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Burnsville wins consolationThe Burnsville baseball team won both games Friday to win the Class 4A consolation championship.

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Soaring after OrlandoColumnist Joe Nathan writes that in response to tragedy, we can soar by taking action.

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Hotel plans pulledA developer has withdrawn plans for a new Hilton hotel in Eagan’s Cedar Grove redevelopment area.

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Burnsville cops cleared in fatal shooting Grand jury says deadly force was

justified by John Gessner

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Three Burnsville police officers who fatally shot a man acting wildly and brandishing a knife out-side a McDonald’s restau-rant March 17 have been cleared by the Dakota County grand jury, Coun-ty Attorney James Back-strom announced Tuesday. The grand jury con-cluded that officers Taylor Jacobs, John Mott and Maksim Yakovlev were legally justified in us-ing deadly force on Map Kong, 38, of Chaska, Backstrom said. A fourth officer involved in the in-cident, Lyn Tonne, didn’t fire. Officers fired 23 times

at Kong, who was later found to have amphet-amine and methamphet-amine in his system. They

first confronted him while he was sitting in his car, bouncing around errati-cally, flapping his arms

up and down while hold-ing what Police Chief Eric Gieseke described as a “large dagger.”

“Drop the knife!” of-ficers shouted repeatedly after breaking the passen-ger-side windows of the 2001 Pontiac Sunfire. Two shots from Jacobs’ Taser didn’t affect Kong, who then flung open his door and bolted. The officers fired as he ran. In interviews with in-vestigators, the three of-ficers said they feared Kong might kill someone. Yakovlev said he feared for the safety of people entering the restaurant, entering the parking lot or traveling on Highway 13 and the restaurant’s front-age road. Police on Tuesday re-leased four officer body-cam videos of the incident (with the dead man’s body digitally hidden) and doc-uments from the Minne-sota Bureau of Criminal

Burnsville firefighters cleaned the pavement March 17 where police fatally shot a man behaving erratically and carrying a large knife. (File photo by John Gessner)

Flags are flown at Bicentennial Garden in Burnsville. (Photo by John Gessner)

Flag etiquette to get a boostCity will seekvolunteers to

help comply with flag code

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Fred Ferris attended military school in junior high, served on his high school color guard and was an honor guard mem-ber at the dedication of the Eisenhower Presiden-tial Museum on Veterans Day 1954. The Burnsville resident knows his way around the U.S. Flag Code, the guid-ing federal document on

flag eti-quette. He wishes his city fol-lowed its a d v i s o r y rules as much as he honors them.

For more than a de-cade Ferris, 76, has chafed at what he calls routine breaches of U.S. flag eti-quette at city facilities — particularly entire week-ends when flags are flown at half-staff instead of the during the code’s pre-scribed times, such as sun-rise to noon on Memorial Day, a city holiday.

Officials say that with-out paying overtime, the city doesn’t have workers available to raise and lower flags at nine city locations at all the times specified in the code. “It would have to be an overtime expense” costing about $40 to $45 an hour, said Terry Schultz, Burns-ville’s parks, recreation and natural resources di-rector. But the city now plans to recruit volunteers to bolster its efforts to meet flag code guidance. A new flag policy approved Tues-day by the City Council

Fred Ferris

Sober house to get its eight beds

Controversy lingers over

A Woman’s Way by John Gessner


With sharp words from one, Burnsville City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday for preliminary approval of a controversial request to al-low eight beds instead of a six at a group home in a single-family neighbor-hood. The council set in mo-tion approval of a “rea-sonable accommodation” under the Federal Fair Housing Act to allow eight beds instead of the six allowed by city code at A Woman’s Way, 720 151st St. E. The program serves chemically dependent women. The controversy has pit-ted neighbors who say this group home and others in their area have caused traffic, parking and trash problems against treat-ment advocates, including former A Woman’s Way residents who say the pro-gram saved them. Council members say conditions of approval, including a requirement that all employees park in the garage or driveway

except when snow is being removed from the drive-way, should alleviate past problems. The conditions attached to the reasonable accommodation ruling give the city unprecedent-ed control over operations at a group home, council members said. The program has oper-ated eight beds in violation of city code, which allows only six at group homes in single-family neighbor-hoods, and sought the rea-sonable-accommodation ruling to preserve what advocates say is the num-ber of residents needed to make treatment effective. What the property own-er, Carol Ackley, hasn’t admitted is that eight beds are needed to cover over-head and turn a profit, Council Member Mary Sherry charged. Ackley is selling River Ridge Treat-ment Center in Burnsville, whose programs include A Woman’s Way, and Sherry said the new owner of the business stated at a June 13 hearing before the Planning Commission that the sale is contingent on approval of the appeal. The new operator of River Ridge is Options Inc. “This business has deep pockets,” said Sherry, who

Like ‘having Disney World in Eagan’Council approves

Vikings’ development

plan by Jessica Harper


The Minnesota Vikings will soon call Eagan home. The Eagan City Council decisively and unanimous-ly approved on Tuesday the Minnesota Vikings’ plans to build a new head-quarters and practice fa-cility at the former North-west Airlines site. Before the 5-0 vote, council members raised a few questions about the amount of signage, types of projected images and potential parking issues

at the site, but embraced the overall concept for the 200-acre development, which includes the Vikings facility, housing, retail, of-fice space, a hotel and con-ference center, and green

space. Mayor Mike Maguire emphasized that the coun-cil’s minor questions are not an indication that the council is “anything less than across-the-board ex-

cited to have you.” Council Member Gary Hansen described the Vi-kings facility as “having Disney World in Eagan. It will become an interna-tional destination.”

The NFL team plans to develop the site — lo-cated at the intersection of Dodd Road and Lone Oak Parkway — in multiple phases over several years. The first phase of the proj-ect includes the construc-tion of the Vikings corpo-rate headquarters, training facilities, practice fields and a 6,000-seat stadium and would be located in the north-central portion of the site. The Vikings plan to break ground on its first phase in August. Team officials said the target date for moving into the new headquarters is March 2018, the month after the Super Bowl at U.S. Bank Stadium.

The first phase of the project includes a 6,000-seat stadium. (Vikings graphic)

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Windows into the pastJohn Cartwright, the featured artist at this year’s Eagan Art Festival, specializes in illustrations of railroads from a bygone era.

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2A June 24, 2016 SUN THISWEEK - Burnsville - Eagan

The city of Burnsville will hold a public open house 3:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, to provide information and receive input on updates to the city’s Water Re-sources Management Plan (WRMP) and Wetland Protection and Manage-ment Plan (WPMP).

The open house will be in City Hall Council Chambers, 100 Civic Cen-ter Parkway. Residents will have an opportunity to provide input on a range of water resource topics addressed in the plans, including: • Lake water quality goals

• Pond and water body high water levels • Localized flooding • Design standards for development and redevel-opment projects • Wetland management Input can also be pro-vided online by complet-ing a survey at www.burns-ville.org/NRManagement. Copies of the city’s current plans are also available. The city will consider all comments as the plan update process moves for-ward, and will hold a sec-ond open house later this summer. With questions or feed-back, contact engineer-ing consultant Rebecca Nestingen at 651-490-2175 or [email protected].

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Market Fest marks 10 years

Hotelier withdraws Cedar Grove plansOther projects continue to move ahead

Eagan’s Cedar Grove neighborhood won’t have a Hilton hotel any time soon. Morrissey Hospi-tality has withdrawn its proposal to build a Home-2Suites by Hilton near Twin Cities Premium Out-lets. The hotelier withdrew its plans last month, which was followed by the death of the company’s founder and former CEO Bill Mor-rissey. City officials said they are actively marketing the property and hope to find someone interested in

building a hotel there. Other projects in Cedar Grove continue to move forward. Ryland Homes has started construction on 50 rowhomes near Ce-dar Grove Transit Station and Inland Group, a Spo-kane, Wash., developer, is finalizing development agreements for a 173-unit “active” senior housing project at the corner of Eagan Outlets Parkway and River Valley Way. Construction is also underway on the pedes-trian overpass and median

bus platform for the Cedar Grove Transit station. The improved station is expect-ed to open in early 2017. The Flats at Cedar Grove apartments contin-ue to fill up quickly with 93 percent of units leased and 92 percent occupied, according to property management. Twin Cities Premium Outlets repre-sentatives report that the outlet mall is also continu-ing to have strong perfor-mance.

— Jessica Harper

Burnsville hosts water, wetland open house

Eagan Market Fest is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a full slate of live music on Wednesday, June 29. Memphis & The Meantimes (pictured), featuring vocalist Mick Sterling, will perform from 6-8 p.m.; the group specializes in music from Sun Records and the Grand Ole Opry with songs by Johnny Cash, Elvis and Roy Orbison. The Geoff Elvee Trio, led by country singer-songwriter Geoff Elvee, will perform from 4-5:30 p.m. Eagan Market Fest, a weekly farmers market and community festival, is held each Wednesday during the summer from 4-8 p.m. at the city’s Central Park Festival Grounds next to the Eagan Community Center. More information is at www.cityofeagan.com/marketfest. (Photo submitted)

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Make-A-Wish recipient named 2016 Youth Funfest Grand Marshal Lucas Hobbs, a 12-year-old with can-cer, was selected as the Youth Grand Marshal for Eagan’s 50th July 4th Funfest Parade. Lucas lives with his parents Matt and Sarah Hobbs in Eagan. Lucas was a Make-A-Wish recipient this past year, which inspired him to feed people for free via food trucks. In 2015, he managed to recruit a fleet of food trucks that went on to feed over 3,000 people in the Twin Cities through six wish events.

Since then, with the help of his family, Chef

Lucas Food has been launched. This nonprofit charity partners with the food service indus-try from farm to table with the mission of “do-ing good with food.” Lu-cas has been featured on “NBC Nightly News,” ap-peared on “The Rachael Ray Show” and partnered with Local Crate, a meal-kit startup company in Minneapolis, to help pe-diatric cancer families. More information on Eagan’s July 4th Funfest can be found at www.ea-ganfunfest.org.

Lioness and Lion named Funfest Parade grand marshals Margo and Lowell Danner, longtime Eagan residents, have been cho-sen as grand marshals for Eagan’s 50th July 4th Fun-fest Parade. They were chosen in recognition of their com-mitment to the Eagan community. With more than 50 years of volunteer-ing, this Eagan couple has surpassed the 50 years that the Eagan Funfest has been in existence. The Danners have not only been involved with the Eagan Lioness/Lions organizations but have served the Eagan commu-nity through many other volunteer activities. Margo has served on the Eagan Parks & Recre-

ation Commission, Eagan Foundation Board, Eagan Senior Board, Eagan Con-vention & Visitors Board, Eagan Core Greenway Board and the Eagan July 4th Committee. Margo and Lowell have been ac-tive in supporting schools, church, Meals on Wheels, Caponi Art Park, and The

Open Door. Margo initiated and worked to complete the Eagan Tribute & Memori-al Plaza located in Central Park. More information on Eagan’s July 4th Funfest can be found at www.eaganfunfest.org.

Lucas Hobbs

Eagan July 4th Funfest ScheduleSaturday, July 2

1 to 7 p.m. – Red Cross Blood Drive 4 p.m. – festival grounds open, Carnival begins 4 p.m. – Children’s Bike Parade 6 p.m. – Texas Hold’em Tournament (Free Entry) 8 to 9:30 p.m. – Stage Entertainment Roger Al-len Band 10 p.m. – stage enter-tainment “Maiden Dixie” Midnight – festival grounds close

Sunday, July 3 1 to 7 p.m. –Red Cross Blood Drive 4 p.m. – festival grounds open

6 p.m. – Texas Hold’em Tournament (Free Entry) 8:30 p.m. – stage enter-tainment “Arch Allies” Midnight – festival grounds close

Monday, July 4 8 a.m. – Ambassador Sparkle Breakfast at Lost Spur Golf Club 10 a.m. – Parade Noon – festival grounds open 1 to 7 p.m. – Red Cross Blood Drive 1 p.m. – Ambassador Brain Freeze 1 to 4 p.m. – Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Car Show Car 1-4 p.m. – Eagan Lion-

ess hosted Bingo 2 to 4 p.m. – Jason Huneke Juggler 6 p.m. – Texas Hold’em Tournament (Free Entry) 8 p.m. – stage enter-tainment “Brian Kinney Band” 10 p.m. – Fireworks Midnight – Festival Grounds Close

Monday, July 11 6 p.m. – Ambassador Red Carpet Reception at Eagan Community Center 7 p.m. – Coronation 2016 Eagan Funfest Am-bassadors (ECC Oaks Room).

Margo and Lowell Danner

Eagan Funfest begins July 2

Eagan’s annual July 4th Funfest will kick off on July 2 with a Red Cross Blood drive, children’s bike parade, Texas Hold’em and other events. The annual Eagan Am-bassador Brain Freeze event (shown above) will be held on July 4 after the parade. Tickets to the ambassador coronation on July 11 are available at the door for $7 or $5 with a Funfest button. Carnival tickets can be purchased online and picked up at the Information Booth on the Funfest Festival grounds July 2, 3 and 4. Advanced sale tickets offer a one-ticket for one-ride advantage over day-of-event ticket purchase. It is a nearly 50 percent savings on rides and no waiting in line at the ticket booths. Advanced tickets can be ordered online through noon July 1. Advanced tickets can also be purchased from Eagan City Hall or the Eagan Com-munity Center through July 1. (File photo)

Sober education goes statewide online PEASE Academy, a recovery high school in Minneapolis, has joined with Minnesota Virtual High School to offer middle and high school students fully accredited degree programs online. A full range of second-ary school studies will be offered, leading to a standard high school di-ploma. Students will be in regular contact with faculty members, and in-

struction and counseling will be provided through teleconferencing and phone contacts on an on-going basis. Minnesota Virtual teachers will provide the required subject courses, while PEASE chemical dependency counselors and social workers will provide ongoing support. Those interested in ap-plying for the fall term can call PEASE Academy

at 612-378-1377, or con-tact the school online at peaseacademy.org. The name PEASE stands for Peers Enjoy-ing A Sober Education. PEASE Academy and Minnesota Virtual High School are part of Minne-sota Transitions Charter School, which has seven different schools based in the Twin Cities, serving the needs of distinct stu-dent populations.

Eagan man pleads guilty after 4-year-old found wandering alone

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


An Eagan man has pleaded guilty to child ne-glect and fifth-degree drug possession charges after his 4-year-old daughter was found alone and cry-ing at an Eagan hotel front desk. Michael John Alexan-der, 40, pleaded guilty on June 1 in a Dakota County court. A child endanger-ment charge was dismissed as part of a plea agree-ment. According to court re-cords, an employee at the hotel found the young girl crawling on the front desk at about 1:30 a.m. June 29, 2015. The employee ap-proached the child, who was crying, and picked her up. While attempting to locate the girl’s parents, another hotel guest told the employee the name of

the girl’s parents, which enabled him to determine which room they were in. The employee knocked on the door several times, but no one answered. Upon entering the room with an access key, the em-ployee found a 1-year-old boy sleeping on a blanket on the floor and Alexan-der sleeping in a bed. The employee attempted sever-al times to wake Alexander and told him his daughter had been wandering the hallways alone. Alexander allegedly appeared “out of it” and the employee suspected he was under the influence of drugs, so the employee left the room and flagged down an Eagan police of-ficer. The officer was let into the room by the 4-year-old girl and upon entering noticed that both children had “extremely full dia-pers.” The 4-year-old’s dia-

per was so full it was leak-ing. The officer attempted several times to wake Al-exander without success. Eventually Alexander awoke and appeared very confused. Alexander confirmed that he was the father of the children but was un-able to provide the officer with The officer found a glass water pipe and a bubble pipe in plain view in the room. After further searching the room, the of-ficer found a small plastic bag containing metham-phetamine inside a trash can. Both pipes tested pos-itive for trace amounts of methamphetamine. A sentencing hearing is set for Aug. 11 in Hastings.

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


Changes needed in gun control To the editor: The U.S. Senate did not pass any of the recent gun control amendments that were put forth in reaction to the Orlando shooting. This is no surprise if the Senate will pass legislation after scores of children were gunned down, how would this be any differ-ent? People tout the Sec-ond Amendment and the Constitution as if it were etched in stone and cannot be touched. Gun rights activists continue to hide behind the Constitution as if it were a wall that can-not be breached. As much as the late Justice Antonin Scalia would argue against this, the Constitution is a “living breathing” docu-ment that can and needs to be changed over time. That is why there are 27 amendments, it has been changed 27 times. The 13th Amendment was needed to end slavery, the 14th to end the 3/5 Com-promise and make sure everyone was counted as a full person, the 19th to ban alcohol was shortly repealed by the 21st, and so on. Former Chief Justice

Warren Burger said this in regards to how the NRA has reshaped how people think about the Second Amendment supposedly giving them unfettered ac-cess to any and all guns, “A fraud on the American People.” Enough people have died already: 50, 14, 27, 12, 13, 13, 32. Those are not just numbers, those are the number of people that have died in recent U.S. mass shoot-ings. Please, make yourself heard, America needs a change before more sense-less mass shootings occur.

KEVIN HAMLIN Eagan

Minnesota’s economic blues To the editor: Minnesota is a blue state. That means that we have high taxes, lots of government spending, and endless government regulations. How is that working out for Minneso-tans? Not very well. Con-sider the following, from the Brookings Institution, the Bureau of Labor Sta-tistics, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Internal Revenue Ser-vice: • Over the last decade, Minnesota’s economic growth rate has been be-

low the national average. • Since 2004, Minneso-ta ranks only 30th among the states in rate of job growth. • Since 2004, Minne-sota’s growth in annual av-erage wage has been below average. • 70 percent of Minne-sotans have experienced a decline in real wages since 1999. • The Twin Cities met-ropolitan area ranks only ninth out of the top 15 U.S. urban areas in eco-nomic growth since 2000. • Since 2000, the per-centage of Minnesotans employed in high-tech jobs has declined. • Since the end of the last recession, job growth in Minnesota has dispro-portionately been in low-wage jobs. • Internal Revenue Ser-vice data show that every year, Minnesota suffers a net loss of thousands of families to other states. This is partly because residents are leaving Min-nesota, but also because people in other states are not choosing to move to Minnesota. • The IRS data show that in 2014 alone, the families that left Minneso-ta took with them—after netting out the incomes of families that moved to Minnesota from other

states — $948 million in annual income. Minnesota once had a strong, diverse economy that was the envy of most other states. But in recent years, Minnesota’s eco-nomic performance has lagged. It is telling that the last Minnesota company to join the Fortune 500, United Health Group, was founded in 1977. It has been nearly 40 years since Minnesota gave birth to a company that went on to become one of the coun-try’s 500 largest. Minnesota can do bet-ter. In fact, Minnesota has done better. But Min-nesotans can’t expect to keep following the same policies and get different results. In order to do bet-ter, Minnesota needs to re-think its high-tax, high-spending, high-regulation approach. Being blue is bringing Minnesota down.

JOHN HINDERAKERCenter of the American Experiment president

More guns don’t make us safer To the editor: Gun advocates claim that more guns reduces the number of gun deaths. Statistically speaking, suc-cessful defense with a gun is only 1 per 5,000 people per year (Federal Bureau of Justice victim survey). The FBI’s “Study of Ac-tive Shooter Incidents in the United States Between 2000 and 2013” lists only one case when a non-po-lice, non-security armed civilian stopped a mass shooting. There is no cred-ible study to support the assertion that having more civilians with guns, espe-cially assault weapons, will reduce gun deaths. But there’s solid research and case studies from around the world that show more guns increases the number of gun deaths. On June 19, 2015, after

the shooting at the AME church in Charleston, S.C., Scott Martelle of the LA Times wrote: “The no-tion that a good guy with a gun will stop a bad guy with a gun is a romanti-cized vision of the nature of violent crime.” In 2012 there were “259 justifiable gun-related homicides, or incidents in which au-thorities ruled that killings occurred in self-defense.” But, there were “1.2 mil-lion scenarios in which there was potential for someone to kill in self-defense.” That’s only 0.02 percent. In 2012, there were 20,666 homicides, sui-cides and unintentional gun fatalities. With a gun in the home, a woman is five times more likely to be shot by her partner, suicide is 10 times more likely to be successful, and children have accidentally killed family members and friends. And then there is

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Plan ahead to register for summer, fall elections

Staggering and soaring in response to Orlando shooting

by Don HeinzmanSUN THISWEEK


Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon wants Minnesota to be No. 1 in voter turnout. For years Minnesota led the nation in voter turnout only to be beaten by Maine with 58.7 percent in the 2014 midterm election, compared to Minne-sota’s 50.5 percent. Observers say a voter turnout per-centage in the mid-70s could put Min-nesota on top this fall. Simon is challenging us to be sure to register to vote as part of a special cam-paign he calls “Pledge to Vote.” Naturally, he wants everyone to vote in this presidential election, which is a tall order. The upcoming election could

bring out a national record-number of voters, and now, 800,000 eligible voters are not registered. The campaign is aimed at those 800,000. Simon and his staff have devel-oped a voter outreach kit for all those who want to get involved in registering voters. You can register online to vote and join the over 100,000 Minnesotans who have done so since September 2013. Go

to mnvotes.org and follow the direc-tions. To register to vote, you must be a U.S citizen, 18 years of age before the elec-tion, a resident of Minnesota for at least 20 days and, if you’ve been convicted, finished with all parts of any felony sen-tence. To register online, you will need your Minnesota driver’s license or Min-nesota ID card number or the last four digits of your Social Security number. You also can register by absentee bal-lot, available June 24 for the primary election, and you can register on Elec-tion Day. The get-out-the-vote kit has voter registration applications, Pledge to Vote cards, envelopes to return the applica-tions and cards, “I Will Vote” stickers, 2016 election overview cards, and a

poster. Naturally, you will want to vote to elect the most qualified people who will make decisions that could affect your lives. The goal to be No. 1 of all states in voter turnout will make this a more in-teresting election. Why not just ask one person you know if they are registered to vote? Tell them about the close elections in Minnesota history – the most recent, the election of Al Franken over then Sen. Norm Coleman by 312 votes. On your mark, get set – register and vote.

Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers. He can be reached through [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

by Joe NathanSUN THISWEEK


Sometimes, as individuals and as a nation, we soar. At other times, we stagger. The tragic murders in Orlando were terrible. And make no mistake: Youngsters hear about these things. What should we be saying to them? We should talk not only about the tragedy, but also how others have, and we might, respond. Many kids know about these mass murders. We don’t want to scare young people, but we should be giving them a chance to talk about it if they want to. Who brings a gun to a nightclub and kills 49 people? Someone with huge problems, someone who should not have access to guns. And when I describe his action as a “stagger,” I don’t mean to minimize the terror and horror that he produced. I think it’s important for young peo-ple to also know about and learn from the wonderful response of thousands of people to this tragedy. But first, it might help if we knew more about the victims. The Orlando Sentinel has posted in-

formation about each of the 49 victims here: http://bit.ly/1UuFNLM. That same paper reported that hun-dreds of people in Orlando lined up to donate blood (read that story here: http://bit.ly/232rhBg). Fred Rogers, who won many awards for his PBS TV program geared to chil-dren, described advice from his mother that seems relevant today: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” (Read more from the Fred Rogers Company about helping children in times of crisis: http://bit.ly/PSgBVE.) People all over the country are trying to do that. Here in Minnesota there were vigils and a superb statement by Jana

Shortal, a KARE 11 TV reporter who describes herself as “a gay woman.” She explained that her mom called her after the shooting to urge that she “stay in-side.” Shortal responded that she is go-ing to “live outside, in the name of love.” KARE 11 also is sharing places where people can contribute to help families of the victims. (Shortal’s statement and other information is here: http://kare11.tv/1ZMEADU.) Families might want to spend time this summer on projects that help oth-ers. For some it will be raising money. Others will donate blood. Some will de-cide to work on gun control. Doing something as a family sends a powerful, positive message to young-sters. Modeling by adults is critical. We need to show young people that we shouldn’t settle for being depressed and angry, and then shrug our shoulders and say: “There is nothing I can do.” I appreciate and agree with Stephen Colbert’s observations in response to the Orlando shooting (watch the video at http://bit.ly/1VZ55qs for his mono-logue in full): “Despair is a victory for hate. Hate

wants us to be too weak to change any-thing. Now, these people in Orlando were apparently targeted because of who they love. And there have been out-pourings of love throughout the country and around the world. Love in response to hate. “Love does not despair. Love makes us strong. Love gives us the courage to act. Love gives us hope that change is possible. Love allows us to change the script. “So, love your country. Love your family, love the families and the victims and the people of Orlando, but let’s re-member that love is a verb and ‘to love’ means to do something.” We’ve been stunned and saddened by the Orlando murders. But standing up and taking some constructive action is how we soar – as people and as a nation. Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, is a former director and now senior fellow at the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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Joe Nathan

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the occasional act of stu-pidity when someone de-cides deadly force is justi-fied for an avoidable or survivable confrontation. I would much rather take my chances with few-er guns in society. There are plenty of case studies around the world to show this works to reduce gun deaths. I attended an ecu-menical vigil Sunday night to pray about the epidemic of gun violence in U.S. so-ciety. But faith without ac-tion is dead (James 2:17). So I’m also asking every-one to act. Let’s counter

the NRA, and begin to take reasonable actions to truthfully make our coun-try safer.

BILL MIDDLECAMPApple Valley

Democrats deceptive message on gunsTo the editor: I urge you all to con-sider the ridiculous and deceptive message coming from our Democratic pres-ident when speaking of terror attacks. He wants us

to believe that “no guns” will take care of the ideol-ogy problem of terrorism. The party message wants you to believe terrorism and people motivated to kill Americans is all about guns. It is an insane argu-ment and as always the press does not question it, but repeats it. We only have to look at France where they have the tight-est gun control laws in Europe and yet terrorists massacred 130 innocent young people. I submit to you another example found in the history of Germany that Hitler’s first priority was to confiscate

all guns. When that was done he began to purge Germany of the Jews and political opponents. You will recall that Hit-ler already controlled all the medical care for the population as well which is the other factor to taking complete Socialist/Com-munist style control of a nation. Australia confiscated more than 600,000 guns from law abiding citizens. The first year results are now in: Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 per-cent, assaults are up 8.6 percent; armed robberies are up 44 percent.

In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with fire-arms are now up 300 per-cent. (Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the crimi-nals did not and criminals still possess their guns!) The confiscation of guns was exactly what the Founding Fathers witnessed in Europe and why they established the Second Amendment that Americans have the right to possess firearms to pro-tect themselves, their prop-erty and God forbid that our government become so corrupt as to make us

all subjects to their power. My view of the Demo-cratic Party is they wel-come illegal immigrants that take American jobs because those they wel-come are coming from So-cialist nations and we give them free homes and wel-fare they need to live and work here so they will ob-viously vote for Comrade Democrat so and so. Think about it. Get in-formed and vote out the socialist leaning corrupt government of the Demo-cratic Party

TERRY BRANHAMLakeville

LETTERS, from 4A

Lakeville council OKs District 196 elementary Construction expected to start next month

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Dis-trict’s 19th elementary school is moving forward in Lakeville. Located in the north-eastern section of the Spirit of Brandtjen Farm south of 160th Street and west of Diamond Path, preliminary plans for de-veloping the property under a planned unit de-velopment received unani-mous approval by the Lakeville City Council at its June 20 meeting. Jacob Fick, with SBF Development Corpora-tion, said they originally planned the property for residential development, but they have had to make adjustments due to the economy. He said city staff sug-gested the site to District 196 officials seeking op-tions for locating an el-ementary school to meet their growing populations in the southern areas of the district.

Construction is expect-ed to begin next month with opening planned in September 2017. Council members fo-cused on driver access and avoiding the kind of traffic backups that occur during school end and start times at many schools in Lake-ville.

The school’s main ac-cess is to be off 162nd Street. A second public street access will be deferred un-til the 2018-19 school year because development has yet to occur in the area and street alignment and future street connections are unknown, according

to architect Scott Mc-Queen. Preliminary site plans show separate meeting ar-eas for buses and parents, soft and hard playgrounds and ball fields near walk-ing trails that will build on the county’s greenway sys-tem. Council Members Ker-

rin Swecker and Bart Da-vis cited concerns about the lack of a second access to the school in case of emergencies. McQueen, with Wold Architects, said they are open to further discussion with staff but added first responders could get to the school using trail ac-cess off 160th Street in an emergency. “If it’s too nice (of an access), then mom and dad try to use it, so that’s part of the challenge al-ways,” McQueen said. Council Member Doug Anderson questioned whether the plan would re-ally eliminate the problem of traffic backups on city streets. “We need to design things in a way that you can handle the stacking in-ternally if that’s a behavior that we’re going to be deal-ing with,” Anderson said. “Because we have other schools that have signifi-cant issues and it creates pretty significant traffic problems.” McQueen said the

school is one of the most extensive stacking lengths of any in District 196, and estimated the length and width of the driveway should allow about 400 vehicles to line up on site, lessening traffic backups on public streets. “This will be one of the longest, or shall we say, most adequately designed stacking lengths that the district has of their 18 oth-er elementaries,” he said. “So, we’re pretty confi-dent.” Mayor Matt Little called it a “great project,” and added he grew up in Lakeville but attended District 196 schools. “From my own person-al perspective, it’s exciting to have another 196 school in Lakeville,” Little said. “I’m a proud Parkview Panda, so it’s going to be good. It’s a nice little proj-ect up there. Certainly the northeast corner of Lake-ville is really happening right now.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Plans for the 19th Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District 196 elementary school in the northeast corner of the Spirit of Brandtjen Farm development in Lakeville include ball fields and boarding areas. (Photo submitted)

Free meals for children at three District 196 schools Free meals will be avail-able for all children July 11 to Aug. 11 at Cedar Park, Echo Park and Oak Ridge elementary schools in District 196. Children do not need to attend one of these schools or any Dis-trict 196 school to receive the free summer meals and there is no income eligibil-ity requirement. All chil-dren who show up during serving times will receive a free meal.

Lunch will be served Monday through Friday, July 11 to Aug. 11, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Echo Park and from noon to 1 p.m. at Cedar Park and Oak Ridge. Break-fast will also be available at all three sites July 25 to Aug. 11 when Camp Pro-pel summer school is in session. Breakfast serving times will be 8-8:30 a.m. at Echo Park and 9-9:30 a.m. at Cedar Park and Oak Ridge. Adults may also eat during these times; the cost is $2.15 for breakfast and $3.80 for lunch (cash only). These three schools

qualify for Summer Food Service Program funding from the USDA based on the percentage of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The goal is to help as many children as possible get the nutritious meals they need during the summer when they are not attend-ing school. Cedar Park Elementary STEM School is located at 7500 Whitney Dr. in Apple Valley. Echo Park Elementary School of Leadership, Engineering and Technology is located at 14100 County Road 11 in Burnsville. Oak Ridge

Elementary School of Leadership, Environmen-tal and Health Sciences is located at 4350 Johnny Cake Ridge Road in Ea-gan. For more information about the free summer meals program, call the district’s Food and Nutri-tion Services Department at 651-683-6957.

Aquatics program receives grant The District 196 Com-munity Education Aquat-

ics Program received a 2016 Make a Splash grant from the USA Swimming Foundation. Make a Splash grants provide funding for free or reduced cost swim lessons.

Three Eagan High School juniors win national writing awards Eagan High School juniors Audrey Heinz, Ella Laurent and Kayla Ryan were selected to

receive Certificates for Superior Writing in the 2016 National Achieve-ment Awards in Writing sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Of the 533 juniors na-tionwide who were nomi-nated for the award by their schools’ English teachers, 264 received Cer-tificates of Superior Writ-ing. Heinz, Laurent and Ryan were the only three students from Minnesota to earn the recognition this year. Recipients are selected based on writing

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samples they produced during their junior year. Each nominee submit-ted two samples of writ-ing – one of their best and one based on a theme chosen by the Achieve-ment Awards Advisory Committee – to a panel of national judges. Writ-ing samples were judged on content, purpose, au-

dience, tone, word choice, organization, develop-ment and style. The National Achieve-ment Awards in Writing was established in 1957 to encourage high school stu-dents in their writing and to publicly recognize some of the best student writers in the nation. NCTE sub-mits the names of award recipients to colleges and universities, and students

receive a certificate and cards highlighting their achievement to attach to their college application forms.

Skyhawks sports camp hosts Olympic Day Skyhawks Sports Minnesota is hosting an Olympic Day celebration in Apple Valley as part of its summer sports camps. Skyhawks’ celebration will take place 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, June 24, at Scott Highlands Mid-dle School, 14011 Pilot Knob Road. 10:30 a.m. – Refresh-ments, activities and fam-ily resource tables will be open as camp partici-pants showcase skills they learned at camp all week. 11:30 a.m. – Apple Valley Mayor Mary Ha-mann-Roland will pres-ent an Olympic Day proc-lamation. Immediately following, children will assemble to receive their awards and pose with the Olympic Day flag. Representatives from Health Powered Kids by Allina Health will be on hand with giveaways and information about the importance of stay-ing active, eating well and balancing stress. All Sky-hawks camp participants will leave with an “Olym-pic” victory medal. “We are excited to take part in Olympic Day and inspire kids in the Apple Valley community,” said Lisa Damon, Skyhawks communications and customer relations man-ager. “Skyhawks and our partners, Health Powered Kids by Allina Health, School District 196 and

the city of Apple Valley are proud to support the Olympic movement and encourage children to lead healthy, active lives.” Skyhawks Olympic Day event is one of more than 80 Skyhawks Olym-pic Day camps celebrating in June and 2,000 events taking place nationwide this summer. The events, designed to engage youth and promote the ideals of the Olympic movement, feature athlete appear-ances, family-friendly activities and interactive learning experiences. Around the world, more than 160 countries take part in the annual celebration. Olympic Day, created in 1948 to com-memorate the birth of the modern Olympic Games, focuses on the Olympic values and ideals such as fair play, perseverance, respect and sportsman-ship. In the U.S., Olympic Day events range from small gatherings to large, citywide events. For more information about Skyhawks Olympic Day, contact Lisa Damon at 651-263-5159 or LDa-m o n @ s ky h aw k s. c o m , www.skyhawks.com/min-nesota.

STEM camp at area schools Camp Invention, a summer enrichment day camp program, is coming to area schools this sum-mer. For students enter-ing grades one through six, Camp Invention is a weeklong adventure fea-turing hands-on problem solving using science, technology, engineer-ing and mathematics (STEM). Schools hosting Camp

Invention include: Pinewood Elementary, 4300 Dodd Road, Eagan, June 27-30. Highland Elementary, 14001 Pilot Knob Road, Apple Valley, July 11-15. For additional infor-mation or to find the nearest location for regis-tration, visit www.camp-invention.org.

Rosemount student receives scholarship from Twin Cities Premium Outlets Lauren Kirkley, a 2016 graduate of Rosemount High School, received a scholarship from Twin Cities Premium Outlets and Simon Youth Foun-dation (SYF). The schol-arship, valued at $1,500, is awarded in partnership between Twin Cities Pre-mium Outlets and SYF, a national nonprofit or-ganization dedicated to providing educational and career development opportunities for youth. Kirkley is one of 213 stu-dents nationwide and five Minnesota students to re-ceive a scholarship from SYF this year. Kirkley was selected for exemplifying academ-ic excellence, leadership skills, and participation in both school and com-munity activities. As a student at Rosemount High School, she was ac-tive with the speech and debate team, newspaper club, Science Olympiad team, National Honor Society, and National French Honor Society. Kirkley plans to study microbiology, political

science, and psychology at Princeton University this fall.

Eagan students receive Flint Hills scholarships Eagan High School students Mara John-son and Edward Wagner were awarded Discov-ery Scholarship by Flint Hills Resources at a June 8 celebration banquet at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Each received $2,500 in recognition of their strong academic performance, leadership skills, and entrepreneur-ial vision. This year, Flint Hills awarded scholarships to 26 students from 13 high schools in Dakota and Washington counties.

Lakeville students receive Flint Hills scholarships Lakeville North High School students Victo-ria Knutson and Lil-lie Lyon and Lakeville South students Grant Halvorson and Tori Mei-er were awarded Discov-ery Scholarship by Flint Hills Resources at a June 8 celebration banquet at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Each received $2,500 in recognition of their strong academic performance, leadership skills, and entrepreneur-ial vision. This year, Flint Hills awarded scholarships to 26 students from 13 high schools in Dakota and Washington counties.

Lakeville North High School to crack down on absenteeismVacation no

longer excused absence



The qualifying bar of what constitutes an ex-cused absence is being raised at Lakeville North High School this fall. In an effort to address chronic absenteeism, the standard of situations qualified for an excused absence versus an unex-cused one is changing to match the state’s defini-tion. Under a project spe-cific to Lakeville North, the school will mandate compulsory school atten-dance, and excuse student absences for reasons al-lowed in state law, which include medical circum-stances, family emergen-cies, death or funeral, mili-tary active duty, ongoing mental health diagnosis treatments or completion of state graduation stan-dards. That means a family vacation will no longer be considered an excused ab-sence, even if a parent ex-cuses the student for class time that would be missed.

Lakeville North Prin-cipal Marne Berkvam and several staff members formed a task force last year to explore options be-cause of teacher concern regarding students who miss 20 or more days of school during the 180-day school year. Of the school’s 1,808 population, 136 students were chronically absent, and 32.5 percent of those were special education students, according to the task force findings. They also found chron-ically absent students had an average of 4.25 F’s in their classes, and half of students with eight or more failing grades missed more than 20 days of school. Task force members presented results of their study to the District 194 School Board on June 21, noting their ultimate goal is to address the underly-ing reasons for the absenc-es. Their research found the biggest reason for ex-cused absences was ill-ness and vacation/out of town, there were also 265 unknown or unexcused absences last year that equated to 1.5 students ab-sent for unknown reasons

every day. Berkvam recounted a dean handing her a par-ent note at the end of the year asking the school to excuse the student’s 32 absences without explana-tion. She emphasized that by implementing the project, they are seeking to assist students, not punish them. Under the plan, the school will contact stu-dents and/or parents who reach three, five and seven unexcused absences using PBIS: Positive Behavior Interventions and Sup-ports. “Our goal is to find out why,” said Mike Joswiak, a Lakeville North Eng-lish teacher and task force member. “What we really want to do is we want to catch at three and five and seven, and then especially if they’re chronic and we want to know why and we want to intervene.” Rena Wuollet, Lake-ville North math teacher and intervention special-ist, said they plan to look for opportunities to help by building relationships, talking with the commu-nity and raising public awareness. “We are a set of cre-ative, solution-driven

people who are trying to find an answer to just help kids,” Wuollet said. “That’s what we’re here for. We’re not here to come up with consequences, to take away credits, for tru-ancy. We don’t want that for the students. We want them to be a part of Lake-ville’s community after they graduate.” School Board Member Kathy Lewis said students are sometimes missing school because their par-ents are hospitalized, they are ill or a major crisis. “I think we need better data so we can figure out good strategies for inter-vention,” Lewis said. Renae Ouillette, execu-tive director of student services, will assist with overseeing the project. She noted the corre-lation between students missing school and special education. “When you look at these students who have been from the very begin-ning in our system, it’s kind of which came first, the chicken or the egg,” Ouillette said. “Because a lot of these kids were chronically absent very early in their academic history, and then were re-ferred to special ed.”

Ouillette said some children who have missed a lot of school are often diagnosed with disabili-ties later, and not referred to special education until middle school or even ear-ly high school. School Board Member Michelle Volk cited con-cerns about not excusing family vacations, urging the district against “telling parents how to parent.” She said there will be some resistance from par-ents who are only pulling their children out for four days and not excusing the absence. “That’s like telling the parents that you just gave their student a D,” she said. “Why would we want to put resistance into something that we’re just trying to find a solution for the chronic absences?” School Board members agreed to not consider the program as a pilot pro-gram that may result in district-wide implementa-tion, but label it as a proj-ect that is specific to Lake-ville North. Volk said the district’s attendance policy is spe-cific to each school and detailed in individual building handbooks. Berkvam said the prob-

lem of chronic absentee-ism has also been cited as a concern from the federal government and some neighboring districts Prior Lake, Shakopee and Farmington have imple-mented similar proactive and supportive programs that have shown results. Steps they took and would be mirrored at Lakeville North include following state law to de-fine unexcused absences, having personnel dedi-cated to working with families and students to improve attendance and building relationships to spur positive change. Joswiak said the prob-lem has been an issue for years and the teachers are passionate about address-ing it. “I walk under a banner every single day that says we are preparing future-ready students,” Joswiak said. “And when they can come and go as they please, without any con-struct, without any knowl-edge about why (they are absent), and they can then extrapolate that into the rest of their life, I think that’s dangerous.”


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Local disability service provider Fraser offers supportive living services for adults with disabili-ties at Parkside Apart-ments in Apple Valley, off County Road 42. Services are person-centered and may include assistance with budgeting and bill paying, cleaning/main-taining their apartment, menu planning and cook-ing, medication adminis-tration and participating in the community. This program, Fraser

Supportive Living, pro-vides an option for adults who want to live more in-dependently in the com-munity and require less support than a typical group home. Parkside Apartments

is located in a quiet resi-dential area with access to many shops and ame-nities. Parkside offers a gym, sauna and business cen-ter/community room. Fraser is seeking resi-

dents and staff for this new program. Roommate opportunities may also be available. To learn more, visit www.fraser.org or contact [email protected].

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Beloved ambassador of Lakeville diesFrank Schoeben known for his humor, caring heart



Frank Schoeben de-voted his life to serving others. A prominent Lakeville businessman, volunteer and community leader, Schoeben was one of the original owners, and ar-guably the most visible, of the Chart House Res-taurant, a local landmark where patrons could de-pend on his warm, friend-ly greeting. “His goal was just to make everybody smile and laugh and feel good,” said Judy Keliher, Dis-trict 194 School Board member and close friend of Schoeben’s. “He was just a witty and funny guy and he loved to be silly.” Keliher said Schoeben always carried a red nose in his car and he would put it on whenever he pulled up next to another car on the road. “He’d put it on and look over at you and you’d just laugh,” Keliher said. “It’s things like that, that’s just Frank.” Schoeben died in the evening of June 21 after an extended battle with cancer. Friends say he will be remembered for his strong sense of humor, but also for his intuitive business skills, support to others and devotion to the community. Rev. Paul Marzahn, pastor of Crossroads Church, said Schoeben was an active volunteer who often gave him the keys to his pontoon boat for staff meetings. “He’d say get out of

that stuffy church office,” Marzahn said. Friend and silent busi-ness partner Dick Ames said Schoeben’s hard work made the Chart House a success. “It was a very suc-cessful venture for both of us,” Ames said. “He was probably one of the hardest workers I’ve ever known. He was dedicated to that Chart House, I’ll tell you that.” Colleen LaBeau, an active Rotarian and Lakeville City Council member, said Schoeben was instrumental in help-ing the new Barley + Vine Restaurant get estab-lished, and served as a mentor to many people in the business community. “He played an advo-cate role. … He had a lot of friends in the commu-nity and was very, very well known,” LaBeau said. Keliher said she met Schoeben in the Rotary, and he went out of his way to offer her encour-agement and support. “He was one of my biggest cheerleaders in

anything that I did,” Ke-liher said. “He cared so much about what every-body did, and was there to support them in any way he could. He was al-ways so thoughtful, and cared about everybody. He’d always ask about the kids. Every little detail, he paid attention and he just didn’t forget.” She said he would of-ten send encouraging texts or phone messages when he knew she had some important meetings or events she had sched-uled. Schoeben was a big supporter of the local sports programs as well. Any time a Lakeville team went to state, he in-vited the team, their fami-lies and the district to the Chart House for a free breakfast. “He called it the break-fast of champions,” Keli-her said. “He just did so much to support the com-munity.” Bob Erickson, for-mer city administrator and current member of the District 194 School Board, called Schoeben “one of Lakeville’s finest ambassadors.” He said Schoeben was a strong family man, devot-ed to wife of over 50 years Vicki Schoeben, their three children and was a dedicated grandparent. “Shelley and I are deeply saddened by (his) passing,” Erickson said. “We’ll miss him. He was a very special friend of ours and we had a spe-cial place in our heart for him.” Schoeben was an ac-tive member of the

Lakeville Rotary, instru-mental in the success of the Taste of Lakeville, served on the Lakeville Citizens Bank Advisory Board and sold the land next to the Chart House that allowed development of Kingsley Shores Se-nior Care Facility. Marzahn described Schoeben’s death as a “huge loss” to the com-munity. “And not just on the business side,” Marzahn said. “There’s a lot of good businessmen in Lakeville, but he was a presence.” Keliher agreed, not-ing that “everything he touched did something to give back to the commu-nity.” Marzahn said donors have started the Frank Schoeben Legacy Fund at Crossroads Church that will be used to provide scholarships to college students. He said the fund is a way to carry on Schoe-ben’s motto: “service above self.” “It’s encouraging to see the community com-ing together and say they want to continue service above self in the name of Frank,” he said. Schoeben is survived by family that includes wife Vicki, their three children and many grand-children. A celebration of life service at Crossroads Church was still being planned at the time this edition went to press.


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Lakeville resident elected mayor at Boys State

Christopher Earles of Lakeville was elected as the mayor of the fictional Boys State city of Du-luth as part of the first round of elections held during the American Le-gion Boys State program at Southwest Minnesota State University in Mar-shall. Earles is the son of Jef-frey and Camille Earles of Lakeville. He attends Lakeville North High School and was spon-sored by the John Vessey American Legion Post 44. Boys State is an annual program in its 68th year sponsored by the Ameri-can Legion Department of Minnesota on a col-lege campus. The pro-gram teaches government and leadership through hands-on activities de-signed to mimic the ac-tual process of state gov-ernment. City elections are just a small part of the en-tire process at Minnesota Boys State. Delegates (all rising high school seniors from hundreds of high schools) are assigned one of two fictional political parties and given the op-portunity to participate in the city, county, and state level nominating processes. At the end of the week, scholarships and awards are given out to the highest achievers, and a student governor is named to oversee the pro-gram into 2017.


Crowd lines up for Hy-Vee’s opening day Store

live-broadcasts excited crowd



Lakeville Hy-Vee opened its doors June 21 to hundreds of enthusi-astic shoppers, some who had camped overnight to be one of the grocery store’s first customers through the doors. Minutes before walk-

ing into the store at Pilot Knob Road and County Road 46, people in line started chanting “Hy-Vee” as Andrew Dickenson, as-sistant manager of perish-ables, recorded the action live on Facebook. Jen Knesel, store direc-tor, said Dickenson pro-posed the idea of live feeds when they recently passed out free watermelon. She said interacting with the community on social media has been “a hit,” allowing them to

connect with customers. “People are engaging in it and loving it,” Knesel said. Dickenson recorded video of Hy-Vee staff welcoming shoppers with cheers and applause. The first 300 customers re-ceived a free bag of grocer-ies. The store’s Facebook page later featured pho-tos of smiling shoppers, including one wearing a hand-made “Welcome Hy-Vee!” T-shirt.

In addition to tradi-tional grocery stock, Lake-ville’s Hy-Vee includes a large clothing department, a health clinic, restaurant and gas station. Knesel said the Lake-ville location is the first to have a Mexican grill, juice and smoothie bar and an Asian grill, where food is prepared hibachi-style. She said it is also the first to feature its own sweet shop with fresh fried doughnuts and its own pastry chef to create cakes,

cupcakes and pastries. The gas station includes a car wash and conve-nience store filled with a large selection of grab-and-go snacks, sandwich-es, an extensive coffee bar, sodas, teas, lemonade and slushies. Dickenson said that through the store’s fuel-saver program, customers can get up to a quarter off of gas when purchasing items marked with a black dot. He added that they

have plans to soon launch an online delivery service for customers. The Lakeville store marks the Iowa-based company’s third Twin Cit-ies location. Additional Hy-Vee stores are planned to open in Brooklyn Park and Eagan later this year. “You can tell this com-munity is very excited for us to be here,” Knesel said. “And we’re also very excit-ed to be able to serve the community.”

PetSmart may open in Lakeville



The new Lakeville Hy-Vee store is the first of what developers are plan-ning to become a retail center. Construction is pro-posed for an 18,000- square-foot PetSmart store located at the south-west corner of 160th Street and Elmhurst Lane, just north of the Hy-Vee store that opened June 21 in the Spirit of Brandtjen Farm commercial addition. As proposed, the store would sell food and sup-plies as well as offer pet grooming services and training classes. They would hold lim-ited pet adoption events, but do not plan to offer boarding or veterinary services as do some other PetSmart locations. The Lakeville Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the proposal at its June 16 meeting, but rejected the business’ request for wall signage bigger than city code allows. PetSmart had pro-posed to locate over its entry a 54-inch sign that would be 169 square feet, 69 feet over the allotted 100-square-foot sign al-lowed under ordinance.

The company also pro-posed installing three out-side wall signs, but com-missioners agreed with staff’s recommendation to allow two signs outside walls facing a street or driveway that comply with the city’s 100-square-foot limit. Planning Commission member Karl Drotning said allowing PetSmart’s requested signage would have made PetSmart’s signs larger than any other in the city, including those allowed for commercial businesses located near In-terstate 35. The commission also recommended approval for a free-standing sign up to 100-feet tall near the PetSmart store, with space for signs of four tenant spaces, provided the fu-ture businesses are not al-lowed to build additional freestanding signs on their lots. Proposed as a planned unit development, devel-opers have more flexibility to deviate from standards typically required by city ordinance. The Lakeville City Council is expected to consider the proposal at its July 5 meeting. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

To submit items for the Business Calendar, email: darcy.

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Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, June 28, 8-9 a.m., Coffee Break, The Rosemount Senior Living at Steeple Center, 14344 Cameo Ave., Rose-mount. Open to all DCRC members. Free

to attend. Information: Emily Corson at [email protected]. • Tuesday, June 28, 4-6 p.m., ribbon cutting at the new Welcome Center for the Sanctuary at West St. Paul, 1623 S. Robert St., West St. Paul. RSVP by June 27. Infor-mation: Elizabeth Dahlen, 855-806-0533. Lakeville Area Chamber of Com-merce events: • Friday, June 24, 11 a.m. to noon, rib-

bon cutting, Buffalo Wild Wings – Lakeville, 1825 Orchard Trail. Buffalo Wild Wings cel-ebrates its remodel. Information: Shanen Corlett at 952-469-2020 or [email protected]. • Friday, June 24, 3-4 p.m., ribbon cut-ting, Lakeville Brewing Company, 8790 Upper 208th St. W., Lakeville. Informa-tion: Shanen Corlett at 952-469-2020 or [email protected].

To submit items for the Family Calendar, email:

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Friday, June 24 Doula information ses-sion, 7 p.m., BabyLove Alliance Ltd, 4590 Scott Trail, Suite 102, Eagan. BabyLove offers doula services at no cost to families on medical assistance and on a sliding scale to everyone else. Meet BabyLove’s doulas and get questions answered about having a doula at the birth of your baby. Information: Veron-ica at 651-200-3343 or [email protected]. Outdoor movie, “Cin-derella,” rated PG, 7:30 p.m. seating, dusk showtime, part of Burnsville’s “Flicks on the Bricks” series at Nicollet Com-mons Park in the Heart of the City.

Tuesday, June 28 AM Artist-Led Exploration Performing Arts Workshop – Beginner’s Guide to Theater with Eliza Rasheed, 10-11 a.m. in the Sculpture Garden at Caponi Art Park, Eagan. Cost: $8 per child (grades 1-5) and $4 per child (pre-K and K); pre-registration required. Ticket in-formation: www.caponiartpark.org/programs/familyfuntues-days/. Tuesday Evenings in the Garden – Shrub Pruning with Faith Appelquist, 6:30-8 p.m.

in front of the red barn at the Dakota County Fairgrounds, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. Learn which shrubs to prune and when to maximize bloom and vigor. Types of pruning cuts, proper tools, and com-mon pruning mistakes are dis-cussed. Free. Register by call-ing 651-480-7700. Information: www.dakotamastergardeners.org.

Wednesday, June 29 Memory Care Support Group, 2-3 p.m., Augustana Regent at Burnsville, 14500 Regent Lane, Burnsville. Infor-mation: Jane Hubbard at 952-898-8728. Eagan Market Fest 10th Anniversary Party, 4-8 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. Farmers market, en-tertainment by Geoff Elvee Trio, 4-5:30 p.m., and Memphis & The Meantimes featuring Mick Sterling – A Tribute To Sun Re-cords and the Grand Old Opry, 6-8 p.m. Information: www.cityofeagan.com/marketfest or 651-675-5500.

Thursday, June 30 Ms. Catherine, 10 a.m. at Central Park amphitheater, 2893 145th St., Rosemount. Part of the Summer Music in the Park series. Bring a blanket or lawn chair for seating. Free. Call 651-322-6020 and select

option 6 to check for cancel-ation due to inclement weather. Thursday Rockin’ Read-ers at 11:15 a.m. at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicol-let Ave., Burnsville. Books are geared toward elementary and preschool children. Readers: Diamondhead Welcome Center Staff (presented in multiple lan-guages). Steel Drums will perform at noon for the Thursday Rockin’ Lunch Hour concert at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free.

Friday, July 1 Forever Wild Family Fri-day: Festival of Flight, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. Explore the world of things that fly. Try your hand at kite flying, birdwatching, bug catching and more. All ages. Free. Registra-tion requested at http://parks.co.dakota.mn.us.

Ongoing Garage sale by the Eagan High School dance team, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, June 24, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at Eagan High School. Emotions Anonymous meetings, 7:30-9 p.m. Tues-days at SouthCross Commu-nity Church, 1800 E. County Road 42 (at Summit Oak Drive), Apple Valley. EA is a 12-step program for those seeking

emotional health. All are wel-come. Information: http://www.emotionsanonymous.org/out-of-the-darkness-walks.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • June 24, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Highland Elementary School, 14001 Pilot Knob Road, Apple Valley. • June 24, 12-6 p.m., Qdo-ba, 1298 Promenade Place, Ea-gan. • June 25, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Kowalski’s Market, 1646 Diffley Road, Eagan. • June 26, 8 a.m. to noon, Savage Fire Department, 13105 Dakota Ave., Savage. • June 27, 12-6 p.m., Car-mike 15 Theatres, 15630 Cedar Ave., Apple Valley. • June 27, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Ames Construction Inc., 2000 Ames Drive, Burnsville. • June 28, 12-6 p.m., Grace Lutheran Church, 7800 W. County Road 42, Apple Valley. • June 30, 12-6 p.m., Cul-ver’s, 3445 O’Leary Lane, Ea-gan. • July 2-4, 1-7 p.m., Eagan Funfest, Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan.

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Above: Maddie Holtze, left, and Dominique Herskind visited with young guests following a performance by the Apple Valley Mobile Puppet Theater on Tuesday at Alimagnet Park. The city-sponsored puppet group performs at several city parks each weekday throughout the summer; the schedule is at tinyurl.com/zmod5yg. At left: Brandon Walkush emceed the performance on Tuesday. (Photos by Andrew Miller)

PUPPETS IN THE PARK

Swimming fundraiser for MDA is July 22-23 A team of six Rose-mount High School girls are hosting their fifth an-nual Swim2Win4MD 24 hour swim-a-thon July 22-23. All proceeds of the event will benefit the Mus-cular Dystrophy Associa-tion, and support families battling muscular dystro-phy and research. Mus-cular dystrophy currently has no cure and is 100 per-cent fatal. Similar to past years, the event will consist of participants swimming for 20-minute time slots,

bringing a minimum of a $5 donation per slot. Organizers say this event is an easy, unique and super fun way to support MDA and most importantly help those affected by muscular dys-trophy. Swim2win4MD will be held at the Bluewater Aquatic Center in Apple Valley, and it will run from 2 p.m. July 22 to 2 p.m. July 23. Organizers say they are hoping for an incredible turnout this year, as their goal is to raise $24,000 for

the MDA and have 500 participants. They encourge com-mitted swimmers or those who rarely hit the pool to participate, serve the com-munity, change lives and make a difference. In the past four years the group has raised over $75,000 to donate for MDA. For more information, to sign up to swim, or make a donation, log onto the website at www.swim-2win4md.com or email tg id i . [email protected].

The smaller stadium in Eagan will be available to local high school teams for games and tailgating events and could be ex-panded to 10,000 seats if necessary, Vikings repre-sentatives said. “We want to leave a legacy for those who come behind us,” said Vikings COO Kevin Warren. “We want to not just take away, but give back. We want to create something very unique.” After 35 years, the team’s front office and players have outgrown their current facilities at Winter Park. Its locker rooms are small and con-fined, and its two outdoor practice fields don’t have space for spectators, Vi-kings officials say. The new headquarters will also bring team manage-ment and media under one roof. Vikings officials have previously predicted the new headquarters and practice facility would bring 175 jobs to Eagan and that the overall proj-ect could generate 6,500

jobs in addition to increas-ing tourism and the city’s tax base. The development’s later phases, which would take place over the next 10 years, includes a mix of high-density housing, retail, office, mixed-use buildings, and a hotel and conference center. Small parks and greens spaces are planned throughout the development, which would be connected by a network of walking and bike trails. “The goal is for people to be able to park their car once and do multiple things. They can shop be-fore their doctor appoint-ment or get a cup of coffee during their work break,” said David Murphy, senior principal at Crawford Ar-chitects, a Kansas City, Mo., firm hired by the Vi-kings. Hansen, who is a mem-ber of the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority Board, said he is hopeful that the project’s empha-sis on walkability will lead to the expansion of public transit in northern Eagan. Only one resident raised objections to the project

during the public hearing. Several others expressed their support and excite-ment for the development. “Eagan is fortunate to have this opportunity as a corporate partner and neighbor,” said Ju-lie Manworren, president and CEO of Living Well, an Eagan-based nonprofit that serves people with disabilities. Living Well’s headquarters are currently located to the west of the former Northwest Airlines site. The nonprofit has sold its property to the Minne-sota Vikings to include in its redevelopment plans and is currently searching for a larger office space in Eagan. When asked if the team plans to move its training camp from Mankato to Eagan, Vikings officials said the team doesn’t plan to do that at this time. The team’s contract with Minnesota State Univer-sity, Mankato extends into 2018.

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

VIKINGS, from 1A

The first phase of the Vikings’ project includes the construction of the team corporate headquarters, training facilities, practice fields and a 6,000-seat stadium and would be located in the north-central portion of the site. The Vikings plan to break ground on its first phase in August. Team officials said the target date for moving into the new headquarters is March 2018, the month after the Super Bowl at U.S. Bank Stadium. (Image submitted)


Lights to go out on popular Rosemount festival event

Lighthouse Church’s block

party to usher in its 14th and final

yearby Tad Johnson


After this summer, the lights are going to go out on one of the more popu-lar Rosemount Lepre-chaun Days events. Lighthouse Christian Church says it is saving its best for the last Lightin’ Up the Leprechaun Block Party after 14 years of of-fering free food and fun af-ter the Grand Day Parade. “It’s been a huge suc-cess,” the Rev. Bill Good-win said. “It was hard to say no and stop having the event.” Goodwin said it is fit-ting that this July 30 will be the final block party because in the Bible a seventh year is viewed as a year of completion. He said it’s remarkable the block party completed two of these Biblical cycles. Church leaders decid-ed to end their Lightin’ Up the Leprechaun run in large part because the church was starting to get involved in many more community-based proj-ects such as Love Share’s

monthly meals for those in need. Goodwin said the church wanted to concen-trate its efforts in these ar-eas to make them success-ful and find new ways to give back. Goodwin said an esti-mated 120 people chip in to stage the block party. There is a core group of about 20 people who lead event planning with many of them serving as team leaders for various aspects of the party. “This has been a real rallying point for Light-house to come together,” Goodwin said. “This gives (our members) an oppor-tunity to serve and meet other people. It creates new friendships in the church.

Lightin’ Up the Leprechaun at Lighthouse Christian Church has hosted scores of people after the Rosemount Leprechaun Days Grand Day Parade for the past 14 years. (Photo submitted)

… It’s become such a team thing. We couldn’t do it without everyone’s help.” The block party has served as a calling card for the church, according to Goodwin, who said many people in the community know of the Lighthouse because of the event. Some people who have been to the block party have ended up becoming part of the congregation or even the staff. Since so many people in Rosemount have made the block party part of their Leprechaun Days tradi-tion, that made ending the annual event a hard deci-sion. “When you hear the stories of people who en-joy it as much as they have, that makes it all worth-while,” Goodwin said. Lighthouse will con-tinue to be part of the Grand Day Parade with a float, and Goodwin said it is likely Lighthouse mem-bers will fan out during Leprechaun Days as vol-unteers next year. He said the church stepping aside leaves an opportunity for another church or community group to fill the gap with their own post-parade event. Lightin’ Up the Lepre-chaun started in 2003 as a way for the church to give back and bless the com-munity, Goodwin said. The first year drew an estimated 500 people. It has grown to draw well over 2,000. “The idea was to bless the community and pro-vide a place where parents can bring their children for some free family fun,” Goodwin said. “Our hearts were with the kids who want to play some games,” Goodwin said. “We wanted to pro-vide something to all peo-ple that would be a real blessing and a real tan-gible way to say they are loved and cared for.” The feeling is best summed up, according to Goodwin, by the reply one church member gave to a Lightin’ Up visitor who thought Lighthouse should fund repairs to its parking lot rather than hosting a free party. “People are more im-portant than a parking lot,” Goodwin said the pa-rishioner told the man. “Our heart has been about giving and not get-ting,” Goodwin said. This year’s edition of Lightin’ Up the Lepre-chaun will include free hot dogs, snow cones and Pep-si products. Children of all ages will have a chance to visit the petting zoo, try their aim at archery, bounce inside some inflat-able play areas and test their skills in a variety of games. The 12:30-3:30 p.m. event will see visits from Minnesota Timberwolves mascot Crunch, Minneso-ta Wild mascot Nordy and Princess Belle. “We are so honored and excited every year to provide this block party,” Goodwin said. “We are going to give it our all and give it the best we can.” More about the block party will be posted at worldwidelighthouse.org and RosemountEvents.com/leprechaun.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @editorTJ.


Apple Valley’s Freedom Days celebration starts next week

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


A junior golf tourna-ment, a kids fishing derby and a concert in Johnny Cake Ridge Park are among the opening events to Apple Valley’s annual weeklong Freedom Days festival. The festival, which is marking its 50th anni-versary this year, opens June 27 and runs through July 4 with events at sites throughout the city. The fun kicks off June 27 with the annual Free-dom Days Junior Golf Classic at Valleywood Golf Course, followed June 29 with a kids fish-ing derby at the Lac Lavon fishing pier off Garden-view Drive. The fishing derby, hosted by the Minneso-ta Valley In-Fisherman Club, runs from 6-8 p.m. with registration starting at 5:30. Participants are asked to bring their own fishing poles, and bait will be provided. Freedom Days is giving a nod to its 50th anniver-sary with a free concert on July 1 in Johnny Cake Ridge Park with music by Hornucopia, a brass-based pop rock band that will be performing music from 1966 through 2016. July 1 will also see the opening of the J&K Amusements Carnival, which will run each day through the end of the festival. The family-ori-ented carnival with games and rides at Johnny Cake Ridge Park East runs 4-9 p.m. July 1-2, 5-10 p.m. July 3, and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on July 4. The popular Dancin’ & Cruisin’ classic car and motorcycle show returns this year to Johnny Cake

Ridge Park East on July 2. The 4-9 p.m. event also includes a vendor fair and music by DJ Sounds. Other events on offer include Cub Foods Fam-ily Fun Night, which will be held 5-9 p.m. July 3 at Johnny Cake Ridge Park East with a petting zoo, pony rides, a kids parade and exhibitions of Apple Valley police vehicles and fire trucks. The city’s Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a Fun Run on July 4, with 2-mile and 5-mile races starting at 8 a.m., followed by a “Half-Pint Half-Mile” at 9:45. All the Fun Run events take place at Hayes Park. The Apple Valley American Legion, 14521 Granada Drive, is hosting

festivities on July 4, with a chicken barbecue starting at 11 a.m., with food, bev-erages, music, raffles and other activities until 5 p.m. The festival concludes in spectacular fashion July 4 with the Freedom Days parade starting at 1 p.m. at Fireside Lane and Pen-nock Avenue. The Fam-ily Leisure Pre-Fireworks Party runs from 6-10 p.m. in Johnny Cake Ridge Park East with music, dancing, games and food vendors, followed at 10 p.m. by a fireworks show in the park. Visit avfreedomdays.com for the full schedule of events.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Apple Valley’s Freedom Days celebration will include a fishing derby for kids, hosted by the Minnesota Valley In-Fisherman Club, at the Lac Lavon fishing pier from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 29. (File photo)

Job Transitions Group to meet June 28 Robb Grandt will pres-ent “The One Thing” at the June 28 meeting of the Easter Job Transitions

Group. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. at Easter Lu-theran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob

Road, Eagan. Call 651-452-3680 for information.


Fairview physician recognized Eagan Fair-view physician Christina Dunn was recognized on the 2016 list of “Rising Stars” by Mpls. St. Paul Maga-zine. Dunn is an internal medicine physician at Fairview Clinics – Eagan. She was one of 11 Fairview physi-cians to be named to the list, which highlights exceptional physicians who have been prac-ticing medicine for 10 years or less. Physicians named to the list are chosen by their peers in the field.

Old Chicago celebrates 40th anniversary Old Chicago Pizza & Tap-room will celebrate its 40th an-niversary Saturday, July 9, with the “World’s Largest Tap Take-over” event nationwide in part-nership with Sam Adams. The event will take place at 94 Old Chicago locations coast-to-coast, including Apple Valley, and will feature 15 draft beers from Sam Adams. The beers on tap will include Boston La-ger, Summer Ale, Rebel Grape-fruit IPA, and Porch Rocker, the Longshot Homebrew Competi-tion winning beers, and specialty

beers from the brewery includ-ing Double Bock, Rebel Rouser Double IPA and Grumpy Monk Belgian IPA. Old Chicago is located at 14998 Glazier Ave. in Apple Val-ley. Call 952-891-4600 for more information.

Find Dory at Wet World To encourage interest in fish as a hobby, movie-goers can redeem their “Finding Dory” ticket stub during the month of June for a free beta fish or a $5 discount on other saltwater fish at Wet World in Eagan. The store is stocked with blue regal tangs, which are featured in the film about a friendly forgetful fish, who is in search of her fam-ily. To celebrate the opening of the movie, Wet World will fea-ture a variety of special events during the month of June. The store is at 3390 Coachman Road, Suite 212, in Eagan. For more information, visit wet-worldeagan.com.

Lyons joins Adams Radio Jeff Lyons has been named promotions and event market-ing manager for Adams Radio of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Lakeville-based Adams owns and operates KGRT FM, KSNM FM, KHQT FM, and KWML AM in Las Cruces.

Lyons was previously with Cumulus Radio in Huntsville, Alabama, where he served in a similar capacity. He has served in radio promotions and events for over 15 years. Lyons is a graduate of the University of Maryland. He also attended Florida State University and has graduate certification in spe-cial events management.

Chuck & Don’s supports nonprofits Pet supply store Chuck & Don’s has chosen two Minne-sota-based nonprofit organi-zations as the recipients of its annual Raising Awareness fund-raiser: Lakeville-based Pawsitive Perspectives Assistance Dogs (PawPADs) and Wyoming-based Wildlife Science Center (WSC). The Raising Awareness cam-paign is a way for Chuck & Don’s to give back to the com-munity while empowering its customers to do the same. Customers can purchase a balloon in-store between now and July 31, or participate in dog wash and nail trim events occurring throughout the month of June. All proceeds will go di-rectly to PawPADs and WSC. Chuck & Don’s stores are lo-cated in Eagan, Lakeville, Rose-mount and Savage. To learn more, visit www.chuckanddons.com.

Member relations director hired Lori Oelrich has been hired as member relations director for the Dakota County Regional Cham-ber of Com-merce. She has exten-sive professional experience in various sales posi-tions including nearly 12 years with Midwest Coca-Cola Bot-tling. She is a graduate of the Col-lege of St. Benedict and resides in Burnsville with her husband and three boys. Oelrich will spend a few days in the office in early July and be-gins full-time on July 18.

Scantron acquires Nebraska company Eagan-based Scantron, a pro-vider of managed IT and print services, as well as hardware maintenance solutions with its Harland Technology Services brand based in Omaha, has ac-quired P&L Technology Inc., an Omaha-based provider of man-aged IT services for small and mid-size businesses.

Credit union names director Herbert “Jay” Hall has joined Woodbury-based Ideal Credit

Union as director of branch op-erations. Hall has over 27 years of ex-perience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Ideal, he worked as branch manager for Wings Financial Credit Union and coordinated the opening of the new Wings office in Woodbury. Ideal Credit Union has an Eagan location.

New dentist at Park Dental Dr. Lindsey Erickson has been hired as a general dentist at Park Dental. She will work at the Ridges practice in Burns-ville. Erickson has a bachelor’s de-gree in biology from Creighton University, a doctor of dental surgery degree from Creighton University and advanced edu-cation in general dentistry from Lutheran Medical Center.

Post Consumer Brands recognized Post Consumer Brands, Lakeville, was recognized May 25 as an Employer of Excellence by the Dakota-Scott Workforce Development Board in the 200-plus employee category. The Employer of Excellence award was based on the company’s re-sponses to a 40-question survey covering employee training and development, hiring and reten-tion of employees and more.

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SeniorsApple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the following ac-tivities, which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Val-ley 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, June 27 – Int. Line Danc-ing, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Executive Committee, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Defensive Driving, noon; Pool, noon; Women’s Table Tennis, 12:30 p.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 28 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Bike Group, 9:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Cribbage, noon; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Span-ish – Intermediate, 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 29 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Men’s Bowling at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Pool, noon; Mahjong, noon; Dominoes, 1 p.m. Thursday, June 30 – Beg. Line Danc-ing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Color & Chat, 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 1 – Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Men’s Bowling at Apple Place Bowl, noon; Members Bingo, 12:30 p.m.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burnsville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior events. Monday, June 27 – Sunrise Stretch,

8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 10 a.m.; Card Re-cycle, 12:30 p.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Deadline: Fall Colors. Tuesday, June 28 – Treasure Island, 8:30 a.m.; Quilters, 9:30 a.m.; Stroke Sup-port, 10:30 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; SS Yoga, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dancing. Wednesday, June 29 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 10 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; Wednesday in the Park, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 30 – SS Yoga, 10:30 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, July 1 – Closed for the holiday.

Eagan seniors The following senior activities are of-fered by the Eagan Parks and Recreation Department in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway. Call 651-675-5500 for more in-formation. Monday, June 27 – Drop In Time, 9-11:30 a.m.; Zumba (Oasis), 9 a.m.; F&Fab, 10 a.m.; FFL (Oasis), 11 a.m.; Drop In Time, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, June 28 – Health Insurance Counseling, by appointment only, 8:30 a.m. to noon; Euchre/500, 12:45 p.m.; Lone Oak Series: Rockwell, 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 29 – Coffee, Conver-sations & Games, 9 a.m.; Potluck, 11:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:45 p.m. Thursday, June 30 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m. Friday, July 1 – ESB Meeting, 9 a.m.; Zumba (Oasis), 10:15 a.m.; S/B/Yoga (Oasis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m. For full information on senior events and details, read the Front Porch newslet-ter on the city of Eagan website. Become a senior center member for a $10 annual fee and receive the Front Porch quarterly by mail. For questions or to register for

events and pay by credit card, call Eagan Parks and Recreation Department.

Farmington seniors The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more information on trips, programs and other activities, call 651-280-6970. Monday, June 27 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Dulcimer Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Dominoes, 10:30 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 12:30 a.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 28 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fitness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Chair Exercise, 10 a.m.; Wood Carv-ing, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; Yoga, 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 29 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; St. Paul Saints Game, 11:15 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, June 30 – Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Dance, 10:45 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m. Friday, July 1 – Call the Rambling Riv-er Center for information.

Rosemount seniors The following activities are sponsored by the Rosemount Parks and Recreation Department and the Rosemount Area Seniors. For more information, call the Rosemount Parks and Recreation De-partment at 651-322-6000. Monday, June 27 – Bridge, 9 a.m.; 500, 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 28 – Coffee, 8 a.m., Rosemount Cub; Bid Euchre, 9 a.m.; Bunco, 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 29 – Walking Club, 9 a.m.; St. Paul Saints Game, 11:45 a.m.; Yoga, 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 30 – Cribbage, 9 a.m. Friday, July 1 – Euchre, 9 a.m. The Rosemount Area Seniors are lo-cated in the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Rob-ert Trail. Cards and games take place in Room 100.

Lakeville seniors All Lakeville Area Active Adults events are held at Lakeville Heritage Cen-ter, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for information. Monday, June 27 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Computer Tutoring, 9 a.m.; Interval Walking, 9:30 a.m.; Knitting Class, 9:30 a.m.; Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fit-ness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Cribbage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards & Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Basic Spanish Class, 1:30 p.m. Deadline: Austin/SPAM Trip. Tuesday, June 28 – Dominoes & Poker, 9 a.m.; Craft Group, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Ping Pong, 12:30 p.m.; Billiards, 1 p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 29 – Men’s Golf at Gopher Hills, 8 a.m.; Health Angels Bik-ing, 8:30 a.m.; Poker & Hearts, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; St. Paul Saints Game, 11 a.m.; Pi-nochle, noon. Thursday, June 30 – Interval Walking, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Chorus, 10:30 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m. Friday, July 1 – Pickleball, 9 a.m.; Pok-er & 500, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.


SportsWildcats win their last 2 at state lacrosse

Victories over Tartan, Anoka

earn consolation trophy

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Eagan’s second appear-ance in the state boys la-crosse tournament ended with the Wildcats taking home the consolation championship trophy. Winning two of three games in the state tourna-ment also assured Eagan of finishing with a winning record (11-8), something that seemed unlikely in early May when the Wild-cats were 1-4 and beset by injuries. Eagan went 5-1 in the postseason, with the only loss coming against No. 1-seeded Lakeville North in the state tourna-ment quarterfinals June 15 at Minnetonka High School. Lakeville North rout-ed Eagan by 13 goals in late April as part of the Wildcats’ struggling start. It was closer at the state tournament, but North never trailed on its way to a 14-11 victory. Lakeville

North led 13-6 with about seven minutes left to play before Eagan scored four consecutive goals to pre-vent the Panthers from coasting the rest of the way. Junior midfielder Bran-don Wuertz scored four goals and took nine of the Wildcats’ 22 shots. Sopho-more midfielder Andrew Chvatal scored three goals and junior attackman Aaron Propson scored two. Lakeville North went on to the championship game Saturday before los-ing to Prior Lake 12-5 in an all-South Suburban Conference state final. Tartan lost only one game before the state tour-nament but fell to Way-zata 9-8 in the first round. That sent the Titans to a consolation semifinal game against Eagan, and the Wildcats exploded for 10 goals in the second half of their 15-7 victory June 16 at Chanhassen High School. Sophomore midfielder Isaac Peifer had four goals and one assist. Wuertz and Chvatal each scored three goals, and sophomore

Cole Powell had a goal and three assists. Mid-fielder Alex Rude won 12 of 14 faceoffs and goalie Jack Courington made 13 saves. Eagan defeated Ano-ka 12-5 in the consola-tion championship game Saturday at Minnetonka High, taking control of the game with five consec-utive goals in the second quarter. Chvatal had his third consecutive three-goal game in the state tourna-ment. Peifer also scored three times, and Wuertz and Propson had two goals each. Courington stopped 18 of 23 Anoka shots. Eagan finished third at state in 2010, when four teams qualified for the tournament. The Wildcats lose 11 seniors from their state tournament roster but will return several players who had strong postseasons, including Chvatal, Peifer, Powell, Wuertz and Cour-ington.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Eagan’s Dylan Blaine plays defense against Robby Gale of Lakeville North during the first round of the state boys lacrosse tournament. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)

Blaze closes baseball season with 2 victoriesBurnsville takes

consolation trophy at state



Ryan Brunner didn’t get on the field in the game Burnsville lost at the state baseball tournament, but he was an impact player in the two games the Blaze won. Brunner, a junior first baseman, homered against Blaine and had two hits and a run batted in against Maple Grove as the Blaze won both games Friday to win the Class 4A consola-tion championship. That earned him a spot on the all-tournament team. The two victories also lessened the sour taste the Blaze had from its open-ing-round game against Woodbury, where it was held to one hit and saw its defense fall apart. Burns-ville finished 22-5 and won the consolation title in its first appearance at the state tournament since winning the large-school championship in 2011. Burnsville defeated Maple Grove 8-7 in the consolation championship game at Minnetonka High School. Despite scoring five runs in its first at-bat, the Blaze found itself trail-ing 7-6 in the top of the sixth inning. Jackson Martens led off the sixth with a triple and scored on Damon Ol-son’s double. Olson scored what proved to be the game-winning run on an error. Burnsville scored five runs in the top of the first inning after its first two batters were retired. Maple Grove also allowed the po-tential third out to reach first base by failing to block a pitch a Burnsville batter swung at for strike three. Logan Carpenter’s two-run single was one of the big hits of the inning. Carpenter, Brunner, Martens and Sam Carlson each had two hits for the Blaze. Brunner also scored two runs.

Caleb Casey pitched the final four innings, al-lowing three hits and two runs, to earn the victory. Earlier Friday, Carl-son pitched five shutout innings and Colin Strey was 2-for-4 with one RBI in the Blaze’s 4-3 consola-tion bracket victory over Blaine. Brunner’s third-inning home run pushed Burnsville’s lead to 3-0. Carlson held Blaine to one hit and struck out five through five innings before coming off the mound. Blaine put togeth-er a three-run rally in the sixth, but Max Hanson shut out the Bengals over the final 1 1/3 innings to get the save. The Blaze played its first-ever game at CHS Field in St. Paul during the state Class 4A quarter-finals June 16. Burnsville had only one hit, a two-out double by Carlson in the fourth inning, but trailed by only one run in the fifth when its defense broke down. Burnsville had a chance to escape a bases-loaded threat in the fifth, but a throwing error allowed two runs to score. In the sixth, Woodbury scored four runs on three hits, a hit by pitch, a Burnsville

error and a bases-loaded walk. The Royals (22-3) also scored a run on a wild pitch on their way to a 7-0 victory. “I don’t know what team was out there,” Burnsville coach Mick Scholl said. “You have to give (the Royals) credit; they made a lot of plays and we did not make them. “But we were still in the game, down 1-0 in the (fifth). Then things fell apart for us.” Scholl said Burnsville had a .979 fielding per-centage during the regular season, against Woodbury routine plays sometimes proved to be difficult. The Blaze had only three baserunners in the game as its hitters strug-gled against Woodbury starting pitcher Max Mey-er, who struck out seven in 6 1/3 innings. The Blaze have faced other pitchers that throw hard, but Meyer’s slider caused problems because he was able to hit the out-side corner with it repeat-edly. “I talked to four other coaches about him and they said he likes to throw the slider,” Scholl said. “But it’s hard to hit some-thing that’s coming at 82,

83 (mph) at a down angle.” Burnsville senior right-hander Kyle Ferderer was charged with seven runs (four earned) over five in-nings despite allowing just three hits. However, he had four walks and three wild pitches. In six trips to the state tournament Burnsville is 7-5 and has won three trophies – second place in 2010, first place in 2011 and fifth place this year. The Section 3 cham-pion Blaze was one of two South Suburban Confer-ence teams to reach the state tournament. Section 1 winner Lakeville North outlasted Maple Grove 2-1 in 13 innings in the open-ing round but lost to Way-zata 2-1 in eight innings in the semifinals. Woodbury beat Lakeville North 7-1 in the third place game. Wayzata, the No. 1 seed, defeated Champlin Park 9-1 in the Class 4A championship game Mon-day at Target Field for its first state baseball title. The Trojans had not won a game in two previous state tournament appearances.


Ryan Brunner scores a run for Burnsville against Maple Grove in the state Class 4A baseball consolation championship game. (Photo by Rich Moll)

Visitation’s Heck ties for first in Class 2A golf tourney Visitation junior and Eagan resident Anni Heck, a regular visitor to the medal stand, won a state high school individual golf championship for the first time last week. Heck shot 4-under 68 – the lowest score of the tournament – in the second round at Ridges at Sand Creek to tie Kate Smith of Detroit Lakes for the indi-vidual medal. Both players fin-ished at 5-under 139. They were

declared co-medalists, meaning Smith earned her fifth consecu-tive state individual champion-ship. Heck shot 71 in the first round and trailed Smith by two strokes. This is the fifth year in a row Heck has qualified for the state tournament, and she has never finished lower than seventh. “I was pretty nervous be-cause I’ve never been this low

consistently,” Heck told the Minnesota Golf Association. “I didn’t want to know the score, I just wanted to focus on my game and keep the round going with-out my nerves giving me a mis-take.” Heck kept up her strong play the day after the Class 2A tournament concluded. She was medalist in a June 16 local qualifier for the U.S. Girls Ju-nior Championship, shooting

71 (even par) at Victory Links in Blaine. The national tourna-ment is July 18-23 in Paramus, N.J.

Class 3A individuals Eagan junior Sarah Rutzick and eighth grader Josalynn Ab-bott played in the state Class 3A girls tourney June 14-15 at Bun-ker Hills in Coon Rapids. Rutzick tied for 44th with 82-89–171. Josalynn Abbott (86-87–173) was part of a tie for

48th. Eastview senior Hayley Christensen tied for 56th with 86-89–175. In the boys tourney, Eastview junior Luke Doolittle shot 81 in the second round to tie for 32nd with a 155 total. He was tied for eighth after the first round. Jake Reller, a senior from Eastview, tied for 26th with 76-78–154. Burnsville senior Nolan Sawchuk shot 77-81–158 to tie for 44th.

Notebook: clay target tournament is Saturday



The final Minnesota State High School League-sponsored tournament of 2015-16 – the state clay tar-get tourney – will be Saturday. Team competition starts at 9 a.m. and individual competition begins at 3 p.m. at Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake. Teams and individuals qualify for the tournament though the Minnesota State High School Clay Target League’s annual tournament that ended Tuesday in Alexandria. More than 7,000 shooters were expected to compete in the clay target league’s event. Apple Valley won the Class 4A division at the state clay target league tournament to qualify for Satur-day’s state tournament. The Eagles’ Kory Miller and Maggie Halstead were the male and female top guns in Class 4A, and Katie Vogel of Apple Valley was the junior varsity female top gun. Miller, Halstead, Ryan Baer, Bryant Mickelson, Caleb Erlandson, Eric Gunderson and Jordan Ellis will represent Apple Valley at the state tourney. The field for the state tournament is not yet com-plete because winners in the Class 8A competition had not been announced as of presstime. Several teams from the Sun Thisweek and Dakota County Tribune coverage area are in Class 8A, including Burnsville, Eastview, Farmington, Lakeville South and Lakeville North. Lakeville South won the 2015 state team championship.

Baseball all-stars The Minnesota High School All-Star Baseball Se-ries has expanded to six teams and takes place this weekend in Chaska and Chanhassen. Several local players have been named to the Met-ro South all-star team, including Dylan Brend and Riley Johnson of Eastview, Kyle Ferderer and Sam Schneider of Burnsville, Nathan Kuhn and Andy Walker of Eagan, Henry Luetje of Apple Valley, Jared Saufferer and Austin Vandewiele of Lakeville South, and Billy Riach and Joey Larson of Lakeville North. Lakeville North assistant coach Eric Gassman is one of the Metro South coaches. The format change created two new metro-area all-star teams. Now there are four teams representing the metro area, one representing northern Minnesota and one from southern Minnesota. The Metro South team is scheduled to play Metro East at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Chaska Athletic Park and faces the South all-stars at 7:05. The three other teams have pool play at Chanhassen High School. The event continues Saturday in Chaska with games at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. For more information, visit www.mshsbca.org.

Football in summer The final state high school all-star football game to be held in the summer is 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Cloud State University. After Saturday’s game, the event will change its date and location, moving to early Decem-ber at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Lakeville North wide receiver Nick Fossey and quarterback Drew Stewart will play for the South team, as will Burnsville offensive lineman Jesse Orak and Eagan offensive lineman Nathan Nguon.





Lakeville North went 16 innings over two games at the state baseball tour-nament without allowing a run, but the Panthers were left to wonder why that wasn’t enough to get them back to the champi-onship game. They survived a 13-in-ning marathon against Maple Grove in the Class 4A quarterfinals, winning 2-1. They shut out a hard-hitting Wayzata team for the first five innings in the semifinals before eventu-ally losing 4-2 on a walk-off home run. A 7-1 loss to Woodbury in the third-place game Friday at CHS Field ended North’s sea-son at 21-6. The Panthers finished in the top four at the state tournament for the fourth consecutive year. Panthers pitchers Billy Riach, Luke DeGram-mont and Collin Denk combined hold Maple Grove scoreless over the fi-nal 11 innings of the first-round game, while Ross Bastyr shut out Wayzata for the first five innings of the semifinal game. “When you’re playing at this level, that’s what you’re asking for,” North coach Tony Market said. “It comes down to little things, and that’s what makes baseball a great game.” Wayzata shortstop Cody Goedderz laced a 3-2 pitch to center field with two outs in the sixth

inning, scoring two runs to tie Friday’s semifinal game. In the eighth the Trojans’ Griffin Schneider – after twice failing to bunt a runner to second base – homered over the left field fence to send his team to the championship game. Wayzata defeated Champlin Park 9-1 on Monday at Target Field to win the school’s first state high school base-ball championship. Many of the Trojans, however, played for Wayzata’s 2015 state American Legion baseball championship team. North coach Tony Market wondered after the game if he should have removed Bastyr be-fore he faced Goedderz in the sixth, but added, “it’s always 20/20 when you look back. He’d gotten us to this point and gotten a lot of big outs, so we were comfortable with him.” Bastyr narrowly missed – at least, in the home plate umpire’s view – strik-ing out Goedderz on a 1-2 pitch. The North dugout reacted with disbelief, and the game-tying single came two pitches later. That was one of the “little things” that needed to go the Panthers’ way, Market said. “We liked (the 1-2 pitch); I’m sure if you asked the other side they’d think it’s low. He made quality pitches,” the coach said. “But that’s not why we lost. They put some good swings on balls when it mattered. They’re an experienced team.”

North took the lead in the fifth inning when Nick Spitt scored on Michael Dooney’s single. In the sixth, pinch-runner Rob Frederick went from first to third on Mitch Freder-ick’s single, then scored on a throwing error. Bastyr held Wayzata to two runs on six hits through the first six in-nings. Denk pitched a scoreless seventh before the Trojans won the game in the eighth. Scratching out runs was a problem for the Panthers

throughout the tourna-ment, as they scored just five in 28 innings. Two proved to be enough to beat Maple Grove in extra innings in the June 16 quarterfinals. Tyler Fietek walked to lead off the 13th and was bunted to second by Drew Stewart. Rob Frederick then pinch-ran and scored on Spitt’s two-out single. The Panthers’ other run came on a fifth-inning homer by sophomore catcher Nick Juaire. Riach held Maple

Grove to four hits and one run over 7 1/3 innings while striking out seven. He came out in the eighth inning after throwing 102 pitches. DeGrammont, a junior left-hander, came in and kept Maple Grove scoreless for 5 1/3 innings, allowing three hits and striking out nine. Denk, a sophomore right-hander, struck out the final Crim-son hitter. “The best thing about them is they always throw strikes,” said Juaire, who caught all three pitchers and all 13 innings. “Not just with the fastball, but they’re able to throw their off-speed pitches for strikes, too.” “We did a great job of pitching and fielding,” Market said. “And then we got a big hit when we needed one, which is kind of how we’ve been doing it all year.”


Panthers establish themselves as top lacrosse programNorth takes 2nd

in state boys tourney



Brady Erdman said he believes it was his class that forced people to take Lakeville North boys la-crosse seriously. But that couldn’t happen until the Panthers started taking it seriously. “From what I saw when I first came in was that it wasn’t really a program,” said Erdman, a senior defenseman and one of the North captains. “We weren’t really connected as players. Through my grade in particular, I think we came together. Our motto this year was ‘One.’ One team, one path, one game at a time. That’s what takes programs to the next level, and that’s what’s been working for us all these years.” Three appearances in the state tournament later, Lakeville North has established itself as a top Minnesota high school la-crosse program. Although the 2016 season didn’t end the way the Panthers wanted – they fell behind by seven goals in the first quarter and lost to Prior Lake 12-5 in the state championship game – the team might be set up for continued success.

It was North’s first ap-pearance in the champion-ship game; the Panthers were fourth at state the previous two seasons. “I don’t discredit the success we’ve had this sea-son, but (losing the last game) leaves a sour taste in your mouth,” North coach Jeff Wright said following Saturday’s state championship game at Chanhassen High School.

“But it was a heck of a job by our seniors who have been here for three state tournament runs.” That group includes players such as Erdman, midfielder Luke Anderson (who received the Minne-sota Mr. Lacrosse award Sunday) and midfielder Max Johnson, described by Wright as “the heart-beat of our team.” The Panthers (16-3)

held off Eagan 14-11 in the first round of the state tournament June 15, then rolled past Wayzata 13-6 the next day, setting up the first state championship game between two South Suburban Conference schools. Prior Lake (15-4) scored seven goals in the first quarter and outshot Lakeville North 13-0. The Panthers never got closer

than six goals after that. The Lakers, who won their school’s first state team sports championship since 1978, avenged three of their regular-season losses during the postsea-son. “One word, redemp-tion,” Lakers coach Chris Fleck said about the theme for his team’s season. “We saw what we did wrong and we fixed it.” Lakeville North de-feated Prior Lake 9-6 dur-ing the regular season, but the Lakers were without All-America midfielder and faceoff specialist Jack Dessler in that game. Dessler was back for the state tournament, and that wasn’t the only thing dif-ferent about the Lakers, Wright said. “They changed a num-ber of things,” Wright said. “Quite honestly, it came down to us having a very poor first quarter. If you take away that quarter, it’s a ballgame. The unfor-tunate part is we can’t get it back, and it’s history.” Erdman said Prior Lake appeared to be much better prepared for the Panthers’ defense. “When we played them earlier, they were a very differ-ent team,” he said. “They took on our 10-man ride (a form of man-to-man defense) and executed it perfectly. They were very good at it. I think it’s a testament to their coaches

and players to be able to change through the sea-son and give us a look we hadn’t seen before.” Junior midfielder Rob-by Gale had two goals and one assist in the champi-onship game for Lakeville North. Johnson, Calvin Dahl and Jack Thomas scored once each. Senior attackman Alec Jensen scored four goals and sophomore attack-man Luke Spanier had three in the victory over Eagan. Jensen, Erdman and Johnson were named to the all-tournament team. North loses a dozen seniors from this year’s team, but Wright said the Panthers can be a factor at state for years to come. “We have a very tal-ented class freshman class coming back. Three of them were on our JV team this year,” the coach said. “Our JV team was 12-1 this year. We have a lot of kids we believe will be im-pact players coming up the ranks.” They’ll have to do a lot to match what the outgo-ing seniors accomplished. “You know what? We didn’t win the state cham-pionship, but we got sec-ond place and I think we gave a hell of an effort,” Erdman said.


Lakeville North’s Max Johnson tries to fight his way through two Prior Lake players during the state boys lacrosse championship game. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)

Panthers 4th at state baseball tournament

Relief pitcher Luke DeGrammont was one of Lakeville North’s heroes in the Panthers’ 13-inning victory over Maple Grove in the state Class 4A baseball quarterfinals. De-Grammont struck out nine batters in 5 1/3 innings and was the winning pitcher. (Photos by Mike Shaughnessy)

Teammates congratulate Lakeville North’s Nick Juaire after his home run tied the game against Maple Grove.



Apprehension’s investiga-tion of the shooting. “It was not the outcome anyone wanted, includ-ing our officers,” Gieseke said Tuesday in a letter to community and media members. “This was the first fatal officer-involved shooting in Burnsville in 35 years, and it has im-pacted the family of Map Kong, our department and the entire community.” Gieseke praised the of-ficers’ “skilled use of their training under pressure” and said results of the in-vestigation upheld the de-partment’s “philosophy on body cameras” and repu-tation for transparency.

“This incident put us to the test,” the chief said. “Thank you to those who have been patient during the investigative process.” A report from the crim-inal division of the county attorney’s office summa-rized the shooting, which occurred shortly after 6:25 a.m. at the McDonald’s at 2901 Highway 13 W. The report included accounts of the BCA’s interviews with officers and others who saw Kong acting er-ratically. Kong first appeared at the restaurant at 2:30 a.m. March 17 to use the drive-thru window. The night manager said Kong was scratching at his chest and appeared to be “tweak-

ing.” He wouldn’t make eye contact, and the man-ager had to yell at him to give him his change, the report said. When the manager went out to his car at 3:30 and 4 a.m., Kong was still there, “rocking back and forth” in the driver’s seat. When the manager fin-ished his shift at 6:10 a.m., Kong was still there, rock-ing back and forth. Another employee who arrived at 5 a.m. ap-proached the vehicle and said Kong held a knife up near the car window. The employee backed away. A restaurant customer who arrived at 5:30 a.m. noticed Kong and said his strange behavior con-

tinued for another half hour. Another customer described him as “flop-ping all over” and moving “violently.” Another restaurant em-ployee called 911 at 6:16 a.m. and gave the phone to the first customer, who reported that Kong was jumping up and down and back and forth inside the car and waving a knife. The customer wasn’t cer-tain if Kong was alone in the car, the report said. A BCA agent inter-viewed one of Kong’s neighbors in Chaska, who said he had come over at 10 or 11 the night before. Kong “yelled for (the neighbor) to let him in because someone was try-

ing to hurt him,” the re-port said. The neighbor described him as halluci-nating and acting “crazy.” Kong said he was “being followed by a female who was trying to hurt him,” the report said. He used the man’s shower for 10 minutes, then told him “the devil and ghosts” were in the house. The man said he’d never seen Kong this way and offered to take him to a hospital. Kong seemed scared, fled the house without socks or shoes and drove away. Toxicology tests re-vealed the drugs in his system, the report said. He suffered 15 gunshot wounds to his head, neck,

torso, right arm and right thigh. He had a graze gun-shot wound to his left fore-arm. Under state law, an al-lowed use of deadly force by a peace officer in the line of duty is to protect the officer and others from “apparent death or great bodily harm,” Backstrom said. Since 1990, it’s been the policy of his office to present deadly-force cases involving law enforcement officers to a grand jury to determine whether the use of deadly force was justi-fied under the law, he said.

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

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said the city could lose in court if it denied the re-quest and took after Ack-ley’s “prominent, success-ful lawyer,” Bill Griffith, president of Larkin Hoff-man Attorneys. “This lawyer lives on Summit Avenue. You don’t. I don’t,” Sherry said in a prepared statement. “This lawyer knows that if the City Council, in an effort to maintain the nice, affordable middle-class neighborhoods we have here in Burnsville, denies this request to stuff this home with eight unrelated adults, with head-swivel-ing turnover, and compare it to a family, he will have us in court faster than you can say ‘Summit Avenue.’ ” Ackley had operated two eight-bed homes next door to one another — A

Woman’s Way and Lotus House at 716 151st St. E. Burnsville allows six dis-abled residents to occupy group homes in single-family residential districts, and permits for seven to 16 in multifamily districts. The code violation came to light last De-cember when the city was asked about the legality of the land use in prepa-ration for a real estate transaction. Ackley has since closed Lotus House. A condition of approval of the reasonable accom-modation request is that the property owner and operator of A Woman’s Way agree to not open or operate another group home with in one-fourth of a mile. In January, Ackley submitted the request for eight beds at both homes. The city sent a letter deny-ing it. In March, Ackley

filed an appeal under the Federal Fair Housing Act. During a public hearing June 21, Mark Senn, 708 162nd St. E., asked why the council would reward A Woman’s Way after it has operated unlawfully. He said group homes oc-cupy “three or four homes within a one-block area.” Nafisa Mohamed, of Minneapolis, said she was at A Woman’s Way a year ago and it changed her life. The home setting “really makes a big difference,” she said, questioning why anyone would want to “shut it down.” “If they just knew what a difference it makes for people, I don’t think any-one would complain about a parking spot,” Mo-hamed said. Former A Woman’s Way resident Leni Kosek, 13401 Morgan Ave., Burnsville, said she was

“on my way to death” before it helped her turn around. “Why can’t we help more people? Why can’t there be just two more people in that house?” she asked. Residents support and mentor each other and sleep two people to a room, Griffith said. “This number (eight) is really essential for the model of care,” he said. Eight conditions rec-ommended by the city planning staff are tied to the approval. In addition to the parking restric-tions for employees, resi-dents will not be allowed to have personal vehicles there and the house won’t be used for staff meetings with staff from other loca-tions. A fence must be built around the backyard, and service providers com-

ing to the house must also park in the driveway. That could be a problem, Griffith said. “That’s your problem,” Sherry shot back. A Woman’s Way must also have an operations plan to address neighbor-hood concerns and screen trash containers or store them in the garage as re-quired by city code. The conditions give the city oversight it doesn’t normally have over group homes, said Mayor Eliza-beth Kautz. “It’s the best scenario I think we could hope for to protect your interests in the neighborhood,” Coun-cil Member Dan Kealey said. Burnsville officials have repeatedly said they welcome licensed group homes but want them spaced throughout the city, not clustered. The

state Legislature gives spacing regulation only to Minneapolis and St. Paul, though Burnsville has long sought such legisla-tion, Kealey said. No one disputes that more treatment facili-ties are needed or that A Woman’s Way has many strong testimonials, Sher-ry said. But using federal law to usurp city code is “an in-sult to all who have worked to develop city code so all can live peacefully side by side — families and group homes,” she said. The council voted to prepare findings of fact for approval of the appeal. Action is expected at the July 5 council meeting.


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Lawmakers to discuss veterans legislation A town hall meeting about veterans legisla-tion will be 2:30-3:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, at American Legion Post 643, 12375 Princeton Ave., Savage. The meeting is hosted by the House Vet-erans Affairs Committee and Reps. Roz Peterson,

R-Lakeville, and Drew Christensen, R-Burnsville. Legislators will be on hand to discuss with area veterans legislation that passed during the 2016 legislative session, includ-ing one of the largest vet-erans tax cuts in state his-tory signed into law last

month. Also at the meeting will be Veterans Affairs Divi-sion Chairman Rep. Bob Dettmer, R-Forest Lake; Rep. Tony Albright, R-Prior Lake; and Rep. Bob Loonan, R-Shakopee. The event is free and open to the public.

Apple Valley’s Uponor names vice president Kara Hayft has been named vice president of human resources, effective June 20, by Apple Valley-based Uponor North America. Hayft will oversee the human resources team and participate as a stra-tegic partner in the devel-opment of Uponor’s plans

and programs.. Hayft has 20 years of experience in the hu-man resources field, most recently with Thomson Reuters where she was the human resources vice president of Small Law Firms and Consumers. Hayft holds a business administration degree

from Concordia College and a master’s degree in industrial relations from the University of Minne-sota, Carlson School of Management. She will be based at Uponor North America’s headquarters in Apple Valley.



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(....CONTINUED) CITY OF EAGANSTATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENSES, AND CHANGES IN FUND NET POSITION - PROPRIETARY FUNDS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015

Public Utilities Civic ArenaAquatic Facility

Community Center

AccessEagan (Fiber

Infrastructure) Total

Internal Service Funds

Operating revenues

Service charges $12,890,873 $- $- $- $- $12,890,873 $9,826,881

Connection permits 13,936 - - - - 13,936 -

Penalties 85,943 - - - - 85,943 -

Sale of materials and meter charges 50,840 - - - - 50,840 -

Facility and equipment rental - 725,024 11,476 354,171 14,522 1,105,193 -

Program and admission revenue - 270,266 934,226 864,624 - 2,069,116 -

Merchandise sales - 75,333 263,645 76,971 - 415,949 -

Advertising revenue - 19,200 - - - 19,200 -

Other revenue 13,212 - 1,827 116,251 35,856 167,146 -

Total operating revenues 13,054,804 1,089,823 1,211,174 1,412,017 50,378 16,818,196 9,826,881

Operating expenses

Personal services 2,629,382 564,098 607,160 1,164,232 121,172 5,086,044 8,725,815

Supplies, repairs and maintenance 666,050 72,851 100,058 78,628 9,242 926,829 -

Costs of merchandise sales - 37,307 122,310 39,744 - 199,361 -

Other services and charges 3,043,445 276,573 148,383 356,609 47,626 3,872,636 802,098

Mces disposal charge 4,622,184 - - - - 4,622,184 -

Miscellaneous - - 452 - - 452 -

Total operating expenses 10,961,061 950,829 978,363 1,639,213 178,040 14,707,506 9,527,913

Operating income (loss) before depreciation 2,093,743 138,994 232,811 (227,196) (127,662) 2,110,690 298,968

Depreciation expense 4,338,344 441,974 371,849 547,677 132,819 5,832,663 -

Operating income (loss) (2,244,601) (302,980) (139,038) (774,873) (260,481) (3,721,973) 298,968

Nonoperating revenues (expenses)

Investment income 246,724 3,060 6,505 21,272 - 277,561 48,384

Other interest earnings 57,620 - - - - 57,620 -

Interest expense - (1,451) - (164,473) - (165,924) -

Gain on sale of asset - 29,452 - 6,066 - 35,518 -

Property taxes - - - 1,109,108 - 1,109,108 -

Refunds and reimbursements 343,796 - - - - 343,796 -

Connection charges 246,678 - - - - 246,678 -

Intergovernmental revenues 109,191 808 404 1,615 - 112,018 -

Other revenues 1,031,332 6,172 762 81,740 - 1,120,006 -

Total nonoperating revenues (expenses) 2,035,341 38,041 7,671 1,055,328 - 3,136,381 48,384

Income (loss) before capital contributions and transfers (209,260) (264,939) (131,367) 280,455 (260,481) (585,592) 347,352

Capital contributions 468,798 - - - - 468,798 -

Transfers in - - - 313,448 350,000 663,448 -

Transfers out (2,179,692) - - - - (2,179,692) -

Change in net position (1,920,154) (264,939) (131,367) 593,903 89,519 (1,633,038) 347,352

Net position

Beginning of year 203,396,235 2,598,563 4,025,821 8,182,918 2,161,635 220,365,172 3,144,965

Change in accounting principle (1,322,479) (314,715) (54,954) (711,247) (235,743) (2,639,138) -

Beginning of year as restated 202,073,756 2,283,848 3,970,867 7,471,671 1,925,892 217,726,034 3,144,965

End of year $200,153,602 $2,018,909 $3,839,500 $8,065,574 $2,015,411 216,092,996 $3,492,317

City of EaganStatement of Cash Flows - Proprietary Funds

Year Ended December 31, 2015


Community Center

AccessEagan (Fiber

Infrastructure) TotalTotal Internal

Service Funds

Cash Flows - Operating Activities

Receipts from customers and users $12,325,825 $910,975 $1,211,618 $1,407,466 $50,378 $15,906,262 $ 9,851,924

Receipts from internal services provided - - - - - - -

Other nonoperating revenues 1,484,319 6,980 1,166 83,355 - 1,575,820 -

Payments to suppliers (8,136,832) (419,974) (373,739) (476,458) (55,535) (9,462,538) (740,261)

Payments to employees (2,649,816) (572,212) (607,153) (1,172,356) (114,543) (5,116,080) (2,275,001)

Payments to benefits on behalf of employees - - - - - - (6,577,631)

Net cash flows - operating activities 3,023,496 (74,231) 231,892 (157,993) (119,700) 2,903,464 259,031

Cash Flows - Noncapital Financing Activities

Transfer from other funds - - - 313,448 350,000 663,448 -

Transfer to other funds (2,179,692) - - - - (2,179,692) -

Proceeds from (payments on) advances to other funds 626,140 28,641 - - - 654,781 -

Proceeds from connection charges 246,678 - - - - 246,678 -

Net cash flows - noncapital financing activities (1,306,874) 28,641 - 313,448 350,000 (614,785) -

Cash Flows - Capital and Related Financing Activities

Acquisition and construction of capital assets (2,091,094) (273,360) (849,824) (174,240) (200,737) (3,589,255) -

Principal paid on capital debt - - - (855,000) - (855,000) -

Interest paid on capital debt - (1,451) - (202,168) - (203,619) -

Interest received on special assessments 57,620 - - - - 57,620 -

Property taxes received for debt service - - - 1,123,254 - 1,123,254 -

Proceeds from disposal of capital assets 15,987 29,452 62,080 11,800 - 119,319 -

Net cash flows - capital and related financing activities (2,017,487) (245,359) (787,744) (96,354) (200,737) (3,347,681) -

Cash Flows - Investing Activities

Interest and dividends received 236,344 3,245 7,274 19,927 - 266,790 45,071

Net change in cash and cash equivalents (64,521) (287,704) (548,578) 79,028 29,563 (792,212) 304,102

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Beginning of year 18,117,297 481,236 1,318,702 3,855,196 58,311 23,830,742 7,384,745

End of year $18,052,776 $193,532 $770,124 $3,934,224 $87,874 $23,038,530 $7,688,847

Published in theBurnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek

June 24, 2016564399 & 564363

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:April 16, 2013MORTGAGOR: Mark E. Bullis, single.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

tronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for CitiBank, N.A.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded May 3, 2013 Dakota County Recorder, Docu-ment No. 2947717.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: CitiMort-gage, Inc. Dated December 2, 2015 Recorded December 9, 2015, as Document No. 3104431.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100011511234774058LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: CitiBank, N.A.

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: CitiMortgage, Inc.

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 107 River Woods Lane, Burnsville, MN 55337

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 02.77002.08.050LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY:Lot 5, Block 8, Townhouse Vil-

lages at River Woods 3rd Addition, Dakota County, Minnesota

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $102,089.00

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

$102,212.80 That 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: August 12, 2016 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 February 13, 2017, 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: June 9, 2016CitiMortgage, Inc.Mortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688810-16-003886 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


June 17, 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2016

562205

CITY OF BURNSVILLEPUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARINGA Public Hearing will be held on

June 27, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burnsville Planning Commission, 100 Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on the applica-tion of Jay and Connie Jenkins for a preliminary and final plat of a one lot residential subdivision to be known as Jenkins Estate on Crys-tal Lake and variance for a garage and 2nd floor home addition at 755 Crystal Lake Road East.

The application will be sched-uled for the next appropriate City Council meeting following the Plan-ning Commission meeting.

All persons desiring to speak on this application are encouraged to attend. For more information concerning this request, please contact Planner Deb Garross (952) 895-4446 at the City of Burnsville.Deb Garross On Behalf of the Chair of the Burnsville Planning Commission


June 17, 24, 2016562341

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: BloomPaymentPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 1559 Southcross Dr W, Ste 105Burnsville, MN 55306NAMEHOLDER(S): BloomPayment Financial LLC1559 Southcross Dr W, Ste 105Burnsville, MN 55306I, 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: April 22, 2016SIGNED BY: Harrison J. Brown


June 24, July 1, 2016565159

CITY OF BURNSVILLEPUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARINGA Public Hearing will be held on

June 27, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burnsville Planning Commission, 100 Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on the applica-tion of Burnsville Leasing LLC for an Interim Use Permit for outdoor storage of excess vehicles at a lot located at 801 Cliff Road West.

The application will be sched-uled for the next appropriate City Council meeting following the Plan-ning Commission meeting.

All persons desiring to speak on this application are encouraged to attend. For more information concerning this request, please contact Planner Regina Dean (952) 895-4453 at the City of Burnsville.Regina Dean On Behalf of the Chair of the Burnsville Planning Commission


June 17, 24, 2016562340



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: CAI Health BPOPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 1551 Southcross Drive W. Ste. CBurnsville, MN 55306NAMEHOLDER(S): Creditor Advocates Inc.1551 Southcross Drive W. Ste. CBurnsville, MN 55306I, the undersigned, certify that


DATE FILED: June 9, 2016SIGNED BY: Harrison J. Brown


June 24, July 1, 2016565153



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 consumers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

ASSUMED NAME: Rejuvenate Holistic WellnessPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 4796 Eriks Blvd.Eagan, MN 55122NAMEHOLDER(S): Justine Rae Kolb4796 Eriks Blvd.Eagan, MN 55122I, the undersigned, certify that


DATE FILED: June 6, 2016SIGNED BY: Justine Kolb


June 17, 24, 2016560530

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194 REGULAR

AND SPECIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETINGS ON MAY 24 AND JUNE 1, 2016

This is a summary of the Inde-pendent School District No. 194 Regular and Special Board of Edu-cation Meetings on May 24 and June 1, 2016 and with full text avail-able for public inspection on the district website at www.isd194.org or 8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

Regular Meeting:May 24, 2016

The regular meeting was called to order at 7:01 p.m. followed by pledge of allegiance. All board members and administrators were present.

Public Comment: Bruce Ekhoff, 1901 Ames Drive, spoke regard-ing resource management item on consent agenda; Susan McPhee, 23321 Woodland Ridge Dr, shared her statement regarding legislative action on gender identity.

Consent agenda items ap-proved: Minutes of the meetings on 10 & 17; employment recommen-dations, leave requests and resig-nations; payment of bills & claims; wire transfers and investments; do-nations; 2017 regular board meet-ing dates; alt facilities bid awards; $1 purchase of ALC facility; milk products agreement extension with Hastings Co-Operative Creamery.

Reports presented: Elementary Math; Elementary Phy Ed; TDE & Q Comp Implementation Plan; FY17 proposed budget; high school class sizes.

Actions approved: Graduates for Class of 2016.

Meeting adjourned at 9:59 p.m. Special meeting:

June 1, 2016The special meeting was called

to order at 6:30 p.m. All board members and Superintendent Sny-der and Executive Director Bau-mann were present.

Report: Lease revenue refunding bonds, series 2016A (City-ISD 194 Partnership/Hockey Arenas).

Action approved: Capital expen-diture for CLEC freezer.

Closed Session: Discussion was held regarding land sale proposal in accordance with MN Statute 13D.05, subd. 3(c) regarding pur-chase or sale of property.

Meeting adjourned at 8:11 p.m.Published in the

Burnsville-Eagan Sun Thisweek Lakeville Sun Thisweek

June 24, 2016563491



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: Precision Builders LLCPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 4551 Oak Chase CircleEagan, MN 55123NAMEHOLDER(S): American Restoration & Transformation LLC4551 Oak Chase CircleEagan, MN 55123I, the undersigned, certify that


DATE FILED: June 15, 2016SIGNED BY: Michael Peterson

Published in theBurnsville-Eagan SunThisweek

June 24, July 1, 2016565110

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALESS MNRI, LLC, doing business

as Simply Self Storage intends to enforce its lien on certain personal property belonging to the following at the facility located at 4025 Old Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan, MN 55122. The sale will take place (unless otherwise withdrawn) via an on-line auction at www.storagetreasures.com on Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016 beginning at approximately 10:00AM and concluding on Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 at approximately 10:00AM. This public sale will result in the goods being sold to the highest bidder. Certain terms and conditions apply.

N. Clevenger – 612C – Kids golf clubs, Stereo, Totes, Chair

J. Harbaugh – 834 – Boxes, Mat-tress, Aquarium, Poker table

M. Sheffel – 244 – TVs, Tires, Mattresses, Boxes, Crib


June 17, 24, 2016556977



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: SuperSafe MoversPRINCIPAL PLACE

OF BUSINESS: 3005 Eagandale PlaceEagan, MN 55121NAMEHOLDER(S): Tyler Johnson Aalid3005 Eagandale PlaceEagan, MN 55121Joseph Lee Aalid3005 Eagandale PlaceEagan, MN 55121I, the undersigned, certify that


DATE FILED: May 11, 2016SIGNED BY: Tyler Aalid


June 24, July 1, 2016563663

NOTICE OF SALENotice is hereby given that the

property will be sold on July 20, 2016. The property will be offered online at www.StorageBattles.com/StorageTreasures.com and more information about the sale can be found at that website. The under-signed Acorn Mini Storage will sell at Public Sale by competitive bid-ding the personal property hereto-fore stored with the undersigned by:

Unit # 818- Christopher Wyt-tenbach, fishing equip., television, boxes of unknown content


June 24, July 1, 2016565061



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: Twin Cities Active ChiropracticPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 12002 County Road 11Burnsville, MN 55337NAMEHOLDER(S): Active Mobility Practitioner625 West 44th StreetMinneapolis, MN 55409Rohin Sachdeva625 West 44th Street


LEGAL NOTICES

CITY OF EAGANSUMMARY FINANCIAL REPORT

This report provides a summary of financial information concerning the City of Eagan to interested parties. The complete financial statements may be examined at the Finance Depart-ment, 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, MN. It is also available online at www.cityofeagan.com (click on City Services, then Finance). Questions about this report should be directed to Josh Feldman, Assistant Finance Director (651) 675-5000. The following summaries are from the financial statements of the City of Eagan for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015. The right hand column shows the percentage change between the two years.

Revenues and Expenditures for General Operations(Governmental Funds)

2014 2015

PercentIncrease

(Decrease)

Revenues

Taxes $ 28,658,533 $ 30,041,478 4.8 %

Special Assessments 3,270,560 3,351,739 2.5

Intergovernmental 6,004,237 9,548,274 59.0

Licenses and permits 2,305,715 1,420,860 (38.4)

Charges for Services 4,432,747 3,210,414 (27.6)

Other 1,461,677 2,719,071 86.0

Cedar Grove Development 738,980 - -

Total revenues 46,872,449 50,291,836 7.3

Per Capita 707 753 6.5

Expenditures

General Government 7,378,650 7,048,124 (4.5)

Public Safety 15,634,876 16,291,946 4.2

Streets and Highways 3,935,323 3,766,024 (4.3)

Culture and Recreation 4,374,951 4,371,973 (0.1)

Capital Outlay 29,266,866 12,705,869 (56.6)

Debt Service 1,655,849 2,157,915 30.3

Total Expenditures 62,246,515 46,341,851 (25.6)

Per Capita 939 694 (26.1)

Total Long-term indebtedness 20,060,000 18,470,000 (7.9)

Per Capita 303 276 (8.6)

Fund Balances

Nonspendable 5,139,737 3,681,943 (28.4)

Restricted 5,946,547 5,759,493 (3.1)

Committed 2,277,108 2,291,676 0.6

Assigned 36,872,152 39,855,166 8.1

Unassigned (25,382,647) (21,258,659) (16.2)

Total Fund Balances as of December 31 $ 24,852,897 $30,329,619 22.0

Per Capita 375 454 21.1

City of EaganStatement of Net Position - Proprietary Funds

December 31, 2015


Community Center

AccessEagan (Fiber

Infrastructure) Total

Total Internal Service Funds

Assets and Deferred Outflows of Resources

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents $18,052,776 $193,532 $770,124 $3,934,224 $87,874 $23,038,530 $7,688,847

Accounts receivable 2,642,665 160,600 - 28,843 - 2,832,108 3,967

Interest receivable 78,650 605 1,732 8,156 - 89,143 17,301

Taxes receivable - delinquent - - - 7,576 - 7,576 -

Special assessments receivable 31,006 - - - - 31,006 -

Due from other funds 16,601,033 - - - - 16,601,033 -

Due from other governments - 56,835 - - - 56,835 -

Advances to other funds 2,248,741 - - - - 2,248,741 -

Prepaid items 20 2,835 - 495 10,000 13,350 13,299

Total current assets 39,654,891 414,407 771,856 3,979,294 97,874 44,918,322 7,723,414

Noncurrent assets

Special assessments receivable 309,672 - - - - 309,672 -

Due from other governments 42,740 - - - - 42,740 -

Net OPEB asset 13,441 1,446 - 2,901 - 17,788 -

Capital Assets

Land 971,317 - - 666,737 - 1,638,054 -

Permanent easements 336,501 - - - - 336,501 -

Buildings and improvements 1,656,097 8,538,169 8,041,774 15,213,345 2,718,393 36,167,778 -

Water supply facilities 46,930,434 - - - - 46,930,434 -

Water storage facilities 6,676,901 - - - - 6,676,901 -

Water mains and lines 50,400,805 - - - - 50,400,805 -

Sewer mains and lines 49,556,751 - - - - 49,556,751 -

Storm drainage system 82,191,782 - - - - 82,191,782 -

Street lights 674,795 - - - - 674,795 -

Machinery and equipment 7,146,845 629,528 271,573 1,192,651 136,602 9,377,199 -

Construction in progress 1,047,653 - - - - 1,047,653 -

Total costs 247,589,881 9,167,697 8,313,347 17,072,733 2,854,995 284,998,653 -

Less accumulated depreciation (85,002,026) (4,890,922) (5,165,880) (6,257,582) (679,555) (101,995,965) -

Net capital assets 162,587,855 4,276,775 3,147,467 10,815,151 2,175,440 183,002,688 -

Total noncurrent assets 162,953,708 4,278,221 3,147,467 10,818,052 2,175,440 183,372,888 -

Total assets 202,608,599 4,692,628 3,919,323 14,797,346 2,273,314 228,291,210 7,723,414

Deferred outflows of resources

Pensions 193,613 46,075 8,045 104,128 34,513 386,374 -

Deferred refunding - 3,990 - - - 3,990 -

Total deferred outflows of resources 193,613 50,065 8,045 104,128 34,513 390,364 -

Total assets and deferred outflows of resources $202,802,212 $4,742,693 $3,927,368 $14,901,474 $2,307,827 $228,681,574 $7,723,414

Liabilities, Deferred Inflows of Resources, and Net Position

Current liabilities

Salaries and benefits payable $24,147 $7,327 $654 $13,717 $844 $46,689 $95

Accounts payable 537,839 24,655 2,419 25,160 14,443 604,516 23,399

Contracts payable 69,430 - 9,800 - - 79,230 -

Accrued interest payable - - - 80,229 - 80,229 -

Due to other governments 127,781 5,715 3 7,483 867 141,849 12,505

Unearned revenue 209,302 68,134 10,390 54,134 - 341,960 25,000

Other liabilities - - - - - - 266,588

Bonds payable - - - 875,000 - 875,000 -

Compensated absences - - - - - - 2,178,407

Total current liabilities 968,499 105,831 23,266 1,055,723 16,154 2,169,473 2,505,994

Noncurrent liabilities

Customer deposits 130,322 - - - - 130,322 -

Other liabilities - - - - - - 95,835

Compensated absences - - - - - - 1,629,268

Advances from other funds - 2,248,741 - - - 2,248,741 -

Bonds payable, net - - - 4,945,871 - 4,945,871 -

Net pension liability 1,390,003 330,783 57,760 747,563 247,779 2,773,888 -

Total noncurrent liabilities 1,520,325 2,579,524 57,760 5,693,434 247,779 10,098,822 1,725,103

Total liabilities 2,488,824 2,685,355 81,026 6,749,157 263,933 12,268,295 4,231,097

Deferred inflows of resources

Pensions 159,786 38,025 6,640 85,935 28,483 318,869 -

Grants - 404 202 808 - 1,414 -

Total deferred inflow of resources 159,786 38,429 6,842 86,743 28,483 320,283 -

Net position

Net investment in capital assets 162,587,855 4,276,775 3,147,467 9,940,151 2,175,440 182,127,688 -

Unrestricted 37,565,747 (2,257,866) 692,033 (1,874,577) (160,029) 33,965,308 3,492,317

Total net position 200,153,602 2,018,909 3,839,500 8,065,574 2,015,411 216,092,996 3,492,317

Total liabilities, deferred inflows of resources, and net position $202,802,212 $4,742,693 $3,927,368 $14,901,474 $2,307,827 $228,681,574 $7,723,414

CONTINUED...

Minneapolis, MN 55409I, the undersigned, certify that


DATE FILED: May 16, 2016SIGNED BY: Rohin Sachdeva


June 17, 24, 2016561247

CITY OF EAGAN, MNSECTION 00020

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSCOUNTRY HOLLOW LIFT

STATION IMPROVEMENTSRECEIPT AND OPENING OF

PROPOSALS: Sealed proposals for the work described below will be received by the City Administra-tor at the Eagan Municipal Center, 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, MN 55122 until Thursday, July 14, 2016 at 1:00 p.m., at which time the bids will be opened and publicly read.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The work includes the following:

A. Removal of existing lift station equipment and piping in the Coun-try Hollow Lift Station.

B. Furnish and install new valve vault structure, pumps, piping, and valves.

C. The project includes the removal of a portion of the exist-ing steel dry well below grade for placement of the valve vault struc-ture.

D. Remove concrete fillet in ex-isting wet well to accommodate pumps as shown on plans.

E. Removal of existing lift station controls.

F. Furnish and install new con-trols as noted in the Contract Docu-ments.

G. The Country Hollow Lift Sta-tion shall remain in service during the changeover. All pumping of sewage required for the change-over, is the responsibility of the Contractor and shall be coordinat-ed with the City of Eagan (OWNER).

COMPLETION OF WORK: All work under the Contract must be complete within one hundred eighty (180) calendar days after re-ceipt of the Notice to Proceed.

MINIMUM CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS: The Bidder shall have experience as a General Contractor in the successful com-pletion of at least three (3) lift sta-tions within the last five (5) years.

OBTAINING CONTRACT DOC-UMENTS AND BIDDING REQUIRE-MENTS: Plans and specifications and all contract documents may be obtained at the office of Bolton & Menk, Inc., 12224 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, MN 55337, upon pay-ment of $50.00, (includes sales tax); non-refundable for each full set of specifications and accom-panying drawings. Additional ship-ping charges will apply for delivery to any address not within the lower 48 states. Complete digital project bidding documents are available at www.questcdn.com. You may view the digital plan documents for free by entering Quest project #4289503 on the website’s Project Search page. Documents may be downloaded for $20.00. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233 1632 or [email protected] for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project in-formation.

A copy of the plans and speci-fications may be inspected at the following locations:

- Office of Bolton & Menk Inc., 12224 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, MN 55337.

PLANHOLDERS LIST, ADDEN-DA AND BID TABULATION: The planholders list, addenda and bid tabulation will be available on-line at www.bolton-menk.com.

Bids will be received on a lump sum basis.

BID SECURITY: A certified check or a Bid Bond satisfactory to the City of Eagan, Minnesota, in the amount of not less than 5 percent of the total Bid price submitted must accompany each Bid.

LABOR RATES - MINIMUM WAGE REQUIREMENTS:

This project is being funded by the City of Eagan, Minnesota. The project is not subject to the provi-sions of Little Davis-Bacon Act.

PERFORMANCE AND PAY-MENT BONDS: The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and Labor and Materials Payment Bond each in the amount of the Contract.

The Bid, Agreement, and Bonds shall be conditioned upon compli-ance with all provisions of the Bid Documents.

PROJECT ADMINISTRATION: All questions relative to this project prior to the opening of bids shall be directed to the Engineer/Manager for the project. It shall be under-stood, however, that no specifica-tion interpretations will be made by telephone.

Address inquiries to:Bolton & Menk Inc.Attn: Seth A. Peterson, P.E.12224 Nicollet Ave.Burnsville, MN 55337Tel: 952-890-0509Fax: 952-890-8065Email:[email protected]’S RIGHTS RESERVED:

The OWNER reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informality in a bid, and to make awards in the interest of the OWN-ER.Date: June 21, 2016 Owner: City of Eagan, Minnesota/s/ Dave Osberg City Administrator


June 24, July 1, 8, 2016565374

CITY OF BURNSVILLENOTICE OF PUBLIC

OPEN HOUSEON AN UPDATE TO THE

CITY’S WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN AND WETLAND PROTECTION

AND MANAGEMENT PLANThe City of Burnsville will be

holding an Open House relating to

an Update to the City’s Water Re-sources Management Plan (WRMP) and Wetland Protection and Man-agement Plan (WPMP) in Burnsville City Hall Council Chambers, 100 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, Minnesota, from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 29, 2016. The primary purpose of the open house is to gather input for the WRMP and WPMP update that is currently in process.

The public will have an opportu-nity to provide input on a range of water resources topics addressed in the Plan, including lake water quality goals, pond and water body high water levels, localized flood-ing, design standards for develop-ment and redevelopment projects and wetland management. Resi-dents will be able to provide input at the meeting or online. Copies of the City of Burnsville’s current WRMP and WPMP as well as an on-line survey link are available on the City’s website at http://www.burns-ville.org/index.aspx?NID=565. The City will consider all comments as the plan update process moves for-ward and will hold a second open house later in the summer of 2016.

For more information concern-ing this meeting, please contact the City’s WRMP and WPMP Update engineering consultant Rebecca Nestingen at 651.490.2175 or [email protected].


June 24, 2016563884

CITY OF EAGANINVITATION FOR BIDS

SANITARY LIFT STATION RENOVATION

Sealed bids will be received by the City of Eagan, Minnesota, at the Eagan Utility Facility located at 3419 Coachman Point, Eagan, MN 55122, until 11:00 a.m., C.S.T., on Thursday July 14, 2016 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:

Country Hollow Sanitary Lift Station Renovation

City Project No. 1210City Contract No. 16-23Plans and specifications, pro-

posal forms and contract docu-ments may be seen at the Eagan Utility Facility located at 3419 Coachman Point, Eagan, MN 55122, Phone (651) 675-5200. Contractors desiring a copy of the plans and specifications and pro-posal forms may obtain them from the Eagan Utility Facility for $60.00

Each bid 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, to waive ir-regularities and informalities therein and further reserves the right to award the contract to the best in-terests of the City.Christina Scipioni, City ClerkCity of Eagan


June 24, July 1, 2016565307

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION

(MINOR NAME CHANGE) Minn. Stat. § 259.10

State of MinnesotaKandiyohi CountyDistrict CourtJudicial District: 8th Court File Number: 34-CV-16-123 Case Type: Name ChangeIn the Matter of the Application of:Jennifer Ann Jopp On Behalf of:Ariana Lee CreechFor a Change of Name to:Ariana Lee Jopp

TO: Patrick Creech2091 Silver Bell Rd. Apt 11Eagan, MN 55122Last known addressAn Application for Name Change

has been filed by Jennifer Ann Jopp for a change of name for the minor child(ren) Ariana Lee Creech to Ari-ana Lee Jopp. A hearing on this Application will be held at Court-house, 505 Becker Ave SW. Will-mar, MN 56201 on July 27, 2016, at 2:00 p.m.

You may obtain a copy of the Application for Name Change from Kandivohi County Courthouse, 505

Becker Avenue SW. Willmar, MN 56201

If you do not appear at the scheduled hearing, the Petitioner’s Application for a Name Change for the minor child(ren) may be granted.

Dated: June 9.2016Deb MueskeCourt AdministratorBy: /s/ Julie LounagieDeputy


June 24, July 1, 8, 2016564097

PUBLISHYOUR LEGALNOTICEHERE

Email legal notices for publication to [email protected].

Publication daysand deadlines

vary. Call 952-846-2006 for more information.

WHEN YOULOOK IN THECLASSIFIEDS.

There’s always savings waiting

for you.


5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

5110 Building &Remodeling

5170 Concrete/Mason-ry/Waterproofing

5110 Building &Remodeling


1020 Junkers& Repairables


4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

1000 WHEELS

1010 Vehicles

2004 Jaguar X-Type, 3L. AWD. Royal Blue w/ Tan Leather Interior, Leaper Hood Orn. New Tires. Very Good Condition. 165k mil. $3,800. 612-518-1464

2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Turbo: 59k m., gray sunroof, new tires & brakesSuper Fun Sports Car, 210 hp$10,999. 612-669-2052


$$$ UP TO $7,500 $$$Junkers & Repairables

More if Saleable. MN Licensed

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

1030 Motorcycles

‘04 Harley Davidson 883 Custom, under 10K miles, $5,400/BO. 952-892-0389

1500 SPORTING

1530 Watercraft

Maxum I/O Open Bow, 19.5 feet, low hours, Exc cond! $8,000. 952-892-0389

3500 MERCHANDISE

3520 Cemetery Lots

Glen Haven Mem., Garden of Christus, 2 burial plots & vaults. Valued @ $7,200; asking $6,000. 615-476-5847

Glen Haven, Crystal, 3 lots, Christus Garden area, ask-ing $600 ea. 320-676-8944

Pleasant View, Burnsville 4 lots, val. $1,200 each. Sell for $950/ea. 952-237-9098

3580 Household/Furnishings

2 Trundle daybeds w/mat-tresses. Like new! $150 ea. or $250/both 763-913-9352

3600 MiscellaneousFor Sale

La-Z-Boy reclining sofa & swivel rocker. Forest Green in color. $225 612 869-3093

3620 MusicInstruments

PIANO (older), very good working cond! $35/BO. 651-290-1645 651-686-0297

4000 SALES

4030 Garage& Estate Sales

3 SistersEstate Company

helps seniors downsize, and/or prepares any es-tate for liquidation. Let’s meet! 763-443-0519

SunThisweek.com

Apple Valley- 6/23-6/25, 8a-4p. Moving Sale! Antique furn,kitch,electronics, Lotsmore! 8740 Hunters Way


Bloomington N’brhd Sale

6/23-25 (9-6) Fishing, HH, electronics, games, misc. 80 1/2 St. & Dupont Ave.(between Lyndale & 35W)

Bloomington, 6/23 & 24, 9-5; 6/25, 9-12. Partylite items, DVD’s, women’s clothes, misc. 3020 W. 86th Street

Bloomington, June 23-25, 7 am - 4 pm. Multiple items from furniture to clothing, tools to pots and pans and electrical. 9101 Clinton Ave So.

Brooklyn Center - Cross of Glory Lutheran ChurchPresale $3 Adm. 7/6 (4-8); Sale 7/7 (9-6); 7/8 (9-5); 7/9 (9-1) 5929 Brooklyn Blvd

Brooklyn Park, 6/23-24, 8am-4pm. Multi-Family HH, kids clothes, Wii, toys, Legos, & misc. 4024 Hollyhock Cir.

Burnsville DOWNSIZING 6/16-17; & 6/30 (8:30-4:30) Antiqs, newer shoes (7-7.5), HH, deer stands, ex. equip. 2809 Crater Crt (Park Dr S )

Classified Advertising

Early Deadline

for July 7th publication

Due to the

4th of July Holiday

DEADLINE:

Friday, July 1at 3 pm

Call 952-392-6888to place your ad

Crystal Estate Sale4849 Georgia Ave. No. 6/23-24 (8-6); 6/25 (9-4)HH, furn., elec. oak fplc, X-mas, yard stuff, more!

Crystal, 6/23, 24, 25, 7am to 5pm. Tools, antiques, household items, clothes. 4800 Hampshire Ave N.

EAGAN

Alden Pond TownhomesCommunity Garage Sale

Sat, June 25 (9am-5pm)3300 Alden Pond Lane

Eden Prairie 6/24-25(10-5)MOVING SALE Inf/Kid cloz, games, toys, bks, & more! 11866 Runnel Cir.

EP, June 25, 8-3. Men’s & Women’s designer

clothing, florals, purses, cookbooks, home de-cor, furniture, luggage 17538 Hackberry Ct.

LAKEVILLE, 6/22-25, 8-5 Huge Multi-Family Sale

Collectibles, Barbie, Hot Wheels, DC figs, Star Wars, HH Items, Furn. & Clothes.

16298 Gunflint Trail

Lakeville, 6/23-24-25, 8-5. Multi-fam sale: Cloz 6mo-XXL, HH, an-tqs, games, media, toys. 11375 237th St E.

Minnetonka 6/23-24 (8-4) misc. HH, desk, white cabi-nets, small tbls. (Beachside Nbrhd) 5656 Sanibel Drive

Minnetonka, 6/23-249a-5p: HH, Tools, Lawn & Garden15711 LA BON TERR


LAKEVILLE, June 24, 8-5Huge Sale - Cherry Hutch, Oak Armoire, Pampered Chef, Tools, Antiques, Clinique, Lancome, Little Pet Shop, Build A Bear Wardrobe, Cook Books, Bar Ware & MUCH MORE!

10391 188th Street West

Medina

ANNUAL RUMMAGE SALEHoly Name of Jesus155 County Road 24

June 23-24-25; Th 9-8,Fri 9-6, Sat 8-12 (Bag Day).HH goods, furn., clothes, books, kids things, outdoor & sports equip. Something for everyone! Great buys!

MinnetonkaRummage Sale

Oak Knoll Lutheran Church600 Hopkins Crossroad

Thurs 6/23 Preview 5-8pm$5 Adm; Fri 6/24 (8-6); Sat 6/25 (8-2) - $5 Bag @ Noon

Minnetonka, 6/23-6/24, 9-5; 6/25, 9-12. Furn, futon, cloz, college stuff, more! Covington Circle

MINNETONKA, 6/25-26,9am-3pm. See lots of pics: oldisknew.com Upcoming sales tab. 5787 Vinehill Rd.

Orono Estate/Moving Sale6/24-25 (9-5) Furn., HH, cloz, toys, decor, all must go! 2575 Thoroughbred Ln

Rosemount Valley Park N’brhd 6/23-24 (8-5) HH items, Antiqs, Furn, Toys, more! 16593 Galena Ave.

Spring Lake Park64 Year Estate Sale!

8313 Westwood Rd NE6/28 (11-6); 6/29-30 (10-3)

#’s @ 10:30 am TuesdayGo to: gentlykept.com

Classifieds…The Little Ads with

BIG results!

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[email protected]

4500 RENTALS / REAL ESTATE

4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

To place your Classified Ad contact Sharon Brauer at: 952-392-6873 or email:

[email protected]

4530 Houses For Rent


[email protected]

4550 Roommates &Rooms For Rent

South Metro-Single wom-an needs room to rent in S.metro.Call 651-406-8345

4570 StorageFor Rent

2 Warehouses for Rent Great Location! 1,000 sq ft @ $675 per month & 1,200 sq ft @ $700 per month.

Both are heated.Call: 612-889-8768

8’ x 20’ Storage units available, great location!

612-889-8768

Lonsdale Mini-Storage7 sizes available. 5’x10’ to 10’x40’. Call 507-744-4947 leave message.

4610 Houses For Sale


[email protected]

for special deals.

5000 SERVICES

5010 Classes/Educa-tion/Tutoring

Tutoring Grades 6-12Reading/Writing/English

& ACT Prep. 25 yrs. Exp.

952-435-9510

5080 Child &Adult Care

To place your Classified Ad contact Jeanne Cannon at: 952-392-6875 or email:

[email protected]

5090 Asphalt/Black-topping/Seal Coating

30+ Years ExperienceAsphalt Paving & SealcoatQuality Work W/Warranty

LSC Construction Svc, Inc 952-890-2403 / 612-363-2218

Mbr: Better Business Bureau

Sealcoating /Parking Lots

No Job too Big or too Small

H & H Blacktopping612-861-6009

5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

Above All Hardwood Floors Installation-Sanding-Finishing

“We Now InstallCarpet, Tile & Vinyl.”

952-440-WOOD (9663)

Escobar Hardwood Floors, LLC

We offer professional services for your wood floors!

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

Professional w/15 yrs exp.

952-292-2349

SANDING-REFINISHINGRoy’s Sanding Service

Since 1951 952-888-9070

5160 Commercial &Residential Cleaning

Quality Friendly Service. Affordable. Bi-wkly,

monthly, Free est. Call Genevra 651-226-2368


**A CONCRETE**PRESSURE LIFTING

“THE MUDJACKERS”Don’t Replace it Raise it!Save $$$ Walks- Steps-

Patios- Drive-Garage Floors- Aprons- Bsmnts-

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Brick, Stone & Concrete NEW & REPAIR

CHIMNEYS and VENEERSSteps, walks and drives

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CONCRETE & MASONRYSteps, Walks, Drives,

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


A+ BBB Member

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

Concrete ExcellenceDriveways Patios

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Brick Paving Retaining Walls

Decorative ConcreteTear Outs & Replacement

Free EstimatesContact Troy

@ 952 457-8504Concrete-Excellence.com

Concrete, Chimneys Brick, Stone, Drain Tiles

New or Repair.Christian Brothers

Construction Minn Lic BC

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Dave’s Concrete & Masonry

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

Stamped, Driveway Specialist, Steps, Side-walks, Patios, Blocks,

& Floors. New or replacement. Tear out

& removal. Will meet or beat almost any quote!

• 952-469-2754 •

GARAGE APRONSDAN’S CONCRETE

26 Yrs Exp. Insured612-244-8942

*** HUBCRETE Inc. ***Drives, Patios, Walks

Steps, Walls & AdditionsStamped & Color avail.Chimney repair & blockNO $ dwn/CC acceptedIns./bonded 30 yrs exp.

CARL 612 979-3518

Kelly O’Malley “As owner,

I’m always on site!”Driveways SidewalksPatios StepsFloors Stamped

612-756-3060 - 30 yr [email protected]

Lowell Russell Concrete

BBB A+ Rating - Angies List Honor Roll

From the Unique to the Ordinary

Specializing in drives, pa-tios & imprinted colored & stained concrete. Interior

acid stained floors and counter tops.

www.staincrete.com952-461-3710

[email protected]

Rick Concrete & Masonry

All Types of Concrete Work! Additions, drive-ways, patios, stamped & colored. Tear out & replace

612-382-5953


St. Marc Ready Mix Concrete

1-100 yards delivered. Both small & large trucks. Con-tractors & Homeowners.

952-890-7072

To place your Classified Ad

contact Elliot Carlson at: 952-392-6879 or email:

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5190 Decks

DECK CLEANING

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Guaranteed Results.

◆651-699-3504◆952-352-9986 www.rooftodeck.com

Code #78

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

5260 Garage Doors

GARAGE DOORS & OPENERS

Repair/Replace/Reasonable

Lifetime Warranty on All Spring Changes

www.expertdoor.com 651-457-7776

5270 Gutter Cleaning

Gutter Cleaning / Window Washing 612-298-8737

10% off New Customers

To place your Classified Ad

contact Elliot Carlson at: 952-392-6879 or email:

[email protected]

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 Supervisor

Dale 952-941-8896 office 612-554-2112 cell

We Accept Credit Cards“Soon To Be Your

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Find Us On Facebook

#1 Home Repair No job too small!!

Quality Work @ Competi-tive Prices! We do it All!

Ray 612-281-7077

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--TO PLACE YOUR ADAds may be placed Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Deadline: Mondays at 3:00 pm* * Earlier on holiday weeks

By Phone: 952-392-6888

By FAX: 952-941-5431

By Mail: 10917 Valley View Road Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Attn: Classified

In Person: Visit the Eden Prairie office to place your Classified ad, make a payment, or pick up your Garage Sale Kit.

LOCATIONEden Prairie

10917 Valley View Road952-392-6888

SERVICES & POLICIESSun Newspapers reserves the right to edit, refuse, reject or cancel any ad at any time. Errors must be reported on the first day of the publication, and Sun Newspapers will be responsible for no more than the cost of the space occupied by the error and only the first insertion. We shall not be liable for any loss or expense that results from the publication or omission of an advertisement.HOW TO PAY We gladly accept VISA, American Express, Mastercard, Discover, personal checks, and cash.

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Garage Sales Transportation$54• 3 lines, 4 weeks, All zones• Additional lines: $7.00• Private party only

Merchandise Mover $54• 3 lines, 4 weeks, All zones• Additional lines: $7.00• Merchandise $151.00 or more

$50 Package• 4 line ad• 2 week run• FREE Garage Sale Kit*• Metro Wide Coverage – 318,554 homes

$52 Package• 4 line ad• 2 week run• FREE Garage Sale Kit*• Metro Wide Coverage – 318,554 homes• Rain Insurance – we will re-run your ad up to two weeks FREE if your sale is rained out.

Additional Lines $10.00Ads will also appear on www.mnSun.com each Wednesday by 9:00 a.m.

*Garage Sale Kits can be picked up at the

Eden Prairie office.

• Wheels 1010-1070• Sporting 1510-1580• Farm 2010-2080• Pets 2510-2520• Announcements 3010-3090• Merchandise 3510-3630• Sales 4010-4030• Rentals/Real Estate 4510-4650• Services 5010-5440• Employment 5510-2280• Network Ads 6010

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5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters

5370 Painting &Decorating

5350 Lawn &Garden Services




5350 Lawn &Garden Services


5420 Tree Care &Stump Removal

5510 Full-time


5510 Full-time

5510 Full-time 5510 Full-time

Direct Support ProfessionalProvide support services for adults with intellectual disabilities in the Twin Cities area. Position requires the ability to lift and transfer adults to/from wheel-chairs and assist with personal care. Relevant experi-ence is helpful, but we are willing to train the right person. Driving a Rise vehicle is required. Compli-ance with Rule 11 & MVR background checks and valid driver’s license required. Position is FT/M-F with day hours. $12.50 HR. Benefits include PTO, holidays, medical, dental, life, disability and 401(k).

Submit cover letter and resume:Anoka: Jodi at [email protected]: Melinda at [email protected] Rapids: Natalie at [email protected]: Maureen at [email protected]

www.rise.orgEqual Opportunity Employer

Merchandise Mover (CMM)

$54.00• 3 lines, 4 weeks, choose 2 zones• Additional lines: $7.00• Merchandise $151.00 or more• Quick Post theadspider.com website

Garage Sales (CGS)

$50• 4 lines, 2 weeks, All zones• Additional lines: $10.00• FREE Garage Sale Kit available at one of

our three offices - Or we can mail it to you for an additional $4.50• Rain Insurance $2.00• Quick Post theadspider.com website

Transportation (CTRAN)

$54• 3 lines, 4 weeks, choose 2 zones• Additional lines: $7.00• Quick Post theadspider.com website

Contact UsClassified Phone 952-392-6888Classified Fax 952-941-5431

To Place Your AdAds may be placed Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

DEADLINE: Mondays at 3:00 pm* *Earlier on Holiday WeeksBy Phone: 952-392-6888By FAX: 952-941-5431By Mail: 10917 Valley View Road Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Attn: Classified

In Person: Visit the Eden Prairie Classified Office

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• Use the grid below to write your ad.• Please print completely and legibly to ensure the ad is published correctly.

• Punctuate and space the ad copy properly.• Include area code with phone number.• 3 line minimum

Choose from the following 5 zones:

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n Sun•Focus Columbia Heights, Fridley, Mounds View, New Brighton

n Sun Thisweek Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Lakeville, Rosemount, Farmington

n Sun•Current Central Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Edina, Richfield

n Sun•Post Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, New Hope, Robbinsdale

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Please use this order form when placing your Classified ads.

Please call 952-392-6888 for business rates.

884235 Private Party Form • March 2014

In the community, With the community, For the community

How to PayWe gladly accept VISA, American Express, Mastercard, Discover, personal checks, and cash.

Location10917 Valley View RoadEden Prairie, MN

Services & PoliciesSun Newspapers reserves the right to edit, refuse, reject or cancel any ad at any time. Errors must be reported on the first day of the publication, and Sun Newspapers will be responsible for no more than the cost of the space occupied by the error and only the first insertion. We shall not be liable for any loss or expense that results from the publication or omission of an advertisement.

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5280 Handyperson

100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

952-451-3792 R.A.M. CONSTRUCTIONAll Home Modifications

Specializing in Handicap Assesabilty for all ages

� Carpentry

� Baths & Tile � Windows

� Water/Fire Damage � Doors

Lic-Bond-Ins

5 Star Home ServicesHandyman,Painting, Main-tenance, Siding Repair. Lic

#BC708390 952-855-2550

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

One Call Does it All!Call Bob 612-702-8237

Home Tune-up • Fix It • Replace It

• Upgrade It Over 40 Yrs Exp.

Ins’d Ron 612-221-9480

To place your Classified Ad contact Mike Specht at: 952-392-6877 or email:

[email protected]

5300 Heating &Cooling Services

To place your Classified Ad contact Michelle Ahrens at: 952-392-6883 or email:

[email protected]

5340 Landscaping

E-Z Landscape Retaining / Blder Walls Paver Patio Rock & Mulch Bobcat Work

Call 952-334-9840www.e-zlandscape.com

Retaining Walls, Patios Brush Removal, Sod Install

Rocks, Mulch and More! 15% off new customer

Mendoza 612-990-0945

LANDSCAPES BY LORAlandscapesbylora.com

Quality work @ competitiveprices. 15+ yrs exp.!

612-644-3580

Modern Landscapes • Retaining Walls • Paver Patios • “Committed to Excellence” • Summer

Pricing 612-205-9953 modernlandscapes.biz

RETAINING WALLS Water Features & Pavers 30+ Years of Experience

763-420-3036 952-240-5533

Offering Complete Landscape Services

apluslandscapecreationsmn.com


3 Interior Rooms/$275Wallpaper Removal.

Drywall Repair. Cabinet 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 Summer Painting! Stain/Texturing. Free Est. 952-474-6258 Ins/LicMajor Credit Cards Accepted

Ben’s PaintingExt/Int, Drywall Repair

Paint/Stain/Ceilings.

952-432-2605 DAVE’S PAINTING

and WALLPAPERINGInt/Ext • Free Est. •30 Yrs.

Will meet or beat any price! Lic/Ins

Complete Handyman SvcVisa/MC 952-469-6800

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

The Old Fashion WayBrush & Roller, Exp teacher Fred Kelson 651-688-0594

5380 Plumbing

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

Jason 952-891-2490


A Family Operated Business

No Subcontractors Used

Tear-offs, Insurance Claims BBB A+, Free Est. A+ Angies List Lic # BC170064 Certified GAF Installer - 50 yr warranty.

Ins. 952-891-8586

HAIL DAMAGE? NEED A ROOF?

Dun-Rite Roofing Co. Locally owned & operated!952-461-5155 Lic# BC177881

www.DunRiteMN.com


Randy’s ResidentialImprovements, LLC

Roofing, Ext. Paint & More612-414-0308

#BC635383 BBB Member

Re-Roofing & Roof Repairs - 30 Yrs Exp

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

Call 952-925-6156

◆ Roofing ◆ Siding Gutters ◆ Soffit/Fascia

TOPSIDE, INC. 612-869-1177

Lic CR005276 ◆ Bonded ◆ Insured

35 Yrs Exp. A+ Rating BBB


$0 For Estimate Timberline Tree & Landscape.

Spring Discount - 25% Off Tree Trimming, Tree

Removal, Stump Grinding 612-644-8035 Remove Large

Trees & Stumps CHEAP!!

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◆ 651-338-5881 ◆Exp’d. Prof., Lic., Ins’d.

Reasonable Rates. absolutetreeservicemn.com

Al & Rich’s Low CostStump Removal, Portable Mach. Prof. tree trimming

••• 952-469-2634 •••


ArborBarberTrees.com612-703-0175 Mbr: BBB

Trimming, Removal & Stump Grinding.

SunThisweek.comBretMann Stump Grinding

Free Ests. Best$$ Ins’dBck Yrd Acc 612-290-1213

Call Jeff forStump Removal

Narrow Access Backyards Fully Insured

Jeff 612-578-5299

Easy Tree Service, LLCTrim/Removal. Lic/Ins Eugene 651-855-8189

NOVAK STUMP REMOVALFree Ests. Lic’d & Ins’d

952-888-5123

Thomas Tree Service25 yrs exp./ Expert Climb.

Immaculate Clean-up! Tree Removal/TrimmingLot Clearing/Stump Removal

Free Ests 952-440-6104

5440 Window Cleaning

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

5500 EMPLOYMENT

5510 Full-time

ACCOUNTING FULL TIMEAccounts Payable and General AccountingPleasant Office in Prior Lake. 8-5Excellent Pay and bene-fits. Please send resume to: [email protected]

Class A CDL Regional/OTR Flat Bed Drivers needed. Flat bed drivers home weekends. $4000 Hiring Bonus. Excellent Benefits! Will consider

new CDL Drivers.Commercial Transload of Minnesota Truck-lines, Inc. 7151 University

Ave. Fridley, MN 55432. [email protected] fax : 763-571-9549

or call: 763-571-9508 ask for Pete or Chris

CUSTODIANAll Saints Church & SchoolMust be organized self-starter w/attention to de-tails. Resp. incl. maintain-ing cleanliness of church/school facilities & grounds; coordination & implemen-tation of event setup/take down. Exp. pref’d. Hrs: M-F 11:30am – 8pm. Apps available in church office, or submit via email to:[email protected] - No calls please

Customer Service Representative for local insurance agency. Prefer insurance license for prop-erty/casualty. Responsi-bilities include answering phone, taking payments, resolving customer con-cerns and sales as neces-sary. Please email resume

to: [email protected]

DRIVER WANTED Class A Must be 21 yrs. old, 2 yrs. tractor /trailer experience. Based in Eagan, MN; driv-ing late model Peterbilt day cab tractors, no week-ends, home every night. Rail experience a plus. Competitive hourly wage with health benefits & 401k plan available. Call Greg or Kathy at 651-686-7221 /Citi-Cargo -Staff Services.

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theater and arts briefs

theater and arts calendar

Eagan Art Festival this weekend The 22nd annual Eagan Art Festival runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 25, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 26, in Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. The free, family-friendly event hosts a juried art show of 100 artists, en-tertainment, art demonstra-tions and community art activities. Preview the entertain-ment schedule and the ac-tivities for kids at http://www.eaganartfestival.org.

Riverwalk Market Fair Music by Neil Rowley, fresh local produce and ar-tisan foods, arts and crafts,

and a free children’s activ-ity sponsored by Vintage Band Festival will be fea-tured at Riverwalk Market Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 25, in down-town Northfield’s Bridge Square. For more informa-tion, visit www.RiverwalkMarketFair.org.

Tribute to Michael Jackson Damian Brantley pays tribute to the King of Pop in “Remember The Time – Tribute to Michael Jack-son” 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, and Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Mystic Showroom in Prior Lake. Brantley performs in the award-winning live tribute show Legends in Concert. He took two years to com-pletely hone his talent of looking and sounding like

To submit items for the Arts Calendar, email: darcy.

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Books Mystery writers work-shop, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, June 25, Barnes & Noble, 1291 Promenade Place, Eagan. Led by author Marilyn Jax. Free. In-formation: marilynjax.com.

Call for Artists The Dakota County Public Art Citizen Advisory Commit-tee is seeking original works of art for its sixth Community Art Exhibition. Theme of the ex-hibit is “Landscapes of Dakota County.” Artists 8 years old and older living in Dakota County can submit original two-di-mensional art that meets the committee’s criteria outlined online. One entry per person is allowed. The submission dead-line is July 8. For a complete list of criteria that submissions must meet, visit www.dako-tacounty.us and search “art exhibit.” To learn more, contact Jean Erickson at 651-438-4286 or [email protected].

Events Rosemount ArtBlast, June 18-26. Information: http://www.

the pop legend. “The most difficult thing wasn’t sounding like Jack-son or dancing like him, but it was doing both at the same time,” said Brantley. Tickets go on sale 10 a.m. Saturday, June 25, for $23 and $32. Visit mysticlake.com for more details.

Mystery writers workshop Mystery author Marilyn Jax will lead a free mystery writers workshop 1-4 p.m. Saturday, June 25, at the Barnes & Noble in Eagan. Jax spent close to 20 years as a fraud investigator with the state of Minnesota before turning her attention to mystery writing. At the workshop, Jax will focus on secrets for crafting mystery tales — touching on plots, charac-ters, clues, and twists and turns. Attendees will hone their new skills through writing exercises. A ques-tion-and-answer session will be included. The workshop is ap-propriate for writers of all levels, and there’s no cost to attend. The Eagan Barnes & Noble is at 1291 Prom-enade Place. Jax has two more work-shops planned at Barnes and Noble for 2016 – Oct. 22 (Edina) and Oct. 29 (Ea-gan). For more informa-tion, visit marilynjax.com.

Eagan student in Circus Juventas Eagan student Amelia Lloyd is starring in Circus Juventas’ “Wonderland” this summer, commemorat-ing the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonder-land.” The production runs July 28 to Aug. 14 at 1270 Montreal Ave., St. Paul. Tickets go on sale June 27 through Ticketworks (www.ticketworks.com), 612-343-3390, or by calling the Circus Juventas box of-fice, 651-699-8229.

Voices of the Valley Voices of the Valley is a Cannon Valley Trail inter-pretative program that runs 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays to assist visitors’ explora-tion and understanding of the Cannon River Valley. Resource persons are avail-able on Saturdays from May through September, weather permitting. Trail events are scheduled at 26674 144th Ave. Way, Welch. All are welcome, not just bikers. July 2 – Rod Johnson, archaeologist, displays ar-tifacts and demonstrates “flint knapping.” July 9 – Brenda Owens and Lee Mensinger play gui-tar and sing. July 16 – Merchants

Bank Cannon Falls provides goodies. July 23 – Perkins Red Wing provides treats. July 30 – Goodhue County Dairy Association’s Dairy Princesses are on hand to greet everyone and hand out treats. Information: https://can-nonvalleytrail.com/voices-of-the-valley/.

Comedy at Mystic Lake Chris Porter and feature act Gabe Noah will take the Mystic Comedy Club stage 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, July 8, and Saturday, July 9, at Mystic Lake in Prior Lake. Best known for finishing third on season 4 of “Last Comic Standing,” Porter has also been featured in his own “Comedy Central Presents” special and “Live at Gotham.” He has been a touring comic since the age of 23. Born and raised in Kansas City, Porter brings laughter drawn from his own experience and obser-vations. Noah is a regular in clubs across the Midwest and was voted “Best Comic” by his peers in Minneapo-lis at The Reapies comedy awards. He’s been invited to perform at festivals across North America. As a found-ing member of The Tur-keys, dubbed a “comedy boy band super group” by City Pages, Noah’s work has been featured on the front page of Cracked.com and

is on the MyDamnChannel.com comedy network. Tickets are $19. Mature audiences only. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for details.

MST3K reunion at Carmike The 20th RiffTrax Live event with an exclusive Mys-tery Science 3000 Reunion show will be shown live at Carmike 15 Theatres in Ap-ple Valley 7 p.m. Thursday, June 28, followed by a spe-cial re-broadcast 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 12. Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett celebrate 10 years of Riff-Trax with a night of riffing and comedy with most of the original Mystery Science Theater 3000 stars. Joining the trio live from the State Theater in Min-neapolis will be MST3K creator Joel Hodgson (Joel Robinson), Trace Beau-lieu (Dr. Clayton Forrester, Crow T. Robot), Frank Conniff (TV’s Frank), Mary Jo Pehl (Pearl Forrester), Bridget Nelson (Nuveena, Mr. B Natural), and the host of the revived MST3K, Jo-nah Ray (“The Nerdist Pod-cast” and “The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail”) and more. Tickets for the showing are $15. Call 952-431-4859 or visit https://www.carmike.com for more informa-tion.

rosemountarts.com. Elko New Market Fire Rescue Days, June 23-26. In-formation: www.ci.enm.mn.us. Pizza in the Village, 5:30-8:15 p.m. Friday, June 24, Da-kota City Heritage Village, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. Infor-mation: dakotacity.org or 651-460-8050. Eagan Art Festival, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 25, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 26, Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. Infor-mation: www.eaganartfestival.org. Apple Valley Freedom Days, June 27 to July 4. Infor-mation: www.avfreedomdays.com/. Eagan July 4th Funfest, July 2-4. Information: www.eaganfunfest.org. Lakeville Pan-O-Prog, July 4-10. Information: www.panoprog.org. Rock and Rockets, 5 p.m. Monday, July 4, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Features fireworks display, food trucks, live music. Information: mysticlake.com/rockandrockets.

Exhibits The Rosemount Area Arts Council is exhibiting works of Rita Corrigan and Cheryl Kluen-der, along with a photo exhibit from members of the Minne-sota Valley Photography Club titled “Bridges,” through the end of June in the Steeple Cen-ter, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rose-mount. Free. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Fri-day. The “Out and About” and “Color in Commons” exhib-its run June 16-July 16 at the Northfield Art Guild’s Center for the Arts, 304 Division St. S., Northfield. An artist recep-tion is 7-9 p.m. Friday, June 24. Information: www.northfieldartsguild.org.

Music Music in Kelley Park fea-turing Riverside Swing Band, 6-9 p.m. Friday, June 24, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages available for pur-chase. Information: http://avartsfoundation.org/. American Bootleg (clas-sic rock, pop, punk, funk), 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 24, as part of the Summer Fun Series, Twin Cities Premium Outlets, 3965 Eagan Outlets Parkway, Eagan. Special guest appearance by Elizabeth Ries of “Twin Cities Live.” Free. Information: 612-444-8850.

Buddy Guy with Matt An-dersen, 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 24, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of U.S. Bank FlexPerks Rewards Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $66, $78.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. Music in the Parks, 6-8 p.m. Sunday, June 26, White-tail Woods Regional Park am-phitheater, 17100 Station Trail, Farmington. All ages. Free. Styx, 8 p.m. Sunday, June 26, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Tickets: $49 and $59. Infor-mation: 952-496-6563 or mysticlake.com. South of the River Com-munity Band, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 30, at Central Park amphi-theater, 2893 145th St., Rose-mount. Part of the Summer Music in the Park series. Bring a blanket or lawn chair for seat-ing. Free. Call 651-322-6020 and select option 6 to check for cancelation due to inclement weather. The Blutopians, blues, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 30, as part of Music in the Park at Ram-bling River Park, 117 Elm St., Farmington. Free. In case of bad weather, the concert will be at Farmington City Hall, second floor, 430 Third St. Morris Day and The Time, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30, in the amphitheater at the Minne-sota Zoo as part of U.S. Bank FlexPerks Rewards Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $50, $62.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. The Jayhawks, 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 1, in the amphithe-ater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of U.S. Bank FlexPerks Re-wards Music in the Zoo. Tick-ets: $47, $59.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. Bruce Hornsby and The Noisemakers, 7:30 p.m. Satur-day, July 2, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of U.S. Bank FlexPerks Rewards Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $48, $60.50 VIP box seat. Informa-tion: http://suemclean.com/. Smorgasboard (polka), 7 p.m. on July 3 as part of Sun-day Night Music in the Park at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free.

Theater “The Wizard of Oz,” pre-sented by Children’s Castle Theater, 7 p.m. June 24-25 and 2 p.m. June 25-26, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holy-oke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $13 adults, $10 age 60 and older or 10 and younger, $8 balcony, at

www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or by phone at 952-985-4640. “The Compleat Wrks of Willm Shakespr (Abridged),” 6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 26, at Caponi Art Park’s Theater in the Woods outdoor amphithe-ater, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. Cost: $5 donation; no one will be turned away. Information: www.caponiartpark.org.

Workshops/classes/other Yoga at the Brewhouse, an all-level slow flow yoga class by Goswami Yoga, 10 a.m. Sunday, June 26, Nutmeg Bre-whouse, 1905 County Road 42 W., Burnsville. Cost: $10. Reg-ister at https://squareup.com/store/goswami-yoga. Informa-tion: www.goswamiyoga.com. Preparing artwork for ex-hibit workshop presented by Wet Paint Artists’ Materials and Framing, 6-8 p.m. Friday, July 22, at the Eagan Art House. Free. Information: [email protected] or 651-675-5521. Watch Me Draw Art Stu-dio, 20908 Holyoke Ave., Lake-ville, classes: Ladies Night Out, 6-8 p.m. the second and fourth Friday of the month, create a 9x12 acrylic painting, $30. Date Night Painting, 6-8 p.m. the first and third Friday of the month, choose to paint individual can-vases or one large canvas, age 21 and older, $55 per couple in-cludes light appetizers. Coffee & Canvas, 9-11 a.m. Wednes-days, $25 per class. Informa-tion: www.watchmedraw.net or 952-469-1234. Yoga classes at Precision and Flow Pilates, 13708 Coun-ty Road 11, Burnsville. Candle-light Yoga, 7-8 p.m. Thursdays, $20. Drop in or sign up at www.precisionandflowpilates.com. Kind Hearts Princess School offers a variety of fun Christian summer classes for girls and boys ages 3-14 in-cluding Bible Ballerinas, Da-vid’s Mighty Men, Ballet Jazz Fusion Pretty Princess inside & out, Tap & Praise and more. Tuesday-Thursday camps are held in Burnsville June-Au-gust. For a complete summer schedule, email Miss Karin at [email protected] or call 952-688-9348. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18.

Obituaries

Anniversaries

Jack and Harriet Becker

Jack and Harriet cel-ebrated their 55th Wed-ding Anniversary on June 16th, 2016. They have 3 children, 7 grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchild!

Their everlasting love for each other is a joy to witness day in and day out. Much love from your family.

Wayne and Marvel Murphey

Happy 65th Anniver-sary, Mom and Dad, on June 30th. You two are such great examples and we love you so very much!

Deb, Tom, Diane, Wayne, Brian, Jennifer, Grant, Emma, Holly, Tami, Taylor, Ella, Carter, Pressly, Denise, Dustin, Dawn, Bob, Anna and Erin


ThisweekendThisweekend

Railroads the engine behind artist’s workJohn Cartwright

is featured artist at Eagan

Art Festival by Andrew Miller


John Cartwright’s in-terest in railroads was fostered at an early age. An illustrator who specializes in railroads and trains from the past, Cartwright comes from a family steeped in the culture of railroads. His father worked for the Great Northern Railway, and his mom worked for the St. Paul Union Depot. Both his grandfathers also worked for Great North-ern. “Railroading was changing during my for-mative years — many fewer passenger trains, no depots and ca-booses, and many less miles of track — and I grasped that,” said the Shoreview-based art-ist. “Changes are always fun to record, hence my interest in documenting the rail history of the 1960s and 1970s.” Cartwright, who’s had a booth at the Eagan Art Festival each year for about the past 10 years, has been named the fea-tured artist at this year’s festival, which runs June 25-26 in the city’s Cen-tral Park. One of Cart-wright’s illustrations adorns the brochure for this year’s festival. What he’ll have on offer in his booth at the festival are reproduc-tions of the nearly 550 ink drawings he’s com-pleted since taking up railroad illustrations.

Cartwright, who said his goal is to promote and preserve the region’s transportation heritage, bases his illustrations on old photographs — either photos he took himself 20-30 years ago, or photos obtained from books and museums. Nearly all his draw-ings are 10-by-14 inches and, after the initial pen-cil sketch, are made with technical pens and India ink. He makes some mi-nor alterations to the original images — rear-ranging some of the ele-ments, leaving out items such as cars. “I sometimes add trains to my artwork based on research of what operated in the time period represent-ed,” he said. “I sell art-works to a lot of train buffs and they know ev-ery detail so I have to be very accurate.” Getting the details right takes time. Cart-wright said he spends about 40-50 hours on each of his drawings. “However, I work on many works at once and they sometimes take years to complete,” he said.

John Cartwright, a Shoreview-based illustrator who’s been named the featured artist at this year’s Eagan Art Festival, specializes in railroad illustrations. He’s completed nearly 550 ink drawings of trains and train stations in his career. “I got interested in railroads at a very early age — under 5 — after being exposed to it from both parents,” he said. “My father worked for the Great Northern Railway and my mother worked for the St. Paul Union Depot.”

More about the artist can be found at his web-site, www.artrail.com.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

The Riverside Swing Band is set to perform two free concerts this weekend in Apple Valley and Eagan. The Twin Cities-based six-piece band is bringing its blend of jazz, swing and blues to Apple Valley on Friday, June 24, as part of the summerlong Music in Kelley Park concert series hosted by the Apple Valley Arts Foundation. Admission is free to the 6-9 p.m. concert in the park, located at Founders Lane and West 153rd Street in Apple Valley’s Central Village, where vendors will offer festival food along with beer and wine. The band will also perform at 11:45 a.m. Saturday, June 25, as part of the weekend-long en-tertainment lineup at the Eagan Art Festival, which is held at the city’s Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. More about the band is at Facebook.com/river-sideswingband. (Photo submitted)

Swinging into the south metro

John Cartwright


doesn’t guarantee perfect compliance but says the city will seek volunteers to manage flags on city property with the goal of meeting “the explicit inter-pretation of flag etiquette whenever possible,” ac-cording to a staff report. Ferris can get a little misty talking about the U.S. flag. He and a friend, Burnsville resident Tom Anderson, got the coun-cil’s attention on the issue and an impromptu spot on the council’s June 14 work session agenda.

“I was in the military a couple of years,” said Anderson, who served stateside in the Army from 1966 to 1968. “I think it does something to you, I think it does something good to you, meaning it creates a love for country that you don’t have before that. It did for me, any-way.” In addition to his for-mal flag training, Ferris said he was influenced by his father, a stickler for flag etiquette. Overtime costs shouldn’t be a factor, Ferris said. “Think about General

Patton, when he took his tank group out of France into Belgium during a blizzard, and he said there was no way physically he could do this,” Ferris said. “He got there and he inter-cepted the Germans and he went through a blizzard overnight to get there. “He didn’t worry about, ‘Well, damn, we can’t do it ’til Monday because I don’t have overtime.’ What it comes down to is, those guys put their life on the line so we could fly that flag. To me, that’s where it’s at.” The city never intended

to disrespect the flag, and it’s generally accepted that flag-flying organi-zations aren’t considered disrespectful if they don’t precisely comply with the code, Schultz said. “The interest on the part of everybody, includ-ing these gentlemen, is to stay as close as we can on the very explicit directions on how to raise and lower the flag and the timing of that,” he said. The nine city proper-ties that fly flags are City Hall, fire stations 1 and 2 (which are staffed around the clock by firefighter-

paramedics), Alimagnet and Lac Lavon parks (which fly flags on a sea-sonal basis), the Ames Sculpture in the Heart of the City, Bicentennial Garden at 130th Street and Nicollet Avenue, and the maintenance facility a block north of McAn-drews Road. “The policy basically says if we can get volun-teers, then we will follow the letter of the explicit instructions,” Schultz said. “But short of that we’ll have staff do it as their schedule allows. In the case of the fire stations, their schedule allows them to follow it very closely.” The code calls for fly-ing flags at half-staff from sunrise to noon on Memo-rial Day, the last Monday in May. Four other days are reserved for half-staff from sunrise to sunset: Peace Officers Memorial Day, May 15; Patriot Day, Sept. 11; National Fire-fighters Memorial Day, the first Sunday in Octo-ber; and Pearl Harbor Re-membrance Day, Dec. 7. Deaths of some high federal officials and orders of the president or the governor can also cause flags to be flown at half-staff. Burnsville flies the U.S., Minnesota and city flags; the MIA/POW flag is also flown at Bicenten-nial Gardens and Nicollet Commons Park. Ferris kept track at eight city locations on Memorial Day and Peace Officers Memorial Day

last month. By his count, only the two fire stations properly limited the half-staff hours on Memorial Day, and only Fire Station 2 did so on Peace Officers Memorial Day. The new flag policy changes the city’s response to presidential and guber-natorial flag pronounce-ments. Now, any time the president or governor or-ders federal or state flags to half-staff, the city will follow, Schultz said. Be-fore, the city lowered flags only when proclamations included passages encour-aging everyone to follow them, he said. Ferris said he’s willing to volunteer to raise and lower flags just as he did a decade or more ago — the first time he complained to city officials. He said he was given keys to gain access to flagpole ropes and told to raise and lower flags only when the city called on him. He was called once to the Ames Sculpture and once to Bicentennial Gar-dens and didn’t hear from the city again, Ferris said. “If they call me, I’ll go move a flag, and I’m sure I can go out and find enough volunteers to do it,” he said. “If I get four of us, because I would like to have two people at each site, I can do two sites. There’s people out there that would do this.”


FLAGS, from 1A

Grill out with Burnsville police, fire departments The Burnsville police and fire departments, along with the Dakota County Sheriff ’s Office, will host their first “Safe Summer Nights Com-munity Get-Together and Grill Out” 5-9 p.m. Tues-day, July 19, at North Riv-er Hills Park, 11501 19th Ave. The event is free. Police officers, firefight-er/paramedics, police cars, fire trucks, police K-9 of-ficers, the Mobile Com-mand Post, dive gear/dem-onstrations and more will

be on hand. Attendees will enjoy hamburgers, hot dogs, snacks and beverages while getting to know their local emergency respond-ers. Food and beverages will be provided by the Wilder Foundation. For more information on the Burnsville Police Department visit www.burnsville.org/police. For more information on the Burnsville Fire Depart-ment visit www.burnsville.org/fire.