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Fire chief hangs up his helmetAssistant chief totake over Richfielddepartment’s top jobBY BILLIE JO RASSATSUN NEWSPAPERS

After 38 years in the fireservice, with 29 of those at theRichfield Fire Department,Fire Chief Brad Sveum is put-ting away his boots, dusting offhis jacket and hanging up hisfire helmet for good.

“It is time. I thought a lotabout this and it is time for achange,” Sveum said.

Change is not always easy,but the department’s transi-tion to Sveum’s successor,Assistant Fire Chief WayneKewitsch, will likely besmooth.

“I feel I am leaving thedepartment in better hands,”Sveum said.

With 11 years at theRichfield Fire Department andsince a 2007 promotion toassistant fire chief, Kewitschis fulfilling a life-long dreamas a firefighter.

“I am very excited for thisopportunity, but I have somevery big shoes to fill,”Kewitsch said.

Sveum numerous accom-plishments to his name and hehas played a pivotal role inmany events in the metro areaover the past 38 years.

From the crucial assistance

he and his staff provided dur-ing the collapse of theInterstate 35W bridge over theMississippi River to the educa-tional expertise he teaches tothe youth in the community,the imprint Sveum has madeon Richfield will not soon fade.

“He has guided this depart-

ment through significantamount of changes just in thelast ten years,” Kewitsch said.

Sveum will continue toinfluence the community as aneducator at the HennepinTechnical College in the fireprotection field.

His retirement will finally

allow Sveum to be free tospend time on his family’sfarmstead in North Dakota.

Reflecting on his career,Sveum said a highlight was thathe was blessed with the opportu-nity to travel around locally to

A Nightto UniteRichfield gettingready to celebratecrime preventionevent Aug. 2BY BILLIE JO RASSAT SUN NEWSPAPERS

Richfield, are you ready forMinnesota’s Night to Unite2011?

On Tuesday, Aug. 2, the com-munity of Richfield is celebrat-ing, along with the rest ofMinnesota, for the third annualNight to Unite.

Replacing National NightOut, Night to Unite is an oppor-tunity to celebrate andstrengthen neighborhood andcommunity partnerships.

Sponsored by the MinnesotaCrime Prevention Association,AAA of Minnesota and Iowaand the Richfield Public SafetyDepartment, Night to Unite iscombining community potluckdinners, ice cream socials, bar-beques or pool parties withcrime prevention awareness.

“Our goal is to get everyoneon the same page about crimeprevention and safety,” JillMecklenburg, certified crimeprevention specialist for theRichfield Police Department,

Retiring Richfield Fire Chief Brad Sveum, left, left Assistant Fire Chief Wayne Kewitsch to lead the department as of July 1.(Photo by Billie Jo Rassat • Sun Newspapers)

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Richfield City Council approves66th Street revitalization plan BY BOB RINGER • SUN NEWSPAPERS INTERN

A long stretch of 66th Street mayreceive a facelift, thanks to a recentlyapproved revitalization plan.

The Richfield City Council gave itsstamp of approval to the purposed 66thStreet Corridor Revitalization Plan, dur-ing its July 12 meeting.

The project affects the 66th Street cor-ridor between Cedar Avenue andPortland Avenue, though constructionwould not begin until 2015.

The city of Richfield and HennepinCounty contracted the firm DamonFarber Associates Inc. to conduct a studyto determine opportunities to improvethe corridor in July 2010.

Tom Whitlock, a representative ofDamon Farber, highlighted the project’sthree major goals, focusing on trans-portation, use of open space and landuse.

“From a transportation aspect, welook to improve pedestrian accessibilityon the corridor, both along the corridorand across the corridor.” Whitlock said.

The plan also includes opportunities

to add on-street bicycle lanes and createon-street parking, according to Whitlock.

Focusing on open space, the plan aimsto reinforce Veterans Memorial Park as aregional draw, strengthen 66th Street’sconnection to neighborhood parks andcreate semi-public spaces, such as out-door dining areas, by partnering withprivate businesses.

The plan attempts to efficiently useproperty that is readily available.

“We want to work creatively with landowners to maximize the use of small par-cel sizes,” Whitlock said. “One of thechallenges to redevelopment along 66thstreet is that there are many narrowlots.”

The 66th Street CorridorRevitalization Plan would provide oppor-tunity to develop both residential andcommercial areas, according toWhitlock.

Because 66th Street is a county road,if the project’s pieces fall in to place,Hennepin County likely would carrymuch of the construction cost.

Info: 612-861-9700 (Richfield CityHall).

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Who’s getting paid?

BY PAUL GROESSEL • SUN NEWSPAPERS

Last week, when Gov. Mark Daytonoffered to accept Republican lawmaker’sJune 30 budget proposal, with new condi-tions, it appeared the two-week govern-ment shutdown would come to an end.

During the shutdown, with thousandsof state employees out of work sinceDayton and legislators did not agree on a2011-13 budget by the June 30 deadline, theissue of elected officials receiving pay ornot surfaced.

In the House of Representatives, legis-lators who declined payment during theshutdown can choose to get paid retroac-tively once the shutdown is over, accordingto Greg Crowe, co-controller for the House.

But senators will not have the option ofreceiving retroactive pay, according toMary Ferguson with the Office of theSecretary of Senate.

For legislators representingBloomington, Richfield, Edina and EdenPrairie, things were pretty split.

All of the representatives, except one,deferred their pay and most planned onnot taking retroactive payments after theshutdown.

All four of the senators kept their pay.Of course, it’s not always that cut and

dry.For those who took pay, some through-

out the House and Senate have said theywill donate their checks to local charity.

Legislators can also get paid for meet-ings they attend, known as per diem pay. Inboth the House and Senate, per diem pay-ments were suspended for all legislatorsduring the shutdown.

After attempting to reach all legislatorsrepresenting the four cities ofBloomington, Richfield, Edina and EdenPrairie by phone and most cases email aswell, several indicated their intentionsregarding retroactive payments and whythey did or did not accept payments. Notall could be reached, however.

Here’s the breakdown for legislatorsrepresenting the four cities:

Legislators who receivedpayments during the

shutdown• Sen. Geoff Michel, R-41, Edina

In an email, Michel said he has nottaken per diem pay since the end of the

regular legislative session May 23.“As deputy majority leader in the

Senate, and part of the legislative leader-ship team negotiating with GovernorDayton, I continue to receive the legisla-tive salary of $31,000 per year,” Michelsaid in an email Wednesday, July 13.

• Sen. Ken Kelash, D-63,Bloomington and Richfield

Kelash did accept pay because he did-n’t notify the proper Senate office intime, he said. He’ll most likely give hispay during the session to a charity in hisdistrict, he said.

“It’s a symbolic thing, and in the endit wouldn’t matter if we were being paida little bit of money … or an outrageousamount of money … ” he said.

• Rep. Kirk Stensrud, 42A, EdenPrairie; Sen. Dan Hall, R-40,Bloomington; and Sen. David Hann, R-42,Eden Prairie, did accept pay during theshutdown and could not be reached.

Legislators who delayedpayments

• Rep. Ann Lenczewski, D-40B,Bloomington

Lenczewski said she does not plan ontaking retroactive pay after the shut-down.

• Rep. Keith Downey, R-41A, Edina“As a legislator, I thought it was

important for me to share equally in thefinancial impact that other state employ-ees were also going to experience,” hesaid. “So, my intention is to share inequal measure, if you will, the samekind of impact in my own compensationthat the average state worker wouldexperience.”

That includes back pay. If state work-ers receive it, he would seek the same. Ifthey don’t, he won’t either, he said.

• Rep. Pat Mazorol, R-41B,Bloomington and Edina

In emails, Mazorol said he did notaccept pay during the shutdown anddoes not intend to receive retroactive pay.

• Rep. Jenifer Loon, R-42B,Eden Prairie

Loon said when she inquired aboutnot receiving pay during the shutdown,she had to write a personalized notesince that wasn’t an option on the pay-ment form.

Area legislators face tough questions following thestate shutdown: Did they take payments? Will theyseek repayment after the shutdown?

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“I basically said I want to be treatedthe same as government employees,” shesaid.

But even if lawmakers decide to giveretroactive payments to state workers,she does not intend to take it.

She said she normally doesn’t takeper diem pay outside of a regular ses-

sion, either.• Rep. Linda Slocum, D-63B,

Bloomington and RichfieldSlocum delayed her payment and

intends to donate it to Cornerstone, adomestic abuse prevention group.

• Rep. Paul Thissen, D-63A, Richfielddid not accept pay during the shutdown,but he could not be reached.

Legislative salary is $31,140 per year.Legislators are paid monthly, whichequals approximately $2,595.

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City council approveschanges to LyndaleCommons projectBY BOB RINGER • SUN NEWSPAPERS INTERN

The Richfield City Council approvedrevisions to plans for the purposedLyndale Commons apartment buildings,during their meeting July 12.

The revisions to the apartment com-plex, which would be built at the south-east corner of 64th Street West andLyndale Avenue, weresignificant enough torequire an amendment tothe projects proposedplans and the council’sapproval.

The revised proposalwill increase the numberof apartment units in thecomplex from 90 to 94 andmay increase the value ofthe project, according toa report read byCouncilmember FredWroge.

“The revised proposal increases theoverall value of the project by creatingunites that will rent at a higher ratethan the previous plan,” Wroge said.“Unit size throughout the project hasincreased approximately 15 to 20 percentper unit and the interior amenities ofthe project have been improved.”

The revisions place the structurecloser to Lyndale Avenue and furtheraway from nearby residential housing, achange Mayor Debbie Goettel favors.

“I’m really pleased to see the set backfrom the people who live behind them[the proposed complex],” Goettel said.

“That was some of the concerns we hadwith this from residents.”

Other changes to the LyndaleCommons plans include the expansionof an underground parking garage. Therevisions call for 17 additional parkingspaces. As a result of the expandedunderground parking, surface parkingwould decrease, allowing for additional

landscaping, grill areasand pedestrian lighting,according to Wroge.

The plans also out-line improvements tothe structure’s interiorand provide for officespace and a businesscenter. The size of thecomplex’s communityand fitness rooms wouldalso increase by 200 per-cent.

Though the revisedproposal will create

units that will rent at a higher rate, 20percent of the apartment units will beaffordable, according to Terry McMeilusof Micheal Development.

McMeilus said. “Those rents don’tchange for those 20 percent. These unitsare going to be nicer units, but thoserents are rent restricted and they willstay that way and they will be built thesame as all the other units.”

Micheal Development, the companybehind the proposed Lyndale Commonsproject, hopes to begin construction assoon as September 2011, according toMcMeilus.

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Dropping a line to the far side of the worldI collect postcards. It’s a

habit my friends and familyhave unwittingly enabled foryears by sending me cards fromaround the country and anaddiction I do not plan to giveup any time soon.

As a bit of a connoisseur ofthe deltiologist (postcard col-lecting) community, I regularlyperuse postcard-collecting web-sites to keep up on the latesttrends, look at galleries of real-ly interesting collections andgenerally waste time in one ofmy favorite ways. So I wasshocked the other day to discov-er an organization that will notonly provide you with theaddress of someone anywherein the world who might like toget a postcard from you, but willgive your address to card writ-ers around the globe, as well.

Shocked, I tell you. Andridiculously enthused. I signed

up right away.On a rainy afternoon, I went

to the post office to drop myfirst postcard in the mail.Because it was traveling rough-ly 4,520 miles to Latvia — yes,Latvia — I wanted to doublecheck that I had affixed enoughpostage. The postal workerchecked my card, assured methe stamps I’d placed on thecard were sufficient andpromptly stood there readingwhat I’d written to my newLatvian friend.

Strange, I didn’t recall say-ing, “Good morning, is thisenough postage? Oh, and if

you’re feeling bored, why don’tyou read this postcard I’m send-ing. It’s good stuff, I promise.Kisses!”

But that’s perfectly all right.See, that’s what I love aboutpostcards: the public intimacy.Each card sent has a messagewritten on it, destined for a sin-gle individual, but can be readby a great many people before itever reaches that person.

On a recent trip to Ireland, Idragged my very understandingwife with me to an archeologymuseum near Dingle in CountyKerry. The museum was decid-edly unstimulating, but thesmall box of antique postcards— all of them circulated — inthe gift shop? Hmmm, I don’tknow. How do you think RobertBallard felt when he realized hefound Titanic? It was a box ofmessages, some of them morethan 100 years old, giving me a

glimpse of those personal yetwide-open messages. Too badthey were so stinkin’ expensive.

I’ve always wanted to ask to asimple question of those postalworkers that read postcardsbefore they are delivered: Didyou get it? Do the postcards youread make sense to you? I can’tsay that I recall ever runningacross someone else’s mail inthat way. I wonder what it’s like.

I guess this may be just a pro-tracted daydream. Maybe noone cares about the personallives of people they’ve nevermet. But that sure won’t stop mefrom sending postcards tostrangers around the world andwondering.

Shoot me a postcard:D. Callahan33 Second Street NortheastP.O. Box 280Osseo, MN 55369

DANIELCALLAHANRichfield Sun-CurrentManaging Editor

LETTERSTO THE EDITOR

Kudos to the editorTo the editor:

I have noticed that newRichfield Sun-Current EditorBillie Jo Rassat is working topromote our community andcity.

I appreciate that becauseother editors kind of cut andpasted. The current editor hasdemonstrated a stake in our city.The coverage is focused withinterviews of civic participants,more detailed city council cover-age, public and parochial schoolhappenings and, of course, goodlocal sports athletics and teamevents.

Ms. Rassat is receptive to newideas and suggestions email herat [email protected] orcall 763-424-7376.

Edwina GarciaRichfield

Let’s stop talking about the achievement gapMark Twain (Samuel L.

Clemens) is often quoted say-ing: "Everybody talks about theweather but nobody does any-thing about it."

I would like to borrow hissentiment and apply it to anoth-er issue that will soon be slap-ping us in the face once again asa new school year rolls around.

It’s the achievement gap.You’ve no doubt heard of it.Everyone talks about it, butnobody does anything about it.

The achievement gap isdescribed as the difference inscoring on standardized testsbetween students of color andwhite students. In almost allinstances both sets of studentsare exposed to the same educa-tional process and content.

One group excels. The otherfails.

I should clarify here thatsome districts have done some-thing about it but very few havemade more than cursory

inroads. Pieces of the puzzle arebeginning to come together,though.

In many of the suburbanschool districts we cover, theachievement gap numbers areamong the worst in Minnesotaand are even considered dis-turbing when compared tonational stats.

A number of assumptionshave been drawn. Those afore-mentioned districts aredesigned for and by white afflu-ent administrators, teachersand board members who aren’tparticularly concerned aboutstudents of color. If they can’tsucceed here, they should goelsewhere.

Others who study the issuesay the discrimination isn’tintentional but because whiteadministrators, teachers andboard members don’t under-stand the Black experience, asan example, they make judg-ments that are skewed withoutknowing it.

Another group claims stu-dents of color simply aren’t asintelligent as white students,which seems terribly racist onits face. You can find quite a bitabout the “intelligence gene”research online.

As difficult as it is to compre-hend the reasons for the dispar-ity in scores, it is even moreincomprehensible that we can’tachieve comprehensive solu-tions.

To paraphrase a famous say-ing from the ‘60s, “they cansend a man to the moon butthey can’t eliminate the

PAULWAHLSun Newspapers Senior Managing Editor

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achievement gap.”As I see it, at the heart of the issue

is the fact that school districts viewthe achievement gap as an issue theymust wrestle to the ground alone. It’sseldom spoken of as a community-wide issue. Remember “it takes a vil-lage to educate a child?”

It does.I have yet to see an effective model

in which each aspect of the commu-nity – from its churches, mosques andsynagogues to its municipal govern-ment to its service clubs – is engagedto do battle against the achievementgap.

We have had a war on poverty, awar on drugs, a war on terrorism.When are we going to launch the waron the achievement gap?

If the achievement gap is allowedto continue to exist, the future of ourstate and nation are at risk.

Either we take comprehensiveaction or we talk the issue to death.The view from here suggests it’s timeto pay attention rather than pay lipservice.

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GapState shutdown or not, we’re taking a family vacation

With most state government operationshalted during the shutdown, many familieshad to cancel vacations to state parks, theirreservations useless. But it takes more thana state shutdown to stop the Petersons fromgoing on vacation, I learned recently.

My extended family made plans morethan a month ago to travel to FatherHennepin State Park on Mille Lacs to vaca-tion together as a group of about 15.Fishing, swimming, hiking, boating – therewas going to be something for everyone.

With the state shutdown looming, myhusband and I anticipated the familyreunion could be delayed indefinitely, andwe started brainstorming what we woulddo with our time off. Maybe we would takea trip out of state, or maybe we’d hit theSuperior Hiking Trail for a little NorthShore backpacking.

Well, we weren’t the only ones preparing

for the worst.A relative took it upon herself to plan an

alternative: If the state government wouldfail us, we could go to a park run throughthe U.S. government instead!

Family members were contacted, planswere reorganized, and we had a new tripplanned, this one for Stony Point NationalForest Campground on Leech Lake, nearWalker, Minn.

I have to give the Petersons credit; theycertainly have resilience when it comes tokeeping commitments to family and their

get-togethers.It makes me wonder what would cause

the family to actually cancel a family get-together. Short of a zombie invasion or theend of the world, I’m sure the family wouldfind a way to plan a relaxing getaway.

Still, my husband and I bought a statepark sticker for “year-round” access tothose parks and their campgrounds, and Iwish we could have used it. I would haveloved to go to a beloved state park, pick up amap, talk with the staff, check out a GPSunit, take a walk down a trail and camp out.

I hope other Minnesotans found waysaround the shutdown’s ripple effects, as myfamily was so lucky to do. In all things, it’sbest to have patience and remember: This,too, shall pass.

That includes politicians’ terms inoffice. So let’s also remember to cast ourvotes wisely next fall.

SARAHPETERSONFridley Community Editor

meet other firefighters.The one thing the retiring chief will

miss the most from his years of hardwork and devotion to the city ofRichfield will be taking action in anemergency.

“Our business is to prevent harm and

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July 4 — An officer was dispatchedto the area at Ice Arena in Veteran’sPark, 6345 Portland Ave. S., regarding afight. The victim told the officer thatwhile he was standing in line for theportable rest room the suspect cut intoline and when the victim confronted thesuspect, the suspect punched him in theface causing a cut in the victim’s lip.The victim was unsure if he could iden-tify the suspect. A witness described thesuspect as a black male wearing a blackbaseball cap and black shirt with whitewriting on it, possible torn, of anunknown age. The area was checked butthe suspect was not found.

The police were patrolling Veteran’sPark during the Richfield HometownFourth of July events when they wereadvised that a juvenile male was intoxi-cated and passed out in the park.Richfield and Hennepin County para-medics responded and he was taken toHCMC. He was also issued a juvenilecitation for underage consumption.

July 5 — Police responded to reportsof property damage at WoodlakeCleaners, 6440 Lyndale Ave. S. and at theRichfield Liquor store, 6445 LyndaleAve. S. At both businesses an unknownsuspects caused damage to glass win-dows and doors apparently using a BBgun. There was no penetration intoeither business. There are no suspectsor witnesses in either incident.

July 6 — Officers were dispatched tothe area on the 6900 block of 18thAvenue South for a report of car prowl-ing. Two juveniles were located andcited for tampering and minor con-sumption. There was no damage to orany items missing from any of the vehi-cles.

Police responded to the 6800 block ofColumbus Avenue South where anunknown person, using a glass bottle,broke out the window of a silver Hondaparked on the south side of the resi-dence. Nothing was reported taken fromthe vehicle.

July 7 — An officer was dispatchedto Lariat Lanes, 6320 Penn Ave. S.,where the owner stated an unknown

suspect spray painted a picture on thenorth side of the business. This graffitiis similar and seems to be from thesame person who vandalized the retain-ing wall on Interstate 35 near 64th Streetand Girard Avenue.

The police observed a suspiciousvehicle in the parking lot of the Motel 6at 67th Street and Cedar Avenue South.One of the occupants was issued a cita-tion for possession of drug parapherna-lia. Another occupant was issued a cita-tion for giving a false name to an officer.

July 8 — A man reported that on the6200 block of Blaisdell Avenue South,he was working in a vacant home andheard a noise in the basement. Whenthe victim went to check about thenoise, the suspect met him, produced ahandgun and then fled the home.

The police responded to Menard’s,7701 Nicollet Ave. S., on a reported biketheft. The victim stated she had lockedher bike to the bike rack and was onlyin the store for 10-15 minutes. When sheretuned the lock had been cut and thebike, valued at $300, was gone.

July 9 — Officers responded to the200 block of 73rd Street West for areport of a car prowler. The officerslocated the suspect and arrested himfor tampering with a motor vehicle. Thesuspect was transported to HennepinCounty Jail.

An officer was dispatched to the 6200block of Knox Avenue South regardinggraffiti on the south side of the soundwall adjacent to Highway 62. The cost ofrepair is estimated at $100.

July 10 — Police were dispatched tothe 7700 block of Penn Avenue South ona report of a female in crisis. Thefemale had been hallucinating that herneighbors were sewn into the seats oftheir truck. She had broken into thetruck and sliced up the seats believingshe was cutting them free. The estimat-ed damage is valued at $2500. The sus-pect was taken to the Hennepin CountyMedical Center Crisis unit and placedon a 72-hour hold.

An officer was sent to the 7300 blockof Logan Avenue South on a delayedburglary to a garage. An unknown per-son entered the victim’s detachedgarage and took a bike valued at $400.There are no witnesses or suspects atthis time.

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What’s next for the former Lyndale Garden Center?City council work sessionfocuses on future of siteBY BOB RINGER • SUN NEWSPAPERS INTERN

Decreased property values and uncer-tainty regarding the future of theLyndale garden center dominated theconversation, during a special RichfieldCity Council work session.

The special work session, held prior tothe regular council meeting, featured asomewhat heated back-and-forthbetween Councilmember Fred Wrogeand Coleen Carey, the president of theCornerstone Group, July 12.

The session’s conversation focused onthe decreased property value ofKensington Park development and thefuture of the former Lyndale GardenCenter, two of Richfield’s more promi-nent properties. Both the KensingtonPark development and the garden centerare owned by the Cornerstone Group.

“The market conditions at Kensingtonhave changed pretty dramatically overthe last few years,” Carey said. “A coupleyears ago we had an appraisal in 2008and the property was appraised at $9.3

million. It has more recently beenappraised at something less than $4 [mil-lion].”

The Kensington development lost fivetenants, during a time in which theLyndale Avenue bridge in Richfield wasunder construction, according to Carey.

“When we replaced four of the five, wedid it at dramatically lower rents,” Careysaid. “That is part of why the appraisedvalue has gone down so much. The newtenants aren’t able to pay the kind ofrent the old tenants were paying.”

However, Wroge did not accept thatthe bridge construction was a legitimateexcuse for the Kensington development’sstruggles.

“You blame the bridge on the problem,instead of the parking, the issues ofwhen you decided to build, the city allow-ing you to build it the way you did,”Wroge said. “You’re blaming everybodyelse except for the structure itself.Everybody else stayed in businessthrough that and through the 76th Streetbridge.”

In 2009, Carey and the Cornerstonegroup began talking to their lenderabout ways to modify the Kensingtondevelopment mortgage. The Cornerstone

group then looked into finding aninvestor to help ease their financial bur-den.

The group secured an investor whoagreed to a buy into the mortgage at areduced amount. However, a dealbetween the lending bank and theinvestor fell apart at the last minute,according to Carey.

Following the deal’s collapse, themortgage lender, CW Capital, held asheriff sale of the property Friday, June24.

The sheriff sale activated a shift ofthe matter to a different staff memberwithin CW Capital, a change that willdelay a resolution to the Kensington mat-ter, according to Carey.

The Kensington development’s issueshave caused some council members toquestion the Cornerstone Group’s abilityto move forward with plans to refurbishthe garden center site.

“My point is, how I go to the 70-year-old lady down the street, saying, ‘WellKensington didn’t do well but you have tounderstand it was the economic condi-tions, it wasn’t just management?’”Councilmember Pat Elliot said. “We arefaced with the same situation. It is not

our money, it is the citizens’ money and Idon’t think I am doing my job to say weare going to roll the dice. I love yourideas. I love what is going on, but thecommitment of money is something I’vegot to justify to my constituents.”

Carey attempted to reassure the citycouncil about her ability to sustain theLyndale Garden Center project, citingher success in maintaining propertieslike the Kensington development.

“If you look at the reports that theinvestor has done, every time they do aproperty inspection report, I get excel-lent marks for how well it’s maintained,”Carey said. “It’s the market. It’s not howI manage it.”

Plans for the Lyndale Garden Centerdevelopment include anchor spaces fortraditional businesses and flex space foruses like a winterized version of a farm-ers market. The Cornerstone groupplans to utilize the original garden cen-ter structure, according to Carey.

Though the discussion seemed con-frontational at times, city council mem-bers, including Mayor Debbie Goettel,commended Carey for her efforts andplans to revitalize the Lyndale GardenCenter.

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Woman takes issuewith proposed Richfieldbandshell projectBY BOB RINGER • SUN NEWSPAPERS INTERN

Talk of bringing a bandshell toRichfield was met with resistance at thenew city hall as a local woman spokeout against the proposed project.

Heidi Gaibor, a Richfield resident,voiced her concern about the cost ofbuilding a public bandshell in a diffi-cult economic climate, during theRichfield City Council’s meetingTuesday, July 12.

Gaibor argued that the bandshellwas an example of unnecessary spend-ing that would place an additional bur-den on Richfield’s taxpayers.

“There’s no doubt that it would benice to have a bandshell or amphithe-atre and that indeed there would be ben-efits to the community,” Gaibor said.“However, our small city is just nowbeginning to pay $22 million for a new

municipal building, which I’m guessingwill take more than a year or two to do.”

Gaibor suggested a bandshell oramphitheatre could be privately fundedinstead.

Gaibor did not seem to oppose theproject’s timing rather than the ideaitself.

“Rather than saddle Richfield’s tax-payers with a ‘want’ rather than ‘need’project at this time of economic hard-ship for so many, let’s either put it on alist of wants for some day when we havea surplus of money or look at the pri-vate alternative,” Gaibor said.

Mayor Debbie Goettel thankedGaibor voicing her opinion to the coun-cil.

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Science andengineeringmuseum movingto BloomingtonBY MIKE HANKS • SUN NEWSPAPERS

Long before there were science, tech-nology, engineering and mathematicsintensive schools, Rebecca Schatz identi-fied a need to bring engineering educationto children.

There are many science museumsaimed at children throughout the country,but a place that teaches the principles ofengineering, “making stuff that works,”was hard to find. As an engineer for a high-tech company, Schatz began channeling herenergy into what would eventually becomea full-time, not-for-profit museum provid-ing a hands-on experience for children.

The Works, which traces its roots to1995, is leaving its home of several years,the Edina Community Center, and movingto Bloomington. The Works will remain inEdina through Sept. 3 before beginning itsmove to a former office building near 98thStreet and Lyndale Avenue South inBloomington. The museum is expected to

open at its new location inNovember.

What started in 1995 as atemporary exhibit in theBell Museum at theUniversity of Minnesota isnow a full-time operation.The museum offers hands-on exhibits forvisitors and provides engineering educa-tion to school groups throughout the year.

Visitors to The Works can programrobots, build giant structures, make a race-car, play a harp with strings of laser lightsand zip up a six-foot zipper. Every exhibitis interactive and designed to highlighthow things work.

The educational programs feature avariety of projects for students, such asbuilding a catapult for launching marsh-mallows. By building the catapult, stu-dents learn how the structure works andhow design elements can be altered tochange the end result, according to KrisBest, development director of The Works.

With the increase in engineering educa-tion through STEM schools acrossMinnesota, traffic has increased at TheWorks, according to Schatz, president ofthe museum she founded.

Four years ago, the state department ofeducation changed the science require-ments to include engineering at everygrade level, starting with kindergarten.That change fueled interest in The Works,where its annual audience grew from10,000 students a year to more than 40,000.The organization has outgrown its spacein Edina, space it has occupied since 2002.The search for a new location to house themuseum ended in Bloomington with anempty office complex at 9740 Grand Ave.

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The following class reunions havebeen scheduled for this year:

Bloomington High School• 1956 – Noon, Saturday, Aug. 13, Moir

Park, Bloomington. Info: [email protected].

Bloomington Jefferson High School

• 1986 – 7 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., Friday, Sept.9, Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W.123rd St., Savage.

• 1991 – Saturday, Aug. 20, WestinEdina Galleria, 3201 Galleria, Edina. Info:763-557-0177.

• 2001 – 6:30-10:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 6,Clubhouse Jaeger, 923 Washington Ave.N., Minneapolis. Info:[email protected].

Bloomington Kennedy High School

• 1981 – 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 6, PoorRichard’s Commonhouse, 8301Normandale Blvd., Bloomington. Info:[email protected] orxr.com/kennedy81.

• 1991 – 7 p.m. to midnight, Saturday,July 23, Solera, 900 Hennepin Ave.,Minneapolis. Info: xr.com/jfkhs91 [email protected].

Bloomington Lincoln High School• 1976 – 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 13,

Minnesota Valley Country Club, 6300Auto Club Road, Bloomington. Info:xr.com/lincoln76.

• 1981 – Friday, July 22, Crowne PlazaNorthstar Hotel, 618 Second Ave.,Minneapolis. Info: 763-557-0177.

Edina High School• 1971 – Friday, July 22, and Saturday,

July 23, various locations. Info: 952-926-6742 or [email protected] (Bill MacLean).

• 1986 – 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., Saturday, Aug.27, Edina Country Club, 5100 WooddaleAve. Info: edina-class-of-86.com.

Minneapolis North High School• 1951 – 11 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 17,

Edinburgh U.S.A., 8700 EdinbrookCrossing, Brooklyn Park. Info: [email protected] or 763-493-4333.

• 1961 – Friday, Aug. 19, and Saturday,Aug. 20, Doubletree Park Place Hotel,1500 Park Place Blvd., St. Louis Park.Info: [email protected].

Minneapolis Roosevelt High School

• 1951 – Thursday, Sept. 15, MinnesotaValley Country Club, Minnesota ValleyCountry Club, 6300 Auto Club Road,Bloomington. Info: 952-888-1970 or [email protected].

• 1966 – Saturday, Aug. 27, Knights of

Columbus, 1114 American Blvd.,Bloomington. Info:[email protected] [email protected].

Minneapolis West High School• 1971 – 7 p.m. to midnight, Saturday,

Aug. 13, Medina Country Club, 400Evergreen Road, Medina

Minnetonka High School• 1981 – 7 p.m., Saturday, July 30,

Bayview Event Center, 687 ExcelsiorBlvd., Excelsior. Info:[email protected] (Tippy McInerny)or Facebook – Minnetonka Senior HighSchool Class of 1981.

Richfield High School• 1961 – Saturday, Sept. 10. Info: rich-

field1961.com.• 1971 – 6:30 p.m. to midnight, Saturday,

July 23, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 5401 GreenValley Drive, Bloomington. Info: [email protected] or 612-791-4439(Mark Stevens).

• 1981 – 7 p.m. to midnight, Saturday,Aug. 13, Embassy Suites airport location.Info: xr.com/RHS81 [email protected].

• 1991 – 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 6,Richfield American Legion, 6501Portland Ave S. Info: richfield1991.com.

• 1996 – 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 20, 3849Gallagher Drive, Edina. Info: [email protected].

Robbinsdale High School• 1966 – Friday, Aug. 19, and Saturday,

Aug. 20. Info: robins66reunion.com or763-391-6653 (Jim Nachtsheim).

St. Louis Park High School• 1956 – 5 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 16, Lord

Fletcher’s, 3746 Sunset Drive, SpringPark.

• 1961 – Thursday, Aug. 25. Info:slp61.com.

• 1969 (60th birthday party) – 7 p.m.,Saturday, Aug. 6, Park Tavern, 3401Louisiana Ave. S., St. Louis Park. Info:[email protected] (David Troup).

• 1981 – 7 p.m., Saturday, July 30,Doubletree, 1500 Park Place Blvd., St.Louis Park. Info: 763-557-0177.

Wayzata High School• 1986 – Saturday, July 30, Marriott

Minneapolis West, St. Louis Park. Info:763-557-0177.

• 1991 – Saturday, July 29, WayzataCountry Club, 200 Wayzata Blvd. W.,Wayzata. Info: 763-557-0177.

To add a reunion to this list, [email protected], fax 763-424-7388 or call 763-424-7364.

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Fans dress up for final ‘Harry Potter’ movieRichfield 4-year-old Cameron Ford is congratulated by mom Tamika Ford and baby brotherJayden Alvarado-Ford for being the male winner in the “Harry Potter” look-alike contestThursday, July 14, at Southdale Center in Edina. Cameron, dressed as character Dobby, wasamong several who came in costume to celebrate the final installment in the “Harry Potter” seriesreleased 12:01 a.m. Friday. He didn’t stay for the showing, which was past his bedtime.Southdale Center marketing assistant Amy Siegel, a “Harry Potter” fan, said the mall plannedseveral activities for the movie release “because we knew there was going to be a ton of hype.”(Photo by Katie Mintz • Sun Newspapers)

Nine Mile Watershed seeksapplicants for board positions

The Hennepin County Board ofCommissioners is seeking applicants fortwo vacancies on the Nine Mile CreekWatershed District Board. Terms formembers Corrine Lynch and RobertKojetin are expiring. Lynch is seekingreappointment. Kojetin is not.

Nine Mile Creek Watershed DistrictBoard members may not be public offi-cers of the county, state or federal gov-ernment and must be a resident of thedistrict. The district is located in south-ern and western Hennepin County andincludes parts of Bloomington, EdenPrairie, Edina, Hopkins, Minnetonkaand Richfield.

The district’s five-member boarddevelops a comprehensive plan for theconservation of natural resources andcoordinates management of water andland resources covering an area approx-imately 50 square miles that drains intoNine Mile Creek. It is helpful for boardmembers to have a background in waterconservation, farming, development,law, engineering, environment or publicadministration. Meetings are held aboutonce a month. Members serve three-yearterms.

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Including a VEAP food drive is a won-derful way to include community bond-ing while helping a good cause, accord-ing to Mecklenburg.

“Hosting a block party does not haveto be difficult,” Mecklenburg said. “The

main goal is to get people to know eachother, so it can be as easy as having alemonade social.”

Quickly approaching, the deadlinefor blocks to register to participate inNight to Unite is Tuesday, Aug. 26.

Registration forms must be complet-ed and returned to Mecklenburg at 6700Portland Ave. S., Richfield, MN, 55423.

Last year over 180 blocks in Richfieldparticipated in Night to Unite, saidMecklenburg.

“Our participation shows the commu-nity’s commitment for crime preventionand safety,” Mecklenburg said.

Info: 612-861-9845 orci.richfield.mn.us.

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Ambassadors namedAt two separate ceremonies during the Richfield Hometown Fourth of July events, 2011-2012 Richfield JuniorAmbassadors Tejas Ramanajhan, front left, and Lorelei Schwab and the 2011-2012 Richfield AmbassadorsEylani Sanchez, back left, Molly Coughlin and Michele Heinecke were named from over 30 candidates.Ramanajhan is sponsored by the Richfield Bloomington Credit Union, Schwab is sponsored by the OptimistClub of Richfield, Sanchez is sponsored by the Minnesota School of Business, Coughlin is sponsored byBroadway Pizza, and Heinecke is sponsored by Blair’s Tree of Hope. (Submitted Photo)

At the Minnesota’s Night to Unite event last year, the 7400 block of Girard Avenue South in Richfield cel-ebrated with a visit from McGruff the Crime Dog. (Submitted Photo)

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Rosemount girl wins scouting award for bat projectHonored for building bathouses in Richfield parks BY HANNAH LUND • SUN NEWSPAPERS INTERN

Thanks to Rosemount Girl ScoutMeghan Sable, bats in Richfield haveanother choice of lodging besides the bel-fry.

The 18-year-old recently created bathouses in Richfield’s Veteran Park andLake Park, and was one of 136 girls in theRiver Valley division to receive the GirlScout Gold Award. The Gold Award is thehighest Girl Scout honor, requiring oneto four years of planning, preparation,prerequisites, research, project imple-mentation and community education. Itmust address a community issue and fixit in an original and sustainable way.

For Sable, inspiration came in theforms of the often-feared cave dwellers.

“We live in Minnesota, the state of

mosquitoes,” she said. “I’m a camper, soI’m familiar with them, but I think batswould be a good way to control mosqui-toes without using pesticides.”

Through her research, Sable discov-ered that one bat could eat 1,000 mosqui-toes per hour, which she estimates couldbe up to 8,000 mosquitoes in a singleevening. Hoping to offer an alternativefor pesticides, she built six bat houses toencourage bats to stick around at night.

“This is an eco-friendly solution thatgives bats a place to live,” she said.“Everyone’s afraid of bats, but they tendto avoid humans and would rather be liv-ing in their own homes than in humandwellings.”

To give bats their own homes, Sableand her family constructed the bat hous-es and nailed them high on treesthroughout the parks. Each one has sev-eral two-inch slots for bats to sleep andremains unpainted, a more natural colorthat Sable hopes will attract more bats

down the road.Creating a solution to pesticides,

researching and building bat houseswere not all that Sable did for her GoldAward. A Girl Scout Gold Award hingeson how it can help the community afterthe Girl Scout leaves. To make her proj-ect more sustainable, Sable hosted aninformational presentation gearedtoward dispelling bat-myths and teach-ing participants how to build their ownbat houses.

“There are a lot of misconceptionsabout bats,” Sable said. “For instance,not all bats have rabies. It’s not as big ofa problem as people think, and they’dactually be very helpful in the communi-ty.”

Learning bat-facts will help Sable’scommunity welcome the winged night-creatures into the new houses. Each par-ticipant also built his or her own bathouse. After her presentation, 18 smallerbat houses joined the community, which

means that Sable’s project will extendbeyond the Richfield parks she visitedfor her own houses.

“It’s great to see these girls gain lead-ership skills and grow as they help thecommunity,” said Girl Scout ProgramSpecialist Nicole Huebner. “They’re notjust volunteering around the communi-ty; they’re finding the root cause of aproblem and fixing it themselves. We’revery proud.”

After 12 years in Girl Scouts, Sable isalso proud to have done something thatwill benefit the community and make adifference for years to come.

“I just want to give [bats] a place tobe,” Sable said. “They’re around, but peo-ple just don’t notice them. I look forwardto the day that they’ll be a bigger part ofour lives.”

Through Sable’s work and the prom-ise of fewer mosquitoes down the road,the nighttime visitors will hopefully bevisitors no more.

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Jack and Donna Dahl ofBloomington are pleased to announcethe recent wedding of their daughterJennifer to Lt. Michael Bocchino ofWest Springfield, MA. Michael is theson of Sue and Jim Noyes of Tokyo,Japan, and Bill and Beth Bocchino ofJacksonville, FL.

Jennifer and Mike were married at aNuptial Mass at the church of St.Bonaventure in Bloomington on June25, 2011.

Jennifer is a 1999 graduate ofBloomington's John F. Kennedy HighSchool, and a 2003 graduate of theUniversity of Wisconsin-Eau Claire witha BA degree in OrganizationalCommunications. She is currently aMerchandising Presentation Managerat Target Corporate Headquarters inMinneapolis.

Mike is a 2000 graduate of WestSpringfield High School (MA), and a2004 graduate of Jacksonville

University (FL) where he was commis-sioned as a submarine officer in theU.S. Navy. After six years on activeduty, Mike moved to Minnesota inSeptember 2010. He is currentlyemployed as a Quality Engineer forBoston Scientific Corporation in ArdenHills, and is a member of Commander,Naval Forces Japan in the NavyReserve in Minneapolis.

Jennifer and Mike met in Hawaii in2007, when Jennifer was vacationing(to visit a high school friend), and Mikewas stationed on the USS Olympia(SSN 717) in Pearl Harbor. After a longdistance relationship and many cross-country flights, they were engaged inNovember of 2009 at the Nine MileCreek Bridge in Bloomington (whereJennifer's parents had becomeengaged 38 years earlier). After aweek's honeymoon trip to theCaribbean Island of St. Lucia, the new-lyweds reside in Bloomington.

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A Cub Scout Community:BY ALLY SERACKI • SUN NEWSPAPERS INTERN

Cub Scouting makes a difference inboys’ lives for many reasons; buildingtheir character and teaching them towork with others have been among themost important. Being part of Den 6,within Pack 66, is no exception.

Pack 66 is sponsored by St. Bernard’sCatholic Church, St. Paul. Den 6 is rela-tively new and was formed through aneffort of St. Bernard’s volunteers toreach out to their refugee community.For the den of 10 boys, all originallyfrom Southeast Asia, not only has CubScouting helped them reinforce relation-ships but it has also helped them breakdown language barriers. For Den 6,specifically, Scouting has reiterated a lot

of what they learn in school, butthrough experience.

“We trick kids to learn … throughhaving fun,” said Vincent Haen, adultleader for Pack 66.

Having the Scout uniforms connectsthem as well. “When they put on the uni-forms, it makes them feel united,” Haenadded.

Boys thankful fordonations

For Den 6, each family’s general eco-nomic situation is, as Haen woulddescribe, “your typical refugee story.”What some children may take for grant-ed, these boys cherish and appreciate.Haen described a time when the boys

needed water boots for an outdoor activ-ity. They received boots, free of charge,that some boys might refuse to wear. Butthe Den 6 boys didn’t care if the bootswere pink as long as their feet stayeddry.

On a case-by-case basis, a Scoutingoffice determines through a uniformexchange what donated uniforms to giveout to dens for free and reduced prices.All of Den 6 is receiving discounted orfree uniforms. Especially for the fami-lies who could not otherwise afford it,the assistance is a relief. Though manyof the boys’ parents do not understand alot about Cub Scouting, they realize it isgetting their sons involved in somethingthat is crucial. “Parents like gettingthem in the community,” Haen said.

Supporting the uniform exchangeprogram is easy during the month ofJuly. Used uniforms may be dropped offat all 25 Pilgrim Cleaners locations 7a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Fridayand 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Find loca-tions at pilgrimdrycleaners.com.

Uniforms are also accepted at theGabbert Scout Service Center, 5300Glenwood Ave., Golden Valley, and theHulings Scout Service Center, 393Marshall Ave., St. Paul, 8 a.m. to 5:30p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Financial contributions should besent to Northern Star Council BSA,Attn: Kent York, 5300 Glenwood Ave.,Golden Valley, MN 55422.

Info: ScoutingGoodForLife.org or 763-231-7201 (Northern Star Council).

Support less fortunate youthby donating used uniforms

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Public Notice(Official Publication)

PUBLIC NOTICE OF

NINE MILE CREEK WATERSHEDDISTRICT

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS:REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

FOR LEGAL SERVICESPursuant to MSA 103B.227, Subdivi-sion 5, Nine Mile Creek Watershed Dis-trict hereby solicits proposals for a legalconsultant for 2012 through 2013.

Written proposals (six copies) settingforth the experience of the company/in-dividual(s) who would be interested inproviding legal services for the Nine MileCreek Watershed District should be sentto:

Nine Mile Creek Watershed District7710 Computer Avenue, Suite 135Edina, MN 55435Attention: Kevin Bigalke, District Admin-istrator

Proposals shall be submitted on or be-fore Friday, August 5, 2011.

Please set forth in your written proposalcompany experience and the experienceof the individual(s) who proposes to per-form services for the District and the re-sumes of staff who would assist the in-dividual in providing the contractual ser-vices. Rates of individuals should beprovided. The Board will review saidproposals and reserves to itself the rightto take such action as it deems in thebest interest of Nine Mile Creek Water-shed District.

For further information about the NineMile Creek Watershed District, contactKevin Bigalke, Administrator at (952)835-2078 or visit: http://www.ninemile-creek.org/

(July 14,21,28, 2011) A4/D1/D2/D3/D4-LegalServices


PUBLIC NOTICE OF


REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS:ACCOUNTING SERVICES

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section103B.227, Subd. 5, the Nine Mile CreekWatershed District is soliciting proposalsfor accounting services for 2012 through2013. Written proposals (six copies)should include background and profileinformation on the firm, along with thespecific information as to expertise inwatershed district finances and budgets,hourly billing rates for 2012013, andnames and qualifications of personnel.Proposals should be sent to:

Nine Mile Creek Watershed DistrictAttn: Kevin Bigalke, Administrator7710 Computer Avenue, Suite 135Edina, MN 55435

Proposals must be submitted by Friday,August 5, 2011.

The Board of Managers will review pro-posals, reserves the right to reject anyand all proposals, and otherwise takesuch action it deems in the best interestof the Nine Mile Creek Watershed Dis-trict.


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PUBLIC NOTICE OF


REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS:ANNUAL AUDIT SERVICES

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section103B.227, Subd. 5, the Nine Mile CreekWatershed District is soliciting proposalsfor annual services for 2012 through2013. Written proposals (six copies)should include background and profileinformation on the firm, along with thespecific information as to expertise inwatershed district finances and budgets,hourly billing rates for 2012-2013, andnames and qualifications of personnel.The Nine Mile Creek Watershed DistrictBoard of Managers will work with the se-lected vendor to determine services onan annual basis. Proposals should besent to:





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PUBLIC NOTICE OF


REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS:ENGINEERING SERVICES

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section103B.227, Subd. 5, the Nine Mile CreekWatershed District is soliciting proposalsfor engineering services for 2012through 2013. Written proposals (sixcopies) should include background andprofile information on the firm, along withthe specific information as to expertise inwatershed district matters, hourly billingrates for 2012-2013, and names andqualifications of personnel. Proposalsshould be sent to:





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Certificate of Assumed Name(Official Publication)

MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE

CERTIFICATE OF ASSUMED NAME

Minnesota Statutes Chapter 333The filing of an assumed name

does not provide a user with exclusiverights to that name. The filing is re-quired for consumer protection inorder to enable consumers to be ableto identify the true owner of a busi-ness.

State the exact assumed nameunder which the business is or will beconducted:Travel Underground

State the address of the principalplace of business.3745 16th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN55407

List the name and complete streetaddress of all persons conducting busi-ness under the above Assumed Name.Michael S. Vollmer, 3745 16th Ave.S., Minneapolis, MN 55407

I, the undersigned, certify that I amsigning this document as the personwhose signature is required, or asagent of the person(s) whose signaturewould be required who has authorizedme to sign this document on his/herbehalf, or in both capacities. I furthercertify that I have completed all re-quired fields, and that the informationin this document is true and correctand in compliance with the applicablechapter of Minnesota Statutes. I un-derstand that by signing this docu-ment I am subject to the penalties ofperjury as set forth in Section 609.48as if I had signed this document underoath.

FILED: June 27, 2011/s/ Michael S. Vollmer, Owner

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City of Richfield(Official Publication)

CITY OF RICHFIELDPublic Hearing Notice

REGARDING: Notice of hearing on proposed assess-ment for removal of diseased trees fromprivate property for work ordered Janu-ary 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010.

WHEN:Tuesday, August 9, 20117:00 p.m.

WHERE:Richfield City Hall - Council Chambers6700 Portland Avenue South

LEGAL DESCRIPTION:The services which were undertaken bythe City for removal of diseased treesfrom private property, the cost of which isto be specially assessed against the ben-efited properties, included securing andscheduling of contractor plus related pro-cessing.

The cost of providing all such services forthese removals for work ordered duringthe period of January 1, 2010 - Decem-ber 31, 2010 is $44,249.94.

The proposed assessment is on file forpublic inspection at my office. Written ororal objections will be considered at themeeting, but the Council may considerany objection to the amount of a pro-posed individual assessment at an ad-journed meeting upon further notice toaffected property owners as deemed ad-visable.

An owner may appeal an assessment todistrict court pursuant to MinnesotaStatutes Section 429.081 by serving no-tice of the appeal upon the mayor or clerkof the city within 30 days after the adop-

tion of the assessment and filing such no-tice with the district court within ten daysafter service upon the mayor or clerk;however, no appeal may be taken as tothe amount of an individual assessmentunless a written objection by the affectedproperty owner is filed with the clerk priorto the assessment hearing or presentedto the presiding officer at the hearing.

QUESTIONS:Call Chris Link, Operations ManagerStreets/Forestry at 612-861-9174.

HOW TO COMMENT:Attend the hearing and you will be heardor submit written comments.

NANCY GIBBSCity Clerk

AUXILIARY AIDS FOR INDIVIDUALSWITH DISABILITIES ARE AVAILABLEUPON REQUEST. REQUESTS MUSTBE MADE AT LEAST 96 HOURS IN AD-VANCE TO THE CITYCLERK AT 612-861-9738.

(July 21, 2011) D2-DiseasedTrees



REGARDING: Notice of public hearing on proposed as-sessment for certain services of the Citywithin the Lyndale/Hub/Nicollet Redevel-opment Area from January 1, 2010through December 31, 2010 and fromJanuary 1, 2012 through December 31,2012.



SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICTDESCRIPTION:The Special Assessment District con-sists of the Lyndale/Hub/Nicollet Rede-velopment Project Area, the approximateboundaries of which are 64th Street onthe north, First Avenue on the east, 67thStreet on the south, and Emerson Av-enue on the west.

The cost of providing all of such serviceswithin the district for the period of Janu-ary 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010is $32,459.40.

The estimated cost of providing all ofsuch services within the district for theperiod of January 1, 2012 through De-cember 31, 2012 is $50,000.

QUESTIONS:Call Mark Hall, Operations ManagerParks/Fleet at 612-861-9173.




(July 21, 2011) D2-SpecialAssessment



REGARDING: Notice of hearing on proposed assess-ment for certain services of the City with-

in the 77th Street Project Area from Jan-uary 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010 andfrom January 1, 2012 to December 31,2012.



PROJECT AREA DESCRIPTION:The special assessment district consistsof all commercial property in the 77thStreet project area, the approximateboundaries of which are I-35W on thewest, Cedar Avenue on the east, 76thStreet on the north and I-494 on thesouth.

The cost of providing all of such serviceswithin the district for the period of January 1, 2010 through December 31,2010 is $64,124.81.

The estimated cost for providing suchservices within the proposed special as-sessment district from January 1, 2012 toDecember 31, 2012 is $80,000.

QUESTIONS:Call Mark Hall, Operations ManagerParks/Fleets, at 612-861-9173.




(July 21, 2011) D2-77thStreetArea


MINUTESRegular Meeting of the Board of

EducationIndependent School District 280,

Richfield Public SchoolsThe regular meeting of the Board of Ed-ucation of Independent School District280, Hennepin County, Richfield, Min-nesota, was held on Monday, June 13,2011, at the District Board Room, 7001Harriet Avenue So., Richfield, MN 55423.The regular school board meeting wascalled to order by Chair Peter Toensing,at 7:05 p.m. with the following membersin attendance: Belkengren, Easterwood,Flood, Lamberger, Nollenberger andToensing. Absent: None. Superinten-dent Slotterback, Directors MichaelSchwartz, Craig Holje and Kate Trewickwere also present.

REPORTS AND INFORMATION FROMSCHOOL SOURCES

1. Heard report from Sally Parks, Presi-dent of Richfield Rotary

COMMUNICATIONS FROM NON-SCHOOL SOURCES

1. Heard one commendation

ROUTINE MATTERS (approved unani-mously)

1. Approved the Minutes of the RegularMeeting of May 16, 2011

2. Approved General Disbursements ofJune 13, 2011 in the amount of$1,368,855.43

3. Approved Investments and ElectronicTransfers for May 2011

PERSONNEL

1. Approved all personnel items as pre-sented

2. Sheridan Hills Principal, Jodi Mark-worth was introduced

OLD BUSINESS

1. Approved Change Order #1 – Syn-thetic Turf

2. Approved 2011-2012 Budget Adoption

NEW BUSINESS

1. Approved Health & Safety ProgramEvaluation

2. Approved Health & Safety Manage-ment Plans

3. Approved Curriculum Update of Giftedand Talented Education

4. Approved Board Policy 413 – Staff Useof Facilities

5. Approved Driver Education Automo-bile Lease

6. Approved Cash Flow Borrowing Au-thorization

7. Approved Reimbursement of FutureExpenditures from Future Bond Issuesand Borrowing Resolution

8. Approved Lease Purchase (Buses &Technology) Resolution

9. Accepted twelve donations

The regular meeting adjourned at 9:45p.m. The preceding is a summary of theofficial minutes, which are on file in theDistrict Office, 7001 Harriet AvenueSouth, Richfield, Minnesota. The nextregular meeting of the Board of Educa-tion will be held on Monday, July 11,2011.

David J. Lamberger, Board of EducationClerk

(July 21, 2011) D2-June13Minutes

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Firemen’s tourney provides heated competitionBY GREG KLEVENSUN NEWSPAPERS

The action was as heatedas the high temperaturesand humidity surroundingthe 53rd annualFiremen’s/Virg EllrichMemorial Slowpitch SoftballTournament July 14-17 atValley View and Dred Scottfields in Bloomington.

A record 160 Class Athrough Class D teams par-ticipated in the double-elimi-nation tourney.Temperatures reached themid-90s and dew points werein the 70s. But the muggyconditions did not spoil theweekend for 20,000 players,spectators and volunteerswho were part of the four-day event sponsored by theBloomington Knights of

Columbus.The tournament attracted

teams from Canada,Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa,Wyoming, North and SouthDakota, Maryland andNevada.

Bloomington and sur-rounding communities suchas Edina, Eden Prairie,Richfield, Burnsville, AppleValley and Lakeville sup-plied local entrants as wellas outstate Minnesota towns.

There were six tourna-ment brackets in men’s,women’s and co-rec divi-sions. Tournament resultswill be published in nextweek’s Sun-Current.

Firemen’s softball tourna-ment photos appear courtesyof mattvollumphotography.com.

At left, Stacey KurtzDeFries focuses onan incoming pitchduring a plateappearance for theB l o o m i n g t o nShantytown slow-pitch team inwomen’s Firemen’stourney competi-tion.

At right, Bloomingtonmayor GeneWinstead throws outthe ceremonial firstpitch to open theFiremen’s softballtourney.

BobbyWotherspooncatches aninfield fly fortheBloomingtonFirefighters inthe 160-teamFiremen’stourney.Wotherspoonis a formerJeffersonHigh Schoolathlete.

MARK YOUR CALENDAREden Prairie will be the host city for the state American Legion baseballtournament Friday, July 29, through Monday, Aug. 1. Games in the 16-team,double-elimination tournament will be played at Round Lake Stadium andMiller Park in Eden Prairie as well as Braemar Park in Edina.

LOOKING AHEAD

District Legion playoffsSix teams from the South Hennepin League, six

from the North Hennepin, two from the North EndLeague and two from Wright County will vie forstate tournament berths during the Tenth Districtplayoffs Thursday, July 21, through Sunday, July24, at Wintercrest Park in Coon Rapids.

Eden Prairie, the defending state champion, isamong the district favorites along with Edina andWayzata from the South Hennepin and CoonRapids, Osseo and Maple Grove from the NorthHennepin.

“It should be a pretty strong field,” said SouthHennepin League director Gene Berg. “You’ve gotthe defending state champion, Eden Prairie, a teamthat finished second in the Legion World Series lastsummer, and the North Hennepin has three verycompetitive teams.”

A number of outstanding pitchers will have asay in the tournament outcome. Among them areAdam Bray and Tyler Ruemmele of Eden Prairie,Paul Voelker of Wayzata, James Dean of Edina, TimShannon of Hopkins, Pete Wenker of Maple Grove,Sam Windle of Osseo and Logan Shore of CoonRapids.

The top four finishers in the Tenth District tour-nament will advance to the state tournament inEden Prairie July 29-Aug. 1.

Town team playoffsBloomington, Minnetonka and St. Louis Park

are best bets to earn first-round byes in theRiverview Amateur Baseball League playoffs.

Those clubs currently hold the top three placesin the standings.

Edina is fourth in the standings and Hopkins isfifth. Both of those clubs would most likely play infirst-round series beginning July 26 at local sites.

In each series, the team with the higher seedplays two games of the three-game series at home.Dates for the three state-qualifying series are Aug.2, 4 and 7.

Urban Wildland racesRegistration is open for the Urban Wildland 5K

and half-marathon races.The events are Saturday, Aug. 6, at Veterans

Park in Richfield. The half-marathon will begin at 7a.m. and the 5K starts at 7:15.

Runners may register at active.com.

– COMPILED BY JOHN SHERMAN


Holy Angelsspring sportsathletesreceive all-conferencehonors

Holy Angels spring sports athleteswere honored as 2011 All-MissotaConference selections.

Sophomore Lucas Ciabattoni, sen-ior Joe Rys, sophomore PeterMcGrane and senior Aaron Riegerwere named all-conference in boystennis, with senior Will Kotovicreceiving honorable mention.

Holy Angels senior pitcher/short-stop Taylor Lemke was an all-confer-ence softball pick. Senior catcherClaire Girouard and senior secondbaseman Annie Baregi earned hon-orable mention.

In boys track and field, seniorRyan Laing (110-meter hurdles), jun-ior Michael Price (100) and seniorEvan McNeil (pole vault).

Ninth-grader Tray Ashby-Phan,senior Anthony Thomas, junior SeanDornik and Price received honorablemention in the 4x200 relay.

In girls track, Holy Angels juniorlong jumper Lizzy Mattson earnedall-conference honors.

Holy Angels was represented onthe all-conference baseball team bysenior pitcher/outfielder Lucas Longand senior third baseman MattWorkman. Outfielders JohnSchneider, a senior, and Zach Hartley,a sophomore, received honorablemention.

– COMPILED BY GREG KLEVEN

Richfield’s Blunt signed by St. Paul SaintsAugsburg College and Richfield

High School baseball alumnus DonaldBlunt is now a member of the St. PaulSaints independent minor leagueteam.

The Saints, who play in theAmerican Association, signed Blunt toa professional contract July 16.

Blunt was in uniform, but did notplay, in the Saints’ 5-4 win over theGary SouthShore RailCats July 16 orthe team’s 8-7 victory over the RailCatsJuly 17. The Saints lead the AmericanAssociation’s North Division with a 33-20 record.

Blunt is the first player for eighth-year Augsburg head coach KeithBateman to sign a professional base-ball contract. In 2010, Blunt also playedat the end of the season with theNorthwood League’s RochesterHonkers, a collegiate wood-bat sum-mer league.

Blunt earned All-MinnesotaIntercollegiate Athletic Conference

honors in 2011 and All-MIAC honor-able mention in 2009, when he hit acareer-best .364.

Blunt was a four-year starter as ashortstop for the Auggies. He finishedthe 2011 season as the MIAC’s leader inoverall home runs with six.

Blunt batted .316 this spring with 21runs scored, 25 RBI, five doubles andtwo triples, five stolen bases, a team-best .600 slugging percentage and .425on-base percentage.

Blunt’s .600 slugging percentage wasfourth best in the MIAC in overall play.Blunt had a hit in 20 of his 32 gamesplayed, including seven multiple-hitgames and seven multiple-RBI games.

The Auggie shortstop started 135 ofhis 139 career games. His career bat-ting average was .283 with 20 doubles,10 triples, 15 home runs, 87 runsscored, 77 RBI, 29 stolen bases, a .486slugging percentage and a .365 on-basepercentage.

– COMPILED BY GREG KLEVEN

Boys soccer practicesThe Richfield High School boys soccer

team will conduct captains’ practice from9 a.m. to noon Monday, Aug. 8, throughFriday, Aug. 12, at Lyndale Field.

Official Spartan soccer tryouts beginat 8:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 15, at LyndaleField.

Richfield’s 2011 soccer tri-captains areAlex Viera, Mike Jungers and JordanZoellmer. Richfield head coach is BradJohnson.

Richfield golf tourneyThe second annual Friends of

Richfield Golf Tournament is Sunday,

Aug. 14, at Crystal Lake Golf Club inLakeville.

This is a fundraiser to supportRichfield’s junior and high school golfprograms.

The tournament has a shotgun start at1 p.m. followed by a dinner and silent auc-tion at 6 and program at 6:30.

Registration information can be

obtained online at friendsofrichfieldgolf.com or by contacting Jeff Etienne at 612-501-7234 or [email protected].

Editor’s Note: Please e-mail allRichfield sports releases and announce-ments to sports editor Greg Kleven [email protected] or fax them tohim at 763-424-7388.

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Former Richfield High School and AugsburgCollege baseball player Donald Blunt has signed aprofessional contract with the St. Paul Saints ofthe American Association. (Submitted photo)

RichfieldjuniorgolfersRichfield Junior Golf Programdirector Jim Habeck is picturedwith players. The Richfield youthgolf program will benefit from thesecond annual Friends of RichfieldGolf Tournament Sunday, Aug. 14,at Crystal Lake Golf Course inLakeville. Registration and warm-up sessions are 11:30 a.m. to 1p.m. with a shotgun start at 1.Dinner/silent auction begins at 6p.m., followed by a program at 6:30p.m. (Submitted photo)

Pranay Singh also winsPepsi Little People GolfChampionship agegroup titleBY GREG KLEVEN • SUN NEWSPAPERS

Recording a hole in one is a lifetimedream that most golfers never realize.

However, Eden Prairie golfer PranaySingh managed to achieve his ace whilestill young, very young.

Singh, a 6-year-old, shot his first holein one on the 90-yard seventh hole atWaters Edge Golf Course June 16 inShakopee.

Singh just completed kindergarten buthas already earned impressive golf hon-ors in a sport he is passionate about.

Singh competed against 6- and 7-year-olds at the Pepsi Little PeopleChampionships June 21-22 in Quincy, Ill.

Competition took place on a par-33course.

Singh finished first out of 30 competi-tors in the Boys 2B Division. He shot a 5-under-par 61 with rounds of 30 and 31.

Singh concluded the tournament instyle, chipping in a birdie from 15 yardson the final hole. He won his division byfour strokes. Last year, Singh placed 21stin the same tournament.

Former competitors in the Pepsi LittlePeople Championships include 2011 U.S.Open champion Rory McIlroy.

“Pranay wants to golf every day,” saidhis father, Vivek Kumar. “I come homefrom work and he meets me on the frontlawn with his clubs so I can take him golf-ing.

“I love to go out with him and watchhim improve day by day. I caddy for himin most tournaments, but it is a big chal-lenge for me to give him the proper clubbecause his shot distances are changingevery month.”

Singh, who will be a first-grader atEden Lake Elementary this fall, enjoysgolf but has one phase of the game helikes more than others.

“Putting is OK but driving the ball iswhat I enjoy most, ” he said.

Singh is already beating his father andbrother Parichay, a 13-year-old. He isencouraging his mother, Richa Singh, toplay golf and is eager to offer golf tips,according to his father.

Pranay has a busy golf scheduleplanned this summer. Singh competed inthe 6-and-under age group in the JuniorWorld Championships July 12-14 in SanDiego.

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelsonplayed in the Junior WorldChampionships growing up. Singh fin-ished 21st in his age group a year ago inthat tournament.

Singh plans to also participate in theU.S. Kids World Championships Aug. 4-6in Pinehurst, N.C.

Singh plays regularly at Waters Edge, apar-30 executive course located atStonebrooke Golf Club.

“Pranay has been playing golf since hestarted walking, “ said his father. “Hewould hit plastic balls in the basement allday.

“By age 2, he was making good contactwith the ball and I started taking him tothe driving range when he was 3.”

His passions outside golf includechess, basketball and, of course, videogames.


Eden Prairie 6-year-old golfer Pranay Singh proudly displays the ball he picked out of the cup afterrecording a hole in one on the 90-yard seventh hole at Waters Edge Golf Course June 16 in Shakopee.He used a 6-iron for his ace. (Submitted photo)

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2260

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2250

Garage Builders

2265

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2230

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2265

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2180

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2180

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2110

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2100

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913 MainstreetHopkins, MN952-931-2144

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WindowCleaning

612-529-4444

BLUE SKIES Window Cleaning 14 Yrs Exp

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2660

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Upholstery &Slipcovers

2630

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TreeService

2620

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2600

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Sealcoating2530

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2620

Auctions3020

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612-210-5267952-443-9957

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2510

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2510

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Lawn & Garden

2360

Painting2420

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EARL 952-944-7983

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Lawn & Garden

2360

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Moving, Storage & Shipping

2380

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2360

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Roofing • Siding • WindowsLic # 20431519BC

952-934-7600 Since 1978

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PT Cleaning M-F evenings$10 to start. EP locations

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3820

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Leisure3700

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Crystal3619

Huge 250 Family Sale!Family of God Church

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8625 Zane Ave. North

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Brooklyn United Meth.Church 7/27 (6-9) Pre-sale$3 Adm. 7/28-29 (10-7); 7/30(9-12). Sat. - ½ Price & Boxsale 10:30-12 www.bumc.org

7200 Brooklyn Blvd.

BrooklynCenter

3607

Sat 7/30 ONLY (8-2), kidscloz up to sz 14, toys, biketrailer. 8230 Penn Ave S.

Moving 7/28-30 (8-4) Tools,car parts, X-mas, furn.,Mn/Wmn cloz 8439 12th Av S

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Bloomington3606

Christ Lutheran Church641 89th Ave. NE, Blaine

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Blaine3605

Garage Salesnext week3600

1 DAY ONLY 7/23 (8-3),Misc. HH,

2640 Abbott Ave North

Robbinsdale3568

1 Stop shopping @ our sale7/21-23 (8-5). Lots of items!

7421 Emerson Ave S.

Richfield3567

WayzataPublic Schools Sale

Furniture, AV, and misc.Thursday, July 21

(9am - 2pm)Wayzata Central Middle

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Plymouth

July 21-23 (8-3) Antiqs,tools, HH items, fish house,more! 12610 58th Ave. N.

7/21 (8-4); 7/22 (8-12) Kidstoys/puzzles, Wmns cloz,oak furn. 4625 Jewel Ln N.

Plymouth3565

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Edina

3525

P.E.O. Multi-Family SaleFurn, HH gds, plus! 7/21-23(9-5) 7917 South Bay Curve

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Eden Prairie

3524

Multi-Family 7/21-22 (8-6) Fabrics, patterns, books,collectbls./dishes, ThomasKinkade prints, HH, kids.1765 Monterey Lane

Eagan

3523

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3519

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13633 KRESTWOOD DRTHURSDAY, JULY 21st

Burnsville3509

Estate Sale 7/21-23 (9-5)Antiq. furn, glasswr., vintg.toys-Troll dolls, crafts/decorHH. 14608 Summit Oaks Dr

Burnsville3509

Sat., July 23 (8:30-12)Hennepin Technical College

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3508

Oak Baby BR Set, furn.,kids toys/cloz, HH 7/22-23(8-4) 8120 Rhode Island Cir

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7/21-22 (9-6); 7/23 (9-1) HH,Furn., Wmns plus Sz. Cloz &misc. 8406 Columbus Ave S.

Bloomington3506

Estate Sale! 7/22-23 (8-3)1888 129th Ave NE, Mens,tools, HH & more!

Blaine3505

Garage Salesthis week3500

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Refrigerator S/Side whiteH20 $390 Exc cond ELECSTOVE White Glass Top$285. Call 763-424-2636

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3090

LUMBER: Approx. 8,000bd. ft., misc. dimensions,8', 10', 12' lengths. Call fordetails & price 763-561-2494

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