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Texting while drivingA teen driver pleaded guilty in an Eagan crash that injured a 15-month-old boy.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Eagan takes aim at the topThe Eagan boys swimming and diving team aims to make a splash.

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Eagan outlet mall declared a successSales have been

strong in first five months

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Five months after Twin Cities Premium Outlets opened at high-ways 77 and 13, investors are calling the 100-store center a success. Holiday sales met ex-

pectations and “retailers have been very happy with sales,” said Peter Lund, general manag-er of Simon Property Group, which manages the center. The center opened at 6 p.m. Thanks-giving Day and stayed open until 10 p.m. Black Friday. Shoppers also crowded the center the day after Christmas, he said. “It’s been a great suc-

cess from our vantage point, especially on the hospitality side,” said Brent Cory, president and CEO of the Eagan Convention and Visitor Bureau. Though the outlet cen-ter has become a popular destination, traffic and parking have remained at manageable levels, city officials say. The center has also created a boom for the

Eagan Convention and Visitors Bureau, said Cory, who added that since 2013: • Group bookings have been up 104 percent. • Web traffic is up 355 percent. • Social media follow-ers are up 113 percent. And all of these in-creases are driven pri-marily by the mall, Cory said. Groups from as far as

China have booked trips to come to the center in recent months. “Outlet shopping is very popular among Asian tourists,” Cory said. “But what is most exciting is that we expect the center will be sustain-able over the next five to 10 years.”

Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

The character of Amara, played by eighth-grader Karina Iommazzo, has a moment of doubt in “Pieces,” the Metcalf Junior High play written and directed by Steve Orth, the school’s drama director. (Photos by John Gessner)

Brokenness and redemptionMetcalf director debuts

another of his plays about kids’ inner lives

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


Numbers help tell the story of Met-calf Junior High’s new play, which de-buts Thursday and continues through this month. Titled “Pieces,” it’s billed as a drama with nine vignettes illuminating nine types of brokenness and nine paths to redemption. Twelve is the recommended mini-mum age for audience members. Steve Orth, who wrote the play and directs its 48-member cast and crew, said it ad-dresses topics some parents might want to shield from younger children. Scenes include “some body-image stuff,” allusions to sexting and a grieving girl yelling at her parents, Orth said. The events aren’t strictly biographical but, in composite, aim for the core of modern adolescence. “There’s a lot of truth,” said Orth, who

has directed drama and taught language arts at the Burnsville school since 1998.

Steve Orth, Metcalf Junior High drama director and the author of “Pieces,” which the school is presenting this month, en-couraged an actor during rehearsal last week.

Burnsville seeks greater protection for police video

On-officer cameras raise new questions



Burnsville, whose Po-lice Department helped pioneer the use of body-mounted officer cameras, is joining a push to keep some of the resulting foot-age under wraps. Officials want an ad-dition to state law that keeps video and audio footage taken inside people’s homes from be-ing released, even after a criminal investigation is finished. Under current law, criminal investigative data,

with some exceptions, be-come public when the in-vestigation is inactive. But officer footage used in criminal investigations raises many privacy con-cerns that outmoded data laws haven’t kept up with, say advocates of greater restrictions. The “technology is ad-vancing faster than the law,” Burnsville Police Chief Eric Gieseke wrote in a report to the City Council. The council voted unanimously at a Jan. 13 work session to support classification of body-camera data taken in a pri-vate home as “not public” during an investigation

Anniversary of son’s death willbring jail time

Savage also sentenced to 60 days, probation by Jessica Harper

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

An Eagan man received an unusual sentence that requires him to serve 10 days in jail on the anniver-sary of his son’s death. Nathan Scott Sav-age, 31, was sentenced by Judge Christopher Lehm-ann on Jan. 14 to 60 days

in jail and 10 years probation. Each year for the next three years, Savage will be required to serve another 10

days in jail on the anni-versary of the death of his son, Nolan Scott Sikich. Savage took his infant son to bed with him on

The show will go on Saturday — with tigers City manager

makes the catchon animal permit



The show will go on — with tigers and without embarrassment — thanks to Burnsville City Man-ager Heather Johnston’s Tuesday trip to the box of-fice. Johnston learned the show she was buying tick-ets for this Saturday (Jan. 17) at the city-owned Ames Center would fea-

ture tigers. Tigers and other big cats (along with apes, poisonous snakes and a bunch of nondomesticated animals) aren’t al-lowed in Burns-ville without a City Council-approved permit. Johnston made the catch in time to hustle a vote approving a per-mit onto Tuesday night’s council workshop agenda. She said she went to the box office at about 5:30 p.m. to buy tickets for “Dare to Believe,” fea-

turing magician and illusionist Jay Owenhouse. Johnston and her son, and her sis-ter and her son, are going to the 4 p.m. show (there’s a second at 8). “All I know is I went to buy tickets

and saw pictures of tigers,” she said. She quickly recalled an episode last April when a lion named Mufasa was scheduled to appear dur-ing an Easter service at Discover Church in Burns-ville.

The city learned about the lion the Friday before the service. The appear-ance was canceled because the church hadn’t ob-tained a permit. It was old news until Johnston saw pictures of tigers at the Ames Center. “We pride ourselves on making sure we’re holding ourselves to the same stan-dard we hold everybody else to,” she said. The council unani-mously approved a tem-porary permit for the shows, pending staff re-view of application mate-rials and proof of insur-

ance. Should VenuWorks, the company the city pays to manage the center, have caught the problem ear-lier? “It’s a very unusual circumstance,” said John-ston, who was told two tigers appear in the show. “We don’t often have ex-otic animals in the city. It came up almost a year ago. Otherwise, I may not have known about it my-self.”

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

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Don’t prosecute protestorsColumnist Joe Nathan urges Bloomington to not prosecute protestors at the Mall of America.

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North Woods suspenseFarmington writer John Sheehan is set to speak Jan. 20 at the Robert Trail Library as part of the ongoing “Meet the Author” series.

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Inside this edition is a public notice for the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District’s paving and landscaping rebid for Parkview Elementary School.

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Boutique partners get their Shine on Foursome opens shop in Burnsville



Four area women with decades of retail experi-ence between them have opened a new boutique in northeast Burnsville. Shine Boutique opened the day after Thanksgiving at 2552 Horizon Drive in the Cliffview Plaza mall. Each partner brings a specialty in women’s mer-chandise to the business, whose 3,000 square feet of mall space includes a spa area. “I’ve always wanted to have my own little shop, and here we are,” said Colette Waldowski, who lives in a nearby town-home. Shine Boutique fills a retail void in the Burns-ville area, said Waldows-ki, a manufacturer’s sales representative in the gift industry. “We want you to come in and get your shine on — one-stop shopping,” said the 1984 Burnsville High School graduate. “We’ll get your eyelashes done, give you a spray tan, get you a cute outfit, jewelry and a hostess gift, and you’re out the door ready to go to your party. It’s a girl’s dream.” She and partner Lori Hirsch, of Savage, used

to work together at Rosie Posie, a Prior Lake bou-tique that Hirsch man-aged and has since moved to Edina. Hirsch handles most of the clothing and ac-cessories at Shine, as well as jewelry. Waldowski specializes in gift and food items. Kim Schueller, also a Burnsville resident and BHS graduate, owns the seasonal Holly House holiday boutique. Her specialties at Shine in-clude Minnesota-based

merchandise and hand-painted pottery. Zo Boegeman, of Prior Lake, rounds out the foursome with hand-stamped, custom-made jewelry and “spiritwear” with the team names of area high schools. “Everybody’s known each other for a super-long time,” Hirsch said of the partners, who each work shifts at the bou-tique and chip in on the rent while maintaining separate revenue streams for their products.

“But we want to make it look cohesive so you’d never be able to tell whose is what,” Hirsch added. Waldowski, who worked in and managed retail stores for two de-cades, said she was en-ticed by the reasonably priced rent at Cliffview Plaza, the lack of bou-tiques in the area, the location’s proximity to Highway 13 and opening of the outlet mall down the road in Eagan. Previous tenants in the

Shine Boutique space included Spectrums Of Salon Spa and a hoo-kah business. In its spa area, Shine offers eyelash exten-sions and spray tan-ning. The partners are looking to add a mas-sage therapist, Hirsch said. “We want people to come in and feel wel-come and feel like this is their store just as much as it is ours,” she said. A fifth partner can be found on the prem-ises when Waldowski is there — a 12-year-old, purebred cocker span-iel. “That’s Maggie May,” Waldowski said. “She’s a rescue dog from Iowa. Wherever I am, that’s where she is.” Shine Boutique is

open Wednesday through Saturday. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednes-day, Friday and Satur-day and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday. A grand opening with food and giveaways will be held Thursday, Feb. 5. Shine Boutique can be found on Facebook.

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

Colette Waldowski, left, and Lori Hirsch are two of the partners in the new Shine Boutique at 2552 Horizon Drive in Burnsville. (Photo by John Gessner)

Eagan woman injured in crash An Eagan woman was hospitalized and her car was totaled in a two-vehicle collision Jan. 8 in northwestern Minnesota’s Polk County. Jennifer J. Schoeneck-er, 26, was transported to Riverview Hospital in Crookston with “non-life-threatening” injuries fol-lowing the 1:47 p.m. crash on Highway 2, the State Patrol said. Schoenecker was driv-ing a Chevrolet Trailblazer east on Highway 2 when a Kenworth semitrailer truck slid into the back of her vehicle, according to the State Patrol. Road conditions were icy on the two-lane divided highway at the time of the crash. Schoenecker, who wearing a seatbelt, saw her vehicle totaled in the colli-sion. The driver of the semi — 26-year-old Brandson D. Radford of Grimsby, Ontario — suffered no ap-parent injuries. The State Patrol report listed dam-age to the semi as “minor.” No alcohol was detect-ed in either driver’s sys-tem.

—Andrew Miller

Burnsville police search for missing elderly man The Burnsville Police De-partment is seeking help in lo-cating an elderly man who has gone missing. Willis Olaf Voxland, 84, was last seen on Jan. 13 at approxi-mately 4:30 p.m. driving near

Interstate 35E and I-94. He was driving a grey 2003 Buick Ren-dezvous with Minnesota license plate number 689 ENW. The vehicle has a mirror hanging on one side. Voxland’s family says he has

memory loss and is easily dis-orientated. Bank transactions were traced to Voxland in Fargo, N.D., at 12:16 a.m. Jan. 14, and later that day at 10:51 a.m. in Perly, Minn. He is 5-feet-11 and weighs

200 pounds. He has blue eyes and grey hair. He was last seen wearing a red, blue and white sweater underneath a dark leather jacket. He was wearing tan pants, brown shoes and a blue baseball cap. He was un-

shaven, with short facial hair. Anyone finding him is asked to check the man’s welfare and call Burnsville police (651) 322-2323.

Teen pleads guilty in crash that seriously injured 15-month-old by Jessica Harper


A 17-year-old Shakop-ee girl who was reading a text message while driving accepted responsibility for an Eagan crash that left a 15-month-old boy with a traumatic brain in-jury. The girl pleaded guilty on Jan. 13 to felony crimi-nal vehicular operation

involving gross negli-gence. Her name was not released because she is a juvenile. A misdemeanor count of careless driving was dismissed under the plea agreement. Judge Joseph Carter accepted her plea and transferred her sen-tencing to Scott County, where the girl lives, which always occurs in connec-tion with juvenile pros-

ecutions. “I am pleased that this young woman accepted responsibility for her ac-tion, which resulted in serious injuries to a young child,” Dakota County Attorney Jim Backstrom said in a news release. “We hope the young vic-tim fully recovers from his traumatic brain injury.” The crash occurred at around 8:40 a.m. July

17 at Diffley and Nicols roads. The girl, who was driving a 2000 Ford Con-tour, ran into the mother’s 2006 Acura while turning left from eastbound Diff-ley onto Nicols. The girl told police she was reading a text mes-sage and didn’t see the on-coming Acura, the news release said. Witnesses confirmed that the girl was “looking down and

not paying attention to the road.” She told police she was driving to school on “three hours sleep.” The boy, belted into a car seat in the back seat, underwent surgery for se-rious head injuries. The boy’s mother and her friend both suffered soft-tissue injuries to their ankles, lower legs and chests, the news release

said. Each year in Minneso-ta, distracted or inatten-tive driving is a factor in one in four crashes, result-ing in at least 70 deaths and 350 serious injuries, according to the Minne-sota Department of Pub-lic Safety.

Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Board approves budget District 196 to borrow from fund balance

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


Rosemount-Apple Val-ley-Eagan School District officials approved bor-rowing $7.9 million from the district’s general fund balance to keep its budget in the black. The School Board ap-proved on Jan. 12 a final 2014-15 budget of $422.9 million. General fund rev-enues are expected to be $320.5 million but expen-ditures are projected to be $328.4. This leaves the district with a $7.9 million shortfall. Since the beginning of its budget process last year, district officials have expected a shortfall in 2014-15 because fund-ing failed to keep up with

inflation for a number of years, Director of Fi-nance and Operations Jeff Solomon said. After borrowing the es-timated $7.9 million, the general fund balance is projected to be $23.2 mil-lion, which is 7.1 percent of general fund revenues. Board policy requires a fund balance that is at least 5 percent of the gen-eral fund. The 2014-15 school year will be the second school year the district has borrowed from its general fund balance. District 196 will be able to avoid cuts next year thanks to increased state aid and a $30 million an-nual, 10-year levy referen-dum, officials say. The levy referendum

passed by voters in 2013 will raise $1,486 per pupil each year. The 2013 Legislature increased basic funding by 1.5 percent for 2013-14 and another 1.5 percent for 2014-15. In May, the Legislature agreed to provide an addi-tional $25 per pupil or 0.5 percent increase for 2014-15. District 196 relies heav-ily on state aid, which ac-counts for 76.45 percent of its budget. Property taxes account for 18.09 percent, while federal aid makes up 2.45 percent of the district’s budget.

Jessica Harper is at jes-s ica [email protected] or facebook.com/sun-thisweek.

VandenBoom is board chair in 191 Members of the Burns-ville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 Board of Education unanimously elected officers as part of their annual organization-al meeting on Jan. 8. Board Member Bob VandenBoom, of Eagan, was elected as chair while Dan Luth was elected as vice chair. DeeDee Currier was elected as clerk and Abigail Alt as treasurer. Other members of the sev-en-person board are Ron Hill, outgoing Chair Jim Schmid and Sandy Sweep. Board members will keep their 2015 pay at the same rate as the past seven years — $500 a month for each member except the

chair, who receives an additional $50 per month for ex-panded duties and responsibilities. Board meetings will continue to take place on the second and fourth Thursdays of most months. Meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. and take place at the upper level senior cam-pus at Diamondhead Edu-cation Center. Meetings are broadcast on cable Educational Channel 18 and are also streamed and archived on the district’s website. Listening sessions take place prior to board meetings as opportunities

to speak infor-mally with board members and Su-perintendent Joe Gothard. Board listening sessions are scheduled from 6 to 6:30 p.m. prior to the first meet-ing of each month

while superintendent lis-tening sessions take place from 6 to 6:30 p.m. prior to the second meeting of each month. Meeting agendas, board packets and min-utes are available on the district’s website, at www.isd191.org.

Duchscher re-elected chairperson of District 196 School Board Rob Duchscher was re-elected chairperson of the District 196 School Board for 2015 at the board’s an-nual organization meet-ing Jan. 12. This will be Duchscher’s sixth year as chairperson during his 15 years on the board. He was first elected to the board in 1999 and previ-ously served as chairper-son in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013 and 2014. The board also re-elect-ed Jackie Magnuson vice chairperson, Gary Huus-ko clerk and Art Coulson treasurer for 2015, and approved assignments to four board commit-tees and organizations on which the School Board is represented. Committee assign-ments through December 2015 are as follows: Audit and Finance Committee – Bob Schutte, chairperson, Duchscher and Huusko; Curriculum and In-struction Committee –

Magnuson, chairperson, Joel Albright, Coulson and Schutte; Legislative Committee – Coulson, chairperson, Huusko and Magnuson; and Policy Review Commit-tee – Duchscher, chairper-son, Albright and Mike Roseen. The following appoint-ments were also approved: Association of Metro-politan School Districts – Albright and Schutte; Community Collabora-tion Council – Magnuson;Community Education Advisory Council – Huusko, Roseen and Schutte; Continuing Education/Vocational Re-licensure – Magnuson; Gifted and Talented Advisory Council – Coul-son; Metropolitan Educa-tional Cooperative Service Unit – Magnuson; Minnesota State High School League – Duch-

scher and Roseen; Native American Par-ent Advisory Committee – Coulson; Q Comp Educational Improvement Planning Team – Magnuson; Schools for Equity in Education – Albright and Schutte; Special Education Ad-visory Council – Albright; and Technology & Informa-tion Educational Services – Albright and Coulson. The School Board holds regular meetings on Mondays at least once each month according to a schedule approved by the board each spring. Regular meetings begin at 6 p.m. at Dakota Ridge School, 4629 144th St. W., Apple Valley. All regular meetings are videotaped for playback on District 196 TV on local education access channels and are available to webstream at www.District196.org.

District 196 students qualify for State Debate Tournament Eighteen District 196 high school students had top finishes at the Section 3 debate tournament Jan. 9-10 and qualified to com-pete at the State Debate Tournament, which will be held Jan. 16-17 at the Uni-versity of Minnesota. District 196 students captured all six qualifying spots in Lincoln-Douglas debate. Claire Hoffa and Grace Hoffa of Apple Val-ley High School finished first and second, respec-tively, followed by William Lai of Rosemount High School in third place, Da-vid Cox of Eagan High School in fourth, Geeth Gutta of Rosemount in fifth and Jack Linden of Eagan in sixth. This year’s Lincoln-Douglas resolu-tion is, “Resolved: Just governments ought to re-

quire that employers pay a living wage.” In policy debate, Eagan students Kathryn Bulanek and Charlie Seidel quali-fied for state by taking third place in the Section 3 tournament. In policy debate, each two-student team defends both sides of a selected topic during the tournament. This year’s policy resolution is, “Re-solved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its non-military exploration and/or development of the Earth’s oceans.” In public forum debate, five of the six qualifying spots went to District 196 students, including section champions Varoon Pazhy-anur and Rishrabh Gupta of Eastview High School, followed by Alex Baker and

Pavithran Guttipatti of Eastview in second place, Leah Dunlevy and Rid-hima Mishra of Eagan in third, Lulu Qian and Suraj Shah of Eagan in fifth, and Margo Sanders and Jenni-fer Suter of Apple Valley in sixth place. This year’s public forum resolution is, “Resolved: United Nations peacekeepers should have the power to engage in of-fensive operations.” The head coaches for debate in District 196 are Bryan Hagg of Apple Val-ley, Chris McDonald of Eagan, Todd Hering of Eastview and Cort Sylves-ter of Rosemount. This will be the 114th annual State Debate Tournament, the longest-running event of the Min-nesota State High School League.

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DECA is real world experience To the editor: I recently had the plea-sure of judging students at the District 2 DECA Con-ference in St. Paul. DECA stands for Distributive Ed-ucation Clubs of Ameri-ca, but Burnsville High School has adapted the acronym to stand for De-termination, Excellence, Creativity and Achieve-ment. High school and college students interested in careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management can partici-pate in the organization.. Burnsville High School was well represented in this competition. Prior to making oral presentations to the judg-es, students had prepared

written reports and taken a written exam hoping to advance to the next level of competition. Several BHS students realized that hope and qualified for the State Career Development Conference in March in multiple events. They gar-nered 19 trophies in the district competition and 30 students will be com-peting in the State Confer-ence. Business teacher Meg-gan Malone brought the DECA program back to Burnsville High School in 2011 after over 20 years of absence. This year about 75 students participate in the organization. Although ninth-grade students are eligible to participate, only Eagle Ridge Junior High has the program at this point. In ad-dition to participating in competitions, Burnsville

DECA students work closely with local busi-nesses such as Burger Jones and JoJo’s Rise and Wine. They partner with the Burnsville Chamber of Commerce and work at the Bite of Burnsville each year. The group was recently featured in KARE 11’s What’s Cool in Your Schools segment and highlighted in the Star Tribune. They were also nominated by Minne-sota DECA for their first #Way2GoWednesday. Burnsville’s DECA, a program that prepares students to be leaders in college and careers, is just one of the ways School District 191 is working to make all its students real world ready.

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Lebanon Hills Park Master ‘Mis’ Plan To the editor: Thank you, MaryAnn Passe, for her letter, “Leb-anon Hills missed oppor-tunity,” Jan. 9. The infor-mation she included was what I have been looking for over the past weeks. It was not what I had hoped for but what was expected, based on past articles and letters on the subject. Of the 36 articles and letters published in the Star Tri-

bune and Sun Thisweek newspapers between May 16, 2013, and Dec. 10, 2014, that I have copies of, two were positive about the Master Plan, with 29 expressing negative com-ments. The other five were primarily informative, containing no opinion. The members of the panel are to be commend-ed and thanked for their dedication, time and ef-forts over the past months. It is unfortunate that their input was controlled and restricted in order to keep

it “in line” with precon-ceived plans. As Passe stat-ed, the citizen panel was established because of “in-tense public demand for meaningful citizen input,” yet in the last of her points relative to the control by County Board and staff, she stated, “There was no process for public input.” In the Star Tribune ar-ticle, “Lebanon Hills trail decision pushed back,” on Feb. 14, 2014, Commis-sioner Tom Egan stated,

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OpinionDon’t prosecute demonstrators carrying on King’s legacy

Reforming K-12 Education: Replacing No Child Left Behind

by Joe NathanSUN THISWEEK


Familiar, sad and urgent. Those three words describe my reaction as a former high school history teacher to recent events around the “Black Lives Matter” campaign. From the Mall of America, to threats by the Bloomington city attor-ney, to deaths of African Americans and New York City police, there is much that needs doing. This is not just a month to celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s birth-day. It is a time for young people, fami-lies, educators and people of good will to act, to take informed, constructive ac-tion. As a person who marched in the 1960s for civil rights, I vividly recall arguments being made that we were not sufficient-ly respectful of the rights of those who owned property. In those days, we were marching in opposition to businesses that wanted the right to refuse service to African Americans or to refuse to rent or sell an apartment or home to these folks. We also were marching to prohibit voting poll taxes and literacy tests. Fifty years ago, those marches were successful

in helping convince Congress to pass the 1965 Voting Rights Act. More informa-tion is at http://1.usa.gov/NXlGL4. Last month I visited the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. It re-minded me of the past and stirred me to consider what I’m doing now. Let’s be clear about a few things: • Most police are well-intentioned, skilled and committed to being fair. • Demanding “kill the police,” as press reports say a few recent marchers outside Minnesota have done, is wrong. No ex-cuse for that. Having acknowledged those two things, the history teacher and civil rights advocate in me also believes Blooming-ton unwisely is considering doing what some people in the South did to discour-age civil rights demonstrators. The Mall of America and city of Bloomington

should drop plans to prosecute protes-tors. They should have welcomed the demonstrators. The mall has welcomed many demonstrations. One recently in-volved thousands of people who came to celebrate the life of a cancer victim. I’ve talked with a number of partici-pants in the Black Lives Matter demon-stration, including Nekima Levy-Pounds, a law professor at St. Thomas. Each ex-plained that demonstrators were peace-ful, orderly and did not shut down any stores. If MOA stores were shut down, it was because police suggested doing so. Attempting to financially intimi-date civil rights activists is an old story. Bloomington should not follow that sad tradition. Moreover, state statistics cited last month show significant disparities in sentencing for similar crimes. And some police behavior is not ac-ceptable. Students could be reading about these things and discussing what might be done to reduce racial problems. Given King’s birthday this month, this is a perfect time for such studies. Students might reach out, with teachers’ help, to schools enrolling students of dif-ferent races. They can write and Skype.

Older students can study recent reports showing a disparity in sentencing in Minnesota. Students might organize de-bates to discuss how these disparities can be reduced. They could study what has been done to reduce poverty, what has worked and what their school might do to help struggling families. The National Civil Rights Museum has resources for students and families at http://civilrights-museum.org/learn. So does a great web-site, www.whatkidscando.org. The history of this great nation is not just about our greatest heroes, like King. It’s about what “we the people” have done to help produce “a more perfect union.” We don’t have to just sit on the side-lines frustrated, sad and concerned. This is a great month to be part of that vi-tal, ongoing work of making America a model for masses throughout the world. 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.

by John KlineSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Thirteen years ago last week from a high school in southwestern Ohio, President George W. Bush – flanked by both Republican and Democrat leaders – signed into law a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Educa-tion Act. Known as No Child Left Be-hind, the new law set high expectations and established measurable goals in order to improve student outcomes in classrooms from coast to coast. It was an historic achievement based on a foundation of good intentions from Republicans and Democrats alike who, like most Americans, want to en-sure children can one day compete in a global economy. Despite the best intentions behind the creation of the law, there is wide-spread agreement that No Child Left Behind no longer effectively serves students. No Child Left Behind’s “Ad-equate Yearly Progress” metric proves one-size-fits-all federal accountabil-ity mandates hamper innovation and limit states’ and school districts’ ability to effectively gauge and improve stu-dent learning. The antiquated “Highly Qualified Teacher” requirements value tenure and credentials above a teacher’s

ability to actually teach. And despite a tremendous investment of taxpayer re-sources and more than 80 federal pro-grams tied to K-12 classrooms, student achievement levels are still falling short. Our children deserve better. As chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, I have heard countless stories of the progress being made in schools throughout Min-nesota and across the country. This suc-cess isn’t due to heavy-handed dictates from Washington; rather, it reflects the work of dedicated parents, teachers, principals, superintendents, and state officials who decided the status quo is just not good enough for our kids. And I have heard impassioned stories of how much more these dedicated reformers would do for our children, if not for the slew of onerous Washington mandates and outdated regulations standing in the way. To take politics out of our nation’s

schools and improve education for all students, I am once again leading the charge in Congress to replace No Child Left Behind and restore local control in our classrooms. Over the coming weeks, we will be examining K-12 education law in the House of Representatives. In fact, Congress could vote on legislation in the coming months, and it is my hope we can work with the Senate Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, to send major K-12 education reform to the White House for the first time in more than a decade. The legislation I plan to shepherd through the House embodies four prin-ciples vital to a stronger education sys-tem in which all students have the op-portunity to succeed. First, the legislation will restore lo-cal control by eliminating the federal accountability system and calling on states to develop a better approach that more accurately reflects student achievement. Second, we must reduce the federal footprint in our classrooms by rooting out waste in the existing fed-eral education bureaucracy and provide state and local leaders more flexibility in how they spend federal funds. Third, we must recognize a better education system cannot come without better educators. Any reform should eliminate

federal requirements that value creden-tials over a teacher’s ability to educate students. Finally, we must empower parents. No one has a better under-standing of a child’s strengths and chal-lenges than his or her parents. We need to advance policies that provide parents more freedom and choice, such as ex-panding access to high quality charter schools. Recognizing K-12 reform is long overdue is hardly a partisan belief. I am optimistic Congress can send to the president’s desk an education reform proposal that will enjoy the support of teachers, school leaders, and parents alike. I look forward to working with Re-publicans and Democrats in the House and Senate, and the White House, to tear down barriers to progress and grant states and districts more freedom to think bigger, innovate, and take what-ever steps are necessary to put more children on the right path to a brighter future. John Kline is the Chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee. He also serves on the House Armed Ser-vices Committee. He and his wife, Vicky, live in Burnsville. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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Lakeville schools, city considering levy referendums Both levy questions may be on one ballot, possibly in May

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


A Lakeville City Coun-cil member is suggesting the Lakeville schools and city hold a joint off-year levy election that could happen as soon as May. Council Member Col-leen LaBeau cited con-cerns at a Jan. 12 work-shop that the district is seeking a technology and capital levy at the same time city officials have been weighing a parks ref-erendum. “To me, this kind of scares me, if they go out in May in an odd time of the year for a levy and we end up having to go out for a park referendum … should we do it joint?” La-Beau said. City Council members have been weighing wheth-er to ask voters for parks funding for months, after citizen feedback indicated support for park improve-ments and trail develop-

ment. LaBeau has not sup-ported nor opposed a potential parks levy but has cited concerns about the price of adding more parks and trails to the parks system and com-pounding maintenance costs. She has suggested the levy referendum would reflect the community’s level of commitment to expanding and maintain-ing Lakeville’s parks and trails. Mayor Matt Little and City Council members who were at the meet-ing agreed that if they do decide to forward a levy referendum, the election should be coordinated with the school district and include ballot ques-tions from each entity. LaBeau said a joint refer-endum could reflect con-stituent priorities and save the cost of an additional election. Council Member Kerrin Swecker was ab-sent.

“When people say tax-es, they look at their entire tax bill,” Council Member Bart Davis said, adding that last year, the schools comprised 46 percent of his tax bill. In an interview, Su-perintendent Lisa Snyder said she has not been ap-proached by anyone with the suggestion of a joint election but is open to ex-plore the possibility. “I’m certainly open to the conversation, and hearing more about what that would entail and then looking at the overall im-pact,” Snyder said. “We are open to collaborative arrangements with the city. We have a lot of them in existence.” Although both public bodies have individually been discussing the poten-tial of asking taxpayers for more funding, the district has taken more steps to-ward seeking a levy refer-endum. The city has also been

going through a signifi-cant leadership change, as it spent months searching for a new administrator. Justin Miller, former ad-ministrator of Mendota Heights, started on the job Dec. 29. Snyder said the district is in the exploratory phase of determining whether to seek additional taxpayer funding and to test wheth-er citizens agree with those spending priorities. The School Board has begun to review draft community survey ques-tions being developed by Springsted Inc. to gauge how much more money Lakeville taxpayers would be willing to devote to schools. She said she is hoping the School Board will re-view a final version of the survey questions at its Jan. 20 study session so they can be deployed. “It doesn’t need to be board-approved to be de-ployed,” Snyder said. “I

just need their blessing that they have said: ‘Yes, this is the final draft and we want Springsted to start the work.’ ” She said survey results would return to the board in about four weeks and will be reviewed by the board to find out commu-nity preferences and tax tolerance compared to dis-trict initiatives and fund-ing. “Once the board makes a decision around the needs and what the com-munity feedback is from the survey, that’s the point they would decide if we’re having a levy or not and when,” Snyder said. She added that the dis-trict has timed the actions to allow for the potential of a May referendum elec-tion as many districts are doing. Snyder said three inter-nal committees have also been working on the levy issue to assess the district’s long-term needs in the

areas of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), equipment, technologies, staffing and additional resources and tools. The committees have also been exploring the district options for school safety and security, she said. “Three separate com-mittees now have their rec-ommendations ready to be forwarded to the board,” Snyder said. She said the recommen-dations are expected to be brought before the board within a month. Snyder is also scheduled to address the Lakeville Area Chamber of Com-merce on Jan. 21 to talk about the technology levy and get feedback from the business community. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

“We seem to be misaligned with the public at this point.” What has changed? Over past years I have hiked Lebanon Hills from south to north a few times. My appre-ciation for having a “wilderness gem” such as Lebanon Hills is boundless. It equals my grati-tude for the “park board that set aside Lebanon Hills as wild park land for future genera-tions.” The quote is the words of Katie Sterns, daughter of Tom Sterns, a member of that park board, and granddaugh-

ter of James Diffley, in a letter titled, “If greater use is the goal, market it” in this newspaper Jan. 17, 2014. My enthusiasm grew to equal my appreciation and gratitude when “Forever Wild” was adopted as a description for Dakota County Parks. If the currently proposed Master Plan is carried out, that description would appear to be a misnomer at best, if not outright hypocriti-cal.

CARL “BILL” IRELANDApple Valley

Morgan feels great about progressTo the editor: I want to say thank you. Last week marked the end of my term represent-ing Burnsville and Lakeville in the State Legislature, and I want to thank my constitu-ents for letting me stand for them. Although we all become much more aware of the state government during the often contentious campaigns that happen every two years, it’s the work we’ve done between elec-tions that I’m most proud of. It

may seem to some that the “list of accomplishments” was just a campaign tactic, but the elec-tion’s over and I still feel great about the last session. I feel good that the state is on a solid financial footing for the first time in years. I feel good that we’ve done so much to improve access to good edu-cation, whether through fund-ing all-day kindergarten or by freezing college tuition. And I feel great that thousands of Minnesotans who couldn’t before now can get married. Whatever happens going for-ward, it’s been an honor to be

part of such positive, exciting change in our state. The 2015-2016 legislative session starts next week, and I wish Roz Peterson all the best in her new role. I am hopeful that this Legislature can work across the aisle to be as pro-ductive as the last one was, and continue to make life better for regular Minnesotans.

WILL MORGANBurnsville

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Education


Learn more about District 191’s plan for the future at two meetings Learn more about Vi-sion One91, a plan for the future in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School Dis-trict 191, at two upcoming community meetings. Vision One91 is a plan to redesign the school district in an effort to bet-ter meet the needs of to-day’s learners and ensure each student is real-world ready. Vision One91 is based on over a year of staff, parent, student and community input gath-ered through staff meet-ings, PTO meetings, on-line forms, conversations and community forums. Vision One91 com-munity meetings will take place at: 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, at Metcalf Junior High 2250 Diffley Road, Burnsville. Translators will be provided in Span-ish and Somali at both meetings. 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, in the Senior Cam-pus Commons, Diamond-head Education Center, 200 W. Burnsville Park-way, Burnsville. Child care provided at this meeting only. To reserve a spot, call 952-707-4150. The school district can pay for some portions of Vision One91 through ex-isting funds but it will re-quire community support of the two ballot questions to be fully realized. The proposal will be on a ballot Tuesday, Feb. 24, with two questions for vot-ers: Question 1 is a $65 mil-lion building bond refer-endum – the first request since the 1990s – to fund construction costs as-sociated with realigning schools to K-5, 6-8 and 9-12, paying for security upgrades, relocating pro-grams and offices, and ex-panding early childhood spaces. Question 2 is a technol-ogy levy to provide $2.5 million per year for 10 years to provide technol-ogy for students, class-rooms and staff and the infrastructure to support

it. If approved by voters, the tax impact on the aver-age homeowner ($200,000 value home) of each ques-tion is approximately $6 per month, or a total of $12 per month if both questions pass. “Vision One91 will make us stronger, as a dis-trict, and strengthen our students so they are on a college or career path when they graduate from Burnsville High School,” said Superintendent Joe Gothard. “It is our plan for getting this district from where we are now to where we want to be.” “We’ve spent the last year listening to our com-munity and shaping Vi-sion One91 to ensure each student leaves our schools ready for a career or col-lege,” said Board Chair Jim Schmid. “Vision One91 is based on educa-tion standards, best prac-tices, 21st century learning needs and the realities of our schools. We need com-munity support to make this happen for our stu-dents.” More information about Vision One91 and the Feb. 24 election is

available at www.isd191.org/referendum.

District 191’s Vision One91 plan receives positive review Burnsville-Eagan-Sav-age School District 191 has received a positive re-view and comment from Minnesota Commissioner of Education Brenda Cas-sellius regarding proposed construction that is part of the Vision One91 refer-endum. Under state law, pro-posed school projects over $2 million for building and/or remodeling facili-ties must be submitted to the Commissioner of Edu-cation for review before they can go before voters. The commissioner has 60 days to review and issue a positive, negative or unfa-vorable evaluation about the educational and eco-nomic advisability of the project. “This stamp of approv-al allows Vision One91 to more forward,” said Su-perintendent Joe Gothard. “The next step is Election Day on Tuesday, Feb. 24.”

Vision One91 is a plan to redesign the school dis-trict in an effort to meet the needs of today’s learn-ers and ensure the district’s mission of Each Student Real-World Ready. Funds would affect all schools through building changes, security upgrades and technology improvements. The review and com-ment statement included a description of the pro-posed project and how it would be financed as well as other details. The en-tire 76-page document is on the district’s website at www.isd191.org/referen-dum under “Resources” along with other infor-mation about the Vision One91 proposal.

District 196 career fair seeks STEM career representatives District 196 is seek-ing career representatives for its STEM Career Fair to be held 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, at East-view High School, 6200 140th St. W., Apple Valley. Needed are a wide range of individuals, colleges and compa-nies including engineers, computer professionals, health-care professionals, scientists, statisticians, ac-tuaries, researchers, and more, representing a wide range of industries. There is no charge for this event. The fair will be set up similar to a college fair or trade show as stu-

dents visit the booths of interest to them. STEM professionals may register as individuals or as part of a company or organization booth at http://bit.ly/1v8wrxZ. The registration deadline is Feb. 1.

Open house at Saint Mary’s U Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota will host an open house from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at its Ap-ple Valley Center at 14200 Cedar Ave. Saint Mary’s began of-fering graduate school courses in Apple Valley during the summer and fall of 2003. Since then, Saint Mary’s Apple Valley Center has expanded to include bachelor-comple-tion and master’s degree programs in business and police science as well as advanced degrees in edu-cation. For more informa-tion on the open house or courses offered in Apple Valley, call 612-238-4551 or visit smumn.edu/ap-plevalley.

District 196 Community Education District 196 Commu-nity Education will offer the following classes. To register, or for more infor-mation, call 651-423-7920 or visit www.district196.org/ce. Fencing (grades two to five), 6:15-7:15 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21 to March 18 (skip Feb. 11), Shannon Park Elementary School, $109. Adults wel-come. Archery Adventure Camp (ages 9-17), 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26 to Feb. 23 (skip Feb. 16), Pinewood Community School, $85. Unicycle (ages 6 and older), 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21 to March 18 (skip Feb. 11), Pinewood Community School, $25. Family Fitness (fami-lies with children ages 5 and older), 5:30-6:15 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25 to Feb. 8, Highland Elementary School, $35. Preschool Gymnas-tics (ages 3-5), 12:15-1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24 to Feb. 28, Rosemount High School, $69. Gymnastics: Beginner to Advanced (boys and girls ages 5-13), 6:30-7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26 to March 9, Rosemount High School, $79. More sessions available online. CPR/AED for the Lay Rescuer – Adult, Child and Infant, 6-9:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, Falcon Ridge Middle School, $80.

College news Grand View Univer-

sity, Des Moines, Iowa, fall dean’s list, Nathanial Johnson, of Eagan. Oklahoma City Univer-sity, Okla., fall president’s honor roll and dean’s hon-or roll, Julia Larson, of Eagan. Macalester College, St. Paul, fall dean’s list, Talha Ahsan, of Eagan. Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, fall dean’s list, from Burnsville – Bradley Gullikson, Ash-ley Haller, Andrew Lund, William Missling, An-drew Pearson, Gretchen Seewald, Sydney Seewald; from Eagan – Daniel Britt, Cameron Cropsey, Hanna Engebretson, Kathryn Feterl, Breanna Flicek, Britta Johnson, Emily Knutson, Anthony Mas-saro, Ryan Masso, Megan Mullaney, Kristin Podratz, Natalie Ringold, Lauren Schiltz, Breanna Schlegel, Sarah Schuetz, Annalise Wolff. Michigan Technologi-cal University, Houghton, Mich., fall dean’s list, from Burnsville – Aaron Dupre, Ryan Kibler, Jane Kirby; from Eagan – Sonja Hed-blom. University of Wiscon-sin-Madison, fall dean’s list, from Burnsville – An-nelise Ayres, Maxwell Courtright, Theodore Dunne, Alexander Eb-ertowski, Lauren Fugh, Ryan Gigstad, Katherine Knutson, Marissa Lane, Hannah Nunne, Michael Rankin, Lauren Schon-berg, Jordan Stuppnig, Katheryn Ullery; from Eagan – William Ander-sen, Caleb Benz, Shelby Braun, Casey Brown, Shaina Bullock, Kyra Dahl, William Diepholz, William Dyke, Melinda Fenn, Rachel Gagne, Sa-mantha Gannon, Kirst-en Haukness, Benjamin Heying, Bradley Hogan, Daniel Holzer, Christo-pher Johns, Grant Jones, Thomas Joyce, Joseph Karam, Joseph Keegan, Rebecca Kelley, Brianna Lange, Rachel Larson, Ty-ler Lodahl, Garrett Lukin, Kelsey Marti, Nicholas Martin, Tarryn Michel-son, Emily Moeller, Dan-iel Muckenhirn, Marshall Mueller, Mikaela O’Keefe, Jacqueline Orner, Daniel Radermacher, Mallory Raymond, Carter Rients, Stephanie Rosicki, Kori Scherer, Oscar Segar, Amy Soeun, Lauren Stopfer, Ju-lia Sullivan, Mark Tervo, Jennifer Westlund, Martin Wickham. University of Wiscon-sin-Superior, fall dean’s list, from Burnsville – Jen-nifer Gravrok; from Eagan – Haley Davis. Bryant University, Smithfield, R.I., fall dean’s list, Annie Ericksen, of Eagan.

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EducationRobotics recognition

Team 8655V, The Q is Silqent, from Eagan High School, received the Design Award at the Dream It. Do It. Metro Minnesota VEX Robotics Tournament held Jan. 10 at Osseo Senior High School. The team also received the Design Award at the Southern Minnesota VEX Robotics Tournament in Albert Lea in December. The team is registered to compete in the Dream It. Do It. Minnesota State Tournament Jan. 23 and 24 in St. Cloud. The Dream It. Do It. Metro Minnesota VEX Robotics Tournament was one of three qualifying tournaments hosted by 360 Degrees and Dream It. Do It. Minnesota, which have led VEX Robotics in Minnesota, helping youth connect their interest in robotics to opportunities in modern manufacturing. (Photo submitted)


The Reicks family– in-cluding a couple from Eagan – competed on the “Family Feud” game show that will air Feb. 20. The family’s journey to the show began April 5, 2014. Sarah (Reicks) Soria-no, of Eagan, saw a post on Facebook about auditions in Minneapolis. Sarah, who grew up in New Hampton, Iowa, got details about the opportunity and called her family members to see if they were willing to join her to try out. For the team, she called on her husband, Rafael Soriano, also of Eagan, and her family in Iowa: her mother, Lisa Reicks; her sister, Beth (Reicks) Lar-son; and her brother-in-law, Mike Tobin. “I knew who should be on the team immediately,” Sarah said. “I asked the family members who are outgoing, wouldn’t be shy on camera, and who would really enjoy playing the game.” On the family’s applica-

tion at the audition, they had to list one hometown, so it was natural to list New Hampton. The family made it through two rounds of the audition at Minneapolis

Convention Center with-out knowing if they would receive an invitation to Atlanta to tape the show. Two weeks later, they re-ceived the postcard from the show’s producers letting

them know they would get a call about scheduling in the summer of 2014. “Family Feud” flew them to Atlanta Aug. 12. Taping started early morn-ing Aug. 13. The day start-

ed with yet another audi-tion. In order to keep up the rigorous taping sched-ule, the producers over-book and invite more fami-lies than they will need. The family played a mock game on stage in front of the pro-ducers. “Then we waited, and waited, and waited,” Sarah said. “We watched three tapings before the produc-ers tapped us on the shoul-der and said we would be next to tape the ‘Feud’! “Being on the show was

just incredible,” Sarah con-tinued. “The whole thing happened so quickly. We had so much fun and it really was a once-in-a-life-time experience.” The family agreed that they wouldn’t divulge the results of their show until after it aired. If they win their first show, they are eli-gible to be on the show up to five more times. The show will air on WUCW at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 20.

Girl Scouts STE(a)M for Young Women presentation Girl Scout Troop 51099 will present an educational event called STE(a)M for Young Women on Mon-day, Jan. 19, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in Room 156 at Fal-con Ridge Middle School at 900 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. The free event is aimed at edu-cating girls in grades 6 and

older about opportunities in math, science, technol-ogy and arts.

Redevelopment plan proposed for former Lockheed Martin site The public is invited to attend a neighbor-hood meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, when the proposed development plan for the former Lock-

heed Martin site at 3333 Pilot Knob Road in Eagan will be presented at the Eagan Community Cen-ter, 1501 Central Parkway. The Central Park Com-mons redevelopment plan proposes a mixed-use, ur-ban-style project that aims to offer ease of access for vehicles, bicycles and pe-destrians.

Job Transitions Group John Murphy will pres-

ent “Putting your Best Foot Forward” at the Jan. 20 meeting of the Easter Job Transitions Group. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. at Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Small group sessions are offered following the meeting at 9:30 a.m. each week on many different topics. Call 651-452-3680 for information.

Lakeville mayor presents sash to Dakota County teenSadie Rohricht will compete in state pageant this spring

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


An Eagan teenager hopes her involvement in a pageant will help her turn her family’s struggles into blessings for others. Sadie Rohricht, 13, has been named Miss Teen Dakota County and will compete in the Miss Teen Minnesota International Pageant March 15. Although her participa-tion in the pageant gives Sadie Rohricht the change to win a scholarship and the potential to compete in larger competitions, her primary goal for entering the pageant is to help oth-ers, said her mom, Katie Rohricht. Sadie Rohricht decided to pursue a crown after be-ing hospitalized with epi-leptic seizures last year. The teen was greatly encouraged by a visit from Miss Minnesota. “She really brightened

my day,” Sadie Rohricht said. Since being released from the hospital, Sadie Rohricht has been work-ing with Make-A-Wish,

visiting people in nursing homes and hospice care to help bring them some cheer. A week after a terminal patient relayed his wish

for roast beef and mashed potatoes, Sadie Rohricht returned within days to surprise him with the homemade meal. Many volunteering op-

portunities are limited for Sadie Rohricht because of her age, but being in the pageant opens more doors for her to volunteer, Katie Rohricht said. “I feel passionate about helping others,” Sadie Rohricht said. “I was bul-lied last year in school, and I don’t feel like anyone should have to go through that. I think if people are happy, they can ignore it if they are bullied.” Sadie Rohricht is also passionate about help-ing others because of the struggles other family members are encountering, including her dad, Royce Rohricht, 32, who is bat-tling terminal colon cancer. Her brother Gavin, 11, has a non-cancerous growth in his brain that requires surgery every four months to relieve pressure. His most recent surgery was in November. “He gets these extremely bad headaches where he’ll

scream for hours and he can’t sleep,” Katie Rohricht said. “Then we go see the surgeon.” Sadie Rohricht often helps care for her other siblings, Sean, 5, Peyton, 3 and Evan, 2. “She loves her brothers, loves to take care of them,” Katie Rohricht said. The competition will be held in St. Cloud and will include fun fashion, a sports outfit and a casual gown and backstage and on-stage interviews. Sadie Rohricht is also raising funds to donate to Make-A-Wish. Checks can be sent to Sadie’s Bake Sale, 615 First Ave. NE, Suite 415, Minneapolis, MN 55413. “She wants to inspire and help other people,” Katie Rohricht said. “She is very sweet and kind and loves to help others.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Lakeville Mayor Matt Little officially presented Sadie Rohricht, Eagan, the Miss Teen Dakota County banner Jan. 9 at Lakeville City Hall. Rohricht will represent Dakota County in the Miss Teen Minnesota International competition in March. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Eagan couple appear on TV show ‘Family Feud’

The Reicks Family from New Hampton, Iowa – including Sarah (Reicks) and Rafael Soriano of Eagan – on the set of “Family Feud” in Atlanta. (Photo submitted)

News Briefs


MD finds young alliesRosemount High School students

raise money by Tad Johnson


Those battling muscular dystrophy have strong allies in some Rosemount High School sophomores. Lizzie Johnson, Anna Peterson and Anna Wise have been helping raise money to fund research to-ward finding a cure for MD since they and three other friends started a swimathon in 2011 as one friend’s fam-ily member battled the dis-ease. While the swimathon the girls organized as part of a Rosemount Middle School Destination Imagination project has become an an-nual event and is slated sometime in March 2015, Johnson and Peterson de-cided this winter to pursue a new fundraiser to attract non-swimmers to the cause. MoveAMuscle4MD encourages people to par-ticipate by tracking their walking, running or other activity for a month as they raise money through pledg-es and registration fees. While the fundraiser of-ficially starts today, people can sign up after Jan. 15. The effort is doubling as Johnson and Peterson’s DECA project. The two could have selected a project in retail merchandising, en-trepreneurship or hospital-ity, but their past experience with raising money led them to the Community Service Project category. “We are pretty athletic and involved in sports, so we thought this would be a cool idea,” Johnson said. While the annual swima-

thon is important to them, Johnson said raising money for MD research came more into focus for them after they visited a research lab and spoke to scientists at-tempting to develop a cure for MD about two years ago. “That made us realize that what we are doing is really making a difference,” Johnson said. The girls say that mus-cular dystrophy is the No. 1 fatal genetic disease of chil-dren. There is currently no cure and the level of aware-ness is minimal, they say. Johnson said raising money is not that much dif-ferent than other DECA projects that might be more geared toward profits. “There are some similari-ties,” she said. “You have to be good at talking to people. We are selling ourselves and our cause.” She said DECA adviser Ryan Harrison has been helpful in making sure they are attending to details and making sure all aspects of

the project are covered. “We really love to get in-volved,” Johnson said. “We really love to have that cause in addition to other chal-lenges.” The participant registra-tion fee of $20 doubles as a donation to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Registrants receive a gift bag that includes a Betty Designs item, Run N’ Fun merchandise, a Fusion Cy-cles item, protein bars, laces and coupons, among other trinkets. The fundraiser includes different prize incentives during the month for those reaching top mileage or time goals. To register for Move-AMuscle4MD, go on-line to www.athlete.com/events/581/moveamus-cle4md. To find out the latest about the upcoming swima-thon, go online to www.swim2win4MD.com.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

Rosemount High School sophomores Anna Peterson and Lizzie Johnson are promoting the MoveAMuscle4MD fundraiser in an effort to raise money for muscular dys-trophy research. (Photo submitted)

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SportsWildcat swimmers looking to top themselves

Eagan ranked fourth in Class

AAby Mike Shaughnessy


The 2013-14 season was one of the best in Eagan boys swimming and diving history, if not the best. But, after a season in which the Wildcats won the South Suburban Con-ference and finished in the top 10 at the state meet, can they do better? Coach Chris Morgan said he believes so. “We were young last year,” he said. “We have a strong group of swimmers,

and diving’s probably our best event. We have three divers who could finish in the top 10 at state.” The Wildcats, ranked fourth in Class AA, took seventh place in the top di-vision at the Maroon and Gold Invitational (several of the teams that finished ahead of Eagan were from other states). Last week they improved to 3-0 in the South Suburban Con-ference by defeating ninth-ranked Lakeville South 121-63. Eagan swimmers and divers won 11 of the 12 events. They also had the fastest time in the final event, the 400-yard free-style relay, in which they competed unscored.

The Wildcats’ top swimmers include junior Parker Lemke and senior captain Eli Broman, both of whom placed in the top 10 in two events each in a loaded division at the Ma-roon and Gold meet. “We can’t get a lot of races for Parker, but we were able to give him a good challenge at the Ma-roon and Gold meet, and he did really well,” said Morgan. “Eli is one of our cornerstones. He’s been on our team for six years.” Broman and Lemke won two individual events each in the Lakeville South meet Jan. 6. Also winning two events was ju-nior Zach Dawson. Jasper

Appleton and Sam Zenner won one event each, and Alex Crow was the diving winner. Eagan also took first in the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays. Zenner was the leading rusher in South Suburban Conference football last fall and will pursue foot-ball in college at South Dakota State. Although most of his swimming training is con-fined to the high school season, he is one of the state’s top 50-yard free-style sprinters. “We know he’s a one-man wrecking machine on the football field,” Morgan said. “But he’s a captain on our team because he’s

earned the respect of guys who swim year-round.” Eagan still has to get past teams such as eighth-ranked Prior Lake, Lakeville North and Rosemount if it is to win another South Suburban title. The Wildcats took on Prior Lake at home Tues-day. Saturday, Eagan will go to a True Team sec-tion meet at Olson Middle School in Bloomington. The Wildcats are favored in a section in which they are the only team ranked in the state’s top 10. If Eagan wins its sec-tion, it will go to the state True Team meet Jan. 24 at the University of Min-

nesota. The Wildcats were fifth in that meet last year. If Eagan goes to the state True Team meet, it likely will see some of the same teams – such as Eden Prairie, Minnetonka and Stillwater – it competed against at the Maroon and Gold Invitational. They’re also some of the same teams that could be in the Wildcats’ path toward their goal of a top-three finish at the Minnesota State High School League Class AA meet.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Apple Valley’s Andrew Walock makes things tough on Rosemount’s Tate Nachamphassak in a 170-pound match during a South Suburban Confer-ence wrestling match last Friday. Walock won by fall in the second period and Apple Valley went on to win the match 48-22. (Photo by Mike Shaugh-nessy)

Eagles topple Irishin mat action

Irish gymnasts have a lot of work aheadby Mike Shaughnessy


Rosemount’s gymnas-tics team is steadily im-proving, coach Jason Pas-seri said. But, he added, so is the Irish’s competition. Rosemount qualified for the 2014 state Class AA team competition af-ter an absence of more than 20 years. But if last week’s state coaches as-

sociation rankings are an indication, the Irish are in for a battle in their effort to return. Although the Irish are ranked fifth in Class AA, two other teams from Sec-tion 3AA are above them, including No. 2 East Ridge and No. 4 Eagan. The only other section that’s close to being as front-loaded is 4AA, which has three teams in the top 11 of the

state rankings. What that means, Pas-seri said, is the Irish still have a lot of work to do before defending their Sec-tion 3AA championship next month. Rosemount lost Kidron Stromwall – one of two se-niors on the roster – to an injury early in the season. Another of the Irish’s top gymnasts will be unavail-able for the next week or

so as she is traveling with her family. The Irish still have the depth to piece together a strong roster. They won in-vitationals at Simley High School and in Faribault, and they were 3-1 in their first four dual meets. The loss was to Eagan by less than half a point. Rosemount’s perfor-mances on uneven bars might determine whether

the team gets back to state. The Irish finished fourth at last year’s state meet de-spite beating only one of the seven other teams on bars. “We have a lot of multi-sport athletes who don’t train in gymnastics year-round,” Passeri said. “In the other three events you can overcome that, but bars is so specialized.” Rosemount will go to

the Park Invite at Park of Cottage Grove High School on Saturday, where its competition will include defending state Class AA team champion Roseville. The Raiders also are ranked first in Class AA this season. The Irish return to South Suburban Confer-ence competition Tuesday, Jan. 20, at home against 13th-ranked Farmington.

North skaters run their record to 15-0Top-ranked Panthers face Farmington on Saturday

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Ask Lakeville North’s boys hockey players about their goals and you’ll get an ambitious response. The Panthers want to win every last one of their games. Ask Panthers’ coach Trent Eigner about his goal for the team, and it’s seemingly much easier to accomplish. He wants to see the players improve every day. Those goals are not in con-flict, said Eigner, who added he does not have a problem with the players wanting to go unde-feated. “They’re not going to strive for mediocrity,” he said. “They’re mature enough to know how to get where they want to go. They’re also extremely competi-tive and love to come to the rink. If we couldn’t practice for some reason, they’d set up a couple of goals in the parking lot and play boot hockey. “I’ve coached some of these kids for three, going on four years, and I know one thing about them – they’re not com-placent.” The Panthers are about half-way to the players’ goal of run-ning the table after defeating Duluth East 2-1 on Tuesday night at Ames Arena. North, 15-0 overall, has had enough close games to know it needs to stay on task at practice. Tues-day’s game was the team’s fourth one-goal victory; it also has had four two-goal victories. The Panthers have some ex-perience with long unbeaten streaks. Last season they went 19 games and more than two months without losing. Then they had a five-game unbeaten streak in the playoffs, taking them to the state Class AA final.

North’s top line of brothers Jack, Nick and Ryan Poehling has drawn a lot of attention from opponents and the hockey community in general, and with good reason – they have com-bined for 36 goals and 78 points. But the Panthers might not be undefeated if the Poehlings were the only players opponents had to try to stop. Forwards Max Johnson and Taylor Sch-neider have nine goals each, and Henry Enebak has scored eight. “As long as our forwards are taking care of their defensive responsibilities, they can be as creative as they want in the of-fensive zone,” Eigner said. North’s four senior defense-men, Jack McNeely, Jack Sadek, Angelo Altavilla and Luke Seper, all are plus-9 or higher. Starting goalie Ryan Edquist, in his first season with the team, has a 1.73 goals-against average,

.926 save percentage, and three shutouts. Edquist’s most recent shut-out was Saturday, when the

Panthers routed Eastview 6-0 in a South Suburban Confer-ence game. Jack Poehling scored twice for the Panthers.

North took a 2-0 lead over Duluth East on Tuesday on goals by Enebak and Nick Poe-hling. The Panthers outshot Du-luth East 41-20. Lakeville North, which also went undefeated in the Sports Authority Holiday Hockey Classic in late December, takes an 8-0 conference record into a home game Thursday against Shakopee, the South Suburban’s last-place team. At 7:30 p.m. Saturday, North plays host to Farmington, currently second in the conference. Lakeville North and Farm-ington had a wild game in late November that North won 6-5 in overtime. The players likely haven’t forgotten that narrow escape. “One of the things I really like about these kids is they learn from their mistakes,” Eigner said. “And, they’re accountable to each other.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Lakeville North’s Max Johnson flips the puck up ice during the team’s 2-1 victory over Duluth East on Tuesday night. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)

Lakeville North’s Nick Poehling net-ted one of the team’s goals in a win 2-1 over Duluth East on Tuesday night. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/side-kick.smugmug.com)


2 Years In A Row!

Indie film tries for Rosemount exclusiveLakeville resident’s

fondness of heartthrob actor

may propel ‘Amira & Sam’

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


Movie lovers who want to see new independent films often have to travel to Minneapolis or St. Paul. One Lakeville resident hopes to change that, well, at least for one night. Kim Flynn isn’t a me-dia mogul or a movie buff. In fact, the only reason a showing of “Amira & Sam” may have its Min-nesota debut at Marcus Theatres in Rosemount is because she attended her first film festival with a few friends in November for a chance to see her fa-vorite actor. That’s when the snow-ball started rolling. Flynn, a big fan of “Vampire Diaries” star Paul Wesley, who has a supporting role in “Amira & Sam,” knew the heart-throb Wesley would be part of a panel discussion following the screening and figured this would be her best opportunity to meet him.

Forever Fest in Austin, Texas, bills itself as a cele-bration of all things young girls love, isn’t as much of a film festival as it is an ’80s party in homage to hair, fashion and pop cul-ture of the decade. Flynn was impressed with the film, which is a romantic comedy about a military veteran returning to American society that’s more zany than when he left it. A few weeks later Fly-nn noticed on the Twitter feed for “Amira & Sam” that fans could help bring screenings of the film to their hometowns by work-ing with the indie movie-placement broker Tugg. Tugg coordinated with

Marcus Theatres, which is requiring that 64 tickets be sold by Jan. 22 in order for the film to be shown at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29. Flynn said she’s net-worked with area film and arts groups in an effort to spread the word about the showing. As of Wednesday, she needed to sell 36 more tickets. “I think if people give a film like this a chance, they would want to see more movies like it,” Flynn said. “They will enjoy it. It is very funny and people can relate to it in many ways. … It’s got a little bit of ev-erything in it. People will be surprised by something they probably never would

have seen if it wasn’t for this screening.” Flynn said she could have chosen to have the film shown in Minneapo-lis, which would have been easier to sell out, but liked the idea of bringing some-thing out of the ordinary to the suburbs. “Most of the people I know live out this way, and I felt like I could get a lot of people to come to it,” said Flynn, who is sending “shout outs” to people she knows have bought tickets on her Twitter feed, which is devoted to Wesley’s

work. “I’ve had a lot of posi-tive feedback from people posting it on Facebook and Twitter,” said Flynn, who moved from Oregon to Lakeville in 2008 with her husband and son after a job transfer. As the lead promoter of the event, Flynn had a chance to speak on the phone with Sean Mullin, the writer and director of “Amira & Sam.” “They are extremely grateful,” Flynn said of the promotion of the screening in Rosemount.

“Amira & Sam” will have its nationwide limited release Jan. 30, but not at a theater in Minnesota. This will be the only opportuni-ty for Twin Cities residents to see the film right now. “This film would not be shown in Minnesota if it wasn’t for this opportu-nity,” she said. “You can really find some gems in these films. “It’s a little nerve wracking since there’s nine days to go and I still need to sell 36 tickets,” she said on Tuesday. This isn’t the only time Marcus Theatres has stepped up to work with local residents. The the-ater offered a screening of “A League of Their Own” when Rosemount resident Kay McDaniel, a member of the 1940s All-American Girls Baseball League, was named grand marshal of the Rosemount Lep-rechaun Days Grand Pa-rade. Tickets are $11 per per-son. To purchase tickets, go online to www.tugg.com/events/12742. More about the movie is at www.amiraandsam.com.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

“Amira & Sam” features Martin Starr and Dina Shihabi in the love story about an Army veteran whose unlikely affair with an Iraqi immigrant is put to the test when she’s faced with the prospect of deportation. The film may be shown in Rosemount if enough tickets are sold by Jan. 22. (Photo submitted)

Lakeville City Council buoys plan for Pan-O-Prog boat races by Laura Adelmann


The Twin City Power Boat Association plans to rev up Lakeville’s annual summer celebration, Pan-O-Prog, this year. Lakeville City Council members welcomed plans for a power boat racing show July 11-12 on Lake Marion. Twin City Power Boat Association President Bri-an Tabara said the speed race would occur on the lake near the Casperson Park fishing pier. Organization repre-sentatives have been dis-cussing the possibility of holding the event on the lake with city officials, business leaders, the Pan-

O-Prog Committee and Lake Marion Homeown-ers since last summer and have garnered widespread support. The organization has various race classifica-tions, from youthful be-ginners to professional racers driving boats trav-eling at speeds up to 135 mph, which go from zero to 100 mph in about four seconds, Tabara said. Other boaters would be able to use the lake and part of the launch area during the race. Brett Cummings, a Power Boat Association member, said races typically start around noon and last about three hours, some-times with a break. The circular racing area

in the lake is marked by buoys to keep out other boaters. Spectators can view the race from the park, paved paths around the lake or from boats sur-rounding the race area. Cummings said they will have three safety crews on site at all times; crews consist of paramedics and safety divers with rescue boats. “In the 14 years I’ve been doing it, I’ve never had an incident where a boat collides with a spec-tator or comes anywhere close to any of that,” Cummings said. “So it’s very safe.” Tabara added that the boats do not create huge waves and described the boats as “more of an air-

plane with an outboard motor,” whose back end “dances” in the water. “The thing about our boats is there is no wake,” Tabara said. “With the exception of the original takeoff, the actual wake is very minimal because the boats are in the air.” Safety is a high con-sideration. The organiza-tion’s safety crews patrol the outer parameters of the race area, and races are shut down if any out-side boat enters the race parameters. Races con-tinue once the race area is cleared. Tabara said they would hold heat races Saturday to qualify for pole posi-tions and do another day of racing on Sunday.

The races would be scheduled so as to not in-terfere with the fishing tournament and would be organized to minimize is-sues with traffic and park-ing. Council Member Doug Anderson, a Lake Marion homeowner, said the races should not interfere with the neighborhood, since they are planned to take place on the other side of the lake. Mayor Matt Little and council members indicat-ed unified support for the proposal. “I think this is very ex-citing to bring a different style of event,” Council Member Colleen LaBeau said. “If someone wanted to come in, they could do

the Friday night Cruise Night, this (boat race), the parade and then this again. You could literally have a family event week-end and that’s kind of neat — something different each time.” Some of the boats could be included in the Pan-O-Prog Parade and their classic boats might be on display during Cruise Night as well. “We feel as a club as well it’s a great event for the city to bring people in,” Cummings said.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

“Amira & Sam” supporting actor Paul Wesley, star of the “Vampire Diaries” television series, was the main draw for Lakeville resident Kim Flynn to attend the Forever Fest in Austin, Texas. Flynn is now attempting to have “Amira & Sam” shown in Rosemount. (Photo submitted)

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CITY OF EAGANORDINANCE NO. 534 2ND SERIES

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EAGAN, MINNESOTA, AMENDING EAGAN CITYCODE CHAPTER FOUR ENTITLED “CONSTRUCTION LICENSING, PERMITS ANDREGULATION, EXCAVATIONS AND MOBILE HOME PARKS” BY AMENDING SECTION4.01 REGARDING MINNESOTA STATE BUILDING CODE AND SECTION 4.04REGARDING INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEMS; AND BY ADOPTING BYREFERENCE EAGAN CITY CODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION 4.99.The City Council of the City of Eagan does ordain:Section 1. Eagan City Code Chapter Four is hereby amended by changing Section 4.01 to read as follows:The Minnesota State Building Code (SBC)(2015), and any amendments thereto established and adopted from

time to time by the Minnesota Commissioner of Labor and Industry, including the following chapters of Minne-sota Rules, is hereby adopted by reference as though set forth verbatim herein:

A. 1300 Administration of the State Building Code Administration;B. 1301 Building Official Certification;C. 1302 Construction Approvals;D. 1303 Minnesota Special Provisions of the State Building Code;E. 1305 Adoption of the International Building Code;F. 1307 Elevators and Related Devices;G. 1309 Adoption of the International Residential Code;H. 1311 Adoption of the Guidelines for Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings;I. 1315 Adoption of the National Electrical Code;J. 1322 Residential Energy Code;K. 1323 Commercial Energy Code;L. 1325 Solar Energy Systems;M. 1341 Minnesota Accessibility CodeN. 1346 Adoption of the Minnesota Mechanical and Fuel Gas Code;O. 1350 Manufactured Homes;P. 1360 Prefabricated Buildings;Q. 1361 Industrialized/Modular Buildings;R. 1370 Storm Shelters (Manufactured Home Parks);S. 4715 Minnesota Plumbing Code; andT. 1335 Flood proofing Regulations.The current edition of Minnesota State Fire Code, and any amendments thereto established and adopted from

time to time by the Minnesota Commissioner of Public Safety is hereby adopted by reference as though set forth verbatim herein. One copy of said codes shall be marked CITY OF

EAGAN—OFFICIAL COPY and kept on file in the protective inspections department and open to inspection and use by the public.

Section 2. Eagan City Code Chapter Four is hereby amended by changing Section 4.04 to read as follows:Sec. 4.04. Subsurface sewage treatment systems.A. Findings and purpose statement. The city council finds that the location, design, installation, use or main-

tenance of subsurface sewage treatment systems (SSTS) may adversely affect the health, safety and welfare of the city residents and the general public by the potential discharge of inadequately treated sewage into ground waters, ground surfaces or surface waters. In the interest of protecting the health, safety and welfare of the public, the city has established the regulations herein.

B. Adoption of Water Pollution Control Act and MPCA Regulatory Rules. Minn. Stat., §§ 115.55 and 115.56, comprising as part of the Minnesota Pollution Control Act, as amended through 2014 and any amendments thereto established and adopted hereafter from time to time, and Minnesota Rules, Chapters 7080, 7081 and 7082, comprising a part of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems Rules, effective as of January 2014 and any amendments thereto established and adopted thereafter from time to time, are hereby adopted and incorporated herein by reference, except as otherwise provided herein. A copy of the provisions adopted herein shall be on file at the City Inspection Department. The provisions adopted herein shall be referred to hereinafter as “state requirements.”

C. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the terms and phrases herein shall have the definitions given in Minn. Stat. § 115.55 and Minn. Rules, chapters 7080, 7081, and 7082.

D. License required. No person shall design, install, maintain, pump, repair, replace, extend, or provide ser-vices to, or inspect an SSTS which is located within the city without a license issued pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 115.56.

E. Subsurface sewage treatment system permit and plan.1. Permit required. No person shall newly construct or replace, extend or repair an SSTS without first obtain-

ing a permit therefor from the city. Any new construction or replacement or repair of an SSTS or an upgrade required due to a bedroom addition shall be in compliance with the state requirements adopted herein. No Type IV, Type V or MSTS system or any SSTS system constructed in accordance with approved alternative standards shall serve or be utilized on a property unless an operating permit from the city is in effect.

2. Permit application. The application for a permit hereunder shall be in writing and submitted to the city’s chief building official on a form as the city shall provide, including the following information:

(a) certified written site evaluation report in accordance with Minn. Rule, Chapters 7080 and 7081 and this section;

(b) A certified design report, including drawings, calculations and summary of all of the SSTS components;(c) For any lot created after January 23, 1996, a certified lot survey depicting the location of two soil treatment

and dispersal areas on the lot that support the proposed SSTS.(d) For any newly constructed or replacement SSTS, a management plan that shall set forth the frequency of

maintenance tasks including solids removal, not to exceed every 3 years, monitoring of maintenance and opera-tion, requirement of owner to notify the City when the SSTS is not in compliance or is abandoned, and require-ment of owner to file with the Building Inspections Department all maintenance records or reports.

3. Issuance of permit. No permit shall be issued under this section unless the application establishes that the SSTS will be in compliance with the state requirements adopted herein. The permit application, along with all exhibits thereto, shall be reviewed and certified by a licensed compliance inspector authorized by the city that the newly constructed or replaced, repaired or upgraded system will meet the applicable state requirements. The construction, replacement, repair or upgrade of an SSTS may be initiated only upon the issuance of the permit. No newly constructed, repaired, replaced or upgraded SSTS may be used until a certificate of compliance is issued by a compliance inspector in accordance with this Section.

4. Bedroom addition building permit or variance. The city shall not issue a building permit or a variance for an addition of a bedroom on property served by SSTS except upon receipt of a certificate of compliance. The city may temporarily waive the certificate of compliance requirement for a building permit or variance for an ap-plication made during the period of November 1 through April 30, provided that an inspection of the system is performed by the following June 1 and a certificate of compliance is submitted to the city by the following July 1.

5. Expiration of permit. A permit issued hereunder shall be valid for a period of 180 days. If no substantial work has commenced within that period, the permit shall terminate.

6. Appeals of decisions. An applicant may appeal any decision or determination by the city in connection with any provision of this section pursuant to the procedures set forth in section 11.40 of the City Code.

7. Permit fees. Any SSTS permit fee shall be as set forth by a duly adopted city council resolution.8. Certified site evaluation report. It shall be the responsibility of any site evaluator to utilize the proper pro-

fessional tools, professional methods and judgments, and number of soil observations to verify that the site complies with Minnesota Rules, Chapters 7080 for individual SSTS or 7081 for mid-size SSTS standards and re-quirements for the primary (initial) and reserve (replacement) areas. The primary area shall consist of a minimum of 5,250 square feet per site, unless otherwise directed by the city. The size of the reserve area shall be similar in size as the primary area. No person shall use the primary area as the reserve area unless all requirements under Chapters 7080 or 7081 as applicable and as certified by the licensed designer are met. The site evaluator shall use the Dakota County Soil Survey and Munsell Soil Color Charts in accordance with Minnesota Rules, Chapter 7080, standards and requirements. A minimum of four (4) soil observations and two (2) percolation test must be completed for each the primary area and the reserve area.

9. As-built record. For each newly constructed or replaced, extended, ungraded or repaired SSTS, an “as-built” record shall be properly completed and filed with the city no later than ten (10) days after completion of the new construction, replacement, upgrade or repair of the SSTS.

10. Management Plan. The owner and occupant of any property on which an SSTS is located shall comply with the management plan submitted with and approved by the city in the permit application process for the SSTS on the property.

11. Abandonment of SSTS. The owner and occupant of any property on which an SSTS is located shall notify the City of any SSTS on the property that is no longer in use and shall remove or seal the SSTS or components thereof in accordance with the state requirements within 90 days of the last day of use.

F. Subsurface sewage treatment system inspection.1. Compliance inspections required. An inspection to determine whether an SSTS is in compliance with the

state requirements adopted herein shall be conducted whenever an SSTS permit is required under this section. Any compliance inspection performed hereunder shall be conducted by a licensed inspector, whose license is

independent of the permit applicant, the owner and the installer of the SSTS to be inspected. The manner and timing of the compliance inspection shall be as required by the licensed inspector for purposes of new construc-tion or replacement or upgrade of an SSTS. In the event a licensed inspector cannot perform an inspection at the SSTS site, the licensed inspector may conduct the compliance inspection through the use of video, electronic, photographic or other reliable evidence of compliance provided by the licensed installer.

2. Certificate of compliance and notice of noncompliance. The licensed inspector shall submit a certificate of compliance or notice of noncompliance to the city and the owner of the SSTS within 15 business days after the compliance inspection. The certificate of compliance or notice of noncompliance must include a certified statement from the licensed inspector that identifies the type of system inspected and indicates whether the SSTS is in compliance with the state requirements adopted herein. In the event the SSTS is not in compliance, the inspector shall specify the basis for noncompliance and whether the SSTS must be upgraded, replaced or its use discontinued. If the SSTS presents an imminent threat to public health or safety, the notice of noncompliance must contain a statement to this effect. If a notice of noncompliance is submitted to the city, a second compli-ance inspection shall be completed upon the upgrade, replacement, repair or discontinued use as required in the notice of noncompliance.

3. Bedroom addition building permit or variance. No building permit for the addition of a bedroom on property served by an SSTS shall be issued unless a compliance inspection is performed and a certificate of compliance is submitted to the city.

4. Periodically saturated soil discrepancies or disputes. If a documented discrepancy arises as to the depth of the periodically saturated soil between licensed system professionals/ business or a licensed business and the City Building Official for purposes of SSTS design or compliance, then the parties, including the property owner, shall participate in a dispute resolution method as set forth in Minn. Rules, Chapter 7082.

G. Repair of noncomplying or failing subsurface sewage treatment systems. The owner or occupant of any property on which a noncomplying or failing SSTS is located shall upgrade, repair, replace or discontinue the use of the SSTS in accordance with the requirements of Minn. Rules, Chapter 7080 or 7081 as applicable and the notice of noncompliance. Any noncomplying or failing SSTS from which discharge or sewage can be contained within the property the SSTS serves and is not an imminent threat to public health or safety shall be corrected within 180 days of the date of service of the notice of noncompliance. Any noncomplying or failing SSTS from which discharged sewage cannot be contained within the property the SSTS serves or that poses an imminent threat to the public health and safety, shall be corrected within 30 days of service of the notice of noncompliance unless weather conditions prevent correction within 30 days in which case the owner or occupant shall imple-ment temporary corrective measures (such as regular pumping of the SSTS) and complete permanent corrective measures as soon as physically feasible, but in no case later than 180 days or July 1 immediately following the date of service of the notice of noncompliance, whichever is longer. Upon the repair, upgrade, replacement or discontinuance of the use of the SSTS as directed in the notice of noncompliance, a second compliance inspec-tion must be completed within 30 days of the repair, upgrade, replacement or discontinuance and a certificate of compliance must be filed with the city within 30 days of the inspection. If the owner or occupant fails to comply with this section, the use of the SSTS must be discontinued immediately.

H. Minimum soil treatment area. Any property or lot platted after January 23, 1996, and served by an SSTS shall have a minimum of one additional soil treatment and dispersal area which can support a standard soil treatment system.

I. Application of other statutes, regulatory rules or local regulations. In addition to all provisions of this sec-tion, all federal, state and local statutes, rules and regulations governing the discharge or disposal of sewage or the construction, repair or replacement of any individual sewage treatment system that is newly constructed or replaced or repaired shall apply with which all person shall comply within the City. Any conflict between the provisions of this section and any other state or local statute, regulation or ordinance, shall be resolved in favor of the more restrictive provision.

J. Required septic tank sizing. Any septic tank for a new or replacement septic tank for any SSTS shall be sized 50 percent greater than the minimum size requirement provided in Minnesota Rules, Chapter 7080 or 7081 as applicable. In the event that a basement toilet which exists or could exist would require a pump, the septic tank capacity shall be sized for both the potential basement toilet and the basement raw sewage pump in ac-cordance with Minnesota Rules, Chapter 7080 or 7081 as applicable and the following:

TABLE INSET:

No. Bedrooms Minimum Liquid Capacity Minimum Liquid Capacity with Garbage Disposal

Minimum Liquid Capac-ity with Garbage Disposal and Basement Sewage Lift

2 1125 1125 1500

3 or 4 1500 1500 2000

5 or 6 2250 2250 3000

7, 8 or 9 3000 3000 4000K. Septic tank and lift station requests. No cesspool, seepage pit or dry well shall be used or repaired or modi-

fied for use as a septic tank or pump-lift station. No septic tank shall be constructed of concrete blocks. Holding tanks may be used for the following applications only after it can be shown conclusively by the property owner that a SSTS permitted under this Chapter cannot be feasibly installed and is permitted under the issued permit:

1. As a replacement for an existing failing SSTS;2. For an SSTS that poses an imminent threat to public health or safety; or3. For use with buildings with limited water use.L. DETERMINATION OF HYDRAULIC LOADING RATE AND SSTS SIZING. Table IX from Minn. R. 7080.2150,

Subp. 3(E) entitled Loading Rates for Determining Bottom Absorption Area for Absorption Ratios Using Detailed Soil Descriptions and Table IXa from Minn. R. Ch. 7080.2150, Subp. 3(E) entitled Loading Rates for Determining Bottom Absorption Area and Absorption Ratios Using Percolation Tests and herein adopted by reference shall both be used to size SSTS infiltration areas using the larger sizing factor of the two for SSTS design.

M. Class V injection wells. All owners of new or replacement SSTS that are considered to be Class V injection wells, as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Part 144, are required to submit SSTS inventory information to the United States Environmental

Protection Agency and the MPCA. Owners are also required to identify all Class V injection wells in property transfer disclosures.

N. Variance. A property owner may request a variance from the provisions in this Section upon filing an ap-plication for variance in accordance herein with the City Building Official. The variance application must provide the following:

(1) The specific provision in the rule or rules from which the variance is requested;(2) The reasons why compliance with the rule(s) cannot be met;(3) A detail description of the circumstances that prevent compliance with the rule and why the circumstances

make compliance unreasonable, impractical or not feasible;(4) The alternative measures that will be taken to ensure a comparable degree of compliance with the intention

of the applicable chapter;(5) The length of time for which the variance is requested; and(6) Other relevant information requested by the Chief Building Official as necessary to properly evaluate the

variance request. The Chief Building Official may grant a variance only upon a finding that by reason of exceptional circum-

stances, which were not due to or created by the applicant, the strict enforcement or strict conformity with this chapter would be unreasonable, impractical, or not feasible under the circumstances. The Chief Building Official may permit a variance so long as it is in harmony with the general purpose of this chapter and Minnesota Rules, Chapters 7080 and 7081 and the intent of applicable state requirements.

O. Suspension or Revocation of Permit. Upon any violation of any term or condition of a permit issued under this Section or any violation of any state requirement adopted herein in connection with the construction, re-placement, expansion or repair of a SSTS, the Chief Building Official may suspend or revoke the permit and all work or operation thereunder shall cease. The owner and licensed permit holder shall bring the SSTS into com-pliance with this chapter as directed by the Chief Building Official. If compliance is not met within the timeframe set by the Chief Building Official, the permit shall be deemed automatically revoked.

Section 3. Eagan City Code Chapter 1 entitled “General Provisions and Definitions Applicable to the Entire City Code Including ‘Penalty for Violation’” and Section 4.99, entitled “Violation a Misdemeanor” are hereby adopted in their entirety by reference as though repeated verbatim.

Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect upon its adoption and publication according to law.ATTEST: CITY OF EAGANCity Council/s/ChristinaM. ScipioniIts: City Clerk/s/Mike MaguireIts: Mayor

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mort-gage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: April 16, 2009MORTGAGOR: Linda J. Carde-

nas and Carlos A. Cardenas, wife and husband.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc..

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded April 24, 2009 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2652469.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Bank of America, N.A. successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP. Dated January 31, 2012 Recorded February 13, 2012, as Document No. 2848853.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100032413509073909LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

United Wholesale MortgageRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: Bank of America, N.A.MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 4291 Dodd Road, Eagan, MN 55123

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 10.65800.02.030LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lot 3, Block 2, Saddle Horn Addition

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $221,906.00

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NO-TICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE:

$255,116.32That prior to the commence-

ment of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding

has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;

PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: February 6, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

fice, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hastings, MN

to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including at-torneys’ fees allowed by law sub-ject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on August 6, 2015 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”

Dated: December 3, 2014Bank of America, N.A.Mortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.

Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688818 - 14-007358 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published in Burnsville/Eagan

December 12, 19, 26, 2014, January 2, 9, 16, 2015

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196 ROSEMOUNT-

APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN PUBLIC SCHOOL CALL FOR BIDS PARKVIEW

ELEMENTARY PAVING & LANDSCAPING REBID

Notice is hereby given that In-dependent School District 196, will receive multiple prime sealed bids for the Parkview Elementary – Pav-ing & Landscaping Rebid, at the District Office – 3455 153rd Street W Rosemount, MN 55068 until 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at which time they will be opened and read aloud. The work for this bid package includes Contracts for #3210 Asphalt Paving/Curbs, #3213 Site Concrete, #3290 Land-scaping. Reference Specification Section 01 12 00 Contract Work Scope Descriptions for detailed listing of items included in each Contract.

Complete instructions on how to obtain Bidding Documents can be found at: http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm

A Bid Bond, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check in the amount of 5% of the total bid price, made payable to Independent School District 196, must be submitted with the bid. No personal checks will be accepted.

Independent School District 196 reserves the right to reject any or all bids received and to waive in-formalities and irregularities in the bidding.Gary Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

Published in Apple Valley, Lakeville,

Burnsville/EaganJanuary 9, 16, 2015

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MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclu-sive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

ASSUMED NAME: Renew Chiropractic and WellnessPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 14321 Nicollet Court, Suite 150Burnsville, MN 55306NAMEHOLDER(S): Nelson Chiropractic, Ltd.14321 Nicollet Court, Suite 150Burnsville, MN 55306I, the undersigned, certify that

I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the appli-cable chapter of Minnesota Stat-utes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.DATE FILED: December 10, 2014SIGNED BY: Jason D. Hohl


January 9, 16, 2015331917




DATE OF MORTGAGE: April 11, 2013MORTGAGOR: Brandon Coburn

and Elizabeth Coburn f/k/a Eliza-beth Skari, husband and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Recorded April 22, 2013 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2945023.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Dated October 22, 2014 Recorded October 29, 2014, as Document No. 3036321.





MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

Bell State Bank & TrustRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 12973 Harriet Avenue South, Burnsville, MN 55337


PROPERTY:Lot 2, Block 3, Brittany Heights,

Dakota County, Minnesota.COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: DakotaORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF MORTGAGE: $139,600.00AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED

TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NO-TICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE:


ment of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;




to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including at-torneys’ fees allowed by law sub-

ject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on August 24, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.


“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”Dated: December 19, 2014JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688830 - 14-008012 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published inBurnsville/Eagan

January 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, February 6, 2015

331199


LEGAL NOTICES

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 191DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

Burnsville-Eagan-Savage I.S.D. 191 is proposing a bond referendum on February 24, 2015 to finance a large building addition at Burnsville High School, a six classroom addition at William Byrne Elementary and renova-tions, including security upgrades, at other district sites. The estimated dollar amount of all projects, including bond issuance costs, is $65,000,000. The projects would be scheduled for completion in the 2015-2016 cal-endar years. Cost estimates by project type/location are as follows:

Burnsville High Schoolo Classroom Additions 84,900 Square Feet $34,100,100o Activity Center Addition 52,300 Square Feet $18.375.000 $52,475,000William Byrne Elementary Schoolo 6 Classroom Addition $2,800,000

Renovations - Other Sites o Diamondhead Education Center $2,630,000o Metcalf / Nicollet /Eagle Ridge Junior High Schools $900,000o Sky Oaks Elementary $935,000o Administrative Service Center $450,000o Rahn Elementary $150,000o Harriet Bishop Elementary $50,000 $5,115,000Secure Entrances o Edward Neill Elementary $470,000o Rahn Elementary $670,000o William Byrne Elementary $500,000o Metcalf Junior High $440,000 $2,080,000Districtwide o Security System Upgrades $1,500,000o Capitalized Interest /Bond Issuance $1,030,000 $65,000,000Though enrollment has trended downward over the last several years, the district projects a stabilization

of enrollment over the next five years. If the approved by voters, the district plans to move 9th grade students from the three junior high schools to an expanded Burnsville High School.

If the bond referendum is successful and bonds are sold, the debt service on the bonds will be eligible for debt service equalization under Minn. Stat. § 123B.53, subd. 3, if the bond schedule is approved. The amount of debt service equalization aid, if any, the district receives is determined annually and is dependent upon property wealth, student population, and other statutory requirements.

The school board believes they will have sufficient resources to fund the increase in costs associated with the proposed facility expansion and that the proposed projects are in the best interest of the district.

REVIEW AND COMMENT STATEMENTBased upon the department’s analysis of the school district’s required documentation and other pertinent

information from sources of the Minnesota Department of Education, the Commissioner of Education provides a positive review and comment.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLEPersons desiring additional information regarding this proposal should contact the school district superin-

tendent’s office.Dated: January 7, 2015By: /s/ Dr. Brenda Cassellius Commissioner

Published in Burnsville/Eagan, January 16, 2015, 336236




DATE OF MORTGAGE: June 30, 2005MORTGAGOR: Arlene M Fran-

cis, a single person.MORTGAGEE: Chase Bank USA, N.A..DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Filed September 20, 2005, Dakota County Registrar of Titles, Document No. 574775 on Certificate of Title No. 126637.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.. Dated Decem-ber 11, 2009 Filed December 31, 2009, as Document No. T656004. And thereafter assigned to: U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for PROF-2013-S3 REMIC Trust VI. Dated September 12, 2014 Filed November 20, 2014, as Document No. T738587.

Said Mortgage being upon Reg-istered Land.

TRANSACTION AGENT: NONETRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE

LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

Chase Bank USA, N.A.RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: Fay Servicing LLCMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 1754 Flamingo Drive, Ea-gan, MN 55122


PROPERTY:Lot 3, Block 11, Town View First

AdditionCOUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY









to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs

and disbursements, including at-torneys’ fees allowed by law sub-ject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on August 13, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.



Dated: December 11, 2014U.S. Bank National Association, as TrusteeMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-6888150 - 14-006006 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


December 19, 26, 2014, January 2, 9, 16, 23, 2015

326617




DATE OF MORTGAGE: November 25, 2005MORTGAGOR: Walberto Al-

fredo Menjivar, a single person.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

tronic Registration Systems, Inc..DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Filed December 7, 2005, Dakota County Registrar of Titles, Document No. 580592 on Certificate of Title No. 138293.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-

GAGE: Assigned to: The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as successor in interest to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Bear Stearns As-set Backed Securities, Bear Stea-rns ALT-A Trust, Mortgage Pass-through Certificates, Series 2006-2. Dated May 11, 2012 Filed May 24, 2012, as Document No. T696830.






MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: 1st Mariner Bank

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER:

Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc.MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 14604 Greenridge Lane, Burnsville, MN 55306

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 027120003080LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lot 8, Block 3 in Southcross Heights 1st Addition, Dakota County, Minnesota.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $211,920.00

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NO-TICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE:




DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March 3, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-


to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attor-neys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal rep-resentatives or assigns unless re-duced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on September 3, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next

weekday, and unless the redemp-tion period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.


“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”Dated: December 22, 2014The Bank of New York Mellon, as TrusteeMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688838 - 14-008102 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


January 9, 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 2015

331782

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196 ROSEMOUNT-

APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS CALL

FOR BIDS ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION-ROSE-MOUNT HIGH SCHOOL

3335 142ND STREET WESTROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the Rosemount High School Elevator(s) Modernization by Independent School District 196, at the Facili-ties and Grounds Office located at 14445 Diamond Path West, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2:00 p.m., February 3, 2015, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for January 22, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. Meet at the front entrance. Atten-dance at this meeting is highly rec-ommended.

Complete instructions on how to obtain Bidding Documents can be found at: http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/index.cfm

A Bid Bond, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check in the amount of 5% of the total bid price, made payable to Independent School District 196, must be submitted with the bid. No personal checks will be accepted.Gary Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196 Published in

Apple Valley, Lakeville, Burnsville/Eagan

January 9, 16, 2015333486

CITY OF EAGANPUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING: Advisory Planning Commission Meeting: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd

DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT: Central Park Commons/John J

JohannsonLOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIP-

TION:3333 Pilot Knob Road, REQUEST(S):RezoningA Rezoning from RD, Research

and Development to PD, Planned Development.

File Number: 09-RZ-08-12-14Preliminary Planned A Preliminary Planned Develop-

ment to allow an approximately 434,000 s.f. multi-building com-mercial development containing retail, service, restaurants, and of-fice uses.

File Number: 09-PD-04-12-14Preliminary SubdivisionA Preliminary Subdivision to cre-

ate 9 lots.File Number: 09-PS-08-12-14QUESTIONS: Call the Planning

Department at (651) 675-5685 or contact Pam Dudziak, the Planner at (651) 675-5691 or [email protected] with the above information:CITY OF EAGAN Christina M. Scipioni - City Clerk

Published in Burnsville/EaganJanuary 16, 2015

337321



NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mort-

gage:DATE OF MORTGAGE: July 27, 2006MORTGAGOR: Kenneth Wash-

ington and Tracy Prater Washing-ton, husband and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc..

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Filed September 7, 2006, Dakota County Registrar of Titles, Document No. 597194 on Certificate of Title No. 140811.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Bank of America, N.A. successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP. Dated January 29, 2009 Filed February 3, 2009 , as Document No. T638635 and by document dated October 20, 2011, filed November 1, 2011 as docu-ment no. T686384.






MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STAT-ED ON MORTGAGE: Bell America Mortgage LLC dba Bell Mortgage

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Bank of America, N.A.

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 3205 Jurdy Court S, Ea-gan, MN 55121

TAX PARCEL I.D. #:10.20960.04.250LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY:Lot 25, Block 4, DonnywoodCOUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY




$218,627.55 That prior to the commence-



DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March 3, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-


to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including at-torneys’ fees allowed by law sub-ject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on September 3, 2015 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.



Dated: December 23, 2014Bank of America, N.A.Mortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688818 - 14-008272 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


January 9, 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 2015

334052


DATE/LOCATION OF HEAR-ING:

Advisory Planning Commission Meeting: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd

DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT: Stone Run/Patrick HillerLOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIP-

TION:4865 Pilot Knob Road, West of

Pilot Knob Rd and South of Cliff Road

REQUEST(S):Preliminary SubdivisionA Preliminary Subdivision of ap-

proximately 4.6 acres to create 8 single family lots.

File Number: 33-PS-05-11-14VarianceA Variance to the maximum

street grade.File Number: 33-VA-13-12-14VarianceA Variance to the length of the

cul-de-sac.File Number: 33-VA-12-12-14QUESTIONS: Call the Planning

Department at (651) 675-5685 or contact Sarah Thomas, the Planner at (651) 675-5696 or s [email protected] with the above information:CITY OF EAGAN Christina M. Scipioni - City Clerk


337294



DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT: Case Estates/Luke IsraelsonLOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIP-

TION:540 Diffley Rd, South of Diffley

Rd between Dodd Rd and Hwy 3REQUEST(S):RezoningA Rezoning of approximately 5

acres from A, Agriculture to R-1, Residential Single Family.File Number: 25-RZ-05-12-14Preliminary SubdivisionA Preliminary Subdivision of ap-

proximately 5 acres to create 10 single family lots.

File Number: 25-PS-07-12-14QUESTIONS: Call the Planning

Department at (651) 675-5685 or contact Sarah Thomas, the Plan-ner at (651) 675-5696 or [email protected] with the above information:CITY OF EAGAN Christina M. Scipioni - City Clerk


337312

CITY OF BURNSVILLE PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARING A Public Hearing will be held on

January 26, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burnsville Planning Commis-sion, 100 Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on an ap-plication by the City of Burnsville for an Ordinance Amending Title 10, Chapter 22, of the Zoning Or-dinance eliminating Drive-in-The-aters, Bus Terminals, and Ministor-age as Conditional Uses in the B-3 District.

The application will be sched-uled for the next appropriate City Council meeting following the Plan-ning Commission meeting.

All persons desiring to speak on this application are encouraged to attend. For more information concerning this request, please contact Planner Chris Slania (952) 895-4451 at the City of Burnsville.Chris Slania On Behalf of the Chair of the Burns-ville Planning Commission


January 16, 23, 2015336940



DEVELOPMENT/ APPLICANT: Wyatt Sharing and Caring/Jim

DeanovicLOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIP-

TION: Lot 1, Blk 1, Gift of MaryREQUEST(S):Comprehensive Guide Plan A Comprehensive Guide Plan

Amendment from OS, Office Ser-vice to IND, Limited Industrial.

File Number: 12-CG-05-12-14QUESTIONS: Call the Planning

Department at (651) 675-5685 or contact Mike Ridley, the Plan-ner at (651) 675-5650 or [email protected] with the above information:CITY OF EAGAN Christina M. Scipioni - City Clerk


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Man receives 6 pounds of marijuana sent from ColoradoCounty attorney says shipments like this occur almost daily by Andy Rogers


Farmington’s Cole James Nyberg, 29, was charged in Dakota County District Court with two felony counts of controlled substance crimes in the fifth degree — one for sale and the other for posses-sion — after receiving ap-

proximately 6 pounds of marijuana in the mail from a friend in Colorado in Oc-tober. According to the crimi-nal complaint, the Dakota County Drug Task Force intercepted a package at the airport, received an antici-patory search warrant and discovered a large amount of marijuana addressed to a residence in Farmington. The task force made a controlled delivery of the package Oct. 22 and observed Nyberg come out of the residence, ner-

vously look around and leave. When he returned, he moved the package to his garage, according to the complaint. When agents ap-proached Nyberg, he de-nied knowing anything about the package. A wom-an at the residence told the agent that Nyberg was expecting the package, she suspected the package con-tained marijuana and that Nyberg allowed a friend to ship it to the residence. Nyberg admitted he knew it was coming and

that a friend sent it from Colorado. He said a friend was going to pick up the package, but was scared off by law enforcement’s pres-ence near the residence. When asked about the amount, Nyberg said “There is not 10 pounds in there. There is six pounds on the dot, unless the guy gave him extra for free.” The package contained six bags of suspected mari-juana. Colorado legalized mar-ijuana for all adults older than 21 in 2012, but mari-

juana is still an illegal sub-stance under federal law. Transporting it via the mail can lead to federal drug charges. An individual in Colorado can only buy up to an ounce at a time. According to a report released by a regional divi-sion of the Office of Na-tional Drug Control Pol-icy in August 2014, 493.5 pounds of marijuana in 207 parcels were intercept-ed from U.S. mail packages, which is a 1,280 percent in-crease from 2010. “Packages coming to

Minnesota containing marijuana from Colorado are unfortunately all too common,” Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said. “In discussions with officers from this agency by members of the Dakota County Drug Task Force, we are told that they see these type of shipments on a nearly daily basis.” The maximum fine for the charges is $20,000 and/or 10 years in jail.

Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].

Kids ’n Kinship offers local mentoring opportunities January is National Mentor-ing Month. This year’s theme is: Be Someone Who Matters to Someone Who Matters! Mentors are needed for youths in Dakota County

through Kids ’n Kinship, a lo-cal nonprofit organization that matches children ages 5 to 16 with volunteer mentors for fun and engaging weekly activities in the community.

In addition to the communi-ty-based program, Kids ’n Kin-ship offers school-based men-toring programs at Glacier Hills and Thomas Lake elementary schools in Eagan, Westview El-

ementary in Apple Valley, and Parkview Elementary in Rose-mount. Ongoing training and sup-port are provided. An informa-tion session for new mentors

is scheduled 6-6:45 p.m. Mon-day, Jan. 26, at Burnhaven Li-brary, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. For more informa-tion, go to www.kidsnkinship.org or call 952-892-6368.


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and “private” after the in-vestigation is closed. The statement will be added to the city’s 2015 legislative platform. “I had no idea how complex a problem this was,” Council Member Mary Sherry said. “I think what you’re proposing makes total sense to me.” Gieseke told the coun-cil he envisioned privacy concerns arising in 2010, when Burnsville became the first police force in Minnesota and one of the first nationally to begin using on-officer cameras. Now worn by all of the city’s 55 front-line officers, they remain valuable tools

in a nation that “is literally screaming for police ac-countability and transpar-ency,” he said. “That vast majority of what we do is public infor-mation ... but there’s also some challenges,” the chief said. An August police shooting in Duluth raised the temperature on the issue. An officer shot a knife-wielding man inside a private home, according to news reports. The man, who survived, and several Duluth news outlets re-quested the footage cap-tured by officers. Police refused. In De-cember, the department and the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association

sought a temporary state ruling protecting footage captured in homes and several other settings that they say raise privacy con-cerns. The state Department of Administration denied the request on Dec. 19, declaring that the law clas-sifies the video as public. Duluth is still withholding the footage, citing an ex-ception in the Minnesota Government Data Prac-tices Act. Some observers are pre-dicting a battle during this legislative session between police organizations and open-records advocates.

Privacy concerns The request for a tem-

porary ruling raised nu-merous privacy concerns. Footage made public could go viral and give people “virtual” entry into the homes of victims and witnesses, Duluth police said. Domestic abusers may learn the locations of victims. Criminals may use the footage to tar-get elderly or vulnerable residents, or target homes where valuables and fire-arms are seen. Suspects may use the footage to locate and intimidate wit-nesses. Victims could be “revictimized” if footage of an incident goes viral, Duluth police said. They may be reluctant to coop-erate with police or even

elect not to call them in an emergency. “The same negative consequences could result where the body cam cap-tures a person involved in a medical or mental health emergency, be it a heart attack, drug overdose, or attempted suicide,” po-lice wrote in their request. “The privacy interests un-der these circumstances should prevail over the public’s hunger for sensa-tionalism or gossip.” Some investigative data are already protected by state law, such as those in-volving juveniles. But redacting those sections from body-cam-era footage before public release is a massive task,

police say. The software to make it manageable doesn’t yet exist, Gieseke said. “A quick example would be a recent situa-tion we had with 13 min-utes worth of video that one individual in our agency had to redact. It took nearly two days,” he said. Some agencies around the country have con-sidered dropping body cameras because of the records nightmare, ac-cording to Gieseke. “I don’t believe that’s the way to go,” he said.


“And the performances are mind-blowing. I can’t believe, even though I wrote it, how much these characters come to life. These actors, especially the nine (main charac-ters), they become — they don’t play, they don’t act, they don’t pretend.” Orth has written a number of plays for his Metcalf players, including 2007’s “Sliced” — a dra-ma about the self-harm practice of “cutting” — which has been performed by other schools. Last year he debuted “Homecoming” — a

“dramedy,” Orth said, about kids who sit on the sidelines looking for ways to “get into the game of life.” The play wasn’t all serious, but as a play-wright and director, Orth decided long ago that the inner lives of his students is source material too im-portant to pass up. “There has to be some sense of truth to what we’re doing, or there’s no point in doing it,” said the 1992 Burnsville High School graduate, a back-stage crew member in one of the last “Showtime USA” troupes led by the late Thomas B. Mraz, the school’s legendary teacher

and theater director. “Pieces” is nine sto-ries presented in two acts whose order will be switched up for each per-formance. “It’s not a contigu-ous plot,” though some characters from differ-ent stories intersect, Orth said. The protagonists are working through prob-lems such as divorce, the death of a sibling and the quest to be perfect for somebody else while ques-tioning oneself. “Those are all realis-tic,” Orth said. “They’re never based on only one particular person, al-though I think most of

my cast can identify with certain characters more than others.” During the writing he cried in spots and giggled himself silly in others, Orth said. “There’s so much that people aren’t aware of, so many different kinds of hurting right now that young people go through — not all of which is life-altering and soul-crushing, but some of it, it keeps them down, and it can take weeks or months away from what could be a vibrant life in the junior high-high school experi-ence, until they kind of figure some things out,”

Orth said. That’s for the second act. “Help comes from dif-ferent places,” he said. “Sometimes help has to come from themselves. It’s not waiting for someone to always rescue us from our own challenges.” His drama program has a record of alumni loyalty, with three Burns-ville High juniors return-ing this year to help su-pervise the “Pieces” cast and crew. “The kids often talk about there being a cer-tain magic” when their pre-show toils come to-gether on stage, Orth said.

“You can call it luck, you can call it fate, you can call it destiny — I tend to go with grace.” “Pieces” debuts Thurs-day, Jan. 15, at 7:30 p.m. at Metcalf, 2250 Diffley Road. It will also be per-formed Friday and Sat-urday, Jan. 16 and 17, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $6. Rearranged versions of the play will also be presented nightly, Jan. 22 to 24, at Burnsville High during the school’s “Eve-ning of One-Acts.”


Oct. 18, 2013, after a night of heavy drink-ing. His fiancee had gone to bed before him. The baby was fussy in a “bouncy chair” so Savage gave him a bottle and took the boy to bed with him, laying the infant’s head on his chest. He said he had done so several times be-fore because he wanted the child to be close to him. The next morning, Savage awoke to his fiancee frantically searching for the child. Savage rolled over and discovered their son had been underneath him. He later told police he knew the boy was dead because he was “white as a ghost.” Two-month-old Nolan was pronounced dead at the hospital on Oct. 19. The medi-cal examiner determined his death to be the result of accidental asphyxia.

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Citizens Climate Lobby to meet Feb. 7 in Burnsville The Dakota County Chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby will meet from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 7, at Jo Jo’s Rise and Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville.

The meeting is open to anyone con-cerned about preserving a safe and liv-able climate for future generations. Each month, a notable speaker on a topic related to climate change speaks

to the CCL meetings all across the U.S. and Canada by phone conference call. For more information, call 952-920-1547 or email [email protected].

Activities set at Burnhaven Library in Burnsville Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. Coun-ty Road 42, Burnsville, has planned the following activities. For more in-formation, call 952-891-0300. Dyeing Hair Naturally, 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24. Discover how to naturally alter the color of hair – from brightening blondes and whites to cov-ering gray. See a demonstration that

shows how to mix the four main herbs used in natural dyes to achieve a wide range of colors and learn how they work and how they’re applied. No reg-istration is required. Lego Exhibit, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25. The Twin Cities Lego Users Group will display amazing Lego models. Free admission and no registration re-

quired. Stop by anytime during library hours to see this display. Minnesota Edgar Award-winning author David Housewright, 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7. He will talk about his books and writing. This event is free and open to the public with no regis-tration required.



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theater and arts briefs

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Coffee Concerts begin The Lakeville Area Arts Center’s eighth season of Coffee Concerts kicks off at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, with a performance by musical ensemble, The Musical Of-fering. The group features Min-nesota Orchestra musicians John Snow, David Phar-ris, Norbert Nielubowski and Susan Billmeyer, along with Jane Garvin of the University of St. Thomas, and Caroline Lemen of the University of Minnesota. The Musical Offering’s program, “Winter Winds,” presents quintets featuring winds and piano. The 2015 Coffee Con-certs, “A Season to Remem-ber,” includes three addi-tional concerts: March 15, Artaria String

To submit items for the Family Calendar, email:

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Saturday, Jan. 17 Indoor winter farmers market, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Ea-gan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. Fea-tures winter produce, breads, meats, sweet treats and more. Information: Eagan Parks and Recreation at 651-675-5500. Life-size Sorry! 10:30-11:30 a.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. Ages: 6-15. Play a life-sized version of the classic board game Sorry! Information: 952-891-0300. Weight loss workshop by Thrive Therapy, 12-1:30 p.m.,

190 River Ridge Circle, Suite 208, Burnsville. Free. RSVP: thrivetherapymn.com/work-shops.

Sunday, Jan. 18 Knee-High Naturalists: Whoooo’s There? 10-11:30 a.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, Lebanon Hills Regional Park, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. Discover nature with a child through hands-on activities, outdoor exploration, art proj-ects, storytime and more. Ex-plore the world of owls. Look at owl biofacts, learn about owl sight and head outside to look for owl signs. Ages 3-6. Cost: $8 per youth; adults free. Registration required at https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks.

Craig MacIntosh’s career change is evident in the writing room at his Rosemount home. A backup computer now sits on the cartoonist-turned-novelist’s old drafting table, and two towering stacks of drawings for “Sally

Forth” — the syndicated comic strip MacIntosh illustrated for many years — are hidden away in a metal storage cabinet along the wall. MacIntosh has been logging long hours in the writing room in recent months as he puts the finishing touches on his fourth book, “Wolf’s Vendetta,” a mystery-adventure novel slated for publication later this year.

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Quartet, “Music During War Time”; April 26, Wilder Octet, a full concert of Alec Wilder’s music; and May 17, Minneapolis Guitar Quartet, “Looking Back, Looking Ahead.” All concerts take place at 2 p.m. at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holy-oke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 students and seniors. Season tickets are available at a discount. Concerts last approximately 90 minutes with intermission and re-ception. Concert informa-tion and updates are avail-able at www.facebook.com/coffeeconcerts.

IMAX family night set The IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Ap-ple Valley will host Family

Night on Monday, Jan. 19. Admission for the 6 p.m. showing of “Island of Le-murs: Madagascar 3D” will be $5 per person. Compli-mentary snacks and drinks from Sam’s Club of Apple Valley will be served begin-ning at 5:15 p.m. in the lob-by while supplies last.

E-book help available Drop in to get help downloading e-books to electronic devices for free at the library. Drop-in sessions are offered January through May at the following Da-kota County Library loca-tions: • 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burns-ville. • 6-7:30 p.m. Thursdays at Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley.

• 10:30 a.m. to noon Sat-urdays at Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan.

Wedding expo in Burnsville The fifth annual Nicollet Inn Wedding Expo will be 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, in Burnsville. The event is free for brides and their guests to attend when they RSVP at https://www.facebook.com/nicolletinn.

Call for artists for Eagan exhibit The Eagan Art House is accepting registrations for the 2015 exhibit, “Art Is … Exhibit and Artist Perspec-tive.” The exhibit highlights what art means to individu-al artists and is open to all artists living or working in Eagan or Dakota County. Each participant is re-quired to write an artist statement and can submit up to two artwork pieces free of charge. All two-dimensional media will be accepted and must be exhibit-ready and wired for hanging. Registrations are due by Tuesday, Jan. 20, and must be submitted via email to [email protected]. Drop off is at the Ea-gan Art House from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, Jan. 30. The exhibit will be on display from Wednesday, Feb. 4, to Monday, May 4, in Eagan at Byerly’s, Ring Mountain Creamery and Wescott Li-brary. For registration forms and submission details, visit http://www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/recreation/eagan-art-house.

Comedy at Mystic Lake Actor and comedian Joel McHale will bring his quick wit to the Mystic Showroom stage at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 11. As host of television’s “The Soup,” McHale mocks the surreal world of reality TV and celebrities. He also teases and taunts pop culture on the comedy series “Community” where he stars as Jeff Winger, a lawyer at a fictional com-munity college. Tickets are $49 and $59 and go on sale 10 a.m. Sat-urday, Jan. 17. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for more details.

Obituaries

Engagements

Cook/SyversonJay and Michele Syver-

son of Apple Valley, MN announce the engagement of their daughter Jennifer Syverson to Robert Cook III (Bobby), son of Robb Cook of Blaine, MN and Nancy Cook of Roseville, MN.

The bride-to-be gradu-ated from Gustavus Adol-phus College in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Nursing. She is em-ployed at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital as a R.N. on the Pediatric He-matology/Oncology unit.

The groom-to-be grad-uated from the Univer-sity of St. Thomas in 2010 with a degree in Finance. He is employed at his family owned business, Triangle Warehouse as Vice President of Admin-istration and Finance.

The couple is planning a summer 2015 wedding.


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Auditions Expressions Community Theater will hold auditions for “The Fox on the Fairway,” a trib-ute to English farces by Ken Lud-wig, from 6-8 p.m. Jan. 20 and 21 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Auditions will consist of reading from the script. Actors include one man in his 20s and two in their 40s; one woman in her 20s, one in her late 30s and one in her 40s. Rehearsals begin Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. Bring a head-shot or current photo along with your calendars. Show dates are March 20-22 and 27-29. Infor-mation: Kristen Cash, director, at 952-221-5651 or the arts center at 952-985-4640. Rosemount Front Porch Players will hold auditions for their winter melodrama from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27, at the Rosemount Community Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail. Look for signs in the lobby. The cast for this dental melodrama includes four females and two males. Re-hearsals will take place based on actors’ availability. Expect four rehearsals from Jan. 29 through opening on Feb. 20. Bring any schedule conflicts to the audition. Information: Keith Reed, 651-261-1954.

Books Meet the Author: John Sheehan, 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rose-mount. Sheehan, a Farmington resident, discusses his novel “The Fifth Seed.” Books will be available to purchase and sign. Information: 651-480-1200. Children’s author Wendy Muhlhauser, who writes as Sis-syMarySue, will sign copies of her book, “Jelly Beans the Chee-tah and Hope,” from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Eagan Barnes and Noble, 1291 Promenade Place. She will read her book at an 11 a.m. storytime. Information: 651-683-1955. SouthSide Writers, Saturday workgroup for aspiring writers, offering critique, submission and manuscript preparation informa-tion, support and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. In-formation: 651-688-0365.

Events Star Wars Extravaganza, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, Rose-mount Community Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Meet the Star Wars characters from the 501st Legion, build Lego star-ships, compete in video games, battle with “light sabers,” make a droid to take home and more. Free. Information: www.rose-mountarts.com/Star-Wars-2014.html.

Exhibits An art exhibit by students

John Sheehan featured at Jan.

20 ‘Meet the Author’ event

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Minnesota readers will recognize many of the set-tings in John Sheehan’s debut novel “The Fifth Seed.” Published in 2013, the mystery-suspense novel opens with a young woman with clairvoyant abilities fleeing an ominous treat-ment center in Minnesota’s North Woods, and leading her would-be captors on a chase that stretches from the urban confines of Min-neapolis all the way to ru-ral France. Writing the book was a labor of love for Sheehan, a Farmington resident who works in advertising with Olson Advertising Agency in Minneapolis. Though it’s his first published book, he’s been scratching out stories in his spare time for decades, having caught the writing bug around age 12. “A classmate of mine was writing stories and I thought, I want to do that,” he said. “I started and nev-er really stopped.” Sheehan, who’s set to speak at 6:30 p.m. Tues-day, Jan. 20, at the Robert Trail Library as part of the Rosemount Area Arts Council’s ongoing “Meet the Author” series, talked

with this newspaper recent-ly about his writing habits, literary influences and cur-rent projects. Q: What is your writing strategy? Do you have any writing rituals? A: I generally write at night, after my kids are in bed and the house is quiet. Occasionally I’ll pour my-self a Manhattan, which is my dad’s favorite drink, and has become mine. Then I’ll curl up with my laptop and dig in. Q: Describe your writ-ing room. A: My room is wherever I am. Wherever I can find quiet. But generally I write sitting in my leather reclin-

er in our living room. Q: What’s on your writ-ing desk? A: I don’t use my desk as much as I used to, now that I have a laptop. But my favorite item above my writing desk is a photo of the 17th hole at the Leg-ends Golf Course, where I got my one and only hole in one. Q: How do you get past writer’s block? A: I have to write through it. Even if it’s not my best work, I just start writing. I remind myself that first drafts don’t need to be perfect. There’s al-ways time to edit. But generally, once I get into a

flow, good things happen. Q: Which authors have inspired you? A: Ken Follett is a fa-vorite of mine. He has a wonderful ability to inter-twine history with fiction. I have a collection of all of his hardcover editions. Other authors include David Baldacci, Nelson DeMille, Michael Crich-ton, James Rollins and Vince Flynn. Q: What suspense novels, other than your own, do you recom-mend to readers inter-ested in the genre? A: Really anything by the authors I listed above. Their work is fast paced, well re-searched and riveting. A few titles I haven’t mentioned might be Follett’s “Hornet Flight,” Baldacci’s “Saving Faith,” or De-Mille’s “Plum Island.” Q: What was the last truly great book you read? A: Truly great is quite a high standard. Indi-vidual titles that impacted me would include Victor Hugo’s “Les Miserables,” Ken Follett’s “Eye of The Needle,” Michael Crich-ton’s “Jurassic Park,” and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Pot-ter Series. I like variety. Q: What are you work-ing on now? Any book projects in the works? A: I have a sequel in the works for “The Fifth Seed,” which some of my friends and fans have requested. I also have another unre-

Suspense in the North Woods

John Sheehan

lated novel started that I think has some interesting potential.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

from St. Joseph’s School is on display at the Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rose-mount. Art Fete, an exhibit by the Burnsville Visual Arts Society, is on display through Feb. 8 in the art gallery at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Informa-tion: 952-895-4685.

Music The Eagan Women of Note choir is accepting new members during January rehearsals. Prac-tices are Monday evenings in Apple Valley. Information: http://www.eaganwomenofnote.org/joinus.htm. New Sound Underground, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, Val-leywood Golf Course, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Valley. Part of the Frozen Apple winter concert series. Free. Information: www.avartsfoundation.org. 1964: The Tribute, a Beatles tribute, 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $30-$50 at the box office, Ticketmaster.com or 800-982-2787. The Musical Offering - Lakeville Coffee Concert Se-ries, 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25,

Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $15 adults, $12 students and se-niors. Information: 952-985-4640. Marilyn Manson’s The Hell Not Hallelujah Tour, 8 p.m. Fri-day, Feb. 6, Mystic Showroom, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Tickets: $49 and $57. Contact the box of-fice at 952-445-9000 or visit mys-ticlake.com for more details.

Theater The Magic of Jay Owen-house, 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $33-$73 at the box office, Ticket-master.com or 800-982-2787.

Workshops/classes/other International Festival of Burnsville Planning Commit-tee: Get involved with the July 2015 festival; choose from en-tertainment, marketing, publicity, sponsorships, and general event planning. Visit www.intlfestburns-ville.org or contact [email protected]. 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. Dan Petrov Art Studio, Burnsville, offers oil painting classes with continuous enroll-ment in fall/winter semester for beginners, intermediate and ad-vanced oil painting students. In-formation: Dan Petrov, www.dan-petrovart.com, 763-843-2734. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, Riv-er Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetier-ney.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. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota.

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