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Volunteer to keep sharp Young people can learn a lot this summer even when they are out of school. Volunteering can help them learn life lessons.

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Dancing toward enlightenmentFormer Apple Valley High School dance instructor Cathy Wright is entering magical territory with her Fringe Festival show “Tough Love.”

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Legion tourney to feature RyanMinnesota Twins general manager Terry Ryan will be the featured speaker at the state American Legion pre-tourney banquet.

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An advocate for himself and othersBurnsville man makes his mark in disability movement

Berenz earns pay raise

Superintendent signs three-year contract

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Board unanimous-ly approved a new three-year contract for Superintendent Jane Berenz during its Monday, July 14, regular meeting. Berenz’s current $195,840 annual sal-ary will increase by 2 percent in the 2015-16 contract year with no other increases slated during the July 2015 to June 2018 contract term. The board will consider pay changes in the other years after con-ducting its annual superintendent performance evaluation. Prior to the contract approval, the School Board conducted its annual evaluation and determined a raise was merited. “From the board standpoint we were very, very happy with her,” Board Chairman Rob Duchscher said during the meeting. Duchscher said the evaluation in-cluded Berenz’s self-assessment based on her performance goals, board in-put and a discussion among board members and Berenz regarding her performance. He said Berenz accomplished what she set out to do and made it easy for

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


Mike Williams doesn’t ask for much. Personal-care attendants help him through the day at his Burnsville group home, and his father, Richard, visits frequently. “To me, I’m just like a normal person,” said Wil-liams, 45, who was born with cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. “I don’t want to be treated any oth-er way, nor do I let people treat me any other way.” Williams doesn’t ask for much, but he’s spent a good chunk of his adult life advocating for what’s rightfully his. A steadfast advocate for the disability move-ment, he served on the board of the old Arc Sub-urban for part of the ’90s. The organization, which promotes the rights of people with intellectual and developmental dis-abilities, later became The Arc Greater Twin Cities. In May Williams was

elected to a new term on The Arc’s 20-member board of directors, which includes community lead-ers, disabled people and their family members. Williams has served on The Arc’s Self-Advocacy Advisory Committee since its 2012 inception. And last year he won The Arc Minnesota’s An-drew R. Richardson Ad-vocacy Award. “The biggest thing for me that really stands out is I know I have rights, and that’s the biggest thing I advocate for,” said Wil-liams, who grew up in Ap-ple Valley and has lived at his current home on Park-wood Drive for 13 years. “I speak up for those who can’t.” He led a weekly self-advocacy group at Pro-Act in Eagan, where he worked for years with other disabled people. He’s a graduate of Partners in Policymaking, an advoca-cy training program spon-sored by the Minnesota Governor’s Council on

Developmental Disabili-ties. In 2011 and 2013 he hosted home visits for The Arc Greater Twin Cities, welcoming Burnsville state lawmakers Dan Hall, Will

Morgan and Pam Myhra into his home to discuss disability policy. The Arc Greater Twin Cities calls Williams “an emerging leader in the self-advocacy movement.”

“Mike’s heart lies in his advocacy and self-advoca-cy work. Everything else takes second place,” the organization said in nomi-

Mike Williams of Burnsville was recently elected to the board of directors of The Arc Greater Twin Cities, which has called him “an emerging leader in the self-advocacy movement.” (Photo by John Gessner)

Mayor Hamann-Roland announces re-election bid Three council seats up for election in November

Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland announced her plans to seek re-election in dramatic fashion July 18, making the announcement from atop a horse-drawn wag-on to the crowd gathered at the Friday night “Music in Kelley Park” community concert. Hamann-Roland, who will be seeking her fifth term as mayor, noted the city’s

low unemployment rate, its ranking by Money magazine as 17th best place to live in America and the city’s supe-rior “triple-A” bond ratings in her remarks. “Finance and Commerce magazine said this week, ‘good credit ratings save tax-payers money,’ and Apple Valley is doing something right,” Hamann-Roland said.

The filing period for City Council candidates opens July 29 and closes Aug. 12. This year, in addition to the mayor’s seat, there will be two City Council seats up for election on the Nov. 4 ballot. Those positions are currently held by John Bergman and Clint Hooppaw. Those seeking to run for City Council must be 21 years

old and have been a resident of Apple Valley for at least 30 days prior to the election, among other requirements. City Council seats are for four-year terms. Candidates for City Coun-cil must file affidavits of can-didacy with the Apple Valley city clerk and pay a $5 filing fee.

—Andrew Miller

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RIDING INTO THE SUNSET

Above: The distinctive sound of hooves hitting pavement could be heard in Apple Val-ley’s Central Village district the evening of Friday, July 18, during the weekly Music in Kelley Park concert hosted by the Apple Valley Arts Foundation. Guests at the event were treated to horse-drawn wagon rides around the park from Kenyon, Minn.-based Lazy K Ranch.

At left: Acoustic artist Michael Monroe and saxo-phonist Pat Mackin enter-tained guests at the Friday night concert. (Photos by Andrew Miller)

Mary Hamann-Roland

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Christine Rose of Apple Valley won the $100,000 top prize in the Minnesota State Lottery’s Crossword Ex-tra scratch game on July 20. “I didn’t believe it — I was shaking, and I got an instant stomach ache,” she said of her excitement upon realizing her ticket was a winner. Rose, who purchased the ticket at the SuperAmerica lo-cated at 2250 Cliff Road in Eagan, said she plans to use her winnings to “pay it forward” after paying off a few bills, securing her child’s future and possibly purchasing a new Jeep. (Photo by Minnesota State Lottery)

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Area BriefsBenefit to be held in Eagan A benefit for the family of Tim Burns will be from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Aug. 3 at Starks Bar & Grill, 3125 Dodd Road, Eagan. At the age of 26, Burns had renal failure and lost both of his kidneys. His mother was a match and was able to provide a successful transplant. That kidney lasted more than two decades, giving Burns the chance to return to his active life of danc-ing, horseback riding, and his career as a mechanical engineer. That kidney also en-dured when Burns was diagnosed with lymphoma nine years ago. Last fall Burns was di-agnosed with renal cell carcinoma. The aggressiveness of the tumor made him in-eligible for transplant. His only kidney was removed and Burns must now have daily dialysis, which re-quires him to be hooked up to a machine for more than 30 hours every week. He has had to leave his career of 30 years and sur-vive with only 15 percent kidney function for the rest of his life. The benefit will feature dinner, dancing, auctions, and raffles. Silent auction items are being accepted along with donations. All proceeds will go to medical costs of dialysis and helping Burns ease into his “new normal,” ac-cording to organizers. Call 651-319-3712 to

donate a silent auction item. Financial donations may be made out to Tim’s Benefit and mailed to: US Bank, C/O Tim’s Benefit, Eagan Town Centre Office EP-MN-0137, 3629 Krest-wood Lane, Eagan, MN 55123.

Kickball tournament honors Ettl The inaugural Alyssa Ettl Memorial Kickball Tournament will be 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at the Lakeville North High School baseball fields, 19600 Ipava Ave. Ettl, a Lakeville North junior, died in a Decem-

ber 2013 car accident. Proceeds from the tourna-ment will support scholar-ships and future commu-nity service opportunities in her memory. Team registrations will be taken through July 28 at www.AEmemorial.org. Cost is $20 per player and includes a T-shirt. Concessions will be available as well as raffle prizes from local estab-lishments. Volunteers are needed for concessions, registra-tion, officiating, set up and clean up, and gen-eral tournament assis-tance. Sign up online or call Matt Ettl at 952-221-3934. Raffle items also are needed.

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The beat will go onGARAGE to become nonprofit music club



With the city of Burns-ville looking to get out of the business of running a teen center and weekend music venue, Jack Kolb-Williams had an opening to pitch his vision. He saw an all-ages club with educational oppor-tunities for young people, which The GARAGE teen center had already offered for years. But this would be The GARAGE on steroids, with a recording studio, more live shows and more opportunities for kids to learn music-biz crafts from show booking and sound mixing to graphic design and photography. And it would be run by a nonprofit, not the city, which for several years has sought to supplant The GARAGE’s weekday menu of after-school and summer offerings with a broader array of youth programs. It’s about to happen. The GARAGE, located in the old maintenance building near City Hall, is scheduled to begin op-erating in January under the auspices of Twin Cit-ies Catalyst Music Inc., a nonprofit led by Kolb-Williams and partner Lo-gan Adams. The city, meanwhile, is joining with School Dis-trict 191 and the Burns-ville YMCA to offer after-school and summer programs. The academic and enrichment pro-grams will begin this fall at Nicollet Junior High, with possible expansion in following years to the district’s other two junior highs. The music nonprofit will become a branch of that partnership, called the Burnsville Youth Col-laborative. Kolb-Williams sold

city officials on a concept under which the city will continue to provide the venue for one of the Twin Cities’ premier all-ages music clubs. “I think about it and I’m still absolutely floored this is really happening,” said Kolb-Williams, 29, who currently works for the city as a recreational assistant and The GA-RAGE’s talent buyer. “It’s surreal. It’s amazing. Just to have a space, that’s the real important thing.” In recent years the venue’s fate has been uncertain. City officials explored other options for youth programs and sometimes struggled to attract grants to help sup-port The GARAGE and after-school programs such as homework help. “There’s been uncer-tainty related to grant programs and grant fund-ing,” said Terry Schultz, Burnsville’s director of parks, recreation and natural resources. “And because the dollars have fluctuated, I think the number of participants has fluctuated.” Now that the direction is set, GARAGE fans can tune out any rumors that the music is ending, Kolb-Williams said. “There’s a lot of work to be done, but we’re not in immediate jeopardy of shutting down,” he said. “People really understand how important the facil-ity and the community it creates is to the Twin Cit-ies music scene, not just here in Burnsville.” The city’s proposed contribution to the non-profit venue, aside from the building and heat, is $106,000 in federal grants earmarked for youth pro-grams to build the re-cording studio and make restroom renovations. The total estimated bill is $256,000, with $90,000

coming from a GARAGE fund balance and $60,000 more slated from a grant and donations. “The music portion, the concerts, have been very successful over the years, and we’ve always wanted to find a way to continue to offer that to the community,” Schultz said. The new nonprofit will have access to some grant funding that city government wouldn’t, he said. Years of ticket-sale data are encouraging, but the nonprofit will be looking for outside help through grants and in-kind donations, Kolb-Williams said. As a member of the youth collaborative, the nonprofit is planning a partnership with the school district, whose Community Education department would be the main portal for mu-sic- and recording-related education programs for students in grades six through 12. There’s even talk of for-credit class-es for Burnsville High School students. “Now that we have (the school district’s) pools and resources available to us, we’re hoping this is just going to start to spike even more interest from people,” Kolb-Williams said. More live shows, now limited mostly to Friday and Saturday nights, are also likely. “The building will al-ways be buzzing,” Kolb-Williams said. “It’s just a matter of whether it’s a show or there’s a learning opportunity happening.”

Music background Kolb-Williams has a bachelor’s degree in music education from the Uni-versity of Wisconsin-La-Crosse, where he studied to become a band teacher.

Jack Kolb-Williams, now the talent buyer at The GARAGE in Burnsville, leads the nonprofit Twin Cities Catalyst Music Inc. with partner Logan Adams. The non-profit will take over the city-owned GARAGE’s music program in January. (Photo by John Gessner)

In addition to work-ing at The GARAGE, he has for five years taught music lessons at Cyprus Classical Academy, a Montessori school on County Road 5 in Burns-ville. Kolb-Williams spe-cializes in percussion but teaches all band instru-ments. He’s also a rocker who played with LaCrosse band Shoeless Revolution and is a member of Min-neapolis’ Bigtree Bonsai. He has worked as a tour manager and band repre-sentative. Logan Adams, his

main partner in the non-profit, is a writer who edits the GARAGE MU-SIC NEWS blog. The GARAGE’s two stages host everything from indie-folk to hip-hop and metal. Local and national touring acts have played there, including a recent show by local-boys-made-good Motion City Soundtrack. As a recent City Pages article notes, The GA-RAGE has become a magnet for many of the heavy metal and punk bands that used to play at downtown St. Paul’s Sta-

tion 4 nightclub, which closed last year. “I’ve certainly grown to appreciate the metal,” Kolb-Williams said. “I understand why people are very passionate about it. That’s a tradition The GARAGE has had for a number of years. It’s something the young peo-ple especially gravitate toward. We’ll continue to hold that torch as a place for them to play.”

John Gessner can be reached at (952) 846-2031 or email [email protected].


Correction A photo of Wanda Trousil in the July 2014 Mature Lifestyles was incorrectly attributed to photographer Tad John-son. The photo was sub-mitted by Burnsville-Ea-gan-Savage Community Education.

‘Monopoly’ and real life To the editor: One could draw a lot of comparisons about an economy to the game of Monopoly. In the begin-ning, all players are busy buying and selling prop-erty and collecting rents. This economy hums along for hours until one person owns all of the railroads, utilities, real estate and dollars. At this point the game is over. This happens mostly because of the luck of the dice and without any help from the govern-ment. Government will always have a role to play in our economy … some-thing to think about when you vote in November. In 1980, the Tea/Re-publican Party gave us Reaganomics. Later this was to become known as trickle-down economics. Today, we know it as tax cuts for the “job creators.” This Tea/Republican Party wants you to be-lieve 47 percent of us are just kicked back, taking it easy and sliding by “Go” every so often to collect our $200 from the govern-ment while the 1 percent or better known as “job creators” are quietly stash-ing hundreds of billions of dollars in offshore bank accounts to avoid pay-ing their taxes. The Tea/Republican plan has not changed in 35 years. This economic plan does not serve America well and greatly contributed to our “great” recession. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions but they are not entitled to their own facts. Budget deficits have done better under Democratic con-trol. The national debt has also done better un-der Democratic control. More people have access to affordable health care

under Democratic con-trol. The quality of life for all is better under Demo-cratic control. Ask some-one who is dependent on their job for income in Mississippi or Alabama. Most would tell you they have worked hard all of their lives and barely have enough to get by. It should always raise concern about an individual’s knowledge and motive when they use words like Nazi, Lenin, Stalin and Marxism to de-fend their beliefs. George Bernard Shaw said, “Be-ware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.” Republican President George H.W. Bush called this tax plan “voodoo” economics. It didn’t work in 1980. It’s not going to work in 2016.

GARY ANDERSONApple Valley

Obermueller supports health care for allTo the editor: The Supreme Court’s recent decision regard-ing Hobby Lobby is a symptom of a bigger issue concerning health care in the United States. In one sense, the decision (right or wrong) is simple: em-ployers have a religious freedom right to deny contraceptive health in-

surance coverage to their female employees. As a re-ligious freedom issue, and as a women’s health issue, this is a horrible result. As a health care issue, it is even worse. Imagine a situation where you can go to your doctor, your doctor can evaluate your condition and symptoms, and you and your doctor decide on the best available course of treatment for you. You don’t have to worry about any medical bills. Your doctor does not have to worry about over-treating you (to avoid medical mal-practice) or under-treating you (to maximize prof-its). Your employer can-not decide what is proper medical care for you. Your church will not interfere with your medical deci-sions. And your govern-ment will not be involved, except to pay for what the doctor requires. Hobby Lobby is one more example of our fragmented and tortured health care system. Wom-en should not have to fight for necessary and appro-priate medical care just because they are women. Employers should not be put in the position of de-ciding what is or is not against their religious be-liefs. In the short run, we must move toward provid-ing health insurance for

everyone, and enabling doctors to make medical decisions, not employers, churches or governments. To reverse Hobby Lobby, Congress must pass the “Not My Boss’s Business Act.” In the long run, Congress must improve the Affordable Care Act so medical care reaches all Americans. John Kline does not care about achieving this goal: he believes in every man for himself (and too bad for women). Mike Obermueller believes that a healthy society is a pro-ductive society, and that health care is a funda-mental right. Who do you think should be your Con-gressman? RONALD S. GOLDSEREagan

Created equal To the editor: Several weeks ago re-marks I made in a letter were distorted by another letter writer, Richard If-fert, who left some impor-tant information out of his letter. His main point seems to be I shouldn’t advocate spending “other people’s (tax) money.” He errs in trying to ex-plain how our Founding Fathers established our republic. The Declara-tion of Independence is clear that “All men are created equal.” To me that equality means the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness regardless of physical, mental and earn-ing capability. Contrary to what Iffert has asserted, the Founding Fathers in-tended to care about all persons without regard to wealth. Iffert thinks that is “income re-distribution” a term intended to create resentment toward low-income people.

As a member of the Corps in the 2nd Battal-ion, 12th Marines, I de-fended our Constitution. I have the right to demand that U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, work to pro-mote the American ideal of equality. Mr. Iffert’s criticisms about spending “other people’s money” should be directed at a mirror because unlike him, I did not get my in-come, health care and retirement from a public job funded by taxpayers, and then vilify those same people as less deserving than me. Kline is a Marine; I am a Marine. Unfortunately, he has become overly de-pendent on the taxpayers for his political career, his expenses and his govern-ment-paid retirement in-comes. The irony of some-one enjoying a lucrative career with fringes funded by taxpayers, yet denying a viable living to the hard-working citizens who pay his way, is upsetting. It’s time to change our congressional represen-tation in Washington to further these American ideals. Mike Obermueller cares about people; Kline cares about his bottom line. PAUL HOFFINGEREagan

Taxes should cover college expensesTo the editor: There is much in the news about the problems of college students in-curring more than $1.2 trillion dollars in debt, second only to mortgage interest. The President has mandated a cap on loan payments to 10 per-cent of income. Student loans have been crushing recent graduates, unable to afford a home or other investments. How did this happen? When we were in college, student loans had very low interest and paying it off was not an issue. My sons worked through high school and in the summer to raise money for college and still ended up with thousands of dollars of debt. Average college debt in Minnesota is nearly $30,000 per student. Be-hind rising tuition has been the decline in pub-lic investment in college. The Chronicle of Higher Education says colleges have responded by passing costs to students and their families. College educa-tion used to be seen as a public good. Now people think it’s a private benefit,

to be paid for by students. Two decades ago it was common for 80 percent of college expenses to come from taxes. Now it is un-der 20 percent and falling. Some states may con-tribute nothing to higher education in the future. Colorado is on schedule to stop funding college by 2022, Minnesota by 2037. Currently the University of Minnesota receives less than 17 percent of its funds from state revenue. Faculty must seek outside funding for research. In the 2nd District, Mike Obermueller advo-cates public investment in college, because of the ad-vantages to our economy. College develops informed citizens, entrepreneurs, and a highly skilled, pro-fessional workforce. Un-fortunately fewer students are likely to afford it in the future. Let’s hope we begin to see the value of keeping college affordable. College students need a good start in life without massive debt. Declining investment helps banks, not students. Let’s invest in our future and that of our children. Much depends on it.

VEDA KANITZLakeville

Broadening opportunity To the editor: We’ve always believed the institution of govern-ment is essentially neu-tral, and its effectiveness and goodness depends on those who manage it. When it enhances life, broadens opportunity, and extends benefits to those who have been ex-cluded, government is pos-itive. During the past two years, our Legislature has had a very positive effect on the quality of our lives in many ways. In particu-lar, as heterosexual par-ents of a lesbian daughter and a gay son, we were incredibly grateful when the Legislature acted to pass the Marriage Equal-ity Amendment to bring about equality of relation-ship and marriage. Over the years we wit-nessed the painful dis-crimination our children encountered—simply for being who they are. In fact, as their parents we also often experienced discrimination because we openly and proudly sup-ported them. The Legis-lature’s passing of this bill was a positive vote for our children; allowing same-gender couples to cov-enant together in marriage

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OpinionMake community service part of the summer

by Joe NathanSUN THISWEEK


One of my favorite family memories is sandbagging by the St. Croix River with two of our children. It comes to mind after the Independence Day – a holiday celebrating the sacrifice and selflessness of others. One of the most important things a family can do together this summer is help young people continue this tradi-tion. Service should be a part of summer. One of the people who knows most about this is Minnesotan Jim Kielsmei-er. Since returning from military duty in Korea, he has spent decades promot-ing youth leadership, service and learn-ing. He’s mentored many educators and youth workers in the U.S. and other countries. For decades, he directed the National Youth Leadership Forum, which encouraged service learning in and outside of schools. During a recent phone call, he told me, “You teach more clearly what you do with your children than what you

dictate to your children.” Over the years, he’s worked with his family to plant trees, plant and tend a garden that pro-duced food that was contributed to food shelves, and work on environmental res-toration. Kielsmeier says these experiences help young people develop a “capacity to care.” They help young people develop perspective on their lives and a belief that they can, and should, make a differ-ence with other people. And often, these experiences are fun. I remember a spring Sunday when a group of us decided to take our young people to help with sandbagging in Af-ton, Minnesota. The town was facing a major flood from the St. Croix River. We

pulled up to the flood control headquar-ters with about 20 adults and young peo-ple. The person in charge greeted us with: “Thank God you’ve come. We need you badly.” We spent several hours sandbag-ging. Our children still talk about how needed they felt and how satisfying that morning was, though it happened more than 20 years ago. We’ve done other things together, like serving meals at a food shelter. We’ve tried to model that one of our fam-ily’s values is service. We’ve helped oth-ers. When there was a fire at our home many years ago, people helped us. That was just one of many times when others helped us. One of the best sources of possible service projects is the website, www.whatkidscando.org. At the top of the website’s home page, there’s a link to “Fill your summer with random acts of kindness.” For example: • Help organize and cleanup your block or neighborhood. • Help recent immigrants learn to

speak or read English. • Collect your family’s history. • Cut the grass or go to the store for an elderly neighbor who’s not very mobile. • Connect with a group like Habitat for Humanity and help build a house. The possibilities are endless. And young people learn quickly that you give yourself a present when you give to oth-ers. The What Kids Can Do website quotes noted author Maya Angelou, who recently died. She wrote, “The best part of life is not just surviving, but thriving with passion and compassion and humor and style and generosity and kindness.” Summer is a great time for families to help young people learn how true that is. Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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nating him for the Andrew R. Richardson Award. “His hard work, positive attitude and perseverance inspire everyone around him. He is a model of what advocacy for human equal-ity looks like.” Williams said he’s for-tunate to have escaped the days when many with intel-lectual and developmental disabilities were housed in institutional settings. The deinstitutionaliza-tion movement took hold in the 1970s, said Guthrie Byard, a staff advocate for The Arc Greater Twin Cit-ies who works with Wil-liams on the advisory coun-cil and has accompanied him on Disability Day ral-lies at the state Capitol. The more he learned about the past, Williams said, the more his self-ad-vocacy became something bigger. “Through the years, through other people that had come out of state in-stitutions, I heard some of the stories,” he said. “I just

want to make sure we don’t fall back into the institu-tions. Some were good, and some were really bad.” The advisory commit-tee Williams serves on has been focusing on issues such as transportation, voter mobilization and the school anti-bullying bill that passed this year, Byard said. Some disabled people testified for the bill based on their own past school experiences, he said. “We really try to help folks share their stories, and Mike is really good at that,” Byard said. Williams “loves The Arc” and stays on top of disability issues, said Ayan-na McAdory, the program counselor at his group home. “Because of The Arc and other organizations I’ve been a part of,” Wil-liams said, “I have a voice and I can speak and people will listen.”

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them to be board members. Duchscher, senior vice presi-dent of information technology at Starkey Hearing Technologies, said if the district was a company its stock price would be pretty good and it would have a good re-turn on investment. “I don’t think there is a district that is functioning better in the state,” he said. “It is pretty humbling to be the superintendent in a district where I have so many great people around me,” Berenz said. She said she appreciates the support of a School Board that cares greatly about children, a cabinet that is second to none, and administrators and teachers who are there for the students. Board Member Art Coulson said the contract’s approval should give the public the confidence that the district will continue to operate with very high academic outcomes at a very low cost to taxpayers. Under Berenz’s leadership, ex-cept for a tax increase passed for this year’s board-approved levy, the district lowered the levy in each of the previous four years. Board Member Bob Schutte credited Berenz with being an im-

portant district liaison to the pub-lic and staff members. Berenz helped inform district voters who said yes in November 2013 to revoking a $20 million an-nual operating levy and replacing it with a 10-year, $30 million an-nual levy by about a 2-to-1 margin. Students also continue to ex-ceed state averages on Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment tests based on 2012 results (the most re-cent). Those results included aver-ages that beat state average levels by 16 and 13 percentage points for 11th-grade math and 10th-grade reading, respectively. Berenz’s contract changes took into account general compensa-tions trends, the district’s collective bargaining settlements with other administrative and non-adminis-trative employee units and the dis-trict’s budget guidelines, according district information. Other changes to the contract were to increase the 403(b) savings plan match of 6 percent, which will not exceed the state maxi-mum, and the district will increase its contribution to her health in-surance coverage by 1 percent for 2015-16, 2 percent for 2016-17 and 2 percent for 2017-18. In June 2013, Berenz received a 2 percent pay increase, raising her

annual salary to $195,840 begin-ning July 1, 2013. Berenz received a 3.78 percent pay raise in 2012 after incurring a pay freeze for three years. The district has approximately 28,000 students. When Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District Superintendent Joe Gothard was hired in May 2013, he was to be paid a base sal-ary of $185,000 in his first year un-der a three-year contract. Gothard’s salary rises to $186,800 for the 2014-15 school year and to $188,600 for 2015-16. The district has 9,500 students. Lakeville Area School Dis-trict Superintendent Lisa Snyder will receive an annual 1.3 percent raise, increasing from $180,000 to $182,394 for 2014-15 and to $184,820 in 2015-16. By 2017, Snyder will earn $187,278 annually. Snyder’s con-tract includes an option for per-formance pay of up to $7,000 an-nually. Snyder was hired in 2011 at a salary of $169,500 and has re-ceived $12,367 in bonus pay since coming to the district, which has approximately 10,800 students.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

CONTRACT, from 1A

brought our family relief and joy. With tears flowing down our cheeks, we cele-brated that those who have been denied the privilege of marriage for so long can now experience this welcome taste of freedom which the majority of our citizens have always en-joyed and from which they have richly benefitted. Now that our children – and others – have the pos-sibility of being united in that covenant of love and marriage is a profound joy for both of us. Recently we have attended several same-gender weddings and have witnessed and shared their incredible happiness – a happiness that until now has been denied them. Our grand-children will benefit from this amendment, and we look forward to the time when we will celebrate our children’s marriages and experience the joy of their uniting in holy matrimony. As we head into anoth-er election season, where lots of people question

what good government does, we wanted to say that government can do truly great, life-transform-ing things for people.

ED and KITTY MARTINBurnsville

Crash leaves some sainted and tainted To the editor: Tainted to the driver in the red car that failed to yield to my son on a mo-torcycle and the car next to him on Wednesday, July 16, at about 5:15 p.m. on Johnny Cake Ridge Road and Elice Trail West/132nd Street in Apple Valley. The vehicle next to my son slammed on its brakes and my son avoided hit-ting the car by swerving to the left. He missed hit-ting the car by only 5 to 10 feet, but the driver did not even have the courtesy to stop at the scene. My son’s quick actions result-ed in not hitting the car or life-threatening injuries to himself. He was taken

to Regions Hospital and ended up with lots of road rash on his legs and arms. Shame on the driver of the red car. Just remember what goes around comes around. Sainted to Sarah Bur-rill and all the others who witnessed this accident. She comforted my son while he waited for an ambulance and contacted family mem-bers. Thanks to the numer-ous callers to 911 and the two guys that pulled the bike from the middle of the road. Also thanks to the woman who blocked traffic with her SUV so the bike could be moved off the road. She risked her life at one point when a truck came barreling down the road and did not see her. Also thanks to anyone who I may have missed, please know that your kind-ness will not be forgotten. Things could have been dif-ferent and we are thankful he walked away with only minor injuries.

LISA MILLSEaganMother of Connor Mills

LETTERS, from 4A


Obituaries

Engagements

Donner / SmithJoseph Donner and

Kristina Smith are happy to announce their engage-ment.

Parents are Paul and Rebecca Donner of Lakeville, Lisa Tulisaari of Lakeville, and Steve Smith of Wisconsin.

Joseph graduated from Augsburg College with a degree in Business Man-agement and is employed at Dart Advantage Lo-gistics in Eagan. Kris-tina graduated from St. Thomas University with a degree in Marketing Man-agement and is employed at The Creative Agency, Periscope in Minneapolis.

They will be married August 2014.

Ofstedal/FranzJulie Ofstedal, daugh-

ter of Dennis and Janet Ofstedal of Eagan, and Ryan Franz, son of Joel and Nancy Franz of Crystal, announce their engagement.

Julie is a 1999 gradu-ate of Burnsville High School, and Ryan is a 2001 graduate of Rob-binsdale Armstrong High School. Both are gradu-ates of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Julie is employed as a digi-tal marketing manager at the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities. Ryan found-ed and operates HIT Re-sults Fitness in St. Louis Park. A September wed-ding is planned.

Engagements

SeniorsApple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Se-nior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the fol-lowing activities, which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The fa-cility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For infor-mation, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityofap-plevalley.org. Monday, July 28 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Exec. Commit-tee, 10 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Pool, 1 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 29 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Bike Group, 9 a.m.; Tues-day Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Spanish, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 30 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; Bicycle Club, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Domi-noes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m. Thursday, July 31 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Tap Dancing; 12:30 p.m.; Pool, 1 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 – Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Bi-cycle Club, 9 a.m.; Morn-ing Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Members Bingo; 12:30 p.m.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following se-nior events. Monday, July 28 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Card Recycle, 12:30 p.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Tuesday, July 29 – Treasure Island, 8:30 a.m.; Cedar Lanes Bowl-ing, 10 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dancing. Wednesday, July 30 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Tai Chi MS, 11 a.m.; 500 and Bridge, 12:45 p.m.;

SS Flex; Wednesday in the Park, 7 p.m. Thursday, July 31 – Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; SS Flex.

Eagan seniors The following senior activities are offered by the Eagan Parks and Recreation Department in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Commu-nity Center, 1501 Central Parkway. Call 651-675-5500 for more informa-tion. Monday, July 28 – Zumba, 9 a.m.; FFL and FFL+ (Oasis), 10 and 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 29 – Health Ins. Counseling, by appointment only, 8:30 a.m. to noon; Euchre and 500, 1 p.m.; Zumba, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, July 30 – LORockers, 9 a.m.; Speaker, 10 a.m.; Straw-berry Themed Potluck, 11 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 31 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m.; Zumba, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 – ESP-AB, 9 a.m.; Zumba, 10:15 a.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m.

Farmington seniors The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more infor-mation on trips, programs and other activities, call 651-280-6970. Monday, July 28 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Dulcimer Club, 10 a.m.; Dominoes, 10:30 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 12:30 p.m.; Day Old Bread, 12:30 p.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m.; Line Danc-ing, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 29 – Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fit-ness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Chair Exercise, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Bowling, 1 p.m.; Ta-ble Tennis, 2 p.m.; Yoga Class, 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 30 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Seniors on the Move Fit-ness, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 12:30 p.m.; MN Centennial Showboat Trip, 12:30 p.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m.

Thursday, July 31 – Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Ta-ble Tennis, 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Sch-weich’s Hotel & Restau-rant, 10:30 a.m.

Rosemount seniors The following activi-ties are sponsored by the Rosemount Parks and Recreation Department and the Rosemount Area Seniors. For more infor-mation, call the Rose-mount Parks and Rec-reation Department at 651-322-6000. Monday, July 28 – Bridge, 9 a.m., Do Drop Inn; 500, 1 p.m., DDI. Tuesday, July 29 – Coffee, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Rosemount Cub; Bid Eu-chre, 9 a.m., DDI. Wednesday, July 30 – RAS Walking Club, 9 a.m., Rosemount Com-munity Center south parking lot. Thursday, July 31 – No activities planned. Friday, Aug. 1 – Eu-chre, 9 a.m., DDI; Bowl-ing, 1 p.m., Apple Place in Apple Valley. Stillwater Trolley Tour, Thursday, Sept. 18, Stillwater. Narrated tour followed by lunch at The Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter. After lunch, stop by Aamodt’s Apple Farm and the St. Croix Winery store. The bus will de-part from the Rosemount Community Center at 9:15 a.m. and return at 3:45 p.m. Cost is $64, which includes bus, tour and lunch. Registration deadline: Aug. 22. Historic Fort Snelling Bus Tour, Thursday, Sept. 11. A costumed tour guide will give partici-pants a detailed history of the site and share sto-ries from the past. After the tour, have free coffee and cookies at the Visi-tor Center. Bring your own bag lunch for a pic-nic; a cooler will be pro-vided. Cost is $12. The bus will depart from the Rosemount Community Center at 10:45 a.m. and return at 1:30 p.m. Regis-tration deadline: Sept. 4. August Schell Brewery and Morgan Creek Vine-yards, Thursday, Oct. 2, New Ulm. Tour the brew-ery and try samples of beer and root beer in the Rathskellar Tap Room.

Visit the gift shop and gardens. Lunch at Vei-gel’s Kaiserhoff’s Res-taurant, then head to the vineyard for a tour and tasting. Cost is $75. The bus will depart from the Rosemount Community Center at 7:15 a.m. and return at 5 p.m. Registra-tion deadline: Sept. 8. The Rosemount Area Seniors “Do Drop Inn” is open to senior citizens 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mon-day through Friday. The room is located in the Rosemount Community Center and allows seniors a place to stop by and so-cialize during the week.

Lakeville seniors All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Cen-ter, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for in-formation. Monday, July 28 – Computer Lessons, 9 a.m.; Knitting Class, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Legal Ad-vice, 11 a.m.; Tap Dance Boot Camp, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Cards, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 29 – Dominoes & Cards, 9 a.m.; Scrapbooking, Re-cycled Cards, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Walking Club/Weight Control, 11:30 a.m.; Party Bridge, 12:15 p.m.; Silver Clay Jew-elry Class, 1-3 p.m.; Tap Dance, 2:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 30 – Men’s Golf at Gopher Hills, 8 a.m.; Learn to Line Dance, 8:30 a.m.; Health Angels Biking, 9 a.m.; Cards, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:30 a.m.; Pinochle, noon; MN Centennial Showboat Trip (leave from Farmington), 12:30 p.m.; Dime Bingo, 1 p.m.; Chess Club, 1 p.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, 3 p.m. Thursday, July 31 – DARTS Learning Bud-dies, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Chorus, 10:30 a.m.; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Ping Pong, 1-3 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Cards, 9 a.m.; Pickleball at Bunker Hill Park, 9 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fit-ness 2, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.

ReligionCalvary Church moves Calvary Church in New Prague has outgrown its current location in the

Community Room of the State Bank of New Prague and is moving to the New Prague Middle School au-ditorium starting Sunday, Aug. 3. The school is at

721 Central Ave. N. The church will be using the north entrance that faces Seventh Street Northeast. Mark Gold will be the guest speaker at the open-ing service at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 3. The Sunday schedule is 9:15 a.m. Fellowship (cof-fee and treats), 9:30 a.m. Bible & Life Groups (simi-lar to Sunday School), 10:30 a.m. Worship. Ev-eryone is welcome. More information is at www.cal-varychurchmn.com.

St. Mathias Fun Fest St. Mathias Parish will hold its annual Fun Fest on Sunday, Aug. 24. The festival will be held on the church grounds at the corner of Highway 50 and County Road 47 in Hamp-ton. Festivities will include a polka Mass at 11 a.m. featuring Big Ben and the Brians. Other activities will include pot of gold, bingo, games, beer stand and country store.

Worship Directory

Share your weekly worship schedule or other activities with the community. Email [email protected]

or call 952-392-6875 for rates and informatilon.


Charges filed in connection to body found in Dakota County A 39-year-old Rock Island, Ill., man was charged on July 18 with first-degree murder and concealment of a homicide in connection to the death of a woman whose body was found on April 5 in Dakota County. Timothy McVay, who was arrested on the same day in Sil-

vis, Ill., without incident was charged by the Illinois State’s Attorney’s Office in the death of Carrie Elaine Olson, 29, of Davenport, Iowa. Olson’s body was found in a wooded area in Ravenna Town-ship southeast of Hastings. The landowner of the wood-

ed area on Presley Circle north of 175th Street East found the body, which may have been there for three months, accord-ing to news reports. It has not been reported how or why Olson’s body ended up in Dakota County or if Mc-Vay had any connections to the

area. Olson was last seen alive at a gas station in Rock Island on Dec. 23, 2013. Davenport police made a plea for the public’s help in finding Olson, who did not re-port to work on Dec. 30, 2013. The Dakota County Sheriff ’s

Office and Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office as-sisted in the investigation. The Rock Island and Daven-port police departments and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension also investigated the case.

—Tad Johnson

Apple Valley man charged with sex crimes An Apple Valley man ac-cused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl has been charged in district court with two counts of criminal sexu-al conduct. Antwan D. Smith, 45, was arrested July 8 and booked into the Dakota County Jail after the mother of the al-leged victim contacted po-lice to report that Smith had raped the girl. According to the crimi-nal complaint, police took a statement from the victim, who reported that Smith had been having sex with her since she was 6 years old, and the sex had occurred once or twice each month. Smith resided at the same

home as the girl and was in a “position of authority” over the girl, the complaint said. Smith allegedly had unprotected sex with the girl on July 8 and in June, according to the girl’s testimony to po-lice. After being taken into custody, Smith spoke with police, deny-ing that he had sex with the girl on July 8 but admit-ting to “messing around” with her, the complaint said. Smith also stated that he started having sex with the girl about one year ago, and that in the course of the year he’d had sex with the girl on

fewer than 10 occasions. While being observed by police, Smith was overheard

to remark, “I’ve done bad things” multiple times. If convict-ed of both charges, Smith faces a max-imum penalty of 60 years in prison and fines totaling $80,000. Smith re-

mained in custody at the Dakota County Jail as of Wednesday morning with bail set at $100,000. His next court appearance is sched-uled for Aug. 19 in Hastings.

—Andrew Miller

Antwan D. Smith

Man accused of burglarizing neighbors A southern Dakota County man has been charged with five felonies for possession of controlled sub-stances and burglarizing multiple neighbors’ homes. Brett Eric Volkmeier, 44, of Greenvale Township, was arrested July 9 after attempting to pawn jew-elry in Burnsville that police say was stolen from several of Volkmeier’s neighbors, according to a July 11 Da-kota County criminal complaint. The burglary reports were on June 27, June 29 and July 3. According to the complaint, items reported stolen include two cell-phones, a class ring, a silver wedding ring with a heart-shaped diamond, guns, a herringbone necklace, a gold ring with a pearl, a laptop computer, a gold diamond wedding ring, dia-mond earrings and ammunition.

Pawn records allegedly indicate Volkmeier pawned 15 pieces of jew-elry on July 3 that match items mul-tiple neighbors reported stolen. Volkmeier was allegedly attempt-ing to pawn additional items at the store July 9 when he was arrested. The complaint states he was car-rying a key to a gun safe kept at his home that contained a shotgun and a rifle that resembled several items that were reported stolen after a June 29 burglary at a home a few blocks from Volkmeier’s home. During the safe’s search, police say they also found three metal con-tainers containing a white crystal substance that tested positive for methamphetamine and a plastic bag containing a brown substance that tested positive for heroin.

—Laura Adelmann


SportsFather, son take on new coaching challenges

Obarskis remain heavily involved in

local soccer by Mike Shaughnessy

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The Obarski family has been a fixture in south metro youth and high school soccer for de-cades. This fall, however, finds two of them trying to leave im-prints on new teams. Jason Obarski, one of Mark’s and Barb’s five soccer-playing children, is a high school head coach for the first time, taking over the boys program at Farm-ington High School. Mark, head girls soccer coach at Eagan High School for the last 14 years, was hired in June to coach the women’s team at Dakota County Tech-nical College. “He had a lot of success at Eagan; he accomplished most of the things he wanted to do there,” Jason said of his father’s job change. “At the same time, he always had an eye on college coaching. This job lets him stay at Eagan as a teacher and gives him the chance he wanted to coach a college team.” Mark, on his son running the Farmington boys program: “I think it’s great. He has a pas-sion for coaching. His team

looks like it has a good founda-tion. He’s coaching in the South Suburban Conference, which is not only a strong conference but one he’s familiar with.”

Back to the fi eld Jason Obarski, an All-State soccer and football player at Apple Valley High School, has had a non-traditional career track. He was an athletic director before becoming a head coach, an almost unheard-of occurrence. In 2013-14 he was athletic di-rector at Prairie Seeds Academy, a charter school in Brooklyn Park. One of his biggest tasks was repairing the school’s relationship with the Minnesota State High School League and its other members. Before Obarski was hired, the MSHSL kicked Prairie Seeds out of the 2012 state Class A boys soccer tourna-ment for using ineligible play-ers. Part of Obarski’s job was to make sure Prairie Seeds coach-es understood the high school league’s rules and put proce-dures in place to make sure they were followed. But, he wanted to coach.

“Farmington is a growing community and the fact that the school is in the South Suburban Conference is definitely a plus, because I played at Apple Val-ley when most of those schools were in the Lake Conference,” Obarski said. In addition to coaching the high school team, Obarski will direct a Minnesota Thunder Academy regional branch in Farmington, which will operate the community’s youth soccer program. Farmington reached the Sec-tion 1AA championship game last season. From what Obar-ski has seen of the Tigers’ var-sity candidates this summer, he said they look like an unselfish, coachable group. He will run a camp for the high school play-ers later this month. “I’m implementing my phi-losophy, developing our style of play and building a relation-ship with the players so we’re not all going in blind Aug. 11 (when fall practices start),” he said. The Tigers have to adjust to playing in one of the state’s most competitive leagues, and Obarski has to adjust to coach-ing against people such as Alan Merrick and Chuck Scanlon. Obarski said Merrick is one of his biggest soccer influenc-

es. Scanlon, the Apple Valley coach who is the state’s all-time leader in victories, was Obar-ski’s high school coach.

A new challenge Mark Obarski was hired less than two months before the Dakota County Technical Col-lege women’s team is scheduled to begin practice. Recruiting started almost immediately. “We have a number of play-ers on the ros-ter already, but we’re definitely looking for more,” he said. He planned to be at the USA Cup Weekend and USA Cup tournaments in Blaine to see if he can find any players who slipped through the recruiting cracks. “We’ll look at kids who graduated (from high school) this year or the year before and see if they’re still interested in playing college soccer,” he said. Obarski takes over for Cam Stoltz, who founded the DCTC women’s team in 2003 and re-mains at the college as men’s soccer coach and athletic coor-dinator. The DCTC women’s soccer

rosters had a heavy Twin Cities influence under Stoltz. All of the players on last year’s team were from metro-area high schools. Obarski said he will have the same philosophy toward assem-bling his rosters. “My goal is to really hit the metro area hard for recruiting,” he said. A lot of colleges recruit Minnesota players, but Obarski said he will emphasize DCTC’s attributes: close to home, an on-campus field, and interest-ing road trips. “We have a trip to Salt Lake City this year,” Obarski said. “Sports is part of the college experience,” he said, “and that’s true if you’re at a two-year col-lege or a four-year college.” Obarski, a two-time state high school coach of the year, said he believes his ideas will translate to college soccer. Hav-ing been a local high school coach could help him get a foot in the door with players. “I hope so,” he said. “I had a good relationship with the coaches in the South Suburban Conference, and we played a lot of the Suburban East schools in our non-conference games.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Jason Obarski

MarkObarski

Kellie McGahn (white uniform) of the Dakota Rev Rampage tries to elude two Fire SC defenders during the USA Cup Weekend tournament. The Rampage won the girls Under-19 A flight. (Photo by Jason Olson)

Rampage earns more hardwareDakota Rev team wins at USA Cup Weekend

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


The Dakota Rev Ram-page, a team with some of the metro area’s top girls soccer players, won an-other championship at the USA Cup Weekend tour-nament July 11-13. The team won six games in the girls Un-der-19 A Flight at the weekend tournament, out-scoring opponents 22-2. Dakota Rev defeated the Blaine-based Twin Cities Fire 3-0 in the champion-ship game. In the spring, the Ram-page finished first in the U18 Premier II division in the Midwest Regional League. Last summer, many of the same players traveled to Sweden and won their division at the Gothia Cup tournament. The Rampage roster includes numerous play-ers who are headed to college soccer, such as Kellie McGahn (an East-view High School gradu-ate) and Alyssa Blahnik

(Burnsville), who have signed with the University of Minnesota. Univer-sity of Nebraska redshirt freshman Natalie Muench (Burnsville) also played for the Rampage, as did Eastview graduate Paige Wilberding, who is joining the Cornhuskers this sea-son. Julia Lam, a Rampage player from Apple Valley High School, is headed to South Dakota State. Lauren Sherry, a defender for the Rampage as well as state high school Class AA runner-up Lakeville North, is headed to Cen-tral Michigan. Leah Schmidt of Ea-gan, Hannah Keirstead of Burnsville, Amanda Hart-mann of Burnsville, Ka-tie Eaton of Apple Valley (Eastview), Emily Sutliff of Apple Valley (Eastview) and Brianna Lindstrom of Apple Valley (Eastview) also played for the Ram-page.

USA Cup recap Although no teams

from the Sun Thisweek coverage area reached Gold or Silver division fi-nals in the weeklong USA Cup tournament that ended July 19 in Blaine, several did reach champi-onship games in the July 11-13 USA Cup weekend tourney. In addition to the Da-kota Rev Rampage’s girls U19 championship, the Lakeville Lightning fin-ished first in the girls U13 B flight playoff, outscor-ing three playoff oppo-nents 10-0. The Lightning defeated Futura Feroce of Missouri 3-0 in the cham-pionship game. The Dakota Rev Re-venge won the girls U15 B flight, defeating Integrity XC 2-0 in the champion-ship game. Valley United Fusion reached the boys U19 A flight final in the USA Cup Weekend tourney before losing to St. Croix of Minnesota 1-0. Val-ley United also finished second in the boys U12 C flight.

Notebook: Legion playoffs are this week by Mike Shaughnessy


American Legion base-ball teams are competing this week for spots in next week’s state tournament to be held in Eagan, Burns-ville and Bloomington. Fifteen “Sub-State” tournaments are being held across Minnesota, with the winners of each advancing to the state tournament that begins Aug. 1. The Eagan Patri-ots will be the 16th team in the field, earning an auto-matic berth as tournament host. Rosemount, Burnsville, Apple Valley, Lakeville South and Farmington will play in the Sub-State 5 tournament this week at Alimagnet Park in Burns-ville. Rosemount faced St. Paul Park on Wednesday, with the winner going on to the double-elimination portion of the tourna-ment. On Thursday, Apple Valley and Lakeville South play at 4 p.m., Burnsville

plays Woodbury Blue at 4:20, Farmington plays New Prague at 7 and Inver Grove Heights meets the St. Paul Park-Rosemount winner at 7:20. The tour-nament runs through Sun-day afternoon. Lakeville North, Eagan and Eastview are in the Sub-State 6 tournament in Northfield and Dundas. That tournament start-ed Wednesday and runs through Sunday. A second Eagan Ameri-can Legion team is playing in the Sub-State 4 tourna-ment in Minnetonka. Eden Prairie won the 2013 state Legion tourna-ment. Burnsville, which finished second in the state tournament, went on to win the Central Plains Regional and play in the American Legion World Series. Apple Valley won state Legion baseball champi-onships in 1989 and 2002. Eastview won the 2008 state tournament.

Apple Valley’s Andy Ostapowycz swings at a pitch dur-ing a game against Coon Rapids at the Gopher Classic tournament. This week, the 76ers are trying to qualify for the state American Legion tournament. (Photo by Jason Olson)

Eagan will be host of Legion baseball tourney

16 teams will chase state title beginning Aug. 1 by Mike Shaughnessy


Organizers of next week’s state American Legion baseball tournament lined up Minnesota Twins gen-eral manager Terry Ryan to be the featured speaker at the pre-tourney banquet. Then they started to worry when they looked at the calendar. The banquet is scheduled Thursday, July 31, at Ea-gan Community Center. That also happens to be the Major League Baseball non-waiver trading deadline, and the Twins figure to be active. Thankfully for the local organizers, the trade deadline is 3 p.m. and the banquet’s social hour starts at 6 p.m. “We talked to (Ryan) a few weeks ago and he as-sured us he’s in,” said Doug Grawe, a member of the local committee putting on the state tournament. If any other problems that arise in the next week and a half can be solved as easily, Grawe and his com-patriots will be happy. This is Eagan’s first chance to be at host city of the state American Legion tourna-ment, an event that has been held for 88 years, or ev-ery year since 1926. Legion baseball is for players 19 and younger. Generally, they are in high school or have just gradu-ated from high school. In a few cases, players who have completed one year of college can come back and play for their hometown Legion teams. The host team gets an automatic berth in the state tournament, so the Eagan Patriots will be one of the 16 teams in the field when play begins Friday, Aug. 1. The rest will qualify through Sub-State tournaments taking place this week. The Eagan High School varsity field will be the headquarters, but some state tournament games also will be played at Alimagnet Park in Burnsville and Red Haddox Field in Bloomington. The champion-ship game is scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4, at Eagan High School. The first- and second-place teams advance to regional tournaments. More information about the event, including ticket prices for the banquet and tournament, can be found at www.2014mnlegionstatetournament.com.


Hundreds of children participated in the Rosemount Leprechaun Days Blarney Stone Hunt on Tuesday, July 22, at Jaycee Park. The event, which was organized by the Rosemount Parks and Recreation Department with help from sponsor CF Indus-tries, offered the children money in exchange for picking up the colored stones littered throughout three different fields. (Photo by Tad Johnson)

That’s no blarneyBruce Nordquist installed as Apple Valley Rotary president Bruce Nordquist, com-munity development direc-tor for the city of Apple Valley, was installed as the 32nd president of Rotary of Apple Valley at the an-nual President’s dinner held June 24 at the Hayes Senior Center. In attendance were over 75 club members, family and friends. Nordquist has been a Rotarian since April 2007 and has held all leadership positions in preparation for serving as 2014-2015 president. Nordquist thanked outgoing President David Kingsbury, who was pre-sented with a plaque, for his outstanding leadership and accomplishments. Nordquist talked about the power of one and the power of many. He said that working together the Rotary can continue to be very effective. Kingsbury thanked ev-eryone for their support and involvement through-out his term. Kingsbury presented certificates for Sponsoring a New Member, Four Years of Perfect Attendance, Dis-tinguished Service Citation for Presidential Service (15 months) Service Above Self for 2013-2014 founda-tion board Service and Ser-vice Above Self Award for Club Board Service 2013-2014. Under Kingsbury’s leadership, the club re-ceived the Rotary Interna-tional Presidential Citation With Distinction. Rotary of Apple Valley won a record eight of the highest awards possible at the annual Rotary District 5950 Conference on May 2. Ten Paul Harris Award recipients were honored on June 24 for contributing $1,000 or more to the Ro-tary Foundation. They were Eva Cheney-Hatcher, Jessica Fields, Wayne Hilbert, Kevin Scheel, Thomas Goodwin,

Alan Player, Kingsbury, LaComb, Steve Mattson, and Merv Nordstrom. Chartered in 1985, the club recognized three members for 29 years of perfect at-tendance: Chuck Borresen, Jr., Craig Fields and Jim Koester. Other ac-tive charter mem-bers are Goodwin, Paul Heil and Joe Sterling. Joe Norland, a charter member and first president died recently. He was hon-ored for getting the club started in 1985 and for his dedication and service to Rotary and our commu-nity. Recognized for perfect attendance were Nord-strom (24 years); Sterling and Bill Tschohl (20); Ter-ry Merritt (15) and Clint Hooppaw (10). Outgoing directors hon-ored were Tom Lawell, community service direc-

tor, and William Tschohl, public relations director. Peter Theberath will leave his position as treasurer but will continue as student

exchange director. The club in part-nership with Ap-ple Ford Lincoln is current selling raffle tickets at $20 each for a 2014 Ford Focus. Other raffle prizes include a gas grill from

Warners’ Stellian, $500 cash and three $100 cash prizes. Tickets are available at the dealership and from any Rotary member. The drawing will be held Oct. 25 at the Apple Ford Lincoln dealership. The club meets each Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. at Valleywood Club-house. For further information about how to join email [email protected].

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Two women invest savings to open new restaurant

210 Bar & Grill will feature homestyle meals, pizza by Laura Adelmann


Two local women are risking all to start a new business in Lakeville. Pam Carlson, of Eagan, and Shelly Hedrick, of Apple Valley, are investing their combined retirement savings to start 210 Bar & Grill, an American restau-rant featuring homestyle lunches, dinners and one-of-a-kind pizza that Carl-son calls the best she’s ever eaten. The restaurant, locat-ed at 8275 210th St., will feature nutritious sand-wiches, soups and salads that can be quickly served over lunch break and din-ners like roasted chicken, meatloaf or pot roast with mashed potatoes, vegeta-bles and a roll. Carlson said all the food will be made from scratch; her ex-husband Ed Carlson is lead chef, and her son Grant Carl-son is the pizza chef.

Both men love cooking and have experience in the food industry. Ed Carlson owned a bar in Mayer, Minnesota, and Grant Carlson owned a bar/restaurant in Inver Grove Heights where He-drick worked as a bartend-er. “They will be good, home cooked meals,” Pam Carlson said. “And the menu will change accord-ing to the season.” Pam Carlson said she has “business sense” and will focus on administra-tive work. She said Hedrick proved herself to be a competent, hard worker, and the two women were both struggling to find employment in the econ-omy, so they decided to pool their retirement and take a chance. “We’re in for the long haul,” Pam Carlson said. “We’re going full force.” The restaurant, which was last home to a Mexi-

can restaurant, is slated for a soft opening in Au-gust with a grand opening planned for September. “This building seemed ideal for this situation,” Pam Carlson said. “It didn’t need a lot of recon-struction. … It has a nice kitchen and dining area; we wanted a single build-ing and we didn’t want to be in a strip mall. It just happened to fit what we were looking for.” They hope to eventu-ally open a patio and offer pizza delivery. Pam Carlson, a mem-ber of Hosanna Church, said they would also like to donate some of their profits to local charitable organizations, and they plan to be active in the community. “We want to be a vi-tal part of the Lakeville scene,” Pam Carlson said.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

BBB tips to protect yourself on vacation Better Business Bureau of Minne-sota and North Dakota (BBB) warns consumers that they can find themselves tripped up by their own vacation plans if they don’t first take some precautions.

The BBB advises consumers to be on the lookout for fraud in all of its forms, particularly technology-based schemes; a list of helpful tips can be found at www.bbb.org.


Olson put Burnsville chamber on the map



Long before he became one of the state’s top business lead-ers, David C. Olson put the Burnsville Chamber of Com-merce on the map. Olson was the chamber’s first full-time president before later becoming the longtime presi-dent of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. Olson, 57, died July 16 after an 18-month fight with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Olson led the Burnsville chamber for three years, from 1983 to 1985, before being lured away to the multicity Twin-West Chamber of Commerce in Plymouth, which he led from 1985 to 1990. Tributes to Olson, of Gold-en Valley, have poured in from around the state, including Burnsville. “TwinWest chamber’s gain was Burnsville’s loss, although Burnsville still benefits today from the large footprint left by David Olson,” longtime Burns-ville chamber member Kirk De-

tlefsen wrote in a tribute. Detlefsen, who’s had a State Farm Insurance agency in Burnsville for nearly 40 years, headed the chamber’s board of directors in 1982 when it began searching for its first full-time president. From the field of applicants board members chose Olson, a young staffer with the Minne-apolis Chamber of Commerce. With a starting salary that exceeded the chamber’s annual revenue, Olson knew he had make the organization grow, ac-cording to Detlefsen. “With his leadership, mem-bership numbers and investment income increased severalfold,” Detlefsen wrote. “Not only was David able to cover his own pay-roll, but the chamber hired ad-ditional staff to assist with pro-gramming.” The chamber became the fastest-growing chamber in Minnesota, and one of the most active chambers, Detlefsen wrote: “Burnsville was on the map!” During his tenure, Olson formed the Ambassadors group and began hosting the Morn-ing Coffee Break and Business After Hours programs — all of which continue more than 30 years later.

“Chamber activities were fun,” Detlefsen wrote. “Volun-teers filled all of the various committees that were created by David and the board.” Olson’s success didn’t go unnoticed. When TwinWest came calling, Olson couldn’t pass up the opportunity to lead the larger chamber. “David was an incred-ible leader and mentor as well as a great friend,” said Brad Meier, current TwinWest president. “He was always there for the local chambers and would travel all over the state of Minnesota to help with initiatives, strategic planning or to attend events.” Olson was named president of the Minnesota chamber in 1991. The organization rep-resents more than 2,300 Min-nesota companies, 130 local chambers and 65 business trade associations, the chamber said in a news release about Olson’s passing. “David’s deep commitment to improving the state’s econ-omy and the lives of Minne-sotans carried throughout his career,” said Bill Blazar, senior vice president of public affairs and business development at the Minnesota chamber. “He loved

our state. He worked every day to make it better and loved be-ing engaged in anything and everything that would make our economy stronger.”

The Minnesota cham-ber had many ac-complishments under Olson’s leadership, in-cluding repeal of the sales tax on business-to-business transactions in 2014. “The Minnesota cham-ber is stronger than ever because of an excellent

board of directors and staff. David built that each and every year,” said Jeff DeYoung, man-aging partner at Baker Tilly and chair of the Minnesota chamber board. “He was also directly re-sponsible for building the state-wide voice of business at the Capitol.” Other organizations also sought Olson for his expertise in shaping and advancing public policy. In recent years, ensuring a skilled workforce for Minne-sota employers became a high priority for him personally as well as the Minnesota chamber. He served six years on the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees, including as chairman from 2007-10. During his tenure, he

made great strides in initiatives to better align post-secondary offerings with workforce needs. He also was a member of local and national boards. He served on the boards for the Na-tional Association of Manufac-turers, United Way and North-ern Star Council Boy Scouts. He was chairmain-elect of the Council of State Manufactur-ers Association, lead business representative on the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Coun-cil and a member of the Gen-eration Next Partnership Board. He served on a number of other business and community work groups. Olson earned a master of science degree in public admin-istration from Mankato State University, and a bachelor of arts degree in urban and politi-cal science from St. Olaf College in Northfield. He was an Eagle Scout. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, and sons Erik and Nick. A memorial service was July 21 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis.

John Gessner can be reached at (952) 846-2031 or email [email protected].

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Business Buzz Business Calendar

Credit union event for businesses US Federal Credit Union, 1400 Riverwood Drive, Burnsville, will host a business open house and so-cial media seminar from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12. The event is an opportunity for small business owners to meet with local resources to get helpful infor-mation on starting a business, learn effective networking strategies, and gain insight as to how to manage business reputation. KS95/Hubbard Interactive will present “How to Use Social Media to Grow Your Business” seminar sessions at both 5 and 7 p.m. during the event. Space is limited for both sessions of the seminar; call 952-736-5305 by Aug. 11 to RSVP. For more information, visit www.usfed.org/home/promos/bizgrow.

Pemberton recognized Steve Pemberton, independent sales associate with Coldwell Bank-er Burnet’s Apple Valley office, has been named to the company’s Interna-tional President’s Elite. Only the top 3 percent of all sales associates in the Coldwell Banker sys-tem qualified for this group. The Apple Valley office of Cold-well Banker Burnet recently recog-nized its top performing indepen-dent sales associates at an awards presentation ceremony. Independent sales associates achieving notewor-thy levels of production in real estate home listings, sales and other related services were recognized.

Trade show seminar Sun Thisweek Newspapers and Merchants Bank are teaming up to offer local businesses a free seminar on making the most of their trade show experience. The seminar will be 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6, at Merchants Bank, 18550 Joplin Ave., Lakeville. The marketing staff at Merchants Bank will walk participants through five key components to consider when showcasing a business at a trade show: Planning & Objectives, Selecting & Training Staff, Engag-ing Attendees, Sorting & Capturing Target Audience and Turning Leads into Business. The seminar is free to attend, but reservations are required. RSVP to [email protected] or 952-392-6835.

To submit items for the Business Calendar, email: [email protected].

Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, July 29, 8:30-9:30 a.m., New Member Orienta-tion, Wings Financial, first floor training room, 14985 Glazier Ave., Apple Valley. RSVP by July 25. Information: Kristy Cleveland at [email protected]. • Tuesday, Aug. 5, 7:30-9 a.m., Chamber Coffee Connec-tion, Dunn Bros Coffee, 15265 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Free for members and their guests. Information: Kristy Cleveland at [email protected]. • Tuesday, Aug. 5, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Apple Valley Busi-ness Watch Night to Unite Picnic, Fire Station No. 1, corner of County Road 42 and Hayes Road. Cost: $5 for lunch. Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Aug. 5, 8-9 a.m., Rosemount Coffee Break, Mer-chants Bank, 15055 Chippendale Ave. W., Rosemount. Open to all DCRC members. Information: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Wednesday, Aug. 6, 4:30-6 p.m., Why Not Wednesday, Las Tortillas, 15051 Crestone Ave., Rosemount. Information: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Monday, July 28, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., ribbon cutting, Park Den-tal Lakeville, 17436 Kenwood Trail. • Tuesday, July 29, 7:30-9 a.m., New Member Orientation, chamber conference room. RSVP by July 28. • Thursday, July 31, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Chamber President Going Away Party, Holiday Inn and Suites, Lakeville.

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Beware of student loan assistance scams Many students are graduat-ing from college this month. Student loan debt in the United States now tops $1 trillion. It is the second largest form of con-sumer debt, second only to home mortgage debt. With many re-cent graduates struggling to find jobs and the amount of student debt rising, the student loan assistance industry — and the opportunity for scams — has grown. Student loan assistance com-panies sell services that claim to help borrowers manage and re-pay their student loans. Student loan assistance scams try to hide the fact that they charge thousands of dol-lars for something borrowers can do for free, often claiming to have “inside information” or special relationships with the U.S. Department of Education to dupe borrowers into paying. It is important for student loan borrowers to be on the lookout for scam artists who charge hefty fees for one size fits

all services that aren’t right for everyone and are often available for free from the government. Here’s how it might happen: “Tracy” signed up for what she thought was a student loan repayment plan sponsored by the U.S. Department of Educa-tion. After paying almost $500 in fees—money that she was told would count toward her loan payments—she found out that the repayment plan was not affiliated with the government and the fees were not applied to her loans. “Jeff” contracted with a stu-dent debt relief firm to consoli-date his loans. After several $40 monthly payments, Jeff discov-ered that none of the payments had been applied to his loans and that his loans were now in default.

Red fl ags Student loan assistance scammers may advertise con-solidation and deferment and forbearance programs as one

size fits all, sure fire fixes for borrowers struggling to man-age their student loan debt. It is important to remember that not all repayment plans work for everyone. Choosing the wrong repayment plan can have seri-ous consequences. For example, some deferment and forbear-ance plans are only appropriate for someone who is permanently disabled and unable to work. If a person who signed up for one of these plans gets a job and earns money down the road, the person may have to pay back thousands of dollars in back payments, fees, and interest.To avoid student debt assistance scams, watch out for these red flags: • High-pressure sales pitches • Hefty upfront fees • Blank contracts • Deceptive logos • Over reaching or misused powers of attorney • Phrases like “CALL NOW!” “GUARANTEED RESULTS!” or “SAVINGS PLAN AVAIL-

ABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!” • Requests for a student’s loan PIN for services (The U.S. Department of Education ad-vises borrowers against sharing their four digit National Student Loan Data System PIN with others.)

How to get help If you need help managing or paying student loan debt, you should contact your loan ser-vicer to learn about the repay-ment plan that is best for you and your loans. You can also visit the U.S. Department of Education Federal Student Aid Office website, at studentaid.ed.gov, to learn more. All forms are free to download and sub-mit. The following agencies also provide information about re-payment plans and how to avoid student loan assistance scams: • Consumer Financial Pro-tection Bureau, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania

Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20220; Toll free: 1-855-411-CFPB (2372); consumerfinance.gov • U.S. Department of Edu-cation, Federal Student Aid Ombudsman Group, 830 1st St. N.E., Mail Stop 5144, Washing-ton, D.C. 20202-5144; Toll free: 1-877-557-2575; studentaid.ed.gov • Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Response Center, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Wash-ington, D.C. 20580; Toll free: 1-877-382-4357; consumer.ftc.gov If you have been contacted by a student loan assistance scam-mer, you may report the matter to the Minnesota Attorney Gen-eral’s Office as follows: Office of Minnesota At-torney General, 1400 Bremer Tower, 445 Minnesota St., St. Paul, MN 55101; 651-296-3353 or 800-657-3787; TTY: 651-297-7206 or 800-366-4812; ag.state.mn.us

Shopping tips for college-bound studentsPreparing for college life is

a must, whether you are plan-ning to live on or off campus. But it can be overwhelming without a game plan.

To make this exciting expe-rience as smooth as possible, the college experts at Bed Bath & Beyond are offering helpful shopping tips for students and parents.

• Use a checklist: Stay or-ganized and on budget with a checklist. Some retailers offer online and in-store lists break-ing down the essential gear needed for on and off-campus living.

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avoid any unwelcome surprises on move-in day, learn your school-specifi c rules before shopping. From microwaves to coffeemakers, know what you can and can’t bring to your school. Look up your school rules at www.bedbathandbe-yond.com/shopforcollege.

• Create a college registry: A registry makes a great resource for family and friends choosing graduation or college gifts. Stu-dents can also use their registry to share what they’re bringing to school with roommates.

• Meet the roomie: Once stu-dents receive their housing as-signment, they should connect

with their future roommate to fi nalize room decisions and avoid duplication.

• Make packing easy: Take advantage of resources that make transporting your items to college easier. For example, Bath & Beyond has a free in-store service which allows stu-dents to select dorm room es-sentials at a store near home and have everything ready to pick up for purchase at a store near campus.

• Bedding: The bed is pretty much the center of dorm room life, so make it comfortable and stylish. School-provided mat-tresses are often thin, so con-

sider adding a memory foam topper or fi ber bed for extra support. Remember that most dorms require twin extra-long sheets (TXL), and don’t forget to protect the mattress against bed bugs and allergens with a mattress protector.

• Organize: Maximizing space is a must. Create more room with storage and organi-zational items under the bed, over the door and in the closet.

Look for multi-functional items, such as bed risers that have an AC outlet and USB charger.

• Make it homey: Add an area rug and throw blankets

for extra warmth, or add ac-cents like a cool side table and colorful throw pillows.

Decorate the walls with dry erase message boards, artwork and photo displays.

• Study smart: Make sure your work space is highly func-tional. You’ll need plenty of storage for school supplies, lighting for late night cram-ming and a surge protector to plug-in all your devices.

Creating a home away from home can be a challenge. Use tools and resources specifi cally designed for college-bound students to stay organized and on budget. (StatePoint)

Five students from local high schools in and around Dakota Electric Association’s ser-vice area recently returned from the 50th annual National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Rural Electric Youth Tour held June 13-19 in Washington, D.C. Dakota Electric awarded the students an all-expense-paid trip after they completed the ap-plication and interview process in March. Students on the tour had the opportunity to learn first hand what it is like to be involved in politics, community development and today’s social issues. Youth Tour participants included Rhett Carlson (Apple Valley High School), Jay Casella (Eagan High School), Grant Udelhofen (Apple Valley High School), Aaron Mamer (Hastings High School) and Anna Marie Rutz (Farmington High School). (Photo submitted)

Students tour Washington, D.C.

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LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF HEARINGSTATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF DAKOTA DISTRICT COURTFIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICTCASE TYPE: CONDEMNATIONCOURT FILE NO.: 19HA-CV-14-1763City of Apple Valley, a Minnesotamunicipal corporation, Petitioner,v. William C. Thompson (deceased); the unknown heirs of William C. Thompson; Dakota County; Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P.; Gene Rechtzigel, individually and as trustee of Evelyn I. Rechtzigel Trust and Frank H. Rechtzigel Charitable Remainder Unitrust; Srinivasa Rajulapati; Madhavi Rajulapati; Jason Jelinski; Michelle Jelinski; Daniel Gasteazoro; Kristin Gasteazoro; Shelly L. Larson; Darrin A. Larson; Larry J. Russell; Jonathan E. Burkart; Kelly A. Burkart; Francine Lemonie; Daniel Lemonie; Terry Holtzworth; Cheri Holtzworth; Rory L. Swenson; Elizabeth A. Swenson; Yan A. Jiang; Jia X. Jiang; Thomas Thell; Mee-Ling Louie-Thell; Steven A. Hanoski; Deoksoon K. Hanoski; Aurelie Yen Hoang Ly; and John Doe and Mary Roe who may claim an inter-est in the real estate described in the Petition as proprietors, tenants, life estate holders, encumbrancers, or otherwise.Respondents.

TO: Aurelie Yen Hoang Ly, 15972 Fennel Court, Apple Valley, MN 55124; Dakota County, c/o Thomas R. Donely, Esq., Dakota County Judicial Center, 1560 Highway 55, Hastings, MN 55033; Steven A. and Deoksoon K. Hanoski, 15967 Fennel Court, Apple Valley, MN 55124; Yan A. and Jia X. Jiang, 15819 Fescue Court, Apple Valley, MN 55124; Thomas Thell and Mee-Ling Louie-Thell, 15820 Fescue Court, Apple Valley, MN 55124; Rory L. and Elizabeth A. Swenson, 15809 Fescue Court, Apple Valley, MN 55124; Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P., c/o Christopher Grote, Esq., Lindquist & Vennum, 4200 IDS Center, 80 South 8th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402; Daniel and Francine Lemonie, 15764 Finch Avenue, Apple Valley, MN 55124; Gene A. Rechtzigel, individually and as trustee, 6533 – 160th Street West, Apple Valley, MN 55124; and William C. Thompson (de-ceased), the unknown heirs of William C. Thompson, and John Doe and Mary Roe.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:1.That the Petitioner herein has filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court in and for Dakota County,

Minnesota, its Petition praying for condemnation of certain property situated in the County of Dakota, State of Minnesota, said property being legally described as follows:

That part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 35, Township 115 North, Range 20 West of the 5th Principal Meridian, lying East of REGATTA, according to the recorded plat thereof, and lying West of the East 50 acres of said Southwest Quarter, all being in Dakota County, Minnesota.

(the “Property”).2. The names of all persons appearing of record or known to the Petitioner to be owners of said land, or

claiming an interest therein are set forth in Exhibit “A”. 3. A parcel boundary survey has been attached as Exhibit “B”.4.That the object of said Petition is to acquire fee title in the Property in connection with the necessary

public improvements associated with expansion of Petitioner’s park, extension of a public street, access to and maintenance of public utilities, and expansion of the Petitioner’s existing drainage and ponding area.

5. That said Petition will be presented to the District Court, County of Dakota, State of Minnesota on the 15th day of October, 2014, at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, before the Honorable Patrice Sutherland at the Dakota County Government Center, 1560 Highway 55, Hastings, Minnesota 55033, at which time said Petitioner will apply to the Court for an order adjudging that said taking is necessary and au-thorized by law, and that the use for which the Property is proposed to be taken is a public use; that transfer of fee title and possession of the Property be ordered; appointing three competent and impartial persons as com-missioners to ascertain and report the amount of damages that will be sustained by the owners, on account of the taking of the aforesaid Property, and fixing the time and place of the first meeting and the compensation to be paid to said commissioners, all as prayed for in the Petition herein.

6. A party wishing to challenge the public use or public purpose, necessity, or authority for taking must ap-pear at the court hearing and state the objection or must appeal within 60 days of a court order.

7.A court order approving the public use or public purpose, necessity, or authority for the taking is final un-less an appeal is brought within 60 days after service of the order on the party.

EXHIBIT “A”PARCEL -PIN: No PIN assigned by Dakota County, MinnesotaLand Owner:Pursuant to Amended Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Judgment filed in Dakota

County Court File No. 19HA-CV-09-5476 attached as Exhibit C, the last known record owner of the parcel/property described below was William C. Thompson. See Exhibits C at p. 3-4, ¶ 10.

Easement Holders: Dakota County; Magellan Pipeline Company, L.P.; City of Apple ValleyOther known claimed interest holders: Gene Rechtzigel, individually and trustee of the Evelyn I. Rechtzigel

Trust and Frank H. Rechtzigel Charitable Remainder UnitrustAdjacent property owners that may or may not claim an interest: Adjacent Property Owner Address Plat Name Block LotSrinivasa Rajulapati and Madhavi Rajulapati 15664 Finch Avenue Apple Valley, MN 55124 Regatta 2 9Jason Jelinski and Michelle Jelinski 15672 Finch Avenue Apple Valley, MN 55124 Regatta 2 10Daniel Gasteazoro and Kristin Gasteazoro 15680 Finch Avenue Apple Valley, MN 55124 Regatta 2 11Shelly L. Larson and Darrin A. Larson 15688 Finch Avenue Apple Valley, MN 55124 Regatta 2 12Larry J. Russell 15746 Finch Avenue Apple Valley, MN 55124 Regatta 1 1Jonathan E. Burkart and Kelly A. Burkart 15754 Finch Avenue Apple Valley, MN 55124 Regatta 1 2Francine Lemonie and Daniel Lemonie 15764 Finch Avenue Apple Valley, MN 55124 Regatta 1 3Terry Holtzworth and Cheri Holtzworth 15772 Finch Avenue Apple Valley, MN 55124 Regatta 1 4Rory L. Swenson and Elizabeth A. Swenson 15809 Fescue Court Apple Valley, MN 55124 Regatta 1 6Yan A. Jiang; Jia X. Jiang 15819 Fescue Court Apple Valley, MN 55124 Regatta 1 7Thomas Thell; Mee-Ling Louie-Thell 15820 Fescue Court Apple Valley, MN 55124 Regatta 1 8Steven A. Hanoski; Deoksoon K. Hanoski 15967 Fennel Court Apple Valley, MN 55124 Regatta 1 15Gene A. Rechtzigel 15973 Fennel Court Apple Valley, MN 55124 Regatta 1 16Aurelie Yen Hoang Ly 15972 Fennel Court Apple Valley, MN 55124 Regatta 1 17Mortgagee: NoneProperty Address: There is not a property address for the property described below.

Dated: July 10, 2014. DOUGHERTY, MOLENDA, SOLFEST, HILLS & BAUER P.A./s/ Brian J. WisdorfBy: Brian J. Wisdorf, ID# 297768Michael G. Dougherty, ID #134570Robert B. Bauer, ID #227365Attorneys for Petitioner, City of Apple Valley7300 West 147th Street, Suite 600Apple Valley, Minnesota 55124(952) 432-3136

ACKNOWLEDGMENTThe party above-named represented by the undersigned, hereby acknowledges that sanctions may be im-posed pursuant to MINN. STAT. §549.211./s/ Brian J. Wisdorf

Published in Apple Valley, July 25, August 1, 8, 2014, 254830

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 196

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSMINUTES OF JUNE 23, 2014REGULAR BOARD MEETING

Vice Chairperson Jackie Magnu-son called the regular School Board meeting to order at 6 p.m. on June 23, 2014 at Dakota Ridge School.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the School Board.

Present: Joel Albright; Art Coul-son, treasurer; Gary Huusko, clerk; Jackie Magnuson, vice chairper-son; Mike Roseen; Bob Schutte and Superintendent Jane K. Berenz.

Absent: Rob Duchscher, chair-person.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Coulson and carried, with six mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the agenda.

The board recognized John Her-ron, Rosemount High School (RHS), for his Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) International Career Development second-place finish in retail merchandising, and Payton Otterdahl, RHS, who won the Minnesota Track and Field shot put and discus championships.

Berenz congratulated the RHS boys’ lacrosse team on finishing runner-up in the state tournament, Conner Yepsen, who was selected Minnesota’s 2014 Mr. Lacrosse and the Apple Valley High School girls’ lacrosse team on winning its state quarterfinal game.

She introduced new elementary principals Christine Heilman and Kerri Town, who will be at South-view and Northview elementary schools, respectively.

Motion by Roseen, seconded by Schutte and carried, with six mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the following Consent items:

Minutes of June 9 regular and June 17 special board meetings (Exhibits A1 and A2);

Claims for June 4-17, 2014 (Ex-hibit B1);

Electronic funds transfer sched-ule for May 31-June 13, 2014 (Ex-hibit B2);

Schedule of investments for May 31-June 13, 2014 (Exhibit B3);

Treasurer’s report for month ending May 31, 2014 (Exhibit B4);

Gifts received during June 2014 totaling $129,830.49 (Exhibit B5);

Advertising revenue received last quarter totaling $3,410 (Exhibit B6);

Metro ECSU $1,500 paraprofes-sional grant for a fall 2013 special education workshop (Exhibit B7);

Health and safety budget for 2014-15 totaling $989,840 (Exhibit B8);

Twins Community Fund $10,000 grant to remove and replace the wood outfield wall at Eagan High School (Exhibit B9);

Separations, leaves of absence and new staff (Exhibit C1);

Contract renewal with Travelers Insurance for workers’ compensa-tion insurance coverage through a guaranteed-cost plan effective July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 (Ex-hibit C2);

Resolution relating to the termi-nation and non-renewal of teaching contracts for Angela Burroughs and Sara Schenck (Exhibit C3);

Agreement to extend the proba-tionary period of a teacher during 2014-15 and waive his continuing contract rights, and an agreement for an additional .2 FTE for the 2014-15 school year without the additional FTE becoming part of the teacher’s continuing contract (Exhibit D1);

Resolution to expel a student immediately, through the end of quarter 2 (January 30, 2015) or tri-mester 2 (March 12, 2015) of the 2104-15 school year, depending on which high school the student elects to attend (Exhibit D2).

Director of Teaching and Learn-ing Steve Troen provided an over-view of the Learning and Technol-ogy Vision Task Force’s work and shared information on the imple-mentation the different phases of the plan. The task force determined the district has a responsibil-ity to ensure that the students are prepared for success in a rapidly changing digital world. It focused on discovering what a student’s educational experience would look like if that experience, enhanced by technology, was as engaging and dynamic as the world around them.

Troen noted the foundation for success includes three areas: the art of teaching, strong curriculum, and technology knowledge and use of technology by students and staff. The goal is for all students to use digital resources to access and analyze; collaborate and com-municate; problem-solve; innovate and create; understand technology concepts, operations and tools, and practice responsible use of technology (digital citizenship).

Phase one involves beta groups of classroom teachers, technology integration leaders, instructional specialists and administrators who will work collaboratively to build the district’s instructional capacity for

effectively using one-to-one tech-nology in the classroom. After two years of beta groups, phase two of the plan begins a three-year rollout of providing a device for each stu-dent, starting with grades 8, 9 and 10. The following year, grades 6, 7 and 11 would be added in phase three, and phase four would be grades 4, 5 and 12 in 2018-19, the fifth year of the learning and tech-nology plan.

Troen formed a 17-member team for the selection of mobile de-vices. The team recommended an iPad mini for all students in grades 4-12+, supplemented with district-funded carts of Chromebooks, and an iPad mini and laptop to replace current desktop computers for all teachers PreK-12+. The student devices will be replaced on a three-year schedule as implemented.

Director of Finance and Opera-tions Jeff Solomon asked the board to approve the 2014-15 preliminary budget (Exhibit E) and noted there were no changes to the budget since it was presented at the June 9, 2014 board meeting.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Schutte and carried, with six mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the preliminary budget.

School District Attorney Jill Coyle presented a resolution for membership in The Alliance for Lia-bility and Property Services (ALPS) a new insurance pool for joint pur-chasing under an intergovernmen-tal agreement (Exhibit F-Revised). ALPS members establish a self-funded pool of money to pay for property and liability claims up to a certain amount. A third-party ad-ministrator handles the loss claims. Membership includes a three-year commitment to remain in ALPS, with the cost of participation to be determined annually by the mem-bers. The estimated maximum cost to District 196 for the first year is $780,697, which would be an ap-proximate 6 percent decrease from last year’s liability and property in-surance premiums.

ALPS membership will provide the district greater control over costs by retaining a portion of pre-dictable losses within the estab-lished loss fund while transferring a portion of catastrophic risk to in-surance. This coverage is known as “protected self-insurance.” Current school district members include Minnetonka and Stillwater, with a fourth district also considering membership. Coyle noted joining ALPS while initially being formed allows the district to have a repre-sentative on the ALPS board.

Coyle introduced David Howard of Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Man-agement who addressed possible membership expansion. Howard noted that each district is analyzed and no district subsidizes the other.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Roseen and carried by roll call vote with Coulson, Huusko, Roseen, Schutte, Albright and Magnuson voting in favor and no member vot-ing in opposition, to approve the resolution for membership in ALPS.

Magnuson congratulated all graduates and noted that com-mencement ceremonies went won-derfully.

Berenz reported approximately 900 students in grades 2 through 5 attended the seventh annual Young Scholars summer camp.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried, with six mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to adjourn the meeting at 6:55 p.m.

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Burnsville/EaganJuly 25, 2014

254754CITY OF APPLE VALLEY

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSSealed bids will be received until 10:00

a.m., Thursday, July 31, 2014, at the of-fice of the City Clerk, City of Apple Val-ley, 7100 147th Street West, Apple Valley, Minnesota, 55124, at which time they will be publicly opened and read, for the pur-pose of securing a contractor to provide:

APPLE VALLEY LIQUOR STORE #2 INTERIOR REMODEL PROJECT

Each bid shall be accompanied by acertified check, cashier’s check or a bidbond in the amount of five percent (5%)of the gross bid, made payable to the Cityof Apple Valley, which shall be forfeitedto the City in the event the bidder fails to deliver the services. The City Council re-serves the right to retain the deposits ofthe bidders for a period not to exceed 60days after the date and time set for theopening of bids. No bids may be with-drawn for a period of 30 days after thedate and time set for the opening of bids.

Specifications and proposal forms maybe obtained from the City Clerk’s Office,7100 147th Street West, Apple Valley, Minnesota, 55124. Direct inquiries to Li-quor Operations Director Scott Swansonat 952-953-2560.

The City Council reserves the right toreject any and all bids, to waive irregulari-ties and informalities therein and furtherreserves the right to award the contract tothe best interests of the City.

DATED this 10th day of July, 2014. /s/ Pamela J. Gackstetter, City Clerk

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July 18, 25, 2014250267

NOTICE OF MOTION ANDMOTION TO PERMITDEPOSIT OF QUICK

TAKE FUNDSSTATE OF MINNESOTACOUNTY OF DAKOTA DISTRICT COURTFIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICTCASE TYPE: CONDEMNATIONCOURT FILE NO.: 19-HA-CV-14-1763City of Apple Valley, a Minnesotamunicipal corporation, Petitioner,v. William C. Thompson (deceased); the unknown heirs of William C. Thompson; Dakota County; Magel-lan Pipeline Company, L.P.; Gene Rechtzigel, individually and as trustee of Evelyn I. Rechtzigel Trust and Frank H. Rechtzigel Charitable Remainder Unitrust; Srinivasa Ra-julapati; Madhavi Rajulapati; Jason Jelinski; Michelle Jelinski; Daniel Gasteazoro; Kristin Gasteazoro; Shelly L. Larson; Darrin A. Lar-son; Larry J. Russell; Jonathan E. Burkart; Kelly A. Burkart; Francine Lemonie; Daniel Lemonie; Terry Holtzworth; Cheri Holtzworth; Rory L. Swenson; Elizabeth A. Swenson; Yan A. Jiang; Jia X. Jiang; Thomas Thell; Mee-Ling Louie-Thell; Ste-ven A. Hanoski; Deoksoon K. Ha-noski; Aurelie Yen Hoang Ly; and John Doe and Mary Roe who may claim an interest in the real estate described in the Petition as propri-etors, tenants, life estate holders, encumbrancers, or otherwise. Respondents.

TO: Aurelie Yen Hoang Ly, 15972 Fennel Court, Apple Valley, MN 55124; Dakota County, c/o Thomas R. Donely, Esq., Dakota County Judicial Center, 1560 Highway 55, Hastings, MN 55033; Steven A. and Deoksoon K. Hanoski, 15967 Fen-nel Court, Apple Valley, MN 55124; Yan A. and Jia X. Jiang, 15819 Fes-cue Court, Apple Valley, MN 55124; Thomas Thell and Mee-Ling Louie-Thell, 15820 Fescue Court, Apple Valley, MN 55124; Rory L. and Eliz-abeth A. Swenson, 15809 Fescue Court, Apple Valley, MN 55124; Ma-gellan Pipeline Company, L.P., c/o Christopher Grote, Esq., Lindquist & Vennum, 4200 IDS Center, 80 South 8th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402; Daniel and Francine Lem-onie, 15764 Finch Avenue, Apple Valley, MN 55124; Gene A. Rech-tzigel, individually and as trustee, 6533 – 160th Street West, Apple Valley, MN 55124; and William C. Thompson (deceased), the un-known heirs of William C. Thomp-son, and John Doe and Mary Roe.

YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NO-TICE that Petitioner City of Apple Valley, through its attorney, will move the above-named Court on the 15th day of October 2014, at 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, before the Honorable Patrice Sutherland at the Dakota County Government Center, 1560 Highway 55, Hast-ings, Minnesota 55033 for the fol-lowing:

1. An Order, pursuant to MINN. STAT. §117.042, permitting deposit with the Court of an amount equal to Petitioner’s approved appraised value for the property identified in its Condemnation Petition.

2. For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and equitable.Dated: July 17, 2014. DOUGHERTY, MOLENDA, SOLFEST, HILLS & BAUER P.A./s/ Brian J. Wisdorf By: Brian J. Wisdorf, ID# 297768Michael G. Dougherty, ID #134570Robert B. Bauer, ID #227365 Attorneys for Petitioner, City of Apple Valley7300 West 147th Street, Suite 600Apple Valley, Minnesota 55124(952) 432-3136

ACKNOWLEDGMENTThe party above-named represent-ed by the undersigned, hereby ac-knowledges that sanctions may be imposed pursuant to MINN. STAT. §549.211./s/ Brian J. Wisdorf

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July 25, August 1, 8, 2014254808

CITY OF APPLE VALLEYNOTICE OF HEARING

ON PROCEEDINGS FOR VACATION OFPUBLIC GROUNDS IN THE

CITY OF APPLE VALLEYTO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

City Council of the City of Apple Valley,Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet atthe City Hall, 7100 147th Street West, at7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as pos-sible, on Thursday, August 14, 2014, toconsider the matter of vacation of the following described public grounds in the City of Apple Valley, pursuant to Minne-sota Statutes 412.851:

All of 152nd Street West right-of-way as dedicated in the recorded plat thereofCORTLAND, Dakota County, Minnesotalying westerly of the northerly and south-erly extensions of the westerly right-of-way line of Embry Path adjoining said152nd Street West.

Such persons as desire to be heard withreference to the proposal will be heard atthis meeting.

DATED this 10th day of July, 2014./s/ Pamela J. Gackstetter, City Clerk


July 18, 25, 2014250363

CITY OF APPLE VALLEYNOTICE OF HEARING

ON PROCEEDINGS FOR VACATION OFPUBLIC GROUNDS IN THE

CITY OF APPLE VALLEYTO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

City Council of the City of Apple Valley,Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet atthe City Hall, 7100 147th Street West, at7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as pos-sible, on Thursday, August 14, 2014, toconsider the matter of vacation of the following described public grounds in theCity of Apple Valley, pursuant to Minne-sota Statutes 412.851:

The easement area for drainage andutility and roadway purposes over underand across that the part of OUTLOT C, CORTLAND, according to the recordedplat thereof, Dakota County, Minnesota,described as follows:

Commencing at the northeast corner ofsaid OUTLOT C, thence on an assumedbearing of South 00 degrees 07 minutes46 seconds East along the easterly line ofsaid OUTLOT C, a distance of 1,365.67feet to the southeast corner of said OUT-LOT C; thence South 89 degrees 51 min-utes 53 seconds West 398.87 feet alongthe south line of said OUTLOT C to the

point of beginning; thence North 02 de-grees 19 minutes 49 seconds West 15.46feet; thence South 87 degrees 40 minutes11 seconds West 130.01 feet; thenceNorth 13 degrees 53 minutes 54 secondsWest 63.23 feet; thence North 23 degrees59 minutes 42 seconds West 120.26 feet;thence South 72 degrees 15 minutes 41seconds West 111.13 feet; thence South17 degrees 44 minutes 19 seconds East 122.99 feet; thence South 72 degrees15 minutes 41 seconds West 78.50 feetto the westerly line of said OUTLOT C;thence South 17 degrees 44 minutes 10seconds East 30.00 feet to a point on thewesterly line of said OUTLOT C; thenceNorth 72 degrees 15 minutes 41 secondsEast 139.89 feet; thence South 11 de-grees 48 minutes 59 seconds East 46.42feet to the southerly line of said OUTLOTC; thence North 81 degrees 46 minutes50 seconds East 175.60 feet along saidsoutherly line; thence North 89 degrees51 minutes 53 seconds East 12.01 feet to the point of beginning.

(the “Westerly Easement Area”)ANDThe easement area for drainage and

utility purposes over, under and acrossthat part of OUTLOT C, CORTLAND,according to the recorded plat thereof,Dakota County, Minnesota, lying 15 feet

f f

on each side of the following describedcenterline:

Commencing at the northeast corner ofsaid OUTLOT C, thence on an assumedbearing of South 00 degrees 07 minutes46 seconds East along the easterly line ofsaid OUTLOT C, a distance of 920.34 feet;thence South 89 degrees 15 minutes

50 seconds West 19.73 feet to the pointof beginning of said center line; thencecontinuing South 89 degrees 15 minutes50 seconds West 191.94 feet; thenceSouth 01 degrees 19 minutes 11 secondsWest 223.65 feet; thence South 35 de-grees 44 minutes 29 seconds West 40.26feet; thence South 00 degrees 08 minutes07 seconds East 186.91 feet to the south-erly line of said OUTLOT C and there ter-minating. The sidelines of said easementare prolonged or shortened to terminateon the southerly line of said OUTLOT C.

(the “Easterly Easement Area”)Such persons as desire to be heard with

reference to the proposal will be heard atthis meeting.DATED this 10th day of July, 2014. /s/Pamela J. Gackstetter, City Clerk


July 18, 25, 2014250359

EducationEagan and Apple Valley earn honors at national speech and debate tournament

Eagan and Apple Valley high schools both earned school-level recognition and Eagan Prin-cipal Polly Reikowski received Principal of the Year honors at this year’s National Speech and Debate Association (formerly the National Forensic League) national tournament June 15-20 in Kansas City. Eagan was one of 10 schools in the nation to be named a School of Outstanding Dis-tinction and Apple Valley was one of 21 schools to be named a Speech School of Excellence. Both awards are based on the number of rounds of competi-tion completed by each school’s students during the tournament. Of the 25 District 196 stu-dents who qualified, two made

it to the final round of competi-tion (top six) in their event and three others advanced to the semifinal rounds. Laurel Scott of Eagan fin-ished national runner-up in original oratory for the second year in a row and Moti Begna of Apple Valley was also a finalist, taking fifth in original oratory. Adam Stromme of Eagan, who advanced to the finals in U.S. extemporaneous speaking last year, finished ninth in the same event this year and earned an award for being a four-time qualifier for the national tour-nament. The other two semifinalists are Stephanie Kahle of Apple Valley, who took 10th place in humorous interpretation, and

Nikhil Venkatasubramanian of Eastview High School in con-gressional debate. Each event started with more than 200 competitors. Other District 196 students who ad-vanced to the top 30 in their event included Caroline Berg of Apple Valley in original oratory; Nissi Kunjummen of Eagan in poetry; Quincy Nkwonta and Nick Saxton of Eagan in duo interpretation; Nurry Goren of Eagan in Lincoln-Douglas de-bate; and Jack Kurila of East-view in U.S. extemporaneous speaking. Top-60 finishers included Claire Hoffa and Maddy Ober of Apple Valley in Lincoln-Douglas debate; Talha Ahsan of Eagan in international extempo-

raneous speaking; Aekta Mouli of Eagan in original oratory; Mollie Clark and Alex Rosati of Eagan in public forum debate; and Anant Naik of Eastview in international extemporaneous speaking. Reikowski received the Na-tional Speech and Debate As-sociation’s Principal of the Year award for 2014 for supporting high-quality opportunities in speech and debate program-ming, and for her exemplary contributions to the profession during a 40-year career as a teacher, speech coach and ad-ministrator in three District 196 high schools. Reikowski started at Rose-mount High School in 1973 as a teacher. In 1976, she was part

of the staff that opened Apple Valley High School, first as a communications teacher and speech coach, and later as ad-ministrative assistant. In 1989, she helped open Eagan High School as dean of students, be-came assistant principal the fol-lowing year and has been lead-ing the school as principal since November 2002. Reikowski is as a true believer in providing students with opportunities in academics, the arts and athlet-ics -- the district’s Triple-A phi-losophy founded at Apple Valley High -- and she is an avid sup-porter of all co-curricular activi-ties, most directly involved with speech, debate and the other fine arts.

Polly Reikowski named Principal of the Year for 40 years of contributions to speech and debate


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theater and arts briefstheater and arts calendarKelley Park

concert series The David Gonza-lez Band is bringing its rhythm & blues and Latin music to Apple Valley on Friday, July 25, as part of the summerlong Music in Kelley Park concert series hosted by the Apple Valley Arts Foundation. Admission is free to the 6-9 p.m. concert in the park located at Found-ers Lane and West 153rd Street, and vendors will be on hand offering festival food such as burgers and brats along with wine and beer. This summer’s concert series concludes Aug. 1 with a performance by Steve Sullivan & the Fac-tory. More information is at Facebook.com/Mu-sicInKelleyPark.

‘Annie Jr. – The Musical’ APPLAUSE! Perform-ing Arts Camps: BROAD-WAY presents “Annie Jr. – The Musical” on the Fal-con Ridge Middle School stage in Apple Valley. The production is un-der the direction of Mi-chael and Julianne Skaar. Performances are

Thursday, July 24, at 7 p.m.; Friday, July 25, at 11 a.m.; and Friday, July 25, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 at the door; $5 advanced ticket sales are available from cast members or at the FRMS lower entrance from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

Expressions production “Insane With Power,” a comedy by Expressions Community Theater, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1-2 and 7-9 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Lakev-ille Area Arts Center. Tickets are $13 on-line at www.Lakevil-leAreaArtsCenter.com or in person at the Arts Cen-ter, 20965 Holyoke Ave. For additional informa-tion, call 952-985-4640.

Author’s Sunday Fred Johnson, author of “The Sea Wing Disaster of 1890,” will be the guest author at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at the LeDuc His-toric Estate, 1629 Vermil-lion St., Hastings. The steamboat Sea Wing capsized on Lake Pepin during a summer

evening storm, claiming the lives of 98 people. The event is open to the public. A $2 donation is requested. Visitors are encour-aged to attend the 6:30 p.m. concert (with music by The Squires) sponsored by the Hastings Concert Association in the apple orchard behind the LeDuc House. Pie, ice cream, brownies and beverages will be served for a mini-mal fee by a nonprofit or-ganization. The LeDuc Historic Estate is owned by the city of Hastings and managed by Dakota County His-torical Society. Visit www.dakotahistory.org or call 651-437-7055 for more in-formation.

Merle Haggard at Mystic Lake Grammy Award win-ner and country music superstar Merle Haggard will take the Mystic Show-room stage at 8 p.m. Sun-day, Oct. 5. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 26, for $39 and $49. Call the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for more details.

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Auditions The Prior Lake Players will hold open auditions for their fall production of “The Leg-end of Sleepy Hollow” from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, and Tuesday, Aug. 19, at Twin Oaks Middle School, 15860 Fish Point Road S.E., Prior Lake. Roles available for children and adults. Auditions are first come, first served; no appointments necessary. Per-formances will be Oct. 10-12 and 24-26. More details are at plplayers.org.

Dance Rhythmic Circus: “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now,” 8 p.m. July 25 and 26, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $30-$40 at Ticketmas-ter.com. Information: 952-895-4685.

Events/festivals Rosemount Leprechaun Days, July 18-27. Information: www.RosemountEvents.com. Dakota County Fair, Aug. 4-10, Dakota County Fair-grounds, 4008 W. 220th St., Farmington. Information: www.dakotacountyfair.org.

Exhibits East Asian painting exhib-it, June 1-Aug. 31, Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Digital Impressionism photography exhibit by Bec-qi Sherman, June 2-July 31, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Informa-tion: 952-985-4640. Cultural Perspectives: Bringing Heritage Home ex-hibit, July 10-Aug. 24, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville.

Music Music in Kelley Park fea-turing The David Gonzalez Band, 6-9 p.m. Friday, July 25, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages available for purchase.

BoDeans, 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 25, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $37, $49.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://mn-zoo.org/plan-your-visit/music-zoo/. Summer Salon, chamber music concert featuring Dolce Wind Quintet, Steve Staruch and Valerie Kahler, 7 p.m. Sunday, July 27, Presbyterian Church of the Apostles, 701 E. 130th St., Burnsville. Silent auction at 6:30 p.m. Suggest-ed donation of $20, checks and cash only. Information: 952-890-7877. Sam McColley, folk music, 7-7:30 p.m., and The Man-chester Social Club, folk/rock, 7:45-8:30 p.m. on July 27 as part of Sunday Night Music in the Park at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free. Machinery Hill, original tunes that blend ska, klezmer, Celtic, rock and American folk, 7 p.m. on July 30 as part of the Wednesday in the Park Concert Series at Civic Center Park, 75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville. Free. Music in Kelley Park fea-turing Steve Sullivan & the Factory, 6-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages available for purchase.

Theater “Shrek, The Musical,” presented by Eagan Summer Theatre, July 18 to Aug. 2, Ea-gan High School auditorium. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 se-niors and children age 12 and younger. Purchase tickets on-line at eagan.k12.mn.us. Box office: 651-683-6964. “Grease,” presented by The Play’s The Thing Produc-tions, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8-9 and 2 p.m. Aug. 10, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $14 adults, $13 chil-dren age 12 and younger. Pur-chase tickets at the box office or at Ticketmaster.com, 1-800-982-2787.

Workshops/classes/other

The Eagan Art House of-fers art classes for all ages, www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/recreat ion/eagan-art-house, 651-675-5500. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Battle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tues-day of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Ap-ple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tier-ney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes-days, River Ridge Arts Build-ing, Burnsville. Information: www.christ inet ierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art edu-cation through drawing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Pa-tricia Schwartz, www.Brush-worksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Summer Theatre Camps, ages 4-16, week-long camps June-August, In the Company of Kids Creative Arts Center, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, www.cokartscenter.com, 952-736-3644. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Country line dance class-es held for intermediates Mon-days 1:30-4 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. Country line dance class-es on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Li-brary. Information: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

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Friday, July 25 Outdoor movie, “Despi-cable Me 2,” rated PG, 7:30 p.m., dusk showtime, Nicollet Commons Park in the Heart of the City, Burnsville.

Tuesday, July 29 Family Fun Tuesday – Hu-morous Storytelling through Percussive Dance with Flying Foot Forum, 10-11 a.m. in the Sculpture Garden at Caponi Art Park, Eagan. $4 per person do-nation suggested. Information: 651-454-9412 or www.capon-iartpark.org. Open house for Link12 Lakeville, an online K-12 pub-lic school open to any family re-siding in Minnesota, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Crystal Lake Education Center, 16250 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Chipotle fundraiser by the Eastview High School cheer-leaders, 5:30-8 p.m. at the South Eagan Chipotle, Cliff Road and Park Center Drive. Bring in the flyer (found at http://eastviewathletics.com/competitive_cheer), show it on a smartphone or tell the cashier and the team will receive half of the proceeds.

Wednesday, July 30 Eagan Market Fest, 4-8 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. Farmers market, en-tertainment by Ticket to Brasil and Tropical Zone Band. Infor-mation: www.cityofeagan.com/marketfest or 651-675-5500.

Thursday, July 31 Magic Show will perform at noon for the Thursday Rockin’ Lunch Hour concert at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free. Thursday Rockin’ Read-ers, 11 a.m., Nicollet Com-mons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. William Byrne

Elementary Principal Lyle Bom-sta will read books to children. Books are geared toward el-ementary and preschool chil-dren.

Friday, Aug. 1 Forever Wild Family Fri-day: Storytelling with Roy Edward Power, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. All ages. Free. Registration requested. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks.

Saturday, Aug. 2 Sunset Hike for Adults, 7-9 p.m., Jensen Lake Shelter, Leb-anon Hills Regional Park, 1350 Carriage Hills Drive, Eagan. Ages 16 and older. Cost: $8. Registration required at www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks. Movies in the Park, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2,” at dusk at the Central Park Amphitheater near City Hall, Rosemount. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. Weather-related updates: 651-322-6020, option No. 6.

Sunday, Aug. 3 Windmill Animal Rescue Days, Webster Township Park, 4633 40th St. W., Webster. 5K run begins at 9 a.m., check-in at 8 a.m. Pet walk starts at 11 a.m., check-in at 10 a.m. Walk pledge sheet available at www.windmillanimalrescue.com. Volunteers needed, contact Toni Maat at 952-461-2765 or [email protected].

Reunions Henry Sibley Senior High School Class of 1974 – 40 Year Reunion, Aug. 9, Lost Spur Golf & Event Center, Ea-gan. For details and registra-tion go to class website: www.henrysibley74.com or call Mur-ray or Linda Kieffer at 651-452-7645. Lakeville High School Class of 1964 – 50 Year Re-union, Sept. 18-20. Informa-

tion: Clare Zweber, [email protected], 612-385-0838; Wally Jepsen, [email protected], 612-247-7799. Burnsville High School Class of 2004 – 10 Year Re-union, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Solera in Minne-apolis. Information: https://w w w. e v e n t b r i t e . c o m / e /b u r n s v i l l e - h i g h - s c h o o l -c l a s s - o f - 2 0 0 4 - t e n - y e a r-r e u n i o n - t i c k e t s - 1 1 9 6 7 293497.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • July 26, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Walgreens, 15034 Shannon Parkway, Rosemount. • July 28, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Scott County Library – Market Village, 100 J. Roberts Way, New Market. • July 29, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Fairview Ridges Hospital, 201 E. Nicollet Blvd., Burnsville. • July 30, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., School of Environmental Studies, 12155 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. • July 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., First American Title, 14551 County Road 11, Burnsville. • July 30, 12-5 p.m., Hilltop Family Chiropractic, 1121 Town Centre Drive, Eagan. • July 31, 12-6 p.m., Shep-herd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. • July 31, 2-7 p.m., Glen-dale United Methodist Church, 13550 Glendale Road, Savage. • Aug. 1, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Paideia Academy, 7200 147th St. W., Apple Valley. • Aug. 2, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Caribou Coffee, 3868 150th St., Rosemount. • Aug. 2, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan.

Lynea and Bridget McCulloch and Stephanie and Jim Henkemeyer found the Lepre-chaun’s Lost Medallion on Monday, July 21. This year’s $500 prize was offered for the fourth consecutive year by Sterling State Bank. (Photo by Tad Johnson)

Jim Henkemeyer and his daughter, Stephanie and her friends Lynea and Bridget McCulloch, all 14 years old, found the me-dallion Monday at about 1 p.m. on the Koch Minne-sota Trail between Central and Erickson parks. Jim said he found the medallion, which was rest-ing sideways on a retaining wall facing Erickson Pond. He said the medallion was very hard to see, but he reached down to see what it was. To his surprise, it was the

medallion. The crew won the $500 prize offered by Sterling State Bank for finding the medallion. This is the fourth year in a row that the bank has offered the prize money. Having the medallion found on the first day of the hunt is very rare. In recent years, the medallion has been found on the fourth, third and second days of the hunt. Previous to those years, the hunt was only slated to be five days long and it rarely went that long.

Jim said they were very lucky to have found it since the clue didn’t offer any specific information that pointed to this location. He also said what he saw didn’t look like it could be the me-dallion since only the top side of it was visible. He said they were in the park looking around for about 15 minutes or so until they found it. They had al-ready been to Jaycee, Cam-field and Charlie’s parks be-fore going to Central Park and continuing to the trail.

Leprechaun’s Lost Medallion found on first day


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Cathy Wright’s “Tough Love” tells the story of the gypsy vagabond Eun Mohawk Manini, or “little bird,” and her journey over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii to find her guru. (Photo submitted)

Flying Foot Forum, a Twin Cities-based percussive theater and dance troupe, will be presenting two shows at Eagan’s Caponi Art Park in coming days. The group — which uses music and dance to tell humorous, unusual tales and create a variety of wild char-acters — is set to perform at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 29, and then again at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, as part of the art park’s Family Fun Tuesdays and Summer Perfor-mance Series programs. Admission is free with a $4 per person suggested donation to the July 29 event and a $5 suggested donation on Aug. 3; guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to spread on the art park amphitheater’s grassy slopes. More is at www.caponiartpark.org. (Photo submitted)

Salsa party Eagan Market Fest is getting a blast of salsa and other Latin music next week with performances from the Tropical Zone Band (pictured) and Ticket to Brasil. The con-cert on July 30 opens at 4 p.m. with Ticket to Brasil, which plays a mix of Bossa Nova, Latin jazz and Afro-Brazilian Samba; at 6 p.m. the Tropical Zone Band takes the stage to deliver its Puerto Rican salsa and merengue dance music. Admission is free to Mar-ket Fest, a weekly farmers market and community festival held on Wednesday nights throughout the summer at Eagan’s Central Park festival grounds, with live music each week at the Rotary Band Shell. More on the event is at www.cityofeagan.com. (Photo submitted)

Dancing toward enlightenment with ‘Tough Love’ Former Apple Valley High School dance teacher enters

magical territory with Fringe Festival show by Andrew Miller


After suffering three painful ankle injuries in the course of a year while teaching dance at Apple Valley High School, Cathy Wright decided it was time for a change. The experiences that fol-lowed Wright’s departure from the high school’s dance department in 2012 gave her a whole new perspective on life, which is on display in her new one-person show, “Tough Love.” The dance-centered mul-timedia show, which opens July 31 in Minneapolis as part of the Minnesota Fringe Festival, brings to-gether bits and pieces of Wright’s sabbatical travel and yoga and meditation practice. It tells the story of the gypsy vagabond Eun Mohawk Manini, or “little bird,” and her journey over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii to find her guru. “Tough Love” mirrors Wright’s own journey. She traveled to Hawaii in Oc-tober 2013, where she at-tended yoga, dance and drumming conferences, spent time at a Buddhist monastery, began practicing qigong, consulted with sha-mans, and undertook a 40-day kundalini meditation. During that long medi-tation she had a vision of

what she wanted to share with the world through her performances. “On day 28, I had this epiphany of ‘Tough Love,’ this message of love and kindness and compassion,” said Wright, who returned from Hawaii in April. “It’s a whole new area of perfor-mance for me.” “Tough Love” features dance vignettes, mantra-style chanting, film, and live ukulele music. Min-neapolis is the fourth stop

on Wright’s seven-city tour with the show; she’s already staged performances in Portland and Santa Cruz, Calif. The performance won’t be Wright’s first appearance at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. She won the fes-tival’s Encore Award in 2009 with her production “Thrower of Light.” Following the run of “Tough Love,” the 1995 Apple Valley High School graduate said she plans to focus on Art Yoga Cat, her performance art and yoga company, along with seek-ing out an artist residence that incorporates her back-ground in dance and yoga. “Tough Love” will be performed July 31-Aug. 10 at Intermedia Arts in Min-neapolis. Show times and ticket information are at www.fringefestival.org.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Cathy Wright

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Bethel University, St. Paul, spring dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Jena Mielke, Jonathan Moe, Margaret Schiffman, El-lise Weber. Bethel University, St. Paul, spring graduates, from Apple Valley – Kel-len Kersten, B.A., com-munication studies; An-drew McNamara, B.A., teaching English/foreign language; Katherine Sch-lesser, B.A., business. Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, spring graduates, from Apple Valley – Nicholas Dodd, B.S., business administra-tion; Jeffrey Hoyt, B.S., college of arts and scienc-es; Samantha Zieminski, Pharm.D., pharmacy. Concordia College, Moorhead, spring dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Emily Luckhardt, Austin Phillips, Madeline Phil-lips, Katherine Schiff-man, Joanna Sink. Margaret Speikers, of Apple Valley and a stu-dent at Dakota County Technical College, was awarded the college/post-secondary bronze medal in Medical Terminology at the SkillsUSA Nation-al Leadership and Skills Conference. Dunwoody College of

Technology, Minneapo-lis, spring dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Amelia Blakeley, Jason Millner. University of North-western – St. Paul, spring dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Allison Burke, Sean Burke, Stacie Burke, Sara Hayes, Sarah Poppe-ma, Tamara Willis. University of North-western – St. Paul, spring graduates, from Apple Valley – Jessica Goeke, Daniel Henkel, Sarah Poppema, Alyssa Temte, Tamara Willis. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, spring dean’s list, from Apple Valley – Joseph Besong, Heather Duehn, Adam Jentink, Jamie St. Marie, Lindsey Wegner. University of Wiscon-sin-Stout, spring chancel-lor’s award, from Apple Valley – Abigail Broder-dorf, Steven Chamber-land, Molly Gerths, Ryan Goodman, Katie Grutza, Erika Werner. University of Minne-sota Crookston, spring dean’s list, Alexa Dohm-eier, of Apple Valley.

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Hindu Milan Mandir held its grand opening July 18-20 at its new home at 501 Walnut St., Farmington, starting with a ceremonial procession and ribbon cutting Friday, and finishing with a cultural show on Sunday. Several monks came to celebrate from as far away as India. (Photo by Andy Rogers)

Hindu temple opens in Farmington

The Recycling Zone at fair Those who visit the Government Building at the 2014 Dakota County Fair will learn more than they ever knew before about The Recycling Zone in Dakota County. The building will be covered in educational messages that will not just help people understand what recycled materials are turned into, but also remind them of the variety of items that are accepted for free at their local recy-cling facility. To inspire children to get into the habit of recy-cling, Dakota County staff will give superhero capes to kids as a reminder that

“Superheroes Recycle” at The Recycling Zone. Local superhero Sustainability Man will stop by to meet and greet kids from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at the Government Build-ing. The fair is held Aug. 4-10 at the Dakota County fairgrounds, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. Open hours at the Government Building are noon to 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Aug. 5-9; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10. For more information about the fair, visit www.dakotacountyfair.org.

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