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Bachman’s and Pahl’s Market dish about latest gardening trendsBY JENNIE OLSON • SUN NEWSPAPERS

After a long, cruel winter, you’ll be hard pressed tofind a Minnesotan who doesn’t long for the smell ofspring flowers or the sound of cheerful birds.

But as people begin planning their gardens this yearthere’s one trend that is emerging stronger than ever –saving money and resources. Here are some ways thatpeople are being economically and environmentallyfriendly this season.

Vertical gardeningVertical gardening means gardening with upright

structures such as fences, trellises, tiered-raised beds,and walls, which are especially useful for growing flow-ering vines. This helps to save space, increase air circu-lation and add variety. To mix it up, gardeners are alsoopting for hanging baskets and containers.

“We have done vertical gardening, and we’re juststarting to get that stuff in,” said Apple Valley’s Pahl’s

Apple Valley resident Penny Kastner walks around Pahl’s Market with her daughters, Quincy and Cleo. (Photo by Jennie Olson • Sun Newspapers)

MnDOT archeologicalsurvey in the worksBY JOSEPH PALMERSHEIM • SUN NEWSPAPERS

After a Rosemount tenement houseburned down in April 1888, residentsusing the site as a trash pit probably gavelittle thought to the idea that anyonewould ever find their refuse interesting.

More than 120 years later, that isexactly what has happened.

Development of the 100-space, $1.2million park-and-ride lot is proceedingslowly in light of a pending archeologi-cal assessment of the proposed site. Thefacility, located across from RosemountCity Hall, would serve to relieve theneed to run Minnesota Valley TransitAuthority routes from the RosemountCommunity Center. Currently, tworoutes make stops at the Community

Center several times a day.Gerald Mattson, the Rosemount Area

Historical Society’s president and co-founder, says the city gave the group per-mission to dig on the city-owned sitebefore it was redeveloped. During thecourse of the October 2006 dig, shards of1880s-era crock-pots were found, as wereshoes and various glass bottles.

“We found mostly broken crock pots,”Mattson said. “There was thousands ofshards we got from one hole, and we

spent the entire winter gluing themback together. It was nothing of any his-torical value. Odds and ends.”

More than 100 pots were uncoveredduring the dig, and none of them wereintact, Mattson said. Nearly all of themwere butter crocks.

“They were made like the pottery inRed Wing,” he said. “We were amazedthere were so many of them there. There

Rosemount park-and-ride project work slowed by site issues

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Area gardenerslooking to savecash, resources

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New entrance, paved parking among optionsBY MICHAEL RICCI • SUN NEWSPAPERS

Dakota County Parks is pedalingsome options for bike trail upgrades atLebanon Hills, and it needs public inputto help steer the course of development.

Along with a new entrance for its newlocation, upgrades such as a small pic-nic shelter, changing and restrooms, anda paved parking lot are among the newfeatures mountain bikers and others arebeing asked to review and comment onduring an upcoming public input meet-ing. Dakota County Parks and OpenSpace has scheduled the meeting 5-7 p.m.Thursday, April 14, Lebanon HillsVisitor Center, 860 Cliff Road in Eagan.

Those who attend will have a chanceto review the upgrade designs and speakwith consulting architects, as well ascounty staff.

According to Park OperationsCoordinator Katie Pata, the new trail-head will be very similar to the park sys-tem’s existing trailheads but with muchmore to offer than the existing site,which only features a crushed rockparking lot and a portable toilet.

The new and enhanced trailhead willbe located approximately 50 yards south ofthe present site. The existing site is locatedon Johnny Cake Ridge Road about one halfmile south of Cliff Road in Eagan.

Mountain biking currently accountsfor the most use of the trailheads, fol-lowed by hiking, cross-country skiing andskate skiing, and it is not uncommon tosee people come from such distances asRochester and St. Cloud, Pata said.

“[The] impact will be significant,”she said. “We already have the interestand the users. We want to support it.”

Clint Williams, an assistant managerat Penn Cycle in Eagan and frequentuser of the trailhead, agrees with Patain regard to the upgrades.

“I think its obviously going to draw inmore business,” Williams said about thetrailhead, adding that there was a defi-nite need for more space since he seespeople come from all over the metropoli-tan area to use the mountain bikingtrails at Lebanon Hills.

Williams conservatively estimatedthat about 20 to 30 percent of the store’scustomers are specifically mountain bik-ers at the trailhead, which is about withintwo miles of his place of business.

The existing park accommodates 30 to 40vehicles. The new location, however, willnearly double that figure and be able toaccommodate 60 vehicles on its new surface.

Public input sought for Lebanon Hills bike trail improvements

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‘We already have theinterest and the users.Wewant to support it.’— Park Operations Coordinator Katie Pata

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“It will be a bituminous parkinglot meeting our design standards forstorm water retention,” Pata said,adding that the lot will also havepainted parking stripes.

Mountain bikers who ride themiles of rolling, single-lane andwooded bike trails especially shouldbe looking forward to the upgradesas construction will also include“an additional 1 mile of beginnermountain bike trail and a skillspark,” according to the DakotaCounty Parks website.

Funding for the bike trail addi-tions came from a separate trailgrant administered by theMinnesota Department of NaturalResources.

Construction for the upgrades isexpected to begin in August, atwhich time the focus will be the newpaved parking lot and restroom, andconstruction on the separate trail isexpected to begin at the same time.Some volunteer work, beyond thetwo projects, is expected to continuebeyond August and into 2012.

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Cities, counties lost mostoptions to grant variancesin 2010 court decisionBY MARC INGBER • SUN NEWSPAPERS

Minnesota cities and counties maysoon regain the authority to grant vari-ances in the way they did for years priorto a recent Supreme Court decision.

The Minnesota House approved a billApril 4 that will allow local governmentsgreater latitude to grant zoning variances.

The League of Minnesota Cities and agroup of allies lobbied for the measureto address the fallout from the lawsuit. Adecision handed down by the MinnesotaSupreme Court in July 2010Krummenacher v. City of Minnetonkachanged the landscape for variances.

In that case, the court ruled, “a munic-ipality does not have the authority togrant a variance unless the applicant canshow that her property cannot be put to areasonable use without the variance.”

That differed greatly from a 1989 deci-

sion that stated a variance could begranted if property owners “would liketo use the property in a ‘reasonable man-ner’ that is prohibited by the ordinance.”

In effect, the 2010 decision made itnext to impossible for cities and town-ships to grant variances, except in rarecircumstances.

“The Krummenacher case actuallytook what was in practice here for anumber of years in the state ofMinnesota and made it illegal,” saidRep. Tim O’Driscoll, R-Sartell. He esti-mated that $45 million in constructionprojects in Minnesota were being heldup because of the decision.

The House bill is designed to clarify thecurrent law so that cities and counties canuse the standards that had been in placefor decades prior to last year’s decision.

The bill was amended in the committeeprocess – over the objection of the Leagueof Minnesota Cities – to leave the lan-guage for how and when conditions maybe imposed as part of a variance in differ-ent forms for counties and cities.

Because of the differences, the Leagueopposed the legislation as it appeared onthe House floor. However, an agreement

was reached when the bill came up for dis-cussion to resolve those differences withmatching language for cities and counties.

That agreement was not drafted intoamendment fast enough to make it into theHouse bill. But legislators made it clear acompromise had been agreed to and wouldbe included in the bill when it came backfrom the Senate, according to the League.

The League expects that a companionbill, sponsored by Sen. Gen Olson, R-Minnetrista, will move through theSenate quickly and that Gov. MarkDayton would sign the final bill. It hadnot been signed by the time this editionwent to press. If approved, the new lawwould “finally clear statutory varianceauthority to cities,” according to a state-ment from the League.

Rep. Ryan Winkler, DFL-Golden Valley,did not vote for the House version of thebill – due to the language discrepanciesbetween cities and counties – but is opti-mistic the Legislature will approve anadequate bill. He believes variancesbecame an issue because the MinnesotaSupreme Court in recent years has basedits decisions less on intent and commonsense interpretation of law.

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BY JENNIE OLSON • SUN NEWSPAPERS

Starks Saloon on Highways 149 and 55has been around longer than almost anyother business in Eagan.

In 1865, Eagan resident AlexanderHuard opened a dry good store andsaloon as the halfway point between St.Paul and Hastings. Travelers wouldwater their horses at this halfway house,which was also a popular spot for sol-diers stationed at Fort Snelling.Gangster John Dillinger and membersof the Ma Barker gang would alsoreportedly stop in the saloon on trips tothe Twin Cities.

But the saloon is not the only place inEagan with an interesting history, andit’s the mission of the Eagan HistoricalSociety to bring to light more of thesestories to help interpret, collect, and pre-serve the history of Eagan for futuregenerations.

“It’s a group that is very enjoyable towork with,” said EaganCommunications Coordinator and StaffLiaison Joanna Foote. “There’s a lot ofenergy and enthusiasm, and we’realways looking for additional folks tocome in and help preserve this history.”

Educating the publicThe historical society meets the first

Tuesday of each month. All meetingsare open to the public and are hosted3:30-5 p.m. in the Eagan Room at CityHall.

“We tell a lot of stories, but it’s also agood working group,” Foote said. “Oftentimes we have people who have lived inthe community for a very long time orare descendents of families that havebeen here that will come to a meeting ortwo and let us know their connection tothe community. Often they’ll bringgenealogies and photos they’ve beenworking on and share them with our col-lection.”

Members of the historical societycoordinate historical activities andevents in the community. The group ispreparing to host a booth at ShowcaseEagan in June, a city event that bringstogether community organizations andcity operations.

The society will also be installing abench at a newly created plaza next tothe 1914 Town Hall this spring. Thebench will be dedicated in honor of oneof the historical society members whopassed away this year.

Another role of the historical societyis assisting in the creation of displaysand historical markers throughout thecommunity, which remind and educatethe public about Eagan’s history.

“We’ve been trying to do one everyyear, but it obviously depends on fund-ing because we are funded through thecity of Eagan,” Foote said.

Markers are placed at ThreshersField Park, the 1914 Town Hall, the inter-section of Dodd Road and the HighlineTrail, and a new one is coming toRobber’s Ravine Park this spring.

The marker at Threshers Field Parktalks about the history of farming andthe tradition of threshing, which playedan important role when Eagan was afarming community, Foote said.

The marker at the 1914 Town Halldescribes how the building was used.The building is now the museum for theEagan Historical Society.

“We have lots of displays and arti-facts within, but we are only able to openit a couple times each year, so that mark-er helps us tell that story year-round,”Foote said.

The third marker, which wasinstalled last summer, is on Dodd Roadat the Highline Trail and talks about thehistory of the road itself and how it was

built. Foote added that some of thefarms and businesses along that routehave been there since the 1860s.

A fourth marker will be installed thisspring once the ground has completelythawed.

“That will be at Robbers Ravine Park,which is in south central Eagan,” Footesaid. “It talks about the story of Farmer[Patrick] Quigley and his encounterwith what he later realized were mem-bers of the Jesse James gang on theirway to rob the Northfield [National]Bank.”

Another historical marker in theworks will be at the Lexington-DiffleyAthletic field, which was owned byLouis Trapp during World War II.

“[Trapp] leased some of that land sothat pilots from Wold-Chamberlain Fieldcould practice touch-and-go [landings],”Foote said. “They would do take-offs andlandings, so they would touch down andtake off immediately and go back up inthe sky.”

One of the historical society mem-bers who was a farmer at the time

recalled counting more than 40 planesland and take off again one afternoon.

“We are always in the process of col-lecting photographs, stories, and memo-ries of Eagan from those who have livedhere for many years,” Foote said.

Capturing recent historyBut history does not mean that it has

to be 100 years old either.“One of our more recent realizations

is that the era from 1960 to present hasbeen less captured than some of the real-ly old Eagan history,” Foote said, addingthat they are now focusing on the late‘50s and ‘60s when Eagan began to devel-op. “We have very little of those sorts ofphotos or recollections from people, sothat’s at least another focus we’re work-ing on.”

One resident who has a first-personperspective on Eagan’s history is DonChapdelaine, who has been a resident inEagan for 80 years, and grew up on afarm that his grandfather owned near

Society preserving Eagan’s history one story at a time

Don Chapdelaine, a third generation of his family to live near Dodd Road, tells his grandsons about his memories of the area at the dedication of the DoddRoad Historical Marker last fall. (Submitted photo)

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Highway 149 and Highway 55.Chapdelaine’s son also has five boys whoare all in the area.

“When I was very young we just hadtwo paved roads: Jefferson Highway,which is now Highway 149, and Highway13,” Chapdelaine said. “Highway 55came up into Eagan, but it stopped atJefferson Highway.”

Chapdelaine added that YankeeDoodle Road was only a narrow cut inbetween the hills, and it was so narrowthat two trucks could hardly be on thereat the same time.

“There was no draining or watermanagement, so it was usually quiteimpassable in the spring,” Chapdelainesaid. “I remember us going over to myaunt’s who lived on Yankee Doodlebetween Pilot Knob and Highway 13, andwe couldn’t return home on YankeeDoodle Road, and that was not uncom-mon.”

For Chapdelaine, growing up inEagan 80 years ago was a simpler time.

“I didn’t learn to ride a bicycle until Iwas 13 or 14 because we just rode hors-es,” he said. “We weren’t going to ride abike on a poor gravel road.”

When Eagan was a township in thelate 1960s, the town board began plan-

ning for development because they feltthat Eagan was going to blossom,Chapdelaine said. The restriction camebecause the only ways to get to Eaganwere by the Mendota Bridge or Highway110, but once Interstate 35 and Interstate494 were built in the 1980s, Eagan grewvery rapidly.

“We built here with the idea that wewere probably going to move, but whenthat decision came when we neededmore space, we just enlarged the house,”Chapdelaine said. “The more we lookedat it, we said, ‘Why do we want to moveto another community when this one isbeing very well managed?’ I like the ideaof having shopping centers and servicesavailable throughout the city ratherthan concentrating in a downtown area.Many people don’t know it, but Eagan islarger geographically in size than St.Paul, so it’s a very large community.”

“There are many families who havebeen here since the 1850s and their line-age has remained,” Foote said.“Whether you’re a part of one of thosefamilies or a high schooler with interestin history and learning more about theplace you live, I think this is a great wayto do that.”

For more information about theEagan Historical Society, visit cityofea-gan.com.

The historical marker at the Eagan Historical Society’s 1914 Town Hall Museum talks about the buildingand how it was used. (Submitted photo)

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BY MICHAEL RICCI • SUN NEWSPAPERS

As of Monday, April 4, Ibegan my new position as theDakota County staff reporterfor Sun Newspapers, and I haveto say I could not be happier tobe in the metro area doing whatI enjoy doing – reporting andwriting news, along with pho-tography, proofreading, editingand a host of other duties thatcome with being in printmedia.

My journey in the mediafield began after earning anassociate’s degree in broadcast-ing from the former BrownInstitute (quite a number ofyears ago) in Minneapolis. Thisled to covering a wide variety ofnews stories at radio stations inDevils Lake, N.D., Owatonna,and Hastings.

As fun and challenging asbroadcast news was for me dur-ing that time, it was the processof writing I found to be muchmore appealing and interest-ing. This prompted me to earna bachelor’s degree in commu-nications from MetropolitanState University. After two com-munications-related intern-ships, as well as an interimmanaging editor position for astatewide publication, I beganworking as a newspaper editorin Kenyon, Minn. A great pub-lisher (and mentor) allowed meto learn a great deal more about

the print media business andthe so-called tricks of the trade.

After three-and-a-half years,and coinciding with the paperbeing sold, my career broughtme to St. James, Minn., a largercommunity where I learnedeven more about the challengeswe sometimes face in this busi-ness – in short: be accurate anddo not get sued (tongue firmlyin cheek).

This period spanned over 10years, so to now finally be cov-ering my hometown ofBurnsville and its neighboringsouth-of-the-river communitiesof Lakeville, Eagan, AppleValley and Rosemount is agreat feeling. Since the trend inthis business is to go fromsmaller to larger markets, I feelfortunate to be home.

Covering these communi-ties, and the news that inher-ently comes with larger towns,is another great opportunity toexpand upon my experienceunder the tutelage of my man-aging editor and grow with thecompany for many years tocome.

My transitions did notalways come with ease, howev-er, as my last position (in a com-pletely unrelated field) had meworking second and thirdshifts, as well as 12-hour shiftsfrom 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. sinceSeptember. Truth be told, anyjob that allows one to support

himself, especially in a downeconomy, can be called a goodone.

I am simply thankful to besleeping at night and wakingup with the sun, as opposed tospending the majority of mydaylight hours hiding out inwhat felt like a cave with blan-kets over windows to block outthe sun. I’m sorry, but that isjust not normal – at least forthis sun worshiper.

Now that all is relativelynormal, I look forward to notonly use my knowledge andexperience to continue provid-ing the necessary coverage thatSun Newspapers has been pub-lishing for years but also toembrace the future of printmedia and the technology thatcomes with it.

I like to think I’m not illequipped for these upcoming(sooner or later) these techno-logical challenges. Two yearsworking as an audio-visualtechnician is experience thatwill pay off, this coupled withmy own personal interest incomputers and related technol-ogy.

Modern technology can beyour best friend or your worstenemy at times. For example,given my past experience andwhat I like to think of as anaptitude for electronic technol-ogy, I still only know how tomake and receive calls on my

cell phone basically. I can savenumbers and names, but that isabout it. I need to consult myniece and nephew on such mat-ters frequently.

But the greatest chal-lenges in this business aren’tnecessarily challenges asopposed to opportunities tolearn. After all, it is areporter’s job to first learnthe subject well enough tocommunicate it in words forthe average person (includ-ing reporters mostly). This isfundamental to journalismand the one aspect that pro-vides what is probably thehighest reward.

In other words, what does aman who was raised in a sub-urban/metro area know aboutcompetitive horse pulling orlong haul trucking? I learnedmuch more than I ever expect-ed to about these subjects.Realizing that covering thecommunities I will be, I do notexpect to run into those sto-ries specifically, but I doanticipate encountering manynew subjects to learn andreport.

And as long as I can informour readers and from time totime educate and entertainthem about members of theircommunities who may beinvolved in newsworthyendeavors, that makes it allworth it and enjoyable.

A long journey, but reporter home at last

Several figures in our recentstory about Dakota County cen-sus data were incorrect. AppleValley has grown by less than4,000 since 2000, Lakeville grewby more than 12,000 since 2000,and Rosemount’s populationactually reached 21,874 in 2010.

The Sun-Current regrets theerrors.

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After digging seven holes in thefront yard, I began praying to St.Anthony to aid my in my search for St.Joseph.

I’d buried the small 1950s-era plasticstatue of my namesake saint last July.The act was the last item on a long listof tasks to complete before transition-ing from our Minneapolis house,which was about to go on the market,to my mother-in-law’s residence inBurnsville. With my wife pregnant andour little girl fast approaching two, wedecided it would be easier to leave thehouse than constantly keep it show-ready and cleaned. Inretrospect, this was agood decision.

Now, more than ninemonths after buryingSt. Joseph, I couldn’tfind him. I found a real-ly impressive Junebug,but the statue is still somewhere in thefront yard. Sorry about that, Joseph.

Selling wasn’t easy, but we both feltit was the responsible thing to do. Wehad done everything we’d been told wehad to do to secure a comfortable, mid-dle-class existence. We’d gone to col-lege and worked hard for degrees. Weboth worked long hours at allegedlyprestigious jobs that somehow nevercaught up to the rising cost of every-day living. The American Dream webought into seemed just out of reach,as if some invisible sadist was dan-gling our baited hopes on a bamboofishing pole purely for the delight inseeing our futile leaps and emptygrabs.

We did everything we were told, yetit wasn’t enough. The game changed.The world changed. Now, we needed tochange.

Walking into the house for the firsttime after we’d moved out was strange.It wasn’t just that we’d spent the priorweeks feverishly working to get itready to put on the market. It wasn’tthat footfalls and other noises echoedstrangely off the barren walls andwood floors. It was something else – asense, perhaps, that part of me hadalready let this place go as a part of mypast, even though there was no evi-dence to suggest we’d be leaving per-manently anytime soon.

It was a sense that the hard workhad paid off, a sense that good thingswould happen if the prayers went tothe right place and St. Joseph workedhis magic. It was a feeling that the 14hours my father-in-law and I spentrebuilding a retaining wall were not

spent in sticky-sweated vain; that theseemingly endless hours of interiorpainting were not some Sisyphus-likeeternal torture. (Here’s a tip on paint-ing stairs: don’t.)

The initial excitement faded as thedays on the market turned to weeks,which turned to months. Initially, I’dexpected to have the house sold in amonth, but this wasn’t to be. It was asort of phony optimism I maintaineddespite knowing its falsity, a civilianversion of the wartime lie about beinghome in time for Christmas.

The showings came and went, withbuyers in a buyer’s mar-ket examining a majorpart of our lives andfinding it not up tosnuff. After a while, Ibegan to resent the callsabout an upcomingshowing, knowing that I

would inevitably get e-mails sayinghow the property was “nice,” but notnice enough.

It was if everything was conspiringagainst us: the worst housing marketin recent memory, the CrosstownReconstruction project outside ourfront door and the jet traffic. As if toadd insult to injury, the street in frontof the house was torn up a week afterwe went on the market, and notreplaced for several months.

The gloom started to lift inFebruary, when an offer was made onthe house. We accepted, and thus buck-led into the rollercoaster that is theclosing process. “T’s” need to becrossed, “I’s” need to be dotted, andGod help you if you make a mistakethat goes to underwriting and sendsthe whole train back to the station tostart over again. Eventually, the papertrail led us to a desk facing the couplethat bought the house.

With a series of pen strokes, wewere free, and they were the proudowners of the little home that we’dhated to leave. As my wife and I walkedout onto the sidewalk and into thebright afternoon sunshine, I wasstruck by how ambivalent I felt. Theclosing lacked the kind of finality andclosure I’d hoped it would give us. Thisfeeling turned into a semi-accuratepremonition, as both buyer and sellerhad to re-sign several documents thenext day owing to a clerical error.

Maybe owning a house is like a mod-ified version of that line from “HotelCalifornia” by the Eagles: “You cancheck in anytime you like, but you cannever leave.”

JOSEPHPALMERSHEIMSun-Current Managing Editor

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Looking to improve its transitoptions, Dakota County is taking a bigstep forward with its Cedar Avenue Busrapid transit project. Construction forthe project began this month.

“The overall project has been a longtime coming,” said Dakota CountyDistrict 7 Commissioner Will Branning.

Branning said the construction is thefirst time people can visibly see evi-dence of the project for themselves.According to the 2010 Cedar AvenueTransitway Implementation PlanUpdate Final Report, the project hasbeen in development since the late 1990s.Construction began April 4 in Lakeville,where the outer southbound lane ofCedar was blocked off between 155th St.and Dodd Boulevard.

Dakota County Construction EngineerRoss Beckwith said barriers should be upon both the northbound and southboundsides of Cedar by the end of April. Fromthere, construction will gradually moveupward into Apple Valley. The entire con-struction zone for the project will runfrom Dodd to 138th Street.

Beckwith said the construction plansare broken up into two sections to be fin-ished this year and next.

“By November of this year, we’d liketo be up just north of County Road 42.”Beckwith said. “Have it all done, theroadway itself, and the sidewalks, basi-cally [we] hope to have everything doneand pack up before it snows.”

The goal, he said, is to complete theconstruction for the remainder of theCedar bus rapid transit project corridor(from 42 to 138th) in a similar timeframenext year. Beckwith and his staff startedconstruction by putting up the barriers.As the process moves forward, Beckwith’screw will put up retaining walls. Thesewalls are to be constructed at the edge of

people’s properties to widen the area theyare working on so there is plenty of roomfor the corridor to be extended.

Crews also look for any utilities thatcould be located in the area between theexisting lane and the retaining wall.

Branning said the bus rapid transitproject project is necessary for the futureof transportation in Dakota County. Busrapid transit, he said, is similar to thelight rail, only that constructing a lightrail or new highway lanes across theMinnesota River is implausible.

“We’re not going to build any high-ways,” Branning said. “With that inmind, we’ve had to establish a new tran-sit system to help our residents getaround and get to work efficiently.”

Apple Valley City Manager TomLawell sees the benefits of the bus rapidtransit project as well.

“The project will provide greatertransportation options for our residentsas they travel the Cedar Avenue corri-dor,” Lawell said. “The corridorimprovements will also create opportu-nities for businesses near the tran-s’stops to benefit.”

With construction for the bus rapid

transit project taking place for seven oreight months both this year and next year,the opportunities this new transit systemcould provide will have to wait awhile.

Apple Valley Chamber of CommercePresident Ed Kearney believes business-es will not be affected much because ofthe construction. He noted that althoughparts of Cedar will lose one lane on eachside, two-way traffic with one open lanefor both northbound and southboundtraffic would remain open.

“We think [the construction] will bewell organized,” he said.

Kearney said there he projects zero to10 percent drops in business for estab-lishments along Cedar. An importantpart of assisting these businesses, hesaid, comes through advertising and sig-nage to show that businesses are openand how to get to them. Kearney saidthey have done surveys to measure theimpact and he is very optimistic thatbusinesses won’t be affected much.

“It should not affect regular cus-tomers,” he said. “We hope that the pub-lic continues dining, shopping and hav-ing fun in Apple Valley during construc-tion.”

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Every morning when the students atWestview Elementary School in AppleValley come through the front door, prin-cipal Karen Toomey is there to greet them.

In their classrooms throughout the day,Toomey is there interacting with them orlistening to them read aloud, and whenthey leave, Toomey is outside the buildinggiving hugs and saying goodbye.

“Every day, she stands at the front doorthat all the students come in and she callsthem by name,” said Apple Valley residentJanine Petros. “There are 650 kids in thatschool, and every kid she knew by name.That was our first exposure to the school.She welcomes families and she welcomeskids. She does whatever she can to makethe learning environment wonderful forthe kids.”

“Parents will walk into the school andshe’ll address them all by name,” saidApple Valley resident Alison Westcot. “It’snot just the kids, but the parents as well,and it makes them feel like she connectswith them.”

These are just some of the things par-ents, students, and faculty members willmiss when Toomey retires at the end of this

school year. Toomey has had a 20-yearcareer in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District 196 and has been theprincipal at Westview for the past 16 years.Prior to her 16 years as principal atWestview, Toomey spent four years as a spe-cial education supervisor in District 196.

“She is extremely hard working, dedi-cated to educating every child, and alwaysstrives to put the needs of children first,”said Administrative Assistant MarilynHalvorson, who has been working in theWestview Elementary office for the past 16years and has been working directly withToomey for the past five.

Apple Valley resident Becky Luetje hastwo children who attended Westview andwas a building-wide substitute teacher atthe school.

“The first time I met [Toomey] was atmy first PTO meeting when my daughterwas in kindergarten, and I introducedmyself and we chatted,” Luetje said. “Shewas welcoming and friendly and said,‘You might want to think about subbinghere.’ It turned out to be several years ofpretty regular subbing, and it was a neatway to spend the elementary school yearswith my kids. I was always grateful for theopportunity that she gave me.”

To help keep memories of Toomey’stime at Westview Elementary alive,Library Clerk Sue Syrstad is compiling amemory scrapbook to give to the principalat the end of the school year.

“They asked me if there was anything Iwanted as I left school, and I said the mostmeaningful thing to me is if everyone justdid a page of a memory,” Toomey said.

Some of Toomey’s favorite memoriesinclude playing Turkey Bingo each year onthe Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Shealso recalls celebrating reading month bydressing up as Cruella DeVille or having apizza party on the roof with the students.

“When my 20-year-old was in fourth orfifth grade, they did a read-a-thon and shemoved her office to the top of the school,”Westcot said. “She conducted school fromthe roof, and my kids thought it was real-ly funny. The school has done a lot of funthings with her as principal.”

“I have such wonderful memories ofWestview that I leave with a full heart,”Toomey said. “The school will be in goodhands with whoever replaces me. I’mgoing to be spending time with my friendsand family and enjoying that.”

Toomey said she is looking forward tofavorite pastimes like quilting, crafting,

reading, hiking and biking. When askedwhat she will miss the most about beingthe principal, Toomey said it’s watchingkids learn and become the best that theycan be, adding that she still has familieswho e-mail her even after their kids havebeen out of Westview for 10 years.

“Hands down, it’s the children,” shesaid.

“She’s always encouraging and sup-porting them, sending letters, or greetingthem and smiling at them,” Petros said.“For me as a parent, it’s a huge plus know-ing that my child is safe and being encour-aged and supported. It’s not just a job toher; it’s her life, which is neat to see.”

“It is the epitome of a true neighbor-hood school, and as a parent who has beenthere front and center for many years, itwon’t be the same without Karen there,”Luetje said. “She’s just always there and iswelcoming, and it meant a lot to me and toa lot of other parents.”

Anyone interested in submitting amemory, photo or tribute for the scrapbookshould mail them to Westview ElementarySchool, c/o Sue Syrstad, 225 Garden ViewDrive, Apple Valley, MN 55124. Please keepsubmissions no larger than 8.5 x 11” in size.Information 952-431-8380.

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On a typical weekday morning,Stephen Stouder leaves his Apple Valleyhome before 8 a.m. to head to hisaccounting job in Minnetonka. After thedaily grind, Stouder battles traffic as hetries to get home by 5:30 p.m.

What does he do next?“I immediately sit down and start

practicing, and I keep practicing until 9o’clock,” the 54-year-old said.

He at least eats dinner sometimebetween there. Right?

“Nope. I don’t eat dinner until after-wards. I eat late every night,” Stoudersaid. “It’s not too hard, really. I look for-ward to practice. It’s not a drudgery, it’ssomething that I actually like to do and Ienjoy it more than anything.”

Accounting pays the bills, but it’s hispassion for piano that drives him. Stouderreturned Monday, April 4, from the 22nd

International Competition forOutstanding Piano Amateurs in Paris.The competition took place Thursday,March 31 through Saturday, April 2, andhad three rounds, Stouder said. The levelsfor each round occurred as follows: prelim-inaries, semifinals and finals, respectively.

Stouder performed Chopin’s “BalladeNo. 1 in G minor,” a piece he said he enjoysplaying and is confident and comfortablewith. Unfortunately, his performance wasnot able to get him past the prelims.

“It was a little bit of a shock, becauseI slipped off of a key and suddenly did-n’t know what to do,” he said. “So Iquickly repeated the beginning of thatmeasure, went back two beats and keptgoing ... It’s tough, because one little slipis all it takes [to be eliminated].”

Despite being discouraged that hedidn’t advance, Stouder said he was veryApple Valley resident Stephen Souder recently traveled to Paris to compete in the 22nd International

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Some of his good fortune resulted fromhis pursuit of a place to practice. Stoudersaid the practice facility he was set upwith consisted of two poorly craftedpianos in a gymnasium. Unhappy withthis circumstance, he sought a new venue.Stouder said he called a piano store near-by his hotel. He was referred from there tothe Yamaha Artist Studios Europe.

He called YASE and was given an e-mail address. As he was correspondingwith a man via this e-mail connection hesoon realized this man was LöicLaFontaine, last year’s winner of thesame competition Stouder was in.

“I said [to him], ‘I’ve listened to yourvideo and thought you played fantasticand I just realized who you are,’”Stouder said. “He thanked me for thepositive comments and said he’d get meset up to practice for four hours a day atthe studios there.”

Stouder was stunned and amazedupon his arrival at YASE.

“They had four or five rooms thatwere soundproof and airtight. [Eachroom] had two gigantic, black YamahaConcert Grand [Pianos] and they wereso much fun,” he said. “Actually, about

the most fun I had [in Paris] was practic-ing on those grands everyday.”

Another benefit Stouder said he reapedfrom his Paris experiences is how to betterunderstand the music of Maurice Ravel (afamous French composer and one ofStouder’s favorites). He learned moreabout Ravel and how to play his and otherFrench piano pieces much better.

“The [French] language itself givesyou some clues as to how the musicshould sound, because the music singsand it uses the language,” Stouder said.“This was a nice opportunity toimmerse [myself] in the culture and tounderstand everything.”

Stouder said he recently has beenreading two books about Ravel. Oneauthor Stephen knows very well is hisfather, Dale H. Stouder. Dale has wit-nessed Stephen’s progression as apianist and was especially amazed by aDVD Stephen recently sent to him.

“He sent us the DVD of what he did toqualify for the Van Cliburn [competi-tion],” Dale said. Van Cliburn is afamous American pianist. The competi-tion is an event Stephen will be in thisMay. “I hadn’t heard [Stephen] play in awhile and I’m telling you, he played aswonderful as anyone I could imagineincluding Van Cliburn himself.”

Steven’s affection for music began in

his elementary school years. He grew upin different states, including Minnesota,before his family settled in Virginiawhen he was nine. The first time helearned piano was in the fifth grade.Stouder was the first chair cellist and apianist for his high school orchestra. Hecontinued his musical pursuits in col-lege, and graduated with a bachelor’s inpiano performance in 1980. He earnedhis degree from Johns Hopkins upon therecommendation of the Faculty of thePeabody Conservatory of Music.

At his graduation ceremony, withoutknowing beforehand, Stouder receivedhis diploma from one of his longtimemusical idols.

“Leonard Bernstein handed me mydiploma,” he said. “That was a surprise.We knew that we were singing some ofBernstein’s songs, then Lenny showedup, gave us a speech and handed us ourdiplomas.”

Bernstein was a famous Americanmusician who conducted the New YorkPhilharmonic and composed West SideStory, among other accomplishments.Stouder further elaborated on his highhonor for him.

“He was a genius, he could play thepiano like nobody’s business, he was afantastic conductor, he had perfectpitch,” Stouder said. “In the musical

world, Leonard Bernstein was one of thebiggest brains there was. He was verycharismatic, just an incredible person inmany ways.”

Stouder has lived in his Apple Valleyhome for 28 years. Besides his practiceat home, he has also been honing hisskills at MacPhail Center for Music onCedar Avenue in Apple Valley. Stoudersaid he has been going there for nearly ayear. He began with a recital class andnow takes personal lessons there as well.

“My experience with MacPhail hasbeen very good and it enables me togrow,” Stouder said. “You just can’tcome out of a vacuum and perform inpublic. You’ve got to learn how to per-form in public and get used to how to dothat and MacPhail has provided thatopportunity for me.”

Stouder’s next major competition isthe International Piano Competition forOutstading Amateurs May 23-29 at TexasChristian University in Forth Worth,Texas. Stouder said he has been prepar-ing for three years. Dale has supremeconfidence in his son.

Steven will have an open recital 4:30p.m. Sunday, May 21, at MacPhail. To seesome of Stouder’s piano performances,visit his YouTube channel atyoutube.com/user/wildejag. For moreinfo on MacPhail, go to macphail.org.


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Two-student teamexamines evidence from 65-day canoe tripthrough CanadaBY SARAH PETERSON • SUN NEWSPAPERS

University of St. Thomas studentsLuke Olson of Apple Valley and LindseyLee of Fridley joined forces last summer

for an independent research trip intoCanada via canoe. Now the duo ispreparing to present their findings atevents this spring.

The waterways route took the team,from June to August 2010, from RainyRiver, near International Falls, toHudson Bay, near Churchill, Manitoba.

“It went way better than we couldhave imagined. No one got injured; wenever had a major mishap. We did tipover (the canoe) one time, but it wasn’tthat bad. ... Everything stayed connectedto the boat like it was supposed to,”Olson said.

“With all these kinds of trips, there issome amount of luck. ... We were luckyto have done it there. Some places, hadwe tipped over, it would have strewn ourgear everywhere,” Lee added.

One of their journey’s goals was toscientifically collect and analyze data tolook for human influences and climatechange indicators along the waterways.The second prong was learning aboutthe wilderness through adventure, saidOlson. While they planned their trip,they consulted with others who traveledthe area, but they hadn’t heard of any-one else doing this trip and pairing itwith a scientific study. Olson had saidbefore departing for the trip that hethought their research expedition wasfairly unique.

A probe attached to the canoe trailedthrough the water while they paddled,and field laptops recorded data from thewater’s measurements, along with theGPS location, every 15 minutes. Theteam also took samples to bring back fortesting in a lab.

They hoped to analyze measurementsof dissolved oxygen, pH (acidity), con-ductivity and more with the laptop. Thewater samples would help measurenitrate, phosphate, chloride, caffeineand organic pollutants, which they hopewill show how land practices have affect-ed the waterways.

Olson and Lee have started analyzingtheir data, but haven’t completedenough work yet to draw any conclu-sions.

“We’re presenting at the GeologicalSociety of America Conference in May,so it has to be done by then,” Olson said.

The team has arranged a presenta-tion at the University of St. Thomaswith another researcher, and theyalready gave a presentation, at the all-day Far North Symposium atMetropolitan State University, withother speakers who talked about whattrips they’ve taken.


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They have entered data into spread-sheets and analyzed about half of thewater samples. Next steps for the teaminclude putting data into charts andgraphs, finishing the analysis of sam-ples in the laboratory, and consultingwith professors and experts to makeconclusions. Both students are set tograduate from St. Thomas this year, Leesaid.

“We are finding some trends ... andwe’re finding there is stuff in the water,but we haven’t interpreted what itmeans, where it’s coming from, why it’sthere. ... It’ll be difficult to exactly pin-point (causes). But our study is reallystrong because it is really extensive,”Lee said.

She said some areas included in theirstudy haven’t been researched before, sotheir data can act as a baseline recordfor reference in future years’ studies.

Overall, the two said they had noregrets.

“Maybe bring a little less food so wedidn’t have to carry it all,” Olson said.

“We had plenty of extra food; we stillhave leftover food. For some reason weate about half as much as we thought wewould,” Lee said. She said they sent back

gear deemed unnecessary, because theyhad overpacked as a safety precaution.

“We were able to do this trip becausewe had the support of a lot of people, sowe’re really thankful for that,” Lee said.

To learn more about the team, theresearch or the trip, visit canadianwa-tersexpedition.weebly.com.

Plotting a pathThe route Olson and Lee planned

allowed them to bring heavier items –such as laptops and other data-recordingand safety devices – because they didn’thave to do as much portaging betweenwaterways.

From Rainy River near InternationalFalls, the team paddled through RainyLake and eventually to Lake of theWoods. From there, they traveled north-west, into the Winnipeg River System,following the river to Lake Winnipeg.They crossed the lake to land at the his-toric Norway House, where they werepicked up and driven north to the city ofLeaf Rapids.

The re-entered the waters at theChurchill River System via SouthernIndian Lake, then went to ChurchillRiver, which took them the rest of theway to their destination: Churchill,Manitoba, and Hudson Bay.


Luke Olson of Apple Valley reels in a northern pike on a trip with fellow college student Lindsey Lee (notpictured) through Canada. The team was taking data to research how people and development haveaffected waterways through Canada. (Submitted photo)

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Red Pine Health FairMore than 30 local health and well-

ness vendors will be providing informa-tion at Red Pine Elementary’s secondannual Family Health and Fitness Fair10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, April 16, inthe school’s gymnasium. The school islocated at 530 Red Pine Lane in Eagan.Info: 651-423-7870.

District 196 SpecialEducation events

Parents, teachers, and communitymembers are invited to the WescottLibrary in Eagan 6-8 p.m., Wednesday,April 27, to learn about literacy acceler-ation for unique learners in Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan District 196.Speakers will be middle school teacherKelly Wien, retired speech languagepathologist Barb Wollak, children’slibrarian Anne Friederichs, and a par-ent panel. For more information call 651-432-0661

District 196 special education is alsohosting a free workshop to help parents

understand evaluations, reports, andinformation that make up their child’sindividualized education plan. Theworkshop meets 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, April19, at Webster School, 425 5th St. N.E.,Minneapolis. Registration: 651-647-1083ext. 20.

District 196 classesRosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan

Community Education will host the fol-lowing upcoming class:

• Kids ages 3-5 can participate inart projects, read books, sing songs,play instruments and dance at Mini-Mozarts and Pint-Size Picassos 10-11:30 a.m., Thursday, April 14, at theApple Valley Community Center.Cost is $20 and $15 for additionalchild.

• Writing for Children (GettingStarted) will be hosted 9:30 a.m. to 2:30p.m., Saturday, April 16, at Falcon RidgeMiddle School. Cost is $69.

• Microsoft Word 2007: GettingStarted teaches the basics of Word forthose who are new to the program. Theclass meets 6:30-8:30 p.m., Monday, April

18, at the District Service Center. Cost is$39.

• Accidents and emergencies can hap-pen to animals as well as people. Learnto be prepared at First Aid and CPRfor Dogs, hosted 6:30-9 p.m., Monday,April 18, at Black Hawk Middle School.Cost is $50.

• Be prepared with lifesaving skills atLay Rescuer CPR-Adult, Child andInfant, meeting 6:30-9:30 p.m., Mondays,April 18 and 25, at Black Hawk MiddleSchool.

Register for these classes online atdistrict196.org/ce or call 651-423-7920.

District 191 classesB u r n s v i l l e - E a g a n - S a v a g e

Community Education will host the fol-lowing upcoming classes:

• Students in kindergarten throughthird grade can act out their favorite sto-ries, practice miming, learn stagingtechniques and much more throughBroadway Kids, offered by HomewardBound Theatre Company. The programruns 3:55-5:25 p.m., Fridays, April 29through May 20, at Harriet Bishop

Elementary in Savage. Register for theseclasses online by calling 952-707-4150.

Westview Elementary$500 scholarships

The Westview Elementary PTO will beawarding two $500 scholarships to gradu-ating seniors who attended WestviewElementary for at least two years. Allapplicants must be planning to continuetheir education with some type of post-high school educational program.Applications are available in the careercenter at Apple Valley High School,Westview Elementary School or at dis-trict196.org/wv. The application deadlineis Friday, April 29. Info: 952-431-8380.

Now and Then cabaretLakeville North High School “Now

and Then Singers” will be hosting acabaret 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday,May 6-7, at the Lakeville Area ArtsCenter. Tickets are $10 for a floor seatwith dessert or $5 for a balcony seat.Info: 952-435-4036.


School Notes• The Eagan High School drumline won

the Minnesota Percussion Association’sstate championship Saturday, April 2, inSt. Cloud. This is the drumline’s 14th statetitle in 18 years of competition. The groupwill compete at the 2011 world champi-onships in Dayton, Ohio, April 14-16.

• Rosemount Middle School eighth-grade student Utkarsh Koshti took sec-ond place in the state MathCounts indi-vidual competition and earned a spot onthe Minnesota team, which will travel toWashington, D.C. for the nationalMathCounts competition May 5-8. ShreKapoor of Scott Highlands MiddleSchool also competed at state as one ofthe top individual scorers in the qualify-ing competition. Other students repre-senting Black Hawk, Dakota Hills,Falcon Ridge and Scott Highlands mid-dle schools who competed at stateMathCounts Saturday, April 2, include:Anthony Deziel, Taylor Leighton,Katie Moon and Saumik Narayananof Black Hawk Middle; Jacob Dean,Eric Elert, Ridhima Misra and CalebRingkob of Dakota Hill Middle, and

Hemu Kumar, David Lu, Justin Luand Apoorva Malarvanaun of FalconRidge Middle.

• Senior Matt Kelliher of AppleValley High School was named Mr.Minnesota of Wrestling and JimJackson was named Head Coach of theYear by the Minnesota WrestlingCoaches Association.

• Two Apple Valley High School coach-es, Geri Dirth and Chuck Scanlon, haveboth been selected to the Minnesota HighSchool League Hall of Fame this year.Geri has been a coach and teacher atApple Valley for the past 31 years and hasbeen the head coach of girls’ cross coun-try, girls’ basketball and girls’ track andfield. Chuck has been a coach and teacherat Apple Valley for 33 years and has beenhead coach of boys’ soccer, girls’ hockey,ringette, boys’ hockey and baseball.

• The Valley Middle School sixth-grade Knowledge Master team finishedthird among Minnesota schools and 19thout of 290 middle school teams national-ly that competed in the KnowledgeMaster Open spring competition. Ateam from Falcon Ridge finished sixthin Minnesota and 59th nationally.

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Palm Sunday “Footprints in the Sand” Cantata, April 17 9 & 11:05 a.m.

Holy Week Morning Prayer Services, April 18 to 22 7 a.m.

“Christ in the Passover” by Jews for Jesus, April 20 7 p.m.

Maundy Thursday Service with Communion, April 21 7 p.m.

Good Friday Tenebrae Service, April 22 7 p.m.

Easter Sunday, Festival of the Resurrection, April 24 8:15, 9:45 & 11:05 a.m. • Breakfast Served (Freewill Donation) 7 to 11 a.m.

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PALM SUNDAY, April 17 - 8:00 & 10:30 am

MAUNDY THURSDAY, April 21 - 7:00 pm

GOOD FRIDAY, April 22 - 7:00 pm

EASTER SUNDAY, April 24Holy Communion at all CelebrationsTraditional Celebration 7:30 amHigh Church Celebration 9:00 amContemporary Celebration 10:30 amNursery Provided • Wheelchair Accessible

Pastor Tom Evans 651.457.3929 www.emanuellutheranchurch.org

2075 70th Street East, Inver Grove Heights, MN 55077

1400 S. Robert Street, West St. Paul651-457-3373 www.augustana.com

HOLY THURSDAY11:30 am & 7:30 pmService of Holy Communion

6:00 pmService of First Communion

GOOD FRIDAY10:30 am Family Worship

8:00 pm Tenebrae Service of Darkness

EASTER SUNDAY7:00 am Worship with Holy Communion8:30, 9:45 & 11:00 am Festival Worship

With Minnehaha Brass and Augustana Choirs

11:00 am Contemporary Worship,in Fellowship Hall

Holy Thursday April 21 - 7:00pm

Good Friday Stations of the CrossApril 22 - 3:00 pm

Good Friday Passion LiturgyApril 22 - 7:00 pm

Holy Saturday April 23 - 7:00pm

Easter Sunday April 24 - 9 & 11am

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Youth Sponsored Easter Breakfast 7:00-10:30 a.m.Freewill Offering

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Good Friday Choir Cantata 7:00 PMEaster Sunday Festival Worship - Saturday 6:00 PM & Sunday 8:30 & 10:45 AM

(Easter Breakfast served by youth 7:45 - 10:15 am on Sunday.)

April 17, Palm Sunday Worship - 10:30 amASL Interpretation

HOLY WEEKApril 21, Maundy Thursday - 7:00 pm

Last Supper

April 22, Good Friday - 7:00 pmService of The Cross

April 24, Easter Breakfast 8:45-10:00 amBreakfast hosted by Youth Ministry

April 24, Easter Worship - 10:30 amASL Interpretation

Normandale Hylands United Methodist Church9920 Normandale BoulevardBloomington, MN 55437(952) 835-7585www.nhumc.net

Easter Sunday, April 24Sunrise Service & Breakfast 6:30 a.m.Worship Services 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

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Palm Sunday, April 179:00 & 10:30am Traditional Worship10:30am Contemporary Worship

Maundy (Holy) Thursday, April 21 - 7:00pmGood Friday, April 22 - 12:00 & 7:00pm

Easter Worship, April 24Traditional Services - 8:00, 9:00 & 10:30amFamily Service - 9:00amContemporary Service - 10:30am

Regular Worship ScheduleWednesday Intergenerational Worship - 6:30pm

Sunday Worship 9 & 10:30am Traditional,10:30am Contemporary

ROSEMOUNT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH14770 Canada Ave.West • Rosemount, MN 55068www.rosemountumc.org 651.423.2475

Fort Snelling Veterans Memorial Chapelin historic Ft. Snelling, MN…at Hwy 5, 55 & 62

Chapel Foundation Non-DenominationalWorship Services each Sunday at 11:00 a.m.

Col. Kenneth L. Beale, Jr., ChaplainCraig Tennison, Minister of Music

651-456-4410 www.fortsnellingmcf.org

“Where the Veteran is Remembered”

22 April - 2:00 p.m.Good Friday with Holy Communion

Sermon: “Do You Hear His Lonely Cry?”

24 April - Easter Sunday Servicesat 8:00 & 11:00 a.m.

Sermon: “The Resurrection Changes Everything”

17 April - Palm SundayDistribution of Palms

Sermon: “A Palm or Cloak”

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Augustana Apple Valley Villa isoffering an on-site care made possiblethrough a partnership betweenAugustana Care’s Apple Valley Villaapartments, Allina SeniorCareTransitions and Apple Valley MedicalCenter. The partnership brings Dr.Scott Benson of Apple Valley MedicalCenter to the Villa once a month to seeresidents so they don’t have to leave thebuilding to receive medical care. Nurse-practitioner Julie Whelan of AllinaSeniorCare Transitions is availableMonday through Friday by appointmentfor residents who sign up for the pro-gram.

Eagan resident Ben Eng is one of 36Bemidji State University students castin the college’s production of “AMidsummer Night’s Dream.”

ProAct, Inc., an Eagan-based non-profit providing employment relatedservices for people with disabilities,recently hired Greg Pechman assales manager. He will be responsiblefor attracting and developing produc-tion, assembly, and packaging workopportunities and other assignmentsto be carried out by ProAct partici-pants.

Michelle Passe of Eagan, age 10,won first prize in the January 2011Cricket League writing competition. Forthis contest, each entrant was asked to

submit an original fantasy story.Michelle’s story “Odd-Scented Candles”appears in the Cricket League page ofthe April 2011 issue, online at cricket-magkids.com/contests.

Eagan High School graduateVictoria Dutcher is serving a 10-monthterm of AmeriCorps service at the TwinCities nonprofit Admission Possible. Inher role as a junior coach, Dutcher men-tors 40 juniors at St. Paul Harding HighSchool.

Meredith Reinhardt of Eagan wasone of 100 Wartburg College studentsrecognized at the 2011 StudentLeadership and Service AwardsCeremony March 27.

Rosemount resident Tanner Little isone of 36 Bemidji State University stu-dents cast in the college’s production of“A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Delegates with the IndependenceParty of Minnesota will meet April30 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center,20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville.Leadership positions up for electioninclude State Party Chair/Directorteam, State Party Secretary/DeputySecretary team, State PartyTreasurer/Deputy Treasurer team.Four At-Large members to theExecutive Committee will also be elect-ed. Go to http://bit.ly/dWeRSu formore information.

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S.G.O Roofing and Construction ofLakeville recently earned a 2011Firestone Master Contractor Award.The firm is among 262 commercial roof-ing contractors to receive the award thisyear.

The Lakeville Chamber ofCommerce recently added MichelleShea to its staff. She will be responsible

for administrative projects, accountspayables and receivables, and welcom-ing visitors to the chamber’s office.

Residents of the Timbers at AppleValley, Home Instead Home Care andthe Apple Valley community at largerecently collected 628 pounds of Foodand $626.00 in monetary donations for360 Communities.

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BPAC seeks members forvisual arts committee

The Burnsville Performing ArtsCenter is forming a volunteer commit-tee to assist with operation of the VisualArts Gallery at the Center. Ideal partici-pants may have the following back-grounds: Artists, art instructors, com-munity members with experience in

gallery operations or visual arts, collegestudents pursuing art or art historydegrees.

Under the general direction of theBurnsville Performing Arts CenterExecutive Director, the Committee willprovide coordination for all aspects ofgallery operations.

Contact Executive Director, JonElbaum, for more information [email protected].

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Market Manager Patti Smith. “We’vedone a few in our green house, but verti-cal gardening is quite interesting.”

The Minneapolis Macy’s flower show,Gardens by Bachman’s, had the theme“Towers of Flowers” this year to empha-size this trend. According to ChiefExecutive Officer Dale Bachman, verti-cal gardening has been especially popu-lar in Europe. He suggested using thenew Wally modular living wall systemfrom the Wooly Pocket Garden Companywhen planting vertical gardens. Thisstructure is also eco-friendly becauseit’s made of recycled plastic water bot-tles.

Edible gardensBachman said that growing vegeta-

bles, herbs, and fruit is very popularright now and has been used as a way tobe organic and economically friendly.For those who do not have a big yard,Bachman said that growing plants incontainers is a way to still grow ediblefood, and the containers also providemulti-season color and purpose regard-less of outdoor space.

John Daniels, Bachman’s vice presi-dent of production and wholesale at thegrowing facility in Lakeville, said thatfruit trees have also become popular thepast few years, especially apple trees.

“Bachman’s sells dwarf apple trees,which is your standard apple tree, but

it’s grafted onto a dwarfing root stalk,which keeps the tree to a very control-lable size. They work well for a smallergarden,” Daniels said. “Honeycrisp isthe most popular one out there.”

Pahl’s Market has also seen this trendemerging in the suburbs.

“We’ve noticed a huge trend in peoplegrowing their own vegetables rightnow,” Smith said. “When the economy

started going down, every year we sellmore seeds and we sell more vegetables.What we’ve seen is people who have aperennial garden are switching it over toa vegetable garden.”

She said that even if people only havea patio garden, they are growing toma-toes, peppers, peas and beans. For cus-tomers with a yard, which is necessaryfor carrots, onions, potatoes, and otherroot vegetables, Smith said Pahl’sMarket helps people set up foot squaregardens to help save space.

“It’s amazing what can be producedin a small vegetable garden, especially ifyou take advantage of the early season-ing crops like peas and lettuce and thenrotate into the summer crops,” Danielssaid.

PerennialsSmith said that perennials have been

very popular the last few years becausethey come back every year, savingmoney. Another way that people are sav-ing money is by finding lasting ways ofadding variety.

“We are going into fairy gardening andpottery displays intermixed with their gar-dens,” Smith said. “That’s what our mastergardeners are all planning. They’re goinginto pottery because it shows color andinteresting landscape where they don’thave to replace it every year.”

“People want things that are toughand going to last and are relatively lowmaintenance,” Daniels said, adding thatornamental grass has been very popularat Bachman’s because it’s hardy andadds vertical variety to the garden.

Bright colorsWhen it comes to annuals, Daniels said

that there’s a movement away from thepastel colors towards more vibrant colors.

“Annuals are always hot because theygive you quick color,” he said.

Another color trend is mixing colorsand varieties of plants.

“We’re seeing it in annuals andperennials, but there’s a trend towardsextra combinations, combining plantseither with mixed colors or mixed vari-eties and different kinds of plants in thesame planters,” Daniels said.

Other trendsOther emerging trends are indoor

and outdoor succulents that requireminimal care and water and add textureand variety, Bachman said.

Bachman said that orchids, ferns, andpalms help to clean and purify the air, sothey are a big trend for indoors, both inoffices and homes.

New indoor plants by Bachman’sinclude the blue Phalaenopsis Orchidsand the tall flowering PhaiusTankervilliae Flower, Nun’s Orchid.

New outdoor plants by Bachman’s areVanilla Strawberry Hydrangea and theItoh Peony. The Itoh Peony is a hybridbetween the traditional herbaceouspeony and the tree peony and can pro-duce up to 50 flowers on every plant.Bachman’s also has a new geraniumseries that’s a cross between traditionalzonal geranium and the trailing gerani-um. One variety is called Caliente andthe other is Calliope.


GardenersFROM PAGE 1

was a creamery in Rosemount at onepoint, but in any case, these weren’t rareor anything like that.”

Mattson, who said he spoke with rep-resentatives from MnDOT and theMinnesota Historical Society, said hewas asked about the digs, and showedthem some of the shards they’d found.

“That’s the last we heard about it,until City Hall called us, saying that theHistorical Society wants to open the pitup because of something historicallysignificant,” Mattson said. “There isnothing down there. There might be anintact crock-pot. All we saw was the bot-tom of [a possibly intact crock] before[the hole caved in due to the vibrationfrom a passing train]. For this, theywant to hold up the whole project?There’s no reason to be digging there.”

Funding for the project is composedof federal Congestion Mitigation and

Air Quality funds, Regional TransitCapital funds and a grant to Rosemountfrom the Dakota County CommunityDevelopment Agency. As a stipulation ofthe use of federal highway monies, thereneeds to be assurance that the projectwill not be adversely impacting histori-cal resources, said Liz Able, a state pro-grams administrative coordinator withthe MnDOT Cultural Resources Unit.

“When we talked to [the RosemountArea Historical Society], it sounded likethere was stuff left,” Abel said. “The bigissue is that we need a professional tolook at it and sort it all out. The locals arenot professionals, and that’s why we arehiring a consultant to look at it for us. Itcould be nothing, it could be something.”

Abel said a consultant could startwithin the month. The consultant’sreport will go to the State HistoricPreservation Office for comment. Thecost of the assessment will be deter-mined by the consultant once the size

and scope of the work involved is deter-mined, Abel said.

Mattson, for one, thinks returning tothe site is “craziness.”

“We’ve already been there,” he said.“The most they will find is some $40 potsfrom 1880s.”

Lois Spear, an MVTA finance officer,said that the construction timetabledepends on the results of the assess-ment. The Rosemount City Council hasplanned to review renderings during itsApril 13 worksession. When the engi-neering for the site is finished, the proj-ect will go through normal planning andzoning reviews, which would includeapproval by the council.

“For now, we don’t want to do toomuch in terms of planning because theresults of the survey might change whatwe can do,” Spear said. “But is that like-ly? I doubt it.”

The archeological issue isn’t the onlyissue the site faces. According toRosemount City Administrator DwightJohnson, fill dirt on the site showedtraces of polynuclear aromatic hydro-

carbons (atmospheric pollutants) con-nected to bituminous material. Also, lev-els of selenium, a chemical element,were also high enough to require areport to the Minnesota PollutionControl agency.

“I believe that we will need MPCAreview and guidance on how to pro-ceed,” Johnson said. “Neither itemappears to be something that would pre-vent the construction of a park and ridefacility, but again we will have to awaitsome determination from the MPCA.”

Johnson said the facility, in addition torelieving the need to use CommunityCenter space for bus-related activity, couldalso serve to draw more people downtown.

“Rosemount residents are lookingforward to more transit options and thisfacility will be a significant step forwardwhen it is finished,” Johnson said.

“It’s important for Rosemount to havea ‘transit identity,’” Spear said. “This issomething we’ve been pursuing for along period of time. It’s a growing area,and this will continue to encourage resi-dents to use public transit.”

Park-and-rideFROM PAGE 1

The theme of the Minneapolis Macy’s annualflower show was “Towers of Flowers,” emphasiz-ing the emerging trend of vertical gardening.(Photo by Jennie Olson – Sun Newspapers)

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COMMUNITY NOTES

Women’s luncheonThe MN Valley Christian Women’s

Connection luncheon will meet 12:30-2p.m. Thursday, April 14, at Enjoy!Restaurant at 15434 Founders Lane inApple Valley. The featured speaker,Dodie Davis, will share her messagetitled “Fairy Tales Can Come True…ItCan Happen To You…Or Not.” Theluncheon will also feature May Day bas-kets and a gift bag demonstration. Theevent costs $16. For more informationabout reservations and cancellations,contact Grace at 651-452-1234 or Lisa at952-403-0773.

Burnsville garage saleBurnsville will host its

Communitywide Garage Sale Friday,June 3 and Saturday, June 4.Homeowners may choose to participateon either Friday and/or and Saturday.The city will coordinate publicity inlocal papers and create a map with allregistered garage sales to help informgarage sale shoppers regarding the loca-tions of the sales. All recipients will begiven a registration number and coordi-nating signs to place in their yard.

Registration forms are available atburnsville.org or at Burnsville CityHall, 100 Civic Center Parkway. There isa $20 fee to participate. Credit card pay-ments are accepted online atburnsville.org/garagesale. The entrydeadline is set for Friday, May 13. Info:952-895-4570.

Rotary fundraiserBidding on the Burnsville Rotary

Club’s online Bidding for Good onlinefundraising auction opens April 15.Items up for bid include: lunch for twowith Burnsville Mayor Elizabeth Kautz;a completely outfitted, four-day canoepackage in the Boundary Waters; a full-shift squad car ride with a BurnsvillePolice officer; and Minnesota Twins andMinnesota Lynx tickets. Bidding timeruns until April 29. To place a bid orview items, go toBiddingforGood.com/BurnsvilleRotary.

A Brush with Kindnesslooking for projects

A Brush with Kindness is looking forlow-income homeowners in the metroarea whose homes need painting,repairs or general cleanup who can’t dothe work themselves.

Eligible homeowners have a combinedhousehold income less than 50 percent ofthe area median income. Priority will begiven to homeowners who are seniors, dis-abled or single parents.

Volunteers from businesses, churchesand service organizations will help com-plete the work. Able-bodied homeownersare required to work alongside volunteers.

Applications for summer or fall workshould be submitted as soon as possible.A Brush with Kindness is run by TwinCities Habitat for Humanity. Info: abwk-twincities.org or 612-788-8169 (Keri).

Sale to close this summerBY JOSEPH PALMERSHEIM • SUN NEWSPAPERS

Looks like a major piece of Eaganreal estate is off the market.

CSM Equities, an affiliate of theMinneapolis-based CSM Corporation,announced Wednesday, April 6, that ithas entered into a sale and leasebackagreement for the 50-acre LockheedMartin facility in Eagan. The sale isplanned to close this summer, withLockheed Martin continuing to occupythe space until the final transition of itsoperations by spring 2013.

According the CSM, plans are in theworks to potentially develop the 623,000square foot building for mixed-use devel-opment, which may include the option ofturning the facility into a data center.Other options include restaurant, serv-ice, office and other uses.

“We are excited about the opportuni-ty to acquire this facility,” said TomPalmquist, CSM’s vice-president forcommercial development. “In partner-ship with Lockheed Martin, the commu-nity, and various end users, CSM willdeliver a market driven solution to suc-cessfully reposition the asset. Thisacquisition reinforces CSM’s optimisticoutlook for the future of commercialreal estate.”

Lockheed Martin employees werenotified about the layoff and phase-out

plans last November. The move,described by the company as “FacilityConsolidations to Increase Affordabilityin Mission Systems and SensorsBusiness,” will see about jobs eliminat-ed or transferred to Owego, N.Y., SanDiego, Calif.; and Manassas, Va.

Lockheed Martin Mission Systemsand Sensors (MS2) provide systems engi-neering, software, development andcomplex program management for glob-al security, civil and commercial mar-kets. It employs more than 15,000 peoplearound the world, and the largest seg-ment of their workforce consists of com-puter systems, software and hardwareengineering professionals.

Activities conducted on Eagan sitefocus on communication systems, mis-sion systems and avionics for aircraft,ships and submarines.

Lockheed Martin plans to end operations at itsEagan facility by 2013. CSM, a Minneapolis devel-opment company, recently entered into a purchaseagreement to buy the site, and is currently mullingover various development plans. (File Photo)

Minneapolis development companyplans to buy Lockheed site in Eagan

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Public Notice(Official Publication)

Invitation to Comment on aProposed Wireless

Telecommunications FacilityInterested persons are invited to com-ment on the wireless telecommunica-tions facility proposed to be constructedat 1255 Wilderness Run Road in Eagan,MN, with respect to impacts on historicproperties located at or near this facility,if any. The facility will consist of installingcellular antennas on an existing electricaltransmission tower and placing the asso-ciated equipment cabinet on the groundlevel near the base of the tower. Com-ments regarding potential effects to his-toric properties should be submitted bymail to Regulatory Compliance Managerat 2001 Butterfield Rd, Ste. 1900, Down-ers Grove, IL 60515, or by calling (630)-960-8400. Questions about this facility orthis notice may also be directed to thataddress or phone number. This notice isprovided in accordance with the regula-tions of the Federal CommunicationsCommission, 47 C.F.R. Part 1, Subpart Iand Appendices B and C.

(Apr 7, 14, 2011) C2 WirelessTelecomm. Facility

Certificate of Assumed Name(Official Publication)

MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE

CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME

Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333The filing of an assumed name

does not provide a user with exclusiverights to that name. The filing is re-quired for consumer protection inorder to enable consumers to be ableto identify the true owner of a busi-ness.

State the exact assumed nameunder which the business is or will beconducted:Printerette Press

State the address of the principalplace of business.1880 Yorkshire Avenue, Saint Paul,MN 55116

List the name and complete streetaddress of all persons conducting busi-ness under the above Assumed Name.Catherine Polacek 1880 YorkshireAvenue, Saint Paul, MN 55116

I certify that I am authorized to signthis certificate and I further certify thatI understand that by signing this cer-tificate, I am subject to the penalties ofperjury as set forth in MinnesotaStatutes Section 609.48 as if I hadsigned this certificate under oath.

FILED: Mar 25, 2011/s/ Catherine Jayne Polacek,

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Foreclosure Notice(Official Publication)

NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT LIENFORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THEDEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGI-NAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIMEPROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECT-ED BY THIS ACTION

THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM ADEBT COLLECTOR. THIS IS AN AT-TEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT ANDANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILLBE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that defaulthas been made in the terms and condi-tions of the Declaration of The PennockPlace Condominium Association, (here-inafter the “Declaration”) recorded in theoffice of the Registrar of Titles of DakotaCounty, Minnesota as Document No.126559, as amended, which covers thefollowing property:

Residential Unit No. RB 207 and GarageUnit No. GB 207 in Condominium No. 57,The Pennock Place Condominium,Dakota County, Minnesota, Certificate ofTitle No. 150047

Address: 14182 Pennock Avenue, Unit207, Apple Valley, MN 55124

PIN: 01-57001-05-02

THAT pursuant to said Declaration, thereis claimed to be due and owing as ofMarch 22, 2011, from Federal NationalMortgage Association, title holder, to ThePennock Place Condominium Associa-tion, a Minnesota non-profit corporation,the amount of $6,724.00, for assess-ments, late fees and collection costs, plusadditional assessments and otheramounts that may have accrued sincethe date of this notice, including the costsof collection and foreclosure;

THAT prior to the commencement of thisforeclosure proceeding, Lienor compliedwith all notice requirements as requiredby status; that no action or proceedinghas been instituted at law or otherwise torecover the debt secured by said lien, orany part thereof;

THAT the owner has not been releasedfrom its financial obligation to pay saidamount;

THAT pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 515B.3-116, said debt creates a lien upon saidpremises in favor of The Pennock PlaceCondominium Association, as evidencedby a lien statement recorded on Decem-ber 14, 2010, in the office of the DakotaCounty Registrar of Titles as DocumentNo. T672691;

THAT pursuant to the power of salegranted by the owner in taking title to thepremises subject to said Declaration,said lien will be foreclosed by the sale ofsaid property by the sheriff of said Coun-ty at the Dakota County Law Enforce-ment Center, Lobby S-100, 1580 High-way 55, Hastings, Dakota County, Min-nesota on May 26, 2011, at 10 a.m., atpublic auction to the highest bidder, forcash, to pay the amount then due for saidassessments, together with the costs offoreclosure, including attorney’s fees asallowed by law. The time allowed by lawfor redemption by the unit owners, theirpersonal representatives or assigns is six(6) months from the date of said sale.

DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: Thedate on or before which the owner mustvacate the property if the account is notbrought current or the property re-deemed under Minn. Stat. § 580.23 isNovember 26, 2011. If the foregoing dateis a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday,then the date to vacate is the next busi-ness day at 11:59 p.m.

REDEMPTION NOTICE

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR RE-DEMPTION BY THE OWNER, THEOWNER’S PERSONAL REPRESENTA-TIVE OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCEDTO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIALORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MIN-NESOTA STATUTES, SECTION582.032, DETERMINING, AMONGOTHER THINGS, THAT THE PREMIS-ES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDEN-TIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVEUNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED INAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, ANDARE ABANDONED.

The Pennock Place Condominium Asso-ciation, Lienor

Dated: March 22, 2011

By /s/ Thomas P. Carlson

Thomas P. Carlson (024871X)

Carlson & Associates, Ltd.

1052 Centerville Circle

Vadnais Heights, MN 55127

(651) 287-8640

Attorney for The Pennock Place Condo-minium Association

(Apr 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2011)C2 FNMA #207 Foreclosure

Public Notice of Auction(Official Publication)

The lot of residential inventory held atBarrett Moving & Storage Co. 2922 WService Rd, Eagan, MN in the names of:

James Martin

will be sold at public auction at BallardMoving & Storage Co, 2922 W ServiceRd, Eagan, MN for charges due for non-payment on

April 30th, 2011 10 a.m.

(Apr 14, 21, 2011) C2 April 30th Auc-tion

School District 191(Official Publication)

School Board MinutesINDEPENDENT

SCHOOL DISTRICT 191March 17, 2011

The meeting of the Board of Educationwas called to order by Chair Hill at 6:30p.m. at the Burnsville High School SeniorCampus in the Diamondhead EducationCenter.

Members present: Directors Currier,Luth, Morrison, Schmid, Teiken, Sweepand Chair Hill. Others in attendancewere Superintendent Clegg, Student Ad-visor Jaeger, administrators and staff.

Chair Hill welcomed the audience andasked Director Morrison to lead thePledge of Allegiance.

Board members recognized BHS seniorSharmila Ahmed for her many outstand-ing accomplishments. She was selectedto receive this year’s Athena Award (topfemale athlete at BHS), recently won theMinnesota State High School Nordic Skiindividual champion-ship, and is also aTriple “A” award winner for her accom-plishments in academics, arts and athlet-ics.

Burnsville High School Principal DaveHelke provided a brief report on collegecredit opportunities that are availablethrough the school. Seniors Tevin Jonesand Annie Ayres spoke about their expe-rience with these programs and how ithas helped them and others to preparefor college while earning college creditsin a high school setting.

Moved by Director Morrison, secondedby Director Luth, to approve the agenda.Motion carried unanimously (7,0).

Moved by Director Currier, seconded byDirector Schmid, to approve the consentagenda.

- Minutes of the March 3, 2011 boardmeeting

- Personnel changes J. Bartholow, D.Erdall, C. Nurmela, K. Aars, C. Gores, A.Niemiec, M. Orlich-Sullivan, T. Bennett,A. Chamberlain, H. Cynor, K. Fey, C. Gut-terman, A. Hayes, B. Johnston, T. Meyer,M. Meyerhofer, P. Mogart, S. Orth, M.Theis, K. VanVooren, J. Worshek, C.Kothe, A. Cadwell, K. Campen, L. Collins,M. Dundon, J. Sheil, D. Yates

- Donations of $12.48 from Scott Galvin,$105 from Brionne Sillman, and $36 fromRobin Swanson to support the LiteracyLibrary at Hidden Valley; $3,503 in cashand in-kind donations to the BrainPowerin a BackPack program; and $100 fromJoe and Deb Rugnetta to the EagleRidge Media Center

- Approve February payroll checks num-bered 715363-715456, and Direct De-posit notices numbered 422094-425444,in the net amount of $3,878,766.19. Feb-ruary and March claims to date repre-sented by checks numbered 405969-406636, 1002420-1002596, 100467-100470 and wire transfers and adjust-ments totaling $7,294,887.05. Also, thatthe Board accepts February receipts of$9,104,602.92 and investments for Gen-eral Operations and Alt. Facilities andOPEB of $17,575,714.53 as of February28, 2011.

- Accept the Budget Analysis for theMonth ending February 28, 2011

- Approve an extended field trip for theBHS Winter Drumline to Dayton, OHApril 13-17, 2011

- Approve an extended field trip for theBHS International Travel Club to CostaRica, March 25-April 3, 2011

- Approve job description for Communi-cations Coordinator and filling the posi-tion of Communications Coordinator

Chair Hill made special mention of thegenerous donation. Motion carried unan-imously (7,0).

Moved by Director Morrison, secondedby Director Sweep, to approve the reso-lution authorizing the issuance, awardingthe sale, prescribing the form and detailsand providing for the payment of$16,575,000 General Obligation Alterna-tive Facilities Bonds, Series 2011A. A rollcall vote was taken and the motion car-ried unanimously (7,0 with Directors Cur-rier, Hill, Luth, Morrison, Schmid, Sweepand Teiken voting in favor, none op-posed).

Moved by Director Currier, seconded byDirector Luth, to approve the bid awardfor Burnsville High School Phase I De-ferred Maintenance to Jorgenson Con-struction, Inc. with a base bid of$7,848,000 and total contract amount of$8,245,000 including alternates 1, 2, 3, 4,and 6. Motion carried unanimously (7,0).

Preliminary guidelines and assumptionsfor development of the 2011-12 GeneralFund Budget were presented by LisaRider, Executive Director of BusinessServices. She indicated that the project-ed year-end enrollment numbers will beused for planning; a 0% change in thegeneral education formula will be as-sumed; and, general fund expenditureswill be adjusted for inflation. A significantdecrease in funding must also be fac-

tored in since ARRA funds will no longerbe available. The 2011-12 budget mustbe adopted by June 30.

Moved by Director Morrison seconded byDirector Teiken, to award the contract forgroup medical insurance high deductibleplan effective for 7/1/11 to Medica. Mo-tion carried unanimously (7,0).

Moved by Director Luth, seconded by Di-rector Teiken, to adjourn to a BoardWorkshop at 7:42 p.m.

Daniel W. Luth, Clerk

(Apr 14, 2011) C2C3 March 17 Min-utes

Public Notice(Official Publication)

MINNESOTA LAND EXCHANGE BOARD

NOTICE OF HEARING ON STATELAND EXCHANGE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pur-suant to M.S.A. 94.341 to 94.348, a pub-lic hearing will be held on behalf of theMinnesota Land Exchange Board by theCommissioner of Natural Resources at10:00am, in the 4th floor East/West Con-ference Room of the MN Dept of NaturalResources, 500 Lafayette Road, St. Paul,MN 55155 on a proposal for the ex-change of certain Class A land belongingto the State of Minnesota, to be offered inexchange for certain lands owned by theUnited States Fish and Wildlife Service.

A complete list of the proposed exchangeparcels will be posted in the Carver,Dakota, Pine,

Scott, and Wright County Auditor’s of-fices at least two weeks before the dateof said hearing.

This hearing is also held pursuant to M.S.97A.135, subd. 2A, which requires that apublic hearing be held before lands with-in a Wildlife Management Area can bedisposed of through sale or exchange.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hasalso prepared an Environmental Assess-ment (EA) pursuant to this land ex-change. Copies of the EA will be avail-able at the hearing.

Questions regarding this land exchangecan be directed to Katherine Giel, LandExchange Coordinator at (651) 259-5377.

Dated: April 8, 2011

By: Kathy A. Lewis, Assistant Director,Division

Lands and Minerals, and Commission-er’s Delegate

(Apr 14, 2011) C2MT Land Exchange

LEGAL NOTICES

CALENDARThe Sun-Current Calendar highlights a variety of community events each week. It does not include all com-munity events, meetings or concerts taking place on any given day. Please visit www.minnlocal.com topost your listing to our comprehensive online community calendar. To submit a news brief for consideration, mail it to 33 Second St. N.E., Box 280, Osseo, MN 55369, fax it to 763-424-7388 or emailit to [email protected]. The newspaper will not accept submissions over the phone.

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15F R I D A Y

EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY – APRIL 15 THROUGH APRIL 21

The From Yours To Mine,LLC Kids ConsignmentSaleWhere: Hasse HockeyArena, 8525 215th St. W.,County Road 70, LakevilleWhen: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.(10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Saturday, April 16)Price: $1 (no chargeSaturday)Information:FromYoursToMine.com

16S A T U R D A Y

Free ACT practice testWhere: Burnsville SylvanLearning Center, 170Cobblestone Lane,BurnsvilleWhen: noon to 3:30 p.m.Price: Free, but registra-tion requiredInformation: 952-435-6603

Robert E. Emmick (“Howto be Your Own GeneralContractor: The Easy-to-Follow Guide forCompleting That HomeProject”) book signingWhere: Dunn BrothersCoffee, 1603 County Road42, BurnsvilleWhen: 1-3 p.m.Price: FreeInformation: 888-361-9473

Easter egg scramble andbreakfastWhere: Lakeville SeniorCenter, 20732 Holt Ave.,LakevilleWhen: 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m.Price: $8 per person, reg-istration requiredInformation: 952-985-4600

El Dia de los Niños/El Diade los LibrosWhere: Lakeville HeritageLibrary, 20085 HeritageDrive, LakevilleWhen: 1-3 p.m.Price: FreeInformation: 952-891-0360

Spring Bake and SaladLuncheonWhere: Mount CalvaryLutheran Church, 3930Rahn Road, EaganWhen: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.Price: $5 adults, $1 chil-dren 10 and underInformation: 651-454-2631

17S U N D A Y

Lakeville Lions annualall-you-can-eat breakfastbuffetWhere: Lakeville VFWPost 210, 8790 Upper210th St., LakevilleWhen: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.Price: $7 for adults, $3kids 12 and underInformation: 952-435-7093

18M O N D A Y

Lakeville City CouncilmeetingWhere: Lakeville City Hall,20195 Holyoke Ave.,LakevilleWhen: 7 p.m.Information: 952-985-4400

Dinner and a MovieFamily Night “Born to BeWild”Where: The Great ClipsIMAX Theatre at theMinnesota Zoo, 12000Zoo Blvd., Apple ValleyWhen: Meal 5:30 p.m.,movie 6:30 p.m.Price: $9.50 for adults,kids free with paid adultsInformation:imax.com/minnesota

“The Story of Music,Stories from Home” pre-sented by the LakevilleArea Historical SocietyWhere: Lakeville Area ArtsCenter Theatre, 20965Holyoke Ave., LakevilleWhen: 7 p.m.Price: FreeInformation: 952-985-4403

19T U E S D A Y

‘What are SocialServices, Child Protectionand Respite Care?’ pres-entationWhere: Eagan CommunityCenter, 1501 CentralParkway, EaganWhen: 6 p.m.Price: Free, registrationrequiredInformation: 651-645-2948, ext. 102

Dakota County immuniza-tion clinicWhere: Dakota CountyWestern Service Center,14955 Galaxie Ave., AppleValleyWhen: 4-6:30 p.m.Price: $14Information: 952-891-7528

What: Burnsville CityCouncil meetingWhere: Burnsville CityHall, 100 Civic CenterParkway, BurnsvilleWhen: 6:30 p.m.Information: 952-895-4490

What: Eagan City CouncilmeetingWhere: Eagan MunicipalCenter Building, 3830 PilotKnob Road, EaganWhen: 6:30 p.m.Information: 651-675-5000

20W E D N E S D A Y

Got clutter? Gettingorganized today!Where: Wescott Library,1340 Wescott Road,EaganWhen: 7 p.m.Price: FreeInformation: 651-450-2900

21T H U R S D A Y

Free auto repair clinic formilitary veterans andactive duty personnelWhere: Dakota CountyTechnical College, 1300145th St. E., RosemountWhen: Appointment times7-11 a.m.Price: Free Information: Makeappointments by [email protected]

SPORTSMEGA MEET

One of the first big high school track and fieldinvitationals is the Lakeville North Mega Meet,scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 15. LakevilleNorth and Rosemount will send its boys and girlsteams to the meet.

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Ciara Rivera pitches for Eagan in an April 8 South Suburban Conference softball game atBurnsville. The Wildcats lost 7-3 to the defending state champions in their season open-er. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy • Sun Newspapers)

Eastview senior Matt Larson swings at a pitch during theLightning’s 7-1 victory at Lakeville South on April 7. (Photoby Mike Shaughnessy • Sun Newspapers)

BY MIKE SHAUGHNESSY • SUN NEWSPAPERS

For four years, Eagan softball coachCourtney Dully could write Sara Moulton’sname on the lineup sheet and know that theWildcats had a very good chance to win.

With Moulton now at the University ofMinnesota, Dully has new candidates for thepitching circle. How they perform will helpdetermine whether Eagan can contend in theSouth Suburban Conference, which featurestwo of the state’s best teams (Burnsville andBloomington Jefferson).

Eagan made the state tournament twice inthe four years Moulton was its varsity pitcher,winning the Class 3A championship in 2008 andtaking the consolation title the following year.

Junior Ciara Rivera got the first chance atthe job, struggling early but settling downlater in a 7-3 loss April 8 at defending statechampion Burnsville.

“None of our pitchers have [varsity] experi-ence, and this was our first game, playing areally tough opponent,” Dully said. “[Rivera]had one bad inning, but other than that she didwell.”

Burnsville put up five runs in the second

inning, giving pitcher Kelsey Anderson – whopitched two no-hitters in last year’s state tour-nament – a healthy advantage.

But Eagan got 16 runners on base andadvanced eight of them into scoring position,leaving Dully optimistic about the Wildcats’offensive potential.

“We have a new team, a young team, but Isaw a lot of good things” in the Burnsvillegame, Dully said.

Sophomore outfielder Abby Brinkmeierhad two hits and drove in one run. MorganHaus, a senior outfielder, scored once.

Two of Eagan’s returning players are sen-ior shortstop Kyndra Beekman and senior sec-ond baseman Jena Holmes, both captains.Holmes’ sister Dana is a senior outfielder.

Senior Kristina Soeldner and sophomoreMadison Haus also could see time in the pitch-ing circle. The pitchers will be working with anew catcher, sophomore Blair Blanchette.

Blanchette “is going to be fun to watch,”Dully said. “She frames the ball well, has astrong arm and seems to work well with ourpitchers.”

Lightning outscoresfirst two baseballopponents 14-1BY MIKE SHAUGHNESSY • SUN NEWSPAPERS

Pitchers are thought to be aheadof hitters early in a baseball season,but Eastview might have the pitch-ing to stay ahead of hitters all seasonlong.

The numbers from the Lightning’sfirst two games: 14 innings pitches,

one run allowed, nine hits and 18strikeouts.

“I’m really pleased with how wellit went,” coach Tom Strey said afterEastview defeated Lakeville South 7-1in its season opener April 7. “Ourplan was to use three pitchers, and allthree of them threw well and hadgood control.”

Several other South SuburbanConference coaches pointed toEastview as one of the favorites inthe league because of the Lightning’spitching depth. Adam Moorse, EvanDecovich and Tom Jerle combined tohold Lakeville South to five hits in the

opener. Moorse pitched the first fourinnings, allowing three hits and strik-ing out eight, and earned the victory.

Strey intended to use three pitch-ers the next day against Rosemount,but senior Ty McDevitt scuttled thoseplans – in a good way, from Eastview’sperspective – by lasting six innings ina 7-0 victory over Rosemount.McDevitt, a recruited walk-on at theUniversity of Minnesota, held theIrish to four hits and one walk whilestriking out five. Jerle, a hard-throw-ing left-hander, pitched a scoreless

Changes for Eagan softball start in pitching circleWildcats fall to defending state champs in season opener

SOFTBALL: TO NEXT PAGE

Eastview pitchers take command in early games

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Apple Valley could joinsecond-largest enrollmentclass under MSHSL change

BY MIKE SHAUGHNESSY • SUN NEWSPAPERS

The Minnesota State High SchoolLeague’s decision last week to expandthe high school football playoffs to sevenclasses has left a number of people want-ing to hear more.

That group includes coaches andadministrators in the South SuburbanConference, where several schools couldbe impacted.

The MSHSL board of directorsapproved creating a Class 6A for foot-ball, consisting of 32 of the state’slargest high schools. The new classwould take effect in 2012.

The high school league released a pre-liminary list of schools that would beplaced in Class 6A. All but one were inthe Twin Cities area, with Brainerd thelone outstate school. Of the 31 metro-area schools, 29 were in suburbs.

In the South Suburban, Burnsville,Eagan, Eastview, Lakeville North,Lakeville South, Rosemount and PriorLake would tentatively be placed in Class6A. Apple Valley, Bloomington Jeffersonand Bloomington Kennedy would be in 5A.

One thing to remember is the 32schools on the preliminary enrollmentlist “are the top 32 in April 2011. In April2012, it’s going to be different,” Apple

Valley High School activities directorPete Buesgens said.

By this time next year, schools suchas St. Michael-Albertville and Andovermight have grown enough to move intothe top 32 in enrollment, Buesgens said.Apple Valley, which was 33 studentsshort of the preliminary Class 6A cutoff,is expected to see its enrollment eitherremain stable or decline slightly.

Class 6A is expected to consist of foureight-team sections. Among things to bedetermined are section alignments, theplayoff format (a 32-team class wouldrequire one fewer playoff game thanother classes), and opt-up and opt-downprocedures.

Cretin-Derham Hall, for example, isnot on the preliminary list of the 32schools eligible for Class 6A, althoughit’s widely assumed the school would optup. The Raiders won the 2009 state large-school championship.

Totino-Grace, the 2010 Class 4A cham-pion, already announced its intention to

move to Class 5A (currently the largestenrollment class for football) beginningin 2011. However, the new structure wouldplace Totino-Grace in the third-largestenrollment class. Totino-Grace coach JeffFerguson told the St. Paul Pioneer Presslast week his team would likely opt up oneclass, but probably not two.

“If a school opts up [to Class 6A], doesit become a class of 33, or does anotherschool move down?” Buesgens said.“Then my question would be, what ifthat school doesn’t want to move down?”

Buesgens said Apple Valley officialsare waiting for more information beforedeciding if they would opt up in footballor play in the second-largest class.

“I’ll sit down with Mr. [Steve]Degenaar [AVHS principal] and thecoaching staff,” he said.

If Apple Valley chose to remain in thenew Class 5A, possible section footballopponents could include Farmington,Hastings, Owatonna, Henry Sibley, thetwo Bloomington high schools and thethree Rochester public high schools. Class5A would consist of 48 teams, probablygrouped into eight six-team sections.

The rationale for creating a seventhfootball class was to reduce the enroll-ment disparity between schools withinthe largest class. Two Minnesota schools,Eden Prairie and Wayzata, have morethan 3,000 students in grades 9-12, whileschools with enrollments around 1,200were in the same class for football. TheMSHSL’s goal was to reduce the enroll-ment disparity to less than two to one.

Lakeville North and Lakeville South

would be among the smallest schools inthe new Class 6A. Even more significantis the Lakeville schools are likely to geta bunch of new playoff opponents infootball. In the current Class 5A, Section1, every school except North and Southwould be eligible to move down a class.

“You think the Rochester schools arecelebrating right now?” Lakeville Southcoach Larry Thompson asked.

In recent years, Lakeville South andLakeville North have taken ownershipof Class 5A, Section 1, which includesthe three Rochester public high schools,plus Owatonna and Farmington.

Lakeville South and Lakeville Northhave won the section twice each in the lastfour years, while none of the Rochesterschools has been to the state playoffs since2004. Last November, Lakeville Southwent on the road and pasted a previouslyundefeated Rochester Century team 49-17in the Section 1 championship game.

“I think [the additional class] will begood because there are schools out therewith 3,000 kids,” Thompson said. “Youhad schools with 800-900 kids in a gradeplaying schools with 400 kids in a grade.That’s a big difference.

“We’d be one of the smallest schoolsin the new class, but we can’t worryabout that. We just have to go play.”

Thompson said he would like to seethe MSHSL make it mandatory for pri-vate school football teams to opt up anenrollment class.

“Hopefully they’ll make the privateschools buck up and play where theybelong,” Thompson said.

The Wildcats play Wayzata at home in anon-conference game at 4:15 p.m. Thursday,April 14. They play at BloomingtonJefferson on Monday, April 18.

“The first game is always very nerve-wracking,” Dully said. “One goal we had forthe team was to keep our composure. We hadone tough inning in which the composurewasn’t there, but we’ll try to learn from it.

“We have some things to work on.And that will be our goal all season, tojust keep getting better.”

Apple ValleyCoach: Carla Christiansen.Last year: 7-14 overall; lost in first

round of Class 3A, Section 3 playoffs.2011 so far: lost to Bloomington

Jefferson 12-0 on April 7.

Next game: 4:15 p.m. Thursday, April14, at home against Edina.

Outlook: Junior Loryn Charbonneautakes over in the pitching circle. She hasbeen with the Eagles for a couple ofyears, but this is her first season as astarter.

The Eagles don’t have many playerswith varsity experience, and even theones who are returning are in new roles,Christiansen said.

Senior captain Lynsi Havens hascaught, but played first base in theEagles’ opener. Infielder Emily Kieser,also a senior captain, starts this seasonafter coming off the bench last year.Junior Julie Gerlach moves from secondbase to third, and junior Kaiti Erbswitches to shortstop.

Junior Mallory Michaluk saw limitedtime behind the plate last season butcould be there full-time this year.

The Eagles are anxious to atone fortheir performance in the season opener.

“We weren’t ready to play, and the girlsknew it,” Christiansen said. “But theyhave good chemistry off the field andcommunicate well on the field. We justneed some more reps at this point.”

EastviewCoach: Mike Haugh.Last year: 14-9 overall; reached third

round of Class 3A, Section 3 playoffs.2011 so far: defeated Lakeville South

2-0 on April 7.Next game: 4:15 p.m. Thursday, April

14, at Hopkins.Outlook: junior Paige Palkovich

returns in the pitching circle. Amongher accomplishments last season was aperfect game against Virginia inEastview’s Great 8 tournament.

Palkovich also is one of theLightning’s top returning hitters.

Outfielder Samantha Kane, catcherKelly Meyer and infielder SophiaWilliams, all seniors, are other return-

ing players for the Lightning. OutfielderAlyssa Besch is a returning junior.

RosemountCoach: Tiffany Rose.Last year: 14-7 overall; lost in first

round of Class 3A, Section 3 playoffs.Next game: 4:15 p.m. Thursday, April

14, at home against BloomingtonJefferson.

Outlook: Rose, who was co-headcoach at Eastview last season, takes overfor Jim Matheson, who led the Irish tothe 2006 state Class 3A championship.

Senior pitcher Rachel Hoeppner, theIrish’s starter the last two seasons, canhelp keep the Irish competitive in thepitching-rich South SuburbanConference.

Hoeppner, infielder Paige Cero andcatcher Alexandra Fromme are teamcaptains. Other seniors on the roster areoutfielder Makayla Newberry andinfielder Laura Bodurtha.

SoftballFROM PREVIOUS PAGE

Football shakeup could have big implications in South Suburban


J.T. Brown is Frozen Four’sMost Outstanding PlayerBY MIKE SHAUGHNESSY • SUN NEWSPAPERS

For several University of Minnesota-Duluth men’s hockey players, winningthe national championship was doublysatisfying. They earned the title in theirhometown and got to take it back to theirother hometown.

Ten players on the UMD roster arefrom the Twin Cities area. They hadplenty of family and friends in thestands when the Bulldogs defeatedMichigan 3-2 in overtime in the champi-onship game of the NCAA Frozen Fouron April 9 at Xcel Energy Center.

They also helped win it for a city achingfor a hockey championship. UMD hadbeen in the national championship gameonce before, losing to Bowling Green 5-4 infour overtimes in the 1984 NCAA final.

“UMD hockey is huge in Duluth,” saidBulldogs sophomore forward JakeHendrickson, a Burnsville High Schoolgraduate. “The fan support is incredible.

Everybody here knows about the 1984team, and that was one of the reasons wereally wanted to win this. We wanted tobring a championship back to Duluth.”

Burnsville resident and RosemountHigh School graduate J.T. Brown was animpact player at the Frozen Four. Thefreshman forward had one assist againstMichigan and a goal and assist in UMD’s4-3 victory over Notre Dame in the semi-finals. His fearless rushes to the nethelped him earn the Frozen Four’s MostOutstanding Player award.

Brown had 37 points (16 goals, 21assists) in 42 games. He was theBulldogs’ fourth-leading scorer behindthe members of UMD’s high-poweredtop line – Jack Connolly, Mike Connollyand Justin Fontaine.

Defenseman Luke McManus, a team-mate of Brown’s at Rosemount High,was a freshman redshirt this season.

Larson plays for IrishApple Valley native Nick Larson

played for the Notre Dame team that lostto Minnesota-Duluth in the Frozen Foursemifinals April 7. Larson, a sophomoreforward, had an assist in the game.

seventh inning for the second consecu-tive day.

Strey was still able to get several ofhis pitchers meaningful work in the firstweek of the season.

“That was part of it,” he said. “Youalso don’t want to overuse pitchers thisearly in the season. You don’t want kidsthrowing 120-130 pitches yet.”

Several other Lightning players alsocan pitch, including seniors Alec Knop,Austin Lindstrom and Taylor Beattie.

The Lightning had to replace its start-ing catcher and dipped into its wealth ofoutfielders. Senior Taylor Branstadstarted in center field last season, but inthe Lakeville South game became one ofthe rarest of baseball sights – a catcherwho throws left-handed.

Branstad will still see some playingtime in the outfield, Strey said. RyanReger, a junior, also is expected to beused behind the plate.

The pitching depth might be matchedby the Lightning’s assortment of return-ing players with varsity experience.

David Barry (second base), and Knop(third) are returning infielders. ScottNelson will play shortstop, and Decovichwill see time at first. Patrick Strey, a jun-ior, also will get some innings at thirdbase.

Matt Larson, Matt Galloway and StuDaly are returning outfielders. Lastyear, two of them played outfield and thethird was a designated hitter. This yearall three figure to be in the outfield whenBranstad catches.

Decovich was 2-for-3 with three RBIin the Lakeville South game. Larson, theLightning’s leadoff hitter, had a monstergame against Rosemount, going 4-for-4with a home run, double and three RBI.

Branstad was 2-for-4 againstRosemount, and Decovich drove in twomore runs, giving him five in Eastview’sfirst two games.

Eastview had a 16-win season lastspring, and a number of this year’s var-sity players were on a EastviewAmerican Legion team that played inthe state tournament last summer.

“We have really high goals,” TomStrey said. “But other teams in our con-ference and section also have highgoals. Our goal is to compete for theconference and section titles, and theteams that do that do the little thingsright. That’s what we’re working onnow.”

The next several games will test theLightning’s ability to execute the finerpoints of baseball. Eastview plays a non-conference game at Hopkins at 4:15 p.m.Thursday, April 14, then faces the two

teams that played for the 2010 state Class3A championship.

The Lightning plays at defendingstate champion Eden Prairie at 3 p.m.Saturday, April 16, before going to Class3A runner-up Burnsville at 4:15 p.m.Monday, April 18.

Baseball notes• Burnsville’s offense is in midseason

form as the Blaze scored 25 runs in itsfirst two games.

Junior shortstop Matt Stemper was 4-for-4 with a home run, two doubles, fourruns and five RBI in an 11-5 victory overEagan on April 8. Brian Vanderwoudeand Andy Lieser each had three-hitgames. Winning pitcher AdamLambrecht worked the first 3 2/3innings, allowing two earned runs.

Burnsville shut out Lakeville North10-0 in its season opener April 7, scoringeight runs in the final two innings.Lieser, Tyler Hill and Justin Threlkeldhad two hits apiece. One of Lieser’s hitswas a home run.

Vanderwoude pitched the first fiveinnings, allowing no hits and threewalks while striking out eight.

• Eagan split its first two games,defeating Prior Lake 2-0 before losingto Burnsville 11-5. Charlie Conkel wasthe winning pitcher in the Prior Lakegame.

• Apple Valley senior infielder CaseyKillebrew caught the ceremonial firstpitch from Twins legend Tony Oliva atthe Twins’ home opener April 8 atTarget Field. Killebrew is the grandsonof hall of famer Harmon Killebrew.Harmon Killebrew was to take part inthe ceremony but remained in Arizonato continue treatment for esophagealcancer.

AVHS, meanwhile, scored in the sev-enth inning to break a tie and defeatBloomington Jefferson 3-2 on April 7.

• Rosemount defeated Woodbury 8-2and Bloomington Kennedy 4-3 in its firsttwo games of the season before losing toEastview 7-0 on April 8. The Irish heldWoodbury to two hits in their seasonopener.

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