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APRIL 15, 2011 VOLUME 32, NO. 7EASTER

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by Erin JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

A Minneapolis-based de-veloper announced it will buy the Lockheed Martin facility in Eagan for potential use as a large-scale retail, restaurant and office development. CSM Equities LLC, an affili-ate of CSM Corporation, said the sale of the 51-acre property is ex-pected to close this summer. “We are excited about the op-portunity to acquire this facility,” said Tom Palmquist, vice presi-dent of commercial development for CSM. Lockheed Martin will continue to occupy the space under a lease agreement until it officially closes in the spring of 2013. The site is at a prime loca-tion – the intersection of Pilot Knob and Yankee Doodle roads – which is Eagan’s busiest inter-section and also near its major existing retail centers, Town Cen-tre and Promenade. While a statement released by

CSM said the developer envi-sioned a larger, mixed-use devel-opment on the site, nothing is set in stone at this point, said spokes-person Joel Carver. “I would say we have a num-ber of ideas, but prior to meeting with the city we can’t really say what those are,” he said. “We are looking to the city of Eagan as a true partner in this.” The property has long been zoned for research and develop-ment, said City Administrator Tom Hedges, so any use outside of that would require the city to approve a zoning change. CSM is also considering re-taining portions of the site’s 623,000 square-foot building for a potential data center. The city is currently looking to bring a large data center/coloca-tion facility to Eagan, and in fact just approved a feasibility study to determine how and where such a hub can be built. But it hasn’t yet had any discussions with CMS about a data center, Hedges

said. City officials hope to meet with CSM representatives over the next several weeks. “We’re looking forward to meeting with them to see what their ideas for the area would be, and from there we can assess the impact,” said Eagan’s Commu-nity Development Director Jon Hohenstein. CSM said it will submit appli-cations to the city later this sum-mer once concept plans for the project are more complete. Lockheed Martin announced in November it will close its Eagan facility by 2013, result-ing in about 250 layoffs and 750 job transfers to other facilities throughout the country, includ-ing facilities in Owego, N.Y., Manassas, Va., and San Diego. The move is expected to save the company $150 million over the next 10 years.

Erin Johnson is at [email protected].

CSM to buy Lockheed siteMinneapolis-based developer sees possible mixed-use

project with stores, restaurants, offices, data center


The Minnesota Supreme Court will not hear an appeal by the last remaining Cedar Grove property owner fight-ing Eagan’s use of eminent do-main. U-Haul was the last busi-ness standing in a lawsuit brought by three property owners in 2007 over the taking of their land for a planned ur-

ban village. The other two businesses, Larson Automotive and Com-petition Engines, reached set-tlement agreements after the state appeals court sided with the city in December. Now the city and U-Haul will go back to district court to work out the valuation of the property, according to the city. This brings to an end a

by Jessica HarperTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

After only two years, Envision Academy at the Burnsville Per-forming Arts Center will close at the end of the school year due to lagging enrollment. “It’s disappointing, especially for the students involved,” said Dave Helke, principal of Burns-ville High School. “It was a great program.” The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District had hoped the magnet program would draw nearly 100 students, but only 40 enrolled this year. That is 26 fewer students than the previous year. The program was projected to have only 38 students next school year, Helke said. The academy was one of sever-al magnet programs launched in 2009 as part of a state-mandated plan to reduce racial imbalances between the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage district and the nearby Lakeville school district, which was 25 percent less diverse than District 191. The idea of magnet schools is to create a more integrated education experience by, for ex-ample, attracting white students from Lakeville and students of

color from Burnsville to Envision Academy. The program enables students to take music, dance and the-ater classes at the Performing Arts Center in Burnsville and all other courses at Burnsville High School.

By studying at the PAC, stu-dents are given an opportunity to work with professionals and arts groups such as the James Sewell Ballet. The district pays $135,000 to lease space at the PAC, and $90,000, which is reimbursed by

the state, to transport students to and from the academy. Staffing Envision costs $170,000 more each year – which is covered by state and local fund-ing – than it would if students attended Burnsville High School full time.

All four instructors at the academy will be let go at the end of the school year, Helke said. Helke said he is unsure why the program lacked sufficient inter-est. “I don’t know if it was the wrong design, or not the right time ... or if our marketing didn’t get the right niche,” he said. “It’s hard to pinpoint it down.” While designing the program, some School Board members sug-gested that it would attract more students if the academy were a permanent fixture in the Heart of the City, with students attending arts classes at the PAC and aca-demic classes in leased commer-cial space nearby. Although students will no lon-ger be able to take classes at the PAC, music and arts programs are abundant at Burnsville High School, Helke said. “We are still committed to supporting and developing quality programming here at the high school in music and the-ater, and plan to do a lot more in media arts with our TV studio,” he said.

E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

Burnsville High School’s Envision Academy will close

Photo by Jessica Harper

Burnsville High School’s Envision Academy will close at the end of the school year as a result of declining enrollment. The arts magnet program is based at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center in the Heart of the City.


She has lived through seven wars, 17 presidents, the Great Depression and the Great Recession, Pearl Harbor and Sept. 11. Carole Newman has seen a lot in her lifetime, which as of April 10 has spanned an entire century. But she had a front seat to history on Nov. 22, 1963, when she was part of Presi-dent John F. Kennedy’s mo-torcade the day he was shot and killed. “I was six cars back,” she said. Newman said she was with a group that was picked for security to surround the president.

A front seat to historyEagan resident celebrates 100 years of a remarkable life

Photo by Erin Johnson

Carole Newman shows off one of her many paintings, a hobby she continues to indulge in after turning 100 years old last week.

Court won’t hear Eagan eminent domain case

U-Haul was last remaining Cedar Grove business to fight city over taking of property

by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The only thing left in the kitchen of Eric and Amber Cameron’s stripped-down new home was some lime-green backsplash tile. They had to install a sink to prove to the mort-gage company that the home had a functioning kitchen. The home’s pre-vious owner – a “flipper” caught in a market gone bust – had even removed the furnace, the wet bar downstairs and the house numbers. “We kind of wanted a fixer-upper,” Amber said. “This was a little bit more than we had planned on.” But the price! The Cam-erons paid $197,000 for 3,800 square feet of house on Logarto Lane, a scenic Burnsville address south of Crystal Lake. And they’re putting the place back together again, with help from the DIY Network and its “I Hate My Kitchen” show. Eric answered a press

release from the network seeking applicants for its how-to shows. “We hated our kitchen the most,” said Eric, who sent the network photos of the couple and their kitchen, along with two paragraphs on why they hate it. Now the Camerons are finishing taping for a show that is expected to air sometime in the last three months of the year. They’re appearing with James Young, a Minneap-

olis contractor and the star of “I Hate My Kitchen.” The DIY Network, which is available in 53 million homes, is provid-ing more than innovative ideas. Donations through the show will cover about $7,000 of the project’s $18,000 budget, Amber said. The show is part of the adventure the Cam-erons, both 27, embarked on when they bought the

TV remodeling couple hated theirkitchen, but that’s about to end

Photo by John Gessner

Eric and Amber Cameron inspect their work-in-progress: a new kitchen that’s being featured on the DIY Network’s “I Hate My Kitchen” show. Taping for the show was scheduled to conclude on April 20.

Logarto Lane couple making the most of theircut-price, flipper-stripped dream home

See Eminent Domain, 15A

See 100 Years, 16A

See Kitchen, 16A

Photo by Erin Johnson

Its legal recourse over, U-Haul will now negotiate with the city over a purchase price for its property in the Cedar Grove redevelopment area.

‘The Story of Music, Stories from Home’ comes to the Lakeville Area Arts Center. See Thisweekend Page 8A.

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The city of Eagan is be-ing honored for rallying the entire community to raise food and funds for local food shelves as part of its 150th anniversary celebra-tion. The city will receive a Local Government Innova-tion Award from the Hum-phrey School’s Public and Nonprofit Leadership Cen-ter (PNLC) at a ceremony April 13. Eagan originally set a goal to collect 150,000 pounds of food in 2010 to celebrate its sesquicenten-nial. When it easily reached that goal early in the year, it revised its goal to collect 300,000 pounds of food. At the end of the year, the city had collected 379,523 pounds of food for the food shelves at the Eagan Resource Center and 360 Communities. “I’m so proud that this community was able to hon-

or its 150th by generously giving to fight hunger,” said Scott Swenson, chair of Ea-gan’s 150th Volunteer Com-mittee. “It shows the power of what all of us — citizens, businesses, churches, clubs and city staff — can accom-plish by working together.” At least 110 businesses, churches and community groups participated, and many more individuals joined in at civic events. This is the second time in as many years that the city has won a Local Govern-ment Innovation Award. Last year it was honored for its cable TV partnership with Thomson Reuters. “Eagan is pleased to re-ceive an innovation award for the second straight year,” said Eagan Mayor Mike Maguire. “Even more so because this one honors the giving nature of our citi-zens and businesses.” The city will be honored at an awards ceremony from 3 to 5 p.m. on April 13 at

the Humphrey Center. The event is open to the public, and will be followed by an informal reception. According to PNLC, the awards are part of its mis-sion to enhance the ability of nonprofit, philanthropic, and public sector organiza-tions to work together — and with the private sector — to advance the common good and serve the public interest. This year’s awards fo-cused on service redesign. Winners were selected for innovative work that inte-grated redesign strategies, such as creating greater ac-countability; using incen-tives, charges, and targeting; funding consumers; and other innovative strategies. For more informa-tion, visit: www.hhh.umn.edu/features/LGIA_Win-ner_2011_CityofEagan.html.


Eagan honored for food driveHumphrey School of Public Affairs will honor city, which collected nearly 380,000 pounds of food from community

Eagan

Education

Longtime principal retiresKaren Toomey of Westview Elementary in Apple

Valley says farewell after 20 years in districtby Jessica Harper

THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Every weekday after-noon, Principal Karen Toomey smiles and waves to students at Westview El-ementary in Apple Valley as they head home. Come the end of the school year, Toomey will say goodbye to her students for the last time. Toomey, 54, is retiring this year after a 20-year career in the Rosemount-

Apple Valley-Eagan School District. “I am leaving with very fond memories,” she said. “Whoever replaces me will be in good hands.” Toomey said she decided to retire af-ter serving as princi-pal for 16 years to free up time to care for her aging father in Bloomington and to spend more time with her husband, Terry Condon,

who is a retired MnDOT account-ing supervisor. Toomey came to the district in 1991 as the coordinator of special educa-tion services. Toomey said her younger brother,

Dan, who is deaf and has autism, inspired her to pur-sue a career as a special edu-cation teacher.

Karen Toomey

See Toomey, 3A

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by John GessnerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Baseball Association 191, which is seeking new revenue to replace faltering pulltab receipts, hopes to place an electronic reader board at the entrance to Al-imagnet Park in Burnsville. The board would carry paid messages for BA 191 sponsors, as well as notices of city and BA 191 events at the park. The board would replace the park entrance sign in its highly visible spot on County Road 11, two blocks north of County Road 42. BA 191 officials hope to work through the city’s sign regulations and erect the reader board at a park where it has donated

$500,000 in improvements since 1998. At a work session April 12, the City Council told city staff to draw up a planned unit development for the park that would al-low the reader board at Ali-magnet without changing the city’s sign ordinance. The council will then vote on the PUD. The reader board is part of BA 191 efforts to re-place pulltab revenue, said Rich VanderLaan, CEO of the nonprofit, which was formed in 1980 to sponsor American Legion, Senior Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and men’s amateur baseball in the Burnsville area. Mirroring a statewide decline in charitable gam-bling, BA 191 has lost about 70 percent of its pulltab rev-enue in the last two years, according to VanderLaan. That revenue, from gam-bling at several area bars, helped BA 191 pay for nu-

merous improvements at the 178-acre Alimagnet Park, including batting cages, dugouts, concession stands, bathrooms, scoreboards, fences, a pressbox, a grand-stand and paving. Under city ordinance, reader boards aren’t allowed in “park” zoning districts. And only government signs that are noncommercial are allowed in parks. (The Per-forming Arts Center reader board in adjacent Nicollet Commons Park carries a sponsor’s name, but the board is allowed under a PUD.) Also, a reader board message for a paying spon-sor is considered “off-prem-ises” signage, which Burns-ville doesn’t allow. Ordinance changes or a PUD are ways to allow the reader board. BA 191’s heavy support of Alimag-net is “unique” among Burnsville parks and their patrons, according to Terry

Schultz, director of parks, recreation and natural re-sources. Council members Dan Gustafson and Dan Kealey endorsed BA 191’s request. Alimagnet is a busy park with many events in an era when people are used to see-ing lots of information on the landscape, Kealey said. “I think people appreci-ate information today, and

they’ve really come to ex-pect it,” he said. “As I travel around the country, it’s ev-erywhere else.” Said Council Member Mary Sherry: “I agree we live in the information age, but I also believe there’s such a thing as TMI – too much information.” The city would have to come up with an equitable way to answer requests like

BA 191’s and to determine which parks could have reader boards, Sherry said. “Do we want to just open this to everybody?” she asked. “In this particular park, I don’t have an issue with it at all,” Gustafson said.

John Gessner is at [email protected].

BA 191 seeks revenue from a reader board at Alimagnet ParkBaseball sponsor

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Education

Her first job was in 1978 at a Montana school dis-trict, after graduating with a bachelor’s in special edu-cation from Montana State University in Bozeman, Mont. Five years later, Toomey took a job with a school dis-trict in Hawaii. Toomey said she never imagined she would become a principal, but tried her hand at it when asked to become principal at an el-ementary school in the dis-trict. “I liked it, and from there, it kind of happened,” she said. Toomey said that though she enjoyed the Hawaii weather, she hated being so far from family and friends who lived in the Midwest. Toomey said she intend-ed to work for District 196

temporarily but ended up staying for two decades. “I guess things just fell into place here,” she said. After just a few years in the district, Toomey accept-ed the position as principal of Westview Elementary in 1995. The job has become more demanding in recent years due to state funding cuts, she said. “It can often be challeng-ing to produce a high-qual-ity learning environment with limited budgets,” she said. But the children make the arduous work worth-while, she said. Toomey said her favorite part of the job is the oppor-tunity to build relationships with students and their fam-ilies. “I love watching them learn new things and being part of that process,” she

said. Once retired, Toomey said she hopes to not only spend more time with fam-ily, but also more time en-gaged in her hobbies. An avid hiker, Toom-ey enjoys trekking across mountains in Glacier Na-tional Park in Montana, which is near her home-town. She said her most chal-lenging feat was hiking through the mountains of New Zealand. Toomey said she plans to continue her global travels during her retirement years. “I don’t know where yet, but my goal is to travel every continent,” she said, adding that she has so far visited all seven continents except Af-rica and Antarctica. E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

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�� Several south metro road projects are part of the nearly $900 million in construction the Minnesota Department of Transporta-tion has planned for 2011.Eagan An overlay and concrete pavement repair are sched-uled for Interstate 35E from Lone Oak Road in Eagan to West Seventh Street in St. Paul. The $7.3 million proj-ect is scheduled for July to November.Burnsville Extension of a MnPass Smart Lane northbound from the I-35W/I-35E split to Burnsville Parkway is scheduled for July to Octo-ber. The $12.7 million proj-ect includes construction of

the lane in the median and construction of a median barrier. Road resurfacing on southbound I-35W from Burnsville Parkway to Highway 13 is planned for April to October. The $635,000 project is part of the MnPass extension proj-ect. Signs along I-35W will be replaced from Burnsville Parkway to Interstate 494 in Richfield. The $450,000 project is scheduled for April to October. Drainage structures along I-35W will be reha-bilitated or replaced from Black Dog Road to 90th Street in Bloomington. The $295,000 project is sched-

uled for September and No-vember.Farmington Microsurfacing of High-way 50 to Highway 13 is planned in Farmington and several townships. The $1.1 million project is scheduled for May and June.Savage A new interchange will replace the at-grade in-terchange at Highway 13 and Highway 101. The $19 million project was begun in March. Construction is scheduled to continue through June 2012. During construction, drivers can get updates by calling 511 or visiting www.511mn.org.

Several area projects part of thisyear’s MnDOT construction schedule

Family Reading Night at River Hills Church

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Burnsville Mayor Elizabeth Kautz was a guest reader during Family Reading Night at River Hills United Methodist Church on Friday, April 8. The annual event is free to the community and is sponsored by the church’s Children’s Ministries, River Hills Early Childhood Center, and River Hills Nursery School.

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Porter -Duckworth

Gary & Margaret Porter ofLakev i l l e and Steve & Er inDuckworth of Lakevi l le arepleased to announce the engage-ment of their children Carly Por-ter & Zach Duckworth.

Carly is a 2005 graduate ofLakeville High School and a 2009graduate of the University of St.T h o m a s . S h e r e c e i v e d h e rbachelor’s degree in marketingand entrepreneurship. Carly iscurrently employed at the Univer-sity of St. Thomas AdmissionsOffice and is working on herMBA.

Z a c h i s 2 0 0 5 g r a d u a t e o fLakeville High School and a 2009graduate of the University of St.Thomas. He earned a bachelor’sdegree in political science andentrepreneurship. Upon gradua-tion, Zach commissioned as aLieutenant in the U.S. Army andis currently serving as an Infan-try Platoon Leader . He wi l ldeploy the summer of 2011. He iscurrently employed with EdinaRealty as a Realtor. An Aprilwedding is planned at the Univer-sity of St. Thomas.

Lage - IsabellaJessica Lage, daughter of Tom

and Claire Lage of Apple Valley,MN and Bennett Isabella, son ofMike and Val Isabella of Burns-v i l l e , M N , a n n o u n c e t h e i rengagement.

Jessica is a 2002 graduate ofApple Valley High School and a2006 graduate of The College ofSaint Benedict. She earned adegree in Elementary Educationand Science.

Bennett is a 2001 graduate ofApple Valley High School and a2008 graduate of Marquette Den-tal School in Milwaukee, WI. Heis currently a dentist at DakotaDental Clinic in Apple Valley,MN.

A May 14th, 2011 wedding isplanned at Risen Savior Churchin Burnsville.

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Thomas J."Jerry" Hughes

A g e 7 9 , o fBurnsville, for-m e r l y o f D eG r a f f , M N ,passed away onWednesday,

Apr i l 6 , 2011 , a t the NorthMemorial Residential Hospice inBrooklyn Center. A devout manof faith, Jerry was a member ofSt. John the Baptist CatholicChurch in Savage and a residentof Burnsville for over forty years.Deeply devoted to his wife Anne,he was the father of 8 children, 18g r a n d c h i l d r e n , a n d 1 0great-grandchildren. He sharedhis love of music with others, per-forming in hundreds of concertsin Minnesota and throughout theworld. With Anne at his side,Jerry also performed for resi-dents in local nursing homes andcontinued to entertain otherseven after Anne's death in 2008.Jerry brought music and laughterto our family gatherings andholidays, and was without ques-tion, the leader of our band.Eternally reunited with Anne inheaven, we will miss his gentlesmile, his contagious laughter,and his wisdom, but his song willlive in our hearts forever. Jerry ispreceded in death by his wifeAnne and brother Michael. He issurvived by children Daniel (Liz),John (Jul ie ) , Teresa (Tom),Melinda, Mike (Marianne), Steve(Shelly), Patricia (Bob), Chris(Michelle), and sisters Mary Ellen(Phil), Isabella (Stan) and brotherFrank (Bonnie).

Mass of Christian Burial wasMonday, April 11, at 10 AM, atSt. John the Baptist CatholicChurch, 4625 W. 125th St., Sav-age. Interment St. John the Bap-tist Cemetery. Visitation was atthe CHURCH Sunday from 5-8PM, with a Rosary Service at 7:30PM. Vis i tat ion was also onMonday from 9-10 AM. Memo-rials preferred to the Alzheimer'sAssociation-Minnesota/NorthDakota Chapter, 4550 W. 77thSt., Suite 200 Minneapolis, 55435.Arrangements through McNear-ney Funeral Home, 1220 E. 3rdAve., Shakopee, MN 55379,952-445-2755. www.mcnearney-funeralhome.com

Kurt F.Schneider

"The Man Down on theCorner", age 88 of Rosemount,

passed away April 7, 2011. Kurtserved his country during WWIIat Tinian, Saipan and during theOccupation of Japan. Kurt wasknown to many as the fel lahperched atop his scooter at theintersection of Highway 3 and124th Street. They may have seenhim hundreds of times, but prob-ably didn't know his name. Kurtwould always say "It beats sittingaround and watching TV all day."Kurt was born in Germany. Hisfamily settled in Rosemount whenhe was just a toddler, and he'slived there all his life. Kurt was astar quarterback in his time as amember of the Rosemount HighSchool football team. Afterg r a d u a t i n g i n 1 9 4 2 , h e w a sinducted into the school's foot-ball hall of fame. He served inthe U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946stationed in the South Pacificwith Rosemount's 34th Division.After working for his father in theshoe business until the late '50'sKurt worked at Corrigan Electricin Rosemount among otherplaces. Kurt enjoyed being activehunting fishing and going tofootball games. He is survived byhis loving wife of 52 years, BettyAnn; children Paul (Ann) Schnei-der and Linda (Jeff) Johnson;also by his canine friend, Buster.Funeral service was held Mon-day April 11, 2011 at the WhiteFuneral Home, 901 3rd St., withvisitation was on Sunday (4/10)from 4-8 PM and one hour priorto service. Memorials will bed o n a t e d t o P r o l i f e A c r o s sAmerica. A special thank you tothe staff at Trinity Care Center inFarmington. Interment FortSnell ing National Cemetery.White Funeral Home,

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Jeanette A.Machacek

A g e 7 5 , o f S a v a g e , d i e dWednesday, April 6, 2011, at herresidence surrounded by her sons.

She was born in Green Isle,MN, August 6, 1935, the daugh-ter of Guy and Margaret (Smith)Hert.

Jeanette and Elmer Machacekwere married September 27, 1958,in Veseli, MN. She had beenemployed by Cub Foods as acashier, and United Parcel Ser-vices in the customer servicedepartment. Jeanette was cur-rently a member of the PriorLake V.F.W. Ladies AuxiliaryPost 6208 and a member and pastpresident of the V.F.W. LadiesAuxiliary in Savage. She enjoyedplaying bingo, and collectingcoins for her grandkids.

Survivors include her 3 sons,Jim of Savage, Bill and wife Janeof Eagan, Tim and wife Katie ofBurnsville; 3 grandchildren, Erin,Joe, and Jack. She was precededin death by her husband, Elmer;son, John; parents; brothers,F r a n c i s a n d B i l l y . S p e c i a l"Thanks" to f r i ends , Dory ,Sharon, and Marvel; and ParkNicollet Hospice.

Visitation was Saturday, April9 from 12-2 PM, followed byFuneral Services at 2 PM, all atSt. James Lutheran Church, 3650Williams Drive, Burnsville. Offi-ciating at funeral service will beP a s t o r W i l l i a m N o r d m a r k .Interment will be held at FortSnelling National Cemetery.

F u n e r a l A r r a n g e m e n t sthrough McNearney FuneralH o m e i n S h a k o p e e ,952-445-2755. www.mcnearney-funeralhome.com

Catherine M.Eilen

Catherine M. Eilen age 85 ofHampton, passed away on April9, 2011. At the Trinity Care Cen-ter in Farmington. Catherinecooked the hot lunch meals at St.Mathias School for many yearswhile also catering many wed-dings. She also was a part timeassistant clerk at the Hamptonpost office for many years. Shetook pride in her beautiful gar-den, and was so proud of herflowers. She is preceded in deathby parents, John and ElizabethEilen; sister, Theresa Eilen andbrother, Ralph Eilen. Survived bysister, Mary Lou (Leo) Holzmer;sister in law, Betty Eilen and spe-cial niece Linda (Charles) Smithand many nieces and nephews,Mass of Christian Burial was held11 AM Tuesday (4/12) at St.Mathias Cathol ic Church inHampton, MN with visitation 1hr prior to Mass at Church,Interment Church Cemetery.

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Robert EllisonLynn ‘CaptainBob’

Age 76 of Burnsville, passedaway on April 4, 2011 at theMinnesota Veterans Home inMinneapolis, MN. Bob retiredfrom Northwest Airlines in 1990.He is preceded in death by hisparents, Ellison and Beulah (nee’Lewis) Lynn. He is survived byloving wife of 53 years, Ann (nee’Rykken) Lynn; children, Rob-er ta (Mark) Niver , Barbara(Marc) Minguet and DeboraBlowers; grandchildren, Grant,Blake and Bryce Niver, Celine,Nicole and Christopher Minguet,Andrew, Jonathan, Elliot andAmanda Blowers; brother James‘Mike’ (Linda) Lynn. CaptainBob was a former NorthwestPilot and served his country as aNaval Aviator in the U.S. Navy.Memorial Service was held onSaturday, April 9, 2011 at 2:00PM at the White Funeral Home,14560 Pennock Avenue, AppleValley with visitation 1 hour priorto service at the Funeral Home.

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William G.Darsow

Age 87 of Farmington, passedaway on April 8, 2011. Williamserved his country in the UnitedStates Army and was a memberof the Farmington AmericanLegion. He is preceded in deathby wife of 60 years, Virginia;brother, Oney Darsow; sisters,Elna (James) Veschucio, AureliaGroth and Sylvia Lee. Survivedby loving children, Marcella(Ludwig) Ohmann, Marlene(Gene) Hensel, Maxine (Howard)Storlie and Rodney Darsow; sis-ters, Verna Artwohl and DorisDarsow; 8 grandchildren and 12great grandchildren. Many niecesand nephews. Funeral Serviceswi l l took place on Monday,(4/11), at 12 noon at TrinityLutheran Church, 600 WalnutStreet, Farmington. Visitationwas 2 hrs prior to service at thechurch. Interment, FarmingtonLutheran Cemetery

White Funeral Home,Farmington 651 463 7374

Ann JoanPeterson

January 31, 1934 - April 4,2011.

Ann Joan Peterson, age 76 ofLakeville, passed away on April4, 2011. She is preceded in deathby her daughter, Patricia Quinn;parents and her sister, CarolDyer. Ann is survived by herloving husband of 26 years ,Arlyn; children, Kenneth Dedie,Debra Bittle, Lynette Fredrick-son, Larry (Dorine) Peterson,Thomas Peterson, Terry Peter-son and Richard Peterson, 19grandch i ldren and 21 grea tgrandchildren; siblings, MerielF r e i m a n a n d A r l e n e K r a l l .Funeral Service was held Friday(4/8) at Christiania LutheranChurch, 26691 Pillsbury Avenue,Lakeville with visitation (4/7) atthe White Funeral Home, 20134Kenwood Trail (Cty Rd. 50),(952-469-2723) and 1 hour priorto service at church. Intermentwas at Fort Snelling NationalCemetery, Minneapolis.

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MargaretGjerning

Age 85, of Farmington passedaway on April 11, 2011. Marga-ret is preceded in death by hus-band, Harold and sister, Dor-othy (Arnold) Volkert. Survivedby loving children, Karen (Dan)Whittier, Dale (Nancye) Gjern-ing and 2 great grandchildren andsister, Harriet Fossum. Funeralservice 11AM, Friday, (4/15) atFarmington Lutheran Church,20600 Aikin Rd, Farmingtonwith visitation prior to service atchurch. Interment Fort SnellingNational Cemetery.

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Impounding stray cats is in best interest of cityTo the editor: As a Rosemount resi-dent, I am disappointed with the recent Rosemount City Council decision to discontinue paying for im-pounding stray cats. These stray cats are mainly aban-doned pets that do not pos-sess the adaptations to sur-vive outdoors, particularly in the winter. Stray cats also can be carriers of many zoonotic diseases and can become a public health problem. Ig-noring this issue for what is really a small amount of money will not make it go away. Removing stray cats

from the streets of Rose-mount and impounding them is not only a simple act of kindness, but also animal control, which is in the best interest of the city.

CHRISTINE LANPHEARRosemount

Why disparage Rep. Wardlow instead of meeting with him?To the editor: The letter in your paper from the AFSCME group stating that Rep. Doug Wardlow would not meet with them struck me as quite odd. Wardlow is a very re-sponsible and conscientious individual who would never purposely miss a scheduled

appointment, especially with constituents. Upon further inquiry I learned that an unexpected, un-avoidable conflict occurred in his schedule that day that precluded him from attend-ing the meeting. Wardlow is one of the most accessible represen-tatives at the Capitol. He is available for “walk-in” appointments each Satur-day morning at the Eagan Wescott Library. Few, if any other state representatives do this. My question is, if their issue of concern was so im-portant, why did they not reschedule? Better yet, why did they not come to the library to speak with Ward-low there? Many have taken advantage of this opportu-nity from both sides of the

political spectrum. Apparently this group preferred to disparage Wardlow in the paper rather than make another attempt to see him. I am proud that Doug Wardlow is our state repre-sentative and pleased with his performance, part of which is the fact that he is not only accessible but ap-proachable as well.

ANGELA NIESEEagan

Vikings stadium: What are the long-term benefits?To the editor: In response to Chris Tubbs’ letter of support for the Vikings stadium in the April 8 edition of Thisweek – yes, there’ll be a lot of jobs created. But, afterwards, how many will still be on the payroll? Let’s hire teachers, po-licemen, firefighters, and workers to improve the in-frastructure. These jobs will be more permanent than those of stadium builders. As the saying goes, “Let’s look five minutes down the road.” Seems as if our vi-sion is myopic.

PHYLLIS PETERApple Valley

The pot and the kettleTo the editor: A Burnsville reader re-cently wrote a letter con-gratulating an extremely conservative legislator from Farmington for his sup-posed “courage” in suggest-ing we must cease spending government money for in-tegration in School District

196. Ironically, the letter-writer complains about the lack of objectivity of a sup-porter of integration in the school district. I think it’s a classic case of the pot and the kettle. We might as well ask the ghosts of Orval Faubus or Lester Maddox if they thought integration might be a good cause to fund in the states of Arkansas or Georgia in the ’50s or ’60s. Disagreement about the necessity and value of pro-grams is to be expected, and there are authorities on those values whom it is good to consult. But if we wanted to get an objective opinion about the value of a specific program, it might be good to ask somebody who did not have the goal of defunding government until it was small enough to drown in a bath tub.

JANICE R. SLAMAEagan

Republicans wrong about educationTo the editor: I recently completed my post-graduate work in education at the University of St. Thomas and have a background in education. I’m someone you would think a lawmaker would want to hear from – not the case where I live and work. The current legislation produced by these lawmak-ers is a travesty to educa-tion. Continuing contract law, commonly known as tenure, allows me to teach not only content, but citizenship and integrity as well. For exam-ple, when a student misses my class excessively in a 50-day trimester, the student

is going to struggle when it comes to learning the ma-terial. Often these students may fail. Tenure allows me to hold these students accountable and assign the grade reflec-tive of their work. It allows what I practice not to be held hostage by the politics that take place in St. Paul every day. With a five-year evalua-tion cycle and standardized assessments used to evalu-ate my value as a teacher, it is absolutely ludicrous that student attendance not be a cornerstone. How can teachers teach the students who frequently miss school and improve their test scores? No. 1 ACT scores in the nation, some of the best scores in the world in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, excellent graduation rates, and teachers sharing best practices. Minnesota teachers are excellent. Thanks to the alterna-tive licensure bill that was signed into law, I could be replaced by someone with limited training and educa-tion when it comes to teach-ing kids, someone who sees teaching as a fall-back job until that person can “find something better.” It took me seven years of experience teaching and a master’s degree to earn a salary of $40,000 a year. If a five-year evaluation cycle is put into effect I know in five years the amount of my salary will be what I am tru-ly evaluated on. Is that what is best for kids?

TODD KARICHLakevilleTeacher in Farmington School District 192

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by Jim McDonaldEAGAN POLICE CHIEF

Ever struggle with what to buy the person who has everything? I would wager most people do not have weather radios in their homes and businesses, but in my estimation, these novel little contraptions are just as essential as a smoke alarm or carbon monoxide detector. Yes, you too can get criti-cized by that special person for gifting one of the most practical and moderately in-expensive items on the mar-ket. For about $50 you can get reliable and up-to-the-minute information day or night on disasters and sig-nificant weather events oc-curring in our community. Why the push? It seems like every year our city gets hammered with some form of storm damage. In my 23 years with the city,

I can think of many homes throughout the community that have suffered from wa-ter, wind and lightning dam-age due to severe storms. In my career, never has the city experienced damage from a tornado. Through all the notewor-thy weather events I have experienced as a police offi-cer in this city, only one life was lost. In my estimation, with all the wind damage and flooding that occurred throughout the years, all of us are very fortunate that we have not lost more lives, nor for that matter, had any-one severely injured. No doubt weather fore-casting has become more sophisticated where me-teorologists can literally determine with pinpoint accuracy when and where a storm will strike. However, what has been neglected is an update to a notification

system that is antiquated and clearly misunderstood. Let me explain. Everyone is aware of the sirens that are set off the first Wednesday of each month at 1 p.m. They are referred to as “outdoor warning si-rens,” and were originally designed during the Cold War in the early 1950s as a way for officials to notify the populace of a pending nuclear attack. I think many of us remember participat-ing in air raid drills while we were in school along with the associated public service announcements regarding civil defense preparation. Upon hearing the sirens, we were programmed to turn to a news source and receive information on what pro-tective measures should be taken. Because we no longer have the constant remind-ers of a potential air raid,

we have come to associate the sounding of the sirens as a pending severe weather event. Upon hearing the sirens, we should make no assumptions and immedi-ately seek a media outlet to determine the nature of the activation. Once more defi-nite information is obtained from an appropriate news source, we can make a more informed decision regard-ing our safety. It is important to note, siren noise was never de-signed to be heard while we are indoors. The outdoor warning siren system is just what the name suggests. It is a system that is sounded to alert people who are outdoors of an imminent threat. Upon hearing the si-ren, we need to tune into a news source for direction. Not counting monthly tests, during the 2010 storm season the city’s 12 sirens

were activated six times. It seems every storm season the police department re-ceives complaints regarding the activation of the city’s siren system. Some resi-dents maintain the system is overused creating a “boy who cried wolf” association with the warning, while oth-ers wished we would have been more aggressive in ac-tivation because their home was damaged while the si-rens were sounding. Considering the idea si-rens are designed to reach people who are outdoors, what happens in the middle of the night when we are sleeping and may not hear the activation? For this rea-son, I am suggesting the use of a weather radio. These devices can be set to func-tion like an alarm clock and can be customized to sound for any type of warn-ing issued by the National

Weather Service. With Severe Weather Awareness Week wrapping up this week, I wanted to take the opportunity to pro-vide some background on the weather warning system the city relies upon along with some of its challenges. Please take the time with your family or employees to participate in drills to en-sure you are prepared for a weather emergency. No sys-tem is infallible, but having a weather radio along with proper safety measures in place is the best way to en-sure your safety. More information relat-ed to severe weather alerts is located on the police page at www.cityofeagan.com. Look for the link to “Warn-ing Sirens.”

Jim McDonald is the city of Eagan’s chief of police.

Weather radios can be essential during storms

Thisweek Columnist

by Larry WernerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about the decline in civic life. The idea is that we are pulling away from social and civic contacts into cocoons from where we commu-nicate almost exclusively through the Internet or texting, watch movies in home theaters and ab-sorb the opinions of our favorite cable commentators rather than getting involved with people in the community who might think differently. This trend is troubling to those of us who publish newspapers be-cause civic life is at the heart of what we do. We cover the school boards, the city councils and the

local activities and report on what we see and hear. Because our readers are interested in these events, ad-vertisers buy space to reach those readers – who are also potential customers. I was given a chance to

talk about the connection between civic life and newspapers Wednes-day morning by some folks whose weekly gathering is proof that some still get their kicks from per-sonal contact and community in-volvement. At Enjoy! restaurant, the Ap-ple Valley Rotary meets weekly for fellowship, networking and fundraising for local causes. Over a hearty breakfast, the Rotarians kick in dollar “fines” for missing meetings or in grati-

tude for a daughter’s engagement or a grandchild’s birth. More dol-lars go into the pot when mem-bers can’t answer questions posed by the “fine master.” (Who’s older: Barry Bonds or Brad Pitt?) Following updates on the club’s car raffle, a speaker gets 30 min-utes to share. On Wednesday, I got to talk about the idea that news-papers and Rotary clubs have a common interest in preserving the notion of civic life. If people don’t care about what’s going on in their commu-nities, they don’t join groups like Rotary, don’t read local newspa-pers, and civic life suffers from lack of involvement and lack of information. Turns out, I was preaching to

the choir. Bill Tschohl, the real estate agent who invited me to speak, said he joined Rotary be-cause he likes the opportunity it gives him to be involved, and he said some nice words about his many years of advertising his list-ings in Thisweek. Tom Goodwin, a member of the Apple Valley City Council, said he has to read our paper to get the straight scoop on what’s happening locally. In these times when we’re fight-ing for advertising revenue with a half dozen other papers and web-sites in Dakota County, it’s good to hear there are people out there who appreciate the local newspaper and the role it plays in community life. And it’s good to know that in Apple Valley and the other cities we serve, Rotary members gather

to pledge the flag, discuss com-munity and raise money for local causes. It would make me feel better if more of those at the Rotary meeting – and more of those who read what we write – were a little younger. “It’s a generational thing,” one of the Rotarians said about the declining interest in news and civ-ic life. (And speaking of age, the an-swer is Brad Pitt. He’s a year older than Barry Bonds.)

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

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SportsStandings

BaseballTeam Conference Overall W L W LBurnsville 2 0 2 0 Rosemount 1 0 2 0 Eastview 1 0 1 0 Apple Valley 1 0 1 0 B Jefferson 1 1 1 1 Eagan 1 1 1 1 B Kennedy 0 1 1 1 Lakeville South 0 1 0 1 Prior Lake 0 1 0 1 Lakeville North 0 2 0 2

Monday, April 18 • Eastview at Burnsville Eastview,

4:15 p.m. • Prior Lake at Bloomington Kennedy,

4:15 p.m. • Eagan at Bloomington Jefferson,

4:15 p.m. • Lakeville South at Lakeville North,

4:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Apple Valley,

4:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 • Minneapolis South at Bloomington

Jefferson, 4:30 p.m. • Duluth Central at Burnsville, 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 20 • Bloomington Kennedy at Eastview,

4:15 p.m. • Apple Valley at Lakeville South,

4:15 p.m. • Lakeville North at Eagan , 4:15 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Prior Lake,

4:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Burnsville, 4:15 p.m. Thursday, April 21 • Bloomington Kennedy at Wayzata,

4:15 p.m. • Edina at Lakeville South, 4:15 p.m. • Eden Prairie at Rosemount,

4:15 p.m. • Hopkins at Prior Lake, 4:15 p.m. • Eden Prairie at Rosemount,

4:15 p.m. • Lakeville North at Minnetonka,

6:30 p.m.

SoftballTeam Conference Overall W L W LB Jefferson 3 0 3 0 Burnsville 3 0 3 0 Eastview 1 0 1 0 Lakeville South 2 1 2 1 Lakeville North 1 2 1 2 Rosemount 0 1 0 1 Eagan 0 1 0 1 B Kennedy 0 1 0 1 Prior Lake 0 2 0 2 Apple Valley 0 2 0 2

Monday, April 18 • Burnsville at Eastview, 4:15 p.m. • Lakeville South at Lakeville North,

4:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Apple Valley,

4:15 p.m. • Eagan at Bloomington Jefferson,

4:15 p.m. • Prior Lake at Bloomington Kennedy,

4:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 • Hill-Murray at Rosemount,

4:15 p.m. Wednesday, April 20 • Bloomington Kennedy at Eastview,

4:15 p.m. • Rosemount at Burnsville, 4:15 p.m. • Apple Valley at Lakeville South,

4:15 p.m. • Lakeville North at Eagan , 4:15 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Prior Lake,

4:15 p.m. Thursday, April 21 • Bloomington Kennedy at Wayzata,

4:15 p.m.. • Edina at Lakeville South, 4:15 p.m. • Hopkins at Prior Lake, 4:15 p.m. • Eden Prairie at Rosemount,

4:15 p.m. • Lakeville North at Minnetonka,

4:15 p.m.

Boys LacrosseTuesday, April 19 • Lakeville North at Bloomington

Kennedy, 5:30 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Eastview,

6 p.m. • Burnsville at Rosemount, 7 p.m. • Eagan at Apple Valley, 7:30 p.m. • Lakeville South at Prior Lake,

7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 21 • Bloomington Jefferson at Benilde-St.

Margaret’s • Holy Angels at Burnsville, 5:30 p.m. • Rosemount at Simley, 6 p.m. • Prior Lake at Blake, 6 p.m. • Apple Valley at Eastview, 7:30 p.m.

Girls LacrosseTuesday, April 19 • St. Louis Park at Bloomington

Kennedy, 5:15 p.m. • EHS / RHS at Apple Valley,

5:30 p.m. • Owatonna at Prior Lake, 6 p.m. • Burnsville at Bloomington Jefferson,

6 p.m. • Blake at Lakeville North, 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, April 20 • Minneapolis Washburn at

Bloomington Kennedy, 5:15 p.m. • Prior Lake at Visitation, 6 p.m. • Mahtomedi at EHS / RHS, 7 p.m.Thursday, April 21 • Lakeville North at Bloomington

Kennedy, 5:15 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Eastview,

5:30 p.m. • Apple Valley at Mounds View,

6:30 p.m. • Lakeville South at Prior Lake, 7 p.m. • Shattuck St. Mary’s at Burnsville,

7 p.m.

Boys TennisMonday, April 18 • Minnehaha Academy at

Bloomington Kennedy, 3:30 p.m. • Owatonna at Lakeville North, 4 p.m.Tuesday, April 19 • Eagan at Rosemount, 3:30 p.m. • Burnsville at Bloomington Jefferson,

3:30 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Apple

Valley, 3:30 p.m. • Lakeville North at Lakeville South,

3:30 p.m. • Eastview at Prior Lake, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 20 • Bloomington Jefferson at Eden

Prairie, 3:30 p.m. • Bloomington Kennedy at Simley,

3:30 p.m. • Henry Sibley at Burnsville, 3:30 p.m.Thursday, April 21 • Bloomington Kennedy at Burnsville,

3:30 p.m. • Apple Valley at Lakeville South,

3:30 p.m. • Bloomington Jefferson at Eagan,

3:30 p.m. • Rosemount at Eastview, 3:30 p.m. • Prior Lake at Lakeville North, 4 p.m. Friday, April 22 • Apple Valley at Edina, 4 p.m.

Baseball: Teams refining their games for May

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

One thing every varsity baseball player knows this time of year is not to get too excited or too down. By mid-May, just about every team in the south met-ro has a legitimate chance at qualifying for state. Last year Burnsville was second in the Lake Confer-ence and second in the state. That isn’t always the norm. In 2009, Eagan had an 11-9 record during the regu-lar season, but won seven of

eight to qualify for state. In 2008, Rosemount qualified after going 9-10 during the regular season. In 2006, Apple Valley finished third in the Lake Conference and finished the regular season 10-8. The Eagles went on to win the state title. “That is hard to tell (who’s the favorite) for ev-ery year a team gets hot or a team finally puts it all together and makes a great run,” said Lakeville South coach Al Iversen, who was the coach of the state championship Apple Valley team. Many teams use this time to figure out their line-up and shake off the winter cobwebs. “Games in April really

don’t matter,” Eagan coach Rob Walsh said. “The whole key to high school baseball is the section tour-nament.”

Burnsville Fresh off a trip to the state tournament in 2010, the Burnsville baseball team looks like it picked up right where it left off. The Blaze started the season by beating Lakeville North 10-0, Eagan 11-5 and Prior Lake 12-2. Still, head coach Mick Scholl knows everything could be different a month from now. “(The goal) is to get bet-ter each day, practice, game, month,” Scholl said. “To be a better baseball team in May than we are right

now.” It helps when six start-ers who played in the Class AAA state title game are back in the lineup. Justin Threlkeld, who made the Class AAA all-tournament team, is back behind the plate at catcher. Derek Johnson, Matt Stemper, Brian Vander-Woude and Dan Motl, who all played in the state finals, and Quinn Johnson, who got the team there as the winning pitcher in the semi-finals, are back. In the absence of last year’s seniors Brandon Pe-terson, Tom Sherman and Jacob Threlkeld, players such as Andy Lieser and Tyler Hill will see more at bats. So far the mix has been

successful, but Scholl knows it’s not going to be easy to get back to the state finals. “They’re all good,” he said when asked who the favorites are in the South Suburban.

Eastview The Eastview baseball team hasn’t had a losing season since 2007 and it doesn’t look like that’s go-ing to change in 2011. Coach Tom Strey feels the Lightning have the right combo of pitching depth and experience to go far. The trouble lies in whether it will mix well together. “Our goal is to compete for the conference and sec-tion championship,” Strey

Softball: Another highly competitive year in south metroSouth Suburban Conference has produced several state champions in the past decade


If you’re searching for a preseason favorite to win the Class AAA state soft-ball title, look south of the river. In the past eight years, teams that make up the South Suburban Confer-ence have won the state title six times, including Burns-ville (2010, 2005 and 2004), Rosemount (2006), Eagan (2008) and Eastview (2003). Several teams have a goal of contending right up to early June in 2011. “I think the South Sub-urban Conference is wide open this season. Just about every game on the schedule is a good match-up,” Eastview coach Mike

Haugh said. “With the mound back to 43 feet, the teams with the best defense might just come out on top.”

Apple Valley Last season had its share of challenges for the Eagles, but with an experienced lineup back they hope to find themselves on the win-ning side. Three-year starter and last year’s all-conference honorable mention desig-nee Loryn Charbonneau is back at pitcher. She’s joined by fellow all-conference honorable mention team-mate Lynsi Havens at first base. They’ll have catcher Kas Tomlinson and bat-ter Mal Michaluk back on

their side. “We have strong team chemistry,” coach Carla Christiansen said. “We have all upperclass players with a desire to work hard and put in extra time.” Christiansen likes the team’s ability to handle the ball in the outfield and run the bases, and will look to newcomers such as Em-ily Kieser, Haily Capserson, Kati Erb and Julia Gerlach for the open spots. “We have many players who have been around the varsity for a year waiting for this opportunity to be a starter (and) now is their chance,” Christiansen said. The team’s early sched-ule features some of the ear-ly favorites in Class AAA

– Bloomington Jefferson, Lakeville North, Burnsville and Edina. The Eagles hope to catch their stride at the Mankato Loyola Tourna-ment this weekend.

Rosemount The Irish were in the mix last season with most of their losses coming against the top teams in Class AAA such as Eagan, Burnsville, and Hastings. The softball team hopes to build off that momentum with five re-turning players. Rachel Hoeppner and Ali Fromme make up a potent pitching and catch-ing duo that has become the most important com-bination in the high school game.

They’ll also have the powerful bats of veterans Fromme and MaKayla Newberry with them along with leadoff batter Paige Cero to help manufacture some runs. Outfielder Melissa Sel-don will take some pres-sure off Hoeppner if Rose-mount gets into a long week of games. One of the bigger con-cerns for coach Tiffany Rose is the fact that the mound has been moved back to 43 feet from the plate. Pitchers haven’t had much time on the field to practice due to the lingering snow in late March. “The weather has not been nice and games are

Several teams still figuring out their lineup as

the 2011 baseball season opens

See Baseball, 9A

See Softball, 11A


Rosemount’s J.T. Brown, Burnsville’s Jake Hendrickson and Lakev-ille’s Aaron Crandall helped the University of Minnesota-Duluth win the Division I national title on Saturday at the NCAA Frozen Four. Brown had an assist in the 3-2 overtime victory against Michigan in the finals at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. He also had a goal and an assist when UMD de-feated Notre Dame 4-3 in the semifinals on April 7. For his efforts he was named the Most Outstand-ing Player of the Frozen Four. Apple Valley also had representation in Nick Lar-son, who had an assist for Notre Dame in the semi-final loss. Larson grew up in Apple Valley and played for St. Thomas Academy. Brown graduated from Rosemount in 2008 when he was a finalist for Mr. Hockey. Hendrickson led Burnsville to state as a junior in 2007. Lakeville-born Crandall helped St. Thomas win state in 2006. B r o w n had 16 goals and 21 assists this season and Hendrick-son had one goal and four assists. Crandall played in 16 games with a .894 save percentage. Another Rosemount graduate, 2008’s Luke Mc-Manus, was on UMD’s ros-ter this season.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Photos by Rick Orndorf

Jake Hendrickson and J.T. Brown (top left) take in the action from the bench. Nick Larson (top right) makes a hit and Hendrickson (bottom) takes a shot during the NCAA semifinals on April 7 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.

Sports Briefs

Eagan baseball used equipment sale May 7 There will be a used equipment sale fundraiser for American Legion, Se-nior Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle baseball teams in Eagan from noon to 4 p.m. on May 7 in the Eagan High School parking lot. People can bring used baseball or other sporting equipment to donate or consign (50/50 split) from 11 a.m. to noon. Any leftovers will be donated to inner city youth sports programs. Items up for sale include bats, gloves, pants, spikes, helmets, in-line skates, balls, bikes and catcher’s gear. Call Kevin Nagel at (612) 702-2327 with questions.

Apple Valley gymnastics coach resigns The Apple Valley High School athletic department announced the resignation of Amy Meitz as the head gymnastics coach. Meitz has led the Ea-gle gymnasts team since the 2002-03 season. She coached 11 state qualifiers who won three state cham-pionships, two state run-ners-up, one third place and one fourth place. Her teams finished in the top five in the conference three times and the top five in the section four times.

Registration open for North volleyball camps Registration for summer volleyball camps at Lakev-ille North is open at www.Lakevillenorthjuniors.com. Girls from all schools are welcome to attend. There is a youth camp for grades 3-8 from July 11-14 and a high school camp July 18-31 at Lakeville North. Questions can be sent to [email protected]. The registration dead-line is May 20.

Rosemount’s J.T. Brown helps UMD win national titleTeammates Jake Hendrickson,

Aaron Crandall help bring the

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Gary Holthaus to present “The Story of Music, Sto-ries from Home” at sites throughout the Midwest this year. The free program will be presented at the Lakeville Area Arts Center at 7 p.m. Monday, April 18. Pelon will play a variety of ancient and modern in-struments, and Holthaus will read from his poems and essays at the event spon-sored by the Lakeville Area Historical Society. Pelon and Holthaus met while both were living in Alaska and have been pre-senting programs together since 1989. They premiered their current version of “The Story of Music, Sto-ries from Home” at the Jon Hassler Theater in Plain-view, Minn., in September

2010. The program is billed as a celebration of “our sense of place, community and home.” Pelon, named an “Artist of the Year” honoree by the Southeast Minnesota Arts Council, has performed with the Philadelphia String Quartet and on Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion.” Holthaus, also of Red Wing, has published books of poems and essays, and recently worked with the Experiment in Rural Coop-eration to write “From the Farm to the Table: What All Americans Need to Know about Agriculture,” a book on farming in the Upper Midwest. For more information about the program in Lakev-ille, call (952) 985-4403.

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by Andrew MillerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Lauren Pelon has a trea-sure trove of instruments to choose from for her perfor-mances. The Red Wing musician’s repertoire of music from the first century to the present has her playing instruments ranging from the common-place (guitar, penny whistle, synthesizer) to the obscure and tough-to-pronounce (ocarina, doucaine, psalmo-

dikon). The recipient of a 2011 Arts Tour Minnesota grant has teamed up with poet

‘The Story of Music, Stories from Home’Photo submitted

Gary Holthaus and Lauren Pelon have teamed up to present “The Story of Mu-sic, Stories from Home.” Pelon will play a variety of ancient and modern instru-ments and Holthaus will read from his poems and essays at the 7 p.m. Monday, April 18, event at the Lakeville Area Arts Center.

Free music/spoken word event is

April 18 at Lakeville arts center

Book signing is April 16 Burnsville author Robert E. Emmick will be at Dunn Bros Coffee from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 16, to sign copies of his book, “How to be Your Own General Con-tractor: The Easy-to-Follow Guide for Completing That Home Project.” Dunn Bros is at 1603 County Road 42 W., Burnsville.

Dinner and a movie night at IMAX The Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley will host Dinner and a Movie Family Night on Monday, April 18. Guests who purchase one adult admission ($9.50) to the 6:30 p.m. showing of “Born to be Wild 3D” will receive one free child’s ad-mission to the movie and a complimentary sandwich from Subway in Apple Val-ley (while supplies last) be-fore the show. Sandwiches will be served in the lobby beginning at 5:30 p.m.

‘Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr.’ ISD 191 Community Education & The Play’s the Thing Productions are offering “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast Jr.” Summer Musical Theatre Camp for children ages 7-17 at Eagle Ridge Junior High School in Savage July 11 through Aug. 10, with performances on the main stage of the Burnsville Performing Arts Center Aug. 11-13. To reg-ister or for more informa-tion visit www.communi-tyed191.org or call (952) 707-4150.

Young Artists’ Concert set May 1 Dakota Valley Sympho-ny will present its fourth an-nual Young Artists’ Concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. The symphony held au-ditions this past winter for student musicians. Eigh-teen-year-old pianist Leo Wexler-Mann of St. Paul was chosen as the soloist for this year’s concert. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, and $5 for students. They can be purchased at the box office, or through Tickemaster at (800) 982-2787 or ticket-master.com.

Master poetry class in Eagan In celebration of Nation-al Poetry Month, Caponi Art Park and Learning Center will host a spoken word master class from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, April 25, at the Eagan Community Center. The workshop, led by poet Sierra DeMulder, is free and open to teens and adults (a $5 donation is suggested). To register, call (651) 454-9412.


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When summer vacation hits, kids across Minnesota are left with idle hands. Many golf course pro-fessionals and staffers would like to fill those hands with golf clubs. Sure it helps build a customer base for the long term, but there’s a certain joy in watching a young golfer figure out their swing. “There’s something about a bunch of kids out on the golf course, it kind of warms our heart,” Val-leywood PGA professional and general manager Jim Zink said. “We remember what it was like. It’s a great experience for young kids to keep your own score and count the strokes.” In some cases, golfing is not as popular as it used to be with young folks. Every Monday morning during the summer, Valleywood offers a youth league for 10- to 16-year-olds. Last summer they had about 150 kids, but eight years ago they were up to 270. “The thing is we don’t have a limit,” Zink said. “If kids want to play we’ll get them out there.” Golfing can be intimi-dating for any novice. A shank onto a different fairway with the foursome quickly approaching can cause some serious anxiety. A little instruction goes a long way. There’s a lot to know between getting the proper equipment to find-ing the right stroke. “It’s very important for kids to get properly fit

for clubs at an early age so they don’t develop bad habits,” director of golf at Southern Hills in Farm-ington Nate Cardin said. “Also, they should partici-pate in camps and clinics to properly learn technique and etiquette.” Another popular option for courses is offering a parent/child lesson. “We want to get kids out together with their parents while the kids hopefully will grow up to be loyal customers,” Zink said. Several area golf cours-es have junior leagues throughout the summer as well as discounted days with an adult. Here are just a few examples: Like many courses, Em-erald Greens Golf Course in Hastings allows kids under 13 play for free with a paid adult after 3 p.m. on Sundays. They are also hosting a PGA Junior/Be-ginner Tour event on July 22. The junior golf pro-gram by PGA Golf Profes-sional Barry Wallin is open to boys and girls grades first through eighth. There are lessons throughout the weekdays during summer for beginners new to golf, intermediate golfers re-turning to the course, and advanced lessons to pre-pare for high school and beyond. There are also par-ent/child lessons on Satur-day. The Summit Golf Club in Cannon Falls has a par-three course ideal for kids, families and beginners with a discount if they are with a paying adult. Heritage Links in Lakev-

ille offers junior leagues Tuesday mornings June 14-Aug. 9 (no league on July 5). Heritage Links will have staff on the course to keep play moving, as well as give simple instruction within the course of play. There are also junior golf camps for six- to 13-year-olds June 13-17, June 20-24, and June 27-July 1. Kids golf free Fridays and Saturdays after 3 p.m. at Hidden Greens in Hastings with a paid adult (up to three kids 16 and under). LPGA teaching profes-sional Sheryl Maize heads the junior program at Crystal Lake Golf Club in Lakeville. There are scram-bles every Tuesday during summer except for July 5, and morning lessons on Thursdays. There will be an orientation and kick-off clinic on June 11 and a tournament on July 19. Boulder Pointe Golf Club in Elko has a nine–hole and an 18–hole league available to boys and girls ages 10–16 on Monday mornings starting June 13 to Aug. 22. There are two junior golf sessions June 14-17 and June 22-25. The Rich Valley Golf Course in Rosemount of-fers 15-and-under golfers free green fees with a paid adult on Saturdays and Sundays after 2 p.m. Ac-cording the course’s web-site, there is a junior league for eight to 17-year-olds Monday and Wednesday mornings. The youth league at Southern Hills Golf Course in Farmington is on Thurs-

days. Cardin teaches a clinic/camp on Mondays from 8-10 a.m. for about 10 weeks. There is also a parent/child golf night four Sundays in July where kids and parents play nine holes. The junior league at Parkview Golf Club in Eagan features range balls and nine holes of golf for 12 weeks including a card for 2-for-1 green fees and range balls. The course is also hosting the a PGA Junior tournament on Friday, July 1. There are weekly camps Monday through Thursday morn-ing all summer except for July 5. There is also an instructional series during the weekday afternoons. In Apple Valley, Val-leywood offers a program for four-year-olds up to a junior golf camp as well as the Monday morning junior league. They offer a parent/child lessons and youth also play free with an adult after 1 p.m. on Sundays. The Apple Valley Golf Course offers junior rates Monday through Friday before 4 p.m. The junior league at Birnamwood Golf Course in Burnsville runs from Monday and Wednesday for nine weeks starting June 13 for youth entering grades third through 10th. The final tournaments are Aug. 10 and Aug. 15. There will also be a free golf clinic June 4 for all junior league participants.


Hooking them while they’re young

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Lakeville’s Bobby Thomas played at the high school state tournament last year as an eighth grader.

Area golf courses have numerous opportunities for youth players

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said. “(My concern is) over-all team chemistry.” The pitching rotation of Ty McDevitt, Tom Jerle and Adam Moorse looks to be one of the best in the con-ference if not in Class AAA. McDevitt will use the South Suburban Conference to refine his game as he plans to attend the University of Minnesota in the fall to play baseball. They’re joined by experi-enced infielders David Bar-ry and Alex Knop, who will also see time on the mound. Matt Larson, Taylor Branstad, Stu Daly and Matt Galloway have spent plenty of varsity games in the outfield already and they’re ready for some more. The Lightning started the season with a 7-1 vic-tory against Lakeville South on April 7 and a 10-4 win

against Eagan on April 11. Eagan knocked Eastview out of the playoffs last sea-son.

Apple Valley The Eagles will have a new head coach this sea-son in Jeremy Hendrickson, but he’s far from new to the program. He’s been a junior varsity baseball coach and varsity assistant coach for the past six seasons at Ap-ple Valley. He’ll lead a potent crew which hopes to compete for both the South Suburban Conference title as well as the Section 3AAA title. Leading the list is Ohio State recruit Aaron Gretz at catcher along with Kris Goodman at shortstop and Steve Maxwell in the out-field. They’ll get some help from up-and-comers Casey Killebrew, Michael Berens, Cory Brock and Garrett

Ganskie. Hendrickson feels his team is strong on the de-fensive front and can put runs on the board, but the questions are found on the mound. Pitchers Josh Johnson, Nate Reagles, and Tate Er-ickson will try to keep the Eagles in games in 2011. “(We’d like to) finish in top three of the conference and compete for a section title,” Hendrickson said. The Eagles started their season with a 3-2 win against Bloomington Jef-ferson on April 7, but lost to Lakeville North 9-6 on April 11.

Eagan The Wildcats are rely-ing on some inexperienced players in 2010, but coach Rob Walsh is excited about their potential. “If the approach is right

… I think we can progress rapidly,” Walsh said. The Wildcats have mixed in about 23 players during the first week of games try-ing to find the right mix. “We have five guys that are playing extremely well, and now it’s all about find-ing the next six or seven,” Walsh said. Returning varsity play-ers include pitcher Charlie Conkel, shortstop Ryan Burmeister, catcher Tommy Bodeker, second baseman Eric Peterson, and third baseman Brady Loew. Several other newcom-ers are looking for a spot on the team as well, such as first baseman Ben Fischer, infielder Shay Sward and Mike Marsh among oth-ers who are adjusting to the pace of a varsity game. Aside from Conkel, Eagan is going to rely on pitcher Adam Gibis and

Kevin Kunik to throw a lot of innings in 2011. The Wildcats beat Prior Lake in the season open-er on April 7, but lost to Burnsville the following day 11-4 and to Eastview 10-4 on April 11.

Rosemount The Irish were senior-heavy in 2010, which means they’ll be looking for a new identity in 2011. “They get along and they’re very coachable,” head coach Chris Swansson said. “Our biggest strength is depth. We have a couple guys competing for every spot.” The Irish will rely on the veteran experience of pitch-er Andrew Nelson and Jon Bishop. The infield remains secure with Matt Foley at second and Lucas Haase at short. Tony Prostrollo will see time in the outfield and

on the pitching mound, and pitcher Joe Waite is back for his third year on varsity. Newcomer Jordan Tum-ilson will be called upon to pitch. The Irish started the season with wins against Bloomington Kennedy and Woodbury, but turned around and lost to Eastview 6-0 and Bloomington Jeffer-son 6-2. The team played four games before it logged its second outdoor practice, which has led to some ear-ly defensive struggles, but Swansson isn’t worried. “Once we get outside and play it will come around,” Swansson said. “I’m more worried about the strikeouts and hitting.”


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by Aaron VehlingTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

A Lakeville man is fac-ing charges in Dakota County after he allegedly desecrated the altar dur-ing Mass on April 9 at All Saints Catholic Church. Toward the begin-ning of the service at the Lakeville church, Ste-ven Richard Fay, 34, ap-proached the altar, turned toward the parishioners and opened a jar con-taining a yellow liquid believed to be urine, ac-cording to the criminal complaint. He proceeded to pour the liquid on the altar, the complaint said, which sullied the altar’s linen adornment and stained the Book of Gospels. As Fay attempted to leave the church, an off-duty police officer from

South Dakota sought to re-strain Fay, but Fay fought back, said Lakeville Po-lice Chief Thom-as Vonhof. The criminal com-plaint only identi-fies the off-duty officer by the initials “J.G.” “The man took a swing (at the police officer),” Vonhof said. After J.G. was able to restrain him, Fay slipped out of his jacket and made a run for it, the complaint said. Parishioners stepped in to assist J.G. with re-straining Fay. According to the com-plaint, while the parish-ioners were holding him down, Fay yelled, “I hate Christians.” Father Thomas Wilson said the man was not a

parishioner and was not familiar to him. Wilson said that on Saturday evening the archdiocese gave him permission to reconsecrate the altar, which he did on Sunday morning

before Mass. Wilson said the event was shocking, and that most property crimes in-volving churches he has encountered have cen-tered on stolen property, not vandalism. “By all accounts, it’s a disturbed man,” he said. Fay has been in the Dakota County Jail since Saturday. He is being charged with one count of second-degree criminal damage to property.

E-mail Aaron Vehling at [email protected].

Man vandalizes All Saints altar during MassOff-duty police officer, parishioners restrain

man who threw liquid, yelled ‘I hate Christians’

Steven Fay

Burnsville City Briefs

Dakota County

Craft sale and book fair set April 16 Augustana Regent at Burnsville will host a craft sale and book fair from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sat-urday, April 16. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Augustana’s The Power of Spiritual Care. Augustana is at 14500 Regent Lane, Burnsville; for more infor-mation, call (952) 898-1910.

Easter Bunny arrives at Burnsville Center The Easter Bunny is available for visits and photos through April 23 in Macy’s Court at Burnsville Center. Hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday

11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Visits with the Easter Bunny are free and reserva-tions are not required. All visitors will receive a color-ing sheet with coupons from Burnsville Center business-es. Photo packages start at $20 with a free $10 gift card from Shutterfly. For more information, visit www.BurnsvilleCenter.com.

Winners have been announced in the April 11 election for the Da-kota Electric Association board of directors. In District 1, incum-bent Ron Swagger of Burnsville won with 4,000 votes, defeating David Jones and Ruthe Batulis. In District 2, incum-

bent Janet Lekson of Rosemount won with 4,517 votes, defeating Jer-ry Hansen and Timothy Keegan. In District 3, incum-bent Margaret Schreiner of Eagan won with 6,636 votes. The opposing can-didate withdrew. In District 4, Paul Bak-

ken of Eagan won with 1,772 votes, defeating Jer-ry Brown, Joan Volz, Leo Nicolai, Buzz Anderson, William Frandrup, Vic-tor Yermishkin and David Leckey. The seat was open with the retirement of Ray Nicolai, who served for 27 years.

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tournament, every oppo-nent likes to use you as a measuring stick. “I know they’ll be play-ing with a target on their back,” head coach Hillary Hansen said. “Every team is going to come out and re-ally want to beat them.” Many teams list Burns-ville as one of the teams to beat again in 2011. One reason could be the fact that pitcher Kelsey Anderson is back. “She was a big part of our success last year,” Han-sen said. “This year the girls have come out so far and scored a bunch of runs.” Leading the scoring

charge has been center fielder Meghan Lehnan. A healthy Lauren Smith, who was out last year due to injury, has provided a big boost in the lineup. “She brings a lot of expe-rience to the game,” Hansen said. Other experienced play-ers who played in the state tournament last year in-clude Danielle Wolk, Abby Harazin, and Laura Nadeau; they have brought a sense of confidence to the team. Kelly Grove, Megan Threlkeld, Abby Johnson, Haleigh Droege and Erica Belter will see their roles in-

crease this season. “We have a lot of team speed this year and they’ve been hitting really well,” Hansen said. “We had some jitters in our first game against Lakeville North, but the steps forward they’ve taken since then is really im-pressive.” Burnsville will be consid-ered the team to beat until someone else proves other-wise, but they’re more con-cerned about how they’ll play in May. “It’s about playing our game and (taking) care of the details,” Hansen said. “It’s about learning right now. Make the mistakes

now so we don’t make them again.”

Eastview With five seniors, a solid pitcher and a potent batting lineup, the Lightning plan on being in the mix for the conference title. Pitcher Paige Palkovich is back as the team’s lead-ing hitter with catcher Kelly Meyer to throw to. “Palkovich is a very lev-el-headed pitcher and great competitor,” Haugh said. With five seniors, the Lightning will also have experience on their side. In the outfield, Sam Kane and Alyssa Besch are ready to

play along with infielders Megan Glockner and So-phie Williams. “We would like to in-crease the team batting av-erage over last year,” Haugh said. “Each player has some individual goals, but as a team we have made it our goal to compete for the con-ference title.” Eastview has taken the first steps toward that goal by defeating Lakeville South 2-0 in the season opener on April 7 and Eagan 8-1 on April 11.


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PUBLIC NOTICEINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools

Educating our students to reach theirfull potential

CALL FOR BIDS

2011 Masonry and Waterproofing

Rehabilitation

Notice is hereby given that sealed bidswill be received for the 2011 Masonry andWaterproofing Rehabilitation by Indepen-dent School District 196, at the Facilitiesand Grounds Office located at 14445 Dia-mond Path, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 10a.m. local time on April 28, 2011, at whichtime and place bids will be publicly openedand read aloud.

Complete instructions on how to obtainBidding Documents from SRI Consultants,I n c . c a n b e f o u n d a t :http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm.

If you should have any questions regard-ing this bid you may contact the FacilitiesDepartment at (651) 423-7706.

Art Coulson, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

2563390 4/8-4/15/11

PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

CITY OF EAGAN

DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING: Advi-

sory Planning Commission Meeting:

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 6:30 pm, City

Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob

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APPLICANT: F a i t h C h r i s tFellowship/Steven Swanson

LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION: 670Diffley Road, Lot 2, Block 1, Eagan HillsAlliance Church Addition

REQUEST(S):

Conditional Use Permit

A Conditional Use Permit to allow a Son-shine preschool.

File Number: 25-CU-03-03-11QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Depart-

ment at (651) 675-5685 or contact SarahThomas, the Planner at (651) 675-5696 [email protected] with the follow-ing information:

CITY OF EAGAN

Christina Scipioni - City Clerk


CITY OF EAGAN

DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING :Advi-




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APPLICANT: 3755 Blackhawk Road/JonPomroy

LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION:

3755 Blackhawk Road,

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Comprehensive Guide Plan

A Comprehensive Guide Plan Amend-ment from MD (Medium Density) to LD

(Low Density).File Number:17-CG-01-03-11Rezoning

A Rezoning of approximately 1.7 acresfrom R-3 (Residential Townhouse) to

R-1 (Residential Single Family).File Number:17-RZ-01-03-11QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Depart-

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CITY OF EAGAN

Christina Scipioni - City Clerk2572437 4/15/11

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON

PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS

IN THE CITY OF EAGAN,

DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA

Project No. 1035 - Denmark Avenue &Promenade Place

Traffic Signal and Street ImprovementsNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City

Counci l of the City of Eagan, DakotaCounty, Minnesota, will meet at the EaganMunicipal Center at 3830 Pilot Knob Road,Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Tuesday, May3, 2011, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafteras possible. The purpose of the meetingwill be to hold a public hearing on theimprovements, known as Project No. 1035.The proposed project is in accordance withthe preliminary engineering report datedApril, 2011, prepared by the City Engineer.

The estimated cost of the foregoingimprovement is as follows: $471,900

The area proposed to be assessed forsaid improvements is described as follows:

The area within the S 1/2 of Section 10,lying North of Yankee Doodle Road andthe NW 1⁄4 of Section 15, lying South ofYankee Doodle Road, in Township 27,Range 23, in the City of Eagan, DakotaCounty, Minnesota.All persons who desire to be heard with

respect to the question of whether or notthe above improvements should be madeshall be heard at said time and place.

Dated April 5, 2011BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL/s/ Christina M. Scipioni___By: Christina M. ScipioniEagan City Clerk

2568832 4/15-4/22/11

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE OF ASSESSMENT HEARING

DELINQUENT REFUSE REMOVAL BILLS

CITY OF EAGAN


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the CityCounci l of the City of Eagan, DakotaCounty, Minnesota, will meet at the EaganMunicipal Center located at 3830 PilotKnob Road, in said City on May 3, 2011 at6 :30 p.m. to cons ider the proposedassessment of delinquent refuse removalbillings in Eagan.

The proposed area to be assessed isdescribed in the assessment roll on file withthe Deputy City Clerk in her office, whichroll is open to public inspection. Written ororal objections will be considered at thepublic hearing.

No appeal may be taken as to theamount of any assessment unless a writtenobjection, signed by the affected propertyowner, is filed with the City Clerk prior tothe hearing or presented to the presidingoff icer at the meeting. An owner mayappeal an assessment to district court pur-suant to M.S.A. §429.081 by serving noticeof the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk ofthe City of Eagan within thirty (30) daysafter the adoption of the assessment andfiling such notice with the District Court ofDakota County within ten (10) days afterservice upon the Mayor or Clerk.

Further information relating to theseassessments may be obtained from theSpecial Assessment Division at Eagan CityHall and any questions should be directedto that Division.

Dated: April 5, 2011/s/ Christina M. Scipioni______________________Christina M. ScipioniCity Clerk - City of Eagan

2568372 4/15/11PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN

POLICY OF NONDISCRIMINATION

ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY

The City of Eagan is committed to thepolicy that all persons have equal access toits programs, services, activities, facilitiesand employment without regard to race,color, creed, religion, national origin, sex,disability, age, sexual orientation, maritalstatus or status with regard to publicassistance.

Auxiliary aids for persons with disabilitieswill be provided upon advance notice of atleast 96 hours. If a notice of less than 96hours is received, the City of Eagan willattempt to provide such aid. Telephone:(651) 675-5000; TDD: (651) 454-8535.2568416 4/15-4/22/11

PUBLIC NOTICEORDINANCE NO. 476 2ND SERIES

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN,MINNESOTA, AMENDING EAGAN CITYCODE CHAPTER TEN ENTITLED "PUBLICPROTECTION, CRIMES AND OFFENSES"BY AMENDING SECTIONS 10.23 AND10.32 REGARDING SALE OF GOODS INPARKS AND OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY;AND BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCEEAGAN CITY CODE CHAPTER 1 ANDSECTION 10.99.

The City Council of the City of Eagandoes ordain:

Section 1. Eagan City Code Chapter Tenis hereby amended by changing Section10.23, Subd. 1(E) to read as follows:Sec. 10.23. Rules and regulations gov-

erning public parks and recreation areas.

* * * *E. Solicit or conduct any commercial enter-prise or sell or attempt to sell any goods ormerchandise, unless the person (1) is aregistered vendor with an organization orentity that was granted a transient mer-chant (vendor) permit from the City for salesoccurring on city-owned property as regu-lated elsewhere in this Code and (2) isgranted a permit from the city's parkdirector.

Section 2. Eagan City Code Chapter Tenis hereby amended by changing Section10.32, Subd. 1, to read as follows:Sec. 10.32 Obstructions and Dumping on

Public Property.

* * * *Subd. 1. Obstructions. It is unlawful for

any person to excavate, obstruct, or place,deposit, display, install, or maintain, or offerfor sale any object or materials, includingbut not limited to: any fence, goods, build-ing or landscaping materials, any structure,any landscaping, any garbage or refuse ofany kind, or other objects, on or within anypublic property, unless granted writtenpermission from the City. This paragraphshall not apply to operable and registeredmotor vehicles lawfully parked within anydesignated public parking area, providedthe motor vehicle is not blocking any por-tion of a sidewalk or trail and is not used inconnection with the sale of any goodsunless a permit therefor has been issued bythe City.

Section 3. Eagan City Code Chapter 1entitled "General Provisions and DefinitionsApplicable to the Entire City Code Includ-ing 'Penalty for Violation'" and Section10.99, entitled "Violation a Misdemeanor"are hereby adopted in their entirety by ref-erence as though repeated verbatim.

Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinanceshall take effect upon its adoption and pub-lication according to law.ATTEST: CITY OF EAGAN

City Council/s/ Christina M. Scipioni /s/ Mike Maguire________________ _________________By: Christina M. Scipioni By: Mike MaguireIts: City Clerk Its: MayorDate Ordinance Adopted: April 5, 2011Date Ordinance Published in the Legal News-paper: April 15, 20112570168 4/15/11


AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN,MINNESOTA, AMENDING EAGAN CITYCODE CHAPTER NINE ENTITLED "PARK-ING REGULATIONS" BY AMENDING SEC-TION 9.15 REGARDING PARKING FORTHE PURPOSE OF ADVERTISING ORS E L L I N G M E R C H A N D I S E ; A N D B YADOPTING BY REFERENCE EAGAN CITYCODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION 9.99.


Section 1. Eagan City Code Chapter Nineis hereby amended by changing Section9.15 to read as follows:Sec. 9.15. Parking for the purpose of

advertising or selling merchandise.

It is unlawful for any person to park amotor vehicle or vehicle on any street orcity owned property for the purpose ofadvertising such motor vehicle or vehiclefor sale, for the purpose of advertising forsale or selling merchandise thereon ortherefrom, or advertising a forthcomingevent. This section shall not apply to anyperson who is selling merchandise from amotor vehicle that travels through thestreets and stops only to make an immedi-ate sale and does not park to await cus-tomers or sales. This section shall not applyto any person who is (1) a registered ven-dor with an organization or entity that wasgranted a transient merchant (vendor) per-mit from the City for sales occurring oncity-owned property as regulated else-where in this Code and (2) who was granteda permit from the city's park director asregulated elsewhere in this Code .

It is unlawful for any person to park amotor vehicle or vehicle on private prop-erty for the purpose of advertising suchmotor vehicle or vehicle for sale. The fore-going provision shall not apply to privateresidential property provided the vehicle isparked in a private driveway and not withinany roadway or common area. It is unlaw-ful for any person to park a motor vehicle orvehicle on private property for the purposeof offering for sale or selling merchandisetherefrom, unless the person has the prop-erty owner's consent and the sale of mer-chandise on the property is authorizedunder the zoning regulations set forth else-where in this Code.

For purposes of this section only, theterms "motor vehicle" and "vehicle" shallhave the meanings provided in Minn. Stat.§168.002 and the term "vehicle" shallinclude devices moved by human power orany vehicle not originally constructed pri-marily for use on public roads and high-ways.

Section 2. Eagan City Code Chapter 1entitled "General Provisions and DefinitionsApplicable to the Entire City Code Includ-ing 'Penalty for Violation'" and Section 9.99,entitled "Violation a Misdemeanor" arehereby adopted in their entirety by refer-ence as though repeated verbatim.


City Council/s/ Christina M. Scipioni /s/ Mike Maguire________________ _______________By: Christina M. Scipioni By: Mike MaguireIts: City Clerk Its: MayorDate Ordinance Adopted: April 5, 2011Date Ordinance Published in the LegalNewspaper: April 15, 20112570122 4/15/11


AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OFEAGAN, MINNESOTA, AMENDING EAGANCITY CODE CHAPTER SIX ENTITLED"OTHER BUSINESS REGULATION ANDLICENSING" BY AMENDING SECTION6.36 REGARDING TRANSIENT MER-CHANTS; AND BY ADOPTING BY REFER-ENCE EAGAN CITY CODE CHAPTER 1AND SECTION 6.99.

The following is the official summary ofOrdinance No. 473 passed by the CityCouncil of the City of Eagan on April 5,2011:

Sect ion 6.36 of the City Code wasamended to revise the definition of tran-sient merchant; to clarify to whom or forwhat activities a transient merchant per-mit applies, to add provisions prohibitingor otherwise restricting sales or saleactivities in certain locations, such aspublic rights-of-ways, city owned prop-erty; and to clarify regulations for sale ofgoods in connection city or non-profitorganization events, festivals, or otherspecial activities.A printed copy of the ordinance is avail-

able for inspection by any person duringregular office hours at the office of the CityClerk at the Eagan Municipal Center, 3830Pilot Knob Road Eagan, Minnesota 55122.2570075 4/15/11

DISTRICT 917SCHOOL BOARDPROCEEDINGS

This is a summary of the IntermediateSchool District 917 Regular School BoardMeeting on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, withfull text available for public inspection ont h e d i s t r i c t w e b s i t e a twww.isd917.k12.mn.us or the District Officeat 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount, MN55068.

The meeting was called to order at 5:00PM. The meeting was held at 150 E.Marie, West St. Paul, MN. Board MembersPresent: Dan Cater, Deb Clark, Vicki Roy,Tom Ryerson, Kathy Lewis, VeronicaWalter. Board Members Absent: Jill Lewis,Vanda Pressnall. Administrators Present:Melissa Schaller, Dan Hurley. Otherspresent: Linda Berg, John Huenink, DonWilliams, Claudette and John Lamprecht,Carol Singer, Valerie Dosland, DaniLeighWolfe, Megan Anderson and Clark Rose.Good news reports were presented. Thefollowing Consent Agenda items wereapproved : minutes, personnel, bills to bepaid, investment report, and wire transfers.Valerie Dosland, Lobbyist for the Intermedi-ates, reported on the legislative session.Carol Singer and Claudette Lamprecht wereaward the Special Education Employee andTeacher of the Winter Quarter. JohnHuenink, with Kraus Anderson, reported onthe Deferred Maintenance Plan for AllianceEducation Center. Motions passed to closethe print center and repurpose a portion ofthat budget for the replacement of technol-ogy and software for the Graphic Program;rename the Secondary Schools in District917 to Dakota County Area LearningSchool (DCALS) "Home of Career andTechnical Education" and Dakota CountyArea Learning School (DCALS-North),"Home of Career and Technical Education;approve District 917 in offering a HighSchool Diploma option from our DakotaCounty Area Learning School; and approvethe Pathways to Employment Grant awardin the amount of $4,600. Vanda Pressnallwi l l stay on the calendar committee.Adjournment at 7:09 PM.2567571 4/15/11

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LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION:

4249, 1646 & 1650 Johnny Cake RidgeRd, Diffley Road, Lot 3, 4 & 6, Block 1,Diffley Plaza

REQUEST(S):


A Conditional Use Permit to allow addi-tional monument & directional signage, andpanel on existing pylon sign.

File Number:28-CU-05-03-11QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Depart-

ment at (651) 675-5685 or contact SarahThomas, the Planner at (651) 675-5696 [email protected] with thefollowing information:� CITY OF EAGAN

Christina Scipioni - City Clerk2572448 4/15/11


AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN,MINNESOTA, AMENDING EAGAN CITYC ODE C H APT ER SEVEN EN T IT LED"STREETS AND SIDEWALKS GENERALLY"BY AMENDING SECTION 7.05 REGARD-I N G O B S T R U C T I O N S I N P U B L I CRIGHTS-OF-WAY; AND BY ADOPTING BYREFERENCE EAGAN CITY CODE CHAP-TER 1 AND SECTION 7.99.


Section 1. Eagan City Code ChapterSeven is hereby amended by changingSection 7.05, Subd. 3, to read as follows:

Subd. 3. Obstructions & excavations.No person shall excavate, obstruct, orplace, deposit, display, install, or maintainany obstruction, including but not limitedto: a fence, goods, building or landscapingmaterials, any structure, landscaping, elec-trical cords or devises of any kind, or otherobjects, or sell or offer for sale any goodso r m e r c h a n d i s e w i t h i n a n y p u b l i cright-of-way. This paragraph shall not applyto operable and registered motor vehicleslawfully parked within the street or upon aportion of a driveway within the publicright-of-way, provided the motor vehicle isnot blocking any portion of a sidewalk ortrail and is not used in connection with thesale of any goods. No violation shall occurif the person obtains a written permit fromthe council for the excavation or obstruc-tion, provided a permit will be issued onlyfor mailboxes, irrigation systems and land-scaping that do not create a public safetyconcern and are placed and maintained incompliance in all respects with the termsand conditions of such permit and theregulations of this Code. This subdivisionshall not apply to any person who is sellingmerchandise from a motor vehicle thattravels through the streets and stops onlyto make an immediate sale and does notpark to await customers or sales.

Section 2. Eagan City Code Chapter 1entitled "General Provisions and DefinitionsApplicable to the Entire City Code Includ-ing 'Penalty for Violation'" and Section 7.99,entitled "Violation a Misdemeanor" arehereby adopted in their entirety by refer-ence as though repeated verbatim.


City Council/s/ Christina M. Scipioni /s/ Mike Maguire______________ _______________By: Christina M. Scipioni By: Mike MaguireIts: City Clerk Its: MayorDate Ordinance Adopted: April 5, 2011Date Ordinance Published in the LegalNewspaper: April 15, 20112570099 4/15/11


DELINQUENT WEED CUTTING BILLS

CITY OF EAGAN


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the CityCounci l of the City of Eagan, DakotaCounty, Minnesota, will meet at the EaganMunicipal Center located at 3830 PilotKnob Road, in said City on May 3, 2011 at6 :30 p.m. to cons ider the proposedassessment of delinquent weed cutting bill-The proposed area to be assessed isdescribed in the assessment roll on file withthe Deputy City Clerk in her office, whichroll is open to public inspection. Written ororal objections will be considered at thepublic hearing.

No appea l may be taken as to theamount of any assessment unless a writtenobjection, signed by the affected propertyowner, is filed with the City Clerk prior tothe hearing or presented to the presidingoff icer at the meeting. An owner mayappeal an assessment to district court pur-suant to M.S.A. §429.081 by serving noticeof the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk ofthe City of Eagan within thirty (30) daysafter the adoption of the assessment andfiling such notice with the District Court ofDakota County within ten (10) days afterservice upon the Mayor or Clerk.

Further information relating to theseassessments may be obtained from theSpecial Assessment Division at the EaganCity Hall and any questions should bedirected to that Division.

Dated: April 5, 2011/s/ Christina M. Scipioni______________________Christina M. ScipioniCity Clerk - City of Eagan

2568390 4/15/11

PUBLIC NOTICEINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools

Educating our students to reach theirfull potential

TEMPERATURE CONTROL UPGRADE

Notice is hereby given that sealed bidswill be received for the Echo Park Elemen-tary School Temperature Control Upgradeby Independent School District 196, at theFacilities and Grounds Office located at14445 Diamond Path West, Rosemount,MN 55068, until 11 a.m., April 29, 2011, atwhich time and place bids will be publiclyopened and read aloud.

Complete instructions on how to obtainBidding Documents from EngineeringR e p r o S y s t e m s c a n b e f o u n d a t :http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm.

If you should have any questions regard-ing this bid you may contact the FacilitiesDepartment at (651) 423-7706.

Art Coulson, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

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LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION:1325Town Centre Drive, Lot 1, Block 1, TownCentre 70 Ninth Addition

REQUEST(S):


A Conditional Use Permit to allow Class IIrestaurant with a drive-thru service.

File Number:15-CU-04-03-11QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Depart-

ment at (651) 675-5685 or contact PamDudziak, the Planner at (651) 675-5691 [email protected] with the fol-lowing information:

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Christina Scipioni - City Clerk

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the CityCounci l of the City of Eagan, DakotaCounty, Minnesota, will meet at the EaganMunicipal Center located at 3830 PilotKnob Road, in said City on May 3, 2011 at6 :30 p.m. to cons ider the proposedassessment of delinquent utility billings inEagan.

The proposed area to be assessed isdescribed in the assessment roll on file withthe Deputy City Clerk in her office, whichroll is open to public inspection. Written ororal objections will be considered at thepublic hearing.

No appeal may be taken as to theamount of any assessment unless a writtenobjection, signed by the affected propertyowner, is filed with the City Clerk prior tothe hearing or presented to the presidingoff icer at the meeting. An owner mayappeal an assessment to district court pur-suant to M.S.A. §429.081 by serving noticeof the appeal upon the Mayor or Clerk ofthe City of Eagan within thirty (30) daysafter the adoption of the assessment andfiling such notice with the District Court ofDakota County within ten (10) days afterservice upon the Mayor or Clerk.

Further information relating to theseassessments may be obtained from theSpecial Assessment Division at Eagan CityHall and any questions should be directedto that Division.

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appeals court reversed that decision, claiming the city’s own EDA required a bind-ing development agreement before any property could be acquired. No such agree-ment was in place at the time of condemnation. The city appealed that decision to the Supreme Court, which said the city’s EDA “did not exceed the scope of its authority when it acquired the property owner’s property.” The case was then sent back to the appeals court, which was told to weigh in on the issue of the public purpose of using eminent domain, as well as the issue of the city’s quick-taking of the properties. It sided with the city on both of those issues. The refusal of the state’s highest court to hear the case means U-Haul’s legal recourse is over and it must sell its property to the city. Meanwhile, plans for the first phase of the Village at

Cedar Grove remain stalled due to a depressed market. A developer planning two extended-stay hotels has since moved on, as have those planning 250 apart-ment units and senior hous-ing. But the area’s master de-veloper, Pratt Development, recently added Jim McCaf-frey of national commercial brokerage firm Cassidy Tur-ley to its team to market the project more aggressively. “We hope by adding a national broker it will help drum up additional inter-est and activity in the area,” said Eagan Community Development Director Jon Hohenstein. The City Council re-mains committed to the principles of higher density, walkability, transportation, and mixed-use development for the area, he said.


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by Andrew MillerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Apple Valley City Council is revisiting a pro-posal to build a new club-house at Valleywood Golf Course. It’s no secret the club-house at the city-run, 18-hole golf course has seen better days. Two years ago, mem-bers of the city’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Com-mittee reported that the clubhouse, built in 1976 by students at Dakota County Technical College, was long past its useful life, with both structural defects and po-tential environmental prob-lems. While the parks com-mittee contended that a

new clubhouse would drive rev-enue increases in food, beverage and merchan-dise sales, City Council mem-bers were reluc-tant to sign off on a big-dollar project for a recreation fa-cility in the throes of a major econom-ic downturn. That was in 2009; this week, the city’s Val-leywood Clubhouse Task Force Committee is asking the council to approve a $5,000 fee for an architect to create a schematic design for a new clubhouse. If OK’d, the architect’s design would take three to

four weeks to com-plete, and then a final design and budget would be set, Parks and Recreation

Director Randy Johnson wrote in

a memo to the City Council. Once a budget is finalized, the coun-cil would determine

if the clubhouse project is to proceed,

according to Johnson. The council was sched-uled to vote on the $5,000 architect’s fee at its meeting Thursday, after this edition went to press.

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

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37-year-old house last Oc-tober. They grew up together in Eden Prairie but didn’t date until college. Eric, who graduated from St. Olaf, is a teacher at the alternative school in Cannon Falls. Amber, who graduated from Carleton, is a policy researcher for the nonprofit Midwestern Higher Educa-tion Compact in Minneapo-lis. They looked for a house in south Minneapolis but were wowed by the Burns-ville property’s price. After winning a bidding war with another prospective buyer, it was theirs. “The neighborhood was just beautiful driving in,” Eric said. “We didn’t think we’d be able to afford a house based on the houses we saw coming in.” A flipper had bought the house in 2007, Amber said. “They redid the entire house. I guess the kitchen was beautiful. ... But when they couldn’t sell it, they let it go into foreclosure and ripped out everything they

had done,” she said. The couple bought a sink and a furnace and some temporary kitchen cabinets and a pallet of overstock doors to replace ones that had been removed. Craig-slist has been an invaluable source of cheap or free fur-nishings, Amber said. They have more than 100 gallons of free paint from Dakota County’s recycling center, which they mix to their lik-ing.

“We’re slowly painting rooms,” Amber said. The kitchen will have a “modern arts and crafts” look when it’s finished, she said. The couple is paying contractors brought in by the show. Cannon Custom Cabinets of Cannon Falls built the walnut cabinets, which are stained deep cher-ry. The countertops, by En-viroGLAS, are recycled

bottle glass broken up and coated in a resin. The kitchen island, re-placing one that the previ-ous owner had removed, may be the room’s most unique feature. The top is made of re-cycled bowling lane from a Wisconsin dealer who salvaged the wood from a closed bowling alley in Hib-bing. Amber found the sup-plier on Craigslist. The couple did much of the grunt work, removing nails and adhesive tar from the wood. Cannon Custom Cabinets finished the prod-uct, a surface complete with pin markers and arrows. Northfield artist Carla Thompson is providing two paintings, which will hang on either side of the range. Decorative wood corbels have been installed in the ceiling and wall corners. The show was “looking for kitchens that really had a good before-and-after,” Amber said. “Ours is a good candidate for that.”

John Gessner is at [email protected].

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“I remember all the ex-citement and the sadness and all the terrible busi-ness of what went on,” she said. Friends and family gath-ered last week at Newman’s assisted living home in Eagan to celebrate her re-markable life with a surprise party, for which Newman donned a tiara. “They made a lot of fuss. I forgot about it, and all of a sudden they had a party,” she said. Newman is described by her caretakers as an active, humble, “wonderful” per-son who likes to help out around the house. When asked how she made it to 100 with her health intact, Newman said, “I never smoked and I never drank, I always ate good food, and I kept myself in a happy mood.” Born in New Jersey in 1911, Newman headed out to California with her aunt after graduating high school and enrolled at UCLA. While attending col-lege, Newman got a job at Northrop Aircraft Incorpo-

rated, which has since be-come Northrop Grumman, a global security company. “I learned everything about an aircraft from be-ginning to end,” she said. “I always liked flying. My two brothers were pilots. So that’s what I studied.” Two years into her schooling, she saw an ad-vertisement by the U.S. Air Force that offered to pay for students to get their degrees in engineering. “So I did,” she said. “I was the only woman. The rest were men, and they gave me a bad time.” After college, Newman worked on pilot instrument panels for the Air Force. She then met her hus-band, a Navy man, whom she married in 1945. She said one of her fond memories during World War II was dancing with Glenn Miller on New Year’s Eve in New York City. She was there visiting her future husband while he was on leave. “My husband and I were in the crowd, right by the stage where (Miller) was playing,” she said. “So he looked down and asked

my husband, ‘Are you on leave?’ And he said yes, so he brought us up there.” Newman remained in California and continued working for the Air Force until the end of the war, and then moved around a lot due to her husband’s job. She eventually ended up in Minnesota, where her husband was from, origi-nally settling in Barnum, a small town near Duluth. She and her husband raised two adopted chil-dren, a son and a daughter. Her husband died at age 85. Her daughter died at 49, and Newman helped raise her two children. Her son, 58, currently lives in Plym-outh. While Newman has slowed down a bit since she had her right leg amputated below the knee two years ago due to a blood clot, she still keeps her mind active. She keeps up on current events, watches the news every night, and reads two books a week. “I like books about fami-lies, how they originate and grow up,” she said. “I like a book that’s really good, and not like most of them

are today. They use a lot of swear words, and I don’t like that.” She and her husband were avid golfers who would hit the links after church ev-ery Sunday, and Newman still loves to watch golf on TV. “And I was always inter-ested in music,” she said. “Classical.” She is also passionate about painting. Her group home is dotted with exam-ples of her art, something she continues to indulge in. Newman said she is sur-prised she made it to 100, although her grandmother lived to 102. After collecting a century of wisdom, Newman offers these words of advice to a younger generation: “Keep an open mind, and share the love of people around you, and always be helpful. I think God intended us to be that way,” she said.


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Photo by John Gessner

Decorative corbels are part of the kitchen design.

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