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Precinct caucuses gen-erate the most interest during presidential elec-tion years, but the chance for neighbors to talk about politics bring out many people even on a cold win-ter night. The Republican and DFL parties will host cau-cuses at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, with straw polls, discussions about party platform resolutions and delegate elections all on the docket. Registration starts at 6:30 p.m. The partisan events serve as the unofficial start to the 2014 campaign sea-son, though many candi-dates have been hard at work on their campaigns for months. Among the high profile races, several Republican candidates are vying for the party’s endorsement in the gubernatorial race for a chance to face Gov. Mark Dayton. Among those candidates are state Sen. Dave Thompson, R-Lakeville. At least six Republi-cans have announced that they will vie for endorse-ment for the chance to face U.S. Sen. Al Franken in the general election. Three Democrats have said they will seek the party’s endorsement in the 2nd Congressional Dis-trict race. Those candidates in-clude Mike Obermuel-ler, who lost to U.S. Rep.

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Festival designed for cold weather

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Winter fun is in store next weekend at Apple Valley’s Mid-Winter Fest. Now in its 37th year, the annual celebration hosted by the city’s Parks and Recreation Department features family-oriented activities Saturday, Feb. 1, centered at the Apple Val-ley Community Center in Hayes Park. The community center will take on a carnival-type atmosphere dur-ing the festival with face painting, inflatable jump-ers, balloon animals and mini golf. There are also a “touch and feel” reptile exhibit, clowns and jug-glers, s’more roasting and horse-drawn sleigh rides in the park. Guests can also try their hands at snowshoe-ing and cross-country ski-ing in Hayes Park, with equipment on loan from Valley Bike & Ski through-out the day. The medallion hunt, a perennial festival favorite,

returns this year for teams of sleuths to search out a medallion in one of the city’s 50 parks. Clues will be posted at the Apple Valley Community Center every hour beginning at 9 a.m. Feb. 1. Those who register for the medallion hunt at the community center’s front desk the day of the festival

will receive clues by email 15 minutes prior to each hourly posting. The other incentive to register is that the finder of the medallion wins $250 if registered, $100 if not. New to the festival this year is a co-rec pickleball tournament (which will be held a day prior to the fes-tival on Jan. 31), a Youth

Hockey Jamboree featur-ing Apple Valley and East-view hockey association mite players on the Hayes Park rinks, and an Apple Valley-themed photo con-test. Those interested in en-tering the photo contest can obtain a registration form by emailing Steve Skinner at sskinner@

cityofappleval ley.org. Photographers are asked to submit images of rec-reation-type activities or scenes shot in Apple Val-ley; judging will be held the day before the festival. Mid-Winter Fest is join-ing forces with the Apple Valley Arts Foundation to host a concert the day of the festival at Valleywood Golf Course as part of the ongoing Frozen Apple concert series. Jazz singer Patty Peter-son and her circle of mu-sicians, who perform col-

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Horse-drawn sleigh rides are among the many activities on offer in Apple Valley’s Hayes Park during Mid-Winter Fest. Organizers opted not to sell Mid-Winter Fest buttons this year, and admission to the festival is free. (File photo)

Paperwork mix-up delays Ugandan dancers Performance postponed at Apple Valley’s Heartbeat Studios



A scheduled perfor-mance by Uganda’s Kika Troupe at Heartbeat Stu-dios in Apple Valley last weekend was postponed, owing to a paperwork mix-up that prevented the dancers from boarding their plane to the United States. “The troupe was at the airport ready to depart, and they were stopped because the U.S. Embassy noticed a mistake on the paperwork necessary to enter the U.S.,” explained Heartbeat Studios direc-tor Deborah Lysholm. “It literally was like an ‘i’ not dotted or a ‘t’ not crossed,” she said. The Kika Troupe had scheduled a Jan. 19 perfor-mance at Heartbeat as the opening event in its first tour of the United States. Additional performances had been planned at area schools and arts venues Jan. 19-27, as well as at the Mall of America and the Minneapolis-St. Paul

Airport on Jan. 23 as part of Martin Luther King Jr./Nelson Mandela tributes. The 20-some Kika Troupe dancers and musi-cians based in the Ugan-dan capital city of Kam-pala were devastated by the unexpected delay. As Kika Troupe direc-tor Kaddu Yusuf broke the news to Lysholm in a

conference call from the Ugandan airport, “I could hear some of the danc-ers sobbing in the back-ground,” Lysholm said. The troupe hopes to reschedule many of its Minnesota performanc-es, including its show at Heartbeat, once the paper-work issues get sorted out. “Sen. Al Franken is

getting involved to help with the situation, but it will take about two weeks to get the documents cor-rected,” Lysholm said. “They’re still coming – it’s just delayed. They are determined to make it work.”

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

The Kika Troupe hopes to reschedule many of its Minnesota performances, including its show at Heartbeat Studios, after issues regarding the dancers’ paperwork needed to enter the United States get sorted out. (Photo submitted)

Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland stands with mascot “Klondike” at last year’s Mid-Winter Fest. (File photo)

Congressional candidate Paula Overby spent a

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Congressional candi-date Paula Overby has built her platform on be-coming a voice for the voiceless. And Overby is no stranger to adversity herself. Born Paul Overby, the Eagan resident always knew she was different. As a young boy growing

up in Wisconsin, Overby, who is transgender, hated having short hair, wearing boys clothes and preferred the company of girls over boys.

Though she never dressed as a girl during her formative years, Overby said she always identified with girls. “I had a great child-

hood. I had all girl friends so, for the most part, I got to be a girl,” said Overby who is seeking the Demo-cratic nomination in the 2nd Congressional Dis-trict. The seat is currently held by Republican U.S. Rep. John Kline. This all changed in 1968 when Overby’s fam-ily moved from the Mil-waukee area to Nashua, N.H. “It was a horrible move,” Overby said. “It was a huge culture shock.” Growing up in the Milwaukee area, Overby could sit by his female

Candidate’s journey of self-discovery

Born Paul Overby, Eagan resident Paula Overby is a transgender woman and seeking the DFL endorsement for the 2nd Congressional seat.

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Apple Valley’s Galaxie Library is celebrating the Chinese New Year with a performance by the Twin Cities Chinese Dance Center from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 25. Guests can experience traditional Chinese dance and learn about the dances’ historical and cultural background during the event at the library located at 14955 Galaxie Ave. There’s no cost to attend; more information is at www.dakotacounty.us/library. (Photo submitted)

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Stylist-partners in the Hair District salon in Burnsville are, from left, Sue Nordmeyer, Nikki Mitchell and Kerri Ingebretson. (Photo by John Gessner)

Salon moves into vacant space in Burnsville’s Heart of the City

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


A 32-station hair salon has opened in a prominent Burnsville retail space that had gone unfilled since it opened nearly a decade ago. The Hair District opened its eighth Twin Cit-ies location Jan. 13 in the Grande Market Square building along Nicollet Avenue in the Heart of the City. The salon is on the northeast corner of the four-story apartment and retail building, whose completion in 2004 — along with the adjacent Grande Market Square building — helped inau-gurate Burnsville’s new downtown redevelopment district. The Hair Station space is part of one of two larger spaces once consid-ered possible restaurant sites overlooking Nicollet Commons Park. A series of other ten-ants have gradually oc-cupied the spaces. Only a 1,700-square-foot space remains unfilled on Grande Market Place’s first-floor retail level, Burnsville Economic De-velopment Coordinator Skip Nienhaus said. The Hair District is a group of independent sa-lons in which stylists rent their chairs. Owner Monte Mosiman has stylist part-ners at each of his loca-tions. “Most of them are in the western suburbs,” said Sue Nordmeyer, a stylist partner in the Burnsville location along with Kerri Ingebretson and Nikki Mitchell. “What’s kind of exciting is this is the first south-of-the-river loca-tion.” Nordmeyer worked for many years at the J.C. Penney salon at Burnsville Center before leaving two years ago and renting a chair at Revive Salon and Spa in Apple Valley. The Farmington resi-dent said the Hair District brought her on board for her connections to the Burnsville area. “We wanted to find just the right location” for the new south metro salon, Nordmeyer said. “We kind of wanted to stand out. And we just kind of felt that everything along (County Road) 42 is so congested. There’s a lot of other salons there. “All of us just fell in love with this area, the Heart of the City. And it just happened that this lo-cation was still open, so we

went for it and it worked out perfectly.” With 23 full-time rental stations and nine for part-time stylists, the salon can accommodate 41 stylists, she said. The salon also has an aesthetician room. Mosiman, a former Chanhassen resident who now lives in Texas, opened the first Hair District in Eden Prairie in 1997 and later opened salons in Edi-na, Chanhassen, St. Louis Park, Plymouth, Uptown Minneapolis and Maple Grove. Ingebretson comes to the Burnsville salon from the Chanhassen location and Mitchell from the Plymouth location.

Restaurants didn’tmaterialize With the addition of the Hair District, retail space in the Heart of the City is almost fully occu-pied, Nienhaus said. “From a retail perspec-tive, there’s really hardly anything left to go into,” he said. The two would-be res-taurant spaces overlook-ing the park were about 7,000 square feet each, separated by a veranda, Nienhaus said. Several years ago Any-time Fitness leased most of the western space on that end of the building, owned and developed by Sherman Associates Inc. “And then I think (George) Sherman did kind of hold out hopes to fill the other side with

a restaurant,” Nienhaus said. Instead, Thrivent Fi-nancial rented space. The Hair District took the re-maining space on the east side of the veranda, leav-ing only the 1,700-square-foot vacancy next to Any-time Fitness. Sitting beneath a multi-story apartment complex, the spaces may not have been conducive to restau-rants, Nienhaus said. “There would have been more than normal expenses to put restau-rants there and vent them out the roofs,” he said. “I’m just presuming, when restaurant owners put pencil to paper, there were other places in Burnsville that were less expensive to put the restaurant into.” The Grande Market Square building at Nicol-let and Burnsville Park-way, the smaller of the two red brick buildings built by Sherman, was sold in August 2012 after falling into foreclosure. Two of that build-ing’s original tenants — a banquet center called the International Chefs Cu-linary Center and Nich-ols Financial — went out of business while renting space there. Another ban-quet center called Royal Banquet and Ballroom followed but was short-lived, leaving the banquet space vacant.

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

Experience Lebanon Hills by candlelight More than 1,500 luminaries will light the way for nighttime entertainment as Dakota County Parks hosts its eighth an-nual Trails by Candlelight event from 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Visitor Cen-ter at Lebanon Hills Regional Park, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. The event features candlelit hiking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing trails in addition to an illuminated sled-

ding hill. Schulze Lake will also be lit for ice skating. Cross-country skis and snowshoes will be available for rent, but guests should bring their own sleds and ice skates. Cost is $8 in advance, $10 at the door and free for children age 5 and younger. For more information or to register, visit www.dakotacounty.us/parks or call 952-891-7000.

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Local teen pursues dancing dreamsFormer Lakeville student attends Canada ballet school

Sydney Barber, 15, is pursuing a dancing career in Can-ada at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in Canada. Barber has aspirations of becoming a ballerina and performing in Europe. (Submitted photo by Bruce Monk)

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


A local teenager is tak-ing big steps to achieve a dancing career. Sydney Barber, 15, moved from Lakeville to Winnipeg, Canada, to pursue dance with the prestigious Royal Winni-peg Ballet, where she has been awarded a scholar-ship for outstanding tal-ent in the full-time pro-gram. Having taken dance since she was a toddler, Sydney said she realized when she was in fifth grade that she wanted to become a professional dancer, but because of the devotion required, it was a dream she never knew she could attain. Her natural talent and ability caught the attention of her Lakev-ille dance teacher Denise Vogt, who with husband Rick Vogt, owns Ballet Royale of Minnesota. Denise Vogt encour-aged Sydney to audi-tion for acceptance into the school, where she is now in her second year of training, fully devoted and thrilled about oppor-tunities that are ahead. The audition started in Minnesota, then contin-ued for a month-long trial

at the school in Canada. “When I got accept-ed, I was really excited,” Sydney said. “I knew if I wanted to be a profession-al dancer, it would be the right thing for me to go here and be around a pro-fessional ballet company. It’s a really good atmo-sphere here to prepare you for a professional career.” Sydney and other dance students accepted in the program live in dorm-style rooms con-nected to the school and train daily. They also take high school classes adminis-tered by the University of Winnipeg. The students have counselors who mentor them and do things to-gether, like watch movies, shop or go out to eat. Costs to attend the school vary, based on a student’s age and program of studies. International student tuition ranges from $600-$3,285 for summer; and regular sessions cost be-tween $3,080-$9,985 for the full-time program that runs from September through June, according to the program’s public relations coordinator Jane Puchniak. She said students are also charged academic

and residence fees. Schol-arships, bursaries and fi-nancial aid packages are available. Sydney’s mother, Col-leen Barber, said she was opposed to the idea when Sydney first brought it up when she was 9 years old. “Of course, my first answer was no,” Colleen said. “Absolutely not.” Sydney’s dream only grew stronger, but Col-leen remained opposed to the idea until her husband Jeff Barber’s unexpected sudden fatal heart attack in 2010. Colleen said she sud-denly realized how short life is. “I realized I was the biggest obstacle to her achieving her dream,” Colleen said. Denise Vogt also en-couraged Colleen to con-sider letting Sydney audi-tion, saying that her long legs and dance skills were exactly what the Winnipeg Royal Ballet looks for in students. After about a year of research, Colleen agreed to let Sydney try out, and if she made it, Colleen would let her go. “It was scary,” Col-leen said. “But, it was the best, most exciting thing I could do for her, because she’s flying high and just

doing fabulous.” Sydney said she loves her training, and regularly keeps in touch with fam-ily via Skype and returns home for Christmas break and the month of August. “I don’t get home-sick much,” Sydney said. “Because, we’re so busy dancing, and doing other things, I don’t have time to miss home.” She described being “really scared” during the audition to gain admit-tance into the school, be-cause she knew its reputa-tion for excellence. “I didn’t realize how good the dancers were outside of Minnesota,” she said. Students come from all over the world, she said, including Japan and Thai-land. Classes include ballet, modern, pointe and char-acter dance, a stylized ver-sion of traditional folk or national dance. Sydney’s dream is to dance with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. “I’d be in such great company, and I’d also like to go to Europe and dance over there,” she said. Sydney and her class-mates spend about 20 hours per week practicing their craft, and although her pursuit of dance has

been physically painful at times, she does not want to do anything else. Colleen said she is proud of Sydney’s talents, and encouraged other parents who have children with a special gift to let them be in a place where they can be supported and “become what they want to be.”

Sydney said she appre-ciates her mother’s sacri-fice and support. “I know it was hard for (my mom) to let me go, but I’m really glad she did because I know it’s the right thing for me,” she said.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

In Burnsville, a new restaurant and a new themeColorado Station to open Feb. 10

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


One theme is replac-ing another at a bar and restaurant location on a Burnsville frontage road. The Western-themed Colorado Station is ex-pected to open Feb. 10 at 13050 Aldrich Ave. S., located west of Interstate 35W and south of Burns-ville Parkway. Colorado Station will replace The Rack Bar and Grill, a sports bar with an

outdoorsy feel and wait staffers called the Rack Girls dressed in black shorts and camouflage tops. The City Council ap-proved Colorado Sta-tion’s liquor license Jan. 21. The new place will have country music play-ing, with fewer televisions and less of a sports-bar atmosphere than its pre-decessor, managing part-ner Michael Ell told the council. The stagecoaches of

the old West inspired the restaurant’s name, said Michael Harper, head chef and a partner in the business. “If you think back to what a station was, it’s to rejuvenate people, to re-fresh them and get them back on the trail,” he said. “And that really is the base philosophy of our restaurant.” “It’s very similar to a Texas Roadhouse, if you’ve been to a Texas Roadhouse,” Ell said. A unique feature of

Colorado Station will be peanuts roasted on-site, he said. Ell said he’s worked in food distribution for 30 years, and Harper has been a chef for 42.

“This is our first ven-ture in owning something, but we’ve been in the busi-ness for a long time,” Ell said. The building was once a Timber Lodge Steak-

house. The Rack opened there in September 2012.



Wills to carry bill repealing business tax To the editor: With the 2014 legisla-tive session nearing, activ-ity is starting to pick up in St. Paul with the pre-filing of bills that will receive their first reading Feb. 25 when the Legislature re-convenes. Among those bills are one that I’ve chief authored and two I’ve co-authored. Since the last session ended, I’ve spoken with countless constituents and businesses about the need to repeal the damaging business-to-business tax-es passed in 2013. These taxes are an added cost

to businesses, which puts jobs at risk and adds costs to consumers purchasing goods and services from businesses impacted by these new taxes. There is a great deal of bipartisan support for repealing these taxes. I’ve introduced a bill that would repeal all of the business-to-business taxes using money from the projected billion dollar surplus. With the tax increases implemented last session, government is taking too much money. It’s time to undo these mistakes and ease the burdens placed on Minnesota businesses and families. I plan to work with any legislator, Repub-lican or Democrat, to help make the repeal of these

taxes a reality. I’ve also signed on to a bill by Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington, that would eliminate the tax families have to pay for receiving employer-provided adop-tion assistance, and a bill to repeal only the ware-housing tax that begins in April. Taxes are sure to be a hot topic, and it remains to be seen which provisions, if any, will be repealed. What do residents hope the Legislature focuses on next session? Are there other tax provisions or laws that were passed that people would like to see re-visited? My door is always open, and I hope residents will contact me either by

phone or email to pass along thoughts and sug-gestions. For those who would like to set up a meet-ing, I’m happy to meet for coffee with constituents in Rosemount or Apple Val-ley, or in St. Paul at my of-fice. Thank you for the con-tinued privilege of serv-ing our community in the Legislature, and I look for-ward to working hard for Rosemount, Apple Valley, and Coates in 2014.

Rep. ANNA WILLSR-Apple Valley, District 57B

Build paved trails around Lebanon Hills To the editor: I’m concerned about what may happen to the gem of Dakota County – the beautiful Lebanon Hills Regional Park. We have lived and worked here since 1985, raising a family and enjoying park trails and programs such as camping, swimming, canoeing and even kick-sledding. At the same time, there was a respect to leave some areas quiet for habitat and wildlife. The only way to get to those areas was by unpaved paths. Wow, how lucky we are to enjoy these woods and prairies as if we were “Up North.” This

new Park Development Plan will bulldoze and de-stroy it. I’m a park volunteer and have seen how they suffer under-budget and under-staffed with proj-ects that beg to be done. Now comes the commis-sioners’ “Master Plan,” a rather grandiose develop-ment plan with millions of dollars for a project that many don’t want and with no future revenue to main-tain it. A few years ago, when I attended an earlier plan meeting, it was more in compliance with resi-dents’ wishes. What hap-pened? Why did it change? It’s not about stewardship, restoration or protection, which used to be the key-stones of the parks sys-tem. That needs to be a part of the plan. Let’s consider alterna-tives. Let’s ask ourselves what harm will be done? On the current plans, there has been discussion of habitat destruction. We need to define ecological stewardship and water re-source management. As an alternative, why not build network trails con-necting with each other around the parks. Let’s keep encroachment to a minimum. This is an opportunity to leave either a bigger de-velopment footprint (as of the current plan) or mini-mize it. There is develop-ment everywhere. There

are only the parks left – and development is there, too. How much should there be? How do we want our parks used? Do we want to protect them for the future? “How often we speak of the great silences of the wilderness and of the importance of preserving them and the wonder and peace to be found there. … However should their si-lences be broken, they will never be the same.” – Sig-urd Olson

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Parks staff deserves thanks To the editor: Much was on display at the Dakota County’s Lebanon Hills Regional Park open house last week (the second in as many months), but nothing more so than the patience, courtesy and professional-ism of the park system’s staff. I was struck by the care they took care to re-spectfully answer every citizens’ questions, staying long after the scheduled closing time in what was surely already an extended work day. It was clearly evident to me how much each of these civil servants cared deeply about the

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Addressing hunger through strategic collaboration

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by Brian Geratyand Jeff Mortensen

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Earlier this year, the Brookings Insti-tute released data showing that between 2000 and 2011, the ranks of the poor in the Twin Cities suburbs grew by more than 115,000 – a 128 percent increase in that time. This report highlights the hard reality food shelves are facing: an esca-lated need for healthy food and financial assistance that is overwhelming the com-munity safety-net. Food banks have responded by bud-geting to dispense more food and dol-lars, while funders influence this system by promoting increased food distribution with easier access. Hunger could theoret-ically be eliminated by distributing more and more food, but only temporarily. Unless there is a paradigm shift in how food banks and funders approach food insecurity and food injustice, we will be hard-pressed to reverse the trend of families relying on food shelves as part of their family’s financial budget. The opportunity exists to work to-gether differently, leveraging the ex-pansive set of local access points and community competencies to promote long-term self-sufficiency. This includes access to a greater volume of nutrition-ally rich food products and targeted ser-vices among many community partners. We believe authentic collaborative efforts between resource providers, including the recipients of food, will correct the cycle that is creating food shelf dependency. We must continue to meet the immediate need for food and move people toward longer-term self-sufficiency to reverse the current trend. With that in mind, 360 Communities

and Vineyard Community Services have signed a memorandum of collaboration that seeks to change the way we address hunger and access to healthy food in the south metro by leveraging each organi-zation’s core competencies and relation-ships with families. This collaboration will focus on making healthy foods more accessible to the food insecure, while ef-fectively providing pathways that build stability and promoting self-sufficiency. Food inequality remains a daunting factor costing government, health care and individuals billions of dollars each year as well as lives. According to the Center for American Progress, hunger costs the United States at least $167.5 billion every year in health care, govern-ment, education and more. While the context of and circumstanc-es surrounding food injustice and insecu-rity vary, a common denominator exists: inadequate access to sufficient quantities of healthy food. In addition to address-ing under-nutrition, we seek to bridge the gap between food security and health sustainability. In 2012, 360 Communities served 14,000 individuals with its network of five food shelves, two resource centers, two domestic violence shelters and three school success programs. With nine pro-grams in 40 locations acting as access points for families in need, 360 Com-munities provides resources and referrals

that stabilize families. Staff work directly in homes and schools addressing a whole host of needs to build parenting skills and develop learning plans for students. Domestic violence advocates work from shelters and throughout Dakota Coun-ty to provide counseling and life skills coaching that help women and children start new lives. Staff leverage community funding and locations where families are naturally congregating to stabilize hous-ing and address other financial concerns. A critical underpinning of all of this work is access to healthy food. When that basic need is met, a family can concen-trate on increasing stability and working on the skills it takes to reach self-suffi-ciency. Vineyard Community Services served 23,000 individuals with healthy food during that same period. The organiza-tion utilizes technological and process efficiencies to make nutritious food avail-able to more people. We believe that by working together our two organizations can deliver greater resources to the com-munity that are more accessible to meet immediate needs, build stability and pro-mote longer-term self-sufficiency. And just as importantly, we believe these syn-ergies can be achieved in a way that is more cost effective longer-term through collaboration. We plan on doing the following: • Distribute healthy, nutritious food more efficiently. Integrate Vineyard Community Services’ food shelf opera-tions to provide greater access to emer-gency hunger relief services for the Da-kota County food insecure population. • Build stability and promote self-sufficiency more effectively. Integrate and streamline 360 Communities intake/assessment operations to provide greater

access to self-sufficiency services for fam-ilies seeking assistance. Dakota County Director of Commu-nity Services Kelly Harder is encouraged by organizations that look beyond com-petition and work together to achieve common goals. “There’s more than enough work for all of us and there’s never going to be enough resources to resolve some of these issues,” says Harder, “so I really commend the partnership that is cur-rently going on between 360 Communi-ties and Vineyard Community Services. … If we just provide food and don’t work for greater self-sufficiency, then we just perpetuated the cycle of in the door out the door.” With this collaboration, we seek to change the dialogue and action sur-rounding the issues of poverty, hunger and nutrition. We believe there are other organizations with core strengths and ex-pertise we do not possess that would en-hance our ability to reach and empower more people. We invite others to join us. If we work together in a new way, we can change lives in Minnesota, break the cycle of poverty and reach more people with healthy food.

Brian Geraty is executive director of Vine-yard Community Services, a nonprofit that serves families and individuals in times of need. The organization utilizes techno-logical and process efficiencies to make nutritious food available to more people. Jeff Mortensen is chief operating officer of 360 Communities, a nonprofit that en-gages communities to prevent violence, en-sure school success and promote long-term self-sufficiency. Columns reflect the opin-ion of the authors.

by the Rev. Paul JarvisSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Back in 1908, Father Paul Wattson – a Greymoor Friar in New York – started an ecumenical prayer movement that would eventually catch on, and not just with the hierarchy of the Catholic Chris-tian Church. The week of prayer for Christian uni-ty, Jan. 18-25, would eventually catch on with many other traditions within Chris-tianity: especially during the 60s, when most mainline denominations were rec-ognizing other denominations’ baptisms. Believe it or not, these mainline churches actually considered each other to be – hold onto your seat – “Chris-tians.” One doctrinal difference had of-ten been all it took for denominations to fracture into smaller and smaller slivers of Christianity. Whereas it used to be the tendency of nearly all Christians to pray that all may be one … within one’s particular denom-ination. And whereas pastors tended to be

more concerned about growing their congregations to pay the bills, and less about ecumenical collaboration and mu-tual respect. Within the past 50 years, the vast ma-jority of Christian denominations have been praying for the unity of all Chris-tians, according to God’s will and ac-cording to the means that God wills. Once dormant, the ecumenical spir-it is again blossoming here in Dakota County. Over the past few years, congrega-tions’ pastors and still more congrega-tions’ members have gathered at our local Thanksgiving Eve Service, with do-nations of food and money for our local food shelf. Two years ago, Rosemount

United Methodist hosted the service, and St. Joseph’s Church played host this past year. For three years in a row, St. Joseph’s Church has hosted an ecumenical Bless-ing of the Animals on the first Satur-day of October. Lutheran ministers and Catholic deacons and priests blessed quite a few “Cath-eran” pets and farm animals, as well as their owners. Joining other civic organizations and businesses, Rosemount denominations of all stripes came together in One Rose-mount Feeding Families, absolutely and positively impacting a great many lives locally and globally. And Leprechaun Days wouldn’t be the celebration of community that it is if were not for all the local congregations getting involved. This past weekend, a unity prayer penned by the Rev. Karen Bruins, lead pastor of Rosemount United Methodist, was read by pastors at her church and at St. Joseph and hopefully at other congre-gations as well. The unity prayer seeks to expand on the united efforts of the body

of Christ already flourishing in our com-munity. Who knows! Perhaps in several years’ time we’ll not only have a bigger Thanks-giving Eve Service, we’ll have a powerful combined multi-congregation choir sing-ing at several community functions. We’ll have even more combined prayer services and events. We’ll unite in Bible study and devotions and ministries. We’ll bless a horde of Baptcathpresbymethepisco-theran animals. And we’ll not only call each other broth-ers and sisters in Christ … we’ll actually mean it. Please join faith-filled folks in Rose-mount, Lakeville, Eagan, Farmington, Apple Valley, Burnsville, Inver Grove Heights, Coates and other towns in pray-ing daily this prayer for unity … as God wills and guides.

The Rev. Paul Jarvis is the lead pastor at Church of St. Joseph in Rosemount. A copy of the Prayer for Unity is at www.SunThisweek.com/tag/unity-prayer. Col-umns reflect the opinion of the author.

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park system they are inter-ested with. While there is still dis-agreement over how best to utilize this great natural resource, the citizens of Dakota County should be proud of the everyday peo-ple we have working hard on our behalf. Park Com-missioner Steve Sullivan, conservation manager Al Singer, Kurt Chatfield, Beth Landahl, and all the other kind staff present that evening deserve a gen-uine “thank you” for pre-senting their hopes for the future and for listening to the opinions of the people. Having met them all, I am ever more hopeful that in the end a great plan will be formed … one based upon consensus and rep-resentative of our shared concerns, hopes and love for Lebanon Hills.

DAVID SCOTTEagan

Balance needs to be found To the editor: Why does it seem like all the letters to the paper oppose paving any part of Lebanon Hills Regional Park? Why does it seem like the comments in pub-lic meetings oppose pav-ing any part of the park? Why does it seem like the Dakota County Parks De-partment and the county commissioners ignore the public outcry? Why does it seem that they have their

own agenda and are ig-noring their constituents? Who was the person who first stood up and said: “Let’s look into paving some trails”? Will he or she stand up now and tell the paper why, and why it continues to be pushed? Will the present Park De-partment members and commissioners who are for the paving, tell the paper why it continues to be pushed in the face of what seems to be an over-whelming opposition? It seems like the people sit-ting around the table are saying: “We know what’s good for you.” Who will stand up and tell the paper why the 2001 Master Plan, calling for the park to be preserved as a natural en-vironment is wrong and we should now have paved

trails? What next? Concession stands in the woods? Why not pave every trail? Why not have guides every 50 feet? Why not have neon trail markers? Why not drinking fountains every 100 yards? Why not trail-side speakers explaining the local flora and fauna? Why not light the trails? How about vending ma-chines dispensing granola bars? How about diaper changing stations? If this was some time ago in Kansas City, Chi-cago, or even St. Paul, one might wonder if someone had a relative in the land-scaping or paving busi-ness.

JOE CHANSLOREagan

Meaningful involvement To the editor: Many appreciate that the Dakota County Board has delayed the process to adopt the Development Master Plan for Lebanon Hills Regional Park. De-spite the delay, the plan continues to emphasize capital development over ecological stewardship, and creating the plan still does not have meaningful citizen involvement. Prior to adoption of any master plan, the board needs to amend the pro-cess to involve citizens in creation of the plan, rath-er then asking for their in-put after the fact.

HOLLY JENKINSEagan

LETTERS, from 4A

lectively as Patty Peterson & Friends, will present a concert from 6-9 p.m. Feb. 1 in the Valleywood club-house at 4851 McAndrews Road. Admission is free to all

the events; Mid-Winter Fest this year won’t be sell-ing buttons, which in past years were required for all events. There will be a charge for concessions and some activities such as the temporary tattoo booth. Guests who bring a

non-perishable food item to the community center will be entered in hourly prize drawings, with the food donations going to the Shepherd of the Valley food shelf. More festival informa-tion, along with registra-

tion forms for Mid-Winter Fest athletic tournaments, is on the city’s website at www.cityofapplevalley.org.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

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Burnsville’s Lari appointed to state Asian councilTransportation expert also involved in ethnic issues by John Gessner


Civil engineer Adeel Lari has had a lot to say about how Minnesotans get around. Hired by the Minnesota Department of Transpor-tation in the mid-’70s, Lari was in charge of ramp me-ters and freeway cams, devices that made the arduous commute from his bedroom suburb of Burnsville a lit-tle more tolerable. “Most of the time they would transfer the (com-plaint) calls to me, and I would say, ‘Yeah, I know – I was there 10 minutes ago,’” said Lari, who worked at a traffic-man-agement center in Minne-apolis. He held a variety of increasingly lofty posi-tions during 30 years at MnDOT, which he left to study and champion new-fangled transportation ideas at the Humphrey In-stitute of Public Affairs. He helped lead the suc-cessful push for MnPASS toll lanes, an idea he’d

touted since 1996, and these days he is studying benefits of the driver-less car, which Lari says could increase road capac-ity by replacing the flawed judgement of human driv-ers with the efficient traffic logic of computers. “I believe it is going to change the way we move,”

Lari said. But the well-known engineering and policy wonk, currently serving as director of inno-vative financing in the Humphrey In-stitute’s State and Local Policy Pro-

gram, has long been influ-ential in another realm of Minnesota life. A native of Pakistan, Lari helped lead the push for creation of the Council on Asian-Pacific Minne-sotans, which the Legisla-ture formed in 1985. Lari has served a total of 12 years as an appoint-ed council member (eight as chair) and, after an ab-sence, was appointed this month to a new four-year term by Gov. Mark Day-ton. His is one of four advi-

sory councils speaking on behalf of minority groups in Minnesota, Lari said. “We were the last one to be formed,” said Lari, a Burnsville resident since 1975. “We also saw that the other ones were being represented. We felt that we should have the repre-sentation as well.” Pakistanis are still a small segment of Minne-sota’s population — about 3,000, Lari said — and the original statute creat-ing the council left peo-ple from his south Asian country ineligible for membership. “But the idea wasn’t that I should be on the board,” Lari said. “The idea was that we should have an institution that could speak on behalf of the Asian-Pacific commu-nity.” While segments of Min-nesota’s Asian immigrant community may have little in common, either in back-ground or social and edu-cational achievement, the group as a whole is viewed by the larger population as “people from somewhere else.” “So it was important

for us that we would have a group that could speak for us,” said Lari, who has also been a DFL Party activist and founded the party’s Asian-American Caucus. One of the committee’s accomplishments, which he spearheaded, was get-ting the state Board of Education to subdivide academic-performance data among Asian stu-dents, Lari said. “Part of our popula-tion, which is immigrant, like Chinese and South Asians, are doing very, very well in education,” he said. “But then the other half, which consists of Hmong and Laotians and Cambodians, they are not doing very well in educa-tion. If you average all the Asians, we are doing very well. But part of the popu-lation is really hurting.” Southeast Asians came to the United States as war refugees, Lari explained, while southern and far eastern Asians came as immigrants, many to at-tend school, and some, like him, with degrees al-ready in hand. “So we talk about dis-parities in education, dis-parities in health, other

issues,” he said. “A lot of disparities are there, and we talk about those. But at the same time, we talk about encouraging trad-ing” with Asian countries. Lari said he was first appointed to the council in the early 1990s by Gov. Arne Carlson. He was re-appointed by Gov. Jesse Ventura, Lari said, and applied for appointment by Gov. Tim Pawlenty but wasn’t selected. Regardless of his gu-bernatorially appointed membership status, he has been a near-constant pres-ence on the council and has served as a council-appointed community liai-son. Lari headed the search committee for a new exec-utive director after Kao Ly Ilean Her resigned in Oc-tober 2012. Her replace-ment, Sia Her, was named in early 2013. “I believe in serving the community and doing what I can,” said Lari, who also serves as a head elec-tion judge in Burnsville. “I feel that I have some expe-rience.”


Adeel Lari

Area Briefs‘Super’ pancake breakfast The Farmington Knights of Columbus will

host a pancake breakfast from 9 a.m. to noon on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2, at the Church of St. Michael, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington. Pancakes, French toast, sausage links and scram-bled eggs will be served along with coffee, juice and water. Good-will offerings will be accepted. Proceeds will go towards DARTS.

Women’s wellness event “How To Make 2014 Your Best Year Ever,” a free women’s wellness sem-inar, will be 9-11 a.m. Sat-urday, Feb. 8, at the Chart House, 11287 Klamath Trail, Lakeville. The seminar is for women age 15 and above who are interested in im-proving their health and appearance. It will be led by health, fitness and personal care professionals as a commu-nity awareness and fund-

raising event for 360 Com-munities’ Lewis House. Presenters include Erik Peacock, a certified fitness and nutrition professional; Ashlee Secord, a licensed marriage and family thera-pist; Val Schonberg, a reg-istered dietician and nutri-tionist; Dr. Tom Schmidt, owner of Life Wellness Center; and Lori Williams, licensed massage thera-pist/yoga teacher. The seminar is free. A $10 tax-deductible dona-tion will be received at the door for 360 Communi-ties. More information is at www.lakevillefitwomen.com.

Veterans Valentine date Lakeville Yellow Rib-bon is hosting Veterans Valentine Date Night from 6-9:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., for military members and a guest. Dinner catered by Ras-

cals is set for 6:30 p.m. The event includes a cash bar, dinner and dance music and souvenir photos of each couple. The event is free, but registration is required at www.lakevilleveterans.com. Seating is limited. Partially funded by Tee It Up For The Troops.

Open house set for Highway 52 project An open house will be held from 5-7 p.m. Tues-day, Jan. 28, on the pro-posed Highway 52 and CSAH 86 (280th Street) interchange/overpass in Randolph and Hampton townships and CSAH 86 (Rochester Boulevard) re-construction project. The new interchange will replace the existing at-grade intersection. The project will also include reconstructing 1.3 miles of CSAH 86 from Highway 52 to the east county line. The Jan. 28 open house

will be in the council chambers at Cannon Falls City Hall, 918 River Road, Cannon Falls. Attendees will have an opportunity to review de-sign options, ask questions and provide comments. More information is at http://www.co.dakota.mn.us/Transportation/RoadStudies/Current/Pag-es/highway-52-and-csah-86-randolph.aspx.

Divorce info session People considering di-vorce or in the early stages of divorce can attend a free informational event from 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, at Summit Execu-tive Offices Suites, 1500 McAndrews Road W., Burnsville. To reserve a spot or for more information, call Terryl Johnson at 952-431-0805. Sponsored by Di-vorce Financial Directions in Burnsville.

Apple Valley Rotary members attend district Mid-term Assembly Six members from Apple Valley Rotary participated in the District 5950 Mid-term Assembly on Sat-urday, Jan. 11, at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Cen-ter. In attendance were David Kings-bury, president; Bruce Nordquist, president elect; Eva Cheney-Hatch-er, secretary; Wayne Hilbert, direc-tor; William Tschohl, public rela-tions director; and Greg Higgins, member. Twin Cities TV personality Joan Steffend inspired Rotary members to “Engage Rotary, Change Lives” by focusing on ways to achieve peace within themselves and how to engage Rotary to spread that peace and change lives. District 5950 Governor Diann Kirby said that over $200,000 of the

district’s goal of raising $1 million for the annual fund of the Rotary Foundation had been reached. She said the assembly set a record for at-tendance (250) with 55 of 63 clubs represented. Kirby would like to see all clubs grow this year, a topic that Nor-dquist was invited to speak about during the event. Kingsbury and club members said recruiting new members is im-portant and will work hard to grow membership this year. He said growing membership will make it possible for the club to be involved with many community projects. Kingsbury added that he will lead the Apple Valley club in getting all members more involved. Also during the assembly, mem-

bers were able to meet more than 20 leaders to learn more about such Rotary projects as Ending Polio Now through Polio Plus, hosting an exchange student, STRIVE mentor-ships, Feed My Starving Children, Safe Water Plus-Honduras, public relations and the 5950 District Con-ference on May 2, “Celebrate Lives Changed” at the Radisson Blu in Bloomington. The May convention will celebrate 2013-14 club success-es. For more information about be-coming a member, contact Kings-bury at 952-432-4388 or visit www.applevalleyrotary.org. The club meets each Wednesday at 7 a.m. Until the former Enjoy Restaurant reopens as Vivo, the club is meeting at the Valleywood Clubhouse.


In Lakeville, mayor calls for task force regarding school road safety

Al and Candy Meyer live in a home on three acres off Dodd Boulevard south of County Road 70 where over $9 million in road improvements are set to start this spring. Markers to their right show where right of way will take more than 100 trees from their property for the wider road. The couple worry the wider road will attract more truck traffic, and while they say some improvements are needed, roads near schools should have a higher priority. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Matt Ettl critical of delays to upgrade Dodd Boulevard where daughter died by Laura Adelmann


Citing increasing resi-dent concerns, Lakeville Mayor Matt Little an-nounced the City Council will discuss formation of a collaborative task force next week to comprehen-sively address school road safety citywide. Discussion will occur at the City Council’s Jan. 28 work session at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall; the meeting is open to the public. Little said the task force would seek to include rep-resentatives from the City Council, Dakota County and School Districts 194, 192 and 196, which are in Lakeville boundaries. He invited the public to participate, noting nu-merous constituent com-munications City Council members and other city officials have recently re-ceived regarding road safe-ty near Lakeville schools since the Dec. 4 fatal crash involving Lakeville North junior Alyssa Ettl. Little said residents are expressing concern about numerous areas near Lakeville schools: County Road 50, Dodd Boule-vard, Ipava Avenue, 210th Street regarding pedes-trian access to Lakeville South High School and complications around Mc-Guire Middle School, lo-cated off Holyoke Avenue south of downtown. “Just this morning, we received an email about Highview Avenue and ac-cess to All Saints private school,” Little said. Lakeville resident Christine Preston used her Twitter account to request

the city consider a walking path along 210th Street for children to get to school. “Awful seeing kids on the street!” she added. Lakeville resident Kelly Bankole said she is con-cerned about safety on 205th Street between Ipa-va and Jacquard, which she described as a relative-ly busy, narrow road that is a popular route between the two high schools. She said it is very close to the water and has no barrier between the road and the lake. Little said it is time for “a full and comprehensive discussion about school road safety in Lakeville.” When told of Little’s proposal, Alyssa Ettl’s father, Matt Ettl, said, “Obviously, I think it’s something we need to look at,” but he expressed frustration that improve-ments to the mile of Dodd Boulevard near Lakeville North have been put off for years. “I think that road should have been fixed a long time ago,” Ettl said. “If they’ve truly been looking at it for 10 years, then shame on whoever’s in those chairs.” County and city of-ficials have said the road improvements were de-layed because the devel-opment to help fund them dropped in the recession. City Administrator Steve Mielke recently re-ported the most recent es-timates to design, acquire right of way and recon-struct Dodd Boulevard from 194th to 185th Dodd Boulevard section near Lakeville North is $6.1 million.

He said the city’s 45 percent share of the cost is $2,771,955. Mielke said the city has collected roughly $185,000 in escrows from four subdivisions on the west side of the road. Interest has grown the escrow to about $220,000. Those escrows reduce the city share of the total esti-mated cost. Right of way acqui-sition is estimated at $1,574,700, according to Mielke. “As development on the east side of the road occurs, the right of way will go down due to the dedication of right of way by the developers, and we will acquire ad-ditional escrows,” Mielke said. “Thus the cost of the project goes down sub-stantially by waiting for the subdivisions to be de-veloped.” Ettl expressed frustra-tion at the development situation. He suggested the city and county stop approv-ing more development near the road that will add more traffic without im-proving the area of Dodd Boulevard near Lakeville North. Plans for that road’s upgrade have been dis-cussed but delayed since 2006. The project is currently set for 2018, but city and county officials have indi-cated they may move the timeline up as they review Capital Improvement Plans and prioritize fund-ing later this year. Ettl cited concerns about two new develop-ments moving forward

before any work is done to address safety on Dodd Boulevard near Lakeville North. The City Council ap-proved a preliminary plat for two developments at its Jan. 21 meeting that would add about 100 housing units near the Dodd Boulevard sec-tion of road by Lakeville North from 185th Street to 195th Street. Preliminary plat ap-proval was granted for Kyla Crossing, 15 acres located off County Road 50 where Cross Nursery used to stand. The development would add 40 single-fami-ly homes off nearby Ipava Avenue, where heavy traf-fic levels have also raised safety concerns, especially because it is the primary access for Kenwood Trail Middle School. Traffic concerns re-garding the new develop-ment were addressed in several ways, including the county’s requirement for enough right of way to allow the planned widen-ing of Ipava Avenue into a four-lane road, and add-ing a cul-de-sac on a road originally intended to connect to Ipava Avenue. When the property ad-jacent to Kyla Crossing develops, it is expected to provide another neighbor-hood access to the devel-opment. At the same meeting, the council also granted preliminary plat approval for Summerlyn North, a 62 single-family home development on 34 acres east of Dodd Boulevard and south of 190th Street, also close to the Lakeville

North section of Dodd Boulevard. With the project will come road upgrades to 190th, a gravel two-lane section, and improved turn lanes onto Dodd Boulevard. Ettl cited concerns about the additional traf-fic the developments would bring, and ques-tioned why the mile stretch on Dodd Boulevard was not included in the 2013 upgrades to nearby 185th Street and Highview Av-enue completed last sum-mer. He also asked why Da-kota County is prioritiz-ing spending millions up-grading Dodd Boulevard south of County Road 70 in rural Eureka Town-ship instead of upgrading the road next to Lakeville North that leads to a stu-dent parking lot.

That two-year project is scheduled to start this spring. The five-mile stretch of Dodd Boulevard is also winding, narrow and the site of multiple accidents, but the county and state agree traffic counts do not match the amount of traffic on the road near Lakeville North. “I empathize with people in that area, but in the section where Alyssa’s accident was there is four times more traffic,” he said. “I want to see some-thing done right, with some logic, not the tra-ditional government pro-cess.” Ettl said he recognizes that there are financial considerations, but agrees with the Lakeville School Board’s Jan. 14 resolution

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2014 Tax Guide


LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

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

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

DATE OF MORTGAGE: May 24, 2007MORTGAGOR: Christine A.

Herrmann, a single person.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc..DATE AND PLACE OF RECORD-

ING: Filed June 6, 2007, Dakota County Registrar of Titles, Docu-ment No. 612050, as corrected by Corrective Mortgage recorded No-vember 14, 2013 as document no. T725151 on Certificate of Title No. 111704.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: M&T Bank. Dated June 7, 2013 Filed June 20, 2013 , as Document No. T718114.

Said Mortgage being upon Reg-istered Land.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100196800031001998LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Home Loan Cen-ter, Inc., dba LendingTree Loans

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER:

Bayview Loan Servicing, LLCMORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-

DRESS: 14620 Garrett Avenue #310, Apple Valley, MN 55124

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 01.81401.01.138LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY:Residential Unit Number 310

and Garage Unit Number 53 in Condominium No. 36 Garrett Square Condominium Homes

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $97,000.00

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

$96,169.84That prior to the commence-

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

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

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March 18, 2014 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

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

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

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on September 18, 2014 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemp-tion period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

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

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”Dated: January 13, 2014M&T BankMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assigneeof Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688837 - 13-008787 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATIONFROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published in theApple Valley

January 24, 31, February 7, 14, 21, 28, 2014

166464

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

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

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

DATE OF MORTGAGE: August 9, 2007MORTGAGOR: Phillip A. Klang

and Elizabeth C. Klang, husband and wife.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc as Nominee for Summit Mortgage Corporation.

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded August 28, 2007 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2540644.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: U.S. Bank National Association. Dated July 19, 2013 Recorded July 26, 2013, as Document No. 2965860.

TRANSACTION AGENT:

Mortgage Electronic Registra-tion Systems, Inc.

TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100061907000032151LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE:

Summit Mortgage CorporationRESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

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

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 15970 Heath Court, Apple Valley, MN 55124

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 014580108140LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lot 14, Block 8, Lon-gridge Second Addition, according to the recorded plat thereof, Dakota County, Minnesota

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $222,000.00

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

$234,705.54That prior to the commence-

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

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

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March 13, 2014 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

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

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

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on September 15, 2014, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemp-tion period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

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

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”Dated: January 2, 2014U.S. Bank National AssociationMortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assigneeof Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688819 - 13-001222 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATIONFROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #196 CALL FOR BIDS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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requesting Dakota Coun-ty and Lakeville place a high priority on upgrad-ing that portion of Dodd Boulevard near Lakeville North. He said Lakeville should use its 45 percent share of the costs for county road projects to “fix the most important things first,” which he said should be roads near schools that have higher traffic counts than rural sections. “Frankly, something needs to be done. It proba-bly needs to be done down south too, but I think when you’re that close to a major high school, it should take a priority.” Some residents in the rural section set for Dodd Boulevard reconstruction agree with Ettl. Al and Candy Meyer live in a home on three acres off Dodd Boulevard and 259th Street. The $9 million project will double the county’s right of way for paved shoulders, add turn lanes, straighten curves along the five-mile stretch and reduce hills. The Meyers contend there are cheaper alter-natives to improve safety and worry the improve-ments will make the road more dangerous than it is now because it will invite more traffic. Al Meyer cited par-ticular concern about 18-wheelers that take the road as a shortcut to reach Interstate 35. “This road wasn’t de-signed as a truck route,” Al Meyer said. He suggested a cheap-

er way to make the road safer is to widen the road within its current right of way instead of going with plans to double it, post signs banning 18-wheelers from using it, improve en-forcement and reduce the speed limit. Candy Meyer ques-tioned whether the im-provements being done are all needed. “Like, we’re getting a right-turn lane in front of our property to go onto 259th Street, this little block-and-a-half gravel road,” she said. “There’s 10 people that live on the whole thing. I said we have more traffic in our driveway than they do on that gravel road. But that doesn’t matter, it gets a right-turn lane.” Improvements to that portion of Dodd Boule-vard are primarily funded through a federal grant that Assistant County Engineer Brian Sorenson said requires a local match and restricts its use to ru-ral connector roads. The Meyers do sup-port some improvements to the road, especially the roundabout Scott County is installing at the end of Dodd Boulevard and Pillsbury, where there have been multiple car crashes, but they suggested the county and city could fo-cus their funds to improve roads near schools. They both agreed im-proving Dodd Boulevard by the high school is a higher priority than the portion of road in their area. Not all of the Meyers’ neighbors agree that the south portion of Dodd Boulevard should be con-

sidered less of a priority than the section by Lakev-ille North. Daryl McNab called it a “very dangerous road,” that is curvy, hilly and has narrow, steep ditches he called “death traps.” “I empathize with ev-eryone north,” he said. “But Dodd south of 70 also needs to be fixed.” Ettl expressed frustra-tion about how difficult it is for government to do seemingly simple things, like reducing the speed limit. County officials have said the state sets speed limits in rural roads at 55 miles per hour, as it is on the Dodd Boulevard sec-tion near Lakeville North. The county has applied to the state for a speed study, a requirement be-fore any changes can be made. Ettl said he travels the road frequently, and often encounters school buses filled with students. “I’ve been up and down that road many times since Alyssa’s accident,” Ettl said. “I’ve seen buses going up and down it and I think about a bus losing control on that road with 50 or 60 kids on it. “Something needs to happen to that section of road,” he said. “I think it needs to happen sooner rather than later. I think if people conclude that a stretch of road that gets four times as much traf-fic with your children involved is not a prior-ity, then maybe we should take a second look at it.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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Lakeview Elementary School kindergartners Jaylen Suby and Lilly Paulson worked on part of a mural being assembled under the watchful eye of artists-in-residence Shane and Kelly Anderson of Anderson Illustrations in Apple Valley. All students are help-ing to paint the mural, designed by the Andersons based on student input about what makes their school unique. The project is funded by the Lakeville PTO. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Artists at work

SeniorsApple Valley The Apple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the following activities, which are or-ganized and run by the Apple Val-ley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityofapplevalley.org. Monday, Jan. 27 – Int. Line Dancing, 10:30 a.m.; Executive Committee, 10 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Pool, 1 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Cribbage, 1 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Velvet Tones, 10 a.m.; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Tap Dancing; 12:30 p.m.; Pool, 1 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31 – Morning Stretch, 10 a.m., Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.

Burnsville The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Edu-

cation Center at 200 W. Burnsville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for in-formation about the following se-nior events. Monday, Jan. 27 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Card Recycling, 12:30 p.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex Ex. Tuesday, Jan. 28 – Quilters, 9:30 a.m.; Cedar Lanes Bowling, 10 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Stroke Support, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Troubadours, 1 p.m.; Line Dancing. Wednesday, Jan. 29 – Wood-carvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Landmark Trip, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:30 a.m.; Chair Tai Chi, 11 a.m.; 500 and Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex Ex. Thursday, Jan. 30 – Coffee Talk Alzheimer’s, 10 a.m.; Defensive Driving Refresher, noon; Open Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; Apple Valley Bowl Bowling, 12:45 p.m.

Driver improvement classes The Minnesota Highway Safety Center will offer 55-plus driver-im-provement courses on the follow-ing days: • 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 28 (four-hour refresher course), AAA Minnesota – Iowa, 600 W. Travel-ers Trail, Burnsville. • 5:30-9:30 p.m. Feb. 4 (four-

hour refresher course), Lakeville Senior Center – Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. • 1-5 p.m. Feb. 6 (four-hour re-fresher course), Burnsville Senior Center – ISD 191, 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway, Burnsville. • 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 7 (eight-hour full course), Apple Valley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. • 5-9 p.m. Feb. 10 and 11 (eight-hour full course), Market Village, 100 J Robert Way, Elko New Mar-ket. • 5:30-9:30 p.m. Feb. 11 (four-hour refresher course), Apple Val-ley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. • 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 13 (four-hour refresher course), Apple Val-ley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. The courses are open to the public; however, preregistration is requested. The eight-hour course is $24; the four-hour refresher is $20. For more information or to regis-ter, visit www.mnsafetycenter.org or call 888-234-1294.

Rosemount The Rosemount Area Seniors “Do Drop Inn” is open to senior citizens 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The room is locat-ed in the Rosemount Community Center and allows seniors a place to stop by and socialize during the week.


friends at lunch, but at his new junior high school, students were separated by gender. It was around this time Overby realized he identi-fied more with girls than boys and began to do whatever he could to hide his gender issues. “I felt I had to hide it by being more masculine,” she said. After graduating from high school in 1972, Over-by attended the University of Minnesota where he found a more liberating environment. Yet he con-tinued to hide his inner battle. “You do it all in secret,” she said. “You feel guilt and shame.” While in college, Over-by began to identify as gay and started dating a man. Within a couple years, he dropped out of college due to an abusive relation-ship — a relationship he had kept secret from his parents. Two years later, Overby returned to the univer-sity and graduated with a bachelor’s in psychology.

Finding fulfi llment In 1979, Overby be-gan working as a mental health counselor in South St. Paul. “It was very reward-ing,” she said. “You get a sense you are making a big difference in someone’s life.” At the time, mental health patients were begin-ning to be released from state hospitals, which was reportedly rife with abuse. Life in society, however, wasn’t always much bet-ter, Overby said. Many of her clients struggled with homelessness, and some committed suicide. “That never gets easy,” she said. “But I learned a lot from the people I worked with.” As a candidate for the DFL endorsement, Over-by said she is committed to supporting programs that best serve the needs of people suffering from mental illness. Overby said she plans to examine ways to make some of these programs more efficient.

Family life Following the suicide of a male love interest in 1980, Overby decided to date women again. “I think it was a sense of denial,” she said. “I was attracted more by jealou-sy of what women had. I found them attractive but not sexually attractive.” That year, she met her ex-wife, Marie, while working with Marie’s mother. “I thought it was love at first sight,” Overby said. Though Overby lived as a heterosexual man, he privately dressed as a woman. Since he was terrified friends or co-workers would discover the cross-dressing, Overby would change into dresses in the car before driving home from work. When stop-ping for gas, he would change back into male clothes before getting out of the car. “I was always terrified someone would catch me,” she said. Over time, Overby be-came comfortable wearing women’s clothing in pub-lic, but would tell people he lost a bet or some simi-lar story. “I always had a good excuse and people would accept it,” she said. Though Overby hid it from friends and family, he shared the truth behind the cross-dressing with Marie and even proposed to her while wearing a dress. The couple were wed in 1984. That same year Overby took a job at an IT company after gradu-ating from the University of Minnesota with a com-puter science degree. Over the years the cou-ple tried to live an other-wise ordinary family life. Excited to be a parent, Overby had no qualms raising Marie’s 3-year-old daughter, Jamie, as his own. “The best thing I got out of my marriage was being a parent, and I love it,” Overby said. Within a few years, the couple had two more chil-dren: Courtney and Tyler. “Growing up, he was

a very involved dad,” Ty-ler, 20, said. “But looking back, I could tell she had a very motherly nature.” Overby’s children knew their father dressed in women’s clothing — a fact that Tyler said never both-ered him. “We were a pretty nor-mal family,” he said. “We’d go to the park and grill. He’d teach me to do guy stuff like use a riding lawn mower and a chain saw safely.” The couple moved to Eagan in 1987 to raise their growing family. Early in the relation-ship, Overby’s wife seemed to accept her husband’s lifestyle, but over the next 10 years, it became one of many wedges in the rela-tionship, Overby said. By 1993, Overby be-gan to question her gen-der identity and began to more frequently wear women’s clothing in pub-lic. It was the beginning of what Overby calls her “man in a dress” phase. Though she frequently wore dresses, she contin-ued to maintain short hair and a mustache. Soon Overby and Marie became increasingly estranged. “I think she saw the transgender issue as a threat,” Overby said. By 2009, the couple headed into a bitter di-vorce and a two-year-long battle over their Eagan home and custody of Ty-ler, then 15. Overby spent two de-cades working in the IT in-dustry and even owned her own startup at one point, but now found herself un-employed and homeless. After bouncing between shelters and other tempo-rary living arrangements for five months, Overby found an apartment. But distraught by the loss of her home and son, Overby had spiraled into a depression and heavy drinking. “It began to mani-fest as a death wish, and I thought that drinking myself to death was the only possible conclusion,” Overby said. Within a year, Overby quit drinking with the as-sistance of a 12-step pro-gram and decided to take

back control of her life. By January 2011, Over-by won her battle with her ex-wife by reclaiming the family home and custody of their son who gradu-ated six months early that spring from Eagan High School.

Finding identity By that time, Overby had also finally realized who she was — a trans-gender woman. And that spring she began her transition by taking hor-mones. She had just started a new job at a corporate bank and was nervous how her colleagues would adjust to the change. Un-able to stand the anxiety, Overby marched into her boss’ office and told him she would be, from then on, coming to work as a woman. “Looking back, I didn’t need to do it that way,” Overby said. “I should have given them more no-tice.” Overby worked from home for the following week while the compa-ny prepared employees. When she returned, she was pleasantly surprised by her co-workers’ accep-tance. Though she found re-lief at work, not every-thing went as smoothly as Overby had hoped. Eager to legally change her identity to female, Overby was often frustrat-ed that she was required to first seek approval from a therapist. “I agree most trans people benefit from ther-apy,” she said. “But I felt I had already gotten ther-apy through AA. I know who I am.” By March 2012, Over-by was no longer Paul but legally Paula. Choosing a name so similar to her male name is relatively rare in the transgender community. Overby said she didn’t want to forget her past life but rather bridge the two. Though she is legally a woman, Overby said she hopes to one day take the

final step in her process with surgery. It’s a costly endeavor that is often not covered by health insur-ance and, like other steps in the process, would re-quire a therapist’s approv-al.

Letting go Though letting go of her male identity was easy for Overby, it came as a challenge for some of her family. Her two sisters supported her decision but still struggle in some ways to understand, Overby said. “It’s often hardest for friends and family because they’ve known that person so long in one way,” she said. “For myself, it’s not a change. It’s finally being who I am and not pretend-ing anymore.” The change has been hardest for Overby’s 86-year-old mother, who still refers to her as Paul. “It was hard at first, but I’ve accepted it,” Overby said. “I know she loves me, and that’s what matters.” Overby’s father and brother, who died decades ago, never knew Overby was transgender. “I wish (my father) could be here today,” she said. “I think we would have interesting conversa-tions. I think he would be proud of me.” Through it all, Overby said her children have been some of her greatest supporters. Overby said her eldest daughter sometimes feels uncomfortable with the change but is otherwise accepting of it. “She feels some loss of her father, which is pretty normal,” Overby said. Tyler said he was a little surprised to learn his father would become a woman but was always supportive. “It was a little weird at first,” Tyler said. Unlike his eldest sister, Tyler said he doesn’t feel like he lost a father but rather still has two parents — both of whom happen to be female. “She’s still my parent,”

he said. “But instead of calling her Mom or Dad, she’s Paula.” Tyler said he was more surprised when Overby announced she would run for office. “I think it’s awesome,” he said of her campaign. “I think she has a great message and can get young people involved.” He said he doesn’t wor-ry about the attention — even negative — that may come with having a trans-gender parent seeking the Democrat endorsement.. Like Tyler, his 24-year-old sister, Courtney has supported Overby from the start. A college student in Minneapolis, she has em-braced the transgender community and has a transgender boyfriend. Her daughter’s struggle with mounting student loan debt inspired Overby to focus much of her cam-paign on higher education and addressing its rising cost. Overby said she never had any qualms about be-ing a transgender candi-date. Perhaps a sign of the times, Overby said she has generally encountered positive reactions from people since coming out as transgender. Even a few negative ex-periences turned positive in the end, she said. Overby recalls one in-stance when a group of men at a gas station be-gan laughing and making jokes upon seeing she was transgender, yet when she asked for their assistance with her vehicle, the jokes ended and they helped. Though she’s the first to admit her chances of winning are slim, Overby said her goal is to provide a voice for all the district’s citizens. “It’s not so much who we send to Washington as the message we create,” she said. Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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SportsNotebook: local speedskater just misses Olympics by Mike Shaughnessy


When Lindsey Vonn announced earlier this month she would not com-pete at the 2014 Winter Olympics, she was not the only athlete with Dakota County ties who was de-nied a trip to Sochi, Rus-sia. Apple Valley native Rebekah Bradford, a U.S. Olympic speedskater in 2010, just missed making this year’s Olympic team. She was one-tenth of a second from qualifying in the 1,000-meter race – the event she skated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver – at the U.S. speedskating trials in Salt Lake City. Health issues had side-tracked Bradford since she skated in the 2010 Olym-pics. She had surgery on both knees in 2011, and in 2012 developed a pulmo-nary embolism that was

potentially life-threaten-ing. Bradford, 30, lives in the Salt Lake City area with her husband, Eric Plath. While her speeds-kating future is up in the air, Vonn, the Buck Hill-trained Alpine skier, made it clear she intends to be back. Vonn recently had an-other operation on her right knee, which required surgery in February 2013 after she crashed during a World Cup race. She re-injured the knee twice since then and determined that it would not be stable enough for her to compete in Sochi. Vonn, a four-time women’s World Cup over-all champion and Olympic downhill gold medalist in 2010, has said she intends to return for the 2014-15 World Cup season.

Fritze promoted Former Apple Valley High School head foot-

ball and boys basketball coach Mike Fritze has been named head football coach at the University of Minnesota Crookston. Fritze was the Golden Ea-gles’ interim head coach in 2013. After retiring from teaching and coaching at AVHS in late 2012, Fritze was hired as Minnesota Crookston’s defensive co-ordinator. The Golden Eagles’ head coach at the time was Paul Miller, who was Fritze’s predecessor as head football coach at Ap-ple Valley. Miller, however, took a leave of absence last July to address health issues, and Fritze was put in charge of the program. The Golden Eagles went 2-9 last year with a lineup that had more true freshmen playing than is common in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Con-ference. The victories were against Bemidji State and Minnesota State Moor-

head, the team’s two big-gest rivals.

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volleyball coach Jackie Richter, formerly head volleyball coach at Minneapolis Southwest, has been named to the same position at Lakev-ille North, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported last week. She will replace Walt Weaver, who coached the Panthers for two years fol-lowing Milan Mader’s re-tirement. Weaver, a hall of fame coach who had more than 600 victories at Apple Valley, had said he viewed himself as an interim coach at Lakeville North while the school sought a permanent replacement. North was 58-6 the last two seasons, winning the state Class 3A champion-ship in 2012 and finishing second to eventual state champion Eagan in the 2013 Section 3 final.

Sportscaster

of the year Lakeville resident Mike Grimm was named Min-nesota Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportswriters and Sports-casters Association. Grimm has done play-by-play of University of Minnesota men’s basket-ball on the Gopher Radio Network since 2006. He also was a pregame, half-time and postgame show host for University of Minnesota football radio broadcasts from 2006 un-til 2011, at which time he became the football team’s play-by-play voice. This is the third time Grimm has been named Minnesota Sportscaster of the Year. He also was named Iowa Sportscaster of the Year in 1999. In ad-dition to his play-by-play duties, Grimm is sports director of the Minnesota News Network.

Winiecki

to St. Cloud Lakeville North High School graduate Blake Winiecki, currently play-ing for the Waterloo Black Hawks in the United States Hockey League, verbally committed last week to attend St. Cloud State University. Winiecki, who turned 20 on Jan. 10, is in his sec-ond season at Waterloo. He has 28 points (16 goals, 12 assists) in 33 games this season and has a plus-13 rating. He played three varsity seasons at Lakeville North and helped the Panthers reach the state Class AA tournament in 2010 and 2011. At St. Cloud State, Winiecki will join former Lakeville North teammate Charlie Lindgren, who’s a freshman goalie for the Huskies.

Skating in the Hockey City Classic

Former Apple Valley High School player Hudson Fasching takes a shot during warmups before the University of Minnesota men’s hockey game against Ohio State at the Hockey City Classic on Jan. 17 at TCF Bank Stadium. The No. 1-ranked Gophers won 1-0. (Photo by Jason Olson)

AV takes on conference leader

Grace Ropke of Apple Valley takes a turn on the vault during a South Suburban Confer-ence gymnastics meet Tuesday night at Lakeville North. The Eagles lost 142.8-130.6 to Lakeville North, which is tied for the conference lead. (Photo by Rick Orndorf)

Lightning gymnasts young, promisingAbout half of

team is in seventh or eighth

grade by Mike Shaughnessy


Despite turning in team scores in the mid-130s, Eastview has yet to crack the top 20 in the state high school gymnas-tics coaches association’s Class AA rankings. Given the Lightning’s youth, maybe that will happen yet this year. Or maybe it won’t be until next season. Either way, coach Kim Miklya isn’t obsessing about it. “I’m taking it a day at a time,” Miklya said. “Things can happen so quickly. You can have an injury – which we’ve had – or with the job market being what it is, you could have somebody’s family move out of the area, and that could really affect your team. “We have a young team, but they’re eager. They have talent, and they’re hard workers.” The 19 Eastview team members participated in the summer program Miklya set up, which gave

the head coach an idea of their commitment. About half of the gymnasts are in seventh or eighth grade. The Lightning has just two seniors – Sara Desrocher and Haley Schoenecker, who are two of the team’s three captains. Despite the team’s youth, the Lightning hit a season high of 135.15 points in a Jan. 7 meet against No. 4-ranked Rosemount. Eastview scored 133.9 at the Jan. 11 Lakeville North Invite, a meet that included the top three teams in the Class AA rankings and two of the top three in Class A. There was minimal pressure for Eastview at the Lakeville North Invite as the Lightning wasn’t expected to contend for the team title. That said, “it was a fun event,” Mik-lya said. “Although you can’t worry about what the opponents are doing, you get a chance to see what’s out there while still being focused on what you’re doing.” The Lightning’s top all-arounder this season has been eighth-grader Bailey Davidson, whose season best is 35.575. Sophomore Lauren Casey

has scored 34.7. Sopho-more Samantha Gall, one of the team captains, also has competed in the all-around. Eastview lost one of its top gymnasts, eighth-grader Kayla Brunner, to a knee injury in Decem-ber. It appears unlikely Brunner will compete in the all-around again this season, but the Lightning is holding out hope she can do the uneven bars before the Section 3AA meet. Another eighth-grader, Kelsey Dolejs, had scored 34.2 in the all-around before being slowed by a hamstring injury. Miklya didn’t want to specify a score Eastview is aiming for, saying that of-ten depends on who’s do-ing the judging. It seems safe to say, however, that the Lightning might be pushing past the mid-130s if all of its gymnasts were healthy. The Lightning com-peted against Prior Lake at home on Tuesday night and will travel to Lakev-ille South at 6 p.m. Jan. 28.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Sports BriefsGirls and Women in Sports Day Former Rosemount High School girls track and field coach Mary Eigner and current Lakeville South boys and girls swimming coach Rick Ringeisen are among 17 individuals who will re-ceive awards at the 28th annual Min-nesota Girls and Women in Sports Day at noon Feb. 5 at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. Eigner, who taught physical educa-tion and health at Rosemount High School, will receive the Marie Berg Award for Excellence in Education.

Ringeisen will receive a Breaking Barri-ers Award. More information about Minnesota Girls and Women in Sports Day can be found at ngwsd-mn.com.

TAGS registration TAGS Gymnastics is accepting reg-istrations for its summer gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling camps for boys and girls ages 3-17. For more information go to tagsgym.com or contact the TAGS South Apple Valley gym at 952-431-6445.

Eagan, South go to True Team finals by Mike Shaughnessy


Eagan and Lakev-ille South will be among the 12 teams chasing the Class AA True Team boys swimming and div-ing championship Satur-day at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Cen-ter. Eagan qualified by winning the Section 2AA championship Jan. 18 at Olson Middle School in Bloomington. Lakeville South earned a wild-card spot after finishing second to Prior Lake in the Section 3AA meet in Prior Lake. Also get-ting a wild-card spot was Eden Prairie, which won the 2013 Class AA True Team championship. This year’s Class AA True Team finals begin at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

Section 2AA Eagan earned its place at state by finishing first in the eight-team Section 2AA meet, 200.5 points ahead of Bloomington Jefferson. The Wildcats opened with victories in four of the first five swimming

events. In the 200-yard individual medley Parker Lemke, Max Griesgraber, Eli Broman and Grant Swanson took first in 1 minute, 43.56 seconds. Lemke won the 200 freestyle in 1:49.44, Bro-man won the 200 individ-ual medley in 2:02.31 and added a victory in the 100 butterfly in 53.97. The Wildcats’ Gries-graber, Jasper Appleton, Tal Shub and Sam Ze-nner won the 200 medley relay in 1:31.76. Eagan also dominated in diving, taking four of the top six places. Toby Heller (407.75 points) and Alex Crow (401.95) were first and second.

Section 3AA Prior Lake scored 877 points to edge Lakeville South by five, although the Cougars still ad-vanced to the state meet through the wild card scoring procedure. Rose-mount (846), Lakeville North (756), Apple Val-ley (566) and Eastview (509) completed the field. Lakeville South senior Mitch Herrera dominat-ed the distance freestyle races, winning the 200 by

almost three seconds (his time was 1:46.33) and the 500 by almost 14 seconds (his time was 4:52.22). Two other South swimmers won two races each. Luke Sabal took the 200 individual medley (2:01.18) and 100 breast-stroke (1:02.13), and Adrian Sommers won the 50 freestyle (22.00) and 100 freestyle (49.44). Rosemount’s Daniel Monaghan, the defend-ing state Class AA div-ing champion, won that event at True Team sec-tions with 404.90 points. Lakeville North sev-enth-grader Andrew Tre-panier won the 100 back-stroke in 54.67 and added a second-place finish in the 100 butterfly. Apple Valley’s top in-dividual was senior Aar-on Olson, who finished third in the 100 back-stroke and fourth in the 100 butterfly. Eastview senior Tuck-er Hoffman was second to Monaghan in the div-ing competition with 348.60 points.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

LV North cools off Eastview skaters by Mike Shaughnessy


It’s been more than six weeks since Lakeville North lost a boys hockey game. As for the notion that the Panthers are a surprise team, that ended a long time ago. Instead, it’s probably time to call the Panthers one of the state’s best teams. North ran its un-beaten streak to 14 games (13-0-1) with a 4-1 home-ice victory over Eastview on Tuesday night. Panthers coach Trent Ei During the unbeat-en streak, Lakeville North (15-3-1 overall)

has routed 10th-ranked Eden Prairie 7-0, tied sixth-ranked Blaine, shut out No. 1-ranked Hill-Murray 3-0, beat No. 20 Eagan 6-3, blanked 18th-ranked Prior Lake 2-0 and beat No. 2 Burnsville 5-4 in overtime after fall-ing three goals behind. The Panthers also strengthened their hold on first place in the South Suburban Conference by beating their three clos-est pursuers in a span of 11 days. After their vic-tory over Eastview they were 11-1 in the SSC and held a six-point lead over Burnsville, which has played two fewer league

games. On Tuesday, North delivered a solid-in-all-phases performance against 13th-ranked Eastview, which is the only team to defeat the Panthers in league play (4-3 on Nov. 26) and was on a hot streak of its own (9-1 in its previous 10 games). Eastview (13-4 overall, 6-4 SSC) got its goal from defenseman Keith Mue-hlbauer on a power play at 5:45 of the third pe-riod, with Nick Hodgen assisting. That ended the shutout bid of North se-nior goalie Will DuPont, who made 19 saves.


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Saturday, Jan. 25 Laugh Your Way to a Bet-ter Marriage, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Church of St. Joseph, 13900 Biscayne Ave. W., Rosemount. Cost: $20, includes lunch. Registration/information: Ron and Sue Wa-gener, 612-501-9065 or www.lywrosemount.eventbrite.com. Farmington Community EXPO, 9 a.m. to noon, Farm-ington High School, 20655 Flagstaff Ave. Free admission. Grieving the Losses of Divorce, 9-11 a.m., InnerLight Healing Center, 17305 Cedar

Ave. S., Lakeville. Cost: $39 or $175 for five-session series. Registration/information: coun-selingandhealing.com, 952-435-4144.

Sunday, Jan. 26 Wedding Expo, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Best Western Pre-mier Nicollet Inn, 14201 Nicollet Ave. S., Burnsville. Free if RSVP on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/263400773811052. In-formation: Amber at 952-646-3605 or [email protected]. Discovery Day Open House, 1-3 p.m., Faithful Shep-herd Catholic School, 3355 Columbia Drive, Eagan. Short

presentation at 1 p.m. followed by a tour and hands-on class-room experiences for families of students in grades K-4 and a middle school information ses-sion for families of students in grades 5-8. Information: Shaw-nessy Schwartz at 651-262-2898 or [email protected]. All-you-can-eat buffet din-ner fundraiser by the Burns-ville Blazettes dance team, 3:30-6 p.m., Mediterranean Cruise Café in Burnsville. Tick-ets at the door: $15 adults, $10 children ages 12 and under. Spaghetti dinner and si-lent auction fundraiser for two 12-year-old Burnsville Traveling Baseball teams, 4-7 p.m., Neis-

en’s Sports Bar, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage. Meal catered by The Olive Garden. Silent auc-tion to include trips, gift bas-kets, gift certificates and more. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Cost: $7. Funds raised will go to the teams’ summer baseball trip to Coopers town, N.Y., to play at the Coopers-town Dream Park. For more in-formation, visit www.burnsville-travelingbaseball.com and click on Cooperstown 2014.

Tuesday, Jan. 28 Blue Ribbon Baker Mar-jorie Johnson and former Vi-king Bob Lurtsema, 2-4 p.m., Kingsley Shores, 16880 Klam-ath Trail, Lakeville. They will make ginger snap cookies and sign autographs. Johnson will sign copies of her cookbook. Free. Information: 952-435-8002.

Thursday, Jan. 30 “Help! I’m Getting Di-vorced,” free information ses-sion, 7-8 p.m. Summit Execu-tive Suites, 1500 McAndrews Road W., Burnsville. Get your questions answered on the di-vorce process. Free, but seat-ing is limited. Call Terryl John-son at 952-431-0805 to reserve a seat. Sponsored by Divorce Financial Directions of Burns-ville.

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

Saturday, Feb. 1 Winter Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to noon, Eagan Com-munity Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. Items for sale include locally produced food items such as honey, jams, sauces, sweet treats, artisan bakery items, strudel, root veg-etables and more. Youth Ice Fishing Con-test, noon to 2 p.m., Valley Lake Park, 16050 Garrett Path. Prizes will be awarded to youth ages 13 and under for different fish categories. Participants need to bring their own fishing equipment and bait. Register the day of the contest. Free. Sponsored by Lakeville Knights of Columbus.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • Jan. 24, noon to 6 p.m., Hosanna Lutheran Church, 9600 163rd St. W., Lakeville. • Jan. 25, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. • Jan. 29, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Apple Valley Medical Center, 14655 Galaxie Ave., Apple Val-ley. • Jan. 30, 2-7 p.m., Glen-dale United Methodist Church, 13550 Glendale Road, Savage. • Jan. 31, 1-6 p.m., Advent United Methodist Church, 3945 Lexington Ave. S., Eagan. • Feb. 3, 1-7 p.m., Berean Baptist Church, 309 E. County Road 42, Burnsville. • Feb. 3, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 3930 Rahn Road, Ea-gan.

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To submit items for the Arts Calendar, email: darcy.

[email protected].

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

Comedy Comedy and magic show featuring Dennis Carney, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Rob-ert Trail, Rosemount. Special guest star PizPor the Magi-cian. Also appearing William Hill, from Stone Mountain, Ga. Tickets: $5. Reservations rec-ommended. For information or reservations, call John at 952-255-8545.

Dance Twin Cities Chinese Dance Center, 11 a.m. to noon Satur-day, Jan. 25, Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, 952-891-7045. Experi-ence traditional Chinese dance movements and learn about the historic and cultural back-ground of these movements to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Free.

Exhibits Best of Bonnie Feather-

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

Music Patti Labelle, 8 p.m. Satur-day, Jan. 25, Mystic Lake Ca-sino Hotel, Prior Lake. Tickets: $54-$62. Information: mysti-clake.com. Patty Peterson with Family & Friends, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, Valleywood Golf Course clubhouse, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Valley. Part of the Frozen Apple concert series by the Apple Valley Arts Founda-tion. Free. Information: avarts-foundation.org.

Theater Auditions for “B-I-N-G-O Spells Murder” by the Eagan Theater Company, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, in the Eagan Room of Eagan City Hall, 3830 Pilot Knob Road. Roles include seven characters (four men, three women). Per-formances will be March 13-14. Auditions for “The Dixie Swim Club” by Expressions Community Theater, 6-8 p.m. Feb. 3-4, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Roles for five women who will be portrayed at ages 44, 49, 54 and 77. Must be able to speak with a Southern accent. Performances will be April 4-6, 11-13. Call backs, if needed, will be 6 p.m. Feb. 6. Informa-tion: 952-985-4640. “Tarzan,” presented by Children’s Castle Theater Jan. 24-26, at Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $10 adults,

$8 seniors and children 12 and younger; www.lakevil-leareaartscenter.com, 952-985-4640.

Workshops/classes/other Poetry Jam and Rap Battle, 1-3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road. Information: 952-953-2385 or cityofapplevalley.org. Allegro Choral Academy is accepting registrations for its second semester for grades 2-8. Registrations accepted until classes are full. Campuses in Lakeville and Rosemount. Information: allegroca.org, [email protected] or 952-846-8585. Drawing from the Imagi-nation, ages 11-plus, 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, Feb. 5-19, Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Cost: $62. Supplies provid-ed. Registration/information: 651-675-5521. Young Artists, ages 6-10, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, or 4:30-5:45 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 4-25, Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Cost: $45. Supplies provided. Reg-istration/information: 651-675-5521. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Adult painting open stu-dio, 9 a.m. to noon Fridays at the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Fee is $5 per session. Information: 651-675-5521. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tier-ney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes-days, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Teens Express Yourself with Paint, 5-7 p.m. Mondays at Brushworks School of Art in Burnsville, www.BrushworksS-

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

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theater and arts briefsRockie Lynne CD release Country artist Rockie Lynne will celebrate the re-lease of his “Radio Road” CD at an event Saturday, Feb. 8, at Bogart’s Place, 14917 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley. Lynne will perform at an intimate, pre-show din-ner with limited seating at 6 p.m. with a main show at 9 p.m. Cost is $40 for the pre-show dinner, which in-cludes admission and re-served seating to the main show as well as a special, acoustic performance by Lynne. Tickets to the pre-show dinner are available through Feb. 4 at http://shop.rockielynnemusic-group.com/. Tickets for the perfor-mance only are $15 at the door. More information is at www.rockielynne.com.

Unconventional ‘Snow White’ Lakeville Area Com-munity Education and Gi-ant Step Children’s Theatre present “Snow White & the 7 or 8 Dwarfs” at 7 p.m. Fridays, Jan. 31, Feb. 7 and 14; 1:30 and 7 p.m. Satur-days, Feb. 1, 8 and 15; and 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17. Performances are at Lake-ville North High School,

19600 Ipava Ave. W. Tickets are on sale at www.lakevilleareacommu-nityed.net; go to Registra-tion – Youth Enrichment – “Art, Theatre (Snow White), Music, Dance & Cooking” or call 952-232-2150. Tickets are $6 (pre-sale) or $8 at the door.

‘Scooby-Doo’ mysteries Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. Gang take center stage at 4 and 7 p.m. Thursday, March 6, in an all-new family musical, “Scooby-Doo Live! Musi-cal Mysteries,” presented by Warner Bros. Consum-er Products and Life Like Touring at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets are $65 VIP (in-cludes pre-show meet and greet with the cast), $35 and $25, and can be pur-chased at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 or online at Ticketmaster.com.

Art park builds new stage Construction of a new stage for Family Fun Tues-days at Caponi Art Park in Eagan will begin in 2014. Plans are for the new stage to be open for the 2015 season.




Rosemount’s Steeple Center will be a hotbed of murder, suspense, secret agents and knife-wielding horror in coming months. The Rosemount Area Arts Council is kicking off its Hitchcock Film Series on Jan. 31 with “Rear Window,” the 1954 suspense thriller starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly. Other Hitchcock films in the series include “Ver-tigo” (Feb. 28), “North by Northwest” (March 28) and “Psycho” (April 25). The roster of Hitchcock films is the second install-ment in the arts council’s ongoing Classic Film Se-ries, which began in March 2013 with a screening of “Casablanca.” For “Casablanca,” guests were encouraged to come dressed in attire in-spired by the classic Hum-phrey Bogart film – Bogie’s

iconic white suit, Ingrid Bergman’s khaki blazer, or Sydney Greenstreet’s fez. For “Rear Window,” guests can come dressed in costume, though the arts council isn’t hyping that aspect of the screening this time around – partly be-cause the Alfred Hitchcock film is big on psychological thrills but not so much on memorable costumes. “You can come dressed in costume – we’re open to that and we like the festive-ness, but we’re not empha-sizing that this time,” said Jim Kotz, the RAAC mem-ber chairing the Hitchcock series. As to why the arts council decided to shine the spotlight on Hitchcock for this season of films, classic-film buff Kotz said it was a matter of paying homage to one of the mov-ie industry’s all-time great directors. “To me, there’s a differ-ence between a good old movie and a classic film,”

he said. “I honestly think that by watching a Hitch-cock film you’re watching a master. “Moviemaker maga-zine called him the ‘most influential filmmaker of all time,’ and you will hear other directors, modern-day directors, say they have learned a lot from him. … He was known as the ‘mas-ter of suspense,’ and he was able to do these really neat, artsy-type of things with his films.” The arts council is rent-ing a 14-foot screen for the Steeple Center showing of “Rear Window,” and stan-dard movie theater refresh-ments such as popcorn, candy and soda will be on offer. Tickets for “Rear Win-dow” are $6 and can be purchased at the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail, and online at www.rosemountarts.com. Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

ThisweekendThisweekendComedy comes to Rosemount

Arts council hosts ‘Comedy Club’ event Jan. 25 at Steeple Center



Dennis Carney isn’t a big fan of what comics refer to as “blue” material. In other words, the 72-year-old standup comic from Savage likes to keep it clean. “A comedian friend told me a long time ago, if you have to use the F-word to get a laugh, you might as well quit right now,” he said. Carney will be bringing his PG-rated routine to Rosemount’s Steeple Center on Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Rosemount Area Arts Council’s first “Comedy Club” event. He’ll be joined at the show by two other comics – William Hill and Pizpor the Magician – from his Car-Den Pro-ductions comedy group, which hosts standup events throughout the Twin Cities about twice a month. Hill, an impressionist, does come-dic takes on celebrities such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rodney Danger-field. Renaissance Festival veteran Pizpor the Magician is billed as “the finest ma-gician to ever emerge from the tick-in-fested forests of northern Minnesota.” He’s a comic magician whose act hinges on flubbing sleights of hand and stage illusions. “He’s a very good magician, but things always go wrong,” Carney said. Carney, who retired in 2000 after nearly four decades working in the production department at the Pioneer Press, said he got interested in doing comedy after joining Toastmasters, the nonprofit which aims to build public speaking and leadership skills. Carney began honing his standup skills at open-mic nights at Twin Cities comedy venues such as the Joke Joint and Acme Comedy Club. Recruiting

some of the other comics he met at those events, Carney formed the Car-Den troupe and started staging his own shows. A fan of Jack Benny and Jay Leno, Carney said self-effacing humor is at the heart of his act. “Basically, I poke fun at myself,” he said. The Jan. 25 show is the first of what Rosemount Area Arts Council members hope will be a series of comedy nights. A second event featuring the Car-Den comics is scheduled for March 8. Tickets for the 7:30 p.m. Jan. 25 show are $5 and can be purchased in advance at the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail, and online at www.rosemoun-tarts.com. Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Dennis Carney

Maximum Hitchcock

at the Steeple Center ‘Rear Window’

opens Hitchcock

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Jan. 31

Michael (Ole) and Julie (Lena) Bateson of Can-non Falls perform in “Ole & Lena’s 50th Wedding Anniversary and Vow Re-newal” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. For tickets, contact the box office at 952-895-4680 or Ticketmaster.com. (Photo submitted)

‘Ole & Lena’ renew vows


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