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Lakeville’s tie to indie fi lmLocal resident is trying to get a screening of the independent film “Amira & Sam” in Rosemount.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Inside this edition is a city of Elko New Market notice for an open house regarding the proposed development at County Road 2 and Interstate 35.

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Economy has bright futureColumnist Don Heinzman points to signs that Minnesota’s economy is on the road to recovery.

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

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Lakeville North on a rollThe Lakeville North boys hockey team has taken their winning ways to the top of the state standings.

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CHECK US FIRSTOR CHECK US LAST!

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Lakeville City Council mem-bers narrowed a list of 10 appli-cants for an open Planning Com-mission seat to five and agreed to Mayor Matt Little’s request to eliminate a candidate based on online postings. Council members agreed at

a Jan. 12 workshop to interview Planning Commission applicants Scott Einck, Tom Thorstenson, Chris Moates, Matthew Edwards and Amy Sayers for the seat opened in October with the resig-nation of Planning Commission Member Bob Boerschel. Steve Rajavuori, a City Coun-cil candidate last fall, was elimi-nated from consideration for the

post because the council con-cluded his business as a real es-tate broker, investor and property manager would create a conflict of interest as a Planning Commis-sion member. Planning Commission ap-plicant Luke Hellier initially re-ceived support to interview for the position from all council members present (Council Mem-

ber Kerrin Swecker was absent) except Mayor Matt Little. Little said he did not support Hellier and requested his name be eliminated from consideration because Hellier had been pub-licly “attacking” him online since 2010. “You couldn’t do that in a

Business interest in school politics

questioned by Laura Adelmann

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

A Lakeville business leader’s email has elicited strong responses from city and school leaders. Lakeville Chamber of Commerce Business Ad-vocacy Group Committee Chair Mark Priore ad-

dressed the Jan. 13 email to fellow committee mem-bers and encouraged them to support School Board Member Michelle Volk as chair – a position to which she was elected to Tuesday night. In his email, the Lake-ville attorney who ran for the Lakeville Area School Board in 2014, encouraged committee members to at-tend that evening’s board meeting to show support for Volk as School Board

chair. “There has been some recent opposition to her appointment as chair and she could use some sup-port,” Priore wrote in the email. “As chair of this committee, I believe that Ms. Volk is the best choice in serving as the School Board Chair and that her appointment will best serve the interests of the Lakeville Area Chamber

School Board Member Michelle Volk thanks family and supporters after being elected chair of the Lakeville Area School Board at its Jan. 13 organizational meeting on a 4-2 vote. School Board Member Kathy Lewis nominated Board Member Judy Keliher for the position and both voted for Keliher. Other board members Jim Skelly, Bob Erickson, Terry Lind voted in support of Volk along with her own vote. Lind was elected vice chair. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Major industrial development plannedScannell Properties reaches agreement

for 176 acres by Laura Adelmann


A build-to-suit develop-ment company plans this summer to begin grading for a 176-acre industrial park at the southeastern corner of County Road 70 and Dodd Boulevard.

Scannell Properties, headquartered in India-napolis, Ind., has devel-oped multiple design sce-narios to build Interstate South Logistics Park into either two or nine build-ings, according to a Dec. 31, 2014, environmental assessment worksheet. The project would cre-ate between 2 million and 3 million square feet of in-dustrial warehousing and distribution space.

A third scenario be-tween the two could be forwarded if deemed nec-essary. The first scenario in-cludes construction of up to nine buildings of vary-ing sizes that would create an estimated maximum of 2.2 million square feet of space. The sec-ond scenario is to build two buildings together totalling about 3 million square feet.

Lakeville Community Director Dave Olson said Scannell representatives last year signed a purchase agreement for the farm land, owned by the Jane Stepka family, which al-lows development to occur in phases. “The economy is pick-ing up and the light indus-trial warehouse and distri-bution market has picked up significantly, and they want to have the ability to

have sites,” Olson said. Scannell would either build the buildings, own them and lease them or sell the sites to other enti-ties to build, he said. “The site’s being mar-keted right now,” Olson said. He said Scannell is talk-ing to potential users for the site, including Ama-zon, but they do not have



A Lakeville City Council member is suggesting the Lakeville schools and city hold a joint off-year levy election that could happen as soon as May. Council Member Colleen LaBeau cited concerns at a Jan. 12 workshop that the district is seeking a technology and capital levy at the same time city of-ficials have been weighing a parks referendum. “To me, this kind of scares me, if they go out in May in an odd time of the year for a levy and we end up having to go out for a park referendum … should we do it joint?” LaBeau said.

Council buoys plan for boat racesEvent to occur at Lake Marion

during Pan-O-Prog



The Twin City Power Boat Association plans to rev up Lakeville’s annual summer celebration, Pan-O-Prog, this year. Lakeville City Council

members welcomed plans for a power boat racing show July 11-12 on Lake Marion. Twin City Power Boat Association President Bri-an Tabara said the speed race would occur on the lake near the Casperson Park fishing pier. Organization repre-sentatives have been dis-cussing the possibility of holding the event on the lake with city officials, business leaders, the Pan-

O-Prog Committee and Lake Marion Homeown-ers since last summer and have garnered widespread support. The organization has various race classifica-tions, from youthful be-ginners to professional racers driving boats trav-eling at speeds up to 135 mph, which go from zero to 100 mph in about four seconds, Tabara said.

Terry Lind found way to learn

even in Vietnam War



Even when plucked from his first teaching position by the U.S. draft, Terry Lind wound up in an educational setting. Lind, the only Lake-ville Area School Board member who has worked his entire career in Lakeville schools, was three months into his first teaching job in 1968 when he was

Terry Lind

Lakeville North’s Nick Poehling celebrates after scoring against Edina in a non-con-ference boys hockey game in December. The Panthers won their first 12 games and were ranked first in Class AA. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)

Panthers rise to the top

See RACES, 7A

See SCANNELL, 2A

See LIND, 12A

See LEVY, 12A

See EMAIL, 15A

See CANDIDATES, 15A

Planning Commission candidates debated Lakeville City Council eliminates candidate critical of mayor in social media

Lakeville schools, city considering levy referendums

Both levy questions may be on one ballot, possibly in May

Email elicits strong responses from Lakeville leaders

Decades of education dedication for Lakeville School Board member

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Scannell Properties environmental assessment worksheet includes two possible industrial development scenarios for development on 176 acres at Dodd Boulevard and County Road 70 in Lakeville. The company has dubbed the site Interstate South Logistics Park and is seeking interested companies interested in locating on the property, including Amazon. (Graphic submitted)

any company committed to move in yet. “There are a couple really large distribution center projects that are looking at the Twin Cit-ies market,” Olson said. Tim Elam, Scannell Properties development manager, did not return

calls seeking comment. Located about one mile from I-35, Olson said one significant ben-efit of the acreage is its easy freeway access. The site is next to a 46-acre property where development of a 94,000-square-foot Fe-dEx freight facility will begin this spring.

Both of the Scannell’s development scenarios show the addition of an east/west road through the property, and Olson said the project will in-clude the extension of Jacquard Avenue as de-velopment occurs. Olson said the devel-opment will take at least five years to complete

and it is significant for the city. “There aren’t a lot of cities that have 176-acre tracts of land available to come in and develop and still be in that geographic area along a major trans-portation corridor,” Ol-son said. He added the city has additional industrial

properties open by Cedar Avenue. “We have multiple in-dustrial development op-tions companies can look at,” Olson said. “That’s a good thing. It kind of puts us on the map.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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Kline’s ‘mobile office’ stops in Farmington U.S. Rep. John Kline’s “Mo-bile Office” will stop at the Farm-ington Library, 508 Third St., from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20. Constituents can receive help processing a visa or passport, claiming veterans benefits or nav-igating the federal bureaucracy. “I would like to encourage residents in Dakota County to take advantage of the constitu-ent services available to them by stopping by my mobile office Tuesday, Jan. 20,” said Kline. “District staff will be on hand to answer questions and help con-stituents with any problems they may be experiencing with federal agencies without having to visit my Burnsville office. The mobile office will also allow constituents to register their thoughts on the important issues of the day.” Kline is chairman of the House Education and the Work-force Committee. He also serves on the House Armed Services Committee. He and his wife, Vicky, live in Burnsville.

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Police uncover check forgery ring, woman charged A woman accused of passing fake checks at Target stores in Apple Valley, Lakeville and other metro cities was charged in district court last week with a felony. Hannah J. Salo, 22, of St. Paul, was alleg-edly part of a five-per-son check forgery ring that passed more than 40 checks, and unsuc-cessfully attempted to pass 38 others, at vari-ous metro Target stores, with the value of the checks totaling more than $23,000. According to the criminal complaint, po-lice launched an inves-tigation in September 2014 after numerous vic-tims reported mail sto-len from their mailboxes and fraudulent charges on their checking ac-counts. The check forgery ring — which investiga-tors said involved four males, along with Salo — would make counter-feit checks using one vic-tim’s name and a second victim’s bank account number, the complaint said. Using Target sur-veillance images, police identified Salo as the suspect in 11 incidents at Twin Cities Target stores where she either passed or attempted to pass counterfeit checks, including three Dakota County Target locations — Apple Valley, Lake-ville and West St. Paul. Those checks totaled more than $3,000, the complaint said. Salo was charged in Dakota County District Court on Jan. 6 with possession of stolen or counterfeit checks. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of $10,000.

—Andrew Miller

District 194

School Board Following is the agenda for the 5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20, special meeting of the District 194 School Board in the Media Cen-ter at Crystal Lake Educa-tion Center.

1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order

b. Roll Call2. Discussion a. Impact Academy Board Discussion b. 2014/2015 Funding Priori-ties c. Final Review and Feed-back for Community Survey d. 2015/2016 Preliminary Budget e. 2015 Special Board of Edu-cation Meeting Schedule3. Future Topics for Consider-ation 4. Adjournment

Minnesota State Community and Tech-nical College, fall presi-dent’s list, from Lake-ville – Michael Assell, Griffin Comerford. M State has campuses in Detroit Lakes, Fergus Falls, Moorhead and Wadena. Normandale Commu-nity College, Blooming-ton, fall dean’s list, Evan Franzen, of Lakeville. Arizona State Univer-sity, Tempe, Ariz., spring dean’s list, from Lake-ville – Nathaniel Kuch, Kara McHale, Adam Ruhl. Arizona State Univer-sity, Tempe, Ariz., fall dean’s list, from Lake-ville – Madison Cran-mer, Nathaniel Kuch, Adam Ruhl, Haylee Un-ruh. Providence College, Providence, R.I., fall dean’s list, Nicole Boyd, of Lakeville. Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, fall dean’s list, from Elko New Market – Devyn Wallem; from Lake-ville – Marcus Black-stad, Morgan Cronin, Cameron Jackson, Ian McKeag, Grace Mundt, Emma Nystadius, Kel-son Oram, Erica Power. Michigan Technologi-cal University, Hough-ton, Mich., fall dean’s list, from Lakeville – John Bork, Hunter Pe-terson. University of Wiscon-sin-Madison, fall dean’s

list, from Elko New Market – Kalvin Mosch-kau; from Lakeville – Al-lison Abellaneda, Ben-jamin Anderson, Anna Berg, Gracia Bonesho, Claire Brekken, Bryce Buckley, Joseph Crocco, Erik Drogemuller, Dan-iel Eckerson, Jennifer Falk, Calvin Hedberg, Lauren Johnson, Cody Kairis, Taylor Karns, Miriam Kelberg, Erin Kerns, Shawn Kerns, Ni-cole Klans, Rylee Knips, Coral Krentz, Rebecca Krynski, Lewis Kunik, Jennifer Machaj, Nyam-bura Muiruri, Matthew Oswald, Torie Sailer, Da-vid Sand, Sidney Smith, Cody Teich, Nicole Van Beek. University of Wiscon-sin-Superior, fall dean’s list, Brittany Bruner, of Elko New Market. University of Wiscon-sin-La Crosse, fall dean’s list, from Lakeville – Evan Barrett, Noel Bel-lows, Victoria Bystedt, Jessica Dooney, Hannah Evers, Brandon Forci-er, Kayla Franz, Lynsi Havens, Jessica Klebs, Chelsey Neitzke, Ashley Nowicki, Kayla Peter-son, Caroline Sjoberg, Victoria Sletten, Jenna Strole. University of Mis-souri, Columbia, Mo., fall dean’s list – Kyrie Bussler, of Lakeville.

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Community education classes Lakeville Area Com-munity Education will offer the following classes. Call 952-232-2150 or visit www.LakevilleAreaCommuni-tyEd.net for more informa-tion. Beginning Group Guitar, grades four to eight. Classes begin Tuesday, Jan. 20. Saturday Swim Lessons for youth begin Jan. 24 for all skill levels. Aromatherapy, Tuesday, Jan. 20. Learn how natural oils can enhance the physi-cal and psychological well-being of the body. Adults. Meditation, Tuesdays, starting Jan. 20. Find inner calm, joy and confidence in this class with guided poses and breathing techniques. No previous yoga or medi-tation experience required. Adults. Soap Making, Saturday, Jan. 24. Learn how to make all-natural soap with ingre-dients mainly found locally. Adults.

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

District 196 career fair seeks STEM career representatives District 196 is seek-ing career representatives for its STEM Career Fair to be held 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 23, at East-view High School, 6200 140th St. W., Apple Valley. Needed are a wide range of individuals, colleges and compa-nies including engineers, computer professionals, health-care professionals, scientists, statisticians, ac-tuaries, researchers, and more, representing a wide range of industries. There is no charge for this event. The fair will be set up similar to a college fair or trade show as stu-dents visit the booths of interest to them. STEM professionals may register as individuals or as part of a company or organization booth at http://bit.ly/1v8wrxZ. The registration deadline is Feb. 1.

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Suicide discussion needed To the editor: In 1981, my father committed suicide. I was 8 years old at the time with four brothers and sisters. Though I recall little of the following two years, I still vividly remember my teenage years. My first thought of commit-ting suicide was at 11. I didn’t have any plan, but I did write a note. I got sidetracked, perhaps by a good cartoon on TV – I don’t remember. But that wasn’t the last time I had thoughts of suicide. I did well in school up until eighth grade. My mother had to work extra hours to support us financially, so there was little parental supervision. I didn’t feel cared about, I didn’t see any future, I didn’t feel loved. I went to a Catholic school for a few years and learned

about God and Jesus, but I was never taught to love myself. I got into alcohol and drugs, more interested in feeling better at the mo-ment than worried about long-term consequences. For me, I would say drugs weren’t as much of a problem as much as the lack of love, hope and sup-port at the time. The drugs filled the gap, albeit in a completely unhealthy way. I dropped out of school and started working. My mental health problems persisted and worsened; it was around 1993 (when I was about 20 years old) when I first attempted sui-cide. The recent Sun Thisweek story “Lakev-ille Mayor promotes sui-cide prevention initiative” contained a quote by Jon Roesler, Minnesota De-partment of Health epi-demiologist supervisor: “There is no one thing that causes you to die of suicide.” I’ve touched on a few

important factors in this letter, and, of course, I support an initiative that encourages discussion.

ANDY ALTLakeville

Lebanon Hills Park Master ‘Mis’ Plan To the editor: Thank you, MaryAnn Passe, for her letter, “Leb-anon Hills missed oppor-tunity,” Jan. 9. The infor-mation she included was what I have been looking for over the past weeks. It was not what I had hoped for but what was expected, based on past articles and letters on the subject. Of the 36 articles and letters published in the Star Tri-bune and these newspapers between May 16, 2013, and Dec. 10, 2014, that I have copies of, two were positive about the Master Plan, with 29 expressing negative comments. The

other five were primarily informative, containing no opinion. The members of the panel are to be com-mended and thanked for their dedication, time and efforts over the past months. It is unfortunate that their input was con-trolled and restricted in order to keep it “in line” with preconceived plans. As Passe stated, the citi-zen panel was established because of “intense public demand for meaningful citizen input,” yet in the last of her points relative to the control by County Board and staff, she stat-ed, “There was no process for public input.” In the Star Tribune ar-ticle, “Lebanon Hills trail decision pushed back,” on Feb. 14, 2014, Commis-sioner Tom Egan stated, “We seem to be misaligned with the public at this point.” What has changed? Over past years I have hiked Lebanon Hills from south to north a few times. My appreciation for hav-ing a “wilderness gem” such as Lebanon Hills is boundless. It equals my gratitude for the “park board that set aside Leba-non Hills as wild park land for future generations.” The quote is the words of Katie Sterns, daughter of Tom Sterns, a member of that park board, and granddaughter of James Diffley, in a letter titled, “If greater use is the goal, market it” in this newspa-per Jan. 17, 2014. My en-thusiasm grew to equal my appreciation and gratitude when “Forever Wild” was adopted as a description for Dakota County Parks. If the currently proposed Master Plan is carried out, that description would ap-pear to be a misnomer at best, if not outright hypo-critical.

CARL “BILL” IRELANDApple Valley

Clear snow in front of mailboxes To the editor: Mother Nature’s most recent blast left plenty of snow and ice for all of us to battle. That means slippery surfaces, which can be dangerous and costly for homeowners, as well as for their visitors – includ-ing their letter carrier. By clearing a path when the snow arrives, acci-dents can be prevented. We need our custom-ers’ help. Letter carriers have hurt their knees or backs, or even suffered broken bones from falls on slippery surfaces. Letter carriers are instructed to use good judgment when attempt-ing to deliver to address-es where ice and snow are not cleared. They are not allowed to dismount to make curb deliveries when the approach to the mailbox is hazardous be-cause of snow or ice. No one wants to in-convenience a customer. But we have to take every possible step to ensure the safety of our employ-ees. Some tips: • Customers are asked to clear enough snow from curbside boxes – at least 6 feet on both sides of the mailbox – so the carrier may approach and leave without back-ing up his or her vehicle. • Walkways need to be cleared so as to allow enough traction to avoid slips, trips and falls. • Steps – especially painted wood – must be kept clear of ice and snow and in good repair. • Overhangs must be clear and free of snow and ice to avoid injury. The best cure for an injury is to not have it occur in the first place. Please help your letter carrier provide you with

the best possible service – safely.

VICKY LYLEPostmaster-Lakeville

Morgan feels great about progressTo the editor: I want to say thank you. Last week marked the end of my term represent-ing Burnsville and Lakev-ille in the State Legislature, and I want to thank my constituents for letting me stand for them. Although we all become much more aware of the state gov-ernment during the often contentious campaigns that happen every two years, it’s the work we’ve done between elections that I’m most proud of. It may seem to some that the “list of accomplishments” was just a campaign tactic, but the election’s over and I still feel great about the last session. I feel good that the state is on a solid financial footing for the first time in years. I feel good that we’ve done so much to im-prove access to good edu-cation, whether through funding all-day kindergar-ten or by freezing college tuition. And I feel great that thousands of Min-nesotans who couldn’t be-fore now can get married. Whatever happens going forward, it’s been an hon-or to be part of such posi-tive, exciting change in our state. The 2015-2016 legis-lative session starts next week, and I wish Roz Pe-terson all the best in her new role. I am hopeful that this Legislature can work across the aisle to be as productive as the last one was, and continue to make life better for regular Min-nesotans.

WILL MORGANBurnsville

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OpinionMinnesota’s economy has a bright future

Reforming K-12 Education: Replacing No Child Left Behind, restoring local control

by Don HeinzmanSUN THISWEEK


Don’t look for Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton to be on the cover of Time maga-zine anytime soon, but it’s obvious that from an economic standpoint, Minne-sota is a state that works. As you might recall, years ago, Gov. Wendell Anderson was pictured on the cover of Time magazine holding up a fish to illustrate that Minnesota then was a state that worked. Well, now it’s working better than most states in the nation, and there are good predictions for 2015. The unemployment rate is the best example. Economists are predicting that November’s 3.7 percent rate in Minneso-ta will fall to 3.3 percent in 2015’s fourth quarter. Already, Minnesota’s unemploy-ment rate is fifth lowest in the nation. Katie Clark Sieben, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Employ-ment and Economic Development, fore-

casts good employment news for 2015. She sees increased job growth across the state and a lowering of the unemploy-ment rate. More people will be chasing more job openings particularly in all sectors of manufacturing. Manufacturers are bullish about the year ahead. A survey taken by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis shows that nine out of 10 of the respondents are optimis-tic and expect their businesses to grow. That’s an all-time high. Some even say they are having trouble filling some of the job vacancies.

Economists are expecting wages that have been frozen for years to thaw and look for 2-3 percent wage increases this year. Tony Madden, an economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, expects personal income to grow, thanks in part to lower gas prices. It could go up as much as 4.6 percent. Brian Beaulieu, an economist with and CEO of ITR Economics, had good predictions for the year ahead when he spoke last November at the Minnesota Urban Land Institute’s annual Econom-ic Outlook meeting. Here are some of his observations: • Income by household is growing, and the proportion of those with lower incomes is shrinking. • Real disposable income is growing. • Banks are lending more money than they were a year ago. • The U.S. economy easily is adding 150,000 jobs a month. • Mortgage rates are going to stay low

for the next six months, maybe longer. • In the country, home prices are con-tinuing to rise. • Minnesota’s population is expand-ing more rapidly than that of the nation. • There could be some stumbling blocks, one being housing construction. So why such optimism about 2015’s economy? In a few words: an educated work force. Sieben said 92 percent of the labor force is a high school graduate. Beaulieu says in the Twin Cities, 45.5 per-cent have graduated from college. Sieben says her department is iden-tifying jobs available, skills needed and ways to get those skills in a hurry. I like economist Beaulieu’s rallying cry: “The reality is that we are in a period of prosperity. ... You should be making money.”

Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers. He can be reached through [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

by John KlineSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

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

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

To take politics out of our nation’s schools and improve education for all students, I am once again leading the charge in Congress to replace No Child Left Behind and restore local control in our classrooms. Over the coming weeks, we will be examining K-12 education law in the House of Representatives. In fact, Congress could vote on legislation in the coming months, and it is my hope we can work with the Senate Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, to send ma-jor K-12 education reform to the White House for the first time in more than a decade. The legislation I plan to shepherd through the House embodies four princi-ples vital to a stronger education system in which all students have the opportu-nity to succeed. First, the legislation will restore local control by eliminating the federal ac-countability system and calling on states to develop a better approach that more accurately reflects student achievement. Second, we must reduce the federal foot-print in our classrooms by rooting out waste in the existing federal education bureaucracy and provide state and local leaders more flexibility in how they spend federal funds. Third, we must recognize a better education system cannot come

without better educators. Any reform should eliminate federal requirements that value credentials over a teacher’s ability to educate students. Finally, we must empower parents. No one has a bet-ter understanding of a child’s strengths and challenges than his or her parents. We need to advance policies that provide parents more freedom and choice, such as expanding access to high quality char-ter schools. Recognizing K-12 reform is long over-due is hardly a partisan belief. I am op-timistic Congress can send to the presi-dent’s desk an education reform proposal that will enjoy the support of teachers, school leaders, and parents alike. I look forward to working with Re-publicans and Democrats in the House and Senate, and the White House, to tear down barriers to progress and grant states and districts more freedom to think bigger, innovate, and take whatever steps are necessary to put more children on the right path to a brighter future. John Kline is the Chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee. He also serves on the House Armed Ser-vices Committee. He and his wife, Vicky, live in Burnsville. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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New majority features seven first-time committee chairs

Mack among those appointedby Hank Long

SESSION DAILY

While most of the 26 appointed heads of House committees are veterans at wielding a gavel, seven Re-publicans find themselves in that role for the first time. But that doesn’t mean they aren’t well versed in the issues they will tackle in their new capacities. Fourth-term Rep. Tara Mack, R-Apple Valley, who will chair the House Health and Human Services Re-form Committee, has served on a health policy commit-tee since her first legislative session in 2009, including a stint as vice-chair in the 2011-12 biennium. Mack said that MNsure – Minnesota’s controversial public health insurance exchange – will be one of the committee’s top priorities in the coming weeks. “We will be looking for some solutions to many of the issues that have been plaguing MNsure over the last couple years. We’ll address aspects that need to be changed.” Mack conceded that settling the lingering issues with the exchange will likely prove contentious, but added she welcomes a robust debate. “It’s my intention to continue the tradition in this committee of bringing everyone to the table to work on solutions,” she said. An initial spirit of bipartisanship may also be felt concerning the push for additional financial support for roads and bridges, said Rep. Tim Kelly, R-Red Wing, the House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee chair. But the fourth-term legislator added that the ultimate spending levels and revenue sources are sure to be bones of contention in committee. “Although everybody agrees this is an area that must be addressed, [committee members] will need to dig down and look for agreement on what that number re-ally is,” Kelly said. Another subject area in which a first-time commit-tee chair will be expected to try her hand at consensus building is government surveillance, according to Rep. Peggy Scott, R-Andover, who will lead the House Civil Law and Data Practices Committee. Scott noted that the House has worked in recent years to develop broad-based legislation aiming to balance the public’s privacy rights against the needs of law enforcement agencies deploying high-tech surveillance tools such as drones, body cameras and license plate readers. “What I would really like to see is a focus on an over-all policy that achieves that important balance,” Scott said, “so that we don’t have to continue to revisit every time there is a new advancement in (surveillance) tech-nology.” Other House Republicans heading committees for the first time are: Rep. Steve Drazkowski, R-Mazeppa: House Prop-erty Tax and Local Government Finance Division; Rep. Jenifer Loon, R-Eden Prairie: House Educa-tion Finance Committee; Rep. Tim Sanders, R-Blaine: House Government Operations and Elections Policy; and Rep. Joe Schomacker, R-Luverne: House Aging and Long-Term Care Policy Committee.

More Session Daily stories are at www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/sdaily.aspx.

by Andy RogersSUN THISWEEK


Consensus has not come easy for the Farmington School Board so far in 2015. Every two years following an election, the board votes on its leadership positions. With the ad-dition of new member in Steve Corraro, there appeared to be an deep and even split during Mon-day’s meeting. The vote on leader-ship positions including chair, vice chair, clerk and treasurer all result-ed in ties. The rift was deep enough where after more than 20 minutes of vot-ing the board tabled the motions until the next board meeting Jan. 26. “I feel like we were making a mockery of this not to make any leadership choices at this point,” Board Member Tera Lee said. It began with the vote for board chair between Lee, who was the chair from 2010-14 and was recent-ly re-elected, and Julie Singewald, who is in the middle of her second term. Singewald voted for herself with Corraro and Laura Beem. Lee also voted for herself and she was joined by Melissa Sauser and Jake Cordes.

After three votes, a discussion period, and yet another vote, the votes remained the same. The al-liances stuck together through the voting process. Voting on a vice chair, clerk and treasurer also re-sulted in ties. Lee and Beem said they both contacted the Minnesota School Board Association prior to the meeting to ask how the board should proceed in the event of ties. The answer was to keep voting. During the discussion period, Singewald said she would like to be chair because of her experience directing a laboratory and six years on the board. She advocated for more ac-countability of the board members and setting clearer expectations for the district. “There’s a number of people who want only what is best for the district and what’s best for them,” Singewald said. She said she doesn’t want to change things and hopes to be a partner with everyone on the board but would like to bring it to the next level. “I bring a different style, but I would say I’m fully committed to doing the best job,” Singewald said. Lee said she would like to con-

tinue to be chair because it’s a time of uncertainly and it would be wise to have constancy. “I feel the relationships I have built in this district are definitely a strength,” Lee said. “I have spent my entire life in this district build-ing those relationships. Those rela-tionships allow us to have the hard conversations that need to be had.” She cited Superintendent Jay Haugen potentially taking a leave of absence in the near future. A voicemail message left to the super-intendent wasn’t returned by press-time. She also said the board as a whole has established it would like to go for a referendum in the fu-ture. The board is aware the district has a number of potential upcom-ing expenses from upgrading tech-nology and security as well as po-tential future budget deficits. Sensing a lack of production, the board also delayed designating committee membership and assign-ments until the next meeting. For the interim basis, Corraro will take former board member Bri-an Treakle’s spot on committees. Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].

New Farmington School Board doesn’t know where to start

Board fails to vote for chair, other leadership positions

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School officials approved borrowing $7.9 million from its general fund balance to keep its budget in the black. The School Board approved on Jan. 12 a final 2014-15 budget of $422.9 million. General fund reve-nues are expected to be $320.5 mil-lion but expenditures are projected to be $328.4. This leaves the district with a $7.9 million shortfall. Since the beginning of its budget process last year, district officials have expected a shortfall in 2014-15 because funding failed to keep up with inflation for a number of

years, Director of Finance and Op-erations Jeff Solomon said. After borrowing the estimated $7.9 million, the general fund bal-ance is projected to be $23.2 mil-lion, which is 7.1 percent of gen-eral fund revenues. Board policy requires a fund balance that is at least 5 percent of the general fund. The 2014-15 school year will be the second school year the district has borrowed from its general fund balance. District 196 will be able to avoid cuts next year thanks to increased state aid and a $30 million annual, 10-year levy referendum, officials say. The levy referendum passed by voters in 2013 will raise $1,486 per

pupil each year. The 2013 Legislature increased basic funding by 1.5 percent for 2013-14 and another 1.5 percent for 2014-15. In May, the Legislature agreed to provide an additional $25 per pupil or 0.5 percent increase for 2014-15. District 196 relies heavily on state aid, which accounts for 76.45 percent of its budget. Property tax-es account for 18.09 percent, while federal aid makes up 2.45 percent of the district’s budget.

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

School Board approves budget District 196 to borrow from fund balance


and increase accountabil-ity by holding MNsure to the same standards that we expect from other state agencies.” HF5 was officially in-troduced during the Jan. 8 legislative session.

Lakeville building report Lakeville issued build-ing permits with a total valuation of $144,340,882 in 2014. This was down approximately $5 million from the 2013 total of $149,496,351 but $15 mil-lion higher than the 2012 total of $129,304,446. The city issued com-mercial and industrial per-mits with a total valuation of $13,798,000 in 2014 compared to a total valua-tion of $11,125,750 during 2013. The city issued per-mits for 316 single-family homes in 2014 with a total valuation of $102,274,000. Lakeville issued the high-est number of residential permits in the Twin Cities for the second year in row as reported by the Build-ers of the Twin Cities (BATC).

Youth fishing contest The Lakeville Knights of Columbus will spon-sor the 15th annual Youth Ice Fishing Contest from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Valley Lake Park, 16050 Garrett Path. Prizes will be awarded to youth ages 13 and un-der for different fish cat-egories. Participants need to bring their own fishing equipment and bait. Reg-ister the day of the con-

test. The event is free.

Citizens Climate Lobby The Dakota County Chapter of the Citizens Climate Lobby will meet from 10 a.m. to noon Sat-urday, Feb. 7, at Jo Jo’s Rise and Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. The meeting is open to anyone concerned about preserving a safe and liv-able climate for future gen-erations. Each month, a notable speaker on a topic related to climate change speaks to the CCL meetings all across the U.S. and Can-ada by phone conference call. For more information, call 952-920-1547 or email [email protected].

Mentor a child January is National Mentoring Month. This year’s theme is: Be Some-one Who Matters to Someone Who Matters! Mentors are needed for youths in Dakota County through Kids ’n Kinship, a local nonprofit organiza-tion that matches children ages 5 to 16 with volunteer mentors for fun and en-gaging weekly activities in the community. In addition to the com-munity-based program, Kids ’n Kinship offers school-based mentor-ing programs at Glacier Hills and Thomas Lake elementary schools in Ea-gan, Westview Elemen-tary in Apple Valley, and Parkview Elementary in Rosemount. Ongoing training and support are provided. An information session for new mentors is scheduled

6-6:45 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, at Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. For more information, go to www.kidsnkinship.org or call 952-892-6368.

NAMI to present MNsure information meeting in Rosemount The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Minnesota will present a free information session on MNsure from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, at Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Participants will learn about health insurance options, value of coverage, options under MNsure, Medical Assistance expan-sion, changes to Minneso-ta Care and the benefits to people living with mental illnesses. For more information, contact NAMI Minnesota at 651-645-2948, ext. 117.

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

Koznick sworn into first term State Rep. Jon Koznick, R-Lakeville, was officially sworn in to his first term as a state representative on Tuesday, Jan. 6, after taking the oath of office administered by Chief Jus-tice Lori Gildea. Koznick, a businessman, replaces retiring member Mary Liz Holberg in represent-ing House District 58A, encompassing the city of Lakeville, at the State Capitol in St. Paul. “I am proud to have been elected by the hard-working residents of Lake-ville,” Koznick said. “I am committed to protecting the same opportunities and liberties given to me when my parents adopted me from Colombia and brought me to America as a child. We must preserve the American Dream for the next generation. I look forward to serving the great Minnesotans in my district and across the state on many important issues that impact them and their family.” Koznick’s committee assignments include Tax-es, Property Tax & Local Government Finance Di-vision and Transportation Policy & Finance. Koznick can be reached by phone at 651-296-6926. He can also be contact-ed via email at [email protected] or via mail at 367 State Of-fice Building, 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55155.

Mack to carry House File 5 State Rep. Tara Mack, R-Apple Valley, chair of the Health and Human Services Reform Commit-tee, will carry House File 5, a bill that works to en-sure fair access and afford-ability in health care. House Republicans in-

troduced House Files 1 through 5 at a Jan. 8 press conference in St. Paul. House Files 1 through 4 focused on growing better-paying jobs, improving education, protecting ag-ing adults’ quality of life, and refocusing transporta-tion dollars on roads and bridges. “House File 5 will help improve access and quality of health care for Minnesotans in all parts of the state,” Mack said. “Minnesotans should be able to receive tax cred-its whether they purchase health insurance through the exchange or outside of it. This will give families more flexibility and more options to choose the plans that work best for their families.” HF5 will require the

Department of Commerce to seek necessary federal waivers to allow Minneso-tans access to tax credits regardless of where they purchase health insurance. In addition, HF5 works to reign in and improve the accountability of MNsure, the state’s health insurance exchange set up under the Affordable Care Act, which received exemp-tions from various state agencies requirements, and eliminates MNsure’s unchecked ability to give salary bonuses to MNsure executives. “Many Minnesotans were disappointed to hear about bonuses being giv-en to MNsure executives while thousands struggled with the broken website,” Mack said. “This bill will help put a stop to that,

Area Briefs

Food allergy experts to speak at Heritage Library Two experts on food allergies will provide a free edu-cational session for parents from 6:30-8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26, at the Heritage Library 20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville. Dr. Nancy Ott, a Mayo Clinic pediatric allergist who sees patients at FamilyHealth Medical Clinic, and Nona Navaez, executive director of Anaphylaxis and Food Allergy Association of Minnesota, will combine for a session called “What Parents Need to Know.” They will provide an overview of food allergies, talk about the latest research and offer helpful tips on how to handle emergencies. The session is sponsored by FamilyHealth Medical Clinic of Lakeville.

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Andrew Pope (center), a senior at Lakeville South High School, achieved the rank of Eagle Scout last month. Pope is a member of Troop 263, chartered out of Hosanna Lu-theran Church in Lakeville, led by Scoutmaster Gretal St. Onge (right). His previous Scoutmasters were James Neild and Mark Andres (left). Pope chose an Eagle project that was in line with his passion, computers. He collected used laptops, removed all of the data and scrubbed the hard drives, then reinstalled the computers with Linux. The computers were then donated to the Rochester Public School Foundation to be used for its Robotics program. The program has had to lease computers at a high expense to accommodate the students in the program until this donation. Pope has been accepted into several colleges this coming fall, and although a decision hasn’t been made yet, he is planning on pursuing a B.S. in computer science with an emphasis in security. (Photo submitted)

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Other boaters would be able to use the lake and part of the launch area during the race. Brett Cummings, a Power Boat Association member, said races typically start around noon and last about three hours, some-times with a break. The circular racing area in the lake is marked by buoys to keep out other boaters. Spectators can view the race from the park, paved paths around the lake or from boats sur-rounding the race area. Cummings said they will have three safety crews on site at all times; crews consist of paramedics and safety divers with rescue boats. “In the 14 years I’ve been doing it, I’ve never had an incident where a boat collides with a spec-tator or comes anywhere close to any of that,” Cummings said. “So it’s very safe.” Tabara added that the boats do not create huge waves and described the boats as “more of an air-plane with an outboard motor,” whose back end “dances” in the water. “The thing about our boats is there is no wake,” Tabara said. “With the exception of the original takeoff, the actual wake is very minimal because the boats are in the air.” Safety is a high con-sideration. The organiza-tion’s safety crews patrol the outer parameters of

the race area, and races are shut down if any out-side boat enters the race parameters. Races con-tinue once the race area is cleared. Tabara said they would hold heat races Saturday to qualify for pole posi-tions and do another day of racing on Sunday. The races would be scheduled so as to not in-terfere with the fishing tournament and would be organized to minimize is-sues with traffic and park-ing. Council Member Doug Anderson, a Lake Marion

homeowner, said the races should not interfere with the neighborhood, since they are planned to take place on the other side of the lake. Mayor Matt Little and council members indicat-ed unified support for the proposal. “I think this is very ex-citing to bring a different style of event,” Council Member Colleen LaBeau said. “If someone wanted to come in, they could do the Friday night Cruise Night, this (boat race), the parade and then this again. You could literally

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


RACES, from 1A

Brian Tabara and Brett Cummings, with the Twin City Power Boat Association, pro-pose holding boat races on Lake Marion during Pan-O-Prog to the Lakeville City Council at a Jan. 12 workshop. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

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



An Eagan teenager hopes her involvement in a pageant will help her turn her family’s struggles into blessings for others. Sadie Rohricht, 13, has been named Miss Teen Dakota County and will compete in the Miss Teen Minnesota International Pageant March 15. Although her participa-tion in the pageant gives Sadie Rohricht the change to win a scholarship and the potential to compete in larger competitions, her primary goal for entering the pageant is to help oth-ers, said her mom, Katie Rohricht. Sadie Rohricht decided to pursue a crown after be-ing hospitalized with epi-leptic seizures last year. The teen was greatly encouraged by a visit from Miss Minnesota. “She really brightened my day,” Sadie Rohricht said. Since being released from the hospital, Sadie Rohricht has been work-ing with Make-A-Wish, visiting people in nursing homes and hospice care to help bring them some cheer. A week after a termi-

nal patient relayed his wish for roast beef and mashed potatoes, Sadie Rohricht returned within days to sur-prise him with the home-made meal. Many volunteering op-portunities are limited for Sadie Rohricht because of her age, but being in the pageant opens more doors for her to volunteer, Katie Rohricht said. “I feel passionate about helping others,” Sadie Rohricht said. “I was bul-lied last year in school, and I don’t feel like anyone should have to go through that. I think if people are happy, they can ignore it if they are bullied.” Sadie Rohricht is also passionate about helping others because of the strug-gles other family members are encountering, including her dad, Royce Rohricht, 32, who is battling terminal colon cancer. Her brother Gavin, 11, has a non-cancerous growth in his brain that re-quires surgery every four months to relieve pressure. His most recent surgery was in November. “He gets these extremely bad headaches where he’ll scream for hours and he can’t sleep,” Katie Rohricht said. “Then we go see the

surgeon.” Sadie Rohricht often helps care for her other sib-lings, Sean, 5, Peyton, 3 and Evan, 2. “She loves her brothers, loves to take care of them,” Katie Rohricht said. The competition will be held in St. Cloud and will include fun fashion, a sports outfit and a casual gown and backstage and on-stage interviews. Sadie Rohricht is also raising funds to donate to Make-A-Wish. Checks can be sent to Sadie’s Bake Sale, 615 First Ave. NE, Suite 415, Minneapolis, MN 55413. “She wants to inspire and help other people,” Katie Rohricht said. “She is very sweet and kind and loves to help others.”


Senior driver improvement The Minnesota High-way Safety Center will offer 55-plus driver-im-provement courses on the following days: • 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 20 (four-hour re-fresher), AAA Minnesota – Iowa, 600 W. Travelers Trail, Burnsville. • 5:30-9:30 p.m. Jan. 26 (four-hour refresher), Lakeville Senior Center – Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Drive, Lakeville. • Noon to 4 p.m. Feb. 2 (four-hour refresher), Ap-ple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. • 5:30-9:30 p.m. Feb. 9 (four-hour refresher), Lakeville Senior Center – Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Drive, Lakeville. The courses are open to the public; however, pre-registration is requested. The eight-hour course is

$24; the four-hour refresh-er is $20. For more infor-mation or to register, visit www.mnsafetycenter.org or call 888-234-1294.

Lakeville seniors All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for informa-tion. Monday, Jan. 19 – Her-itage Center closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Tuesday, Jan. 20 – Dominoes and Cards, 9 a.m.; Tappercize, 9:30 a.m.; Scrapbooking, Re-cycled Cards, 9:30 a.m.; Creative Writing, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Weight Control Sup-port, 11:30 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Silver Clay Jewelry Class, 1-3 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m.; deadline, iPad - Back to

Basics. Wednesday, Jan. 21 – Cards, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Pi-nochle, noon; Dime Bin-go, 1 p.m.; Chess, 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22 – iPad - Back to Basics Class, 9 a.m.; “Classic Voices” Chorus, 9-10 a.m.; Blood Pressure Checks, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Cho-rus, 10:30 a.m.; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Ping Pong, 1-3 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Billiards, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 23 – Cards, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Oil & Acrylic Painting Class, 1 p.m.

Seniors

Lakeville Area School Board Members Michelle Volk, Jim Skelly and Kathy Lewis together take the oath of office at the Jan. 12 meeting. Volk and Skelly are incum-bents and Lewis served 22 years on the School Board. She skipped the 2012 election for family reasons and was re-elected in November, filling Roz Peterson’s seat who was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives. (Photo by Laura Adel-mann)

Vow to serve

State Rep. Roz Peterson, R-Lakeville, joins House Speaker Kurt Daudt at the rostrum on the opening day of the 2015 legislative session following the swearing-in ceremony. She was joined by her husband, Tim, and their two children. (Photo submitted)

Peterson begins term

Lakeville Mayor Matt Little officially presented

Sadie Rohricht, Eagan, the Miss Teen Dakota County banner Jan. 9 at Lakeville

City Hall. Rohricht will represent Dakota County in

the Miss Teen Minnesota International competition

in March. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)


SportsNorth skaters run their record to 15-0

Top-ranked Panthers face Farmington on Saturdayby Mike Shaughnessy


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

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

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

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

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

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

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

North loses to conference rivalMaking a splash

Backyard brawlPanthers shut out Shakopee

Lakeville North’s Morgan Manes looks to pass the puck during the team’s 6-0 victory over Shakopee on Tuesday night.

Lakeville North’s Nathan Regan swims his leg of the 400-yard freestyle relay during a South Suburban Conference

meet Jan. 6 at Farmington. Regan, Jacob Burchfield, Andrew Strauch

and Andrew Trepanier won the event in 3 minutes, 19.45 seconds, breaking the Farmington pool record. Lakeville

North won the dual meet 92-83. Lakeville South senior Ben Sprengler

swims the backstroke during the Tiger Relays in Albert Lea during the holiday

break. South won the team champi-onship at the 13-team meet. (Photos

submitted)

Lakeville South’s Brady Bastyr (right) tangles with Lakeville North’s Frank Osmanski at 138 pounds during a South Suburban Conference wrestling match Jan. 8 at Lake-ville South High School. Bastyr won the match by fall and Lakeville South went on to a 52-20 victory. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)

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

Lakeville North’s David Lindstrand found little room to move in a 75-54 loss Tuesday night to conference rival Apple Valley. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)


by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


Movie lovers who want to see new independent films often have to travel to Minneapolis or St. Paul. One Lakeville resident hopes to change that, well, at least for one night. Kim Flynn isn’t a me-dia mogul or a movie buff. In fact, the only reason a showing of “Amira & Sam” may have its Min-nesota debut at Marcus Theatres in Rosemount is because she attended her first film festival with a few friends in November for a chance to see her fa-vorite actor. That’s when the snow-ball started rolling. Flynn, a big fan of “Vampire Diaries” star Paul Wesley, who has a supporting role in “Amira & Sam,” knew the heart-throb Wesley would be part of a panel discussion following the screening and figured this would be her best opportunity to meet him. Forever Fest in Austin, Texas, bills itself as a cele-bration of all things young girls love, isn’t as much of a film festival as it is an ’80s party in homage to hair, fashion and pop cul-ture of the decade. Flynn was impressed with the film, which is a romantic comedy about a military veteran returning to American society that’s more zany than when he left it.

A few weeks later Fly-nn noticed on the Twitter feed for “Amira & Sam” that fans could help bring screenings of the film to their hometowns by work-ing with the indie movie-placement broker Tugg. Tugg coordinated with Marcus Theatres, which is requiring that 64 tickets be sold by Jan. 22 in order for the film to be shown at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 29. Flynn said she’s net-worked with area film and arts groups in an effort to spread the word about the showing. As of Wednesday, she needed to sell 36 more tickets. “I think if people give a film like this a chance, they would want to see more movies like it,” Flynn said. “They will enjoy it. It is very funny and people can relate to it in many ways.

… It’s got a little bit of ev-erything in it. People will be surprised by something they probably never would have seen if it wasn’t for this screening.” Flynn said she could have chosen to have the film shown in Minneapo-lis, which would have been easier to sell out, but liked the idea of bringing some-thing out of the ordinary to the suburbs. “Most of the people I know live out this way, and I felt like I could get a lot of people to come to it,” said Flynn, who is sending “shout outs” to people she knows have bought tickets on her Twitter feed, which is devoted to Wesley’s work. “I’ve had a lot of posi-tive feedback from people posting it on Facebook and Twitter,” said Flynn, who moved from Oregon

be shown in Minnesota if it wasn’t for this opportu-nity,” she said. “You can really find some gems in these films. “It’s a little nerve wracking since there’s nine days to go and I still need to sell 36 tickets,” she said on Tuesday. This isn’t the only time Marcus Theatres has stepped up to work with local residents. The the-ater offered a screening of “A League of Their Own” when Rosemount resident

Kay McDaniel, a member of the 1940s All-American Girls Baseball League, was named grand marshal of the Rosemount Lep-rechaun Days Grand Pa-rade. Tickets are $11 per per-son. To purchase tickets, go online to www.tugg.com/events/12742. More about the movie is at www.amiraandsam.com.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

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

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

Indie film tries for Rosemount exclusive

Lakeville resident’s fondness of heartthrob actor may propel ‘Amira & Sam’

to Lakeville in 2008 with her husband and son after a job transfer. As the lead promoter of the event, Flynn had a chance to speak on the phone with Sean Mullin, the writer and director of “Amira & Sam.” “They are extremely grateful,” Flynn said of the promotion of the screening in Rosemount. “Amira & Sam” will have its nationwide limited release Jan. 30, but not at a theater in Minnesota. This will be the only opportuni-ty for Twin Cities residents to see the film right now. “This film would not

The tiger show will go on by John Gessner


The show will go on — with tigers and without embarrassment — thanks to Burnsville City Man-ager Heather Johnston’s Tuesday trip to the box of-fice. Johnston learned the show she was buying tick-ets for this Saturday at the city-owned Ames Center would feature tigers. Ti-gers and other big cats (along with apes, poison-ous snakes and a bunch of nondomesticated animals) aren’t allowed in Burns-ville without a City Coun-cil-approved permit. Johnston made the catch in time to hustle a vote approving a per-mit onto Tuesday night’s council workshop agenda. She said she went to the box office at about 5:30 p.m. to buy tickets for “Dare to Believe,” featuring magician and il-lusionist Jay Owenhouse. Johnston and her son, and her sister and her son, are going to the 4 p.m. show (there’s a second at 8). “All I know is I went to buy tickets and saw pic-tures of tigers,” she said. She quickly recalled an episode last April when a lion named Mufasa was

scheduled to appear dur-ing an Easter service at Discover Church in Burns-ville. The city learned about the lion the Friday before the service. The appear-ance was canceled because the church hadn’t ob-tained a permit. It was old news until Johnston saw pictures of tigers at the Ames Center. “We pride ourselves on making sure we’re holding ourselves to the same stan-dard we hold everybody else to,” she said. The council unani-mously approved a permit for the shows, pending staff review of application materials and proof of in-surance. Should VenuWorks, the company the city pays to manage the center, have caught the problem ear-lier? “It’s a very unusual circumstance,” said John-ston, who was told two tigers appear in the show. “We don’t often have ex-otic animals in the city. It came up almost a year ago. Otherwise, I may not have known about it my-self.”

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


LEGAL NOTICES

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

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

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

DATE OF MORTGAGE: May 29, 2009MORTGAGOR: Melissa A. Kreit-

inger, Single woman.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

tronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Marketplace Home Mortgage, LLC..

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded June 12, 2009 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2663894.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: CitiMort-gage, Inc.. Dated February 10, 2014 Recorded February 20, 2014, as Document No. 2999188.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100249120000219258LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STAT-ED ON MORTGAGE: Marketplace Home Mortgage, LLC.

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: CitiMortgage, Inc.

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 1000 Willow Trail, Farm-ington, MN 55024

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 14.30200.02.190LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY:Lot 19, Block 2, Glenview Town-

homes and Commercial, Common Interest Community No. 565, Da-kota County, Minnesota.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $106,837.00

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

$100,977.32That prior to the commence-

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

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

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

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

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

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on August 10, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

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

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

Dated: December 3, 2014CitiMortgage, Inc.Mortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688810 - 14-007450 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published in Lakeville

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

326664

TOWNSHIP OF EUREKAWATERSHED

MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS

SUMMARY ORDINANCEOn December 8th, 2014, a ma-

jority of the Town Board adopted Ordinance No. 2010-07 titled Water Resources Management Regula-tions.

The Water Resources Manage-ment Regulations apply to storm-water management, wetland man-agement, floodplain alterations, drainage alterations, and describe a process for permit applications.

A copy of Ordinance No. 2014-07 can be obtained by contact-ing the Township’s Clerk at 952-469-3736 during normal business hours.Mira Broyles, ClerkEureka Township


January 16, 2015337249

NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE SALEDate: January 16, 2015YOU ARE NOTIFIED THAT:1. A default has occurred in

the conditions of that certain con-struction mortgage executed by Lake Rose Holdings, LLC, a Min-

nesota limited liability company, as mortgagor, in favor of Bremer Bank, National Association, a na-tional banking association, as mortgagee, dated March 27, 2008, and recorded on April 2, 2008, as Document No. 2581939, as modi-fied by that certain modification of mortgage dated February 3, 2009, and recorded on April 1, 2009, as Document No. 2647380, both in the Office of the County Recorder in and for Dakota County, Minne-sota (collectively, “Mortgage”). The land described in the Mortgage is not registered land.

2. The original or maximum prin-cipal amount secured by the Mort-gage was: $766,430.00.

3. No action or proceeding at law is now pending to recover the debt secured by the Mortgage or any part thereof.

4. The holder of the Mortgage has complied with all conditions precedent to acceleration of the debt secured by the Mortgage and foreclosure of the Mortgage and all notice and other requirements of applicable statutes.

5. At the date of this notice, the amount due on the Mortgage is: $751,453.89.

6. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain volun-tary foreclosure agreement dated January 9, 2015, and recorded on January 12, 2015, as Document No. 3046742, in the Office of the County Recorder in and for Dakota County, Minnesota (“Agreement”), the Mortgage shall be foreclosed, and the land located at 6700 160th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota 55044, Property Tax ID No. 22-81300-01-010, and legally de-scribed as follows:

Lot 1, Block 1, Valley Christian Church Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, Dakota County, Minnesota (“Property”),

shall be sold by the Sheriff of Dakota County, Minnesota, at pub-lic auction on February 18, 2015, at 10:00 a.m., at the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office: 1580 Highway 55, Hastings, MN 55033.

7. The time allowed by law for redemption by mortgagor or mort-gagor’s personal representatives or assigns is two (2) months after the date of sale.

8. Each holder of a junior lien on the Property may redeem in the or-der and manner provided in Minn. Stat. § 582.32, subd. 9, beginning after the expiration of mortgagor’s redemption period as set forth herein.

9. The mortgagor released from financial obligation on the Mort-gage is: None.Bremer Bank, National Association(a a national banking association)By its attorneys:Joshua D. Christensen, (#332616)Lindsay W. Cremona, (#393599)Anastasi Jellum, P.A. Attorneys for Mortgagee14985 60th Street NorthStillwater, MN 55082(651) 439-295116580-F 2


January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 2015

337268

CITY OF LAKEVILLEDAKOTA COUNTY,

MINNESOTAORDINANCE NO. 932

AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY IN BERRES RIDGETHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE

CITY OF LAKEVILLE ORDAINS:Section 1. Legal Description.

Title 11 of the Lakeville City Code, the Zoning Ordinance, is hereby amended to rezone the following described properties located within the City of Lakeville, Dakota Coun-ty, Minnesota:

1. From RS-3, Single Family Residential District to RS-4, Single Family Residential District:

Blocks 19 – 25 as shown on the Berres Ridge preliminary plat; and

2. From P/OS, Public and Open Space District to RS-3, Single Fam-ily Residential District

That part of Outlot B, ST. JOHN’S FIRST ADDITION, accord-ing to the recorded plat thereof, Dakota County, Minnesota, lying northerly of the following described line:

Commencing at the most north-erly corner of said Outlot B; thence South 00 degrees 09 minutes 47 seconds West, assumed bearing along the west line of said Outlot B, a distance of 60.71 feet to the point of beginning of the line to be de-scribed; thence South 88 degrees 31 minutes 25 seconds East a dis-tance of 119.94 feet to the north-easterly line of said Outlot B and said line there terminating; and

3. From RA, Rural Agricultural District to RS-3, Single Family Resi-dential District.

That portion of the East Half (E ½) of the Southwest Quarter (SW ¼) of Section Twenty One (21), Township One Hundred Fourteen (114), Range Twenty (20), Dakota County, Minnesota currently zoned RA, Rural Agricultural District.

Section 2. Zoning Map. The zoning map of the City of Lakeville, adopted by Section 11-45-5 of the City Code, shall not be republished to show the aforesaid rezoning, but the Zoning Administrator shall ap-propriately mark the zoning map on file in the Zoning Administrator’s office for the purpose of indicating the rezoning hereinabove provided for in this Ordinance, and all of the notations, references and other in-formation shown thereon are here-by incorporated by reference and made part of this Ordinance.

Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage by the City Council, Metropolitan Council authorization of the Berres Ridge Comprehensive Plan amendment, and the record-ing of the Berres Ridge final plat with Dakota County.

Adopted by the Lakeville City Council this 5th day of January, 2015.CITY OF LAKEVILLEBY: Matt Little, MayorATTEST: Charlene FriedgesCity Clerk


January 16, 2015336169



NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions

of the following described mort-gage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: October 9, 2007MORTGAGOR: Gregory A.

Popehn and Gail C. Popehn, hus-band and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc..

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded October 19, 2007 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2551645.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Bank of America, N.A. successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP. Dated October 24, 2011 Recorded November 15, 2011, as Document No. 2830683 . And thereafter assigned to: Green Tree Servicing LLC. Dated May 23, 2013 Recorded June 10, 2013, as Document No. 2955286. TRANS-ACTION AGENT: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc.

TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:


MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: SurePoint Lend-ing abn First Residential Mortgage Network, Inc.

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER:

Green Tree Servicing LLCMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 6969 164th Street West, Lakeville, MN 55068


PROPERTY: Lot 1, Block 1, Don-nay’s Valley Park 2nd







DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March 06, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-


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

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on September 08, 2015 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemp-tion period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.


“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”Dated: December 29, 2014Green Tree 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) 925-68888 - 14-008089 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published inLakeville

January 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 20, 2015

334957

LAKEVILLE ISD #194DAKOTA COUNTY

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALSNotice is hereby given that

Lakeville ISD #194 requests pro-posals for:Group Medical Insurance & Admin-istrative Services

Specifications will be avail-able from the District’s Agent of Record, National Insurance Ser-vices, at 14852 Scenic Heights Rd Suite 210, Eden Prairie, MN 55344, phone 800-627-3660 ext. 1364.

Proposals are due no later than 2:00 p.m. on Monday, February 16, 2015 at National Insurance Ser-vices 14852 Scenic Heights Road Suite 210, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 along with a copy to Lakeville ISD #194 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, MN 55044


January 9, 16, 2015334493



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

DATE OF MORTGAGE: August 26, 2005

MORTGAGOR: Adam Quitter, a single person.MORTGAGEE: Bank of America, N.A..DATE AND PLACE OF RE-

CORDING: Recorded November 14, 2005 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2380782.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: National Residential Assets Corp.. Dated July 25, 2011 Recorded June 5, 2013, as Document No. 2954285.

TRANSACTION AGENT: NONETRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE

LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

Bank of America, N.A.RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

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

DRESS: 16240 Goodview Trail, Lakeville, MN 55044


PROPERTY: Lot 1, Block 1, Cedar-glen 4th Addition







DATE AND TIME OF SALE: February 20, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-



TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on August 20, 2015 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.



Dated: December 16, 2014National Residential Assets Corp.Mortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688818 - 14-007814 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


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

331189

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196 ROSEMOUNT-

APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN PUBLIC SCHOOL CALL FOR BIDS PARKVIEW

ELEMENTARY PAVING & LANDSCAPING REBID

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

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

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

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

Published in Apple Valley, Lakeville,

Burnsville/EaganJanuary 9, 16, 2015

333502



NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that

default has occurred in conditions of the following described mort-gage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: April 2, 2007MORTGAGOR: Douglas B. Sim-

mons, a married man.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

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

CORDING: Recorded April 16, 2007 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2509949.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Bank of America, N.A. successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP. Dated November 1, 2011 Recorded January 31, 2012, as Document No. 2845504.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:


MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: River City Mort-gage & Financial, LLC

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

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 18685 Jasmine Way, Lakeville, MN 55044


PROPERTY:Lot 6, Block 1, Lakeview Heights

2nd AdditionCOUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: DakotaORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF MORTGAGE: $201,600.00AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED

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




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



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



Dated: December 23, 2014Bank of America, N.A.Mortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688818 - 14-008168 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


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

334041

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196 ROSEMOUNT-

APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS CALL

FOR BIDS ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION-ROSE-MOUNT HIGH SCHOOL

3335 142ND STREET WESTROSEMOUNT, MINNESOTA

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

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

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

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

Apple Valley, Lakeville, Burnsville/Eagan

January 9, 16, 2015333486

SUMMONS STATE OF MINNESOTACOUNTY OF DAKOTADISTRICT COURTFIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICTCASE TYPE: CONTRACTCourt File No.WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,Plaintiff,vs.TRACY ULTICAN, Defendant.

THIS SUMMONS IS DIRECTED TO TRACY ULTICAN.

1. YOU ARE BEING SUED. The Plaintiff has started a lawsuit against you.

The Plaintiff’s Complaint against you is attached to this Summons. Do not throw these papers away. They are official papers that affect your rights. You must respond to this lawsuit even though it may not yet be filed with the Court and there may be no court file number on this Summons.

2. YOU MUST REPLY WITHIN 30 DAYS TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS. You must give or mail to the person who signed this sum-mons a written response called an Answer within 30 days of the date on which you received this Summons. You must send a copy of your Answer to the person who signed this Summons located at:

Cottrell Law Firm, P.A., 2287 Waters Drive, Mendota Heights, MN 55120

3. YOU MUST RESPOND TO EACH CLAIM. The Answer is your written response to the Plaintiff’s Complaint. In your Answer you must state whether you agree or disagree with each paragraph of the Complaint. If you believe the Plaintiff should not be given every-thing asked for in the Complaint, you must say so in your Answer.

4. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CASE IF YOU DO NOT SEND A WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THE COMPLAINT TO THE PERSON WHO SIGNED THIS SUMMONS. If you do not answer within 30 days, you will lose this case. You will not get to tell your side of the story, and the Court may decide against you and award the Plaintiff everything asked for in the Complaint. If you do not want to contest the claims stated in the Complaint, you do not need to respond. A default judg-ment can then be entered against you for the relief requested in the Complaint.

5. LEGAL ASSISTANCE. You may wish to get legal help from a lawyer. If you do not have a lawyer, the Court Administrator may have information about places where you can get legal assistance. Even if you cannot get legal help, you must still provide a written Answer to protect your rights or you may lose the case.

6. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RES-OLUTION. The parties may agree to or be ordered to participate in an alternative dispute resolution process under Rule 114 of the Min-nesota General Rules of Practice. You must still send your written response to the Complaint even if you expect to use alternative means of resolving this dispute.

This is a communication from a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose.COTTRELL LAW FIRM, P.A.Dated: January 12, 2015Andrew A. Green, Reg. #0394873William G. Cottrell, Reg. #01460922287 Waters DriveMendota Heights, MN(651) 905-0496ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFTHIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COL-LECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMA-TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.


January 16, 23, 30, 2015336352

CITY OF ELKO NEW MARKET

STUDY OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT THE

SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF COUNTY ROAD 2 AND I-35

PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE TUESDAY, JANUARY 27,

6:00 TO 7:30 PMThe City of Elko New Market

is evaluating a proposed light in-dustrial development and other land use changes at the southeast quadrant of County Road 2 and Interstate Highway 35 (I-35). The City and Township are addressing the potential impacts of this devel-opment though a study called an Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR), which will identify the ben-efits and the other impacts of mov-ing forward, as well as measures to avoid, minimize, and mitigate any adverse impacts. The 265-acre AUAR study area includes the pro-posed 125-acre industrial project, the Ryan Companies Development, which is planned for specific par-cels in New Market Township to be annexed to the City of Elko New Market.

The public open house on Tues-day, January 27 will provide more information about the AUAR study area. Those attending may arrive any time between 6:00 and 7:30 PM. The meeting will be held at the New Market Township Hall; 8950 230th Street East; Lakeville, MN 55044.

Staff representing the City will be available at the open house to explain the scope of issues being considered in the AUAR, related studies, and to answer questions. Scoping-Level AUAR documen-tation (including the study area boundary and land use scenarios to be considered) will be posted by January 27 at the City’s Web Site: www.ci.enm.mn.us, or copies can be found at the Elko New Market Public Library, 110 J. Roberts Way, Elko New Market, MN 55054, at the New Market Township Hall (ad-dress above), or City Hall (below).

For more information, or to pro-vide comments, please contact:

Tom TerryCity AdministratorPO Box 99Elko New Market, MN 55020E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 952-461-2777NOTE: The comment period for

the Scoping-Level AUAR docu-ment will end on March 4, 2015.


January 16, 2015336494


LEGAL NOTICES

CITY OF LAKEVILLE NOTICE TO BIDDERS

2,000,000 GALLON WATER TOWER

The City of Lakeville, Minnesota hereby gives notice that sealed bids will be received for the con-struction of City Improvement Proj-ect No. 13-18. The project involves one 2,000,000 Gallon Elevated Concrete/Steel Composite Water Tower, including foundation, paint-ing, electrical work and associated site work; water main, storm sewer, grading, sidewalk, paving and re-lated work.

Sealed bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., Local Time, on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at the office of the City Clerk, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minne-sota 55044.

The bids must be submitted on the forms provided in accordance with the Contract Documents, Plans, and Specifications dated January 9, 2015 which are on file at the office of the City Engineer, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota 55044.

A bid security in the amount of not less than 5% of the bid shall ac-company each bid in accordance with the Information for Bidders.

The City of Lakeville reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informalities in bidding or to accept the bid or bids which best serve the interests of the City.

No bid shall be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) days after the scheduled opening of the bids without the consent of the City.Charlene Friedges City Clerk


January 16, 2015336321

NOTICE OF SELF STORAGE SALE

Please take notice Central Self Storage - Lakeville Premier located at 21002 Heron Way, Lakeville, MN 55044 intends to release for sale by online auction via www.storage-battles.com the personal property stored from the below listed units at the facility location identified above on 02/04/15 at 11:00 A.M. Unless stated otherwise, the description of the contents are household goods, clothing and furnishings. Laurie Larson; Steve Laddusaw (2 units); Jessica Wintheiser. All property is being stored at the above self-stor-age facility. This sale may be with-drawn at any time without notice. Certain terms and conditions apply. See manager for details.


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2 Years In A Row!

City Council members have been weighing wheth-er to ask voters for parks funding for months, af-ter citizen feedback in-dicated support for park improvements and trail development. LaBeau has not sup-ported nor opposed a potential parks levy but has cited concerns about the price of adding more parks and trails to the parks system and com-pounding maintenance costs. She has suggest-ed the levy referendum would reflect the com-munity’s level of com-mitment to expanding and maintaining Lakev-ille’s parks and trails. Mayor Matt Little and City Council members who were at the meet-ing agreed that if they do decide to forward a levy referendum, the election should be coor-dinated with the school district and include bal-lot questions from each

entity. LaBeau said a joint referendum could reflect constituent prior-ities and save the cost of an additional election. Council Member Kerrin Swecker was absent. “When people say taxes, they look at their entire tax bill,” Council Member Bart Davis said, adding that last year, the schools comprised 46 percent of his tax bill. In an interview, Su-perintendent Lisa Sny-der said she has not been approached by anyone with the suggestion of a joint election but is open to explore the possibility. “I’m certainly open to the conversation, and hearing more about what that would entail and then looking at the over-all impact,” Snyder said. “We are open to collab-orative arrangements with the city. We have a lot of them in existence.” Although both public bodies have individually been discussing the po-tential of asking taxpay-

ers for more funding, the district has taken more steps toward seeking a levy referendum. The city has also been going through a signifi-cant leadership change, as it spent months search-ing for a new administra-tor. Justin Miller, former administrator of Mendo-ta Heights, started on the job Dec. 29. Snyder said the dis-trict is in the exploratory phase of determining whether to seek addi-tional taxpayer fund-ing and to test whether citizens agree with those spending priorities. The School Board has begun to review draft community survey ques-tions being developed by Springsted Inc. to gauge how much more money Lakeville taxpay-ers would be willing to devote to schools. She said she is hoping the School Board will review a final version of the survey questions at its Jan. 20 study session

so they can be deployed. “It doesn’t need to be board-approved to be deployed,” Snyder said. “I just need their blessing that they have said: ‘Yes, this is the final draft and we want Springsted to start the work.’ ” She said survey results would return to the board in about four weeks and will be reviewed by the board to find out com-munity preferences and tax tolerance compared to district initiatives and funding. “Once the board makes a decision around the needs and what the community feedback is from the survey, that’s the point they would decide if we’re having a levy or not and when,” Snyder said. She added that the district has timed the actions to allow for the potential of a May refer-endum election as many districts are doing. Snyder said three in-ternal committees have

also been working on the levy issue to assess the district’s long-term needs in the areas of STEM (science, tech-nology, engineering and math), equipment, tech-nologies, staffing and additional resources and tools. The committees have also been exploring the district options for school safety and secu-rity, she said. “Three separate com-mittees now have their recommendations ready to be forwarded to the board,” Snyder said. She said the recom-mendations are expected to be brought before the board within a month. Snyder is also sched-uled to address the Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce on Jan. 21 to talk about the tech-nology levy and get feed-back from the business community. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

LEVY, from 1A

drafted into the Vietnam War, a conflict that began 50 years ago this March. When Lind’s students left for summer break in 1969, he joined the Air Force, stationed at Lack-land Air Force base in San Antonio, Texas. He was selected to learn Chinese after a weekend of testing land-ed him in the top half of the class; the bottom half went to Vietnamese school. Lind, 68, spent a year in California learning the language from native Chinese in an immersion-style setting six days per week. “We didn’t speak Eng-lish at all, even from Day 1,” Lind said. “I really worked hard. I graduated first in my class.” When he emerged, Lind was sent to radio school in Texas, then was stationed on an Army base in Northern Thailand where he was charged with intercepting Chinese Air Force com-munications worldwide. The base was unusual in that their barracks were air conditioned, gardeners tended the

grounds and there was a swimming pool on the base. “It was very nice,” Lind said. Lind and his best friend were charged with transcribing all the com-munications other team members had recorded, double-checking their translations before the in-formation was forwarded. “Some of it was kind of weird,” Lind said. Once, he awoke to the unusual news that numer-ous Chinese airplanes were leaving Hanoi, Viet-nam, at around midnight. “I couldn’t figure what it was they were talking about,” Lind said. “It took forever, and finally I realized they were trans-porting the Chinese ping-pong team back to China on military aircraft.” Other times, Lind’s intelligence gathering ef-forts proved more fruit-ful. “Our unit discovered the Chinese antiaircraft stations in the Plain of Jars in Laos,” Lind said. “It was public knowledge the Chinese were in Laos for a long time, and they had antiaircraft stations there. Any American air-craft that would fly over,

they would shoot at it. We found them.” Lind’s base was guard-ed by the Thai army, and he said everyone felt rela-tively safe until one night when their guards decid-ed to shoot some of the wild dogs that regularly roamed the area. “They shot out the air conditioner, which really made everybody mad,” Lind said. He had a year left of his tour when Lind was sent to Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Ne-braska, to work with the Strategic Air Com-mand in a vault about nine stories underground processing security clear-ances. “Some people had some strange back-grounds,” Lind said. “We had a major who had a bunch of relatives in Russia. At that time, we thought well, they could put pressure on him.” The group flagged multiple candidates with findings that included criminal backgrounds that had been overlooked by the military or out-standing arrest warrants. After his tour was over, Lind returned to Lakeville Schools in 1973

teaching junior high school in a junior-senior high school building where McGuire Middle School is located. He spent his career in ISD 194 with ever-in-creasing responsibility. He taught and coached sports while earning mul-tiple master’s degrees, and then led the Orchard Lake Elementary media center, where he helped introduce the first com-puters. He earned administra-tive degrees and began filling in as an elemen-tary principal in schools needing a temporary re-placement before being named Lake Marion El-ementary’s first principal in 1990. He also served as JFK Elementary principal, and by the time he retired in 2011, Lind was the principal of Lakeview El-ementary. He was elected to the School Board in 2012, bringing his lifelong experience, historical knowledge and passion for education to the posi-tion. “I know a lot about the curriculum; I know a lot about scheduling and things like that,” Lind

said. “I can give a back-ground for other board members. … I feel valued there.” Looking forward, Lind said the district needs to constantly pro-vide compelling content to attract parents seek-ing the best educational experience for their stu-dents. “In the past, we never had to sell our schools to the public,” Lind said. “Now you do. People are more selective to what they want in schools, and we’re trying to meet those needs for those people.” Lind said technology will play a key role in the future, but emphasized the continued need for quality teachers. “Education has to be personalized to meet kids’ needs and it also has to be interactive with a person,” Lind said. “Learning is more than just getting facts. Teach-ers model attitudes; they model valuing educa-tion. They model cel-ebrating success. I think that’s important.”


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Reimbursed Senior Volunteer Position

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Special Education Position

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5540 Healthcare

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job interview. … You shouldn’t be able to that here either,” Little said. Little said the commu-nications were not profes-sional and he would have “a really hard time” work-ing with Hellier. Council Member Doug Anderson said they should base committee appoint-ment decisions on quali-fications and what is best for the city, not personal feelings. “I think we should in-terview all six,” Anderson said. Little said he the City Council has worked hard for the past two years to change the tone at City Hall, and while he under-stands the importance of qualifications, “decorum” is a big part of the job. “I respectfully ask that we not interview Luke,” Little said, adding that Hellier has demonstrated that he is not willing to

work with Little as a rep-resentative of the city. Anderson said he un-derstood Little’s feelings, but questioned if it is right for him to be excluded from the process, since most of the City Council members suggested him for an interview. Anderson said he in-cluded a critic of his on a committee he chaired in his former position at Hamline University be-cause “that’s exactly where I wanted to have him.” He said including Helli-er would demonstrate that the city is open, transpar-ent and willing to look at other perspectives and op-posing views. In an interview, Little said his request had noth-ing to do with opposing viewpoints, but was based on a lack of respect and decorum. He said he would never recommend interviewing or appointing anyone for any commission who had

been online attacking any member of the City Coun-cil. Little recently voted for appointing Pat Kaluza, a self-described Republican operative, to the Planning Commission. Council Member Bart Davis said if the attacks were personal and contra-dictory to what the city is doing, it may be in the best interest not to interview Hellier. Hellier has served as press secretary at the Min-nesota Senate Republican caucus and for U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen as his district outreach coordinator. Now a senior account executive with Public Af-fairs Company, Hellier said he was surprised that Little would eliminate him from the interview pro-cess altogether instead of meeting with him for an interview before making a decision. “Wow, that’s pretty vin-dictive,” Hellier said. “I’m

surprised that the mayor would not be willing to even interview a candidate because it might not be someone favorable to his opinions.” Little said he is not being vindictive, and Hellier’s comment demon-strates why he would not a good pick for City Hall. “His comments dem-onstrate that decorum and nonpartisanship are not priorities of his,” Little said. In November, Hellier posted a sample ballot on his Twitter account that showed a write-in vote for Anderson for mayor. Lit-tle had run for his second mayoral term unopposed. According to the Twit-ter feed, Little had re-sponded to his post, “Your love for me will never die.” After discussion, coun-cil members agreed to eliminate Hellier from the list of interview candi-dates, but Council Mem-ber Colleen LaBeau noted

he might reapply in March when the council consid-ers appointments for mul-tiple committees. Under a new process she had promoted as a way to encourage more people the opportunity to partici-pate, committee members whose terms expire go through an interview pro-cess for the position as do new applicants. Hellier said he sought the position because he wanted to give back to the city where he and his wife grew up and where they are raising their family, but would probably not reapply for the Planning Commission. “It sounds like the mayor is going to be a roadblock to me,” Hellier said. “I am going to find another place to dedicate my time and talent. Obvi-ously, the Planning Com-mission is not that role at this time.” Planning Commission candidates who are being

interviewed have a range of backgrounds and expe-rience. Einck served on the city’s Finance Committee for three years and works for Wells Fargo Bank. Moates served as a Plan-ning Commission member from 1999-2000 and is a trained planner. Edwards is vice presi-dent of the Burnsville Community Foundation and works at Edwards Jones. Thorstenson is a retired civil engineer with a background in project management who worked with Metro Transit. Sayers works for Prime Thera-peutics and has provided consultant services to oth-er cities and has advocated for the Minnesota Depart-ment of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School pro-gram.


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of Commerce and further our efforts to support a strong school system with-in our community.” If committee mem-bers could not attend that evening’s meeting, Priore encouraged the members to send emails of sup-port and provided a list of school board member emails. Within hours of the email being sent, Lake-ville Area Schools Super-intendent Lisa Snyder, a member of the BAG Committee who was in-cluded in Priore’s sending list, responded to all with Priore’s original message in the body of the email and was sent to School Board members. She wrote the role of the board chair is to repre-sent the will and majority of the board, not the busi-ness community. “Endorsing one candi-date over another in the realm of a public school

board because one would ‘best serve the interests of the Lakeville Area Cham-ber of Commerce’ does not accurately reflect the role of a Board Chair,” Snyder stated. Snyder underlined this sentence: “The Board Chair must represent the will and majority of the Board at all times.” She continued: “He or she can not represent the Board of Education from the perspective of their personal beliefs or politi-cal interests, so stating that one Board member would better serve over another in this matter would not be appropriate.” Priore’s email also caused concern to Lake-ville Mayor Matt Little, who responded, “I always thought School Board members, chairs or other-wise, should best serve the interests of our students. I base this on the fact that our schools have students in them (not businesses).” He said the chair of the

BAG Committee should serve the best interests of the Chamber of Com-merce, and support who-ever becomes chair be-cause betterment of the schools is in their best in-terest. In an interview, School Board Chair Michelle Volk said she did not know Priore was going to send the email, and did not see her email or any of the responses before the Tuesday night meeting. Volk said the board is to take into account all aspects of the community when making decisions and make decisions based on what is in the best inter-est of students. The business commu-nity, she said, is a partner with the district and are supportive and active in the schools, “but what they don’t do is get in-volved in the politics of the city or school district, and they don’t tell us what to do.” She said she is ac-

quainted with Priore but does not know him well and did not know he was going to send an email seeking support for her as chair. She called Priore’s ac-tions a “novice mistake,” adding that the chamber typically limits its role to education, not advocacy or political involvement. “They don’t endorse candidates, but they hold a candidate forum,” Volk said. “They don’t tell their membership we should ad-vocate for this or that.” Tim Roche, Lakeville Area Chamber of Com-merce president, said the message was a mistake on Priore’s part. Roche said Priore in-tended the email to be from his personal point of view, not the chamber’s, although the message “did not come off that way.” “The chamber has not discussed or voted on it, so the chamber does not have a position on it,” Roche said.

In an interview, Priore said his email was not in-tended to endorse or in any way present an offi-cial position of Lakeville Chamber of Commerce. “And, I don’t believe that it did,” Priore said. He said the email “did not state in any manner that the Lakeville Cham-ber of Commerce was endorsing Ms. Volk as the chair of the Lakeville School Board. It was di-rected solely to the mem-bers of the committee in which I serve as the chair on an issue that I believe affects the Lakeville busi-ness community.” On behalf of the cham-ber, Roche also sent an email to the BAG Com-mittee that said, “While individuals can certainly have their opinion, we do need to be careful that it is not construed as that of the opinion of the Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce. If we were to entertain the notion, it would need a full vetting

process through commit-tee and Board levels.” Roche said the cham-ber has an excellent rela-tionship with the school district and is involved in many initiatives, includ-ing teacher breakfasts for public and private school teachers in the district, hosts the career jamboree and is bringing back the Entrepreneurship Acad-emy this year. The program matches local business people to mentor students interested in starting their own busi-ness. “We have a great re-lationship with Superin-tendent Snyder and the board,” Roche said. “The schools are educating the work force of future, so it is a direct correlation. I think it’s a great relation-ship, and this won’t impact it.” Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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Obituaries

Engagements

Cook/SyversonJay and Michele Syver-

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

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

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

The couple is planning a summer 2015 wedding.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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lated novel started that I think has some interesting potential.

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

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

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

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

Workshops/classes/other International Festival of Burnsville Planning Commit-tee: Get involved with the July 2015 festival; choose from en-tertainment, marketing, publicity, sponsorships, and general event planning. Visit www.intlfestburns-ville.org or contact [email protected]. The Eagan Art House offers art classes for all ages, www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/rec-reation/eagan-art-house, 651-675-5500.

Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Dan Petrov Art Studio, Burnsville, offers oil painting classes with continuous enroll-ment in fall/winter semester for beginners, intermediate and ad-vanced oil painting students. In-formation: Dan Petrov, www.dan-petrovart.com, 763-843-2734. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, Riv-er Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetier-ney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art educa-tion through drawing and paint-ing. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota.

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