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Talking about mental illnessThe ECM Editorial Board encourages people to start talking about mental illness in an effort to reduce the stigma often associated with it.

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Stage life beckonsAn apprenticeship at the Children’s Theatre Company is the latest achievement for young Eagan actor Meghan Kreidler.

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Fall sports kick off practices Area high school teams in all sports started practices this week to prepare for the upcoming season.

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Food truck festivalFood trucks from across the Twin Cities will soon be rolling into Eagan for a festival that celebrates the recent food truck trend.

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Lynx kittens debut

Four Canada lynx kittens made their public debut at the Minnesota Zoo on Aug. 14. The two boys and two girls were born at the zoo on May 6 and will make their home on the zoo’s Medtronic Minnesota Trail. This is the zoo’s third litter of the Canada lynx, which are currently listed as threatened under the Endangered Spe-cies Act. (Photo submitted)

Construction planned next year on 42

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK

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Expect to see orange con-struction cones next year on County Road 42 in Apple Valley. Dakota County is plan-ning to rework several inter-sections along 42 that will see removal and replacement of traffic signals and modifica-tions to medians. The planned construc-tion includes traffic signal replacements at Garrett Av-enue, Hayes Road, Pennock Avenue and Gardenview Drive in Apple Valley, as well as at Southcross Drive near the Burnsville-Apple Valley border. Additionally, modifica-tion to the median is planned at Redwood Drive, and the traffic signal at Elm Drive is slated for removal. Design work on the proj-ect is expected to begin in the fall, with construction get-ting underway next year, ac-cording to Dakota County’s transportation department. Project planning was guid-ed by the County Highway 42 Corridor Study, and the con-struction will address “need-ed improvements” along the transit corridor, according to a county press release an-nouncing the Aug. 21 public open house regarding the project at the Dakota County Western Service Center. The construction plans have drawn concerns from Apple Valley City Council Member Clint Hooppaw, who worries that removal of the traffic signal at Elm Drive could pose a safety hazard to children and other commu-nity members crossing 42 to get to Redwood Pool and the adjoining park. “The removal of the stop light and ped crossing at Elm will make the nearest protect-ed crossing at Gardenview,” Hooppaw said in an email. “Many young people and adults use Redwood park, community center and pool. We know the tendency will be to continue to cross at that lo-cation. “The signal at Elm not only provides a safer cross-ing, but also serves to slow traffic and provides a break in traffic if people choose to cross where they shouldn’t.” This newspaper contacted Dakota County transporta-tion staff to inquire about po-tential safety hazards stem-ming from the removal of the traffic signal at Elm Drive, but had not received a reply as of press time Wednesday.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Shoppers crowd outlet mall’s opener

Monster nights of entertainment at county fair

Many are impressed by Twin Cities

Premium Outlets by Jessica Harper

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Trevor Ash has eagerly awaited Twin Cities Pre-mium Outlets’ opening since he first learned of the plans several months ago. So when the day fi-nally came, the Plymouth resident was sure to ar-rive an hour before the mall opened on Thursday, Aug. 14. Despite long lines of more than 100 people at some of its stores, the Ea-gan mall exceeded his ex-pectations, Ash said. “I think I will come here often,” he said. “I like the clean design. It has a lot more premium stores than Albertville and I like that it has a food court.” Ash was among hundreds to crowd the mall’s grand opening celebration with the hope of being among the first shoppers. Thurs-day’s event included visits by Gov. Mark Dayton, Mayor Mike Maguire and executives from the companies that built the center. Located at the intersection of Highways 13 and 77, the 100-store mall is now the closest to the Twin Cities core. It is about 16 miles from downtown Minneapolis and 4.3 miles from the Mall of Amer-

by Jennifer ChickSUN THISWEEK


Monster trucks rolled into the grandstand at the Dakota County Fair and put on a great show. The monster trucks on Aug. 6 were the new-est addition to the fair’s grandstand lineup. The fair began Monday, Aug. 4, and continued through Sunday, Aug. 10. Attendance numbers

are not yet available, but Chris Wright, who is on the Dakota County Fair Board of Directors and helped at the grandstand during the week-long fair, was pleased with the turn-out for the grandstand en-tertainment, the main rev-enue generating activity at the fair. “The monster truck show was a great event,” she said. “We wanted to try something new. They

looked like a fun event to have in our grandstand. There were a lot of people in the seats and it was a re-ally great show.” On Thursday night, the fair brought back a ma-jor headliner musical act with Sawyer Brown. Last year’s concert featured Craig Campbell and mu-sical duo Love and Theft. Wright said this year’s

Dakota County Fair grandstand events pass the eye test; final numbers due in September

Amy Mathews of Minnetonka arrived at Twin Cities Premium Outlets in Eagan a half hour before it opened to be among the first shoppers at some of her favor-ite stores such as Vera Bradley. People lined up throughout the day outside some stores such as Coach (below), which limits the number of people allowed inside at once. (Photos by Jessica Harper)

Sawyer Brown performed during the Dakota County Fair this year. Band members above are shown at a 2013 con-cert at the University of Missouri. (Photo from band by Taz Hall)

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Breakfast with the Twins

Minnesota Twins players Brian Duensing, Kyle Gibson and Casey Fien showed their support of Eagan-based nonprofit Cheerful Givers by participating in the organiza-tion’s fifth annual Breakfast Fundraiser on Saturday, Aug. 16, at the Chart House Restaurant in Lakeville. Players conducted a question-and-answer session for about 100 guests. From left: Duensing, Gibson, Cheerful Givers President Karen Kitchel and Fien. Information about Cheerful Givers is at www.cheerfulgivers.org.

Apple Valley’s Paideia Academy marked its 10th anniversary earlier this month with a community celebration in the parking lot of the K-8 public charter school. “We have now graduated six eighth-grade classes, been authorized for a five-year charter — the longest allowed by Minnesota state law — and been designated a High Quality Char-ter School by the Minnesota Department of Education,” said Marci Levy-Maguire, director of Paideia Academy. The Aug. 6 event included guest speakers, cake and music from the Paideia Academy School Band. Pictured at the celebration are, from left, Apple Valley City Council Member Tom Goodwin, Levy-Maguire, Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland, and Paideia’s PTO President Andrea Seitz. (Photo by Lov4Pictures)

Paideia celebrates 10 years

Dakota City Heritage Village in Farm-ington will offer the following events:

Adult fl ower garden tour Adults can ride the trolley to see the fall flowers in bloom at Dakota City Heritage Village from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 24. A costumed guide and master gardener will accompany the group. A trip to the prairie to see native plants will be included. Dress for the weather. Guests can bring their own bag lunch and have a picnic on the village grounds after the tour. The cost is $8 per person, prepaid and includes an ice cream cone at the end. Registrations must be received by Mon-day, Sept. 22.

Trolley and tea luncheon Dakota City will offer a trolley tour and tea luncheon for adults from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17.

Guests will learn the history and use of the buildings as they travel through the village accompanied by a costumed guide. They will meet some of the locals and hear about life in 1900. At the end of the tour, guests will be seated in the old-fashioned drugstore and served a luncheon with tea and des-sert. This tour is about three hours and costs $15 per person, prepaid. Registra-tions must be received by Friday, Sept. 12. To register for the tours, send a check made out to Dakota City, along with name, address, contact phone number and email address, to: Dakota City, P.O. Box 73, Farmington, MN 55024. Dakota City Heritage Village is located on the Dakota County Fair-grounds in Farmington. For more information, call 651-460-8050, ext. 3, or email [email protected].

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Eat, drink, paint, socializeCheers Pablo opens in Burnsville

John Bedard is the CEO and founder of Cheers Pablo, which has opened a second loca-tion in Burnsville. (Photo by John Gessner)

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


Beverages, finger foods, acrylic paints and an art-ist’s counsel are what cus-tomers can expect from a visit to Cheers Pablo. It’s not quite a bistro, not exactly a studio. It’s a place where people can sip wine or beer, nibble on snacks and socialize — all while putting brush to canvas. Think of it as an armchair artist’s night out. “There’s no experi-ence necessary,” said John Bedard, CEO of the family-owned business, which opened its second location in Burnsville last month. “It’s about social-izing and having a great time with friends and walking away sort of sur-prising yourself. Most of the people haven’t painted

since they’ve been in grade school.” On a recent Friday, John and his brother, Richard, the company president, were prepar-ing to host a “girls night out” gathering in one of their private studios and “Elaine’s 65th Birthday Bash” in the other. They expected another 10 or so customers to drop in for an open painting session in the main studio. “Fridays are good,” John Bedard said. Cheers Pablo is a success, he said, or he wouldn’t have opened in Burnsville after launching the business early last year in Woodbury’s Tamarack Village mall. There’s a similar business in Maple Grove called The Paint Pub, he noted. A serial entrepreneur who has owned video and

Police: When officer wanted to search car, driver fled An Apple Valley man has been charged with a felony after he allegedly fled a traffic stop when the officer informed him his vehicle was going to be searched. Matthew H. Freeman, 31, was booked into the Dakota County Jail fol-lowing the early-morning Aug. 14 traffic stop at Pi-lot Knob Road near Dia-mond Path. According to the

criminal complaint, a Rosemount patrol officer stopped Freeman’s vehicle at about 2:50 a.m. after observing the 2002 Pon-tiac’s license plate light wasn’t working. After de-tecting a “strong odor of marijuana” coming from the vehicle, the officer in-formed Freeman the car was going to be searched. At that point, the com-plaint said, Freeman be-gan arguing with the offi-

cer that police did not have cause to search the car. Freeman then took matters into his own hands — he said the offi-cer would not be searching his car, put the vehicle in drive and drove away, ac-cording to the complaint. With emergency lights and sirens activated, of-ficers pursued Freeman about a half mile, with Freeman stopping his car near the intersection of

132nd Street and Emmer Place. A search of the vehicle turned up two glass mari-juana pipes and a jar con-taining marijuana residue, police said. Freeman was arrested and booked into the county jail at 5 a.m. If convicted, Freeman faces a maximum penalty of three years and one day in prison and a fine of $5,000.

—Andrew MillerAprons and art hang on the wall at Cheers Pablo in Burnsville. (Photo by John Gessner)

auto-repair shops and was an investor in an interac-tive video store called Video Buddy, Bedard said the inspiration for Cheers Pablo came from his wife, Chriscell. An experienced paint-er, she had wanted a stu-dio for years, Bedard said. But Cheers Pablo isn’t a typical studio. “There, you’re aspiring to become an artist,” he said. “Here, you’re aspir-ing to have fun, socialize, and amaze yourself, hope-fully, with what you’ve created.” Customers pay $35 per event ($25 for children 12 and younger). The cost covers paints, brushes, an apron, a 16-by-20-inch canvas (jumbo canvasses cost $70) and instruction. Open studio time is also available; the cost is $20 for four hours. Customers are seated at tables with neatly ar-ranged rows of easels. A tray of acrylic paints in 26 colors, from metallic to fluorescent, is slid under each. For the group events, all the artists work on one of the more than 300 scenes Cheers Pablo offers, from flowers and animals to historic sites. Painters in open studio also work off a single piece. Painters get three or four brushes use. Video screens display

the piece on the wall. For the group events, an artist instructor demonstrates each stage of the painting, explaining the colors and brushes to use. The video screen shows each stage of the painting as it’s completed. The instructor also goes around the table, offering individual tips. “You can go rogue if you want to,” said Bedard, whose wife is one of the instructors. “You don’t have to follow the artist.” Music plays as the art-ists work and enjoy beer, wine or nonalcoholic bev-erages, along with snacks such as panini, small piz-

zas, spring rolls and chips. “They’re just talking and having fun,” Bedard said. “Painting is really secondary.” The Burnsville loca-tion, in the Burnsville Marketplace mall at 13915 Aldrich Ave. S., is surrounded by shops in-cluding the Michaels arts and crafts store, Ambi-ence Spa and Salon and Step ’N Stretch. “It is a great area for women to shop,” Bedard said, noting that about 80 percent of his customers are women. He hopes to expand Cheers Pablo well beyond

Woodbury and Burns-ville. Through a Minne-sota franchise license, the business is now eligible to locate in 33 states, Bedard said. “We have a lot of inter-est,” he said. “Somebody’s looking at actually doing 10 stores in Wisconsin. It’s not finalized yet, but I’d say it’s 99.9 percent.” Cheers Pablo also takes its services to customers at their locations. More information is at cheersp-ablo.com.

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


Wills looks out for taxpayers To the editor: I admire the fact that state Rep. Anna Wills, R-Apple Valley, consistently watches out for hardwork-ing taxpayers. She voted no on the plush $90 mil-lion office building the DFL state senators wished to give themselves as a present from taxpayers. Wills also voted no on pay raises for politicians and opposed large spending increases for government agencies. Wills is the kind of legislator we need. She fairly represents and looks out for the people, not to the interests of big govern-ment.

VERONICA FAYEEagan

All-day kindergarten welcomed To the editor: In a couple weeks, my oldest daughter starts preschool in the Lakeville Area Public Schools. It’s exciting for her, and for me. I am a stay-at-home mom, lucky to spend time with my two girls, reading, creating art projects, and trying to foster a love for learning at young age. But I know that I don’t have the training to really help them excel. For plenty of parents, staying home isn’t an op-tion, and finding, and pay-ing for, quality child care is a constant concern. That’s why I’m delight-ed that the Legislature ap-proved funding for all-day

kindergarten for all kids. As our country struggles to move up the list of na-tions in reading, math, and science (especially for girls), I am so proud of Minnesota for standing up and saying that we need to be responsible for helping our youngest students be-gin their lifelong journey of learning. My girls – and all our kids – will face lots of challenges as they grow up in an increasing competi-tive world. Families are up to the challenge, but we can’t succeed alone. Education needs to be a priority of our communi-ties and our state. I’m glad to see that our legislators agree.

LINDSEY PORTBurnsville

I left sunny CaliforniaTo the editor: People ask me why in the world I would move back to Minnesota. It’s simple: I moved back be-cause this state provides a solid foundation to help me build my life. As a young woman at the be-ginning of my career, I need to live in a state that will support my values. A lot of that support has come pretty recently. As of this year, I can trust that my employers will pay me the same as my male co-workers doing the same job. I know that if in the future I decide to start a family, my children will be encouraged and chal-lenged in school, starting with free all-day public kindergarten, and all the way through a responsi-bly funded school system. I am excited that all my friends, co-workers, and peers, no matter whom they love, will be treated with respect and given equal opportunities to marry and live their lives. I know that the children that I work with will attend schools dedicated to keep-ing all their students safe. And I’m looking forward to living in a state that my generation to thrive, and

knows fiscal responsibility and sound investments in the future is a way to make that happen. I am proud to be a Min-nesotan. And I’m proud to be from a state with a great Legislature. Now that I’m back, I’m hoping it stays that way.

EMMA MARTINBurnsville

That guy will be missed To the editor: I will be missed. I have spent more than six decades in Minnesota, the last 39 years of which were in Rosemount. The Minnesota tax situation has finally driven me from the state. I will be missed. Not personally, for few people knew me and fewer still cared about me. I will be missed because I am “that guy.” I am that guy who saw my Minnesota income tax bill raise by $1,424 per year after my wife passed away even though my in-come has been less since she died. I am that guy who helped pay for every Rose-mount-Apple Valley-Ea-gan School District bond-ing issue and referendum

passed in the past 39 years although I have not had a child in the system for the past 24 years. I am that guy who didn’t see a penny from the $500 million tax break the Legislature passed last year even though they were fond of calling it a “middle class” tax break. I am that guy who paid $431 for license tabs for my 1-year-old pickup truck. Even the lady who waited on me said “ouch.” Incidentally, I left the state less than two months later and cannot recoup any of that money. I am that guy who has helped pay for state and county social programs even though I have never used them. I am that guy who has helped pay for mass tran-sit in the inner cities when I lived in the suburbs. After all of this, what put me over the top was the outrageous 10-year, $300 million District 196 school referendum and the shameful way in which it was passed last November. Just as the Affordable Care Act is financially de-pendent upon the partici-pation of healthy people who seldom seek health care, so are state, county and city initiatives depen-

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Mental illness: no more secrets, no more deception Imagine this: Your 15-year-old son becomes seriously ill. Is it cancer or some other life-threatening disease? You whisk him off to the emergency room. Within days, you have updates on Facebook. “Billy is doing much better.” “The medi-cine is working!” “He’s going to be OK.” Many of us have experienced a similar scenario in our lives. But how many of us also experience this situation: Your 15-year-old son becomes seri-ously ill. He is afraid to leave the house; he suffers severe mood swings and de-structive behavior. You chastise him, you take away his computer or gaming sys-tem, and you force him into the car to go to school. You say nothing about your daily struggles to friends and family. You make up excuses for missing family gath-erings. You are too ashamed to seek help. When it comes to mental illness, we hide the truth. We don’t share our stories on social media. Who has ever shouted for joy that the new medication is helping your son’s severe anxiety? Or that your daughter finally got approved for resi-dential treatment for her schizophrenia? Those suffering from mental illness refrain from discussing their problems. Employees fear the loss of their job; indi-viduals fear losing a loved one when the truth is revealed. Patients hesitate to be frank with their doctors. Those of us spared dealing with men-tal illness are clueless as how to help a friend or co-worker whose life is being turned upside down. Yet mental illness is all around us.

Depression affects 10 percent of Americans. We are stunned to hear that actor Robin Williams – someone who seemingly had everything – took his own life. According to the American Psychi-atric Association, “Depression is never normal and always produces needless suffering.” One in 10 children are affected by de-pression, anxiety or other mental illness, according to bringchange2mind.org, a national initiative to educate and fight the stigma of mental illness. Some 25 million Americans have some type of anxiety disorder. On a national scale, shootings like the one at Sandy Hook in 2012 put mentally ill individuals into the headlines. In those worst cases, we shudder when the eve-ning’s newscasts bring us horrific video of a shooting scene. But mental health issues touch us in many other ways, every day. Families struggle when Dad is unable to hold down a job, or a daughter threatens sui-cide. Our workplaces are affected, too. A co-worker with mental health issues drains time and hurts morale. Those outbursts shatter the workday, creating a tense and hostile work team. On a practical note, undiagnosed and untreated mental illness hits us in the pocketbook. Some 30-40 percent of

those in our county jails are mentally ill, not criminals, Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek and many other law en-forcement officials from throughout the country will tell you. Their issues con-sume extensive staffing hours and tax dollars just to maintain and move these people through the system, while hard-core criminals go free. Our medical system is burdened by mentally ill who cannot or will not seek regular doctor’s care. One out of eight emergency room visits are for mental health issues. Again, we help to pick up the tab through government social ser-vices and health care subsidies. Some new laws have helped. Our state’s sheriffs, with Stanek leading the charge, were successful with legislation that speeds the process for assessing an inmate’s mental state. “Local jails should not be the largest mental health facilities in the state,” Stanek says. Organizations like the National As-sociation on Mental Illness are actively urging Congress to pass important legis-lation: The Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act and the Strengthening Mental Health in our Communities Act of 2014 should be approved. The Affordable Care Act says that mental health issues need to be covered and treated the same as physical health ailments, but Medicare and Medicaid still do not pay as much for inpatient treatment for the mentally ill, encourag-ing private facilities to reduce their men-tal illness services.

We are blessed in Minnesota to have top-notch health care. We have clinics that specialize in mental health issues, some focusing specifically on young people. Yet we still keep the illnesses, the symptoms and treatment quiet. We are unprepared when illness strikes our own family or friends. A local campaign, supported by many Minnesota health organizations includ-ing the Mayo Clinic and HealthPartners called “Make It OK” (makeitok.org), of-fers simple ways to start a conversation about mental illness. It urges everyone to stop the silence, and be prepared to react and open up the discussion, not shut it down: “Thanks for opening up to me.” “Do you want to talk about it?” “How can I help?” The initiative urges everyone to take a pledge to help make it OK to discuss mental illness. One of the key points says, “If we join together, people with mental illnesses will be treated with respect and acceptance. This is how I’ll help remove the silence surrounding mental illness. This is how I will make it OK.” It is time for everyone to stop hiding mental illness, and start talking. Only when we as a society admit this huge problem exists, will we be able to work together to foster good mental health for all. This is an editorial from the ECM Pub-lishers Editorial Board. Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publishers.

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5-to-1 return on taxpayer dollars is encouraging newsby Joe Nathan


Here are two pieces of encouraging news about Minnesota’s public schools. First, the state teachers union has agreed on the potential value of yearly teacher evaluations. Second, a just-released report, “Qual-ity Compensation,” encourages Minne-sotans to build on success from a former-ly controversial reform called Q Comp, which provided extra funds to districts and charters that agreed to provide ad-ditional salary to teachers who partici-pated in new training and showed some evidence of improving student achieve-ment. Let’s begin with the report about Q Comp. A 2013 university study found, as lead author University of Minnesota professor Aaron Sojourner told me, “We estimate that Q Comp has produced a $5 gain to society for every $1 that has been invested in it.” Sojourner and co-authors Elton Mykerezi, of the University of Minneso-ta, and Kristine L. West, from St. Cath-erine University, found that Q Comp’s combination of strategies produced “sta-

tistically significant” gains in reading: “Gains appear to be driven especially by productivity increases among less-expe-rienced teachers.” (Download the study as a PDF file at bit.ly/1vGZclZ.) The study also found that: “This pro-cess of setting goals, when taken serious-ly by all sides, may harness teachers’ local information about the most productive strategies for success better than a cen-trally defined standard. Also, evidence is emerging from other states that attaching stakes to a process with regular feedback from classroom observers can produce achievement gains.” The study examined only districts serving grades three through eight. Char-ters were not included because some in-cluded pay for performance before Q Comp. Because of these results, a group of

Minnesota district and charter teachers called Educators 4 Excellence-Minneso-ta (mn.educators4excellence.org) has en-couraged expansion of Q Comp. E4E’s new report, “Quality Compen-sation: Supporting and Rewarding Excel-lence in Teaching” encourages legislators to increase funding so that more districts and charters can participate. Based on the research mentioned above, this seems wise. E4E’s new report also recommends using a variety of ways to evaluate teach-ers, not just standardized tests. I strongly agree. Parents and other taxpayers want schools to do more than raise test scores. But yearly evaluations of teachers and encouraging teachers to set and work to-ward goals that include, but are not lim-ited to, increasing test scores seems to be valuable. Holly Kragthorpe, a Minneapolis district teacher and union steward who helped write the new E4E report, believes that the “best way forward” includes having “honest conversations that in-clude everyone, especially teachers them-selves.” Denise Specht, Education Min-nesota’s president, made conversations

throughout Minnesota with educators, parents and community members one of her first priorities. Equally important, Education Min-nesota did not try to eliminate a law mandating yearly evaluations. This was passed when Republicans controlled the Legislature. This year, the governor was a DFLer. His party controlled both Minnesota House and Senate. Education Minnesota could have urged elimination of yearly evaluations. Instead, the union’s attitude this year was essentially, “Let’s work to-gether to make the evaluation process a good one for educators and ultimately for students.” That’s a wise, constructive approach. Annual evaluations in any field, if done well, can be useful. Given the $5-to-$1 return, Q Comp should be expanded. It can be a part of helping teachers improve and be part of annual evaluations. 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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dent upon that guy. Well, that guy has had enough and left the state forever. As that guy becomes those guys, Minnesota will feel the loss.

GARY KOLLMANSequim, Washington

Health care act is working To the editor: Television is full these days of politicians and ads complaining about the Affordable Care Act. To listen to them, you would think it’s ruining people’s lives. But it’s probably saved a friend of mine. My friend is a well-edu-cated woman who has held a variety of interesting and important jobs during her professional career. Now in her 60s, the loss of a job caused discourage-ment and self-destructive behavior. But thanks to a less well known part of the Affordable Care Act, she is now able to connect with a local program that will provide her with op-tions and improve her sit-uation. This program was not widely available before the Affordable Care Act, and it probably saved her life. The ACA is not perfect; but it’s better than what we had before, and it’s helping lots of people.

VICI OSHIROBurnsville

Shine the light of truthTo the editor: For a dozen years, U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, has lived in the shadows of Tea Party con-servatism. His voting re-cord is more conservative than U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s but he draws less airtime. He is against

women’s rights, anti-union, and against provid-ing health care for all. He supports tax breaks for millionaires and billion-aires. His efforts in educa-tion and job development have simply been retreads of old programs that were of dubious worth — ex-cept he has slashed the budgets for those pro-grams, with no new ideas in their place. It is time to shine a light of truth on John Kline. As Kyle McCarthy of Stu-dentDebtCrisis.org notes, “on his show, Real Time, (Bill) Maher is calling on viewers to take to social media to nominate and vote for the worst mem-bers of Congress. Accord-ing to the Real Timeblog, once the “worst” member of Congress has been de-cided, ‘we will spend the year periodically looking at the district, meeting the entrenched incumbent, introducing his fresh-faced challenger, getting to know the people they want to serve, and gener-ally doing our level best to flip that district.’ ” Recently, Maher nomi-nated Kline as the first of his Final Four selections for worst congressman. Of course, Maher’s descrip-tion of Kline is accurate. But one of the reasons that Maher picked Kline first is the overwhelming support of voters in the 2nd District to Decline Kline. It’s time Mr. Kline returned to Texas (yes, he comes from the home of Ted Cruz and anti-immi-gration policy against im-migrant children). It’s time to elect Mike Obermueller for Congress.

CRAIG JARRELLEagan

Host a high school studentTo the editor: During the month of August, 78 AFS-USA in-

ternational high school students from 32 countries are scheduled to arrive in the Twin Cities, travel-ing by bus, train, and car to meet their host fami-lies. They will settle into a daily routine and, like many U.S. students, will surely feel angst over the first day of school. The organization is grateful to those residents who have opened up their homes to so many of these deserv-ing students. There are still students available to be hosted in the community. It’s not too late to take advantage of this great opportunity. AFS-USA is still recruit-ing host families for some of the arriving students. The organization encour-ages all types of families to apply – both traditional and non-traditional family units including single par-ents, divorced couples and empty nesters. The organization pro-vides 24/7 support through local staff and trained vol-unteers. The students ar-rive with their own spend-ing money and medical insurance. All they require from your family is a bed of their own, three meals a day, and the chance to ex-perience the daily lives of Minnesotans with you and yours. Not only do the ex-change students have an impact on the families with whom they live – they become assets to the school communities that have agreed to host them as students. Since global competency is a critical skill for today’s students to attain, there is no better way to demonstrate it than by inviting international students into the school. Make this fall the time you decide to host an in-ternational student. It’s an experience you’ll cherish for years to come.

ANNE MELLESMOENAFS-USA volunteer

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Obituaries

Coffee Concert The Fountains at Hosanna, a se-nior living community in Lakeville, will host a free Coffee Concert from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26. The show will feature the Now and Then Trio performing the hon-ky-tonk sounds of Hank Williams. Fresh pasties and coffee will be provided. To reserve a spot or for further information, call 952-435-7199. The ongoing Coffee Concert Se-ries is held 10:30-11:30 a.m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month at The Fountains, 9850 163rd St. W., Lakeville.

Driver improvement The Minnesota Highway Safety Center will offer 55-plus driver-im-provement courses on the following days: • 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 6 (eight-hour first-time course), Ram-bling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington. • 12:30-4:30 p.m. Sept. 6 (four-hour refresher), The Rivers, 11111 River Hills Drive, Burnsville. • 5:30-9:30 p.m. Sept. 8 and 9 (eight-hour first-time course), Lakeville Senior Center – Heri-tage Center, 20110 Holyoke Drive, Lakeville. • 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 11 (four-hour refresher), Apple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. • 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 13 (four-hour refresher), Lakeville Senior Center – Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Drive, Lakeville. The courses are open to the pub-lic; however, preregistration is re-quested. The eight-hour course is $24; the four-hour refresher is $20. For more information or to register, visit www.mnsafetycenter.org or call 888-234-1294.

Apple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the following activities, which are or-ganized and run by the Apple Val-ley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityo-fapplevalley.org. Monday, Aug. 25 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Executive Com-mittee, 10 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Pool, 1 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Bike Group, 9 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Spanish, 1 p.m.; Cribbage, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; Bicycle Club, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mah-jong, 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Danc-ing, 10 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Tap Dancing; 12:30 p.m.; Pool, 1 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Hardan-ger, 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29 – Bicycle Club, 9 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Edu-cation Center at 200 W. Burnsville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for in-formation about the following se-nior events. Monday, Aug. 25 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Card Recycle, 12:30 p.m.; Pi-nochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Tuesday, Aug. 26 – Quilters, 9:30

a.m.; Cedar Lanes Bowling, 10 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Troubadours, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27 – Wood-carvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Tai Chi MS, 11 a.m.; 500 and Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Thursday, Aug. 28 – Blood Pres-sure Check, 10:15 a.m.; Fun & Friendship (program, entertain-ment, lunch, cards and bingo), 11 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29 – Sunrise Stretch, 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 infor-mation. Monday, Aug. 25 – Zumba, 9 a.m.; FFL and FFL+ (Oasis), 10 and 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26 – Health Insur-ance Counseling, by appointment only, 8:30 a.m. to noon; Recycled Cards, 1 p.m.; Hand Painted Note Cards, 1 p.m.; Zumba, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27 – LORock-ers, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Nimble Fingers, 9:30 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m.; Zumba, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29 – Zumba, 10:15 a.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 11:10 a.m.; Bin-go, 1 p.m.

Farmington seniors The Rambling River Center is lo-cated at 325 Oak St. For more infor-mation on trips, programs and other activities, call 651-280-6970. Monday, Aug. 25 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Dulcimer Club, 10 a.m.; Dominoes, 10:30 a.m.; Newsletter Fold, 10:30 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 12:30 p.m.; Day Old Bread, 12:30 p.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dancing, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fitness Center Orienta-tion, 9:30 a.m.; Chair Exercise, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Bowl-ing, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; Yoga Class, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Sit -n- Stitch, 9:30 a.m.; Seniors on the Move Fitness, 10 a.m.; Smoothies & You, noon; Day Old Bread, 12:30 p.m.; Lap Robes, 1 p.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28 – Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; SNAP, 9:30 a.m.; Standing Guard of Your Finances Program, 10:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Recycled Bin-go, 1 p.m.

Rosemount seniors The following activities are spon-sored by the Rosemount Parks and Recreation Department and the Rosemount Area Seniors. For more information, call the Rosemount Parks and Recreation Department at 651-322-6000. Monday, Aug. 25 – Bridge, 9 a.m., Do Drop Inn; 500, 1 p.m., DDI. Tuesday, Aug. 26 – Coffee, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Rosemount Cub; Bid Eu-chre, 9 a.m., DDI; Bunco, 1 p.m., DDI. Wednesday, Aug. 27 – RAS Walking Club, 9 a.m., Rosemount Community Center south parking lot; Card Bingo, 1 p.m., DDI. Thursday, Aug. 28 – Advisory Board, 9 a.m., RRC; Cribbage, 9

a.m., DDI. Friday, Aug. 29 – Euchre, 9 a.m., DDI; Bowling, 1 p.m., Apple Place Bowl, Apple Valley. August Schell Brewery and Mor-gan Creek Vineyards, Thursday, Oct. 2, New Ulm. Tour the brewery and try samples of beer and root beer in the Rathskellar Tap Room. Visit the gift shop and gardens. Lunch at Veigel’s Kaiserhoff’s Res-taurant, then head to the vineyard for a tour and tasting. Cost is $75. The bus will depart from the Rose-mount 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., Monday through Friday. The room is located in the Rosemount Community Cen-ter and allows seniors a place to stop by and socialize during the week.

Lakeville seniors All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for informa-tion. Monday, Aug. 25 – Computer Lessons, 9 a.m.; Knitting Class, 9:30 a.m.; Legal Advice, 11 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Cards, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m.; Driver Safe-ty Class, 5:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Cards, 9 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 Jewelry Class, 1 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Pilates Free Demo, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27 – 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.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:30 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Pi-nochle, noon; Dime Bingo, 1 p.m.; Chess, 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28 – Blood Pres-sure Checks, 9:30 a.m.; Motorcycle Ride – Taylor’s Falls, 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. 29 – 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 Fitness 2, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m. Pilates Mat Class, free demo at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26. Pilates im-proves regular life movements, mak-ing them safer, more balanced and graceful. Learn how Pilates builds strength, flexibility and balance into everyday movement. Modifications are available if needed. Bring a thick exercise floor mat. Participants must be able to get up and down off the floor. Classes will start at 5 p.m. on Sept. 16. August Schell Brewery and Mor-gan Creek Vineyards, Thursday, Oct. 2. The August Schell Brewing Company in New Ulm was found-ed in 1860. Tour the museum and view a short video about the brew-ing process, then finish with a beer and 1919 Root Beer sampling in the Rathskellar Tap Room. Lunch at Veigel’s Kaiserhoff Restaurant, fol-lowed by a tour and wine tasting at the Morgan Creek Vineyards. Leave Heritage Center at 7:45 a.m. and re-turn at 4:30 p.m. Cost is $75 mem-bers, $85 nonmembers; sign up with payment by Sept. 8. Silver-Clay Jewelry Making Class, 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26. The jewelry will be ready to wear at the end of class. Cost: $4 mem-bers, $9 nonmembers (at sign-up), plus cost of supplies (pay for piec-es made at the end of class; credit cards accepted).

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Dum Diddies strumming away on the dulcimers

Phillis Betzold, left, and Mary Jotsch play their dulcimers during a club meeting on Monday. (Photo by Andy Rogers)

String-instrument club finds new passion with the unique instruments

by Andy RogersSUN THISWEEK


Playing an instrument can be one of the more enjoyable hobbies for re-tired individuals, but it’s often a challenge to learn or know where to start. A group of retirees in Farmington have found the answer by form-ing the Rambling River Dum Diddies dulcimer club, who jam away on their mountain dulcimers, hammered dulcimers, bandjammers and auto harps every Monday from 10 a.m.-noon at the Ram-bling River Center, 325 Oak St. A dulcimer is a distant relative to the guitar, but it’s more closely related to a zither, which is a fret-less lap instrument. It’s regarded as one of the easier string instruments to learn. Scottish-Irish immigrants brought the idea of a dulcimer to the United States in the 19th century, when the instru-ment was developed in the Appalachian Mountains. It’s a purely Ameri-

can invention, as the im-migrants weren’t able to bring their own instru-ments with them or they broke on the way. Becoming proficient in playing the instrument has been easy for most Dum Diddies members to pick up. “Most of the songs are three to four chords,” said Kathy Gunderson, one of the founding members. The dulcimer is one of the core instruments in traditional folk music. “We get a chance to play songs I’ve never heard before like ‘Nail that Catfish to the Wall,’ ” teacher Mary Goetsch said. “It’s good for retired people who want to play.” It’s the only dulcimer club that Goetsch knows of in the area. She lives in Texas during the win-ter, where its popularity is much stronger. She en-joyed her time playing so much down South that she decided to bring the music to Farmington. In May, Gunderson and Goetsch decided to start a club, which now

has about eight members. They would like to grow to about 30. The club plans to play year round. When Goetsch returns to Texas in November, Gunderson will take over as band leader. “You don’t have to be retired to join, but we only meet from 10 (a.m.) to noon,” Gunderson said. Gunderson said par-ticipants don’t need any previous knowledge of music, but it doesn’t hurt. “It’s easier than a gui-tar,” Goetsch said. “Most of the songs are in just one key and they’re just a few chords.” Club members have advanced to much in their playing skill that they are ready to show it off. The Rambling River Dum Diddies will perform a concert at 11 a.m. Sept. 22 at the Rambling River Center’s banquet room. For more information, call 651-280-6970.

Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].

Al Baker’s property to become Holiday Inn Eagan city officials ap-proved plans to redevelop the former Al Baker’s property into a four-story Holiday Inn Express and Suites. The council unani-mously approved on Aug. 19 rezoning plans, a planned development amendment and a final plat for the 0.59-acre property at 3434 Wash-ington Drive. Al Baker’s restaurant closed in January after nearly 30 years in busi-

ness. The owners of the Best Western Dakota Ridge, which is adjacent to Al Baker’s, purchased the property on Jan. 1 and will own and operate the new Holiday Inn. Mike Berkopec, a rep-resentative of the Best Western Dakota Ridge, said he believes building another brand hotel next to the existing one will complement Best West-ern by tapping into a dif-ferent customer base. Berkopec said he ex-

pects to begin construc-tion on the Holiday Inn by spring 2015 and open spring 2016. Although the res-taurant is gone, Best Western Dakota Ridge honored the restaurant’s history by displaying a few Al Baker’s artifacts in the Best Western lobby. Among the items to be displayed is a row boat that was a prominent part of the restaurant’s decor.

—Jessica Harper

Bicyclists seek to ignite border war to end hunger In the fall of 2012, Rick Martinek and his wife, Robin, embarked on a sev-en-day bicycle trip from Minneapolis to Green Bay, Wis., arriving in time to watch the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. Along the way, they gath-ered donations for an Ea-gan-based charity, Moms and Neighbors. The Martineks are set to do it again, but they hope to get some inter-state competition going along the way. In addition to Moms and Neighbors, the couple plans to accept donations for Wisconsin-based Paul’s Pantry. The couple also has a side bet going: If Minne-sota residents donate more than Wisconsin residents, Robin will wear a Min-nesota Vikings uniform complete with helmet for one quarter of the game. If Wisconsinites donate more than Minnesotans,

Rick will don a complete Green Bay Packers uni-form for one quarter of the game. The pair – she’s a Pack-ers stockholder and he’s a Minnetonka native and Viking fan – will leave from the site of the old Metrodome in Minneapo-lis at 9 a.m. on Sept. 8 and plan to arrive at Lambeau Field on Sunday, Sept. 14, at noon for the Packers-New York Jets game. The Martineks plan to average about 45 miles per day. They encourage other bikers to join them along the route. To join the ride, call Rick at 952-238-1700. The Martineks chose to promote Moms and Neighbors and Paul’s Pan-try because the organiza-tions work at eliminating hunger and use 100 per-cent of the money they receive to help the needy. They hope Minnesota-Wisconsin rivalry will gen-

erate some big donations. To make a pledge, visit www.momsandneighbors.org. or www.paulspantry.org. Moms and Neighbors works through schools and community organi-zations to identify moth-ers and families in need. The organization creates “care packages” of food, clothing, auto repair and other needs. Gifts are made anonymously, and 100 percent of the money raised is used to fund the care packages. Paul’s Pantry was founded in 1984 by the late Leo Frigo, president of Frigo Cheese. The or-ganization collects edible but unsaleable food from businesses and distributes it to Wisconsin residents who need it. Follow the Martineks’ ride at www.facebook.com/7daystogreenbay.

David Voth, Lakeville, competes in the Minnesota State Highland Heavy Games Aug. 17 at the Renaissance Festival grounds in Shakopee. The games date back to the 11th century and consist of several events, including caber toss, stone put and Scottish ham-mer throw. This year’s scheduled events were unable to be com-pleted due to severe weather. Earlier this summer, Voth won the amateur master’s class at a similar event in Eagan and he took second at a competition held in Kansas City. (Photo by Jim Lindquist)

Maximum power


Checkerboard awards prize Burnsville-based Checker-board Strategic Web Develop-ment has announced the win-ner of its first-ever Nonprofit Web Rescue Contest. Minne-apolis-based MicroGrants, a nonprofit organization that awards strategic grants to low-income people of potential, has won the grand prize of a new website and public relations package. The prize is valued at $15,000 to $20,000.

Tax seminar in Eagan The Dakota County Region-al Chamber of Commerce and the Center of the American Ex-perience will host a seminar ti-tled “Aligning Taxes with Eco-nomic Growth” from 7:30-9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 5, at Skyline Exhibits, 3355 Discovery Road, Eagan. At this event, Center of the American Experiment will re-lease the seventh chapter of The Minnesota Policy Blue-print: Prescription for Prosper-

ity, a package of policy recom-mendations that emphasize personal initiative, free enter-prise and a limited, frugal gov-ernment. The Minnesota Policy Blueprint, in its entirety, will be released later this fall. Michael Vekich will be the event speaker. He is CEO of Vekich Chartered, a Minneap-olis-based management advi-sory firm. Registration is required for this free event; space is limited. For more information, contact Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected].

Hrbek to judge pet contest Minnesota Twins Hall of Famer Kent Hrbek will judge the Most “Twinning” Pet and Owner Look-A-Like Contest at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at Banfield Hospital’s newest loca-tion at 10520 France Ave. S. in Bloomington. Pet owners and their dogs can don their most “twinning” at-tire for a chance to win a year’s worth of free veterinary care

through Banfield’s Optimum Wellness Plan and a pair of Dugout Box tickets to a Minne-sota Twins 2014 season game. Customers also can enter to win the veterinary care and Twins tickets at the Apple Val-ley Banfield Pet Hospital, 15050 Cedar Ave. One winner will be drawn at random.

New surgeon at Northfield General surgeon Katya Er-icson, MD, is joining Surgi-cal Care Consultants P.A., a general surgery practice that serves both Northfield Hospital & Clinics and Allina Medical Clinic. A graduate of the University of Minnesota Medical School, Ericson comes to Northfield from Hennepin County Medi-cal Center, where she recently completed a five-year residency in general surgery. Ericson, a native of Belarus, will see patients at both Family-Health Medical Clinic and Alli-na Medical Clinic and perform surgeries at Northfield Hospi-tal.

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Apple Valley Chamber of Com-merce events: • Thursday, Sept. 4, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 2014 Apple Valley Cham-ber Golf Classic, Valleywood Golf Course, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Valley. Sold out. Information: Kristy Cleveland at 952-432-8422 or [email protected]. Burnsville Chamber of Com-merce events: • Wednesday, Aug. 27, 7:30-9 a.m., South Metro Young Profession-als “Get Motivated” August meet-ing, Better Business Bureau, 220 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Guest speaker: Jennifer Libby, president and CEO, Owatonna Chamber of Commerce. RSVP by Aug. 26. In-formation: Jina Duchnowski at [email protected]. • Thursday, Sept. 4, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lunch & Learn - 60 Ways to Grow Your List, River Ridge Building, Suite 112, 190 River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Cost: $10. RSVP by Sept. 2. Information: Jina Duchnowski at [email protected]. Dakota County Regional Cham-ber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Aug. 26, 8-9 a.m., West St. Paul/Mendota Heights Cof-fee Break, DARTS, 1645 Martha-ler Lane, West St. Paul. Open to all DCRC members. Information: Chel-sea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Wednesday, Aug. 27, 7:30-9 a.m., South Metro Young Profession-

als “Get Motivated” August meet-ing, Better Business Bureau, 220 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Guest speaker: Jennifer Libby, president and CEO, Owatonna Chamber of Commerce. RSVP by Aug. 26. In-formation: Jina Duchnowski at [email protected]. • Wednesday, Sept. 3, 4:30-6 p.m., Why Not Wednesday, Argosy University, 1515 Central Parkway, Eagan. Information: Chelsea John-son at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Thursday, Sept. 4, 8-9 a.m., At-Large Coffee Break, Burnet Title, 7741 147th St. W., Apple Valley. In-formation: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Friday, Sept. 5, 7:30-9 a.m., Aligning Taxes with Economic Growth, Skyline Exhibits, 3355 Discovery Road, Eagan. Speaker: Michael Vekich, CEO of Vekich Chartered, a Minneapolis-based management advisory firm. Space is limited; registration required. In-formation: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, Aug. 27, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., General Membership Lun-cheon – State of the Chamber, Chart House Restaurant & Event Center, 11287 Klamath Trail, Lakeville. Cost: $20 members, $40 nonmembers. RSVP by Aug. 20. • Friday, Sept. 5, noon to 1 p.m., ribbon cutting, Ballet Royale Minne-sota, 16368 Kenrick Ave., Lakeville.

Greeting students with a new schoolGateway Academy set to open in Farmington

Following a picnic Aug. 8 for Gateway Academy stu-dents and parents in Farmington, more than 80 people travelled to Eagan to pack meals at Feed My Starving Children. (Photo submitted)

by Jennifer ChickSUN THISWEEK


Gateway Academy is excited to open its doors to 78 students in just a few weeks. As the newest school in Farmington, Gateway Academy has seen a flurry of activity this summer as Farmington Area Public Schools prepares to open the project-based, contin-uous progress, multi-age learning center on Sept. 2. Laura Pierce, director of innovative program-ming, has helped with the opening of the new school. She said Gate-way Academy currently has enrolled 78 students in fourth through sixth grades, and registrations for the 2014-2015 school year are still being accept-ed. The school can serve as many as 120 students.

Pierce said the new school has a nice balance of students based on gen-der and age. Of the 78 students, 10 percent are students who have open enrolled into the district or those who lived within the school district’s bound-aries but chose to attend schools outside of the dis-trict. The students will be served by five learning ad-visers, four full time and one part time. Kathryn Bosak’s con-tent expertise is social studies; Jon Stock’s con-tent expertise is English and language arts; and Katie Buelo’s content ex-pertise is math. This summer, the dis-trict also hired a special education teacher, Keri Stenger, to help and sup-port students at Gateway Academy as well as a half-

time visual arts learning adviser. The school will be sup-ported by a team of dis-trict administrators, and Marcia Doty will provide clerical support. “Parents are embracing that their child will be as-signed the same learning adviser for several years so they can learn more about that student,” Pierce said. That process began this week as students met with their learning advisers to take inventories of the children’s learning styles. Farmington is focused on helping students find their spark. To help students get better acquainted before the school year begins, Gateway Academy had a picnic earlier this month. On Aug. 8, families and students of Gateway Academy met at Rambling

River Park for a picnic. Following the picnic, more than 80 people travelled to Eagan to pack meals at Feed My Starving Chil-dren. “Our students were get-ting a little taste of help-ing an organization that reaches out globally, as well as getting to know each other,” Pierce said. “We were starting to build relationships before they even came to their first day of school.” On the first day of school, students will ride their local buses to the two Farmington mid-dle schools where they will then catch a shuttle to Gateway Academy, housed in the District In-structional Services Cen-ter, 510 Walnut St. The school day will start at 7:45 a.m. and students will be dismissed at 2:15 p.m. so they can ride the shut-tles back to the two middle schools to catch their local buses for the rest of the ride home. Part of Gateway Acad-emy’s mission is to partner with local business and organizations to help its students find projects with community and global impact. One partnership has already been estab-lished with Farmington Area Public Library. Stu-

dents will visit the library regularly to use resources there and learn about best research practices, both online and with text re-sources. Gateway Academy is interested in establishing other community partner-ships and Pierce encour-ages any businesses or organizations interested in mentoring or sharing expertise to contact her. Businesses can also help financially to support project development for students.

At Gateway Gather-ing, an open house 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26, families can meet with learning advisers, get reac-quainted with the build-ing, and drop off school supplies. Pierce said fami-lies are excited about what the school year will bring at the new school. “They are just excited and anticipating the op-portunity for their child through the delivery of a project-based learning model,” she said.

Area BriefsApple Valley Garden Club The Apple Valley Gar-den Club will meet at 7:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, at the Apple Valley Commu-nity Center, 14603 Hayes Road. Master gardener Claudia Zweber will give a presentation on “Heir-loom Seed Saving.” The public is invited to this free program.

Changing custody clinic Legal Assistance of

Dakota County Ltd. and the Dakota County Law Library will present a free informational clinic on changing custody from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, at the Dakota County Northern Service Center, Room 520, 1 Mendota Road W., West St. Paul. The clinic is for those who have a custody order they would like changed, are worried their current custody order is hurting their child, or are wonder-ing what their options are. To register, contact Le-gal Assistance of Dakota

County Ltd. at 952-431-3200.

Job Transitions Group Anne Johnson will present “Rebuilding Trust … A Journey of Faith” at the Aug. 26 meeting of the Easter Job Transitions Group. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. at Easter Lu-theran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Call 651-452-3680 for information.

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Food truck festival comes to Eagan by Jessica Harper


Food trucks from across the Twin Cities will soon be roll-ing into Eagan for a festival that celebrates the recent food truck trend. Eagan Food on 4 Wheels Festival will be held from 3-7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Eagan Festival Grounds in Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. “People will get a chance to connect with others in the community while trying a whole host of foods in one setting. That’s our goal,” said Kerry Phillips, Eagan recre-ation supervisor and Eagan Market Fest coordinator. The free event will feature 20 food trucks that will offer an array of foods ranging from American and Mexican fare to Indian and Korean foods. AZ Canteen, which is affili-ated with “Bizarre Foods” star Andrew Zimmern, will also be at the event offering unusual foods. Many of the food trucks now accept credit cards. In addition to sampling a variety of foods, festival-goers can purchase locally brewed beers and listen to live music. Retro Soul 5 and the Westsie Horn will perform from 3-5 p.m. and will be followed by The Mill City Players from 5:30-7:30 p.m. A list of food trucks and additional information is available at cityofeagan.com/index.php/recreation/commu-nity-events/food-on-4-wheels-festival.

Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or face-book.com/sunthisweek.

AZ Canteen, which is affiliated with “Bizarre Foods” star Andrew Zimmern, will offer a variety of unusual foods at the Eagan Food on 4 Wheels Festival on Sept. 6. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

The Eagan Food on 4 Wheels Festival will feature 20 food trucks from across the Twin Cities as well as locally brewed beers and live music. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

IN BRIEF Food trucks featured at Eagan Food on 4 Wheels Festival A Cupcake Social – gourmet cup-cake flavors AZ Canteen – smoked turkey and andouille gumbo, crispy bacon belly sandwich, sesame peanut noodle with cucumber to name a few Big Brother Almighty BBQ – smoked barbecue, brisket, chicken, pulled pork, ribs, sides Brava On Wheels – café with a twist, grass fed beef, old fashioned all beef hot dogs Butcher Salt Cave Café – chicken wrap, chick-en/beef curry Chef Shack Emconada Food Truck – Latin/Chil-ean food Finnegan’s Reverse Food Truck – bring a food donation item to help stock pile the local food banks Gogi Brothers – Korean barbecue; galbi, a beef short rib rice platter; mandu, deep fried pot stickers Green Mill – pizza by the slice and beer Hot Indian Foods – Indian Food: in-durritos Indian burritos, lamb, spinach paneer, vegan channa and others Jake’s Street Grille – wings, lobster tacos, shrimp and sausage chowder, mini burgers LuLu’s Street Food – American Ca-ribbean food: chicken and waffle sand-wich with bacon and maple, seared ahi tuna taco with wasabi tomato slaw and balsamic drizzle, parmesan and truffle French fries Motley Crews Heavy Metal Grill – Philly style sandwiches, sweet and heat pretzels O’Cheese – grilled cheese many ways R.A. MacSammy’s – mac and cheese many ways Rita’s Ice – frozen Italian ice Taqueria La Hacienda – tacos, que-sadillas, burritos, alambres, tortas The Moral Omnivore – organic eclectic: beet sliders, fried tomato BLT, butternut squash taco bowls and more Twin Cities Fritters and Philly Com-pany – Philly sandwiches and corn/cilantro fritters


by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


In the late 1950s, lead-ers of St. James Lutheran Church in Savage decided their future lay across the border in Burnsville, where farm fields were giv-ing way to new homes and young families. St. James had hired its first full-time pastor, the Rev. Earl Johnson, in 1958. Under his tenure the church paid $10,500 for 6.5 acres just east of Sav-age on County Road 34 (later known as Williams Drive). The congregation moved to Burnsville in 1963, not without dissent. “Of course, a lot of us didn’t like to see it moved out of downtown Sav-age, because it was the only Lutheran church we had ever had there,” said Carol Gutoske, who was confirmed at St. James in 1952. “Savage was predomi-

nantly, back then, a Cath-olic town,” said Gutoske, 75, who still lives in Sav-age. “To have a Lutheran church in downtown Sav-age was a big deal.” The old downtown church site on Princeton Avenue is now the Dan Patch American Legion Post. The original Burns-ville building has had four additions, the last in 2006, and St. James is on its 13th full-time pastor, the Rev. Walt Lichtenberger, who arrived from New Jersey in 2009. The rift has passed but isn’t forgotten as St. James celebrates its 75th anniver-sary this year. “That’s why an anniver-sary celebration is impor-tant for a church,” Lich-tenberger said. “Instead of making the past a golden thing, anniversary celebra-tions give us a chance to say, ‘We struggled with that way back when, and we were still able to be a church.’ ”

A series of anniversary events will culminate with a special service at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 7. Li-chtenberger said five for-mer pastors are expected to attend and share sto-ries. A reception follows at 11 a.m., with a buffet lun-cheon at 12:15 p.m. “To me, it’s home,” said Gutoske’s sister, Nancy Westphal of Savage, who was baptized by the Rev. Charles Dion 66 years ago in her home, before the downtown church was built. “We’ve had different ministers come and go,” said Westphal, who mar-ried husband Dale in 1968 at St. James, where their two children were bap-tized and their daughter was married. “Some you get close to. And others you don’t get real close to at all. All in all, I’m just grateful and thankful to still be at St. James. We’re very proud to be there, both Dale and I. It’s a very

warm congregation.”

Beginnings Westphal and Gutoske are still known by some as the “Boche sisters,” daugh-ters of charter members Howard and Lois Boche. The church was found-ed on Sept. 6, 1939, with a petition from local fami-lies to the United Luther-an Church in America. The new congregation met in members’ homes before turning to the school building at Walnut and Sibley streets and oc-casionally the Glendale Town Hall. Church legend has it that the “St. James” name was in honor of the first pastor, the Rev. James Sonnenberg, who served part time from 1939 to 1944. “I remember church council meetings at our home in Savage,” Westphal said. The congregation bought the land for its first building for a dollar. The first worship service, in the basement sanctuary, was on Christmas Eve, 1944. “We never had a full-

Border-crossing church celebrates 75 years St. James has deep roots in Burnsville and Savage

The Rev. Walt Lichtenberger is the 13th full-time pastor at St. James Lutheran Church. (Photo by John Gessner)See CHURCH, 11A


time minister” in the early days, said Gutoske, a re-tired School District 191 kitchen worker who spent most of her career at Mar-ion W. Savage Elementary. “I can remember Dad go-ing to the seminary, and they’d bring out these student pastors to start us out with. Then we’d have them stay for dinner, and he’d take them back to the seminary.” The original building grew crowded, leading to an upstairs addition. “And for Sunday school we had curtains that you pulled in between the classes,” Westphal re-called. “We didn’t even have partitions.” Westphal was awarded a pin for perfect Sunday school attendance. “Of course, with our dad playing the organ, we were there every Sunday,” she said. Both Boche sis-ters taught Sunday school as adults, including some team teaching. Bob and Mariel Knoch joined St. James in 1971 after moving from Rich-field to Burnsville. They were referred by the Rev. Paul Youngdahl at their former church, Mount Olivet in south Minneapo-lis. Youngdahl was high on one of his former as-sociates, the Rev. Daniel Johns, St. James’ full-time pastor from 1967 to 1973. “We visited on a Sun-day, and the next night he came out and visited us, and we’ve been mem-

bers ever since,” said Bob Knoch, 82, who now lives in Apple Valley but still travels to western Burns-ville for Sunday worship. Knoch is coordinating 75th-anniversary activi-ties. “St. James is in such a hidden location that you had to get a referral or oth-erwise you’d never drive by it,” said Knoch, a former church council president whose wife worked in the church office for 23 years. The congregation skews older today than the general population, but services are still livened by young families, said Lich-tenberger, 43. Sunday worship atten-dance averaged 331 last year, he said. St. James has 1,200 baptized members — fewer than many Lu-theran churches south of the river but a comparably good-sized congregation within the Evangelical Lu-theran Church in Ameri-ca, Lichtenberger said. “People are known by name in worship,” he said. “If you come up to communion on Sunday, I would commune you by name.” At a time of great di-versity in worship styles, St. James emphasizes tra-dition augmented by some newer music, Lichtenberg-er said. “The emphasis is on all coming together,” he said. “So we don’t have one ser-vice that’s only this type of music and one service that’s only that type of music.”

Since the last addi-tion was built in 2006, St. James has had to re-evalu-ate its operations, Lichten-berger said. “Just prior to that there was a lot of growth in all the churches,” he said. “Then the recession hit, and all the churches wound up with an enor-mous amount of debt. That’s part of our story, too.” The church is making do with one full-time pas-tor and a part-timer, the Rev. Scott Simmons. “Certainly, all the wis-dom of the church says we need two full-time pastors, but right now we’re dis-covering what one and a half pastors can do,” Lich-tenberger said. “We’re not seeing that as a negative. We see that as an oppor-tunity. We really feel God is doing something in our midst.” Within the church’s midst is a planned new housing development to the north, Rose Bluff in Burnsville and Savage, which Lichtenberger said will add about 100 homes “literally in our backyard.” “We’re excited about the homes and the fami-lies that are going to be coming into our neigh-borhood,” he said. “As we start the next 75 years, we look forward to welcom-ing those new families and to being a good neighbor to them, and whether or not they decide to come to St. James, to sharing God’s hospitality with them.”

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The original St. James Lutheran Church building went up in downtown Savage in 1944. (Submitted photo)


SportsLightning will be tested right out of the gateLast year’s Class 6A finalists are Eastview’s first two opponents

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Every football team wants to be playing its best at the end of the season. Eastview has been able to accomplish that, as state quarterfinal appearances the last two years would attest. This year, it behooves the Lightning to play well from the start. Its first two games are against Rose-mount and Eden Prairie, the combatants in the 2013 state Class 6A final. “I think it’s good to be able to play teams like that at the start of the season,” said Tommy Anderson, a senior offensive lineman and one of the Lightning’s captains. “You get to see where you stand and what areas you need to improve. “And we’re definitely looking forward to playing Rosemount.” If the fact the schools are neighboring rivals isn’t enough, Rosemount defeated Eastview 38-7 in last year’s state quarter-finals, ending the Light-ning’s 6-5 season. The Eden Prairie game marks the return to Light-ning Stadium of Will Rains, who led Eastview in rushing the last two years before transferring across the metro to the three-time defending state large-school champions. Even though the early schedule is challenging, Eastview coach Kelly Sherwin said the Light-ning did not try to change how it prepares. “We still want to be a team that plays its best at the end of the year. That’s our philosophy, and it’s been successful for us,” Sherwin said. “We know there will be mistakes early in the season – the teams we’re playing will make them, too – but we want to

get better every game.” The Lightning didn’t take part in any 7-on-7 leagues in the summer, but they were busy. Sherwin said participation was high at the team’s off-season training activities, which gives an indication of the players’ commitment level. The coaches will know more when the team scrimmages schools such as Osseo and Cretin-Der-ham Hall on Saturday, but Sherwin said it looks as if a large number of players are ready to contribute. “We have 22 kids (start-ers) who we think are go-ing to be pretty good,” the coach said. “You never want to have injuries, but if we do, there are other kids who can play. We’re looking at four kids at quarterback, seven offen-sive linemen, six defensive linemen and three or four outside linebackers.” Senior running back Tommy Hutsell is likely to see his workload increase with Rains’ departure. Hutsell had a 116-yard game last year against Lakeville North, which had one of the metro ar-ea’s better defenses. Seniors Cole McDevitt and Jack Schleisman are

the front-runners to play quarterback, and Sher-win said it’s not out of the question that both will be used in games. McDevitt might be more of a proto-typical quarterback, while

Schleisman has the versa-tility to play other posi-tions if needed. Anderson and Tyler Micholic, an honorable mention All-South Sub-urban Conference player

last season, are among the returnees on the offensive line. Tom Delich, a senior captain, also could see some time there. Delich, who also plays defensive line, said Tuesday the coaches were still deciding how much action he would see on either side of the line of scrimmage. The Lightning will re-main a run-oriented team, but Obi Ibeneme, a 6-foot-4 senior wide receiver with good leaping ability, pro-vides an inviting target in the passing game. A.J. McLean was honorable mention all-conference in 2013 as a wide receiver and also could be a can-didate to play defensive back. Eastview will have to find a new tight end be-cause the incumbent, se-nior captain Leron Nor-ton, is expected to start at free safety this year. Nor-ton said he was eager to take on that challenge. Da-vid Schraeder, a running back last season, is likely

to move to linebacker. “I think we have a lot of really good players, a lot of guys with explosive-ness,” Norton said. “Peo-ple will see that when we start playing games. Right now, we’re just trying to be the best football team we can be.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Eastview special teams players chase down the ball during an onside kicking drill. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Lightning

football(All games 7 p.m. Fri-day unless noted)Aug. 28 (Thursday): at RosemountSept. 5: Eden PrairieSept. 12: at Lakeville SouthSept. 19: ShakopeeSept. 26: Lakeville NorthOct. 3: BurnsvilleOct. 10: at Apple ValleyOct. 15 (Wednesday): at Prior LakeOct. 24: Class 6A play-offs begin

Players listen to Eastview coach Kelly Sherwin summarize Tuesday afternoon’s effort at practice. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Captains must show the way for Eagles to succeedFootball team

plugging in a lot of new starters

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Apple Valley football coach Chad Clendening was almost beaming with pride while he watched two of his senior captains run sprints at the end of last Friday’s practice. Why? Because they did it on their own, not be-cause a coach told them to, Clendening said. “When your best play-ers are also your hardest workers, that’s a good situ-ation,” the coach said. The Eagles have rela-tively few returning start-ers, so they will lean on their captains – lineback-ers Zach Robole and Mitch Dunbar and wide receiver/quarterback Matt

Morse – to take initiative and help acclimate their younger players to varsity football. Apple Valley reached the state Class 5A quarter-finals each of the last two seasons before losing to the eventual state cham-pion. This year’s roster has a lot less experience, but the captains said the goals have not changed. “We still have big ex-pectations,” Dunbar said. “I think it starts with the captains. We have to lead by example, by our play on the field. Then if any of our teammates are having trouble with something, we need to be there to help them.” Apple Valley once again will have a battle with numbers. The Eagles have 32 seniors on the roster; other teams in the South Suburban Conference could have close to 50.

They have a decent-sized group of sophomores with about 45. The starting lineback-ers, Robole, Dunbar and junior Kieran McKeag, will be the core of the defense. “Three return-ing starters,” Morse said. “They’re the strength of our team right now, no question.” “They’ll need to make a lot of plays for us, and we think they will,” Clenden-ing said. Apple Valley does not have a lot of returning players on the defensive line or in the secondary. Clendening said senior Lukas Krueger could have an impact on the defensive line. Seniors Justin Hen-drix and Malik Mitchell also saw a little bit of var-sity time on defensive line. As is the case with the defensive line, the Eagles’ offensive line will have mostly new starters. Apple Valley envisions a hybrid role for Morse, who led the team in catches and re-ceiving yardage, and also was effective as a rusher. Sometimes Morse will play quarterback and oth-er times he will line up at wide receiver. Senior Aus-tin Korba is likely to be

behind center when Morse isn’t. “We’re trying to get (Morse) in different spots on the field and trying to find different ways to get the ball in his hands,” Clendening said. Senior Kevin Tchalla returns at running back. He was the starter last sea-son before being injured in the Eagles’ second game. Da’Shawn Lewis, who has since graduated, moved into that spot and rushed for more than 1,000 yards, including two games of more than 200 yards. Jake Biehn is a return-ing receiver, and sopho-more Donovan Dalton and senior Justice Walton could see some passes thrown their way.

For the numerous open starting positions, “we’ve got a lot of really good players with speed,” Clen-dening said. “Now we have to find out how they compete.” It also will help if the Eagles can get full seasons from Dunbar and Tchalla, whose 2013 seasons were cut short because of inju-ries. Apple Valley went to a team camp at the Univer-sity of Minnesota-Duluth over the summer and won the “King of the Hill” competition. Clendening said that doesn’t neces-sarily translate to actual games because those camp competitions hinge on the result of a single play. Still, he said, it was good for the

team to experience suc-cess. The Eagles open their season Aug. 28 at Shako-pee, a new member of the South Suburban Confer-ence. The Sabers offense is big on misdirection and is unlike anything other South Suburban teams use. “I think we’ll see them at the Burnsville scrim-mage (Saturday), so may-be we’ll get some idea about their offense,” Ro-bole said. “The scrimmage will be good for us. We get to hit and it’ll get our guys ready.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Apple Valley defenders pursue quarterback Matt Morse during practice last week. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Eagles football(All games 7 p.m. Fri-day unless noted)Aug. 28 (Thursday): at ShakopeeSept. 5: Lakeville SouthSept. 12: at Lakeville NorthSept. 19: at FarmingtonSept. 26: Prior LakeOct. 3: RosemountOct. 10: EastviewOct. 15 (Wednesday): at BurnsvilleOct. 21 (Tuesday): Class 5A playoffs begin

Apple Valley head coach Chad Clendening gets his point across at a recent football practice. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)


Mormon youth class Mormon high school stu-dents will roll out of bed at the crack of dawn each school day to attend seminary, a 50-min-ute religion class that starts at 6 a.m. Attending seminary is not mandatory; however it is a re-quirement if a student wishes to be accepted into Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, which is owned and op-erated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Students from Lakeville and Burnsville/Savage meet for sem-inary in their church buildings. The students from Prior Lake, Apple Valley and Farmington meet in someone’s home more central to the families involved. Each class has a student presi-dent and may have vice presi-dents who oversee music, birth-

days and devotionals. There are four courses of study which rotate yearly, so by the time a class member gradu-ates from high school he will have experienced all courses. The 2014-15 curriculum is The Doctrine and Covenants/LDS Church History. In the three years following, the classes will sequence through The Old Tes-tament, The New Testament, and The Book of Mormon. One need not be a member of the Mormon faith to partici-pate. The first class is Tuesday, Sept. 2. For more information, call 952-435-4370 (Lakeville) or 952-435-8185 (Burnsville).

Information fair at Mary, Mother Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville, will hold the “Legacy of Faith” In-formation Fair at 5 p.m. Sat-

urday, Sept. 13, in the church’s Fireside Room. This open-house style infor-mation fair will provide infor-mation about funeral planning, estate planning, the Catholic Health Care Directive, chari-table tax incentives, legal wills, life insurance and heritage gifts. There will be opportunities to visit with and ask questions of experts in an informal setting, without any obligation. A free barbecue dinner will be provided by the Burnsville-Eagan Knights of Columbus. There is no cost to attend, but participants are asked to reserve a space for the meal by Wednes-day, Sept. 10. Call the Parish Of-fice at 952-890-0045.

Women’s fall retreat The Women of Woodcrest Church’s fall retreat will be 6:30-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, and 9

a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 13. Breakfast will be served. Cost is $20. The theme is “Rooted and Grounded in the Holy Spirit.” Call 651-681-9800 to register. The church is at 525 Cliff Road, Eagan.

New church in Lakeville Pastors David and Linda Cross are launching Christian Family Church of Lakeville with a grand opening service at 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, at Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. The service includes contem-porary worship and a message called “New Beginnings with God.” A children’s ministry for ages 6-12, preschool 3-5, and infants 0-2 will be offered. A taco bar lunch will be avail-able following the service. For more information, call

952-769-3669 or visit www.CF-CLakeville.com.

Shredding event in Eagan Advent United Methodist Church, 3945 Lexington Ave. S., Eagan, will have a free doc-ument-shredding event from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 23. Documents will be shred-ded by Veteran Shredding. Par-ticipants should bring no more than two boxes or two garbage bags each. Paper shredding only – no trash, garbage, clothing or metal items. Personal items only. No businesses. The event is in conjunction with Advent Cares, a day of ser-vice when more than 100 volun-teers from Advent will be work-ing with local organizations to do everything from landscaping to washing windows, packing pet food and leading worship services.

Religion

District 196 ECFE open house District 196 Early Childhood Family Education will hold an open house from 9-11 a.m. and 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, at Early Childhood Learning Center, 5800 W. 149th St., Apple Valley, and Rahncliff Learning Center, 2030 Rahn Way, Eagan. The free event will feature hands-on activities and a chance to meet ECFE staff. Call 952-431-8340 for more information.

Minnesota students outperform nation on ACT For the ninth year in a row, Minnesota high school seniors were top in the nation on the ACT. Minnesota seniors posted an average score of 22.9, com-pared to the nationwide aver-age of 21. Additionally, more Minnesota students met each of the four benchmarks – Eng-

lish, Reading, Math and Science – than did students in any other state, 39 percent compared to 26 percent nationally. “I congratulate Minnesota students, teachers, and admin-istrators on this tremendous ac-complishment,” said Gov. Mark Dayton. “These nation-leading scores demonstrate to the entire country the academic ability of Minnesota students, the dedi-cation of our teachers, and the world-class quality of our educa-tion system.” “One of the best indicators we have to show that our stu-dents are prepared for career and college is the ACT,” Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius said. “And for nine straight years our students have outperformed the nation. It is an incredible achievement that would not be possible without Minnesota’s dedicated teachers and students.” The data come from ACT’s yearly report, “The Condition of College and Career Readiness.” This year’s report shows that for Minnesota’s class of 2014, 45,305 students – or 76 percent

– took the ACT. This number is up 2 percent from 2010. Nation-wide, 1.8 million students – or 57 percent – took the ACT last year. This coming school year, all Minnesota juniors will take the ACT, free of charge, as part of new graduation requirements ap-proved by the 2013 Legislature. This move will not only help open up postsecondary as a real possibility for every child in the state, it will also provide impor-tant information to educators on whether students are career and college ready. The national and state ACT Condition of College & Career Readiness 2014 reports can be viewed and downloaded at: www.act.org/readiness/2014.

Fall catalog online now The fall District 196 Commu-nity Education catalog is now online at www.district196.org/ce. Printed catalogs will arrive in mailboxes after Aug. 28.

Education Rep. Garofalo to introduce legislation to halt zip rail line Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farm-ington, recently announced his plan to introduce legislation next session to block the Min-nesota Department of Trans-portation from moving forward with a proposed high-speed “zip line” that would run between Minneapolis St. Paul Interna-tional Airport and Rochester. The proposed line is expected to cost more than a billion dollars, and would likely run through the district Garofalo represents. “It’s time to put a stop to government wasting hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars on studies and other plans for this California-style boondoggle,” Garofalo said in a press release. “With an expected one-way fare of $30, zip line is not a priority for Minnesota families, and it’s appalling that Minnesota taxpayers continue to be forced to foot the bill as big government types push for-ward against the will of local residents.” Garofalo pointed to a heated meeting that took place on July 31 in Kenyon, Minn., where

hundreds of residents packed the Kenyon-Wanamingo High School gymnasium in over-whelming opposition to the project. Garofalo said his legislation mirrors a similar law passed in 2002 that barred MnDOT from moving forward on the proposed Dan Patch line that would run from Minneapo-lis to Northfield, with stops in St. Louis Park, Edina, Bloom-ington, Savage, Burnsville and Lakeville. The 2002 law was authored by former state sena-tors William Belanger from Bloomington and Roy Terwil-liger from Edina in response to overwhelming local opposition. “Minnesotans are tired of be-ing forced to support trains that they don’t want, don’t need and certainly don’t wish to pay for,” Garofalo said. “A better use of these funds is to make Highway 52 a safer roadway. The legisla-tion I will author will put an end to this wasteful project and stop bureaucrats from forcing this rail line through communities where it is not wanted.”


LEGAL NOTICES

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

ROSEMOUNT - APPLE VALLEY - EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSDIRECTORY AND

YEARBOOK INFORMATIONThe following Public Notice shall

be published in the legal section of the district’s official newspaper, displayed on each school’s bulletin board by September l of each year and available in school offices.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ... That Independent School District l96, pursuant to the U.S. General Education Provisions Act and Min-nesota Government Data Practices Act, declares the following as “di-rectory information” as provided in said Act, and that information relat-ing to students may be made public if said information is in any of the following categories:

• *Student’s name• Date and place of birth• Gender• Major field of study• Participation and performance

in officially recognized school ac-tivities and sports

• Weight and height of members of athletic teams

• Dates of attendance• Enrollment status• District-issued email address• Grade level• Degrees, honors, diplomas

and awards received• Honor roll• School of attendance• The most recent previous edu-

cational agency or institution at-tended

• Photographs and other vi-sual and audio representations for school-approved publications, yearbooks, newspapers, public presentations, student ID badges and publication on school-ap-proved Internet pages

• *Student identification (ID) number, user ID, or other unique personal identifier used by the stu-dent for purposes of accessing or communicating in electronic sys-tems or displayed on a student ID badge

• **9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade student’s home address and tele-phone number (for release to mili-tary recruiters and institutions of higher education, only)

*A parent/guardian may not pre-vent the disclosure of a student’s name, identifier or institutional email address in a class in which the student is enrolled or on a stu-dent ID badge

**In accordance with the Min-nesota Statute 13.01-13.09, Gov-ernment Data Practices Act and Public Law 107-110 (No Child Left Behind Act of 2001), the district must release to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher education the names, home ad-dresses and telephone numbers of students in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades within 60 days after the date of the request, unless parents or students refuse to release the information. Therefore, students’ home addresses and telephone numbers are gathered only for 9th through 12th grade students, only for the purpose of providing the information to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher education.

Directory information does not include identifying data which ref-erences religion, race, color, dis-ability, social position or nationality. Any parent or guardian of any stu-dent in the district, or any student 18 years of age or older, may notify the district of their desire that some or none of the above information is to be released without their con-sent by contacting the principal of the school which said student at-tends and completing Procedure 505.2.4.3P, Denial of Release of Directory and Yearbook Informa-tion. This notification must be given to the district within thirty (30) days of this publication notice or at any time with the approval of district level administration. If filed, a denial will remain in effect until it is modi-fied or rescinded by the parent, guardian or eligible student.

Please understand that if you choose to deny the release of all directory information, your child (or you, if a student 18 years of age or older) will be excluded from such published lists as honor rolls, news releases regarding sports achieve-ments, honors received, athletic contest programs, theater and fine arts programs, graduation pro-grams, future class reunion mail-ings, etc.

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT l96/s/ Gary Huusko, School Board ClerkSi usted habla español y tiene pre-guntas, favor de llamar al teléfono (952)431-8993.HADDI ADD SOMAAALI TAHAY OO AAD QABTID WAX SUAAL AH FADLAN LA SOO XIRIIR FAISAL MADAR (952)769-7625If you speak (Spanish/Somali/Ara-bic) and have questions, call 952-769-7625

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CITY OF APPLE VALLEY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Apple Valley will receive proposals at the offices of Gallagher Benefits Services, Inc.: 3500 American Blvd West, Suite 500, Bloomington, MN 55431, until 10:00 a.m. on Friday, September 12, 2014, for:

GROUP DENTAL INSURANCEProposal documents and gen-

eral instructions are available, upon request, at the Office of Gallagher Benefits Services, Inc.: 3500 Amer-ican Blvd West, Suite 500, Bloom-ington, MN 55431. Questions re-garding the documents should be directed to Lori Hayes at 952-356-0712 or [email protected].

The City reserves the right to accept and/or reject any and all proposals, or parts of proposals, and to waive any defects or tech-nicalities or to advertise for new proposals where acceptance, re-jection, waiving, or advertising of such would be in the best interest of the City.DATED: August 22, 2014

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INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 917

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSNotice is hereby given that Intermediate

School District 917 Requests proposalsfor:

Group Life & Long Term Disability Insur-ance

Specifications will be available fromNational Insurance Services, 250 South Executive Drive, Suite 300, Brookfield, WI53005, Phone: 800-627-3660

Proposals are due no later than 3 p.m.on Wednesday, September 3, 2014 atNational Insurance Services, 250 South Executive Drive, Suite 300, Brookfield, WI53005

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

ROSEMOUNT - APPLE VALLEY - EAGAN PUBLIC

SCHOOLS ANNUAL NOTIFICATION OF

RIGHTS, PROTECTION AND PRIVACY OF

STUDENT RECORDS1. Intent1.1 Pursuant to the require-

ments of Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and

Privacy of Student Records, and the requirements of federal law (34 C.F.R. Section 99.7), the following constitutes the district’s annual no-tification to parents, guardians and students regarding data privacy practices of the district.

1.2 Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records, incorporates state and federal requirements on data privacy rights in student edu-cational records, as summarized below.

2. Privacy Rights2.1 Educational records which

identify or could be used to iden-tify a student, other than directory information, may not be released to members of the public without the written permission of the student’s parent or guardian, or the student if the student is 18 years of age or older or attends a post-secondary institution or as otherwise permit-ted by law. This general rule is subject to specific and limited ex-ceptions which are described in Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records.

2.2 One exception, which per-mits disclosure of educational re-cords without consent, is disclosure to school officials with legitimate educational interests. A school of-ficial is a person employed by the school as an administrator, super-visor, instructor, or support staff;

a person serving on the School Board; a person or company with whom the school has contracted to provide a service instead of using its own employees or officials or an authorized volunteer. Legitimate educational interests include those directly related to the school of-ficial’s professional responsibilities for classroom instruction, teaching, assessment and research, student achievement and progress, student discipline and student health or welfare or other legitimate profes-sional responsibilities.

3. Directory Information3.1 “Directory information” in-

cludes a student’s name, date and place of birth, gender, major field of study, participation and performance in officially recog-nized activities and sports, weight and height of members of athletic teams, dates of attendance, enroll-ment status, district-issued email address, grade level, degrees, honors, diplomas and awards re-ceived, honor roll, school of atten-dance, the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended, photographs and other visual and audio representations for school-approved publications, yearbooks, newspapers, public presentations, ID badges, and pub-lication on school-approved Inter-net pages and student identifica-tion (ID) numbers, user IDs or other unique personal identifiers used by a student for purposes of access-ing or communicating in electronic systems or displayed on an ID badge. (A student’s identifier is di-rectory information but educational records can only be accessed in conjunction with the use of a pass-word or personal identification number (PIN) or other factor known or possessed only by the autho-rized user.) Directory information does not include identifying data which references religion, race, color, disability, social position or nationality. “Directory information” also includes home addresses and home telephone numbers of students in grades 9 through 12, for the purpose of providing such information to military recruiting of-ficials as requested by the military and to institutions of higher learn-ing as requested by the institutions, in accordance with state and fed-eral law.

3.2 In accordance with the Minnesota Data Practices Act, 20 U.S.C. Section 1232g and Public Law 107-110 (No Child Left Behind Act of 2001), the district must re-lease to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher learning the names, addresses and home telephone numbers of students in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades within 60 days after the date of the request, unless parents or students refuse to release the information. Therefore, students’ addresses and students’ home telephone numbers are gathered only for 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade students, only for the purpose of providing the infor-mation to military recruiting officers and institutions of higher learning.

3.3 Directory information may be released to the public without prior parent, guardian or student con-sent unless the parent or student (if the student is 18 or older) has objected in writing to the release of one or more category of such information.

3.4 Parent(s), guardian(s), or stu-dents age 18 or older may object to the release of directory information by obtaining Procedure 505.2.4.3P, Denial of Release of Directory and Yearbook Information. The form should be completed and returned to your student’s school. A parent/guardian may not prevent the dis-closure of a student’s name, identi-fier or institutional email address in a class in which the student is en-rolled or from wearing, disclosing or displaying a student ID badge.

3.5 If filed, the denial of release of information will remain in effect until such time as it is modified or rescinded by the parent or eligible student.

4. Inspection of Records – The parent(s), guardian(s), or a student who is 18 or older, may request to inspect and review any of the stu-dent’s educational records except those which are, by state or federal law, made confidential.

4.1 The district will comply with the request immediately, if pos-sible, and, if not, within 10 days ex-clusive of weekends and holidays.

4.2 Copies of records may be obtained upon written request. A copying and handling fee will be charged.

5. Challenge to Accuracy of Records – A parent, guardian, or student 18 or older who believes that specific information in the stu-dent’s educational records is inac-curate, misleading, incomplete or violates the privacy or other rights of the student, may request that the district amend the record in ques-tion. Challenges may be made by requesting and filing Procedure 505.2.11P, Request to Amend Edu-cational Records, with the director of special education at Indepen-dent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota 55068-4946.

5.1 If the director of special edu-cation declines to amend the re-cord as requested within 30 days, the parent, guardian, or student who is 18 or older, will be advised in writing of their right to request and obtain a hearing.

5.2 If either the director of spe-cial education or, after hearing, the hearing officer appointed by the school district, determines that the record in question is inaccurate, misleading, incomplete or violates the privacy or other rights of the student, the record will be amend-ed, the parent, guardian, or student age 18 or older will be notified of the change, and an attempt will be made to notify past recipients of the data.

5.3 If, as a result of the hearing, it is determined that the challenged record is not inaccurate, mislead-ing, incomplete or in violation of the privacy or other rights of the student, the parent, guardian, or student age 18 or older, will be no-tified of their rights to place a state-ment with the record commenting upon it and setting out any reason for disagreeing with the decision of the district.

5.4 The decision of the director of special education as respon-sible authority or the hearing officer may, with regard only to questions of accuracy and completeness of records, be appealed in accor-dance with the applicable provi-sions of the State Administrative Procedures Act, Minnesota Statute Chapter 14, relating to contested cases.

5.5 To the extent that a record is alleged to be misleading or to vio-late the privacy or other rights of a student, in violation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. Section 1232[g] and 34 C.F.R. Part 99), neither state nor federal law provides for an ap-peal.

6. Subjects of Special Education Records: Requesting Destruction After Graduation or Upon Reach-ing Age 21 – District 196 complies with 34 C.F.R. Chapter III Section 300.624. At the time of graduation or at the attainment of age 21, spe-cial education records are no lon-ger needed to provide educational services to the child.

6.1 Requests for destruction of special education records can be made by:

6.1.1 The graduated student, age 18 or older, or

6.1.2 The non-graduated stu-dent age 21 or older, or

6.1.3 The parent or guardian of a 17-year old or younger graduated student, or

6.1.4 A person assigned guard-ianship of a former student with a disability who is no longer eligible for special education services.

6.2 Special education records are defined as any records stored in the district’s child study files that include a referral form and the sub-sequent steps of evaluation and/or assessment, including: raw data, any record of staffing and/or team meeting, and IEP periodic review and annual review.

6.2.1 Special education data in-cludes but is not limited to the child study forms labeled CS1 through CS99 and any supporting data, as well as due process forms DP1 through DP12 and any supporting data, and any analogous forms used in the district prior to the de-velopment of the forms now in use.

6.2.2 Special education records include records on students re-ferred for special education service and denied assessment; referred for special education service, as-sessed and denied service; and/or assessed and granted service.

6.2.3 There may be instances in which the director of special education may need to determine if records are special education records.

6.3 A former District 196 student (or the parent or guardian of such a student) who is the subject of spe-

cial education data may request destruction of special education records by calling 651-423-7628 or writing to the director of special education at Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minnesota, 55068-4946.

6.4 Former students who are in doubt as to whether they are sub-jects of special education data or want more information regarding destruction of data may call 651- 423-7628 for a determination. If records exist, the former student may request destruction of the data by writing to the director of special education at Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minne-sota, 55068-4946.

7. Transfer of Records to Other Schools – District 196 forwards educational records, including disciplinary records, of students to other schools and school dis-tricts in which a student seeks or intends to enroll upon request of that school or school district. A parent, guardian, or student who is 18 years of age may request and receive a copy of the records which are transferred and may, pursuant to this policy, challenge the ac-curacy of the records. The district does not, however, notify parent(s), guardian(s), or students of age 18 or older prior to such transfer.

8. Types and Purposes of Data Gathering: Right to Refuse or Not Refuse

8.1 Educational programs ad-ministered by the district involve the submission by students of as-signments, reports and, periodi-cally, the taking of tests. The dis-trict may also collect information for purposes of student enrollment, the administration of various school programs and for purposes of stu-dent health and safety.

8.1.1 Information required to be submitted by students in con-nection with such reports, assign-ments and tests is private data under the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statute 13.01 – 13.99. Such information is gathered and used as part of the educational process, in part to determine what the student is learning and what the student needs to learn. The district may also gather information from students when necessary to main-tain the order and discipline of the school. In some cases this may in-clude private data.

8.1.2 There is no legal require-ment that the students submit such data, but their failure to do so will, of course, have a direct result upon grades which are measured by evaluating such information. In some cases, students may be required to share data when it is necessary to maintain order and discipline. Failure to provide data in such cases may lead to disciplinary action.

8.1.3 School officials within the school district may receive and use the collected data when they have a legitimate educational in-terest in evaluating the student’s progress or maintaining the order and discipline of the school. Such information is treated as private information under the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Prac-tices Act and is not to be disclosed to third parties, unless authorized by law, consistent with the terms of the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C.1232[g] and 34 C.F.R. Part 99), without the permis-sion of the parent(s) or guardian(s) of minor students or students age 18 or older.

8.1.4 School officials may also use student data for research, in-cluding student data that is collect-ed or assembled for purposes of student assessments. The research may be for developing, validating or administering predictive tests; to administer student aid programs, or to improve instruction. Stu-dent data collected or assembled for student assessments may be used in research that includes, but is not limited to norming studies, longitudinal or alignment stud-ies and growth research. Parents, guardians and adult students may contact the district with questions about such research and may also refuse to participate in certain stu-dent assessments.

8.2 The information described above is maintained by the district in its educational records. There are two student record systems:

8.2.1 Cumulative records, gath-

ered on all students in the regular education program and include, but may not be limited to, group achievement and ability measures, Title I services, English Language Learner services, Gifted and Tal-ented services, interest inventories, disciplinary interventions, tran-scripts and other records, and logs and notes as appropriate; and

8.2.2 Child Study records gath-ered when direct and indirect ser-vices and programs are delivered to individual students and include, but may not be limited to, individually administered achievement tests, sensory and motor function tests, intellectual measures and other records, individual educational plans, evaluation reports, and logs and notes as appropriate. Such services and programs include but are not limited to psychological ser-vices, special education services, Title I services, English Language Learner services and Gifted and Talented services.

9. Location of Records – The educational records gathered on students are maintained in secure locations in district schools.

9.1 Cumulative records are maintained in the school the stu-dent attends. When the student graduates or transfers out of Dis-trict 196, the records are main-tained at the school of last atten-dance for one year. After one year the records are moved to the Dis-trict Office and archived into the digital imaging system.

9.2 Current child study records are stored in the school the student attends. Historical child study re-cords are transferred once per year to the District Office (3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minne-sota 55068-4946, telephone 651-423- 7628) where they are archived into the digital imaging system. Questions may be addressed to the Director of Special Education or the principal of the school the student attends.

9.3 Records are released to outside individuals or agencies only according to provisions in Ad-ministrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records.

9.4 Parents or students age 18 or older may request an opportuni-ty to inspect records and/or receive copies of records according to pro-visions in Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records. To make an ap-pointment, Procedure 505.2.10P, Parent or Eligible Student Request to Inspect Records and/or Obtain Copies of Educational Records, should be completed and submit-ted to the principal of the school the student attends or last at-tended.

9.5 District policies, regulations and procedures are available on the district website.

10. Complaints for Non-com-pliance – Parent(s), guardian(s), and students age 18 or older may submit written complaints of vio-lation of rights accorded them by 20 U.S.C. Section 1232(g) to the Family Policy Compliance Office, U. S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washing-ton, DC 20202-8520.

11. For More Information – This review of the data privacy rights of students, and parent(s) and guardian(s) in the educational re-cords maintained by District 196 is intended only to be a summary of the provisions of Administrative Regulation 505.2AR, Protection and Privacy of Student Records and applicable state and federal law. Requests for copies of the policy or regulation and questions should be addressed to: Director of Special Education, Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, Minne-sota 55068-4946, phone number 651-423-7628.INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT 196/s/ Gary HuuskoSchool Board ClerkSi usted habla español y tiene pre-guntas, favor de llamar al teléfono(952)431-8993.HADDI ADD SOMAAALI TAHAY OO AAD QABTID WAX SUAAL AH FADLAN LA SOO XIRIIR FAISAL MADAR (952)769-7625If you speak (Spanish/Somali/Arabic) and have questions, call (952)769-7625

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ica, the nation’s largest shop-ping mall. Asked if the $100 million mall will directly compete with the mega mall, Renee Lawler, director of marketing and business development for Si-mons, said she believes the two malls draw from different mar-kets. “I think they will comple-ment each other,” Lawler said. “The stores we have are for premium outlets, which are very different from the Mall of America.” Eagan officials expected traffic congestion and a park-ing deficit on opening day, but those who arrived early were able to avoid the mess. Chris Johnson of Stillwater said traffic and parking was better than she expected when she arrived an hour before the mall opened. “I was a frightened at first that is would be like Black Fri-day,” Johnson said. Although early-birds were able to beat the congestion, parking became hard to find an hour after the mall opened. Traffic continued to flow smoothly on nearby roads and highway. Hundreds of people continued to line up outside some stores such as Coach,

which limits the number of people allowed inside at once. The city of Eagan began its efforts to redevelop the Cedar Grove area a decade ago by moving businesses and demol-ishing a failing strip mall. An outlet mall wasn’t part of the city’s early plans. But retail developers have found success in other ma-

jor cities when placing outlet malls near full-size malls to create shopping destinations. Indianapolis-based retail real estate company Simons announced plans to take own-ership of the center last year after months of preparation. Simons partnered with Para-gon Outlet Partners, a Balti-more-based developer, on the

project. Simons also owns the Al-bertville Premium Outlets in Albertville, which is about 32 miles from downtown Minne-apolis.

Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or face-book.com/sunthisweek.

OUTLETS, from 1A

concert went much better than last year. “We were better prepared to do a concert,” she said. “The show went really well, and they were great to work with.” Tuesday night’s grandstand en-tertainment featured a tractor pull, and on the last two nights of the fair, the grandstand hosted demoli-tion derbies. Wright has been on the board of directors for the past decade and she has seen demolition derby numbers fall during that time. De-molition derbies used to fill five nights at the fair but have gradu-ally been cut back from five nights to two nights. Last year, the demo-lition derbies ran for three nights. She said the economy and the Cash for Clunkers program affect-ed the number of cars entered into the demolition derby in past years. But this year the fair saw a great rebound in the number of cars en-tered in the demolition derby. “Both derbies were excellent,” she said. “Our car counts were huge, and we had a lot of people in the grandstands.” The Dakota County Board of Directors will meet in early Sep-tember to review attendance num-bers and begin planning for next year’s fair, Aug. 10-16. Wright said they hope to have the monster trucks return.

FAIR, from 1A

Hundreds of people crowded Twin Cities Premium Outlets in Eagan during its grand opening on Thursday, Aug. 14. (Photo by Jessica Harper)


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EAGAN, Sept 4, 5th 7am-6p, 6th 8-12pm, Lg garage sale w/variety! Tools & furn 3867 PALISADE WAY

EDINA, Moving Sale! August 21st, 8 AM - 5 PM. Home to be torn down. All must go, priced to sell. HH, furn, carpet, applc, more! Cash only 6128 Beard Place

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Lakeville Art Festival Volunteers are needed for the 12th annual Lake-ville Art Festival to be held Sept. 20-21 on the grounds of the Lakeville Area Arts Center. The art festival commit-tee is seeking fun, energetic volunteers who would like to work in the following areas: Youth Art Tent, Art Ambassador, or with the Community Art Project. Members from the com-mittee will train on the spot – no experience neces-sary. Volunteers will receive a free 2014 Lakeville Art Festival T-shirt. To sign up to be a volun-teer, or to learn more about volunteering at the festival, visit www.lakevilleartfes-tival.org, or call the Arts Center at 952-985-4640.

Chorale auditions The South Metro Cho-rale is auditioning all voice parts for its 2014-15 concert series. The season kicks off on Sept. 2 with Tuesday evening rehears-als at Hidden Oaks Middle School in Prior Lake. Beginning its third year with director Russell Adri-an, the 40-50 voice ensem-ble prepares three concerts each season. The Dec. 14 Holiday Concert Fire and Ice fea-tures Conrad Susa’s “Car-ols and Lullabies from the Southwest” and a col-laboration with Twin Oaks and Hidden Oaks middle school choruses perform-ing David Metzger’s “Wil-lamette Winter Suite.” The annual Cabaret, March 7 and 8, showcases singers and a professional jazz combo performing music from all decades. The season is capped off with a masterworks con-cert on May 15 and 17 fea-turing Faure’s “Requiem” with professional orches-tra. Visit www.SouthMetro-Chorale.org or email [email protected] for more information.

Art deadline approaches The deadline is Aug. 29 to submit art for Dakota County’s fourth commu-nity art exhibit planned for display in county buildings beginning this October. Original, two-dimen-sional art can be submitted

in one or both of the fol-lowing categories: Critters of the Minnesota Zoo and Natural Wonders of the Parks of Dakota County. Artists must be at least 8 years old and live in Da-kota County. Artwork, which must feature sub-jects within Dakota Coun-ty, is limited to 36 inches by 36 inches and should be prepared for hanging on a wall. Submissions are lim-ited to one per artist per theme and must meet the full criteria outlined by the Dakota County Public Art Citizen Advisory Commit-tee at www.dakotacounty.us, search “art exhibit.” The committee will review submissions and make a recommendation to the Dakota County Board of Commissioners, which will select the artwork that will be exhibited. For more informa-tion, artists can contact Jean Erickson at 651-438-4286 or [email protected].

‘Rent’ features AV actress Laura Vannelli, of Ap-ple Valley, is featured in the lead role of Joanne Jef-ferson in the rock musical “Rent” opening Sept. 12 at the Rochester Civic The-atre, Rochester, Minn. Vannelli’s first experi-ence with theatre came during law school at the University of Minnesota when she joined up with the Theater of the Relative-ly Talentless, TORT, made up of law students look-ing to temporarily escape their grueling workloads by expelling some creative energy. She has been in several big shows at the Civic be-fore, including “Grease” (Sandy), “Les Miserables” (ensemble), and “Chicago” (Roxie Hart). The 2004 Eagan High graduate is a legal analyst at the Minnesota Board of Nursing. To purchase “Rent” tickets, visit www.roches-tercivictheatre.org.

‘Lake Superior Flavors’ James Norton and Bec-ca Dilley, founders of food website Heavy Table, will discuss their book, “Lake Superior Flavors: A Field Guide to Food and Drink along the Circle Tour,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18,

at Heritage Library, 20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville.

Harvest of Art The Eagan Art House will hold its annual Har-vest of Art celebration from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 8. The event includes the opening of the ninth annual Harvest of Art ex-hibit featuring the artwork of over 50 local artists. It also features an outdoor raku pottery firing, pottery sale, artist demonstrations, entertainment by Wind-Wood with vocalist Paula Lammers and ice cream available from Ring Moun-tain Creamery. Register for an Art House class during the event and receive a 15 percent discount. For more information, call the Eagan Art House at 651-675-5521.

‘Last Comic Standing Live’ Television’s “Last Com-ic Standing” is hitting the road with a national tour, “Last Comic Standing Live,” featuring the season eight winner and four final-ists. The tour stops at the Mystic Showroom in Prior Lake for an 8 p.m. Satur-day, Nov. 15, show. “Last Comic Standing” began with the top 100 comics in the country, who were chosen to audition by invitation. The top five finalists chosen by judges Roseanne Barr, Keenen Ivory Wayans and Rus-sell Peters are Nikki Carr, Rocky Laporte, Joe Machi, Rod Man and Lachlan Pe-terson. Tickets for the Nov. 15 show are $35. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for more details.

Folk music at Riverwalk Banjo pickin’ folk mu-sician Helen Forsythe and some friends will play folk music with a contempo-rary flair during the Aug. 23 Riverwalk Market Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in downtown Northfield’s Bridge Square. Among other event activities, Division Street Dance Studio operator Emily Boyd and some of her students will lead dance and movement-based ac-tivities for young people. For more information, visit riverwalkmarketfair.org.

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Auditions The Eagan Theater Com-pany is holding auditions for up-coming radio plays from 1-3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, at Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Ea-gan. ETC will bring to life some of the best of the radio shows from the 1930s to the 1950s in front of live audiences at venues around the area. Adults who have some schedule flexibility for daytime and evening rehearsals and performances are sought. No memorization – scripts are used during performances. The South Metro Chorale is holding auditions for all voice parts for its 2014-15 season. Vis-it www.SouthMetroChorale.org or contact [email protected] for more information. Partners in Praise Girls Choir is holding auditions for girls in grades 3-12 for its 21st season. Information: www.part-nersinpraise.org.

Books Five local authors will read from and sign copies of their books from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, at Jo Jo’s Rise and Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville: Paul Klegler, “Song of Destiny”; Greg Sisk, “Marital Privilege”; Midge Bubany, “The Equalizer”; Judy McConnell, “A Penny a Kiss”; Jeanette Lukowski, “Tar-nished Dreams.”

Events/festivals Burnsville Fire Muster, Sept. 4-7. Information: www.burnsvillefiremuster.com. Ramble Jam, 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, and 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, Dakota County Fair-grounds, 4008 W. 220th St., Farmington, 651-463-8818. Features Lost Highway, Sam Hunt, Chris Hawkey and others. Tickets: $39-$129. Information:

www.ramblejamcountry.com. Caponi Art Park Bluegrass Festival, noon, Sunday, Sept. 14, 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. Tickets: $20. Information: www.caponiartpark.org/programs/bluegrassfestival. Lakeville Art Festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, and Sunday, Sept. 21, Lake-ville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Information: www.lakevilleartfestival.org. Party It Forward Birthday Bash to benefit DARTS, 7 p.m. to midnight Saturday, Oct. 4, Crowne Plaza Hotel, 11 E. Kel-logg Blvd., St. Paul. Music by Mick Sterling. Raffle and live/si-lent auctions. Admission is free, along with free appetizers and desserts. For $20, guests receive a “bottomless” glass for unlimit-ed beer or soda. (Bottled water is provided.) Sign up to attend by Sept. 15 and be entered to win $100 Target gift card. Informa-tion: www.partyitforward.net or Sarah Jacobson at DARTS, 651-234-2225.

Exhibits East Asian painting exhibit, June 1-Aug. 31, Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Cultural Perspectives: Bringing Heritage Home ex-hibit, July 10-Aug. 24, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville.

Music Josh Turner, 7:30 p.m. Sat-urday, Aug. 23, in the amphi-theater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $66, $78.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://mnzoo.org/plan-your-visit/music-zoo/. Carman – No Plan B Tour, 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, Destiny Christian Church, 12119 16th Ave. S., Burnsville. Tickets: $18-25. VIP tickets: $100. Informa-tion: 952-890-1477, www.itick-ets.com.

Workshops/classes/other The Eagan Art House offers art classes for all ages, www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/rec-reation/eagan-art-house, 651-675-5500. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Arts Building, Burns-ville. Information: www.christine-tierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art educa-tion through drawing and paint-ing. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Present-ed by Making Scents in Minne-sota. Country line dance classes held for intermediates Mondays 1:30-4 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. Country line dance classes on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; In-termediate, 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 sec-ond Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Informa-tion: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

To submit items for the Family Calendar, email:

[email protected].

Friday, Aug. 22 Outdoor movie, “Monsters University,” rated G, 7:30 p.m., dusk showtime, Nicollet Com-mons Park in the Heart of the City, Burnsville.

Saturday, Aug. 23 Brat sale fundraiser by the Eastview High School cheer-leaders, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Von Hanson’s Meats, 2141 Cliff Road, Eagan.

Sunday, Aug. 24 Brat sale fundraiser by the Eastview High School cheer-leaders, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Von Hanson’s Meats, 2141 Cliff Road, Eagan. Adopted Friends, 1 p.m. at Farquar Park, off Pilot Knob Road in Apple Valley. Adoptive families welcome for friend-ship, support and fun. Informa-tion: www.adoptedfriends.com or email [email protected].

Tuesday, Aug. 26 Family Fun Tuesday – “The Adventures of Juan” puppet show with Teatro Del Pueblo, 10-11 a.m. in the Sculpture Garden at Caponi Art Park, Eagan. $4 per person donation suggested. Information: 651-454-9412 or www.caponiart-park.org. Tuesday Evenings in the Garden – Fairy Garden with Kathy Bonnett, 6:30-8 p.m. in the red barn on the Dakota County Fairgrounds, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. Choosing the right plants, mak-ing miniature garden ornaments and selecting a container are discussed. Free. Class size is limited; register by calling 651-480-7700. Information: www.dakotamastergardeners.org.

Wednesday, Aug. 27 Changing Custody, 1-3 p.m., Dakota County Northern Service Center, Room 520, 1 Mendota Road W., West St. Paul. Presented by Legal As-sistance of Dakota County Ltd. and the Dakota County Law Li-brary. Free informational clinic on changing a custody order. Back2School Student Vaccination Clinic, 1:30-4 p.m., Dakota County Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Free. In-formation: http://tinyurl.com/nr5a9u2 or 952-891-7999. Eagan Market Fest, 4-8 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. Farmers market, en-tertainment by Jolly Huntsmen and Eagan Theater Company. Information: www.cityofeagan.com/marketfest or 651-675-5500.

Thursday, Aug. 28 Confident Women: Find-ing freedom from your inner critic, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Thrive Therapy, 190 River Ridge Cir-cle S., Suite 208, Burnsville. Free workshop. Registration required. Information: www.thrivetherapymn.com, 612-

568-6050. Apple Valley Garden Club, 7:15 p.m., Apple Valley Com-munity Center, 14603 Hayes Road. Master gardener Claudia Zweber will present a program on heirloom seed saving. Free and open to the public.

Reunions 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. • Aug. 25, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Culver’s, 15225 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. • Aug. 25, 2-8 p.m., Fred Astaire Dance Studio, 1975 Seneca Road, Eagan. • Aug. 27, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Dakota County Western Ser-vice Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. • Aug. 28, noon to 6 p.m., Grace Lutheran Church, 7800 W. County Road 42, Apple Valley. • Aug. 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Culver’s, 3445 O’Leary Lane, Eagan. • Sept. 2, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., MetroConnections, 401 E. Cliff Road, Burnsville. • Sept. 2, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 16725 Highview Ave., Lakeville. • Sept. 2, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Culver’s, 17800 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville.

Leprechaun Days button prize winners Winners of the Rose-mount Area Seniors Lep-rechaun Days button drawing were announced last Monday. The Rosemount Area Seniors said they would like to thank all of the sponsors who donated items for their support and all of those who pur-chased buttons during Leprechaun Days. This year’s Rosemount Leprechaun Days button was designed by Rose-mount Middle School stu-dent Taylor Brunes. $100 from Larsen & Lars-en, P.A. – Carter Turner Individual income tax re-turn preparation from Larsen & Larsen, P.A. – Maisy Bach Rosemount Floral gift card – Mary Ahrens BP Auto Service Center gift card – Sue Rousch $50 from Master Transmis-sion – Loren Tompkins $50 from First State Bank of Rosemount – Melanie Bry-an $50 gift card from Fluegel’s – Miranda Bondeson $30 gift card from MediCar – Janie Carlson and Lisa Shoe $25 from U Pull R Parts – Lynette Barrus $25 gift certificate from The Guitar Shop – Tiffany Ger-mann $25 gift card from Fireside

– Jeff Hanson $25 gift certificate from Or-chid Nails & Spa – Linda Bell $25 gift card from MGM Wine & Spirits – Amanda Gore $20 gift certificate from Quilter’s Haven – Jon Ander-son $20 gift card from Terry’s Hardware – Nicole Seeberg and Ken Barnes $15 gift card from Rudy’s Redeye Grill – Melissa Hanson $15 gift certificate from Paws Appeal Pet Salone – Rhonda Palm $15 gift card from Celts Pub – Judy Adams $14.99 gift certificate from Fantastic Sam’s – Katherine Gayl $10 gift certificate from The Yarn Garage – Jacqueline Dunker and Julie Toombs $10 gift card from Cub Foods – Ben Burdick $10 gift certificate from Von Hanson’s – 10 winners – Patti Wills, Abby Chumb-ley, Laura Coffey-Reis, Sheila Condon, Sunil Mohabir, John Loebach, Roger Seefeld, Kurt Nash, Brandon McPhillips, Rich Pruter $10 gift card from Taco John’s – Sandra Herme $10 gift certificate from Wheelie Awesome Bike Ser-vices – Liz Snyder $10 gift certificate from Carbone’s – Joan Schwoch & Shirley Barthel $5 Fuji Grill & Sushi Bar gift card and $5 Cherry Berry

gift card – Cecelia Zignego $5 Taco John’s gift card and $5 Cherry Berry gift card – Idolly Oliva Free haircut from ManCave Barber – 10 winners – Sherry Huber, Linda Bell, Kellie Bai-ley, Scott Serig, James Ahern, Sammie Formaneck, John Milchesky, Aisha Mohamed, Evie Selgested and Dave Ma-jewski Free haircut, Sportsman Barber – Mike Toombs and Charlene Fox Free haircut, Great Clips – Mike Meier and Mary Novak Great Clips, Biolage Beauty Product Gift Set – Vince Voeltz 2 free appetizers from Rose-mount Applebee’s – Jean Oie, Bill Collignon, Laura Welter and Lonnie Nordstrom 1 free large pizza from Piz-za Hut – Valarie Larsen, Abby Brand, Susan Engelhart and Zoe Peterson 1 free large pizza from Little Caesars – Rosemount – Tom Trebil, Pat Williams and Connie Kellington 1 pound coffee and travel mug from Starbucks – Alexis Coffey-Reis, John Haakana and Kathy Rachke 2 bottles of wine from MGM Wine and Spirits – Ray Hanson 55 small cone gift certifi-cates donated by Dairy Queen-Rosemount 20, $5 discount cards do-nated by Hong Kong Bistro Free Frosty coupons do-nated by Wendy’s-Rosemount


ThisweekendThisweekendSCHOOLHOUSE VILLAINY

Ken Coy of the Eagan Theater Company is cultivating his

wickedest sneer for the role of villain Smedley Smidgen in the old-fashioned melodrama “The

Perils of Priscilla,” which will be presented as part of the theater group’s “Back to School Blues” comedy skit showcase from 6-8

p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, during Eagan Market Fest at the city’s

Central Park festival grounds. At right: Judy Marder and Andrew Jensen are featured in the mini-play “Our Miss Brooks” at the

event. (Photos submitted)

St. Paul-based Teatro Del Pueblo will present its pup-pet show “The Adventures of Juan” at Caponi Art Park on Aug. 26 as the final performance in the Eagan art park’s summer-long Family Fun Tuesdays series. “The Adventures of Juan” tells the story of a boy who embarks on a journey with mythical fig-ures such as Paul Bunyan and Quetzalcoatl to save his grandmother’s garden, learning a greater appre-ciation for his Chicano heritage in the process. Ad-mission to the 10-11 a.m. event is free with a $4 per person suggested donation. The park is located at 1220 Diffley Road. (Photo sub-mitted)

Puppets in

the park

Stage life beckons for Eagan native

Meghan Kreidler lands Performing Apprenticeship at Children’s Theatre Company

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


If Meghan Kreidler’s new gig at the Children’s Theatre Company in Min-neapolis is any indication, a career in theater is as much about stamina as it is about acting talent. As a full-time Per-forming Apprentice for the 2014-15 season, the 23-year-old Eagan native will be logging some long hours. When her first pro-duction, “Busytown,” gets underway in the fall, she’ll also be doing rehearsals for the theater company’s winter show, “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.” “That’s when it be-comes like a marathon,” said Kreidler. “You perform eight to 10 shows a week, and then imagine rehearsing on top of that. Although I’m not understudying in ‘Busy-town,’ it’s very likely I’ll be understudying in ‘Grin-ch,’ so sometimes you’re performing in one show, learning another show and learning another person’s role on top of that. “It’s a true test of stam-ina, which is why I was so eager to be a part of this experience.” The Performing Ap-prentice gig is the latest achievement for Kreidler, who first performed as a sixth-grader at Ea-gan’s Blackhawk Middle School, where she scored a part in “The Music Man.” In high school, she de-veloped a yen for acting that hasn’t subsided. The 2009 Eagan High School graduate performed in four shows a year, each year, at the high school, before going on to major in acting at the University of Minnesota, where she graduated last May. Since college, there’s been no question for Kreidler whether acting would sim-ply be a sideline to a more buttoned-down career. She was cast as Lady Macbeth in a production

of the Shakespeare play at Illinois’s Festival 56, fol-lowed by roles in “Kung Fu Zombies vs. The Can-nibals,” CLIMB Theatre’s “A Deeper Look,” Mixed Blood Theatre’s rock mu-sical “Passing Strange” and a host of other pro-ductions. Kreidler, who’s also coached speech at Ea-gan High School the past two years, auditioned for

the Performing Appren-tice job in January. She’s playing a variety of parts in “Busytown,” which is adapted from a book by children’s author Richard Scarry and opens in mid-September. “The costumes for the show are adorable — ev-eryone wears a pod which is essentially a big round shell that our costumes are fitted over, so we’re all going to look very round and playful,” she said. Kreidler’s hope is that the Performing Appren-ticeship is just the start. “I hope one day I’ll direct, perhaps choreo-graph. I love to teach and mentor kids and young adults,” she said. “I’m just so thrilled to be spending this season at CTC where I can learn and have access to every nook and cranny of the theater world. Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Meghan Kreidler, right, weathered the horrors of the zombie apocalypse in “Kung Fu Zombies vs. the Can-nibals” presented by Mu Performing Arts last summer. Currently a Performing Apprentice with the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, she’ll be appearing in “Busytown,” “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” and “Peter Pan” in the coming year. (Photo submitted)

Meghan Kreidler
