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Local student is Miss TeenLakeville South High School student Nicole Doyle won the Miss Teen Minnesota International contest on March 14

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Inside this edition is a meeting notice when the Lakeville City Council will consider an amendment to the city of Lakeville’s Comprehensive Parks, Trails and Open Space Plan element of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan.

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Cautious approachProposed changes in Minnesota’s teacher layoff process have merit, but they need a thorough review.

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Artist in the spotlightThe Wescott Library in Eagan is hosting a meet-and-greet with artist Julie Prairie to mark the completion of the library’s new mural.

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Section realignmentLakeville high school teams learned of the results of section realignment for the next two school years.

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Marie Mitchell and her son Braylon Mitchell, 2, both of Lakeville, pose with the Easter Bunny at the Downtown Lakeville Business As-sociation’s annual Easter Egg Scramble & Breakfast on March 21. The event included breakfast at the Lakeville Heritage Center and a special hunt for Easter eggs in downtown Lakeville. (Photo submitted)

Board to seek input

Survey testing tax tolerance expected to be conducted

in April by Laura Adelmann

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DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Lakeville Area School Dis-trict voters may be deciding the fate of both a capital levy and a operating levy this fall, or there may be no levy questions on the ballot at all. School Board members agreed at a March 19 study ses-sion to expand the district’s tax tolerance survey to explore ad-ditional levy question possibili-ties. Board members emphasized they are only exploring options and have not determined if they will hold a levy election or not this fall. The survey’s purpose had been focused on testing voter tax tolerance for a capital levy for technology and building security but will now also ask whether constituents would also support an operational levy to restore programming lost to budget cuts. The change was spurred by a blizzard of supportive emails in response to Board Member

Meeting space challenges city, district Several locations are not ideal for council,

School Board by Laura Adelmann

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Lakeville officials with both the city and the Lakeville Area School District are unhappy with several office and meet-ing spaces and have proposed spending tax dollars for im-provements. In different meetings, both the City Council and School Board members recently ex-pressed concern about invest-ing public dollars in proposals to remodel spaces at the district office and City Hall. Lakeville City Council members agreed that recom-mendations of an Oct. 1, 2014, Space Utilization Study the city commissioned to Wold Archi-tects makes sense because they improve efficiencies and allow better public interaction to im-prove customer service. But with a total estimated cost of $1.3 million to $1.6 mil-lion, council members agreed with staff’s proposal for the improvements to be phased in incrementally over many years. Some renovations will take place this year, including cor-

District one of only two in state to be honored

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


The Lakeville Area School District is one of the top 10 districts of its size in the nation recognized for its use of tech-nology. The district was among the top in the national competition that looked for in-novative use of technologies to enhance district operations and student learn-ing. Lakeville Area School Board Mem-ber Jim Skelly accepted the National School Boards Association’s Digital School Districts Survey award on be-half of the district March 21 at the as-sociation’s annual conference in Nash-ville, Tenn. District 194 came in ninth place in the “medium” category for school dis-tricts with student populations of be-tween 3,000-12,000, beating thousands of other school districts across the na-

tion that responded to a survey. The only other district to receive the recognition in the state was Stillwater Public Schools, which took 10th place behind Lakeville. “It’s not a subjective thing,” Skelly said at the board’s March 24 meeting. “It’s not an award because somebody likes you. It’s an award because you’re doing things that other districts aren’t.” Board Chair Michelle Volk said the district’s implementation of numerous technology initiatives were included on the survey, including LinK12, its online school, its use of Schoology, which she described as “Facebook for education” and the district’s use of the flipped classroom. Under the flipped classroom model, teachers deliver instruction online then use classroom time to help students with homework. Skelly called the recognition “a big award to get.” “It’s a source of pride for our entire

District 194 wins national award for technology

Lakeville Area School Board members, Superintendent Lisa Snyder and Technology and Data Services Director Jason Molesky pose with the award the district received from the National School Boards Association’s Digital School Districts Survey. The award recognizes exemplary school boards and districts in their use of technology to govern their district, communicate with students, parents and community and im-prove the learning environment and district operations. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Longtime CDA director’s contract terminated

Mark Ulfers removed from post

after workplace complaints against him were reviewed

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


Mark Ulfers, the execu-tive director of the Dakota County Community De-velopment Agency since 1986, had his contract terminated for cause af-ter CDA board members reviewed workplace com-plaints raised against him. The termination, which passed by a unanimous vote of the CDA Board

comprised of all Da-kota Coun-ty com-missioners, was ef-fective 60 days after notice was

provided March 3, a pro-vision that was set forth in Ulfers’ previous employ-ment agreement. During a closed execu-tive session at the special meeting, the board con-ferred with members of the Dakota County At-torney’s Office to obtain advice with regard to the

Lakeville hires new finance directorJerilyn Erickson to start April 27 by Laura Adelmann


The city of Lakeville has hired a new finance director who has success-fully served several neigh-boring communities. Jerilyn Erickson will start on the job April 27 at a salary of $131,095, ac-cording to the city. She replaces Lakeville’s first and only finance di-rector, Dennis Feller, who retired in February after 38 years in the position. Feller was earning a salary of $135,957. Erickson comes to Lakeville from Prior Lake,

where she served as the city’s f i n a n c e d i r e c t o r since 2008. T h e r e , she added a compre-h e n s i v e f i n a n c i a l

management policy and led a switch to sending utility bills electronically, according to the Prior Lake American newspa-per. Erickson also worked for seven years as an ac-counting manager for the city of Burnsville and was an accounting supervisor

Jerilyn Erickson

A hoppin’ good time

Mark Ulfers

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LSHS senior wins Miss Teen MinnesotaNicole Doyle will compete in nationals this summer



For Nicole Doyle, the greatest thing about winning Miss Teen Minnesota In-ternational on March 14 isn’t the crown or scholarship or even going on to national competition, but the opportunity to tell the world arthritis is not just a disease of the el-derly. The Lakeville South High School senior was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis when she was just 3 years old. “It started with a swollen finger,” Doyle said. The pediatrician dismissed her burning, painful and swollen finger as a minor injury that may have occurred while she was play-ing, but her mom suspected it was some-thing more and kept seeking second opin-ions. Eventually, an adult rheumatologist di-agnosed Doyle with juvenile arthritis, and her life forever changed to include treat-ments and bitter-tasting medications that made her nauseous. Living with arthritis “can be tough,” Doyle said, and most people do not realize children can have the disease. “That’s where my (Miss Teen Minne-sota) platform (‘Kids Get Arthritis Too’) comes from,” Doyle said. “Everybody says I didn’t know kids could get arthritis. I heard it was only for old people.” Juvenile arthritis is a painful auto-im-mune disease that causes inflamed joints, but can also involve the eyes, skin and gas-trointestinal track. It has no known cure and its cause is unknown. Coping with the chronic illness is chal-lenging and affects the whole family. Doyle said she hated taking the bitter medicines that her mom would desperately try to cover up in her food or drink, “I remember being a little spitfire sneak-ing upstairs claiming that I will only drink it alone, yet secretly I was pouring it down the sink to avoid being sick and missing school. I loved school and I wanted to go!” Doyle wrote on her Miss Teen website nicoledoyle.net. She said “every once in a while” she is not in pain, but most days must fight through it. “Sometimes, I don’t want to get out of bed,” Doyle said. “But it’s important to get moving and then it starts to feel better.” Doyle has pushed herself to be active in school, participate in gym class and even play on school lacrosse and hockey teams but there were times when the pain made

her late with her homework or forced her to the sidelines on the team. Often, Doyle said it was hard to get teachers and coaches to understand the is-sues since she wasn’t wearing a cast or obvi-ously injured. Despite the challenges, Doyle is on track to graduate this spring with a year of col-lege completed thanks to taking post-sec-ondary enrollment classes at Normandale Community College. Doyle hopes to pursue a nursing degree and eventually work her way to a career as a nurse anesthetist. She said being involved in the pageant was a fun experience and described being crowned Miss Teen Minnesota as exciting. “I was really on cloud nine,” Doyle said. “It still hasn’t set in with me. I’m so excited to have this title and to be able to talk about my platform.” Anyone seeking more information, or families concerned about the illness, can go to the kidsgetarthritistoo.org website. “I want to education parents to help them be knowledgeable so if they see it in their kids, they don’t pass it off so it doesn’t get to the point of needing joint replace-ment,” Doyle said. Doyle will compete on July 27 for the title of Miss Teen International 2015 in Jacksonville, Fla. To request Doyle for appearances go to missteenminnesota.com/appearance.php or email her at [email protected].

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Nicole Doyle is crowned Miss Teen Min-nesota on March 14. (Photo submitted)

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The state of Lakeville is strong, Mayor Matt Little said in the State of the City address, delivered March 25 at the Brackett’s Crossing Country Club. Little addressed the city’s explosive growth in business and housing dur-ing 2014, highlighted the city’s growing economy and acknowledged the city’s community services. He used Lakeville North High School hock-ey team’s undefeated season and the team’s achievement as the 2015 state hockey champions as an example of teamwork can accomplish in the city as well. Little said more than 22 new businesses either started up, expanded or relocated to Lakeville in 2014, adding many new jobs and raising the city’s total number of jobs to a new level of 15,953. “This (number of jobs) surpasses pre-recession levels and sets an all-time record for jobs in Lakev-ille,” Little said. Businesses he cited in-clude Menasha Packag-ing’s 200,000-square-foot expansion, the planned FedEx Freight Distribu-tion Center that will add 125 new jobs to Lakev-ille, Ballet Royale’s new 8,600-square-foot dance studio, Super America’s new 3,300-square-foot store and the new Hy-Vee grocery store located at County Road 42 and Pilot Knob that is expected to open this summer. Lakeville’s housing growth also hit record-set-ting levels, Little said.

He noted Lakeville is-sued 348 single-family permits worth a total per-mit valuation of over $144 million, the highest num-ber of single-family resi-dential permits of any city in Minnesota. “This trend seems likely to continue since 429 sin-gle-family lots were plat-ted in 2014,” Little said. “Likewise, our land de-velopment infrastructure for commercial use was almost $14 million and the trend continues to in-crease.” Little called the city’s new leadership team “cru-cial,” referring to the re-cent additions of City Ad-ministrator Justin Miller, Arts Center Director Joe Masiarchin and incoming Finance Director Jerilyn Erickson. Tough challenges the city faces were also ad-dressed in Little’s mes-sage. He discussed the grow-ing problem of suicide happening in the nation as well as Lakeville. “We are coming togeth-er to work with parents, students, the schools and our community to create

a suicide prevention ini-tiative,” Little said. “And when parents raised con-cerns about traffic acci-dents near our school, we created the School Road Safety Task Force to find solutions.” He discussed the posi-tive response of local busi-nesses and Lakeville police to the recent “senseless attacks against neighbor-hood dogs” perpetrated by leaving hot dog meat filled with screws, nails, pins and poison in Lakeville dog-owners’ yards. Positive reactions to the apparently senseless at-tacks were noted, includ-ing the fundraising efforts of Fancy Paws Pet Salon to help the dog victims families pay vet bills and the new Lakeville Public Safety Foundation’s re-ward for information lead-ing to arrests. Little also noted the Lakeville’s recent appli-cation for Frontier Com-munications’ America’s Best Communities grant in hopes that its collab-orative vision of building workforce development will win cash prizes to help bring the plan to reality. He described 2014 as a “banner year” for the city and encouraged city lead-ers toward the kind of teamwork standard set by the Lakeville North cham-pion high school hockey players. Little encouraged the city to “continue reaching across political, business and social barriers to find pragmatic solutions to ev-eryday problems.”


2014 proves record-setting year for jobs in Lakeville

Mayor Matt Little delivers State of City Address

Matt Little

Will city have housing for an aging population?

Council considers future

needs of city by Laura Adelmann


Lakeville City Coun-cil members spent a March 21 retreat brain-storming about Lakev-ille’s future. Council members cited concerns about whether the city’s ample supply of large single-family homes meets the needs of the aging pop-ulation and agreed the city needs a more diverse housing mix. Council Member Col-leen LaBeau, a Realtor, suggested the city look at adding condomini-um projects and others agreed. Mayor Matt Little said city ordinances would need to be rewrit-ten to allow taller build-ings in certain portions of the city. Assistant City Ad-ministrator Allyn Kuen-nen said Lakeville code allows developers to lo-cate four-story buildings along Interstate 35 and have three story build-ings closer to town. LaBeau said there may be scenic areas where taller condomini-ums may work well. She noted that King-sley Shores senior build-ings near The Chart House Restaurant could have been eight- or 10-story buildings. “If we have other pockets like that, it would be great to have that opportunity avail-able,” LaBeau said. Council Member Doug Anderson added that lakeshore residents would not want those types of tall buildings near them. LaBeau suggested a parcel near the Hom Furniture store off of

Interstate 35 could work as a site for a condomin-ium. Little noted that the city would have to con-sider the options from multiple perspectives, including economic and aesthetic as it explores taller housing options. Council members recommended the Eco-nomic Development Commission review the opportunities that the city could point out to developers that may be interested in locating taller housing complexes in the city. Lakeville’s downtown is an area where condo-miniums could also be located, although Little said they should not change code to allow taller buildings there. Little said he would like more rooftops downtown, but whatever is added there the city needs to distinguish it-self from other area cit-ies. He said many of Lakeville’s downtown buildings have interest-ing histories and the city “has to do a better job of selling it and market-ing it.” Little called the Lakeville Area Arts Center an “asset” in marketing different de-velopment opportunities in the city’s core down-town. Council Member Kerrin Swecker said the city’s downtown would perfectly host a stretch of specialty shops, like St. Paul’s Grand Avenue. She promoted allow-ing single-family homes to be converted into spe-cialty shops like a choc-olate shop, bakery or a bridal store. LaBeau said it can be challenging to draw traffic to the area, since most people commute north. Anderson said there

needs to be a collective vision regarding what Lakeville will look like in the next two decades and everyone should work together to make it a reality. He said simple steps like having all down-town businesses keep the same hours could make a big difference. LaBeau noted the city cannot tell businesses how to run and what hours to keep. “But they could agree on a collective vision and over time move to-ward it,” Anderson said. City Administrator Justin Miller cited con-cerns about the Heritage Commons area, located along County Road 50 and Dodd Boulevard, noting that the mall and land around it is under-utilized. He suggested the area could be reinvigorated. When he first visited Lakeville, he noted the area did not offer the kind of image the city wants to project. “It still sticks with me,” Miller said. There are some thriv-ing businesses in the strip mall area, but sev-eral of the commercial buildings in the parking lot have been empty for years. Little said a parcel of land in front of the area is usually only used for seasonal sales of fire-works. Council members agreed with LaBeau’s suggestion that the city approach the owner to inquire about long-term plans for the area. “I’m not picking on this shopping center,” Miller said. “It’s fine. It just has some vacan-cies.”



Support universal preschoolTo the editor: I believe every 4-year-old in Minnesota should have equal access to quality preschool. We know from research that preschool im-proves learning throughout childhood, but the fact re-mains that not every child has access to it. I want to bring awareness to the issue because there are many families that desire to send their kids to preschool, however, they cannot afford the extra expense, which is upwards of $140 per week. Basing preschool upon a parent’s ability to pay has many problems because every child is need of an early childhood education. Kindergarten standards are higher than ever and many children will not be prepared to rise to the chal-lenge. Universal preschool, as Gov. Mark Dayton has proposed, even if it is part time, will help ensure every child is ready to learn.

KARA BECKERLakeville

Keep the surplus To the editor: When Gov. Tim Pawlenty left office, the state had a $6.2 billion deficit. Now, under the leadership of Gov. Mark Dayton, the state has re-bounded and is now pros-pering with a $1 billion surplus as of December. The Republican-led Min-nesota House wants to give the surplus back to the taxpayer, just as Gov. Jesse Ventura did before Minnesota began facing a hefty deficit. Bottom line, to give the money back to the taxpay-er again could be disad-vantageous should Minne-sota start facing another deficit in the future.

HUNTER CANTRELLSavage

Peterson is right on salary increases To the editor: A few weeks ago, Gov. Mark Dayton signed into law a bill (Senate File 174)

to reverse a law passed in 2013 by former Rep. Will Morgan and DFL legis-lature that gave the Gov-ernor authority to raise commissioner pay without public input. Rep. Roz Pe-terson, R-Lakeville, has been helping to lead the charge against these mas-sive pay raises since it was revealed last month that Dayton took advantage of that loophole. Thanks to Peterson’s efforts, the power to de-cide commissioner sala-ries will now return to the hands of the Legislature. Along with that, the bill saves taxpayers money by delaying the pay raises and encouraging agen-cies to review their spend-ing through moderating agency budgets by means of approved reductions. We no longer have to worry about the governor single-handedly raising taxpayer-funded salaries of his appointees without public approval. Thanks to Peterson for siding with the hard-working citizens of Minnesota.

SAMUEL HASSBurnsville

Delivering on transportation promiseTo the editor: As the legislative ses-sion continues to ramp up, I’m proud to re-port that I am prioritiz-ing your transportation needs and working hard to ensure that the state fulfills a 2008 transpor-tation promise that has been left undelivered for several years. A few weeks ago, I au-thored House File 710, a transportation bill that has received great bi-partisan support from my colleagues across the state. This bill delivers near-

ly $70 million of trans-portation funding to ar-eas statewide, including more than $12 million to our district alone, by re-allocating the tax dollars collected via the Motor Vehicle Lease Tax. Currently, the first $32 million originated as a result of the Motor Vehicle Lease Tax are de-posited into the General Fund. However, in 2008, the promise was made to our state that these tax dollars were to be split between transportation funds in greater Minne-sota and in several met-ropolitan counties. My bill fulfills this promise by distributing all the revenue from the lease

tax in a 50-50 agreement between two funds: the Greater Minnesota Tran-sit fund and the Coun-ty State Aid Highway Fund for the metropoli-tan counties of Anoka, Washington, Carver, Scott, and Dakota. My bill also reaffirms that this revenue is to be used for the two most effective forms of transportation: roads and bridges. Perhaps the best news of all, this bill accom-plishes this large amount of funding for critical transportation infra-structure projects with-out raising taxes or in-creasing fees. H.F. 710 has been

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OpinionProposed changes in teacher layoff process have merit, need hard look

Students creating, sharing projects – a winning approach

The Minnesota House of Representa-tives has passed a bill, authored by Rep. Jenifer Loon, R-Eden Prairie, calling for a major change in the way teacher lay-offs are conducted when finances, enroll-ments or instructional program changes call for reduction of teaching positions. A companion bill authored by Sen. Terri Bonoff, DFL-Minnetonka, has been laid over and may be considered at the end of the session. We encourage the Senate to join the House in considering the bill and favor teacher evaluation in layoff de-cisions. Minnesota’s teacher layoff process is controlled by the principle of last in first out; the least senior teachers lose their jobs first. The proposed legislation requires performance in the criteria for layoffs. Seniority no longer serves as the only control; quality of teaching would be considered. This makes all too much sense. Why would you release a more competent teacher to keep the less com-petent teacher because they have been in the position longer? We think the legislation has merit. But the proposal needs a great deal more thought. The process of teacher performance evaluation must be well defined and free from arbitrary, capricious, malicious or pecuniary motivation. It can’t be so

vague that it masks layoffs of the more senior teachers because they’re more ex-pensive; or the layoff of politically ac-tive teachers because someone doesn’t like their politic; or the layoff of teach-ers who hold social or religious beliefs that don’t conform with the beliefs of a board, administrator or a church or political group. Vindictiveness over per-sonal grudges can’t influence the evalu-ation. These are some of the reason why teacher tenure was first put in place. The teacher evaluation statute now in law relies heavily on peer evaluation or teacher-to-teacher evaluation. This pro-vision is a major position of Education Minnesota, the teachers’ union. We think that position has merit. However, oppo-nents of including evaluations in layoff decisions say the use of peer evaluations for teacher ratings and layoffs will lead to low morale and destroy team work. That’s a Catch 22. A quality peer-based evaluation system will recognize both adequate and inadequate improvement and great and poor teaching. Recogniz-ing and acting on both can build morale and add to the self respect of every good teacher, and we have good teachers in our schools.

Retaining teachers who are not meet-ing standards and making progress is an error. Letting good teachers go and keep-ing those who aren’t making improve-ment is a serious affront to students. The required resources for implement-ing the law need to be very specific and agreed to by the legislators before pass-ing the bill into law. Teacher time for evaluation should be funded or it will be time taken away from students. Unfund-ed mandates and failure to acknowledge real costs has spelled the doom of many great legislative initiatives, especially in education. Invest the money if we want results. Why invest billions in the system and then go cheap on the evaluation? Teacher layoff procedures are also a provision of negotiated contracts at the local district level. Successful implemen-tation of a plan changing “last in first out” will involve those agreements. A successful law with have to take into con-sideration the time, procedures and legal implications for new contracts. Some opponents to the inclusion of teacher evaluation in the layoff proce-dures may use the challenges of meth-ods, systems and funding to delay or kill the bill. There are those who will ignore the real needs for finance and evaluation methods to make the bill work and sim-ply hope for the best. Neither of these

positions will benefit students. Pass a bill that fully funds the needed elements for good systems of evaluation and includes specific schedules for using performance evaluation systems in layoff decisions. Adopt a date for compliance that acknowledges the current statutes for developing teacher evaluations and revisit the legislation each year to insure the original intent is adequately support-ed by legislative language and funding. Make adjustments but don’t abandon the intent. Two important elements of political fallout must be acknowledged. Passing the bill will be considered by some a defeat for unions and a victory for those who have a larger agenda of limit-ing the influence or destroying unions. If the bill fails, it will be considered a victory for unions and fuel the political battles. It will require quality leadership from both Republicans and Democrats to limit the political fallout and focus on improved learning for children by sup-porting quality teachers and rewarding quality teaching.

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For five hours on Saturday, March 14, I was mesmerized. Students taught me about a range of history subjects as I helped judge websites they produced for Minnesota History Day. Both research and experience show that what some people call “project-based learning” is a winning approach. Minnesota History Day allows students to create posters, presentations, research papers and websites on a topic – this year it is “Leadership and Legacy in History.” I was in the group at Harding High School in St. Paul that helped judge students’ web-sites, which covered an amazing array of subjects, such as IRA hunger strikers, Lee Lue (perhaps the first Hmong fighter pi-lot), Dorothea Dix, Henry Ford, Ray Kroc and McDonald’s, the Girl Scouts and sev-eral more. Other websites covered subjects ranging from John Dillinger, labor journal-ism, Motown, Nelson Mandela and Oskar Schindler. What impressed me over and over was how much the students told us

they learned, the creativity they brought to creation of the websites and the depth of information their websites conveyed. Minnesota History Day coordinator Tim Hoogland of the Minnesota Histori-cal Society told me: “Tens of thousands of Minnesota public and private school students, all over the state, participate. The numbers and the enthusiasm are growing.” Regional competitions similar to the one in St. Paul are being held throughout the state. Hoogland and his colleagues are he-roes. They understand that having students work on projects is a great way to generate enthusiasm, interest and, yes, learning. Researchers have studied the project-based approach and found many benefits.

It’s active. It’s focused. Working on a proj-ect they helped select engages students rather than allowing them to be passive listeners of a lecture. A group funded by Star Wars creator George Lucas found: “Studies comparing learning outcomes for students taught via project-based learning versus traditional instruction show that when implemented well, PBL increases long-term retention of content, helps students perform as well as or better than traditional learners in high-stakes tests, improves problem-solving and collaboration skills, and im-proves students’ attitudes towards learn-ing.” (Read more about that at http://bit.ly/1gF4wLM.) Other research on project-based learn-ing reached similar conclusions. One of the best research studies found similar results and added another point. Some young-sters who have not done well with tradi-tional approaches are “pleasant surprises” when given the opportunity to work on a project that they helped create. (A review of that research is available online at http://bit.ly/1AEkEFC.)

To view some of the Minnesota His-tory Day projects that have won national awards, visit http://bit.ly/1CuUeMZ. For more information about Minnesota His-tory Day and the people who help make it happen throughout the state, go to http://bit.ly/1AEtEun. Every minute of every school day can’t be devoted to projects. But projects, like those promoted by Minnesota History Day, appear to be one of the really well-researched, good ideas in education. Thanks to the Minnesota Historical So-ciety for being active promoters of active learning. Thanks also to Hoogland and his colleagues, who’ve taken a good idea and carried it out very well. And finally, thanks to Minnesota history teachers, who pro-mote and encourage students to partici-pate.

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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heard in the Transporta-tion Policy and Finance and Taxes committees, and will be included in the Transportation Om-nibus bill. I look forward to discussing this bill fur-ther with my colleagues.

Rep. JON KOZNICKR-LakevilleHouse District 58A

Help bridge cultural divide To the editor: Immigration is one of the most debated top-ics in America. In the endless debates among politicians, immigrants are often left out in the whirlpool of party poli-tics. Immigrants, espe-cially those who can’t speak English, have a really tough time when they come to the states. Dakota County has a relatively low immigrant population, but as the Twin Cities population increases that number will swell. We need to a have a

good-relations policy in place before this occurs. We could do this with a website geared toward informing immigrants on local and community affairs and translated in one’s preferred language. This website could seri-ously help our commu-nity by breaking down the wall that separates us and build better rela-tions. I challenge city gov-ernments to try and make it a reality. It can truly build a great com-munity for all.

COLE PETERSONRosemount

Stoplight was a sign of things to come To the editor: In reading recent let-ters concerning the Da-kota County commis-sioners Lebanon Hills decision, it is understood why so many residents are upset … open public forum meetings held; yet, the commissioners with their own agenda choose

not to listen to the local concerns of residents. A couple of years ago, Dakota County commis-sioners voted to relocate a stop light on Cedar Avenue/County Road 23 from 162nd Street to Griffon Trail/164th Street. In contacting Commissioner Paul Krause (who was at the time represented this sec-tion of Lakeville) about the higher traffic vol-ume and excessive speed of vehicles this change made for our neighbor-hood, I was provided with how much safer this stop light move added to Cedar Avenue traffic; however, no mention or concern about our neigh-borhood’s safety, concern for the higher traffic vol-ume or excessive speed in the neighborhood. In follow-up discussions with county officials, I’ve been reminded to work with the city of Lakeville to resolve these safety is-sues. Thank you, Dakota County, for making this decision and now ask-ing the local residents to clean up and pay for the county’s unsafe neigh-

borhood action. Last year, Commis-sioner Mary Liz Holberg had a campaign mailer that read: “It’s time to take a closer look …” and obviously now that the election is over, no closer look is needed by any member of the com-mission. Residents concerned about maintenance ex-pense (as I am with the added new larger vehicles and added traffic travel-ing on Griffon Trail since the stop light move), ris-ing taxes, and neighbor-hood safety are not is-sues the Dakota County Board is interested in hearing about, so in many ways it was no surprise with the Lebanon Hills decision. As one resident said to me when meeting with neighbors to dis-cuss upcoming meetings regarding neighborhood traffic safety on Griffon Trail: “What difference is it going to make, they’ve all made up their mind … and why attend, anything we have to offer goes un-noticed.”

JERRY YASGAR

Lakeville

Which ‘tracks’ in Lebanon Hills? To the editor: Twenty years ago my wife and I accompanied 20-plus teenagers on a Youth Works trip to Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. We stayed in the Wounded Knee School in the town of Manderson. The students had a display in some of the hallways of quotations from many different In-dian tribes. One of them, from the Dakota Indians, was “We shall be known forever by the tracks we leave.” It is for each of us to determine what we will “leave behind.” The greater our authority the greater that responsibil-ity. Regardless of the final decision on the Lebanon Hills Master Plan, its proponents will bear re-sponsibility for the future direction of the park. While the “plan” states

“protecting and restor-ing woods, prairies, lakes, ponds and wetlands is of prime importance,” the bulk of the plan centers on the proposed develop-ment of trails and other facilities. It remains to be determined if the county parks budget will be ad-equate to provide for both. Citizen panel members have stated that repeat-ed questions regarding funding were evaded or never totally answered. The article, “Aging trails are leading to big bills,” in the Jan. 30 Star Tri-bune stated that “Paved trails typically have a life span of 20 years be-fore cracks, erosion and potholes require them to be completely rebuilt.” Those determining the direction of Lebanon Hills Regional Park will be “known forever by the tracks they leave be-hind.” Those “tracks” will be with all of us for many years.

CARL W. “BILL” IRELANDApple Valley

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Sweet Harvest Foods, the maker of MEL-O honey, will move its headquarters from Cannon Falls to Rose-mount this spring after the company agreed to lease the 108,000-square-foot former location of Canon Equip-ment, according to a release from the city. Sweet Harvest Foods had previously leased part of the building for distribu-tion, and about 25 head-quarters staff members will join those distribution em-ployees. “We are looking for-ward to being a part of the Rosemount community,” said CEO Darcy Riess in the release. “Our continu-ing growth requires new and more expansive space.” Brian McGregor, presi-dent and COO, said the headquarters relocation to Rosemount is expected to be complete by May 1. The privately owned company began with the MEL-O brand of honey, sold at farmers’ markets as far back as 1923. The com-pany continues to sell honey in a bottle shaped like a hon-ey bear. The company also sells the John Mountain Or-ganics honey and PB Crave peanut butter. Sweet Har-vest Foods products are sold in supermarkets and sup-plied to food services and as private-label products. “We welcome the em-ployees and their corpo-rate headquarters to Rose-mount,” Mayor Bill Droste said in the release. “Our community began more than 150 years ago, serving as a hub for agricultural ac-tivity. Sweet Harvest Foods fits well in that tradition.” The building, completed in 1996, at 15100 Business Parkway rests on 9.88 acres of land. It is owned by Bloomington-based Rose-mount LLC. It has a sale

value listed at $4.4 million, according to Dakota Coun-ty property records. Sweet Harvest Foods joins seven other companies in the Rosemount Business Park. The city reported that additional land is available for purchase, totaling over 170 acres. According to the Can-non Falls Beacon, Curt and Darcy Riess, of Lakeville, bought Mel-O Honey in 1997 from the Melford Ol-son family and moved the business from Crystal to the closing Alliant Food Pro-cessing plant in the Cannon Falls industrial park. The Beacon said in 2013 the size of the plant has doubled since that time, adding office space and in-

creasing employment from about six to about 50. Sweet Harvest has an ex-tensive list of philanthropic efforts. In addition to providing jobs to beekeeping opera-tions in Africa that supply its products, Project Peanut Butter sends nutritionally supplemented peanut butter to poverty stricken areas of Africa. The company has a keen eye on environmental issues as it is working to reverse the causes of bee colony col-lapse. It is working around the globe in Africa and Bra-zil to help people in those countries develop beekeep-ing operations. “The ethical treatment of people, animals and the

Darcy and Curt Riess of Lakeville, proprietors of Sweet Harvest Foods, pose with their children for a photo included in the company’s philanthropy report.

Sweet Harvest Foods to locate headquarters in Rosemount

Company to move staff members to former Canon Equipment building

earth is the very essence of our company and a core competency of our busi-ness,” the company’s social responsibility report said. “We travel the world not only to find the best prod-ucts available, but to get close to the people who grow them. This journey truly makes us global citi-zens. We are proud to sup-port healthy working fami-lies both here and abroad.” The company also sup-ports local public and pri-vate schools with donations primarily for technology items. It also supports Spe-cial Olympics and Oppor-tunity Partners, which helps people with disabilities find jobs. More about the company is at www.sweetharvest.com.

– Tad Johnson

Dakota County men convicted in Mustafa family crime ring case Four Dakota County men are among 20 de-fendants to plead guilty in the U.S. Attorney’s Office case against the Mustafa Organization, a Twin Cities-based crime ring indicted for traf-ficking stolen and fraudulently obtained cell-phones and tablets. Jamal Talal Mustafa, aka Jimmy, 42, of Ap-ple Valley, was the alleged leader of the crime ring, which obtained devices by robbery, bur-glary, identity theft and contract-fraud schemes, according to prosecutors. He has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in interstate transporta-tion of stolen goods and conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims. Other Dakota County men entering guilty pleas in the case include: Naser Mohamad Mustafa, aka “Nasty Nas,” 24, of Rosemount, was convicted of conspiracy to engage in interstate transportation of stolen goods. Edwan T. Mustafa, aka Eddy, 40, of Apple Valley, and Talal M. Mustafa, aka Tommy, 43, of Burnsville, were each convicted of conspiracy to engage in interstate transportation of stolen goods, as well as false, fictitious or fraudulent claims. According to the defendants’ guilty pleas and court documents, from 2006 through 2014, members of the Mustafa family and their asso-ciates used stolen identity information and oth-er criminal means to obtain at least $20 million worth of cellphones and other mobile devices for trafficking throughout the United States and overseas. The six Mustafa brothers owned and oper-ated 13 mobile device stores in the Twin Cities area, which were used to buy illegally obtained mobile devices, prosecutors said. Members of the Mustafa organization paid runners to steal mobile devices using stolen identification documents, according to prosecu-tors. They resold the stolen phones and tablets for substantial profits that were then distributed among themselves to pay rent, utilities, payroll and other expenses. The crime ring also falsified loan applica-tions and provided false documentation to get loans for vehicles that were used to transport stolen devices, according to court documents. Charges were brought against 21 defendants following a criminal investigation that included the U.S. Secret Services, the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, the Internal Rev-enue Service, several Twin Cities police depart-ments, and other agencies.

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Apple Valley Golf Course began offering footgolf alongside traditional golf earlier this month. (Photo submitted)

Footgolf comes to Apple Valley Course for hybrid sport opens at Apple Valley Golf Course

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Substitute a soccer ball for a golf ball, and you’re ready for footgolf. Dakota County resi-dents don’t have far to travel if they’d like to try the popular new hybrid sport, which is now being of-fered at Apple Valley Golf Course, located at Gar-denview Drive and 140th Street. Apple Valley Golf Course began offering foot-golf alongside traditional golf on March 20. “The two games are played the same, and foot-golfers can join in with traditional golfers or make a group of their own. Foot-golf plays just as fast as tra-ditional golf,” said David Boysen, Apple Valley Golf

Course maintenance em-ployee. “With so many youth joining soccer, this is a great way for them to work on their skills of accuracy and trying to sink the ball on a third or fourth shot.” At the Apple Valley Golf Course, the footgolf cups are 21 inches in diam-eter and are placed near the front of the putting greens. Footgolf uses orange tee markers, which are either on or in front of the tradi-tional golf tee box. The Apple Valley Golf Course has footgolf holes ranging from par 3 to par 5. In terms of distance, the par 3 holes range from about 80 to 100 yards; the longest par 5 is 182 yards. There are three ponds on the course, though grounds crew workers set up the

holes and tees to minimize the chance of a ball being kicked into a pond. Apple Valley Golf Course is the first to offer footgolf in Dakota County, Boysen said. Other footgolf courses in the Twin Cit-ies include Hyland Greens Golf Course in Blooming-ton and Waters Edge Golf Course in Shakopee. At the Apple Valley Golf Course, the fee for footgolf is $12 Monday through Fri-day (seniors and youths $10 before 4 p.m.). Weekends and holidays are $13; the course doesn’t accept credit cards. For more information or to set a tee time, contact the course at 952-432-4647.

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Lakeville man federally indicted for child pornography National Guard member allegedly coerced teen girls to

send him sexual images while deployed overseas



A Lakeville man was charged on March 18 with one count of production of child pornography in U.S. District Court after the Minnesota National Guard member allegedly induced a 14-year-old Lakeville girl to send him nude photos of herself while he was deployed in Afghanistan. Andrew Schiller, 28, al-legedly contacted the girl via Skype and requested she send sexually explicit images of herself to him in repeated conversations with the her that occurred between Sept. 23, 2013, and Jan. 12, 2014, accord-ing to the indictment. The girl allegedly sent several images to Schiller in response to his request including at least one sex-ually explicit image. According to the in-dictment and the govern-ment’s request for pretrial detention, Schiller also used numerous media

platforms to communi-cate with dozens of teen-age girls while overseas. In these communications, he was cited as using his military status and de-ployment overseas to elicit sympathy and interest, ac-cording to the U.S. Attor-ney’s Office. The pretrial detention request states during one week last March, Schiller utilized his MyLOL pro-file to contact 86 girls be-tween the ages of 13 and 17. MyLOL advertises it-self as the country’s No. 1 online teen dating site and its terms prohibit anyone over 20 years old from ac-cessing the site. Officials also allegedly discovered multiple con-versations, typically of a sexual nature, with minor females on Schiller’s cell-phone, and evidence he would regularly request a minor victim provide him online contact informa-tion for other minor fe-males as young as 10 years old.

Authorities allege they also found multiple sexu-ally explicit photos he had allegedly received from and sent to teen girls on his cellphone and tablet. The prosecution oc-curred after a Missouri mom discovered inappro-priate Facebook commu-nications between her mi-nor daughter and Schiller, according to the pretrial detention request. That detention request states that Schiller told an Army criminal investiga-tor he initially saved pic-tures he had received from several minors but deleted them after realizing he was in a “dark period” and do-ing “stupid things.” The document also al-leges Schiller admitted to searching the Internet using terms that includ-ed “underage girls” and “naughty teens,” and pur-posefully enticing under-age girls to have sexually explicit conversations and take inappropriate pic-

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Daisy Dash 5K registration Registration is open for the Dai-sy Dash 5K run/walk to be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 17, at Steve Michaud Park, 17100 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Funds raised will support Preg-nancy & Postpartum Support Min-nesota. Early bird entry fee is $25 through April 17. The regular entry fee is $35. The Kids Fun Run is $12 for early birds and $15 regular. Anyone registering after April 26 will not receive a free T-shirt. For more information, visit http://ppsupportmn.org/event-1741436.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby to meet The Dakota County Citizens’ Climate Lobby will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 4, at Jo Jo’s Rise and Wine Cafe, 12501 Nicollet Ave. S., Burnsville. Citizens’ Climate Lobby officials say it aims to create the political will for a livable world by empowering individuals to experience break-throughs in exercising their personal and political power. Among the initiatives it supports is the Carbon Fee and Dividend pol-icy. The group meets the first Satur-day of every month. For more information, call Deb-bie at 952-250-3320.

Watershed Cleanup Day and Earth Day celebration In celebration of Earth Day, Lakeville will hold its annual Water-shed Cleanup Day Saturday, April 25. Clean-up by individuals and groups will run from 9-11:30 a.m. Those who want to remove litter from parks, waterways, trails and roadways should call 952-985-4500 to sign up. The Earth Day celebration will be 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cen-tral Maintenance Facility, 7570 179th St. W. Activities will include lunch, puppet shows, Blue Thumb workshops on using native plants to improve local water quality, and educational stations. Donations of non-perishable food items for local food shelves will be accepted. Visit www.lakevillemn.gov for more information.

County offers recycling classes Dakota County is offering Mas-ter Recycler/Composter classes to provide instruction on waste pre-vention, recycling and composting. The purpose of the classes is to cre-ate a volunteer pool of knowledge-able residents who inspire and teach others in the community to reduce waste and recycle more at home and work.

The program runs for six weeks with a three-hour class each week and is open to people who live or work in Dakota County. Partici-pants will gain education from ex-perts, receive a handbook, engage in hands-on demonstrations and go on field trips to relevant sites. Once classes are complete, par-ticipants will volunteer 30 hours putting their skills to work to help others in the community learn how to: – Reduce the amount of natural resources used. – Reuse goods. – Recycle more at different loca-tions. Volunteer activities include staff-ing informational booths at commu-nity events, making presentations, and working on special projects in their neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces. Course graduates be-come certified Master Recycler/Composters when they complete their 30-hour commitment. Master Recycler/Composter classes will be held from 6-9 p.m. Tuesdays, April 28 to June 2, at the Dodge Nature Center, 1715 Charl-ton St., West St. Paul. Cost is $30 and covers course materials and field trip transportation. For more information or to ap-ply for the classes, visit www.dako-tacounty.us and search “master re-cycler” or call Jennifer Kedward at 952-891-7043. The deadline for ap-plications is April 24.

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Lakeville Parks and Recreation will offer the following activities. Register at www.lakeville-rapconnect.com or in per-son at 20195 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Nickelodeon Universe Mall of Amer-ica, Bloomington: Purchase all-day dis-count wristbands for $25 online at www.lakeville-rapconnect.com or at the Lake-ville Parks & Recreation office in City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Pick up tickets at City Hall. Summer brochure: All Lakeville resi-dents should have received their 2015 summer brochure. It may be viewed on-line at www.lakevillemn.gov. Adult Dance Classes: Mondays, April 13-May 18, at the Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. East Coast Swing: 7-8 p.m. Foxtrot: 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $70 per couple per session. Free Family Fun Fest, 5-9 p.m. Satur-day, April 11, Ames Arena, 19900 Ipava

Ave., Lakeville. Free activities from 5-7 p.m. include inflatable jumpers, ice skat-ing, turf games, face painting, chair mas-sages, kids activity tables, sponsor booths and more. Concessions and rental skates available. The movie “Disney’s Big Hero 6” will play on the turf at 7 p.m. Bring a chair or blanket for seating. Lakeville’s Tree and Shrub Sale: Now through April 20, residents may order bare root (not potted) trees and potted shrubs. Residents may also want to con-sider purchasing an American Sentry lin-den tree(s) as a donation to a city park. Orders will be processed on a first-come, first-served pre-pay system. Purchasers will be assigned a specific pick-up time between 8 and 10 a.m. Saturday, April 25, at the Central Maintenance Facility, 7570 179th St. W. For more information, call 952-985-2712 or visit www.lakevil-lemn.gov.

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New provider at FamilyHealth Mark Mellstrom, M.D., has joined FamilyHealth Medical Clinic’s family medicine practice in Lakeville. He sees patients of all ages. For 14 years, Mellstrom was part of a local independent practice. Prior to that, he prac-ticed for 14 years with an inde-pendent group in Northfield and one year with Park Nicollet. A graduate of Carleton Col-lege, he received his medical de-gree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Sur-geons in 1982. He completed his family medicine residency at the Mayo Graduate School of Med-icine. For an appointment, call FamilyHealth Medical Clinic at 952-469-0500.

Pinnacle Club Troy Carrick, store manager of the Lakeville Holiday Sta-tionstore, will be inducted into the organization’s 2014 Pinnacle

Club March 25-26 in Minneap-olis. The Pinnacle Club is reserved for elite store managers and dis-trict managers who have con-sistently achieved exceptional results in the areas of sales growth, expense control, age restricted sales compliance and overall business efficiency. The induction celebration includes a formal luncheon, an evening of theater and fine din-ing and other special activities. This is the second year Carrick has been inducted into the Pin-nacle Club.

Culver’s helps one of its own Culver’s of Apple Valley, 15225 Galaxie Ave., will host a Share Day on Thursday, April 2, when 10 percent of the day’s sales will go to support 24-year-old assistant manager Tony Godfrey, who was recently diag-nosed with cancer. “We’re proud to call Apple Valley home and doing our part to help Tony during this chal-

lenging time feels right,” said Trevor Charon, regional direc-tor of Culver’s of Apple Valley. “We strive to make a difference in the community by helping in-dividuals and families in need.” Godfrey began working at Culver’s of Apple Valley at age 16. He left prior to graduat-ing from high school and went on to college. “Tony’s outgo-ing, caring personality is an as-set to our team,” said Charon. “He has great rapport with our guests and the whole team. We were thrilled when he returned to Culver’s and accepted the as-sistant manager position in 2014 and now it’s time to give him help.”

Makeup program Minnesota School of Beauty, Lakeville, has teamed up with Faces Etc of MN, a profession-al makeup school, to offer the Makeup Artistry Program. Students in the program will learn makeup for bridal, film, fashion, HDTV, print, airbrush-ing, SFX and more.

Registration is open now. For more information, call 952-469-9825.

Chamber to move The Dakota County Re-gional Chamber of Commerce is relocating effective April 1 to 3352 Sherman Court, Suite 201, in Eagan. The new office will provide access from I-35E and Pilot Knob Road, free parking, conference and meeting space, state-of-the-art technology, vol-unteer and member workspace, and room for growth and expan-sion in the coming years. The chamber will host an open house at its new location from 4-6 p.m. May 12. For more information on the move, visit www.dcrchamber.com or call 651-452-9872.

Douglas to speak Jim Douglas, an Apple Val-ley resident and business devel-opment director at Nighthawk Marketing, will speak on “Un-leashing the Power of Content” at a Minnesota American Mar-

keting Association event from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, at Rojo Mexican Grill – West End in St. Louis Park. For more information, visit www.mnama.org/events.

Chamber breakfast Steve Rosenstone, chancel-lor of Minnesota State Col-leges and Universities, will be the featured guest at the April 3 Legislative Breakfast Series event sponsored by the Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce. “Higher Education and Our Workforce Challenge” will be the discussion theme at the event to be held 7:30-9 a.m. Fri-day, April 3, at The Commons on Marice, 1380 Marice Drive, Eagan. Cost is $25 per person for members, $30 for nonmembers. A series pass can be purchased for $200. For more information, con-tact Vicki Stute at 651-288-9201 or [email protected].

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Four Cougars lifterstake 1st at state meetBurnsville repeats as team champion Several members of Burnsville High School’s Olympic weightlifting team set state records as they helped the Blaze win the state team champion-ship for the second con-secutive year. The Blaze’s Anessa Ally broke three records in the varsity girls 53-kilogram weight class at the March 7 meet at Lakeville South High School. She lifted 56 kilograms (123 pounds) in the snatch and 66 ki-lograms (145 pounds) in the clean and jerk for a to-tal of 126 kilograms (275 pounds). In the boys varsity di-vision, Michael Schiller set state records of 148 kilograms (325 pounds) in the clean and jerk and 258 kilograms (568 pounds) in the combined. Other top finishers for Burnsville in the girls var-sity (17 and older) division were Jackie LeVvintre, second in the 48Kg weight class; Grace Peterson, second at 63Kg; Claire Boatman, second at 69Kg; Katie Kleinow, fourth at 75Kg; and Katie Smith and Geneva Brandt, sec-ond and third in the 75+Kg weight class. Burnsville’s Ben Nahn won the 62Kg weight class in the boys varsity divi-sion for his third state title. Runners-up for the Burns-ville varsity boys were Kevin Kucera (85Kg), Jackson Gilman (105Kg),

Abdi Farah (56Kg) and Bryce Jorgenson (62Kg). Luke Simon (62Kg), Andy Grahn (105+Kg) and Gerrit Olsen (94Kg) took third place. Alex Garling-ton was fourth in the 69Kg weight class and Jacob En-gel was fifth at 94Kg. Lifters from Lakeville South and Rosemount also competed in the state meet. Lakeville South’s Madison Griffin was fourth in the girls varsity 75+Kg weight class. Ali-cia Vogel was first in the girls junior varsity 69+Kg class. Maddie Differding (58Kg) and Mary Robert-son (69Kg) were runners-up in the junior varsity division. South’s Connor Rouse-miller lifted 230Kg in the two events to win the boys varsity championship in the 105Kg weight class. The Cougars’ Jake An-derson (255Kg) and Eric Rousemiller (235Kg) were first and second in the varsity 105+Kg division. Nicholas Rousemiller was junior varsity champion in the 85Kg division. Alyssa Smith of Rose-mount lifted 130Kg to win the girls varsity champion-ship in the 69Kg division. Erich Hoffmann (56Kg) and Logan Bruce (105Kg) were Rosemount’s top fin-ishers in the boys varsity division, with each taking third place.

Notebook: South’s Weber steps downby Mike Shaughnessy


Lakeville South boys hockey coach Kurt Weber recently announced his resignations. Weber started the Lakeville South hockey program and served as its head coach for 10 years. In a letter to South hockey boosters, he said he want-ed to spend more time with his family, particu-larly his grandchildren. He also said he wanted to devote more time to his non-hockey interests, which include a custom woodworking business. Weber led Lakeville South to two state tourna-ment appearances, includ-ing a third-place finish in 2012. Weber also coached 2012 Mr. Hockey award winner Justin Kloos, who’s now playing for the University of Minnesota. In 2014-15, Lakeville South finished 15-11-1 and tied for third place in the South Suburban Con-ference. Also stepping down is Farmington girls basket-bal coach Sondra Chad-wick. Her last team went 3-24, in part because the Tigers were without one of their top players – Chadwick’s daughter So-fia, who missed the season because of a knee injury.

All-star coach Brian Vossen of Lakev-ille North was named head coach of the South team for the Minnesota Football Coaches As-

sociation Tackle Cancer All-Star Football Game, scheduled June 27 at St. Cloud State University. Vossen has been Lakev-ille North coach the last five seasons. His teams have gone 46-11 with four state playoff appearanc-es, including a Class 6A runner-up finish in 2013. He will be the first coach from the South Suburban Conference to be a head coach in the all-star game since the SSC started in 2010. Vossen’s staff will in-clude retired Burnsville coach Jay Anderson and Rosemount native Sean McMenomy, the head coach at De La Salle. Derrin Lamker of Os-seo will be head coach of the North team. Rosters will be announced later this spring.

Football honors Two of the state’s most successful football coach-es will be honored in the coming weeks. On Saturday, the Min-nesota Football Coaches Association will induct Paul Miller into its hall of fame during a ban-quet at DoubleTree Park Place Hotel in Minneapo-lis. Miller coached Apple Valley High School to state championships in 1986 and 1993. Three of his Eagles teams also were state runners-up. After stepping down as Apple Valley’s head coach in the mid-1990s, Miller coached at several places in Minnesota, including

serving as head coach at three different colleges (St. Olaf, Hamline and Minnesota-Crookston). He also was a head coach at South St. Paul and Burnsville high schools and currently is an assis-tant coach at South St. Paul, his alma mater. He also has been an assistant coach at the University of Minnesota. Also in this year’s Hall of Fame class are Totino-Grace coach Jeff Ferguson and BOLD High School coach Steve Solem. Jim Becker, a social studies teacher at Eagan High School, will receive a distinguished service award. Among Becker’s football duties has been serving as assistant di-rector of the Minnesota High School All-Star Game. John Sherman, sports editor at Sun-Sailor and Sun-Current newspa-pers, will go into the hall of fame’s citation divi-sion. The Sun-Sailor and Sun-Current are owned by ECM Publishers Inc., also the parent company of Sun Thisweek News-papers and the Dakota County Tribune. On May 3, former Burnsville High School coach Dick Hanson will receive the 2015 John Ga-gliardi Legacy Award at the Minnesota Football Honors banquet at the Minneapolis Hilton. In 24 years (1969-1993) as head coach, Hanson led

the Burnsville program to a 192-56-2 record, 11 con-ference championships, 11 section championships and state championships in 1972, 1980, 1985, 1989 and 1991. The BHS football field is named for Hanson. He also was a member of the Burnsville High School Hall of Fame’s inaugural class and was inducted into the Minnesota Foot-ball Coaches Hall of Fame in 2012. He also earned several honors as a mathematics teacher, including being runner-up for National Teacher of the Year in 1969.

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the match Sophomore Megan Wolfe of Eagan scored the first goal in Minne-sota’s 4-1 victory over Harvard in the NCAA women’s hockey national championship game Sun-day at Ridder Arena. The Gophers (34-3-4) won their sixth national championship. Wolfe, who played both forward and defense this season, had 19 points (three goals, 16 assists) and a plus-41 rating. Wolfe was a two-time all-state player at Eagan High School and helped the Wildcats reach the state tournament in her junior season.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Section realignment: Who’s going where?New arrangement

could create wrestling

super-sectionby Mike Shaughnessy


Every two years the Minnesota State High School League realigns its sections for athletics and activities – and every two years coaches, adminis-trators and athletes either breathe a sigh of relief or grumble under their breath about how things shook out. Enrollment changes, new teams, the creation or dissolution of coop-erative teams and “opt-ups” – teams wishing to play in a larger enrollment class – require that section boundaries be adjusted periodically. In addition, MSHSL says every six years it is asked to create section boundaries as if none had existed previ-ously. “Normally, we try to make as few changes as possible, but every six years we are asked to start from scratch. This was a ‘start from scratch’ year,” the MSHSL said in a news release. Once teams are as-signed to enrollment class-es, geography – and not competitive balance – de-termines where teams are placed, the MSHSL says. There is no appeal process for teams unhappy about where they were placed. Recently the MSHSL released its competitive section assignments for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years. Here’s a look at how some teams in the Sun Thisweek and Dako-ta County Tribune areas could be affected:

Football Prior Lake returns to Class 6A, Section 3, re-placing Park of Cottage Grove, which was reas-signed to Class 5A. This likely will affect only the seedings in Section 3 be-cause of changes in the Class 6A playoff format that were approved last month that will make it impossible for teams from the same section to face each other in the first two

rounds. Burnsville, Eagan, Eastview, Farmington, Lakeville North, Lakeville South and Rosemount are the other teams in Class 6A, Section 3. Apple Valley has some new rivals in Class 5A, Section 3, including St. Thomas Academy, Park, Hastings and Henry Sib-ley.

Wrestling Apple Valley, Prior Lake and Shakopee were three of the strongest pro-grams in Class 3A last sea-son. For at least the next two years, no more than one of them can go to the state team tournament be-cause they are part of a revamped Section 2, which also includes Burnsville, Eastview, Lakeville North and Rosemount. Eagan did not join the caravan to Section 2. The Wildcats will remain in Section 3, where Hastings appears to be their biggest obstacle to reaching the state tourney. Farmington defeated Hastings in the Class 3A, Section 1 championship match in February. Hast-ings’ move to Section 3 takes away one of the Ti-gers’ biggest section rivals. Lakeville South shifts to

Section 1, replacing Hast-ings.

Boys hockey For several years Burnsville has been butt-ing heads with Edina in the Section 2AA playoffs, with Edina getting the bet-ter of it every time. Now the Blaze and Hornets are being split up, with Burnsville moving to Sec-tion 3AA to join Apple Valley, Bloomington Jef-ferson, Eagan, East Ridge, Eastview, Hastings, Park, Rosemount and defend-ing champion St. Thomas Academy. Lakeville North, Lakev-ille South and Farmington remain in Section 1AA. Those three schools were the top seeds in the 2014 Section 1AA tourney.

Girls hockey Bloomington Jefferson replaces Henry Sibley in Section 3AA, which also has Apple Valley, Burns-ville, Eagan, Rosemount and defending cham-pion Eastview. Lakeville South, Lakeville North and Farmington remain in Section 1AA.

Boys basketball Defending Class 4A champion Apple Valley won’t have to deal with

Cretin-Derham Hall in the Section 3 tournament because the Raiders were moved to Section 4. Also moving out was East Ridge, also to Section 4. Burnsville (previously in Section 2) and Hastings (previously in Section 1) now join Section 3. Four-time Class 4A, Section 1 champion Lakeville North has two new teams to deal with – Lakeville South (coming from Section 1) and New Prague (a Class 3A state tourney qualifier this sea-son).

Girls basketball Lakeville South moves from Class 4A, Sec-tion 2 to Section 1, join-ing Lakeville North and Farmington. In Class 4A, Section 3, Cretin-Derham Hall and East Ridge move out and Burnsville and Hastings move in, joining Eastview, Apple Valley, Rosemount and Eagan.

Cross country East Ridge, which fin-ished fourth in the 2014 state Class AA girls meet, is new to Section 3AA, which also has the boys and girls teams from Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Eastview and Rosemount.

Lakeville North, Lakeville South and Farmington re-main in Section 1.

Swimming Significant reshuf-fling. The Lakeville North and Lakeville South girls teams move to Section 1AA, where their com-petition will be Farming-ton, Hastings, Owatonna and the Rochester public schools. Eagan, which won the boys Section 2AA and state team championships in 2015, moves from Sec-tion 2AA to Section 3AA, joining Apple Valley, Ea-gan, Eastview and Rose-mount. Burnsville goes to Section 2AA, which has state powers such as Eden Prairie and Minnetonka.

Baseball, softball Both sports expand to four classes for the 2015-16 school year, meaning the largest class typically will have eight teams per section, rather than 12. For baseball, the re-alignment (not in effect this spring) will place Farmington, Lakeville North and Lakeville South in Class 4A, Section 1, and Apple Valley, Burns-ville, Eagan, Eastview and Rosemount in Section 3. It’s almost the same in

softball, except Burnsville will be in Section 2 for that sport.

Volleyball It’s back to Class 3A, Section 1 for Lakev-ille North and Lakeville South, which had played in Section 3 the last sev-eral years. Farmington re-mains in Section 1. Apple Valley, Eagan, Eastview and Rosemount remain in Section 3. Burnsville goes to Section 6, joining Bloomington Kennedy and Jefferson, several west metro schools and several Minneapolis public schools.

Soccer Few changes for local teams. Lakeville North, Lakeville South and Farmington remain in Section 1AA for girls and boys soccer. In Section 3AA boys, Cretin-Derham Hall and St. Paul Central move to Section 3AA to join schools such as Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Eastview and Rosemount.

Tennis Prior Lake, the state’s strongest girls tennis pro-gram not named Edina, will be moved out of Sec-tion 3AA. That likely will benefit teams such as Eagan and Rosemount, which remain in Section 3AA. The high school league dealt Apple Valley, Burns-ville and Eastview a tough hand by moving them to Section 6AA, which in-cludes 18-time defending state Class AA champion Edina.

Lacrosse Section 3, which had consisted mainly of South Suburban Conference schools, will change after the 2015 spring season. Eagan and Rosemount will stay in Section 3 but Burnsville, Apple Valley and Eastview are headed to Section 6 to join the Bloomington schools, Edina, Prior Lake and a Minneapolis public school co-op team.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

State Class AA boys hockey champion Lakeville North won’t have all the same players next season, but it will see the same group of schools when it defends its Section 1AA title. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)


2 Years In A Row!

Lakeville ECFE Kids’ Stuff Sale The Lakeville Early Childhood Family Educa-tion Advisory Council’s 12th annual Kids’ Stuff Sale is April 10-11 at Ken-wood Trail Middle School. The sale features maternity and children’s clothing (in-fant through size 14), toys, books and baby equipment. Cash, check or credit card is accepted. The sale runs 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, April 10, and admission is $5. The sale re-opens at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 11, for $1 admission. From 11:15 a.m. to 2 p.m., merchandise will be sold for half price, and there will be a $5 bag sale from 2:30-3 p.m. Visit www.lakev-illeecfesale.com for details. The Kids’ Stuff Sale is sponsored by the Lake-ville Area ECFE Advisory Council, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that donates 100 percent of sale proceeds to the Lakeville Area ECFE program. Last year, the sale raised $4,800

for Early Childhood Fam-ily Education programs in Lakeville, which provided equipment, learning games and other permanent sup-plies for early childhood classrooms.

Healthy Knight 5K set April 30 Dakota County Tech-nical College (DCTC) is sponsoring the seventh an-nual Healthy Knight 5K from 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 30, at its main cam-pus, 1300 145th St. (County Road 42), Rosemount. Participants can choose to run either the 5K or the 1-mile course. All proceeds from the event will help support student scholar-ships. The public is encouraged to attend this event. Reg-ister by April 1 to get the early bird price of $15. Af-ter April 1, and the day of the race, the registration fee is $20. Racers can register online at http://www.dctc.edu/DCTC/assets/

File/pdf/2015_healthy_knight_5k.pdf.

All Saints school raises over $11,000 Students at All Saints Catholic School in Lake-ville raised $11,440 for their school during the Catholic Schools Raffle. More than 85 schools in Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota added a total of $1,019,695 to their collective coffers through six weeks of five-dollar ticket sales and donations. Video, photos and a list of prize winners and results will be available at www.catholicunitedfinancial.org/raffle.

College news Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, Wis., winter dean’s list, Abi-gail Heiller, of Lakeville.

To submit college news items, email: [email protected].

FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Robotics Team 29 (aka “Caught in a Brain-storm”), an all- girl, eighth-grade, robotics team from Century Middle School, has advanced to compete in the World Champion-ship. This is the first time Lakeville has sent an FLL team to compete in the event. The team advanced after its second-place fin-ish at the state tournament in February. The 2015 FLL Robot-ics World Championship will be held April 22-25 in St. Louis, Mo., where Caught in a Brainstorm will challenge the top 120 FLL robotics teams from across the globe. “This is the first time Lakeville has sent a FIRST LEGO Team to

the World Championship, and better yet, an all-girls robotics team. This is a once-in-a-lifetime oppor-tunity for us to represent Century Middle School, the city of Lakeville, our state, and our sponsors at an international robotics competition,” said Mau-reen Carrigan, coach of Caught in a Brainstorm. FIRST LEGO League’s mission is “to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders, by engaging them in exciting mentor- based programs that build science, engi-neering and technology skills, that inspire innova-tion, and that foster well- rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and lead-ership,” according to the

FLL’s website. An FLL season in-volves a research project, a robot challenge, and team-work activities. “This is our second year as an FLL team. We have learned how to build and program robots, re-search and present proj-ects, and work as a team. We are excited to represent Lakeville and Minnesota when we compete against the top 120 FLL robotics teams in the world,” said Caught in a Brainstorm team member Lauren Sny-der. The Century Middle School robotics team is one of 621 FLL robot-ics teams in Minnesota. On Dec. 14, 2014, the team placed first in the division in the regional

tournament, taking home awards for first place in Programming and first place in the Head to Head tournament, and earning advancement to the state tournament. On Feb. 7, the team competed against the top 73 robotics teams in the state and took sec-ond place overall. The team is self- funded and has a fundraising goal of $7,000 to help with expenses including ho-tel stays, transportation, food, team T- shirts and presentation materials for the April world champion-ship. Community members who are interested in sup-porting or sponsoring the team can visit http://caughtinabrainstorm.wee-bly.com/.

Seventh-graders Sa-vannah Allen of Lake-ville and Griffon Olson of Farmington, and eighth-grader Belle Cuc-ci of Lakeville represent-ed All Saints Catholic School at the Twin Cities Regional Science Fair Feb. 27-28 at the Univer-sity Minnesota. Olson and Cucci re-ceived blue ribbons for their projects. Allen re-ceived a blue and purple ribbon and advanced to the Minnesota Academy of Science State Sci-ence & Engineering Fair on March 20-22 at the Doubletree by Hilton in Minneapolis. Allen also received the Broadcom MASTERS Award and East Side Science Club Alumni Award. Allen’s project tested the theory of whether a dog’s saliva can kill or

reduce bacteria. Olson’s entry deter-mined whether people would form an opinion influenced by false imag-ery and information they were given.

Cucci’s project re-searched the effects of different foods on blood sugar levels of people with and without Type 1 diabetes.

All Saints Catholic School seventh-grader Savannah Allen advanced to the March 20-22 Minnesota Acad-emy of Science State Science & Engineering Fair with her project testing the theory of whether a dog’s saliva can kill or reduce bacteria. (Photo submitted)

Education Briefs

EducationEighth-grade all- girl robotics team heads to World Championship

All Saints students place at science fair

FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Robotics Team 29 (aka “Caught in a Brainstorm”), an all- girl, eighth-grade, ro-botics team from Century Middle School, has advanced to compete in the World Championship.

Walmart stores in Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan and Lakeville will provide sponsorships for local stu-dents to attend BestPrep’s Minnesota Business Venture summer career pro-gram. Students interested in attending

camp can fill out an application on-line (http://bestprep.org/mbvapp) or email [email protected] to receive a hard copy application. On the applica-tion, students can select whether they qualify for financial aid.

Area Walmarts sponsor BestPrep scholarships

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workplace complaints. Prior to giving notice of intent to terminate the contract, the board ap-proved Ulfers’ 2015 con-tract with a base salary of $161,250. Ulfers had requested a 2015 salary of $164,678. Asked about Ulfers’ reputation as a leader in housing and economic de-velopment and his stellar 2013 job review, Dakota County Board Chairman Tom Egan said: “In terms of his technical perfor-mance, it’s been outstand-ing. The dismissal was for other reasons than that.” Board members start-ed the annual process to evaluate Ulfers’ job per-formance during its Nov. 18, 2014, meeting. After a closed session at that meeting, the board voted to continue the perfor-mance evaluation. The performance evalu-ation was not reopened at the board’s next three reg-ular meetings in Decem-ber, January or February. Ulfers wrote in his Jan.

20, 2015, report to the board: “With 2015 now underway the agency will no doubt face new chal-lenges as well as old ones. One thing is for certain and that is it will be a pro-ductive year that will leave our county in a better place.” He said the agency has “one of the premier senior housing programs in the nation.” He wrote that from the “humble beginnings” in 1989 when Winsor Plaza in Lakeville was built, the agency has constructed 26 senior housing projects with its 27th under con-struction and 28th ready for a 2015 construction start. “I have always thought that the hallmark of ex-cellence in being to sus-tain achievement over a long period of time,” he wrote. “2014 was the 19th straight year of zero com-pliance findings and zero adjusting journal entries for the agency annual au-dit. For an organization with 30 some programs and $54 million operating

budget this is a huge ac-complishment, which is a positive reflection on all of the CDA operating de-partments and especially the Finance Department.” Ulfers earned 3 percent base salary increases for both his 2013 and 2014 contracts after earning positive reviews. Both reviews placed Ulfers’ performance with an average of “Achiever” status in his review goals areas. Achiever is the high-est rating, which is given to employees who maximize opportunities for improve-ment and collaboration and serve as an example of professionalism and excel-lence. Ulfers’ contract set forth that he serve as the chief executive officer re-sponsible for overseeing the planning, direction and implementation of all programs and policies of the Dakota County Hous-ing and Redevelopment Authority. In this capacity, he reports to the Dakota County Board of Com-missioners. Ulfers wrote on his

LinkedIn page that he helped create the locally funded Senior Housing Development Program and a public-private limit-ed partnership Workforce Housing Program that combined have created more than 2,200 units of affordable rental housing. He started work with the CDA in 1977, serving in a number of positions, including deputy director. He became executive director in 1986. Ulfers has served as president of National As-sociation of Local Hous-ing Finance Agencies and National Association of Housing and Redevelop-ment Officials-Minnesota. He has been on the boards of NALHFA, Minnesota Housing Partnership and Housing Agency Retire-ment Trust Fund. Kari Gill, Dakota County CDA deputy exec-utive director since 1980, has been appointed acting executive director.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

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Bob Erickson’s suggestion last month that the district ask voters if they would pay to restore elementary art, fifth-grade band and reduce high school class sizes. Erickson added at this meeting that they might not need to seek an opera-tional levy but instead use the feedback to determine how to spend potential state funding increases be-ing discussed by the Legis-lature. The district estimates restoring fifth-grade band would mean adding 2.5 full-time equivalent positions for a cost of $227,577. It also reported restor-ing elementary art would require hiring six full-time equivalent positions for a cost of $546,186, and re-ducing high school class sizes would require adding 16 full-time equivalent po-sitions for about $1.4 mil-lion. The estimates were based on a fiscal year 2015 calculation of $91,031 in salary and benefits for teaching positions. With materials and start up costs, the district estimates restoring those three operational areas

will total $2.3 million. Board members ques-tioned whether the three items Erickson initially proposed are really the areas that constituents most prioritize and value enough to potentially fund, and sought addi-tional input to help them identify priorities. District 194 Superin-tendent Lisa Snyder sug-gested the board also use information gleaned through its strategic plan update to help them pri-oritize. Snyder said the district has been gaining feedback from parents, students, business representatives staff and numerous advi-sory groups for about the last five weeks. The tax tolerance sur-vey will be conducted in April. Its findings, along with the strategic planning data, will be used to help the board determine long-range goals at their May 19 study session, expected to include decisions about a referendum. By then, the Legisla-ture is scheduled to be out of session and the school funding formula will be known. District 194 program cuts over the past decade or so have totaled about

$30 million and have in-cluded eliminating early bird classes and reduc-ing programs that include activities transportation, physical education classes and world language op-tions. Snyder cited concerns adding survey questions could pit the potential ref-erendum questions against each other, increasing the possibility of one or both failing. Board Chair Michelle Volk said leaving the op-erational levy question off the survey closes the door to that option unless they pay for a second survey. Erickson said the pur-pose of asking the ques-tion is to ensure constitu-ents are heard, respected and appreciated, not just ignored. “The administration is advocating this (capital levy), take it or leave it,” Erickson said. “I’m sorry, I just can’t accept the real-ity that we’re not going to at least seek that informa-tion.” While board members have said they have heard from some constituents with various views regard-ing the capital levy, Erick-son’s suggestion prompted more than a dozen resi-dents to email the board

in March all in support of the idea. Madonna Geibe wrote that she would pay higher taxes for fifth-grade band to be reinstated. “Lakeville students who start band in middle school are already behind those of other school dis-tricts who had the begin-nings of band in elemen-tary school,” she wrote. Monica Tennessen said art and music are impor-tant to education, and Lakeville students “de-serve a more well-rounded approach.” Michelle Paider, par-ent of students at Lakev-ille Elementary, McGuire Middle School and Lakev-ille South High School, agreed, and expanded the list to include middle school teaming, more el-ementary physical edu-cation classes, early bird classes and the opportu-nity for band students to take art, home economics and industrial tech classes in middle school. District parent and em-ployee Barb Keyes said she would “definitely support tax increases” if used to reinstate fifth-grade band, elementary art classes and reduce class sizes, noting that she wants current students to have the same

opportunities as previous students. Board members have discussed holding a tech-nology referendum since shortly after District 194 voters passed a 10-year $5.6 million annual oper-ating levy referendum in the fall of 2013. The board has bud-geted $23,025 to pay con-sultant Springsted Inc. for the tax tolerance survey, according to District 194 Business Director Michael Baumann. He said the district has so far been invoiced $11,000 for the work, which Baumann described as detailed and scientific. Volk said the worst case scenario would be if there is no tax tolerance now in the community to support raising taxes, and the best case scenario would be if constituents’ tax tolerance level is higher than the School Board expected so the board has something to work with in terms of a plan. “I would hate for us to take something off the table as far as planning re-sources,” Volk said.


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Obituaries

Graduations

Congratulations to Elisabeth Mooney

She graduated with a B.S. in Animal Science DEC 14th, 2014 from Sam Houston State Uni-versity in Huntsville, TX at the age of 20. She is a 2012 graduate of Farm-ington H.S.


for the city of Northfield from 1999-2001, accord-ing to her LinkedIn pro-file. Lakeville City Admin-istrator Justin Miller said Erickson will be responsi-ble for understanding and managing a wide range of complex municipal fi-nance issues that include bond issuances, taxation, general fund management, utility billing and debt-re-lated issues. He noted when she starts, her primary focus will be on the city’s 2016 budget planning process. “Believe it or not, we start budgets for 2016 in

May and June,” Miller said. “With her being new, she’ll have a challenge to figure out what we were doing in the past, how we’re doing in the pres-ent and how to move for-ward.” Lakeville Human Re-sources Director Cindi Joosten said Erickson was selected for the post out of a candidate pool of 16 ap-plicants. She said staff inter-viewed four candidates then narrowed the field to two finalists who were interviewed by the City Council. Mayor Matt Little said Erickson’s experience as fi-nance director, leadership

and communication skills made her stand out as the right person for the job. He said she also pro-posed a good plan for how to get connected with city staff and the city’s pro-cesses. “She also had ideas for how to work to improve upon what we’ve already built,” Little said. Miller described Er-ickson as personable and outgoing and predicted she will interact well with staff, the public and the City Council. “We’re happy to have her aboard,” Little said.


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recting floor settlement is-sues in the building’s west wing. Assistant City Admin-istrator Allyn Kuennen said after former Finance Director Dennis Feller’s office was cleaned out, they could see the concrete had sunk more than an inch and the problem was more advanced than ex-pected. The city plans to re-pair the sinking floor with mudjacking this summer along with improvements that include carpet re-placement, adding new offices in the Engineering Department and construc-tion of a customer service window and counter in the Finance Department. Council members also liked plans to put offices where the Lake Marion Conference Room is locat-ed and build a new confer-ence room in the lobby of City Hall. The current conference room is long, narrow and a challenging space in which to hold work sessions, host an audience and display staff presentations. As proposed, the new conference room would be larger and more func-tional and could be used for council workshops or Planning Commission meetings. It is not known when

that work would be in-cluded in a budget. Lakeville School Board members also discussed space issues related to where they meet and how to improve working space for district staff. The School Board last year moved its regular meetings from the Dis-trict Office to City Hall in hopes of saving the dis-trict from having to spend money upgrading audio and video equipment. The move has proven challenging, in part be-cause the space is not very child-friendly. Board members have expressed concern that they are sitting on an el-evated platform, which is intimidating to children who cannot see over the podium when they visit during meetings to show an achievement or demon-strate skills. The board has dis-cussed raising the plat-form to allow the children to be seen by the board and audience. Another major concern is that the City Hall space does not easily lend itself to the more informal set-ting for a study session. For several months last year, the board held study sessions at City Hall be-fore regular meetings, but it proved gruelling to have multiple hours of meet-ings in a row that often

dragged into the night. Board members also complained the “U” seat-ing arrangement inhibited interaction and hindered those less formal conver-sations. The board has recently been holding study ses-sions at the Crystal Lake Education Center, and at a March 19 study session also considered returning to the Board Room for all their meetings. District Superintendent Lisa Snyder has proposed renovating the Board Room into office space for Special Education offices at estimated construction costs between $16,000-$25,500. Board Member Judy Keliher said an audit per-formed several years ago showed that the space is tight for the departments. “I’m not a fan at all and did not want to move to City Hall from the begin-ning,” Keliher said. Having been in City Hall for several months now, most board members agreed it is not ideal. They directed the school staff to review oth-er meeting place options for holding both study ses-sions and regular board meetings in the same loca-tion. In the meantime, the board will continue to hold regular meetings at City Hall and work ses-

SPACE, from 1A sions at the CLEC. During study sessions, votes are not taken. In-stead, issues are explored and questions posed be-fore board members vote at the regular board meet-ings. The board has also de-bated whether to broad-cast or podcast study sessions to increase trans-parency, but decided to put that discussion on hold until the meeting lo-cations are determined.



LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT LIEN FORECLOSURE SALE

Date: February 5, 2015YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:1. Default has occurred in the

terms and conditions of the Decla-ration for

Century Ridge Townhomes As-sociation (hereinafter the “Associa-tion”) which was recorded as Doc. No. 1787608 on June 29, 2001, as amended by the First Amendment, filed September 27, 2002, as Doc. No. 1941019, both filed in the Of-fice of the Dakota County Recorder and also, pursuant to Minn. Stat. §515B.3-116, covering the follow-ing property:

LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lot 8, Block 3, Century Ridge Town-homes, CIC No. 296, Dakota Coun-ty, Minnesota

STREET ADDRESS: 18962 Inlet Road, Lakeville, MN 55044

TAX PARCEL ID NUMBER: 22-16950-03-0802. Pursuant to said Declara-

tion, there is claimed to be due and owing as of February 5, 2015, from Kari L. Bowen, title holder, to the Association, a Minnesota non¬profit corporation, the amount of $5,095.00 for unpaid association assessments, late fees, attorney’s fees and costs, plus any other such amounts that will accrue after Feb-ruary 5, 2015 including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs of collec-tion and foreclosure which will be added to the amount claimed due and owing at the time of the sale herein.

3. No action is now pending at law or otherwise to recover said debt or any part thereof.

4. That all pre-foreclosure re-quirements have been met.

5. The owner has not been re-leased from the owner’s financial obligation to pay said amount.

6. The Declaration, referenced above, and Minn. Stat. §515B.3-116 provide for a continuing lien against the property. A Notice of Lien evidencing the amount due was recorded on November 6, 2014 as Document No. 3037821 in the Dakota County Recorder’s Office.

7. Pursuant to the power of sale contained in the same Declaration and granted by the owner in tak-ing title to the premises subject to said Declaration and pursuant to Minn. Stat. §§515B.3-115 and 515B.3-116, said Lien will be fore-closed by the sale of said property by the Sheriff of Dakota County, at the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office, Dakota County Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Highway 55, Lobby S-100, Hastings, MN 55033 on the 7th day of May 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at public auction to the highest bid-der, to pay the amount then due for said assessments, together with the costs of foreclosure, Including attorney’s fees as allowed by law.

8. The time allowed by law for redemption by the unit owner, her personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months from the date of sale. The date and time to vacate the property is 11:59 p.m. on No-vember 9, 2015, if the account is not reinstated or the owner does not redeem from the foreclosure sale.

9. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR AT-TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE.Attorneys for Century Ridge Town-homes Association Chestnut Cambronne PACENTURY RIDGE TOWNHOMES ASSOCIATIONBy: /s/ Gretchen SchellhasGretchen S. Schellhas, Esq. (#195595)17 Washington Avenue North, Suite 300Minneapolis, MN 55401-2048(612)339-7300(Bowen 2014 1011.002)

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mort-gage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: June 13, 2005MORTGAGOR: Dereck W Laun-

drie and Nicole E. Laundrie, hus-band and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded June 30, 2005 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2336007.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Certificateholders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Se-curities I LLC, Asset-backed Cer-tificates, Series 2005-HE9. Dated February 7, 2012 Recorded Feb-ruary 28, 2012, as Document No. 2852123.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100220710000033387LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

Maribella Mortgage, LLCRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.MORTGAGED PROPERTY

ADDRESS: 17078 Forfar Court, Lakeville, MN 55024

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 22.20850.05.160LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lot 16, Block 5, Dodd Park, Dakota County, Minnesota.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $223,250.00

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NO-TICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE:

$323,433.77That prior to the commence-

ment of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;

PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: May 1, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

fice, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hastings, MN

to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including at-torneys’ fees allowed by law sub-ject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on November 2, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”

Dated: February 24, 2015U.S. Bank National Association, as TrusteeMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688838 - 15-001474 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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CITY OF LAKEVILLE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

REQUEST: A Conditional Use Permit Amendment to allow a com-pressed natural gas vehicle fuel dispensing facility at the Holiday Mega Stop.

APPLICANT: Gary L. Thorson/Mega Stop, Inc.

LOCATION AND LEGAL DE-SCRIPTION: The property is locat-ed at 21100 Kenrick Avenue in the City of Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota and is legally described as follows:

That part of Lot 2, Block 1, Mc-Stop 1st Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, described as beginning at the southeast corner of Lot 1, Block 1 of said McStop First Addition; thence southerly, along the southerly extension of the east line of said Lot 1, a distance of 432.11 feet to the south line of said Lot 2; thence westerly, along said south line of Lot 2, a distance of 384.06 feet to the southwest cor-ner of said Lot 2; thence northerly, along the most westerly line of said Lot 2, a distance of 432.33 feet to the southwest corner of said Lot 1; thence easterly, along the south line of said Lot 1, a distance of 397.19 feet to the point of beginning.

WHEN: Thursday, April 9, 2015 beginning at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the parties may be heard.

WHERE: Planning Commis-sion Meeting. City Hall Council Chambers, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville.

QUESTIONS: Call Associate Planner, Frank Dempsey at (952) 985-4423 or you may e-mail com-ments or questions to [email protected] this 24th day of March 2015CITY OF LAKEVILLECharlene Friedges, City Clerk


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REQUEST: Interim Use Permit to allow an industrial use in the O-P, Office Park District.

APPLICANT: A & D Recycling & Recovery, Inc.

LOCATION AND LEGAL DE-SCRIPTION: The property is lo-cated at 10811 – 215th Street in the City of Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota and is legally described as follows:

SECTION 36 TWN 114 RANGE 21 PT SW1/4 NE1/4 & PT SE1/4 NE1/4 BEG SE COR SW1/4 NE 1/4 W 330 FT N 359.25 FT W 71 FT N 168.10 FT W 279.02 FT N 280.01 FT E PARR TO S LINE NE 1/4 680.02 FT TO E LINE SW 1/4 NE 1/4 N ON E LINE 293.72 FT TO SW R/W CSAH#70 SE’LY ON R/W 232.73 FT SW’LY AT RA TO R/W 292.41 FT TO E LINE SW1/4 NE1/4 S 727.36 FT TO BEG SUBJ TO ESMNTS

WHEN: Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the parties may be heard.

WHERE: Planning Commission meeting at the City Hall Council Chambers, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota.

QUESTIONS: Call Planning Director Daryl Morey at 952-985-4422 or e-mail questions or com-ments to [email protected] this 24th day of March 2015CITY OF LAKEVILLECharlene Friedges, City Clerk


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REQUEST: A conditional use permit to allow an expansion of a legal non-conforming single family home in the Shoreland Overlay Dis-trict of Lake Marion.

APPLICANT: Chris ByeLOCATION AND LEGAL DE-

SCRIPTION: The property is locat-ed at 10227 – 205th Street in the City of Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota and is legally described as follows:

Lot 11, Block 1, Weichselbaum’s First Addition

WHEN: Thursday, April 9, 2015 beginning at 6:00 p.m. or as soon as the parties may be heard.

WHERE: Planning Commis-sion Meeting. City Hall Council Chambers, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville.

QUESTIONS: Call Frank Dempsey, Associate Planner at (952) 985-4423 or e-mail com-ments or questions to [email protected] this 24th day of March 2015CITY OF LAKEVILLECharlene Friedges, City Clerk


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ACCU-RITE ACQUISITIONS, LLC – LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE TO THE CREDITORS OF AND CLAIMANTS AGAINST ACCU-RITE ACQUISITIONS, LLC (DBA Accu-Rite Roller)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by ACCU-RITE ACQUISITIONS, LLC (the Company) that:

1. The Company is in the pro-cess of voluntary dissolution pur-suant to Section 322B.806, Minne-sota Statutes.

2. The dissolution of the Compa-ny was approved by a unanimous consent of all of the members of the Company taken in a Consent in Writing in Lieu of a Meeting of the Members of the Company effective the 4th day of March, 2015, a valid action without a meeting.

3. On March 5, 2015, Accu-Rite Acquisitions, LLC filed with the Minnesota Secretary of State a no-tice of dissolution.

4. All claims by creditors or claimants must be in writing and must be filed with Timothy E. Ward, Ward Law, PLLC, 19950 Dodd Blvd, Suite 102, Lakeville, MN 55044.

5. All claims by creditors or claimants must be received by June 26, 2015. Any creditor or claimant who fails to file a claim on or before June 26, 2015, and all those claiming through or under the creditor or claimant are forever barred from suing on that claim or otherwise realizing upon or enforc-ing it.


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The Planning Commission of the City of Lakeville will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the parties may be heard at the City Hall Council Chambers, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minne-sota to consider an amendment to the City of Lakeville’s Comprehen-sive Parks, Trails and Open Space Plan element of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan.

All who wish to comment are asked to attend and be heard.

QUESTIONS: Call Planning Di-rector Daryl Morey at 985-4422 or e-mail questions or comments to [email protected] this 24th day of March 2015CITY OF LAKEVILLECharlene Friedges, City Clerk


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DATE OF MORTGAGE: August 29, 2006MORTGAGOR: Sunny L. Nord-

vik, an unmarried woman.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

tronic Registration Systems, Inc.DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Recorded September 18, 2006 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2461953.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: JPMC Spe-cialty Mortgage, LLC f/k/a WM Specialty Mortgage, LLC. Dated December 2, 2010 Recorded De-cember 30, 2010, as Document No. 2775730 and by Assignment Dated June 22, 2012, Recorded July 9, 2012 as Document No. 2878922.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mort-gage Electronic Registration Sys-tems, Inc.

TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:


MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STAT-ED ON MORTGAGE: New Century Mortgage Corporation

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

MORTGAGED PROPERTY ADDRESS: 20064 Italy Avenue, Lakeville, MN 55044


PROPERTY: All of Lot 29, Block 8 and South 9 feet of Lot 30, Block 8, Lenihan’s Lots, Antlers Park, Da-kota County, Minnesota.










TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on November 2, 2015 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”Dated: February 24, 2015JPMC Specialty Mortgage LLCMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688830 - 15-001167 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


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DATE OF MORTGAGE: December 11, 2006MORTGAGOR: Bruno M

Pelagalli, a single person.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

tronic Registration Systems, Inc..DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Recorded January 4, 2007 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2485853.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust 2007-AC3, Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2007-AC3. Dated Septem-ber 20, 2010 Recorded Septem-ber 27, 2010, as Document No. 2754967; and by Document Dated February 22, 2013 Recorded March 1, 2013 as Document No. 2933980.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mort-gage Electronic Registration Sys-tems, Inc.

TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:


MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STAT-ED ON MORTGAGE: GreenPoint Mortgage Funding, Inc.

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER:

Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 16371 Impatiens Court, Lakeville, MN 55044


PROPERTY: Lot 9, Block 4, Crystal Lake Golf Estates 5th Addition, Da-kota County, Minnesota.










TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on November 2, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:None

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”Dated: February 19, 2015Wells Fargo Bank, National Asso-ciation as TrusteeMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688838 - 14-008465 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


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PUBLISHYOUR LEGALNOTICEHEREEmail legal notices for publication to [email protected] days anddeadlines vary. Call 952-392-6829 for more information.

district and all the work that’s been done by everyone here in Lakeville to move up into a leading position when it comes to the use of technol-ogy in schools,” Skelly said. School Board Member Judy Keliher credited Superintendent Lisa Snyder for helping the district achieve the award. She said when the board hired Snyder, one of the things they saw in her was the ability to “launch our district into the digital age.” “Where our district is at today is because of the efforts and the strate-gic planning that Lisa has brought to the table for our district,” Keliher said. Volk said in an interview she was surprised to learn the district had earned the recognition because “it feels like we’re still in our infancy.” “There’s so much more we can be doing,” Volk said, “but it’s nice to know we’re definitely on the right track.”


TECHNOLOGY, from 1A

tures. Schiller was ordered to be imprisoned until trial to ensure his appearance in court and safety of the community. It was noted that he in the midst of a separation from the Na-tional Guard. Anyone with informa-tion about this case is asked to call the FBI Min-neapolis Field Office at 763-569-8000. Anyone who suspects they know a victim of exploitation, is asked to call the National Center for Missing or Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) or visit NCMEC’s web site at www.missingkids.com.


INDICTED, from 8A

Lakeville seniors All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for information. Monday, March 30 – Computer Lessons, 9 a.m.; Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Crib-bage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m. Tuesday, March 31 – Dominoes and Cards, 9 a.m.; Creative Writing, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 1 – Cards, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fit-ness 2, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Pinochle, noon; Dime Bingo, 1 p.m.; Chess, 1 p.m. Thursday, April 2 – “Classic Voices” Cho-rus, 9-10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Blood Red Hat Chorus, 10:30 a.m.; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Machine Sewing Group, 1 p.m.; Ping Pong, 1-3 p.m.; Red Hat Cho-rus at Trinity Care Center, 1:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Billiards, 6:30-8:30 p.m.;

deadline, Gertens and Twin Cities Premium Outlets trip. Friday, April 3 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Cards, 9 a.m.; Digital Photography, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Oil & Acrylic Painting Class, 1 p.m.

Senior driver improvement The Minnesota Highway Safety Center will offer 55-plus driver-improvement courses on the following days: • 5:30-9:30 p.m. April 7 (four-hour refresh-er), Burnsville Senior Center – ISD 191, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville. • 5:30-9:30 p.m. April 7 (four-hour re-fresher), Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington. The courses are open to the public; how-ever, preregistration is requested. The eight-hour course is $24; the four-hour refresher is $20. For more information or to register, visit www.mnsafetycenter.org or call 888-234-1294.

Seniors


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Burnsville Trailer Hitch hiring someone with me-chanical ability to install trailer hitches & wiring & related projects. Will train! Apply in person,see Frank

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& FOREMENLrg variety of carpentry-decks, remodeling, etc. Local Co. now hiring2+ yrs exp.preferred Please contact Office Mgr. Sarah 651-423-7248

Castle Rock Bank is currently accepting applications for both a Teller and someone to work in Bookkeeping/Operations. Both posi-tions are Full time & will require previous bank-ing experience. Contact either Jane or Dave Nicolai at 651-463-4014

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Wed. March 25th to Fri, March 27th8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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McLane Division1111 W. 5th Street

Northfield, MN

The McLane Company is one of the nation’s leading distribution and logistics companies with 37 distribution facilities nationwide.

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CPAP TECHNICIANMultiple locationWe are a DME/Home Care Company. Seeking outgo-ing & professional candi-dates for a long term op-portunity as a CPAP Tech. Medical training/educa-tion preferred especially with respiratory therapy. Full time, benefits avail-able Please email resume to:

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Customer Service Representative

Multiple locationWe are a DME (Durable Medical Equipment) Com-pany. Seeking outgoing & professional candidates for a long term opportu-nity. This position is to as-sist customers in store and over phone. FT, benefits available, DME experience preferred. Please email resume to:

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FULL-TIME CUSTODIAN

The Church of the Risen Savior is in need of a FT custodian, Sat. thru Wed. Hours will include day & evening hrs. Full benefits are included. Duties include general cleaning, emergency maintenance, shoveling and security. Exp. pre-ferred. Candidate will be required to successfully complete a background check & a pre-employ-ment physical. Contact Terry Trondson,

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Hiring assembly person for small Apple Valley Manufacturing com-pany, Tyler Madison Inc. Must be reliable, detail minded, and have excellent hand dexter-ity. Clean work environ-ment. Pay starting at $10.00/hr with rapid in-creases for hardworking, dependable individuals. Full benefit package. Contact: Tyler Kistner at Tyler Madison Inc., 952-431-2300, [email protected] or simply stop by to fill out an application.

Irrigation TechnicianExperience Required. Pay DOQ. Call 952-233-1905

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Hose AssemblyTeam Leader

Growing fluid power co seeks a FT person as a hydraulic hose assembly team leader. Responsibili-ties include directing the hose assembly fabrication team as a hands-on team leader in this role. Attn to detail, organization skills & quality of work are es-sential. Previous exp in light assembly & fabrica-tion helpful. Salary based on exp. Benefits pkg avail. Email or mail resume to: Oil-Air Products, LLC, PO Box 41430 Plymouth, MN 55441 Attn: Kyle Britton [email protected]

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Local General Contrac-tor seeks polite, upbeat, person with great com-munication-customer ser-vice skills for reception/office assistant position. MS Office proficient. Du-ties include: multi-line phones, greeting clients, typing support, filing, ship-ping, maintaining files/archiving, contracts, mail & general office correspon-dence. Please email your resume to [email protected] ATTN: HR Department or fax to 952-890-5476.

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WAREHOUSE OPPORTUNITIES!

JOB FAIR

Wed. March 25th to Fri, March 27th8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Saturday, March 28th, 8:00 am - Noon

McLane Division 1111 W 5th Street

Northfield, MN

Single Sell Selector 6:00 am Start Monday to

Friday. $11.75/hr

LOADERS 10:00 am Start Monday

to Friday. $13.95/hr

Full Case Grocery Selectors

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Permanent PT TELLER

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Successful Pharma-ceutical/Nutraceutical Business expanding in this area. Flexible 10-20 hrs/wk. Self employ-ment w/no investment. Must be entrepreneur minded, coachable, self motivated, enjoy people. Full Training. Generous Commission Based Income/Bonuses, car allowance available. Now scheduling informational mtgs. 651-214-4970


Community Living Options,

Seeking motivated people to implement

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Warehouse: Pull orders of pop/snack off iPad, load onto trucks, stock, general cleaning. Email [email protected] or fax resume to 952-707-1994


Customer Service Rep-resentative -Burnsville-Excellent communication, organizational & computer skills needed. Able to multi -task, and focus on details.Apply in person: 3451 W.

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Nursery Worker I Outside Work

Bachman’s Inc. Farmington

$10.00 per hour Starting March 30th

Contact Tom R. 651-463-3288

Retail Sales-FT/PTSell state-of-the-art sewing & embroidery machines.

Retail Sales & Sewing exp preferred Open

7 dys a wk. Hourly wage,commission, bonuses!

Creative Sewing Centers Minnetonka, Roseville,

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Tropical Plants: Care for indoor plants in busi-nesses. FT/PT. Must have own vehicle. Mile-age paid. Training, uni-forms provided. Call 612-396-4856.

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Regency Home HealthCare is seeking part time and full time overnight, day, eve-ning & weekend RN/LPNs to provide services to ventilator dependant and complex clients in private homes in the Hastings, Farmington, New Brigh-ton, Maplewood, Big Lake, White Bear Lake, and St. Paul areas. Must have great attention to detail, strong problem solving skills, ex-cellent communication skills, and strong clinical skills. Current MN nursing license and CPR required. If interested please submit online application at www.regencyhhc.com or fax resume attn: Brittni

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Garden Center Merchan-disers needed. Multiple locations, no experience necessary. Flexible hours. PT starting in April. Reply with resume to [email protected].


theater and arts briefs

family calendar

Eagan theater group seeks advisors Eagan Theater Com-pany is looking for volun-teers to join an Advisory Committee that will sug-gest productions for the company’s 2015-16 season. The committee will choose and read several scripts and send recommenda-tions to the ETC board of directors who will deter-mine the season based on the committee’s proposals. The committee will meet two to three times in April and May and will send its final recommendations to the board by the end of May. “We think it’s impor-tant to engage the com-munity,” said Kay Brown, ETC president. “This level of participation is what truly makes this commu-nity theater.” Interested individuals should send their contact information and a brief paragraph about why they are interested to [email protected] by March 31. Individuals should also in-clude any experience they have in drama such as di-recting, acting, set design, or simply enjoying attend-ing a variety of produc-tions. The chosen produc-tions will be performed in fall 2015 and spring 2016 and will include a mystery dinner theater offering in February 2016. Past performances by the Eagan Theater Com-pany include “My Fatal Valentine,” “A Christmas Carol Radio Play,” “B-I-N-G-O Spells Murder,” “End of Summer Blues” and “Dealt a Deadly Hand: Murder at Pocono Royal Casino.” For more information, contact Brown at [email protected] or 651-454-6755.

Dinner theater in Eagan Eagan Theater Com-pany will perform “You Can’t Take It with You” at 6 p.m. Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18, at Brianno’s Royal Cliff Center, 2280 Cliff Road, Eagan. The dinner theater

event is being presented in partnership with the Eagan 55 plus/Seniors Group. This Pulitzer Prize-win-ning comedy tells the story of the Sycamore fam-ily, good-hearted lunatics, and the wealthy and stuffy Kirby family. When they meet, mayhem and laugh-ter abound. Tickets are $42 and are available online at www.etc-mn.org or in person at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Park-way, Eagan, until April 15.

Classic movie nights The Lakeville Area Arts Center will host two classic movie nights in April. “The Wizard of Oz,” 7 p.m. Saturday, April 11. Rated G. The classic mov-ie starring Judy Garland. “The Goonies,” 7 p.m. Thursday, April 23. Rat-ed PG. A group of seven young friends find them-selves on a thrilling un-derground adventure filled with humor and peril as they seek the secrets be-hind the treasure of the notorious pirate, One-Eyed Willie. Tickets are $5 online at www.ci.lakeville.mn.us or by phone at 952-985-4640.

Diff-abled artist exhibit The exhibit opening reception for “aNTiCIpA-TiON! Artwork by An-nie Young” will be 7 p.m. Thursday, April 2, at the Scott County Historical Society, 235 Fuller St. S., Shakopee. The free recep-tion will include refresh-ments and an opportunity to meet the artist. Young is a diff-abled (differently-abled) artist who uses her fingers to paint. An award-winning artistic topographist, her work is collected and ex-hibited throughout the United States and Canada. Young’s work is inspired by her faith, memories, music and life encounters. Young will teach Sense of Imagination, a work-shop for ages 12 and old-er, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 23. The workshop

provides a safe, stress-free environment to explore and gain confidence with the interplay of the senses and creative practice. A variety of subject matter, processes, composition and color will be explored. All participants should bring creative supplies of choice (sketch pad, pen-cils, watercolors, writing tablet, wire, beads, fibers, hooks, etc.). Visit www.scottcoun-tyhistory.org or call 952-445-0378 for more infor-mation.

Comedy at Mystic Lake Matthew Broussard and Troy Walker will take the Mystic Comedy Club stage at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, April 17, and Sat-urday, April 18, at Mystic Lake in Prior Lake. Broussard earned a spot on Comedy Central’s “Adam Levine’s House Party” after doing stand-up for only 18 months. Walker is one of Denver’s most sought-after come-dians. He’s a regular at Comedy Works and won their “New Faces” contest twice. Tickets are $19. Mature audiences only. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or mysticlake.com for details.

‘The Snow Queen’ Three area youth per-form in the Young Artists Initiative’s production of “The Snow Queen.” The production fea-tures Zharia B. Armstrong of Apple Valley, and Paige and Lauren Moy of Ea-gan. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 27, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28, and 2 p.m. Sun-day, March 29, at The Per-formance Space at Well-stone Center, 179 Robie St. E., St. Paul. Tickets are $10 adults, $8 seniors, $6 students. Tickets can be purchased online at www.youn-gartistsmn.org or at the performance. Seating is general admission.

To submit items for the Family Calendar, email: darcy.

[email protected].

Friday, March 27 Walleye fry by Dakota Coun-ty Elks Lodge 2832, 5-7:30 p.m., Mary Center at Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. All-you-can-eat wall-eye, baked potatoes, coleslaw, rolls, milk and coffee. Cost: $13 adults, $6 ages 11 and younger, $3 kid’s meal of macaroni and cheese, animal crackers and milk. Fish fry by the Rosemount Knights of Columbus, 6 p.m., St. Joseph’s School Social Hall, 13900 Biscayne Ave., Rose-mount. Free-will offering. Fish fry, 5-9 p.m., Rosemount American Legion, 14590 Burma Ave., Rosemount. All-you-can-eat fish ($11.95 adults, $10.95 seniors, $7.95 kids). Information: 651-423-3380.

Saturday, March 28

Spring craft and bake sale by the Rosemount American Le-gion Auxiliary Unit 65, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Rosemount American Legion, 14590 Burma Ave. W., Rosemount. Adopted Friends bowling, 9 a.m., Brunswick Zone, 11129 162nd St. W., Lakeville. Friend-ship, support and fun for adop-tive families. Information: www.adoptedfriends.com or [email protected].

Sunday, March 29 Feed My Starving Children Fully Invested Pack, 1-3 p.m., 990 Lone Oak Road, Suite 136, Eagan, 763-746-2952. Each vol-unteer is required to bring a $50 donation per person or $150 per household to this special Lenten packing session. $50 funds one box of FMSC meals which pro-vides nutrition to a child for seven months. Register at http://www.fmsc.org/fullyinvested.

Monday, March 30

From the Archives

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Thisweek News regularly published an item called “Criswell Predicts,” a nationally syndicated column from the dubious yet often highly entertaining psychic The Amazing Criswell. With predictions touching on everything from fashion trends and political upheavals to alien invasion and technological advances oddly evocative of “The Jetsons,” the columns offer an amusing window into a future that never came to pass. Consider this nugget from “Criswell Predicts” in the Sept. 8, 1980 edition of Thisweek News: “I predict young men and women will wear transparent swimsuits next summer, poolside and beachside, in spite of puritan objections from many groups! This will reveal the boys from the girls!” Some predictions read like classic science fiction, as seen in a paragraph-length prognostication titled “Big Meal Pill” from Oct. 20, 1980: “I predict in the near fabulous future you will be able to buy a pill that will be equal to a seven-course meal! These will have a slight after effect — slight belch so you may taste the various foods which have been dehydrated!” In The Amazing Criswell’s vision of the future, there will be wonders galore — wonders so startling that exclamation points are often needed to convey their full impact.

Farmington writer Ron Runeborg is the featured speaker at the Rosemount Area Arts Council’s next “Meet the Author” event on Tuesday, April 7, at the Robert Trail Li-brary. A poet and short-story writer, Runeborg will discuss his latest book, “Old Shorts and Poetree,” a collection of mostly autobiographical tales. Admission is free to the 6:30-8 p.m. event; more information is at www.rosemountarts.com. (Photo submitted)

Author talk with Ron Runeborg

Essential Oils and Pets class, 7 p.m., Elko New Mar-ket Library, 110 J. Roberts Way, Elko New Market. Presented by Windmill Animal Rescue. Free. In-formation: Toni Maat at 952-461-2765.

Thursday, April 2 Nature Play: Playful Art – Woodland Fairies, 10 a.m. to noon, Fawn Crossing Nature Play Area, Whitetail Woods Regional Park, 17100 Station Trail, Farm-ington. Fun activities for all ages with a park naturalist. Explore the woods for hidden fairies and create a woodland fairy to take home. Free. Registration request-ed. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks. Course number 5473. Free divorce clinic, 1-4 p.m., Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Get help with divorce paperwork using Minne-sota I-Can. Presented by the Da-kota County Law Library, Legal Assistance of Dakota County, the Minnesota Justice Foundation, and volunteer attorneys and law students. Registration required. Call 952-431-3200.

Friday, April 3 Feed My Starving Children Fully Invested Pack, 9-11 a.m., 990 Lone Oak Road, Suite 136, Eagan, 763-746-2952. Each vol-unteer is required to bring a $50 donation per person or $150 per household to this special Lenten packing session. $50 funds one box of FMSC meals which pro-vides nutrition to a child for seven months. Register at http://www.fmsc.org/fullyinvested. Fish fry, 5-9 p.m., Rosemount American Legion, 14590 Burma Ave., Rosemount. All-you-can-eat fish ($11.95 adults, $10.95 seniors, $7.95 kids). Information: 651-423-3380. Forever Wild Family Friday: Na Mele Wai-Hawaiian Fresh-water Songs, 7-8:30 p.m., Leba-non Hills Visitor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. All ages. Join the Lau Hawaiian collective for in-teractive songs and hulas on the theme of freshwater, or wai. Free. Registration requested. Infor-mation: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks. Course number 5408.

Saturday, April 4 Feed My Starving Children Fully Invested Pack, 9-11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., 990 Lone Oak Road, Suite 136,

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Movie Night Sun Thisweek and Dakota County Tribune movie reviewer Wendy Schadewald offers reviews of the two remaining films in the Rosemount Area Arts Council’s Classic Movie Night series featur-ing the films pairing Humphrey Bogart and Lau-ren Bacall at the Rosemount Community Center. For more information, log on to www.rose-mountarts.org/Classic-Film-Night.html or call 952-255-8545. Rating system: (4=Don’t miss, 3=Good, 2=Worth a look, 1=Forget it) “Dark Passage” (NR) (3) [Plays March 27 at 7 p.m.] — After a charismatic convict (Humphrey Bogart) receives a life sentence for allegedly mur-dering his wife and then escapes from San Quen-tin in this dark, well-acted, tension-filled, black-and-white, 1947, film-noir classic thriller based on David Goodis’ novel, bodies (Rory Mallinson, Agnes Moorehead, et al.) begin to pile up as he heads to San Francisco with the help of a beauti-ful, empathetic landscape artist (Lauren Bacall) to begin tracking down the real murderer and then surprisingly gets facial reconstruction when an astute taxi driver (Tom D’Andrea) introduces him to a back-alley plastic surgeon (Houseley Stevenson) while being tailed by a two-bit hustler and a tenacious detective (Douglas Kennedy). “Key Largo” (NR) (3.5) [Plays May 1 (noted date change from previous announcement) at 7 p.m.) — Tension and frayed nerves escalate in this black-and-white, 1948, film-noir classic thriller adapted from Maxwell Anderson’s play as an eclectic group of guests, including a former WWII Army major (Humphrey Bogart), a war widow (Laure Bacall) and her wheelchair-bound father-in-law (Lionel Barrymore), and an alco-holic singer (Claire Trevor), are taken hostage at a hotel in the Florida Keys by a cigar-smoking gangster (Edgar G. Robinson) and his henchmen (Frank Sinatra, Harry Lewis, Thomas Gomez, Marc Lawrence, et al.) while a ravaging hurricane batters the property and the gangster tries to es-cape to Key West.

Wendy Schadewald is a Burnsville resident. Her re-views are posted weekly at SunThisweek.com and www.shortredheadreelreviews.com.

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

ecm-inc.com.

Books Moo! Traveling Trunk Show with author David LaRochelle, il-lustrator Mike Wohnoutka and Cow – the star of their book “Moo!” – from 10:30-11:15 a.m. Saturday, April 4, at Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. LaRochelle and Wohnoutka will interview Cow about her travels, share a puppet show retelling of the book, and more. For ages 2-8. Information: 952-891-0300. Central America in Con-text with Yansi Perez, assistant professor of Latin American Lit-erature at Carleton College and native of El Salvador, 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, Heritage Library, 20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville. He will discuss Central America’s history, current events and cul-ture, especially as they relate to the story of “Enrique’s Journey,” this year’s One Book One Lakev-ille selection. Information: 952-891-0360. One Book Bingo, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 11, Heritage Library, 20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville. A One Book One Lakeville event. SouthSide Writers, Saturday workgroup for aspiring writers, offering critique, submission and manuscript preparation informa-tion, support and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. In-formation: 651-688-0365.

Comedy Joel McHale, 8 p.m. Satur-day, April 11, Mystic Showroom, Prior Lake. Mature audiences only. Tickets: $49-$59. Informa-tion: 952-445-9000 or mysti-clake.com.

Dance The Ballet Narnia, presented by Twin Cities Ballet of Minneso-ta, 7 p.m. Friday, May 8, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, May 9, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 10, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $18-$34 at the box of-fice, Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-982-2787.

Events Chef Robert Irvine Live, 8 p.m. Saturday, March 28, Mystic Showroom, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Interactive multimedia ex-perience featuring audience par-ticipation, live cooking challeng-

es and multiple onstage cameras capturing all the action. Tickets: $39, $49 and $129. Information: 952-445-9000 or mysticlake.com.

Music Willie Nelson and Family, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 16, Mystic Lake. Tickets: $49-$59. Informa-tion: 952-496-6563, mysticlake.com.

Theater “The Fox on the Fairway,” 7:30 p.m. March 20-21 and 27-28 and 2 p.m. March 22 and 29, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets: $13 at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or by phone at 952-985-4640. “Jesus Christ Superstar,” presented by The Chameleon Theatre Circle, April 10-26, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Cost: $22 at the box office, Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-982-2787. “You Can’t Take It With You,” dinner theater perfor-mance by the Eagan Theater Company, 6 p.m. Friday, April 17, and Saturday, April 18, at Bri-anno’s Royal Cliff Center, 2280 Cliff Road, Eagan. Tickets: $42 until April 15 at www.etc-mn.org or in person at Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway. In-formation: 651-454-6755.

Workshops/classes/other Paint Stronger and Simpler Watercolors, taught by Andy Evansen, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satur-day and Sunday, April 18 and 19, Oasis Room, Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway. Cost: $140. An Eagan Art House workshop. Registration required. Information: www.eaganart-house.org, 651-675-5521. Painting Flowers in Water-color with Holly Landauer, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, April 25, Eagan Art House. Beginning painters welcome. Cost: $45. All supplies included. Registration required. Information: www.eaganart-house.org, 651-675-5521. Artist Study: Vincent van Gogh with Robert Najlis, 1-4 p.m. Saturdays, May 2, 9 and 16, Eagan Art House. Bring your own supplies. Painting experience required. Cost: $98. Registration required. Information: www.ea-ganarthouse.org, 651-675-5521. Swing dance lessons, 7-8:15 p.m. Sunday, March 29, at Dan Patch American Legion Post 643, 12375 Princeton Ave., Sav-

age, 952-894-6940. Cost: $15/couple or $10/single for drop-ins. Lessons culminate in a Zoot Suit Romp, 7:30-10:30 p.m. April 11. Information: [email protected] or 612-360-6471. International Festival of Burnsville Planning Commit-tee: Get involved with the July 2015 festival; choose from en-tertainment, marketing, publicity, sponsorships, and general event planning. Visit www.intlfest-burnsville.org or contact [email protected]. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Dan Petrov Art Studio, Burnsville, offers oil painting classes for beginners, interme-diate and advanced oil paint-ing students. Information: Dan Petrov, www.danpetrovart.com, 763-843-2734. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, Riv-er Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetier-ney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art educa-tion through drawing and paint-ing. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Country line dance classes on Wednesdays at the Lakev-ille Senior Center, 20110 Holy-oke Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. Line dance classes for in-termediates, 1:30-4 p.m., week-ly schedule to be determined at American Legion, 14521 Grana-da Drive, Apple Valley, $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833 for details. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the sec-ond Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Informa-tion: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


On what was once a previously a plain white wall, a colorful tableau now greets guests at the Wescott Library in Ea-gan. Minneapolis artist Julie Prairie created the mural — depicting a mas-sive open book showing a river scene with boats and wildlife, along with a quote by Dr. Seuss — in the children’s area at the library in January and February. Prairie, who will be at the Wescott Library on April 13 for a meet-and-greet to celebrate comple-tion of the mural, has been the lead muralist at the Minnesota Children’s Museum since 1995 and

has done theater paint-ing for venues such as the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre, and Park Square Theatre. The mural in the Wescott children’s area is her third project at

the Eagan library. She’d previously been commis-sioned to paint trees on the library’s big gray pil-lars, along with a trans-portation-themed tableau beneath the windows. Prairie worked on her latest mural during the day, while the library was open, and part of the fun was interacting with li-brary patrons as she un-dertook the sketching and painting process. “I saw some families over and over again,” she said. “I especially loved talking with the children. Some were really interest-ed and would give me sug-gestions — ‘I think you should put a bird right there.’ ” The mural project re-ceived funding through the Friends of the Wescott

Artist’s imagination is an open bookMeet-and-greet with Wescott Library mural artist

Julie Prairie set April 13

Julie Prairie created this mural in the Wescott Library children’s area earlier this year. (Photo submitted)

Julie Prairie

Library. “Anything that makes the library a fun and friendly place to visit is something we’re interest-ed in,” said John Elliott, Friends of the Wescott Library president. “For us, it’s more than just books — we want to make the library a destination.” The meet-and-greet with Prairie runs from 6-7 p.m. Monday, April 13, in the Wescott Library chil-dren’s area. Refreshments will be served and there will be activities for chil-dren. For more informa-tion about the event, visit www.dakotacounty.us/library and search “mu-rals” or call 651-450-2900.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Eagan, 763-746-2952. Each vol-unteer is required to bring a $50 donation per person or $150 per household to this special Lenten packing session. $50 funds one box of FMSC meals which pro-vides nutrition to a child for seven months. Register at http://www.fmsc.org/fullyinvested.

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

Reunions Apple Valley High School Class of 2005 10-year reunion, Saturday, June 13, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. family-friendly barbecue at Alimagnet Park; 5:30-9 p.m. adult-only dinner cruise along the St. Croix River. Barbecue cost: $5 children, $10 adults. Cruise: $50. RSVP by May 29. Information can be found on the Apple Valley High School Class of 2005 Facebook page or by emailing the reunion committee at [email protected].

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