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Challengers in board raceThree challengers and all four incumbents up for re-election will face off in November’s District 196 School Board election.

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“School” was held Tuesday at Dakota City Heritage Village on the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington. Other attractions at this year’s County Fair, which opened Aug. 10 and closes Aug. 16, include 4-H contests, carnival rides, food and entertainment. More photos are on Page 18A. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)

Old school at the fair Home sharingnixed in Eagan

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Eagan residents inter-ested in allowing tourists to rent their homes for short stays will continue to be prohibited from doing so under city ordinances. Current city code pro-hibits owners from renting out properties in residen-tial neighborhoods for less than 30 days. Home shar-ing, in which a homeown-er rents out part of the property for a few days or weeks, has grown in popu-larity in major tourist des-tinations such as Orlando and New York. But the practice is still rare in Eagan. Under current code, traditional bed-and-breakfasts establishments

are also prohibited from operating in residential neighborhoods. The issue came to the city’s attention after a group of residents com-plained about a neighbor who was participating in home sharing. In No-vember, the homeown-ers, Tyson and Stephanie Bramer, were notified of the code violation and or-dered to cease operations. That month, they applied for an interim use permit that was put on hold so the City Council could discuss the matter. After a lively debate at an Aug. 11 workshop, council members decided against allowing hom-eowners to rent out their

Burnsville preschool teacher a rising Lego starFeuk wins over

judges, welcomes community to join the fun by John Gessner

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Legos and AFOLs and LUGs. Who knew? Lego-maniacs share a vocabulary. Legos, of course, are the plastic construction toys made for 66 years by The Lego Group, which owns one of the world’s best-known brands. AFOLs are Adult Fans of Lego; LUGs are Lego User Groups. MOCs are My Own Creations — Lego artworks conceived by the builder, not assem-bled out of the box from a company design. “It’s all art, in my personal opinion,” said Burnsville resident Aman-da Feuk, a professional artist, rising Lego star and

leader of a monthly family Lego night in Burnsville. “We’re a pretty tight-knit group — once some-

one gets known, everyone knows them,” she said. “There’s websites where we share pictures of what

we’ve made. There’s a ton of sites like that.” Growing up in Burns-ville, Feuk, 32, didn’t play

much with Legos, but she was into art. After gradu-

Amanda Feuk built “The Tree” from more than 2,000 Lego pieces. Originally commissioned for her church, the piece later won the Best Artwork award at the Brickworld convention in Chicago and was sold. (Photo courtesy of Twin Cities Aesthetic)

Burnsville levy may rise 4.9 percentAmount includes money for aging

buildings by John Gessner


Burnsville property owners will see a maxi-mum city levy increase of 4.9 percent on 2016 prop-erty tax statements they receive in November. City Council members agreed at an Aug. 11 work

session to set a 4.9 percent maximum. Formal ap-proval is expected Sept. 8. The proposed increase may come down a little as city staffers continue working on next year’s budget. The maximum is a ceiling on the increase the council can approve when it votes on the 2016 budget and levy Dec. 8. The 4.9 percent in-cludes a new, 1.4 percent

Eagan considers 2016 levy increase

Tax rate would remain relatively

the same by Jessica Harper


Eagan officials are considering a 4.9 percent increase in the city’s prop-erty tax levy to cover wage and benefit increases and the loss of grant funding for five full-time firefight-ers. If the $31.7 million

property levy proposal is approved, the city’s 2016 tax rate would remain relatively the same at 5.8 percent. Most homeowners would expect to pay slight-ly more in property taxes in payable 2015 due to in-creasing home values. The average home value in Eagan is expected to rise to $258,752 in 2016 which would result in a $34 prop-erty tax increase. However,

Burnsville prepares formore solar power use

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


The City Council has begun setting the table for more solar power in Burnsville — which could include solar power in city government buildings and facilities. At an Aug. 11 work ses-sion, the council discussed new standards for private solar installations, such

as rooftop and ground-mounted systems. The zoning ordinance now has only two solar regulations, which date back to 1982. Council members also discussed potential mon-ey-saving options for city government to get up to half its power from the sun. Burnsville would get the power from a commu-nity solar garden outside the city.

Council members Mary Sherry and Bill Cough-lin objected to a Metro-politan Council-brokered solar garden proposal involving numerous local governments. But a coun-cil majority called for fur-ther study of that plan and others that don’t involve the Met Council.

191 lags state on test scoresBut results reveal

areas of improvement by John Gessner


School District 191 continued to lag state av-erages in standardized test scores in 2015, with below-average scores at most grade levels in read-ing, math and science. The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage district said it also mirrored statewide trends, with math scores generally lower than in 2014 and

mixed results in reading and science. But some district schools showed notable improvement on the Min-nesota Comprehensive Assessments students took last spring. And the district said it continued a three-year trend of clos-ing the achievement gap in reading between black and white students. “Certainly, we’re see-ing high points as we start to drill more specifically into student groups, grade levels, buildings,” Assis-tant Superintendent Cin-

dy Amoroso said. “And we look at some specific schools, including Pond, Sioux Trail, Byrne and Neill, that saw some sig-nificant improvements.” The MCAs measure student performance on the state’s grade-level aca-demic standards. Tests are taken annually by students in grades three through eight and high school sophomores and juniors. The state released the 2015 results last month. Districtwide, 50.7 per-

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Pearson owes schools moreNewspaper columnist Joe Nathan says the company that created testing problems throughout the state owes schools more than it has offered.

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Rolling Stones tributeHits by the Rolling Stones are getting an acoustic makeover when tribute band Stoned Acoustic plays Eagan Market Fest Aug. 19.

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SPORTSNo longer horsing aroundCanterbury paddock analyst from Apple Valley had an early introduction to her future career.

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by Hannah GullicksonSUN THISWEEK


When you own three Great Clips stores, you might have the financial freedom to do something a little out of the ordinary. Eagan’s David Medern-ach decided to spend 2015 as Prince Euros of the East Wind for the St. Paul Winter Carnival. Being Prince of the East Wind, a member of the Winter Carnival’s Royal Family, means more than walking in parades and making public appear-ances. For Medernach, it means making someone’s day a little brighter. “You touch people’s lives,” he said. “You get a chance to talk to some people, put a smile on their face. ... I go up to the old ladies and say, ‘I only give candy to 29-year olds. Are you 29?’ ” Prince Euros is one of the legendary characters in the St. Paul Winter Car-nival, which dates back to 1886. The Royal Fam-ily includes King Boreas, Queen of the Snows, the Princes and Princesses of the Four Winds, and the evil Vulcanus Rex, along

with a host of guards and prime ministers. The idea for the Royal Family characters dates back to 1937, when col-umnist Frank Madden created the characters that continue to be celebrated every year. With the title of Prince Euros, there comes a lot of responsibility. Medernach and the Royal Family are required to make about 250 public appearances in the year they are chosen. They tour the state and country for events such as parades, coronations and fairs. Sometimes they ap-pear at the request of an organization or event. “We do about ... seven or eight events a week,”

Medernach said. “It gets a little overwhelming.” But he feels it’s worth the time and cost. “You meet a lot of great people. It’s amazing some of the young people you meet through what-ever festivals you’re a part of,” he said. The pageants from the St. Paul Winter Carnival interact and meet with other festival dignitaries from across the state and country, including those from the Minneapolis Aquatennial. By the end of the year, Medernach expects to have spent about $20,000 for his costume and par-ticipation. “I was fortu-nate to get a sponsor that

is covering about half that cost,” he said. When Medernach pass-es on his sword to the next candidate, the ceremony will involve the announce-ment and coronation of the next members of the Royal Family. For Medernach, the memories of being Prince Euros and seeing others will live on. “I love interacting with the little kids and the se-nior citizens, handing out candy. A lot of people want their picture taken with me, do selfies with my (genie outfit). I don’t know how many Face-book pages I’m on,” he said, laughing. “The amount of pic-tures we’ve taken as a fam-ily. It’s amazing.” Medernach is the for-mer CFO of DeLaSalle High School in Minne-apolis and owner of Great Clips locations in Edina, Crystal and Richfield. He got his master’s degree in finance from the Uni-versity of Minnesota. He also volunteers occasion-ally with his wife at places such as Feed My Starving Children. Medernach said when he’s done being Prince Eu-ros, he will keep managing his Great Clips stores and volunteering with his wife. More information about the St. Paul Winter Carnival can be found at wintercarnival.com.

Email Hannah Gullickson at [email protected].

Eagan’s resident brings smiles, charityPrince of the East Winds tours the state and country for St. Paul Winter Carnival

Eagan’s David Medernach poses with his wife as Prince Euros of the East Wind, one of the St. Paul Winter Car-nival’s legendary characters. (Photo submitted)

DECA trio’s recipe for success Cookbook to benefit student

scholarship fund, Moms & Neighbors by Tad Johnson


Some Rosemount High School students hope they have found the recipe for business success and the importance of giving back to the community with the creation of a cook-book that will fund college scholarships, donate to the nonprofit Moms & Neigh-bors and possibly earn them DECA honors. Seniors Courtney Cook, Caleb Pavelka and junior Alexa Mack have been working this sum-mer to put together the book that is expected to have 100 recipes submitted from Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Dis-trict community members (the deadline was Aug. 7) and will roll off the press in a few weeks. Pavelka said the goal of the project for the DECA business marketing and management class is to teach students the skills and essentials it takes to be an entrepreneur. The students are learn-ing what it takes to be in advertising sales as they are knocking on local

businesses’ doors in an attempt sell ads into the book. “The project has taught us a lot about trial and er-ror,” Pavelka said. “Not every business will give you the time of day to speak or donate, but you have to keep sending emails and giving out fliers.” Pavelka has led the sales effort as he says he’s developed a sales strategy by researching potential advertisers and determin-ing what messages would likely have the best effect. He’s also created the project budget, promo-tional posters and fliers. With ads ranging in price from $50 to $250, Pavelka said 100 percent of sales will go into a col-lege scholarship fund. The students have only a cou-ple more weeks to sell the ads. In addition to con-tacting businesses about contributing to the proj-ect, Cook has designed the book’s logo and other graphic elements. Mack is in charge of seeking out recipe submis-sions and entering them into the database.

“It takes a lot of time and dedication to write the recipes in and design a logo,” Pavelka said, “but it’s worth it once compa-nies donate and we can give out a great amount of money to students to help with college.” The group expects to print 350-500 copies and sell them for $10 each. The plan is to use 50 percent of the revenue to offset printing costs with an additional 30 percent going into the college scholarship fund and 20 percent donated to Moms & Neighbors – a nonprofit that provides assistance to District 196 students and families in need. Pavelka said the group hopes the combined ad-vertising and book sales will net $2,000 for the scholarship fund. Businesses and indi-viduals who would like to learn how they can con-tribute to the project can contact the DECA team at [email protected] or 612-306-7133.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

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by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


Don’t call Lakeville Area Public School’s in-novation zone with Prior Lake-Savage schools a jobs program. The districts will be seeking business partners to create “profession-based work experiences,” said District 194 Superin-tendent Lisa Snyder. High school juniors and seniors in both dis-tricts will have opportu-nities to work on real-life projects to gain experi-ence in professions where there are job openings that may not require a four-year college degree, say district officials. “This is not work expe-rience where kids are go-ing out and getting paid,” Snyder said. “This is very strategic partnership

work, where students are working deeply on proj-ects and problems with real-world teams and hav-ing that experience in one of these high-demand, high-wage job sectors that are very viable to the economy.” Prior Lake-Savage is interested in STEM-related job opportuni-ties (science, technology, engineering and math) while Lakeville is looking to local medical provid-ers to provide high school students with hands-on projects that set them on a career pathway. Snyder said their re-search showed that the medical field is among the areas where job growth is expected. She added that District 194 already has STEM-related pro-gramming in its schools, including STEM Acad-

emy at Lakeville South High School, which with Lakeville North High School’s Business Acad-emy and the district’s on-line school may be used as part of the innovation zone programming. Students in the semes-ter-based program will spend half the day in high school and half the day in the program, designed to be flexible so students can explore their options, Snyder said. “A junior or senior could try a semester in a (career) pathway, maybe try another semester in a different pathway, decide profession-based learning isn’t for them, go back to their high school full-time,” she said. Designed after pro-grams like the Center for Advanced Professional Studies in Kansas, Snyder

said their goal is to create a future workforce that is “highly marketable and innovative” to meet the demands of an increas-ingly competitive global marketplace. Board Member Terry Lind was among a group of officials from both districts that visited Kan-sas this summer to learn about their program. He said they visited an aeronautics room set up with a flight simulator and another room was set up like a hospital room, complete with working

equipment. Graduates talked to them about their experi-ences, and Lind said one student wanted to help small businesses build websites because most cannot afford to build them. “That was his pas-sion,” Lind said, adding that a year later, the stu-dent has taken his high school diploma and cre-ated his own company building small business websites; he has 15 em-ployees. Lind said the CAPS

building did not resemble classrooms, but confer-ence rooms, and students dress in business casual attire. He added that more businesses are looking for professional skills, not college degrees to fulfill positions. Snyder said in the pro-gram here, teachers are “completely a facilitator” who helps students move along through real-world projects they work on with mentors.

Three to challenge District 196 incumbents by Jessica Harper


Three challengers will face four Rosemount-Apple Valley Eagan School Board incum-bents this November. Craig Angrimson, of Apple Valley; Michael Atherley, of Rosemount, and Sachin Isaacs, of Burnsville, filed for candida-cy last week. Incumbents Joel Albright, Jackie Magnuson, Rob Duch-scher and Bob Schutte also put their names in the race during the two-week filing period that ended Aug. 11. All seven candidates will compete for four, four-year seats on the District 196 School Board. This will be Craig Angrim-son’s second attempt to win seat the board. In 2013 Angrimson lost his bid for School Board against incumbents Art Coul-son, Gary Huusko and Mike Roseen.

Angrimson, 59, said he be-lieves he has a better chance this year. “I was a little green then,” he said. “I’ve done more research over the past two years and know more.” Angrimson, an operator at the Metropolitan Council wastewater treatment facility in Eagan and former labor union president, said that he would serve as an advocate for teachers and students, and provide a new perspective. “I believe in the district so strongly,” he said. “I want to give back.” Angrimson said if elected, he

would focus on clos-ing the achievement gap and lobby for additional state dol-lars. “I’m not afraid to chase the issues,” he said. “If you want something, you need to do what’s needed

to get it.” Angrimson, whose only child recently graduated from East-view High School, said he sup-ports the district’s proposed $130 million building bond and $50 million capital project levy that would fund building proj-ects, security equipment up-grades and increased access to technology. He said he believes the dis-trict should consider seeking grant funding for the technology piece. “If we want to continue to be a top-notch school district, we need to improve technology and that comes at a cost, but I don’t

think we’re going the right way,” he said. “If people are willing to help out, that should be ex-plored, too.” Angrimson is not the only challenger who supports the proposed referendum. Both Isaacs and Atherley also sup-port the $180 million bond and levy proposal. “These are needed and are timely,” Isaacs said. “We need to continue to be a great destina-tion for education.” A 37-year-old father of two young children, Isaacs said that, if elected, he would advocate for providing all students regular access to tablets and other tech-nology. “But it’s more than getting an iPad in front of children, it’s about integrating technology into the curriculum,” said Isaa-cs, a senior product manager for NCS Pearson, a Minneapolis-based software company that provides educational assess-ments and digital applications.

Atherley, 41, also supports increasing access to technology districtwide and said he believes doing so may help address the achievement gap, which is his main focus. “I’ve seen the benefits first-hand in my own children’s school,” he said. “Early studies show students respond well and that iPads are very useful in the classroom.” Atherley, a commercial banking team lead for Associ-ated Bank, said he believes em-phasizing parent involvement is the most effective tool to close the gap. “Parent involvement is im-portant. We need to look at what parents can do to help children achieve,” said Atherley, who is the father of a second-grader and fourth-grader in the district. Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Michael Atherley

Innovation zone moves forward in LakevilleHigh school students to have more choices in education

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Disappointed by Senator HallTo the editor: I was disappointed and dismayed by Sen. Dan Hall’s Aug. 7 guest column advocating for the state to investigate Minnesota Planned Parenthood’s ac-tivities. The senator’s call to investigate the Minne-sota branch of Planned Parenthood because of unsubstantiated allega-tions in other states is an alarming request for state government to disrupt a law-abiding organiza-tion with no evidence of wrongdoing. As a constit-uent and business owner, I do not want our state spending taxpayer dollars to investigate organiza-

tions or businesses with-out evidence of wrong-doing simply to appease Hall’s political or personal agenda. To initiate an in-vestigation would open a slippery slope for inves-tigating Minnesota orga-nizations and businesses that do no wrong, but are related to a national or-ganization Hall disagrees with philosophically. Planned Parenthood of Minnesota provides a multitude of important health care services and education for women, par-ents and families who need them most. Hall’s comment “As legislators, we hope none of these practices are oc-curring here in Minneso-ta” recognizes no evidence

of problems. He cites no activities or practices to be investigated or how much it will cost to do so. He of-fers no steps to take after an investigation, the spe-cific purpose of an inves-tigation, or how it would better our state. To spend state money investigating hunches and disrupting organizations for political purpose is irresponsible. Hall has not been particularly friendly to women’s issues and equal rights. In 2014, he opposed the Women’s Economic Security Act, legislation requiring contractors to pay women equally. He also voted against rais-ing the minimum wage. In 2013, he voted against the same-sex marriage

bill that passed and has been widely acclaimed. Hall’s priority to investi-gate Minnesota Planned Parenthood is out of sync with our state that faces other key issues involving education, student debt, transportation, affordable health care, the Minnesota Sex Offender Program and child protection, to name a few. The only investiga-tion needed is by voters to

learn the views and priori-ties of Hall before the next election and then decide we deserve better.

STEPHEN C. FIEBIGERBurnsville

Faith and the access to food To the editor: No children deserve ac-cess to healthy food.

The guest column by Chris Becker, “Hunger is not partisan: Children deserve access to healthy food,” was so typical of the socialists of our day. Our government has been handing out food for so long, this “religious lead-er” thinks children deserve it. Nowhere in our found-ing documents do we read that children, or anyone,

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ECFE parenting classes could help prevent abuse

Very modest payback for problems Pearson testing produced

by Don HeinzmanSUN THISWEEK


Reports of child abuse in Minnesota are alarming. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 69,322 referrals were made to Child Protection in Minnesota in 2013. A total of 49,006 were screened out and 20,316 were screened for follow through. A study of 17,000 adults by the Kai-ser Permanente health care organization in 1997 showed that 28 percent of the respondents had suffered from physical abuse growing up. Is it possible that some of this abuse could have been prevented had the par-ents learned how better to parent, in-stead of spanking and abusing their chil-dren? There is an organization in most com-munities called Early Childhood Family Education where parents can learn how to parent their children as they grow from birth to kindergarten. ECFE usually is sponsored by lo-cal community education departments where parents can find information about the program: the classes, the times and the fees. Parents should watch for sea-sonal mailings. ECFE is funded mainly through state aid, fees and a community education tax levy. Fees are based on a sliding scale according to family income. Here’s how the program works in

Bloomington and Richfield, according to Carol Huttner, director of youth and family education and services. Parents can attend classes, with their kids, where they learn parenting and discipline strat-egies. Sometimes parents learn with the children present. Part of the time they are separated from their children when they meet with a licensed parent educa-tor and discuss the problems and frus-trations of raising their children. Mean-while, the children learn and play with an early childhood teacher how to share and get along with others. In the Bloomington system, parents in the prenatal and infant class learn how to deal with strategies to stop a baby from crying and how much of the crying is OK. They also learn how to calm the baby. In the toddlers class for parents of 2-year-olds, parents observe and play with the children but most of the time they discuss their problems and then hear strategies to deal with them. They learn about brain development and what is normal, the number of words verbal-

ized, the physical development and when the children should be able to crawl. They learn about nutrition and what is an appropriate weight They also learn strategies on how to win the power struggle when the child fights going to bed. “Give the child a choice,” Huttner said. “Do they either want to walk or do they want to be car-ried to bed? So they choose to go to bed one way or the other.” Another strategy is to develop a routine for going to bed: Brush their teeth, go to bed, hear a story. Parents also learn that a child may get out of control because they are eating too much sugar or not getting enough sleep. The parents learn to limit the time spent with screens and what the little ones watch on television and play on vid-eo games. These days some 3-year-olds even try to go to bed with their iPads, said Huttner. Using the strategies discussed in ECFE classes can prevent parents from hitting or spanking the child. Huttner said: “If you start to spank a child, when do you stop? ... It’s not a good long-term strategy. ... Better to count to five, take a deep breath or talk with the child.” Bloomington, like other districts, has a program for parents of children from 36 months to kindergarten where par-ents discuss a variety of topics with an early childhood teacher, but spend less time with their children present.

Anoka-Hennepin School District has a program similar to Bloomington, with classes based on the children’s ages. Beth Yokom, assistant manager for community education learning pro-grams, says Anoka has programs for children birth to 12 months where a li-censed educator joins the circle of par-ents. There are programs for children 9-20 months, 11-24 months and 18-36 months. Anoka also has classes with the parents in mixed classes in which there are one or more children of different ages. Yokom says they use a sliding fee scale based on family income. That fee for a 15-week class could be as low as $29 and up to $159. You would expect parents when sur-veyed to say ECFE helps them parent. In a survey taken in 2013 and conducted by ECFE, 96 percent of parents agreed that participating in ECFE improved their parenting. In all five areas – child’s communica-tion, reading enjoyment, language skills, problem solving and age-appropriate social skills – parents agreed ECFE im-proved them all. A website offers parents more answers about parenting: ParentsAware.org. 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


“Minnesota nice” and a lovely sum-mer encourage me to be gracious. But having listened to more than 40 Minne-sota district and charter leaders describe massive disruption that Pearson testing produced earlier this year, I’m not feel-ing very charitable toward the company. So I’m not excited about the an-nouncement this week that Pearson will reduce its bill by $1 million from its $33.8 million contract and provide an estimated $4.6 million of addition-al services to Minnesota schools. De-tails on the settlement are at: http://bit.ly/1E4KwMT. It’s the start – but only the start – of what I’d call appropriate payback for the widespread problems it created in Min-nesota public schools. And I’m stunned that a company named HumRRO, hired by MDE to check out these problems, reported to MDE: “There is no way to identify students that were impacted by the disruptions that occurred as a result of the service interruptions to Pearson-Access” Really? All HumRRO had to do was ask some of the several dozen educators I quoted last spring to identify students who could describe testing problems.

For example, Hopkins Superintendent John Schultz explained: “Hopkins Pub-lic Schools has experienced multiple dis-ruptions in our MCA testing throughout the week. Our internal technical systems are working well, and our building staff members are well prepared to adminis-ter the tests to our students. We remain very concerned and extremely frustrated about the disruption.” Jay Haugen, Farmington superinten-dent, wrote, “Twice in the past week we experienced significant disruptions with MCA testing.” Terry Moffatt, academic director at DaVinci Academy in Blaine, told me: “We have had numerous issues with testing in the last week, from the admin-istrative site shutting down to students being kicked off the testing site. … We work very hard to create the best pos-sible testing environment, and those en-vironments have been disrupted to the

detriment of students.” Milaca Superintendent Jerry Han-sen wrote: “The conditions under which the tests were administered were varied and inconsistent from day to day, class to class, and student to student. Some students had to wait 20 to 40 minutes for the system to log them in, other stu-dents were dropped from testing when they used the Pearson-supplied calcula-tor (requiring them to start the process over), some were told their data was not uploaded after they completed the exam.” Duane Berkas, director of teaching and learning, Columbia Heights, re-ported teachers were “unable to log into the Pearson system in order to start an online testing session or once logged in, the system (became) extremely slow and at times completely unresponsive.” He noted, “In addition, we have at times had students dropped from the Pearson system while testing and unable to log back in to complete the test.” Apparently HumRRO used about $45,000 of time under an existing state contract. They produced a number of statistical tables – but somehow couldn’t find students? Minnesota Commissioner of Educa-tion Brenda Cassellius wrote: “The dis-ruptions experienced by students and

teachers this spring were simply unac-ceptable.” I agree. But I think Pearson owes Minnesota much more than it settled for. Denise Specht, Education Minnesota president, told me via email: “Pearson offered additional services like access to online test prep tools and creating more exams. That’s nice, but one of the things educators are begging for is more time to teach – not more time preparing for high-stakes tests. I think what’s missing in this settlement is the human element. No one asked how these disruptions im-pacted individual students and teachers, and that’s a problem.” Specht and I don’t always agree, but I think she nailed it this time. The Pearson-MDE agreement is a modest start toward compensating Minnesota students and educators for massive dis-ruption. I think Pearson got off easy. If things are not much better this coming year, MDE should demand much more in payback. Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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should be given any food or deserve access to food. So he resorts to scripture to support his food pro-gram; which he says is “central to his faith.” It may be central to his faith, but it is not at all central to what the holy Scriptures say. He has taken a verse out of context and applied it to government; that is dis-torting the Scriptures. Jesus was not talking to the government of his day, but rather individu-als. The giving of food to someone in need is a personal decision. Jesus never said or implied that children deserve food from someone other than their family. People should not dis-tort Scripture to support a socialist view. I agree, hunger and poverty are serious problems, but the problem will not even be helped through the school lunch program. The pub-lic school lunch program only fosters more depen-dency on government.

SCOTT HOLMEagan

Hall should be more thorough To the editor: As I read Sen. Hall’s diatribe about Planned Parenthood, my immedi-ate reaction was the plea-sure of realizing that he’s not my state senator. In District 51 we have much more level and informed representation – Sen. Jim Carlson, Reps. Sandra Masin and Laurie Halv-erson. Unfortunately, the senator relies on discred-ited material which was severely edited to suit the likes, apparently, of peo-ple like himself. I hope he is more thorough when dealing with his district. Abortion is here, legal, and the use of fetal tis-sue has been adopted by

medical science and re-searchers, as a viable way to find cures to diseases which ravage our citizens. Abortion deniers must accept the fact that their opposition is, for the most part, based on religious beliefs. But reli-gious beliefs, for the um-teenth time, should not be forced on anyone else, and tell them what they can and cannot do with their body. A viable fetus is well described medical-ly, as well as legally, and punishing Planned Par-enthood, which appar-ently receives no money from the government for abortions, (3 percent of the services they perform) and which offers the vast majority of its services for women’s health, should not be punished for the great good it does, which, I might add, is legal. Women, in the eyes of too many, including legis-lators such as Hall, have been relegated to a sec-ondary position in many aspects of society. Let’s get out of the Middle Ages and move on to the many serious problems which impact us, and leave the female repro-ductive system to the fe-males.

ALAN MILLEREagan

Managing trees in Lebanon Hills To the editor: The controversy over the trails, tree removal, etc., at Lebanon Hills Re-gional Park lingers. If the reports are true, this land was once farm land. When the land was allowed to go fal-low, Mother Nature re-claimed the land, and she wasn’t picky. Seeds were brought in by birds, wind and rain. It wasn’t long until it was covered with “scrub trees.” I grew up on a farm and saw this happen. Even today,

the land is covered with “scrub trees.” It has been reported that buckthorn is one of the undesirable “scrub trees.” The city frequent-ly asks homeowners to remove this from their property. Removing this growth will help hom-eowners in this battle. In removing the “scrub trees,” etc., more desir-able trees can be planted. For example, crabapple trees can be planted. The fruit will feed the birds, squirrels, and, removing “scrub trees” will help prevent the chance of a forest fire if lightning should ever strike. For-ested areas need to be thinned every few years to prevent this from hap-pening.

PHYLLIS A. PETERApple Valley

Green business To the editor: Minnesota grows clean energy businesses that power our state and nation. Since 2000, em-ployment in Minnesota’s clean energy economy has increased by 78 per-cent, providing more than 15,300 well-paying jobs as of 2014. It’s only going to get better – if Minnesota maximizes its clean energy potential, we stand to create more than 35,000 new jobs and over $2 billion in wages over the next 15 years. There’s a reason that this state is a great place to grow businesses like 3M. Minnesota has long advanced policies that make this growth pos-sible. State policymaking sends clear messages to investors – is a state open for business or not? I urge Gov. Mark Day-ton to continue champi-oning policies that send clear market signals – signals that demonstrate Minnesota’s commitment to efficiency and afford-able energy from renew-able sources, along with

solutions that significant-ly reduce carbon emission rates, such as the Clean Power Plan. This is a time to accelerate investment, rather than slow it down. Let’s keep the green light on – Minnesota should be open for clean energy business.

HARLEY HORSAGERLakeville

Clean Power Plan can help the state To the editor: I am writing to request Gov. Mark Dayton im-plement a strong Clean Power Plan in Minne-sota, providing the first national protections on how much carbon can be released into our air by power plants. It’s an important investment in clean air, healthier com-munities, and sustainable jobs that support Minne-sota families. Health: Advancing a strong Clean Power Plan will prevent up to 150,000 asthma attacks and up to 6,600 premature deaths across the country. Jobs: If Minnesota maximizes its clean ener-gy potential, we stand to create more than 35,000 new jobs and over $2 bil-lion in wages over the next 15 years. Our families deserve nothing less.

JACKIE CRAIGLakeville

Clarification The Lakeville Area School District 194’s Im-pact Academy Site Selec-tion Committee recom-mended that the program that groups students by ability level be located at Orchard Lake El-ementary, but a decision about the recommenda-tion is not expected by the Lakeville Area School Board until Aug. 18.

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The program is expect-ed to start in the 2016-17 school year, and Curricu-lum Director Barb Knud-sen said their goal is for the program to help in-crease the district’s grad-uation rate in “targeted subgroups” by at least five percent and narrow the achievement gap by at least 50 percent by 2017. “We firmly believe, both districts, that (when) we have students par-

ticipating in profession-based programming that they will achieve that high level,” Knudsen said. “And that that op-portunity will help them to pass more classes, just by the experience.” School Board Member Jim Skelly said he sup-ports the concept, but cit-ed concerns about costs and being able to sustain the program. Lind said staffing should not change, but costs could be incurred

if there was a facility (proposed to eventually be called the Center for Advanced Professional Studies Academy) to house the program, which district officials said is only a concept now. The academy could be located in a school or off-site at a business. Lind said the center could be funded through partnering businesses, as it was in Kansas. He said he is hoping the program is “a wash”

financially. Board Member Bob Erickson called the pro-gram a “stepping stone” that helps build entrepre-neurs. Board Member Judy Keliher said the program can’t happen fast enough because it offers students opportunities “in a cre-ative way.” “I don’t want to rush it, but I don’t want to wait anymore,” she said. Board Chair Michelle Volk noted there will be

several joint meetings with the Lakeville and Prior Lake-Savage school boards where questions can be addressed as they work through the joint powers agreement, which both boards will review, and potentially change, annually. Next steps include es-tablishing two advisory boards, one comprised of students, investigate loca-tions for a satellite cam-pus and/or classrooms and develop marketing

plans. The districts will also present information about the program to Rotary and chamber of commerce groups. Curriculum and inter-est areas are to be iden-tified so that registration information is included in both district’s high school December 2016 registra-tion guides. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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Obituaries


“Professional Service at an Affordable Rate”

increase to begin over-hauls of aging city build-ings, including the out-dated, undersized police station. To meet the most immediate needs, officials are planning $10 million in bonding to be repaid by new taxes over 15 years. The 1.4 percent hike would raise $420,000 next year — half of a 2.7 per-cent annual increase being

phased in over two years. A $4.6 million renova-tion of the police station, built in 1988, is a top pri-ority for the new money. In all, the city has identified $23.9 million in facilities renovations needed over the near and long terms. The proposed levy in-crease to fund city opera-tions is 3.5 percent — 0.2 percent lower than when the council opened 2016 budget talks in June.

A 4.9 percent increase would raise an additional $1.49 million next year, for a total levy of $31.64 mil-lion. A total of 0.5 percent of the 3.5 percent increase would fall on new con-struction, with existing taxpayers covering 3 per-cent, according to the city. “Two percent is my number,” said Council Member Dan Kealey, who wants to hold down the in-

crease on existing taxpay-ers. But Kealey, who called for tax and spending cuts in casting the lone vote against this year’s budget and levy, said 4.9 percent is fine as a preliminary fig-ure. Council members have voiced unanimous support for new tax money for fa-cilities upgrades. The council “blew it” by neglecting space needs for police while adding

technology and equipment over the years, Kealey said. “There’s a point where you can make due,” Coun-cil Member Mary Sherry said. “But there’s a point where you do hinder the performance of your staff.”

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

BURNSVILLE, from 1A

if a home’s value remains the same, the owner can expect to pay slightly less in 2016, Finance Director Tom Pepper said during an Aug. 11 City Council workshop. Property taxes in Ea-gan have historically been lower than those in many neighboring cities of equal size. In 2015, the owner of a $247,534 Burnsville home paid $158 more in the city’s portion of prop-erty taxes than the owner

of the same-valued home in Eagan, according to a recent state auditor’s report. Apple Valley ho-meowners with the same valued property paid $216 more than those in Eagan. Eagan officials are proposing a 2016 Gener-al Fund budget of $32.2 million, a 2.75 percent increase from 2105. This increase is due in large part, to increases in wag-es, health insurance costs and the loss of grant funds. Health insurance costs

are expected to rise 5.6 percent in 2016 and wages are expected to increase 2.3 percent next year. In 2014, the city of Ea-gan received an $871,111 grant from FEMA that provided funding for the city to hire four full-time firefighters and a captain. The department is largely comprised of volunteer firefighters and struggles to find volunteers to work weekdays. By hir-ing full-time firefighters to work these hours, the department has been able to improve its ability to

meet National Fire Pro-tection Association stan-dards, such as firefighter response times, officials have said. But the two-year grant is set to expire at the end of the year, leaving the city to pick up the cost. City officials don’t ex-pect to hire any more new positions in 2016. The city used a portion of its fund balance over this past year to pay down its bond debt, which will put the fund balance at 44 percent of General Fund revenues by early 2016.

Despite the draw down, the fund balance remains within the city’s 40 to 45 percent target. The City Council is expected to discuss the proposed 2016 tax levy and budget at a Septem-ber meeting. A truth in taxation hearing is set for Nov. 30 to allow resi-dents to bring questions and concerns to the coun-cil.

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

EAGAN, from 1A Kids cheer clinic at Eastview The Eastview High School cheerleaders will hold a Kids Cheer Clinic on Saturday, Aug. 29, in the high school gym, 6200 140th St. W., Apple Valley. The clinic is open to chil-dren from kindergarten to eighth grade. The $40 registration fee includes a T-shirt and pom-poms, cheer booklet, snack and special award. Walk-ins are welcome the day of the event. Reg-istration and check-in for the clinic begin at 12:45 p.m. at the EVHS lower level entrance. The clinic runs from 1-4 p.m. with a performance at 3:45 p.m. for family and friends. All participants are in-vited to perform with the Eastview cheerleaders on Thursday, Sept. 3, at the Eastview High School football game. Send an email to ev h s l i g h t n i n g c h e e r @gmail.com for registration information.


Private systems Solar power has come into its own. Purchase and installation costs have plummeted. Minnesota state government has em-braced solar energy as a renewable source to help meet its goals for reducing carbon emissions. Burnsville’s compre-hensive plan encourages sustainable practices and energy conservation. The Planning Commission has been reviewing new standards for solar instal-lations expected in the fu-ture. The zoning ordinance now requires only that in-stallations meet setback requirements in residen-tial zones and that those in commercial-industrial zones be screened from view or be architecturally compatible with the prin-cipal building. Proposed new stan-dards are more detailed, covering systems that can be mounted on roofs, walls, poles, or the ground. Systems can also be inte-grated into building de-sign. Less concerned with rooftop systems, plan-ning commissioners say ground- and pole-mount-ed systems need more scrutiny, according to a city staff report. Systems that aren’t vis-ible from the street or ad-jacent properties should be allowed, commissioners said. Screening and other performance standards should apply to ground- and pole-mounted sys-tems, they said. Only systems that aren’t consistent with the charac-ter of the surrounding area or its building architecture should have to go to the Planning Commission and council for a conditional use permit or planned unit development, commis-sioners said.

Sherry said she doesn’t want freestanding or pole-mounted systems in residential areas. She said she’s also concerned about rooftop systems because panels have to be rotated to capture sunlight during the deep winter months. “I’m really concerned about the aesthetics ... particularly in the residen-tial areas,” she said. The commission will hold a public hearing on proposed regulations before they come to the council for approval.

Use by city? Burnsville is consider-ing offers to subscribe to community solar gardens, whose construction is federally subsidized with the savings passed on to power customers. The fed-eral subsidy, in the form of a 30 percent tax credit to developers, continues through the end of 2016, when it will be reduced to 10 percent, according to a city staff report. Two developers, Sun Edison and SunShare, have made subscription offers to the city. Power savings are estimated at $60,000 to $80,000 a year under those plans, said Garret Beck, city recre-ation and facility manager. Another option is sign-ing onto a request for proposals from the Met Council on behalf of gov-ernment agencies, 29 of which, including Burns-ville, have sent letters of interest to meet an Aug. 6 deadline. A major Minnesota utility, Xcel Energy, is also offering a credit per kilo-watt hour for solar cus-tomers. Citywide, Burns-ville gets about half of its power from Xcel. The standard dura-tion of a community solar garden subscription is 25 years. Though subsidies can decline over time, the state Public Utilities Com-mission locks in subscriber

rates for community solar gardens built by investor-owned utilities under the current rate structure, the report said. That could save Burns-ville an estimated $100,000 a year, the report said. As more customers switch to solar, gardens built in the future will be less subsi-dized and less likely to deliver such savings, the report said. Coughlin said any deal lasting 25 years “makes me incredibly uncomfort-able.” Sherry suggested that the city add solar instal-lations to its own building upgrades in coming years instead of committing to a long-term deal. “I don’t think the bene-fits are worth the risk,” she said, noting that solar and wind power are propped up by heavy federal subsi-dies that are likely to dis-appear. “We’re not going to bring you a high-risk deal,” City Manager Heather Johnston said. Subscrib-ing to a community solar garden wouldn’t preclude the city from adding some of its own installations, she and Beck said. “I just don’t want to hook onto that wagon,” Sherry said, referring to the potential Met Council deal. “I just don’t think so-lar’s quite the holy grail we think it is.” Mayor Elizabeth Kautz and council members Su-zanne Nguyen and Dan Kealey said they need more information, but the solar garden options are worth exploring. “I’ll even hold my nose and partner with the Met Council if it’s going to save us money,” Kealey said, referring to unrelated disputes the city has had with the regional planning body.


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Burnsville ’80s choirs to reunite Choir alumni from the Burnsville High School classes of 1980-83 will hold a reunion and con-cert Aug. 21-22, at Berean Baptist Church, 309 E. County Road 42, Burns-ville. BHS alumni who were members of the Chamber Chorale, Cho-raliers or Treble Choirs are encouraged to participate. The reunion weekend will begin Friday, Aug. 21, with an evening rehearsal. Rehearsals will continue on Saturday morning, and

the group will present a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22. The reunion choir will be directed by Loren Squires, the now-retired teacher who led BHS choirs for more than 35 years. The concert will feature a full choir and a “Freestyle Alumni” en-semble, performing some of the favorite pieces sung by the choirs in 1980-83. Selections include pop, jazz and gospel songs. Following the concert,

there will be an alumni gathering at Old Chicago Pizza on County Road 42 and Cedar Avenue in Ap-ple Valley. Any BHS alumni from this era are welcome to email questions or inter-est in participating to [email protected]. Questions? Contact Mark Gilje at 314-443-1110 or Kris Vihovde at 952-426-5891.


SportsCanterbury paddock analyst had an early startHermann trying to share her love of horse racing

with wider audience

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Real Quiet won the 1998 Kentucky Derby, and Angela Hermann, an 11-year-old from Apple Valley, cheered him all the way home. Why did Hermann care? One, she loved hors-es. Two, she had picked Real Quiet to win. “I guess you could say that was the beginning of the end,” Hermann said with a laugh. Picking win-ners now is part of Her-mann’s job as paddock an-alyst at Canterbury Park, a job she has had for five years. Her association with the racetrack goes back much farther. As soon as she was legal to drive, she sought a job at Canter-bury. “I had a job I could walk to, which I quit the day I got the call from Canterbury,” she said. After starting as an usher, she also worked in group sales, guest services and the track’s informa-tion office before becom-ing paddock analyst. Her predecessor in that role was Burnsville native Kev-in Gorg, who was leaving

to take a job with Fox Sports North. “I kind of took the baton from Kevin,” Her-mann said. “He taught me a lot, and I also picked up a lot from other people throughout the country.” In addition to handi-capping races, Hermann writes material for the race program and appears on Canterbury Park TV pro-ductions that are simulcast to tracks throughout the country. According to Canter-

bury Park’s statistics, Her-mann has correctly picked the winners in 30 percent of the races in the 2015 live racing season. Her re-turn on investment is .87, meaning that anybody who followed all her hand-icapping plays in every race would have turned a profit. “You’d always like the percentages to be better,” she said, “but it’s not easy. We have more horses here now. That makes it more difficult to handicap races,

but it’s also more fun. It’s tough to have more than 30 percent winners with-out picking every favor-ite.” In 2012, Canterbury Park struck a deal with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, own-ers of Mystic Lake Casino just down the road in Prior Lake, that pumped more money into purses for the track’s live racing season. In exchange, Canterbury Park dropped its efforts to add slot machines.

Some racing observ-ers said the deal saved live racing at Canterbury. It allowed the track to offer more money for purses and extend its live rac-ing season at a time when other tracks in the United States were cutting back or closing. It also ensured that Hermann would have plenty to do. With more races and more horses running at the track, she said it now takes her five or six hours to do the re-search necessary to handi-cap one day of live racing. She said track officials understand they have to connect with more than the hard-boiled racing en-thusiasts. “They’re trying to reach out to a younger audience,” Hermann said. “I don’t know of any other track that’s had a ‘Zombie Night.’ We have promo-tions like that here every week.” Hermann said she’s one of five or six women across the country who are paddock analysts at racetracks. When she sits behind a microphone to call a day of races – as she did last Sunday in place of regular track an-nouncer Paul Allen, who was doing play-by-play of the Vikings’ preseason opener – that’s even more rare. Hermann also called a full slate of races at Can-terbury in August 2013, which made her the first

woman to do so at a North American thoroughbred track. Hermann said she’s open to calling more races in the future, but added that she really likes her role as paddock analyst. Someday, she hopes it’s something she can do year-round. Even though Canterbury’s live rac-ing season has been ex-tended, it still lasts only four months. She also has worked as an analyst at tracks in Nebraska and suburban Chicago. Growing up, Hermann said she always liked sports but didn’t play because she was so locked into horse racing, to the point where she would go to a daily newspaper’s sports section for handicapping infor-mation. Then she would watch Canterbury’s late-night wrap-up show on TV to see how she fared. That sometimes caused trouble at home, Hermann said, because the show usually aired after her bedtime. That’s not an issue now. Instead, Hermann wants to share her love of racing with a wider audience. “If someone tells me they have more fun at the track because of some-thing I did, that’s a really good day,” she said.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Apple Valley native Angela Hermann is one of the few women in the United States employed as horse racing analysts. She is paddock analyst at Canterbury Park, a job she has held for five years. (Photo by Coady Photography)

Riptide swimmers perform well in state, national competitions The Riptide Swim Team of Ap-ple Valley wrapped up an 18-week season with strong performances by its members in national and state meets. Regan Smith, an Olympic Trials qualifier in the 100- and 200-meter backstroke races, competed at the USA Swimming Junior National Championships in San Antonio, Texas, and placed second in the women’s 100 backstroke. Smith, at 13, the youngest competitor in the meet, finished in 1 minute, 1.32 sec-onds. That set a Minnesota record, breaking Rachel Bootsma’s 13-14 age group mark of 1:01.71. Smith’s time also was the fourth-fastest in history for the USA Swimming women’s 13-14 age group. It’s also the fourth-fastest time for the 18-and-under age group this year. Seven Riptide swimmers com-peted at the first USA Swimming Futures Championships in West Lafayette, Ind. Riptide finished 17th of 84 clubs in the team compe-tition. Kelly Leonard competed in three events at the Futures Cham-pionships and placed first in the 200 backstroke. Her time was just four-tenths of a second off the Olympic Trials qualifying standard. Leonard also placed eighth in the 100 back-stroke and competed in the 400 medley relay. Tommy Weiss competed in four events and placed seventh in the 100 butterfly, earning a Junior Na-tional qualifying time. Quenton Steffen’s best finish in three events was 15th in the 200 breaststroke, where he earned a Junior National qualifying time. Lucia Rizzo com-peted in five events, scoring team points in the 1,500 freestyle (ninth place), 800 freestyle (12th) and 400 freestyle (12th). Brianna Alexander competed in five individual events and scored team points in the 100 breaststroke (16th), 200 breast-stroke (18th) and 400 individual medley (15th). Shea Bougie placed 19th in the 400 individual medley. Alexander, Bougie and Grace Herron also competed in all three relays. Rizzo swam in the two free-style relays. Fifty Riptide swimmers compet-ed in the Minnesota Long Course Championships last weekend at the University of Minnesota. Taylor Barabash, Skyler Leverenz, Keely McLean, Haakon Naughton, Zach Nelson, Tim Rizzo and Cora Smith qualified for the Central Zone 14-and-under Long Course Cham-pionships. The Riptide Swim Team has more than 300 members and trains at the Bluewater Aquatic Center in Apple Valley. Mike Parratto is the team’s head coach.

Notebook: Dan Fritze named East Ridge football coach by Mike Shaughnessy


East Ridge has an interim head coach for its football opener Aug. 22 at Lakeville North. It’s former Eagan High School player Dan Fritze, who also is the Raptors’ offensive coordinator. It’s been a chaotic summer for the East Ridge program. It forfeited all its victories over the last two seasons because it was found to have used at least one ineligible player. The school’s athletic director re-signed during the summer for reasons that were not made public. Head football coach Mike Pendino then resigned Aug. 3, denying knowledge of any ineligible players but say-ing he didn’t want to be a dis-traction to the team. Dan Fritze is a social stud-ies teacher at East Ridge and has been the football team’s offensive coordinator since 2009. The Raptors’ coaching

staff also includes defensive coordinator Dave Fritze, Dan’s father and former Eagan High School head coach.

Tingelhoff receives

keys to the Hall On Saturday, Mick Tingel-hoff received what many called a long-overdue day in the spot-light. But when the time came, he let others do the talking for him. Tingelhoff, a longtime Lakeville resident, was in-ducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame 37 years after his career with the Minnesota Vi-kings ended. He did not speak at Saturday’s induction cer-emony in Canton, Ohio. Fran Tarkenton, Tingelhoff’s long-time teammate with the Vi-kings and also a Hall of Fame member, spoke for about one minute on his behalf. Tingelhoff, 75, has some health issues. Tarkenton, who was going to introduce him, offered to speak in Tingelhoff’s

behalf, and his family accept-ed. Tingelhoff missed a couple of the Hall of Fame weekend events but was introduced be-fore Sunday’s Hall of Fame game between the Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers. After joining the Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 1962, Tingelhoff started 240 consecutive regular-season games at center and was a five-time All-Pro. He also played in 19 playoff games, including all four of the Vikings’ Super Bowl appearances. Only two players in NFL history have had more consec-utive regular-season starts, and both also played with the Vi-kings. Brett Favre (297) played his final two seasons with the team. Jim Marshall started in 270 consecutive games, all with the Vikings. Tingelhoff, however, never could get through the tradi-tional Hall of Fame voting process to get his place in Can-ton. It wasn’t until January, af-

ter he had been nominated by the Hall of Fame’s senior com-mittee, that the door opened for him. He’s the 13th player in the Hall of Fame who played at least three seasons with the Vikings. That group includes Paul Krause, who was induct-ed in 1998 and, like Tingelhoff, is a Lakeville resident. Vikings fans remember Tingelhoff for his excellence on the field, while Lakeville residents remember him as a longtime presence in their community. He took part in a number of local events, includ-ing serving as one of the grand marshals of the 1996 Pan-O-Prog parade. He also has two granddaughters who played volleyball for Lakeville South High School. Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Saints give Kvasnicka a chance to leave baseball on his termsIn what he says is his final season, former

Lakeville standout enjoying the ride by Mike Shaughnessy


It would be overstating the case to say that getting released by the Minnesota Twins was the best thing to happen to Mike Kvasnicka. But it’s fair to say he’s happy with how things have worked out. Instead of clinging to a dream of playing in the ma-jors, Kvasnicka latched on with the St. Paul Saints in time for their historic season. The Saints, who likely will clinch an American Association playoff berth this week, already have set a franchise attendance re-cord in their new ballpark. Kvasnicka, the former Lakeville High School and Lakeville North three-sport athlete, said he’s loved ev-ery minute of it. Where else could he have gone to a fam-ily reunion in the morning and played baseball in the evening? “I was at my in-laws’ fam-ily reunion at Cleary Lake to-day,” the outfielder said before the Saints’ 7-4 victory over the Winnipeg Goldeyes last Satur-day. “They had a big pavilion. I got to have some grilled food and potato salad, and then drove up for the game.”

Kvasnicka, one of three Minnesotans selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft in the last 20 years (the other two are current Twins players Joe Mauer and Glen Perkins), has been saying all summer his professional baseball career will end when this Saints’ sea-son does. Asked if the Saints’ success – they were 58-16 as of Mon-day and had the best record in the American Association – has caused him to reconsider, he said “actually, it’s gone the other way. It’s more solidified. I’m trying to enjoy the game, the team. It’s easy to do be-cause it’s a really fun team and we’re doing well.” In one sense, it’s been liber-ating because Kvasnicka, 26, said he doesn’t have to worry about whether he’s going to be promoted, demoted or re-leased. Whatever happens with the Saints, an independent mi-nor league club, he knows he’s staying home. “It’s no pressure with that. It’s the best part about it,” he said. “I still don’t know if I could (go back to affiliated baseball). You know you’re being evaluated, judged con-

stantly, because that’s how it works. “I always put a little more pressure on myself than was necessary, or was perceived necessary.” While he plays for the Saints, Kvasnicka also is busy planning the next phase of his life. Last week he registered for fall semester classes at the Uni-versity of Minnesota. He had about 30 credits left to obtain when he left the university in 2010 to sign with the Houston Astros, who took him with a first-round supplemental pick in that year’s MLB draft. Kvasnicka is pursuing a de-gree in youth studies. Where he goes from there isn’t quite certain. It could involve teach-

ing. It likely will involve coach-ing. After specializing in base-ball for the last seven or eight years, Kvasnicka said he’d love to coach football or hockey. Kvasnicka’s wife Kim, a soccer and track standout at Lakeville North and St. Cath-erine University, works as a nurse at Fairview Ridges Hos-pital in Burnsville. She is due to give birth to the couple’s first child in early September. “I’m not going anywhere,” he said. “I was going to move on from baseball. Just because (the Saints) were 12, 13 miles away, that’s the reason I’m here. I wasn’t going to pack up and move down the road again.”

Even though he’s batting better than .300 for the St. Paul Saints, Lakeville native Mike Kvasnicka said he is sticking to his plan to make 2015 his final season in professional baseball. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)


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ating from New Prague High School in 2002, Feuk earned a bachelor’s degree from the Art Institutes In-ternational in Minneapo-lis. “That led to about three to four years of free-lance work in 3-D mod-eling and a little bit of animation and logo work here and there,” Feuk said. “And then, unfortunately, the economy tanked. And when that happened, there weren’t a lot of job open-ings, and I didn’t really want to move to Califor-nia because I love Minne-sota.” She was hired seven years ago as a preschool teacher at the Early Child-hood Center of River Hills United Methodist Church in Burnsville, which she and her parents had joined. Four years ago, she was forcibly reac-quainted with Legos. “We had a nice big bucket of Legos in the kindergarten room,” Feuk explained. “One day the kids said, ‘Come play Legos with us.’ I started playing around and said, ‘Hey, this has potential.’ ” She discovered that the old rectangular blocks are supplemented by special-ized pieces and “minifigs,” or minifigurines. “There’s a pretty much infinite, crazy amount of elements out there,” Feuk said, adding that some-times the shape of a single piece will suggest a design or theme for one of her MOCs. “One of my favorite things about Lego is you really have to think out-side the box to come up with the lines and the angles and the dimen-sions that you want,” said Feuk, a member of Twin Cities-based TwinLUG.

“It’s not as free as drawing or sculpting. They have thousands and thousands of pieces, but they’re never going to have exactly the right angle you’re going to need.” Feuk was given an ar-tistic challenge earlier this year when the Rev. Robert Braudt, lead pastor at Riv-er Hills, asked her to “fill up the altar with Legos” for the church’s post-Eas-ter Art Sunday. “He said, ‘OK — your inspiration is ‘And he cre-ated,’ ” Feuk said. Seizing the challenge, she used more than 2,000 pieces to assemble a multi-hued tree, its trunk askew and its leaves overflowing on a 16-square-foot tri-fold board. She started “The Tree” with a com-puter sketch. The final piece (“Not quite abstract — more impressionistic”) has texture and contrast created by a smorgasbord of Lego pieces.

“I have foliage pieces on there and animals and all sorts of sizes, and crates and barrels and bread and fish and apples and snakes, and the Harry Potter basi-lisk (giant snake),” Feuk said, noting that the trunk is fashioned from cow and horse pieces. After impressing churchgoers and her friends in TwinLUG, Feuk took “The Tree” in June to the Brickworld Lego con-vention in Chicago, which she said is one of the na-tion’s largest. The first-time competi-tor was “overwhelmed” when the tree was one of six nominees for Best Art-work and “just kind of floored” when it won top prize. What’s more, it was spotted by conventioneer and game designer Steve Jackson, creator of the Munchkin tabletop game. Feuk, a dedicated gamer, sold the piece to Jackson

for an undisclosed sum and got him to sign some of her Munchkin stuff. “I was absolutely blown away and honored,” said Feuk, who was also nomi-nated for Best Creation for a goldfish piece. On the third Friday of each month, Feuk can be found in the church fellow-ship hall, leading Family Lego Building Night from 6-8 p.m. She got the pas-tor’s permission to launch the program in June 2014. With donations from church members and oth-ers, Feuk rounded up 200 pounds of Legos. As many as 42 people have attend-ed, said Feuk, who asks that children come with supervision. “It tends to be mostly families,” Feuk said, “but I certainly welcome any-one.”

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

River Hills United Methodist Church hosts Family Lego Building Night the third Friday of each month. (Photo by John Gessner)

LEGOS, from 1A

New student orientation set at alternative school Orientations for new students will be taking place at Burnsville Alternative High School (BAHS)

on Aug. 19 with one-hour sessions starting at 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. For more information, call 952-707-

4020. BAHS is located at 2140 Dif-fley Road in Eagan.


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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

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

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

DATE OF MORTGAGE: May 19, 2004MORTGAGOR: James W.

Culbreath and Gwendolyn E. Cul-breath, husband and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Paragon Home Lend-ing, LLC.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded June 29, 2004 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2220919.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: CitiMort-gage, Inc. Dated February 10, 2014 Recorded February 20, 2014, as Document No. 2999189.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100200700000357963LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

Paragon Home Lending, LLCRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: CitiMortgage, Inc.MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 3454 Highlander Drive, Eagan, MN 55122

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 10.73006.07.020 & 10.73006.07.040LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lot 2, Block 7, and Lot 4, Block 7, Surrey Heights Seventh Addition, in the County of Dakota, State of Minnesota

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $82,539.00

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

$73,946.03That 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: September 1, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: S h e r i f f ’ s

Office, 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 under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on March 1, 2016, 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 29, 2015CitiMortgage, 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) 925-688810-15-003504 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7, 14, 2015

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CITY OF EAGANPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING: Advisory Planning Commission Meeting: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd.

DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT:Boulder Lakes 3rd Addition/

Gregory MillerLOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIP-

TION: Outlot B, Boulder Lakes Ad-dition

REQUEST(S):Planned Development A Planned Development Amend-

ment from two multi-story office builings to two single story office/warehouse buildings.

File Number: 01-PA-06-07-15Final PlatA Final Plat of 43.2 acres to cre-

ate one lot.File Number: 01-FP-02-07-15QUESTIONS: Call the Planning

Department at (651) 675-5685 or contact Pam Dudziak, the Planner at (651) 675-5691 or [email protected] with the above information:CITY OF EAGAN Christina M. Scipioni - City Clerk

Published in Burnsville/EaganAugust 14, 2015

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DATE OF MORTGAGE: January 12, 2011MORTGAGOR: Clyde William

Young and Diana Young, husband and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for NFM, Inc., a Mary-land Corporation.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded January 25, 2011 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2781290.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Bank of America, N.A., successor by merg-er to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP. Dated May 4, 2012 Recorded May 14, 2012, as Docu-ment No. 2867597. And there-after assigned to: Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC. Dated October 1, 2013 Recorded October 18, 2013, as Document No. 2982008.




1002591-0001153274-8LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STAT-ED ON MORTGAGE: NFM, Inc., a Maryland Corporation

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: M&T Bank

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 4169 Country View Drive, Eagan, MN 55123

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 10.18276.02.080LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lot 8, Block 2, Coun-try Hollow 2nd Addition, Dakota County, Minnesota







DATE AND TIME OF SALE: Sep-tember 22, 2015 at 10:00 AM

PLACE 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 March 22, 2016, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.


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

Dated: July 14, 2015Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLCMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688837-15-005118 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published in Burnsville/Eagan

July 24, 31, August 7, 14, 21, 28, 2015

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CITY OF BURNSVILLEPUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARINGA Public Hearing will be held on

August 24, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burnsville Planning Commis-sion, 100 Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on the ap-plication of K2 Real Estate, LLC for a PUD Amendment to allow a permanent exterior display area at Northern Tool & Equipment located at 12205 River Ridge Boulevard.

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 GarrossOn Behalf of the Chair of the Burnsville Planning Commission


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DATE OF MORTGAGE: May 19, 2006MORTGAGOR: Jon M Er-

icksen, and Ivy A Ericksen, hus-band and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded June 7, 2006 Dakota County Recorder, Docu-ment No. 2435699.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: The Bank of New York Mellon fka The Bank of New York as Trustee for the Cer-tificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-8. Dated November 16, 2011 Recorded November 29, 2011, as Document No. 2833208.




1000157-0006799829-0LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

Countrywide Home Loans, IncRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: Green Tree Servicing LLCMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 4296 Gadwall Court, Ea-gan, MN 55122

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 10.47253.01.160

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 16, Block 1, Mal-lard Park 4th Addition







DATE AND TIME OF SALE: Sep-tember 4, 2015 at 10:00 AM

PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-fice, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hastings, MN

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

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 March 4,2016 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.


“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”Dated: July 1, 2015The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a The Bank of New York, as TrusteeMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-68888 - 15-002663 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published inBurnsville/EaganJuly 17, 24, 31,

August 7, 14, 21, 2015420927


DATE/LOCATION OF HEAR-ING: Advisory Planning Commis-sion Meeting: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd.

DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT: Lemay Lake Apartments/Lemay

Lake ApartmentsLOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIP-

TION: 3005 Eagadale Pl, Lot 1, Block 1, Eagandale Lemay Lake 1st Addition

REQUEST(S):Conditional Use PermitA Conditional Use Permit for an

increase to impervious surface cov-erage in a shoreland district.

File Number: 10-CU-05-07-15QUESTIONS: Call the Planning

Department at (651) 675-5685 or contact Pam Dudziak, the Planner at (651) 675-5691 or [email protected] with the above information:CITY OF EAGAN Christina M. Scipioni City Clerk


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CITY OF EAGANORDINANCE NO. 547 2ND SERIES

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN, MINNESOTA, AMEND-ING EAGAN CITY CODE CHAP-TER ELEVEN ENTITLED “LAND USE REGULATIONS (ZONING)” BY AMENDING SECTIONS 11.30 AND 11.60 TO ADD DEFINITIONS AND REGULATIONS REGARD-ING MICRODISTILLERY SALES AND COCKTAIL ROOMS; AND BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE EA-GAN CITY CODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION 11.99.

The City Council of the City of Eagan does ordain:

Section 1. Eagan City Code Chapter Eleven is hereby amended by amending Section 11.30 to add the following definitions to read as follows:

Cocktail room shall have the meaning as the term is defined in the alcohol licensing regulations in Chapter 5 of this Code.

Distilled spirits shall have the meaning as the term is defined in the alcohol licensing regulations in Chapter 5 of this Code.

Section 2. Eagan City Code Chapter Eleven is hereby amended by amending Section 11.60, subd. 14(C)(10) to read as follows:

Subd. 14. I-1 Limited Industrial District.

* * * *C. Conditional Uses.

* * * *10. On-sale liquor, 3.2 beer or

wine; on-sale malt liquor in con-junction with a brewer taproom; on-sale distilled spirits in conjunction with a microdistillery cocktail room; off-sale malt liquor from the prem-ises of and in conjunction with a brewery; or off-sale distilled spirits in conjunction with a microdistillery.

Section 3. Eagan City Code Chapter Eleven is hereby amended by amending Section 11.60, subd. 14(D)(4) to read as follows:

Subd. 14. I-1 Limited Industrial District.

* * * *D. Permitted accessory uses.

* * * *4. An outdoor dining area in con-

junction with a full service or casual restaurant or an outdoor patio in conjunction with a brewer taproom or microdistillery cocktail room, except an outdoor dining area or patio that does not meet the spe-cial use setback from a residential property or that provides seating for more than 24 persons is sub-ject to a conditional use permit or planned development approval as applicable, and any outdoor din-ing area or outdoor patio shall be subject to the regulations thereof of outdoor dining area set forth else-where in this chapter.

Section 4. Eagan City Code Chapter Eleven is hereby amended by adding Section 11.60, subd. 15(C)(11) to read as follows:

Subd. 15. I-2 General Industrial District.

* * * *C. Conditional uses.

* * * *11. On-sale distilled spirits in

conjunction with a microdistillery cocktail room, or offsale distilled spirits from the premises of and in conjunction with a microdistillery.

Section 5. Eagan City Code Chapter Eleven is hereby amended by adding Section 11.60, subd. 15(D)(3) to read as follows:

Subd. 15. I-2 General Industrial District.

* * * *D. Permitted accessory uses.

* * * *(3) An outdoor patio in con-

junction with a brewer taproom or microdistillery cocktail room, ex-cept an outdoor patio that does not meet the special use setback from a residential property or that provides seating for more than 24 persons is subject to a conditional use permit or planned develop-ment approval as applicable, and any outdoor patio shall be subject to the regulations of outdoor dining area as set forth elsewhere in this chapter.

Section 6. Eagan City Code Chapter 1 entitled “General Provi-sions and Definitions Applicable to the Entire City Code Including ‘Penalty for Violation’” and Sec-tion 11.99, entitled “Violation a Misdemeanor” are hereby adopted in their entirety by reference as though repeated verbatim.

Section 7. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect upon its adoption and publication according to law.CITY OF EAGANCity CouncilBy: /s/ Mike MaguireIts: MayorATTEST: By: /s/ Christina M. Scipioni Its: City Clerk


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MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

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

ASSUMED NAME: CertWise PMP Learning Systems

PRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 2975 Lone Oak Drive, Suite 180Eagan, MN 55121NAMEHOLDER(S): Holmes Corporation2975 Lone Oak Drive, Suite 180Eagan, MN 55121I, 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: July 30, 2015SIGNED BY: Daryl McLinden


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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in the condi-tions of a mortgage dated February 2, 2009, executed by Cindy Lea Spoerner, as mortgagor(s) to U.S. Bank National Association ND as mortgagee in the original principal amount of One Hundred Ninety-six Thousand ($196,000.00) Dollars, recorded with the Dakota County Recorder, State of Minnesota, on February 24, 2009, as doc. no. 2639312; that all pre-foreclosure requirements have been complied with; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to re-cover any part of the debt secured by said mortgage; that there is claimed to be due thereon the sum of One Hundred Eighty-nine Thou-sand Four Hundred Forty-nine and 62/100 ($189,449.62) Dollars on this date; and that pursuant to the power of sale therein the mortgage will be foreclosed and the property described as follows:

Lot Twenty-four (24), Block Five (5), Wilderness Run Sixth Addition, Dakota County, Minnesota,

Property address: 4300 Dunr-ovin Lane, Eagan, MN 55123

Parcel I.D. #: 10-84355-05-240will be sold by the sheriff of said

county at public auction on Sep-tember 30, 2015, at 10:00 o’clock A.M. at Sheriff’s Office, Law En-forcement Center, 1580 Highway 55, Hastings, Minnesota, to pay the debt secured by the mortgage, including costs and attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemp-tion by the mortgagor(s), her heirs or assigns, within six (6) months from the date of sale. The mortgagor(s) must vacate the property on or be-fore 11:59 p.m. on March 30, 2016 (if that date is a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, then the date to vacate is the next date thereafter which is not a Saturday, Sunday or holiday), if (i) the mortgage is not reinstated under §580.30, or (ii) the property is not redeemed under §580.23.

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, DETERMINING AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESI-DENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

Dated: July 27, 2015U.S. Bank National Association, successor by merger to U.S. Bank National Association ND, Mort-gageeRalph L. Moore, STEIN & MOORE, P.A., Attorneys for Mortgagee, 332 Minnesota Street, #W-1650St. Paul, MN 55101 (651) 224-9683


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MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DRAFT 2035 LONG-TERM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

PRE-PUBLICATION INFORMATION MEETINGThe Metropolitan Airports Com-

mission (MAC) is preparing a draft 2035 Long-Term Comprehensive Plan (LTCP) for the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). The purpose is to identify facility needs, based on forecasted num-bers of passengers and aircraft operations, at MSP for the years between 2015 and 2035.

At this time, the document is in pre-draft form.

To introduce the public to the initial findings and to the LTCP process and timeline, prior to draft publication, the MAC will hold a public information meeting on:

Thursday, August 27, 20155 to 8:30 PMMAC General Offices6040-28th Avenue SouthMinneapolis, MN 55450MAC staff will provide a presen-

tation at 5:30 and 7:00 PM. Follow-ing each presentation, members of the public will have an opportunity to speak one-on-one with staff and airport consultants.

A formal 45-day public comment period will occur at a later date once the MAC Board has approved the draft document for publication. The public will be able to submit formal comments during this time. Additional public meetings also will be held once the draft is published.

Information regarding this public information meeting and the draft MSP 2035 Long-Term Comprehen-sive Plan can be found at http://www.metroairports.org/Airport-Authority/Metropolitan-Airports-Commission/Public-Meetings/Other-MAC-Meetings.aspx.

Published in Apple Valley, Burnsville/Eagan

August 14, 2015432673

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE TO CREDITORS

AND CLAIMANTSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

FTTH Communications, L.L.C., a Minnesota limited liability company (hereinafter “FTTH Communica-tions”) has dissolved and is in the process of winding up its affairs. FTTH Communications filed with the Secretary of State a Notice of Dissolution on October 14, 2014. The address of the office to which written claims against FTTH Com-munications must be mailed to is:

Dougherty, Molenda, Solfest, Hills & Bauer P.A. Attention: Loren M. Solfest, Esq. 14985 Glazier Avenue, Suite 525 Apple Valley, Minnesota 55124Pursuant to Minn. Stat. §

322B.816, Subd. 2, all claims must be received by October 23, 2015, which is the later of ninety (90) days after publication of this Notice or ninety (90) days after service of this Notice upon a particular known creditor. Published notice is con-sidered given on the first date of publication of this Notice.

Dated: July 13, 2015 By: /s/ Jeffrey FeldmanIts: Chief Manager FTTH Communications, L.L.C., a Minnesota limited liability company

Published in Burnsville

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CITY OF EAGANDAKOTA COUNTY,

MINNESOTA NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT HEARING DELINQUENT NUISANCE

ABATEMENT BILLSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the City Council of the City of Ea-gan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan Municipal Center located at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, in said City on September 1, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. to consider the proposed assessment of delin-quent nuisance abatement billings in Eagan.

The proposed area to be as-sessed is described in the assess-ment roll on file with the City Clerk in her office, which roll is open to public inspection. Written or oral objections will be considered at the public hearing.

No appeal may be taken as to the amount of any assessment unless a written objection, signed by the affected property owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presented to the pre-siding officer at the meeting. An owner may appeal an assessment to district court pursuant to M.S.A. §429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City of Eagan within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the as-sessment and filing such notice with the District Court of Dakota County within ten (10) days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk.

Further information relating to these assessments may be ob-tained from the Special Assess-ment Division at Eagan City Hall and any questions should be di-rected to that Division.Dated: August 10, 2015 Christina M. ScipioniCity Clerk, City of Eagan


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MINNESOTA NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT HEARING

DELINQUENT UTILITY BILLSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the City Council of the City of Ea-gan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Eagan Municipal Center located at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, in said City on September 1, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. to consider the proposed assessment of delin-quent utility billings in Eagan.

The proposed area to be as-sessed is described in the assess-ment roll on file with the City Clerk in her office, which roll is open to public inspection. Written or oral objections will be considered at the public hearing.

No appeal may be taken as to the amount of any assessment unless a written objection, signed by the affected property owner, is filed with the City Clerk prior to the hearing or presented to the pre-siding officer at the meeting. An owner may appeal an assessment to district court pursuant to M.S.A. §429.081 by serving notice of the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk of the City of Eagan within thirty (30) days after the adoption of the as-sessment and filing such notice with the District Court of Dakota County within ten (10) days after service upon the Mayor or Clerk.

Further information relating to these assessments may be ob-tained from the Special Assess-ment Division at Eagan City Hall and any questions should be di-rected to that Division.Dated: August 10, 2015 /s/ Christina M. ScipioniCity Clerk, City of Eagan


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ASSUMED NAME: Imperial SteppersPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 13484 Settlers Ridge LaneBurnsville, MN 55337 NAMEHOLDER(S): Henry W. Conner Jr.13484 Settlers Ridge LaneBurnsville, MN 55337Valeria I. Conner13484 Settlers Ridge LaneBurnsville, MN 55337I, the undersigned, certify that


DATE FILED: July 14, 2015SIGNED BY: Henry W. Conner Jr.


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ASSUMED NAME: FlytePRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 425 West Travelers TrailBurnsville, MN 55337NAMEHOLDER(S): Freedom Services, Inc.425 West Travelers TrailBurnsville, MN 55337I, the undersigned, certify that

I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this


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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: August 8, 2015SIGNED BY: Ross Haugland


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ASSUMED NAME: Thomson Reuters Court Man-

agement SolutionsPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 2 West Baltimore Avenue, Suite 315Media, PA 19063NAMEHOLDER(S): West Publishing Corporation610 Opperman DriveEagan, MN 55123I, the undersigned, certify that


DATE FILED: July 31, 2015SIGNED BY: Debbie Young


August 7, 14, 2015429690

CITY OF EAGANORDINANCE NO. 546 2ND SERIES

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN, MINNESOTA, AMEND-ING EAGAN CITY CODE CHAP-TER 5, ENTITLED “BEER, WINE, AND LIQUOR LICENSING AND REGULATIONS” BY AMENDING SECTIONS 5.01 TO ADD DEFINI-TIONS AND SECTIONS 5.02, 5.52, 5.57, 5.63, AND 5.64 REGULATING SUNDAY OFF-SALE AT SMALL BREWERIES AND BREWER TAP-ROOMS, MICRODISTILLERIES ON-SALE COCKTAIL ROOMS & TEMPORARY ON-SALE LICENSE, AND SUNDAY ON-SALE HOURS; AND BY ADOPTING BY REFER-ENCE EAGAN CITY CODE CHAP-TER 1 AND SECTION 5.99.

The City Council of the City of Eagan does ordain:

Section 1. Eagan City Code, Chapter 5, is hereby amended by amending Section 5.01 to add or revise the following definitions to read as follows:

Cocktail room means an area on

the premises of a microdistillery or on premises adjacent to a micro-distillery and owned by the distiller in which the distiller sells or other-wise provides exclusively distilled spirits produced by the distiller for consumption within the cocktail room.

Distilled spirits means ethyl alco-hol, hydrated oxide of ethyl, spirits of wine, whiskey, rum, brandy, gin, and other distilled spirits, including all dilutions and mixtures thereof, for nonindustrial use.

Section 2. Eagan City Code Chapter 5 is hereby amended by amending Section 5.02, subd. 8 (B) to read as follows:

Subd 8. Persons disqualified.* * * *

B. No person holding a license from the commissioner as a manu-facturer, brewer or wholesaler may have a direct or indirect interest, in whole or in part, in a business hold-ing an alcoholic beverage license from the city, except a license may be issued to a brewer or manufac-turer in connection only with the operation of a brewpub, brewer taproom, or microdistillery cocktail room subject to the regulations provided in this chapter; and

Section 3. Eagan City Code Chapter 5 is hereby amended by amending Section 5.54 to read as follows:

The electorate of the city having heretofore authorized the same, a Sunday on-sale liquor license may be issued to hotels, motels, full-service restaurants, or clubs, as defined in this chapter, which have on-sale licenses and which also have facilities for serving not less than 30 guests at one time. The permitted hours of such sales are from 8:00 a.m. on Sunday to 2:00 a.m. on Monday in conjunction with the serving of food, provided that the licensed establishment is in conformance with the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act.

Section 4. Eagan City Code Chapter 5 is hereby amended by revising Section 5.61, subd. 2 (C) to read as follows:

C. The off-sale of malt liquor from the licensed premises shall be limited to the legal hours for off-sale at liquor stores and shall be removed from the premises before the off-sale closing time re-quirements, except off-sale of malt liquor on Sundays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. may occur provided the licensee has a valid Sunday sale permit from the city and only growlers of malt liquor that was manufactured and brewed on the licensed premises may be sold. Malt liquor sold off-sale shall be packaged as required by state law set forth in Minn. Stat. Ch 340A.

Section 5. Eagan City Code Chapter 5 is hereby amended by revising Section 5.64 to read as follows:

Sec. 5.64. Microdistilleries.

Subd. 1. It is unlawful for any person or entity, directly or indi-rectly, to sell, barter, keep for sale or otherwise dispose of distilled spirits on or from the premises on which the distilled spirits are manufactured or produced without a microdistillery license from the Minnesota Commissioner of Public Safety and a license issued by the City as provided herein. It is unlaw-ful for any licensed microdistillery to provide samples of distilled spir-its manufactured on its premises in an amount exceeding 15 milliliters

per variety per person or 45 millili-ters per person per day.

Subd. 2. An on-sale cocktail room license may be issued only to a distiller who holds a microdistill-ery license issued by the Minnesota Commissioner of Public Safety un-der Minn. Stat. Chapter 340A. An on-sale cocktail room license shall be subject to the following require-ments:

A. Only distilled spirits produced by the distiller on the licensed premises may be sold or consumed on the licensed premises.

B. The financial responsibilities required under this Chapter for on-sale intoxicating licenses shall apply to an on-sale cocktail room license issued under this Section.

C. All provisions of this Chapter that apply to on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses shall apply to an on-sale cocktail room license issued under this Section unless the pro-vision is explicitly inconsistent with this Section.

D. An on-sale cocktail room li-censee may only have one on-sale cocktail room license under this Section.

E. An on-sale cocktail room li-censee may not have an ownership interest in a distillery licensed under Minn. Stat. §340A.301, subdivision 6, paragraph (a).

F. No on-sale cocktail room li-cense shall be issued to a distiller if the distiller seeking the license, or any person having an economic interest in the distiller seeking the license or exercising control over the distiller seeking the license, is a distiller that produces more than 40,000 proof gallons of distilled spirits in a calendar year.

G. No single entity may hold both an on-sale cocktail room and on-sale brewer taproom license, and a cocktail room and brewer taproom shall not be co-located.

H. The license hereunder shall be subject to the payment of an an-nual on-sale cocktail room license fee of $600.00.

Subd. 3. An off-sale distilled spirits licenses may be granted to microdistilleries, subject to the limi-tations of this Chapter and the ad-ditional limitations as follows:

A. The microdistillery may sell only one (1) 375 milliliter bottle per customer per day of product manu-factured on-site;

B. Off-sale hours of sale shall conform to hours of sale for retail off-sale licensees;

C. No brand may be sold at the microdistillery unless it is also avail-able for distribution by wholesalers; and

D. The license hereunder shall be subject to the payment of an an-nual off-sale microdistillery license fee of $200.

Section 6. Eagan City Code Chapter 5 is hereby amended by amending Section 5.57, subd. 2 to read as follows:

Subd. 2. Applicant. The appli-cant for a license under this section must be: (1) a club or charitable, religious, or other nonprofit organi-zation in existence for at least three years; or

(2) brewer who manufactures fewer than 3500 barrels of malt li-quor in a year or a microdistillery in connection with a social event sponsored by the brewer or micro-distillery.

Section 7. Eagan City Code Chapter 5 is hereby amended by amending Section 5.63, subd. 2 (E) and (H) to read as follows:

Subd. 2. An off-sale malt liquor license may be issued only to a brewer who holds a brewer license issued by the Minnesota Commis-sioner of Public Safety under Minn. Stat. §340A.301, subdivision 6, clause (c), (i) or (j). An off-sale malt liquor license shall be subject to the following requirements:

* * * *E. Off-sale of malt liquor shall be

limited to the hours of sale permit-ted for off-sale liquor licenses is-sued by the city, except off-sale of malt liquor on Sundays between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. may occur provided the licensee has a valid Sunday sale permit from the city and only growlers of malt liquor that was manufactured and brewed on the licensed premises may be sold. Malt liquor sold off-sale shall be packaged as required by state law set forth in Minn. Stat. Ch 340A.

* * * *H. No off-sale malt liquor license

may be issued to a brewer if the brewer seeking the license, or any person having an economic interest in the brewer seeking the license or exercising control over the brewer seeking the license, is a brewer that brews more than 20,000 bar-rels of its own brands of malt liquor annually or a winery that produces more than 250,000 gallons of wine annually.

* * * *Section 8. Eagan City Code

Chapter 5 is hereby amended by adding Section 5.08, subd.

4 to read as follows:Sec. 5.08. - Unlawful acts.

* * * *Subd. 4. Storage of alcohol on li-

censed premises. No alcohol on an on-sale licensed premises shall be stored in any area of the licensed premises that is open and acces-sible to the public or in any manner which a person may have access to alcohol without the assistance or intervention of the licensee or the li-censee’s employee. All alcohol pro-vided or made available to patrons of the licensed premises shall re-quire the actual physical exchange of the alcohol from the licensee or licensee’s employee to the patron.

Section 9. Eagan City Code Chapter 1 entitled “General Provi-sions and Definitions Applicable to the Entire City Code Including ‘Penalty for Violation’” and Sec-tion 11.99, entitled “Violation a Misdemeanor” are hereby adopted in their entirety by reference as though repeated verbatim.

Section 10. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect upon its adoption and publication according to law.CITY OF EAGANCity CouncilBy: /s/ Mike MaguireIts: MayorATTEST:By: /s/ Christina M. ScipioniIts: City Clerk


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CITY OF BURNSVILLE PUBLIC HEARING

A Public Hearing will be held on August 24, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burnsville Planning Commis-sion, 100 Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on the ap-plication of the City of Burnsville for Ordinance Amendments to Title

10, (Zoning) Chapters 4, 5, 7, 19, 21, 22b, 23, 30 and 30a; Title 3 (Business Regulations), Chapter 28 and Title 4 (Building Regulations), Chapters 1, 4, 6, of the Burnsville City Code for Minor Changes Re-lated to City Fees, Non-Conforming Uses; Fences, Landscape Securi-ties, Plant Diversity, Yard Turf and Pools.




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DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING: Advisory Planning Commission Meeting: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd.

DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT:New Horizon Academy/Alan

RuthLOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIP-

TION:4585 Erin Lane, Lot 2, Block 1,

Mari Acres 2nd AdditionREQUEST(S):Conditional Use PermitA Conditional Use Permit to al-

low a daycare center.File Number: 30-CU-04-07-15VarianceA Variance to the required 50’

setback.File Number: 30-VA-05-07-15QUESTIONS: Call the Planning

Department at (651) 675-5685 or contact Sarah Thomas, the Planner at (651) 675-5696 or s [email protected] with the above information:CITY OF EAGAN Christina M. Scipioni, City Clerk


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August 24, 2015, 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 Heritage Bank NA for a PUD Amendment to allow a Technology/ Manufacturing use in the existing building in a B3-General Business Zone located at 13795 Frontier Court.


All persons desiring to speak on this application are encouraged to attend. For more information concerning this request, please contact Planner Chris Slania (952) 895-4451 at the City of Burnsville.Chris Slania On Behalf of the Chair of the Burnsville Planning Commission


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August 24, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burnsville Planning Commis-sion, 100 Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on the ap-plication of Douglas L. Lawson for a CUP to allow a detached garage with a carport that exceeds the 500 square foot size standard for an ac-cessory building located at 14904 Viewcrest Lane.




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MINNESOTA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PROPOSED EASEMENT VACATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minneso-ta, will meet at the City Hall, 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Minneso-ta 55122, on Tuesday, September 1, 2015, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible. The pur-pose of the meeting will be to hold a public hearing on the vacation of public drainage and utility ease-ments over and across the follow-ing described property in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota:

All that part of the existing drain-age and utility easements lying over all of Outlot B, Boulder Lakes.

Dated: August 3, 2015/s/ Christina M. ScipioniEagan City Clerk Dakota County, MN


August 14, 21, 2015430493

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE SS 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.stor-agetreasures.com on Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 beginning at ap-proximately 10:00AM and conclud-ing on Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 at approximately 10:00AM. This public sale will result in the goods being sold to the highest bidder. Certain terms and condi-tions apply.

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J. Flores: Computer, T.V., LadderG. Mahler 131A: Aquarium, skis,

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properties for less than a month. Council members ex-pressed concerns that short-term rentals would become a nuisance to neighbors and be difficult to regulate. “People buy property knowing there are cer-tain things that can’t hap-pen on properties around them,” Council Member

Paul Bakken said. “It’s the commercialized use that concerns me.” The decision came as a disappointment to Mayor Mike Maguire, who advo-cated for exploring ordi-nance changes that would allow short-term rentals in neighborhoods. “The city will survive without this, but I think it’s unfortunate,” Maguire said. “We could do some-thing interesting and the

right thing to do. When we wait for an overwhelm-ing majority to support it, we’ve waited too long.” Describing concerns brought by the Bram-ers’ neighbors as “over-blown,” Maguire insisted that if regulated, short-term single-family home rentals could operate in harmony with the neigh-borhood. Maguire urged council members to con-sider allowing the practice

provided that homeown-ers acquire a license and abide by strict regulations. Maguire suggested that regulations could prohibit a separate entrance and a second kitchen to ensure the property remains a singe-family home. “I think there is a place for home sharing but it needs to be highly regu-lated,” Maguire said. But several council members worried that en-

forcing these regulations would become cumber-some. The city would re-spond to violations on a complaint basis, and Council Member Cyndee Fields said she worries the process of addressing is-sues would be too drawn out. Eagan isn’t the first city to discuss the matter. Burnsville also decided against allowing short-term home rental, while

Lakeville took a different direction and changed its ordinance to allow it. Lakeville homeowners who rent single-family homes for short periods must abide by a set of regulations that include prohibiting more than two separate rentals within a 30-day period.

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

SHARING, from 1A

cent of the 4,690 students who took the MCA math test reached proficiency, compared with 60.2 per-cent statewide. The share of district students reaching proficiency fell from 52.9 percent in 2014. In reading, 53.9 per-cent of the 4,687 district students who took the test reached proficiency, com-pared with 59.5 percent statewide. In 2014, 53.5 percent of district students reached proficiency. In science, 47.6 percent of the 1,962 students who took the test reached pro-ficiency, compared with 53.4 percent statewide. The share of district students reaching proficiency fell from 50.8 percent in 2014. “On the surface, the re-sults are disappointing be-cause I know we all want to see greater achievement for students because their po-tential is at stake,” Superin-tendent Joe Gothard said in

a district news release. “But we are realizing strong re-sults from places where changes are already under-way, and we will expect to see this improvement dis-trictwide in coming years.” Officials said the re-sults reinforce the need for changes coming in 2016-17 after voter approval of two referendum questions in February. Voters approved $65 million in building bonds, most for additions to Burnsville High School. The district will switch from its traditional grade con-figuration to kindergarten through fifth grade elemen-tary schools, middle schools of grades six through eight, and a grades nine through 12 high school. Voters also approved an extra $2.5 million for tech-nology in each of the next 10 years. “In some respects, the (test) results are one more basis for what we’re doing with Vision One91 and sup-port the changes and the

direction that we’re going in the district,” Amoroso said in an interview. “We’re realigning our curriculum, especially at the second-ary level. A middle school model will better serve our students in six through eight, not just academically but socially-emotionally. The technology piece, we really are looking at to in-crease the instructional op-portunities for our teachers, using technology to meet the needs of our students.”

Improvement Four elementary schools — Gideon Pond, Sioux Trail, William Byrne and Edward Neill — scored above state averages on most grade-level MCA re-sults and improved their schoolwide reading scores compared with 2014, the district said. Those schools focused strongly last year on fre-quently assessing students and responding to the data, Amoroso said.

“Those buildings are re-ally taking a look at what it is our students need to be learning and matching assessment tools to collect that data in an ongoing way, and then adjust fre-quently for students who are showing they’re either exceeding expectations or they’re not meeting those expected outcomes,” she said. Test results showed improved achievement at many schools by black, Hispanic and Asian stu-dents, especially in reading, the district said. Twelve of the 14 schools saw increased reading proficiency among black students, with 11 schools’ scores topping state aver-ages for black students, the district said. Half of district students are white, 24 percent are black, 16 percent are His-panic and 10 percent are Asian/Pacific Islander, ac-cording to the state Depart-ment of Education.

The forthcoming release of Multiple Measurement Ratings for schools will bet-ter gauge the district’s prog-ress on closing the achieve-ment gap, Amoroso said. “We want growth for all students, but what we really have to get is accelerated growth for the groups per-forming lower, because we don’t want to bring down those groups that are per-forming well,” she said.

More work left

Dips in reading scores at Sky Oaks and Rahn elementary schools were predictable because they’re pilot schools for the “read-ing workshop” model of literacy instruction, which will yield higher results in the future, officials said. Amoroso said the mod-el, which provides more personalized teaching, is research-proven and will be used in all the elemen-tary schools. One-hundred-eighty teachers will be trained in it by November,

Amoroso said. “We’re putting the focus on improved instruction,” she said. In math, the district will continue to train teachers in the Math in Focus (“Singa-pore Math”) model, which officials hope will boost achievement. “Research shows that when you implement some-thing new, if it’s not imple-mented with high fidelity, you’re not going to get the results,” Amoroso said. “So we recommitted to the pro-fessional development last year for Math in Focus. That will be continuing this year to ensure that it is be-ing implemented with fidel-ity so that we can get the re-sults, and doing it the way it was intended, not using the materials but sort of teach-ing the way you taught the last program.”


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MVTA will provide bus service to State Fair Minnesota Valley Tran-sit Authority buses will run to the State Fair Aug. 27 through Sept. 7 from Burnsville, Eagan and Sha-kopee. On weekdays (except Labor Day), State Fair Express buses will operate to/from the Burnsville and

Eagan transit stations and the State Fairgrounds. Bus-es will leave hourly from 8 a.m. at Burnsville and from 10 a.m. at Eagan, traveling to the Fairgrounds until 7 p.m. Buses return from the Fairgrounds from noon to midnight. On Saturdays, Sundays

and Labor Day, buses will operate to/from the State Fair from the Burnsville, Eagan and Marschall Road (Shakopee) transit stations beginning at 8 a.m. Buses will leave Burnsville and Eagan every 30 minutes from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Buses will depart Marschall Road

every 60 minutes. Buses will leave the Fairgrounds to re-turn to Burnsville, Eagan and Shakopee on the same schedule from noon to mid-night. Round-trip fare is $5 cash for all riders age 5 and older; fares are free for children 4 and under. The

round-trip fare is collected when boarding in Burns-ville, Eagan or Shakopee, and no fare is collected on the return trip. Payment is required in the form of dollar bills and/or coins (no pennies). There are no one-way fares. Stored Val-ue Cards, 31-Day Passes,

Go-To Cards, U-Passes and Metropasses are not valid on State Fair services. MVTA also does not hon-or the Metro Transit Bus Bargain fare. For more information, call 952-882-7500 or visit www.mvta.com.


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3600 MiscellaneousFor Sale

Eureka tent sleeps 4-5, sleeping bag, Thermarest mat. all like new $150/3; 5’ oak dresser exc cond $90; 3 drawer oak end $45; Cal. king Matt bx spr frame foam topper 6 yrs like new $700; 5’ oak book-shelf, 5’ oak wine cabinet cherry finish perf cond $85; Trek 26” girls bike w/car rack $125; beautiful lrg tan wicker chair/cushion/ottoman $125; beautiful Casa de Christina Tuscan pattern dishes $75; photos available for all items; cash only. Call 505-264-7542

Patio Furniture Set: Bra-zilian hardwood (Ipea) w/metal legs. Exc cond! Table, 4 chairs, loveseat, umbrella w/base. Cover for set incl. $350/BO. 612-869-5753

Premium 16’x7’ Cedar Garage Door 50% off - They sent us the wrong door style. Was mounted for one month until correct door rec’d. Original price $4,100. selling for $2,200. Tom An-derson: [email protected]

3610 MiscellaneousWanted

◆ ◆ WANTED ◆ ◆Old Stereo / Hifi equip.

Andy 651-329-0515

3620 MusicInstruments

Piano - Upright Decent Shape - Fritz. FREE!!!

952-836-9843

4000 SALES

4030 Garage& Estate Sales

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

Apple Valley Hunters Woods Townhomes

Annual Sale Event Thurs-Sat, Aug. 13-14-15 (8-5)Addresses: 8794, 8795, 8845, 8918, 8922, 8967, 8994 all on Hunters Way

Apple Valley, 8/22, 8-5. Multi Family Sale!

CASH ONLY. 14055 Penncok


Apple Valley, Aug 13,14,15, 9-5. Multi-family church garage sale. Antiques, col-lectables, furniture, yard/garden, household, cloth-ing, linens, plants, much misc. 5990 134th St. Ct.

Bloomington, 8/13-15, 9-4. Moving Sale: Misc. Furn, Patio Set, Tools, Twin Bd, Lamps, 8533 Rich Ave S

Bloomington-8/20, 8/21& 8/22 (8am-5pm) Cloth-

ing, Furniture & Misc! 9824 Pleasant Ave S

Bloomington-8/20, 8/21, & 8/22 (8am-5pm) Multi

Family! Lots of Stuff ! 8256 Elliot Ave S.

Brooklyn Park Multi-Family 8/12-14 (8-5) HH, cloz-baby/adult, furn, de-cor. 7541 Dupont Ave. N.

Burnsville 8/21-22 (8-5) HH items, furn., lamps, camping, Women’s cloz, more! 11524 22nd Ave. S.

Burnsville, 8/13-15, 9-5. Estate Sale: Everything Goes! Antq, Collect., Furn, Etc. 10916 Territorial Dr.

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Burnsville, 8/15-16, 9-2. EVERYTHING GOES!

1495 Summit Shores Dr

Burnsville, Multi Family! Table, chairs, barstools, book case, massage chair, new generator, cloz, HH 8/20-21, 8-4p; 8/22, 8-1p.

Sable Drive

Deephaven, 8/19-22, 9-5. Antiq. Furn, Sporting Gds, Tools, Fishing & Teacher Stuff. 3625 Laurel Dr

EAGAN, Multi Fam Aug 14-16, 9-6. Furn, kids toys/ cloz, lg bird cage, patio sets, bikes. 1393 Camelback Dr

Edina, Fri 8/21 (8-4) & Sat 8/22 (9-4), Vintage, Furn, HH, Books & more 5921 HALIFAX AV S

LakevilleEpic Community Sale!August 12-15 St. John’s Church, 8250 202nd St. W.(across from Aronson Park)

Lakeville Estate Sale 16470 Jarrett Circle

8/13-15 (8-4) Furn., DR set (Thomasville), antiq Singer sewing machines, flannel & wool fabrics, Redlin ltd. edition prints, ‘77 MGB,

full length Mink coat.50+ years accumulation!

Lakeville, 8-15 Sat ONLY, 8-12. Futon, Desk, Twin XL Bed, HH, Books, Toys,

20355 Kensington Way

Lakeville, 8/20-21-22, Thurs & Fri 10-7, Sat 9-3. Save BIG On Everything For Baby, Kid, Teen, Adult & Home. Clothes, Shoes, Toys, Books, Baby Gear & MORE! TreasureHuntSales.com Hasse Arena, 8525 215th St W

New Hope, Aug 22, 9-4. Large Moving Sale:

Indoor & Outdoor Items 5433 Rhode Island Ave N

PlymouthAnnual Rummage Sale

St. BarnabasLutheran Church

Sat., Aug. 15 8am - 2pm15600 Old Rockford Rd

Plymouth, Aug 13-14-15, 9am-6pm. HUGE Multi-family ESTATE SALE 5220 Cottonwood Ln

Plymouth: Doll Collection over 100 MIB of Barbies, antiqs, books, more! 8/14-15 (10-6) 11730 50th Ave N.


Orono, August 13-14-15, Thursday/Friday 8:30-4ish, Saturday 8:00-1:00. Moving Sale. Relocating home: Quality, cared for furniture, rugs, crystal, silver plate trays and servers. Original art. Ev-eryday household items, games and toys, X-mas, snow villages. Outdoor furniture, NSF stainless rolling racks, alum lad-ders, power tools, air compressor, generator, garden tools, pots, more. Cash and Credit Cards only!2685 CopperView Drive

Rosemount 8/20-22 (8-6); 8/23 (8-12). Couch/bed, Oak Tbl & 8 chrs, HH, cloz, Xmas tree 3820 155th St W

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St Louis Park, 8/20-22, 8-4. Electronics, furn, HH, vintage, linens, toys, table saw. Cash only. 2504 Pennsylvania Ave S

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4500 RENTALS / REAL ESTATE

4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

Eagan-Near bus line. 2Br, 2Ba,W/D, Ht pd,Avail now! $1100 mo. 612-281-2678

4570 StorageFor Rent

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

5000 SERVICES

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

H & H Blacktopping612-861-6009

5110 Building &Remodeling

Decks, Kitchens, Baths!Christian Brothers

ConstructionMinn Lic. BC679768

612-423-2784

Value Home Exteriors LLC- Roofing- Siding- Decks

Lic & Ins952-820-5989

5140 Carpet, Floor& Tile

Above All Hardwood Floors Installation-Sanding-Finishing

“We Now InstallCarpet, Tile & Vinyl.”

952-440-WOOD (9663)

Duffy’s Hardwood Floors •Install •Refinish

•Repair • Cust. Staining•Res./Comm. Serving

the area for over 32 yrs! 22,000 happy customers! Satisfaction guaranteed.

952-426-2790

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.

952-292-2349SANDING-REFINISHINGRoy’s Sanding Service

Since 1951 952-888-9070

5160 Commercial &Residential Cleaning

House Cleaning Service Responsible, Reliable Reasonable Rates Free Estimates612-400-2297

Professional Cleaning w/o paying the high priceHonest, dep, reas. Exc. refs Therese 952-898-4616

Wkly/bi-wkly/monthly 10+ years exp., refs. Amber 612-245-3852


CONCRETE & MASONRYSteps, Walks, Drives,

Patios Chimney Repair. No job to Sm.

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

Concrete, Drain Tile Brick, Stone, Chimneys.Custom, New or Repair. Christian Brothers

ConstructionMinn Lic. BC679768

612-716-0388


A+ BBB Member

Owners on job site952-985-5516• Stamped Concrete

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

DAN’S CONCRETEDriveways, Patios, Sidewalks, Blocks,

Footings, Etc.25 Years of Experience

612-244-8942

Dave’s Concrete & Masonry

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

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

& Floors. New or replacement. Tear out

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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]

St. Marc Ready Mix Concrete

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

952-890-7072

5190 Decks

DECK CLEANING & STAINING

Professional and Prompt Guaranteed Results.

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

Code #78

5220 Electrical

DAGGETT ELECTRICGen. Help & Lic. Elec.

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

JNH Electric 612-743-7922Bonded Insured Free Ests

Resid, Comm & Service. Old/New Const, Remodels Serv Upgrades. Lic#CA06197

TEAM ELECTRICteamelectricmn.com

Lic/ins/bonded Res/Com All Jobs...All Sizes

Free Ests. 10% Off W/AdCall 952-758-7585

5260 Garage Doors

GARAGE DOORS & OPENERS

Repair/Replace/Reasonable

Lifetime Warranty on All Spring Changes

www.expertdoor.com 651-457-7776

5280 Handyperson

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

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

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

612-554-2112 cellWe Accept Credit Cards

“Soon To Be Your Favorite Contractor!”

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5 Star Home ServicesHandyman, Painting, In-stall Appliances & Mainte-nance. Sm/Lg Jobs. Ref/Ins 40+yrs. Bob 952-855-2550


5370 Painting &Decorating

5510 Full-time

5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters

5420 Tree Care &Stump Removal



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5280 Handyperson

100% Satisfaction Guaranteed952-451-3792

R.A.M. CONSTRUCTIONAny & All Home Repairs

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� Baths & Tile �Windows�Water/Fire Damage �DoorsLic-Bond-Ins Visa Accepted

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

Quality Work @ Competitive Prices! Roofing & Roof Repair

Ray 612-281-7077

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

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

Home Tune-up • Fix It • Replace It

• Upgrade It Over 40 Yrs Exp.

Ins’d Ron 612-221-9480

Ron’s Handyman ServiceWe do it for you!

952-457-1352

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5340 Landscaping

AB LANDSCAPING General Landscaping

& Shrub Trimming Call Al at

952-432-7908

E-Z LandscapeRetaining/Boulder Walls,

Paver Patios, Bobcat Work, Mulch & Rock, & Fences.Call 952-334-9840

LANDSCAPES BY LORAlandscapesbylora.com

Quality work @ competitiveprices. 15+ yrs exp.!

612-644-3580

� MN Nice �Gardens & Landscapes

952-288-7693

5340 Landscaping

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

Pricing 612-205-9953 modernlandscapes.biz

RETAINING WALLSWater Features & Pavers. 30+ Yrs Exp /Owner Operator

763-420-3036 952-240-5533

Offering Complete Landscape Services

apluslandscapecreations.com

5350 Lawn &Garden Services

Lawn Mowing starts at $29 Call or text 952-261-6552 Liberty Lawn Care


3 Interior Rooms/$275Wallpaper Removal.

Drywall Repair. Cabi-net Enameling and

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

612•390•6845Quality ResidentialPainting & Drywall

Ceiling & Wall TexturesH20 Damage-Plaster Repair

Wallpaper RemovalINTERIOR � EXTERIOR

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


*A and K PAINTING*Schedule Winter Painting!

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

Major Credit Card Accepted

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Ben’s PaintingInt/Ext, Drywall Repair

Paint/Stain/Ceilings. Visa/MC/Discvr.,

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952-432-2605 DAVE’S PAINTING

and WALLPAPERINGInt/Ext • Free Est. • 23 Yrs.

Will meet or beat any price! Lic/Ins

Visa/MC 952-469-6800

DAVE’S PAINTING and WALLPAPERING

Int/Ext • Free Est. • 23 Yrs.Will meet or beat any price! Lic/Ins

Visa/MC 952-469-6800

5380 Plumbing

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

Jason 952-891-2490


Re-Roofing & Roof Repairs - 30 Yrs Exp

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

Call 952-925-6156


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

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TOPSIDE, INC. 612-869-1177

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35 Yrs Exp. A+ Rating BBB


$0 For Estimate Timberline Tree & Landscape.

Summer Discount - 25% Off Tree Trimming, Tree

Removal, Stump Grinding 612-644-8035 Remove Large

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

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

••• 952-469-2634 •••

ArborBarberMN.com612-703-0175 Mbr: BBB

Trimming, Removal & Stump Grinding.

BretMann Stump GrindingFree Ests. Best$$ Ins’d

Bck Yrd Acc 612-290-1213

Call Jeff forStump Removal

Narrow Access Backyards Fully Insured

Jeff 612-578-5299

Easy Tree Service, LLCTree Trim / Removal

Lic / Ins. Eugene 651-855-8189

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

952-888-5123

Silver Fox ServicesTree Trimming/RemovalFully Licensed & Insured

BBB AccreditedRegistered W/Dept of Ag.

Located in Bloomington Family Owned & OperatedFree Est. Open 8am-7pm

952-883-0671 612-715-2105

Tall Oaks Tree ServiceTree Removal & Trimming

Free Ests ◆ Fully InsuredAerial Lift 651 707 5074

Thomas Tree Service25 yrs exp./ Expert Climb.

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

Free Ests 952-440-6104

TREE TRUST LANDSCAPE SERVICESYour Tree Care Experts!

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

TreeTrustLS.com Lic/Ins

5440 Window Cleaning

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

Sparkling Clean Window Washing Free ests. Ins’d. 952-451-1294

5500 EMPLOYMENT

5510 Full-time

All Stars Montessorian Apple Valley privately owned child care center isseeking a FT Assistant Toddler Teacher Exp. working w/toddlers a plus!Email: [email protected]

Castle Rock Bank a long standing and well estab-lished community bank, is currently accepting re-sumes from an individual with Bank Lending and/or Bank Management ex-perience. All inquires can be made directly with Dave Nicolai at 651-463-4014

Customer Service Representative

Multiply locationWe are a DME (Durable Medical Equipment) Com-pany. Seeking outgoing & professional candidates for a long term opportunity.This position is to assist customers in store and over phone. Full time, benefits available, DME experience pref’d. Please email resume to:

[email protected]

Drivers WantedRegional/OTR

Home Weekends. Class ALate Model Equipment

$.44 cents/mile Call Nik: 651-325-0307

Equipment MechanicTrenchers Plus

BurnsvilleFull Time - Insurance – 401K. Basic Repair Skills, Willing to Learn, Must have own tools. Email: brian.stetz@

trenchersplus.com

5510 Full-time

Fantasy GiftsSales Clerk

Full Time Days, Mon-Friset schedule.

Burnsville Location2125 Highway 13 W

Applications at store orSend resume to:

[email protected]

Finish Carpenters

Schwieters Co. Wants You!$1000 HIRING BONUS! We Offer Year-Round Work and Great Benefits for Expe-rienced Finish Carpenters. Work throughout the metro.

Call 612-328-3140 to schedule an interview.

Finishcarpenters.com EOE

Get your Auto Maintenance & Light

Repair Certificate Classes begin

Aug. 24 at DCTC.raegan@

goodwilleasterseals.org 651-379-5608


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5520 Part-time 5520 Part-time

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5510 Full-time

Learn English or Get Your

HS Diploma or GED! Classes

begin Sept. [email protected]

952-431-8316

Local & Line HaulDrivers Needed

Home Daily!For Once Really Feel

APPRECIATED!Expedited Freight Systems, an established service driven regional LTL Truck-ing Co that appreciates it’s Drivers is seeking expe-rienced local pick-up & delivery & night line haul Drivers to operate out of our Brooklyn Park, MN terminal. We offer a com-petitive hrly pay of $19.20/ hr to start plus other op-portunities to add to your compensation. We also of-fer a benefit pkg including vision, dental major medi-cal, 401K & life ins. Requirements: Class A CDL with HazMat En-dorsement & clean driving record; Consistent work history; Min 2 yrs prior driving experience; Pass physical & pre-employ-ment screen. Ideal can-didate will have previous LTL experience. Inquiries to Bruce Anderson at 763-238-5369 or [email protected]

Olympic Hills Golf Club Eden Prairie-FT- PM Line Cook. Tues -Sun. Includes Benefits! Call: 952-941-6262 or apply in person.

Route driver sub,pull pop/snack orders from IPad, load on trucks, prep ma-chines and install at loca-tions, stock, general ware-house. FT days Monday - Friday. [email protected] orfax resume: 952-707-1994

5510 Full-time

Nurse PCA

Regency Home Healthcare

has immediate opportu-nities for compassionate people to join our team!

RN’s and LPN’s Our agency is searching for nurses in Eagan, Hastings, Farmington, St.Paul, Ma-plewood, Roseville, Blaine, New Brighton, and Crystal.

All applicants must have current RN or LPN license. We welcome new gradu-ates & experienced nurses.

Regency provides services to all age’s pediatrics to geriatric. We specialize in medically complex cases including vent dependant clients. This allows the nurses to experience ICU level care in clients home. Our nurses enjoy the ben-efit of full or part-time schedules. We have an ex-cellent office staff that pro-vides respectable customer service. Also, Regency pro-vides extensive training with our veteran staff.

PCA’SPart time day and/or eve-ning PCAs to care for in-dividuals in their homes. Help needed in the Mounds View, Apple Val-ley, Eagan, St Paul, White Bear Lake, Shoreview, and Lino Lakes areas. Re-sponsible for assisting with client cares, food prepa-ration, light housekeep-ing, and laundry. Must be compassionate, have great attention to detail, excellent problem solving skills, strong communica-tion skills, and must have a valid driver’s license.

If interested please submit online application at:

www.regencyhhc.com or fax resume attn: Brittni @ 651-488-4656. EOE

5510 Full-time

Security OfficersGeneral Security Services Corporation has Secu-rity Officer opportunities throughout the Minneapo-lis/St. Paul areas. We have openings for FT and PT positions, Overnight week days and all hours on the weekend.

Position A- Fri-Sat 2100-0300

Position B- Mon-Fri 1200-2000

Position C- Sun-Wed 1600-0000

Position D - Sat & Sun 0800-1600

Position E - Sat/Sun 0700-1500,

Mon/Tues 1500-2300 and Thurs 2300-0700

You must have a HS Diplo-ma/GED and able to pass a criminal background check. Previous security experience (Military or Law enforcement) pre-ferred but not necessary.

If interested please send resume with contact infor-mation to [email protected] or call 952-858-5092.

E O E / A A / D i s a b i l i t y /Veterans/M/F Employer

5520 Part-time

Augustana of Apple Val-ley, non-profit, is seeking a PT Evening receptionist for EO weekend day, plus some evenings. Qualified candidates: reception ex-perience a plus, able to work with older adults, Microsoft Office, Excel-lent communication skills. Make a difference in the lives of those we serve at www.augustanacare.org/jobs. or email to: [email protected]

5520 Part-time

Front Desk Personnel/Exam

Technician (Lakeville)

Now Hiring: Busy private optometric practice look-ing for outgoing, confident, and dependable front desk personnel/exam techni-cian. Experience is a plus, but we are willing to train this individual. At McDon-ald Eye Care Associates you are a part of a team providing care to patients of all ages. We stay up to date on the latest technol-ogy and fashion trends. Also, enjoy every other weekend as a THREE DAY WEEKEND! If you have had experience in the medical field or you are interested in gaining experience in the medi-cal field, we’d love to hear from you! If you are inter-ested in becoming an op-tician or exam technician contact us! Front desk per-sonnel assist with checking in patients, handling insur-ance, and entering in pa-tient health history into the electronic health records. Exam technicians perform pretesting for patients pri-or to seeing the doctor. Please forward resume to:

Doctor Molly McDonald, [email protected], or give us a call at

952-469-3937.

Compensation competitive with

experience.

Kennel help needed PT Must have passion for

Dogs! 952-435-7536

5520 Part-time

Now Hiring/TrainingSchool Bus DriversPT, benefits, paid holidays$750 Hiring bonus

Call Denise952-736-8004

Durham School Services

PT - Housecleaning So. of the river. 2 to 3 days a week. 952-892-6102


Commnity Living Options,

Seeking motivated people to implement

programs & com-munity integration.

Starting pay $11.05 FT/PT & Relief avail.

651-237-1087 or www.clo-mn.com

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theadspider.comCommunity Assisted Living in Apple Valley & Farmington is looking for dedicated employees to work as Certified Nursing Assistants/Home Health Aides taking care of six seniors in our assisted living homes. We are cur-rently looking to fill PT & FT positions on Evenings,

Nights and W/E Days. All shifts include E/O weekend. CNA/HHA po-sitions start at $12.25/hr. Call: 952-440-3955 for

application address.

Community Living

Options

NEW LOCATION INSTILLWATER

OPENING SOONNOW HIRING FOR

ALL POSITIONSSeeking motivated

people to implement programs &community integration.

651-237-1087or

www.clo-mn.com

Quality Inn and Suites Now Hiring! FT or PT

Housekeeping, Front DeskShuttle Drivers.Apply in person.

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New senior programs introduced During the Dakota County Fair, the Dakota County Sheriff ’s Office will introduce two new programs to improve the quality of life for senior citizens in Dakota County. The new programs, File of Life and Triad, will empower seniors to pro-actively take steps that will increase their health, safety, and peace of mind. The File of Life is a medical information pack-et that provides emergency personnel with the neces-sary medical data to begin immediate treatment dur-ing an emergency call to a residence. “Our deputies will be talking to seniors at the Dakota County Fair and encouraging them to have this helpful information readily available in the case of an emergency,” said Dakota County Sher-iff Tim Leslie. “If a first responder is armed with accurate information from the outset of an emergen-cy call, there is a greater likelihood immediate ac-tion will help save a life.” The National Associa-tion of Triads is a partner-ship of three organiza-tions—law enforcement, older adults and commu-nity groups. These three work together to reduce the victimization of se-niors, decrease the fear of crime, and promote and facilitate the ongo-ing information exchange between law enforcement and older adults. No ad-mission is required so seniors can sign up and talk to Dakota County deputies about topics like scams, social media, win-ter driving, and exercise. “As our society ages, we need more and more services for those enter-ing their senior years. It is my belief and the belief of

the entire Dakota County Sheriff ’s Office that a pro-active and organized ap-proach to the relationships we hold with our seniors is the best way to achieve the goals set forth by these two programs. Serving our seniors is a priority for the Sheriff ’s Office and the implementation of these two programs is necessary in order to uphold our promise,” Leslie said. Find out more infor-mation about File of Life and Triad by visiting their websites at: http://www.nationaltriad.org/ and http://www.folife.org/.

Apple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Se-nior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the fol-lowing activities, which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityofapplevalley.org. Monday, Aug. 17 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Tap Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m.; Defensive Driving, 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Bicy-cle Group, 9 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Blood Pressure Checks, 11:15 a.m.; Catered Lunch, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Pi-nochle, 12:30 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Ta-ble Tennis, 1 p.m.; Spanish – Intermediate, 1 p.m.; De-fensive Driving, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Morn-ing Stretch, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 20 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; FMSC, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Insur-ance Counseling, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Tap Dancing, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Har-danger, 1 p.m.; Recreated Cards, 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 – Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Women’s Breakfast, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9 a.m.; ES Meeting, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Members Bingo, 12:30 p.m.; Holz Farm Trip, 1 p.m.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior events. Monday, Aug. 17 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Pinoch-le, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Tuesday, Aug. 18 – Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Defensive Driving Refresher, 5:30 p.m.; Line Dancing. Wednesday, Aug. 19 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Tai Chi MS, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; BABS, 1 p.m.; Belle Luncheon, TBD, 1 p.m.; SS Flex. Thursday, Aug. 20 – Foot Clinic, 9 a.m.; Health Insurance Council, 9 a.m.; Belle Scrappers, 9:30 a.m.; Crafters, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; SS Flex.

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activities are offered by the Eagan Parks and Rec-reation Department in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Community Cen-ter, 1501 Central Park-way. Call 651-675-5500 for more information. Monday, Aug. 17 – De-fensive Driving, 8 a.m. to noon; Zumba (Oasis), 9 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 9:30 a.m.; F&Fab (Oasis), 10 a.m.; FFL (Oasis), 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 – Quilting, 9:30 a.m.; Eu-chre/500, 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 – Coffee & Conversations, 9 a.m.; Brain Fitness, 9:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Book Club No. 4 (Library), 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 – Zum-ba (Oasis), 10:15 a.m.; S/B/Yoga (Oasis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m.; Grandpar-ents Day at Holz Farm, 1 p.m. Upcoming events: Eco Tour at Lebanon Hills, Thursday, Sept. 3, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost: $6, includes lunch. Transpor-tation on your own. Reg-ister by Aug. 24. Ages: 62-plus. Alma Wisconsin Tour of Wineries and Muse-ums, Shopping, Friday, Oct. 2, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cost: $39. Register by Sept. 21. South Metro Senior Expo at Eagan Commu-nity Center, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1-4 p.m. Free. For the Monday Mov-ie Matinees schedule for coming months, check out the Front Porch newslet-ter. For full information on senior events and details, read the Front Porch 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 reg-ister for events and pay

by credit card, call Eagan Parks and Recreation De-partment.

Farmington seniors The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more infor-mation on trips, programs and other activities, call 651-280-6970. Monday, Aug. 17 – Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Dul-cimer Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Recy-cled Cards, 12:30 p.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 – Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fit-ness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Chair Exercise, 10 a.m.; Community Con-nections, 10 a.m.; Lady Slipper Garden Club, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; Defensive Driving, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 – Coffee Guys/Gals, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; End of Summer Member Social, 1:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; EZ Play, 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Snuffy’s Malt Shop, 10:30 a.m. Happy Harry’s Fur-niture Fundraiser – Stop by Happy Harry’s Furni-ture in Farmington and mention the Rambling River Center when order-ing/purchasing your new furniture. Happy Harry’s Furniture will give 10 per-cent of the purchase to the Rambling River Center.

Lakeville seniors All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call

952-985-4622 for informa-tion. Monday, Aug. 17 – Fit-ness Nutrition, 9 a.m.; Computer Tutoring, 9 a.m.; Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Financial Ad-vice, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Cribbage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards, 1 p.m.; Mah-jong, 1 p.m.; Free Spanish Classes, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18 – Dominoes & Poker, 9 a.m.; Tappercize, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 10:30 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Billiards, 1 p.m.; Ice Cream Social & Musical Entertainment, 1:30 p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19 – Men’s Golf at Gopher Hills, 8 a.m.; Health An-gels Biking, 8:30 a.m.; Line Dance Practice – Be-ginners, 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.; Pi-nochle, noon; Dime Bin-go, 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 – 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; Quilting Group, 1 p.m.; Red Hat Chorus at The Rivers, 1:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Pickleball at Bunker Hill Park, 9 a.m.; Poker & 500, 9 a.m.; Digi-tal Photography Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Holz Farm Event, 1-3:30 p.m.

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Stand-up comedy at Mystic Julian McCullough and Jon Rudnitsky take the Mystic Comedy Club stage at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, and Sat-urday, Aug. 29, at Mystic Lake in Prior Lake. McCullough has ap-peared on “Inside Amy Schumer” and as a fre-quent panelist on “Chel-sea Lately.” He can be seen Saturday nights as the host of TBS’s “Very Funny News” and on MTV2’s “Guy Code.” McCullough also has his own “Comedy Central Presents” stand-up spe-cial and has appeared on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.” Rudnitsky performs at comedy clubs in the Los Angeles area and won The Laugh Facto-ry’s Laugh Bowl College Comedy Competition. He recently made his tele-vision debut on “Crimi-nal Minds.” Tickets are $19. Ma-ture audiences only. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for de-tails.

Men’s chorale rehearsals The Minnesota Val-ley Men’s Chorale begins rehearsals Aug. 17 for its fall concert season. The non-auditioned choir re-hearses at 7 p.m. Mon-days at Grace Lutheran Church, 7800 W. County Road 42, Apple Valley, to prepare for three con-certs in mid-November. For more information, visit www.mvmcsings.org

or call Steve Boehlke at 651-423-3501.

New chorale director Conductor, singer and educator Richard Car-rick is the new artistic director of the South Metro Chorale. He holds degrees from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and the University of Oregon in voice and choral con-ducting, respectively. Carrick serves as artis-tic director of the Calli-ope Women’s Chorus, as-sistant conductor of the Oratorio Society of Min-nesota, music director for Glendale United Meth-odist Church, and teach-es full time at Burroughs Community School. He has sung professionally with the Minnesota Cho-rale, the St. Paul Cham-ber Orchestra Chorale, Magpies and Ravens, and IMPLS. The South Metro Cho-rale’s fall/winter rehears-als begin Sept. 8 at Hid-den Oaks Middle School in Prior Lake. To audition for the chorale, email Carrick at [email protected]. The group is looking for all voices, es-pecially tenors and bass-es.

Tommy Emmanuel returns Acoustic guitarist Tommy Emmanuel brings his brand new Classics & Christmas Tour to Ames Center in Burnsville at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2. Tickets go on sale at

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Auditions Expressions Community Theater will hold auditions for the comedy “Christmas Belles” 6-8 p.m. Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 at the Lakeville Area Arts Cen-ter, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Bring a headshot or current photo along with your calendar. Au-ditions will consist of readings from the script. Rehearsals begin Sept. 14. Show dates are Nov. 13-15 and 19-22. For cast descriptions, go to http://minnesotaplaylist.com/classi-fied/christmas-belles-audition-notice. Information: Jim Ander-son at 651-283-6118 or the arts center at 952-985-4640.

Books SouthSide Writers, Sat-urday workgroup for aspiring writers, offering critique, sub-mission and manuscript prep-aration information, support and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Information: 651-688-0365.

Call for artists Eagan Art House’s 10th annual Harvest of Art Com-munity Art Exhibit, Sept. 13 to Oct. 30. Open to all south-of-the-river artists, ages 8-18 and ages 19 and older. All media accepted. Registration fee: $16 per person for up to two pieces of artwork (ages 8-18); $21 per person (ages 19 and older). Deadline: Aug. 24. Complete guidelines are at www.eagan-arthouse.org. Information: 651-675-5521.

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Julian McCullough and Jon Rudnitsky, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 28-29, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Mature audiences only. Tick-ets: $19. Information: 952-445-9000 or mysticlake.com.

Events/Festivals Dakota County Fair, Aug. 10-16, Dakota County Fair-grounds, 4008 W. 220th St., Farmington. Information: 651-463-8818 or www.dakotacoun-tyfair.org. Northern Thunder Motor-cycle Rally, Aug. 21-23, Mystic Lake. Information: www.mysti-clake.com. Burnsville Fire Muster, Sept. 8-12. Information: www.burnsvillefiremuster.com. Ramble Jam, Sept. 11-12, Dakota County Fairgrounds, 4008 W. 220th St., Farmington. Information: www.ramblejam-country.com. Caponi Art Park Bluegrass Festival, Sunday, Sept. 13, Caponi Art Park and Learning

Center, 1220 Diffley Road, Ea-gan. Information: www.capon-iartpark.org or 651-454-9412.

Exhibits Outdoor Painters of Min-nesota exhibit runs Aug. 13 to Sept. 19 at the art gallery at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Information: 952-895-4685. Gary Holthusan painting exhibit is on display through late September at Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount.

Music Tina & the B-Sides with Molly Maher & her Disbeliev-ers, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Sub-way Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $37, $49.50 VIP box seat. Infor-mation: http://suemclean.com/. RAIN – A Tribute to The Beatles, 8 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 15, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Tickets: $37 and $46. Informa-tion: www.mysticlake.com or 952-445-9000. The Robert Cray Band with Sonny Landreth, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $45, $57.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. Jonny Lang with Guthrie Brown & the Family Tree, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $65, $77.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. Barebones Production: Outdoor Performance Art and Puppetry with opening act Drumheart, Women’s Drum Center, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, as part of the Summer Per-formance Series at Caponi Art Park’s Theater in the Woods outdoor amphitheater in Eagan. Free, but a $5 per person dona-tion is suggested. Information: www.caponiartpark.org. James Vincent McMorrow with Kevin Garrett, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, in the amphi-theater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $38, $50.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/.

Theater Uponor Shakespeare Un-der The Stars “Twelfth Night,” presented by Apple Valley Live! Theatre Company, 7 p.m. Aug. 14-16, 21-23 and 28-30 at Kel-ley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Ap-ple Valley. Free.

Workshops/classes/other Allegro Choral Academy is currently accepting regis-trations for singers entering grades two through nine. Stu-

dents in grades seven to nine must schedule an audition by emailing [email protected]. Registration and other infor-mation is at www.allegroca.org or 952-846-8585. The Allegro season begins on Sept. 17. Pretty Princess Party for girls ages 3 to 6, 2-3:30 p.m. Wednesdays, July 22 through Aug. 19, at Footsteps Dance Studio in Burnsville. Singing, dancing, acting, tumbling and games taught by dance teacher and educator Karin Wilde-Ber-ry. The Pretty Princess Party allows little girls to celebrate being a princess in God’s king-dom. Cost is $25 per class ses-sion. Information: [email protected]. Kind Hearts Princess School filled with singing, dancing and acting, celebrat-ing being a princess in God’s kingdom. Ages 4-7: Mondays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Sept. 28, Oct. 12-26, Nov. 2-16. Ages 3-5: Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Oct. 7-28, Nov. 4-18. Held at Footsteps Dance Studio in Burnsville. Cost: $97. Princess-es wear whatever makes them feel beautiful that allows for movement. They will need bal-let shoes for proper ballet tech-nique. Information: Miss Karin at [email protected]. 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. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tier-ney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes-days, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through drawing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksS-choolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making class-es held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Ja-mie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Line dance classes Mon-days at Lakeville Heritage Cen-ter, 20110 Holyoke Ave., begin-ners 1-2 p.m., intermediate 2-4 p.m. Information: Marilyn, 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Infor-mation: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

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Friday, Aug. 14 Splash Dash Water For People 5K Run/Walk, 6 p.m. at Cleary Lake Park in Prior Lake. Fee is $35 for adults, children 12 and under are free. Includes goodie bag and T-shirt. Prizes are available. Strollers welcome. Register at: www.mnawwa.org/event/SplashDash2015.

Saturday, Aug. 15 Toss and Kick Cancer Tour-nament and Fundraiser for Mike Jacobs, noon, Lakeville North High School, 19600 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Includes silent auction, food, children’s activities. Movies in the Park, “Fro-zen,” at dusk at the Central Park Amphitheater near City Hall, Rosemount. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. Weather-related up-dates: 651-322-6020, option 6.

Sunday, Aug. 16 Open house, 1-4 p.m., Lutz Railroad Garden, 2960 Egan Ave., Eagan. Visit Conductor Bud

From the Archives

This morose-looking canine had no intention of putting on a happy face for his big photo shoot. Jerry Hesler of Lilydale captured this image of melancholy-laden pet Tucker peering through a fence; the image, published in the Nov. 10, 1980, edition of Thisweek News, earned an honorable mention in the animal/wildlife category of the newspaper’s reader photo contest.

10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 14, at the box office, Ticket-master.com or by calling at 800-745-3000. Ticket prices are $49.50 and $39.50.

Peddlers market at LeDuc The LeDuc Historic Estate, 1629 Vermillion St., Hastings, is hosting a Peddlers Market from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Satur-day, Aug. 29. Admission to the grounds is free, but guided tours at 10 and 11:30 a.m. and 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. are available at regular rates. Guests can see the rain garden and watch how black walnuts are shelled and prepared for eating. Outdoors will be a farm-ers market, art fair, plant and bake sale. The Sim-mons Shed will offer an-tiques and collectibles. Artists and people wishing to participate in the farmers market should contact Susan Dredge at [email protected] or call 651-438-8480. This event is spon-sored by Friends of LeDuc and proceeds will be used for funding youth programs at the LeDuc Historic Estate. The es-tate is owned by the city of Hastings and man-aged by Dakota County Historical Society. Visit www.dakotahistory.org for more information.

A little Irish music Dunquin Irish Trio performs at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, as part of the LeDuc Or-chard concert series at the LeDuc Historic Es-tate, 1629 Vermillion St., Hastings. Dunquin was founded over 15 years ago by pianist and composer Sherry Ladig and her husband Don Ladig, who plays Irish whistles, flutes and smallpipes. They are joined by award-wining Irish fiddler Rosa Wells. Dunquin takes its name from the small town of Dunquin, Coun-ty Kerry, in the west of Ireland, where the Ladigs travel frequently to learn traditional tunes from lo-cal musicians. Dunquin was also an embarka-tion point to America for many Irish emigrants. A freewill donation will be taken for the band. Volunteers of the LeDuc Historic Estate will also offer refresh-ments for a nominal cost. Visit www.dakotahistory.org for more informa-tion.

Riverwalk Market Fair Music by singer-song-writer Matt Arthur, fresh local produce and flow-ers, and arts and crafts will be featured at Riv-erwalk Market Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Satur-day, Aug. 15, in down-town Northfield’s Bridge Square. For more infor-mation, visit www.River-walkMarketFair.org.


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About 45 youths with Al-legro Choral Academy will be performing for their big-gest audience yet this fall. The Dakota County-based youth choir orga-nization is set to sing the National Anthem to open the Minnesota Twins game Sept. 24 at Target Field in Minneapolis. Now entering its 10th season, Allegro begins its evening choir instruction for youths in grades 2-9 at East-view High School in Apple Valley on Sept. 17. That leaves about a week between the Allegro ensembles’ first rehearsals and their big date with Major League Base-ball. “This will be our first time at a professional sport-ing venue,” said Gregory Douma, co-founder and artistic director at Allegro.

“We’ve scheduled one extra rehearsal before the Twins game, and when we start classes Sept. 17 we’ll be hit-ting the National Anthem pretty hard.” Allegro offers weekly vo-cal instruction on Thursday evenings, with students di-vided into three ensembles based on age and ability level. Vivace and Prima Voce — the ensembles for stu-dents in grades 2-6 — are non-audition groups, while the Bel Canto ensemble is geared to advanced students in grades 6-9. The organization has planned three concerts for its upcoming 10th season, with traditional choral con-certs in December and May, as well as its “Allegro’s Got Talent” concert in March that will feature contempo-rary pop music, and plenty of student solos, in a nod to the popular TV talent com-

petition “America’s Got Tal-ent.” Funds raised at Allegro’s concerts are channeled into the organization’s Music Support Grant program, which offers grants to local school and church music programs. About 500 students have sung with Allegro since its inception, and enrollment each year is about 100. Al-legro aims to make vocal in-struction and performance opportunities available to all through its financial-as-sistance program. “We feel strongly we don’t want to turn anyone away — we never have and we never will,” Douma said. “We don’t want cost to be a barrier to music.” For registration informa-tion, visit www.allegroca.org or call 952-846-8585.

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Allegro Choral students look to Target Field

Allegro Choral Academy is entering its 10th season this fall with evening youth choir classes starting Sept. 17. From left are Allegro students Megan Welch, Britton Vandenheuvel and Alejandro Anariva-Ploetz. (Photo submitted)

Stoned Acoustic, a Rolling Stones tribute band, is set to perform at Eagan Market Fest from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19. The St. Paul-based band does acoustic covers of Rolling Stones hits such as “Brown Sugar” and “Start Me Up.” Eagan Market Fest, a weekly farmers market and community festival, is held each Wednesday during the summer and early fall from 4-8 p.m. at the city’s Central Park Festival Grounds next to the Eagan Community Center. (Photo submitted)

Rolling Stones tribute

Twins game is first public performance in youth choir group’s 10th season

and his railroad garden. If rain-ing, trains will not run. Free. In-formation: 651-454-3534, www.lutzrailroadgarden.net, [email protected].

Monday, Aug. 17 Mentor information session by Kids ’n Kinship, 6-6:45 p.m., Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. RSVP to [email protected] or call 651-333-9468. Visit www.kid-snkinship.org for more informa-tion.

Tuesday, Aug. 18 Family Fun Tuesday – Raga-mala Dance Company, 10-11 a.m. in the Sculpture Garden at Caponi Art Park, Eagan. $4 per person donation suggested. Information: 651-454-9412 or www.caponiartpark.org.

Wednesday, Aug. 19 Eagan Market Fest, 4-8 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Park-way. Farmers market, entertain-ment by Stoned Acoustic (Roll-ing Stones tribute). Information: www.cityofeagan.com/market-fest or 651-675-5500.

Friday, Aug. 21

Outdoor movie, “Dolphin Tale 2,” rated PG, 7:30 p.m. seating, dusk showtime, part of Burnsville’s “Flicks on the Bricks” series at Nicollet Commons Park in the Heart of the City.

Sunday, Aug. 23 Ice Cream Social by Osman Shrine Temple, 1-4 p.m. Lost Spur Golf Club and Event Center, 2750 Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan. Featuring Peterson pop-corn and ice cream and Great American cookies. Cost: $2 per serving while supplies last. Magic of Patrick Wallace at 2 p.m. Spe-cial guest Mrs. Minnesota, Kate Howe, of Burnsville. Bring a lawn chair or blanket. Call 651-452-5660 or email [email protected] with questions. Cat claw clipping clinic by Feline Rescue Inc., 2-4 p.m., Chuck & Don’s Pet Food Outlet, 1254 Town Centre Drive, Eagan. All cats must be transported in a carrier for their safety. Free. Infor-mation: http://felinerescue.org/.

Ongoing Emotions Anonymous meetings, 7:30-9 p.m. Tues-days at SouthCross Community Church, 1800 E. County Road 42 (at Summit Oak Drive), Apple Val-ley. EA is a 12-step program for those seeking emotional health.

All are welcome. Information: http://www.emotionsanonymous.org/.

Reunions Burnsville High School Class of 1985 30th reunion, Saturday, Aug. 15, at Buck Hill’s Whittier Room. Additional events on Friday, Aug. 14, and Saturday morning golf. Information: www.Braves85.com, [email protected] or 952-891-8377.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. • Aug. 15, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. • Aug. 15, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Crossroads Church, 4100 Lex-ington Way, Eagan. • Aug. 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Eagle Valley Bank Building, 14800 Galaxie Ave., Suite 101, Apple Valley. • Aug. 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Minnesota School of Business, 17685 Juniper Path, Lakeville. • Aug. 18, 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 10970 185th St. W., Lakeville.

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Forecast is bright at the fair this weekend

Fairgoers at the 2015 Dakota County Fair participate in a carnival game where they fish for toy sharks with a fishing rod. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)

Volunteers offered a threshing demonstration in the Dakota City Heritage Village at the Dakota County Fair on Tuesday. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)

Machines of all different kinds were found at the Dakota City Heritage Village on Tuesday. The fair started Aug. 10 and continues through Aug. 16. More is at dakotacountyfair.org. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)

Players in the Children’s Castle Theatre presentation of “Little Daisy” ham it up on the Free Entertainment Stage at the Dakota County Fair on Tuesday. (Photo by Hannah Gullickson)

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