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OCTOBER 22, 2010 VOLUME 31, NO. 34

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by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The 25-year-old Holiday Inn Burnsville, the city’s largest ho-tel and only full-service lodging property, is undergoing a major upgrade after years of neglect. Sold to new owners in July, the 144-room hotel will also be renamed under the Best Western flag. It will become the Nicollet Inn on Jan. 1 and the Best West-ern Nicollet Inn once the new owners gain corporate approval, said Nathan Kremer, the hotel’s sales and marketing director. Blithe Hospitality Group, a group of investors from Burns-ville and Lakeville that includes the hotel’s former catering and sales director, bought the Holiday Inn Burnsville from an ownership group that also owns the Holiday Inn Metrodome in Minneapolis. The two-toned, five-story ho-tel, a highly visible landmark perched south of County Road 42 above the junction of Interstate

35E and Interstate 35W, lost oc-cupancy over the years with little interior remodeling to keep the

property fresh, Kremer said. “This place was rockin’ for 15, 20 years. As with any hotel, you

need to do updates,” Kremer said. “I think the previous owners just kind of let it go,” said Dan

Gustafson, a City Council mem-ber who serves on Burnsville’s Convention and Visitors Bureau. “I’m grateful that a company saw the value of that property and came and took it over and is go-ing to make something nice of it, like it was in its glory days. There was a time when the Holiday Inn was the hotel in town.” Blithe Hospitality Group in-cludes Ron and Jamie Dahlen of Burnsville. Ron is vice president of Lakeville-based builder Coun-try Joe Homes. Jamie is a former catering and sales director at Hol-iday Inn Burnsville. The Dahlens’ oldest daughter, Angela Thomas, and her hus-band, Jeremy, of Lakeville, are also part-owners, along with two silent partners from Burnsville, Kremer said. The Dahlens’ first venture into the hospitality business was in 2006, when they were part of a group that bought the old Super

Better days ahead for Holiday Inn Burnsville

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Nathan Kremer is director of sales and marketing for the Holiday Inn Burnsville, which is under new ownership. The 25-year-old hotel, Burnsville’s largest, is being renovated and will be renamed under the Best Western flag.

City’s largest hotel under new ownership, is being renovated, and will be renamed under Best Western flag

by Erin JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Getting from Home Depot to Sam’s Club just got a lot easier with the connection of a signifi-cant gap in Denmark Avenue. A vital part of the Eagan’s “ring road” meant to ease congestion around its largest retail area, the new segment of Denmark official-ly opened Oct. 19. “This will be very, very popu-lar,” said City Administrator Tom Hedges. “It’s going to relieve a lot of traffic at the intersection of Yankee Doodle and Lexington.” The extension connects the 2,300-foot gap that previously ex-isted in the road, which came to an abrupt end next to Home Depot and picked up again near Sam’s Club. A sidewalk was also built along that new stretch of road, providing a walking path between the two re-tail giants. The connection is courtesy of the U.S. Postal Service, which com-pleted the road as part of its Eagan facility expansion. The USPS moved its St. Paul sorting facility and Minneapolis

hub facility operations last year to the Eagan bulk mail facility, which sits on 95 acres at Lone Oak Road and Lexington Avenue. The gap in Denmark, which sat on USPS property, was always meant to be connected regardless of who developed the land, ac-

cording to the city. The connection became even more urgent with the planned ad-dition of 900 new postal employ-ees and additional truck traffic, which would put a greater burden on surrounding roads.

Gap in Denmark Avenue now connected

Photo by Rick Orndorf

City and county officials joined representatives from the U.S. Postal Service for the grand opening of the Denmark Avenue connection Oct. 19. Pictured from left are City Council Member Cyndee Fields, Mayor Mike Maguire, council members Paul Bakken, Gary Hansen and Meg Tilley, and County Commissioner Tom Egan.

Road will help relieve congestion around city’s busiest traffic area


In September, a Burnsville City Council majority agreed that elected school board mem-bers should be allowed to serve on city advisory commissions. The council reversed its po-sition Oct. 19, voting 3-2 to prohibit board members from serving for fear of potential conflicts of interest. Captive in the debate was DeeDee Currier, a council ap-pointee on the city’s Planning Commission who was elected to the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School Board in 2008, after her first city appointment. Cur-rier chairs both bodies and is

a retired district principal. The council also voted 3-2 against extend-ing Currier’s c o m m i s s i o n term past next June.

In heated debate, council members opposed to appoint-ing school board members in-sisted it’s not about Currier or her praiseworthy record of ser-vice on the Planning Commis-sion. But Mayor Elizabeth Kautz and Council Member Dan Gus-tafson, who voted against the measures, defended Currier in more personal terms. The debate should have oc-curred around the time Currier was elected to the board, not now, Mayor Elizabeth Kautz said.

Council reverses position on appointing school board members

Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Board Chair

DeeDee Currier denied extended term on

Planning Commission

by Jessica HarperTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

A multimillion dollar deal is off between Delta Airlines and a real estate broker. East Coast REIT re-cently signed a $19.5 mil-lion purchase agreement with Delta Airlines for the former Northwest Airlines headquarters. But East Coast REIT backed out when the U.S. General Ser-vices Administration can-celled its plans to lease the property. “They determined they no longer needed the space,” said Jeff Minea, a real estate broker for

Cushman & Wakefield, an Eden Prairie-based firm handling the listing of the former headquarters at 2700 Lone Oak Parkway in Eagan. Minea said his office re-ceived a letter from REIT

on Oct. 7 informing him of its intent to back out. The GSA had been searching for about 250,000 square feet of office space in the southern suburbs for the Department of Veteran

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A potential buyer of the former Northwest Airlines headquarters building backed out earlier this month. East Coast REIT had intended to purchase the property and lease it to the U.S. General Services Administration.

Space would have been leased to U.S. General Services Administration

Potential buyer of former NWA headquarters backs out

by Aaron VehlingTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Take a walk around the new Becker Furniture World store at Burnsville Crossings. It is clear from the mo-ment you enter that finding a couch is going to be more

fun than you had antici-pated. “The last thing the world needs is just anoth-er furniture store,” said Becker CEO

Jim Keyes, whose father Doug started the Becker, Minn.-based business in 1978. The design and layout of the store—from traffic flows to the accoutrements—sug-gests Crate and Barrel with

music from a fashionable clothing boutique. A broad avenue takes customers into the store, past kitchen furniture and grand sofas on one side and a fully functioning cafe with WiFi on the other. Salespeople walk about with iPads to assist with

special and custom orders, or even just your average sales. Smooth, universally pal-atable electronic music plays over an expertly-designed sound system. Flat-screen displays abound with im-ages suggesting serenity and

Becker Furniture improves Burnsville Crossings

Photo by Aaron Vehling

Becker Furniture World’s new design concept is on exhibition at the company’s new store at Burnsville Crossings in Burnsville. The company’s move revamped an aging strip mall and represents Becker’s full-force foray into the south metro market.

Family-owned retailer a catalyst for upgrades at County

42 strip mall

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Does Eagan have its very own haunted house? Indeed it does, accord-ing to Chad Lewis, para-normal researcher and co-author of the “Road Guide to Haunted Locations” book series. Lewis said for decades residents of the home were plagued with odd occur-rences, from mysterious noises and lights to odd phantom smells that float-ed through the house. “Finally former rent-ers and owners would get fed up and leave the place, vowing never to return,” he

said. Lewis will reveal the whereabouts of the ghostly Eagan home along with other stories of regional hauntings at a program sponsored by the Eagan Historical Society at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24. The event will be held at the Eagan Fire Admin-istration Building, located at 3795 Pilot Knob Road, across from the city’s 1914 Town Hall building. Lewis will take the au-dience on a journey of the most haunted places in Minnesota, complete with photos, case history, eye-witness accounts, ghost

lore and directions. Lewis, who claims more than 13 years experience tracking the paranormal, said he will tell participants where they can see a pos-sessed statue come to life, pick up a phantom hitch-hiker, encounter a ghost train, and have their car pushed by spirits. The program is free, and Eagan’s 1914 Town Hall Museum will open one hour prior to the event at 1 p.m. for visitors to tour. For more information, call (651) 675-5004.

Erin Johnson is at [email protected].

A haunted house in Eagan?Nationally known author and paranormal researcher will speak on region’s haunted places, including one eerie Eagan home

Eagan Halloween Hodgepodge The Halloween Hodge-podge community event hosted by Eagan Parks and Recreation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Park-way. Activities are primarily for children ages 2 to 12. Older children are encour-aged to dress up and volun-teer. Cost is $3 per child and a food donation item (cash or check accepted at the door). Adults and children under 17 months are free with a food donation item. Dakota Woodlands, a shelter for women with children, is the beneficiary of food dona-tions. More information is at www.cityofeagan.com.

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The second Burger Jones restaurant, billed as an “ur-ban burger bar” with “seri-ous cocktails” and 20 tap beers, is coming to Burns-ville. Minnesota restaurant company Parasole Restau-rants won City Council approval Oct. 19 to open Burger Jones in the vacated Blockbuster Video space in the Aurora Village Shop-ping Center. The center is on the southeast corner of county roads 42 and 5. The proposal required a change in the property’s planned unit development to accommodate additional signs and outdoor seating. The council approved the PUD change 4-1, over city staff objections about the number of signs. Opening is expected next

May, said Parasole repre-sentative Alan Ackerberg. Parasole expects to employ 50 to 60 people at the res-taurant, maybe more during warm weather, said Tracy O’Halloran, Parasole’s de-velopment director. The 281-seat restaurant (including 92 patio seats) is a new concept from a com-pany whose homegrown eateries include Manny’s Steakhouse, Salut Bar Americain, Muffuletta and the Uptown Cafeteria. The first Burger Jones opened in Minneapolis near Lake Calhoun in May 2009. It has garnered critical ac-claim, according to Para-sole. The concept is “light” and “fun,” laced with hu-mor and a “pop culture aes-thetic,” the company says. The exterior sign scheme features the “Burger Jones

Man” and additional signs advertising “Beer and Wine” and “Cocktails.” City ordinance allows two signs, one on each building face of the corner-tenant space. Parasole’s scheme calls for seven, al-though the signs would oc-cupy fewer square feet than the maximum allowed by ordinance. It also calls for lettering on awnings. Planning staffers object-ed to the deviation on the number of signs, saying that Parasole could use window signage instead. The sign scheme “con-veys the essence of the brand” and is “critically important to us,” Ackerberg said. “It looks good,” Council Member Dan Kealey said. “I don’t see any reason why we would restrict them on the signage. It’s a great use

of the space.” “I love the concept,” Council Member Mary Sherry said. “I think the energy in your signage is great.” But other mall tenants should also be allowed aw-ning signs if Burger Jones can have them, said Sherry, who convinced the council to make that a condition of approval.

The restaurant will be al-lowed a patio on its south side, with outdoor music al-lowed until 11 p.m. during a one-year trial period. The patio is 180 feet from the Chancellor Manor neigh-borhood. City ordinance re-quires outdoor music to be turned off at 10 p.m. “Why do we have the ordinance that says 10 o’clock?” said Council

Member Charlie Crichton, who objected to the devia-tion and cast the lone vote against the restaurant. “This is a planned unit development,” Mayor Eliza-beth Kautz said, “and it’s a very elegant tool that allows flexibility.”

John Gessner is at [email protected].

Burger Jones will occupy former Blockbuster space in mallNew restaurant concept promises ‘urban burger bar’ with ‘serious cocktails’ and 20 beers on tap


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City BriefsESL classes for women A free English as a sec-ond language conversation class for women is offered from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Mon-days at Bethlehem Baptist Church South Campus, 501 Highway 13, Burnsville (across the highway from Burnsville High School). Classes seek to improve

participants’ English speak-ing and reading skills and will include grammar prac-tice, person-to-person talk-ing exercises and explora-tion of confusing American sayings. For more information, contact Martha at (952) 891-2782, e-mail [email protected] or Marcie at (952) 270-8280, e-mail [email protected].

Community shred-it event set Nov. 13 A free community shred-it event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 13, at Keystone Communi-ties of Eagan, 3810 Alder Lane, Eagan. MetLife will be on site providing information on identity theft protection. Hot apple cider, coffee and

treats will be served inside the Keystone Communities facility.

Ice center to re-open in time for Halloween festivities A grand re-opening of the Burnsville Ice Center will be held from noon to

1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31, at the ice center located at 251 Civic Center Parkway. The grand re-opening will also serve as the annual Halloween Party and Open Skate starting at noon. The event will feature free open skating from noon to 1:30 p.m. with rental skates available for $2. Mayor Elizabeth Kautz will lead a short dedication ceremony at 11:45 a.m. prior to the

event. The Burnsville Ice Cen-ter was closed for recon-struction for six months and underwent a major renova-tion that replaced the entire ice system, dasher boards, control systems and a large portion of the heating and air conditioning system. For more information, visit www.burnsvilleicecen-ter.org.

Religion

Employment help Prince of Peace and Shepherd of the Valley churches have partnered to create the Job Connections Group, which meets from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. Tuesdays at Prince of Peace in Burns-ville. The program is very much “how to” focused. Topics generally relate to the basic elements of job search such as: devising a market-ing plan, refining resumes, networking to uncover new opportunities, preparing for interviews, and making use of all the available resourc-es. For a list of upcoming topics, go to www.princeof-peaceonline.org/jcg. The Job Connections Group continuously seeks volunteers to join its team. Leaders with human re-sources and hiring experi-ence are preferred. Those interested should contact John Brumbaugh at [email protected].

Military family support group Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville, facilitates gath-erings of the Military Fami-ly Support Group for family and friends of service mem-bers from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of the month. The gatherings are de-signed to comfort and sup-port spouses, parents, sib-lings and friends of service members currently on active duty in the armed forces. Besides sharing their stories and support, this group fills shoeboxes with necessities for service members. For more information, call Maggie Sonnek at (952) 890-0045 or e-mail [email protected].

Surviving the holidays Faith Covenant Church in Burnsville will host “Sur-viving the Holidays,” a semi-nar to help those who have experienced the loss of a loved one to make it through the difficult holiday season. The seminar will be held from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Satur-day, Nov. 13. Registration is $8. RSVP to Dorothy at (952) 808-0775. Faith Cov-enant is located at Nicollet Avenue and 130th Street.

Parents Day Out The Parents Day Out program at Chapel Hill Church, 4888 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, has open-ings for the 2010-11 school year. Classes are offered Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for children ages 18 months to 5 years. For more information, contact Lisa at (651) 681-1658 or [email protected].

Fair Trade Sale St. John Neumann Just Marketplace Ministry in Eagan will host a Fair Trade Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, in the church social hall. Products include fair trade handcrafts, clothing and food items made by eco-nomically disadvantaged ar-tisans and farmers in devel-oping regions of the world. Honduran food by Raquel will be available for sale. St. John Neumann Church is at 4030 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. For more information, contact Lorna Smith at (952) 894-2438 or Jeanne Creegan at (651) 681-9575.


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8 Hotel in Lakeville and turned it into the Holiday Inn Lakeville and Rudy’s Redeye Grill. The Dahlens are also part of Lakeville Manage-ment group, which manages the Lakeville and Burnsville properties, said Kremer, a former Holiday Inn Burns-ville bartender who mar-ried the Dahlens’ youngest daughter, Jessica.

Going after morebusiness travel Kremer said he doesn’t have exact figures on the cost of the Burnsville up-grade, but he said it may approach the $10 million in-vestment in the Holiday Inn Lakeville project. “They didn’t want to spend money,” he said of the Burnsville property’s previous owners, Burnsville Hotel Group. “It seems like it wasn’t a wise invest-ment for them so they were just kind of letting it go.

When we got into the prop-erty, they owed exorbitant amounts of money to Fron-tier (Communications), all these cable companies. The TVs weren’t working. The air conditioning wasn’t working. The locks in the rooms weren’t working. They just kind of let things go.” The room decor looked like it hadn’t been changed since 1985, when the hotel opened, Kremer said. Occupancy is still mired at around 40 percent, an es-pecially weak number when compared with the nearby Hampton Inn in Burnsville and the Holiday Inn Lakev-ille, which is “almost sold out every night,” Kremer said. The Holiday Inn Burns-ville will be reduced from 144 rooms to 132, but a number of executive and “tech” suites will be added to attract business travel-ers, he said. It’s still the only one of Burnsville’s 10 hotels and motels with “significant

meeting space,” Kremer said. “There’s nothing wrong with our motels,” Gustafson said. “They’re fine. But business travelers are not looking for a motel. They’re looking for a full-service hotel.” Blithe has already done some exterior work on the parking lot and landscap-ing. Room renovations will include new beds, flat-screen TVs, free wireless In-ternet, new ceiling molding, new wall vinyl and a micro-wave oven and refrigerator in every room, Kremer said. The old Dakota County Steakhouse bar and restau-rant will also be redone. The old sign has already come down. “It’s going to be a little more of a tavern-pub feel,” Kremer said of the 150-seat space.


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Opinion

Vote ‘no’ on School District 196 levyTo the editor: I read, with great frus-tration, the District 196 mailer explaining the up-coming levy referendum. The writers seem to think that this is a simple “in-come” problem. Their view seems to be if we just tax a little bit more and increase our spending per pupil, we can solve the education problem in our district. If this were true, the cit-ies of Minneapolis and St. Paul would have the best education outcomes in our state because they each spend thousands more per pupil than other districts. The chart on the last page attempts to point out that the levy would be a small increase per house-hold. This fails to point out the cumulative impact of past levies. If this levy passes, my property tax increase from levies, on a slightly above average home, will be $1,500 per year. That is not a small amount to me or most people in District 196. I say enough is enough. It’s time to look at the other side of the equation, the spending, before we go after more hard-earned dollars of our District 196 homeowners. I urge residents to vote “no” on Nov. 2.

KIMBERLY ROELOFSApple Valley

Supports Anderson for 38A House seatTo the editor: The Oct. 8 Thisweek newspaper had an article regarding the Burnsville Chamber of Commerce forum for state legislative candidates. Diane An-derson, running for state representative of 38A, was one of the participants. Anderson felt it was very important to attend this forum to present her views in regards to the issues that are important to the cham-ber. She talked about not raising taxes during these hard economic times. She said health and human ser-vices costs have increased by 30 percent over the last two years. Anderson is en-dorsed by the Burnsville Chamber Political Action Committee and many oth-er business organizations. Anderson is pro-busi-ness and will do what she can to get businesses to stay in and come to Min-nesota. Anderson’s oppo-nent, Sandra Masin, was a no-show. Is she anti-busi-ness? The Minnesota Con-cerned for Life News

asked all the candidates to respond to their position survey. Anderson sent in her views and they were published in the MCCL’s October/November 2010 paper. Masin did not send in a response to the survey. Masin is pro-choice but it would have been nice to know her stand on the other questions asked in the survey. This last ses-sion there was an amend-ment to the GAMC bill, voted on by the Minnesota House of Representatives, which wanted no taxpayer-funded abortions. Masin voted against this amend-ment. Anderson will do a ter-rific job as our next state representative. I urge oth-ers to join me in voting for Diane Anderson on Nov. 2. LOIS FINANBurnsville

Myhra createssome excitementTo the editor: Pam Myhra, a candi-date for the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 40A, created some excitement at our house because we not only share the same profession, but also because we both started our careers at the same major accounting firm. Even though it was al-most a half century ago for me and lasted only five years, I remember everyone at this firm was gifted with common sense, honesty and the ability to think in-dependently. These are all traits we should expect in our elected officials. Myhra’s opponent was door-knocking before the last election when he stopped at our house. I just could not wait to ask him my favorite question: “What were you thinking when you put $10 million in the bonding bill for a regional performing arts center in Burnsville when we already have more the-ater seats per capita in this region than anyplace in the country except New York City?” I also called his atten-tion to the fact the arts was supported by over a half billion dollars of philan-thropy in this region, and I could not understand why our tax dollars should be competing with philan-thropy. The response to this question indicated he thought that since the state was going to spend the money anyhow, it might just as well spend it in his district. This wasteful thinking has got to go, and that is

why I am supporting and voting for Pam Myhra for the Minnesota House of Representatives.

CLIFF VOLKMANNBurnsville

Repya endorses DemocratsTo the editor: As a former Republican (twice a National GOP dele-gate), former Independence Party gubernatorial can-didate and now politically unaffiliated voter, I have the ability to shed party re-quirements and vote for the best candidates for Eagan. I have found that Sen-ate District 38, Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s home district, continues to field unquali-fied candidates. It has be-come impossible to support a political party whose lead-ership has become increas-ingly mean-spirited and is so quick to attack their own supporters as “RINOs, quislings and traitors” for not toeing the party line. It’s little wonder why SD 38 has become solid DFL. This year I will be voting for state Sen. Jim Carlson and state Rep. Sandra Ma-sin. Carlson, like me, is also a former Republican. As our state senator, he has always been accessible to all his constituents regard-less of party and his per-formance has been a credit to our state. Through his guidance, Eagan has been able to build a memorial to our military, police and fire departments. He also cham-pioned the child restraint law and veteran property tax relief. Carlson believes in compromise and civility is a civic duty. He is always willing to reach across the aisle. I recently talked with Carlson’s opponent, Ted Daley, and found him to be an affable individual but a political novice. With the fi-nancial problems facing the state, this is no time for on-the-job training. Masin is a long-time civic volunteer and leader in Eagan. A former Eagan City Council member and a two-term state represen-tative for House District 38A, Masin offers experi-ence and stability. Masin’s opponent is Diane Ander-son, a weak perennial GOP candidate. Anderson has no elected experience having lost two previous bids for office – for Dakota County commissioner and state rep-resentative. Masin’s record of achievements to Eagan/Burnsville House District 38A over the last four years makes her the logical choice to continue serving.

JOE REPYAEagan

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When looking at the three choices that voters have in this year’s governor’s race, Minnesotans are certainly blessed with options. All three candidates have been very forthright in describing what differen-tiates them from their two opponents. They have also done a tremendous ser-vice to the voters by revealing informa-tion regarding their proposed budgets. This offering is especially crucial during the difficult economic biennium that will take place in the state over the next two years. But we hope that this practice of di-vulgence, started by candidates Mark Dayton, Tom Emmer and Tom Horner, will be one that candidates in the years to come will continue. The real winner in all of this is the informed voter and the can-didates deserve thanks for making that possible. The budget is certainly the biggest is-sue that will face Minnesota’s next gov-ernor but there are others as well from education and health care funding to gambling. Such sweeping changes require industrious, collaborative thinking. It is our contention that Independence Party candidate Tom Horner best possesses the abilities and the ideas to lead Minnesota through these uncertain times. We support the fact that he says he will build his cabinet with individuals brought in for their expertise rather than because they were owed a political favor. And we agree with him that members of either political party will be more apt to work with him than they would their po-lar opposite. When it comes to the budget, Horner favors a balanced approach. He sup-ports tax reduction for businesses to al-low Minnesota’s companies to invest in research and development, setting up the building blocks for future success. And he favors lowering the sales tax 1 percent but expanding the tax base to include more items such as clothing. We agree with this plan supporting an expert-endorsed sta-ble revenue tax rather than a system that relies increasingly on a regressive prop-erty tax with declining property values. The budget is not the only place where Horner is ready to ask tough questions and make difficult decisions. Looking at education, Horner is not satisfied with the simple idea of how much money will be needed to fund education; he wants to know what the money will be used for.

The candidate favors change to our edu-cation system, change that would come with abandoning some of the rigidity of No Child Left Behind; additional invest-ment in early childhood education and a tough look at where there are currently too many brick and mortar buildings or too few. Horner also favors bringing Education Minnesota back to the table to work on issues of seniority and retire-ment in order to protect funding avail-ability and young teachers who are so often the first victims of a budget cut. But Horner isn’t only concerned with changing education, he also looks at gaming and health care with the same critical eye. Horner supports gaming machines and slots at Canterbury Park and Run-ning Aces. “There is a cost to the state for gaming and the state should share in the revenue,” he said. He also supports increased focus on preventative measures to cut health care costs and supports savings and incentive programs to allow Minnesotans to save for their own future health care needs. Under Horner’s plan, an individual would be able to use the money to help pay for their own medical costs or to as-sist a family member in need. Minneso-tans deserve that freedom and flexibility when using their own money. Horner is seeking to become just the second Independence candidate to win the governor’s seat in Minnesota and Jesse Ventura’s historic victory is on his mind, as are the philosophies of his two opponents. Horner argues that he is the only one who isn’t promising a free ride. He argues that Dayton is boasting he will tax the wealthy and everyone else will be protected, and Horner says Rep. Emmer will cut programs for the poor while ev-eryone else will get a free ride. Horner’s plans are down the middle, which is what we would expect from an independent candidate charged with pull-ing two increasingly polarized parties to-gether in St. Paul. “We all have a stake in this,” Horner said. We couldn’t agree more and Horner presents the best choice to bring Minne-sotans together.

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We’ll bet there are some voters in these parts who fondly remem-ber the days when their congress-man was Jim Ramstad, the fa-mously moderate Republican. Many voters in what today constitutes the 2nd Congressional District were once represented by the likes of Ramstad and Demo-crats David Minge and Tim Pen-ny — less-than-ideological politi-cians who strayed from the party line when it suited their indepen-dent instincts. Current U.S. Rep. John Kline isn’t one of those. During the 110th Congress, from January 2007 to January 2009, he voted with his Republican Party 94 per-cent of the time. The American Conservative Union gives him a lifetime rating of 93.3. Kline has also won the irrefut-able support of 2nd District vot-ers, beating four Democratic op-ponents with ease since his first winning campaign in 2002. We ac-

cept their judgement and endorse Kline for re-election to a fifth term in November. When he was first elected, the retired Marine colonel who flew helicopters in Vietnam and car-ried the nuclear “football” for President Reagan was best known for becoming the only military officer on the House Armed Ser-vices Committee. Today, the widely acknowl-edged congressional expert on military affairs is best known for his controversial stance against congressional earmarks. Kline won’t take ’em — and there are plenty of city and coun-ty officials across the district who despair that their congressman won’t seek the extra congressional appropriations for their roads and other projects. Kline’s spirited Democratic opponent this year, Shelley Ma-dore, has made his anti-earmark

position a chief plank of her cam-paign. So did the 2008 Democrat-ic candidate, Steve Sarvi. That hasn’t deterred Kline, one of only a dozen House members who had sworn off earmarks in 2007. Today, there are at least 40, and House Republicans have de-clared a caucus moratorium on earmarks. If Republicans take control of the House after No-vember, as some predict, the in-fluence of pioneers such as Kline may truly be measured in whether the once-minority party actually reforms the earmark process. In the event of a Republican takeover, Kline is also poised to become chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, of which he is now ranking mem-ber. That means he’ll be a major player in the recasting of Presi-dent George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind law and debate over

education reforms sought by Pres-ident Obama and Arne Duncan, his secretary of education. Kline’s general disdain for fed-eral intervention in local schools will put him at odds with the ad-ministration over some of the proposed reforms. But Kline has lent a sympathetic ear to the many school administrators in his dis-trict who despair that the overly rigid No Child Left Behind sets their schools up for failure. Kline has also been a consis-tent, vocal supporter of full fund-ing for the federal special-educa-tion mandate of 1975. Ask any school district going through bud-get cuts how much full funding of special education would help ease their pain. Madore is a former one-term state legislator from Apple Valley who has been touring the district to find infrastructure projects that she says Kline’s no-earmark

stance has left begging. She may have a point. But as a new con-gresswoman, she would also run into the same toxic pool of senior-ity and influence-swapping that Kline said impeded his ability to secure earmarks when he was still seeking them. Madore has also been pester-ing Kline to debate. Kline’s deaf ear to her entreaties is probably smart politics when one is nearly assured of re-election against an underfunded opponent still un-known to many voters. But it’s poor constituent ser-vice — the kind of thing Kline himself might have railed against back when he was an upstart try-ing to unthrone then-Democratic incumbent Bill Luther. An editorial from the ECM Edito-rial Board. Thisweek Newspapers and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publishers Inc.

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Dakota City Heritage Village is getting into the spirit of Halloween with its Harvest Moon Festival this weekend. Visitors will find plenty of “vintage Halloween stuff” during the two-day festival at the living-history site located on the county fairgrounds, said Mary Hendricks, Dakota City vice president. The event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 22-23, replaces Dakota City’s Grand History Days event and offers a slate of autumn- and Halloween-themed activities, includ-ing pumpkin painting and

haunted hayrides. The hayrides will be of-fered after 6 p.m. each day of the festival. A harvest dance will be held in the village’s Fire Barn at 6 p.m. Friday. Children can take part in hands-on activities de-signed to acquaint them with chores and leisure ac-tivities of the early 1900s, including corn shelling, candle dipping, and apple peeling. The village, as at other Dakota City events, will be staffed by costumed inter-preters. For the festival, the vil-lage’s bank will feature a fortune teller, the barber shop will play host to a

Halloween museum, and the schoolhouse will have old-time skits throughout the day. Upon arrival, children

will be given an activity sheet which they can get stamped when they complete vari-ous activities in the village’s

buildings. These sheets can be redeemed for free admis-sion at Dakota City’s next big event, Christmas in the

Village, in December.

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

Dakota City hosts Harvest Moon Festival Oct. 22-23

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At Dakota City Heritage Village, children can take part in hands-on activities designed to acquaint them with chores and leisure activities of the early 1900s, such as washing laundry, dipping candles and peeling apples.

Family event combines living history, Halloween activities

The Harvest Moon Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 22 and 23 at Dakota City Heritage Village locat-ed at the county fair-grounds in Farmington. Admission is $3; $2 for children ages 4-12 and children 3 and under get in free. More infor-mation is at www.dako-tacity.org.

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theater and arts calendar

music calendar

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

ComedyPaul Stoecklein with special

guest Dave Goldman will perform at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, and 8 and 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at the MinneHAHA Comedy Club, 251 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burns-ville (lower level of Carbone’s), (612) 860-9388, www.minneha-hacomedyclub.com. Tickets are $12.50 (early show) and $9 (late show). On deck for Oct. 29-30 are Dwayne Gill (“One Funny Cop!”) and special guest Chris May.Theater

“The Spell of Sleeping Beau-ty,” presented by Farmington Com-munity Education and The Play’s the Thing Productions, performs at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, and 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30, in the main audi-torium of Robert Boeckman Middle School, 800 Denmark Ave., Farm-ington. Tickets, available at the door, are $6 for adults and $5 for children. Chameleon Theatre Circle will present “School for Scandal”Oct. 8-24 at the Burnsville Per-forming Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets: $15/adults and $13/students, seniors and groups. Tickets can be purchased at the box office, via Ticketmaster by call-ing (800) 982-2787 or through Tick-etmaster.com. Burnsville Civic Light Opera will present “Mame” Nov. 5-7 at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. Tickets range from $15 to $25 and are available at Ticketmaster.com and at the box office, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Information: (952) 895-4680.Exhibits The Minnesota Watercolor So-ciety’s Illuminated exhibit will be on display through Nov. 13 in the art gallery at the Burnsville Per-forming Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. An opening recep-tion will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14. Information: (952) 895-4685.Classes/workshops

Brushworks School of Art of-fers fine arts classes for teens and adults. Register online at www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com or call (651) 214-4732. Join other 55-plus adults at the Eagan Art House to create bead-ed 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 submit items for Thisweekend’s Music Calendar, e-mail:

[email protected].

Friday, Oct. 22 Arch Allies, 9:30 p.m., Bog-art’s Nightclub, 14917 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley, (952) 432-1515. Urban Jazz Experience, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burnsville, (952) 736-3001. Black Water Alley (front) The Whitesidewalls (back), 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513. 8 Foot 4, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville, (952) 469-5200. Wasted Talent, 9:30 p.m., McKracken’s Pub, 3120 W. High-way 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197. 10,000 Days (A tribute to Tool) w/Paranoid Floyd (A tribute to Pink Floyd), Primetime Sports Bar & Grill, 14103 Irving Ave. S., Burnsville, (952) 435-6111. Tim Fast, 8 to 11 p.m., The Ugly Mug, 18450 Pilot Knob Road, Farmington, (651) 463-6844. Larry Johnson on keyboards, 7 to 11 p.m., Chateau Lamothe, 14351 Nicollet Court, Burnsville,

(952) 435-7709.

Saturday, Oct. 23 Long Time Gone, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burnsville, (952) 736-3001. Zebra Mussels, 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513. Rockfist, 9:30 p.m., McKrack-en’s Pub, 3120 W. Highway 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197. TBA, 8 to 10 p.m., The Ugly Mug, 18450 Pilot Knob Road, Farmington, (651) 463-6844. Larry Johnson on keyboards, 7 to 11 p.m., Chateau Lamothe, 14351 Nicollet Court, Burnsville, (952) 435-7709.

Wednesday, Oct. 27 Ten Cent Pistol, Primetime Sports Bar & Grill, 14103 Irving Ave. S., Burnsville, (952) 435-6111.

Thursday, Oct. 28 JNH Band, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville, (952) 469-5200. Space Monkeys, 9:30 p.m., McKracken’s Pub, 3120 W. High-

way 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197. Blue Felix with Rising & The MN VIX, 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513.

Friday, Oct. 29 Good for Gary, 9:30 p.m., Bog-art’s Nightclub, 14917 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley, (952) 432-1515. Classic Jazz, 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. Flashmob, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville, (952) 469-5200. Mister Peabody, 9:30 p.m., McKracken’s Pub, 3120 W. High-way 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197. Uncle Chunk, Primetime Sports Bar & Grill, 14103 Irving Ave. S., Burnsville, (952) 435-6111. Vezuveuz, 6:30 and 8 p.m., The Ugly Mug, 18450 Pilot Knob Road, Farmington, (651) 463-6844. Larry Johnson on keyboards, 7 to 11 p.m., Chateau Lamothe, 14351 Nicollet Court, Burnsville, (952) 435-7709.

Giant Step presents ‘Pinocchio’

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Tarra Snyder, front, and, from left, Elyse Olsen, Kyle Bergstrom and Rebecca Opp are among the 117 young actors with Giant Step Theatre who will present “Pinocchio” Oct. 21-31 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Tickets are $6 in advance at the arts center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., and at Lakeville Community Education, 8755 Upper 208th St.; tickets are $8 at the door. Show times are 1:30 and 7 p.m. Oct. 21-22, 2 and 7 p.m. Oct. 23 and 30, 2 and 6 p.m. Oct. 24, 7 p.m. Oct. 29, and 2 p.m. Oct. 31.

to re-make. The Eagan Art House is located at 3981 Lexington Ave. S. For more information, call (651) 686-9134. The Eagan Art House offers classes for ages 4 through adult. For class and registration informa-tion, visit www.cityofeagan.com/eaganarthouse or call at (651) 686-9134.

Soy candle making classesheld 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 classesheld for intermediates Mondays 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington. 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 Cen-ter offers arts classes for all ages. For class and registration informa-tion, visit www.lakevillemn.gov or call the Arts Center office at (952) 985-4640.

DanceWorks Performing Arts Center is continuing its complimen-tary “First Friday” dance classes. Salsa, waltz, swing ... will be intro-duced and practiced from 7-8:30 p.m. on the first Friday of each month. Program is held at 20137 Icenic Trail, Lakeville. Phone (952) 432-7123 to reserve a spot.


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This photo by Stacey Erickson of Eagan captured first place in Caponi Art Park’s third annual digital photo contest. This year 56 photographers submitted more than 200 images to the contest. In addition to Erickson, the 2010 award-win-ners were: first place, youth – Dylan Davison, 12, Mendota Heights; second place, adult – Donna Kemmetmueller, St. Paul; second place, youth – Abbye Good, 12, Apple Valley. View all contest submissions at www.caponiartpark.org.

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‘Le Dance Off’ at Burnsville PAC James Sewell Ballet, in collaboration with Envi-sion Academy of the Arts, will present Le Dance Off at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, on the main stage at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Le Dance Off is a wry twist on the craze of ce-lebrity-infused competitive dance. What happens when art and commerce collide? You be the judge. Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students. Tick-ets are available at the box office or at Ticketmaster.com. For more information, call (952) 895-4680.

books calendarBurnhaven Library1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville, (952) 891-0300 Burnhaven Library is closed for remodeling through late April 2011.

Farmington Library508 Third St., Farmington(651) 438-0250 Zombie Makeup 101 for ages 12-18 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26. Eric the Juggling Magician for all ages from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 29.

Galaxie Library14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Val-ley, (952) 891-7045 PEEPS Dioramas for teens from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23. All supplies provided. Baby Storytime for babies up to 24 months and their caregivers from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m., 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. or 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25. Movies for Kids for ages 2 and older from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26. Author Todd Strasser will talk to teens about his books from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26. Halloween Storytime for all ages from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Friday, Oct. 29. Costumes en-couraged. Larry Yazzie and the Native Pride Dancers for all ages from

11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 30. Zombie Makeup 101 for teens from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30.

Heritage Library20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville(952) 891-0360 Waggin’ Tales for ages 5-10 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sat-urday, Oct. 23. Read aloud to a therapy dog. Books and Beyond: Crea-tures of the Night for all ages from 10:15 to 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 25. Stories and a craft. Halloween Storytime for all ages from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Tues-day, Oct. 26. Costumes encour-aged. Storytime for ages 2-3 from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27. Teen Advisory Group from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28. French and English Story-time for all ages from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 29. PEEPS Dioramas for teens from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30. Supplies provided.

Robert Trail Library14395 S. Robert TrailRosemount, (651) 480-1210 Waggin’ Tales for ages 5-10 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sat-urday, Oct. 23. Read aloud to a

therapy dog. Intro to Memoir Writing from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23. Presented by the Guthrie The-ater. Registration required. One Book, One Rosemount Children’s Discussion for ages 8-12 from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25. “A Long Way from Chicago” Book Discussion from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26. Halloween Storytime for all ages from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 28. Costumes en-couraged. Zombie Makeup 101 for ages 12-18 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28. Teen Advisory Group from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28. Hastings Paranormal Team for ages 12-18 from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30.

Savage Library13090 Alabama Ave. S.E., Sav-age, (952) 707-1770 Preschool Storytime for ages 3-6 at 10:30 a.m. Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 25 and 26. Theme is Something Spooky. Toddler Storytime at 10:30 a.m. Mondays and Tuedays, Oct. 25-Nov. 16. Registration required. Nature photography exhibit opening reception from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27. Re-freshments served; live music.

Wescott Library1340 Wescott Road, Eagan (651) 450-2900 Movies for Kids for all ages from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Monday, Oct. 25. Storytime for ages 2-3 from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. or 11 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26. Writing Workshop: Story Writing for ages 12-18 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 26. Reg-istration required. Baby Storytime for babies up to 24 months and their caregivers from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 28. Fun with Ubuntu, a freeware operating system, for ages 12-18 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29. Registration required. Zombie Makeup 101 for ages 12-18 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Fri-day, Oct. 29. Halloween Storytime for all ages from 4 to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29. Costumes encouraged.

Barnes & Noble14880 Florence TrailApple Valley, (952) 997-8928 Mystery Writers Workshop presented by author Marilyn Jax from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30. Registration required. RSVP to Rachel M. Anderson, publicist, at (952) 240-2513 or [email protected].

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Miscellaneous Boy Scout Troop 451 is con-ducting a ReadyMan first aid workshop for fifth- and sixth-grade boys on Nov. 1 at St. Thomas Becket Church, 4455 S. Robert Trail, Eagan. Infor-mation: (651) 452-4698, www.troop451mn.org. The Apple Valley Lions

Club meets the first and third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at Davanni’s Pizza & Hoagies in Burnsville at County Roads 42 and 11. The club is a service organization which raises funds for sight, youth, disabilities and scholarships. We also recycle used eyeglasses. For more in-formation, call Hans Student at (952) 432-8024 or e-mail Glenda Ballis at [email protected]. The Burnsville Lions Club meets the second Tuesday and

fourth Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. New members are welcome. First meeting: Mary, Mother of the Church, Assem-bly Room, Lower Level, 3333 Cliff Road E., Burnsville. Sec-ond meeting: Anthony’s Parkway Grille, 251 W. Burnsville Park-way, Burnsville. Visit our website at http://lionwap.org/eclub/sites/BURNSVILLE/. The Eagan Lioness Club meets the fourth Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. in the Ce-

darvale Bowling Lanes banquet room, 3883 Cedar Grove Park-way off Highway 13 in Eagan. The Eagan Lioness was char-tered in Eagan 32 years ago and is a service organization which raises funds for those in need in our area. For more information and membership opportunities, call President Barb Callister at (651) 452-3848 or Margo Danner at (651) 454-5688. Valley Trail Blazers, a fam-ily snowmobile club, meets the second Tuesday of the month September-March at 7 p.m. at Hayes Community Center, Apple Valley. Join us if interested in club rides and youth safety training. Information: contact Ron at (952) 892-6081.

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Walter E. TrevisTrevis, Walter E., age 94 of

Farmington/Rosemount passedaway on 10/14/2010 from leuke-mia complications. Preceded indeath by brothers John, William,Robert, Jerome and James Trevis,sister Jean Gephart, and Grand-children Monica Haugley andRyan Sauer. Survived by Marie,wife of 64 years; children Robert(Marcia), Gary (Cheryl), Janine(Wayne) Dahmes, James (Chris),Walter (Carolyn), Diane (Jeff)Oesterreich, Edward (Paula), andMarilyn (Mike) Sauer; 12 Grand-children; 11 Great Grandchil-dren; and sisters Louise Muellerand Marge (LeRoy) Kehrer.Mass of Christian Burial was 11a.m. Monday, October 18, 2010at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church,Rosemount, MN with FatherTom Hill officiating.

Walter, or “Charlie” as he wasaffectionately called, was trulyone of the Greatest Generation.Born November 4, 1915 in St.Paul, he grew up in a family ofnine during the Great Depression,and lived on various farms inDakota County. He later servedfor four years during World WarII in North Africa and Italy, andlost a brother to that conflict. Hemarried his brother’s widow uponreturning home, and spent thenext six decades being a loving,giving husband to Marie. Theirincredible marriage has been aninspiration to their eight children,who strive to practice the virtuesthat their father embodied—love,sacrifice, integrity, honesty, andcompassion. Walter was a dairyfarmer for almost 30 years. Heloved the land and said he feltclose to God as he worked its sur-face and reaped its rewards. Ad e v o u t C a t h o l i c , h e w a s ap a r i s h i o n e r o f S t . J o s e p h ’ sChurch in Rosemount for most ofhis life. Upon retirement his fam-ily built a house across the roadfrom where he grew up and livedmost of his life. He was able toenjoy 30 years of retirement, andspend the time with his childrena n d g r a n d c h i l d r e n t h a t t h edemands of the dairy farm hadsometimes denied. Walter andMarie traveled in their goldeny e a r s , a n d e n j o y e d t r i p s t oHawaii, the Canadian Rockiesand I ta ly . Wal ter loved theTwins, valued the long friend-ships of his neighbors and rev-eled in seeing the seasons change.Above all, Walter was a familyman. He loved his wife and chil-dren to his last breath. Somewould say that at best, he lived asimple life. Walter would say hesimply lived the best life. Memo-rials preferred to St. Joseph’sCatholic Church, 13900 BiscayneAve. W, Rosemount, MN.

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District 191 kindergarten info sessions scheduled Parents can learn about kindergarten choices for their children during two upcoming one-hour infor-mation sessions offered by Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191. Topics will include full-day and half-day kindergar-ten programs, magnet school options, and other topics of interest to parents/guardians of children, ages 3 to 5. A school principal and kinder-garten teacher will be avail-able to answer questions. Parent Information Ses-sions: • Wednesday, Nov. 3, 10 a.m. (#CK-W10). • Thursday, Nov. 11, 5 p.m. (#CK-T05). Both sessions will take place at Diamondhead Education Center, lower level, Senior Center meet-ing room, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville. To register for the free session, visit www.commu-nityed191.org and use the course registration numbers listed above. For more in-formation or to register by phone, call (952) 707-4150.

Cyber-bullying info session set Nov. 9 Cyber-bullying preven-tion is the topic of a free information session at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, in the Mraz Center at Burnsville High School, 600 E. High-way 13. Parents, guardians and educators are encouraged to attend the event sponsored by Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 and the Burnsville Police Depart-ment. Bullying has changed in recent years because of e-mail, text messaging, smart phones and social networks. Adults often know less about these technologies and online behaviors than students do, according to BHS graduate and former special education teacher Jill Eulberg, who will lead the session. She is with the Minnesota School Safety Center, a program within the Minnesota Division of Homeland Security.

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DISTRICT 194SCHOOL BOARDPROCEEDINGS

This is a summary of the Independent

School District No.194 Regular Board of

Education Meeting on Tues, September 28,

2010 with full text available for public

inspect ion on the dist r ict websi te at

www.isd194.k12.mn.us or District Office at

8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 7:01

p.m. followed by pledge of allegiance. All

board members and administrators were

present.

Public Comment: Whitey Whitehouse,

9330 176th Street W., commented about a

postcard he received in the mail from Edu-

cation Minnesota Lakeville.

The following Consent Agenda items

were approved: minutes of the meetings on

September 14 and 21; resignations, leave

of absence requests, employment recom-

mendations; payment of bills and claims

subject to annual audit; investments and

wire transfers; alt facilities change orders;

donations; and field trips.

Reports presented: November levy elec-

tion update; gifted programming update;

integration and equity update; 2010-11 stu-

dent enrollment update.

Adjournment at 8:51 p.m.

2386097 10/22/10

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN

POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION

ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITYThe City of Eagan is committed to the

policy that all persons have equal access to

its programs, services, activities, facilities

and employment without regard to race,

color, creed, religion, national origin, sex,

disability, age, sexual orientation, marital

status or status with regard to public

assistance.

Auxiliary aids for persons with disabilities

will be provided upon advance notice of at

least 96 hours. If a notice of less than 96

hours is received, the City of Eagan will

attempt to provide such aid. Telephone:

(651) 675-5000; TDD: (651) 454-8535.

2389185 10/22/10

PUBLIC NOTICENotice of Time and Place of

Official Test of

Electronic Voting Systems

For the City of Eagan,

Dakota County, Minnesota

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to

Minnesota Statute 206.83, that the official

test of the assistive voting equipment to be

used for making ballots and the automatic

tabulating equipment to be used for count-

ing ballots for the November 2, 2010 Gen-

eral Election will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tues-

day, October 26, 2010 at the Eagan

Municipal Center, 3830 Pilot Knob Road,

Eagan, Minnesota 55122.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the

test is open to representatives of the politi-

cal parties, candidates, the press and the

public.

Dated: October 18, 2010

Maria Petersen

City Clerk

2390612 10/22/10

PUBLIC NOTICENotice of Public Sale:

Notice of Public Sale: SS MNRI,LLC

doing business as Simply Self Storage

intends to enforce its lien on certain per-

sonal property belonging to the following,

at the facil ity. The sale will take place

(unless otherwise withdrawn) on Wednes-

day Nov 10th , 2010 on or after 10am at the

Simply Self Storage location at 4025 Old

Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan,MN 55122

Phone 651-894-5550. This public sale will

result in the goods being sold to the high-

est bidder. Certain terms and conditions

apply.

K. Shannon #162Mattress, kids toys, speakers

C. Ladner #516Hunting Equipment, Fishing equip, Ladders,

atv tires, rocking chair, Holiday Dec

N. Gode #240Records, Snow Board, Luggage,

Cooler, Totes & boxes

L. Kohrt #546aTotes, Boxes, kids toys, Bedding set, bike,

Camping equipment

A. Sanchez #322Beds, kids toys, Household items,

Mic stand

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PUBLIC NOTICENotice of City Election

City of Eagan, MinnesotaNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Eagan will conduct a Municipal Election in

conjunction with the State General Election in Eagan, Minnesota, on Tuesday, November

2, 2010 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. The following offices will be on the

ballot at that election:

Office: Mayor - One

Four Year Term

Office: Council Members - Two

Four Year Term

The polling places for said election shall be as follows:

Precinct Polling Place

1 Pilot Knob Elementary School

1436 Lone Oak Road

2 Oak Hills Church

1570 Yankee Doodle Road

3 Trinity Lone Oak Lutheran Church

2950 Highway 55

4 Cedar Elementary School

2140 Diffley Road

5 Mount Calvary Lutheran Church

3930 Rahn Road

6 Deerwood Elementary School

1480 Deerwood Drive

7 Eagan Fire Administration Building

3795 Pilot Knob Road

8 Eagan Municipal Center - Council Chambers


9 Woodland Elementary School

945 Wescott Road

10 St. John Neumann Church


11 Northview Elementary School

965 Diffley Road

12 Metcalf Junior High School

2250 Diffley Road

13 Rahn Elementary School

4424 Sandstone Drive

14 Christ Lutheran Church

1930 Diffley Road

15 Thomas Lake Elementary School

4350 Thomas Lake Road

16 Easter Lutheran Church


17 St. Thomas Becket Church

4455 South Robert Trail

18 Oak Ridge Elementary School

4350 Johnny Cake Ridge Road

19 Chapel Hill Church


20 Red Pine Elementary School

530 Red Pine Lane

21 Pinewood Elementary School

4300 Dodd Road

Dated: October 11, 2010

Maria Petersen

City Clerk

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The city pushed for the connection, and after a bit of wrangling, the USPS agreed to build the road us-ing federal dollars. If Eagan were to have built the road connection, it could have cost taxpayers a half million dollars, accord-ing to the city. Now residents will have easier access between the Eagan Promenade shop-ping area and Sam’s Club, and emergency vehicles will have faster and more direct access between Northwood Parkway and Clubview Drive, officials said. The new road will also provide traffic relief to oth-er intersections around the Promenade shopping area, Hedges said. The USPS turned over ownership of the road to the city Oct. 19, so the city will now be responsible for maintaining it.

Erin Johnson is at [email protected].

Denmark Avenue/from 1A

exuberance through furni-ture purchases. Another portion of the store features a mattress sec-tion with a computer that measures and assesses your body type and sleep style to suggest the best mattress. Keyes said retail is “kind of like theatre. How do you present yourself in an inter-esting way that makes (the store) feel relevant?” The new Becker store, which employs about 30 people, opened this month at the shopping center

that is also anchored by Petsmart, near I-35E and County Road 42. The site had been a Schneiderman’s furniture store, among oth-er things, but has sat vacant during the better part of the Great Recession. According to city plan-ning documents, Inland Ryan LLC, the owner and operator of Burnsville Crossings, used the arrival of their new tenant as an opportunity to “propose some much needed exterior enhancements to the entire center.” Though the store is now

open, the facade improve-ments continue. Becker remodeled ex-tensively on the inside of the building, too. Starting in June of this year, Keyes said, contractors gutted the space and folded in several adjacent spaces to create the current 40,000-square-foot offering. A new HVAC system was also installed, Keyes said.

Expansion In July 2009, Becker first entered the Burnsville mar-ket with a liquidation cen-ter. The intention, Keyes

said, was that if Becker re-ceived a good response it would pursue a permanent site. The response was indeed quite good, he said. Often customers would assume it was a Becker Furniture World store instead of a liq-uidation center. This was a sign that demand existed for expansion. To Skip Nienhaus, Burnsville’s director of eco-nomic development, the new Becker store’s benefits are two-fold. “It’s a business open-ing up and hiring people,”

said Nienhaus, who noted that 29 new businesses have opened in the city so far this year. “Further, they were al-ready existing in Burnsville Center. They are doing well enough to expand and are happy enough with what’s gone on in the city to ex-pand in Burnsville.” The benefit of a south metro site for Becker is quite clear: Give customers the luxury of proximity. “It’s a way of being in front of the customer base,” Keyes said. “We’ve always had people ask us to put in something closer to them.”

Becker enters a crowded Twin Cities market: Sch-neiderman’s, HOM Furni-ture, Slumberland and Ash-ley Furniture are among the most conventional furniture and mattress stores vy-ing for market share. Add to that cross-market and discount retailers such as IKEA, Target, Wal-Mart, Costco and Sam’s Club. “We’re constantly re-sponding to what’s going on by changing,” Keyes said. “It’s definitely not an easy environment to grow your business, so we’ve worked hard at reacting to what’s going on with our custom-ers and employees.”

E-mail Aaron Vehling at [email protected].

Becker Furniture/from 1A

Affairs. When it issued its re-quest for proposals in No-vember of last year, the government said it needed space to house Minneapo-lis VA workers displaced by the $115 million federal stimulus-funded renovation of Fort Snelling’s Whipple Federal Building. However, the VA decided to stay inside the Whipple building during its remodel project instead of moving. “They need be as close as possible to the VA Medical Center (which is near the Whipple Building) so they can work down the back log from vets,” Chicago GSA spokesperson David Wilkinson said. This decision led East Coast REIT to cancel its purchase agreement, Minea said. Although the GSA will have its workers stay put for now, the Whipple building may not have room for its agencies once the renova-tion is complete, Wilkinson said. With no potential buyer of the former NWA build-ing, the strategy now is to put the property back on the market, Minea said. The 125-acre site was subdivided last month, breaking the property into the headquarters and three separate land parcels, which allows Delta to sell the building and undeveloped land separately. “The land sites will allow local corporations to find land for small corporate sites,” Minea said. The 273,000 square foot multi-story office building was constructed in 1985 and housed about 1,000 North-west Airlines employees pri-or to the merger with Delta two years ago. The property has been on the market since June 2009.

Jessica Harper is at [email protected].

NWA/from 1A


SportsStandings

FootballTeam Conference Overall W L W Rosemount 7 0 7 0 Lakeville North 5 2 5 2 Lakeville South 4 2 4 3 Eastview 4 2 4 3 Eagan 4 3 4 3 Prior Lake 4 3 4 3 Burnsville 3 4 3 4 B Kennedy 2 5 2 5 Apple Valley 1 6 1 6 B Jefferson 0 7 0 7 Wednesday, October 20 • Bloomington Jefferson at Eastview,

7 p.m. • Apple Valley at Bloomington

Kennedy, 7 p.m. • Burnsville at Lakeville South, 7 p.m. • Rosemount at Eagan, 7 p.m. • Prior Lake at Lakeville North, 7 p.m.Tuesday, October 26 • Section 3-5A, 2-5A playoffs

VolleyballTeam Conference Overall W L W L Lakeville North 9 0 25 1 B Jefferson 8 1 23 3 Eastview 6 3 18 9 Lakeville South 5 4 19 7 Apple Valley 5 4 18 8 Burnsville 4 5 13 14 Rosemount 3 6 15 11 Prior Lake 3 6 11 15 Eagan 2 7 8 13 B Kennedy 0 9 9 16

Saturday, October 23 • Eagan at Chaska, 9 a.m.

Boys SoccerTeam Conference Overall W L T W L TApple Valley 9 0 0 18 0 0 Eagan 7 2 0 14 2 3 B Jefferson 6 1 2 10 3 4 Burnsville 4 3 2 9 8 2 B Kennedy 4 4 1 12 5 1 Lakeville North 4 5 0 6 5 5 Lakeville South 2 6 1 7 9 2 Prior Lake 2 6 1 6 8 1 Eastview 2 6 1 6 9 2 Rosemount 1 8 0 4 12 1

Tuesday, October 12 • Apple Valley 10, Hastings 0 • Eastview 2, Burnsville 1 • Eagan 1, Henry Sibley 0 • Park 2, Rosemount 0Thursday, October 14 • Apple Valley 6, Eastview 0. • Eagan 4 , Park 1Tuesday, October 19 • Apple Valley, 3, Eagan 0

Girls SoccerTeam Conference Overall W L T W L Eagan 7 0 2 14 1 4 B Jefferson 6 2 1 11 4 1 Eastview 4 1 4 9 4 4 Burnsville 5 3 1 11 3 3 Apple Valley 4 3 2 10 5 2 Rosemount 3 3 3 11 4 4 Prior Lake 4 5 0 6 7 3 Lakeville North 3 4 2 7 7 2 Lakeville South 1 7 1 6 8 3 B Kennedy 0 9 0 1 11 3

Tuesday, October 12 • Eagan 5, Hastings 0 • Rosemount 4, Farmington 0 • Apple Valley 7, Henry Sibley 0 • Eastview 2, Park 0Thursday, October 14 • Eagan 2, Rosemount 0 • Apple Valley 2, Eastview 1 • Burnsville 3, Shakopee 1Saturday, October 16 • Eden Prairie 2, Burnsville 1Tuesday, October 19 • Eagan 1, Apple Valley 0

Cross CountrySaturday, Oct. 16 • South Suburban Conference, meet

EaganGirls: 1. Lakeville South 53; 2. Eagan 84; 3. Prior Lake 89; 4. Lakeville North 103; 5. Rosemount 113; 6. Eastview 152; 7. Burnsville 164; 8. Apple Valley 167; 9. Bloomington Jefferson 256

1. Taylor Scholl, Prior Lake; 2. Elizabeth Frick, Eagan; 3. Anne Ferguson, Eastview; 4. Annie Brekken, Lakeville South; 5. Danielle Anderson, Eagan; 6. Kaytlyn Larson, Lakeville South; 7. Hannah Grim, Rosemount; 8. Emma Johnson, Lakeville North; 9. Alanna Stangl, Eagan; 10. Taylor Perkins, Lakeville North; 11. Vivian Hett, Burnsville; 12. Megan Kilbride, Lakeville South; 13. Michelle Ferguson, Lakeville North; 14. Meghan Barry, Lakeville South; 15. Samantha Anderson, Prior Lake; 16. Sharmila Ahmed, Burnsville; 17. Megan Lubow, Lakeville South; 18. Tori Grund, Rosemount; 19. Alexa Nelson, Apple Valley; 20. Michaela Banz, Eagan

Boys: 1. Rosemount 48; 2. Burnsville 67; 3. Eastview 85; 4. Lakeville North 99: 5. Apple Valley 143; 6. Bloomington Jefferson 151; 7. Eagan 156; 8. Lakeville South 178; 9. Prior Lake 226; 10. Bloomington Kennedy 305

1. Cole O’Brien, Burnsville; 2. Jan Ketterson, Bloomington Jefferson; 3. Shane McCallum, Rosemount; 4. Sidney Speir, Eagan; 5. Erik Rosvold, Eastview; 6. Nathan Rock, Rosemount; 7. Abdulah Salah, Burnsville; 8. Ben Saxton, Lakeville North; 9. Ryan Jerve, Bloomington Jefferson; 10. Chandler Dye, Rosemount; 11. Joseph Brenner, Lakeville North; 12. Ken Hoffman, Eastview; 13. Calvin Lehn, Rosemount; 14. Shane Boeser, Burnsville; 15. Stephen Bruha, Prior Lake; 16. Tyler Henkemeyer, Rosemount; 17. Sam Bach, Lakeville North; 18. Erik Kollash, Burnsville; 19. Paul Frekot, Apple Valley; 20. Nick Oelke, Eastview

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Eagan Wildcats’ wild ride will continue in the girls soccer state tour-nament next week. Eagan qualified for state after beating Apple Valley 1-0 in the Section 3AA finals on Tuesday, im-proving the team’s record to 16-1-4. Leading scorer Molly Sparks scored the team’s sole goal, but it was all the Wildcats needed. It’s the second year in a row the team has qualified for state and it’s the team’s fifth trip to the state tour-nament overall. Last year the girls took home the bronze medal. “It’s great for the girls,” coach Mark Obarski said. “This season is all about the kids. Us coaches are just along for the ride.” Eagan has lost just one game this season, which happened nearly two months ago at Woodbury, which is the only other team besides Eden Prairie to beat Eagan in two years. The Wildcats defeated Hastings 5-0 and Rose-mount 2-0 to get to the sec-tion finals. Other state tourna-ment participants include Lakeville South, Eden Prairie, Stillwater, Mounds View, Wayzata and Duluth East. “I tell them they have to

enjoy the moment,” Obar-ski said. “They’ve played in big games, but we’re going to have to play better than we did tonight (against Ap-ple Valley).” The first goal is to get past the quarterfinals. “They found out how much it meant to win that first game,” Obarski said. “Win that and you’re guar-anteed to play two games in the Metrodome.” Eagan won’t know who its opponent will be in the quarterfinals until Satur-day. Eagan will play in the quarterfinals, which run from Oct. 27-29. The site will be determined after the seeding process. The top four teams are seeded and the rest are placed at random. Obarski felt the team could get the No. 4 seed depending on how the voting went. “The key for us is to get healthy,” Obarski said. “We have so many injuries we feel like the (Green Bay) Packers right now.” Obarski has lightened the practice schedule, giving the team the past three Fridays off. But even against Apple Valley, sev-eral Wildcats returned to the bus in a gingerly fash-ion, wrapped in ice, thanks to new and old injuries. Andy Rogers is at [email protected].


The Burnsville Blaze of-fense caught fire on Oct. 15 against their rival Eagan football team. Burnsville put together more than 500 yards of of-fense en route to a 38-21 victory. It was Burnsville’s third victory of the season, which is the largest win total since 2006. It was a game of big plays for Burnsville. Run-ning back CJ Smith ran for 243 yards and two touch-

downs scored from 80 yards and 55 yards out. Quarter-back Cam Jones completed 11 passes for 235 yards and three touchdowns from 42 yards, 27 yards and 12 yards. Eagan didn’t have much to cheer about after the loss as quarterback Jameson Parsons went down with an injury midway through the game. Eagan is set to begin play on Tuesday in the Section 2-5A tournament against teams the Wildcats have yet to play this sea-

son. Cretin-Derham Hall has the best record out of fellow Section 2-5A teams followed by East Ridge and Minneapolis South. Burnsville is schedule to play in the Section 3-5A tournament with Rose-mount, Eastview, Apple Valley, Bloomington Jef-ferson, Kennedy and Prior Lake. Burnsville lost to Eastview, Prior Lake, Rose-mount and Kennedy, but defeated Jefferson. Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Burnsville’s offense takes off

Photo by Andy Rogers

Burnsville’s CJ Smith breaks free during a game against Eagan on Oct. 15. Burnsville won the game 38-21.

Wildcat girls tennis makes it to state


The Eagan Wildcats will extend their tennis season further than any other South Suburban Conference team this year. Eagan will face Edina in the state semifinals at 10 a.m. on Oct. 26 at the Baseline Tennis Center at the Univer-sity of Minnesota. To qualify for state, the Wildcats defeated Rosemount 4-3 in the section finals on Oct. 14. While Eagan might have won the section title as a team, individually Rosemount will send a doubles team and a singles player to state. Rosemount’s Alison Baker and Makayla Newberry finished second in the section. They will play on Oct. 28 in the first round against Elk River’s Michaela Schulz and Leah Koehler. Teammate Virginia Norder will make her second appearance at state after finishing second in the section. She’ll face Rochester Century’s Kelsey Frechette on Oct. 28 in the first round. Eagan’s Danielle Donahue also

qualified for state. She won the Sec-tion 3AA singles title defeating Nor-der 6-0, 6-2. Donahue will face Annie Mahoney from Duluth East in the first round on Oct. 28.

DCTC soccer beats No. 6 Illinois Central The Blue Knights men’s soccer team recorded the biggest win in the program’s history by defeating the Il-linois Central College Cougars 2-1 on Oct. 17 at the Ames Soccer Complex.

Dirth sets record Dalen Dirth, Apple Valley graduate and junior at Luther College in Deco-rah, Iowa, set a new school record in pass receptions with 16 in one game on Oct. 16 against No. 15-ranked Central College. Dalen is the son of Rod and Geri Dirth, both teachers and coaches at Apple Valley High School.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Eastview Lightning swim their way to True Team state meetby Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

For the first time, the Eastview girls swimming and diving team will find out what the True Team State swim meet is all about. The Eastview Lightning finished second at the True Team Section 3AA meet on Oct. 16 behind Prior Lake, but they were given a wild card bid based off how their times compared to other

teams in Class AA. The Lightning will com-pete in the True Team State meet on Saturday at the University of Minnesota. “The girls are quite ex-cited to go to compete at one of the fastest pools in the country,” coach Mark Tollefson said. “We would like to improve upon our personal best times and place in the top 10 as a team.”

Tollefson didn’t feel like the True Team section meet was truly Eastview’s best ef-fort. “We had some personal bests but also swam a little tired so some kids were a bit off,” Tollefson said. “We hoped to qualify for the True Team meet and I set up the meet to give us the best chance to do so.” The entire lineup can score points for the Light-

ning in a True Team format, which worked in Eastview’s favor. The team’s depth in the relays, diving, 100-yard butterfly, 100 freestyle, the backstroke and breaststroke really jumped out of the wa-ter. “Of all of our swimmers I would say Katharine Ha-mand probably had the best overall meet,” Tollefson said. “She swam in the 200

and 100 freestyles and had personal best times in both and the 200 and 400 free re-lays. Diver Erica Anders also got some big points coming in third. Kayla Hutsell won the butterfly and the back-stroke, and Evelyn John-son was third in the breast-stroke. Several of the Lightning’s No. 2 and No. 3 swimmers finished in the

top 10, as well. Lakeville North was also given a bid coming in third. Lakeville South finished fourth, and Apple Valley, fifth. Rosemount finished third in Section 3AA and Eagan was eighth. Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Irish win conference cross country title


The Rosemount boys cross country team won the first South Suburban Conference meet on Oct. 15 at Eagan High School It was the team’s first con-ference championship since winning the Lake in 2007. Shane McCallum, Nathan Rock, Chandler Dye, Calvin Lehn, and Tyler Henkemeyer earned all-conference by finish-ing in the top 20. Eagan took an early lead in the race, leading by one point at the mile mark, but the Rose-mount runners sped ahead for the final miles. Burnsville finished 19 points behind Rosemount while lead-ing Blaze runner Cole O’Brien won the race. Eastview came in third thanks in part to Erik Ros-vold’s fourth-place run and Ken Hoffman’s 13th. Lakeville North was fourth, and Apple Valley fifth, which was the best

conference finish for the Eagles since 2003. “(The team) finished about as well as they possibly could have,” Apple Valley coach Rol-lie Greeno said. “We had nu-merous kids run their personal best times.” Eagan ran to seventh and Sidney Spier finished in fourth place. “We lack the capac-ity to hang with the top teams through the 4,200-meter mark,” Eagan coach Robin Graham said. “Our team must under-stand that we are making great improvements when we look at where we started and what we are accomplishing now.” Lakeville South won the girls race and Eagan finished in second by 31 points. Wildcat Elizabeth Frick was second across the finish line just seconds ahead of East-view’s Anne Ferguson.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Wildcats qualify for state tournament

Eagan High School baseball benefit A benefit for the Eagan High School Baseball Booster club will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at Royal Cliff-Bri-anno’s in Eagan. The event will include food, live mu-sic, a silent auction and raffle. Raffle items include a Joe Mauer autographed bat and Jim Thome au-tographed baseball, plus other items. Admission tickets are $20 at the door.

Raffle tickets are $1. Con-tact Jeff Sward, EHS Base-ball Booster president, at (651) 343-0269 for infor-mation. Proceeds support EHS baseball.

Bilek named Eagles boys golf coach Apple Valley High School has announced the hiring of Matthew Bilek as the head boys golf coach. He replaces Jim Geske, who resigned in Septem-

ber. Geske had been the boys golf coach since 1983. Bilek, the head junior varsity coach at Apple Valley High School for the past four seasons, is also the head professional at Valleywood Golf Course in Apple Valley.

Good Shepherd soccer wins championship Good Shepherd Lu-theran School in Burns-

ville won the Twin Cities Lutheran Grade School League soccer champion-ship on Oct. 1, defeating Crown of Life Lutheran School of West St. Paul. Good Shepherd, a co-ed team of fifth- through eighth-graders, advanced to the championship after defeating Bethany Acad-emy of Bloomington one day earlier. The league is comprised of 14 area kindergarten through eighth grade Lu-theran schools located in

the Twin Cities metro.

Burnsville Fire U11 girls win Blaine Soccer cup The Burnsville Fire U11 girls soccer team came in first place at the Blaine Soccer Cup on Sunday, Oct. 10, beating an Iowa team 4-2 in overtime.

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LettersAutumn leaves us a respect for MasinTo the editor: It must be autumn of an election year. Slick, targeted, negative mailings are com-ing out to us from otherwise anonymous groups like Co-alition of Minnesota Busi-ness PAC, from whom we hear little outside of an elec-tion year, and whose mem-bers obviously have plenty of money to pay for pictures on slick color paper and high-class fallacies. One of the latest alleges that state Rep. Sandra Ma-sin voted against a proposal to fund good teachers in a program called Teach for America. What the slick mailing doesn’t mention is that the proposal would prevent lo-cal school districts from let-ting voters decide on funding by voter referendum. Masin supports people’s right to de-cide. If we want our children to have smaller classes than the 40 students per class-room now common in our area, we should be able to choose that option. Another slick mailing from Republican Party says Masin voted to spend mil-lions on projects in the state bonding bill. This slick piece doesn’t mention the thou-sands of jobs created by that bonding bill during a time of recession. It doesn’t talk about the high unemploy-ment still holding back our recovery. Masin believes in the value of good-paying work, and re-training op-portunities for people to gain that work. She believes in an appropriate role for govern-ment in relieving the worst aspects of this recession. Masin doesn’t support the corporate welfare advocated by her opponent and other Republicans. We’ve all had enough of tax cuts for mil-lionaires and trickle-down economics. These folks want us to believe raising taxes for the wealthy means raising taxes for all Minnesotans. They have a vested interest

in that kind of propaganda. Masin believes in investing in programs that work: jobs, retraining, and education. Her work for those causes has won her the respect of Republicans, Democrats and independents. Sandra Masin deserves that respect for a great job, well done. PAUL HOFFINGEREagan

Critical to re-electCrichton, Kealey To the editor: Another Election Day is just around the corner. The decisions that we make on that day will impact us for years to come. The decisions that we face for our city gov-ernment are among the most important, because I believe that what our city govern-ment does impacts us the most on a day-to-day basis. Council members Charlie Crichton and Dan Kealey are up for re-election and it is critical that we allow these two guys to continue the im-portant work that they have been doing for the city of Burnsville. I have known Crichton and Kealey for many years and I am impressed by the level of intelligence and in-tegrity that they both posses. We are still in challenging fi-nancial times and it requires the kind of proven judgment and commitment that Crich-ton and Kealey have demon-strated again and again. Crichton and Kealey may not always agree with each other. They may not always agree with me. But I know that both of them will use common sense and wisdom in each issue that they face in order to reach the best possi-ble decision. Some people in city government will use the city’s money and influence to drive their own agendas and projects. Crichton and Ke-aley represent our first line of defense against such mis-guided efforts. I am asking all residents of Burnsville to show up

and vote on Election Day for Charlie Crichton and Dan Kealey on Nov. 2. JERRY WILLENBURGBurnsville

Chamber forum a shamTo the editor: In a recent letter to the editor, John Curlee said he is disappointed that elected legislators didn’t partici-pate in the Dakota Regional Chamber of Commerce fo-rum. But he knows why, be-cause he was on the endorse-ment screening committee that endorsed their slate of three Republican challeng-ers before they held a sham “forum.” No other organiza-tion does this and still claims to be “non-partisan.” One has to question the validity of claims made by Curlee and the chamber candidates in this made-for-TV promo-tion. The chamber organized this event in the City Coun-cil chambers with cable TV cameras and paid city staff to produce a candidate com-mercial for their endorsed candidates. Questions were prepared and screened by the president of the chamber, who also made the endorse-ments. The chamber was ad-vised in advance that such an event may violate campaign finance rules and that elected officials wouldn’t participate, yet nameplates were pre-pared and displayed to em-phasize their absence. Curlee can’t hide his in-volvement in the ruse and his letter should be viewed in that context. He knows that his elected legislators have never once been asked to vis-it the DCR Chamber to have a dialog, to develop positions or exchange views. No effort has been made to develop a working relationship with the elected leaders who can support and promote the best interests of the rank-and-file Eagan businesses. Instead, this partisan chamber intentionally set

up a forum after they made their endorsements so that partisan letters can be writ-ten to criticize the elected legislators who made the proper and ethical choice not to be involved in the sham “forum.” JIM JOHNSONEagan

Take the checkbook away from ObermuellerTo the editor: On May 18, 2009, Demo-crat Rep. Mike Obermueller and his liberal friends in the Minnesota House of Rep-resentatives attempted to override the governor’s veto of a $1 billion tax increase. They failed and watched as the governor handled a $3

billion budget shortfall by doing what they should have done in the first place: trim spending. This concept of trim-ming spending to live within one’s means is completely lost on Obermueller and the Democrats. We citizens of Minnesota must do this on a daily basis yet we are forced to sit and watch as the Democrats in control of our state coffers refuse to follow suit. They hardly blinked as they sent a del-uge of bills that increased spending to our governor. We were then, and still are, in bad economic shape, but that fact has fallen on deaf Democrat ears. Instead of trying to help Minneso-tans in a time of need, Ober-mueller and the Democrats have followed the Obama model: Ignore reality and

spend yourself into oblivi-on. This spending included all types of increases in ap-propriations and stunning add-ins like $1.2 million in grants for TV and film pro-ducers. In contrast to Oberm-ueller and the Democrats stands Doug Wardlow. Wardlow believes that gov-ernment can and must live within its means. He has said that government spend-ing should be capped at an appropriate percentage of GDP. This is the type of re-sponsibility that we need in St. Paul. Let’s take the checkbook away from Obermueller and the Democrats this No-vember and vote for Doug Wardlow.

RUTH OHMANNEagan


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