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Make wise investments The 2014 Minnesota Legislature should use money from the bonding bill on needs, not wants.

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Hockey team on to stateThe Burnsville girls hockey team is headed to the state tournament with first-year head coach Tracy Cassano.

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available Tickets are still available for the 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, Exceptional Businesswomen Recognition Event, at Lost Spur Golf & Event Center in Eagan. People can purchase the $25 tickets by going to SunThisweek.com and clicking on the Exceptional Businesswomen link. Attendees can purchase tickets on the day of the event, but should RSVP by calling Callie Rendall 952-392-6808 by noon Feb. 24.

Lightning strikes twice

The Eastview High School dance team broke Maple Grove’s hold on the Class AAA championship and claimed its second Jazz title and danced away with its fourth con-secutive AAA High Kick crown and its eighth overall during the 2014 State Girls’ Dance Team Tournament on Feb. 14 and 15 at Target Center in Minneapolis. The Lightning won its one previous Jazz title in 2000, and, in addition to the past four years, the Lightning also won High Kick titles in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009. Judges scored the entrants in different categories, including execution, choreography, difficulty and routine effectiveness. (Photo by Rich Moll)

Arts center’s numbers haveofficials smiling Revenue up, city subsidy down by John Gessner

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The arrows keep point-ing in the right direc-tions for the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, whose 2013 financial per-formance has center of-ficials and City Council members smiling. Attendance and rev-enue were up, while the city-subsidized operating deficit fell sharply. “I’m never going to stop showing this chart,” Sal Mondelli, chair of the center’s citizen advi-sory commission, told the council Feb. 18. “I think it’s a testament to hang-

ing in there and doing the right thing.” He presented numbers from the center’s annual report showing that rev-enue rose 20 percent, from $975,385 in 2012 to $1.17 million in 2013. Attendance at center functions rose 11 percent, from 110,425 to 123,030. And the operating defi-cit, which management and city officials have been trying to slash since the center’s difficult open-ing years, plunged 37 per-cent — from $253,465 to $160,115. “Everything focuses on all of these numbers being better and better,” Mayor Elizabeth Kautz said.

Eighth-graders and Blue Nova team members Luke Lovegreen (left), Aaron Liu and Brandon Dykes work on their robot in preparation for Saturday’s competition. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

Students flock to robotics Five Eagan teams

to compete at state by Jessica Harper


Three years ago Eagan High School expanded its robotics to include a ninth-grade program, and since then it’s ex-ploded in popularity. What began as a team of 10 students has grown to 10 teams totaling 65 stu-dents. Eagan’s robotics program was formed

seven years ago and is part of the Na-tional FIRST Robotics program, which gives high school students an opportu-nity to build and compete with robots. “Each robot is slightly different and students get to learn to program and build robots from the ground up,” said Ron Davies, a team mentor for Eagan’s ninth-grade program. Blue Twilight, which consists of soph-omores, juniors and seniors, are a force to be reckoned with. The team has com-

Mayor talks crime,

property issues,

redevelopmentKautz gives State of City

address by John Gessner


Burnsville’s violent-crime rate is down, its property inspections are up and its redevelopment potential is strong, Mayor Elizabeth Kautz said Feb. 12 in her annual State of the City address. In her wide-ranging address, the seven-term mayor also touted the city’s prized AAA bond rating and paid tribute to the Ames brothers of Burnsville-based Ames Construction Inc., whose latest philanthropic con-tribution to Burnsville is a $1 million naming-rights deal at the city’s Perform-ing Arts Center. “From this day for-ward, this facility will be known as the Ames Center,” Kautz said from the center’s main the-ater, where the Burnsville

Chamber of Commerce and the city held the event. Burnsville was rocked in 2013 by a shooting and resulting loss of two lives, the mayor said, referring to the Sept. 22 shooting of 23-year-old Palagor Obang Jobi outside Nina’s Grill and subsequent kill-

Burnsville Mayor Eliza-beth Kautz delivered the State of the City address Feb. 12 at the Perform-ing Arts Center. (City of Burnsville photo)

Experts: Not so fast on legalizing potby Mike Hanks


Legalize marijuana in Minnesota? Not so fast, warns a former Obama Administration senior ad-viser. Kevin Sabet, who

served as the senior ad-viser at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy from 2009-11, said America in many ways is being sold a false bill of goods” during a fo-rum in Bloomington that drew an audience of more

than 200. The audience, com-posed of professionals that work with youths, in-cluding law enforcement, medical, public health and education profession-als, listened for two hours Feb. 13 as Sabet – armed

with statistics and studies to support his arguments – gave a whirlwind review of his book “Reefer Sanity: 7 Great Myths About Mari-juana.” Sabet, the director of the Drug Policy Institute at the University of Flori-

da, didn’t argue for legaliz-ing or criminalizing mari-juana, but he questioned and sharply criticized the policy decisions made by states that have legalized marijuana for medicinal

Yves Zouzouambe is a Burnsville software architect who has developed health care exchanges for employers. (Pho-to by John Gessner)

Health sites an opportunity for local software architect

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Yves Zouzouambe can’t say exactly why the federal and state health care ex-change websites stumbled so badly out of the gate. But the Burnsville soft-ware architect understands the nature of the flaws that have plagued HealthCare.gov and MNsure.org. “The number one rea-

son why software projects fail is really that the prob-lem is not well-defined from the get-go,” Zouz-ouambe said. “And then halfway through the im-plementation, new infor-mation is revealed.” Zouzouambe has had far more success with his own health care exchange projects. His company, ASM Logic, was contract-ed by CieloStar, a Minne-

apolis firm specializing in health care payment and benefit technology sys-tems, to design exchanges for state chambers of com-merce. Chamber members, mostly small businesses, can use the exchanges to provide health care choic-es for their employees. Employees can shop for

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Dark plots unfoldChameleon Theatre Circle presents Sam Shepard’s dark drama “Simpatico” at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center.

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Lucky’s 13 Pub location coming to Burnsville Center

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


A pair of restaurateurs with their fingerprints all over the metro dining and bar scene are opening their latest venture at Burnsville Center. Business partners Lin-da Young and Charlie Bur-rows will open their fourth location of Lucky’s 13 Pub in the former El Azteca space across from Apple-bee’s. A late May opening is planned, Burrows said. “We wanted to be in Burnsville, and it just worked out that’s where we ended up in Burnsville,” he said of the mall location, which will include an out-door patio. Burger and beer choices are abundant at Lucky’s 13, as patrons of its loca-tions in Mendota, Bloom-ington, Plymouth and Far-go, N.D., know. “I call it ‘American pub,’” Burrows said in an interview. Business partners for nearly 20 years, he and

Young met while working for Champps. Young was part of a team that opened the Burnsville Champps location for former owner Dean Vlahos. “I love this city, and I think it’s going to be a great opportunity for us,” Young told the City Coun-cil Feb. 3, when the council approved the liquor license for Lucky’s 13. The 230-seat restaurant will employ about 100 peo-ple, Burrows said. Young grew up in the restaurant business. Her parents worked at the old Parker House on Highway 13 in Mendota. Her father, Axel, did maintenance and her mother, Janette, ran the kitchen, Burrows said. His and Young’s first venture was Axel’s River Grill, which they launched in the Parker House build-ing after the restaurant had closed, Burrows said. The Axel’s family of restaurants grew to in-clude locations of Axel’s Bonfire, including one in Eagan, and Rudy’s Redeye Grill.

Young and Burrows sold Alex’s and Bonfire to Nath Cos. in 2007. They still own the Rudy’s Re-deye Grill in Rosemount and Me & Julio, a Mexican and American restaurant in Hastings, Burrows said. The partners had al-ready started planning their first Lucky’s before they sold Axel’s and Bon-fire, Burrows said. They razed a “grungy old bar” — the former Mendota Saloon, a block from the first Axel’s — and built a handsome brick building. “We’ve always been about quality service, quality food, quality envi-ronment,” Burrows said. “Those are the things we’re always chasing.” Young said Lucky’s is a “family restaurant.” “It’s fun,” she told the council. “Our food is all cooked from scratch. Ev-erything is homemade.”

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

EHS gets ‘All Shook Up’

Eagan High School students Ben Heying (left) and Brianna HeDeman star as Chad and Natalie in Eagan High School’s production of “All Shook Up.” Performances are Feb. 21 and 22 at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 23 at 2 p.m., Feb. 27 and 28 and March 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Eagan High School Auditorium. Tickets are $9 for adults, $7 for seniors and $5 for students. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

Dakota Electric offers students trip to Washington, D.C. Dakota Electric Associ-ation will provide five high school juniors or seniors the opportunity to win an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., as part of the National Ru-ral Electric Cooperative Association’s Youth Tour, June 13-19. During the trip, stu-

dents learn about electric cooperatives and govern-ment, meet elected of-ficials and tour national monuments and sites. To apply, students who live in a household that receives power from Da-kota Electric can pick up an application form from their high school guidance

counselor, download a form at www.dakotaelec-tric.com or pick one up at Dakota Electric’s Farm-ington office. The application dead-line is Feb. 28. Interviews are scheduled for March 13 and 17. For more infor-mation, call Peggy John-son at 651-463-6110.

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Perspectives offered by women in business Panel discussion aims to highlight successes and challenges

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


For the first time in the five years of the Ex-ceptional Businesswomen awards program, people attending the recognition event will hear directly from the winners. In the past, the event has featured a guest speak-er and remarks by the win-ners on video, but this year a panel discussion will highlight the success-es, challenges and insights faced by these women. “This is something that grew out of comments from past attendees who wanted to hear more from the winners,” said Krista Jech, marketing man-ager for ECM Publishers Inc., which is organizing the event through Sun Thisweek and Dakota County Tribune. With a wide range of working experiences, the women are expected to of-fer perspectives that will likely complement the stories about them that appeared in the newspa-per’s Feb. 20 special sec-tion. The section appears in select editions of Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune and is posted online at the Ex-ceptional Businesswomen link at SunThisweek.com. “We are very excited to have this panel discus-

sion,” Jech said. “We ex-pect the winners to talk about the challenges they met along the way, some of those related to wom-en’s changing roles in the workplace.” The variety of stories is expected to be reveal-ing, as the panel includes Audrey Aronoson John-son, who was among the first class of women to be accepted in the Harvard-Radcliffe School of Busi-ness for Women program in 1959, and Linda Radue, who was among one of the

few women in the vehicle sales business when she started six years ago. Though Johnson is above the typical retire-ment age, she continues to work with the Lakeville-based property manage-ment business Johnson Companies, and Radue is one of Volkswagen’s top salespersons in the state and country. The panel will also in-clude perspectives from small business and indus-try with honorees Karen DeVaughn of Life Well-

ness Center, which of-fers chiropractic care in Lakeville and Eagan, and Karen Wentworth of Lakeville-based Hobo Inc., which primarily makes chemicals for the car wash and agricultural industries. Innovative Office Solu-tions co-founder and CEO Jennifer Smith will talk about her journey to build a small company into one of the most prominent of-fice product suppliers in the country. Roz Peterson will talk

about how she balances her business and civic in-terests as broker for Cer-ron Commercial Prop-erties, a member of the Lakeville Area School Board, active volunteer with area chambers and political candidate. Kari Mitchell of Rosemount-based Char-ity Events of Minnesota will offer her perspective from the nonprofit world as she’s raised millions of dollars over the years to fund research and other services for those affected by such fatal diseases as cancer and AIDS. Other award winners this year are Diane Lin-do and Lara Kelley of the Minnesota School of Beauty and Stacey Mar-molejo, of Eagan-based Rock Mammas. The panel discussion will be moderated by Catherine Byers Breet, a 2013 Exceptional Busi-nesswomen honoree, who is chief stripe changer at ARBEZ Inc., a company she founded that coaches job seekers to find their true callings. Breet, an Eagan resi-dent for 12 years, is a moti-vational speaker, developer of the Dream Job Work-shop Series and has led countless discussions like the one expected Tuesday. She has encouraged people to tap into their

thoughts about the perfect career through individual sessions, workshops and the Easter Job Transitions Group at Easter Lutheran Church in Eagan. Her goal is to help peo-ple find a career to thrive in and truly be happy. “Most people spend their lives stifling that roar, trying to fit into other people’s plans,” she said. “Every single one of us has something special to offer this world, and when we finally acknowledge our unique gifts, and give ourselves permission to be great, we can change the world.” Breet has gone through career transitions on her own. She’s spent time as a summer camp counselor, tour guide, flight atten-dant and she’s traveled the world. For nine years she worked as a corporate re-cruiter and “headhunter,” but felt the urge to go out on her own. In 2006 she launched ARBEZ, which provides tools, customized training and solutions for career counselors, corporations, higher education and or-ganizations. ARBEZ, ze-bra spelled backward, be-lieves people can change their stripes.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

The Exceptional Businesswomen Recognition Event will be held at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at Lost Spur Golf & Event Center. Tickets are available online for the event; visit www.SunThisweek.com and click on the Exceptional Businesswomen link. (File photo)

Eagan man gets six months in drug deal-turned-robbery An Eagan man will spend six months in jail for his role in a drug deal-turned-robbery. Joey James Brown, 20, was sentenced on Feb. 4 to 180 days in jail with credit for 3 days served. Upon his release, Brown will serve seven years’ proba-tion. Brown and another Eagan man, Paul Ear-nest McWilliams Jr., 20, robbed a man at gunpoint and assaulted him after

agreeing to sell the victim marijuana. The two men, and pos-sibly another accomplice, forced the victim into a car and drove to a bank where they had him withdraw $300. The men dropped the victim off at the apart-ment parking lot where they met, and he called police. Brown was charged in August 2012 and convicted in October 2013 of first-

degree aggravated robbery, second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and felony kidnaping. A charge of kidnapping to commit great bodily harm was dismissed. McWilliams pleaded guilty in September 2012 and was sentenced in March 2013 to three years in prison. No arrests were made in connection to a possible third accomplice.

— Jessica Harper

Dakota County urges Legislature to make transportation a priority Dakota County is one of more than 70 counties from across Minnesota that has passed a resolu-tion to support a com-prehensive transportation funding package in 2014. “Current funding for

transportation is not suf-ficient to meet the needs around the state and in Dakota County. Lack of investment in our lo-cal infrastructure stifles economic growth in and lessens our ability to

meaningfully contribute to Minnesota’s economy,” said Liz Workman, Dako-ta County commissioner. “It is crucial the state pro-vide us with the lifeline we need to succeed.”


2014 session a chance to grow economyTo the editor: The 2014 legislative ses-sion is just around the cor-ner, with activity picking up at the Capitol. In the 2013 session we balanced the budget and made his-toric investments in edu-cation — all-day kinder-garten, early childhood, and college tuition freeze — and job creation. With no budget crisis to resolve

and an $825 million sur-plus, the focus shifts to reform and continuing to grow our economy. As many of you are aware, I’m chief authoring legislation to repeal the warehouse tax. This is an issue that has drawn broad bipartisan support and it’s my hope that by working together, we can repeal this tax before it impacts the bottom line for Min-nesota businesses. It’s also important that we maintain a structur-

ally and honestly balanced budget — which is a top priority for Minnesotans. If the current projected surplus holds, we will be able to repeal the tax in a fiscally responsible man-ner. This session I’m sup-porting an increase in the state’s minimum wage. Last session I voted for a House bill raising the min-imum wage in increments to $9.50 for large employ-ers and $8.50 for small em-ployers.

Most of the people on public assistance pro-grams have jobs and are getting paid the minimum wage, with many of them in the service, health care, and retail industries. By increasing the minimum wage, these families will have more money in their pockets and can hopefully get off public assistance, saving the state money. Today, Minnesotans working the minimum wage are earning less in inflation-adjusted dol-lars than minimum wage workers in 1974. We have to ensure that hard work pays for all Minnesotans. With a growing econ-omy, stable budget, and investments made for our future, Minnesota is on the right track and con-tinuing to move forward, but we know we have more work to do. I look forward to continuing that work when the 2014 session be-gins on Feb. 25.

As always, please feel free to contact me with any comments, questions, or ideas. Thank you for the honor of being your voice at the State Capitol. Rep. Laurie HalversonDFL-Eagan, District 51B

Private sector vs. government To the editor: I have been thinking about the guest column by state Sen. Dan Hall, R-Burnsville, from the Feb. 7 edition. I cannot get it out of my mind. Surprisingly, I happen to agree that the private sector probably could offer service more efficiently than the gov-ernment, unfortunately facts just do not support the concept of private sec-tor handling it. Look at health insurance. As long as insurance companies are involved, our health

care costs will continue soaring. Insurance com-panies are more concerned with profits (even the so called nonprofit compa-nies) must make a profit. The bulk of the spending by insurance companies are the lobbyists, advertis-ing and political contribu-tions. I look at the fiasco of the reduced price school lunches and am appalled. Where are the private sec-tor and private citizens stepping in and mak-ing sure no student goes without a hot lunch? Who could believe schools are actually grabbing food away from these students and tossing it in the trash? There are so many programs where private citizens could be stepping in and lending a help-ing hand. Certainly they are out there but not at a level that would put even

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OpinionUse state bonding dollars wisely

Education columnist inspires changes

If you had a billion dollars to spend on any public project within Minnesota, what would you choose? Would you spend $5 million to build a new security fence around the Shakopee prison, $500,000 for “pre-design” design, to improve and renovate historic Fort Snelling or $10 million to preserve public housing for low-income families? Should $20 million go to Minneapolis to spruce up the Nicollet Mall? Or may-be $7 million for the sculpture garden, to help the spoon get its shine back? How about $37 million for the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, $800,000 to restore the Carnegie Library in Bemidji, $5 million for an Asian carp barrier in Coon Rapids, or $3.1 million for a bike trail in Becker County? These are all real projects submitted to the state department of finance to be included in the 2014 bonding bill. Traditionally in Minnesota, the odd-numbered year is budget time for state lawmakers. They approve a two-year budget that covers revenues, expenses and all of the costs needed to keep our government running. The even-numbered year – here we are, 2014 – is a bonding year. Bonding is a government word for borrowing mon-ey. Minnesotans borrow money to buy a car, a boat or a snowmobile. It’s the same

thing. We take out a mortgage to buy a house or frivolously max out credit cards at 22 percent interest on things we don’t need. Government can do the same – spend wisely, spend foolishly or choose to not spend at all. The most recent state revenue report was quite good. The state is showing a surplus and might actually have a few extra million that can be put away for a rainy day. So now, back to the question: Where would you spend a billion dollars? Would you pick only projects within 10 miles of your home, so you person-ally could benefit? Would you concen-trate all of the spending in the Twin Cit-ies? Would you want to spread out the money, so everyone from Cambridge to Caledonia, from Lakeville to Little Falls, from Bloomington to Baudette, got a piece of the pie? Would you place priority on projects that enhanced the safety of our residents? Or would you pick the projects based on entertainment and recreation? Would you favor dull but necessary projects such as correcting waste-water discharge

issues? Or might you pick $8 million to build an arts center? Our state’s leaders will soon have to answer those questions. The initial “wish list” included over $4 billion in project requests. Gov. Mark Dayton wanted to narrow the list to about $1 billion and his official recom-mendation came in just under that at $986 million. As the 2014 legislative session ap-proaches, the structure and composition of the project list will be a huge topic. Legislative leaders will bring at least two, if not four versions of the spending list into the debate. House Republicans will not have the same list as House Demo-crats. Senate Republicans and Demo-crats will differ from each other. All four groups may have lists totally different from the governor’s. This is indeed a topic where each Min-nesotan should send a message to his or her legislator, suggesting priorities and specific needs. Is $1 billion about the right total? Or is it way too much? Should we borrow half that? Maybe you think we should go all out right now, while interest rates are low, and borrow a couple of extra billion dollars to fix dilapidated and dangerous rural bridges? As an editorial board, we support one project whole-hardheartedly: Our

incredibly beautiful State Capitol build-ing, designed by renowned architect Cass Gilbert, needs to be fully reconstructed and renovated so the building stands glo-rious and strong generations from now. We urge lawmakers to continue their bi-partisan support and approve the $126 million needed to preserve our Capitol. As for the many other worthy projects, we would offer these suggestions: Projects that benefit the whole state should have priority over local-only re-quests. Public safety needs to be high on the list – for example, bridges that are dan-gerous should be repaired or replaced. Be practical, placing “needs” over “wants.” Can we afford to enhance an art center before we fix rotting walls at a state prison? Finally, be frugal over fanciful. Our state and nation’s economy is still in re-covery, we still see ups and downs in fi-nancial markets. Job growth continues, but yet many are unemployed. How should we spend a billion dol-lars? Wisely.

This is an opinion from the ECM Publish-ers Editorial Board. Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publishers.

by Don HeinzmanSUN THISWEEK


Joe Nathan’s weekly columns pub-lished by this newspaper are making a difference, potentially helping save fami-lies of college-bound students millions of dollars while helping improve public schools. ECM Publishers is proud to publish Nathan’s columns. His messages are shak-ing up content on state and school district websites, getting out information that state law requires schools to distribute. Nathan, director of the Center for School Change and author of two books, is a former award-winning Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president. He’s a frequent commen-tator on local and national radio and television. He helped write the Post-Sec-ondary Enrollment Options legislation, which enables sophomores, juniors and seniors to take college courses while they are in high school. High school students can earn a year of college credit, or more, thus saving on costly college tuition. Nathan is determined that the Min-nesota Department of Education and school superintendents obey the law and provide complete information for 10th graders who are eligible to take these col-lege classes for the first time. While monitoring the Department of Education website, Nathan saw incom-plete information about the 10th-grade career and technical PSEO option that the Legislature approved in 2012. He wrote about it in his column and con-tacted Education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius, who directed that more com-plete information be provided on the

state’s website. Earlier she had encour-aged school superintendents to provide information about dual-credit courses by March 1, as required by state law. What vital information about post-secondary options is revealed in these changes? • Low-income families can get funds from the state to pay for their child’s transportation to take PSEO courses at four-year universities and two-year com-munity or technical schools. • Tenth-graders who have passed the state’s eighth-grade reading test are eli-gible to take a free career and technical college course. If they earn a C grade or better on their first semester course, they can take additional classes in the second semester. • Some PSEO courses also are online. Contact the Department of Educa-tion with questions about dual-credit courses. The department’s Web page with PSEO information is at bit.ly/1nubZ1H. To Cassellius’ credit, after reading Na-than’s concerns about lack of updated information on the department website, she had it changed. Nathan monitored 61 websites, mostly in ECM’s reader area, and noticed many of them, too, had incomplete informa-tion about PSEO opportunities for 10th graders. He contacted school district

superintendents before he wrote his col-umn. Some said they didn’t know their website information was incomplete and thanked him for the alert. Last month, Nathan also looked at more than 25 Minnesota two-year col-lege websites and found that almost half did not mention the 10th-grade career tech option. He contacted Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Chancel-lor Steve Rosenstone. Again, to Rosen-stone’s credit, updates were completed. Nathan regrets there is such a discon-nect between the time laws are passed and when complete information about the law is put on school district websites. Nathan says he is determined to spread the word about dual-credit cours-es, including Advanced Placement, Col-lege in the Schools and PSEO, because research shows students who take these classes can save thousands of dollars and are almost twice as likely to graduate from some form of higher education. On another front, Nathan is pres-suring the Minnesota Department of Education, Minnesota Office of Higher Education and administrators of Min-nesota public colleges and universities to obey the state law and release the figures for how many Minnesota students from each public high school are taking reme-dial courses in college. State law requires the Department of Education and the public post-secondary groups to work together to produce an annual report on this. But despite the requirement that there be a yearly, public report, no study has been produced since 2011. He continues to ask the department and Office of Higher Education, which apparently has taken over for the public

university officials, about the study. This report is important because the state’s educators need to know how many public high school graduates are taking remedial courses so they can change strategies to reduce that number. Parents also should be concerned because they might be paying the costs for their students to take these remedial courses taught in college. They also can compare remediation rates for various high schools. Nathan cites research showing that nationally only 25 percent of students who have to take remedial courses in two-year colleges earn an associate de-gree in eight years. He says that, according to the Minne-sota Office of Higher Education, 22 per-cent of full-time, newly enrolled students graduate, on average, from Minnesota state public colleges and universities sys-tem members in four years, compared to the 48 percent who graduate in six years, in part because they had to take remedial courses and had problems with post-sec-ondary education costs. Nathan’s agenda going forward as he writes columns is to have more students graduate from high school, have fewer high school students need to take reme-dial courses in college and boost the rate of one-, two- or four-year college gradu-ates. ECM Publishers is pleased to partner with Nathan as he writes well-document-ed columns that get results and improve the quality of education of students.

Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


Under a newly revised district policy, Lakeville school nurses may deny parents’ requests to give their K-5 children non-prescription pain relief if a nurse deems it is medi-cally unnecessary, inap-propriate or could cause the student harm. District Superinten-dent Lisa Snyder said there is no other policy in the district that allows a district employee to over-ride a parent’s decision or request. District Special Educa-tion Director Renae Ouil-lette said it would be a rare instance that a school nurse would take such an action. She said she ex-pected a nurse’s denial would be out of concern that giving the medication would harm the child. Ouillette said a nurse may deny a parent’s re-quest to provide a student aspirin if a parent was disregarding the child’s bigger, chronic health concerns or suffering a mental condition like Munchausen syndrome by proxy , where a care-giver makes up or causes illnesses or injury to their child. The district’s policy previously required a doctor’s note to give chil-

dren over-the-counter drugs like aspirin, which concerned School Board Member Michelle Volk when the board first re-viewed proposed policy revisions at its Jan. 28 meeting. She said parents should not have to spend money or a doctor’s time to get a prescription signed for a nurse to give over-the-counter medication if a student has a headache. Her questions prompt-ed a Policy Advisory Committee review, which noted an Attorney Gen-eral office ruling for an-other school district re-garding medications. The ruling concluded nurses can give medications without a physician order, and it also gave school nurses ultimate decision-making ability above par-ents regarding medication decisions. Ouillette said be-cause no prescription is required, the nurses are ultimately responsible under their licensure for distributing the medica-tion, verses a prescription medication, which leaves a doctor as the respon-sible party under their li-censing. She added the district will create procedures nurses would follow be-fore denying a parent’s re-quest to dispense the child

a nonprescription pain re-liever. The process would likely require the nurse to contact her, Ouillette said, and there would be multiple discussions with parents to address the nurses’ concerns. “I want people to re-alize that it’s on the ex-treme,” Ouillette said. “That it’s a protection for us. That we have the right to protect that child if we feel something is really not right. If that child is showing signs of possibly liver failure or something, we’re going to say we’ve got to do something.” Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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DEBORAH MATHIOWETZEagan

Make Dodd Road safe To the editor: I travel the stretch of Dodd Road where Alyssa Ettl died in a car accident often, probably two of three times per week. Once in a while, I take my fresh-man daughter to school at Lakeville North in the morning. More frequently, I take my sixth-grade son (and a teammate or two of his) to and from basket-ball practice at the school. Long before Dec. 4, 2013, the many times I’ve trav-eled that road, I thought of the danger – going around that curve, the 55 mph speed limit, no shoul-der, slippery conditions. This paper has printed a number of my letters, most of which were re-written over and over in an effort to make my point clear in as little words as possible. But this time, the words come so easily. I think of my daugh-ter and all of her friends. And I think of my son and his friends. So many of whom I’m watching grow up, have coached in flag football, basketball and baseball. I’ve become close with many of their parents. It’s been such a joy watching them grow up together and I know anybody with kids in any extra-curricular activities can relate. My daughter stood in the enormously long line the night of Alyssa’s wake at All Saints Church. She cried her eyes out the day of the tragedy. She still has a simple draw-ing entitled “AE – trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding” taped to our refrigerator in our kitchen. Make it the most beau-tiful stretch of road in Lakeville with lights, land-scaping and wide shoul-ders. And rename that stretch of road Alyssa Ettl Way. Don’t worry about the money. Our commu-

nity will come together to take care of that. And we’ll never forget the trag-edy of Dec. 4, 2013.

MARK BELLILELakeville

Recycle more To the editor: Most trash haulers charge by the size of your garbage bin, so your recy-cling is free. I would encourage people to get the smallest garbage bin possible and the largest recycling bin possible, that way you save money. You are also sav-ing the planet!

HARLEY HORSAGERLakeville

About saving face To the editor: The Dakota County Board took action to ad-just the process for the Lebanon Hills Regional Park Master Plan, leading to the appearance of con-cern for citizens and the park. During the board’s dis-cussion at its Feb. 11 meet-ing, not one single com-missioner mentioned that perhaps this plan does not meet citizens expectations. Not one comment regard-ing residents’ concerns over this plan’s violation of the 2001 plan. No dis-cussion over concerns regarding the cost of on-going maintenance for all this development through a valued natural park. No discussion that the vast majority of public com-ments received during the past year have been op-posed to this development plan. Instead, the commis-sioners’ discussion focused on the negative perception people have of them. It fo-cused on how to erase the black mark earned by this County Board. It focused on how strict of guide-lines should be placed on a potential citizen group. In other words, it focused on how to repair their im-age … and still develop re-gional bike trails through the park. Their discussion was disappointing. Their ac-tion taken was about sav-ing face above all else.

LYNN M. UTECHT St. Paul Park

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Tim Leslie to run for Dakota County sheriff One week after Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bel-lows said he would not seek re-election, the man he endorsed to be his re-placement said he would seek the elected office this fall. Chief Deputy Tim Les-lie made the announce-ment Tuesday in a release. “When my mentor, Da-kota County Sheriff Dave Bellows, announced he would not seek another term,” Leslie said in the release, “I started con-templating what Dakota County needs in its next sheriff; a proven leader, someone with extensive experience, a personal connection with Dakota County, and someone who

will relentlessly safeguard taxpayer dollars.” As chief deputy, Leslie oversees many of the day-to-day operations of the

sheriff ’s office and works closely with law enforce-ment agencies throughout Dakota County. Bellows called Leslie “instrumental in the op-eration and strategic plan-ning in the sheriff ’s office.” “Tim Leslie is well re-spected in the law enforce-ment community and his experience and leadership has been invaluable to me and the citizens of Dakota County,” Bellows said in the release. “When I considered where I have been and all the remarkable things we’ve accomplished the past almost four years, and what all we have yet to do, I realized I was ready to meet this challenge and

be the next Dakota Coun-ty sheriff,” Leslie said. Leslie’s law enforce-ment career spans more than 30 years having worked in and with state and federal agencies, serv-ing as an assistant com-missioner of the Min-nesota Department of Public Safety, where he led and managed the divisions of the BCA, State Patrol, State Fire Marshall and Homeland Security and Emergency Management among others. Leslie spent 20-plus years with the St. Paul Police Department. He worked his way from pa-trol and street crimes to SWAT commander and senior commander of the

Eastern District. He han-dled multiple assignments including communica-tions, K-9, narcotics and vice. “I have had the op-portunity to work closely with Tim Leslie since he became our county’s chief deputy sheriff in 2010, and I can tell you that he has the experience and skills needed to be the next Da-kota County sheriff,” Da-kota County Attorney Jim Backstrom said in the re-lease. “He is an outstand-ing leader and manager who is highly respected by his law enforcement col-leagues throughout Min-nesota. Tim Leslie cares deeply about protecting public safety and he will

be an excellent sheriff.” Other people listed as supporters in Leslie’s release included former Dakota County Sheriff Don Gudmundson, for-mer Lakeville Police Chief Tom Vonhof, and cur-rent Police Chiefs Brian Lindquist (Farmington), Eric Werner (Rosemount) and Eric Gieseke (Burns-ville). Leslie and his wife, Ju-lie, have lived in Dakota County for nearly 30 years. He is a past member of the West St. Paul-Mendo-ta Heights-Eagan School Board and a youth sports coach. His campaign website is at http://timleslieforsher-iff.com.

Tim Leslie

Organizers wearing T-shirts in memory of Lakeville North junior Alyssa Ettl sold raffle tickets at the Feb. 12 community event that capped off the group’s two-week book drive. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Friends of Alyssa Ettl carry on her vision Lakeville North students’ book drive yields outpouring of support



In a tangible display of compas-sion, tribute and honor, the Lakeville community responded so thorough-ly to a book drive in the memory of Alyssa Ettl that its outpouring more than quadrupled organizers’ goals. Ettl, a compassionate and self-less 16-year-old whose Dec. 4 fatal car crash shook the community, had before her death shared with friends her desire to hold a book drive for elementary students in need. In her honor, about 15 of Ettl’s friends recently carried out her plans by holding a two-week book drive. Their stated goal was to gather 1,000 new and used elementary-level books to donate to Andersen United Community School in Min-neapolis. The effort brought in far more than anticipated: 4,550 new and used books, according to Ettl’s friend and one of the book drive organizers, Lakeville North junior Caleb Bussler. To culminate the drive, organiz-ers held a Feb. 12 community event at Lakeville North, featuring mu-sic, entertainment and food, where they also sold T-shirts, bracelets, car stickers and raffle tickets, raising

about $1,200 to fund a scholarship being established in Ettl’s name. Riley Mostaert, a Lakeville North junior, got the second of the light blue T-shirts (Ettl’s favorite color) at the event. She said she and Ettl played bas-ketball together, and she wears them during warm-ups. “I wanted another one because I wear it so much,” she said. Lakeville North junior Karly Smrekar said demand for the cloth-ing and bracelets memorializing Ettl have been so strong they only have a few items left from the second re-order. Bussler said the volunteers are considering carrying on the book drive in the future for different schools. “I’m very happy with the turn-out and want to thank everyone for the involvement,” Bussler said in an email. “It meant so much to everyone involved that it was successful and that we could work with the com-munity of Lakeville to give back. The reception was awesome, and it makes me very interested and ex-cited to see where we can go from here.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].




All that separated Lakeville financial planner Jim Christian from a mass of hungry sharks was a rope. The avid scuba diver was geared up and ready with his underwater cam-era when a mass of fish heads were dumped in the water and started attract-ing sharks. As instructed, the group of about 20 divers stayed behind the rope as the giant monsters swam and fed just above their heads, some close enough to Christian to bump his camera. “I was wigged out,” Christian said of the dive he decided to take last year in the Figi Islands af-ter recommendations and reassurance from other divers who had gone be-fore him. “I wouldn’t do it again,” he said. Christian, 50, said he

is glad to have had the ex-perience, but prefers safer diving activities like an-nual ones held to clean lo-cal lakes and sight-seeing dives in the Great Lakes. An avid diver since age 18, he and other divers have found cellphones, fishing roads, boots, salt and pepper shakers and even punch bowls during cleanups. They compete to see who can find the most un-usual items. “You name it, it’s down there,” he said. Christian will be one of many featured speak-ers during the Upper Mid-west Scuba and Adventure Travel Show, Feb. 21-22 at the Minneapolis Boule-vard Hotel, 2200 Freeway Blvd., Brooklyn Center. The Lakeville Rotary president and 1981 Burns-ville High School graduate is presenting “Life Les-sons from the Shipwreck Edmund Fitzgerald,” a multimedia presentation of information he has

compiled through 14 years of research, attending the Gales of November in Duluth and conducting personal interviews with individuals with first-hand knowledge of the ship, captain and company of the Edmund Fitzgerald. His talk will include reasons why the ship sank and lessons that can be learned from the sinking that took the lives of 29 men. The event serves as a fundraiser for the Great Lakes Shipwreck Preser-vation Society and will in-clude professional divers, shipwreck hunters, pho-tographers and educators sharing stories and pho-tos of their unique diving trips that have included the Philippines, Galapa-gos Islands and the Yu-catan jungle. For more information, go to www.umsatshow.org.


Diving into lifeLakeville Rotary President Jim Christian will present on historic Lake Superior shipwreck at scuba show

Jim Christian will be one of several featured speakers during the Upper Midwest Scuba and Adventure Travel Show this weekend. The Lakeville Rotary president swims with sharks and dives into the Great Lakes for sight-seeing.


Fifteen District 196 seniors National Merit finalists All 15 District 196 se-niors who were named semifinalists in the 2013-14 National Merit Schol-arship Program last fall have been selected final-ists and are now eligible to compete for the more than 8,000 merit scholar-ships totaling more than $35 million which will be awarded this spring. The finalists are Al-exandria Daggett and Jonathan Morrow of Ap-ple Valley High School; Nurullah Goren, Emily Quick, Alexandra Rosati, Laurel Scott and Mat-thew Tran of Eagan High School; Jiwon Joung, John Kurila, Elizabeth Palmi, Mara Reed and Jay Schuffenhauer of Eastview High School; and Emily Brossart, Con-nor Hagen and Anshika Rai of Rosemount High School. National Merit post-secondary scholarships are awarded by the Na-tional Merit Scholarship Corporation, businesses, and colleges and universi-ties nationwide. Students are selected for the National Merit and Achievement programs each fall based on their scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Schol-arship Qualifying Test, which they take as juniors. Approximately 1.5 million students at 22,000 U.S. high schools took the qual-ifying test last school year. Students who score in the top 1 percent of students nationwide are selected as semifinalists and can then submit additional infor-mation to be considered as a finalist. Students who score in the top 5 percent of students nationally are named commended stu-dents; 29 District 196 stu-dents earned commended status last fall.

Class Acts will raise scholarships for students Nearly 150 teachers in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 are involved in the upcoming 26th annual Class Acts comedy variety show to raise money for scholar-ships for graduating se-niors. So far, Class Acts has raised over $133,000 to help students at Burnsville High School and Burns-ville Alternative High School pay for college. This year’s show, dubbed “Burnsville’s Got Talent!” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 20, Feb. 21 and Feb. 22, with a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Saturday, Feb. 22. All performances will be in the Mraz Center at Burnsville High School, 600 E. Highway 13. New this year will be the opportunity to buy raffle tickets for themed baskets. Tickets are $5 and avail-able 30 minutes before each show. For additional information, call the Class Acts hotline at 952-707-3220.

Family Fun Night District 191 Early Childhood Programs hosts Family Fun Night from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, at Diamondhead Education Center, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway in Burnsville. The event takes par-ticipants on adventures to faraway places including Ethiopia, Iran, India, It-aly, Mexico, the Ukraine, Somalia and Vietnam. Each classroom fea-tures a different country to explore. Activities are geared for children from birth to preschool. Siblings are welcome. Cost is $7 per family preregistered (www.communityed191.org) and $10 at the door.

College news Minnesota State Uni-versity, Mankato, fall dean’s list, from Burnsville – Meshac Anyanwu, Ste-phen Bakardjiev, Claire Berg, Talon DeWitz, Jil-lian Dotas, Wenyu Fei, Saman Ghahremani, Sara Groene, Ryan Grove, Mi-kaela Gustafson, Ashley Hiebert, Emily Robison, Kirsten Vee, Leanne Wal-terson, Nicole Willen-burg; from Eagan – Ab-diasis Abdilahi, Alexander Baird, MacKenzie Becker, Henrietta Boateng, Ma-ria Breimhurst, Samantha Delzotto, Nicholas Elenz, Kayla Fineran, Ashley Gibbs, Patricia Glover, Steven Glynn, Jake Green, Michael Hart, Nicholas Hart, Alexander Isabel, Caroline Istas, Alyssa Johnson, Braydon John-son, Danielle Johnson, Eliott Jorgensen, Drake Malaske, Caitlin McCann, Patrick McCann, Mekseb Mehari, Kelsey Nimmer, Ethan Norberg, Cristian Overland, Amanda Pe-ters, Emily Peterson, Eric Peterson, Marco Sanchez Villegas, Hannah Sanders, Richard Sargent, Alex-ander Sorenson, Charles Sparks, Breanna Steele, Alec Teagarden, Matt Teeters, Rachel Thelen, Courtney Vallarelli, Cas-sandra Weinberg, Kelly Wood. St. Cloud State Univer-sity, fall graduates, from Burnsville – Jeremy Chan-cellor, B.S., management; Philip Kruse, B.S., envi-ronmental studies; Jessica Okemwa, A.A., liberal arts and sciences; Emily Taylor, B.S., medical labo-ratory science, magna cum laude; from Eagan – Jo-seph Caron, B.S., mass communications; Jeffrey Dillon, B.S., management; Robert Kirschbaum, B.S., mass communications. University of Minneso-ta, Morris, fall dean’s list, from Eagan – Katherine Chojnacki, Nicole Deziel, Shelby Flanagan. Lauren Anderson of Eagan received an honor-able mention in the con-certo division in the Feb. 1 University of North-western Concerto-Aria Competition in St. Paul. Anderson is a junior ma-joring in music perfor-mance at UNW. Saint Michael’s Col-lege, Colchester, Vt., fall dean’s list, Tyler Ross-mann of Eagan.

Education

Education Briefs

Eagan and Eastview high schools both earned a starred-performance rat-ing at the state One-Act Play Festival Feb. 13 at O’Shaughnessy Auditori-um in St. Paul. Eight Class AA schools qualified for the state festival and Ea-gan and Eastview were two of the four schools that earned a starred per-formance, the highest rat-ing possible. For Eagan, it was the school’s 19th appearance at the state festival and

18th starred-performance rating, which leads all schools in the state. Eagan performed “The Diviners” by Jim Leonard Jr., directed by Nancy Ow-zarek. Members of the cast include Nicholas Saxton, Jackson Cobb, Zach Mar-kon, Sarah Paulus, Luke Kruenegel, Sarah Lardy, Kasai Guzior, Lizzie Sandstrom, Will Cobbett and Sam Chipman. Miri-am Barnicle provided mu-sic, Dan Debner was stage manager, Chloe Reynolds

on costumes, Victoria Pol-lock on lights, Morgan Rainford on sound, and Camille Nierengarten and Megan Grindeland were running crew members. For Eastview, it was the school’s 10th appearance at the state festival and 10th starred-performance rating. Eastview performed “Frozen” by Bryony Lav-ery, directed by Scott Du-rocher and Rob Rachow. Members of the cast in-clude Kacie Riddle, Ra-

chel Williams and Mason Swain. The performance included original instru-mental music composed by Eastview graduate Aria Stiles and performed by Sophie Dahedl. Members of the crew include Paige Kraemer, Kelsey Arndt, Olivia Chrysler, Allison Dodge, Brady Haese-meyer, Andy Johns, Tay-lor Orman, Ellen Plumb, Sarah Amundson, Mi-chelle Chen, Brian Coan, Sarah Faste, Holly Hepp, Michelle Jones, Bhoomie

Parikh and Noah Skantz. Sponsored by the Min-nesota State High School League, the State One-Act Play Festival does not in-volve direct competition. Judges rate the plays ac-cording to specific criteria, including pace, blocking, costuming and projec-tion of the play’s mean-ing. Each production is limited to 10 minutes of stage preparation and 35 minutes of actual perfor-mance. The judges consult after each production and

then openly critique each in front of the cast, crew and audience. Starred performance ratings are determined by private bal-loting of the judges. Each cast and crew member involved with starred performance pro-ductions are presented a Spotlight on the Arts Award of Excellence rec-ognition pin, a fine arts recognition award created by sponsor Wells Fargo.

Eagan and Eastview receive starred performances

Obituaries

Engagements

CHRISTENSEN/SAFFLE

Jennifer Christensen and Christopher Saffle both of Farmington are engaged to be married.

Parents of the couple are Alfred and Mary Christensen, and Dar-rell and Judy Saffle all of Farmington. An August 2014 wedding is being planned.


Lakeville-area residents will soon have a new rea-son to rev up their vehi-cles’ engines. Elko Speedway is set to open a drive-in movie theater, tentatively named “Champions Drive-In” and expected to open Fri-day, June 6. The Elko New Market property is the perfect site for such a project, said Elko Speedway owner Tom Ryan. He said there is plenty of room for the 720 park-

ing spaces he is planning to cluster around a natural amphitheater that exists there now. “We will have high sides on the east and west and there are pretty much solid trees to the south,” Ryan said. “The screen will be in a bowl facing directly north.” No need for old-fash-ioned speakers; the audi-ence will use radios to tune in the movie’s sound track. Planned is a lineup of family-friendly movies

on a 116-foot-wide and 46-foot-tall screen he pur-chased from Cottage View Drive-In, which closed in 2012. Restrooms and conces-sions will be available at the track’s current facili-ties, and Ryan also plans to install temporary rest-room facilities and a con-cession stand near the pro-jection room, slated to be constructed this spring. “We’ve got some work to do this spring,” Ryan said. “May is going to be

extremely busy for us, get-ting things ready to roll. We have a screen and pro-jection booth we have to build. The screen we’ve got is amazing,” He expects the movies to be open every week-night through August, then reduce to three nights per week when school opens in fall and spring. Plans are to run a fea-ture film following the Saturday night races, with both events available through one ticket price.

The area is also slated for development of a med-ical clinic in 2014 and a bank in 2015. “We think this is a good way to bring people in to look at the community,” Ryan said. “We think this is definitely going to be kind of a little gem for the city, the county and the re-gion.” For more information, go to www.elkospeedway.com.

— Laura Adelmann

Elko Speedway to add drive-in movie theater Family-friendly venue planned to open in June

Burnsville 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. 24 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Card Recycle, 12:30 p.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex Ex; deadline, Hawaii. Tuesday, Feb. 25 – Quilters, 9:30 a.m.; Ce-dar Lanes Bowling, 10 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Stroke, 10:30 a.m.; De-fensive Driving Refresher, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Troubadours, 1 p.m.; Evening Taxes, 5:30 p.m., Presbyterian Church of the Apostles; Defensive Driving Class, 5:30 p.m.; Line Dancing. Wednesday, Feb. 26 – 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.; Defensive Driving Class, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27 – Blood Pressure Check, 10:15 a.m.; Fun & Friend-ship (program, entertain-

ment, lunch, cards and bingo), 11 a.m.; Open Carving, 6 p.m.

Eagan The following senior activities are offered by the Eagan Parks and Rec-reation 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. 24 – AARP Taxes, 9-11:15 a.m.; Zumba, 9 a.m.; FFL & FFL+ (Oasis), 10 and 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25 – Health Ins. Counseling (appointment only), 8:30 a.m.; Pickleball (gym), 9 a.m.; Trip to Russian Mu-seum, 9:15 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 1 p.m.; Euchre and 500, 1 p.m.; Zumba, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 6:20 p.. Wednesday, Feb. 26 – LORockers, 9 a.m.; Hot Dish Cook Off, 10:45 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Pickle-ball (gym), 9 a.m.; Nimble Fingers, 9:30 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 – 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 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. 24 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Receptionist Training, 10 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. 25 – AARP Taxes, 9 a.m.; Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fit-ness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Open Swim DMS, 11:20 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Bowling, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; Yoga Class, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 12:30 p.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Sit-n-Stitch, 9:30 a.m.; SNAP, 9:30 a.m.; Open Swim DMS, 11:20 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.

Seniors


Minimum wage debate resurfacesRepublican leaders discuss outlook for minimum wage, surplus, education, MNsure

by Howard LestrudSUN THISWEEK


State Senate Minor-ity Leader David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, said he will “go out on a limb” and say there will be a minimum wage increase during the next session of the Minnesota Legis-lature, which opens Tues-day, Feb. 25. Hann and House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, met with ECM Editorial Board in Coon Rapids Feb. 14 to preview the session. The minimum wage issue will likely be a hot topic between Demo-crats, who control both houses of the Legislature, and Republicans. The current state mini-mum wage rate is $6.15 an hour. During the 2013 regular session, the Sen-ate voted approved an increase to $7.75 an hour and the House approved a $9.50 an hour rate to go in place by 2015. The full Legislature failed to pass a minimum wage bill. Hann hinted that Re-publicans will favor an increase to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. “That makes sense and should not be too damag-ing,” Hann said. Hann and Daudt said they both have concerns about too high of a mini-mum wage not solving a poverty issue or improv-ing the economy. An increase in the min-imum wage could have an

adverse effect on nursing homes and could cause some to go out of busi-ness, Hann speculated. He said if the minimum wage is raised and nurs-ing home workers’ wages go up, the state should fund this cost. He said other businesses in the state will raise prices and sacrifice benefit plans to accommodate the mini-mum wage hike. Both Hann and Daudt said they believe the Democrat - cont ro l l ed Legislature will go higher than $7.25 an hour. Gov. Mark Dayton has said he favors an increase closer to $9.50 an hour. “It is a pseudo issue, a distraction and a cyni-cal, political play” of the Democrats, Hann said.

Regarding the esti-mated $1.1 billion bud-get surplus, Hann and Daudt said surplus mon-ies should be returned to the taxpayers. Hann said a package of tax relief could be put together to account for half of the surplus. “We should also talk about permanent tax re-lief,” he said. “Let’s have spending in line with what the economy can reasonably generate.” The Republicans are pushing for a repeal of all three business-to-business taxes, which amounts to more than $300 million. “We hope to work with the other side to gain a full repeal of all three,” Hann said.

Two of the three busi-ness-to-business taxes, those on business equip-ment and repair and on purchases of telecom-munications equipment, went into effect July 1, 2013. The tax on com-mercial warehousing ser-vices is not due to go into effect until April 2014. Two groups, the Unit-ed for Jobs Coalition and Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, are strongly pushing for the business taxes repeal. A petition of signatures from more than 350 businesses and associations was present-ed to Dayton last August, asking for a full repeal of the three taxes. Republi-cans attempted the repeal in September 2013 during a special session but were

foiled by Democrats. Daudt said the reason a surplus exists today is because Republicans, when in control, erased the deficit without rais-ing taxes. The focus of Repub-licans, Daudt said, is on what families want and need. “Business taxes have made it more difficult,” he said. Minnesota must “look out for our fami-lies.” “I think the Demo-crats are going to have a difficult time taking the surplus and saying they want to spend it,” Daudt said. This session will mark the passage of a bond-ing bill, and Republicans have offered support of a bill no more than $1 bil-lion. Restoration of the state Capitol was in a small bonding bill passed last year. Education will once again be on the docket, and Daudt said the Leg-islature must look at changing technology and at the way students are educated. “The way kids learn in the world is different from what they learn in the classroom,” he said. Hann and Daudt said more education reforms are needed to improve education. He said the Legislature has approved an increase in education funding to more than 31 percent in the last two years. “We think education is our future,” Hann said.

“Are we doing as well as we should be?” It’s a structure prob-lem, he said, transferred from the Legislature to Washington, D.C. Hann said it is im-perative that the parents become engaged in im-proving education. Local people and school offi-cials must be trusted to make the right decisions, he said. “The Democrats want to manage for everyone,” Hann said. The two minority lead-ers also guaranteed that significant discussion will be directed toward what Hann calls “the MNsure debacle.” The leaders call for better solutions and say Republicans will con-tinue to be at the negoti-ating table to offer solu-tions like they did in the past. Hann said maybe one-half of the Republican members wanted to do things to make MNsure work, but their ideas were rejected from the start. The call is for more over-sight, he said. Many other issues will be debated by the Legis-lature in this session and likely will include discus-sion on campaign finance reform, transportation proposals and a proposal to eliminate publishing of city and county legal notices in newspapers.

Email Howard Lestrud at [email protected].

Senate Minority Leader David Hann, R-Eden Prairie, and House Minority Leader Kurt Daudt, R-Crown, share a light moment with the ECM Editorial Board in previewing the 2014 session of the Minnesota Legislature. The session opens Tuesday, Feb. 25. (Photo by Howard Lestrud)

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2014 Tax Guide


Once you’ve made the decision to send your son or daughter to a private school, you need to choose which school it will be. There are a myriad of education styles available today, and the choices are varied and interesting. In addition to the type of school, the choice of school is just as impor-tant. So, how SHOULD you go about choosing a school for yourself and/or your child? The choice you ultimately make can have a big impact in many ways. Here are some important qualities to look for in se-lecting a school that meets your specific needs. Does the school offer a full range of activities – sports, drama, music and student activities? For high schools, are the college entrance test scores above average? How many students go on to college? What is the school’s graduation rate? Read the school’s mis-sion statement. If it’s a faith-based school, read and understand its beliefs and principles. You should agree with their statement

of faith or values. Private schools will include their educational philosophy and beliefs throughout their curriculum. More intangible but very important is the school’s atmosphere. Will your student feel comfortable in the com-munity and personality of the school? Every pri-vate school has a distinct atmosphere that is unique to that school. Visit the school for a day and have your child go to classes so they can experience the student life. When you walk in the door, is the school pleas-ant and clean? You want to know that every effort is being undertaken to keep the facility as sanitary as possible. Talk to the school’s in-structors and make some notes. Ask them some hard questions: How do they handle discipline problems? What do they expect from each student? How do they promote good behavior? Do they act like the role models that they are? Watch how the instruc-tors interact with students.

Are they happy to be there? Do they treat each person as an important part of the class, or focus on “high-achiever” stu-dents? Are they respectful of the students, or do they simply demand obedience? These things will help you see a clear picture of the school. Finally, look at the stu-dents. Do they seem to be engaged in the process? Are they interested or bored? Are they happy? Ultimately you will have to deal with the fi-nancial issue. This is very important. Ask the school to provide you with its costs upfront. Don’t set yourself up for disappoint-ment. Make sure there are no surprises in this area. Finding the best school for your needs isn’t a mat-ter of luck. If you do your homework before choos-ing a school, you will find that there are differ-ences in each school. In-formation will make you an informed buyer, and will provide your best op-portunity for achieving the educational goals you have set for yourself and/or your child.

As every semester begins, college students re-search online, trying to find the best deals on textbooks. According to Colleg-eBoard, college students spend an average of $1,200 per year on textbooks. It’s no secret that expenses are high for students pursuing higher education and many young adults are constantly seeking ways to save money. Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Da-

kota reminds students e-textbooks are an option to consider. Many publishing com-panies have begun to offer textbooks in an e-textbook format, made for comput-ers, tablets and e-readers, at a lower price than the hard-cover texts found in campus bookstores. So why aren’t more students opting for a tablet instead of carrying around multiple textbooks? There are some advantages

and disadvantages to using a tablet or e-reader rather than traditional textbooks, and the BBB suggests that students should consider them all before making the decision to switch up their study tools. Reasons students should consider e-textbooks: • E-textbooks are signifi-cantly less expensive than their hard-copy counter-parts. However, you have to factor in the cost of the tab-

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Textbooks versus E-books? Advice for college studentslet or reader itself, ranging anywhere from $80 to $300, depending on the model you choose. So you’ll want to make sure that the sav-ings will be worth the invest-ment in the end. If you’re an incoming freshman or sophomore, chances are the investment is worth it, but if you have only a semester or two of school left and are planning to purchase the e-reader solely for academic purposes, you may want to just stick to traditional text-books. • Imagine all of your heavy textbooks compacted into one, lightweight de-vice. This not only takes the strain off of your back, but also makes it a lot easier to do homework anywhere. Also, you have all of your textbooks in one spot,

which is definitely a conve-nience. • Most tablets operate off of Wi-Fi and can be used for many things be-sides just reading e-books. Reasons some students might stick with traditional textbooks: • With most textbooks, you may be able to sell them back to the bookstore or online at the end of the se-mester, giving you at least some of your cash back. Keep in mind that you can’t re-sell e-textbooks. • Tablets and e-readers may actually hinder study habits for those used to learning from physical text-books. Some people might find it more difficult to an-notate and take notes with e-textbook formats. Stu-dents that use e-textbooks

may choose to continue taking notes on paper. • Not all textbooks are available in all formats. Some editions may only be available as standard text-books. If you choose to opt for a tablet or an e-reader, you will also want to do some research to find out which model is the best fit for you. Read consumer reviews and make sure you under-stand the features that each tablet offers. If you already own an e-reader or a tablet, you may want to experiment with one e-textbook, to see how – and if – that works for you. Contact the BBB at bbb.org or 651-699-1111, toll-free at 1-800-646-6222.

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Task force adds pedestrian safety to its review

Mayor intends appointees to include a high school student



In response to com-munity concerns, the fo-cus of Lakeville’s first School Road Task Force has broadened to include a second phase: pedestrian safety around schools. City Administrator Steve Mielke said resi-dents have raised concerns about how students access schools by foot and bike, and at its Feb. 18 meet-ing City Council members voted to establish the nine-member task force and ap-proved its expanded focus. Council first authorized establishing the School Road Task Force at its Jan. 28 work session, with focus on the prioritization of school road improve-ment projects, a challenge as there are many needs but limited funds. Mielke clarified the task force will not actually prioritize road projects, but will provide policy di-rection for officials to con-sider in decision-making. “Elected officials (for the school district, city and county) have to make those difficult prioritiza-tion decisions,” Mielke said, noting there will be a collaborative approach in the effort. He said pedestrian is-sues will be addressed in a second phase, noting they are more complex and re-quire more time. Establishment of the School Road Task Force is in response to the Dec. 4 Dodd Boulevard car crash that killed 16-year-old Alyssa Ettl as she traveled to school. Her death devastated the community, and a Sun Thisweek investigation has raised questions about how county road upgrades have been prioritized. The section of Dodd Boulevard (County Road 9) near Lakeville North High School where Ettl died has been identified for safety improvements for years, but delayed awaiting development to fund it while other Lakev-ille road projects have been forwarded, some leapfrog-ging development. County Road 50 is an-other high-priority safety concern as it is the only access to Kenwood Trail Middle School. Officials had accelerat-ed improvements for that road, but after the fatal ac-cident, and renewed safe-ty concerns arose about Dodd Boulevard near LNHS, Mayor Matt Little proposed formation of the School Road Safety Task Force, Officials want the task

force to provide criteria to help them this spring up-date plans that prioritize road projects and identify funding. Little said he will ap-point members to expedite the process. Two task force mem-bers will be district resi-dents. Little said he will seek a community member with a public safety back-ground and a high school student to fill those posi-tions. “Since I’ve been elected to the council in 2010, I’ve made a commitment to try to get students involved,” Little said. “It’s the place they grew up, and it’s the place we want them to move back to, so I want them to be involved in ev-erything we do.” Little said Lakeville North High School senior Cody Jones was “excel-lent” as a member of the Envision Lakeville Task Force, and he has asked Jones for recommenda-tions of a potential stu-dent member. The mayor said he is also considering appoint-ing a community member recommended by Alyssa Ettl’s father, Matt Ettl. Little said Matt Ettl will not himself be on the task force, but will be ac-tively involved in the pro-cess. Task force membership will also include represen-tatives from the city, Da-kota County and school districts 194, 192 and 196. Little’s task force mem-ber recommendations are expected by week’s end for City Council review, but will not be revealed publicly until the council’s Feb. 24 work session.

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concerns Lakeville residents’ concerns to city officials about student safety while biking or walking to school prompted the city to charge the task force with reviewing trail access and potential im-provements along city and county roads. Mielke said some ar-eas of concern are 210th Street near Lakeville South High School and McGuire Middle School. A parent emailed him Tuesday sounding an alarm about her child’s school where congestion has compelled parents to park off-site to pick up their children who cross busy roads to get to them. “We need to make sure that those are looked at,” Mielke said. “I foresee

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that we’re going to have to look at every school site individually … and talk about what are the issues there.” He said it will be “a lot of work” to identify those issues and devise policies to improve them. City Council Member Colleen LaBeau has also suggested reduc-ing the number of trails being built in the city so money saved on main-tenance costs could be used for road improvements near schools. Council Member Kerrin Sweck-er reiterated her concerns that the process is being rushed to meet the Capital Improvement Plans update timeline; she repeatedly questioned if there was enough time to meet the CIP deadlines and asked for the process to be slowed to allow thor-ough review of the issues. Mielke said that by prioritizing, the task force will be able to meet CIP deadlines. He said it is his goal that the CIP road projects be identified by this spring, and would be comfort-able adding trail and bike projects at a later date to give the task force and officials more time for review. The task force is expected to meet every three to four weeks for

six months, although Mielke said it may need more time to complete its work. Council Member Doug An-derson said he supports the col-laborative effort being established with the city, county and all three school districts that serve Lakeville students to address school safety. Little agreed, calling the process of elected officials reviewing plans, then passing along to another elected body for their review “ping-pong.” “We can’t do that anymore,” he said. “Here, we all sit down to-gether and figure this out, that’s the best way to do it, and then we don’t have to have this same con-versation next year about what’s the next priority. We already have this blueprint for five or 10 years, and I think the community is much better served that way.” He also described the signifi-cance of forming the task force to address student safety. “It’s so important,” Little said. “This provides the blueprint for how we keep kids safe for the next five to 10 years.”


SAFETY, from 12A Beach party in the middle of winter

The Minnesota Zoo hosted its Tropical Beach Party from Feb. 15 to 17 when a giant sandbox was the main attraction on the Tropics Trail. The event also included face painting, calypso music, sand art activity and zookeeper talks. (Photo by Tad Johnson)


Religion

Family History Day in Lakeville The Church of Je-sus Christ of Latter-day Saints is hosting a free Family History Fair from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat-urday, March 15, at the Lakeville Stake Center, 18460 Kachina Court. The event includes RootsTech 2014 presenta-tions, live classes and free time in the Family History Center. For more information and to sign up, visit www.lds.org/familyhistoryfair.

Lenten retreat is March 8 The annual Parish Lenten Retreat will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. This year’s theme is “Drinking from the Well – Dipping into the Heart of the Trinity.” A children’s Parish

Lenten Retreat also is available. Teens and young adults are welcome at the regular session. Registration will be taken after all Masses be-ginning Feb. 22 and 23. Cost is $15, which includes lunch. For information about the retreat, contact Julia Taube at 952-890-0045, ext. 236, or [email protected]. For informa-tion about the children’s retreat, contact Cindy Monn, 952-890-0045, ext. 243, or [email protected].

Lunch for pastors Eagan-based AM 980 KKMS Radio’s sixth an-nual Pastors Appreciation Luncheon will be 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at The Lafay-ette Club in Minnetonka Beach. This year’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Rob-ert Jeffress of First Baptist

Church, Dallas, Texas. The event is free and open to all pastors and ministry leaders. Early reg-istration is recommended by visiting kkms.com or by calling 651-405-8800.

Tai chi and chai tea at Grace Grace United Method-ist Church, 15309 Maple Island Drive, Burnsville, will offer the Arthritis Foundation’s Tai Chi Pro-gram. Classes will be held 10-10:45 a.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 25 to April 8. They will be followed by an optional time for tea and conversation. Past participants in this program have reported decreased joint pain and stress, increased range of motion and improved bal-ance. Cost is $35. Scholar-ships are available. To register or for more infor-mation, call Tracy at 952-215-7052.

Polar Bear Plunge is Saturday, Feb. 22 The 2014 South Metro Polar Bear Plunge begins at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at Crystal Beach, 1100 Crystal Lake Road E.,

Burnsville. The event is a fund-raiser for Special Olym-pics Minnesota. The 2013 south metro event raised

about $252,240 as more than 1,090 people took the plunge in icy waters. For more information, visit plungemn.org.

Learn to curl clinics set in Burnsville The Dakota County Curling Club is holding Learn to Curl clinics Sat-urdays, Feb. 22 and March 8, and Wednesday, March 12, at the Burnsville Ice Center, 251 Civic Center Parkway. Cost is $25.

Players must be 13 years or older to attend, and must be accompa-nied by an adult if under 18. Bring a clean pair of tennis shoes, since street shoes are not allowed on the ice. All other equip-

ment will be provided. It is recommended that partici-pants wear loose, comfort-able clothing and dress in layers. For registration infor-mation, visit http://Dako-tacurlingclub.org.

Energy assistance is available for residents Minnesota Energy Resources is encourag-ing customers who may be eligible for the state of Minnesota’s Energy Assis-tance Program, to apply as soon as possible. Senior customers who may be having difficulty paying higher winter bills are urged to seek assis-tance as are non-senior customers who may have past due accounts and may have received a dis-

connection notice. Funds are very limited because this winter has been colder than average, increasing heating bills. Household income eligibility guidelines were recently increased from 50 percent of the state me-dian income to 60 percent. This action opened eligi-bility to a greater number of households who may be struggling financially to pay their heating and elec-

tric bills this winter. For more information, contact the local Energy Assistance Program pro-vider in your county. For more information about the program, to locate your local program pro-vider and/or obtain an application, call: 1-800-657-3710 or go to: http://mn.gov/commerce/energy/topics/financial/Energy-Assistance-Program/.


SportsHett is state runner-up in back-to-back yearsBurnsville girls, Eagan boys both fourth in state

Nordic team meet by Mike Shaughnessy


Burnsville senior Viv-ian Hett finished her high school Nordic skiing ca-reer with a second con-secutive state runner-up finish. Hett finished about six seconds behind Irondale senior Mattie Watts – a teammate of Hett’s on the U.S. junior national squad – at the Feb. 13 state pur-suit race at Giants Ridge in Biwabik. Additionally, Hett helped lead Burnsville to fourth place in the girls team competition, won by Wayzata for the second consecutive year. Eastview qualified for state and placed seventh. Eagan finished fourth in the boys team competi-tion, and Wildcats senior Josh Podpeskar was ninth in the pursuit race. Hett skied in the state meet six times, beginning in 2009 when she finished 109th as a seventh-grader. She was ranked first in the state for most of the 2013-14 season but was expect-ed to be pushed at state by skiers such as Watts and Wayzata’s Alayna Son-nesyn, who were fifth and sixth at state last season. Watts skied to a 23-sec-ond lead in the 5-kilome-ter freestyle portion of the race. Hett had the fastest time of 18 minutes, 38.9 seconds on the 5K classic leg and cut 17 seconds off Watts’ lead, but she could not overtake the Iron-dale skier. Watts’ overall time was 37:14.6 to Hett’s

37:20.9. Sonnesyn was third, 45 seconds behind Hett. Eighth-grader Kelly Koch was Burnsville’s No. 2 skier at state, finishing 28th in 41:05.6. Also skiing at state for the Blaze were senior Tori Felton (43rd, 42:01.9), junior Jordan Horner (53rd, 42:38.9), ninth-grader Krista Hol-mstrom (56th, 42:43.8), junior Jane Koch (85th, 44:14.0) and junior Mari Belina (91st, 44:28.4). Eastview sophomore Margie Freed was sixth in the girls pursuit race in 38:10.9, an improvement of 31 places over her fin-ish in the 2013 state meet. Senior Kaley Hedberg was 74th in 43:38.3, sopho-more Annika Martell finished 82nd in 43:58.4 and sophomore Kylie Kraemer finished 87th in 44:14.9. Sophomore Syd-ney Hedberg finished 95th in 44:53.4. Junior Laura Herland (47:46.5) and sophomore Elena Dawson (48:29.1) finished 118th and 119th. Lakeville South senior Carley Endersbe (102nd, 45:29.3) and Lakeville North junior Molly Wil-son (112th, 46:40.2) com-peted individually at state after qualifying through the Section 1 meet. Eagan finished 36 points behind state cham-pion Forest Lake in the boys team competition but was only seven points out of second place. Ea-gan finished seventh in the 2013 state meet. Podpeskar was ninth in pursuit in 33:35.3 after fin-ishing 57th at state a year ago. A South Suburban Conference skier, Bloom-ington Jefferson sopho-more Zak Ketterson, won the individual title.

Also skiing for the Ea-gan boys at state were se-nior Jacob Edmond (35th, 35:55.8), ninth-grader Patrick Acton (50th, 36:32.3), senior Brady Ma-vetz (74th, 37:43.0), junior Christopher Acton (110th, 40:45.3), ninth-grader Ryan Conroy (112th, 41:26.2) and ninth-grad-er Ryan Steger (113th, 41:46.8). Apple Valley senior Rhett Carlson, an individ-ual qualifier for state, was 64th in 37:06.6. Lakev-ille South senior Mitchell Miller finished 92nd in 38:44.3.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Burnsville senior Vivian Hett skis the freestyle portion of the girls pursuit race in the state Nordic skiing meet last week in Biwabik. Hett was state runner-up for the second consecutive year and led the Blaze to fourth in the team competition. (Bruce Adelsman/skinnyski.com)

Eagan was the fourth-place team in the state boys Nordic skiing meet, thanks in part to Joshua Podpeskar, who was ninth in the pursuit race. (Bruce Adelsman/skinnyski.com)

Blaze blitz is good for state tourney berthBurnsville scores

6 goals in last two periods

against Eastview by Mike Shaughnessy


Just when it appeared as if the first team to 10 goals would win the Sec-tion 3AA championship, Burnsville made a change that helped send the Blaze to the state girls hockey tournament. After trailing Eastview by two goals after one period, Burnsville roared back with three in the sec-ond and three more in the third to win 7-4 in the sec-tion final Feb. 12 in Inver Grove Heights. “The first period wasn’t our best,” Burnsville coach Tracy Cassano said in an understatement; the Blaze fell behind 3-1 after one. “We had to get back to what we do well, but we did switch a couple of our line matchups. “We asked (junior for-ward) Maddie Dockry to be a defensive warrior, and she was. We told her to cover (Eastview scoring leader) Natalie Snodgrass. She took on that challenge and did a great job.” Eastview, meanwhile, never could contain the Burnsville senior trio of Lindsey Coleman, Briita Nelson and Paige Skaja, who were first, second and tied for third in South Sub-urban Conference scoring. The top line was on the ice for all seven Burnsville goals. Coleman scored four of them, including one at 1:23 of the third pe-riod that gave the Blaze its first lead at 5-4. Burnsville (21-7) will play in the state tourna-ment for the first time since 2010. The Blaze will

Burnsville’s Taylor Burke (10) carries the puck into the Eastview zone as the Lightning’s Cassidy Leininger defends during the Section 3AA girls hockey championship game. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Eastview’s Natalie Snodgrass (left) and Burnsville’s Briita Nelson battle for possession during the Section 3AA championship game. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

play No. 2 seed Hill-Mur-ray (23-3-1) in the quarter-finals at 11 a.m. Thursday at Xcel Energy Center. It was a particularly bitter defeat for Eastview (18-9-1), which lost in the Section 3AA champion-ship game for the fourth time in six years and still is waiting for its first trip to state. The Lightning took the lead 1:08 into the game on Erika Geary’s goal. Burnsville tied it less than four minutes later, but goals by Snodgrass and Kellie McGahn put Eastview up by two. The offensive spigot dried up for Eastview after that, save for a power-play goal by Liz Palmi in the second period that gave her team a 4-3 lead. Coleman, who has 63 points on 32 goals and 31 assists, tied the game again during a power play in the final minute of the second period when a loose puck slid over to her and she scored from about 10 feet out. Early in the third pe-riod Coleman skated into the slot and converted on a wrist shot for what proved to be the game-winner. Briita Nelson, who also had four assists, scored on a backhand with 3:03 left. Coleman’s fourth goal was into an empty net with one minute remaining.

Skaja and senior de-fender Emma Wittchow also scored for the Blaze. After a shaky first peri-od, goalie Lauren Bench stopped 10 of 11 Eastview shots over the final two. After the first period, Cassano said her message to the team was “just re-lax. We knew it wasn’t a good period, but if we get pucks deep and get in front of the net we’ll be

fine because we know we have girls who can score.” Cassano is the Blaze’s third head coach in three years. Bruce Anderson, who was behind the bench for Burnsville’s last state tournament appearance four years ago, retired after the 2011-12 sea-son. Garnet Asmundson coached for one year and

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Several local skiers earn top-10 finishes at stateEagan resident is boys Alpine

runner-up by Mike Shaughnessy


Eagan resident and Cretin-Derham Hall se-nior Keillen O’Brien, Eastview ninth-grader Luke Doolittle and Ea-gan senior Sally Ander-son were among the top-10 finishers at the state high school Alpine skiing meet Wednesday in Bi-wabik. Lakeville North also qualified for the girls team competition and placed sixth in the meet at Giants Ridge. O’Brien, who had to sit out of high school skiing as a junior after transferring from St. Thomas Academy, had the fastest time (32.44 seconds) on the second of two runs. That brought his total time to 1 min-ute, 7.22 seconds. He was 0.25 seconds behind the winner, Louis Nguyen of Chanhassen. Dolittle also made it into the top 10, placing 10th in 1:13.62. Apple Valley sopho-more Robert Hapke, one of three Eagles skiers to qualify for state indi-vidually, placed 15th in 1:13.86. Eagles senior Liam Tyler was 46th in 1:23.71. Croix Turner, a junior, was 67th in 1:46.47. Burnsville junior Jon Garbe, appearing at state for the second consecu-tive year, placed 51st in 1:28.02. Garbe was in 80th place after the first run but had the 25th fast-est time on the second run. The Blaze’s Jack Lind-say stood in 10th place after his first run but did not complete his second run. Lakeville North’s Matt Xi was disqualified on his second run. Eagan sophomore Tommy Anderson was

in position to make a push for the individual championship when he finished his first run in 34.53, one-tenth of a second behind Nguyen. Anderson missed a gate on his second run and had to climb back up the hill, costing him a mas-sive amount of time and dropping him to 64th place. He finished fifth in the 2013 state meet. Anderson’s sister Sally had a more memorable performance in the girls meet. She finished sev-enth overall in 1:20.36, improving by two spots over her state finish in 2013. She had the sixth-fastest time on each of her two runs. Minnetonka senior Megan Greiner won the girls individual champi-onship in 1:18.28. Lakeville North’s girls were led at state by ninth-grader Bailey Servais, who finished 12th indi-vidually in 1:23.49, and senior Courtney Kava-naugh, who was 15th in 1:24.53. Kathryn Kossack fin-ished 45th for North in 1:30.66. Hoiland Taylor was 75th in 1:46.25 and Anna Konietzko was 77th in 1:47.79. Emily Ray competed but was disqualified. Lakeville North scored 113 points in the team competition, two points out of fifth place. Min-netonka, which had the top two individual finish-ers, scored 161 points to win the team champion-ship for the second con-secutive year. Other individual ski-ers competing at state included Eastview Claire Hefko, who was 24th in 1:27.57; Eagan’s Alison Hofstad, 36th in 1:29.37; and Burnsville’s Liz Drusch, 42nd in 1:30.35. Drusch was making her fourth appearance at the state meet. Blake repeated as boys team champion.


by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Apple Valley and Lakeville North played a game that was nothing like their previous meeting – but probably a lot like the ones they will have in the coming weeks. In a game with playoff pace, playoff intensity and a playoff-type overflow crowd at the Lakeville North gym, Apple Valley survived 59-56 in overtime to win its second consecu-tive South Suburban Con-ference championship.

“This was a great test,” said Apple Valley senior forward Dennis Austin, whose steal with about 15 seconds remaining in over-time might well have pre-vented a second overtime. “We know we’re going to have games like this in the playoffs. We have a lot of young guys on our team, and they needed to see how these games are going to go and how they’re go-ing to be officiated.” No. 1-ranked Apple Valley, 24-1 overall, is 17-0 in the South Suburban with one regular-season

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is now an administrator in the Fertile-Beltrami school district. Cassano led Rose-mount to the 2011 Sec-tion 3AA championship but was bumped from her teaching position in School District 196 (Apple Valley-Eagan-Rosemount) and had to get another job. She found a position in Chaska and coached the Chaska/Chanhassen girls hockey team for two years. But with three children age 3 or younger, Cassano said she needed to be clos-er to her home in Dakota County if she was to con-tinue coaching. In addi-tion to landing the coach-ing job in Burnsville, she has returned to District 196, replacing a teacher who retired. “I knew from coaching at Rosemount that Burns-ville was always one of our toughest opponents,” Cas-sano said. “I didn’t know that much about the play-ers when I took the job, but I know now I’m so for-tunate to have an opportu-nity to coach this team.”

Notes • Burnsville had two vic-tories added to its record last week and Eastview received one more. Both schools played Achiever Academy, a private school that reached the Section 4A championship game before withdrawing from the playoffs amid allega-tions that the team used ineligible players. Achiever Academy’s 21 victories and one tie were changed into forfeits. Burnsville played Achiever Academy twice during the regular season, tying the Aces 2-2 on Dec. 26 and losing 5-4 on Jan. 7. Eastview lost to Achiev-er Academy 7-4 in its sea-son opener. Achiever Academy also had to forfeit a reg-ular-season game it won against South Suburban Conference champion Lakeville North.

HOCKEY, from 15A Notebook: Boys hockey playoffs start this weekBurnsville seeded sec-ond in 2AA; Eagan is

No. 4 in 3AA by Mike Shaughnessy


South Suburban Confer-ence champion Lakeville North and Missota Conference winner Farmington are the top two seeds in the Section 1AA boys hockey tournament that starts Thursday. Meanwhile, Burnsville will again try to knock off Edina in Section 2AA. The Blaze is seeded second in the section while the Hornets got the No. 1 seed. In Section 3AA, Cretin-Derham Hall is the top seed with defend-ing champion Eastview the No. 2 seed. Lakeville North (20-4-1), seek-ing a third consecutive trip to the state tournament, plays Dodge County (9-13-3) in a section quar-terfinal game at 7 p.m. Thursday at Ames Arena. North had a 19-game unbeaten streak before los-ing to Prior Lake 1-0 in its final regular-season game. In other Section 1AA quarter-final action, Farmington (21-3-1) takes on Rochester John Marshall (8-15-2) at Schmitz-Maki Arena. The Tigers, who hold the state’s longest current winning streak at 16 games, played John Marshall in their season opener and won 4-3. Despite its 8-17 record, Lakev-ille South drew the No. 3 seed in Section 1AA and plays sixth-seeded Rochester Century (12-

12-1) Thursday night at Hasse Arena. The Lakeville North-Dodge County winner will play Roch-ester Mayo or Owatonna in the semifinals at 2 p.m. Saturday at Rochester Rec Center. The other semifinal at 8 p.m. will have the Farmington-John Marshall win-ner playing the Lakeville South-Century winner. The section final is Feb. 27, also in Rochester. Burnsville (18-6-1), the South Suburban Conference runner-up, plays Shakopee (9-15-1) in a Section 2AA quarterfinal game at Burnsville Ice Center, with the winner playing Bloomington Jefferson or Holy Angels in the semifinals Saturday. The section final is 8 p.m. Feb. 26 at Mariucci Arena. Burnsville and Edina have played in the Section 2AA final the last three years, with Edina winning each time. The Blaze and Hornets split two regular-season games in 2013-14. Cretin-Derham Hall (16-6-3) received the top seed in Section 3AA, which features four teams with at least 15 victories. The Raiders will play host to Rose-mount (7-16-2) or Apple Valley (5-20) in a quarterfinal game at 7 p.m. Thursday. The Irish and Eagles met in a first-round game Tuesday night. Eastview (18-6-1) plays host to Woodbury (8-17) or Park of Cottage Grove (3-21-1) in anoth-er Thursday quarterfinal game. Eagan (15-9-1) will be at home against East Ridge (9-15-1). No. 3-seeded St. Thomas

Academy is making its Class AA playoff debut after winning the last three Class A state tourna-ments. If Eastview wins its quar-terfinal game, it could face STA (18-6-1) in the semifinals at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Warner Coliseum on the state fairgrounds. The Ea-gan-East Ridge winner will play Cretin-Derham Hall, Rosemount or Apple Valley in the 6 p.m. semifinal. The Section 3AA champion-ship game will be 7 p.m. Feb. 27 in one of the last games to be played at the Coliseum, which will not have hockey games after this sea-son.

Goehner to ‘U’ Alyssa Goehner verbally com-mitted to the Marquette Univer-sity volleyball team before her sophomore season of high school and signed with the Golden Ea-gles last November. But now the Lakeville North High School senior is going to Minnesota af-ter being released from her Mar-quette commitment. Goehner sought her release from Marquette after the coach who recruited her, Bond Shy-mansky, left the school Jan. 31 to become head coach at Iowa. Goehner visited Minnesota and Iowa before verbally committing to Minnesota on Tuesday. An outside hitter, Goehner helped Lakeville North win state Class 3A championships in 2010 and 2012. The Panthers were state runners-up in 2011. She was the prepvolleyball.com sophomore player of the year in 2011 and ju-

nior player of the year in 2012.

Three-for-one deal Jack, Nick and Ryan Poehling, brothers who play for the Lakev-ille North boys hockey team, si-multaneously announced on their Twitter accounts last week they have verbally committed to St. Cloud State University. Jack and Nick are juniors and Ryan is a ninth-grader. Going into the Sec-tion 1AA playoffs Jack Poehling led the Panthers in scoring with 45 points, Nick was second with 35 and Ryan was fourth with 27. Former Lakeville North goalie Charlie Lindgren now plays at St. Cloud State and former Pan-thers forward Blake Winiecki, now playing for the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League, committed to SCSU last fall.

First loss for Lightning There are no more undefeated teams in Class 4A girls basketball after Bloomington Kennedy de-feated Eastview 73-60 on Feb. 14. Eastview (21-1) still has the best record in the class; the Light-ning is the only team in the divi-sion with just one loss. The Light-ning went into this week 13-1 in South Suburban Conference play, one game ahead of Kennedy. Junior guard Madison Gue-bert scored 28 points and senior guard Kari Opatz scored 11 for Eastview in the Kennedy game.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Apple Valley wins SSC boys hoops championshipgame remaining Friday at home against Rosemount. Before Tuesday, all of the Eagles’ conference victo-ries were by 13 points or more, including a 102-74 win over Lakeville North on Jan. 14. The Panthers (20-5, 15-2) would have tied for the conference lead with a victory over Apple Val-ley. With the game tied 47-47, the Panthers held the ball for the final two minutes of the second half – something rarely seen in a regular-season game – so they could take a last-second shot. Tyler Flack’s shot bounced off the rim and the ball went out of bounds, leaving about six

seconds for Apple Valley to attempt its own game-winning shot. Tyus Jones’ pull-up jumper from 12 feet rattled out and the game went to overtime. Apple Valley scored the first eight points of over-time but North scrambled back and was within two points at 56-54 with 21.7 seconds left. The Panthers’ J.P. Macura drove toward the basket but was cut off and tried to kick the ball out to teammate Alex Reiland. Austin got in the way to deflect the pass and recover the ball. He was fouled and made two free throws, finally giving the Eagles a chance to breathe easily.

Austin said his team-mates defended the play so well that he could look to get into a passing lane. He saw Reiland out of the corner of his eye and moved between him and Macura. “When (Macura) went up, he was off-balance,” Austin said. “He was go-ing to have to throw it somewhere, and he threw it to me.” Lakeville North coach John Oxton said he was pleased with his team’s de-fensive effort against Ap-ple Valley, which scored at least 70 points in each of its previous 24 games and has had 100 or more points six times.


LEGAL NOTICES

CITY OF BURNSVILLENOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR

2014 Street Reconstruction Project (14-101)TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Burnsville will meet at their regularly scheduled Council

meeting in Burnsville City Hall Council Chambers, 100 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, Minnesota, at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, to consider the making of the following public improvements. The estimated cost of the said improvements is $7,640,000.

IMPROVEMENT NOS. TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS ESTIMATED COST14-101 2014 Street Reconstruction – $7,640,000 Chateaulin/Parkwood South Area A reasonable estimate of the impact of the assessment, and a description of the methodology used to calculate

individual assessments for affected parcels, will be available at the hearing. Such persons as desire to be heard with reference to the proposed improvements will be heard at this meeting. The property proposed to be assessed for these improvements and/or improvements previously made benefiting the property is as follows: All parcels and tracts of land in the City of Burnsville, Dakota County, Minnesota abutting or adjacent to the following streets:

City Project No. 14-101A – Chateaulin/Parkwood South Area Walnut Drive from 134th Street East to 131st Street East including westerly cul-de-sac Walnut Circle from Walnut Drive to easterly cul-de-sac 131st Street East from Walnut Drive to Lakeview Drive Welcome Lane from 131st Street East to 130th Street East including northeasterly cul-de-sac 132nd Street East from Walnut Drive to Lakeview Drive including northerly cul-de-sac 132nd Street East from Lakeview Drive to Parkwood Drive 132nd Circle East from 132nd Street East to southerly cul-de-sac Oakland Drive from 134th Street East to 131st Street East Pine Ridge Road from Willow Lane to 131st Street East including southerly cul-de-sac Willow Lane from 134th Street East to Lakeview Drive Willow Lane Circle from Willow Lane to westerly cul-de-sac Elm Drive from 134th Street East to Lakeview Drive Lakeview Drive from 134th Street East to 130th Street East Aspen Drive from Lakeview Drive to Parkwood Drive Highview Drive from 132nd Street East to Aspen DriveIn conducting said public hearing for making its decision on the proposed improvement, the City Council proposes

to proceed under authority granted by Minn. Stat. §§ 429.011 to 429.111.BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.Macheal Collins, City Clerk

Published in Burnsville/Eagan, February 21, 28, 2014, 178649

CITY OF BURNSVILLENOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR

2014 STREET REHABILITATION PROJECT (14-102)TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Burnsville will meet at their regularly scheduled Council

meeting in Burnsville City Hall Council Chambers, 100 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville, Minnesota, at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, to consider the making of the following public improvements. The estimated cost of the said improvements is $588,000.

IMPROVEMENT NOS. TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS ESTIMATED COST14-102 (A, B) 2014 Street Rehabilitation – $588,000 Ewing Area (14-102A) Plymouth Avenue (14-102B) A reasonable estimate of the impact of the assessment, and a description of the methodology used to calculate

individual assessments for affected parcels, will be available at the hearing. Such persons as desire to be heard with reference to the proposed improvements will be heard at this meeting. The property proposed to be assessed for these improvements and/or improvements previously made benefiting the property is as follows: All parcels and tracts of land in the City of Burnsville, Dakota County, Minnesota abutting or adjacent to the following streets:

City Project No. 14-102A – Ewing AreaEwing Avenue from CSAH 42 to 145th Street South145th Street South from Ewing Avenue to Burnsville Parkway WestCity Project No. 14-102B – Plymouth AvePlymouth Avenue South from CSAH 42 to Portland AvenueIn conducting said public hearing for making its decision on the proposed improvement, the City Council proposes

to proceed under authority granted by Minn. Stat. §§ 429.011 to 429.111.BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.Macheal Brooks, City Clerk


CITY OF BURNSVILLEBURNSVILLE, MINNESOTA

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS2014 South Metro JPA for Roadway Maintenance Services (14-303)

Bituminous Fog Seal, Bituminous Seal Coat, Crack Sealing, Pavement Markings,

Screening of Salvaged Seal Coat Aggregate and Spray Patching 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 11:30 a.m. on Monday the 10th day of March, 2014, for furnishing roadway maintenance services under a Joint Powers Agreement (Minnesota Statute § 471.59) in the Cities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Elko New Market, Farmington, Hastings, Lakeville, Mendota Heights, Prior Lake, Rosemount, Savage, Shakopee, South St. Paul, Waconia and West St. Paul and the County of Scott utilizing one common Contractor for each service in the following approximate quantities:

Bituminous Fog Seal 1 40,000 GalsBituminous Seal Coat 2 1,600,000 SYCrack Sealing 3 1,200,000 LFPavement Markings 4 11,000 GalsScreening Seal Coat Aggregate 5 3,000 TonsSpray Patching 6 300 Tons1. Includes Work in the Cities of Apple Valley, Eagan, Farmington, Lakev-

ille and Rosemount2. Includes Work in the Cities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farm-

ington, Lakeville, Mendota Heights, Prior Lake, Rosemount, Savage, Sha-kopee, South St. Paul, Waconia and West St. Paul

3. Includes Work in the Cities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Elko New Market, Farmington, Lakeville, Mendota Heights, Prior Lake, Rose-mount, Savage, Shakopee and Waconia and the County of Scott

4. Includes Work in the Cities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Hast-ings, Lakeville, Prior Lake, Savage, Shakopee and West St. Paul

5. Includes Work in the Cities of Burnsville, Eagan, Rosemount and Sav-age and the County of Scott

6. Includes Work in the Cities of Burnsville, Lakeville and West St. PaulComplete digital project bidding documents are available at www.

questcdn.com or www.burnsville.org/bids. Bidders may download the digital bidding documents for $ 20 by inputting Quest project #3120898 on the Questcdn 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 ei-ther website free of charge.

Bidders may bid on any or all services. All Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided for in accordance with the Contract Documents. No Bids will be considered unless sealed and filed with the City Clerk of the City of Burnsville and endorsed upon the outside wrapper with a brief statement or summary of the work for which the Bid is made. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the Bid, to be forfeited as Liquidated Damages in the event that the Bid is accepted and the Bidder fails to promptly enter into a written Contract, provide documentation of the required insurance and/or the required Bonds in accordance with the Instruction to Bidders.

Immediately following expiration of the time for receiving Bids, the Bids will be opened and read aloud by at least two officers or agents of the City of Burnsville. 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. Bids are subject to acceptance and may not be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days. The City Council is tentatively scheduled to consider such Bids on Tuesday March 18, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers.

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCILMacheal Collins, City ClerkCity of Burnsville, Minnesota


CITY OF EAGANADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposal bids will be received by the City of Eagan, Minnesota, in City Hall at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, until 10:30 A.M., C.D.S.T., on Thursday, March 13, 2014, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for the furnishing of all labor and materials and all else necessary for the following:

TH 149 TH 55 PROJECT NO 923 PROJECT NO 1011Safety and Capacity Improvements Safety and Capacity Improvements

City Contract No. 14-08Involving Approximately:25 EA Traffic Signal Poles25 EA Traffic Signal Mast Arms22 EA Traffic Signal Luminaire ExtensionsTogether with Other Misc Materials and Delivery to Project Site

Complete digital contract bidding documents are available at www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $20.00 by inputting Quest project #31111491 on the Web site’s Project Search page. Please con-tact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or [email protected] for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project infor-mation. Complete contract documents may also be seen at the offices of the City Clerk and City Engineer, Eagan, MN, at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan, MN 55122, Phone (651) 675-5646. Contractors desiring a hardcopy of the complete bidding documents may obtain them from the office of the City Clerk, Eagan, MN upon payment of $50.00. No money will be refunded to any person who obtains plans and specifications.

Each bid proposal shall be accompanied by a bidder’s bond naming the City of Eagan as 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 be forfeited to the City in the event that the bidder fails to enter into a contract. The City Council reserves the right to retain 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 be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening of bids. Payment for the work will be by cash or check.

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

Christina M. Scipioni, Clerk, City of Eagan, Published in Burnsville/Eagan, February 21, 2014, 178663

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

CITY OF BURNSVILLE NOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARINGA Public Hearing will be held on

February 24, 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 LMAPartners LLP for Southside Athleticsfor an ordinance amendment to Title 10, Chapter 24 (4) to allow sports per-formance training centers as a Condi-tional Use in the I-1 zoning district and related changes to Title 10, Chapters 4, 23, and 26.

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 Commission

Published in the Burnsville/Eagan

February 14, 21, 2014176020

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 196CALL FOR BIDS

OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY BAS UPGRADE

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the Oak Ridge Elementary BAS Upgrade by Independent School District 196, at the Facilities and Grounds Office located at 14445 Diamond Path West, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2:30 p.m., March 4, 2014, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for February 20, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. at Oak Ridge Elementary Main En-trance. Attendance at this meeting is highly recommended.

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

The School Board of Indepen-dent School District 196 reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in bidding.

Gary L. Huusko, Board Clerk Independent School District 196

Published in Apple Valley,

Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganFebruary 14, 21, 2014

175997INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

DISTRICT NO. 196CALL FOR BIDS

ECFE/ECSE/ABE BUILDINGNotice is hereby given that Inde-

pendent School District #196, will receive multiple prime sealed bids for the ISD#196 ECFE/ECSE/ABE Building project, at the District Of-fice located at 3455 153rd Street W. Rosemount, MN 55068 until 2:00 pm on Tuesday, March 11th, 2014 at which time they will be opened and read aloud.

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 School Board of Indepen-dent School District 196 reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in bidding.

Gary Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

Published in Apple Valley,

Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganFebruary 21, 28, 2014

178789INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

DISTRICT NO. 194REGULAR BOARD MEETING

JANUARY 28, 2014This is a summary of the Independent

School District No. 194 Regular SchoolBoard Meeting on Tues, January 28, 2014with full text available for public inspec-tion on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or District Office at 8670 210thStreet W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 7:01p.m. followed by pledge of allegiance. All board members and administrators were present.

Public Comment: The following shared feelings regarding boundary change pro-posal: Erick Fisk, 16243 Hominy Path; Dawn Lunde, 16536 Horizon Ave; andKarla Wells, 16522 Hudson Avenue.

Consent agenda items approved:Minutes of the meetings on January 14;employment recommendations, leave re-quests and resignations; payment of bills& claims as presented; wire transfers & in-vestments; donations; fieldtrips; time/dateof regular board meetings for 2014; board committee assignments.

Reports presented: Community Educa-tion Advisory Council update.

Recommended actions approved: Cal-endar adjustments to account for weathermake-up days.

Closed Session: Discussion regardingSuperintendent evaluation.

Adjournment at 9:31 p.m. Published in

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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;




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 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/Assignee

of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-68888 - 13-007357 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATIONFROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALESS MNRI, LLC, doing business

as Simply Self Storage intends to enforce its lien on certain personal property belonging to the following at the facility located at 4025 Old Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan, MN 55122. The sale will take place (unless otherwise withdrawn) via an on-line auction at www.storage-battles.com on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 beginning at approximate-ly 10:00 AM and concluding on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at ap-proximately 10:00 AM. This public sale will result in the goods being sold to the highest bidder. Certain terms and conditions apply.

K. Phillips #400A Luggage, Clothes

E. Moore #421 Music Keyboard, Banquet Tables, Clothes

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February 24, 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 NSP Co for a preliminary and final plat ofa 5 lot subdivision to be known asWapetu Maza 2nd Addition and vari-ance to drainage and utility easement requirements.




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February 24, 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 Astleford Family Limited Partnership for an In-terim Use Permit for soil remediation and soil stockpiling, on Lot 8, Block 1,BURNSVILLE INDUSTRIAL PARK.




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CITY OF BURNSVILLEPUBLIC HEARING

A public hearing will be held on Monday, March 4, 2014, at 6:30 p.m.or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burnsville City Council, 100 CivicCenter Parkway, in the Council Cham-bers on an application to vacate the public drainage and utility easements in Lot 14, Block 1, RIVER VALLEYCOMMONS, according to the record-ed plat thereof Dakota County, Minne-sota, as delineated and dedicated on said RIVER VALLEY COMMONS.

All persons desiring to speak onthis item are encouraged to attend. For more information concerning thisrequest, please contact the City of Burnsville at (952) 895-4459.

Macheal Collins, City ClerkCity of Burnsville

Published in Burnsville/Eagan

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

gage: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: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,


LEGAL NOTICES

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.


“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 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.


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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



AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED

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

$210,330.33 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 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.



“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 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.


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ing of 20-year-old Anarae Schunk in Rosemount. “This, along with a handful of other violent crimes in a short period of time, left many of ask-ing ‘Why?’ and ‘How?’ ” Kautz said. The crimes were “anomalies in our quiet community,” where the vi-olent crime rate has fallen annually since 1995 and fell 2 percent from 2012 to 2013, she said. Police responded to the violence with “community gatherings to discuss pub-lic safety,” Kautz said. Meanwhile, emergency medical service calls con-tinue to rise with an aging population, and fire calls rose in the last year, too, she said. But apartment fires, “an ever-present problem in the past, are down sig-nificantly, thanks to our Fire Department’s public education, and Code En-forcement, and their ef-forts,” Kautz said. The city launched a “proactive property main-tenance program” last year in response to aging housing and “multiple substandard rental com-plexes,” she said. “In the first year of the program, more than 6,000 properties were inspect-ed,” and nearly 80 percent of property owners noti-fied of problems quickly fixed them, Kautz said. The program is funded by inspection and licens-ing fees, she said. Last year the city identified 40 acres of un-buildable property in the southern portion of the Minnesota River Quad-rant west of Interstate 35W and south of High-way 13, Kautz said. Through a public-pri-vate arrangement involv-ing dirt excavated for the Highway 13-County Road 5 interchange project, a third of the substandard soils in the 40 acres were replaced, and another third will be replaced by the end of this year, Kautz said. “By the end of 2014, we

will have approximately 28 acres of newly available property for redevelop-ment,” she said, crediting Public Works Director Steve Albrecht with devel-oping the soils exchange. It has held down costs of the interchange proj-ect while also containing redevelopment costs for property owners — “who can now redevelop their land and are ready to at-tract new businesses to lo-cate there,” Kautz said. The city’s unemploy-ment rate is 4 percent, be-low the state and national rates, Kautz said, adding that 35 new businesses came to town last year. Fairview Ridges Hospi-tal is in the midst of a vast expansion that will bring new and expanded services to a 130,000-square-foot medical office building and 23,000-square-foot hospital expansion and includes a 500-stall park-ing ramp and skyway, she said. In the Heart of the City, a development group plans to build a Hilton Garden Inn north of the Performing Arts Cen-ter parking deck, and an Applewood Pointe se-nior housing cooperative will be built at Burnsville Parkway, Kautz said. The city is also working with expansion-minded Abdallah Candies, a long-time Burnsville business, to keep it here, she said. The city held the 2014 property-tax increase for existing taxpayers to 0.5 percent, “putting us to-ward the very bottom of comparable tax increases in Dakota County,” Kautz said. Expiration of a tax-increment financing dis-trict for land near County Road 42 pumped $1.1 million into city coffers — money that will be spent on road upkeep, Kautz said. The city will spend $10 million this year rebuild-ing six miles of aging city streets, she said.

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

plans on the exchanges. CieloStar began working on the project after pas-sage of the Affordable Care Act, whose public exchanges cater primarily to individuals, not busi-nesses. In the past year Zou-zouambe has designed exchanges for state cham-bers in North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ohio and Kentucky, and for Aambe, a Native American-owned national services and mar-keting company. So far, so good, Zouz-ouambe reports. “And in fairness to MNsure or HealthCare.gov, we don’t have hun-dreds of thousands of people hitting our web-sites simultaneously,” he said. “I’m not saying if they do we won’t have is-sues, but we definitely are not dealing with that kind of scale.” Zouzouambe said his business is now consumed by the exchange project, which he believes — with CieloStar’s aggressive marketing — will catch on in many more states. He employs two sub-contractors and has part-time secretarial help from his wife, Ruth. Zou-zouambe’s office is on West County Road 42 in Burnsville, minutes from his home near Buck Hill. Born and raised in the Central African coun-try of Cameroon, Zou-zouambe has lived in Minnesota since 1997. He met his wife, who is from Silver Bay, Minn., when she was a Peace Corps schoolteacher in Camer-oon and he was studying math at the University of Yaounde. Zouzouambe attended the KRS Computer and Business School in Bloom-ington and was hired by consulting firm Rainier Technology, which spe-cialized in designing Mi-crosoft software packages.

A series of acquisi-tions left him working for Hewlett-Packard. Tired of the travel involved while trying to raise a family, Zouzouambe, 41, started his own business seven years ago. Past clients have in-cluded Landis and Gyr, an electricity-metering com-pany for whom he worked on “smart metering” soft-ware projects, said Zou-zouambe, who has three sons, ages 7, 12 and 13. He was already un-der contract with Cielo-Star when the company launched its health ex-change product. “They’re really two dis-tinctive products,” both of which he developed, Zouzouambe said. “The exchange was a brand new product that was built from scratch about a year ago. And then once the employer purchases the plan on the exchange, that information is sent to a separate product that I was originally hired by CieloStar to develop. That product is then used for the enrollment of the em-ployees.” CieloStar collects a per-centage of the insurance premiums paid through the exchange by employ-ers and employees, Zouz-ouambe said. “I wouldn’t know how much of the premium they are getting,” he said. “But in terms of interest and where health care is headed, they’re definitely in a good spot.” It’s not a bad spot for a software architect, either. “I’ve been in various industries,” Zouzouambe said. “From the stand-point of the actual busi-ness or revenue, it’s not really a big difference. The big excitement is the scale of the work, the outreach of the work that we’re do-ing now.”

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

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Business workshop The Dakota County Community Development Agency, in partnership with Dakota County cit-ies and the Dakota Scott Workforce Investment Board, will host Open To Business Dakota County: New Tools for Lenders, Entrepreneurs & Small Business on Thursday, March 6, at the Valley-wood Golf Course in Ap-ple Valley. This free breakfast workshop will cover new financial tools and re-sources available to entre-preneurs and small busi-ness owners through the Open To Business Dakota County Program and Da-kota Scott WorkForce Centers, and highlight Open To Business partner-ships with private com-mercial lenders. For more information

or to register, visit http://o p e n t o bu s i n e s s 2 0 1 4 .eventbrite.com or call 651-675-4432. Registration closes at noon on Monday, March 3.

Moss Basket Days at Pahl’s Pahl’s Market in Apple Valley is holding its annu-al Moss Basket Days from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 1, 4 and 8. Reservations are re-quired. To reserve a spot, call 952-431-4345 or email [email protected].

Fiber expansion in Lakeville Installation of giga-bit fiber broadband and data aggregation services has been completed at Lakeville-based Imperial Plastics Incorporated by Velocity Fiber of Golden Valley. The services will pro-

vide Imperial Plastics new-found broadband speeds and reliability at its main location in the Lakeville Airlake Industrial Park, while integrating and con-necting its new manufac-turing facility in Mankato.

Clean-up funding info The Minnesota Depart-ment of Employment and Economic Development and the Metropolitan Council will hold an in-formation session Thurs-day, March 6, in Plym-outh about public funding available for cleaning up contamination on real es-tate redevelopment sites. The focus of the event will be on competing for funding that can help in the development of new businesses and housing on privately owned sites with contamination concerns. Participants will learn

about financial resources available to clean up sites with significant soil or groundwater contamina-tion. Funding is also avail-able for adaptive reuse of older existing buildings with large amounts of as-bestos or lead-based paint. The cleanup funding is awarded through competi-tive public grant programs and is available to cities, counties and development authorities who partner with private developers on specific projects. More than $8 million is expected to be avail-able this spring to help deal with petroleum con-tamination, groundwater contamination, soil con-tamination, asbestos and hazardous materials. For more information, visit metrocouncil.org/News-Events/Communi-ties/Events/Free-Brown-field-Resources-Informa-tion-Session-Marc.aspx.

To submit items for the Business Calendar, email:

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Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, Feb. 27, 2-5 p.m., NEXT Leaders Tour of the Capitol. Information: Kristy Cleveland at [email protected] or 952-432-8422. • Tuesday, March 4, 7:30-9 a.m., Chamber Coffee Connec-tion, Culver’s, 15225 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Information: Kristy Cleveland at [email protected] or 952-432-8422. Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Saturday, Feb. 22, 2:30-5:30 p.m., Polar Bear Plunge, Crystal Beach, 1100 Crystal Lake Road E., Burnsville. Free for spectators; $75 in dona-tions to participate. Informa-tion: www.plungemn.org. • Wednesday, Feb. 26, 7:30-9 a.m., Young Profes-sionals Event - Generations @ Work, Argosy University, 1515 Central Parkway, Eagan. RSVP required. Information: Jina, 952-435-6000 or [email protected]. • Thursday, Feb. 27, 7:45-10 a.m., Let’s Talk Twitter, Media Relations Inc., 350 W. Burnsville Parkway, Suite 350, Burnsville. Free. Information: Cynde Bock, 952-697-5218. Dakota County Region-al Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, Feb. 25, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., RABC – Senior Housing Project Discussion, Steeple Center, 14375 S. Rob-ert Trail, Rosemount. Lunch provided by Las Tortillas. Cost: $15. Registration required. Information: Jessy Annoni at 651-288-9202, [email protected]. • Thursday, Feb. 27, 7:30-9 a.m., Breakfast With Champi-ons – Immediate Results Work-shop, Hilton Garden Inn, 1975 Rahncliff Court, Eagan. Speak-er: Brent Widman, professional sales coach, Southwestern Consulting. Cost: $20 for mem-bers, $30 for nonmembers. Registration required. Informa-tion: Jessy Annoni at 651-288-9202, [email protected]. • Tuesday, March 4, 4-4:30 p.m., ribbon cutting at Oran-getheory Fitness, 15624 Pilot Knob Road, Apple Valley. Infor-mation: Jessy Annoni at 651-288-9202, [email protected]. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, Feb. 26, 7:30-9 a.m., New Member Ori-entation, chamber conference room. RSVP by Feb. 25.

Dakota County Regional Chamber to host fourth 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 fea-ture a speaker, a wine-tast-ing reception and a panel of women in business who are representative of vary-ing ages and will share

how they have successfully engaged all generations within the workplace. The opening panel “Generations @ Work,” moderated by Sarah Sladek, CEO of XYZ University and genera-tional author, will inform participants on how to ef-fectively build multi-gen-erational teams. Panelists Teresa Daly, Alaina Ma-cia and Maria Konat will share their insights spe-cific to their generation, compare their work expe-riences and definitions of work. Sladek will provide key data and field ques-

tions from the audience. Keynote speaker Shan-non Murphy Robinson will present “The Art of Negotiating: Getting To Yes With Less Stress.” Closing inspirational speaker, Jan Jenkins, will share her story “Red Heels in the Green Room: How to Lead With Courage When It Matters Most.” This year’s nonprofit partner is the DCR Chari-table Foundation. Funds raised will be used to give four $500 scholarships to deserving female students attending high school in the Dakota County re-

gion. The early bird ticket price is $129 per person for DCR chamber mem-bers or $149 for nonmem-bers. A light lunch and re-freshments 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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4500 RENTALS / REAL ESTATE

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The center also bested its 2013 budgeted num-bers in revenue ($1.17 million vs. $1.1 million), expenses ($1.33 million vs. $1.38 million) and op-erating deficit ($160,115 vs. $275,995), according to the annual report. Food and beverage sales grossed $210,400 last year, compared with $148,735 in 2012 — a $66,600 increase in rev-enue and a $39,800 in-crease in profits, the re-port said. The council voted Feb. 18 to approve the center’s 2014 business plan, which includes goals for boost-ing the number of events

and raising even more money from facility rent-als, the center’s chief rev-enue source. The 2013 showing is a far cry from 2009, when the facility — built by the city for $20 million and vigorously opposed by some residents — posted a first-year operating defi-cit of $547,855, according to VenuWorks, the cen-ter’s management firm. The deficit fell to was $399,615 in 2010 and $275,715 in 2011. Rev-enue has nearly doubled since 2009. The center will get another boost this year when a $1 million nam-ing-rights deal kicks in. Burnsville-based Ames

Construction Inc. reached a deal in August to pay the city $100,000 a year for 10 years. The center will be re-named the Ames Center, with new exterior signs and a public dedication sometime in the coming months. Mondelli said Venu-Works wants to use pos-sibly 20 percent of the annual payments to boost the center’s “angel fund,” which allows manage-ment to pursue several of its own bookings rather than just waiting for pro-moters to call. Kautz said the original intent of selling naming rights was to raise rev-enue to pare the operating

deficit. But a successful run of angel fund shows can also further that same goal. “We think growing the angel fund is really, really key,” Mondelli said. The 2014 business plan calls for raising the fund to $100,000 by the end of 2018 through cor-porate sponsorships and naming-rights revenue. Executive Director Brian Luther said the fund now has $72,000, some of which is already tied up in upcoming shows. Sev-en angel fund shows are planned this year, he said. The plan sets forth other goals, which include increasing the number of concerts from 28 in 2013

to 30 in 2014, increasing the number of events in the upper lobby from 75 to 85, increasing the num-ber of events in the main theater from 148 to 153 and increasing the num-ber of events in the black box theater from 123 to 125. The goals are among the performance mea-sures the city added last year through a new three-year contract with Venu-Works, which has man-aged the center since it opened. The goals aren’t contractual but will help the city judge the compa-ny’s work, Mondelli said. The council also ap-proved the 2014 work plan for the center’s ad-

visory commission. The plan includes regular re-view of the performance measures by the full com-mission. The plan calls for three subcommittees to work on publicizing the center in the community and gauging customer satisfaction, increasing business engagement in the center through facil-ity rentals and donations, and exploring revenue en-hancements. The full commission will also cut back its meet-ing schedule from every two months to quarterly.

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

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purposes, as well as Colo-rado’s recent legalization of marijuana for recre-ational use. Dakota County Attor-ney James Backstrom im-plored audience members to lobby against legislative considerations to legalize marijuana. “We cannot continue to stop this bill from pass-ing without the support of everyone,” he said. “We need to get this message to our legislators.” Sabet favors a smart approach to marijuana policy, based upon sci-ence, public health and public safety concerns rather than fear and rhet-oric. Acknowledging the medicinal benefits of marijuana, Sabet ques-tioned the wisdom of 20 states approving medical marijuana use, noting that the average medical mari-juana user is a 32-year-old

white male with a history of alcohol and substance abuse but no history of life-threatening illness. He applauded the lobby that pushed for the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes, calling it a step toward the legalization of mari-juana for recreational purposes. “It’s a brilliant move,” he said. Opium does not need to be smoked in order to derive the benefits of mor-phine, Sabet pointed out, arguing that in the inter-est of medical marijuana, a product is available that provides the same benefits, but is admin-istered through an oral spray. That product is be-ing studied in the United States and is already ap-proved for use in Canada and Europe, he noted. Sabet clarified he wasn’t lobbying on behalf of the pharmaceutical in-dustry. He prefers medica-

tion to be laboratory test-ed and labeled to identify its contents, ensuring each dose is the same. “I think that’s a good thing,” he said. “Do we want people to grow meds in their backyard and sell them?” Medicinal drugs ap-proved for use in the United States are not de-termined by the voting population, he explained, noting that residents of states that permit the use of medical marijuana have abuse and depen-dence rates nearly double that of other states. He said another myth is that the legality of alco-hol and tobacco strength-en the case for legal mari-juana. “Alcohol and tobacco are the last examples that we’d ever want to use,” he said. The use of alcohol and tobacco are much higher than marijuana in part because they’re legal

products. Legalizing the use of marijuana will cre-ate another industry that capitalizes upon the small percent that are addictive users. “That is the reason I’m against legalizing marijua-na,” he said. Industries built around addictive behavior “do not make money from people who causally, safely, occa-sionally use their product or engage in what they’re selling,” he said. The im-portant consumers are the 15 percent of the users who consume 90 percent of what the industry man-ufactures, he said. The 85 percent of consumers who heed the “enjoy respon-sibly” warnings: “They don’t care about you.” Those industries target children through the fla-vors, packaging or mar-keting of their products, Sabet noted. “You’re not going to have the lifelong customer unless you start them ear-

ly,” he said. A benefit to prohibi-tion is that it keeps the price of products artifi-cially high. Studies show that when a product is le-galized, the price collapses and more people will use it, according to Sabet. The argument that le-galizing marijuana will eliminate the underground market isn’t entirely true, Sabet said, as there will be a demand for marijuana by underage users and regulations and restric-tions on the legal product will turn users to the black market for unregulated products, he explained. The push toward legal-izing marijuana “is about creating the next tobacco industry,” according to Sabet. “Will marijuana become the new big to-bacco?” Sabet and former U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy formed Project Smart Ap-proaches to Marijuana a year ago.

The nonprofit’s objec-tives are to inform public policy with the science of today’s marijuana, to have conversations about reducing the unintended consequences of current marijuana policies, to prevent the establishment of “big marijuana” that would market marijuana to children, and to pro-mote research on mari-juana in order to obtain FDA-approved, pharma-cy-dispensed, cannabis-based medications. “Are you on the side of the American Medical Association, or the indus-try that wants to make a lot of money?” he asked. “Focus on the data and the science.” Information about Project SAM is available online at learnaboutsam.org.

Contact Mike Hanks at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter @suncurrent.

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peted in FIRST’s state competition nearly every year and has qualified for the national champi-onship three times in the past four years. The school’s younger teams are beginning to

follow in their predeces-sor’s footsteps and will compete in the FIRST competition Feb. 22 in Prior Lake. If they re-ceive high marks there, they could move on to the regional competition. Blue Twilight is a part of FIRST’s FRC

program which requires teams to build large ro-bots that compete in sporting like events. The team consists of about 50 students who work on specific elements in smaller groups. Hoping to give more students, particularly

younger students, a hands-on experience, Eagan’s program leaders decided in 2011 to estab-lish an FTC team, which is open to younger stu-dents who build smaller robots. Having smaller robots enables students to work in smaller teams

and take on a larger role individually, Davies said. Eighth-graders Bran-don Dykes and Charlie Worner said this hands-on experience is why they joined the program’s Blue Nova team. The program was open to students in eighth and

ninth grade in its first two years, but due to its popularity, program leaders decided to in-clude seventh-graders, he said.

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

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5520 Part-time

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Do you have some spare time on Thurs/Friday?Earn some extra cash! ECM DISTRIBUTION is looking for you! We currently have motor routes in Burnsville, Eagan, Apple Valley, Rosemount, Farming-ton, Lakeville. A typical route takes 1 to 2 hours. Motor routes require a reliable vehicle. Delivery time frames are long enough to allow flexibility for your schedule. Give us a call for more details.

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Office AssistantBurnsville commercial real estate office looking for Office Assistant. Position requires excellent skills in Excel, Word and Internet navigation in addition to superior bookkeeping and mathematical competen-cies. Candidate must be organized, able to work independently (as well as within a team), exhibit ac-curacy, attention to detail and analytical skills, as demonstrated by prior job experience. Professional-ism, flexibility, multi-task-ing ability and strong peo-ple skills a must. 30 hours per week, $14-$16/hour depending on experience.

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Social Services Thomas Allen, Inc. is hiring

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Books New York Times bestsell-ing author Elizabeth Berg, 7-8 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 26, Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Berg will discuss her latest book, “Tap-estry of Fortunes,” the story of four women venturing into their pasts in order to shape their futures. Copies of the book will be available to purchase.

Exhibits Burnsville Visual Arts So-ciety’s Art Fete, Feb. 13 to March 23, Burnsville Perform-ing Arts Center gallery, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Information: 952-895-4685. “Opposing Landscapes,” a photography exhibit by Dean Seaton, is on display during February at Dunn Bros Cof-fee, 1012 Diffley Road, Eagan. Includes images captured at Lake Moraine, Alberta, Canada, and the Badlands near Rapid City, S.D. “My Minnesota,” a photog-raphy exhibit by Dean Seaton, is on display through March 10 at Dunn Bros Coffee, 20700 Chippendale Ave. W., Farming-ton. Features images captured near Grand Marais. 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 Sirens of the ’60s: The Girl Singers of the Hit Pa-rade, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets: $22 adults, $18 seniors and students. Information: 952-985-4640. South Metro Chorale Cab-aret Show, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1, and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 2, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Si-lent auction at 6:30 p.m. and 2 p.m., respectively. Tickets: $20 adults, $15 seniors and stu-dents at 612-386-4636 or by email ([email protected]).

Theater “Simpatico,” presented by The Chameleon Theatre Circle, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21-22, Feb. 28, March 1, March 3, March 6-8, and 2 p.m. March 9, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Cen-ter, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tick-ets: $20 adults, $17 students/seniors at Ticketmaster.com or 800-982-2787. “Scooby-Doo! Live Musi-cal Mysteries,” 2 and 7 p.m. Thursday, March 6, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Cen-ter, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets

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Saturday, Feb. 22 Providing Emotional Sup-port to Your Children, 9-11 a.m., InnerLight Healing Center, 17305 Cedar Ave. S., Lakeville. Cost: $39. Registration/infor-mation: counselingandhealing.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.

Thursday, Feb. 27 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. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), 2-6 p.m., Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, 952-981-7045. For those who are age 65 or older, disabled, speak lim-ited English, or whose annual household income is less than $52,000. Free income tax prep-aration assistance. Bring tax-deductible expenses (including

property tax or rental payment records), photo ID, family So-cial Security cards and a copy of last year’s tax return. No ap-pointments taken. Clear Communication workshop, 6-7:30 p.m., Thrive Therapy, 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Suite 208, Burnsville. Free. Register at http:// thrive-therapymn.com. Home staging seminar, 7-8 p.m., Rosemount Commu-nity Center, Room 215, 13885 S. Robert Trail. Learn the tricks professional stagers and real estate agents use to make homes attractive and enticing to buyers. Presented by Patty Farris, interior designer, and Denise Sjoberg, Realtor. Free. Apple Valley Garden Club meeting, 7:15 p.m., Apple Val-ley Community Center, 14603 Hayes Road. Marty Bergland will give a presentation on herbs. Free.

Friday, Feb. 28 Eagan Grace Support Group for infant loss, 6:30-8:30 p.m. RSVP to [email protected]. Information: http://www.babylovemn.com/eagan-grace-support-group/.

Saturday, March 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.

Ongoing

Firearm safety class, 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays, March 4 to April 29 (no class March 25), at Rosemount Middle School, 3135 143rd St. W., Rosemount. Range day on April 26. Regis-tration night will be Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. A parent or legal guard-ian must accompany student to registration. Class fee is $7.50. Upon class completion, a $7.50 DNR fee is paid online to self-certify. Class size limited. Mini-mum age to attend is 11. To en-roll student(s), send full name, age and name of parent or legal guardian to [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. • Feb. 21, noon to 5 p.m., Culver’s, 3445 O’Leary Lane, Eagan. • Feb. 22, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Caribou Coffee, 14638 Cedar Ave., Apple Valley. • Feb. 25, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Minnesota School of Business, 17685 Juniper Path, Lakeville. • March 3, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Lutheran Church of the Ascen-sion, 1801 E. Cliff Road, Burns-ville. • March 4, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Edina Realty, 17271 Kenyon Ave., Lakeville. • March 4, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 16725 Highview Ave., Lakeville.

The Girl Singers of the Hit Parade’s latest musical revue, “Sirens of the ’60s,” salutes some of the best-loved female vocalists of the 1960s in a 7:30 p.m. performance Satur-day, Feb. 22, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Advance tickets are $22 for adults and $18 for seniors and students. Tickets are available at Lakevil-leAreaArtsCenter.com and at the Arts Center. For more information, call 952-985-4640. (Photo submitted)

Matt Wall, left, and Brendon Etter are among the cast of Chameleon Theatre Circle’s production of “Simpatico.” (Photo by Corinna Knepper Troth)

Dark plots unfold in ‘Simpatico’

Noir-style drama from Chameleon Theatre Circle opens Feb. 21

Hidden identities come to light, betrayals abound and long-buried secrets are revealed in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard’s dark dra-ma “Simpatico,” which will be presented by Cha-meleon Theatre Circle Feb. 21 through March 9 in the Burnsville Perform-ing Arts Center’s Black Box Theatre. “Simpatico” follows Lyle Carter, a man who believes all his mistakes are behind him, but whose life starts to unravel after a desperate phone call from an old associate. Chameleon’s produc-tion is directed by Mat-thew Greseth and the cast features Frank Blomgren, Brendon Etter, Kelly Hou-lehan, Elizabeth Olson as Kelly, Matt Wall and Ka-

tie Wodele. The show’s producers advise that “Simpatico” contains adult situations and language as well as simulated violence. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21-22, Feb. 28, March 1, March 3, March 6-8, and 2 p.m. March 9. The show on Monday, March 3, is “Pay What You Can” night, at which audience members can set their own price for a tick-et; that evening’s perfor-mance will be followed by a discussion with the cast and crew. Tickets are $20 for adults, $17 for students and seniors, and can be purchased at the Burns-ville PAC’s box office, at Ticketmaster.com and by phone at 800-982-2787.

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range from $25-$65 at Ticket-master.com or 800-982-2787.

Workshops/classes/other Watercolor class by Can-vas and Soul, 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at the Mediterranean Cruise Café. No experience necessary, appetizers included. Register by emailing [email protected]. Informa-tion: www.canvasandsoul.com. Art-themed birthday par-ties are offered by the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Cost: $125-$135 for up to 10 people. Additional guests are $12.50 per child. Supplies pro-vided. Information: 651-675-5521. Winter art classes are open for registration at the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Information: www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/recreation/ea-gan-art-house, 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].

‘Sirens of the ’60s’ sizzle


The art of mounted animals Local photographer’s ‘Moving Skin’ exhibit

focuses on taxidermy

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


For her new photo ex-hibit, Courtney Reints turned her artist’s gaze on stuffed animals — and we’re not talking about teddy bears. “Moving Skin,” which opened Feb. 15 at CO Ex-hibitions in Minneapolis, marks the first solo gal-lery show for Reints, a 2009 graduate of Apple Valley’s School of Envi-ronmental Studies who went on to major in pho-tography at the Minne-apolis College of Art and Design. The exhibit, and its focus on taxidermy, grew out of a college project around the theme of “the expressive body.” While many of the other stu-dents focused on people — and especially dancers — as their subject matter, Reints found inspiration in mounted bucks. “A lot of my family is from South Dakota, so it’s something I grew up around — we have a lot of hunters in our fam-ily,” said Reints, 22, who photographed the 13 im-ages featured in “Moving Skin” at sites throughout Minnesota, including a particularly fruitful photo shoot at Taxidermy Un-limited in Burnsville. No appointment was necessary, she recalled. “I just walked in to Taxidermy Unlimited and asked if I could pho-tograph,” she said. “The owner Marv (Gaston) was a great guy to talk to, and he let me photograph throughout the building.”

Reints, who works as a production manager at The Lab digital printing studio in Minneapolis, produced “Moving Skin” with an artist initiative grant from the Minne-sota State Arts Board. She brought an artist’s eye, and a philosophical bent, to the taxidermied animals that served as her subjects. “Seized during nature’s docile moments, taxi-dermy can resurrect an animal’s form as a sym-bol of achievement, the ultimate document of a hunt’s fortune,” she said in an artist’s statement posted on the CO Exhi-

bitions website. “An au-thentic record of antler, feather and flesh. These inert fragments reveal the evocatively raw and ele-gantly beautiful nature of nature.” “Moving Skin” runs through March 7 at CO Exhibitions located at 1101 Stinson Blvd. in northeast Minneapolis. Admission is free, and all the photos are avail-able for purchase. More about the exhibit is at bur-lesquedesign.com/temp/coexhibitions. Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

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Comedy and magic The Rosemount Area Arts Council will host Comedy Club at the Steeple Center 7:30-9 p.m. Saturday, March 8. The PG performance features Dennis Carney and William Hill with guest star Pizpor the Magician. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at www.rosemountarts.com or at The Front Porch at the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail.

Michael Monroe at the Frozen Apple Acoustic artist Mi-chael Monroe is bring-ing his blend of folk, jazz and reggae to the Valleywood Golf Course clubhouse on Satur-day, March 1, as the fi-nal performance in this year’s Frozen Apple win-ter concert series hosted by the Apple Valley Arts Foundation. Admission is free to the 6-9 p.m. concert in the clubhouse located at 4851 McAndrews Road,

Lehto & Wright, a Celtic-American folk-rock band, takes the stage for a 7:30 p.m. performance Friday, March 7, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets are $12.50 in advance and $17.50 at the door. Tickets are available online at LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or at the Arts Center. For more information, call 952-985-4640. (Photo submitted)

“Two Deer,” one of 13 images featured in Courtney Reints’s “Moving Skin” exhibit, was photographed at Taxidermy Unlimited in Burnsville. (Photo submitted)

Courtney Reints

and food and beverages, including a full bar, will be available for purchase.

More about the concert is at www.avartsfounda-tion.org.

theater and arts briefs

Celtic folk-rock band in Lakeville
