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PARASOLE.COM NO EXPIRATION AND NO FEES Manny’s Chino Latino Cafeteria Salut Bar Américain Mozza Mia Muffuletta Il Gatto Good Earth The Living Room W Minneapolis –The Foshay Prohibition W Minneapolis –The Foshay Parasole Restaurants Holiday Gift Cards RECEIVE A FREE $ 25 GIFT CARD FOR EVERY $ 100 YOU PURCHASE 12/2•2835143R•AB General 952-894-1111 Distribution 952-846-2070 Display Advertising 952-846-2011 Classified Advertising 952-846-2000 A NEWS OPINION SPORTS Public Notices/2A & 6A Opinion/4A Sports/5A Announcements/8A Classifieds/9A Thisweek www.thisweeklive.com www.thisweeklive.com Burnsville-Eagan Burnsville-Eagan DECEMBER 2, 2011 VOLUME 32, NO. 40 Former Eagan man fights extradition to U.S. Shawn Sullivan faces criminal sexual assault charges in Dakota, Hennepin counties by Jessica Harper THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS A former Eagan resident is fighting extradition from London to Minnesota in connection to three sexual assault cases. Dakota and Hennepin county authorities want to have Shawn Eugene Sullivan, 43, extradited for charges stemming from a 1994 sexual assault on three Minnesota girls. Sullivan was charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct and two counts of third- degree sexual assault for fondling two 11-year-old girls and raping a 14-year-old girl. Sullivan fled the country as prosecutors filed charges. Sullivan was found in Ireland years later but fled to England be- fore he could be extradited. “It is our viewpoint that the decision to return Sullivan to the U.S. should be made upon the criminal law for which his return is being sought, and not upon spec- ulation,” Monica Jensen, spokes- woman for the Dakota County Attorney’s Office, wrote in an email. Sullivan’s attorneys are oppos- ing the extradition on the theory that he will also be civilly commit- ted as a predatory offender if he is returned and that is essentially a life sentence. Prosecutors contend that civil commitment is pure speculation. According to the Dakota County criminal complaint, Sul- livan fondled two 11-year-old fe- male relatives while living with the girls’ grandmother between 1993 and 1994. During that same time, Sulli- van allegedly exposed himself to the girls and showed them por- nographic materials, among other lewd conduct. By January 1994, one of the girls reported the alleged abuse in a note to her mother, who notified police. Later that month, Sullivan was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in Bloomington. A warrant was issued in 1994 for Sullivan’s arrest but authorities could not locate him until recently. In 2007 the worldwide police force Interpol added him to its most wanted list, according to the London Sun. The Sun also reports the fol- lowing: Sullivan married an Irish woman in 1996 and was finally picked up by the Met Police last year after moving to England from Ireland. He had an Irish passport and arrived undetected using the Gaelic spelling of his surname O’Suilleabhain. A hearing is scheduled for Jan. 20. E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected] by John Gessner THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS What’s a fitting tribute to a man who loved his dogs, his local dog park and a good skir- mish over taxes and spending? Burnsville’s Parks and Natural Re- sources Commission has been delving into this sometimes tricky issue in its search for a park-related honor for the late City Council Member Charlie Crichton. The commission, which makes recommendations to the council, will consider at its Dec. 5 meeting several options for naming a city park feature after Crichton. The issue surfaced at a council work session in June, when Mayor Elizabeth Kautz suggested renaming Alimagnet Dog Park for Crichton, a regular visitor there. He died in March at age 83. The 18-year council veteran and Burnsville’s resident tax hawk loved the park, which has re- lied on volunteer labor, grant funds and donations. But opposition to renaming the park surfaced this fall. “We fear that the loss of the label of Alimagnet Dog Park will hurt the park’s recognition, thus reduc- ing the donations that help maintain it,” Autumn Grimm, president of People of Alimagnet Caring for K9s (PACK), wrote in a let- ter to parks commissioners. “Furthermore, changing the name of Alimagnet Dog Park would be costly and most likely does not align with what Charlie Crichton believed in. In addition, we feel that renaming the park Options weighed for honoring Crichton Renamed dog park probably not among them Crichton ‘BabyLove’ brings families together New birth and child-care education center aims to support new moms by Jessica Harper THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS For the past four years, Veronica Jacobsen has become intimately ac- quainted with countless families as a birthing coach and prenatal and neonatal educator. Yet Jacobsen felt she couldn’t provide the kind of one-on-one sup- port she desired in her classes at area hospitals. “With a hospital, you don’t know who will be teaching the class or what it will be like,” she said. Most classes were taught by dif- ferent educators to large groups of parents in an auditorium, and Ja- cobsen wished to created a more in- timate setting. Last September she and fellow doula (birth coach) Brittany Ku- bricky achieved this goal by open- ing BabyLove, a birth and child care education center at 4590 Scott Trail in Eagan. The independently-owned cen- ter offers childbirth, breast-feeding, baby care and safety classes. All classes are taught by Jacobsen or Kubricky, and the cost between $40 for car seat safety to $165 for Lamaze. Jacobsen noted that some health insurance providers will pay for La- maze classes, which provide educa- tion in natural child birth. The center also hosts workshops and free moms’ groups. District 196 approves online payment system by Jessica Harper THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Board unanimously approved a proposal to streamline fee payments online. The school district will enter into a contract with TIES Fee Pay to provide an online payment system for all district fees. “If you are a parent and can pay all fees online, it will be a blessing,” Board Member Jackie Magnuson said at the board’s Nov. 28 meeting. The system will provide a one-stop shopping site for families to pay various dis- trict fees for services such as athletics, community educa- tion and lunch. District officials have been exploring online pay- ment options since last De- cember. Under the new system, the district will absorb cred- it card fees, which are cur- rently passed to the user. TIES proposed a 3.89 percent transaction fee per payment. This will account for ap- proximately $175,000 each year. The district could raise the fees by 1 percent to off- set the cost, district Finance Director Jeff Solomon said. Fees will remain the same in the first year. District of- ficials will examine cost fac- tors the following year to determine whether to raise fees, Solomon said. A recent federal mandate to require some school dis- tricts to raise lunch fees will help offset the additional costs, Solomon said. District 196 will not face an additional subscription fee for the service since TIES already provides the district other services. Implementing the system will reduce the number of cash and check transactions made in District 196. Internal control com- pliance – having cash and checks transactions occur- ring around the district – was noted as a deficiency in the district’s audit report. Auditor Bill Lauter rec- ommended at an October workshop that the school district limit the use of cash to improve controls. Email Jessica Harper at: [email protected] by John Gessner THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS The brand-new digital sign in front of Mystic Lake Casino is con- trolled by a high-performance com- puting system designed and built by Burnsville firm Nor-Tech. A Nor-Tech supercomputer helped Boeing analyze 170 distinct noise readings from an aircraft under development. The company, which started as a high-volume computer components dealer but now makes most of its profits from high-performance clus- ters and supercomputers, has even done business with DARPA, the De- fense Department’s high-tech devel- opment arm. “We’ve sold them to MIT,” said Todd Swank, Nor-Tech’s vice presi- dent of marketing. “We’ve sold mul- tiple units to the University of Min- nesota, the University of Wisconsin.” With 48,000 square feet of manu- facturing, warehouse and office space on Cliff Road in north Burnsville, Nor-Tech (short for Northern Com- puter Technologies) isn’t the same company that opened in smaller Cliff Road quarters in 1998. Nor-Tech still sells computer parts and builds its own line of personal computers under its Voyageur brand. But it’s the really high-tech stuff that has helped the company make its mark and improve its bottom-line performance. “That’s where we’ve exploded in the last five years,” Nor-Tech Presi- dent David Bollig said. Bollig used to sell computer hard- ware for Bloomington-based Glo- Photo by John Gessner David Bollig, left, president of Nor-Tech, and Todd Swank, vice president of marketing, are pictured in the company’s assembly area at 901 E. Cliff Road in Burnsville. Burnsville company evolves from parts sales to sophisticated computing systems Nor-Tech’s high performance Photo by Jessica Harper Richfield moms Erin Stertz-Follett (left) and Sara Gumke bring their infants to BabyLove in Eagan every Tuesday morning for the center’s Baby Cafe, a support group for nursing mothers. Each group is overseen by BabyLove owners Veronica Jacobsen (right) and Brittany Kubricky (not pictured). See Nor-Tech, 7A See BabyLove, 14A See Crichton, 7A The holiday magic of ‘Nutcracker’ at the Burnsville PAC. See Thisweekend Page 12A.

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DECEMBER 2, 2011 VOLUME 32, NO. 40

Former Eagan man fights extradition to U.S.Shawn Sullivan faces criminal sexual assault charges in Dakota, Hennepin counties

by Jessica HarperTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

A former Eagan resident is fighting extradition from London to Minnesota in connection to three sexual assault cases. Dakota and Hennepin county authorities want to have Shawn Eugene Sullivan, 43, extradited for charges stemming from a 1994 sexual assault on three Minnesota girls. Sullivan was charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct and two counts of third-degree sexual assault for fondling

two 11-year-old girls and raping a 14-year-old girl. Sullivan fled the country as prosecutors filed charges. Sullivan was found in Ireland years later but fled to England be-fore he could be extradited. “It is our viewpoint that the decision to return Sullivan to the U.S. should be made upon the criminal law for which his return is being sought, and not upon spec-ulation,” Monica Jensen, spokes-woman for the Dakota County Attorney’s Office, wrote in an email.

Sullivan’s attorneys are oppos-ing the extradition on the theory that he will also be civilly commit-ted as a predatory offender if he is returned and that is essentially a life sentence. Prosecutors contend that civil commitment is pure speculation. According to the Dakota County criminal complaint, Sul-livan fondled two 11-year-old fe-male relatives while living with the girls’ grandmother between 1993 and 1994. During that same time, Sulli-van allegedly exposed himself to

the girls and showed them por-nographic materials, among other lewd conduct. By January 1994, one of the girls reported the alleged abuse in a note to her mother, who notified police. Later that month, Sullivan was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in Bloomington. A warrant was issued in 1994 for Sullivan’s arrest but authorities could not locate him until recently. In 2007 the worldwide police force Interpol added him to its most wanted list, according to the

London Sun. The Sun also reports the fol-lowing: Sullivan married an Irish woman in 1996 and was finally picked up by the Met Police last year after moving to England from Ireland. He had an Irish passport and arrived undetected using the Gaelic spelling of his surname O’Suilleabhain. A hearing is scheduled for Jan. 20. E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

What’s a fitting tribute to a man who loved his dogs, his local dog park and a good skir-mish over taxes and spending? Burnsville’s Parks and Natural Re-sources Commission has been delving into this sometimes tricky issue in its search for a park-related honor for the late City Council Member Charlie Crichton. The commission, which makes recommendations to the council, will consider at its Dec. 5 meeting several options for naming a city park feature after Crichton. The issue surfaced at a council work session in June, when Mayor Elizabeth Kautz suggested renaming Alimagnet Dog Park for Crichton, a regular visitor there. He died in March at

age 83. The 18-year council veteran and Burnsville’s resident tax hawk loved the

park, which has re-lied on volunteer labor, grant funds and donations. But opposition to renaming the park surfaced this fall. “We fear that the loss of the label of Alimagnet Dog

Park will hurt the park’s recognition, thus reduc-ing the donations that help maintain it,” Autumn Grimm, president of People of Alimagnet Caring for K9s (PACK), wrote in a let-ter to parks commissioners. “Furthermore, changing the name of Alimagnet Dog Park would be costly and most likely does not align with what Charlie Crichton believed in. In addition, we feel that renaming the park

Options weighed for honoring Crichton

Renamed dog parkprobably not among them

Crichton

‘BabyLove’ brings families togetherNew birth and child-care education center aims to support new moms

by Jessica HarperTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

For the past four years, Veronica Jacobsen has become intimately ac-quainted with countless families as a birthing coach and prenatal and neonatal educator. Yet Jacobsen felt she couldn’t provide the kind of one-on-one sup-port she desired in her classes at area hospitals. “With a hospital, you don’t know who will be teaching the class or

what it will be like,” she said. Most classes were taught by dif-ferent educators to large groups of parents in an auditorium, and Ja-cobsen wished to created a more in-timate setting. Last September she and fellow doula (birth coach) Brittany Ku-bricky achieved this goal by open-ing BabyLove, a birth and child care education center at 4590 Scott Trail in Eagan. The independently-owned cen-

ter offers childbirth, breast-feeding, baby care and safety classes. All classes are taught by Jacobsen or Kubricky, and the cost between $40 for car seat safety to $165 for Lamaze. Jacobsen noted that some health insurance providers will pay for La-maze classes, which provide educa-tion in natural child birth. The center also hosts workshops and free moms’ groups.

District 196 approves online payment system

by Jessica HarperTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Board unanimously approved a proposal to streamline fee payments online. The school district will enter into a contract with TIES Fee Pay to provide an online payment system for all district fees. “If you are a parent and can pay all fees online, it will be a blessing,” Board Member Jackie Magnuson said at the board’s Nov. 28 meeting. The system will provide a one-stop shopping site for families to pay various dis-trict fees for services such as athletics, community educa-tion and lunch. District officials have been exploring online pay-ment options since last De-cember. Under the new system, the district will absorb cred-it card fees, which are cur-rently passed to the user. TIES proposed a 3.89 percent transaction fee per payment. This will account for ap-proximately $175,000 each year.

The district could raise the fees by 1 percent to off-set the cost, district Finance Director Jeff Solomon said. Fees will remain the same in the first year. District of-ficials will examine cost fac-tors the following year to determine whether to raise fees, Solomon said. A recent federal mandate to require some school dis-tricts to raise lunch fees will help offset the additional costs, Solomon said. District 196 will not face an additional subscription fee for the service since TIES already provides the district other services. Implementing the system will reduce the number of cash and check transactions made in District 196. Internal control com-pliance – having cash and checks transactions occur-ring around the district – was noted as a deficiency in the district’s audit report. Auditor Bill Lauter rec-ommended at an October workshop that the school district limit the use of cash to improve controls.

Email Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The brand-new digital sign in front of Mystic Lake Casino is con-trolled by a high-performance com-puting system designed and built by Burnsville firm Nor-Tech. A Nor-Tech supercomputer helped Boeing analyze 170 distinct noise readings from an aircraft under development. The company, which started as a high-volume computer components dealer but now makes most of its profits from high-performance clus-ters and supercomputers, has even done business with DARPA, the De-fense Department’s high-tech devel-opment arm. “We’ve sold them to MIT,” said Todd Swank, Nor-Tech’s vice presi-dent of marketing. “We’ve sold mul-tiple units to the University of Min-nesota, the University of Wisconsin.” With 48,000 square feet of manu-facturing, warehouse and office space on Cliff Road in north Burnsville, Nor-Tech (short for Northern Com-puter Technologies) isn’t the same company that opened in smaller Cliff

Road quarters in 1998. Nor-Tech still sells computer parts and builds its own line of personal computers under its Voyageur brand. But it’s the really high-tech stuff that has helped the company make its mark and improve its bottom-line

performance. “That’s where we’ve exploded in the last five years,” Nor-Tech Presi-dent David Bollig said. Bollig used to sell computer hard-ware for Bloomington-based Glo-

Photo by John Gessner

David Bollig, left, president of Nor-Tech, and Todd Swank, vice president of marketing, are pictured in the company’s assembly area at 901 E. Cliff Road in Burnsville.

Burnsville company evolves from parts sales to sophisticated computing systems

Nor-Tech’s high performance

Photo by Jessica Harper

Richfield moms Erin Stertz-Follett (left) and Sara Gumke bring their infants to BabyLove in Eagan every Tuesday morning for the center’s Baby Cafe, a support group for nursing mothers. Each group is overseen by BabyLove owners Veronica Jacobsen (right) and Brittany Kubricky (not pictured).

See Nor-Tech, 7A

See BabyLove, 14A

See Crichton, 7A

The holiday magic of ‘Nutcracker’ at the Burnsville PAC. See Thisweekend

Page 12A.

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Man charged after police chase, odd school visitsby Jessica Harper

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

A Belgrade man accused of suspi-ciously visiting two Eagan schools and then fleeing from police is now facing criminal charges in Dakota County Dis-trict Court. Jason Marson Michels, 34, was charged Nov. 4 with felony fleeing from police, disorderly conduct and driving after cancelation. The criminal complaint states the following events occurred: Michels visited Pinewood and Northview elementary schools and asked for his daughter, who does not at-tend either school. Michels refused to leave Pinewood and wandered the halls asking first-graders if they knew his daughter. School officials called police and told them Mi-chels was acting “very hy-per and very strange,” and believed he was at anoth-er school which is not in Eagan. As Michels began to drive away from the school, an Eagan officer attempted

to stop him. Mi-chels led police on a chase from Eagan to Bloomington, reaching speeds over 100 mph. Police eventually stopped Michels at the intersec-tion of Lyndale

Avenue and 90th Street in Bloomington by using the Pursuit Intervention Tech-nique (PIT) in which an of-ficer slams his or her vehicle into the suspect’s to render it immobile. Michels’ driver’s license was cancelled and he had a warrant for his arrest for felony probation violation, gross misdemeanor ob-structing the legal process and gross misdemeanor driving under the influence of alcohol. Michels was arrested and transported to Regions Hospital for a medical eval-uation. He was then taken to the Dakota County Jail in Hastings, where he re-mained in custody as of Monday afternoon. Email Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

Jason Michels

Enrollment expected to drop slowly in District 196

by Jessica HarperTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Enrollment in the Rosemount-Apple Val-ley-Eagan School Dis-trict is expected to de-cline over the next five years. District officials con-ducted a survey that proj-ects enrollment will fall by 67 students between 2012 and 2016. This will bring the total student population to 27,337. “The district’s enroll-ment has been declining since 2004, but it has slowed,” said Kim Reis, student information su-pervisor for District 196. Every school district’s state aid is largely based on enrollment. District officials said they are not concerned about funding as it relates to enrollment since the drop in enroll-ment has been small. The district’s enroll-ment is expected to de-cline in 2012 by 16 stu-dents (0.06 percent), which will bring the total to 27,420. The district’s high

school enrollment is ex-pected to drop by 50 stu-dents (0.62 percent) by October 2012, bringing the total to 8,037. Meanwhile elemen-tary and middle school enrollment is expected to pick up slightly next school year. Projections show en-rollment in the elemen-tary schools will increase by 89 students (0.76 per-cent) by October 2012, bringing the total to 11,566 students. Middle school enroll-ment is expected to climb by 21 students (.035 per-cent) by that same time, bringing the total to 6,002. District officials ex-pect enrollment may pick up once development be-gins on the eastern and southern portions of the school district. “At this point we can’t predict when that will happen,” Reis said. Email Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

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Opinion

Thanks from the District 191 School BoardTo the editor: We, the members of the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School Board, would like to say “thank you” to the many residents of School District 191 who took the time to vote on Nov. 8 to re-new an existing levy. We are grateful for your continued support. We also want to thank PTO members, par-ents, and others who helped educate voters about the im-portance of a positive vote for the students and families we serve. The renewed levy pro-vides continued funding that is vital to our day-to-day operations. Moreover,

the public vote of confi-dence is uplifting – par-ticularly during challeng-ing economic times – to families with children in our schools, to our teachers and school staff members work-ing hard to improve stu-dent achievement, to area businesses seeking skilled employees and to a vast ma-jority of the residents in the communities we serve. The vote allows us to confidently move forward with renewed dedication to our most important work – to improve academic achievement and prepare well-rounded students to be contributing members of society. We, as your elected rep-resentatives, are committed to delivering the highest educational value for every

tax dollar you provide. It is both an honor and a privi-lege to serve a community that places a high priority on public education.

RON HILLDAN LUTHSANDY SWEEPDEEDEE CURRIERJIM SCHMIDPAULA TEIKENBOB VANDENBOOM

HeartbrokenTo the editor: I am at a loss for words to describe my utter dismay – some misguided souls broke into the Burnsville Senior Center and stole our 52-inch flat screen televi-sion. We baked, we made craft items, and we did many oth-

er projects to raise funds to buy this TV. We truly need this television set as it is used by the defensive driv-ing classes for those 55 and older, medical information classes and more. You can understand how violated we feel that some-one would do such an act of disrespect. Yes, the school district does have insurance, but the deductible is so high our television doesn’t actu-ally matter. Over the years, I have written many letters to the editor to convey my thanks and congratulations to friends and acquaintances in Burnsville and other communities who have helped us here at the center. Having to write this letter truly saddens me as this act is not indicative of the peo-ple in Burnsville – these are really troubled individuals. Thanks for bearing with me as I vented my disap-pointment – I am heartbro-ken.

PEG FINKBurnsville

A shameful attackTo the editor: The Nov. 25 letter to the editor by Betty Mackey would be humorous if it were not so blatantly dis-honest. To refer to my pho-to from the Nov. 18 issue addressing the Burnsville High School senior class on Veterans Day somehow jus-tifies her partisan attack on 2nd District Congressman John Kline is totally disin-genuous and shameful. Yes, I left the Minnesota Republican Party in June 2009, over their continued election of inept and fiscal-ly irresponsible leadership like Chairman Tony Sutton and rabid ideologue Deputy Chair Michael Brodkorb. If the Minnesota GOP ever gets smart enough to re-place their pathetically poor leadership, I and many like me may return to the party. However, my statements from the 2009 guest edito-

rial in the Pioneer Press that the party was run by ideo-logues, bankers and lob-byists fits the DFL just as well. Evidence shows that Wall Street banks and K Street lobbyists supported the Democratic Party over-whelmingly in the 2008 election. How much of that money found its way to Minnesota I have no way of knowing. Reality is that both the Minnesota GOP and the DFL suffer from control by their radical right and left wing ideologues as well as lobbyists, unions, bankers and special inter-ests. Unfortunately, I found that the Independence Party stands for nothing except to relish the position of spoil-er. Is it any wonder that our great state is in deadlock? As for Kline, a retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel, he continues to represent 2nd District with very large electoral margins because the DFL lacks credible candidates to run against him. The people of the 2nd Congressional District have not seen a reason to replace Kline. I served in Iraq with Kline’s son in 2005, and I remain a supporter of the congressman. I suggest before Ms. Mackey tries to cherry pick something I said in 2009, and misrepresent my ap-pearance recently in this newspaper that had noth-ing to do with Kline, she do her research and make sure her comments are based in truthful fact. JOE REPYALieutenant colonel, U.S. Army (retired)Eagan

Fee can help pay for new stadiumTo the editor: In reaction to the Nov. 11 issue that contained both Ed Fischer’s political car-toon and T. W. Budig’s story on the Vikings’ visit to the Burnsville/Lakeville Cham-ber of Commerce luncheon on Nov. 8, I offer the follow-

ing solution to the Vikings’ stadium debate. The NFL can totally fund the newly proposed Vikings football stadium (regardless of its final loca-tion in Minnesota) without public financing. The Vi-kings TV market includes areas outside of Minnesota and its taxing jurisdiction. These include the eastern Dakotas, northern Iowa, western Wisconsin and southern Canada between Winnipeg and Thunder Bay. If each Vikings game-viewing household is charged a set amount each week (say $2) to watch the game on a dedicated cable/satellite TV channel, then a stadium could be funded in 12 years max. The NFL can charge this amount to every household in the viewing region, the Minne-sota Legislature (or county governments) cannot do so. This method also provides an economic voting referen-dum each week for each Vi-king fan household (“yes” - we want to pay to watch the game this week or “no” we don’t). In addition, even if the state does find funding for a stadium, they cannot guarantee a sellout for each home game over a 30-year lease, which means that most the Minnesota fan base (in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area) that would actually pay the “Vi-king taxes” may not ever see a home game on TV in the very stadium which they funded. A home game is blacked-out within a 75-mile radius of the stadium, if a sellout is not reached within 72 hours of kick-off. Businesses have bought out remaining tickets to avoid a blackout in recent years, but a new stadium with higher ticket prices and personal seat license costs will likely increase the probability that a number of games will not be shown on local TV.

DENNIS CUMMINGSEagan

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Minnesota’s two U.S. senators, Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, both Democrats, have made it clear that they will not hesitate in carrying the state’s best-practice measures to the halls of Con-gress. We hope they were listening and watching this fall as the state of Minnesota released what has to be considered good news. The news is in relation to a bold move by the Dayton administration to embark on a competitive bidding process for insurers who want a share of the $4 billion annual business to pay for medical assis-tance costs for state residents. It is now estimated that the state program will save upwards of $180 million in state taxpayer dollars over the next two years but without any cut in benefits or

forcing most enrollees to change their medical providers. It is also likely that the federal government will see correspond-ing savings due to the fact that medical assistance for the most part is funded by both the state and the federal government. Gov. Mark Dayton has held true to his promise to seek reform with such health care initiatives, and we ap-plaud the work of his administra-tion. It makes sense at the state level and it makes minds wonder why it wasn’t tried much sooner. It’s such plans and principles that can and should work at the national level, too, if only leaders there could be so driven. In one specific case, the federal government is now projecting that the Medicare Part D prescription

drug program will run an unfund-ed deficit of $700 billion in its first 10 years, according to estimates. Medicare Part D was passed by a Republican-controlled Congress in 2003 and signed into law by President George W. Bush. Un-der the 2003 legislation, Medicare is not allowed to negotiate drug prices with manufacturers. We understand the partisan deadlock that is blocking most ef-forts at meaningful change or re-form in Washington. It’s an uphill battle to be sure. But we believe Sens. Klobu-char and Franken have just the moxie to help push this heavy ball up that steep hill. They are get-ting some help, too. The Patient Protection and Af-fordable Care Act, signed into law in March of 2010 by President

Barack Obama, is taking small but progressive steps to shrink the doughnut hole that many Part D participants face when their bene-fit limits are reached and the next $4,500 in prescription expense is cash from pocket. More shrinking needs to be done, and that can come through competitive bidding and/or out-right negotiations with the large pharmaceutical companies, or by looking at reform that would allow the importation and re-im-portation of prescription drugs. Both could be considered compe-tition to the current system. According to one estimate from the National Retiree Legis-lative Network, as much as $730 million, or 18 percent, of the na-tion’s Medicare Part D projected $4 billion costs for prescription

drugs over the next 10 years could be saved. Those are meaningful savings and rise to the level of totally wiping away the doughnut hole. It could also make a small but important reduction in the fed-eral budget deficit. One of the ways to make changes and improve Medicare Part D is with competitive bid-ding, much like the state of Min-nesota has done with its medical assistance costs. We know Sen. Klobuchar and Sen. Franken have voices that are being heard in Washington. It’s time they speak louder. An editorial from the ECM Edito-rial Board. Thisweek Newspapers and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publishers Inc.

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SportsBoys Basketball

Team Conference Overall W L W LApple Valley 0 0 0 0 B Kennedy 0 0 0 0 B Jefferson 0 0 0 0 Burnsville 0 0 0 0 Eagan 0 0 0 0 Eastview 0 0 0 0 Lakeville North 0 0 0 0 Lakeville South 0 0 0 0 Prior Lake 0 0 0 0 Rosemount 0 0 0 0

Friday, December 2 • Lakeville North at Edina, 7 p.m. • Lakeville South W at ayzata, 7 p.m. • Eastview at Duluth East, 7 p.m.

Saturday, December 3 • St. Louis Park at Eagan, 7:15 p.m.

Tuesday, December 6 • Wayzata at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. • Minnetonka at Bloomington

Kennedy, 7:15 p.m. • Henry Sibley at Prior Lake, 7:15 p.m. • White Bear Lake Area at Lakeville

South, 7:15 p.m. • Edina at Eastview, 7:15 p.m. • Hopkins at Burnsville, 7:15 p.m. • Eden Prairie at Apple Valley,

7:15 p.m. • Wayzata at Eagan, 7:15 p.m.

Thursday, December 8 • Benilde-St. Margaret’s at

Rosemount, 7:15 p.m.

Friday, December 9 • North St. Paul at Eagan, 6 p.m. • Cambridge-Isanti at Bloomington

Kennedy, 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville North Chanhassen,

7:30 p.m.

Girls BasketballTeam Conference Overall W L W LLakeville North 0 0 2 0 Lakeville South 0 0 1 0 Apple Valley 0 0 1 0 Eastview 0 0 1 1 Eagan 0 0 0 0 Burnsville 0 0 0 0 B Kennedy 0 0 0 1 B Jefferson 0 0 0 1 Prior Lake 0 0 0 1 Rosemount 0 0 0 3

Friday, December 2 • Shakopee at Eagan, 7:15 p.m. • Eden Prairie at Apple Valley,

7:15 p.m. • Prior Lake at White Bear Lake Area,

7:15 p.m.

Saturday, December 3 • Owatonna at Lakeville South,

7:15 p.m.

Tuesday, December 6 • Bloomington Kennedy at Eden

Prairie, 7 p.m. • Apple Valley at Park - Cottage

Grove, 7:15 p.m. • Lakeville South at Lakeville North,

7:15 p.m.

Thursday, December 8 • Burnsville at Maranatha Christian

Academy, 7 p.m. • Apple Valley at Richfield, 7:15 p.m. • Chanhassen at Bloomington

Jefferson, 7:15 p.m. • Eden Prairie at Prior Lake, 7:15 p.m.

Friday, December 9 • New Prague at Eastview, 7:15 p.m. • Farmington at Rosemount, 7:15 p.m. • Hopkins at Lakeville North,

7:15 p.m.

Boys HockeyTeam Conference Overall W L T W L TLakeville North 0 0 0 1 0 0 Eastview 0 0 0 1 0 0 Lakeville South 0 0 0 0 0 0 B Jefferson 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rosemount 0 0 0 0 0 0 Burnsville 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Prior Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 B Kennedy 0 0 0 0 1 0 Apple Valley 0 0 0 0 1 0

Friday, December 2 • Shakopee at Rosemount, 7 p.m.

Saturday, December 3 • Hill-Murray at Burnsville, 3 p.m. • Edina at Lakeville South, 3 p.m. • Hopkins at Lakeville North, 3 p.m. • Eagan at Eden Prairie, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, December 6 • Apple Valley at Plymouth, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Hopkins,

7 p.m. • Rosemount at Chaska, 7:15 p.m.

Thursday, December 8 • Benilde-St. Margaret’s at Burnsville,

7 p.m. • East Ridge at Eastview, 7 p.m. • Minnetonka at Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Centennial at Bloomington

Jefferson, 7:15 p.m

Girls HockeyTeam Conference Overall W L T W L TLakeville North 1 0 0 2 1 0 Rosemount 1 0 0 1 2 0 Eagan 0 0 0 4 0 0 Apple Valley 0 1 0 4 1 0 B Jefferson 0 0 0 1 1 0 B Kennedy 0 0 0 1 2 1 Lakeville South 0 0 0 0 1 0 Burnsville 0 0 0 0 1 0 Prior Lake 0 0 0 0 2 0 Eastview 0 1 0 0 3 0

Friday, December 2 • Apple Valley at Lakeville South,

7:15 p.m. • Prior Lake at Bloomington

Jefferson, 7:15 p.m.

Saturday, December 3 • Visitation/SPA at Bloomington

Kennedy, 3 p.m. • Burnsville at Eagan, 3 p.m. • Farmington at Lakeville South,

7 p.m. Tuesday, December 6 • Apple Valley at Eastview, 7 p.m. • Eagan at Prior Lake, 7 p.m. • Lakeville South at Burnsville, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at

Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Lakeville North at Bloomington

Jefferson, 7:15 p.m.

Saturday, December 10 • Bloomington Jefferson at Apple

Valley, 2:15 p.m. • Eagan at Lakeville South, 2:45 p.m. • Eastview at Bloomington Kennedy,

3 p.m. • Prior Lake at Lakeville North, 3 p.m. • Burnsville at Rosemount, 3 p.m.

Standings Eagle boys hockey looking for new ways to score

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Apple Valley boys hockey team won’t be the same after averaging 4.6 goals per game last season. The Eagles lost most of their firepower over the off-season, leading coach Jerry Hayes to find new ways to win. Hayes feels he can build around a strong defensive core with Anthony Leong, Sean Lang and captain Der-ek Smith, who is playing his fourth year on varsity this year. “The question is are we going to get some scoring up front?” Hayes said. “Last year we had guys who had 40-50 points. This year we need to have a few guys with 20 points spread out.” The Eagles lost their top three scorers – AJ Michael-son, Hudson Fasching and Vince Pedrie – who had 139 combined points last season. “We’re not going to beat teams 6-0,” Hayes said. “We’re going to have to keep teams under two to three goals to win. We’re not go-ing to put any pressure on one guy.” Hayes will look to players such as team captain Tate Erickson, Trent Heuer and Johnny Dirks, who have the most experience, along with Jordan Ocel and Ben Keck-eisen to get some goals. “We definitely have to de-velop into that role,” Erick-son said. “We’ll get to that point, I promise you that.” Minnetonka was a tough way to start the season on Tuesday. It was ranked No. 4 by “Let’s Play Hockey,” while Apple Valley ranked No. 17. The first-game nerves were on full display early, losing 6-0.

“It was a rude awaking,” Smith said. “I don’t think we were in game shape yet. I think we were a little slow at the beginning there.” The team was down by five goals at the midway mark, but settled down from there. The Eagles were out-shot 27-16, but no one is panicking just yet. “It’s Nov. 29,” Hayes said. “We’re not too worried about it. You don’t win the section championship the first game of the year.” In the first period, Minnetonka had five shots and three goals. “It wasn’t pretty,” Hayes said. “We picked it up as it went along. They have a lot of guys who have been play-ing in the elite leagues and we have guys who have been playing for two weeks and it showed. “It will get better,” he said. “We saw some things that we know we can get better. As coaches it’s fun to look at the tape and now say, ‘I told you so.’ ”

Eastview The Lightning have a vet-eran group returning, mean-ing they know as well as any-one it’s not an easy task to compete in the world of high school hockey in Minnesota. Coming off a season in which the Lightning went 8-17-2, Eastview is ready to make a jump up the charts. With four returning defen-sive players, the top goalten-der and the leading scorer back, expectations are high. “But we need to make the hard work pay off,” coach Drey Bradley said. “The conference is very strong again and we will need to bring our best to the rink ev-ery night. We need to contin-ue to challenge each other in practice so we are ready for the challenges of the (South Suburban Conference.).” Scott Nelson leads the list of returning players after scoring 24 goals and 24 as-sists last season while mak-ing the all conference team. He’ll have help from return-ing forward Ryan McNa-

mara, who had 15 points last season. The defense is stacked with experience with Jon Plaszcz, Ryan Reger and Jake Heppner back in skates with two-plus years of varsi-ty experience. All three have varsity scores and assists on their resume and they will help returning goalie Alex Wohl, who played 12 varsity games, keep their net clear. The Lightning defeated Hastings 3-1 in the season opener with goals from Nick Abbott, Nelson and Jake McGlocklin.

Burnsville The Burnsville boys hockey team has been a force in the south metro with a 38-12-7 record the past two sea-sons and the team plans on continuing its winning ways. The Blaze are coming off one of the more memorable seasons, when they played in the Section 2AA final for the first time since 2008. The Blaze lost to Edina 3-2 in the section final, and several of

those players are looking for another shot. The Blaze lost nine play-ers to graduation, including their top two scorers, but coach Janne Kivihalme said the strength of the team lies with the returning core of players that includes Cory Chapman, Hunter Ander-son, Mason Wyman, Jake Senta, Nick Bohn, Teemu Kivihalme, Dan Ames and Jake Maxson. With Mike Dockry and Jace Childs gone, the team is losing 104 points from last season. The defensive pres-ence of Eddie Wittchow, who was chosen in the sixth round by the Florida Pan-thers in last summer’s NHL Entry Draft, will also be missed along with star goalie Bodhi Engum. The Blaze have one of the more changeling sched-ules to kick off the season, starting with Minnetonka on Thursday, Hill-Murray on Saturday and Benilde-St. Margaret’s on Dec. 8. All three teams are ranked in the top 10 in Class AA. Before the New Year, Burns-ville is scheduled to play Bloomington Jefferson, Eden Prairie and Duluth East, three other teams ranked in the top 20. When the South Suburban Conference por-tion begins, the Blaze have two games scheduled against Eagan, Lakeville South and Apple Valley, who are also ranked in the top 20. By the time playoffs begin in late February, the Blaze should be battle tested. “Returning players are hungry for another run,” Janne Kivihalme said. “The first few games is about ex-perimenting and putting kids into challenging situa-tion that will help us become a better team later.”

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Girls basketball: Eagles on the rise

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

After opening the season with a convincing 70-35 win over Rochester John Mar-shall on Tuesday, the buzz is growing louder for the Apple Valley girls basketball team. The Eagles lost just one player – leading scorer Jor-dan Sammons – to gradu-ation last spring, so they bring an experienced lineup from a team that went 12-16 last season. Destiny Scott, Jaryn Pip-kins, Sydney Schalk and Kati Erb are back along with a deep bench. “We bring back a lot of players with varsity experi-ence,” coach Jeremy Gordon said. “We will also be able to spread the ball around more versus relying on one player to carry us.” Still, with leading scorer Sammons gone, the team needs a go-to player to emerge. “Our strength of spread-ing the ball around could be

a weakness,” Gordon said. “We will need a player, or two, to step up in certain games and want the ball, and want to take the big shot.”

Eagan The two words Eagan head coach Liz Carpentier used to describe the Wild-cats this season was young and talented; the extremes of both. “This is the most talented team we’ve had since I’ve been the coach at EHS,” Carpentier said. “This is also one of the youngest teams I’ve had since I’ve been coach at EHS.” Leading the list of tal-ented players is Jess Hart, who signed a letter of intent to play basketball at South Dakota State earlier this month. “Jess is a strong leader and doing her best to get the younger girls used to the rigors of a full varsity sea-son,” Carpentier said. “She is excited by the opportunity the season brings, as are all four seniors and the entire squad, for that matter. She has worked on her condi-tioning and ball-handling to

prepare her not only for this year (but next).” Other experienced players returning are Lindsey Gon-sior, Tori Thompson and Lindsey Micheletti. Gonsior is a two-year starter who plans to play basketball at Augsburg Col-lege next year. The junior class features three-year starter Sammi Delzotto and two-year start-er Bryn Parsons. They plan on proving this is one of the most talented Eagan teams in a long time. The youth comes from the bench as there are four seniors on the roster. “I am concerned about how we’ll deal with the pres-sures of varsity ball,” Car-pentier said. But every team is com-ing into the season relying on girls playing their first varsity minutes. The plan is to grow and be the best they can by March.

Eastview Paul Goetz, the only coach Eastview girls basket-ball ever knew, stepped down as head coach after last sea-son, but he’s still there.

Goetz has moved into an assistant role, as he’s taking every opportunity he can to watch his son play in Rose-mount. Melissa Guebert moved up from the traveling pro-gram at Eastview where she coached fifth- through eighth-grade girls. Her bas-ketball career includes Miss Basketball for South Dakota in 1983 and she’s still the all-time leading scorer for Au-gustana College. She has two team cap-tains – Amber Mehr and Emily Young – who have been on varsity since their ninth-grade years. Mehr has grown up with a basketball in hand, while Young brings a strong inside presence. Another team captain, Paige Palkovich, who plans to play softball at the Uni-versity of Minnesota next year, brings a wealth of ath-letic ability to the guard po-sition. “The nice thing about those three is that they’re so different,” Guebert said. “We have three different personalities. It’s a good bal-ance. They’re great role mod-

els.” The Lightning will have sharp shooter Meg Ryan and post player Hannah Shie on their side. Junior standouts include defensive spark plug Mikael Wilson and Tyra Johnson. Eastview will rely on freshman point guard Madi-son Guebert, who is Me-lissa’s daughter. She was named to the Hamline all-tournament team last week during which the girls went 1-1. “She brings a lot of com-posure, which is rare for a young player,” Melissa Gue-bert said. With experience and tal-ent, Melissa Guebert says the biggest issue is finding a go-to player. The experi-enced players have looked to Jenna Dockter, Amanda Beckman and Alex Beck-man in recent years, but they’ve since graduated. “The biggest challenge is getting those seniors to be the leaders and learn how to be the ones who step up,” Melissa Guebert said.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Apple Valley lost most of its points

from last year

Photo by Andy Rogers

Apple Valley’s Sean Lang, No. 4, takes charge against Minnetonka on Tuesday.

Several key players back for

area teams

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Left: Eastview’s Brianna Zemien, No. 24 on the right, faces off against Prior Lake on Tuesday during a 6-1 victory. Erika Geary had three goals, Courtney Kukowski two and Cassidy Leininger one to improve the team’s record to 2-5. Right: Eagan’s Sarah Jackson, No. 4 on the top, takes a shot against Bloomington Jefferson on Tuesday during a 4-1 victory, putting the team’s record at 5-0. Megan Wolfe, Shelby Williams, Megan Juricko and Brooke Madsen had goals in the win and goalie Emma May had 18 saves. To view more photos of the game, visit www.ThisweekLive.com.

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PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PROPOSEDIMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF

EAGAN, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTAProject No. 1047 - Johnny Cake Ridge

Road (Cliff Road south to City Limits)

Street Improvements

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City

Counci l of the City of Eagan, Dakota

County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan

Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road,

Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Tuesday,

December 20, 2011, at 6:30 p.m., or as

soon thereafter as possible. The purpose

of the meeting will be to hold a public

hearing on the improvements, known as

Project No. 1047. The proposed project is

in accordance with the preliminary engi-

neering report dated November, 2011, pre-

pared by the City Engineer.

The estimated cost of the foregoing

improvement is as follows: $431,900.

The area proposed to be assessed for

said improvements is described as fol-

lows:

The area located within the East 1⁄2 and

West 1⁄2 of Sections 32 and 33, respect-

fully, lying South of Cliff Road, East of

Interstate 35-E, in Township 27, Range

23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County,

Minnesota.

All persons who desire to be heard with

respect to the question of whether or not

the above improvements should be made

shall be heard at said time and place.

Dated November 15, 2011

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL

/s/ Christina M. Scipioni

By: Christina M. Scipioni

Eagan City Clerk

2829974 11/25-12/2/11

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF THE CITY OF EAGANPOLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATIONON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY

The City of Eagan is committed to the

policy that all persons have equal access to

its programs, services, activities, facilities

and employment without regard to race,

color, creed, religion, national origin, sex,

disability, age, sexual orientation, marital

status or status with regard to public

assistance.

Auxiliary aids for persons with disabilities

will be provided upon advance notice of at

least 96 hours. If a notice of less than 96

hours is received, the City of Eagan will

attempt to provide such aid. Telephone:

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

2830094 12/2/11

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF INTENT TO

OPERATE AERATION SYSTEMSThe City of Eagan, pursuant to the terms

and conditions of Permits for Lake Aeration

Systems, granted by the Minnesota

Department of Natural Resources, hereby

gives notice of its intent to operate winter

lake aeration systems in Eagan. The sys-

tems shall consist of an air injection pump.

The systems shall be in operation on some

or all of the following: Bald, Blackhawk, Bur

Oaks, Carlson, Cliff, East Thomas, Fish,

Hay, Heine, Holz, LeMay, Schwanz, and

Thomas Lakes. The period of aeration

operation shall be during periods of suit-

able ice cover commencing on or about

December 8, 2011, and ending on or before

April 15, 2012. The aeration systems may

create open water and thin ice conditions.

The public is cautioned to stay clear of all

areas marked with warning signs on the

lake.

Dated: November 21, 2011

CHRISTINA M. SCIPIONICity Clerk, City of Eagan

2830064 11/25-12/2/11

PUBLIC NOTICEINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan

Public Schools

Educating our students to reach their

full potential

CALL FOR BIDSEXCESS ATHLETIC AND FIELD TRIP

TRANSPORTATIONNotice is hereby given that BIDS will be

received for excess Athletic and Field Trip

Transportation by Independent School Dis-

trict 196 at the District Office, 3455 153rd

Street W, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 11

a.m., December 19, 2011 at which time and

place bids will be publicly opened and read

aloud.

Complete instructions on how to obtain

Bidding Documents can be found at:

http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/

index.cfm

If you should have any questions regard-

ing this bid you may contact the Randy

Dukek, Coordinator of Transportation.

Art Coulson, Board Clerk

Independent School District 196

2837095 12/2-12/9/11

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON

PROPOSEDIMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF

EAGAN, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTAProject No. 1080 - Rahn Road

Street Improvements

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City

Counci l of the City of Eagan, Dakota

County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan

Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road,

Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Tuesday,

December 20, 2011, at 6:30 p.m., or as

soon thereafter as possible. The purpose

of the meeting will be to hold a public

hearing on the improvements, known as

Project No. 1080. The proposed project is

in accordance with the preliminary engi-

neering report dated November, 2011, pre-

pared by the City Engineer.

The estimated cost of the foregoing

improvement is as follows: $458,600.

The area proposed to be assessed for

said improvements is descr ibed as

located within Sections 19-20 and 29-30

lying South of Cedar Grove Parkway,

West of Blackhawk Road, in Township

27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan,

Dakota County, Minnesota.

All persons who desire to be heard with

respect to the question of whether or not

the above improvements should be made

shall be heard at said time and place.

Dated November 15, 2011

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL

/s/ Christina M. Scipioni

By: Christina M. Scipioni

Eagan City Clerk

2830021 11/25-12/2/11

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON

PROPOSEDIMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF

EAGAN, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTAProject No. 1079 - Denmark Avenue (Lone

Oak Road to south Sam's entrance)

Street Improvements

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City

Counci l of the City of Eagan, Dakota

County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan

Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road,

Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Tuesday,

December 20, 2011, at 6:30 p.m., or as

soon thereafter as possible. The purpose

of the meeting will be to hold a public

hearing on the improvements, known as

Project No. 1079. The proposed project is

in accordance with the preliminary engi-

neering report dated November, 2011, pre-

pared by the City Engineer.

The estimated cost of the foregoing

improvement is as follows: $162,000.

The area proposed to be assessed for

said improvements is descr ibed as

located within the NE 1⁄4 of Section 10,

lying South of Lone Oak Road, and West

of Lexington Avenue, in Township 27,

Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota

County, Minnesota.

All persons who desire to be heard with

respect to the question of whether or not

the above improvements should be made

shall be heard at said time and place.

Dated November 15, 2011

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL

/s/ Christina M. Scipioni

By: Christina M. Scipioni

Eagan City Clerk

2829992 11/25-12/2/11

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON

PROPOSEDIMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY OF

EAGAN, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTAProject No. 1078 - Johnny Cake Ridge

Road (Diffley Road north to Teal Cove)

Street Improvements

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City

Counci l of the City of Eagan, Dakota

County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan

Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road,

Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Tuesday,

December 20, 2011, at 6:30 p.m., or as

soon thereafter as possible. The purpose

of the meeting will be to hold a public

hearing on the improvements, known as

Project No. 1078. The proposed project is

in accordance with the preliminary engi-

neering report dated November, 2011, pre-

pared by the City Engineer.

The estimated cost of the foregoing

improvement is as follows: $268,100.

The area proposed to be assessed for

said improvements is described as fol-

lows: NW 1⁄4, Section 28, lying South of

Diffley Road, East of Interstate-35E, in

Township 27, Range 23, in the City of

Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota.

All persons who desire to be heard with

respect to the question of whether or not

the above improvements should be made

shall be heard at said time and place.

Dated November 15, 2011

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL

/s/ Christina M. Scipioni

By: Christina M. Scipioni

Eagan City Clerk

2830002 11/25-12/2/11

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by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Monthly residential util-ity fees in Burnsville would rise by nearly $2 next year under proposed 2012 rates. The total monthly utility bill for an average household (based on 5,000 gallons each of water use and sanitary sewer flow) would rise from $41.69 to $43.41. Fees would rise by 4.2 percent for both sanitary sewer and water, by 2.5 per-cent for storm water and by 3 percent for streetlights (not

all homes and businesses pay the streetlight utility fee). During recent City Coun-cil budget meetings, City Manager Craig Ebeling has pointed out that the water and sewer fee hikes are high-er than usual. He’s gotten no pushback from council members, who appeared to find consensus for the hikes at a Nov. 29 work session. “These are all part of re-placement costs that we have to address,” Mayor Eliza-beth Kautz said. “This is an increase in a fee that has a direct purpose of maintaining and replac-ing the system,” Council Member Dan Kealey said. Since 2006, annual water and sewer rate increases have ranged from 0.5 percent to the proposed 4.2 percent. City staffers say planned water and sewer projects are needed sooner than expected based on recent inspections of the city’s aging system. Water system improve-ments of $3.1 million are planned over the next five years in addition to the wa-termain replacement that accompanies annual street reconstruction projects. Proposed spending for 2012 includes $350,000 for repair and rehabilitation of the city’s aging groundwater treatment plant. In the sanitary sewer

system, lift station reha-bilitation projects totaling $175,000 are planned next year, along with an annual outlay of $150,000 for sewer rehabilitation. The city has a $17.1 mil-lion water and sanitary sew-er fund. In compliance with state law, the fee structure has a three-tiered system to encourage water conserva-

tion. The council will act on the 2012 budget, tax levy and fees Dec. 6. A budget open house was held Dec. 1 at City Hall. Information on the proposed budget is avail-able at the city’s website, www.burnsville.org.

John Gessner is at [email protected].

Burnsville water, sewer fee hike is 4.2 percentProposed 2012 increase needed to shore up aging

system, officials say

‘Beauty and the Beast’ at Eastview

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Lauren Stepka is among the whimsically clad cast of student-actors in Eastview High School’s production of “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.” The show directed by Eastview teacher Scott Durocher runs Dec. 9-17 in the high school’s auditorium. For show times, go online to www.district196.org/evhs.

Noel Coward comedy at BHS

Submitted photo

From left, cast members Kayla Graves, Christina Sahli and Jillian Klatte rehearse a scene from Burnsville High School’s production of the Noel Coward comedy “Blithe Spirit.” The show is at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10 in the school’s Mraz Center for the Performing Arts.

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the Voyageur line of desk-top PCs and servers, while continuing to sell parts. The computers featured name-brand components such as Intel motherboards and Seagate hard drives. “We chose to spend more to build a better product,” Bollig said. “In the end, that helps you.” The company’s next breakthrough was its acqui-sition of a company called Reason Computers, which sold machines to end-user customers including schools and hospitals. In 2004 Nor-Tech merged its operations with Reason’s, shuttering that company’s Minneapo-lis office and combining the two companies at Nor-Tech headquarters at 901 E. Cliff Road. “With their expertise be-hind us, I knew we could take it to another level,” Bol-lig said. Nor-Tech installed Rea-son’s engineering guru, Dom Daninger, as its vice presi-dent of engineering and be-gan designing high-perfor-mance computing systems tailored to specific tasks. “We’re still using stan-dard components,” said Swank, who, like Bollig, also

worked at Globelle. “But to tie them together really takes some high-end engineering.” Standing behind Nor-Tech has been Bollig’s partner and the company’s majority owner, Texas busi-nessman David Chang, a former customer of Bollig’s at Globelle. Bollig calls him “the money dude” who has made the necessary capital injections at critical times. “We were just a middle-man selling parts,” Bollig said. “That’s what we did. But there was no margin.” Company sales peaked at $30 million when the main business was parts sales, Bollig said. Today, he puts annual sales at “north of $25 million.” “Margins were thinner, though,” in the early years, he said. “We’re more prof-itable now than we were then. And the fact that we’re continuing to grow during a recession, we’re excited about.” Nor-Tech employees have another reason to cheer: Their company is one of few its size with an on-site child care. John Gessner is at [email protected].

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would be unfair to those who have spent countless hours to help maintain and make important decisions for the park.” Naming a small portion of the park for Crichton or adding a memorial bench would be better, wrote Grimm. Several PACK members attended the com-mission’s Oct. 3 meeting, and 24 signed a petition against the renaming. The commission tabled the mat-ter to look for other options. Crichton’s widow, Terry, said she’s fine with not re-naming the park. The city did seek her opinion on the idea after it surfaced, she said. “I said of course, because it was probably Charlie’s fa-vorite place,” Terry said. He visited the park most

every weekend with the cou-ple’s springer spaniel, Jamie, and Cavalier King Charles spaniel, Brody. “He loved to see his dogs have fun,” Terry said in an interview. And Charlie was proud of the park’s hon-ors, she said. It was voted third-best dog park in the nation in 2005 by readers of Dog Fancy magazine, and in 2010 was recognized by WCCO-TV as one of the Twin Cities’ best dog parks. The commission is now focusing on other options, said Terry Schultz, direc-tor of parks, recreation and natural resources. Ideas suggested by com-missioners include naming the trail around Earley Lake for Crichton or planting an oak tree in the native plant restoration west of Nicollet Avenue in Civic Center Park.

City staff added a couple of ideas: naming a commu-nity garden for Crichton or one of the city recreation buildings (Crichton lived in the Neill Park area). Another idea that sur-faced at the commission’s Nov. 21 meeting is planting a woodland area in Civic Center Park that could serve as a tribute to Crichton and possibly other community figures for whom memorials might be requested in the fu-ture, Schultz said. “He’s done so much to help the community, obvi-ously, with his service on the council,” Schultz said. “I think there are a number of options. The commission will probably be discussing five or six of them at their meeting on the fifth.”

John Gessner is at [email protected].

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Age 81 of Burnsville passedaway November 24, 2011 at herhome. Betty Lou (Henderson)Koentopf was born to Alf andEleanor Henderson in Minne-apolis on June 15, 1930. Bettygraduated from Lakeville HighSchool in 1948. It was there shemet Virgel and it was love at firstsight. They were married Octo-ber 22, 1949, renewed their vowson their 60th wedding anniver-sary, and were blessed to cel-ebrate their 62nd wedding anni-versary this past October. Bettywas a homemaker , and alsoworked as a secretary for manyyears. She last worked with Vir-gel as his marketing secretary forCJ Sales until they retired in1998. Betty played the pianobeautifully and had a song forevery occasion. She loved manythings such as music and dancing,and was very talented with crafts,needlepoint, and gardening. Bettyenjoyed playing cards with fam-i ly and friends and was veryinvolved with her church. She hada wonderful sense of humor andwit. Betty and Virgel have sixchildren, twenty grandchildren,and six great-grandchildren. Theymade time for everyone and werevery involved with their childrenand grandchildren. Betty wasalways putting others first, andwas the most caring and forgiv-ing person to all who knew her.She was a loving wife, mother,grandmother, sister, daughter,aunt, and friend. Betty was cou-rageous in her battle with cancer.She never complained and wasstrong in her faith. Betty was aninspiration to many, and will begreatly missed. Preceded in deathby her brother, Robert Hender-son. Survived by her husband,Virgel; children: Kathryn Her-bert, Karen Rose, Keith (Teresa),Kimberly (Bryan) Olson, Kon-stance (Ted) Hill, Kirsten (Tim)Skalsky; 20 grandchildren; 6 greatgrandchildren; brother, Ronn(Glenice) Henderson; also byother loving relatives and friends.Memorial Service, was 11amWednesday, November 30, 2011at Hosanna! Lutheran Church(160th and Ipava Ave) Lakeville.Memorial Visitation was onehour pr ior to the serv ice atchurch. In lieu of flowers memo-rials preferred to The GideonsInternational.

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Robert C. “Bob”Jensen

Age 83, of Rosemount, for-merly of Lakeville, died Nov.27th surrounded in prayer at TheLodge hospice in Burnsville fol-lowing his battle with colon can-cer. Known for his dedication tocommuni ty , Bob served theg r e a t e r L a k e v i l l e a r e a a sLakeville mayor, Dakota CountyCommissioner, and in the State ofMinnesota House of Representa-tives. His leadership deliveredinfrastructure and park develop-ment during the rapid growth ofthe area from the 1960’s to the1990’s. Bob was born to Axeland Alma Jensen on October 29,1928 in Minneapolis. He wasraised on a farm south of BuckHill Ski area, formerly the site ofJackson Landscape Supply, Inc.Bob attended Orchard LakeSchool and married Bernice Pahlon September 21, 1948. In 1949,they started their family andbegan dairy farming in NewMarket. In 1957, they moved toLakeville, built a large familyfarm and Bob became involved inlocal government. In 2001, theymoved to Rosemount and beganenjoying winters in Arizona. Bobwas also active in the Optimistclub, the Lions club, and theKnights of Columbus. Bob waspreceded in death by his parentsAxel and Alma and his son, Ber-nard. He is survived by his lovelywife of 63 years, Bernice and hischildren, Jane (Kirby) Smith, Ken(Patti) Jensen, Doris (Steve) Wil-son, Beverly (Bruce) Rydeen,Jerry Jensen, Sarah (Jack) Mata-sosky, Mary (Gary) Morgan,Willy Jensen (special friend InaNewton) Tom (Lori) Jensen,Kate (Eric) Herness along with 19grandch i ldren and 10 grea tgrandchildren. Bob is also sur-vived by his close brothers Jim(Arlene) Jensen, Vernon (Tonete)Jensen and sister, Camilla (Stan-ton) Lilly. Memorials will beshared among Bob’s favorite civicfavorites, including LakevilleParks. Memorial Mass will be 11A M , M o n d a y , D e c . 5 t h a tChurch of St. Joseph, 13900 Bis-cayne Ave., Rosemount with visi-ta t ion Sunday, Dec 4 . f rom2-6pm, White Funeral Home,20134 Kenwood Trail, Lakevilleand 1 hour prior to Mass atchurch.

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Patrick “Pat”Berdan

Age 69, formerly of Sleepy Eye,died peacefully at his home in thepresence of his family on Sunday,November 27, 2011. The visita-tion was held Thursday from 4-7p.m. at Ballard-Sunder FuneralHome, 4565 Pleasant Street SE,Prior Lake, and one hour prior tothe mass at church. The Mass ofChristian Burial was on Fridayat 11 a.m. at St. John the BaptistCatholic Church, 4625 West125th Street, Savage. Pat was laidto rest at Fort Snelling NationalCemetery, with full military hon-ors.

Pat was born August 2, 1942, inMinneapolis, Minn. He was lateradopted by E. A. “Ted” and AnnC. (Nusser) Berdan. He grew upin Sleepy Eye, Minn. and gradu-a t e d f r o m S t . M a r y ’ s H i g hSchool. In January 1960, Patjoined the U.S. Army. Pat prima-r i l y w a s a s e l f - e m p l o y e dmanufacturers’ representative. Hewas united in marriage to ElaineSchueller on July 2, 1966, at St.Mary’s Catholic Church, SleepyEye, Minn. They made theirhome in Burnsville, Minn., wherethey raised their two children,Christopher and Katie. An avidsports fan, Pat also enjoyed fish-ing, boating, golfing, softball, andcoaching his kids’ sports teams,as well as watching football ,hockey, and car racing. Pat likedto travel and a history buff espe-cially WWII. Mostly, he cher-ished spending time with his fam-ily and especially his grand girls,Sophia and Kennedee.

Pat will be deeply missed bywife, Elaine; son, Christopher(Manami) Berdan of Robbins-dale; daughter, Katie (Tom) Vol-ler-Berdan of Duluth; grandgirls,S o p h i a V o l l e r - B e r d a n a n dKennedee Berdan; sister, MarnieRoberts of Tucson; sister-in-law,Donna Berdan of Nisswa; andmany other loving relatives anddevoted friends.

Pat is preceded in death by hisparents, Ted and Ann; birthfather, William “Peter” Harri-man; brothers, Paul and RobertBerdan.

Arrangements made byBallard-Sunder Funeral Home,

Prior Lake Chapel

Sharon “Kay”Eisma

Age 67 of Prior Lake, passedaway November 27, 2011 sur-rounded by her family. Precededin death by son, Todd. Survivedby husband, Don; chi ldren ,Stephanie, Steve (Karmin), Tom(Shari), Joel (Kristen); treasuredgrandchildren, Nathan, Brandan,Lauren, Emily, Evan, Caleb; par-ents, Charles and Helen Houlton;siblings, Elaine (Chuck) Skog-man, Bruce (Janet) Houlton,Doug (Sue) Houlton.

Beloved wife, sister, daughter,mother and grandmother. Kayhad a heart of gold and lived alife of love. A disciple of Christshe lived life to the fullest andcherished her family. She will bemissed.

Funeral Service, was held 11AM Thursday December 1, 2011Peace Reformed Church 2180Glory Dr. Eagan. Visitation wasWednesday, November 30, 2011from 5-8PM at White FuneralHome 12804 Nicollet Ave. S. andalso one hour prior to service atchurch. Interment Pleasant ViewCemetery. Memorial to the Cen-ter for Lung Science and Health,University of Minnesota.

Additional Memorial Service11AM Sat. Dec. 3, 2011 at UnitedMethodist church Ireton, Iowa.Reception to follow.

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Lee WilliamMyers

Age 74 of Rosemount, MN,passed away on November 25,2011. Lee is preceded in death byparents, Oscar and Mary RuthM y e r s ; b r o t h e r s , R a y m o n d“Bud” Myers and Julius Myers;and sister, Mary Myers. He issurv ived by h i s wi fe , Je s s i e“Kay”; children, Debra, Teresa,Vicki (Chuck) Jensen, Glenda(Steve) Ellingson, Brian (Debi)and Patrick; 6 grandchildren,Joshua, Lucas, Nicholas, Megan,Tyler, and Jacob; sister, JoanFusselman; also by many niecesand nephews and friends. Mass ofChristian Burial was held Tues-day, November 29, 2011 at AllS a i n t s C a t h o l i c C h u r c h ,Lakeville. Interment was at AllSaints Cemetery.

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Ashley Folsom, daughter ofJohn and Cindy Folsom of AppleValley and Nate Bohmbach sonof Mick and Patt Bohmbach ofHager City, WI announce theirengagement.

Ashley is a 2001 graduate ofApple Valley High School and a2005 graduate of Minnesota StateUniversity, Mankato. Ashleyworks at HighJump Software inEden Prairie, as an Events &Tradeshow coordinator. Nate is a2001 graduate of Red Wing HighSchool and a 2005 graduate of theUniversity of Minnesota Duluth.Nate works at Ergodyne in StPaul, as a Product Line Manager.

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Ashton StevenJoyce

Ashton Steven Joyce was bornOctober 21, 2011 at Abbott Hos-pital to Matt Joyce and KristaTainter of Eagan. He weighed 5pounds 5 ounces and was 19inches long. Grandparents Steveand Sandy Joyce of Eagan, JeffTainter of Westby, WI, Andy andColette Skundberg-Radtke of LaValle, WI.

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A Lakeville child care provider has joined with a group of about 10 others in a legal effort to block the child care unionization vote recently put in motion by Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton. Becky Swanson, who has 10 children enrolled in her at-home child care service in Lakeville, spoke at a State Capitol press conference on Monday, Nov. 28, announc-ing the filing of the lawsuit. “I really think we have a very good case,” said Swan-son, who has appeared at recent Capitol hearings in opposition to the vote. Her interest in the vote, which is planned for De-cember and could result in the unionization of some child care providers, was originally aroused, she said, by bothersome union activ-ists who contacted her at her business. Swanson, who does not

have state-subsidized chil-dren enrolled in her child care and is not eligible to vote, objects to the union-ization effort because it could result in a union bar-gaining with the state on issues affecting nonunion child care providers. There are already child care provider associations with a voice at the state Capitol, she argued. The idea of having a vote is backward, opponents argue, because a minority could have power over the majority of the 11,000 child care providers in the state choosing not to join the union. Beyond the question of unionization, opponents ar-gue that Dayton has no le-gal authority to call for the vote. Tom Revnew, one of the attorneys representing the opponents, also argues the state Bureau of Mediation Services has no legal au-thority to design or conduct the election. The Service Employees International Union and the Association of Federal, State, County and Munici-pal Employees have been working toward the vote.

Their supporters argue that unionization could mean better benefits, higher pay, and less onerous regu-lations. The vote simply provides an option for pro-viders to unionize or not. Some of the groups backing the opponents in-clude Education Liberty Watch, Minnesota Family Council, Minnesota Major-ity and Minnesota Free Market Institute.

Dan McGrath, of the Minnesota Majority, said his group is financially backing the lawsuit. “It’s fundamentally wrong,” he said of the pend-ing vote. McGrath in an email said that Senate Republi-cans, who have recently in-dicated that they intended to file suit against the vote, were aware that Monday’s suit filing was coming.

Dayton spokeswoman Katharine Tinucci in a statement responded to the filing of the lawsuit. “The debate around unionization of family child care providers started years before Governor Dayton was elected to office,” she said. “By refusing to call for an election, his predecessors denied licensed, registered family child care provid-

ers the chance to decide for themselves whether or not they want to form a union. Governor Dayton believes they should have the right to make that decision.” Eric Lehto, organizing director for AFSCME Min-nesota Council 5, called the lawsuit “frivolous.” “Governor Dayton has legal authority to direct the Bureau of Mediation Ser-vices to conduct a union election and to determine appropriate bargaining units of child care provid-ers. Voters in this election include only licensed, subsi-dized providers who have a direct financial relationship with the state of Minneso-ta,” Lehto said in a state-ment. “If a majority of pro-viders come together in a democratic process, Gov. Dayton will recognize their professional voice. Union membership will be volun-tary and all providers will retain their constitutional right to participate in the policy-making process.” T.W. Budig is at [email protected].

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Child care provider Becky Swanson of Lakeville and attorney Tom Revnew appeared at a State Capitol press conference on Nov. 28 to announce the filing of a lawsuit against a pending unionization vote involving Minnesota child care providers.

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Chameleon Theatre Circle’s production of the musical comedy, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” will be Dec. 2-18 at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets are $20 at the box office ($17 for seniors, students, audio description patrons, and groups of eight or more). Tickets are also available from Ticketmaster by phone at (800) 982-2787 or online at Ticketmaster.com.

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The Burnsville Performing Arts Center has announced it will host “Hope is Alive,” an Elvis tribute concert and silent auction to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, on Saturday, Jan. 21. The concert will feature The Elvis Experience (above), the father-and-son duo of Steve and Tommy Marcio, whom south-of-the-river audiences may remember from their hip-swiveling, lip-curling performances at Burnsville’s Wednesdays in the Park summer concert series. Tickets for the Jan. 21 event are $21 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center’s box office and through Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com.

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Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota has found magic in its new home at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. The nonprofit dance group, formerly known as Lakeville City Ballet, is run by Rick and Denise Vogt of Lakeville’s Bal-let Royale dance studio. They moved their flagship holiday production of “The Nutcracker” to the Burnsville venue in 2010 after several years of stag-ing the show at Lakeville South High School. “The whole theater ex-perience – for the dancers, producers and audience – has been tremendous,” Rick Vogt said of the move to the 1,000-seat Performing Arts Center. “The move was to better reflect the quality and lev-el the show has achieved.” The cast of approxi-mately 120 in this year’s show consists of profes-sional dancers and bal-let students, the bulk of whom hail from Ballet Royale. They’ll be presenting “The Nutcracker” five times over three days, Dec. 9-11. Tickets range from $12 to $26 and are avail-able at the box office and via Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or ticketmaster.com. More information about the production is at TwinCitiesBallet.org.

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More than 100 dancers, both ballet students and professionals, have a part to play in Twin Cities Ballet’s “Nutcracker” production.

Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota presents the Christmas classic Dec. 9-11

Carly Fredericks and Rachel Schwartz, both 14 and of Lakeville, rehearsed their roles in “Nutcracker” on Tuesday at the Ballet Royale studio in Lakeville.

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Auditions set for ‘Peter Pan’ Children’s Castle Theater will hold auditions for the musical “Peter Pan” from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 12 and 13, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. The script includes more than 60 singing roles for ages 5 and older as well as a handful of non-singing roles. Visit www.childrenscas-tletheater.com or email [email protected] for more information.

Allegro concert in Apple Valley The Allegro Choral Academy will present its winter concert, Hallelu, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at Shepherd of the Valley Lu-theran Church, 12650 John-ny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for seniors/children. Admission for children un-der 12 is free. Additional information and upcoming audition in-formation can be found at www.allegroca.org.

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Bluegrass and gospel quintet Monroe Crossing will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Tickets are $18 in advance or $20 at the door. Tickets are available at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. For tickets or additional information, call (952) 985-4640.

Monroe Crossing to perform in Lakeville Couple’s 1,550-mile hike featured In April 2010, Mike Link and Kate Crowley, a local retired couple, set off from Duluth on a 145-day, 1,550-mile hike around Lake Supe-rior. The couple will share their experience, including stories of people they met and the wilderness they explored in an effort to preserve fresh-water from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 10, at Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty.us/library or call (952) 891-7045.

Art sale and empty bowls fundraiser The Lakeville Area Arts Center will host its annual Holiday Art Sale from noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Satur-day, Dec. 10. The sale will remain open through Dec. 16 during business hours. As part of this sale, the pottery studio will sponsor an “empty bowls” fund-raiser. Potters have donated their time to produce ap-proximately 60 soup bowls, which will be available at a suggested donation of $8 each. All proceeds will go to 360 Communities food shelf. The Lakeville Area Arts Center is located at the cor-ner of Holyoke Avenue and 210th Street. For more in-formation, call (952) 985-4640.

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

ConcertsLorie Line “Christmas Bells

are Ringing!” will perform Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. at the Burnsville Performing Arts Cen-ter, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets are $47 at the box office, by calling (800) 982-2787 or at ticket-master.com. The Allegro Choral Academy will present its winter concert, Hal-lelu, at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for seniors/chil-dren. Children under 12 are free. Information: www.allegroca.org. Bluegrass and gospel quintet Monroe Crossing will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Tickets are $18 in advance or $20 at the door. Tickets are available at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., (952) 985-4640. The Dakota Valley Symphony will present “Amahl and the Night Visitors” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burns-ville. Tickets range from $5 to $15 and can be purchased at the box of-fice, by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or at ticketmaster.com. The South Metro Chorale will present its Christmas concerts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at All Saints Catholic Church, 19795 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville, and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 4625 W. 125th St., Savage. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students/se-niors at (612) 386-4636 or [email protected]. Eagan Women of Note will hold their winter concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at Peace Church, 2180 Glory Drive, Eagan. The con-cert is free, but a $5 per person donation is requested. Information: www.eaganwomenofnote.org. The BoDeans will perform at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30, at the Burns-ville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets are $39 and $42 at the box office, all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at (800) 745-3000 and online at ticket-master.com.

Theater Chameleon Theatre Circle will present “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” Dec. 2-18 at the Burnsville Performing Arts Cen-ter, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets are $20 at the box office ($17 for seniors, students, audio description patrons, and groups of eight or more), from Ticketmaster by phone at (800) 982-2787 or on-line at ticketmaster.com.

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BabyLove client Erin Stertz-Follett said she heard about the center from Ja-cobsen, who served as her doula. The 34-year-old mother of two said she was in-trigued by the center’s small class sizes. No more than 10 mothers can register for a class. “With my first child we took hospital classes, and it wasn’t a terrible experience but too specific to the hos-pital,” she said. Stertz-Follett said she appreciates that the center’s educators provide objective information. Sara Gumke, another cli-ent, said she enjoys the sup-port she gets from both own-ers and moms at BabyLove. “They are good about reassuring you that you are not the only one,” she said. The 29-year-old first-time mom said she also likes that BabyLove’s nurs-ing mom’s club fit well in

her busy schedule. These experiences are what Jacobsen and Ku-bricky were hoping for when they opened BabyLove. “We wanted to create a place where parents could learn and grow,” Jacobsen said. The only challenge so far, she said, has been in marketing the center. It was Jacobsen’s own ex-periences as a new mother that inspired her to become a certified doula in 2007. While in labor with her first child, Jacobsen became frustrated with the hospital staff ’s bedside manner. “There was no support from the doctor or nurses,” she said.”I decided I wanted to be the person I needed as a first-time mom.” Over the following years, the Richfield resident coached countless numbers of mothers and earned cer-tifications in childbirth edu-cation, lactation counseling and child-seat safety. Jacobsen taught various

classes for the next three years at hospitals, while continuing to serve as a doula. Jacobsen said the most rewarding aspect of being a doula and child-care edu-cator is the opportunity to support mothers during a life-changing experience. “It’s wonderful to be with them from pregnancy through birth to the child’s earliest years,” she said. Jacobsen was the one who inspired Kubricky to become a doula after she coached Kubricky’s first child birth. Kubricky trained with DONA, an international doula association, in 2010 and is awaiting certification. She is a certified childbirth educator. For more information on Jacobsen, Kubricky or BabyLove, visit www.Baby-LoveMN.com or call (651) 200-3343.

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