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Three finalists have been selected for the open Rose-mount chief of police posi-tion. They are Jewel Ericson, police lieutenant in Rose-mount; Michael Marben, police captain in Apple Val-ley; and Eric Werner, police captain in Burnsville. We are pleased with the quality of the group, and we have some good candi-dates, City Administrator Dwight Johnson said. Rosemount Mayor Bill Droste said the city is for-tunate to have these candi-dates as finalists, especially

considering they are all from Dakota County. He said that shows there are some very competent police leaders working in the area. The candidates were whittled from an initial field of 11 and then reduced to six who were interviewed last week by a panel of city staff, local residents and the Eagan Chief of Police James McDonald. We had a good process, Johnson said. He said the application process had a high thresh-old for candidates. The city accepted only those appli-cants who have had law en-

forcement command experi-ence. The public is invited to meet the three finalists dur-ing an open house from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1, in the council cham-bers on the second floor of Rosemount City Hall, 2875 145th St. W. There will be no formal program. The city held a similar open house prior to its City Council interviews for the open city administrators position that was filled by Johnson in 2008. It is important to the community as a whole since it is a very visible and im-

portant position to have some outside input, John-son said of the police chief job. Droste said it is good to connect with business owners and residents and gain their feedback on such high-profile hires. The Rosemount City Council will conduct formal interviews of the finalists on Aug. 6 after a candidate assessment is completed by Harry Brull from the Min-neapolis employment firm Personnel Decisions Inter-national. The opening occurred when Police Chief Gary kalstabakken retired from

the Rosemount force on May 31.

the candidates Ericson has been with the Rosemount department for the past 27 years, serving in a variety of capacities. He has been a lieutenant for the past six years. Prior to that, he was a patrol ser-geant for 16 years and a police officer for four and a half years. Ericson attended Bemidji State university and Mankato State univer-sity to earn his bachelors degree in law enforcement.

three finalists named for police chief Group includes staff members from Rosemount, Apple Valley and Burnsville departments

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by Tad JohnsonSuN THISWEEk

Before Shira Rabinowicz be-came the coordinator of the Rose-mount Family Resource Center, there was little in the way of pro-grams and the center had only two or three volunteers. Six years later, one would be hard pressed to find a day or a waking hour that goes by without something special happening at the outreach location of Burnsville-based nonprofit 360 Communities. While Rabinowicz deflects much of the credit for the work thats be-ing done there, she wont be able to shy away from it this Saturday as grand marshal of the Rosemount Leprechaun Days Grand Parade. Shes being recognized as the catalyst who has led to the devel-opment of a vibrant community gathering place thats safe, fun and ready to help in many ways. Our volunteers do so much, Rabinowicz said of the scores of volunteers in Rosemount. They build meaningful relationships and trust with the families that come to us. Among the programs that have started since Rabinowicz came to Rosemount are those that offer homework help, family support, additional night and weekend openings of the food shelf, a gar-dening program, the Friendship Club and a teen girls group. She said all of those programs happened because of the efforts of volunteers. I think when things happen organically, they stick, Rabinow-icz said, who started her work as

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Shira Rabinowicz, coordinator of the Rosemount Family Resource Center, was named the grand marshal of this years Rosemount Leprechaun Days Grand Parade at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 28.

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Under the big top,young talents shine

Two Apple Valley performers featured in Circus Juventas summer showby Andrew Miller

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Lauren Cook started with the unicycle. These days shes dazzling crowds under the big top with high-fly-ing feats on the trapeze. As a performer with St. Paul-based Circus Juven-tas, Cook specializes in aerial skills. Those skills will be on display at the circus summer show Showdown as she flies through the air on the Spanish web a type of acrobatics performed on a hanging rope and the bungee trapeze. The bungee trapeze is like bungee jumping, but not as scary we have mats beneath us, said the 19-year-old Apple Valley resident. Showdown is the circus annual show spotlight-ing its advanced students. The 20-performance run of the Wild West-themed Showdown will feature som-ersaulting outlaws, lasso-twirling cowboys, contor-tionist card players, and aerialists on a wagon wheel chandelier. Cook has logged 10 years with Circus Juventas, a nonprofit performing arts troupe for children and youths up to age 22. Her entree into Circus Juventas was a weeklong kids camp one summer during her el-ementary school years. She took to it immediately. At the end of the week I begged my mom to let me keep going, she recounted. Cook currently puts in about nine hours of classes each week at Circus Ju-ventas, and practices her circus skills every day. A 2011 graduate of Eastview High School and now an interior design student at Dakota County Techni-cal College, Cook is one of two Apple Valley residents who will be performing in Showdown.

Lexie Johnson, who will be a seventh-grader at Falcon Ridge Middle School in the fall, is in her first year with Circus Juventas. A gymnast since the age of 3 shes a longtime stu-dent of TAGS Gymnastics in Apple Valley Johnson will be doing tumbling, one of her circus specialties, in Showdown. Showdown runs Aug. 2-19 at the Circus Juventas Big Top, 1270 Montreal Ave., St. Paul. More about Circus Juventas and Showdown is at www.circusjuventas.org.

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The team from Rosemount Tool and Saw got off to a wet start at the 2012 Rosemount Leprechaun Days Bathtub Races in the Central Park Hockey Rink on July 24. Teams from local businesses, adults, and teens raced bathtubs through a course set up inside the hockey rink while dodging water balloons tossed by spectators. Lighthouse Christian Church sponsored the event and donated the sale of balloons to charity. More Leprechaun Days photos are inside and online at www.SunThisweek.com.

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by Tad JohnsonSun ThiSweek

The 2012 Leprechauns Lost Medal-lion was found wednesday morning by Ty, 7, and Aubrey, 5, hansen of Rosemount, along with a little help from their parents heidi and eric. Ty hansen found the medallion at the base of a tree in Carrolls woods Park, which was named for former landowners and farmers Don and Mary Carroll. The tree was next to one of the paved walking paths. They said they entered the park from Clover Lane and walked around for about 15 minutes until they saw a large, Y-shaped tree with a large knob on it. For their efforts, the hansens received the $500 cash prize from Sterling State Bank. we couldnt believe it, heidi hansen said. i didnt think there was going to be any way we were going to find it since we saw so many other people out who looked more expert than us. The hansens looked in several parks over the first three days of the hunt. They traveled to Twin Puddles, Mead-ows, Bloomfield, Schwarz Pond, Central and erickson. They had been in Carrolls woods previously, but came back after more the clues pointed them to the park.

This experience has been very fun for our whole family, heidi hansen said. She said the family brainstormed ideas of what the clues meant as it helped her children who will both be students at Rosemount elementary School this fall think about some of the meanings behind the words. i really appreciate the bank and their generosity to be part of this event, heidi hansen said. The hansens have lived in Rosemount since 2003.

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The Hansens Ty, 7, Heidi, and Aubrey, 5 found the Leprechauns Lost Medallion on Wednesday, July 25, the third day of the annual Leprechaun Days hunt in Rosemount. They won a $500 cash prize from Sterling State Bank for their efforts.

Hansen family finds Lost Medallion Family wins $500 from Sterling State Bank

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Lightning causes fire at Apple Valley home

Police: Teens made bombs, threw them at homes in Apple Valley, Lakeville Four local teens are ac-cusedofmakinghomemadebombsanddetonatingthemoutsideresidences inAppleValleyandLakevilleearlierthisyear. EricDanielJohnson,18,ofLakeville,toldpolicethathe and three friends hadeach purchased a differentcomponentneededtomaketheexplosivedevices,whichincluded tin foil, tonic wa-ter, bathroom cleaner andfruitpunch. Johnson has beencharged with a felony-levelexplosives crime. His threefriendsa16-year-oldmaleand two17-year-oldmales,whom prosecutors did notidentifybecausetheyreun-der 18 were also chargedwithbomb-relatedcrimes.

The criminal chargeswere filed after police re-sponded to reports of ex-plosionsthenightofMarch23. According to the com-plaint, at about 10 p.m.that night Lakeville policewere called to a home onthe16000blockofGrinnellAvenue,wheretheyfoundamelted plastic bottle and aliquidchemical.Policealsoreceivedareportofanotherexplosive device detonat-ed outside a home on the16000blockofGriffinLaneinLakeville. Then,at10:30p.m.,Ap-pleValleypolicewerecalledto the ahomeon the 1000blockofWhitneyLaneonareport of twobombsdeto-natedinafrontyard.Awit-

nessprovidedofficerswithadescriptionof thesuspectsvehicle and other informa-tion that led to identifica-tion of Johnson as one ofthesuspects. Policewent toJohnsonsresidence and spoke withthefourteens. Johnson told an officerhed been the driver thatevening,thecomplaintsaid.Heturnedovertheremain-ing bomb-making suppliestopolice,whichincludedsixbottles of tonic water andtworollsoftinfoil. One of the suspects ad-mitted throwingmore thanfive of the bombs at thethree homes, which werethehomesoffriendsorac-quaintancesofthesuspects. Anothersuspecttoldpo-

licethatthebomb-throwingspreewasdoneasajokeand that the four suspectshad been just goofingaround, according to thecomplaint. Johnson, whose courtdateisJuly30,facesamaxi-mumpenaltyof10yearsinprisonanda$20,000fineif convicted of the explosivesviolation. One of the 17-year-oldmales has already pleadedguiltytothecharge,andtheothertwoteensarescheduledtoappearincourtJuly31.

Andrew Miller

A lightning strike

caused a fire at anAppleValley home early Tues-day, resulting in damagetothehomesexterior. Apple Valley firefight-erswerecalledtotheresi-denceon the 14600blockof Dominica Court atabout 4:15 a.m. after thehomeowner awoke to thesound of the lightningstrike, smelled smoke,

wentoutsideandsawthatthehousewasonfire. Three people were in-side when the fire brokeout.Allthreeescapedun-harmed. According to fire of-ficials, the lightning hit agas meter. Damage waslimited to the homes ex-teriorsomeofthesidingwasmeltedandthehomecanstillbeoccupied.

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OpinionThe Irish: The reason for the celebration

Why are growing numbers of Minnesota youngsters being home-schooled?

by the Rev. Paul JarvisSpecial to Sun thiSweek

okay, im 100 percent nerd. i love geography. i love history. i es-pecially love history relevant to our local community. and i know that when the typical St. Joseph catholic church parishioner, Rose-mount citizen, and Dakota county resi-dent learns more and more about this ar-eas pioneering settlers as well as founders of St. Joseph parish, i wont be alone in my love of this areas history. when the city of Rosemount holds lep-rechaun Days, when athletes and scholars of Rosemount high School are referred to as the irish, it is really a civic tip of the hat to the irish immigrants who largely settled the area. to be sure, there were Ger-mans, French and Yankees in the area. But it would be the irish who would make the biggest mark on the area. and not just in Rosemount. Just look in highland cemetery at pilot knob and Dodd, practically the nexus of Rosemount, apple Valley, lakeville and Farmington. plenty of irish surnames to be found there. incidentally, St. Joes first church was once across from the first of our two cemeteries, a parish serving mostly irish settlers from all four townships. a silo is currently near the old churchs buried foundation. Before there was an official catholic christian parish, priests residing in neigh-boring established parishes visited this areas first settlers, arriving in 1853. Five years before statehood. lets back up a bit. the signing of two treaties with the Da-kota (Sioux) people in 1851 opened up 30 million acres of territory for settlement to european immigrants, including Dakota county. You can see the remnant sover-eign territory of these original people, in part, around their prior lake reservation. (You should check out the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux communitys web-site: www.shakopeedakota.org. inciden-tally, many Dakota were evangelized and baptized by Father augustin Ravoux, a priest-colleague of our parishs first pastor, and no doubt a visitor to our area.) in 1853, land in the Rosemount area could be legally claimed by immigrants. Settlers first began to arrive in the spring of 1855. By the fall of that year, the landscape was dotted with settlers shacks. Settlement growth continued until the great depression of 1857, with new arriv-als slowing to a trickle. again, while other groups were represented, the majority of settlers were irish catholic immigrants, both political and economic refugees from British-occupied ireland.

in 1854, the nearest catholic church was St. peters church in Mendota, the church serving catholic soldiers and family mem-bers at Fort Snelling and the mother-church for all local catholic parishes. the historic church is still there; sometime you should see it. Just call the parish office, and theyll let you in. in 1855, St. John the Baptist church was established in what was originally called Byrnesville. St. Johns subsequently moved into a new building in Savage.the following year, the church of the Guardian angels was built in hastings; it has subsequently been merged with anoth-er hastings parish, forming St. elizabeth anne Seton church. the historic church is now a community center.

Serving the Irish all three of the above parishes had resi-dent pastors who, at one time or another, baptized children, witnessed marriages and held Masses among the irish in this part of Dakota county. the first Mass was cel-ebrated in the area in what would become lakeville township at the home of Mi-chael Johnston, april 1855, celebrated by Father McMahon from Guardian angels. he also performed the first recorded bap-tism in the area on Feb. 26, 1856: catherine Martin, also of lakeville township. the first Mass in Rosemount town-ship proper was held at the home of John Murphy in 1858. holding liturgies in pri-vate homes forced priests to improvise. For example, when people gathered at the thomas hyland home (near the current highland cemetery) for liturgies, Father anatole oster eventually St. Josephs first pastor heard confessions through a high cane-back chair. the priest sat on the floor on one side of the chair, while the penitent knelt on the other side, using the chairs back as a screen. liturgies were held sporadically in area homes until 1859, a year after statehood, when liturgies began to be held regularly in both Rosemount and lakeville town-ships. in 1861, both township faith com-munity groups were recognized as mis-sions. Guardian angels pastor ministered in the Rosemount mission. First St. peters pastor ministered to the lakeville mission (1861-1866), followed by St. Johns pastor

ministering in the mission until St. Josephs church was established for both communi-ties in 1868.

Come together Before the parishs 1868 establishment, Father J. thaddeus Stevens, St. Johns pas-tor, tried to combine the two missions into a single new parish. arguments over loca-tion frustrated such efforts. the following year, our dioceses first bishop Bishop Joseph crtin appointed Father anatole oster, recently the fourth pastor of the St. peters mother-church, as St. Johns pastor. a capable organizer, he was given the assignment to combine the Rosemount and lakeville missions into a single parish. a compromise was struck among the largely irish settlers, with seven acres of land acquired from the hyland family about halfway between the tiny Rosemount and lakeville villages but technically in extreme northeast lakeville. in June 1868, work was started on the first parish church, a wooden 36-by-70 foot structure. work progressed quickly, thanks to motivated volunteers and community, and on Sunday, aug. 30, 1868, the new but still unfinished building was dedicated to St. Joseph with a Mass celebrated by oster. eventually, lakeville township parish-ioners would split off from St. Joes and form their own parish in lakevilles old town center. in 1881, a second St. Josephs parish was built, this time in Rosemounts town center.

More history to come Between now and our parishs quin-centennial celebration in the summer of 2018, Dakota county community mem-bers will be reading about the church of the irish here: St. Josephs history. a community now enjoying the membership of asian-americans, French-americans, German-americans, italian-americans, latino-americans, Filipino-americans, african-americans, Scandinavian-ameri-cans, anglo-americans, Slavic-americans, Maltese-americans, native-americans, Scottish-americans, irish-americans, and heinz 57-americans, like me. over the years, missions and parishes would split off from St. Josephs church: all Saints in lakevile, then St. Michaels church in Farmington. Both St. John neumann and Risen Savior would split off from their mother-church here in Rose-mount. in preparation for our 150th anniversary in 2018, were forming a St. Joseph history committee. interested Dakota county community members can contact Bridget Samson at [email protected], or call (651) 423-4402.

the Friends of highland cemetery are also looking for members with a love for history, or an interest in keeping up our historic first parish cemetery. Members from all our area parishes, as well as Da-kota county community members with a passion for history, are welcome to explore their excellent website and see how they can help. Simply Google Friends of high-land cemetery and lakeville.

Father Paul Jarvis is pastor of The Historic Church of The Irish St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rosemount. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

by Joe Nathan Sun thiSweek

why are some families doing home schooling, how many are doing it, and is it a good idea? Several readers responded to a recent column on district and charter enrollment by asking these questions. First, why? professor Milton Gaither of Messiah college in pennsylvania said: the most recent (2007) national center for educa-tion Statistics data (http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009030.pdf) has the top three reasons for homeschooling being first, a concern about school environment (bully-ing, lack of morals, etc), second, a parental desire to provide religious or moral instruc-tion, and third, dissatisfaction with the ac-ademic instruction at the public school. although each situation is unique, most parents turn to homeschooling be-cause, ultimately, they want what is best for their kids, said Beth Balmanno, president of Minnesota homeschoolers alliance. perhaps their special needs students arent getting their needs met; maybe their gifted

child isnt being challenged; or maybe they want to provide their child with the ability to follow their passions and interests, free of an institutionalized schedule. Minnesota Department of education officials cindy Jackson and carol hoken-son supplied state statistics. heres a brief, partial summary of their records, including school years and numbers of Minnesota students being homeschooled. 1987-88 - 2,322 1997-98 - 13,081 2006-2007 - 17,621 2011-12 - 16,081 these figures showed an increase of more than 15,000 from, 1987-88 to 2006-2007, and then a modest decline.

the increase in homeschooling from the 1980s to the 2000s is a reflection of two things: legislation made it easier for fami-lies to homeschool and homeschooling be-came more mainstream, Balmanno said. the reduction in recent years is directly related to the increase of online schools. although an alternative to brick and mor-tar education, students enrolled in online schools do not count as homeschooled stu-dents. Gaither agrees with her. Some states have seen declines since the mid 2000s and, yes, indeed those declines frequently correlate with the expansion of online public schools (cybercharters being the most conspicuous example), he said. though students being educated via a public cyber-school or via online learn-ing are not counted in the homeschooling figures, they clearly are doing some of their learning at home. the southeastern Minnesota school district of houston has adapted to the op-portunity that homeschooling provides. theyve created online learning opportu-nities for students throughout Minnesota. Justin treptow, head of houstons online program, told me that the district enrolled more than 1,600 full-time online students last year, and 185 part-time students. this is not an argument that home schooling or online learning is the best op-tion for everyone. not every family does a great job with this, and some online learn-

ing programs have promised more than they delivered. it would be hard to quantify achieve-ments of homeschoolers because families perceptions of achievement are wide and varied, Balmanno said. Do homeschool graduates go on to attend college? abso-lutely. Do homeschoolers achieve perfect Sat scores and win academic contests and excel at sports? certainly. however, there is no clearinghouse for this type of informa-tion. Gaither has concluded, that it is impos-sible to summarize or generalize the impact of homeschooling on students. over the last few years, ive read deeply moving essays by suburban and rural stu-dents who are learning online. Some de-scribe bullying that they experienced in large secondary schools, and the far more comfortable environment they experience by learning at home, via online learning. others describe a medical issue, either for themselves for a close family mem-ber, which made it difficult or impossible to leave the home for many months. they praise the home school/online option, as one youngster wrote: Just right for me. Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota PTA president, public school teacher and adminis-trator, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions welcome, [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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Wilfahrt has depth of experience to the editor: thank you for the pro-file on Jeff wilfahrt, candi-date for Minnesota house of Representatives District 57B, and Gop candidate anna wills profile as well. unbiased, candid ar-ticles like these are, in my opinion, an excellent way to learn about new candidates, who as of yet have no vot-ing record. while it is true that Mr. wilfahrt and his wife, lori,

have worked to educate the voters about the marriage amendment on novembers ballot, it is also true that the candidate has even a great deal more to offer than his dedication to this cause. Jeff wilfahrt has been a member of the Rosemount community for over 30 years and a lifelong Min-nesota citizen. he and his wife raised three children through the local school system. he worked for 3M, a Minnesota Forbes 500 company, for many years, and has owned his own pri-vate contracting business since.

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Two additional events add to happenings in Rosemount this weekend there are two events a tailgate party and a soccer game related to Rosemount leprechaun Days that could strike even more festiveness this weekend. St. Joseph catholic church will hold its first irish (Settlers) tailgate party, from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 28. the event promises to have music, games and goodies for purchase. one of the activities will be a commode championship, which is a revival of the once-prominent toilet Bowl Races that were held annually during lepre-chaun Days. Sign-up begins at 7 p.m. and the races at 7:30 p.m. in past years contestants have sat on the wheeled toilets and propelled them using plungers in each hand. Despite all the silliness, the church plans to use the event as a way to rec-ognize its past, too, as it approaches its 150th year. we plan to celebrate in some fash-ion, every year, the irish settlers who not only pioneered Rosemount, but also started our parish, said St. Jo-sephs Father paul Jarvis.

RHS soccer alumni game Rosemount high School soccer alumni will play a game at 4 p.m. Sat-urday, July 28, after the Rosemount leprechaun Days Grand parade, which starts at 11 a.m. the game will be played at the schools practice fields. More information can be obtained by emailing [email protected].


a domestic violence victims advocate at the Burnsville Police Department about 11 years ago. When things work, the peoples hearts have to be in it. Within the first few weeks of taking the job in Rosemount, she knew the community was the kind that could generate that kind of action. After a chance meet-ing landed her a speaking engagement at Rosemount United Methodist Church in those first few weeks, her talk opened the door for several volunteers from the church, which led to them recruiting their own friends. Another casual connec-tion led to one of the great-est sources of the centers volunteers. Rabinowicz said Rose-mount resident Teresa Paetznick walked by the center one day and won-dered what it was all about. After Paetznick heard Rabinowicz talk about the organization, she remarked something to the effect that she had never known it had existed. Paetznick then intro-duced the Glendalough at Evermoor volunteer group to the center and now the group opens the centers food shelf on the third Sat-urday of every month. They conduct food drives, they raise money and send volunteers to help with programs. I met all of these amaz-ing people who are so kind-hearted, Rabinowicz said.

They all wanted to get in-volved. In addition to running a food shelf, which serves up to 4,500 people every month, one of the most important functions of the center is tutoring and mentoring for children and teens. Programs help preschool through high school-age students in all areas of cur-riculum with homework help and even educational field trips. Rabinowicz said the center has forged great working connections with all Rosemount schools to provide guidance in how to train volunteers in tutoring methods. Connections with local churches have been invalu-able sources of volunteers, food shelf donations and other support services. Two churches are helping provide activities and food for picnics this week during

Leprechaun Days and this years Night to Unite. Rabinowicz said the pic-nics and other special events have helped to make people not feel so isolated and has neighbors relying more on each other. Another area in which the center has made great strides is through its family advocates. This program pairs an advocate with a family to help them through difficult times whether it be finan-cial, communication needs or domestic violence. They go above and be-yond in every single capac-ity, Rabinowicz said of the advocates. Its amazing to see what that does for fami-lies. She said they are giving hope and comfort to people who often are embarrassed to ask for help. The change Rabinowicz has helped encourage isnt expected to end anytime soon. Shes a member of the Rosemount Leaders Group, which will forward some recommendations to the 360 Communities Con-vening to help move Rose-mount forward in a positive direction with initiatives like the ones the Resource Center has led. With Rabinowicz and several like-minded folks dedicated to building a bet-ter future, it appears the potential to change peoples lives for good is limitless.

Tad Johnson can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Marben has been a cap-tain in Apple Valley since 2006, according to his LinkedIn profile, oversee-ing the patrol and support services divisions over that time. Hes also served as a police officer, detective and sergeant with the depart-ment. He previously was a po-lice officer in Prior Lake for nearly six years before start-ing in Apple Valley in 1990. Marben is a Northwest-ern University School of

Police Staff and Command graduate and has a bach-elors degree in accounting from the University of Min-nesotas Carlson School of Management and a mas-ters degree in public safety administration from Saint Marys University. Werner has been a police captain in Burnsville since October 2004, according to his LinkedIn profile. He served on the Dakota County Drug Task Force Advisory Board from 2004-2010 in the capacities of chairman, vice chairman

and secretary. Werner has a master of arts in police leadership, education and administra-tion from the University of St. Thomas and a bachelor of arts in organizational management and communi-cation from Concordia Uni-versity. He is a member of the Lutheran Church of Our Savior in Rosemount.

Tad Johnson can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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In brief Rosemount Leprechuan Days closes this weekend with a full slate of events Fri-day, July 27, and Saturday, July 28, including music at the Central Park Ampithe-ater on both nights by Criti-cal Mass and G.B. Leighton on Friday and Pop Rocks on Saturday along with a fireworks show. The Mid-Summer Faire in the park includes food, carnival rides and much more. More infor-mation is at SunThisweek.com. Look for the Lepre-chaun Days Information Central post.


Dakota County drug case retesting beginsAppeals could overwhelm the attorneys office, justice system

by Laura AdelmannSun ThiSweek

A week after workers testified to failures at the St. Paul crime laboratory, Dakota County is having retested all drug evidence in first-degree cases currently being litigated. The evidence is being sent to the Bureau of Crimi-nal Apprehension crime lab, which many other agencies also are using for retesting after Dakota County court-room testimony revealed shoddy practices by an un-der-trained workforce at the unaccredited St. Paul crime lab. witnesses, some crime lab employees, testified in a special hearing the lab lacked oversight, documen-tation, standards, and qual-ity procedures. The drug lab depart-ments temporary closure could result in years of re-testing and retrials, further clogging courts and other

drug crime labs. BCA officials will have increased drug lab casel-oads from Dakota, wash-ington and Ramsey coun-ties that used the St. Paul crime lab, and are attempt-ing to triage the work, said Dakota County Drug Task Force Cmdr. Dan Bianconi. we only have the BCA willing to accept re-tests for our first-degree cases, Bi-anconi said. i dont know if others will remain in a holding pattern. They recognize they have more than they can handle. Bianconi said the Drug Task Force averages be-tween 500 and 600 cases an-nually that require testing of between 2,000 and 3,000 pieces of drug evidence, the vast majority of it done by the St. Paul crime lab for the past decade. BCA spokesperson Jill Oliveria said they do not know how many cases to expect, but are meeting with

agencies that used the St. Paul crime lab and plan to submit evidence to the BCA for testing. we are still in the pro-cess of working out how to process evidence, and the parameters for what will be tested, Oliveria said. The BCA lab employees 82 scientists and 13 of them do drug analysis, she said. uncertainty surrounds the potential caseload amount because the special hearing that brought the St. Paul crime lab issues to light is still being presented before Judge kathryn Messerich. At the Frye-Mack hear-ing, St. Paul crime-lab test-ing used to prosecute the first of eight drug cases (selected as a cross-repre-sentative sample of Dakota County drug cases) is be-ing scrutinized by public defenders Lauri Traub and Christine Funk. The first case involves Matthew David Jensen,

29, of Rochester whose girlfriend called 911 July 15, 2009, after Jensen shot heroin while riding in a car she was driving in hastings, according to the Dakota County criminal complaint. A primary issue in that case is the weight of the drugs seized at the scene, which the St. Paul crime lab testing claimed totaled 0.15 grams of heroin. Traub and Funks con-cerns about reliability of the tests grew at a March 30 meeting with lab criminalist kari McDermott and As-sistant Dakota County At-torney Vance Chip Gran-nis iii. Grannis notes from the meeting state McDermott said the lab lacked secu-rity for test samples, had changed procedures for pro-cessing samples without ap-proval or direction, did not have a lab code of conduct and did not perform valida-tion studies, among other

Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom

problems. During the meeting Mc-Dermott said she did not understand why defense at-torneys have not attacked like this before, and that it horrifies her that she has never seen any valida-tion studies conducted. The studies are used by labs to verify testing machines and tools are working properly. Additional issues raised during the court hearing in-cluded the lack of training for criminalists performing the tests. Some of the training lab criminalists received came from Sgt. Shay Shackle, then-head of the crime lab, according to a May 5 affida-vit. Shackles resume states he received a law en-forcement degree from normandale Community College, then worked his way up in the department, attending conferences and classes after starting as a patrol officer in 1983. Shackle was assigned to the crime lab and became a latent print examiner in 1998 after internal train-ing provided in part by Sgt. Colleen Luna, then also a latent print examiner. he became crime lab director in 2001, but after testimony last week was publicized, Shackle was re-lieved of those duties at the command of St. Paul police Chief Thomas Smith who ordered Luna, now head of internal investigations, to the position. while Smith has vowed to correct the problems and seek accreditation for the lab, the hearings will con-tinue in Dakota County. Messerichs decision is expected in late fall, and could trigger a potential av-alanche of appeals of both convictions and plea bar-gains. The Dakota County Attorneys Office is bearing the majority of this bur-den, Bianconi said. They already have caseloads through the roof. This is going to complicate things for them; they have their current caseload to keep up

and they could be further burdened with these ap-peals. Questions have also been raised about what top of-ficials knew about the St. Paul crime labs problems before the hearing, and why Dakota County continued sending evidence there for testing after the March 30 meeting raised concerns about testing quality. under Minnesota rules of professional responsibil-ity, a lawyer is to uphold the legal process, and not knowingly offer evidence the lawyer knows or reason-ably believes to be false. Despite the issues raised by the defense attorneys, according to a criminal complaint search, Dakota County did not stop using the St. Paul crime lab for drug evidence testing or thoroughly investigate the significant issues raised dur-ing the March meeting and in Grannis notes, which were shared with other county officials. Dakota County Chief Deputy Tim Leslie said he was given Grannis notes about crime lab procedures by Dakota County Attor-neys Office Chief Deputy Phil Prokopowicz a day or two before he, Bianconi and Prokopowicz met with St. Paul police officials about lab concerns April 9. included at the meeting were Shackle, St. Paul As-sistant Chief kathy wuo-rinen and St. Paul police Cmdr. Gregory Pye; Leslie and Bianconi said they as-sured the Dakota County officials everything was fine with the lab. The whole point of that meeting was to discuss the specifics of what the de-fense was raising as issues, and determine each point if it had merit or not, Bian-coni said. My understand-ing when we left was that its not as bad as the defense is making it look. Leslie said St. Paul offi-cials told them the March meeting had been with the most junior member of the

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News BriefsChamber hosts business excellence awards The2012DakotaCountyRegionalChamberBusinessExcellenceAwardsCelebra-tionwill be held from7:30to 9 a.m. Thursday, Sept.27, at Lost SpurGolf andEvent Center, 2750 SibleyMemorialHighway,Eagan. The Business Excel-lence Awards honor mem-berbusinessesandbusinessleaders in the community.This years theme is BeGreen, See Success. TheDCR Chamber will rec-ognize businesses who arecommitted leaders in envi-ronmentalsafety,conserva-tionandsustainability. Tickets to the event are$30perpersonandincludeafullbreakfast.Toregister,call Jessy Annoni at (651)288-9202.

Community meals Grace Lutheran Churchin Apple Valley will servefree community meals onMondays, Aug. 6 and 27.Dininghalldoorswillopenat5:30p.m.Dinnerwillbeservedfrom6to6:30p.m. Themealsare forseniorcitizens,single-parentfami-lies, families in transitionand all others in the sur-rounding community seek-ing a healthymeal in a re-laxedandfunenvironment.Althoughthemealsarefree,donationsareaccepted. Grace Lutheran Churchislocatedattheintersectionof Pennock Avenue andCountyRoad42.Formoreinformation,callthechurchat(952)432-7273.

Womens luncheon Tea for You and Mewill be the theme of theMinnesotaValleyChristianWomens Connection lun-cheonfrom12:30to2p.m.Thursday,Aug.9,atEnjoyrestaurant,15435FoundersLane,AppleValley. Speaker Dorothy Rup-pert will share A BetterPlan. Bonnie Kasteleinwillshowhowtoputontheperfectteaparty. Cost is $16. Reserva-tions/cancellations: Lisa at(952) 403-0773. SponsoredbyStonecroftMinistries.

Driver improvement classes for seniors TheMinnesotaHighwaySafetyCenterwilloffer55-plus driver-improvementcourses on the followingdays: 8a.m.to4:30p.m.Aug.6 (eight-hour first-timecourse),EaganCommunityCenter, 1501Central Park-way,Eagan. 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 8and9(eight-hourfirst-timecourse), Burnsville SeniorCenter ISD 191, 200 W.Burnsville Parkway,Burns-ville. 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 8and9(eight-hourfirst-timecourse), Burnsville SeniorCenter ISD 191, 200 W.Burnsville Parkway,Burns-ville. 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 13and 14 (eight-hour first-time course), Hayes Com-munity and Senior Center,14601 Hayes Road, AppleValley. 1 to 5 p.m. Aug. 18(four-hour refresher), TheRivers, 11111 River HillsDrive,Burnsville. 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 20and 21 (eight-hour first-time course), Kowalskis,1646DiffleyRoad,Eagan. The courses areopen tothe public; however, pre-registration is requested.The fee for the four-hourrefresher is $20; the eight-hourcourseis$24.Formoreinformation or to register,visit www.mnsafetycenter.orgorcall1-888-234-1294.

Rosemount seniors The following activitiesaresponsoredbytheRose-mount Parks and Recre-ation Department and theRosemount Area Seniors.Formore information, callthe Rosemount Parks andRecreation Department at(651)322-6000. Monday, July 30Bridge,9a.m.,DoDropInn;500,1p.m.,DDI. Tuesday, July 31 Cof-fee,8a.m. to1p.m.,Rose-mount Cub; Bid Euchre, 9a.m.,DDI. Wednesday, Aug. 1Noactivitiesplanned. Thursday, Aug. 2 Bin-go,1p.m.,DDI. Friday, Aug. 3 Euchre,9 a.m., DDI; Bowling, 1p.m.,ApplePlace inAppleValley. The Rosemount AreaSeniors Do Drop Inn is

open to senior citizens 9a.m.to4p.m.,Monday-Fri-day.TheroomislocatedintheRosemountCommunityCenterandallowsseniorsaplacetostopbyandsocial-izeduringtheweek.

Community Education classes Register forDistrict 196Community Educationclasses online at www.dis-trict196.org/ceor call (651)423-7920. SpaceChallengeCamp/Rocketry Express 2012,grades1-2andgrades6-8,9a.m. to noonMonday-Fri-day,July30toAug.3,Fal-con Ridge Middle School,12900 Johnny Cake RidgeRoad, Apple Valley. Fee:$109. RocketryExpress2012,allages,9a.m.tonoonSat-urday,Aug.4,FalconRidgeMiddleSchool,12900John-nyCakeRidgeRoad,AppleValley.Free. Banana Babies, par-ents and children birth-17months,9to9:45a.m.Mon-day through Friday, Aug.6-10,FalconRidgeMiddleSchool,12900JohnnyCakeRidge Road, Apple Valley.Fee: $50; $30 additionalchild;freeadditionaladult. Twocans/Chimpan-threes,parentsandchildren18 months-3 years, 10 to10:45a.m.MondaythroughFriday, Aug. 6-10, Fal-con Ridge Middle School,12900 Johnny Cake RidgeRoad, Apple Valley. Fee:$50; $30 additional child;freeadditionaladult. Coral Reef Hideaway,ages 4-6, 10 a.m. to noon

Tuesday through Thurs-day,Aug.7-9,FalconRidgeMiddleSchool,12900John-nyCakeRidgeRoad,AppleValley.Fee:$65. Zhu Zhu Pets ArtCamp,ages5-12,1to4p.m.ThursdayandFriday,Aug.9 and 10, Falcon RidgeMiddleSchool,12900John-nyCakeRidgeRoad,AppleValley.Fee:$59. Reading Prep, grades2-3,9to10a.m.;grades4-6,11 a.m. to noon; Mondaythrough Friday, Aug. 13-17, Pinewood ElementarySchool,6795GerdinePath,Rosemount.Fee:$49.

Pet store hosts fundraiser for spay, neuter nonprofit Chuck&DonsPetFoodOutlet, with locations inEagan and Lakeville, willhostthePinsforPetsfund-raiserAug.4-5atFlahertysArdenBowl,1273W.Coun-tyRoadE,ArdenHills.Pinsfor Pets will support thenonprofit,Minnesota SpayandNeuterAssistancePro-gram. This is the fifth yearChuck & Dons is host-ing the event and the thirdyearMNSNAPistheben-efitting organization. MNSNAPhasafullyequippedmobileveterinaryclinicthatperforms spay/neuter sur-geries on 30 to 40 animalseachday. Donations for Pins forPets can be made at anyChuck&Donsstoreatanytimepriortothefundraiser. Bowling teams or in-dividuals must register byAug.1.For registration in-formation, visit www.pins-forpets.org.

Restaurant chain to replace Hooters HurricaneGrill&Wings,aFlorida restaurant chain,isscheduledtoopeninOc-tober in the old Hootersbuilding at 12950 AldrichAve.inBurnsville.Thefam-ily-friendly restaurant witharelaxedbeachatmospherespecializesinchickenwings,but also offers steaks, sal-ads, quesadillas and more.TheBurnsvillelocationwillbethefirstof17plannedtoopeninMinnesota.

department because every-one else was busy with a ho-micide. They indicated the em-ployee was ambushed and misstated a few things, Leslie said. He said St. Paul officials assured them they had cor-rected any concerns identi-fied in the Grannis memo. Dakota County Attor-ney James Backstrom and Prokopowicz were out of town, not available for com-ment, but in a statement, Backstrom indicated the meeting reassured him of the crime labs testing capa-bilities. We were informed at that time by Crime Lab of-

ficials that there were no significant problems at their lab for us to be concerned about, Backstrom stated. Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bellows confirmed of-ficials did not realize the sig-nificance of the issues until the trial was being held. One of the county at-torneys came down and said the hearing was not go-ing well, Bellows said. He said St. Paul has some seri-ous issues involving a lack of procedures. Leslie said the St. Paul officials did not lie when assuring them of the labs credibility in their April 9 meeting, They just maybe didnt understand the depth of the issues they faced, Leslie

said. Bianconi agreed, stating, Obviously, at some point the standards the BCA and other labs are using, they somehow either werent aware of it or chose to ig-nore it. I think in their mind they were complying and exercising tests to the stan-dards they knew of. During the hearing, defense witness Dr. Max Houck, director of West Virginia University Foren-sic Science Initiative, testi-fied that while there is no national over arching regu-lation of forensic science, many tools exist to improve the lab operations at almost no cost. It just requires bring-ing them together, making

changes and moving for-ward, he said. In the meantime, Dakota County is researching other evidence testing options, in-cluding using private labs. to avoid overwhelming the BCA lab with work. Bianconi predicted the situation will take years to resolve, and expressed con-cern public safety could be jeopardized. Its certainly frustrat-ing because of the amount of time and effort, and to a large extent, the degree of risk that goes into these cases, he said.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.


District 196School BoardProceedingsINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

Rosemount-Apple Valley-EaganPublic Schools

Minutes of June 25, 2012Regular Board Meeting

Chairperson Jackie Magnuson called the regular School Board meeting to order at 6 p.m. on June 25, 2012 at Dakota Ridge School. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the School Board. Present: Joel Albright, clerk; Art Coulson, treasurer; Rob Duchscher, vice chairperson; Gary huusko; Jackie Magnuson, chairper-son; Mike Roseen; Bob Schutte; and Direc-tor of Special education Mary kreger. Motion by huusko, seconded by Coulson and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the agenda. The School Board recognized the eastview high School boys lacrosse and baseball state champions. Acting Superintendent kreger congratu-lated: nader helmy of Apple Valley high School and Ashesh Rambachan of eastview high School for their national speech titles in original oratory and international extem-poraneous speaking, respectively, and

Students from eagan and eastview high schools who earned School of excellence Awards in Speech at the national Forensic League Speech and Debate Tournament.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Duch-scher and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in op-position, to approve the following Consent items:Minutes of June 11, 2012 regular and special School Board meetings (exhibits A1 and A2);Claims for June 6-19, 2012 (exhibit B1);electronic funds transfer schedule for June 2-15, 2012 (exhibit B2);Schedule of investments for June 2-15, 2012 (exhibit B3);Treasurers report for the month ending May 31, 2012 (exhibit B4);Gifts received through June 22, 2012 (ex-hibit B5);Advertising revenue received by June 22, 2012 (exhibit B6);Depositories for the investment of funds for 2012-13 (exhibit B7);Official depositories of checking accounts for 2012-13 (exhibit B8);investment instruments for 2012-13 (ex-hibit B9);A $15,625 special education parent and family training grant from the Minnesota Department of education to increase reading proficiency (exhibit B10);Contract with Tricom Communications to install Category 6e copper cabling at all buildings for a base bid of $120,540 and alternate #1 of $94,760 (exhibit B11);A certified population total of 153,051 on June 25, 2012 (exhibit B12);Contract with hastings Creamery using the firm price bid option of $600,071.25 for 2012-13 dairy products (exhibit B13);Separations, leaves of absence and new staff (exhibit C1);Contract with Travelers for workers com-pensation coverage through a guaranteed cost plan effective July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013 (exhibit C2);Binding property, business auto and gen-eral liability policies with Travelers insur-ance, and errors and omissions coverage with national union Fire insurance with a total annual premium for all coverage of $746,284 from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013 (exhibit D1);Appointment of Director of Teaching and Learning Steven Troen to serve as the Lo-cal education Agency (LeA) representa-tive for 2012-13 (exhibit e);Agreement with the Southwest Area YMCA and the Minnesota Valley Branch of YMCA to provide summer programs for students in grades k-8 from June 8 through August 18, 2012, and pay the dis-trict $48,835.20 (exhibit F1); andAppointment of katrina Balvance, kris-tine hefty Tilstra, kelly Lezniak, Rebecca Siewert and Joanna Snider of Apple Val-ley; kimberly Boettcher of Rosemount; Amy Queau of Burnsville; and Patricia Sulzbach of eagan, to the early Childhood Family Services Advisory Council effec-tive August 28, 2012 through September 1, 2015, and Dana withrow of Burnsville as an alternate (exhibit F2).

Director of Teaching and Learning Steve Troen reported on the District 196 Literacy Plan which fulfills the requirements of the states Reading well by Third Grade legis-lation. he highlighted development of the plan, the districtwide collaborative effort to move the initiative forward and major com-ponents of the plan. The themes include: Focus on Learning a crystal-clear focus on what students are expected to know and be able to do;

Collaboration teams working together with a commitment to continually im-prove; strengthen core instruction and provide additional time and targeted in-struction for students who need interven-tion and enrichment; and

Results Oriented evaluation of success based on results, not intentions; using assessment to inform instruction and

answer the question, Are students learn-ing?

Troen shared several examples of the great things currently happening in literacy and noted there are still gaps as some stu-dents are still reading below grade level. Troen reviewed background of the plan which began during summer 2011 when the superintendent convened nearly 60 people to develop a Strategic Plan. The strategy developed for Teaching and Learning is to deliver a high-quality instructional program that anticipates and meets the needs of all learners. Being proactive and intervening early is important. Troen noted the systemic review included school calendar, school schedules, assessment, professional devel-opment and instructional strategies. Changes were made to the 2012-13 cal-endar that divided the year into six-week instructional blocks to provide teachers time for focused collaboration, analysis of as-sessment data and planning for targeted in-struction. elementary schools set two days before the start of the year to assess each student individually, thus saving valuable instructional time and enabling teachers to begin targeted instruction earlier. Troen noted forces influencing the dis-tricts literacy plan include: international comparisons, high-performing countries, Common Core Standards, Learning Teams and Professional Learning Communities (PLC), Response to intervention/instruction (Rti2), Reading well by Third Grade and Lit-eracy incentive Aid. The Reading well By Third Grade legisla-tion requires all districts to submit a detailed plan which identifies students who are at risk for not reading at grade level, articulate a plan for assessing and monitoring reading proficiency, and a plan of action to ensure every child is reading at or above grade level. in addition, the plan must outline com-munication to parents and identify and meet staff development needs. The legislature also modified funding with the Literacy in-centive Aid so that districts with students who are proficient or making medium or high growth receive more revenue. The District 196 elementary Literacy Lead-ership Team began meeting in november 2011 to create the literacy plan. Troen intro-duced team members and thanked them for their dedication and teamwork. in addition, he thanked the elementary principals for their support to move the initiative forward. Troen said the plan includes comprehen-sive assessments, highly trained Literacy/Rti lead teachers within each of the 18 el-ementary schools, and the time, tools and professional development to make a huge impact on learning. in addition to extensive data reporting to the state, each district was required to de-velop and post the districts literacy plan on its website to document and communicate how the district is providing the following: Comprehensive, scientifically based read-ing instruction;

intervention with evidence-based prac-tices to accelerate student growth;

Assessment methods and data points (with data reported annually to the Com-missioner of education); and

Sufficient training and professional devel-opment for all licensed staff.

Troen then shared highlights from the districts website to provide a sense of the comprehensiveness of the plan. he showed how the user can continue to drill down to find greater levels of detail. Director of Finance and Operations Jeff Solomon asked the board to approve the 2012-13 Preliminary Budget (exhibit G). Motion by huusko, seconded by Albright and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the preliminary budget. Curriculum Coordinator Renee ervasti presented the first reading of Policy 611, Guidance Curriculum Beliefs and Goals: Social work and Counseling (exhibit h). it has been eight years since the policy was last revised. in fall 2009 a committee of elementary social workers and secondary counselors began meeting to review current programs and examine research, state and national standards, best instruction prac-tices and programs outside the district. input was sought from the community, staff, Curriculum and instruction Advisory Council members, and others to revise the framework/maps that indicate the essential student learnings to be assessed at each grade level. Sections were added for social work be-liefs and goals while counseling was revised. The School Board is scheduled to take action on Policy 611 at its July 16 board meeting. ervasti also presented the first reading of Policy 612, health Curriculum Beliefs and Goals (exhibit i). in fall 2011 a committee was formed to study the health curriculum and develop recommendations for program adjustment. The revisions to Policy 612 re-flect those recommendations and were re-sequenced to match the national and Min-nesota health education standards. The School Board is scheduled to take action on Policy 612 at its July 16 board meeting. kreger reported nearly 850 students who will be entering grades 2 through 6 in the fall participated in the fourth annual Young Scholars Camps. Motion by Albright, seconded by Roseen and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to adjourn the meeting at 6:45 p.m.3088472 7/27/12

CITY OF APPLE VALLEY SUMMARY FINANCIAL REPORT

The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of financial information concerning the City of Apple Valley to interested citizens. The complete financial statements may be examined at the City Hall 7100 147th Street South. Questions about this report may be directed to Ronald Hedberg, Finance Director at 953-2540. The following summaries are from the general-purpose financial statements of the City of Apple Valley for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010. The right hand column shows the percentage change in dollars between the two years.

CITY OF APPLE VALLEY FINANCIAL INDICATORS

CITY OF APPLE VALLEY, MINNESOTA

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

PROPRIETARY FUNDS

For The Year Ended December 31, 2011

Business-Type Activities - Enterprise Funds

Municipal Municipal Sports Water &

Liquor Golf Course Arena Sewer

Fund Fund Fund Fund

Cash flows from operating activities:

Receipts from customers and users 9,004,054$ 1,023,866$ 618,085$ 8,614,471$

Payments to suppliers (7,005,368) (425,664) (229,747) (4,528,193)

Payments to employees (961,865) (553,848) (404,396) (1,370,473)

Net cash flows from operating activities 1,036,821 44,354 (16,058) 2,715,805

Cash flows from noncapital financing activities:

Transfers in from other funds - - - 60,000

Transfers out to other funds (525,000) - - (1,485,111)

Payment of due from / to other funds - - - (69,633)

Proceeds from Due to other funds - - 69,633 -

Intergovernmental revenue - - - 10,000

Tax, assessments and other aids 1,665 - 120,400 1,770

Net cash flows from noncapital financing activities (523,335) - 190,033 (1,482,974)

Cash flows from capital & related financing activities

Acquisition of capital assets (1,875) (243,710) (24,850) (1,876,508)

Principal payments on debt (135,000) (31,236) (100,000) (120,000)

Interest & agent fees paid (125,450) (6,229) (19,400) (8,820)

Bond proceeds - - - -

Connection fees received - - - 126,619

Proceeds from sale of capital assets - 11,970 - 68,590

Net cash flows from capital & financing activities (262,325) (269,205) (144,250) (1,810,119)

Cash flows from investing activities:

Investment earnings 85,194 9,142 7,881 659,005

Net cash flows from investing activities 85,194 9,142 7,881 659,005

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 336,355 (215,709) 37,606 81,717

Cash and cash equivalents - January 1 1,849,095 263,280 68,760 13,693,593

Cash and cash equivalents - December 31 2,185,450$ 47,571$ 106,366$ 13,775,310$


STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

PROPRIETARY FUNDS



Municipal Municipal Sports Water &

Liquor Golf Course Arena Sewer

Fund Fund Fund Fund

Cash flows from operating activities:

Receipts from customers and users 9,004,054$ 1,023,866$ 618,085$ 8,614,471$

Payments to suppliers (7,005,368) (425,664) (229,747) (4,528,193)

Payments to employees (961,865) (553,848) (404,396) (1,370,473)

Net cash flows from operating activities 1,036,821 44,354 (16,058) 2,715,805

Cash flows from noncapital financing activities:

Transfers in from other funds - - - 60,000

Transfers out to other funds (525,000) - - (1,485,111)

Payment of due from / to other funds - - - (69,633)

Proceeds from Due to other funds - - 69,633 -

Intergovernmental revenue - - - 10,000

Tax, assessments and other aids 1,665 - 120,400 1,770

Net cash flows from noncapital financing activities (523,335) - 190,033 (1,482,974)

Cash flows from capital & related financing activities

Acquisition of capital assets (1,875) (243,710) (24,850) (1,876,508)

Principal payments on debt (135,000) (31,236) (100,000) (120,000)

Interest & agent fees paid (125,450) (6,229) (19,400) (8,820)

Bond proceeds - - - -

Connection fees received - - - 126,619

Proceeds from sale of capital assets - 11,970 - 68,590

Net cash flows from capital & financing activities (262,325) (269,205) (144,250) (1,810,119)

Cash flows from investing activities:

Investment earnings 85,194 9,142 7,881 659,005

Net cash flows from investing activities 85,194 9,142 7,881 659,005

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 336,355 (215,709) 37,606 81,717

Cash and cash equivalents - January 1 1,849,095 263,280 68,760 13,693,593

Cash and cash equivalents - December 31 2,185,450$ 47,571$ 106,366$ 13,775,310$

Governmental

Storm Street Light Total Activities -

Drainage Cemetery Utility Enterprise Internal

Fund Fund Fund Funds Service Funds

1,213,637$ 114,365$ 368,202$ 20,956,680$ 1,206,334$

(465,191) (51,762) (365,272) (13,071,197) (1,114,046)

- (1,108) - (3,291,690) -

748,446 61,495 2,930 4,593,793 92,288

- - - 60,000 -

(767,519) - - (2,777,630) -

- - (69,633) -

- - - 69,633 -

- - - 10,000 -

47,000 170 - 171,005 -

(720,519) 170 - (2,536,625) -

(1,972,930) - - (4,119,873) -

(220,000) - - (606,236) -

(63,313) - - (223,212) -

2,600,000 - - 2,600,000

26,559 - - 153,178

- - - 80,560 -

370,316 - - (2,115,583) -

93,015 28,540 3,620 886,397 139,727

93,015 28,540 3,620 886,397 139,727

491,258 90,205 6,550 827,982 232,015

975,629 588,668 18,664 17,457,689 3,102,874

1,466,887$ 678,873$ 25,214$ 18,285,671$ 3,334,889$


STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENSES AND

CHANGES IN FUND NET ASSETS

PROPRIETARY FUNDS


Governmental

Municipal Municipal Sports Water & Storm Street Light Total Activities -

Liquor Golf Course Arena Sewer Drainage Cemetery Utility Enterprise InternalFund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Funds Service Funds

Operating revenues:

Liquor sales 9,005,660$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 9,005,660$ -$

Golf fees and rentals - 1,023,866 - - - - - 1,023,866 -

Sports arena rentals - - 650,350 - - - - 650,350 -

Charges for services - - - 8,361,750 1,370,348 114,365 433,464 10,279,927 1,206,334

Total operating revenues 9,005,660 1,023,866 650,350 8,361,750 1,370,348 114,365 433,464 20,959,803 1,206,334

Cost of Goods Sold 6,448,087 177,581 924 2,963 - - - 6,629,555 -

Gross Profit 2,557,573 846,285 649,426 8,358,787 1,370,348 114,365 433,464 14,330,248 1,206,334

Operating expenses:

Operating and maintenance:

Personal services 966,318 563,617 379,799 1,392,082 - 1,108 - 3,302,924 684,219

Contractual services 175,674 21,835 41,967 208,944 95,745 24,850 5,225 574,240 8,000

Other charges 231,285 52,440 22,660 723,365 321,002 7,991 - 1,358,743 582,531

Supplies & repairs 34,902 147,078 45,371 635,567 6,075 16,494 1,800 887,287 -

Utilities 55,544 34,989 121,208 402,884 - 838 391,089 1,006,552 -

Depreciation 137,546 60,712 167,178 1,470,412 449,547 17,723 - 2,303,118 -

MCES - Sewer charges - - - 2,528,136 - - - 2,528,136 -

Total operating expenses 1,601,269 880,671 778,183 7,361,390 872,369 69,004 398,114 11,961,000 1,274,750

Operating income (loss) 956,304 (34,386) (128,757) 997,397 497,979 45,361 35,350 2,369,248 (68,416)

Nonoperating revenues (expenses):

Investment earnings 87,660 9,142 7,881 659,005 93,015 28,540 3,620 888,863 139,727

Taxes and assessments - - 120,000 - - - - 120,000 -

Connection charges - - - 126,619 26,559 - - 153,178 -

Other revenues 1,665 11,970 400 80,360 47,000 170 - 141,565 -

Interest expense and agent fees (128,323) (5,323) (20,886) (13,514) (44,685) - - (212,731) -

Total nonoperating revenues (expenses) (38,998) 15,789 107,395 852,470 121,889 28,710 3,620 1,090,875 139,727

Income (loss) before

contributions and transfers 917,306 (18,597) (21,362) 1,849,867 619,868 74,071 38,970 3,460,123 71,311

Capital contributions - - - 324,416 165,570 - - 489,986 -

Transfers in - - - 60,000 - - - 60,000 -


Transfers out (525,000) - - (1,485,111) (767,519) - - (2,777,630) -

Change in net assets 392,306 (18,597) (21,362) 749,172 17,919 74,071 38,970 1,232,479 71,311

Net assets - January 1 3,499,271 1,326,578 725,435 80,934,866 34,678,515 1,483,627 58,435 122,706,727 1,020,945

Net assets - December 31 3,891,577$ 1,307,981$ 704,073$ 81,684,038$ 34,696,434$ 1,557,698$ 97,405$ 123,939,206$ 1,092,256$


STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS

PROPRIETARY FUNDS

December 31, 2011


Municipal Municipal Sports Water & Storm

Liquor Golf Course Arena Sewer DrainageFund Fund Fund Fund Fund

Assets:

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents 1,875,932$ 47,571$ 106,366$ 13,775,310$ 1,466,887$

Special assessments receivable - - - 293,950 1,224

Accounts receivable - net 1,606 - 130,747 1,816,928 341,753

Interest receivable 2,494 - - - -

Due from other governments - - 272,854 15,097 -

Inventory 1,340,103 36,837 - 64,368 -

Prepaid items 13,766 219 - 192,674 -

Total current assets 3,233,901 84,627 509,967 16,158,327 1,809,864

Noncurrent assets:

Restricted cash with fiscal agent 309,518 - - - -

Deferred special assessments - - - - 9,375

Deferred charges 44,759 - 5,359 - 29,165

Due from other funds - - - 840,616 -

Capital assets:

Land 1,179,183 991,179 2,000 1,706,821 1,579,077

Buildings and structures 3,423,320 294,496 3,193,129 8,269,633 -

Other improvements 25,000 385,269 65,389 78,466,161 42,943,227

Furniture and equipment 250,732 700,501 172,232 3,113,042 90,562

Construction in progress 1,875 390,557 24,850 1,200,796 678,857

Less: Accumulated depreciation (859,160) (1,182,491) (1,989,466) (27,297,449) (9,646,780)

Capital assets, net 4,020,950 1,579,511 1,468,134 65,459,004 35,644,943

Total noncurrent assets 4,375,227 1,579,511 1,473,493 66,299,620 35,683,483 Total assets 7,609,128$ 1,664,138$ 1,983,460$ 82,457,947$ 37,493,347$

Liabilities:

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable 553,635$ 23,809$ 20,506$ 131,213$ 49,562$

Contracts payable - 146,846 - 185,269 701

Accrued wages payable 44,235 10,768 20,397 53,063 -

Accrued interest payable 10,111 2,506 1,267 5,429 6,107

Due to other governmental units 51,778 5 14,763 22,254 5,543

Long term liabilities due within one year 188,320 49,691 129,500 267,800 225,000

Total current liabilities 848,079 233,625 186,433 665,028 286,913

Noncurrent liabilities:

Compensated absences payable 111,983 80,823 42,728 197,609 -

Net Other Post-Employment Benefits Obligation 30,809 13,425 9,110 59,072 -

Due to other funds - - 840,616 - -

Capital lease payable - 77,975 - - -

Bonds payable - noncurrent portion 2,915,000 - 330,000 120,000 2,735,000

Less amounts due within one year (188,320) (49,691) (129,500) (267,800) (225,000)

Total noncurrent liabilities 2,869,472 122,532 1,092,954 108,881 2,510,000

Total liabilities 3,717,551 356,157 1,279,387 773,909 2,796,913

Street Light Total Internal

Cemetery Utility Enterprise ServiceFund Fund Funds Funds

678,873$ 25,214$ 17,976,153$ 3,334,889$

- - 295,174

- 105,033 2,396,067 -

- - 2,494 -

- - 287,951 -

- - 1,441,308 -

- - 206,659 115,213

678,873 130,247 22,605,806 3,450,102

- - 309,518 -

- - 9,375 -

- - 79,283 -

- - 840,616 -

358,187 - 5,816,447 -

- - 15,180,578 -

640,404 - 122,525,450 -

- - 4,327,069 -

- - 2,296,935 -

(117,280) - (41,092,626) -

881,311 - 109,053,853 -

881,311 - 110,292,645 - 1,560,184$ 130,247$ 132,898,451$ 3,450,102$

2,486$ 31,951$ 813,162$ 15,595$

- - 332,816 -

- - 128,463 -

- - 25,420 -

- 891 95,234 -

- - 860,311 1,167,794

2,486 32,842 2,255,406 1,183,389

- - 433,143 2,342,251

- - 112,416 -

- - 840,616 -

- - 77,975 -

- - 6,100,000 -

- - (860,311) (1,167,794)

- - 6,703,839 1,174,457

2,486 32,842 8,959,245 2,357,846

Net assets:

Invested in capital assets, net of debt 1,105,950 1,501,536 1,138,134 65,339,004 34,232,074

Restricted:

Future debt service 309,518 - - - -

Unrestricted 2,476,109 (193,555) (434,061) 16,345,034 464,360

Total net assets 3,891,577 1,307,981 704,073 81,684,038 34,696,434

Total Liabilities and Net Assets 7,609,128$ 1,664,138$ 1,983,460$ 82,457,947$ 37,493,347$

881,311 - 104,198,009 -

- - 309,518 -

676,387 97,405 19,431,679 1,092,256

1,557,698 97,405 123,939,206 1,092,256

1,560,184$ 130,247$ 132,898,451$ 3,450,102$

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St. Josephs Church in Rosemount will be holding a memorial Mass at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1 for Peter Hausmann on the fifth an-niversary of his death. Hausmann died in the In-terstate 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis in 2007. He is remembered as a strong and faithful member of the Catholic community of St. Joseph in Rosemount. His efforts, along with his wife, Helen, led to the build-ing of a church in Kisii, Kenya, and provided edu-cation for children whose parents died of AIDS. While Hausmanns ca-reer was in computer pro-gramming, his heart led

Minnesota and raised their four children Justina, An-drew, David and Theresa who remember well the depth of their fathers love for the Kisii people and their culture. He was never out of things to do, Hausmanns oldest son, Andrew, said. How selfless he was, how much he cared about others, how much he sacrificed we will remember him for all of that. The night of the bridge collapse, Hausmann was heading to St. Louis Park to pick up a friend for din-ner when the bridge gave way. He phoned Helen dur-ing rush hour traffic on the bridge and was not heard from again. It was later de-termined that Hausmann died attempting to save the life of another. All are welcome to at-tend the Mass.

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