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Wag N Wash opens in EaganBaked goods for dogs are among the offerings at this newly opened business.

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Eagan boys bolt past foesThe Eagan boys swim team made waves at the section meet to qualify state entrants in 12 events.

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Terrace Oaks Park restoration underway Invasive trees removed from northwest corner to restore oak savanna by John Gessner

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Steve Thomforde pic-tures a blanket and a pic-nic basket in an oak woods once so choked with inva-sive trees and shrubs you could barely wander in. The setting is Burns-ville’s Terrace Oaks Park West, where last week crews finished hauling away 22 semitrailer loads of wood chips from the of-fending species. It’s part of a multi-year process to return the northwest corner of the 230-acre park to its origi-nal state as an oak savan-na, a rare and threatened habitat in Minnesota. “When I can come here and there’s a family on a blanket having a picnic, that’s success,” said Thom-forde, an ecologist and

project manager for St. Paul-based Great River Greening.

There’s more work to do. Buckthorn control, seeding of native grasses

and wildflowers and con-trolled burns are planned over the next couple of

years. Burnsville approached Great River Greening, which has worked with more than 600 public and private partners on land stewardship, to take a crack at Terrace Oaks, lo-cated east of County Road 11 and south of Burnsville Parkway. The nonprofit ac-cepted, securing $76,000 in grant funding from the Minnesota Outdoor Heri-tage Fund. The target area is 19 accessible acres of Terrace Oaks that includes the rolling park’s cross country ski chalet. “We chose to focus on this area because we have a lot of oaks that have sur-vived so far,” said Caleb Ashling, the city’s natural resources technician. “It

This hillside of oak trees is in a section of Terrace Oaks Park West that’s newly cleared of invasive species. (City of Burnsville photo)

Close shave at Byrne

Students at William Byrne Elementary in Burnsville got a surprise Feb. 27 when Principal Lyle Bomsta had his head shaved during an assembly marking the end of the school’s first Read-a-Thon fundraiser. Students notched 55,000 minutes of outside reading during February, which is I Love to Read Month, and raised $9,148 in pledges — nearly twice the school’s $5,000 goal. Byrne parent and PTO member Jeannie Trussell did the shaving, leaving Bomsta with a buzz cut. (Photo by John Gessner)

Mentors making a difference Volunteers paired with students in

District 196 by Jessica Harper


On a Friday afternoon, Deena Mahowald and 11-year-old Talia Jolliff sit by the small koi pond at Parkview Elementary School in Lakeville to work on math problems and talk about the day. Mahowald is more than a tutor. For Talia, Ma-howald is a role model, a grandmother figure and a friend. The Farming-ton resident is one of four volunteer mentors in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District. The program, which is operated by Apple Valley nonprofit Kids ’n Kin-ship, pairs mentors with students in grades K-5 who have been referred by a teacher or school social worker. Children are referred for a variety of reasons ranging from poor aca-demic performance to is-sues at home, said Patsy Ryan, a social worker at Westview Elementary in Apple Valley. “Sometimes they just need a trusted adult to spend time with,” Ryan

said. “It’s nice to have someone special of their own to depend on.” Having that special per-son to spend quality time with was something Talia yearned for. As a single mother caring for Talia and her 6-year-old broth-er, who has special needs, her mother, Tia, said she often struggled to give Talia the one-on-one time she needed. Frustrated, Talia began to act out and her school work suffered. Two years ago she was

matched with Mahowald through the school-based program. “The attention helps give her another outlet,” Tia Jolliff said. “They are able to go places like the county fair and do things that are hard for me to find time for.” During the summer and occasional weekends, Mahowald and Talia bake cookies and other treats, work on craft projects and

Farmington resident Deena Mahowald has mentored 11-year-old Talia Jolliff for two years through Kids ’n Kinship’s school-based program. The two meet every Fri-day at Parkview Elementary. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

Sculptures to honor community service $130,000 project

planned forurban park

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK

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A second sculpture project, inspired by the spirit of community ser-vice, is planned for the showcase urban park in Burnsville’s Heart of the City. Fundraising is under-way for “Ascent Foun-tain,” a two-piece installa-tion planned for the west end of the streaming water feature in Nicollet Com-mons Park. The art will be book-ended on the other end of the stream by the bronze “Centrifuge” sculpture in-stalled 11 years ago. The Burnsville Com-munity Foundation has

already raised a third of the $130,000 needed for the public-art project, said

Mary Jo DeLise, vice pres-ident of fundraising. The nonprofit is aiming for a

spring 2016 installation. Plans call for a 16-foot-high pool sculpture with

three oversized eagles cast in bronze and mounted on a stainless steel trellis. A decorative ring of over-sized bronze fish will circle the base of the sculpture. A series of water jets will spray 10-foot streams from the base — creating, according to the sculptor, Foster Willey — sound and movement to enhance the artwork. A smaller piece is planned for the garden next to the pool. It will also feature a sculpted bronze eagle, atop a 6-foot stone pedestal. It will car-ry a plaque with the name of the late Kenneth J. Slip-ka, a longtime Burnsville resident and former foun-dation president. A philanthropist, civic leader and Burnsville busi-ness owner, Slipka died at

This is a rendering of the sculptures planned for the lower court of Nicollet Commons Park in Burnsville. The sculptor is Minneapolis artist Foster Willey. (City of Burns-ville)

Street projects teedup in Burnsville

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


Parts of three Burns-ville thoroughfares will undergo pavement reha-bilitation this year, and ag-ing streets will be rebuilt in the Leisure Estates area. The City Council set the stage for a busy con-

struction season March 3, approving plans, specifica-tions and bid orders for several projects. Pavement rehab is set for Nicollet Avenue from Highway 13 to just north of McAndrews Road, Burnsville Parkway from

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Not just food at 360 CommunitiesWhile a person may come to 360 Communities for food assistance, the nonprofit aims to help with other areas of need.

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Music during wartimeA concert at the Lakeville Area Arts Center features compositions written during or just after World War II.

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Inside this edition is a notice for proposed code enforcement assessments in the city of Burnsville.

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by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


Dog owners now have a place to groom their pooch, buy a cake for their four-legged friend’s birthday and shop for pet food. Wag N Wash Pet Food and Bakery opened its first Minnesota store last month in Eagan. Unlike most other pet supply stores, the Colorado-based franchise offers self-service stations that allow owners to bathe their dog with professional groom-ing equipment. Each sta-tion is equipped with a grooming sink, shampoo, towels and aprons. Stations are available on a first-come first serve basis. Prices range from $14 to $20, depending on the type of shampoo se-lected. Wag N Wash also offers full-service groom-ing by appointment, which ranges in price from $30 to $75. Dog lovers who enjoy celebrating their pooch’s birthday can purchase cakes, cupcakes and cookies specially made for man’s best-friend. The company’s baked goods are all made on site with many of the same ingredi-ents as traditional cakes. The cakes are safe for hu-man consumption, but are bland, Clark Karndt,

the location’s owner and an Apple Valley resident, said. “More and more peo-ple are celebrating their pets’ birthdays and things like that,” he said. “Pets have truly become part of the family.” Karndt’s own golden-doodle, Greta, is not only a valued member of his family but also part of the business, accompanying him to work every day. The company was founded 15 years ago as a self-serve dog groom-

ing business, and recently expanded into pet food and baked goods. Wag N Wash offers 12 varieties of grain-free, raw and by-product-free pet foods as well as treats and toys. Last year, Karndt left his 20-year corporate ca-reer to start his own busi-ness. Karndt, a dog owner himself, said he became interested in opening a Wag N Wash due to its array of services and it would allow him to be closely involved in the business.

“I was really impressed with the company, and I wanted to be involved. I didn’t want to be an ab-sentee owner,” he said. The store – located at 1960 Cliff Lake Road – will be celebrating a grand opening March 7 and 8 that will include samples, refreshments, prizes and a free professional photo of attendees and their pets. Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Eagan business offers self dog washing services

Eagan Wag N Wash Food and Bakery owner Clark Karndt’s goldendoodle, Greta, often greets customers at the store. The Colorado-based franchise offers self-serve and professional grooming services, baked goods, food and toys for pets. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

Teresa’s to open in Diffley Marketplace by Jessica Harper


Diffley Marketplace in Eagan will soon include a Mexican restaurant. The Eagan City Coun-cil unanimously approved a planned development amendment March 3 that will allow Teresa’s Mexi-can Restaurant to open a

new 180-seat location at 1008 Diffley Road. The council previously approved a planned de-velopment amendment to allow for a 123-seat 5,580-square-foot restau-rant. Teresa’s expressed an interest in adding seating to ensure profitability, said Rick Plessner of Inland Real Estate.

Several council mem-bers expressed concerns about parking but ulti-mately agreed to pass the proposal. “I feel the market will correct itself if it is under parked,” Council Member Paul Bakken said. “Some tenants will have to ad-just.” Plessner noted the res-

taurant will be able to share parking with neigh-boring buildings that have excess parking or whose peak business hours differ from the restaurant.

Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Burnsville approves transfer of cable franchise The good news for Burnsville cable subscrib-ers is they could keep their number if they use cable phone service. But those with email accounts would be getting new addresses. Those are among the myriad details of transfer-ring ownership of Burns-ville’s cable franchise to a new company. The City Council ap-proved measures March 3 that extend the franchise by 18 months and transfer ownership from Comcast, the nation’s largest cable provider, to a new com-pany, GreatLand Connec-tions. The last franchise agreement with Comcast, approved 15 years ago, ex-pired March 3. As part of its proposed merger with Time War-ner, the nation’s second-largest provider, Comcast is divesting large chunks of its subscriber base by selling some of its systems to Charter Communica-tions or spinning them off

to GreatLand. All 550,000 Comcast customers in Min-nesota would go to Great-Land under an agreement with Charter, which would manage and own a third of the new company. Comcast shareholders would own two-thirds of the company. The deal remains con-tingent upon Federal Com-munications Commission approval of the Comcast-Time Warner merger. Burnsville’s franchise extension will continue through August 2016 as the city and Comcast/Great-Land negotiate a longer franchise period of at least 10 years. Cable services would switch from Comcast’s Xfinity brand to Charter’s Spectrum brand, according to a city staff report. Those “@comcast.net” email suf-fixes would also go away, though email would be automatically forwarded to new addresses for “an ample period of time,” the report said. It’s uncertain

whether the email domain would be owned by Charter or GreatLand. Customer bills would eventually come from GreatLand. Subscribers won’t have to switch equipment, ac-cording to the city. Custom-er bills would eventually carry the GreatLand name. Burnsville would get a high-definition access chan-nel for local programming. It would be simulcast with a standard-definition chan-nel. The local system will continue to have six public, education and government access channels. The PEG channels will be included in on-screen programming guides. The Burnsville council voted 4-0 to approve the transfer, the franchise ex-tension and conditions for franchise operation. Council Member Mary Sherry abstained, saying she owns 13 shares of Com-cast Corp.

— John Gessner

Ex-employee allegedly behind Dollar Tree holdup Two men, including a former employee, are charged in the gunpoint robbery of an employee of the Dollar Tree store in Burnsville. The men are accused of stealing $2,134 in daily re-ceipts from a Dollar Tree employee as he left the store at 10:17 p.m. on Jan. 2. The ex-employee, Dennis Owen Whitaker, hatched the idea to rob the store because he and his fiancee were behind on his rent at Grande Market Place apartments in Burns-ville, his cousin and alleged accomplice told police. Whitaker, 26, is charged with first-degree aggra-vated robbery. The cousin, Deon Sinkfield, committed the holdup with a .45-cali-ber handgun, after which Whitaker picked him up

in his vehicle, according to criminal complaints. Sinkfield, 25, of Rich-field, is charged with first-degree aggravated robbery and being a felon in pos-session of a firearm. He was convicted of felony do-mestic assault in December 2013, his complaint said. Burnsville police iden-tified the vehicle, a white Suburban, on surveillance video. An officer pulled the vehicle over on Jan. 17, complaints said. Whitaker was driving and was ques-tioned about the vehicle’s appearance at Dollar Tree, 14101 Aldrich Ave. S., at the time of the robbery. Police also obtained surveillance video from Grande Market Place showing Whitaker and Sinkfield in the elevator at 10:26 p.m. on Jan. 2, short-ly after the alleged robbery,

complaints said. Questioned at his home, Sinkfield said the rob-bery was Whitaker’s idea. Whitaker had worked at Dollar Tree a year and a half ago, his fiancee told police. Sinkfield told police he “robbed the Dollar Tree to help his family members pay their rent,” complaints said. He said he didn’t point the handgun at two em-ployees leaving the store that night but racked the slide to scare them, caus-ing a bullet to fall to the ground. A male employee who had the money inside his jacket dropped it after Sinkfield racked the gun. A Dollar Tree customer found a .45-caliber bullet in the parking lot the next morning, complaints said.

— John Gessner

Lakeville twins to open IditarodCarlie and Chloe Beatty to ride in ceremonial

start of legendary dogsled race Identical twins Carlie and Chloe Beatty of Lakeville will be riding March 7 in the ceremonial start of Iditarod – the leg-endary long-distance Alas-ka dogsled race. The chance to ride in the race came after the twins’ mother, Cheri Beatty, con-tacted Anna and Kristy Berington, another pair of dogsled racing twins who live in Alaska and were featured on an episode of HGTV’s “Living Alaska” that Cheri Beatty saw. After a string of corre-spondence, the Beringtons invited the Beattys to visit their dog yard in Knik, Alaska. In June 2014, the Beat-tys went on a dry-land ride with Anna Berington, who has participated in many races in the past several years. “Carlie and Chloe were enlightened by the visit and said they wanted to run the Iditarod someday to show all girls that they can follow their dreams anywhere,” Cheri Beatty said. They didn’t think a chance to be involved in the Iditarod would happen so soon, but after they ar-rived home from Alaska, the Beringtons asked the

Beattys if they would like to ride behind them in the ceremonial start through downtown Fairbanks. They accepted the in-vite and they can be seen on the livestream replay of the start at iditarod.com/iditarod-42-ceremonial-start-replay. The Beatty girls fell in love with dogsledding at the age of 10 when their parents took them on their first ride. Without a dog-mush-ing team of their own, it seemed unlikely that the sport would be part of their future. The girls saved money to buy harnesses, bought a small sled at a garage sale, and began training their two cocker spaniels to pull the sled. “They were relent-less drill sergeants and quickly found that treats thoroughly advanced their plan,” Cheri Beatty said. The dogs gained some weight and started pulling things in the sled around the yard. Cheri Beatty said peo-ple couldn’t help but take note of their determina-tion as their love of the sport didn’t fade over the years. They took many recre-

ational dogsledding trips to northern Minnesota and got their own team of six dogs. The whole family be-came involved in the sport as they added two more dogs to the team. While the twins’ moth-er, father and brother en-dured many mishaps while training the dogs, the girls showed an aptitude for flying around bends and over hills – remaining per-fectly poised, balanced, and acutely at one with the dogs, Cheri Beatty said. “The twins don’t just keep their equilibrium on a sled, they are driven to bal-ance schoolwork, horse-back riding, and competi-tive gymnastics as well,” she said. “There’s very little social media time for the girls which makes them atypical in this world of technology.” The twins recently gave a presentation at their old school, Lakeview Elemen-tary, in the hopes of inspir-ing other young people to pursue their dreams. More about the Beat-tys is at themushingmam-ablog.wordpress.com. More about the Bering-tons is at www.seeingdou-blesleddogracing.com.

– Tad Johnson

Identical twins Carlie and Chloe Beatty of Lakeville will be riding March 7 in the ceremonial start of Iditarod – the legendary long-distance Alaska dogsled race. (Photo submitted)


Fed up with insufficientlyconservative John Kline To the editor: A couple of months back, former state Rep. Ken Wolf advised a read-er to get off U.S. Rep. John Kline’s back for not being conservative enough. Wolf stated that the newspaper always had a number of letters prais-ing his challenger, Mike Obermueller, a Democrat who lost in his bids to un-seat Kline. While I have tremen-dous respect for Wolf and for the legislation that he passed while in the state office, as well as his un-flinching consistency, I do disagree with him on this letter, and here is why. When it comes to bud-get issues, Kline has voted no differently than Keith Ellison or Rick Nolan. Most thinking Americans can realize that Barack Obama and his Democrat party are seeking to steer America toward a social-ist agenda or worse. But it is the Republicans who mask themselves as differ-ent than Democrats who

have become laughable. Kline voted for both bailouts (which will have a terrible future price for our debt) and he voted for the latest budget in De-cember. The only problem with the budget is nobody read the bill before voting on it. I have called Kline’s office for his thoughts on the FCC taking over the Internet, with no response and no return phone call. I have called repeatedly over the last few years ask-ing why the congressman refuses to do his consti-tutional duty when he re-sists attempts to impeach Obama for impeachable offenses against the Con-stitution, including Beng-hazi, the IRS being told to target conservatives groups, bypassing Con-gress on laws and more. I am told by his office that he is concentrating on more important things like jobs. More important things than violations of the Constitution? That says it all. And that, Wolf, is why we the constituents are fed up.

JOHN ADAMSBurnsville

Toxic Free Kids Act aims to improve safetyTo the editor: I may be Marvel Com-ics’ first grandmother with super powers. As with many super heroes, my super powers fully emerged after a cataclys-mic brush with death … after a nearly fatal brain aneurysm hemorrhage. My super power? Due to severe reactions to many chemicals, while walking down the middle of the street I can sniff out toxic fumes from homes in my neighbor-hood. With my eyes shut I can identify people laced with toxic fragrance chemicals. Malls should fear me, because from the corridor I can lead the au-thorities to stores selling toxic products. But life with super powers isn’t easy. I become physically ill from exposure to chemi-cal toxins everywhere … fitness clubs, grocery stores, concerts, furniture stores, malls, theaters, and church. But I’m not alone. An estimated 30 percent of people experience negative health impacts

from others’ fragrance chemicals — migraines, dizziness, respiratory dis-tress, impaired thinking. Because “fragrances” are protected under “trade secret” laws, we are un-aware of the presence of chemicals like phthalates, known endocrine disrup-tors linked with cancer, reduced fertility, male birth defects, kidney and liver damage. Exposure prenatally is associated with negative neurobe-havioral effects in boys. I worry that my grand-children are also affected by invisible toxic chemi-cals they cannot escape. According to EPA esti-mates, infants up to age 2 are 10 times more vul-nerable to carcinogenic chemicals than adults. By age 2, babies have ac-cumulated 50 percent of their life-time cancer risk. This horrifies me. Our Department of Health has recommended that nine toxic chemicals no longer be allowed to re-main hidden in children’s products. Under the Toxic Free Kids Act, manufac-turers would have to make this information public. Currently, many of these toxic chemicals are found in children’s toys, jewelry, baby shampoo, lotion, plastics, textiles, and fur-niture. Please urge your rep-resentatives to vote for the Toxic Free Kids Act, which is currently before the Minnesota Legisla-ture. Parents should have the right to know, because not every kid has a grand-

ma with superpowers. SANDRA STENBERG BIRDSALLBurnsville

District 191, referendum ‘troubling’ To the editor: The near-banner head-line in the Feb. 27 edition announced “Voters say ‘yes’ in District 191” to ex-pand the Burnsville High School building. That headline was accurate, but when one considers that only 12 percent of, or 4,793, voters cast bal-lots from approximately 40,000 eligible voters re-siding in School District 191, that is disgraceful. Even more disgraceful, only about 3,000 voters cast affirmative ballots to pass this $90 million building and technology abomination on to many thousands more hom-eowners. The district and School Board set up the election in their favor by sched-uling it in late February when they could count on voters staying home because of inclement weather. As important as these elections are, such bonds and levies should be scheduled for the No-vember elections, when many more voters show up at the polls. The School Board chairman stated that the election would have “a profound and positive effect on our school dis-trict for years to come.”

The election will certainly have a profound effect on senior citizens such as my wife and I, who survive on a fixed income from So-cial Security. I estimate it will raise school taxes on my home by $155-plus per year. A succinct letter from Ralph Yarwood, of Ea-gan, was printed on Feb. 13. He explained how a previous multimillion-dollar remodeling elimi-nated some classrooms, but he then added that more classrooms are ap-parently now needed. When he “asked Superin-tendent Joe Gothard how many open classroom hours currently exist, he did not have an answer.” Yarwood stated, “How much is enough?” When he asked Gothard “how long this proposed levy would forestall additional levy requests,” Gothard “refused commitment.” Why do this district and board feel they are not required to be ac-countable to the taxpay-er? The track record of District 191 is question-able, if you consider the boondoggle of the Senior Campus on the Parkway years ago (the campus will now be eliminated) and the inexplicable pay-ment of more than a quarter-million dollars to terminate the contract of Tania Chance. My wife and I love our home, our neighborhood and our equally beauti-ful, friendly city. We very much trust our mayor

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360 Communities starts conversations that lead to greater impacts

New secretary of state wants more Minnesotans to vote

by Sal MondelliSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Early in February, Beth walked into 360 Communities Burnsville Family Re-source Center for a food shelf appoint-ment. Like all first-time food shelf cus-tomers in Burnsville, she met with one of our staff to have a conversation about her situation. Financial Support Worker Natalie Schmidgall completed a financial screen-ing to uncover any other barriers to self-sufficiency Beth could be facing. Natalie found that Beth, a single mother of two and a homeowner, had fallen into fore-closure. Her father had been living with her family and helping with finances, but he had moved out of the house. Then she lost her job. She continued to make her mortgage payments, but the financial strain made it impossible to keep up with insurance and home association fees. In order to keep her home, she would need to come up with about $3,500 to become current and stop the foreclosure process. When it comes to the individuals and families we serve, hunger is merely a symptom of larger issues. Volunteers

and staff at 360 Communities’ network of five food shelves in Apple Valley, Burnsville, Farmington, Lakeville, and Rosemount are aware of the complexity of a person’s hunger crisis. An estimated 30,000 Dakota County residents, includ-ing our food shelf customers, are expe-riencing poverty. And for many, poverty presents itself in multiple ways: poverty of nutrition, poverty of housing, poverty of safety, and poverty of support sys-tems, to name several. A food emergency situation allows 360 Communities to start the conversa-tion with our food shelf customers so that we can fully understand their needs, and then see if there are ways we can help them with additional resources and pro-grams. In their conversation, Beth told Nata-

lie that she had already reached out to other agencies, but was unable to get help with her housing situation. Natalie asked more questions and discovered that Beth was an Army veteran and had been deployed overseas during the 1990s. Natalie connected Beth with Dakota County Veteran Services and helped her apply for a grant through the State Sol-dier’s Assistance Program. The grant is in place to help qualified veterans with shelter, catastrophic loss, or utilities. Nat-alie helped Beth ensure all the paperwork and proper documentation was submit-ted and Beth has been interviewed by the program. If approved, the grant could help her avoid foreclosure. Beth’s story is another instance where 360 Communities was able to help a food shelf customer beyond food. But emer-gency food is where the conversation started about how to help Beth on her journey back to self-sufficiency. You can help 360 Communities start more conver-sations by supporting our food shelves during the Minnesota FoodShare March Campaign. This annual food drive ben-efits about 300 food shelves across the state, including 360 Communities’ net-

work of five food shelves. Throughout the month of March, you have an op-portunity to increase the impact of your food donations that help families like Beth’s. 360 Communities would like to raise $75,000 and 75,000 pounds of food dur-ing this campaign, enough to feed 22,500 people for a week. For every $10 donat-ed, we can purchase $30 worth of gro-ceries with our access to discount food programs. In addition, every donation to our food shelves in the month of March, food or money, will generate a larger portion of Minnesota FoodShare’s grant distribution for 360 Communities, fur-ther stretching the impact of your gift. With 360 Communities, we can do more with your food shelf donations. We can change lives and strengthen commu-nities.

Sal Mondelli is President & CEO of 360 Communities, a Dakota County nonprofit that provides hope and support to people by preventing violence, ensuring school success, and promoting long-term self-sufficiency. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

by Don HeinzmanSUN THISWEEK


Did you vote in the last general elec-tion? If your answer is yes, congratulations. If it is no, Secretary of State Steve Simon has some ideas to make voting easier for you. It’s true that Minnesota usually is among the top voter-turnout states for the general elections, but the turnout for last year’s primary election was 10 per-cent. Simon figures the turnout would be much greater if the primary election date were pushed back from August to June. As a former 10-year legislator, he knows that changing the date won’t be easy. He says the turnout is low in August because “Minnesotans try to squeeze ev-ery drop out of summer, when there isn’t much interest in an election campaign.”

Legislators, particularly outstate, worry if the election were in June, they’d miss out on campaigning for re-election. Si-mon says those legislators get a lot of press and attention from would-be voters when they are in session. Simon said he intends to introduce legislation to move the primary date to June this session. He says the idea has the support of new House Speaker Kurt Daudt and Gov. Mark Dayton. The new secretary of state also wants to change the law to have earlier voting

two weeks before the election. Last fall when there was early, no-excuse absentee voting two weeks before the election, there was a 55 percent in-crease in absentee voting. The next step could be earlier voting. Earlier-voting bills have been intro-duced in both the Minnesota House and Senate. Simon points out that 32 states, including the neighboring ones, have ear-lier voting. Another initiative the new secretary favors is ability to register to vote when getting a driver’s license. In Delaware, for example, the law requires the registrant be asked directly if they wish to register to vote when applying for a driver’s li-cense. On the matter of recounts, Simon be-lieves Minnesota is better prepared for recounts than any state. His election to secretary of state con-tinues his political climb that started in

Hopkins High School, where he was a member of the high school debate team and a state champion in extemporaneous speaking. The teacher in Hopkins who gave him valuable advice and encouragement was Phil Abalan. Another teacher who re-members him is Ken Wedding, a social studies teacher, now retired in North-field. Wedding predicted that Simon would be successful in politics because political ideas excited him and the stu-dents respected him. Simon wants Minnesotans to know he will work with anyone of any political affiliation, from any part of the state, to protect, defend and strengthen the right to vote in Minnesota. Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers. He can be reached through [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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and City Council, but the machinations of District 191 and its superinten-dent are extremely trou-blesome.

CHUCK ERICKSONBurnsville

Appalled that letter was published To the editor: I am appalled that the newspaper published the letter by Thomas Carlson on Feb. 26/27. We have lost so much as Americans because of fear and anger over the last decade and a half, and I think we all have to be diligent before spreading more of it, and news outlets should take on a greater responsibil-ity for protecting the pub-lic from this kind of fear mongering. Within 10 minutes of

searching the school’s web-site I found the exact ma-terials in question in this letter, as well as the read-ing materials about Chris-tianity that will be taught during the same unit. This article begins in the same way as the reading materi-als on Islam: “One of the greatest religions of the world is Christianity.” The materials were not allowed to go home, but clearly any parent can ac-cess the material if they want to (since I did with-out even having a child in that school, let alone in that class), so no one is “hiding” anything “from mom and dad.” If there is anything to be upset about in this story it is that religion (not a specific religion) is being taught in school. I buy that as a legitimate concern, although I am personally glad to see that students are learning about all three of the ma-jor monotheistic religions

of the world. Much like Mr. Carlson, when people only have half truths they come to wrong conclu-sions, and when religion is involved there are often dire consequences. I hope in the future the newspaper is more dili-gent about the letters they choose to publish. We do not need more division in this country, we need knowledge and under-standing. Information is the best way to fight fear.

MALEENIA MOHABIRRosemount

Trails are not a shared vision To the editor: If a private business ripped a road through one of the last remain-ing forest areas in Dakota County, there would be outrage. This week I vis-ited Spring Lake Park. When I saw the damage I let out a shriek, which

startled my companion. A huge swath of forest had been clear cut. This devel-opment approach in our regional parks is expen-sive, does not have shared vision and is ecologically reckless. Costs. The county now has approved mas-ter plans for 85.5 miles of “Greenway” trails at a total estimated cost of $83,416,678. If the board approves the Lebanon Hills Master Plan, this figure climbs to more than $86 million. Legacy funding should not be used on projects that have net negative environmen-tal impacts. We voted for the Legacy to protect land not clear cut forest. Dakota County taxpay-ers may already be on the hook for $3.4 million of maintenance costs every year from current planned development. Lack of shared vision. The Eagan Core Green-way, the Sierra Club and

the Audubon Society have come out against this de-velopment approach in Lebanon Hills. I heard the county received more than 600 comments. A handful of engineers, con-sultants and politicians do not own this land. This is our shared legacy to protect. We are obliged to protect land for future generations. Natural Resources. There are serious ques-tions about natural re-sources checks and bal-ances in this process. I, like most Dakota County residents, once trusted government to be good land stewards. I assumed that the county had strong environmental re-view. I no longer believe this is the case. We do not need flat as-phalt traffic lanes through our last remaining open space in Dakota County. Keep Lebanon Hills af-fordable today and to-morrow while leaving a

little other habitat for other life forms.

LAURA HEDLUNDEagan

Corrections Due to incorrect in-formation supplied to the newspaper, the incorrect meeting sponsor was cited in the Feb. 26 story “Kline meets with area franchise owners.” The sponsor was the Coalition to Save Lo-cal Businesses, not the In-ternational Franchise As-sociation. A story last week in-correctly stated the Lake-ville Area School Board is meeting with a consultant March 17 to discuss a po-tential capital levy and/or operating levy. The cor-rect date of the meeting is March 19 at 6 p.m. at the Crystal Lake Education Center, 16250 Ipava Av-enue, Lakeville. The news-paper regrets the error.

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Snyder addresses concerns

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


About 30 people turned out to Lakeview Elementa-ry’s March 2 PTO meeting when District 194 Superin-tendent Lisa Snyder fielded comments, questions and concerns about key district initiatives: Impact Acad-emy and bring-your-own device (BYOD). Concerns were first raised about the initiatives during a Facebook conver-sation that prompted Sny-der to suggest she and key staff members discuss the concerns at the meeting. BYOD is the district’s iLearn 2.0 pilot at Christi-na Huddleston Elementary and Orchard Lake Elemen-tary that requires parents to supply their students with electronic devices the students bring to school for classwork. The district provides

some devices for low-in-come students. Impact Academy, the district’s alternative learn-ing system in its second school year, meets in Or-chard Lake Elementary where the rest of the school operates with a traditional teaching model. Impact Academy re-places rows of desks with spacious areas populated with comfy furniture and groups students by ability level instead of age. The district is planning to spend about $500,000 to move Impact Academy to its own school building or a leased space in 2016-17 school year, and a study is underway to determine a site. Orchard Lake Principal Marilynn Smith said the elementary is designed as a “very traditional school with compartments for kids.” She said construction work is needed to turn it into a “21st century envi-ronment that we can actu-

ally implement the model in.” Snyder said some of the district’s other elementary schools are designed in a manner that is more con-ducive that allows for the Impact Academy model, but the district has not built capacity for the pro-gram in a different school. Moving Impact Acad-emy into another school would also require redraw-ing school boundaries, which Snyder said would not be received well by the public. Smith said if they make Impact Academy the only option at OLE, surveys indicate about 25 percent of the families there would leave for another school. Snyder said the School Board could either re-draw boundaries and as-sign those students a new school or, more likely, al-low families to follow the district’s process for an in-district transfer to another school. Parents cited concerns

they would be responsible for providing their child’s transportation to and from school. School Board Member Terry Lind said school dis-tricts are more competitive than in the past and have to provide educational choic-es or face losing students. Snyder said Impact Academy introduces a choice for families, describ-ing Impact Academy’s teaching model as one that is “very much aligned“ to what business and future-ready literature predicts the kinds of skills and dispositions students will need to find jobs, including the ability to self-direct and collaboration and commu-nication skills. “We’re trying to create a much more active learning environment where they’re learning how to use the tools of today responsibly and for learning, not just for games and social me-dia,” Snyder said. Parents also questioned how well students are

learning under the Impact Academy model. Parents cited test results on SchoolDigger.com that show Orchard Lake’s stu-dents test scores have fallen since Impact Academy was implemented, and the school is well below high-performers Eastview, Lake Marion and Lakeview. The parents asked why the district would not want to model Orchard Lake on things those schools are doing. Snyder said when such changes are implemented, it always takes three to five years to look at trends and start seeing positive growth. “Almost any time you start a new program, there’s an implementation dip,” Snyder said. “We ex-perienced that this past year and that is really nor-mal because when things are changing and people are uncertain, there’s a psy-chological impact on all that.” Snyder added that local assessments and individual examples of students in the Impact Academy model making 1.5-2 year’s growth in one school year. Smith said they were able to close the achieve-ment gap for incoming kindergartners in Impact Academy last year and have held that now that those students are midway through first grade. “That’s a big differ-ence,” Smith said. “I don’t have that experience in my kindergarten to first grade in the traditional program. I still have a pretty signifi-cant achievement gap. So the fact that we were able to do that tells me we’re onto something.” Parent Ben Osborn said in an interview the expan-sion of Impact Academy should be delayed four to five years for the district to adequately measure academic performance be-tween the Impact Academy students and traditional model students in middle school. “The district has told us countless times that we don’t have any money, but apparently we do have money if the project is important to the superin-tendent’s agenda,” Osborn said in an email. “No cur-rent funds should be used to expand Impact Acad-emy. Residents should be allowed to vote on this ex-pansion and its operations. There isn’t enough demand to fill an entire school and test results have dipped dramatically for OLE since

they implemented Impact Academy.” Parents also cited con-cerns about BYOD, which asks families to provide their students with their own devices, like an iPad or Galaxy tablet, that they bring to school. In an interview, Lakev-iew parent Dan Edgar called the initiative “a si-lent technology levy for parents,” that increases their cost to send their chil-dren to school in District 194. Lakeview Elementary parent Karl Student also said the district should provide devices that are stored on a cart and shared among classrooms so ev-eryone has the same equip-ment and applications. He called the district purchasing devices and providing them to every student unfeasible. Student said the teach-ers would have an easier time learning one technol-ogy instead of trying to manage a variety. Technology and Data Services Director Jason Molesky called the scenar-io of teachers not knowing how to manage so many different devices his “great-est fear” when they imple-mented the iLearn 2.0 pilot about five months ago. He said an ideal scenar-io would be if all students had the same devices and the teacher could access more tools and digital re-sources that are specific to that device. “With BYOD, you are somewhat limited to web-based tools,” he said. Molesky said since it was implemented, the kids seem to be comfortable with their own devices, and do not have problems accessing the resources as their teachers direct. Snyder said she appreci-ated the parents’ interest in what the district is doing and was happy to come in, share information and lis-ten to concerns. PTO Co-Chair Ste-phie Dunford thanked the crowd of about 30 for at-tending, noting that the event drew the biggest crowd they have ever had to a PTO meeting. “We’ve never needed more chairs,” she said, in-viting more Lakeview par-ents to attend their next PTO meeting at 9 a.m. March 19.

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Plans stall for board member to observe union negotiationsIssue to return at March 19

study session by Laura Adelmann


After two failed mo-tions, the Lakeville Area School Board is taking a proposal to allow a board member to observe union negotiations back for more discussion. At a study session last month, the board ap-peared to have reached consensus that School Board Chair Michelle Volk would have the first two-year appointment to sit in on union negotia-tions with district leader-ship. A different board mem-ber was to be appointed for the next round of contracts (involving cus-todians and principals) to avoid involvement by any board member up for re-election and possibly seek-ing endorsement by the union. Board members had also tentatively agreed on strict protocols that limit-ed the board member from participating in the nego-tiations, allowing them to primarily watch and take notes. Volk and any subse-

quent member appointed to the position would also help district officials up-date other board members about the progress of the talks in meetings closed to the public. Don Sinner, Education Minnesota-Lakeville pres-ident, said the union has requested a School Board member be present during negotiations to improve communications and rela-tions with the administra-tion. “Any time you can im-prove relationships be-tween both sides of the aisle, hopefully things will work in a better manner,” he said. Volk said she expected the resolution to pass at the board’s Feb. 24 meet-ing, but two motions to forward the proposal died for lack of a second. Board Member Kathy Lewis made the first mo-tion exclusive to the pro-tocols that prescribed the board member’s role. After that motion failed, Board Member Jim Skelly motioned that Volk be appointed to the position for the 2015-2017 bargaining round as the district will be negotiating contracts for teachers and education assistants. His motion also failed to garner a second, so it

also died. “I didn’t expect it be-cause I hadn’t heard there was an issue from any-body,” Volk said in an in-terview. She said the issue will be discussed in the board’s March 19 study session. At the meeting, Skelly said the proposal may not come back for a vote if agreement cannot be reached. Sinner said the first contract negotiation meet-ings have yet to be sched-uled. “It’s very, very early in the process,” Sinner said. “The School Board still has to set their parame-ters, we still have to survey our members … and the district also surveys ad-ministration to see if there are any issues the admin-istration wants to bring to the table.” Sinner said his goal is to complete contract ne-gotiations before school starts in the fall. “We try to work cor-roboratively through this process,” Sinner said. “Hopefully, we can have productive communica-tions and move forward quickly.” Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Early childhood program open house The Early Childhood and Youth Development program at Dakota Coun-ty Technical College in Rosemount is sponsoring an open house from 1-4 p.m. Monday, March 23, in the program classroom 2-206. Anyone interested in learning more about the program and a career in early childhood education

is encouraged to attend this event. Faculty and staff will be available to answer questions. Partici-pants can tour classrooms and lab space, ask ques-tions and discuss courses with the faculty. The program students provides an opportunity to prepare for careers as preschool teachers, child-care providers, child life

assistants and more. Day, evening and online class options are available. This program also offers trans-fer options for students who wish to complete a bachelor’s degree. For more information, contact Dawn Braa at 651-423-8315 or Sharon Bergen at 651-423-8398.

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Students to participate in modern dance show In collaboration with District 191 Community Education, the Youth Dance Ensemble of Burnsville will present a Modern Dance Concert at 7 p.m. Friday, March 13. This “pay as you are able” con-cert will take place in the Mraz Center at Burnsville High School and will feature participants of the Modern Dance Proj-ect. Participants in grades seven through nine from Metcalf and Nicollet junior high schools attended the eight-week pro-gram featuring teaching artists Brian Ev-ans and Kelli Foster-Warder. During the after-school program, stu-dents learned the basics of modern dance, participated in improvised movement, and learned choreographed material that will be presented at the concert. Also scheduled to perform are Youth Dance Ensemble Junior Repertoire, Young Dance of Minneapolis, Phipps Center for the Performing Arts in Hud-son, and Deuxmensions Dance of St. Louis Park. For more information, call 952-941-5771 or visit www.ydeschool.com.

Westview students receive hands-on engineering experience Dozens of students from Westview Elementary School in Apple Valley and their families participated in a Feb. 26 Family Engineering Night, an event pre-sented by The Works Museum and spon-sored by Flint Hills Resources. The event featured a variety of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) activities for families to do together. STEM educators from The Works Museum brought their programming and expertise inside the halls of West-view Elementary School, where families participated in kid-friendly engineering activities. Students mastered the art – and engineering – of building bridges out of candy, constructing mini-catapults, and wiring circuits.

EHS robotics team wins state tournament An alliance comprised of three teams including Eagan High School sopho-mores took home first place at the 2015 Stratasys Minnesota FIRST Tech Chal-lenge State Championship, which took place Feb. 21 at Prior Lake High School. The Q is Silqent is the first Eagan ro-

botics team to win an FTC state cham-pionship, finishing first among 48 teams competing at the tournament. The Q is Silqent also won the Motivate Award, which celebrates the team that exempli-fies the essence of the FTC competition through team building, team spirit and exhibited enthusiasm. The championship allows The Q is Silqent to advance to the Super-Regional Championship to be held next month in Des Moines, Iowa. Advancing with them is another Ea-gan team. The Green Girls won the third place Inspire Award, which is given to the team that the judges felt truly embodied the challenge of the FTC program. The Green Girls also took home the Think Award, which is awarded to the team that the judges feel best understands the role of the engineering notebook in the design process. The Q is Silqent and the Green Girls will join four other Minnesota teams competing against teams from across the Midwest for the right to advance to the World Championship, which will take place late this spring in St. Louis, Mo. Overall, 10 teams represented Eagan High School, Dakota Hills Middle School and Blackhawk Middle School at the FTC tournament. FTC is designed for students in grades seven to 12 to compete. Teams are re-sponsible for designing, building, and programming their robots to compete in an alliance format against other teams. The robot kit is reusable from year-to-year and is programmed using a variety of lan guages. Teams, including coaches, mentors and volunteers, are required to develop strategy and build robots based on sound engineering principles. Awards are given for the competition as well as for community outreach, design, and other real-world accomplishments.

Inver Hills receives Travelers grant Inver Hills Community College recent-ly received a $55,000 grant from Travelers Insurance. The grant will provide special project support for the college’s Travelers EDGE Scholar Career Pipeline Program. The program aims to increase the pipe-line of underrepresented students who complete bachelor’s degrees and are pre-pared for a career at Travelers or within the insurance and financial services indus-try. For more information on the Travelers EDGE program at Inver Hills Communi-ty College, contact Kruger at [email protected] or 651-450-3701.

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Exceptional Businesswomen program honored 12 Twelve women were honored with the 2015 Ex-ceptional Businesswomen Award during a recogni-tion ceremony Thursday, Feb. 26, at Holiday Inn and Suites in Lakeville. The award, which has been given by the Dakota County Tribune and Sun Thisweek since 2010, rec-ognizes women who have distinguished themselves in Dakota County busi-ness and community ef-forts. This year’s group rep-resents manufacturing, family-run small business-es, teachers, motivators, organizers, innovators and barrier breakers. The event, which has previously been held in Lakeville, Apple Valley, Burnsville and Eagan, in-cluded a panel conversa-tion with the award win-ners and a chance to meet past and present Excep-tional Businesswomen. This year’s honorees are: • Jeryl Beaulieu, presi-dent and CEO, Showcraft Inc. • Laurie Rieb Bolin, director of development,

360 Communities • Amie Burrill, execu-tive director, Burnsville Convention & Visitors Bureau • Kimiko Childress, re-search engineering man-ager, UTC Aerospace Sys-tems • Lisa Franxman, presi-dent, Anchor Bank-Farm-ington • Jodi Kurtz, sales man-

ager, Warners’ Stellian Ap-pliance Co. Inc. • Sharon LaComb, for-mer vice president of in-stitutional advancement, Dakota County Technical College • Ingrid Lindberg, chief customer experience offi-cer, Prime Therapeutics • Ingrid Mattsson, di-rector of brand manage-

ment, Uponor • Cheryl Morton, busi-ness development, Sterling State Bank • LaVonne Nicolai, vice president, Castle Rock Bank • Margaret Schreiner, board director, Dakota Electric Sponsors of the event were: Premier Sponsor: Holi-

day Inn Lakeville/Rudy’s Red Eye Grill. Platinum Sponsors: Lakeville Chamber of Commerce and CVB, Lakeville Trophy, UTS Aerospace, Prime Thera-peutics. Gold Sponsors: Da-kota County Regional Chamber of Commerce, Fairview Ridges Hospital,

Castle Rock Bank, An-chor Bank, Valley Natural Foods. Silver Sponsors: 360 Communities, Dako-ta Electric, Minnesota School of Beauty, North-field Lines, Paragon Odyssey 15, Showcraft, Uponor, Wellington Man-agement

Kimiko Childress, re-search engineering man-ager of Burnsville-based UTC Aerospace Systems, received the 2015 Excep-tional Businesswomen award on Thursday, Feb. 26. (Photo by Laura Adel-mann)

Ingrid Lindberg, chief customer experience offi-cer of Eagan-based Prime Therapeutics, received the 2015 Exceptional Business-women award on Thursday, Feb. 26. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Amie Burrill, executive director, Burnsville Con-vention & Visitors Bureau, received the 2015 Excep-tional Businesswomen award on Thursday, Feb. 26. (Photo by Laura Adel-mann)

Amie Burrill, executive di-rector, Burnsville Conven-tion & Visitors Bureau, re-ceived the 2015 Exceptional Businesswomen award on Thursday, Feb. 26. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Jeryl Beaulieu, president and CEO of Burnsville-based Showcraft Inc., re-ceived the 2015 Exception-al Businesswomen award on Thursday, Feb. 26. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)


Farmington woman named Mrs. Minnesota United StatesAllison Crandall

overwhelmed with the honor

by Andy RogersSUN THISWEEK


With a life goal of empow-ering women, Farmington’s Al-lison Crandall was empowered beyond her expectations last weekend. Crandall was crowned Mrs. Minnesota United States dur-ing the 2015 pageant Feb. 28 at the Landmark Center in St. Paul. “It’s something I wanted re-ally bad,” she said. “I honestly can’t believe it yet.” She said she was up against some pretty tough competi-tion. “They were all beautiful and had so much to offer,” Crandall said. “That makes me feel that much more privilege to have the title.” They’re judged based on charm, personality, poise, beauty and ability to articulate. The three categories the con-testants are judged on is a per-

sonal interview, swimsuit and evening gown. Her interview question was “What is America’s greatest quality?” She said America is the land of opportunity, something many take for granted and should fully realize. Her primary goal was to spread the spirit of her plat-form of empowering women. “I want to help women be in that total wellness — to be the boss over their own life,” Crandall said. “I want to help women achieve that total bal-ance of wellness between physi-cal, financial, personal and en-vironmental.” She’s made it her work to promote those ideals. She helped launch Lady Boss Em-pire, a inspirational coaching business to help women net-work and achieve total balance. Crandall is also a former Minnesota Vikings cheerleader and a licensed medical aesthe-tician. She has lived in Farm-ington for about year with her husband, Ben, and 1-year-old son, Chase. The Mrs. Minnesota United

State pageant has been around for nearly 30 years. “We boast ourselves on be-ing the premier pageant for married women,” said Gloria Parnell, executive director of Mrs. Minnesota United States. Crandall was awarded en-trance into the Mrs. United States Pageant in Las Vegas from July 19-24, along with airfare and hotel accommoda-tions. She was also awarded a prize package worth more than $10,000, including several spa, fitness, photography, coaching and cosmetic services. “I’m already getting pag-eant-ready,” Crandall said. She said she will spend the next few months practicing her interviewing skills and continu-ing to eat well and exercise. “The real fun is you get a whole new wardrobe for na-tionals,” she said. She will also make several appearances throughout the year and hopes to make an ap-pearance at Dew Days.

Email Andy Rogers at [email protected]. Farmington’s Allison Crandall, 31, was crowned Mrs. Minnesota Unit-

ed States last weekend. (Photo submitted)


Seniors

Senior driver improvement The Minnesota High-way Safety Center will offer 55-plus driver-im-provement courses on the following days: • 5:30-9:30 p.m. March 11 (four-hour refresher), Burnsville Senior Center – ISD 191, 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway, Burnsville. • 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 14 (four-hour re-fresher), Lakeville Senior Center – Heritage Cen-ter, 20110 Holyoke Drive, Lakeville. • 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 16 (eight-hour first-time course), Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. • 5:30-9:30 p.m. March 23 (four-hour refresher), Lakeville Senior Center – Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Drive, Lakeville. • 5-9 p.m. March 24 and 25 (eight-hour first-time course), Burnsville Senior Center – ISD 191, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville. • 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 31 (four-hour refresher), AAA Minneso-ta-Iowa, 600 W. Travelers Trail, Burnsville. The courses are open to the public; however, pre-registration is requested. The eight-hour course is $24; the four-hour refresh-er is $20. For more infor-mation or to register, visit www.mnsafetycenter.org or call 888-234-1294.

Apple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Se-nior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the fol-lowing activities, which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityofapplevalley.org. Monday, March 9 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30

a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Membership Com-mittee, 10 a.m.; Zumba Gold Toning, 11:30 a.m.; Defensive Driving, noon; Pool, noon; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m.; Finance Committee, 1:30 p.m.; Defensive Driv-ing, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; IMAX Coffee & Show, 9:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Cribbage, 1 p.m.; Ta-ble Tennis, 1 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Defen-sive Driving, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 11 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Velvet Tones, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Oils Class, 1 p.m. Thursday, March 12 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Discover Group, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Tap Dancing, 12:30 p.m.; Du-plicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m.; Social Seniors, 4 p.m. Friday, March 13 – Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior events. Monday, March 9 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Card Recycle, 12:30 p.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Tuesday, March 10 – Quilters, 9 a.m.; Cedar Lanes Bowling, 10 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Du-plicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Troubadours, 1 p.m.; Cof-fee Talk – Five Wishes, 2 p.m.; Evening Taxes, 5:30 p.m., Presbyterian Church

of the Apostles; Line Dancing. Wednesday, March 11 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Taxes, 9 a.m. to noon; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Chair Tai Chi, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; Hearing Clin-ic, 1 p.m.; Defensive Driv-ing Refresher, 5:30 p.m.; SS Flex. Thursday, March 12 – Massage, 9 a.m.; Fun & Friendship (program, en-tertainment, lunch, cards and bingo), 11 a.m.; Cof-fee Talk – Alzheimer’s, 2 p.m.; Coffee Talk – Vet Aid and Attendance, 6 p.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, March 13 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Knitters, 9:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; SS Flex.

Eagan seniors The following senior activities are offered by the Eagan Parks and Rec-reation Department in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Community Cen-ter, 1501 Central Park-way. Call 651-675-5500 for more information. Monday, March 9 – Zumba (Oasis), 9 a.m.; Book Club No. 2, 10 a.m.; FFL+ (Oasis), 10 a.m.; FFL (Oasis), 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 10 – Book Club No. 3, 10 a.m.; Union Depot, 10:15 a.m.; Euchre/500, 12:45 p.m.; Recycled Cards, 1 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, March 11 – Coffee & Conversa-tions, 9 a.m.; Bring a Treat Wednesday; Blood Pres-sure Checks, 9:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:45 p.m. Thursday, March 12 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Nimble Fingers, 9:30 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Zumba (Oa-sis), 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oa-sis), 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 13 – Zumba (Oasis), 10:15 a.m.; S/B/Yoga (Oasis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m.


Eagan cruises through Section 2AA swim meetWildcats have

state qualifiers in all 12 events

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


What happens if you take a South Suburban Conference team out of the South Suburban? In the case of Eagan boys swimming and div-ing, it causes all kinds of havoc. The Wildcats, who won the South Suburban dual-meet championship, didn’t have to face any SSC teams in the Section 2AA meet last week at Richfield Middle School. They feasted on the out-of-conference competi-tion, winning the team championship by more than 250 points over sec-ond-place Bloomington Jefferson and qualifying athletes for the state meet in all 12 events. Eagan’s large contin-gent of state qualifiers heads to the University of Minnesota Aquatic Cen-ter this week. Class AA

diving preliminaries are 6 p.m. Thursday, Class AA swimming preliminar-ies are 6 p.m. Friday and swimming and diving fi-nals are 6 p.m. Saturday. Nowhere was Eagan more dominant than in the 100-yard freestyle fi-nal, where senior Sam Zenner (47.64 seconds), sophomore Jasper Apple-

ton (48.15) and junior Tal Shub (48.30) took the top three places, with all three advancing to state. Zenner also won the 50 freestyle, setting a meet re-cord of 21.46. Eagan won nine events in all, including all three relays. Wildcats senior Eli Broman also won two individual Section 2AA

championships, taking first in the 200 individual medley in 1 minute, 58.29 seconds and winning the 100 butterfly in 52.09, both meet records. Wildcats junior Parker Lemke set a meet record of 1:43.96 in winning the 200 freestyle. Zach Daw-son, a junior, was the 500 freestyle winner in 4:52.43.

The relay of Lemke, ninth-grader Max Stig-man, Broman and Ze-nner won the 200 medley in a meet-record 1:36.60. Appleton, Shub, junior Mac Johnson and Zenner cut about seven-tenths of a second off the meet re-cord in the 200 freestyle relay, winning in 1:28.05. Appleton, Shub, Lemke and Broman won the 400 freestyle relay in 3:12.56. Each Eagan relay broke a Section 2AA record set last year by the Wildcats. Appleton, Shub, Lemke and Broman were the re-cord holders in the 400 freestyle relay and lowered their own mark by almost 2.5 seconds. Eagan didn’t have the section diving champion but did have two of the four state qualifiers. Ju-niors Alex Crow (395.50 points) and Nic Lemieux (380.65) were second and third. Also qualifying for state from Eagan were Ap-pleton in the 200 freestyle (second, 1:44.93), Lemke in the 100 backstroke (sec-

ond, 52.52), Quenton Stef-fen in the 100 breaststroke (fourth, 1:01.19) and Stig-man in the 100 breast-stroke (sixth, 1:01.35). The Wildcats are the No. 2 seed in Class AA in the 200 medley relay and are seeded fourth in the 400 freestyle relay. Lemke is the fourth seed in the 200 freestyle and the fifth seed in the backstroke. Eagan was fourth in the most recent state coach-es association Class AA rankings, done before the section meets. The coach es decided it was too close to call between Eden Prai-rie, Minnetonka and Still-water and put those three teams in a tie for first. The Wildcats will have to beat at least one of them to have a podium finish at the state meet, which is one of their goals. The top three teams at state earn trophies.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

The Eagan boys swimming and diving team poses with its trophy after winning the Sec-tion 2AA championship. (Photo submitted)

2 Lightning wrestlers are runners-up

Seven qualifiers is a school

recordby Mike Shaughnessy


Sending seven wres-tlers to the state tourna-ment is something East-view can look back on with pride, but the Light-ning doesn’t want to wait a decade or more before it happens again. “The expectation will be to have at least seven kids at state next year, and the year after that,” coach Kurt Habeck said. It was a season of firsts for Eastview. The Lightning reached a sec-

tion team championship match for the first time and finished the season ranked 10th in the state. The seven state quali-fiers is a school record. George Farmah became the school’s first two-time section individual cham-pion. But the Lightning fell short of doing some-thing for a second time – namely, having a state champion. Farmah and Luke Dodd wrestled in championship matches at the Class 3A individual fi-nals Saturday at Xcel En-ergy Center, but both lost to St. Michael-Albertville wrestlers who repeated as state champions. Farmah (32-5) reached

the finals at 126 pounds for the second consecutive year. Last season he lost to Tommy Thorn of St. Michael-Albertville, who completed an undefeated season. Saturday, he drew STMA’s Mitchell McKee, the state champion at 120 last season and a four-time USA Wrestling na-tional champion. McKee got Farmah in a headlock early in the first period and threw him on his back. Farmah was able to avoid being pinned, but was playing catch-up the rest of the way. McKee (44-2) even-tually won 11-6. Eastview senior Luke

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Hornets end Blaze’s season again

Teammates surround Burnsville forward Andy Schoen (9) after Schoen scored a short-handed goal in the Section 2AA boys hockey championship game against Edina on Feb. 25 at Mariucci Arena. It proved to be the only highlight for the Blaze, who lost 10-1 and fin-ished their season 15-11-2. Burnsville was one of four South Suburban Conference teams to play in section championship games. Eastview lost to St. Thomas Academy 3-1 in Sec-tion 3AA and Lakeville North defeated Farmington 6-1 for the Section 1AA title. (Photo by Rich Moll)

Eastview sophomore wins two racesPrior Lake takes

Section 3AA swim title

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


A familiar theme could play out for Lakeville North at the state Class AA boys swimming and diving meet. Once again, a young Panthers swimmer is poised for a breakout performance. In the fall it was sev-enth-grader Regan Smith, who took second place in two events at the state girls meet. This week it’s eighth-grader Andrew Trepanier, who is the top seed in the 100-yard butterfly. Trepanier is the only eighth-grader to qualify for a Class AA individual event at state and is the only swimmer in the but-terfly with a seed time be-low 50 seconds. He swam 49.72 in the Section 3AA finals last Friday in Prior Lake. The butterfly will be Trepanier’s only individual event at state. He swam on three Lakeville North re-lays that qualified. Class AA diving pre-liminaries are 6 p.m. Thursday at the Univer-sity of Minnesota Aquatic Center. Swimming prelim-inaries are 6 p.m. Friday, with swimming and diving finals at 6 p.m. Saturday. Prior Lake won the Section 3AA team cham-pionship by 73 points over Lakeville South. Eastview, Rosemount, Lakeville North, Burnsville and Ap-ple Valley finished third through seventh in a sec-tion consisting entirely of South Suburban Confer-ence teams.

Eastview The Lightning had four

first places, two by sopho-more Sam Pekarek, at the Section 3AA meet. Pekarek was the sec-tion champion in the 100 breaststroke in 56.57, which set the section re-cord as well as the pool record at Hidden Oaks Middle School. He is the No. 1 seed in that event at state. Pekarek swam 4:41.56 in the 500 freestyle, win-ning the event by almost seven seconds. He’s the No. 3 seed at state. The Lightning also won the 200 freestyle relay with senior Adam Callies, se-nior Noah DeSutter, Pe-karek and ninth-grader Samuel Hagen finishing in 1:37.96. Eastview junior Nick Kilen dominated the div-ing competition, scoring 438.30 points to set a pool record. He won the event by more than 50 points. Callies got through to state in two individual events, taking third in the 50 freestyle in 22.07 and second in the 100 back-stroke in 56.72. DeSutter was second to Pekarek in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.34) and will compete at state in that event.

Lakeville North In addition to Trepa-nier, Lakeville North’s individual qualifiers for state were senior An-drew Strauch, third in the 200 individual medley in 1:59.36, and senior Jacob Burchfield, second in the 100 freestyle in 48.29. Lakeville North took second place in all three relays at the Section 3AA finals, with Trepanier, Burchfield, Strauch and senior Nathan Regan swimming on all of them. They had times of 1:38.85 in the 200 medley, 1:28.26 in the 400 freestyle and

3:14.12 in the 400 freestyle.

Burnsville The Blaze will have three individual swims and one relay at the state meet. Sophomore Alex Thompson won the sec-tion championship in the 200 freestyle in 1:44.99 and also qualified in the 500 freestyle, where he placed third in 4:48.50. Six Section 3AA swim-mers qualified for state in the 100 butterfly and Burnsville senior Izaak Davison-Kerwood is one of them. He swam 53.16 at the section finals to place sixth. His time was more than three-tenths of a sec-ond below the state cutoff. Thompson and Da-vison-Kerwood also will have prominent roles on the 200 freestyle relay. They teamed with sopho-more Ryan Dobrzynski and junior Adam Jarnagin to place fifth in the section finals in 1:29.98 and get in just below the state cutoff.

Apple Valley Carson Scholberg and Ethan Elumba will com-pete at state in diving for the Eagles, who also quali-fied in all three relays. Scholberg, a senior, was second in Section 3AA diving with 380.90 points, with Elumba, a sopho-more, fourth with 312.50. The Eagles beat the state qualifying standard in every relay. Seniors Alex Perkins, Grant Lar-son, Aaron Olson and Ja-cob Bierman swam the 200 medley in 1:39.02 to place third. They also were the lineup for the 200 freestyle relay (third, 1:29.14) and 400 freestyle relay (fifth, 3:18.27). Olson also qualified in the 100 butterfly with a fourth-place time of 52.93.


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Eagan senior Joe Dubbels takes down Wyatt Hanson of Moorhead in a first-round match at 152 pounds at the state Class 3A wrestling tournament. The Wildcats’ two state qualifiers, Dubbels and senior Sodan Ka (106 pounds) reached the medal round, with each finishing in fifth place. Ka finished the season 36-6 and Dubbels was 35-10. Trinity at River Ridge had three wrestlers in the Class A individual tournament, and junior Dietrich Balsbaugh placed second at 152. (Photo by Jason Olson)

Dodd, who was ranked second in Class 3A at 182, met top-ranked Jordan Joseph of St. Michael-Al-bertville in the champion-ship match. Joseph, a state champion at 170 two years ago, managed to avoid be-ing taken down and won 11-5. Dodd, who earned his first state medal, fin-ished 41-5. Both are products of an Eastview program that encourages wrestlers to be in more than one sport. Farmah didn’t join the wrestling program until he was a ninth-grader – and only then because he was cut from the basketball team. Dodd, a football lineman, “has been with

us since he was little,” Ha-beck said. “But he’s come a long way since then. “All seven of our state qualifiers are multi-sport athletes, which is some-thing we’re proud of and have tried to encourage.” Despite the credentials of the St. Michael-Albert-ville wrestlers, Habeck said he felt good about Farmah’s and Dodd’s chances. “We really felt we had an opportunity to win both of those matches,” he said. In earlier rounds, Farmah defeated Karl Keeler of Mounds View 12-0, pinned Riley Habisch of Buffalo in 3 minutes, 41 seconds and decisioned Tanner Cole of Owatonna 6-4.

Dodd opened with a 7-1 victory over Bloom-ington Jefferson’s Brayden Morris. He edged Michael Bothwell of Coon Rapids 4-3, and a 3-1 victory over Zach Rygg of Robbinsdale Armstrong put him in the finals. Lightning junior Tim Duffy won his final match of the season, defeating Apple Valley’s Mitchel Nelson 8-7 in four over-times for fifth place at 285. Duffy finished second to Nelson at the Section 3 individual tournament. Duffy (32-9) went 4-2 in the tournament; one of his losses was in four over-times to Lakeville South’s Jon Zeidler, the eventual runner-up. Senior Casey Dravis

lost two matches at 145 and finished 28-20. Alex Lindstrom, a sophomore, finished 31-14 after losing two matches at 152. Mike Delich, a sophomore, lost two matches at 195 and finished 34-9. Delich’s brother Tom, a senior, was 1-2 at 220 and finished 19-11. Duffy, Lindstrom and Mike Delich are among Eastview’s returnees next year. Overall, “we’ll have seven kids coming back who won 20 or more matches this year,” Ha-beck said.

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Five titles and countingfor Apple Valley starHall approaching unprecedented

featby Mike Shaughnessy


Apple Valley junior Mark Hall already is re-garded as the top pound-for-pound high school wrestler in the country, but it’s also worth noting where he stands against wrestlers who are much older. He’s currently 10th in the USA Wrestling na-tional senior freestyle rankings at 163 pounds. Most of the wrestlers who occupy spots in these rankings either are in college or have gradu-ated from college and are wrestling nation-ally and internationally. The top-ranked wrestler at that weight is Jordan Burroughs, a world and Olympic champion. So, if Hall is believed to be competitive with the nation’s top wrestlers regardless of age, what chance did his opponents have in the state high school Class 3A tourna-ment? Not much, it turned out. Hall took the mat seven times in last week’s state tournament, three times in the team com-petition (which Apple Valley won for the 10th straight year) and four in the individual tourna-ment. He pinned all his opponents, and only one made it to the third pe-riod. Hall and Cameron Sykora of Border West became the fifth and sixth wrestlers in state history to win five individual state championships (for-mer Apple Valley wrestler

Destin McCauley also is a member of that club). Provided he stays healthy, there seems to be little in Hall’s path to-ward becoming Minne-sota’s first six-time state champion. He has said that’s one of his goals, but also said at the state tournament “I have to win my fifth one before I can win my sixth one.” Hall was one of three Apple Valley wrestlers to win individual champi-onships Saturday at Xcel Energy Center. Senior Bobby Steveson won his second consecutive title, taking first place at 195 pounds. Last season he was Class 3A champion at 182. His brother Gable, a ninth-grader, won the 220-pound title after tak-ing second at 195 a year ago. The last of Hall’s sev-en pins at state was in the Class 3A 170-pound championship match against St. Michael-Albertville junior Evan Ronson, which Hall fin-ished in 2 minutes, 25 sec-onds. His longest match was in the semifinals against Dalton Peterson of Lakeville South, the eventual third-place fin-isher. Hall won by fall at 4:15. Hall finished the sea-son 45-0, including three victories in the state team competition. He has a Minnesota high school record of 229-4 and has three undefeated seasons. His last loss was in ninth grade. Hall is not expected to choose a college until next fall, but said at the start of the 2014-15 sea-son he could see himself wrestling somewhere in the Big Ten Conference.

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CITY OF BURNSVILLEBURNSVILLE, MINNESOTA

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED CODE ENFORCEMENT ASSESSMENTS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Burnsville City Council will meet at the Burnsville City Hall, (Council

Chambers) 100 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, Minnesota at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 to pass upon proposed assessments for code violations described in this notice. The proposed assessments are on file in the office of the City Clerk. The City has also mailed notice to the owners of properties to be assessed and that notice includes the amount to be specially assessed against that particular lot, piece, or parcel of land. Written or oral objections to the assessment by any property owner will be considered at the hearing.

The property identification number, legal description, type of each service or fee, and the total amount pro-posed to be assessed, are as follows:

1. CODE VIOLATIONS: GENERAL LOCATION & TYPE OF CODE VIOLATION AND AREA PROPOSED TO BE ASSESSED IN THE

CITY OF BURNSVILLE, DAKOTA COUNTY, MN:TOTAL AMOUNT OF PROPOSED ASSESSMENTS FOR CODE VIOLATIONS: $23,073.93

PID LEGAL DESCRIPTION TYPE AMOUNT DELINQUENT CODE VIOLATION NOTICES02-01300-76-010 SECTION 13 TWN 115 RANGE 21 Code Violation $110.0002-01400-41-042 SECTION 14 TWN 115 RANGE 21 Code Violation $110.0002-02700-88-011 SECTION 27 TWN 115 RANGE 21

ARBOR VISTA MHCCode Violation $330.00

02-02700-90-010 SECTION 27 TWN 115 RANGE 21ARBOR VISTA MHC

Code Violation $330.00

02-03600-79-011 SECTION 36 TWN 115 RANGE 21SUNNY ACRES MHC

Code Violation $6,050.00

02-15355-01-140 BURNELL PARK ESTATESLOT 14 BLOCK 1


02-15371-01-010 BURNINGHAM REPLATLOT 1 BLOCK 1


02-15377-07-070 BURNHAVEN WOODSLOT 7 BLOCK 7


02-16980-01-040 CHATEAU HIGHLANDSLOT 4 BLOCK 1


02-17000-02-090 CHATEAULIN 1ST ADDITIONLOT 9 BLOCK 2


02-18251-01-090 CONNELLY ESTATES 2ND ADDLOT 9 BLOCK 1


02-18251-02-040 CONNELLY ESTATES 2ND ADDLOT 4 BLOCK 2


02-18550-02-020 CROSSTOWN ESTATESLOT 2 BLOCK 2


02-20100-01-060 DE SHAWS 1ST ADDITIONLOT 6 BLOCK 1


02-22680-06-060 ECHO VALLEYLOT 6 BLOCK 6


02-23600-02-020 ELSINORELOT 2 BLOCK 2


02-26500-01-010 FINA ADDITIONLOT 1 BLOCK 1


02-32175-02-011 HEART OF THE CITY EASTLOT 1 BLOCK 2


02-32902-04-030 HIGHLAND FOREST 3RD ADDLOT 3 BLOCK 4


02-32902-05-140 HIGHLAND FOREST 3RD ADDLOT 14 BLOCK 5


02-40600-03-010 JUDICIAL KNOLLSLOT 1 BLOCK 3


02-41250-00-010 KAMI ADDITIONOUTLOT A


02-41550-01-042 C L KEVLIN ADDLOT 4 BLOCK 1


02-42700-01-110 KNOB HILLLOT 11 BLOCK 1


02-42700-02-050 KNOB HILLLOT 5 BLOCK 2


02-44700-02-020 LEISURE ESTATESLOT 2 BLOCK 2


02-47226-01-010 MAHONEY TOWNHOMES 2ND ADDLOT 1 BLOCK 1














02-52000-01-100 NORDIC ESTATESLOT 10 BLOCK 1


02-53703-03-110 OAK LEAF PLAT 4LOT 11 BLOCK 3


02-54600-02-170 OREST 1ST ADDITIONLOT 17 BLOCK 2


02-56553-02-080 PAHA SAPA KNOLLS 4THLOT 8 BLOCK 2


02-56578-05-002 PARK PLACE BURNSVILLELOT 1 BLOCK 1


02-56600-04-060 PARKWOOD SOUTH 1ST ADDLOT 6 BLOCK 4


02-56600-09-010 PARKWOOD SOUTH 1ST ADDLOT 1 BLOCK 9


02-56676-01-090 PATRICIA MANOR 2ND ADDLOT 9 BLOCK 1


02-56676-02-010 PATRICIA MANOR 2ND ADDLOT 1 BLOCK 2


02-57200-02-200 PHEASANT RUNLOT 20 BLOCK 2


02-64101-05-190 RIVER HILLS 2ND ADDITIONLOT 19 BLOCK 5


02-64102-06-060 RIVER HILLS 3RD ADDITIONLOT 6 BLOCK 6


02-64104-04-250 RIVER HILLS 5TH ADDITIONLOT 25 BLOCK 4


02-64110-09-050 RIVER HILLS 11TH ADDITIONLOT 5 BLOCK 9


02-64133-01-050 RIVER HILLS PARK 4TH ADDLOT 5 BLOCK 1


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02-82201-02-070 VISTA VIEW 2ND ADDITIONLOT 7 BLOCK 2


02-83402-03-080 WALDEN TOWNHOUSE PLAT NO 3LOT 8 BLOCK 3


02-83535-04-090 WEST BUCK HILL ESTATESLOT 9 BLOCK 4


02-83600-01-040 WEST VIEW HILLSLOT 4 BLOCK 1


02-84801-03-240 WOOD PARK PLAT 2LOT 24 BLOCK 3


02-84810-02-160 WOOD PARK PLAT 11LOT 16 BLOCK 2


02-84820-02-041 WOOD PARK PLAZALOT 4 BLOCK 2


TOTAL $23,073.93An owner may appeal an assessment to District Court pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 429.081 by

serving notice of appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City within 30 days after the adoption of the assess-ment and filing such notice with district court within ten days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk. No such appeal as to the amount of an assessment to a specific parcel of land may be made unless the owner has either filed a signed written objection to that assessment with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or has presented the written objection to the presiding officer at the hearing.

In accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Section 435.193, the City Council is authorized to provide for lim-ited deferment of special assessments in the case of homestead property owned by either 1) persons 65 years of age or older, or 2) person who retired by reason of permanent or total disability, or 3) active service military personnel, provided it would be a hardship for such person to make special assessment payments.

Details relating to qualification for such deferments and procedures for applying for deferments are provided in the Burnsville City Code and policies, and further information may be secured from the office of the City Clerk. BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL Macheal Collins, City Clerk Burnsville, Minnesota

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mort-gage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: October 25, 2010MORTGAGOR: Gregory Gordon

Anderson, an unmarried man.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded November 8, 2010 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2764547.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Matrix Finan-cial Services Corporation. Dated October 20, 2014 Recorded Oc-tober 28, 2014, as Document No. 3036189.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.

TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100052550307321348LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

Lend Smart Mortgage LLCRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: Flagstar Bank, FSBMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 1579 Ashbury Court, Ea-gan, MN 55122

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 10.14351.02.062

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:

Lot 6, Block 2, Blackhawk Glen 2nd Addition, EXCEPT that part of said Lot 6, which lies westerly of the following described line:

Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Lot 6; thence North-erly to a point on the North line of said Lot 6: thence Northerly to a point on the North line of said Lot 6, distant 8.35 feet Easterly of the Northwest corner of said Lot 6, as measured along said North line, and there terminating, according to the recorded plat thereof, and situ-ated in Dakota County, Minnesota.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $286,305.00

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NO-TICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE:

$275,750.45That prior to the commence-

ment of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;

PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 24, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

fice, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hast-ings, MN to pay the debt then se-cured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, includ-ing attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on October 26, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”

Dated: February 17, 2015Matrix Financial Services Corpora-tionMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688892-15-001253 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published in Burnsville/Eagan

February 27, March 6, 13, 20, 27, April 3, 2015

354606

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #196

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSCALL FOR BIDS 2015 FIRE

ALARM UPGRADESNotice is hereby given that

sealed bids will be received for the 2015 Fire Alarm Upgrades by Inde-pendent School District 196, at the Facilities and Grounds Office locat-ed at 14445 Diamond Path West, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2:00 p.m. on March 24, 2015, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for March 13, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. at Black Hawk Middle School af-ter which Oak Ridge Elementary School will be visited. Attendance at this meeting is highly recom-mended.

This project includes: Fire Alarm Upgrades at Black Hawk Middle School and Oak Ridge Elementary School.

Complete instructions on how to obtain Bidding Documents can be found at: http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm

A Bid Bond, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check in the amount of 5% of the total bid price, made payable to Independent School District 196, must be submitted with the bid. No personal checks will be accepted.Gary L. Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

Published in Apple Valley, Lakeville,

Burnsville/EaganFebruary 27, March 6, 2015

354054

NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT LIEN FORECLOSURE SALE

THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. THIS COMMUNICATION IS AN AT-TEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT default has been made in the terms and conditions of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Birnamwood Homes, Common Interest Community No. 170, Da-kota County, Minnesota, recorded in the office of the County Recorder in and for Dakota County, Min-nesota (the “Recorder”), as Docu-ment No. 1377559, as amended by Document No. 2458732 recorded in said office (said Document Nos. 1377559 and 2458732 are col-lectively referred to herein as the

“Declaration”), and the Amended and Restated By-Laws (the “By-Laws”) of Birnamwood Homes Association (the “Association”), a Minnesota nonprofit corporation. Said default creates a lien in favor of the Association and against the property described herein.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 2, Block 5, Birnamwood Plat 1, Dakota Coun-ty, Minnesota.

ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 30 Birnamwood Drive, Burnsville, Min-nesota 55337.

TAX PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF PROPERTY:

02-14000-05-020.LIENEE: Russell Clark (the

“Lienee”).LIENOR: Birnamwood Homes

Association.AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED

TO BE DUE TO THE ASSOCIA-TION ON THE LIEN DESCRIBED HEREIN, ON THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE: $10,473.76.

Said amount includes unpaid annual assessment installments or portions thereof, insurance pre-mium assessments, late fees, and attorney’s fees and costs of col-lection incurred by the Associa-tion (all of said unpaid amounts are collectively referred to hereinafter as the “Debt”), all as assessed to and levied against said property by the Association pursuant to the Declaration, the By-Laws, and/or Minnesota Statutes Chapter 515B (“Chapter 515B”). Pursuant to Chapter 515B and the Declaration, said unpaid amounts create a lien in favor of the Association against said property.

Pursuant to the Declaration, the By-Laws, and/or Chapter 515B, the Lienee is financially obligated to pay the Debt to the Associa-tion, as well as all unpaid assess-ments and/or installments thereof, late fees, costs of collection and foreclosure, and attorney’s fees in-curred by the Association in collec-tion of the Debt and in foreclosure of the Association’s lien against said property, and all other unpaid amounts, which the Association assesses to and levies against said property from and after the date of this Notice, which additional un-paid amounts are part of said lien and are subject to this foreclosure.

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORD-ING OF LIEN: The Lien Statement in favor of the Association is dated December 4, 2014, and was re-corded in the Recorder’s office on December 12, 2014, as Document No. 3042707.

All pre foreclosure requirements have been complied with by the Association. There are no actions or proceedings instituted at law by the Association to recover the Debt or any part thereof. The Lienee has not been released from his person-al obligation to pay the Debt.

Pursuant to the power of sale granted by the Lienee in taking title to said property, as provided in the Declaration and Chapter 515B, said lien will be foreclosed by the sale of said property by the Sher-iff of Dakota County, Minnesota, at the office of the Dakota County Sheriff, 1580 Highway 55, Hast-ings, Minnesota 55033, on April 21, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., at public auc-tion to the highest bidder, for cash, to pay the amount then due for all unpaid annual assessment install-ments or portions thereof (as may be accelerated by the Association), insurance premium assessments, late fees, costs of collection and foreclosure, attorney’s fees, and all other unpaid amounts, assessed to and levied against said property by the Association through the date of said sale.

TIME ALLOWED BY LAW TO REDEEM: The Lienee, his personal representatives or assigns, has the right to redeem said property within six months after said sale.

The Lienee must vacate said property on or before 11:59 p.m. on October 21, 2015 (or the next busi-ness day if October 21, 2015, falls on a legal holiday), if said lien is not reinstated under Minnesota Stat-utes Section 580.30, or if said prop-erty is not redeemed under Minne-sota Statutes Section 580.23, or if said redemption period is not re-duced under Minnesota law.

REDEMPTION NOTICETHE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW

FOR REDEMPTION BY THE LIEN-EE, OR THE LIENEE’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTH-ER THINGS, THAT THE LIENED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.Dated: February 27, 2015 BIRNAMWOOD HOMES ASSOCIA-TIONLienorFELHABER LARSONBy: Fredrick R. KrietzmanAttorney Registration No. 211473Attorneys for Lienor220 South 6th Street, Suite 2200Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402(612) 373-8418

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194

SPECIAL BOARD MINUTESFEBRUARY 17, 2015

This is a summary of the Inde-pendent School District No. 194 Special Board of Education Meet-ing on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 with full text available for public inspection on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The special meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. All board members and administrators were present except Exec Dir Ouillette.

Discussions: Equity Update & Cultural Presentation: Latino Cul-ture; Board Ongoing Business; Pre-sentation & Feedback: Committee recommendations regarding Long Term Needs for SEM, STEM & Digi-tal Learning/Technology.

Meeting adjourned at 9:04 p.m.Published in

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DATE OF MORTGAGE: June 11, 2004MORTGAGOR: David J. Pres-

ton, a single person.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

tronic Registration Systems, Inc.DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Recorded August 16, 2004 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2238381 as cor-rected by Court Order Dated June 13, 2014, Recorded June 26, 2014 as Document No. 3017260.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: The Bank of New York Mellon, f/k/a The Bank of New York, as successor-in-interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., formerly JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee for Structured Asset Mort-gage Investments II Trust 2004-AR5, Mortgage Pass-Through Cer-tificates, Series 2004-AR5. Dated May 17, 2012 Recorded June 12, 2012, as Document No. 2873575.


tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:



SouthStar Funding, LLCRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 12816 South Nicollet Av-enue #302, Burnsville, MN 55337

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 02.01300.16.330LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY:Apartment No. 302, 12816

Nicollet Ave. South Condominium ownership No. 15 Ridgeview, Con-dominium Homes, a condominium, Dakota County, Minnesota.








fice, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hastings, MN

to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attor-neys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal rep-resentatives or assigns unless re-duced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.




Dated: February 9, 2015The Bank of New York Mellon as TrusteeMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688830 - 14-008050 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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DATE OF MORTGAGE: June 25, 2009MORTGAGOR: Jean M. Jones

and Frederick R. Jones, Jr., wife and husband.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded July 2, 2009 Dakota County Recorder, Docu-ment No. 2668417.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-


LEGAL NOTICES

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CITY OF EAGANADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposal bids will be received by the City of Eagan, Minnesota, in City Hall at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, until 10:30 A.M., C.D.S.T., on Thursday, April 2, 2015, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for the furnishing of all labor and materials and all else necessary for the following:

BRAUN SUNRISE ADDITIONPROJECT NO 1074

Street Overlay

CEDAR HEIGHTSPROJECT NO 1123

Street OverlayBLACKHAWK HILLS & BLACK-HAWK HILLS 2ND ADDITION

PROJECT NO 1157Street Overlay

CEDAR GROVE 8TH ADDITIONPROJECT NO. 1158

Overlay & Trail Overlay

MALLARD PARK 3RD & 4TH PROJECT NO 1162

Street Overlay

ROONEY ADDITIONPROJECT NO 1165

Street OverlayST. CHARLES WOODPROJECT NO 1166

Street Overlay

WATERS EDGEPROJECT NO 1168

Street OverlayWILDERNESS RUN 1ST & 3RD


COMMUNITY CENTER PARKING LOTPROJECT NO. 1176

Parking Lot & Trail ConstructionRIVER HILLS PARK

PEDESTRIAN RAMPSPedestrian Ramp Improvements

SHEVLIN COURT CATCH BASIN REPAIRS

Catch Basin ImprovementsCity Contract No. 15-02Involving Approximately:42,000 S.Y. Mill Bituminous Pavement1,400 S.Y. Remove Bituminous Pavement2,100 S.F. Remove Bituminous Trail Pavement4,600 CY Common Excavation1,300 TON Class 5 Aggregate Base1 EA Remove Trail Overgrowth9,000 L.F. Concrete Curb & Gutter Removal & Replacement1,150 L.F. Concrete Curb & Gutter10,000 TON Wear Course Bituminous SP Mixture (street overlay)600 TON Bituminous SP Mixture (parking lot const.)140 TON Wear Course Bituminous SP Mixture (trail overlay)1 EA Traffic Control37 EA Truncated Domes Detectable Warning Paver Plates100 S.F. 4-in Concrete Sidewalk610 S.F. 6-in Concrete Ped Ramp82 S.Y. Concrete Driveway/ Valley Gutter Removal & Replace14 EA Fire Hydrant Removal & Replacement30 L.F. 6-in CL52 Water Main545 CY Topsoil/Grade 1 Compost Mix520 S.Y. Sod4,800 S.Y. Seed & Hydromulch630 L.F. Silt Fence400 L.F. Sediment Control Log3 EA Install Parking Lot LightsTogether with Miscellaneous Structure Adjustment & Site RestorationComplete digital contract bidding documents are available at www.questcdn.com. You may download the

digital plan documents for $20.00 by inputting Quest project #3754538 on the Web site’s Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or [email protected] for assistance in free membership reg-istration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Complete contract documents may also be seen at the offices of the City Clerk and City Engineer, Eagan, MN, at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, MN 55122, Phone (651) 675-5646. Contractors desiring a hardcopy of the complete bidding documents may obtain them from the office of the City Clerk, Eagan, MN upon payment of $50.00. No money will be refunded to any person who obtains plans and specifications.

Best Value Contracting Selection: This project is extensive, involving many affected property owners. Tim-ing of the project is critical for the safety of the general public and to minimize disruption. In addition, the City has limited financial resources to commit to the project. Accordingly, the project must be accomplished with a minimum of interruption, on time, and without cost overruns. The City believes that only a contractor with good experience in constructing this kind of project is necessary.

Two factors will be considered in the contractor selection process: price and performance. The process for the consideration of proposals for the award of this Project will take into account not only the Contract amount bid for construction items, but also the bidder’s ability and performance on previous similar projects, within and outside the City of Eagan, and the bidder’s availability of major equipment to perform this project.

Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting: A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 10:30 a.m., C.D.S.T. at the Eagan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 in the Council Chambers (1st Floor). Attendance at the Pre-Bid Meeting for City Contract No. 15-01 on March 17 can be used in place of this meeting. The purpose of the conference is to provide details and answer questions regarding the evaluation/ selection criteria that will be used, along with bid price, to select a Contractor for contract award under the Best Value Contracting Authority. Failure to attend this meeting shall eliminate an absent bidder’s bid submission from contract award consideration. Attendance at the conference will be recorded.

Technical Proposal Deadline: Prospective Bidders’ technical proposals must be received by 10:30 a.m. C.D.S.T., Monday, March 30, 2015, at the Engineering Division (1st Floor), Eagan Municipal Center, 3830 Pilot Knob Road.

Each bid proposal shall be accompanied by a bidder’s bond naming the City of Eagan as obligee, a certi-fied check payable to the Clerk of the City of Eagan or a cash deposit equal to at least five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, which shall be forfeited to the City in the event that the bidder fails to enter into a contract. The City Council reserves the right to retain the deposits of the three lowest bidders for a period not to exceed forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening of the bids. No bids may be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening of bids. Payment for the work will be by cash or check.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and technical proposals, to waive irregularities and informalities therein and further reserves the right to award the contract to the best interests of the City.Christina M. Scipioni, Clerk, City of Eagan

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Sealed proposal bids will be received by the City of Eagan, Minnesota, in City Hall at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, until 10:30 A.M., C.D.S.T., on Thursday, March 26, 2015, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for the furnishing of all labor and materials and all else necessary for the following:

PINES EDGE 1ST ADDITIONPROJECT NO 1163

Street Overlay

RED PINE LANE(TH 3 TO WESTON HILLS DR)

PROJECT NO 1164Street & Trail Overlay

DUCKWOOD DRIVE(DENMARK AVE TO LEXINGTON AVE)


THOMAS LAKE ROAD(CLIFF RD TO DIFFLEY RD)

PROJECT NO. 1167Overlay & Trail Construction

WILDERNESS RUN ROAD(PILOT KNOB RD TO CAPRICORN CT)

PROJECT NO 1170Street & Trail Overlay

NORTHWOOD PKWY & PROMENADE AVEPROJECT NO 1175Street & Trail Overlay

City Contract No. 15-01Involving Approximately:100,000 S.Y. Mill Bituminous Pavement1,300 S.Y. Remove Bituminous Pavement4,100 S.F. Remove Bituminous Trail Pavement1,170 CY Common Excavation1,100 TON Class 5 Aggregate Base5 EA Remove Trail Overgrowth6,200 L.F. Concrete Curb & Gutter Removal & Replacement11,700 TON Wear Course Bituminous SP Mixture (street overlay)1,300 TON Wear Course Bituminous SP Mixture (trail overlay)550 TON Wear Course Bituminous SP Mixture (trail construction)1 EA Traffic Control130 EA Truncated Domes Detectable Warning Paver Plates8,700 S.F. 4-in Concrete Sidewalk2,100 S.F. 6-in Concrete Ped Ramp1,400 S.Y. Concrete Driveway/ Valley Gutter Removal & Replace5 EA Fire Hydrant Removal & Replacement86 EA Fire Hydrant Nozzle Improvements700 CY Topsoil/Grade 1 Compost Mix8,000 S.Y. Seed & HydromulchTogether with Miscellaneous Structure Adjustment & Site RestorationComplete digital contract bidding documents are available at www.questcdn.com. You may download the

digital plan documents for $20.00 by inputting Quest project #3683149 on the Web site’s Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or [email protected] for assistance in free membership reg-istration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Complete contract documents may also be seen at the offices of the City Clerk and City Engineer, Eagan, MN, at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, MN 55122, Phone (651) 675-5646. Contractors desiring a hardcopy of the complete bidding documents may obtain them from the office of the City Clerk, Eagan, MN upon payment of $50.00. No money will be refunded to any person who obtains plans and specifications.

Best Value Contracting Selection: This project is extensive, involving many affected property owners. Tim-ing of the project is critical for the safety of the general public and to minimize disruption. In addition, the City has limited financial resources to commit to the project. Accordingly, the project must be accomplished with a minimum of interruption, on time, and without cost overruns. The City believes that only a contractor with good experience in constructing this kind of project is necessary.

Two factors will be considered in the contractor selection process: price and performance. The process for the consideration of proposals for the award of this Project will take into account not only the Contract amount bid for construction items, but also the bidder’s ability and performance on previous similar projects, within and outside the City of Eagan, and the bidder’s availability of major equipment to perform this project.

Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting: A mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 10:30 a.m., C.D.S.T. at the Eagan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 in the Council Chambers (1st Floor). The purpose of the conference is to provide details and answer questions regarding the evaluation/ selection criteria that will be used, along with bid price, to select a Contractor for contract award under the Best Value Contracting Authority. Failure to attend this meeting shall eliminate an absent bidder’s bid submission from contract award consideration. Attendance at the conference will be recorded.

Technical Proposal Deadline: Prospective Bidders’ technical proposals must be received by 10:30 a.m. C.D.S.T., Monday, March 23, 2015, at the Engineering Division (1st Floor), Eagan Municipal Center, 3830 Pilot Knob Road.


The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and technical proposals, to waive irregularities and informalities therein and further reserves the right to award the contract to the best interests of the City.Christina M. Scipioni, Clerk, City of Eagan



Sealed proposal bids will be received by the City of Eagan, Minnesota, in City Hall at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, until 11:00 A.M., C.D.S.T., on Thursday, March 26, 2015, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for the furnishing of all labor and materials and all else necessary for the following:

STORMWATER & WATER QUALITY PONDSSEDIMENT REMOVAL & OUTLET IMPROVEMENTSCity Contract No. 15-03Involving Approximately:400 L.F Silt Fence985 L.F. Floatation Silt Curtain100 TN Dredging/Excavating (MPCA Dredged Material Management Level 2)100 TN Disposal of MPCA Level 2 Excavated Material at a Landfill265 C.Y. Dredging/Excavating (MPCA Dredged Material Management Level 1)265 C.Y. Offsite Disposal of Level 1 Excavated Material235 C.Y. Topsoil Borrow2 EA. Outlet Structure Modification80 TN Class III Rip Rap and Filter FabricTogether with miscellaneous Clearing & Grubbing, Seeding and Turf EstablishmentBecause the adjacent School will be in session through June 5, 2015, work at Pond LP-27.3 cannot start

until June 8, 2015. To be completed by the time City Street Improvement Projects start paving, Contractor shall substantially complete all sediment removal work at Pond LP-26.31, LP-27.3, and LP-27.4 by June 20, 2015 , and finally complete all the work at all sites by October 30, 2015. Further, for each of the four project locations, once construction has begun at a particular pond, Contractor shall have no more than 10 working days to complete the work in that pond, with the exception of final restoration.

Complete digital contract bidding documents are available at www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $20.00 by inputting Quest project #3712735 on the Web site’s Project Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or [email protected] for assistance in free membership reg-istration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Complete contract documents may also be seen at the offices of the City Clerk and City Engineer, Eagan, MN, at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, MN 55122, Phone (651) 675-5646. Contractors desiring a hardcopy of the complete bidding documents may obtain them from the office of the City Clerk, Eagan, MN upon payment of $50.00. No money will be refunded to any person who obtains plans and specifications.


The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive irregularities and informalities therein and further reserves the right to award the contract to the best interests of the City.Christina M. Scipioni, Clerk, City of Eagan


GAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Dated January 16, 2014 Recorded January 23, 2014, as Document No. 2995688.






Summit Mortgage CorporationRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE


MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 4215 Juniper Point, Ea-gan, MN 55122


PROPERTY: Lot 34, Block 1, Boul-der Ridge CIC No. 303 Boulder Ridge Home Owners Association





ment of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice

requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;




to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attor-neys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal rep-resentatives or assigns unless re-duced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on October 12, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption

period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.



Dated: January 30, 2015JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688830 - 14-008418 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSMULTI-SITE EXTERIOR CONCRETE REPAIRS

LAKE MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL19875 DODD ROADLAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044CHERRY VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8600 175TH STREET WESTLAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044OAK HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8640 165TH STREET WESTLAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044CHRISTINA HUDDLESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9569 175TH STREET WESTLAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044CENTURY MIDDLE SCHOOL18610 IPAVA AVENUELAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044LAKEVILLE SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL21135 JACQUARD AVENUELAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044Independent School District

#194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Multi-Site Exterior Concrete Repairs until 1:00 p.m. lo-cal time on March 10, 2015 at the District Office, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota, 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Archi-tects and Engineers, 305 St. Peter Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102. (651) 227-7773; at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construction/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell at www.e-arc.com/MN/saintlouispark.

This project includes: The re-moval and replacement of portions of concrete walks throughout the District.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available on or about Febru-ary 16, 2015. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the inter-net at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Multi-site Con-crete Repairs.

Make proposals on the bid forms supplied in the Project Manual. No oral, telegraphic or telephonic proposals or modifications will be considered. Submit with each bid, a certified check or acceptable bid-der’s bond payable to Independent School District #194 in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid. The successful bidder will be required to furnish satisfactory Labor and Material Payment Bond, and Performance Bond.

Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty (30) days after the scheduled time of opening bids, without the consent of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to accept any bid or to reject any or all bids, or parts of such bids, and waive informalities or irregularities in bidding.

The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project on or be-fore August 14, 2015.Board of EducationINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT #194

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS MULTI-SITE FIRE

ALARM REPLACEMENT CHERRY VIEW ELEMENTARY

8600 175™ STREET WEST LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044

KENWOOD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL

19455 KENWOOD TRAIL LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044

Independent School District #194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Multi-Site Fire Alarm Replacement until 2:00 p.m. local time on March 12, 2015 at the District Office, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota, 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Archi-tects and Engineers, 305 St. Peter Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102. (651) 227-7773; at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construction/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from Plan Well at www.e-arc.com.

This project includes: Removal and replacement of the fire alarm system throughout the entire build-ing.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803, will provide complete down-loadable sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloadable set will be available on or about February 2, 2015. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the internet at www.e-arc.com and clicking on the Plan Well icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Multi-Site Fire Alarm Replacement.



A pre-bid walkthrough has been scheduled for Monday, February 16, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. at Cherry View Elementary and at 9:00 p.m. at Kenwood Trail Middle School. Meet at the front door at Cherry View Elementary School.


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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mort-

gage:DATE OF MORTGAGE: September 25, 2009MORTGAGOR: Erin M. Mc-

Menomy, a single woman.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-


CORDING: Recorded October 23, 2009 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2692195.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Dated November 14, 2014 Record-ed November 20, 2014, as Docu-ment No. 3039652.





MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: River City Mort-gage & Financial, LLC

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 4076 Beaver Dam Road, Eagan, MN 55122


PROPERTY:Unit No. 56, Condominium No.

107, Diffley CommonsCOUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: DakotaORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF MORTGAGE: $170,707.00AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED

TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NO-TICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE:






to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including at-torneys’ fees allowed by law sub-ject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.



“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE


LEGAL NOTICES

MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”

Dated: February 19, 2015JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688830 - 15-001423 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSMULTI-SITE WALL

REFINISHING PROJECTEASTVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL18060 IPAVA AVENUE LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044ORCHARD LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL16531 KLAMATH TRAILLAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044Independent School District

#194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Multi-Site Wall Re-finishing Project until 3:00 p.m. lo-cal time on March 10, 2015 at the District Office, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota, 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.


This project includes: Removal of vinyl wall covering and associ-ated surface prep, painting of gyp-sum walls, columns, metal lockers, hollow metal doors and frames, and metal stair stringers and rail-ings.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available February 16, 2015. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the inter-net at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Multi-Site Wall Refinishing Project.





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NOTICE OF SALENotice is hereby given that the

bidding will close on March 18, 2015 at 7:00 AM at www.Storage-Battles.com/StorageTreasures.com, the undersigned Acorn Mini Storage will sell at Public Sale by competitive bidding the personal property heretofore stored with the undersigned by:

Unit # 103-A.Waheedah Ak-bar-Shabzz Odiachi, child’s car, television, luggage, furniture, boxes of unknown content

Unit # 161- Arlie Alford, bird houses, furniture, boxes of un-known content

Unit # 262- Barbara Inman, guitars, furniture, boxes of un-known content

Unit # 660-Sharrod Rowe/Jes-sie Holt, vacuum cleaner, furniture, boxes of unknown content

Unit # 669- Crystal Cobos, luggage


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DATE OF MORTGAGE: October 28, 2002MORTGAGOR: Gioi D. Bui and

Thuy T. Nguyen, husband and wife.MORTGAGEE: TCS Mortgage Funding Inc..DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Recorded February 26, 2003 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2005598.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: National City Mortgage Co.. Dated April 2, 2004 Recorded May 13, 2004, as Docu-ment No. 2204183. And thereafter assigned to: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. Dated December 11, 2014 Recorded January 13, 2015, as Document No. 3047052. And thereafter as-signed to: PNC Bank, National Association. Dated December 16, 2014 Recorded January 5, 2015, as Document No. 3045620.

TRANSACTION AGENT: NONETRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE

LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

TCS Mortgage Funding Inc.RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: PNC Bank, National AssociationMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 11609 Kennelly Circle, Burnsville, MN 55337


PROPERTY:Unit No. 105, Common Interest

Community No. 188, Eagles RidgeCOUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY










TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on October 23, 2015 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.


“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”Dated: February 9, 2015PNC Bank, National AssociationMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-68884 - 14-007575 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published inBurnsville/EaganFebruary 20, 27,

March 6, 13, 20, 27, 2015351455



NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mort-

gage:DATE OF MORTGAGE: April 11, 2005MORTGAGOR: Layla Molloy, a single person.MORTGAGEE: First Residential

Mortgage Corporation.DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Recorded June 1, 2005 Dakota County Recorder, Docu-ment No. 2326793.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Inter Savings Bank, FSB. Dated April 11, 2005 Recorded June 1, 2005, as Docu-ment No. 2326794. And thereafter assigned to: Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. Dated April 11, 2005 Recorded July 27, 2005, as Document No. 2344149.

TRANSACTION AGENT: NONETRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE

LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: First Residential Mortgage Corporation

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER:

U.S. Bank National AssociationMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 159 Riverwoods Lane, Burnsville, MN 55337


PROPERTY:Lot 3, Block 12, Townhouse Vil-

lage at River Woods 3rd Addition, Dakota County, MN




$149,924.29 That prior to the commence-



DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March 31, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-



TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on October 1, 2015 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.



Dated: January 21, 2015Minnesota Housing Finance Agen-cyMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-6888135 - 14-008787 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


January 30, February 6, 13, 20, 27, March 6, 2015

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DATE OF MORTGAGE: February 28, 2013MORTGAGOR: Joshua B. Ras-

mussen, a single person.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-


CORDING: Recorded March 20, 2013 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2938125.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan

Chase Bank, National Association. Dated October 24, 2014 Recorded November 3, 2014, as Document No. 3036997.






Bell State Bank & TrustRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE


MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 13201 Manor Boulevard East, Burnsville, MN 55337


PROPERTY:Lot 16, Block 1, Burnsville

Woods, Dakota County, Minnesota.COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY













Dated: January 28, 2015JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688830 - 14-008298 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


February 13, 20, 27, March 6, 13, 20, 2015

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REGULAR BOARD MINUTESFEBRUARY 10, 2015

This is a summary of the Inde-pendent School District No. 194 Regular Board of Education Meet-ing on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 with full text available for public inspection on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 7:03 p.m. followed by pledge of allegiance. All board members and administrators were present.

Consent agenda items ap-proved: Minutes of the meetings on January 27 and February 3; employment recommendations, leave requests and resignations; payment of bills & claims; dona-tions; additional board committee assignments.

Reports presented: ACT state mandated test proposal; iLearn 2.0 update; Baldrige express re-sults; Shared leadership update; First reading new policy 421-Gifts to Employees and School Board Members.

Adjournment at 8:28 p.m. Published in


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MINNESOTA 55044Independent School District

#194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Century Middle School Flooring Replacement un-til 2:00 p.m. local time on March 10, 2015 at the District Office, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota, 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.


This project includes: Removal and replacement of carpet flooring, vinyl wall base, and the installation of quarry tile and athletic rubber flooring as described in the con-tract documents.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803 will provide complete download-able sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloads will be available February 16, 2015. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the inter-net at http://www.e-arc.com/mn/saintlouispark and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Century Middle School Flooring Replacement.





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MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclu-sive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

ASSUMED NAME: CalMetricsPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 11965 12th Avenue SouthBurnsville, MN 55337NAMEHOLDER(S): Martin Calibrations Inc.11965 12th Avenue SouthBurnsville, MN 55337I, the undersigned, certify that

I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the appli-cable chapter of Minnesota Stat-utes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

DATE FILED: February 23, 2015SIGNED BY: Richard Brion




SPECIAL BOARD MINUTESFEBRUARY 10, 2015

This is a summary of the Inde-pendent School District No. 194 Special Board of Education Meet-ing on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 with full text available for public inspection on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The special meeting was called to order at 5:32 p.m. All board members and administrators were present.

Closed Session: Discussion was held regarding contract negotia-tions in accordance with MN Stat-ute 13D.03.

Meeting adjourned at 6:40 p.m.Published in


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ASSUMED NAME: MN Running CompanyPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 4101 Nicols Road #100Eagan, MN 55122NAMEHOLDER(S): Ultra Personal Training, LLC4101 Nicols Road #100 Eagan, MN 55122I, the undersigned, certify that


DATE FILED: February 10, 2015SIGNED BY: Erin M. Krech






ASSUMED NAME: Xperience Photo BoothPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 4485 Cinnamon Ridge TrailEagan, MN 55122 NAMEHOLDER(S): Twin Cities Inflatables, Inc.4485 Cinnamon Ridge TrailEagan, MN 55122I, the undersigned, certify that


DATE FILED: February 26, 2015SIGNED BY: Kristi Garcia


March 6, 13, 2015356651

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSCALL FOR BIDS

2015 CARPET AND OTHER FLOORING REPLACEMENT

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the 2015 Carpet and Other Floor-ing Replacement by Independent School District 196, at the Facilities Department, 14445 Diamond Path West, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2:00 p.m. local time on Thursday, March 26, 2015, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Complete instructions on how to obtain Bidding Documents can be found at: http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm.

If you should have any questions regarding this bid you may contact the Facilities Department at (651) 423-7591.Gary Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

Published in Apple Valley, Lakeville,

Burnsville/EaganMarch 6, 13, 2015

358037

PUBLISHYOUR LEGALNOTICEHEREEmail legal notices for publication to [email protected] days anddeadlines vary. Call 763-691-6001 for more information.

Local residents reappointed to Met Council Steven Chávez, of Ea-gan, and Wendy Wulff, of Lakeville, were reap-pointed to the Metropoli-tan Council by Gov. Mark Dayton. Their terms ex-pire in 2019. Chávez represents Dis-

trict 15, which includes Burnsville, Eagan, Inver Grove Heights and Rose-mount. Wulff represents Dis-trict 16, which includes the Dakota County com-munities of Apple Valley,

Castle Rock Township, Coates, Douglas Town-ship, Empire Township, Eureka Township, Farm-ington, Greenvale Town-ship, Hampton, Hamp-ton Township, Hastings, Lakeville, Marshan Town-

ship, Miesville, New Trier, Nininger Township, Ran-dolph, Randolph Town-ship, Ravenna Township, Sciota Township, Vermil-lion, Vermillion Township and Waterford Township.

Job Transitions Group to meet

The March 10 meeting of the Easter Job Tran-sitions Group will be a breakout session on “Are You Really Qualified for that Job?” The group meets at 7:30 a.m. at Eas-ter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot

Knob Road, Eagan. Small group sessions are offered following the meeting at 9:30 a.m. each week on many different topics. Call 651-452-3680 for information.


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1020 Junkers& Repairables


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4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

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1030 Motorcycles

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1500 SPORTING

1540 Guns

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3500 MERCHANDISE

3520 Cemetery Lots

Dawn Valley (Garden of the Crosses), Bloomington

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3540 Firewood

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3580 Household/Furnishings

Whirlpool Washer: ONLY 5 MONTHS OLD!

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Call 952-884-6077

3610 MiscellaneousWanted

* WANTED * US Coins, Collections, Proof & Mint Sets. Also Currency

& Tokens & Gold Coins Will Travel. 30 yrs exp

Cash! Dick 612-986-2566

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Columbia Hghts, 3/6-8, 11a-4p. 3 sofa sets, qn bed, BR sets, hospital bed, fu-ton, offc furn, embroidery machine, lots of kitchen, gard tools, patio furn, Amer & Asian Indian cloz. 1935 Argonne Dr NE, 55421

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4030 Garage& Estate Sales

Three Sisters EstateCompany helps seniors downsize, and/or prepares any estate for liquidation. LET’S MEET! 763-443-0519

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4500 RENTALS / REAL ESTATE

4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

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4520 Townhomes/Dbls/Duplexes For Rent

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4570 StorageFor Rent

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5000 SERVICES

5020 ComputerServices

Are you in need of computer repairs??

Overclocked ITSolutions 651-295-9171overclockeditsolutions.net

5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

Above All Hardwood Floors Installation-Sanding-Finishing

“We Now InstallCarpet, Tile & Vinyl.”

952-440-WOOD (9663)

Escobar Hardwood Floors Carpet & Ceramic Tile

We offer professional services for your wood floors!

Installs/Repair Sand/RefinishFree Ests Ins’d Mbr: BBB

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SANDING-REFINISHINGRoy’s Sanding Service

Since 1951 952-888-9070

5150 Chimney &Fireplace Services

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5160 Commercial &Residential Cleaning

Cleaning: Detailed ori-ented, reliable. 20 yrs exp. Excellent References. Jane 651-252-7224


CONCRETE & MASONRYSteps, Walks, Drives,

Patios Chimney Repair. No job to Sm.

Lic/Bond/Ins John 952-882-0775 612-875-1277

5210 Drywall

PINNACLE DRYWALL*Hang *Tape *Texture

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5220 Electrical

DAGGETT ELECTRICGen. Help & Lic. Elec.

Low By-The-Hour Rates651-815-2316Lic# EA006385

JNH Electric 612-743-7922Bonded Insured Free Ests

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Lew Electric: Resid & Comm. Service, Service Upgrades,

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Lic#EA005011 612-801-5364

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5260 Garage Doors

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Repair/Replace/Reasonable

Lifetime Warranty on All Spring Changes

www.expertdoor.com 651-457-7776

5280 Handyperson

0 Stress! 110% Satisfaction!Status Contracting, Inc. Kitchens & Baths, Lower Level Remodels. Decks.

Wall/Ceiling Repair/Texture Tile, Carpentry, Carpet,

Painting & Flooring#BC679426 MDH Lead SupervisorDale 952-941-8896 office

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A-1 Work Ray’s Handyman No job too small!!

Quality Work @ Competitive Prices! Roofing & Roof Repair

Ray 612-281-7077

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

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

HOME HANDYMANSmall repairs, Light Paint-ing, General Main., Experi-enced & Very Reasonable.

651-387-9453

Home Tune-up • Fix It • Replace It

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Ins’d Ron 612-221-9480

5280 Handyperson

Robert’s Home Repair Trim, doors, painting & deck repair. Free ests. Plus much more! 651-283-8720


3 Interior Rooms/$250Wallpaper Removal.

Drywall Repair. Cabi-net Enameling and

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

612•390•6845Quality ResidentialPainting & Drywall

Ceiling & Wall TexturesH20 Damage-Plaster Repair

Wallpaper RemovalINTERIOR � EXTERIOR


*A and K PAINTING*Schedule Winter Painting!

Painting/Staining. Free Est. 952-474-6258 Ins/Bond

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952-432-2605 DAVE’S PAINTING

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**Mike the Painter Interi-or/ exterior, Wallpaper, 35 yrs exp, Ins 612-964-5776

5380 Plumbing

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

Jason 952-891-2490


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5410 Snow Removal

SNOW PLOWINGCommercial & ResidentialDependable - Insured - Exp’dLSC Construction Svcs, IncMbr: Better Business Bureau Free Ests. 952-890-2403

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TREE TRUST LANDSCAPE SERVICESYour Tree Care Experts!

Removal & Pruning Emerald Ash Borer Trtmt952-767-3880 Free Est

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5500 EMPLOYMENT

5510 Full-time

Castle Rock Bank is currently accepting applications for both a Teller and someone to work in Bookkeeping/Operations. Both posi-tions are Full time & will require previous bank-ing experience. Contact either Jane or Dave Nicolai at 651-463-4014

5510 Full-time

Accountant - Office Co-ordinator in Burnsville

Ben Franklin Electric is seeking a full-time Acct./Office Coor. to complement their col-laborative team. This individual will manage a variety of accounting functions and adminis-tration areas. If you are interested in this terrific opportunity providing variety, challenge and reward in your day, please forward your re-sume to:

Boulay HR7500 Flying Cloud DriveSuite 800Eden Prairie, MN 55344

Email: [email protected]

DRIVERS – LOCAL AND OTR TEAM

EAGAN / ROSEVILLEThe TFE Toro Transport Express is seeking quali-fied professional Drivers (Class A) to support the Pri-vate Toro fleet. An excellent safety record is required. Benefit package includes competitive wages, com-prehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage; com-pany paid pension, match-ing 401K, 9 paid holidays, fuel and operational bonus incentives and more. $500 Sign-on bonus, Paid after 6 months. To apply, contact Jack 800-328-3685, # 8371, 952-887-8371-Business or 952-212-6006 - Cell .The TFE Toro Transport is

an EOE.

Drivers WantedRegional/OTR

Home Weekends. Class ALate Model Equipment

Above Avg Pay Call Nik: 651-325-0307

Finish CarpentersSchwieters Co. is hiring

20 finish carpenters. Great Benefits! Year round work throughout the metro area.

612-328-3140 to schedule an interview.

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FT Diesel Mechanic$1000 Hiring Bonus!

Hoglund Bus & Truck is seeking a FT diesel me-chanic for our Lakeville loc. Related exp or train-ing/educ in diesel me-chanics desired. CDL w/ passenger endorsement or obtain upon hire. We are an EEO employer commit-ted to offering competitive wages, benefits, training/certifications & more. Pls apply to [email protected]; fax 763-295-4992; or 116 E Oakwood Dr., Monti-cello, MN 55362.

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5510 Full-time

General

AUTOMOTIVE DISMANTLER

(Lakeville)Fulltime position con-sists of dismantling au-tomotive vehicles and warehousing parts. Job Requirements: Must have own tools, me-chanical experience and be able to lift and carry 50 pounds. Must be reliable and depend-able. Benefits include: Paid holidays and va-cation, uniforms and a health insurance plan. Starting wage is $17.50 per hr and up depend-ing on experience with a transition to Pay Perfor-mance. Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00am-5pm. Apply in person at: Metro Auto Salvage, Inc. 11710 E. 263rd St. Lakeville, MN

Landscapers Wanted Experience req’d. Must be able to install patios & re-taining walls. $18/hr DOQ. April start. 612-866-2599

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952-846-2000Lawn Care Tech

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Minnesota Energy Resources, a subsidiary of Integrys Energy Group, a natural gas distribution company with non-regu-lated HVAC/appliance re-pair services, is currently

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also has really interesting terrain and topography and seemed like an ideal location to do a project that would be visible to the public and could also be enjoyed by the pub-lic.” Until about 60 years ago the park was pre-dominantly oak savanna, characterized by “widely spaced oaks with a di-verse, prairie-like under-story of grasses and wild-flowers,” Ashling said in

a news release. Tree overcrowding was prevented by grazing in Terrace Oaks, first by wild animals and then by cattle, and natural and man-made fires. The loss of grazing and fires left the savanna under attack by invasive buckthorn, a shrub that can grow to 20 feet, and weedy species such as box elder trees. The invaders shade out sunlight from open-ings in the oak canopy, preventing oak seedlings from growing to maturity,

Ashling said. Unchecked, a total makeover of the habitat would occur in the next 50 to 100 years, he said. “Eventually we would have had this area trans-form from oak savanna into more of a buck-thorn-box elder thicket once these oaks die,” he said. Great River Green-ing’s contractor, Mike’s Tree Service, took a unique, aggressive ap-proach to Terrace Oaks, Thomforde said.

Instead of starting with a “forestry mow” of plants less than 4 inches high, the crew cut the big trees and shrubs be-fore mowing. The result, he said, was much less waste material left on the ground to decompose and feed the soil with nitrogen, which invasive species love. “We hauled out 22 semiloads,” Thomforde said. “If we would have mowed first we would have hauled out 10, and you would have had 10

semiloads of woodchips laying on the ground, which you don’t want.” Great River Green-ing’s work multiplies the years of buckthorn re-moval by volunteers in a smaller part of the park, Ashling said. The next step is seed-ing the cleared area with prairie grasses such as big bluestem and little bluestem that are char-acteristic of savannas, and wildflowers such as black-eyed Susans, cone-flower and milkweed,

Ashling said. The plan is to add six to eight grass species and 20 to 30 wildflower spe-cies, he said. “I think sometimes the easier part of the project is getting the trees out of there,” Ashling said. “The tricky part is converting that area to savanna-like understory and getting rid of that buckthorn long-term.”

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

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attend community festi-vals. Baking with Mahowald is her favorite activity, Ta-lia said. Over the past two years, Talia’s behavior and aca-demic performance have improved, Tia Jolliff said. Her reading has improved by three levels, Tia Jolliff said. The mother of two adult children, Mahow-

ald had been involved in her children’s activities for years and wanted to work with youth again. “Just being in school and around kids, I missed that,” she said. “I like be-ing able to do things with Talia that I did with my own kids when they were young.” Although this is the last year Talia, a fifth-grader at Parkview, can partici-pate in the school-based program, she and Ma-

howald can continue their mentorship through Kids ’n Kinship’s community-based program, which provides mentors for chil-dren through age 18. Many mentors and mentees continue long lasting relationships as the children become adults, said Rita Younger, pro-gram coordinator for Kids n’ Kinship. Kids ’n Kinship’s school-based program was cre-ated 10 years ago. At the

time, Kids ’n Kinship had received numerous referrals from school of-ficials to place students with mentors in its com-munity-based mentorship program, which currently has a list of 61 children who are waiting to be paired with a mentor. This prompted the organiza-tion to bring the program to the schools. Unlike its community-based program, which first finds a child in need of a

mentor, the school-based program finds a mentor and then seeks referrals for a student who would benefit from the program. To date the program has four mentors paired with five students in four schools. All mentors un-dergo background checks and are matched with a student based on interests and needs. “We are continually seeking new mentors,” Younger said.

Those interested in be-coming a mentor for Kids ’n Kinship’s school-based program can contact Younger at 651-686-0990 or [email protected]. For more information or to become a mentor for the organization’s com-munity-based program, visit www.kidsnkinship.org.. Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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just west of Interstate 35W to County Road 42, and Aldrich Avenue be-tween McAndrews Road and County Road 42. Aldrich is part of the 42 retail corridor, with ac-cess to Super Target, the Burnsville Marketplace mall and other businesses. Project costs are esti-mated at $6.38 million. Distressed pavement will

be replaced with 2 inches of new pavement. The Burnsville Park-way project includes me-dian and sidewalk im-provements. The Nicollet Avenue project includes streetscape improvements, a new traffic signal at 134th Street, modifica-tion of the signal at 130th Street and signal coordi-nation on Nicollet and Burnsville Parkway. In Leisure Estates,

located between I-35W and the Parkway, streets to be rebuilt are James Avenue South, Lacota Lane, Humboldt Avenue South, Irving Avenue South, Fremont Avenue, Leisure Lane, Girard Av-enue South, Girard Court, Lyndale Circle, Lacota Circle and 132nd Place West. Work will include re-moval of the existing pavement and gravel base,

new pavement, curb and watermain replacement, some tree removal and some sidewalk repairs. The estimated cost is $5.24 million. Most of the streets were built in the 1960s, City Engineer Ryan Peterson said. “It’s time to replace these streets,” he said. “They’re in definite need.” Mayor Elizabeth Kautz said she’s gotten com-plaints from residents

wondering when the streets were scheduled for rebuilding. Reclamation projects, which include removal of pavement and gravel but less curb and utility work, are planned for Court Place from Williams Drive to the intersection with Judicial Road, and Park-wood Drive from 134th Street to McAndrews Road. Parkwood Lane north of Parkwood Drive

is included. Costs are estimated at $1.81 million. Burnsville assesses property owners for 40 percent of street projects. Other funding sources in-clude the city’s utility and infrastructure trust funds and its allocation of state gas-tax funds.

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

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67 in October 2013. He was a longtime supporter of the Burnsville Fire Muster and Baseball Association 191, among other things. Slipka is the inspiration for “Ascent Fountain,” ac-cording to DeLise and Ed Delmoro, both founda-tion board members. That message will be included in a plaque on the smaller sculpture.

“Knowing Ken, he would probably say, ‘Why are you putting my name on that?’ ” said Len Nach-man, a member of the Burnsville Parks and Nat-ural Resources Commis-sion. A plaque on the larg-er sculpture will carry a broader message honoring community service, with the soaring eagles symbol-izing “synergies that lift and encourage the aspira-

tions of others.” “That bigger piece is where the rest of us get to speak and say, ‘We, too, stand for community ser-vice and giving back,’ ” DeLise told the commis-sion March 2. Commissioners voted to endorse the project, which doesn’t require City Council approval. A sec-ond sculpture, in the park’s westerly pool, has been envisioned since Nicollet

Commons was built, said Terry Schultz, director of parks, recreation and natu-ral resources. Willey, who also cre-ated “Centrifuge,” said the eagle is a “great symbol of service” and a “potent” image in nature. The eagles and the fish at the base of the larger sculpture will be “stylized” renderings, he said. Art features in the stream — a popular sum-

mer splash pool — will follow a progression from the abstract “Centrifuge” on one end to the nature-based sculptures on the other. The walls of the stream include bronze shapes that morph into fish and frogs along the way. DeLise said she’s con-fident about raising the money. The foundation plans to sell a limited num-ber of “large donation”

paver bricks that will be installed in the walkway next to the new sculptures, she said. The personal-ized, inscripted pavers are 16 inches by 16 inches, ac-cording to the city, which has worked with the foun-dation to sell other paver bricks throughout the park.

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

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ReligionFish fry Friday in Farmington The Church of St. Michael will host its an-nual fish fry from 5-7 p.m.

Friday, March 6, in the church social hall at 22120 Denmark Ave., Farming-ton. Dinner will include all-you-can-eat Alaskan pol-

lock, potato side, coleslaw and fluffy dinner rolls, along with juice, coffee and milk. Ice cream will also be provided. Good-will offerings will

be accepted. All proceeds will go toward Church of St. Michael charitable causes.

Matsiko World Orphan Choir The Matsiko World Or-phan Choir will perform at Spirit of Life Presbyterian Church in Apple Valley during the 10 a.m. worship service Sunday, March 15. The church is located at 14401 Pilot Knob Road in Apple Valley. All are wel-come. The choir is currently made up of 18 of the poorest orphaned and at-risk children from Peru, India and Liberia. Their ages range from 5 to 13. The children, with their adult leaders, will stay in the homes of Spirit of Life families March 14-19 while they perform at various venues in the Min-neapolis area. They will perform again at Spirit of Life during the church’s Meet in the Middle after-

school program Wednes-day, March 18. For more information on the choir’s visit, call the church office at 952-423-2212.

Science & Scripture Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Apple Valle, will offer a seminar titled “Science & Scrip-ture: Encountering Ecol-ogy” from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, March 14. A continental breakfast will served. Two theologians and a biologist will look through the lens of caring for the environment at how sci-ence and scripture are re-lated. Dr. Alan G. Padgett, professor of Systematic Theology at Luther Semi-nary, will present the title keynote address and a breakout session “Science and Christian Faith: Con-flict?” Dr. Ian S. Johnston,

professor of Biological Sciences at Bethel Univer-sity, will present the break-out session “Scientific insights carry prophetic weight for faithful Chris-tian living!” Kiara Jorgenson, Ph.D. candidate at Luther Semi-nary, will present the breakout session “Survey-ing the Land: The Shape of Discourse in Christian Ecological Ethics” All three speakers will gather for a question-and-answer panel at noon. Cost is $20. Early-birds can register for $15 be-fore March 12. Register by cash or check at the church during office or worship hours or online with a credit or debit card at www.sotv.org/events. This seminar is part of the ongoing Christian ed-ucation series “Immersed in the Word.” Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church is locat-ed at 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road in Apple Val-ley.

Grand Ol’ Carnival The city of Burnsville and District 191 Commu-nity Education will host the second annual Grand Ol’ Carnival for grand-parents, parents and kids of all ages from 1-4 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at Nicollet Junior High, 400 E. 134th St., Burnsville. The event will feature carnival games, prizes, open gym, arts and crafts, cookie decorating and more. Admission is $5 per child and free for grand-parents and parents. Register by March 23 at www.burnsville.org/recre-ation or by phone at 952-895-4500.

Spring skating camp Registration for Burns-

ville’s Spring Skating Camp begins at noon Sat-urday, March 7. Camp is for ages 3 to adults and runs Mondays and Thurs-days, April 6, 9, 13, 16, 20 and 23. Group and private lessons are available. In-structors will work with students on skating skills, figure skating skills and hockey skating skills. Register online at www.burnsville.org/LTS or in person at the Burnsville Ice Center, 251 Civic Cen-ter Parkway.

Love for Aria benefit set The Love for Aria ben-efit will be held from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, March 14, for the family of Aria Carlson, who was born Jan. 7 with a complete atrioventricular canal de-

fect. She will require ma-jor heart surgery within three to six months. Event activities will in-clude a spaghetti dinner and silent auction in addi-tion to music, games and crafts for kids. The benefit will be held at New Horizon Academy, 9085 203rd St. W., Lake-ville. Tickets will be available at the door for $10 per per-son, $25 per family.

Eagan Garden Club meeting The Eagan Garden Club will meet from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, at the Eagan Mu-nicipal Center, 3830 Pilot Knob Road. The topic will be “New Annuals and Pe-rennials for 2015” by Deb-bie Lonnee.

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Swing dance in Rosemount The Rosemount Area Arts Council is holding a swing dance at 8 p.m. Fri-day, March 20, featuring live music by the Hiawatha Hepcats at the Rosemount Community Center Ban-quet Room, 13885 S. Rob-ert Trail. Free dance lessons by the Arthur Murray studio begin at 7 p.m. Cost is $8 at the door or online at www.rosemoun-tarts.com.

Nature art in Apple Valley “Dakota County Nat-urally,” the most recent Dakota County commu-nity art exhibition, is on display for public viewing in the hallway between the Dakota County Western Service Center and Galax-ie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. The exhibition in-cludes two-dimensional art created by 19 Dakota County artists in one of two themes: “Critters of the Minnesota Zoo” and “Natural Wonders of the Parks of Dakota County.” This is the seventh community art exhibition curated by the Dakota County Public Art Citi-zens Advisory Committee. For more information,

call Jean Erickson at 651-438-4286.

Children’s book signing Twin Cities author Kevin Lovegreen will sign copies of his newest book in the Lucky Luke’s Hunting Adventures series from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday, March 8, at Schaffer Performance Ar-chery, 1403 Cliff Road E., Burnsville. The new easy-to-read book is called “Monster Mule Deer.” It takes kids on an archery hunting ad-venture in Alberta, Cana-da. Learn more about Lovegreen and his series of books at www.Kevin-Lovegreen.com.

Martina McBride County star Martina McBride brings her Ev-erlasting Tour to Mystic Lake on Friday, June 19. “Everlasting” is Mc-Bride’s 12th album and it features covers of soul and R&B classics such as Lin-da Ronstadt’s “Little Bit of Rain” and Sam Cooke’s “Bring It On Home To Me.” The Everlasting Tour combines her classic hits and songs from her new album. Tickets go on sale at 10

‘Music During Wartime’ concert

March 15 in Lakeville

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The idea behind “Mu-sic During Wartime” is that troubled times can produce great art. The concert, which will be presented by the Ar-taria String Quartet on March 15 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, features compositions written dur-ing or just after World War II. “Music During War-time” is part of the on-going Coffee Concerts chamber music series at the arts center, and will include Quincy Porter’s String Quartet No. 7, William Walton’s String

Quartet in A Minor, and William Alwyn’s Three Winter Poems. Now in its 28th season, the Artaria String Quar-tet consists of violinists Ray Shows and Nancy Oliveros, cellist Laura Sewell, and violist An-nalee Wolf. The Minnesota-based group has served as Min-nesota Public Radio Artists-in-Residence, and was featured on Twin Cit-ies Public Television as part of the “Minnesota Original” series. As with all the concerts in the series, there will be complimentary coffee and refreshments in the series’ informal cabaret setting, with the musicians pro-viding some background and insights on the pieces they’ve chosen to per-form. The series continues

April 26 with the Wilder Octet, who will perform a full set of the music of American composer Alec Wilder. The Minneapolis Gui-tar Quartet concludes the season May 17 with a program titled “Looking Back, Looking Ahead.”

The Coffee Concerts series was founded in 2007 by the husband-and-wife duo of oboist Car-rie Vecchione and bassist Rolf Erdahl, who each year perform one concert in the series in collabora-tion with other perform-ers. This year the couple

will be joining the Wilder Octet on April 26. All the concerts take place Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. at the arts center located at 20965 Holyoke Ave. in downtown Lake-ville. More about the se-ries can be found on Face-book at www.facebook.

com/coffeeconcerts. General admission tickets are $15 ($12 for students and seniors) and are available at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

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The Artaria String Quartet is composed of violinists Nancy Oliveros and Ray Shows, cellist Laura Sewell, and violist Annalee Wolf. (Photo submitted)

a.m. Saturday, March 7, for $59 and $69. Contact the box office at 952-496-6563 or visit mysticlake.com for more details.

Comedy at Mystic Lake Thomas Dale and Brady Matthews will take the Mystic Comedy Club stage at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, March 20, and Saturday, March 21, in Prior Lake. Dale was brought on as a writer and regular per-

former on “Chelsea Late-ly” in 2013. He appeared on MTV’s “New Year’s Eve Bash” in 2011 and has been featured in The New York Comedy Festival as well as the Bamboozle Music Festival. He provid-ed commentary for VH1’s “100 Sexiest Celebrities” and “100 Greatest Child Stars” and made his late night debut on “The Late Show With Craig Fergu-son” in 2012. He is the co-host of the podcast, “Nobody Asked You” and is a regular on Sirius Ra-

dio, Comical Radio and WOR’s “Joey Reynolds Show.” Matthews is a stand-up comedian and actor. He has appeared in re-curring roles on “Reality Hell,” “Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “Better Off Ted,” “CSI: New York” and “How I Met Your

Mother.” He has been fea-tured on “TheSmoking-Gun.com” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and can be seen on the new webisode series “Clean Break.” Tickets are $19. Mature audiences only. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for details.

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Family Calendar, email: [email protected].

Friday, March 6 Walleye fry by Dakota County Elks Lodge 2832, 5-7:30 p.m., Mary Center at Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. All-you-can-eat wall-eye, baked potatoes, coleslaw, rolls, milk and coffee. Cost: $13 adults, $6 ages 11 and younger, $3 kid’s meal of macaroni and cheese, animal crackers and milk. Fish fry, 5-8 p.m., Rosemount VFW Post 9433, 2625 120th St. W., Rosemount. All-you-can-eat cod ($12.95) or walleye ($14.95); includes soup and salad bar. Fish fry, 5-9 p.m., Rosemount American Legion, 14590 Burma Ave., Rosemount. All-you-can-eat fish ($11.95 adults, $10.95 seniors, $7.95 kids). Information: 651-423-3380. Forever Wild Family Friday: The Way of the Monarch, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. All ages. In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre returns with the story of the spectacular life, metamorphosis and migration of the Monarch butterfly. Free. Reg-istration requested. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks. Course number 5050.

Monday, March 9 Relay For Life of Eagan fundraiser, all day at Granite City Food & Brewery, 3330 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, 651-452-4600. Must present flier, available at the hostess table at Granite City. Ten percent of the total tab will be donated to American Cancer Society-Relay For Life Eagan.

Tuesday, March 10 Friends of LeDuc of Historic Hastings meeting, 7 p.m., 1629 Vermillion St., Hastings. Follow-ing a short business meeting, a program on Quilts at the Dakota

County Fair will be presented by Cindy Thury-Smith, master quilter and curator at the Pioneer Room in Hastings City Hall. The meeting is free and open to the public.

Wednesday, March 11 Eagan Garden Club monthly meeting, 7-9 p.m., Eagan Mu-nicipal Center, 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Speaker: Debbie Lonnee on “New Annuals and Pe-rennials for 2015.”

Friday, March 13 Walleye fry by Dakota County Elks Lodge 2832, 5-7:30 p.m., Mary Center at Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. All-you-can-eat wall-eye, baked potatoes, coleslaw, rolls, milk and coffee. Cost: $13 adults, $6 ages 11 and younger, $3 kid’s meal of macaroni and cheese, animal crackers and milk. Fish fry, 5-8 p.m., Rosemount VFW Post 9433, 2625 120th St. W., Rosemount. All-you-can-eat cod ($12.95) or walleye ($14.95); includes soup and salad bar. Fish fry, 5-9 p.m., Rosemount American Legion, 14590 Burma Ave., Rosemount. All-you-can-eat fish ($11.95 adults, $10.95 seniors, $7.95 kids). Information: 651-423-3380. Fish fry by the Rosemount Knights of Columbus, 6 p.m., St. Joseph’s School Social Hall, 13900 Biscayne Ave., Rose-mount. Free-will offering.

Saturday, March 14 Lakeville Landscape & Home Expo, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Lakeville North High School, 19600 Ipava Ave. W., Lakeville. Information: 952-469-2020.

Ongoing Emotions Anonymous meet-ings, 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays at SouthCross Community Church, 1800 E. County Road 42 (at Sum-mit Oak Drive), Apple Valley. EA is a 12-step program for those

seeking emotional health. All are welcome. Information: http://www.emotionsanonymous.org/.

Reunions Apple Valley High School Class of 2005 10-year reunion, Saturday, June 13, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. family-friendly barbecue at Alimagnet Park; 5:30-9 p.m. adult-only dinner cruise along the St. Croix River. Barbecue cost: $5 children, $10 adults. Cruise: $40 by March 13; $50 after March 13. RSVP by May 29. Information can be found on the Apple Valley High School Class of 2005 Facebook page or by emailing the reunion committee at [email protected].

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. • March 6, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. • March 7, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. • March 9, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Minnesota Valley YMCA, 13850 Portland Ave., Burnsville. • March 9, 1-7 p.m., Hope Community Church, 9623 162nd St. W., Lakeville. • March 12, 12-6 p.m., Hope Church, 7477 145th St., Apple Valley. • March 12, 1-7 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 151 E. County Road 42, Burnsville. • March 14, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Crown of Life Lutheran Church, 4150 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. • March 14, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. • March 16, 12-6 p.m., Kow-alski’s Market, 1646 Diffley Road, Eagan.

To submit items for the Arts Calendar, email: [email protected].

Auditions Auditions for the Prior Lake Players’ spring production of a Rodgers & Ham-merstein revue will be 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mon-day, March 9, at Glendale United Method-ist Church, 13550 Glendale Road, Savage. Auditions are open – no appointments are necessary. Roles are available for ages 13 and up. The production will be a concert-style performance, with approximately 15-20 singers performing alongside a live pit orchestra. Those auditioning should prepare a short segment of a Broadway showtune that shows their vocal talent. Performances will be Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2, at Glendale United Methodist Church.

Books Meet the Author – Haley Snyder, 6:30-8 p.m., Tuesday, March 17, at Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. The author of “Get that Girl a Cheeseburg-er” will sign copies of her book and discuss the common myths and stereotypes sur-rounding eating disorders. Presented by the Rosemount Area Arts Council. SouthSide Writers, Saturday work-group for aspiring writers, offering critique, submission and manuscript preparation in-formation, support and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Information: 651-688-0365.

Dance Iny Asian Dance Group, 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 7, Galaxie Library atrium, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Free. Information: 952-891-7045.

Music 651 Jazz, 7-9 p.m. Friday, March 6, Rosemount Community Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Part of the Rose-mount Area Arts Council’s “An Evening of Jazz” series. Tickets: $7 at www.rosemoun-tarts.com. Eagan-based Exultate Festival Choir and Orchestra will perform Mozart’s “Re-quiem” 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 6, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 519 Oak Grove St., Minneapolis; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at Church of The Annunciation, 509 W. 54th St., Minneapolis; and 2 p.m. Sunday,

March 8, at St. Joseph the Worker Catho-lic Church, 7180 Hemlock Lane N., Maple Grove. Tickets available at www.exultate.org or by calling 651-707-0727. South Metro Chorale Cabaret: “Come Fly with SMC,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lake-ville. Tickets: $20/$15, includes appetizers, beverages and dessert. Information/tickets: 612-386-4636, [email protected] or www.southmetrochorale.org. Clint Black, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 11, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $47-$56 at the box office, Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-982-2787. No Man’s String Band, 7 p.m. Thurs-day, March 12, Rosemount Community Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Tickets: $7 at www.rosemountarts.com or at the door. Dakota Valley Symphony: The Feeling In Baroque Music II, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, March 15, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $20 at the box of-fice, Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-982-2787. Artaria String Quartet, 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Part of the Lakeville Coffee Concert series. Tickets: $15 adults, $12 seniors and students. Information: 952-985-4640. Transit Authority: A Tribute to the Mu-sic of Chicago, 8 p.m. Thursday, March 19, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burns-ville. Tickets: $42-$62 at the box office, Ticketmaster.com or by phone at 800-982-2787.

Theater “Veronica’s Room,” presented by Cha-meleon Theatre Circle, Feb. 20-March 8, Black Box Theatre, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Adult situations, possible nudity. Tickets: $22 adults, $19 seniors and students, at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 and online at Tick-etmaster.com. “50 Shades! The Musical Parody,” 8 p.m. Saturday, March 14, Mystic Showroom in Prior Lake. Adults only. Tickets: $29 and $39. Information: 952-445-9000 or mysti-clake.com.