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A year of progressThe 2013 legislative session provided school districts with increases in funding, but more needs to be learned from the best programs.

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Eastview boys play outdoorsThe Eastview boys hockey team earned an overtime victory over Eagan in the High School Hockey Faceoff.

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Layoffs in EaganThomson Reuters Corp. plans to lay off 184 workers at its legal publishing business in Eagan.

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Actor adapts to the jungle A Farmington High School student is swinging from vine to vine for his role in “Tarzan” in Lakeville.

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‘So many will miss her’Burnsville grad presumed dead after river mishap

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Lauren Li, a 2011 Burnsville High School graduate who co-captained the school’s Blazettes dance team, is pre-sumed dead after falling into the icy Chicago River shortly after midnight on Monday, Jan. 13. Police suspended their search for the 21-year-old Burnsville woman on Tues-day, the Chicago Tribune reported. Li was traveling to New Jersey with friends from the University of Min-nesota when they stopped in Chi-cago, said her friend and former Bla-zettes co-captain, Rachel Hassler. Li’s friend Ken Hoang, 26, was report-edly taking photos from the riverwalk when his phone dropped onto the ice. He

slipped and fell into the water trying to retrieve the phone. Li fell into the river while trying to help Hoang. Another friend, Quoc-Viet Phan Hoang, also fell in but survived, the Tribune reported. Ken Hoang died shortly after profes-sional rescuers pulled his body from the water, according to the Tribune. “It’s crazy to me that she passed be-cause of her intense bravery,” Hassler said in an interview. “It’s nothing out of the ordinary for her. She always wanted to help others. It’s just so sad. So many people will miss her. She made everyone feel like they were best friends with her.” An excellent student in high school, Li was pursuing a degree in pharmacol-ogy at the university, Hassler said. Dance and school were “a huge part of her life.” She was a senior honor roll student in Lauren Li was one of four co-captains of the Burnsville

High School Blazettes in 2010-11. From left are Kaitlin Osgood, Hannah Blenkush, Li and Rachel Hassler. (Submitted photo)

The boys went outside to play

Eagan boys hockey fans cheer on their Wildcats at the 2014 High School Hockey Faceoff at TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 11. Eastview defeated Eagan 3-2 in overtime during the slate of outdoor games at the home of the University of Minnesota football team. For a report and photos from the event, see today’s Sports page and go online to SunThisweek.com. (Photo by Rick Orndorf)

New Eagan busstop will speedRed Line rides

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


The trip between Apple Valley and the Mall of America on the Cedar Av-enue Red Line is expected to become a little faster and more direct by 2015. On Jan. 7, the Regional Railroad Authority ap-proved a recommendation to build a new stop in the center median of Cedar Avenue in Eagan. From the stop, rid-ers will be able to take a 300-foot enclosed climate-controlled walkway over Highway 77 that will con-nect to the existing Cedar Grove transit station. Commuters have been frustrated by the slow Ea-

gan stop since its opening last year. Presently buses must exit Highway 77 onto local streets to reach the station — located at 4035 Nicols Road — and then back-track to the highway. Officials initially planned to fix the stop in the second phase of the $112 million project, but riders prompted them to act sooner. After examining several options, county officials decided the $14.6 million stop would provide the greatest time savings at the lowest cost, said Kristine Elwood, transit engineer for Dakota County.

Metcalf Junior High theater director Steve Orth and Burnsville High School senior Katherine Carman wrote original scripts that will be performed Thursday through Saturday at Metcalf ’s annual one-act play event. (Photo by John Gessner)

Playwrights keep it realBHS senior to debut one of her many works at Metcalf



Katherine Carman must have greasepaint in her blood. She has de-signed theater sets, ap-plied makeup to actors, costumed casts and dab-bled in sound, lights and assistant directing. But those who know her from five years of behind-the-scenes work at Metcalf Junior High in Burnsville may not be aware of her most prolific talent. The Burnsville High

School senior has writ-ten 17 complete one-act plays, many for her eyes only. But not “Masks,” a probing look at school popularity and social artifice that also marks Carman’s directorial de-but. “Masks” will be pre-sented this Thursday through Saturday, Jan. 16-18, at Metcalf ’s annu-al one-act play event, and again Jan. 23-25 at the School District 191 one-act showcase at Burns-ville High School. Carman, who attend-

ed Metcalf in eighth and ninth grade and has stuck around as a volunteer in the school’s drama pro-gram, isn’t the only play-wright in the house. Language arts teacher Steve Orth has written and produced a number of original scripts during his 15 years as Metcalf ’s theater director. His “Spectators” will play alongside Carman’s play this week — a first-time pairing of original scripts at the school’s

Workman looks ahead as new County Board chair



2014 will be an eventful year for Dakota County Commissioner Liz Work-man of Burnsville. The newly elected County Board chair will serve as the board’s top of-ficer at the same time work is substantially completed on a $40 million inter-change project at Highway 13 and County Road 5. Pleased to finally see work on a project she pushed for years as a Burnsville City Council member, Workman is also candid about the traffic hassles it will create for a second straight construc-tion season. “That was 10, 12 years in the making,” Work-man said of the project, which will run Highway 13 beneath County Road 5, eliminating the signal-ized crossing and a major bottleneck on the heav-ily traveled state highway. “It’s really gratifying to see 5 and 13 where it is right now. Even though, if you drive through it, I’m sure you’re going to cuss your way through it. This year, 2014, I would avoid it, if at all possible. It’s going to be worse than it was last year.”

Other de-velopments on tap for the county this year i n c l u d e board ac-tion on the controver-sial Leba-

non Hills Regional Park master plan and some li-brary renovations, Work-man said. A former Burnsville Parks and Natural Re-sources commissioner, Workman was first elected to the City Council in 1996 and served through 2008, when she won election to the County Board. Work-man was re-elected in 2012 to the District 5 board seat, which her predeces-sor, Mike Turner, held for two decades. “Obviously, the people of Burnsville like the job that Mike did,” said Work-man, 58. She served as vice-chair last year and let it be known she was interested in serving as the 2014 chair. The seven-member board unanimously elect-ed Workman Jan. 7. She replaces outgoing Chair Kathleen Gaylord of South St. Paul. Commis-

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Thomson Reuters to lay off 184 workers in Eagan Officials at Thomson Reuters Corp. have said the New York-based com-pany will lay off 184 em-ployees in March at its le-gal publishing business in Eagan. The cuts are a part of the financial data and me-dia company’s decision announced in October to eliminate 3,000 jobs com-panywide , which accounts for 5 percent of Thom-son Reuter’s global work-force, said Scott Augustin, spokesperson for the Ea-

gan operations. In October, Thomson Reuters declined to say how the Eagan campus would be affected, but of-ficials did say the bulk of the cuts would be in the company’s finance and risk business, which is based in London. Thom-son Reuters also stated most of the notifications would occur in the fourth quarter of 2013. In December, the com-pany announced that lay-offs would include Eagan,

but declined to say how many jobs would be af-fected. Officials did say the cuts would be in manage-ment information systems. Thomson Reuters em-ploys 7,000 workers in Eagan, which serves as the headquarters for its legal business. Augustin declined to say whether there will be additional layoffs or how far along the company is with its companywide lay-offs.

— Jessica Harper

Schmid new board chair in 191 by John Gessner

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Jim Schmid was elect-ed the 2014 chair of the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage District 191 School Board Jan. 9. He was elected unani-mously by the seven-mem-ber board at its annual or-ganization meeting. Schmid, a Burnsville resident elected to the board in 2010, had been serving as vice chair. His board term expires at the end of this year. He replaces the 2013 chair, Sandy Sweep, whose leadership was praised by fellow Board Member Ron Hill.

Sweep “has acted as the face of our school district” during a year when the board hired a new superin-tendent, Joe Gothard, Hill said. The board elected Bob VandenBoom vice chair, DeeDee Currier clerk and Abigail Alt treasurer. Board members voted to set their monthly sala-ries at $500, which they’ve been since January 2008, with a traditional extra $50 monthly stipend for the chair because of added duties of the office.

Studentperformancecommittee In other action, the

board voted to add a standing board committee called the Student Perfor-mance and Achievement Committee. Gothard recommended forming the committee, whose three chair-appoint-ed members will work with Assistant Superinten-dent Cindy Amoroso and the district’s Teaching and Learning Team on curric-ulum, instruction and test-ing issues. The committee will meet monthly. “This really gets at the nuts and bolts of what we’re all about,” Hill said.

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

Former Eagan insurance agent admits to filing fake policy applications A former Eagan insur-ance agent accused of fil-ing and profiting from fake insurance policies pleaded guilty on Jan. 7 to theft by swindle. Dewitt Alonzo Da-vison, 32, received $32,088.78 in commission for numerous fake insur-ance applications he filed between Sept. 3, 2010, and

Oct. 17, 2010. Company officials be-came suspicious upon no-ticing Davison used the same bank account num-bers to pay for the policies. In January 2011, the company contacted the Minnesota Department of Commerce, whose in-vestigation revealed Davi-son used either fictitious

or relatives’ names on the fake applications. Davison told investiga-tors he was “having money issues” and “got in over his head.” His sentencing hearing is set for April 2 in Hast-ings. He faces up to 10 years in prison.

— Jessica Harper

Job Transitions Group to meet Jan. 21 in Eagan Michael Monroe Kief-fer will present “Advanced Interviewing Skills to Land a Job Offer” at the Jan. 21 meeting of the

Easter Job Transitions Group. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. at Easter Luther-an Church – By the Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road,

Eagan. Small group sessions for those who would like the opportunity to process their job loss in a safe, car-ing environment will be of-fered at 9:30 a.m. in a pri-vate setting at the church following the speaker. Call 651-452-3680 for information.

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Obituaries Anniversaries

Terry & Charleen Ekegren50th Anniversary Terry and Charleen

Ekegren celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniver-sary on January 11, 2014. A celebration with their family has been planned for this Summer.

Board votes 5-1 to speed up Dodd upgradeLakeville

mayor, School Board chair set special meeting regarding road by Laura Adelmann


A month after a Lakev-ille North High School student died in a crash on Dodd Boulevard, Lakev-ille School Board mem-bers passed a resolution 5-1 on Jan. 14 requesting Dakota County and the city of Lakeville “place a high priority” on up-grading Dodd Boulevard from 185th Street to 194th Street. School Board Chair Roz Peterson said she and Mayor Matt Little will meet next week to discuss safety concerns about the road, which is one of two access points into the Lakeville North High School student parking lot. School Board Member Judy Keliher was the lone vote against the resolu-tion, citing concerns that proper procedures were not followed by the School Board in bringing the is-sue forward. The resolution states the improvements on Dodd Boulevard near the Lakeville North High School should be priori-tized to address the road’s “ever increasing volume of traffic and longstand-ing serious traffic safety issues.” It was reported last week in this newspaper that Dakota County has planned but delayed up-grades to Dodd Boulevard for years while spending on road projects in less populated areas. A $9 million two-year upgrade to Dodd Bou-levard in rural Eureka Township is slated to be-gin this spring. According to state and local police records, dozens of accidents have

occurred on Dodd Boule-vard near Lakeville North in the last five years, and two Lakeville North stu-dents have died on the stretch since 2004. Lakeville North junior Alyssa Ettl, 16, died on the road on her way to school on Dec. 4 after the vehicle she was driving skidded on slush and was broadsided by oncoming traffic. Lakeville police Officer Rick Bussler was one of the officers who respond-ed to Ettl’s crash scene. He described working fatal crashes on the job as “heartbreaking,” and said many times he does not feel safe driving on that segment of Dodd Boule-vard where Ettl died. “Looking at that road-way, it seems to kind of scream there’s some struc-tural things not quite right with it,” he said. “It’s got a steep grade. It’s narrow and has no shoulders. It’s a tough road to maneuver on, and many times I don’t feel comfortable driving on that roadway for work and personal time.” He said last winter he nearly lost control of his car while driving south-bound on that stretch. “It’s one mile,” Bussler said. “All they need to do is somehow cut that hill down and widen it out.” The School Board reso-lution asks the county and city to improve the road segment sooner than 2018, as current plans now indi-cate. Because the stretch is a county road, Dakota County is lead in priori-tizing road improvements, but works with cities to set priorities as they fund 45 percent of the work un-der a funding mechanism unique to Dakota County statewide. Improvements to the road segment originally appeared in plans in 2006, slated for construction in 2010 but have been delayed as development waned. Meanwhile, housing

development up the road from Lakeville North con-tinues to be forwarded. The Lakeville Planning Commission on Jan. 9 unanimously recommend-ed City Council approval of a preliminary plat for a 62 single-family home development just north of the high school. In the School Board resolution, it is noted de-velopment could exac-erbate traffic problems on the segment of Dodd Boulevard near Lakeville North. The 34.5-acre develop-ment, dubbed Summerlyn North, is located on the south side of 190th Street near Dodd Boulevard, the intersection where Lakev-ille police reports state Ettl’s accident occurred. More developments are also planned or occurring in the area, including the 155-lot Crescent Ridge housing development. Lakeville Planning Commission Member Karl Drotning cited con-cerns at the meeting that the city is planning de-velopment near roads that are not prepared for the increased traffic they bring. In an interview, Drot-ning said the city has reached the tipping point, and no more develop-ments should go forward until there is some action to address that portion of Dodd Boulevard. “I think there should be a commitment by the city on the front end to ac-celerate Dodd reconstruc-tion by working with the county in whatever means necessary,” he said. Drotning also noted the “chicken and egg” sit-uation the city and county are in regarding road im-provement decisions. “We need development to help pay for infrastruc-ture, yet development drives infrastructure and the need for it,” Drotning said. Through development of a west side portion

of that section of Dodd Boulevard, the city has es-crowed $184,000 for road improvements; the other side is not developed. Purchasing right of way is a big expense, City Administrator Steve Miel-ke has said. School Board Mem-ber Bob Erickson said he plans to propose the School Board consider a resolution that the dis-trict donate right of way it owns on the west side of Dodd Boulevard at 185th Street, where Century Middle School athletic fields are located. That action could cut substantial costs and al-low the possibility of the road improvement work being moved up in county and city plans. “If the board deter-mines it prudent to donate now, the only right of way the county doesn’t have on the west side of Dodd is a single family home,” Er-ickson said.

Complications Increasing the traffic concerns regarding the Dodd Boulevard stretch are the road improvements planned for nearby 190th Street, a two-lane unpaved rural road slated for some upgrades related to the Summerlyn North devel-opment. The work will be pri-vately funded through the development, according to the city. Lakeville city staff have proposed several options for improvements for the 190th Street and Holyoke Avenue intersection, east of the Dodd Boulevard segment of road near Lakeville North. Options included build-

ing a roundabout or a “T” intersection. Those proposals were slated for City Council ap-proval in December, but delayed when City Council Member Colleen LaBeau, daughter of Summer-lyn North developer Jim Stanton who owns three-fourths of the property north of the Dodd Bou-levard stretch, questioned the proposal. She said property own-er Loren Schweich had indicated he did not want a roundabout, contrary to what city staff reported in their conversations with landowners. Staff just met with all property owners this week, so no council action has been taken on the is-sue. According to the School Board resolution, the portion of Dodd Bou-levard near the high school has not been upgraded in design since it was paved in 1923. It also notes the road was built in 1853. The resolution details numerous safety issues with the curved, two-lane mile stretch of road, in-cluding the structural con-cerns and its 55 mph speed limit, the highest in the area. After Ettl’s death, Da-kota County added the section to an area it had requested the state to study for potential chang-es in the speed limit. Erickson said he wrote the resolution and showed it to Dakota County of-ficials prior to the board considering it to get their feedback and said the county had no problem with it. He said he also dis-cussed the resolution with

city officials before the School Board vote. Keliher said a third student died on that por-tion of Dodd Boulevard in 1999 and she has “the same concerns that ev-erybody has about (the road),” but voted against the resolution because she thought the process was wrong. She said she would pre-fer the entire School Board discuss the issue with Da-kota County and the city before voting on a resolu-tion so it was “truly repre-sentative of our voice.” School Board Mem-ber Jim Skelly said the School Board respects the position of the city and county, and wants to work collaboratively with them, but felt the resolution pro-vides advocacy and clarity from the school’s perspec-tive. “This is a defined com-munity need in my mind that impacts student safe-ty,” Skelly said. Peterson said the board did discuss the issue dur-ing the meeting and called the resolution “very be-nign.” “The reason why we didn’t have a special meet-ing about it is there were people here, obviously, who are concerned about school safety,” Peterson said. “We want to raise awareness. Dakota Coun-ty has a lot of different priorities, and we have two of them: County Road 50 and Dodd. If you don’t say something, you’re go-ing to get just shoved un-derneath the rug. We want to be proactive.” Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].


Letters Tackle buckthorn problem To the editor: A neighbor gave me a calendar with the follow-ing quote: “The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rear-ranged by the hand of man.” Can these places ex-ist in our urban area? I urge all readers to visit Lebanon Hills Re-gional Park before its fun-damental character could be altered by a $31 million controversial master plan. Take a hike, walk the dog, mountain bike, horseback ride, rent snow shoes or cross country ski. Notice, are people friendly on these dirt trails compared to our ubiquitous asphalt trails? Does the dog hold it tail a little higher? Is the pace slower? Does breath-ing feel deeper and easier when in the middle of

Lebanon Hills? In 2001, the county passed a master plan which called for massive

restoration including tack-ling the buckthorn. This was not done and the wild-life in the park are paying

the price for our inaction. Human needs are not in competition with natural resources. We are fortunate to have a place like Leba-non Hills Regional Park. Our human hands do not have to “develop” this space. Our hands do need to take care of the buck-thorn which could destroy the oak forest. Let’s get to work in 2014 tackling the ecological problems of Lebanon Hills. This work is needed to preserve the park for future genera-tions of humans as well as the many other life forms – birds, muskrats, oak trees,

amphibians, fish – that we are fortunate to share this place. I encourage in-terested people to go the Wild Lebanon Hills web-site to learn how to sup-port Wilderness in the City.

LAURA HEDLUND Chair, 2001 Lebanon Hills Master Plan task forceEagan

Poll shows Obermueller ahead To the editor: It’s no surprise that Mike Obermueller leads the race for representing the 2nd Congressional District of Minnesota (Public Policy Polling, Oct. 21-22, 2013). The recent poll showed him running ahead of the in-cumbent, and with good reason. Obermueller has his eye on what we need in Minnesota and our coun-try. He has the savvy to support the education of all young people, so they can perform well in life. His leadership in funding early education can save our country billions in re-medial services in the fu-ture. Mike also extends the hand of cooperation across the aisle. He has the old fashioned idea that people should not be blocked from working to-

gether just because they come from different par-ties. He seems to come from the belief that this kind of collaboration can actually be a source of progress for people. Un-like some incumbents, he also seems to believe sav-ing tax money need not favor one tax bracket over another. Large numbers of peo-ple in the 2nd District have begun to see the value of supporting key projects like education and fam-ily stability, and Mike has supported those key proj-ects solidly and reliably. He advocates cutting gov-ernment waste in subsidies for those who are already rich, and keeping more of our hard-earned dollars at home. Mike Obermueller is recognized as a depend-able, forward-thinking citizen, just the kind we need to represent us in Congress. PAUL HOFFINGEREagan

If greater use is the goal, market it To the editor: I grew up in Eagan near where Lebanon Hills Re-gional Park currently is. I was the fifth (and final) generation to be raised

Correction A photo of Burnsville wrestler Jack O’Brien in last week’s Burnsville/Eagan Sun Thisweek sports section misidentified his opponent and weight class. The opponent was Paul Hansen of Prescott, Wis., and it was a 126-pound match. Sun Thisweek Newspapers regrets the errors.

Good news for public education in 2013

Lebanon Hills development plan – a stakeholder’s view

The year 2013 brought good news for education. The Minnesota Legislature approved additional funds for early childhood education and for all-day kindergarten. Eighty-six percent of local school levies were approved. Money borrowed from school districts during poor economic times have been repaid. The ECM Editorial Board, in a series of editorials last year, advocated these actions among others. ECM member newspapers keyed news coverage to ma-jor education issues: State funding, local funding and innovative classroom ap-proaches. Editorials also urged our state’s edu-cational leaders to: • Establish accountability to ensure the extra funds allocated to young chil-dren will be used effectively and fairly. • Urge federal and state governments to live up to their promises of special education funding. • Support and expand credit options for high school students, through dual credit opportunities and other programs. • Support and expand vocational op-portunities to help close the gap between students’ skills and employment oppor-tunities. • Maintain a singular focus on the need to ensure that all children are read-ing at grade level when they start fourth grade. We shared test scores that were hard to digest. In Minnesota, 63 percent of

all fourth-graders were not proficient in reading. Of black children, 88 percent were not proficient. Experts agree that children need to be reading at or above grade level by the end of the third grade or face a distinct possibility of spending their remaining educational years at a disadvantage. We also shared this sobering fact: Minnesota tied for 29th in the country for graduation of students who entered high school in 2007 and should have graduated in the 2010-11 school year. Minnesota’s overall graduation rate was 77 percent. Some progress has been reported. The annual study of kindergarten readi-ness by the Minnesota Department of Education showed that Minnesota children entering kindergarten are bet-ter prepared. Seventy-three percent of children were determined to be ready for kindergarten, up from 60 percent in 2010. A child who is ready for kinder-garten is considered on track to meet the achievement targets on the third-grade Minnesota Comprehensive Assess-ments, the MDE says. The 2013 Adequate Yearly Progress report says our graduation rate remained about 77 percent overall. However, that same report says 72 percent of Minne-sota children are scoring “proficient” in

math; 68 percent are proficient in reading — definite improvement. The National Assessment of Educa-tional Progress showed some narrowing of the achievement gap in its 2013 report. By putting extra funds into education for young children, the intent is these dis-mal achievement numbers will improve. Parents, educators and taxpayers need to watch those dollars — are they being spent in ways that will foster educational progress from preschool through Grade 3? We need to learn from schools that are succeeding. MinnCAN.org reports, for example, that English language learn-ers and black students at Glacier Hills Elementary School in District 196 placed No. 5 and No. 6 in the state, respectively, on proficiency tests. Ten schools in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage District 191 made one-year gains in closing the achievement gap between white and minority students, according to state data. Nine of the district’s 15 schools increased their ratings on Min-nesota’s broad measurement of school performance, called the Multiple Mea-surements Rating. Students at Sheridan Elementary School in Richfield gained 17 percentage points over the past year in overall pro-ficiency. Students of color at Champlin Park High School, Apple Valley High School and Coon Rapids High School are in the state’s top 10 for overall pro-ficiency. We need to learn what these

schools are doing right. Other major topics will arise in 2014 and beyond. Major overhauls of educa-tion financing will be discussed in the Legislature. Teacher accountability is an-other huge topic. How do we maintain a quality educational system and how do we keep teachers accountable? These issues will also be part of the next round of teacher contract negotia-tions, a process that could be very con-tentious. This editorial concludes our year-long commitment to raising and analyzing education issues. We are pleased with the accomplishments of the past year, but we urge diligence and emphasis continue to foster basic skills among the young, to offer specialized help to all students as needed and to expand alternative choices for high school and post-secondary stu-dents. We will continue to comment on edu-cation issues important to our communi-ties. Our state has many challenges ahead, including a changing ethnic demographic and an aging population. Our economy is showing growth but still has issues. Our future will be brighter with a well-educated and proficient base of young people entering the workforce.

This is an editorial from the ECM Edito-rial Board. Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune are part of ECM Publish-ers Inc.

by James E. Jenkins SPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

What makes a great park? I guess this question depends on who you ask. In 2001 that question was asked and was answered in a new Lebanon Hills Regional Park Master Plan created by many hours of input by a stakehold-ers task force consisting of 13 park us-ers and 13 representatives from affected surrounding municipalities. This plan was adopted by the Dakota County commissioners in 2001. The overarching vision of this plan was to create a bal-ance between ecological preservation/rehabilitation, including water manage-ment, development to support the natu-ral environment and new land acquisi-tion. The vision also included primary em-phasis on the fact that this park is unique and is not planned to provide all activi-ties for all citizens. It is to be preserved

as a natural experience and should be maintained in a natural condition with only the necessary facilities to support this natural environment. When the com-missioners adopted the 2001 plan, they were solidly in favor of this vision. They must know that their current plan is not consistent with this vision. The vision, intent and details of the 2001 Master Plan have clearly been vio-lated and the new development plan is rapidly moving in an entirely different direction. It is now being planned to be a park that is all things to all people. The so called “public input” process has rein-forced the vision of the 2001 plan. The vast majority of the public input com-ments have been dramatically in favor of maintaining & rehabilitating the natural environment and are against the hard

surface trail / hubs coming to the park and the hard surface trail penetrating through the center of the park. Yet the new development plan ignores that input. Most people do not realize the impact of the cut and fill, damage to the vegetation, additional water runoff and erosion, and the ongoing maintenance cost that these new trails will cause The Dakota County Parks Department and commissioners claim that this new direc-tion is consistent with the 2001 plan. How can that be? How can they think that the stakeholders task force would have developed a plan that allowed this much latitude for hard development? What is their motivation? It seems to me it would have been a much more honest approach, if the commissioners would simply have said: “Look, we have changed our minds and our vision for the park. We think it should be a great park, by a revised defi-nition and not a unique park. It should

be for everyone and all activities.” Would most of the stakeholders agree? No, but at least it would be a straightforward po-sition by the county and we could con-tinue trying to move the emphasis back to the natural vision and intent of the majority of the park users. I hope that the county commission-ers will rethink their position and honor the intent of the 2001 Master Plan. Too many parks nationally have already been ruined by over development, destroying the very reason users loved them. As a county we have the opportunity to be unique and preserve this 2000-acre gem in our community to be enjoyed for fu-ture generations. I hope we take advan-tage of this opportunity, make a bold decision and do what’s right.

James E. Jenkins, of Apple Valley, was a member of the 2001 Lebanon Hills Re-gional Park Stakeholders Task Force. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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on land homesteaded by the Diffleys who immi-grated here from Ireland in the 1850s. My father, Tom Sterns, served on the park board that set aside Lebanon Hills as wild park land for future gen-erations. My grandfather (James Diffley) and moth-er (Rosemary Sterns, who still resides in Eagan) and their neighbors grew up swimming in the “swim-ming holes,” hiking, snow-mobiling, fishing and ice fishing and generally using this land as their unoffi-cial “parks and recreation area” growing up. It is a gift that I can bring my children to ex-perience a taste of “old Eagan.” I hope one day my grandchildren will be able to have wild, nature-immersion experiences on this gorgeous, unadulter-ated land. As a marketing profes-sional with particular ex-perience in visitor/tourism related marketing, I have often been surprised that Lebanon Hills is not mar-keted more as a premier winter sports and wilder-ness destination to folks in the surrounding areas. Perhaps more investment in unique visitor market-ing is a better strategy than paving a trail through it if increased use is the goal. When my friends and I come to Eagan two to three times per week during the winter from St. Paul to ski we almost al-ways eat nearby in Eagan restaurants, buy gas, etc. thereby bringing money into the local economy. Thank you County Commissioners for pre-serving this true Dakota County treasure for future generations. Many ideas in the current proposed plan are worthy but running a paved path through the middle of the woods and impacting the grading, foliage, and trail crossings seems like a poor decision. Once this is done it can-not be undone. Regard-ing accessibility, please remember that there is almost zero accessibility for preserved, wild places now … this (along with rare jewels like the Grand Canyon and the Boundary Waters) is one, beautiful exception. Please recon-sider these plans and find alternative routes from the campgrounds to the beach area. KATIE STERNSSt. Paul, former Eagan resident

Support for 360 needed more than ever To the editor: This past Christmas 1,100 families were ad-opted through the Armful of Love program of 360 Communities. Thanks to everyone who stepped forward to provide this needed sup-port and helped to make the Christmas of these families more joyful. Apple Valley Rotary raised $4,900 from mem-bers to help 10 families with 40 children. The need, however, has not gone away and the winter months are the most diffi-cult time for these families. They need help paying for rent, utilities, car repair and financial assistance in addition to a shortage of food. Your support is needed more than ever. Rotary of Apple Valley with 48 members requests that their members bring in food or monetary dona-tions on the first Wednes-day of each month when they meet. The members under the leadership of David Kingsbury recog-nize the need for their sup-port. David has indicated the club will be stepping up their efforts. During the winter months expenses rise with increased heating costs. More people are seen to be out of work at this time of year. Many who are ac-cessing food shelves are people who worked for the same company for over 10 years and have now lost their jobs. 360 Communi-ties in Burnsville is trying to help these families with

their basic needs. By supporting 360 Communities we change lives and help to strength-en communities. The need is great and I am confident that everyone will find a way during the next few months to support 360 Communities. The ad-dress is 501 E. Highway 13, Suite 102, Burnsville, MN 55337; phone 952-985-5300; and website www.360commuities.org. You can make a dif-ference. Remember that a great need can happen to any of us. 360 Communi-ties is there for all of us.

BILL TSCHOHLMember, Rotary of Apple Valley

Thanks for helping out To the editor: My name is Charlie Trombley and I’m a soph-omore in Boy Scout Troop 446 in Eagan. I’m cur-rently working on the Citi-zenship in the Community Merit Badge and needed to interview someone from the Public Works Depart-ment about snow plowing and road conditions. Mr. Russ Matthys an-swered my email and gave very detailed responses to my questions regard-ing snow removal. I know that with the snow and ice this is a very busy time of year for them and I really appreciate him taking the time out of his schedule to personally respond to my email.

CHARLIE TROMBLEYEagan

Pseudo science denies climate changeTo the editor: In Kevin McCarney’s Jan. 10 letter he spread pseudo science, the kind not spread by scientists. This data that he says that “is in” is spread through disinformation campaigns funded by the Koch Both-ers and their American Legislative Exchange Council-based groups that hide behind American-titled entities to promote perceived patriotism. I had to laugh when he de-scribed the green money going to scientists and the elites. Anyone paying at-tention might see the exact opposite. Snow and cold weath-er can be part of climate change. Learn the science. Please take with a grain of salt and little else the dis-missive stance toward sci-ence that Mr. McCarney touts. There are many great resources to choose from, but first I would listen to the respected scientists, 97 percent of whom believe that our growing climate crisis is something we the people have helped create and we the people can and must do something about. For the health of your children and theirs and your community, please act to create a better world for all of us.

DEBORAH NELSONLakeville

Listen, react to public input To the editor: County Commissioner Tom Egan said in his Dec. 26 opinion piece he wel-comes input regarding the Lebanon Hills Regional Park trail plan, but is he paying attention to that input presented thus far? Citizens who attended the Dec. 16 open house did not come with “their own pre-disposition” as Mr. Egan implies. Rather, they were residents and constituents who are educated about the plan to build a paved trail through the middle of the park. They chose to attend the event, ask ques-tions and provide input. Mr. Egan simply does not like the tough questions that are being raised, be-cause it gets in the way of the development of their plan. Mr. Egan is right, there have been a lot of nega-tive comments. An over-whelming majority of those comments have op-

posed this development and were received well be-fore the meeting on Dec. 16. The common theme of the comments, is the county should place an emphasis on restoration and preservation of this natural space. This was the conclusion in the 2001 plan. Unfortunately this ecological stewardship has not happened and monies for it, were shifted to other priorities. Our elected officials seem intent on pursuing a destructive develop-ment policy in Lebanon Hills without support to do so from their constitu-ents. At present, Dakota County views the heartfelt opinions of its residents as an obstacle to their ill-conceived plans. There is a lot at stake here. Let’s get it right Dakota County. Please focus on the com-ments and react appropri-ately to them instead of your own agendas.

BRENT BEALRosemount

Climate is changing To the editor: Our planet’s climate is changing. The decisions we make today will have a tremendous impact on the future of our children. Sci-entists are now as sure that we are largely responsible for our rapidly changing climate as they are that cigarettes cause cancer. We can ignore the peer-reviewed science and listen to the deniers who spread the same false claims that have been discredited time and time again or we stand up and demand change. It may seem easier, and more secure to keep the status quo, but it is a false secu-rity. To do nothing dooms our children to an increase in the intensity and fre-quency of extreme weath-er events, floods, droughts, famine, poor air and water quality, ecosystem shifts and mass extinctions. The good news is there are solutions that can pre-vent the worst-case cli-mate scenarios. We can transition to clean, sus-tainable, renewable energy resources and improve the efficiency of our homes, transportation systems and industry. The imme-diate health benefits of reducing our reliance on fossil fuels would save us billions! A 2009 Nation-al Academy of Sciences study quotes $120 billion a year in damages from burning fossil fuels and this was largely due to in-creased health care costs. There are many groups working on solutions. One quickly growing, nonprof-it, grassroots advocacy or-ganization focused on na-tional policies to address climate change is the Citi-zens Climate Lobby. The Citizens Climate Lobby will hold its first Regional Conference entitled Cli-mate Change: Local Im-pacts, National Action on Jan. 24-26 at Macalester College. I sincerely hope local residents will join us.

VEDA KANITZLakeville

LETTERS, from 4A


one-act event.And no, both Car-

man and Orth insist, her “Masks” isn’t autobio-graphical. “I try not to call it my diary,” she said of her incurable writing habit. “It’s a reflection on how I view things.” Carman also designed the set for “Five Women in the Same Dress,” one of three one-acts Burns-ville High is presenting this year, but most of her theater experience has been at Metcalf. She said she designed most of the program’s theater sets over the last five years, which includ-ed her time as a student

there. Even after leav-ing ninth grade, she kept showing up and offering to help. “I tried to get rid of her,” Orth said. “I failed, miserably and beautiful-ly.” Carman said her “love of the program” remains an irresistible draw. “There’s something special about the theater program here that just separates it, I guess, from anything else I’ve been a part of,” she said. “It’s the ‘Metcalf Drama Ex-perience’ for a reason.” She jokingly refers to the younger actors and crew members as her “minions.” “I’m definitely not per-fect. I have my things to

work on,” said Carman, the daughter of Tom and Marilyn Carman of Burnsville. “But I try to portray to them and re-mind them that I think school’s important, how you treat people matters more than a lot of things, and that happiness comes from how you live your life, not what you have.” Orth said Metcalf ’s drama program “has blossomed a great deal in the last three years, in large part due to Kath-erine’s involvement and contributions.” “If this is a family, she’s the big sister,” he said. “And in the end, they look up to her very much, and they crave her attention and praise.

Even though they don’t always like her when she’s telling them what to do, even though they know she’s right. I feel like she’s developing proteges.” Her own plays, she said, can be heavy. “Suicide. Bullying to an extreme level. Peer pressure. Parenting,” she said, naming some top-ics she has dramatized in writing. “Masks” has “tones of heavy” but a lighter touch than her other works, she said. The main charac-ter, Josie, the new girl in school, finds herself navigating peer pressure and social hierarchy, all the while carrying secrets to hide. The character

wears a series of evolving masks throughout the show. The story is “about her journey to see if she decides to be herself or to just play the games that kind of go on in junior high,” Carman said. “It gets at the concept of what’s popular isn’t always right, and what’s right isn’t always popular, which is an expression I learned in elementary school from one of my teachers,” she said. “It’s always stuck with me as a reminder.” Orth’s “Spectators” is more of a “dramedy,” he said, built around a losing high school foot-ball team, a homecoming game and the motivations of the people watching

from the stands. “One-acts aren’t in-tended to give the whole story,” he said. “We don’t give you the whole back story. We don’t tie it up in a nice, neat bow at the end. And you have a few things to wonder about in between.” The performances at Metcalf start at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with 1 p.m. matinee performances on Saturday. The Evening of One Acts at Burnsville High School will be presented Jan. 23, 24 and 25 at 7 p.m.

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

ONE-ACT, from 1A

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Wildlife Rehab Center treats about 9,000

animals in 2013 by T.W. Budig


They can arrive at the rehabilitation center curled in boxes, some-times borne by chil-dren awestruck by what they’ve discovered in the yard. The Wildlife Reha-bilitation Center wel-comes nearly all wildlife — a snapping turtle with cracked shell, a swan with injured wing — and in 2013 alone, some 9,000 animals were treated at the wildlife center, locat-ed in Roseville. “We’ll give a mouse as much attention as we will a trumpeter swan, if that’s what it takes,” said Philip Jenni, the center’s executive director. The center, while pre-serving wildlife, is per-haps also preserving a basic part of humanity. “I don’t know (if) there’s too many people who think there’s not enough compassion in the world,” he said. “And really saving a squirrel is as much about that as anything else.” Founded at the Uni-versity of Minnesota in 1979 as a student club in the Veterinary College, the wildlife center now has a year-round staff and an $800,000 annual budget. In summertime, the busy season, scores of college interns and volun-teers swell its ranks. Wildlife comes to the center from throughout Minnesota. Some of the larger animals treated are trumpeter swans, but center staff one morn-ing arrived to find an injured deer, struck near St. Cloud, awaiting treat-ment in the backseat of a car. Half of the wildlife treated at the center even-tually are released. “We are actually quite proud of that,” Jenni said of survival rates. In one memorable re-lease, a bobcat, found injured along a roadside in Hubbard County, was sent racing back into its

home range. The couple who had rescued the bob-cat, present at the release, burst into tears. Many of the animals brought to the center have been injured in colli-sions with windows, cars or other urban objects. Nearly all of the turtles, for instance, have been run over by cars. Pets can inflict griev-ous injury to wildlife, too. When asked what people can do to help wild-life, Jenni recommended keeping cats indoors. “Cats are brutal hunt-ers,” he said. Based on his personal observations, Jenni be-lieves the populations of some species in urban ar-eas are increasing. These are the so-called “camp followers,” or species that find niches among hu-man activity. “A raccoon would rather live in South Min-neapolis than in any woods in the country, I bet,” Jenni said. Not all of the camp followers are equally wel-comed. According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, coyotes, as resourceful predators and scaven-gers, have established

populations in the metro, and the population is in-creasing. Last July, an Eagan resident reported to police that a pet dog, a 15-pound miniature schnauzer, had been killed by a coyote. Red fox numbers in the metro seem to be increas-ing, as well, said Connie LaFond, a state licensed rehabilitator in Maple Plain specializing in fox. The wildlife center works with LaFond, who has large outdoor pens, in treating animals. Within the metro, there are about 30 state licensed wildlife rehabili-tators, some specializing in “healthy orphans” and others songbirds, while some with more expand-ed clienteles help with re-habbing wildlife. “It needs to be done. And somebody has to do it,” said Vici Nass, a wild-life rehabilitator in East Bethel. The bigheartedness of rehabilitators can be seen not only in their willing-ness to spend time, but often their own money in rehabilitating wildlife, she said. Back at the wildlife center, on a late Decem-ber morning, Dr. Agnes

Hutchinson, one of the center’s “relief” vets, was nimbly treating a bird with an eye infection. She spoke of some of the swans at the center – one having been injured in a “crash landing” in a driveway – of being al-most ready for release. The center has treated about 180 different spe-cies of animals. In one room, in sever-al tubs, snapping turtles and painted turtles, with a variety of cracks and fissures in their shells, awaited their release day. A number of bats re-cently have been brought to the center, dislodged from Christmas decora-tions stored in the attics,

Jenni said. In one room songbirds and woodpeckers flitted about in an aviary. In an-other room, a wild turkey seemed on the mend. “Just about anything that walks or crawls flies or swims in the state of Minnesota, we’ve prob-ably had at one time or another,” Jenni said. The center’s funding comes from individual donors — about 12,000 during the past three years, Jenni said. “I like that broad base. I think it makes us more accountable to our do-nors,” he said.

Tim Budig is at [email protected].

Injured animals are center’s business

Veterinarian Dr. Agnes Hutchinson treats a bird with an eye infection at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville. (Photo by T.W. Budig)

There are several tubs of turtles at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center; almost all of the turtles have been run over by cars. Veterinarian Dr. Agnes Hutchinson points to the crack in the shell of a painted turtle. (Photo by T.W. Budig)

Care is taken in handling snapping turtles at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville. (Photos by T.W. Budig)

Police: Sam’s Club cashier caught pocketing cash An Eagan woman ac-cused of pocketing more than $2,500 in cash while working as a cashier at the Apple Valley Sam’s Club was charged with a felony last week in district court. Michelle L. Kitows-ki, 32, allegedly stole amounts ranging from $100 to $1,060 in five separate incidents at the wholesale store located at 14940 Florence Trail be-tween Nov. 11 and Nov. 20 of last year. According to the crimi-nal complaint, Sam’s Club contacted police follow-ing an internal investiga-tion into the thefts. After noticing a cash shortage, the store’s asset protection manager reviewed video footage of Kitowski’s shifts in which she was

seen concealing money in her vest pocket. In a statement Kitows-ki provided to police in which she admitted steal-ing from her cashier’s till, Kitowski explained that if a customer paid with a large bill, she would give the customer their change but pocket the bill. The reason she stole the money, she told the police investigator, was to pay for a family member’s prescription medicine and “to pay for things around the house,” the complaint said. If convicted of the fel-ony theft charge, Kitowski faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of $10,000.

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Lakeville North band sweeps Gator BowlBand earns

eight first-place trophies, named

best overall by Laura Adelmann


Lakeville North’s marching band arrived home with a bounty of hardware. “We’ve got trophies all over the place,” said Lakeville North march-ing band teacher Nathan Earp. “We’ve never won this many at once.” The band swept a com-petition from marching bands around the country during a trip to the Florida Gator Bowl Dec. 27-Jan. 6 and earned so many first place trophies that LNHS Activities Director Russ Reetz called their achieve-ments “one of the most successful trips in Lakev-ille school history.” The LNSH band mem-bers were awarded four first-place trophies for outstanding music, out-standing marching, out-standing general effect and outstanding drum majors during the parade portion of the competition. Sweeping those four categories earned Lakev-ille North the added title of best 3A marching band overall. The band’s winning streak continued dur-ing the Gator Bowl Field Show competition, which

Earp said was bands per-forming their half-time shows. Their skills were un-matched again, as Lakev-ille North’s band was awarded first place for outstanding music, out-standing marching, out-standing general effect and outstanding percussion. Earp said their field show performances fea-tured songs by Prince, Pink and oldies from the Righteous Brothers and Blood, Sweat & Tears, and the band performed in the traditional show style, which made them stand out from the other bands.

He said all the other bands performed contem-porary corps style band that he described as “the-ater on the field” that in-cluded flags, dancers and a kind of dramatic storytell-ing. “I don’t like that,” Earp said. “We’re a traditional marching band. … We stood out because we were different.” After wiping out its competition, the LNHS band topped off its trip by being named the featured band at the “Celebrate a Dream Come True” pa-rade, leading the parade through the Magic King-

dom on Jan. 3 at Walt Dis-ney World in Orlando. Earp said the band ac-complished all the wins despite Minnesota weath-er that had not allowed adequate outdoor practice time prior to its departure. The band utilized every opportunity to practice in Florida, a strategy that apparently worked in the band’s favor. “The kids loved it,” Earp said. “It was great. It was a very strenuous schedule, and we were go-ing all the time.” Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Lakeville North High School Marching Band director Nathan Earp and senior band members display their huge haul of wins at the Florida Gator Bowl competition during Christmas break. Senior band members are Mikki Coleman, Megan Krane, Emily Anderson, Allison Koss, Adam Hillyard and Nathan McMillon. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

sioner Tom Egan of Eagan will serve as vice-chair. The board closed out 2013 by reducing the county levy 0.6 percent. Dakota was one of seven Minnesota counties to reduce levy amounts for 2014, which drew praise from state Revenue Com-missioner Myron Frans. The county levy is $128.5 million, with a to-tal budget of $333 million for operations and capital improvements. The county has cut spending on opera-tions by more than 15 per-cent since 2009.

“Over the last five years I would say we’ve reduced it by a good $40 million, the total operating expens-es, which affects the levy,” Workman said. Operational efficiencies and attrition in more than 100 full-time employee positions account for the lower spending, Workman said. “We did not lay off peo-ple in the sense that other businesses had to” during the economic downturn, she said. “That was an early retirement program.” The county was also a player in building and opening the Cedar Avenue

Red Line bus rapid transit system in 2013. “We’ve just got one more little thing to take care of, and that’s the Ce-dar Grove Park and Ride” in Eagan, Workman said. “They’re in the midst of coming up with a plan.” The county’s Lebanon Hills master plan calls for a new, 6.5-mile paved connector trail running east and west and a 2-mile paved loop around Hol-land and McDonough lakes. Many nearby resi-dents and park activists oppose the paved trails. Workman said she thinks a majority of com-missioners support the paved trails, and said the board has taken extra steps to hear from citizens. “We actually halted our process so we can get more input,” Workman said. Some people — from the elderly and handi-capped to mothers pulling their children in a wagon — can’t use the park with-out paved trails, Workman said. The master plan also increases the number of unpaved trail miles, she said. “So no one’s losing anything. There’s no loss,” Workman said. “And there is a need, because in my opinion, there’s a certain population of the county

who can’t use that park, who can’t enjoy it.” The location of the paved trail segments — whether some will run through the heart of the park — “can be dis-cussed,” Workman said. 2014 will bring much-needed library renova-tions at Inver Glenn in Inver Grove Heights and the Farmington Library, Workman said. The city of Farmington is letting the county house part of its library operation at City Hall while the library building, an old grocery store, is renovated outside and inside, she said. And the big project for 2014 — the 13-5 inter-change — will formally open in 2015, Workman said. While last year’s construction focused on surrounding roads, this year’s will focus on the in-terchange itself. Dakota County is the lead agency on a project with state, federal, city and county funding. The new interchange will greatly improve safety, Workman said. But first, disruption: “I tell people I would avoid it if you can.”

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

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LEGAL NOTICES

CITY OF BURNSVILLEORDINANCE NO. 1312

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BURNSVILLE, MINNESOTA

AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1307 ESTABLISHING 2014 CITY FEES AND CHARGES REGARDING LIQUOR

LICENSE FEESTHE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURNSVILLE ORDAINS:SECTION 1. (A) Policy and Purpose. By the enactment of this Ordinance, the City

Council intends to amend the fees and charges established with Ordinance No. 1307 required by the City Code for the year 2014 and to comply with Minnesota Statutes §462.353, subd. 4.

(B) Amended Fees and Charges. The fees and charges for the year 2014 are amended as follows to be compliant with Minnesota Statutes §340A.504, subd. 3 and §340A.408, subd. 3:

Liquor, Beer and Wine Licenses Annual FeesSunday On-Sale License $225 $200Off-Sale License (Best Practices participant) $300 $280Off-Sale License (Best Practices non-participant) $400 $380 SECTION 2. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be effective immediately

upon its passage and publication according to law and the corrected fee schedule retroactive to January 1, 2014.

ADOPTED this 7th day of January, 2014, by the City Council of the City of Burnsville.

Elizabeth B. Kautz, Mayor

ATTEST:Macheal Collins, City Clerk

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 191

SCHOOL BOARD MINUTESDECEMBER 19, 2013

The meeting of the Board of Education was called to order by Chair Sweep a 6:30 p.m. at the Burnsville High School Senior Campus in the Diamondhead Education Center.

Members present: Directors Vanden-Boom, Luth, Schmid, Hill, Currier, Alt, and Chair Sweep. Others in attendance wereSuperintendent Gothard, Student AdvisorShreedaran, administrators and staff.

Sweep welcomed the public and askedAlt to lead the Pledge of Allegiance.

The Board recognized the Girls’ CrossCountry Team, Blazing Cats, and the 2013 Inclusive Education Practices Award.

Chair Sweep appointed Vice-ChairSchmid to oversee the Truth and TaxationHearing.

The Truth and Taxation Hearing began at 6:57 p.m. Protocols for the Public Hear-ing were given by Schmid.

Executive Business Director Rider pro-vided an overview of the district’s current budget and proposed property tax infor-mation.

There were no comments from thepublic.

The Truth and Taxation Hearing con-cluded at 7:14 p.m.

Moved by Luth, seconded by Currier, toapprove the agenda. Motion carried (7, 0).

Moved by Hill, seconded by Schmid, to approve the consent agenda as follows:

- Approved minutes of December 5, 2013, regular board meeting and closed session.

- Approved personnel changes for J. Willemssen, M. Young, B. Mason, S.Franssen, K. Lopez, D. Watkins, R. Re-uder, J. Elvestad, M. Grant, C. Lund, andR. Ziskovsky.

- Adopted a resolution to approve and accept donations as presented. A com-plete list of donations is on the district’s website.

- Approved November payroll checksnumbered 717472-717513, and direct de-posit notices numbered 518179-521084,in the net amount of $3,522,898.37.November and December claims to date represented by checks numbered428702-429314, 1008787-1008990,and 100887-100893 and wire transfersand adjustments totaling $8,016,669.45. Accepted November receipts of$15,928,295.77 and investments for the General Fund, 2012A Alt Facilities, andOPEB of $64,751,326.40 as of November 30, 2013.

- Accepted the Budget Analysis for the month ending November 30, 2013.

- Approved an extended field trip for BHS Band and Choir students to travel to Italy in March of 2014.

- Approved an extended field trip for BHS International Travel Club to travel to London, Paris, Florence, and Rome June10-21, 2014.

- Approved change order #1 for the 2013 Eagle Ridge Locker Replacement Project

Motion carried (7, 0).Moved by Alt, seconded by Vanden-

Boom, to certify the final property tax levyfor taxes payable in 2014 as follows:

General RMV Voter Approval $11,747,829.28General RMV Other 5,446,409.08General NTC Other 5,108,321.84Community Service 1,084,995.23General Debt Voter Approved 4,738,686.87General Debt Other 3,840,671.00OPEB/Pension Other 1,617,942.00 Total $33,584,855.30

The final levy recommended for approv-al is in the amount of $33,584,855.30. Thisrepresents the District’s maximum levyauthority and reflects a 2.18% decrease from the payable 2013 property tax levy. Motion carried (7, 0).

Moved by Currier, seconded by Schmid, to approve changes to the 2014-2015 Burnsville High School Registration Guide. Motion carried (7, 0).

Director Luth gave an oral report for the Legislative Committee and the Ad HocTechnology Committee.

Moved by Schmid, seconded by Van-denBoom, to adjourn to a closed ses-sion at 7:32 p.m. to receive an updateon school security measures and future planning as permitted by Minnesota State Statutes 13D.05 Subd. 3. Motion carried (7, 0).

By: /s/ DeeDee Currier, Clerk1/9/2014 Date Approved

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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

Published in theApple Valley,

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

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 191

CLOSED SESSION NOTESDECEMBER 19, 2013

This meeting will be closed to receive

an update on school security measures and future planning as permitted by Min-nesota Statutes 13D.05 Subd. 3.

The closed session was called to order by Chair Sweep at 7:42 p.m. at the Burns-ville High School Senior Campus in theDiamondhead Education Center.

Members present: Directors Luth, Alt, Hill, Currier, VandenBoom, Schmid and Chair Sweep.

Others in Attendance: Joe Gothard, Lisa Rider, Stacey Sovine, Ruth Dunn, Tom Umhoefer, Jami Kenney, Cindy Amo-roso, Glenn Simon, Jeff Klingfus, Bruce Simon, Jef Behnken, Patrick Miller, Mike Fineran, and Kurt Bratulich. Stephanie Corbey joined the meeting at approxi-mately 7:45 p.m.

The following information was dis-cussed:

• Update on school security measures and future planning.

The closed session adjourned at 9:04 p.m.

By: /s/ DeeDee Currier , Clerk Date approved: January 9, 2014

Published in Burnsville/EaganJanuary 17, 2014

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS2014 PAVEMENT

REHABILITATION, MULTIPLE SITES

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the 2014 Pavement Rehabilitation by Independent School District 191, at the Administrative Ser-vice Center Conference Room, 100 River Ridge Court, Burnsville, MN 55337, until 2:00 p.m. local time on January 30, 2014,at which time and place bids will be pub-licly opened and read aloud.

In general, the Base Bid consists of to-tal reconstruction, mill and overlay, crack seal, sealcoat, and re-striping to parking lots and drives at multiple sites throughoutthe District. Curb replacement along with concrete sidewalk pad replacement is also to be included in the Base Bid. Add Alternate #1 consists of reconstruction of west parking lot and drive along with mill and overlay on the south and east parking lots and drive at Joseph Nicollet Junior High.

Bidding Documents have been pre-pared by SRI Consultants Inc. (SRI), 3380 Annapolis Lane North, Suite #100, Plymouth, MN 55447 (telephone: 763-533-2727) and will be available on Janu-ary 14, 2014, at 12:00 p.m. To orderdocuments and view project information such as Drawings, Specification, updated plan holder list, addenda and bid results, visit the Franz Reprographics web site at www.franzrepro.com and select the Franz Public Plan Room. Please login with your email address and password, or Register if this is your first time in the Plan Room.Select the project from the list of public projects. Once you have selected the project, please review the Bid Info for information on ordering documents. To receive Electronic Downloads, Bid Ad-denda and Shipped Order Confirmations for this project, you must make the follow-ing email address a Safe Sender in your Outlook Email: [email protected] These notifications are sent from this email address, not from the email addressof SRI Consultants or Franz Reprograph-ics. If you do not do this, your email servermay block the receipt of these notifica-tions. To make an email address a Safe Sender, please do the following: With the Inbox of Microsoft Outlook open, select the Actions drop-down menu across the top of the Outlook screen. Then selectJunk E-mail, and then select Junk E-mail Options. Next select the Safe Senders tab and then select the Add button. You can then type in: [email protected] and click OK. There is a ? (Help) button inthe upper right hand corner you can select for assistance with using the Online Plan Room. If you still have problems, please contact Franz Reprographics by phone at 763-503-3401.

Documents may also be reviewed at SRI, McGraw Hill Construction Plan Room, Reed Construction Data Plan Room and the Builders Exchanges of Min-neapolis and St. Paul.

A pre-bid conference will be held on January 21, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in the main office conference room at the Fa-cilities and Grounds Office at 100 River Ridge Court, Burnsville, MN. Attendees are to meet at the front door. In the interest of all parties present at the pre-bid confer-ence, cell phone use will not be permitted.

A Bid Bond or Certified Check for 5% of the maximum bid payable to Indepen-dent School District 191, is required as aguarantee that if the bid is accepted, the Bidder will execute and file the proposed contract and provide 100% Performance and Payment Bonds within ten (10) days after the award of the Contract. The Certi-fied Check will be returned to the Bidderas soon as the Contract and Bonds are executed. If, after ten (10) days, the Bid-der shall fail to execute said Contract and Bonds, the Certified Check or Bid Bond shall be forfeited to Independent School District 191, as liquidated damages.

The Owner reserves the right to waiveirregularities and to reject any and all bids.

No bid may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after the date set for the opening thereof.

At the Owner’s discretion, liquidated damages in the amount of Five-Hundred-Dollars ($500.00) per day will be assessed against the Contract if the project is not completed on the dates indicated.

This Advertisement for Bids is issued by the authority of Independent School Dis-trict 191.

Published in Burnsville/Eagan

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICECITY OF EAGAN

DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING: Ad-visory Planning Commission Meeting: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Chambers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd

DEVELOPMENT/APPLICANT: Birch-wood Office Park Sign/Greg Rendall

LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION: 3340 Sherman Ct, Lots 1-6, Block 1, Birchwood Office Park

REQUEST(S):Planned DevelopmentA Planned Development Amendment

to add a dynamic message center to an existing pylon sign.

File Number: 10-PA-07-12-13QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Depart-

ment at (651) 675-5685 or contact Pam Dudziak, the Planner at (651) 675-5691 or [email protected] with the above information.

CITY OF EAGANChristina M. Scipioni - City Clerk


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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS2014 TRACK SURFACE

REPLACEMENT, BURNSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the 2014 Track Surface Replacement at Burnsville High School by Independent School District 191, at theAdministrative Service Center ConferenceRoom, 100 River Ridge Court, Burnsville,MN 55337, until 2:00 p.m. local time on January 30, 2014, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and readaloud.

In general, the work for Base Bid con-sists of re-surfacing and re-striping along with fence replacement at the Athletic Track at Burnsville High School.

Bidding Documents have been pre-pared by SRI Consultants Inc. (SRI), 3380 Annapolis Lane North, Suite #100, Plymouth, MN 55447 (telephone: 763-533-2727) and will be available on Janu-ary 14, 2014, at 12:00 p.m. To orderdocuments and view project informationsuch as Drawings, Specification, updated plan holder list, addenda and bid results, visit the Franz Reprographics web site at www.franzrepro.com and select the Franz Public Plan Room. Please login with your email address and password, or Register if this is your first time in the Plan Room.Select the project from the list of publicprojects. Once you have selected theproject, please review the Bid Info for information on ordering documents. Toreceive Electronic Downloads, Bid Ad-denda and Shipped Order Confirmations for this project, you must make the follow-ing email address a Safe Sender in yourOutlook Email: [email protected] These notifications are sent from thisemail address, not from the email addressof SRI Consultants or Franz Reprograph-ics. If you do not do this, your email servermay block the receipt of these notifica-tions. To make an email address a Safe Sender, please do the following: With the Inbox of Microsoft Outlook open, select the Actions drop-down menu across thetop of the Outlook screen. Then selectJunk E-mail, and then select Junk E-mailOptions. Next select the Safe Senders taband then select the Add button. You can then type in: [email protected] click OK. There is a ? (Help) button inthe upper right hand corner you can selectfor assistance with using the Online Plan Room. If you still have problems, please contact Franz Reprographics by phone at763-503-3401.

Documents may also be reviewedat SRI, McGraw Hill Construction PlanRoom, Reed Construction Data PlanRoom and the Builders Exchanges of Min-neapolis and St. Paul.

A pre-bid conference will be held onJanuary 21, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. in the main office conference room at Burnsville HighSchool 600 East Highway 13, Burnsville, MN. Attendees are to meet at the frontdoor. In the interest of all parties presentat the pre-bid conference, cell phone usewill not be permitted.

A Bid Bond or Certified Check for 5% of the maximum bid payable to Indepen-dent School District 191, is required as aguarantee that if the bid is accepted, theBidder will execute and file the proposedcontract and provide 100% Performance and Payment Bonds within ten (10) days after the award of the Contract. The Certi-fied Check will be returned to the Bidderas soon as the Contract and Bonds are executed. If, after ten (10) days, the Bid-der shall fail to execute said Contract andBonds, the Certified Check or Bid Bondshall be forfeited to Independent SchoolDistrict 191, as liquidated damages.

The Owner reserves the right to waiveirregularities and to reject any and all bids.

No bid may be withdrawn for a periodof thirty (30) days after the date set for the opening thereof.

At the Owner’s discretion, liquidated damages in the amount of Five-Hundred-Dollars ($500.00) per day will be assessed against the Contract if the project is not completed on the dates indicated.

This Advertisement for Bids is issued by the authority of Independent School Dis-trict 191.


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DEVELOPMENT/APPLICANT: TownCentre Shoppes 2013/MFC Properties 15 LP

LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION:3450 Denmark Ave, Lot 1, Block 1, Town Centre 100 20th Addition

REQUEST(S):Planned DevelopmentA Planned Development Amendment to

allow a drive-through facility.File Number: 15-PA-06-12-13QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Depart-

ment at (651) 675-5685 or contact PamDudziak, the Planner at (651) 675-5691 or [email protected] with the above information.



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O / C

DEVELOPMENT/APPLICANT: Fox For-est Third Addition/Peter Ramstad

LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIPTION: 4139 & 4145 Lexington Way, Lot 2, Block 1, Fox Forest 2nd Addition & Lot 2, Block1, W. Schmidt Addition

REQUEST(S):RezoningA Rezoning of 5.65 acres from R-1,

Residential Single Family to A, Agricul-tural.

File Number: 22-RZ-08-12-13Preliminary SubdivisionA Preliminary Subdivision to create 2

lots.File Number: 22-PS-06-12-13Final SubdivisionA Final Subdivision to create 2 lots.File Number: 22-FS-08-12-13VarianceA Variance to the required minimum lot

width requirement.File Number: 22-VA-14-12-13QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Depart-

ment at (651) 675-5685 or contact Sarah Thomas, the Planner at (651) 675-5696or [email protected] with the above information.



01/17/14

CITY OF BURNSVILLEBURNSVILLE, MINNESOTA

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS2014 WELL REHABILITATION

PROJECT CITY PROJECT NUMBER 14-304

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatsealed bids will be received by the City of Burnsville at the office ofthe City Clerk until 10:00 a.m. CST,Wednesday, February 5, 2014, at theBurnsville City Hall, 100 Civic CenterParkway, Burnsville, MN 55337, andwill be publicly opened and read aloud at said time and place. Bids arrivingafter the designated time will be re-turned unopened.

Said proposals are for the furnishingof all materials and labor associatedwith the rehabilitation of MunicipalWell No. 1 and Well No. 2, pumps andappurtenant work.

Substantial completion of the proj-ect shall be on or before June 16,2014, and is defined as all well andpump rehabilitation completed andwells in service and pumping to the system. Final completion of the proj-ect shall be on or before July 1, 2014.

Prospective bidders may attend anoptional pre-bid meeting to be held at10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 28,2014, at the Burnsville Water Treat-ment Plant located at 50 River Ridge Court, Burnsville.

The bids must be submitted on theProposal Forms provided in accor-dance with the Contract Documents,Plans, and Specifications as prepared by WSB & Associates, Inc., 701 Xenia Avenue South, Suite 300, Minneapo-lis, MN 55416, which are on file withthe City Clerk of Burnsville and may be seen at the office of the ConsultingEngineers or at the office of the CityClerk.

Complete digital Proposal Forms,Plans, and Specifications for use byContractors submitting a bid are avail-able at www.questcdn.com. You maydownload the digital plan documentsfor a nonrefundable fee of $20.00(QuestCDN No. 3058194). Pleasecontact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or [email protected] for assis-tance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with thisdigital project information.

Bids shall be accompanied by acashier’s check, bidder’s bond, orcertified check payable to the City of Burnsville, for not less than five (5)percent of the amount of such bid, which shall be forfeited to the City ofBurnsville, in the event that the bidderfails to enter into a contract. Bidder’s bond must include certified copy ofthe power of attorney. For bonding purposes, the bid shall be the total of Base Bid items and Alternative Bid items for completed construction, asindicated on the Bid form.

No bids will be considered unlesssealed and filed with the City of Burns-ville, together with the bid security, inan opaque envelope which shall beplainly marked with the project titleand the name and address of the Bid-der. If a bid is to be mailed to the City of Burnsville, the bid envelope shouldbe sealed in a regular mailing enve-lope and marked with “Bid Enclosed”.

Immediately following expiration ofthe time for receiving Bids, the Bidswill be opened and read aloud by atleast two officers or agents of the Cityof Burnsville. Bid security of the threelowest Bidders will be retained untilthe contract has been awarded and executed, but not longer than forty-five (45) days from the date of opening bids. The City of Burnsville reservesthe right to reject any or all Bids, to waive informalities, and to award the Bid in the best interest of the City.Bids are subject to acceptance andmay not be withdrawn for a period offorty-five (45) days. The City Council istentatively scheduled to consider suchBids on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers.


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CITY OF EAGANNOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING ON PROPOSEDIMPROVEMENTS IN THE

CITY OF EAGAN, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA

PROJECT NO. 1114 CEDAR GROVE ADDITIONS STREET IMPROVEMENTSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Ea-gan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot KnobRoad, Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Mon-day, February 3, 2014, at 6:30 p.m., or assoon thereafter as possible. The purposeof the meeting will be to hold a public hearing on the improvements, known as Project No. 1114. The proposed projectis in accordance with the preliminary en-gineering report dated January 7, 2014,prepared by the Assistant City Engineer.

The estimated cost of the foregoing im-provement is as follows: $2,179,900.

The area proposed to be assessed forsaid improvements is described as fol-lows:

The area located within the Section 20, lying South of Silver Bell Road, Eastof Rahn Road, in Township 27, Range 23,in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Min-nesota.

All persons who desire to be heard with respect to the question of whether or not the above improvements should be made shall be heard at said time and place.

Dated January 7, 2014BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCILBy: /s/ Christina M. Scipioni Eagan City Clerk


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CITY OF BURNSVILLEBURNSVILLE, MINNESOTA

- ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS - 2013

MISCELLANEOUS STREET LIGHTING PROJECTS

(Civic Center Parkway & Parking Lot; 35W/Burnsville

Parkway Bridge)City Project No. 13-203

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatsealed proposals will be received by the City Council of the City of Burns-ville at 100 Civic Center Parkway,Burnsville, MN 55337 until 1:00 pmon Tuesday January 28, 2014 for the making of the following described lo-cal improvements, said proposal for the furnishing of all labor and materi-als for the 2013 Miscellaneous StreetLighting Projects (Civic Center Park-way & Parking Lot; 35W/BurnsvilleParkway Bridge)

The bids must be submitted on Pro-posal Forms provided in accordance with the Contract Documents, Plans and Specifications as prepared by theCity Engineer, which are on file with the City Clerk and may be obtained atthe office of the City Engineer.

Digital copies of the Contract Docu-ments can be obtained at www.questcdn.com or www.burnsville.org/bids. The Quest CDN project num-ber is 3031404. Bidders can down-load the Contract Documents for $20by searching for the project on the QuestCDN website’s Project Searchpage or selecting the Engineering/Public Work Bid link and then theproject on the Burnsville website.Please contact QuestCDN.com at952.233.1632 or [email protected] assistance in free membership registration, downloading and workingwith this digital project information.Bidders can also view the ContractDocuments at either website free ofcharge.

No bids will be considered unless sealed and filed with the City Clerk ofthe City of Burnsville endorsed uponthe outside wrapper with a brief state-ment or summary as to the work for which the bids is made and accom-panied by a cash deposit, certifiedcheck, bid bond, or cashier’s checkpayable to the City of Burnsville inthe amount of five percent (5%) of the amount of bid, to be forfeited as liqui-dated damages in the event the bid is accepted and the bidder shall fail topromptly enter into a written contractand furnish the required bond.

The City of Burnsville reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities, and to award the bid inthe best interest of the City. No bids may be withdrawn for a period of for-ty-five (45) days.

Immediately following expiration ofthe time for receiving bids, the City Clerk and engineer will publicly openbids in the City Hall. The Council willconsider such bids in the Council Chambers at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday Feb-ruary 4, 2014.

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


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

Published inBurnsville/Eagan

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PROJECT NO. 1138 – CEDAR INDUSTRIAL PARK

STREET IMPROVEMENTSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Ea-gan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot KnobRoad, Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Mon-day, February 3, 2014, at 6:30 p.m., or assoon thereafter as possible. The purposeof the meeting will be to hold a public hearing on the improvements, known as Project No. 1138. The proposed projectis in accordance with the preliminary en-gineering report dated January 7, 2014,prepared by the Assistant City Engineer.

The estimated cost of the foregoing im-provement is as follows: $317,300.


The area located within the North ½ ofSection 17, lying South of Yankee Doodle Road, West of Trunk Highway 13, in Town-ship 27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota.


Dated January 7, 2014BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCILBy: /s/ Christina M. ScipioniEagan City Clerk


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CITY OF EAGAN, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTAProject No. 1137 – Alden Pond

Street ImprovementsNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Ea-gan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot KnobRoad, Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Tues-day, January 21, 2014, at 6:30 p.m., or assoon thereafter as possible. The purposeof the meeting will be to hold a public hearing on the improvements, known as Project No. 1137. The proposed projectis in accordance with the preliminary en-gineering report dated December 3, 2013, prepared by the Assistant City Engineer.



The area located within the West ½ of Section 9, lying North of Yankee DoodleRoad, West of Pilot Knob Road, in Town-ship 27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota.


Dated January 7, 2014BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCILBy: /s/ Christina M. Scipioni Eagan City Clerk


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Project No. 1139 Oakwood Heights 2nd Addition Street ImprovementsNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Ea-gan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot KnobRoad, Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Tues-day, January 21, 2014, at 6:30 p.m., or assoon thereafter as possible. The purposeof the meeting will be to hold a public hearing on the improvements, known as Project No. 1139. The proposed projectis in accordance with the preliminary en-gineering report dated December 3, 2013, prepared by the City Assistant Engineer.



The area located within the Southwest ¼ of Section 25, lying North of WildernessRun Road, West of Dodd Road, in Town-ship 27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota.


Dated January 7, 2014 BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCILBy: /s/ Christina M. ScipioniEagan City Clerk


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Project No. 1140 - Stonebridge Ponds Street Improvements

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Eagan, Dakota County, Minnesota, will meet at the Ea-gan Municipal Center at 3830 Pilot KnobRoad, Eagan, Minnesota 55122, on Tues-day, January 21, 2014, at 6:30 p.m., or assoon thereafter as possible. The purposeof the meeting will be to hold a public hearing on the improvements, known as Project No. 1140. The proposed projectis in accordance with the preliminary en-gineering report dated December 3, 2013, prepared by the Assistant City Engineer.

The estimated cost of the foregoing im-provement is as follows: $59,100


The area located within the Southwest ¼ of Section 24, lying North of DiffleyRoad, West of Dodd Road, in Township27, Range 23, in the City of Eagan, DakotaCounty, Minnesota.


Dated January 7, 2014BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCILBy: /s/ Christina M. ScipioniEagan City Clerk


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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALESS MNRI, LLC, doing business

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

B. Waldum #105A Household Items

L. Turner #234 Antique Sewing Machine, Artwork, Leather Couch

G. Hjellming #316A Bicycle, Dresser, Television

C. Finishes #700 Snowblower, Bicycle, Golf Clubs

L. Debreto #528 Artwork, Lamp, Chair

L. Debreto #530A Television, Furniture, Clothing


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Defense, goaltending key as North seizes SSC lead

Panthers’ Cooper has 0.80 goals-against average

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


For a reason Lakeville North is threatening to pull away in South Sub-urban Conference girls hockey, look no farther than the Panthers’ net, where junior Abby Coo-per is holding opponents to a fraction of a goal per game. It’s been a comforting feeling for the Panthers to know if they score one goal they could very well still win, and if they score two they more than likely will win. “Yeah, I didn’t expect things would go quite this well,” said Cooper, whose goals-against average of 0.80 leads the state. “It’s my first year as the starter. But we’re playing well as a team, we have good chem-istry and the defense is playing really well in front of me.” After beating Eagan 4-0 on Jan. 9, North was 8-0-2 in the conference and 12-3-2 overall. The Panthers, ranked seventh in Class AA by Let’s Play Hockey, had a four-point lead in the conference over their closest pursuers, Lakeville South and Burnsville. Lakeville North out-scored opponents 47-5 in its first 10 South Sub-urban games. Only four

teams have scored more than one goal in a game against North, and all of those were non-conference opponents. “It starts in the defen-sive zone for us,” North coach Buck Kochevar said. “We have solid ‘D,’ and they have the green light to take the puck into the offensive zone when they see an opportunity. Abby’s playing great, and with a lot of confidence. And her teammates have confidence in her.” Although the Panthers suffered a blow early in the season when sisters Christi and Brianna Vetter left the team – Christi Vetter was North’s second leading scorer last season – they still have been able to put togeth-er a dangerous top line. “Our other two lines play very solid,” Kochevar said. “They don’t allow the other team many chances when they’re on the ice.” They didn’t on Jan. 9 against Eagan, which managed only 18 shots on goal in a home-ice loss. The Wildcats (8-9-1 overall), a state tourna-ment qualifier last season, are fighting back after a rough start that saw them win two of their first nine games. But they lost both of their games against North this season by 4-0 scores.

Eagan goalie Andrew Lindgren stopped nearly all of the shots that came his way during the 2014 High School Hockey Faceoff at TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 11. (Photo by Jason Olson)

Eastview forward John Snodgrass (left) and Eagan defenseman Nick Wolff square off during the 2014 High School Hockey Faceoff at TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 11. Snodgrass had the game-winning goal in overtime. (Photo by Jason Olson)

Eastview, Eagan win conference Nordic races

Just like the old neighborhood Three area boys hockey teams play outside at TCF Bank Stadium

TAGS South gymnastics places fourth at Gopher Invite

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Eastview skiers took the top two places and the Lightning was the winning girls team at a South Suburban Conference Nordic skiing meet Jan. 8 at Hy-land Park Reserve in Blooming-ton. In the boys meet, Eagan ski-ers finished first, fourth and fifth and the Wildcats won the team competition by 35 points. Eastview sophomore Margie Freed was more than one min-ute ahead of anybody else in the girls 5-kilometer freestyle race, finishing in 15 minutes, 31 sec-onds. Freed’s teammate, sopho-more Kylie Kraemer, was sec-ond in 17:03 and eighth-grader Kelly Koch of Burnsville fin-

ished third in 17:11. Annika Martell (fourth, 17:17) and Kaley Hedberg (ninth, 17:36) also were in the top 10 for Eastview. Burnsville senior Tori Felton was sixth in 17:23. Eastview scored 161 points in the girls team competition. Burnsville, competing without its No. 1 skier Vivian Hett, was second with 152. Hett was ski-ing in the U.S. Cross Country Championships in Utah. Lakeville South was fourth with 113 points. Cougars ski-ers Carley Endersbe and Libbey Endersbe were 10th and 11th, respectively, in 17:38 and 17:50. Molly Wilson finished 17th in 18:23 and Brianna Vetter was 20th in 19:04 for Lakeville North, which was sixth with 68

points. The ISD 196 team, compris-ing Apple Valley, Eagan and Rosemount high schools, was seventh with 64 points. Top ISD 196 skier was Camille Sjoquist, who was 19th in 18:57. Eagan senior Josh Podpes-kar skied to first place in the boys 5K freestyle in 13:25, 16 seconds ahead of Tamer Miche-Richter of Bloomington. Rhett Carlson of ISD 196 (for boys meets it’s Apple Valley, East-view and Rosemount) was third in 13:35, and Eagan’s Jacob Ed-mond (13:53) and Patrick Acton (14:23) completed the top five. Eagan also had the eighth-place skier – Brady Mavetz, who fin-ished in 14:50. Eagan scored 165 points to win the boys team competition.

ISD 196 had 130 points, one more than Lakeville South. Sean Tuff (12th, 15:26) and Grant Udelhofen (16th, 15:51) also placed in the top 20 for ISD 196. Lakeville South was led by Mitchell Miller (15:05) and Jack Gerken (15:24), who finished 10th and 11th. Noah LeVesseur and Matthew Schiroo were 17th and 18th, and Noah Hanson took 20th place. Burnsville freshman Nate Blichfeldt finished sixth in 14:28. The Blaze was sixth in the team standings with 77 points. Grant Eggan was 29th indi-vidually for Lakeville North, which finished eighth with 35 points. The Burnsville girls and Wi-nona Cotter boys won team

championships at the South Suburban Conference True Team meet Jan. 4 at Valleywood Golf Course. The meet consist-ed of sprint and pursuit races. Carlson of ISD 196 won the boys sprint race in 3:30.6, East-view’s Freed won the classic and freestyle legs in the girls pursuit competition and placed first overall in 29:55.8. Eagan’s Podpeskar was first in the classic and freestyle legs of the boys pursuit race and had a winning overall time of 26:51.1. South Suburban Conference teams were to compete in a clas-sic race Tuesday at Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve in Sav-age. Next up is a sprint meet at 3 p.m. Jan. 21 at Wirth Park in Minneapolis.

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


Memories of young boys zipping around the neighborhood ice rink materialized Saturday as Eastview, Eagan and Lakeville South played in the High School Hockey Faceoff at TCF Bank Sta-dium. While the boys were able to relive a sliver of their youth during the outdoor games, only Eastview emerged with a key win as it edged rival Eagan in overtime. “The experience was a very positive one for our players,” Lakeville South coach Kurt Weber said. “I think it says it all that, when we arrived and walked down the tunnel to go look at the rink, every player’s cellphone went up and pictures were being tweeted, texted, emailed, snap-chatted all over the world.” Weber said the play-ers felt very fortunate to get the opportunity, since outdoor games have gained momentum from high profile contests in the NHL and college ranks. “It was a very fun ex-perience for our players to play in such a neat venue,” Eagan coach Mike Tay-lor said. “The rink was very nice and the ice was good.” Taylor said he would like to see two or three such events organized each year, but on a lim-ited basis, so the outdoor

games remain special. “I definitely think more outdoor games should be organized,” Weber said. “It is a very positive expe-rience for the players, life-long memorizes and for the game of high school hockey in Minnesota.” While South lost 6-4 to Bloomington Jefferson, in the Faceoff’s final game under the lights, John Snodgrass found the net at the 6-minute, 51-second mark of overtime to send the Lightning to a win over the Wildcats. Snodgrass assisted on Eastview’s two oth-

er goals. The first gave Eastview a 1-0 lead when Snodgrass and Keith Muehlbauer connected with Mitchell Cerrato, who scored at the 2:37 mark of the first period. Eagan retaliated with a power-play goal from Kyle Stebbing at the 8:50 mark. Assists were cred-ited to Jack Jenson and Tommy Muck. Jenson pulled the Wild-cats into the lead with an unassisted, short-handed goal at the 4:39 mark of the second period. Snodgrass fed Pierce Erickson for the game-ty-

ing goal at the 9:37 mark of the second. Both goalies were stout throughout the game, but especially in the third when they stopped every-thing that came their way. Eastview’s Zachary Driscoll turned away 39 of Eagan’s 41 shots on goal, while Andrew Lind-gren had 26 saves. More photos from the High School Hockey Fa-ceoff are at SunThisweek.com.

Email Tad Johnson at tad. [email protected].

The TAGS South Level 6-9 teams competed in the eighth annual Jan. 10-11 Gopher Invite at the Na-tional Sports Center in Blaine. The Level 7 team captured fourth place. The Level 6 team includ-ed Sydney McGregor, of Lakeville, with scores were 8.7 (sixth) on vault, 7.85 (seventh) on uneven bars, 9.0 (fifth) on balance beam, and 33.650 (11th) in the all-around; and Ally Keehn, of Farmington, who is recov-ering from an injury and competed on the floor exer-cise where she received a 9.0 for third place. The Level 7 team’s Grace Keller, of Rosemount, re-ceived second place in un-

even bars with the team’s highest score of 9.15. Both Abby Schoonover, of Apple Valley, and Abbie Swanson, of Farmington, received eighth place in their age groups with scores of 8.8 and 8.0, respectively. On the balance beam, Keller received 9.0 and a fifth-place finish. Lindsey Neumann, of Eagan, fin-ished in sixth with an 8.75, and Maja Decker, of Prior Lake, brought in 8.5 for eighth place. Keller took the lead on the floor exercise with 8.925 for fifth. Ashley Goodlund, of Lakeville, was sixth with 8.9, and Decker received eighth with 8.85. Goodlund earned 8.8

for fourth place on the vault. Teagan Klinkner, of Apple Valley, received 8.75 for fifth. Decker and Alex Barcus, of Inver Grove Heights, tied for 12th with 8.525. Keller finished third in the all-around with 35.425 (her score also qualifying her for the Minnesota State Championship). Neumann received eighth place with a 33.275, Goodlund was ninth with a 33.2. As a team, the Level 7s finished in fourth place with 104.95. Also compet-ing for TAGS South was Maria Kummer, of Hast-ings. The Level 8 team had a strong start on the vault

with Taylor Thorberg, of Farmington, posting 9.25 for second place. Natalie Meyer, of Lakeville, won the event in her age group with 9.175. Kaitlin O’Tool of Hastings rounded out the top three with 8.7. Meyer swung her way to a third-place finish on the uneven bars with 9.1 while Thorberg and Tea-gan Ramboldt, of Eagan, brought in scores of 8.725 (sixth) and 8.325 (11th), re-spectively. On the balance beam, Thorberg and O’Tool tied for the team’s highest score of 8.5 for 10th place. Meyer received 8.275. On the floor exercise, O’Tool and Indya Volk, of Lakeville, brought

in the top two scores for the team with 8.725 (11th) and 8.675 (12th), respectively. Sarah Wilken, of Eagan, tumbled her way into the scorer’s circle with 8.6. In the all-around, Meyer received sixth place with 35.075. Thorberg re-ceived 10th with 34.775 and O’Tool finished with 33.925. These top three scorers all earned the State Championship qualifying score. Also competing for TAGS South were Talia Whitmore, of Inver Grove Heights, and Mackenzie Hughes, of Red Wing. The Level 9 team con-sisted of three athletes, but only one, Aspen Schrempp,

of Eagan, competed in ev-ery event, thus earning an all-around score. Schrempp received first place on vault with 9.55. Olivia Larson, of Lake-ville, was sixth on the un-even bars with 8.625. Lar-son and Schrempp finished second and third on the balance beam with scores of 8.475 and 8.25, respec-tively. Shelby Neumann, of Eagan, competed only on the balance beam and re-ceived 7.45. Schrempp finished in eighth on the floor exercise with 8.8 and was third in the all-around with 34.275 (qualifying her for the State Championship).

Eagan boys hockey members celebrate after scoring the first Wildcat goal during the team’s overtime loss to Eastview on Saturday. More photos are online at SunThisweek.com. (Photo by Jason Olson)

Taylor Ramthun of Eagan skates the puck out of the defensive zone during a Jan. 9 girls hockey game against Lakeville North. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

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the university’s College of Biological Sciences, the Tribune reported. Li co-captained the Bla-zettes in 2010-11, her se-nior year, along with Has-sler, Hannah Blankush and Kaitlin Osgood. “She was a strong lead-er, a very talented dancer,” Anna Abbe, the assistant varsity coach that year and current Blazettes head coach, said in an interview. “Her love for her team and her sport showed every time she took the floor.” She was funny, excited about life, got along with everyone on the team and was an uplifting presence during practices, Abbe said. “Whatever she does, she does 100 percent. She worked hard at dance, she worked hard at her aca-demics,” Abbe said, add-ing that Li was involved in

a Chinese dance program away from school. Hassler said she saw Li recently at the Target store in Burnsville and at the South Suburban Confer-ence dance finals. “She literally was the one person probably in the entire world that was always happy,” said Has-sler, who attends the Uni-versity of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. “She cared so much for the Blazette team and was the hardest-working. She had the most conta-gious laugh. She was the loudest one on the team and the most helpful one.” Li’s father, Ben, who traveled to Chicago after the accident, told the Tri-bune his daughter “was very happy in her 21 years because we never pushed her and she achieved many things.” In September Li began volunteering at a Minne-apolis-area home care and

hospice clinic, where she provided companionship and played piano for pa-tients and their families, the Tribune reported. The paper cited Chi-cago police reports stat-ing that Ken Hoang had climbed over a railing onto the ice to retrieve his cell-phone and fell into the wa-ter. Li then dropped down onto the ice to try to res-cue him. When she yelled out for help, Phan Hoang also stepped onto the ice and fell in. Phan Hoang, who was expected to be released from the hospital Wednes-day, issued a statement, the Tribune reported. “I lost two good friends,” it said. “It’s not easy seeing your friend drift away and having one die in your arms. I have never felt so helpless in my life.” The Cook County med-ical examiner’s office ruled

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Family Calendar, email: [email protected].

Friday, Jan. 17 MOMS Club of Eagan West monthly social, 10-11 a.m., Peace Church, 2180 Glory Drive, Eagan. The group will make sandwiches for The Sandwich Project, thesandwichpro-jectmn.org. The club offers support to stay-at-home moms and mothers work-ing part-time. Play groups, tours and weekly events are offered for mothers and children. Information: https://www.facebook.com/MomsClubOfEagan-West or [email protected].

Saturday, Jan. 18 Winter Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to noon, Eagan Community 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 vegetables and more. Take a Kid Ice Fishing - Try It Clinic, 2-4 p.m., Blackhawk Park, 169 Murphy Parkway, Eagan. No fishing licenses required for this event. Reg-istration is required: Eagan Parks and Recreation, 651-675-5500 or www.cityofeagan.com/econnect. Class num-ber for registration is 20969.

Wednesday, Jan. 22 The Confident Woman: Finding Freedom From Our Biggest Critic, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thrive Therapy, 190 River Ridge Circle S., Suite 208, Burnsville. Free workshop. Information: thrivetherapymn.com, 612-568-6050.

Thursday, Jan. 23 Apple Valley Garden Club, 7:15 p.m., Apple Valley Community Center, 14603 Hayes Road. Master gardener JoAnne Sabin will present “Beautiful Bees in the Garden and How to Help Them.” Free and open to the public.

Saturday, Jan. 25 Laugh Your Way to a Better Mar-riage, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Church of St. Joseph, 13900 Biscayne Ave. W., Rosemount. Cost: $20, in-cludes lunch. Registration/information:

Ron and Sue Wagener, 612-501-9065 or www.lywrosemount.eventbrite.com. Farmington Community EXPO, 9 a.m. to noon, Farmington 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: counselin-gandhealing.com, 952-435-4144.

Sunday, Jan. 26 Discovery Day Open House, 1-3 p.m., Faithful Shepherd Catholic School, 3355 Columbia Drive, Eagan. Short presentation at 1 p.m. followed by a tour and hands-on classroom experiences for families of students in grades K-4 and a middle school infor-mation session for families of students in grades 5-8. Information: Shawnessy Schwartz at 651-262-2898 or [email protected]. Spaghetti dinner and silent auc-tion fundraiser for two 12-year-old Burnsville Traveling Baseball teams, 4-7 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage. Meal catered by The Olive Garden. Silent auction to in-clude trips, gift baskets, 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 Cooperstown Dream Park. For more information, visit www.burnsvilletravel-ingbaseball.com and click on Cooper-stown 2014.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appoint-ment or for more information. • Jan. 18, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Caribou Coffee, 3868 150th St., Rosemount. • Jan. 18, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Qdoba, 1298 Promenade Place, Eagan. • Jan. 21, noon to 6 p.m., Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. • 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.

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Books Author Newell Hill, 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount, 651-480-1200. Hill will discuss “Octaves of Success: 88 Keys to a Pas-sion-Centered Career.” He will sign and sell his book. Minnesota author Sarah Stonich, 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, Burnhaven Library, 1101 County Road 42 W., Burnsville, 952-891-0300. Stonich will dis-cuss her book, “Vacationland,” a novel in stories, all of which revolve around characters con-nected to Naledi, a fading lake-side vacation getaway in north-ern Minnesota.

Comedy Adam Ray, featuring Nick Turner, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, and Saturday, Jan. 18, at Mystic Comedy Club in Prior Lake. Mature au-diences only. Tickets: $19. Information: mysticlake.com, 952-445-9000. 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.

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 “Hope is Alive” benefit concert for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 7 p.m. Sat-urday, Jan. 18, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Silent auction and activities begin at 5 p.m. Elvis tribute artists Steve and Tommy Marcio perform at 7 p.m. Tick-ets: $25 at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 or at Ticketmaster.com. David Gonzalez Band, 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, Valley-wood Golf Course clubhouse, 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple

Valley. Part of the Frozen Apple concert series by the Apple Val-ley Arts Foundation. Free. Infor-mation: avartsfoundation.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. “The Return of Diamond Jim,” 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Mystery dinner theater hosted by the Rosemount Area Arts Council. Tickets: $39, includes dinner; www.rosemountarts.com. “Tarzan,” presented by Children’s Castle Theater Jan. 17-19 and Jan. 24-26, at Lake-ville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tick-ets: $10 adults, $8 seniors and children 12 and younger; www.lakevilleareaartscenter.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].

Ugandan dancers Kika Troupe, a 20-member dance and drum performance company from Uganda, will perform Sunday, Jan. 19, at Heartbeat Studios, 7661 W. 145th St., Apple Valley. The performance runs from 1-2 p.m., followed by the Kika Troupe members teaching dance and drumming classes from 2-3:30 p.m. Admission is free; because space is limited guests are asked to register in advance by calling 952-432-7833. Kika Troupe also will per-form 7-8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, at the Steeple Center in Rose-mount. The event is free, but donations will be accepted. Hosted by the Rosemount Area Arts Council.

Comedy in Rosemount The Rosemount Area Arts Council will host Com-edy Club at the Steeple Center 7:30-9 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. 25 and March 8. The PG perfor-mance features Dennis Carney and William Hill with guest star Pizpor the Magician. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at www.rosemoun-tarts.com or at The Front Porch at the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail.

Chorale to present Haydn Joseph Haydn’s “The Cre-ation” will be featured in a May masterwork concert series by the South Metro Chorale. SMC will be joined by soloists Laura Hynes, soprano; David Kozisek, tenor; Philip Zawisza, bass; along with professional orchestra musicians. To audi-tion for the chorus, interested singers should email Russell Adrian, artistic director, at [email protected]. The concerts will be present-ed at 7:30 p.m. May 2 at Glen-dale United Methodist Church in Savage and 3 p.m. May 4 at St. Richard’s Catholic Church in Richfield. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students and se-niors. Tickets can be purchased by calling 612-386-4636. Visit

SouthMetroChorale.org for more information.

Family Night at IMAX Theatre The IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Val-ley will host Family Night on Monday, Jan. 20. Admission for the 6:30 p.m. showing of “Space Junk 3D” is $5 per person. Complimentary sandwiches and drinks (while supplies last) will be served in the lobby beginning at 5:30 p.m.

‘Love Tour’ at zoo The Minnesota Zoo will cel-ebrate Valentine’s Day with its 10th annual “Love Tour” Fri-day, Feb. 14. The tour offers a glimpse into the romantic ritu-als of animals. The adults-only event is $180 per couple and includes narrated tours of the Tropics Trail from 5:45-7:15 p.m.; hors d’oeuvres from 5:45-7:30 p.m.; romantic dinner in Discovery Bay at 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. Reservations can be made online at mnzoo.org. Tour and dinner time will be determined when the reservation is placed. Call 952-431-9500 for more in-formation.

Minnesota Mosaic Dakota County Library will host the culturally rich and artistically diverse Minnesota Mosaic Cultural Arts series for the 18th year. The following programs are included: • Minnesota author Sarah Stonich, 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, at Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burns-ville. She will discuss her book, “Vacationland.” • Twin Cities Chinese Dance Center, 11 a.m. to noon Sat-urday, Jan. 25, at Galaxie Li-brary, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. • Nothando Zulu, 7-7:45 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, at Burn-haven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. Watch Nothando recreate colorful characters from African and African-American folktales. • Enterbrainment Live, 2:30-3:15 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23, at

Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Hear poet-ry and live music performed by Edu-Poetic Enterbrainment, a Twin Cities’ spoken word and music ensemble. • Polish Paper Cutting, 6-8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, at Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville, and 6 -8 p.m. Wednesday, April 16, at Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Present-ed by ArtStart. Registration required. • Metal Work of Latin America, 6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 6, at Robert Trail Li-brary, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Learn repoussé, a Spanish metalworking tech-nique that uses hammering to form pliable metal into shapes, and create a silver-foiled pic-ture frame to take home. Pre-sented by ArtStart. Registra-tion required. • Minnesota in the 1970s, presented by the Minnesota Historical Society, 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, at Heri-tage Library, 20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville. • Tropics Steel Drum Band, 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, at Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. • Café Accordion Orchestra, 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Eclectic mix of French mu-sette, vintage swing, Latin and European folk music. Minnesota Mosaic is sup-ported by the Dakota County Library Foundation and the Minnesota Clean Water, Land & Legacy Amendment. For more information or to register, visit www.dako-tacounty.us/library and search calendar of events or call 651-450-2900.

Craft beer tasting Ernie’s Pub & Grille in Burnsville will hold a craft beer tasting event at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28. Participants will sam-ple 30 different craft beers and rate them for taste. Appetizers will be served. Cost is $25.95. Reservations are required. Information: www.erniespub.com or 952-435-2867.

Ivory keys to success Newell H. Hill, founder of local nonprofit Keys 4/4 Kids and the author of “Octaves of Success: 88 Keys to a Passion-Centered Career,” will be appearing at Rosemount’s Robert Trail Library on Tuesday, Jan. 21, as part of the “Meet the Author” series hosted by the Rosemount Area Arts Council and the library. “Octaves of Success” chronicles how Hill started a piano restoration business in his parents’ basement to raise funds for an after-school program in Minneapolis. The book provides readers with 88 lessons Hill acquired in his 14 years of fixing and selling pianos for charity. Admission is free to the 6:30 p.m. event at the library located at 14395 S. Robert Trail; more information is at www.rosemountarts.com. (Photo submitted)


Young actor adapts to the jungle Farmington HS 12th-grader cast as lead in ‘Tarzan’

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


In his first leading role, Landon Franke finds him-self swinging from vine to vine. The Farmington High School 12th-grader plays the bare-chested title char-acter in Children’s Castle Theater’s production of “Tarzan,” which runs this month at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. The part requires a good deal of physical ex-ertion, and the high-en-ergy Franke, adorned in a dreadlock wig and loin cloth in the show, is up to the challenge of playing the jungle-dwelling ape-man. “It’s quite an experi-ence because there’s a lot of movement – swinging on vines, handstands, cart-wheels, somersaults,” he explained. “It’s actually really fun.” “Tarzan,” adapted from the Broadway musical of the same name, is Franke’s fourth show with Dakota County-based Children’s Castle Theater. Joining

him in the 130-member cast are some familiar fac-es – his dad, Curtis, is cast as an ape, and his twin sib-lings Ramsey and Brielle, both 15, play baby Tar-zan’s mother and father. The family has been preparing for their parts in the show together, Franke said. “We’ll sit in the living room and read lines to-gether,” he said. “And over Christmas we took a road trip to Duluth and threw in the ‘Tarzan’ CD – we rocked out to ‘Tarzan’ in the car.” Franke got his start in theater his freshman year at Farmington High School with a part in “The Idiot’s Guide to High School.” He took to theater immediately and has regularly appeared in shows at the school, most recently the fall 2012 pro-duction of “The Music Man.” “When I got to high school and found theater, it was like, ‘Hey, this is for me,’ ” he said, adding that he hopes to continue act-ing next year when he be-

gins attending Concordia College in Moorhead, ten-tatively planning to major in vocal performance. “Tarzan” runs Jan. 17-19 and 24-26 at the arts center located at 20965 Holyoke Ave. in downtown Lakeville. More about the show, including ticket information, is at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Eighteen-year-old Landon Franke is cast as the titular ape-man and Claire Vietti, 15, plays Jane in Children’s Castle Theater’s production of “Tarzan.” The musical runs Jan. 17-26 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. (Photo submitted)

ThisweekendThisweekendTHE FORCE WAS WITH THEM

There was no shortage of eye-catching sci-fi costumery at the Star Wars Extravaganza held Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Steeple Center in Rosemount. Hosted by the Rosemount Area Arts Council and the Robert Trail Library, the event included a kids costume exhibition and family photo opportunities with characters from the 501st Legion, a volunteer group of characters from the popular George Lucas film series that’s set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.

Far left: Princess Leia was well represented at the event, with Robert Trail children’s librarian Kathy Kleckner, left, and Tamara Scott of Rosemount coming dressed as the science-fictional princess;. Top: Characters from the 501st Legion in attendance included Imperial Stormtroopers and even a Tusken Raider. Near left: Kids were encouraged to come dressed in costume and have their photos taken with Darth Maul and other 501st Legion actors. (Photos by Andrew Miller)


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