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NOVEMBER 11, 2011 VOLUME 32, NO. 37

by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Four top employees of 360 Communities have left or lost their jobs in recent months — a time of budget re-trenchment for the Burnsville-based nonprofit, accord-ing to Mary Ajax, its longtime execu-tive director. She said two have retired: for-mer School District 191 Superintendent Ben Kanninen, who was 360’s senior director of school success, and former District Court Judge Leslie Metzen,

360’s senior violence pre-vention coordinator. Thisweek has learned that two others were ter-

minated: Greg Konat, a former Burnsville city manager and Dakota County physical develop-ment director who served as 360’s ex-ecutive vice presi-dent, and Steve Haschig, former senior pastor at

Shepherd of the Lake Lu-theran Church in Prior Lake, who served as 360’s senior development direc-tor.

Ajax didn’t confirm the terminations and said she wouldn’t comment on indi-vidual personnel matters. “We’re in a strong, healthy financial position now because we’ve got the staffing level that we can sustain and support,” said Ajax, who began work 37 years ago for the human-service agency formerly called Community Action

Council. “We have eliminated a whole level of services and flattened our organization,” Ajax said. “We are putting all of our dollars into direct services at a time when the needs of the community have also increased incred-ibly.” Adjusting levels is noth-ing new for the 40-year-old agency, Ajax said Friday. 360 Communities had a year-end deficit in 2010 of $580,540, according to the state attorney general’s of-fice. Revenue totaled $3.37 million, with expenses of $3.95 million. The deficit figure is

skewed because it reflects only nine months of revenue after the agency switched to a new fiscal year, Ajax said. For the newly begun 2011-12 fiscal year, Oct. 1 to Sept. 31, 360 Communities has budgeted $4.3 million, Ajax said. That’s compared with $4.8 million back in 2007, even though the needs of the Dakota County com-munities 360 serves have grown, Ajax said. The $700,000 in United Way funding that 360 got in 2007 has shrunk to $230,000 today, she said. County and state fund-ing have been cut, Ajax said.

The only stable source of funding has been contribu-tions from citizens and busi-nesses, she said. “We need the commu-nity now more than ever when the needs are great,” she said, noting that 360 gets about 40 percent of its contributions from October through December. Konat started in his new position on Oct. 17 as CEO of DARTS, a West St. Paul-based nonprofit that ad-dresses transportation and other needs for the aging population.

John Gessner is at [email protected].

Staff exodus from 360 reflects revenue shortages, exec saysFormer Burnsville school superintendent, city manager, district court judge have left their jobs in recent months

Mary Ajax

ELECTION

by Tad JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Despite voters’ renewal of a 10-year, $10 million annual levy in the Burns-ville-Eagan-Savage School District on Tuesday night, difficult budget decisions are ahead for the board. About 67 percent of the votes were cast in favor of renewing the levy that would have expired in 2013 if not approved. A defeat of the $845 per pupil levy, which represents about 9 percent of the dis-trict’s annual operating budget, would have meant deep cuts in programs. “This is not going to prevent future budget ad-justments,” Clegg said on Wednesday morning. The district says it’s anticipating $5 million to $7 million in cuts for the 2012-13 school year. The unofficial vote to-

tals were 4,280 yes and 2,046 no, according to the Secretary of State. “We are very apprecia-tive of the ongoing support that they have expressed with this vote,” Clegg said. One of the reasons for the clear yes vote likely was due to this levy being a

renewal that the board de-cided not to increase for in-flation or add on to it even though the district has not reached the levy cap set by the state. “Our community clearly understands that school districts are underfunded

District 191 voters say ‘yes’Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District has

$10 million annual levy renewed

Ballot result Following are the unofficial results of the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District levy renewal referendum: Precinct Yes NoVista View (ISD Combined-3) 953 414Gideon Pond (ISD Combined-4) 849 336Sioux Trail (ISD Combined-5) 924 383Cedar Elementary (ISD Combined-6) 425 250Savage P-1: 71 75Savage P-2: 297 181 Savage P-3: 171 138Savage P-4: 305 113Savage P-6: 85 33Savage P-7: 110 69Savage P-8: 36 12Shakopee P-10: 5 2Absentee ballots 49 40Total 4,280 2,046

by Jessica HarperTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The four incumbents in the Rosemount-Apple Val-ley-Eagan School District were voted back into of-fice during Tuesday’s elec-tion. Joel Albright, Rob Duchscher, Jackie Mag-nuson and Bob Schutte earned the top vote totals among seven candidates for the four, four-year seats. Albright, Duchscher and Magnuson said they believe the election results indicate voters are satisfied with the School Board’s

performance. “I think this shows the community is very happy with the school system and the direction it’s going,” Magnuson said. The official results as reported by the Minnesota Secretary of State were: Magnuson 2,583; Albright 2,408; Schutte 2,405; and Duchscher 2,402. The next highest vote total went to Steven Butler with 1,235. Gary Krueger finished with 1,200 and Fay Coggshall had 992. The vote totals are with 18 of 18 precincts report-

ing, including absentee bal-lots. Voter turnout was low without general election ballots this year, which Albright said he expected with great disappointment. Duchscher was also sad-dened by the lack of voter turnout. “I believe that in a de-mocracy, we need to turn out votes to get input,” he said. Bob Schutte could not be reached for comment.

Email Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

Joel Albright Rob Duchscher Jackie Magnuson Bob Schutte

School Board incumbents re-elected in District 196

One game shy of state glory

Photos by Bill Jones

The Burnsville girls soccer team placed second at the Class AA state tournament after losing in a shoot-out to Wayzata on Nov. 3. The result was the same for the Eastview boys team, which lost to Eden Prairie, 3-1, in the Class AA final on Nov. 3 at the Metrodome. At right, Eastview’s Mathew Gweh is wrapped up by an Eden Prairie defender. Both teams emerged as two of the best in the state after starting with little expectation of success. For more, see today’s Sports section.


Yet another large office building has been put on the market in Eagan. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has put Waterview Office Tow-er, a 98,000 square-foot building at 1200 Yankee Doodle Road, up for sale. The 10-story building is not part of Blue Cross’ re-cent plan to sell and lease

back 1.1 million square feet of space in multiple buildings in Eagan. Blue Cross consolidat-ed workers in the 10-story building into other spaces and vacated Waterview in August, said company spokesman Jim McMa-nus. McManus said Blue Cross no longer needed the space since the com-pany has become more

efficient with all its office buildings and since more workers telecommute. The asking price for Waterview is $6.4 million, according to a listing on the LoopNet commercial real estate marketing ser-vice. CBRE Group broker Brent Karkura is market-ing the 1985 building for sale or lease.

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has put Waterview Office Tower, a 98,000 square-foot building at 1200 Yankee Doodle Road, up for sale. The 10-story building is not part of Blue Cross’ plan to sell and lease back 1.1 million square feet of its office space.

Waterview Office Tower not part of sale-lease planBlue Cross puts building on the market

See District 191, 10A

See Blue Cross, 10A

Chorale members fi nd their voices. See Thisweekend Page 8A

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by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

After more than a decade of declining enrollment, the end of the downturn is in sight for Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191. The annual enrollment report, presented to the School Board Nov. 3, shows 9,605 students as of Oct. 1 – a drop of 91 from Oct. 1 of last year. Year-end enrollment for this school year (2011-12) is projected at 9,550, com-pared with 9,669 at the end of 2010-11. The district projects more losses in 2012-13, with estimated year-end enroll-

ment of 9,426. But projec-tions show the losses lev-eling off in 2013-14, with enrollment settling at an estimated 9,385 students by the end of 2016-17. The district has lost 1,862 students since 1999-2000 in its annual Oct. 1 “seat counts.” A 2009 de-mographic study predicted enrollment will bottom out at 9,400 to 9,500, said Lisa Rider, business services di-rector. “And I do believe we’re on path to do that,” she told the board. The enrollment report shows a large net exodus of students living in the dis-trict to other districts and to charter schools, which con-cerned some board mem-bers. The report also shows

that the number of non-white and low-income stu-dents has mushroomed in the last decade.

Accumulated losses The district’s end-of-year enrollments were 11,500 students or more from 1997-98 to 2001-02, the re-port shows. The end-of-year figures, known as “average daily membership,” were higher than the Oct. 1 seat counts during those years. The 1999-2000 school year marked the beginning of the downturn in year-end enrollments. The de-cline in both year-end and Oct. 1 enrollments acceler-ated after 2001-02, and the district found its year-end totals falling slightly below its Oct. 1 totals. Oct. 1 enrollment num-bered 11,434 in 2001-02.

The higher enrollments of years past show in this year’s senior class, which numbered 916 on Oct. 1 and is projected to finish the year at 839, still well above any other grade level in the district. Among secondary schools, Eagle Ridge Junior High has a higher seat count this Oct. 1 than last Oct. 1. Burnsville High School and Metcalf and Nicollet junior highs show losses. Among elementary schools, Oct. 1 gains were noted at Rahn and Sky Oaks.

Net exodus Of the 10,504 students living in District 191 last school year (2010-11), 1,314 attended school elsewhere – a number that has grown from 887 in 2007-08, the re-port said. A total of 992 used open enrollment to attend other districts, while 538 came to District 191 on open enroll-ment. The net exodus from open enrollment was 454. A total of 264 students attended charter schools, and 59 paid tuition to at-tend other districts.

The student outflow con-cerned board members Dan Luth and Robert Vanden-Boom. All told, about 800 more students left the dis-trict last year than came in from the outside, Luth said. “That’s like $6 million, frankly,” in lost per-pupil revenue, Luth said. “That’s a pretty significant revenue exodus as well at a time when things are tight and they’re going to get tighter.” The district did a survey last year of 400 families moving students in and out of the district to try to dis-cern their reasons, Superin-tendent Randy Clegg said. “A lot of it has to do with conveniences at the edges of our boundaries and what is close to them (families),” Rider said. Neighboring districts were the largest recipients of District 191 students last year. Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan took in 497, Prior Lake/Savage took in 230, and Lakeville and Bloomington took in 51 apiece, the report said. A total of 264 district students attended charter schools last year.

Changing demographics The report includes side-by-side demographic com-parisons with 2002-03 that show how vastly the district has changed. District schools were 78 percent white in 2002-03 compared with 59 percent this October, the report said. The percentage of His-panic students rose from 4 to 13. The percentage of black students rose from 11 to 18. Nearly half of elemen-tary students, 47 percent, now qualify for free or sub-sidized lunch. In 2002-03, only 21 percent qualified. A total of 34 percent of secondary students now qualify, compared with 15 percent in 2002-03. Among elementary stu-dents, 24 percent receive English-language instruc-tion, compared with 8 percent in 2002-03. The 6 percent in the secondary schools is the same as in 2002-03.

John Gessner is at [email protected].

End is in sight for enrollment losses in School District 191

District 191 graphic

This chart of District 191 enrollment since 1997-98 shows end-of-year figures (green line) and Oct. 1 “seat counts” (purple line).

Concerns raised about school-choice outflow

Education

Historical, Current & Future Enrollment K-12

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Nearly two decades in the making, Eagan’s “ring road” is almost complete. The project’s final phase, the Duckwood Drive over-pass, will open Nov. 15. “We’re pretty excited to see it come to fruition,” said Russ Matthys, Eagan city engineer. The “ring road” aims to ease congestion around Ea-gan’s busiest intersection: Yankee Doodle and Pilot Knob roads. More than 60,000 drivers go through this intersection daily, making it the second busiest intersection in Da-kota County. “The more options we can give, the more people we can take out of the inter-section … allows us to avoid adding new lanes on Pilot Knob in the future,” Mat-thys said. The “ring road” will also create a convenient path to many businesses in the area, he said. The loop includes Den-

mark Avenue to the east, Northwood Parkway and Central Parkway to the north, Federal Drive to the west, and Duckwood Drive and its new overpass to the south. The first phase of the project extended North-wood Parkway – located

next to Home Depot – across I-35E to connect with Central Parkway, which is next to the Community

Center. This overpass was completed in October 2008. Construction of the Duckwood overpass – locat-ed next to Fairview Clinic – cost $4.3 million, slightly more than the $4.2 million to design and construct the Northwood Bridge and Denmark roundabout. Both were funded with city funds, and about $1.6 mil-lion from Dakota County and federal agencies. An opening ceremony will be held for the public at 8:15 a.m. Nov. 15 at the intersection of Duckwood Drive and Pilot Knob Road. The ceremony will start off with friendly competi-tions between businesses on both sides of the bridge. Mayor Mike Maguire and City Council members will serve coffee and dough-nuts donated by Caribou Coffee and Holiday Sta-tions at 8:30 a.m., while supplies last. Email Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

Duckwood overpass near completionOpening

ceremony set for Nov. 15

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Eagan’s “ring road” includes Denmark Avenue to the east, Northwood Parkway and Central Parkway to the north, Federal Drive to the west, and Duckwood Drive and its new overpass to the south. The final phase of the road – Duckwood Drive overpass – will be open Nov. 15.

EaganEagan senior elected to ‘state’ office


At age 17, Eagan High School senior Soren Han-sen is already get-ting a taste of the competitive nature of corporate Amer-ica. As a member of the high school’s Business Profes-sionals of America team, Hansen chats with corporate ex-ecutives and competes in student matches that test his knowledge of various industries and skills. Now he has received one of the organization’s high-est honors – a seat on the BPA executive committee. “It’s really exciting,” he said. Hansen was elected by a team of voting delegates as president of the state com-mittee during a BPA fall leadership conference Oct. 31. Just like the nation’s pres-idential candidates, Hansen and his fellow candidates had to develop a campaign, give speeches and answer debate questions. A total of 15 student candidates were approved for the campaign process, which was narrowed to six committee members. The committee will be

responsible for organizing upcoming conferences and other initiatives. BPA was organized by

the Department of Education and con-sists of local chap-ters from secondary and post-secondary schools across the nation. Its mission is to prepare students for business careers. By giving students

exposure to business lead-ers, the program also gives students a foot in the door, said Paul Kovach, advisor for Eagan High School’s BPA team. Hansen has been a mem-ber of BPA for three years and said he most enjoys the opportunity to build career skills. “It’s more realistic than being in the classroom,” he said. Though he is in the pro-cess of applying to differ-ent colleges, Hansen said he hopes to attend either Washington University or the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Hansen said his goal is to pursue a career in the finan-cial industry.

E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

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Opinion

Wife thanks those who helped after husband had strokeTo the editor: This letter is written to express my sincere thank you to the parents of Eagan High School’s girls ninth-grade soccer team and the Eagan Police and response team after my husband had suffered a massive stroke while attending the soccer game on Sept. 30. The parents went into “help mode” when they heard my 911 call. There were a couple of nurses among the parents who took care of my husband, a par-ent went to get our grand-daughter, mothers helped give 911 directions to the field, parents helped direct the police and medics to the field, the cart driver gave our daughter-in-law a ride to the scene, others took care of our car so I could ride in the ambulance and all the oth-ers who helped in anyway – thank you. The response was fast and efficient. Thank you as well to the ambulance driver for

her “common sense” driving and assuring conversation on the way to the hospital. Thank you to the medic who attended to my husband. To everyone who helped in this emergency – thank you. Even though my husband will be hospitalized for some time, your kindness and help will never be forgotten. Thank you and God bless you all.

ELLEN JACOBSONBurnsville

Get Ready for ‘Give to the Max Day’To the editor: In the next week, your email in box will probably be filled with requests to “Give To The Max” on Nov. 16. Last year, $10 million was raised for Minnesota non-profits by 42,624 online do-nors during this annual day of charitable giving. So how will you decide where to give your hard-earned dollars? Might be a time to priori-tize your giving habits. Some families let their

kids help decide what chari-ties they would like to sup-port as a way of teaching them about the value of sharing with those who are less fortunate. Cheerful Givers, which provides birthday gifts for kids in Minnesota who don’t get to celebrate their birth-day, is just one example of several thousand nonprofits who need your help (www.cheerfulgivers.org). To encourage donations throughout the day, an in-dividual donor will be ran-domly chosen every hour by GiveMN.org to win a “Golden Ticket.” An additional $1,000 will be given to the charity that received the original dona-tion, and one name will be randomly drawn to win a $10,000 golden ticket. Local musician, Tim Ma-honey, has written a song to be unveiled on this day whose title sums it all up – “Just Give.” KAREN KITCHELPresident Cheerful GiversEagan

Grave concernsTo the editor: How predictable was Paul Hoffinger’s letter to Thisweek on Oct. 7. As al-ways, Hoffinger managed to disguise his Marxist views by skewing facts and history. What politicians enhance their standings by reduc-ing jobs and overtly sending them elsewhere? The myopic and perfidious practice of burdening employers with expensive and mindless regu-lations and onerous confis-catory taxes forces many into insolvency or to seek harbor in foreign lands. Since all of these costs must be paid by consumers, none benefit. As for U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Lakeville, he has re-searched the expensive non-competitive nature of gov-ernment-sponsored health care. He knows that the stud-ies are clear and unequivo-cal, not only will their total costs be borne by workers and all taxpayers, the costs will increase dramatically. Worse, the quality of health care will decrease dra-matically. The government panels will be given wide latitude and authority to de-termine whose health needs will be answered and when rationing is to be exercised. This must cause every think-

ing adult to have grave con-cerns. The idea that competi-tiveness is not needed in all enterprises is best exempli-fied by comparing results of private education and gov-ernment-sponsored monop-olies with their sacrosanct unions. I shall continue to vote for those not alien to facts, including my congressman Kline, and my state Sen. Ted Daley and state Rep. Doug Wardlow.

RICHARD IFFERTEagan

Crime’s up? City should stop wasting moneyTo the editor: When I first looked at the headline (“Burnsville crime is up — but why?” Thisweek, Oct. 28) I had to do a second look just to make sure I saw what I thought I saw. Well, I did! But after 15 years of po-litical correctness and a mayor and council that spent $20 million taxpayer dollars on the failed Performing Arts Center in the Heart of the City, it is no wonder that our crime is up.

Let us see. Recently we heard the sad story about Craig Ebling, our humble city manager, making only $137,000 a year. There is also a deputy city manager who makes $126,000. We built the PAC and lost $526,000 in 2009, $368,000 in 2010 and $386,000 in 2011. I’m taking that information off of the front page of the Oct. 28 issue of Thisweek. The PAC was built against the wishes of hundreds of people by Mayor Elizabeth Kautz and council members Liz Workman and Dan Gus-tafson. I know because I was there and watched Workman roll her eyes and Gustafson talk down to us like we were naughty children for having a thought of our own. So after all of this I have a solution. Stop building more Section 8 housing. We have more than any city in Dakota County. Fire Ebling or his assistant and save the money spent on their salaries and benefits. Stop wasting money on the PAC and take that $500,000 and spend it on po-lice and fire personnel. That is how you spend my tax dollars.

STEVE SCHOFIELDBurnsville

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As the guy who is lucky enough to manage the largest news organization south of the river, I get to attend a lot of meetings all over Dakota County. Among those I attended this past week were two that dealt with public funding of entertainment. Beyond that basic similarity, they were very different meetings. But they got me to thinking about the role entertainment plays in the quality of our lives. The first meeting, on Monday, consisted of a dozen volunteers who make up the steering com-mittee for the Dakota County Re-gional Arts Collaborative. It was held at the Steeple Center, Rose-mount’s arts center, which was built in the old St. Joseph Catholic Church. The second meeting, on Tues-day, was a lively lunch for several hundred at the Holiday Inn & Suites in Lakeville. There, mem-bers of the Lakeville and Burns-ville chambers of commerce cheered employees, players and cheerleaders of the Minnesota Vi-kings. At both meetings, there was

discussion of public fund-ing for the entertainment industry. The arts collaborative is a year-old organization put together by LaDonna Boyd, economic develop-ment director for Farming-

ton-based Dakota Electric. Boyd pulled arts folks together a year ago to talk about coordinating and promoting the county’s arts organizations and artists. This soft-spoken, but hard-charging, businesswoman has long believed that the arts con-tribute not only to our enjoyment but to economic development. The organizational meeting of the collaborative a year ago drew about 70 people who represent arts groups in the county. The first annual meeting of the collabora-tive could draw 100 people to the Lakeville Area Arts Center from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 16. At Monday’s meeting of the steering committee, the members, who represent the arts from Eagan to Lakeville and from Hastings to Burnsville, talked about the need for funding. At the annual meet-ing, the committee will set a date for electing a board of directors, which will then adopt bylaws.

That kind of structure is need-ed, Boyd said, if the collaborative hopes to get a few thousand dol-lars from the state’s Legacy Fund, which awards grants from sales-tax receipts for environmental and cultural activities. At this point, the collaborative is using a Legacy grant of $1,500 for its organizational activities, which have included focus groups on what county arts groups want from a collaborative. Michael Bateson, a market-ing representative with Charter Communications who also is an actor, said artists such as he need support from a county-wide arts group. Others described artists, arts centers and arts groups as small businesses in a growing in-dustry that deserves public sup-port. Bateson leaned over during the meeting to tell me nearly 200 at-tended his one-man Mark Twain show in Lakeville last month. The next day, at the Holiday Inn, Vikings executive Lester Bagley told the chamber members the foot-ball team provides entertainment for millions of fans and generates millions of dollars for the state and its business community. He introduced cheerleaders,

Viking radio voice Paul Allen and players Michael Jenkins and Bri-an Robison as part of a campaign to get $600 million in public mon-ey to build a new stadium for the team. Bagley showed a slick video that suggests a new stadium is not an arena for the team’s wealthy owners and multi-millionaire athletes but a monument to the team’s 50-year history. At my table, some local busi-ness executives expressed con-cerns about spending millions on a stadium but admitted they do love their Vikings and hope they can give the Packers their first loss in Green Bay on Monday night. I, too, bleed purple, which is no small admission for a guy who grew up in Michigan watching the Detroit Lions. But I understand that while I am home watching Christian Ponder connect with Michael Jenkins on Sunday af-ternoon, others prefer listening to chamber music or attending art exhibits. Whether it’s sports or sculp-ture, our lives are enriched by art and entertainment. And these cul-tural pursuits deserve public sup-port. But can we afford what the Vi-kings want?

Mary Liz Holberg, the state representative from Lakeville, was surrounded by reporters and pho-tographers after the Viking lunch. Would she support a stadium bill? She won’t comment until there is one, said the Republican chair of the House Ways and Means Com-mittee. After the metro media moved away, I asked her why no one is talking about adding seats to TCF Bank Stadium so the Vikings can play in a lovely new stadium at the U. I was encouraged to hear her say that such a proposal is being drafted in St. Paul. As a supporter of the arts and a Viking fan, I think the county arts collaborative deserves more than $1,500 in public funding – and the Vikings deserve some-thing less than $600 million. Let’s hope our lawmakers can find a way to keep the Vikings with a sensible stadium plan and that the Vikings beat the Packers on Monday.

Larry Werner is editor and general manager of the Dakota County Tribune and Thisweek Newspa-pers. He can be reached at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

Entertainment is worth public support


Wayne I.Tourtillott“Turtle”

Wayne I. Tourtillott "Turtle"(Matahon) of Eagan, passedaway peacefully on Thursday,November 3rd, 2011.

Wayne was born on Dec 29th1933, to Bernard and Theresa ofKeshena, WI. Wayne served hiscountry in the Marines, and was aKorean War Veteran. After hismilitary service he had a success-ful career in the aviation industry,and proudly served on the EaganFire Department.

Wayne will remain in the heartsof his wife of 53 years, Rose-marie; son, Wayne Jr. of Eagan;son, Maynard (Mary) of Eagan;daughter , Sad ie (Denny) ofMadison MN; son, Lee (Cheryl)of Burnsville; son, John (Debo-rah) of Rochester; son, David(Char) of Lakeville; 9 grandchil-dren, 3 great grandchildren;brother, Bernard (Josephine), sis-ter, Vivian Ranta, brother in law,Francis Webster, Roger (Lois)Bogda, sister in law, Janie Salz-man, many nieces, nephews,extended family and friends.

He was preceded in death by hisparents, Bernard and Theresa;brothers, Maynard, Steven; Dou-glas, s ister, Glarus (Robert)Diers, sister in law Mary Web-s ter , brother in law TommySalzman.

Services are in the care of HindtFuneral Homes of Spring Valley,MN.

Visitation was one hour priorNovember 11th, memorial ser-vice 12:00 pm, and luncheon fol-lowed, Mary Mother of theChurch, 3333 Cliff Road, Burns-ville, MN 55337.Condolencesmay be left atwww.hindtfuneralhomes.com

Bruce AldenKuehne

Age 62, of Farmington, passedaway Friday, October 28. He wasborn February 22, 1949 in LongPrairie, Minnesota to Otto Her-m a n a n d R u t h H e l e n ( n e eSchmidt) Kuehne. Bruce is sur-vived by his former wife Shirley,daughter Jessica (Caleb) Tilton,son Adam, brothers Norman(Janet) and Roland (Viola) Kue-hne, sisters Diane (Dave) Reeceand Lorna (Carroll) Lambrecht.He was preceded in death by hisparents and sisters Ruby andElaine. Bruce loved the outdoors,especially hunting, fishing, gar-dening, and performing homeprojects. He also served his coun-try in the United States Navyduring the Vietnam War period.Bruce will be forever loved andmissed. Gathering of Friends andFamily was held Wednesday,November 2, at the Henry W.Anderson Mortuary, 14850 Gar-rett Avenue, Apple Valley (952)432-2331. Memorial Services fol-lowed at 6 PM.obit.HenryWAnderson.com

Obituaries

Gross - NehlsKrystle Marie Gross, daughter

of Bob and Patty Gross of LInoLakes and Andrew ClaytonNehls, son of Bob and LyndaNehls of Lakeville, announcetheir engagement.

Krystle and Andrew are plan-ning a June 29, 2012 wedding inPrior Lake, MN.

50th WeddingAnniversary

Walter and Louise Michaels ofFarmington will celebrate their

50th Wedding Anniversary.The Michaels will be honored

with an Open House onSaturday, November 19, from1-4pm at the Rambling River

Center in Farmington.The family would welcome the

presence of friends and family tohelp them celebrate this special

occasion. No gifts please.

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Stunkel-OttingJ o n a n d L a u r e O t t i n g o f

Lakeville and Dave and TheresaBeissel of Prior Lake, are happyto announce the June 25, 2011marriage of their children, JustinOtting and Kailey Stunkel. Thewedding took place at St. Nicho-las Catholic Church in New Mar-ket, MN. Justin and Kailey metat MN State Univers i ty andgraduated in May 2011. Justin iscurrently working for OttingHouse Movers in Lakeville andKailey accepted a long term subTeaching job in New Prague. Thecouple currently resides in Lons-dale, MN.


Richard and Jean Heinen ofRosemount are celebrating their50th Wedding Anniversary onSaturday, November 19, 2011.

Family and friends are invited toshare in this celebration byjoining the couple at a Mass

of Thanksgiving at 3:00 p.m. atthe Church of St. Joseph, 13900Biscayne Ave. W., Rosemountfollowed by an Open Housefrom 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the

Rosemount Community CenterBanquet Room, 13885 SouthRobert Trail, Rosemount.

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Ed and Judy McKinley ofApple Valley are celebratingtheir 50th wedding anniversary

on November 18, 2011.Ed and Judy were married at St.John the Evangelist CatholicChurch in Duluth, MN onNovember 18, 1961. They

celebrated their anniversary bytouring Eastern Europe byCruise ship accompanied by

three other couples.

Carron - MasonRichard and Karen Carron of

Lakeville, MN are pleased toannounce the engagement of theirdaughter, Laura Carron, to PhilipMason. Philip is the son of Ericand Lida Mason, Greenville, PA.

T h e b r i d e - t o - b e i s a 1 9 9 9graduate of Lakev i l l e HighSchool. She graduated from Pur-due University in 2003 with adegree in business and receivedher master's degree in businessadministration from ArizonaState University in 2007. Shecurrently is employed as a SeniorFinance Manager for Caterpillar,Inc. in Pittsburgh, PA.

The future groom is a 2002graduate of Greenvi l le HighSchool, a 2006 graduate of Buck-nell University with a degree inbiology, and a 2010 graduate ofthe University of PittsburghSchool of Dental Medicine, wherehe received his doctorate in den-tal medicine. He currently prac-tices dentistry in Butler, PA.

The couple is planning a Sep-tember 2012 wedding in Cross-lake, Minnesota.

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SportsStandings

FootballSaturday, October 29 • Eastview 49, Rosemount 13 • Prior Lake 31, Bloomington

Kennedy 7 • Lakeville North 24, Lakeville

South 14 • Eagan 63, Woodbury 29

Friday, November 4 • Cretin-Derham Hall 31, Eagan 12 • Prior Lake 27, Eastview 7 • Lakeville North 27, Owatonna 7

Friday, November 11 • Prior Lake vs. Totino-Grace, 8 p.m.

Metrodome, Minneapolis • Lakeville North winner vs. Cretin-

Derham Hall, 5 p.m. Metrodome, Minneapolis

VolleyballFriday, October 28 • Lakeville South def. Burnsville

25-20, 25-16, 25-21 • Bloomington Jefferson def. Eastview

26-24, 25-17, 25-15 • Eagan def. Bloomington Kennedy,

25-15, 25-20, 25-13 • Lakeville North def. Apple Valley,

25-18, 25- 19, 25-15

Wednesday, November 2 • Lakeville South def. Bloomington

Jefferson 24-26, 25-22, 25-19, 25-22 • Lakeville North def. Eagan 25-22,

25-21, 25-22

Saturday, November 5 • Lakeville North def. Lakeville South,

25-20, 17-25, 25- 21, 22-25, 15-13

Thursday, November 10 • Lakeville North vs. Bemidji, Class

AAA state tournament, 11 a.m., Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Friday, November 11 • Lakeville North/Bemidji winner

vs. Andover/Cretin-Derham Hall winner, Class AAA semifinal, 11 a.m. Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul

Saturday, November 12 • Class AAA final, 5 p.m., Xcel

Energy Center, St. Paul

Boys SoccerThursday, October 27 • Eastview 2, Rochester Mayo 1

Tuesday, November 1 • Eastview 2, Minneapolis Southwest 0

Thursday, November 3 • Eden Prairie 3, Eastview 1, Class

AA state final, 3 p.m. Metrodome, Minneapolis

Girls SoccerWednesday, October 26 • Lakeville North 3, Anoka 0

Friday, October 28 • Burnsville 1, Woodbury 0 • Centennial 1, Eastview 0 (3-2 SO)

Monday, October 31 • Wayzata 1, Lakeville North 0

(5-3 SO) • Burnsville 5, Centennial 2

Tuesday. Nov. 1 • Centennial 2, Lakeville North 1

Thursday, November 3 • Wayzata 2, Burnsville 1 ( 4-3

shoot-out) Class AA state final, Metrodome, Minneapolis

Cross Country GirlsSaturday, November 5 • Class AA state cross country meet,

St. Olaf College, Northfield

Team9. Eagan; 7. Danielle Anderson, 14:39.3; 39. Anna Van Wyk, 15:29.7; 45. Alanna Stangl, 15:36.5; 58. Reilly Hostager, 15:48.9; 63. Raissa Hansen, 15:54.8; 71. Kelli Praska,16:01.2; 74. Karina Johnson, 16:02.7

IndividualRosemount: 57. Liz Evenocheck, 15:22.5; 122. Hannah Grim, 16:05.4 Burnsville: 40. Vivian Hett, 15:12.8

Cross Country BoysSaturday, November 5 • Class AA state cross country meet,

St. Olaf College, Northfield

Team2. Burnsville: 3 Cole O’Brien, 15:46.3; 7 Abdullahi Salan, 16:06.7; 12. Faysol Mamoud,16:13.9; 13. Ali Ahmed,16:14.2; 80. Shawn Wong,17:33.1; 103. Sam Houching, 18:12.5; 105. Jake Stevens, 18:13.4

4. Rosemount; 9. Nathan Rock,16:10.0; 23. Trevor Capra,16:27.8; 30. Calvin Lehn, 16:31.8; 31. Nick Couillard, 16:32.6; 39. Chandler Dye, 16:46.8; 40. Tyler Blumke, 16:47.4; 71. Sam Ivanecky, 17:23.7

IndividualEastview: 15. Nick Oelke, 16:06.0

Girls HockeyFriday, November 11 • Hill-Murray at Lakeville North,

7 p.m.

Saturday, November 12 • Shakopee at Apple Valley, 2:15 p.m. • Tartan at Bloomington Kennedy,

3 p.m. • Henry Sibley at Eagan, 3 p.m.

Tuesday, November 15 • Shakopee at Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Burnsville at Minnetonka, 7 p.m. • East Ridge at Apple Valley, 7 p.m. • Eagan at Eden Prairie, 7 p.m. • Eastview at Edina, 7 p.m. • Wayzata at Prior Lake, 7 p.m. • Hopkins Lakeville North, 7 p.m. • Mound-Westonka at Bloomington

Kennedy, 7:15 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Champlin

Park, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 17 • Bloomington Kennedy at Hopkins,

7 p.m. • Apple Valley at Wayzata, 7 p.m. • Minnetonka at Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Edina at Lakeville South, 7:15 p.m. • East Ridge at Eagan, 7:15 p.m.

Blaze runner-up at stateUnseeded Burnsville girls soccer teamnearly pulls off the upset in state final

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

It took a shoot-out to decide a state champion in the Class AA girls soccer state final with Burnsville and Wayzata knotted at 1-1 after 100 minutes of play. Burnsville’s Maggie So-derholm, Hannah Keirst-ead and Alyssa Blahnik converted on their chances during the shoot-out but Wayzata made one more to win 2-1 (4-3) on Nov. 3 at the Metrodome in Minne-apolis. “The shoot-out is a tough thing, but I’m hap-py,” Burnsville coach John Soderholm said. “It’s a big deal to get here. Hopefully we’ll get back here next year. … I told them there’s no disappointment. It was a

great season. I’m very hap-py for them.” Both teams could have prevented a shoot-out sev-eral times. Wayzata had 23 shots while Burnsville had 15. Goalkeeper Meghann Rudolph gave the Blaze a chance with 11 saves. “We gave up too many shots,” John Soderholm said. “We got kind of pan-icky and we started playing their game a little bit.” After a back-and-forth, scoreless first half, Blahnik put the Blaze on the board four minutes into the sec-ond half. Sarah Poythress passed to an open Blahnik who ran 50 yards untouched and launched a left-footed kick to the opposite side of the net to take a 1-0 lead.

Wayzata tied the match at 1-1 with 21:45 remain-ing with a textbook pass-and-shoot between Maddie Eklin and Kiana Nickel. Wayzata came in to the tournament with more ex-perience compared to the young Burnsville team, which made its first state appearance in 15 years. Six of Burnsville’s top seven scorers along with its goal keeper are underclass-men. Wayzata is one of the more storied girls soc-cer programs in Minnesota with 23 state tournament appearances, five state titles and a second-place trophy last year. “Being the underdog makes you play harder be-cause you have nothing to lose,” Blahnik said. “We

were pressuring ourselves because we wanted to win, but it was great when we got here.” With several young play-ers like Abby Soderholm, Blahnik and Keirstead, the Blaze figure to have a load-ed lineup with state tourna-ment experience next sea-son. “I thought we were a year away from getting here,”

John Soderholm said. “The girls grew up a lot during the season.” Rudolph, Blahnik, Tia-na Khamvongsa and Han-nah Freden were named to the 2011 Class AA Minne-sota All-Tournament team. Burnsville’s season ended with a 17-5 record.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Wildcats fall in section final

Photo by Andy Rogers

Eagan’s Pete Economou, No. 23, helps block for Eagan’s Drew Bauer, No. 6, in the Section 4-5A final against Cretin-Derham Hall. To view more photos, visit www.ThisweekLive.com.

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Eastview’s Andrew Johnson, No. 22, and Chris Tramonte, No. 28, try to tackle Prior Lake’s Jack Kaiser, No. 20, in the Section 3-5A final. To view more photos, visit www.ThisweekLive.com.

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Eagan football team fell short of an upset in the Section 4-5A final Nov. 4. The No. 3 seed Wildcats lost to top-seeded and undefeated Cretin-Derham Hall, 31-12, putting an end to Eagan’s season. Although the Wildcats weren’t fa-vored to win, the loss wasn’t any eas-ier to absorb as Cretin-Derham Hall has defeated Eagan during the last three section playoffs. Although both Eagan and Cretin-Derham Hall came in with high-scoring offenses, it was the de-fenses that were showcased in the first half. Eagan put the Raiders in punt for-mation more than usual in the first half. Jabri Guy stopped a Raider drive with an interception as well, but the Wildcats weren’t able to covert it into points. “We got to the 30-yard line three times and we didn’t score,” Eagan head coach Rick Sutton said. “We needed to be able to get points in those situations.” Cretin-Derham Hall drove to the 10-yard line on its second drive only to settle for a 27-yard field goal to get on the board first. On its next drive quarterback Con-nor Rhoda connected with James On-wualu for 48 yards to take a 10-0 lead, but Eagan wasn’t about to be shut out. Eagan quarterback Drew Bauer found plenty of room to run during a 68-yard touchdown scamper, but the extra point failed, putting the score at 10-6. In the second half, Onwualu and the Raider offense found leaks in the Eagan defense. Onwualu had touch-down runs of 87 and 25 yards to take a 24-6 lead. “I don’t think we tackled as well as

we could have, but it wasn’t for lack of effort,” Sutton said. “The effort was outstanding, we just didn’t make enough plays.” Eagan answered before the end of the third quarter. A 34-yard catch by Mack Nelson set up a 35-yard touch-down catch by Eagan’s Eric Wood-cock, but the 2-point try failed. In the fourth quarter, the Raid-ers were able to run the clock down and capped the game with an 8-yard touchdown run by Blake Banham. After starting 0-3, Eagan won six on its last seven games to advance to the section final, finishing with a 6-5 record. “I’ve told these guys that in all my years of coaching, this has been the team that has had the most improve-ment from beginning to end,” Sutton said.

Lightning fall to Prior Lake The Eastview football playoff re-surgence came to an with a 27-7 loss to Prior Lake in the Section 3-5A fi-nal Nov. 4. The teams were tied at half-time thanks to a 54-yard pass from Eastview quarterback Ryan Reger to Amare Kennedy, but the Lakers scored 20 unanswered points in the second half to win. The Lightning came into the play-offs with a 3-5 record and the fourth seed, but defeated No. 5 Burnsville and No. 1 Rosemount on its way to play No. 2 Prior Lake in the final game before state. Eastview was one of only two teams along with Moorhead in Class 5A to play in a section final game as the No. 4 seed or lower. Prior Lake will play in the Class 5A state tournament quarterfinal game against Totino-Grace on Friday in the Metrodome.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Blaze second at state cross country

Photos by Rick Orndorf

Left: Burnsville’s Ali Ahmed, No. 301, and Faysol Mamoud, No. 304, run at the Class AA state meet on Saturday at St. Olaf College in Northfield. The boys finished in second place, 23 points behind the winner Stillwater and 17 ahead of fourth-place Rosemount, who they lost to in the Section 3AA meet. Cole O’Brien finished fifth, Abdullahi Salan 18th, Mamoud 27th, Ahmed 28th, Shawn Wong 127th, Sam Hougching 150th and Jake Stevens 152nd. Right: Eagan’s Raissa Hansen, No. 134, and Reilly Hostager, No. 135, helped the Wildcats finish ninth overall last weekend at state. Danielle Anderson finished in eighth place, Anna Van Wyk in 72nd, Alanna Stangl 81st, Hostager 99th, Hansen 106th, Kelli Praska 116th and Karina Johnson 119th. To view more photos, visit www.ThisweekLive.com.

Photo by Bill Jones

Burnsville’s Meghann Rudolph makes a save during the Class AA state final. To view more photos of the game, visit www.ThisweekLive.com.

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POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION

ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITYThe City of Eagan is committed to the

policy that all persons have equal access to

its programs, services, activities, facilities

and employment without regard to race,

color, creed, religion, national origin, sex,

disability, age, sexual orientation, marital

status or status with regard to public

assistance.

Auxiliary aids for persons with disabilities

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PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

CITY OF EAGAN

DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING:

Advisory Planning Commission Meet-

ing: Tuesday, November 22, at 6:30 pm,

City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot

Knob Rd

DEVELOPMENT/APPLICANT:

Former Fire Admin Bldg./Mike Ridley

LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION:

3795 Pilot Knob Road,

REQUEST(S):

Comprehensive Guide PlanA Comprehensive Guide Plan Amend-

ment from Quasi Public, QP to Office/Ser-

vice, O/S.

File Number: 16-CG-03-10-11

RezoningA Rezoning from Public Facility, PF to

Limited Business, LB.

File Number: 16-RZ-03-10-11

QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Depart-

ment at (651) 675-5685 or contact Mike

Ridley, the Planner at (651) 675-5650 or

[email protected] with the above

information.

CITY OF EAGAN

Christina M. Scipioni - City Clerk

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District 917School BoardProceedingsThis is a summary of the Intermediate

School District 917 Regular School Board

Meeting on Tuesday, November 1, 2011,

with full text available for public inspection

o n t h e d i s t r i c t w e b s i t e a t

www.isd917.k12.mn.us or the District Office

at 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount, MN

55068.

The meeting was called to order at 4:30

PM. Board members present: Arlene

Bush, Dan Cater, Ji l l Lewis, Veronica

Walter , Deb Clark, V ick i Roy, Vanda

Pressnall, Kathy Lewis, Tom Ryerson, and

ex-officio member Supt. John Christiansen.

Absent: None. Also present: Melissa

Schaller, Linda Berg, Dan Hurley, Scott

Teskey. Good news reports were pre-

sented. The following Consent Agenda

items were approved: minutes, personnel,

donations, bills to be paid, investment

report and wire transfers. Scott Teskey and

Dan Hur ley reported on the Nat ional

Careers Pathways Network seminar .

Adjournment at 5:50 PM.

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PUBLIC NOTICEWARNING

WATER AERATION SYSTEM OPERATION

CITY OF APPLE VALLEYNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an aera-

tion system, creating open water and thin

ice, will begin operating on Lake Alimagnet

in the Cities of Apple Valley and Burnsville,

Dakota County, Minnesota; as early as

December 1, 2011, and continue through

March 30, 2012. The system is installed at

the southeast corner of the lake, in Alimag-

net Park, in Apple Valley. Weather condi-

tions may cause the areas of thin ice and

open water to fluctuate greatly. Stay clear

of the marked area!

If there are questions concerning this

aeration system, please call the Apple Val-

ley Natural Resources Coordinator at

952-953-2461.

/s/ Pamela J. Gackstetter

Pamela Gackstetter

Apple Valley City Clerk

2813412 11/11 & 11/25/11

Man charged in Eagan robbery


A Minneapolis man was charged on Tuesday in con-nection to a gas station rob-bery and high speed chase in Eagan. Jermaine Savory, 34, was charged by the Dakota County Attorney’s Office with two counts of simple robbery and fleeing from a peace officer – all felonies. The criminal complaint contains the following ac-count: Savory entered a Holi-day Gas Station on the 3600 block of Pilot Knob at 5:30 a.m. Nov. 6, and began yell-ing at employees. He then jumped over the counter and demanded an employee open the cash register. The clerk, who be-lieved Savory had a gun, removed an undisclosed amount of cash.

Savory fled the scene in a silver van with the cash. Store employees took down the license plate number and called police, who learned the vehicle had been stolen in a car-jacking in Lakeville. An Eagan officer at-tempted to pull the van over at the intersection of High-way 13 and Diffley Road. Savory refused to stop and led police on a chase through Burnsville and Ap-ple Valley, reaching speeds of 100 mph. Eventually, his vehicle struck “stop sticks” that were set by police on Cedar Avenue. After one of the tires de-flated, Savory stopped the van near Cedar Avenue and 143rd Street where he ran on foot. A short chase ensued and police arrested Savory. During a search, officers found that Savory had $141 on him and in his vehicle. Police brought one of the gas station employees to the scene where he iden-tified Savory as the man

who robbed the store. Then the owner of the van identified Savory as the carjacker. Officers also met with a shuttle bus driver who said he had driven Savory to-ward the airport earlier that evening when Savory began acting “weird.” The man said that as they approached Highway 46, Savory made a phone call and ”began yelling that they had taken him and were try-ing to kill him.” The driver exited the freeway onto County Road 46 to let Savory out of the vehicle. As they reached the top of the ramp, Savory grabbed the wheel and a fight en-sued. Eventually, the driver pushed Savory out of the vehicle and drove away. Savory faces a maximum of 10 years in prison if con-victed of robbery and up to three years in prison if convicted of fleeing from police.

Email Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

Eagan

Jermaine Savory arrested in

Apple Valley after high-speed chase


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St. Paul, Minneapolis, Robbinsdale and Edina. The fact that some of these women are willing to drive those distances to sing shows that there are few opportunities to sing choral music with a qual-ity that Sagen inspires. She said people are drawn to the chorale be-cause of the camaraderie, their love of singing and a chance to “get away and do something they wanted to do.” “The members are very dedicated,” Sagen said.

“In starting up a com-munity group like this, I knew up front that there would be people that would miss due to fam-ily commitments … but I work around their com-mitments.” She said one of the great things about the chorale’s schedule is that it has two sessions. One runs from August to November and the other runs from January to April. Sing-ers in both choirs have a break during the holiday season and have the spring and summer off. “This way people don’t feel that it takes up too much time,” Sagen said. “It also keeps it fresh where people look for-ward to coming back.” People who attend the concerts can expect to hear classical, folk, Broad-way and gospel music. Among the wide rang-ing selections are “Ave Maria 2,” “Agnus Dei,” “Jimmy Crack Corn,” and “Hey, Look Me Over,” and music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Antonin Dvorak, and Franz Schubert. She said the group was founded on the idea that it centers on a community that sings together and provides an opportunity to perform and share it with the community. That sharing will begin this weekend.

Tad Johnson is at [email protected].

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by Tad JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Minnesota has a rich choral tradition that reso-nates throughout high school and college audito-riums and church steeples across the state. While students have a chance to explore a broad repertoire, after their col-lege graduations often their soaring voices can’t be heard singing much more than hymns on Sun-days. The 100-member Min-nesota Valley Women’s Chorale plans to change all that. Founded by longtime District 196 vocal music teacher Judy Sagen, the chorale will stage its in-augural performances this weekend at two Apple Val-ley churches. While the group is steeped in Minnesota’s choral tradition, the wom-en hope to start a tradition of their own. “We want to introduce audiences to the power and beauty of the women’s rep-ertoire,” Sagen said. “We believe in the performance of creative and challeng-ing music that entertains, inspires and affirms with a spirit of friendship and hope.” Rehearsals for the up-coming performances, which will be in conjunc-tion with the 9-year-old Minnesota Valley Men’s Chorale, started in August.

The 58-member men’s cho-rale is directed by long-time Rosemount vocal mu-sic teacher Steve Boehlke. The groups practice ev-ery Monday at Grace Lu-theran Church in Apple Valley. Sagen, who taught high school vocal music at Ap-ple Valley, Eagan and fi-nally Eastview before retir-ing this year, said working with the women who range

in age from recent college graduates to senior citi-zens is rewarding and fun. “We sing, we laugh and sometimes even cry,” she said. “There is something about women singing with women … a special bond that is hard to describe.” The group consists of attorneys, doctors, busi-ness owners, nurses – many of them Sagen’s former students. “I absolutely love it,” she said. “After teaching

vocal music in District 196 for 36 years, I feel like I’ve come full circle. My phi-losophy in teaching high school students was first and foremost for the enjoy-ment of singing lifelong. “Some of them hadn’t sung since high school or college and missed the choral experience,” Sagen said. Many of them live in the south metro, but they also come from Maple Grove, Northfield, North

Inaugural concert for Minnesota Valley Women’s Chorale is Friday

Chorale members find their voices

The Minnesota Val-ley Women’s Chorale and Minnesota Val-ley Men’s Chorale will perform their 2011 Fall Concerts in Apple Val-ley on Friday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road and Saturday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. at Grace Lu-theran Church, County Road 42 and Pennock. Tickets are available at the door or from any chorale member. Sug-gested donation: $5 per ticket.

IN BRIEF

Judy Sagen Steve Boehlke

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Elaine Jonas sings during a rehearsal of the Minnesota Valley Women’s Chorale. She is a graduate of Rosemount High School and her father, Pete, is in the Minnesota Valley Men’s Chorale.


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ThisweekendThisweekendCall for local authors Dakota County Li-brary is looking for local authors, illustrators, pub-lishers and literary agents to be part of the first Lo-cal Author Fair to be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in the West-ern Service Center atrium, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. The fair is an opportu-nity for authors and book creators to showcase their work, discuss and sell their books, network with one another and learn more about the writing and pub-lishing business. Award-winning author David Housewright will speak, and The Loft will present free writing and publishing workshops. Anyone interested in participating needs to turn in an application by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30. Space is limited. Those se-lected will be notified by Dec. 22. There is no fee to apply or participate. Applications are avail-able online at www.dako-tacounty.us/library, search local author fair. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty.us/library or call Lindsey Dyer (adult) at (651) 450-2918 or Jen-nifer Verbrugge (children’s and teen) at (651) 450-2942.

McVicker to perform Nov. 16 Singer/songwriter Mitch McVicker will give a con-cert at 6 p.m. Wednesday,

Nov. 16, at South Metro Vineyard Church, 13798 Parkwood Drive, Burns-ville. The concert is free and open to all. Attendees are asked to bring a non-per-ishable food item to benefit Fruit of the Vine food pan-try. A freewill offering will be collected. Information: (952) 892-1000.

‘Junie B.’ to be staged in Lakeville The Play’s the Thing Productions will present “Junie B., First Grader in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells! (P.S. So Does May)” Dec. 16-29 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lake-ville. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, stu-dents and groups. Tickets can be purchased online at www.ci.lakeville.mn.us or by phone at (952) 985-4640.For more information about the show, go to www.childrenstheatretptt.com.

Rhythmic Circus in Burnsville Percussive-dance group Rhythmic Circus will pres-ent “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now!” at 7:30 p.m. Satur-day, Nov. 12, at the Burns-ville Performing Arts Cen-ter. Tickets are $34 and $29 and can be purchased at the box office, 12600 Nicollet Ave., or via Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or ticket-master.com.

Christmas at Steeple Center The Rosemount Area Arts Council is producing its first Christmas at the Steeple Center with perfor-mances at 2 and 7 p.m. Sat-urday, Dec. 3. Performances are pat-terned on the variety shows of old. Tickets are $12 for the matinee and $15 for the evening performance. Tick-ets and additional informa-tion can be found at www.rosemountaac.org or by calling (651) 600-8693. The city of Rosemount will hold a tree lighting ceremony in front of the Steeple Center at 6:30 p.m. prior to the evening perfor-mance. Santa Claus and/or St. Nicholas will be available for pictures prior to the performance start.

‘The Nutcracker’ ballet in Burnsville Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota will present its ninth annual production of Denise Vogt’s original “The Nutcracker” ballet Dec. 9-11, at Burnsville Per-forming Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Performances are Fri-day, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m.; Sat-urday, Dec. 10, at 2 and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, Dec. 11, at 1 and 4:30 p.m. Tickets range from $12 to $26 and are available at the box office and via Tick-etmaster at (800) 982-2787 or ticketmaster.com. For more information, visit TwinCitiesBallet.org or call (952) 452-3163.

Village Christmas The annual Christmas in the Village event is sched-uled from 1 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3-4 and Dec. 10-11 at Da-kota City Heritage Village, 4008 220th St. W., at the Da-kota County Fairgrounds in Farmington. Admission will be $2 for ages 4 to 12 and $3 for ages 13 and older. Children under 3 will be admitted free and there will be a maximum charge of $12 for each car-load. For information or to vol-unteer, call (651) 460-8050.

Swing night Tim Patrick and his Blue Eyes Band will per-form from 8 to 11 p.m. Fri-day, Nov. 18, at Best West-ern Premier Nicollet Inn, 14201 Nicollet Ave. S., Burnsville. Dance lessons will be offered at 7 p.m. Cost is $12 (including les-sons). Information: www.nicolletinn.com or (952) 435-2100.

MAX family night The IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Ap-ple Valley will host Family Night on Monday, Nov. 21. Guests who purchase one adult admission ($16) to the 6:30 p.m. showing of “Hap-py Feet Two: An IMAX 3D Experience” will receive one free child’s admission to the movie and complimentary pizza (while supplies last) before the show. Pizza will be served in the lobby be-ginning at 5:30 p.m.


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by the state,” Clegg said. He said voters also rec-ognized that the board has been good financial stew-ards and has built confi-dence that it is committed to the district’s education mission. Clegg said the $50 per pupil funding approved by the Legislature during the last session won’t cover the rising costs to run the dis-trict. Clegg said the district’s annual budget increases by about $3 million or $3.5 million each year due to rising fuel, health care and state-mandated contribu-tions to the teacher pension fund. He said the state has not adequately added funding for school districts as it has “kicked the budget down

the road” with such deci-sions as delaying the state aid payments to schools. A delay in 40 percent of the district’s state aid will require the district to bor-row money to cover operat-ing expenses and incur addi-tional expense with interest payments. There wasn’t too much drama to the Election Day results as Burnsville’s pre-cincts reported less than an hour after the polls closed that the yes votes had al-most a 70-30 margin over the no tallies. Savage precincts were sluggish to report their numbers, but by about 11 p.m. the final tally was com-plete.

Levy history District voters rejected a November 2006, $6 mil-lion annual levy, 13,882 to

10,992. Voters statewide were unkind to school levy ques-tions that year as only 29 of 69 districts were successful. District 191 sought $588 per pupil. The district went back to voters the following year and were successful with its 10-year, $6.75 million annu-al levy question. That levy sought $630 per pupil. That question was ap-proved 51.4 to 48.6 percent with a voter turnout of 12,036. That is the same scenario that played out in 2001 and 2002 in District 191. After a voter levy rejec-tion in 2001, the current levy seeking renewal Tues-day night was approved in 2002.

Tad Johnson is at [email protected].

District 191/from 1A

Blue Cross hopes the sale of Waterview and its sale-lease back plan will gener-ate capital to invest in other business opportunities, Mc-Manus said. The market has been brutal on large empty office buildings, and Eagan has several. The former Northwest Airlines building has been on the market for months, and Pinnacle Airlines re-

cently put Mesaba Airlines’ former headquarters on the market. The slow real estate mar-ket in Eagan is indicative of the recession, not the city, explained Tom Hedges, Eagan city administrator. “The trend in Eagan is felt around the country and even the world,” he said. “Eagan is actually healthier than many other cities.” Lockheed Martin is one such company that has had better luck with the real es-tate market. The company announced in October it plans to close its headquarters in 2013. Unlike Delta, Lockheed has already found a poten-tial buyer for its building — Minneapolis developer CSM Corp. Hedges said he is con-fident Blue Cross too will find a buyer for its property. “I’m hopeful they will sell (Waterview) soon to a good buyer,” he said. “It’s a good location with a won-derful view.”

Jessica Harper is at [email protected].

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Nominations for the 2012 Dakota County Tribune Ex-ceptional Businesswomen are being accepted through Fri-day, Nov. 25. People may nominate a woman who has excelled in the workplace and commu-nity by going online to www.ThisweekLive.com and fill-

ing out the nomination form. This is the third year of the Tribune’s recognition event, which has honored 27 Dakota County recipients in the past two years. Nominations may also be sent to [email protected] or by mail to Dakota County Tribune Ex-

ceptional Businesswomen, 12190 County Road 11, Burnsville, MN 55337. The nomination should include contact information for the person submitting the nomination and the woman being nominated along with reasons why she deserves the award.

Nominations being accepted for Exceptional Businesswomen

Citizen advisory committee applications The Dakota County Board of Commissioners is seeking qualified appli-cants for expiring terms and mid-term vacancies on the following citizen advi-sory committees:

• Dakota - Scott Work-force Investment Board; • Community Correc-tions Advisory Board; • Extension Committee; • Human Services Advi-sory Committee; • Library Board; • Public Art Citizen Ad-visory Committee; and • Special Board of Ap-peal and Equalization.

See the Dakota County website (www.dakotacoun-ty.us/CountyGovernment/CAC) for information. Dakota County resi-dents interested in serving on a committee can call County Administration at (651) 438-4418 for an ap-plication. The application deadline is Nov. 23.

Dakota County Briefs


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While a Vikings caravan made a stop in Lakeville, a feisty Gov. Mark Day-ton urged state lawmakers on Nov. 8 to “stop playing games” and act on the NFL team’s stadium proposal. “Come on. What are we doing here?” asked Dayton at a Capitol press confer-ence. “This is about mov-ing Minnesota forward,” he said of finding a stadium solution. Dayton’s goading of lawmakers comes the week when the governor had been planning to release his own Vikings stadium proposal. But Republican legisla-tive leaders last week left a meeting with the governor speaking of holding hear-ings on the stadium rather than biting on Dayton’s proposal to hold a special legislative session prior to Thanksgiving. Dayton argues that es-tablishing a tight time frame is key to finding a stadium solution. The Minnesota Vikings are active. In recent days, the team released an ad on local tele-vision that asks Minneso-tans to find a stadium solu-tion. Vikings Vice President of Public Affairs and Sta-dium Development Lester Bagley along with Vikings players were in Lakeville on Tuesday at a luncheon with

the Burnsville and Lakeville chambers of commerce for a program that included a stadium status report. State Reps. Diane Ander-son, R-Eagan; Pam Myrha, R-Burnsville; and Mary Liz Holberg, R-Lakeville, at-tended the event. Bagley thanked all three for working with them on the stadium issue. When Holberg was asked afterward if she supported public financing for a Vi-

kings stadium she said she would need to see a bill to make such a decision. She compared the sta-dium discussion to work-ing on a thousand-piece 3D puzzle, except putting together a puzzle “would be a lot more fun,” she said. Dayton was more direct in his rhetoric. “They’re our team,” said Dayton of the Vikings. They want to remain in

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Lakeville North football coach Brian Vossen (right) meets Minnesota Viking defensive end Brian Robison and former Viking Stu Voight during the Lakeville and Burnsville chambers’ General Membership Luncheon, which featured current players Robison, Michael Jenkins and vice president of public affairs and stadium development Lester Bagley at the Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites in Lakeville.

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The Eagan Police Department announced Nov. 7 that K-9 Maverick died the previous weekend after a short battle with lymphoma (cancer). Maverick had been with the department for more than eight years. The department has posted additional information on its Facebook page www.facebook.com/CityofEagan.

Veterans honored Three Dakota County combat veterans were hon-ored by the Rotary Club of Eagan Wednesday, Nov. 9 at the Eagan Community Cen-ter. Honorees included: • Gordon Johnson, a Navy veteran who served aboard the USS Sheliak (an attack cargo ship support-ing the USS Missouri) dur-ing World War II. • Tim Callister, an Eagan resident who served in Viet-nam in 1968-72 and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Bronze Star. • State Rep. John Kriesel, who served in the Kosovo and Iraq wars.

Holiday boutique The eighth annual Holi-day Classic Boutique will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at Faithful Shepherd Catho-lic School, 3355 Columbia Drive, Eagan. The event includes a cafe serving hot soups and a dessert buffet. Guests will be treated to complimenta-ry coffee and hot cider while shopping.

Pottery, art sale The Eagan Art House will hold its annual Pottery & Art Sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19. The sale features artwork by students, instructors and friends of the Eagan Art House. A portion of pro-ceeds will benefit Dakota Center for the Arts. The Eagan Art House is located at 3981 Lexington Ave. For more information, call (651) 675-5521 or go to www.eaganarthouse.org.

Green Jobs The BlueGreen Alliance Foundation’s GreenPOW-ER program will hold its Green Generalist workshop on Nov. 29 at the Burnsville WorkForce Center, Suite 140, 2900 County Road 42 W., Burnsville. The free eight-hour course teaches workers how manufacturers and other companies can increase their profits by operating more sustainably and pre-pares the participants to market themselves for green jobs. To register, call (952) 895-7600.

Book group to meet The Burnhaven Book Group will discuss “The Middle of Everywhere” by Mary Pipher at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, in the Burnhaven Library’s Com-munity Room, 1101 W. County Road 42.

Pipher is the author of the well-known book “Re-viving Ophelia: Saving the Lives of Adolescent Girls.” The book group is open to anyone who enjoys read-ing and discussing books, and no registration is re-quired.

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by Andrew MillerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Three area men have been charged with felonies after a shouting match out-side a Burnsville gas station escalated into violence. Xavian B. Fuller, 22, of Apple Valley; Richard L. Lange, 24, of Rosemount; and Michael A. O’Connor, 22, of Farmington were each charged with fel-ony terroristic threats following the Nov. 1 incident at a Burns-ville SuperAmerica. According to a criminal complaint, the three men got into a verbal altercation with the occupants of another vehicle, with both parties yelling at each other back and forth. Eventually, O’Connor exited the Honda that he, Fuller and Lange were in and punched the back win-dow of the other car, the complaint said. The window shattered, and pieces of glass fell onto an infant sitting in the back seat. When Fuller, Lange and O’Connor left the gas sta-tion, the other vehicle, a Chevrolet Monte Carlo, began to follow the Honda after someone in the Monte Carlo called 911. At a red stop light at the County Road 11 and Coun-

ty Road 42 intersec-tion in Apple Val-ley, Fuller, Lange and O’Connor got out of their vehicle and surrounded the Monte Carlo; O’Connor had a knife in his hand and “was display-ing it in an effort to scare the occupants of the Monte Car-lo,” according to the complaint. “The occupants of the Monte Carlo all stated they were fearful for the safety of the child in their vehicle,” the com-plaint said. All three men were arrested at 12:25 p.m. by Burnsville police and booked into the Dakota County Jail, where they remained as of Wednesday af-

ternoon. Bail was set at $20,000. Each faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted of the terroristic threats charge. O’Connor was also charged with criminal dam-age to property for allegedly punching the Monte Carlo’s window. That misdemeanor charge carries a maximum penalty of 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

Felony charges filed after gas station dispute

Police: Car window smashed, knife drawn

Xavian Fuller

Richard Lange

Michael O’Connor

Thisweek Newspapers, the Dakota County Tribune and ECM Specialty Publi-cations, the largest news or-ganization in Dakota Coun-ty, will move its operation from Burnsville to Apple Valley next year after con-struction of its new, second-floor space at the Shops on Galaxie is complete. After months of con-sideration and review of several potential locations throughout Dakota Coun-ty, the Apple Valley space emerged because of its cen-tral location in the county, access to support services and the chance to design the space to the operation’s needs. “Our employees like the idea of working in an area that is surrounded by res-taurants, shopping, and much more,” Larry Werner, Thisweek and the Tribune’s general manager, said. “We did not take lightly our de-cision to move from Burns-ville, which has been a very supportive community through the years.” The business has been at

its location at 12190 County Road 11 since 2002. Prior to that, the newspaper opera-tion was at 1525 E. High-way 13 since 1982. Thisweek Newspapers was founded in 1979 as a free distribution alternative to the paid-subscription Tribune, which was based in downtown Farmington. The Tribune has been in continuous operation since 1884.

The newspapers have a combined circulation of about 60,000, offering cov-erage in the cities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farmington, Lakeville and Rosemount. ECM Specialty Publica-tions develops custom prod-ucts with an emphasis on tourism and travel, econom-ic growth, and new resident information along with the south-of-the-river lifestyle

journal Focus Magazine. The Tribune, Thisweek and the Lakeville Life & Times merged in 1999 when ECM Publishers purchased the newspapers. At the time, the business included locations in Lakeville and Burnsville. ECM Publishers was founded in 1976 by former Minnesota Gov. Elmer L. Andersen and is based in Coon Rapids.

Newspaper group to move to Apple Valley

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Thisweek Newspapers, the Dakota County Tribune and ECM Specialty Publications will move its operations to a new office on the second floor above Mainstream Boutique at the Shops on Galaxie next year.

Dakota County BriefsHomestead property tax information All new property own-ers (or qualified relatives) who changed residences during the past year – and use the residence for homestead purposes – must apply for homestead status with their county assessor by Dec. 15. Property owners or qualified relatives who

want to classify property as homestead that was not classified as homestead in the past, must apply with the Dakota County As-sessor’s Office to receive homestead for property taxes payable in 2012. Once the homestead classification has been granted, no further ap-plications are necessary, unless requested by the county assessor. Only new applicants must file if they

have not already done so. Application forms are available from Dakota County Assessing Servic-es, (651) 438-4200, www.dakotacounty.us or at the Service Desk in the main floor atrium area of the Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Ap-ple Valley, during normal business hours. Property owners who sell their home, or move, or for any reason no longer

qualify for the homestead classification, are required to notify the county asses-sor within 30 days of the homestead’s change in sta-tus. (This notice is usually taken care of during the closing process.) Failure to notify the county asses-sor within 30 days is pun-ishable by recalculation of tax as non-homestead, in addition to a penalty equal to 100 percent of the homestead benefits.

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