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‘Positioned to Thrive’ New marketing effort coming to Lakeville

by Aaron M. VehlingThisweek NewspApers

when it comes to selling Lakeville to the region, state and neighboring states, the city is “positioned to Thrive.” That is the new tag line de-veloped as part of an overall marketing effort the city is un-dertaking with the help of ur-ban planning consultants Arnett Muldrow of North Carolina. Among the goals is the idea of showing prospective businesses, residents and tourists what sets Lakeville apart from other sub-urbs in the metro. it is a way to

recruit new businesses by target-ing and engaging corporate site selectors and decision makers, said Community and economic Development Director Dave Ol-son. “There are a lot of cities (in the metro) with populations of 40-to-50,000,” Olson said. “it portrays a positive brand image for Lakeville.” Olson will present the full plan at the March 21 state of the City presentation, but he of-fered a preview at the Downtown Lakeville Business Association meeting on March 14.

The strategy is not just a method for attracting new peo-ple to the city, though. it also is about growing and retaining existing businesses, according to the plan. The $32,000 marketing plan, paid for by a grant from Dakota County, was borne of an exten-sive process that involved more than 36 interviews, a number of roundtables and Arnett Muld-row’s detailed “community re-connaissance,” regional tours and photo shoots. The firm also interviewed local high school stu-

Yellow ribbons all around

Dakota to become Yellow Ribbon

countyby Laura Adelmann

Thisweek NewspApers

Dakota County is poised to build the biggest local network of Beyond the Yellow ribbon cities in the state. Connect-ing Yellow ribbon cit-ies to form a compre-hensive sup-port network is Dakota County’s goal as it is proclaimed a Yellow ribbon County by Gov. Mark Dayton at a 3 p.m. recogni-tion ceremony March 30 at Trin-ity evangelical Church, 10658 210th st. w. in Lakeville. The cities of Apple Valley and Burnsville will be proclaimed Yellow ribbon cities during the event and west st. paul is ex-pected to attain its Yellow rib-bon status this year, said Dakota County Veterans services Direc-tor Lisa Thomas. since Farmington became Minnesota’s first Yellow ribbon City in 2008 by committing to provide services to soldiers and military families, Dakota County has led the state in showing sol-diers appreciation for the sacri-fice they have made. skilled Yellow ribbon vol-unteers in Lakeville recently patched a ceiling leak for a sol-dier getting ready to be deployed. Numbers of Yellow ribbon volunteers and businesses will combine efforts this week to as-sist the wife of a soldier serv-ing overseas with a move from Bloomington to Farmington. One day after her worried call to Annette kuyper, Minnesota’s director of military outreach, moving boxes were delivered to her, an army of volunteers or-ganized to help her pack and clean, two moving trucks were re-served, and subway Farmington and Cub Foods in Bloomington agreed provide food for volun-teers. That kind of action demands collaboration, the heart of Dako-ta County’s function as a Yellow ribbon County. “Any veteran in Dakota County that needs any type of resources can call,” said Dakota County Veterans services Direc-tor Lisa Thomas. “we may not be able to help them immediately, but we could connect them with someone who can.” The county’s involvement is not intended to take over or di-rect local efforts, but to enhance and connect them to provide a comprehensive network of re-sources bold enough to grow from providing help to solving larger societal problems military face, kuyper said. working as a network, busi-nesses, organizations, govern-ment, the faith community and individuals can, for example, work to address military unem-ployment, which has proven to be a bigger problem in Minnesota than other states, kuyper said. rich Davey, a 20-year mem-ber of the Apple Valley Ameri-can Legion, service officer and chaplain, said soldiers’ stress of reintegration is magnified by a weakened economy. “i’ve heard so many things about people coming back af-

FHS 2009 grad runs for Farmington School Board

Jake Cordes champions innovation

by T.W. BudigeCM CApiTOL repOrTer

house republicans propose to cut deeper into the state bud-get reserve in order to speed up the repayment of the k-12 school-funding shift. house education Finance Committee Chairman pat Ga-rofalo, r-Farmington, described his legislation as “good news” for Minnesota schools, but the move was described as risky by the state’s teachers union president. Already, some $318 million, by law, has been designated to pay down the more than $2 bil-lion lawmakers have borrowed in education funding to craft recent state budget agreements. The dollars come out of recent state budget surpluses, which have replenished the budget reserve. Garofalo’s bill would add an additional $430 million to the outgoing one-time school fund-ing — an additional $780 in per pupil funding — but also depletes the budget reserve. “i think it’s a higher priority to pay back the debt than to have the

cash in hand,” Garofalo said. The state would still have $577 million in reserve, Garofalo said. his bill passed the house edu-cation finance committee today on a 14 to 5 vote. house speaker kurt Zellers,

r-Maple Grove, described the bill as reflecting what republi-cans have been hearing from the public. “we believe we’re on a good track,” he said of the state budget.

photo by T.w. Budig

State Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington, talks during a Capitol press conference regarding a bill that would funnel more money to schools. Gov. Mark Dayton has called the proposal an election-year ploy and the Education Minnesota president deemed it risky.

Proposal would pay back schools early Garofalo’s high priority is teachers union president’s risky manuever

by Laura AdelmannThisweek NewspApers

A 2009 Farmington high school graduate has announced his candidacy for the Farm-ington school Board. Jake Cordes, 21, will gradu-ate a semester early from the University of st. Thomas in De-cember with a business administration: leader-ship and management degree, and is campaigning to join the school Board as a champion of classroom innovation and stu-dent learning. “i’m in a unique position now,” Cordes told Thisweek. “i bring a different perspective, be-cause i’ve seen first-hand what works and what doesn’t work.” he is a proponent of ipads for students, and suggests the district save money by using elec-tronic textbooks. Cordes also suggests course material be written by teachers who lead the classes. “They would still write it to meet the graduation standards, but they could teach what they want to teach,” Cordes said, de-scribing the change as inspiring an “environment of innovation.” encouraging that level of in-put will help the district retain and attract the best, most quali-fied teachers, another platform of his campaign. Technology in the classroom should be a goal of the board, Cordes maintains, and its focus on student achievement. he is critical of past “strife” among board members, district staff and administration. “i want to get things back on track in the district,” Cordes said. “i bring a sense of duty and respect. “if my fellow citizens elect me to the district, i would remember i’m here representing them and not here to carry out my own agenda or inflate my ego,” he said. Noting there are “many great young minds out there,” Cordes asks voters not to “hold my youth against me.” Long interested in politics, Cordes, nephew of former Farm-ington City Council Member LaCelle Cordes, said he is in-spired by other younger people serving in public office, includ-ing Matt Little, a Lakeville City Council member who recently announced his candidacy for mayor. “what inspires me is that he’s young and has the drive to do what he thought needed to be done,” Cordes said. “he didn’t wait for anyone else to do what needed to be done. he stepped up there and did it himself.” For years, Cordes has also sought leadership positions, in-cluding in the Fhs Tiger Lead-ership Club, Link Crew, Gradu-ation Committee, and National honor society; he was also cap-tain of the Fhs swim team. in college, he served as trea-surer and vice chair of the Col-lege republicans. “each semester, we had to set a budget,” Cordes said. “The basic principles of setting and keeping a budget apply in both

Jake Cordes

photo by rick Orndorf

Lakeville North girls basketball players Amanda Goodman, Erika Moede, Caroline Sjoberg and McKenzie Hoelmann make their way off the court after a tough loss to Hopkins in the quarterfinals of the 2012 State Girls’ Basketball Tournament at Target Center on March 14. The Panthers lost 51-29 as Hopkins took advantage of 20 Lakeville North turnovers. Lakeville North finishes the season with a 21-9 record.

North girls lose tough game to Hopkins

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2A March 16, 2012 THISWEEK

by Aaron M. VehlingThisweek Newspapers

On the heels of drug con-victions earlier this year, two Lakeville men have again been charged with drug crimes. sun Leader Glows Brightly, 74, and Laron alec schmidtke, 21, each face a third-degree controlled substance charge in Dakota County for their attempts to sell a police informant about 100 oxycodone pills on Feb. 28, according to a criminal com-plaint filed with the Dakota County attorney’s Office. The criminal complaint

describes the scenario: schmidtke worked with the informant and Glows

Brightly to facilitate the sale on Feb. 28. agents from the Da-kota Coun-ty Drug Task Force watched the i n f o r m a n t enter the

residence of the two Lakeville men. The infor-mant then left the home fol-lowing the purchase, hand-ing over 98 30-miligram pills of oxycodone, a schedule ii controlled substance. Both Lakeville men were

convicted of fifth-degree controlled substance crime charges – Glows Brightly

on Dec. 5, 2011, and schmidtke on Jan. 17, 2012 – in connec-tion with marijuana and oxycodone pos-session. if the men are convicted of the newer, more serious crimes they each face between two and 30 years in prison and/or a fine of between

$75,000 and $250,000.

Aaron M. Vehling is at [email protected] or www.facebook.com/sun-thisweek.

Lakeville duo charged again with drug crimes Oxycodone sale busted by Drug Task Force

Laron Alec Schmidtke

Sun Leader Glows Brightly

Growth may force county board race in all districts Commissioner district boundaries to change

by Laura AdelmannThisweek Newspapers

The growing population may help force elections in all seven Dakota County commissioner districts in November. Minnesota law requires counties to redraw commis-sioner districts consisting of precincts that cities will have re-established by March 30, based on the 2010 census. any county district pop-ulation change of 5 percent or more will require an elec-tion in that district, accord-ing to Dakota County pub-lic services and revenue Director Tom Novak. “i think everybody’s go-ing to have to run,” said County Commissioner paul krause, who has represent-

ed Lakeville and portions of Burnsville and apple Valley in District 6 since 1995. Four commissioner seats are up for re-election this year regardless of the re-districting results. They are now held by Liz workman, will Branning, Tom egan and Joe harris, who after 32 years as a commissioner, will not seek another term. Commissioners who may be required to run because of redistricting are krause, Nancy schouweiler and kathleen Gaylord. Those commissioner districts currently include portions of apple Valley, eagan, Lakeville, Burns-ville, and inver Grove heights. Novak said redistrict-

ing the county is unlikely to result in any commis-sioners being left out of their districts or force two into a single district. “They are spread far enough out throughout the county,” Novak said. The County Board is ex-pected on March 27 to pass a resolution for the intent to redistrict, then Novak said he will work with com-missioners individually to discuss district boundaries before bringing a proposal to the entire board by mid-april. Dakota County Board candidates have from May 22 until June 5 to file to run in the election. To maintain staggered terms on the board, work-man said races forced by redistricting would likely be for two-year terms and then return to the county’s regu-lar four-year pattern. The 2010 census showed Dakota County’s popula-tion grew from 355,904 to 398,552 during 2000-10, an increase of 42,648 people.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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Hartman - PapinChristopher Hartman and Jen-

nifer Papin were happily marriedon October 22, 2011 in Virginia,MN.

Christopher is the son of Fredan Gloria Hartman of Lakeville,MN. Jennifer is the daughter ofDavid and Mavis Papin of Vir-ginia, MN.

The couple resides in St. Paul,MN.

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Sood - GrossJ e r r y a n d S u s a n S o o d o f

Lakeville are pleased to announcethe engagement of their daughterMegan to Justin Gross, son ofJeff and Rozanne Gross of Mar-cus, Iowa.

The future b r ide i s a 2006graduate of Lakeville North HighSchool and a 2011 graduate ofBethel University with a Bach-elor of Science in Nursing. She iscurrently working as a ChargeNurse in Dubuque, Iowa.

The future groom is a 2005graduate of Marcus Mer idenCleghorn High School and a 2009graduate of Iowa State Univer-sity with a Bachelor of ScienceDegree in Mechanical Engineer-ing. He works at John Deere as aNew Project Design Engineer inDubuque, Iowa.

A May 2012 wedding is plannedin Minneapolis.

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In Loving MemoryDarah Lynn Robertson

8-12-89 to 6-7-08...and until we meet again, may

God hold you in the palm of Hishand.

-An Irish Blessing

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Michael AllenPaulsen

Michael Allen Paulsen, age 45of Fairbanks, Alaska, formerly ofLakeville, MN died peacefully onFebruary 12, 2012.

M e m o r i a l w i l l b e h e l d o nMarch 17th, 2012 at St. JohnsLutheran Church 20165 HeathAve., Lakeville, MN. Visitation 1hour prior, guests invited to lun-cheon following services.

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Farmington may tap into Water Board fund for fire truck purchase

City levy would rise to repay five-year loan

by Laura AdelmannThISweek NewSPAPeRS

Farmington intends to tap into an estimated $550,000 to $600,000 from its water Board to buy a new fire truck. Internal borrowing saves money and keeps repay-ments within city coffers while allowing the city to receive a cash discount for a more versatile fire truck that Fire Chief Tim Pietsch said can carry rescue and firefighting equipment. “If we get a car crash, we can take that one truck on the crash, and can ex-tricate (crash victims) and have water on hand in case anything starts on fire,” Pi-etsch said. The new truck that Pi-etsch hopes will arrive by year-end, replaces a 1984 truck plagued with fre-quent breakdowns, several that have caused problems during fire events. None of the problems resulted in a death or in-jury. with a truck purchased through the houston-Galveston Consortium, kind of a discount club for municipalities, the city saves time, cuts red tape and gets a bargain price on a new truck equipped for Farmington’s needs. Joining the consortium costs $1,000 for a five-year membership, but saves the city from legal expenses for reviewing bid specifications and responses between 30-day waiting periods, Pi-etsch said. Other city purchases can be made through the con-sortium.

Internal financing saves the city about $40,000 in fees for bonding with out-side financiers, City Admin-istrator David Mcknight said. Council members indi-cated support for a five-year loan at 2 percent interest at a March 12 workshop, in-stead of the 3 percent rate recommended by Finance Director Teresa walters or the 1.6 percent rate suggest-ed by Council Member Ja-son Bartholomay, who said he wanted to save taxpayers money. Under the 2 percent financing proposal, if the truck cost between $550,000 to $600,000, it would add between $116,687 to $127,295 to the levy annually to repay the entire loan within five years, according to walters. As a result, taxes would rise between $17.60 and $19.20 per year on the average value home of $200,000, walters said. The water Board has approved of the loan, using a portion of funds it has saved for a water treatment plant, because it would earn more interest from the city than it has on recent in-vestments. “It’s a win-win on both sides,” said Mcknight. The loan must be for-malized through a City Council resolution and an approved agreement with the water Board.


Correction Thisweek incorrectly reported video visitation callers use Skype to reach Dakota County Jail in-mates. Callers use a custom pro-gram that does not require running an application on a personal computer. Thisweek regrets the er-ror.


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. Many.Minnesotans.say.they.trea-sure.the.Minnesota.Vikings.football.team,. but. they. don’t. want. to. help.pay.for.a.new.stadium.to.keep.it .. That’s.the.dilemma.for.the.Legis-lature,.which.keeps. stalling,.hoping.it.can.put.this.decision.off.until.after.the.November.elections .. Meanwhile,. the. Vikings. insist.they.want.a.new.$975.million.stadi-um.and.are.willing.to.pay.more.than.$427.million.of.the.cost,.as.long.as.someone. else. pays. the. remaining.$548.million .. The.central.question,.however,.is.not.how.to.pay.for. it.and.where.to.put.it ..The.bottom.line.is:.How.im-portant.is.the.Vikings.team.to.Min-nesotans’.quality.of.life?. If.the.consensus.of.the.people.is.

to.keep.the.Vikings.because.they.add.so.much.value.to.the.state’s.quality.of. life,. then. all. the. people. should.help.pay.for.a.new.stadium.that.will.keep.them.here .. This. burden. should. not. fall. on.Minneapolis.residents.alone.through.the.array.of.taxes.they.pay.now.for.facilities.like.Target.Field,.the.Min-neapolis. Convention. Center. and.Target.Center ..Nor.should.it.fall.on.only.those.who.would.pay.for.elec-tronic.pull. tabs,.as.proposed. in. the.latest.stadium.plan .. The.latest.plan.calls.for.a.$975.mil-lion.stadium.east.of.the.Metrodome.in.Minneapolis ..It.would.be.financed.by. $427. million. from. the. Vikings,.$150. million. from. Minneapolis.through.sales.and. luxury.taxes.and.

$398.million.from.state-run.electron-ic.pull.tabs ... This.plan.still.has.to.be.approved.by.a.reluctant.Legislature.and.Min-neapolis. City. Council,. which. fear.the.backlash. from.those.who.ques-tion. the. Vikings. deal. when. com-pared.with.the.state’s.need.to.close.a.budget.deficit,.to.pay.for.$2 .1.billion.in.withheld.payments.to.school.dis-tricts.and.to.fund.human.services .. Since. this. issue. has. dragged. on.for.10.years.and.a.plan.has.been.put.together. for. the. Legislature,. this. is.the. session. to. vote. it. up. or. down ..Waiting.won’t.lead.to.a.better.solu-tion .. Minnesotans.want.to.believe.the.Vikings. will. never. leave. for. a. city.with.a.modern.stadium ..Don’t.they.

recall. how. the. state. lost. its. former.NBA. franchise,. the. Minneapolis.Lakers,.to.Los.Angeles.and.the.Min-nesota. North. Stars. NHL. hockey.team.to.Dallas?. Have.they.forgotten.how.the.state.fought.for.and.regained.new.hockey.and.basketball.franchises.by.having.to.build.Target.Center.and.the.Xcel.Center?. A. major. policy. question. is:.Should.the.state.continue.to.fund.en-tertainment. venues. for. its. residents.with.local.and.state.taxes?.. Why. not?. There. are. state. and.local.tax.dollars. in.the.Xcel.Center.in.St ..Paul,.Target.Field. in.Minne-apolis,. the. National. Sports. Center.in. Blaine,. the. Guthrie. Theater. in.Minneapolis,. the. Mall. of. America.

in.Bloomington.and.the.TCF.Bank.Stadium.on.the.University.of.Min-nesota.campus .. The. most. recent. case. of. public.financing. is.Target.Field. in.Minne-apolis,.where.there.is.a.0 .15.percent.sales. tax. paying. two-thirds. of. the.cost .. People. are. raving. about. this.stadium,.even.as.they.help.pay.for.it.when.they.buy.something.in.Henne-pin.County .. A. consensus. is. developing. that.keeping. the. Vikings. maintains. the.state’s.quality.of.life ..A.stadium.plan.is.on.the.table ..Let’s.vote .

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. I pledge to use my words to speak in a kind way. I pledge to help others as I go through-out my day. I pledge to care for our earth with my healing heart and hands. I pledge to respect people in each and every land. I pledge to join together as we unite the big and small. I pledge to do my part to create peace for one and all.

. Wise.words,.seemingly.de-rived. from. the. Golden. Rule,.we. can. all. heed,. especially.during. an. election. year. de-fined. by. virulent. mudsling-ing ... What. makes. them. more.powerful. is. that. they. are.crafted. by. the. children. of.

Kids. for. Peace,. an.international. orga-nization. founded. in.2006. in. California.that. has. a. chapter.here.in.Lakeville ..The.group’s.mission.is.“to.cultivate.every.child’s.

innate. ability. to. foster. peace.through. cross-cultural. expe-riences. and. hands-on. arts,.service. and. environmental.projects .”. This. week. I. met. with.chapter. co-founder. Brook.Paquette. and. her. daughter.Ava. at. Mainstreet. Coffee.Cafe.in.downtown.Lakeville ... They. had. just. returned.from. a. D .C .. gathering. of.Kids.for.Peace.members.from.around. the.nation.called. the.“D .C .. Peace. Pledge. Tour .”.They.marched.to.sites.around.the. nation’s. capital. reciting.the. above. pledge. along. the.National. Mall,. the. floor. of.the.House.of.Representatives.

at.the.Capitol.and.at.a.meet-ing. of. Democratic. members.of.the.House ... “I. really. like. giving. and.helping,”. said. 10-year-old.Ava .. “Doing. this. gives.me.a.better.chance.(to.do.that) .”. She.also. enjoys. the. social.aspect.of.it .. “It.allows.you.to.work.in.a.group.and.meet.other.kids . . ..Help.other.kids,”.Ava.said .. The. Paquettes. originally.became.involved.in.the.orga-nization. when. they. lived. in.San.Diego ..After.they.moved.to. Lakeville. two. years. ago,.Paquette.helped.open.a.chap-ter.here ..Her.inspiration,.she.said,.was.her.father .. “My. dad. was. missing-in-action. in. Vietnam,”. Brook.said .. “I. never. had. a. chance.to. know. him,. so. I’ve. always.wanted.to.work.for.peace .”. Among.their.most.impor-tant. programs. is. what. they.call. “Peace.Packs .”.The.kids.

prepare. packages. of. books.and. school. supplies. for. im-poverished. children .. The.most.recent.recipients.were.in.Guatemala ... Another. recent.effort.was.a. visit. to. the. Eagan. women.and. children’s. shelter,. the.Lewis. House .. The. Kids. for.Peace. children. played. with.kids. at. the. shelter,. made.sugar.cookies.and.sewed.felt.blankets. with. message. of.“peace”.in.mind .. On.their. trip. to.D .C .,. the.Kids. merged. those. two. pro-grams. together. with. a. visit.to. the. Covenant. House,. a.safe-haven. for. homeless,. or-phaned. and. runaway. youth ..The. group. passed. out. Peace.Packs. to. the. resident. kids,.who.took.to.their.new.friends.–.and.supplies.–.instantly .. One. orphan,. who. shares.my. first. name,. took. custody..of.his.new.crayons.instantly .. “He. would. not. put. the.crayons. down,”. Brook. said ...When. they. were. trying. to.take.a.photo.of.him,.he.said.“cheese,”.but.“kept.on.color-ing .”. Along. the. way. in. D .C .,.the. Kids. for. Peace. group.also. met. with. San. Diego.Congressman. Bob. Filner,. a.man. who. once. shared. a. jail.cell.with.the.Rev ..Martin.Lu-ther. King,. Jr .;. had. an. audi-ence.with.Elkanah.Odembo,.Kenya’s. ambassador. to. the.United.States;.and.took.part.in. a. unique. program. of. the.

United. States. Institute. of.Peace,.an.organization.signed.into.law.by.President.Ronald.Reagan.in.1984 ... USIP.typically.works.with.teens,. Brook. said,. but. an.11-year-old.girl.from.another.Kids.chapter.wrote.a.letter.to.USIP.President.Richard.Sol-omon.describing.the.work.of.Kids.for.Peace ..He.was.sold,.and.so.he.invited.the.kids.to.partake. in. a. program. tailor-made.for.their.age.group .. Ava. enjoyed. that. part. of.the.trip,.too ... “We.got.to.give.(Solomon).a.little.peace.banner,.which.a.lot. of. kids. helped. to. create,.including.me,”.she.said .. Ava’s. group. of. nine-. to.12-year-olds. discussed. how.to. resolve. conflicts,. focusing.on.the.art.of.friendship .. Using.a.house.as.a.meta-phor. for. amity,. the. program.taught. the. kids. about. “what.materials.are.needed.to.build.a.house.and.how.to.use.ma-terials.to.build.a.friendship,”.Ava.said .. “What.would.the.tools.be.when. building. a. friendship?.Honesty,.fairness . . .”.she.con-tinued ... They.also.did.a.case.study.involving. cheating. on. a. test.that. resulted. in. the. group.learning.that.sometimes.situ-ations. are. not. a. diametric.matter. of. peace. vs .. conflict,.but. reside. somewhere. in. the.middle ... But.in.addition.to.spread-

ing.the.message.of.peace,.the.trip. hit. home. personally. for.the.Paquettes.on.a.visit.to.the.Vietnam. Veterans. Memorial.Wall ... The. national. Kids. for.Peace.cohort.went.to.the.wall.to. read. their. Peace. Pledge,.but.Brook.found.her.father’s.name.on.the.wall ..Ava.did.a.pencil.etching ... . “I. wanted. to. find. my.grandpa’s. name,”. Ava. said ..“It.was.a.neat.experience .”. For. Brook,. it. was. made.more. meaningful. when. the.co-founder. of. the. interna-tional. Kids. for. Peace. orga-nization. let. the. group. know.Brook’s.father’s.name.was.on.the.wall .. “It. was. special,”. Brook.said .. Going. forward,. the.Lakeville. chapter. wants. to.help.more.kids.with.its.Peace.Packs.and.continue.to.spread.the.ideals.of.the.likes.of.King.and. Gandhi:. that. a. peaceful.existence.is.a.better.one .. At. a. time. when. every.transgression. –. no. matter.how.minute.–.becomes.an.is-sue.for.vitriol.and.the.debase-ment.of.society,.it.is.comfort-ing. to. know. that. from. the.mouths. of. babes. comes. the.prospect. of. a. sweet,. serene.redemption ..

Aaron M. Vehling is at [email protected] or www.facebook.com/sunthisweek.

A pledge for peace in a turbulent world

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Zellersdoesn’tbelievethenext state budget forecast,out in November, wouldshowadarkeningstatebud-getpicture. But Democratic Gov.Mark Dayton suggested onMarch 8 the Republicanproposal was an election-yearpoliticalploy. “Soundsgood,”hesaid. But Dayton expressedconcernthatRepublicansby“raiding”thebudgetreservecould force the state intoshort-termborrowing.

Beyond this, his phi-losophy on additional statespending — and Daytonconsiders the funding shiftrepayment state spending—isthatitmustbeoffsetbyadditional revenue, Daytonexplained. He would hold Repub-licans to that task, Daytonindicated. Education MinnesotaPresidentTomDooher saidinastatementthatwhiletheideaofpayingofftheschoolshift as quickly as possibleislaudable,“thisproposalisa risky, one-time maneuver

thatpaysoffonlyafractionofthemoney(about20per-cent)owedtoschoolswhileputting the state’s budgetreservesandcreditratingatrisk.” Republicans and Demo-crats blame each other fortheschoolfundingshifts. His legislation wouldreturn the school paymentschedule,explainedGarofa-lo,backtoasitwasin2011.

T.W. Budig can be reached at [email protected].

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scenarios. HesaystheSchoolBoardneeds fiscal discipline toavoidbudgetdeficits. Since 2000, Cordes hasworked on state and localpolitical campaigns, and hesaidmanyhaveencouragedhim to run for the SchoolBoard. For more informationabout Cordes, go to www.jakecordes.com.


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dents to get feedback fromthenextgeneration. Ongoing funding of theeffort, anamount less thanthefront-loadedcosts,issetaside in the 2012 and 2013budgets,Olsonsaid. The strength behind theeffort was a steering com-mittee that consisted ofmembers of the city’s Eco-nomic Development Com-mission, the Chamber ofCommerce, the DLBA andcitystaff overthecourseofthreemeetings.Thedecisionfor the prevailing tag linewas a unanimous one, Ol-sonsaid. ArnettMuldrowhadrec-ommended the city replaceits current tag line, “Thesouthern gateway to theTwinCities,”becauseof itsimplication. “It has served us well,”Olson said, “but their per-ceptionofthatwasinsomepeople’smindsagatewayissomethingyoupassthroughon the way to someplaceelse. Obviously, that’s notwhatwewanttoportray.” Implementation of theplan includes a redesignedeconomic developmentwebsite, the use of GoogleAnalytics to measure thewebsuccessofthemessage,onlineandprintadvertisingand improveduseof socialmediaoptions. The advertising cam-paign will center on varia-tionsof the tag-line theme,if notthetaglineitself. Production samplesshow variations such as“Positioned for business”and “Thriving downtown”forthoseadsaimedtowardeconomic development.Arts-themed ads might use“The arts thrive here.” Forfamilies looking to locatein Lakeville, there is “Posi-tionedforlife.” The next step is the cre-ation of a Partners Com-mittee, Olson said, whichwill discuss joint uses ofthe identity and creativepieces.TheLakevilleschooldistrict administration has

expressedan interest inbe-comingpartofthisprocess,Olsonsaid. The initial marketingefforts will begin locallyand regionally and spreadstatewide and to neighbor-ing states as the processprogresses,Olson said.Na-tional effortsarenot likely,though. “To do anything na-tionally gets expensive realquick,”hesaid. Ultimately, the effort isthe city’s opportunity tocarve a unique identity foritself outsideperceivedcon-ceptions of the municipal-ity. “Lakeville is a full-ser-vice city,” Olson said. “It’snotjustabedroomcommu-nity. We have jobs, retail...Allaspectsofa full-servicecity.” Aaron M. Vehling is at [email protected] or www.facebook.com/sun-thisweek.

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ter serving their countryandtheirpositionhasbeeneliminated, Davey said.“They’re told there’s nospotforyounow.” As a Yellow RibbonCounty, Dakota Countymay network with busi-nesses that provide resumecoachingandinterviewtipsforsoldiers. Employers may be en-couraged tohireaveteran,and tips about availablejobs provided to militarymembers seeking employ-ment. Thomas described the

county’s role in the YellowRibbonnetworkasweavingaconnectivethreadtosup-portcities. She has established aYellow Ribbon CountySteering Committee thatincludes representativesfrom Yellow Ribbon cities,county departments andcommunityleaders. Togethertheysharecon-cerns and collaborate toensureresourcesareunder-stood,sharedandarecraft-edtomeetlocalneeds. Dakota County’s actionplan includes a provisionfor the county’s communi-cations department to up-

date a website highlightinglocal resources, events andsupportservicesfromava-rietyofsourcesavailabletomilitarymembersandtheirfamilies. “There is so much in-formation for veterans, somany new programs andchanges, it’s hard to keepuponthose,”Thomassaid.“It’saquick-movingworld.Wewanttomakesurewe’rekeeping each other in-formedofthechanges.” Thomas said the coun-ty will share informationabout its resources to help

militarymembersandtheirfamilies find affordablehousing,healthcareandfi-nancialsupport. “DakotaCountyisreallymodelingwhatwewantallcounties throughout Min-nesotatodo,”Kuypersaid.“Theyarebecomingacon-nectoroftheirYellowRib-bon communities so theyknowwhatthey’redoingtoensuretheyareallworkingtogether.”


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by Tad JohnsonTHISWEEKNEWSPAPERS

In recent years, it waseasy to spot Chris Gerlachasaparticipantinlocalpa-rades. Along with being ac-companied by dozens ofvolunteers waiving signsbearinghisname,onecouldpickhimoutbecauseofhistrademarkAmerican-flagT-shirt. While the T-shirt hasloggedlotsofwalkingmilesand has faded a bit overtime, that garment and itsfrequent wearer can finallytakearest. Gerlach,theAppleValleyand Rosemount-area statesenator for the past eightyears and state representa-tiveforsixyearsbeforethat,has seen his children growupfastoverthoseyearsandsaidonMondayhisinterest

inspendingmoretimewiththem is one of the reasonshe is retiring from electiveofficewhenhistermexpiresattheendofthisyear. Gerlach and his wife,Shelli, have two children,ages10and8. “While serving in theLegislature is truly an hon-or and privilege, the familyand financial sacrifices aregreat,”hesaidinapressre-lease. “Now is the time toreassessmypersonalpriori-ties.” “He’s long struggled tomaintain a life-work bal-ance,betweenpolitics, fam-ily and his business,” saidKevin Ecker, Gerlach’scampaign manager and theRepublicanPartysenatedis-trict’s secretary. “He takeshis public commitmentsvery seriously, so it was of-ten his family or business

that suffered as a result. Ithinkhefinallyjustrealizedhe couldn’t be all things toall people. As a friend, I’mhappywithhisdecisionandgladtoseehemadeit.” Gerlach,whodidnotre-turn a phone call for com-menton this story, said theother reason he retired wasto focus on his direct mailbusiness,Eagan-basedCapi-tol Direct, which has beenthefocusofrecentscrutiny. Criticism from within inhisownpartyandfromthenonprofit, nonpartisan citi-zen’slobbyCommonCauseMinnesota regarding Capi-tolDirect’smailingoffliersin support of the so-calledRight to Work proposedconstitutional amendmentdidnotfactorintohisdeci-sion to retire, according toEcker. The conservative politi-

cal action committee Free-domClubpaidfortheRightto Work fliers, which weremailed in neighborhoodsthat have Republican sena-tors reportedly reluctantabout supporting the pro-posedconstitutionalamend-ment. The amendment, carriedin the Senate by Sen. DaveThompson, R-Lakeville,cleared a Senate committeeon Monday amid protestsby union supporters. If ap-proved by voters, the mea-sure would make it illegalto force someone to join aunionorpayunionduesasaconditionofemployment. Common Cause Min-nesota asked Gerlach onMondaytodiscloseCapitolDirect’sclientlist. “Legislatorsandthepub-lic deserve to know whoseSee Gerlach, 12A

Gerlach to step aside for new senatorApple Valley resident has served the area for 14 years


SportsCougars’ memorable run ends with third place

Lakeville South skaters pass character test in final game at stateby Mike Shaughnessy

Thisweek Newspapers

in a little more than 24 hours, Lakeville south pulled one of the state boys hockey tournament’s most memorable upsets, then suf-fered one of its most humili-ating defeats. and the Cougars still had one more game to play. Their final day at state was going to test their char-acter. south coach kurt weber thought about putting some sort of inspirational message on the white board in the locker room before his team played Moorhead in the Class aa third-place game March 10. instead, “i left it blank,” he said. weber told the play-ers they could let their 10-1 semifinal loss to Benilde-st. Margaret’s define them, or they could take the oppor-tunity against Moorhead to show the previous night was an aberration. after the Cougars de-feated Moorhead 2-1 in the third-place game, they were convinced they showed the state that they are a very good team that had one very bad night. “To beat a really good Moorhead team with that goalie (Frank Brimsek award winner Michael Bitz-er) showed a tremendous amount of character and de-termination,” weber said. The bid for redemp-tion started in the Lakeville

south goal. Junior Tyler schumacher was chased in the first pe-riod of the semifinal game against Benilde-st. Marga-ret’s when the red knights scored on five of their first 14 shots. instead of letting schum-acher sleep on that, the coaches told him that night he was starting the third-place game. “The coaches talked about it, and then they told me,” schumacher said. “i had to try to put (the BsM game) out of my mind. Once i stopped the first shot, it felt like any other game.” schumacher made 20 saves in the third-place game and Justin kloos had a goal and assist. patrick Lau-derdale also scored for the Cougars (22-9), who then switched their focus to what the state tournament run might mean to a still-young program. Lakeville south, in its seventh year, has been to the state boys hockey tourna-ment twice. The third-place finish is the highest for any Lakeville team at the boys tourney. “we have a pee wee team in the state tournament,” said kloos, who capped a 103-point senior season by winning the Mr. hockey award. “we got out to watch them last week. if they stay together, they’ll be a better (high school) team than this one was.” The Cougars’ state tour-

nament will long be remem-bered for the 3-2 quarterfinal victory over Duluth east. The Greyhounds, who finished second in the 2011 state tournament, were 27-1, seeded first and heavily fa-vored to beat the Cougars. south junior forward John wiitala scored 1 min-ute, 34 seconds into the third period to break a 1-1 tie, and kloos added an empty-net goal in the final minute. Duluth east scored with 9.5 seconds remaining after pull-

ing its goalie, but that only cut the south lead to one. patrick Lauderdale also scored for Lakeville south in the state tournament opener, and schumacher made 25 saves. kloos said he understood the public viewed Lakeville south’s victory as an upset of historic proportions, but added that the players didn’t look at it that way. “Duluth east has been to state before and has all those great players,” said kloos,

the Cougars’ lone represen-tative on the all-tournament team. “we felt there wasn’t any pressure on us, and we thought it was a game that could go either way. Benilde-st. Margaret’s also won its quarterfinal game 3-2, edging edina on a goal in the final minute. The semifinal game between BsM and south was decided long before the closing mo-ments of the third. BsM forward Dan La-bosky scored 61 seconds into

the game and eventually fin-ished with a hat trick. The red knights led 5-0 at the end of the first period. at one point in the first, “the difference in shots was 5-4 and we were losing 3-0,” weber said. “i think we started to panic and they kept coming.” “Lakeville south played the game of their lives in up-setting Duluth east, and it was going to be a challenge to duplicate that,” Benilde-


Lakeville North’s Taylor Stewart attempts a shot during the Panthers’ first-round loss to Hopkins during Wednesday’s game at Target Center.

Hopkins pulls away from North in second half

Panthers’ third straight state appearance ends with quarterfinal loss

by Mike ShaughnessyThisweek Newspapers

For a coach whose team just won a state tourna-ment game by 22 points, Brian Cosgriff sounded awfully relieved. hopkins defeated Lakeville North 51-29 in the Class 4a girls basket-ball quarterfinals wednes-day morning, but that didn’t stop Cosgriff, the royals’ coach, from show-ering praise on the pan-thers. “everything about that team scares me,” Cosgriff said. “They’re going to play every possession and play as if their lives depended on it.” For about the first 20 minutes of the game at Tar-get Center, No. 1-ranked hopkins had reason to be concerned. Trailing 17-12 at half-time, Lakeville North got a three-point basket from Caroline sjoberg and a two-pointer from Taylor stewart to tie the game. what’s more, the game was being played at the

pace that gave the panthers their best chance of win-ning. But hopkins then seized control, going on a 20-2 run from which North nev-er recovered. “we did everything we wanted to,” Lakeville North coach andy Berk-vam said. “But they got some rebounds in the sec-ond half that we weren’t giving up in the first half. “They made a very good adjustment. They made it tough for Taylor to bring the ball up the floor and get us into our offense.” stewart led the panthers with 11 points, but North shot only 26 percent (10-for-38) from the field. sjo-berg had five points, while simone kolander and Mckenzie hoelmenn had 11 and eight rebounds. Junior guard Nia Cof-fey, daughter of former University of Minnesota player and Minnesota Tim-berwolf richard Coffey, led hopkins with 18 points and nine rebounds. hopkins (28-1) had one

of its toughest regular-sea-son games Dec. 9 at Lakev-ille North when the royals won 46-41 in overtime. in that game, as well as the state tournament quar-terfinal, the panthers tried to slow the pace and limit hopkins’ possessions. But they could only hold on so long against a hopkins team that has five players who have signed or verbally committed to Di-vision i college programs. “They’re so long and athletic that it’s hard to keep them from getting sec-ond and third shots,” Berk-vam said. The panthers, who fin-ished 21-9, reached the state tournament for the third consecutive year, a re-cord for a program that has won three state champion-ships. Lakeville North won its third state title in 2010 and finished third in Class 4a last year.

Mike Shaughnessy is Dako-ta County sports editor for Sun Newspapers.

by Mike ShaughnessyThisweek Newspapers

Justin kloos winning the Mr. hockey award is not necessarily a surprise, but according to his coach, it is deserved. “he’s a leader,” Lakeville south coach kurt weber said. “when i took this job seven years ago, i wanted to build a tradition. But i can’t do it myself. The kids have a lot to do with it. “Justin is a high-charac-ter, well-spoken kid.” and extremely talented. kloos scored 103 points this season, the most of any Class aa player, and had 194 points the last two years. This season, despite be-ing the player all opponents knew they had to check, he scored at least one point in every Cougars game but one. kloos, a University of Minnesota recruit, had op-

portunities to go elsewhere to advance his career, as several other players with Lakeville ties have done. he stayed, and he said he has no regrets. “i’m a tradition guy,” he said following the Cougars’ 2-1 victory over Moorhead in the state Class aa third-place game March 10. “i want to build tradition in the Lakeville south pro-gram. For us to walk away with hardware, it’s a big deal for the community.” kloos’ influence has been felt at all levels of the south program, weber said. “i get a lot of emails from parents of kids who high-five our players as they come out of the tunnel,” we-ber said. “when someone like Justin high-fives one of those kids, that’s what they go home and talk about.” kloos was honored at a March 11 banquet at the

riverCentre in st. paul. The award, given annually to the state’s top senior player, dates to 1985. kloos is the first player from Lakeville to win it and the first from a Dakota County school since apple Valley’s David Fisch-er in 2006. eagan seniors Michael Zajac and will Merchant were among the 10 finalists for the award. Moorhead’s Michael Bitzer won the Frank Brim-sek award, given to the state’s top senior goalie.

Upset for the ages after Lakeville south defeated No. 1-ranked and heavily favored Duluth east 3-2 in the Class aa quarter-finals March 8, discussion naturally turned to other state tournament upsets. was Lakeville south’s the biggest of them all? another possibility for

all-time biggest state tourna-ment upset happened in the 1983 one-class quarterfinals. a Columbia heights team led by a goalie with the un-likely name of reggie Mira-cle knocked off edina, Min-nesota’s high school hockey superpower, 2-0. Columbia heights’ mojo didn’t extend to the semifi-nals; the hylanders lost to Burnsville 5-2. Burnsville lost to hill-Murray 4-3 in the championship game. Columbia heights no longer has its own high school boys hockey pro-gram. it is part of a multi-school cooperative called the North Metro stars.

Tier II 20th anniversary One of the most daring experiments in Minnesota high school athletics de-buted 20 years ago when the

boys hockey tournament ex-panded to two classes. state government ap-proved a law requiring the Minnesota state high school League to expand the hockey tournament. But instead of an enrollment-based system, the MshsL in the 1991-92 season intro-duced a format similar to what is used in college bas-ketball. a ranking system identi-fied 64 teams that would play for the Tier i championship. The remaining teams would play in Tier ii, the equiva-lent of the National invita-tion Tournament in college basketball. reaching the Tier ii championship game were rosemount, which won one game in the regular season, and Greenway, which all but openly mocked the format even as it played in the state tournament. Greenway won

6-1. rosemount took its lumps in the rugged Lake Conference, but the experi-ence prepared the irish for playoff games against less-powerful programs. rose-mount won five consecutive postseason games before Greenway ended its run. Frank senta, head coach of the rosemount team, is still active in local high school hockey as an assis-tant coach with the Burns-ville boys. eveleth-Gilbert won the 1993 Tier ii championship. But by then the two-tier format had met with wide-spread disapproval and the MshsL changed to the enrollment-based classifica-tions that remain in use to-day.

Mike Shaughnessy is Dakota County sports editor for Sun Newspapers.


Lakeville South’s Justin Kloos fires the puck down ice during the team’s first-round win over Duluth East in the state tournament.

State tourney notebook: Kloos is Mr. Hockey

See Cougars, 7A

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State adapted floor hockey tournament is this weekend

Dakota United is oneof two undefeated teamsplayingintheCIDivisionatthisweek’sstateadaptedfloorhockeytournament. The Hawks are 12-0going into the state tour-nament, while defendingchampion Anoka-Henne-pinis13-0. The teams are on op-positesidesofthebracketfor the state tournamentFriday, March 16, andSaturday, March 17, atBloomington JeffersonHighSchool. Dakota United playsMounds View/Irondale/Roseville (7-6) in a quar-terfinalgameat8p.m.Fri-day. Semifinal games arenoon Saturday, with thechampionship game at 4p.m.Saturday. DakotaUnited,acoop-erativethatincludesAppleValley, Eagan, Eastviewand Rosemount highschools, was regular-sea-sonchampionintheSouthConference and defeatedWayzata/Minnetonka10-3inaplayoffgameMarch7to reach the state tourna-ment. The Hawks won statechampionships in 2006and 2009. Anoka-Henne-pin beat Dakota United13-6 in the 2011 CI Divi-siontitlegame.

Burnsville/Farmington/Lakeville (8-4)playsAno-ka-Hennepininaquarter-finalgameat5p.m.Friday. The Blazing Cats, whoareseekingtheirfirststatechampionship,beatMapleGrove11-4onMarch7toreachthetournament. DakotaUnitedalsowillcompeteinthePIDivisiontournament at state. TheHawks are 11-1-2 overalland won the South Con-ference with a 9-0-1 re-cord. The Hawks’ openinggame at the state tourna-ment is against MapleGrove (3-6-1)at6:30p.m.Friday. Semifinals are10:30 a.m. Saturday, withthe championship gamescheduled for 2:30 p.m.Saturday. Oneof theHawks’ topplayers is eighth-gradeforward Grayson Nicolay,whohas50goalsthissea-son. The defending state PIDivisionchampionisRob-binsdale/Hopkins/MoundWestonka,whichgoesintothis year’s state tourna-mentwitha12-0-1record. Dakota United hasbeen in nine PI Divisionchampionshipgamessince1994 and won three in arowfrom2004to2006.

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St. Margaret’s coach KenPauly said. “Trying to dothatback-to-backwhenyoudon’t have preparation time(for the secondgame) isex-

tremelydifficult.” Lakeville South’s cel-ebrationfollowingthethird-placegamewassubdued,butstillimportanttoateamthatbelieveditmadeitsmarkonthestatetournamentinsev-

eralways. Weber said the Cougarswould never forget openingnightatstate. “Itwaselectric,”he said.“Ourkidswentfromnobodygivingthemachancetobe-

ingonthefrontpageofthesportssectioncomingoutofthehotel.”

Mike Shaughnessy is Dakota County sports editor for Sun Newspapers.

by Andy RogersTHISWEEKNEWSPAPERS

TheLakevilleNorthgirlsbasketballteamqualifiedforstate for the third straightyear,afirstfortheprogram. Itwastheteam’s10thtripin school history, which in-cludesa2010statetitleandlast season’s third-place fin-ish. Taylor Stewart, McKen-zieHoelmenn,CarolineSjo-berg, Lindsay Erdstad andSimoneKolanderwerepartof that 2010 state champi-onship team,but severalofthetopbasketballplayersinLakeville history have sincegraduated. Among the departedare Rachel Banham, nowthe starting guard for theUniversity of Minnesotaand the 2011-2012 Big TenFreshman of the Year, andCassie Rochel, Apiew Oju-lu,AshleyPratherandJayaPerkins. “I’mreallyhappyfortheseniors,” head coach AndyBerkvamsaid.“Theyplayedbehind some pretty goodplayers for a couple years.They showed they’re prettygoodplayers,too.” The girls were overjoyed

that they could create theirown story that includes atriptothestatetournament. “AlotofpeopleinLakev-illewerelikenowthatRachelBanham is gone you’re notgoing toget there,”Stewartsaid. “We really wanted this,”Hoelmenn said. “A lot ofpeopledidn’tthinkwecould.It’snicetoprovewe’restillagoodteam.Itwasabigyearfor us. There was a wholenew team. It’s a whole newexperience.” The girls defeated Roch-esterMayo,56-41,onFridaynightintheSection1-4Afi-nal at the Rochester CivicCenter. In the first half, Mayo’shigh shooting percentagekept the score close withNorthleading28-23athalf-time. “Theyhitalotofshots,”Berkvam said. “We had tocontest them a little bet-ter and we didn’t give uptoo many second shots ...Wehave to relyondefense.We’renotthemostexplosiveteam,butthegirlshavealotofheart.” Lakeville put a comfort-able distance between it

and Mayo with a 14-2 runtostartthesecondhalfandcruisedfromthere. Defense was key forLakeville North down thestretch, just like ithasbeenallseason. “Alotofourgirlsareallreally fast and better at de-fense,”Hoelmennsaid.“Weallhaveourrolesandworktogether well. It’s been ablast.” Kolander led all scorerswith17points.Stewartadd-ed16andHoelmennputup11. The girls played in the

Class AAAA state tourna-mentWednesdayattheTar-get Center in Minneapolis.Itwasanewexperience forseveral Panthers, but Stew-artplannedtofillthemin. “Target Center flooris different than a lot offloors,” Stewart said. “It’sso big. The background isway different. The crowd iswaydifferent,butafterafewminutesyousettleintoyourown.”

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

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The Lakeville North girls basketball team won the Section 1-4A title March 9.

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F. scott Fitzgerald said there are no second acts in american lives. Dennis Carney begs to differ. The 70-year-old sav-age resident retired in 2000 after nearly four decades working in the production department at the pioneer press. and that’s when the fun began. he’s now a professional standup comic, producing and performing in shows a few times a month at ven-ues throughout the Twin Cities. Carney got interested in doing comedy after joining Toastmasters, the nonprof-it which aims to build pub-lic speaking and leadership skills. “i was giving a speech at Toastmasters and people were laughing – found out i had a flair for comedy,” he said. Carney began honing his standup skills at open-mic nights at Twin Cities comedy venues such as the Joke Joint and acme Com-edy Club. recruiting some of the other comics he met at those events, Carney formed a comedy troupe and started staging his own shows. “i have a loose group of about 30 comedians. we started doing shows in american Legions and VFws and have since branched out,” he said.

a fan of Jack Benny and Jay Leno, Carney said self-effacing humor is at the heart of his act. “i’m a loser – i’m short, old, overweight. i’m di-vorced, i’m lazy, i drive a Toyota – bought it from Denny hecker,” he said. Though his shows are intended for adult audienc-es, he restricts himself and the other comics to clean

material. “Most national tour-ing comedians do jokes so dirty you can’t use ’em, and it’s just not me,” he said. “we don’t do anything you wouldn’t see on network TV. i do a joke about Vi-agra – that’s probably my dirtiest one.” Carney is bringing his “all-star comedy troupe” to Casa Nostra restau-

rant, 20198 heritage Drive, Lakeville, on March 23. The 8:30 p.m. show fea-tures Carney and fellow comics Carol Vnuk and rod Blanchard; pizpor the Magician, a renais-sance Festival veteran, is the headliner. admission is free.

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The Vecchione/Erdahl Duo, the husband-and-wife team of Rolf Erdahl (bass) and Carrie Vecchione (oboe) of Apple Valley, will be featured March 18 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center as part of the Chamber Music Coffee Concerts series. Tickets for the 2 p.m. event are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and are available at the arts center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., or by calling (952) 985-4640. The Coffee Concerts are held in a casual cabaret setting with complimentary coffee and refreshments. The series continues April 29 with the Balkan dance music of Orkestar Bez Ime; the full concert schedule is at www.ci.lakeville.mn.us.photo by rick Orndorf

Self-effacing humor is at the heart of 70-year-old Dennis Carney’s standup act. “I’m a loser – I’m short, old, overweight,” he said. “I’m divorced, I’m lazy, I drive a Toyota – bought it from Denny Hecker.”

Local senior’s second act: standup Dennis Carney brings his comedy show to Casa Nostra in Lakeville

Bounty of oboe and bass in Lakeville

IMAX family night The iMaX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in ap-ple Valley will host Family Night on Monday, March 19. Guests who purchase one adult admission ($9.75) to the 6:30 p.m. showing of “sea Monsters 3D: a pre-historic adventure” will receive one free child’s ad-mission to the movie and a complimentary slice of pizza and drink (while sup-plies last) before the show. Dinner will be served in the lobby beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Bach featured Tickets are still avail-able for the 7 p.m. sunday, March 18, Baroque Bash concert by the Dakota Val-ley symphony at the Burns-ville performing arts Cen-ter, 12600 Nicollet ave. The 2 p.m. concert has sold out. Baroque music fans will have the opportunity to hear Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 4. solo pianist elise Mo-lina will play Bach’s piano Concerto in F minor. Tickets range from $5 to

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The Play’s the Thing Productions presents “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays March 23-April 1. Tickets are $12 adults, $10 senior/students, and can be purchased online or at the door. For more information, visit www.childrenstheatretptt.com.

$15 and can be purchased in person at the box office, or via Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com.

Glee takes the ice The Heritage Figure Skating Club and Lakeville and Farmington Learn to Skate programs will pres-ent their inaugural ice skat-ing show March 23-24 at Hasse Arena, 8525 215th St. W., Lakeville. The show will feature songs from the television show “Glee.” Ticket sales begin at 6 p.m. at the arena, the show

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‘Troops’ event The 2012 Scoops for Troops Benefit will feature five top Twin Cities singer-songwriters. The event, which benefits the families of U.S. soldiers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan, will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at The Ring Mountain Cafe and Creamery in Eagan. Ad-mission is free. Artists performing in-clude James Loney, Edie Rae, Inukshuk Pass, Bill Woodson and Matthew

Griswold. “Home Again, The 21st Century Veteran Experi-ence,” a limited edition CD of songs written by the fea-tured performers and oth-ers, will be for sale at the Scoops for Troops show.

Celtic Crossroads Celtic Crossroads will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets are $29.50 and $32.50 and can be pur-chased in person at the box office, by calling (800) 982-2787 or at Ticketmaster.com.

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This is a summary of the IntermediateSchool District 917 Regular School BoardMeeting on Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 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 at 1300 145th Street East, in the DCTCBoard Room. Board members present:Arlene Bush, Dan Cater, Veronica Walter,Deb Clark, Vanda Pressnall, Vicki Roy, andex-officio member Supt. John Christiansen.Absent: Kathy Lewis, Jill Lewis, Tom Ryer-son. Also present: Melissa Schaller, DanHurley, Nicolle Roush, Erin Mahnke, CoryLangenfeld, Kitri Larson Kyllo and LindaBerg. Good news reports were presented.The following Consent Agenda items wereapproved : minutes, personnel, bills to bepaid, investment report and wire transfers.Recommended actions approved: Resolu-tion directing administration to make rec-ommendations for reductions in programsand positions-roll call vote taken, all votedaye; and approval of maintenance pay-ments to member districts. Adjournment at5:56 PM. ____________________________________

This is a summary of the IntermediateSchool District 917 Regular School BoardMeeting on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 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 at 1300 145th Street East, in the DCTCBoard Room. Board members present:Arlene Bush, Dan Cater, Deb Clark, KathyLewis, Tom Ryerson, Vanda Pressnall, VickiRoy, and ex-officio member Supt. JohnChristiansen. Absent: Veronica Walter andJill Lewis. Also present: Melissa Schaller,Dan Hurley, Nicolle Roush, and members ofthe audience. Good news reports werepresented. The following Consent Agendaitems were approved: minutes, donations,personnel, b i l ls to be pa id, investmentreport and wire transfers. Recommendedactions approved: 403b Plan Guidelinesand Terms and Conditions of Employmentfo r the Ass is tan t D i rec to r s fo r Ju ly2011-June 2013. Adjournment at 5:54 PM.2933619 3/16/12

PUBLIC NOTICECredit River Township Board Meeting

Monday, March 19, 2012, 6pmAgenda

6pm: Call Meeting to Order, Pledge ofAllegiance

1) Approve or Amend Agenda2) Open Forum3) Old Business

1) Town Hall Security Alarm4) New Business

1) Resolution #2012-9. EstablishingPrecincts and Polling Places.

2) Fee Ordinance amendment5) Road Report6) Engineer’s Report

1) Territory Update 2) Lynn, Monterey, and 207th Street. 3) 195th Street East

7) Treasurer’s Report8) Clerk’s Report

1) Urban Short Course 2) Audit Update

9) Review and Pay Bills10) Adjourn2938785 3/16/12

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interests Senator Gerlach may be representing,” Mike Dean, executive director of Common Cause Minnesota, said on the organization’s blog release. “This business arrangement between a lob-bying group and the Sena-tor creates an appearance of corruption.” Capitol Direct’s web-site reported that Gerlach bought the company in the mid 2000s and brought with him “his values discipline, and business ethics, which reinforced the strong founda-tion of this already success-ful and growing organiza-tion.” Gerlach’s retirement an-nouncement comes six days before the Senate District 57 endorsing convention, at which many expected him to be the new district’s candi-date. Gerlach would have run in the new Senate District 57 that largely went unchanged under the new redistricting plan. The district, which in-cludes all of Rosemount and Apple Valley, adds Coates and a portion of northeast Lakeville, while losing a por-tion of southeast Burnsville. Ecker said an announce-ment is expected soon re-garding a replacement can-didate for Gerlach. Apple Valley resident Mike Germain, who has run previously against Gerlach, has said that he will seek the DFL’s endorsement this weekend at the convention. Gerlach’s announcement also comes four days after House District 37B Rep.

Kurt Bills, R-Rosemount, said he would seek the Re-publicans U.S. Senate en-dorsement. The Republicans are seeking a candidate for that office (now called 57B), too.

Gerlach’s career During his career, Gerlach served in both the Republi-can minority and majority, and as majority whip and assistant majority leader, a position he lost earlier this year during a GOP reshuf-fling after Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch resigned from her leadership post. Gerlach said in the press release that he was most proud of the opportunity to serve as the chairman of Senate Commerce Commit-tee. “It has been a great plat-form in which to promote free-market economics while balancing consumer protec-tions,” he said. In 2010, as the lead mi-nority party member on elections issues, Gerlach said he was key to the success-ful bipartisan efforts that produced a wide-ranging package of election reforms, including administration procedures, absentee ballot reforms, an earlier primary election and changes to cam-paign finance and report-ing rules in the wake of the Coleman-Franken recount of 2008. Ecker said one of Ger-lach’s most notable accom-plishments was holding the line on taxes. “I was pretty happy with some of his work on election laws,” Ecker said. “I know

the local beer fans were pret-ty happy with his ‘Surly bill’ that passed through his com-mittee.” In his time at the Capitol, Ecker said Gerlach was prac-tical. “It’s easy to get your head wrapped around ideology, but Chris has never lost sight of the big picture and what’s practical in our current situa-tion,” Ecker said. “He’s been a good judge of character and who to seek out for ad-vice when a legislative topic leaves his comfort area.” Gerlach graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of St. Thomas and earned a master of busi-ness administration from the University of South Dakota. He maintained and deac-tivated weapons systems as a captain in the U.S. Air Force. Gerlach has served on the Dakota County Human Services Advisory Commit-tee and as a board member of the Apple Valley Opti-mist Club – an organization dedicated to fostering a wide range of youth programs. “He’s always been very ap-proachable, even to those that disagree with him,” Ecker said. “Sometimes at parades someone will pull him aside and want to lay into him on an issue. By the time they part they’re both smiling.” And Gerlach and that old T-shirt keep moving up the road.

Tad Johnson is at [email protected].

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