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by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK

Lakeville School Board members rejected a $450,000 budget-cutting proposal that would have eliminated 12 of the 14 deans serving students in grades 6-12. The proposal would have transformed the dis-trict’s 20-year plus dean system that has allowed families to establish a single contact for most student concerns, includ-

ing scheduling, counseling and post-secondary plan-ning. Still faced with the need for $3.5 million in cuts to meet daily operating ex-penses, the board instead at its Feb. 26 workshop directed staff to eliminate four of the eight full-time elementary school coun-selors, a savings of about $300,000. Another $335,000 re-


The Lakeville School District funded an esti-mated $12,500 all-expenses paid extended field trip to Tampa Bay, Fla., for six male high school students and three district staff members, Feb. 19-23. The selected students and staff missed three school days to attend “Black, Brown & College Bound,” a national sum-mit held at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel designed to encourage Af-rican American and Latino males to graduate from high school and attend col-lege. The district covered all meals ($945), $289 per night lodging at the Marri-ott ($5,202), air travel and transportation ($2,697)

and registration ($3,675) for students, Lakeville South High School dean Shaun Murphy, Alterna-tive Learning Center Prin-cipal Cliff Skagan and School Success liaison Ray Hawes. Featured at the confer-ence were African Ameri-can and Latino professors, authors, scholars, cultural critics and activists whose presentations were de-signed to encourage stu-dents who may face signifi-cant obstacles to complete high school and attend col-lege. Students who attended were invited to join the advisory panel for the In-terCultural Alliance of Student Scholars leader-ship team, a post in their


Lakeville North High School Activities Director Bob Ertl, who in December pleaded guilty to drunk driv-ing last June, has agreed to step down from his position effective July 1, 2013. The Lakeville Area School Board approved at its Feb. 26 meeting the proposal for Ertl to in-stead return to the classroom next year as a social studies teacher. Ertl did not return phone calls or emails seeking comment, and District 194 Admin-istrative Services Executive Director Tony Massaros said Ertl will not speak publicly about the agreement. When news of his DWI arrest became public in January, Ertl expressed remorse about the incident publicly, granting inter-views with several media outlets, including Sun Thisweek. “He’s really valuing his privacy now, and hoping members of the media would respect that,” said District 194 Communications Di-rector Linda Swanson. Massaros said the agreement with Ertl was reached this week, and did not have

by Jennifer Chick SUN THISWEEK

Gun permit applications in Farmington are on the rise following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting as residents fear tighter gun restrictions. Nationwide, gun permits and gun sales have increased following the Dec. 14 mass

shooting that killed 20 chil-dren and six adults. The Farmington Police Depart-ment is also seeing permits to purchase rise. In 2012, the police depart-ment processed 364 permits to purchase. Of that total, 52 were filed after the Sandy Hook incident. Since Jan. 1, the department has received

129 applications, meaning that since Sandy Hook, resi-dents have filed 181 permits to purchase. “Right now, we are on track to double in 2013 the number that we did in 2012,” said Sgt. Jim Constantineau of the Farmington Police De-

by Jennifer ChickSUN THISWEEK

A public hearing of a zoning ordinance change in Eureka Township is stirring a de-bate about whether large felines and wolves can be kept in the township. Township residents will be debating the definitions of agri-tourism, exotic animals and fur-bearing animals as one resident seeks to amend zoning ordinances at a pub-lic hearing Thursday. Terri Petter, owner of Fur-Ever Wild, a farm in Eureka Township, is seeking to amend zoning ordinances to add agri-tourism to the permitted agricultural land use ordinance while also clarifying that fur-bearing animals are excluded from the township’s exotic animal ban. Petter also operates a nonprofit, Wolves-Woods & Wildlife. According to USDA records, Petter, as of a Jan. 4, 2013, had two arctic foxes, 17 black-tailed prairie dogs, one bobcat, one Canadian lynx, two fisher martens, 23 grey

District sets meetingsfor public input

Skelly was lone vote against proposal that disregarded district policies

Bob Ertl heads forclassroom next fall

Officials say fear of tighter gun restrictions is a primary reason

Proposed zoning ordinance changes have Eureka Township

residents questioning what animals can be allowed

Secondary deans plucked from cuts

District funds all-expense-paid trip to Florida

After DWI, activities director steps down

Gun permit applications on the rise

Where the wild things are

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The Black Brown & College Bound conference was held at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Tampa, Fla., where six Lakeville Area Public School students and three staff members stayed for five days, Feb. 19-23. The school district paid 100 percent of the trip for everyone, including food, travel, lodging and registration against district policy.

Robert Ertl

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Photo by Tad Johnson

The eighth annual South Metro Polar Bear Plunge was held Saturday, Feb. 23, at Crystal Lake Beach in Burnsville where hundreds of participants willingly jumped into the lake to raise money for Special Olympics Minnesota. After they took the plunge, groups had a chance to warm up in one of two hot tubs stationed on the shore. The event was organized by law enforcement agencies throughout the south metro. More photos are at SunThiweek.com.

Freezin’ for a reason

Photo by Laura Adelmann

Lakeville School Board Member Terry Lind frowned as he indicated his “thumbs up” to a budget cut proposal during a Feb. 26 work session.

INDEX

Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4A

Announcements . . . . . 15A

Sports . . . . . . . . . 13A-14A

Classifieds . . . . . . 17A-19A

Public Notices . . . . . . . 16A

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Exceptional BusinesswomenApple Valley resident and Coldwell Banker Burnet President Robin Peterson will be the featured speaker at the 2013 Exceptional Businesswomen recognition event.

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Dueling pianos in LakevilleMusical duo Deuces Wild! Dueling Pianos is bringing its fun-filled show to the stage of the Lakeville Area Arts Center next week.

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Panthers take third at stateGirls hockey team rallies to defeat Eden Prairie in third-place game.

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Government data accessWith cases such as the buyout of a former District 191 administrator in mind, keeping government data open is an ongoing campaign.

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anything to do with re-cent discussions with the School Board searching for $3.5 million in budget cuts. One of the options be-ing considered is reducing the number of activities directors in the district, al-though the process is fluid and the board has not

made any final decisions. As activities director, Ertl was scheduled for a $3,475 raise on July 1, 2013, going from $97,850 to $101,275 under terms of his three-year contract that began in 2011. The change for Ertl to return to the classroom was placed on Tuesday’s Lakeville School Board consent agenda along

with several other position changes. Consent agenda items are generally passed at public meetings with one motion and not discussed individually unless a board member pulls it for discussion; Ertl’s position was not referenced during the meeting. Ertl, 47, pleaded guilty Dec. 20 to gross misde-

meanor DWI after be-ing arrested June 7, 2012, when he tested with a blood-alcohol level of .13 percent. The 20-year District 194 employee received a stayed jail sentence but was fined $615 and given two years of probation, ordered to serve 10 days of electric monitoring and perform 240 hours of

community service. Ertl apologized in January for “the negative impact” the incident may have had on the district and said he was “taking action to get his life in order,” including going through treatment. The district then also stated Ertl had demon-strated for months his commitment to positively

resolving the matter. Court records show Ertl was also charged with DWI in 2008, but in a plea agreement the charges were dropped to careless driving.

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Planned full and partial road shutdowns on and around 15 miles of I-35 will present challenges for Lakeville businesses and their customers this con-struction season. Traffic delays are ex-pected in May, when southbound I-35E will close for the month from County Road 42 to the 35E/35W split as the fly-over bridge deck is torn down and replaced. I-35E will be reduced to a single lane in both directions from the Elko New Market Exit at County Highway 2 to the I-35E/35W split in Burnsville from mid-July through November. Adding to the construc-tion list are numerous city and county projects that will also detour and delay traffic in Lakeville-area roads. While motorists will still be able to access busi-nesses along the corridor, the plans concerned many local business owners at a Feb. 24 meeting with state, county and local transpor-tation officials sponsored by the Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce. Mary Ellen Mittels-taedt manages Country Cabinets.com, located south of Lakeville on County Road 86, and many of its clients reach the business via I-35 and use the County Road 2 exit. Mittelstaedt said she is worried I-35 closures and lane restrictions may slow their business this sum-mer. “We may have to get creative and meet at the

client’s houses versus them coming down and making our showroom mobile,” Mittelstaedt said. Lakeville Chamber Executive Director Todd Bornhauser said Lakeville businesses will probably have delivery problems and angry customers as a result of the congestion. “It is an inconvenience and you just need to plan accordingly as to how you’re going to move your goods and services from point A to point B,” Born-hauser said. State Rep. Mary Liz Holberg, R-Lakeville, questioned the timing of the I-35 projects consider-ing several years of traffic backups on the area’s oth-er north/south corridor, Cedar Avenue. “I can’t believe … we’re in a situation where Ce-dar’s not done and they can close 35E,” Holberg said, calling the situation “terrifying.” Ashley MacDonald, manager of the Green Mill Restaurant in Lakev-ille called the closures, detours and delays “very concerning.” “I’m shocked,” she said. “I can’t believe they can shut down the entire freeway.”

Bornhauser predicted many industries would be affected because road weight restrictions give trucks few options but to sit in traffic “trying to get on and off of I-35.” Minnesota Department of Transportation officials are offering to work with businesses by providing information, maps and directional signs in con-struction zones. They suggested market-ing incentives that include cooperative advertising

campaigns, construction specials, shopping incen-tives and punch cards. Businesses were ad-vised to plan ahead and find ways to let the public know they are still open. State and local trans-portation officials are also working together to coor-

dinate work, inform the public, add incentives to quicken work schedules and open lanes during rush hours. Lakeville officials have been advocating to the state for including in its long-range plans the addi-tion of a third lane on I-35

from County Road 46 to County Road 70. City Administrator Steve Mielke said the city has started to discuss with some partners including the I-35 Solutions Alli-ance, Scott, Dakota and Rice counties and to try to get the project in the state’s 20-year transporta-tion plan. “MnDOT only has so many dollars to work with,” he said. “They’ve al-located every one of them in their 20-year plan. So for us to get into the plan means they either have to reprioritize this at a higher level than it has been or find new funds and dedi-cate them to this project.” Mielke said the city is working with MnDOT and the Legislature to pri-oritize the project and ob-tain funding for it. A public open house about this summer’s road plans is set from 4-7 p.m. March 28 at the Lakeville Water Treatment Plant, 18400 Ipava Ave.


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Minnesota Department of Transportation engineer Sheila Kauppi responds to questions from local business owner Mary Ellen Mittelstaedt during a Feb. 22 Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting about plans to close lanes on I-35 this summer.

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Don’t take away right to self-defense To the editor: The peoples of civilized nations love to proclaim their virtues that they be-lieve make them an inte-gral part of the “civilized world.” Among the most important of these vir-tues is the rejection of all forms of violence at any level as a means of solv-ing problems. Their ab-horrence of violence is codified into laws so that criminal behavior can be chastised and punished in a non-violent manner. Civilized nations, reluc-tantly dragged into war, even abide by the rules of “just war doctrine.” The belief that all citi-zens of civilized countries will voluntarily conform to the desires of a major-ity has had horrific conse-quences. Today many of the victims of these ideas are the innocent victims of criminals. The quixotic be-lief that civil societies can control the acts of its vio-lent members with more laws is dangerous. Laws which disarm the victims as well as the criminals have caused much harm. Unfortunately, those whose penchant it is to not conform to the rules of a just and civil society are not affected by more laws. Those who pay for this naivete are those who comply with the laws that make them unable to de-fend themselves. The time is now to tell our legisla-tors taking away the right to self-defense is the an-tithesis of a caring and civilized society. RICHARD IFFERTEagan

Sock Hop a rousing success To the editor: Thank you from the staff at Akin Road, the Parent Teacher Partner-ship executive board and members for another fun

filled Sock Hop and Silent Auction. We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to the entire Akin Road school community and families for their partici-pation in this school event. The students, and even many parents, danced the night away enjoying the Macarena, the Twist, the Limbo and many other fun dances, too many to name. Many students enjoyed the few changes made this year, from the addition of the Culver’s ice cream sandwiches to the new prizes added to the stu-dent drawing. The PTP would like to extend its appreciation to all of the parents, teachers, students and other volun-teers who made the Sock Hop a fun family night and a huge success. They have reported this year was the largest turnout with the highest attendance at the event and possibly the most poodle skirts, white T-shirts, and leather jack-ets at one family event. If you missed him, Elvis was also in attendance. Lastly, we would like to thank the many businesses and organizations that made the silent auction possible with the fabulous donations.

MARY TREAKLEAkin Road Elementary School PTP president

Sequestration equals frustrationTo the editor: The lack of discus-sion of sequestration, the threat in Congress of mas-sive cuts that will come if representatives and sena-tors don’t act, is a failure of elected officials to gov-ern and work for the good of all Americans. Low approval ratings for Con-gress and state legislators, 20 percent or below, show that citizens are disgusted with the crises generated by elected representatives. It wasn’t always like

this. Before extreme stands by fringe groups, there were efforts to govern in an inclusive way. There were differences but mod-erates sought mutual solu-tions. That’s not happening now. When congressional leaders made it clear their primary goal was to defeat the president, they set the stage for gridlock. Many filibusters later, after state government shutdowns, and failure to support re-lief for people suffering from Superstorm Sandy (including by U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville), it seems there’s insufficient interest in working for the American people. It’s just about grabbing power, gerrymandered districts, and voter suppression. It’s to protect the richest 2 per-cent, while seniors see cuts in Social Security benefits, and the unemployed lose support as they struggle to survive the recession. We shouldn’t just blame one party for the gridlock. We should loathe the stub-bornness and remember the inaction at the next election. Unfortunately that’s almost two years away. Some intend to continue being mean and destructive, undermining the economy and frustrat-ing the will of the people to get anything done. It’s a sorry situation for our country and state.

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Rain gardens are greatTo the editor: Sometimes you just have to brag about some-thing wonderful. Thank you to those who have made the Dakota County partnership with Blue Thumb possible. Like many readers, I first learned about Blue Thumb from coverage in this newspaper. By team-ing with homeowners, Blue Thumb has clearly documented that proper rain garden installation significantly improves wa-

ter quality in our county while adding beauty and benefitting wildlife. My husband and I de-cided to join the program. From the beginning, I was impressed. The staff taught us the hows and whys of rain garden design and installation in well-or-ganized presentations with great documentation and plenty of humor. During the next phase where we met in smaller groups to design our spe-cific rain gardens, the lead-ers showed both expertise and patience. During in-stallation, our assigned staff members, Mike and Lacey, made multiple home visits to guide us ev-ery step of the way. Their encouragement and expe-rience was truly the best part of the program (even though the cost sharing part of the program cov-ered almost half of our expenses for a larger than usual rain garden). Thanks to this pro-gram, I feel good knowing less water is running into the street picking up con-taminants on its way to the nearest wetland. I love having native species sup-porting migrating and per-manent at-risk species. In-stead of looking over my kitchen sink to see a soggy marsh for days after a rain, I will now see a lovely garden that will continue to grow in beauty in the coming years. Because of Blue Thumb, this is hap-pening in yard after yard in Dakota County, and the benefits are multiplied. Blue Thumb took our sweat equity and turned it into a beautiful, prac-

tical garden. Classes are already starting, and I en-courage homeowners who want an affordable way to keep Dakota County beautiful and healthy for generations to come to try out a Blue Thumb class. If your experience is like ours, you will be glad you did.

KIM MENARDLakeville

Violence Against Women Act deserves support To the editor: At the Domestic Abuse Luncheon on Feb. 15, Leigh Block bravely re-counted her story of how her ex-husband murdered their child, Mikayla Ol-son, after years of abusing both her and Mikayla (“A Mom Recounts Cries For Help” Feb. 22, 2013). Her story in itself is horrific enough but is un-fortunately not unique. Almost 20 years ago Vice President Joe Biden intro-duced a bill entitled the Violence Against Women Act in an attempt to bring support and justice to vic-timized women. The enor-mity of the passing of this bill cannot be underscored enough. The horror of the ex-ploitation that victims ex-perience in their abuse is incomprehensible to the average person. Domes-tic violence refers to the pattern of violence that affects the quality of life for all women – it encom-passes not only physical

violence but also includes pervasive emotional abuse and threats, control over finances, manipulation of the children and the idea that a man has the right to control his partner. There has been argu-ment that this bill dis-criminates against men but until we understand the essential basics of women’s rights in gov-ernmental laws, we can’t move forward in our fight against violence toward women. Previous versions of the VAWA did not fully accommodate women in lesbian relationships or Native-American women on tribal reservations that are not necessarily covered under federal law. It also does not provide for im-migrant women afraid to report abuse for fear of deportation. The updates to the law will enforce vio-lence prevention laws, hold perpetrators accountable and care for victims. This bill is about real women being physically and mentally abused. That affects all of us. For the House mem-bers to not support this bill is an insult and injus-tice to all people, not just to those being abused. U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar has worked hard to pass this in the Senate. We need Congress to put the parti-san differences aside and work together to make this act a reality for all so that there aren’t more children suffering needlessly like Mikayla.

CINDY PRYZBILLALakeville

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OpinionKeeping government data open is an ongoing campaign Eight dollars to take a photo of a public document? Eight bucks, the district court admin-istrator’s office in Little Falls told a re-porter who requested not a copy of the document, but the mere “privilege” of shooting it. That’s a fanciful interpretation of Minnesota data privacy law, which clear-ly prohibits unreasonable charges for ac-cess to government documents. The public mustn’t nap when it comes to safeguarding its rights concerning public data and the overriding presump-tion of Minnesota law: that all govern-ment data are public unless expressly closed by law under exceptions that in-clude privacy rights for individuals. News organizations are usually the ones complaining when access to public data is barred or hindered, but Chapter 13 of the Minnesota statutes is for every-one. Data-practices experts outside the press include state Rep. Mary Liz Hol-berg, R-Lakeville. She recently intro-duced legislation to not only guard against public employees wrongfully ac-cessing data but to spread sunshine in the form of reports on violations. “We’re really, really tired of it,” Hol-berg said, referring in part to a former Department of Natural Resources em-ployee who improperly gained access to

5,000 Minnesotans’ drivers-license re-cords. Experts include citizen activist Rich Neumeister, who has waded into the one of the latest quagmires: buyouts of pub-lic school administrators under separa-tion agreements. Neumeister worked with state Rep. Pam Myhra, R-Burnsville, last year to pry open future government secrets after the controversial and mystery-shrouded $255,000 buyout of former Burnsville-Eagan-Savage school administrator Ta-nia Chance. Ever vigilant, Myhra is taking anoth-er crack this legislative session at tighten-ing the portion of data privacy law that stipulates what the public is entitled to know about such deals. Why? Because the West St. Paul School District recently paid Henry Sibley High School Principal Robin Percival $64,590 to resign without saying why she resigned or received a buyout. The fact that Myhra’s amendments from last year are not lawyer-proof shows that keeping government open and accountable is a continuous cam-paign. Her new legislation attempts to fur-ther clarify exactly which public offi-

cials are subject to disclosure edicts in $10,000-plus buyouts. It reinforces a re-quirement already on the books that spe-cific reasons for the buyout be disclosed. That requirement proved toothless in the Burnsville case, the details of which may never be known to anyone but insiders. Finally, Myhra’s amendments call for a description of the nature of the “acts, omissions, or other events that gave rise to potential liability, if the agreement re-leases the government entity from poten-tial liability.” In the Burnsville case, Tania Chance agreed to release her claims against the district as part of the separation. Myhra’s attempt to uncover the nature of such claims could be thought of as the “What part of tell us the truth don’t you understand?” clause. The clearer the disclosure require-ments are, the less school districts and other government entities will have to wring their hands over liability for re-leasing private personnel data. Everyone wins, especially taxpayers. State advisory opinions issued last year in 15 open records and data practic-es cases show that efforts to cover up are still routine and are routinely met with efforts to pry open. The opinions hold much good news for sunshine advocates. A sampling: The Minnetonka School District

erred when it provided only a summary of the superintendent’s contract to a citi-zen who requested the entire contract. The district had decided that only part of the contract was unprotected “public data.” The Minneapolis Police Department was wrong in refusing to provide a copy of a squad-cam video of a traffic stop. The department had claimed that the video was private personnel data because it showed the actions of an officer under internal investigation. The previously mentioned Burnsville-Eagan-Savage district was wrong to re-dact portions of the Tania Chance sepa-ration agreement based on the district’s claim that it contained private personnel data. But another portion of that advisory from the state commissioner of adminis-tration said the district was not required to “create data” in response to a data request, and therefore was not required to provide additional specific reasons for the separation agreement. We hope Rep. Myhra’s amendments are approved in the interest of less law-yering and more sunshine.

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In preparation for an up-coming congressional hear-ing, U.S. Rep. John Kline steered part of the conver-sation toward school safety at an education roundtable Monday. But the panelists, mostly school officials from Kline’s 2nd District, seemed more interested in special educa-tion funding than in guards and guns. “For every dollar that has to go to special edu-cation that’s unfunded, it takes away from another student,” said Roz Peterson, a Lakeville School Board member. Kline said funding to schools through the Indi-viduals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a perennial topic between lo-cal educators and the fed-eral government. He urged local officials — and his colleagues in Washington, D.C. — to push for special educa-tion funding first before new programs such as the Obama administration’s Race to the Top or technol-ogy purchases. School safety was on Kline’s mind because the Burnsville Republican chairs the House Education and the Workforce Com-

mittee, which was holding a hearing on the topic two days later in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre in Connecticut. “We can harden the schools all we want ... and it’s not going to stop the incidents from occurring,” Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Superintendent Randy Clegg said. Locking down schools and posting armed guards won’t solve deeper problems in a country with more such massacres than any in the world, he said. “We shouldn’t be looking at making our schools more secure than a prison,” Clegg said during the roundtable, held at Diamondhead Edu-cation Center in Burnsville. “They are a public institu-tion.” Some calls in the Min-nesota Legislature to arm teachers worry roundtable panelist Jim Meyer of Edu-cation Minnesota. “Our members don’t want to carry guns,” said Meyer, a political organiz-ing specialist with the teach-ers union. Responded Kline, “I can’t imagine a piece of fed-eral legislation that would mandate teachers carrying guns.” Lakeville School Dis-trict Superintendent Lisa Snyder said her district has focused on mental health and training staff to handle crises in the mo-

ments before police arrive. Special education fund-ing under IDEA has long been considered an unful-filled promise by many edu-cators. Congress promised when it passed the act in 1975 to fund 40 percent of each state’s excess costs of educating students with dis-abilities. Instead, the federal government provides 17 to 20 percent of the funding, critics say. The special ed funding gap costs Minnesota school districts $600 million a year, Northfield Superintendent Carl Richardson told Kline. Talk of full funding has persisted for years but “doesn’t seem to move off the dime,” said Jane Berenz, Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan superintendent. “Then let’s do it first,” Kline told educators. “But that means not everything else is going to get the mon-ey you want it to get.” The commitment made in the law when it was passed in 1975 won’t be ful-filled, Wabasha-Kellogg Su-perintendent Jim Freiham-mer said, adding that the nation is “sinking” in debt. “It’s a 40-year mandate and we haven’t done any-thing about it in 40 years,” he said. “It’s not going to happen.”

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Educators talk special ed funding, safety

Kline expects across-the-board budget cutsby T.W. Budig

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Second District U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burns-ville, said during a State Capitol visit Monday, Feb. 18, he expects sequestration or the federal across-the-board budget cuts to begin March 1. When asked if he thinks the public knows what’s go-ing on in Washington, he re-sponded: “No, people don’t understand. In part because it’s very, very confusing.” Kline said there are con-tinuing budget resolutions being considered in Con-gress to delay sequestration,

but these will not prevent the across-the-board cuts. He said he dislikes the idea of across-the-board cuts, because they don’t re-flect any prioritization. Kline, House Education and Workforce Committee chairman, said the commit-tee will soon begin hearings on the issue of school safe-ty. Kline stressed that he preferred states and school districts to decide school safety issues rather than Washington, but the retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel offered a personal opinion on the question of teachers

carrying guns in classrooms. “I think I would rather have an armed teacher than a gunman going wild,” he said. Kline is considered by pundits a possible Repub-lican candidate to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Al Franken next year. Kline neither embraced nor dismissed the idea. “I will make a decision on what I am doing some-time in the summer,” Kline said.

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A Dakota County judge has or-dered a new hearing this spring to determine if laboratory equipment at the St. Paul Crime Lab could have contaminated other drug evidence used in multiple drug convictions. Dakota County Judge Kathryn Messerich on Feb. 21 granted de-fense attorney Lauri Traub’s motion to reopen the Frye-Mack hearing to consider evidence of forensic investi-gative reports that found more prob-lems at the St. Paul Crime Lab than had already been uncovered during testimony that started last summer. Dakota, Washington and Ramsey county attorneys also announced an agreement to vacate drug convic-tions since July 1, 2010, if drug evi-dence retesting determines a nega-tive result or the drug evidence used in a conviction is unverifiable. All samples that retest negative or lack evidence will result in vacated convictions. In cases where the evidence is de-stroyed or unavailable, the files will be reviewed for corroborating evi-dence. Dakota County courtroom tes-timony last year revealed chronic

and significant deficiencies in test-ing, procedures and training that led to the Minnesota Public Defender’s Office recent request for retesting of prosecutions dating to 2001. Those problems were recently confirmed and heightened by two independent investigations that showed evidence contamination at the lab, reports that did not ac-curately represent written testing results, confusing and inconsistent evidence cataloging. “In one case, Wikipedia was used as a technical reference,” Integrated Forensic Laboratories’ report stated. That agency also found parts of the testing instruments “very dirty,” contaminated and “degradation past acceptable standards.” The report stated lab staff “dem-onstrated a lack of understanding of the basics of forensic chemistry and instrumentation.” “The St. Paul Police Department Crime Lab did not appear to follow good laboratory practices in gener-al,” stated a report by Schwarz Fo-rensic Enterprises. The Minnesota Public Defender’s Office is also reviewing past convic-tions for the possibility of seeking post-conviction relief. The hearing will be at 9 a.m. May 3 in Dakota County.

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A California man ac-cused of fleeing a traffic stop and leading police on a high-speed chase through Farmington last week is now facing mul-tiple charges in district court. Jose Luis Ruiz, 34, of San Pedro, Calif., alleg-edly had a blood-alcohol level of 0.18 – more than twice the legal limit – when he was taken into custody in the early morning hours of Thursday, Feb. 21. The criminal complaint

gives the following ac-count: At about 2:30 a.m. Feb. 21, a Farmington police officer near Eighth and Ash streets observed Ruiz’s vehicle drive through two stop signs while traveling 30-35 mph. The officer pulled Ruiz over, and a driver’s license check revealed that Ruiz’s license had been revoked for a DUI violation in January of this year. When the officer asked him to step out of the vehicle,

Ruiz sped off at a high rate of speed, first north on Fifth Street and then east on Main Street. As the officer gave chase, Ruiz allegedly drove through several stop signs, extin-guished his head-lights and, at the roundabout at 190th Street, drove over the center curb and lost control of his vehicle. At that point, police

said, Ruiz drive through the snow and onto a golf course before regaining

control and con-tinuing on High-way 3. After additional officers joined in the pursuit, Ruiz’s vehicle was even-tually halted when “stop sticks” were laid on the road-way. Police esti-

mate that throughout the chase Ruiz was traveling at speeds of more than 100

mph. Ruiz had to be cut out of his seatbelt by ar-resting officers after he “failed to exit the vehicle or remove his seatbelt,” the complaint said. He al-legedly told police he fled the traffic stop because he was drunk, and officers noted that he was slurring his speech, had bloodshot eyes and was swaying back and forth during field so-briety tests. Ruiz has been charged with fleeing police in a

motor vehicle, a felony punishable by up to three years in prison and a $5,000 fine. He’s also fac-ing two counts of DWI; one count of driving after revocation; and one count of failure to provide proof of insurance. He remained in the Dakota County Jail as of Monday afternoon with bail set at $50,000. His next court appearance is March 12.

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Farmington BriefsDeadline extended for Farmington Royalty The Farmington Royal Ambassador Program has extended the application deadline for the last two re-maining spots in each age category (Little, Junior and Miss Farmington) to Sunday, March 3. Applications will be accepted on a first-in basis and can be completed online at www.farmingtonroyalty.com. Visit the website for ad-ditional candidate informa-tion and calendar.

Heritage Preservation Award Nominations are open for the Farmington Heritage Preservation Award through April 22. The award is given by the Farmington Heritage Preservation Commission to an individual, family, com-pany or organization that has made an outstanding contri-bution to the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration and use of Farmington’s heri-tage resources. Nominations may be made by writing to: Farm-

ington Heritage Preservation Commission in care of Tony Wippler, Assistant City Plan-ner, Farmington City Hall, 430 Third St., Farmington, MN 55024, or contact Tony Wippler at (651) 280-6822, [email protected].

World Day of Prayer service The Church of St. Mi-chael, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington, will hold a World Day of Prayer service at noon Friday, March 1. A light lunch will follow the ser-vice. Information: Sandy at (651) 463-5228.

KCs host pancake breakfast The Farmington Knights of Columbus will host a pan-cake breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, March 3, at Church of St. Michael, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington. The menu will include pan-cakes, French toast, sausage, scrambled eggs, coffee, juice and water. Good-will offer-ings will be accepted for local community needs.

Farmington Library events The Farmington Library, 508 Third St., has planned the following events. Call (651) 438-0250 for more informa-tion. • Wii Games, 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, March 4. Ages: 10-15. • Farmington Library Eve-ning Book Group, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. Monday, March 4. The group will discuss “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen. Ages: Adult. • Farmington Library Af-ternoon Book Group, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5. The group will discuss “Water for Elephants” by Sara Gruen. Ages: Adult. • MS Word 2010, 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 6. Prerequisite: Computer Basics class and/or ability to use the mouse. Ages: Adult. • Storytime for Babies, 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Thurs-day, March 7. Stories, songs, bounces and playtime for chil-dren newborn to 24 months and their caregivers. Ages: 0-2. • Storytime for All Ages, 10:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, March 8. Stories and activities for mixed-age audiences such as child-care groups and fami-lies. Ages: 0-6.

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partment. In 2012, staff in the Da-kota County Gun Permits Division processed 2,814 permit to carry applica-tions, up from 1,697 in 2011, an increase of more than 65 percent. In 2010, 1,331 permits were issued in Dakota County. So far in 2013, Steve Anderson, program ad-ministrative supervisor for the Dakota County Sher-iff ’s Department, said the department has received 1,103 permit applications. Of those 1,103, a total of 953 were new applications for permits to carry, 84 were renewals, and 66 were purchase permits. He said December 2012 was a record month for permits, but that record was broken in January, when even more applica-tions came in. “It’s been busy,” he said. Anderson said they do not ask why people are getting permits, but many people have said they are getting permits because they are hearing about the possibility of tighter gun regulations and because

they don’t feel as safe as they did before the Sandy Hook shooting. Constantineau said the Farmington Police De-partment does not ask why people are applying for permits to purchase, but many of the applicants share why they have decid-ed to apply for the permits. They are telling the police department that they are afraid the government is going to take away their right to purchase guns or severely restrict that right. Joe DeSua, a member of the Dakota Gun Club, an instructor for permits to carry, and an employee at PistolCraft in Minne-apolis, is hearing the same thing in his classes. “They are afraid the gun grabbers are going to make it impossible to get a permit, impossible to get a gun,” he said. “They are making it hard for me to own a gun, and I’m not a bad guy. And as far as I can tell, they have done nothing to make our kids safer.” In Minnesota, residents must get a permit to pur-chase before they can buy a handgun or rifle.

Constantineau wants residents to be aware of that owning a gun is a ma-jor responsibility. “Having a handgun spe-cifically is a tremendous responsibility,” he said. “I know the vast majority of people are very responsible and very responsible gun owners, but it only takes one mistake to put every-thing under scrutiny,” he said. Turnaround for a per-mit to purchase is taking about one week right now, Constantineau said. With the increase in applica-tions, it is taking the po-lice department and other agencies more time to pro-cess the requests. Permits to purchase are good for one year and then must be renewed. Permits to carry must be renewed every five years. The most important thing is to be careful and cautious, Constantineau said. “The way I look at it ... the last thing you ever want to do is use your gun,” he said. “You can’t take it back after you pull that trigger. That shouldn’t be your first act.”

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mains to be identified in cuts needed to meet op-erational needs and will be reviewed at the board’s March 12 meeting. Other cuts the board indicated it would still consider include eliminat-ing one activities director, a technology coordinator, three licensed technology support positions and the reduction of both a media specialist and communica-tions specialist. A proposal by elemen-tary school principals to retain four learning spe-cialists was accepted.

The board indicated support for a plan to save $185,590 by cutting some physical education teach-ers; students would still receive the same 30-minute physical activity opportu-nities three days per week, but some of that time may be restructured. Board Member Bob Erickson publicly thanked Snyder for her work on the cuts, stating that when she took the job the board did not tell her about all bud-get challenges the district would be facing. He said throughout the difficult process she has “never complained once

about the challenges we’re facing,” and complimented her work, stating she in-stead has “taken them on.” “I want to say in a per-sonal way, thank you,” he said. Public comment on budget proposals will be received March 19 at a special meeting 6:30 p.m. at Kenwood Trail Middle School, 19455 Kenwood Trail. The budget is slated for final approval March 26.


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Michael Undlin of Plymouth peered over his wire-framed glasses at the Senate Judiciary Com-mittee on Thursday, Feb. 21, and admitted he had faced mental health chal-lenges. Undlin, 57, told the senators that he suf-fers from post-traumatic stress, has felt depressed and anxious, but through an active lifestyle, talks with his wife, and sleep-ing well, has successfully dealt with the problem. “Despite all that,” Un-dlin said, “if I keep my gun, I’m a criminal.” Undlin was one of a long list of people ap-pearing before the com-mittee as it took up gun bills. A House committee heard similar legislation earlier this month. While legislation au-thored by Senate Judi-ciary Committee Chair-man Ron Latz, DFL-St. Louis Park, a package of get-tough provisions championed by Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman and others, drew no opposition, a bill seek-ing to expand background checks on gun purchases drew intense testimony. Undlin wasn’t alone in his criticism of Sen. Bob-by Joe Champion’s back-ground check bill. National Rifle As-sociation lobbyist Chris Rager also criticized it for placing a “stigma” on people with mental health issues. Under Champion’s bill, a provision in state law is changed that has the courts determining whether someone is men-tally ill, developmentally disabled or a danger to the public. Instead, ineligibility for gun possession is ex-

panded to those who have ever been confined for mental illness or hospital-ized for the habitual use of controlled substances. Under such defini-tions, Rager argued, someone who had been hospitalized for an eating disorder would be ineli-gible to own a gun. Law enforcement offi-cials spoke of the need for a close watch. City of Rogers Police Chief Jeff Beahen spoke of a late 92-year-old World War II veteran, suffering from dementia and convinced that family members were the enemy, applying for a gun permit. Local law enforcement is often aware of people in the community who should not possess guns, he explained. They’re talking about people who have been the subject of multiple police calls — 60, 80 calls, he said. A Brooklyn Park po-lice officer spoke of pro-cessing a gun permit ap-plication to find out the applicant had committed suicide. But committee mem-bers, too, expressed con-cerns over the provisions dealing with mental health issues. Sen. Julianne Ortman, R-Chanhassen, urged Champion to change the bill. Sen. Barb Goodwin, DFL-Columbia Heights, also expressed uneasiness with the language. Champion, DFL-Minneapolis, indicated he would rework the provi-sion. Lines were starker on other provisions in the bill, which, among other things, would require private citizens in trans-ferring pistols or semi-automatic military-style assault weapons to do so through a federally li-censed firearms dealer. It would allow law enforcement agencies to charge a $25 application fee — a gun owner’s poll tax, one opponent scoffed — and authorizes law en-

forcement to require ap-plicants to appear in per-son. “We’re getting tired of it,” Gun Owners Rights Alliance Vice President Andrew Rothman said of gun owners being blamed for the problems in the world. Besides dismissing as-sertions that 40 percent of gun sales occur without background checks — the number is about 10 per-cent, opponents argued — Joe Olson, a law pro-fessor and Gun Owners Rights Alliance president, described the legislation as a step closer to gun reg-istration. “It’s a little clunky at the moment,” Olson said of the perceived mecha-nisms of registration. But the pieces are fall-ing into place, he insisted. Things looked differ-ently to Sami Rahamim, who recalled sending his father a message last fall warning him of a shoot-ing near his business, Ac-cent Signage, but never getting back a reply. Only later, Rahamim learned that his father, Re-uven Rahamim, a highly successful businessman, had been shot and killed in a workplace shooting. “My father lived the American dream but died the American nightmare,” Rahamim said. Speaking during a committee recess, Latz in-dicated it was unlikely the Senate would agree to an assault weapons ban or ammo clip-size ban that had been debated in the House. The bans are just too controversial, he argued. “We had little amount of consensus among the citizenry and also among law enforcement,” Latz said. Bans are best ad-dressed at the federal lev-el, he said. T.W. Budig can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sun-thisweek.

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the USDA and state. “We are trying to neat-en up the ordinances so there is no confusion,” she said. “There are conflicts with what they are telling me I can’t do, but they are letting other people al-ready do.” At Fur-Ever Wild, Petter has been allowing families and educational groups to view her animals since November 2011, but she has now been told by the township that she can-not exhibit those animals to the public. This most current issue stems from a barn fire in 2010. After she rebuilt the barn in 2011, the township intervened, saying she could not oc-cupy the new building because it was not consid-ered an agricultural build-ing. Paul Reuvers, an attor-ney with Iverson, Reuvers and Condon of Bloom-ington, is representing the township in the legal mat-

ter. He said Petter was told that her building did not fall within the agricultural building permit she ap-plied for since it appeared the building would be used as a public facility. Petter said as the two sides tried to work something out, she became frustrated with the township and filed a lawsuit to get back into her barn. The township then brought a lawsuit of its own, contesting she was not complying with the township’s ordinance, which stated the building could only be used for ag-ricultural uses. Reuvers said there are actually two issues at play right now. First, Petter is running an exhibition and charging admission, something not covered in current Eureka Town-ship zoning laws, he said, and she is housing exotic animals. The township has put its litigation on hold, waiting to see what the

township Planning Com-mission does with Petter’s amendments to the ordi-nances. Petter has a Minneso-ta Game Farm license, a USDA permit for animal welfare, and a Minnesota fur farmers’ license, but Julie Larson, a farmer and rancher in Eureka Town-ship, says her research indicates that local ordi-nances take precedence over state and federal reg-ulations. Larson contends Petter is housing exotic animals illegally since she has many more animals than when her animals were grandfathered in back in 2007. Larson has become frustrated as she says the township has not pursued complaints she has filed against Petter. “Nobody’s really looked into it,” she said, “That’s the problem.” Meanwhile, Petter says her animals fall under fur farm regulations, allowed in the Eureka Township

ordinance. But because Petter is being told she cannot allow public on to her farm, she has filed to amend the ordinance. Larson raises baby calves and worries that large felines or wolves could escape from Petter’s property and harm her livestock. She also worries about the safety of people in the area. “It’s a potential disas-ter,” Larson said. Petter’s neighbor, Jeanie Fredland agrees. “I don’t feel safe in the yard, and I like to be out-side gardening,” she said. Fredland will not allow her 12-year-old grandson to play outside with those types of animals next door and said her main concern is the safety of everyone, including the animals. “People moved out here to be in an agricultural area,” she said, “but not to have our property de-valued and to be basically terrorized by wild animals

next door. I just see such a lack of regard for her neighbors.” Petter counters that she has never had any ani-mals escape and has talked with the Dakota County Sheriff ’s Department to put plans in place should something like that ever happen. “We’re fortified to the hilt,” Petter said. “We’re like Fort Knox. We’re all about safety. You can’t af-ford not to be because if there is an incident, you are shut down.” But Fredland worries that a tragedy like what happened in Zanesville, Ohio, in 2011, where al-most 50 wild animals were released from an exotic farm, could happen right next door. USDA inspec-tion reports indicate two times in 2012 when an of-ficial arrived at the farm and could not perform an inspection because a re-sponsible adult was not available to accompany the official during the inspec-tion. But Petter says her animals are well-cared for and she does not feel there should be any safety con-cerns. “We’re all about the an-imals,” she added. “I don’t have kids. These animals are my kids. Do I trust my wolves more than I trust most dogs? Most definite-ly.” According to Petter, her facility is licensed the same way as the Minnesota Zoo, and she follows the same rules and regulations as that facility. Even if the zoning ordinance change is not passed, she says her animals will stay where they are. “The ordinance change is not to let animals be there,” she said. “They are there and they are not going anywhere, but it’s about letting people on my property to visit them.” She also says the Da-kota County Sheriff ’s De-partment has investigated her operation and deemed it is legal for her to have those animals on her prop-erty. But Larson isn’t the only Eureka Township res-ident with concerns about Petter’s operation and her proposed ordinance changes. Bill Funk recently bought a foreclosed home near Petter, which he has been fixing up. He shares about 600 feet of prop-erty line with her. He fears the proposed ordinance change leaves the defini-tion of agri-tourism wide open to interpretation. He said there have been odor and noise complaints from Petter’s neighbors and he worries that adding anoth-er ordinance on top of pol-icies that aren’t currently being enforced could bring even more problems. Many neighbors are planning to attend the public hearing to voice their concerns. “We’re not going to stop here,” Fredland said. “If this situation isn’t taken care of, we’ll follow with whatever legal mea-sures are necessary to see that this situation is taken care.” The public hearing will be Thursday, March 7, in the Eureka Town Hall, 25043 Cedar Ave., begin-ning at 7 p.m. The com-plete text amendments can be found at http://eureka-township-mn.us/.

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Randy Miller doesn’t plan to let his body’s aches and pains slow him down.

The 60-year-old Lakev-ille resident likes to stay in shape by stay-ing active. In fall 2011, a year-and-a-half ago, he injured his left shoulder while playing golf.

“It only hurt really when I took the club back in my back swing and I’d just feel this kind of pulling,” he said. “I’d go out and play and be really sore for a couple of days afterwards.”

He was diagnosed with a slight tear in his shoul-der’s rotator cuff. After an MRI, a surgeon rec-ommended surgery but Miller decided to try chiropractic treatment instead.

Miller’s therapies in-cluded massage, stretch-ing exercises and treat-ment with a percussor, a hand-held tool that vi-brates against the body. With signifi cantly less pain in his shoulder, Miller has returned to the golf course.

“It’s kind of a lifestyle that I like to live, with being able to go play golf or play basketball

or lift weights,” he said. “It’s kind of my routine I do or try and do each week.”

Miller is just one of the many Americans who visit a chiroprac-tor to treat health con-ditions. A 2007 govern-ment study showed that 8.6 percent of American adults use chiropractic or osteopathic thera-pies. Some osteopathic doctors provide manual manipulation or mas-sage as part of their treatment, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Adults most often use complementary and alternative medicine treatments to treat back or neck pain, joint pain or stiffness as well as ar-thritis, according to the study by the Centers for Disease Control.

Miller was treated by Dr. Loren Stockton, chi-ropractor and owner of Health for Living Chiro-practic clinic in Burns-ville.

Stockton uses princi-ples of applied kinesiol-ogy and manual muscle testing to diagnose prob-lems. The chiropractic technique isolates indi-vidual muscles and tests them for resistance and strength. Stockton also

uses conventional di-agnostic tests, such as blood tests.

“Whenever there’s dis-turbance between the local tissues, whether it’s the vertebrae, the muscle, etcetera, there’ll be weakness associated with that,” he said.

Treatments include spi-nal or joint adjustments, myofascial therapy and nutrition counseling.

Applied kinesiology methods can also detect sensitivity or allergy to foods or environmen-tal chemicals, Stockton

said. He tests for aller-gies to wheat or dairy products by placing a small amount of gluten or dairy extract in the patient’s mouth and ob-serving how the body’s muscles react.

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tion to the substance, he said. “Something in the nervous system is adversely reacting to that substance,” he said. Treatment can include an elimination diet, which eliminates the harmful substance for a

few weeks, and then re-testing the patient.

Treatments are de-signed to help bring the body into balance, he said. “It’s about being able to pursue life vig-orously, enjoy it, being able to sleep at night and be a participant.”

Physical therapy of-fers another way to treat musculoskeletal and pain problems.

Treatment goals at Reynolds Rehab Physi-cal Therapy clinic are relieving pain, improv-ing function and allow-ing patients to resume activities of daily life, said physical therapist Jonathan Reynolds. Much of the therapy in-volves treating damaged soft tissue like muscles, ligaments or tendons.

Many patients have acute injuries like sprains or strains, said Reynolds, who owns clinics in Eagan and Minneapolis. Despite surgery or other treat-ments, others have chronic pain from head-aches, back or shoulder pain that has lasted for weeks, months or years.

Treatments include ischaemic compression, which involves applying pressure to a muscle’s

painful trigger points, helping to relieve pain and loosen muscles.

“Sometimes the treat-ments that we do are uncomfortable or some-times painful, but they actually help to relieve discomfort because of the fact that you’re free-ing up tension in the muscle and in so doing, you’re stimulating the blood supply,” he said.

Reynolds also uses joint mobilization tech-niques that involve gen-tly stretching adhesions or soft tissue bands that can develop around a joint after an injury. For example, he will manip-ulate a sprained ankle in different directions to break adhesions around the joint.

Minimizing pain al-lows patients to do the strengthening and stretching exercises that are so important to re-covery, he said.

“Relieving pain and re-storing mobility helps us to get them back to a functional level much, much quicker,” he said. “It gets them back clos-er to their normal ac-tivities of daily living, whether it’s walking or lifting 50 pounds to get back to work.”

BY ROXI REJALICONTRIBUTING WRITER

Think of massage and you might think of pam-pering, relaxation and stress melting away.

But massage can also be a way to relieve pain and muscle tension, im-prove blood fl ow and restore joint movement, according to the Mayo Clinic.

About 25 percent of adult Americans have had a professional mas-sage, according to a 2012 survey by the American Massage Therapy Asso-ciation. Of the respon-dents who had at least one massage in the last fi ve years, 43 percent re-ported that they received it for health conditions such as pain manage-ment, injury rehabilita-tion, migraine relief or overall wellness.

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en Bauer often combines several treatments in a single session, match-ing the techniques to her clients’ needs. “My style is more integrative, so I do use a lot of different things at once. But then it just adds to the whole healing process,” she said.

The techniques are ef-fective with migraines, lower back and rotator cuff pain, tendinitis and sciatica.

Deep tissue massage is the mainstay of her business at Balancing Life’s Journey Massage in Eagan. Bauer uses deep pressure on the connective tissue and painful trigger points, sometimes using her el-bows and forearms.

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v often works away from painful areas, to avoid aggravating in-juries and allowing the body to rest and heal itself. “You get the full benefi ts of a massage by doing the whole body be-cause then it can balance itself out,” she said.

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SportsPanthers make history, but want more

North plays in epic semifinal at state girls hockey by Mike Shaughnessy

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A year ago, Lakeville North’s drive to a state girls hockey champion-ship ended with an over-time loss to Minnetonka. It happened again last week, except this one probably hurt six times as much. No one is likely to for-get what happened in the 2013 Class AA semifinals as Lakeville North and Minnetonka went at each other for five scoreless overtime periods. At 4:29 of the sixth overtime – and shortly after 1 a.m. Satur-day – Minnetonka senior Amy Petersen scored to give her team a 4-3 victory and end the longest game in state girls tournament history. If Petersen’s name sounds painfully familiar to Lakeville North fans, it might be because she also scored the overtime winner when Minnetonka beat the Panthers 2-1 in last year’s state semifinals. But, instead of curs-ing their fortune, North’s players returned to Xcel Energy Center less than 16 hours later and, running on fumes, beat Eden Prai-rie 3-2 in the third-place

game. It’s the highest state tournament finish for any Lakeville girls team. “The girls were sore, tired. There was a lot of anxiety,” coach Buck Kochevar said. “If they got to sleep, it was after 2 o’clock. But they came back and battled really hard today. “I can’t remember a turnaround like that. This was something special right here where the girls had to bounce back. We got two goals early, which was important. We were going to have our legs right away and then we were go-ing to hit a wall. We could see that as the game went along that we were losing a little gusto.” Minnetonka also came back strong following the long night, beating Hill-Murray 3-1 in the cham-pionship game Saturday night to win its third con-secutive Class AA title. But it’s the semifinal game that left people talk-ing. Minnetonka took leads of 2-0 and 3-1, but two goals by the Panthers’ Christi Vetter in the sec-ond period tied the game. There was no scoring in the third period and five overtime periods, but not

for lack of trying. Both teams had multiple golden opportunities to end it, but North goalie Cassie Alexander and Minneton-ka goalie Sydney Rossman seemed to get sharper and the game went on. The winning goal wasn’t the prettiest – a Minnetonka shot hit Pe-tersen in the chest and deflected past Alexander – except to the Skippers, who considered it a thing of beauty. “I knew it was going to come down to a lucky bounce, a lucky hit,” said Alexander, whose 59 saves set a single-game state tournament record. “Both teams were gassed.” Not surprisingly, Alex-ander said the state semi-final game was the most pressure she has faced in her hockey career. “I’ve been in a shoot-out before, but it doesn’t compare to this,” she said. “If you let one in (during overtime), you’re done. In a shootout, it’s you and one other player, but you know if you let one in, your player can still go down and score.” Taylor Flaherty scored in the first period for the Panthers, and Ash-

ley Kloncz assisted on all three North goals. The Panthers were able to get some food and flu-ids before attempting to sleep, but if Alexander is an indication, sleep didn’t come easily. “I got to sleep about 4, 4:30,” she said. “I had a hard time falling asleep after that game, as you can imagine.” Megan Skelly and Maddie McGlade scored in the first period as Lake-

ville North jumped ahead of Eden Prairie in the third-place game. Skelly’s second goal of the game, an empty-netter, came with 1:22 remaining. The Panthers’ push for a state title threatened to end not long after it began when North Wright Coun-ty scored twice in the final four minutes of the third period to send the Feb. 21 Class AA quarterfinal game to overtime. Vetter scored at 4:10 of the extra

period to give North a 5-4 victory. Kloncz, Flaherty, Alexis Joyce and Skelly also scored, and Heidi Winiecki had three assists. An under-appreciated part of North’s state tour-ney push was the Panthers had to carry on without ju-nior defender Dani Sadek, who broke an ankle in the final week of the regu-lar season. Sadek was the team’s third-leading scorer.

Photo by Andy Rogers

Lakeville North’s Christi Vetter (21) defends against North Wright County in the Class AA state quarterfinal game last week. The Panthers ended up in third place.

Wharton seventh at state on beam Lord’s floor exercise takes 22nd

by Andy RogersSUN THISWEEK

Balance beam is often a gymnast’s least favorite event, but Farmington’s Kylie Wharton has em-braced it. While it’s easy to fall and get discouraged, Wharton brought out her best at the Class AA state individual meet last week-end at the Sports Pavilion at the University of Min-nesota in Minneapolis. Wharton was seventh in the balance beam with a 9.35. “Kylie was more then ready for this meet,” her coach Lynn Bauman said. “She worked very hard on preparing herself physi-cally and mentally. Kylie’s poise and confidence was a delight to watch as she managed to stay on the beam for her whole rou-tine. What an exciting ac-complishment and experi-ence for Kylie.” Wharton was strug-

gling with an injury earlier in the season, but came back strong to land one of the best beam routines in state. She wasn’t the only Ti-ger having fun on Satur-day. Her teammate Kiana Lord was 22nd in the floor exercise with a 9.250. “I told Kiana to go out there and have fun and hit your landings,” Bauman said. “She did just that and more. Kiana had an amazing floor routine and she did have fun. That’s all you can ask for.”

Swimming Christopher Kirch-mann will get the chance to swim plenty of times at the Class AA state swim-ming and diving meet at the Aquatic Center at the University of Minnesota this weekend. Kirchmann qualified in both the in the 50-yard freestyle and 100 free-style events at the Section

1AA meet last weekend in Rochester. His 100 free-style time of 49.27 seconds set a new school record, which is one of the faster qualifying times in the state. Kirchmann will also swim legs of the state-qualifying 400 and 200 freestyle relays with Dahl-ton Bell, Christian Bell and Cameron Molnar. The 200 freestyle relay won the section title and set an new school record. Diver Evan Carufel also won the section title with the top score in Rochester putting him back on the diving board at state for the second straight season. Last year he finished 24th. Jonathan Bovee also qualified for state with fourth-best diving scores at the section meet.

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Farmington’s Kiana Lord performs her floor exercise routine at the Class AA state meet last weekend at the University of Minnesota Sports Pavilion.

Cougars qualify in every state event Lakeville South swimmers wins section title


The Lakeville South swimming and diving team added on Feb. 22 another trophy to its tally this sea-son after winning the Sec-tion 3AA title. Lakeville South edged Rosemount 364.5 to 350.5. Lakeville North was third with 312.5. In the process, the Cou-gars qualified a healthy portion of its roster for the Class AA state swim meet this weekend at the Univer-sity of Minnesota. The Cougars won four events and qualified in all 12, often with two entrants. “This is very unusual, even in the years when we won the state meet and dominated, we did not have someone qualify in every event,” said head coach Rick Ringeisen, who was a coach with the Lakeville High School team before Lakeville South opened. He’s coached a state champion in every event during his career, but he’s never coached someone in every event in the same state meet. In a competitive 200-yard medley relay field, Mitch Hedquist, Robert Trone, Luke Sabal and Adrian Sommers won the section title. The 400 freestyle relay also won the section thanks to Travis Meyer, Som-mers, Daniel Eckerson and Mitch Herrera. “The freestyle relays have been dominated by Rosemount all season,” Ringeisen said. “I told them if Rosemount wins the relay and they place second, they would win the meet by two points. If they placed third, they would finish tied with Rosemount for the section champion-

ship. They all just glared at me with a determined resolve and before I could get a word of encourage-ment spoken, Mitch Her-rera said, ‘Let’s just win the relay.’ ” The relay team broke a 22-year-old section record. Herrera will be busy at state after winning both the 200 and 500 freestyle sec-tion titles. “I feel that Mitch is one of the best in the state, and I know his goals are to get to the top or real close to the top of the awards podi-um at the state,” Ringeisen said. “However, this year Mitch also wants to be on the podium with his team-mates for the relays.” He’ll also be part of the 200 freestyle relay with Meyer, Sabal and Eckerson that was the section runner-up. With hopes of making the final, swimmers and divers will have plenty of teammates pool-side to cheer them on. Meyer (200 freestyle; 100 butterfly), Robert Trone (200 individual medley; 100 breaststroke), Sommers (50 freestyle; 100 freestyle), Lee Bares (diving), Sabal (100 butterfly; 100 breaststroke) and Mitch Hedquist (100 backstroke) all qualified for state. This season the Cou-gars have won the South Suburban Conference title, the Maroon and Gold - Maroon Division title, and qualified for the True Team State meet. “The goal going into the season was to put together a solid conference season, advance more athletes into the state meet and try to finish in the top 10 at state,” Ringeisen said. “All season long this team has continued to set the bar

higher. After an outstand-ing section meet it is now time for the team to do their best and realize that goal of a top 10 finish as a team at the state meet.” The best finish at state in school history is 11th in 2011.

Lakeville North The Panthers will send several swimmers to state after placing third at the section meet. Although counting swimmers alone, the Panthers would have placed second. Lakeville North doesn’t have any divers while Rosemount received 44 points from the event. All three relays – 200 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle – are sched-uled to make an appear-ance at state along with nine individual entrants. The 200 freestyle had the best relay finish for Lakeville North in the sec-tion placing third thanks to Sam Wilson, Alex Dahl-gren, Andrew Strauch and Jacob Burchfield. Wilson (50 freestyle), Burchfield (200 freestyle; 100 butterfly) and Strauch (200 IM) qualified individ-ually. Ryan Young placed sec-ond in both the 100 back-stroke and butterfly. “(He) has the best chance of placing highest at the (state) meet, but we have a chance to get our relays and hopefully a few other swims back to the finals,” head coach Dan Schneider said. “The meet is very fast and very deep.” Nathan Regan was the runner-up in the 500 free-style. He also qualified in the 200 IM. Kyle Kleiner will join them at state qualifying in the 500 freestyle

Nowicki fourth in state on the floor exercise

Teammate Okins 23rd all-around by Andy Rogers

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Lakeville North’s Ash-ley Nowicki had plenty of reasons to celebrate on Saturday night. She finished the night on the podium as one of the top performers in the floor exercise at the Class AA state individual meet at the University of Min-nesota Sports Pavilion. She scored 9.625, put-ting her fourth overall. Her average score was tied with Faribault’s Erin Olson, but Nowicki lost

the tie breaker by 0.05 points after all the judges’ scores were averaged. Still, it was the high-est finish for a Lakeville North gymnast in any event since Ashley Myers placed fourth in the floor exercise in 2010. Nowicki was 19th all-around with 36.50. Her other top scores came in the vault (9.475) and bal-ance beam (9.2), with her uneven bars coming in at 8.2.

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Lakeville North’s Ashley Nowicki performs at the Class AA state gymnastics meet last weekend at the University of Minnesota. She finished fourth on the floor exercise.

Photo by Bill Jones

Rachel Okins from Lakeville North performs her floor routine at the Class AA state meet last weekend at the Sports Pavilion at the University of Minnesota.

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Tigers send four wrestlers to state by Andy Rogers

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Farmington had plenty to cheer about at the Sec-tion 2AAA individual championships last week in Shakopee. The Tigers had four individuals qualify for the Class AAA state champi-onships this weekend at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul — the most in program history. “Our section is one of the deepest in the state and to have the third-most qualifiers is quite an achievement for our pro-gram,” head coach Chad Olson said. Taylor Venz (39-2) was the section champion at 106 pounds. He advanced to the finals with a pin and

a major decision. He out-scored Shakopee’s Alex Loyd 8-6 to win the sec-tion title. He’s one of the favor-ites in his weight class at state. His main competi-tion appears to be Mitch-ell McKee (38-3) from St. Michael-Albertville, the top-ranked wrestler at 106 by the Guillotine, and No. 4 Christian Ball (31-10) from Stillwater Area. Venz is ranked No. 2. Jamin LeDuc (32-2) will join him after fin-ishing runner-up at 113 pounds in the section. He lost in 10-3 in finals to No. 7 Collin DeGrammont from Lakeville North. LeDuc moved up a weight because he is in the same weight class as Venz.

Kyle Benjamin (19-5) was the runner-up at 132 beating Tanner Hennen from Shakopee 10-0 in the true-second match. Joe Hoeve (26-14) earned a spot after defeat-ing Sean O’Neil from Prior Lake in the semifinal 3-2. He finished runner-up los-ing 1-0 to Lucas Westrich from Lakeville North in the final. Mason Hawkins (5-12) was sixth at 120, Matt Rusted (26-16) was fourth at 126, Brayden Chapman (24-17) fifth at 138 and Ja-mie Scavone (14-24) sixth at 285. The Class AAA state wrestling tournament be-gins at 11 a.m. Friday at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

Panthers send three wrestlers to state Lakeville North gets mixed results at section


There were several highs and lows for the Lakeville North wrestling team at the Section 2AAA individual championships last weekend in Shakopee. Hoping to send as many wrestlers as pos-sible to the Class AAA meet beginning Friday at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, the Panthers had three section champions, but several others will be left behind – including two wrestlers who qualified last season. “Our section is very tough,” co-head coach Paul Donner said. “The No. 1 or 2 seed no longer guarantees a spot. There were a number of No. 1 seeds that got beat out.” Collin DeGrammont (38-8, 113 pounds), Lu-cas Westrich (23-6, 160) and Tristyn Hanson (32-5, 182) all won section titles. “All three have very good opportunities to place at the state tourna-ment,” Donner said. “Lu-cas and Tristyn are in posi-tion if they wrestle at their highest level to get to the state semifinal.” DeGrammont has the toughest draw, starting with Aaron Dick of Saint Michael-Albertville. He could face Sam Bennyhoff

from Mound Westonka in the next round. “Collin is the guy that can do it,” Donner said. “He’s a large 113-pounder and that can work to his advantage.” DeGrammont defeated Jamin LeDuc of Farm-ington 10-3 in the section final. This is DeGram-mont’s first trip to state. Westrich defeated Joe Hoeve of Farmington 1-0 in the 160 final to earn a spot and make his second straight trip to state. Hanson grappled his way to the section final via technical fall (16-1) and major decision (10-0). He beat Rylee Streifel of Prior Lake in the championship match. This will be his sec-ond trip to state. Five other Lakeville North wrestlers finished in the top four, but only the top two in each weight class qualify for state. In one of the tougher weight classes, Colton Pasvogel, who qualified for state last season, was fourth at 145 behind win-ner Shamar Williams of Lakeville South and two other wrestlers with more than 30 victories. He lost a one-point match against Williams. Aaron Almedina also fell short of qualifying after making the trip last

year. He placed fourth at 220, losing a close match to Lakeville South’s Alon-te Alexander 8-7 in the semifinal and then los-ing to Kellen Ziebol of Bloomington Kennedy in the consolation bracket. “He’s probably had the most success of any wres-tler on our team in the last two years and I’ve never seen him have a bad day, but sections didn’t go well for him,” Donner said. Wade Sullivan was third at 106 pounds, losing to eventual section cham-pion Taylor Venz in the semifinal. He wrestled his way back to the true-sec-ond bout but lost to Alex Lloyd of Shakopee 9-2. Justin Dunnel was third at 152 after losing to even-tual runner-up Matt Brib-ben of Eden Prairie 7-2 in the semifinal. Ben Krynski was third at 195 after fall-ing to Alex Hart of Prior Lake in the semifinal. “We had three cham-pions, but we were hop-ing for a fourth and fifth or sixth guy to squeeze in there,” Donner said. “That’s an indication of where our expectations are right now. We wanted more.”

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“These girls had to ral-ly,” Kochevar said. “They lost one of the top defen-semen in the state. Every one of these girls picked up their game, and we’re proud of them.” With its performance in the state tournament, North (22-7-2) also might have blown up the notion that South Suburban Con-ference teams are lagging behind their counterparts from other metro-area leagues. The last current SSC member to win a state title was Bloomington Jef-ferson in 2001. But with a bounce or two, it might have been Lakeville North skating away with the champion-

ship. “Our conference, it’s a tough conference, but I think our non-conference schedule really helped us,” Kochevar said. “We played Hill-Murray twice and scrimmaged them. We’ve played Benilde, and a good Breck team from Class A. We also put three games together, besides our Christmas tourna-ment, in case we were in this situation. “We thought we were going to do very well in the state tournament. We played a hard sched-ule and we know what to have to bring to the table against these tough teams. You don’t come here to show up. We’re here to win. That’s the mindset we

have now that we’ve been here a few times. We’re crafty veterans.” The Panthers graduate a half-dozen seniors, but many of their core play-ers will be back next year to try to return to the state tournament. Alexander hopes to be playing goalie in college somewhere next winter, but she doesn’t question the returning Panthers’ ability, or their will. “I wouldn’t doubt them at all,” she said. “If we can come back from losing a game like (the six-overtime semifinal), we can come back from anything.”

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HOCKEY, from 13A

Her teammate, Rachel Okins, also had several remarkable performanc-es. She placed 23rd all-around (35.875) with her top score coming in the vault (9.4). She had a 9.05 at the balance beam, 8.625 on uneven bars and 8.8 on floor exercise. Just an eighth-grader,

Okins was one the young-est gymnasts at the meet in the all-around compe-tition along with Rose-mount seventh-grader Josey Schlie (22nd) and Roseville’s eighth-grader Jessica Strecker (eighth). The Panthers’ Megan Lemley participated in the floor exercise, placing 17th overall with 9.35. She was also 29th on balance beam

with 8.3.

Cougars Lakeville South also was represented at the Class AA state gymnastics meet. Caylee Alves finished 28th on the uneven bars with an 8.7 and Jayme Donovan was 31st in the floor exercise with an 8.175.

GYMNASTS, from 13A

Petersen hoping to repeat as champ Three Cougar wrestlers advance to state


Lakeville South will have three individuals rep-resent the school at the Class AAA state individual state meet this weekend in St. Paul including one de-fending state champion. Tommy Petersen (34-1) will get a chance to earn his second-straight title after winning the Section 2AAA title at 195 pounds in Sha-kopee last weekend. “Tommy is undoubtedly excited to return to the state wrestling championships,” coach Nate Moudry said. “He knows that he has his work cut out for him, but also feels confident moving forward.” Shamar Williams (21-6)

was the champion at 145, winning a number of close matches along the way. He defeated Colton Pasvogel from Lakeville North 3-2 in the semifinal, who he lost to earlier this year, and then Chase Monger from Eden Prairie 3-1 in the fi-nal. He’s in one of the tougher weight classes that includes returning champi-ons, a runner-up and sev-eral state place-winners. Williams placed fourth last season at 126. Alonte Alexander (27-8) will join them after plac-ing second at 220 pounds, defeating Kellen Ziebol 8-4 in the true-second match. He was seeded fourth com-ing in, but “I knew he was

more than capable of sur-prising everyone in front of him,” Moudry said. Alexander’s big victory came against Aaron Alme-dina from Lakeville North, who was ranked. No. 7 at 220. Alexander dropped from heavyweight to 220 in January to help his team. “It was a decision, he would tell you, paid off,” Moudry said. Dalton Petersen was close to qualifying for state. He lost a close match to Owen Webster 9-6 in the semifinal. Brady Bastyr was sixth at 106; Orion Hinchley fifth at 120; Austin Britnell fifth at 170; and Jon Zeidler fifth at 285.

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schools they would be ex-pected to retain through senior year. The Lakeville School Board approved the trip on a 4-1 vote Feb. 12. Board Member Bob Er-ickson said he abstained from the vote because he served on the state Integra-tion Revenue Replacement Task Force charged with recommending changes to the state’s racial integra-tion funding. Board Member Jim Skelly cast the dissenting vote, citing concerns about the trip’s cost when the dis-trict is struggling with mil-lions in budget cuts, low-ered enrollment and staff layoffs.

Skelly also questioned the fairness of paying for all expenses in relation to other groups who have to raise funds for their trips. He also point-ed out several variances from district policy in the request process and the dis-trict’s funding of the trip. District 194 policy spec-ifies that, except for one adviser/coach, all expenses associated with an extend-ed trip, including lodging and transportation “must be garnered from the par-ticipants and fundraising.” The policy allows for exceptions under two cir-cumstances: if it is the result of advancement in

a Minnesota State High School League sponsored tourna-ment or “in the face of emergency condi-tions.” In an interview, Skelly said this was not an emergency.

“There wasn’t a tornado or anything,” he said. During the meeting, Skelly also raised concerns that the request itself dis-regarded district policy because it was made to the board seven days before the trip was scheduled. District policy says there should be 30-day notice period before any extended field trip. That directive is printed at the top of the extended field trip request form filled out by staff.

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The policy says district staff cannot discuss an ex-tended field trip with stu-dents and parents before it is fully approved by the School Board. Both those policies were not followed because dis-trict officials first wanted to ensure they had some students of color who were interested in attending be-fore making the board re-quest, according to District 194 Teaching and Learn-ing Services Director Barb Knudsen. She also said they had just recently learned about the conference. Dated signatures on the form indicate activi-ties Director Neil Strader and principals at both high schools were asked to ap-prove the request in early to mid-January. District Superintendent Lisa Snyder signed off on the request Feb. 5, a week before it was brought for board approval. Knudsen said the con-ference would help the district meet its integration

goals, reduce disparities and build student leader-ship qualities. Board Member Mi-chelle Volk said she also had concerns about how close the trip came to not meeting board “guide-lines,” but supported stu-dent involvement in the program because few are encouraged to go to col-lege and there they would be encouraged by passion-ate speakers to seek higher education. Staff who attended the trip would not speak to the newspaper about it, but District Equity Coordina-tor Cynthia Hays said she wanted to go and described the trip as “awesome.” She said it was a “kick-off for our leadership ini-tiative,” and that they ex-pect the students to come back and serve as mentors. Hays said they hope to make the trip an annual event, but it is dependent on integration funding, a hot-button topic in the Legislature. During the meeting,

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When Ralph Burnet hired Robin Peterson 36 years ago to sell homes out of his company’s Eagan office, Pe-terson didn’t see her career path in real estate. The former junior high school teacher from the East Coast saw the opportunity more as a way to try something new after Burnet sold the family a home in Eagan in 1976. Once she started selling homes, some-thing clicked. “I loved what I was doing,” she said. “I couldn’t get enough of it.” In each role the Apple Valley resident and this year’s Exceptional Businesswomen featured speaker has undertaken, she exhib-ited such talent and passion for her work that ad-vancement came calling for the Edina-based Coldwell Banker Burnet president since 2000. Her open and energetic leader-ship style has led her to become an assistant manager, branch manag-er, training director, regional vice president and executive vice presi-dent before rising to her current role. One of her biggest breaks in the business was when Burnet asked her to help manage the firm’s office in Apple Valley, the city in which she and hus-band Fran have lived since 1979. She told Burnet that she would accept the position, but the company didn’t have a management training program to help guide her into the new role. He then asked Peterson to create one. Using her teaching background and experience as one of the top sales asso-ciates in only a short amount of time, Peterson wrote the course and later be-came a training director focusing on pro-viding mentoring and shadowing opportu-nities for new agents. While rising through the ranks, she said it helped to have someone believe in her, and Coldwell Banker Burnet aims to provide a nurturing environment where associates can feel the same kind of support. “Ralph told me that I could do anything I wanted to do,” she said. That support is important because she says there’s a lot of rejection in her profession. She sees those moments as opportunities to solve why something didn’t work. She’s open to admitting her weaknesses, which she says

if people aren’t willing to share them, “they aren’t in touch with themselves.” In addition to launching a training program, she’s also

built an operation from square one. She opened a new Bloomington office, hiring 50 agents in nine

months. She says her hiring philosophy is to sur-round herself with “go-getters.”

“If you don’t love what you are doing … you need to be passionate about what you are doing,” she said. “I want people to come to me and say ‘I want your job.’ ”

Her role as a teacher continues as president.

Peterson is responsible for daily operations for the firm’s 36

sales offices, including near-ly 3,000 sales associates in Minneapolis-St. Paul, St. Cloud, Rochester and in western Wisconsin. As one of three women in the company’s regional top roles, Peterson says she’s open to “crazy ideas” and encour-ages people to “let it rip” during brainstorming sessions. She said a workplace should be “fun” and that “creativ-ity drives activity” in business. She traces her work ethic to her father, who owned a textile busi-ness in New Jersey. Her father died when she was only 16, after which

she became even more involved in the family business. As for her positive attitude, Peter-son attributes that trait to her moth-er who “always looked for the good in people.” While the life of a real estate agent can blur the line between family and work life, Peterson’s No. 1 priority is her family.

When her children, daughter Dana and son Derek, were growing up they often would accompany Pe-

terson to open houses and when work needed to be done in the office. She said that taught them the

value of hard work, which seems to have stuck for the two Eastview High School graduates and standout tennis play-ers. Dana turned her passion for tennis into her profession-al work while Derek is attending pharmacology school in Vermont.

Tad Johnson is at [email protected].

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Eleven women will be honored with the 2013 Exceptional Businesswomen Award during a recognition ceremony and breakfast

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County Regional Chamber of Com-merce president

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Books Scott Dominic Carpenter, author of “This Jealous Earth,” will sign and read from his book at 6 and 8 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 14880 Florence Trail, Apple Valley, (952) 997-8928.

Call for Artists Savage Juried Art Show – Dates are April 26 to May 31. Entry fee: $15 for one entry, $25 for two entries. Deadline: April 12. Information/registra-tion: https://www.callforentry.org/fest ivals_unique_info.php?ID=1014. Minnesota River Arts Fair – Dates are July 20-21 at The Landing, Shakopee. Entry fee: $25 jury fee, $150 booth fee. Deadline: April 3. Information/registration: http://www.zap-plication.org/public_fair_pre-view.php?fair_id=2427.

Comedy Tracy Morgan will perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, at Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets are $49.50 and are on sale at http://tinyurl.com/TMorganPAC. Informa-tion: www.burnsvillepac.com.

Events Bite of Burnsville, 5:30 to 10 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets: $40 at (952) 435-6000 or biteofburnsville.org.

Exhibits A youth art exhibit is on display through March 10 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Informa-tion: (952) 985-4640. Ten Brushes’s “Path of Light” exhibit runs through March 9 at Burnsville Perform-ing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Information: (952) 895-4685. Quilted Expressions, Ea-gan High School’s 18th annual quilt exhibit, will be available for viewing from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Friday, March 2-21, in the EHS Library at 4185 Braddock Trail, Eagan. The exhibit will be closed weekends and March 8. Ad-mission is free. The Shrine of the Stations of the Cross, a exhibition of photographs by Dave Kitchel, is on display through April 14 at Rosemount United Method-ist Church Gallery, 14770 Can-ada Ave. Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, and during all scheduled evening activities.

Music Apple Valley High School will present “Broadway 2013: Twilight Zone” at 7:30 p.m. March 1-2, and 2 p.m. March 3 at the high school theater. Information: (952) 431-8208. South Metro Chorale’s Cabaret 2013 will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 2, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 3, at Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets can be purchased at (952) 985-4640 or [email protected]. Information: southmetrochorale.org. Velvet Tones, the senior adult community chorus of Apple Valley, will present its annual Spring Festival of Mu-sic at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 3, at Eastview High School, 6200 W. 140th St., Apple Valley. Free.

Theater “Eat, Drink and Be Mur-dered,” an Irish mystery din-ner theater, will be presented by Eagan Theater Company at 6 p.m. March 14 and 15 at the Eagan Community Center. Purchase tickets at www.etc-mn.org or at the Eagan Com-munity Center. Tickets are $40. Information: (651) 675-5500.

Workshops/classes/other “Let’s Paint Watercolors” class, 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays, March 5-26, at the Front Porch at Rosemount Steeple Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail. Cost: $40. Register at the Front Porch or contact instructor Cheryl Kluender at (651) 344-8475, [email protected]. Ukulele workshop for ages 13 and older, 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at Rosemount United Methodist Church, 14770 Canada Ave. W., Rosemount. Preregistra-

tion is required at [email protected]. “Juggling for Beginners” for third- through fifth-grad-ers in Lakeville, after school Mondays, March 4-18, at Oak Hills Elementary School; Wednesdays, March 6-20, at Lakeview Elementary School, and Thursdays, March 7-28, at Orchard Lake Elementary School. Information: Lakeville Community Education at (952) 232-2150. “The Beat Goes On” for students in kindergarten through third grade, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, March 5-19, at Eastview Elementary School in Lakeville. Information: Lakeville Community Educa-tion at (952) 232-2150. Spring Basket class, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 16, Eagan Art House. Cost: $56. Registration required. In-formation: eaganarthouse.org or (651) 675-5521. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Battle from 4 to 5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Ap-ple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, (952) 953-2385. Ages 12-18. Teen artist gathering at the Eagan Art House from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursdays, March 7 and April 4, and from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturdays, March 2 and April 6. Cost: $3. Informa-tion: (651) 675-5521. Family Sampler work-shops for adults and children ages 5 and older at the Eagan Art House from 1 to 3 p.m. and 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9. Cost: $15 per fam-ily, up to four people; $3 for each additional person. Sup-plies provided. Registration required. Information: (651) 675-5521. Adult painting open stu-dio from 9 a.m. to noon Fri-days at the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Fee is $5 per session. Information: (651) 675-5521. Music Together in the Val-ley offers classes for parents and their infant, toddler and preschool children in Rose-mount, Farmington, Lakeville and Apple Valley. Information: www.musictogetherclasses.com or (651) 439-4219. The Eagan Art House of-fers classes for ages 4 through adult. For a complete listing go to www.eaganarthouse.org or call (651) 675-5521. Dan Petrov Art Studio in Burnsville offers oil painting classes for beginners, interme-diate and advanced skill level painters, www.danpetrovart.com, (763) 843-2734. Teens Express Yourself with Paint, 5 to 7 p.m. Mon-days at Brushworks School of Art in Burnsville, www.Brush-worksSchoolofArt.com, (651) 214-4732. Drama/theater classes for ages 4 and up at River Ridge Arts Building, Burns-ville, (952) 736-3644. Show Biz Kids Theater Class for children with special needs (ASD/DCD programs), In the Company of Kids 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, (952) 736-3644. Broadway Kids Dance and Theater Program for all ages and abilities, In the Com-pany of Kids, 13710 Nicol-let Ave., Burnsville (Colonial Shopping Center), (952) 736-3644. Join other 55-plus adults at the Eagan Art House to create beaded jewelry. The Jewelry Club meets on the third Friday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m. Information: (651) 675-5500. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at (651) 315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Country line dance class-es held for intermediates Mon-days 1:30 to 4 p.m. at Ram-bling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Marilyn (651) 463-7833. Country line dance class-es on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m.-noon. $5/class. Call 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 the second Tues-day of each month from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Robert Trail Li-brary. Information: John Loch, (952) 255-8545 or [email protected].

‘Charlotte’s Web – The Musical’ The Play’s the Thing Productions will perform “Charlotte’s Web – The Musical” Fridays and Saturdays, March 15-24, at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. at Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets are $13 and are available online at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCen-ter.com or by calling (952) 985-4640. For more information, go to www.chi ldrenstheatretptt .com.

Exultate to perform Mozart Eagan-based Exultate

Festival Choir and Or-chestra will perform Mo-zart’s “Grand Mass in C Minor” in a series of con-certs in March. Concerts will be 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 8, at Annuncia-tion Catholic Church, Minneapolis; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, at Woodbury Lutheran Church, Woodbury; and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at Benson Great Hall, Bethel University, Arden Hills. Tickets are $20 for general admission. In-formation is available at exultate.org.

Bite of Burnsville is March 14 The annual Bite of Burnsville will be 5:30 to 10 p.m. Thursday, March 14, at the Burnsville Per-

forming Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. The event includes cuisine sampling from more than 20 area res-taurants, a silent auc-tion, a live auction, and live entertainment by GB Leighton. Event tickets can be purchased at biteof-burnsville.com or by calling (952) 435-6000.

‘Disney’s Aladdin Jr.’ Kenwood Trail Mid-dle School will present “Disney’s Aladdin Jr.” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 8, and 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9. The school is at 19455 Kenwood Trail in Lakev-ille. Tickets are available at the door and are $7 for adults, $5 for students

and senior citizens, and free for children ages 5 and under.

Dakota City youth camps Dakota City Heritage Village in Farmington will offer four-day ses-sions of day camp this summer. Day camp will run Mondays through Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Camps include: • Teen Volunteer Camp, June 17-20, for youths age 13 and older who would like to volun-teer in Dakota City. • Apprentice Day Camp, June 24-27, July 15-18 or July 22-25, for ages 6 to 12. Cost is $125. Informa-tion can be found at da-kotacity.org/education.html.

To submit items for the Family Calendar, email:

[email protected].

Friday, March 1 World Day of Prayer ser-vice, noon, Church of St. Mi-chael, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington. Light lunch will follow. Information: Sandy at (651) 463-5228. Fish fry by the Dakota County Elks Lodge 2832, 5 to 7:30 p.m., Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. Meals include wall-eye, baked potato, coleslaw, rolls, and a beverage. Cost: $13 for ages 12 and above, $5 for ages 11 and under. Fish fry by the Rosemount VFW Post, 5 to 8 p.m. Meals include potato, vegetables, and choice of soup or salad plus dinner roll. Information: (651) 423-9938.

Saturday, March 2 Spiritual Wellness Fair, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. Free. Child care available 9 a.m. to noon. Information: (952) 432-6351. Citizens Climate Lobby meeting, 11:45 a.m., Burn-haven Library, 1101 County Road 42 W., Burnsville. Aman-da Staudt of National Wildlife Federation’s Climate and En-ergy Program, will speak via conference call on “How Cli-mate Change Affects Wildlife in America.” Information: Paul Thompson, (952) 920-1547.

Sunday, March 3 Pancake breakfast by the Farmington Knights of Colum-bus, 9 a.m. to noon, Church of St. Michael, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington. Menu: Pan-cakes, French toast, sausage,

scrambled eggs, coffee, juice and water. Good-will offerings accepted for local community needs.

Tuesday, March 5 Easter Job Transitions Group, 7:30 a.m., Easter Lu-theran Church, 4200 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Speaker Anne Johnson will share “Healing Before Hiring.” Infor-mation: (651) 452-3680.

Thursday, March 7 Free Alzheimer’s work-shop, “Techniques to Handle Challenging Behaviors,” 6 to 7:30 p.m., Home Instead Senior Care, 1600 E. Cliff Road, Burnsville. RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4172185118# or (952) 882-9300.

Friday, March 8 Fish fry by the Dakota County Elks Lodge 2832, 5

to 7:30 p.m., Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. Meals include wall-eye, baked potato, coleslaw, rolls, and a beverage. Cost: $13 for ages 12 and above, $5 for ages 11 and under. Fish fry by the Rosemount VFW Post, 5 to 8 p.m. Meals include potato, vegetables, and choice of soup or salad plus dinner roll. Information: (651) 423-9938. Fish fry by the Rosemount Knights of Columbus, 6 p.m., Church of St. Joseph Social Hall, 13900 Biscayne Ave. W., Rosemount. Free-will offering accepted.

Saturday, March 9 Wild Turkey Hunting Clinic by the Dakota Strutters of the National Wild Turkey Federation and the Minnesota DNR, 9 a.m. to noon, Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Cost: $10. Register

at www.lakeville-rapconnect.com.

Sunday, March 10 Free practice ACT test, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Sylvan Learning, 170 Cobblestone Lane, Burnsville. Bring a cal-culator. Reservations: (952) 435-6603. To receive test re-sults, parents must be present at a follow-up appointment.

Thursday, March 14 WomEn’s Conference by the Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Lost Spur Golf and Event Center, Eagan. Cost: $149. Registration re-quired. Information: dcrcham-ber.com, (651) 288-9202.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767)

or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. • March 4, 1:30 to 6:30 p.m., Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 1801 E. Cliff Road, Burnsville. • March 5, 12:30 to 6:30 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 16725 Highview Ave., Lakeville. • March 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wings Financial Credit Union, 14985 Glazier Ave., Apple Valley. • March 8, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church – By the Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. • March 8, noon to 5 p.m., Culver’s, 17800 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville. • March 9, 10:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville.

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Rosemount Parks and Recre-ation will be hosting a traditionalegg hunt at the Ames SoccerComplex at Dakota County Tech-nical College (1300 145th St E,Rosemount) on Saturday, March23 at 10:00 a.m. This fun fam-ily event is sponsored by theRosemount Lions Club. Children10 and under, are invited to par-

ticipate in a hunt for candy-filledeggs and also search for “thegolden egg,” which they can turnin for a special prize. Childrenwill be divided into age groups(1-3, 4-6 and 7-10). Childrenmust be accompanied by anadult. Please bring a basket orbag to hold your treats. This isa very popular event – so please

plan to arrive early; the eventbegins at 10 a.m. sharp. Abunny will be visiting; so remem-ber to bring your cameras. Incase of inclement weather, theEgg Hunt will be held the follow-ing Saturday, March 30. Call theinformation line at 651-322-6020, and select #6 for eventcancellations and event make-up

information. For more informa-tion, please call 651-322-6000.We will be accepting donationsof non-perishable food, paperproducts and infant items on behalf of our local 360 Commu-nities and Family Resource Center.

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ThisweekendThisweekend The Minnesota Valley Men’s Chorale is bringing male sing-ers of all ages to the stage for its concert next week at Grace Lu-theran Church in Apple Valley. The 60-member men’s choir will be joined at the 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 9, concert by the Minnesota Boychoir, as well as the men’s choirs from Rose-mount and Apple Valley high schools. Each choir will perform indi-vidually, with the event culmi-nating in all the groups joining forces for the final number, “Let All Men Sing.” The idea behind the show is to bring together multiple gen-erations of singers – from the school-age vocalists with the Boy Choir, ranging in age from 7 to 18, to the two high school groups and the Men’s Chorale, whose members run all the way from college age into the mid-70s. “Our goal is to get young men singing and to make it a lifelong activity,” said Men’s Chorale di-rector Steven Boehlke, a former high school choir instructor who retired from Rosemount High

School in 2000. The performance at Grace Lutheran is the Men’s Chorale’s debut “scholarship concert” – there’s no charge for admission, but a free-will offering will be taken with proceeds going to the newly established MCMV Schol-arship Fund, with a scholarship awarded later this year to one area high school choir partici-pant. The “scholarship concert” is the first performance this year in the Men’s Chorale’s 10th an-niversary season. It will be fol-lowed in April by the group’s annual spring concerts with the Minnesota Valley Women’s Cho-rale. Those performances are scheduled for April 12 at the Church of St. Joseph in Rose-mount and April 13 at Shepherd of the Valley church in Apple Valley. The Apple Valley-based Men’s Chorale is a non-audition choir that is open to new mem-bers. More about the group is at www.mvmcsings.org.

—Andrew Miller

Youth choirs will join MN Valley Men’s Chorale at March 9 concertChoral concert bridges the generation gap

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The 60-member Minnesota Valley Men’s Chorale recently created the MVMC Scholarship Fund; proceeds from its March 9 concert in Apple Valley will go toward a scholarship that will be awarded later this year to one area high school choir participant.

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Comedian Michael Kosta, a repeat guest on “The Tonight Show” and star of the 2011 Comedy Central special “Comedy Central Presents: Michael Kosta,” is bringing his sarcastic stand-up act to Mystic Lake Casino’s comedy club this weekend. Kosta will be taking the stage for 7 and 9:30 p.m. shows on both Friday, March 1, and Saturday, March 2; comic Mike Stanley will also perform. The shows are for mature audiences. Tickets are $19 and are available at www.mysticlake.com.

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The musical duo that is Deuces Wild! Dueling Pianos – featuring Dave Eichholz, left, and Ted Manderfeld – will take the stage of the Lakeville Area Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 8, to deliver its high-energy and humor-driven mix of music and musical parodies that range from classic rock and country to hip-hop and show tunes. Tickets are $22 and can be purchased online at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or by calling (952) 985-4640. More about the band is at www.wildpianos.com.

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