive Trees” will be completed Sept. 10. Passengers flying into the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport will have the best view. (Photo submitted by Thomson Reuters)

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Area BriefsTwins host Cheerful Givers fundraiser

Minnesota Twins Joe Mauer, Brian Duensing and Chris Herrmann hosted “Breakfast with Cheerful Givers” Aug. 29 at the Chart House Restaurant in Lakeville. A total of 125 guests learned more about the players, met their wives and helped to raise over $35,000. Prize drawings and a live auction included a variety of autographed items by several other Twins players as well as manager Paul Molitor. A game-used bat of Joe Mauer’s and an autographed bat by former Minnesota Twin Michael Cuddyer were also featured. This was the Twins sixth annual breakfast fundraiser for Cheerful Givers. All proceeds are being used to provide birthday gifts for less fortunate children. Pictured are Twins players and their wives and Cheerful Givers volunteers. (Photo by Harrison Harden)

Firefighters’ booya event The public is invited to the Apple Valley Firefight-ers Relief Association’s 37th annual booya fund-raiser on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Fire Station No. 1 located at Hayes Road and County Road 42. The event, which starts at 11 a.m. and runs until the booya is gone, will include kids games, bingo, a raffle and family activities.

Kline’s ‘mobile office’ stops in Dakota County U.S. Rep. John Kline’s “Mobile Office” will make stops Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount, and from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at Farm-ington Library, 508 Third St., Farmington. Constituents can re-ceive help processing a visa or passport, claiming veterans benefits or navi-gating the federal bureau-cracy. “I would like to encour-age residents in Dakota County to take advan-tage of the constituent services available to them by stopping by my mo-bile office Tuesday, Sept. 15,” said Kline. “District staff will be on hand to answer questions and help constituents with any problems they may be ex-

periencing with federal agencies without having to visit my Burnsville of-fice. The mobile office will also allow constituents to register their thoughts on the important issues of the day.” In addition to visiting Kline’s mobile office, con-stituents are encouraged to visit Kline’s website at http://kline.house.gov. Kline is chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Commit-tee. He also serves on the House Armed Services Committee. He and his wife, Vicky, live in Burns-ville.

Apple Valley nonprofit recognized Pregnancy Choices, which provides coaching and support to pregnant women at or below the poverty level, is one of five organizations nominated for the 2015 ICF Min-nesota Prism award for organizational excellence in coaching. The nomina-tion reflects Pregnancy Choices’ commitment to transforming the lives of pregnant women and pre-paring them for the future. The nominated organi-zations will speak about their specific programs, followed by a question-and-answer panel, on Sept. 22 at the Minneton-ka Community Center, where the award recipient

will be announced. For more details about ICF Minnesota, visit www.icfminnesota.org.

Pig roast set Sept. 26 The Rosemount Ameri-can Legion’s second an-nual pig roast is Saturday, Sept. 26. Bingo begins at 2 p.m. Food is served at 5 p.m. until it’s gone. Cost is $8 per plate and includes pork, chips, beans, salads and desserts. Karoake starts at 9 p.m. The club is located at 14590 Burma Ave. Call 651-423-3380 with ques-tions.

Streets Alive in Eagan Sept. 12 Streets Alive: The Ce-dar Grove Experience takes place 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, on Eagan Outlets Parkway (on the roadway between Twin Cities Premium Outlets Mall and the city parking garage). Eagan Outlets Parkway will be closed to traffic and filled with a giant street party. Over 100 communi-ty and city booths will be in the street to showcase all of the great ways there are to get involved in Ea-gan. More than 20 food trucks and local eateries will have a variety of foods for purchase. Ongoing live music and interactive fun, jumpers, face painting and more will provide enter-tainment for all ages along the route. Visit www.cityofeagan.com/alive for

parking, shuttle, booth and food details.

Galaxie Library looking for Friends A meeting will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, for community members interested in forming a Friends of the Galaxie Library group. The meeting will be held at the Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Learn what it means to be a Friend to the Galaxie Library and show your support by attending this informational meeting. For more information, call Annemarie Robertson at 952-891-7173, Margaret Stone at 952-891-7054, or stop in at the Galaxie Li-brary.

Kids ’n Kinship mentor info session set Kids ’n Kinship will hold a mentor informa-tion session from 6-6:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, at Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Kids ’n Kinship serves children in the commu-nities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farm-ington, Lakeville and Rosemount and provides school-based mentoring at four elementary schools. There are currently 57 youth, 39 of which are boys, waiting for a mentor. Individuals, couples and families who have a desire to be a role model and special friend to a child are invited to attend the information session. Attendees will learn about the youth who are waiting for mentors, the volunteer screening pro-cess and the activities and

benefits provided by Kids ’n Kinship. Application materials will be available. Training and ongoing support is provided for all types of mentoring. Those planning to attend the session should RSVP to [email protected] or call 651-686-0990. Visit www.kidsnkinship.org for more information.

Household hazardous waste disposal Dakota County resi-dents have two upcoming opportunities to safely dispose of their household hazardous waste and elec-tronics at no cost. The fol-lowing drop-off events are planned: Saturday, Sept. 12, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Farming-ton Maintenance Facility, 19650 Municipal Drive, Farmington. Saturday, Oct. 3, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Burns-ville Maintenance Facil-ity, 13713 Frontier Court, Burnsville. Items that will be ac-cepted at no cost from Dakota County residents include: paint, fluorescent bulbs, fertilizers, pesti-cides, rechargeable bat-teries, solvents, gasoline, oil, televisions, cellphones, computers, coffee makers, toaster ovens and vacu-ums. No medicine, sharps, or yard, business, or farm waste will be accepted. For more information or to see a complete list of accepted items, visit www.dakotacounty.us and search “hazardous waste events.”

Mountain bike race at Murphy-Hanrehan Three Rivers Park Dis-trict is hosting the Menac-

ing 40 mountain bike race from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sun-day, Sept. 13, at Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve in Savage. Each Menacing 40 consists of four 10-mile loops. Awards, door priz-es, and good times to fol-low each race. Cost is $25 for indi-viduals and $50 for teams that pre-register. Registra-tion the day of the event is $30 for individuals and $60 per team. Call 763-559-6700 to pre-register. Registration begins at 8 a.m. and the race start is at 9 a.m. This race is for ages 14-plus and is sponsored by Maple Grove Cycling and Freewheel Bike. In-formation: www.threeriv-ersparks.org.

Online homestead application available for homeowners Dakota County home-owners can now apply for homestead property status from the comfort of their homes by using the new Online Homestead Appli-cation. Homeowners may ap-ply for homestead status after they have purchased their property. The pro-gram reduces property taxes for owners who use the home as their primary residence. The online process is safe and secure, us-ing bank-grade security encryption to protect confidential data. After electronically signing and submitting the applica-tion, the applicant will receive a confirmation email. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty.us and search “homestead application.”

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Toddler’s cancer battle prompts blood drive

Janelle and Ben Kelley are the parents of Lilah – a 3-year-old Rosemount girl who is battling neuroblastoma, a rare nervous system cancer. (Photo submitted)

Rosemount girl is a Stage 4 neuroblastoma survivor An American Red Cross blood drive will be held Tuesday, Sept. 8, in honor of Lilah Kelley, a 3-year-old Rosemount girl who was diagnosed with Stage 4 high risk neuro-blastoma, a rare cancer of the sympathic nervous sys-tem that is usually found in young children. Lilah’s family and friends said they want to help raise awareness for Lilah and others battling childhood cancers through the blood drive, according to a Red Cross release. Around her first birth-day Lilah’s parents no-ticed that her breathing was “noisy.” They were reassured by her doctor’s that there was nothing to worry about. However, it became progressively worse and they knew something wasn’t right. Eventually they received a referral to a pediatric otolaryngologist who per-formed a bronchoscopy. “We were hoping that the doctor would come back and say he had found something simple like

a foreign body and just quickly remove it so we could go back to our lives,” said Jenelle Kelley, Lilah’s mother, an Eagan High School graduate. “But when he returned he said that Lilah’s airway was severely compressed and sent her down for a CT scan immediately. What they found is something we never could have imag-ined – a large mass taking up the majority of her left chest and compressing her airway.” Lilah was intubated and transferred to the pediatric intensive care unit where she remained intubated for 10 days. Ex-tensive work up revealed Lilah had Stage 4 high risk neuroblastoma with metastasis to her spinal column, chest cavity, skull and bone marrow. She immediately began aggressive treatment start-ing with chemotherapy. Because of the com-plexity of her tumor, Lilah and her family traveled to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for her

surgery and her radiation treatments. The remainder of her treatment included a bone marrow stem cell trans-plant and antibody ther-apy. During her 80 plus days in the hospital, treat-ments and surgery, Lilah required 16 blood and platelet transfusions. “So many people helped us when we were going through Lilah’s treatment, including the volunteer blood donors who ensured that the blood she needed was available,” Jenelle said. “We want to pay it forward and help other families who are going through something simi-lar so they have more time with their loved ones, too.” Lilah is in stable condi-tion today. Her breathing is normal, and she does not appear to have any long-term side effects. She has a couple small spots of scar tissue on her lung and will need to have scans every three months to check to see if there is any growth. “Lilah is a very resilient

and active 3-year-old,” Jenelle said. “This blood drive in her honor is just one way to thank the do-nor that gave the gift of life to her and to help build awareness of the need for blood for others battling childhood cancers. It’s the blood on the shelves that help saves lives. You never know when you or your family is going to be the one in need. I encourage all eligible donors to roll up a sleeve and give blood and get a glass of lemon-ade to help support child-hood cancer research.” The blood drive in honor of Lilah comes at an important time for the Red Cross. The Red Cross is facing a looming short-age of the blood types most needed by patients and is calling on eligible donors with O negative, B negative blood to give now to prevent an emergency

situation. The Red Cross also needs platelet donors and those with type AB blood to help ensure the shelves are stocked for patients in need. All blood types are needed to ensure a reli-able supply for patients. A blood donor card or driv-er’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Indi-viduals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental consent in some states), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other do-nors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements. To sign up online, go to www.redcrossblood.org/2015-summer. In the blue box on the

right titled “Give blood. Find a blood drive” enter the sponsor code: Rose-mount. At the blood drive there will also the family’s an-nual Lemonade Stand to support pediatric cancer research. Donations raised will go to Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. Pe-diatric cancer receives 4 percent of federal funding for research and treatment development. This leaves it up to families and com-munities to raise money for better treatments and a cure. The relapse rate for Lilah’s cancer is 40 per-cent, the family said. . Those who can’t at-tend the Lemonade Stand, can donate online at www.alexslemonade.org/mypage/1165442#. More about Lilah is at www.caringbridge.org/visit/lilahjeankelley.

Kids carnival at Spirit of Life

Aliyah Ullom enjoys a snow cone with her brother, Lance, during the Kids Carnival on Aug. 29 at Spirit of Life Presbyterian Church in Apple Valley. Also pictured are Lisa Smith serving juice and cookies, Brian Gracek preparing snow cones and Ed Marcin-iak looking on. The church is at 14401 Pilot Knob Road. (Photo by Karen Johnson)


Just the facts To the editor: The writer responding to my letter of last week (Meaningless ‘War on Coal?’ Aug. 28) requests, then misses, most of the facts about the so-called “Clean Power Plan.” She predicts Minnesota tem-peratures will be “9 to 11 degrees warmer by the end of the century.” But EPA itself says this regulation changes essentially noth-ing – only 0.018 degrees – about that. Calamities like “floods and droughts” (hard to have both) are un-affected by this plan. But according to global warm-ing theory, Minnesota is supposed to be drier and California wetter. Certainly coal plant emissions other than car-bon dioxide can be harm-ful, but those have been largely eliminated by the

Clean Air Act. The only purpose of this “Plan” is to redefine CO2 – as was never intended by Con-gress – as a “pollutant,” though it is harmless to humans and actually ben-efits plants. Of course, if you believe “we can get 40 percent of our electri-cal power from renewable energy 24/7” then why not? Because it is, in fact, very unlikely and costly. The average “availability” of wind power is about one-third, and for solar in Minnesota, especially in winter, it’s more like 10 percent. Add the tremen-dous amount of land — crop land — that these dif-fuse power sources require and you may understand why wind power today costs roughly three times what coal power does, and why solar panels may not pay for themselves in 100 years.

If renewable energy were cheaper and reliably available, we would all buy it, without government co-ercion or subsidies. But to pay more for energy, with essentially zero benefit to the climate, does not make sense. And that’s a fact.

JERRY EWINGApple Valley

Talking rationally about political ideas To the editor: As a Republican wom-an, I want to talk Avi Me-shar of Burnsville off the ledge. His letter “Why to Vote Republican in 2016” Aug. 27 sounds like time clocked on the couch. I can honestly say, that Republican women are alive and well. We actually talk about items in clear-

cut, logical and meaning-ful ways. We understand the short- and long-term consequences of our ac-tions. And we love our brethren and care about the future of our children and country. We aren’t playing the fear factor on global warming and the days of impending doom on countless created crisis situations. Too bad he has revealed himself as using the “we’re all gonna die” factor if the evil Republicans win. Too bad he’s not ready and willing to hear dialogue on how to fix things versus determining that you’re good, we’re bad, the end. Bottom line, we have a lot of talent that has come forward to present ideas, to rationally talk about the realities and scrub the po-litical-speak. If he needs any factual data, read the U.S. and state constitu-

tions, the countless laws already on the books and the history of our nation and the world. It’s not hard to come to the conclusion that we are much safer in a atmosphere of law and history than a screaming tirade of terrified Demo-cratic doomsdayers. Have no fear! The Republicans are adults in the room.

SHARON PETERSONRosemount

What the 14th Amendment grants To the editor: Just what kind of faulty research did Paul Hoffin-ger do to come to such an anachronistic belief as his letter to this paper stated on Aug. 28? Hoffinger uses some false assump-tions intertwined with a Greek syllogism for the

sole purpose of besmirch-ing U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville. For Hoffinger to assert that the 14th Amendment, passed shortly after the Civil War, now gives illegal aliens citizenship is noth-ing short of a giant canard coupled with a surfeit of a lot of logorrhea. The 14th Amend-ment was clearly passed to give slaves and former slaves full citizenship and the great debates that oc-curred in Congress and the press made that the locus of all related discussions. It was indeed passed to right official prior deci-sions, especially the Dred Scott decision. Later deci-sions by the U.S. Supreme Court elucidated these rights in the overthrow of Plessy v. Ferguson as well as the voting rights for all citizens. Likewise, Brown

Letters

OpinionKudos to Center for School Change for PSEO study

Minnesota says ‘No More’ to sexual, domestic violence

Minnesota has some of the nation’s best programs that enable high school students to take free accredited college classes. This includes the Postsecondary Enrollment Options program, which is open to students grades 10-12. In order for students and their par-ents to make good planning decisions on taking college classes, state law requires that all district and charter schools pro-vide “up-to-date” information on their websites and distribute materials to stu-dents in grades 8-11 and their families by March 1 of each year. The Center for School Change, lo-cated in St. Paul, has released stunning results of a study involving 128 school districts and charter schools, including one from each of the 87 counties. The study revealed that fewer than 1 percent of those districts provided students with

complete information on their websites on six major points of the Postsecondary Enrollment Options law. Moreover, the CSC study found that some districts did not provide any infor-mation on their websites on the PSEO options. Most provided only part of the information on such basic facts that un-der PSEO, tuition, books and fees are free, or that there is a 10th-grade PSEO option, or that students had to declare their intention to take college courses by May 30. This is shameful. Under PSEO, students in grade 10 who meet certain standards can take technical and career courses. Students in grades 11 and 12 can take free college

credit courses either at the colleges or on-line. Tuition, books and fees are all paid for students who take these courses. Money to pay transportation costs of students from low-income families is provided. The Minnesota Department of Edu-cation, to its credit, has acted swiftly on learning the results of the study by the Center for School Change and its direc-tor, Joe Nathan. (Nathan writes a weekly column for ECM Publishers Inc. news-papers). The MDE is revising its website with revisions made by the 2015 Minnesota Legislature. And on Aug. 14, MDE sent a note to every district and charter school urging them to take the message and transmit it via their websites to help inform parents. We urge districts and charters to provide this information by

January 2016, when students begin reg-istering for the 2016-17 school year. A follow-up study by the Center for School Change is planned this fall, an-ticipating the March 1 date required by the law to notify students and parents. ECM Publishers Editorial Board com-mends the Center for School Change, Nathan, assistant director Marisa Gustafson and intern Diana Chao for their revealing study. Since 1989, CSC has worked directly to improve educa-tion, with schools, families, community members and policy-makers. More on the center can be found at www.center-forschoolchange.org.

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

by Tony ComptonSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

No more, ‘what did she think was go-ing to happen?’ No more, ‘what was she wearing?’ No more damaged lives. No more excuses. These are some of the words Min-nesota residents expressed in public service announcements for Minnesota Says No More, a 360 Communities proj-ect aligned with the national No More campaign. No More’s aim is to engage the public in conversation about the dif-ficult issues surrounding sexual and do-mestic violence and ultimately eliminate sexual and domestic abuse altogether. The print, video and social media project features celebrity actors and professional athletes confronting these issues directly with their own No More statements. Minnesota Says No More is a grass-roots answer to the national campaign and features concerned citizens, sur-vivors of domestic and sexual assault, elected officials, law enforcement, ad-vocates, and more. It is an opportunity for all Minnesotans to stand up and be heard as we work to shift a culture to no longer allow sexual and domestic vio-lence to persist. Recently the country has seen some gains in shifting the cultural norms around sexual and domestic violence. Violence prevention and intervention programs around the country, including 360 Communities, have been working diligently for decades to provide shelter and resources to survivors, and to edu-cate the public. Projects like No More have been a boost to these efforts. No More has been instrumental, for exam-ple, in shifting how we view and address domestic and sexual violence in profes-sional sports. We now see No More pub-lic service announcements during NFL football games featuring current and

former players, such as New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and Hall of Fame former Vikings wide receiver Cris Carter. However, the battle to shift minds is far from over in this country. You don’t need to look hard to find high profile ex-amples that show victim blaming and a “rape culture” entrenched in our every-day lives. Bill Cosby recently hired attorney Monique Pressley to help him fend off the allegations of sexual assault made by scores of women. In an interview with the Huffington Post, Pressley as-serted that “women have responsibility. We have responsibility for our bodies, we have responsibility for our decisions, we have responsibility for the ways that we conduct ourselves.” She insisted that this was not victim-blaming, and that she was not speaking about Cosby’s accusers. She says she was talking about all women. Some might think this sounds reason-able. You know, “we all have to take per-sonal responsibility.” In fact, what she is saying is that many women who are raped somehow bare responsibility for their victimhood – essentially deflecting responsibility away from rapists. This is victim blaming. Men should never rape. Period. When a high profile attorney is so off-base with her understanding of sex-ual violence, it is not only apparent why women would be hesitant to come for-ward to report their assaults, but it also underscores the work we still need to do to change the culture.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 30 per-cent of women and 10 percent of men in the United States have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner. That works out to 24 people every minute, or 12 million people over the course of a year. In a national survey, 1 in 5 women and 1 in 71 men re-ported experiencing rape at some time in their lifetime. According to a Washing-ton Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll, 1 out of 5 college women report being subjected to sexual assault. We know these crimes are underre-ported for a variety of reasons, includ-ing: • shame, • victim blaming, • humiliation of reliving the crime over and over, • lack of confidentiality when report-ing, • concern for safety and • knowing the perpetrator/not want-ing to get them in trouble. We need to level the playing field for survivors of abuse by removing the mountain of obstacles they face in seek-ing justice. Otherwise, many will not re-port abuse and many more will be vic-timized. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, 68 percent of sexual assaults go unreported. They say for every 100 rapes, 32 get reported. From that pool, there are only seven ar-rests. Of those seven, three are referred to a prosecutor, and only two end in a felony conviction. Recently, Alec Neal pleaded guilty to raping his former girlfriend, Sarah Su-per. His sentencing hearing in a Ramsey County courtroom was noteworthy. Neal had entered Super’s apartment, waited for her to come home, and raped her at knifepoint. Neal’s defense attorney, Rob-ert Sicoli, cited mental illness as a con-

tributing factor, and was quoted in the Pioneer Press as saying to Ramsey Coun-ty District Court Judge Judith Tilsen, “Alec’s actions were incongruous with the man. … He really is not that kind of person.” Tilsen rejected that claim, tell-ing Neal, “You are the kind of person who would do this. You did it. And as soon as you can face that, you can move forward.” When survivor Sarah Super had her chance to speak, she dismissed Neal’s claim of mental illness and assert-ed that he is a product of privilege who felt entitled to her body. This case was an example of the phrase “no more excuses” in action. We need to hold abusers accountable for their choices and actions. Together, we can shift the dialogue surrounding sexual and domestic vio-lence. The work of local and national violence prevention and intervention ad-vocacy groups, supported by movements like the No More campaign, is helping to change the culture. We need your voice. You can take part by heading to 360Communities.org, viewing and shar-ing our Minnesota Says No More public service announcements, signing our No More pledge, and supporting 360 Com-munities’ violence prevention and inter-vention work. It is encouraging to see so much prog-ress in the country already, but we have much more work to do if we are going to eliminate sexual and domestic vio-lence. If each of us can shift one person to action on these issues, we can create a world where everyone’s sense of safety is secure.

Tony Compton is director of marketing and communications at 360 Communities, a Dakota County nonprofit that works to prevent violence, ensure school success and promote long-term self-sufficiency. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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by Joe NathanSUN THISWEEK


The 47th annual national Gallup-Phi Delta Kappa poll demonstrates how the general public and public school par-ents have fascinating, often complicated, views about public education. Among other things, the poll reports widespread concerns about an overem-phasis on tests, mixed views on “opting out” of testing and strong support for public school choice. The survey, done by Phi Delta Kappa International, a na-tional education group and the respected Gallup organization, was released Aug. 23. It has become part of the nation’s “back to school tradition.” PDK presented results with the head-line, “Testing doesn’t measure up for Americans.” But the actual responses show a more complicated picture. For example: • Regarding testing, 64 percent of the public and 67 percent of public school parents think there is “too much empha-sis on standardized testing in the public schools in your community,” compared to 19 percent of the public nationally, and 20 percent of public school par-ents, who think there is “about the right amount.” • However, on whether “all parents with children in the public schools should be allowed to excuse their children from

taking one or more tests,” there is a sig-nificant split: an estimated 44 percent of the public say no and 41 percent say yes. Among public school parents, 47 percent say yes, 40 percent say no. Furthermore, 59 percent of public school parents said they would not excuse their own child from one or more tests, while 75 percent of African-Americans, 65 percent of Hispanics, and 54 percent of whites said they would not excuse their own child. So about two-thirds of Americans think there is an overemphasis on stan-dardized tests. But both the public and public school parents are split on wheth-er families should “opt-out.” Most would not do it themselves. The majority, and vast majority of African-American and Hispanic parents, would not excuse their children from testing. They want to know how their children are doing. They also recognize, I think wisely, that there are other impor-tant ways to assess how well students are doing in school. Part of the poll discusses charter pub-

lic schools and public school choice: • 64 percent “favor” the idea of charter schools. That’s up 1 percent from 2014. Another 25 percent oppose the charter idea, down from 31 percent in 2014. • 66 percent of public school parents are in favor of the charter idea. That’s up from 55 percent in 2014. Opposition to the charter idea among public school parents has declined from 33 percent in 2014 to 27 percent in 2015. • 64 percent of Americans, and 67 percent of public school parents, favor the idea of allowing students and their parents “to choose which public schools in their community the students attend, regardless of where they live.” • Of 11 options presented, public school parents say the three most impor-tant factors they use in selecting a school are “quality of the teachers, curriculum (i.e., the courses offered) and the mainte-nance of student discipline.” • On a controversial question regard-ing taxes, only 31 percent of the public and 33 percent of public school parents favor the idea of using tax funds to sup-port enrollment of students at a private school. This approach has been called “only 31.” Voucher advocates say the way the question is asked encourages a negative answer. This poll suggests there is twice as much support for public school choice, including charter public schools, as there

is for using tax funds to support enroll-ment in private schools. The poll includes more than two doz-en questions. In addition to what’s dis-cussed above, questions ask, for example, about vaccinations (which more than 80 percent believe should be required before students enter public schools), use of standardized tests to help assess teachers (which the majority oppose), Common Core standards, public ratings of local schools and the biggest problems in pub-lic education. PDK’s presentation of poll results also includes comments from five moth-ers, most of whom have concerns about testing. Gallup and PDK report that the find-ings came from a “nationally represen-tative web survey of 3,499 Americans, ages 18 and older with Internet access and an additional telephone survey of 1,001 Americans, ages 18 and older.” Poll results are available here: http://bit.ly/1PMtDxs.

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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v. Education affirmed the rights of African Ameri-cans to have equal oppor-tunities in education and to correct endemic racial biases against them. For Hoffinger to now conclude that the 14th Amendment was created to include automatic citi-zenship for illegal aliens is the height of sophistry and no letter of apology can erase his benighted contretemps.

RICHARD IFFERTEagan

Support voiced for SNAP To the editor: A critical piece of leg-islation is up for renewal this September in Con-gress. The Child Nutri-tion Act provides funding for the school lunch and breakfast programs, sum-mer meals, the Child and

Adult Care Food Program and WIC. Previously it has had bipartisan support in Congress, but some House members have eyed it for a significant reduction in benefits. The child nutrition programs provide a criti-cal safety net for children with a high risk of hun-ger, whom private chari-ties simply don’t have the capacity or resources to reach. Thousands of Minne-sota children depend on these programs for proper nutrition and to ensure they don’t go hungry. Re-ductions to the programs will significantly increase the number of hungry children in our communi-ties. As chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Work-force, U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, will play an integral role in crafting renewal legisla-tion and continued fund-

ing. Discussions will begin in earnest when House members return to Wash-ington, D.C., on Sept. 8. To date, Kline has not publicly released details regarding the changes or enhancements he is con-sidering for the new bill. It is absolutely criti-cal we convey the urgency and importance of provid-ing continued funding for the child nutrition pro-grams and that we do not cut funding from other safety-net programs (like SNAP) as an offset. We know Kline cares deeply about Minnesota children so please join me in calling or writing his office asking for his continued support of this vital piece of legis-lation.

BARBARA SKOCHILEagan

Talking rationally about political ideas To the editor: As a Republican wom-an, I want to talk Avi Me-shar of Burnsville off the ledge. His letter “Why to Vote Republican in 2016” Aug. 27 sounds like time clocked on the couch. I can honestly say, that Republican women are alive and well. We actually talk about items in clear-cut, logical and meaning-ful ways. We understand the short- and long-term consequences of our ac-tions. And we love our brethren and care about the future of our children and country. We aren’t playing the fear factor on global warming and the days of impending doom on countless created crisis situations. Too bad he has revealed himself as using the “we’re all gonna die” factor if the

evil Republicans win. Too bad he’s not ready and willing to hear dialogue on how to fix things versus determining that you’re good, we’re bad, the end. Bottom line, we have a lot of talent that has come forward to present ideas, to rationally talk about the realities and scrub the po-litical-speak. If he needs any factual data, read the U.S. and state constitu-tions, the countless laws already on the books and the history of our nation and the world. It’s not hard to come to the conclusion that we are much safer in a atmo-sphere of law and history than a screaming tirade of terrified Democratic doomsdayers. Have no fear! The Re-publicans are adults in the room.

SHARON PETERSONRosemount

Vaccinations help the frail To the editor: Flu season is coming up. I am a medically frag-ile adult who cannot get vaccinated. When you say that “I am not in a high risk group for the flu,” and deny a vaccine, you are hurting those of us who cannot receive a vac-cine. You may not be high risk, but people you love may be. Infants you see in the grocery store, too little to be vaccinated, are. You may never get sick, but the thing about vaccines is they don’t just protect you, they protect the people around you and the people you love. Please get your vaccine if you are medical-ly able – protect those of us who would love to get one but cannot. Be grate-ful you are healthy enough to get one and stay healthy.

NORA WADEBurnsville

LETTERS, from 4A


SeniorsSocial Security presentation Beau Bauer and Michael Pollock, financial advisors with Waddell & Reed, will pres-ent “Filing for Social Security: Flexibility and Choices for Your Retirement Income” on Sept. 23 at the Chart House Restaurant, 11287 Klamath Trail, Lakeville. The presentation is free. Call Michael Pollock at 218-727-1508 or email [email protected] for an invitation with complete information.

Apple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the following activi-ties, 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, Sept. 7 – Closed for Labor Day. Tuesday, Sept. 8 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Bicycle Group, 9 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; IMAX Coffee & Show,

9 a.m.; Pool, noon; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Cribbage, 1 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Spanish – Intermediate, 1 p.m.; Flu Shot Clinic, 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9 – Donat-ed Bread, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9:30 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Vel-vet Tones, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Eat to Live, 11:15 a.m.; Pool, noon; Domi-noes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Senior Law Project, 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Discover Group, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Du-plicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m.; Social Seniors, 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 – F.F. on Spokes, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Watercolor Class, 1 p.m.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burnsville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior events. Monday, Sept. 7 – Closed for Labor Day.

Tuesday, Sept. 8 – Quilters, 9:30 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Troubadours, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9 – Wood-carvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Legal App, 9 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Tai Chi, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; Hearing Clinic, 1 p.m.; SS Flex. Thursday, Sept. 10 – Gull Lake, 8 a.m.; Massage, 9 a.m.; Fun & Friendship (program, entertainment, lunch, cards and bingo), 11 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Knitters, 9:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; SS Flex.

Farmington seniors The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more information on trips, pro-grams and other activities, call 651-280-6970. Monday, Sept. 7 – Closed for Labor Day. Tuesday, Sept. 8 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fitness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Senior Surf Day, 10 a.m.; Chair Exer-cise, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; Yoga, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 9 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Happy Feet, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; School Box Tops, 10 a.m.; Senior Law Project, 11 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 – Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Sit-n-Stitch, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Ad-vance Care Planning, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; EZ Play, 2 p.m.; Model Train Meeting, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Re-cycled Bingo, 1 p.m. Happy Harry’s Furniture Fundraiser – Stop by Happy Harry’s Furniture in Farming-ton and mention the Rambling River Center when ordering/purchasing your new furniture. Happy Harry’s Furniture will give 10 percent of the purchase to the Rambling River Center.

Lakeville seniors All events are held at Lakev-ille Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for information. Monday, Sept. 7 – Closed for Labor Day. Tuesday, Sept. 8 – Life Line

Screening, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Dominoes & Poker, 9 a.m.; Blood Pressure Checks, 9:30 a.m.; Tappercize, 9:30 a.m.; Craft Group, 9:30 a.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 10:30 a.m.; Active Adults Advi-sory Committee Meeting, noon; Party Bridge, noon; Billiards, 1 p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Deadline: Diner’s Club. Wednesday, Sept. 9 – Men’s Golf at Gopher Hills, 8 a.m.; Health Angels Biking, 8:30 a.m.; Poker & Hearts, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Pinochle, noon; Dime Bingo, 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 – Classic Voices Chorus, 9 a.m.; Motor-cycle Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Cho-rus, 10:30 a.m.; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Red Hat Chorus at Friendship Village, 1:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Diner’s Club – Celts, Farmington, 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Pickleball at Bunker Hill Park, 9 a.m.; Poker & 500, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Tatting, 1 p.m. Deadline: Let’s Go Fishing.

ReligionWomen’s luncheon The Minnesota Val-ley Christian Women’s Connection will hold an autumn luncheon for all area women at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, at GrandStay Hotel, 7083 153rd St., Apple Valley. Speaker Cynthia Shep-pard will share “An Ex-changed Life.” Entertain-ment will be by the trio of Lori, Lori, Lori. Cost is $16 inclusive. For reserva-tions, call Jan at 651-434-5795.

Spirit of Life programs Sept. 13 will be Rally Sunday at Spirit of Life Presbyterian Church in

Apple Valley. Sunday School will resume at 11:10 a.m., following the 10 a.m. worship service. Classes will be offered for students in pre-kindergar-ten to 12th grade. There also will be an adult class. Rally Day will feature a “Harvest of Talents” and a chili cook-off. Representa-tives of each church com-mittee will be on hand to discuss the work of their committee and to seek new people to help carry out its mission. These rep-resentatives will have pots of chili ready for tasting and judging. Spirit of Life’s Meet in the Middle (M&M) After-School Program will re-sume Wednesday, Sept. 16, and will run for 12 weeks (excluding Oct. 14 and Nov. 25). M&M will start

at 4:30 p.m. for children in preschool through fifth grade. Activities will in-clude outdoor and indoor play, singing, Bible study and crafts. Middle school-age and older youths may be helpers or do their homework at the church from 4:30 p.m. on. As part of M&M, at 6 p.m. children, youths, parents and all adults are invited for a family-style dinner. From 6:30 to 8 p.m. the youth groups will meet, and the handbell choir and the adult vocal choir will rehearse. All programs are open to all members of the community. The church is located at 14401 Pilot Knob Road in Apple Val-ley. Call the church office at 952-423-2212 or visit www.spiritoflifeav.org..

Community meals at Grace Grace Lutheran Church in Apple Valley will serve free community meals on Mondays, Sept. 14, 21 and 28. Dining hall doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served from 6-6:30 p.m. The meals are for se-nior citizens, single-parent families, families in transi-tion and all others in the surrounding community seeking a healthy meal in a relaxed and fun environ-ment. Although the meals are free, donations are ac-cepted. Grace Lutheran Church is located at the intersection of Pennock Avenue and County Road 42. For more information, call the church at 952-432-7273.

Caregiver class offered “Powerful Tools for Caregivers” is a six-session class designed to provide caregivers with the tools they need to care for them-selves. The class will be held 1:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 22 to Oct. 27, at St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 4030 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. The $45 cost covers the class fee, participant hand-book and materials for all six sessions. A few scholar-ships are available. The class is sponsored by the Faith Community Nurse Program of Allina Health and St. John Neu-mann Catholic Church. Register by calling 651-454-2079.

Prison ministry info session The Catholics in Action Prison Ministry will host a Prison Ministry Informa-tion and Support Work-shop from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Church of the Risen Savior, 1501 County Road 42 E., Burnsville. The theme of the work-shop will be transition from prison back to soci-ety. Five speakers will be featured.

There will be oppor-tunities to ask questions about the ministry over lunch following the speak-ers. A freewill donation will be taken for lunch. RSVP is requested. Register online at http://www.stjosephcommunity.org/prison_ministry.aspx or contact Kevin Connors, [email protected], 952-426-8633; Fay Connors, [email protected], 952-250-7613; or Scott Brazil, [email protected].

Jubilee Pastors’ Celebration The Presbyterian Church of the Apostles (PCA) in Burnsville will hold a Jubilee Pastors’ Celebration at the 10 a.m. worship service on Sept. 20. The community is in-vited. Former PCA pastors Ed Martin, Steve Van Kui-ken and Terry Roos will be attending along with Phyl-iss Byers Hetland and Ann Byers, daughter of found-ing pastor Harold Byers. A fellowship lunch will follow the service. The church is located at 701 E. 130th St., Burns-ville, between Nicollet Avenue and County Road 11. For more information, call 952-890-7877 or visit www.ChurchApostles.org.


History takes flight

Harold Laursen, 94, of Farmington, was a ball turret gunner on a B-17 bomber for 35 missions during World War II. He rode a B-17, Aluminum Overcast, July 28 at the Anoka County-Blaine Airport. (Photo by Eric Hagen)

Farmington man, 94, flies in a bomber once againby Eric Hagen

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Thirty-five times during World War II, Farming-ton man Harold Laursen crawled into a tight space to protect the bottom of a B-17 bomber from Ger-man fighter planes. The former ball tur-ret gunner, 94, rode in a B-17 for only the third time since his last mission more than 70 years ago when Aluminum Overcast paid a visit to the Anoka County-Blaine Airport on July 28. As the propellers spun to life and the plane rum-bled underneath him, he watched the ground rush away as he peered from his seat through an open side window. He looked around in awe and then closed his eyes to remi-nisce. When at cruising alti-tude, his daughter, Joan Storlie, helped him stand up so he could peer out that open window across from his seat where the left waist gunner would have been. He was no longer crammed in one spot. When the plane landed and he exited, he simply said, “Wow!” Laursen flew on 18 dif-ferent B-17s on his 35 mis-

sions, the last being on his 24th birthday, Dec. 23, 1944. He was a “spare” ball turret gunner with-out a main crew because five of them were killed in a plane crash near the Grafton-Underwood base when coming back from a training exercise in foggy weather. Only one man survived. Drafted into the Air Force, Laursen wanted to be a pilot like most other guys but the 5-foot-5-inch, 110-pound man was a “perfect candidate for a ball turret gunner,” he said. “It was lonely down there by yourself and very cold,” Laursen said. “I couldn’t hardly move be-cause there was no room. Some people couldn’t stand it because they were claustrophobic. Some-body had to do it, so I did it.” After the war, Laurs-en stayed in England for awhile to lease a farm and later moved back to Min-nesota. He bought his own dairy farm 51 years ago near Farmington, where he still lives to this day. He married in March 1943 be-fore going to Europe, and Laursen and his wife had three children.

Flying Fortress Aluminum Overcast never flew in World War II. It was delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps May 18, 1945, less than two weeks after Germany sur-rendered. Japan would surrender three months later. But it has long served a purpose of giving multiple generations a chance to touch and walk through a historical artifact so those who did not fly in a B-17 in World War II can gain a better understanding of what these veterans went through. It is painted in the colors of the 398th Bombardment Group, which flew hundreds of missions over Nazi-held territory during the war. Veterans of this group helped finance the bomb-er’s restoration. Owned by the EAA and based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, it is one of 10 World War II era B-17G Flying Fortresses that re-main airworthy and that are based in the United States. It takes part in the Experience History tour that reaches approximate-ly 40 U.S. cities each year. The Blaine chapter of the EAA hosted Aluminum Overcast July 28 and June

16 so paying customers could take flights, which all helps pay the upkeep. For the entire year, an average of 10 hours of maintenance are needed for every hour of flight, although replacing parts, cleaning and repainting mostly happens in the win-ter when the plane is not being flown. It needs to be inspected for every 120 hours of flight, according to John Hopkins, head of maintenance for the EAA’s B-17 program. “It’s a constant up-keep on the airplane,” he said. After World War II, the military sold “Alumi-num Overcast” in 1946 for $750 when it was looking to unload surplus aircraft. Between 1946 and 1978, it served as a cargo hauler, an aerial mapping plat-form and in pest control and forest dusting applica-tions. The EAA spent thou-sands of hours and sev-eral million dollars since “Aluminum Overcast” was donated to it in 1983 by a group of investors called B-17s Around the World, which had purchased the plane in 1978 to return it to its historical military roots. It took about 10 years to restore this aircraft back to the way it looked in 1945. Parts came from all over, but the biggest

haul was when the EAA negotiated a deal about 15 years ago for parts from a dealer in Red Deer, Can-ada, located about half-way between Calgary and Edmonton. Hopkins said the dealer was hesitant to sell, but eventually agreed when the EAA gave him a helicopter. The cockpit is the only area of the plane where there is technology that did not exist in World War II, but the Federal Aviation Administration it requires for safety. Old radios have too wide of a frequency range, so there would be danger of inter-ference from other radio calls. Newer radios have a narrower frequency band, according to Hopkins. There is an on-board data link for weather updates. There is a collision avoid-ance system that warns not only of other planes, but tall hills or wind tur-bines, for example. Ken and Lorraine Morris flew Aluminum Overcast on July 28 at the Anoka County air-port. Both are licensed to fly large aircraft. Ken is a retired airline pilot and Lorraine currently flies a Boeing 777 for United Airlines, which she said is “the modern version of the B-17.” Handling the B-17 in the air is similar to a

modern large aircraft. The main differences are becoming familiar with the instrumentation and growing accustomed to having a tail wheel when taking off and landing, which is something mod-ern large aircraft do not have. “It’s like trying to push a grocery cart backwards,” Ken said. Lorraine never thought she would be able to go into a World War II era B-17 let alone fly one. “It’s an amazing hon-or,” she said. Hearing the stories is what keeps them interest-ed. They have met World War II veterans, which is becoming harder to do because, in the seven de-cades since the war ended, so many have died. They have spoken with descen-dents of someone who died on a B-17 during the war. Lorraine said families have brought U.S. flags that were draped over a coffin of their loved one. They come to learn a little more about what it was like for these young boys many decades ago when the world was a much dif-ferent place. “Just to listen to them tell their stories is really heartwarming. It brings tears to your eyes,” Ken said. “That’s why we do it.”

A ball turret is where Harold Laursen sat during his 35 missions during World War II. (Photo by Eric Hagen)


Obituaries

Engagements

Waldemar / SyversonJay and Michele Syver-

son of Apple Valley an-nounce the engagement of their daughter Nicole Syverson to Christopher Waldemar, son of Mike and Sarah Waldemar of Rosemount, and John and Lisa Grannan of Bloom-ington.

The bride-to-be gradu-ated from Metropolitan State University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Multi-Media Design. She is employed at Wings Financial in Apple Valley. The groom-to-be graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor or Arts degree in Sports Manage-ment. He is employed at Best Buy Headquarters in Richfield.

The couple are plan-ning a fall 2015 wedding.

Weddings

Walsh / SetterholmJackie Walsh, daughter

of Teresa & Steve Cod-dington of Austin, MN, and Vincent Setterholm, son of Donna & Jeffrey Setterholm of Lakeville, MN, were married on May 2, 2015 at the Bell-ingham Cruise Terminal in Bellingham, WA.

Jackie is a Bethel Uni-versity graduate and Vin-cent graduated from the University of Minnesota.

Their honeymoon was in Hawaii; they reside in Bellingham, WA.

Please RSVP so we can reserveyour seat. Use event codeTR313169.

WHAT: An MS Speaker Event

WHERE:W.A. Frost & Company374 Selby AvenueSaint Paul, MN 55102

SPEAKER:Gary Beaver, DOUniversity of Minnesota MS CenterMinneapolis, MN

Local woman to receive Veterans’ Voices award

Ashley Laganiere

Ashley Laganiere honored with On the Rise award

by Andy RogersSUN THISWEEK


Ashley Laganiere will be recognized for her work ensuring the livelihood of veterans throughout Min-nesota next week. The Farmington vet-eran will receive the “On the Rise” 2015 Veterans’ Voices Award Sept. 11, which acknowledges vet-erans who are making an exceptional difference in their communities and throughout the state. Throughout her ca-reer, Laganiere has met a number of previous award winners, so she was hum-bled to receive the award. “They’ve all given so much to the community,” Laganiere said. “It’s very exiting.” Laganiere is a third-generation Army veteran. She joined the Minnesota Army National Guard in 2002 when she was 17 and trained as an interrogator.

She was injured during basic training after nearly four years of service. “I was kind of lost after that,” she said. “I joined so young and that was my plan for my life.” But, as one door closed, a new one opened. She went to college and took a job as an elemen-tary teacher for a year. When a job with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in St. Paul opened, she polished her resume and got the job. She de-veloped claims for service-connection and special-

ized in development of military sexual trauma claims. But she felt she could do more. Last year she took on the responsibilities of Gold Star Families, a pro-gram supporting the heal-ing process for families of service members who lost their lives in combat. She plans a yearly Gold Families weekend retreat to support families of the fallen. She has plans to expand it to a year-round program. “It helps address dif-ferent stages of grief,” she said. “There are families who lost someone a few years ago and families who lost a member 10 years ago.” She also helped host an event at Valleyfair last month where families got together for a few smiles. “It was a brainchild of two mothers who felt like people needed to be re-minded that it was OK to laugh,” she said. Last year, Laganiere took on the women veter-ans coordinator role with

the Minnesota Depart-ment of Veterans Affairs. She ensures women have equitable access to ben-efits and services. “Women veterans are more likely to be homeless, homeless with children, unemployed and more likely to be divorced,” she said. “It’s about increas-ing awareness and ensur-ing they’re getting the same benefits.” She was one of 25 oth-er veterans nominated by Minnesotans who have both honorably served and shown exemplary community service. This event is part of the Humanities Center’s Veterans’ Voices program to call attention to the sto-ries and contributions of veterans. She will receive the award on Sept. 11 during a ceremony at the Univer-sity of St. Thomas. Other local On The Rise awards include Eagan’s Josh Sav-age and Tyler Sanchez.

Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].

Woman allegedly knew of abuse before child’s death Ramsey County added an additional charge of second-degree manslaugh-ter to the charges against Lia Pearson, 37, of Farm-ington, during a court ap-pearance on Monday. Prosecutors allege Pearson knowingly left her 17-month-old daugh-ter in the care of Leb Mike Meak, 35, of Maplewood

after others told her Meak was hitting her child and after she saw the injuries. The Ramsey County Med-ical Examiner determined that this child’s death was a homicide. The charge was added to the original charge of child endangerment fol-lowing an incident on Feb. 12, where Pearson’s daughter was found unre-sponsive with bruises cov-ering her body in a Maple-wood home. Her boyfriend, Meak, was charged with second-

degree murder after mul-tiple internal and external injuries to the girl’s abdo-men and head were found. He is awaiting trial. According to the crimi-nal complaint, Meak ad-mitted to “roughing her up a bit.” A review of cellphone records show Pearson was alerted to possible injuries via text messages from her daughter’s biological fa-ther, who expressed con-cerns about bruises and bite marks in January. According to the crimi-

nal complaint, one of Meak’s sons said they told Pearson several times that her daughter was being abused before she died. After seeing bruises on her daughter, Pearson said she accepted Meak’s explana-tion that her daughter fell. Pearson has pleaded not guilty to both charges. If convicted, she faces a maximum of 15 years in jail and a $30,000 fine. She is due in court again on Sept. 21.

— Andy Rogers


All-girls robotics team to compete in Beijing

Eagan’s Green Girls, an all-female robotics team, will compete on Nov. 21 in the World Robot Conference in Bei-jing. The team is one of six FIRST Tech Challenge teams from across the globe to compete in the tournament. The FIRST Tech Challenge is a competitive robotics program that enables students in grades seven through 12 to design, build, program and battle robots. (Photo submitted)



After dominating ro-botics tournaments in the United States, a group of Eagan girls will be among a select few to compete in Beijing this fall. The Green Girls, an all-girls team, were among six teams from across the globe to be chosen to join the FIRST Tech Chal-lenge World Robot Con-ference. Only one other American team will com-pete in the Nov. 21 tour-nament. “All of our hard work has paid off,” said Erica Broeker, who will be a ninth-grader at Eagan High School this fall. “The experience of going to China will be amazing. I’m excited to meet new people from around the world.” Coaches Tanya Berg and Stephanie Stoudt-Hansen formed the team five years ago as part of the FIRST Lego League, a competitive robot-ics program that enables students in grades three though seven to design, build, program and battle robots made of Legos. S t o u d t - H a n s e n ’ s daughter, Grace, was a member of a different Lego League team at the time and was often frus-trated with male members who would take over the building and program-ming aspects. So Grace’s mother decided to team up with Berg, a co-worker at Thomson Reuters, to create an all-girls team. And they were able to con-

vince Thomson Reuters to sponsor it. “We wanted an all-girls team so they can do all the cool stuff,” Stoudt-Han-sen said. Teams members de-sign, build and program their robot, which then battles in tournaments against other robots. Competitions vary, but often have robots place rings on a poll or compete in basketball-like games. Teams form alliances with competitors in which two teams compete against an-other group of two teams. Teams are also respon-sible for marketing them-selves to one another and to sponsors. The experience has inspired nearly all seven Green Girls team mem-bers to think about pursu-ing tech careers. Zoe Berg, who will be a ninth-grader at Lakev-ille High School, said she wasn’t interested in an arts career before joining the team as a fourth-grader. But designing and build-ing robots through the FIRST program over the past five years has made the Eagan resident inter-ested in studying mechan-ical engineering. “I’m really interested in humanoid robots, espe-cially ones that help peo-ple,” Berg said. Over the years the team has set out to in-spire other girls to learn about robotics. Last year team members hosted a robotics camp for girls at the PACER Center in Minneapolis, a nonprofit that provides services for

Green Girls are one of six teams chosen for world conference

children and young adults with disabilities. Dur-ing the two-hour session, the team taught students about science, technology, engineering, math and ro-botics. It plans to host an-other camp this year. “I really like the com-munity outreach part and getting others interested in robotics,” said Rebecca Lindquist, who will be a ninth-grader at Eagan High School this fall. The team will be one of 16 at EHS that com-pete in the FIRST Tech

Challenge, a competi-tive robotics program for students in grades seven through 12. These robots are built mostly out of metal parts. Teams can also create plastic parts with a 3-D printer. The Green Girls have taken home numerous re-gional and state awards, but didn’t make it to the FIRST Tech Challenge Robotic World Champi-onship in St. Louis until this past spring. In April the team was among the top 127 of 4,500 teams.

After competing in St. Louis, the team success-fully applied to compete at the World Conference. Now the Green Girls are working to raise $22,000 to fund their ro-bot and trip to China. The team will be responsible for the cost of the robot equipment, tools, market-ing materials, flight, hotel, food and transportation in Beijing. In addition to raising funds for its upcoming trip, the team is work-ing to raise $18,000 for

its 2015-16 season. Each year, teams get sponsors and other donors to cover the robot equipment, mar-keting materials and other costs associated with the competition. For more information on the team or to donate or become a sponsor, visit www.greengirlsrobotics.com.

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

District 196 Special Education Advisory Council has openings for parents The District 196 Special Ed-ucation Advisory Council has open positions for parents who have a child with special needs. The terms are for two years, be-ginning this fall. Members can serve consecutive terms. The Special Education Advi-sory Council represents the in-terests of district learners with

disabilities from birth through age 21. The council advises the Special Education Department on current issues, program de-velopment, parental concerns and involvement; serves as an advocate for high-quality spe-cial education programs, and promotes communication be-tween family, school and com-

munity. The council consists of 20-25 people, including district parents, community representa-tives, students with disabilities and school staff.Approximately half of the members are parents and parent advocates of diverse disability areas. The council is scheduled to meet four times

during the 2015-16 school year. Meetings will be held from 6-8 p.m. on the following Thurs-days: Sept. 17, Nov. 12, Jan. 14 and April 7. Parents or staff members in-terested in being considered for membership on the Special Ed-ucation Advisory Council must complete an application that is

available at www.District196.org or by calling 651-423-7631. The completed application can be faxed to 651-423-7627 or mailed to: Independent School District 196, Special Education Department, 3455 153rd St. W., Rosemount, MN 55068.


EducationKids cheer clinic at AVHS The Apple Valley High School varsity cheer team will host a Little Leaders Cheer Clinic from 6-7:45 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at Apple Valley High School, 14450 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. The clinic is open to children from kindergar-ten to fifth grade. Partici-pants will learn cheerlead-ing chants and are invited to perform at the Apple Valley-Eastview football game on Sept. 18. The $45 registration fee includes a T-shirt, pom-poms, hair bow, snack and special award. Send an email to coach Shawna Belden at [email protected] for registration informa-tion.

District 196 graduates outscore state ACT average District 196 students in the graduating class of 2015 scored nearly two points higher than the nation-leading Minnesota average on the ACT col-lege admissions test, ac-

cording to results released Aug. 26. The average compos-ite score for District 196 graduates was 24.4 out of a possible 36. That is 0.3 points higher than the district’s score in 2014 and 1.7 points higher than the state average of 22.7, which for the 10th year in a row was highest in the nation among states where more than half of all graduates took the test. The national average com-posite score was 21.0. In District 196, ap-proximately 82 percent of the graduating class of 2015 took the ACT last school year, compared to 78 percent statewide. In the 2015-16 school year, all high school juniors in Minnesota will have an op-portunity to take the ACT Plus Writing as part of a new state requirement. The test date for juniors in District 196 will be April 19, 2016, with a make-up date of May 3. The ACT is the primary admissions test for students attending colleges in the Midwest. The average composite scores of 2015 graduates for individual District 196 high schools are as fol-lows: Apple Valley High

School – 23.5 Eagan High School – 25.6 Eastview High School – 24.8 Rosemount High School – 23.9 School of Environmen-tal Studies – 22.9

Music Together demo classes offered in Apple Valley, Lakeville Music Together in the Valley is holding free demo sessions of the award-win-ning Music Together pro-gram in advance of its fall session, which begins Sept. 19. Demo sessions are: Apple Valley Commu-nity Center, 14603 Hayes Road, Apple Valley: 10:15 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. Sept. 9; 10 a.m. Sept. 10; and 5 p.m. Sept. 13. Steve Michaud Park Community Building, 17100 Ipava Ave., Lakev-ille: 10:30 a.m. Sept. 1; 4 p.m. Sept. 13; 9:30 a.m. Sept. 14; and 10:30 a.m. Sept. 15. A full schedule of demo classes is available at www.musictogetherclasses.org/demo.

The Velvet Tones, an Apple Valley-based senior adult community choir, are inviting prospective members to attend rehearsal as the group began its 18th season on Wednes-day, Sept. 2. The 80-member, non-audition choir meets at the Apple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, at 10 a.m. each Wednesday from September through May. Directed by Rich Clausen, the Velvet Tones perform an average of 30 shows each year throughout the Twin Cities area. Prospective members are invited to arrive around 9:30 a.m. to meet with current members and sign in. Men’s voices, both tenor and bass, are especially encouraged to join. Annual dues are $20 plus a one-time costume fee of $25. More information is at www.velvettones.org. (Photo submitted)

Sing with the Velvet Tones


SportsFootball Week 2: Eagles, Lightning drop district games

Farmington of-fense busts loose against Eastview by Mike Shaughnessy


Three teams in East Metro White district foot-ball remained undefeated after last Friday’s games, but that number will de-crease by at least one by the end of this week. Lakeville North and Burnsville, two of the league’s 2-0 teams, will play at 7 p.m. Friday at Burnsville High School, with the winner taking an important step toward contending for the White district championship. Rosemount, the league’s other 2-0 team, plays at Eastview at 7 p.m. Thurs-day. Burnsville rushed for 230 yards in defeating er-ror-prone Lakeville South 24-6 last Friday. Lakev-ille North, ranked third in Class 6A, went on the road and routed Eagan 41-17. Rosemount was a convincing 20-7 winner over Apple Valley. Farm-ington’s offense exploded for more than 500 yards in a 56-27 victory over East-view. It was the Tigers’ first victory in almost two years and broke a 15-game losing streak.

Rosemount 20,

Apple Valley 7 The Irish were efficient in Friday’s victory on the road, sustaining drives with their running game and seizing opportunities to make big plays through the air. Junior running back

Alec Schimmel got most of the carries in Rosemount’s ground game, rushing 19 times for 81 yards and scoring on an 8-yard run in the third quarter. Senior Austin Valenzuela gained 62 yards on seven carries. Blake Storholm scored the Irish’s first touchdown on a 3-yard run in the first quarter. Rosemount quarter-back Jared Hanson, who completed just four of 18 passes in the Irish’s opening-week victory over White Bear Lake, was 7-for-11 for 68 yards against Apple Valley. Se-nior wide receiver Simon Hatlen had five catches for 54 yards, including a 20-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter. The Irish held Apple Valley to 76 rushing yards on 27 attempts. Eagles quarterback Noah Sand-ers threw effectively, com-pleting 18 passes to six different receivers. Jacob DeWall had six catches for 45 yards and Isaiah Hall had an 11-yard touch-down reception in the fourth quarter. Mistakes troubled the Eagles, who committed two turnovers and had 11 penalties for 75 yards. Tyler Liska had an in-terception for Rosemount and linebacker Jordan Hardee made six tackles. Apple Valley linebacker Kieran McKeag had eight tackles and Hall, who also plays defensive back, had seven. Next: Rosemount goes to Eastview, a team that allowed 56 points against Farmington last week, at 7 p.m. Thursday. That same Farmington team is home

against Apple Valley (1-1) on Thursday night.

Farmington 56,

Eastview 27 The Tigers’ 56-point outburst against East-view last Friday was only four points fewer than they scored all last sea-son. Farmington scored on its first eight posses-sions as quarterback Cole Hinrichsen completed 23 of 29 passes for 385 yards and six touchdowns. The victory was Farm-ington’s first since Sept. 20, 2013, when the Tigers defeated New Prague 19-3 in a Missota Conference game. The Tigers had lost 15 in a row – the last five of the 2013 season, all nine games in 2014, and the 2015 season opener – before stopping the streak. It also is Farmington’s first varsity football vic-tory over an opponent from the South Suburban Conference or East Metro White district team since the school joined the SSC last year. The Tigers (1-1) didn’t waste time assuming con-trol. After forcing East-view into a three-and-out on the Lightning’s first se-ries, Farmington took pos-session at the Eastview 23 after an 8-yard punt. An offside penalty against the Lightning moved the ball to the 18, then Hinrichsen threw to Mitch Fox for the Tigers’ first score just 1:11 into the game. It snowballed from there. By the time Farm-ington finally had to send its punt team on the field – midway through the third quarter – it was 49-7. Charlie Marthaler

kicked a 29-yard field goal and Bryan Aguilar ran for a 19-yard score as Farm-ington led 16-0 after the first quarter. Hinrichsen threw for four touchdowns in the second quarter – 54 yards to Fox, 8 yards to Alex Zitzmann, 12 yards to Christian Groves and 19 yards to Gavin Bassett. Aguilar scored on a 3-yard run in the third quarter. Fox caught a 40-yard touchdown pass from Hinrichsen in the fourth. Four turnovers ac-celerated the downward spiral for Eastview, which dropped to 0-2. One of Eastview’s high-lights was three touch-down passes by Riley Johnson, who was 10-for-24 overall for 128 yards. Junior wide receiver Khalil Poe had touchdown recep-tions of 14 and 9 yards, and Mike Delich caught a 6-yard pass for a score. Markees Phillips had a 5-yard touchdown run for

the Lightning in the third quarter. Delich led East-view in rushing yardage with 97 on eight carries. Next: Farmington goes for back-to-back victories

when it plays host to Apple Valley at 7 p.m. Thursday. Also on Thursday night, Eastview returns home to face Rosemount.

Isaiah Hall of Apple Valley looks for room to run in the Eagles’ 20-7 loss to Rosemount last week. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Eastview’s Dane McDevitt hits Kole Hinrichsen just as the Farmington quarterback releases the ball. The Lightning’s David Arndt (24) also was rushing the passer. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Apple Valley’s Gable Steveson (left), shown competing in the 2015 state Class 3A wrestling tournament, won at 220 pounds in the United World Wrestling Cadet World Championships. He was 5-0 in the tournament. (File photo)

Notebook: Gable Steveson adds world title to wrestling resume

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Within the last six months, Apple Val-ley sophomore-to-be Gable Steveson has won state, national and world wrestling championships. His latest title came Sunday on the final day of the United World Wres-tling Cadet World Championships in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he placed first in freestyle at 100 kilo-grams (220 pounds). Steveson went 5-0 in the tournament and defeated Khasan-boy Rakhimov of Uzbekistan 9-0 in the championship match. In his earlier matches in the tourna-ment, Steveson won two by technical fall, one by decision and one by criteria after a 5-5 draw with Alimagomed Alikhmayev of Azerbaijan. Steveson was one of four Americans to win gold medals at the UWW Cadet Worlds. The U.S. placed third in the team standings behind Russia and Iran. In July he won the 220-pound free-style title at the USA Wrestling Cadet National Championships. Steveson was Class 3A champion at 220 in the Min-nesota state high school championships last winter. He is ranked No. 1 in the Class of 2018 by IntermatWrestle.com. Steveson’s Apple Valley teammate, in-coming senior Mark Hall, was a UWW Cadet World champion in 2014. Hall competed in the Junior World tourna-ment this summer in Salvador, Brazil, reaching the quarterfinals at 74 kilo-grams (163 pounds). Hall defeated wres-tlers from Japan and Azerbaijan before losing 4-2 to a wrestler from Hungary in the quarterfinals. Hall, who will go for an unprecedent-

ed sixth Minnesota state high school individual championship next winter, is first in the FloWrestling.org high school “pound for pound” rankings. He’s also No. 10 at 163 pounds in the USA Wres-tling senior men’s freestyle rankings – which are populated mainly by college and post-college wrestlers.

Hit the ground running Many high school cross country teams are starting their competitive seasons this week, and Rosemount and Eagan high schools will host meets Friday morning. The annual Irish Invitational at Rose-mount High School starts with youth races at 8:05 a.m. Girls and boys varsity meets will be at 10:50 and 11:15 a.m. All races for high school runners will be 2 miles. Edina, which is ranked first in the raceberryjam.com preseason Class AA rankings, is scheduled to compete in the boys varsity race, as are South Suburban Conference schools Farmington, Lakev-ille North and Rosemount. Minnetonka and Edina, the top two teams in the Class AA girls preseason rankings, also are scheduled for the Irish Invitational, as are eighth-ranked Lakev-ille North, 20th-ranked Rosemount, and Farmington. The Dakota Classic meet will be 10 a.m. Friday at Eagan High School. Apple Valley, Lakeville South and Eagan are in the field for the boys varsity race, with Apple Valley, Lakeville South, Eastview and Eagan among the teams competing in the girls meet. No. 6 Lakeville South is the top-ranked team in the girls meet.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Eagle girls banking on experienceApple Valley soccer team has 13 varsity returnees

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


This week the South Suburban Conference has five teams in the top 10 of the Class AA girls soccer rankings. That’s a daunt-ing prospect for the five conference teams that are unranked. But for teams such as Apple Valley, it also could be an opportunity. With 13 varsity returnees, the Eagles might be in posi-tion to pick off a victory or two against a ranked opponent. “We only lost three seniors from last year’s team, so we’re pretty deep,” said Keith Randa, who has been the Eagles’ head coach since 1990. “It’s a group of girls who have been playing the Burnsville, Eagan and Dakota Rev girls in club soccer. They’ve had ex-perience playing against those kids.” Apple Valley went 1-1-1 in its first three games. Senior Olivia Flynn scored the Eagles’ goal in a 1-1 tie with Owatonna, with Alyssa Reynolds get-ting an assist. Reynolds scored for Apple Valley in a 2-1 loss at Park of Cot-tage Grove last Saturday. Park scored the winning goal with 18 seconds re-maining. Park last year almost knocked eventual state

champion Eagan out of the Section 3 playoffs; the Wolfpack led 1-0 with about three minutes remaining in the second half before losing in over-time. Apple Valley defeated Stillwater 4-3 on Tuesday for its first victory of the season. Reynolds scored twice and Flynn and Ol-ivia Michaelson had one goal each. The Eagles have strength at forward with seniors Reynolds, a re-turning All-South Sub-urban Conference player, and Sidney Bethke, who was honorable mention all-conference last year. Reynolds is likely to be the Eagles’ main scoring threat. Bethke is versatile enough to move to de-fense if necessary – and it might be necessary because of injuries to a couple of teammates. For instance, Tanna Ouimette moves from defense to team manager because of a tendon injury that is expected to keep her from playing this fall. Other Eagle return-ees are senior midfielders Kayla Kirtz and Alexan-dra Stainbrook. Olivia Anger, a senior, is back with the team at midfield. Anger competed for the Eagles soccer and cross country teams two years ago and concentrated on cross country last season.

This year she will focus on soccer. The Eagles’ goalkeeper is senior Morgan Meyer, who played several games last season as the varsity backup. Apple Valley played competitively in scrim-mages against teams such as Edina and Maple Grove, which gave Randa optimism that it would continue into the season. “In my experience, kids are often comfortable and relaxed when they’re play-ing against each other, but when they’re playing another team, it can be a different story,” the coach said. The Eagles played Still-water on Tuesday, with their next game at Lakev-ille North at 7 p.m. Tues-day, Sept. 8, in the South Suburban Conference opener for both teams. Lakeville North is ranked third in Class AA. Along the way, Apple Valley also will face No. 1-ranked Ea-gan, No. 4 Eastview, No. 8 Burnsville and No. 9 Prior Lake in South Sub-urban games. “The first thing is you have to play well defen-sively against teams like that,” Randa said. “You can’t allow easy goals, be-cause those teams won’t.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Lightning tennis downs TonkaEastview’s Taylor Kopfer hits a backhand during a singles match against Theresa Tebon of Min-netonka on Monday. Kopfer won 6-4, 7-5, taking a crucial point in the Lightning girls tennis team’s 4-3 victory. (Photo by John Sherman)


LEGAL NOTICES

CITY OF APPLE VALLEYCOUNTY OF DAKOTA

STATE OF MINNESOTANOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council (the “Council”) of the City of Apple Valley, Dakota County, Minnesota, will hold a public hearing on Thursday, September 24, 2015, at 7:00 p.m., at the Apple Valley Municipal Center, in the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, relat-ing to the proposed adoption of a amendment to the Master Devel-opment Program relating to its Master Development District, the pro-posed establishment of Tax Increment Financing District No. 17 within the Master Development District, and the proposed adoption of a Tax Increment Financing Plan for Tax Increment Financing District No. 17, all pursuant to and in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.124 through 469.133, as amended, and Sections 469.174 through 469.1794, as amended, and to adopt a business subsidy agreement, pursuant to Sections 116J.993 to 116J.995, all inclusive, as amended. The recipient of the proposed business subsidy is Karamella, LLC, and the purpose of the business subsidy is to facilitate the construction of a new manufacturing facility within the City. Copies of the modification to the Development Program and the proposed Tax Increment Financing Plan and a summary of the agreement are on file and available for public inspection at the office of the City Clerk at City Hall.

A person with residence in or the owner of taxable property in the granting jurisdiction may file a written complaint with the City if the City fails to comply with Sections 116J.993 to 116J.995, and no action may be filed against the City for the failure to comply unless a written com-plaint is filed.

The property included in the Master Development District is de-scribed in the Master Development Program on file in the office of the City Clerk. The property proposed to be included in Tax Increment Fi-nancing District No. 17 is described in the Tax Increment Financing Plan on file in the office of the City Clerk.

Maps of the Master Development District and Tax Increment Financ-ing District No. 17 are set forth below:

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

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CITY OF APPLE VALLEYORDINANCE NO. 996

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF APPLE VALLEY, MINNESOTA, AMENDING CHAPTER 155 OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED “ZON-ING” BY AMENDING SECTIONS 155.204, 155.219, AND 155.233 TO ALLOW ANCILLARY RETAIL SALES IN INDUSTRIAL AND BUSI-NESS PARK ZONES

The City Council of Apple Valley ordains:

Section 1. Section 155.204 of the Apple Valley City Code is here-by amended by adding Section 155.204 (F) to read as follows:

§155.204 PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES.

* * *(F) Retail sales of any service or any product, goods or material pro-duced at or related to the principle use on site, subject to the follow-ing:

(1) The retail sales are subordi-nate to the principle use.

(2) The gross floor area used for the retail sales is not more than 15 percent of the total gross floor area or 5,000 square feet, whichever is less, of the principle building if a single user/occupant or of the principle user’s occupied space if within a multiple-user structure.

(3) The retail sales are owned and operated solely by the principle user/occupant of the subject site.

(4) The parking requirements for both the principle use and the re-tail use as set forth in this Code are met on the subject site.

Section 2. Section 155.219 of the Apple Valley City Code is here-by amended by adding Section 155.219 to read as follows:

§ 155.219 PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES.

Within any I-2 district, the fol-lowing accessory uses, or uses deemed similar by the City Council, are permitted:

(A) Accessory uses permitted in the I-1 districts shall also be per-mitted in the I-2 districts.

(B) Retail sales of any service or any product, goods or material pro-duced at or related to the principle use on site, subject to the follow-ing:





Section 3. Section 155.233 of the Apple Valley City Code is here-by amended by revising Section 155.233 to read as follows:

§ 155.233 PERMITTED ACCESSORY USES.

(A) Within any BP district, the

uses or uses deemed similar by the City Council as listed in § 155.093 shall be permitted accessory uses.

(B) Retail sales of any service or any product, goods or material pro-duced at or related to the principle use on site, subject to the follow-ing:





Section 4. Effective date. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication.

PASSED this 27th day of Au-gust, 2015.By: /s/ Mary Hamann-RolandMayor Hamann-Roland, MayorATTEST:By: /s/ Pamela J. Gackstetter City Clerk

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CITY OF APPLE VALLEYNOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING ON GRANTING OF A BUSINESS SUBSIDYNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the Board of Commissioners (the “Board”) of the Apple Valley Eco-nomic Development Authority, Da-kota County, Minnesota, will hold a public hearing on Thursday, Sep-tember 24, 2015, at approximately 6:00 p.m., at the Apple Valley Mu-nicipal Center, in the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota (the “City”), to have the Board consider granting a business subsidy to Karamella, LLC, in connection with the con-struction of a manufacturing facility located in the City (the “Project”).

The summary of the terms of the business subsidy is available for inspection at the office of the Secretary of the Authority, City Hall, during regular business hours. After the public hearing the Board will consider granting the business subsidy.

A person with residence in or the owner of taxable property in the granting jurisdiction may file a written complaint with the City if the City fails to comply with Sec-tions 116J.993 to 116J.995, and no action may be filed against the City for the failure to comply unless a written complaint is filed.

All interested persons may ap-pear at the hearing and present their views orally or in writing prior to the hearing.

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSCALL FOR BIDSPRINTER TONER

CARTRIDGES AND ON-SITE MAINTENANCE AND

REPAIR SERVICESNotice is hereby given that BIDS

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

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

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

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

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Burnsville/EaganSeptember 4, 11, 2015

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INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 917BOARD MINUTESAUGUST 25, 2015

This is a summary of the Inter-mediate School District 917 RegularSchool Board Meeting on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 with full text avail-able for public inspection on the district website at www.isd917.k12.mn.us or the District Office at 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount, MN 55068.

The meeting was called to order at 5:03 PM. Board members pres-ent: Dick Bergstrom, Bob Erickson,Jill Lewis, Dan Cater, Deb Clark, Vanda Pressnall, Melissa Sau-ser, and administrators were pres-ent. Absent: Ron Hill and Joanne Mansur. Good news reports were presented. The following Consent Agenda items were approved: min-utes, personnel, donations, bills to be paid, wire transfers and the investment report. 2015-2016 Ad-ministrative Operational Actions and Goals and School Board agen-da items were reviewed. Recom-mended actions approved: SchoolResource Officer Contract with Da-kota County and a denial of an em-ployee request for leave of absence.Adjournment at 5:34 PM.

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Last bus stop for 35W BRT will be in BurnsvilleBut preferred BRT location in Heart of City meets resistance

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


Burnsville’s Heart of the City is the likely final stop for the first phase of a bus rapid transit line along Interstate 35W. But the exact spot hasn’t been chosen, and the Dakota County commissioner from Burnsville has resisted the favored location of regional transit planners. Planners want to choose the site soon to keep the $150.7 million Orange Line line from downtown Minneapolis to Burnsville on track for con-struction beginning in 2017 and opening by the end of 2019. “This fall is when we’re look-ing to resolve that location,” said Charles Carlson, senior manager for bus rapid transit for Metro Transit, which will manage the line. Local and regional authori-ties agree that the Heart of the City area south of Highway 13 is the desired location, especial-ly after plans to build the stop

at the Burnsville Transit Station across the highway fell through. But three county commis-sioners, including Liz Workman of Burnsville, are wary of a proposed site on Travelers Trail west of Nicollet Avenue. Carlson said the site has am-ple parking at the nearby Heart of the City Parking deck, which serves the adjacent Ames Center and other visitors to the down-town Heart of the City area. “That’s an area we see a lot of synergy with,” Carlson said. “Our peak time wouldn’t be when (Ames Center) event times are.” The Heart of the City Park and Ride Ramp also offers nearby spaces, he said. With Travelers Trail, Work-man sees a potential repeat of the flawed Red Line BRT stop at the Cedar Grove Transit Sta-tion in Eagan. The Travelers Trail stop, like the Cedar Grove station, is “offline” — a distance from the main route. After Red Line commuters grew frustrated by the circu-itous route to the Cedar Grove station, Dakota County and re-gional officials decided to build an “online” BRT station in the median of Cedar Avenue. Rid-

ers will take a walkway over Cedar to get back to their cars at the transit station. The fix is expected to knock 10 minutes off the Red Line commute. The Travelers Trail site poses similar problems, with buses leaving the freeway and re-en-tering via Burnsville Parkway, Workman said. That’s not genu-ine bus “rapid” transit, she said. “You can’t call the Travel-ers Trail station BRT,” said Workman, chair of the Dakota County Regional Rail Authori-ty, comprised of the seven coun-ty commissioners. “You can call it local service, you can call it express service, you can call it whatever — but it’s not BRT.” The Travelers Trail site “isn’t exactly comparable” to the Ce-dar Grove Transit Station, Carl-son counters. There, buses must go through 10 signalized inter-sections after leaving Cedar Av-enue, while the Travelers Trail site has only one signal delay, at Burnsville Parkway and I-35W, Carlson said. Buses would exit the freeway to Highway 13 and Nicollet Avenue and re-enter from Burnsville Parkway, he said. “There’s about a 10-minute

delay for almost everybody who rides the Red Line. But we don’t have nearly that kind of delay — it’s two minutes or so in the case of the Travelers Trail site,” Carlson said. Commissioners Mary Liz Holberg and Nancy Schouwei-ller share her concerns, Work-man said. A second Heart of the City site being considered, further south at Travelers Trail and Burnsville Parkway, would of-fer “more the true form of bus rapid transit because it’s right next to the freeway,” Workman said. The first Travelers Trail site is better because of its ample parking, according to Carlson. Another site, on the Burnsville Parkway bridge, has been discussed but judged un-safe, said Steve Albrecht, Burns-ville public works director. A true online station in the freeway median is impossible because there’s no room, Albre-cht said. The city, which isn’t a fund-ing partner in the Orange Line, has no say in the station loca-tion but would support either Heart of the City site, Albrecht

said. “The Heart of the City is the type of destination point that Metro Transit wants on the Or-ange Line,” he said. “There’s a lot of things going on there. It’s meant to be a more transit-ori-ented area.” Metro Transit had originally hoped to build the stop at the Burnsville Transit Station on the north side of Highway 13. But it’s already too busy, local officials countered. Carlson said Metro Transit will continue working on the is-sue with other agencies involved in the project and local elected officials. The Dakota County Regional Rail Authority has yet to vote on a funding commit-ment for its share of the project cost, Carlson said. Local fund-ing in Hennepin and Dakota counties will cover about 10 percent of the cost, he said. The second phase of the project will extend the Orange Line into Lakeville, with a pos-sible stop at Burnsville Center.

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

The Burnsville High School marching band performed during the Friday afternoon parade at the Minnesota State Fair. The parade was one of the many activities at the fair, which will continue through Labor Day. More photos are at SunThisweek.com. (Photo by Tad Johnson)

Blaze marching band heats up the fairArea Briefs

HAFA open house The Hmong Ameri-can Farmers Association (HAFA) will hold its sec-ond annual open house from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at the HAFA Farm, 20385 Coates Blvd., Hastings. Entertainment will in-clude Gospel Machine, Mu Performing Arts, Tou Saiko Lee and Payne Av-enue. Food from Destiny Cafe and the HAFA Farm will be available. For more information, contact Winnie Zwick at 651-493-8091 or [email protected].

Vaughan named CAP Agency president Joe Vaughan has been named president and chief executive officer of the CAP Agency by the Scott, Carver, Dakota CAP Agency Board of Direc-tors. Vaughan served as vice president of Development & Marketing at CAP for the past three years while also serving as a member of the agency’s Transi-tion Team over the past 10 months. He has 25 years of fundraising, executive management and commu-nity relations experience. Vaughan earned a bachelor’s degree from St. John’s University and a law degree from the Uni-versity of Minnesota. He serves on the boards of Shakopee Rotary, Sha-kopee Chamber of Com-merce, and River Valley YMCA.

ECM Publishers awarded LLS National Media Award The Leukemia & Lym-phoma Society announced that ECM Publishers has been awarded LLS’s Na-tional Media Award. ECM Publishers, par-ent company of Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune, has con-sistently supported LLS since 1992 when its em-ployees first participated in Dress for LLS, an an-nual fundraiser in which employees dress up in costumes or dress down in jeans and raise money for blood cancers. Along with Dress for LLS, Sun Newspapers also formed a Light The Night Walk team three times un-der the direction of inside sales executive Michelle Ahrens, fundraising thou-sands of dollars for the mission. Sun Newspapers has sponsored ads for Light The Night and Team In Training, campaigns hosted by LLS. It also highlights people in area communities who have partnered with the organi-zation in a variety of ways:

Man & Woman of the Year candidates, team captains, and top fundraisers, to name a few. The Lifeblood Awards, where ECM Publishers will accept its award, is the one night of the year set aside to honor and thank the par-ticipants and fundraisers, patients and volunteers who are truly the lifeblood of the LLS mission, according to Teri Cannon, executive di-rector of LLS, Minnesota Chapter. The Lifeblood Awards will take place Sept. 17, as September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month. ECM Publishers has con-tinually played a great role toward the success of LLS’s mission, striving for a world without blood cancers, ac-cording to Cannon.


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3580 Household/Furnishings

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Apple Valley Rodeo Hills N’brhd Multi-Family Sale 9/11-12 (8-5) Huntington Drive off Palomino.

Blmgtn: Rummage Sale Holy Emmanuel Lutheran Church 9/10-12; Thurs-Fri 7-7; Sat ($5 Bag day) 7-12 Craft & Holiday items, HH, Men/Wmn/Kids cloz, Furn., Books, Toys, Games

201 East 104th Street

Bloomington 12+ Homes!9/10-11 (8-5) Furn, HH, tools, sports, kids, new items, coffee makers, Xmas, crafts 7000-7233 Oak Pointe Crve

Bloomington-9/11, 9/12 &9/13(8a-3p)high-end adult cloz-men/women. Kitchen

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Burnsville, Fri, Sept. 4-Sun, Sept. 6, 8 am - 5 pm. NEW Household items & decor, kid & baby, lawn care items, dog kennel, ofc. desk, like new kitchen items & clothing. 2401 Alcana Lane

Eagan: Fri., Sept. 4 - Sat., Sept. 5, (8-1). Lots of toys. Kids clothes.

1616 Clemson Dr

Edina, 9/5-7, 9-5. Moving Sale: Brass Bed, HH, Arts, CD’s, Patio, Linens, Books and Toys. 5705 Code Ave

Farmington, Thursday 9/3 & Friday 9/4, 8-5. Adult & Children’s Cloths, Dishes, & Antiques. 708 Spruce St


Eden Prairie, Fri. & Sat., Sept. 4-5 & 11-12, 9am to 4pm. Moving. 21 years of stuff: furniture, rugs, lawn & garden, snowblower, grill. Sports equipment: baseball, hockey, golf, snow board, water skis, weights, fishing, camping, bike. 612-803-0251, 18758 Magenta Bay

EDINA GIANT SALEChurch of St. Patrick20,000 sq ft of HH, Furn, Antqs, Bikes, Jewelry, Cloz

9/16 (5:30-9) Preview -$3 Adm.; 9/17 (8:30-8);9/18 (8:30-12) 1/2 Price;

9/18 (12:30-3) $3 Bag SaleGleason Rd & Valley View Rd

Lakeville, 9/11-12, 9a-5p Garage/Estate Sale

Home Decor, Furn, More Kindred Court

Memorabilia Sale, 9/12-9/13, 9am-3pm. Lots of Sports and high-end an-tiques pics on website address at oldisknew.com/upcoming-Sales

Minnetonka, 9/17-19, 9-5. HUGE CHARITY GARAGE SALE. 5243 Minnetoga Ter.

Mounds View, Saturday, September 12, 8-3. Realife Cooperative of Mounds View - Annual One Day Sale! Large to small. 7735 Silver Lake Road

New Brighton Estate SaleSat, Sept 12 (9-3) HH items cloz, collectibles, & more!

2287 Palmer Drive

PRIOR LAKEBargain Hunters

Black Friday! Wed., Sept. 9 4-8pm; Thurs., Sept. 10 9am-

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8am-Noon Annual Garage Sale

Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran

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7600 13th Ave

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West St. PaulSalem Church Huge Sale!

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4570 StorageFor Rent

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5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

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H & H Blacktopping612-861-6009

5110 Building &Remodeling

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ConstructionMinn Lic. BC679768

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5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

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Escobar Hardwood Floors, LLC

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952-292-2349SANDING-REFINISHINGRoy’s Sanding Service

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5160 Commercial &Residential Cleaning

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5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters

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Streets Alive returns to EaganThis year’s event to be held in Cedar Grove

The second Streets Alive event will return to Eagan on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at a new location. The free event opens portions of roadways to pedestrians to connect with more than 100 local community groups, volunteer organizations, city dis-plays, and family and fitness activities. This year, the event will be along Eagan Outlet Parkway in the Cedar Grove area. (Photo by Jessica Harper)



Eagan’s Cedar Grove area will come alive with music, games and food next weekend as the city’s Streets Alive event returns for the second year. “It’s really exciting to have this event at the new site and to welcome resi-dents to the redistricted area,” said Juli Seydell Johnson, director of Ea-gan Parks and Recreation. The redevelopment district has experienced a large boom in the past few years with the construc-tion of Twin Cities Pre-mium Outlets and other retail and housing devel-opments. The free event opens portions of roadways to pedestrians to connect with more than 100 local community groups, vol-unteer organizations, city displays, and family and fitness activities.

Two years ago, the event was held along portions of Central and Northwood parkways, and Denmark Avenue. This year the event will be held Saturday, Sept. 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. along portions of Eagan Outlet Parkway near the outlet mall. Participants are en-couraged to walk, bike or in-line skate to the event, which has free parking available on surface lots in the outlet mall and in the Cedar Grove parking ga-rage. Event organizers are also encouraging people to take a shuttle or Min-nesota Valley Transit Au-thority bus. Shuttle buses will be available at Cedar School at the corner of Nicols Avenue and Diffley Road and at Christ Lu-theran Church at Diffley Road west of Blackhawk Road. Many of the same family-friendly events

will return this year in-cluding carnival games, a children’s play area with jumpers, face painting, balloon artists and raffles and contests. Pickleball demonstra-tions will also be back this year. After a food truck fes-tival last year drew in 8,000 people, organizers decided to add food trucks to Streets Alive. The event will feature about 20 food trucks that will offer a va-riety of fare from Asian to Latin to “zombie bites.” The Streets Alive event drew about 3,000 people two years ago. Organizers say they expect the addi-tion of food trucks will more than double atten-dance. Families will be able to listen to Armadillo Jump, LaValle Jazz Cats and 7 Cats Swing perform on two stages and check out vehicles and demonstra-tions from Eagan police,

fire and public works de-partments. Representatives from Eagan Athletic Associa-tion, Boy Scouts of Amer-ica, Girl Scouts, District 196 Community Educa-tion, The Open Door and many other local organi-

zations will be at booths along the route. This year’s event is sponsored by the city of Eagan, Sun Thisweek, The Urgency Room, Twin Cit-ies Premium Outlets and the Eagan Convention and Visitors Bureau.

For more information and to view a music sched-ule and map, visit www.cityofeagan.com/Alive.

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

Business Buzz

Merchants Bank has moved into a new office at 14990 Glazier Ave. in Apple Valley. “We’re excited to make the move — we believe it will make us more accessible to our current customers and more visible to future customers as we continue to grow our share of the Twin Cities mar-ket,” said Lawrence Stovern, Twin Cities regional presi-dent for Merchants Bank. Merchants Bank has more than $1.5 billion in assets and 21 locations, including Da-kota County locations in Lakeville and Rosemount. Mer-chants Bank previously had been located in Apple Valley at 7300 147th St. W. (Photo submitted)

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Doctors join FamilyHealth Two doctors specializing in ob-stetrics and gynecology — Nicole Dohm-Palmer and Kaye Mickelson — have joined FamilyHealth Medi-cal Clinics in Northfield, Lakeville and Farmington. Dohm-Palmer, MD, joins Fami-lyHealth Medical Clinics on Sept. 8. She will see women and adolescent

patients at FamilyHealth’s North-field and Farmington clinics. Dohm-Palmer comes to Fami-lyHealth from United and Abbott Northwestern Hospitals, where she was an emergency obstetrician. She is board-certified as a fellow in the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and has 15 years of ex-perience. Mickelson, MD, joins Family-Health Medical Clinic on Sept. 22.

She will see female patients of all ages at the Northfield and Lakeville clinics. Mickelson previously worked at Allina Women’s Health in St. Paul. She is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology and has over 20 years of experience. Appointments can be made by calling FamilyHealth in Lakeville at 952-469-0500 and FamilyHealth in Farmington at 651-460-2300.

Business CalendarTo submit items for the

Business Calendar, email: [email protected].

Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, Sept. 10, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Chamber Golf Classic, Valleywood Golf Course, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Valley. Registration required. Indi-vidual fee: $140. Foursome fee: $520. In-formation: Kristy Barse at 952-432-8422 or [email protected]. Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, Sept. 9, 8-9 a.m., AM

Coffee Break, US Federal Credit Union, 1400 Riverwood Drive, Burnsville. Free to attend. • Thursday, Sept. 10, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Business After Hours, Mediterranean Cruise Cafe, 12500 Nicollet Ave., Burns-ville. Free to attend. Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, Sept. 10, 8-9 a.m. Eagan Coffee Break, Minnesota Occupational Health, 1400 Corporate Center Curve, Suite 200, Eagan. Open to all DCRC mem-bers. Free. Register at www.dcrchamber.com. Information: Vicki Stute at 651-288-9201 or [email protected].

• Monday, Sept. 14, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Speed Networking Luncheon, Val-leywood Golf Course, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Valley. Cost: $25. Limited seating. Only one representative from each company may attend. All participants must be a current member of the DCR Chamber. RSVP/information: 651-288-9201 or [email protected]. Lakeville Area Chamber of Com-merce events: • Wednesday, Sept. 9, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Teacher Appreciation Breakfast, Eastview Elementary School. Information: Shelley Jans at [email protected].


theater and arts briefs

theater and arts calendar

History talks in Rosemount The Rosemount His-torical Society is partner-ing with the Robert Trail Library to present a series of history talks beginning in September and con-tinuing every other month through March. Rosemount resident John Loch is set to present the first program at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10. (Last week’s edition incor-rectly listed the date of the presentation as Sept. 13.) Loch will discuss the con-nection between a Ger-man World War II rocket specialist and the begin-nings of Rosemount Engi-neering. There is no cost to at-tend. The Robert Trail li-brary is located at 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount.

Lakeville Art Festival set Sept. 19-20 The 13th annual Lakev-ille Art Festival will be held 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 19 and 20 in historic downtown Lakeville on the grounds of the Lakev-ille Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. This free festival will have more than 70 exhib-iting artists, ongoing artist

demonstrations, silent art auction (Saturday only), and hands-on community art projects for both adults and children. Local children’s author Nancy Nolan will pres-ent her recently published book, “Mr. Munson’s It-vice on Bullying.” There will be a diverse lineup of performing art-ists and food vendors. LakeVinery & Hops will serve fine wine and craft beer. For more information, go to www.lakevilleartfes-tival.org or call 952-985-4640.

Dakota City garden tour Dakota City Heritage Village’s flower gardens will be open for a tour from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 9. The tour will be led by a cos-tumed guide and a master gardener. Participants will ride the trolley through the village and take a trip to the nearby prairie to view the native flowers and grasses. The master gardener will be on hand to share information about the gardens and to provide tips for flower gardening. The tour will end with a hand-dipped ice cream

cone treat at the Dakota City drugstore. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own bag lunch and have a picnic on the village grounds after the tour. Registration is required with a small fee. Call the office at 651-460-8050, ext. 3, or email [email protected]. The village is located on the Dakota County Fairgrounds at 4008 220th St. W., Farmington.

Harvest of art celebration The Eagan Art House is holding its 10th annual Harvest of Art Celebra-tion from 12-4 p.m. Sun-day, Sept. 13. The event includes the opening of the Harvest of Art exhibit featuring the artwork of more than 40 local artists. It also features an out-door raku pottery firing, pottery sale, artist dem-onstrations, entertain-ment by WindWood with vocalist Paula Lammers, a hands-on activity with Minnesota Center for Book Arts and refresh-ments from Dunn Bros. Register for an art house class during the event and receive a 15 per-cent discount. For more information,

call the Eagan Art House at 651-675-5521.

Comedy at Mystic Lake Sarah Colonna and Jeff Bodart will take the Mys-tic Comedy Club stage at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, and Saturday, Sept. 19, at Mystic Lake in Prior Lake. Headliner Colonna penned the New York Times bestseller “Life As I Blow It” and “Has Anyone Seen My Pants.” The comedian is a round-table regular on “Chelsea Lately” and stars in “After Lately.” On the big screen, Colonna had comedic roles in “Back in the Day” and Diablo Cody’s “Para-dise.” The “Last Comic Standing” semifinalist has made guest appear-ances on “Battle Creek,” “Killing Hasselhoff,” “The United States of Tara,” “Scare Tactics” and “Monk.” Bodart is a regular guest on the nationally syndicated radio show, “The Bob & Tom Show.” He has performed at com-edy festivals around the nation, including The World Series of Comedy, Laugh Your Asheville Off and the Cape Fear Com-edy Festival.

Tickets are $19. Mature audiences only. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for details.

Kansas at Mystic Classic rock group Kansas performs at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake. Emerging in the early ’70s as a garage band, Kansas produced eight gold albums, three sex-tuple-platinum albums (“Leftoverture,” “Point of Know Return,” “The Best of Kansas”), one plati-num live album (“Two for the Show”) and a million-selling single, “Dust in the Wind.” Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 5 for $29 and $39. Contact the box of-fice at 952-496-6563 or visit mysticlake.com for details.

Riverwalk Market Fair Music by Alexander’s Ragtime Brass, Cannon River Watershed Part-nership rain barrel activ-ity, fresh local produce and flowers, and arts and crafts will be featured at Riverwalk Market Fair

from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat-urday, Sept. 5, in down-town Northfield’s Bridge Square. For more informa-tion, visit www.Riverwalk-MarketFair.org.

Women of Note at Guthrie The Eagan Women of Note, under the direction of Taylor Quinn, will be the featured choir for the Oct. 16 performance of “The Events,” an inter-nationally acclaimed play with music at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Award-winning Scot-tish playwright David Greig’s “The Events” fol-lows a community’s search for compassion, peace and understanding in the wake of unthinkable violence. A response to the 2011 Norway attacks, the pro-duction delves into faith, politics and reason, and features music sung by a different community choir at each performance. “The Events” explores the desire to fathom the unfathom-able and asks how far for-giveness will stretch in the face of atrocity. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. performance on Oct. 16 may be purchased on-line at https://www.guth-rietheater.org or by phone at 612-377-2224.

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

ecm-inc.com.

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

Events/Festivals Traders Market, Sept. 5-7, 10675 260th St. E., Elko New Market. Antique and vintage sale. Admission: $6. Information: www.tradersmarket.us. Renaissance Festival, weekends Aug. 22 to Oct. 4, plus Labor Day and Festival Friday, Oct. 2, 12364 Chestnut Blvd., Shakopee. Information: www.renaissancefest.com. Burnsville Fire Muster, Sept. 8-12. Information: www.burnsvillefiremuster.com. Ramble Jam, Sept. 11-12, Dakota County Fairgrounds, 4008 W. 220th St., Farmington. Information: www.ramblejam-country.com. Streets Alive: The Cedar Grove Experience, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, Eagan Outlets Parkway, Eagan. Infor-mation: www.cityofeagan.com/alive. Caponi Art Park Bluegrass Festival, Sunday, Sept. 13, Ca-poni Art Park and Learning Cen-ter, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. Information: www.caponiartpark.org or 651-454-9412. Lakeville Art Festival, Sept. 19-20, on the grounds of the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Information: www.lakevilleartfestival.org. Lone Oak Days, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 19-20, Holz Farm, 4669 Manor Drive, Eagan. Infor-mation: http://www.cityofeagan.com.

Exhibits

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

Music Justin Hayward, 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $40-$78 at the box of-fice, by phone at 800-982-2787 or online at Ticketmaster.com. Huey Lewis and The News, 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Tickets: $49 and $59. Information: www.mys-ticlake.com or 952-445-9000. Night of Worship: Benefit Concert for Team World Vision, 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, Faith Covenant Church, 12921 Nicol-let Ave. S., Burnsville. Tickets: $15, includes a bottle of clean water (children age 12 and un-der are free). Purchase tickets at: TWVnightofworship.eventbrite.com. Donny & Marie Celebrating the Holidays, 8 p.m. Nov. 20-21, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Tickets: $79-$119. Information: www.mysticlake.com.

Workshops/classes/other Allegro Choral Academy is currently accepting registrations for singers entering grades two through nine. Students in grades seven to nine must schedule an audition by emailing [email protected]. Registration and other information is at www.allegroca.org or 952-846-8585. The Alle-gro season begins on Sept. 17. Kind Hearts Princess School filled with singing, danc-ing and acting, celebrating being a princess in God’s kingdom. Ages 4-7: Mondays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Sept. 28, Oct. 12-26, Nov. 2-16. Ages 3-5: Wednesdays,

12:30-1:30 p.m. Oct. 7-28, Nov. 4-18. Held at Footsteps Dance Studio in Burnsville. Cost: $97. Princesses wear whatever makes them feel beautiful that allows for movement. They will need ballet shoes for proper bal-let technique. Information: Miss Karin at [email protected]. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Oil painting workshop: “Copying Old Masters” with Dan Petrov, 6-9 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 10 through Oct. 15, at 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Pre-register by phone at 763-843-2734 . Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Arts Building, Burns-ville. Information: www.christine-tierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art educa-tion through drawing and paint-ing. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Present-ed by Making Scents in Minne-sota. Line dance classes Mon-days at Lakeville Heritage Cen-ter, 20110 Holyoke Ave., begin-ners 1-2 p.m., intermediate 2-4 p.m. Information: Marilyn, 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the sec-ond Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Informa-tion: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

From the Archives

Three Dakota County boys were captured demonstrating their “para-cycle” in this photo from the June 29, 1981, edition of Thisweek News. The boys — Eric Ross, 13, Dan Mossberg, 12, and Jim Ross, 11 — used the top of a tent as a wind-catcher in an experiment to power a bicycle on a quiet residential street. An editor noted in the text accompanying the photo, “Although the para-cycle may not be too practical, it demonstrates the ingenuity of three energy-conscious boys.”

Fire Muster returnsBurnsville Fire Muster will run Sept. 8-13 in various lo-cations throughout the city of Burnsville, with much of the activity at Civic Center Park. The event’s big day is Saturday, Sept. 12, when there is the Fire Truck and Community Parade, carni-val, fire demonstrations and more. For more information, go online to SunThisweek.com/tag/Fire-Muster-2015 or burnsvillefiremuster.com. (File photo by Tad Johnson)


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Friday, Sept. 4 Forever Wild Family Fri-day: Paddling Fun, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Cen-ter, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. Try out canoes, kayaks and stand up paddleboarding. All ages. Free. Registration requested. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks/.

Wednesday, Sept. 9 Nature Play Date, 1-2 p.m., Cleary Lake Regional Park, Prior Lake. Explore the park and meet other families interested in getting their children outdoors. Wear appropriate clothes and shoes. Free for all ages. Chil-dren 17 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Eagan Market Fest, 3-7 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. Farmers market. En-tertainment by RAMM (Real American Made Music) and Ga-lactic Cowboy Orchestra. Infor-mation: www.cityofeagan.com/marketfest or 651-675-5500. Eagan Garden Club meet-ing, 7-9 p.m., Eagan Munici-pal Center, 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Speaker: Bonnie Blodgett: Food for Thought.Saturday, Sept. 12

Metro Republican Women breakfast meeting, 8:30 a.m., Mendakota Country Club, 2075 Mendakota Drive, Mendota Heights. Speaker: Mike McFad-den. Cost: $18 members, $20 nonmembers, $10 students. Walk-ins welcome, but reser-vations preferred. For reser-vations, contact Kaki Frost at [email protected]. RSVP by Sept. 9. Third annual Run2Walk (1K fun run, 5K, 10K and 5K wheel chair roll), 9 a.m., Healthworks/Danceworks, 17470 Glacier Way, Lakeville. Proceeds ben-efit spinal cord injury research. Register at http://Run2Walkmn.org. Information: 952-432-7123. Eastview Marching Band Festival, 5 p.m., Eastview High School, 6200 140th St. W. Tickets go on sale at 3:30 p.m.; gates open at 4 p.m. Information: http://www.mid-westmarching.com/2015/east-view2015.htm.

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

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. • Sept. 4, 1-7 p.m., Kowal-ski’s Market, 1646 Diffley Road, Eagan. • Sept. 5, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. • Sept. 8, 1-7 p.m., Rose-mount Community Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail, Rose-mount. • Sept. 10, 12-6 p.m., Hope Church, 7477 145th St., Apple Valley. • Sept. 10, 1-7 p.m., Lu-theran Church of the Ascension, 1801 E. Cliff Road, Burnsville. • Sept. 11, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pi-lot Knob Road, Eagan. • Sept. 11, 12-6 p.m., BMO Harris Bank, 17636 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville. • Sept. 12, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville. • Sept. 12, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville.

From the secret files of Craig MacIntoshSuspense novelist featured at Sept. 15 author event



“Wolf’s Vendetta” isn’t the book Craig Macintosh initially set out to write. The Rosemount author had planned a straightfor-ward follow-up to “Mc-Fadden’s War,” his sus-pense and adventure novel released last year that cen-ters on two Special Forces agents. But MacIntosh’s real-life conversa-tions with a retired Navy SEAL captain, and the details about global crimi-nal conspiracies gleaned from those talks, inspired the plot for his new book. “I had an en-tirely different sto-ry in mind — one that will be pub-lished next year,” said MacIntosh. “My aim was to write a brief sentence rein-troducing my main characters to past readers, and hopefully, attracting new ones unfamil-iar with my books.” One sen-tence grew into a para-graph, then a full page. “Before I finished the character’s up-date I had the beginnings of a complete-ly different story,” he said. “I shelved my first idea and began writing ‘Wolf ’s Ven-detta.’ ” The retired Navy SEAL who provid-ed much of MacIntosh’s source material — introduced to the novelist by a neigh-bor — also provided other contacts con-nected to military Special Forces units. Soon MacIntosh found himself with a treasure trove of data on Russian orga-

nized crime and Washing-ton insider politics. “He’s high enough in the food chain that he has all of these contacts,” Ma-cIntosh said. “Wolf ’s Vendetta” fol-lows former Navy SEAL Tom Wolf and retired Green Beret Sam McFadden in a plot that incorporates a Soyuz space launch in Ka-zakhstan, the Russian mafia and the interconnected con-spiracies of trans-national organized crime.

MacIntosh, who’s set to speak at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, as part of the “Meet the Author” series organized by the Rosemount Area Arts Council, said “Wolf ’s Vendetta” will appeal to

military buffs, mystery fans, and es-pionage and a d v e n t u r e readers. A n Army veteran who served in Vietnam, Ma-cIntosh recent-ly retired from a career as a newspaper car-toonist. From 1992 to 2013 he worked full-time as illustrator of the syndicated comic strip “Sal-ly Forth.” He made his book-length de-but in 2009 with “The Fortunate Orphans,” which was followed in 2012 by “The Last Lightning.” Both

novels are mystery-adventure tales that use incidents from World War II as their starting points. Admission to the Sept. 15 author event is free. More about “Wolf ’s Ven-detta” and MacIntosh’s other books is at www.cjmacintosh.com.


Craig MacIntosh

The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra (pictured) and RAMM are set to perform at Eagan Market Fest from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9. RAMM, a band specializing in funk, Motown classics, rhythm & blues and rock, will perform from 4-5:30 p.m., followed by the Galactic Cowboy Orchestra, a jazz, bluegrass and art-rock band, from 6-8 p.m. Eagan Market Fest, a weekly farmers market and community festival, is held each Wednesday during the summer and early fall from 4-8 p.m. at the city’s Central Park Festival Grounds next to the Eagan Community Center. (Photo submitted)

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Burnsville Fire Muster back for the 36th time by John Gessner


If you’re looking for some-thing new at this year’s Burns-ville Fire Muster, start with Nicollet Avenue, the busiest road next to the festival grounds in Civic Center Park. After a summer of orange cones on Nicollet, which is undergoing rehab work from McAndrews Road to Highway 13, a newly paved surface with all lanes open is expected in time for the post-Labor Day Fire Muster. “The latest word is that it will be done,” said event Chair-man Tom Taylor, who has kept in touch with the city’s Public Works Department. The 36th annual event will be held Tuesday, Sept. 8, through Sunday, Sept. 13, with most events from Wednesday through Saturday in Civic Center Park, Nicollet Avenue and 130th Street. The Fire Muster medallion hunt in city parks kicks off the festivities at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. A community worship service hosted by Illumination Church wraps them up at 10 a.m. Sun-day in Civic Center Park. A complete schedule is at www.burnsvillefiremuster.com. The Fire Muster board of di-rectors strives to continually im-prove the event while building on its traditions, said Taylor, who has served five years as chair-man and two as co-chairman. “It is the one time of the year that the entire community can

come together,” he said. “That includes businesses, volunteer groups and residents. And that’s our mission.” Events will include Fire Mus-ter staples such as the Fire Truck Parade and Community Parade (run in succession on Saturday), carnival rides Friday and Satur-day, live music, displays of old fire engines, firefighting and po-lice demonstrations and many children’s activities. Burnsville adopted the Fire Muster as its annual commu-nity festival in 1980. It evolved from late 1970s summer events led by Burnsville resident and fire-equipment collector Roger Jackson. A display of fire equip-ment at the former Diamond-head Mall was followed by short parades up Nicollet Avenue. Fire musters — celebratory gather-ings of fire and rescue service personnel — have long been popular in New England and elsewhere.

Traditions For the second year, organiz-ers are combining the Fire Truck Parade and Community Parade. The parade of firefighting ve-hicles old and new will begin at 11 a.m., followed immediately by the Community Parade, which used to be held on Sunday. The parade route is along 130th Street to Nicollet to Civic Center Parkway, Taylor said. “The fire truck parade years ago was quite a bit larger,” he said. “And it’s still significant. But the number of people watch-ing it had dwindled off.”

Combining the parades has boosted attendance for both and created a larger audience for the busy Saturday afternoon of activities in Civic Center Park, Taylor said. “Both parades will run down only 130th Street, not 134th,” he said, noting a change in the route that started with last year’s combined parade. “After the Fire Truck Parade, a number of the antique fire truck collectors will stick around to display their vehicles and to speak with people that are inter-ested,” Taylor said. “That’s very important. We want to keep the heritage of that alive.” Fireworks are another Fire Muster tradition. For the sec-ond year, Total Wine & More, a national retailer that opened in Burnsville last year, has made a donation to provide a supersized show — “what we’ve been told is one of the biggest in Minne-sota,” Taylor said. It begins at around 10 p.m. on Saturday. Saturday will feature the Fire Muster’s traditional fire truck displays, a fire truck water dis-play, safety displays such as live kitchen fires, police dog demon-strations and more. A Kidz Corner will feature Big Wheel races, a baby crawl and other activities for the younger set. Saturday events also include the Heart of the City Run/Walk, which starts at 8 a.m. (registra-tion at 7) at Burnsville City Hall in Civic Center Park. A 10K run, 5K run and walk and 1K run for

children under 10 are offered. Proceeds benefit the Kids Feed-ing Kids program. The Teddy Bear Band will play the Walser Family stage from 1:45-2:30 p.m.

Nighttime fun Evening events start with a Wednesday block party from 5-9 p.m. at Nicollet Commons Park in Burnsville’s Heart of the City. The Fabulous Del Counts will perform from 6-8:30 p.m. An annual beer tasting and car show will be held Thurs-day in the Heart of the City. The beer tasting, hosted by Red Lion Liquors, is from 6-8 p.m. in front of the Ames Center. The car show is from 5-8 p.m. at the Ames Center parking ramp. The beer tent will be open from 5-11 p.m. Friday and Sat-urday in Civic Center Park, with music both days. Pop-rock band the Dweebs will play the Pawn America main stage from 8-11 p.m. Friday. Saturday will feature coun-try sounds, with the Shalo Lee Band from 3-6 p.m. and the Tim Sigler Band from 7-11 p.m. Beer tent activities also in-clude Friday Night Happy Hour and Burnsville Youth Sports Night from 5-7 p.m. Friday. Ad-mission to the festival grounds is free during that time for people wearing Burnsville youth sports jerseys, Taylor said. John Gessner can be reached at 952-846-2031 or email [email protected].

and back pain, fatigue, weight loss, fertility and other conditions. Lanahan also offers cosmetic acu-puncture. “People are mostly fa-miliar with acupuncture be-ing used to treat pain,” said Lanahan, of Rosemount. “We’re trying to get the word out that acupuncture can be used for multiple conditions. Anybody can benefit.” Rooted in traditional Chinese medicine, acupunc-ture involves inserting thin needles into the body at var-ious points. Lanahan used the analogy of a river that’s been blocked to describe what acupuncture attempts to rectify in the body. “Anytime there’s a block-age in the flow of energy, or blood flow or circulation, you’re going to have a symp-tom such as pain,” she said. The idea behind acupunc-ture, then, is to “release the stagnation and the block-age, and heal that area.” “Generally, the primary focus is to bring health back into balance,” she added. “It’s our job to gather all of a person’s health history, put all the pieces of the puz-zle together, and then we try to bring it all back into bal-ance.” The number of acu-puncture sessions a person undertakes depends on the condition being treated, though Lanahan said five visits is about the average for the clients she’s seen. As for the needles, “be-cause these needles are so thin — they’re about the thickness of a cat’s whis-ker — there’s generally no pain,” Lanahan said. Valley Pointe Acupunc-ture shares a space at 14855 Energy Way with Back in the Game Chiropractic, a chiro-practic practice treating hu-mans and animals run by La-nahan’s husband, Hal Brown, in the Knob Ridge Business Park near County Road 42 and Pilot Knob Road. More about Valley Pointe Acupuncture is at www.val-leypointeacupuncture.com.


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ary in the collection and couple it with a liv-ing artist with a new take on art is perfect,” she said. “We love the connection between legacy and contemporary.” The original painting is about 29 by 36 inches. Herd’s version covers about an acre. Herd uses a worn photocopy of the painting as a reference, marking it off in a grid to pin-point where he needs to dig, plant and mow. Since his artwork is best seen from high above, he knew he would need a location with a lot of air traffic. That’s where Thomson Reuters came in. The land is part of the Thomson Reuters Eagan campus and is directly under the flight path for planes landing from the south at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. Planes pass about every 90 seconds and at approximate-

ly 2,000 feet. Passengers on the left side of the plane will have nearly perfect views of Herd’s work. “When Stan contacted me my first re-action was enthusiasm and my second was what’s crop art?” said Rick King, chief op-erating officer for technology a Thomson Reuters. King, who is a board member at MIA, immediately hopped on board. The untouched nature of the field with its tall native grasses and flowers made it an ideal canvas, Herd said. Herd expects to complete the work on Sept. 10. Depending on the weather, it may still have some colors that need to bloom when it is first complet-ed, Herd said. Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Stan Herd uses a worn photocopy of Van Gogh’s painting as a reference and marks it off in a grid to pinpoint where he needs to dig, plant and mow. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

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