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Jack Kolb-Williams, now the talent buyer at The GARAGE in Burnsville, leads the nonprofit Twin Cities Catalyst Music Inc. with partner Logan Adams. The nonprofit will take over the city-owned GARAGE’s music program in January. (Photo by John Gessner)

The beat will go onGARAGE to become nonprofit music club, education venue

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK

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With the city of Burnsville look-ing to get out of the business of run-ning a teen center and weekend mu-sic venue, Jack Kolb-Williams had an opening to pitch his vision. He saw an all-ages club with edu-cational opportunities for young people, which The GARAGE teen center had already offered for years. But this would be The GARAGE on steroids, with a recording stu-dio, more live shows and more op-portunities for kids to learn music-biz crafts from show booking and sound mixing to graphic design and photography. And it would be run by a non-profit, not the city, which for sev-eral years has sought to supplant

The GARAGE’s weekday menu of after-school and summer offerings with a broader array of youth pro-grams. It’s about to happen. The GA-RAGE, located in the old main-tenance building near City Hall, is scheduled to begin operating in January under the auspices of Twin Cities Catalyst Music Inc., a non-profit led by Kolb-Williams and partner Logan Adams. The city, meanwhile, is joining with School District 191 and the Burnsville YMCA to offer after-school and summer programs. The academic and enrichment programs will begin this fall at Nicollet Junior High, with possible expansion in following years to the district’s other two junior highs. The music nonprofit will become

a branch of that partnership, called the Burnsville Youth Collaborative. Kolb-Williams sold city officials on a concept under which the city will continue to provide the venue for one of the Twin Cities’ premier all-ages music clubs. “I think about it and I’m still absolutely floored this is really hap-pening,” said Kolb-Williams, 29, who currently works for the city as a recreational assistant and The GA-RAGE’s talent buyer. “It’s surreal. It’s amazing. Just to have a space, that’s the real important thing.” In recent years the venue’s fate has been uncertain. City officials explored other options for youth programs and sometimes struggled to attract grants to help support

Olson putBurnsvillechamber on map

State chamber president dies

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Long before he became one of the state’s top busi-ness leaders, David C. Olson put the Burnsville Chamber of Commerce on the map. O l s o n was the chamber’s first full-time presi-dent before later be-coming the l o n g t i m e pre s ident of the Minnesota Cham-ber of Commerce. Olson, 57, died July 16 after an 18-month fight with non-Hodgkin’s lym-phoma. Olson led the Burns-ville chamber for three years, from 1983 to 1985, before being lured away to the multicity TwinWest Chamber of Commerce in Plymouth, which he led from 1985 to 1990. Tributes to Olson, of Golden Valley, have poured in from around the state, including Burnsville. “TwinWest chamber’s gain was Burnsville’s loss, although Burnsville still benefits today from the large footprint left by David Olson,” longtime Burnsville chamber mem-ber Kirk Detlefsen wrote

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Williams advocates forhimself and for othersBurnsville man makes his mark

in disability movement

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


Mike Williams doesn’t ask for much. Personal-care attendants help him through the day at his Burnsville group home, and his father, Richard, visits frequently. “To me, I’m just like a normal person,” said Wil-liams, 45, who was born with cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. “I don’t want to be treated any oth-er way, nor do I let people treat me any other way.” Williams doesn’t ask for much, but he’s spent a good chunk of his adult life advocating for what’s rightfully his. A steadfast advocate for the disability movement, he served on the board of the old Arc Suburban for part of the ’90s. The orga-nization, which promotes the rights of people with intellectual and develop-mental disabilities, later became The Arc Greater Twin Cities. In May Williams was elected to a new term on The Arc’s 20-member board of directors, which

includes community lead-ers, disabled people and their family members. Wil-liams has served on The Arc’s Self-Advocacy Ad-visory Committee since its 2012 inception. And last year he won The Arc Minnesota’s An-drew R. Richardson Ad-vocacy Award. “The biggest thing for me that really stands out is I know I have rights, and that’s the biggest thing I advocate for,” said Wil-liams, who grew up in Ap-

ple Valley and has lived at his current home on Park-wood Drive for 13 years. “I speak up for those who can’t.” He led a weekly self-advocacy group at Pro-Act in Eagan, where he worked for years with oth-er disabled people. He’s a graduate of Partners in Policymaking, an advoca-cy training program spon-sored by the Minnesota Governor’s Council on

Mike Williams of Burnsville was recently elected to the board of directors of The Arc Greater Twin Cities, which has called him “an emerging leader in the self-advocacy movement.” (Photo by John Gessner)

Berenz earns pay raise Rosemount-Ap-ple Valley-Eagan superintendent signs three-year

contract by Tad Johnson


The Rosemount-Ap-ple Valley-Eagan School Board unanimously ap-proved a new three-year contract for Superinten-dent Jane Berenz during its Monday, July 14, regu-lar meeting. Berenz’s current $195,840 annual salary will increase by 2 percent in the 2015-16 contract year with no other in-creases slated during the July 2015 to June 2018 contract term. The board will consid-er pay changes in the oth-er years after conducting its annual superintendent performance evaluation. Prior to the contract approval, the School Board conducted its an-nual evaluation and de-termined a raise was mer-ited. “From the board standpoint we were very, very happy with her,” Board Chairman Rob Duchscher said during the meeting. Duchscher said the evaluation included Berenz’s self-assessment based on her performance

g o a l s , board in-put and a discussion a m o n g b o a r d m e m b e r s and Berenz regarding

her performance. He said Berenz accom-plished what she set out to do and made it easy for them to be board mem-bers. Duchscher, senior vice president of information technology at Starkey Hearing Technologies, said if the district was a company its stock price would be pretty good and it would have a good re-turn on investment. “I don’t think there is a district that is function-ing better in the state,” he said. “It is pretty humbling to be the superintendent in a district where I have so many great people around me,” Berenz said. She said she appre-ciates the support of a School Board that cares greatly about children, a cabinet that is second to none, and administra-tors and teachers who are there for the students. Board Member Art Coulson said the con-tract’s approval should give the public the confi-dence that the district will

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Dakota County Fair to startA special section inside today’s edition highlights events at the Dakota County Fair at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington.

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Volunteer to keep sharp Young people can learn a lot this summer even when they are out of school. Volunteering can help them learn life lessons.

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Dancing toward enlightenmentFormer Apple Valley High School dance instructor Cathy Wright is entering magical territory with her Fringe Festival show “Tough Love.”

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Volk seeks re-election in Lakeville‘I’m not a rubber-stamp School Board member’

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


An incumbent Lake-ville Area School Board member said passion for

issues and concern for students and families is driving her to seek re-elec-tion this fall. Michelle Volk, 53, said she is “fired up” about state and federal initiatives that are not in the best interest of Lakeville students and families. The small business owner and married mother of three Lakeville graduates sounded alarm about the controversial federal education stan-dards, Common Core, which she has extensively researched. She said Common Core contains outright misinformation, elimi-nates critical information students should know and includes academic exercises that advocate a leftist, socialist political viewpoint. She said history stan-dards leave out critical details about America’s Founding Fathers and en-gage in revisionism. “It’s very selective in how they chose to pres-ent their history,” Volk said. “They leave out why the Founding Fathers cre-ated the Declaration of Independence, the Con-stitution the way they did — this history that goes before the Founding Fa-thers came to America — and why those documents are important on the founding of our country.” She called the calcula-tion methods contained in Common Core math standards “absolutely ab-surd,” noting they require two pages of calculations to solve one problem. Volk warned that al-though those particular standards have not been adopted in Minnesota,

depending on the state Legislature, they easily could be. “That’s what I want to protect against — what could be,” Volk said. She said she is

equally concerned about Minnesota’s mandated anti-bullying bill, which was given a first reading at the School Board’s July 7 meeting. There, Administrative Services Executive Direc-tor Tony Massaros said the law requires districts adopt bullying prohibi-tion policies that meet nu-merous statutory require-ments. He said at Volk’s sug-gestion, Lakeville’s ver-sion of the policy is pro-posed to include unique provisions that inform and involve parents if their child is accused of bullying and is being in-vestigated and/or disci-plined. “My main goal has al-ways been not to tell par-ents how to parent and to protect family’s rights,” Volk said. She said she wants the Lakeville Area School District to use its limited resources to provide “the best education possible” for students by employing “creative thinking.” “We have to think about how to deliver edu-cation in a different way,” Volk said. “The tradition-al way is not sustainable.” She quickly added she does not advocate for eliminating teachers, but figuring out ways to address their work load while giving students the tools and resources they need to be able to suc-ceed. Volk advocated for a

model like Impact Acad-emy, which groups stu-dents by ability, not age. She said the district will also probably have to le-verage technology to be cost-effective. “But that doesn’t mean I agree with spending,” Volk said. She offered neither support nor opposition to a proposed technology levy referendum question that has been discussed by the School Board for vot-ers’ consideration in 2016, saying she would “let the voters decide.” Volk said she should be re-elected because she delves into issues, asks questions and advocates for students and families. “I am not a rubber-stamp School Board member,” Volk said. “The administration doesn’t just give me a proposal, and I say ‘Oh, yeah.’ I ask questions. I want to know details and how it will work. I want to hear from parents in the community, will this work for them? There’s a lot of research and thought process that goes into every item on the agenda on my part be-fore I approve anything, because it’s the best thing for students.” Volk was first elected to a two-year term in 2000 and was re-elected to the board for regular four-year terms in 2002, 2006 and 2010. Other School Board members whose terms ex-pire in 2014 are Vice Chair Jim Skelly and Chair Roz Peterson, the Republican-endorsed candidate for state representative in District 56B who is run-ning against Rep. Will Morgan, DFL-Burnsville.

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MnDOT will recommend no change of Dodd speed limitMatt Ettl: Close

Dodd near Lakeville North

High School by Laura Adelmann

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State officials will not reduce the 55 mph speed limit on a road where a Lakeville teen died in a car crash last winter, accord-ing to Kaare Festvog, a Minnesota Department of Transportation speed zon-ing supervisor. Local officials had re-quested a speed study, the first step to changing a speed limit, on Dodd Bou-levard (County Road 9) near Lakeville North High School after the vehicle LNHS junior Alyssa Ettl was driving slid sideways into oncoming traffic on Dec. 4, 2013. The resulting crash killed her instantly. The narrow two-lane road has a steep grade, curves, deep ditches lined with telephone poles and no shoulders. Dakota County and Lakeville officials have planned but delayed up-grades to Dodd Boulevard between 185th Street to 194th Street for years as development funding for it waned and other projects were prioritized before it. Officials have now re-scheduled Dodd Boule-vard improvements from 2018 to 2016, which May-or Matt Little said is the earliest timeline techni-cally possible. A School Road Safety Task Force, formed in re-sponse to public outcry for action, identified the area as the top school road safety issue in the city, but Festvog said the study, due for release in two to four weeks, shows a slow-er speed limit there is not warranted and could ac-tually make traveling the road more dangerous. Festvog said the study, which included examining driver behavior and crash data, found posted lim-its on the two-lane road from 185th Street to 194th Street reflect actual travel speeds and are appropriate there under ideal driving conditions. Festvog said speed lim-its are set based on ideal conditions, and it is legally the driver’s responsibility to travel at a speed reflec-tive of weather and road conditions. “If conditions are not ideal, it’s the duty of the driver to respond to those conditions,” Festvog said.

“There’s no way we can factor in weather condi-tions when creating the speed limit.” According to state and local police records, dozens of accidents have occurred on Dodd Boule-vard near Lakeville North in the last five years, and two LNHS students have died on the stretch since 2004. Festvog said the crash data shows most of the factors related to the ac-cidents did not involve speeding or skidding on that section of Dodd Bou-levard. He added that people tend to drive at speeds based on roadway condi-tions and what is around the road instead of the speed limit sign, so lower-ing the speed limit there could actually reduce safe-ty. “You have some people who will follow the sign, but a lot of people drive at what they feel comfort-able, so you have speed dif-ferential issues,” Festvog said. “It’s much safer to have everyone driving with consistency.” Alyssa’s dad, Matt Ettl, expressed frustration when informed of the upcoming recommendation. “Frankly, it’s just not a safe road,” Ettl said, call-ing reducing the speed limit “the easiest and most simple way of trying to re-duce injury accidents.”

He said Dodd Boule-vard’s design is made more unsafe with winter weath-er and summer construc-tion. Hundreds of homes in multiple developments are being constructed nearby LNHS that Ettl said will bring industrial truck traffic that drops dirt and gravel on the road; he said piles of dirt are regularly moved and winds blow dirt and debris across Dodd Boulevard. “I think the road should be closed down as long as construction is there,” Ettl said. “I think they should just shut it down and make people go around.” Lakeville Police Chief Jeff Long said he respects the state engineers’ profes-sional opinion, but ques-tioned why the speed limit for Ipava Avenue, which has shoulders, a center median and other safety features has a 45 mph limit but Dodd Boulevard, which is narrow, winding and lined with steep ditch-es, is 55 mph. “It just doesn’t make sense to me,” Long said, calling Dodd Boulevard a roadway that everyone agrees “needs to be done.” He expressed concern that the road borders Cen-tury Middle School and that many young and in-experienced drivers use it as it is an entrance to the LNHS student parking lot.

Long said based on a law enforcement perspec-tive, he would prefer to see the speed limit reduced. “I have some concerns because of the history of Dodd Boulevard,” he said. Lakeville School Board Member Jim Skelly, a member of the School Road Safety Task Force, agreed with Long’s con-cerns. He said the study con-clusion not to reduce the speed limit “doesn’t seem to pass the common-sense test” because of the road’s curvy, narrow design, the history of accidents there and new housing develop-ments being constructed. “Try to imagine all these hundreds of new homes being constructed, and (Dodd Boulevard) is going to be their main route?” Skelly said. “High-view (Avenue’s) even in better shape,” He said Alyssa Ettl’s death changed Lakeville and brought road safety issues to the forefront. “Don’t underestimate the impact the Alyssa Ettl accident had on Lake-ville,” Skelly said. “People are still grieving about this. They’re still holding memorials, still doing ben-efits on her behalf. And the whole next school year, it will continue on because it would have been her se-nior year. This wasn’t just a one-time thing. This will have a lasting impact on

the city.” Skelly said the next three years in Lakeville will be filled with road construction and detours, but when it comes to that stretch of Dodd Boule-vard, because of Alyssa Ettl, nobody would com-plain about a little incon-venience. “If we could turn back the clock and have a four-lane divided road there, we would not have the trag-edy, in my estimation,” he said, predicting that the majority of Lakeville resi-dents will disagree with the study’s recommenda-tion.

Interim options The School Road Safety Task Force’s top recommendation was for interim safety measures along the road to improve traffic flow and access re-strictions to the Lakeville North student parking lot. Lakeville School Board Member Bob Erickson on July 21 presented to the City Council two engineer-ing renderings he commis-sioned that showed po-tential options for interim safety improvement, not-ing slated improvements are two winters away. Erickson’s proposal would add shoulders with rumble strips along Dodd Boulevard near LNHS and install concrete or cable barriers in the center of the road to separate op-

posing traffic. Little cited concerns that there is no room for shoulders; he said he talk-ed to city and county staff who said barriers in the middle of the road would push traffic closer to the road’s steep ditches. Erickson said there is enough room for a shoul-der and questioned what Little is doing to solve the issue rather than dismiss his potential solution. He said the paved shoulders adds width and creates rumble strip to alert drivers to the steep slopes. Erickson added that he was surprised to see by-pass lanes were added on Dodd Boulevard last week and questioned how they will affect road safety. “I can’t imagine this en-hances the safety of this increasingly busy traveled county road,” Erickson said. Little said the real solu-tion is to totally revamp the road as the School Road Safety Task Force recommended. “It’s not necessarily the speed, but the condition of the road that is the true problem,” he said. Frustrated with Little’s response, Erickson said he canceled a personal meet-ing with Little about his proposed solution. “If he doesn’t want to solve the problem and somebody else is killed, it will be on his watch,” Erickson said. “I’m just trying to help. It’s not po-litical for me, I just know how to deal with issues like that.” Matt Ettl also ques-tioned the human cost of keeping the speed limit at 55 mph. “There’s more issues on that stretch of road than somebody sitting in a big chair making a decision that it needed to stay 55 (MPH),” Ettl said. “The person who sits in that big chair, I guess they have the authority to do that. I just hope they don’t have any other issues.” Festvog called Alyssa Ettl’s accident “horrible,” noting that the weather was bad that day. He said MnDOT’s rec-ommendations are made with safety in mind. “We don’t want to do anything that’s danger-ous,” Festvog said. “We try to do what’s best for safety and people who are using the roadway for their transportation.”


Housing construction is underway near Dodd Boulevard, where 16-year-old Alyssa Ettl died in a car crash accident last winter. A speed study coming out within weeks does not recommend reducing Dodd Boulevard’s 55 mph speed limit, raising concerns from Lakeville officials and Alyssa’s father, Matt Ettl. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

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Corrections Due to incorrect in-formation supplied to the newspaper, Elle Gilbert was referred to as Miss Eagan Funfest Ambassa-dor in the July 11 edition. She is an Eagan Funfest Ambassador 2012-2013. A photo of Wanda Trousil in the July 2014 Mature Lifestyles was incorrectly attributed to photographer Tad John-son. The photo was sub-mitted by Burnsville-Ea-gan-Savage Community Education.

Reducing oversight didn’t work To the editor: Elections are coming up in November. You will hear a lot from Republi-cans about reducing the size of government and getting government out of the way so businesses can grow and prosper. That sounds good. Yet it is worth remem-bering what happened in 2007-2008 when we had a huge recession caused by problems in the mortgage business when banks did some shady things to sell poorly backed loans and Wall Street firms did some illegal things to maximize profits. These actions were made possible by Repub-licans in Congress work-ing to reduce government oversight and regulation of the banking industry and Wall Street hedge funds. Well, the truth is be-ing told. Bain Capital’s Brookside Capital reached an agreement with the Security and Exchange Commission to pay more than $2 million in fines to settle a case where they gamed the system to make millions on stock trades. Last year J.P. Morgan Chase bank paid $13 bil-lion to settle claims over its gaming the mortgage market. Its shenanigans helped cause the stock and home market decline that cost the U.S. economy more than $13 trillion. Now Citigroup (CitiBank) has reached a $7 billion

settlement/fine with the government over similar actions, from selling over-priced mortgage-backed loans that eventually crashed the economy. So when Democrats, such as Al Franken and Mike Obermueller, and lo-cal candidates Sandra Ma-sin, Laurie Halverson and Will Morgan remind you about the disasters from Republican policies to re-duce the size and power of government, take them seriously. We have already suffered through one de-bacle of reduced over-sight of financial markets. Don’t let history repeat itself. The only thing that will be smaller will be your wardrobe, when you lose your shirt again. LARRY KOENCKEagan

Hansen has proven leadership To the editor: City Council Member Gary Hansen has proven results in leadership for the city of Eagan. During his tenure, the city has demonstrat-ed fiscal responsibility, achieving Triple A (Aaa) Moody’s and Standard and Poors (AAA) bond

ratings – the highest avail-able ratings. Our property tax rate is the fifth lowest among cities of the same size. Eagan’s per capita total expenditures are the third lowest among Min-nesota cities with 50,000-plus population. Let’s re-elect Hansen so he can continue to engage with other communities and the county. He will do this through his service on the Dakota Commu-nications Center Board, Minnesota Valley Tran-sit Authority and Subur-ban Transit Association boards, and the regional Transportation Advisory Board. He also has been elected to the Association of Metropolitan Munici-palities Board and will represent Eagan well. Please cast your vote in the Aug. 12 primary elec-tion for Gary Hansen – a proven local and regional leader.

KAREN DAREEagan

Obermueller supports health care for allTo the editor: The Supreme Court’s recent decision regard-ing Hobby Lobby is a symptom of a bigger issue

concerning health care in the United States. In one sense, the decision (right or wrong) is simple: em-ployers have a religious freedom right to deny contraceptive health in-surance coverage to their female employees. As a re-ligious freedom issue, and as a women’s health issue, this is a horrible result. As a health care issue, it is even worse. Imagine a situation where you can go to your doctor, your doctor can evaluate your condition and symptoms, and you and your doctor decide on the best available course of treatment for you. You don’t have to worry about any medical bills. Your doctor does not have to worry about over-treating you (to avoid medical mal-practice) or under-treating you (to maximize prof-its). Your employer can-not decide what is proper medical care for you. Your church will not interfere with your medical deci-sions. And your govern-ment will not be involved, except to pay for what the doctor requires. Hobby Lobby is one more example of our fragmented and tortured health care system. Wom-en should not have to fight for necessary and appro-priate medical care just because they are women. Employers should not be put in the position of de-ciding what is or is not against their religious be-liefs. In the short run, we must move toward provid-ing health insurance for everyone, and enabling doctors to make medical decisions, not employers, churches or governments. To reverse Hobby Lobby, Congress must pass the

“Not My Boss’s Business Act.” In the long run, Congress must improve the Affordable Care Act so medical care reaches all Americans. John Kline does not care about achieving this goal: he believes in every man for himself (and too bad for women). Mike Obermueller believes that a healthy society is a pro-ductive society, and that health care is a funda-mental right. Who do you think should be your Con-gressman? RONALD S. GOLDSEREagan

Crash leaves some sainted and tainted To the editor: Tainted to the driver in the red car that failed to yield to my son on a mo-torcycle and the car next to him on Wednesday, July 16, at about 5:15 p.m. on Johnny Cake Ridge Road and Elice Trail West/132nd Street in Apple Valley. The vehicle next to my son slammed on its brakes and my son avoided hit-ting the car by swerving to the left. He missed hit-ting the car by only 5 to 10 feet, but the driver did not even have the courtesy to stop at the scene. My son’s quick actions result-ed in not hitting the car or life-threatening injuries to himself. He was taken to Regions Hospital and ended up with lots of road rash on his legs and arms. Shame on the driver of the red car. Just remember what goes around comes around. Sainted to Sarah Bur-rill and all the others who witnessed this accident. She comforted my son while he waited for an ambulance and contacted family members. Thanks to the numerous callers to 911 and the two guys that pulled the bike from the middle of the road. Also thanks to the woman who blocked traffic with her SUV so the bike could be moved off the road. She risked her life at one point when a truck came barrel-ing down the road and did not see her. Also thanks to anyone who I may have missed, please know that your kindness will not be forgotten. Things could have been different and we are thankful he walked away with only minor inju-ries.

LISA MILLSEaganMother of Connor Mills

No assurances from MNsure To the editor: When the final bill to create MNsure, Minne-sota’s Obamacare website, went through the state Legislature with no bi-partisan support last year, we heard grand promises from Democrats about the big savings that would come. Unfortunately, with Rep. Will Morgan’s sup-port every step of the way, Obamacare has left Min-nesotans with fewer health insurance choices and less money in their pockets. We all know that MN-sure had a disastrous start last year, with Social Se-curity numbers being ex-posed, the website crash-ing, and hours-long call center wait times. While Minnesotans’ health in-surance was on hold, MN-sure executives got paid more than $26,000 in bo-nuses under a compensa-tion scheme that Morgan voted for. Sadly, the MNsure-Obamacare experiment hasn’t gotten any better. Last week, we learned that insurance applications from 16,000 working class Minnesotans were lost in the broken system. And people in Dakota County are paying more – a lot more. A report from the Man-hattan Institute shows that, for a 27-year-old in Dakota County, the aver-age individual and fam-ily insurance premium went up 44 percent last year. For a 40-year-old, the premium increase was 49 percent. Rather than promised savings, Da-kota County families are paying almost 50 percent more in just the first year. Those savings won’t be coming anytime soon. The Minnesota Council of Health Plans believes individual and family in-surance premiums could increase by another 8-12 percent next year. We won’t know exactly how much our rates are going up until Nov. 15 – 11 days after the upcom-ing election. Morgan and his liberal allies blocked efforts to let us see rates a month earlier, like last year, so people can find the right plan and budget for the price increases. It’s disappointing that Morgan stood with his Democrat colleagues in-stead of with consumers in his district. People de-serve as much time as pos-sible to find insurance that meets the needs of them

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Make community service part of the summer by Joe Nathan


One of my favorite family memories is sandbagging by the St. Croix River with two of our children. It comes to mind after the Independence Day – a holiday celebrating the sacrifice and selflessness of others. One of the most important things a family can do together this summer is help young people continue this tradi-tion. Service should be a part of summer. One of the people who knows most about this is Minnesotan Jim Kielsmei-er. Since returning from military duty in Korea, he has spent decades promot-ing youth leadership, service and learn-ing. He’s mentored many educators and youth workers in the U.S. and other countries. For decades, he directed the National Youth Leadership Forum, which encouraged service learning in and outside of schools. During a recent phone call, he told me, “You teach more clearly what you do with your children than what you

dictate to your children.” Over the years, he’s worked with his family to plant trees, plant and tend a garden that pro-duced food that was contributed to food shelves, and work on environmental res-toration. Kielsmeier says these experiences help young people develop a “capacity to care.” They help young people develop perspective on their lives and a belief that they can, and should, make a differ-ence with other people. And often, these experiences are fun. I remember a spring Sunday when a group of us decided to take our young people to help with sandbagging in Af-ton, Minnesota. The town was facing a major flood from the St. Croix River. We

pulled up to the flood control headquar-ters with about 20 adults and young peo-ple. The person in charge greeted us with: “Thank God you’ve come. We need you badly.” We spent several hours sandbag-ging. Our children still talk about how needed they felt and how satisfying that morning was, though it happened more than 20 years ago. We’ve done other things together, like serving meals at a food shelter. We’ve tried to model that one of our fam-ily’s values is service. We’ve helped oth-ers. When there was a fire at our home many years ago, people helped us. That was just one of many times when others helped us. One of the best sources of possible service projects is the website, www.whatkidscando.org. At the top of the website’s home page, there’s a link to “Fill your summer with random acts of kindness.” For example: • Help organize and cleanup your block or neighborhood. • Help recent immigrants learn to

speak or read English. • Collect your family’s history. • Cut the grass or go to the store for an elderly neighbor who’s not very mobile. • Connect with a group like Habitat for Humanity and help build a house. The possibilities are endless. And young people learn quickly that you give yourself a present when you give to oth-ers. The What Kids Can Do website quotes noted author Maya Angelou, who recently died. She wrote, “The best part of life is not just surviving, but thriving with passion and compassion and humor and style and generosity and kindness.” Summer is a great time for families to help young people learn how true that is. Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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and their family. With MNsure still in shambles, and rates going up, who knows how many people will be left without health insurance without the ex-tra time.

LISA SCHNEEGANSLakeville

Created equal To the editor: Several weeks ago re-marks I made in a letter were distorted by another letter writer, Richard If-fert, who left some impor-tant information out of his letter. His main point seems to be I shouldn’t advocate spending “other people’s (tax) money.” He errs in trying to ex-plain how our Founding Fathers established our republic. The Declara-tion of Independence is clear that “All men are created equal.” To me that equality means the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness regardless of physical, mental and earn-ing capability. Contrary to what Iffert has asserted, the Founding Fathers in-tended to care about all persons without regard to wealth. Iffert thinks that is “income re-distribution” a term intended to create resentment toward low-income people. As a member of the Corps in the 2nd Battal-ion, 12th Marines, I de-fended our Constitution. I have the right to demand that U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, work to pro-mote the American ideal of equality. Mr. Iffert’s criticisms about spending “other people’s money” should be directed at a mirror because unlike him, I did not get my income,

health care and retirement from a public job funded by taxpayers, and then vilify those same people as less deserving than me. Kline is a Marine; I am a Marine. Unfortunately, he has become overly de-pendent on the taxpayers for his political career, his expenses and his govern-ment-paid retirement in-comes. The irony of some-one enjoying a lucrative career with fringes funded by taxpayers, yet denying a viable living to the hard-working citizens who pay his way, is upsetting. It’s time to change our congressional represen-tation in Washington to further these American ideals. Mike Obermueller cares about people; Kline cares about his bottom line. PAUL HOFFINGEREagan

Broadening opportunity To the editor: We’ve always believed the institution of govern-ment is essentially neu-tral, and its effectiveness and goodness depends on those who manage it. When it enhances life, broadens opportunity, and extends benefits to those who have been ex-cluded, government is pos-itive. During the past two years, our Legislature has had a very positive effect on the quality of our lives in many ways. In particu-lar, as heterosexual par-ents of a lesbian daughter and a gay son, we were incredibly grateful when the Legislature acted to pass the Marriage Equal-ity Amendment to bring about equality of relation-ship and marriage.

Over the years we wit-nessed the painful dis-crimination our children encountered—simply for being who they are. In fact, as their parents we also often experienced discrimination because we openly and proudly sup-ported them. The Legis-lature’s passing of this bill was a positive vote for our children; allowing same-gender couples to cov-enant together in marriage brought our family relief and joy. With tears flowing down our cheeks, we cele-brated that those who have been denied the privilege of marriage for so long can now experience this welcome taste of freedom which the majority of our citizens have always en-joyed and from which they have richly benefitted. Now that our children – and others – have the pos-sibility of being united in that covenant of love and marriage is a profound joy for both of us. Recently we have attended several same-gender weddings and have witnessed and shared their incredible happiness – a happiness that until now has been denied them. Our grand-children will benefit from this amendment, and we look forward to the time when we will celebrate our children’s marriages and experience the joy of their uniting in holy matrimony. As we head into anoth-er election season, where lots of people question what good government does, we wanted to say that government can do truly great, life-transform-ing things for people.

ED and KITTY MARTINBurnsville

Taxes should cover college expensesTo the editor: There is much in the news about the problems of college students in-curring more than $1.2 trillion dollars in debt, second only to mortgage interest. The President has mandated a cap on loan payments to 10 per-cent of income. Student loans have been crushing recent graduates, unable to afford a home or other investments. How did this happen? When we were in college, student loans had very low interest and paying it off was not an issue. My sons worked through high school and in the summer to raise money for college and still ended up with thousands of dollars of debt. Average college debt in Minnesota is nearly $30,000 per student. Be-hind rising tuition has been the decline in pub-lic investment in college. The Chronicle of Higher Education says colleges have responded by passing costs to students and their families. College educa-tion used to be seen as a public good. Now people think it’s a private benefit, to be paid for by students. Two decades ago it was common for 80 percent of college expenses to come from taxes. Now it is un-der 20 percent and falling. Some states may con-tribute nothing to higher education in the future. Colorado is on schedule to stop funding college by 2022, Minnesota by 2037. Currently the University of Minnesota receives less than 17 percent of its funds from state revenue. Faculty must seek outside

funding for research. In the 2nd District, Mike Obermueller advo-cates public investment in college, because of the ad-vantages to our economy. College develops informed citizens, entrepreneurs, and a highly skilled, pro-fessional workforce. Un-fortunately fewer students are likely to afford it in the future. Let’s hope we begin to see the value of keeping college affordable. College students need a good start in life without massive debt. Declining investment helps banks, not students. Let’s invest in our future and that of our children. Much depends on it.

VEDA KANITZLakeville

‘Monopoly’ and real life To the editor: One could draw a lot of comparisons about an economy to the game of Monopoly. In the begin-ning, all players are busy buying and selling prop-erty and collecting rents. This economy hums along for hours until one person owns all of the railroads, utilities, real estate and dollars. At this point the game is over. This happens mostly because of the luck of the dice and without any help from the govern-ment. Government will always have a role to play in our economy … some-thing to think about when you vote in November. In 1980, the Tea/Re-publican Party gave us Reaganomics. Later this was to become known as trickle-down economics. Today, we know it as tax cuts for the “job creators.” This Tea/Republican

Party wants you to be-lieve 47 percent of us are just kicked back, taking it easy and sliding by “Go” every so often to collect our $200 from the govern-ment while the 1 percent or better known as “job creators” are quietly stash-ing hundreds of billions of dollars in offshore bank accounts to avoid pay-ing their taxes. The Tea/Republican plan has not changed in 35 years. This economic plan does not serve America well and greatly contributed to our “great” recession. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions but they are not entitled to their own facts. Budget deficits have done better under Democratic con-trol. The national debt has also done better un-der Democratic control. More people have access to affordable health care under Democratic con-trol. The quality of life for all is better under Demo-cratic control. Ask some-one who is dependent on their job for income in Mississippi or Alabama. Most would tell you they have worked hard all of their lives and barely have enough to get by. It should always raise concern about an individual’s knowledge and motive when they use words like Nazi, Lenin, Stalin and Marxism to de-fend their beliefs. George Bernard Shaw said, “Be-ware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.” Republican President George H.W. Bush called this tax plan “voodoo” economics. It didn’t work in 1980. It’s not going to work in 2016.

GARY ANDERSONApple Valley

LETTERS, from 4A


Township man accused of burglarizing neighbors Brett Volkmeier allegedly sold

items in Burnsville pawn

shop by Laura Adelmann


A southern Dakota County man has been charged with five felo-nies for possession of controlled substances and burglarizing multiple neighbors’ homes.

Brett Eric Volk-meier, 44, of Green-vale Township, was arrested July 9 after attempting to pawn jewelry in Burnsville that police say was sto-len from several of Volkmeier’s neigh-bors, according to a July 11 Dakota County crimi-nal complaint. The burglary reports were on June 27, June 29 and July 3. According to the com-plaint, items reported

stolen include two cellphones, a class ring, a silver wed-ding ring with a heart-shaped dia-mond, guns, a her-ringbone necklace, a gold ring with a pearl, a laptop computer, a gold

diamond wedding ring, diamond earrings and am-munition. Pawn records alleg-edly indicate Volkmeier pawned 15 pieces of jew-elry on July 3 that match items multiple neighbors

reported stolen. Volkmeier was alleg-edly attempting to pawn additional items at the store July 9 when he was arrested. The complaint states he was carrying a key to a gun safe kept at his home that contained a shotgun and a rifle that resembled several items that were re-ported stolen after a June 29 burglary at a home a few blocks from Volkmei-er’s home. Identification cards belonging to a Goodhue

County burglary victim were also found in the safe, according to the com-plaint. During the safe’s search, police say they also found three metal containers containing a white crystal substance that tested posi-tive for methamphetamine and a plastic bag contain-ing a brown substance that tested positive for heroin. The complaint said police also found 19 plas-tic bags containing 2,657 grams of marijuana and 24 prescription drugs

containing Lorazepam, a Schedule IV controlled substance. Greenvale Town Board Chair Greg Langer said home break-ins have in-creased over the past two years. “It’s been a concern,” he said. A Dakota County deputy said at a recent township meeting that the burglary investigation is ongoing. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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Women invest savings to open new restaurant in Lakeville210 Bar & Grill

will feature homestyle meals,

pizza



Two local women are risking all to start a new business in Lakeville. Pam Carlson, of Ea-gan, and Shelly Hedrick, of Apple Valley, are in-vesting their combined retirement savings to

start 210 Bar & Grill, an American restaurant fea-turing homestyle lunches, dinners and one-of-a-kind pizza that Carlson calls the best she’s ever eaten. The restaurant, lo-cated at 8275 210th St., will feature nutritious sandwiches, soups and salads that can be quickly served over lunch break and dinners like roasted chicken, meatloaf or pot roast with mashed po-tatoes, vegetables and a roll.

Carlson said all the food will be made from scratch; her ex-husband Ed Carlson is lead chef, and her son Grant Carl-son is the pizza chef. Both men love cook-ing and have experience in the food industry. Ed Carlson owned a bar in Mayer, Minne-sota, and Grant Carlson owned a bar/restaurant in Inver Grove Heights where Hedrick worked as a bartender. “They will be good, home cooked meals,”

Pam Carlson said. “And the menu will change ac-cording to the season.” Pam Carlson said she has “business sense” and will focus on administra-tive work. She said Hedrick proved herself to be a competent, hard worker, and the two women were both struggling to find employment in the econ-omy, so they decided to pool their retirement and take a chance. “We’re in for the long haul,” Pam Carlson said.

“We’re going full force.” The restaurant, which was last home to a Mexi-can restaurant, is slated for a soft opening in Au-gust with a grand open-ing planned for Septem-ber. “This building seemed ideal for this situation,” Pam Carlson said. “It didn’t need a lot of recon-struction. … It has a nice kitchen and dining area; we wanted a single build-ing and we didn’t want to be in a strip mall. It just happened to fit what we

were looking for.” They hope to eventu-ally open a patio and of-fer pizza delivery. Pam Carlson, a mem-ber of Hosanna Church, said they would also like to donate some of their profits to local charitable organizations, and they plan to be active in the community. “We want to be a vi-tal part of the Lakeville scene,” Pam Carlson said.


Charges filed in connection to body found in Dakota County A 39-year-old Rock Island, Ill., man was charged on July 18 with first-degree murder and concealment of a homi-cide in connection to the death of a woman whose body was found on April 5 in Dakota County.

Timothy McVay, who was arrested on the same day in Silvis, Ill., without incident was charged by the Illinois State’s Attor-ney’s Office in the death of Carrie Elaine Olson, 29, of Davenport, Iowa. Olson’s body was found

in a wooded area in Raven-na Township southeast of Hastings. The landowner of the wooded area on Pres-ley Circle north of 175th Street East found the body, which may have been there for three months, accord-

ing to news reports. It has not been reported how or why Olson’s body ended up in Dakota Coun-ty or if McVay had any connections to the area. Olson was last seen alive at a gas station in Rock Island on Dec. 23,

2013. Davenport police made a plea for the public’s help in finding Olson, who did not report to work on Dec. 30, 2013. The Dakota County Sheriff ’s Office and Hen-nepin County Medical Ex-

aminer’s Office assisted in the investigation. The Rock Island and Davenport police depart-ments and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Ap-prehension also investi-gated the case.

– Tad Johnson

Farmington offers space for potential special sessionHigh school seen

as possible location

by Andy RogersSUN THISWEEK


Farmington could serve as the state Capitol for a day at the suggestion of Rep. Pat Garofalo. If the Minnesota Leg-islature needs a special session to address flood relief, Garofalo, R-Farm-ington, on July 17 brought up the idea of having it at Farmington High School. June storms have cost Minnesota more than $55 million for flood response

and repairs. “We have the facility, we have the technology, we have the volunteer base to allow this,” Garofalo said at a news conference at the Capitol. “We’re hoping the governor will at least con-sider it.” President Obama ap-proved federal relief funds requested by Gov. Mark Dayton on July 21, but Dayton hasn’t con-firmed an official spe-cial session to match the funds. The Capitol building is currently being renovated, which might require the Legislature to hold a special session else-where. The chambers are

still open along with sev-eral committee rooms and offices, but parts of the building are inaccessible. Garofalo said sessions historically have always been recorded, but there are some issues with re-cording in the Capitol cur-rently. He also said there could be safety concerns for the public as parts of the Capitol are off-limits. “We also spend a lot of time in Minneapolis and St. Paul with legislative activities,” Garofalo said. “It would be a healthy thing to get legislators out of the urban core and get them out into other parts of Minnesota.”

Garofalo said there have been discussions about the state renting a facility for the special ses-sion. Getting the technol-ogy up and running to re-cord the session would be an additional cost. Farmington is ready to help. “We would embrace the opportunity to showcase all the great things our community has to offer and be the home for state Legislature this summer,” Farmington Mayor Todd Larson said. Farmington High School was built five years ago, and two years ago it implemented a one-to-one

iPad initiative. “We built a state-of-the-art high school where anything is possible,” Su-perintendent Jay Haugen said. “We are thrilled to be in a position to share our space and talents with oth-ers.” Jason Berg, Farming-ton High School princi-pal, said the infrastructure at the high school could handle the special session. School Board Chair Tera Lee highlighted the dis-trict’s desire to serve the greater community and share its technical capa-bilities. Garofalo said it’s not a partisan issue.

“This is purely to showcase the accomplish-ments we’ve had in the city of Farmington and the schools down there,” Garofalo said. “I’m very proud of the fact that our school district has been able to successfully de-ploy technology in a way that not only reduces costs but improves academic achievement.” If it were to happen, it would be the first special session outside of the state Capitol building since it opened in 1905.

Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].

Burnsville Relay for Life is Aug. 1 at BHS The Burnsville Relay For Life will be held on Friday, Aug. 1, but not on the Burnsville High School football field as it has been in past years. Because of construc-tion at the stadium, the event will be held at the front of the school in the bus turnaround area.

Relay for Life is a 12-hour walk to raise funds for cancer research and programs through the American Cancer Society. The opening ceremony will be at 6 p.m. The walk will finish at 6 a.m. The public is welcome, espe-cially cancer survivors.

Benefit in Eagan will help Tim Burns family A benefit for the family of Tim Burns will be from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Aug. 3 at Starks Bar & Grill, 3125 Dodd Road, Eagan. At the age of 26, Burns had renal failure and lost both of his kidneys. His mother was a match and was able to provide a successful transplant. That kidney lasted more than two decades, giving Burns the chance to return to his active life of danc-ing, horseback riding, and

his career as a mechanical engineer. That kidney also en-dured when Burns was diagnosed with lymphoma nine years ago. Last fall Burns was di-agnosed with renal cell carcinoma. The aggressiveness of the tumor made him in-eligible for transplant. His only kidney was removed and Burns must now have daily dialysis, which re-quires him to be hooked

up to a machine for more than 30 hours every week. He has had to leave his career of 30 years and sur-vive with only 15 percent kidney function for the rest of his life. The benefit will feature dinner, dancing, auctions, and raffles. Silent auction items are being accepted along with donations. All proceeds will go to medical costs of dialysis and helping Burns ease

into his “new normal,” ac-cording to organizers. Call 651-319-3712 to donate a silent auction item. Financial donations may be made out to Tim’s Benefit and mailed to: US Bank, C/O Tim’s Benefit, Eagan Town Centre Office EP-MN-0137, 3629 Krest-wood Lane, Eagan, MN 55123.


Lakeville School Board member may run for mayor Bob Erickson may challenge

first-term Mayor Matt Little



Former Lakeville City Administrator Bob Er-ickson is considering challenging incumbent Matt Little in the race for Lakeville mayor. Erickson said he is talking to his family and others about the possibil-ity of running for mayor, and many people are urg-ing him to run against Little, who announced in January he will seek a second term as mayor. After a 15 years lead-

ing the city, Er-ickson joined the Lakeville Area School Board in 2009, and is half-way through his four-year term, which expires in December 2016. Little was elect-ed to the City Council in 2010 and unseated Mayor Mark Bellows in a con-tentious battle in 2012. The two often disagreed on issues, and Little aired his criticisms of Bellows on social media, prompt-ing several City Council members to raise con-cerns with the practice. Since becoming may-or, Little has promoted decorum and respect in interactions with the pub-

lic and between council members. He remains active on social media, now primarily employing it for campaigning and cheerleading vari-ous initiatives. This week, he

wrote several Facebook posts that indicate he is ready for a challenger, and his comments indi-cate he may be taking a different approach to campaigning this time around. “Got word that there may be an opponent an-nouncing this week,” Little wrote. “If they do, let’s meet them with re-spect and stick to the is-sues.”

Little also posted no-tice that if a challenger steps forward, he has 28 4-by-8 foot signs “framed and ready.”

First chair An exchange between Erickson and Little at the July 21 City Council meet-ing may indicate how such a mayoral race would play out. During public com-ment, Erickson delved into several topics, includ-ing a proposal to start a community band. Little said he would be interested in joining such a band, mentioning he played trumpet and would be “happy to bring that thing out.” Erickson hurried back

to the podium and asked to which chair Little earned when he played an instrument. “Sophomore year, it was first chair,” Little responded, which desig-nates the principal per-former in the section. Erickson quickly re-sponded they would have to compete against each other because he also earned a first chair posi-tion. City Council members whose terms expire at the end of this year are Little, Colleen LaBeau and Bart Davis; all are seeking re-election. Lakeville Area School Board members up for re-election are Michelle Volk, Jim Skelly and

Chair Roz Peterson, the Republican endorsed can-didate running against DFLer Will Morgan for state representative in District 56B. Skelly said he intends to file, and Volk has an-nounced her re-election campaign this week. Candidates interested in running for mayor, the two open the Lakeville City Council seats or the District 194 School Board can begin filing for office July 29. Filing closes Aug. 12 and candidates have until Aug. 14 to withdraw their name from consideration for the office.


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Kickball tournament honors Alyssa Ettl The inaugural Alyssa Ettl Memorial Kickball Tournament will be 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at the Lakeville North High School baseball fields, 19600 Ipava Ave. Ettl, a Lakeville North

junior, died in a Decem-ber 2013 car accident. Proceeds from the tourna-ment will support scholar-ships and future commu-nity service opportunities in her memory. Team registrations will

be taken through July 28 at www.AEmemorial.org. Cost is $20 per player and includes a T-shirt. Concessions will be available as well as raffle prizes from local establish-ments.

Volunteers are needed for concessions, registra-tion, officiating, set up and clean up, and general tournament assistance. Sign up online or call Matt Ettl at 952-221-3934. Raf-fle items also are needed.

Summer Splash deal available in Lakeville From now through 4 p.m. Friday, July 25, Sum-mer Splash tickets are buy one, get one free. Summer Splash is a wine, spirits and beer sam-pling that will be held from 5-8 p.m. Saturday, July 26,

at the Lakeville Heritage Center. Other activities include: • Try bratwurst and hot dogs simmered in Jim Beam Black Cherry Bour-bon and RumChata cup-cakes.

• Buy raffle tickets and try to win one of more than 30 gift baskets. • Bid on silent auction items. All proceeds will ben-efit the Lakeville Heritage Center.

Purchase one ticket online at lakeville-rapcon-nect.com or at any Lakev-ille Liquors location, at the Heritage Center or City Hall.

Job Transitions Group to meet

Kathie Olson will pres-ent “What is Credibility and How Do You Build It?” at the July 29 meeting of the Easter Job Transi-tions Group. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. at Eas-ter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot

Knob Road, Eagan. Small group sessions are offered following the meeting at 9:30 a.m. each week on many different topics. Call 651-452-3680 for information.


Calvary Church moves Calvary Church in New Prague has outgrown its current location in the Community Room of the State Bank of New Prague and is moving to the New Prague Middle School auditorium starting Sunday, Aug. 3. The school is at 721 Central Ave. N. The church will be using the north entrance that faces Seventh Street

Northeast. Mark Gold will be the guest speaker at the opening service at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 3. The Sunday schedule is 9:15 a.m. Fellowship (coffee and treats), 9:30 a.m. Bible & Life Groups (similar to Sunday School), 10:30 a.m. Worship. Everyone is wel-come. More information is at www.calvarychurchmn.com.

St. Mathias Fun Fest St. Mathias Parish will hold its annual Fun Fest on Sunday, Aug. 24. The festival will be held on the church grounds at the corner of Highway 50 and County Road 47 in Hampton. Festivities will include a polka Mass at 11 a.m. fea-turing Big Ben and the Brians. A food stand and a des-sert stand will open following Mass. Other activities will include both silent and regular auctions, pot of gold, bingo, games, beer stand and country store.

Religion

Business Buzz

To submit items for the Business Calendar, email:

[email protected]. Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, July 29, 8:30-9:30 a.m., New Member Ori-entation, Wings Financial, first floor training room, 14985 Gla-zier Ave., Apple Valley. RSVP by July 25. Information: Kristy Cleveland at [email protected]. • Tuesday, Aug. 5, 7:30-9

a.m., Chamber Coffee Connec-tion, Dunn Bros Coffee, 15265 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Free for members and their guests. Information: Kristy Cleveland at [email protected]. • Tuesday, Aug. 5, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Apple Val-ley Business Watch Night to Unite Picnic, Fire Station No. 1, corner of County Road 42 and Hayes Road. Cost: $5 for lunch. Dakota County Region-al Chamber of Commerce

events: • Tuesday, Aug. 5, 8-9 a.m., Rosemount Coffee Break, Merchants Bank, 15055 Chip-pendale Ave. W., Rosemount. Open to all DCRC members. Information: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Wednesday, Aug. 6, 4:30-6 p.m., Why Not Wednesday, Las Tortillas, 15051 Crestone Ave., Rosemount. Information: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or cjohnson@dcrcham-

ber.com. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Monday, July 28, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., ribbon cutting, Park Dental Lakeville, 17436 Ken-wood Trail. • Tuesday, July 29, 7:30-9 a.m., New Member Orientation, chamber conference room. RSVP by July 28. • Thursday, July 31, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Chamber President Going Away Party, Holiday Inn and Suites, Lakeville.

Olson joins Enterprise Minnesota Eagan resident Marty Olson has been hired as a business develop-ment consultant at Enterprise Minne-sota, a consulting or-ganization for medi-um-size and smaller manufacturing com-panies. Previously, Olson served as business development man-ager at BorderBound Communications in Eagan, senior account manager at US Internet in Minnetonka, and as account man-ager for Nor-Cote International in Crawfordsville, Ind. Olson holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Minnesota.

Pemberton recognized Steve Pemberton, independent sales associate with Cold-well Banker Burnet’s Apple Valley office, has been named to the company’s In-

ternational President’s Elite. Only the top 3 percent of all sales associ-ates in the Coldwell Banker system qualified for this group. The Apple Valley office of Coldwell Banker Burnet recently recognized its top performing independent sales asso-ciates at an awards presentation cer-emony. Independent sales associates achieving noteworthy levels of pro-duction in real estate home listings, sales and other related services were recognized.

Credit union event for businesses US Federal Credit Union, 1400 Riverwood Drive, Burnsville, will host a business open house and so-cial media seminar from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12. The event is an opportunity for small business owners to meet with local resources to get helpful infor-mation on starting a business, learn effective networking strategies, and gain insight as to how to manage business reputation. KS95/Hubbard Interactive will present “How to Use Social Media to Grow Your Business” seminar sessions at both 5 and 7 p.m. dur-ing the event. Along with outlining the benefits of social media use for

businesses, the seminar will review various social media campaigns any business can easily implement to grow current efforts. All seminar attendees will receive a free business social media audit. Space is limited for both sessions of the seminar; call 952-736-5305 by Aug. 11 to RSVP. For more information, visit www.usfed.org/home/promos/bizgrow.

Trade show seminar Sun Thisweek Newspapers and Merchants Bank are teaming up to offer local businesses a free seminar on making the most of their trade show experience. The seminar will be 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, at Merchants Bank, 18550 Joplin Ave., Lakeville. The marketing staff at Merchants Bank will walk participants through five key components to consider when showcasing a business at a trade show: Planning & Objectives, Selecting & Training Staff, Engag-ing Attendees, Sorting & Capturing Target Audience and Turning Leads into Business. The seminar is free to attend, but reservations are required. RSVP to [email protected] or 952-392-6835.

Marty Olson

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Students tour Washington, D.C. Five students from local high schools in and around Dakota Electric Association’s service area recently returned from the 50th annual National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Rural Electric Youth Tour held June 13-19 in Washington, D.C. Dakota Electric awarded the students an all-expense-paid trip after they completed the application and interview process in March. Students on the tour had the opportunity to learn first hand what it is like to be involved in politics, community development and today’s social issues. Youth Tour participants included Rhett Carlson (Apple Valley High School), Jay Casella (Eagan High School), Grant Udelhofen (Apple Valley High School), Aaron Mamer (Hastings High School) and Anna Marie Rutz (Farmington High School). (Photo submitted)

Obituaries

Engagements

Donner / SmithJoseph Donner and

Kristina Smith are happy to announce their engage-ment.

Parents are Paul and Rebecca Donner of Lakeville, Lisa Tulisaari of Lakeville, and Steve Smith of Wisconsin.

Joseph graduated from Augsburg College with a degree in Business Man-agement and is employed at Dart Advantage Lo-gistics in Eagan. Kris-tina graduated from St. Thomas University with a degree in Marketing Man-agement and is employed at The Creative Agency, Periscope in Minneapolis.

They will be married August 2014.

Ofstedal/FranzJulie Ofstedal, daugh-

ter of Dennis and Janet Ofstedal of Eagan, and Ryan Franz, son of Joel and Nancy Franz of Crystal, announce their engagement.

Julie is a 1999 gradu-ate of Burnsville High School, and Ryan is a 2001 graduate of Rob-binsdale Armstrong High School. Both are gradu-ates of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Julie is employed as a digi-tal marketing manager at the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities. Ryan found-ed and operates HIT Re-sults Fitness in St. Louis Park. A September wed-ding is planned.

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Apple Valley The Apple Valley Se-nior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the fol-lowing activities, which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday through Fri-day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityofapplevalley.org. Monday, July 28 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Exec. Committee, 10 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Pool, 1 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 29 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Bike Group, 9 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Pi-nochle, 12:30 p.m.; Span-ish, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 30 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; Bicycle Club, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Domi-noes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m. Thursday, July 31 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Tap Dancing; 12:30 p.m.; Pool, 1 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 – Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Bicy-cle Club, 9 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Members Bingo; 12:30 p.m.

Burnsville The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior events. Monday, July 28 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Card Recycle, 12:30 p.m.; Pi-nochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS

Flex. Tuesday, July 29 – Trea-sure Island, 8:30 a.m.; Cedar Lanes Bowling, 10 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dancing. Wednesday, July 30 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Tai Chi MS, 11 a.m.; 500 and Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex; Wednesday in the Park, 7 p.m. Thursday, July 31 – Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; SS Flex.

Eagan The following senior activities are offered by the Eagan Parks and Rec-reation Department in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway. Call 651-675-5500 for more in-formation. Monday, July 28 – Zum-ba, 9 a.m.; FFL and FFL+ (Oasis), 10 and 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 29 – Health Ins. Counseling, by appointment only, 8:30 a.m. to noon; Euchre and 500, 1 p.m.; Zumba, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, July 30 – LORockers, 9 a.m.; Speak-er, 10 a.m.; Strawberry Themed Potluck, 11 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 31 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m.; Zumba, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 – ESP-AB, 9 a.m.; Zumba, 10:15 a.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m.

Farmington The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more infor-mation on trips, programs and other activities, call 651-280-6970. Monday, July 28 – Cof-

fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Dulci-mer Club, 10 a.m.; Domi-noes, 10:30 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 12:30 p.m.; Day Old Bread, 12:30 p.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dancing, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 29 – Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fit-ness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Chair Exercise, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Bowling, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; Yoga Class, 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 30 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Seniors on the Move Fitness, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 12:30 p.m.; MN Centen-nial Showboat Trip, 12:30 p.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, July 31 – Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Sch-weich’s Hotel & Restau-rant, 10:30 a.m.

Rosemount The following activities are sponsored by the Rose-mount Parks and Recre-ation Department and the Rosemount Area Seniors. For more information, call the Rosemount Parks and Recreation Department at 651-322-6000. Monday, July 28 – Bridge, 9 a.m., Do Drop Inn; 500, 1 p.m., DDI. Tuesday, July 29 – Cof-fee, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Rose-mount Cub; Bid Euchre, 9 a.m., DDI. Wednesday, July 30

– RAS Walking Club, 9 a.m., Rosemount Commu-nity Center south parking lot. Thursday, July 31 – No activities planned. Friday, Aug. 1 – Euchre, 9 a.m., DDI; Bowling, 1 p.m., Apple Place in Apple Valley. Stillwater Trolley Tour, Thursday, Sept. 18, Still-water. Narrated tour fol-lowed by lunch at The Gasthaus Bavarian Hunt-er. After lunch, stop by Aamodt’s Apple Farm and the St. Croix Winery store. The bus will depart from

the Rosemount Communi-ty Center at 9:15 a.m. and return at 3:45 p.m. Cost is $64, which includes bus, tour and lunch. Registra-tion deadline: Aug. 22. Historic Fort Snelling Bus Tour, Thursday, Sept. 11. A costumed tour guide will give participants a de-tailed history of the site and share stories from the past. Cost is $12. The bus will depart from the Rose-mount Community Center at 10:45 a.m. and return at 1:30 p.m. Registration deadline: Sept. 4. August Schell Brewery

and Morgan Creek Vine-yards, Thursday, Oct. 2, New Ulm. Cost is $75. The bus will depart from the Rosemount Community Center at 7:15 a.m. and re-turn at 5 p.m. Registration deadline: Sept. 8. The Rosemount Area Seniors “Do Drop Inn” is open to senior citizens 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The room is located in the Rose-mount Community Center and allows seniors a place to stop by and socialize during the week.

Seniors


Developmental Disabili-ties. In 2011 and 2013 he hosted home visits for The Arc Greater Twin Cities, welcoming Burnsville state lawmakers Dan Hall, Will Morgan and Pam Myhra into his home to discuss disability policy. The Arc Greater Twin Cities calls Williams “an emerging leader in the self-advocacy movement.” “Mike’s heart lies in his advocacy and self-advoca-cy work. Everything else takes second place,” the organization said in nomi-nating him for the Andrew R. Richardson Award. “His hard work, posi-tive attitude and perse-verance inspire everyone around him. He is a model of what advocacy for hu-man equality looks like.” Williams said he’s for-tunate to have escaped the days when many with

intellectual and develop-mental disabilities were housed in institutional set-tings. The deinstitutionaliza-tion movement took hold in the 1970s, said Guthrie Byard, a staff advocate for The Arc Greater Twin Cities who works with Williams on the advisory council and has accom-panied him on Disabil-ity Day rallies at the state Capitol. The more he learned about the past, Williams said, the more his self-ad-vocacy became something bigger. “Through the years, through other people that had come out of state in-stitutions, I heard some of the stories,” he said. “I just want to make sure we don’t fall back into the institutions. Some were good, and some were re-ally bad.” The advisory commit-tee Williams serves on has

been focusing on issues such as transportation, voter mobilization and the school anti-bullying bill that passed this year, Byard said. Some disabled people testified for the bill based on their own past school experiences, he said. “We really try to help folks share their stories, and Mike is really good at that,” Byard said. Williams “loves The Arc” and stays on top of disability issues, said Ayanna McAdory, the program counselor at his group home. “Because of The Arc and other organizations I’ve been a part of,” Wil-liams said, “I have a voice and I can speak and peo-ple will listen.”

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

continue to operate with very high academic out-comes at a very low cost to taxpayers. Under Berenz’s lead-ership, except for a tax increase passed for this year’s board-approved levy, the district lowered the levy in each of the pre-vious four years. Board Member Bob Schutte credited Berenz with being an important district liaison to the pub-lic and staff members. Berenz helped inform district voters who said yes in November 2013 to revoking a $20 million an-nual operating levy and replacing it with a 10-year, $30 million annual levy by about a 2-to-1 margin. Students also continue to exceed state averages on Minnesota Compre-hensive Assessment tests based on 2012 results (the most recent). Those results included averages that beat state average lev-els by 16 and 13 percent-age points for 11th-grade math and 10th-grade

reading, respectively. Berenz’s contract changes took into ac-count general compensa-tions trends, the district’s collective bargaining settlements with other administrative and non-administrative employee units and the district’s budget guidelines, accord-ing district information. Other changes to the contract were to increase the 403(b) savings plan match of 6 percent, which will not exceed the state maximum, and the dis-trict will increase its con-tribution to her health insurance coverage by 1 percent for 2015-16, 2 percent for 2016-17 and 2 percent for 2017-18. In June 2013, Berenz received a 2 percent pay increase, raising her an-nual salary to $195,840 beginning July 1, 2013. Berenz received a 3.78 percent pay raise in 2012 after incurring a pay freeze for three years. The district has ap-proximately 28,000 stu-dents. When Burnsville-Ea-

gan-Savage School Dis-trict Superintendent Joe Gothard was hired in May 2013, he was to be paid a base salary of $185,000 in his first year under a three-year contract. Gothard’s salary rises to $186,800 for the 2014-15 school year and to $188,600 for 2015-16. The district has 9,500 students. Lakeville Area School District Superintendent Lisa Snyder will receive an annual 1.3 percent raise, increasing from $180,000 to $182,394 for 2014-15 and to $184,820 in 2015-16. By 2017, Snyder will earn $187,278 annually. Snyder’s contract includes an option for performance pay of up to $7,000 annu-ally. Snyder was hired in 2011 at a salary of $169,500 and has received $12,367 in bonus pay since coming to the dis-trict, which has approxi-mately 10,800 students.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

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BERENZ, from 1A


Bethel University, St. Paul, spring dean’s list, from Eagan – Kaylin Al-len, Taylor Dusek, Emilee Gohl, Timothy Hendrick-sen, Matthew Schull, Ste-ven Schull, Kristin Seely. Bethel University, St. Paul, spring graduates, from Eagan – Steven Schull, B.S., biochemistry and molecular biology; Aryiel Ash, B.A., math-ematics. Concordia College, Moorhead, spring dean’s list, from Burnsville – Bri-ley Fenimore, Victoria Richmond; from Eagan – Stephanie Adams, Mat-thew Burian, Thomas Du-katz, Luke Fitterer, Abi-gail Fouts, Samuel Fouts, Matthew Gantz, Audrey Gunn, Madeline Johnson, Kayla Nesler, Sarah Ol-son, Kristine Opatz, Jack-son Yakowicz. Brian Warzeha, of Burnsville and a student at Dakota County Technical

College, was awarded the college/postsecondary sil-ver medal in Related Tech-nical Math at the SkillsU-SA National Leadership and Skills Conference. Macalester College, St. Paul, spring dean’s list, Kelsey Larson, of Burns-ville. Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, spring grad-uates, from Eagan – Adrea Holler, Pharm.D., phar-macy; Lindsay Kauchick, B.S., business administra-tion; Gregory Stoker, B.S., business administration. University of North-western – St. Paul, spring dean’s list, from Eagan – Lauren Anderson, Anna Burnham, Christina Eft-eland, Nathan Gee, Aar-on Gothmann, Hannah Gullickson, Nicole Mo-ran, Krista Substad, Me-gan Westlund. University of North-western – St. Paul, spring graduates, from Eagan –

Hannah Vandromme, Me-gan Westlund. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, spring dean’s list, from Burnsville – Taryn Dahms, Julianne Kambeitz, Evan Marian; from Eagan – Courtney Kenefick, Carly Lash, Ellen Paulson, Sa-mantha Tako, Savannah Walker. University of Wiscon-sin-Stout, spring chancel-lor’s award, from Eagan – Savanna Brautigam, Katelyn Elliot, Lauren Fleck, Abigail Johnson, Brittany Lauermann, Lau-ren Ross, Thomas Suiter. University of Minne-sota Crookston, spring dean’s list, from Eagan – Joseph Machacek, May Nabirye, Drew Selvestra, Anna Zwicky.

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Beware of student loan assistance scams Many students are graduating from college this month. Student loan debt in the United States now tops $1 trillion. It is the second largest form of consumer debt, second only to home mortgage debt. With many recent graduates struggling to find jobs and the amount of student debt rising, the student loan assistance industry — and the op-portunity for scams — has grown. Student loan assistance companies sell services that claim to help bor-rowers manage and repay their student loans. Student loan assistance scams try to hide the fact that they charge thou-sands of dollars for some-thing borrowers can do for free, often claiming to have “inside information” or special relationships with the U.S. Department

of Education to dupe bor-rowers into paying. It is important for stu-dent loan borrowers to be on the lookout for scam artists who charge hefty fees for one size fits all services that aren’t right for everyone and are often available for free from the government. Here’s how it might happen: “Tracy” signed up for what she thought was a student loan repayment plan sponsored by the U.S. Department of Educa-tion. After paying almost $500 in fees—money that she was told would count toward her loan pay-ments—she found out that the repayment plan was not affiliated with the gov-ernment and the fees were not applied to her loans. “Jeff” contracted with a student debt relief firm to consolidate his loans. After several $40 monthly

payments, Jeff discovered that none of the payments had been applied to his loans and that his loans were now in default.

Red fl ags Student loan assistance scammers may advertise consolidation and defer-ment and forbearance pro-grams as one size fits all, sure fire fixes for borrow-ers struggling to manage their student loan debt. It is important to remem-ber that not all repayment plans work for everyone. Choosing the wrong re-payment plan can have serious consequences. For example, some deferment and forbearance plans are only appropriate for someone who is perma-nently disabled and unable to work. If a person who signed up for one of these plans gets a job and earns money down the road, the

person may have to pay back thousands of dollars in back payments, fees, and interest.To avoid student debt as-sistance scams, watch out for these red flags: • High-pressure sales pitches • Hefty upfront fees • Blank contracts • Deceptive logos • Over reaching or mis-used powers of attorney • Phrases like “CALL NOW!” “GUARAN-TEED RESULTS!” or “SAVINGS PLAN AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!” • Requests for a stu-dent’s loan PIN for ser-vices (The U.S. Depart-ment of Education advises borrowers against sharing their four digit National Student Loan Data Sys-tem PIN with others.)

How to get help If you need help manag-ing or paying student loan debt, you should contact your loan servicer to learn about the repayment plan that is best for you and your loans. You can also visit the U.S. Department of Education Federal Stu-dent Aid Office website, at studentaid.ed.gov, to learn more. All forms are free to download and submit. The following agencies also provide information about repayment plans and how to avoid student loan assistance scams: • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, De-partment of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20220; Toll free: 1-855-411-CFPB (2372); con-sumerfinance.gov • U.S. Department of Education, Federal Stu-dent Aid Ombudsman

Group, 830 1st St. N.E., Mail Stop 5144, Washing-ton, D.C. 20202-5144; Toll free: 1-877-557-2575; stu-dentaid.ed.gov • Federal Trade Com-mission, Consumer Response Center, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580; Toll free: 1-877-382-4357; consumer.ftc.gov If you have been con-tacted by a student loan assistance scammer, you may report the matter to the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office as fol-lows: Office of Minnesota Attorney General, 1400 Bremer Tower, 445 Min-nesota St., St. Paul, MN 55101; 651-296-3353 or 800-657-3787; TTY: 651-297-7206 or 800-366-4812; ag.state.mn.us

Shopping tips for college-bound studentsPreparing for college

life is a must, whether you are planning to live on or off campus. But it can be overwhelming without a game plan.

To make this exciting ex-perience as smooth as pos-sible, the college experts at Bed Bath & Beyond are offering helpful shopping tips for students and par-ents.

• Use a checklist: Stay organized and on budget with a checklist. Some re-tailers offer online and in-store lists breaking down the essential gear needed

for on and off-campus liv-ing.

• Know your school rules: To avoid any unwel-come surprises on move-in day, learn your school-specifi c rules before shop-ping. From microwaves to coffeemakers, know what you can and can’t bring to your school. Look up your school rules at www.bedbathandbeyond.com/shopforcollege.

• Create a college reg-istry: A registry makes a great resource for fam-ily and friends choosing graduation or college gifts.

Students can also use their registry to share what they’re bringing to school with roommates.

• Meet the roomie: Once students receive their housing assignment, they should connect with their future roommate to fi nal-ize room decisions and avoid duplication.

• Make packing easy: Take advantage of re-sources that make trans-porting your items to col-lege easier. For example, Bath & Beyond has a free in-store service which al-lows students to select

dorm room essentials at a store near home and have everything ready to pick up for purchase at a store near campus.

• Bedding: The bed is pretty much the center of dorm room life, so make it comfortable and styl-ish. School-provided mat-tresses are often thin, so consider adding a memory foam topper or fi ber bed for extra support. Re-member that most dorms require twin extra-long sheets (TXL), and don’t forget to protect the mat-tress against bed bugs and

allergens with a mattress protector.

• Organize: Maximiz-ing space is a must. Create more room with storage and organizational items under the bed, over the door and in the closet.

Look for multi-func-tional items, such as bed risers that have an AC out-let and USB charger.

• Make it homey: Add an area rug and throw blankets for extra warmth, or add accents like a cool side table and colorful throw pillows.

Decorate the walls with

dry erase message boards, artwork and photo dis-plays.

• Study smart: Make sure your work space is highly functional. You’ll need plenty of storage for school supplies, lighting for late night cramming and a surge protector to plug-in all your devices.

Creating a home away from home can be a chal-lenge. Use tools and re-sources specifi cally de-signed for college-bound students to stay organized and on budget. (State-Point)

McGuire attends Shell Lake program

Eagan native Maeve McGuire participated in the Shell Lake Arts Center’s jazz ensem-ble and combo camp June 22-27 in Shell Lake, Wis. The program featured instruction from professional jazz musicians from across the nation on improvisation, listening, instrument masterclasses, jazz history and more. (Photo submitted)

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“Imagine Your Future”


Sports

Father, son take on new coaching challengesObarskis remain

heavily involved in local soccer

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


The Obarski family has been a fixture in south metro youth and high school soccer for de-cades. This fall, however, finds two of them trying to leave im-prints on new teams. Jason Obarski, one of Mark’s and Barb’s five soccer-playing children, is a high school head coach for the first time, taking over the boys program at Farm-ington High School. Mark, head girls soccer coach at Eagan High School for the last 14 years, was hired in June to coach the women’s team at Dakota County Tech-nical College. “He had a lot of success at Eagan; he accomplished most of the things he wanted to do there,” Jason said of his father’s job change. “At the same time, he always had an eye on college coaching. This job lets him stay at Eagan as a teacher and gives him the chance he wanted to coach a college team.” Mark, on his son running the Farmington boys program: “I think it’s great. He has a pas-sion for coaching. His team

looks like it has a good founda-tion. He’s coaching in the South Suburban Conference, which is not only a strong conference but one he’s familiar with.”

Back to the fi eld Jason Obarski, an All-State soccer and football player at Apple Valley High School, has had a non-traditional career track. He was an athletic director before becoming a head coach, an almost unheard-of occurrence. In 2013-14 he was athletic di-rector at Prairie Seeds Academy, a charter school in Brooklyn Park. One of his biggest tasks was repairing the school’s relationship with the Minnesota State High School League and its other members. Before Obarski was hired, the MSHSL kicked Prairie Seeds out of the 2012 state Class A boys soccer tourna-ment for using ineligible play-ers. Part of Obarski’s job was to make sure Prairie Seeds coach-es understood the high school league’s rules and put proce-dures in place to make sure they were followed. But, he wanted to coach.

“Farmington is a growing community and the fact that the school is in the South Suburban Conference is definitely a plus, because I played at Apple Val-ley when most of those schools were in the Lake Conference,” Obarski said. In addition to coaching the high school team, Obarski will direct a Minnesota Thunder Academy regional branch in Farmington, which will operate the community’s youth soccer program. Farmington reached the Sec-tion 1AA championship game last season. From what Obar-ski has seen of the Tigers’ var-sity candidates this summer, he said they look like an unselfish, coachable group. He will run a camp for the high school play-ers later this month. “I’m implementing my phi-losophy, developing our style of play and building a relation-ship with the players so we’re not all going in blind Aug. 11 (when fall practices start),” he said. The Tigers have to adjust to playing in one of the state’s most competitive leagues, and Obarski has to adjust to coach-ing against people such as Alan Merrick and Chuck Scanlon. Obarski said Merrick is one of his biggest soccer influenc-

es. Scanlon, the Apple Valley coach who is the state’s all-time leader in victories, was Obar-ski’s high school coach.

A new challenge Mark Obarski was hired less than two months before the Dakota County Technical Col-lege women’s team is scheduled to begin practice. Recruiting started almost immediately. “We have a number of play-ers on the ros-ter already, but we’re definitely looking for more,” he said. He planned to be at the USA Cup Weekend and USA Cup tournaments in Blaine to see if he can find any players who slipped through the recruiting cracks. “We’ll look at kids who graduated (from high school) this year or the year before and see if they’re still interested in playing college soccer,” he said. Obarski takes over for Cam Stoltz, who founded the DCTC women’s team in 2003 and re-mains at the college as men’s soccer coach and athletic coor-dinator. The DCTC women’s soccer

rosters had a heavy Twin Cities influence under Stoltz. All of the players on last year’s team were from metro-area high schools. Obarski said he will have the same philosophy toward assem-bling his rosters. “My goal is to really hit the metro area hard for recruiting,” he said. A lot of colleges recruit Minnesota players, but Obarski said he will emphasize DCTC’s attributes: close to home, an on-campus field, and interest-ing road trips. “We have a trip to Salt Lake City this year,” Obarski said. “Sports is part of the college experience,” he said, “and that’s true if you’re at a two-year col-lege or a four-year college.” Obarski, a two-time state high school coach of the year, said he believes his ideas will translate to college soccer. Hav-ing been a local high school coach could help him get a foot in the door with players. “I hope so,” he said. “I had a good relationship with the coaches in the South Suburban Conference, and we played a lot of the Suburban East schools in our non-conference games.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Jason Obarski

MarkObarski

Eagan will be host of Legion baseball tourney16 teams will chase

state title starting Aug. 1 by Mike Shaughnessy


Organizers of next week’s state Amer-ican Legion baseball tournament lined up Minnesota Twins general manager Terry Ryan to be the featured speaker at the pre-tourney banquet. Then they started to worry when they looked at the calendar. The banquet is scheduled Thursday, July 31, at Eagan Community Cen-ter. That also happens to be the Major League Baseball non-waiver trading deadline, and the Twins figure to be ac-tive. Thankfully for the local organizers, the trade deadline is 3 p.m. and the ban-quet’s social hour starts at 6 p.m. “We talked to (Ryan) a few weeks ago and he assured us he’s in,” said Doug Grawe, a member of the local committee putting on the state tournament. If any other problems that arise in the next week and a half can be solved as easily, Grawe and his compatriots will be happy. This is Eagan’s first chance to be at host city of the state American Legion tournament, an event that has been held for 88 years, or every year since 1926.

Legion baseball is for players 19 and younger. Generally, they are in high school or have just graduated from high school. In a few cases, players who have completed one year of college can come back and play for their hometown Le-gion teams. The host team gets an automatic berth in the state tournament, so the Ea-gan Patriots will be one of the 16 teams in the field when play begins Friday, Aug. 1. The rest will qualify through Sub-State tournaments taking place this week. Eagan’s best finish in the state tourna-ment was second in 2010. “Eagan had been in the state tournament two years in a row, and we thought it would be good timing for the community to serve as host,” Grawe said. “This is something we’ve been working on for two years.” The Eagan High School varsity field will be the headquarters, but some state tournament games also will be played at Alimagnet Park in Burnsville and Red Haddox Field in Bloomington. The championship game is scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, at Eagan High School. First- and second-place teams will advance to regional competition. Last year, Burnsville finished second to Eden Prairie in the state tournament, then won

its regional and played in the American Legion World Series in North Carolina. Eagan is somewhat of a non-tradi-tional state Legion tournament host in that the headquarters field at EHS does not have lights (the fields in Burnsville and Bloomington do have lights). Grawe said that initially was a concern for state Legion baseball officials, but they even-tually approved the local committee’s plan. Assuming there are no major weather delays, the biggest challenge will be play-ing four nine-inning games on the EHS field Aug. 1 before nightfall. Games that day are scheduled for 9 a.m., noon, 3 and 6 p.m. At the other tournament loca-tions, first-day action starts at 10 a.m. “From what we’ve seen, the Legion officials and umpires do a good job of moving the games along, so we don’t think it will be a problem,” Grawe said. In addition to four days of baseball starting Aug. 1, there will be a home run contest and youth baseball clinics at 2 p.m. July 31 at the Eagan High varsity field. The home run contest was added last year, when Edina was host of the state tournament, and the Eagan orga-nizers chose to keep it. Grawe said the tournament has been able to secure strong local sponsorship

from businesses such as Minnwest Bank, Life Wellness Center, General Sports, Massage Envy and Grawe Law, as well as the Twins Community Fund. Among other things, sponsorships help pay for hotel rooms for teams that have to travel more than 50 miles to play in the tourna-ment. Those teams will stay at the Best Western in Eagan. Teams from within a 50-mile radius will commute to the event. Eagan Baseball board members such as Kevin Nagel, Tom Umhoefer and Matt Caudill helped guide the local ef-fort to get the state Legion tournament bid, as was Eagan High School baseball coach Rob Walsh. The late Paul Cle-ments, a longtime Eagan youth baseball coach, also assisted in the bid before his death in December 2013. “Our philosophy has been to do the basics well and not add a lot of bells and whistles,” Grawe said. “If we cover the basics, we’ll have a successful tourna-ment.” More information about the event, including ticket prices for the ban-quet and tournament, can be found at www.2014mnlegionstatetournament.com.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Dakota Rev Rampage players Amanda Hartmann (11), Kaitlin Ptacek (5) and Jamie Rademacher move into position in front of the Twin Cities Fire net during the girls Under-19 A flight final of the USA Cup Weekend tournament. (Photo by Jason Olson)

Rampage picks up more hardwareDakota Rev team wins at USA Cup

Weekend by Mike Shaughnessy


The Dakota Rev Ram-page, a team with some of the metro area’s top girls soccer players, won an-other championship at the USA Cup Weekend tour-nament July 11-13. The team won six games in the girls Un-der-19 A Flight at the weekend tournament, out-scoring opponents 22-2. Dakota Rev defeated the Blaine-based Twin Cities Fire 3-0 in the champion-ship game. In the spring, the Ram-page finished first in the U18 Premier II division in the Midwest Regional League. Last summer, many of the same players traveled to Sweden and won their division at the Gothia Cup tournament. The Rampage roster includes numerous play-ers who are headed to college soccer, such as Kellie McGahn (an East-view High School gradu-ate) and Alyssa Blahnik (Burnsville), who have signed with the University of Minnesota. Univer-sity of Nebraska redshirt freshman Natalie Muench

(Burnsville) also played for the Rampage, as did Eastview graduate Paige Wilberding, who is joining the Cornhuskers this sea-son. Julia Lam, a Rampage player from Apple Valley High School, is headed to South Dakota State. Lauren Sherry, a defender for the Rampage as well as state high school Class AA runner-up Lakeville North, is headed to Cen-tral Michigan. Leah Schmidt of Ea-gan, Hannah Keirstead of Burnsville, Amanda Hart-mann of Burnsville, Ka-tie Eaton of Apple Valley (Eastview), Emily Sutliff

of Apple Valley (Eastview) and Brianna Lindstrom of Apple Valley (Eastview) also played for the Ram-page.

USA Cup recap Although no teams from the Sun Thisweek coverage area reached Gold or Silver division fi-nals in the weeklong USA Cup tournament that ended July 19 in Blaine, several did reach champi-onship games in the July 11-13 USA Cup weekend tourney. In addition to the Da-kota Rev Rampage’s girls U19 championship, the Lakeville Lightning fin-

ished first in the girls U13 B flight playoff, outscor-ing three playoff oppo-nents 10-0. The Lightning defeated Futura Feroce of Missouri 3-0 in the cham-pionship game. The Dakota Rev Re-venge won the girls U15 B flight, defeating Integrity XC 2-0 in the champion-ship game. Valley United Fusion reached the boys U19 A flight final in the USA Cup Weekend tourney before losing to St. Croix of Minnesota 1-0. Val-ley United also finished second in the boys U12 C flight.

Notebook: Local skaters to represent USA at international tourneys by Mike Shaughnessy


Several local play-ers have been named to two USA Hockey Select teams that will compete in international tourna-ments next month. Brock Boeser of Burnsville and Nick Swaney of Lakeville, both forwards, will play for the Under-18 Select team that will compete in the Ivan Hlinka Memo-rial Cup on Aug. 11-16 in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Boeser, who played last season for Burnsville High School, was a mem-ber of the U.S. team that won the Under-17 Five Nations tournament last summer. Swaney played for Lakeville South High School last winter. Defenseman Samuel Rossini of Burnsville High School and goalie Ryan Edquist, a Lakev-ille resident who plays at Shattuck-St. Mary’s, are on the U.S. Under-17 Select team that will play in the 2014 Five Nations tournament beginning Aug. 13 in Germany.

Legion baseball

playoffs American Legion baseball teams are com-peting this week for spots in next week’s state tour-nament to be held in Eagan, Burnsville and

Bloomington. Fifteen “Sub-State” tournaments are being held across Minnesota, with the winners of each advancing to the state tournament that begins Aug. 1. The Eagan Patri-ots will be the 16th team in the field, earning an automatic berth as tour-nament host. Rosemount, Burns-ville, Apple Valley, Lakeville South and Farmington will play in the Sub-State 5 tourna-ment this week at Ali-magnet Park in Burns-ville. Rosemount faced St. Paul Park on Wednes-day, with the winner go-ing on to the double-elimination portion of the tournament. On Thursday, Apple Valley and Lakeville South play at 4 p.m., Burnsville plays Woodbury Blue at 4:20, Farmington plays New Prague at 7 and Inver Grove Heights meets the St. Paul Park-Rosemount winner at 7:20. The tour-nament runs through Sunday afternoon. Lakeville North, Ea-gan and Eastview are in the Sub-State 6 tourna-ment in Northfield and Dundas. That tourna-ment started Wednesday and runs through Sunday. A second Eagan American Legion team is playing in the Sub-State 4 tournament in Min-netonka.


The GARAGE and after-school programs such as homework help. “There’s been uncer-tainty related to grant pro-grams and grant funding,” said Terry Schultz, Burns-ville’s director of parks, recreation and natural re-sources. “And because the dollars have fluctuated, I think the number of par-ticipants has fluctuated.” Now that the direction is set, GARAGE fans can tune out any rumors that the music is ending, Kolb-Williams said. “There’s a lot of work to be done, but we’re not in immediate jeopardy of shutting down,” he said. “People really understand how important the facility and the community it cre-

ates is to the Twin Cities music scene, not just here in Burnsville.” The city’s proposed contribution to the non-profit venue, aside from the building and heat, is $106,000 in federal grants earmarked for youth pro-grams to build the re-cording studio and make restroom renovations. The total estimated bill is $256,000, with $90,000 coming from a GARAGE fund balance and $60,000 more slated from a grant and donations. “The music portion, the concerts, have been very successful over the years, and we’ve always wanted to find a way to continue to offer that to the com-munity,” Schultz said. The new nonprofit will have access to some grant fund-

ing that city government wouldn’t, he said. Years of ticket-sale data are encouraging, but the nonprofit will be looking for outside help through grants and in-kind dona-tions, Kolb-Williams said. As a member of the youth collaborative, the nonprofit is planning a partnership with the school district, whose Community Education department would be the main portal for music- and recording-related educa-tion programs for students in grades six through 12. There’s even talk of for-credit classes for Burns-ville High School students. “Now that we have (the school district’s) pools and resources available to us, we’re hoping this is just going to start to spike

even more interest from people,” Kolb-Williams said. More live shows, now limited mostly to Friday and Saturday nights, are also likely. “The building will al-ways be buzzing,” Kolb-Williams said. “It’s just a matter of whether it’s a show or there’s a learning opportunity happening.”

Music background Kolb-Williams has a bachelor’s degree in music education from the Uni-versity of Wisconsin-La-Crosse, where he studied to become a band teacher. In addition to working at The GARAGE, he has for five years taught music lessons at Cyprus Classical Academy, a Montessori school on County Road

5 in Burnsville. Kolb-Wil-liams specializes in percus-sion but teaches all band instruments. He’s also a rocker who played with LaCrosse band Shoeless Revolution and is a member of Min-neapolis’ Bigtree Bonsai. He has worked as a tour manager and band repre-sentative. Logan Adams, his main partner in the nonprofit, is a writer who edits the GA-RAGE MUSIC NEWS blog. The GARAGE’s two stages host everything from indie-folk to hip-hop and metal. Local and na-tional touring acts have played there, including a recent show by local-boys-made-good Motion City Soundtrack. As a recent City Pages

article notes, The GA-RAGE has become a mag-net for many of the heavy metal and punk bands that used to play at down-town St. Paul’s Station 4 nightclub, which closed last year. “I’ve certainly grown to appreciate the metal,” Kolb-Williams said. “I understand why people are very passionate about it. That’s a tradition The GARAGE has had for a number of years. It’s something the young people especially gravitate toward. We’ll continue to hold that torch as a place for them to play.”

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

GARAGE, from 1A

in a tribute. Detlefsen, who’s had a State Farm Insurance agency in Burnsville for nearly 40 years, headed the chamber’s board of di-rectors in 1982 when it be-gan searching for its first full-time president. From the field of ap-plicants board members chose Olson, a young staffer with the Minne-apolis Chamber of Com-merce. With a starting salary that exceeded the cham-ber’s annual revenue, Ol-son knew he had make the organization grow, ac-cording to Detlefsen. “With his leadership, membership numbers and investment income in-creased severalfold,” De-tlefsen wrote. “Not only was David able to cover his own payroll, but the

chamber hired additional staff to assist with pro-gramming.” The chamber became the fastest-growing cham-ber in Minnesota, and one of the most active cham-bers, Detlefsen wrote: “Burnsville was on the map!” During his tenure, Ol-son formed the Ambas-sadors group and began hosting the Morning Cof-fee Break and Business After Hours programs — all of which continue more than 30 years later. “Chamber activi-ties were fun,” Detlefsen wrote. “Volunteers filled all of the various commit-tees that were created by David and the board.” Olson’s success didn’t go unnoticed. When Twin-West came calling, Olson couldn’t pass up the op-portunity to lead the larg-er chamber.

“David was an incred-ible leader and mentor as well as a great friend,” said Brad Meier, current TwinWest president. “He was always there for the local chambers and would travel all over the state of Minnesota to help with initiatives, strategic plan-ning or to attend events.” Olson was named president of the Minne-sota chamber in 1991. The organization represents more than 2,300 Minne-sota companies, 130 local chambers and 65 business trade associations, the chamber said in a news release about Olson’s pass-ing. “David’s deep com-mitment to improving the state’s economy and the lives of Minnesotans carried throughout his career,” said Bill Blazar, senior vice president of public affairs and busi-

ness development at the Minnesota chamber. “He loved our state. He worked every day to make it better and loved being engaged in anything and everything that would make our econ-omy stronger.” The Minnesota cham-ber had many accomplish-ments under Olson’s lead-ership, including repeal of the sales tax on business-to-business transactions in 2014. “The Minnesota cham-ber is stronger than ever because of an excellent board of directors and staff. David built that each and every year,” said Jeff DeYoung, managing partner at Baker Tilly and chair of the Minnesota chamber board. “He was also directly responsible for building the statewide voice of business at the Capitol.” Other organizations

also sought Olson for his expertise in shaping and advancing public policy. In recent years, ensuring a skilled workforce for Min-nesota employers became a high priority for him personally as well as the Minnesota chamber. He served six years on the Minnesota State Col-leges and Universities Board of Trustees, in-cluding as chairman from 2007-10. During his ten-ure, he made great strides in initiatives to better align post-secondary offerings with workforce needs. He also was a mem-ber of local and national boards. He served on the boards for the National Association of Manufac-turers, United Way and Northern Star Council Boy Scouts. He was chair-main-elect of the Council of State Manufacturers Association, lead busi-

ness representative on the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council and a member of the Generation Next Partnership Board. He served on a number of other business and com-munity work groups. Olson earned a master of science degree in pub-lic administration from Mankato State University, and a bachelor of arts de-gree in urban and political science from St. Olaf Col-lege in Northfield. He was an Eagle Scout. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, and sons Erik and Nick. A memorial service was July 21 at Westmin-ster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis.

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

OLSON, from 1A

The Recycling Zone will be represented at fair Those who visit the Government Building at the 2014 Dakota County Fair will learn more than they ever knew before about The Recycling Zone in Dakota County. With The Recycling Zone as its theme this year, the building will be cov-ered in educational mes-

sages that will not just help people understand what re-cycled materials are turned into, but also remind them of the variety of items that are accepted for free at their local recycling facility. Some aspects of The Recycling Zone will even be brought directly to the fairgrounds as fairgoers

are invited to drop off their unused cellphones, ink car-tridges and plastic bags in the Government Building for free and environmen-tally-friendly disposal. Adults can also browse Dakota County’s online Green Guide to learn what can and can’t be recycled, and utilize online maps to

search for driving direc-tions from their home to The Recycling Zone, while kids enjoy a variety of ac-tivities in the building. To inspire children to get into the habit of recy-cling, Dakota County staff will give superhero capes to kids as a reminder that “Superheroes Recycle” at

The Recycling Zone. Local superhero Sustainability Man will stop by to meet and greet kids from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at the Government Build-ing. The fair is held Aug. 4-10 at the Dakota County fairgrounds, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. Open

hours at the Government Building are noon to 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Aug. 5-9; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10. For more information about the fair, visit www.dakotacountyfair.org.


LEGAL NOTICES

CITY OF BURNSVILLE, MINNESOTAPUBLIC NOTICE

STATE PRIMARY ELECTION Notice is hereby given that a State Primary Election shall be held in the City of Burnsville, Dakota County, Minnesota

on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 and that the voting precincts and polling places for these elections will be as follows:

Precinct Location Directions

1 Sioux Trail Elementary2801 River Hills Dr.

One block north of Highway 13 on west side of River Hills Dr.

2 St. James Lutheran Church3650 Williams Dr.

One block west of Judicial Rd on north side of Williams Dr.

3 Vista View Elementary13109 County Rd. 5

1/2 mile south of Hwy 13 on east side of County Rd. 5

4 Sky Oaks Elementary100 East 134th St.

One block east of Nicollet Ave. on north side of 134th St.

5 Eden Baptist Church1313 Highway 13

¼ mile east of Parkwood Dr. on south side of Hwy 13

6 Wm Byrne Elementary11608 River Hills Drive

Three blocks north of Cliff Rd on west side of River Hills Dr.

7 Neill Elementary13409 Upton Avenue South

Four blocks north of Burnsville Parkway on the east side of Upton Ave.

8 Burnsville City Hall100 Civic Center Parkway

One block east of Nicollet Ave. on north side of Civic Center Parkway

9 Gideon Pond Elementary613 East 130th St.

Six blocks east of Nicollet Ave. on south side of 130th St.

10 Mary, Mother of the Church3333 East Cliff Road

1/2 mile east of Kennelly Rd. on south side of Cliff Rd.

11 Discover Church14300 Burnsville Pkwy.

Two blocks south of County Rd. 42 on west side of Burnsville Pkwy.

12 Grace United Methodist Church15309 Maple Island Rd.

¼ mile south of Crystal Lake Rd. on the east side of Maple Island Rd.

13 Berean Baptist Church309 East County Road 42

East side of Plymouth Ave. on south side of County Rd. 42

14 Echo Park Elementary School14100 County Rd. 11

¼ mile south of McAndrews Rd., west of County Rd. 11

15 Episcopal Church of the Nativity15601 Maple Island Rd.

¾ mile south of Crystal Lake Rd. on the east side of Maple Island Rd.

16 Buck Hill Ski Resort15400 Buck Hill Rd.

½ mile south of Crystal Lake Rd. on west side of Buck Hill Rd.

17 Dakota County Library1101 W County Rd 42

Southwest corner of County Rd. 42 and Burn-haven Drive

All eligible voters of the City may vote in said elections at the aforesaid polling places for the voting precinct in which the voter resides. The polls will open at 7:00 a.m. and will close at 8:00 p.m.

Voters may register to vote, update voter registration, view sample ballots, find polling locations, and apply for ab-sentee ballots online at www.mnvotes.org. Voters may obtain an absentee ballot in person at the following locations during regular business hours:

• Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, MN 55337• Dakota County Auditor’s Office, 1590 Highway 55 W., Hastings, MN 55033 • Dakota County Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, MN 55124Extended hours for absentee voting in the City of Burnsville are Saturday, August 9, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

and until 5:00 p.m. Monday, August 11 at Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Center Parkway. Dated this 18th day of July, 2014By Order of the City CouncilMacheal Collins, City Clerk

Published in the Burnsville/Eagan July 25, August 1, 2014 253243

CITY OF BURNSVILLE, MINNESOTAPUBLIC NOTICE

SAMPLE BALLOT FOR CITY PRIMARY

Macheal Collins, City Clerk City of Burnsville, MinnesotaJuly 18, 2014

Published in the Burnsville/Eagan July 25, August 1, 2014 253291

CITY OF EAGANPRIMARY ELECTION

SAMPLE BALLOTAUGUST 12, 2014

CITY OFFICESCOUNCIL MEMBER

VOTE FOR UP TO TWO

m GALE ANDERSONm ERIC PAUL GOODRICHm DAVE MEYER m PAUL BAKKENm GARY HANSEN

Christina M. Scipioni, City ClerkCity of Eagan

Published in Burnsville/EaganJuly 17, 24, 2014

251250

MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF AMENDMENT OF ASSUMED NAME

Minnesota Statutes, 333The filing of an assumed name

does not provide a user with exclu-sive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

ASSUMED NAME: HealthSource of EaganPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 4555 Erin Drive, Suite 200Eagan, MN 55122-3432NAMEHOLDER(S): Dr. Tim Wegscheid P.A.2055 Vienna LaneEagan, MN 55122-2329This certificate is an amendment

of Certificate of Assumed Name File Number: 3096363-2

Originally filed on November 21, 2008

Under the name: Cedar Cliff Chi-ropractic and Wellness Center

I, the undersigned, certify that I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the appli-cable chapter of Minnesota Stat-utes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

DATE FILED: July 16, 2014SIGNED BY: Tim Wegscheid

Published inBurnsville/Eagan

July 25, August 1, 2014251896

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE SS MNRI, LLC, doing business

as Simply Self Storage intends to enforce its lien on certain personal property belonging to the following at the facility located at 4025 Old Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan, MN 55122.

The sale will take place (unless otherwise withdrawn) via an on-line auction at www.storagebattles.com on Wednesday, August 6, 2014 be-ginning at approximately 10:00 AM and concluding on Wednesday, August 20, 2014 at approximately 10:00 AM.

This public sale will result in the goods being sold to the highest bidder. Certain terms and condi-tions apply.

A. Chanis #115A- Luggage, Of-fice Chair, Plastic Totes

C. De Garcia #538B- Luggage, Clothing, Childrens Toys

J. Royce #725B- Rug, Western Boots, Childrens Toys


249138MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclu-sive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a

business.ASSUMED NAME: Locker Room By LIDSPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 3985 Eagan Outlets ParkwaySpace 515Eagan, MN 55122NAMEHOLDER(S): Hat World, Inc.7555 Woodland DriveIndianapolis, IN 46278I, the undersigned, certify that

I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the appli-cable chapter of Minnesota Stat-utes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

DATE FILED: July 14, 2014SIGNED BY: Haley Ebach


250858CITY OF EAGAN

MINNESOTAPUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Eagan will conduct a Municipal Primary Election in conjunction with theState Primary Election in Eagan, Minneso-ta on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. The four candidates who receive the highestnumber of votes shall be nominees for the Eagan City Council office. Their names shall be placed on the Municipal GeneralElection ballot. The General Election willbe held Tuesday, November 4, 2014.

City OfficesCity Council Members (four-year term)The State Primary Election shall include

candidates in the following races:Federal RacesUnited States SenatorUnited States Representative District 2State RacesGovernor and Lieutenant GovernorSecretary of StateState AuditorAttorney GeneralState Representative District 51AThe polling places for said election shall

be as follows:Precinct Polling Place 1 Pilot Knob Elementary

School, 1436 Lone Oak Road2 Eagan Community Center 1501 Central Parkway3 Eagan Fire Safety Center 1001 Station Trail4 Cedar Elementary School 2140 Diffley Road5A Oak Hills Church 1570 Yankee Doodle Road5B Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 3930 Rahn Road6A Eagan Civic Arena 3870 Pilot Knob Road6B Deerwood Elementary School 1480 Deerwood Drive7 Woodland Elementary School 945 Wescott Road8 Northview Elementary School 965 Diffley Road9A Metcalf Junior High School 2250 Diffley Road9B Rahn Elementary School 4424 Sandstone Drive10 Christ Lutheran Church 1930 Diffley Road11 Thomas Lake Elementary School 4350 Thomas Lake Road12 Oak Ridge Elementary School 4350 Johnny Cake Ridge Road13 Easter Lutheran Church 4200 Pilot Knob Road14 Chapel Hill Church 4888 Pilot Knob Road15 Pinewood Elementary School 4300 Dodd Road16 Red Pine Elementary School 530 Red Pine Lane17 St. Thomas Becket Church 4455 South Robert TrailDated: July 15, 2014

Christina M. ScipioniCity Clerk


251095

CITY OF EAGAN ORDINANCE

NO. 533 2ND SERIESAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EA-

GAN, MINNESOTA, AMENDING EAGANCITY CODE CHAPTER SIX ENTITLED“OTHER BUSINESS REGULATION ANDLICENSING” BY AMENDING SECTION6.34, REGARDING ELECTRONIC DE-LIVERY DEVICES AND NICOTINE ANDLOBELIA DELIVERY PRODUCTS; ANDBY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE EAGANCITY CODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION6.99.

The City Council of the City of Eagandoes ordain:

Section 1. Section 6.34 of the EaganCity Code is hereby amended by adding the following definitions to 6.34, Subd. 2 to read as follows:

Electronic delivery device means anyproduct, including any component part of a product whether marketed or sold together or separately, containing or de-livering nicotine, lobelia, or any other sub-stance intended for human consumptionthat can be used by a person to simulate smoking in the delivery of nicotine or anyother substance through inhalation of va-por from the product. Electronic delivery device does not include any product thathas been approved or certified by the Unites States Food and Drug Adminis-tration for sale as a tobacco-cessationproduct, as a tobacco-dependence prod-uct, or for other medical purposes, and ismarketed and sold for such an approved purpose.

Nicotine and lobelia delivery product means any product containing or deliver-ing nicotine or lobelia intended for humanconsumption, or any part of such a prod-uct, that is not tobacco or an electronicdelivery device.

Section 2. Section 6.34 of the EaganCity Code is hereby amended to addSubd. 21 to read as follows:

Subd. 21. Electronic Delivery Devicesand Nicotine and Lobelia Delivery Prod-ucts. All of the license, sale, purchase,possession, use and enforcement provi-sions in this section relating to tobacco,tobacco products or tobacco relateddevices shall apply fully and to the sameextent to electronic delivery devices and nicotine and lobelia delivery products.

Section 3. Eagan City Code Chapter 1 entitled “General Provisions and Defini-tions Applicable to the Entire City CodeIncluding ‘Penalty for Violation’” andSection 6.99, entitled “Violation a Mis-demeanor” are hereby adopted in theirentirety by reference as though repeatedverbatim.

Section 4. Effective Date. This ordi-nance shall take effect upon its adoptionand publication according to law.ATTEST:CITY OF EAGANCity CouncilBy: /s/ Christina M. ScipioniIts: City ClerkBy: /s/ Mike MaguireIts: Mayor

Published in the Burnsville/Eagan

July 25, 2014252874

CITY OF EAGANPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE APPLICANT: Terri Wright, Hoyt Proper-

ties, Inc.REQUEST: A Variance to the 20 ft. set-

back from the right-of-way for parking.LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Part of Lot 2, Block 1,

Cedar Industrial ParkTIME OF HEARING: City Council Meet-

ing: August 4, 2014 at 6:30 pmPLACE OF HEARING: City Hall Council

Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob RoadHOW TO PARTICIPATE: 1. You may attend hearings and testify.2. You may send a letter before the

hearing to the Community DevelopmentDepartment, 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Ea-gan, MN 55122 or fax to (651) 675-5694

ANY QUESTIONS: Call the PlanningDepartment at (651) 675-5685 or contactSarah Thomas, the Planner at (651) 675-5696 or [email protected] withthe following information:

DEVELOPMENT: Hoyt PropertiesCASE #: 17-VA-08-07-14CITY OF EAGAN Christina Scipioni - City Clerk

Published in Burnsville/Eagan

July 25, 2014252538

CITY OF EAGANPUBLIC NOTICE

Notice of Time and Place ofOfficial Test of Electronic Voting Systems

For the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuantto Minnesota Statute 206.83, that theofficial test of the assistive voting equip-ment to be used for making ballots andthe automatic tabulating equipment to beused for counting ballots for the August1, 2014 Primary Election will be held at 2

p.m. Thursday, July 31, 2014 at the EaganMunicipal Center, 3830 Pilot Knob Road,Eagan, Minnesota 55122.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that thetest is open to representatives of the po-litical parties, candidates, the press andthe public.

Dated: July 21, 2014Christina M. ScipioniCity Clerk


July 25, 2014253615

CITY OF EAGANREQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES

FOR THE EAGAN-INVER GROVE HEIGHTS WMO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Pro-posals will be received by the Eagan-InverGrove Heights Watershed ManagementOrganization at the Eagan MaintenanceFacility, 3501 Coachman Point until 12:00noon C.S.T., Thursday, August 7, 2014.

Proposal forms may be requestedthrough the office of the Water ResourcesManager, 3501 Coachman Point, Eagan, MN 55122. Phone (651) 675-5300; Email: [email protected]

The Eagan-Inver Grove Heights Water-shed Management Organization reservesthe right to reject any and all submittals to waive irregularities and informalitiestherein and further reserves the right to select the firms(s) in the best interest ofthe Eagan-Inver Grove Heights Watershed Management Organization.Eric Macbeth Water Resources ManagerEagan, MN


July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 2014247053

CITY OF EAGANREQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

FOR LEGAL SERVICESFOR THE EAGAN-INVER GROVE HEIGHTS WMO



The Eagan-Inver Grove Heights Water-shed Management Organization reservesthe right to reject any and all submittals to waive irregularities and informalitiestherein and further reserves the right to select the firms(s) in the best interest ofthe Eagan-Inver Grove Heights Watershed Management Organization.Eric MacbethWater Resources ManagerEagan, MN


July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 2014247059

CITY OF EAGANREQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR PLANNING SERVICES

FOR THE EAGAN-INVER GROVE HEIGHTS WMO



The Eagan-Inver Grove Heights Water-shed Management Organization reservesthe right to reject any and all submittals to waive irregularities and informalitiestherein and further reserves the right to select the firms(s) in the best interest ofthe Eagan-Inver Grove Heights Watershed Management Organization.Eric MacbethWater Resources ManagerEagan, MN


July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 2014247062

CITY OF BURNSVILLEPUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARINGA Public Hearing will be held on

July 28, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. or as soonthereafter as possible by the Burnsville Planning Commission, 100 Civic Cen-ter Parkway, in the Council Chambers on the application of City of Burnsville for a Conditional Use Permit and set-back Variance for improvements to theexisting lift station located at 13639 Oakwood Curve.

The application will be scheduled for the next appropriate City Council meeting following the Planning Com-mission meeting.

All persons desiring to speak on thisapplication are encouraged to attend.For more information concerning thisrequest, please contact Planner DebGarross (952) 895-4446 at the City of Burnsville. Deb Garross On Behalf of the Chair of the Burnsville Planning Commission


251146

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 196

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSMINUTES OF JUNE 23, 2014REGULAR BOARD MEETING

Vice Chairperson Jackie Magnu-son called the regular School Board meeting to order at 6 p.m. on June 23, 2014 at Dakota Ridge School.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the School Board.

Present: Joel Albright; Art Coul-son, treasurer; Gary Huusko, clerk;

Jackie Magnuson, vice chairper-son; Mike Roseen; Bob Schutte and Superintendent Jane K. Berenz.

Absent: Rob Duchscher, chair-person.

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

The board recognized John Her-ron, Rosemount High School (RHS), for his Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) International Career Development second-place finish in retail merchandising, and Payton Otterdahl, RHS, who won the Minnesota Track and Field shot put and discus championships.

Berenz congratulated the RHS boys’ lacrosse team on finishing runner-up in the state tournament, Conner Yepsen, who was selected Minnesota’s 2014 Mr. Lacrosse and the Apple Valley High School girls’ lacrosse team on winning its state quarterfinal game.

She introduced new elementary principals Christine Heilman and Kerri Town, who will be at South-view and Northview elementary schools, respectively.

Motion by Roseen, seconded by Schutte and carried, with six mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the following Consent items:

Minutes of June 9 regular and June 17 special board meetings (Exhibits A1 and A2);

Claims for June 4-17, 2014 (Ex-hibit B1);

Electronic funds transfer sched-ule for May 31-June 13, 2014 (Ex-hibit B2);

Schedule of investments for May 31-June 13, 2014 (Exhibit B3);

Treasurer’s report for month ending May 31, 2014 (Exhibit B4);

Gifts received during June 2014 totaling $129,830.49 (Exhibit B5);

Advertising revenue received last quarter totaling $3,410 (Exhibit B6);

Metro ECSU $1,500 paraprofes-sional grant for a fall 2013 special education workshop (Exhibit B7);

Health and safety budget for 2014-15 totaling $989,840 (Exhibit B8);

Twins Community Fund $10,000 grant to remove and replace the wood outfield wall at Eagan High School (Exhibit B9);

Separations, leaves of absence and new staff (Exhibit C1);

Contract renewal with Travelers Insurance for workers’ compensa-tion insurance coverage through a guaranteed-cost plan effective July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 (Ex-hibit C2);

Resolution relating to the termi-nation and non-renewal of teaching contracts for Angela Burroughs and Sara Schenck (Exhibit C3);

Agreement to extend the proba-tionary period of a teacher during 2014-15 and waive his continuing contract rights, and an agreement for an additional .2 FTE for the 2014-15 school year without the additional FTE becoming part of the teacher’s continuing contract (Exhibit D1);

Resolution to expel a student immediately, through the end of quarter 2 (January 30, 2015) or tri-mester 2 (March 12, 2015) of the 2104-15 school year, depending on which high school the student elects to attend (Exhibit D2).

Director of Teaching and Learn-ing Steve Troen provided an over-view of the Learning and Technol-ogy Vision Task Force’s work and shared information on the imple-mentation the different phases of the plan. The task force determined the district has a responsibil-ity to ensure that the students are prepared for success in a rapidly changing digital world. It focused on discovering what a student’s educational experience would look like if that experience, enhanced by technology, was as engaging and dynamic as the world around them.

Troen noted the foundation for success includes three areas: the art of teaching, strong curriculum, and technology knowledge and use of technology by students and staff. The goal is for all students to use digital resources to access and analyze; collaborate and com-municate; problem-solve; innovate and create; understand technology concepts, operations and tools, and practice responsible use of technology (digital citizenship).

Phase one involves beta groups of classroom teachers, technology integration leaders, instructional specialists and administrators who will work collaboratively to build the district’s instructional capacity for effectively using one-to-one tech-nology in the classroom. After two years of beta groups, phase two of the plan begins a three-year rollout of providing a device for each stu-dent, starting with grades 8, 9 and 10. The following year, grades 6, 7 and 11 would be added in phase three, and phase four would be grades 4, 5 and 12 in 2018-19, the fifth year of the learning and tech-nology plan.

Troen formed a 17-member

team for the selection of mobile de-vices. The team recommended an iPad mini for all students in grades 4-12+, supplemented with district-funded carts of Chromebooks, and an iPad mini and laptop to replace current desktop computers for all teachers PreK-12+. The student devices will be replaced on a three-year schedule as implemented.

Director of Finance and Opera-tions Jeff Solomon asked the board to approve the 2014-15 preliminary budget (Exhibit E) and noted there were no changes to the budget since it was presented at the June 9, 2014 board meeting.

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

School District Attorney Jill Coyle presented a resolution for membership in The Alliance for Lia-bility and Property Services (ALPS) a new insurance pool for joint pur-chasing under an intergovernmen-tal agreement (Exhibit F-Revised). ALPS members establish a self-funded pool of money to pay for property and liability claims up to a certain amount. A third-party ad-ministrator handles the loss claims. Membership includes a three-year commitment to remain in ALPS, with the cost of participation to be determined annually by the mem-bers. The estimated maximum cost to District 196 for the first year is $780,697, which would be an ap-proximate 6 percent decrease from last year’s liability and property in-surance premiums.

ALPS membership will provide the district greater control over costs by retaining a portion of pre-dictable losses within the estab-lished loss fund while transferring a portion of catastrophic risk to in-surance. This coverage is known as “protected self-insurance.” Current school district members include Minnetonka and Stillwater, with a fourth district also considering membership. Coyle noted joining ALPS while initially being formed allows the district to have a repre-sentative on the ALPS board.

Coyle introduced David Howard of Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Man-agement who addressed possible membership expansion. Howard noted that each district is analyzed and no district subsidizes the other.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Roseen and carried by roll call vote with Coulson, Huusko, Roseen, Schutte, Albright and Magnuson voting in favor and no member vot-ing in opposition, to approve the resolution for membership in ALPS.

Magnuson congratulated all graduates and noted that com-mencement ceremonies went won-derfully.

Berenz reported approximately 900 students in grades 2 through 5 attended the seventh annual Young Scholars summer camp.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried, with six mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to adjourn the meeting at 6:55 p.m.

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Burnsville/EaganJuly 25, 2014

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Kelley Park concert series The David Gonza-lez Band is bringing its rhythm & blues and Latin music to Apple Valley on Friday, July 25, as part of the summerlong Music in Kelley Park concert series hosted by the Apple Valley Arts Foundation. Admission is free to the 6-9 p.m. concert in the park located at Found-ers Lane and West 153rd Street, and vendors will be on hand offering festival food such as burgers and brats along with wine and beer. This summer’s concert series concludes Aug. 1 with a performance by Steve Sullivan & the Fac-tory. More information is at Facebook.com/Mu-sicInKelleyPark.

‘Annie Jr. – The Musical’ APPLAUSE! Perform-ing Arts Camps: BROAD-WAY presents “Annie Jr. – The Musical” on the Fal-con Ridge Middle School stage in Apple Valley. The production is un-der the direction of Mi-chael and Julianne Skaar. Performances are

Thursday, July 24, at 7 p.m.; Friday, July 25, at 11 a.m.; and Friday, July 25, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 at the door; $5 advanced ticket sales are available from cast members or at the FRMS lower entrance from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

Expressions production “Insane With Power,” a comedy by Expressions Community Theater, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1-2 and 7-9 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Lakev-ille Area Arts Center. Tickets are $13 on-line at www.Lakevil-leAreaArtsCenter.com or in person at the Arts Cen-ter, 20965 Holyoke Ave. For additional informa-tion, call 952-985-4640.

Author’s Sunday Fred Johnson, author of “The Sea Wing Disaster of 1890,” will be the guest author at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at the LeDuc His-toric Estate, 1629 Vermil-lion St., Hastings. The steamboat Sea Wing capsized on Lake Pepin during a summer

evening storm, claiming the lives of 98 people. The event is open to the public. A $2 donation is requested. Visitors are encour-aged to attend the 6:30 p.m. concert (with music by The Squires) sponsored by the Hastings Concert Association in the apple orchard behind the LeDuc House. Pie, ice cream, brownies and beverages will be served for a mini-mal fee by a nonprofit or-ganization. The LeDuc Historic Estate is owned by the city of Hastings and managed by Dakota County His-torical Society. Visit www.dakotahistory.org or call 651-437-7055 for more in-formation.

Merle Haggard at Mystic Lake Grammy Award win-ner and country music superstar Merle Haggard will take the Mystic Show-room stage at 8 p.m. Sun-day, Oct. 5. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 26, for $39 and $49. Call the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for more details.

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Auditions The Prior Lake Players will hold open auditions for their fall production of “The Leg-end of Sleepy Hollow” from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, and Tuesday, Aug. 19, at Twin Oaks Middle School, 15860 Fish Point Road S.E., Prior Lake. Roles available for children and adults. Auditions are first come, first served; no appointments necessary. Per-formances will be Oct. 10-12 and 24-26. More details are at plplayers.org.

Dance Rhythmic Circus: “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now,” 8 p.m. July 25 and 26, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $30-$40 at Ticketmas-ter.com. Information: 952-895-4685.

Events/festivals Rosemount Leprechaun Days, July 18-27. Information: www.RosemountEvents.com. Dakota County Fair, Aug. 4-10, Dakota County Fair-grounds, 4008 W. 220th St., Farmington. Information: www.dakotacountyfair.org.

Exhibits East Asian painting exhib-it, June 1-Aug. 31, Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Digital Impressionism photography exhibit by Bec-qi Sherman, June 2-July 31, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Informa-tion: 952-985-4640. Cultural Perspectives: Bringing Heritage Home ex-hibit, July 10-Aug. 24, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville.

Music Music in Kelley Park fea-turing The David Gonzalez Band, 6-9 p.m. Friday, July 25, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages available for purchase.

BoDeans, 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 25, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $37, $49.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://mn-zoo.org/plan-your-visit/music-zoo/. Summer Salon, chamber music concert featuring Dolce Wind Quintet, Steve Staruch and Valerie Kahler, 7 p.m. Sunday, July 27, Presbyterian Church of the Apostles, 701 E. 130th St., Burnsville. Silent auction at 6:30 p.m. Suggest-ed donation of $20, checks and cash only. Information: 952-890-7877. Sam McColley, folk music, 7-7:30 p.m., and The Man-chester Social Club, folk/rock, 7:45-8:30 p.m. on July 27 as part of Sunday Night Music in the Park at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free. Machinery Hill, original tunes that blend ska, klezmer, Celtic, rock and American folk, 7 p.m. on July 30 as part of the Wednesday in the Park Concert Series at Civic Center Park, 75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville. Free. Music in Kelley Park fea-turing Steve Sullivan & the Factory, 6-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages available for purchase.

Theater “Shrek, The Musical,” presented by Eagan Summer Theatre, July 18 to Aug. 2, Ea-gan High School auditorium. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 se-niors and children age 12 and younger. Purchase tickets on-line at eagan.k12.mn.us. Box office: 651-683-6964. “Grease,” presented by The Play’s The Thing Produc-tions, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8-9 and 2 p.m. Aug. 10, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $14 adults, $13 chil-dren age 12 and younger. Pur-chase tickets at the box office or at Ticketmaster.com, 1-800-982-2787.

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The Eagan Art House of-fers art classes for all ages, www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/recreat ion/eagan-art-house, 651-675-5500. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Battle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tues-day of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Ap-ple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tier-ney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes-days, River Ridge Arts Build-ing, Burnsville. Information: www.christ inet ierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art edu-cation through drawing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Pa-tricia Schwartz, www.Brush-worksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Summer Theatre Camps, ages 4-16, week-long camps June-August, In the Company of Kids Creative Arts Center, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, www.cokartscenter.com, 952-736-3644. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Country line dance class-es held for intermediates Mon-days 1:30-4 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. Country line dance class-es on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Li-brary. Information: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

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Friday, July 25 Outdoor movie, “Despi-cable Me 2,” rated PG, 7:30 p.m., dusk showtime, Nicollet Commons Park in the Heart of the City, Burnsville.

Tuesday, July 29 Family Fun Tuesday – Hu-morous Storytelling through Percussive Dance with Flying Foot Forum, 10-11 a.m. in the Sculpture Garden at Caponi Art Park, Eagan. $4 per person do-nation suggested. Information: 651-454-9412 or www.capon-iartpark.org. Open house for Link12 Lakeville, an online K-12 pub-lic school open to any family re-siding in Minnesota, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Crystal Lake Education Center, 16250 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Chipotle fundraiser by the Eastview High School cheer-leaders, 5:30-8 p.m. at the South Eagan Chipotle, Cliff Road and Park Center Drive. Bring in the flyer (found at http://eastviewathletics.com/competitive_cheer), show it on a smartphone or tell the cashier and the team will receive half of the proceeds.

Wednesday, July 30 Eagan Market Fest, 4-8 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. Farmers market, en-tertainment by Ticket to Brasil and Tropical Zone Band. Infor-mation: www.cityofeagan.com/marketfest or 651-675-5500.

Thursday, July 31 Magic Show will perform at noon for the Thursday Rockin’ Lunch Hour concert at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free. Thursday Rockin’ Read-ers, 11 a.m., Nicollet Com-mons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. William Byrne

Elementary Principal Lyle Bom-sta will read books to children. Books are geared toward el-ementary and preschool chil-dren.

Friday, Aug. 1 Forever Wild Family Fri-day: Storytelling with Roy Edward Power, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. All ages. Free. Registration requested. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks.

Saturday, Aug. 2 Sunset Hike for Adults, 7-9 p.m., Jensen Lake Shelter, Leb-anon Hills Regional Park, 1350 Carriage Hills Drive, Eagan. Ages 16 and older. Cost: $8. Registration required at www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks. Movies in the Park, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2,” at dusk at the Central Park Amphitheater near City Hall, Rosemount. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. Weather-related updates: 651-322-6020, option No. 6.

Sunday, Aug. 3 Windmill Animal Rescue Days, Webster Township Park, 4633 40th St. W., Webster. 5K run begins at 9 a.m., check-in at 8 a.m. Pet walk starts at 11 a.m., check-in at 10 a.m. Walk pledge sheet available at www.windmillanimalrescue.com. Volunteers needed, contact Toni Maat at 952-461-2765 or [email protected].

Reunions Henry Sibley Senior High School Class of 1974 – 40 Year Reunion, Aug. 9, Lost Spur Golf & Event Center, Ea-gan. For details and registra-tion go to class website: www.henrysibley74.com or call Mur-ray or Linda Kieffer at 651-452-7645. Lakeville High School Class of 1964 – 50 Year Re-union, Sept. 18-20. Informa-

tion: Clare Zweber, [email protected], 612-385-0838; Wally Jepsen, [email protected], 612-247-7799. Burnsville High School Class of 2004 – 10 Year Re-union, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Solera in Minne-apolis. Information: https://w w w. e v e n t b r i t e . c o m / e /b u r n s v i l l e - h i g h - s c h o o l -c l a s s - o f - 2 0 0 4 - t e n - y e a r-r e u n i o n - t i c k e t s - 1 1 9 6 7 293497.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • July 26, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Walgreens, 15034 Shannon Parkway, Rosemount. • July 28, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Scott County Library – Market Village, 100 J. Roberts Way, New Market. • July 29, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Fairview Ridges Hospital, 201 E. Nicollet Blvd., Burnsville. • July 30, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., School of Environmental Studies, 12155 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. • July 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., First American Title, 14551 County Road 11, Burnsville. • July 30, 12-5 p.m., Hilltop Family Chiropractic, 1121 Town Centre Drive, Eagan. • July 31, 12-6 p.m., Shep-herd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. • July 31, 2-7 p.m., Glen-dale United Methodist Church, 13550 Glendale Road, Savage. • Aug. 1, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Paideia Academy, 7200 147th St. W., Apple Valley. • Aug. 2, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Caribou Coffee, 3868 150th St., Rosemount. • Aug. 2, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan.

Lynea and Bridget McCulloch and Stephanie and Jim Henkemeyer found the Lepre-chaun’s Lost Medallion on Monday, July 21. This year’s $500 prize was offered for the fourth consecutive year by Sterling State Bank. (Photo by Tad Johnson)

Jim Henkemeyer and his daughter, Stephanie and her friends Lynea and Bridget McCulloch, all 14 years old, found the me-dallion Monday at about 1 p.m. on the Koch Minne-sota Trail between Central and Erickson parks. Jim said he found the medallion, which was rest-ing sideways on a retaining wall facing Erickson Pond. He said the medallion was very hard to see, but he reached down to see what it was. To his surprise, it was the

medallion. The crew won the $500 prize offered by Sterling State Bank for finding the medallion. This is the fourth year in a row that the bank has offered the prize money. Having the medallion found on the first day of the hunt is very rare. In recent years, the medallion has been found on the fourth, third and second days of the hunt. Previous to those years, the hunt was only slated to be five days long and it rarely went that long.

Jim said they were very lucky to have found it since the clue didn’t offer any specific information that pointed to this location. He also said what he saw didn’t look like it could be the me-dallion since only the top side of it was visible. He said they were in the park looking around for about 15 minutes or so until they found it. They had al-ready been to Jaycee, Cam-field and Charlie’s parks be-fore going to Central Park and continuing to the trail.

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Cathy Wright’s “Tough Love” tells the story of the gypsy vagabond Eun Mohawk Manini, or “little bird,” and her journey over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii to find her guru. (Photo submitted)

Flying Foot Forum, a Twin Cities-based percussive theater and dance troupe, will be presenting two shows at Eagan’s Caponi Art Park in coming days. The group — which uses music and dance to tell humorous, unusual tales and create a variety of wild char-acters — is set to perform at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 29, and then again at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, as part of the art park’s Family Fun Tuesdays and Summer Perfor-mance Series programs. Admission is free with a $4 per person suggested donation to the July 29 event and a $5 suggested donation on Aug. 3; guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to spread on the art park amphitheater’s grassy slopes. More is at www.caponiartpark.org. (Photo submitted)

Salsa party Eagan Market Fest is getting a blast of salsa and other Latin music next week with performances from the Tropical Zone Band (pictured) and Ticket to Brasil. The con-cert on July 30 opens at 4 p.m. with Ticket to Brasil, which plays a mix of Bossa Nova, Latin jazz and Afro-Brazilian Samba; at 6 p.m. the Tropical Zone Band takes the stage to deliver its Puerto Rican salsa and merengue dance music. Admission is free to Mar-ket Fest, a weekly farmers market and community festival held on Wednesday nights throughout the summer at Eagan’s Central Park festival grounds, with live music each week at the Rotary Band Shell. More on the event is at www.cityofeagan.com. (Photo submitted)

Dancing toward enlightenment with ‘Tough Love’ Former Apple Valley High School dance teacher enters

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After suffering three painful ankle injuries in the course of a year while teaching dance at Apple Valley High School, Cathy Wright decided it was time for a change. The experiences that fol-lowed Wright’s departure from the high school’s dance department in 2012 gave her a whole new perspective on life, which is on display in her new one-person show, “Tough Love.” The dance-centered mul-timedia show, which opens July 31 in Minneapolis as part of the Minnesota Fringe Festival, brings to-gether bits and pieces of Wright’s sabbatical travel and yoga and meditation practice. It tells the story of the gypsy vagabond Eun Mohawk Manini, or “little bird,” and her journey over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii to find her guru. “Tough Love” mirrors Wright’s own journey. She traveled to Hawaii in Oc-tober 2013, where she at-tended yoga, dance and drumming conferences, spent time at a Buddhist monastery, began practicing qigong, consulted with sha-mans, and undertook a 40-day kundalini meditation. During that long medi-tation she had a vision of

what she wanted to share with the world through her performances. “On day 28, I had this epiphany of ‘Tough Love,’ this message of love and kindness and compassion,” said Wright, who returned from Hawaii in April. “It’s a whole new area of perfor-mance for me.” “Tough Love” features dance vignettes, mantra-style chanting, film, and live ukulele music. Min-neapolis is the fourth stop

on Wright’s seven-city tour with the show; she’s already staged performances in Portland and Santa Cruz, Calif. The performance won’t be Wright’s first appearance at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. She won the fes-tival’s Encore Award in 2009 with her production “Thrower of Light.” Following the run of “Tough Love,” the 1995 Apple Valley High School graduate said she plans to focus on Art Yoga Cat, her performance art and yoga company, along with seek-ing out an artist residence that incorporates her back-ground in dance and yoga. “Tough Love” will be performed July 31-Aug. 10 at Intermedia Arts in Min-neapolis. Show times and ticket information are at www.fringefestival.org.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

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One tile at a time One Rosemount community art project starts to gain momentum

by Nick HassettSUN THISWEEK


Rosemount Lepre-chaun Days is underway, but the event isn’t just a city-wide get together. With help from the com-munity, a collaborative art installation is being put to-gether one piece at a time. The One Tile One Rosemount community art project is traveling all across the city in hopes of creating an 8-by-8 foot mosaic of thousands of tiles, 9,216 to be exact. Each tile will be painted a solid color, and contribu-tors can personalize the tile they painted to leave their mark. “Our biggest challenge is going to be getting those 9,000 tiles,” Rose-mount Area Arts Council member John Loch said. “That’s more than a third of the population of Rose-mount, but you don’t have

An estimated 200 people made their mark on history as they personalized one of the 1-by-1-inch tiles that will become part of the 8-by-8-foot mural “Journey” during the One Tile One Rosemount signing event at Jaycee Park on Tuesday. It was the most people the Rosemount Area Arts Council has had participate in one of its signing events. (Photo by Tad Johnson)to be from Rosemount to take part.” At the city’s Public

Safety in the Park event on July 9, Loch said 174 tiles had been painted. At the start of a tile signing event Tuesday in Jaycee Park, around 340 had been com-pleted. The mosaic, called Journey, depicts Schaar’s Bluff at Spring Lake Park Reserve, the place where

Rosemount borders on the Mississippi River. “A lot of people don’t know that we have a (Rosemount) Port Author-ity, and that’s why,” RAAC member Jeanne Schwartz said. “Rosemount was founded when settlers came off the Mississippi.” The tile signing events

started June 23 at Rose-mount’s Steeple Center, and community members have shown up to cre-ate their tiles at multiple events since then. Tile signings will happen to-night at the Rosemount library, and continue Sat-urday at the Church of St. Joseph. Other tile signing events have included an ice cream social at 360 Communities Family Resource Center and will be at the city-wide Night To Unite on Aug. 5. Loch also mentioned a potential partnership with art teachers in Rosemount schools. With thousands of tiles left to paint, the project seems daunting. But Loch says there’s “no time con-straints,” and Schwartz looked to 2015. “We think it’ll take about a year,” she said. The installation will use a special paint that doesn’t fade easily to help accom-modate that time frame. At the events just one color will be used for any particular day. With 35 different colors making up the mosaic, coordinators already know how many

1-inch square tiles they’ll need per color. The project has a bud-get of $24,000, most of which has been provided by sponsors. Original-ly, project coordinators sought out state grant funding. They were de-nied in favor of Vadnais Heights. As a result, Loch said they still are looking for $7,000 in donations. “We’ve had good do-nations, the people that can afford it are doing it,” he said. “But this is a free event. You shouldn’t have to pay, it’s OK not to. We want everyone to partici-pate.” At Jaycee Park on Tues-day, a line of tile painters formed, filling up picnic tables set up for the event. “We heard about it at the parade, and wanted to be a part of it,” Rose-mount parent Scott Harris said. His daughter, Melissa, was just excited to paint. “It’s a great community builder,” Schwartz said. “With this, I’d like to see art grow in Rosemount.”

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