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Football plan opposedA new scheduling plan for high school football was opposed by one of the area’s represenative to the league.

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Eagan mall names more new storesReebok and Old Navy are among the newly announced tenants for the Paragon outlet mall under construction in Eagan.

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OPINION

THISWEEKEND

Thoughtful considerationLawmakers should exercise caution in determining how to use the state’s budget surplus.

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Country star in Apple ValleyBogart’s Place is playing host to country music artist Rockie Lynne as he releases his new album “Radio Road.”

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Minnesota Zoo associate veterinarian Rachel Thompson, second from left, performed a medical checkup on the zoo’s 14-foot python Jan. 28. (Photo by Rick Orndorf)

Vet provides creatures comfortBurnsville’s Thompson works at Minnesota Zoo

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Moose are graceful for their size. Wolverines are feisty. Rats? They aren’t rare, endangered or expensive to replace, said Dr. Ra-chel Thompson, an associate vet-erinarian at the Minnesota Zoo in

Apple Valley. Thompson’s favorite animals in-clude moose and wolverines, but she won’t play favorites with any of the zoo’s more than 4,000 residents. The Burnsville resident spent a recent morning operating on a rat who is part of a rat crew that pro-vides “comic relief” by scampering across the stage during the zoo’s bird show. Thompson spayed the female pa-tient and removed her ovaries and

uterus to stop blood loss through her reproductive tracts. “She’s just as important as any other animals,” said Thompson, who considers all zoo animals am-bassadors for their species and the zoo’s mission. Thompson, 34, came to the zoo six years ago. She moved to Burns-ville in August 2012 with husband Aaron, dog Riley and cat Elsie.

Murderalleged in boy’s deathIndictment points

to pattern of abuse



The suspect in a 4-year-old boy’s homicide at his Burnsville home last June was indicted on eight mur-der counts Jan. 17 by the Dakota County grand jury. William Alphonso Warr, 26, was indict-ed on four counts of first-degree murder and four counts of second-degree murder in the June 11 death of Key’ontay Miller Peterson. Warr, of Hopkins, is in state prison after pleading guilty last summer to five lesser criminal charges in the incident, including vi-olating a protection order. Key’ontay died of com-plications from blunt-force injuries to his abdomen and chest, the Hennepin County medical examiner

William Warr

Art in motion

There was a dazzling swirl of colors on display at Apple Valley’s Galaxie Library on Saturday, Jan. 25, during the performance by the Twin Cities Chinese Dance Center. The event marking the Chinese New Year (which this year falls on Jan. 31) was part of the Dakota County library system’s ongoing Minnesota Mosaic Cultural Arts series. For more photos of the Chinese dancers, turn to 19A. (Photo by Andrew Miller)

City of Burnsville eyes rules for memorials in parks



Burnsville is drafting new rules for the purchase and placement of memori-als in the city park system. The rules are needed to accommodate a slight up-tick in memorial requests and to clarify the type and location of memorials that are allowed, according to Terry Schultz, director of parks, recreation and nat-ural resources. Schultz said he got “four or five” memorial requests last year, com-pared with smaller num-bers in previous years. The requests vary widely in terms of type and size of memorials. A proposed policy will

go to the City Council for action on Feb. 11. The policy reaffirms the non-profit Burnsville Commu-nity Foundation’s role in placing memorial benches in city parks and memorial pavers in Nicollet Com-mons Park. Memorial benches, with a plaque bearing the loved one’s name, cost $2,500, whether the bench is newly installed or the plaque is affixed to an ex-isting bench, according to Ed Delmoro, a foundation board member. Through a foundation agreement with the city, the city pours the concrete slab and in-stalls the foundation-pro-vided bench. The display

Met Council points to racial,

economic inequities in regionState of

the Region champions

Thrive 2040 plan by Lisa Kaczke

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The Twin Cities region is becoming more diverse and equity is needed if the metro is to remain pros-perous in the future, ac-cording to Metropolitan Council Chairwoman Su-san Haigh. The Met Council will “open a new chapter” in 2014, she said Jan. 27 dur-ing the Met Council’s an-nual State of the Region speech at Macalester Col-lege in St. Paul. The coun-

cil has thought regionally for 46 years, but this year will add “act equitably” to its mission, she said. It’s part of the Met Council’s new 30-year plan for the seven-county metro called Thrive 2040. The plan will be available for public comment later this month, and more in-formation can be found at thrivemsp.org. The goal is to tailor the Met Council’s approaches to different areas of the re-gion, some of which have historical inequity, she said. Although the region of-fers opportunities, it also has some negative aspects. The Twin Cities tops the list of the 25 largest U.S.

metro areas in terms of race-based income dispar-ities – worse than Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Seattle and Dallas, Haigh said, adding that she’s “pretty embarrassed” by that list-ing. Six percent of Cauca-sians live in poverty in the Twin Cities region and 25 percent of people of color live in poverty in the re-gion, she said. Three percent of the re-gion’s population lived in neighborhoods identified as Racially Concentrated Areas of Poverty in 1990, a number that had grown to 9 percent by 2010, she said.

See REGION, 15A

See MEMORIALS, 15A

See VET, 10A See CHARGES, 15A

Grant will help Eaganfill firefighter ranks

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


The Eagan Fire De-partment plans to fill five new full-time positions this year to help close the gap in its volunteer force. A federal grant of near-ly $900,000 will fund the salaries and benefits of four full-time firefighters and one captain for two years. The City Council agreed Jan. 21 to accept the $871,000 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emer-gency Response grant for the positions. SAFER is a federal pro-gram that provides fund-ing to fire departments and volunteer firefighting

organizations to help them increase or maintain the number of trained emer-gency responders. The additional fire-fighters will help the Eagan department meet National Fire Protection Associa-tion standards, Fire Chief Mike Scott said. The department cur-rently meets these stan-dards but has struggled for years to find volunteer firefighters for weekday shifts, which are typically the busiest time for calls. More than half of the department’s calls come during weekdays, when only 20 percent of volun-teers are available.

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DFLer emerges to challenge Rep. Myhra in 56A by John Gessner


Dan Kimmel, a de-voted runner who fre-quently circles Burns-ville’s Sunset Pond when training for marathons, is now running for office. The 63-year-old Democrat hopes to un-seat Republican state Rep. Pam Myhra in No-vember. Both are from Burnsville. Kimmel, 63, is seek-ing the DFL nomination to run against Myhra in House District 56A, which includes four northwest Burnsville precincts and all of Sav-age. Kimmel said he’s been embraced by Senate District 56 DFL activ-

ists and doesn’t know of anyone else seeking the nomination, which will be decided at the dis-trict’s March 15 conven-tion. “I’m really tickled and head over heels in awe

that all these people are wanting me to do this,” Kimmel said. A 17-year Burnsville resident, Kimmel walks to and from his job in software development at RJS Software Sys-tems in Burnsville. He’s run 62 marathons, and hopes his neighborhood familiarity will boost his chances against a two-term incumbent. “They all know me as the ‘Good Morning’ run-ner,” Kimmel said. He served on the Lockport Township High School Board of Education from 1989 to 1997 while living in Lockport, Ill. In 2002 Kimmel ran as the Green Party candidate in the old House District 40A.

He garnered about 450 votes as Republican Dan McElroy of Burnsville was re-elected, according to Kimmel. “I got involved in Green Party politics when (Ralph) Nader ran (for president) in 2000,” said Kimmel, who has a master of science degree in computer science and has worked as a self-em-ployed computer consul-tant. “The Greens got too weird for me” so he switched to the DFL. Kimmel said he worked on the first winning cam-paign of DFL state Rep. Will Morgan of Burns-ville in 2006. Kimmel said he’s attended cau-cuses and his local DFL Senate district conven-

tions for a number of years. The economy, college affordability, strengthen-ing public schools and access to health care are top issues, said Kimmel, a grandfather of two whose three daughters graduated from Burns-ville High School. “We need manufac-turing, mining, forest-ry, agriculture and all those things, and that takes some planning — and some long-range planning — and maybe sometimes putting some money into it,” Kimmel said. Minnesota’s Republi-can legislators have been “shortsighted” in their approach to government, he said.

“I think the whole withhold-money, try-to-do-small-government, hurts our chances at that productive future,” he said. Kimmel said he worked on the cam-paign of Savage DFLer Dave Jensen, who lost to Myhra by four percent-age points in 2012. Myhra, a longtime Burnsville resident and Burnsville High School graduate, was first elected in 2010, unseat-ing Morgan in the old House District 40A. Af-ter redistricting, Morgan was elected in 2012 in the new District 56B.

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

Dan Kimmel

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An Eagan sportswear company will have a part in keeping NFL players warm during Sunday’s Super Bowl, according to recent reports. WSI Sports makes cold weather undergarments that contain a fiber that expands and warms up when it comes in contact with skin.

The company was founded 24 years ago by Joel Wiens and scored a deal with the San Fran-cisco 49ers for the team’s January playoff game at Lambeau Field in Wiscon-sin. The Seattle Seahawks decided to get what their rivals had for the big game when they learned temper-

atures in East Rutherford, N.J., are expected to be in the 30s. WSI is also providing thermal undergarments for the U.S. ski jump team at the Olympics.

— Jessica Harper

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Just nine days after he was recognized with the Lifesaver Award for help-ing to save the life of an Apple Valley man having a heart attack, an Allina paramedic found himself in a grave medical battle of his own. Thirty-year-old Brian Nagel was one of two emergency medical work-ers seriously injured Jan. 18 when his ambulance was involved in a head-on collision with an SUV in Wright County, according to a Star Tribune report. Nagel was hospitalized in intensive care following the crash and initially was breathing with the assis-tance of a ventilator, the report said. A Caring Bridge page kept by Nagel’s family notes that he sustained se-vere head trauma as well skull and facial fractures. “He is in an induced coma but when the nurses turn down the pain medi-cation he does move and try and take the tubes out which shows that he

is fighting back,” Nagel’s sister, Amanda, wrote on Caring Bridge the day of the accident. “My parents and I were with him all day and told him that ev-eryone is pulling for him.” Since then, Nagel has made “great progress,” his sister reported. He’s walk-ing again – albeit slowly – has started speech therapy and physical therapy, and is verbally interacting with family members and hos-pital staff. Nagel, of Greenwood, Minn., was one of 10 people recognized with the Lifesaver Award at the Jan. 9 Apple Valley City Council meeting. He was among the emergen-cy workers credited with playing a role in saving the life of Apple Valley resi-dent Marty Burley, who suffered a heart attack on Oct. 10, 2013. Nagel and fellow Al-lina paramedic Andrew Rinerson took over life-saving procedures from Apple Valley firefighters upon arriving at the Apple Valley home that October day. Burley, who had lost consciousness, eventually

regained a pulse and was transported to the hospi-tal. Burley recovered from the heart attack well enough to return to work in November, though he continues to do cardiac re-hab three times a week. The road to recovery for Nagel, however, could be considerably more diffi-cult. Surgery to treat skull and facial fractures – and to remove blood from his brain and repair any tears in the brain membrane – was scheduled for Wednes-day morning. “There are some high risks with this surgery but the doctors are pretty con-fident that there will be no complications,” Amanda Nagel reported Jan. 28. “He will have to go back to the ICU after the sur-gery to make sure he is sta-ble and back on the road to recovery.” Nagel’s family is pro-viding updates on his con-dition at Caring Bridge; go to www.caringbridge.org and search “Brian Nagel.”

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Eagan outlet mall names more tenants by Jessica Harper


Paragon Outlet Part-ners, a Baltimore-based real estate develop-ment firm, announced more tenants for its 409,000-square-foot out-let center currently under construction in Eagan. The list released Jan. 23 includes Reebok, Old Navy, True Religion, Lucy, Talbots, Gymboree and Movado. With the latest group of tenants, the outlet cen-ter is 90 percent commit-ted. The latest tenants are in addition to the list an-nounced last summer: Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH, Coach Factory Store, Michael Kors, Cole Haan, Banana Republic Factory Store, Gap Fac-

tory Store, J. Crew, Polo Ralph Lauren Factory

Store, Adidas and Nike Factory Store, among oth-

ers. The outlet center, which

will serve the Minneapo-lis-St. Paul area, is the first major new development project within the Cedar Grove Redevelopment District. “Leasing has pro-gressed at a rapid and re-warding pace,” Paragon Outlet Partners Principal Nicholas King said in a news release. “As the Twin Cities region’s newest out-let shopping center con-tinues to take shape, we are delighted to welcome our newest tenants to our growing merchant com-munity.” Construction of the outlet mall began in June 2013 and is expected to bring approximately 400 construction jobs. Para-gon representatives expect the mall will bring up to 2,000 retail jobs to the area when it celebrates its

grand opening this sum-mer. The mall’s construction has spurred development in the Cedar Grove Rede-velopment District includ-ing a hotel, and a housing and retail complex. Morrissey Hospital-ity Co., which manages the St. Paul Hotel, plans to build a 123-room hotel next to the outlet mall. Apple Valley developer Stonebridge Communities plans to build a four-story mixed-use building near-by. The proposed project includes 180 market-rate rental housing units com-bined with between 12,000 and 14,000 square feet of commercial space.

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

Paragon Outlet Partners released a list on Jan. 23 of more tenants for its 409,000-square-foot outlet center currently under construction in Eagan. (Photo submitted)

District 194 unveils new boundary proposalFeb. 3 public meeting set for input

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


Lakeville Area School District boundaries are set to change under a propos-al released this week. Adjustments are pro-posed to change boundar-ies for several elementary and middle schools; no changes are recommended for either high school. The proposal recom-mends moving students who live north of 175th

Street from Eastview to Christina Huddleston El-ementary to even out en-rollment and address ca-pacity concerns. It also recommends students in new develop-ments at 188th Street West and Kenwood Trail and in the immediate vicinity of Lake Marion Elementary attend that school. Middle school atten-dance areas are recom-mended to be adjusted to address capacity concerns at Century Middle School and accommodate new de-velopment. The proposal recom-mends students now at-

tending Oak Hills Ele-mentary and new students now assigned to Chris-tina Huddleston and Lake Marion all feed into Ken-wood Trail Middle School. The district will con-duct a presentation then hold question-and-answer session about the bound-ary changes during a 6:30 p.m. public meeting Feb. 3 at Kenwood Trail Middle School. Comments and ques-tions are also being ac-cepted on the district’s website, www.isd194.k12.mn.us. District spokesperson Linda Swanson said to

minimize disruptions for students currently enrolled at Eastview and Christina Huddleston elementaries, students may apply for “open enrollment with pri-ority” to be allowed to re-main there through grade 5. Students at Century Middle School could also apply to remain at CMS through eighth grade. Swanson said prior-ity will be given to high-er-grade students, and because it is an open en-rollment option, transpor-tation would not be pro-vided by the district. She said the proposed

boundary plan has been changed about 20 times and included input from groups that include Par-ent Teacher Organization members and principals. The School Board is expected to review the proposal at its Feb. 11 meeting then vote on the proposal on Feb. 25. Committee members, which included principals, district officials and deans, started meeting in Sep-tember and spent months reviewing options, drafts and scenarios and review-ing enrolments and pro-jected growth. The study found East-

view and Cherry View el-ementary schools are close to capacity and their at-tendance areas included the majority of the pro-jected growth in the exist-ing school boundary ar-eas. Projections showed Eastview could exceed capacity by 2016, and boundary lines as they now exist would have placed most of the new growth and development within Century Middle School’s attendance area.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Lifesaver Award recipient now in medical fight of his own

Paramedic Brian Nagel seriously injured in head-on collision

Paramedic Brian Nagel, right, receives thanks from Marty Burley at the Jan. 9 Apple Valley City Council meeting; Nagel was one of 10 people recognized with the Lifesaver Award for helping to save the life of Burley after he had a heart attack. Nagel is now on his own road to recovery after he was seriously injured Jan. 18 when his ambulance was involved in a head-on collision. (Photo by Andrew Miller)

Eagan company to outfit players at Super Bowl


No new trails are necessary To the editor: In 2001 a Lebanon Hills Regional Park Mas-ter Plan was created with input by a stakeholders task force consisting of 13 park users and 13 rep-resentatives from affected surrounding municipali-ties. Development in the park is now being pro-posed with a new Master Plan backed by a major-ity of the Dakota County commissioners including the new chairwoman Liz Workman and vice chair-man Tom Egan. The 2001 plan desig-nated much of the park’s eastern section as the “preserve zone” with “de-velopment zones” located other areas. An asphalt connector trail is being proposed to traverse the park through the heart of this preserve zone under a new Master Plan. Many other new “soft trails” and features are being planned in the new proposal. The trouble is the “13 park users and 13 representa-tives,” or someone like them, have not been asked whether or not these new development schemes are wanted or necessary.

At the open houses in December and Janu-ary, I was amazed at the clever presentation of the various proposals. With regard to the paved con-nector trails: the posters and discussions that were offered centered on which of the paved trails I might like, rather than asking the question: “Is a connector trail needed in Lebanon Hills Regional Park?” No new trails are neces-sary. Further trail develop-ment will further segment

the park, inherently di-minishing existing natural secluded areas. For Leba-non Hills, “progress” does not always mean more de-velopment. There is much need of natural habitat restoration, including the eradication of buckthorn. Real progress in this park would be to get the buck-thorn situation under con-trol. I’ve lost faith in the cur-rent manner in which the exchange of ideas is taking place. I do not believe the

Dakota County commis-sioners are really listening to the basic questions. I have lost confidence in the Dakota County com-missioners that support the new Master Plan. It appears that meaning-ful, authoritative, citizen involvement is again nec-essary in this discussion, to bring the scale more in balance with the theme of preservation prevalent in the 2001 Master Plan. DALE FORDEagan

Minimum wage increase would provide stabilityTo the editor: Back in the 1920s Henry Ford began pay-ing his employees enough for them to be able to buy the fruits of their labor, his early cars. Forty years later Congress raised the minimum wage enough to afford minimum wage workers enough to raise a family. Today there is debate about just that question. Proponents of an increase say the mini-mum of the 1960s would run over $30 per hour to-day, after accounting for

inflation. Opponents say that would merely reduce the availability of jobs in the market place. Some economists challenge that otherwise widely-accept-ed idea, saying the raise would immediately be re-flected in pent-up demand in the markets for goods and services that would re-quire more jobs. If we are to be a hu-mane society, we must value the stability of fami-lies on a level that affords them a way to survive and care for children. This value is itself carried into the next generation. Chil-dren themselves must be equipped to care for their families through a decent education. An inhumane society would not care about the number of low-wage jobs it takes to put food onto the table. This debate must be resolved for the good of low-wage earners if our society is to retain a humane character. If we aim to preserve val-ues which care for vulner-able people, which prepare people to do well, we must take steps to improve our economy by rewarding people who work. We must educate our young and give people the means to earn their way out of the poverty, which has grown faster and larger than in recent memory.

LARRY KOENCKEagan

Obermueller’s tax policies favor middle-incomeTo the editor: Have you felt like the price of everything has gone up, while your in-come has stagnated or fallen? The Census Bureau reports those feelings have basis in fact. It says over the last decade, wages for middle- and lower-income taxpayers have actually declined, after inflation,

while those for upper-income folks have grown very nicely. In terms of public policy, this may mean better-off taxpayers may need fewer tax breaks than the rest of us. But in fact, they’ve gotten more of them until recently. Mike Obermueller, candidate for Congress in the 2nd District, thinks we need to end tax subsi-dies for big oil companies and ask millionaires to pay their fair share. Mil-lionaires tend to reply, “We actually pay most of the taxes. It’s for national security. If oil companies aren’t given every possible tax advantage, they might not supply us with enough gasoline.” Yet the most recent years have been off-the-charts for oil profits, increasing each year, and the Warren Buffett rule says rich folks should pay as high a percentage of their income as the rest of us, although they don’t just now. Obermueller’s got a point. Maybe it’s time to reduce the sweet tax breaks for the wealthy, and boost them for the rest of us. Economists say it could boost our economy’s demand, and small-business bottom-lines, and employment as well. While this may not coincide with the wishes of the already-wealthy, it may follow the advice of Pope Francis. He recently wrote that if we don’t at-tack the structural causes of income “inequality, no solution will be found for the world’s problems.” The pope agrees with 2013 No-bel-prize-winning Ameri-can economist, Robert Shiller, who believes our skewed income structure is “the most important prob-lem that we are facing now today.” Mike Obermueller has substantial backing for his desire to change our tax policies.

NANCY HALLBurnsville

Letters

Policymakers should be cautious with budget surplus

Seeking common ground may help improve schools

The governor, legislators and Min-nesota citizens all received good news in December. Minnesota Management and Budget, formerly known as the state Finance Department, in its most recent economic forecast projected an improve-ment in the state’s economic position of more than $1 billion for the current two-year budget cycle. When the Legislature comes back into session late in February, this uptick in available revenue will generate a lot of at-tention from policymakers across the en-tire political spectrum. This will include those eager to increase spending, those eager to reduce taxes and many wanting to do both. Inasmuch as 2014 is an elec-tion year for the governor and all mem-bers of the House of Representatives, we can expect considerable political dimen-sions to the public policy deliberations surrounding budget matters. We urge policymakers to be cautious in approaching their fiscal responsibili-

ties during the 2014 legislative session. In fact, we believe most, if not all, of this surplus should be added to the currently inadequate budget reserve. Past budget experiences should have taught everyone valuable lessons about state fiscal matters. Surpluses can evapo-rate quickly with economic downturns, and today’s actions can exacerbate to-morrow’s fiscal challenges. Remember the “Jesse Checks” employed to distrib-ute the surplus of the late 1990s? By 2002, newly elected Gov. Tim Pawlenty was confronted by a record $4 billion deficit. The “forecast balance” of $1.086 bil-lion projected this past December was immediately reduced by $261 million by operation of current law, almost all of which was to pay back state borrow-ings from school districts. This leaves a

“budgetary balance” of $825 million for consideration during the upcoming legis-lative session. It is important to note that the $825 million is not money on hand, but rather a balance projected to be on hand on June 30, 2015, 19 months from the time of the projection. While $825 million is a substantial sum, Minnesota’s two-year general fund operating budget is $39 billion. The pro-jected $825 million budgetary balance amounts to a variance of slightly more than 2 percent. This relatively small vari-ance could easily evaporate over the next 17 months. We would hope that Gov. Mark Day-ton and legislators read the statement of Minnesota’s Council of Economic Advi-sors included within the official Budget and Economic Forecast released in De-cember. The council observed that the “budget reserve remains well below the level bond rating agencies expect from

AAA-rated credits.” The council further noted that “Moody’s ratings guidelines indicate that AAA-rated states should have statutory reserves of at least 10 per-cent of current revenue.” Minnesota’s current reserves amount to 5.2 percent, the council noted. We know that legislators will face significant pressures to increase spend-ing and reduce taxes with this remaining $825 million budget surplus. We urge, however, that they heed the cautionary advice of the Council of Economic Ad-visors. We would hope that policymak-ers take a longer-term perspective and restore better fiscal discipline in Minne-sota’s financial affairs by avoiding spend-ing increases and revenue reductions dur-ing the 2014 legislative session.

An opinion of the ECM Editorial Board. Sun Thisweek newspapers and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publish-ers Inc.

by Joe NathanSUN THISWEEK


Can the Minnesota Business Part-nership, which focuses on making the best possible use of existing funds, and Parents United, which urges that more money be spent on Minnesota’s pub-lic schools, find things they agree on? Can the African American Leadership Forum, which represents more than a thousand Minnesotans, many deeply concerned about public schools, agree with what the Minnesota Association of School Administrators is suggesting? An intriguing new effort is hoping the an-swer to these questions is “yes.” I give former Minneapolis Mayor Don Fraser and former St. Paul Council of Churches Executive Director Grant Abbott considerable credit. Over the next few weeks, they are convening a va-riety of groups for public conversations that will be taped and available for view-ing online at Minnesota Achievement Gap Committee website. Their goal is to improve Minnesota’s public schools, with a focus on reducing

the achievement gap. First, they want to find several things these groups agree on. Then they hope to work with the organi-zations to focus on agreements in ways that make a real, positive difference for Minnesota students. Fraser started the Achievement Gap Committee in 2007. He wanted to pro-vide a forum for people to share their research, concerns, strategies and success in reducing the achievement gap. Over the years, teacher union presidents, uni-versity professors, district and charter educators, and a wide range of others described what they were doing. Despite their efforts, Minnesota has one of the nation’s largest gaps in high school graduation rates among students of different races. Abbott and Fraser

wanted to do more. So late last year, they began inviting a variety of groups to make brief, 15-min-ute presentations on a panel – with people they sometimes agreed with and sometimes disagreed with. Full disclosure: They asked me to be part of a panel that included Mary Cec-coni, executive director of Parents United for Public Schools; Maureen Ramirez, pol-icy and research director with Growth and Justice; and Chris Stewart, executive direc-tor of the African American Leadership Forum. The meeting, the first of three, was Jan. 21. Some of the talking points were: • Cecconi presented graphs illustrat-ing her view that Minnesota should spend more money on K-12 education. She does not think more money is the to-tal answer, but she definitely thinks it is part of what’s needed. More information is available at the Parents United website. • Ramirez explained that Growth and Justice has prepared reports showing key areas of what it describes as “strategic investment,” such as more high-quality early childhood education programs. • Stewart described what his organiza-

tion believes are five key gaps, including the “preparation gap” and the “belief” gap. Read more about education gaps at headwatersfoundation.org/Closing_the_Five_Education_Gaps. • I pointed to research about the value of strong early childhood programs for students from low-income families and of students taking dual-credit courses, the progress Minnesota has made and the need to do more. Over the next month, the committee will convene two more meetings to hear from other groups and then seek points of agreement. Cynics quote retired football coach Lou Holtz: “When all is said and done, a lot more is said than done.” Give Fraser and Abbott credit for tak-ing on tough but important issues. They may not succeed. But they may.

Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions welcome, [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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Opinion

Consider health insurance law’s benefits, despite the criticism

by Don Heinzman SUN THISWEEK


MNsure is taking a beating. Republicans are licking their chops over making the roll out of MNsure a way to vote out Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton. James Noble, the state’s legislative auditor, can’t wait to dig into the num-bers to see if funds are be-ing used correctly. It’s time to remember that MNsure is only a part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare), which has been the law of the land since March 2010. To put this in perspec-tive, 84 percent of U.S. cit-izens already have health insurance and are comply-ing with the law. So what is the Afford-able Care Act, and why are we so concerned about it? It is aimed to provide health insurance for 30 million uninsured citizens. The Henry J. Kaiser Foun-dation estimates 462,000 Minnesotans are unin-sured. MNsure’s health ex-change is criticized be-cause of computer prob-lems with the rollout. Despite this, it’s estimated that 71,982 Minnesotans are in the process of en-rolling in qualified health plans, MinnesotaCare and Medical Assistance. Since Minnesota has decided to expand Med-icaid, it’s estimated that 67 percent of uninsured nonelderly people are eli-gible for coverage through Medicaid or the market places.

Meanwhile, the law al-ready has many benefits. You can keep your youngsters on your health insurance until they are 26 years old. Your health in-surance company no lon-ger can reject you or your children because you have a pre-existing condition. Your health insurance company no longer can cap your benefits. Seniors should know that under this law, the do-nut hole is shrinking. Be-fore the Affordable Care Act, seniors paid 25 per-cent of the Medicare costs, with Medicare paying 75 percent up to $2,800. Then, seniors had to pay 100 percent of health care expenses up to $6,400 and 5 percent after that, with Medicare paying 95 per-cent. Under the new law, se-niors got a $250 rebate in 2010 and a 50 percent drug company discount in 2011 and 2013. By 2020, seniors will pay 25 percent of their Medicare costs. Under this law, more people are eligible for health care paid by Medic-aid. Medicaid is made up of 57 percent federal and state funds to help poor people pay their medi-cal bills and live healthier lives. Much of it goes to care for the elderly. Through Jan. 4, a total of 28,401 additional Min-

nesotans who meet the less restrictive guidelines, at 133 percent of the poverty level, had signed up for Medicaid. Now, what about that health exchange? Under the law, people have to be enrolled by March 31 or face a penalty of $95 for an individual or 1 percent of total income, whichever is greater. And that’s only for the first year; the penalty fee will increase in subsequent years. People can sign up for private insurance, Medic-aid and MinnesotaCare. So far 38 percent have signed up for private in-surance. If you qualify, the fed-eral government will help pay your costs of buying health insurance through tax credits. With all of the benefits already under the law, why is there so much criticism? Not surprisingly, the nature of the media and the Republican Party is to concentrate on the flaws. Those who are benefit-ing aren’t talking because their health insurance needs are being met. Stay tuned. Don Heinzman is a colum-nist for ECM Publishers and a member of the ECM Editorial Board. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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EducationDistrict 196 converts staff days to add two student days to calendar District 196 has added two days of student instruction to the 2013-14 calendar to make up for some of the instructional time that has been lost due to the cold-weather cancellations this month. The calendar revisions were approved by the School Board at a special meeting Jan. 27. Under the revised calendar, all students will have school on Thursday, Feb. 13. That date had been scheduled as a day off for elementary and middle school students, for parent-teacher con-ferences. The first added day of school for high school students will be Friday, Feb. 14. That date had been scheduled as a day off for all students, but only elementary and middle school students will have Feb. 14 off under the revised calendar. The revised schedule for elementary and middle school conferences will be Feb. 12 and 13, from 4 to 8 p.m. both nights, and Feb. 14 from 8 a.m. to noon. The second added day of school for all students will be on Friday, March 14. That date had been scheduled as a staff devel-opment day for all levels, but will now be a day of school for all students. “We believe adding these two days for students is important given the unusual amount of instructional time that has been lost due to the weather cancella-tions,” said Superintendent Jane Berenz. “Having these addition-al days earlier in the calendar will provide for a better teaching and learning environment than adding them to the end of the school year.” District 196 and most other districts in the metro area have canceled school four times this month – Jan. 7, 23, 27 and 28 – due to the extreme cold temper-atures and wind-chill warnings. Gov. Mark Dayton canceled school statewide on Jan. 6 due to the cold.

Businesses invited to share their STEM career with students Area businesses and indi-viduals are invited to share their expertise with students at the District 196 STEM Career Fair from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at Eagan High School. Businesses and individuals who work in the fields of sci-

ence, technology, engineering and math are encouraged to set up a display and talk informally to students about career options with a STEM-focused curricu-lum. The program is hosted by Eagan High School. Students from the District 196 schools and many surround-ing area schools will gather for two hours seeking information from professionals about career preparation and opportunities in STEM-related fields. There is no cost to business owners and individuals to participate. Interested businesses and individuals seeking more in-formation or to register by Feb. 1 can go to http://tinyurl.com/2014STEM.

Eagan student scores perfect ACT score Anna Kalkman, of Eagan, recently earned a score of 36 on her ACT exam, which is the highest score attainable on the college readiness exam. Fewer than 0.05 percent of students who complete the ACT achieve the top score. Kalkman was a student at Faithful Shepherd Catholic School in Eagan and is currently a junior at Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul. She is involved in soccer, choir, student council, theater and a number of service organi-zations within the community.

Eagan Lego League team helps Red Cross An Eagan First Lego League team called Wild Girls worked to expand the National Red Cross mobile Wildfire app. With the expansion, the Wildfire app now includes links to transpor-tation sites like 511. The girls contacted all 50 states to deter-mine the mobile optimized sites the Red Cross could use. The Wild Girls is a team of third- and fifth-grade girls: April Arend, Clare Dixon, Nora Dixon, Makayla Palmer, Jessie Post, Meg Sebastian and Cece Wallace. The team qualified at a regional FLL tournament and will compete in the FLL State Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 8, in St. Paul. The Red Cross is consider-ing making these additions to its other Natural Disaster apps. In a letter thanking the team, Matt Goldfeder, senior director of the Red Cross Mobile Team, wrote, “This obviously provides our users with yet another tool

to help assist them should they need to evacuate in the unfortu-nate circumstance of a wildfire or any other disaster or emer-gency occurring near them.” This is the second year the Wild Girls have competed in FLL. The team is sponsored by Thomson Reuters. The FLL theme this year is “Nature’s Fury,” focusing on natural di-sasters. Teams are asked to de-velop an innovative solution to a real-world problem. The girls had the idea of expanding the Wildfire app. The girls encour-age anyone who might encoun-ter a wildfire to download the app to their mobile device today.

Burnsville Women to Today scholarship Burnsville Women of To-day will award a $500 Service Scholarship to a graduating se-nior from Burnsville, Lakeville North, Lakeville South, Apple Valley or Eagan high schools. The scholarship award can be used for any post-secondary training or education at an ac-credited institution. A committee will award the scholarship based upon a com-pleted application and an essay from the 2013-14 graduating se-nior explaining their community service activities and how it has improved their life and the lives of those in their community. Application forms can be obtained at www.burnsville-womenoftoday.com or any of the participating high schools. Applications should be sent to Burnsville Women of To-day, Attn: Service Scholarship, P.O. Box 3115, Burnsville, MN 55306. The deadline is March 31.

Area students nominated to service academies U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, honored over two dozen students Tuesday at a ceremony in his Burnsville of-fice to recognize his nominees to the U.S. Service Academies. Apple Valley nominees: • Erik Lecy, a senior at East-view High School, nominated to the U.S. Air Force Academy and West Point. Lecy plays hockey, and is an Eagle Scout and member of the National Honor Society. His parents are Mark and Melissa Lecy. • Andrew Mikulski, a senior at Eastview High School, nom-inated to the U.S. Air Force Academy and West Point.

Mikulski plays football and baseball, and is an Eagle Scout and member of the National Honor Society. His parents are Michael and Jeanne Mikulski. • Noah Pehrson, currently attending Greystone Prepara-tory School, nominated to the U.S. Naval Academy, West Point, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Pehrson plays soccer and competes in wrestling, and is an Eagle Scout. His parents are Mark and Tami Pehrson. • Michael Terry, a senior at Eastview High School, nomi-nated to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Terry plays football and is an Eagle Scout. His parents are Kurt and Ruby Terry. Eagan nominees: • Christian Lasswell, a se-nior at Saint Thomas Academy, nominated to the U.S. Naval Academy. Lasswell competes in wrestling and plays baseball, and is a cadet in the Junior Re-serve Officer Training Corps. His parents are Christopher and Jennifer Lasswell. • Jacob Orner, a senior at Holy Angels, nominated to the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, U.S Mer-chant Marine Academy. Orner plays football, baseball and basketball, and is the president of his class and member of the National Honor Society. His parents are John and Kathleen Orner. • Katelin Sullivan, a senior at Visitation, nominated to the U.S. Naval Academy. Sullivan competes in cross country and is a Girl Scout. Her parents are William and Arleen Sullivan. Rosemount nominees: • Ryan Condon, a senior at Rosemount High School, nom-inated to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and West Point. Condon competes in track and field, and is an Eagle Scout, life guard, and member of the National Honor Society. His mother is Sheila Condon. • Grant Jackson, a senior at Rosemount High School, nominated to West Point. Jack-son competes in wrestling and plays football, and is a member of the National Honor Society and student council. His par-ents are Joel and Nikki Jack-son. Students interested in ap-plying for a nomination for the class entering the academies in 2015 can receive more informa-tion on the “Student Corner” page at http://kline.house.gov or by calling Kline’s Burnsville office at 952-808-1213.

College news The College of St. Scholasti-ca, Duluth, fall dean’s list, from Eagan – Andrew Hiltner, Adam Wallenta. Ridgewater College, Willmar, fall dean’s list, Benjamin Kerr of Burnsville. Northwestern College, Or-ange City, Iowa, fall dean’s list, from Eagan – Sarah Kalten-bach, Grace Ristow. University of Portland, Portland, Ore., fall dean’s list, Therese Fossen of Burnsville. William Jewell College, Lib-erty, Mo., fall dean’s list, Cam-eron VanDyke of Eagan. Dunwoody College of Tech-nology, Minneapolis, fall dean’s list, from Eagan – Brian Dehn, Nicholas Ernst, Brett Fredrichs, Matthew Gustavson, Khan-chanh Phetprachanh, Evan Pro-kop. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, fall dean’s list, from Burns-ville – Dawson Barriuso, Taylor Barriuso, Laura Brown, Jes-sica Craig, Stefan Decker, Me-gan Heimerman, Jane Kalmes, Kelsie Nash, Joshua Peterson, Sydney Schalk, Alex Schams, Benjamin Shimota, Tasia Wid-ner; from Eagan – Melanie Anderson, John Bebel, Mitch-ell Borman, Courtney Burrell, Francesca Butler, Tyler Cobb, Kathleen Donnegan, Rachel Dubbink, Matthew Elert, Erin Foley, Samuel Gaylord, Rachel Graff, Alanna Hennen, Lindsey Hildebrand, Sarah Horak, Lau-ren Johnsen, Elizabeth John-son, Garret Johnson, Rachel Johnson, Steven Kellogg, Sarah Kelly, Matthew Ladd, Maggie Larson, Andrew Lockhart, An-thony Lutovsky, Nicholas Mon-telibano, Andrew Moon, David Murray, Gabriel Lloyd Murray, Sydnee Olsen, Elizabeth Petran, Megan Phelps, Haylee Rascher, Kyle Schlichting, Brandon Schnier, Tyler Smith, Benjamin Trebesch, Madeleine Tritschler, Anna Underhill, Katherine Whisler, Krista Wylie, Andrew Zellar, Jill Zibrowski. Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Okla., fall pres-ident’s honor roll, Victoria Gusa of Eagan. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N.D., fall dean’s list, from Burnsville – Alexan-dra Bain, Richard Eknes, Ju-lianne Kambeitz, Evan Mar-ian, Thomas Pigeon, Cecelia Rudolph; from Eagan – Caleb Ayers, Carly Lash, Samantha Tako.

Bonding request includes local projects Zoo, technical

college work up for discussion

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


Funds for two state-owned sites in Dakota County were included in Gov. Mark Dayton’s bond-ing request that was re-leased this month. If approved, the Min-nesota Zoo would receive $12 million for renovations, repairs and a new exhibit, and Dakota County Tech-nical College would receive about $5 million to com-plete the Transportation and Emerging Technolo-gies project. It’s anyone’s guess if the funds will be approved in full as DFLers and Re-publicans will dissect the requests after the session begins Feb. 25. Sen. Greg Clausen, DFL-Apple Valley, said in all likelihood the $986 million in requests will be trimmed down. “At this time, it is dif-ficult to identify projects which may be eliminated or reduced,” he said. “It is my hope and goal that the Minnesota Zoo and Dakota County Technical College project allocations remain intact through the legislative process.” Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington, said he didn’t see the need for the state to borrow another billion dol-lars since the state has a $1 billion surplus. “If these projects are needed, then government

should pay cash for them as opposed to increasing the debt,” he said. Garofalo said taxes were raised by over $2 billion last session. “Minnesota govern-ment has plenty of money without having to borrow more to spend,” he said. Included in the Minne-sota Zoo’s request are Dis-covery Bay renovations, the opening of a new Hawaiian monk seals exhibit, repairs to the Upper and Lower Plaza, and additional es-sential repairs. Clausen said he met with Dayton and Minne-sota Zoo CEO Lee Ehmke on Dec. 17 to talk about the zoo’s request. He said the Senate Bonding Com-mittee will tour the zoo in February. “My hope is that the committee will support the governor’s recommenda-tion and allocate the full

$12 million,” he said. The technical college in Rosemount request in-cludes renovations to com-mon instructional spaces and multi-use classrooms for the heavy truck pro-gram, heavy construction equipment program, and new emerging technology programs. Clausen said the DCTC project is in line with the governor’s emphasis on workforce training and is a Minnesota State Colleges and Universities priority as well. He said a bonding proj-ect such as this is an “invest-ment in needed public in-frastructure improvements and asset preservation proj-ects, which will strengthen the Minnesota economy, provide better access to ser-vices and creates jobs.”

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

by Mike CookSESSION WEEKLY

Gov. Mark Dayton has whittled nearly $3 billion in requests into a capital investment, or bonding, proposal that totals just under one-third of that amount. His proposal includes $986 million in general-obligation bonding to-ward a $1.4 billion total investment. Local match requirements would make up the difference. “This proposal ad-dresses many of our state’s critical infra-structure needs, while strengthening our econ-omy and getting more people back to work,” Dayton said. He estimated the pro-posal would create more than 27,000 jobs. “If you don’t do these projects you don’t put people to work,” Dayton said, adding that high priority was given to projects that are “ready to go.” Of the governor’s pro-posal, 38 percent of fund-ing would be for projects in the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area, 34 percent in Greater Minnesota and 28 per-cent would go for state-wide programs. By investment area: 27 percent is for education, 24 percent for economic development, 15 percent for environment, 13 per-

cent for State Capitol renovation, 12 percent for corrections and hu-man services, 7 percent for transportation and transit and 1 percent for veterans and military af-fairs. The largest single in-vestment, $126.3 million, would be to complete the State Capitol renovation. Workers are currently in the process of upgrading the 109-year-old build-ing, including repairs to its façade and modern-ization of the mechani-cal, electrical, heating and plumbing systems. With the new money, res-toration should be com-plete by the end of 2016. Higher education systems would receive $233 million worth of improvements, includ-ing $40 million in asset preservation for both the University of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universi-ties system, $74 million for additional infrastruc-ture improvements at 17 MnSCU campuses, $56.7 million for the univer-sity’s Tate Laboratory of Physics building and $12 million in research labo-ratory space on the Twin Cities campuses. Among other aspects of Dayton’s proposal are: • $50 million for hous-ing infrastructure and re-habilitation;

• $17 million in transit investments; and • $12 million for eco-nomic development proj-ects and grant programs. “Governor Dayton’s robust bonding bill dem-onstrates strategic invest-ments in our state which will create thousands of jobs and support the continued growth of Minnesota’s economy,” Rep. Alice Hausman, DFL-St. Paul, said in a statement. She chairs the House Capital Invest-ment Committee. “This is an excellent start to the conversation and it’s extremely en-couraging the governor has included many proj-ects that have been in the queue for some time.” Rep. Matt Dean, R-Dellwood, the commit-tee’s lead Republican, wasn’t as enthusiastic. “Today’s wish list is another example of Gov. Dayton asking hardworking Minne-sotans to overpay for things they would never buy for their families or small businesses. … The governor shouldn’t send hardworking taxpayers a credit card bill for his out-of-touch spending,” Dean said in a statement.

This is an edited version of a Session Daily story. Session Daily is at www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hin-fo/sdaily.aspx.

Capitol renovations are biggest slice of bonding bill pie

Minnesota Zoo officials will be back at the State Capi-tol again this legislative session to lobby for approval of funds requested through the bonding bill. Sen. Carrie Ruud, R-Breezy Point, (above) looked at a slow loris dur-ing a 2013 capitol visit by the zoo’s Kevin Weir. (Sun Thisweek file photo)


New technologies clash with right to privacy

by Lee Ann SchutzSESSION DAILY

With little oversight and minimal regulation, cellphones and other elec-tronic devices have the ability to track and col-lect information to a de-gree that one legislator called the “Wild West.” Rep. Ryan Winkler, DFL-Golden Valley, raised his concerns dur-ing the Tuesday, Jan. 28, House Civil Law Com-mittee oversight hearing regarding law enforce-ment’s use of surveillance technologies and indi-viduals’ rights to privacy. Rep. John Lesch, DFL-St. Paul, the commit-tee chair, said he called the meeting in response to concerns over the last legislative session’s in-ability to respond to con-cerns over license plate reader data collection by the city of Minneapolis in 2012. He said public interest in data issues con-tinued with the National Security Agency disclo-sures by Edward Snowden on government surveil-lance of private citizens. “When government

uses technology with re-spect to citizens, though, we need to make sure that it follows certain parameters,” he said. No action was taken at the meeting; however, Lesch said he expects several committee hear-ings during the upcom-ing session on issues raised at the meeting. The state’s top law en-forcement personnel were invited to address three issues at the meeting: Use, collection and retention of cellphone records, li-cense plate readers and whether drones were be-ing used for surveillance. A national privacy ex-pert with the American Civil Liberties Union, Catherine Crump, said that courts have been slow to react to the privacy protections offered by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as it re-lates to technological ad-vances. Saying it may be up to legislatures to act, she challenged the committee to be forward thinking. Her comments drew response from one of the Legislature’s lead-ing data practices ad-

vocates, Rep. Mary Liz Holberg, R-Lakeville. “It is very obvious to me that Minnesota is way behind in imple-menting legislation regu-lating this,” she said. Public Safety Com-missioner Ramona Dohman came under in-tense questioning from Holberg about reported data breaches involv-ing state agency person-nel, including review of driver’s license informa-tion and how the depart-ment handles the issue as it relates to the state’s data practices act. Hol-berg questioned whether new protection procedures have been implemented as well as calling for more checks and balances. “The tools that we use in law enforcement are crit-ical to saving lives but we need to balance that with the privacy rights of Min-nesotans,” Dohman said.

Session Daily is at www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hin-fo/sdaily.aspx.


Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force given Organization of the Year Award The Minnesota Wom-en’s Consortium recog-nized the Minnesota Hu-man Trafficking Task Force on Jan. 23 with its Organization of the Year Award. The task force was recognized for its collabor-ative, comprehensive, mul-tidisciplinary prevention and intervention strategies to combat human traffick-ing in Minnesota. “This is a well-deserved award,” said Commis-sioner of Health Ed Eh-linger. “It is an important resource for those work-ing on human trafficking that is integrally involved in helping to implement

Minnesota’s Safe Harbor/No Wrong Door Model.” A key aspect of the safe harbor model is to serve and help sexually exploit-ed children and youth in-stead of treating them as criminal offenders. Additionally, the task force has been instrumen-tal in enacting strong leg-islation during the past few years to give law en-forcement and prosecu-tors clearer guidance and stronger tools for address-ing the problem of human trafficking. The Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force was legislatively man-

dated in 2006 and coordi-nated by the Department of Public Safety until the mandate sunset, in 2011. The Minnesota Depart-ment of Health assumed the coordination of the task force in 2011. Since then, the task force has expanded statewide mem-bership from 60 members to more than 350 mem-bers. The Minnesota Wom-en’s Consortium is the largest statewide network of women’s organizations in the country, with 132 nonprofit organizations and thousands of individ-uals.


City Council authorizes Lakeville School Road Task ForceRecommendations sought within 90

days by Laura Adelmann


Lakeville City Coun-cil members authorized a School Road Task Force be established to provide recommendations of pri-ority road projects near schools within 90 days. The task force will in-clude representatives from Lakeville, Dakota County, School Districts 194, 192 and 196, Lakeville police, and two residents who have enough expertise on road classifications and government processes to avoid a learning curve that could slow the group’s progress. City Administrator Steve Mielke said he would like the task force’s recom-mendations by May, be-fore the city and county meet to prioritize capital improvement projects and identify funding. He said the task force will likely first focus on setting the criteria to deter-mine which road projects take priority, adding that it will be challenging because “ultimately, they’re all im-portant.” Council Member Ker-rin Swecker questioned whether the task force would have enough time to produce recommendations for City Council members to base “good, solid deci-sions” upon. “I’m concerned about getting it done right in 90 days,” Swecker said. “If it can happen, God bless us, but I haven’t seen gov-ernment move that fast in all the years I’ve been around.” Council Members Col-leen LaBeau and Doug Anderson said passionate, committed staff and task

force members would pro-duce results quickly. They indicated that pas-sion would be driven by growing community con-cern about how road proj-ects have been prioritized. The issue came to light after Lakeville North ju-nior Alyssa Ettl died in a Dec. 4 car crash while driv-ing to school on a section of Dodd Boulevard widely considered unsafe. Her father Matt Ettl attended the Jan. 28 work session, and choked back tears as he urged council members to put safety first and upgrade roads before adding more houses and developments in the area. “I think safety needs to be a priority,” he said. “I think there’s too many cars, too many kids, too many buses that go on that road. I think we’ve got a lot of development going on here right now. My per-sonal opinion is that those

roads should have been fixed before the houses go in, and this conversation should have happened a long time ago.” He was referencing the council’s earlier discus-sion regarding the 525 new houses expected from multiple developments planned just north of Lakeville North near the location of his daughter’s accident. The developments are estimated to add 4,800 trips per day in the area, according to City Engineer Zach Johnson. Development there would likely increase traf-fic on Dodd Boulevard near Lakeville North, which is a two-lane shoul-der-less stretch surrounded with utility poles on a hill and a curve. It is regularly used by Lakeville North’s young, inexperienced student drivers going to the stu-

dent parking lot. City and county offi-cials have discussed wid-ening, straightening and flattening that portion of Dodd since 2006, but it has been repeatedly delayed and is currently on sched-ule for 2018. The Lakeville School Board recently passed a resolution asking that project plans and funding for it be moved up. The board had also passed a resolution last July urging expansion of County Road 50 by 2016, as it is also a narrow road in a high-traffic area and the sole access for Ken-wood Trail Middle School. Through considerable efforts of the county and city, the two-year project is set to begin this summer. Following the School Board’s resolution regard-ing Dodd Boulevard, May-or Matt Little proposed the idea of a task force to

review all school roads in the city to help determine priorities; the workshop was the council’s first chance to discuss it. Two other residents expressed their desire for road improvements on Dodd Boulevard and near-by Holyoke Avenue that turns into Highview Av-enue around 190th Street at an “S” curve. Norm Plasch said he lived for 15 years in a house on Dodd Boulevard in 1987 that has since been torn down, but while there witnessed many fatal acci-dents on the road. He said on his son’s fourth birthday in 1990, a car crashed into a tree, kill-ing multiple people. He urged the council to take action and work with developers to forward funds for improvements. “We can’t afford any more tragedies like what’s happened recently,” he said. Lakeville resident Amanda Ritz said she is concerned about the “S” curve along Highview Av-enue north of All Saints Catholic Church where her children attend school. She said traveling High-view Avenue “terrifies” her, and until Alyssa Ettl’s acci-dent, she used to think in bad weather taking Dodd Boulevard was a good al-ternative. She called both roads “a travesty” and asked for reduced speed limits and that the “S” curve on Highview Avenue be elimi-nated. “I’d be willing to vote for levies to improve our roads,” she said, thanking City Council members for addressing the issues. City Council opinions of how to address High-view Avenue and 190th where development is slat-ed to begin soon differed

when staff sought direc-tion regarding whether to install a “T” intersection or a roundabout at 190th Street and Holyoke Av-enue. The intersection is east of Dodd Boulevard near Lakeville North and one of the sites where homes are soon to be constructed. The majority of coun-cil members approved of a less expensive “T” inter-section in hopes the city would have more finances available to the address school road project priori-ties they expect from the task force. The “S” curve on Holy-oke Avenue/Highview Ave-nue would be straightened as part of the project. As development occurs, the necessary right of way would also be acquired for development of a fu-ture roundabout, which Johnson said costs about $500,000 more to build than a “T” intersection. Swecker advocated for the recommendation of city staff and Lakeville po-lice’s for installing a round-about at the intersection because they said it is a safer alternative. “I think we’re going to be spending money that doesn’t need to be spent,” she said, “if we’re going to make changes to the inter-section in the long-term.” Little said the city will need money to address school road safety. “We need to preserve funds for the two major discussions we’re having in terms of school road safety and our overall transporta-tion program,” Little said. “I think the difference isn’t all that large since the bulk of the money would be the road and not necessarily the “T” intersection.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Lakeville City Council Member Kerrin Swecker shook Matt Ettl’s hand during a break at a Jan. 28 council work session. After Ettl expressed concerns about road safety, council members lined up to speak with him. Ettl’s daughter Alyssa Ettl was killed in a Dec. 4 accident on Dodd Boulevard. Following his comments, Mayor Matt Little blinked back tears, thanked him for coming, and said, “I don’t think anyone here can imagine what you’re going through.” (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

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ReligionLuncheon for retiring pastor The Rev. Don Mulfin-ger has retired after 40 years serving Lutheran churches in Colorado, Eagan and the last 28 years in Burns-ville at the L u t h e ra n Church of the Ascen-sion. A luncheon was held in his honor Sunday, Jan. 26, at the church with more than 150 friends, family and church members in attendance. Stu Mansk presided over a program of accolades both serious and comedic. A vacancy pastor, the Rev. Brad Milbrath of Plymouth, will serve the congregation until an-other permanent pastor is installed.

Cabaret at Spirit of Life Spirit of Life Presbyte-rian Church will hold its annual Valentine Cabaret from 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. Entertainment will be provided by mem-bers and friends of the church, including choir members, and a full din-ner will be served. The

church is located at 14401 Pilot Knob Road in Apple Valley. The event is a fund-raiser for the church’s youth group mission trip to help rehabilitate hous-ing in Chandler, Okla., for a week in July. Tickets are $12 for adults and children age 6 and older, and $10 for children age 5 and young-er. A silent auction also will be held. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for early viewing of auction items. The youth group also will sell flowers. In October, the church initiated a Wednesday af-ter-school program called Meet in the Middle or M&M for children and youths. A variety of activ-ities are offered, followed by an intergenerational family supper. The pro-gram is open to the public. For more information on the Cabaret or M&M, visit spiritoflife.org. Tick-ets to the Cabaret will be available at the door or in advance by calling the church at 952-423-2212.

Food-packing event set The Feed My Starv-ing Children South Metro Mobilepack runs Feb. 3-8 at Shepherd of the Lake

Rev. DonMulfinger

Lutheran Church, 3611 North Berens Road N.W., Prior Lake. Volunteers are needed to help pack 3 million meals to be distributed to children across the world. Various shifts are avail-able. To register or donate, visit www.fundraising.fmsc.org/southmetro. For questions, contact Heath-er Hecht at [email protected].

Dinner on the Hill meal All Saints Church will provide a free Dinner on the Hill community meal on Thursday, Feb. 13. Dinner will be served from 6-7 p.m. Door “M” (south entrance) will open at 5:45 p.m. Individuals, families, seniors – all who are hun-gry for a warm meal, fel-

lowship and conversation – are welcome. The church is located at 19795 Holyoke Ave. in Lakeville. Call 952-469-4481 for more information.

Women’s luncheon The Minnesota Val-ley Christian Women’s Connection’s luncheon is

12:30-2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, at GrandStay Ho-tel and Conference Center, 7083 153rd St. W., Apple Valley. The event includes lunch, a special speaker, a feature on quilting and door prizes. Cost is $16. For reservations, call Pam at 612-207-3100 or Jan at 651-434-5795.

Dakota County Regional Chamber to host fourth annual WomEn’s Conference The Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce is hosting its fourth annual WomEn’s Conference from noon to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 13, at Lost Spur Golf and Event Center in Eagan. The event aims to con-nect women and enrich their personal and profes-sional lives by providing the tools and resources to fulfill their aspirations. The conference will feature a panel of women in business who are repre-sentative of varying ages and will share how they have successfully engaged all generations within the workplace, a featured speaker and a wine-tasting reception. More details about who will be the featured speak-er and panelists will be re-leased at a future date. A marketplace of busi-nesses will offer products and services related to En-ergizing, Educating and Empowering women. The event, which an-nually has an attendance around 200, is a highlight of the chamber’s year. Past attendees have given posi-tive reviews of the confer-ence, saying is has moti-vated them on many levels. “The speakers were phenomenal with real life tips that I can apply to my growing career and en-hance my personal life,” one attendee said. This year’s event’s non-profit partner is the DCR Charitable Foundation. Funds raised will be used to give four, $500 schol-arships to deserving fe-

male students attending high school in the Dakota County area. To be eligible for the scholarships, students must attend a high school in District 191, 192, 196 or 197; graduate in June 2014; and committed to full-time attendance at a post-secondary insti-tution. The application deadline is Feb. 14. A Wine Pull will be of-fered at the conference with proceeds benefiting the DCR Charitable Foun-dation. People can make a wine donation valued at $10 and above through the chamber’s website. Sponsorship opportu-nities are available. Many local businesses have already offered to provide financial support to the event by sponsor-ship, including Fairview Ridges Hospital, An-chor Bank, Home Fed-eral, Gateway Bank, Sun Thisweek/the Dakota County Tribune, and Da-kota Electric Association. The early bird ticket price is $129 per person for DCR chamber members or $149 for non-members. A light lunch and refresh-ments are included. Lost Spur is located at 2750 Sibley Memorial Highway in Eagan. Regis-tration will start at 11 a.m. For more information regarding registration, sponsorship or scholar-ships, contact the cham-ber office at 651-452-9872 or visit www.dcrchamber.com/womenconference.cfm.

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Obituaries

JOHNSON/TAYLOR-ALONSO

Eileen and Gary John-son, and Petra Meliet Alonso are pleased to an-nounce the engagement of their children Phyllip Chase Johnson and Susan Marie Taylor-Alonso.

Phyllip graduated from Apple Valley High School and St. Olaf College. He is a doctoral candidate of Audiology at the Univer-sity of Minnesota. Phyllip currently works as an Ad-ministrative Assistant in the International Business Development Depart-ment of Starkey Hear-ing Technologies. Susan graduated from Denton High School, Linden-wood University, and re-ceived her Master’s degree in Bilingual/Multicultural Special-Education from the University of Ari-zona. She currently is the Middle School Learning Support Coordinator at The American School In Switzerland in Lugano, Switzerland. A July 2014 wedding is planned.

Nelson/MadayAmanda Kay Nelson,

daughter of Mark Nelson and Diana Neameyer and Richard Daniel Maday, son of Robert and Jodi Maday are planning a July wedding.

Both are graduates of Lakeville North and now reside in New Hope. Richard is a product mar-keting manager at Pentair and Amanda is the owner of her own interior design company, Studio Grey.

Engagements Engagements


It took a crew of employees at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley to bring the zoo’s python out for a medical checkup Jan. 28. The snake is 14 feet 3 inches long, weighs 147 pounds and has a maximum girth of 21 inches. (Photo by Rick Orndorf)

A full-time associate vet, she’s part of a crew that includes senior veterinar-ian Jim Rasmussen and part-time associate Tif-fany Wolf. “We have a pretty com-prehensive medical pro-gram for all the animals at the zoo,” Thompson said. “They get lifelong medical care free of charge. ... We provide a very high stan-dard of care compared to maybe what people would even think of for them-selves.” Hailing from Sioux Falls, S.D., Thompson did three years of pre-veter-inary and animal science studies at Missouri State University before enrolling at the University of Min-nesota’s College of Veteri-nary Medicine, where she earned her doctorate. “It took me a little while to land on veterinary medicine, compared to some of my siblings who

knew right away what they wanted to do,” Thompson said. “I always wanted to do something with science and health as a focus, but I wasn’t completely decided on veterinary medicine un-til my junior year in high school. I went into college knowing that was what I wanted to do.” She was introduced to zoo medicine as a speciali-ty by a college advisor who did artificial insemination work with elephants. “I started getting ex-posed to the conservation work and more overarch-ing elements of zoo medi-cine,” Thompson said. “I really became interested in that and developed a passion for the conserva-tion and education com-ponents that go along with that.” Most zoos — includ-ing the Minnesota Zoo — consider it part of their mission to promote preservation of plant and animal species and conser-

vation of wild and natural spaces, Thompson said. “If you get to experi-ence seeing these animals in Minnesota they mean more to you, so that you might make more effort in your personal life — whether it’s by recycling, using less water, using less resources in general, con-tributing to projects, or maybe donating money to help with a specific conser-vation project, whether it’s a specific species or adopt-ing a park,” Thompson said. Most zoo animals are born under human care, she noted. “It’s not like they were plucked out of the wilds and introduced to an envi-ronment that’s very differ-ent,” she said. “That (the zoo) is all they’ve known. And they serve as ambas-sadors for their wild coun-terparts.” Picking a favorite ani-mal is as hard as picking a favorite child, Thompson

said. “I love working with the moose,” she said. “I re-ally like the wolverines as well. They’re feisty, very dynamic little creatures, and you don’t get to see them in a lot of collec-tions. Ours is unique in that we have wolverines.” Moose are “amazing,” Thompson said, graceful and fast-moving despite their bulk. She has worked on a Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chip-pewa project to collect data on Minnesota’s dwin-dling moose population. Thompson administered anesthesia to immobi-lized animals so research-ers could draw biological samples from them. “I did it last year,” she said. “I’m eight months pregnant, so I can’t ride in the helicopter this year.” John Gessner can be reached at 952-846-2031 or email [email protected].

VET, from 1AEffort aims to bring more

transparency to government

finances by Tad Johnson


Truth in Taxation hear-ings don’t draw a lot of crowds. The annual December meetings that are held by various units of govern-ment offer presentations and information regarding the current budget cycle and the impact on taxpay-ers. Among the frequent criticisms of the hearings is that they are held too late in the budget cycle when there’s no chance to influence changes and the reporting requirements fall short of providing clarity. A bill introduced in the 2012 legislative ses-sion aimed to offer some changes in the way bud-get reports are assembled in an effort for taxpayers to better understand their money at work. NAIOP, also called the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, forwarded the legislation, which was approved by the House and the Senate but was vetoed by Gov. Mark Dayton after it was added to the omnibus tax bills. The association hopes the legislation will gain traction in 2014. In an effort to spread the word about the legis-

lation, NAIOP conducted the Transparency Project with Dakota County’s budget, which demon-strated how a budget re-port would look under the proposed legislation. The Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence pre-pared the transparency report, which essentially added comparison of the current budget to that of four years ago and re-ported the expenditures by type – personnel, cli-ent services and materials, capital outlay, to reserves, department and county support, and other. Dakota County Fi-nance Director Matt Smith said the budget his-tory provides a useful per-spective. He added that expen-diture reporting by type also may be more familiar to an audience of business taxpayers. “The effort was a suc-cess to the extent that it provided useful informa-tion to those taxpayers,” Smith said, “and based on the feedback received at the meeting to discuss it, I think they did find it use-ful.” Mark Lofthus, eco-nomic development direc-tor for Farmington-based Dakota Electric, said the trend lines, in this instance comparing 2009 to 2013, “are so critical.” For example, the re-port showed that Dakota County had reduced its spending by about $40.9 million from $318.8 mil-lion in 2009 to $277.9 mil-

Legislation may change budget reporting

This is one of the slides from NAIOP’s Transparency Project budget presentation that used Dakota County as an example. The graphic on the left shows the typical re-porting done by units of government, and the graphic on the right shows government spending by type, one of the suggested features that would be added to government fi-nancial reporting if NAIOP’s proposed legislation were passed in 2014.

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Fund’s $1.5 million has Rosemount thinking big SKB

Environmental’s endowment to

go toward one or more projects by Tad Johnson


Administrators of the SKB Environmental Trust and the city of Rosemount are thinking big. With a balance of close to $1.5 million in the trust fund that was created in 1992, leaders of the Rose-mount-based company, the SKB Trust Board and the city approved placing the balance in the city’s Building Capital Improve-ment Fund with the idea that it could be used for one or more large projects. Among the most men-tioned large projects dur-ing the City Council’s ap-proval of the action on Jan. 21 was the construc-tion of a YMCA in Rose-

mount. City Administrator Dwight Johnson said dur-ing the last year discussion about the trust centered on if it might be best for the overall community to aggregate the funds in one project for the betterment of the community. “That might be closer to the true intent of the agreement,” he said. The trust agreement says the funds could be used for some of the fol-lowing: construction or maintenance of facilities for public recreation, fur-ther public education op-portunities or provide for charitable needs. It would take a few months to complete the paperwork that would make the funds available for use, according to John-son.

YMCA possible Discussions between the city and YMCA-Twin Cities, which operates 24

recreational sites in Min-nesota and Wisconsin in addition to camps, have been ongoing in the past two years. Though the YMCA has been mentioned as a possible use for the funds, it is not for certain that is where the funds would be dedicated as the YMCA idea has not advanced far enough for a financing plan to take shape. “I’d say it is looking real positive,” Mayor Bill Droste said of the YMCA building in Rosemount. In the past few months, representatives from the city and YMCA met with officials with Dakota County Technical Col-lege and the University of Minnesota to talk about potential site locations. Droste said they have identified a location south of County Road 42 on both sides of Akron Av-enue as a potential loca-tion. A YMCA-commis-

sioned study found there was strong support among Rosemount residents and DCTC students for the recreational, educa-tional and family services YMCA provides, particu-larly a pool. “We have real good sur-vey data,” Droste said. He noted that Rose-mount doesn’t have a large privately-owned fit-ness facility like those in Lakeville and doesn’t have a public aquatics site like Farmington, Apple Valley and Eagan. YMCA currently op-erates sites that include pools, gyms, fitness cen-ters and other features in Eagan and Burnsville. Droste said YMCA construction projects are typically funded by a por-tion of funds raised in the local community.

Trust fund history The SKB Environmen-tal Trust Fund was capped at $1.5 million in 2008 and

the excess funds generated by its investments were di-rected to be distributed to the city and to local orga-nizations. The fund has helped de-velop projects such as the Dakota County branch Robert Trail Library, ath-letic fields and street lights. At the Trust Board’s Dec. 16 meeting, it granted $1,000 to the Rosemount High School Girls Hockey Blue Line Club and $933 to the Salvation Army. SKB Environmental was established in 1983 as a landfill for construction and demolition debris. Over the years, the com-pany has added efforts to recycle many of the waste materials brought to its lo-cations. Johnson said a contrib-uting factor that led to the decision to end the trust fund was the acquisition of SKB by Texas-based Waste Connections in mid-2012.

The new full-time fire-fighters will bridge this gap by filling the weekday shifts. Volunteers will con-tinue to work evening and weekend shifts.

When they are not working a shift, the full-time firefighters will be responsible for fire preven-tion events and fire inspec-tions. Eagan’s volunteer de-partment is the second

lion in 2013. Lofthus told NAIOP that knowing and under-standing changes in spend-ing will lead to greater citi-zen engagement. NAIOP says reporting by expenditure type aims to show why county ser-vices cost what they do, such as the biggest part of the county’s budget – em-ployee costs. The report showed that salaries and wages had de-

clined from 2009 to 2013 by $15.89 million and full-time equivalent positions fell by 132 during the same time frame. With that in-formation, NAIOP says taxpayers can then ask if that has any implications for service delivery. “The standards (as pro-posed by NAIOP and the MCFE) would ensure that local governments provide transparency within their budgets and reports, much like a business,” Vicki Stute, Dakota County

Regional Chamber of Commerce president, told NAIOP. Smith said he didn’t think the additional re-porting that would be re-quired by the legislation would be too burdensome. “We had the informa-tion in our data systems and just had to assemble and report it out in a dif-ferent format,” he said. NAIOP says the typical budget that shows spend-ing by department doesn’t tell the whole story. Da-

kota County and many of the cities in the county know this and prepare many different charts and graphics in an attempt to help taxpayers understand it. Smith said the county hasn’t received a lot of taxpayer feedback in the past regarding its budget and financial reporting. “We can probably take that as a sign they’ve been fairly satisfied,” he said. Information about Da-kota County’s budget can

be found on its website, in newsletters and through presentations at board meetings, which are web-cast. The same can be said of cities and school districts in Dakota County that provide budget informa-tion in a variety of formats and venues.


REPORTING, from 10A

POSITIONS, from 1A

Hooppaw, Apple Valley, elected MVTA board chair The Minnesota Valley Transit Authority board of directors elected Apple Valley City Council Mem-ber Clint Hooppaw as chair at its organizational meeting on Jan. 22. He replaces two-time chair Gary Hansen of Eagan.

Jon Ulrich, Scott County Commissioner, was elected vice chair; Jane Victorey, Savage City Council member, was re-elected secretary/treasurer. Other members of the board include Dakota County Commissioner

Liz Workman; Burnsville Council Member Bill Coughlin; Rosemount Mayor William Droste; and Gary Hansen, Eagan City Council member. In 2014, MVTA board meetings will take place at 4:30 p.m. on the fourth

Wednesday of each month at the Burnsville Bus Ga-rage, 11550 Rupp Drive, Burnsville. Board agendas and packets are posted on the MVTA website at www.mvta.com/MVTA Board. The MVTA is the pub-

lic transportation provider for the businesses and residents of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Rose-mount and Savage, and provides service to the Lakeville Cedar Park & Ride.

largest in the state, with 100 paid-on-call volun-teers. “It’s pretty unheard of for a city of Eagan’s size to

not have full-time staffing, Scott said. The department hopes to fill all five positions by April, he said.

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


Sports

Shakeup of football scheduling on the wayMSHSL approves district plan; Rosemount athletic director casts dissenting vote

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


It’s possible the 2014 South Suburban Conference football champion could be the last South Suburban Conference football champion. Not because the conference is going away, but because of a change in how the Minnesota State High School League will have its members schedule games. The MSHSL board of directors Jan. 23 voted to restructure high school regu-lar-season football by approving a “Dis-trict Football Scheduling” proposal. The plan, designed to help schools that have had trouble scheduling their full comple-ment of eight regular-season games, will divide schools into districts of at least 10, and preferably 16 or more, with proxim-ity and similar enrollments among the criteria for placement. Schools within a district then would collaborate to create schedules for each team. The plan will take effect in 2015. Section and state playoff formats would not change. Districts could have teams from more than one enrollment class, and there is no assurance that all schools within a conference would be placed in the same district. The MSHSL board approved the pro-posal 19-1, with Rosemount High School athletic director Mike Manning casting the dissenting vote. Manning said Tuesday it was his un-derstanding that 80 percent of the high schools in the state opposed district foot-ball scheduling. “I disagree with it as well,” said Rose-mount football coach Jeff Erdmann, whose team was Class 6A runner up in 2013. “I believe there are too many un-knowns ... “The big issue is the Lake Conference teams being able to fill a schedule. Our conference has made arrangements with the Lake for the past five years to play non-conference games. This issue could be resolved easily if another big-school conference would simply help with scheduling non-conference games with the Lake, like our conference has done.” Lake Conference member Eden Prai-rie, the 2013 Class 6A football champi-on, played two games against Northwest

Suburban Conference schools and one against a South Suburban Conference school and yet still had only seven regu-lar-season games, one short of the maxi-mum. Manning said he favored continu-ing to work with the Lake Conference, which has only five schools, to help them fill their schedules. But he added that the problems could be handled at the local level without introducing a new schedul-ing system statewide. He said he also would like to see cur-rent conference structures remain in place. When Farmington and Shakopee join the South Suburban next year, it will give the league eight schools in Dakota County and two in neighboring Scott County. “We’re spoiled,” Manning said. “The South Suburban Conference is such a good deal for us. We also think it’s good for our fans when they don’t have to drive as far to our road games. I don’t know if as many of them would travel to Wayzata or Eden Prairie.” A committee will be formed to deter-mine district lineups in the spring, with the goal to have them approved at the June 2 MSHSL board meeting. Districts then would begin work on scheduling for the 2015 and 2016 seasons with a Nov. 1, 2014, deadline to have them completed. The high school league will encourage schools in each district to form their own football-only conferences, complete with all-conference or all-district teams. While there was some concern ex-pressed about scenarios in which Class 5A teams would have to play Class 6A powers such as Eden Prairie and Wayza-ta, Lakeville North football coach Brian Vossen wondered if the changes would take away opportunities for the Panthers to play the large-school powers. Lakeville North is one of the smallest schools in Class 6A football, and Vos-sen said he believes it’s possible a district scheduling arrangement would match the Panthers with some Class 5A teams. “I don’t want to play 5A schools,” Vossen said. “Nothing against them; a lot of them have very good programs. I’ve told my athletic director, Russ Reetz, that I want to play the most competitive schedule we can get. “We’ve lost to Eden Prairie in the

(state) playoffs the last two years. To learn to beat a team like that, you have to play teams like that.” Class 6A football has 32 schools. The group consists of most of the state’s larg-est high schools, plus a couple of private schools (Cretin-Derham Hall, Totino-Grace) that opted up. “I think 16 is a perfect number of schools for a district,” Vossen said. “If they split the 32 (Class 6A) schools into two groups of 16, I’d be happy.” MSHSL associate director Kevin Merkle gave the board results of a foot-ball survey that found 18 percent of member schools currently had “chal-lenges” scheduling regular-season foot-ball games, and 41 percent had difficulty with scheduling within the past 10 years. Some of those schools are in outstate Minnesota, which either had to travel long distances to play a game or went with a week unfilled on their schedules. “The arrangement that passed simply passes the very difficult task of arranging new conferences to the athletic directors and principals of the 16-team districts,” Erdmann said. Filling football schedules has not been a problem in the 10-school South Suburban Conference since its formation in 2010. But the league does have some scheduling idiosyncrasies. Because the regular season is limited to eight games, teams can’t play all of the other schools in the conference in the same year. Some teams play conference opponents in all eight of their regular-season games, while others play seven conference games and one non-conference game. Those issues pale in comparison to the benefits the South Suburban Conference provides Rosemount, Erdmann said. “Our current conferences are geo-graphically based and help us out with short drives, reduced transportation ex-penses, and less dangerous routes for par-ents and students during rush hour traf-fic,” Erdmann said. “Kids get back from games at a decent time so they have more time for downtime or to do homework. Schools that end up having to make lon-ger trips for all sports all year will be greatly impacted by this decision.” Rosemount, the easternmost South Suburban Conference school, is about 25 miles from Shakopee, which will be the

SSC’s westernmost school when it joins the conference for the 2014-15 school year. Most of Rosemount’s other road trips within the conference are much shorter and don’t involve getting on a freeway. Erdmann said that appeals to schools such as Rosemount, where trans-portation budgets have been cut to the point where athletes in some sports drive themselves to road games. “If our transportation expenses in-crease we will have to raise funds or raise fees for participating,” Erdmann added. “I am guessing our district isn’t going to say, ‘Oh, now we have to travel to Eden Prairie, Mounds View or Stillwater more often through rush-hour traffic, so we will increase the funding for all of our sports at every level.’ ”

2015 season starts earlier The MSHSL board also approved an earlier start to the 2015 football season, made necessary because the Prep Bowl is expected to take place two weeks earlier than usual. The 2014 and 2015 Prep Bowls will be at TCF Bank Stadium. Because of University of Minnesota games already scheduled, Nov. 13-14 are the only week-end dates in November 2015 that the sta-dium is available to the MSHSL. In 2015, preseason practices will start Aug. 10, one week earlier than usual. Teams will be able to play games begin-ning Saturday, Aug. 22. Games are likely to replace the scrimmages that many teams schedule at the end of the second week of practice. The change means most teams will have played three games before the opening day of school. The change is likely to be for the 2015 season only because the MSHSL is ex-pected to move the Prep Bowl to the new Minnesota Vikings stadium when it opens in 2016.

Four classes for softball The MSHSL board also approved a proposal to expand the state softball tournament from three classes to four beginning in 2016. The tournament is ex-pected to remain at its present location, Caswell Park in North Mankato.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Eagan/Eastview co-op aims for more ski titles

Final day of SSC meet is Thursday by Mike Shaughnessy


The combined Eagan/Eastview team will try to complete its second consecutive sweep of the South Suburban Confer-ence boys and girls Al-pine skiing championships Thursday afternoon at Buck Hill. After the first day of conference competition held Jan. 23, Eagan/East-view held a 31-point lead over Apple Valley/Rose-mount in the boys stand-ings and led Lakeville North by 32 points in the girls race. To many, skiing is an individual sport, but Ea-gan/Eastview coach Bob Boldus said his skiers place a lot of emphasis on team success. “That’s one of the things that makes high school skiing different from other meets,” Boldus said. “The USSA is great. It sets up a lot of great in-dividual events. But they don’t have the same at-mosphere as a high school meet. “I think our kids enjoy being a team. They like to have a good time together. At the Welch Invitational, they were line dancing to the music that was being played.” And when it’s time to ski, they take it seri-ously. The Eagan/East-view squad has two of the state’s top individual skiers – Tommy Anderson for the boys and Sally An-derson for the girls – and enough depth to do well in team competitions. At the first day of the conference champion-ships last week, Tommy Anderson was first in the boys race while Luke Do-little was fifth, Austin An-derson 11th and Mitchell Cumming 15th. The girls team had four skiers in the top 11 with Sally An-derson first, Claire Hefko

sixth, Ali Hofstad seventh and Erin Burns 11th. Tommy Anderson had the fastest boys time by more than one second, and Sally Anderson was more than two seconds ahead of the second-fast-est girls skier. Eagan/Eastview also has done well against competition from outside the South Suburban. At the Buck Hill Invitational earlier this month, the girls team finished second to Minnetonka by about two-tenths of a second in a meet where the com-bined time of a team’s top six skiers determines the champion. Sally Ander-son and Tommy Ander-son each placed second individually, and Dolittle was ninth in the boys race. Eagan/Eastview also took fourth in the Varsity Cup standings, determined by the combined finish of a school’s boys and girls teams. Tommy Anderson was Squad 1 champion at the Welch Invitational at Welch Village on Jan. 17. In team competitions, skiers often race more conservatively than they would in individual races. “Our kids understand that it’s a team competition, and I place a high priority on people standing,” Bol-dus said. “It’s not good if you ski off the course or have to hike back up the hill because you missed a gate.” Eagan and Eastview will go to section compe-tition next week, but not together. Minnesota State High School League rules require the cooperative team to split up for sec-tion meets. Eastview goes to the Section 6 meet at Buck Hill on Tuesday, Feb. 4, while Eagan goes to the Section 4 meet at Wild Mountain the next day. The state meet is Feb. 12 at Giants Ridge near Biwabik.

BV notes: weightliftersgoing to nationals

Blaze boys, girls hockey teams keep rolling

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Six members of the Burnsville High School Olympic weightlifting team will compete in the National Junior Champi-onships this weekend in Aurora, Colo. Qualifying for the Un-der-20 national meet are Aneesa Ally (women’s 53 kilogram), Payton Schul-ze (women’s 63 kilogram), Erica Kesseh (women’s 63 kilogram), Dithdecha Soundara (men’s 56 kilo-gram), Ben Nahn (men’s 62 kilogram) and Michael Schiller (men’s 77 kilo-gram). Ally and Kesseh were state champions in 2013. Burnsville has more national qualifiers than any other Minnesota high school, according to Ty-ler Krebs, an assistant weightlifting coach and head football coach at Burnsville High. The national meet will be shown on a live web-cast. More information is available at www.teamusa.org/USA-Weightlifting. Burnsville will be host of a regular-season meet Feb. 8. The state cham-pionships are March 8 in Lakeville.

Ablaze on the ice Burnsville’s hockey teams are on a roll – and their timing is good, with the playoffs not far away. The girls hockey team went into the final week of the regular season with a chance to earn a share of the South Suburban Conference title, although the Blaze needed a lot of help from other teams. The girls team, 14-8-1 overall and 10-4 in the South Suburban, closes

the regular season with games against Eagan at home at 7 p.m. Thursday and at Apple Valley at 2 p.m. Saturday. Of greater significance is the Section 3AA tour-nament, which begins Monday (Burnsville is not expected to play un-til the quarterfinal round Wednesday night). Go-ing into this week, three teams – Burnsville, East-view and East Ridge – were battling for the No. 1 seed, and the three had identical records. Burns-ville split two games with Eastview and has not played East Ridge. The Blaze’s top line of Lindsey Coleman, Briita Nelson and Paige Skaja continues to put up big numbers offensively. Coleman (50 points) and Nelson (48) are first and second in the South Sub-urban Conference in scor-ing, and Skaja (36 points) is tied for third. Meanwhile, the Blaze boys edged Eagan 1-0 on Tuesday night on a third-period goal by senior for-ward Zane Wagner. The victory over Ea-gan put Burnsville’s con-ference record at 10-2 and left the Blaze as the only team with a realistic chance of catching Lakev-

ille North in the South Suburban Conference. Burnsville is six points behind Lakeville North but has played two fewer conference games. But the Blaze will need somebody to beat North because it has already played its two games against the Pan-thers this season (North won both meetings). Beating Lakeville North has proven difficult for everybody recently; the Panthers, who recent-ly ascended to No. 1 in the state Class AA rankings, have a 15-game unbeaten streak. Burnsville goalie Dyl-lan Lubbesmeyer made 30 saves to earn the shutout against Eagan. The Blaze defeated Eastview 3-2 on Saturday on Dylan Wei-gel’s shorthanded goal at 1:10 of overtime. Wagner, who recently returned from an injury, scored to tie the game with 1:07 left in the third period. Will Missling also scored for the Blaze. Junior forward Brock Boeser is Burnsville’s leading scorer with 35 points (16 goals, 19 as-sists). Senior forward Cole Borchardt has 31 points and junior defense-man Jack Ahcan has 24. Lubbesmeyer, a junior,

has started every game in goal and has a 1.98 goals-against average and .923 save percentage. Tuesday’s game against Eagan was his fifth shutout of the season. Burnsville, 14-5-1 over-all and fifth in the Class AA rankings, plays at Ap-ple Valley at 7 p.m. Satur-day.

Skiing sections Burnsville’s Alpine and Nordic skiers will com-pete next week for spots in their state meets. The Alpine teams will be in the Section 6 meet Tuesday, Feb. 4, at Buck Hill. The Nordic teams go to the Section 3 meet Tuesday at Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapo-lis. The Blaze girls Nor-dic team competed in the South Suburban Confer-ence championships this week without Vivian Hett, the state’s top-ranked skier, who took part in an international meet in Finland. Hett, the state runner-up last season, is expected back in time to ski in the Section 3 meet.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Taylor Karel (22) of Eagan and Peter Havluj of Burnsville pursue the puck during a South Suburban Conference boys hockey game Tuesday night at Burnsville Ice Cen-ter. Burnsville won 1-0. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)


LEGAL NOTICES

CITY OF BURNSVILLEBURNSVILLE, MINNESOTA

- ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS -Dworsky Property Soil Remediation (City Project No. 13-331)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed proposals will be received by the City Council of the City of Burnsville at 100 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, MN 55337, until 1:00 p.m., on Tuesday the 25th day of February, 2014, for the making of the following described local improvements under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429, said proposal for the furnishing of all labor and materials for the construction, complete in place of the following approximate quantities:

102,000 CY Common Excavation 4.0 AC Clear & Grub 20,000 CY Select Granular Borrow 98,000 CY Granular Borrow 31,500 CY Hydromulch 9 EACH Storm Sewer Structures 580 LF Storm Sewer Pipe The bids must be submitted on Proposal Forms provided in accordance with the Contract Documents, Plans and

Specifications as prepared by the City Engineer, which are on file with the City Clerk and may be obtained at the office of the City Engineer.

Digital copies of the Contract Documents can be obtained at www.questcdn.com or www.burnsville.org/bids. The QuestCDN project number for this construction project is #3073252. Bidders can download the Contract Documents for $20 by searching for the project on the QuestCDN website’s Project Search page or selecting the Engineering/Public Work Bid link and then the project on the Burnsville website. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233-1632 or [email protected] for assistance in free membership registration, downloading and working with this digital project information. Bidders can also view the Contract Documents at either website free of charge.

No bids will be considered unless sealed and filed with the City Clerk of the City of Burnsville endorsed upon the outside wrapper with a brief statement or summary as to the work for which the bids is made and accompanied by a cash deposit, certified check, bid bond, or cashier’s check payable to the City of Burnsville in the amount of five percent (5%) of the amount of bid, to be forfeited as liquidated damages in the event that the bid is accepted and the bidder shall fail to promptly enter into a written contract and furnish the required bond.

The City of Burnsville reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities, and to award the bid in the best interest of the City. No bids may be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days.

Immediately following expiration of the time for receiving bids, the City Clerk and engineer will publicly open bids in the City Hall. The Council will consider such bids in the Council Chambers at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, 2014.BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCILMacheal Brooks, City ClerkCity of Burnsville, Minnesota

Published in the Burnsville/Eagan January 31, 2014, 169950

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: October 31, 2007MORTGAGOR: Powlos W

Habtemariam, single.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

tronic Registration Systems, Inc, as Nominee for U.S. Bank N.A.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded November 6, 2007 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2554802.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: U.S. Bank National Association. Dated Sep-tember 26, 2013 Recorded Oc-tober 8, 2013, as Document No. 2979839.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100021278908961340LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: U.S. Bank N.A.

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: U.S. Bank Home Mort-gage, a division of U.S. Bank Na-tional Association

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 1658 Walnut Lane, Eagan, MN 55122

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 108460008020LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lot 2, Block 8, Wood-gate, Dakota County, Minnesota

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $198,000.00

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

$207,065.22That 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: March 11, 2014 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 September 11, 2014, 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.

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: January 2, 2014U.S. Bank National AssociationMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assigneeof Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688819 - 12-005779 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATIONFROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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February 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014166495




DATE OF MORTGAGE: December 20, 2006MORTGAGOR: Michele A.

Hedtke, A Single Person.MORTGAGEE:

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Guar-anteed Rate, Inc.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded January 8, 2007 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2486597.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Bank of America, N.A. successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP formerly known as Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP. Dated January 27, 2012 Recorded Feb-ruary 6, 2012, as Document No. 2847052. And thereafter assigned to: Green Tree Servicing, LLC. Dated November 6, 2012 Recorded November 14, 2012, as Document No. 2908836.





MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

Guaranteed Rate, Inc.RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: Green Tree Servicing LLCMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 4452 Woodgate Point, Eagan, MN 55122

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 10.84602.02.240LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lot 24, Block 2, Woodgate 3rd Addition, Dakota County, Minnesota



AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $150,071.80

That 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;





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 08,2014 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.

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 31, 2013Green Tree Servicing LLCMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assigneeof Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-68888 - 13-007357 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATIONFROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published in theBurnsville/EaganJanuary 24, 31,

February 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014165187


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.


DATE OF MORTGAGE:August 12, 2005MORTGAGOR: Frankie M. Hig-

gins and Melvin L. Higgins, wife and husband.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc as Nominee for Brier Mortgage Cor-poration.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Filed August 29, 2005, Dakota County Registrar of Titles, Document No. 573330 on Certifi-cate of Title No. 104073.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: U.S. Bank National Association. Dated July 11, 2013 Filed July 17, 2013, as Document No. T719501.

Said Mortgage being upon Reg-istered Land.





MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Brier Mortgage Corporation

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: U.S. Bank Home Mort-gage, a division of U.S. Bank Na-tional Association

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 13401 Nicollet Lane, Burnsville, MN 55337

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 028135006020LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: The land referred to is situated in the State of Minnesota, County of Dakota, and is described as follows:

All of Lot Two (2) and that part of Lot One (1), described as follows: Beginning at the Southeast corner of said Lot One (1), thence West 89.9 feet to the West line of said Lot One (1); thence North along the West line of said Lot One (1) , 20.1 feet, thence East 89.35 feet to the point on the East line of said Lot One (1), which is 20 feet North of the Southeast corner thereof, thence South along the East line of said Lot One (1), 20 feet to the place of beginning, all in Block Six (6), Valley Highlands, according to the plat thereof on file and of re-cord in the office of the Registrar of titles, Dakota county, Minnesota




$192,331.80 That prior to the commence-





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.


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: January 2, 2014U.S. 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) 925-688819 - 13-002950 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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February 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014166507




DATE OF MORTGAGE: November 22, 2006MORTGAGOR: Michael Volz and

Robyn Volz, husband and wife.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

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

CORDING: Recorded December 14, 2006 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2481879.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Dated November 9, 2011 Recorded April 9, 2012, as Document No. 2860530. And thereafter assigned to: Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC. Dated July 2, 2013 Recorded July 12, 2013, as Document No. 2962703.





MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

Suntrust Mortgage, Inc.RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

SERVICER: Specialized Loan Servicing LLCMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 2035 Opal Place, Eagan, MN 55122


PROPERTY: Lot 23, Block 10, Ce-dar Grove No. 1




$210,330.33 That prior to the commence-









Dated: January 7, 2014Specialized Loan Servicing LLCMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-6888152 - 13-008240 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


February 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014166088

CITY OF EAGANPUBLIC NOTICE

The City of Eagan is accepting ap-plications for appointment to the Boardof Managers of the Eagan-Inver GroveHeights Watershed Management Organi-zation. Three regular manager positionsand one alternate manager position, eachwith three-year terms, are open for ap-pointment. To request an application forappointment, contact Water ResourcesManager Eric Macbeth, 651-675-5330.Applications are due by February 21, 2014.

Dated: January 24, 2014By: /s/ CHRISTINA M. SCIPIONI City Clerk, City of Eagan

Published in Burnsville/EaganJanuary 31, 2014

168027




DATE OF MORTGAGE:October 4, 2010MORTGAGOR: Jennifer L. Sen-

ger and Eric Kluckman, wife and husband.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Mountain States Mort-gage Centers, Inc..

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded November 12, 2010 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2765517.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: United Se-curity Financial. Dated December 4, 2013 Recorded December 18, 2013, as Document No. 2990906.





MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Mountain States Mortgage Centers Inc.

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER:

United Security FinancialMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 4110 Rahn Road Unit A124, Eagan, MN 55122


PROPERTY: Unit No. A124, CIC No. 468, Eagan Gardens




$92,553.47That prior to the commence-





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 26, 2014 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.



Dated: January 16, 2014United Security FinancialMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-68889 - 13-007931 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


February 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014166523

CITY OF BURNSVILLEPUBLIC NOTICE

ONLINE POLICE AUCTIONNotice is hereby given that the po-

lice department of the City of Burns-ville will be auctioning surplus, found,unclaimed, and seized items in an online auction. This auction methodcomplies with Minnesota State Stat-ute 345.15 and Burnsville City Code 6-6-2 (Ordinance No. 248).

Items that can be auctioned are:• Bicycles • Lawnmowers • Jewelry • Household items • Electronics • Sporting goods • Computer equipment Items will remain on auction until the

date indicated by the auction compa-ny. A listing of current auction items is available on the Burnsville City web-site at www. burnsville.org.

Items can be previewed and pur-chased on the Property Room websiteat www.propertyroom.com.

The City of Burnsville makes noguarantee or warranty, expressed or implied, as to the condition of the items offered.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL MACHEAL COLLINS, CITY CLERKBURNSVILLE, MINNESOTA


167942

CITY OF EAGANNOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING PROPOSED EASEMENT VACATION

CITY OF EAGANDAKOTA COUNTY,

MINNESOTANOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE

City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the CityHall, 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Min-nesota 55122, on Tuesday, February 18,2014, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafteras possible. The purpose of the meet-ing will be to hold a public hearing on thevacation of public easements over andacross the following described propertyin the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Min-nesota:

That part of the drainage and utilityeasement which lies easterly of the west-erly 10.00 feet and westerly of the easterly5.00 feet of Lot 1; together with that part of the drainage and utility easement which lies easterly of the westerly 5.00 feet andwesterly of the easterly 5.00 feet of Lot2; together with that part of the drainageand utility easement which lies northerly ofthe southerly 5.00 feet and easterly of the westerly 10.00 feet and southerly of the northerly 10.00 feet of Lot 4; together withthat part of the drainage and utility ease-ment which lies northerly of the southerly10.00 feet and southerly of the northerly5.00 feet of Lot 5; together with that part of the drainage and utility easement which lies northerly of the southerly 5.00 feet and southeasterly of the northwesterly 5.00feet of Lot 6, all in Block 3, Dakota Path,Dakota County, Minnesota described asfollows:

Commencing at the southwest cornerof Lot 6; thence easterly on an assumedbearing of North 88 degrees 59 minutes 58 seconds East along the south linethereof, a distance of 65.87 feet; thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 21 secondsEast a distance of 72.58 feet to the north-westerly line of said Lot 6 and the pointof beginning of the land to be described;thence South 00 degrees 17 minutes 21seconds West a distance of 211.71 feet;thence South 46 degrees 25 minutes 44seconds West a distance of 39.30 feet to the south line of said Lot 4; thence South74 degrees 25 minutes 04 seconds West a distance of 3.55 feet to the east line ofsaid Lot 2; thence North 06 degrees 14 minutes 07 seconds West along the eastline of said Lot 2, to a point distant 89.77 feet southerly of the northeast corner of said Lot 2; thence South 88 degrees 30minutes 44 seconds West, a distance of 67.19 feet to the east line of said Lot 1, thence northerly along said east line of Lot 1 to a point 37.07 feet southerly ofthe northeast corner of said Lot 1; thence South 88 degrees 30 minutes 44 secondsWest a distance of 98.43 feet to the westline of said Lot 1, thence northerly alongthe westerly line of said Lot 1 a distance of 19.61 feet; thence South 80 degrees16 minutes 27 seconds East a distance of 92.30 feet; thence North 84 degrees45 minutes 03 seconds East a distance of 63.67 feet; thence North 63 degrees31 minutes 40 seconds East a distance of 22.06 feet; thence North 05 degrees14 minutes 25 seconds East a distance of 69.00 feet; thence North 02 degrees14 minutes 08 seconds West a distance of 69.98 feet; thence North 02 degrees 26 minutes 36 seconds East a distance of53.64 feet; thence North 52 degrees 09 minutes 03 seconds West a distance of14.14 feet to the northwesterly line of saidLot 6; thence northeasterly to the point ofbeginning and there terminating.

Dated: January 21, 2014/s/ Christina M. ScipioniEagan City Clerk, Dakota County, Minnesota

Published in Burnsville/Eagan

January 31, February 7, 2014168802

AMENDED SUMMONSState of Wisconsin Circuit Court – Washburn County Publication Amended Summons - Case No. 13-CV-056 - The Honorable Eu-gene D. Harrington - Case Code 30404 (Foreclosure of Mortgage) - The amount claimed exceeds $10,000.00 - Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. successor by merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. f/k/a Norwest Mortgage Inc., 3476 Stat-eview Blvd., Ft. Mill, SC 29715, Plaintiff vs. James A. Dohnalek & Jane Doe-Dohnalek, 1462 Englert Rd., Eagan, MN 55122-1325 and Margaret M. Leighton & John Doe-Leighton, 3665 Birchpond Rd., Saint Paul, MN 55122-1205, De-fendants – The State of Wisconsin - To each person named above as a defendant: You are hereby noti-fied that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. Within 40 days after January 16, 2014 you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the amended complaint. The demand must be sent or deliv-ered to the court, whose address is 10 4th Ave., Shell Lake, WI 54871 and to Gray & Assoc., L.L.P., plain-tiff’s attorney, whose address is 16345 W. Glendale Dr., New Berlin, WI 53151. You may have an attor-ney help or represent you. If you do not demand a copy of the amended complaint within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the amended complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the amended complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may be-come a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnish-ment or seizure of property. Dated 12/27/13, Patricia C. Lonzo, State Bar No. 1045312, Gray & Assoc., L.L.P., Attys. for Plaintiff, 16345 W. Glendale Dr., New Berlin, WI 53151, (414) 224-1987. Gray & Assoc., L.L.P. is attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If you have previously received a dis-charge in a chapter 7 bankruptcy case, this communication should not be construed as an attempt to hold you personally liable for the debt.

Published inBurnsville/Eagan

January 17, 24, 31, 2014162414

NOTICE OF SALEFEBRUARY 28TH, 11:00 AM

2935 LEXINGTON AVE.S. EAGAN, MN.

Notice is hereby given that on February 28, 2014 at 11:00 AM at Acorn Mini Storage, 2935 Lexing-ton Ave. S., city of Eagan, county of Dakota, state of Minnesota, the undersigned Acorn Mini Storage will sell at Public Sale by competi-tive bidding the personal property heretofore stored with the under-signed by:

Unit # 509-Luanne SensrudPower tools, exercise equip.,

tools, luggage, furniture, boxes of unknown content. # 4432249


January 24, 31, 2014166810


LEGAL NOTICES

CITY OF EAGANINVITATION FOR BIDS

SEWER LINE RENOVATIONSealed bids will be received by the City

of Eagan, Minnesota, at the Eagan Util-ity Facility located at 3419 CoachmanPoint, Eagan, MN 55122, until 11:00 a.m.,C.S.T., on Wednesday, February 12,2014at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for the furnishing of all la-bor and materials and all else necessaryfor the following:

Sewer Line Renovation for Cured-In-Place Pipe

City Contract No. 14-10Involving Approximately:7,269 lineal feet of sanitary sewer pipePlans and specifications, proposal

forms and contract documents may beseen at the Eagan Utility Facility located at 3419 Coachman Point, Eagan, MN 55122,Phone (651) 675-5200. Contractors desir-ing a copy of the plans and specifications and proposal forms may obtain them fromthe Eagan Utility Facility for $60.00

Each bid shall be accompanied by abidder’s bond naming the City of Eaganas obligee, a certified check payable to the Clerk of the City of Eagan or a cash deposit equal to at least five percent (5%)of the amount of the bid, which shall beforfeited to the City in the event that the bidder fails to enter into a contract.

The City Council reserves the right toretain the deposits of the three lowest bid-ders for a period not to exceed forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening of the bids. No bids may bewithdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for theopening of bids.

Payment for the work will be by cashor check.

The City reserves the right to reject anyand all bids, to waive irregularities and informalities therein and further reservesthe right to award the contract to the best interests of the City.

Christina Scipioni, City Clerk City of Eagan


169195

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #196 CALL FOR BIDS

ECFE/ECSE/ABE BUILDING Notice is hereby given that Inde-

pendent School District 196, will re-ceive multiple prime sealed bids for the ECFE/ECSE/ABE Building proj-ect, at the District Office located at 3455 153rd Street W Rosemount, MN 55068 until 2:30 pm on Tues-day, February 4th, 2014 at which time they will be opened and read aloud.

A pre-bid conference will be held in the Dakota Conference Room at the District Office, 3455 153rd Street W Rosemount, MN 55068 – at 1 pm, on Tuesday, Janu-ary 21, 2014.

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 base bid price, made payable to Independent School District 196, must be submitted with the bid as bid security. No personal checks will be accepted.

The Board of Education of In-dependent School District 196 re-serves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in bidding.Gary Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

Published in theApple Valley,

Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganJanuary 17, 24, 31, 2014

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CITY OF EAGANNOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING PROPOSED EASEMENT VACATION

DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THECity Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the CityHall, 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, Min-nesota 55122, on Tuesday, February 18,2014, at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafteras possible. The purpose of the meet-ing will be to hold a public hearing on thevacation of public right-of-way over andacross the following described propertyin the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Min-nesota:

The northwesterly 5.0 feet of the south-easterly platted drainage and utility ease-ment over Lot 6, Block 1, WhisperingWoods, Dakota County, Minnesota, ex-cepting the northeasterly and southwest-erly 5.0 feet thereof.

Dated: January 21, 2014/s/ Christina M. ScipioniEagan City Clerk Dakota County, MN


January 31, February 7, 2014168804


PUBLIC HEARINGA Public Hearing will be held on

February 10, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burnsville Planning Commission, 100Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on the application of Eb-enezer Ridges for a two lot subdivi-sion to be known as THE ARBORS AT RIDGES 2ND ADDITION and aPlanned Unit Development Amend-ment for an addition to the existing Ebenezer Care Center located at 13820 Community Drive.

The application will be scheduled for the next appropriate City Council meeting following the Planning Com-mission meeting.

All persons desiring to speak on thisapplication are encouraged to attend.For more information concerning thisrequest, please contact Planner Chris Slania (952) 895-4451 at the City of Burnsville.

Chris Slania On Behalf of the Chair of the

Burnsville Planning CommissionPublished in

Burnsville/EaganJanuary 31, February 7, 2014

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PUBLIC HEARINGA Public Hearing will be held on

February 10, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burnsville Planning Commission, 100Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on the application of PMJ Burnhaven LLC for a Planned Unit Development Amendment for a liquor store and additional sign area locatedat 830 County Road 42 West. The application will be scheduled for the next appropriate City Council meeting following the Planning Commissionmeeting.

All persons desiring to speak on thisapplication are encouraged to attend.For more information concerning thisrequest, please contact Planner Chris Slania (952) 895-4451 at the City of Burnsville.

Chris Slania On Behalf of the Chair of the

Burnsville Planning CommissionPublished in

Burnsville/EaganJanuary 31, February 7, 2014

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WRESTLING-120LBS10TH GRADEFARMINGTONHIGH SCHOOL

NORDIC SKIING12TH GRADEBURNSVILLEHIGH SCHOOL

SeniorsApple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Se-nior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the fol-lowing activities which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For infor-mation, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityofapplev-alley.org. Monday, Feb. 3 – Blood Pressure Checks, 9:30 a.m.; General meeting, 10 a.m.; SR Meeting, 11 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Pool, 1 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m.; Finance Committee, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4 – Quilt-ing Bees, 9 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Pi-nochle, 12:30 p.m.; Span-ish, 1 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Ten-nis, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Velvet Tones, 10 a.m.; First Edi-tion Book Club, 1 p.m.; Gather Around Music, 1 p.m.; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Computer 101, 9:30 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Tap Dancing; 12:30 p.m.; Pool, 1 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m.; Recreated Cards, 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 – Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; De-fensive Driving, 9 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m., Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Members Bingo, 12:30 p.m.; Watercolor Class, 1 p.m.

Church Basement Ladies The Apple Valley Senior Center is offering a trip to see the The Church Base-ment Ladies in “The Last (Potluck) Supper” pro-duction at the Plymouth Playhouse on Wednesday,

March 26. Cost is $38 and includes round trip trans-portation and admission. Register by March 4 in person at the Apple Val-ley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, or by calling 952-953-2345. The bus will depart at 11:15 a.m. and return at 4 p.m. Lunch is not included. Eat prior to arriving or bring a snack for the bus ride.

Chocolate & Hearts Chocolate & Hearts: How Sweet it Is, a Val-entine’s Day celebration sponsored by the Apple Valley and Burnsville parks and recreation de-partments, will be 3-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, at the Apple Valley Senior Cen-ter, 14601 Hayes Road. The event will be filled with music, magic, enter-tainment, dancing, hors d’oeuvres and chocolate. Bob the Beachcomber will provide entertainment. Other activities planned include a roaming magi-cian, a photographer, door prizes and more. This event is for adults age 55 and older. The cost is $12 per person. Register by calling 952-953-2345 or register in person at the Apple Valley Senior Center.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior events. Monday, Feb. 3 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Pi-nochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex Ex. Tuesday, Feb. 4 – Cedar Lanes Bowling, 10 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Du-plicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Coffee Talk – Five Wishes, 2 p.m.; Evening Taxes, 5:30 p.m., Presbyterian Church of the Apostles; Line Dancing. Wednesday, Feb. 5 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.;

Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Taxes, 9 a.m. to noon; Day Old Bread, 10:30 a.m.; Chair Tai Chi, 11 a.m.; 500 and Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; BABS, 1 p.m.; SS Flex Ex. Thursday, Feb. 6 – Foot Clinic, 9 a.m.; Health Ins. Council, 9 a.m.; Crafters, 10 a.m.; Defensive Driving Refresher, 1 p.m.; Open Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 – Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; Apple Valley Bowl Bowling, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex Ex; deadline, Eagles.

Eagan seniors A following senior ac-tivities are offered by the Eagan Parks and Recre-ation Department in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Community Cen-ter, 1501 Central Park-way. Call 651-675-5500 for more information. Monday, Feb. 3 – AARP Taxes, 9-11:15 a.m.; Zumba, 9 a.m.; FFL & FFL+ (Oasis), 10 and 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4 – Pick-leball (gym), 9 a.m.; Quilt-ing, 9:30 a.m.; Book Club No. 1, 1 p.m.; Euchre/500, 1 p.m.; Zumba, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 6:20 p.m.. Wednesday, Feb. 5 – LORockers, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Pickle-ball (gym), 9 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 – ESP-AB, 9 a.m.; A Matter of Balance, 9:30-11:30 a.m.; Zumba, 10:15 a.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m.

Farmington seniors The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more infor-mation on trips, programs and other activities, call 651-280-6970. Monday, Feb. 3 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 12:30 p.m.; Day Old Bread, 12:30 p.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dancing, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4 – AARP

Taxes, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fitness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Open Swim DMS, 11:20 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Bowling, 1 p.m.; Ta-ble Tennis, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Milk Top Group, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 12:30 p.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6 – Cof-fee Guys/Gals, 9:30 a.m.; Open Swim DMS, 11:20 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; Mod-el Train Meeting, 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Harry’s Cafe, 10:45 a.m.

Rosemount seniors The following activities are sponsored by the Rose-mount Parks and Recre-ation Department and the Rosemount Area Seniors. For more information, call the Rosemount Parks and Recreation Department at 651-322-6000. Monday, Feb. 3 – Bridge, 9 a.m., Do Drop Inn; 500, 1 p.m., DDI. Tuesday, Feb. 4– Cof-fee, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Rosemount Cub; Bid Eu-chre, 9 a.m., DDI; Blood Pressure Checks, 11 a.m., Rosemount Community Center; Catered Lunch, 11:30 a.m., RCC, RSVP required. Wednesday, Feb. 5 – Water Color Painting, 9 a.m., DDI; Velvet Tones, 10 a.m., Apple Valley Se-nior Center. Thursday, Feb. 6 – Bin-go, 1 p.m., DDI. Friday, Feb. 7 – Euchre, 9 a.m., DDI; Bowling, 1 p.m., Apple Place in Apple Valley. “Always a Bridesmaid” at the DayTrippers Din-ner Theatre – Wednesday, March 19. Buffet lunch served prior to the stage production of “Always a Bridesmaid,” a com-edy about six high school

friends who make a vow to be in each other’s weddings no matter what. Cost is $50; includes show, meal, bus, and gratuity. The bus will depart from the Rose-mount Community Center at 11:30 a.m. and return at 4 p.m. Registration dead-line is Monday, March 10. The Rosemount Area Seniors “Do Drop Inn” is open to senior citizens 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday-Friday. The room is locat-ed in the Rosemount Com-munity Center and allows seniors a place to stop by and socialize during the week.

Lakeville seniors All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for informa-tion. Free Tax Assistance – AARP Tax-Aide program volunteers will assist with income tax return prepara-tion from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 6 through April 10. Call the Heritage Center to make an ap-pointment. Heart Restart CPR Pro-gram – Learn how to do CPR at 10:30 a.m. Tues-day, Feb. 11. Sign up by Feb. 6. Cost: One punch for members, $2.50 for nonmembers. Scrapbooking, Recy-cled Cards & Crafts – This group meets 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays, Feb. 3, March 3, 17 and 31. Bring your own materials. Sign up if you plan to at-tend. Driver Safety Classes – The Minnesota High-way Safety and Research Center offers the following courses. Call 1-888-234-1294 to register. Four-hour refresher courses ($20): 5:30-9:30 p.m. Feb. 4; 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 22; 5:30-9:30 p.m. March 10. Eight-hour full course ($24): 5:30-9:30 p.m. May 12 and 13.

Carlson is ‘Friend of Transit’ The Suburban Tran-sit Providers presented a “Friend of Transit” award to Sen. Jim Carlson, DFL-Eagan, at the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority board of directors meeting on Jan. 22. James Clark, repre-senting the STA, offered comments about Carlson’s support of transit and in

particular his carrying a bill, in a bipartisan man-ner with Sen. Eric Pratt, R-Shakopee, to make sure allocations to the Sub-urban Transit Providers were included in the tran-sit funding bill. Carlson is one of several legislators recently honored by STA for their efforts on behalf of transit.


ruled. Warr admitted to police he was in the boy’s townhouse when he died and admitted to “physi-cally disciplining” him, but denied responsibility for the death, according to Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom. “These charges reflect allegations that this was intentional child and do-mestic abuse that tragi-cally claimed the life of a defenseless child, under circumstances that mani-fested an extreme indif-ference to human life and involved a past pattern of child and domestic abuse,” Backstrom said in a news release Jan. 23. Key’ontay lived with his mother at 31 Horizon Heights road in northeast Burnsville, just south of Highway 13. Warr had an ongoing relationship with the woman despite an order for protection prohibiting him from contact with her, Key’ontay and the boy’s 2-year-old brother. Warr isn’t either of the boys’ fa-ther but is the father of an 8-month-old girl who lived at the townhouse. The medical examiner also found that Key’ontay had multiple bruises on his head, face, arms, chest and back and eight broken ribs — breaks that occurred on at least two different occa-sions, Backstrom said. Three of the first-degree murder charges allege that the crime occurred while Warr was committing child abuse. They require proof of a past pattern of child abuse committed against the victim or any other child. Another first-degree charge alleges the crime occurred while Warr was committing domestic abuse and also requires proof of a past pattern of abuse. The first- and second-degree murder charges also allege first-degree assault, child neglect and malicious punishment of a child. One second-degree count alleges that Warr inflicted bodily harm while violating a protection order. Police and paramedics

responding to the family’s townhouse complex found Key’ontay dead on the floor of his bedroom. Warr was allegedly trying to flee in a vehicle when respond-ers arrived. He struck the side of a garage while try-ing to leave the parking lot. He told an officer that the “sick” 4-year-old boy in the townhouse was his stepson, who needed to get to the hospital. Warr fled on foot when asked for his car keys but tripped and fell near the townhouse complex, where he was arrested. In interviews with po-lice, Key’ontay’s mother said the boy had been sick since June 6 with stomach pain and flu-like symp-toms. She said that just be-fore she called 911 on June 11 she had tried to give Key’ontay a bath to reduce his fever. The boy was in the bath when he lost consciousness and stopped breathing, she told police. She also said Warr had physically assaulted her on multiple occasions. Further police investiga-tion revealed that in Febru-ary 2012, a day-care em-ployee had seen an injury on the back of Key’ontay’s head. He told the employee it was from a “whooping” that Warr had given him, according to Backstrom. The boy sustained a black eye in May 2013 af-ter being alone in the up-stairs of the townhouse with Warr. Warr told the mother Key’ontay had hit his eye on a toy box. But Key’ontay had told another family member that Warr “whooped” him, causing him to fall and hurt his eye. Warr made his first court appearance on the indictment Jan. 23. Bail was set at $1 million with no conditions or $750,000 with conditions. Warr re-mains in state prison. His next court appearance is April 29 in Hastings. John Gessner can be reached at (952) 846-2031 or email [email protected].

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includes a trash container that matches the bench. The plaques would be limited to 28 square inch-es and could include only lettering under the policy. Nicollet Commons pavers are also avail-able through the founda-tion and installed by the city. Costs are $750 for a 12-by-12-inch paver in the park’s circular plaza, $250 for an 8-by-8 brick and $125 for an 8-by-4 brick. The policy adds two types of memorials that don’t involve the founda-tion: memorial trees and general park donations. Memorial-tree re-quests would be approved by the city forester. Trees would be planted only in

locations where a tree is “needed or appropriate,” according to the policy. The forester would ap-prove the species and es-tablish a fee based on it. Donors would cover the cost of the tree and work with city staff to arrange the planting. No plaques or markers would be allowed on new memorial trees. Trees lost to natural causes or van-dalism could be replaced at the donors’ expense. General park system donations would also be accepted as memorials. Donors would receive a city certificate of ap-preciation. Donations wouldn’t be for specific parks or projects for but for use within the system at the city’s discretion. Requests for memori-

als that don’t fit the pro-posed policy would re-quire review by the Parks and Natural Resources Commission and approv-al by the City Council. The city would require a three-month waiting pe-riod from the time of a person’s death before ac-cepting such requests. City parks already have 25 to 30 memorial benches, 10 to 15 memo-rial trees with plaques and five to eight other memorials, such as dug-outs and picnic shelters, Schultz told the Parks and Natural Resources Commission Jan. 28. Nicollet Commons also has a number of memo-rial pavers. Commissioners voiced approval of the policy but didn’t vote on a recom-

mendation because they lacked a quorum. “I think it’s a very good combination of groups working together in the city,” Commissioner Len Nachman said. Existing memorials would be allowed to re-main until they need to be replaced or “significantly repaired,” the policy says. At that time, they’d be re-moved and replaced with one of the approved op-tions under the policy, at the discretion of the per-son who originally com-missioned the memorial.

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

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The Twin Cities popu-lation has also become more diverse. In 1990, 9 percent of the region’s population were people of color. In 2040, people of color are expected to be 43 percent of the re-gion’s population. In a panel discussion following the State of the Region, Nexus Commu-nity Partners President Repa Mekha pointed out that a 30-year-old Twin Cities resident is facing a different racial envi-ronment today than they were on the day they were born, when 80 percent of the population was Cau-casian. He added that the U.S. population is pre-dicted to be less than 50 percent Caucasian when that 30-year-old retires. “It’s not a philosophy ... it’s a reality. That train has left the station,” he said. The demographic shift to a majority of peo-ple of color is happening in the United States, and embracing it is critical for the future of the Twin Cities, he said. “Either we progress or digress. There’s no mid-

dle,” he said. The increasing diversi-ty might throw the region off a bit, but it will help the region move forward, he said. “As we talk about the future, the future is com-ing right at us,” he said. Racially Concentrated Areas of Poverty lead to generational poverty, Haigh said. Race is con-nected to where people live in the Twin Cities, and a person’s neighbor-hood is connected to their health, education and well-being. The region will be eco-nomically stuck if it con-tinues in the same vein, she said. During the panel discussion, Northside Achievement Zone Presi-dent Sondra Samuels pointed out that nearly 50 percent of Hennepin County children younger than age 5 are people of color, yet Minnesota is near the bottom for grad-uation rates of minorities compared to other states. “You don’t build an economy on that,” she said. She added that com-panies are drawn to Min-

nesota because of its ed-ucated workforce, but the region is running into a “tragic, tragic” situation on education, she said. Eliminating Racially Concentrated Areas of Poverty will create re-gional economic growth. The elimination of those areas would invest an es-timated $35 billion into the region, Haigh said. She pointed out that without racially driven economic disparities, the Twin Cities would have 182,000 more high school graduates, 137,000 more people employed and 216,000 more homeown-ers. “This is how growth happens,” she said. Thrive 2040 will pro-vide equity in three key areas: community en-gagement, housing and transportation, outlined by Haigh in the State of the Region speech. The Met Council will work with communities to develop solutions, in-cluding engaging people who haven’t historically been at the table, Haigh said. Choices in housing need to be created and

they need better results, she said. They plan to partner with govern-ments and nonprofits to spur development in the poorest areas, which in turn will create opportu-nities for jobs and stabi-lize housing, she said. Transit is also needed because it will provide access to good jobs and schools, she said. Haigh added that the Green Line Light Rail Transit (LRT) line is set to open June 14 of this year and although it hasn’t opened yet, $1.7 billion has already been privately invested along the line. The Red Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line that connects Apple Valley to Bloomington opened in 2013. A BRT line is also being planned in St. Paul that will con-nect to the Green Line and Blue Line LRT. No mention of the Southwest LRT proj-ect was made during the speech. Contact Lisa Kaczke at l i sa [email protected], or follow her on Twitter @EdinaSunCur-rent.

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20Aries, you are inspired to take on the world, but you maywant to focus on smaller goals this week. Finishing a long-lin-gering work project is a viable option.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21Taurus, something does not seem to be falling into place.Take stock of things at home and at work to see if you cancrack this nut. A little more investigation many be necessary.

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CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22Exercise caution and do not jump to any conclusions at work,Cancer. While you may know what your boss expects fromyou, it is better to wait to hear what he or she has to say.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23Leo, you can envision exciting adventures ahead, and thosetimes will be here before you know it. Channel your enthusi-asm so you can get a head start on planning your adventure.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22Virgo, you have a desire to be different from everyone elsethis week. It's good to be original, but don't stray too far offthe beaten path or you may find yourself lost.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23Libra, a friend may shock you by doing something really out-rageous. You do not know what to make of this change inpersonality, but do your best to take it in stride.

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CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20Capricorn, you have so much to do now that your mind maybe in a complete jumble. Others will come at you with ques-tions, but take a deep breath and answer them one at a time.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18Change is not the best idea right now, Aquarius. It is muchbetter to stick with the status quo for a little while longer.Then you will have enough stability to make a change.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20Pisces, you have many new ideas about how to get richquick, but you will probably want to find more sensible waysto earn a living.

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Friday, Jan. 31 Family Fun Night, 5:30-8 p.m., Church of St. Joseph and School, 13900 Biscayne Ave. W., Rosemount. Theme: Under the Big Top. Carnival games, prizes, music, raffles, silent auction and more. Pasta dinner served until 7 p.m. Con-cessions available. Free admis-sion. Dinner tickets at the door: $6 children, $9 adult, $30 family maximum. Information: www.stjosephcommunity.org or 651-423-1658.

Saturday, Feb. 1 Winter Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to noon, Eagan Com-munity Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. Items for sale include locally produced food items such as honey, jams, sauces, sweet treats, artisan bakery items, strudel, root veg-etables and more. Youth Ice Fishing Con-test, noon to 2 p.m., Valley Lake Park, 16050 Garrett Path. Prizes will be awarded to youth ages 13 and under for different fish categories. Participants need to bring their own fishing equipment and bait. Register the day of the contest. Free. Sponsored by Lakeville Knights of Columbus. Mid-Winter Fest “All Com-ers” Pinewood Derby, noon to 3 p.m., Apple Valley Commu-nity Center, 14603 Hayes Road. Open to all. Sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America. Infor-mation: http://chiefblackdog.nsbsa.org, click on Mid-Winter Fest Pinewood Derby. Bingo fundraiser for the Farmington High School boys lacrosse team, 2-4 p.m., host-ed by the Farmington Eagles

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Thursday, Feb. 6 AARP Tax Aide, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. Tax preparation help for low-income seniors, adults and families. Registration re-quired at 952-891-0300. Legal Resources, 6-8 p.m., Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, 952-981-7045. Learn how to find infor-mation on various legal issues. Information/registration: www.co.dakota.mn.us/libraries.

Friday, Feb. 7 Forever Wild Family Fri-day: Sledding Party, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Regional Park, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. Bring your sled for a fun party on the lit sledding hill. All ages. Free. Registration requested at www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks.

Saturday, Feb. 8 How To Make 2014 Your Best Year Ever, women’s well-ness seminar, 9-11 a.m., Lake-ville Chart House, 11287 Klam-ath Trail, Lakeville. Free, but a $10 tax-deductible donation to the 360 Communities’ Lewis House will be taken at the door; receipts given. Information: www.lakevillefitwomen.com. Co-Parenting Following Divorce, 9-11 a.m., InnerLight Healing Center, 17305 Cedar Ave. S., Lakeville. Cost: $39. Registration/information: coun-selingandhealing.com, 952-435-4144. Volunteer Income Tax As-sistance (VITA), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, 952-981-7045. For those who are age 65 or older, disabled, speak limited English, or whose an-

nual household income is less than $52,000. Free income tax preparation assistance. Bring tax-deductible expenses (in-cluding property tax or rental payment records), photo ID, family Social Security cards and a copy of last year’s tax re-turn. No appointments taken.

Ongoing Feed My Starving Children South Metro Mobilepack, Feb. 3-8, various shifts available, Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church, 3611 North Berens Road N.W., Prior Lake. Volun-teers are needed to help pack 3 million meals to be distributed to children across the world. To register or donate: www.fund-raising.fmsc.org/southmetro. For questions, contact Heather Hecht at [email protected].

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • Jan. 31, 1-6 p.m., Advent United Methodist Church, 3945 Lexington Ave. S., Eagan. • Feb. 3, 1-7 p.m., Berean Baptist Church, 309 E. County Road 42, Burnsville. • Feb. 3, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 3930 Rahn Road, Ea-gan. • Feb. 4, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Shepherd of the Valley Luther-an Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. • Feb. 6, 1-6 p.m., Mt. Oliv-et Assembly of God Church, 14201 Cedar Ave. S., Apple Valley. • Feb. 8, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville.

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Books Lori Campbell, 10-11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, Dakota Lodge, Thompson County Park, 360 Butler Ave. E., West St. Paul, 952-891-7000. Meet Lori Campbell, an expert in wellness and aging and author of “Awaken Your Age Poten-tial: Exploring Chosen Paths of Thrivers,” and learn how to master the art of aging. Spon-sored in part with TriDistrict Community Education. Regis-tration required: Call 651-403-8313 or visit www.celearn4ever.org. Master storyteller Noth-ando Zulu, 7-7:45 p.m. Mon-day, Feb. 3, Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville, 952-891-0300. Zulu will recreate colorful characters from African and African-Amer-ican folktales. Free.

Exhibits Best of Bonnie Feather-stone & Friends exhibit will be on display through Feb. 1 in the art gallery at Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Information: 952-895-4685, facebook.com/bon-nieandfriends. Winter Art Experience, an exhibit sponsored by the Ea-gan Art Festival and Eagan Art House, is on display through February at the Eagan Byerly’s, 1299 Promenade Place. Infor-mation: 651-675-5521.

Music Patty Peterson with Family & Friends, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, Valleywood Golf Course clubhouse, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Valley. Part of the Frozen Apple concert series by the Apple Valley Arts Founda-tion. Free. Information: avarts-foundation.org. Saturday Musical Matinee with MacPhail Center for Mu-sic cellist Jacqueline Ultan and flutist Julie Johnson, 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, Apple Valley Villa, 14610 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley. Features music through the centuries from around the world. Refreshments follow. Free. RSVP at 952-236-2600. Sponsored by Augustana Care and MacPhail Center for Music. Rockie Lynne “Radio Road” CD release event Sat-urday, Feb. 8, at Bogart’s Place, 14917 Garrett Ave., Apple Val-ley. Pre-show dinner at 6 p.m. with main show at 9 p.m. Din-ner and main show, $40, http://shop.rockielynnemusicgroup.com. Tickets for the 9 p.m. per-

formance are $15 at the door. Information: www.rockielynne.com.

Theater Auditions for “The Dixie Swim Club” by Expressions Community Theater, 6-8 p.m. Feb. 3-4, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Roles for five women who will be portrayed at ages 44, 49, 54 and 77. Must be able to speak with a Southern accent. Performances will be April 4-6, 11-13. Call backs, if needed, will be 6 p.m. Feb. 6. Informa-tion: 952-985-4640. “Snow White & the 7 or 8 Dwarfs,” presented by Lake-ville Area Community Educa-tion and Giant Step Children’s Theatre, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, Feb. 7-8, Feb. 14-15 and Feb. 17, Lakeville North High School, 19600 Ipava Ave. Tickets: $6 in advance at 952-232-2150 (www.lakevilleareacommuni-tyed.net) or $8 at the door. “Ole & Lena’s 50th Wed-ding Anniversary and Vow Renewal,” 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets: $20 at 952-895-4680 or Ticketmaster.com.

Workshops/classes/other Allegro Choral Academy is accepting registrations for its second semester for grades 2-8. Registrations accepted until classes are full. Campuses in Lakeville and Rosemount. Information: allegroca.org, [email protected] or 952-846-8585. Valentine Cards in Water-color, ages 14 and older, 6:30-9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31, Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Cost: $34. Supplies provid-ed. Registration/information: 651-675-5521. Drawing from the Imagi-nation, ages 11 and older, 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 5-19, Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexing-ton Ave. S. Cost: $62. Supplies provided. Registration/informa-tion: 651-675-5521. Family Saturday Sampler - Painting, 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. For families with children ages 6 and above. Cost: $20 per family up to four people, $3 each additional per-son. Supplies provided. Reg-istration/information: 651-675-5521. 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. Adult painting open stu-

dio, 9 a.m. to noon Fridays at the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Fee is $5 per session. Information: 651-675-5521. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tier-ney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes-days, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Teens Express Yourself with Paint, 5-7 p.m. Mondays at Brushworks School of Art in Burnsville, www.BrushworksS-choolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Act-Sing-Dance winter session enrollment open for ages 7-17. Burnsville location. Information: 952-220-1676, Drama Interaction. Homeschool Theatre Pro-gram, winter session open enrollment, Wednesdays, ages 7-17. In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, 952-736-3644. Show Biz Kids Theater Class for children with special needs (ASD/DCD programs), In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, 952-736-3644. Broadway Kids Dance and Theater Program for all ages and abilities, In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, 952-736-3644. Join other 55-plus adults at the Eagan Art House to create beaded jewelry. The Jewelry Club meets on the third Friday of each month from 1-3 p.m. Information: 651-675-5500. Soy candle making class-es held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Ja-mie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Country line dance class-es held for intermediates Mon-days 1:30-4 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Mar-ilyn 651-463-7833. Country line dance class-es on Wednesdays at the Lake-ville Senior Center, 20110 Holy-oke Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Infor-mation: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

Call for artists for ‘Art Is …’ The Eagan Art House is accepting registrations for the 2014 exhibit “Art Is … Exhibit and Artist Perspective.” The exhibit highlights what art means to individual artists and is open to all local working artists living in Eagan or Dakota County. Each participant is re-quired to write an artist statement and can submit up to two pieces, free of charge. All two-dimen-sional media will be ac-cepted. The exhibit will be displayed at Byerly’s and Ring Mountain Creamery in Eagan. Registrations are due by Feb. 21 by email to [email protected]. Drop-off is at the Ea-gan Art House between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28. The exhibit will be on display from Mon-day, March 3, through Wednesday, April 30. Visit cityofeagan.com/index.php/recreation/ea-gan-art-house for registra-tion forms and submission details.

Coffee Concert in Lakeville The Grammy Award-winning Chestnut Brass Company presents the sec-ond of this year’s Kingsley Shores Coffee Concerts at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. “Our Lakeville pro-gram is ‘Made in Amer-ica.’ We’ll perform folk songs from diverse tradi-

tions, popular tunes of George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Duke Elling-ton, and two new works by American composers Joseph Turrin and Eric Ewazen,” said Larry Zim-merman, Apple Valley na-tive and trombonist. Tickets are $15 general admission, $12 students and seniors. Call 952-985-4640 for tickets and more information.

IMAX offers Language Days The Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley is cel-ebrating languages from around the world with se-lect films shown in French, German and Spanish. French Day (films shown in French): Tues-day, Feb. 4, 10 a.m., “To the Arctic 3D”; noon, “Born to be Wild 3D.” German Day (film shown in German): Wednesday, Feb. 5, 10 and 11 a.m., “Deep Sea.” Spanish Day (film shown in Spanish): Tues-day, Feb. 11, noon and 1 p.m., “Deep Sea.” Spanish Day (films shown in Spanish): Wednesday, Feb. 12, 9 a.m., “Born to be Wild 3D”; 11 a.m., “Deep Sea”; noon, “Born to be Wild 3D”; 1 p.m. “Galapagos 3D.” Tickets are $9.75 for adults and $7.50 for chil-dren ages 3-12 and se-niors age 65 and older. For group reservations, contact 952-997-9714 or [email protected]. The Minnesota Zoo also will participate by presenting select indoor

exhibits in the featured language of the day. Up-per level language students use music, costumes, and props to interpret more than 40 animal exhibits. All days are geared to-ward language students in grades 7-12 and elementa-ry immersion students. To register a class, visit www.mnzoo.org/teachandlearn or call 952-431-9218.

Area choirs join symphony The choirs from Lake-ville North and Lakeville South high schools will join the Dakota Valley Symphony and Chorus at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, at the Three Choirs Festival to perform “The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace” by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins. The piece was commis-sioned by the Royal Ar-mouries Museum in Great Britain and dedicated to Kosovo war victims. The program also will feature Dr. Angela Han-son’s solo performance of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 (The Turkish) and Egyptian March op. 335 by Strauss Jr. During intermission, the Dakota Valley Sym-phony will conduct its annual silent auction and Wall of Wine fundraiser. The Three Choirs Festi-val will be at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tick-ets range from $5-$16 and can be purchased at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 or Ticket-master.com. More infor-mation is at www.Dakota-ValleySymphony.org.

All jazzed up in Rosemount Septonics, Night Owl Band open jazz concert series

Fans of live jazz can get their fix at Rosemount’s Steeple Center in the com-ing months. The Rosemount Area Arts Council is presenting three concerts in its “Jazz at the Steeple Center” se-ries, which opens Feb. 8 with performances by Twin Cities-based groups the Septonics and the Night Owl Band. Both bands feature gui-tarist Paul Renz, director of jazz studies at the West Bank School of Music and a MacPhail Center for Mu-sic jazz guitar instructor. Guests at the concert can expect a mix of jazz standards as well as swing, Latin and contemporary jazz pieces, according to Greg Twaites, the Rose-mount arts council mem-ber coordinating the series. The concerts continue March 15 with 651 Jazz, a quintet of Rosemount-based musicians including alto sax player Connor Carroll, a 2009 Rosemount

High School graduate who went on to major in perfor-mance sax at Indiana Uni-versity. The spring finale con-cert on May 3 again brings Renz to the Steeple Center stage; he’ll be performing this time around as part of the Paul Renz Quartet. The arts council is look-ing to make “Jazz at the

Steeple Center” an ongo-ing program, with tenta-tive plans for additional concerts in the fall, Twaites said. Tickets for each of the concerts, which run from 7-9 p.m., are $5 and will be available at the door and in advance at www.rose-mountarts.com.

—Andrew Miller

The Septonics (above) and the Night Owl Band are set to open the jazz series at Rosemount’s Steeple Center on Feb. 8. (Photo submitted)


DAKOTA VALLEY

Jenkins: The Armed Man, a Mass for Peacewith the DVS Orchestra and Chorus and the

Lakeville North High Schooland Lakeville South High School choruses

Also featuring works by Mozart and Strauss Jr

Three Choirs FestivalSunday Feb. 9, 2014 3:00 pm

Stephen J. Ramsey, Conductor / Music Director

Fund raisingopportunitiesbefore theconcert or atintermission:* Silent Auction* Wall of Wine Drawing!

Ticketsavailable at

the BurnsvillePerforming Arts

Center box office,by phone atTicketmaster800-982-2787or online at

Ticketmaster.com

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For CD release, country star will brave the cold Rockie Lynne concert Feb. 8 at Bogart’s Place

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Country music artist Rockie Lynne is no stranger to Minne-sota winters — he lived in Coon Rapids for a spell before signing his first major-label record deal and heading to Nashville – but the North Carolina native admits he never really acclimated to the arctic chill of the Land of 10,000 Lakes. “When I lived in Minnesota, my friends would come over and I’d be in the house with a stock-ing cap and a coat on,” Lynne said. “I love it in Minnesota, I love the whole way Minnesotans look at life – it can be 20 below zero and nothing really stops – but I never got used to the weather.” Lynne joked that he’ll be bringing every item of clothing he owns for his return to Min-nesota next month, when he’ll be performing a CD release concert Feb. 8 at Bogart’s Place in Apple Valley in support of his new al-bum, “Radio Road.” The album takes its name from the address of Lynne’s re-cording studio – housed in an old radio station at 1117 Radio Road.

Lynne’s self-titled 2006 debut album produced three singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts – “Lipstick,” “Do We Still” and “More” – and since his breakthrough onto the national country music scene the U.S. Army veteran has been working to build Tribute to the Troops, an annual charity motorcycle ride he co-founded that raises money for families of soldiers who died in non-combat situations. Among the highlights of his country music career, Lynne has logged more than a dozen ap-pearances on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry and seen his music aired on TV programs in-cluding CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “Fox NFL Sunday.” This past week saw him putting the finishing touches on the theme song for next year’s United Way campaign, which he was com-missioned to produce. Tickets for the concert at Bo-gart’s in Apple Valley are $15; more information is at www.bogartsplace.com. The Bogart’s event also features a pre-show dinner with Lynne; details are at www.rockielynne.com. Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Since the release in 2006 of his self-titled debut album, Rockie Lynne has been work-ing to build Tribute to the Troops, an an-nual charity motorcycle ride he co-founded that raises money for families of soldiers who died in non-combat situations. (Photo submitted)

DANCING INTOTHE NEW YEAR

Apple Valley’s Galaxie Library celebrated the Chinese New Year on Jan. 25 with a performance by the Twin Cities Chinese Dance Center. It was a pre-New Year’s party, so to speak, as this year the Chinese New Year falls on Jan. 31.

The event was part of the ongoing Minnesota Mosaic Cultural Arts series offered by the Dakota County library system; the next Minnesota Mosaic event will feature storyteller Nothando Zulu sharing African and African-American folktales at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, at the Burnhaven Library in Burnsville. More about the series is at www.dakotacounty.us/library. (Photos by Andrew Miller)

Neil Diamond Tribute Philip Bauer’s Neil Diamond Tribute takes the Lake-ville South High School stage Saturday, Feb. 1. This is Bauer’s second appearance in Lakeville – the first was for a Johnny Cash Tribute in 2013. Bauer’s music career began locally when he won first place in the Minnesota State Fair Talent Contest. Since then he has performed all over the world. Tickets are $28 for preferred seating and $23 for balcony seating, and are available at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or at the arts center at 20965 Holyoke Ave. The event is hosted by the Lakeville Area Arts Center and the Lakeville Rotary. For more information, call 952-985-4640. (Photo submitted)
