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Seifert is board’s choice The ECM Editorial Board has endorsed Marshall’s Marty Seifert in the Republican gubernatorial primary.

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Superheroes with quirksExpressions Community Theater presents the stage comedy “Insane With Power” at the Lakeville Area Arts Center.

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Friends in time of needLakeville firefighters join together in a different kind of battle.

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Sale pending for Lakeville VFW building Metro Equity owner considering development plans for downtown block

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK

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Lakeville VFW mem-bers are packing up 50 years of history in prepa-ration for a pending sale of the bar and restaurant is has operated in down-town since 1919. VFW Post 210 Cmdr. Randy Pronschinske said the VFW bar and restau-rant’s last day in opera-tion is Aug. 1, and they expect to close the sale within weeks. The buyer, Mark Hot-zler, owner of Metro Equity Management, said once the purchase is complete, he will own the entire block except for Dairy Delite, an iconic 1950s-style standalone

diner. He said he is in contact with Dairy Delite owner former Minnesota Vi-king and current Dakota County Commissioner Paul Krause about its po-tential purchase, but they have not agreed to a price or terms of sale. Hotzler said he is con-sidering long-term op-tions for development of the entire area, which may include remodeling buildings, or in the long-term, rebuilding the en-tire block. He said he is consid-ering an Italian restau-rant or event center for the VFW building and is investigating different

After 50 years in business, the Lakeville VFW Post 210 will get out of the bar and restaurant business. Friday is its

last day open, and the sale is expected to be completed within weeks. The VFW membership will move to the

Heritage Center and continue its work of helping veterans and

community involvement. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Lakeville Chamber hires new president, membership director

Tim Roche led Twin Cities North Chamber by Laura Adelmann

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After a national search, a Lakeville busi-nessman with years of experience leading a business organiza-tion has been tapped as the new Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Vis-itors Bureau president. Tim Roche, who led the Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce as president and CEO for six years, will start in Lakeville on Monday, Aug. 4. He replaces Todd Bornhauser in the lead-ership role he held for 14 years, and resigned from in June to seek other op-portunities. Roche, a 10-year resi-dent of the city, said he is excited to start in the new position. “Living in the com-munity will provide me the opportunity to have a deeper knowledge of the

business base in the area, and will allow me to shop more locally at Chamber member businesses and attend more community events,” Roche said. Lakeville Chamber President Bob Curtis said they received about 15-20 applicants from around the nation, in-cluding Florida, Mis-souri and California and interviewed six appli-cants. Curtis said the three who went through sec-ond interviews were ex-cellent candidates, but Roche stood out because of his calm demeanor, experience, Lakeville residency and success-

Tim Roche Penny Zurn

A woman’s life reconstructed

Lakeville woman’s comeback after a devastating crash



Kristin Sanders has no memory of the 2011 head-on crash that for-ever changed her life. The Lakeville mother, chief financial officer and fitness instructor said she remembers nothing of dying or being revived upon arriving at Regions Hospital. She tells of the acci-dent by others’ accounts, including that of a silent film recorded by a traffic camera. Waking from the in-duced coma 18 days into her seven-week hospital stay, Sanders’ first recol-lection is of confusion, fear and pain that seared through her body, head to toe. It was relentlessly con-stant and alive despite narcotics that felt about

as effective as baby aspi-rin. “I remember the first time after waking up and being wheeled to an x-ray,” Sanders wrote in an account detailing her recovery. “Every little bump I would wince in pain and would just sit

there and cry because you feel so helpless. I remember feeling very, very alone even though there were people around me. I did not want to see anyone. At that point just wanted to die. I couldn’t stand the pain anymore and thought seriously,

this is what I was saved for?” Wearing a halo, a vest connected to a large met-al brace that was drilled into her head with four screws a couple inches long, hooked up to ma-chines and a tube down her throat, she felt a

surge of emotions she was unable to verbally express. “Because I couldn’t feel certain things in my body, I was scared be-yond belief,” Sanders said.

About a year after the car accident that killed her, Sanders had the words “I won’t give up” tattooed on her back. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Kristin Sanders

Lakeville drops legal claims against Charter Communications

Charter disagrees with dismissal, seeks to continue case



After years of legal wrangling, Lakeville has dropped its countersuit against Charter Commu-nications, but the cable company wants to contin-ue seeking court opinion on the matter. At issue is whether Charter violated its fran-chise agreement with Lakeville by failing to col-lect on behalf of the city educational and govern-mental (EG) fees speci-fied in the contract. Charter says the city deferred implementation of the fees, but Lakeville claims it was discussed but never officially acted upon. The contract language was not changed to elimi-nate the monthly 50-cent per-subscriber fees, which Lakeville at one time calculated amounted to

about $1 million, includ-ing interest. U.S. District Court Judge Richard H. Kyle judge heard the case June 23, and encouraged the parties to settle the matter out of court, according to court documents. Without public com-ment, the Lakeville City Council passed a resolu-tion July 21 to withdraw with prejudice (meaning it can never be filed again) its Dec. 2, 2013, find-ings of fact and decision against Charter Commu-nications. The action ef-fectively drops Lakeville’s countersuit against Char-ter. Lakeville requested the matter be dismissed “to help the parties move for-ward,” according to a July 22 court memorandum filled by attorneys repre-senting Lakeville.

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Meet the new Chamber members Several opportuni-ties are upcoming to meet the new Lake-ville Area Chamber of Commerce staff members: Morning Business Brew: 7:30-8:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, at Provincial Bank, 20280 Iberia Avenue, Lakeville. General Member-ship Luncheon on Wednesday, Aug. 27, at Chart House Res-taurant & Event Cen-ter, 11287 Klamath Trail, Lakeville. Registration starts at 11:30 a.m. and the event will include the State of the Chamber Address and events updates.

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OPINION

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Lakeville police carry on with golf fundraiserEvent held in memory of sergeant

Brigham Strole by Laura Adelmann


Lakeville police Sgt. Brigham Strole, a revered K-9 officer known for self-less dedication, left a legacy that the department where he served for 20 years is en-suring will be carried on. Department members are organizing the fourth annual Lakeville High School Scholarship Tour-nament 4-Person Scramble in honor of Strole, who died in a 2010 off-duty mo-torcycle accident near his Lakeville home. The Sept. 20 fundraiser will be held at Crystal Lake Golf Club, 16725 Inns-brook Drive in Lakeville, with registration beginning at 12:30 p.m. and a 1:30 p.m. tee-off. Pre-registration forms are available at the city’s Facebook page at www.f a c eb o o k . c o m / p ag e s /

City-of-Lakeville-Min-nesota-Police-Depart-ment/441903875881841 or through the email [email protected], where completed forms can also be sent in. Featured at the event is a contest for the longest drive, longest putt and clos-est-to-the-pin challenge. The cost is $80 per play-er or $320 per team for 18 holes of golf, golf cart rent-al, dinner and a chance to win raffle prizes. A portion of the event’s proceeds will go toward scholarships at both Lakeville high schools for students pursuing criminal justice careers. Lakeville police Lt. Jason Polinski initiated the idea of a golf tourna-ment memorial scholar-ship fundraiser and ran it himself for the first couple years until some fellow of-ficers stepped forward to help organize it. Polinski said he cre-ated the event to carry on Strole’s name and beliefs as a training officer who built a reputation as a mentor

Brigham Strole with his K-9, Blue. (File photo)

TOURNAMENT DETAILS Registration for the fourth annual Lakeville High School Scholarship Tournament Four Person Scramble in memory of Lakeville police Sgt. Brigham Strole will be held at Crystal Lake Golf Course on Saturday, Sept. 20. Pre-registration is required. Cost: $80 per player or $320 per team. Registration forms are avail-able on the city’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/City-of-Lakeville or by email at [email protected], where completed forms can also be sent. A portion of proceeds will fund scholarships in honor of Strole at both Lakeville high schools for students pursuing criminal justice careers.

invested in helping to en-courage and shape the next generation. He described Strole as dedicated to helping new officers understand law en-forcement, in part by exem-plifying what it means to serve in the profession. “He was a police offi-cer through and through,” Polinski wrote in an email to this newspaper. “Ev-erything he attempted, he wanted to set the bar — from shooting to K-9 to training in new officers — he had high standards for himself and those he trained.” Strole and his German shepherd partner, Blue, were among the top K-9 teams in the United States, rising to 13th place in na-tional rankings.

Lakeville police Offi-cer Andy Hentges said the event has proven successful and is growing. He said it started with a $1,000 scholarship for each school, and last year, raised $10,000 in scholarship money, made possible in part by substantial dona-tions from Lennar Homes and Belzer’s automotive dealership. Polinski said Strole’s influence is still felt in the department. “I learned a lot from him,” Polinski said. “He is missed, but the teachings he gave to a lot of us ‘older’ officers are still witnessed every day by the way LPD handles business.” Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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Campaign 2014 begins: Candidate filing period opens in stateLocal incumbents, newcomers step up for election consideration



Election filing opened Tuesday, signaling the of-ficial start of the 2014 po-litical season.

Lakeville Area School Board Member Jim Skel-ly filed for re-election to the board right away, as did fellow School Board Member Michelle Volk, who last week announced her intention to run. Lakeville business owner Jackie Craig an-nounced she would run for the School Board in June, but as of Wednesday had not filed. Attorney Mark

Priore, who recently an-nounced he would seek a School Board seat and is endorsed by Chair Roz Peterson, registered for the election on the first day fil-ing opened. Peterson, a Republican, filed for a re-match against incumbent Democrat Will Morgan for Minnesota House District 56B. The race is also on be-tween Republican Jon

Koznick and DFLer Amy Willingham who both filed to run for the House 58A seat. The position was long held by Republican Mary Liz Holberg, who is stepping down to run for the Dakota County Board of Commissioners seat that opened after Com-missioner Paul Krause announced his retirement this spring. Also running for the

open seat is Chuck Hal-berg, a former state sena-tor and representative who represented Lakeville in the 1970s and 1980s. Lakeville Mayor Matt Little has announced he will seek re-election to the office, but as of Wednes-day had not filed. A recent law school graduate, Little was taking the Minnesota State Bar Exam this week.

Lakeville School Board Member Bob Erickson re-cently confirmed he is con-sidering challenging Little for mayor, but the former Lakeville city administra-tor also had not filed by press time Wednesday. A political newcomer, Ronald Robinson, filed Tuesday to run for an open Lakeville City Coun-

Buzzing together to support their own in cancer fightLakeville

Firefighters unite to show support by Laura Adelmann


Lakeville’s Amanda Miskimen, 20, has an army of support as she faces the biggest battle of her life. Swelling in her neck ev-

eryone assumed would be an allergic reaction turned out to be a diagnosis of Stage 2 Hodgkins lympho-ma on July 16. She is slated for about six months of chemo-therapy followed by ra-diation. Anticipating the treatment’s side effects, Amanda decided to shave her head. In a quickly organized

demonstration of soli-darity, so did dozens of Lakeville firefighters and family members at a July 28 “Neighborhood Night” they hold annually for neighbors who provide them treats during train-ing nights. Amanda is the only child for Staci and Paul Miskimen, a member of the volunteer Lakeville

Fire Department since 2005 who is now acting lieutenant at Fire Station 2. Firefighters from mul-tiple stations have joined in shaving their heads, delivered the family meals and are selling “Amanda’s Army” bracelets for $5 each to help the family fi-nancially. Staci Miskimen said

the outpouring of support has encouraged the entire family. “We didn’t ask for any of this,” Staci said. “I don’t know if they under-stand how much we appre-ciate it. I don’t think there are words to say thank you enough.” Amanda, a church vol-unteer who actively seeks to help others, said she

was honored by the fire-fighters’ actions and sup-port. “It’s amazing to have that big of a support sys-tem,” she said. Donations are being accepted by calling the Lakeville Fire Department at 952-985-4700.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Lakeville firefighters shaved their heads in an act of unity and support for Amanda Miskimon, who shaved her head before undergoing months of chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Amanda, wearing a black tank top in the back row on left, is standing between her parents, Staci and Paul Miskimon. Paul has served as a firefighter since 2005. (Photo submitted)

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Little leads by example To the editor: There is a surpris-ing and happy trend oc-curring across Minne-sota, including here in Lakeville. Leaders who represent a new genera-tion have stepped for-ward with progressive, creative, and accessible plans to improve infra-structure, safety, and economic growth in their communities. Mayor Matt Little, who is seek-

ing re-election this fall, is one of these leaders. Similar to Shakopee and Duluth, where the mayors have also opened the doors to full-access communications, Little has embraced and wisely utilized social media – the basic public relations platform for successful businesses worldwide – to promote the city he serves, and to solicit feedback from his con-stituency. His “Open Of-fice Hours” at City Hall have ushered in a new

era of transparency to Lakeville city govern-ment. Thanks to coop-erative strategic plan-ning efforts with other Lakeville city leaders, Little’s administration has fostered an amaz-ing amount of hous-ing growth in Lakeville. As new families move in, seeking goods and services close to home, business growth is also picking up. Little’s focus on downtown revitaliza-tion is a vision that maps

directly to what our new residents are seeking. Akin to similarly situated communities, public safety, including enhancements to police department resources and a clear focus on in-frastructure needs across the city, Lakeville resi-dents are seeing growth and renewal as a result of these efforts – all a part of Little’s vision for his hometown. The formula Little shares with his mayoral peers in these Minnesota hometown cities is work-ing, and I encourage Lakeville voters to re-elect Mayor Matt Little.

KRISTOFER PIERSONLakeville

Support Seifert To the editor: In the upcoming Re-publican gubernatorial primary I will be sup-

porting Marty Seifert be-cause he is Minnesota’s best chance at bringing real leadership back to our state government. With simple, reasonable solutions to these issues, Seifert is the candidate who can get our state back on the right track. As a former public school teacher, university admissions counselor, small business owner, and, most recently, an executive director of a health care foundation, Seifert has the experience to know how legislation will affect Minnesotans in their everyday life. The biggest issues plaguing our state, education, job creation, and health care, are all issues that Seif-ert has extensive back-ground in. With educa-tion, Seifert knows that giving Minnesota fami-lies school choice and keeping the control of the schools local are the

best ways to make sure that all students are given a quality education. The only way we can keep Minnesotan jobs in Min-nesota while also growing new jobs is by creating a tax environment that is business friendly. Gov. Mark Dayton has done the opposite of keeping Minnesota competitive, but Seifert is ready to take this issue on from day one. Health care is one of the biggest issues our state is facing. Seifert is the only candidate who has spent the past few years working directly in the field and knows how to make health care options plentiful and af-fordable. With his common sense solutions and real world experience, voting Seifert on Aug. 12 is the right call. TIM POSTLakeville

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Seifert is knowledgeable, pragmatic, experienced

360 Communities provides choice when it’s needed most

Marty Seifert is the most traveled of the Republican candidates for governor, having visited all 87 Minnesota counties in the run-up to the Aug. 12 primary elec-tion. The former southwestern Minnesota farm kid has also covered a lot of ground in his professional and political careers, from teaching high school history and government to serving 14 years in the House of Representatives, three as minor-ity leader. Experienced, pragmatic and deeply knowledgeable about issues ranging from the Iron Range’s sulfide mining controver-sy to metropolitan transportation needs, Seifert is our choice in the Republican gu-bernatorial primary. The winner will face DFL Gov. Mark Dayton in November. The ECM Editorial Board interviewed Seifert and his three main opponents — party endorsee Jeff Johnson, a Hennepin County commissioner; Rep. Kurt Zellers, a former House speaker; and Orono busi-nessman Scott Honour. (Merrill Ander-son, a retired public relations consultant, is also on the ballot.) All the candidates sounded familiar Republican themes around cutting busi-ness regulations and not raising taxes. But Seifert had the most thorough grasp of the issues and the sharpest, best-prepared set of policy prescriptions.

An engaging sort with an expansive per-sonality, Seifert also showed the greatest propensity for straight talk and compro-mise. He’s conservative, all right, but un-afraid to declare that some battles fought in pursuit of party orthodoxy are a waste of political capital. The Marshall resident has been a teacher (and union member), college ad-missions counselor and Realtor. He’s a small-business owner and executive direc-tor of the Avera Marshall Foundation, which supports the Avera Marshall Re-gional Medical Center. The only candidate with experience in the health care field, Seifert wouldn’t try to scrap the state health care exchange — that’s politically impossible, he said — but he has ideas for reforming MNsure, such as opening it to insurers from outside Minnesota and replacing current board members with health care and insurance experts. He wants to reform health care delivery by giving nurse practitioners more author-ity in patient care — a cost-saving “pre-triage” model that would especially help underserved rural communities, he said. His education proposals are anchored

by a drive to get schoolchildren, many of them still learning English, reading by the end of third grade. Early literacy is a pas-sion shared by his running mate, Rep. Pam Myhra of Burnsville. He proposes a moratorium on new test-ing — students take too many tests now, he said — and doesn’t view school vouch-ers as a panacea for closing the achieve-ment gap. He wants college tuition hikes capped at the inflation rate and says student aid should be reformed to give colleges and universities more incentive to hold down tuition. On transportation, Seifert and his op-ponents share an insistence on highway lanes, not rail trains. Seifert wants plan-ning for the Southwest Light Rail project stopped. To bridge a 20-year transportation funding gap in Minnesota estimated at $12 billion, Seifert said he wants a third of each state bonding bill dedicated to “roads and bridges.” That would bridge nearly 70 percent of the gap, said Seifert, who op-poses a fuel tax increase and says unneces-sary rules and regulations can be scrapped to make road construction cheaper. Seifert lost a 2010 bid for governor, eventually throwing his support to Tom Emmer at the state Republican conven-tion. This time, he and some other unen-

dorsed candidates haven’t gone quietly. Plymouth resident Johnson, the party’s convention choice, served six years in the House and was elected to the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners in 2008, gaining re-election in 2012. He pledges a thorough audit of state government pro-grams, with an eye toward ending ineffec-tive ones. Zellers, of Maple Grove, has served 10 years in the House and was elected speak-er after Republicans won the majority in the 2010 elections. He led his caucus in its 2011 budget negotiations with Dayton and the DFL. Stalled negotiations led to a three-week government shutdown, with Dayton bowing to Republicans’ insistence on not raising taxes to erase a $5 billion shortfall. The DFL regained the House majority in the 2012 elections. Honour, of Orono, hasn’t served in government but has clearly done his homework on state issues. His business ventures have included a firm that bought and revamped troubled companies, saving and creating jobs, Honour says.

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by Anika RychnerSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

She was 88, he was 92, and when the couple arrived for their food shelf appoint-ment at the 360 Communities Burnsville Family Resource Center, they looked trau-matized and defeated. Volunteer Archie MacPhee had seen this look before: They had never expected to be in this position. Archie knew that for many, it is exception-ally difficult to come to a food shelf for the first time and ask for help. He greeted this couple warmly and welcomed them as he would a guest in his own home. Tears rolled down the husband’s face as his wife shared their story. Archie let them know that everyone goes through difficult times, and that 360 Communi-ties is a neighbor with resources to share in times of need. As Archie explained the Burnsville Food Shelf shopping model, he began to walk them back to the food shelf to meet our volunteer shopping assistants. Before they reached the food shelf door, the man stopped Archie and said, “Hey bub, come here!” He dropped his cane on the floor and held out his arms. Soon he was joined by his wife and they all shared a group hug. “All I need is one of these stories every once in a while and it reminds me why the good Lord wants me here,” says a smiling Archie, “and every week I get one.” Archie says the move to a choice model food shelf, where people in need shop for their own food rather than pick up pre-packed bags of groceries, and the changes made in how people are greeted are big reasons why. “This model opens the door for 360 Com-munities to receive people with more grace, respect and dignity.” 360 Communities continually evaluates and improves its programs and services as a means to an important end: better serv-ing those in need. It was in this spirit, that over a year ago, we began a process of as-sessing our network of five food shelves and two family resource centers to see if we

could find ways to serve more people more efficiently, more completely and with more dignity. 360 Communities Feed My Sheep Food Shelf at Messiah Lutheran Church is cel-ebrating its 10th anniversary of serving the Lakeville community. Throughout that time, they have worked to improve service every year. This week, Feed My Sheep will become the second 360 Communities food shelf to transition to a choice model. In addition to this change, they have set up a community garden in Lakeville’s Sunny Acres neighborhood in an effort to in-crease the amount of fresh produce offered to families in need. Residents of Sunny Acres are growing their own healthy pro-duce in the garden and now have the ability to shop for their groceries at the Feed My Sheep Food Shelf. As a member of 360 Communities’ net-work of five food shelves, Feed My Sheep was able to see the choice model first put into service at the 360 Communities Burns-ville Food Shelf last March. The results of this transition have been remarkable and have provided Feed My Sheep with a blueprint of best practices to follow. The Burnsville Food shelf has served 25 percent more individuals in the few months since the change with healthier food options and resources to stabilize families. During the same period we have been able to distribute 5,000 more pounds of food per month – another 25 percent increase. The popularity of this model with our customers has been overwhelming and ac-counts for some of the increase in people served. But there are many important fac-tors that have aligned to make this success

a reality. These collaborations and partner-ships in the community were critical for 360 Communities to make a greater impact in Burnsville: • The Burnsville AM and Noon Rota-ries secured nearly $7,000 in funds to pur-chase commercial freezers and refrigera-tors that give the Burnsville Food Shelf the capacity to store a greater volume of meat, dairy and produce. • Our collaboration with Vineyard Community Services’ Fruit of the Vine Food Shelf in Burnsville has made it pos-sible to accept a sizable weekly donation of food from Wal-Mart of Burnsville. Fruit of the Vine has the capacity to pick up and deliver the produce, meat and dairy. The ability to leverage Vineyard Community Services’ core competency of food delivery has directly led to an increase of healthy food for the families we serve. For example, where we have received very little fresh pro-duce in the past, we are now receiving an average of 900 pounds of fresh produce a week. And this healthy food is popular with our customers because when dollars are stretched, one is less likely to purchase more expensive items like fresh produce and meat at a grocery store. • Our volunteers continue to contribute their time and energy in the spirit of caring

for their neighbors. In fact, year over year between the months of April and June, we saw a 61 percent increase in the number of volunteers in Burnsville and a 46 per-cent increase in the total number of hours served. The choice model has streamlined food delivery for our Burnsville Food Shelf. The change in the food shelf coincided with a change in the operation of the Burnsville Family Resource Center. We now have more time with customers at each food ap-pointment to build relationships. In addi-tion, we are piloting a new self-sufficiency project to better track outcomes, with the goal of supporting, following up, and im-pacting people’s long-term self-sufficiency. This system of tracking outcomes im-proves our ability to carry out our holistic approach, helping us target areas of need while providing people with goal-planning tools and support beyond food. Throughout the 40-year history of 360 Communities, we have recognized that change is healthy, and more impor-tantly, needed in order to meet the evolv-ing needs of an ever-shifting population. With stretched resources, we are starting to leverage community partners to col-laborate in new ways to serve more and to serve better. But most importantly, we are continual-ly strengthening our relationships with the people we serve. When people come to 360 Communities for help, they often feel like they are out of options. In Burnsville and in Lakeville, our food shelf customers are now experiencing more choice at a time in their lives when things feel out of control. And that is dignifying and helps them on the road to self-sufficiency.

Anika Rychner is director of self-sufficiency at 360 Communities, a Dakota County non-profit which serves 17,000 people annually by preventing violence, ensuring school success, and promoting long-term self-sufficiency. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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ColumnistAnika Rychner

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360 Communities collaboration with Vineyard Community Services’ Fruit of the Vine Food Shelf in Burnsville has made it possible for the organization to pick up and deliver the produce, meat and dairy. (Photo submitted)


Letters

Some thoughts on DoddTo the editor: Let me first begin by saying the death of Alyssa Ettl is tragic. I have no way of knowing how those who knew her personally are affected. I, who sat next to her in AP micro-economics my senior year of school, was rocked by the sad news. After read-ing the article of Min-nesota Department of Transportation report rec-ommending to not change the speed limit on Dodd, I felt different emotions. I felt those of anger, not to-ward MnDOT, but toward the community of Lakev-ille itself. I moved here my soph-omore year of high school and am a proud Lakeville North graduate. What makes Lakeville great is how connected and close the community is. We rally together during times of sadness and in times of happiness. After reading the story published on July 25 I was disheartened to learn how our community seemed to grow apart mere months after a devastating accident. The Dodd hill by Lakeville North is ex-tremely unsafe, especially during the winter time. I go as far to avoid it com-pletely sometimes. How-ever, we are a few years away to fixing the prob-lem due to funding. In the meantime, I propose using common sense. If we as a community want the speed limit change, then we all must become activists for it by contacting MnDOT, the city, and the county. If we wish to fix Dodd, we need to discuss solutions together. Parents must do their part in warning inex-perienced drivers of haz-ardous driving. Drivers of all ages and abilities must drive smarter. No one is to blame for the tragedy that happened. If another does occur in the future, then the death would not be on the watch of any one person. It would be on the watch of the Lakeville community. Let us give Alyssa and her the family the respect they deserve. As a city, let’s quit feeling slighted and come together to develop a logi-cal and effective solution to a problem that is so close to our hearts.

ANTHONY WORDENLakeville

Veterans memorial to be dedicated To the editor: The official dedica-tion of the Farmington Area Veterans Memorial will take place on Sunday, Sept. 7, at 2 p.m. We are currently working on vari-ous activities for this event so please watch for news

releases and letters in this newspaper as our plans progress. Mark that time and date on your calen-dar. We are planning a great ceremony; one that is respectful to all military veterans with emphasis on those Farmington Area Veterans who lost their lives in past war time op-erations. Persons who have pur-chased pavers should go to www.farmingtonvetsme-morial.com and click on the “Veteran Pavers” tab and check the paver list for accuracy. You can also get an update on dedication plans by clicking on the “News” tab.

LEON W. ORRFarmington Area Veter-ans Memorial Committee chairman

Legislative Health Care Workforce CommissionTo the editor: On July 22, the first meeting for the Legislative Health Care Workforce Commission met in St. Paul. As a member of the commission, we are tasked with studying and provid-ing recommendations to the Legislature on how to strengthen Minnesota’s health care workforce. The commission must compile a preliminary report with its recommendations by Dec. 31, 2014, and present its final report to the Leg-islature by Dec. 31, 2016. The goal of the new commission is to iden-tify where shortages ex-ist or are anticipated and explore and evaluate the solutions and alternatives to ensuring that those shortages will be filled. Throughout the country, especially in rural areas, there soon will be critical levels of family practitio-ners. In order to develop creative solutions that are the best fit for Minnesota’s health care system, this commission serves the im-portant purpose of iden-tifying the necessary next steps to move our work-force forward. The report must take the following steps: • Identify current and anticipated health care workforce shortages, by both provider type and ge-ography. • Evaluate the effec-tiveness of incentives cur-rently available to develop, attract and retain a highly-skilled health care work-force. • Study alternatives to develop, attract and retain a highly-skilled health care workforce. • Identify current causes and potential solu-tions to barriers related to the primary care work-force, including training and residency shortages and income disparities between primary care and

other providers. Bolstering our health care workforce and pre-venting worker shortages is vital to delivering the care that individuals and families need. I’m espe-cially interested in how we can make changes to our higher education system to educate future health care workers. The Legislative Health Care Workforce Com-mission consists of five members of the House of Representatives and five members of the Senate. Each chamber must be represented by three mem-bers of the majority party and two members of the minority party. Please feel free to con-tact me about any con-cerns you may have. Your input is welcome and ap-preciated.

Sen. GREG CLAUSENDFL-Apple Valley

Editor’s note: Clausen’s term is not up for re-elec-tion this fall.

Seifert is the right choice To the editor: I am excited to say that I will be supporting Marty Seifert for governor in the August Republican pri-mary. Marty is a proven leader with a wealth of real world experience who has a clear vision of what he will do once in office. Job creation, health care, and education are some of the biggest is-sues that Minnesotans are facing in their every-day lives and for each of these issues Marty has a plan. Marty knows that the only way to keep Min-nesota competitive is to change the tax environ-ment. After spending the past few years working as the executive director of a health care foundation, Marty has the experience needed to be able to fix the failing MNsure system and make it so there are a number of affordable choices for Minnesotans. Marty, a former public school teacher and univer-sity admissions counselor, knows that growing the state government is not the way to ensure that Minne-sotan students are getting a quality education. Having a governor with extensive experience in both the public and pri-vate sector is important. Minnesota needs a leader who knows what Min-nesotans are dealing with in their everyday lives be-cause they have had those same experiences. On Aug. 12, please join me in voting for Marty Seifert in the primary elec-tion because he is right on the issues and ready to lead.

SUSAN J. SEVERSONBurnsville


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Local leaders recognized Two area residents won 2014 Leaders in Public Policy awards from Poli-tics in Minnesota and the Capitol Report. Charlene Briner, of Rosemount, won in the Unsung Hero category. As chief of staff for the Minnesota Department of Education, Briner helped the passage of the state’s anti-bullying bill, as well as bringing We Day and We Act to Minnesota. Jason George, of Apple Valley, won in the One to Watch category. He re-cently left the Internation-al Union of Operating En-gineers Local 49 to work for Natural Resources Group. George was a re-cipient of an award in the Labor category in 2013. Honorees were recog-nized in a July 17 program at The Saint Paul Hotel.

Top agents honored The Lakeville/Burns-ville office of Coldwell Banker Burnet recently recognized its top per-forming independent sales associates at an awards presentation ceremony. International Sterling Society membership was awarded to the top 16 per-cent of all sales associates worldwide including Deb Stevens and Shelly Rae Linnell. Todd Jorgensen earned membership in the com-pany’s International Dia-mond Society, a level achieved by the top 11 per-cent of all sales associates worldwide in the Coldwell Banker system. Nancy and Charlie Ritt qualified to join the company’s International President’s Circle, which is awarded to the top 6 per-cent of all sales associates worldwide. International Presi-dent’s Elite member-ship was awarded to the Dave Oswald Team, Patti

Schmidt and Rich Han-sen. This award represents the top 3 percent of all sales associates worldwide. Daniel and Julie Desro-chers – Desrochers Team were awarded membership in the company’s Society of Excellence. This award represents the top 1 per-cent of all sales associates worldwide.

Ferber recertified Michael G. Ferber has been named as a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) by CFRE Inter-national. He is president of Fundraising Solutions, Eagan. CFRE recipients are awarded certification for a three-year period. In order to maintain certification status, they must demon-strate ongoing fundraising employment and fundrais-ing results, and continue with their professional education. CFRE International is an independent orga-nization dedicated to the certification of fundrais-ing executives by setting standards in philanthropic practice.

Open house at dance studio Fred Astaire Dance Studio-Eagan will hold an open house from 7-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22. The studio is at 1975 Seneca Road, Eagan. Attendees will have a chance to learn a little ballroom dancing with group classes. Doors open at 7 p.m. with classes at 7 and 8 p.m. The event is free. Regis-ter at www.fredastairemn.com.

Ideal Credit Union event Ideal Credit Union will host community appre-ciation events at its branch locations Aug. 11-15 in celebration of its 88th an-

niversary and the success-ful completion of its name change. The Eagan office cel-ebration will be Monday, Aug. 11. Attendees can enjoy a hot dog, get a free gift and receive a free sam-ple from the vault for a chance to win a giveaway. The office is at 3225 Den-mark Ave. A food truck from Ae-sop’s Table will grill hot dogs from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Attendees are encour-aged to bring a nonperish-able food item to donate to local food shelves. The Ideal Credit Union Com-munity Foundation will present a check in the amount of $500 to local food shelf representa-tives at each of the credit union’s five branches dur-ing the celebration. Coats for the annual for the Sal-vation Army Coats for Kids drive will also be col-lected. For more information, visit www.idealcu.com.

LifeTime Fitness kudos LifeTime Fitness Lakeville is one of 12 win-ners of the 33rd annual United States Tennis As-sociation Facility Awards Program, which recog-nizes excellence in the construction and/or reno-vation of tennis facilities throughout the country. Representatives from Life-Time Tennis Lakeville will be honored at the USTA Semi-Annual Meeting at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on Aug. 30. The Lakeville facil-ity is an industry leader in both junior and adult tennis, hosting 22 annual USTA adult tournaments and being one of the first private clubs to paint blended lines on all courts. LifeTime Fitness Lakev-ille was also named the USTA Northern Member Organization of the Year in 2013.

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Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Aug. 5, 7:30-9 a.m., Chamber Coffee Connec-tion, Dunn Bros Coffee, 15265 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Free for members and their guests. Information: Kristy Cleveland at [email protected]. • Tuesday, Aug. 5, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Apple Val-ley Business Watch Night to Unite Picnic, Fire Station No. 1, corner of County Road 42 and Hayes Road. Cost: $5 for lunch. Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, Aug. 21, 2:30-7 p.m., 2014 Fall Fling, Minnesota

Horse and Hunt Club, 2920 E. 220th St., Prior Lake. Regis-tration information: Jina Duch-nowski at [email protected]. Dakota County Region-al Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Aug. 5, 8-9 a.m., Rosemount Coffee Break, Merchants Bank, 15055 Chip-pendale Ave. W., Rosemount. Open to all DCRC members. Information: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Wednesday, Aug. 6, 4:30-6 p.m., Why Not Wednesday, Las Tortillas, 15051 Crestone Ave., Rosemount. Information: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Thursday, Aug. 14, 8-9

a.m., Eagan Coffee Break, City Image Salon & City Im-age Men’s Hair, 3440 Denmark Ave., Eagan. Open to all DCRC members. Information: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Aug. 5, 5-8 p.m., Night to Unite, Golden Ridge Stables, 8315 190th St. W., Lakeville. • Wednesday, Aug. 6, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Morning Business Brew, Provincial Bank Down-town, 20280 Iberia Ave., Lakev-ille. • Friday, Aug. 15, 6-11 p.m., Downtown Lakeville Business Association’s second annual Block Bash, Market Plaza, 208th Street and Holyoke Av-enue, Lakeville.

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Invasion of the three-wheelers Local engineer invented the Freeway, whose loyalists will gather in Burnsville Aug. 9 by John Gessner


An oddball vehicle that put Burnsville on the au-tomotive map 35 years ago and still maintains a cult-ish following will make an encore appearance Aug. 9. Owners of the three-wheel Freeway, a high-mileage vehicle manufac-tured in Burnsville from 1979 to 1982, will gather for a reunion at Neill Park on the corner of Burns-ville Parkway and Upton Avenue. It’s the third such gath-ering for owners whose loyalty to the 650-pound, fiberglass-body gas sip-per just won’t quit. Jim Rostis of Woodridge, Ill., arranged all three — the first in August 2004, also at Neill Park, and the sec-ond five years later in his home state. The reunions draw loyalists from around the country. Ten years ago they brought about 30 Freeways to Neill Park. About half joined a road rally through town to the vehicle’s two manufactur-ing sites. “It was kind of an awe-some sight,” said Rostis, a 63-year-old IT direc-tor who arranged the re-unions through an online group of Freeway owners. The Freeway was in-vented by Eagan resident Dave Edmonson, who launched the H-M-Vehi-cles company to build it. “It was a very interest-ing project and endeavor,” said Edmonson, 71, who lived in Apple Valley from 1965 to 1988. “I look for-ward to the Freeway re-union coming up. It’s al-ways fun to see more of the vehicles come back. The guys that have them, they just keep them in tip-top shape. They’re all pol-ished up. It’s really nice to see.” Edmonson was study-ing mechanical engineer-ing at the University of Minnesota in 1970 when he began researching high-mileage vehicles for an independent-study course. “I thought it would make a lot of sense for people driving to work or when they don’t need a big car to be driving something smaller and more economical,” said Edmonson, a father of six and grandfather of 19. “I did studies on how much power it took to move a small vehicle down the road and what kind of mileage you could expect. I began building a proto-type in 1974 and finished it in 1976. That’s when I tried to start getting the business going.” In 1978 a company called Vexilar offered start-up cash. Edmonson accepted and opened his first shop in Blooming-ton. He later moved to a building on the north side of Highway 13, be-tween Burnsville High School and Burger King. The company’s last ad-

dress was 12119 16th Ave. S., now home to Destiny Christian Center. “I attended a church service there,” Edmonson said. “It was really weird seeing the pulpit up where the assembly line was.” H-M-Vehicles pro-duced 700 Freeways and at its peak employed 22 people, Edmonson said. The vehicle has two wheels in front, one in back and a rear jump seat into which a passenger could squeeze. “The technical marvel was that if you bought the standard model, the entry-level model, and drove it at factory specs, which was 40 miles per hour, the guarantee was 100 miles to the gallon,” said Rostis, who drove to Burnsville in 1981 to pick up his facto-ry-ordered first Freeway. “The guarantee was that if you didn’t get it, you could bring the car back. They didn’t have any brought back.” The Freeway was li-censed as a motorcycle in most states, Rostis said, though his state of Illinois deemed it a car because of the two front wheels. The Freeway isn’t a qui-et vehicle, he said. As with a motorcycle, backing up takes footwork because there’s no reverse gear. The ride isn’t so smooth. Free-ways came with a heater and 12-volt lights and bat-tery, Rostis said. A small sun roof was optional. Whatever the vehicle’s shortcomings, “You’ve got to say to yourself, ‘This guy did a great job and had a great idea at the time,’ ” Rostis said. The idea’s time ran out as the era’s energy crisis eased and the economy worsened. The company, never sufficiently capital-ized, survived from “hand to mouth,” Edmonson said. H-M-Vehicles ended in Chapter 7 liquidation, with a handful of paid or-ders that went unfilled. “Gas prices were on the way down and the business climate was on the way down and we had piles of snow in front of the doors that we almost had to shovel tunnels into to get into the building,” Edmonson said, recall-ing the harsh winter of 1981, when Freeway pro-duction peaked and fell. “But our sales started go-ing down. When they got down to the point where we were able to deliver only 10 vehicles a month, we couldn’t afford to stay in business anymore. For several months we did over 60 vehicles.” The company also stuck its toe in the elec-tric-vehicle market, build-ing 20 electrically powered Freeways. “They’d go 40 miles on a charge, which wasn’t too bad at the time,” Edmon-son said. “Actually, Jimmy Carter’s regime tried to get a big electrical vehicle program going, and there were actually electrical

Inventor and entrepreneur Dave Edmonson is shown with his creation, the Freeway, in a photo outside his first manu-facturing plant in Burnsville. (Submitted photo)

H-M-Vehicles workers were photographed outside the former manufacturing plant on 16th Avenue South in Burns-ville. At its peak, the company employed 22 people. (Submitted photo)

vehicles shows we went to back at that time.” Edmonson put his engi-neering skills to work for a number of companies, re-tiring in 2008 from Phoe-nix Solutions Co., which makes plasma heating sys-tems. His three-wheel lives on.

“I am a fan,” said Rostis, who owns three Freeways, including an electric. “I still have my original that I purchased and picked up in October of ’81. I drive it to car shows and cruise nights. The other thing that I’ve done over the years is I’ve purchased a good number

of Freeways and either restored them or rebuilt them and made them run-ners, and then sold them off. It’s been fun.” The Saturday, Aug. 9, reunion will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There’s a registration fee for people bringing Freeways. The public is welcome to view

the vehicles, Rostis said. A road rally is planned for around 10 a.m. or 2 p.m., depending on the weather, he said.

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


District 196 to issue iPads to 1,600 students Beta project

will be analyzed to help measure

technology’s effectiveness by Tad Johnson


Rosemount-Apple Val-ley-Eagan School District officials are hoping that a test project in 46 class-rooms this school year will improve the quality and quantity of learning for 1,600 students. Those classrooms and students will take part in a beta project through which each student will be issued an iPad Mini after funds of up to $502,400 are spent to purchase 1,600 of the devices and related equipment – a move that was approved July 14 by the School Board. The idea to test the ef-fectiveness of issuing a mobile device to a limited

number of students – the district has an estimated 28,000 students and 31 school sites – emerged from District 196’s Learn-ing and Technology Task Force. The beta project aims to evaluate what kinds of courses, projects and ages are most appropriate for a district-provided, one-to-one technology device. “We wanted to go through it in a real thoughtful way,” Steven Troen, direc-tor of teaching and learn-ing, said. The district sought ap-plications from fourth- through 12th-grade teach-ers who wanted to have their classrooms become part of beta project. An estimated 80 ap-plications were submitted and task force members selected 46 classrooms representing each grade level (4-12) in nearly all district buildings. Among the selection criteria were a teacher’s

past classroom technology experience and their expla-nation about how a one-to-one initiative would be applied in the curriculum. Beta project teachers are undergoing staff de-velopment this summer with an eye toward learn-ing from each other and best practices in other dis-tricts, such as in Farming-ton where an all-district, one-to-one iPad initiative is entering its second year. Troen said the project is not about the device, it’s about creating a “dynamic student learning experi-ence.” “It comes down to how students use technology to access information, col-laborate and communi-cate,” Troen said. Some teachers may deploy a flipped class-room using the devices. In a flipped classroom, teachers can create video lectures that students can view at home and use class-room time to complete as-

signments or projects. This allows the teacher to guide and assist in such work. Troen said iPads have applications through which teachers can receive real-time feedback on stu-dents, such as a quiz that generates instant results so teachers can see who is grasping or not under-standing what is being taught. “The hallmark of ev-ery conversation is it is all about the learning and what it is we want students to do,” Troen said. The district will use anecdotal and empirical information to judge the beta project’s effectiveness. San Francisco-based BrightBytes has supplied a computer platform called Clarity with Case Mod-ule to compile survey data from staff, students and parents regarding their ex-periences. The analysis will also measure how much work was completed and grades

the students achieved. Troen also hopes to hear feedback about in-dividual students creat-ing something due to the access to technology that they might not have ever done or conceived of oth-erwise. “We are going to stand back and watch the stories develop,” Troen said. Troen said working with technology better prepares students for col-lege and careers since so many post-secondary schools and job sites are fully-integrated with com-puters. “The long-term vision is that the technology be-comes invisible,” Troen said. “It is interwoven into the learning experience. It is just part of the world and how you communi-cate and collaborate.” The next step for the district with regard to growing the use of district-provided, one-to-one tech-nology likely will be de-

pendent on how successful the beta project is. Troen said another 40-50 teachers are undergoing staff development training through a separate beta project called Technology Integration. Through this project teachers have ac-cess to a Chrome Book or iPad carts, that are used only in the classroom. Issuing technology de-vices to students for use at home and in school is something that Troen hopes will expand if the funding is available. “There is a high excite-ment level,” Troen said. “I get to work with a lot of good teachers and staff on a variety of projects, but this has the ability to im-pact every classroom and every student – to change the experience, that is ex-citing.”

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].


Stepping up with help Express Employment Professionals, Lakeville, raised about $6,000 in donations during a July 28 customer appreciation event at its Savage of-fice that featured Clydesdale horses. Funds were collected for its employee Erin Kinniry who has incurred unexpected medical expenses. Erin, a healthy 25 year-old, suffered a stroke June 3 while in her 17th week of pregnancy. Her husband, Bryce Kinniry, and their family have held vigil as Erin has undergone two brain surgeries and is in physical therapy for at least a month, according to her Caring Bridge site. The most recent post on the site says the baby appears healthy, and is being closely monitored as Erin continues to push through the ordeal with little or no medications for pain. (Photo submitted)


Dakota City: A blast in the past at the fairHeritage Village to host activities,

performances by Andy Rogers

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Every year during the Dakota County Fair, a time capsule in the form of the Dakota City Heritage Village opens daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. where reenactors will attempt to emulate what life was like in the early 1900s. One of the yearly high-lights has been the Chau-tauqua, which will harken back to scenes and song of days long past much like the overall theme at Da-kota City Heritage Village. This year viewers can expect a story about Da-kota County on the prairie featuring the Depression, Prohibition, the formation of The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, Chief Cloud-

man, locust infestations, penny auctions, and pigs on their way to South St. Paul. “Most scenes are comic and lighthearted,” said Pe-ter Martin, one of the ac-tors and organizers. A few scenes are more poignant such as one where prisoners of war work on Minnesota farms, and another in which Na-tive Americans give up hunting for farming. The cast is familiar in-cluding Jennifer Merhar, Marissa Eastling, Dewey Roth and Eric Peltoni-emi, who have acted in the Chautauqua since 1999. Shane Lord and Tim Bun-ting joined the group a few years ago, and newcomer 2014 Rosemount High School graduate Madi-son Holtze will join in for 2014. “They must be having fun,” Martin said. “Oth-erwise why would they endure playing cows, pigs,

and grasshoppers.” Martin wrote scenes and lyrics and directed the plays for the first five or six years before taking a break. He re-joined the effort in 2012. Peltoni-emi, who runs Redhouse Records in Minneapolis, wrote all of the music and some additional lyrics for all of those shows. Pearl Shirley and others from Dakota City Heritage Village produce the show. Chautauqua shows be-gin in the tent behind the drugstore at 7 p.m. Mon-day through Wednesday; 2, 5 and 7 p.m. Thursday; 4 and 6 p.m. Friday; 5 and 7 p.m. Saturday; and 2 and 5 p.m. Sunday. The Dakota City Heri-tage Village features 22 period buildings includ-ing a bank, church, town hall, school, drug store, and post office, which will be staffed with hosts

The Chautauqua is one of the highlights at the Dakota City Hertitage Village during the Dakota County Fair. (File photo)

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Lakeville Block Bash is Aug. 15 Block Bash, a night of food, fun and entertain-ment, is planned 6-11 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, in Market Plaza, downtown Lakev-ille at Holyoke Avenue and 208th Street. The event, sponsored by the Downtown Lakev-ille Business Association, will kick off with acous-tic duo Erin and Madi-son followed by Lakeville guitarist Phil Halstead. The main attraction, The

Killer Hayseeds country band, will play the rest of the evening. Motley Crews, Tiki Tim’s and Hibachi Daru-ma food trucks will serve up their specialties and adult beverages will be available from Brackett’s Crossing Country Club. There is a $5 fee to at-tend, and one complimen-tary beer is included in the price. Attendees must be 21 or older with a valid

ID. The Downtown Lakev-ille Business Association is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the downtown business district and the preserva-tion and revitalization of historic Downtown Lakeville. For more infor-mation on the DLBA and 2014 events go to www.DowntownLakeville.com.

cil seat. (Look for a story about him in the next edi-tion of this newspaper.) City Council Member Colleen LaBeau has an-nounced she intends to seek a second term in of-fice, as has Council Mem-ber Bart Davis, a former Lakeville Planning Com-

mission chair who was ap-pointed to the seat in 2012, completing Little’s term after he was elected mayor. Neither candidate had filed for office by mid-week, according to the Minnesota Secretary of State’s website. Candidates interested in running for an elected of-fice, including mayor, the

two open the Lakeville City Council seats or the District 194 School Board have un-til Aug. 12 to file for office. Anyone who files for office has until Aug. 14 to withdraw their name to keep it off the ballot.


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interpreting rural life in the early 1900s. The Ram-bling River Model Rail-road will be set up at the museum. New displays this year include a summer kitchen and root cellar. The vintage race cars are moving to Dakota City to the next to the gas sta-tion as the original loca-tion no longer available. The cars raced at Dakota County Fair in the 1950s and 1960s. “These are the rem-nants of what’s left over from those cars,” orga-nizer Mark Langer said. “They’re very unique cars.” There will also be dem-onstrations on wood-stove

cooking, blacksmithing and soap making as well as several musical perfor-mances at the bandstand throughout the week. The Summer Pops Or-chestra is performing at noon on Thursday. Fri-day’s bandstand perfor-mances include Joshua Kloyda at 3 and 5 p.m. The Czech Area Concer-tina Club Band will play at 7 p.m. The bandstand will feature Whoops-a-Daisy Band at noon and 2 p.m. Saturday. Later in the day, the Dakota Brass Quintet will play at 6 and 8 p.m. Lakeville South High School will handle enter-tainment at the bandstand Sunday with the marching band beginning at 2 p.m.

and the jazz combo at 3 p.m. Other musicians will be wandering around the vil-lage daily performing on porches or benches. A Dillinger Gang bank raid reenactment will re-turn this year for perfor-mances at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday, and 4 p.m. Sunday. Threshing demonstra-tions are scheduled at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday as well as at 3 p.m. Thursday north of the fire barn. There will also be a tractor parade 1 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.

Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].

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Guns & Hoses event set for Aug. 9 Wild Bill’s Sports Sa-loon is hosting its fourth annual Guns & Hoses charity event Saturday, Aug. 9, at all Wild Bill’s locations, including Apple Valley, in partnership with the Minnesota chapter of

Concerns of Police Survi-vors (COPS). A total of 10 percent of all food purchases from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. will go di-rectly to COPS. Event activities include face painting, silent action

and a wing-eating contest. Wild Bill’s employ-ees also will be accepting $2 donations for COPS throughout the summer and donors will receive their choice of a wrist band or can koozie.


Leprechaun Days basks in the sun

Nearly all of the Rosemount Leprechaun Days events from July 18-27 had good weather reports shining down on them. More than 60 events were held during the 10-day festival including the Grand Parade on July 19 (below), the Bathtub Races on July 22, the Fishing Derby (right) on July 24 and Tailgate Party (left) at St. Joseph Catholic Church on July 26. Thousands of people showed up for the Midsummer Faire over two days at Rosemount’s Central Park for fireworks a carnival, food and music by High & Mighty and the Devon Worley Band. More photos are at SunThisweek.com. (Photos by Tad Johnson and Jennifer Chick)


SportsLakeville North aiming for Legion baseball championshipBurnsville, Eagan also in

state tournament by Mike Shaughnessy


Considering Lakeville North’s success in high school baseball – the Panthers took third place in the Class 3A tourna-ment in June – it likely surprises no one that North also will contend for a state American Legion championship. How North got to this point might be a bit of a surprise, though. Neither of the pitching workhorses in North’s high school season – Dalton Lehnen and Nick Dorfman – will ap-pear in the state American Legion tour-nament, which begins Friday in Eagan, Burnsville and Bloomington. Lehnen, who’s headed to the University of Cin-cinnati, is playing for the Elko Express men’s amateur team while Dorfman was shut down because of an elbow injury af-ter pitching 16 innings this summer for the Legion club. In their places have stepped a small army of strike-throwing pitchers who are not afraid to let their defense work for them. “We have five or six guys we can use on the mound, and that always helps in a state tournament,” said Lakeville North Legion coach Jared Simon. “We can score runs, and our pitchers keep us in the game.” Lakeville North, which won the Sub-State 6 tournament last weekend in Dundas, takes a 23-6 record into the state tournament. The team will play Al-exandria in a first-round game at 1 p.m. Friday at Alimagnet Park in Burnsville. North will play a second game Friday at 4 or 7 p.m., also at Alimagnet. The state tournament runs through Monday, with

the championship game scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday at Eagan High School. This is the fourth time in five years Lakeville North has qualified for the state tournament. North, ranked third in the most recent state poll, has never won a Legion state title. Several of the same players who starred for North’s high school team also are playing well this summer. Infielder Angelo Altavilla leads the team with a .477 batting average and 34 RBI. Out-fielder A.J. Sayer, catcher Ben Jensen and first baseman/outfielder Nick Oblak are batting above .300, and outfielder Drew Stewart is hitting .295. Cole Nonweiler, a 2013 Lakeville North High School grad-uate, is batting .374 with 12 extra-base hits and 30 RBI. North has averaged more than seven runs a game while the pitching staff has a collective earned-run average of 2.41. Lakeville North had to defeat East-view and East Ridge on the final day of the Sub-State 6 tournament to earn its place at state. Joey Larson started on the mound against Eastview, with Nonwei-ler finishing up. Wes Ahlers got the start in the championship game against East Ridge, and Brett Herber worked in relief as North won 5-4. Nine players have pitched 13 innings or more for North this summer, with Ahlers (36 1/3 innings) and Sayer (31 2/3) drawing the biggest workloads. Billy Ri-ach, who just completed his sophomore year at Lakeville North High School, is 4-0 with a 1.01 ERA. “He definitely will start one of our first two games at state,” Simon said of Riach. “He’s pitched really well every time we’ve used him.” Even though North has not won a state Legion title, the team goes into this week’s tournament with high expecta-tions.

“I’ve been around Lakeville sports for a long time, and I think it’s part of the culture at Lakeville North,” said Simon, who was a three-sport athlete at Lakev-ille High School (now Lakeville North). “No matter what you’re playing, you go in expecting to win.”

Burnsville Burnsville was the 2013 state runner-up and an American Legion World Series qualifier. The Cobras advanced to state this year by beating Apple Valley 8-1 in the Sub-State 5 championship game Sun-day afternoon. Burnsville went 4-1 in the double-elimination tournament, with its only loss being 11-10 to Apple Valley last Saturday. The Cobras, 16-13-1, play Excelsior in the first round at 10 a.m. Friday at Red Haddox Field in Bloomington. Excelsior was first in the most recent state Ameri-can Legion poll, while Burnsville was un-ranked. Left-hander Zach Smith, who worked the first eight innings of the Cobras’ vic-tory over Apple Valley on Sunday, is 4-2 with a 1.93 ERA and appears likely to start one of Burnsville’s two games Fri-day. Brennan Pruszinske is 4-1 with a 2.53 ERA and Scott Richardson is 3-0 with a 1.53 ERA. Top hitters for the Cobras include Smith (.370), infielder Sam Schneider (.338) and outfielder Pete Nordgren (.284 average and a team-high 18 RBI). Burnsville catcher Joe Keller had three RBI in the Sub-State title game against Apple Valley.

Eagan The Patriots are 18-16 overall after going 1-2 in Sub-State 6, which it did not need to win because the host team gets an automatic berth in the state American Legion tournament.

Eagan will play at noon against St. Francis at EHS in its opening-round state game. Depending on the outcome of that game, the Patriots will play a sec-ond game Friday at 3 or 6 p.m., also at Eagan High. Infielder/pitcher Jake Ossell is batting .337 with 20 RBI and has a 3.20 ERA in almost 20 innings on the mound. In-fielder/outfielder Ed Olson is batting .328 with three homers and 20 RBI. Catcher Zach Seipel (.319), infielder/out-fielder Jake Mackovets (.312) and third baseman/pitcher Nathan Kuhn (.302) also are batting above .300. Eagan has five players with 15 or more RBI, led by Kuhn with 22. T.J. Cardenas has pitched 53 innings this summer, going 6-4 with a 4.08 ERA. Thomas Peterson is 3-1 with a 2.70 ERA.

State tournament notes • Other state tournament qualifiers are the Rochester Redhawks, New Ulm Gold, Chaska, Hamline Purple, Tri-City Red, Champlin, Delano, St. Cloud Chutes, Hutchinson and Nisswa. • There will be a new state champion in this year’s tournament. Eden Prairie, the 2013 winner, was eliminated in the Sub-State 3 tournament this season. • Opening ceremonies will start at 2:45 p.m. Thursday at Eagan High School. A new outfield wall at the EHS baseball field, built with financial support from the Minnesota Twins Community Fund, will be dedicated. A home run derby for players from state tournament teams will begin at 3:30. A reception and silent auction is scheduled for 6 p.m. at Eagan Community Center, followed by the state tournament banquet at 7. Twins general manager Terry Ryan will be the featured speaker at the banquet.

Big day for Lakeville at state

Two Lakeville players (red uniforms) try to cut off a Prior Lake attacker during the Minnesota Youth Soccer As-sociation boys Under-16 Classic 1 championship game Saturday in Shakopee. Lakeville won 2-1 to become one of three teams from the Lakeville Soccer Association to win their divisions at the MYSA summer state tourney. Also winning state championships were Lakeville’s boys U11 Classic 1 and girls U11 Classic 2 teams. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Notebook: Preview tourneys scheduled

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Preview tournaments for 2014-15 high school bas-ketball and volleyball are scheduled this weekend. Eastview’s girls and Apple Valley’s boys will de-fend their championships at the Pacesetter Sweet Six-teen Basketball Championships this weekend at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph. The projected top four teams in each Minnesota high school basketball enrollment class are invited to the tournament. Apple Valley’s boys play Fond du Lac at 11:20 a.m. Saturday, while Eastview’s girls play Albany at 12:40 p.m. The tournament runs through Sunday, with the boys championship game at 2:30 p.m. and the girls championship game at 5:10. Each team’s high school coaches will not be al-lowed to coach during this event because the summer waiver period ends Friday. Eastview’s girls won the 2014 Class 4A champi-onship. Apple Valley was first in the boys Class 4A rankings for most of last season before losing in the Section 3 championship game. Many of the state’s top high school volleyball teams will compete in the Breakdown Sports Min-nesota Elite Preseason Tournament on Saturday at Midwest Volleyball Warehouse in Burnsville. Lakeville North is a two-time champion in this tournament and is returning this year. Rosemount also is among the invited teams. A second 32-team tournament will be held Sun-day, with Farmington in the field for that event. Pool play begins at 9 a.m. both days, with champi-onship matches scheduled for 6 p.m.

Senior Babe Ruth champs The Burnsville Pythons won the state Senior Babe Ruth baseball championship in Minnetonka, defeat-ing the Minnetonka Mudhens 5-1 in the champion-ship game Monday. Burnsville moves on to regional play in Milwaukee beginning Friday. Burnsville, the No. 1 seed, went 4-0 in the tour-nament, defeating Woodbury, Rosemount and the Mudhens twice. Rosemount, seeded fifth, went 4-2 in the state tour-nament, with its two losses coming against Burnsville and the Mudhens. Teams from Apple Valley, Lakev-ille North and Lakeville South also competed.

Hall wins at Cadet Worlds Mark Hall, already a four-time state high school champion for Apple Valley, added a world champion-ship to his resume this summer. Hall won five matches in the 167.5-pound weight class in freestyle at the FILA Cadet World Champi-onships in Slovakia in July. He won the title match 4-1 over Sumiyabazar Zandanbud of Mongolia. Hall also is the Cadet national freestyle champion at 167.5 after finishing second in the same tourna-ment last year. He was one of three U.S. wrestlers to win championships at the Cadet World tournament. After training at the U.S. Olympic Center in Col-orado, Hall will be a junior at Apple Valley in the fall, when he will resume his quest to become the first Minnesota high school wrestler to win six individual state championships.

Coaching move • Dakota County Technical College named Bai-ley Anderson head volleyball coach. Anderson, an Eastview High School graduate, played volleyball at DCTC in 2011 and 2012, the program’s first two seasons. She is working on a degree in exercise and sport science at DCTC and plans to attend Augsburg College to major in health, physical education and exercise science.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Life Time Tennis Lakeville is one of 12 win-ners in the United States Tennis Association’s an-nual Facility Awards Pro-gram, which recognizes excellence in construction and/or renovation of ten-nis facilities. Life Time Tennis Lakeville also was named the USTA Northern

Member Organization of the Year in 2013. To be considered for an award, facilities must be under the jurisdiction of a parks and recreation de-partment, an educational institution, a non-profit corporation, or private or commercially owned and operated facilities that of-fer both USTA and public

programming designed to help grow tennis. Life Time Tennis Lakeville holds 22 annual USTA adult tournaments. It was one of the first pri-vate clubs to paint blended lines on all courts. “Life Time Tennis Lakeville has embraced many of our initiatives, including youth tennis

utilizing 36- and 60-foot courts, introducing thou-sands of new players to the sport each year,” said Kurt Kamperman, USTA chief executive of commu-nity tennis.” Representatives of Life Time Tennis Lakeville will be honored at a USTA meeting in New York City on Aug. 30.

Life Time Lakeville wins USTA award

Amateur golf agrees with Trent PetersonFormer high

school champ is back among the

state’s top players by Mike Shaughnessy


Six years ago, Trent Peterson was Minnesota’s best amateur golfer. Now, after taking a shot at pro-fessional golf, finding it not to his liking, then re-turning to school, he’s back to trying to be the best amateur player he can be. “My goals are really

the same now as they were then,” said Peterson, who also helped Eagan win a state high school team championship in 2005. “I’m super-competitive. I’ll play in the big tourna-ments in Minnesota and as many of the (United States Golf Association) tournaments as I can.” On Sunday he won the Minnesota State Open for the first time, winning a playoff against former University of Minnesota golfer Justin Smith with a par on the first extra hole. He had a three-round to-tal of 8-under-par 208 against a field that had

many of the state’s top professional and amateur players including Donald Constable, who played on the PGA Tour in 2013. In 2008, while a stu-dent at South Dakota State University, Peterson won the Minnesota State Amateur championship and the Minnesota Golf Association Players tour-nament. He also finished second at the Minnesota State Open. At the time, the Eagan native was contemplating going to dental school, but his amateur golf suc-cess (he also was the Sum-mit League Player of the

Year while in college) all but dictated that he try playing professionally. Pe-terson traveled on some mini-tours, but it wasn’t long before he became dis-illusioned. “You’re playing for very little money on those tours,” he said. “You just about have to win to make any money at all. Golf be-comes a job. You’re play-ing 12 months a year. “I like other outdoor activities. I’ll put the clubs away in October and not take them out again until spring, and when spring comes, I’m fired up to play.”


Police officer recognized Adam Stier of the Lakeville Police Department was one of 37 law enforcement officers and prosecutors recognized July 24 as DWI Enforcer All-Stars during the Minnesota Twins’ pregame activities at Target Field. Stier made 85 DWI arrests in 2013. Last year in Minnesota, alco-hol-related crashes caused 117 deaths – 30 percent of the state’s total traffic fatalities. In 2013, 25,719 motorists were arrested for DWI. Nearly 400 Minnesota law en-forcement agencies will increase patrols Aug. 16 to Sept. 1 to com-bat traffic crashes, deaths and se-rious injuries caused by impaired driving.

Dakota County Field Day University of Minnesota Ex-tension and Dakota County will host the sixth annual Dakota County Field Day for commod-ity producers Tuesday, Aug. 12, at the Rosemount Research and Outreach Center’s South Re-search Complex, off of 170th Street. This year’s free event will high-light local agricultural research on nitrogen management, irriga-tion scheduling, and soybean pest management. Three U of M Extension spe-cialists will talk about their ongo-ing research in Dakota County. Refreshments will be served. Three Certified Crop Advisor Continuing Education Units (CEUs) have been awarded. If possible, RSVP to Neith Grace Little: 651-480-7723, [email protected].

Mentor info session Kids ’n Kinship mentoring program will hold an informa-tion session 6 -6:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, at Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burns-ville. Individuals, couples and fami-lies are needed who have a desire to be a role model and special friend for a child.

The session, designed for those interested in becoming mentors, is the place to hear about the youth who are waiting for mentors, the volunteer screen-ing process and the activities and benefits provided by Kids ’n Kin-ship. Application materials will be available. Kids ’n Kinship is seeking vol-unteers: • To provide support, encour-agement and friendship to a child or youth. • With experience or willing-ness to be trained to mentor chil-dren with special needs. • Or to support an elementary school student with academic needs at one of four schools. Training and ongoing support are provided for all types of men-toring. For more information or to RSVP, email [email protected], call 952-891-3885 or visit kidsnkinship.org.

Lewis House Women’s Charity Golf Tournament The 21st annual Lewis House Women’s Charity Golf Tourna-ment will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11 at Legends Golf Club, 8670 Credit River Blvd., Prior Lake. Golfers can support 360 Com-munities Lewis House violence prevention and intervention pro-gramming by spending the after-noon golfing. Strong by Nature is the theme of this year’s tourna-ment. Dress up in a theme-related costume and join us in saying “no more” to sexual and domestic vi-olence. Cost is $125 entry fee per golf-er – includes green fees, dinner and prizes. Women can regis-ter for the event by visiting www.360Communities.org.

Drop off hazardous waste The Farmington City Coun-cil and Dakota County Board of Commissioners are offering a Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Farmington Maintenance Facil-ity, 19650 Municipal Drive. This drop-off day provides

Dakota County residents the op-portunity to safely dispose of un-wanted paints, solvents and other household chemicals. Residents can also bring used oil, oil filters, automotive batteries and house-hold electronics. Proof of residency will be re-quired. Vehicles must enter the drop-off on Municipal Drive from 197th Street and exit onto English Avenue, just south of 195th Street. For more information, includ-ing a list of materials accepted, visit www.ci.farmington.mn.us or call 651-280-6905.

Volunteers sought for grand opening of new regional park Dakota County Parks staff is looking for volunteers to help out at the Whitetail Woods Regional Park grand opening event later this year. The grand opening will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Satur-day, Sept. 27, at Whitetail Woods, 17100 Station Trail, Farmington. Highlights include horse-drawn wagon rides, a 5K fun run/walk, geocaching, nature play, a lake dedication, refreshments and live music by Twin Cities band The Honeydogs. Volunteers are needed from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. the day of the event to fill the positions of parking at-tendants, greeters, kite fliers, fun run registration staff, bonfire ten-ders, geocaching assistants and green squad helpers. Volunteers must be age 16 or older, or work with the supervision of an adult if younger than 16. For more information or to sign up to volunteer, vis-it www.signupgenius.com/go/60b054ca9af2caa8-volunteer.

Volunteers for wildflower project Great River Greening is seek-ing volunteers to plant wildflow-ers in Alimagnet Park in Apple Valley from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27. Large populations of wood-land wildflowers existed on the land until woody overgrowth and buckthorn overtook the park. Volunteers will drag and stack

precut trees and seed-cleared ar-eas in an attempt to rejuvenate wildflower populations. A total of 150 restoration volunteers and 30 volunteer su-pervisors are needed. All ages welcome; children must be super-vised. Free training will be pro-vided along with a light break-fast, snack and lunch. Preregistration is required at greatrivergreening.org/vol-events or by contacting Jen Kader at [email protected] or 651-665-9500, ext. 11.

Apple Valley resident seeks bike storage space Apple Valley resident Rick Anderson is in need of additional storage space to keep growing his annual bike sale benefitting Kids ’n Kinship – more than $46,000 has raised in six sales thus far. The space can be an unfin-ished basement, garage, empty retail or commercial space or other secure clean area. Ander-son tunes all bikes at his home so no additional tuning will take place at the storage facility. Bikes are typically stored from September through early May. Additional details: • Preferred location of south metro area (ideally within 10 miles of Apple Valley). • Clean space. • Easy access to bring bikes in and out of. • Secure place to prevent theft. • Free or low-cost rental. • Bikes can be stored Septem-ber through May without inter-ruption. For additional information or to help, contact Anderson at 952-322-4729 or [email protected].

Car seat clinic in Northfield Northfield Hospital, in coop-eration with Emergency Medical Services (EMS), is conducting its monthly Car Seat Safety Clinic on Saturday, Aug. 9, at the EMS Station at 1600 Riverview Lane, off of South Highway 3, west of Perkins. A certified technician from Northfield Hospital will check the child safety seat, including

boosters, to insure that it is a safe product, fits the child, and is properly installed. Parents and anyone else who transports children can report between 9:30-10:30 a.m. with the child, car seat (including boost-ers), and the owner’s manual. Ex-pectant parents also are welcome to check their car seat installa-tion. This free service is offered on the second Saturday of the month. Appointments are en-couraged but walk-ins are wel-come. A technician can be reached at [email protected]. Contact Nancy at Northfield Hospital’s Education Office, 507-646-1035, for more information.

Can’t Eat Wheat support group meets The Northfield area Can’t Eat Wheat support group will cel-ebrate summer with its annual wheat-free, gluten-free picnic from 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, at Oddfellows Park on Forest Avenue in Northfield. The group will meet in the Northfield Hos-pital Conference Center if it is raining. All are encouraged to take a dish or two to share, with recipes, along with eating utensils and beverages. Food should contain no wheat, oats, barley or rye. This year, the group will be joined by the Northfield Gluten Detectives, a group that focuses on children and their families. It is a part of the Celiac Center of Minnesota. More information about the organization can be obtained from Stephanie Aman at 507-650-0160. The Northfield Can’t Eat Wheat group focuses on living well with celiac disease, gluten intolerance or wheat allergies. Those who are coping with this condition or are interested in learning more are welcome to attend. Families and friends are welcome. There is no cost for this program. For additional information, contact Jody at 507-663-6071, or contact the education office at Northfield Hospital.

Area Briefs


LEGAL NOTICES

CITY OF LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTAANNUAL DISCLOSURE OF TAX INCREMENT DISTRICTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013

Current net tax capacityOriginal net tax capacityCaptured net tax capacityPrincipal and interest payments due in 2014Tax increment receivedTax increment expendedMonth and year of first tax increment receiptDate of required decertificationIncreased property tax imposed on other properties as a result of fiscal disparities contribution

Tax IncrementFinancing

DistrictNo. 3within

RedevelopmentProject No. 1

$ 153,394 $ 3,954 $ 149,440 $ -$ 170,893 $ 170,955

7/198912/31/2014

$ 11,958


DistrictNo. 10

within the I-35Redevelopment

Project No. 1 $ 394,271 $ 10,586 $ 383,685 $ 286,604 $ 346,658 $ 278,211

7/199712/31/2022

$ 106,689


DistrictNo. 8


Project No. 2 $ 191,100 $ 1,401 $ 189,699 $ 242,400 $ 215,173 $ 242,872

7/198912/31/2014

$ -


DistrictNo. 9


Project No. 2 $ 31,356 $ 14,412 $ 16,944 $ - $ 19,031 $ 125

7/198912/31/2014

$ 4,724


DistrictNo. 17

within AirlakeRedevelopment

Project No. 1 $ 105,358 $ 7,944 $ 97,414 $ - $ 105,166 $ 10,934

7/199912/31/2014

$ 27,145 The fiscal disparity property tax law provides that the growth in commercial-industrial property tax values is shared throughout the metropolitan area. In a tax increment

financing district, this value sharing can either result in a tax increase for other properties in the municipality or result in a decrease in tax increment financing district revenue depending on how the tax increment district is established.

Tax increment financing districts 3, 9, 10, and 17 located in the City of Lakeville do not share their growth in commercial-industrial property tax values. This results in an increase in property taxes for other properties located in the City of Lakeville. For taxes payable in 2013, this increase in taxes on other properties amounted to $ 150,516. Additional information regarding each district may be obtained from Dennis Feller, Finance Director. 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota 55044, (952) 985-4481.

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CREDIT RIVER TOWNSHIPBOARD MEETING

MONDAYAUGUST 4, 2014, 6PM

AGENDA DRAFTA more complete agenda will be

posted on the Township Website at www.creditriver-mn.gov approxi-mately 6 days before the meeting. You can also sign up to have the agenda emailed to you monthly by visiting the website and entering your email address in the desig-nated space.

6 PM: Call August Board Meet-ing to Order, Pledge of Allegiance

1) Approve or Amend Agenda 2) Consent Agenda 3) Open Forum 4) Driveway Variance Request: 167th Street East 5) Old Business 6) New Business 7) Road Report 8) Engineer’s Report 9) Treasurer Report10) Clerk’s Report11) Review and Pay Bills12) Adjourn

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Obituaries Engagements

Brown/RueggMary K. Brown and

Kyle D. Ruegg together with their families are pleased to announce their engagement.

Mary is the daughter of Dr. Johnny E. and Caro-lyn J. Brown of Port Ar-thur, Texas. Kyle is the son of Steve and Robin Ruegg of Eagan, Minne-sota.

Mary is a 2000 graduate of Ramsay High School and a 2004 graduate of Texas State University. She is an animator with Powerhouse Animation Studios Inc. Kyle is a 2003 graduate of East-view High School and a 2007 graduate of Ring-ling College of Art and Design. He is employed as an animator with Retro Studios in Austin, Texas.

A November wed-ding in Austin, Texas is planned.

Jordan/Silbernagel

Jennica Lakeann Jor-dan, daughter of Fred and Halee Jordan of Burns-ville, Minnesota(formerly Jonesville, Michigan) and Andrew Silbernagel, son of Tim and Dr. Cindy Silbernagel of Farming-ton, Minnesota announce their engagement.

Jennica is a 2012 gradu-ate of Jonesville High School and a student at Normandale Community College. She is currently employed at MUTI. An-drew is a 2006 graduate of Christian Life School and a 2010 graduate of North Central University. He is employed at Paul’s Rental as an assistant manager.

A Sept. 13th wedding is planned at Mt. Olivet As-sembly of God in Apple Valley, Mn. The couple will make their home in Rosemount, Mn.

Lee/ZuehlkeAndrew Robert Lee,

son of Dave and Julie Lee of Apple Valley, MN, and Heidi Lee Zuehlke, daughter of Jim and Mary Zuehlke of Way-zata, MN, announce their engagement.

Heidi is a graduate of Minnetonka HS and the University of St. Thomas. She is employed by Ol-son Advertising Agency. Andy is a graduate of Eastview HS and the Uni-versity of St. Thomas. He is employed with Prime Therapeutics.

They will wed on Sep-tember 6th in Minneapo-lis and will reside in south Minneapolis afterwards.

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types of development op-tions. Retail will be part of any development plan, he said. “We’re already brain-storming ideas for the en-tire block,” Hotzler said. “That’s in the works, and so we have a lot of good ideas. … We’re trying to get the highest and best use that we can find for that block and kind of make it a cornerstone for downtown.” Pronschinske said the pending $454,000 sale of the VFW’s building will propel Post 210 out of debt, and allow the organization to increase its philanthropic purpose of helping veterans and supporting community organizations including Scouts and booster clubs. “We’ll be able to do a lot more for them moving forward,” Pronschinske said. The VFW is planning to move into a space in the Lakeville Heritage Center, and Hotzler is working with the veter-ans organization to allow them to move their huge flag pole to its new loca-tion. “It meant a lot to some of the members,” Pron-schinske said. “We’re going to have a big cer-

emony when we move it. We’ll have a big ‘Staking Our Flag at the Heritage Center’ celebration.” He said members are preparing for the building’s sale by going through items they have gathered over the years. “We’re taking as much of our history with us as we can,” Pronschinske said. Closing the bar/res-taurant that the organi-zation has operated in downtown Lakeville for decades has been a dif-ficult decision fraught with emotion, but Pron-schinske advocated for it because the business was operating at a loss. Membership voted this spring to put the building up for sale, and Pronschinske said he was contacted by multiple parties considering a pur-chase. Pronschinske said Hotzler’s plan will ben-efit businesses and the entire city. “It will be nice when it’s done,” Pronschinske said. “I think it will be better for the city. Mark can now develop both pieces of property and it will be a nice downtown.”


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The document cited a court ruling that found a case should be dismissed as moot where “changed circumstances have al-ready provided the re-quested relief and elimi-nated the need for court action.” It stated that Charter is seeking a decision on the issue from the court and Lakeville’s dismissal of finding a material vio-lation of the franchise agreement means “there is simply no live controversy before the court.” The memorandum asked for the suit to be dismissed “in its entirety.” “Charter, however, ap-parently does not agree this action is moot and will not agree to its dis-

missal,” Kyle wrote in a July 24 order. He said Charter had “a slew of depositions” scheduled regarding the matter that would take days of court time, but Kyle banned further sub-missions to the court, say-ing it is the court’s “strong impression” that the liti-gation is “now effectively dead.” The court, Kyle wrote, does not believe “time and resources should be wasted on depositions or other discovery until it resolves the question of whether this action is in-deed moot.” Kyle ordered Charter to show cause in writing (at a 15-page maximum) by Aug. 4 as to why the case should not be dis-missed.

Lakeville was given the same 15-page maxi-mum written response to Charter’s argument to be turned in by Aug. 15. When contacted for comment, Charter would provide only this written statement: “We have said all along that Charter has been operating in compli-ance with the franchise agreement, and months later the city has acknowl-edged this by withdrawing its baseless determination of noncompliance. Char-ter remains focused on meeting the needs of our customers through ad-vanced product offerings and customer service. We continue to make signifi-cant investments in our network and the Lakeville community and we look forward to continuing this

in the future.” Lakeville’s cable at-torney John M. Baker also issued a statement he would not elaborate on that and said the City Council’s action is an im-portant part of resolving the lawsuit “in a way that is in the best interests of Lakeville’s citizens, in-cluding Charter’s custom-ers in Lakeville.” Charter began charg-ing customers the fee last August and have said if required to pay previous fees, it will be added to the cost to subscribers’ bills. Mayor Matt Little said the City Council will not be commenting about the issue until it is “fully re-solved.” The case stemmed from Lakeville officials’

2012 review of the fran-chise contract showing that the EG fee had not been paid. After months of failed negotiations and written communications debating the issue, Charter Com-munications sued Lakev-ille following a Nov. 4, 2013, public hearing re-garding the dispute. In the 27-page com-plaint accompanied with 13 exhibits, Charter ve-hemently denied it owed the city uncollected fees, citing numerous written statements by city officials referring to an agreement to defer implementation of the EG access fee. Lakeville filed a coun-terclaim against Charter for breach of the Fran-chise Agreement on Dec. 5, 2013, seeking reim-

bursement of the fees, in-terest and reimbursement of city funds spent to cov-er capital costs for edu-cational or governmental access facilities. According to city cable attorney Brian Grogan, Lakeville has spent about $400,000 since 2005 on ca-ble purchases over $500, and the city also spends about $5,000 or more an-nually in equipment costs and repairs. He produced records showing Lakev-ille also paid $191,500 for fiber-optic installation. City Finance Director Dennis Feller said legal expenses related to the Charter dispute have been covered by city insurance. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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es with the Twin Cit-ies North Chamber of Commerce. “He went into a cham-ber as ’08 hit,” Curtis said. “The economy was tanking, but he took the chamber and hung onto it. He kept it going.” Also joining the Chamber of Commerce in the leadership role of membership services di-rector is Penny Zurn, for-mer owner, general man-ager and sales manager of the Manic Ceramic located in the Southfork Shopping Center. Zurn, of Farmington, replaces Linda Rynda, who had held the posi-tion for 10 years before resigning this summer. Zurn said in a news release she feels her background is a natural fit for this position. “Having owned a busi-ness in Lakeville, I have an understanding of the value of the Chamber of Commerce,” she said. Curtis said Zurn stood out because of her enthusiasm and pres-ence. “Walking into the room, she seemed to cap-ture everybody’s atten-tion,” Curtis said. “She has that type of person-ality.” He said she also of-fered many fresh and compelling ideas for growing the chamber; they have a goal to bring the chamber’s member-ship from 450 to 500 by the end of next year. He said both new hires bring excitement, energy and are excited about the possibilities. Curtis also credited Bornhauser who has more than doubled the group’s membership (200 to 450) in his 14 years in leadership. He credited Born-hauser for his dedication,

networking abilities, and many new programs he developed. “He’s always there for our business members,” Curtis said. “If you wanted someone on your side, he was your guy.” Chamber Board Chair-elect 2015 Glenn Starfield said change is always difficult, but he believes new leaders will be able to pick up and carry the organization forward. “It’s going to be one heck of a dynamic duo,” Starfield said. Curtis said the Cham-ber’s future is “looking good.” “The membership is being rejuvenated,” Cur-tis said. “We’re ready to get to that next level of 500 memberships. With our new leaders, it’s go-ing to be a really good thing for the chamber and members.”


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2510 Pets

1020 Junkers& Repairables

2510 Pets


4030 Garage& Estate Sales

4650 Vacation Proper-ties/Travel Getaways




5170 Concrete/Mason-ry/Waterproofing


Family Owned & Operated Free Estimates

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5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

1000 WHEELS

1010 Vehicles

1989 Mercedes-Benz 420 SEL. Good shape, $1800. Call 952-546-0907

2002 BMW M3 convertible AT, 56M, black, lther, gd cond

$25k/BO. 763-807-7448

2003 Saturn Wagon LW300, Exc. cond. $3,500. Call 952-432-8331


$$$ $200 - $10,000 $$$Junkers & Repairables

More if Saleable. MN Licensed

www.crosstownauto.net 612-861-3020 651-645-7715

$225+ for most Vehicles Free Towing

651-769-0857

1030 Motorcycles

1993 Honda 75019K Miles, $1500.

Just Tuned. Good to Ride. Phil - 612-381-7189

2007 Suzuki Blvd C50, 800 CC. 40,000 mi. Exc. cond. $38K or B/O. 612-709-3824

1060 Trucks/Pickups

1956 Ford F100 Truck Clean, great condition! $7,500/BO. 952-949-9128

1070 Trailers

Canoe Trailer with Racks and Open Box. Heavy duty. $550/BO. 952-938-4187

1500 SPORTING

1530 Watercraft

1991 Searay Weekender, 28’ w/cover, twin Chev en-gines, $20K. 612-723-4114

Grumman Canoe 17’ good cond. Paddles, Roof carrier. $400 651-463-3056

2000 FARM

2060 Horses

HORSE BUYER! Buying all kinds of horses -daily. 952-836-8811 or 612-839-9568.

2500 PETS

2510 Pets

Free Kittens 8 wks old! Gold, females & males 952-469-5155

SOLD! Havachon Male 6yrs vet chkd, shots, $300 gd fam. dog!

3000 ANNOUNCEMENTS

3010 Announcements

If you want to drinkthat’s your business... if you want to STOP

that’s ours.Call

AlcoholicsAnonymous

Minneapolis: 952-922-0880

St. Paul: 651-227-5502

Find a meeting:www.aastpaul.org

www.aaminneapolis.org

3070 OrganizationalNotices

South Suburban Alanon

Mondays 7pm-8:30pmEbenezer Ridges

Care Center 13820 Community Drive

Burnsville, MN 55337 Mixed, Wheelchair

Accessible. For more information:

Contact Scott 612-759-5407

or Marty 612-701-5345

3500 MERCHANDISE

3510 Antiques &Collectibles

Exceptional Solid Oak 1920’s Roll-top Desk. Restored. $2,800/BO. For photos/info 651-490-7510

3520 Cemetery Lots

Grandview Park Cemetery, Hopkins. 2 side by side plots$950 ea/BO. 602-861-8082

Must sell! Dawn Valley, 1 plot for 2 vertical. Pd $3,000; will negotiate. 480-820-0814

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3580 Household/Furnishings

Dining Rm Set exc. cnd. Pine, 76x40 table, 4 side, 2cpt. chrs. 54X78 hutch. $595 651-460-4985

Leather Sofa very gd cond. $200 - Lighted China cab. & buffet $200. Solid wood-Cash only. 952-890-5422

Oak BR Set: Exc cond! Qn bed, 64” 7 drwr dresser w/dbl door storage below, & tall mirror w/light, $420. Xtra matching chest of drwrs $180. 952-888-7716

3600 MiscellaneousFor Sale

Going out of Drapery Business Sale! Hardware, fabrics, machines. Call for more information:

Elaine 612-869-9296

Radio Controlled Heli-copter 24” long. Flown only once. 952-236-2341

3610 MiscellaneousWanted

Buying Old Trains & ToysSTEVE’S TRAIN CITY

952-933-0200

3620 MusicInstruments

Janssen Console Piano w/bench. Good cond. $450/BO 952-985-0647

Whitney/Kimball Piano, upright console w/bench. Soundboard & bridge still in good shape. Asking $495/bo 952-423-4613

Wurlitzer Baby Grand Piano: Exc. condition! Ap-praised at $4,650; will sell for $1,999. 952-942-7279

4000 SALES


Apple ValleyChurch Wide Garage Sale

Christus VictorLutheran Church

Located at:Palomino & Cedar AveFri., 8/8 (10am - 8pm*)

Sat., 8/9 (9am - 2pm)*Early Bird Special:

Pay $3/family and shop from 9-10 am before theofficial garage sale opens

Apple Valley Hunters Woods Townhomes

Annual Sale Thurs-Sat, Aug. 7-8-9 (8-5) Addresses: 8755, 8845, 8918, 8922, 8924, 8926, 8965, 8978, 8994 all on Hunters Way

Apple ValleyVikings-Twins-Packers

Sport Kimonos for SaleRaffle for GB -vs- Vikes Tickets with purchase

Sun & Mon, 8/ 3 - 4 (10-6)14458 Holiday Court

APPLE VALLEY, 8/8 & 9th 9-5pm, HH, toys, book-cases, yd. & garden, misc. 12925 Hamlet Ave

APPLE VALLEY, Aug 8th 8-5pm, 9th 7-1pm, Down-sizing! Men’s tools, genera-tor, fish, hrdw, HH, garden, & misc. 12990 Echo Lane

Bloomington 7/31-8/2 (9-5)11211 Xerxes Ave. SouthElectronics, cloz, furniture, sporting goods, much more!

Bloomington, 7/31-8/2, 9-1. Antique/vintage, HH, Furn, xmas & more. Priced to move! 1 blk S Old Shak & Nrmdale 11068 Trail W. Rd

Bloomington, 8/2, 10a-3p, Moving sale! Bargain pric-es. cash only. Furn, gar-den/yd/patio & sports eqp, plants. 3507 W 89th Str

Bloomington, Aug. 1,2,3,5 to 8 on Aug. 1, 8 to 8 on Sat. & Sun. Men stuff, power & hand & yard tools, hunting, fishing, knives, gun holsters, cowboy hats, model rac-ing cars, household, tables, chairs, drum set, all must go. 10101 Colfax Ave., Bloomington

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Burnsville: Moving Sale! 1005 Leisure CourtAug 7 & 8m 9-5pm, Many HH items, sm furn. garden tools, hoses, fert. spreader.


Bloomington, July 31-Aug 2, Thur & Fri 8-5, Sat 9-5. HUGE Fund-raising Sale benefitting MN BOXER RESCUE Sat. $5.00/bag starting @ 1pm --- 2701 W. 96th Street (corner of 96th & Vincent)

BURNSVILLE: “Grace’s Attic”

Grace United Methodist Church Rummage Sale

15309 Maple Island Road Aug 14th - Aug 16th. 8-5pm, Sat. 8am to 1:30pm, $1 Bag Sale

11am -1:30pm Sat. Look for lg Silver Cross-es Across from Buckhill

Coon Rapids:HUGE KIDS SALE

300+ Sellers!! August 8-12 10a-7p Daily

10 NW Coon Rapids Boulevard(Near Savers)

Crystal Multi-Family Sale 7/31, 8/1-2 (9-5) Furn, HH, lawn & garden, more!5236 Hampshire Ave. No.

Crystal: Moving Sale 8/1 -28a-5p. Furn, yard equip, HH items, + many items!!

5417 Angeline Ave N.

Deephaven, 7/31 to 8/2, 9am-5pm. ANTIQUES, collectibles, household, vintage. REALLY, REALLY ****BIG**** SALE!! 5005 Hooper Lake Road

Eagan Multi-Family 8/1-2(8-4) Cash only Kids toys, Home access., framed art (Slater Rd off of Cliff, follow Slater to Wall St) 2268 Wall St

Eagan Multi-Family 8/7-8 (8-4) Kids & Teen cloz, toys, books, furn., HH, more!4012 Stonebridge Dr. So.

EAGAN: Aug 7, 8th 9-4 & 9th 9-1p, Furn., cloz, bikes, craft items & snow blower + more! 3955 Mica Trail

Edina: Multi Fam 7/31-8/2,(9-4) 5648 Woodcrest Dr. Vint. HH, unique objects, bks, hrdwre, toys & puzzles.

FARMINGTON: 17116 Eventide Way Aug 1/2 Fri/Sat 9a-5p, Huge sale! 20 years in the making - kids clothes 4T & smaller, kid items, furniture, house-hold items, lots of variety.

FARMINGTON: 305 Hick-ory St. Aug 1 & 2 9-5pm, Furn., Kitchenware, glassw. vintage tools, & handmade items.

FARMINGTON: Aug 8th (9-6pm) & 9th (8-2pm), Bookshelf, bike, cloz, HH, collectibles, books, DVDs & toys 19400 Eureka Ave West

Golden Valley:3810 Bassett Creek Drive August 7-9, (8a-5p). Furn,

Kids, Tools, HH & Crafts

Hopkins, 8/7 - 8/9, 8 am to 4 pm. Multi-family sale! General household items- treasures for all ages. 201 - 16th Ave No.

LAKEVILLEAugust 13-16thOver 30,000 Sq.

Feet of Bargains!All Saints Church

6th AnnualGarage Sale

Aug 13-16 Early Bird Sale-Wed,

4-8 ($3 Adm),Thurs, 9-6, Fri, 10-4,

Sat, 8-Noon (1/2 Price & Bag Sale)

19795 Holyoke Ave

LAKEVILLE, 16297 Grif-fon Crt. Aug 8 & 9th 9a-4p, Moving Sale! Furn, HH items, garden, tools, antqs.


LKVL, 7/30 (4-8), 7/31-8/2 (8-6). NEW inf travel system, freezer, mower, lawn furn, HH, furn, tools, antqs, video games, cloz NB-XXL 11375 237th St. E.

New Hope, 7/31-8/2; 7/31-8/1 8a-5p; 8/2, 8a-1p. baby stuff/cloz, maternity, HH, electronics/video games. & misc. 7724-45 1/2 Ave N.

PlymouthAnnual Rummage Sale

St. BarnabasLutheran Church

Sat., Aug. 9 8am - 2pm15600 Old Rockford Rd

Plymouth HUGE SAMPLE SALE! Thurs-Sat, 7/31 & 8/1-2 (9-4). NEW - Gifts, gadgets, games & HH items15725 51st Place North

Plymouth, July 31st, August 1st, August 2nd, 8 am - 5 pm. Estate/Garage Sale: Furni-ture, Camping/Fishing, Tools, Garden Equip-ment, Kitchen + House-hold, Filing Cabinets, Books, Xmas, Antiques, etc. 1015 Ives Lane N.

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PRIOR LAKE: 20101 France Circle Aug 7-9th, 9-5pm, Tools, vintage, furn. On the ranch by the pond.

Richfield Big sale! 8/1-2 (8-4) Furn, HH, antiqs, tools, outdoor equip, more!6316 Grand Ave. South

Richfield Estate Sale7132 Columbus Ave. So.7/31 - 8/1 (9-5) Collectbls, fish boat, lawn equip, tools

Robbinsdale Estate Sale4216 Islemount Place

Sat., August 2 (9-4)Last day! Antiq. tbl/chrs,

lamps, dishes, much more!

ROSEMOUNT: 6656 GER-DINE PATH Aug 1 & 2nd 9-5pm, Furniture, antqs., HH, Collectibles & misc!

Shoreview Multi-Family Don’t miss! 8/7-9 (9-4) HH, cloz, kids, antiqs, furn., garage. 959 Scenic Drive

Shorewood Moving Sale7/31; 8/1-2 (8-4) Cash only

Furn, patio, HH & more! 19395 Waterford Place

St. Louis Park: AquilaNeighborhood Annual

Garage Sale. Sat 8/2 (8-4) North of Knollwood Plaza

WayzataCommunity Church

Wed., Aug. 6 (9-8)Thurs., Aug. 7 (9-6)

Biggest salein the West Metro!

Collectibles, housewares,tools, sports gear,

furniture, and more!Free admission.

Prices reduced Thursday.Refreshments available.

No strollers, pets, or shopping carts please. Handicap accessible.

Net proceeds to charity.125 Wayzata Blvd East

Zimmerman, Aug 2-3, 9am-3pm. Check out: www.oldisknew.com (sales tab). Lots of Stuff!28563 149th St NE

4500 RENTALS / REAL ESTATE

4560 CommercialFor Rent

Burnsville- 2 Lrg. Offices w/services & furnished. Easy Parking. Private kitch. & Ba. 952-646-9225

4570 StorageFor Rent

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5000 SERVICES

5080 Child &Adult Care

FARMINGTON Lic’d 8 yrs Fun Loving Family FT Childcare in North Trail Dist. Food prog. Ages 2+. 952-891-3266

5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

H & H Blacktopping612-861-6009

5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

Above All Hardwood Floors Installation-Sanding-Finishing

“We Now InstallCarpet, Tile & Vinyl.”

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Escobar Hardwood Floors Carpet & Ceramic Tile

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5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

SANDING-REFINISHINGRoy’s Sanding Service

Since 1951 952-888-9070

5150 Chimney &Fireplace Services

SWEEP - INSP. - REPAIRFull Time - Professional Ser.Certified/Registered/Insured30 Yrs Exp. Phil 651-699-3373

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• Standard Concrete • Driveways • Fire Pits & Patios • Athletic Courts • Steps & Walks • Floors & Aprons www.mdconcrete.net

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Min Lic. BC679768

Drain Tile, Customized Concrete, Stone, New or Repair. --.

CONCRETE & MASONRYSteps, Walks, Drives,

Patios Chimney Repair. No job to Sm. Lic/Bond/Ins

John 952-882-0775

Dave’s Concrete & Masonry

37 yrs exp. Free ests. Ins’d. Colored &

Stamped, Driveways & Steps, Sidewalks,

Patios, Blocks, & Floors. New or replacement. Tear out & removal.

Will meet or beat almost any quote!

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5370 Painting &Decorating

5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters




5510 Full-time

5420 Tree Care &Stump Removal

5510 Full-time


Direct Service ProfessionalRewarding position assisting individuals with intellec-tual disabilities and sensory impairments in a center based setting in Bloomington. Provide supervision, job skills training, implement programs and track goals, participate in community integration activities and assist with self-care needs. Position requires the ability to lift and transfer individuals to/from wheel-chairs. A valid driver’s license and compliance with MVR & Rule 11 background checks required. Ability to obtain a CDL license within 6 months of hire and drug/alcohol testing required. Driving a Rise van or lift equipped bus is a daily function of the job. Position requires individual to lift and carry 50+ pounds on a regular basis. Position is full-time, M-F with excellent benefits. $11-$12 HR/DOQ with a generous training & benefit package. One year experience working with individuals with intellectual disabilities and degree preferred. Submit cover letter and resume to Melinda at [email protected].

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5220 Electrical

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GARAGE DOORS & OPENERS

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Lifetime Warranty on All Spring Changes

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5280 Handyperson

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Free Quotes & IdeasA-1 Work Ray’s Handyman

No job too small!!Quality Work @ Competitive

Prices! Free Estimates.Ray 612-281-7077

5280 Handyperson

All Home Repairs! Excell Remodeling, LLC Interior & Exterior Work

One Call Does it All!Call Bob 612-702-8237or Dave 612-481-7258

Home Tune-up • Fix It • Replace It

• Upgrade It Over 40 Yrs Exp.

Ins’d Ron 612-221-9480

PROFESSIONAL HOME IMPROVEMENT!

Dependable, quality, time-ly. 30 years experience. Free Estimates Contact Jon

651-600-8820

Ron’s Handyman ServiceWe do it for you!

952-457-1352

5340 Landscaping

AB LANDSCAPING Specializing in creating great curb appeal with

perennial gardens, trees & shrubs

Call Al at

952-432-7908

CAYERING LAWN SERVICES LLC

•Patios •Sod•Pavers/Patios•Firepits •Fire Rocks•Retaining Walls•Boulder Walls

Call Casey 952-292-5636

E-Z LandscapeRetaining/Boulder Walls,

Paver Patios, Bobcat Work, Sod, Mulch & Rock.

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LANDSCAPES BY LORAlandscapesbylora.com

Quality work @ competitiveprices. 14+ yrs exp.!

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Modern Landscapes • Retaining Walls • Paver Patios • Design & Instal-

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Offering Complete Landscape Services

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5350 Lawn &Garden Services

A Happy Yard 20% off-New CustomersWeekly Mowing, Gutter

Cleaning, Brush RemovalSod & All Types of

Landscaping. 612-990-0945


3 Interior Rooms/$250Wallpaper Removal.

Drywall Repair. Cabi-net Enameling and

Staining. 30 yrs exp. Steve 763-545-0506

612•390•6845Quality ResidentialPainting & Drywall

Ceiling & Wall TexturesH20 Damage-Plaster Repair

Wallpaper RemovalINTERIOR � EXTERIOR

*A and K PAINTING*Think Summer!!!!

Int/Ext Painting/Staining & Texturing. Free Est.

952-474-6258 Ins/BondMajor Credit Card Accepted


Ben’s Painting

Int/Ext, Drywall Repair Paint/Stain/Ceilings. We accept Visa/MC/Discvr.,

952-432-2605 DAVE’S PAINTING

and WALLPAPERINGInt/Ext • Free Est. • 23 Yrs.

Will meet or beat any price! Lic/Ins

Visa/MC 952-469-6800

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5380 Plumbing

SAVE MONEY - Competent Master Plumb-er needs work. Lic# M3869.

Jason 952-891-2490


A Family Operated Business

Roofing/Tear-offsNew Construction

BBB Free Est. MC/Visa Lic # BC170064

No Subcontractors Used. Ins. 952-891-8586

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Locally owned & operated!952-461-5155 Lic# 2017781

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Re-Roofing & Roof Repairs - 30 Yrs Exp

Insured - Lic#20126880 John Haley #1 Roofer, LLC.

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◆ Roofing ◆ Siding Gutters ◆ Soffit/Fascia

TOPSIDE, INC. 612-869-1177

Lic CR005276 ◆ Bonded ◆ Insured

34 Yrs Exp. A+ Rating BBB


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Al & Rich’s Low CostStump Removal, Portable Mach. No job too big!

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Call Jeff forStump Removal

Narrow Access Backyards Fully Insured

Jeff 612-578-5299

Silver Fox ServicesTree Trimming/Removal

& Stump Grinding.Fully Licensed & Insured

BBB Accredited “A” RatingRegistered W/Dept of

Agriculture. 16+ Yrs Exp. Family Owned & Operated

Free Estimates952-883-0671 612-715-2105

STUMP GRINDINGFree Ests. Best $$ Ins’d

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5440 Window Cleaning

Rich’s Window Cleaning Quality Service. Afford-able rates. 952-435-7871

Sparkling Clean Window Washing Free ests. Ins’d. 952-451-1294

5500 EMPLOYMENT

5510 Full-time

Automotive Positions Available

* COUNTER SALES* DISMANTLING

Prior automotive experi-ence and knowledge of au-

tomotive parts preferred.

* WAREHOUSEGood computer aptitude

necessary.

FT positions w/benefits. Apply in person or send

resume to: Steve Penner, HR dept. LKQ Viking Auto Salvage,

26548 Chippendale Ave.Northfield, MN 55057

[email protected] online at:

LKQCorp.com/careersphone 651-460-6166

fax 651-460-8444

CARPENTERS & CONSTRUCTION

MANAGERLocal Co. seeks car-penters & Construction Mgr. w/at least 5 yrs exp. Must have DL, & transportation. Sarah 651-423-7248

Designed Cabinets, Inc.

located in Lakeville, MN is looking to fill mul-tiple positions within our family owned and operated business. Po-sitions available are: • Cabinet makers and installers with 3+ years experience • CNC op-erator, and • lead finish-er. Please apply withinDesigned Cabinets, Inc.

7965 215th St. WestLakeville, MN 55044Office: 952-469-2700

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Panic gripped her be-cause she felt something horrible had happened to someone in her family. “To not understand if my children or my family was even living anymore is a pain one cannot de-scribe,” she wrote. Sanders said she des-perately wanted to ask questions, express her frustration, anger, fears, concerns, and at times, rage. Her writing came out as scribbles nobody could understand. Visitors cried. She answered ques-tions by blinking her eyes. Sanders wanted to know what was going on, to take her life back, to see her children, Ellie, then 9, and Eliza, who was 6 months old. It was her children rescuers had desperately searched for in her crum-pled minivan after spot-ting a car seat in it after the wreck, but angry words between Sanders and her eldest daughter had kept them from accompanying her on the fateful June 18 trip to the store, likely sav-ing their lives.

Critical care After days of effort and work with a machine that showed her breaths, Sand-ers was able to breathe without a respirator and she was transferred to the critical care unit around July 12. “I was becoming more “clear” in my thinking at this point in that I could stay up longer times, but all I did was stare at the ceiling because I couldn’t lift my head,” Sanders wrote. “Really the only movement I had at this point in time is when someone would come and change my diaper.” She contracted an in-fection that left her un-able to control bodily functions; days were filled with tears, pain, frustra-tion, embarrassment, ag-ony and nurses who pro-vided comfort and care. A month after the

accident, Sanders was allowed to see her chil-dren, but because of the infection could not touch them. “I cried,” Sanders said. “My oldest daughter had tears in her eyes. It was just scary for them.” Sitting up the first time in bed was a three-nurse exercise that Sanders said was excruciating. Soon after that, before she could move on her own, she was transferred to undergo physical and occupational and therapy rehabilitation, which she refers to as “boot camp.” “They were very clear that no longer would I have people doing stuff for me and I needed to do it for myself,” Sanders wrote. “I was laying there thinking I can’t even sit up what am I going to do? But then I got my ‘feisty’ self-back and thought, well I will show them. Their pissing me off ac-tually helped some. I was out to prove them that I will sit up one day, I will be able to dress myself one day and feed myself.” That determination drove her rehabilitation, fighting brutal pain daily. On trembling legs she stood for two minutes in-stead of the 30 seconds therapists had proposed.

“I cannot tell you how exhausted I was after two minutes, but I knew right there and then I was go-ing to succeed.” Sanders employed the same determination to regain short-term mem-ory loss by constantly trying to memorize and repeat words. She had to retrain her legs and limbs, and after weeks on a liquid diet had to teach herself again how to chew and swallow, dress herself with limited movement and how to get in and out of the wheelchair on her own. “It was like learning a new life,” Sanders said. After insurance would no longer cover in-patient rehabilitation, Sanders learned she would be sent home. Making their two-sto-ry walk-out home acces-sible required installing chair ramps; a hospital bed and necessary equip-ment was installed on the main level. Friends and family gathered for a short, cel-ebratory homecoming party. Still wearing the halo, missing parts of her hair, sporting a huge gash in her forehead, and having not combed or washed

her hair in weeks and unable to walk or talk in complete sentences, Sand-ers said she was embar-rassed. “No one cared,” Sand-ers wrote. “I was able to see everyone, and I was overjoyed.” Settling in at home was difficult. She wanted to do everything on her own, but needed help and it made her mad. Sanders desperately wanted to care for her children. “More than seven weeks have gone by, and I have not been able to change one diaper on my baby … I haven’t been able to hold her more than five minutes, and my old-est just wanted her mom back,” Sanders wrote. Instead, Sanders strug-gled to adapt to her new life, filled with appoint-ments and struggles to regain strength and inde-pendence. Sometimes, when alone, she just cried. After about three months, doctors finally replaced the halo with a neck brace, a switch that she said felt like 20-pound weight being lifted. She took to using a walker and crutches, crawled downstairs to take her first shower since

the accident, and by No-vember, was allowed to return to work part time. “It was overwhelming at first because everyone at work wanted to talk about the accident and I didn’t,” Sanders wrote. “I just wanted to try and fo-cus, but it didn’t take me long to realize things were not the same. I used to multi-task so well, (but) I would find myself just getting lost in the middle of doing tasks.” She did not have the same stamina, and her once strong memory was gone. She had to write ev-erything down and com-pleted projects one at a time. Through determina-tion, Sanders has regained many abilities, but will likely always suffer some effects of the accident. She has endured three hip surgeries and returned to teaching fitness classes, but is disappointed she could not lead kick-box-ing again. Sanders instead leads a strengthening class and still suffers pain. She drives, but sudden movements can disturb her and she tries to avoid driving on the I-35 front-age road where the crash occurred. Surviving the crash that she said should have killed her has left her with questions of the reasons God saved her; she still struggles with frustration and anger, and there are days where she is exhaust-ed and the challenges de-mand daily renewal of her will to rebuild her life. That determination remains so strong that about a year after the ac-cident, she had the words “I will never give up” tat-tooed on her back. ”I have two young kids,” Sanders said. “I have a career, I have a hus-band, I have family. They all need me, so I have to move forward.”


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Mid-year foreclosure numbers The Dakota County Community Development Agency recently published foreclosure numbers for the first half (January through June) of 2014. Total notices of pen-dency numbered 575 for the first six months of 2014, compared to 880 in 2013 and 1,526 in 2012. The total number of sheriff sales for the first six months of 2014 was 358, compared to 533 in 2013 and 830 in 2012. So far in 2014, sher-iff sale numbers have de-creased by about 35 percent as compared to 2013. Notice of pendency fil-ings have decreased by about 33 percent as com-pared to 2013. This is fairly consistent with the decrease seen from 2012 to 2013 where sheriff sales decreased by about 36 per-cent, and notice of pen-dency filings decreased by about 42 percent. Sheriff sales in Dakota County reached an all-time high in 2010 with the yearly total at 2,106. At the mid-year point in 2010, Dakota County had recorded 1,064 sheriff sales and 1,933 no-tices of pendency. Although notice of pendency filings can be an indicator of fu-ture sheriff sales, not all no-tices of pendency will result in foreclosure. Even though foreclo-sure activity has fallen to a level not seen since 2005-06, mortgage delinquencies do remain a problem for Da-kota County families. The CDA has local, free and un-biased advice for homeown-ers who are concerned with their mortgage payments. The Mortgage Foreclosure Counseling Program pro-vides counseling assistance with referrals to additional resources if necessary. Da-kota County homeown-ers work one-on-one with trained homeownership specialists to assess their sit-uation and determine possi-ble solutions. To speak to a homeownership specialist, call 651-675-4555.


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Flying Foot Forum Flying Foot Forum will perform at 6:30 p.m. Sun-day, Aug. 3, as part of the Summer Performance Se-ries at Caponi Art Park’s Theater in the Woods, 1220 Diffley Road, Ea-gan. Flying Foot Forum is a percussive dance and the-ater company that fuses percussion and percussive dances with other forms of music, dance and the-ater, telling unusual tales, creating a wild variety of characters, and exploring universal ideas in inven-tive and new ways. Admission is free with a $5 per person suggest-ed donation. Bring lawn chairs or a blanket for seating. Visit www.capon-iartpark.org for more in-formation.

Bluegrass festival The Caponi Art Park Bluegrass Festival will be held Sunday, Sept. 14. The festival brings na-tionally and regionally touring, award-winning bands, The Okee Dokee Brothers, Monroe Cross-ing, Lost Jim Trio and the Roe Family Singers to the Theater in the Woods amphitheater. The community cel-ebration of music and fundraiser for the Art Park starts at noon with an open jam session. Tickets are now on sale, visit www.caponiart-park.org for information.

Step back in time at fair Entrance to Dakota City Heritage Village – a collection of 22 build-ings recreating a Dakota County village of 1900 – will be free to visitors with paid admission to the Dakota County Fair Aug. 4-10. New this year are ex-hibits in the Ahlberg Hall Museum featuring a 1900s era root cellar and summer kitchen, as well as “Presentation Station” featuring local artisans and hobbyists. Other events include daily Chautauqua perfor-mances, vintage tractor parade, threshing dem-onstrations, vintage race cars, and a variety of mu-

sical performances. Saturday and Sunday the John Dillinger Gang will be raiding the Dako-ta City Bank. Old-fash-ioned ice cream, pie, 1919 root beer and lemonade are available in the village daily, along with sweet corn Thursday through Sunday afternoons. Dakota City is located on the Dakota County Fairgrounds at 4008 220th St. W. in Farm-ington. Visit www.dako-tacity.org for a complete schedule of events.

Superheroes at IMAX Theatre The Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo is celebrating the opening of “Guardians of the Galaxy” with a “buy one ticket, get one ticket half off ” special for the 9:30 a.m. showing on Saturday, Aug. 2. Come early for free face painting, doughnuts, juice and appearances by members of the Minne-sota Superheroes United. Tickets can be pur-chased at the box office. Doors open at 8:30 a.m.

Spring Lake Park Music Fest The third annual Spring Lake Park Re-serve Music Festival will be 5-8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at Schaar’s Bluff. This is a joint partnership among the Rosemount Area Arts Council, the Hastings Prescott Area Arts Council and the Da-kota County Parks De-partment. The festival will fea-ture live music from lo-cal community bands, including the Hastings High School marching band, Rosemount Com-munity Band, River Val-ley Community Band, and Ponticelli, a strings ensemble. Concessions will be available to purchase from Sandy’s Grill & Ital-ian Ice and RA MacSam-my’s food trucks. Prices vary. Participants should dress for the weather and bring lawn chairs and blankets for seating. Admission is free. Pre-registration is appreci-ated and available online

at www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks or by phone at 952-891-7000.

Author at Galaxie Library As part of the 2014 Club Book series hosted by Dakota County Library, internationally known author Amy Bloom will speak, answer audience questions and sign books at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Ap-ple Valley. The Common Goods Bookstore will have Bloom’s books avail-able for purchase at the event. Bloom has seen world-wide success as a novelist, short story author and screen writer. Her short stories have been nominat-ed for both the National Book Award and the Na-tional Book Critics Circle Award, and appeared in popular anthologies in-cluding “The Best Ameri-can Short Stories” and “O. Henry Prize Stories.” A psychotherapist by training, Bloom also cre-ated, wrote, and produced the Lifetime comedy-dra-ma about a psychiatrist, “State of Mind.” The Club Book event is sponsored by MELSA, the legacy amendment, Minnesota Public Radio, MinnPost, Library Strat-egies and Dakota County Library. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty.us/library or call 651-450-2900.

Vintage Band Festival The Vintage Band Festival is presenting a one-day event on Satur-day, Aug. 2. With musical styles ranging from Civil War to jazz and more, 12 diverse bands from around Minnesota will perform outdoor concerts on Northfield’s Bridge Square starting at 9 a.m. and going until 9 p.m. The event will be held in conjunction with Northfield’s Riverwalk Market Fair in Bridge Square, where arts, crafts, and fresh foods are avail-able. The event is free and open to the public, but do-nations are appreciated. Visit http://vintage-bandfestival.org for more information.

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

Books Author Scott Thoma, 2-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Thoma will sell and sign copies of his book, “Out of the Blue,”

a true story about two sisters and their miraculous survival of one of the most powerful tor-nadoes in Minnesota history.

Call for artists Eagan Art House’s ninth annual Harvest of Art Com-munity Art Exhibit, Sept. 7 to Nov. 3. Open to all south-of-the-river artists, age 8-18 and ages 19 and older. All media accepted. Registration fee: $16 per person for up to two pieces of artwork (ages 8-18); $21 per person (19 and older). Deadline: Aug. 18. Complete guidelines are at www.eagan-arthouse.org. Information: 651-675-5521.

Events/festivals Dakota County Fair, Aug. 4-10, Dakota County Fair-grounds, 4008 W. 220th St., Farmington. Information: www.dakotacountyfair.org. Burnsville Fire Muster,

Sept. 4-7. Information: www.burnsvillefiremuster.com.

Exhibits East Asian painting exhib-it, June 1-Aug. 31, Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Cultural Perspectives: Bringing Heritage Home ex-hibit, July 10-Aug. 24, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville.

Music Music in Kelley Park fea-turing Steve Sullivan & the Fac-tory, 6-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages available for pur-chase. Devine, funk/motown/jazz/pop, will perform at 7 p.m. on Aug. 3 as part of Sunday Night Music in the Park at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free.

Lyle Lovett & His Large Band, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Sub-way Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $68, $80.50 VIP box seat. In-formation: http://mnzoo.org/plan-your-visit/music-zoo/. Trombone Shorty & Or-leans Avenue, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, in the am-phitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $43, $55.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://mnzoo.org/plan-your-visit/music-zoo/. Remembering the King (an Elvis tribute featuring Steve Marcio) will perform at 7 p.m. on Aug. 6 as part of the Wednesday in the Park Concert Series at Civic Center Park, 75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville. Free. Music in Kelley Park fea-turing T. Mychael Rambo, 6-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, at Kelley

Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and bever-ages available for purchase.

Theater “Shrek, The Musical,” presented by Eagan Summer Theatre, July 18 to Aug. 2, Ea-gan High School auditorium. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 se-niors and children age 12 and younger. Purchase tickets on-line at eagan.k12.mn.us. Box office: 651-683-6964. “Insane with Power,” pre-sented by Expressions Com-munity Theater, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1-2 and 7-9, 2 p.m. Aug. 3, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets: $13 at the box office, online at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or by phone at 952-985-4640. “Grease,” presented by The Play’s The Thing Produc-tions, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8-9 and 2 p.m. Aug. 10, Ames Center,

The Ames Center in Burnsville surprised its 500,000th patron, Paige Nuebauer of Wayzata, as she and her family entered the building for the Rhythmic Circus performance on July 26. Kelsey Covart, sales and events manager at the Ames Center, presented the Nuebauer family with a giant commemorative ticket naming them the 500,000th patron through the Ames Center doors. From left, Sullivan Nuebauer, Paige Nuebauer, Eric Nuebauer, Kelsey Covart and Stella Nuebauer. The Nuebauers also received a $100 gift card to Mediterranean Cruise Café and a pair of complimentary tickets to any three upcoming performances at the venue. The Ames Center opened in 2009 as the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. (Photo submitted)

Apple Valley’s summerlong Music in Kelley Park concert series concludes Friday, Aug. 1, with a performance by Steve Sullivan and the Factory. The Twin Cities-based indie-blues-folk fusion band fronted by singer-songwriter Sullivan combines the sounds of artists such as Muddy Waters, Ray Charles and Tom Waits. Admission is free to the 6-9 p.m. concert in the park located at Founders Lane and West 153rd Street, and vendors will be on hand offering festival food such as burgers and brats along with wine and beer. More about the event is at Facebook.com/MusicInKelleyPark. (Photo submitted)

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12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $14 adults, $13 chil-dren age 12 and younger. Pur-chase tickets at the box office or at Ticketmaster.com, 1-800-982-2787.

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

Eagan’s Central Park festival grounds will be playing host to Kevin Bowe & the Okemah Prophets (pictured) and Tim Sparks next week during Eagan Market Fest. The Aug. 6 concert opens at 4 p.m. with Sparks, a guitarist who specializes in country blues, gospel, jazz and world music; at 6 p.m. Kevin Bowe & the Okemah Prophets take the stage to deliver their signature brand of American rock ’n’ roll. Admission is free to Market Fest, a weekly farmers market and community festival held on Wednesday nights throughout the summer at the Central Park festival grounds, with live music each week at the Rotary Band Shell. More on the event is at www.cityofeagan.com. (Photo submitted)


Quirky crimefighters, questionable superpowersExpressions presents stage comedy ‘Insane With Power’ in Lakeville

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


They may not be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but the su-perheroes in “Insane With Power” boast plenty of special talents. There’s Speed Freak, who believes he can run at incredible speeds, though when he does run he does so in reverse. There’s Mental, who, along with sud-den outbursts of strange non sequiturs, thinks she can read minds. And there’s Dim Bulb, who purports to be able to turn off the lights with his brain — a bold claim from a man wear-ing Hanes jockey briefs outside his pants. The Justice League of America they are not, but these crimefighting heroes get the job done — at least within the confines of the mental health facility where they’re patients. The lighthearted stage comedy, which opens Aug. 1 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, is the latest production from Ex-pressions Community Theater. The story follows journalist Lois Lancaster as she researches the current state of mental health facilities by visit-ing a hospital populated with a group of quirky inmates who imagine they are

crimefighting superheroes. Initially, Lois finds the elaborate su-perhero fantasies to be an entertaining

diversion — albeit entirely delusional — un-til something unusual happens

that makes her wonder. Audiences can expect “very funny, light summer entertainment” from “In-sane With Power,” according to director Jim Anderson of Eagan. “It’s not Ibsen or Strindberg,” Ander-son said. “It’s kind of a sit-back-and-enjoy kind of show. I don’t want to say it’s slapstick-y, necessarily, but it’s a good comedy with colorful characters, and it’s really a lot of fun.” The six-person cast of “Insane With Power” includes Woody Davidson, Alan Davis, Samantha Dewars, Kim Lang, Keith Mattson and Mike Reardon. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1-2 and 7-9, and 2 p.m. Aug. 3. Tickets

are $13 and are available online at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.

com or in per-son at the arts cen-ter, 20965 H o l yo ke

Ave. E m a i l

Andrew Miller at [email protected].

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“Insane With Power” cast members are, from left, Woody Davidson, Keith Mattson, Samantha Dewars, Mike Reardon, Alan Davis and Kim Lang. (Photo submitted)

Double dose of musical theater from The Play’s The Thing

Children’s theater group staging ‘Grease’ and ‘Aladdin Jr.’ in August

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


This summer, The Play’s The Thing Productions is turning back the clock to 1959 — and to remote an-tiquity. The Lakeville-based children’s theater company is staging two musicals, “Grease” and “Aladdin Jr.,” at south-metro venues in August. “We are literally rock-ing the Casbah and rock-ing Rydell High this sum-mer,” said Dayna Railton, who founded the children’s theater group in 2009 and is directing both of TPTT’s current shows. “Grease” will be pre-sented at Burnsville’s Ames Center (formerly the Burns-ville Performing Arts Cen-ter) Aug. 8-10, while “Alad-din Jr.” takes to the stage of Eagle Ridge Junior High in Savage Aug. 6-8.

The cast of “Grease” fea-tures about 50 young actors from The Play’s The Thing ranging in age from 12 to 18. Audiences will recognize the music and look of the 1978 film starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, including the songs “Grease is the Word” and “You’re the One That I Want.” “The original (1971 mu-sical) was a little crude — this one’s cleaned up, the crude vulgarity is gone, but it has all the delightful songs and colorful characters that people know,” explained Railton. “Aladdin Jr.,” inspired by the animated 1992 Dis-ney film set in the fictional Middle Eastern sultanate of Agrabah, features the theater group’s younger per-formers, ages 6 to 12. “It’s actually gone quite well,” Railton said of the young cast. “The young ones (in ‘Aladdin Jr.’) are stepping

up and raising their perfor-mance level because they know they’ve got to carry the show on their own.” Tickets for “Aladdin Jr.” will be available at the door of Eagle Ridge before each performance. “Grease” tick-ets can be purchased in per-son at the Ames Center box office, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, or through Tick-etmaster.com. TPTT, which offers youth theater camps and performance opportunities year-round, plans to stage “The Best Christmas Pag-eant Ever” in Farmington this November, followed by a musical version of “A Christmas Carol” at the Lakeville Area Arts Center in December. More about TPTT is at www.childrenstheatretptt.com.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Max Mayleben (center) plays Danny Zuko in “Grease” this month at Burnsville’s Ames Center. His T-Bird buddies are, clockwise from lower left, Gabe Kohlbeck, Ben Cline, Brandon Homan and Hunter Conrad. (Photo submitted)

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