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Local teams hunt for winsHigh school teams at Burnsville, Eagan and Eastview were on the fields looking for wins in their respective games.

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2 are Reward SchoolsTwo Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 schools repeat elite status in latest state rankings.

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Dog-goneThe Minnesota Mixed Breed Club held agility tri-als Friday, Sept. 4, though Sunday, Sept. 6, at Ali-magnet Park in Burnsville. In action from Friday, a dog emerged from a chute, while another entrant and its handler navigated a se-ries of poles. (Photo by John Gessner)

Kline won’t seek re-election in 2016Burnsville

resident says he plans to stay in

Minnesotaby Tad Johnson

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

When U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, an-nounced on Sept. 3 that he would not seek another term in 2016, it set many wheels in motion. It was a time for Kline, supporters and others to look back on Kline’s 14-plus years in the House, and it was time for Repub-licans to look forward to selecting a new candidate. Kline, 67, made one thing clear after a half-hour telephone press con-ference – there’s still plenty of work to be done over the next 16 months before his term expires in Decem-ber 2016. He said he would be “fully engaged” in the “tons of work” ahead,

saying he especially looks forward to getting rid of No Child Left Behind. “I love the work and continue to love the work,”

he said. Other issues he said he plans to address are ex-

U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, walks in the Lakeville Pan-O-Prog parade in 2014. (File photo by Tad Johnson)

Promising to helpkids find successCampaign’s first

project is school-business

exchange by John Gessner


The list is nearly 30 names long. Civic leaders, educators and business professionals are merging their influence and exper-tise to give Burnsville kids a better shot at success. Their project, Burns-ville Promise, emerged this year through conversa-tions between educators and business leaders. The aim is to boost school suc-cess and define paths from education to careers — paths that students can be-gin charting in while still in school. “The Burnsville Prom-ise is the umbrella over a lot of different initia-tives and activities and strategies that we can en-gage the community in preparing our youth for future success and work

and community life,” said Kathy Funston, curricu-lum director for Burns-ville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 and a leader of Burnsville Promise. “It kind of just ties everything we’re doing together.” The first project is a school-business partner-ship that will have busi-ness leaders touring dis-trict schools on Oct. 8 and send some Burnsville High School teachers to area workplaces on Nov. 9 to see firsthand how the sub-jects they teach are applied on the job. Educators and business leaders will later meet at a lunch to discuss sustained partnerships. A newly assembled Burnsville Promise steer-ing committee will meet for the first time this month. Campaign lead-ers have applied for a $160,000 grant from the St. Paul Foundation and are seeking other funding. Leaders hope to emerge with a sustaining Burns-

Mary Pawlenty amongwould-be candidates

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The political calculus in the 2nd District is chang-ing rapidly since U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, said on Sept. 3 he would not seek an eighth term in the House. Eagan resident Mary Pawlenty, a former First District judge and Min-nesota first lady, is report-edly considering running for the seat, according to multiple news reports. It is viewed that Pawlen-ty, whose husband served as Minnesota governor for eight years and made a presidential bid in 2012, would have the name rec-ognition across the 2nd District that would hold great sway over potential candidates. Pawlenty, whose judge-

ship was chambered out of Hastings from October 1994 to February 2007, served in the First Judicial District, which serves the counties of Carver, Da-kota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, McLeod, Scott, and Sib-ley. The 2nd District in-cludes all of Dakota, Scott, Goodhue and Wa-basha counties and por-tions of Rice and Wash-ington counties. Pawlenty, who current-ly works for Eden Prairie-based Gilbert Mediation Center Ltd., would enter a race that already has two women seeking the Demo-crats’ nomination. Democratic candidates include Dr. Mary Law-rence, executive director of the Center for Vision

Eagan food shelf leads homegrown effort Program targets

access barriers to healthy food

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


All too often, low-in-come families forgo buy-ing fresh fruits and vegeta-bles due to cost and a lack of reliable transportation to the nearest grocery store. But The Open Door Pantry in Eagan hopes to change that with a new program called Home-grown South. The program, which kicked off in July, is led by The Open Door and comprised of a network of food producers, hun-ger relief agencies and community groups to make healthy food more accessible and support local farmers. The pro-gram abides by the Metro Food Access Network’s definition of health food:

“Foods that promote health and well-being of diverse communities and are produced in a way that is environmentally sustain-

able, accessible, affordable and culturally familiar for all consumers, and that

Homegrown South is led by The Open Door and com-prised of a network of food producers, hunger relief agencies and community groups to make healthy food more accessible and support local farmers. Among other initiatives, Homegrown South members hope to promote better access to and awareness of local farmers markets such as Eagan Market Fest. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

Council gets earfulabout apartments

Enforcement actions

underwayat Parkway

Estates by John Gessner


A Burnsville man’s complaints about his for-mer apartment complex got a sympathetic hear-ing from the City Council Sept. 8. Kevin Hoffman, a mar-ried father of 2-year-old twins, said the council needed to hear about con-ditions at Parkway Estates of Burnsville Apartments — even though he and his family had moved out days earlier. Hoffman, who said he moved in last September under a one-year lease,

said his apartment was plagued by cockroaches, leaky pipes, a crumbling ceiling and a broken air conditioner that went un-repaired all summer. “I’m not going after the people that live there,” said Hoffman, who also spoke of fights between unruly children in the courtyard, “but the place is just bad, and I don’t think it reflects the city well, and I don’t know who else to com-plain to.” The city is in the midst of enforcement action against the complex on East Burnsville Parkway west of County Road 11. Notices of property code violations with deadlines for fixing them have been sent, according to Com-munity Development Director Jenni Faulkner.

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See PARKWAY, 17ASee FOOD, 10A

Learning from the studentsA workshop in the Twin Cities had educators learning from high school students and other groups of school leaders.

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Bluegrass bash at CaponiThe second annual Caponi Art Park Bluegrass Festival runs Sunday, Sept. 13, as a fundraiser for the nonprofit art park.

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2A September 11, 2015 SUN THISWEEK - Burnsville - Eagan

by Derek Bartos SUN THISWEEK


Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s first experi-ence with politics wasn’t as an official, but as a moth-er. Twenty-four hours af-ter giving birth, she was kicked out of the hospital while her infant daugh-ter remained in intensive care. Determined that this wouldn’t happen to oth-ers, Klobuchar became the lead citizen advocate for one of the first laws in the country guaranteeing 48-hour hospital stays for new mothers and their ba-bies. Later, she ran Minne-sota’s biggest prosecutor’s office, and in 2006, she was the first woman elect-ed to the U.S. Senate from Minnesota. In “The Senator Next Door: A Memoir from the Heartland,” Klobuchar chronicles her life — from growing up in Plymouth to her journey to Capitol Hill — and all the obstacles along the way. The book was pub-lished Aug. 25 by Henry Holt and Co. To provide more insight into the story, Klobu-char offered some of her thoughts to the newspa-per. Q: Why did you want to write this book? A: The book is a story about how someone who grew up middle-class in the suburbs can end up in the U.S. Senate. It is also about the value of compromise in governing. At a time when our politics has become increasingly polarized, I thought it was important to remember why we have this representative democ-racy in the first place. As elected officials, we

were sent to the halls of government by our neigh-bors to do their work — and much work remains to be done. Q: How did you choose the title? A: I got the idea for the title of the book from my husband, John, who grew up in Mankato and went to the University of Min-nesota. He has heard me talk to many constituents over the years and shares my view that politics is at its best when you listen and learn from the people you represent. To me, a public ser-vant should have both the grounding and the com-passion to carry the com-

mon sense and good will of his or her constituents into the political arena. Q: What areas and times of your life are cov-ered in the book? A: The book covers my whole life, but there is a major emphasis on grow-ing up in Plymouth and my time in the suburbs. People might be par-ticularly interested in the story of my high school prom when the junior class didn’t raise enough money so our senior prom was held at the Ridgedale Mall. Dancing by Wool-worth’s wasn’t that roman-tic, so my date decided we should dance in the mall

fountain. Not wanting to ruin my pink polyester prom dress, I said “no,” and he ended up sopping wet in the fountain with another girl. In one of the lower moments of my time at Wayzata High School, the vice principal asked me if I needed a chaperone to take me home. On a more serious note, the book covers my time as Hennepin County At-torney and the big cases we handled, including the Kirby Puckett trial and several murder cases. It also tells the story of how I helped pass one of the first laws in the country guaranteeing new moms and their babies a mini-mum 48-hour hospital stay. Finally, it covers my time in the Senate, includ-ing the story of Abbey Taylor, the little girl from Edina whose injuries — and subsequent death from a defective pool drain — inspired the passage of pool safety legislation. Q: How does this differ from other political mem-oirs? A: A lot of political memoirs are written by a ghostwriter. I wrote this myself. It is also less par-tisan and (I hope) a bit more fun to read. Q: What is your favorite part of the book? A: The stories about my mom and dad. My mom taught sec-ond grade in the Wayzata schools until she was 70, and my dad went from a hard-scrabble life on the Iron Range to being a dai-ly columnist for the Star-Tribune, including writ-ing about the Minnesota Vikings and interviewing everyone from Ginger Rogers to Mike Ditka to Ronald Reagan. Q: What was the most difficult part to write about? A: Two things. First, my dad’s alcoholism, lead-ing eventually to his recov-ery. And second, the two chapters about the Senate, partly because it’s an un-finished chapter of my life, and mainly because I have a lot of mixed emotions about what’s happening in American politics right now. Q: What do you hope readers come away with? A: A smile and some optimism about the future. Q: Anything to add? A: It was fun to be able to write about a number of my teachers from the Wayzata schools and my friends and neighbors from that time. Everyone from the suburbs is bound to know someone in this story.

Contact Derek Bartos at [email protected].

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Klobuchar shares her story in memoirU.S. senator, former Hennepin County attorney

adds author to her list of titles

U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar’s new book, “The Senator Next Door,” was published Aug. 25. The memoir chronicles her life growing up in Plymouth and her journey through politics. (Image submitted)

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District 191 hopes to expand schools’ successes Edward Neill, Gideon Pond honored in State rankings

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


When Elizabeth Vaught became principal of Edward Neill Elemen-tary, the Burnsville school was not making adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Be-hind Act. Six years later, Neill is marking its third straight year as a Reward School — one of the top 15 percent of Minnesota schools that qualify for federal Title 1 funding, which goes to schools with high percentages of low-income families. “While our white stu-dents are still outper-forming our minority stu-dents, we are seeing gains amongst those groups,” Vaught said. And enrollment is growing, thanks to in-district transfers. “We have families who came to us for sum-mer school and loved our school so much they wanted to stay, so they transferred to our build-ing,” Vaught said. Burnsville-Eagan-Sav-age School District 191 is highlighting the success-es of Edward Neill and Gideon Pond elementa-

ries, both named Reward Schools in the state Edu-cation Department’s 2015 Multiple Measurement Ratings. Gideon Pond made the list for the fifth straight year. The MMRs are school accountability ratings that measure student proficiency on state tests, student growth over time, narrowing of race- and income-based achieve-ment gaps and, for high schools, graduation rates. Despite successes at Neill, Pond and some oth-er schools, the district’s overall MMR results were “disappointing,” Assistant Superintendent Cindy Amoroso said in a news release. District schools posted ratings “similar to the state aver-ages,” with reading scores tending to be higher than math scores, the release said. The results support the need for the grade realignment, expanded classroom technology and other changes com-ing in 2016-17 as a result of the district’s success-ful February referendum, Amoroso said. At Gideon Pond in Burnsville, former Princi-pal Kristine Black point-

ed to impressive gains during the last school year. On the state reading test, the school notched 14 percent growth over the previous year in the number of students meeting proficiency, said Black, who was Pond’s principal for the last four years and is now princi-pal of Hidden Valley El-ementary. On the Measure of Academic Progress test, which the districts gives in the fall and spring, the student body and many individual students made more-than-typical gains during the year. Against a target growth rating of 100 percent, the school notched 167 percent, Black said. “School improvement” became an organizing principle the entire staff adopted two years ago, Black said. “We streamlined the work to focus on school improvement,” she said. “When we did that it gave us a really narrow focus. We also knew that we needed to create a system that would support our kids. One of the teach-ers actually brought up going and visiting some

of the other schools in Burnsville, which we did. We got some ideas on systems that were already in place in the district, so we brought it back and tweaked it. It was all hands on deck with our kids.” One of the results was the “Power Half Hour,” during which struggling students get intervention and others get enrich-ment. “We gave the students who need more support, more support, and we were systematic about it,” Black said. “We made it a priority. We built it into our master schedule as a non-negotiable.” From the beginning of last year to the end, the percentage of stu-dents qualifying for in-tervention based on aca-demic performance had dropped from 58 percent to 34 percent, Black said. She also credited quar-terly monitoring of stu-dent progress data at the school, where about half the students were minori-ties and 58 percent quali-fied for free or reduced-price lunch last year. At Edward Neill, Vaught pointed to the school’s early adoption

of the discipline model PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Sup-ports) as a factor in its success. “We care a lot about the whole child, and we have put a lot of attention on mental health needs and making sure students know they are cared for by all the adults around them,” Vaught said. Student assessment data is reviewed regularly, and students get small-group, “differentiated” instruction daily, she said. “We don’t focus on one test at the end of the year,” Vaught said. “We focus on what we do ev-ery day. And the results are seen in that data.” About 65 percent of Neill students qualify for meal subsidies. “We are 25 percent sec-ond-language learners, 37 percent white, 40 percent black, 11 percent Hispan-ic, 9 percent Asian and 3 percent American Indi-an,” Vaught said. “We are incredibly diverse. And that is a huge strength for us as a building.” Among other district schools, Marion W. Sav-age ranked among the top 25 percent of Title 1 schools in the state, mak-

ing it eligible to apply for Celebration status for the third year, the district re-ported. William Byrne El-ementary in Burnsville showed the district’s larg-est gains in proficiency, academic growth and closing the achievement gap, the district reported. Because it isn’t a Title 1 school, it’s not eligible for a status ranking under the MMR system. “We are realizing good results from some schools and hope to expand that success districtwide,” Amoroso said. Gideon Pond, Sioux Trail, Wil-liam Byrne and Edward Neill scored above state averages on most grade-level state test results (the Minnesota Comprehen-sive Assessments) and showed improvement in schoolwide reading scores last year, the district said. All excel at using indi-vidual student data and targeted instruction to improve results, the dis-trict said. John Gessner can be reached at (952) 846-2031 or email [email protected].

Burnsville’s maximum tax hike is 4.9 percent Includes new taxes for aging city buildings

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


Burnsville’s city tax levy could rise by 4.9 per-cent next year. The City Council unan-imously approved on Sept. 8 a 4.9 percent maximum levy increase that will be shown on property tax statements mailed in No-vember. With 2016 budget preparations still under-way, the increase could come down a little before a final budget and levy vote

on Dec. 8. A 4.9 percent increase would raise city taxes by $1.49 million, to $31.64 million. The total includes a 2.5 percent increase to main-tain current city services. A 0.9 percent increase would fund planned capi-tal and debt service spend-ing, as well as the city’s annual outlay to prepare for an emerald ash borer infestation. The 4.9 percent also in-cludes a new, 1.4 percent

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 percent annual increase planned for a two-year phase-in. 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 total levy includes $592,500 levy for the city’s Economic Development Authority. The proposed 2016 increase is $25,000, or 4.3 percent.

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

‘Rocket into Scouting’ event set for Sept. 17 Boys from kindergar-ten to fifth grade and their parents are invited to attend a “Rocket into Scouting” event from 7-8 Thursday, Sept. 17, at all elementary schools. Vol-unteers will be on hand to welcome and sign up new members. New members will re-ceive a free model rocket to launch their Scouting adventures. Cub Scouts participate in a variety of indoor and outdoor activities

designed to help them gain confidence, increase social skills, and develop their capacity for leader-ship – all while having fun and serving their commu-nity. Membership costs $32 per year, but all boys can join regardless of their ability to pay. Parents can register their sons for Cub Scouts at their lo-cal elementary school on Sept. 17 or online at www.RocketIntoScouting.org.


One way to protect Lebanon Hills To the editor: It is the last week of August, the blueberries are freely offering their gifts unexpectedly late this year. I snack on fresh plums, grapes and the most incredible tasting strawberries thank me for “weeding.” I see an amaz-ing variety of life forms and ask myself can I see the beauty? For some un-known reason witnessing this beauty requires a level of courage I do not have but I muster a smile. I stop to watch the in-

sects – what pollinator has a white belly? A monarch caterpillar inches in the strawberry patch. My yard is haven for in-sects, birds and mammals. The dog got in a fight with skunk – which despite un-pleasant lingering odors – I am happy Eagan can still be home to skunks. For those who do not have yards, there are plac-es such as Lebanon Hills Regional Park where life can be experienced. My heart tells me walking on asphalt feels different than walking on dirt. Despite an overwhelming public outcry, the Met Council and Dakota County are

planning to spend mil-lions of dollars to pave a 6.5 mile asphalt trail thru the park. They say a flat asphalt “trail” is necessary to meet the needs of peo-ple in wheelchairs. There is widespread support for paved looped lakeside trails but many voices are rising to say stop frag-mented the remaining open spaces. Lebanon Hills, like all land, has gifts to offer. The county is planning a Greenway to around the park which will meet the needs of people on bikes. The multi-use trail in the plan is redundant with the proposed greenway

and only offers people in wheelchairs the oppor-tunity to be on black tar-based pavement next to people on bikes. As a lead-ing county, we can do bet-ter. The best way now to protect Lebanon Hills is to elect in fall of 2016 new county commissioners from the Burnsville and Apple Valley area. Dakota County commissioners make $72,500 a year. The other thing we can do to protect Lebanon Hills, the pollinators and ourselves from extinction is to be in relationship with reality. It is sweet ex-perience after all. LAURA HEDLUNDEagan

Meaningful discussion To the editor: A letter from Melissa Hortman in the Sept. 4 edition compels me to re-spond. Not so much that I disagree to a great extent with the letter writer, but that the letter writer is a DFL representative from

Brooklyn Park. Brooklyn Park? What is going on? We can argue about public education ideas all day long. That argu-ment becomes less and less valuable when people use phony phrases like “move forward with an $800 mil-lion funding injection,” and “standing still with a no vote” designed to make their opinion appear as fact. I especially like the mentality that if a sur-plus exists, there should be no question as to how it should be used – why, pub-lic education, of course. No discussion necessary. Sad that DFL represen-tatives have come to the point that to protect their votes, they must serve the public union which can help, or harm them the most, even to the point of penning a letter to a news-paper that serves a local community some 40 miles away. Fellow community members, there are other options, and there are many education profes-sionals who have better creative ideas than our

bloated government and stale old unions who have become nothing more than self-protectionists. Some of these profession-als are our neighbors, close friends, and fellow church parishioners who have the talent and energy to af-fect real and meaningful change. Most of whom, I’d be willing to bet, would like nothing more than to break away from the union/government coali-tion they’re forced to serve. So instead of $800 mil-lion or die, how about some meaningful thought and discussion? How about a real conversation about both the good and bad public education has brought? And how about having that discussion with the real experts and professionals who know what it takes to educate our children, instead of some union reliant gov-ernment-type who writes a letter to a paper outside her local community sim-ply because she disagrees with our community elect-ed representatives? Obvi-

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by Joe NathanSUN THISWEEK


High school faculty teaching college faculty? Students offering suggestions to educators? District and charter public school teachers helping each other? Each happened at an Aug. 17 workshop that challenged patterns in public education. The workshop, at Brooklyn Center High School, recognized that high school and college faculty can learn from each other. The educators wisely also listened to and learned from students, who usu-ally, appropriately, are on the receiv-ing end. Finally, the workshop brought together district and charter educators from rural, urban and suburban commu-nities. The workshop focused on how schools can help students and families save money on college costs and how public schools can help more students be better prepared for some form of one-, two- or four-year college program. It opened with a panel of recent high school graduates, now college students, who had several suggestions. Mykella Auld, a Brooklyn Center High School graduate who’s now at the University of Minnesota, urged high school teachers to distribute and use “a strict syllabi policy that included due dates and class expectations along with grading outline.” She explained that this “would be very helpful for creating a smoother transition to college.” She strongly favors providing high school students with an overview of the class and enforcing due dates. She found col-lege faculty (like many employers) want work done on time. She also urged high school faculty to recommend challenging courses in the

ninth and 10th grades so students are better prepared for dual-credit courses. (State law changed this year, making it easier for high school freshman and sophomores to take college-level courses taught in high schools, so this advice also needs to be shared with middle school students, faculty and families.) Larrick J. Potvin, another Brooklyn Center graduate and current college stu-dent, agreed with Auld. He also urged faculty to “build stronger connections” with students. He does not want lower expectations. But he thinks it helps when faculty know, for example, students are “tired because they had to work six hours the night before or had to take care of their younger siblings while (their) parents were at work.” Potvin also em-phasized the value of a “better support system” for high school students taking college-level classes, especially on a col-lege campus. Khalique Rogers, a graduate of Gor-don Parks High School in St. Paul, strongly agreed with Potvin about the value of a support system for students. He has found that this can be “the extra push (students) need to succeed.” After the students spoke, faculty from North Hennepin, Century College and the University of Minnesota, as well as a recently retired Macalester professor, shared expectations in reading, writing, math, biology and history for incoming

students. Then high school faculty from Brook-lyn Center, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Ros-eville and Willmar described teaching strategies and lesson plans that had been especially effective. Some were from dis-tricts, some from charters. More than 80 percent of the partici-pants who filled out an evaluation de-scribed the day as “a good use of their time.” The meeting was co-sponsored by the Bremer, St. Paul, Securian and Trav-elers foundations, the Brooklyn Center and St. Paul public schools and the Cen-ter for School Change, where I work.

As we begin a new school year, I hope that we’ll see more listening to and learn-ing from each other. High school and higher education faculty, families and students all have important insights. Stu-dents and schools make more progress when we respect and learn from each other.

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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New approaches help high school and college faculty, students

From left, Brooklyn Center High School graduates Mykella Auld and Larrick Potvin and Gordon Parks High School graduate Khalique Rogers participate in a workshop Aug. 17 at Brooklyn Center High School. They offered suggestions for how high school teachers can support their students and prepare them for postsecondary studies. (Photo by Joe Nathan)

Achieving a better life for people with disabilitiesby Amy KlobucharSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Minnesota’s own Hubert Humphrey once said that the moral test of our gov-ernment isn’t just in how we treat the young, healthy, and able-bodied. It’s also how we treat the sick, the needy, and peo-ple with disabilities — those in need of a little extra support. These values are near and dear to our hearts in Minnesota, where we have long strived to ensure that people with disabilities have access to the same basic resources and opportunities as everyone else. During my time in the Senate, I have worked to share those Minnesota values across the country. That’s why I helped lead the push in Congress to success-fully pass bipartisan legislation called the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act – a law that will help people with disabilities and their families better plan for their futures. The reality is that people with disabil-ities and their families face many chal-lenges, and their expenses can add up in a hurry. Take just one example: the lifetime

cost of care for someone with autism is an average of $2.4 million when the au-tism involves an intellectual disability. Those with disabilities also face unique barriers to finding and holding a job and living on their own because their access to certain safety-net programs can be lost once they establish a minimum level of savings and income. That’s where the ABLE Act comes in. This law, which passed Congress with strong bipartisan support, creates tax-advantaged savings accounts – much like the 529 accounts many families use to save for college – that people with dis-abilities can use to cover expenses like ed-ucation, housing, employment support, assistive technologies, and wellness – all without jeopardizing the other support

and resources they count on. In the months after the ABLE Act be-came federal law, states across the coun-try have been quick to pass legislation to implement it. Since January, twenty-five states—including Minnesota—have passed ABLE Act implementation bills, and I’ve been pushing the federal gov-ernment to issue regulations so that these states have the guidance they need to launch ABLE programs and families can realize the law’s benefits. Many Minnesotans know a family or a person who has been affected by a dis-ability. For a lot of us, this is personal. When my daughter was born, she couldn’t swallow for nearly two years. She had a feeding tube, and the doctors didn’t know what was wrong with her. It ended up being a temporary problem, and we were able to get through it. But during those two years, I was able to see through the eyes of a parent of a child who was struggling, and I know that, like me, the parents of children with disabili-ties want what is best for their families—both now and for the years to come. There are families like these all across

the country – including many here in Minnesota – who can envision a bright-er future for their loved ones thanks to this legislation. That’s why more than 70 organizations that help people with dis-abilities support this legislation, includ-ing the American Association of People with Disabilities, Autism Speaks, and the National Disability Institute. In the 25 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, we have made progress in removing bar-riers and empowering people with dis-abilities. Now we must do even more. This is one of those laws that will do ex-actly what it says it will do: help millions of Americans with disabilities all across the country achieve a better life by help-ing them save for their future. Though there is still more work to be done, this is an important step to ensuring those with disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else.

Amy Klobuchar is a U.S. senator serv-ing Minnesota. She is a former Hennepin County attorney. Columns are the opinion of the author.

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MARK BELLILE Lakeville

Planned Parenthood is not indispensable To the editor: If we believe the author of “Response to ‘Choices for women’ ” (Aug. 28), Planned Parenthood is indispensable for women’s health in America. We are told that they offer critical services and only 3 percent of their business is abor-tion. What they have not published is that such services as cancer screen-ing and prenatal services have dropped by half, and breast exams by 41 percent in the last several years (they do zero mam-mograms) while the num-ber of abortions are up. It is not clear to me how Planned Parenthood cal-culates the 3 percent since they reported a profit of $127.1 million in 2013-2014 – about 40 percent of this profit coming from abortions. Perhaps an in-dependent audit is in or-der. From this hefty prof-it, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards took home nearly half a million dollars ($490,000) last year. This is from a nonprofit organization that receives more than half a billion dollars from the taxpayers. Does any federal government of-ficial receive more? Our President Barack Obama with all his responsibili-ties for our nation and our world receives a salary of $400,000. Furthermore, com-pared to the 665 Planned Parenthood clinics in the country, there are 13,540

comprehensive health care clinics for women. That is a 1 to 20 ratio (LIfeSite News). That hardly makes Planned Parenthood in-dispensable. Planned Parenthood’s assurance that abortion is only 3 percent of their business sounds like a jus-tification. The one ques-tion to ask ourselves is “What is the pre-born?” To quote Gregory Koukl, “If the unborn are not hu-man, no justification for elective abortion is neces-sary. But if the unborn are human, no justification for elective abortion is ad-equate.” Hannah Moore, anti-slavery activist along with William Wilberforce, once said, “What is morally wrong can never be politi-cally right.” The recent videos from the Center for Medical Progress showing Planned Parenthood selling baby parts show us ourselves. We want to look away. We are ugly.

JEANNETTE PAULSONApple Valley

Iran Mis-DealTo the editor: I am responding to a letter from Avi Meshar who stated the “GOP doesn’t believe in peace: after decades of hostilities with Iran, they want to slam shut a door to peace, and possibly another war that will kill American sol-diers on foreign lands.” The Iran deal is a bad deal because it leaves Iran at the end of 10 years a “screwdriver turn away” from a nuclear weapon. The president has given away too much. The U.S. wanted these goals: • Prevent Iran from be-coming a nuclear power. We got a 10 to 15 year Iranian path to a nuclear weapon and a Middle East nuclear arms race. • Force Iran to dis-mantle a large part of its nuclear infrastructure. We got continued nuclear re-

search and development with Iran retaining key nuclear infrastructure. • Take away Iran’s abil-ity to enrich uranium. We got Iran continuing to en-rich uranium. • Close the Iranian For-do enrichment facility. We got its continued opera-tion. • Provide a history of past nuclear activities. We got nothing. • Shut down Iran’s bal-listic missile program. We got Iran able to purchase ballistic missiles in eight years. • Have independent in-spectors with the ability to inspect Iranian facili-ties anyplace and anytime (24/7). We got the ability to inspect non-declared Iranian facilities only after 24 days. • Phase out sanctions gradually over time in re-sponse to Iranian agree-ment compliance. We got an immediate lifting of Iranian sanctions after the completion of only a few steps of the agreement. The “snap back” fea-ture of the agreement is not credible given the line of companies waiting to do business with Iran. We got no control over Ira-nian support for terrorist groups. We didn’t even get our citizens back. We need to negotiate a better deal using our significant financial lever-age with global banks and international community sanctions. This deal is opposed by some Democrat senators and others. This deal is so bad that President Obama didn’t have the confidence to designate it as a treaty requiring a two-thirds congressional approval. This deal is an “executive agreement” which is only valid, unless renewed, dur-ing the Obama adminis-tration.

CARL ROCKCapt., U.S. Navy Reserve, retiredRosemount

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Mack to pay fine for nuisance violationTwo lawmakers were allegedly ‘making out’ in Lebanon Hills

State Rep. Tara Mack, R-Apple Valley, issued a statement on Friday that said she would not file a formal complaint regarding a Dakota County Sheriff’s deputy’s report and citation that she and state Rep. Tim Kelly, R-Red Wing, were creating a nuisance as they reportedly were “making out” in a car Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Lebanon Hills Re-gional Park. Mack and Kelly called the park ranger’s report completely false after news broke on the story Wednes-day following a Pioneer Press story. They said they had met in the Eagan park to exchange some docu-ments. Mack said she would pay the $260 citation for

m i s d e -m e a n o r committing an act that constitutes a nuisance. Those re-c e i v i n g such cita-

tions have a certain amount of time to pay the fine or contest the charges. “With the loving sup-port of so many, I’m mov-ing on to focus my time and attention on my marriage, my family and those in my community,” Mack said in the statement posted at MPR.org. The deputy’s report posted with the Pioneer Press story alleged that Mack’s pants were un-zipped and pulled down.

Mack said she disagreed with some of the details in the deputy’s report. Kelly said in a Friday statement that he did not agree with what was written in the re-port. Dakota County Sheriff Tim Leslie told the Pioneer Press he stood behind the deputy’s report “100 per-cent.” The incident reportedly started when the deputy approached Kelly’s car re-garding a parking viola-tion, the Pioneer Press re-ported. Mack and Kelly are married to other people. Prior to the Friday state-ments of Mack and Kelly, Speaker of the House Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, told the Rochester Post-Bulletin

that he spoke briefly with Mack. “(Mack and Kelly) are members of my caucus and certainly we support them,” Daudt said. “They are both incredibly talented and vi-tal members of our team.” Mack is serving her fourth term in the House. She was elected in 2008. House District 57A covers a southern portion of Ap-ple Valley and a portion of northeast Lakeville. She serves as chair-woman of the Health and Human Services Reform Committee and is a mem-ber of the Health and Hu-man Services Finance, Rules and Legislative Ad-ministration, and Ethics committees.

— Tad Johnson

Tara Mack

Eagan man injured in motorcycle crash His passenger died after SUV strikes two motorcycles

A 53-year-old Eagan man was seriously injured and his passenger died when the motorcycle he was driving was struck by a Ford Explorer at about 3 p.m. Saturday. Steven J. Silva’s 2012 Harley Davidson motor-cycle was hit when Micaah I. Rostron, 22, of Oakdale, was driving his vehicle northbound on a two-lane portion of Highway 120 at 45th Street North in Oakdale when he overcor-rected and struck Silva’s motorcycle along with an-other one – a 2007 Harley

Davidson. Tonia M. Stocking, 49, of Cottage Grove, died as a result of the crash. She was not wearing a helmet along with Silva and the riders on the other mo-torcycle, according to the State Patrol report. Frank M. Turchin, of Cottage Grove, was the driver of the other motor-cycle. He suffered no ap-parent injury and his pas-senger, Karla M. Turchin, 52, of Cottage Grove, suf-fered a non-life-threaten-ing injury. Silva and Karla Turchin

were taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul. Rostron had no appar-ent injury. No alcohol was detect-ed in any of the drivers’ systems, according to the State Patrol. Silva’s motorcycle was totaled in the crash. The State Patrol listed damage to the Ford Explorer as “moderate” and damage to Turchin’s motorcycle as “minor.” Road conditions at the time of the crash were list-ed as dry. It was reported that

Silva, Stocking and the Turchins were among the more than 170 riders who were participating in group fundraising ride for the family of Randy Thill, a St. Paul man who died in a June motorcycle crash, according to the Pioneer Press. Responding to the scene were the Oakdale and North St. Paul po-lice departments along with sheriff deputies from Ramsey and Washington counties.

— Tad Johnson

Swimming, diving team to host golf tourney fundraiser The Rosemount High School girls swimming and diving program is hosting its fifth annual golf tour-nament on Sunday, Sept. 20, at Southern Hills Golf Course in Farmington. The fundraiser will be a shotgun and scramble format with registration at 8 a.m. and start time at 9 a.m. The $75 cost per golfer includes 18 holes of golf, cart, range balls, with

luncheon and raffle to fol-low. Those who would like to only participate in the lunch and raffle can do so for $15. Prizes will be award-ed for closest to the pin, longest putt, and longest drive. There will be other contests along the course. People can support the team by playing golf (sin-gles, twosomes and four-

somes welcome), donating a raffle item, or signing up for a hole sponsorship. Sponsorships include Bronze $100, signage on one hole; Silver $250, sig-nage on one hole, ad on team website, quarter-page True Team ad; and Gold $500, signage on one hole, ad on team website, half-page True Team ad, foursome in event. Donations are tax de-

ductible to the limits al-lowed by law. Funds raised will go to help pay for coaches and equipment for the 2015 swimming and diving sea-son. Volunteers also are needed to help stage the event. Contact Mary or Dave Johnston at [email protected].

Business Buzz

Local leaders named to state chamber board Kelly Larson, of Ea-gan, and Ameet Shah, of Burnsville, were elected to the Minnesota Cham-ber of Commerce board of directors. Larson is chief finan-cial officer at Summit Brewing Co. in St. Paul. Shah is chief executive officer of Shah Corp. in Burnsville and chair of the Burnsville Chamber of Commerce’s executive committee. The volunteer board represents businesses of all types and sizes across Minnesota. These busi-ness leaders set public policy priorities for the business community, carry the message for the statewide business community to the State Capitol, and develop re-sources and strategies to ensure businesses in Min-nesota can grow and suc-ceed. New state officers and board members will for-mally begin their terms at the Minnesota Chamber’s Business Conference on Oct. 22 at the Minneapo-lis Marriott Northwest. To register for the confer-ence, go to http://mnbiz.cc/1DNILZH.

Local Torch Award finalist Camp Bow Bow, Burnsville, has been named a finalist for the 2015 BBB Torch Award for Ethics by the Better Business Bureau of Min-nesota and North Dako-ta (BBB). The dog day-care and boarding facility is a finalist in Category II, businesses with 11-50 em-ployees. The 2015 Better Business Bureau Torch Awards for Ethics cere-mony will be held 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at the McNama-ra Alumni Center on the University of Minneso-

ta’s Minneapolis campus. Tickets can be purchased online at: thefirstbbb.org/events.

Inspire Me Family Fun Fest Inspiration Design Center, 2200 W. Highway 13, Burnsville, will hold The Inspire Me Family Fun Fest from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. Free for all ages to at-tend, this daylong char-ity event will feature food trucks, music and beer along with free ac-tivities for kids, including balloon artists, bounce houses, pony rides and face painting. Those who bring a nonperishable food item or school supply to do-nate to 360 Communi-ties can paint their name on the Elko Speedway Figure 8 School Bus and receive a free ticket to the Oct. 3 Eve of Destruc-tion event where they can watch the Inspire Me Bus Race. Limited to one free ticket per person with a school supply or food item donation. All proceeds from The Inspire Me Family Fun Fest will benefit Hope-Kids Minnesota and 360 Communities. HopeKids is an or-ganization that provides events, activities and a support community for children with cancer and other life-threatening medical conditions. 360 Communities helps more than 14,500 people each year at its two domes-tic violence shelters, five food shelves, and two family resource centers. For more information, visit www.inspiration-designcenter.com.

Closets For Life milestone Closets For Life, a lo-cally owned and oper-ated custom organization company, celebrated its

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EducationGlacier Hills and Greenleaf named reward schools on state MMR system Two District 196 elementary schools were selected for recog-nition as “reward schools” and four elementary schools were recognized as “celebration eli-gible schools,” according to re-sults of the Multiple Measure-ment Rating system released by the Minnesota Department of Education on Sept. 1. The MMR public school accountability system uses multiple measures of student achievement on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments that students take each spring. The MMR score is represented as a percentage calculated using the combined points a school earns in the following four mea-surement areas (up to 25 points each): Proficiency of the school’s students in making adequate yearly progress targets based on scores from the MCAs; Growth in achievement of the school’s students on the MCAs; Achievement gap reduction between subgroups of students at the school, as measured by growth on the MCAs, and Graduation rate (for high schools only). Schools earn points within each area based on their rank compared to other schools in the state. Points are awarded for the achievement of a school’s students as a whole and within each of the following eight stu-dent subgroups: White, Black, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispan-ic, American Indian, students

who receive special education services, students who receive English Language (EL) services and students who are eligible for free or reduced-price school meals. Scores for all Minnesota public schools are available on the MDE website at www.edu-cation.state.mn.us/. (Go to the Data Center tab on the top row, select Minnesota Report Card, then select School Performance and type in the name of the school you want to review.) Schools that have higher concentrations of poverty and receive federal Title I funding may also receive an MMR des-ignation as a reward, celebration eligible or continuous improve-ment school. The nine Title I schools in District 196 are all elementary schools: Cedar Park Elementary Science, Technol-ogy, Engineering and Math (STEM) School, Echo Park, Glacier Hills Elementary School of Arts and Science, Greenleaf, Oak Ridge, Parkview, Rose-mount, Southview and West-view. Not all Title I schools receive an MMR designation, nor do any schools that do not receive Title I funding. Reward Schools are the high-est-performing 15 percent of Ti-tle I schools in the state. Glacier Hills and Greenleaf are reward schools this year. Celebration Eligible Schools are the highest-performing 15 to 25 percent of Title I schools in the state. Oak Ridge, Rose-mount, Southview and West-view were all designated celebra-tion eligible. Continuous Improvement Schools are in the lowest-per-forming 10 to 25 percent of Title I schools in the state. No Dis-

trict 196 schools received this designation. Members of the district’s Teaching and Learning Depart-ment will be meeting with prin-cipals and teachers this fall to review each school’s MCA and MMR scores, identify areas of strength and weakness in stu-dent achievement, and discuss ways to increase the achieve-ment of all students.

District 196 National Merit semifinalists Fifteen District 196 high school seniors have been named semifinalists in the 2016 Nation-al Merit Scholarship Program. National Merit semifinalists rank among the top 1 percent of high school seniors nationwide and are eligible to compete for some 7,400 scholarships which will be awarded next spring. The semifinalists from Dis-trict 196 are: • Robert Hapke and Sophia Moschkau of Apple Valley High School; • Eric Bergquist, Pavithron Guttipatti, Kaitlyn Hepp, Bry-an Joung, David Lu and Grace Mayer of Eastview High School; • Lincoln Brown, Britta Koenen, Ridhima Mishra and Steven Tran of Eagan High School; and • Jacob Grunklee, Lauren Kirkley and William Lai of Rosemount High School.

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semifi nalists Seniors Joseph Bricher, Ed-ward Hoey, Jane Hulse, Anne-Sophie Olsen, Michaela Peine

and Christina Waldron of Trin-ity School at River Ridge, Ea-gan, were also named National Merit semifinalists.

Kids cheer clinic at AVHS The Apple Valley High School varsity cheer team will host a Little Leaders Cheer Clinic from 6-7:45 p.m. Thurs-day, Sept. 17, at Apple Val-ley High School, 14450 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. The clinic is open to children from kindergarten to fifth grade. Participants will learn cheer-leading chants and are invited to perform at the Apple Valley-Eastview football game on Sept. 18. The $45 registration fee in-cludes a T-shirt, pom-poms, hair bow, snack and special award. Send an email to coach Shaw-na Belden at [email protected] for registration infor-mation.

Kline hosts information day U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, will host his annual U.S. Service Academy Informa-tion Day from 6-8:30 p.m. Tues-day, Sept. 15, at the Diamond-head Education Center, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville. Attendees should enter Door 1 of the Diamondhead Education Center. The session will provide in-formation about the application process to interested students and their families including re-quirements for admission, the application timeline, and the process for seeking a Congres-

sional nomination from a mem-ber of Congress. Representatives from the U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Mer-chant Marine Academy, West Point, U.S. Naval Academy, and offices of Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken have been invit-ed to participate.

District 194 National Merit semifinalists Lakeville South High School seniors Alexander Heuer and Bryson Jones have been named semifinalists in the 2016 Nation-al Merit Scholarship Program. National Merit semifinalists rank among the top 1 percent of high school seniors nationwide and are eligible to compete for some 7,400 scholarships which will be awarded next spring.

District 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, special meeting of the District 194 School Board at Crystal Lake Education Center.

1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Roll Call2. Discussion a. SEM Update Discussion – Mr. Baumann b. Nemesis SEM Future System Pre-sentation – Mr. Baumann c. Long Term Facilities Manage-ment/Bond Refunding (formerly Al-ternative Facilities) 10 Year Plan – Mr. Baumann d. Pay 16 Levy – Mr. Baumann e. Board Stakeholder Survey Results & Goals – Dr. Snyder3. Chair/Administrative Updates 4. Future Topics for Consideration 5. Adjournment

10-year anniversary in Au-gust. Apple Valley resident Rick Lyrek started the custom organization com-pany in 2005. While the company initially focused

on closet organization, over the years it has ex-panded to custom orga-nization for wine cellars, garages, craft rooms and more. Visit www.closets-forlife.com for informa-tion.

Affinity Plus names branch leader Ann Simon was re-cently named assistant manager at Affinity Plus’ Lakeville branch. She is a 10-year veteran of the

credit union and a former Lakeville branch member advisor. Simon began her career with Affinity Plus in 2005 as a member service repre-sentative at the Faribault branch before transferring to the Lakeville branch.

Prior to her move back to Lakeville, Simon was as-sistant manager of Affin-ity Plus’ Knowledge Re-source Center in St. Paul.

Kids Safety Day at Life

Time Life Time Fitness will host its inaugural Kids Safety Day for members and guests from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at its Lakeville location. Call 952-985-8800 for in-formation.

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Social Security presentation Beau Bauer and Mi-chael Pollock, financial advisors with Waddell & Reed, will present “Filing for Social Security: Flex-ibility and Choices for Your Retirement Income” on Sept. 23 at the Chart House Restaurant, 11287 Klamath Trail, Lakeville. The presentation is free. Call Michael Pollock at 218-727-1508 or email [email protected] for an invitation with complete information.

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, Sept. 14 – Blood Pressure Checks, 9:30 a.m.; General Meet-ing, 10 a.m.; Zumba Ton-ing, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.;

Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m.; Finance Committee, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Bicy-cle Group, 9 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 9:15 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. Wednesday, Sept. 16 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9:30 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Velvet Tones, 10 a.m.; Morn-ing Stretch, 10 a.m.; Eat to Live, 11:15 a.m.; Pool, noon; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Tai Chi Meeting, 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 – Defensive Driving, 9 a.m.; Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Senior Housing Tour, 9:30 a.m.; Dakota War Presentation, 10 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; FMSC, 11:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Insurance Counseling, noon; Dupli-cate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m.; Recreated Cards, 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 – Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Women’s Breakfast, 9 a.m.; F.F. on Spokes, 9:30

a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Members Bingo, 12:30 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, Sept. 14 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Card Recycle, 12:30 p.m.; Pi-nochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Tuesday, Sept. 15 – Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Du-plicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dancing. Wednesday, Sept. 16 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Tai Chi, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; Defensive Driving Refresher, 1 p.m.; Belle Lunch Northfield, 1 p.m.; SS Flex. Thursday, Sept. 17 – Foot Clinic, 9 a.m.; Senior Housing Cruise, 9:30 a.m.; Health Insurance Coun-cil, 9 a.m.; Belle Scrap-pers, 9:30 a.m.; Crafters, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 18 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; SS Flex.

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, Sept. 14 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Senior Advisory Board, 9:30 a.m.; Dulcimer Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Dominoes, 10:30 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 12:30 p.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15 – Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fit-ness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Chair Exercise, 10 a.m.; Lady Slipper Garden Club, 10:30 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Ta-ble Tennis, 2 p.m.; Yoga, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 – Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Coffee Guys/Gals, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; EZ Play, 2 p.m.

Seniors Friday, Sept. 18 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Nick’s Downtown Diner, 10:15 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, Sept. 14 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Fitness Nutrition, 9 a.m.; Health Insurance Counseling, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Knitting Class, 9:30 a.m.; Wii Bowl-ing, 10 a.m.; 50/60 Round-about Discussion, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Hearing Screening, 11 a.m.; Healthways Fit-ness 1, 11 a.m.; Health-ways Fitness 2, noon; Cribbage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards and Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Line Dancing, 1 and 2 p.m.; Spanish Classes, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m.; Driver Safety Class (four-hour), 5:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15 – Dominoes & Poker, 9 a.m.; Let’s Go Fishing,

9:30 a.m.; Tappercize, 9:30 a.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 9:30 a.m.; Creative Writ-ing, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Jewelry Making – Beading, 10:30 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 10:30 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Billiards, 1 p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16 – Men’s Golf at Gopher Hills, 8 a.m.; Health An-gels Biking, 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.; Pinochle, noon; Dime Bingo, 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 – Classic Voices Chorus, 9 a.m.; Interval Walk-ing, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Chorus, 10:30 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Eu-chre, Hand & Foot, noon; Quilting Group, 1 p.m.; Red Hat Chorus at Foun-tains/Hosanna, 1:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Pickleball at Bunker Hill Park, 9 a.m.; Poker & 500, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m. Deadline: Natural Healing. Saturday, Sept. 19 – Motorcycle Club Break-fast Ride, 9 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 20 – Bel-gian Waffle Breakfast, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.


ReligionBible reading campaign Messiah Lutheran Church in Lakeville is launching a campaign based on “The Story,” a Zondervan best-seller that is a tool to increase Bibli-cal literacy. “ T h e Story” helps readers un-derstand God’s story from Genesis to Revelation and how their own sto-ries intersect with God’s. Consisting of 31 chapters of selected scriptures se-quenced in chronological order, “The Story” pres-ents the word of God in an engaging format, read-ing like a novel. “The Story” provides up to 31 weeks of curricu-lum for children, teen and adult Sunday school and 31 weeks of correspond-ing sermons. Messiah Lutheran Church plans to begin the experience on Sept. 20 with a kickoff event fol-lowing the 10:30 a.m. wor-ship service. The church is located at 16725 Highview Ave. in Lakeville. For more infor-mation, visit www.messia-honline.org.

Lutefisk supper at Highview Tickets are on sale for the Norwegian Lutefisk Supper to be served Sat-urday, Oct. 10, at High-view Christiania Lutheran Church. The menu will include Norwegian baked goods in addition to the tradi-tional lutefisk and meat-balls. Tickets are $17 for adults and $8 for children 10 and under. Advance ticket sales only. No tick-ets will be sold at the door. Call Cynthia Markle at 612-799-1442 for tickets. The settings will be at 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Come early to listen to the music of Gospel Road from 2:15-4:45 p.m. and the Highview Coun-try Singers & Guests from

4:45-6:30 p.m. There will also be a craft and bake sale from 2-6 p.m. spon-sored by the Highview Christiania Quilters to

raise funds to support their blanket and quilt missions. The church is located at 26690 Highview Ave.

W., Farmington, in Eure-ka Township, and is fully handicap accessible.

Family matters speaker The Rev. Michael Miller will be the speaker at the Saturday, Sept. 26, Family Matters event fol-lowing the 5 p.m. Mass at St. Nicholas Catholic Church, 51 Church St., Elko New Market. Miller will speak on the topics of family matters and the challenges people face in our culture today. Miller was born and raised in New Prague. He currently writes a column for the Catholic Servant and is the pastor of St. Patrick’s in Cedar Lake Township and St. Cath-erine’s in Spring Lake Township. Sponsored by the Pro-Life Committee, the free event includes dinner, speaker and a time for questions. Content may not be appropriate for young children. For more information, call the church at 952-461-2403.

Book talk at Advent UMC Author Joseph Gonnel-la will talk about his book, “The Odyssey: Love and Pain in God’s Pursuit,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at Advent United Meth-odist Church, 3945 Lex-ington Ave. S., Eagan. “The Odyssey” outlines one family’s journey when their 5-year-old daughter suffered a severe brain in-jury from viral encepha-litis. Along the way, “The Odyssey” explores bibli-cal responses to suffering, including laments, Job’s suffering, faith healing, the devil, natural evil, dis-cipleship, the ways God’s glory may be revealed in

suffering, and how we can bear each other’s burdens. Books will be available for sale after the talk. This event is free and open to the public. RSVP to [email protected].

Annual outdoor service Cross of Christ Com-munity Church in Lakev-ille will hold its an-nual outdoor service 10:30-11:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 13. A free lunch will follow the service. All are welcome. The church is at 8748 210th St. W. in down-town Lakeville.

Fall Festival at St. Michael’s St. Michael’s Church, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington, is holding its Fall Festival from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. The event features a si-lent auction, bingo, raffle, bake sale, general store, children’s games, food, hay ride and more. Visit http://st.michael-farmington.org/ for more information.

Benefit concert for clean water Faith Covenant Church, 12921 Nicollet Ave. S., Burnsville, will host a benefit concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, for Team World Vision to bring sustainable access to clean water to people in Africa and beyond. The evening will in-clude worship, stories and inspiration. Tickets are $15 and include a bottle of clean water. Children 12 and un-der are free. Tickets can be purchased at http://TWV-nightofworship.eventbrite.com.

Volunteers from Advent United Methodist Church in Eagan help out at Wescott Li-brary on Saturday, Aug. 22, as part of Advent Cares. (Photo submitted)

Advent reaches out to serve community With more than 112 volunteers working at 14 different locations across Eagan and the surround-ing communities, Advent United Methodist Church put faith into action with its third annual Advent Cares day of service. On Saturday, Aug. 22, volunteers gathered at Ad-vent UMC in Eagan be-fore fanning out across the community and beyond to help with projects both big and small. Volunteers of all ages worked together providing assistance wher-ever area organizations needed help. Teams worked on landscaping and weed-ing projects at Caponi Art Park, Dakota Woodlands, DARTS headquarters, and at the home of a dis-abled veteran in Mendota Heights. Groups also did landscaping at area ele-

mentary schools including Glacier Hills, Northview and Rosemount. At Feed My Starving Children in Eagan, a group helped to pack 93 boxes which will provide 20,088 meals for people in Nicaragua and Mexico. At 360 Communities Lewis House in Eagan, a group of children and adult volunteers organized a carnival for children at the shelter. At Living Well Disability Services in Men-dota, a team cleaned a kitchen and outdoor patio and washed windows. Oth-er projects included con-ducting worship services at Brookdale Eagan (for-merly Clare Bridge) and The Commons on Marice senior living complexes in Eagan, filing papers at YMCA of Eagan, and re-bagging audio books at Wescott Library.

At its building at 3945 Lexington Ave. S., the church provided free doc-ument-shredding services for community members through Veteran Shredding of New Prague. In addi-tion, volunteers helped bag 350 pounds of donated dry dog and cat food at Advent UMC that was then de-livered to the Open Door. They also made 240 book-marks for Cheerful Givers. Advent UMC first or-ganized Advent Cares in 2013 in celebration of the church’s 30-year anniver-sary. Advent Cares has since grown to over 100 volunteers helping on Sat-urday. Financial assistance to help with expenses dur-ing Advent Cares was pro-vided by Thrivent Finan-cial and Advent UMC’s Outreach Committee.


provides fair wages for farmers and workers.” “The Open Door decid-ed to look at metro food systems not just through food shelves but how to relieve food barriers,” said Margaret Perez, food ac-cess and equity manager at Homegrown South. The program began out of an idea hatched by Valley Natural Foods, a Burnsville-based food co-operative, in 2011 that is modeled after the Home-grown Minneapolis pro-gram. In 2012, the co-op realized that funding the program would be difficult without nonprofit status, so it looked for a nonprof-it partner and turned to the The Open Door. The Open Door, which oper-ates food shelves in Eagan and Lakeville, focuses on providing nutritional food and doesn’t distribute sug-ary drinks, cakes, cookies, chips or canned pasta at

its pantries. A recent study revealed a “grocery gap” or the lack of accessibility to healthy food is felt by nearly half of all Minnesotans. This gap often prevents fami-lies, particularly low-in-come families from eating healthy. A 2015 survey by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota’s Center for Prevention, which polled 1,000 Minnesotans, showed 56 percent of peo-ple believe they don’t have access to stores and mar-kets that sell healthy food. “When we think about eating healthy, we often think of it as a choice and will power,” said Jenna Carter, project policy man-ager for the Center for Pre-vention. “And although these are important, what is available around peo-ple also impacts healthy choices. We need to make sure healthy foods are available in all communi-ties in Minnesota.”

Rural Minnesotans reported facing the most barriers with 40 percent of them reporting they have to travel 10 minutes or more to get to a place that sells healthy food. Perez noted that per-ceptions are also different in every community. “Ten minutes many seem like a long distance to people in urban com-munities, but it’s often seen as a short distance for people in suburban and rural communities,” she said. In Dakota County, reliable transportation is often the greatest bar-rier. Low-income families who don’t own a car are often left with few trans-portation options due to the county’s limited bus services, Perez said. This forces many families to purchase only what they can carry. Members of Home-grown South are working with Public Health Law Center at William Mitchell College of Law to examine food-related policies that could address these issues. “Transportation is real-ly challenging because its a tricky balance,” Perez said. “If there’s not enough rid-ers, they cut service but if there’s not enough service, there’s no riders.” Providing families with additional options beyond the grocery store is also key to breaking barriers, Perez said. She pointed to Ea-gan as a community that has “made great strides”

in expanding options by providing community gar-dens and both a summer and winter weekly farmers market. “The community gar-dens are practical and civic building but they’re more important than that,” Perez said. “When people have a low income and are struggling, they often feel isolated and here they get to grow something beau-tiful together, and build a strong community. They have a sense of owner-ship.” Homegrown South members also hope to pro-mote better access to and awareness of local farm-ers markets such as Eagan Market Fest. “There’s the percep-tion that farmers markets are not affordable, but the produce there is of-ten actually cheaper than the grocery store. And it’s fresher so it will last lon-ger,” Perez said. Both the Minneapolis and St. Paul farmers mar-kets accept EBT or what was formerly known as food stamps. Low-income families are able use their EBT cards to purchase tokens that are in $1 and $5 increments. These to-kens are used to purchase any foods that are eligible under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro-gram. Homegrown organiz-ers plan to examine ways to provide better trans-portation to local farmers markets and whether these

markets could begin ex-cepting EBT. The program’s scope goes beyond access to affordable food for con-sumers. It also focuses on ensuring farmers have a sustainable livelihood. “A lot of our farm-ers struggle to make ends meet too,” Perez said. “Lo-cal farmers have a huge passion for feeding people and being accessible but they can’t under sell them-selves constantly to keep up with the Walmarts of the world.” The group recently re-leased a report, “Farming Perspectives and the Food System in Dakota Coun-ty,” which outlines barri-ers for small-scale farmers in the county. The study was based on a survey of 41 area farmers. The greatest challenges farmers face, according to the report, are health insurance costs, obtaining loans to expand land and production, and the cost of hiring and housing sea-sonal laborers, as required by law. Perez said she hopes the report will encourage people to change some of their buying habits and support small-scale, local farmers. Homegrown South members are working on a pilot program that en-courages small grocery stores and markets to sell blemished produce at a discounted rate instead of throwing them in the trash. Food shelves are

also taking these items as well as goods that farmers were unable to sell at lo-cal markets to reduce food waste and expand healthy food access. “We’re constantly working on and looking for new great ideas,” Perez said. Community members are encouraged to get in-volved in the effort by attending Homegrown South quarterly meetings or joining its book club or Facebook page. Homegrown South or-ganizers host quarterly meetings, which members of the public can join to discuss ways to address barriers to health food. The next meeting will be held Oct. 25. The location and time has yet to be de-termined. The Homegrown South book club also meets quar-terly and discusses books that address local food issues, systems and val-ues. The club’s next book discussion will be around “Turn Here for Sweet Corn,” by Atina Diffley on Thursday, Sept. 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Robert Trail Library in Rosemount. For more information on Homegrown South, visit www.theopendoor-pantry.org/get-involved/homegrown-south.

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

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Peterson completes regional leadership institute State Rep. Roz Peterson, R-Lakeville, was among 35 lawmakers to complete a leadership training pro-gram that identifies and assists emerging state and provincial leaders in the

Midwest. Peterson met with fellow law-makers from Min-nesota, 10 other Midwestern states and two Canadian provinces Aug. 21-25 in Madi-son, Wisconsin, for the Council of State Governments’ 21st annual Bowhay Institute for Leg-islative Leadership Devel-opment. BILLD was formed in 1995 to help new legisla-

tors meet the de-mands of federal devolution and, in many states, term limits. A program of the Council of State G o v e r n m e n t s ’ Midwestern Of-fice, BILLD is

held in partnership with the University of Wiscon-sin’s Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs. Courses and seminars are conducted by La Follette faculty, Midwestern leg-

islative leaders and pro-fessional development experts. In addition to courses designed to de-velop leadership skills, the program analyzes a vari-ety of public policy issues, including corrections and the regional economy. The program is fund-ed through grants from foundation and corporate sponsors and an in-kind contribution provided by the Council of State Gov-ernments’ Midwestern Of-fice.

Roz Peterson

Obituaries

Births

BroichWilliam George Broich

was born on July 10, 2015 to Katie and Tom Broich. He weighed 9 pounds, 1 ounce and was 19” long.

Proud grandparents are Angie and Jim Broich of Chandler, AZ and Mau-reen and George Mahow-ald of Lakeville, MN.

Anniversaries

LOBERG50th Anniversary

Congratulations to Pam and Chuck Loberg of Ap-ple Valley on celebrating 50 years of marriage on September 11th.

They were married in 1965 in Mankato and moved to Apple Valley in 1968. The Lobergs have 3 children: Brent, Chris, Dana, and 5 grandchil-dren: Maddy, Dane, Cam, Evan and Chloe.

Pam and Chuck have retired and enjoy spend-ing their free time with family, friends, and travel-ing.



by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


The annual Lakeville Art Festival encourages guests to get in on the process of artistic cre-ation. Each year, the festival held on the grounds of the Lakeville Area Arts Center hosts a commu-nity art project, and this year visitors will have the opportunity to help as-semble a huge metal fish sculpture. Guests will be pro-vided with small pieces of metal, hammers and other implements to cre-ate small sections of the sculpture’s exterior. Fol-lowing the festival, orga-nizers plan to erect the massive metal fish on the south lawn of the arts center as a permanent in-stallation. The festival, which runs Sept. 19-20, will feature music, food, art demos, and more than 70 artists exhibiting their work on the grounds of the arts center in down-town Lakeville. “There are so many great things about it — we’re really just cel-ebrating creativity in our

community,” said Sarah Stowell, art festival direc-tor. Organizers aim to make the festival an event appealing to all ages, Stowell said. Kids and families can take part in hands-on art activities in the Young at Art tent. Art supplies like glitter, modeling clay and paint will be provided. “Children can come and gather the materials they like, make whatever their heart desires and let their imaginations run wild,” Stowell said. An array of food ven-dors will be on hand, along with a wine and beer tent. There will be live music both days, with acts including percussion group MATRA, alt-country and blues musi-cian Sasha Mercedes, and DragonFly, a folk band featuring six Lakeville-area musicians. Paul Imholte, nick-named “the Stringman,” will be strolling the grounds of the arts center on Sunday playing acous-tic music on stringed in-struments for guests. The Featured Artist

The Lakeville Art Festival offers an array of hands-on art activities for kids and adults including its annual community art project. This year’s project will have guests helping to craft small pieces of metal which will be affixed to a huge metal fish sculpture. (File photo)

The Lakeville Art Festival is held each year on the grounds of the Lakeville Area Arts Center at Holy-oke Avenue and 210th Street. (File photo)

Festival weekend features fine art, music and more

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Lakeville Art Festival runs Sept. 19-20


by Shane AndersonLAKEVILLE ART FESTIVAL

FEATURED ARTIST

Art has played a major role in my life for as long as I remember. When I was in middle school I started doodling cartoons on my notebook covers. I would fill the covers of my notebooks with fun expressive faces. As I would run out of space on my “makeshift canvas” I would start filling in the spaces with more faces. Since then my unique style has evolved into cre-ative works of art. My introduction into the world of profession-al art started with St. Paul’s Peanuts statues. I designed and created six statues total. This also gave me great exposure as I was featured in the Pio-neer Press, Star Tribune, and on Channel 5 and Channel 9 news for my art. From there, I was a known artist. A couple of years later the Science Museum did a promotion for their 100th anniversary and created large dinosaurs for art-ists to paint. My wife and I created two statues that year. Especially fun as the dino we did for City County Credit Union. We created a dino with my unique and colorful style. Our dino included more than 100 cartoon dinos juxtaposed together including City County Credit Union’s mascot hidden among them. This was the introduction of my style to the world. My art is colorful, vi-brant, lively, filled with interesting details and above all, fun. I take bright colors and bold forms to create works of art that invite exploration and spark conversation. They are a collection of characters, destinations and landmarks that as a whole depict a series of separate, but intercon-nected scenes. However, each of these individual figures and scenes in a

painting portrays a small, specific facet of the over-all experience. My art draws on both graphic illustrations and cartooning techniques while also maintaining the level of expressiveness and rigor found in fine art painting. The shadow-ing, modeling and brush strokes are integrated with clean, sharp lines showing bold colors. These char-acteristics carry an urban quality. The techniques create a sense of narra-tive, as well as separating individual characters in such a way that it makes them feel as if they are leaping off the canvas. As an artist that has been working in Min-nesota for more than 10 years, I have a proven track record of creating successful commemora-tive artwork. I have created Com-memorative work for the St. Paul Winter Carnival, the Lakeville Area Arts Center, Artisans Craft Fair, Lord Fletcher’s, German Fest, as well as the Uptown Art Fair; which commissioned me to create a poster for their 50th anniversary. Many private collec-tors and smaller organi-zations have contracted my services to inspire and produce their custom art-work. My latest artistic ven-ture is creating large pub-lic art murals. I have been commissioned by large

corporations to enhance their spaces with custom murals. Calhoun Square, Bell Banks and Sunrise Banks are a few of my recent clients. My colors and style lend itself well to this engaging avenue. I have also been commis-sioned by many schools to create large interac-tive murals where I would teach the students color theory as well as painting techniques, then under my guidance the children would paint the mural. My art has taken me on many exciting adventures. I have had my art on dis-play in New York, Chica-go, and all over the Mid-west. Recently I received an Artist in Residency to teach art to children in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

More about Shane Ander-son’s work is at www.sha-neandersonillustrations.com.

Shane Anderson

“Uptown Turnaround” by Shane Anderson

Kids can try their hands at painting and other hands-on art activities in the Young at Art tent. Art supplies like glitter, modeling clay and paint are provided. “Children can come and gather the materials they like, make whatever their heart desires and let their imaginations run wild,” Lakeville Art Festival director Sarah Stowell said. (File photo)

Color, visual interest collide in his artApple Valley resident is 2015 featured artist

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at this year’s festival is Shane Anderson, an Ap-ple Valley illustrator who won “Best in Show” hon-ors at the 2014 event. The Literary Artist tent, which debuted at the 2013 festival, returns this year and will feature Nancy Nolan, a retired

Lakeville elementary school teacher and the author of the children’s book “Mr. Munson’s It-vice.” This year, she’ll be doing readings from her latest book. “Mr. Mun-son’s Itvice on Bullying,” along with literary-ori-ented activities for kids each day of the festival. Admission is free to

the festival, and hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both Saturday, Sept. 19, and Sunday, Sept. 20. The Lakeville Area Arts Center is located at the corner of Holyoke Av-enue and 210th Street.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

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Booya is back in AVFirefighters host Sept. 19 event by Andrew Miller


Those craving a bowl of booya cooked up by Apple Valley firefighters are advised to arrive early on Saturday, Sept. 19. The Apple Valley fire-fighters’ 37th annual booya fundraiser starts at 10 a.m. and runs into the afternoon at Fire Station No. 1, located at County Road 42 and Hayes Road. Each year, the booya pots tend to run out by mid-afternoon. “We sold out by 2:30 p.m. last year, so come

early and spend the day,” said Dave Ganfield, re-tired firefighter and chair of the booya event. Firefighters plan to cook 375 gallons of the savory meat- and vegeta-ble-filled stew this year. They’ll begin the cooking process at 2 a.m. Saturday so it’s ready to serve by 10 a.m. It’s sold by the bowl, quart and gallon. The event has a festival atmosphere, with activities such as bingo, pull tabs and a meat raffle. There’s also a raffle with prizes donated by local business-es; some of the top prizes this year include an over-night stay at Apple Val-ley’s GrandStay Hotel, a

$200 Von Hanson’s Meats gift card, and a $250 Dick’s Valley Service gift certificate. The fire department will have its trucks on display, and there will be plenty of activities for kids and families. For those not keen on booya, there’s also a snack bar with a variety of offer-ings. All the proceeds from the event support the Apple Valley Firefight-ers Relief Association. More information is at ww.cityofapplevalley.org.


Apple Valley firefighters plan to cook 375 gallons of booya — a savory meat- and vegetable-filled stew — for their 37th annual booya fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Fire Station No. 1 located at County Road 42 and Hayes Road. (Photo submitted)


SportsFifth-ranked Blaze girls pick up big road victory

Late second-half goal pushes Burnsville past No. 6 Eastview

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Erin Fugh said she thinks Burnsville’s girls soccer team might be a lit-tle under-appreciated, the Blaze’s No. 5 state ranking notwithstanding. But the Blaze might have done something about that Tuesday night with a 2-1 come-from-be-hind victory at Eastview. The victory in its South Suburban Conference opener kept Burnsville un-defeated overall at 3-0-1. “We know our confer-ence is tough with teams like Eagan and Lakev-ille North,” said Fugh, who scored Burnsville’s first goal and assisted on Ashley St. Aubin’s game-winner. “And Eastview is a very good team, too. But when we go out on the field, we think we can play with all those teams. We got to the section final last year and were not hap-py about how that went (Burnsville lost to even-tual state Class AA cham-pion Eagan 2-1). We’d like to try to change that this year.” For a while on Tuesday night, it appeared Burns-ville would continue a wor-risome pattern of not con-verting its scoring chances. The Blaze had scored just one goal in each of its first three games, and fell behind against Eastview when the Lightning’s Kel-ly Smith scored 5 minutes, 27 seconds into the second half. But, as Fugh said, “we can be scrappy, and we

don’t give up.” Although listed as a defender, Fugh, one of Burnsville’s five senior captains, finds a way to get involved in the offense. She’s among the team leaders in shots attempted and scored her first goal of the season with 26:22 remaining against East-view. Senior forward Ellie Soderholm assisted. With less than five min-utes remaining, Fugh col-lected a bouncing ball in the penalty area directly in front of the Eastview net. Instead of shooting, she directed the ball to St. Au-bin, who one-timed it into the goal. “Ashley was wide open, and she has a really good left-footed shot,” Fugh ex-plained. Eastview, 3-2 overall, had allowed only one goal in its first four games. The Lightning might have got-ten a little nervous in its own end of the field in the second half, coach David Herem said, adding that

was something that could easily be addressed. “We’ve got some kids who haven’t played in a conference game before,” Herem said. “We also hadn’t played a team as good as Burnsville yet this season. But we still did a lot of things well. We played a good game, but that’s a really good soccer team over there.” Defense should be a Lightning strength with returning All-State players such as Christina Barry and Mia Giorgi, plus re-turning goalkeeper Clau-dia Pueschner. Barry, who played goal-keeper for the Lightning just two years ago, is re-garded as one of the state’s top defenders. She has committed to play at the University of Vermont. “She’s just an amazing kid and a team-first player,” Herem said. Giorgi also has had a strong start, as have for-wards Smith and Molly Beckman, center midfield-

er Sally Nelson and soph-omore midfielder Taylor McGahn, Herem said.

The Lightning was sixth in this week’s Class AA rankings, which were heavily populated by South Suburban Confer-ence teams. Eagan was first, Lakeville North third and Burnsville fifth. Herem said he wasn’t concerned about taking a couple of losses early in the season, noting that in his first season as head coach the Lightning lost an early-season game to Rochester Century then won 20 in a row. A winning streak ap-proaching that length won’t be easy because of the competition in the South Suburban Confer-ence. Herem said he ex-pected improved play from his girls, who fan out to a number of different club programs in the spring and summer and must re-

build chemistry in the fall. That’s not so much of an issue for Burnsville, which has 15 seniors, in-cluding captains Fugh, St. Aubin, Soderholm, Kayla Johnson and Emily Haber-lack. About half of the Blaze varsity played in the summer for the Burnsville Firestorm Premier team, which won the Under-17 Gold Division champion-ship at the USA Cup. “We know each other really well,” Fugh said. “We know when each oth-er wants the ball, where they want it. The girls who weren’t on the same sum-mer team, we make sure they know they’re wel-come, and they’ve been doing so well.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Taylor McGahn of Eastview tries to knock the ball away from Burnsville’s Lauren Lafavre with a sliding tackle. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Burnsville defender Charli Donchetz (4) pursues Eastview forward Kelly Smith. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Applejack Invitational to celebrate 50th year

Eagan will send its teams to Lakeville cross country meet

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


One of the state’s lon-gest-running – if not the longest-running – high school cross country meets returns next week for its 50th edition. A couple of major changes are in store for the Applejack Invitational, held annually at Aronson Park in Lakeville. First, the meet is moving to a Saturday (Sept. 19), as op-posed to the Thursdays and Fridays when it tradi-tionally was held. Second, a girls varsity course record is guaran-teed because the girls will run 5,000 meters at the Applejack meet for the first time. This is in keep-ing with a Minnesota State High School League rule change. Girls postseason varsity meets – and most regular-season meets – will be run at 5,000 meters (3.1 miles), the same distance as the boys. The Applejack Invita-tional started in the 1960s in an abandoned apple orchard at Ritter Park. There wasn’t a running course there at the time; Lakeville High School cross country coach Jack Strommer had to hack a 3-mile course out of the brush. In addition to the varsi-ty races, the Applejack In-vitational will have several grade-level races as well as a 500-meter children’s fun run. The Now and Then Singers from Lakeville North High School will sing the national anthem before the first race at 10 a.m. Sept. 19. Boys varsity race is at noon, with the girls varsity race starting at 12:30 p.m. The awards ceremony is scheduled for 2 p.m. The Edina girls and White Bear Lake boys will

return to defend their team championships. Lakeville North, the meet host, is one of six South Subur-ban Conference schools sending teams to the meet. The other SSC schools en-tered are Lakeville South, Eagan, Farmington, Rose-mount and Shakopee. For more information, including parking instruc-tions, go to www.lnhspan-thers.com.

Dakota Classic Eagan won the boys championship and Forest Lake took the girls title at the 3,200-meter Dakota Classic on Friday at Eagan High School. Wildcat runners Tren-ton Allen (10:56.3) and Joe Kelly (11:00.1) fin-ished fourth and fifth in the boys race to earn med-als. Ryan Steger and Zach Chermak also finished in the top 10. Three of the six teams in the boys race were from South Suburban Confer-ence schools. Eagan scored 41 points, with Apple Val-ley taking second with 65 and Lakeville South finishing third with 73. South’s Samuel Moerbitz finished in 10:53, earning a medal for third place. Fifth-ranked Forest Lake came in six points ahead of sixth-ranked Lakeville South in the girls race at the Dakota Classic. Eastview came in third, and Eagan and Apple Val-ley were fifth and sixth. Apple Valley sopho-more Molly Moynihan finished second in 12:19 and Lakeville South’s Bri-anne Brewster was third in 12:20. Eagan’s top finisher was Abby Barger, who placed 16th.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Blaze suffers first loss

Kickoff return helps LV North stay undefeated by Mike Shaughnessy


Finally, Lakeville North just stood aside and let Wade Sullivan work his magic. Sullivan, until this sea-son known more for his considerable accomplish-ments in wrestling, now has become a difference-maker on the football field. His 89-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the third quarter turned the tide in the Panthers’ 29-18 victory at Burnsville last Friday. The return put the Panthers ahead to stay, and Sullivan added a 36-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter. “After (the kickoff re-turn) happened, we fig-ured it was the Wade Sully show. He did it all,” North quarterback Drew Stew-art said. Sullivan, who also rushed for 140 yards, de-flected credit to his offen-sive linemen. “Couldn’t have done it without them,” he said. “A bus could have gone through those holes,” Stewart said. “Our O-line opened some great holes. We all did our jobs, and Wade did a great job of running.” Lakeville North, ranked third in Class 3A, improved to 3-0 overall. Burnsville, which is seek-ing its first winning sea-son since 2006, dropped to 2-1 after losing one of the program’s most high-ly-anticipated games in years. But before anybody suggests the Blaze was put back in its place, it should be noted Burns-ville led the game late in the third quarter. Steph

Olson Jr. scored on a 5-yard run and added a two-point conversion, putting Burnsville ahead 18-15 with 1:47 remain-ing. That lead lasted only until Sullivan reached the end zone with the ensuing kickoff. Lakeville North head coach Brian Vossen said the Panthers were hop-ing that Burnsville, which uses a number of its top players on both offense and defense, would tire in the second half. But “it didn’t seem like they were letting up at all,” Vossen said. “Maybe defensively they started to wear out a bit. “They were smart about how they ran their offense. Their offense used a lot of time and took advantage of the clock whenever they could.” Burnsville’s Olson scored on a 9-yard run early in the second quar-ter. Evan Erickson kicked an 18-yard field goal for Lakeville North, then the Panthers took the lead on a 65-yard touchdown pass from Stewart to Nick Fos-sey. Burnsville, however, regained the lead at 10-9 on Josue Gonzalez’s 24-yard field goal at the end of the first half. The Gonzalez field goal was set up by Max Cantrell’s interception at

the Lakeville North 23. Lakeville North took back the lead on a 1-yard run by Stewart with 8 minutes, 54 seconds re-maining in the third quar-ter. Burnsville quar-terback Kamal Martin caused Lakeville North’s defense problems in the first half by being a two-way threat, running and passing. The North de-fense, which features a lot of blitzing anyway, tightened its coverage of Burnsville’s receivers and brought more pressure on the quarterback. Lakeville North, which improved to 2-0 in the East Metro White subdis-trict, plays host to Farm-ington (also 2-0 in the subdistrict) at 7 p.m. Fri-day, Sept. 11. Next up for Burnsville is a road game at Apple Valley (1-2 over-all) on Friday night.

Lakeville South 8,

Eagan 0 It was a scoreless strug-gle between the East Met-ro White subdistrict rivals before Lakeville South’s Cole Engstrom threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Soda Sim-philavong with 5 minutes, 14 seconds remaining. Clay Geary ran in a two-point conversion.

The victory was the first of the season for Lakeville South, which opened with losses to Cretin-Derham Hall and Burnsville. Engstrom, who had been starting at tight end for South, moved to quar-terback when Cougars starter Will Heller injured his knee late in the first half. Engstrom completed six of 12 passes for 54 yards. Heller was 7-for-9 for 88 yards before leaving the game. Eagan, 1-2 overall, lost for the second consecutive week. The Wildcats held South to 208 yards but managed just 157 them-selves. Wildcats quarter-back Gus Kluender led his team with 41 yards rushing and passed for 95 yards. Travarious Nolen and Tim Yetzer each had three catches for Eagan. South defensive back Blake Wacholz led his team with 12 tackles and Kyle Martin had an inter-ception. Linebacker Noah Hillesheim had 10 unas-sisted tackles for Eagan. Lakeville South goes to undefeated (3-0) Rose-mount for a 7 p.m. game Friday, Sept. 11. Also that night, Eagan is home to 0-3 Eastview in an East Metro White game.

Steph Olson Jr. (28) scored both Burnsville touchdowns in the Blaze’s 29-18 loss to Lakeville North last Friday. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)


LEGAL NOTICES

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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT LIEN FORECLOSURE SALE

Date: August 18, 2015YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:1. Default has occurred in the

terms and conditions of the Decla-ration for Timbershore Home Own-ers’ Association (hereinafter the “Association”) which was recorded as Document No. 401215 on July 6, 1972, in the Office of the County Recorder of Dakota County, Minne-sota, as amended and supplement-ed, covering the following property in Dakota County:

Legal Description: Lot 3, Block 6, Timbershore Addition

Address: 3667 Denmark Av-enue, Eagan, MN 55123

Tax ID No.: 10-76500-06-0302. Pursuant to said Declaration,

there is claimed to be due and owing as of August 18, 2015 from Liza M. Gunther title holder, to the Association, a Minnesota non-profit corporation, the amount of $6,294.00 for unpaid association assessments, late fees, attorneys’ fees and costs, plus any other such amounts that will accrue after Au-gust 18, 2015 including additional assessments and reasonable attor-neys’ fees and costs of collection and foreclosure which will be add-ed to the amount claimed due and owing at the time of the sale herein.

3. No action is now pending at law or otherwise to recover said debt or any part thereof.

4. That all pre-foreclosure re-quirements have been met.

5. The Owner has not been re-leased from the Owner’s liability or financial obligation to pay said amount.

6. The Declaration, referenced above provides for a continuing lien against the property. A Notice of Lien evidencing the amount due was recorded on May 4, 2015 as Document No. 3064493 in the Of-fice of the Dakota County Recorder.

7. Pursuant to the power of sale contained in the same Declaration and granted by the owner in taking title to the premises subject to said Declaration said Lien will be fore-closed by the sale of said property by the Sheriff of Dakota County, at the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office, Dakota County Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Highway 55, Lobby S-100 , Hastings, MN 55033 on the 28th day of October, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at public auction to the highest bidder, to pay the amount then due for said assessments, together with the costs of foreclosure, including attorney’s fees as allowed by law.

8. The time allowed by law for redemption by the unit owner, her personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months from the date of sale. The date and time to vacate the property is 11:59 p.m. on April 28, 2016, if the account is not re-instated or the owner does not re-deem from the foreclosure sale.

REDEMPTION NOTICETHE 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.

9. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR AT-TEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE.Attorneys for Timbershore Home Owners’ Association Chestnut Cambronne PABy: /s/ Gretchen S. SchellhasGretchen S. Schellhas, Esq. (#195595) 17 Washington Avenue North, Suite 300 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2048 (612)339-7300 (Timbershore HOA 2014 1180.001 - Gunther)

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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: PK RealtyPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 10564 Alison WayInver Grove Heights, MN 55077NAMEHOLDER(S): Name: Paula KrautAddress: 7697 157th St. WestApple Valley, MN 55077I, 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: 08/31/2015SIGNED BY:Paula Kraut - Owner

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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: July 31, 2007MORTGAGOR: Rachel A. Schaf-

fer and David W. McDonial, wife and husband.

MORTGAGEE: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A..DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Filed October 23, 2007, Dakota County Registrar of Titles, Document No. 619191 on Certifi-cate of Title No. 158835.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Countrywide Bank, FSB. Dated July 31, 2007 Filed October 23, 2007, as Docu-ment No. 619192. And thereafter assigned to: Bank of America, N.A. successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Coun-trywide Home Loans Servicing LP. Dated October 10, 2008 Filed Oc-tober 24, 2008, as Document No. T634904.

Said Mortgage being upon Reg-istered Land.

TRANSACTION AGENT: NONETRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE

LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: Bank of America, N.A.MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 4621 Penkwe Way, Eagan, MN 55122

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 10.39802.08.010LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lot One (1), Block Eight (8), in Johnny Cake Ridge 3rd Addition, CIC No. 341

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $113,601.00

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

$106,884.53That 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: October 23, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE 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 April 25, 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.

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: August 18, 2015Bank of America, N.A.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) 925-688818 - 15-006038 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSCALL FOR BIDSPRINTER TONER

CARTRIDGES AND ON-SITE MAINTENANCE AND

REPAIR SERVICESNotice is hereby given that BIDS

will be received to award a contract for purpose of purchasing printer toner cartridges and on-site main-tenance and repair services by In-dependent School District 196 at the District Office located at 3455 153rd St W, Rosemount, MN 55068 until 2:00 p.m. on September 18, 2015, at which time and place, bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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

A Bid Bond, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check in the amount of 5% of the total bid price, made payable to Independent School District 196, must be submitted with the bid.

The School Board of Indepen-dent School District 196 reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in bidding.Gary L. Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

Published in Apple Valley, Lakeville,

Burnsville/EaganSeptember 4, 11, 2015

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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT LIEN FORECLOSURE SALE

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

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

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:

Lot 2, Block 8, Birnamwood Plat 1, Dakota County, Minnesota.

ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 49 Birnamwood Drive, Burnsville, Minnesota 55337.TAX PARCEL IDENTIFICATION

NUMBER OF PROPERTY: 02-14000-08-020.LIENEE: Erin Young (the “Lienee”).LIENOR: Birnamwood Homes

Association.AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED

TO BE DUE TO THE ASSOCIA-TION ON THE LIEN DESCRIBED HEREIN, ON THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE: $20,486.19.

Said amount includes unpaid annual assessment installments, insurance premium assessments, late fees, and attorney’s fees and costs of collection incurred by the Association (all of said unpaid amounts are collectively referred to hereinafter as the “Debt”), all as assessed to and levied against said property by the Association pur-suant to the Declaration, the By-Laws, and/or Minnesota Statutes Chapter 515B (“Chapter 515B”). Pursuant to Chapter 515B and the Declaration, the Debt creates a lien in favor of the Association against said property.

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

DATE AND PLACE OF RECORD-ING OF LIEN: The Lien Statement in favor of the Association is dated July 7, 2015, and was recorded in the Recorder’s office on July 13, 2015, as Document No. 3077869.

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

Pursuant to the power of sale granted by the Lienee in taking title to said property, as provided in the Declaration and in Chapter 515B, said lien will be foreclosed by the sale of said property by the Sheriff of Dakota County, Minnesota, at the office of the Dakota County Sheriff, 1580 Highway 55, Hastings, Minne-sota 55033, on October 14, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash, to pay the amount then due for all unpaid annual assessment installments (as may be accelerated by the Associ-ation), insurance premium assess-ments, late fees, costs of collection and foreclosure, attorney’s fees, and all other amounts, assessed to and levied against said property by the Association through the date of said sale.

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

The Lienee must vacate said property on or before 11:59 p.m. on April 14, 2016 (or the next business day if April 14, 2016, falls on a legal holiday), if said lien is not reinstated under Minnesota Statutes Section 580.30, or if said property is not re-deemed under Minnesota Statutes Section 580.23, or if said redemp-tion period is not reduced under Minnesota law.

REDEMPTION NOTICETHE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW

FOR REDEMPTION BY THE LIEN-EE, OR THE LIENEE’S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTH-ER THINGS, THAT THE LIENED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONEDDated: August 19, 2015 BIRNAMWOOD HOMES ASSOCIA-TIONLienorFELHABER LARSONBy: Fredrick R. KrietzmanAttorney Registration No. 211473Attorneys for Lienor220 South 6th Street, Suite 2200Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402(612) 373 8418


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PUBLIC SCHOOLSANNUAL NOTIFICATION

OF RIGHTS, PROTECTION AND PRIVACY OF

STUDENT RECORDS1. Intent1.1 Pursuant to the require-

ments of Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records, and the require-ments of federal law (34 C.F.R. Sec-tion 99.7), the following constitutes the district’s annual notification to parents, guardians and students regarding data privacy practices of the district.

1.2 Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records, incorporates state and federal requirements on data privacy rights in student edu-cational records, as summarized below.

2. Privacy Rights2.1 Educational records which

identify or could be used to iden-tify a student, other than directory information, may not be released to members of the public without the written permission of the student’s parent or guardian, or the student if the student is 18 years of age or older or attends a post-secondary institution or as otherwise permit-ted by law. This general rule is subject to specific and limited ex-ceptions which are described in Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records.

2.2 One exception, which per-mits disclosure of educational re-cords without consent, is disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school of-ficial is a person employed by the school as an administrator, super-visor, instructor, or support staff; a person serving on the School Board; a person or company with whom the school has contracted to provide a service instead of using its own employees or officials or an authorized volunteer. Legitimate educational interests include those directly related to the school of-ficial’s professional responsibilities for classroom instruction, teaching, assessment and research, student achievement and progress, student discipline and student health or welfare or other legitimate profes-sional responsibilities.

3. Directory Information3.1 “Directory information” in-

cludes a student’s name, date and place of birth, gender, major field of study, participation and performance in officially recog-nized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, enroll-ment status, district-issued email address, grade level, degrees, honors, diplomas and awards re-ceived, honor roll, school of atten-dance, the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended, photographs and other visual and audio representations for school-approved publications, yearbooks, newspapers, public presentations, ID badges, and publication on school-approved Internet, pages and student iden-tification (ID) numbers, user IDs or other unique personal identifiers used by a student for purposes of accessing or communicating in electronic systems or displayed on an ID badge. (A student’s identi-fier is directory information but educational records can only be accessed in conjunction with the use of a password or personal identification number (PIN) or other factor known or possessed only by the authorized user.) Directory information does not include iden-tifying data which references reli-gion, race, color, disability, social position or nationality. “’Directory information” also includes home addresses and home telephone numbers of students in grades 9 through 12, for the purpose of pro-viding such information to military recruiting officials as requested by the military and to institutions of higher learning as requested by the institutions, in accordance with state and federal law.

3.2 In accordance with the Minnesota Data Practices Act, 20 U.S.C. Section 1232g and Public Law 107-110 (No Child Left Behind Act of 2001), the district must re-lease to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher learning the names, addresses and home telephone numbers of students in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades within 60 days after the date of the request, unless parents or students refuse to release the information. Therefore, students’ addresses and students’ home telephone numbers are gathered only for 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade students, only for the purpose of providing the infor-mation to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher learning.

3.3 Directory information may be released to the public without prior parent, guardian or student consent unless the parent or stu-dent (if the student is 18 or older) has objected in writing to the re-lease of one or more category of such information.

3.4 Parent(s), guardian(s), or students age 18 or older may ob-ject to the release of directory in-formation by obtaining Procedure 505.2.4.3P, Denial of Release of Directory and Yearbook Informa-tion. The form should be completed and returned to your child’s school. A parent/guardian may not prevent the disclosure of a student’s name, identifier or institutional email ad-dress in a class in which the stu-dent is enrolled or from wearing, disclosing or displaying a student ID badge.

3.5 If filed, the denial of release of information will remain in effect until such time as it is modified or rescinded by the parent or eligible student.

4. Inspection of Records - The parent(s), guardian(s), or a student who is 18 or older, may request to inspect and review any of the stu-dent’s educational records except those which are, by state or federal law, made confidential.

4.1 The district will comply with the request immediately, if pos-sible, and, if not, within 10 days ex-clusive of weekends and holidays.

4.2 Copies of records may be obtained upon written request. A copying and handling fee will be charged.

5. Challenge to Accuracy of Records - A parent, guardian, or student 18 or older who believes that specific information in the stu-dent’s educational records is inac-curate, misleading, incomplete or violates the privacy or other rights of the student, may request that the district amend the record in ques-tion. Challenges may be made by requesting and filing Procedure 505.2.1 IP, Request to Amend Edu-cational Records, with the director of special education at Indepen-dent School District 196, 3455

153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota 55068-4946.

5.1 If the director of special education declines to amend the record as requested within 30 days, the parent, guardian, or student who is 18 or older, will be advised in writing of their right to request and obtain a hearing.

5.2 If either the director of spe-cial education or, after hearing, the hearing officer appointed by the school district, determines that the record in question is inaccurate, misleading, incomplete or violates the privacy or other rights of the student, the record will be amend-ed, the parent, guardian, or student age 18 or older will be notified of the change, and an attempt will be made to notify past recipients of the data.

5.3 If, as a result of the hearing, it is determined that the challenged record is not inaccurate, mislead-ing, incomplete or in violation of the privacy or other rights of the student, the parent, guardian, or student age 18 or older, will be no-tified of their rights to place a state-ment with the record commenting upon it and setting out any reason for disagreeing with the decision of the district.

5.4 The decision of the director of special education as respon-sible authority or the hearing officer may, with regard only to questions of accuracy and completeness of records, be appealed in accor-dance with the applicable provi-sions of the State Administrative Procedures Act, Minnesota Statute Chapter 14, relating to contested cases.

5.5 To the extent that a record is alleged to be misleading or to violate the privacy or other rights of a student, in violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. Section 1232[g] and 34 C.F.R. Part 99), neither state nor federal law provides for an ap-peal.

6. Subjects of Special Educa-tion Records: Requesting Destruc-tion After Graduation or Upon Reaching Age 21 - District 196 complies with 34 C.F.R. Chapter III Section 300.624. At the time of graduation or at the attainment of age 21, special education records are no longer needed to provide educational services to the child.

6.1 Requests for destruc-tion of special education records can be made by:

6.1.1 The graduated student, age 18 or older, or

6.1.2 The non-graduated stu-dent age 21 or older, or

6.1.3 The parent or guardian of a 17-year-old or younger gradu-ated student, or

6.1.4 A person assigned guardianship of a former student with a disability who is no longer eligible for special education ser-vices.

6.2 Special education records are defined as any records stored in the district’s child study files that include a referral form and the sub-sequent steps of evaluation and/or assessment, including: raw data, any record of staffing and/or team meeting, and IEP periodic review and annual review.

6.2.1 Special education data includes but is not limited to the child study forms labeled CS1 through CS99 and any supporting data, as well as due process forms DP1 through DP12 and any sup-porting data, and any analogous forms used in the district prior to the development of the forms now in use.

6.2.2 Special education re-cords include records on students referred for special education service and denied assessment; referred for special education ser-vice, assessed and denied service; and/or assessed and granted ser-vice.

6.2.3 There may be instances in which the director of special education may need to determine if records are special education re-cords.

6.3 A former District 196 stu-dent (or the parent or guardian of such a student) who is the subject of special education data may re-quest destruction of special edu-cation records by calling 651-423-7628 or writing to the director of special education at Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minne-sota, 55068-4946.

6.4 Former students who are in doubt as to whether they are sub-jects of special education data or want more information regarding destruction of data may call 651-423-7628 for a determination. If records exist, the former student may request destruction of the data by writing to the director of special education at Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minne-sota, 55068-4946.

7. Transfer of Records to Other Schools - District 196 forwards educational records, including disciplinary records, of students to other schools and school dis-tricts in which a student seeks or intends to enroll upon request of that school or school district. A parent, guardian, or student who is 18 years of age may request and receive a copy of the records which are transferred and may, pursuant to this policy, challenge the ac-curacy of the records. The district does not, however, notify parent(s), guardian(s), or students of age 18 or older prior to such transfer.

8. Types and Purposes of Data Gathering: Right to Refuse or Not Refuse

8.1 Educational programs ad-ministered by the district involve the submission by students of as-signments, reports and, periodi-cally, the taking of tests. The dis-trict may also collect information for purposes of student enrollment, the administration of various school programs and for purposes of stu-dent health and safety.

8.1.1 Information required to be submitted by students in con-nection with such reports, assign-ments and tests is private data under the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statute 13.01 - 13.99. Such information is gathered and used as part of the educational process, in part to determine what the student is learning and what the student needs to learn. The district may also gather information from students when necessary to main-tain the order and discipline of the school. In some cases this may in-clude private data.

8.1.2 There is no legal re-

quirement that the students submit such data, but their failure to do so will, of course, have a direct result upon grades which are measured by evaluating such information. In some cases, students may be required to share data when it is necessary to maintain order and discipline. Failure to provide data in such cases may lead to disciplinary action.

8.1.3 School officials within the school district may receive and use the collected data when they have a legitimate educational interest in evaluating the student’s progress or maintaining the order and discipline of the school. Such information is treated as private information under the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Prac-tices Act and is not to be disclosed to third parties, unless authorized by law, consistent with the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, the Family Educa-tional Rights and Privacy Act (FER-PA) (20 U.S.C.1232[g] and 34 C.F.R. Part 99), without the permission of the parent(s) or guardian(s) of mi-nor students or students age 18 or older.

8.1.4 School officials may also use student data for research, including student data that is col-lected or assembled for purposes of student assessments. The re-search may be for developing, vali-dating or administering predictive tests; to administer student aid pro-grams, or to improve instruction. Student data collected or assem-bled for student assessments may be used in research that includes, but is not limited to norming stud-ies, longitudinal or alignment stud-ies and growth research. Parents, guardians and adult students may contact the district with questions about such research and may also refuse to participate in certain stu-dent assessments.

8.2 The information de-scribed above is maintained by the district in its educational records. There are two student record sys-tems:

8.2.1 Cumulative records, gathered on all students in the regular education program and include, but may not be limited to, group achievement and ability measures, Title I services, English Language Learner services, Gifted and Talented services, interest inventories, disciplinary interven-tions, transcripts and other records, and logs and notes as appropriate; and

8.2.2 Child Study records gathered when direct and indirect services and programs are deliv-ered to individual students and include, but may not be limited to, individually administered achieve-ment tests, sensory and motor function tests, intellectual mea-sures and other records, individual educational plans, evaluation re-ports, and logs and notes as ap-propriate. Such services and pro-grams include but are not limited to psychological services, special education services, Title I services, English Language Learner services and Gifted and Talented services.

9. Location of Records - The educational records gathered on students are maintained in secure locations in district schools.

9.1 Cumulative records are maintained in the school the stu-dent attends. When the student graduates or transfers out of Dis-trict 196, the records are main-tained at the school of last atten-dance for one year. After one year the records are moved to the Dis-trict Office and archived into the digital imaging system.

9.2 Current child study records are stored in the school the student attends. Historical child study re-cords are transferred once per year to the District Office (3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minne-sota 55068-4946, telephone 651-423-7628) where they are archived into the digital imaging system. Questions may be addressed to the Director of Special Education or the principal of the school the student attends.

9.3 Records are released to outside individuals or agencies only according to provisions in Ad-ministrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records.

9.4 Parents or students age 18 or older may request an opportuni-ty to inspect records and/or receive copies of records according to pro-visions in Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records. To make an ap-pointment, Procedure 505.2.10P, Parent or Eligible Student Request to Inspect Records and/or Obtain Copies of Educational Records, should be completed and submit-ted to the principal of the school the student attends or last at-tended.

9.5 District policies, regulations and procedures are available on the district website.

10. Complaints for Non-com-pliance - Parent(s), guardian(s), and students age 18 or older may submit written complaints of vio-lation of rights accorded them by 20 U.S.C. Section 1232(g) to the Family Policy Compliance Office, U. S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washing-ton, DC 20202-8520.

11. For More Information - This review of the data privacy rights of students, and parent(s) and guardian(s) in the educational re-cords maintained by District 196 is intended only to be a summary of the provisions of Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records and applicable state and federal law. The policy and regulation are available online, at schools or the District Office. Questions should be addressed to: School District At-torney, Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rose-mount, Minnesota 55068-4946, phone number 651-423-7883.INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT 196/s/ Gary Huusko School Board Clerk


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PUBLIC SCHOOLSDIRECTORY AND


LEGAL NOTICES

YEARBOOK INFORMATIONThe following Public Notice shall

be published in the legal section of the district’s official newspaper, displayed on each school’s bulletin board by September 1 of each year and available in school offices.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ... That Independent School District 196, pursuant to the U.S. General Education Provisions Act and Min-nesota Government Data Practices Act, declares the following as “di-rectory information” as provided in said Act, and that information relat-ing to students may be made public if said information is in any of the following categories:

• *Student’s name• Date and place of birth• Gender• Major field of study• Participation and performance

in officially recognized school ac-tivities and sports

• Weight and height of members of athletic teams

• Dates of attendance• Enrollment status• District-issued email address• Grade level• Degrees, honors, diplomas and awards received• Honor roll• School of attendance• The most recent previous edu-

cational agency or institution at-tended

• Photographs and other vi-sual and audio representations for school-approved publications, yearbooks, newspapers, public presentations, student ID badges and publication on school-ap-proved Internet pages

• *Student identification (ID) number, user ID, or other unique personal identifier used by the stu-dent for purposes of accessing or communicating in electronic sys-tems or displayed on a student ID badge

• **9th, 10th 11th or 12th grade student’s home address and tele-phone number (for release to mili-tary recruiters and institutions of higher education, only)

*A parent/guardian may not pre-vent the disclosure of a student’s name, identifier or institutional email address in a class in which the student is enrolled or on a stu-dent ID badge

**In accordance with the Min-nesota Statute 13.01-13.09, Gov-ernment Data Practices Act and Public Law 107-110 (No Child Left Behind Act of 2001), the district must release to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher education the names, home ad-dresses and telephone numbers of students in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades within 60 days after the date of the request, unless parents or students refuse to release the information. Therefore, students’ home addresses and telephone numbers are gathered only for 9th through 12th grade students, only for the purpose of providing the information to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher education.

Directory information does not include identifying data which ref-erences religion, race, color, dis-ability, social position or nationality. Any parent or guardian of any stu-dent in the district, or any student 18 years of age or older, may notify the district of their desire that some or none of the above information is to be released without their con-sent by contacting the principal of the school which said student at-tends and completing Procedure 505.2.4.3P, Denial of Release of Directory and Yearbook Informa-tion. This notification must be given to the district within thirty (30) days of this publication notice or at any time with the approval of district level administration. If filed, a denial will remain in effect until it is modi-fied or rescinded by the parent, guardian or eligible student.

Please understand that if you choose to deny the release of all directory information, your child (or you, if a student 18 years of age or older) will be excluded from such published lists as honor rolls, news releases regarding sports achieve-ments, honors received, athletic contest programs, theater and fine arts programs, graduation pro-grams, future class reunion mail-ings, etc.INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT 196/s/ Gary Huusko School Board Clerk


Burnsville/EaganSeptember 11, 2015

444276

CITY OF BURNSVILLEPUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARINGA Public Hearing will be held on

September 22, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burnsville Economic Devel-opment Authority (the “EDA”), 100 Civic Center Parkway, in the Coun-cil Chambers regarding the sale of EDA-owned land located at the southeast corner of Cliff Road and River Ridge Boulevard, described as Lot One, Block One Cliff River Ridge (the “Property”). At the hear-ing, the EDA will meet to decide if the sale is advisable. A copy of the terms and conditions of the pro-posed sale of the Property will be on file and available for inspection at City Hall during regular business hours.

All persons desiring to speak on this item are encouraged to attend. The public may see the terms and conditions of the sale at the office of the EDA. For more information, please contact Skip Nienhaus, Economic Development Coordina-tor at the City of Burnsville at (952) 895-4454.Macheal BrooksDeputy City Clerk


September 11, 2015445929

CITY OF EAGANPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING: Advisory Planning Commission Meeting: Monday, September 21, at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd

DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT: 1049 Mckee St/Rebecca CarterLOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIP-

TION: 1049 Mckee St, Lot 5, Block 1,

Mckee 2nd AdditionREQUEST(S):Interim Use PermitAn Interim Use Permit to allow a

kennel in a residential disitrict.

File Number: 02-IN-02-08-15QUESTIONS: Call the Planning

Department at (651) 675-5685 or contact Mike Ridley, the Plan-ner at (651) 675-5650 or [email protected] with the above information:CITY OF EAGAN Christina M. Scipioni - City Clerk


September 11, 2015446340

NOTICE OF INFORMAL PROBATE OF WILL

AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL

REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF DAKOTA DISTRICT COURT PROBATE DIVISION FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICTCourt File No.: 19HA-PR-15-598Estate of Michael T. AshtonDecedent

Notice is given that an appli-cation for informal probate of the Decedent’s will dated December 27, 2013 has been filed with the Registrar. The application has been granted. Any objections may be filed with this Court and will be heard by the Court after proper no-tice of hearing.

Notice is also given that the Registrar has informally appointed John T. Ashton, whose address is 806 15th Avenue North, South St. Paul, MN 55075 as personal repre-sentative of the Estate of the Dece-dent. Any heir, devisee or other in-terested person may be entitled to appointment as personal represen-tative or may object to the appoint-ment of the personal representa-tive. Unless objections are filed with the Court (pursuant to Minn. Stat 524.3-607) and the Court oth-erwise orders, the personal repre-sentative has full power to admin-ister the Estate including, after 30 days from the date of issuance of letters, the power to sell, encumber, lease or distribute real estate.

Notice is also given that (sub-ject to Minn. Stat 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the personal representa-tive or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this notice or the claims will be barred.

Dated: September 1, 2015/s/ Deb HubleyRegistrarHeidi CarstensenCourt AdministratorAttorney for Personal Representa-tiveVincent K. HuttererHutterer & Krenn, P.A.7900 Xerxes Ave. S., Suite 928Bloomington, MN 55431Attorney license No.: 48550Telephone: 952-831-8585 FAX: 952-84290999

Published inBurnsville/Eagan

September 4, 11, 2015443733

CITY OF EAGANADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed Bids will be received by the City of Eagan, Minnesota, in the Eagan Municipal Center at 3830 Pi-lot Knob Road, Eagan, MN 55122, until 11 A.M., CDT, Thursday, Sep-tember 24, 2015, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for the furnishing of all labor, materials, and all else necessary for the following:

Well No. 3 Pumphouse

Improvements

In general, Work consists of im-provements of a pump facility for Well No. 3, consisting of building modifications, well pump modifi-cations and motor addition, flow meter, check valve, electrical con-trols, lighting, conduit and wiring, HVAC, and related appurtenances. Also included with this project will be approximately 450 feet of 6” DIP and 350 feet of 12” DIP watermain installation with tree removals and site restoration.

Complete digital Bidding Docu-ments are available at www.questcdn.com for $20 by inputting QuestCDN eBidDoc #4069257 on the website’s Project Search page. Paper Bidding Documents may also be viewed at the City of Eagan and at Stantec, 2335 Highway 36 West, St. Paul, MN 55113, (651) 636-4600.

Direct inquiries to Engineer’s Project Manager, Mark Rolfs, at (651) 604-4872.

Bid Security in the amount of 5 percent of the amount of the Bid must accompany each Bid in ac-cordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

The Owner reserves the right to retain the deposits of the 3 lowest Bidders for a period not to exceed 60 days after the date and time set for the Opening of Bids. No Bids may be withdrawn for a period of 60 days after the date and time set for the Opening of Bids.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive ir-regularities and informalities there-in, and further reserves the right to award the Contract to the best interests of the Owner.Christina Scipioni, City ClerkCity of Eagan, Minnesota


September 4, 11, 2015442997



DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT: Matheson Gas/Michael Sum-

merbellLOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIP-

TION:3191 Mike Collins Dr, Lot 1,

Block 1, Eagandale Center Indus-trial Park No. 18

REQUEST(S):Conditional Use PermitA Conditional Use Permit to al-

low outdoor storage of semi trac-tors & trailers, and tanks of com-pressed and liquified gases.

File Number: 11-CU-05-08-15QUESTIONS: 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


September 11, 2015446334



DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT: Gateway Business Park/Peter DeanovicLOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIP-

TION:510 Lone Oak Rd, Lot 1, Block

1, Gift of MaryREQUEST(S):Preliminary SubdivisionA Preliminary Subdivision of ap-

proximately 33 acres to create 2 lots and one outlot.

File Number: 12-PS-01-08-15Conditional Use PermitA Conditional Use Permit use

permit for outdoor storage.File Number: 12-CU-07-08-15QUESTIONS: Call the Planning



September 11, 2015446325


DATE/LOCATION OF HEAR-ING: Advisory Planning Commis-sion Meeting: Monday, September 21, at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd

DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT: MVZ Ventures LLC/

Richard KoppyLOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIP-

TION:2800 Lone Oak Parkway, REQUEST(S):Comprehensive Guide Plan A Comprehensive Guide Plan

Amendment from MO, Major Office to MU, Mixed Use.

File Number: 01-CG-02-08-15QUESTIONS: Call the Planning



September 11, 2015446316


DATE/LOCATION OF HEAR-ING: Advisory Planning Commis-sion Meeting: Monday, September 21, at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd

DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT: PODS/Daniel KnafoLOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIP-

TION:980 Aldrin Dr, Lot 2, Block 1,

Eagandale Corporate Center No. 5REQUEST(S):Conditional Use PermitA Conditional Use Permit to al-

low outdoor storage of PODS con-tainers.

File Number: 11-CU-06-07-15QUESTIONS: 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


September 11, 2015446320



DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT:Laugen Legacy/Deena LaugenLOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIP-

TION: 1365 Deerwood Drive, Lot 2, Block 1, Fiala Addition

REQUEST(S):Preliminary SubdivisionA Preliminary Subdivision to cre-

ate 2 single family lots.File Number: 22-PS-02-08-15QUESTIONS: 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


September 11, 2015446330

NOTICE OF SALENotice is hereby given that the

property will be sold on October 21, 2015. The property will be offered online at www.StorageBattles.com/StorageTreasures.com and more information about the sale can be found at that website. The under-signed Acorn Mini Storage will sell at Public Sale by competitive bid-ding the personal property hereto-fore stored with the undersigned by:

Unit # 818- Christopher Wyt-tenbach ,stereo equip., television, microwave, vacuum cleaner, lug-gage, furniture, boxes of unknown content


September 11, 18, 2015445518

NOTICE OF SALEDART PORTABLE STORAGE

You are hereby notified that Dart Portable Storage, Inc. will enforce its lien rights and conduct a sale at 3165 Dodd Rd. Eagan, MN 55121, subject to withdrawal for satisfac-tion of indebtedness, on Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 9:00 AM. Five (5) portable storage units held on the behalf of Comco Inc., Llam-ma Corp., Mary Gilbert, Michael Davis, and Crystal Wilcox contain-ing household goods and light in-dustrial and commercial equipment are up for auction. The contents will be sold for cash at auction to the highest bidder.


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The multibuilding com-plex is owned by Burnsville Parkway Estates LLC, ac-cording to Dakota County property records. “This council is not afraid, because we’ve done it before, to shut down bad property owners that don’t take care of their proper-ty,” said Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, who thanked Hoff-man for raising the matter during the citizen comment portion of the Sept. 8 coun-cil meeting. Hoffman, who had lived at other Burnsville com-plexes and said his family moved to Parkway Estates for the concrete walls and air conditioning, said he discovered “German cock-roaches” within a month of moving in. He said management ordered him to completely empty his kitchen “once, maybe twice a month,” but whatever pest control was done had “no impact.”

His ceiling dripped “all winter long,” starting in a bathroom of the third-floor unit in the five-story build-ing at 1513 E. Burnsville Parkway, Hoffman said. He showed photos of large brown discolorations on parts of his ceiling. The leak eventually extended to his unit’s entryway, Hoff-man said. “It leaked until the ceil-ing started to break. Then the ceiling broke” — twice, Hoffman said, adding that management did repairs af-ter both messy incidents. “It was just, like, raining brown, essentially,” he said. Council Member Mary Sherry, who had spoken with Hoffman by phone, said she encouraged him to bring the photos to the meeting. “If it takes publicity to say, ‘We mean business on this,’ thank you for help-ing,” she told him Sept. 8. In March 2012, the city temporarily closed Coun-try Village Apartments in

northwest Burnsville after owner Lindahl Partner-ships failed to correct scores of code violations. With the buildings emptied, the owners made the necessary repairs to regain city rental licenses and have the entire complex relicensed by early December 2012. That drama, which made regional headlines, prompted the council to begin a citywide regimen of mandatory apartment inspections, which it had resisted since Burnsville began requiring rental li-censes in 2005. “I want you to know that our staff is working diligently to make the cor-rections” at Parkway Es-tates, Kautz told Hoffman, who has since moved to Carrington Court Apart-ments on Evergreen Drive in Burnsville.

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

Alzheimer’s program for businesses The Home Instead Senior Care office in Burnsville is launching a new campaign designed to make the community more Alzheimer’s friendly. Through the Alzheimer’s Friendly Business pro-gram, the Home Instead Senior Care office will pro-vide free training to local businesses to help equip employees with informa-tion and resources needed to welcome families who are caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease. “For many caregivers, the unpredictable nature of the disease can make going out in public with their loved one intimi-dating,” said Vitaly Salo, CSA, owner of the Home Instead Senior Care of-

fice serving the southern suburbs. “Our research shows that family caregiv-ers might be reluctant to frequent public places be-cause of the behaviors that could be associated with the disease.” According to Alzheim-er’s Disease International, the number of people with dementia worldwide is expected to grow to 75.6 million by 2030 and 135.5 million in 2050. “Given the statistics, most businesses that deal with the public will be serving people with Al-zheimer’s and their fami-lies,” said Salo. “It’s criti-cal that local businesses start working now to build Alzheimer’s-friendly com-munities to better serve

their customers with Al-zheimer’s and other de-mentias.” Local businesses can work directly with the lo-cal Home Instead Senior Care office to coordinate an in-person training. An interactive, online ver-sion of the training also is available at Alzheim-ersFriendlyBusiness.com. Once the training is com-pleted, businesses will re-ceive a window cling with the Alzheimer’s Friendly Business designation. The designation will be valid for two years. For more information about the program and to access additional re-sources, visit Alzheimers-FriendlyBusiness.com or call 952-882-9300.

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Excellence in Washington, D.C.; and Eagan resident Angie Craig, vice presi-dent of global human re-sources at St. Paul-based St. Jude Medical. Lawrence said in a statement that she thanked Kline for his service as a Marine and in Congress. “I wish him well,” she said. Republican David Gerson, who works for aerospace company Meg-gitt PLC, announced in January he would be seek-ing the 2nd District GOP endorsement. He made it official at a Friday press conference. Gerson ran against Kline in the 2012 primary and lost an endorsement vote in 2014. The Republicans’ 2014 U.S. Senate candidate Mike McFadden, who lost by 10 percentage points to incumbent Sen. Al Fran-ken, told the Pioneer Press he is seriously considering being a 2nd District can-didate. McFadden lives in the Dakota County city of Sunfish Lake. State Rep. Joe Atkins, DFL-Inver Grove Heights, said in a Monday press re-lease that he would make an announcement this week regarding his own plans for the future. In Atkins’ statement, he thanked Kline for his service to the country as a Marine, serving at the side of President Ronald Rea-gan and as a member of Congress. “We have agreed on some issues, like support for veterans and their fam-ilies, and disagreed on oth-er issues, but I have always appreciated his willingness to serve,” he said. “I wish him well in his retirement.” Kline said experts have called the 2nd District a safe Republican seat with Kline as an incumbent. Kline noted that Presi-dent Barack Obama car-ried the district in 2008 and 2012. Whether the assess-ment of the 2nd District as “safe Republican” remains without Kline on the ticket

“depends on who the Re-publicans select,” Kline said. National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Zach Hunter said in a statement: “This district clearly favors a Republican congressional candidate and with two true-blue liberals pulling each other to the left in search of the DFL pri-mary endorsement, we are confident that the seat will remain in GOP hands.” Another Dakota Coun-ty politician who may consider running is state Sen. Dave Thompson, of Lakeville, who ran for the Republican endorsement for governor in 2014. An email to Thompson was not returned as of press-time. “I don’t have any idea who is going to run,” Kline said. Pundits can remove the name of state Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington,

from the list of potential candidates. He told the newspaper in an email: “I would rath-er stick a fork in my eye than run for Congress.” Garofalo said Kline has set the gold standard in ef-fective representation for the area. “Whoever follows him into this position, has big shoes to fill,” he said. “Congressman Kline exemplifies the ideal of public service,” Garofalo said. “Whether in the mili-tary or as an elected offi-cial, Congressman Kline has devoted his entire adult life to strengthening America. All residents of our area can be proud of Congressman Kline’s suc-cesses at reducing waste-ful earmark spending in Washington.”

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

Eagan resident and potential 2016 2nd District candidate Mary Pawlenty addresses Eagan caucus attendees in 2014. (File photo)

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panding access to higher education, seeking reform in Veterans Administra-tion health care, curbing federal spending, reining in deficits, and federal debt. Kline said once his de-cision was clear, he wanted to make the announce-ment as soon as possible in consideration of poten-tial candidates and for his campaign to stop receiv-ing donations. “I had not alerted a lot of people in advance of this announcement,” he said. The people he spoke to prior to making the an-nouncement, he said en-couraged him not to retire. “They like having me around and it might be easier to keep the seat. That is the issue we talked about,” said Kline, who has won re-election six times since he first won in 2002. He said about three or four years ago he spoke with his wife, Vicky, about the possibility of retire-ment. He said that work to be done as chairman of the Education and Work-force Committee and his continued interest to serve and make a difference had him running for re-elec-tion. When he spoke this week with his staff at his Burnsville and Washing-ton, D.C., offices, the news was emotional.

“That’s tough,” he said. “The staff is all tied to my service. If I am not here, they don’t have a job. “It’s tough. Everyone has been great about it. There were a tear or two shed by my staff members. They are supportive and ready to go to work.” Kline said his health and that of his family is fine and did not factor into the decision. One factor he acknowl-edged was the expiration of Kline’s chairmanship term. “It’s time to let some-one else have a shot,” he said. After Kline quipped “he’d never say never” about a run for the U.S. Senate or governor of Minnesota, the Texas na-tive emphasized he’d be staying in Burnsville where he lives on Crystal Lake with his wife. Vicky Kline has many family members in the area near the farm-land her family has owned for generations. “What happens to me after January 2017 re-mains to be seen,” Kline said. He said he would have more time to fish, play golf and pick up some new challenges in life. “I’m sure it will be ex-citing,” he said.

Kline history Kline won election to his seventh term in the House in November 2014, earning 56.1 percent of

the vote. Eagan attorney and former state Rep. Mike Obermueller had 38.8 per-cent of the vote and Inde-pendence Party candidate Paula Overby had 5.06 percent. At the time, Kline not-ed in a statement that he has worked on legislation to protect children from predators, ensure mem-bers of the Minnesota Guard received overdue bonus pay, championed a bipartisan effort to train the unemployed for new jobs and worked to make college more affordable for students and families. Kline first won election by defeating incumbent Rep. Bill Luther in 2002. It was the third Kline-Lu-ther matchup. He then defeated a string of Democrat candi-dates that included former Burnsville City Coun-cil Member Teresa Daly, former FBI agent Coleen Rowley, Iraq War veteran Steve Sarvi, former state Rep. Shelley Madore and Obermueller in 2012. Kline won 54 percent of the vote in 2012, while Obermueller finished with 46 percent. Kline defeated Madore in 2010 with 63 percent of the vote and Sarvi in 2008 with 56 percent of the vote.

Tad Johnson can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @editorTJ.

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Expanded Ebenezer care unit bridges hospital, home Ebenezer Ridges Transi-tional Care Unit in Burns-ville celebrated the reopen-ing of its newly renovated and expanded facility at a ribbon-cutting ceremony last month. The renovated Ebenezer Ridges TCU is for patients who are well enough to leave the hospital but not yet ready to go home and take care of themselves. The unit has expanded from 12 to 24 rooms and is

Medicare-certified to pro-vide short-term rehabilita-tion after a hospital stay. It is located down the street from Fairview Ridges Hos-pital. Unit staff members pro-vide occupational, physical and speech therapy, helping patients prepare for home life. The rehab gym has nearly doubled in the size, with new parallel bars and a ceiling lift to help people with gait or walking issues.

Patient suites at the TCU include a bed, full-size bathroom and kitch-enette with a working sink and mini-fridge. Patients typically stay on the unit for 14 days, depending on their needs. Members of the public can call 952-898-8400 for more information about Fairview Ridges TCU, or visit the website www.fair-view.org/Services/Rehab/Transitionalrehab.

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theater and arts briefsBurnsville artist in national exhibit Burnsville resident Lucy LeMay has been se-lected as one of 60 artists in the NorthStar Water-media Society’s inaugural National Juried Exhibi-tion to be held Sept. 13 to Oct. 18 at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins. LeMay’s painting, “Hong Kong Canyons” will be on display at the exhibition. LeMay teaches watercolor classes in her home and at the Savage Library for the Savage Arts Council. For more information, visit http://northstarwa-ter media .com/exhib i -tions/.

‘The Odd Couple’ female version Eagan Theater Compa-ny will stage Neil Simon’s female version of “The Odd Couple” for six per-formances Oct. 2-11 in the Henry Sibley High School Theater, 1897 Delaware

Ave. in Mendota Heights. Performances will be held Fridays through Sun-days, Oct. 2-4 and Oct. 9-11. Friday and Saturday performances start at 7:30 p.m. with Sunday mati-nees beginning at 2 p.m. Tickets can be ordered online at www.etc-mn.org and will also be available at the door one hour prior to the performances. Ad-vance adult tickets are $18, $16 for seniors 60-plus and students age 17 and under. Tickets are $20 for adults and $18 for seniors and students at the door.

‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ The Paragon Odys-sey 15 IMAX Theater in Burnsville offers “Hotel Transylvania 2” fun from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27. Activities include face painting and vampire teeth, coloring stations, photo booth, origami bats and giveaways of “Hotel Transylvania 2” gear. The theater is at 14401 Burnhaven Drive, Burns-ville. Visit paragonthe-

aters.com for information.

‘World Rhino Day’ event AZUL, the Minnesota Zoo’s young professionals group, will host its annual Creature Feature evening event from 6-8 p.m. Tues-day, Sept. 22, at Bauhaus Brew Labs in Northeast Minneapolis. Minnesota Zoo con-servation biologist Jeff Muntifering will speak about his work to help save the rhinos. Proceeds will help raise funds for rhino protection and sup-port wildlife initiatives at the zoo. Creature Feature will also include craft beer, food trucks, and the op-portunity to purchase a limited-edition poster designed by a local art-ist. This event is free for AZUL members and $10 for nonmembers. To find out more information or register for the event, visit mnzoo.org/AZUL or email [email protected]. To learn more about the Minnesota Zoo’s Black Rhino Project, visit mnzoo.org/rhino.

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

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Books SouthSide Writers, Satur-day workgroup for aspiring writ-ers, offering critique, submission and manuscript preparation in-formation, support and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. In-formation: 651-688-0365.

Comedy Sarah Colonna and Jeff Bodart, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, and Saturday, Sept. 19, at Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake. Tickets: $19. Mature audi-ences only. Information: www.mysticlake.com. Last Comic Standing Live Tour, 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake. Tickets: $37. Information: www.mysticlake.com.

Events/Festivals Renaissance Festival, weekends to Oct. 4, plus Festival Friday, Oct. 2, 12364 Chestnut Blvd., Shakopee. Information: www.renaissancefest.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. Streets Alive: The Cedar Grove Experience, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, Eagan Outlets Parkway, Eagan. Infor-mation: www.cityofeagan.com/alive. Caponi Art Park Bluegrass Festival, Sunday, Sept. 13, Ca-poni Art Park and Learning Cen-ter, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. Information: www.caponiartpark.org or 651-454-9412. Eagan Art House Harvest of Art Celebration, 12-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, 3981 Lexing-ton Ave. S., Eagan. Information: 651-675-5521. Lakeville Art Festival, Sept. 19-20, on the grounds of the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Information: www.

lakevilleartfestival.org. Lone Oak Days, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 19-20, Holz Farm, 4669 Manor Drive, Eagan. Infor-mation: http://www.cityofeagan.com.

Exhibits Outdoor Painters of Minne-sota exhibit runs through 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 Duc Huy: 50 Years of Love and Music, 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake. Tickets: $23 and $32. Information: www.mysticlake.com. Night of Worship: Benefit Concert for Team World Vision, 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, Faith Covenant Church, 12921 Nicol-let Ave. S., Burnsville. Tickets: $15, includes a bottle of clean water (children age 12 and un-der are free). Purchase tickets at: TWVnightofworship.eventbrite.com. Abbacadabra – The Ul-timate ABBA Tribute, 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake. Tickets: $23. Information: www.mysticlake.com. Donny & Marie Celebrating the Holidays, 8 p.m. Nov. 20-21, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake. Tickets: $79-$119. Information: www.mysticlake.com.

Workshops/classes/other Allegro Choral Academy is currently accepting registrations for singers entering grades two through nine. Students in grades seven to nine must schedule an audition by emailing [email protected]. Registration and other information is at www.allegroca.org or 952-846-8585. The Alle-gro season begins on Sept. 17. Kind Hearts Princess School filled with singing, danc-ing and acting, celebrating 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. Princesses wear whatever makes them feel beautiful that allows for movement. They will need ballet shoes for proper bal-let technique. 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. Oil painting workshop: “Copying Old Masters” with Dan Petrov, 6-9 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 10 through Oct. 15, at 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Pre-register by phone at 763-843-2734 . Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Arts Building, Burns-ville. Information: www.christine-tierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art educa-tion through drawing and paint-ing. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Present-ed by Making Scents in Minne-sota. 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 sec-ond Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Informa-tion: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

To submit items for the Family Calendar, email:

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Saturday, Sept. 12 Metro Republican Wom-en breakfast meeting, 8:30 a.m., Mendakota Country Club, 2075 Mendakota Drive, Mendota Heights. Speaker: Mike McFadden. Cost: $18 members, $20 nonmembers, $10 students. Walk-ins wel-come, but reservations pre-ferred. For reservations, con-tact Kaki Frost at [email protected]. RSVP by Sept. 9. Third annual Run2Walk (1K fun run, 5K, 10K and 5K wheel chair roll), 9 a.m., Healthworks/Danceworks, 17470 Glacier Way, Lakeville. Proceeds benefit spinal cord injury research. Register at http://Run2Walkmn.org. Infor-mation: 952-432-7123. Eastview Marching Band Festival, 5 p.m., Eastview High School, 6200 140th St. W. Tickets go on sale at 3:30 p.m.; gates open at 4 p.m. Information: http://www.mid-westmarch ing .com/2015/eastview2015.htm.

Tuesday, Sept. 15 Eagan Girl Scouts new member event, 6:30 p.m., Dakota Hills Middle School cafeteria, 4183 Braddock Trail, Eagan. Information: www.eagangirlscouts.org.

Wednesday, Sept. 16 Eagan Market Fest, 3-7 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. Farmers market. In-formation: www.cityofeagan.com/marketfest or 651-675-5500.

Thursday, Sept. 17 Little Leaders Cheer Clin-ic by the Apple Valley High School varsity cheer team, 6-7:45 p.m., Apple Valley High School, 14450 Hayes Road. Open to children in grades K-5. Cost: $45. Participants invited to perform at the Sept. 18 AVHS football game. Reg-istration information: Coach Shawna Belden at [email protected]. “Bringing Family Stories to Life in Video Recordings,” 7 p.m., Dakota County His-torical Society, 130 Third Ave. N., South St. Paul. Presenter: Edward Wons, senior partner of JPC Media. Sponsored by the Dakota County Genealogi-cal Society. Free. Information: Dick Thill, 651-452-5926.

Saturday, Sept. 19 Home-based business back-to-school sale, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thomas Lake Apartments Clubhouse, 1500 Thomas Lake Point Road, Eagan. Kids’ activities. Free raffle. Free admission. The Inspire Me Family Fun Fest, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Inspiration Design Center, 2200 W. Highway 13, Burns-ville. Features food trucks, music, beer, and free activities for kids, including balloon art-ists, bounce houses, a petting zoo and face painting. Free. Charity event. Information: http://inspirationdesigncenter.com/blog/. Booya fundraiser by the Apple Valley Firefighters Re-lief Association, 11 a.m., Fire Station No. 1 at Hayes Road and County Road 42. Includes kids’ games, bingo, a raffle and family activities. Fall Festival, 11 a.m. to

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Publicly sharing photos of cute cats isn’t a phenomenon limited to the Internet age. This photo of an adorable feline, resting comfortably in a sink, was taken by Dakota County resident Frank S. DeLaRose and published in the March 16, 1981, edition of Thisweek News. The image, submitted as an entry in the newspaper’s reader photo contest, was accompanied by the headline “Just relaxin’.”

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Jack Norton & the Mullet River Boys (pictured) are among the roster of performers set to play the second annual Caponi Art Park Bluegrass Festival on Sunday, Sept. 13. The family-friendly event also will feature performances by the Sawtooth Brothers, Monroe Crossing and the Wild Goose Chase Cloggers. The event, which is a fundraiser for the nonprofit art park, kicks off with an open jam session from noon to 2 p.m. General admission tickets are $20; tickets are $5 for kids 5-12, and kids under 5 get in free. The full schedule and ticket ordering information are at www.caponiartpark.org. Caponi Art Park is at 1220 Diffley Road in Eagan. (Photo submitted)

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8 p.m., St. Michael’s Church, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farm-ington. Silent auction, bingo, raffle, bake sale, general store, children’s games, food, hay ride and more. Informa-tion: http://stmichael-farm-ington.org/.

Sunday, Sept. 20 Golf tournament by the Rosemount High School girls swim and dive program, Southern Hills Golf Course in Farmington. Shotgun/scramble format. Registra-tion: 8 a.m. Start time: 9 a.m. Cost: $75, includes 18 holes of golf, cart, range balls, with luncheon and raffle to follow. Information: Mary or Dave Johnston at [email protected]. Jubilee Pastors’ Cele-bration, 10 a.m., Presbyterian Church of the Apostles, 701 E. 130th St., Burnsville. Former PCA pastors will be honored. Information: 952-890-7877 or www.ChurchApostles.org. Open house, 1-4 p.m., Lutz Railroad Garden, 2960 Egan Ave., Eagan. Visit Con-ductor Bud and his railroad garden. If raining, trains will not run. Free. Information: 651-454-3534, www.lutzrail-roadgarden.net, [email protected].

Ongoing Emotions Anonymous meetings, 7:30-9 p.m. Tues-days at SouthCross Commu-nity Church, 1800 E. County Road 42 (at Summit Oak Drive), Apple Valley. EA is a 12-step program for those seeking emotional health. All are welcome. Information: http://www.emotionsanony-mous.org/.

Reunions Burnsville High School Class of 1975 will celebrate its 40th reunion from 6:30 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Sept. 19, at Buck Hill, 15400 Buck Hill Road, Burnsville. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. For more information, contact Robin Pederson Ruegg at 651-681-9233.

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. • Sept. 11, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. • Sept. 11, 12-6 p.m., BMO Harris Bank, 17636 Ken-wood Trail, Lakeville. • Sept. 12, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville. • Sept. 12, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. • Sept. 15, 12-6 p.m., Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 3930 Rahn Road, Ea-gan. • Sept. 16, 1-7 p.m., Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 16200 Dodd Lane, Lakeville. • Sept. 17, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Round Bank, 3380 Ver-million River Trail, Farmington. • Sept. 18, 1-6 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 151 E. County Road 42, Burnsville. • Sept. 18, 12-6 p.m., Ho-sanna Church, 9600 163rd St. W., Lakeville. • Sept. 19, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Crown of Life Luther-an Church, 4150 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan.


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Festival-filled weekend offers something for allFire Muster, Streets Alive, Ramble Jam scheduled

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


There’s no shortage of entertainment offerings in Dakota County this week-end, with Burnsville hold-ing its annual Fire Muster event, the Streets Alive cel-ebration in Eagan, and the Ramble Jam country music festival in Farmington. Burnsville’s 36th annual Fire Muster kicked off earlier this week and runs through Sunday, Sept. 13, with most events in Civic Center Park, Nicollet Av-enue, and 130th Street. Events include Fire Mus-ter staples such as the Fire Truck and Community Pa-rade, live music, displays of old fire engines, firefighting and police demonstrations and many children’s activi-ties. The Fire Truck parade starts at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, followed imme-diately by the Community Parade. The parade route is along 130th Street to Nicollet to Civic Center Parkway. Among the many musi-cal offerings at Fire Mus-ter, pop-rock band the Dweebs will play the Pawn America main stage in Civ-ic Center Park from 8-11 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, and

Saturday will feature coun-try sounds, with the Shalo Lee Band from 3-6 p.m. and the Tim Sigler Band from 7-11 p.m. A beer tent will be open in Civic Cen-ter from 5-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday in Civic Cen-ter Park. Burnsville adopted the Fire Muster as its an-nual community festival in 1980. A complete schedule is at www.burnsvillefire-muster.com.

Streets Alive While Eagan’s Caponi Art Park is staging its sec-ond annual bluegrass festi-val on Sept. 13, across town there’s a different kind of celebration taking place on Saturday, Sept. 12, in Eagan’s Cedar Grove Area with the Streets Alive festi-val. The event features mu-sic, games and food from

11 a.m. to 4 p.m. along portions of Eagan Outlet Parkway near the new out-let mall. Family-friendly events such as kids carni-val games, a play area with face painting and balloons, and raffles are planned. The event will feature about 20 food trucks of-fering a variety of fare, and live entertainment will include performances by Armadillo Jump, LaValle Jazz, and 7 Cats Swing. There will also be vehicle displays and demonstra-tions from Eagan police, fire and public works staff. The free event opens portions of roadways to pedestrians to connect with more than 100 local com-munity groups, volunteer organizations, city displays and family and fitness ac-tivities. Participants are en-couraged to walk, bike or

Burnsville Fire Muster events include the Fire Truck and Community Parade, live music, displays of old fire engines, firefighting and police demonstrations and many children’s activities. The 36th annual event runs through Sunday, Sept. 13. (File photo)

The Streets Alive event in Eagan returns Saturday, Sept. 12, along Eagan Outlet Parkway in the Cedar Grove area. The free event opens portions of roadways to pedestrians to connect with community groups, volunteers organizations and family activities. (File photo)

The Swon Brothers are scheduled to headline this year’s Ramble Jam country music festival Sept. 11-12 at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington. The duo garnered a national following after finishing third on NBC’s “The Voice.” (File photo)

in-line skate to the event, which has free parking at the outlet mall and in the Cedar Grove parking ga-rage. More information is at www.cityofeagan.com/Alive.

Ramble Jam Country music is in store Sept. 11-12 when the fifth annual Ramble Jam plays the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farming-ton. Since its inception five years ago, Ramble Jam has grown from a one-day event with a few hundred attendees to a two-day par-ty with attendance of about 5,000. Headliners this year include Eric Paslay, Broth-ers Osborne, Michael Ray and the Swon Brothers. Country music fans can also catch local acts Plott Hounds, the Chad Ed-wards Band, Chris Hawkey and others. A local country duo from Lakeville and Farmington — Erin and Madison — are set to per-form at noon Saturday, Sept. 12. General admission tick-ets for both days of the fes-tival are $59, with reduced

prices for one-day tickets. Ticket and camping infor-mation is at www.ramble-jamcountry.com.



ville Promise organization that joins employers, pub-lic schools, post-secondary education, community and government groups, and parents and youth. Organizers hope to raise $100,000 to $115,000 in each of the next two years, said Gail Morrison, a Burnsville Promise leader and former School Board member and District 191 partnerships coordinator. They’d like to hire a coor-dinator and provide fund-ing for teachers to work on building course content to support career pathways, said Morrison, director of the Inver Hills Commu-nity College Foundation. “Whether the St. Paul Foundation funds us or not,” Funston said, “I

think this group is go-ing to find ways to create meaningful partnerships between post-secondary, business, K-12 and pre-school education, because we are that committed to the youth in Burnsville.” Organizers laid out the case for funding in a letter to the St. Paul Founda-tion. “Over the last 10 years, Burnsville is at the center of some of the most dy-namic demographic shifts in the Twin Cities and nation,” said the letter, signed by Mayor Elizabeth Kautz, District 191 Super-intendent Joe Gothard, Inver Hills President Tim Wynes and business owner Ameet Shah, a Burnsville High School graduate and chairman of the Burnsville Chamber of Commerce.

More than 22 percent of Burnsville children live in poverty — more than double the statewide and Dakota County averages, the letter said. “The rise in both di-versity and poverty is presenting stark new is-sues for Burnsville and its suburban counterparts,” it said. In addition to linking schools and businesses, Burnsville Promise seeks to strengthen “social capi-tal” and support youth in their “work commitments and academic persistence,” the letter said. Shah, a 1996 BHS graduate who found suc-cess with his companies Shah Corp. and Cloud Clarity, hopes the school-business partnership gives businesses more voice in what schools teach.

“The long-term goal would be to see a change that would happen in the curriculum as well as have an outlet for businesses to recruit employees,” said Shah, who grew up in Burnsville. He said it’s no secret that many young people aren’t ready for work — it’s a common refrain at monthly roundtables the mayor holds with Burns-ville CEOs. Much of the needed training occurs on the job, not in classrooms, Shah said. “People have moved on from here into stronger roles in other organiza-tions just because of what we were able to provide,” Shah said. “It’s difficult to have happen in the schools now.” But District 191 is heading in that direction. It will introduce “signa-ture pathways” in 2016-17, when the Burnsville High School additions voters approved in a February referendum open and the district debuts new grade configurations. Funston called the ca-reer pathways “an old idea

with a very new twist.” They’ll be part of the reg-istration guides for grades six through 12, she said. “We’ll have a health science pathway, an auto-motive tech lab pathway, a business and marketing pathway and a technology and engineering pathway,” Funston said. “And a lot of the pathways intermin-gle.” Burnsville Promise aims to draw employers into the career programs, with the aim of prepar-ing students for jobs right away or further education that will lead to jobs. “For example, in our health science pathway, students could have op-portunities to credential as a first responder,” Funston said. A certified nursing assistant certification pro-gram to be offered with Inver Hills could lead to post-high school employ-ment or provide a spring-board for registered-nurse training in college, she said. “This really weaves it all together and is a way to help students really think about what their gifts are,

what the community needs for employees, and how to make sure they can get on a pathway to fulfill their dreams and meet the needs of the community,” Morrison said, noting that the Inver Grove Heights community college already partners with District 191 on the InCollege and Inver Prep programs. Burnsville Promise or-ganizers are lining up busi-nesses for the Oct. 8 school visits. “Right now we have close to a dozen partici-pating,” Funston said. “We really would love to have somewhere around 50.” Those who haven’t vis-ited a school lately may be surprised, Funston said. “It is a new lay of the land,” she said. “It does look different. It feels dif-ferent. There’s technology where there wasn’t before.” For more information or to register, go to www.isd191.org/businesspart-nership. John Gessner can be reached at (952) 846-2031 or email [email protected].

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