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by Erin JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Florence O’Brien has been a member of Christ Lutheran Church in Eagan since 1919, nine years after it was founded. “Almost 91 years,” she said. O’Brien was baptized, confirmed and married at the church, as were her three children and four of her six grandchildren. Her seven great-grandchildren have also been baptized there. As its longest-serving member, O’Brien said she is excited to help Christ Lu-theran celebrate its 100-year anniversary this year. “I think we have lots to be thankful for,” she said. “I have all good memories. All the people that came and went during my 90 years, I can’t say a bad word about anybody.” Christ Lutheran was founded in 1910 as a daugh-ter congregation to Trin-ity Lone Oak Church, the oldest continuing church in Eagan, which was estab-lished in 1880. Located on Diffley Road about five miles from Trin-

ity Lone Oak, Christ Lu-theran was built to make it easier for members who couldn’t easily traverse sev-eral miles on dirt roads. O’Brien remembers the original church as a small wooden building next to a one-room schoolhouse, where she attended school through seventh grade. That building and schoolhouse were sold and moved to Shakopee in 1958. A new church was built in 1959, with the current fel-lowship hall serving as the sanctuary until an addition was built in 1979. Other additions to the church include a regular Anuak worship service for the Sudanese community – the first of its kind in the south metro – which began in 2003. The church’s congrega-tion grew rapidly in the late 1970s and then began to de-cline a bit, and has now es-sentially stabilized at about 250 members, said Pastor Don Schmiege. Schmiege said he hopes the 100-year celebration will expose the church to new members. A Missouri Syn-

od church, Christ Lutheran is very centered in gospel ministry and outreach, he said. “We’re hoping to get the word out that we’re still here, we’re still faithful to God’s word,” he said. “We care about people – who they are, what they need, and where they’re going.” Lynne Halterman, a member since 1960 and chair of the anniversary planning committee, agrees.

“We’d love to invite the community to come and check out the church and get involved. There’s lots of great opportunities, and the people in the congregation are great,” she said. The public is invited to two events celebrating the church’s milestone. On Saturday, Sept. 11, Dr. Paul Maier of Western Michigan University will present “Christ or Carica-

Christ Lutheran celebrates 100 yearsPublic invited to special events

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Pastor Don Schmiege stands in front of Christ Lutheran Church, located on Diffley Road between Rahn and Blackhawk roads in Eagan, which celebrates its 100-year anniversary this year. A float in Eagan’s July 4th Funfest parade depicts the original church building, built in 1910.

by Aaron VehlingTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

It looked like a dinner at any church. Kids ran around, shouting excitedly as they played with friends. Their parents stood close by talking with one anoth-er, stealing an occasional glance to ensure their chil-dren weren’t getting too wild. Rows of tables were set and the smell of an im-pending meal permeated the confines of the reli-gious building. But the parents (and some of the older kids) had not eaten since dawn; the women wore head scarves of varying colors and de-sign. Muslims from around the area gather at the Burnsville Mosque for an iftar, a meal and prayer ser-vice designed to break the fast Muslims embark on each day during the holy month of Ramadan. Beginning this year on Aug. 12 and ending around Sept. 9, Ramadan serves as Islam’s holiest month.

“It is a time to reflect and ponder,” said Taslima Khaled of Prior Lake, dis-cussing the ninth month of the Muslim calendar. “It is a time to realize what the meaning of life is in terms of where you’re headed and what you’re doing.”

‘Fasting with intent’Local Muslims invite community

members to Burnsville Mosque for food, fellowship during Ramadan

Photo by Aaron Vehling

Area Muslims gathered for an iftar at the Burnsville Mosque on Highway 13. An iftar is a meal that breaks the day-long fast each evening during the holy month of Ra-madan.

by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Burnhaven Library in Burnsville had 326,423 vis-itors last year. Beginning Sept. 18, Burnhaven users will have to make other plans. The library, located at 1101 W. County Road 42, will close for remodeling until late April of next year. “There will be a lot of people who will be miss-ing us, I’m afraid,” said Nancy Wisser, a Dakota County library manager who oversees the locations in Burnsville, Rosemount and Hastings. The Burnsville project, estimated at $1.55 million, will include a computer lab, a redesigned front en-try, a new meeting room, energy-saving upgrades and improvements to the areas for teens and chil-dren. It also includes a new

home for the Burnsville License Center. The cen-ter will leave its rented space near Cub Foods at 284 E. Travelers Trail in the Heart of the City. Burnhaven is the oldest library building in the county system, Wisser said. Built in 1973, it’s the first county build-ing erected outside the county seat of Hastings, accord-ing to Steve Saien-ga, the remodeling project manager. Wisser, who started working at Burnhaven in 1974, was around for a previous remodeling that closed the building for part of 1994 and 1995. That project included a total interior makeover and a library takeover of

space that had been used by public-health nurses. “It was just a really re-freshed building,” Wisser said. The new project will in-clude added insulation and

replacement of the block interior walls with sheet-rock. The improvements should cut energy use by more than half, Saienga said.

Library will close for several months beginning Sept. 18


(Above) Nancy Wisser manages the Burnhaven Library, where she began work-ing shortly after it opened in 1974. (Right) The re-modeled library will include a computer lab, the Burnsville License Center, a rede-signed front entry, a new meeting room, energy-sav-ing upgrades and improvements in areas for children and teens.

Burnhaven in Burnsvilleto get $1.55 million makeover

Sheriff’s Web domain name purchase raises questions

by Laura AdelmannTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Last June, months be-fore Apple Valley Police Sgt. Mitch Scott announced he was running for Dakota County sheriff, his oppo-nent, Dave Bellows, pur-chased the domain name mitchscottforsheriff.com. Bellows, who was ap-pointed Dakota County

sheriff by county commis-sioners after the surprise re-tirement of former Sheriff Don Gudmundson in Feb-ruary, said he regrets the purchase. He said he did it to find out if Scott was going to run against him for the sheriff position. “I heard he was think-ing of running, and this was my way of determining if he was going to run or not,” Bellows said, adding, “If someone goes to use it,

you’re notified.” Bellows emphasized that he later released the site for sale. But Scott said Bellows’ action puts into question his opponent’s entire campaign message, which is, accord-ing to Bellows’ campaign literature, “Accountable, ethical and experienced leadership.” Scott said Bellows’ ac-tions don’t align with the way he’s portraying himself to voters.

“His behavior shows a lack of integrity,” Scott said. “We’re in law enforce-ment; ethics and integrity should be above all.” Bellows said while he re-

gretted the action, it didn’t stop Scott from getting a Web site (www.mitchscott-forsheriff.org), and accused Scott of bringing up the is-sue to avoid talking about qualifications. “This comes back to he doesn’t want to argue quali-fications; he’s never ques-tioned my qualifications for sheriff, but I surely question his,” said Bellows, who was Gudmundson’s appointed chief deputy for 10 years, after 19 years under Gud-

mundson in Lakeville’s po-lice department. Scott also questioned whether Bellows had some-thing to do with a phone call made to cancel reservations at a restaurant where Scott’s campaign had arranged for his first fundraiser. “The American Legion called to confirm that I was going to cancel, and I told them I didn’t understand what they were talking about. They said they got a

DaveBellows

Mitch Scott

Bellows: ‘I’m sorry I did it’

See Sheriff, 14A

See Ramadan, 14A See Church, 14A

See Library, 15A

by Erin JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Thomson Reuters will offer buyouts to 130 em-ployees at its Eagan and Rochester, N.Y. locations in an effort to minimize or avoid layoffs. Scott Augustin, direc-tor of communications for Thomson Reuters, said the company’s goal is to focus on attrition and voluntary buyouts rather than job cuts. The buyouts are aimed at specific positions in Thomson’s legal editorial operations department, which creates U.S. legal content delivered in West-law, print, and CD-Rom formats. “The program is primar-ily for our publishing spe-cialist and quality assur-ance employees, most of whom work in our Eagan and Rochester, N.Y., of-fices,” Augustin said. The buyouts are the re-sult of a business decision by Thomson Reuters to complete the ramp-up of its global content centers in Hyderabad, India and

Manila, Philippines, he said. “As part of this initia-tive, we need to reduce em-ployee numbers in specific roles in our U.S. legal edi-torial operations organiza-tion,” he said. The buyouts are cur-rently underway and will go through the end of 2011, he said. “We continue to assess and align our organiza-tion, and will make adjust-ments as needed to ensure that we have the right peo-ple in the right places,” Au-gustin said. Last December the com-pany laid off 120 workers from its Eagan campus due to a decline in its legal business. The majority of positions cut were also in the company’s legal edito-rial department, in roles ranging from administra-tion, production and pub-lishing to management. The layoffs were part of 240 job cuts the company made nationwide.

Erin Johnson is at [email protected].

Thomson Reuters offers buyouts to 130

Move is effort to minimize layoffs

ANEWS

OPINION

SPORTS

This year’s Lakeville Art

Festival opens with an evening of blues music.

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A 55-year-old man is charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct in-volving an 11-year-old girl at his former day care in Burns-ville. Kay Willard Brown, Eden Prairie, was charged Aug. 25 in Dakota County. The girl, now 13, told police in April

Ex-day care owner charged with criminal sexual conduct involving girl, 11

Burnsville

that the alleged incidents oc-curred in summer 2008. “We have no indications of any other child making any claims of being improperly touched,” County Attorney James Backstrom said. Brown and his wife owned the Kid Kare day care in Burnsville for about 11 years, Backstrom said. The business closed in January 2008, he said. According to the criminal complaint, the girl told police that on one occasion, with no one else present, Brown told her to do a handstand in the center of the room. When

she did, he allegedly wrapped her legs around his waist and began licking her stomach af-ter pulling her shirt up to the middle of her chest. The girl told three friends at the day care about the in-cident, “but told them not to say anything because she was scared,” the complaint said. Another incident alleg-edly occurred in the day care’s “adult” bathroom. Brown al-legedly pulled the girl into the bathroom, shut the door, had her bend over and licked her buttocks over her shorts. The girl told police she tried to push Brown away

and asked him to stop before breaking free of his grasp. She ran and told friends what had happened, after which Brown approached her and whispered, “This is our secret,” the complaint said. The girl told police “she was terrified, scared, and confused all at the same time and remembers it as the worst day of her life,” the complaint said. When contacted by police, Brown denied any inappro-priate touching.

John Gessner is at [email protected].


Family is the future for John Adamich’s Dodge of Burnsville dealership. Plans are in place to gradu-ally transfer ownership of the 27-year-old business from John and his wife, Betty, to their son-in-law, Mark Saba, son, Greg, and their families. In the meantime, Adamich, 76, can still be found upstairs in his bird’s-eye office or work-ing with a few longtime clients. “My dream is to pass it on to my children,” said Adamich, who lives in Apple Valley. “I could have retired from here five, six, seven years ago and never had to work again. But I don’t want to do that. I love what I do too much.” Adamich is still the boss, the Dodge dealer of record, but daily operations are overseen by Saba, the general manager, with a giant assist from Greg Adamich, the service manager. “Not to tell them what to do,” Adamich said of his role, “but to lead – and it’s working well.” Having started on the ground floor of the auto busi-ness, it’s no wonder Adamich wants to preserve and pass on what he’s built. Born and raised on the

Iron Range, Adamich trained to be a mechanic at what is now the Dunwoody College of Technology, graduating in the early 1950s. He started in the business as a mechanic with Northside Mercury in Minneapolis. In the 1960s he became a North-side salesman. From there he went to Prestige Lincoln-Mercury in St. Louis Park, where he became general manager. In 1983 Adamich signed onto a Chrysler loan pro-

gram to buy a bankrupt and shuttered Chrysler dealership at 12101 Interstate-35W in north Burnsville. Nine years later, the payments were com-pleted and the business was his. Saba, straight from college with a degree in computer technology, joined Dodge of Burnsville as a salesman in 1989. He was the top sales-man within a year, and was promoted to sales manager before being named general

Photo by John Gessner

John Adamich is still president of Dodge of Burnsville, but his son-in-law, Mark Saba, is general manager, and his son, Greg, is service manager.

Family is the future at Dodge of Burnsville

See Dealership, 15A

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PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE

DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL

CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PRO-

VIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY

THIS ACTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that defaulthas occurred in the conditions of the fol-lowing described mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: June 25, 2004ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF

MORTGAGE: $194,677.00MORTGAGOR(S): Jose E Santos, an

unmarried person, and Laura A Santos, amarried person

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc.

MIN#: 1000139-0077959575-4LENDER: Irwin Mortgage CorporationSERVICER: Midland Mortgage Co.DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Filed

August 16, 2004, Dakota County Recorder,as Document Number 2238250, Thereaftermodified by a loan modification dated June15, 2009 and recorded August 3, 2009 asdocument number 2675422. Mortgageamount was increased to $206,756.08 dueto the loan modification

A S S I G N M E N T S O F M O R T G A G E :Assigned to: Midfirst Bank; Dated: January13, 2009 filed: January 20, 2009, recordedas document number 2631508

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:Lot 7, Block 3, Cedar Grove No. 1PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2135 Garnet Dr,

Eagan, MN 55122PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:

10 16700 070 03COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS

LOCATED: DakotaTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON

THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THENOTICE: $212,079.08

THAT all pre-foreclosure requirementshave been complied with; that no action orproceeding has been instituted at law orotherwise to recover the debt secured bysaid mortgage, or any part thereof;

PURSUANT, to the power of sale con-ta ined in sa id mor tgage , the abovedescribed property will be sold by theSheriff of said county as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: October

14, 2010, 10:00am

PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff's Main Office,Dakota County Law Enforcement Center,1580 Hwy 55, Lobby S-100, Hastings, MN55033to pay the debt secured by said mortgageand taxes, if any, on said premises and thecosts and disbursements, including attor-neys fees al lowed by law, subject toredemption within 6 months from the dateof said sale by the mortgagor(s) the per-sonal representatives or assigns.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROP-

E R T Y : I f t h e r e a l e s t a t e i s a n

owner-occupied, single-family dwelling,

unless otherwise provided by law, the

date on or before which the mortgagor(s)

must vacate the property, if the mort-

gage is not reinstated under section

580.30 or the property is not redeemed

under section 580.23, is 11:59 p.m. on

April 14, 2011.

"THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FORREDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THEMORTGAGOR'S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCEDTO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER ISENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STAT-UTES SECTION 582.032 DETERMINING,AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THEMORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVEDWITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OFLESS THAN 5 UNITS, ARE NOT PROP-ERTY USED FOR AGRICULTURAL PRO-DUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

Dated: August 25, 2010MidFirst BankAssignee of Mortgagee

SHAPIRO & ZIELKE, LLPBY ___________________________Lawrence P. Zielke - 152559Diane F. Mach - 273788Kristine M. Spiegelberg Nelson - 308845Melissa L. B. Porter - 0337778Randolph W. Dawdy 2160XAttorneys for Mortgagee12550 West Frontage Road, Ste. 200Burnsville, MN 55337(952) 831-40602322340 8/27-10/1/10

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PUBLIC NOTICEIndependent School District 194

(Lakeville)

Lakeville North and Lakeville South

High Schools

Graduation Rental Apparel

and Diploma Bid

I ndependent Schoo l D is t r i c t 194(Lakeville) will receive bids for GraduationRental Apparel and Diplomas for LakevilleNorth and South High Schools at the Dis-trict Office, attention Chris Scrabeck,Inter im Purchas ing Agent , ISD #194Lakeville, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville,Minnesota 55044 until 10:00 a.m. Monday,September 20, 2010, at which time andplace all bids will be opened and readaloud.

Requests for specifications may be madeto Chris Scrabeck, Interim PurchasingAgent, at the address listed above, phone9 5 2 - 2 3 2 - 2 0 3 0 o r e m a i l a [email protected]./s/ Kathy LewisSchool District ClerkIndependent School District 194 (Lakeville)State of Minnesota2320516 8/27-9/3/10

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District 194School BoardProceedings

This is a summary of the IndependentSchool District No.194 Regular SchoolBoard Meeting on Tues, August 10, 2010with full text available for public inspectiono n t h e d i s t r i c t w e b s i t e a twww.isd194.k12.mn.us or District Office at8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 8:01p.m. followed by pledge of allegiance. Allboard members and administrators werepresent.

The following Consent Agenda itemswere approved: minutes of the meetings onJuly 13 and 29; resignations, leave ofabsence requests, employment recom-mendations; payment of bills and claimssubject to annual audit; donations andfieldtrips.

Also approved were 2010-12 Local 284Custodian/Maintenance Collective Bar-gaining Agreement and alt facilities projectsas presented.

Reports presented: AP social studies;MCA results; 2010-11 student enrollment;1st reading revised policy D-135 Family &Medical Leave; and November levy elec-tion.

Recommended actions approved: KathyLewis as ISD 917 representative; request byEML for public fora.

Adjournment at 10:32 p.m.2322791 9/3/10

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Delta has undisclosed buyer for former NWA headquartersby Jessica Harper

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Delta Airlines is asking the city of Eagan to divide the 125-acre site that houses the former Northwest Airlines headquar-ters to expedite the sale of the building and surrounding park-ing areas. The airline has an undis-closed buyer for the 273,000 square-foot, multi-story of-fice building, said Jeff Minea, a broker at Cushman Cushman & Wakefield in Eden Prairie, who is helping market the property. Minea would not provide

details other than to say the of-fice building is currently under contract. The vacant building at 2700 Lone Oak Parkway sits on 72.2 acres and has been on the mar-ket since June 2009. The entire property is being advertised for $33 million. How a potential buyer would affect the city of Eagan depends on the buyer and what the planned use would be, Eagan Communications Di-rector Tom Garrison said. “We knew it would and should be an attractive building to potential buyers,” Garrison

said, noting the property’s close proximity to I-494. The building was built in 1985 and housed about 1,000 Northwest Airlines employees prior to the merger with Delta two years ago. The requested subdivision, which would break the proper-ty into the headquarters build-ing and three separate land par-cels, would allow Delta to sell the building and undeveloped land separately, Minea said. “In the future, one might anticipate they may further subdivide the remaining prop-erty, depending on the poten-

tial buyer or buyers,” Garrison said. The request to subdivide the property went before the Eagan Planning Commission in June. The plan, which had a hearing on Aug. 24, must still be approved by the City Coun-cil. The proposal is expected to go before the council on Sept. 21. Representatives at Delta Airlines declined to com-ment.

E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

Eagan

Wescott Library book donations, volunteers needed The Friends of the Wescott Library are look-ing for book donations and volunteers for an upcom-ing book sale. Book donations can be dropped off at the Library Information Desk. Volunteers are need-ed daily Oct. 3-10. Time commitments are flexible. Volunteers have the first chance to purchase books before the sale opens to the public and will receive free books for their time. To volunteer, contact Darcy Schatz at (651) 687-0343 or [email protected].


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PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE TO

TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERSProAct, Inc. of Eagan, Minn. hereby pro-

vides notice that it intends to apply to theMinnesota Department of Transportation forthe following transportation equipment toserve persons with disabilities in DakotaCounty: (A) a large bus with 17 permanentseats, 2 non-permanent seats and 2 wheel-chair spaces; (B) a medium bus with 14permanent seats, 2 non-permanent seatsand 2 wheelchair spaces; and (C) anothermedium bus with 14 permanent seats, 2non-permanent seats and 2 wheelchairspaces. Individuals or agencies seeking torequest transportation service, coordinatetransportation with ProAct-Eagan or com-ment about the application should contactHeidi Anderson at ProAct-Eagan, 3195 NeilArmstrong Blvd., Eagan, MN 55121, (651)289-3149. The deadline for submitting thisapplication is October 1, 2010.2323842 9/3/10

PUBLIC NOTICEDESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED

SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTThe Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan

Public School District #196 is proposingacquisition of an existing office building andconverting it for use by the district for AdultBasic Education, English as a Second Lan-guage (ESL), G.E.D. offerings, and EarlyChildhood and Family Education classesoffered by the district.

The cost of this project is estimated at$2,715,000. The project will be financed bythe issuance of 15-year certificates of par-t ic ipat ion (COP) bonds under M.S. §126C.40. The annual payments will bemade using proceeds from an annuallease-purchase levy beginning in Pay 2011.School board approval is required for thisproject to proceed. The school boardbelieves that this project is in the best inter-est of the district.REVIEW AND COMMENT STATEMENTBased upon the Department's analysis of

the school district's required documenta-tion and other pertinent information fromsources of the Department of Education,the Commissioner of Education judges theproposed construction to be educationallyand economically advisable.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE

Persons desiring additional informationregarding this proposal should contact theschool district superintendent's office.

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Retirement of CAP Agency director won’t stop local war on poverty

Bradpiece plans for funding challengesby Laura Adelmann

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “War on Pover-ty” will continue in Dakota County, even as one 40-year veteran soldier takes a well-deserved retirement. CAP Agency Executive Director Mary Sullivan has retired, passing the torch of providing programs for the poor to a St. Paul resident, originally from El Salvador, who has a passion for help-ing others. Carolina Bradpiece, 45, is the new executive director of the Community Action Pro-grams Agency. Bradpiece is a woman with a history of always being ahead of the curve. Bradpiece was reading as a toddler, finished first grade when she was 4, and gradu-ated high school with hon-ors by age 15. She completed a year of

pre-medicine before moving to Minnesota at 16 to attend Macalester College and earn a sociology degree, inspired in part by her grandmother who continually encouraged community involvement. Bradpiece came to the CAP, started 45 years ago in response to Johnson’s de-clared war on poverty, with over 20 years of nonprofit experience, including the Girl Scouts and president and CEO of Big Brothers, Big Sisters. One of her primary goals since her Aug. 2 start date has been developing plans

for how the organization will manage increasing needs amidst economic challenges. Historically, CAP has a strong record of providing programs such as the school readiness program Head Start, emergency services for people in need and nutrition programs for seniors, low-income families and chil-dren. Bradpiece is encourag-ing more public education about the agency, which serves Dakota, Scott and Carver counties, as well as a concerted effort to attract more partners interested in helping to continue those programs. She added that Sullivan demonstrated tenacity and built a legacy she intends to continue. It was 1970 when Sullivan began with the CAP Agency, charged with starting a new

Dakota County

Anniversary of officer’s death will be marked with increased enforcement

State trooper Ted Foss died during traffic stopby Laura Adelmann

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Dakota County police officers joined two state-wide driving campaigns this week, one in honor of an officer killed while making a traffic stop. Minnesota state trooper Ted Foss was hit and killed on Aug. 31, 2000, by a semi-truck that veered into an-other lane and struck Foss’ squad. As a result of the inci-dent, the Legislature passed the “move over” law re-quiring drivers traveling on roads with multiple same-direction lanes to safely move their vehicle to one lane away from a stopped emergency vehicle. To mark the 10th an-

niversary of Foss’ death, police in Dakota County joined officers across the state with increased enforce-ment of the “move over” law. “It’s a sad way to remem-ber a fellow officer killed in the line of duty, but enforc-ing this law helps keep other officers safe, and reminds motorists that there are lives at stake on our roadways,” Apple Valley Police Sgt. Nick Francis said. In addition, th rough-out this Labor Day weekend, patrol officers statewide will increase im-paired-driving patrols. All efforts are intended to reduce the total number of traffic-related fatalities in the state from 421 in 2009 to

below 400 this year. “We take traffic safety very seriously in Dakota County, and we expect our motoring public to do the same. Their life might de-pend on it,” Francis said.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Nash to lead state’s National GuardAppointed by governor, Nash will leave Red Bulls post

by Laura AdelmannTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Gov. Tim Pawlenty has appointed Maj. Gen. Rich-ard C. Nash as the new head of the Minnesota National Guard. Nash will step down from his current post as commander of the 34th In-fantry “Red Bull” Division in Rosemount to lead the National Guard and the Department of Military Af-fairs. He replaces Maj. Gen. Larry Shellito, who an-nounced his retirement in June.

In a prepared statement, Pawlenty called Nash a strong, seasoned and con-scientious leader. “He will be a tremendous adjutant general,” Pawlenty stated. Nash joined the military in 1972 as an infantryman and has served as special assistant to the combatant commander, North Ameri-can Aerospace Command, U.S. Northern Command. In addition, Nash was a commanding general in a Bosnia peacekeeping de-ployment in 2003 and 2004. Previously, Nash worked

in construction and has earned 10 patents. He lives in New Prague with his wife, Jeanette, and their children, Ryan and Kelly. Over the past seven years, more than 18,000 Na-tional Guard soldiers have been deployed to serve on missions worldwide. National Guard soldiers also are activated to assist local officials during natu-ral disasters.


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SportsFootball

Friday, September 3 • Lakeville South at Eagan, 7 p.m.

Friday, September 10 • Eastview at Eden Prarie, 7 p.m. • Wayzata at Lakeville South, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Prior Lake,

7 p.m. • Eagan at Bloomington Kennedy,

7 p.m. • Rosemount at Burnsville, 7 p.m. • Apple Valley at Lakeville North,

7 p.m.

Volleyball Conference OverallTeam W L W LLakeville South 0 0 3 0 B Jefferson 0 0 1 0 Lakeville North 0 0 1 0 Burnsville 0 0 1 0 Eagan 0 0 1 0 Rosemount 0 0 1 0 Eastview 0 0 0 1 Apple Valley 0 0 0 1 Prior Lake 0 0 0 3 B Kennedy 0 0 0 0

Saturday, September 4 • Bloomington Jefferson at Eden

Prarie, 9 a.m. Tuesday, September 7 • Holy Angels at Bloomington

Kennedy, 7 p.m. • Concordia Academy-Roseville at

Apple Valley, 7 p.m. • Rosemount at Farmington, 7 p.m. • Chaska at Eastview, 7 p.m. • Lakeville North at Owatonna, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, September 8 • Cretin-Derham Hall at Burnsville,

7 p.m.

Thursday, September 9 • Eagan at White Bear Lake Area,

7 p.m. • Robbinsdale Armstrong at

Bloomington Jefferson, 7 p.m. • Apple Valley at Stillwater, 7 p.m. • Rosemount at Hastingsat • Eden Prairie at Eastview, 7 p.m.

Friday, September 10 • Bloomington Kennedy, Lakeville

South at Apple Valley Aerie Challenge, 5 p.m.

• Eastview, Lakeville North, Burnsville at Marshall, 5 p.m.

Boys Soccer Conferece OverallTeam W L T W L TLakeville South 0 0 0 3 0 0 Apple Valley 0 0 0 2 0 0 Prior Lake 0 0 0 2 0 0 B Kennedy 0 0 0 2 0 0 Burnsville 0 0 0 2 1 0 B Jefferson 0 0 0 2 1 0 Lakeville North 0 0 0 1 0 3 Eastview 0 0 0 1 1 1 Eagan 0 0 0 0 0 2 Rosemount 0 0 0 0 2 1

Friday, September 3 • Apple Valley at Henry Sibley, 7 p.m.

Saturday, September 4 • Hudson at Eastview, 11 a.m. • Prior Lake at Edina, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, September 7 • Lakeville North at Bloomington

Jefferson , 4:45 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedyat Lakeville

South, 5 p.m. • Eastview at Prior Lake, 5 p.m. • Eagan at Rosemount, 5 p.m. • Burnsville at Apple Valley, 5 p.m.

Thursday, September 9 • New Pragueat Bloomington

Kennedy, 5 p.m. • Eagan at Shakopee, 5 p.m. • Farmington at Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Lakeville South at Chaska, 7 p.m.

Girls Soccer Conferece OverallTeam W L T W L TRosemount 0 0 0 4 0 0 B Jefferson 0 0 0 3 0 0 Lakeville North 0 0 0 3 0 0 Burnsville 0 0 0 1 0 2 Eagan 0 0 0 2 1 1 Apple Valley 0 0 0 1 1 0 Prior Lake 0 0 0 1 1 0 Eastview 0 0 0 1 2 0 Lakeville South 0 0 0 0 1 1 B Kennedy 0 0 0 0 1 1

Friday, Sep 3 • Rochester Mayo at Lakeville South,

3 p.m. • Eden Prairieat Lakeville North,

6 p.m.

Saturday, Sep 4 • Minneapolis South at Burnsville,

3 p.m.

Tuesday, September 7 • Bloomington Kennedy at Lakeville

South, 7 p.m. • Lakeville North atBloomington

Jefferson, 7 p.m. • Burnsville at Apple Valley, 7 p.m. • Eagan at Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Eastview at Prior Lake, 7 p.m.

Thursday, September 9 • Farmington at Rosemount,5 p.m. • Lakeville South at Chaska, 5 p.m. • Champlin Park at Apple Valley,

5 p.m. • Eagan at Shakopee,7 p.m. • Maple Groveat Burnsville, 7 p.m. • Prior Lake Bloomington Kennedy,

7 p.m.

Girls TennisTuesday, September 7 • Prior Lake at Richfield, 3:30 p.m. • Eagan at Simley, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 8 • Minnehaha Academy at Lakeville

South, 3:30 p.m. • South Saint Paul at Burnsville,

3:30 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Simley,

3:30 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at St. Louis

Park, 3:30 p.m. • Edina at Lakeville North, 3:30 p.m. Thursday, September 9 • Rosemount at Eastview, 3:30 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Eagan,

3:30 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Burnsville,

3:30 p.m. • Apple Valley at Lakeville South,

3:30 p.m. • Prior Lake at Lakeville North,

3:30 p.m.

Standings New conference, new coaches for volleyballby Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

As the first season of the South Suburban Confer-ence opens, several volley-ball teams will also see new head coaches. Eagan, Burnsville, Apple Valley and Rosemount all have someone new coach-ing their teams in 2010, al-though they are all familiar with the programs they’ve inherited. “I am surprised that there has been so much turnover in the past couple of years, but with that brings a new dimension to the confer-ence,” Lakeville South head coach Jennifer Nelson said. The new coaches aren’t new to volleyball. They were either junior varsity or assistant coaches with their teams last year, or they work in the club volleyball ranks. A new coach doesn’t mean an easy win for the veteran coaches. “It doesn’t matter who we go up and face, every-body is seasoned, and no-body should be taken light-ly,” Nelson said.

Rosemount Smokey Vitek has run the Rosemount junior pro-gram for the past five years and was the junior varsity coach at Rosemount for the past four years. Nothing about Rosemount volley-ball is new to Vitek. Vitek knows the differ-ence between a good team and a great team, and only great teams can succeed in a conference like the South Suburban. “I focus on team strat-egies,” Vitek said. “For a team to be successful you need talent and competi-tive drive, but also you need everyone on the team to un-derstand and execute their role.” Vitek says it takes a whole team to be great, not just two or three great play-ers. But they help. The Irish have three ex-perienced and competitive seniors returning to the floor this season. Ali Fromme is a strong outside hitter with a very driven and focused court presence, Vitek said. “Zoe Peterson has worked very hard in the off-season and is hitting strong and playing great backrow,” Vitek said. “Elaine Warner returns faster and more ex-

perienced.” Warner led the Lake Conference in individual blocks in 2009. They will join returning juniors Mikaela Sullivan, Natalie Busher and Jaclyn D’Amico. “All three have built on their varsity experience through strong off-season efforts to build on strengths and improve their weak-nesses,” Vitek said. Cassie Hansen is ready to take on the setter role, and Mikaela Sullivan is also returning. Vitek feels the team will have strong defensive presence with more experi-ence than most of its com-petitors, although the Irish won’t be as tall as some other teams.

Apple Valley Gordy Hagert may be new at head coaching duties this season for the Eagles, but this is his seventh year in the volleyball program at Apple Valley. He coached 9A and ju-nior varsity and he’s been a varsity assistant. “I come from the Walt Weaver (longtime coach at Apple Valley) school of volleyball,” Hagert said. “Fundamentals, repeat as needed.” Hagert has a familiar roster, as well. All 11 play-ers on the varsity roster saw playing time last season. “We’ll look to several re-turning senior starters for on-court and off-court lead-ership,” Hagert said. Mel Racz and Taylor Voss, both senior captains, are joined by junior captain Aly Johnson. All three saw substantial playing time last year as did juniors Maren Loe and Natalee John-son. Sophomores Shanotta Bawek and Rachel Voss round out the projected starting rotation. Racz has been on var-sity for four years, as has Johnson. Bawek has been a varsity player since eighth grade. “We bring experience and a lot of natural abil-ity,” Hagert said. “We’re also flexible. Many of our players have extensive play at several positions so we should be able to adapt. We take the long view of our season. We’ll continue to build our team with a goal of peaking at tournament time.”

Apple Valley will have key players who will see ex-tensive playing time as de-fensive specialists in Jordan Gilbertson, Kelsey Harms and Garet Miliner, along with utility player Kather-ine Running.

Eagan New head coach Jo-seph Kissner is well-known around the Eagan volleyball world. He’s been with the program for nine years. “I emphasize having fun through competition and participating in sports both mentally and physically,” Kissner said. Even though Eagan is in a new conference this sea-son, he’s well aware of what many of the teams bring to the court every game. “Several programs have established themselves as perennial favorites. I would include Lakeville North and Eastview on this list,” Kiss-ner said. Eagan has been there, too. The Wildcats have been to the state tournament nine times, winning state

four times, but they haven’t been back since 2006. As the new head coach, Kissner’s goal is to coach a team that thrives on com-petition and learns the strengths and weaknesses of its opponents through-out a match. He wants to see improve-ment every match and mini-mize unforced errors. Several of Eagan’s star players have graduated off last year’s team, but a number of experienced vol-leyball players are ready to take the reins. Sarah Linder, Katie Kvas, Kyndra Beekman and Cassie Weinberg are all back on the court ready to compete. “For this team to ac-complish our goals, we will have to manage our emo-tions throughout the swings of momentum that occur within a volleyball match,” Kissner said.

Burnsville The players for the Blaze volleyball team are quite familiar with new varsity

coach Kim Hook. She’s been an assistant for the past four years and coach-es for the Northern Lights club volleyball program. She’s been the coach for five members of the varsity team and from the B-team down, she’s coached 97 per-cent of the players. “It’s exciting to get to grow with them as they be-come mature young volley-ball players and women,” Hook said. She’s taking over a team that’s coming off its best season in decades. Last sea-son the girls took home the bronze medal at the Class AAA state tournament. “Anybody who has had the taste of the Xcel, all they want to do is get back there,” Hook said. Despite losing many of their star players to gradua-tion such as Tori Dixon and Abby Olson, the team feels it has a decent shot at reach-ing its goal. “I think they underesti-mated how good they’re go-ing to be,” Hook said. “It’s absolutely within possibil-ity to get back there again. They’re willing to put in that time and effort. ... They really make the practices harder than the games.” The Blaze defeated Woodbury 25-18, 25-23, 20-25, 18-25, 15-9 on Aug. 31. Hook’s philosophy in volleyball is to never let a ball drop and let the other team make the mistakes and she feels Burnsville has caught on to that ideal quickly. Hook has three return-ing players – setter Alli But-ler, outside hitter Megan Scholl and Libero Camille Benson – who were instru-mental in getting Burnsville to the state tournament last season. “They’re all very relaxed and supportive,” Hook said. Outside hitter Laura Beckman has taken over the role as the attacker. She had 26 kills against Woodbury. And Kailey Olson helps Benson out as a defensive specialist. Burnsville also has two ninth graders starting this year in middle hitter Alyssa Muelken and outside hitter Lauren Randall. “They certainly don’t play like ninth graders,” Hook said. Andy Rogers is at [email protected].


Burnsville’s Laura Beckman goes for the kill against Woodbury on Aug. 31.

Blaze aiming to be competitive in boys soccer this season

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Bill Toranza wants to put Burnsville boys soccer back on the map. The Blaze have played at the state tournament seven times, winning a state title four times, but few current students remem-ber those days. Burnsville hasn’t played at state since 2005. Toranza, the head coach, is hoping to build on the team’s 9-6-3 record for last year. For starters, Toranza was impressed with the number of athletes who tried out for soccer in August, which was in the 80s. “It was more than usual, which was nice,” Toranza said. “The past few years were pretty lean, which is too bad. In the late 1980s, early ’90s, Burnsville was going to state all the time. Hopefully, we’ll get it back there.” This is the first year as head coach at Burnsville for Toranza. He was the junior varsity coach in 2009, and he was also a soccer coach at Rosemount from 1995-2004. He took some time off because it became too hard to work full time, coach and raise two young children. Now that his children are older, Toranza got back into coaching with the blessing of his employer. “Thankfully, my work at Northern Tool and Equipment allows the opportunity to do this,” Toranza said. “It’s working out great. I’ve always had a lot of love for Burnsville. I live here. I played here.” The Blaze are a work in prog-ress with many underclassmen in

lead and supporting roles. When the season opened up, Burnsville had seven returning players including captains Mat-thew Knutson, Casey Powell and Zach Zimmerman. “We’re starting to jell a little bit,” Toranza said. “I’m getting a good vibe from the kids.” Burnsville will also have sev-eral talented sophomores this season. “They played at the C1 sum-mer league, which is the highest level in traveling soccer,” Toranza said. “They are a very disciplined team. We have other kids coming up that are very skilled. It’s just a matter of time.” Toranza feels if the team has a .500 record this season that it will have done pretty well. “We have a pretty tough con-ference,” Toranza said. “You never can tell until you play the season out.” He feels the team has good ball handlers and every single player is capable of scoring for Burnsville. “It’s just a matter of working together,” Toranza said. The trouble is the conference includes Apple Valley, Eagan, Bloomington Jefferson and Prior Lake, four top-10 teams in the state. “It’s a really, really tough schedule,” Toranza said. “We have something like six home games and 13 games on the road. “I just want to come in and be competitive. I don’t want to get beat up and have them lose the fun of it.”

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Irish football off and runningby Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Rosemount High School football team is ready for whatever the schedule has in store this year. This year the team will have the new South Suburban Conference to contend with. Although it has a new name, it’s very similar to the Lake Conference. The team will travel to familiar foe Burnsville on Sept. 10 and play its newest conference rival Prior Lake on Sept. 17 at home. The Irish will play Lakeville South, who according to Rosemount coach Jeff Erdmann are the conference favorites, on Oct. 1 and Eastview on Oct. 15, both at home. “We are excited about the chal-lenges we will face each week in the South Suburban Conference,” Erd-mann said. “We hope to be a hard working unit that plays as a team and represents ourselves well every night.” In the past four years, Rosemount has played in the Class 5A state semifinals twice and nearly qualified for state again last season. Last season, the Irish had one of the best wide receivers in the state on the team in Zach Vraa. He was the go-to playmaker on the team that went 7-4 and was the runner-up in Section 3-5A. With Vraa now graduated, the dy-namic of the Irish will likely evolve into a familiar form. The Irish have been a running team in the past and in the immediate future it looks like they’re going to keep on running. The strength of Rosemount’s of-fense lies in its offensive line. The Irish have several large, experienced linemen back on the field this sea-son.

Leading the way is Joe Bjorklund, a 6-foot-4, 270-pound lineman who has been generating interest from several Division I schools. He has two familiar faces on the line with him this season. Ryan Link and Joe Malicki both started on the offensive line the past two seasons. This is good news for Andrew Hausmann, the team’s leading rush-er in 2009. He averaged about eight yards per carry last season. Nick Liska is also back after car-rying a big load at running back a year ago as well. The one-two punch hopes to keep Rosemount’s running game to at least 200 yards per game again this season. Kevin Larson will be the one handing off to Liska and Hausmann and throwing when needed after starting the last seven games at quar-terback in 2009. Rosemount’s defense was a big reason behind the team’s run to the section finals last year. The Irish held teams to an average of 11 points per game in 2009, which was second-lowest in the Lake Conference be-hind Eden Prairie. Several returning defenders re-member what it took to keep their opponents out of the end zone. Brandt Berghuis and Mike Lewis are both back at defensive tackle. They’ll take on blockers while re-turning linebackers Matt Larson and Nolan Behrens find someone to tackle. If someone gets past them, that’s where returning defensive backs Tony Prostrollo and Colton Crow come in. Andy Rogers is at [email protected].


Opinion

Hooppaw always willing to lend handTo the editor: Clint Hooppaw – always there, always willing to lend a hand. I was best man in Hoop-paw’s wedding. I went to college, high school and junior high with Hoop-paw. It’s safe to say that I’ve know him longer than any other resident of Apple Val-ley has known him. I can honestly say without hyper-bole that Hooppaw is the most genuine, honest and hardworking person I have ever had the honor to know. Hooppaw truly cares about his neighbors and the city of Apple Valley. He is always the first one to help out wherever help is needed, whether it is leading a com-munity fundraiser, volun-teering for a service project, or simply lending a helping hand to a neighbor. I have seen firsthand the work that he does and the enthusiasm with which he does it. It is truly amazing, and I wish I had his spark and zest for community service. Hooppaw does all of these things because he chooses to live, work, play and raise his family in Ap-ple Valley, and wants the community to remain a great place for his daughter to grow up in. Hooppaw is also very tuned in to what is happening in the local area — a perspective that is possible because of his level of involvement in the local community. Being a resident of this city myself, I was de-lighted to hear that Hoop-paw had decided to run for Apple Valley City Council. This position is an excel-lent match for Hooppaw’s personal and professional skills. Hooppaw has already done a great deal to make Apple Valley a better place to live. As a City Council member, he could accom-plish even more. I’d encourage you to vote for a dedicated leader for

Apple Valley City Council. Vote Clint Hooppaw on Nov. 2. AL ARNOLDApple Valley

Carlson-backedhealth plan isnot good for EaganTo the editor: The state senator from the Burnsville/Eagan dis-trict, Jim Carlson, is anti-jobs. He has sponsored leg-islation that would end more than 3,000 jobs in Eagan. The legislation would create a Minnesota Health Plan in which all Minnesotans would be required to take part (S.F. 419). Present in-surance plans would be out-lawed, forcing Blue Cross, Delta Dental and Prime Therapeutics, all Eagan em-ployers, out of business. The loss of those 3,000-plus jobs would have a tre-mendous effect on Eagan’s economy, not to mention the loss of taxes that the businesses pay that help run our city and educate our children. The loss of these jobs would have a snowball effect on Eagan businesses, meaning more closures and home values would decline further. Carlson’s single-pay-er health plan would be funded by premiums and a “business health tax,” not defined as to amount or who would pay it, but it would obviously be another drain on the taxpayers to finance the enormous state bureaucracy to operate the plan. This legislation is not good for Eagan. Carlson is not good for Eagan.

NEAL BLACK Eagan

Our country is in serious troubleTo the editor: As a young child I re-

member the first Memo-rial Day after World War II. Everyone in town turned out for the parade. My dad rode a horse directly behind the flag bearers. My mother explained to me it was a day to remember those who did not return from the war, like Johnny Casey, who returned in a pine box. As a young Navy wife I remember how proud I was of my husband as he stood at attention and saluted the flag while they played the Star Spangled Banner. I remember when he was presented the flag that flew over the base on the day he retired from the Navy. I remember when they laid him to rest with the sound of rifles and taps in the background as they presented me with the flag that had been draped on his casket. And now I can remem-ber receiving a letter from my homeowners associa-tion berating me for the addition of two flags in my front yard, the American and the Minnesota state flags, without permission. I was told someone com-plained. This goes beyond being shut up with the world of appearances with silly rules about basketball hoops, sheds and fences, and pay-ing hefty dues so someone can inspect your premises to see if you are follow-ing the rules. This is quite implausible. It goes right to the heart of America, where individual liberty is part of our inherent belief system. Our country is in serious trouble on every front. It is up to us to make a differ-ence. Come on, people, pay attention. Feel free to contact me at (651) 423-7301.

EILEEN TOMPKINSRosemount

Editor’s note: The writer is a former state representative from Apple Valley.

Masin’s breadth of visionTo the editor: Because she’s a busi-ness person, state Rep. Sandra Masin is aware of the impact of the current economy on medium- and low-income people in the south-metro area. She knows that any ex-tra money people have goes immediately into feeding, clothing and sheltering their families and themselves. So she has information on her website at www.masin4rep.org about property tax re-funds and the Lifeline and Link-Up programs, to pro-vide assistance to families under financial stress. As somebody who is fa-miliar with the challenges of raising a family on a limited budget, Masin works to give struggling families an op-portunity to achieve success in an economy that is still beset with the challenges of neglect of infrastructure and slow economic develop-ment. Masin has worked well with Mike Obermueller and Jim Carlson, and other col-leagues within her party, as well as across the aisle. Her vision has her working to keep property taxes low, at the same time as we in-crease jobs in our area and the maintenance of bridges, roads, transit, education and other programs which themselves are a stimulus to the economy. I like Masin’s breadth of vision, and will support her in her re-election. VIVIAN NEIGEREagan

Sterner knows what’s good for the communityTo the editor: As a lifelong resident of Apple Valley, I have strong ties to my community and a vested interest in making sure it remains a great place to live. That’s why I’ve been a contributor to the Minne-sota Zoo for years. It’s such an asset to have one of the nation’s top 10 zoos right here in our neighborhood, and I’ve been proud of how the zoo’s reputation and at-tendance have grown over

the years. State Rep. Phil Sterner feels the same way. He knows that what’s good for the zoo is good for our com-munity and our state. He’s been the strongest advocate for the zoo that we’ve had at the state Capitol in decades. Just a few weeks ago, he joined Gov. Tim Pawlenty, community and business leaders, and zoo supporters to celebrate a new phased-in expansion that will raise the zoo’s profile even higher. That expansion – a great example of the power of a strong private/public part-nership – was made possible because of Sterner’s biparti-san work to gather support for the bonding bill he au-thored that will take the zoo to the next level. He was such a strong advocate because he knows the project will not only enhance the zoo for visi-tors, but because it will also bring good new jobs to our area and new tourism dol-lars to Dakota County. On a personal note, I’ve known Phil for more than 30 years, and what you see is what you get – a genuinely nice guy who works hard, listens first, votes his dis-trict and leaves no stone un-turned if it means making things better for residents in the community he serves.

ALAN KOHLSApple Valley

Many educators support Kurt BillsTo the editor: With all the forces at play in our state regarding the government and the econ-omy, we are lucky to have a candidate of Kurt Bills’ background running for state representative from Apple Valley and Rose-mount. Bills is a veteran eco-nomics teacher in a public school. He understands economics and education. What a perfect combina-tion. His knowledge of economics is desperately needed in this struggling economy. We need someone who has the ability to see what profligate government spending and high taxation can do to destroy an econo-my. Our state House and

Senate are obviously being run by people who either have no idea what stimu-lates an economy or are not worried about what increas-ing government spending, regulation, debt and un-funded entitlements do to put the clamps on economic growth. We in Dakota County, Minnesota and the Unit-ed States are being led by people who do not seem to understand that only pri-vate businesses can create the wealth required to grow an economy. We absolutely have to get government spending under control. We have to reduce taxes and cut back on stifling regulations of businesses. Bills under-stands this and knows that if we don’t reduce govern-ment spending our econo-my will never recover. Working for over 15 years in a high school class-room also gives Bills the inside knowledge of public school needs. The teachers union’s endorsement of Bills’ op-ponent reinforces the obvi-ous, that the union is more interested in supporting its parent Democratic Party than in supporting a candi-date who knows education and what it takes to make the economy grow. If the economy doesn’t grow there will be less and less money available for education. The economy will only grow when we put people in office who realize that mil-lions of citizens have much more knowledge about what it takes to run a busi-ness than a few anointed politicians and bureaucrats. As Dennis Prager rightly says, “The bigger the gov-ernment, the smaller the in-dividual.” Kurt Bills under-stands this and is the right person at the right time to represent District 37B. I’m one of a sizable num-ber of teachers who, despite what our union says, under-stand that the only way to move our economy forward is to have less government involvement, not more, in our lives, especially the free marketeers who create pros-perity for all of us. Many other educators also sup-port Bills in his bid for the House of Representatives. TOM GROTHEEagan

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by Joe NathanTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Minnesota did well in one and terribly in another major na-tional education news story last week. Ideas developed here were strongly endorsed in a highly re-spected national poll on public attitudes toward education. Min-nesota did not receive a cent of the more than $3 billion awarded by the U.S. Department of Edu-cation to nine states and the Dis-trict of Columbia, as part of its “Race to the Top” (RTT) initia-tive. The Gallup organization and Phi Delta Kappa, a national edu-cation group, did the survey. This annual poll, done for the last 42 years, traditionally is released just before the start of school. It surveyed more than 1,000 adults around the country. The public displayed widespread support

for many ideas that began or have been expanded in Minne-sota. For example: • Seventy-three percent of respon-dents said that a teacher’s salary

should be either “very closely tied” (19 percent) or “somewhat closely tied” (54 percent) to his/her students’ achievement. This is the central idea behind Min-nesota’s “Q-Comp” legislation, which says improving students’ achievement is part, not all, of what determines a teacher’s sal-ary. • Sixty-eight percent of re-spondents favor the idea of char-ter public schools (developed first in Minnesota). Support na-tionally has increased steadily from 42 percent in 2000 and 49 percent in 2005.

There’s a lot more in the poll, which can be reviewed for free at www.pdkintl.org/kappan/poll.htm. Now, the $3 billion-plus total of awards: Winners were Mas-sachusetts ($250 million), New York ($700 million), Hawaii ($75 million), Florida ($700 million), Rhode Island ($75 million), Dis-trict of Columbia ($75 million), Maryland ($250 million), Geor-gia ($400 million), North Caro-lina ($400 million), and Ohio ($400 million). The amount of the award was tied to a successful application and the number of K-12 students in a state. Given our size, Minnesota would have received about $250 million if we had been successful. Sadly, Minnesota did not even compete in the just completed second round of RTT applica-tions.

The Minnesota Department of Education decided not to ap-ply after the Pawlenty admin-istration and state Legislature could not agree on ways to im-prove education. Minnesota ap-plied in the first round of “Race to the Top” and lost. Tennessee and Delaware won hundreds of millions of dollars in that first round. Some Minnesota local districts and their teach-ers’ unions, along with a num-ber of Minnesota charter pub-lic schools, supported the first round application (as I had). But statewide teachers’ union Education Minnesota sent a let-ter critical of Minnesota’s appli-cation to the U.S. Secretary of Education. The lack of support from some teacher groups, limit-ed “alternative routes into teach-ing” that other states have devel-oped and found useful, and other

problems with the application, were cited in the federal review of our first round application. Several states, including the winners in Massachusetts and New York, passed reform legisla-tion earlier this year, despite op-position from statewide teacher unions. Looking back is informative. But we need to look forward. There’s still plenty to be proud of in Minnesota public schools. But we need more openness to new ideas, and more collabora-tion, if we are to make progress with youngsters.

Joe Nathan, a former public school teacher and administrator, directs the Center for School Change at Macalester College. He welcomes comments at [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Nice national poll and multimillion-dollar Minnesota loss

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by Andrew MillerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Before the weekend-long exhibition of fine art begins, there will be blues. This year’s Lakeville Art Festival kicks off with an evening of blues and folk music. Vocalist/harmonica play-er Sofie Reed is set to per-form on the Lakeville Area Arts Center’s stage on Fri-day, Sept. 17, as the opening event to the annual festival, which runs through Sept. 19. The concert is a home-coming show of sorts for Reed, a former Minneapo-lis resident who worked as a backup singer for Sheila Charles, daughter of Ray Charles, and did session work at Prince’s Paisley Park Studios during her stay in the Twin Cities from 1987 to 2000. A vocalist whose style has drawn comparisons to Aretha Franklin, Reed de-

veloped a taste for blues and jazz in an unlikely place – her native Sweden. While she was grow-ing up in her hometown of Ludvika, Reed’s music-afi-cionado parents would play jazz into the night. “My mother had this old radio playing jazz out of it every night before going to bed,” said Reed. “That re-ally moved me a lot.” Looking to break into the American music busi-ness, Reed said she chose Minneapolis as her destina-tion because of its “Minne-sota nice” reputation. “My dream as a teenager was to go to America, and it sounded like Minneapolis was a pretty safe area,” said Reed, now a Colorado resi-dent. Her debut album, “Baby Boo Got Gone,” became a top seller in the blues-folk category on CDBaby.com. Reed will be joined at the Lakeville concert by her

three-piece backing band consisting of guitar, bass and percussion, and the performance will include tracks from “Baby Boo Got Gone,” along with covers of blues and folk standards by artists such as Paul Simon. More about Sofie Reed’s concert and the Lakeville Art Festival is at www.lakevilleartfestival.org.

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

Blues concert kicks off Lakeville Art Festival

Photo by William Clark

Sofie Reed developed a taste for blues and jazz music in an unlikely place – her native Sweden. While she was growing up in her hometown of Ludvika, Reed’s music-aficionado parents would play jazz music into the night. Reed’s Sept. 17 concert in Lakeville is the opening event to the Lakeville Art Festival, which runs through Sept. 19.

Aretha Franklin-esque vocalist Sofie Reed playsthe Lakeville Area Arts Center stage on Sept. 17

Blues singer Sofie Reed is set to perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, at the Lakev-ille Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets are $25 and are available by calling (952) 985-4640 or on-line at www.lakeville-rapconnect.com.

IN BRIEF

The Dakota County Li-brary’s Minnesota Mosaic series will kick off with The Sutter Brothers’ Show at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. The Sutter Brothers – guitarist Ross and poet Bart – will present music, storytelling and poetry that

highlights their Scandina-vian heritage and small-town roots. The show is recommended for adults and families with children in grade four and higher. The program is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty.us /library or call (952) 891-0370.

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The Sutter Brothers’ Show will kick off the Dakota County Library’s 15th Minnesota Mosaic season at 7 p.m. Satur-day, Sept. 11, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. The pro-gram is free.

Symphony presents free concert with Billy McLaughlin The Dakota Valley Sym-phony will present a free concert featuring guest Billy McLaughlin with the Sum-mer Pops Orchestra and Chorale at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. A Burnsville Fire Muster event, McLaughlin’s per-formance will feature selec-tions from his CD, “Into the Light,” for acoustic gui-tar and orchestra. The Da-kota Valley Summer Pops Orchestra and Chorale will also perform selections from its summer pops sea-son. To get a ticket for this free concert, buy a Burns-ville Fire Muster button (information at www.burns-villefiremuster.com) that comes with a ticket voucher. Exchange the ticket voucher at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center box office for a free general admission tick-et. Tickets are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

To submit items for the Arts Calendar, e-mail: [email protected].

Auditions Auditions for the Kander and Ebb musical comedy “70 Girls 70” will be held Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 4 and 5, at 7 p.m. at the Metcalf Junior High cafeteria and vocal room in Burnsville. Callbacks will be held Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the same location. Bring a prepared song; readings will be from the script. “70 Girls 70” is presented by The Play’s the Thing Productions and ISD 191 Community Educa-tion and performs in December at the Lakeville Area Arts Cen-ter. For more information, e-mail [email protected] or call (612) 554-9813. Events The Lakeville Art Festi-val will be held Sept. 18-19 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Information: www.lakevilleart-festival.org. Colleen Raye’s Musical Tribute to Patsy Cline will come to the Burnsville Performing Arts Center at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. Tickets will be on sale ($19/adults, $16/students) beginning at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 6, at tick-etmaster.com or at the box of-fice.Classes/workshops “The Spell of Sleeping Beauty” is available for sign up now for children ages 6-17 through Farmington Community Education and is sponsored by The Play’s the Thing Produc-

tions. “Sleeping Beauty” begins Thursday, Sept. 9, with auditions and rehearses on Saturdays with performances on Oct. 29 and 30 at Boeckman Middle School in Farmington. All who sign up are cast in the show. To sign up go to farmington.registryinsight.com/ or call (651) 460-3200. Brushworks School of Artoffers visual art classes at the Burnsville Performing Arts Cen-ter. Array Color Mixing, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sept. 23-24. Register online at www.BrushworksS-choolofArt.com or call (651) 214-4732. Join other 55-plus adults at the Eagan Art House to cre-ate beaded jewelry. The Jewelry Club meets on the third Friday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m. Class fee is $3 per person and includes all supplies. Bring any old jewelry you would like to re-make. The Eagan Art House is located at 3981 Lexington Ave. S. For more information, call (651) 686-9134. In The Company of Kids Creative Arts Center presents the Fairytale Adventures Pro-gram, a music-based based dance program for parents and children. Newborns to age 3 welcome with parent or care-giver. Call (952) 736-3644 for more information or visit www.cokartscenter.com. Register now for classes at the Eagan Art House. Classesare offered for all ages from age 4 through adult. A variety of schedules and course offerings are available. For a complete listing visit www.cityofeagan.

com/eaganarthouse. For more information, call the Eagan Art House at (651) 686-9134.

Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at (651) 315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Present-ed by Making Scents in Minne-sota.

Country line dance classes held for intermediates Mondays 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farm-ington. Cost is $5 per class. Call Marilyn at (651) 463-7833.

Beginner country line dance classes on Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20732 Holt Ave. $5/class. Call Marilyn (651) 463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages. For class and regis-tration information, visit www.lakevillemn.gov or call the Arts Center office at (952) 985-4640.

DanceWorks Performing Arts Center’s Let’s Dance pro-gram will hold a “First Friday” dance event on the first Friday of each month. Latin/swing/ballroom class from 6 to 7 p.m., followed by a two-hour “prac-tice session” from 7 to 9 p.m. The lesson is free. The “prac-tice session” is $12 per family (high school students are free) or $7 per person. A partner is not needed to participate. The monthly event is at DanceWorks Central, 20137 Icenic Trail, Lakeville. Call (952) 432-7123 to reserve a spot or visit www.danceworksmn.com.

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music calendarTo submit items for Thisweek-end’s Music Calendar, e-mail:

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Friday, Sept. 3 Paul Woell & Company, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burnsville, (952) 736-3001. Jaded, 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513. Wasted Talent, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave., Lakev-ille, (952) 469-5200. “ONE” A Tribute to Metalli-ca, 9:30 p.m., McKracken’s Pub, 3120 W. Highway 13, Burnsville,

(952) 277-0197. Ten Cent Pistol, Primetime Sports Bar & Grill, 14103 Irving Ave. S., Burnsville, (952) 435-6111. Larry Johnson on key-boards, 7 to 11 p.m., Chateau Lamothe, 14351 Nicollet Court, Burnsville, (952) 435-7709.

Saturday, Sept. 4 Big Toe & the Jam, 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513. Jennifer Ordalen release party, 9:30 p.m., McKracken’s Pub, 3120 W. Highway 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197.

Larry Johnson on key-boards, 7 to 11 p.m., Chateau Lamothe, 14351 Nicollet Court, Burnsville, (952) 435-7709.

Thursday, Sept. 9 Dirty Word, 9:30 p.m., McK-racken’s Pub, 3120 W. Highway 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197. The Nines, 9:30 p.m., Neis-en’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513.

Friday, Sept. 10 Jazz Front, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burns-

ville, (952) 736-3001. 100 Watt Jones and Garth Brooks Tribute Band (back), 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Sav-age, (952) 846-4513. Smokescreen, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave., Lakev-ille, (952) 469-5200. Switch, 9:30 p.m., McKrack-en’s Pub, 3120 W. Highway 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197. Gel, Primetime Sports Bar & Grill, 14103 Irving Ave. S., Burns-ville, (952) 435-6111. Late for Lunch, 8 to 10 p.m., The Ugly Mug Coffee, Bar and Grill, 18450 Pilot Knob Road, Farmington, (651) 463-6844. Larry Johnson on key-boards, 7 to 11 p.m., Chateau Lamothe, 14351 Nicollet Court, Burnsville, (952) 435-7709.

books calendarBurnhaven Library1101 W. County Road 42, Burns-ville, (952) 891-0300 Burnhaven Library will be closed for remodeling from 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, through late April 2011.

Farmington Library508 Third St., Farmington(651) 438-0250 Home School Family Intro-duction to the Library for all ages from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7. Home School Open House for ages 12-18 from 1 to 2 p.m. Tues-day, Sept. 7. Wii Games for ages 12-18 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7. Mother Goose Storytime for all ages from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Fri-day, Sept. 10.

Galaxie Library14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, (952) 891-7045 Home School Family Intro-duction to the Library for all ages from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7. Home School Open House for ages 12-18 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7. Teen Advisory Groups for ages 12-18 from 6 to 7 p.m. Tues-day, Sept. 7. Grandparents Storytime for all ages from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Fri-day, Sept. 10.

Heritage Library20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville(952) 891-0360 Home School Family Intro-duction to the Library for all ages from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7. Home School Open House for ages 12-18 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 7. Storytime for ages 2-3 from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 8, 15, 22 and 29. Arrive at least five minutes early to make a name tag for each child. Shake, Rattle and Roll for all ages from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 10. Grandparents Day Scrabble Scramble for all ages from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 11. MN Mosaic: The Sutter Broth-ers’ Show from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sat-urday, Sept. 11. Music, storytelling and poetry. Robert Trail Library14395 S. Robert TrailRosemount, (651) 480-1210 Family Storytime for all ages from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 9.

Wescott Library1340 Wescott Road, Eagan (651) 450-2900 MN Mosaic: Where are You From? Telling Your Story with Diego Vasquez for adults from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 8, 15, 22 and 29. Registration required. Grandparents Day Stories and Songs for all ages from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10. Waggin’ Tales for ages 5-10 from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11. Read aloud to a therapy dog.

Barnes and NobleFischer Marketplace, 14880 Flor-ence Trail, Apple Valley, (952) 997-8928 Book signing and discussion of “Still Standing – The Story of SSG John Kriesel” by Staff Sgt. John Kriesel and Capt. Jim Kosmo at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18. Kri-esel lost both of his legs and his two best friends when an IED exploded beneath his Humvee while he was serving in Iraq in 2006.

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Motorists and local residents may encounter work crews in the area of Interstate 35W between Burnsville Parkway and McAndrews Road begin-ning Tuesday, Sept. 7, as crews construct a noise wall along the west side of the roadway. Most of the work will oc-cur off the roadway and is not expected to affect traf-fic. All work will be com-

plete by Nov. 15. The noise wall marks the first work on the I-35W MnPASS Express Lanes Extension Project that will reduce congestion on north-bound I-35W. After the noise wall is complete, construction for the remainder of the project will begin in the summer of 2011, with all lanes open to traffic in summer 2011.

Southbound Interstate 35W noise wall construction in Burnsville begins Sept. 7Band on a stickBand on a stick

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The Burnsville High School marching band performed

at the Minnesota State Fair on Aug.

27 as part of the fair’s daily parade

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competition. The parade also included

marching bands from Robbinsdale Cooper,

Kingsland and South Washington County. The State Fair Parade works its way around the grounds at 2 p.m.

each day of the fair.

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“Then we were really in trouble – you don’t go into homes and tell people they can’t have poisons under their sink,” Sullivan said. Politics have proven to be a continuing challenge, with funding programs often in the middle of a legislative battle or campaign issue. Much of the organi-zation’s budget, up from around $15 million in 2009 to about $17 million this year, thanks to Recovery Act funding, is derived from the state or federal government.

Over the next two years, Bradpiece said, she hopes to maintain CAP’s funding while working to keep and gain partners, individual and corporate, and imple-ment a fundraising effort. She doesn’t plan to change CAP Agency pro-grams or services, but is de-veloping a business model through a phased strategic visioning process. “There is a need for an improved, strong business plan to lead us,” she said. Despite the economy, her

primary objective is to see that people who need help receive it. “It is very, very hard, and I’ve already had to wit-ness turning someone away because we don’t have the additional resources,” Brad-piece said. “We need to iden-tify resources so we can con-tinue to be part of the family that lends a hand.”


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Crosby-NewmanKathryn MacKenzie Crosby,

daughter of Donald and RobinCrosby of Anoka, and AndrewJames Newman, son of Paul andBeth Newman of Lakev i l l e ,announce their engagement.

Kathryn is a 2002 graduate ofAnoka High School and a 2006,2009 graduate of the Universityof North Dakota. She is cur-rently employed in Boulder, COas an atmospher ic sc ient is t .Andrew is a 2000 graduate ofLakevil le High School and a2004, 2007 graduate of the Uni-versity of North Dakota. He iscurrently completing his Ph.D. inatmospheric science at ColoradoState University.

A September 11 wedding isplanned in Ham Lake, MN. Thecouple will reside in Longmont,CO.

King - RitterDawn Allison King and Bruce

Ronald Ritter are pleased toannounce their engagement. Par-ents of the couple are Rolando Jr.and Denise King of Eagan, MN,and Ronald and Diane Ritter ofMorris, MN.

Dawn is a 2006 graduate ofCretin Derham Hall High Schoolin St . Pau l and i s current lyattending MSCTC in Moorhead,MN. She is employed by Bank ofthe West in Moorhead. Bruce is a2001 graduate of Chokio-AlbertaHigh School in Alberta, MN, anda 2006 graduate of MinnesotaState University, Moorhead,MN. He is employed by River-view, LLP, of Morris, MN.

An October 9, 2010, wedding isplanned in Minneapolis. Thecouple will make their home inMorris, MN.

Mehr - HowieMr. and Mrs. Douglas Mehr of

Burnsville, MN announce theengagement of their daughterAnne Mehr to Kyle Howie ofRusselville, KY, originally ofOcala, FL.

Anne is a 2001 graduate ofBurnsville High School and a2009 graduate of St. Thomas witha Masters Degree in special edu-cation. She was employed atRosemount Elementary Schooland wil l be teaching in Rus-sellville, KY.

Kyle is the son of Guy andDebbie Howie of Hopkinsville,KY. and Cyndee and Dan Gudeof Ocala, FL. Kyle is a 2000graduate of Ocala High Schooland a 2005 graduate of South-west State University, Marshall,MN. He is currently employed asa police officer for the city ofRussellville, KY.

An October 16th wedding isplanned at St. Olaf Church inMinneapolis.

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Ford - WilkinsonMolly Ford, daughter of Heidi

and Dale Ford of Eagan, andAdam Wilkinson, son of Andreaand Dale Wilkinson of Seattle(formerly of Apple Valley) weremarried on August 14, 2010, inSeattle, Washington.

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Vera A. KrastinsPassed away surrounded by

those who loved her most onAugust 17, 2010. Born in Kul-diga, Latvia on February 13,1911, she became a successfulbusinesswoman, running her owncafe in Latvia. Despite the factthat she was forced to flee Latvianot once (for World War I), buttwice (for World War II), shenever lost her strong faith in theLord or the twinkle in her eye.After surviving two years in Dis-placed Persons camps through-out Poland and Germany, sheand her family were sponsored bythe Lutheran Church, and theyarrived in Riverdale, ND. In 1959the family moved to St. Paul,where she was an active memberof the Latvian Evangelical Luth-eran Church. She made wonder-ful Latvian torts and knittedmany beautiful items for familyand friends. In 1991 she moved toa Latvian community in Rock-ville, MD where she lived life tothe fullest until a stroke broughther back to Minnesota in 2006.H e r e s h e r e m a i n e d a t t h eAugustana Health Care Center inApple Valley, where she receivedoutstanding care. Greeting her inheaven: husband, Augusts; andall three of her children, Rita,Gunars and Uldis. She will neverbe forgotten by daughter-in-law,Gretchen “Gooch” Krast ins(Apple Valley) and Liga Krastins(Glen Burnie, MD); grandchil-dren Laura (John) Scott, Heather(Grant ) Lamber t and ChadKrastins; great-grandchildrenKyle and Adriana Scott; sisterBiruta; and many loyal Latvianfriends. Omite, there will never beanother Grandmother as specialas you. We love you and will missyou always. Memorial service 11a.m. on Saturday, September11th at Christus Victor LutheranChurch, 7510 Palomino Drive,Apple Valley. Memorials pre-ferred to Augustana Health CareCenter or Latvian Evang. Luth-eran Church of Mpls. & St. Paul.

Lois (Gephart)Bates

Age 92, of Northfield, passedaway on August 28, 2010. Pre-ceded in death by husband, May-nard; siblings, Ray, Lenny, Babe,Delores, Betty, Donna and Earl.Survived by son, Larry (Alice)Bates; daughter, Mary Jo (Tom)Schendel; 5 grandchildren; 9great-grandchildren; sister, PatsyGrebner; brother, Dick (Tootsie)Gephart; many nieces and neph-ews. Memorial mass 11:00 AMFriday, September 10, 2010 at St.Dominic Catholic Church, 104Linden St. N., Northfield, MN55057. Visitation 1 hour prior toservice. Interment at CalvaryCemetery. Cremation Society ofMN (952)924-4100

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pect of Ramadan for the Burnsville Mosque attend-ees, at least, is the opportu-nity to empathize with the less fortunate. “It is about realizing how hunger feels and about how you are feeling without food,” Syed said. Muslims will often feed the poor during Ramadan as part of that process. Another practice during Ramadan, Elsagher said, is the giving of gifts. He and his wife will give presents to their kids once Rama-dan concludes. His wife is a Minnesota-born Catho-lic and so when Ramadan, whose date changes based on the lunar calendar, falls around Christmastime, his kids are pleased.

Iftar: How it works As the sun sets, Muslims – and those non-Muslims looking to become more acquainted with the cul-ture – kick off the iftar by consuming some dates and water. Then the loud, melodic call to prayer begins bellow-ing out of the speakers. The men move to the front of the prayer space and the women to the back, all kneeling, bowing and praying to the east toward Mecca. The separation of men and women is not meant as an act of subjugation. It is actually designed to instill modesty, said Afaf Elsa-gher, Bahgat’s sister. She said that while women cover their head and legs as a re-quirement, “facial covering is not typical Islam. That is only specific cultures.” The initial prayer is the opening of the Quran. The air grows more serious as the mosque is filled with the sentiment of humility be-fore God. Once the prayer session concludes, everyone files

into line to be served buffet-style a number of delectable Middle Eastern foods, in-cluding fattoush (a salad), hummus, chicken, and beef kofta, a type of meatloaf. Though they have not eaten all day, the people in line do not rush their way to the serving tables. Everything is orderly and everyone is cor-dial. Families, friends and neighbors chat while they enjoy their first solid meal all day. This can go on for an hour at least. What follows is a closing call to prayer.

Microcosm For proof that Islam, with more than a billion worldwide adherents, is a diverse religion, one need not go much further than the Burnsville Mosque. As people sat down at tables following the prayer, Muslims from the United States, Bangladesh, Bosnia (Eastern Europe), Somalia, Egypt and elsewhere found some equalization over a solid meal. Examples of this abounded. A woman named Yasmin attended the iftar with her husband and children. Yasmin is a Savage resident – her children at-tended District 191 schools. She moved here from Kenya 15 years ago and works at a bank in Burnsville. Yasmin was happy the Burnsville Mosque opened in 2008. “We used to drive to Bloomington or Columbia Heights,” she said. Ali, originally from Lib-ya but who has lived here for decades, attended the iftar with the Elsaghers. Khaled herself moved to Minnesota 30 years ago from Bangladesh. “Faith is a commonality

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ture,” described as a genu-ine portrait of Christ at a time when the broadcast media, books like “The Da Vinci Code” and newsmag-azines offer caricatures. The presentation is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and in-cludes lunch. Tickets are $15. On Sunday, Sept. 12, a special celebration worship service at 10 a.m. will be followed by a buffet lunch at the Eagan Community Center, with music provid-ed by Christ Lutheran pia-

nist Alex Metzeritski and violinist Gasan Guseyn-Zade. Tickets to the lunch are available through Sept. 5 and cost $15 for adults and $8 for children ages 2 to 7. To make a reservation, call Sharonlee at (952) 431-1865 or Eileen at (952) 469-6552. Christ Lutheran Church is located at 1930 Diffley Road, between Rahn and Blackhawk roads.

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call from someone who said they were me and canceling the event,” Scott said. Bellows vehemently de-nied the allegation. “Absolutely not. That’s so beneath me. I wouldn’t do it … and no one on my campaign would do it, ei-ther,” Bellows said. Bellows questioned why Scott is bringing the issues to light now when they happened months ago, and said there should be more emphasis on issues. He noted that experi-ence is important in the sheriff ’s office, especially because of the economic climate and the tough bud-get decisions that must be made. Last year, Bellows said the department cut $450,000 from its budget, and this year must reduce it by another $500,000. “I know that budget in-side and out,”Bellows said, adding, “I know where we can make cuts where it will impact service levels the least amount. ” Scott said that he’s also had extensive experience with budgeting in his posi-tion with the Apple Valley Police Department, and said regardless of the size of the budget, the work is the same. “Whether you have 50 officers or 200 officers, the majority of your budget is dealing with salary and benefits,” he said, add-ing that the key to proper budget management is to continually reevaluate, re-structure or reorganize as

necessary. While answering ques-tions, each campaign lev-eled more allegations at the other. Bellows criticized Scott for violating Lakeville’s ordinance by driving his truck on the sidewalk while installing campaign signs along 160th Street. “Is it OK to violate a law in the city of Lakeville that he’d be enforcing if it happened in the city of Ap-ple Valley?” Bellows asked. Scott said he didn’t know about the ordinance and had permission from the Crystal Lake Golf Club to install the signs and drive in the area. Bellows said a property owner can’t grant permis-sion to violate the law. Scott said he drove off the road because he had his family in the vehicle and there was no safe place to park that wouldn’t inter-fere with traffic. Scott again raised ques-tions about Gudmundson’s early retirement, and coun-ty commissioners’ unani-mous appointment of Bel-lows as sheriff. Scott continues to claim there was behind-the-scenes maneuvering and the outcome is proof of a “good ol’ boy” mentality in the sheriff ’s department. He said Bellows’ actions in purchasing the domain name bolsters his argu-ment. Bellows, Gudmundson and commissioners have repeatedly denied the alle-gations.


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that brings together diverse people,” Khaled said. Like Christianity, there is no single Islam. Two main sects of Islam – the shia and the sunni – dominate different regions of the earth, but at the Burnsville Mosque, Bahgat Elsager said, everyone comes together. The mosque receives food donations from different sponsors each night for the if-tars. Some people will donate money toward the cost of the meals as well. During the week the num-bers vary, but weekend nights see as many as 150 people, according to several mosque members. Amid the holiest of months for Muslims, the members of the Burnsville Mosque are hoping members of the community will join them for some fellowship and good (free) food. You do not have to be a Muslim. “Step into the mosque and get to know your neighbors,” said Khaled. “Come meet the parents of the kids your son or daughter are friends with in school.” E-mail Aaron Vehling at [email protected].

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The county received a $101,000 federal Energy Ef-ficiency Block Grant for the project, he said. The library will get a new meeting room. The license cen-ter will move into the current meeting space just off the main entry. The addition of the license center accounts for most of what will be a 2,000-square-foot addition to the 23,000-square-foot building, Saienga said. The county bookmobile, now stored at Burnhaven, will be relocated to the county’s transportation building in Rosemount, freeing up more room for functions such as book sorting, Saienga said. The project includes a 12-computer lab that will be open to the public when it’s not being used for computer class-es, Wisser said. The library now teaches its popular computer classes by setting up a dozen laptops in

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manager. “He just flowed along and became what I needed,” Adamich said. Saba joined the family by marrying the Adamich’s daughter, Dana, who worked at the dealership when he came to work there. “He asked if it was OK for him to ask my daughter out,” Adamich recalled with a smile. “I was really impressed with him asking that ques-tion.” Greg Adamich had a de-gree in economics and was working for the former First Bank System’s auto dealer-ship loan division when it was discontinued, his father said.

“He was never interested in the car business because of the huge hours involved,” John Adamich said. “But when you don’t have a job, he decided to come to work here rather than sit on his hands. And I think the more he hung around, the more he liked it.” Greg joined Dodge of Burnsville as information technology leader, and within a few years had volunteered to replace an outgoing service manager, a position he took in 1997. “You don’t have to be a mechanic to be a service man-ager,” John Adamich said. “You just have to be able to talk to people and get the pa-perwork done correctly.” He and Betty have devel-

oped an estate plan to pass Dodge of Burnsville along to the two younger families. Saba will become the dealer of re-cord, Adamich said. “The considerations are to make certain that if the taxa-tion gets too bad, there are insurance policies and things that are in place that can fix that,” he said. The plan is to turn over the business assets slowly, he said. “And hopefully, I can get them to think along the same lines with their kids. ... I didn’t work this hard to build this up to see it go out the window, is why I’m thinking like this.”


Dealership/from 2Athe meeting room, she said. The library has 19 computers for public use. “We have really heavy use of computers in our build-ings,” she said. “An additional 12 computers will be a real help for us and the public.” The library’s small children’s area will be upgraded with a multitiered platform where kids can read by themselves or with their parents, Saienga said. An area for teens only is be-ing added, he said. A drive-up book drop will be added. The library will also get three more automated drop-off bins, bringing the to-tal to five. “That doesn’t mean a lot to the public, but it means a lot to

the staff,” Wisser said. “It will be more efficient for our use.” A new central service desk will bring reference librarians, children’s librarians and check-out staffers into one general location, which will be more ef-ficient for library users, Wisser said. The Burnhaven remod-eling follows similar li-brary projects in Eagan and West St. Paul, she said. For more information on other Dakota County library locations, including in neigh-boring Eagan and Apple Val-ley, visit www.dakotacounty.us/library. There is also a Scott County library in Savage.



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