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in about five years Diane Ciardelli has done some-thing that takes other peo-ple a lifetime to achieve. in October 2011, she ran in her 50th marathon in each of the 50 U.s. states – all before her 50th birth-day, which she will celebrate april 6, 2012. The feat is something that many runners strive to achieve but very few attain. Only five other Minne-sota women have completed the cycle, according to the 50-state Marathon Club, of which Ciardelli is a member. “it felt great,” she said. “it was also a big relief to know that i had finished the last one – like a huge bur-den had been lifted from my shoulders.” what makes her running prowess even more impres-sive is that Ciardelli is a rela-tive newcomer to the sport. she started running about 10 years ago. her first

road race was the 4-mile run for the Gold during rosemount Leprechaun Days. at the time, she said she enjoyed it but didn’t see much of a running future. after reading the short-story collection “First Mar-athons” in February 2006, she decided to dedicate her-self to completing a 26.2-mile race. in October 2006, she ran her first one – the Twin Cit-ies Marathon. in the next three months, she ran in marathons in Tex-as and arizona. with three of the 50 already out of the way in such a short amount of time, she set her goal to run the 50-state circuit. she has run in nine to 12 marathons each year since that time, with the last com-ing in October 2011 in Cape Cod, Mass. it may have been hard to catch up with Ciardelli, but Thisweek was able to corral her recently to answer a few

questions. What were you thinkingwhileyouwererunningyourlastmarathonin50states? i felt really good in that race despite not getting any sleep the night before due to the unexpected Nor’easter storm that raged all through the night and brought unex-pected snow, heavy rain and strong winds that knocked out power across several New england states. My thoughts were mostly cen-tered around getting to the starting line that morn-ing because if the cold rain hadn’t subsided i didn’t think i was going through with the race. i don’t mind running in the cold, and i don’t mind running in the rain, but to run wet with temps in the low 30s, for over four hours, was some-thing even i’m not crazy enough to attempt! Luckily the rain stopped before the race started and it went off without a hitch. it was still

newspaper companies, which expanded alongside one another in the free-dis-tribution newspaper mar-ket. The area’s first free weekly, the Burnsville Cur-rent, was founded in 1975 by Burnsville resident Mary Ziegenhagen. in 1977, she was hired by the Minneap-olis star as its first female editorial writer. her hus-band, David, oversaw op-eration of the Current as it established profitability and was able to move from the couple’s home into rented quarters on Cliff road in Burnsville. Thisweek, a spinoff of the venerable Dakota Coun-ty Tribune, was launched in 1979. The Tribune was a subscription paper that began publishing in Farm-ington in 1884. Thisweek began as a single edition delivered free to more than 50,000 homes in Dakota County. it was later divided into six newspapers serving individual cities: Burns-ville, eagan, apple Valley, rosemount, Lakeville and Farmington. Thisweek and the Tri-bune were owned by the Clay family of Farmington until eCM purchased the newspaper group in 1999 along with the Lakeville-based Life & Times, which was owned by Dick sher-man. The Current, by 1982, was publishing five sepa-rate newspapers for Burns-ville, eagan, apple Valley-Lakeville-rosemount, prior Lake and Bloomington. in 1983, California-based FNCO purchased Current Newspapers inc. and combined it with other suburban newspaper com-panies in the Twin Cities area. The companies have changed hands several times, eventually being ac-quired by american Com-munity Newspapers of Dal-las, Texas. The Dakota County pa-

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StudentactorsfromEastviewHighSchoolstolethespotlightatthestateone-actfestivalFeb.9inSt.Paul,earninga“starredperformance”rating–theater’sequivalentofanathleticstatechampionship–fortheirpresentationof“StopKiss”byDianaSon.ThiswasEastview’sfourthstarredperformanceinarow.“StopKiss”wasdirectedbyScottDurocherandRobRachow;castmemberswereKarinaDevine(picturedatleft),MadeleineArcher-Burton(atright),CuongDuong,KieherraLaing,AlexNorderhusandNitaChai.

date” fliers. “They just didn’t go to the line – they crossed it,” Martin said of breaking state campaign law. a main objection Mar-tin voiced about the fliers, printed at a cost of $47 to taxpayers, is that they con-tain a link to a senate re-publican Caucus website, on which campaign funds are solicited. Martin argues this is clearly in breach of state campaign law. a pattern of willfully ignoring the law, argued Martin, persists in the senate republican Cau-cus. The area state senators included in the DFL com-plaint are Gerlach, Ben-jamin kruse of Brooklyn park, Ted Lillie of Lake elmo, Geoff Michel of edina, Claire robling of Jordan, ray Vandeveer of Forest Lake and pam wolf of spring Lake park. senate republican Caucus spokesman steve

sviggum, former house speaker, takes full respon-sibility for the fliers. “it was my wrongdoing and only mine,” sviggum said. Blame should be affixed to him, not to the state senators, he explained. sviggum maintains the wording in the fliers does not violate state campaign law. The flaw, sviggum said, was the link to the senate republican Caucus website listed at the back of the flier. he failed to check it, he said. wolf said she accepted the fliers from senate re-publican caucus staff with the understanding it had been checked by an attor-ney – sviggum said it had. her fliers were placed on a table at the caucus, she explained. “Didn’t even read it,” she said. “Lesson learned.” Gerlach said he would happily refund the cost of the fliers he used at tax-

payer expense. “The buck stops with me for passing it out,” he said.

Gerlach explained only a small amount of money was spent on the fliers. For him, paying back the cost

of the fliers he distributed entails writing a check for about $1.25, he explained. Both Gerlach and wolf indicated that Democrats were justified in pursuing the matter. wolf – though express-ing a dislike for “gotcha” politics – thought it per-fectly Ok for everyone to work to make sure that things are on the up and up. sviggum said he had the senate republican Caucus website whose linked is on the flier removed. Martin indicated that Democrats are less inter-ested in the size of fines that might be meted out by a judge as a result of the complaint but that a legal body establish that wrongdoing had indeed occurred. Cost of filing the DFL complaint was $50.

T.W. Budig can be reached at [email protected].

Gerlach admits to circulating illegal flier on caucus night

Stealing the spotlight Thisweek, Sun Current will merge

The ECM acquisition will mean a merger of competing

Dakota County weeklies into Sun Thisweek

50 things to do before you turn 50 Rosemount resident set rare goal of running a marathon in each state

Two free weekly news-papers that have competed with and complemented one another for more than 30 years are merging into a single paper. The first edition of the new sun Thisweek will be delivered on Friday, March 30, to residents of apple Valley, Burnsville, eagan, Farmington, Lakeville and rosemount. The name combines two familiar and respected names in Twin Cities community journal-ism: sun-Current Newspa-pers and Thisweek Newspa-pers. The merged news prod-uct follows the Dec. 30 acquisition by eCM pub-lishers inc., which pub-lishes Thisweek, of Min-nesota sun Newspapers from american Community Newspapers. “For many years, resi-dents and businesses in Dakota County have been served by two excel-lent weekly newspapers – Thisweek and the sun Cur-rent,” said Larry werner, general manager and editor of Thisweek Newspapers and the Dakota County Tribune. “Both papers have covered the interest-ing and important events and people in our commu-nities and have provided a way for businesses to reach their customers through advertising. The combined sun Thisweek will retain the strong commitment to excellent journalism and lo-cal advertising that readers have come to expect. The staff of sun Thisweek will be larger than either news-paper before this merger, and the amount of news will increase. Our new, larger, re-designed paper will attempt to provide the best of the sun Current and the best of Thisweek in sun Thisweek.” among the enhance-ments planned for the new community newspaper are expanded sports and arts coverage. The southern suburbs were home turf for both

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Rosemount resident DianeCiardelli ran in the lastmarathon of her 50-statecircuit inCapeCod,Mass.,inOctober2011.

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The Minnesota DFL party has filed a com-plaint with the Office of administrative hearings alleging a number of area republican state senators, including Chris Gerlach of apple Valley, broke state campaign law by dis-tributing an illegal flier on caucus night Tuesday, Feb. 7. “it’s not an issue of how much was spent,” said DFL party Chairman ken Martin of eagan on Feb. 14 of the “Legislative Up-

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Sen. Chris Gerlach, R-Apple Valley, (left) is among theRepublican state senators who allegedly broke statecampaignlawbydistributinganillegalflieroncaucusnight.GerlachispicturedherewithRep.KeithDowney,R-Edina,atapressconferenceforlegislationthetwoareauthoringtolightenperceivedgovernmentoverreachinoccupations.

Paper with link to Senate Republican Caucus website is basis of Minnesota DFL Party complaint

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by Jessica HarperThisweek Newspapers

ecolab inc. of st. paul announced Feb. 14 it will be constructing a new building on its schuman Campus in eagan. The 51,000-square-foot facility will house a state-of-the-art training center for the company’s institu-tional business, which pro-vides cleaning and sanita-tion products, programs and services to customers in food service, hospitality and health care industries. The facility located at 655 Lone Oak Drive also will provide additional space for research and de-velopment. “Our new training center will help ensure that we con-tinue to maintain the indus-try’s best-trained sales and service force and provide customers with outstand-ing technical support and service,” said Mike hickey, executive vice president and president of the firm’s insti-tutional Division, in a press release. The institutional training center will include wet labs as well as a conference room

and offices for training staff. employees from around the country will receive training at the center on the latest ecolab products and service solutions. ecolab currently em-ploys 925 workers at its eagan campus. The $10 million facility, called “Building h,” won’t add new jobs, said roman Blahoski, spokesman for ecolab. ecolab merged with Na-perville, ill.-based Nalco last year and now employs more than 40,000 workers worldwide. The expansion took the company from $6 billion in annual sales to $11 billion in 2011. as a result of the merger, the company will cut about 500 jobs through 2013, Bla-hoski said. The expansion came as good news for eagan city officials. “we couldn’t be more pleased they are expanding yet again in eagan,” said Tom Garrison, director of communications for the city of eagan. “This is one more sign that things are turning around and activity is up.”

ecolab is not the first major company in eagan to announce expansion plans in recent years. prime Therapeutics, a client-owned company, an-nounced in December it plans to add 300 informa-tion technology and busi-ness analyst jobs as part of a $5 million expansion near its eagan headquarters. a month before that, it was announced that private investors plan to develop a 138,000-square-foot data center called Connextion along Yankee Doodle road west of pilot knob. The center, which will be owned and operated by North Carolina firm Five 9s Digital, will provide off-site data storage and disaster re-covery options for telecom-munications and internet service providers as well as local and regional compa-nies. it will make eagan a ma-jor hub for data recovery services.

Jessica Harper is at [email protected].

New 51,000-square-foot facility will house additional research space, training center

Ecolab to expand its Eagan campusGraphic submitted

An artist’s rendering of the new Ecolab expansion in Eagan.

The 20th annual Bite of Burnsville will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Thurs-day, March 15, at the Burnsville performing arts Center. More than 20 es-tablishments will provide

appetizers, entrees, desserts and unique culinary mas-terpieces. entertainment will be provided by GB Leighton. in addition, a silent auction will include more than 200

items. Tickets are $40. Call the Burnsville Chamber at (952) 435-6000 to order tickets. For more details, check out www.biteof-burnsville.net.

Bite of Burnsville set for March 15

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by John GessnerThisweek Newspapers

it had been years since retired City Clerk evelyn kjos last packed a box for posterity at Burnsville City hall. Now kjos was helping unpack boxes, ones she had stuffed with city artifacts, and she was tickled by some of the finds. “Look at the eldorado,” kjos said, showing a photo of a highway 13 beer joint and restaurant that lasted from 1949 to 1969 and was later replaced by a liquor store of the same name. Out came a 1963 voter registry on which a Burns-ville Township election offi-cial had recorded, in cursive, the names and addresses of every voter. “here i am!” kjos said, locating her name. “i voted that year.” she and four other self-assigned Burnsville histo-rians gathered on Monday morning in the basement of City hall to begin inspect-ing and sorting the contents of some 17 boxes kjos had filled over the years. her intent all along was to build a piecemeal his-torical record of Burnsville, which incorporated as a vil-lage in 1964 after fighting off annexation efforts by Bloomington to the north. when she learned last year that a group of resi-dents was resurrecting a lapsed Burnsville chapter of the Dakota County his-torical society, kjos alerted the leader of the effort, Len Nachman, about her trea-sure trove. kjos and Nachman were joined Monday by three city residents who are among the handful involved in the history chapter: Godan Nambudiripad, Mary Dick-son and roberta Norris-Norvoll. “i have an interest in history in general,” said Norris-Norvoll, a Burns-ville resident since 1991 who serves with Nachman on the county historical so-ciety board. “These people who set everything up and made the structure of the city and set the goals of the city, they’re not going to be around forever. we need to tell their stories.” The group made it through half of the boxes on Monday and vowed to finish the job on wednes-day. Nachman said he’d like to secure a space somewhere in Burnsville to store and display some of the finds, which include photos, slides (including many from the 1965 superflood in the Min-nesota river valley), city re-cords and publications, and dozens of newspaper clip-pings. Official records would remain with the city, but historians would like to at least post some online, Nachman said. The group, calling itself the Burnsville historical society, has a website (www.burnsville-historicalsociety.blogspot.com) and a Facebook page. “Our goal is not to write books,” such as the two vol-umes of Burnsville history already published in 1976 and 2000, said Nachman, a Burnsville resident since 1969. “we’re done with that. we want the records that are there to be available to future generations.”

Retired city clerk

assembled the keepsakes

Boxes of memories entice local historiansManager Jim spore decided that the combined job of finance director and clerk, then held by Les anderson, was too big for one person. kjos retired from the city in January 1990, returned in 1992 to help out with the election, and remained a part-timer working on spe-cial projects until October 2005. Now pieces of her past were spread before her on a conference room table:

a 1976 Burnsville sun story in which newcomer Connie Morrison said she was “baffled” to have been the top vote-getter in that year’s City Council race. a photo of Morrison, as mayor, christening a new ambulance by smashing a bottle on the fender. a brochure the city pub-lished before its successful 1982 referendum to raise money for parks. a Minneapolis star

story from 1980 detailing a “feud” between Mayor paul scheunemann and City Manager Glen Northrup “over administrative issues ranging from the city’s pub-lic safety Department to the 1981 budget.” “i’m not helping,” kjos apologized as she sorted through memories. “i’m just enthralled.”

John Gessner is at [email protected].

kjos was especially eager to retrieve a box of docu-ments dealing with Burns-ville’s response to Bloom-ington’s annexation attempt and its incorporation as a village, which was cemented in a voter referendum on June 16, 1964. kjos said the law firm that handled Burnsville’s affairs at the time left the documents in her care years ago when the firm left the city’s employ. “here’s the headline: ‘Bloomington moves to an-nex 25 square miles,’ ” kjos said, reading from an old newspaper. “This is real his-tory. This is what caused Burnsville to incorporate and become what it is.” The 17 boxes have sat for years in a City hall records room. On Monday, current City Clerk Machael Brooks helped kjos and the histori-ans wheel them to a nearby conference room. kjos and her late hus-band, roy, moved to Burnsville in 1959. They lived on sandy Lane in the Northview addition near

Lakeville before moving in 1967 to a lot on Crystal Lake, where they and their three children could keep horses. The family later moved to prior Lake. kjos, who now lives in savage, worked for Burns-ville over a 40-year span. hired in March 1965, she was one of the village’s first full-time employees. hired to do sewer and water billing, kjos was im-mediately diverted to the task of assembling a records system for the fledgling vil-lage. she also served as secretary to the first village manager, patrick Mcinnis. The village hall was a small building on the cur-rent ames Construction property on County road 5. women in the office no-ticed the smell of diesel from the attached village garage clinging to their hair and clothes, kjos said. “and in the women’s biffy was the coffee machine and the mimeograph,” she recalled. she was named city clerk in 1981, when then-City

photo by John Gessner

Evelyn Kjos, a retired Burnsville city clerk, and Godan Nambudiripad, who is active with the Burnsville Historical Society, sifted through boxes of historical artifacts Kjos collected over the years she worked for the city.


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Amendment protects marriageTo the editor: In regard to the Minne-sota Marriage Protection Amendment, the clergy are uniting and coming out in defense of the definition of marriage. We are teaching and preaching to inform our members as to the long-term effect this decision will have in our culture. We are not allowing a few to redefine that which has existed long before the state of Minnesota. Mar-riage is and has always been between one man and one woman. It would simply be inap-propriate to append some-thing so different to that which is already so well de-fined. The Minnesota Mar-riage Protection Amend-ment was not created to disrespect any particular community or prevent oth-ers from having committed relationships. The Minne-sota Marriage Protection Amendment was created to protect that which has always been defined as a re-lationship between one man and one woman. My appeal to our com-munity is that we protect marriage as a vital part of our tradition and our heri-tage. I also appeal to those

on both sides of this is-sue to respectfully agree to disagree on this matter yet agree to unite and protect those rights that are so near and dear to our forefathers. The Minnesota Marriage Protection Amendment is not intended to be an act of war, rather, it is simply in-tended to protect, treasure and cherish that which has always been.

PAT HAllPastor, True light Cov-enant Church, which has its office in Apple Valley

Wardlow has the right approach To the editor: I thought it was ironic that a letter writer on Feb. 8 brought up “special inter-ests” when referring to Rep. Doug Wardlow’s legisla-tion curbing lawsuit abuse. The only special interests involved in this story are the trial lawyers who per-suaded Gov. Mark Dayton to veto these common sense reforms because they would take money out of their pockets. lawsuit abuse is bad for business, and Minnesota is at a competitive disad-vantage when compared to other states in the Midwest. Wardlow’s bills would have lowered premiums for insurance customers, low-

ered prices for consumers and made it easier for busi-nesses to survive in Min-nesota and grow jobs. Peo-ple with legitimate claims would not only have their day in court, that day might come sooner since the sys-tem will not be clogged up with other suits lacking merit. Since I have worked for a business, purchased insur-ance and bought groceries and other goods, I’m glad Wardlow is looking out for my interests instead of a powerful lobbying group in St. Paul. let’s hope the DFl and Dayton stop standing in the way of these common sense reforms. Allen eVAnSeagan

Citizens grow restless over super majority proposal To the editor: A recent letter drew much comment. It discussed some abuses of monopoly capi-talism which have had a role in our recession, with heavy unemployment and dis-putes about the extension of unemployment benefits. Controversy continues about the value of Bush-era tax breaks for high-income earners. Some say they help job-providers. So far they haven’t provided jobs, and

by Dane SmithSPeCIAl To THISWeek neWSPAPeRS

In the lakes-and-woods land-scape surrounding Grand Rap-ids in north central Minnesota, a wide array of community leaders have banded together with seven school districts in several counties to chart a comprehensive road map toward improved student success, beginning with stronger early childhood education and go-ing all the way through to career prepara-tion. In and around our farm-belt food-pro-cessing centers of Worthington and Will-mar, civic activists and school officials are beginning to get national attention for their success at accepting and integrating an in-creasingly diverse population and improv-ing outcomes for latino and other non-white students. In the Brainerd lakes area and on the shore of lake Superior in Grand Marais and wider Cook County, business own-ers and educators have come together and found new ways to get the post-secondary credentials and job skills that the local economy needs into the hands of more lo-cal residents who can fill those jobs. These are among the many bright spots I discovered in researching and writing a recently released report, “Whole Towns Coming Together for All Students” (avail-able at www.growthandjustice.org/commu-nities). The report documents promising progress by rural and greater Minnesota communities that are focused in new ways on helping all their children succeed, as they grapple with economic challenges and welcome increasing racial diversity.

Getting the entire village involved in educating and preparing all the children for productive lives was a tradition for our original residents, the native American nations. Pio-neering euro-Americans also in-vested heavily in universal and free education, following the land or-

dinance of 1785 dictate that a section of land in every township must be set aside for a public school. Time magazine noted, in that iconic 1973 cover story about our “State That Works,” that our superior performance on economic and quality-of-life measures could be linked to a “near-worship for edu-cation and a high civic tradition in Minne-sota life.” An overwhelming multipartisan con-sensus exists that this tradition, this educa-tion imperative, should remain our basic formula for economic growth and vitality. The Governor’s Workforce Development Council cites a highly respected George-town University study pointing to the need for more Minnesotans to complete post-secondary education to meet our econo-my’s workforce needs. Business and phil-anthropic leaders agree that improving and aligning workforce skills is a top priority. So which models work best? Any constructive interest and involve-ment by community leaders in education outcomes is probably helpful, but a review of what is happening in rural and greater Minnesota finds particular promise in the efforts happening in Itasca County and in St. Cloud. Both areas are developing something that can be called the Strive model, named

for successful efforts in the metropolitan Cincinnati area and now under way in about a dozen other urban areas across the nation. This model happens to be in sync with the Growth & Justice education framework, Smart Investments in Minne-sota’s Students, which outlines a strategy of comprehensive intervention and measure-ment, from the earliest years to post-sec-ondary completion, using evidence-tested and cost-effective methods and programs. In Itasca County and elsewhere, the cru-cial ingredient is development of a road map that sets out specific desired mea-surements of success from birth to career launch. The Strive model also develops and assigns networks of stakeholders, from parents’ groups to social service agencies to teachers and schools, to achieve the results. In Cincinnati and northern kentucky, Strive leaders have reported progress on 40 of 54 such indicators. A multidistrict, Strive-like model is be-ing studied for the Twin Cities metropoli-tan area, with initial impetus from the Af-rican-American leadership Forum and the University of Minnesota’s College Readi-ness Consortium, an effort that drew high praise in a recent Star Tribune editorial. “The number of programs (focused on closing the achievement gap) speaks to the widespread community interest in the problem, but it tells us nothing about qual-ity and effectiveness,’’ the editorial stated. “That’s why a relatively new push to better coordinate all the programs is welcome.” The incessant casting about for easy an-swers (such as high-stakes testing) or scape-goats (such as teachers unions) for lagging student success needs to be replaced by a

more comprehensive and holistic cradle-to-career approach. And it’s hard to find a more eloquent champion of this idea than Diane Ravitch, a veteran of President George W. Bush’s no Child left Behind initiative who has evolved toward a more progressive out-look. In her book, “The Death and life of the Great American School System,” Ravitch summarized the ingredients for bringing total community engagement to closing the gaps. Children who are disadvantaged by inequities “need extra resources, includ-ing preschool and medical care,” Ravitch wrote. “They need small classes, where they will get extra teacher time. … Their families need additional supports, such as coordi-nated social services that help them to im-prove their education. … While the school itself cannot do these things, it should be part of a web of public and private agen-cies that buttress families.” And citing the work of testing experts Ina V.S. Mullis and Michael o. Martin of Boston College, Ravitch concludes that the way forward for student success lies in “a strong curriculum; experienced teachers; effective instruction; willing students; ad-equate resources; and a community that values education.”

Dane Smith is the president of Growth & Justice, a progressive public policy organi-zation that promotes statewide economic growth for Minnesota through public invest-ments in human capital and infrastructure. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Inspiring models of community engagement in greater Minnesota

most people polled favor canceling those tax breaks. They say they’re not fair, and canceling them can help our federal budget, and fund programs that could generate jobs and business-es. The place these nice fa-vors for the wealthy are ap-parently still sacred is in the U.S. House of Representa-tives, where the Republican majority continues to pro-tect the millionaires who contribute heavily to their re-election. An answering letter was headlined “no one is stop-ping people from making money.” Yet without fund-ing for re-training pro-grams, higher education, or incentives for business starts, there has been less money available. This contrasts with the Clinton administration, when taxes were higher on wealthy individuals and corporations, there was a budget surplus, and unem-ployment and poverty were low. Second District U.S. Rep. John kline, the chair of the House Committee on edu-cation and the Workforce, says he believes in the value of early childhood educa-tion, he just doesn’t want to commit any federal money to it, instead suggesting that already cash-strapped states and counties fund their own early childhood programs. This is a remarkable state-ment. now the Republican ma-

jority in the Minnesota leg-islature is bringing forward another proposal designed to prevent their wealthy friends from paying the same tax rates the rest of us do. It is the initiative to re-quire a 60 percent “super” majority to close any tax loopholes that benefit the already well-off. It’s de-scribed in terms of “pre-venting state tax increases” in general, and many of those in the top income brackets are in favor of it. It’s a way to lock in the preferential treatment given to the wealthy and keep those of us in the 99 percent down. But pollsters sug-gest the citizens are growing restless about this blatant favoritism.

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No one is stopping people from making money To the editor: letter writer Joe nieder-mayr seems to have a strong bias against people who have done well for them-selves. He claims that mil-lionaires and billionaires, or the 1 percent that he refers to, pay very little or no tax-es. The truth reveals quite a different story. According to IRS statis-tics, the top 1 percent of in-come earners pay 40 percent

of all federal income taxes. If you want to take it to the extreme, let’s say we tax 100 percent of all the earnings of the billionaires and mil-lionaires among us. Since the federal bud-get is around $3.7 trillion this year under President obama, taxing all of those people at 100 percent of their income will only fund the federal government through the end of July. Where is the funding going to come from for the rest of the year? niedermayr claims the “rich” have been fleecing him out of his share. There is no fixed “pot” of wealth. nothing is stopping nieder-mayr from creating the next great product, such as the next Apple computer or the next medical breakthrough. Instead of trying to tear down the wealthy among us, why doesn’t niedermayr in-crease his skill set or knowl-edge and create his own wealth? As a middle class worker making below the average household income, I appre-ciate the freedom to make as much or as little as I want. our free market capitalist system is what made us the prosperous country that we are. The wealthy among us are not holding us back, it is up to us as individuals to advance our economic well-being.

CoRY enGlUnDlakeville

Thisweek Columnist

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Marlan and Sharon Kuhlmannof Eagan, MN are pleased toannounce the engagement of theirdaughter , E l ise Kathleen, toRyan Trudeau. Ryan is the son ofPaul and Ann Trudeau, AppleValley, MN.

T h e b r i d e - t o - b e i s a 2 0 0 7g r a d u a t e o f E a s t v i e w H i g hSchool. She graduated from Uni-versity of Wisconsin-LaCrossewith a degree in RecreationalT h e r a p y . S h e c u r r e n t l y i semployed as a Therapeutic Pro-grams Director with AugustanaCare Facility in Hastings.

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Timothy Kniefel and JenniferWahlstrom were happily marriedo n S e p t e m b e r 2 4 , 2 0 1 1 i nBloomington, MN. Timothy isson of Todd and Jane Kniefel ofWebster, MN. Jennifer is daugh-ter of Roger and Karen Wahl-strom of Burnsville, MN. Coupleresides in New Market, MN.

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by Jessica HarperThISweek NewSPAPeRS

CSM equities, owner of the former Lockheed Mar-tin site in eagan, has tossed its plan to develop a multi-story retail complex on 41 acres of the Lockheed prop-erty to develop additional retail on the site. Last year, the Minne-apolis developer asked the city of eagan to submit a comprehensive guide plan amendment to the Metro-politan Council that would redesignate 41.2 acres of the 51-acre “research and development” zoned site as “retail commercial.” Now, CMS equities,

an affiliate of CSM Corp, is looking to redevelop 47 acres. The plans call for several freestanding restaurants and would keep 6.2 acres as office space. The site is viewed as be-ing a prime location – the intersection of Pilot knob and Yankee Doodle roads, eagan’s busiest intersection – and is near its major re-tail centers, Promenade and Town Centre. The eagan City Council unanimously agreed to send the latest request to the Met Council for evaluation. The developer’s previous plan was already sent to the Met

Council. If approved by the Met Council, the City Coun-cil could vote to approve rezoning later this spring, City Administrator Tom hedges said. The plan was denied by the eagan Planning Com-mission on Jan. 24 in a 3-3 vote. The developer purchased the property last year in April and closed on the sale in June, but Lockheed Martin will continue to oc-cupy the space under a lease agreement until it officially closes its eagan operation in the spring of 2013. The company announced

last November it would close its eagan facility by 2013, resulting in about 350 layoffs and 650 job transfers to other Lockheed Martin facilities. CSM’s redevelopment plans are still in their infan-cy, and will need approval from the City Council as well before a development could move forward. A recent study presented to the council has shown that eagan could support additional retail. Jessica Harper is at [email protected].

Developer seeks more retail at Lockheed Martin site

by Jessica HarperThISweek NewSPAPeRS

After a brief debate, the Rosemount-Apple Valley-eagan School Board ap-proved a three-year contract for Superintendent Jane Berenz that includes a 3.7 percent pay raise. Berenz’s annual salary will be increased to $192,000 beginning July 1, after her pay was frozen at $185,000 for two years. “This will place her sal-ary at the average of eight comparable districts,” Board Member Jackie Magnuson said. “her salary was below the average.” It was also $1,000 less than that of former Super-intendent John Currie three years ago. whether Berenz receives annual performance raises will be determined by the School Board at each yearly

review, Magnuson said. Berenz’s contract was passed in a 6-1 vote Feb. 13 with Board Member Mike Roseen dissenting. “I like what Jane has done, but ... I look at it as a fairness issue,” Roseen said, referring to pay freezes previously ne-gotiated with other district employees. All employees, including Berenz, accepted pay freezes over the past two years as the school district faced financial hardship. “(Berenz) was the first to accept that,” Board Member Rob Duchscher said. “we asked her to take the lead in that.” But as several board members pointed out, many teachers and other employ-ees in the district continued to receive modest increases through step and lane chang-es, which are made when

an employee moves up in seniority or completes addi-tional education. Berenz, however, did not see any kind of pay increases. Furthermore, the teach-ers and nurses contract ap-proved in December provides a 1 percent increase in the second year for those at the top pay scale. They will also receive a 1 percent increase in the pay received for addition-al education credits earned. “If I get $100 week one week and $110 the next, that’s a raise. It doesn’t matter if it’s through a cost of living raise or steps and lanes, a raise is a raise,” Duchscher said. Several board members added that they believe Berenz’s recommended pay raise is also a way to recog-nize her performance. “when we brought her in, we thought there would be a learning curve, but she hit the

ground at full speed,” Board Member Bob Schutte said The contract also includes an increase in the number of vacation and sick days that Berenz can turn into her 403(b) retirement savings plan as well as an increase to the match for Berenz’s 403(b) plan. The 403(b) match will increase in 2012-13 to 3 per-cent of the contract salary, and climb in 2013-14 to 4 percent. The match will be raised again to 5 percent of Berenz’s salary in 2014-15, which falls below the state maximum. “This contract is probably the most transparent in the state,” Board Member Joel Albright said.

Jessica Harper is at [email protected].

Superintendent Berenz to get pay raise

Gymafi going to mock trial nationals Angella Gymafi of Apple Valley is a member of the Cornell College mock trial team and will be participat-ing in the opening round of the American Mock Trial Association National Championship tournament in St. Louis in March. Gymafi was a member of one of the two squads that won bids to the opening round during the regional tournament Feb. 4-5. Cornell College is in Mount Vernon, Iowa.

Perennial sale coming in May The Dakota Garden-ers Perennial Sale will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 19, at Community of Christ Church, 5990 134th St. Court, Apple Valley.


SportsStandings

South SuburbanBoys Basketball

Team Conference Overall W L W LLakevilleNorth 12 1 20 1Eastview 12 1 20 1AppleValley 10 3 17 4Eagan 8 5 12 9PriorLake 7 6 11 10BKennedy 5 8 8 13Rosemount 4 9 10 11LakevilleSouth 4 9 9 12BJefferson 2 11 5 15Burnsville 1 12 1 19

Friday, Feb 17•LakevilleSouthatBloomington

Jefferson,7:15p.m.•EaganatAppleValley,7:15p.m.•PriorLakeatBloomingtonKennedy,

7:15p.m.•LakevilleNorthatBurnsville,

7:15p.m.•EastviewatRosemount,7:15p.m.

Tuesday, Feb 21•LakevilleNorthatBloomington

Jefferson,7:15p.m.•BurnsvilleatAppleValley,7:15p.m.•EastviewatPriorLake,7:15p.m.•BloomingtonKennedyatLakeville

South,7:15p.m.•EaganatRosemount,7:15p.m.

Friday, Feb 24•BloomingtonJeffersonat

BloomingtonKennedy,6p.m.•PriorLakeatEagan,7:15p.m.•EastviewatLakevilleSouth,

7:15p.m.•RosemountatBurnsville,7:15p.m.•AppleValleyatLakevilleNorth,

7:15p.m.

Tuesday, Feb 28•BloomingtonKennedyatEastview,

7:15p.m.•BloomingtonJeffersonatApple

Valley,7:15p.m.•LakevilleSouthatEagan,7:15p.m.•PriorLakeatBurnsville,7:15p.m.•RosemountatLakevilleNorth,

7:15p.m.

Girls BasketballTeam Conference Overall W L W LBKennedy 13 2 18 4Eastview 13 2 18 5LakevilleNorth 11 4 15 8PriorLake 9 6 12 11AppleValley 7 8 12 11BJefferson 7 8 9 14Burnsville 4 11 9 14LakevilleSouth 4 11 9 14Eagan 4 11 7 16Rosemount 3 12 8 15

Friday, Feb 17•BloomingtonJeffersonatLakeville

South,7:15p.m.•AppleValleyatEagan,7:15p.m.•BurnsvilleatLakevilleNorth,

7:15p.m.

Tuesday, Feb 21•RosemountatEagan,7:15p.m.•LakevilleSouthatBloomington

Kennedy,7:15p.m.•PriorLakeatEastview,7:15p.m.•AppleValleyatBurnsville,7:15p.m.•BloomingtonJeffersonatLakeville

North,7:15p.m.

Thursday, Feb 23•EaganatPriorLake,7:15p.m.•LakevilleSouthatEastview,

7:15p.m.

Friday, Feb 24•LakevilleNorthatAppleValley,

7:15p.m.•BurnsvilleatRosemount,7:15p.m.•BloomingtonJeffersonat

BloomingtonKennedy,7:45p.m.

Boys HockeyTeam ConferenceOverall W L T W L TEagan 14 0 1 20 2 1Burnsville 10 3 1 14 8 1LakevilleSouth 11 4 0 15 8 0PriorLake 7 6 0 14 9 0AppleValley 7 6 2 10 11 2BJefferson 6 7 2 6 14 3LakevilleNorth 6 8 0 11 12 0Eastview 3 10 0 9 13 1Rosemount 1 14 0 4 19 0BKennedy 0 7 0 5 18 0

Saturday, Feb 18•AppleValleyatEastview,2:15p.m.•FarmingtonatRosemount,3p.m.•EaganatPriorLake,3p.m.•LakevilleSouthatBurnsville,3p.m.•LakevilleNorthBloomington

Jefferson,3p.m.

Girls HockeyWednesday, Feb 8•Eagan5,EastRidge1•Hastings3,Eastview2•AppleValley4,Rosemount3•Park4,Burnsville0

Saturday, Feb. 11•Eagan4,Hastings3•AppleValley3,Park2

Wednesday, Feb. 15•AppleValleyvs.Eagan

Thursday, Feb. 23•Eagan/AppleValleywinneratClass

AAstatetournament,XcelEnergyCenter,St.Paul

by Andy RogersTHiSWEEKNEWSPAPERS

in front of a standing-roomonlycrowd,thebattleto be the top basketballteam in Apple Valley wasdecidedonTuesdaynight–atleastfornow. Eastview won 85-75,completing a season sweepoverAppleValley,althoughthey could see each otheragainintheplayoffs. in a game between twoof the top-rankedteams inMinnesota, the Lightningheld a slight 36-35 advan-tage at halftime, but wenton a 14-4 run to start thesecond half. The Eaglescut the lead to four pointslate,butnevertooktheleadback. “We’ve played in biggames before,” Eastviewjunior Ben Oberfeld said.“Our coach emphasized athalftime to get rebounds.Withtwoguys6-foot-9nottoo many can match upwiththat.” Apple Valley’s TyusJones scored 45 points inthe loss,aseasonhigh,butEastview’s rebounding, ex-perienceanddepthweretoomuch for the Eagles. WithEastview’s leading scorer

Joey King in foul trouble,Oberfeld(22points),DarinHaugh (16), Chris Narum(11)andQuinnTrusty(10)steppeduptosecurethevic-tory. “We still have people intherewhocanreboundanddoeverythingweneededtodo even when our top guygoesout,”Oberfeldsaid. While Apple Valley wassporting just one senior,Eastview had four scoringindoublefigures. Eastviewwascomingoff its only loss of the season,by one point to LakevilleNorthfourdaysprior. “Wejustcameoutreadytoplay,”Oberfeldsaid.“Wewanted to avenge that lossof Friday and show we’restill the team to beat inMinnesota.” DefensehasbeenafocusoflateforAppleValley.Asthehighestscoringteaminthe South Suburban Con-ference, the Eagles are inthe bottom three in pointsallowed. TheEaglesareoff tothebeststartsincethe2006-07school year, which was thelasttimeAppleValleyqual-ified for state, where theEaglesplacedthird.

Withastrongrecord,thehigh-scoring Eagles have agoal of advancing to state.if it doesn’t happen thisyear,amajorityoftheteamwill get another shot. Theroster includes just one se-nior–MattHechsel. “The kids that are play-

ing this year are getting atonofexperienceandbuildonthatfornextyear,”headcoachZachGoringsaidlastweek. “That doesn’t meanwe’re not focused on thisyear.” But with such a youngteam, that just means the

ceilingishighforthisgroupofjuniorsandsophomores. “Everydayisanewdayandyoucanget thatmuchbetter,” Jones said. “i’vebeen through the sectiontournament. i’m trying tojustbealeaderandpulltheyoung guys aside and letthemknowthelittlethings.i just try to stay positivebecausewe’reaveryyoungteam.” Agedoesn’tseemtomat-terwhenitcomestoJones,whois inthemiddleofhisthirdyearonvarsityasoneof the top sophomores inthe country. The majorityofhisteammatesareeitherhisclassmatesoronegradeahead. “igrewupinAppleVal-ley,”Jonessaid.“Thisismyhigh school. People askedmeif iwasgoingtotrans-ferandallthatstuff,buti’mnotgoingtodoanyofthat.i’m just working on mygame.Goodthingshappenwhenyoustayhumble. “We have a great groupofguys.Afewofusplayedtogether when we wereyoung, so it was easy tomesh.”

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

by Andy RogersTHiSWEEKNEWSPAPERS

Eastview High School’sdanceteamenterstheClassAAA state tournament asone of the favorites afterwinning five titles in thepast eight years in highkick. Eastview qualified forboth jazz on Friday andhigh kick on Saturday inthestatedancetournamentthis weekend at the TargetCenter in Minneapolis, af-

terwinningbothinsectioncompetition on Feb. 11 inBloomington. Thejazzroutineistitled“SeasonsofLove”fromthe“Rent”soundtrack. Eastview’s high-kickroutine, “The Music BoxDancer,” was inspiredby the jewelry box manyyoung girls have where theballerina pops up whenopened,completewithleo-tard,tutus,pinktights,andtiaras.Theteamperformsaroutinethatcombinesclas-sical ballet technique withprecisehighkicks. As head coach of thetop high-kick program inthe state for several yearsnow,JennyRaicheandher

coaching crew have had todig deep to keep the teamthere. “ithinkthereisalotofpressure on the top teamsto outdo themselves eachyear,” Raiche said. “Whilewe are constantly tryingtoevolveourstyleandim-prove our technique, mygoalistodoaroutinethatis substantially differentfromthepreviousyears.” Asacreativesport,thereare countless moves, cos-tumes, songs and talent todirect, and Eastview hasbeenastepahead. Senior captains KaitlynBrennanandKaitlynCraw-ford lead a hardworkingsenior class, according to

Raiche. Eastview also hasa talentedgroupofunder-classmen. “Thebalanceofthefourclasses on the varsity teamissomethingwehaven’thadinafewyears,”Raichesaid. Eastview’s continuedsuccess breeds new top-flightdancerseveryseason. “With thepopularityofdance team continuing togrowinourarea,iamcon-sistentlyseeingstrongertal-enttryingoutfortheteameach year,” Raiche said.“Our local dance studioscantakegreatcredit inde-velopingthesedancers.” The jazz tournamentpreliminariesarescheduledfor 4:10 p.m. Friday with

high kick at 3:50 p.m. onSaturday. The top teamsmoveontothefinalsintheevening. Eagan was third in thehigh kick and second injazz inSection3AAAwithperformances scheduledfor3:30p.m.onFridayand2:30p.m.onSaturday. Eagan jazz will performto “Glam,” a ChristinaAguileramix,andforhighkick the girls’ routine hasa dream theme, includ-ingbothsweetdreamsandnightmares. “The girls have workedall season for this,” coachNicole Lonetree Brovoldsaid. “We have great teamcamaraderie and the team

is a family. Early in theseasonthegirlssetcompet-inginbothcategoriesinthestate tournament as theirultimategoal.” Apple Valley will alsoparticipateinthestatehighkick tournament after fin-ishingrunner-upinthesec-tion.Theyarescheduledtoperform at approximately4:10 p.m. on Saturday.Burnsvillewasthirdinbothjazz and high kick in sec-tions,andissettoperformat2:30p.m.onbothFridayandSaturday.


by Mike ShaughnessyTHiSWEEKNEWSPAPERS

Bruce Anderson hasretired as Burnsville girlshockey coach, but whetheror not he is done with thesportremainstobeseen. Even he’s not sure. An-derson has been a hockeycoach for close to four de-cades, and it’s difficult tojustshutthatoff. “i’m pretty sure iwouldn’t come back as aheadcoach,”Andersonsaidlast weekend. “i’ve been ahead coach for the last sixyears,andit’salotofwork,alotoftimecommitment.” Anderson stepped downFeb. 10, two days after theBlaze lost 4-0 to Park ofCottage Grove in the Sec-tion 3AA quarterfinals. Heretired from his teachingposition at Burnsville HighSchool after the 2010-11year. Anderson said at thetime he retired from teach-ing, he envisioned himself coaching the girls hockeyteamforseveralmoreyears.Aboutamonthago,hesaidhe started wondering if itwastimetostepback. Herunsasummerhock-

ey camp with Eagan HighSchool boys coach MikeTaylor, and Anderson saidhe will work at the campnextsummer,if notlonger. Hemighttakenexthock-ey season off, but it’s alsopossiblehecouldbebehindabenchsomewhere. “When i called Tom(Osiecki, Anderson’s long-timecolleagueatBHS)andtold him i retired, he said,‘Takesometimeoff,butyoumightwanttoconsiderdo-ing what i’m doing,’ ” An-dersonsaid. Osiecki,aformerBurns-ville boys and girls headcoach, now is an assistantcoach with the LakevilleSouthgirlsprogram. “Tom said (being an as-sistantcoach)isagreatlife,withnowherenearthestressand responsibility that aheadcoachhas,”Andersonsaid. Anderson has been afixture in the Burnsvillehockey community since1975, when he came to thecommunity to teach andcoach.Previously,hetaughtandcoached inAnchorage,Alaska. Hebecameaboyshock-

ey assistant coach underOsiecki at a time when theprogram was about to takeoff. Osiecki started coach-ingatBurnsvillein1966. “By the time i camein 1975, the program wasgrowing,” Anderson said.“Burnsville grew big-timein the 1980s. We were oneof the largest schools inthe state, and numbers ob-viously help. Our Pee Weeand Bantam teams werecompetitive with the teamsfrom (Bloomington) Jeffer-sonandEdina.” Burnsville had a run offive consecutive state tour-nament appearances from1983 to 1987 and reachedthechampionshipgamefour

times in that span. Burns-villewonback-to-backstatechampionships in1985and1986,defeatingHill-Murrayinthetitlegamebothtimes. Andersoncoachedhock-eyfor35yearsinBurnsville,18 with the boys programandthelast17withthegirlsteam. He also is a formerhead boys and girls tenniscoachatthehighschool. He has been part of theBHS girls program since itwas established, first as anassistantcoachbeforeserv-ing as head coach the lastsixyears. Anderson recalled thatthe first Burnsville HighSchool girls hockey playerswerewelltrainedandeager

tolearn. “ThefirstyearTomandicoachedthegirlsteam,thesecondorthirddaywehadachalk talkafterpractice,”Andersonsaid. Teamswithmoreexperi-encedplayersmightconsid-er thatamundaneexercise,but“thegirlswereexcited,”Anderson added. “They’dnever had a chalk talk be-fore.” As head coach, Ander-son led Burnsville to statetournament appearances in2007 and 2010. Each timetheBlazewontheClassAAconsolation championship.Anderson was state ClassAA Coach of the Year in2007.

Eastview rebounds afterfirst loss of the season

Apple Valley, Eagan, Burnsville

all qualify for state dance

Anderson coached in boys,girls programs for 35 years

Lightning too much for Eagles

Eastview high-kick team goes for sixth state title in nine years

Longtime BHS hockey coach retires

PhotobyAndyRogers

Apple Valley’s Tyus Jones, No. 21, goes up for a shot against Eastview on Tuesday. Eastview won 85-75, completing a regular season sweep of Apple Valley.

PhotobyRickOrndorf

Burnsville’s Bruce Anderson retired from coaching after 35 years.

The VAA communitysoccerprogramisnowtak-ingregistrationsforsession1whichwillrunfromMay1-June30.it isopentoallkidsages4throughseventhgrade. The cost is $45 un-

til April 1 when it will in-creaseto$50.Toregisterorfor more information visitwww.valleyathletic.org/Soccer/Community/index.php.

Katie Supplee, daugh-ter of Scott and KrystyneSuppleeofEaganandase-nioratConventoftheVis-itationSchoolinMendota

Heights, will be attendingLuther College in Deco-rah,iowa,andplayingDi-visioniiivolleyball. Supplee was named

captain for the VisitationBlazers’ volleyball teamin 2011-12, and was teamMVPforherclub teamin2009-10and2010-11.

VAA soccer accepting registration Visitation student from Eagan signs with Luther

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pretty windy and chilly but it eventually turned out to be a pretty nice day. During the race, I just kept think-ing back to all the places I’ve been to over these past five years and how unreal it seemed to me that I’d soon be done with the last state. Didyouhavefamilytheretocheeryouon?Ifso,whatwastheirreactionorcelebra-tory? Yes, my husband, Mike, was there at the final finish line to give me a big hug and offer his congratulations. Over the past five years he has traveled with me to 22 states and always got me to the starting line on time (with a few close calls). He

would track me down sev-eral times during the race at various spots and give me moral support as well as food and drinks. One time he tried to give me hot soup, which I didn’t feel like drinking on the run, but it did taste great after the race! I was also grateful that my three children came with me to eight states and my two sisters came with to four states. What is the reaction youget from people when theyfind out that you have donethis? Most people are pretty shocked when they hear how many marathons I’ve done, and in such a relatively short period of time of five years. They often hear my story

and say they are inspired to get active themselves, which really makes me happy. What kinds of attributesdomarathonrunnersneedtopossess?Whatisyouradviceto someone who is consider-ingrunningmarathons? Most marathon runners I meet are pretty self-motivat-ed people who love a chal-lenge and are really dedicat-ed to the sport of running. If someone is thinking of run-ning a marathon my advice would be to first run a 5K or a 10K race, then move up to a half marathon to get a feel for how far those distances feel. One thing is for certain, that 26.2 miles is definitely not a short distance to cover whether running or walk-ing, so you want to make

sure you’re ready to tackle it by building up your training miles gradually and stay-ing healthy and injury free along the way. Runners talk about theproverbial “wall.” What isyour“wall?”Howdoyougetthroughit? I have hit the wall on many occasions, mostly due to hot weather and while running at high-altitude. To get through I’d just do what-ever I could to keep push-ing forward, whether that meant run/walking for a while or maybe commiserat-ing with another runner for a few miles to get my mind off my misery. Whatsurprisedyouaboutyour ability to run mara-thons?

What surprised me was how mentally tough I am. You can get really frustrated if a race isn’t going well, or if the weather was really bad, but somehow I just pushed through and made sure I got to that finish line every time. I’d just keep telling myself that I’ve done it before and I knew I could do it again. What has kept you moti-vatedtomaintainyourtrain-ingandrunningschedule? I had a large group of family and friends following me on this journey so I had no problem staying motivat-ed thanks to all their won-derful support and enthusi-asm. Plus, I love to workout so following a training and running schedule was fun for me, I never saw it as a

burden. What’snext? My new quest is to com-plete marathons in all 10 Canadian provinces over the next two years, starting with Vancouver in May. Then I also plan to tackle my first outdoor triathlon this sum-mer so I can test my abili-ties mastering three sports (swimming, biking, and running) in one event. My 50th birthday might be three months away but I’m not planning to stop challenging myself anytime soon!

Tad Johnson is at [email protected].

Runner/from1A

by Andy RogersTHIsWeeK NeWsPaPers

apple Valley is the top-ranked wrestling team in Minnesota and one of the top teams in the country yet again – ranked No. 3 nation-ally by Intermat wrestling. Loaded with a young roster, the eagles are itching for a team state title and as many individual medals as possible. The past two seasons have perhaps been apple Valley’s best yet with 14 individual champions in 2010 and 2011 combined to go with the eagles’ sixth straight and 19th total state team title. The first item on the to-do list is to win the section 3aaa meet Feb. 15 and 17. The section has been realigned with Hastings go-ing to section 1aaa. rose-mount appears to be apple Valley’s toughest competi-tion in the section. The Irish have spent time on the “Lean and Mean” list issued by the Guillotine, meaning they’re just out-side the top 10. The eagles defeated the Irish 49-18 on

Jan. 19, but neither team brought its top lineup. The Irish enter section 3aaa as the No. 2 seed behind apple Valley. The No. 5 seed went to Burnsville, No. 6 to eastview and No. 7 to eagan. “The kids have been do-ing everything asked of them and know that when the postseason starts ev-eryone starts with a clean record,” eagan head coach Chad Gage said. “Teams change greatly from the be-ginning of the season to the end. It all comes down to who wants it more.” While apple Valley is the favorite to win the section team title, the wrestlers will be challenged individually, yet no weight classes are conceding a spot at state after the individual section 3aaa meet on Feb. 24-25. several have a good chance. seth Gross, Dakota Trom, Mark Hall, Mason Manville, Brandon King-sley, Daniel Woiwor and Dayton racer are ranked No. 1 or spent a significant amount of time there in

their respective weight class-es. Trom and Kinglsey are going for their fourth gold medals and Hall is going for his second. Maolu Woiwar, shamar Williams, Ben sulli-van, Paul Cheney and Zach Martens are favored in their respective weight classes in the section as well. Wrestlers from rival south suburban Conference schools won’t make it easy. eastview’s Mitch rech-tzigel, the school’s all-time career winner with more than 150, could add a few more wins at the Xcel en-ergy Center at state. Team-mates BJ Groskreutz, Jacob rukavina and anthony Mu-nos have broken the 25-win mark this season. Burnsville’s Underhill brothers are both contend-ers in the lower weights. andy Underhill has proved to be one of the top wres-tlers in the state at 120 pounds and is going for his third straight state trip. Bill Underhill would like to join him, just like last sea-son, as one of the top wres-tlers at 106. Teammates Lucas Gros-

soeme, Jack O’Brien and alonso Quintana helped Burnsville enter the section playoffs with three straight conference duals victo-ries including wins against eagan, Lakeville south and eastview. For rosemount, section favorite Dan rosa along with steve Levine and adam Jackson all have legitimate state tournament chances. Jackson went home with a silver last season and would like to go out with a gold. eagan’s Mitch Johnson has proved to be one of the top wrestlers in the state at 220 pounds. He is currently 24-1 on the season with his only loss coming from a returning state champion. Johnson defeated the No. 1 and 3 guys at 220 in Class a and has key wins over the No. 6 and 9 guys in aaa. Wildcat wrestlers Colin sullivan, Mike rahmann, eric Clay, Luke Keller, Kevin Martinez and Colin Fisher have kept the team competitive in 2012. “The season could have gone a little better then the

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The eagan boys alpine ski team finished in fifth place at the state meet on Wednesday at Giants ridge in Biwabik. Tommy anderson was the top finisher for eagan, coming in sixth overall in the team competition and 12th overall with a time of 1 minute, 12.25 seconds after two runs. Teammate andrew Cumming wasn’t far behind at eighth in the team event and 14th overall, about a quarter second be-hind anderson. andrew Finnegan (22nd), ross Dembsky (32nd), Michael Hlas (35th) and Jesse anderson (40th) helped the Wildcats place fifth out of eight teams. It was the first time eagan qualified for the state alpine meet since 2003. The boys finished sec-ond behind stillwater at the section meet on Feb. 8. It was less than a ski length between second and third and only the top two qual-

ify. eagan finished with one more point at 402 ahead of east ridge’s 401. If one of their top four skiers were one place be-hind, it would have been a different story. Cumming finished in fourth place and Tommy anderson.

Burnsville takes eighth The Blaze girls alpine team skied to eighth as a team on Wednesday. Laura Garbe was the top placer coming in at 26th in the team competition. Toni Carlstrom (32nd), Michelle Korthauer (37th), Maddie roberts (39th), erica Lindsay (42nd) and Lizzie Drusch (47th) helped out as well.

Individuals eagan’s sally ander-son placed 21st overall and teammate Gina serantoni was 79th. Burnsville’s Tom Flickinger finished 42nd and rosemount’s andrew ahlberg came in 64th.


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StatePoint – For the more than 70 million Baby Boomers approaching re-tirement, the road to their financial goals has become much cloudier than for pre-vious generations. With benefits such as So-cial Security and employer pensions less certain, it is up to those approaching, or at, retirement, to choose the right strategy and informa-tion sources for making re-sponsible decisions. “Boomers are living lon-ger and more active lives and should consider tak-ing greater responsibility for the protection of their retirement savings so they don’t outlive their nest eggs,” says Holly Burgess, vice president of strategy and marketing communica-tions, Liberty Mutual. “It’s important to create a safe retirement savings strategy customized to your needs.” There are several things Boomers can do to help safeguard their retirement. Plan and Protect – Fo-cus on protecting your nest egg via conservative invest-ments. Start by asking what “safety” means to you. Are you seeking to pro-tect your principal from

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Senior Spotlight A new poll, conductedonbehalfoftheLong-TermCare Imperative, reveals anew reality: a majority ofMinnesotans (52 percent)have no plan for how theywill pay for their long-termhealthcareneeds. Whileindividualsarenotprepared, there is a strongfeelingthat thestateshouldbe, according to a releasefrom the Long-Term CareImperative,which isa legis-lativecollaborationbetweenAging Services of Minne-sota and Care Providers ofMinnesota, the state’s twolong-term care trade asso-ciations. According to the poll oflikely voters, 52 percent ofMinnesotans believe accessto long-term care is a rightofallMinnesotans. A majority also believethe state shouldprovideas-sistance to ensure personal

financesarenotabarriertoaccessingthecarenecessarytoagewithdignity. Thelackofpreparednessislikelynotlinkedtolackofawareness. More than half (57 per-cent)ofMinnesotansreportthey are or have been care-givers to aging loved ones– a number that increasesdramatically to 69 percentofwomenoverage50. “Thesenumbersarestrik-ingintherealitytheydepict.Minnesotansactascaregiv-ersforlovedoneswhiletheyare financially unpreparedfortheirownlong-termcareneeds,”saidGayleKvenvold,presidentandCEOofAgingServicesofMinnesota.“Weface a looming economiccrisisasourpopulationages.Nowis the time toadvancereal solutions that will pro-tect access and quality ofcare for all Minnesota se-

niorsandtheirfamilies.” Four of out of five peo-ple, age 65 and older, willneedlong-termcareintheirfuture,withanaveragecostof$48,000peryearandris-ing. Results from the pollshow that most Minneso-tanshavelittleornosavingsand are ill-prepared to payforthetruecostoftheirowncare. Less than one-fifth ofMinnesotanshavelong-termcareinsurance,andmostofthosewhodohaveinsuranceor a plan of some kind sayit will only cover the basicsandnotmuchmore. This enormous financialburdenforcesthree-quartersofMinnesotaseniorstorelyon the state to assist withpaying for their care andplaces a growing financialburden on the state and itslong-termcareprograms.

“These poll results showMinnesotans believe thataccess to quality long-termcare is a right, not a privi-lege,”PattiCullen,presidentand CEO of Care Provid-ersofMinnesota,said.“Wemust protect Minnesotans’righttodignifiedcarebyen-suringthatboth individualsand the state are preparedfortomorrow’sseniors.” Sixty-four percent ofthose polled said they arewillingtopaymoreintaxestoimproveservices. Additional poll findingsinclude: • 57 percent of Minne-sota’svotersarecurrently,orhave in the past been care-givers ThepollfoundthatMin-nesotans support many dif-ferentreformoptionstoim-prove quality and access tocare. • 75 percent support a

proposal to allow individu-als to cash in life insuranceinordertopayforlong-termcare. •73percentsupportpoli-cies that would encouragecompanies to offer long-termcareinsurance. • 85 percent supportincreasing funding for in-homeandcommunitybasedcare to make it easier forseniors to stay independentlonger. • 77 percent support in-creasingfundingfornursinghomes to improve overallquality. PollfindingsconfirmthatMinnesotans need bettertoolsand incentives toplanandpayfortheirownlong-term care, according to therelease. As the state’s populationages and baby boomers re-tire, Imperative officials sayit will not be possible for

taxpayerdollarstofundcarefor threequartersof theel-derly,asisthecasetoday. Investing in a robustmenuofoptionsforseniors— ranging from occasionalin-home services to assistedliving to nursing home —benefitsbothconsumersandthestate,theysay. Higher quality servicesdelivered in more efficientwayswillimproveoutcomesforseniorsandsavevaluabletaxpayer dollars, accordingtoImperativeofficials. Arandomsampleof600registered voters was polledinthetelephonesurveycon-ductedbyMomentumAnal-ysis,overathree-dayperiodin November 2011. Thissamplesizeyieldsresultsac-curateto±4.0percenttoallregisteredvotersinthestate.

StatePoint – With agecomeswisdom. Unfortunately, it alsocomes with an increasedthreatofdevelopingcertainhealthproblems. Prostatecancerandotherdiseases affect a dispropor-tionately large amount ofAmerican men. AccordingtotheProstateCancerFoun-dation,morethan16millionmenareaffectedbythedis-easeglobally,andAmericanmen represent nearly 2.5millionofthatfigure. Given these statistics,Americanmenshouldbees-pecially vigilant about theirhealth. With a few lifestyletweaks and attitude adjust-ments, older men can stayhealthyastheyage.

Eat right If you’ve eaten a par-ticular way your whole life,youmightfinditdifficulttochange. But cutting out thejunk in favor of fruits, veg-etables and whole grains iswell worth the effort. Notonly will you look and feelbetter, certain foods haveeven been proven to reduceyourriskofdevelopingdis-eases like prostate cancer,coronary heart disease anddiabetes. Opt for fish over redmeat.Evidencefromseveralstudiessuggeststhatfishcanhelpprotectagainstprostatecancer because it contains“good fat,” particularlyomega-3fattyacids. Choose olive oil overmargarine. While monoun-saturated fat found in oliveoil is beneficial to health,trans-fatty acids containedin margarine contribute toclogged arteries, high cho-lesterolandanincreasedrisk

Study finds majority of Minnesotans financially unprepared for long-term care needs

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Older men should consider adding exercise to their daily activities and be sure to have regular prostate cancer screenings.

ofstrokeandheartattack. Afreenutritionguideandtastyrecipesareavailableatwww.pcf.org/nutrition.

Stay active A sedentary lifestylecontributes to your risk ofobesity, heart disease andcancer. You don’t need tobecome a marathon run-ner, however, to experiencebenefits from a more activelifestyle.Startwithwhatyoucanhandle,likea20-minutewalkonceaday. If you have bad joints,consideralow-impactactiv-itylikeswimming.

Get checked While it’s always impor-tant to be open with yourphysicianaboutyourhealthandyourfamily’shealthhis-tory,startingatage40itbe-comescrucial.Theolderyouare, the more likely you areto be diagnosed with pros-tate cancer and other dis-eases. More than65percentofallprostatecancersarediag-nosedinmenovertheageof65,accordingtoPCF. Yourdoctorcanhelpyoudetermine your risk of de-veloping various diseases,andmakerecommendationsaccordingly. Regular doc-

tor’s visits are also an im-portantcomponentofearlydiagnosis. While these testsmay not be fun, they cansaveyourlife. If you have a history ofprostatecancerinyourfam-ily, consider a yearly rectalexaminationandaProstate-SpecificAntigenteststartinginyour40s,orevenearlierif yourdoctorrecommendsit. Broader awareness andunderstandingofthehealthrisks associated with agingcan save lives. So don’t shyaway from talking to yourfriends and family aboutyourhealth,andtheirs.

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PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PROPOSED CONDITIONAL USE PERMITIN THE CITY OF APPLE VALLEY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN t h a t t h ePlanning Commission of the City of AppleValley, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meetat the Municipal Center, 7100 West 147thStreet, on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as pos-sible. The purpose of the meeting is to holda public hearing on a proposed conditionaluse permit for a commercial exercise facil-ity in a “BP” (Business Park) zoning district.Said hearing relates to property located at14791 Energy Way and legally described asfollows:

Lot 2, Block 1, Knob Ridge 2nd AdditionNOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that these

proceedings are instituted by the petitioner,Sean A. Flaherty, CrossFit NorthStar, andthe property owner, GJPBM Investments,LLC. All interested parties will be given anopportunity to be heard at said time andplace.

DATED this 6th day of February, 2012./s/ Pamela J. GackstetterPamela J. Gackstetter, City Clerk

2910158 2/17/12

PUBLIC NOTICECITY OF APPLE VALLEY

ORDINANCE NO. 929AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF APPLEVALLEY, MINNESOTA, AMENDING TITLEIX CHAPTER 96 OF THE CITY CODEENTITLED “STREETS AND SIDEWALKS”BY AMENDING SECTION 96.01 REGU-LATING STREET LIGHTING; LOCATIONAND COSTSThe City Council of Apple Valley ordains:

Section 1. Chapter 96 of the Apple ValleyCity Code is hereby amended by changingSection 96.01(C)(4) to read as follows:

(4) The C ity C lerk sha l l prepare a b i l lbased on the adopted rate for each lot orparcel. The bill shall be issued on the sameperiodic schedule as that of the water andsewer billing. The bill may be added to thewater and sewer billing for each lot or par-cel benefitted by the street lighting system.The amount billed will thereupon becomeimmediately due and payable.

Section 2. Effective Date. This ordinanceshall take effect upon its passage and pub-lication.

PASSED this 9th day of February 2012. /s/ Mary Hamann-Roland, Mayor

ATTEST:/s/ Pamela J. Gackstetter, City Clerk2907412 2/17/12 PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGPROPOSED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT

IN THE CITY OF APPLE VALLEYNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

Planning Commission of the City of AppleValley, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meetat the Municipal Center, 7100-147th StreetW, on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at 7:00p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. Thepurpose of the meeting is to hold a publichear ing on a proposed condit iona l usepermit to allow for the outdoor use andstorage of propane tanks in zoning district“PD-254” (Planned Development). Saidhear ing rela tes to proper ty genera l lylocated southeast of the intersection ofCounty Road #42 and Galaxie Avenue, andlegally described as follows:

Lot 1, Block 1, U Haul Apple ValleyAddition, Dakota County Minnesota.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that theseproceedings are instituted by the petitionerof the hearing, U-Haul Moving and Storageof Apple Valley. All interested parties will begiven an opportunity to be heard at saidtime and place.

DATED this 10th day of February, 2012. /s/ Pamela J. Gackstetter

Pamela J. Gackstetter, City Clerk2910121 2/17/12

PUBLIC NOTICEINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

Rosemount-Apple Valley-EaganPublic Schools

Educating our students to reachtheir full potential

2012-13 CARPET AND OTHERFLOORING REPLACEMENT

Notice is hereby given that sealed bidswill be received for the 2012-13 Carpet andOther Flooring Replacement by Indepen-dent School District 196, at the District Ser-vice Center Annex (Facilities Department)located at 14445 D iamond Path West,Rosemount , MN 55068, unt i l 10 a .m.,March 15, 2012, at which time and placeb ids w i l l be pub l ic ly opened and readaloud.

Complete instructions on how to obtainB idding Documen ts can be found a t :http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm.

If you should have any questions regard-ing this bid you may contact the FacilitiesDepartment at(651) 423-7706.

Joel Albright, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

2909870 2/17-2/24/12

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Spring craft show set March 17 The annual RosemountHigh School spring craftsalewillbeheld9a.m.to4p.m.Saturday,March17.

Learn how to start your own business Learn what it takes tolaunch and grow a smallbusiness with free classesoffered by WomenVentureand Dakota County Li-brary. •“HowtoWriteaBusi-nessPlan”willprovide tipson planning a practicalbusiness model. Tuesday,March 6 and 13, 6:30 to 8p.m., Burnhaven Library,1101 W. County Rd. 42,Burnsville. •“HowtoFinanceYourBusiness” will teach strate-giesforgettingmoneyfromthe right sources. Monday,April2and9,1:30to3p.m.,Wentworth Library, 199 E.Wentworth Ave., West St.Paul. •“HowtoGetaLenderto Say Yes” will demon-stratewhatmakesaneffec-tivebusinessloanproposal.Tuesday,April24andMay1,6:30to8p.m.,Farming-ton Library, 508 Third St.,Farmington. Registration and atten-dance at both sessions isrequired. For more infor-mation or to register, visitwww.dakotacounty.us/li-braryorcall(651)450-2900.

Organizations receive grants Two Dakota County or-ganizationsareamongthe59recipientsofMinnesotaHis-toricalandCulturalHeritageGrantsforfiscalyear2012. The Dakota County His-torical Society received a$33,172 grant for “GoingDigital: Converting DCHSOral History and Film Col-lectiontoDigitalFiles.” The Minnesota Genea-logical Society received an$11,000 grant for microfilmreader/scanners.

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Valley Middle School eighth-graders, from left, Brett Levac, Brett Havens, Kyle Steinberg and Moti Begna have been selected to perform in the Minnesota Jazz Educators Association Mid-Level Honors Jazz Ensemble. The ensemble will perform at the Minnesota Music Educators Association Mid-Winter Clinic on Feb. 17 at the Minneapolis Convention Center.

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after working nearly a decade for Mendota heights-based hollstadt and associates, Jim Jung-bauer has acquired the man-agement consulting firm with his wife, Molly. The white Bear Lake couple took the plunge into ownership Feb. 1 upon hear-ing the firm’s founder and CeO, rachel hollstadt of Burnsville, intended to re-tire. “i believe in the firm and in its people,” Jim said, when asked why he and Molly were interested in acquiring the company. Jim has served as the firm’s president for the past three years, a role he will continue to have as owner. he previously worked with-in management at hollstadt and associates for five years. Jim, who has a master’s of business administration from the University of st. Thomas, has spent nearly three decades in the indus-try. prior to joining the firm he spent nearly 20 years in various roles at large con-sulting and financial firms. Molly, now the firm’s chief financial officer, worked in public accounting for 12 years after earning a

bachelor’s from the Univer-sity of Minnesota. she was then hired by the Minnesota wild hockey Club as a con-troller. she had been interested in becoming her own boss for a while, and jumped at the opportunity to acquire hollstadt and associates. The news came as a delight to hollstadt, who hoped to retain strong female roles in the firm. “That sealed the deal,” hollstadt said. “she brings tremendous financial experi-ence and Jim has great lead-ership skills.” The couple said they plan to keep the firm on the course set up by hollstadt. Over the past two de-cades, hollstadt has grown the firm into a thriving busi-ness with 185 employees and more than $30 million in an-nual revenue.

“we plan to continue to focus on what we do well and expect great growth,” Jim said. They also plan to main-tain the firm’s history of being an equal opportunity employer with several fe-male leaders. “we want to continue to abide by the core values and integrity of the firm,” said Molly, who is the majority owner. so far, the couple say they have encountered few challenges as they settle into their new roles. “it can be hard to buy a business from a founder, but rachel and i have had a very open and honest relation-ship for years, which made thing easier when Molly came on board,” Jim said. Jessica Harper is at [email protected].

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Longtime employee Jim Jungbauer and his wife, Molly, acquired Hollstadt and Associates from Rachel Hollstadt earlier this month.


after spending two de-cades building a thriving consulting firm from the ground up, rachel holl-stadt retired as CeO and owner of hollstadt and associates in Mendota heights. “i seems to be the right time,” the 63-year-old Burnsville resident said of her decision to step down. “i know it will be in good hands.” The firm was sold to longtime hollstadt and associates employee Jim Jungbauer and his wife, Molly. Jim Jungbauer has served as the firm’s presi-dent for three years. Before that, he served for five years in various management roles at holl-stadt and associates. as insiders, the Jung-bauers were able to easily move into their new roles and adapt to other recent changes within the firm. prior to hollstadt’s re-tirement, longtime Chief Financial Officer amy Jensen retired after several decades with hollstadt and associates. Then the com-pany’s senior vice presi-dent, Nancy Quinnell of Lakeville, died earlier this month of breast cancer. Quinnell had been an in-tegral member of the firm,

h o l l s t a d t said. Quinnell was named an excep-tional Busi-nes swoman in 2011 by the Dakota County Tri-

bune for her contributions at hollstadt and associ-ates and in the surrounding community. hollstadt launched the management consulting firm in the basement of her Lakeville home in 1990 after spending the prior de-cade working for Donald-son Corp. inc. and North-west airlines. several years later, the firm moved to Burns-ville, where it maintained a headquarters for 17 years. hollstadt moved the headquarters last year to Mendota heights, where it remains today. Over the past 22 years, the company has translat-ed its business success into leading civic and charitable roles. The firm helps large companies with project-based work by bringing in seasoned project managers and business analysts in both technical and general business functions. hollstadt and associ-ates has 20 office employ-

ees and a total work force, including consultants, of 185. Clients have included eagan-based Northwest airlines, Blue Cross and Blue shield and the Uni-versity of Minnesota. hollstadt began ceding much of the day-to-day oversight of the company to her executive team as she prepared for retirement. Until she stepped down, hollstadt remained heavily involved in guiding strate-gic direction, establishing processes and performance metrics, managing corpo-rate marketing and public relations, guiding the com-pany’s charitable initiatives and maintaining key client relationships. Unlike many other busi-nesses across the globe, the company was prepared for the economic downturn. The firm began tweak-ing its business model two years prior to the recession, after taking the advice of an economist, who in 2001 predicted some kind of downturn in the near fu-ture. it was these keen leader-ship skills that made holl-stadt a role model for her employees, Jungbauer said. “rachel is very iconic in the industry,” he said. “it was great having her as a leader. she kept her values

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Arthouse fare is fine, but know that the Shamrock Film Festival accepts submissions in all genres. Pistol-packing, tough-jawed action-adventure films – such as “The Underground” (above) – are always welcome.

Calling all filmmakers Rosemount’s Shamrock Film Festival accepting entries until Feb. 27

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if you’ve ever dreamed of dressing your friends up like zombies and filming the ensuing mock apoca-lyptic carnage, the time is now. short films of all stripes are now being accepted for the rosemount area arts Council’s fourth annual shamrock Film Festival. This year’s festival, set for March 10 at the steeple Center in rosemount, in-cludes categories for ama-teur and professional films, local and foreign films, and movies by youths 15 and under. There will also be a Peo-ple’s Choice award handed

out, along with a Best of rosemount award pro-vided there are at least five entries from rosemount residents. Prizes for win-ning films include money, movie tickets and filmmak-er memberships. The judging will be done by local filmmak-ing professionals, and the judges will be present at the Best of show ceremony to give feedback on their top choices and present the awards. The festival has been gathering momentum since its inception in 2008 when it was held at the rose-mount Community Center as part of the annual rose-mount Leprechaun Days

celebration. Last year’s event saw the festival’s first foreign film entry, a Canadian short titled “My Father Joe,” as well as a presentation by Jason Davis of “On the road” fame, who showed snippets from his docu-mentary-style work. “entries were longer and the quality of the films was even better last year,” said festival chair Beth ad-ams. “we had such a nice variety of ages and films from Minnesota it proved that this is an art form that is appreciated by many.” New this year will be one or two screening nights at the robert Trail Library prior to the festival, ad-

ams said. The screening nights will be a mix of top films from the last three years, along with sneak peeks of official selections for this year’s event. The deadline for entries to this year’s festival is Feb. 27, with a $30 submission fee for short films (10-44 minutes) and a $25 fee for short shorts (under 10 min-utes). information about film submissions and tickets for the festival can be found at www.shamrockfilmfest.com.

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

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Velvet Tones, a senior adult community chorus, will present its annual Spring Festival of Music at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 4, at Eastview High School, 6200 W. 140th St., Apple Valley. The Westview Elementary Da Capo choir and the Dragonfly ensemble will also perform. Twin Cities broadcast journalist Stan Turner will serve as master of ceremonies. The free performance will include American Sign Language interpreters. For more information, call (952) 432-1081, visit www.velvettones.org or email [email protected].

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The WolfGang, seven Twin Cities musicians who specialize in baroque and classical music, will open the fifth season of Chamber Music Coffee Concerts at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Tickets for the 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, event are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and are available at the arts center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., or by calling (952) 985-4640. The Coffee Concerts are held in a casual cabaret setting with complimentary Caribou coffee and refreshments; the series continues March 18 with a performance by The Vecchione/Erdahl Duo, featuring Rolf Erdahl (bass) and Carrie Vecchione (oboe), the Apple Valley husband-and-wife team who’ve organized the concerts.

Dance auditions for ‘Wizard of Oz’ ballet Dance auditions for “wizard of Oz – The Bal-

let” will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. sunday, Feb. 26, at Bal-let royale Minnesota, 16233 kenyon ave., suite 100, Lakeville. intermediate and ad-

vanced modern dancers age 14 and older can audition. a mandatory parent meeting for dancers under 18 will be held following the audition. Performances will be May

11-13 at the Burnsville Per-forming arts Center. No pre-registration is re-quired. For more informa-tion, contact [email protected] or (952) 452-3163.

U.S. Navy Band presents free concert The U.s. Navy Band will present a free concert at 7 p.m. on March 19 at the Burnsville Performing arts Center, 12600 Nicollet ave., Burnsville. This special performance is part of the band’s national tour. it performs frequently at the white house and the U.s. Capitol building, and has participated in 21 presi-dential inaugurals. The concert is free, but tickets are required. Tickets are available for pick up in person at the box office be-ginning at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 17. Tickets are limited to four per person and are based on availability. Box office hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. saturday. Call (952) 895-4680 for more in-formation.

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it seems there is a lot more to bagging groceries than simply putting items in a bag. and one eagan na-tive proved this week he is among the best. Blake westling, an eagan high school graduate, took second place Feb. 13 in the National Best Bagger Com-petition in Las Vegas, after finishing first in the state-wide tournament. as the second place win-ner, westling, who has his eyes set on medical school, took home a $5,000 prize. “it was very nerve wrack-ing,” westling said. “we practiced for months and i gave it my all in the compe-tition.” The 20-year-old start-ed working part-time at Byerly’s in eagan at age 15, and continues to work there during breaks from his studies at the University of wisconsin-La Crosse. By representing the eagan Byerly’s at the na-tional competition, westling said, he feels he was able to

repay the store that not only provided him a job, but also a college scholarship. westling has previously won the store’s competition, but this is his first time at the national level. The con-test is sponsored by the Na-tional Grocers association and judges baggers on their speed, technique, style, at-titude, and how evenly they distribute weight among three bags. “i think of it as being like Tetris in that i have to make sure all the pieces cor-

rectly fit together,” westling said. westling practiced for months. he even practiced blindfolded and in 90 degree heat last august to prepare for all possible variables. The best part about each competition is building ca-maraderie, westling said. This is the second time an eagan Byerly’s bagger has qualified for the nation-al competition. Jessica Harper is at [email protected].

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Eagan native Blake Westling took home the second place prize of $5,000 at the National Best Bagger Competition in Las Vegas. Westling qualified for the national tournament after earning first place in the statewide competition at the Mall of America.

all the way through.” The successes of holl-stadt and her firm have been recognized numerous times in recent years. hollstadt and associates was ranked ninth among the largest consulting firms in the Twin Cities area by the Minneapolis-st. paul Busi-ness Journal in 2009. holl-stadt was named an excep-tional Businesswoman in 2010 by the Dakota County Tribune for her work at the firm and within the commu-nity. hollstadt has been in-strumental in the firm’s wide philanthropic reach. The company has re-ceived multiple spirit of Caring awards from 360 Communities, formerly known as Community ac-tion Council, for donations of more than $30,000. holl-stadt and her husband have

also received multiple spirit of Caring awards for their donations. she founded art with heart, an annual art show fundraiser for 360 Com-munities, which has raised more than $70,000. she is an active supporter of 360’s B. robert Lewis house, a shel-ter for women and children. her company participates annually in 360’s armful of Love holiday program. hollstadt and associ-ates’ dedication to the com-munity and business ethics were recognized in 2007, when the company was awarded the Minnesota Business ethics award by the Center for ethical Busi-ness Cultures and the soci-ety for Financial services professionals. a lover of birds and na-ture, hollstadt is a found-ing member of the board of the University of rap-tor Center. she’s a founding

member of the annual rap-tor Bowl, a lawn bowling event that has raised nearly $130,000 for the raptor Center. she also serves on the national advisory board for the new business school at her alma mater, Concordia College in Moorhead. and, in keeping with her northwestern Minnesota farm roots, hollstadt con-tinues to volunteer at the annual western Minnesota steam Threshers reunion, a major regional event started by her family in the 1950s. Though she is retired, hollstadt hasn’t cut all ties to the firm. she will remain as a consultant at hollstadt and associates on an as-needed basis. “it’s nice to still have that connection,” she said. Jessica Harper is at [email protected].

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A man who allegedlyused an Apple Valley ho-tel’shallwayasa toiletwasticketed for public urina-tionandarrestedonanout-standingwarrant. Police say the 23-year-oldEaganmanwas intoxi-cated when he urinated inthe third-floor hallway ofthe GrandStay Hotel, 7083153rd St. W., just before 1p.m.Sunday,Feb.5. Themanwasnotaregis-teredguestat thehotelbut

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theywerelookingforwasn’tintheroom,butgavethempermissiontosearch. Inside the room, policefoundthesuspecthidinginthebathroom. Officersissuedthemanacitationforpublicurinationas well as a trespass noticebarringhimfromthehotel.He was arrested and jailedon an outstanding Hen-nepin County warrant forDWI.

—Andrew Miller

An unhappy clerk atBurlington Coat Factoryin Apple Valley spent hisfinaldaysonthejoblettingcustomers leave the storewithout paying for theirmerchandise, according topolice. The Apple Valley policereport describes Charles E.Scott,27,asa“disgruntledemployee” who was con-vinced he was going to befired. Store surveillance foot-agefromSeptemberoflast

yearallegedlyshowsseveralincidents in which custom-ers presented large quan-tities of merchandise atScott’sregisterandthenleftwithout paying after Scottbaggedtheiritems. A manager of the storeat7575153rdSt.W.report-ed to police that Scott hadpassed about $1,300 worthofmerchandiseathisregis-terwithouttakingpayment. Scott did not know anyof the customers who leftthe store with unpaid-for

goods,accordingtopolice. Atthetimethemanagerreportedtheincidents,Scotthadnotshownupforworkinseveraldays,thecriminalcomplaintsaid. Scott, of Minneapo-lis, was charged in DakotaCounty District Court thismonth with one count offelonytheft. If convicted, he facesa maximum penalty offive years in prison and a$10,000fine.

—Andrew Miller

record shows,” Gage said.“Wehadalotofclosedualsthisyearwithalotofgoodteams.Aboutfourorfiveofthosedualscouldhavegoneeitherway.” They’llalllikelycompetewith someone from AppleValley.ThetoptwowrestlersineachweightclassmoveontostateinMarch.


by Andrew MillerTHISWEEkNEWSPAPErS

The easy manner MikeEliason has around highschool students probablystemsfromallthehourshe’slogged–inandoutofuni-form. A 22-year veteran ofApple Valley’s police force,Mike Eliason has spent 17ofthoseyearsatAppleVal-ley High School as the po-liceliaisonofficer. The real work, he says,beginsafterschool. In addition to his lawenforcementduties,Eliasonhas served as coordinatorof the school’s intramuralsports program and as anadvisor to the role Mod-els Club. And for the last15 years he’s been a promchaperoneattheschool. “Where you really getto know the kids is at theevents,notintheday-to-dayactivitiesasmuch,”Eliasonsaid. “Getting to them ontheir time is when they’remost relaxed and will talk

to you and get to knowyou.” All the work he’s put inhasn’tgoneunnoticed.Elia-sonwasrecentlynamedthe2011 Minnesota JuvenileOfficer of the Year by thestate’s juvenileofficerasso-ciation. The Apple Valley CityCouncilheldaceremonyatitsmeetinglastweekrecog-nizing Eliason’s receptionoftheaward. “You are a shining ex-ample of what’s best inthe world,” Mayor MaryHamann-roland told Elia-son.“Youcan’tdoanythingfiner than be a good rolemodelforchildren.…We’reproud that you’re one ofourfinest.” Eliasonattendedthecer-emonyatCityHallwithhiswife, karen. The couple’sthreecollege-agesonsallat-tended school in the rose-mount-Apple Valley-Eagandistrict. Eliason admitted thatwhen working with high

school students, it helps tobeabletothink likeahighschoolstudent. “I’ve heard that (aboutEliason) from teachers atthe high school,” CouncilMember Tom Goodwinsaid.“Theysayhe’soneofthem, he can talk to thesekids.”

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

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Mike Eliason, liaison to Apple Valley High,named state Juvenile Officer of the Year

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by Tad JohnsonTHISWEEkNEWSPAPErS

MGM Liquor Ware-houseinrosemountplansto move from its currentlocationtothespaceonceoccupied by Shenanigan’sLiquor. MGMearnedapprovalof a liquor license for itsfuture locationduringtheCity Council’s Monday,Feb. 6, meeting when op-eratorssaidtheywouldre-linquish the license at thecurrent location in rose-mountCrossing. “We are pretty excitedaboutthat,”MGMopera-tor Mike Maglich said ofthemove. Hesaidthenew, largerspace will allow the busi-ness to expand its offer-ingscontainedinitscooleralong with having more

specialty products andwine. Healsosaidthenewlo-cationwillbebetter. rosemount Crossing,which is located at thenorthwestcornerofHigh-way 3 and County road42, has had a number oftenants come and go inrecent years, not unlikeMGM’s future home atCeltic Crossing, south ofCountyroad42andwestofCrestoneAvenue. But Celtic Crossing ishome to a different kindof commercial intensitywith a huge draw beingCub Foods, which alsopresentsMGM’smostfor-midablecompetition. The new location willbeastone’sthrowfromthemost recent liquor storeaddition to rosemount –

CubLiquor,whichsharesa common wall with thegrocery store but has aseparateentrance. Shenanigan’s owner-ship cited the competi-tion from the Cub storeas one of the reasons itclosedDec.31,2011,after35yearsinbusinessundertwo different names andthreeowners. Maglich, who runs therosemount MGM withTerrance Maglich, saidthebusiness’leaseatrose-mount Crossing will ex-pire when they completethemove. MGM’s license will re-quirefinalapprovalbytheMinnesotaDepartmentofPublicSafety.

Tad Johnson is at [email protected].

per was renamed the Sun-Current to reflect one ofits merger partners, SunNewspapers. Today, Thisweek pub-lishes the Dakota CountyTribune and three editionsof Thisweek: Lakeville-Farmington, Burnsville-Eagan and Apple Valley-rosemount. Thisweek’stotal circulation is about60,000.

The Sun Current hasbeen distributing a similarnumber of papers in twoeditions: Burnsville-Lakev-ille and Eagan-Apple Val-ley-rosemount. Minnesota Sun News-papershasawidefootprintacross the metropolitanareaandbeyond.Afterthemerger between ThisweekandtheSun-Current,Min-nesota Sun will publish 30newspapers and two shop-pers.

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