Aug. 4, 2011 • V36.31 In the Community, With the Community, For the Community C URRENT Eagan Apple Valley Rosemount 75 ¢ minnlocal.com Girls soccer takes the title. Page 20 Father Paul Jarvis was assigned to the Church of St. Joseph as its new pastor. Jarvis began July 1 and is the congregation’s 15th pastor for the parish community since it began in 1856. Here, Jarvis points out details in a stained-glass window that was brought from the old Church of St. Joseph on Highway 3. (Photo by Michael Ricci • Sun Newspapers) St. Joseph’s church under new pastoral direction Rev. Paul Jarvis assigned to parish, began July 1 BY MICHAEL RICCI • SUN NEWSPAPERS The Church of St. Joseph in Rosemount may be under new direction, but continuing its tradition remains a priority. The Rev. Paul Jarvis was assigned to the Church of St. Joseph, 13900 Biscayne Ave. W., Rosemount. Having begun July 1, Jarvis’ arrival marks the 15th pastor for the parish community since it began in 1856, years before the first church was built in 1868. Church of St. Joseph Parish Director Jerry Roth said that Jarvis possesses a very open and welcoming style. He added that the parishioners share his feel- ings. “They have greeted him with open arms. They are excited to have him,” Roth said. “He would want to continue a tradition of St. Joseph’s parish being very active in its community.” Jarvis follows in the footsteps of the Rev. John Oster, who was the first official pastor in 1868, as well as former pastors the Revs. Lawrence Carey, James Furey, Francis Roach and Tom Hill. Exhibiting his knowledge of the parish community, Jarvis commented about the work of Parish Administrator Gary Mitchell and Hill, namely their involvement in moving the third church, formerly on PASTOR: TO NEXT PAGE Saturn orphan? Valley Buick GMC in Apple Valley is the new GM Factory Authorized Center for all Saturn parts, repairs, and warranty service! www.ValleyCarDealers.com BUICK GMC 952-432-9500
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Father Paul Jarvis was assigned to the Church of St. Joseph as its new pastor. Jarvis began July 1 and is the congregation’s 15th pastor forthe parish community since it began in 1856. Here, Jarvis points out details in a stained-glass window that was brought from the old Churchof St. Joseph on Highway 3. (Photo by Michael Ricci • Sun Newspapers)
St. Joseph’schurch undernew pastoraldirectionRev. Paul Jarvis assignedto parish, began July 1BY MICHAEL RICCI • SUN NEWSPAPERS
The Church of St. Joseph in Rosemount may beunder new direction, but continuing its traditionremains a priority.
The Rev. Paul Jarvis was assigned to the Church ofSt. Joseph, 13900 Biscayne Ave. W., Rosemount. Havingbegun July 1, Jarvis’ arrival marks the 15th pastor forthe parish community since it began in 1856, yearsbefore the first church was built in 1868.
Church of St. Joseph Parish Director Jerry Rothsaid that Jarvis possesses a very open and welcomingstyle. He added that the parishioners share his feel-ings.
“They have greeted him with open arms. They areexcited to have him,” Roth said. “He would want tocontinue a tradition of St. Joseph’s parish being veryactive in its community.”
Jarvis follows in the footsteps of the Rev. JohnOster, who was the first official pastor in 1868, as wellas former pastors the Revs. Lawrence Carey, JamesFurey, Francis Roach and Tom Hill.
Exhibiting his knowledge of the parish community,Jarvis commented about the work of ParishAdministrator Gary Mitchell and Hill, namely theirinvolvement in moving the third church, formerly on
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Highway 3, to its current location.“They led the parishioners in doing
that,” Jarvis said, adding that theparishioners spent a lot of time volun-teering. Their work included movingstained glass windows to the new loca-tion on Biscayne Avenue West.
Prior to arriving at St. Joseph’s,Jarvis heard through the grapevinewhat a unique parish community hewas entering. The buzz about theparish at St. Joseph was always posi-tive, and spoke highly on parishionerinvolvement.
“There are very few pew potatoeshere,” he said.
Like many other priests, Jarvis saidthe priesthood was not a vocation heintended to pursue but rather one thatwas a calling to which he ultimatelyresponded.
“I think that with most ordainedpriests in the Catholic religion, thatsense or knowledge seems to comeearly,” Jarvis said, adding he first feltthis at 8 years of age.
By the time Jarvis began attendingthe University of St. Thomas in St.
Paul, he said he could not quite settleon one major.
“My primary interest was [earning]a degree that would get me a nice job,”he said.
After not finding a major he felt wasthe right for him, Jarvis did not gradu-ate on schedule and wound up workingin the secular world as a communica-tions and marketing director withBusiness Incentives, Inc.
“Sometimes I look back and wonderif I wasted my time. I wonder if I wast-ed God’s time,” Jarvis said. “In retro-spect I see it all working out well.”
One month into his new role at St.Joseph’s, Jarvis is enjoying the experi-ence, and has found the parish to bewelcoming.
“Any parish today is really a villagefor people,” he said, adding that is per-ception of St. Joseph’s is a parish thatis very caring and very involved in thevillage concept. He referred to it as thesame type of village that the early set-tlers enjoyed.
“It is large enough, 1,800 house-holds, to do a lot, but small enough sothat people can actually get to knoweach other and care for one another.”
Jarvis attended he Saint PaulSeminary School of Divinity in St.Paul and was ordained in 2004.
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“Staff are more than happy to givetips to make sure they’re having a goodtime out there,” Pata said.
Hubbell recently used the paddleboards with a large group of friends onJuly 8. This was her first time on a pad-dle board, and she was admittedly anx-ious beforehand.
“I was little nervous,” Hubbell said.“It looked like it would require a certainamount of balancing, but it’s actuallyreally stable.”
Hubbell enjoyed the unique viewstanding up on the board provided.
“You get a better visual into the lake,”she said. “I thought that was the neatestpart of it. I didn’t expect to get that dif-ferent perspective. Everybody was sur-prised by how stable they were and howeasy they were to use.”
Stand up paddle boarding could beconsidered as an alternative to hiking oranother form of daily exercise, Hubbellsaid.
“I think people would surprised byhow much of a workout it can be,”Hubbell said, adding it can be an effec-tive core strengthening exercise.
Because the boards have been a popu-lar feature this summer, the park is look-ing to acquire more, Pata said.
“If not this year, than hopefully fornext year,” she said.
Steve Hart, park facilities specialistfor Dakota County Parks, can vouch forthe board’s popularity. He oversees therental equipment at the park’s VisitorCenter and is responsible for their main-tenance.
“Every weekend, they’re rented outalmost the entire day from 10 a.m. to 8p.m.,” said Hart. “They caught on fasterthan I anticipated.”
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Beth Jensen uses a Stand Up Paddle Board July 8at the Lebanon Hills Regional Park in Eagan.Standing up on the board can provide a uniqueviewing perspective for its users to see the fish,plants and other animals below the lake’s surface.(Submitted photo)
BY MATTHEW HANKEY • SUN NEWSPAPERS
Water enthusiasts are standing up onSchulze Lake in Eagan.
While it may appear that these enthu-siasts are walking on the water’s sur-face, they are actually standing on alightweight plastic board, and paddlingtheir way around the lake. This spring,the Lebanon Hills Regional Parkacquired a fleet of four Stand Up PaddleBoards. The board is similar to a surf-board in size, but weighs much less andprovides more stability for the user.
“This is a pretty, fun unique way forpeople to recreate on our beautifullakes,” said Katie Pata, park operationcoordinator at the Lebanon Hills VisitorCenter.
The boards are used similarly to asurfboard, but without the wave propul-sion offered by ocean waves. The userstands on the board and uses a paddle tomaneuver and travel on a calm body ofwater, typically a lake.
“You‘re basically walking on water bystanding on the paddleboard,” saidAutumn Hubbell, lead naturalist atLebanon Hills Regional Park whereSchulze Lake is located.
Lebanon Hills has four paddle boards
that can be rented for $10 an hour, whichincludes the board, paddle and life jack-et. There is enough space for one or twopeople to stand up on the board.
“A parent and child could certainlypaddle,” said Pata. “It’s kind of like aMinnesota gondola.”
Using the board provides lake users adifferent view of the water than if theywere on shore or in a kayak or canoe,Pata said.
“When you’re standing, you can seethrough the clear water, see the fish andother animals.” Pata said. “It’s just sucha unique, peaceful way to see the park.”
Pata has heard from friends thatStand Up Paddle Boards are easier ontheir backs than using a kayak or canoe.They’re also easier to balance and lesscumbersome, Pata said.
“If you’ve had trouble with canoes orkayaks, definitely give paddle boardinga try,” Pata said.
In the spring, park staff gave a freelesson demonstrating how to use theboards. There two types of boards – twothat are 40 pounds and two that are 60pounds. The bigger boards are easier tomaneuver, Pata said.
Though classes are not available dur-ing the summer, park staff will share
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Ansari’s Mediterranean Grill & Loungetruly is a family business.
The Eagan restaurant recently re-openedafter it started on fire more than five monthsago. Brothers David and Ramsey Ansari runthe restaurant, and other family memberswork as a bus boy, host, chef server and helpbehind the bar. Their father Pasha, former co-owner of the Mediterranean Cruise Café inEagan, works full-time as the daytime manag-er.
But it’s a wonder they’re still in business.The fire was the latest challenge since thefamily first opened the restaurant on NewYear’s Eve 2008. David and Ramsey’s mother,Mary, had numerous health issues spring upat once less than a year after the restaurantopened.
A stroke, staf infection and subsequentheart valve replacement surgery in late 2009left Mary Ansari, now 58, in the hospital forfour months.
“It was heartbreaking,” said ThereseJohnson, an Ansari’s bar manager who hasworked 12 years for the family. “She was pret-ty much on her death bed.”
Mary Ansari served tables at the restau-rant before her health complications, andsince her recovery, she has been hosting there
part-time.“She’s doing fantastic,” Johnson said.Half a year later, Johnson received her
own bad news. On the way to a Twins gamelast summer, she felt a pain in her lowerabdomen. The next day, she came to work,still complaining about the pain she felt.Ramsey told her to see a doctor. The diagno-sis: ovarian cancer.
“It was stage four,” Johnson said. “It waspretty heavy duty. I had 18 chemos in a row.”
Johnson is nearly currently cancer-free.“I am doing OK,” Johnson said. “I still
have one more chemo left and I think I’mkicking this. There’s no cancer anywhere elsein my body.”
Family friend Ryan Britton is amazed atthe resiliency of both Mary Ansari andJohnson.
“Those two women are two of thestrongest women I’ve met in my entire life,”said Britton said. “Mary is like a second Mom[to me].”
To top it off, on one of last winter’s coldestdays, a fire started at 5 a.m. Feb. 9 in therestaurant. Firefighters told the brothers thata malfunction in the roof ’s heating unitcaused it to start on fire. The heating unitthen collapsed partially through one of thebathroom ceilings.
“Once the fire started, you could see the
sky through the roof,” Britton said.The fire damaged the roof and ceilings,
and smoke seeped through the whole restau-rant, ruining nearly all its contents.
“Everything inside was pretty muchreplaced except for the bar,” said DavidAnsari, 32.
This bar has quite a history. It was theoriginal bar at the Leamington Hotel inMinneapolis dating back to the early 1900s,said Ramsey Ansari. The bar has initialscarved underneath it dated as early as 1906.
“The hotel was torn down in the 90s andwe found it in a storage warehouse in 2008,”said Ramsey Ansari, 30. “We purchased it andbrought it back to life.”
David Ansari said the brothers considerednot re-opening since they only had insuranceto cover the contents of their restaurant.
With the help of about 15 employees, thefamily began working on repairing therestaurant one and a half months after thefire started, David Ramsey said.
The restaurant recently re-opened on July11, nearly five months to the day after the fire,David Ansari said.
Ramsey Ansari is thankful for all whohelped restore the restaurant, especiallyRyan Britton.
“He did so much work,” Ramsey Ansarisaid of Britton, who replaced all the tiles, car-
Ansari’s restaurant back in business five months after roof-top heater firepeting and helped paint the interior. “Wecouldn’t have done it without him.”
Britton said watching Johnson and MaryAnsari battle through their health problemsgave a spark to those who hlped renovate therestaurant.
“It definitely helped motivate every oneelse to get this done,” said Britton, owner ofBritton Tile in Eagan.
The renovations included building a high-er ceiling, adding VIP booths to the diningarea, new tables, new woodwork, adding 15feet to the bar and expanding the outdoorpatio area.
“We now have one of the biggest patios inEagan,” Ramsey Ansari said.
The Ansaris have a special bond withtheir customers and their city. Johnson hasseen this connection help stabilize and sup-port them through all they’ve experienced.
“We have such loyal customers and loyalfriends,” Johnson said. “That’s what’s car-ried us through all of this.
“We did it together,” said David Ansari ofthe restaurant re-opening. “It was a teameffort and we got it done.”
And that seems to be a theme with Ansaris– doing things together.
Pasha Ansari helped open the
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Hi, I’m Hannah. I live on OakShore Drive.
There was a day when thatwas all I needed (probably in thedays when the biggest challengewas how to open a milk carton).Maybe I’d mention a friend near-by or a cool park, but that wouldbe it – no distances measured byminutes, no miles and definitelyno kilometers. Easy.
When I went to Junior Highand not everyone knew “OakShore Drive,” and it became“Hannah by Crystal Lake.” Andwhen we all got our driver’slicenses, it was “Hannah Kind ofby Highway 35, down IpavaAvenue.” Classmates got the gen-eral gist of it, especially when I’dalso add how many minutes it’dtake to get there. As I’ve come tolearn, the general gist is whatpeople have come to expect.
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I hardly expect people to knowLakeville, let alone Oak ShoreDrive, but I’m not metropolitan.I’m “close enough,” which in theeyes of an outsider, makes me apart of the bustling sidewalks bythe Minnesota River.
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This is the summer of our discontentU.S. has no troublesaying‘compromise,’ hasissuesimplementing theconcept
The summer of 1967 wasknown as the summer of love.Summer 2011 should be titled‘the summer of no compro-mise.’
The symphony that is the
United States is reaching acrescendo of disagreement.And it couldn’t come at a worstpossible time as the federal gov-ernment is faced with the taskof solving the nation’s budget-ary issues.
Our elected officials havebeen charged with the sacredduty of making difficult deci-
sions on behalf of their con-stituents.
However, most politiciansseem more worried about thenext round of elections thangetting anything constructivedone.
Republicans will not budgeon taxes, while Democratsrefuse to cut spending, all withthe underhanded intentions ofgetting reelected.
These politicians must com-promise or be ready to takeresponsibility for the calami-tous consequences of notreaching a debt ceiling solu-tion.
A message to our legislatorsneeds to be sent. Sometimestaxes need to be raised toincrease revenue and some-times spending must be cut toreduce debt.
It is simple, commonsenselogic. The point is: Get it done.The solution may not be per-fect, but in this instance doinganything may be better thandoing nothing at all.
This inability to compro-mise is a disease that is reach-ing epidemic status and it does-n’t discriminate.
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Voice of Culture Drum and Dance willperform 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 7 atCaponi Art Park, 1220 Diffley Road inEagan. Dedicated to the study of WestAfrican arts and culture, Voice ofCulture Drum and Dance transcendsboundaries of time to present a perform-ance that is both rich in cultural historyand relevant to contemporary genera-tions.
Voice of Culture’s repertoire covers alengthy timeline, spanning the ancientsong and dance from Africa to modernAfro-Hip-Hop in the United States.Joined by Duniya Drum and Dance, theperformance will feature special guestartists Fodé Seydou Bangoura and BackaNiang.
Bangoura, born in Conakry, Guinea,is a highly acclaimed drummer who hasperformed with many world-renownedgroups, including the national ballet ofGuinea, “Les Ballets Africains.”
Niang has recorded and performedaround the world, sharing the stage withMichael Franti, Damian Marley, and The
Last Poets.Together with Voice of Culture,
directed by Kenna-Camara Cottman, thiscollection of artists combines a vastknowledge of West African music to cre-ate an unforgettable performance.
The Summer Performance Series is afamily-friendly program that features awide variety of music, theater and danceconcerts presented in the Theater in theWoods amphitheater.
The series brings some of the mosttalented regional and local artists to per-form at Caponi Art Park. Bring thewhole family and lawn chairs or a blan-ket to spread on the grassy slopes.
Admission to these performances isfree with a $4 suggestion donation perperson. Donations help to make theSummer Performance Series possible. Arain date is scheduled for Sunday, Aug.14.
In addition to the park’s main parkinglot, parking is available at the Lexington-Diffley Athletic fields. Banners and signswill be posted. Walking distance toamphitheater is a hilly 5-minute hikefrom either entrance.
For more information, go tocaponiartpark.org or call 651-454-9412.
Drum, dance group setto perform Aug. 7
African poetry, musicevent Aug. 9 at art park
Experience the legacy of African-American poetry and music withAnita Ruth and T. Mychael Rambo 10p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, at Caponi ArtPark, 1220 Diffley Road in Eagan.
Rambo’s skills as an actor, singer,and educator complement Ruth’sextensive experience as a theatricalmusic director, accompanist, andvocal coach. The duo uses their talentsto inspire new ways of thinking aboutAfrican-American words and music.Beginning with songs of freedom, theaudience will discover not only thebeauty of the compositions, but alsothe power of language in communicat-ing ideas, experiences, and emotions.
Admission to this program is freewith a $2 suggested donation per per-son. Donations are greatly appreciatedand help to make Family FunTuesdays possible. Childcare andschools groups should call 651-454-9412for space availability and fees. Formore information, go to caponiart-park.org.
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The April Verch Band and Bill andKate Isles will perform 4-8 p.m. at theAug. 10 Eagan Market Fest at the EaganFestival grounds, 1501 CentralParkway. The two bands will co-head-line the show.
The April Verch Band is a trio fea-turing singer and fiddle player AprilVerch, guitarist Clay Ross, and upright-bassist and banjo player Cody Walters.
Bill and Kate Isles are Duluth-basedfolk duo.
Eagan Market Fest is a communityevent produced every Wednesday 4-8p.m. June 8 through Sept. 28 at theEagan Festival Grounds. The event fea-tures fun festivities for all ages includ-ing a farmers market, concerts in thepark, kids activities and more.
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Fundraiser to supportEHS teams Aug. 18
The 2011-2012 Eagan High SchoolBoys and Girls Booster Club will spon-sor a fundraiser 8:45-10:45 p.m.Thursday, Aug. 18, at Cascade BayWater Park, 1360 Civic Center Drive inEagan.
Proceeds from the fundraiser willgo towards supporting the Eagan HighSchool boys and girls swim and diveteams. All are invited to come for anight of swimming, games, contests,prizes, and more with swim and diveteam members. Friends and family areinvited to come. Tickets will be avail-able from your favorite swim and diveteam member, or at the door. Cost toparticipate is $10.
The Wescott Nonfiction Book Groupwill meet 10-11:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8 atthe Eagan Community Center, 3830 PilotKnob Road in Eagan. The group will bediscussing “The Immortal Life ofHenrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot. Formore information, call 651-450-2900.
Eagan Fire Dept. IceCream Social Aug. 11
The Eagan Fire Auxiliary will spon-sor the 19th annual Ice Cream Social 6-9p.m. Thursday, Aug. 11, at Eagan FireStation 2, 1001 Station Trail in Eagan.
Families are welcome to come toEagan’s newest fire station to test theirknowledge in the fire safety trailer, use areal fire hose on Jack’s House and seeEagan Fire Department equipment suchas ladder trucks, fire engines and awater rescue boat.
Food concessions available includeice cream sundaes, cookies, hot dogs,nachos, popcorn, slushies, soda andwater. Concessions tickets can be pur-chased for 50 cents each. Proceeds fromthe ticket sales will go towards the pur-chase of a thermal imaging camera.
For more information, call 651-452-5253.
AV vacation bibleschool Aug. 7-11
Apple Valley Baptists’ Vacation BibleSchool will meet 6:30-8:30 p.m. Aug. 7-11.Children ages four through 6th grade areeligible to join the group.
“Backstage with the Bible” is the themeof this year’s Vacation Bible School atApple Valley Baptist Church. Childrenwill get to take the ultimate “concert”experience each day to rock out with theGo Fish Guys. Afterwards, the studentswill have the opportunity to go backstageand tour a recording studio, check out atour bus and most importantly, learnabout the Bible.
Through five days of exciting site-basedBible exploration, children can becomeinvolved in their own quest to be heroesfor God. Children will learn how theirlives can be transformed by God’s love forthem through Bible stories, exciting songsand worship, action-packed games thatreinforce Bible truth and memory-makingcrafts.
Vacation Bible School is free, but a free-will offering will be received for the VBSMission Project.
For more information or to register, callthe church office at 952-432-3151 or e-mailat [email protected]. The church is locatedat 964 Garden View Drive in Apple Valley.Additional church information can befound at applevalleybaptistchurch.org.
Latin musician atKelley Park
Harold Torrence Latin Vibe will per-form 6-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5 at KelleyPark, 6855 Fortino Street in Apple Valley.This performer’s sound is described ashigh-energy Latin music. Food and bev-erages are available for purchase on site.Drawings for bicycles and a guitar arescheduled for each concert and contest-ants must be present to win.
For more information, call 952-953-2300.
Comedy group atGalaxie Library
The Mixed Nuts comedy group willperform 10:30-11:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug.4 at The Galaxie Dakota County Library,4955 Galaxie Ave. in Apple Valley. Thecomedy show will feature physical com-edy, age-appropriate humor and uproari-ous audience participation. For moreinformation, call 952-891-7045.
Mediterranean Cruise Cafe in 1979 inEagan. After an eminent domain case con-demned the building, an uncle relocatedthe restaurant to Burnsville in 2008,Ramsey Ansari said.
David and Ramsey wanted to keep thefamily business going, but wanted to keepit in Eagan. Both are Eagan High Schoolgraduates.
“We wanted to stay in our home city,”said David Ansari.
“We’ve had our main clientele since we
were little kids,” added Ramsey Ansari.“We’re kind of like ‘Cheers.’ If you comehere, it’s like you become friends or fami-ly.”
The brothers are considering expandingtheir business and opening a few morerestaurants in the Twin Cities metro area.They’re looking at Minneapolis, Woodburyand Minnetonka as potential spots.
But, plans for expansion would not hap-pen for at least a couple years, DavidAnsari said.
“We just re-opened,” he said. “We wantto focus on that.”
“We’ve definitely had our bumps,”Ramsey Ansari said. “But, hopefully it willbe business as usual for awhile.”
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BY JOSEPH PALMERSHEIM • SUN NEWSPAPERS
An Apple Valley man is facing severalfirearms-related charges for his allegedrole in the July 23 accidental shootingdeath of a Welch man.
Derrick Wallace Dahl, 22, is facingcharges of second-degree manslaughter,reckless discharge of a firearm in amunicipality, intentionally pointing a gunat another and recklessly handling a gunin connection with the death of BenjaminAllen Hanson, 22, of Welch, Minn. Thefirst two charges are felonies, and the lat-ter two are misdemeanors.
According to a criminal complaintissued July 26 by the Dakota CountyAttorney’s Office:
Burnsville police officers responded toa call shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday, July 23,at a home on East Crystal Lake Road inBurnsville on the report that a man hadbeen shot in the head but had survived.When they arrived, they found Dahl out-side the residence.
Dahl told officers that he was inside thehouse while Hanson was cleaning hisguns. He also claimed that he didn’t wit-ness the shot, but had heard it and saw hisfriend fall to the floor.
A witness, who was not identified in thecomplaint, told police that both Dahl andHanson had been cleaning guns while he,the witness, was watching television. Afterhearing a bang, the witness turned to seeHanson on the floor and Dahl with hishands near his face.
Paramedics arriving on the scene found
Hanson on the lower level of the homewith a gunshot wound to the head. He wastransported by ambulance to HennepinCounty Medical Center, where he laterdied. Several handguns were also found atthe scene.
Dahl and the witness were taken to theBurnsville Police Department for state-ments, and several more firearms wereseized when a search warrant was execut-ed on the house. One of the guns theyfound was a Kimber .45 caliber handgunthat had a magazine inserted and wasready to fire. The bullets in the gunmatched a single spent shell casing foundon the floor of the gun safe, and a spent .45caliber bullet was found under a piece ofwood.
While speaking to officers, Dahl saidthat the three men had been “just playingaround” and pointing empty guns at eachother. He also told them that he had neverhandled a gun, and had pointed what hethought was an unloaded handgun atHanson and fired. He told officers thatit was an accident, and that he did notknow the gun was loaded.
The following day, BenjaminHanson’s mother called the departmentand informed them that her son haddied, the complaint concluded.
Dahl’s next court date is set for Aug.15. The second-degree manslaughtercharge carries with it up to 10 years inprison and $20,000 in fines, and thereckless discharge charge carries withit up to two years incarceration and a$5,000 fine.
AV man facing severalcharges in gun-related death
BY MATTHEW HANKEY • SUN NEWSPAPERS
An Eagan man was recentlycharged with stealing more than$150,000 while acting as treasurer of aMinneapolis nonprofit ice-skatingclub.
John Paul Rodrigues, 57, wascharged July 27 with two felony countsof theft and is scheduled to appear inDakota County District Court inHastings Aug. 29.
According to the criminal com-plaint, Eagan police officials investi-gated a theft report at the skating clubin 2009. Rodrigues allegedly told club
board members he owed the club about$25,000 after previously withholdinginformation regarding its finances.
A forensic accounting analysis ofthe club’s bank account determinedthat since Rodrigues began serving astreasurer in 2004, more than $157,500had gone missing through unautho-rized cash and phone withdrawals.
More than $50,000 of those with-drawn funds were then directlydeposited into Rodrigues’ personalbank account. Rodrigues resigned hisposition in Nov. 2010 after being con-fronted about the club’s missing funds,the complaint concluded.
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BY HANNAH LUND • SUN NEWSPAPERS
Minnesota Zoo visitors of all ages cando the waddle as they greet the recentlyopened 3M Penguins of the AfricanCoast exhibit.
Built as part of the ongoing “Heart ofthe Zoo” renovations, the MinnesotaZoo’s first penguin exhibit is stationednear the entrance. These renovations,started last fall, also include an updatedentrance, a Target-sponsored learningcenter and future rooms better suited toview animals.
With the 18 new penguins leaping inthe water and tapping against the glass,learning has rarely made such a splash.
“It was a great day when the publicfirst got access and we got to see the kidsclimbing up on the rocks,” said avianspecialist Jimmy Pichner. “By midday,it’s so full that everyone’s pressed upagainst the glass.”
According to Pichner, the new pen-guin exhibit is unique in that it allowsvisitors to get “nose-to-beak” with theirwinged friends. Large rocks are situatedaround the glass tank for kids to climbup on and learn firsthand about pen-
guins. Designed to mirror the SouthAfrican penguin-nesting habitat“Boulder Beach,” the reconstructioncomes complete with a filtration systemgeared toward keeping the tank at a cool63 degrees during the humid summermonths.
For Pichner, it was worth every bit ofplanning.
“People can relate to penguins,”Pichner said. “They stand upright, andeven little kids are almost the same size.Every new animal is an opportunity tolearn.”
As the six-pound penguins speedthrough the water during feeding times(every day at 10am and 3pm), visitorslearn facts, features, and fears associat-ed with the “jackass penguins” – namedfor their donkey-like calls to each other.Like all 17 species of penguins, theSouth African penguins live in theSouthern Hemisphere, “well away fromSanta,” according to Pichner, and feedon small fish. While most pieces ofinformation describes size, feedinghabits and the birds’ natural habitat in
March of the visitors– to see the penguins
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The Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley opened a new 3M Penguins of the African Coast exhibit July 9. Theexhibit was built as part of the ongoing “Heart of the Zoo” renovations. A penguin can be seen swim-ming near the glass barrier. (Photo by Hannah Lund• Sun Newspapers)
Proceeds benefi t programs at Allina’s Hospitals & Clinics. The tournament has donated over $17.5 million to
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Unfortunately, the epidemic hasn’tbeen quarantined within the halls of theU.S. Capitol Building; it has infected stategovernment as well.
Minnesotans have seen its symptomsfirst hand in the form of an embarrassing,20-day government shutdown.
The good news is a cure exists. There isalways a way to show your dissatisfaction.Get to the polls and boot out the politi-cians who put their self-interest before thestate’s.
As if it wasn’t bad enough that the abil-ity to compromise seems to have disap-peared from our government, the epidem-ic is leaking into our sport institutions aswell.
The NFL lockout lasted nearly 5months and now the NBA season is at riskthanks to another lockout, all because mil-lionaire players and billionaire ownerscan’t compromise on who gets what sliceof the financial pie.
Once again, there is a way to fight backif you feel strongly enough.
Don’t buy the tickets. Don’t buy the jer-
seys. Don’t buy the idea that bickering isacceptable in any institution.
This lack of compromise is dishearten-ing, to say the least, especially when con-sidering that if it were not for compro-mise the United States may not exist at all.
Our Founding Fathers — men likeThomas Jefferson, James Madison andAlexander Hamilton — compromised onmuch more difficult issues, such as howour government would be structured andwhat would be included in our constitu-tion.
Madison and Hamilton favored a largecentralized government, while Jeffersonpassionately argued in favor of small gov-ernment (sound familiar?).
Nevertheless, these men reached amiddle ground, a compromise thatincluded a combination of both ideas,leading to the creation of the U.S. as weknow it.
It is time for our politicians and insti-tutional leaders to take a page out offounder’s book.
Webster’s dictionary defines compro-mise as a settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached bymutual concessions.
Somebody please hand out some dic-tionaries.
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Valley Natural Foods, a community-owned cooperative, is supportingCommunity Gardening Day Aug. 6 atcommunity gardens around DakotaCounty.
Community Garden Day is a day ofstatewide recognition honoring commu-nity gardens and the positive effects thehave for the communities they are locat-ed in. Visitors are welcome to take a self-guided tour of the participating commu-nity gardens in the county. Below arethe details for local gardens that will becelebrating. Also, see “GardeningMatters’” online maps and directories atgardeningmatters.org to check out com-munity gardens that will be celebratingacross the Twin Cities.
Apple Valley• Partnership Garden at the School ofEnvironmental Studies, 12155 JohnnyCake Ridge Road. Come 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.to learn about organic community gar-dening, pond and rainwater catchingsystem, plant and worm composting,
potato towers, sprouts and healthy saladideas, recycling, birdhouses, wind tur-bine, green roof, intergenerational part-nerships and more.
For more information, contact PattyGoeders at 952-686-6499.• SOTV Community Garden atShepherd of the Valley LutheranChurch, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road.Come 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for garden tours.For more information, contact MattGomes at 952-985-7340.• Westview School CommunityGarden, 225 Garden View Drive. Comenoon-3 p.m. and check out their nutri-tion poster that describes nutrients ofthe vegetables in the garden and see art-work created by Westview students.
For more information, contact EileenJohnson at 612-419-0806.
Burnsville• Co-op Community Gardens at
Valley Natural Foods, 13750 CountyRoad 11. Come 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for afresh and natural taste treat, food pro-duction, garden and permaculturetours, information about “Let’s Go-5-2-1-0,” – a program created to promotehealthy living for families and children,coffee, ice tea, lemonade, recipes andcoupons. Fore more information, go tovalleynaturalfoods.com or contact GaryJohnson at 952-891-1212.
• IOC Community Garden atInternational Outreach Church, 1512Woodhill Road. Come 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.and enjoy ethnic food samples, chil-dren’s activities and more. For moreinformation, go to ioccommuitygar-den.org and contact Elizabeth Kackmanat 612-298-3266.
• Wolk Park Community Garden,13800 Parkwood Lane. Come 10 a.m. to 2p.m. and celebrate by helping us plant anorchard tree. For more information, con-tact Elizabeth Kackman at 612-298-3266.
Eagan• Garden to Table at Eagan ResourceCenter, 3910 Rahn Road
Come 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for gardentours, art in the garden, healthy foodand a master gardener presentation.Fore more information, go toeaganrc.org or call Lisa Horn at 651-688-3189.
• Ss. Martha & Mary EpiscopalChurch Gardens, 4180 Lexington Ave.Come 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for music,games, a showcase of plants and har-vested vegetables and healthy hors d’o-evres. For more information, go tomandm.org or call the church at 651-681-0219, or contact Christina McCann at651-274-1017.
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BY MICHAEL RICCI • SUN NEWSPAPERS
Unlike the view expressed in AllanSherman’s song “Hello Muddah, HelloFadduh (A Letter from Camp),” oneApple Valley girl enjoyed her campexperience so much that she neverwanted to leave, and will be returningsoon.
Sierra Younger, 15, will be amongmore than 100 youths attending theAmputee Coalition’s Paddy RossbachYouth Camp July 23-27 in Clarksville,Ohio. The five-day camp, for children10-17, offers a range of activities thatinclude fishing, swimming, canoeing,basketball, archery and more.
The camp takes place at the JoyOutdoor Education Center betweenCincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. Allexpense and airfare are covered for thecampers. The camp is designed toinspire campers to take new chal-lenges, be independent, test them-selves and build new friendships.
According to Sierra’s mother,
Shelley Younger, her daughter is tech-nically not an amputee but neverthe-less qualifies for the camp.
“She was born without her femur,so she had surgery when she was 4-years-old,” Shelley said. “When shewas born it was shocking, but I didn’tcare. She was beautiful.”
But for a young girl growing intoher adolescent years, this fact was oflittle comfort. For years Sierra livedlife with an entirely different outlook,especially a feeling of self-conscious-ness regarding her appearance.
“I have been ever since I can remem-ber,” Sierra said. “For years it felt likeI was the only one who had this.”
Before attending the camp for thefirst time, Shelley said that Sierra hadlow self-esteem and was sad often, inaddition to enduring the realities offeeling “different” in a school environ-ment.
“She was ashamed of having a pros-
AV youth amputee findsrenewed spirit at Ohio camp
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Southern Africa, the Minnesota Zoo alsomakes sure that visitors are equipped tohelp the now-endangered species.
With the zoo’s Seafood Watch pro-grams, visitors can keep track of ocean-friendly foods they eat to lessen theimpact of commercial fishing. The fish-ing, along with a half-degree tempera-ture rise in the sardine-filled currentshave reduced the penguin populationfrom a sizable 1-1.5 million to 25,000 inthe past century. The Minnesota Zoohopes that, with more awareness andcareful protection, the numbers will riseand help regenerate the population.
“Penguins do well in zoos, but we’retrying to help the population in the wildas well,” Pichner said. “We just want tomake sure that our visitors aren’t theones negatively affecting the penguins’natural habitats.”
In the exhibit, children hold upstuffed penguins to the glass, where the
swimming birds flit around in curiosity.During feeding time, zookeepers feedthe penguins one at a time, fish by fish.The visitors get to see every moment.
“It’s lots of fun to see them, especial-ly for the kids,” said zoo visitorMarianne Vanoverbeck. “[My grand-daughter] is able to sit right up therenext to them. That’s very special.”
With all the excitement around thepenguins, the Minnesota Zoo feelsencouraged to continue onto more newexhibits.
“We try to get a new exhibit in everyyear,” said Public Relations SpecialistKelly Lessard. “There’ll be a newBlack Bear exhibit for the MinnesotaTrail approximately fall 2012. We lookforward to seeing visitors’ reactions.”
Based on the penguins’ reception,visitor reactions look very encourag-ing for the Minnesota Zoo and all itsfuture projects. Until then, visitors ofall ages can come to the Minnesota Zooto enjoy a little piece of the wild with18 of their newest friends, feathers,flippers and all.
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In search of a good night’s sleep Insufficient sleep isserious problem formany adultsBY ROXI REJALI – CONTRIBUTING WRITER
A good night’s sleep was an impossi-ble dream for Deb Mohr.
For years, she was lucky to sleep twohours a night, sometimes waking upevery 10-15 minutes. She also sufferedfrom migraine headaches several timesa week.
“I’d get up in the morning and try todrive to work and I was as tired, as if Ihadn’t been to bed at all,” the Shakopeeresident said. “I was exhausted, justpure exhaustion and I didn’t know why.”
Mohr found an answer last yearwhen she was diagnosed with obstruc-tive sleep apnea at the Whitney SleepCenter, with locations in Burnsville andPlymouth. Patients with the conditioncaused by an obstructed airway can stopbreathing for up to a minute duringsleep.
Mohr’s symptoms improved dramati-cally after she began CPAP (continuous
positive airway pressure) therapy, witha machine delivering air pressurethrough a face mask placed over thenose. Although the face mask requiredsome adjustment, Mohr now sleeps sixhours a night, her migraines have beenreduced to one a month and she lost 50pounds. She’s also thrilled with theremission of her psoriatic arthritis, anautoimmune disorder that causes jointpain, stiffness and swelling.
“I’ve had a really positive outcome,incredibly positive for me,” she said. “Ibelieve it has a lot to do with the factthat I’m actually sleeping at least sixhours a night, if not more.”
Researchers aren’t sure why sleep isso necessary, but it plays a vital role inour ability to function in everyday life,said Dr. Michel Cramer Bornemann ofHennepin County Medical Center’sMinnesota Regional Sleep DisordersCenter in Minneapolis.
Most adults need at least eight hoursof sleep a day, but most Americans getmuch less, he said. Sleep deprivationcan affect quality of life and the abilityto perform on the job or to drive safely. Itcan even affect public safety, as reflectedin recent news reports about air trafficcontrollers sleeping on the job.
“The No. 1 condition is probablyinsufficient sleep, but people don’t rec-ognize it,” he said. “They just know
they’re very sleepy and they’re unableto maintain wakefulness during the dayand it’s compromising their work, it’scompromising their safety and it’s com-promising their relationship.”
A National Sleep Foundation pollreleased earlier this year found that 43percent of Americans ages 13-64 saythat they rarely or never get a goodnight’s sleep on weeknights. Sixty per-cent report that they experience a sleepproblem every night or almost everynight, including snoring or waking upduring the night, waking up too early orunrefreshed when they get up in themorning.
The report also found that 95 percentof respondents use electronic deviceslike TV, computers, cell phones or videogames an hour before going to bed.Those habits may contribute to the highproportion of respondents who report-ed that they routinely get less sleep thanthey need, the study concluded.
Whitney Sleep Center can evaluateand treat patients with a wide range ofsleep disorders including insomnia,restless legs syndrome and narcolepsy,but 80 percent have symptoms that sug-gest sleep apnea, said Megan Schultz,clinical director and respiratory thera-pist.
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Symptoms can include snoring, gasp-ing or stopped breathing during sleep,nodding off while driving or problemswith mood, memory or concentration, shesaid. Untreated sleep apnea can lead tocongestive heart failure, stroke and highblood pressure.
Many people put off treatment becausethey assume that sleep problems are an
inevitable part of aging or modern life,Schultz said. “It just becomes your normand people just don’t realize a lot of times,they could feel better and they could sleepbetter with treatment,” she said.
For more information, go to:www.whitneysleepcenter.com orwww.hcmc.org/sleep/index.htm.
Did you know? According to a 2010 study conducted
by researchers at the Sleep andNeuroimaging Laboratory at theUniversity of California, Berkeley, amidday nap might just make yousmarter.
The study was conducted with thehelp of 39 college students, each ofwhom was asked to learn a series ofnew names and faces at noon and matchthe faces a few minutes later. The sametest was then performed at 6 p.m. thatsame day. A group of the participantswho took a nap at 2 p.m. performed bet-ter than those students who did not nap.
The latter group, in fact, had a signifi-cant decline in memory test scores.Researchers credit the nap with refresh-ing the brain, and they credit the studywith showing that the brain's ability toabsorb new information declines overthe course of a typical day. When a per-son naps, that decline seems to bereversed.
However, researchers noted that col-lege students, who generally do not getadequate sleep, might not make the bestsubject matter thanks to typically poorsleeping habits. Men and women who doget adequate sleep might not experienceany improved memory if they take anap during the day.
BY ROXI REJALI – CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Sleeplessness can hit anyone, at anystage of life.
Insomnia is one of the most commonsleep problems for children and adults,said Connie Ullevig, nurse at HennepinCounty Medical Center’s MinnesotaRegional Sleep Disorders Center inMinneapolis.
Many factors can cause patients tohave problems falling asleep or stayingasleep, but they can include pain, lifestressors like child-rearing, or medica-tions for hypertension and heart dis-ease.
It’s a myth that sleep problemsinevitably accompany aging, she said.“We’ve always been led to believe, ‘I’mnot sleeping well because I’m gettingolder,’” she said. “It’s not the age in andof itself, it’s other conditions that maybe part of aging, but may not.”
An important first step is evaluationand diagnosis so a treatment plan can betailored to the patient, Ullevig said.Treatment may include cognitive behav-ioral therapy, counseling about timing ofsleep or bedtime rituals and medicationwhen needed.
If you are having problems sleeping,the following tips might improve yoursleep. Guidelines are adapted from theNational Sleep Foundation:
• Set and stick to a sleep schedule. Go tobed and wake up at the same time everyday.
• Exercise regularly. Avoid vigorousexercise close to bedtime if you are hav-ing problems sleeping.
• Establish a relaxing bedtime routine.Create a cool, comfortable sleeping envi-ronment. If TV, computers and cellphones are distractions, remove themfrom your bedroom.
• Keep a “worry book” next to yourbed. If worries keep you up at night, writethem down with an action plan, and for-get about them until morning.
• Avoid alcohol, caffeinated beverages,chocolate and tobacco at night.
• Avoid medicines that delay or disruptyour sleep. Ask your doctor or pharma-cist if medications might be contributingto a sleep problem.
• Don’t take late-afternoon or eveningnaps, unless you work nights. If you mustnap, keep it under 45 minutes.
For more information, go to:www.sleepfoundation.org/
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COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Openings for District 196Special Ed. council
The District 196 Special EducationAdvisory Council has open positions fordistrict staff and parents who have chil-dren with special needs.
The council terms are for two years,beginning with the start of the 2011-12school year this fall. Council members areallowed to serve consecutive terms andthe deadline to apply is Sept. 1.
The Special Education AdvisoryCouncil represents the interests of dis-trict learners with disabilities from birththrough age 21, advises the SpecialEducation Department on current issues,program development, parental concernsand involvement, serves as an advocatefor high-quality special education pro-grams and promotes communicationbetween family, school and the communi-ty.
The council has 20-25 members, includ-ing district parents, community represen-tatives, students with disabilities andschool staff. About half of the membersare parents and parent advocates ofdiverse disability areas. The council is
scheduled to meet five times during the2011-12 school year. The council will meet6-8 p.m. on the following Tuesdays: Sept.13, Nov. 15, Jan. 10, March 13 and May 8.
Those interested in being consideredfor membership on the Special EducationAdvisory Council must complete anapplication available at district196.org orby calling 651-423-7631.
Applications can be submitted onlineor sent to the Special EducationDepartment, 3455 153rd St., Rosemount,MN 55068.
Online job search class An online job search class will meet 2-
3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 10, at the RobertTrail Dakota County Library, 14395 S.Robert Trail in Rosemount.
Participants will learn the strategiesneeded to complete an electronic jobsearch. Class topics will include onlineemployment sites, electronic resumes,labor market and career information,social networking, and more. Basic com-puter and mouse skills are a prerequisiteto attend the class.
For more information, call 651-480-1200.
thetic,” Shelley said.Upon Sierra’s arrival to Ohio last
year and seeing so many other youths inher situation, her attitude began tochange almost right away.
“When I got off the plane, I saw a lotof people with similar [conditions],” theEastview High School student said. “Itwas comforting that I wasn’t alone anddid not have to fight this battle bymyself.”
According to Shelley, Sierra felt morecomfortable while she was at the campand that the many youths and coun-cilors truly cared about her daughter.
One person in particular that Sierratook a special liking to was BiancaKajlich of the CBS TV show “Rules ofEngagement.”
“She was an amazing teacher,” Sierrasaid. “She really connected with us, andshe was there if we needed to talk.”
Sierra attended the camp last yearand said that in addition to all of the funand exciting activities, she is especiallylooking forward to seeing many peoplewith whom she became very closefriends.
To Sierra’s slight dismay, however,several youths who attended the camp
last year will not be able to attend thisyear due to their age.
“I feel bad for the people who are 18and can’t come back again,” Sierra said.
Despite her sadness, the soon-to-be 16-year-old is very excited about this year’scamp and taking part in activities thatshe did not last year.
“Camp was an amazing experience,and I can’t wait to experience theupcoming years,” she said. “I base mywhole year off it.”
In the time since returning fromcamp last year until the present, Shelleycommented on the other ways she hasseen her daughter’s attitude and outlookchange for the better.
“She was not a good student. Shehated school,” Shelley said. “After camp,she started her freshman year [andearned] a 3.4 grade point average. Shemade the junior varsity golf team andjust excelled.”
Sierra herself commented on herrenewed outlook on life.
“When I got back I really didn’t carewhat people thought about it,” she said.“I can’t change it, so I might as wellembrace it.”
Sierra added that she wished everyyoung person with a disability and whofeels the way she used to could experi-ence the same sense of belonging andacceptance.
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RosemountThe following Rosemount residents
recently graduated from theUniversity of St. Thomas: DeborahAlexon, Geoffrey Grausnick, JohnKieffer, Timothy Rocklage andHeather Sonnek.
Apple ValleyThe following Apple Valley resi-
dents recently graduated from theUniversity of St. Thomas: CaitlinBaker, Christen Bowell, JonDostal, Laura Durnin, MichaelEmami, Christopher Erickson,Jacqueline Hutchinson, Suja JayanSushama, Alex Ko, Sara LaCount,Kenneth Lawrence, 5KennethLawrence, Robert Parsons, ColinRegis, Ryan Roberts, ElizabethSteffes, Eric Swenson, StephanyTejeda, Cole Trace, Kori Trenda,Caroline Wertis, Jaclyn Wylie andLaura Zimmerman.
Bradley Damon of Apple Valleyrecently graduated from St. OlafCollege in Northfield.
Apple Valley resident Nancy JeanLeRoy recently graduated from St.Mary’s University Twin Cities.
Apple Valley residents KumnegerEmiru, Kelly Marie Galau,Cassandra Leigh Olson, KellyElizabeth Schneider and PatrickRobert Teff recently graduated fromthe University of Iowa.
EaganThe following Eagan residents
recently graduated from theUniversity of St. Thomas: KwasiAntwi, Sarah Blair, JaimieCarpenter, Deval Chhaniyara,Meghan Conlin, Nicholas Dyshaw,Peter Fleenor, Sarah Fretz, JohnGeiser,Lauren Graff, NicholasGrimme, William Hanlon, AlishaHeitland, Laura Hoeppner, ReneeHoffman, Jason Johnson, RayKasemkhani, Karine Korman,James Korte, Madalyn LaChapelle,Mary Lanners, Pauleen Le, AlyssaLovgren, Melissa Malcolm, MeganO’Halloran, Nichole Olson andStephanie Sharma.
Eagan resident Stephanie Adamshas been named to the dean’s list at
Concordia College.Ross Bjorklund of Eagan has been
named to the dean’s list for the 2011spring semester in the VillanovaSchool of Business in Villanova, Pa.
After winning a hot baseball gameJuly 17, several Minnesota Twins play-ers joined their wives at Target Fieldto assemble 230 toy-filled birthday giftbags in support of local nonprofit,Cheerful Givers, a unique nonprofitorganization based in Eagan whichhas provided more than 410,000 disad-vantaged children with birthday bagssince being founded in 1994. Michaeland Claudia Cuddyer led the effort,and were joined by several otherTwins couples.
Kevin Horton of Eagan was namedto the dean’s list for the 2011 springsemester at Saint John’s University.Horton is a sophomore computer sci-ence major at SJU.
Jonah Lundberg, son of Lou andLynn Lundberg of Eagan, recentlygraduated from, and was named to thedean’s list at, the Boston UniversitySchool of Management.
Eagan resident Theodore AndrewSolberg recently graduated from theUniversity of Iowa.
Eagan residents Sarah Fretz,Alisha Heitland, James Korte andNichole Olson recently graduatedfrom the University of St. Thomas.
Eric J. Larson of Eagan recentlygraduated from UW Whitewater.
Eagan residents Garrett ScottBurrell, Benjamin ReynoldsFriedman, Eileen Phuong Le,Brian Andrew Nelson, StephanieMarie Seidel, Theodore AndrewSolberg, Rachel Elizabeth Spillmanand Elizabeth Anne Wetschkarecently graduated from theUniversity of Iowa.
Charlie Hersman of Eagan recent-ly graduated cum laude from theUniversity of San Diego. Double-majoring in political science and phi-losophy, he earned departmental“Highest Distinction” honors for bothmajors.
Will Hersman of Eagan receivedAcademic All-American, All-American and Honorable Mentionhonors for his contributions to theUniversity of St. Thomas’ men’slacrosse team. He was also recentlynamed to the dean’s list.
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Burnsville High School student Nick Skrogstad aims his rifle during the Three Position Air Rifle JuniorOlympics National Championships in late June at Camp Perry in Port Clinton, Ohio. Nick and his teamtook third place in the Sporter division for the second consecutive year, finishing ahead of more than 50other air rifle teams. (Submitted photo)
BV student’s air rifle team takesthird place at Junior OlympicsBY MATTHEW HANKEY • SUN NEWSPAPERS
Nick Skrogstad is shooting his way tothe top.
The Burnsville High School student’sair rifle team recently placed third at theThree Position Air Rifle Junior OlympicsNational Championships June 29 throughJuly 1 at Camp Perry in Port Clinton,Ohio. Nick, 17, helped the American
Legion Rifle Team in Richfield to finish inthe top three for the Sporter division, edg-ing out more than 50 other national rifleteams. The team has taken third place atthe national competition two years in arow.
“We were 18 points from taking secondplace,” Nick said of the 2011 championship.
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“We did really well for being a relativelyyoung team. For being a young team, actu-ally, we kicked butt.”
Sporter division competitors use riflesthat cost less than $500 and are requiredto wear street clothes. The Precision divi-sion requires shooters to use rifles thatstart at $1,500 and wear full-leather, can-vas outfits.
“I like to describe them as a functionalstraight jacket,” said Nick, who competedonly in the Sporter division.
Shooters fire at targets 10 meters awayfrom three different positions: prone,standing, and kneeling using Daisy 887rifles with .177 lead pellets at paper tar-gets at the local and state competitions. Atthe Junior Olympics, however, shots areelectronically registered and postedinstantly. Before the tournamentswitched to the electronic scoring systema couple years ago, watching the competi-tion proved challenging.
“When he first started we had to watchit with binoculars,” said Nick’s mother,Peggy Skrogstad.
Nick has been on the team for fouryears, and is joined by Connor Dupeyfrom Bloomington, Cortney L’Heureuxfrom Farmington and Elizabeth Ewertwho lives in Burnsville, but attends highschool in Lakeville. Elizabeth’s brother,Sam Ewert, is the team’s alternate.
Nick also qualified for the 2011 champi-onship for the individual competition, butdidn’t place as high as he’d hoped.
“His goal was to be in the top eightshooters this year,” Peggy Skrogstad said.“Had he shot his average at the competi-tion that he shot at home, he would haveplaced in the top eight.”
Nick has been ranked as high as thenumber two junior air rifle shooter in thestate this year, after being the top shooterin 2010. He’s learned he can’t dwell on notreaching his individual goals if he’s goingto help his team be successful, his momsaid.
“You may be disappointed in your ownscore, but you pull it together so everyonecomes out a winner for them,” she said.
The team advanced to the JuniorOlympics after defeating the MendotaHeights-based St. Thomas Academy atthe state competition this past March inAnoka.
“It’s sort of a cool feeling beating arifle team where shooting is part of theirdaily curriculum,” Nick said. “It was afun moment when they announced thewinners of the state match.”
Nick has been shooting for more thana decade, “basically since I could walk,”often with his dad, Jeff Skrogstad.
“I had him out shooting when he wasfour or five and I had him start shooting a
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.22,” Jeff Skrogstad said. “He loves theoutdoors and he started out being a goodshot.”
It was his mom, though, that con-vinced him to compete on an air rifleteam. Competing on an air rifle team isunique for a teenager. Nick is the onlymember from Burnsville High School’sair rifle team. Connor, Cortney andElizabeth round out that team, as well.
Nick petitioned the school this pastyear to allow air rifling to be considered aletter sport like football or tennis. Theschool approved his petition and Nickreceived athletic letters for his sopho-more and junior years. He will be a seniorthis fall and turn 18 years old this coming
January.He is currently enrolled in a merit
scholarship program at DunwoodyCollege of Technology and plans to attendfull-time when he graduates high schoolin Spring 2012. He plans to get his associ-ate’s degree in welding and machine fab-rication and a bachelor’s degree inmechanical engineering.
In addition to his air rifle accolades,Nick recently earned the distinction ofbecoming an Eagle Scout.
With the help of friends and fellow BoyScouts, he built an arbor, benches andlandscaped an area at the EbenezerRidges Care Center. Overall, the projecttook more than two months and 400 total
hours to complete. The arbor – like a gaze-bo – has a walkway, an arched roof andthe sides have latticework up to the rail.The structure is painted white.
“Every bit of it we built with wood thatwas donated or that we had layingaround,” Nick said. “I think almost of thewood was donated from the community.”
As far as air rifle competition, he hasfour more years to reach his goal. If heplaces in top eight places at the JuniorOlympics, he and coach Tim Cagney willtravel to Colorado Springs and work withrifle experts who will teach the best jun-ior shooters in the country.
“It’s kind of like a reward for doing sowell,” Jeff Skrogstad said.
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BY MIKE SHAUGHNESSYSUN NEWSPAPERS
The Minnesota YouthSoccer Association broughtits state tournaments for theUnder-11 through U13 age lev-els to Lakeville last week, andlocal teams were prominent.
Dakota Rev playedLakeville teams in two girlschampionship games July 26at North Park, with each pro-gram winning one.
Dakota Rev defeatedLakeville 1-0 in a penalty-kickshootout in the girls U11Classic 2 title game. DakotaRev converted all of its kicksin the shootout – and neededto, because Lakeville made allbut one of its shots.
Dakota Rev also won aClassic 2 title in the U13 divi-sion, defeating East Select 1-0in the title game at NorthPark.
At girls U13 Classic 3,another Lakeville-Dakota Revstate championship matchupended with Lakeville winning1-0.
Overall, four Dakota Revgirls teams won champi-onship games at the MYSAstate tournament. Dakota Revdefeated North Suburban 1-0in the U14 Classic 1 final July27 in Lakeland. In CoonRapids, Dakota Rev edgedMinneapolis United 2-1 in theU17 Classic 1 title game.
The U14 and U17 teams arescheduled for promotions toPremier level next season.Dakota Rev also reached thestate final in girls U15 Classic1 before losing to St. CroixValley 4-1.
Lakeville Soccer Club hadfive teams reach MYSA statechampionship games, withthree of them winning.
In addition to the girls U13Classic 3 title, Lakeville wasfirst in the girls U15 Classic 2division, defeating Winona 3-2in the championship game.
In boys U16 Classic 1,Lakeville went undefeated inthree state tournamentgames, including a 2-1 victoryover Rebels SC in the final.
Lakeville also was runner-up to Faribault in the girlsU14 Classic 3 state tourna-ment.
Two Eagan Wave SoccerClub teams reached statefinals in the boys U17 agegroup. Eagan defeatedMonticello for the Classic 2title July 27 in Coon Rapids.
In U17 Classic 1, Eagan andCottage Grove needed penaltykicks to determine the GroupB winner. The teams had thesame number of points ingroup play and tied 2-2 whenthey played head to head.Eagan won tiebreaker andadvanced to the champi-onship game before losing 2-0to Becker.
Shakopee defeatedBurnsville 2-0 in the girls U17Classic 2 final July 27 in CoonRapids.
Coaching changesLakeville South has named
Nathan Moudry headwrestling coach. He replacesMike English, who coachedthe program through its firstsix years. English resigned tospend more time with hisfamily.
He was a three-time statetournament qualifier atWillmar High School andreached the NCAA tourna-ment twice while atAugustana.
Lakeville South was toannounce its new girls hock-ey coach at a reception atHasse Arena on Aug. 2. Theevent took place after this edi-tion went to press.
At Lakeville North, long-time assistant volleyballcoach Steve Willingham hasbeen named head coach,replacing Milan Mader, whoretired in June. North is
defending state Class 3Achampion and has three ofthe state’s top returning play-ers in Taylr McNeil, AlyssaGoehner and Abby Monson.
Huhnerkoch 2ndIt’s been a good summer
for former Burnsville HighSchool golfers.
Gretchen Huhnerkoch,who will be a junior atWichita State University, fin-ished second at the MinnesotaWomen’s State AmateurChampionship last week atHastings Country Club.
She had rounds of 77, 77and 73 for a 227 total.
Celia Kuenster shot 74-74-72–220 to win by sevenstrokes. At 15, Kuensterbecame the youngest player towin the women’s state ama-teur. She also tied for first inthe state high school Class 3Atournament in June as a
freshman at Cretin-DerhamHall.
Another formerBurnsville High player,Natalie Samb, tied for 13th inthe state women’s amateur at74-83-78–235. Samb was tiedfor first place after the firstround before falling off thepace.
In June, Samb teamed withOlivia Lansing to win thestate women’s four-ball tour-nament.
Samb, who also will be ajunior at Wichita State, andHuhnerkoch were the topplayers on a Burnsville Highteam that won the 2007 statelarge-school championship.
Last spring at WichitaState, Huhnerkoch and Sambwere third and fourth on theirteam in scoring average.Samb had the team’s bestscoring average as a fresh-man.
LV, Dakota Rev perform well in MYSA tournament
North Park in Lakeville was the site of the Minnesota Youth SoccerAssociation state tournaments for the girls and boys Under-11 through U13levels. Dakota Rev (white uniforms) and Lakeville played for the girls U11Classic 2 title July 26. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy • Sun Newspapers)
Local teamsout of stateLegion tourney BY MIKE SHAUGHNESSY • SUN NEWSPAPERS
Three Dakota County teams played inlast weekend’s state American Legion base-ball tournament, but each saw its seasonend there.
One of the biggest surprises was theearly exit of Burnsville, which went into thetournament second in the state Legionrankings. The Cobras (29-9), went 0-2 in thestate tourney in Eden Prairie and wereeliminated on the first day.
Third District champion Eastview (27-8)won one of three games at state, with a 5-3loss to Lino Lakes on July 30 sending theThunder home.
Lakeville North lasted the longest of thethree Dakota County teams. North playedfour games, going 2-2. An 11-10 loss to LinoLakes on July 30 ended North’s season at 21-13.
The tournament was scheduled to con-clude Aug. 1, after this edition went to press.Eden Prairie, Sauk Rapids, Hermantownand Lino Lakes were the final four teamsalive. The state champion and runner-upwill play in the Central Plains Regionalbeginning Thursday, Aug. 4, in Dickinson,N.D. The American Legion World Series isAug. 12-16 in Shelby, N.C.
Heartbreaker for NorthLakeville North had a chance to elimi-
nate Lino Lakes, holding a one-run leadwith two outs in the ninth inning. A single,wild pitch, walk and two more singlespushed across the tying and winning runsin Lino Lakes’ 11-10 victory.
There were 32 hits, seven errors, sevenpitchers used and five lead changes in a wildgame July 30 at Eden Prairie’s Miller Park.
Lakeville North center fielder EvanCordell was 4-for-6 with three runs, two RBIand two stolen bases. Catcher Austin Streitwas 3-for-6 with three RBI. Travis Evansonand Zach Creighton also had three hitseach.
Lakeville North, trailing 3-1 in the bot-tom of the eighth inning, came back to beatFergus Falls in an elimination game July 30at Eden Prairie High School.
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Evanson’s eighth-inning double scoredCordell to cut Fergus Falls’ lead to 3-2. In theninth, Brandon Morgan scored on Cordell’ssingle. Streit then reached on a fielder’schoice as Gordon Kappers scored the game-winning run.
Cordell and Evanson had three hits eachagainst Fergus Falls, while third basemanAlex Hanneman had two hits. JoelKlinkhammer pitched the first seveninnings, while Jordan Jacobson pitched thefinal two and earned the victory.
Kappers, Evanson, Jake Berg andMorgan had two hits each in a 10-8 victoryover Maplewood Green in an eliminationgame July 29. Evanson and AdamAlexander drove in three runs each, while
Kappers had two RBI.Klinkhammer, the second of three pitch-
ers North used against Maplewood Green,got the victory. Jacobson retired all six bat-ters he faced to earn the save.
Albert Lea pitcher Aaron Klatt heldLakeville North to four hits in a 5-2 opening-round victory July 29. Evanson andCreighton drove in North’s runs.
Big blast for EastviewDown five runs after seven innings and
facing elimination, Eastview came back tobeat Willmar 9-8 in an elimination gameJuly 29 at Braemar Field in Edina. TheThunder took the lead on Evan DeCovich’sthree-run homer in the top of the ninth.
DeCovich was 3-for-4 with four RBI andalso pitched a scoreless ninth inning, earn-ing a save. Winning pitcher Joseph Vossworked 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.
Shortstop Cody Groskreutz was 3-for-4
with two RBI in the Willmar game. CatcherMatt DeCovich also drove in two runs, andoutfielder Matt Larson was 3-for-4 andscored three times.
Third-ranked Eastview couldn’t carrythe momentum to the next day against LinoLakes. Left-handed pitcher AustinMalinowski, a University of Arizonarecruit and 16th-round Minnesota Twinsdraft choice, didn’t allow an Eastview hit inthe 6 2/3 innings he pitched, although he didwalk five batters. By the time he wasreplaced on the mound, Lino Lakes led 5-0.
Malinowski also did damage with the bat,hitting a three-run homer in the third inning.
Eastview responded with three runs inthe bottom of the ninth on a two-run homerby Stuart Daly and a run-scoring double byMatt Galloway.
Minneapolis Southwest outsluggedEastview 12-8 in an opening-round gameJuly 29.
Cobras go two and outBurnsville was averaging more than
eight runs a game but had trouble gettingkey hits at the state tournament.
The Cobras had 10 hits in their opening-round game against Sauk Rapids but man-aged only two runs in losing 4-2.
Tyler Hanson homered in the secondinning for Burnsville. Dan Motl scored on anerror in the fifth, putting the Cobras ahead 2-1.
Hopkins scored twice in the eighth andonce in the ninth to edge Burnsville 4-3 in anelimination game July 29.
Andy Lieser had Burnsville’s only RBI ona seventh-inning single. The Cobras’ otherruns scored on a wild pitch and error.
Dan Motl and Matt Stemper had two hitseach for Burnsville. Brian Vanderwoudepitched the first 7 1/3 innings, allowing eighthits and three runs while striking out six.
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Unit 204, Nottingham Condominium,Dakota County, Minnesota, Condomini-um File No. 49
Address: 14115 Pennock Avenue, Unit204, Apple Valley, Minnesota 55124PIN: 01-16405-012-020
THAT pursuant to said Declaration, thereis claimed to be due and owing as of June17, 2011, from Gregory Brown, title hold-er, to Nottingham Condominium Associ-ation, Inc., a Minnesota non-profit corpo-ration, the amount of $3,154.11, for as-sessments, late fees and collectioncosts, plus additional assessments andother amounts that may have accruedsince the date of this notice, including thecosts of 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 his financial obligation to pay saidamount;
THAT pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 515B.3-116, said debt creates a lien upon saidpremises in favor of Nottingham Condo-minium Association, Inc., as evidencedby a lien statement recorded on Septem-ber 28, 2009, in the office of the Dakota
County Recorder as Document No.2686835;
THAT pursuant to the power of salegranted by the owners 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 Sheriff’s Office,Law Enforcement Center, Civil Division,Lobby S-100, 1580 Highway 55, City ofHastings, County of Dakota, State of Min-nesota, on August 17, 2011, at 10 a.m.,at public 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 isFebruary 17, 2012. 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.
NOTTINGHAM CONDOMINIUM ASSO-CIATION, INC., Lienor
Dated: June 17, 2011By /s/ Nigel H. MendezNigel H. Mendez (0347917)Carlson & Associates, Ltd.1052 Centerville CircleVadnais Heights, MN 55127(651) 287-8640ATTORNEY FOR NOTTINGHAM CON-DOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC.
(June 30, July 7,14,21,28, Aug. 4,2011) C2-BrownForeclosure
Certificate of Assumed Name(Official Publication)
MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATECERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME
RENEWALAssumed Name#: 106305CURRENT INFORMATION ON FILE:Assumed Name:Eagan Sun CurrentDate of Original Filing: 07/23/1991Current Expiration Date: 07/23/2011Business Address:10917 Valley View RdEden Prairie, MN 55344Nameholder(s) and Address(es)Minnesota Sun Publications10917 Valley View RdEden Prairie, MN 55344INFORMATION YOU WISH TOCHANGE:Ten-Year ExtensionName Holder(s) and Address(es)American Community Newspapers II,LLC10917 Valley View RdEden Prairie, MN 55344
I certify that I am authorized to executethis renewal and I further certify that bysigning this document, I am subject tothe penalties of perjury as set forth inSection 609.48 as if I had signed thisdocument under oath.
Dated: July 7, 2011/s/ Richard Hendrickson
(July 28 & Aug. 4, 2011) C2-EACurrent
Foreclosure Notice(Official Publication)
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. NOTICE ISHEREBY GIVEN: That Default has oc-curred in the conditions of the followingdescribed mortgage:
DATE OF MORTGAGE: 08/31/2007
ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OFMORTGAGE: $260,000.00
MORTGAGORS: Christopher S. Jannand Rebecca A. Jann
MORTGAGEE: U.S. Bank National As-sociation ND
DATE AND PLACE OF FILING:09/26/2007, as Document Number2546462, in the Office of the CountyRecorder, Dakota County, Minnesota.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:Lot 13, Block 3, Wilderness Run Fifth Ad-dition, Dakota County, Minnesota
STREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY:4219 Carlson Lake Ln N, Eagan, MN55123
COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LO-CATED: Dakota
TAX PARCEL I.D. NO.: 10-84354-03-130
LENDER/RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGEORIGINATOR: U.S. Bank National Asso-ciation ND
RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SER-VICER: U.S. Bank Consumer Finance
TRANSACTION AGENT: None
THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUEON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATEOF THE NOTICE: $280,408.53.
THAT no action or proceeding has beeninstituted at law to recover the debt se-cured by said mortgage, or any partthereof; that there has been compliancewith all preforeclosure notice and accel-eration requirements of said mortgage,and/or applicable statutes;
PURSUANT, to the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage, the above de-scribed property will be sold by the Sher-iff of said county as follows:
DATE AND TIME OF SALE: 09/16/2011at 10:00 A.M..
PLACE OF SALE: Dakota County Sher-iff’s Office, 1580 Highway 55, Hastings,MN 55033 to pay the debt then securedby said mortgage and taxes, if any actu-ally paid by the mortgagee, on thepremises and the costs and disburse-ment allowed by law. The time allowedby law for redemption by said mort-gagor(s), their personal representativesor assigns is six (6) months from the dateof sale.
Unless said mortgage is reinstated or theproperty redeemed, or unless the time forredemption is reduced by judicial order,the premises must be vacated by 11:59p.m. on 03/16/2012.
MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROMFINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORT-
GAGE: None
THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR RE-DEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR,THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONALREPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS,MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IFA JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTEREDUNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SEC-TION 582.032, DETERMINING,AMONG OTHER THINGS THAT MORT-GAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVEDWITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OFLESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOTPROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURALPRODUCTION, AND ARE ABAN-DONED.
Dated: 07/27/2011
U.S. Bank National Association ND Mort-gagee
Dunakey & Klatt, P.C., By Brian Sayer At-torney for Mortgagee, 531 CommercialStreet, P.O. Box 2363, Waterloo, IA50701.
AMENDED ORDER AND NOTICE FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR
APPROVAL OF IRREVOCABLE SPECIAL NEEDS TRUST
In the Matter of the:RANDY JAMES CHRISTENSENIRREVOCABLE SPECIAL NEEDSTRUST
A petition of John Christensen, brother ofRespondent, has been filed seeking ap-proval of the establishment and fundingof a Special Needs Trust for RandyJames Christensen, Respondent.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDEREDthat a hearing on the petition for approvalof the establishment and funding of aSpecial Needs Trust for Randy JamesChristensen be held at 9:00 a.m. on Sep-
tember 1, 2011, at the Dakota CountyDistrict Court, Dakota County JudicialCenter, 1560 Highway 55, Hastings, MN55033;
Any objections to the Petition must befiled with the Court prior to or at the hear-ing. If no objections are filed the Petitionmay be granted.
1. Notice shall be given to all personsnamed in the Petition as having or asclaiming an interest in the Trust.
2. Notice shall be given by:
a. Mailing a copy of this Notice and Orderfor Hearing to all persons named in thePetition as having or who may claim tohave an interest in the Trust, at their lastknown addresses by U.S. Postal Serviceat least 15 days prior to the hearing date;
and,
b. Publishing this Notice and Order forHearing one time at least 20 days prior tothe hearing date in a legal newspaper ofDakota County, Minnesota.
Date: 7-29-11
BY THE COURT
Richard G. Spicer Judge of District Court
Attorneys for TrusteesLori L. Guzmán, Att’y Reg. No. 285808Timothy P. Carey, Att’y Reg. No. 390868GUZMÁN LAW FIRM, PA14847 Energy WayApple Valley, MN 55124Tel: (952) 432-0648Fax: (952) 431-2491
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CF Industries Inc., oneof North Americas largestmanufacturers and dis-tributors of fertilizer prod-ucts, has an immediateopportunity for a SafetyGuard.
In this position you willperiodically inspect thefacility, monitor equip-ment for any irregularityand notify appropriatepersonnel who will takeaction. Additional dutieswill include light mainte-nance, cleaning, etc.
Hours will be eveningsand midnights, Saturdays,Sundays and some holi-days.
This position is ideal forretirees or students. Can-didates are eligible forsome benefits.