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Music of many kinds will fill the air at Central Park during Rosemount Lepre-chaun Days. The sounds of pop, rock, orchestral, bluegrass and gospel will be featured at different times at the park’s centerpiece amphithe-ater. One of the new additions will feature the Medalist Concert Band and 34th In-fantry Division “Red Bulls” Band performing at 7 p.m. Monday, July 25. The show will include the Rosemount-based Red Bulls playing mostly patri-otic tunes for the first hour, including a tribute to all veterans in peace and in war time and to firefighters and police officers. The 10-year-old Red Devil Rock Combo will

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by Andrew MillerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

By his mom’s account, Tyler Carney is your typical 2-year-old. The first child of Erik and Stacy Car-ney of Apple Valley speaks about 30 words, loves to stack blocks, and is glued to the TV when “Sesame Street” comes on. “He thinks he’s Cookie Monster some-times,” Stacy said with a laugh. “He’s got a goofy personality.” It’s a world of difference from the months following his birth in June 2009, when the sudden and unexpected onset of epilepsy symptoms left his parents wonder-ing if they were going to lose their child. A month after he was born, Tyler devel-oped a twitch on his cheek and eye. Just as the Carneys’ doctor was telling them it was nothing to be concerned about, Tyler had a seizure there in the clinic. He was admitted to the hospital that night. Diagnosed with epilepsy and tuberous sclerosis complex, or TSC, which causes non-cancerous tumors on the body’s or-gans, Tyler had a three-week hospital stay ahead that would see him suffering more than 12 seizures a day, lasting between 40 seconds and 40 minutes. Doctors put him on multiple medica-tions, and he was hooked up to a ventila-tor and an IV, with sensor-electrodes cov-ering his head.

“Your world gets flipped upside-down,” Stacy said. “He was just covered with a lot of stuff. We couldn’t even hold him for a week and a half. “It was very hard – I quit my job to be with Tyler, and my husband would come to the hospital straight from work.” The family’s grim hospital ordeal had a happy ending, with doctors performing surgery on Tyler’s brain to remove a 1- to 2-inch mass they believed was causing the seizures. Post-surgery, things have been looking up. Tyler hasn’t had any seizures since Au-gust of 2009, and currently takes just one medication. “Our faith, our family and our friends got us through,” Stacy said. “We’re blessed to have a normal child after a very, very rough start.”

Giving back The Carneys are now working to help raise awareness and funds for the Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota. They’ll be par-ticipating in the annual Stroll for Epilepsy on Aug. 11 in St. Paul’s Como Park. Stroll participants form teams and gath-er donations in an effort to raise $275,000 that will help fund programs and services such as Camp Oz for children with epilepsy. Donors wishing to support the Carneys’ team can contact Stacy at stacymcarney@

hotmail.com; more information about the Stroll for Epilepsy is at www.efmn.org.

Andrew Miller is [email protected].

‘Our little miracle man’Apple Valley family works for epilepsy

awareness after scare with newborn son

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Two years after their son Tyler’s brain surgery to remove a growth on his brain doctors believed was causing his seizures, Erik and Stacy Carney are now working to help raise funds and awareness for the Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota.

by John GessnerAND THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS STAFF

Comments from several legislators in the solidly Re-publican southern suburbs show the depth of the stand-off that has kept Minnesota government partially shut down since July 1. With $1.4 billion still separating Republicans from DFL Gov. Mark Dayton in the fight over spending for the next two-year bud-get period, local Republicans are standing firm against Dayton’s pro-posals to raise new tax revenue. “For me, where to get revenue to grow government isn’t the right question,” said freshman Sen. Dave Thompson of Lakeville, who repre-sents District 36. Sen. Chris Gerlach of Apple Valley, a Capitol veteran in a south metro area infused with freshmen from the 2010 electoral sweep that put both houses of the Legislature in Republican hands, said state spend-ing growth must be slowed. “I have pretty strong feelings that our state spending for many years

has been increasing so fast we abso-lutely have to bring down the spend-ing increase,” said the Apple Valley lawmaker, who represents District 37. “The root cause is overspending. The problem is not that we don’t tax Minnesotans enough.” Most Republican lawmakers say the $34.2 billion in spending they approved this session is the limit. Republican legislative leaders have taken that stance into talks with Dayton. There’s a $5 billion gap be-tween the Republican budget mea-sures and forecasted spending for the 2012-13 biennium based on cur-rent spending levels. “The leadership has the pulse of our caucus,” said Senate Re-publican Dan Hall of Burnsville, a freshman representing District 40.

“They’re certainly in agreement with us as a caucus,” Hall said. “We feel good about where we’re at. We just feel sad about what the governor’s done. The governor, the DFL, the unions – they’re pretty much all together on this: Raise taxes. We’re pretty much saying that’s the wrong way; we don’t need that in this economy.” The Republican budget repre-sents a 6 percent spending increase, noted District 37A Rep. Tara Mack of Apple Valley, who is serving her second term in the House of Repre-sentatives. “We expect the state to receive 6 percent more in revenue without raising taxes in the upcoming bien-nium, and that should be enough to support state government priorities,” Mack said. “Families and businesses everywhere are making do with flat or reduced incomes in this economy,

Local Republicans standing firmShutdown standoff deep as GOP rejects new tax revenue

Is your legislator still collecting a paycheck?

More are choosing to get paidduring shutdown than not

by Erin JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Some Minnesota law-makers have declined their July paychecks, but more have continued to receive payment even as the state remains shut down for the foreseeable future. Gov. Mark Dayton an-nounced June 18 that he would refuse pay during the shutdown, and some lo-cal legislators have followed suit. Sen. Ted Daley of Eagan is the only state sen-ator in Thisweek’s coverage area who declined his July paycheck. Senators who chose to take their paycheck during the shutdown include Sen. Chris Gerlach of Apple Valley, Sen. Dan Hall of Burnsville, and Sen. Dave

Thompson of Lakeville. In the House, Rep. Kurt Bills of Rosemount, Rep. Pat Garofalo of Farming-ton, and Rep. Doug Ward-low of Eagan have all de-clined their July paychecks. House members who continued to get paid dur-ing the shutdown include Rep. Diane Anderson of Eagan, Rep. Mary Liz Hol-berg of Lakeville, Rep. Tara Mack of Apple Valley, and Rep. Pam Myhra of Burns-ville. According to House payroll officials, lawmakers can choose to permanently not collect the pay, or they can still choose to collect the full amount retroactive-ly when the shutdown ends.

Erin Johnson is at [email protected].

SHUTDOWNSHUTDOWN

See Shutdown, 7A

change speeds a bit during a short interlude of pop-ular music with traditional rock band personnel. The repertoire will span from ’70s blues to what might be heard on rock radio today. The Medalist Concert Band will close the evening with a survey of Broadway musical tunes, songs from recent movies and marches in the vein of John Philip Sousa. “I’m looking forward to playing in the hometown” of the unit, said Cmdr. Trygve Skaar, conductor of the Red Bulls. “The Medalist Concert Band, they are very excellent.” He said people will want to stick around for the end, which will have a surprise set up for the com-bined Red Bulls and Med-alist bands.

Larger mission The Red Bulls have played previously in the Leprechaun Days parade and at the local Memorial Day ceremony, but their main mission is to support fellow soldiers in deploy-ments overseas.

Skaar was deployed with the Red Bulls band from April 2009 to March 2010 in Iraq. He said the group coordinated lo-gistics of performances throughout the country. The mission: To share the gift of music. “If we can distract a soldier from the daily grind of the duties they are performing and the stress, then we have done our job,” Skaar said. “We want to give them a glimpse of their home and happy memories. We hope those feelings can sustain them through tough times.” The band also plays at services for soldiers who were killed in action. “They are dedicated soldiers,” Skaar said of the band members. “They have committed to serve their country. … Their job just

happens to be musicians. They are professional in every sense of the word.”

Medalist band The Bloomington-based Medalist Concert Band is a 43-year-old, vol-unteer group comprised of 70 Twin Cities area musi-

cians. Since its founding, the wind band has played over 500 shows, many of them with high school and col-lege bands, at summer concerts-in-the-park, and in church-sponsored pro-grams.


After Rosemount Na-tional Bank closed earlier this year due to financial problems, the future of the long-running Rosemount Leprechaun Days medal-lion hunt was in doubt. Thanks to the coopera-tion of Sterling State Bank and Thisweek Newspapers, the annual medallion hunt aims to not only continue the fun but add some new twists. This year, the newly named Hunt for the Lep-rechaun’s Lost Medallion will offer a $500 cash prize to the winner, compliments of Sterling State Bank. The winner will be able to keep the medallion and will receive a framed pic-ture of themselves with the prize and a collage of other photos from Leprechaun Days. The hunt has enough clues, in limerick format (a nod to the city’s Irish heri-tage), to have it run all 10 days of the festival. The hunt lasted five days in previous years. Organizers of the event have gathered tips from the hunt’s secret clue writer,

Medallion hunt has changes in store

Photo by Rick Orndorf

The 34th Infantry “Red Bulls” Band will play at 7 p.m. Monday, July 25, in Rosemount’s Central Park with the Bloomington-based Medalist Concert Band.

Bluegrass, pop, rock, gospel and orchestral sounds to fill Rosemount’s Central Park

See Medallion Hunt, 15ASee Leprechaun Days, 15A


Eight Rosemount adults and one Apple Valley resident were charged on July 7 in connection with vandalism estimated in the thousands of dollars at Afton State Park in Washington County. They were charged with felony third-de-gree burglary aiding and abetting and first-degree property damage. Those charged were Rosemount resi-dents Malik A. Butler Martinez, 23; Aba-dir M. Daoued, 23; James J. Flagg, 20; Em-ily K. Miller, 20; Ariel L. Neally, 19; John R. Scott, 18; Joseph B. Slater, 20; Alexan-der B. Witso, 19; and David McLin, 20, of Apple Valley. Of those initially arrested, a Rosemount man and a St. Louis Park woman were charged with misdemeanors, not felonies. Those charged were arrested and booked into the Washington County Jail on July 4 after they were found hiding in cars and in wooded areas by sheriff ’s deputies. A person walking in the park around

Nine charged with felonies after park vandalism

All but one accused of burglary, property damage

are from Rosemount

See Vandalism, 3A

For more i n f o r m a -tion about Rosemount Leprechaun Days, see the spe-cial section inside this edition, go online at ThisweekLive.com or RosemountEvents.com.

IN BRIEF

Leprechaun Days entertainment catersers to many tastes

ChrisGerlach

Tara Mack Kurt Bills

The spectacle of sight and sound that is ‘Joseph’ comes to Eagan.

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Two men have been charged with felonies after a rash of late-night vehicle break-ins in Apple Valley earlier this year. Edward J. Maloney of Burnsville and Anthony K. Willey of Savage, both 19, are accused of stealing GPS units and other electronics from multiple vehicles in the resi-dential area near 144th Street and Ebony Lane. Maloney and Willey alleg-edly fled from Apple Valley of-ficers who arrived on the scene after a resident reported two men peering into vehicles just after 4 a.m. Jan. 28. Willey was apprehended after a short foot pursuit, ac-cording to a recently filed Dakota County criminal com-plaint. Maloney initially es-caped the officer pursuing him but was later tracked down when police followed his foot-prints. Among the approximately $1,200 in stolen items police recovered were GPS units, a handheld vehicle diagnostic tool, computer flash drives, gift cards and a cupholder full of coins. Through reports filed by victims and additional inves-tigation, police identified five people who had items taken from their cars. All of the sto-len property has since been returned to its owners, police said. Both Maloney and Willey have been charged with theft and receiving stolen property. Each charge carries a maxi-mum penalty of five years in prison and $10,000 fine.

—Andrew Miller

Two charged after vehicle break-ins

Long-time advocate takes job as Dakota Ridge coordinator

by Jessica HarperTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

For Nandi Rieck, advocat-ing for society’s most vulnerable children – those with academic, physical, emotional and other challenges – has been a lifelong passion. Now this mission has driven her to take on a new role on July 1 as the coordinator of Dakota Ridge School, an alternative learn-ing center in Apple Valley for students who have significant behavioral and emotional challenges. “This allows me to not only serve children with spe-cial needs, but an entire edu-cation program,” said Rieck, who was previously the spe-cial education coordinator for the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District. Rieck’s dedication and leadership made her the per-fect candidate for the job, said Mary Kreger, director of spe-cial education for District 196. “She’s a great leader to have in that program because she understands how to look at where that child’s behavior comes from and how to help make them successful,” Kre-ger said. Rieck has served as the district’s special education co-ordinator for eight years, and served as the interim coordi-nator at Dakota Ridge since February following the resig-nation of Stephanie Sadek. As the district’s special education coordinator, Rieck was instrumental in creat-ing teams at the district’s el-ementary schools to evaluate children for special education

services. “She does a phenomenal job at bringing the team to-

gether to do things differently to keep students in the least restrictive environ-ments,” Kreger said. Rieck is known for working closely with families and teachers as well to ensure stu-

dents are receiving individual-ized services. “She has great empathy for kids and works to ensure they are successful,” Kreger said. As she prepares for the upcoming school year, Rieck said her primary goal is to assess the school’s current in-structional strategy and see where it can make improve-ments in graduation rates and in meeting state standards. “We want to ensure (stu-dents) can leave as strong aca-demic people,” she said. Rieck said she has been passionate about serving spe-cial needs children for as long as she can remember. “The biggest reward for me is the advocacy I can do for kids and the day-to-day inter-action,” she said. Rieck began her career 17 years ago as a school psy-chologist in Benson, Minn., shortly after earning a mas-ter’s degree in school psychol-ogy from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, Rieck also has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and a specialist degree in educational administra-tion and special education li-censure from St. Cloud State University.

Nandi Rieck

This spring Burnsville Center started a multi-mil-lion dollar floor renovation that included new carpet on the upper level and new tile on the lower level. To date, most of the new carpet has been installed and the tile in-stallation on the lower level was slated to begin this week. In addition to the new look of the common area, Dress Barn and Teavana are

slated to open along with an expansion and remodel of Aeropostale. DressBarn offers casual, career and special occasion fashion apparel and accesso-ries at value prices for women ages 35 to 55. The store will be located on the upper level, Macy’s Court and will open late fall. Teavana offers customers a healthy lifestyle and tea.

Its goal is to be a “heaven of tea.” This store, scheduled to open late fall, will be located on the upper level, Center Court near the elevators. Starting mid-August, Aeropostale will temporar-ily relocate to the upper level, Sears Court while its current location undergoes construc-tion for a bigger store and new look. The new location will reopen this fall.

New look, new stores coming to Burnsville Center

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7 a.m. Monday alerted law enforcement about the damage. Among the reported damage and theft was:

• A vehicle that con-tained state property was removed. • The main park office had property removed and was damaged. • A camper cabin had

significant damage. • A second cabin was en-tered forcibly but there was no interior damage.

Tad Johnson is at [email protected].

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Depression support speaker Speaker and author John Crudele will pres-ent “The Will to Live: A Testimony to the Human Spirit” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, at Grace Lutheran Church, 7800 W. County Road 42, Apple Valley. The presentation is part of the educational speaker series sponsored by the Depres-sion Support Coalition. For more information, call Amy Fleser, RN, (952) 432-7273.

Community meals at Grace Lutheran Grace Lutheran Church in Apple Valley will serve free community meals on Mondays, July 18 and 25. Dining hall doors will open at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served from 6 to 6:30 p.m. The meals are for se-nior citizens, single-parent families, families in transi-tion and all others in the surrounding community seeking a healthy meal in a relaxed and fun environ-ment. Although the meals are free, donations are ac-cepted.

Grace Lutheran Church is located at the intersec-tion of Pennock Avenue and County Road 42. For more information, call the church at (952) 432-7273.

Friday Mornings Out The Friday Mornings Out program at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, is currently accept-ing registrations for the 2011-12 school year. FMO is a program for children ages 2 to 5. Class time is 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, contact Susan at (952) 985-7354 or [email protected].

Employment help Prince of Peace and Shepherd of the Valley churches have partnered to create the Job Connections Group, which meets from 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. Tues-days at Prince of Peace in Burnsville. The free program is “how to” focused. Topics cover the basic elements of job search such as devising

a marketing plan, refining resumes, networking to un-cover new opportunities, preparing for interviews, and making use of all the available resources. For a list of upcoming topics, go to www.princeof-peaceonline.org/jcg. The Job Connections Group continuously seeks volunteers to join its team. Leaders with human re-sources and hiring experi-ence are preferred. Those interested should con-tact John Brumbaugh at [email protected].

Depression support Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church in Apple Valley offers a depression support group from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesday eve-nings of each month. This support group is for those experiencing depression and those concerned about someone experiencing de-pression. The public is wel-come. For more informa-tion, call (952) 432-6351. Shepherd of the Valley is at 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road.

Open enrollment offered for summer school Families whose children are not enrolled in the Rose-mount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District but wish to participate in its summer school program will be able to do so next year – but at a price. The School Board ap-proved a proposal July 11 to open next year’s sum-mer school enrollment to

students who attend private schools and nearby districts. Elementary students can enroll for $4.60 per hour. The middle school fees will be $4.21 an hour, while the high school program will cost $5.96 an hour. Officials decided to open enrollment to students out-side the district after receiv-ing numerous requests from

parents, said Mark Parr, di-rector of secondary educa-tion for District 196. “Usually, every year we get about a handful of re-quests districtwide,” Parr said. Summer school will con-tinue to be free for students who are enrolled in District 196.

— Jessica Harper

Apple Valley mayor appointed to livable communities group The Metropolitan Council has appointed Apple Valley Mayor Mary H a m a n n -Roland and four others to the Livable C o m m u n i -ties Advisory Committee. The com-mittee is charged with e v a l u at i n g proposals and making fund-ing recommendations to the council for grant awards made under the Livable Communities Demonstration Account. Hamann-Roland was ap-pointed chair of the group.

Cedar Avenue meetings set A team of experts from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) will be in Apple Valley July 20-22 to lead residents and business-es in an assessment of the Cedar Avenue corridor and the changes that may occur when Minnesota’s first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line starts operating in 2012. A community input meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, at the Hayes Community and

Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road. On Thursday, July 21, community leaders and elected officials will par-ticipate in work sessions throughout the day. A final presentation of the team’s sustainable de-sign recommendation will be presented at 6 p.m. Fri-day, July 22, at the Apple Valley Municipal Center, 7100 147th Street W. All Apple Valley resi-dents are invited to attend the Wednesday and Friday evening presentations. Those interested in par-ticipating should contact Apple Valley Commu-nity Development at (952) 953-2575 or [email protected], or visit www.ci.apple-valley.mn.us.

Garden party and wine celebration The Eastview Commu-nity Foundation will host its second annual Garden Party and Wine Celebration from 7 to 10 p.m. Thurs-day, July 21, at the home of foundation board president Peter Coyle, 4854 Dominica Way, Apple Valley. The eve-ning will include a beautiful garden, wine, wine raffle, hors d’oeuvres and music. Tickets are $20 per per-son or $35 per couple and may be purchased at the EVCF website, www.evcf.

org/. The Eastview Communi-ty Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to enhance academics, arts and athletics opportu-nities for the 10 schools in the Eastview community.

Dance team hosts car wash The Apple Valley High School dance team will host its annual car wash from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 16, at Quick Stop Marathon Gas at the intersection of County Road 42 and Gar-denview in Apple Valley.

Toastmasters host open house The Apple Valley Toast-masters Club is hosting an open house from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 20 at Coldwell Banker Burnet located at 157th Street and Pennock Avenue (behind Walmart) in Apple Valley. The guest speaker will be Kenny Morgan, who is rep-resenting District 6 at the international speech con-test in Las Vegas in August. Morgan won the humorous speech contests at the club, area, division and district levels to qualify for the Las Vegas event. The open house is free and open to the public. Re-freshments will be served.

MaryHamann-Roland

Apple Valley Briefs

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Dakota County Brief

Religion

by Aaron VehlingTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

As if closed state parks and a shuttered lottery weren’t enough, now the state shutdown will affect what kind of beer you can drink. MillerCoors, maker of scores of brands that go be-yond those suggested in its name, will lose its right to sell products in Minnesota because it did not renew its brand label registration be-fore the state shutdown on June 30. Under state statute, brew-ers must renew those regis-trations, pertaining to each label on a beer brand, every three years. Lakeville City Adminis-trator Steve Mielke said the city’s liquor operations will be affected but not to a great extent, despite MillerCoors’ pervasive product line. “Most likely people will just switch beer brands,” he said. If people opt out of switching brands and forgo beer altogether, then sales could be affected, he said. Lakeville’s Liquor Op-erations Director Brenda

Visnovec said she received a call from MillerCoors on Wednesday, July 13, indicat-ing that the company would be sending people to Lakev-ille’s municipal liquor stores to remove product. Visnovec, who has served in her role for 29 years, said a major beer distributor hav-ing to pull its entire product line because of a shutdown is unprecedented. “Nothing like this has ever happened,” she said. “I can’t think of anything simi-lar.” Reports in regional media indicate that MillerCoors did indeed turn in its regis-tration before the shutdown, but experienced some prob-lems. Initially, it paid too much (Visnovec said the cost is about $30 per brand). Then when the company submit-ted its corrected registration check on June 27 nothing happened. Visnovec said MillerCo-ors had planned this past week to argue its case before a judge. The problem might not stop with MillerCoors. Vis-novec said Anheuser-Busch,

maker of Budweiser, Mich-elob and Busch (and more), could face the same problem in October. MillerCoors’ beer offer-ings include Blue Moon, Miller, Coors, Molson, Fos-ters and Mickey’s products. Visnovec said that res-taurants and bars could lose their ability to sell all liquor if they do not have the op-portunity to renew their “buyer’s card,” which the state requires businesses to have to purchase liquor. “Some of them didn’t re-alize you need both a liquor license and buyer’s card,” she said. Retailers such as Lakev-ille Liquors also need one. Visnovec said the city’s card expires on Dec. 31. Mielke said on Wednes-day, July 13, that the Miller-Coors products could be pulled off the Lakeville Li-quors shelves by the week-end. By the time Thisweek went to press on that same day, the issue had not been resolved.

Aaron Vehling is at [email protected] and www.facebook.com/thisweeklive.

Shutdown could take beer awayMillerCoors products to be taken off shelves because

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Opinion

Thank you for community supportTo the editor: Words cannot express our gratitude for your gen-erous support and dona-tions to the first annual Christopher Goeke Leader-ship Foundation fundraiser that was held May 28. The Ultimate Frisbee tourna-ment, Family Fun Day and evening reception with si-lent auction and raffle were a huge success. Thank you. This truly amazing com-munity effort will provide college scholarships and ed-ucation activities support-ing the foundation’s mis-sion “to develop, encourage and support young adults in pursuit of leadership ex-cellence in mind, body and spirit.” Thank you very much for being a part of this mis-sion and for helping to keep Chris’ leadership memory alive. We could not have done it without you.

Looking forward to see-ing you again next year.

DEBBIE HEISELChristopher Goeke Leader-ship Foundation

Bill Coughlin has the skills to serveTo the editor: I was a campaign manag-er for the late Burnsville City Council member Charlie Crichton, and served with him on the Burnsville Fire Muster Board of Directors. If I learned anything from Charlie during those years was that a council member has to understand the city code and be available to all citizens at all times. I have had the opportu-nity to interview almost all of the candidates. No one will ever be able to replace Charlie, but one candidate in the July 26 special elec-tion does stand out above all others.

Bill Coughlin, a long-time Burnsville resident and a leader in his church and community, is ready for the job. He will hold the line on taxes. He supports a strong business climate in Burnsville. As an attor-ney, he understands the city code. He supports a strong law enforcement program. Bill is prepared to serve on the council and will hit the ground running. I encourage you to vote for Bill Coughlin in the July 26 special election.

TOM TAYLORBurnsville

Eagan Art Festival served thousands of area residentsTo the editor: On behalf of the Dakota Center for the Arts Board, I would like to thank our Eagan community for sup-porting the 17th Annual

Eagan Art Festival held June 25 and 26 at Eagan Central Park. We had 100 juried artists exhibit-ing their art for purchase and great food and enter-tainment throughout the two-day event, serving over 6,500 area residents. I would like to thank our many sponsors for their support of this event, as well as the news media for their work in making our com-munity viewers aware of the festival. Thank you to the artists who volunteered to judge the event. Congratu-lations to our 2011 Award Winners including Best of Show – Craig Richardson. I would also like to thank the many volunteers who cheerfully greeted our patrons and supported our artists and to those artists who provided wonderful demonstrations of their art and music. Thanks again and we hope to see all of you again next year at the 18th Annu-al Eagan Art Festival with even more artists and fun-filled activities for all ages.

MARGIE DANIELSEagan

Thankful for investment in education, parksTo the editor: Several millionaires wrote in last week thanking our state representatives for standing tough against Gov. Mark Dayton and holding down their taxes. Unfortunately, I am not a millionaire. As a middle-class citizen, my taxes will probably increase as local governments and school districts raise property taxes in their scramble to contin-ue to provide services that we all need. I am, however, very thankful that when my chil-dren were growing up our political leaders were able to find compromise which provided outstanding pub-lic schools and state parks. My children received an education which was sec-ond to none and enjoyed

many weekends camping in Minnesota’s beautiful state parks. I see it as my duty to pass that on to the next generation. I find it sad that our political leaders and others in this state do not feel the same.

ELIZABETH T. CANTRELLBurnsville

Supports CoughlinTo the editor: A few months back we all lost a great public servant with the passing of Council Member Charlie Crichton. Crichton was the one that most closely represented my views, and I think the views of many of us. Although we will never be able to truly replace Crichton, we must move forward with the business of filling this now open seat on our City Council. A number of fine indi-viduals have stepped for-ward as candidates for this position, and I have a great respect for all who put themselves into that public light. It is critical that we select someone who shares the same fiscal and community ideals as Crichton. Because Crichton was a personal friend and mentor to me, I also feel it is important that the person selected is also of good character as well. Bill Coughlin is the one in this race that meets the high ideals that I expect in the person who will sit in Crichton’s seat. Coughlin is an attorney, has fiscally responsible views, and is someone who will stand on his own and not be swayed by political pressure. Join me in showing re-spect for Charlie Crichton by voting for Bill Coughlin on July 26. JERRY WILLENBURGBurnsville

Beholden to no new tax mantraTo the editor: Now that we’re ap-

proaching the third week of the state government shut-down, I’m beginning to rec-ognize the Minnesota GOP as a religious cult. What else to you call a cohesive group of people who are dogmatically faith-ful to a particular doctrine to a destructive degree? While Gov. Mark Day-ton and Democratic legisla-tors have compromised and offered fair budget solutions featuring spending cuts and modest tax increases, Re-publican legislators remain firmly committed to their “no tax” mantra. Meanwhile private con-tractors can’t do business with the government, pub-lic employees are without work, and vulnerable fami-lies and individuals are without needed assistance. Fortunately most cults come to an end and unless Republican legislators can’t realistically and reasonably compromise for the good of their constituents their cult will surely be dismantled af-ter the November 2012 elec-tion.

ERIC JAYNEApple Valley

Who do our representatives represent? To the editor: I attended a Thursday, July 7 Eagan Town Hall meeting sponsored by a lo-cal affiliate of the AFL/CIO. Sen. Ted Daley and Reps. Diane Anderson and Doug Wardlow chose not to attend. It seems strange that all three of them would have conflicts at the same time that would preclude their participation. With the state of the state right now, I would think that hear-ing the concerns of their constituents at this meet-ing would be a priority for them. After all, they do rep-resent us … or do they?

GERI HETTERICKEagan

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Larry WernerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Last Saturday was an-other one of those hot, humid days for the an-nual Pan-O-Prog parade in downtown Lakeville. Festival officials brag that it’s never rained on the pa-rade over its 45 years. But for those of us walking in the parade as representatives of Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune, sunny skies mean a test of wheth-er we’re fit enough to survive the heat during this mile-long march of 135 floats, bands and other en-tries. As I handed out Thisweek note pads while trying to keep up with the truck carrying our banners, a guy shouted from the crowd, “Why is the young guy driving the truck?” That young guy, Jade Harper, husband of education reporter Jessica Harper, was driving be-cause it was his truck. And the

old guy wasn’t driving be-cause I love walking in the parade, even though it is a fitness challenge. Tad Johnson, our man-aging editor, loves a parade also. And even though he was on baby-sitting duty

with his 16-month-old daughter, Eleanor, he was there handing out note pads while pushing a stroller along Holyoke Avenue. It’s summer, and that means it’s time for the newspaper staff to join in community celebrations. We do it because it’s fun, and be-cause it’s what the staff of a com-munity newspaper should be do-ing. During almost 40 years work-ing for daily newspapers, I wasn’t once asked to march in a parade. But a local newspaper is expected to be closer to local people and lo-cal events. There’s no better time for us to do that than summer. We’ll be handing out note pads on July 30 at the Leprechaun Days

parade in downtown Rosemount. We are sponsors of Eagan’s Mar-ketfest, which attracts thousands of our neighbors on Wednesday evenings to the Community Cen-ter grounds for music, food and a farmers market. In September, we’ll be calling bingo numbers at Burnsville’s Fire Muster. We were at Apple Valley’s Freedom Days and Farmington’s Dew Days. Each spring as our “promotion committee” gathers to set up a schedule for festival participation, it’s tempting to say we’re all too busy to give up weekends and eve-nings for festivals. And since we give our papers away, rather than sell them, is it really necessary to spend time and money on promo-tion? Yes. Community journalism is more than publishing weekly papers and posting stories on Thisweeklive.com. It’s about building commu-nity by keeping people informed and being part of the events that

bring our neighbors together. My late mother-in-law, Helen Zweber, raised six kids on a farm near Lakeville before moving into town with her husband, LeRoy. One of her grandest days came several years after LeRoy died. Helen and her grammar-school beau, Bob White, had married shortly before Pan-O-Prog. I’ll never forget the joy they got rid-ing a golf cart in the parade with a “Just Married” sign on the back. It’s that kind of small-town summer fun that makes these fes-tivals irresistible to an aging news-paper guy who probably should have been driving the truck, rather than running behind. Maybe next year.

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Thisweek Newspapers managing editor Tad Johnson walks along the Pan-O-Prog parade route with his daughter, Eleanor, 16 months.

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Three charged in copper theft that cut power in Eagan

One suspect was badly burned while allegedly stealing material from Dakota Electric substationby Erin JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Three people have been charged in an attempted copper theft from a power station that left one suspect badly burned and cut power to an Eagan neighborhood. The Dakota County At-torney’s Office has charged Alanna Lindsey Magnuson, 30, of St. Paul; Brad Jules Krekelberg, 33, of St. Paul; and David Paul Stachowiak, 35, of Blaine, in connection with the crime. According to the crimi-nal complaint, officers were called out to Taconite Trail for a medical emergency just after midnight Dec. 23, 2009. The reporting party stated a man was on fire. Just prior to the call, the power at the Eagan Po-lice Department was inter-rupted for about 15 seconds. Officers on their way to the call saw that the street and traffic lights were out along Pilot Knob Road, and resi-dences west of Pilot Knob had a power outage. When officers arrived on scene, they found Stachowi-ak, whose body and clothes were burned and who com-plained of being in extreme pain. Stachowiak, who was found near a Dakota Elec-tric substation, was taken to Regions Hospital. Officers tracked foot-prints from Stachowiak’s lo-cation toward the substation and found a burned jacket and a glove, and saw the

top of the chain-link fence around the station had been cut. Upon entering the sub-station, officers and Dakota Electric workers found nu-merous areas where heavy copper cables had been cut from parts of the transform-ers and equipment. Officers could see where an individ-ual had made contact and completed a circuit, which launched him in the air and set him on fire. Neighbors nearby told police they heard a loud bang and then all the lights went out in the neighbor-hood. While investigating the scene, officers approached Magnuson and Krekelberg, who were standing across the street from the substa-tion. Both said they were on their way to Mystic Lake Casino from St. Paul and had stopped to see what was going on. Officers knew they were nowhere near such a route, so they continued to question them and eventu-ally took them into custody. During the investigation, staff at a recycling facility in St. Paul recognized photos of Stachowiak and Magnu-son and provided them with documentation of all the copper they’d sold. Since 2008, Magnuson has sold 3,611 pounds of copper and Stachowiak has sold 518. After bringing Magnu-son back in for questioning, she allegedly admitted to of-

ficers that the three suspects had been at the substation that night to steal copper. She said Stachowiak and Krekelberg went over the fence into the substa-tion, where Stachowiak was electrocuted. She said he was launched 15 feet in the air, hit the ground, then ran 40 yards or so to the fence, climbed 10 feet, then fell back to the ground, still on fire. Magnuson told officers the three suspects had been stealing copper for some time, including $10,000 worth from a utility com-pany in Savage from which Stachowiak had been fired. She said she sells the copper because Stachowiak doesn’t have identification. Dakota Electric and Great River Energy estimat-ed the damage to the sub-station property to be more than $78,000. All three suspects have been charged with one count of damage or theft to energy transmission or telecommu-nications equipment, one count of first-degree crimi-nal property damage, and one count of possession of burglary tools, all felonies. If convicted, they face up to five years and/or a fine of $3,000 to $10,000 for the first two counts and up to three years and/or a fine of $1,500 to $5,000 for the third count.


Eagan

Eagan BriefsDance camps Eagan Parks and Rec-reation is currently taking registrations for summer dance camps. Little Leapers for chil-dren ages 4-6 will be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. July 25-28. Dance Like You’re a Star for children ages 8-14 will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. July

25-28. Camps will take place at the Eagan Community Center. Space is limited. For more information or to reg-ister, visit www.cityofeagan.com, or call (651) 675-5500.

Preschool camps Eagan Parks and Rec-reation is currently taking registrations for preschool

camps for children ages 3-6. Exploring the Outdoors, Little Leapers Dance Camp, Safety Camp, and Little Sporties Soccer Camp for are all being offered. Camps run in July and August. Space is limited. For more information or to register, visit www.cityofea-gan.com/preschool, or call (651) 675-5500.


James FreeAge 74, of Northfield passed

away on July, 4, 2011 in CannonFalls, Minnesota. He is precededin death by his parents, Francisand Clara Free; brother, Robert.Survived by loving wife of 48years, Janice (Hecht) Free, chil-dren, Renee Rote, John Free andCindy (Garr) Nelson; grandchil-dren, Cindy, James, Amber,Chelsea and Jordan; great grand-c h i l d r e n , A i d a n a n d R y a n .Funeral service was held Thurs-day, July 7, 2011 at the WhiteFuneral Home, 901 3rd Street,Farmington. Interment at FortSnelling National Cemetery. Inlieu of flowers, memorials pre-ferred to donors choice of chari-ties.

White Funeral HomeFarmington 651-463-7374

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Knutson -Hanson

Barb Knutson and Steve Han-son are happy to announce theywere married on January 1st,2011.

Barb is the daughter of HerbBuermann and the late JoanBuermann of Richmond, MN.Steve is the son of Ron and AnneHanson on Winthrop, MN.

The wedding took place at theHoliday Surf and Racquet Clubin Destin, Florida.

Steve has been a resident ofRosemount for 21 years, andworks at Carleton College inNorthfield for the past 20 years.

Barb has been a resident ofRosemount for the past 18 years,and has been the owner of LittleBlessings Childcare for the past21 years.

They have three beaut i fu ldaughters that have graduatedfrom Rosemount High School,and attend the University ofMinnesota, University of Wis-consin Stevens Point and Ras-mussen College in Eagan.

Schafer -Gossman

Steve and Kim Schafe r o fH a s t i n g s , M N ( f o r m e r l y o fRosemount, MN) are pleased toannounce the engagement/wed-ding of their daughter, NicoleRenee Schafer to Benjamin EliGossman, son of Dan Gossmanof Janesvi l le , MN and MarySherwood of Mankato, MN.

Nicole is a 2004 graduate ofRosemount High School. Sheattended Minnesota State Uni-versity of Mankato and gradu-ated with a Bachelor’s Degree inFinance and Accounting. She iscurrently employed with StateFarm in Mankato, MN as anoffice manager and an insuranceaccount representative.

Benjamin is a 2003 graduate ofWelcome Memorial High School,Lake Crystal, MN. He is cur-rently a foreman/painter withReichel Painting Inc. located inMankato, MN.

The couple will wed on August6th, 2011 in an outdoor cer-emony at Sibley Park Mankato,MN; the ceremony will be fol-lowed by a reception in Mankato,MN at the AmericInn Hotel. Thecouple will reside in Mankato,MN where they purchased theirfirst home in August 2009. Theyplan to honeymoon this winter inthe Caribbean’s.

Noreen MarieLaramy

Age 65 of Lakevil le passedaway peacefully on July 6, 2011.Preceded in death by her father,Richard Farrell and infant grand-son, Leo. Survived by her hus-band, Jay; sons; Jay R. (Wendy),Brian (Linda), and Todd (Chrys);grandchildren; Jay W., Saman-tha, Alexis, Bennett, and Mor-gan; mother, Terese Farrell; sib-lings: Richard (Jennifer) Farrell,Elaine (Bob) Breedlove, andRobert (Peggy) Farrell; also byother loving relatives and manyfriends. Mass of Christian Burialwas Tuesday, July 12, 2011 atChurch of the Risen Savior (CR42) Burnsville.

White Funeral HomeApple Valley952 432 2001

Laura C. Miller Age 16, passed away June 14,

2011 in St. Paul, Minnesota. BornMarch 14, 1995 in Burnsville,M N t o M i k e a n d C i n d y(Gorkowski) Miller. Preceded indeath by grandfather, RobertMiller. Survived by her father,Mike; mother, Cindy; brother,Sean; sister, Sarah; grandparents,Mary Miller, Robert and StellaGorkowski; aunts and uncles,Darryl and Deb Engel, Frank andLinda Gorkowski, Jim and JackieGorkowski , John and MaryGorkowski, Bob and Sue Attwell,Joe Miller, Julie Miller, Brian andAshley Miller; as well as manycousins and friends who loved herdearly.

Laura was a passionate learner,not only in school but in her hob-bies; crocheting, knitting, sewing,jewelry making, drawing, poetry,and piano. Her wardrobe, alongwith her jewelry and bedroom,was dominated by the colorpurple. She was almost neverwithout a book in her hand. Sheenjoyed having quiet time to her-self just as much as she lovedbeing around others. Laura wasan inspiration to those aroundher for her honesty and kindspirit, and she always put othersbefore herself. Laura’s family andfriends will greatly miss her gentleloving spirit.

Visitation Friday, June 17, 2011from 4-8pm at White FuneralHome in Apple Valley. Funeralmass Saturday, June 18, 2011 at11am at St. Thomas Becket, 4455South Robert Trail, Eagan. Pri-vate family interment. In lieu offlowers, memorials to the funeralhome will fund a scholarship inLaura’s name.

Memorials will be going to theLaura C. Miller Scholarship fund.

Melvin DanielSchermann“Dan”Age 50 of Lakevil le passed

away on July 4, 2011 in Burns-ville, Minnesota. He is precededin death by his brother, RandySchermann. Dan is survived byhis loving wife of 20 years, Mary(Ocel) Schermann; chi ldren,Kylie, Tyler and Trevor; father,Melvin J (Karen) Schermann;mother, Kay (Joe) Gerou; sib-lings, Lori Knutson and John(Jenny) Schermann; brothers andsisters in-law, Terrie(Alex) Ver-duzco, Danny (Kim), Jeff (Pam),P e t e , C h e r y l , P a u l a ( M i k e )G a f f n e y a n d J o e O c e l ;parents-in-law, Sam (Mary) Ocel;20 nieces and nephews. Also byother loving relatives and friends.Funeral Service was held SundayJ u l y 1 0 , 2 0 1 1 a t H o s a n n a !Church, 9600 163rd Street W.,Lakeville.

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Miller - RathnamMark and Nancy Miller of

Lakeville, MN are pleased toannounce the engagement of theirdaughter Ivy Nicole Miller toSharad Rathnam, son of CaptS.S. and Pushpa Rathnam ofBangalore, India.

Ivy is a 2002 graduate ofLakeville High School and a 2006graduate of Drake Universitywith a B.S. in psychology andB.A. in Creative Writing. She iscurrently a PHD candidate inClinical Psychology at BostonUniversity, Boston, MA.

Sharad is a 1996 graduate ofJamnabai Narsee School, Bom-bay, India, a 2001 graduate of theUniversity of Maine-Orono witha B.S. in Mechanical Engineering,a 2003 graduate of Georgia Techwith a M.S. degree in MechanicalEngineering, and a 2008 gradu-ate of MIT with a Masters inBusiness Administration. He iscurrently employed with FidelityInvestments in Boston.

A fall wedding is planned atthe home of the bride's parents.

Happy 1stAnniversary!Mr & Mrs J.P. Heisel

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Al and ShariRamswick

The children of Al and Shari(Weidenbach) Ramswick happilyannounce their parents’ 50thwedding anniversary.

They were married on July 15,1961, at Gethsemane LutheranChurch in Hopkins. They havetwo chi ldren, Robin (Drew)F u l l e r a n d K e l l y ( A m y )Ramswick, and three grand-children. They resided in Eaganfor over 30 years before movingto Prior Lake. Their love andcommitment is an inspiration andwe congratulate them on this veryspecial day!

Klein-ConreyChelsea Marie Klein, daughter

o f J e f f & K a r e n K l e i n o fLakeville, and Trevor Alan Con-rey, son of Michael & NancyConrey of Lakeville, announcetheir engagement.

Chelsea is a 2004 graduate ofLakeville High School and a 2008graduate of Bemidji State Univer-sity. Trevor is a 2002 graduate ofLakeville High School.

A February 25, 2012 wedding isplanned in Minneapolis.

Viola Henrietta(Vye) Nelson

Age 101, of Farmington,passed away Dec. 31,2010 in San Diego, CA.V y e w a s b o r n o n t h e

family farm (in a log cabin) westof Webster, MN. Dec. 27, 1909 toWilliam and Anna (Keske) Wiese.She was baptized and confirmedat St. John’s Lutheran Church inWebster . After her primaryschooling, she attended a beautyschool in Minneapolis. She wasunited in marriage to Christ Nel-son in 1932. They sett led inFarmington where she opened theCharm Beauty Shop which sheowned until the early 50’s. Sheand Christ purchased the Farm-ington Auto Co. in 1947. Theywere married 59 years until hisdeath in 1992. Upon retirement,they spent the winters in SunCity, AZ. and the summers inFarmington. Vye’s final yearswere spent with her daughter andfamily in California in the winter,Farmington in the summer, liv-ing alone there and driving untilshe was 99. She and Christ lovedto travel . They visited manycountries and places in the US.Vye was a long time member ofFarmington Lutheran Church.She held many positions in thechurch and sang in the choir. Shewas active in Eastern Star servingdifferent offices at the local andstate level. She was very devotedto her fa i th , her fami ly andfriends. Her unwavering love andsupport was known by everyoneshe touched. Vye was very giftedin the hobbies she pursued. Herpastime was spent doing hardan-ger, needlepoint, knitting, read-ing and playing cards, especiallybridge, and she was a wonderfulcook. At 100 years old she wasknitting caps for cancer survivors!Viola Nelson is survived by chil-dren, Vordyn Nelson and KayMahoney, sister-in-law BeverlyW i e s e , 7 g r a n d c h i l d r e n , 1 1g r e a t - g r a n d c h i l d r e n , a n d 1great-great grandchild. She waspreceded in death by her parents,her husband, and 7 brothers andsisters. Her 8th and final siblingpassed away in Feb. 2011. Shewas and always will be the lovingmatriarch of our family. She trulyloved her extended family andfriends and they loved her. Andnow she is with the Lord and thefamily and friends that have gonebefore her. A memorial servicewill be held on July 23, 2011 at11am at Farmington LutheranC h u r c h , 2 0 6 0 0 A k i n R o a d ,Farmington, MN. Visitation willbe 1 hour prior to the services atthe church In lieu of flowers,m e m o r i a l s m a y b e m a d e t oFarmington Lutheran Church orSan Diego Hospice, 4311 3rdAve., San Diego, CA ; Att’n:Foundation

White Funeral HomeFarmington 651-463-7374www.whitefuneralhomes.com

Alice Henry Age 85, of Lakeville passed

away peacefully at her home onJuly 7, 2011. She is preceded indeath by her parents, Joseph andCather ine Dircks ; s ib l ings ,Walter, Marcella Campion, Ray,George , Mar t in and Bern ieDircks. Survived by loving hus-band of 61 years, Lester Henry;children, Joe Henry (Maria Lilia),Jean (Gene) Casler, Kathy (Don)Monnens, Mike (Debi) Henryand Mark (Diane) Henry ; 8g r a n d c h i l d r e n a n d 1 8great-grandchildren; sister, Ber-nadine (Donald) Damann. Alsoby many other loving nieces,nephews, realtives and friends.Mass of Christian Burial, 11AMMonday, July 11 at All SaintsCatholic Church, 19795 HolyokeAve., Lakeville with visitationone hour prior to Mass at church.Pall Bearers: Tracy, Rick andCory Henry, Brian and ScottMonnens and Cory Ellingson.Interment All Saints CatholicCemetery, Lakeville. In lieu off l o w e r s , m e m o r i a l s w i l l b edonated to St. Jude’s Children’sHospital.

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Jefferey ScottAllcorn

Passed away on July 5, 2011.He was born on April 9, 1968 inAlliance, Ohio to his parents Mr.& Mrs. Robert Allcorn of 11002Schoolcraft Road, Burnsville. Hewas for many years a Pulltabseller at Casper’s Sports Bar inEagan.

Funeral arrangements are beingheld up for the present time. Inlieu of flowers donations shouldbe given to Burnsville SpecialOlympics 13201 Highview Driveor Presbyterian Church of theApost les 701 East 130th St .Burnsville.

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Tammy Omdal, the city of Burnsville’s chief finan-cial officer, is leaving for a private-sector job. Omdal said she’s leaving Aug. 12 to head the public finance group of Northland Securities in Minneapolis. “And they’re going to move quickly to replace,” Omdal said in an interview Tuesday night. Omdal, 42, one of two deputy city managers un-der City Manager Craig Ebeling, had been men-tioned at City Hall as a pos-sible successor to Ebeling should both he and Deputy City Manager Tom Hansen retire in coming years. “Burnsville is a great place for the employees and is a great community,” she said. Omdal said the oppor-tunity arose to head North-land’s public finance group, which serves municipalities and government agencies across the Upper Midwest. She came to Burnsville in January 2004 after working for the city of Minneapolis.

— John Gessner

Burnsville CFO leaving city

Investigators aren’t sure what caused an explosion in a sanitary sewer line in Burnsville on Friday, July 8. Police and firefighters were called at about 1:35 p.m. after three manhole covers were blown off in a northeast Burnsville neigh-borhood. The manholes are on West River Hills Drive in the area of Ridgewood Court, according to a fire department news release. About 100 homes were evacuated. Residents were allowed to return to their homes at around 9:30 p.m. Firefighters detected elevated levels of carbon monoxide and flammable atmospheric readings in the underground sewer line. Readings returned to nor-mal later that day, but inves-tigators still haven’t identi-fied the material that caused the explosion. Burnsville’s own Mo-bile Volunteer Network of trained public safety vol-unteers helped with traffic control and resident notifi-cations. Evacuated residents were able to go to River Hills United Methodist Church, where Burnsville’s police and fire chaplains were on hand. Investigation continues by the fire, police and public works departments.

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and government must ac-knowledge today’s realities as well.” Freshman Rep. Doug Wardlow of Eagan places the blame for the shutdown squarely on Dayton’s shoul-ders, and urges the governor to call a special session and pass a lights-on bill. “I hope he will change his mind, because the shut-down is totally unnecessary and unwarranted,” said Wardlow, who represents District 38B. “The governor has not made a case for additional revenue,” Wardlow said. “I cannot support a tax in-crease, especially in difficult economic times like these.” Gerlach rejects conten-tions that Republicans aren’t willing to compro-mise with Dayton. He said their budget is the largest in Minnesota history, with $500 million more for K-12 education and about $800 million more for health and human services. “We’ve met his budget numbers on six or seven omnibus spending bills,” Gerlach said. “There have been enormous compromis-es.” The Republicans’ $34.2 billion represents revenue announced in a February forecast that was slightly more upbeat than the previ-ous forecast. “I personally would pre-fer to be spending less than $34 billion,” said Thomp-son, the Lakeville senator. He agreed to the higher figure “in the interest of caucus unity,” Thompson said. “I don’t intend to go beyond that.” District 36B Rep. Pat Ga-rofalo of Farmington, who is chair of the state House’s education finance commit-tee, said at a Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce leg-islative forum Wednesday that he would be open to gambling revenue. “I’m always willing to support a racino,” Garofalo said, adding that such a fa-cility could “grow the econ-omy” in addition to provid-ing revenue. Rep. Kurt Bills, who rep-resents District 37B, agreed that racino could be a way to add revenue to the state budget.

He said the main rea-son budget stalemates have been so common recently is that people are focused too much on short-term fixes and not developing 20-year solutions. He said he is working on such a long-range group de-veloping a 21st century tax policy. Now the battle has turned political with both sides blaming each other, which Bills said doesn’t help negotiations or Minneso-tans. Bills said he wished the Republicans’ budget had been approved by the gover-nor. One idea that Bills called his “favorite” compromise was Dayton accepting the Republicans’ budget in ex-change for Dayton being granted all or most of his bonding bill. Bills said this could have avoided another negotiation round in the 2012 session, which primarily focuses on the bonding bill. The statewide influx of Republican freshmen from the 2010 election, which swept the DFL delegations in Eagan and Burnsville out of office, has changed the dynamic of the 2011 Legis-lature “somewhat,” accord-ing to Thompson. “Many of us come from a business background, an entrepreneurial back-ground,” he said. “That being said, many folks have tried to draw a division and make it sound like freshmen versus experi-enced members,” he said. “I have not experienced that.”

John Gessner is at [email protected].

Shutdown/from 1A

by Erin JohnsonTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Ansari’s Mediterranean Grill and Lounge in Eagan has reopened its doors af-ter a fire forced it to close in February. The restaurant officially opened Monday, July 11, to much fanfare from loyal cus-tomers. “It was very successful. A lot of old regulars came and we had a lot of fun,” said Hussein Ansari, whose sons David and Ramsey own the restaurant. “The boys did a good job redoing the restau-rant.” Ansari’s originally opened in 2009 in a former Baker’s Square. The fire, which was caused by a faulty heat-ing unit, resulted in major damage to the restaurant’s restroom area, and the din-ing room and bar areas were heavily damaged by smoke and water. Rebuilding the restaurant has given the owners an op-portunity to make some im-provements, and to finally lose that “Baker’s Square look,” Ramsey said. “That’s what we were go-ing for,” he said.

Higher ceilings, new ta-bles and chairs, new “VIP” booths, remodeled bath-rooms and a larger patio and bar area are some of the changes customers will see. “It just looks so much bigger in here,” Ramsey said. In addition, new menu items include an expanded selection of Mediterranean specialties and more vege-tarian options. A new happy hour will be held daily from 3 to 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. to close. Ansari’s was able to re-tain the same staff it had five months ago, all of whom continued to be paid while the restaurant was closed, Hussein said. “They were getting paid their hourly wages, but they lost out on a lot of tips,” he said. Ramsey said he’s glad to have the restaurant up and running again, and to see the larger patio already be-ing filled each night. “It feels good to have that door open again,” Ramsey said. “It’s been great seeing all the old faces come back.”


Renovation brings some changesto Mediterranean restaurant


Guests enjoy the expanded patio at Ansari’s Mediterranean Grill and Lounge in Eagan, which reopened this week after a fire forced it to close in February.

Eagan

Ansari’s reopens after fire

Major retailer plugs into Eagan company’s solar pods


Only months after launching its plug-in solar energy systems for homes and businesses, Mouli En-gineering Inc. struck a deal with a major distributor to sell its patented product worldwide. The Eagan engineer-ing and renewable energy consulting firm signed an agreement last month guar-anteeing its system known as solar pod will be sold online by Northern Tool and Equipment, an interna-tional hardware retail chain based in Burnsville. “It seems like there’s a lot of these out there, but this is the first true plug and play system available,” said Travis Johnson, merchan-

dise manager for Northern Tool and Equipment. Johnson said the prod-uct’s simple installation and ability to expand was ap-pealing to company execu-tives. With some simple rewir-ing by an electrician, the pods can be plugged into a home or commercial build-ing’s electrical outlet. In-stallation takes only a few hours, said Mouli Vaidya-nathan, founder and presi-dent of Mouli Engineering. “That’s the innovative as-pect of it,” he said. Customers can purchase one or two pods at a time, rather than invest in one complete unit like more conventional systems. Each pod is available for $6,799 at Northern Tool and Equipment’s website www.northerntool.com. Approximately four to eight pods will enable a typ-ical home to be completely independent from the elec-trical grid, Vaidyanathan said. The number required for small businesses vary depending upon the size of

the building. Vaidyanathan developed the pods in March as a way to make solar power easier to install and more accessi-ble to the average consumer. “My goal is to eventually make solar as affordable as a microwave,” he said. The company has sold only one pod since launch-ing the product in May, but Vaidyanathan said he is confident sales will pick up through the company’s agreement with Northern Tool. “Being a start up, this will be phenomenal for our sales,” he said. Northern Tool and Equipment has been selling alternative energy compo-nents such as solar panels and chargers for the past six years. “We liked that it was go-ing to be a fast growth and, at the time, a limited com-

petition market,” Johnson said. “Our goal now is for Northern Tool to come as the first thing on people’s mind in solar energy prod-ucts.”

E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

Northern Tool is an international hardware retail chain based in Burnsville.Phone: (952) 894-9510Website: www.north-erntool.com

Mouli Engineering Inc. is an Eagan based engi-neering and renewable energy consulting firm.Phone: (612) 424-5176Website: www.mouliengg.com

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The Minnesota Zoo’s newest residents are ready to meet the public. The 3M Penguins of the African Coast exhibit which opened July 9 features 18 African penguins in a repli-ca of their habitat on South Africa’s Boulders Beach. The exhibit includes a 15,000-gallon, 7-foot-deep pool along with a beach and cliffs with built-in nest box-es for the penguins to sleep and breed. For zoo visitors, it of-fers above and below water views, a sound system to convey the braying noises the penguins make, and dai-ly feeding demonstrations by zookeepers. According to zoo director Lee Ehmke, the zoo plans to breed the 18 penguins as part of the African Penguin Species Survival Plan. The South African penguin pop-ulation has been declining rapidly due to over-fishing, pollution and fluctuating temperatures.

The penguins are housed in an area previously known as the Indoor Theatre, a space renovated as part of the zoo’s $20 million, multi-phase Heart of the Zoo ini-tiative, which also included the addition of the Target Learning Center and the Cargill Environmental Edu-cation Center. The penguins are the first in a series of “social animal” exhibits planned through Heart of the Zoo, Ehmke

said. 3M Penguins of the Afri-can Coast opened on sched-ule, despite the state govern-ment shutdown. The zoo closed for two days July 1-2, but reopened July 3 after a court hearing in which the zoo argued its gate revenue can cover expenses. More about the penguin exhibit is at dothewaddle.com.

—Andrew Miller

Penguins now on exhibit at zoo

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The new 3M Penguins of the African Coast exhibit at the Minnesota Zoo offers visitors above and below water views of the penguins in a replica of their habitat on South Africa’s Boulders Beach.

Eagan YMCA employee charged with stealing from co-workers


A Prior Lake woman is ac-cused of stealing credit cards from co-workers at an Eagan elementary school. Bonnie Ann O’Keefe, 22, was charged by the Dakota County Attorney’s Office June 24 with felony fraud for alleg-edly stealing credit cards from her co-workers at the YMCA after-school child care program at Deerwood Elementary. According to the complaint, O’Keefe took credit cards from the wallets of five co-workers and made multiple purchases totaling about $925 at retail-ers in West St. Paul, Eagan and Apple Valley.

Immediately after discover-ing their credit cards were miss-ing, O’Keefe’s co-workers noti-fied police. Through their investigation, police found a surveillance vid-eo of O’Keefe making purchas-es with the stolen credit cards at a local retailer, the complaint said. Questioned by police, O’Keefe allegedly admitted tak-ing her co-workers credit cards without permission. O’Keefe is scheduled to ap-pear in Dakota County District Court on Aug. 1. E-mail Jessica Harper at: [email protected]

Education Eagan

District 196 may change middle school attendance area The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Board is considering a slight attendance area change for two of its middle schools. If approved, students living in the Walden Pond neighborhood in Eagan would no longer attend Blackhawk Middle School. Instead, they would be sent to nearby Fal-con Ridge Middle School in Apple Valley. The recommendation was prompted by the fact that many Walden Pond parents are al-ready sending their children to Falcon Ridge, district officials said. “It seems parents have already trumped us, and we are supporting their decision,” School Board Member Bob Schutte said.

—Jessica Harper

Kindernook sets open houses Kindernook Preschool in Lakeville will host open houses from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednes-days this summer. Guests can visit the school and learn about the curriculum. Registra-tions for the 2011-12 school year will be ac-cepted. For further in-formation, call Laura at (952) 440-3662 or visit www.kindernook.com.

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Indonesia experience Sumunar Indonesian Gamelan and Dance En-semble will perform at Caponi Art Park and Learning Center’s Theater in the Woods outdoor am-phitheater at 6:30 p.m. Sun-day, July 24, as part of the Summer Performance Se-ries. Artists from Sumunar will perform cultural music on the gamelan – an Indo-nesian orchestra of bronze and teak instruments – and a dance ensemble will ac-company the orchestra. Admission to the perfor-mance is free; a donation of $4 per person is suggested. Gelato will be for sale. More information is at www.ca-poniartpark.org. Sumunar will also per-form at Caponi Art Park on July 19 at 10 a.m. as part of the Family Fun Tuesday se-ries.

Dinner and a movie night on July 18 The Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley will host Dinner and a Movie Family Night on Monday, July 18. Guests who purchase one adult admission ($9.50) to the 6:30 p.m. showing of


Kate Kidwell, left, and Sarah Shervey are a conspicuous presence as the narrators of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” as they are the only white-costumed actors in an otherwise colorfully clad cast. Eagan Summer Community Theatre’s production of the classic Andrew Lloyd Webber musical opens tonight (Friday, July 15) and runs through July 30 at Eagan High School. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and children under 12, and can be purchased by calling (651) 683-6964 or at the door.

‘JOSEPH’ COMES TO EAGAN STAGE

theater and arts briefs

by Andrew MillerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

His junior year at Eagan High School, Jordan Oxbor-ough had to make a tough de-cision: sports or theater? The three-sport athlete and regular in the school’s theater productions knew he couldn’t devote his full attention to both. “I loved cross country, but I chose theater,” said the 19-year-old actor. “I couldn’t balance both of them. I can honestly say it was the most difficult decision I had to make in high school.” He hasn’t looked back. The 2010 Eagan graduate is now working toward his goal of a career in theater, a goal that’s brought him back

to his alma mater this sum-mer. Oxborough is cast in the lead role of Joseph in Eagan Summer Community The-atre’s production of “Joseph

and the Amazing Technicolor Dream-coat.” He’s also lead-ing acting camps for students in grades one through five at the high school this summer. The “Joseph” role puts him back on

the stage where it all started. In sixth grade, he scored a small part in the high school’s production of “The Secret Garden,” a show in which his older brother Jared, then a 12th-grader, was also cast. During high school, Ox-borough was a regular in the

school’s annual “Encore” music and dance reviews and starred in shows such as “Pip-pin” and “High School Mu-sical.” He plans to pursue a musical theater degree from Minnesota State University-Mankato after completing his general credits at a local com-munity college. After that, he said, it’s just a matter of where the casting calls take him. “It’s a tough business, but I want theater in some shape or form to be part of my life – be it acting, directing, stage managing,” he said. “Theater has always been my passion and the stage has always been a second home to me.”

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

Athlete turned actor shooting for the starsAthlete turned actor shooting for the starsEHS grad returns to his alma mater for leading role in ‘Joseph’

Oxborough

Photo by Rick Orndorf and Aaron Vehling

Above, Firefighter Tim Bohlman serves a customer during the Waffle Breakfast on July 9 at Fire Station No. 1. Below, hundreds lined Holyoke Avenue in downtown Lake-ville to catch a glimpse of custom and classic cars such as this hydraulic-reinforced low-rider.

Photos by Rick Orndorf

L o c a l residents had a chance to participate in a wide range of contests from a softball tournament to pet show judging.

“Deep Sea 3D” will receive one free child’s admission to the movie and a complimen-tary Subway sandwich and drink (while supplies last) before the show. Dinner will be served in the lobby begin-ning at 5:30 p.m.

Digital montage exhibit on exhibit The Great Frame Up, 1004 W. County Road 42, Burnsville, will host an ex-hibition by Minnesota digi-tal montage artist James

Edward Scherbarth for the month of July through Aug. 11. Call (952) 898-1677 for more information.

Festival offers panorama o’ fun for allFestival offers panorama o’ fun for all

Soul Asylum and frontman Dave Pirner played on July 9 to a crowd of at least a thousand people. Read Aaron Vehling’s review

of the concert at www.thisweeklive.

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SportsLundin’s hockey journey comes home

Apple Valley High School alumnus, Lakeville resident signs with Minnesota Wildby Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Minnesota Wild felt like they signed a steady, veteran de-fender when they acquired four-year NHL pro Mike Lundin last weekend. The 2003 Apple Valley High School graduate felt at home, fi-nally. After graduating, he played for the University of Maine, where he caught the eye of the Tampa Bay Lightning, which selected him 104th in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. He played within the Tampa Bay organization for 224 games the past four seasons, including the team’s most recent run to the Eastern Conference finals. The Lightning’s season ended when one goal in game seven favored the Boston Bruins, which went on to win the Stanley Cup. Following the game, Lundin was a free agent. It’s nice to be paid to play hockey and skate in the NHL, but being a free agent is tough on the nerves. “It’s been a little bit of a cra-zy summer with free agency not knowing where you’re able to play,” he said. “The Wild were al-ways in the picture. You have to factor in opportunity and money and who wants you. It’s a lot to take in. You listen to teams that don’t want you or don’t like your game. It’s tough. When it ends up you get to play for your home

team it’s a good way to end it.” It was always a dream of his to play for the Wild, but with 30 teams in the NHL it was not up to him. “It seemed like a long shot,” Lundin said. “My friends were al-ways asking: ‘When are the Wild going to sign you?’ Once I heard they were interested, I thought it would be amazing if it worked out.” He hopes his playoff experience will rub off on the Wild, which hasn’t been to the playoffs since 2008. “It’s hard to explain how in-

tense it is,” Lundin said. “That first game out there is so fast and intense. I thought, ‘I don’t see how they can keep this up. We’re all go-ing to be injured in a few weeks.’ ” Lundin is used to being one of the younger players on defense, but with the Wild he’s older than about half of his teammates. “It’s a new role for me,” Lundin said. “I always felt like a younger guy.” Lundin’s numbers don’t stand out on the stat sheet, but that’s OK for defenders. “I’m steady, solid,” Lundin said when asked what Wild fans can

expect. “I haven’t put up a ton of points or been real offensive at the high level. Hopefully I can con-tribute and help other guys score.” For Lundin fans, it will be much more fun to watch him play this year. “I always made a point to watch him play,” Apple Valley head coach Jerry Hayes said. “As much as I hated watching the Lighting jersey with the Eastview connection I always made a point to go when they were in tow. It’s nice now I don’t have to block off one particular day. I can go to a lot of games now.” Hayes had an idea that he had something special when Lundin stepped on the ice almost 10 years ago. “He was so dominant and such a great skater,” Hayes said. “He used to play 42 out of 48 minutes and just take a breather. I don’t know if I ever saw a high school player play as much. He neutral-ized so many other players and didn’t take a lot of penalties. It was just so effortless.” If anything, his level of pride and excitement to play for Minne-sota may be unmatched by anyone on the team. Though he is much traveled, he has always maintained an address in the south metro hav-ing been born in Burnsville and raised in Apple Valley. “Just the experience of high school hockey in Minnesota is something,” he said. “You don’t

really know it until you go out into the world and see other guys who haven’t had that.” When training camp begins in a few months he won’t have to pack up the family and belongings from his residence in Lakeville like he has in previous years. His wife Shelly Lundin is a coach with the Apple Valley volleyball team and he has a son “I’ll be right home and stay at my own house,” Lundin said. “My dad was saying I haven’t seen a Minnesota winter in nine years now. In hockey, there are two worlds: offseason and season. They’re separate. A lot of people aren’t lucky enough to be in the same city for both of those lives.” It will also give him the oppor-tunity to stay active in the Min-nesota hockey community. He remain in contact with his high school coaches Jerry Hayes, Chris Sikich and Bob Altavilla and skates with high school players in summer camps. Lundin won’t be alone on the Wild either. Kyle Medvec, a 2006 graduate of Apple Valley, made the Wild Development Camp ros-ter this summer. They both hope to give ev-eryone in Minnesota something to cheer about when the season opens Oct. 8.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

Jayatilaka family earns high marks at taekwondo world championship Devmini, 8, wins three world titles; Agasthi, 12, wins silver

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Jayatilaka family had plenty to cheer about after the American Taekwondo Association held its annual world champi-onship June 24-26 in Little Rock, Ark. First-degree black belt Devmini Jayati-laka, 8, won world championships in XMA Forms, Creative Forms and XMA Weap-ons in her age group. She also took third in Creative Weapons. She’s not the only talented martial arts student in the family. Her brother, second-degree black belt Agasthi Jayatilaka, 12, finished second in Traditional Weapons and third for XMA Weapons and XMA Forms. His division, comprised of 11- to 13-year-olds, is considered the most competitive. He also won a world championship in 2010 in Traditional Forms. They both train at the ATA Black Belt Academy in Burnsville. Fellow members Vladimir Kornev from Apple Valley was the champion in Extreme Forms, and Burns-ville sixth-degree black belt ATA master instructor Janelle Gleisner won in Weapons. To advance to the world championship, participants vie in several regional and na-tional tournaments throughout the season accumulating points along the way. The top 10 black belts with the most points were in-vited to Little Rock. “The biggest thing is their dedication,” said Joe Abbott, Burnsville ATA chief in-structor and third-degree black belt. “The time they spent training and the support they get from their family is just amazing. Their parents are both instructors, and they’re held in high regard around here.” Abbott figures during the tournament season they spent about 40-50 hours prac-ticing taekwondo in some form. Agasthi also teaches and takes private lessons and

gymnastics to help with the flips and condi-tioning. “They’re very involved and the results show,” their father, Venuka Jayatilaka, said with a smile. Venuka is a second-degree black belt, but doesn’t compete as much with three children in competition. He has a 5-year-old who is also involved. Venuka has observed several personal benefits from taekwondo, and he’s happy to share it with his children. “Taekwondo teaches a lot of life skills like honor, integrity, discipline,” Venuka said. “Instilling these values from a young age is very important.” Improved flexibility, confidence and stamina doesn’t hurt either no matter what age. It’s become more than just a family hob-by. It will take them to Fargo, N.D., Dallas, Orlando, Fla., Las Vegas, Pittsburgh and Portland, Ore., for various tournaments within the next 12 months. The ATA World Championship is a week-long celebration of martial arts that drew 20,000 martial art students, instruc-tors and fans from nearly 20 countries for specialty training seminars, high rank belt testing and competition.


Catching up with George Jensen

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Somewhere along the line George Jensen learned to never get too high or too low when on the pitching mound. He’s had to deal with both sides so far this sum-mer. After being drafted into the Tampa Bay Rays organi-zation a year ago, Jensen has moved up to Class A base-ball with the Bowling Green Hot Rods in Kentucky. “Going into spring train-ing at 20 years old I knew the Rays work their prospects real slow,” said the Eastview graduate. He spent 2010 with the Princeton Rays in the Ap-palachian League. The next step up is the New York-Penn League, a Class A Short Season league, with the Hudson Valley Ren-egades. “I was working hard to get sent there,” he said. “At my last start of spring train-ing, the pitching coach said to me the next game I was going to start was game four with Bowling Green. I was ecstatic beyond belief.” Bowling Green is a step above in Class A that plays in the Midwest League. The celebration was short lived. The first month of the season, things were brutal. He was 0-2 with a 12 ERA. “They considered moving me to the bullpen,” he said. He worked with the pitching coach on his cutter and stayed calm. During his fifth start against the Day-ton Dragons on May 3 he threw five shutout innings. From there he won eight in

a row from May to June with an ERA around 2.63. “It was a blast,” Jensen said. “The team was in the play-off hunt. It was a combination of the team play-ing well and me throwing well. I had some good run sup-port.” Being a professional athlete is about as fun as it sounds. “I love it. I can’t imagine doing anything else,” he said. “You put in a lot of time in the field. I’m at the park by 1:30 (p.m.) and put in a lot of repetition. It’s been a gradual jump for me.” He graduated from Eastview in 2008 and played for the Des Moines Area Community College for two years. When the Rays came calling during the Major League Baseball draft last summer he jumped at the chance. He has few complaints. Bowling Green is the southernmost team in the division, so the road trips get long. A few weeks ago he was in western Michigan for one game and after a nine-hour bus ride home he was the starting pitcher for a double header. “It’s a really nice bus,” he said. “They have Direct TV and leather seats. They do everything possible.” Being in the minor leagues is a different beast than high school or college. Winning is still paramount, but batting averages, ERAs and impressing your team’s scouts weigh heavily. Every-one wants to move up in the system and play as long as they can. “Everyone wants to play every day,” Jensen said. “They’ll get a little extra up-

set. We’re a young team, but we have some older guys to keep us in line. We really want to do well as a team. They really put their stats behind them and just play baseball.” Jensen is one of those players who would like to keep on moving up, but

he doesn’t put any extra pressure on himself. “I don’t really want to set too many goals as long as I feel like I’m improving – that’s all that matters to me,” Jensen said. He stays low key from game day to the bench. “I just stay relaxed and listen to some good country music,” Jensen said. “Noth-ing gets me too fired up. If something goes wrong, I step off the rubber, take a breath and enjoy the mo-ment.” His relaxed attitude started in high school with Eastview where the high school team started 9-0 in 2008 and American Legion won the state title. “It was all about just playing with my friends,” he said. “I love those guys.” He came back during the offseason for five months where he trained with recent Eastview graduate and fu-ture University of Minneso-ta pitcher Ty McDevitt and attempted to stay in shape. “I’d like to say I stuck with it, but it was tough with the winter we had,” he said. “I eventually got into a pret-ty good rhythm.” He’s currently 8-3 with a 4.99 ERA after 17 starts with Bowling Green. His goal is to win 10 games this season and he has until Sept. 9 to get it.


George Jensen

Eastview graduate moving up the ranks in the

Tampa Bay Rays organization

Devmini Jayatilaka Agasthi Jayatilaka


Mike Lundin, left, will switch jerseys this upcoming season as a member of the Minnesota Wild after spending the past four seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Lundin graduated from Apple Valley in 2003.


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SUMMARY FINANCIAL REPORT

The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of financial information concerning the City of Apple Valley to interested citizens. The complete financial statements may be examined at the City Hall – 7100 147

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Questions about this report may be directed to Ronald Hedberg, Finance Director at 953-2540. The following summaries are from the general-purpose financial statements of the City of Apple Valley for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009. The right hand column shows the percentage change in dollars between the two years.

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FINANCIAL INDICATORS

CITY OF APPLE VALLEY, MINNESOTA

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

PROPRIETARY FUNDS

For The Year Ended December 31, 2010

Business-Type Activities - Enterprise Funds

Municipal Municipal Sports Water &

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Fund Fund Fund Fund

Cash flows from operating activities:

Receipts from customers and users 9,034,745$ 1,117,413$ 582,193$ 7,770,689$

Payments to suppliers (7,160,945) (454,815) (236,087) (4,557,456)

Payments to employees (973,405) (529,382) (380,420) (1,320,869)

Internal activity - - - -

Net cash flows from operating activities 900,395 133,216 (34,314) 1,892,364

Cash flows from noncapital financing activities:

Transfers in from other funds - - - 100,000

Transfers out to other funds (485,000) - - (1,364,450)

Payment of due from / to other funds - - - (277,346)

Proceeds from Due to other funds - - 141,990 -

Intergovernmental revenue - - - -

Tax, assessments and aids - - 125,135 15,632

Net cash flows from noncapital financing activities (485,000) - 267,125 (1,526,164)

Cash flows from capital & related financing activities

Acquisition of capital assets (35,340) (17,862) (39,591) (1,192,824)

Principal payments on debt (130,000) (35,612) (100,000) (105,000)

Interest & agent fees paid (129,220) (1,852) (23,400) (12,495)

Bond proceeds - - - -

Connection fees received - - - 233,187

Proceeds from sale of capital assets - 6,105 - 11,174

Net cash flows from capital & financing activities (294,560) (49,221) (162,991) (1,065,958)

Cash flows from investing activities:

Investment earnings 27,702 3,868 (1,060) 265,647

Net cash flows from investing activities 27,702 3,868 (1,060) 265,647

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 148,537 87,863 68,760 (434,111)

Cash and cash equivalents - January 1 1,700,558 175,417 - 14,127,704

Cash and cash equivalents - December 31 1,849,095$ 263,280$ 68,760$ 13,693,593$

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Storm Street Light Total Activities -

Drainage Cemetery Utility Enterprise Internal

Fund Fund Fund Funds Service Funds

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355,000 - - 355,000

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13,483 9,649 849 320,138 71,515

56,442 46,751 18,664 (7,094) (45,749)

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CHANGES IN FUND NET ASSETS

PROPRIETARY FUNDS

For The Year Ended December 31, 2010

Governmental

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Liquor Golf Course Arena Sewer Drainage Cemetery Utility Enterprise Internal

Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund Funds Service Funds

Operating revenues:

Liquor sales 9,032,194$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 9,032,194 -$

Golf fees and rentals - 1,114,395 - - - - - 1,114,395 -

Sports arena rentals - - 606,262 - - - - 606,262 -

Charges for services - - - 8,439,232 1,360,483 89,695 465,552 10,354,962 1,105,822

Connection charges - - - - - - - - -

Total operating revenues 9,032,194 1,114,395 606,262 8,439,232 1,360,483 89,695 465,552 21,107,813 1,105,822

Cost of Goods Sold 6,545,733 185,199 753 15,859 - - - 6,747,544 -

Gross Profit 2,486,461 929,196 605,509 8,423,373 1,360,483 89,695 465,552 14,360,269 1,105,822

Operating expenses:

Operating and maintenance:

Personal services 978,123 538,074 359,665 1,375,177 - 935 - 3,251,974 727,082

Contractual services 174,827 19,881 49,231 242,709 57,341 34,466 10,149 588,604 8,000

Other charges 224,380 75,291 22,739 726,385 318,434 6,317 - 1,373,546 671,136

Supplies & repairs 38,588 135,903 43,816 640,824 731 11,745 26,481 898,088 -

Utilities 51,138 36,488 118,765 402,223 - 765 374,157 983,536 -

Depreciation 140,930 61,744 128,669 1,410,545 430,000 14,640 - 2,186,528 -

MCES - Sewer charges - - - 2,487,517 - - - 2,487,517 -

Total operating expenses 1,607,986 867,381 722,885 7,285,380 806,506 68,868 410,787 11,769,793 1,406,218

Operating income (loss) 878,475 61,815 (117,376) 1,137,993 553,977 20,827 54,765 2,590,476 (300,396)

Nonoperating revenues (expenses):

Investment earnings 27,730 3,868 (1,060) 265,647 13,483 9,649 849 320,166 50,405

Taxes and assessments - - 125,000 3,371 - - - 128,371 -

Connection charges - - - 233,187 7,322 - - 240,509 -

Other revenues - 129 135 23,435 - 25 2,821 26,545 11,181

Interest expense and agent fees (132,122) (5,264) (24,903) (12,189) (40,237) - - (214,715) -

Total nonoperating revenues (expenses) (104,392) (1,267) 99,172 513,451 (19,432) 9,674 3,670 500,876 61,586

Income (loss) before

contributions and transfers 774,083 60,548 (18,204) 1,651,444 534,545 30,501 58,435 3,091,352 (238,810)

Capital contributions - - 84,500 585,820 162,349 - - 832,669 -


Transfers in - - - 100,000 - - - 100,000 -

Transfers out (485,000) - - (1,364,450) (305,000) - - (2,154,450) -

Change in net assets 289,083 60,548 66,296 972,814 391,894 30,501 58,435 1,869,571 (238,810)

Net assets - January 1 3,210,188 1,266,030 659,139 79,962,052 34,286,621 1,453,126 - 120,837,156 1,259,755

Net assets - December 31 3,499,271$ 1,326,578$ 725,435$ 80,934,866$ 34,678,515$ 1,483,627$ 58,435$ 122,706,727$ 1,020,945$

Net assets:

Invested in capital assets, net of debt 1,106,621 1,140,456 1,180,462 64,393,298 33,600,289

Restricted:

Future debt service 291,591 - - - -

Unrestricted 2,101,059 186,122 (455,027) 16,541,568 1,078,226

Total net assets 3,499,271 1,326,578 725,435 80,934,866 34,678,515

Total Liabilities and Net Assets 7,387,416$ 1,541,397$ 2,057,753$ 81,739,153$ 35,131,973$

Street Light Total Internal

Cemetery Utility Enterprise Service

Fund Fund Funds Funds

588,668$ 18,664$ 17,166,098$ 3,102,874$

- - 261,036

- 39,771 2,463,365 -

- - 28 -

- - 249,563 -

- - 1,403,232 -

- - 221,498 123,209

588,668 58,435 21,764,820 3,226,083

- - 291,591 -

- - 11,480 -

- - 60,584 -

- - 770,983 -

358,187 - 5,327,130 -

- - 14,945,074 -

640,404 - 120,291,446 -

- - 4,356,940 -

- - 707,874 -

(99,557) - (39,124,093) -

899,034 - 106,504,371 -

899,034 - 107,639,009 -

1,487,702$ 58,435$ 129,403,829$ 3,226,083$

4,075$ -$ 879,786$ 7,783$

- - 90,075 -

- - 117,678 -

- - 17,202 -

- - 92,057 -

- - 701,896 1,435,224

4,075 - 1,898,694 1,443,007

- - 457,832 2,197,355

- - 87,278 -

- - 770,983 -

- - 109,211 -

- - 4,075,000 -

- - (701,896) (1,435,224)

- - 4,798,408 762,131

4,075 - 6,697,102 2,205,138

899,034 - 102,320,160 -

-

- - 291,591 -

584,593 58,435 20,094,976 1,020,945

1,483,627 58,435 122,706,727 1,020,945

1,487,702$ 58,435$ 129,403,829$ 3,226,083$


STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS

PROPRIETARY FUNDS

December 31, 2010


Municipal Municipal Sports Water & Storm

Liquor Golf Course Arena Sewer Drainage

Fund Fund Fund Fund Fund

Assets:

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents 1,557,504$ 263,280$ 68,760$ 13,693,593$ 975,629$

Special assessments receivable - - - 259,812 1,224

Accounts receivable - net - - 124,593 2,116,064 182,937

Interest receivable 28 - - - -

Due from other governments - - 246,743 2,820 -

Inventory 1,319,931 28,231 - 55,070 -

Prepaid items 13,766 219 - 207,513 -

Total current assets 2,891,229 291,730 440,096 16,334,872 1,159,790

Noncurrent assets:

Restricted cash with fiscal agent 291,591 - - - -

Deferred special assessments - - - - 11,480

Deferred charges 47,975 - 7,195 - 5,414

Due from other funds - - - 770,983 -

Capital assets:

Land 1,179,183 991,179 2,000 1,678,137 1,118,444

Buildings and structures 3,410,285 294,496 2,970,660 8,269,633 -

Other improvements 25,000 385,269 371,650 77,023,509 41,845,614

Furniture and equipment 263,767 689,268 188,338 3,215,567 -

Construction in progress - - - 519,410 188,464

Less: Accumulated depreciation (721,614) (1,110,545) (1,922,186) (26,072,958) (9,197,233)

Capital assets, net 4,156,621 1,249,667 1,610,462 64,633,298 33,955,289

Total noncurrent assets 4,496,187 1,249,667 1,617,657 65,404,281 33,972,183

Total assets 7,387,416$ 1,541,397$ 2,057,753$ 81,739,153$ 35,131,973$

Liabilities:

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable 611,597$ 6,666$ 16,310$ 148,288$ 92,850$

Contracts payable - - - 90,075 -

Accrued wages payable 42,085 9,386 18,058 48,149 -

Accrued interest payable 10,454 3,412 1,617 735 984

Due to other governmental units 33,520 283 16,576 37,054 4,624

Long term liabilities due within one year 189,660 49,536 123,300 254,400 85,000

Total current liabilities 887,316 69,283 175,861 578,701 183,458

Noncurrent liabilities:

Compensated absences payable 116,180 75,388 71,961 194,303 -

Net Other Post-Employment Benefits Obligation 24,309 10,473 6,813 45,683 -

Due to other funds - - 770,983 - -

Capital lease payable - 109,211 - - -

Bonds payable - noncurrent portion 3,050,000 - 430,000 240,000 355,000

Less amounts due within one year (189,660) (49,536) (123,300) (254,400) (85,000)

Total noncurrent liabilities 3,000,829 145,536 1,156,457 225,586 270,000

Total liabilities 3,888,145 214,819 1,332,318 804,287 453,458

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Apple Valley Financial Statement


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medallion maker and con-cealer of the prize. Over the years, the me-dallion has taken on various shapes, sizes and colors. It’s been green to blend in with grass, red when attached to a fire hydrant and made of wood when placed on a bench. Medallion-seekers should note that this tradition will continue, along with it being hidden on city of Rosemount park property that can be seen and reached by even the youngest of hunters. Hunters should note that they won’t have to move, damage or destroy park property in order to find the medallion. Official rules and a picture of the prize will be posted at clue central at ThisweekLive.com and on the front door of the bank. Clues will be published every morning at 9 a.m. at the entrance to Sterling State Bank, 4520 150th St. W., cor-ner of County Road 42 and Diamond Path, and on the newspaper’s website. Tad Johnson is at [email protected].

Medallion Hunt/from 1A

The band is a past recipi-ent of the John Philip Sousa Foundation’s Sudler Silver Scroll, which recognizes community bands that have a consistent high level of excellence and have made a significant musical and cul-tural contribution. The band’s conductor is Jerry Luckhardt, an associ-ate professor of music at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. He conducts the Sym-phonic Band, Chamber Winds, and teaches courses in conducting.

More music Another addition to Leprechaun Days will be a performance by students from the School of Rock in Burnsville. The concert will be from 7-10 p.m. during Family Fun Night on Thursday, July 28. Select School of Rock students will perform as the School of Rock Road Crew. “That’s an auditioned School of Rock band, and they’re fantastic,” Melody Mendis, instructor at the

School of Rock, said in a previous interview. The school opened in October 2010 near Burns-ville Center shopping mall. Another musical high-light will be the Mid-Sum-mer Faire in Central Park on Friday, July 29, and Sat-urday, July 30. Dance-party band Pop Rocks and Twin Cities live show legend the Johnny Holm Band will take to the entertainment stage on the respective nights. For more on the musi-cal acts, see a previous sto-ry posted online at www.ThisweekLive.com. Last week’s edition car-ried a story about the Blue-grass Americana Family Weekend from July 22-24 in Central Park. The event includes a square dance, bluegrass festival and gospel sing on the respective days. A craft fair is planned in conjunc-tion with the festival. For more details, see the story at ThisweekLive.com or go to www.bluegrassa-mericanaweekend.com.

Tad Johnson is at [email protected].

Leprechaun Days/from 1A

Photo by Tad Johnson

The Johnny Holm Band played during last year’s Rosemount Leprechaun Days. This year, the group will take the stage at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 30.

Car and bike show benefit is set Eagan’s El Loro Mexi-can Restaurant will host a car and bike show to ben-efit HopeKids from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 17. The event will be held at the Yankee Square parking lot, 1428 Yankee Doodle Road, Eagan. HopeKids is a nonprofit organization that provides events and activities and a support community for families who have a child with cancer or other life-threatening medical condi-tion. Schedule of events: noon, car check-in ($15 reg-istration fee); 1 to 3 p.m., Eagan Fire Department fire truck appearance (free firefighter hat for children while supplies last); 3 p.m., taco eating contest; 4 p.m., silent auction; 5 p.m., prizes for car and bike winners. For more information on the event, contact Samuel Arellano at (651) 249-4785 or [email protected].

Dakota County Briefs

Dakota Electric As-sociation members and their families should mark the date for the 14th an-nual Member Appreciation Event from 4 to 8 p.m. on July 28. During the event, Dakota Electric provides compli-mentary admission to the Minnesota Zoo for those who pur-c h a s e electric-ity from the cooperative. Tickets to the event were included in electric bills, or members may bring a copy of a recent bill. Members attending the event are en-couraged to bring food or cash to be donated to lo-cal food shelves. In the last 13 years, Dakota Electric’s members have donated more than eight tons of food and more than $5,000 toward local food shelves. Cooperative members can enjoy the zoo’s new

3M Penguins of the Afri-can Coast and many other exhibits, including Russia’s Grizzly Coast, the Minne-sota Trail, World of Birds

Show, free monorail rides and more. The

IMAX Theater is also providing discounted movie prices.

Dakota Electric’s g u e s t s w i l l also en-

joy swing music from

Opus One and walk-around magic by Bob Miller. Chil-dren can enjoy the splash pad, the Woodland Adven-ture play area and Louie the Lightning Bug, Da-kota Electric’s safety mas-cot, who will be greeting children. Dakota Electric welcomes its members and their families to enjoy this great family event. More information can be found at www.dakotaelec-tric.com.

Dakota Electric providesmembers free zoo event on July 28


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