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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 VOLUME 32, NO. 29

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Burnsville firefighters led off Saturday’s Fire Truck Parade at the Burnsville Fire Muster with a re-enactment of New York firefighters raising a flag at Ground Zero after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. From left are Tim Finley, Paul Odden and Assistant Fire Chief Dan Hove. The Fire Muster, Burnsville’s annual community celebration, included a 9/11 memorial observance after the Community Parade on Sunday. For more Fire Muster photos, see 4A.

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by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Burnsville and Eagan are bordered by the Minnesota River but have little in the way of riverfront amenities. That will change with construction of regional trail segments through both cities. The Minnesota Riv-er Greenway plan is ex-pected to be approved next month by the Da-kota County Board of Commissioners. The $12 million, 17-mile trail will follow

the river through Lily-dale, Mendota Heights, Mendota, Eagan and Burnsville. It will create a continuous trail con-nection from Lilydale State Park in St. Paul to Scott County. Burnsville,. whose City Council and parks commission heard an update on the plan at a Sept. 13 work session, will have a unique seg-ment of trail, Dakota County Senior Planner John Mertens said. The city’s river-bottom land includes 1,400 acres of

Minnesota Valley Na-tional Wildlife Refuge. “It will be a unique section of the Minne-sota River Greenway in that it’ll be so close to the river,” Mertens said. The city has already received a $1 million federal grant for its trail section, which will run along Black Dog Road Interstate 35W east to Cedar Avenue. The county has agreed to kick in $200,000 for the segment. The city, which will

Riverfront trail will link Eagan,Burnsville and other destinations


Savage and Burnsville police are still seeking clues in three simi-lar home break-ins, but the two in Savage and one in Burnsville don’t appear to be related. Each was unnerving, involving nighttime intrusion or attempt-ed intrusion through window screens. Police in both cities have advised residents to keep windows and doors locked. In Savage, the targets were chil-

dren’s bedrooms at Hidden Valley Estates, an apartment complex near Hidden Valley Elementary School and Eagle Ridge Junior High School. The complex is on the 4400 block of West 137th Street. The overnight incidents in Sav-age were on Aug. 28 and Sept. 6. The Burnsville incident, on the 13700 block of Wellington Cres-cent, was on July 6. Both cities’ police have shared information, and they don’t think

the Burnsville intruder and the Savage intruder are the same person, said Savage police Capt. Dave Muelken. The Burnsville incident in-volved a woman, and was “at least three miles from the location where our two were,” Muelken said. After the incident on Sept. 6, a half dozen Savage police officers went door to door that day, alert-ing area residents to the break-ins and handing out fliers, Muelken

said. The schools have also been alerted. A $1,000 reward is being of-fered for information leading to an arrest and charges. On Aug. 28, a resident report-ed that a chair had been found under the window of a children’s bedroom and the screen had been removed. Police said there was no evidence anyone had entered the bedroom. On Sept. 6, a girl awoke and saw the silhouette of someone in

her room, Muelken said. She re-mained motionless, as if asleep, and the intruder left through the window. The girl told her parents the next morning, Muelken said. That screen had also been re-moved. “They both had two children in there,” Muelken said of the tar-geted bedrooms, “but in each case there was a 7-year-old female.” Police haven’t established a motive for the intrusions, Muelken

Home break-ins in Savage and Burnsville prompt police alerts


After attending Presi-dent Obama’s jobs speech on Sept. 9 and sitting with some of the biggest hon-chos in American business, Darlene Miller has some thoughts on the politics and spectacle of it all. But this small-business CEO with a growing repu-tation is also focused on job-creation efforts that didn’t get splashy head-lines. Specifically, Miller is working on developing Right Skills Now, a train-ing program for machinists that she says will become a national model. The program is an out-growth of Miller’s position as co-chair of the high-tech education subcom-mittee of the President’s Council on Jobs and Com-

petitiveness. As owner and CEO of Permac Industries in Burnsville, a precision-machined parts manufac-turer with 36 employees, Miller brings the voice of small business to the presi-dent’s jobs council. And that’s how she wound up in Washington, D.C., for Obama’s Sept. 9 speech to Congress on getting America working again. Miller was seated behind first lady Michelle Obama, alongside busi-ness titans Jeffrey Immelt of GE, Kenneth Chenault of America Express, and AOL founder Steve Case. Her February appoint-ment to the council fol-lowed a growing list of honors for Miller. She has won national small-busi-ness awards from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Burnsville CEO doing her part to get Americans back to work

Miller’s work on president’s council includes training program for manufacturing machinists

Eagan man sentenced for harboring illegal aliens

Photo by Jessica Harper

Five illegal immigrants were found living in the basement of a home on the 1400 block of Highview Avenue in Eagan. The owner, Joo Ok Kim, was sentenced on Sept. 7 for haboring and concealing illegal aliens.

Men lived in basement, forced to work without payby Jessica Harper

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Though slavery was banned in the United States more than a century ago, forced servitude still finds its way into our communities. And Eagan is no excep-tion. Five men, illegally in the United States from Mexico, spent months living in a base-ment with no heat, no kitchen and meager amounts of food. They were given only mat-tresses on the basement floor and the blanket they brought with them for bedding. The men received no pay — except in the beginning — for work they did for the Eagan homeowner, Joo OK

Kim. Kim was sentenced Sept. 7 by U.S. District Court Judge Joan Ericksen to 24 months in prison for harboring and con-cealing illegal aliens. Police discovered the men on March 28, 2009, while re-sponding to a disturbance call at the 63-year-old’s home. Four of the men were tak-en into custody by U.S. Im-migration and Customs En-forcement (ICE). Kim was indicted that day for what Eagan Police Chief Jim McDonald calls the first known case of slavery in the city. He pleaded guilty on Aug. 8, 2010. In his plea agreement, Kim

admitted to keeping five Mex-ican nationals — who where in the country illegally — in his basement. The men crossed into the United States between 1999 and 2006, and one of them began working for Kim’s sid-ing business in 2005. The oth-ers met him in 2008. What began as meager pay — barely enough to buy food — turned into no pay. Kim admitted in his plea to having the men work for his siding business. According to the reports by the Star Tribune, Kim is an immigrant himself from South Korea. Immigration officials say he could lose his

9/11 remembered9/11 remembered

File photo by Rick Orndorf

Darlene Miller, owner and CEO of Permac Industries in Burnsville, is pictured in May at a listening session of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, of which Miller is a member. Permac hosted the event, which included an appearance by then-Commerce Secretary Gary Locke. See Miller, 7A

See Break-ins, 6A

See Trail, 7ASee Kim, 6A


Burnsville will pur-sue a familiar method in trying to sell a piece of city-owned land in the Heart of the City. The city will issue a request for proposals for the property – 1.75 acres at Pillsbury Ave-nue and Travelers Trail, north of the Performing Arts Center/Heart of the City parking ramp. It’s the last piece of land in what was known as the AAA property.

The city has twice is-sued RFPs for the 6.24-acre AAA site – one of which called on poten-tial buyers to include a performing-arts center component in their de-velopment plans. Eventually the city built the center itself, along with the ramp. Those buildings and the Mediterranean Cruise Cafe now occupy most of the AAA land. For three years the city has hung a “For Sale” sign on the re-

maining parcel. But most of the nibbles have come from developers interested in projects that wouldn’t have fit Heart of the City zon-ing standards, which include a minimum building height, or been warmly received by the City Council. Such projects have included gas stations, stand-alone fast-food restaurants and apart-ments, according to Skip Nienhaus, the

City will seek proposals for lastremaining parcel of AAA land

Clock is ticking on development incentive for site

See Land, 6A

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Burnsville is preparing for what city officials say is the inevitable arrival of the emerald ash borer. Instead of discourag-ing residents from planting boulevard trees, the city’s past approach, it will en-courage planting to replace trees lost to disease. The city also plans to en-act a licensing program for tree contractors. Officials expect an influx of contrac-tors is expected once the ash tree-killing beetle arrives. And that’s only a matter of time, Terry Schultz, di-rector of parks, recreation and natural resources., told the City Council at a Sept. 13 work session. The metallic green bee-tles were recently discovered in Shoreview, the fourth Twin Cities community to report infestations. The

others are Minneapolis, St. Paul and Falcon Heights. Burnsville is a giant target, with an estimated 12,000 ash trees on bou-levards and in parks and other public areas. In the North River Hills neighbor-hood alone, it’s estimated that more than 70 percent of boulevard trees are ash. The council is expected to approve the tree-planting program and licensing re-quirements before next year. To plant trees on a bou-levard – a city right-of-way extending 15 feet from the curb line – property owners would be required to get a free city permit. They’d sign a statement agreeing to maintain the trees, or be assessed by the city for those costs. Main-tenance instructions would come with the license. Property owners wouldn’t have to maintain existing boulevard trees but would have to maintain re-placement trees. Property owners would

pick from a city-approved list of tree species designed to ensure diversity of spe-cies. Plans call for prioritized removal of diseased trees on boulevards and in other public areas by city-hired contractors. Removal of ash trees on property that isn’t part of a right-of-way would be left solely to property own-ers, under plans the city has been developing since last year. The contractor-licensing program calls for a $40 license fee. Contractors couldn’t cut, trim, prune, remove or spray a tree in Burnsville without a li-cense. The licensing ordinance, which awaits approval, would require each licensed contractor to have at least one employee certified by the International Society of Arboriculture.

John Gessner is at [email protected].

Boulevard tree planting partof response to ash borerPlanting by citizens to be encouraged

A Burnsville man was charged with aggravated forgery Aug. 30 for alleg-edly possessing and using another man’s Social Secu-rity number. When questioned, the suspect, Javier Solis-San-chez, formerly of Savage, told police he bought the number for $80 and has had it since coming to the Unit-ed States about 15 years ago. Meanwhile, the number’s actual owner told police he’s constantly contacted by creditors and collec-tion agencies about debt he didn’t incur. The victim, speaking with a Savage police officer

by phone last March, “re-ported that he is concerned about his ability to take out student loans as a result of all the debt that has been incurred using his Social Security number,” said the Dakota County criminal complaint. The victim called Savage police last March and said Solis-Sanchez had been us-ing his Social Security num-ber since 2002. TCF Bank records show that Solis-Sanchez used the number to open four ac-counts at the bank’s Apple Valley branch, the com-plaint said. Solis-Sanchez admitted to using the number to open

the accounts, it said. He also admitted to us-ing the number when trying to buy a house in Savage. He admitted to using it at places of employment, in-cluding his current employ-er of seven to eight years, the complaint said. A search of his Burns-ville residence turned up a Social Security card with the victim’s number and the suspect’s name. It also turned up several resident alien cards, Minnesota driv-er’s licenses, Mexican iden-tification, and Social Secu-rity cards “with numerous Hispanic names” on them, the complaint said.

— John Gessner

Man charged with using another’s Social Security number

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Former Chateau Lamothe owner declares bankruptcyDoris LaMott Hoel closes Fun Foods Catering months after Chateau Lamothe shuts its doors

by Jessica HarperTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Doris LaMott Hoel took everyone by surprise when she closed Chateau Lamothe in Burnsville and moved her catering business to St. Paul’s West Side. Now Fun Foods Catering has closed and Hoel has filed for bankruptcy. According to court doc-uments, Hoel and her hus-band, David, owe $263,933 and have $250,767 in assets. This comes six months after Hoel moved Fun

Foods Catering to the Neighborhood House in St. Paul’s West Side.

Fun Foods Ca-tering was previ-ously run from the couple’s Burnsville restaurant, Chateau Lamothe. The Hoels closed the French-Ameri-can eatery a few days before Christmas last year and moved

the catering business to the Neighborhood House. At the time, she claimed that the move wasn’t finan-cially motivated, but was done out of a desire to focus

on her catering company. Hoel said in a December interview her restaurant and catering business were prof-itable. The West Side neighbor-hood’s economic and ethnic profile is in contrast to Cha-teau Lamothe’s location in Burnsville, but Hoel said she was confident she would face few challenges. Instead, she said she be-lieved the center would pro-vide stability for her cater-ing business. By May, Hoel closed Fun Foods and moved out of Neighborhood House, said Sheri Zigan, director

of human resources for the center. Zigan declined to com-ment further. Hoel followed in her par-ents’ footsteps by opening Chateau Lamothe with her husband in 2005. Her father and men-tor, Marceal LaMott, pur-chased a bar/restaurant in a nearby town when Hoel was a teenager to provide enough income for the fam-ily.

During her last two years of high school, Hoel and her brother ran the bar/res-taurant with their parents’ oversight. Although her father has since passed, she said in a 2010 interview that she still considers him in her busi-ness decisions. These decisions received much recognition over the years. Hoel was named among the 2010 Exceptional Busi-

nesswomen by the Dakota County Tribune. Her restaurant also made it on Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine’s best wine bar and wine list in 2009. Several attempts were made to reach Hoel for comment. Three phone numbers have been discon-nected and emails were not returned.

E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

Doris La-Mott Hoel

Eastview on the march


Eastview High School’s marching band finished second in the Class AAA competition at the 22nd annual Rosemount Marching Band Festival on Sept. 10. The Lightning band’s production of “The Pirates’ Bride” featured the music of Sting and American composer, John Meehan. Eastview hosted its own marching band competition later that night.

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Hunters who wish to participate in controlled deer hunts at Dakota Coun-ty Parks must submit an ap-plication by Monday, Oct. 10. Applications are avail-able online at www.dako-tacounty.us, search hunting. Archery hunts are sched-uled at various hours and dates in Lebanon Hills Re-

gional Park and in the west-ern section of Spring Lake Park Reserve. Lebanon Hills Regional Park will be closed until noon on Mondays, Tues-days and Wednesdays, Oct. 31 through Nov. 16. The western portion of Spring Lake Park Reserve will be closed all day on

Nov. 5-7, 11-13 and 19-21. A shotgun hunt will be held at Miesville Ravine Park Reserve Nov. 19-27. The park will be closed dur-ing this time. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty.us and search hunting, or call Johnny Forrest at (952) 891-7992.

Deer hunting applications due by Oct. 10


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Correction In the story, “A decade later, memories of 9-11 remain fresh for local of-ficials,” Eagan Fire Chief Mike Scott was incorrectly identified as a then-correc-tional deputy at the Dakota County Jail. Scott was the command-er of the jail, the highest rank in the department. Thisweek regrets the error.

Class envy card not worth playingTo the editor: The letters from Betty Fedde and Paul Hoffinger (Sept. 2) clearly articulated the talking points of class envy. It’s a card not worth playing, easily trumped by reality. First let me call myself a “friend of the millionaires.” Thank you, millionaires, for the good job I enjoy because of you. I have worked along-side you in your homes and businesses. Some of you are difficult and live up to the stereotype of the rich. Any-way, thanks for risking your capital which has given us housing, jobs, transporta-tion, and for paying the ma-jority of taxes. The second reality is his-tory. Depending on the rich to finance a bloated gov-ernment is risky. Maryland tried to close a shortfall by increasing taxes on the rich. Instead of bringing in an extra $106 million, the mil-lionaires paid $100 million less in taxes than they did the previous year. Of course the recession probably ac-counted for most of that loss. However, since taxes influence behavior some of those millionaires likely changed their residency. Maryland collected 6.25 percent of nothing. Money that is permanently gone. The same thing could hap-pen in Minnesota. It would

then be up to us working families to make up the dif-ference. So much for soak-ing the rich. State Reps. Doug Ward-low and Diane Anderson and Sen. Ted Daley are to be thanked for having the courage of their convic-tions and standing firm to not raise taxes. They are the right people for the times. They understand we have a spending problem, not a revenue problem. JIM INGRAMBurnsville

Tax cuts won’t create jobsTo the editor: U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Lakeville, recently pub-lished an op-ed article in the Dakota County Tribune on business and its problems in our struggling economy. He said that he had a “Plan for America’s Job Creators” which included “free mar-kets, free enterprise,” and spending cuts. I don’t know how Kline can write about spending cuts and job creation in the same article and still hold a straight face. Between World War II and 2001 tax receipts, the amount of monies the federal govern-ment received from taxes, wavered between 18 and 20 percent of GDP. Between 2001 and today, however, tax receipts as a percent-age of GDP have continued to fall to 14.9 in 2010 and an historic 14.4 percent in 2011 – so much for govern-ment expansion, (more like spending contraction and systematic abrogation). To-day the “job creators” are pocketing the largest per-centage of GDP since 1950 and yet they still aren’t hir-ing. If we follow Kline’s logic, then we are led to believe that if the job creators don’t

get their way, spending cuts and laissez-faire, then they will stop investing in in-novation and stop hiring American workers. I can’t speak for my fel-low Minnesotans, but I don’t like being threatened by big business and the ar-istocracy that prosper from yoke of the workers and their representative, John Kline. To Rep. John Kline I’d say: “You’re fired.”

MIKE ADAIREagan

Scores are cause for concernTo the editor: I read with interest the article in Thisweek about science scores in District 196 exceeding the state aver-age. I was excited. And then I read the details. Fifty-six percent of fifth-graders and 64 percent of high school students meet-ing or exceeding state stan-dards in science. Hmmm – not exactly ex-emplary scores to celebrate. Congratulations to Gla-cier Hills elementary for bringing their scores up from 52 to 73 percent of fifth-grade students. If they can do it, why not the rest of the district? Could we proliferate Glacier’s “recipe for suc-cess” throughout the dis-trict? We want to keep good paying, high tech jobs in our state and have Minnesota graduates capable of filling those jobs. Let’s set a three-year goal of having 75 per-cent of fifth-grade students in our district meeting or exceeding state standards. If not now, when? We want to see all of our students reach their fullest potential. ADINA LEBOWITZEagan

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Larry WernerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

When I was studying to become a journalist many years ago, Professor W. Cameron Meyers loved to engage students in philo-sophical discussions. One day at Michigan State University, he got the class go-ing on how detached a reporter should be from the community he or she covers. An idealistic chap at the time, I argued that it was so important for reporters to keep their distance from the sub-jects of their stories that even a country club membership could present a conflict of interest. As it turned out, I’ve never joined a country club, but that has more to do with economics than journalistic ethics. How-ever, I have spent a good part of my time in the business resisting the temptation to get involved as a citizen for fear of compromis-ing my objectivity as a journalist.

I offer a few thoughts on journalistic detachment today because people in my business are spending a lot of time trying to fig-ure out where the line is between the journalist and the citizen. And the line

between you and us is getting blurred by the rapid changes in technology. For example, if you’ve been on our website, thisweeklive.com, recently, you could have seen stories and pictures about a bald eagle landing in Apple Valley, the Lakeville North cross country team competing in the Faribault Invite and a seminar on the rights of unmarried par-ents at the library in Burnsville. None of those stories, or doz-ens of others, was written by our editors. They were written by our readers. Several months back, we put two buttons near the top of our home page. One is labeled “sub-

mit reader news,” and the other, “read reader news.” We didn’t promote this feature in any way. We just added to our website the capability for you to submit sto-ries and photos. And dozens of you started doing it. We’re delighted. Scroll down below those read-er-news buttons to a box labeled “recent comments.” There you will see comments readers have submitted on stories we’ve writ-ten and on letters to the editor. Some lively debates on issues of the day are taking place on our website. As we continue to publish a weekly paper for those who like their news on the printed page, we are increasingly turning parts of our website over to what some in our business call “the crowd.” That’s a term for all of us who have access to the web for post-ing our observations and opin-ions. Recently, the MediaNews

Group, a large chain that owns the St. Paul Pioneer Press, named John Paton as the CEO of that company and a related com-pany called the Journal Register Co. These companies, in effect, merged under the name Digital First Media. Paton has been telling those working for him and anyone else who will listen that the news media have to be “digital first,” meaning we have to post news to our websites when we get it rath-er than waiting until it’s time to put out the paper, and we have to open our sites to the crowd. In a speech recently, Paton said it’s essential to open our sites to readers because, “The crowd collectively knows more about any subject, city or event we choose to cover than we do.” Wow! That’s a pretty unsettling comment for those of us who grew up in a business that be-lieved the world was divided into

two groups – those who reported the news and those who read the news. The Internet has made it possible for readers to become writers, photographers and even videographers. The popular term for those of you who contribute to our web-sites is “citizen journalist.” We welcome you to our world. Many of us have enjoyed report-ing the news for the rest of you to read. Now it’s time for the rest of you to get the kick of posting news that your friends and neighbors can enjoy. Go to thisweeklive.com and click on “submit reader news.” But don’t tell Professor Mey-ers, who must be spinning in his grave.

Larry Werner is editor and general manager of the Dakota County Tribune and Thisweek Newspa-pers. He can be reached at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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SportsStandings

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

Friday, September 16 • Edina at Lakeville North, 7 p.m. • Apple Valley at Lakeville South ,

7 p.m. • Eastview at Eagan, 7 p.m. • Burnsville at Bloomington Kennedy,

7 p.m. • Rosemount at Prior Lake, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at

Minnetonka, 7 p.m. Friday, September 23 • Eagan at Apple Valley, 7 p.m. • Lakeville South at Bloomington

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

7 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Eastview,

7 p.m. • Prior Lake at Burnsville, 7 p.m. Friday, September 30 • Prior Lake at Bloomington Kennedy,

7 p.m. • Rosemount at Lakeville South,

7 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Eagan,

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

VolleyballTeam Conference Overall W L W LLakeville South 1 0 9 0 Lakeville North 1 0 8 0 B Jefferson 1 0 9 1 Apple Valley 1 0 5 3 Eagan 0 0 6 1 B Kennedy 0 0 6 2 Rosemount 0 1 3 1 Eastview 0 1 5 5 Burnsville 0 1 4 5 Prior Lake 0 1 2 3

Friday, September 16 • Moorhead at Burnsville, 7 p.m. Saturday, September 17 • Lakeville South, Rosemount at

Farmington tournament, 9 a.m.Tuesday, September 20 • Lakeville North at Bloomington

Kennedy, 7 p.m. • Apple Valley at Lakeville South,

7 p.m. • Rosemount at Prior Lake, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Eagan,

7 p.m. • Burnsville at Eastview, 7 p.m. Thursday, September 22 • Lakeville South at Rosemount,

7 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Apple

Valley, 7 p.m. • Eastview at Lakeville North, 7 p.m. • Prior Lake at Bloomington

Jefferson, 7 p.m. • Eagan at Burnsville Friday, September 23 • Eastview, Lakeville North, Eagan at

Apple Valley Invitational 5 p.m.

Boys SoccerTeam Conferece Overall W L T W L TEastview 3 0 0 7 0 0 Lakeville North 2 0 1 5 0 2 Eagan 2 1 0 5 1 1 B Jefferson 2 1 0 4 2 2 Prior Lake 2 1 0 4 3 0 Burnsville 1 1 0 3 1 2 Apple Valley 0 0 1 4 2 1 Lakeville South 0 2 0 4 2 1 B Kennedy 0 3 0 4 4 0 Rosemount 0 2 0 2 5 0

Saturday, September 17 • Chanhassen at Bloomington

Kennedy, 1 p.m. • Burnsville at Owatonna, 1 p.m. • Shakopee at Eagan, 5 p.m. • Hopkins at Prior Lake, 7 p.m. • Rochester John Marshall at

Lakeville North, 7 p.m. • Eastview at Hudson, 7 p.m.Monday, September 19 • Burnsville at Eden Prairie, 7 p.m. • Eagan at Hill Murray, 7 p.m.Tuesday, September 20 • Lakeville North at Bloomington

Kennedy, 5 p.m. • Apple Valley at Lakeville South,


7 p.m. • Burnsville at Eastview, 7 p.m. Thursday, September 22 • Lakeville South at Rosemount,

7 p.m. • Eastview at Lakeville North, 7 p.m. • Prior Lake at Bloomington

Jefferson, 7 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Apple

Valley, 7 p.m. • Eagan at Burnsville, 7 p.m.

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

Saturday, September 17 • East Ridge at Eastview, 11 a.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Woodbury,

1 p.m. • Rochester Century at Lakeville

North, 3 p.m. • Burnsville at Owatonna, 3 p.m. • Hopkins at Prior Lake, 5 p.m. • Shakopee at Eagan, 7 p.m. • Rosemount at Hastings, 7 p.m. Tuesday, September 20 • Apple Valley at Lakeville South,


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

Jefferson, 7 p.m. Thursday, September 22 • Prior Lake at Bloomington

Jefferson, 4:45 p.m. • Lakeville South at Rosemount,

5 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Apple

Valley, 5 p.m. • Eastview at Lakeville North, 5 p.m. • Eagan at Burnsville, 5 p.m. Friday, September 23 • Apple Valley at Two Harbors,

3:30 p.m.

Panic not in Eastview’s vocabulary

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Eastview football team has been here before. Last year, the Lightning started 0-2, and 2011 has begun with double-digit losses to Lakeville North and Lakeville South. Coach Kelly Sherwin saw several improvements from game one to two af-ter it closed the gap when South jumped to a 21-0 lead last Friday. “We had chances to make plays in the first half,” Sher-win said. “It’s part of the maturation process. Things are going to go wrong and we’ve got to respond.” In the second half, East-view’s Ryan Regar connect-ed with Keynon Phillips for a 35-yard touchdown to put Eastview on the scoreboard and Reger’s 33-yard run set up a 1-yard touchdown pass to Adam Moorse. “Our defense weath-ered the storm,” Sherwin said. “We played much more physical. We got after them. The defense gave us a chance.” Eastview outscored South 14-7 in the second half. The players hope that carries over to this Friday’s game at Eagan. “We can build on some things,” Sherwin said. “I hope our kids understand this is a journey. We’re go-ing to be better.” Eastview doesn’t have to look far for proof that an 0-2 record isn’t the end of a season. Last year, the Lightning lost to Lakeville North and Eden Prairie and went on to

win seven of eight and play in the Section 3-5A final for the fourth year in a row. “Our kids are high-char-acter kids,” Sherwin said. “They believe what we’re doing. I think they’re going to see on film how close we are right now. We’re not go-ing to change what we do and our approach. We’re not going to panic. It’s all how you play in playoffs.”

Wildcats hungry Eastview’s opponent on Friday is also looking for its first win. To open the season, Eagan has lost to Lakeville South and Way-zata, two teams ranked in the top four in Class 5A. Last Friday against Way-zata, Eagan was outgained 414 to 157 in a 28-7 loss. Drew Bauer ran for 68 yards and threw for 40. Mi-chael Busch had the team’s sole touchdown running from 2 yards out in the third quarter to cut the lead to 14-7, but Eagan never got closer. Eastview has had the upper hand against Eagan with a 13-2 all-time record with Eagan’s wins coming in 1997 and 2000. Their past two meetings have come down to the fi-nal moments with Eastview winning 23-21 in 2010 and 27-25 in 2009.

Irish on tear The Irish made quick work of Burnsville on Fri-day night jumping out to a 24-0 lead at halftime on their way to a 38-7 win. Rosemount outgained Burnsville 335 yards to 138. Nate LeMoine ran 10 times for 114 yards and a touch-down and threw for 107 yards and two touchdowns. The Irish will travel to Prior Lake on Friday night. The Lakers are 1-1 after

beating Bloomington Jef-ferson 43-7 last Friday and losing to top-ranked Way-zata 47-20 in the opener.

Blaze busting for fi rst win The Blaze will travel to Bloomington Kennedy on Friday looking for their first win of the season. Kennedy is also looking for its first win after losing to Rosemount and Eden Prairie by a combined 63-6 score. Burnsville couldn’t gen-erate much offense last week against Rosemount in the 38-7 loss. Jamond Bailey was Burnsville’s leading rusher with 41 yards. Ben Sher-man scored the team’s only touchdown with seven seconds remaining from 4 yards out. Kennedy upset Burns-ville last season 40-29, but the Blaze were victorious in 2009 winning 30-28.

Eagles looking up The Eagles will look for their first victory of 2011 with a trip to Lakeville South on Friday. The Eagles are 0-4 all-time against the Cougars, although last year the Ea-gles lost by only six points. Apple Valley had a slow start last Friday on its way to a 45-19 loss to Lakeville North. The Eagles trailed 19-0 after the first quarter before Matt Thomas found the end zone with a 3-yard run. Thomas connected with Mitch Hechsel for a 23-yard score in the fourth, but the game was out of reach by then.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].


Eastview’s LeAndre Kennedy breaks a tackle in a 28-14 loss to Lakeville South on Friday.


Burnsville’s Dan Motl, No. 7, tries to evade Rosemount’s Jacob Mortenson, No. 48, in Burnsville’s 38-7 loss on Friday.


Apple Valley’s Garrett Ganskie finds room to run in a 45-17 loss to Lakeville North on Friday.

Eastview takes a turn in the spotlight


The city of Apple Valley is known for producing some of the best boys soccer teams in the state. Eastview High School team has been in the shad-ow of Apple Valley High School for a while now, but the Lightning are starting to emerge with some thun-derous goals and cloudy de-fense. The Lightning have al-ready eclipsed last year’s re-cord with a 7-0 start. It’s also nearly the best start of any team in Minnesota. All the other teams ranked in the top 10 either have a loss or a tie. “I think this is our best start in school history now,” coach Scott Gustafson said. “We have 16 games to play and three in the section tour-nament. Our goal is to get to that 20th game, to play in the state tournament for the first time in school history. “Our goal is to get better every day and we haven’t al-ways done that, but the guys have been receptive. It’s a learning process, and that’s high school soccer.” The team earned a spot in the conversation among the top teams after defeating Bloomington Jefferson 2-1 on Tuesday. It was perhaps one of the biggest regular season games for Eastview in years. Ranked No. 4 in the state, Jefferson came in as the slight favorite over No. 5 Eastview. But Jefferson doesn’t have Mathew Gweh. “I think we had the differ-

ence maker tonight,” Gus-tafson said. “He, for the lack of better term, was head and shoulders above everybody else.” The Eastview junior av-erages almost two goals per game and he didn’t disap-point against Jefferson. His first goal came off a penalty kick about 30 yards away with less than 23 min-utes left in the game, break-ing a 0-0 tie. Seven minutes later he scored again after working his way through four Jefferson defenders for an unassisted score. It turned out Eastview needed the insurance goal as the Lightning got a little yellow-card happy. Jefferson scored off a penalty kick, but missed a second one leading to a 2-1 win for the Lightning. Gweh has been a big reason behind Eastview’s record-setting start play-ing varsity for the first time this season. He had to sit out last year due to transfer rules, but he’s been a figure in club soccer as a member of the 2011 U16 national champion Minnesota Thun-der Academy with teammate keeper Sam Ruelas.

Gustafson knows the se-cret is out. “It’s been a lot of Mathew with a little bit of the rest of the team thrown in, so we need to get the rest of the team involved a little more,” Gustafson said. “As teams scout us they’ll figure out ways to stop us for longer pe-riods of times. He’s not going to be getting those four-goal games anymore. He’ll get one or two, but we’ll need to get more players involved.” Gweh doesn’t plan on let-ting up any time soon. “Soccer is what I want to do,” he said. “This is all I have. This is my ticket to col-lege. I’ve played all my life. I just love soccer.” The idea is if he has the ball, good things will hap-pen. “I just want to help my team,” Gweh said. “This was a really good win. There was no let down.” There’s more than one way to win a soccer game. Goal keeping has also been Eastview’s strong suit with Ruelas and Treston Ke-derer who share time in the net. “We have amazing goal keepers – they keep us in ev-ery game,” Gustafson said. “They win games for us. If you can score goals and keep them out of the net, you’re going to do things.” The schedule isn’t going to get any easier. The team is making a trip to Hudson, Wis., for a 7 p.m. game Sat-urday. Burnsville will come to town Tuesday before the team heads out to play an-other top-10 team, Lakeville North, on Thursday. The big one is at 5 p.m. Sept. 27 when crosstown ri-val and two-time defending state champion Apple Valley pays a visit.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

With a top-10 ranking, the Wildcats eye another trip to state


The Eagan girls soccer team has a strong aversion to losing. Since 2009, the girls have lost six games while winning more than 40 with two appearances in the state tournament. This season the girls are off to their best start yet with a 7-1 record in their first eight games. The only loss was 1-0 against Lakeville South, another state tournament regular, on Sept. 8. While it was disappointing, it gave coach Mark Obarski and the players aspects of their game to work on. “It’s not that we played poorly, but we didn’t play hard and we let other teams take it to us a little bit,” Obarski said. The girls responded with a 7-0 victory against Buffalo, a team they tied last year, and 9-0 against Bloomington Jefferson on Tuesday. That’s 16 goals during a 26-hour stretch. “It was good to come back and play with some in-tensity,” goal keeper Kristen Knutson said. “We had a little letdown against Lakeville South, so it was good to get back out there and score some goals.” The Wildcats have already defeated top-10 teams Woodbury and Duluth East. The Wildcats are 14 seniors strong and most of the girls have played on the same summer team since they were 10, so they’d like to go out with a roar. “We’ve had a run of a lot of success and we would really like to finish out our high school year with something special,” Knutson said. “We have a lot to live up to, but I think this team is ready for that.” To key to sustaining it is scoring goals. “Goal scoring is probably our Achilles’ heel right now in terms of finding the back of the net consis-tently,” Obarski said. “We’re young up there and a little bit inexperienced. It takes time to figure it out playing against seniors.” In the past two years the Wildcats have seen sev-eral scoring leaders graduate like Molly Sparks, Bre Steele, Lauren Bauer and Courtney Vallarelli. Scor-ing was the biggest question mark coming in to this season. The team is leaning on several young play-ers to score, including Marissa Ganske, Kaleigh Sol-heim, Roselyn Anderson and Rachel Wall. “In the history of the program a lot of those girls are up in the top-10 category,” Obarski said. “Year to year you wonder where that’s going to come from next, but we have a good feeder program.” The strength lies in their defense. The team has a 0.3 goals-against average. “We are very smart in the back, very organized,” Knutson said. “I haven’t given up many goals be-cause the girls haven’t let me see much.” Defenders Jessica Hart, Sarah Lochner and An-gela LaCroix have helped Knutson keep the goal virtually clean. Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Despite 0-2 start, Lightning football

looking for a quick rebound

Another hot start for Eagan girls soccer

Lightning boys soccer off to one of the best starts of any team in

Minnesota

Photo by Andy Rogers

Eastview’s Mathew Gweh, No. 3, finds a way through Bloomington Jefferson defenders on Tuesday. He scored the team’s goals in the 2-1 victory.


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PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF ASSESSMENT HEARING

PROJECT NO. 1039 - WILDERNESS PONDS

NEIGHBORHOOD

STREET REVITALIZATIONNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City

Counci l of the City of Eagan, Dakota

County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan

Municipal Center located at 3830 Pilot

Knob Road in said City on October 4, 2011,

at 6:30 p.m. to consider the proposed

assessment of street overlay improve-

ments relating to Improvement Project 1039

in the following described area:

The area proposed to be assessed for

any such improvements is described as

follows:

The area within the South 1⁄2 of Section

27, East of Pilot Knob Road, West of

Lexington Avenue, in the City of Eagan,

Dakota County, Minnesota.

The area proposed to be assessed is all

property described above, all as more fully

and particularly described in the assess-

ment roll on file in the City Clerk's office,

which roll is open to public inspection. The

total amount of the proposed assessment is

$27,364.35. Written or oral objections will

be considered at the public hearing.

No appeal may be taken as to the

amount of any assessment unless a written

objection, signed by the affected property

owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to

the hearing or presented to the presiding

off icer at the meeting. An owner may

appeal an assessment to District Court pur-

suant to M.S.A. Section 429.081 by serving

notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or

Clerk of the City of Eagan within thirty (30)

days after the adoption of the assessment

and filing such notice with the District Court

of Dakota County within ten (10) days after

service upon the Mayor or Clerk.

Notice is further given that pursuant to

the Minnesota Statutes, Sections 435.193

to 435.195, the City of Eagan has adopted

City assessment deferral. This ordinance

provides that the Eagan City Council may

defer the payment of special assessment

against homestead property, which is

owned and occupied by a person 65 years

of age or older or retired by virtue of dis-

ability when the assessment would create a

hardship upon the property owner. Appli-

cations for deferral must be made not later

than ninety (90) days after the assessment

is adopted.

Further information relating to theseassessments and an application for defer-

ral of assessments may be obtained from

the Special Assessment Division of the

Public Works Department and any ques-

tions should be directed to that Division.

Dated: September 6, 2011

/s/ Christina M. Scipioni

By: Christina M. Scipioni

City Clerk - City of Eagan

2751439 9/16/11

PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

CITY OF EAGAN

DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING :

Advisory Planning Commission Meet-

ing: Tuesday, September 27, at 6:30 pm,

City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot

Knob Rd

DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT: H e r t z

Rental Car/Andrew Miller

LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION:

3040 Eagandale Place, Lot 1, Block 1,

EAGANDALE LEMAY LAKE 2ND ADDI-

TION That part of Lot 1, Block 1, lying in

the E 1/4 of NE 1/4 of NW1/4 10-27-23

REQUEST(S):

Planned Development

A Planned Development Amendment to

allow a satellite sales office and overnight

parking of 5 rental cars.

File Number:10-PA-07-08-11

QUESTIONS:Call the Planning Depart-

ment at (651) 675-5685 or contact Sarah

Thomas, the Planner at (651) 675-5696 or

[email protected] with the above

information.

CITY OF EAGAN

Christina M. Scipioni - City Clerk

2752640 9/16/11


PROJECT NO 1048 - BLUE CROSS ROAD

NEIGHBORHOOD






at 6:30 p.m., to consider the proposed

assessment o f s t ree t rev i t a l i za t i on

improvements relating to Improvement

Project 1048 in the following described

area:



follows:

The area within Section 17, South of

Yankee Road (CSAH 28), North of Black-

hawk Road, in the City of Eagan, Dakota

County, Minnesota.




























defer the payment of special assessments








is adopted.

Further information relating to these

assessments and an application for defer-









2751509 9/16/11

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN

POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION

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

policy that all persons have equal access to

its programs, services, activities, facilities

and employment without regard to race,

color, creed, religion, national origin, sex,

disability, age, sexual orientation, marital

status or status with regard to public

assistance.

Auxiliary aids for persons with disabilities

will be provided upon advance notice of at

least 96 hours. If a notice of less than 96

hours is received, the City of Eagan will

attempt to provide such aid. Telephone:

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

2747196 9/16/11

PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

CITY OF EAGAN

DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING:




Knob Rd

DEVELOPMENT/APPLICANT: Centra l

Park Commons/Thomas P. Palmquist


3333 Pilot Knob Road, Lot 1, Block 1,

Unisys Park 2nd Addition and part of Lot

2, lying easterly and southerly of Central

Parkway

REQUEST(S):

Comprehensive Guide PlanA Comprehensive Guide Plan Amend-

ment for a portion of the property from

SA-MO, Special Area - Major Office to

SA-RC, Special Area - Retail Commercial.

File Number: 09-CG-02-08-11

QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Depart-

ment at (651) 675-5685 or contact Pam

Dudziak, the Planner at (651) 675-5691 or


information.

CITY OF EAGAN


2752601 9/16/11


PROJECT NO 1045 -

GALAXIE/ CLIFF PLAZA

NEIGHBORHOOD






at 6:30 p.m., to consider the proposed

assessment o f s t ree t rev i t a l i za t i on

improvements relating to Improvement

Project 1045 in the following described

area:



follows:

The area within the North 1⁄2 of Section

32, East of I -35E, West of Galax ie

Avenue, in the City of Eagan, Dakota

County, Minnesota.




























defer the payment of special assessments








is adopted.











2751485 9/16/11

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PUBLIC NOTICEThe following is the official summary of

Ordinance No. 486 as approved by the City

Council of the City of Eagan on September

6, 2011.

ORDINANCE NO. 486 SECOND SERIES

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF

EAGAN, MINNESOTA, AMENDING EAGAN

CITY CODE CHAPTER ELEVEN ENTITLED

"LAND USE REGULATIONS (ZONING)" BY

AMENDING SECTION 11.66 REGARDING

FLOODPLAIN DISTRICTS AND REGULA-

TIONS; AND BY ADOPTING BY REFER-

ENCE EAGAN CITY CODE CHAPTER 1

AND SECTION 11.99.

Section 11.66 of the City Code regarding

floodplain zoning regulations is amended

to update the City's Flood Insurance Rate

Map (FIRM), effective December 2, 2011,

developed by FEMA and to comply with

the federal National Flood Insurance Pro-

grams regulations as codified in 44 Code

of Federal Regulations, Parts 59 to 78,

and any amendments thereto estab-

lished and adopted hereafter from time to

time.

A printed copy of the ordinance is avail-

able for inspection by any person during

regular office hours at the office of the City

Clerk at the Eagan Municipal Center, 3830

Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Minnesota 55122.

Effective date. This ordinance shall take

effect on December 2, 2011.

2747175 9/16/11


PROJECT NO. 1044 -

CLEARVIEW ADDITION

NEIGHBORHOOD






at 6:30 p.m. to consider the proposed

assessment of street overlay improve-

ments relating to Improvement Project 1044

in the following described area:



follows:

The area within the South 1⁄2, Section 29,

North of Cliff Road, East of Blackhawk

Road, in the City of Eagan, Dakota

County, Minnesota.




























defer the payment of special assessment








is adopted.











2751462 9/16/11

PUBLIC NOTICECITY OF EAGAN

DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING:




Knob Rd

DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT: M a s t e r

Tool & Die, Inc./Caren Trabant


1950 Shawnee Road, Lot 5, Block 2,

Cedar Industrial Park

REQUEST(S):

Conditional Use Permit

A Conditional Use Permit for outdoor

storage of recycle bins, dumpsters, pallets

& barrels.

File Number:17-CU-13-08-11

QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Depart-

ment at (651) 675-5685 or contact Sarah

Thomas, the Planner at (651) 675-5696 or


information.

CITY OF EAGAN


2752550 9/16/11

District 917School BoardProceedingsThis is a summary of the Intermediate

School District 917 Regular School Board

Meeting on Tuesday, August 16, 2011, with

full text available for public inspection on

t h e d i s t r i c t w e b s i t e a t

www.isd917.k12.mn.us or the District Office

at 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount, MN

55068.

The meeting was called to order at 5:00

PM. Board members present: Arlene

Bush, Dan Cater, Jill Lewis, Vicki Roy,

Vanda Pressnall, Tom Ryerson, Kathy

Lewis, and ex-officio member Supt. John

Christiansen. Absent: Veronica Walter and

Deb Clark. Also present: Melissa Schaller,

Linda Berg, and Melissa Sauser. Good

news reports were presented. The follow-

ing Consent Agenda items were approved:

minutes, personnel, donations, bills to be

paid, wire transfers and the investment

report. Recommended actions approved:

Approve the Sun Current/Bloomington for

legal publications for the Bloomington

Member District. Adjournment at 5:44 PM.

2746305 9/16/11

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legal-residence status and be deported. In addition to serving a prison term, Kim must pay $22,000 in restitution. Kim’s attorney, An-drea George, could not be reached for comment. Though this type of crime is unheard of in Eagan, labor trafficking is all too common across the globe, say authorities and experts. “It is a lot more common

than the average person would believe,” said Shawn Neudauer, spokesperson for ICE. According to the Insti-tute for Trafficked, Exploit-ed and Missing Persons, 12.3 million people are vic-tims of forced labor world-wide. “Whether it’s sex or la-bor, it’s very difficult to pur-sue because the victims are very afraid of going to law enforcement,” Neudauer said. The most effective way

to combat human traffick-ing is through awareness, he said. “Reporting suspicious behavior is always a good idea,” he said. “...I have to give credit to the Eagan Police who went the extra mile.” The men living in Kim’s basement were rarely seen by neighbors, Neudauer said.

E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

Kim/from 1A

city’s economic develop-ment coordinator. And now the clock is ticking on a development incentive for the property. Under terms of the Heart of the City tax-increment fi-nancing district, the city has until next October to enter into a binding contract with a developer that would in-clude TIF subsidies. About five or six years of subsidies would remain before the district is decertified, ac-cording to Community De-velopment Director Jenni Faulkner. The council agreed at a

Sept. 13 work session to is-sue an open-ended RFP that doesn’t specify uses for the property – although officials would love to see corporate offices, a full-service hotel or commercial mixed uses. “The risk is we get noth-ing,” Faulkner told the council. “Or we get some-thing that you don’t like.” The RFP will call for no residential uses, of which the Heart of the City al-ready has plenty. In a struggling commer-cial real estate market, the city should “pull out all the stops” to make a sale, “or that’s going to be a bare lot for a long time coming,”

Council Member Dan Ke-aley said. Council Member Dan Gustafson took a more op-timistic view. “That’s a valuable piece of land down there,” he said. “I don’t think we should give it away. We’re not in panic mode here.” Selling the land at a dis-count is another option for enticing developers. Council members indicated they’re willing to consider such of-fers. An up-front subsidy in the form of a cut-rate land price would include a re-quirement for job creation and a development time frame, which would be spelled out in a contract be-tween the city and the buyer, according to Faulkner. The parcel is valued by Dakota County at $457,600. It was part of the AAA Minnesota/Iowa property the city bought in 2001 for $1.8 million as plans for the Heart of the City redevel-opment district were taking shape. Based on the original purchase price, the land value was $504,807 in 2001, according to the city. The last RFP for the AAA property was in 2007, after proposals for a pri-vately built arts center had fallen through and the city had embarked on the proj-ect itself. The council chose An-derson Development, one of three developers that vied for the remaining 4.8 acres. But Anderson didn’t deliver on plans that included a ho-tel and event center and two office buildings.


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said. “We have one Level III registered sex offender in our city,” he said. “At this time we have no reason to believe that that person was involved.” In the Burnsville inci-dent, a woman who had been sleeping in a down-stairs bedroom told police she’d been awakened by a person opening her bed-room door. She was able to describe only the silhouette

of someone standing in the doorway. Police determined that the intruder had cut the screen of an open window to gain entry. The subsequent Savage incidents prompted Burns-ville police to issue a press release on Sept. 8. “Incidents of this nature — breaking into houses that are occupied — are rare,” the release said. It advised residents to close and lock windows and doors when they’re sleeping or not at home.

Savage police issued a stronger warning on Sept. 6, urging parents to lock win-dows and doors at all times, walk their children to and from school and not leave their children unsupervised. The $1,000 reward is offered through Crime Stoppers. Anyone with in-formation is asked to call 1-800-222-TIPS or the Sav-age police tip line at (952) 882-2629.


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“But now all our budgets are very tight,” she said. “We’re still kind of dealing with the unknown.” Unemployed workers could do far worse than manufacturing, which Mill-er called a “rewarding ca-reer.” “Manufacturing pays 25 percent higher benefits than any other industry,” said Miller, who co-chairs the high-tech education com-mittee with Intel CEO Paul Otellini. “And we are here to stay. But it’s important that we have skilled people, or we will have trouble be-ing here to stay.” At her own company Miller cut the number of jobs from 47 to 21 dur-ing the recession, but she’s back up to 36. Permac In-dustries is back to within about 15 percent of where revenue topped out before the downturn, Miller said. “We would hire if we could find the right people,” she said. Miller isn’t so sure about the headline-grabbing parts of Obama’s American Jobs Act – the tax cuts and tax incentives. One would give employers a $4,000 tax credit for hiring a long-term

unemployed worker. “At least you’re able to take that incentive and ap-ply it toward keeping your business growing,” Miller said. “Any incentive you get is helpful to a small busi-ness. But it’s not going to make me hire because I get $4,000.” Likewise, a proposal to extend 100 percent expens-ing of new equipment into 2012 would be nice, Miller said. But if demand for more product isn’t there, businesses won’t buy new equipment just for the tax break, she said. There are also proposals to cut payroll taxes for em-ployers and their employees. “If you ask my employ-ees, every little bit helps ev-erybody,” said Miller, who sees tough sledding in Con-gress for the jobs package. “I wish Congress, the speaker (of the House) and the president would just all work together to put Amer-ica back to work and just put aside all those political tensions that are going on right now,” she said. “It’s critical for America.”


design the project, expects construction in 2015 or 2016, coinciding with ma-jor upgrades planned for Xcel Energy’s riverfront Black Dog power plant. Eagan’s trail segment will run mostly through Metropolitan Council wa s t ewat e r - t re at m e n t property, Mertens said. The county has applied for federal funding to help fund the Eagan link, Mertens said. “The highest-priority projects are areas where we have gaps in the sys-tem,” he said. The Burnsville segment will be more expensive

to maintain than others because of the frequent flooding and resulting silt deposits, Mertens said. Plans call for someday continuing the Burnsville segment west to Savage, across I-35W through the redevelopment are known as the Minnesota River Quadrant. The lake that will form once limestone mining ceases in the river bottom will be an added amenity, Mertens said. The greenway will have a paved, 30-foot-wide trail (to be plowed in the winter) with full-service trailheads every three to five miles, smaller neigh-borhood access points be-

tween trailheads, cultural and natural resource in-terpretation points, grade-separated crossings at ma-jor roads, and lighting in areas where evening use is expected. It’s part of the larger Minnesota Valley State Trail from LeSueur to St. Paul planned by the Min-nesota Department of Transportation. Funding for the Min-nesota Valley Greenway is coming from Dakota County, cities, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the DNR.


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by Tad JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Getting around on In-terstate 35E in Eagan and St. Paul was difficult this past weekend and during rush hour Monday, Sept. 12. But the lane-reduction projects were just a tune-up for what is to come – two full closures of I-35E in one direction the next two weekends. Northbound I-35E is scheduled to close between I-494 and Highway 13 from 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, through 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 9. Southbound I-35E is scheduled to close between Highway 13 and Highway I-494 from 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, through 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 26. The closures are needed as crews repair and resur-face the roadway and make other improvements. When complete, the project will result in a smoother ride, extended pavement life, improved drainage and improved pe-destrian crossings that meet accessibility standards.

The lane reduction on Monday, Sept. 12, caused some traffic headaches for commuters when the northbound portion be-tween Shepard Road and Highway 5/West Seventh Street was only one lane from 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, to 5 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13. The Minnesota Depart-ment of Transportation ad-vised motorists to plan ad-ditional travel time and use alternate routes when pos-sible during the closures. The project is scheduled for completion by Nov. 15. To sign up for the proj-ect’s email updates, visit the project’s web site at www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projects/i35eeagan/index.html. For travel information anywhere in Minnesota visit www.511mn.org.

Tad Johnson is at [email protected].

Recent lane reductions on I-35E prepare motorists for full closures

by Tad JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

A 46-year-old Shakopee man died when his motor-cycle crashed at about 2:30 p.m. Sept. 9 on Highway 13 near Diffley Road in Burns-ville. Robert L. Edberg was traveling southbound when he rear-ended a 2010 Hon-da Pilot, was thrown from the motorcycle, landed in the roadway and was struck by a 2004 Peterbuilt truck, according to the State Pa-trol. The drivers of the other two vehicles – Marcie J.

Wood, 48, of Savage (the Honda Pilot) and Benjamin J. Leuthner, 36, of Mayer – had no apparent injuries, according to the State Pa-trol. Road conditions at the time of the crash were de-scribed as dry on the two-lane divided highway. Members of the Burns-ville and Eagan police de-partments assisted at the scene. In the past few weeks, two motorcyclists have been killed and another se-verely injured in the Dakota County area.

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River Hills United Methodist Church is break-ing ground on a $1 million renovation. The public is invited to the groundbreak-ing ceremony at 10:15 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 18. The ceremony will be on the west side of the church, near the parking lot en-trance. The project will pro-vide for a new west stair entrance to the building, removal of the current stairway in the narthex, installation of sprinklers

throughout the building, parking lot repavement, air-conditioning to parts of the building, remodeling of restrooms, and installation of a new sign on Highway 13. River Hills United Methodist Church is lo-cated at 11100 River Hills Drive, at the intersection of Highway 13 and River Hills Drive in Burnsville. For more information, contact the church office at (952) 890-2515 or go to www.riv-erhillsumc.org.

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Sunday September 25, 2011 2 to 5 PMSt. Michael’s Catholic Church Farmington, MN

No gifts please.

Wallace &MarybelleLandberg

65th AnniversaryThe children of Wallace and

Marybelle Landberg happilyannounce their 65th WeddingAnniversary. They were marriedSeptember 14, 1946 in Minne-apolis.

They have 3 children, Mark(Shelly) Landberg, Carol (Joel )Lundberg and Candy (Dale)Mateffy.

They have 7 grandchi ldrenJosh, Krista, Jenna, Rachel,Sarah, Dan, and Ryan. Theyresided in Richfield for 52 yearsbefore moving to Lakeville.

Their love and commitment isan inspiration and we congratu-late them on this very specialmilestone.

Fondell -VanDyken

Greg and Kirsten Fondell, ofLakeville, are please to announcethe engagement of their daughter,Sarah Elisabeth, to MichaelVanDyken, son of Dr. Rick andC a t h y V a n D y k e n o f G r a n dRapids, Michigan.

Sarah is a 2007 graduate ofLakeville North High School anda 2011 graduate from CalvinCol l ege where she earned aBachelor’s degree in Psychology.Mike is a 2008 graduate of GrandRapids Christian High Schooland will graduate in May 2012f rom Calv in Col l ege wi th aBachelor’s degree in Biology.

A July 13, 2012 wedding isp lanned at Sa lem CovenantChurch in New Brighton.

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Edith Anderson Klotz, 91, ofLake City, MN died Friday,August 5, 2011, at Mayo ClinicHealth System - Lake City CareCenter.

She was born in Minneapolis onApril 7, 1920, to Harlow and EvaBrown Bell. She married HerbertAnderson on September 3, 1942,and resided in Richfield, Minne-sota. After Herbert’s death, Edithmarried an old friend, Benno J.Klotz in 1992 and resided inLakeville, MN.

She was a beloved mother,grandmother, and great-grand-mother to all those who knewher. She is survived by her chil-dren from her first marriage, sonsGary and David Anderson, andby two daughters, Sharon Ander-son and Barbara Brown. Nineg r a n d c h i l d r e n a n d t h r e egreat-grandchildren. From hersecond marriage, stepsons Benno,Leonard (Martha), and MichaelKlotz and step daughters Bonita(Lawrence) Schweich, Carol(Larry) Berggren, Jean (Mark)Schauer and Elizabeth (Robert)Johnson. 21 Step grandchildren,25 step great-grandchildren and 2step great-great grandchildren.

Edith was preceded in death byher husbands, Herbert Andersonand Benno J. Klotz of Lakeville,MN, Step daughter KathleenM c K o w e n a n d S t e pdaughter-in-law Patricia Klotz,her parents, Eva and Harlow, andbrother Charles H. Bell.

A private service was held at afamily home in Orchard Gardens(Burnsville), MN on August 7,2011. Her ashes and those of herbrother will be laid to rest inLakewood Cemetery next to theirparents.

Any memorials are requested tobe directed to the Lake CityMayo Extended Care Center orthe Fairview Red Wing HomeCare and Hospice.

William J.O’Donnell ‘Bill’

Age 73, passed awaypeacefully at his homei n A p p l e V a l l e y o nSept. 7, 2011. Bill was a

Federal Fire Fighter at FortSnel l ing for over 25 years, amember of the Ultra Light Asso-ciation and also enjoyed flying hisultra light.

Bill is preceded in death by hisparents, James and Ann; siblings,Patric ia (Robert) Burgoyne,Eileen (John) Fluegel, SheilaAcker and Jack O'Donnell. He issurvived by his loving wife of 52years, Carol ; chi ldren, BarbO'Donnel l , Tammy (Arturo)Mata, John (Fiance' Peggy) andMike O'Donnell; 7 grandchildrena n d 6 g r e a t g r a n d c h i l d r e n ;brother-in-law, Harold Acker;nieces and nephews and friends.

Memorial Service to be held 1PM Sunday, (9/11) at the WhiteFuneral Home Chapel, 12804Nicollet Ave S. with a gatheringof family and friends 1 hr prior toservice.

White Funeral HomeBurnsville 952-894-5080 www.whitefuneralhomes.com

Harold R.Baldwin

Harold R. Baldwin : 04/20/20-09/02/11. Beloved husband,father and grandfather passedaway on September 2, 2011, inApple Valley, MN. He is sur-vived by loving wife of 64 years,Shir ley, sons Jeff and Jerry,daughter Julie and six grandchil-dren. Harold retired in Marshall-town after working 31 years forthe Iowa Department of Trans-portation. Memorial service tobe held 3:00 pm Friday, Septem-ber 16, 2011, at RosemountUnited Methodist Church, 14770Canada Drive, Rosemount, MN.

Gerald “Jerry” A.Walsh

Gerald "Jerry" A. Walsh ofRosemount, age 88, passed awayon 8/25/2011. Born 8/28/1922,son of Deputy Sheriff Patrick (P.J.) and Julia Walsh. Proceeded indeath by 5 brothers and 4 sisters.Jerry was born in Farmingtonand graduated from FarmingtonHigh School in 1940. He spenttwo years at Saint John's Univer-sity before leaving in 1942 toserve in the U. S. Army duringWWII. Jerry was active in theFarmington and Rosemount BoyScouts for many years and spenthis engineering career at ThermoKing Corporation in Blooming-ton, MN.

He is survived by his wife of 62years Helen "Lorraine", 11 chil-dren, 17 grandchildren and 9great-grandchildren.

Pamela S. BodeAge 54 of Rosemount, passed

away peacefully September 9,2011.

Pamela was born October 5,1956, daughter of Lonnie andBeverley Lewis. She grew up inSheldon, IA, lived in: Sioux Falls,SD, Escondido, CA, Lakevilleand finally Rosemount. Duringher life, she worked for UPS, USPostal Service and attained herRealtor License. She was a sensi-tive, big hearted woman whoenjoyed being a caregiver to herson, Nicholas. She also loved tocook, garden and ride bike alongwith her dogs.

Pamela is survived by herloving husband, Brian Bode andson Nicholas of Rosemount, MN;mother, Beverley Lewis, sisters,Kathy (Bob) VerDoorn, Toni(Kelly) Jongerius, Linda Lind-beck, brother, Steve Lewis, fatherand mother-in-law, Roger andShirley Bode, and also by nieces,nephews and many other lovingrelatives and friends. She waspreceded in death by her father,Lonnie Lewis.

She will be truly missed by allwhose lives she touched.

A private service will be heldat St. Paul's Lutheran Church inNew Ulm, MN, with Pastor Sut-ton officiating.

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At the Sept. 12 meeting of the District 196 School Board, Chairperson Jackie Magnuson announced the process the board will use to fill the vacancy created with the resignation of long-time board member Kevin Sam-pers in August. The process begins with a two-week application pe-riod that runs from Sept.

13 through Sept. 27. A fill-able application is available on the district website at www.district196.org or can be requested by calling the Superintendent’s Office at (651) 423-7749. Completed applications must be sub-mitted no later than 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27. The names of the final-ists will be announced at the board’s regular meeting Oct. 10. Finalists will be inter-viewed at an Oct. 27 special board meeting at the Dis-trict Office in Rosemount. The board will vote to select the appointee imme-diately following the inter-views. The person selected will be sworn in at the board’s Nov. 14 regular meeting and will serve the remaining two years of Sampers’ term, which expires Jan. 6, 2014.

District 196 School Board seeks to fill vacancy

Education

National Merit semifinalists The following area stu-dents have been named as semifinalists in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. • Apple Valley – Apple Valley High School: Maren Loe. Eastview High School: Reid Anderson, Mikyla Carpenter, Lamisa Chow-dhury, Nicholas Havlicek, Jane Kagan, Zane Lar-wood, Nitin Prasad, An-drew Solfest, Mariel Supi-na, Samantha Zarate. • Burnsville – Home-school: Jenny Fendos, Na-than Klein. • Eagan – Eagan High School: Alexander Ander-son, Nathaniel Bonshire, William Thomas, Carl Winge. Trinity School at River Ridge: Henry Gray, Charlie Leighton, Dominic Mak. • Lakeville – Lakeville North High School: An-thony Joyce, Thomas Joyce, Ryan Simmons, Madison Solheid. Lakeville South High School: Ruth Nelson. • Rosemount – Rose-mount High School: Scott Miller.


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Minnesota taxpayers are in for a rude awakening that they’ve lost a “cherished benefit,” warned two Democratic former House tax committee chairs on Tuesday, Sept. 13 at the state Capitol. Rep. Ann Lenczewski of Bloomington and Rep. Paul Marquart of Dilworth are proposing legislation to restore the Market Value Homestead Credit. According to nonpartisan House re-search, almost 95 percent of Minnesota homesteads received some amount of homestead credit in property tax relief in 2011 – the average across all homesteads was $192. What he’s hearing from taxpayers is that they want their cherished benefit back, Marquart said. “The exclusion is a delusion,” Lenczews-ki said of a new homestead market value ex-clusion, which the Democrats argue is clum-sy, complicated and lacks transparency.

Republicans may argue that they did not raise taxes in balancing the state bud-get, explained Lenczewski, but eliminating the homestead credit translates into a $538 million tax increase over two years. “That categorically isn’t true,” she said of arguing otherwise. Democrats blame Republicans for scrapping the homestead credit.

What took place Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton on May 24 vetoed the Republican tax bill contain-ing the elimination, specifically pointing to it in his veto letter as one of several objec-tionable items relating to property taxes. Dayton later signed the provision into law at the close of the state government shutdown last summer. But he never endorsed the elimination of the homestead tax credit, said Dayton spokeswoman Katharine Tinucci. “To end the shutdown, the governor had to agree to things that he does not agree with – this was one of those things,” she said. Lenczewski and Marquart currently have no provision in their bill to backfill the $538 million state budget hole their

legislation, if passed, would create. They’re looking for bipartisan solutions, they ex-plained.

Local view The attitude of local government offi-cials toward the homestead tax credit was for the state to either fully fund the pro-gram or get rid of it, explained Gary Carl-son of the League of Minnesota Cities. “The old system if fully funded might have been a fine system,” Carlson said. But that wasn’t the case, he explained. Over the past 10 years, the program was only fully funded in 2002 and 2007, he said. Cities derived no funding from the homestead tax credit. The money goes to the taxpayers. Because of this – the fact the state was only partially paying the credit – local gov-ernments were levying for money and not getting it, Carlson explained. He described the new homestead mar-ket value exclusion as serving to buffer the tax impact to homeowners caused by the elimination of the old program. But this will, in effect, place a greater tax burden on other forms of property, Carlson said, such as non-homestead and commercial

property. Taxpayers should watch for their tax notices that will come in November to learn more about recent changes to prop-erty taxes, Carlson suggested.

Davids speaks The homestead tax credit elimination is a big one, but not the only one, he said. House Tax Committee Chairman Greg Davids, R-Preston, questioned the earnest-ness of the Democrats’ proposal, saying the two former committee chairs did not adequately fund the homestead credit pro-gram during the time the Democrats con-trolled the Legislature. Davids also found the fact the Demo-crats had no certain method of backfilling the budget hole questionable. It’s unfair to say eliminating the home-stead credit will automatically result in property tax increases, because many local government officials have planned ahead and tightened the budget belt, Davids said. But Davids indicated that local property taxes, here and there, could increase.

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When members of the Society for Creative Anach-ronism don armor, take up swords and engage in mock combat, just about the only thing that seems inauthentic is the absence of bloodshed. The historical re-creation group is teaming up with Caponi Art Park to host the Medieval Fair on Sunday, Sept. 25. The family-friendly liv-ing-history event, now in its fourth year in Eagan, will

see the park transformed into a medieval village with authentic pavilions, period clothing and demonstra-tions, and, of course, sword-fights aplenty. The Barony of Nordsko-gen, the local SCA chapter

Middle Ages come alive in Eagan

Photo by Yiqian Wang

An armored-combat tournament staged by members of the Barony of Nordskogen has been a crowd favorite at the Medieval Fair in past years.

Caponi Art Park hosts Medieval Fair Sept. 25

The Medieval Fair runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 25 at Caponi Art Park, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. Admission is free; a $4 per person donation is suggested. The event will be held rain or shine.

IN BRIEF

staging the event, will be leading the activities, which include fiber arts, callig-raphy, cooking and more throughout the afternoon. A siege engine (a type of crude catapult) and glass bead making and wool-dye-ing demos have been added this year, and past festival favorites such as period games, music and dance, and a weaponry demo are back. Similiar in appearance to the Renaissance Festival held annually in Shakopee, the Medieval Fair places an emphasis on education, ac-cording to SCA member Liz Pearson. “We always hope that

people have fun, with the bonus of learning something new,” she said. “We hope that our enthusiasm for his-tory will rub off on others.”

For more information about the Medieval Fair, vis-it Caponi Art Park’s website at www.caponiartpark.org. More about the Barony of

Nordskogen is at www.nor-dskogen.northshield.org.

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

Photography workshop Caponi Art Park in Eagan will offer a photog-raphy workshop from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 17. The workshop will intro-duce basic tips for point and shoot SLR digital cameras to improve travel, candid, landscape and macro shots. The photography work-shop is free to the public, with a $4 suggested dona-tion. More information is available at www.caponiart-park.org. More information is at www.caponiartpark.org.

Family night is Sept. 19 at IMAX The Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley will host IMAX Family Night on Monday, Sept. 19. Guests who purchase one adult admission to the 6:30 p.m. showing of “Sea Rex 3D: Journey to a Prehis-toric World” will receive one free child’s admission to the movie and complimentary ice cream from Coldstone Creamery (while supplies last) before the show. Ice cream will be served in the lobby beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Author untangles her family’s past Author Bonnie Rough will discuss and read from her work at 7 p.m. Mon-day, Oct. 10, at the Heritage Library in Lakeville. Her mem-oir, “Carrier: Untangling the Dan-ger in My DNA,” de-scribes her journey to uncover the complicated de-tails of her family’s past. This presentation is part of Dakota County Library’s Minnesota Mosaic cultural arts series. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty.us/library or call (952) 891-0362. The library is at 20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville.

Bonnie Rough

Lakeville Art Festival The ninth annual Lake-ville Art Festival will be held Sept. 17-18 on the grounds of the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. To learn more, go to www.lakevilleartfesti-val.org or call the arts cen-ter at (952) 985-4640.

Youth rock concert Rock Stars, a Dakota County-based music pro-gram for children and teens, will be putting on a concert from noon to 3 p.m. Satur-day, Sept. 17, at The Ga-rage in Burnsville (75 Civic

Center Parkway). For more information, email Dustin Phillips at [email protected].


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Gary Pahl of Pahl’s Market talks with second-graders at Southview Elementary in Apple Valley on Monday about good eating habits. The company ordered and served about 4,000 pieces of corn in area schools that day. It was one of nine days in September school meals in District 196 will include a locally grown food item, such as zucchini, tomatoes, green beans, cucumbers, watermelon, squash, cantaloupe and green peppers.

Growing good eating habits Growing good eating habits

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Siblings Dario and Giselle Mejia, part of Team iLuminate on this season’s “America’s Got Talent,” are also on staff as instructors at Heartbeat Studios in Apple Valley. For the past two years, Dario and Giselle, based in the metro area, have shared their artistic talents with students at Heartbeat, creating original and dynamic dance pieces performed by their students in Heartbeat’s productions throughout the year. The duo will return to Heartbeat this year as dance workshop instructors whenever Team iLuminate’s touring schedule permits. Heartbeat Studios Performing Arts Center is at 7661 W. 145th St. Information about future workshops with Dario and Giselle will be posted on www.heartbeat-studio.com as dates are confirmed.

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Saturday’s Fire Truck Parade, an annual highlight of the Burnsville Fire Muster, proceeded along East 134th Street, led by Burnsville firefighters re-creating a flag-raising scene at Ground Zero after the terrorist attacks in 2001. The Fire Muster, held Wednesday, Sept. 7, through Sunday, Sept. 11, included a 9/11 memorial observance after Sunday’s Community Parade.


Bradley, Zack and Riley Slinger (left to right) of Faribault dressed up in authentic firefighter gear to pose for a photo for their mother on Saturday.


Alex McNearney of Rosemount and Cub Scout Pack 270 competed in the pasta-eating contest on Saturday.

Burnsville FireMuster, 2011

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