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Veterans memorialFrontier Communications makes donation as funds are still being raised for Farmington Area Veterans Memorial.

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PUBLIC NOTICEThe Dakota County Tribune is a legal newspaper for the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District.

Pre-K needs more review The ECM Editorial Board says Gov. Mark Dayton’s free, voluntary pre-K public education proposal needs input from educators and districts.

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Summer fun at CaponiThe Eagan art park is offering outdoor music, dance and theater performances for kids and families throughout the summer.

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Dakota United, Blazing CatsBoth Dakota United adapted teams place third at the state softball tournment.

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Students have talent

Shannon Park Elementary School in Rosemount held its annual talent show on

Tuesday during which students in first through

fifth grades presented their skills in dancing, singing,

instrumental music, sports and telling jokes. The parade of students started in the morning and continued through

to the afternoon with supportive students and parents cheering on the talented students. More

photos are online at www.SunThisweek.com/tag/

Shannon-Park. (Photos by Tad Johnson and Hannah

Gullickson)

Dew Days prep begins

Several new features in store

by Andy RogersSUN THISWEEK

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The annual Farming-ton-wide summer celebra-tion is days away as volun-teers are busy organizing the 2015 Dew Days cele-bration, set for June 16-20. Preparations have been in the works for some time for Dew Days signature moments, from the Miss Farmington Royal Ambas-sador Coronation at 6:30 p.m. June 16 to the grand parade at 5 p.m. June 20 and everything in between.

Residents are encouraged to purchase a Dew Days button, pictured, which is good for discounts at several area businesses. Kristi Flodin from Dodge Middle School submitted the winning button design earlier this year. (Photo submitted)

Good friends and flowers through the yearsLadyslipper Garden Club celebrates 30 years



About 30 years ago, a group of like-minded indi-viduals who loved gardens and flowers decided to start a club. Named after the state flower, the Ladyslipper Garden Club has made countless memories over the years, according to Norma Lord. The group decide it was time to recognize that history and celebrated its 30th anniversary on May 19 at the Rambling River Center. Lord gave an oral his-tory of the club during the celebration, as she was one

of the founding members and a past president. The relationships she’s gained through the years are perhaps the highlight of her time with the group. “Fruit and vegetables fade away, but the friends you make last forever,” Lord said. During the anniversary celebration, she recited a poem she wrote reflecting on the many special mo-ments through the years. “Old and new friends, a place to meet, food and vegetables to share and eat, now it’s time for a cup of tea to tell you how much you mean to me,” were her closing lines. Ladyslipper Garden Club members celebrated its 30th anniversary last month at the

Rambling River Center. (Photo submitted)

Swim-a-thon to fund MD research Rosemount High School students want to raise $24,000

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


The fourth annual Swim2Win-4MD 24-hour swim-a-thon aims to raise $24,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association when the event starts June 17. Rosemount High School stu-dents Lizzie Johnson, Anna Peter-son, Anna Wise, Dana Thibodo, Katie Turner and Maggie Moeller are the leaders of the fundraiser that they hope will attract 500 swimmers taking turns in swim-ming laps in the pool at Bluewa-ter Aquatic Center in Apple Val-ley from 2 p.m. June 17 to 2 p.m. June 18. “We are hoping for an incred-ible turnout this year,” they said

in a press release. “Whether you are a committed swimmer or rarely hit the pool, we would love to have everyone possible attend who wants to serve the commu-nity, change lives and make a dif-ference.” Similar to past years, the event will consist of participants swim-ming for 20 minute time slots, bringing a minimum of a $5 do-nation per slot. “This event is an easy, unique and super fun way to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association and most importantly help those affected by muscular dystrophy,” organizers said. Among their motivations for

Rosemount High School students (from left) Anna Wise, Lizzie Johnson, Maggie Moeller, Katie Turner, Dana Thibodo and Anna Peterson. are the leaders of a swim-a-thon that they hope will attract 500 swimmers taking turns in swimming laps in the pool at Bluewater Aquatic Center in Apple Valley from 2 p.m. June 17 to 2 p.m. June 18. (Photo submitted)

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Gun club to host summer events Dakota County Gun Club to focus on safety, basics of handling firearms

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


The Dakota County Gun Club will have several special events this sum-mer in an effort to spread the word about shooting sports and gun safety. The club’s Youth Shoots will be June 6, July 4 and Aug. 1. Ladies Day will be Aug. 15. During the youth event, boys and girls 16 and un-der will receive one-on-one instruction in the ba-sics of sighting and target shooting of rifle, pistol, shotgun and archery with an emphasis on safety. Ladies Day participa-tion includes a $10 fee, which can be paid in cash or check. During the event, par-ticipants will receive one-on-one instruction in rifles, handguns, muzzle-loading rifles, shotguns, and cowboy-action shoot-ing. Along with the basics of rules and gun safety, information about Min-nesota’s concealed-carry firearm law will be offered. Food and beverages will be provided. Both events operate in a drop-in format from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (youth) and 12 noon to 5 p.m. (wom-en). Participants can stay as long as they wish. For both events, all equipment, including hearing and eye protec-tion, will be provided. No

personal firearms are al-lowed. The club’s mission is to teach firearms safety to the young and inexperienced, practice conservation and protect our wildlife, sup-port the 2nd Amendment, introduce shooting sports to youth and women and provide a quality outdoor shooting range for mem-bers. The range is under su-pervision of trained De-partment of Natural Re-sources instructors, which aim to provide a safe, structured environment for a fun and exciting af-ternoon, according to club member Bruce Vogelge-

sang of Lakeville. The club’s goal is to provide an opportunity for shooters to replace their curiosity, fear and inac-curate information about firearms with knowledge, understanding and re-spect. He says safety is their primary concern. Organizers said some participants may not be physically or emotion-ally suited for all activities, but instructors will try to accommodate all partici-pants. Also this year the club will host Deer Rifle Sight-In events 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sun-days in October. Cost to

participate is $10 per gun. The DNR Firearms Safety Class will be in Au-gust. The Boy Scout Rifle Merit Badge class will be 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 12. The club’s website will have more information about those classes. The club is at 17501 Station Trail, which is east of Highway 3 on 160th Street 1.3 miles to Station Trail south 2.4 miles. More is at www.dako-tacountygunclub.org or 952-985-3248 (voicemail).

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

The Dakota County Gun Club will have its Youth Shoots June 6, July 4 and Aug. 1. Ladies Day will be Aug. 15. (Photo submitted)

Veterans Memorial still raising money, expanding Frontier Communications donates $2,000



Although the Farming-ton Veterans Memorial held its official dedication in 2014, the memorial con-tinues to grow. Leon Orr, the Veterans Memorial chairman, said there are plans to add a large boulder to include the engraved words of the Pledge of Allegiance as well the centerpiece statue of a soldier and additional sidewalk. There also are plans to add 70 more spots for pav-ers, for a total of 240. He said 45 are already spoken for and they will continue to add pavers in the future. “In years to come as we get more pavers, we’ll cre-ate more room for them,” Orr said. Based on the estimates, Orr said they still need to raise money for the soldier statue, and they already have a few sources lined up. The goal is to install the soldier by Memorial Day 2016. Representatives from Frontier Communica-tions donated $2,000 to the Farmington Veterans Memorial May 28 to help with the costs. Frontier National Region President Rebecca Potts, who was recently appointed to the

role of region president, presented the check to Orr. The funds will help pay for the Pledge of Al-legiance memorial piece. The May 28 ceremo-ny also recognized U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Dale Means, who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2012. His name is en-graved on the black gran-ite tablet in the memorial.

Means is the son of current Frontier employee Dalelyn Means. During the ceremony, she received an Honor and Remem-ber flag, which is given to recognize Americans who lost their lives during mili-tary service. Dale Means attended Farmington Elementary School before moving to New Prague. He also at-tended Dakota County

Technical College. by Frontier Communica-tions services Farmington with phone, Internet and data security systems. The company formerly housed operations in Farmington before moving to Burns-ville in the 1980s.

Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].

An Honor and Remember flag was presented to Dalelyn Means, a Frontier Communications employee, last week during a ceremony where Frontier donated $2,000 to the Farmington Veteran’s Memorial. Means’ son died in Afghanistan in 2012. Pictured in the back from left: George Meskowski, Becky Potts, Leon Orr, Dave Metzger, Ron Ersfeld and Joy Eldred. Front row from left: Jerrell Stanley, Dalelyn Means, Bev Ersfeld and Bo Lancaster. (Photo by Andy Rogers)

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More of 195th to close Phase 2 of the 195th Street reconstruction project in Farmington is scheduled to begin next week. Farmington city officials have been warning citizens for months that the 195th project will cause traffic disruptions and this phase is perhaps the most disruptive. “The pain we warned about for months will really come to fruition on Monday,” City Administrator David McKnight said. Beginning on Monday, 195th will be closed from Flagstaff to west of Eureka Avenue through summer. The section of the road needs to reopen before school begins in the fall because it provides access to Meadowview Elementary. The closure will particularly affect the Charleswood neighborhood. “We ask for their patience and we ask people to slow through the neighborhoods,” McKnight said. “We’re already receives some concerns.” Phase 1 isn’t over either. The section between Akin Road to Diamond Path will still be closed until the end August. (Photo by Andy Rogers)

Rosemount hires new public works director, city engineer

The Rosemount City Council ap-proved on Tuesday the selection of Patrick Wrase to serve as the city’s director of public works and city en-gineer. Wrase will lead the department that provides a range of services in Rosemount, including engineering; maintenance of buildings, vehicles, streets, and parks; and operation of the city’s water and sewer utilities. The position was previously held by Andrew Brotzler, a senior proj-ect manager at WSB & Associates, under a service agreement that ends

June 30. Wrase’s hiring was recommended to the council by City Administrator Dwight Johnson, who reviewed a pool of 20 applicants. Wrase is “en-ergetic and hard-working,” Johnson told the council. “He’s always very conscious of the impact of public works projects on the general pub-lic.”

Wrase has worked in several city and private engineering positions in Minnesota over the past 22 years. He served for the past year as as-sistant city engineer of the city of Edina. Earlier employers include New Ulm Public Utilities, the city of Minneapolis, and two private engineering firms. He earned bach-elor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Minnesota and is a li-censed professional civil engineer. Wrase will begin his work in Rosemount on July 1.

Patrick Wrase

Salad luncheon at Farmington Lutheran June 18

Farmington Lutheran Church’s annual salad lun-cheon is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, June 18. Take-out is available. Cost is $9 for adults, $7 for seniors and $4 for chil-

dren age 10 and younger. Farmington Lutheran is at 20600 Akin Road. Call 651-463-4100 for more information.

Summer concerts return to Kelley Park by Andrew Miller

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Apple Valley’s Kelley Park has become a popu-lar Friday night gather-ing spot in recent sum-mers with its free concerts hosted by the Apple Valley Arts Foundation. This summer, Music in Kelley Park returns with nine nights of music start-ing June 5, when the se-ries kicks off with PHO, an eight-piece funk band from the Twin Cities. Each concert runs from 6-9 p.m. and will see ven-dors offering festival food such as burgers and pizza, along with wine and beer. As in past years, there will be free weekly drawings guests can enter to win a new bicycle and other items from local business-es. The series continues June 12 with the David Gonzalez Band, followed on June 19 by J.D. Steele and the MacPhail Com-munity Youth Choir. Cir-cle of Heat, a Twin Cities rock band, plays Kelley Park on June 26, and Pat-

ty Peterson & Friends take the stage July 10. Acoustic artist Mi-chael Monroe, a native of Minnesota’s North Shore who’s played the Kelley Park music series each year since its inception in 2008, is set to perform July 17. Other acts this summer in-clude the Pistol Whippin’ Party Penguins (July 24), New Sound Underground (July 31), and blues-folk-fusion band Steve Sullivan & the Factory (Aug. 7). Free horse-drawn wag-on rides, provided by Lazy K Ranch, will be offered to guests during the PHO concert June 5, as well as at the J.D. Steele and Pis-tol Whippin’ Party Pen-guins concerts later in the summer. Admission is free to the Friday night concerts in the park located at Found-ers Lane and West 153rd Street in Apple Valley’s Central Village. More in-formation about the series is at Facebook.com/AVAr-tsFoundation. In addition to the music events, the arts foundation will be presenting “Shake-

speare Under the Stars,” with Apple Valley Live! Theatre Company per-forming “Twelfth Night,” throughout the month of August. Thirteen stagings of the Shakespeare play are scheduled in Kelley Park, starting Aug. 1 and

running through Aug. 30. More about those events is at avartsfoundation.org/events.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

PHO, an eight-piece funk band that released its debut album “Cash It” in February, is set to open this year’s Kelley Park concerts on June 5. (Photo submitted)


Republican priorities questioned To the editor: It appears leaders in the Minnesota House of Representatives may fi-nally be getting the mes-sage about the need to compromise with the Democratic governor. Re-cent news stories lead us to believe they may pro-vide some needed funding for local school districts which they were reluctant about earlier. Reluctance to fund our schools was part of the reason the best bill couldn’t be passed during the regular session. All our children deserve the best education we can give them. It’s our tax dol-lars they’re spending, put it where our values are. Earlier yet, Republican incumbents in the Minne-sota House also said they really wanted to support repairs to our bridges and roads this year. But these incumbents, particularly in Dakota County, were

argumentative about funding those repairs. They didn’t hesitate to pass further tax reduc-tions for wealthy indi-viduals and corporations, but funding maintenance for transportation, for education or for the envi-ronment was apparently much farther down their list. Maybe some of their most alarming moves were the elimination of the Citizens Board from the Pollution Control Agency, their elimination of funding for watershed restoration, and their throwing red tape in the way of the PCA. Min-nesotans deserve a state with clean air and water. Voters have spoken out about that issue in the past. Why do folks in the House majority want to put barriers in the path of the Pollution Control Agency? There is no up-side to more pollution. The fact that they have powerful friends in indus-tries that would like to be

free of governmental reg-ulation may have some-thing to do with it. Those friends have many dollars to contribute heavily to their campaigns. We need representatives who are not beholden to wealthy, polluting industries and ignore the voices of the very constituents they say they represent.

MARLA VAGTSFarmington

Editor’s note: The writer was a 2014 DFL candidate in House District 58B.

Open and honest answers To the editor: I do not know if Mark Ulfers is guilty of any-thing, but I cannot help questioning his firing as the Dakota County Com-munity Development Agency director. If the allegations leveled against him were unfounded

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Pre-K proposal has merit but many questions beg answering After the state started funding all-day public school kindergarten in fall 2014, Gov. Mark Dayton has moved quickly and aggressively for a free, voluntary 4-year-old school program. There is much to like regarding an all-day pre-school education as a means of reaching students at a critical time and the pro-posal speaks well to Dayton’s commit-ment to education as the foundation of Minnesota’s future. But there are also financial and imple-mentation questions that need to be ad-dressed before the proposal can move forward. The proposal comes with a great deal of opposition and debate. We think the debate is meaningful and comes at a time of opportunity. Early childhood education has been on the educational platform for many years; Montessori preschool programs, for example, have been valued for de-cades. In the public sector, early child-hood education has been recognized as a needed intervention for compensatory education for more than 50 years. Like-wise, Head Start, a federally-funded pro-gram established on the national level in 1965, provides early childhood develop-mental/learning experience for children who are economically disadvantaged. Preschool programs, however, have

not been embraced as a fully funded part of public education in Minnesota. This is the first year districts could of-fer state-funded all-day kindergarten. We believe early childhood education is critical to the success of all students in Minnesota schools and a program for 4-year-olds will greatly assist in closing the achievement gap and raising the lev-els of achievement for all students. Nevertheless we also recognize the seriousness of the current educational debate, politics, financial and implemen-tation issues tied to all-day, public school pre-K. Minnesota’s finances and eco-nomic health are relatively strong so that opportunity to solve problems and build programs for our children is here. But like every financial question, we can afford anything, we just can’t afford everything. Early childhood education is worth the investment and we need to continue the investment. An all-day program within the public schools for 4-year-olds is an aggressive first step. But the ques-tion remains: Is this the right time for that first step? A host of factors centering on avail-

able classroom space, programming, teaching staff, long-range financing strategies for sustaining the program, transportation and accessibility must be addressed. Now that Gov. Dayton has vetoed the education bill, these are ques-tions that must be discussed leading up to a special session in June. Local districts should be asked about their preparedness should a program for 4-year-olds be adopted. Do local districts have space, financing, staffing and curriculum to implement this new program? Well-articulated support from each district would go a long way to suc-cessfully starting the program or calling out the need for delay. There is another educational funding issue from the legislative session that can give some perspective to the pre-K pro-posal. There is considerable concern that the general education allocation (per-pu-pil funding increase) from the education funding bill passed by the Senate and the House is insufficient and may result in reduced programs, larger classes, added local tax levy elections and difficult em-ployee contract settlements. The funding of pre-K education side by side with inadequate funding for the total K-12 program may create an odd, and we think, difficult scenario for the public to understand. Again, there is

time for local school boards and staff to comment on that concern before a spe-cial session is convened. During the legislative session, there was serious discussion in the House and Senate of limiting the pre-K programs to communities and students who are on the lower end of the achievement gap, possibly through additional scholarship funding. If funds are limited, targeting the program to close the achievement gap makes sense. However, a targeted program also needs intensive discussion and should be considered in the context of the existing state and federal expenditures directed at closing the achievement gaps in grades K-12, some of which have been in place since 1965. There are questions to be answered and now there is time to address those questions as a part of a special session or a future session. We encourage local school boards, administrators, teachers, parents and citizens to engage with their communities and communicate to their elected state officials where their local priorities rest relative to the funding of all-day, public school pre-K.

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years ago I ask: “What has changed?” These are serious allegations and Mr. Ulfers should have an opportunity to clear his name. While there have been numerous articles about these “incidents” in area newspapers there has been a shortage of facts. If the articles are going to continue, I want some-thing of substance not in-nuendo. The bottom line, CDA is a publicly fund-ed agency and Dakota County residents deserve open and honest answers.

DEBORAH MATHIOWETZEagan

Applause for Congressman John KlineTo the editor: Whether we like it or not, our elected officials play a big role in our

economy and the finan-cial decisions many Min-nesotans make. Some of us have different beliefs about the role of gov-ernment, but one thing we should all agree on is Minnesota’s elected of-ficials should position Minnesotans and our economy for success. By standing up for hom-eowners, U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, is do-ing just that. The Minnesota hous-ing market has an incredi-ble influence on the health of our local economy. An important piece of legis-lation is being considered in Washington, D.C., that would help our lo-cal housing economy. It is called the Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act. This bipartisan leg-islation, co-sponsored by Kline, would extend for two years the rule that allows tax relief for ho-

meowners when lenders forgive some portion of mortgage debt they owe. This is a critical provision, which has helped many Minnesota families who find themselves in foreclo-sure, completing a short sale, or attempting to have an existing loan re-structured. Without this legislation, families will owe tax on money they’ve already lost and will be required to pay that tax at a time of dire hardship, when they are least likely to have the means to pay it. Kline continues to demonstrate he under-stands the importance of positioning our economy and homeowners for fu-ture success through sup-porting policies like the Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act.

PATTY ZUZEKHastings

Three powerful performances that enrich our livesby Joe Nathan


Sometimes art and history come to-gether in wonderful ways. That’s what happened in a terrific musical and two marvelous movies that I saw over the Me-morial Day holiday weekend. Although they described vastly different people, each illustrated art’s immense ability to move us and enrich our lives. Before making final budget decisions for the coming year, I hope every school board member in the state will see the movies “Woman in Gold,” now in movie theaters, and “Bessie,” playing on HBO. Unfortunately, the musical “River Road Boogie: The Augie Garcia Story” is scheduled to end its run at the Minnesota History Theater on May 31, so although it has played to packed audiences, many people won’t be able to see it. The two movies and the musical de-pict real history. They offer extraordi-nary insights into the power of art to stir people as nothing else can. “Woman in Gold” is the story of an almost decadelong struggle by Maria Altmann, who left Austria because of the

Nazis. In the mid-1990s Austria changed its policies about returning art stolen in World War II, so she asked the Austrian government to return a portrait of her beloved aunt and other pictures. She in-sisted that the Nazis had stolen these pic-tures from her family, as they had done with so many other families. The case reached the U.S. Supreme Court and then mediation in Austria. This magnifi-cent movie mixes together history, pas-sion and brilliant acting by Helen Mir-ren and Ryan Reynolds. As Reynolds explains, “This is a case of one woman wanting justice!” More information is at http://bit.ly/1Kqxyx6. “Bessie” is the powerful, passionate story of Bessie Smith, a hugely popular American singer who performed primar-ily in the 1920s and 1930s. Queen Latifah

gives an incredible performance about the struggles and success of this remark-able woman. Her story also helps illus-trate challenging, complicated relation-ships not only between black and white but also among African-Americans. A trailer and other information about the movie can be found here: http://itsh.bo/1E14ZX0. Finally, in one of the finest musical performances I’ve seen in my life, Ricar-do Vázquez struts, slides and sings across the stage of the Minnesota History The-ater in “River Road Boogie.” He portrays Augie Garcia, a hugely popular Minne-sota singer from the 1950s and 1960s. Garcia returned from the Korean War and found music helped him deal with horrible memories. He was so good that he was asked to open for Elvis Presley when “the king” visited Minnesota. He was so dynamic that Presley’s manager cut short his performance, afraid that Garcia would upstage Presley. The Minnesota History Theater is one of the state’s gems. Its leaders often bring back people who were involved in the events their plays depict. The perfor-mance I watched included a discussion

with Garcia’s widow and sister. The Minnesota History Theater is more than 35 years old. This show was one of its finest I’ve seen over the last 20 years. Information is available at http://www.historytheatre.com. Bessie Smith was African-American, Augie Garcia was Hispanic-American, and Maria Altmann was Austrian-Amer-ican and Jewish. They were dramatically different people. But each of their stories, and the art with which they were involved, makes for incredible insight and inspiration. They help illuminate American strengths and shortcomings. These performances help explain why we need to encourage and honor artistic expression. There is immense value both for the artist and the audience.

Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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M.S., school counseling; from Rosemount – Aly-sia Johnson, B.S., hotel restaurant and tourism, and B.S., property man-agement; Kelly Maiers, B.F.A., graphic design and interactive media. University of Wiscon-sin-Superior, spring dean’s list, from Farmington – Nathan Kashak; from Rosemount – Summer Lindelien. University of Wis-consin-La Crosse, spring dean’s list, from Farming-ton – Morgan Cecchet-tini, Abby Kampa, Jordan Keller; from Rosemount – Karina Billings, Emily Bristlin, Samantha Havril-la, Kirsten Johnson, Alex-andra Kemmet, Nicholas Liska, Madison Norris, Amanda Pavlicek. South Central College, North Mankato, spring honors list, Muhammad Shahid, of Farmington. Iowa State University, Ames, spring graduate, Shelby Erickson, of Rose-mount, B.F.A., graphic design, magna cum laude, Honors Program member. Vermilion Commu-nity College, Ely, spring graduates, from Farming-ton – Samantha Lamers, A.A.S., natural resource technology – forestry/wildlife, and CERT, wild-life ecology; from Rose-mount – Nathan Lane, A.S., watershed science. Carthage College, Kenosha, Wis., spring graduates, from Rose-mount – Jackson Tubbs, B.A., chemistry; Ann Za-ske, B.A., mathematics, magna cum laude. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, spring graduates, from Farmington – Kayla Hin-richsen, B.S.D.; Nicole Houseal, B.B.A.; Brad-ley Jokinen, B.S.C.S.C.I., summa cum laude; Renee Maclean, B.B.A.; from Rosemount – Promise Amajiri, M.S.; Jaymes Berg, B.A.; Marci Berg, B.S.E.D., cum laude; Kev-in Golla, B.B.A.; William Hoffman, B.S., summa cum laude. Devan Miliner, of Rosemount, is the recipi-ent of The Merriam Leg-acy Scholarship from the University of Minnesota Crookston.

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Digital Learning Specialists in Farmington honored Brianna Buck and Ju-lian Buss, digital learning specialists at Farmington Area Public Schools, have been named Apple Distin-guished Educators recog-nizing their use of technol-ogy. ADEs must complete an application process showcasing their technical prowess and accomplish-ments in the classroom. Buck and Buss teach in schools across the district, helping staff and students gain the most from the technology available to them. This includes not only using iPads but cre-ating iBooks, researching applications, and incorpo-rating technology into the curriculum. The ADE program be-gan in 1994, when Apple recognized education pio-neers who are using a va-riety of Apple products to transform teaching and learning in powerful ways.

Farmington students win poster contest Three of the twelve posters that will be fea-tured in the 2016 Dakota County Attorney Anti-Drug/Violence Calendar were created by Dodge Middle School Students: Riley Henrickson, Claire Matzdorff, and co-cre-ators Sydney Hendrickson and Madison Woody. Each year students in grades five and six are invited to enter the con-test to be featured in the calendar by making their own positive statement in opposition to drug abuse, alcohol and tobacco use, and violence. The 2016 Dakota County Attorney Anti-Drug/Violence calendar will be available mid-Sep-tember of this year. All the winners and honorable mention recipi-ents were recognized for their outstanding work at the annual award ceremo-ny which was held on May 13, 2015.

Local schools participate in SpotLight Musical Theatre Program Performances by area schools are among those honored by the Hennepin Theatre Trust’s 2014-15 SpotLight Musical The-atre Program. The program culmi-nates with two SpotLight Showcase events at 7 p.m. June 14 and 15 at the State Theatre in Minneapolis. Among the honorees are: Apple Valley High School: “Bye Bye Birdie” Eagan High School: “Godspell” Eastview High School: “Hairspray”

Farmington High School: “Urinetown: The Musical” Lakeville North High School: “Rodgers + Ham-merstein’s Cinderella” Lakeville South High School: “Oliver!’ Rosemount High School: “A Christmas Carol” A limited number of tickets for each perfor-mance are on sale for $15 and may be purchased in person at the box office (805 Hennepin Ave.) or online at HennepinThe-atreTrust.org. “Friends of SpotLight” tickets, includ-ing priority seating and a tax deductible donation to the SpotLight Program, are available for between $25 and $100 and may be purchased online at Hen-nepinTheatreTrust.org or by calling 612-455-9536.

Farmington students ready to graduate Approximately 460 stu-dents will graduate from Farmington High School during the commencement ceremony at 7 p.m. Friday at Tiger Stadium. Student speakers in-clude Natalie Pellin and Andrew Lupkowski. Pat-ty Nygren, high school English teacher, who was the 2009-10 Farmington Teacher of the Year, was chosen to give the faculty speech. The rain site for gradu-ation is the high school gymnasium. If the cere-mony is held outdoors, the number of guests will not be limited, but if it’s held indoors, each student will receive six tickets. Both sites are handicap accessible. Spectator seat-ing will open at 5:30 p.m. The district is asking at-tendees not to bring whis-tles, horns or noisemakers to the ceremony.

College news St. Cloud State Uni-versity, spring dean’s list, from Rosemount – Nich-olas Carroll-Anderson, Jonathan Chunh, Lori Kowalke, Matthew Laut-er, Julie Pokriefka. University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, spring graduate, Natalie Austin, of Rosemount, B.A., jour-nalism. Missouri Valley Col-lege, Marshall, Missouri, spring dean’s list, from Farmington – Alex Aubre-cht, Shaye Jenrich. Minnesota State Com-munity and Technical Col-lege, Moorhead, spring graduate, Joshua Grove, of Farmington, A.A.S., diesel equipment technol-ogy. University of Wiscon-sin-Stout, Menomonie, spring graduates, from Farmington – Bria Mertz, B.S., human development and family studies; Eliza-beth Roorda, B.S., hotel restaurant and tourism; Ashley Svoboda, B.F.A., art; Abrianna Thao, B.S., apparel design and devel-opment; Joshua Tutewohl, B.S., business adminis-tration; Chelsey Weierke,

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“We’re fielding calls and delegating responsi-bilities,” said Dew Days chairperson Darla Don-nelly. “It’s what makes the festival so good because the whole community gets involved.” Several new events and upgrades to yearly favor-ites have found a place on the calendar as well. Perhaps the biggest up-date is that there will be a new kids section down-town July 19-20, including trampoline bungee jump-ing and bouncy houses for a small fee. “It’s a lot more kid friendly this year,” Don-nelly said. There are several more additions in 2015. For information on all the events, visit farming-tondewdays.com.

Adventures New this year is a fam-ily geocaching adventure sponsored by the Farm-ington Parks and Recre-ation and the Farmington

Library. The event will span the Dew Days celebration. Participants will receive GPS coordinates to differ-ent locations throughout Farmington. “It’s more for kids with (smartphones,)” Donnelly said. “They use the GPS on their phone and go for a scavenger hunt.” Once the participants have found all the loca-tions, they can return the completed passport to the Farmington Library by 5:30 p.m. June. 30. Still confused? A basic training for geocaching by Dakota County Park staff will be from 7-8 p.m. June 16 at the Farmington Li-brary.

Bed Races One of Dew Days’ more unique events, the Dew Days Bed Races, will begin at 6:30 p.m. June 19. While the race is in its 32nd year, the format this year will be new. Partici-pant will races two blocks down Oak Street from Second to Fourth Street

while pushing a bed. Par-ticipants will stop and do more stunts, Donnelly said. There will also only be five people to a team. In years past there were more, leaving some teams organized by businesses, in a bind. The winners will receive a breakfast in bed from Dunn Bros.

Eat Food from area restau-rants will be served during the Flavors of Farmington from 6-9 p.m. June 17 at the tent. There are several new restaurants in Farm-ington, so they’re expect-ing several new vendors this year. Organizers also expect nearly twice the number of vendors in the tent and downtown. “We had six or seven last year,” Donnelly said. “Now we have 12 for so. There’s a lot of variety.” One of the newer and more popular events is scheduled for 5-10 p.m. June 18 in the tent down-

town. Beer, Brats and Bin-go is pretty self explana-tory. The bingo starts at 7 p.m., while participants enjoy beer and brats. There will be pie, ice cream bar and pizza-eat-ing contests during Dew Days for those with insa-tiable appetites. The pie-eating contest is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. June 19 at the downtown stage area. There is just one pizza-eating contest this year, down from two, at 2 p.m. June 20. Dairy Queen is spon-soring a new Dilly Bar-eat-ing contest at 3 p.m. June 19 at the stage.

Cruising Car Cruise participants will start their engines at a new time this year. The festivities will begin at 7:30 p.m. June 19 at the Dakota County Fairgrounds and drive through downtown Farmington before stop-ping by the tent for a night cap with the Plott Hounds at 8 p.m.Dew Run

There are three options for those planning on go-ing for a run June 20 at 325 Oak St. The 1-mile race begins at 8 a.m.. The half-mile Junior Job starts at 8:15 a.m. The 4-mile run starts at 8:30 a.m. There will also be new chip timing this year, meaning the runners’ time begins with the crossing the starting line and ends at the finish line.

Games There will be a softball tournament starting at 9 a.m. June 20 and 21 at the Empire Softball Fields off Highway 3. For more information, email Josh Lindgren at [email protected]. There is also a new vol-leyball tournament begin-ning at 8 a.m. June 20 at Farmington’s Carbone’s Pizza and Sports Bar. For more information, email Shannon Shirley at [email protected]. The children’s fishing contest for ages 0-15 is scheduled for 9-11 a.m.

June 20 at the Prairie View Park Shelter. Bait and prizes will be provided and no registration required. The bean bag tourna-ment returns with a new time this year. Teams of two will start throwing at 1 p.m. June 20 in downtown in front of Anchor Bank on Oak Street. Email Tim Donnelly at [email protected] for more infor-mation.

Art Fair and

Business Expo The Art Fair and Busi-ness Expo is scheduled from noon to 8 p.m. June 19 and from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 20 in downtown Farmington. They expect several new vendors this year. On display with be a variety of local arts, crafts, cloth-ing, books, jewelry, health products and along with many other items.


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organizing the event, the girls said muscular dystro-phy currently has no cure and is 100 percent fatal. Johnson said they are committed to doing as much they can to help

the thousands of people affected with the disease across the world. She said the best way to make a difference is to get the whole community aware and active in the fundraiser. Over the previous three

years of the event, the crew has raised more than $50,000. All donations go to MDA to help affected children and their families. “We are incredibly ex-cited to be able to have the opportunity to continue

this amazing fundraiser for another year,” Johnson said. “Being able to see the impact we have made on children with muscular dystrophy so far is very re-warding, and we look for-ward to seeing more suc-cesses in the future. Our

event would not be pos-sible without the support and participation of our amazing community, so we ask you again this year, please come out and help us end the battle of MD.” For more information, to sign up to swim or to

make a donation, visit www.swim2win4md.com or email [email protected].

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

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The Ladyslipper Club started small — six people were at the first anniversa-ry celebration. Now there are more than 30 mem-bers. They meet every month to share moments of a shared interest in garden-ing. They’ve had speakers discuss plant problems and diseases as well as

how to plant herbs, peren-nials, rock gardens and flower gardens. The group has planted gardens at nursing homes, the Dakota County Fair-grounds and the Farming-ton Veterans Memorial. This summer they plan to help with the gardens at the Trinity Care Center, member Nory Scholten said. During the summer they’ve toured area gar-

dens and made trips to the St. Paul Como Park Con-servatory and Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. It’s not all gardens. Members will go on group lunch and antiquing out-ings as well as participate in charity efforts such as Feed My Starving Chil-dren.


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Elko baseball manager hits historic milestone Special celebration planned for Fredrickson’s 900th win

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


Elko Express Baseball will celebrate a major milestone for team man-ager Terry Fredrickson next month. Fredrickson, 59, will have achieved his 900th win as manager of the amateur town ball team since he started serving as a player and manager in 1976. To celebrate Fredrick-son’s dedication, Elko Ex-press will hold “900th Win Night” at the Fredrickson Field in Elko New Mar-ket on July 1 when they play arch rival New Mar-ket Muskies at 7:30 p.m. (While the towns merged into Elko New Market in

2007, the baseball teams did not.) For a $5 gate fee, fans will get into the game and a raffle, for which the first prize is $900; second prize is a 50-inch television set and third prize is four box seats to a Twins game. Prizes, including gift certificates and gym club memberships, will also be given out during the game. Brad Fredrickson said his brother Terry is pas-sionate about baseball and is involved in every aspect of the game, from raking fields to recruiting players. Fredrickson said it is fun to be involved and en-joys camaraderie with the players. Many of the Elko base-ball players are alumni

of Lakeville North and Lakeville South baseball. This year’s roster in-cludes some familiar Lakeville names, including Tyler Brekke, Mitch Mau-rer, Will Lundquist, Dylan Thomas and T. J. Evan-son. Fredrickson said this year’s team is exception-ally good, with an 11-1 season so far. Under his leadership, the team has competed in 15 state tournaments, the first in 1985. Fredrickson spoke about retiring from man-agement at some point, but added, “It would be fun to get 1,000 (wins).” Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].


Dance coaches suspended for one year Lakeville South to select new head dance coach

by Mike Shaughnessy and Laura Adelmann


Five head coaches whose teams were involved in an awards ceremony protest dur-ing the February 2015 state dance team competition were issued rare one-year suspen-sions by the Minnesota State High School League. Lakeville South High School head dance coach Genevieve Adler was among the coaches who received the suspension. District 194 Administrative Services Director Tony Massa-ros said Adler’s only job in the district was head coach of the team. He said the dance program will continue, and Activities Director Neil Strader will lead the process for selecting a new coach. Other dance coaches sus-pended are Jenny Raiche of Eastview, Kris Rydland of Chaska and Leslie Swiggum of Wayzata. The head coaches were not the only ones that the MSHSL took action against; every coach who was on the floor when the protest took place must complete the MSHSL’s “Why We Play” in-service

training before they are al-lowed to coach at any MSHSL school. All activities directors of the five schools, including Strader and Eastview’s Matt Percival, will also receive written cen-sures from the MSHSL related to the incident. The year-long head coaches’ suspension is significantly lon-ger than those the MSHSL has issued in the past, where coach-es’ suspensions more typically involve missing one or two games. The sanctions are also harsher than those given the coaches by their own schools. Raiche, Rydland and Swig-gum had been suspended for the first two meets of the 2015-16 seasons and received written reprimands. Adler was not suspended by the Lakeville school district but received a written reprimand, as did Strader and Adler’s as-sistant coaches, Alexis Leone, Michelle Field, Stephanie Mi-chael, Suzanne Thompson and Leah Kongsvik. Massaros called the disci-plinary actions taken by Dis-trict 194 in response to the situ-ation “in my opinion, fair and appropriate,” and questioned the severity of the MSHSL

punishment. “The decision by the Min-nesota State High School League was more severe than we thought necessary,” he said in an email to the newspa-per. “But the district will, of course, comply with that deci-sion.” Eden Prairie also took part in the awards ceremony pro-test, but its coaches resigned after the 2014-15 season. Dancers from the Wayzata and Eastview high kick teams will receive their second- and third-place medals. Those were not awarded at the Feb. 14 Class 3A high kick finals after dancers from Wayzata, Eastview, Lakeville South, Chaska and Eden Prai-rie stood off to the side during the awards ceremony in defi-ance of meet officials’ instruc-tions. The protest was in reaction to the Faribault Emeralds win-ning the Class 3A high kick championship. Coaches and dancers from other teams had complained that the Emeralds copied music, costumes and choreography from a routine performed by a team in Utah. The high school league inves-tigated those complaints be-fore the state meet and cleared

Faribault. According to an internal in-vestigation of the incident by District 194, the dance coaches originally planned to boycott the competition’s final round in protest of the MSHSL deci-sion. Lakeville South coaches op-posed that plan because they wanted their team to have its first chance to dance at the high kick finals. The report stated the Lakev-ille South coaches were put in a “difficult position” by the other coaches, including some who have “significant influence in the Minnesota dance com-munity” and were “passionate in their belief that the MSHSL did not appropriately handle the plagiarism allegations against Faribault.” Adler suggested the teams hold hands instead of a boy-cott and others agreed. She called Strader and told him about portions of the plan. Strader said he thought Adler’s suggestion was the best solution because it was a com-promise and would allow her to “save face” and support the other four Class AAA finalists involved in the coaches’ room meeting. The MSHSL Executive

Committee voted 9-1 to rec-ommend the sanctions to the MSHSL Board of Directors, which approved them by voice vote at its June 1 meeting in Brooklyn Center. MSHSL Ex-ecutive Committee member Dan Johnson, activities direc-tor in Hopkins, cast the dis-senting vote. Coaches and administra-tors from Eastview, Lakeville South, Chaska and Wayzata had addressed the board and said their schools had not re-ceived due process and asked that the MSHSL take addi-tional time to investigate the matter. Eastview High School Prin-cipal Randall Peterson said his district already had taken action and asked the board to postpone its decision. The MSHSL committee, in its recommendation to the board, stated that “coaches of the five schools chose to disregard the direction of the League staff and, instead, chose to remove themselves and their team from the award ceremony thereby creating a significant breach of sports-manship and related issues.” Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].


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Play Ball Farmington youth baseball learned the fundamentals of hitting, fielding and throwing from members of the Minnesota Twins organization on May 30 at the Tiger Baseball Field as part of the 2015 Play Ball Minnesota Youth Clinic. The current baseball clinic format was developed by Twins general manager Terry Ryan and former Twins executive Bob Gebhard. Funding for the Play Ball Minnesota Youth Clinics is provided by the Twins Community Fund and Great River Energy. Other local clinics will be held in Inver Grove Heights, July 24, and Elko, July 25. (Photo by Andy Rogers)

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SportsTigers hoping for more Section 1 magic at state

Softball team goes 4-0 in

playoffs by Mike Shaughnessy


It’s not lost on Farm-ington’s players and coaches that the last Sec-tion 1 team to play in the state Class 3A softball tournament ended up win-ning it. The Tigers had a two-year run of state tourna-ment appearances broken last year by two losses to Lakeville South in the Sec-tion 1 tourney. Then, while Farmington stayed home, South went to North Mankato and won the state championship. “They were a great representative of our sec-

tion,” Farmington coach Paul Harrington said of the Cougars. “We hope we will be, too.” After going undefeated in four games at this year’s Section 1 tournament, the Tigers are back at state for the third time in four years. Farmington (16-8) will play Becker (21-1) in the first round of the Class 3 tourney at 9 a.m. Thursday at Caswell Park in North Mankato. The Tigers are hoping there’s some leftover kar-ma from Lakeville South’s state championship run. Six of the eight teams still alive in Class 3A were No. 1 seeds in their sections. Another qualifier was a No. 2 seed. Farmington was the No. 4 seed in Sec-tion 1. “Our kids are good

players,” Harrington said. “We just have to get them to look at it like (the state tourney opener) is another South Suburban Confer-ence game and come in with the focus you need to win a game in that league.” If there’s a difference between this team and previous Farmington state tournament qualifiers, it’s being hardened by playing in the South Suburban, possibly the state’s most competitive high school softball league. Three teams from the SSC were ranked in the top 10 in Class 3A at the end of the regular season, and league co-champion Eastview is considered by some the fa-vorite to win state. Playing in the South Suburban “helped us, for sure,” said Harrington,

whose team finished sev-enth in the league. “You see good teams game after game. You’re going to be challenged, and you have to rise to it.” Near the end of the regular season, Har-rington said he started to see things pull together in a 4-0 victory over Burns-ville. The Tigers played well in all phases of the game – and, perhaps most important, saw players throughout their lineup coming through with key hits. That carried over to the Section 1 tournament, where Farmington scored 25 runs in four games. In its final two section games against Metro East Conference co-champion Hastings, Farmington won 5-4 in nine innings,

then came back with a 5-0 shutout on May 28 that clinched the title. Sophomore Emily Ber-dan homered to put Farm-ington in front of Hast-ings in the section final. Maddie Muelken knocked in three runs and pitched a shutout. Carly Esselman, the Ti-gers’ leadoff hitter, batted .632 in the section tour-nament. Muelken batted .583 in addition to being the winning pitcher in all four section games. In-fielder Amber Doyle, the Tigers’ top hitter during the regular season, batted .333 in the section tourney. Senior Molly Berdan and junior Nicole Pierick also had strong performances in the playoffs, Harrington said. Four Farmington se-

niors – Molly Berdan, Ashley Ibinger, Taylor Yousse and Doyle – will suit up this week for their third state tournament. The rest of the Tigers’ ros-ter is fairly young and of-fers hope for future state tournament appearances. “Our pitcher and catch-er are sophomores. We’re playing an eighth-grader at shortstop,” Harrington said. “Carly (Esselman), our center fielder, is a ju-nior and one of the best hitters on our team. We’ll have some returning play-ers up the middle, and that’s a good situation. “Plus, when you go to the state tournament, it can only help bring play-ers into your youth pro-gram.”

Farmington’s Ashley Steffes tries to spin away from the Lakeville South defense during the Section 1 girls lacrosse championship game. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)

LV South tops Tigers in lacrosse title game by Mike Shaughnessy


The Lakeville South girls and Lakeville North boys teams have earned a second chance. Both will return to the state lacrosse tournament after winning Section 1 championships Tuesday night. Lakeville South de-feated Farmington 16-9 in the girls final on its home field. Just a short dis-tance to the north, Lakev-ille North beat Lakeville South 10-2 to win the boys title. It will be the second consecutive year at the state tournament for both Section 1 champions. Junior forward Emma Schaefer scored five goals as Lakeville South’s girls remained undefeated (16-0) by defeating Farming-ton on Tuesday. Maddy Canney added four goals and Chloe Crosby three for the Cougars. South midfielder Logan Halvor-son, the state’s player of the year, had two goals and three assists Lakeville South never

trailed against Farming-ton and took a 3-0 lead 5 minutes, 8 seconds into the game. The Tigers (11-5) did rally and cut the South lead to 5-4 on Shelby Klotz’s goal at 18:44 of the first half. But the Cougars scored four of the next five goals and led by at least four the rest of the way. Amanda Davenport, Kamryn Corraro and

Ashley Steffes scored two goals each for Farming-ton.

Section 3 playoffs Two undefeated teams, Prior Lake and Blooming-ton Jefferson, will meet for the Section 3 boys cham-pionship Thursday at Prior Lake High School. Jefferson (15-0) edged de-fending section champion

Rosemount 10-9 in a semi-final game Tuesday night. The Irish, who had a 6-5 halftime lead, finished 12-3. Prior Lake defeated Eagan 16-9 in the other boys semifinal, ending the Wildcats’ season at 7-8.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Irish’s Regalado qualifies for state golf tourney by Mike Shaughnessy


Apple Valley senior Rachel Harty won the in-dividual championship at the Class 3A, Section 3 girls golf tournament that concluded Monday at Bunker Hills in Coon Rapids. Harty had rounds of 80 and 82 for a 162 total and won the individual medal by one stroke. Harty will make her second consecutive trip to

the state tournament. Last year she tied for 19th. Other local play-ers qualifying for state are Sydney Regalado of Rosemount (third, 80-86–166), Holly McPhee of Eastview (fifth, 84-90–174), Karli Simon of Eagan (sixth, 88-87–175) and Hayley Christensen of Eastview (83-93–176). Rosemount’s Monica Mc-Donald missed advancing to state by one stroke. Woodbury had a 707 total over the 36-hole tour-

nament and won the team title by six strokes over de-fending section champion Rosemount. The teams were tied for first place af-ter the first round. Eagan, Apple Valley and Eastview made the first-day cut and finished third through fifth. In the boys Section 3 tournament, St. Thomas Academy came away with a four-stroke victory over Eagan, which was eighth in the Minnesota Golf As-sociation’s all-class state

rankings. Eagan’s Nick Asta tied for second place with a two-day total of 153 and will play at state as an indi-vidual. Eagan’s Phil John-son and Apple Valley’s Jon Koenig both had 156 and were part of a four-way tie for fourth place. They also will play in the state tour-ney.


One run enough to send Eastview to stateLightning edges Rosemount in

Section 3 softball by Mike Shaughnessy


Eastview will go into the state softball tourna-ment with a 17-game win-ning streak but a notice-able lack of swagger, at least if Lightning coach Trevor Monroe and his se-niors have anything to say about it. “We’re definitely try-ing to stay humble,” said senior outfielder/catcher Kara Sjostrom. “We had to play some tough teams to get through our section, and it’ll be the same way at state.” Monroe also talked about humility after the Lightning defeated Rose-mount 1-0 to win the Class 3A, Section 3 champion-ship Saturday at Richfield Middle School. “We know where we came from,” Monroe said. “We have solid, educated

girls with great character, and they won’t be over-confident. I think they’ll play the game (at the state tournament) the same way they have been, and if they do that we’ll be fine.” Eastview (21-3) will play Buffalo (19-6) in the state Class 3A quarterfi-nals at 11 a.m. Thursday at Caswell Park in North Mankato. Farmington (16-8), the Section 1 champion, is the South Suburban’s other team in the Class 3A tour-nament. Eastview hasn’t been to the state tournament since winning it in its only other appearance in 2003. That can be attributed at least in part to the brutally difficult Section 3 tourna-ment. Section 3 teams won the Class 3A champion-ship six times in an eight-year stretch from 2003 to 2010. Bloomington Jef-ferson won the Section 3 tourney the last four years and took the state conso-lation championship each

time. “I don’t want to say other sections are easier, because there are other re-ally good sections,” Mon-

roe said. “But this one’s difficult. It’s a battle.” Eastview was ranked

Rosemount’s Gabby Sprang pitches against Eastview in the Class 3A, Section 3 softball finals. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Dakota United teams place third at state adapted softball

Blazing Cats are CI Division

consolation winners

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Dakota United teams took third place in the CI and PI divisions at last weekend’s state adapt-ed softball tournament at Coon Rapids High School, and Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville won the CI Division con-solation championship. Dakota United’s CI Division (cognitive im-pairments) team, which won the state floor hockey title in March, knocked off one of the softball tournament’s top seeds, Anoka-Hennepin, in the first round Fri-day. The Hawks lost to Mounds View/Irondale/Roseville in the semifi-nals before edging Osseo 12-11 in the third-place game. The Hawks scored five runs in the fourth inning of their 9-7 first-round victory over Anoka-Hen-nepin. Mounds View/Irondale/Roseville beat Dakota United 11-2 in the semifinals, sending the Hawks to the third-place game. Tyler Lup-ie-Voss was 3-for-3 and scored three runs in the Osseo game as the Hawks finished their season 9-4-1. They entered the state tournament as the No. 4 seed from the South Divi-sion. In the PI Division (physical impairments), Dakota United got a little revenge against a longtime nemesis as the Hawks beat Robbinsdale/Hopkins/Mound We-stonka 11-5 in the third-place game. The Robins recently have thwarted Dakota United’s efforts to win state champion-ships in three adapted sports, and beat the Hawks in the PI Division softball championship game the previous two years. Nick Kuefler’s bases-clearing double in the sixth inning was a key hit in Dakota United’s victory in the third-place game. The Hawks fin-ished 13-2, with their only two losses coming

against Anoka-Hennepin and Rochester, the state champion and runner-up. Dakota United opened the PI Division tournament with a 9-0 victory over Wayzata/Minnetonka in the quar-terfinals. Grayson Nico-lay was 4-for-4 and Riley Wisnewski, Nick Kuefler and Liz Kimmes had two hits each. Anoka-Hennepin de-feated Dakota United 11-8 in the semifinals Saturday, ending the Hawks’ bid to reach the state championship game for the third consecutive year. Burnsville/Farming-ton/Lakeville finished 10-5 after a 12-7 victory over South Washington County in the CI Division consolation final. Logan Dougherty sparked the Blazing Cats to victory in their final game of the season by going 3-for-3 and scoring twice. Osseo put up 10 runs in the fifth and sixth in-nings to pull away from the Blazing Cats 19-10 in the state quarterfinals. Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville beat North Suburban 12-11 in the consolation semifinals as Paul Nguyen went 3-for-3 and scored three runs. C h a s k a / C h a n h a s -sen/Prior Lake/Shako-pee beat Mounds View/Irondale/Roseville 13-3 in five innings in the CI Division championship game. Anoka-Hennepin won the PI Division title with an 11-8 victory over Rochester.

All-tournament

teams Junior infielder Gray-son Nicolay and senior infielder Liz Kimmes were named to the PI Division all-tournament team from Dakota Unit-ed, a cooperative pro-gram that includes Apple Valley, Eagan, Eastview and Rosemount high schools. The CI Division all-tourney team included senior outfielder Carl Burns of Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville, senior infielder Carl Fagre of Dakota United and senior pitcher Tyler Lupie-Voss of Dakota United.

Dakota United’s Nick Kuefler (left) tags out a Wayzata-Minnetonka runner during the state adapted softball tournament. (Photo by Bill Jones)

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fourth in last week’s state coaches as-sociation Class 3A poll but was only one of three Section 3 teams in the top 10. Sixth-ranked Jefferson and 10th-ranked Rosemount also were among those pursuing the Section 3 champi-onship. Jefferson departed the tournament after losses to Rosemount and Eagan. Rosemount (16-9) fell to Eastview 4-1 in the winners’ bracket final May 27, but defeated Eagan 6-2 in an elimina-tion game the next day to earn another shot at Eastview. The Irish, needing to beat Eastview twice on Saturday to win the section championship, came close to taking the lead on Kennedy Rieck’s fourth-in-ning single. Madi Van Sickle, trying to score from second base, was cut down at the plate by Courtney Wissbaum’s throw and Abby Lien’s tag. In the bottom of the inning, Jamie Reynolds’ single to left brought home Sydney Dose, who just beat the Irish’s throw to the plate. Dose was a courtesy runner for Eastview pitcher Kerrigan Hoshaw, who reached on a single. Hoshaw took it from there, pitching a three-hit shutout. Eastview’s last loss was to Rose-mount in a South Suburban Confer-ence game in late April. The Light-ning hot streak that followed that loss helped the team tie Rosemount for the conference championship. Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

SOFTBALL, from 10ALocals take their shot at track medals this weekendby Mike Shaughnessy


A flock of local athletes are headed to the state high school track and field meet this weekend, and a number of them have good chances to walk away with medals. Eagan senior Sam Zenner, in his first and only season of high school track (he previously played baseball in the spring), is among the favorites in the boys 100-meter dash. He had a time of 10.55 seconds in winning that race at last week’s Section 3AA championships at the University of St. Thomas, and that’s just .06 off the all-time state meet record. Zenner has the fastest seed time in the state meet, although Robbinsdale Arm-strong junior Evan McClellon (10.59) figures to be right there with him. Zenner also anchored Eagan 4x100 and 4x200 relays that won section cham-pionships and go into the state meet with the fastest seed times. Eastview senior Leron Norton has the fastest seed time for the boys 400-meter preliminaries. Apple Valley junior Ki-eran McKeag is the top seed in shot put and the fourth seed in discus. Farmington senior Justin Hyytinen is the No. 2 seed in the 800 and also quali-fied in the 1,600, where he finished third in the 2014 Class AA meet. Among the top athletes in the girls Class AA meet is Lakeville South senior Caraline Slattery, the 2013 state cham-pion in high jump and runner-up in that event last year. Slattery also will compete

in both hurdles races and is expected to anchor the Cougars’ No. 1-seeded 4x400 relay. Rosemount’s Rachel Schow and Lakeville North’s Michaela Preachuk earned their way back to state in the 100 hurdles after finishing second and third in that event last year. Schow was state champion in the 100 and 300 hurdles in 2013. Eastview junior Natalie Manders will go for her first state championship in the discus after placing second last year. Manders is seeded third in the event at state but has the best reported throw in Minnesota this spring, a toss of 167 feet, 6 inches in an April 2 meet. Lakeville South’s girls and Eagan’s boys and girls are the local teams that appear to be in the best position to push for a top-three team finish at state. The top three finishers earn trophies. Class AA competition begins at 9 a.m. Friday, June 5, and Saturday, June 6, at Hamline University in St. Paul. Follow-ing are some of the qualifiers for the state meet from the Sun Thisweek and Dakota County Tribune coverage area.

State qualifiersRosemount boys Dimitri Williams, fourth in 100 in Sec-tion 3AA, 10.96. Samuel Ivanecky, first in 800, 1:58.00. Alex Berhe, second in 3,200, 9:57.34. Michael Knoll, Samuel Karlson, Zaf-

fer Hussein, Ivanecky, first in 4x800 relay, 8:02.93. Daniel Kleiber, second in pole vault, 11-11. Zachary Zweber, first in triple jump, 43-6.

Rosemount girls Josephine French, third in 100 in Sec-tion 3AA, 12.48. Rachel Schow, second in 100 hurdles, 14.23; second in 300 hurdles, 45.08. Morgan Lawler, Jenna Eichten, El-lie Vraa, Schow, third in 4x400 relay, 3:57.37.

Farmington boys Caleb Bray, second in 200 in Section 1AA, 22.16 seconds. Justin Hyytinen, first in 800, 1:53.49; first in 1,600, 4 minutes, 25.37 seconds. Nehemiah Rockett, Hunter Siegler, Bray, Ryan Parco, second in 4x200 relay, 1:30.26. Parco, Bray, Devon Webb, Hyytinen, first in 4x400 relay, 3:24.26. Ryan Newton, Webb, Ben Sorenson, Alexander Hart, first in 4x800 relay, 8:14.57.

Farmington girls Lauren Peterson, second in 1,600 in Section 1AA, 5:07.29.



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

Apple Valley Multi-Family6/18-19 (8-4); 6/20 (9-4) Lots of misc! Cash only.

13352 Hughes Court

Apple Valley, 6/11-13, 8-3. Moving Sale: Sofa, Lo-veseat, Lazy Boy, Tables, Furn, Rugs, Books, HH

12759 Falcon Drive

Apple Valley, June 12 & 13, 8-4 Fri, 8-1 Sat. Baby, kitchen, and HH items, clothing for all, and more! 4904 Dominica Way West

Bloomington 6/4-5-6 (8-5) Antiqs, clocks, slot ma-chine, tools, dep. glass, picts cloz 102nd & Pleasant Ave

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Bloomington

HUGE ESTATE SALE! June 4, 5, 6 (9am-4pm)

9006 Bloomington Ave So

Bloomington Multi FamilyJune 4, 5, 6 (8-4). Cash only. Furn, tools, collectibles, cloz. 8740 Clinton Ave. So.

Bloomington Rummage, Book, Bake & Plant Sale

Fri 6/5 (9-5); Sat 6/6 (9-12)

FUNDRAISER for VEAP& CTK’s Library

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Brooklyn Center 6/5 & 6/6 9-5pm HH, furn, womens cloz sz 8-10, shoes, collect & stuff. 5925 York Ave N


Brooklyn Center, June 11-12, 9-3. Awesome Church Rummage Sale: $4 Bag on 6/12. 59th Ave & Irving N.

Brooklyn Park 3 family sale! 6/11-13, Th/F 8a-6p, Sat 8a-1p, Infant toys, HH, wedding, furn, Mary Kay & Partylite, clothes (men, women, childen). 7455 Meadowwood Ct.

Brooklyn ParkSt. Vincent De PaulBargains & Beyond Sale! 6/11-12 (8-6); 6/13 (8-12) Bag sale 9100 93rd Ave. N.

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3210 Berwick Knoll

Brooklyn Park, Saturday, June 6th 2015, 8am - 4pm. Moving sale! Living room/office furniture, household goods, patio set and much more!! 2336 Edinbrook Ter-race N

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June 4-6, (9-5). Much misc. 8524 Telford Crossings

Burnsville 1304 Forest CirNeighborhood sales 6/10-13 (8-5). Buck Hill (W) park entrance. See Craigslist post

Burnsville, Fri 6/12, 4-7 & Sat 6/13, 8-3, Multi SalesAnnual Garage SaleBirnamwood T-Homes Hwy 13 & Parkwood Dr

Burnsville, June 5-6, 8-5pm. Estate Sale! 1930’s Walnut bedroom set. Antique bent wil-low rockers. 60’s furni-ture, misc. household. 50’s-70’s Conoco and display Petroliana. Drill press, welder, vintage tools galore. 2 riding mowers. Craftsman 5hp snow blower. 7hp vintage outboard. Rupp snowmobile engine. 2 snowmobile trailers. 1964 Sears licensed Vespa. 1978 Buick La-Sabre 65K mi. 1949 Ford Coupe 79K mi. So Much More. CASH ONLY! 2602 River Hills Dr.

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Sale Almost 100 sales! June 6 (8-3) Near Cliff & Hwy 13

Burnsville: Wildflower Multi-Family Sale! 6/3-4, (8:30-5:30) 1 Blk South of CR 42 on Portland Ave.

Columbia Heights20 Houses! Fri-Sat, 6/12-13 (8am-4pm) 37 - 40th Aves.& Central Ave. - Hayes

Columbia Hts: Thrift/Craft Sale Immaculate Conception Church 6/18-20 Thurs & Fri 8-7; Sat. Bag sale 8-12. Craft Sale is Thurs/Fri only.763-788-9062 ICCSonline.org

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EAGAN, 6/11-12 , 9-3. Toys, books, games, puzzle, Cloz (baby, kids, maternity), DVD, CD. 741 Caribou Ln.

Eagan, June 4, 5, 6, 9-5. Toys, small appliances, household items, furni-ture, boys’/men’s/wom-en’s clothes, electronics, games. 1823 Taconite Trail.

Eagan, Multi Family Sale!June 12, 13, 14; 9-6. Kids items, Designer Clothing, HH 1498 Woodview Av W

Eagan: 1843 Covington Ln 6/4-6, (8-4). Crystal, col-lect. Twins, Lynx, Postal, toys, HH, furn, much misc.

Edina, Jun 3rd - 5th, 9 - 4. Furniture, electronics, lug-gage, toys, crafts, office supplies, household items galore! 4804 Hibiscus Ave.

ORONO: Moving Sale June 4, 5, 6, (9-4).

3085 Watertown Road


Eden Prairie, 6/5-6/6, 8am-? Chair & footstool, tall kitchen table & stools, young kid toys, kid’s plas-tic outdoor playhouse, clothes, large rugs, books, Antique desk, book shelf, kids skis and boots, movies & much more! 10518 Shelter Grove

ExcelsiorOur Savior Church

23290 Hwy 7 (Hwy 7 & 41)www.oslcs.org

June 10 (4-8) $5 Adlt Adm;June 11-12 (8-4);

June 13 (8-12) - $5 Bag Day

Excelsior, Moving SaleJune 11-13, 8-4. Office Furn, Pool Table, Bar, Ken-more BBQ, Bar Stools, Bed-room Sets, Couches, 2 Day Beds, Entertainment Ctr, Crib, Piano, Dishes, Rugs.

664 Glencoe Road

Farmington, 6/11-13, Thurs-Fri 9-6 Sat 9-12. Power & Hand Tools, 6 Ladders, Lawn Furn, Frig., HH, Antiques & Misc. 5325 & 5379 190th St. West (East of Pilot Knob Road)

Farmington, June 5-6, Fri 8-5, Sat 8-12. Furn, Lawn Mover, Hunting Equip, Tents, Home Decor, Bikes & Toys. 4559 198th St. W.

Fridley, 6/12-13, Fri. 2-6; Sat. 10-4. Antiques, collectibles, HH misc. 6114 Star Lane NE

Golden Valley Multi-Family

6/5-6 (9-4) Electronics, antiqs, furn., HD lthr jack-et, chaps/vest, cloz, more!1520 Ottawa Ave. So.

HOPKINS

▶ ▶ Annual ◀ ◀Spring Yard Sale

Meadow CreekCondominiums

Sat, June 6 (9am-4pm)Look for the signs on:

11th Ave So., Smetana Rd,Westbrooke Way,

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HOPKINS

LARGE GARAGE SALE328 TH Hopkins area

Westbrooke Patio Homes2/3 mi. south of Excelsior Blvd. & 11th Avenue So.

Sat., June 6 (8am-4pm)

Lakeville - Moving SaleSat, June 13 (8-2) Variety of items - Household, Out-door, Books, Music, Mem-orabilia, Tools, and more!21620 Wagonwheel Trail

Lakeville, June 11-13, 9-4. MOVING SALE: HH, Furn, Linens, Books, Games, Misc 17095 Jackson Trail

Maple Grove Sale! Friday, June 5, 9-5. Infant & toddler toys, cloz, furn, HH. 18237 Weaver Lake Dr

Maple Grove, June 4-6, Thurs- Fri (9-6) Sat 9-?. HUGE SALE, Quilting Fabric, HH, Tons of things for both Men & Women! 12869 90th Place N

Minnetonka, 6/11-6/13, TH & F 8:30am-5:00pm, Sat 8:30-1:00pm. Baby toys/stuff and household items- need to sell! 5301 Michaele Lane


Minnetonka, Beachside Annual Multi-Townhome Huge Sale! Sat 6/6, 7:30-4:00. Shady Oak Road & Smetana

Minnetonka, Sat 6/6, 7:30 - 4:00. Beachside Annual Multi-Townhome Huge Sale. Shady Oak

Road & Smetana

New Hope 20th Yr. Large Indoor Sale! 6/4-5 (8-5); 6/6 (8-12). Wide variety of

HH items, furn., books, tools,

sport. goods & misc. Holy Nativity Lutheran Church3900 Winnetka Ave. North

New Hope- 6/13- 9a-3pBroadway Village Com-munity Annual Garage Sale! Food, Fun & Fantastic Finds! Lots & Lots of Lots for you & Walking Tacos too! 6046 W. Broadway Ave

Plymouth 5th Annual Multi-

Family Charity Sale Event

6/4-5 (9-5); 6/6 (9-12). Good,

clean HH & Kids items,

Furn., Cloz for all, Tools.

2235 Xanthus Lane North

Plymouth, 6/4-5, 8a-6p & 6/6, 9a-12p, Quail Ridge Neighborhood Sales: baby, teen, women cloths & toysRockford Rd, West of 494

Plymouth, Moving Sale, 6/11-6/13, 8-5. Antiques, yard & auto tools, furni-ture, games, decor, HH. 1515 Comstock Lane North

Plymouth-6/5 noon- 5p & 6/6- 9a-5p- Woodworkers Unique Sale! Handmade bowls,pens 16235 5th Av N

Plymouth: 6/11-12, (9-6). Tools, books antq, toys, inside/outside furn. 3120 Holly Ln N

Plymouth: KingswoodAnnual Multi Houses SaleCounty Rd 101 & 1st Ave N 6/4-5 (8a-5p) 6/6 (9a-3p).

RICHFIELDSt Richard’s Catholic Church

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7540 Penn Ave. Southwww.strichards.com

St Louis Park, Sat. 6/13, 8-4. KID HEAVEN (cloz toys books+), 1st HH, FREE thgs. 3830 Woodland Dr.

St. AnthonyPatriots Marching BandGarage Sale FundraiserThurs., 6/11 9-9; Fri.,6/12 9-5 (Bag Day). SAVHS Lower Gym 3303 33rd Av NE (Door 11) Info: 612-706-1095

St.Louis Park- 6/13-9a-5p. Vintage Toys,Kitchen ,HH,

Office, Linens, Books 2701 Yosemite Ave S.

SUMMIT OAKS, June 11, 12 & 13, 8am-4pm. MULTI HOME SALE BURNSVILLE

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5500 EMPLOYMENT

5510 Full-time

Accounting Assistant / Entry Level

Accounting Assistant / Entry LevelFull-time Position. Pri-mary responsibility will be entering Purchase Orders and Sales Orders into our accounting sys-tem, posting invoices to Purchase Orders as well as A/P check runs. The ideal candidate will be organized with great at-tention to detail and the ability to multi-task. This position will serve as back up to the front desk when needed. Health Benefits, 401K and paid vacation. Ap-ply in person at: DIVERSIFIED DIST., INC.11921 Portland Ave S.

Suite A Burnsville, MN 55337

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Cabinets/Countertops

BWS designs, fabricates and installs custom coun-tertops and cabinetry for the residential and com-mercial markets. We have openings in the following depts. Countertop Instal-lation for granite, laminate and solid surface, cabinet maker. Related experi-ence helpful. BWS offers competitive compensation in accordance with experi-ence. Benefits available.

Interested individuals can send resume or apply at:Bob’s Wood Specialties, Inc.

14200 Ewing Ave SBurnsville, MN 55306Phone: 952-890-4700

Fax: 952-890-6448EOE

Finish CarpentersSchwieters Co. is hiring.

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DriverOn-Call/Casual

Friendship Village of Bloomington, a premier retirement community, seeks an on-call Driver to work various times in pro-viding individual car and bus transportation for our residents. Transportation needs for appointments, shopping, dining, social events, concerts, airport trips, etc. We are seeking candidates with excep-tional hospitality, have a class B commercial driver’s license with passenger en-dorsement, clean driving record and are familiar with downtown, uptown and western Metro driving routes. Experience driving a bus for seniors preferred. To apply, please complete an on-line application at Friendshipvillagemn.com or call (952) 830-9639.

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of Bloomington8100 Highwood Drive

Bloomington, MN 55438E.O.E.

** DRIVERS **Tractor-trailer drivers

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Physical work required.

•Rate of Pay $0.4500 per mile $22.00 per hour – local $35.00 sleeper pay per night $800 weekly minimum guarantee

•Health Insurance with Dependent Coverage and Dental, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, and

Prescription Card

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•Paid Holidays & Vacation

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•Excellent Bonus Program

•Excellent Equipment

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resume to:[email protected] or

[email protected]

HOUSE CLEANERS$80-$110/day FT/PT7:20am-3:00pm. We

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Exp Pref. $12/hr. Appy in person. Perfect Cleaners

2147 Cliff Rd Eagan

PAINTERS NEEDED!Experienced Professional Painters needed. Competi-tive wage. Start immed. 40+ hrs a week. 612-825-7316


5530 Full-time orPart-time


5520 Part-time 5520 Part-time

5510 Full-time

Emergency Apparatus Maintenance, Inc pro-vides full service and repair of fire apparatus, ambulances and other emergency vehicles. Due to our rapid growth and expansion we are looking for a professional, reliable mobile on-site mechanic to join our team.

Technician’s responsibil-ity includes all aspects of onsite emergency ve-hicle/equipment repair, maintenance, and testing. Fire apparatus and fire pump training provided.

Job Requirements: Trade school, experience and personal tools. Pre-em-ployment physical and drug screen required. Must obtain DOT certifi-cation and a CDL.

Excellent Benefits: medi-cal/dental/life insurance, Holiday/Vacation pay and a HUGE retirement plan. Also, uniforms and tool insurance provided.

Monday -- Friday daytime hours.

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NOW HIRINGSECURITY OFFICERS

Walk-in Interviews

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Roseville Office2780 Snelling Ave N. #101

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Please apply online at:www.securitasjobs.com

(763) 287-3122

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabilities

Nuss Truck & Equipment in Burnsville is accepting

applications for the following position:

2ND SHIFT LEAD Must have Diesel truck vo-tech certification or related experience. Experience planning, organizing and leading shop workflow preferred. Sign on bonus of up to $4,000 available and we will match your current vacation / PTO! About Us Nuss Truck & Equipment, Inc. (NTE) is a respected, growing re-gional dealer of commer-cial trucks & equipment. We pride ourselves on both our family heritage -& our ability to improve our cus-tomers’ experience with the equipment they rely on to keep their businesses running every day. We of-fer a competitive benefits package. We offer medical insurance, health savings account, dental insurance, vision discounts, matching 401k, voluntary life insur-ance, educational assis-tance, employee assistance program, flexible spend-ing accounts, long-term & short-term disability insur-ance, paid holidays, paid time off & direct deposit. To learn more about these exciting opportunities, please complete our online application at nussgrp.applicantpro.com Or you may visit our website at

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Plastic MoldingSet-Up Technicians

nd & rd shiftsGrowing plastic molding company seeking career-minded individuals with 1-3 yrs exp in mold set-up and processing. Individu-als with strong mechanical backgrounds are encour-aged to apply. Competitive wages, excellent benefits.

Send resume to:Imperial Plastics, Inc

PO Box 907/21320 Ham-burg Avenue, Lakeville, MN 55044. 952-469-4951 fax: 952-469-4724 EOE

Receptionist / Administrative

Assistant

Full-time Position. Re-sponsibilities will in-clude directing calls, invoicing, posting A/P and general support functions. Qualified candidate must be posi-tive, have an excellent telephone demeanor, possess excellent verbal and written skills, be computer literate, wel-come responsibility and be motivated by service and quality. Health Benefits, 401K and paid vacation. Apply in per-

son at: DIVERSIFIED DIST., INC.11921 Portland Ave S.

Suite A Burnsville, MN 55337

952-808-9649pmortensen@

ddicabinets.com

5510 Full-time

Optician/Exam Technician

20094 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville, MN 55044

Now Hiring: Busy private optometric practice look-ing for outgoing, confident, and dependable optician/exam technician. Experi-ence is a plus but we are willing to train this indi-vidual. At McDonald Eye Care Associates you are a part of a team provid-ing care to patients of all ages. We stay up to date on the latest technology and fashion trends. Full time benefits include employer contribution to health in-surance, paid vacation, and a retirement program. Also, enjoy every other weekend as a THREE DAY WEEKEND!

If you have had experience in the medical field or you are interested in gaining experience in the medical field, we’d love to hear from you! If you are interested in becoming an optician or exam technician contact us! Opticians work one-on-one with patients to meet their visual and cosmetic needs. Exam technicians perform pretesting for pa-tients prior to seeing the doctor. You may work with a child on their first pair of glasses, literally changing the way they see the world! You also may work with a first time bifocal wearer giving them their youth and near vision back! If you like to problem solve and have solid math skills, we can train you to help our patients see better!

Please forward resume to Doctor Molly McDonald,

by replying to this post, or give us a call at

952-469-3937

Compensation competitive with

experience

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jobpostings

SureFlo Inc is hiring weld-ers who are able to be on the road for 3 weeks, able to lift up to 100 lbs, and have a valid driver’s license. Call 320-267-5492 or email to [email protected].

Child Care Providers

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Sun•Thisweek Classifieds

952-846-2003

Truck Driver/Laborer help wanted for small Black Topping Co. in South Metro. Must have CDL Li-cense. Call: 952-447-5733

5510 Full-time

Twin Cities Multi-million dollar Home Improve-ment Company ranked in the Top 100 largest remod-eling companies in the US. A great place to work & build a career. Due to an over-abundance of leads, we are in need of two more sales people to add to our siding & window division.

QUALIFICATIONS:*Desire to be successful

*Willingness to learn*Competitive nature

*Career oriented*Reliable transportation)

WE OFFER:*Qualified appointments

*Paid training*$100,000+ income

potential*$1,000 Hiring Bonus

*Continuous training*Management Support

If you are seeking a change to a strong, reputable com-pany, in a recession proof multi-billion dollar indus-try, please call Dennis or

Luke: 651-784-2646.

You need it?We have it!

LOOKto Sun•Thisweek Classifieds

theadspider.com

5520 Part-time

Caring People Needed to help the elderly with

non-medical care in their homes. PT, flex hours available for

loving, kind caregivers who want to make a

difference in the lives of others. No experience necessary - we provide training and support.

Call 651-212-4191

5520 Part-time

Experience Works has paid training/employment assignments in Dakota and Washington Counties. Positions may include of-fice/clerical, food service, janitorial, library, activi-ties positions, retail cashier and more! You must be 55 years of age or older, un-employed, and meet in-come guidelines to be eli-gible. Program funded by SCSEP funds through the DOL. Call 651-493-6833 or toll-free at 855-270-9660. No fee •Nonprofit Organi-zation• Equal Opportunity Service Provider

Lakeville Mini Storage & Truck Rental Co.

Seeking Part Time Help:

Front Desk Customer Service Position.

Computer exp. req. Flexible weekly schedule. Mn. Driver License req.

$12.00 per hour start.

Call 612-865-5473

Having aGarage Sale?

Advertise your sale with us

952-846-2003NEWSPAPER

DELIVERYDo you have some spare time on Thurs/Friday?Earn some extra cash! ECM DISTRIBUTION is looking for you! We currently have motor routes in Burnsville, Eagan, Apple Valley, Rosemount, Farming-ton, Lakeville. A typical route takes 1 to 2 hours. Motor routes require a reliable vehicle. Delivery time frames are long enough to allow flexibility for your schedule. Give us a call for more details.

ECM DISTRIBUTION

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5520 Part-time

Part-Time Staff Accountant

We are currently seeking an accounting profession-al to work with multiple bookkeeping & payroll cli-ents. Must possess strong organizational, detailed oriented, strong written & verbal communication skills. Experience is a plus. Send resume to:

[email protected]

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Permanent PT TELLER

Provincial Bank, located near downtown Lakeville, is looking for an individual with great customer service skills and availability to work

approximately 20-25 hrs/wk. Hours are flexi-ble but typically require

2-3 days a week w/al-ternate Saturdays. Pick

up an application at any of our offices or call for more info 952-469-2265

5520 Part-time

PT Cleaning Evenings!

Three to Six evenings/wk 2-4 hrs/nite. 1 day shift Sat. open. $10 per hr. to start. 3 different loca-tions avl. Apple Valley, Burnsville & Shakopee. Call Shari leave msg.

612-203-7541


Community Assisted Living in Apple Valley is looking for dedicated em-ployees to work as Certi-fied Nursing Assistants/Home Health Aides tak-ing care of Seniors. We are currently looking to fill PT & FT positions on Evenings, Nights and W/E Days. All shifts include E/O weekend. CAN/HHA positions start at $12.25/hr. Call 952-440-3955 for application address

Sales people wanted FT or PT for Manufactured Homes Dealership. Strong sales background, pre-ferred, but will train. Flex-ible schedule. Good people skills. Fax resume to 651-735-6746



Community Living Options,

Seeking motivated people to implement

programs &community integration.

Starting pay $11.05

FT/PT & Relief avail. 651-237-1087

or www.clo-mn.com

SHERWIN-WILLIAMS, a Fortune 500 Company is hiring Full & Part Time Drivers and Sales Assoc. in the Twin Cities Metro market. If com-petitive wages, excellent benefits, paid vacations and career advance-ment opportunities are important to you; Apply online today at sherwin-williams.comand then click on the “careers” tab to join the team.

Warehouse: Pull orders of pop/snack off iPad, load onto trucks, stock, general cleaning. Email [email protected] or fax resume: 952-707-1994

5540 Healthcare

Medical Insurance BillingFT 8a-5p, M-F

Peds/Allgy, prev. exp. req. w/Ins claims/coding.

[email protected]

Regency Home Healthcare

has immediate opportuni-ties RN’s & LPN’s to join our team. Our agency is searching for nurses in St.Paul, Maplewood, Arden Hills, Blaine and Hastings area. All applicant must have current RN or LPN license. We welcome new graduates and experienced nurses. Regency provides services to all ages pediat-rics to geriatric. We special-ize in medically complex cases including vent de-pendant clients. This allows the nurses to experience ICU level care in clients home. Our nurses enjoy the benefit of full or part-time schedules. We have an excellent office staff that provides respectable customer service. Also, Regency provides extensive training with our veteran staff. If interested please submit online application at www.regencyhhc.com or fax resume attn: Brittni @ 651-488-4656. EOE

LEGAL NOTICES

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194MAY 12 & 19, 2015

This is a summary of the Inde-pendent School District No. 194 Regular and Special Board of Edu-cation Meetings on Tuesday, May 12 and May 19, 2015 with full text available for public inspection on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044REGULAR BOARD MINUTES

The regular meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. followed by pledge of allegiance. All board members and administrators were present.

Consent agenda items ap-proved: Minutes of the meeting on April 28; payment of bills & claims; donations; school lunch prices SY 15-16; milk bid awarded to Hast-ings Cooperative Creamery Co.

Reports presented: Innovation Zone pilot update.

Approved actions: Audit con-tract with Clifton Larson Allen(CLA); iLearn 2.0 Expansion for 6th Grade KTMS.

Adjournment at 8:57 p.m. SPECIAL BOARD MINUTES

The special meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. All board members and administrators were present.

Discussions: Alt facil 2,4, &10 yr plans; capital & operating levy survey and financial analysis; com-munity survey analysis; strategic planning data & priorities 2015-18; unfunded priorities for 2015-16.

Meeting adjourned at 10:14 p.m.Published in the

Dakota County TribuneJune 4, 2015

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Hot dog stand to raise money for Leprechaun Days The Rosemount Lep-rechaun Days Committee will be selling hot dogs 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Satur-day, June 27, outside Cub Foods in Rosemount as a fundraiser for the 10-day summer community festi-val. People can support the work of the committee by purchasing a hot dog or donating additional funds. Proceeds from the event will help support the committee, whose costs include those to provide a fireworks show, musical entertainment, carnival, parade and other events during Leprechaun Days. Leprechaun Days will run July 17-26 this year. New volunteers are al-ways welcome at commit-tee meetings. Meetings are held the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Rosemount Community Center, with an upcoming meeting June 15. A special meeting will be at 7 p.m. Monday, July 13, at the Central Park Shelter, 2893 145th St. W. Volunteers are needed to help lead subcommit-tees that handle various planning duties and on the busy event days, especially for clean up. To find out about vol-unteer opportunities, email [email protected] or call Vanessa DeMuth at 651-423-3959. If your group or or-ganization would like to become a monetary or in-kind sponsor, contact Michelle Selig at 651-792-5915 and [email protected]. As incentive for spon-sorships, local businesses, individuals, or groups contributing prior to July 1 will have their names displayed in various pro-

motional items – fliers, a special newspaper “thank you” advertisement and the Leprechaun Days web-site. There are three contri-bution levels: • Gold level is for those giving over $2,500. • Sapphire is for $501 up to $2,499. • Emerald is for up to $500. More about Lepre-chaun Days is at www.RosemountEvents.com.

St. Joseph to send off the Rev. Paul Jarvis The Rev. Paul Jarvis’ final weekend of Masses at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rosemount will be June 27 and 28. Jarvis, who has been pastor at the church since July 2011, is being re-as-signed to a much smaller parish for health reasons. He is starting July 1 at Christ the King Parish in southwest Minneapolis. After all the Masses, Jarvis will join attendees in eating his favorite food – watermelon. There will be no sit-down reception afterward, and no RSVP is needed. Jarvis said his only requests are that people make contributions to whatever church they at-tend and they sing at Mass. St. Joseph Mass times are 5 p.m. Saturday, June 27; 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m. Sunday June 28. The church is located at 13900 Biscayne Ave. W., Rosemount. More is at www.stjo-sephcommunity.org.

Rain barrel workshop Learn how to conserve water and reduce runoff pollution at the Make & Take Rain Barrel work-shop, 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, at the Dakota

County Fairgrounds in Farmington. The work-shop is sponsored by Vermillion River Water-shed Joint Powers Orga-nization, Coca-Cola and Friends of the Mississippi River workshop. The $40 workshop fee covers the cost of the bar-rel and supply kit to make your own rain barrel dur-ing the course of the eve-ning. Barrels are 55-gal-lon, white (but paintable) and connect to your exist-ing downspout. Learn more at the FMR.org calendar list-ing (http://www.fmr.org/events/2015/06/16/make-take-rain-barrel-work-shop-just-40) or sign up and purchase supplies via Eventbrite (http://tinyurl.com/june16rainbarrel).

Farmington Library events The Farmington Li-brary, 508 Third St., will offer the following pro-grams. Call 651-438-0250 for more information. Friends Book Sale – Preview, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, June 8. Preview sale for Friends members only. Memberships avail-able at the door. Teen-led Book Group, 6-7 p.m. Monday, June 8. Join members of the Teen Advisory Group for a teen-led discussion of books and reading. Ages: 12-18. Teen Advisory Group, 7-8 p.m. Monday, June 8. The group recommends books and music, helps plan library programs and participates in community events and service proj-ects. Ages: 12-18. Friends Book Sale, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 9. Classic Movies, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington. Watch an award-winning, classic movie from each

decade beginning with a 1920s silent film and end-ing with a 1970s hipster. The first selection will be Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis.” Popcorn included. Clay Turtles, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 10. Sculpt cool tur-tles using your imagina-tion to roll, shape and add texture to clay. Presented by Abrakadoodle. Reg-istration required. Ages: 5-12. Learn to Knit, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 10. Enjoy an easy review of basic knitting, from casting on to cables. Get help with unfinished or well-intended ventures that have you stuck. Basic supplies provided for new knitters. Books and Beyond: Discover an Author, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 11. Have fun with stories, activities and crafts related to a book author with ISD 192 ECFE. Ages 0-6. Blue Thumb Garden-ing, 6-8 p.m. Monday, June 15. Get an introduction to creating beautiful gardens that keep our water clean and see inspirational and affordable garden designs. Presented by the Dakota County Soil and Water Conservation District. Registration required. Call 651-480-7777 or register online at www.dakotas-wcd.org/bluethumb.html. Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game Tournament, 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, June 16. Learn to play Yu-Gi-Oh and play in a tournament with other fans. Starter deck supplied for new players. Registration re-quired. Ages: 9-16. Books and Brew Book Club, 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, Dunn Bros, 20700 Chippendale Ave. W., Farmington. The group will discuss “Siddhartha: by Hermann Hesse. Storytime in the Park, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Wednes-day June 17, Meadowview Park, 5550 197th St. W.

Stories, games and crafts in the park. Presented in partnership with Farming-ton Parks and Recreation. Ages: 0-10. Learn to Knit, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 17. Enjoy an easy review of basic knitting, from casting on to cables. Get help with unfinished or well-intended ventures that have you stuck. Basic supplies provided for new knitters. Blue Thumb Garden-ing, 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 17. Get an introduc-tion to creating beauti-ful gardens that keep our water clean and see inspi-rational and affordable garden designs. Presented by the Dakota County Soil and Water Conserva-tion District. Registration required. Call 651-480-7777 or register online at www.dakotaswcd.org/blu-ethumb.html. Books and Beyond: Discover an Author, 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, June 18. Have fun with stories, activities and crafts related to a book author with ISD 192 ECFE. Ages 0-6. Chocolate Chip Cookie Contest, 2-3 p.m. Thurs-day, June 18. Enter your best chocolate chip cook-ies. Pick up a registration form at the Farmington Library. Craft Fair, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Friday, June 19. Sign your kids up to sell their handicrafts at the library. All items must be priced at $2 or less. Sellers must register in advance. Event is weather-depen-dent at some locations. Ages: 4-16. The Friends of the Farmington Library are collecting gently used, re-cently published books for their first book sale. Dona-tions can be dropped off at the library during nor-mal business hours. The book sale will be noon to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, with a members only pre-

view night 5:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, June 8.

HealthPro Chiropractic celebrating six years HealthPro Chiroprac-tic Inc. in Farmington is holding a customer appre-ciation celebration from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at its clinic, 19685 Pilot Knob Road. There will be food, beverages, chair massage, raffle, bouncy house and other prizes such as a grill and foam rollers.

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

[email protected].

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

Call for Artists International Festival of Burnsville and Ames Center are seeking artwork to display at the fifth annual Cultural Per-spectives art exhibition titled “Worldly Treasures.” Artwork should visually demonstrate the artist’s answers to any or all of these questions: Can you describe the beauty seen in this cultural treasure? Are you keeping your heritage alive with this depiction? Does your work convey a personal memory or story? To apply, submit re-sponses and photo(s) of titled artwork to [email protected] by Friday, June 5. List medium, price (or value, if not for sale) and dimensions. Exhibit dates: July 9-Aug. 9.

Dance Heartbeat Performing Arts Center will present adaptations of three episodes of “Doctor Who” June 13-14 at Eastview High School, 6200 140th St. W., Apple Valley. “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship,” 1 p.m.; “Shake-speare Code” and “Closing Time,” 6:30 p.m. Call 952-432-7833 for tickets. Tickets also available one hour prior to per-formances at the Eastview box office.

Events/Festivals I Love Burnsville Week, May 30 to June 6. Information: www.burnsville.org/love. “Tasseldega Nights,” 6 p.m., Saturday, June 6, Elko

Speedway. Presented by the Minnesota Corn Growers As-sociation. Information: www.elkospeedway.com. Farmington Dew Days, June 16-20. Information: www.farmingtondewdays.com. Rosemount ArtBlast, June 18-28. Information: http://www.rosemountarts.com. Hampton Community Days, June 19-20. Information: www.facebook.com/thehamp-tonnews.

Exhibits “Committed,” an exhibit by abstract painter Lisa Anderson, is on display through June 14 at Ames Center, 12900 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. A watercolor exhibit by Rita Ryan runs 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays through July 31 at Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. An open-ing reception will be 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 5. Information: 952-985-4640.

Music Music in Kelley Park fea-turing Pho, 6-9 p.m. Friday, June 5, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages avail-able for purchase. Information: http://avartsfoundation.org/. Marc Cohn and Shawn Colvin, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 6, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tick-ets: $58, $70.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. Lucinda Williams with Buick 6, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tick-ets: $44, $56.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://suemclean.com/. Jay & Tammy Variety Mu-sic, 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 12, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $12.50. Information: 952-985-4640. Music in Kelley Park fea-turing The David Gonzalez Band, 6-9 p.m. Friday, June 12, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages available for pur-chase. Information: http://avar-tsfoundation.org/. Salsabrosa: Salsa Music and Dancing, 6:30 p.m. Sun-day, June 14, part of Caponi Art Park’s Summer Performance Series in the park’s Theater in the Woods outdoor amphithe-ater, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. Opening act: Theatre of Fools. A $5 per person donation is suggested. Information: 651-454-9412 or http://www.ca-poniartpark.org. Los Lonely Boys with Rog-er Clyne & the Peacemakers, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, in the amphitheater at the Min-nesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $44, $56.50 VIP box seat. Informa-tion: http://suemclean.com/.

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Friday, June 5 Forever Wild Family Friday: Legacy Irish Band, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. All ages. Tap your toes to the Irish tunes of the Legacy band. Free. Adult must accompany youth. One adult per four youth. Registration request-ed at http://parks.co.dakota.mn.us. Course number 5410. Outdoor movie, “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” rated PG, 7:30 p.m. seating, dusk show-time, an I Love Burnsville Week event at Nicollet Commons Park in the Heart of the City. Spon-sored by New Horizon Academy.

Saturday, June 6 Stuff the Truck for Bridging, 9 a.m. to noon, Coldwell Banker Burnet, 7741 147th St. W., Apple Valley. Accepting quality gently-used furniture and household goods. Coordinated by Girl Scout Troop 54088. For a list of items to donate, visit www.bridging.org. Family archery, 1-3 p.m., Cleary Lake Regional Park, Prior Lake. Shoot stationary targets and compete in fun shooting games. Equipment provided. Cost: $7. Call 763-559-6700 to make a reservation, reference ac-tivity number 324501-00. Ages 8 and older.

Monday, June 8 Relay For Life of Eagan fundraiser, all day at Granite City Food & Brewery, 3330 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, 651-452-4600. Must present flier, available at the hostess table at Granite City. Ten percent of the total tab will be donated to American Cancer Society-Relay For Life Eagan.

Tuesday, June 9 Family Fun Tuesday – Sci-ence Museum of Minnesota: Nature of Sound, 10-11 a.m. in the Sculpture Garden at Caponi Art Park, Eagan. $4 per person donation suggested. Information: 651-454-9412 or www.caponiart-park.org. Tuesday Evenings in the Garden – Bearing Fruit with Faith Applequist, 6:30-8 p.m. in front of the red barn at the Dakota County Fairgrounds, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. Learn prun-ing and care methods that will in-crease fruit tree productivity and reduce disease and insect prob-lems. Includes tips on selecting varieties, pollination and growing conditions. Class size is limited; register by calling 651-480-7700. Information: www.dakotamaster-gardeners.org.

Wednesday, June 10 Eagan Market Fest, 4-8 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Cen-tral Park, 1501 Central Parkway. Farmers market, entertainment by The Farmer’s Daughters. Infor-mation: www.cityofeagan.com/marketfest or 651-675-5500. The Dirt Cup mountain bike sprint series, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, Savage. Open to ages 14 and older. Cost: $12 if preregister by phone at 763-559-6700 (activ-ity No. 323635-00); $15 race day registration (5:30 p.m.).

Thursday, June 11 Thursday Rockin’ Readers, 11:15 a.m. at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burns-ville. ISD 191 Assistant Superin-tendent Cindy Amoroso will read books to children. Books are geared toward elementary and preschool children. Bob the Beachcomber will perform at noon for the Thursday Rockin’ Lunch Hour concert at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free.

Friday, June 12 Nature Play Date, 11 a.m. to noon, Cleary Lake Regional Park, Prior Lake. Explore the park and meet other families interested in getting their children outdoors. Wear appropriate clothes and shoes. Free for all ages. Children 17 and younger must be accom-panied by an adult.

Saturday, June 13 Family archery, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Cleary Lake Regional Park, Prior Lake. Shoot stationary tar-gets and compete in fun shoot-ing games. Equipment provided. Cost: $7. Call 763-559-6700 to make a reservation, reference ac-tivity number 324501-01. Ages 8 and older.

Ongoing Marriage Encounter week-end, June 13-14, Mt. Olivet Conference and Retreat Center, Farmington. Information: www.marriages.org or 651-454-3238. Emotions Anonymous meet-ings, 7:30-9 p.m. Tuesdays at SouthCross Community Church, 1800 E. County Road 42 (at Sum-mit Oak Drive), Apple Valley. EA is a 12-step program for those seeking emotional health. All are welcome. Information: http://www.emotionsanonymous.org/.

Reunions Apple Valley High School Class of 2005 10-year reunion, Saturday, June 13, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. family-friendly barbecue at Alimagnet Park; 5:30-9 p.m. adult-only dinner cruise along the St. Croix River. Information can be found on the Apple Valley High School Class of 2005 Facebook page or by emailing the reunion committee at [email protected]. Rosemount High School Class of 1995 20-year reunion, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday, June 27, Carbone’s, 14550 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. School tour at 10 a.m. Saturday followed by family picnic. Buy tickets at http://rhs1995.brownpapertickets.com. Questions? Email the reunion committee at [email protected].

Eagan Art Festival The 21st annual Eagan Art Festival will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 27, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at Cen-tral Park, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. The free, family-friendly, jur-ied art show will celebrate “Ea-gan Our Home” and will include food, entertainment and art ac-tivities. Visit www.eaganartfesti-val.org for information.

Take a Kid Fishing event Kids and adults alike can get out to a Minnesota lake on Sun-day, June 7, as part of the De-partment of Natural Resources’ annual Take a Kid Fishing event. The statewide occasion fea-tures one local event in Dakota County, held from noon to 4 p.m. at Thompson County Park, 360 Butler Ave. E., West St. Paul. A license is not required for adults if they are fishing with youth age 16 or younger. The event is free for anyone to attend. Hands-on fishing stations will give participants an opportunity to practice tying knots, baiting hooks, casting lines and more. All equipment is provided. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty.us/parks and search “Take a Kid Fishing.”

Family and Friends Fun Day Dakota City Heritage Village will host Family and Friends Fun Day Friday, June 19, during Farmington Dew Days. Visitors can stroll through the museum and see horse-drawn buggies and farm machinery.

Villagers will help children with hands-on activities. There will be vintage games and a blacksmith working in his forge. Those who bring a lunch can have a picnic on the village grounds. Ninety-minute tours start ev-ery half hour beginning at 10 a.m. and ending at noon. Dakota City Heritage Village is located at 4008 220th St. W., on the fairgrounds in Farmington. More information is available at www.dakotacity.org or by calling 651-460-8050.

Antique appraisal Head to Burnhaven Library from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, June 24, for an evening of antique appraisal with Mark Moran, antique expert from PBS’s “An-tiques Roadshow” and author of more than 25 antiques and collectables books. Come to watch or bring an old toy, clock or photograph or piece of glass-ware, artwork or jewelry to be ap-praised. Preregistration required for participants with an appraisal piece. Limit one item per per-son. Register beginning June 10 at http://melsadakota.evanced.i n f o / s i g n u p / E v e n tD e t a i l s . a s p x ? E v e n t I d =27599&lib=.

Summer library fun for teens Teens can get a free pass to the Cascade Bay Teen Takeover on Thursday, June 18, when they sign up for the Summer Reading Program at the Dakota County Library. They can read books and submit reviews June 8 to Aug. 15 to be eligible to win books, gift cards, State Fair tickets or the grand prize Galaxy tablet.

Teens also can design a book-mark interpreting the theme “My Summer Library Experience” and win prizes. Designs must be created on the entry form and be original work by the submit-ting artist. Entry forms will be available for download and at all library branches starting June 8. Submissions will be accepted through July 18. Prizes will be awarded for first-, second- and third-place teens ages 13-18. The winning bookmark will be print-ed and distributed at all Dakota County libraries.

Riverwalk Market Fair opens Riverwalk Market Fair’s sum-mer Saturday festivals kick off Saturday, June 6, at Northfield’s downtown Bridge Square. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine. Veteran Riverwalk farm and food vendors on hand for open-ing day include Mississippi Hills CSA, Crack of Dawn Artisan Breads & Treats, Ruf Acres Farm, Schoolhouse Apiary, Ruthie’s Kitchen, and Martha’s Eats and Treats. New to River-walk for opening day are Stoke Coffee Roasters and Waterford Soaps. Watercolors, ceramics, fused glass art, turned wood, fiber art and hand-crafted jewelry are among the art and fine crafts for sale on opening day. Hammered dulcimer player and singer Kathleen Johnson provides music from France, Scotland, early America, and the Irish music revival of the 20th century. Visit www.RiverwalkMarket-Fair.org for more information.

Cannon Valley Fair

The 100th annual Cannon Valley Fair runs July 1-4 in Can-non Falls. Crescent City Amusements will be on the midway starting at 1 p.m. on July 1. That day is also entry day, and will feature free admission. Other activities planned are the Cock-A-Doodle Zoo and Battle of the Bands. Thursday, July 2, is Daycare Day and Senior Citizen Day. The Cannon Falls Fire Department and Ambulance Service will have trucks on display, and a number of free events will be offered. The grandstand will feature a truck and tractor pull, and the Fire at the Falls band will play the fair’s new stage. Friday, July 3, offers a mix of events ranging from the Kid Pow-er Pedal Tractor Pull to minnow races to a demolition derby at the grandstand. The Lost Highway band will take the new stage at 9:30 p.m. The traditional Grande Day Parade kicks off Saturday, July 4. Harness racing will take place at the grandstand, and the Hitch-ville band will play the new stage at 8:30 p.m., followed by a fire-works show. Admission to the fairgrounds is $4 per person per day, with an $8 season pass available. Parking is free. Admission to the demo derby and tractor pull at the grand-stand is $12 for adults and $5 for those 12 and under. Pit passes can be purchased for $20. Harness racing admission is $10, or $5 for those under 12. More information is at http://www.cannonvalleyfair.org.

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Anniversaries

Jean and Donna Quinlan

Jean and Donna Quin-lan celebrated their 50th anniversary on June 5th.

A celebration with their family is planned for later in June.

Theater “Betty’s Summer Vaca-tion,” presented by Cha-meleon Theatre Circle, 7:30 p.m. June 4-6, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burns-ville. Tickets: $22 adults, $19 students and seniors, at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com. “Macbeth,” presented by the Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 7:30 p.m. June 19-21 and 25-27 in Central Park, 421 Fourth St. E., Northfield. Tickets: $17 adults, $12 stu-dents and seniors at www.northfieldartsguild.org or 507-645-8877.

Workshops/classes/other Clay Imagery with Jerri Neddermeyer, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, June 7, Eagan Art House. Explore slip image transfer and create mono-prints with gelatin on clay. Previous clay experience re-quired. Cost: $55, includes supplies, but not glaze and firing. To register, call Eagan Parks & Recreation at 651-675-5500. International Festival of Burnsville Planning Com-mittee: Get involved with the July 2015 festival; choose from entertainment, market-ing, publicity, sponsorships, and general event planning. Visit www.intlfestburnsville.org or contact [email protected]. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Battle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Chris-tine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. In-formation: www.christinetier-ney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through draw-ing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Informa-tion: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt .com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Mak-ing Scents in Minnesota. Country line dance classes on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Begin-ners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermedi-ate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. Line dance classes for intermediates, 1:30-4 p.m., weekly schedule to be deter-mined at American Legion, 14521 Granada Drive, Apple Valley, $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833 for details. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Rob-ert Trail Library. Information: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].


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RAIN, a Beatles tribute act, is bringing the music of the Fab Four to the stage at Mystic Lake this summer. The concert includes classics such as “I Want To Hold Your Hand” and “Let It Be” from the tribute band that in 1979 recorded the soundtrack for Dick Clark’s made-for-TV movie “Birth of the Beatles.” Tickets for the Aug. 15 performance are available through www.mysticlake.com. (Photo submitted)

The fun lasts all summer at Caponi Art Park Season of concerts, theater for kids and families in Eagan

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Music, dance, theater and even giant puppets are coming to Caponi Art Park this summer. The art park at 1220 Diffley Road in Eagan is offering a host of enter-taining events this June, July and August with its annual Family Fun Tues-days and Summer Perfor-mance Series. Family Fun Tuesdays, which kicked off this week with a presentation from MacPhail Center for Mu-sic, continues June 9 with “Nature of Sound” from the Science Museum of Minnesota. The event will see science museum staff using objects such as the tuning fork, crystal goblets, and oscilloscope to explore the world of acoustics. Other June events for Family Fun Tuesdays in-clude a performance by the Young Dance Com-pany (June 16), a concert from the Sisters of Swing (June 23), and Indonesian dance and music from the Sumunar Gamelan En-semble (June 30). All the Family Fun Tuesdays activities start at 10 a.m. and admission is free with a $4 per person suggested donation. The Summer Perfor-mance Series, held on Sun-day evenings in Caponi’s Theater in the Woods out-door amphitheater, opens June 14 with a concert by salsa band Salsabro-

sa. Opening the concert will be Theatre of Fools with its “Fool’s Medicine Show.” Other events in the Summer Performance Series, which marks its 20th anniversary in 2015, include the Dakota Val-ley Summer Pops Orches-tra (July 12), Ragamala Dance Company (Aug. 9), and BareBones puppet theater (Aug. 23). Of special note this season is a July 26 perfor-mance by storyteller Kev-in Kling, accompanied by accordion player Simone Perrin. Kling, known for his popular commentar-ies on National Public Radio’s “All Things Con-sidered,” delivers autobio-

graphical tales in his stage shows that touch on grow-ing up in Minnesota, hop-ping freight trains, getting hit by lightning, and other topics. Folk-music trio Corpse Reviver opens the event. Guests at the Sum-mer Performance Series are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to spread on the outdoor am-phitheater’s grassy slopes. Admission is free with a $5 per person suggested donation. The full schedules for both summer series are at www.caponiartpark.org.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Kevin Kling (right), known for his popular commentaries on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” will share autobiographical tales at a July 26 Caponi Art Park event also featuring accordion player Simone Perrin. (Photo submitted)

Salsa band Salsabrosa opens the Summer Performance Series with a June 14 concert in Caponi’s Theater in the Woods amphitheater. (Photo submitted)

Beatles tribute at Mystic

Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams is set to take the stage June 9 at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley as part of the summer-long “Music in the Zoo” concert series. The Grammy-winning folk rock, blues and country artist released her 11th studio album, “Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone,” last year. Tickets are $44 and can be purchased by phone at 800-514-3849 and online at www.etix.com. (Photo submitted)

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