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Invasive species fi ght State officials can approve provisions to help stop the spread of invasive species, but it is local residents who will help ensure that resources are protected.

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Music in the Zoo returnsThe annual concert series returns with shows all summer at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley.

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Eastview receives honorEastview High School’s concert choir was among a select few groups to perform last month at a regional choral director’s conference in Iowa.

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District 191 launches grade, facilities review

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK

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A re-examination of grade configurations and building use in School District 191 is underway. The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School Board vot-ed April 3 to direct top administrators to develop a plan for board consid-eration. Dubbed “Vision One91,” it will “define a system of grade align-ment, facilities use and programming that will deliver on District 191’s mission to ensure that each student is real-world ready,” said a report from Superintendent Joe Go-thard. He said the review will be a more “holis-tic” look at facilities and programs than past dis-cussions about changing school boundaries. The board discussed changing boundaries in 2012 and 2013 under former Super-intendent Randy Clegg. Gothard, who re-placed Clegg, recom-mended last December that the district hold off on making boundary changes for the 2014-15 school year. Demographic and enrollment imbalances

between schools have spurred talk of new boundaries, which haven’t been changed since 1996. The district has seen declining enrollment and rapid demographic change since then. Gothard also pro-posed in December that the district study new grade configurations, with a four-year high school, middle schools of grades six through eight and K-five elemen-tary schools. That should come before evaluating the need for boundary changes, he said at the time. “We have a commu-nity who’s invested and ready to step up and do some things we haven’t done in the past,” Go-thard said April 3. “It’s time to green-light this,” Board Mem-ber Dan Luth said. “Let’s get going.” The new review launched April 3 will also take the district’s prekin-dergarten and post-high school programs into consideration, Gothard said.

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Auto storage business creates niche in Eagan by Jessica Harper

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Car enthusiasts can store their vehicle, have it detailed and get their dry-cleaning done all at the same place. Fellow enthusiast and owner Mischa Redmond aimed to carve a niche in the vehicle-storage indus-try when he opened Auto Vault on March 31 in Ea-gan. The membership auto storage business not only provides storage at its 16,000-square-foot garage located at 1675 Meadow View Road, but it also

provides airport shuttle services, dry cleaning and shoe shining for executive members. Though the business goes beyond the norm, it aims to keep its member-ship dues affordable, said Jason Kramer, director of business development. While most of its com-petitors sell individual ga-rages, which typically start at $130,000, Auto Vault offers memberships that start at $2,500, which al-low clients to store their cars, trucks or motorcy-cles in one shared garage. Members also have op-tions for quarterly and an-

nual storage and discounts for storing multiple cars. “We are targeting all auto enthusiasts, not just those who own BMWs and Maseratis,” Kramer said. Although vehicles are stored together in one large garage dubbed “the vault,” Kramer said the company ensures its cli-ents’ prized possessions are secure by installing fingerprint scanner access and video surveillance, among other security measures. When they’re not out enjoying on their vehicles,

The ultimate tricksterEagle Magic Store owner continues to amaze

by Martha LuedersUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

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Those who walk into the Eagle Magic Store in Burnsville will see a col-orful display of tubes and boxes bearing Chinese writing and Egyptian hi-eroglyphics. In the back is an entire room filled with antique tricks, Larry Kahlow, owner of the practical joke and magic store, said. Kahlow, who is in his 60s, has owned Eagle

Magic for 45 years and has managed it himself since 2008. “I have a lot of titles,” Kahlow joked. “But it’s kind of pretentious to call yourself the CEO of a one-person store.” Regardless of what Kahlow calls himself, he is the owner of what he said is the oldest magic store in the United States. Eagle Magic was founded by Collin Pentz and opened in 1899, Kahlow said. The store

was inherited by one of Pentz’s employees. She was running the store the first time Kahlow set foot inside Eagle Magic’s doors at 8 years old. Kahlow remembers looking at the gag jokes in particular. “I probably bought a snake in a can and rubber dog doo,” Kahlow said. He had an eye opera-tion in downtown Minne-apolis not long after visit-

Man charged with arson after girlfriend suffers burns

David Gherity allegedly placed fire accelerants on victim’s body

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


A 60-year-old Burns-ville man was charged April 4 with three felony counts related to a Feb. 9 fire in which his girlfriend suffered second- and third-degree burns and was hos-pitalized in a medically induced coma. David John Gherity was charged with felony first-degree assault and two counts of felony first-degree arson for allegedly placing fire accelerants on the woman’s clothes while she was sleeping and then starting a fire at the resi-dence on the 12000 block of Parkwood Drive.

He was a r r e s t e d April 2 and is being held in jail on $50,000 bond with conditions. The vic-tim is re-

covering in the Hennepin County Medical Center Burn Unit after suffering burns to her scalp, right hand, face, head, neck and legs, and losing her ear. After the victim emerged from a coma, she allegedly indicated on Feb. 23 that she was scared of Gherity and that he “did this,” according to the criminal complaint. The victim told police March 4 that on the day of the fire Gherity was stressed and she had been drinking and had taken

Noah by the bookBurnsville author publishes children’s book

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


The story of Noah’s Ark has gotten a popular-ity boost with the success of “Noah,” the Holly-wood film starring Russell Crowe. Burnsville resident Do-reen Schultz has made her own contribution to the canon by writing “The Days of Noah,” an il-lustrated children’s book first published last April and recently re-released by Tate Publishing & En-terprises, a Christian pub-lishing house. Unlike the “Noah” film, Schultz’s book, writ-ten in rhyming verse, lets the Book of Genesis epic speak for itself, without reimagining or narrative license. “I follow the Bible story,” said Schultz, 50. “I have not added anything else. It all follows the Bi-

ble.” For Schultz, who hadn’t seen the movie yet, the message of the story of man-kind’s near-ex-termination and rebirth is simple: “I think really it’s just a matter of trusting and believing in God no matter what.” Raised a Lutheran, Schultz is now an adher-ent of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which emphasizes the second coming of Jesus Christ and practices the Sabbath on Saturday. She moved to Burns-ville last September with her husband, Kenn, to take a job as a microbiol-ogy supervisor at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. She previ-ously worked at hospitals in Mason City, Iowa, and Winter Springs, Fla.

“As a child I went to church with my parents and went to Bible school,” Schultz said. “But I think in Florida is where I really got involved in the church. I started attending different

seminars, and they really got me interested in these promises.” Those promises are the subject of Schultz’s first book, “LIP Service (Leaders of Intercessory Prayer),” a study guide she self-published in 2011 through Christian pub-lishing house Xulon Press. It compiles and examines biblical promises in areas such as family, healing, wealth and knowledge. “These promises, the ones I’ve written down, are conditional,” Schultz said. “If you meet the

Auto enthusiast Mischa Redmond opened Auto Vault, an auto storage business in Eagan, on March 31 at 1575 Meadow View Road. Auto Vault’s prized possession, a McLaren, which features the company’s logo, is on dis-play and available to members for ride-alongs. The com-pany will host a grand opening 2 to 6 p.m. May 10 at its office. (Photo by Jessica Harper)

Larry Kahlow and his wife, Jennifer, own Eagle Magic Store on County Road 11 south of Highway 13 in Burnsville. (Photo submitted)

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Spotlight on Seuss at Valley Middle School School’s Drama Club presents ‘Seussical Jr.’

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


The surreal splendor of Dr. Seuss is coming to the stage at Valley Mid-dle School this weekend. Students in the school’s Drama Club will be presenting “Seussical Jr.,” a musical mashup of the beloved author’s madcap tales. The Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, Yertle the Turtle — all part of the colorful, song-and-dance-fi l led spectacle that is “Seussi-cal Jr.” About 100 Valley Middle School students are involved in the pro-duction as actors, tech crew members, and cos-tume and prop helpers. Participation in the Drama Club, which pres-ents a spring and fall mu-sical each school year, of-fers students a chance to learn the elements of the-ater in a fun and struc-tured environment. There are also life les-sons to be learned in the process of staging a pro-duction. “I’ve learned you kind of have to put yourself out there — even if you’re nervous or shy, you have to put yourself out there a bit,” said seventh-grad-er Zack Frovik, cast as Horton the Elephant in the show. “You learn that team-work is very important,” added seventh-grader Uzo Ngwu, who’s play-ing the spirited, purple-costumed Sour Kanga-roo. “If you can’t work together, the show won’t

be as amazing as it can be.” That sentiment was echoed by sixth-grader Liza Rotty, cast as flam-boyant avian Mayzie La Bird. “It does take a lot of teamwork — we have to pick each other up when we fall,” Rotty said. “Not to quote ‘High School Musical’ or anything, but we’re all in this together.” Show times for “Seus-sical Jr.” are 7 p.m. Fri-day, April 11, and 2 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at the school located at 900 Garden View Drive. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for students, and free for children ages 5 and younger; tickets will be available at the door.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Among the cast of “Seussical Jr.” are, from left, Amanda Jackson, Alexa Reuss, Liza Rotty, Grace Grube and Asha Grebin. (Photo by Andrew Miller)

Eastview High School’s concert choir was among a few select high school choirs to perform at the North Central American Choral Directors Association’s divi-sional conference on March 20 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo submitted)

Eastview choir among few to sing at regional event by Jessica Harper


Eastview High School’s concert choir received a rare honor last month when it was among a select few high school choirs to per-form for distinguished choral directors from across the region. “Eastview has never performed at an event like this before, so it’s a great honor,” said choir director Greg Douma. Eastview was among three high school choirs to perform on March 20 at the North Central American Choral Direc-tors Association’s divi-sional conference in Des Moines, Iowa. The event featured 14 choirs from high schools, colleges,

churches and organiza-tions across Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Wis-consin and the Dakotas. The association is comprised of choral di-rectors from across the nation and aims to pro-mote choral programs. The Eastview group of 67 11th and 12th graders was selected from a pool of high school choirs from across the region who auditioned. Princeton High School and the Iowa Chamber Choir were the other two high school choirs selected to perform at the confer-ence. “It’s a good mile-stone for the legacy of Eastview,” said senior Tate Sheppard. “It’s amazing to be a part of that.”

DCTC shines at SkillsUSA Thirty-eight Dakota County Technical College students competed in 20 events at the 47th annual SkillsUSA State Champi-onships held March 28-29. DCTC served as a com-petition host site for the event.

Ten DCTC students finished first in their event competition and will rep-resent Minnesota at the June 23-27 SkillsUSA 50th annual National Leader-ship and Skills Conference in Kansas City, Mo.

Cast as Horton the Elephant, seventh-grader Zack Frovik will sing a lullabye to a giant egg in “Seussical Jr.” (Photo by Andrew Miller)

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Former insurance agent gets probation for filing fake policies A former Eagan insur-ance agent was sentenced to 10 years probation last week for filing and prof-iting from fake insurance policies. Dewitt Alonzo Davi-son, 32, also received a stayed three-day jail sen-tence on April 2. Davison was charged in August 2013 with felony

theft by swindle after re-ceiving $32,088.78 in com-mission for numerous fake insurance 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.”

— Jessica Harper

Second suspect charged in attempted copper theft

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


A second suspect has been charged for alleg-edly attempting to steal copper from the vacant Lockheed Martin build-ing in Eagan. Michael Brian Brown, 23, of Wayzata, was charged on March 28 with felony third-degree burglary for his role in the break-in. Brown’s friend, Aus-tin Jeffrey Jones, 22, was charged on Feb. 18 with felony third-degree bur-glary and is awaiting trial. According to the crim-inal complaint, an Eagan police officer noticed Brown and Jones pulling a sled Feb. 14 from the Argosy University park-ing lot at 1515 Central

Parkway to the Lockheed Martin property. At some point, they began running toward the building, which has a “No Trespassing” sign posted outside, and the officer ordered them to stop. When they contin-ued to run, the officer chased them on foot, but was unable to catch up with them before they en-tered the building. Other officers arrived and set up a perimeter around the building. One of the men’s father arrived on the scene and told officers that Brown and Jones, who had called him, were “scared and wanted to come out.” Eventually, the men came out of the building and were arrested. Officers found freshly

cut copper piping in the Lockheed Martin build-ing and two bags contain-ing 150 pounds of copper piping on a sidewalk be-tween Argosy and Cen-tral Parkway. Brown has a prior con-viction of felony third-degree burglary as a juve-nile. Jones was convicted of felony motor vehicle theft in 2009 when he was 17 and has misdemeanor convictions for driving without a license and un-derage alcohol consump-tion in 2011 and 2012. Both men face up to five years in prison if con-victed.

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

Man charged in Eagan road rage incident involving a gun

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


A West St. Paul man faces felony charges after allegedly pointing a gun at another man during a road rage incident in Ea-gan. Joshua Thomas Tipcke, 27, was charged on April 3 with terroristic threats and fifth-degree assault, both felonies. According to the crim-inal complaint, Tipcke cut off another vehicle while driving near the in-tersection of I-35E and Cliff Road at about 6:30 p.m. April 1. The other driver honked his horn and pointed his finger at

Tipcke in a scolding manner. T i p c k e then alleg-edly point-ed a gun at the oth-er driver while driv-ing west

on Cliff Road. The vic-tim backed off and called 911. He followed Tipcke and saw him enter an Ea-gan apartment complex. Officers met with the victim at the intersec-tion of Cliff and Nicols roads. Police received another call a short time later from a woman who stated that Tipcke forced

his way into her apart-ment and had a gun in his waistband. After a brief stand-off, Tipcke surrendered to police and admitted pointing a BB gun at the victim. Police found a CO2-powered BB pistol in the apartment’s wash-ing machine during a search. Tipcke has prior con-victions for misdemeanor domestic assault and mis-demeanor violation of domestic abuse no con-tact order.


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Body of woman found indentified The body of a woman found at approximately 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5, in Ravenna Township southeast of Hastings was identified on Tues-day as Carrie Elaine Ol-son, 29, of Davenport, Iowa, according to news reports. The Hennepin County medical examiner’s office made the positive identi-fication and continues to investigate the cause and manner of her death. Olson was reported missing on Dec. 30 when she didn’t show up for

work, according to the Quad City Times, after two surveillance videos at 4 p.m. Dec. 29 and 3:30 a.m. Dec. 30 confirmed she was at a gas station in Rock Island, Ill., which is part of the Quad City region that includes Dav-enport. In the weeks and months that followed, a massive search for her was coordinated by her family and local resi-dents. The landowner of a wooded area on Presley Circle north of 175th

Street East found the body, which Dakota County Sheriff ’s officials said appeared had been there for less than 36 hours. Sheriff ’s officials were seeking help in identify-ing the body after a news release was issued Mon-day. Those with infor-mation about the case should call 651-438-TIPS (8477) or go online to the sheriff ’s office Facebook page.

– Tad Johnson

Cheerful Givers celebrate 20 years

Cheerful Givers volunteers and special guests sing “Happy Birthday” during the Great Minnesota Birthday Party at the Mall of America on March 29. Brian Turner of K-TWIN Radio served as emcee of the event. Special guests included Rebecca Yey, Miss Minnesota 2013; Corrina Swiggum, Miss Minnesota’s Outstanding Teen; Matt Blair, former Minnesota Viking; and Nickelodeon Universe characters, Dora and Sponge Bob. During the last 20 years, Cheerful Givers has provided more than 775,000 less fortunate children with toy-filled birthday gift bags. For more information or to make a donation, visit www.cheerfulgivers.org. (Photo submitted)


Global education crisisTo the editor: As a newly appointed global youth ambassador for A World at School, I want to call attention to the 57 million children around the world who are currently being denied their human right to an education. I am joined in this call to action by 500 other young advocates for glob-al education. Together, we make up Global Youth Ambassadors – launched on April 1 by the United Nations Secretary General Bank Ki Moon and the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Educa-tion Gordon Brown. The reason I became passionate about getting involved in educational access and A World at School is from my experi-ence working with Ameri-Corps in North Saint Paul with School District 622.

This combined with my curiosity about Microne-sians led me to this road. I completed my thesis on why many Micronesians lack education. I am most inspired by our world’s leaders, however. Mala-la, United Nations, and countless other people and organizations that support how important this cause is keeping my passion strong. Locally, I am inspired by Angelica Torralba-Olague, youth develop-ment director and the students/members of the Youth Leadership Council in District 622. During my year with AmeriCorps we really dug deep in how the achieve-ment gap impacts our local communities, and I worked with the high school students and Tor-ralba-Olague on Project SWAG (Students Work-ing on the Achievement Gap). This project was a cross-age mentoring pro-

gram, awareness video, and training development. The students involved were passionate and it only ignited my interest more! It is these local and global efforts that keep me active in opportunities which brought me to A World at School. So join A World at School in its campaign to get every child into school learning. Support our calls to action and get all the latest news on global education online www.aworldatschool.org on twitter (@aworldatschool) and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AWorl-dAtSchool. ANGELA EDWARD GBEYETINBurnsville

A good education To the editor: Imagine a letter to the editor in which a candi-

date for Congress states “all students need a good education.” A writer, Ron Goldser, proclaims this bit of insight in a recent let-ter and proceeds to bash private education. This bit of logorrhea and solipsism deserves a response. Dare I ask, does Gold-ser believe that creating a monopoly in anything is good? Should public edu-cation be immune from the vicissitudes and inher-ent advantages in competi-tion and liberty? While Goldser deplores the failures of a few private schools, he ignores the co-lossal failures of govern-ment schools, which own dropout rates exceeding 50 percent. Why does Goldser castigate U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, work-ing with the speaker of the House to give more local control of our schools to local voters? I am particu-larly delighted that Kline has done much to expose the shortcomings in the fed’s efforts to inculcate children in “Common Core” with its anti-Amer-ican bias. As to the worn out bro-mide that only selected individuals know that “all students need a good edu-cation,” Goldser should continue his search to find someone who disagrees with him.

RICHARD IFFERTEagan

Vote for Schreiner To the editor: The latest issue of Cir-cuits from Dakota Electric gave notice of the upcom-ing annual meeting and elections on April 24. We urge members to cast votes for Margaret Schreiner. She was elected by the Dakota Electric board to the Great River Energy Board and insured that Dakota Electric received equal and proportion-al voting rights on that board. She has been asked three times to chair best practices task forces and twice by the Legislature to assist in crafting improve-ments to laws dealing with conservation and com-munity-based energy de-velopment. When ballots arrive vote for Margaret Schreiner by mail, email or in person on April 24.

WALLY and ARDIE LYSLOBurnsville

Camera was lost recentlyTo the editor: I was in Chili’s restau-rant in Burnsville on Sat-urday, April 5, for lunch. I forgot my Canon Pow-ershot camera on the table and didn’t realize until later that night that it was missing. In the meantime, someone was kind enough to find it and turn it in to

a Chili’s employee. Unfor-tunately, someone called in claiming they lost the same camera and came in to claim it before I called. They obviously have the wrong camera and I will gladly let them keep it if I can get the memory card back. Sadly, I have family va-cation pictures, my chil-dren’s videos and pictures on it that I never got a chance to save or copy. I don’t have a smartphone, so they were my only pictures and can’t be re-placed. All I want is the memory card back … no questions asked. Please return or mail the memory card to Chili’s in Burns-ville. My family and I are sick over this loss. Keep the camera, but please re-turn the memory card.

AMY PRICEBaxter

Craft supports fair wages To the editor: The United States faces a growing crisis due to the widening income gap. Wealth is becoming in-creasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands – the Walton family, the owners of Walmart, alone control more wealth than the lowest 40 percent of Americans. While they have amassed this fortune,

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Take steps to protect state waters

Obamacare – Minnesotans can do better

As April opened with wind-driven snow and temperatures that still fea-tured wind-chill readings, Minnesotans longingly looked from their windows waiting for the day when ice-covered lakes would open and fresh-water fish-ing could resume. It’s a way of life and in Minnesota sport fishing is a $2.8 bil-lion industry of vital importance to the state’s economy and well being. The importance of our state’s natu-ral resources can be taken for granted. It shouldn’t be. As winter releases its long-lasting grip it is time to take stock of the condition of state water bodies and reinforce the need for better stew-ardship. There is work to do. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has produced find-ings on the condition of our lakes and rivers that can’t be ignored. The DNR has identified bodies of water that are infested with a number of invasive aquatic plants, including nearly 300 lakes with infestations of Eurasian wa-ter milfoil. Nearly 200 lakes and rivers are infested with zebra mussels. The seriousness of invasive aquatic plant species and zebra mussels is often dwarfed by the growing threat of Asian carp that continue to migrant north

and pose a threat of reaching north-ern Minnesota. Pictures of carp jump-ing into boats grab our attention. The problems related to weeds and mussels that clog lakes and choke off nutrients needed by fish are hidden below the surface. It is encouraging that some positive signs are coming from St. Paul. Gov. Mark Dayton and the Legislature are crafting a bonding bill that provides badly needed dollars to address the se-riousness of many aquatic invasive spe-cies. There is support for $6 million in bonding dollars to assist the Minne-sota Aquatic Invasive Species Research Center at the University of Minnesota. The center operates in partnership with the DNR in the effort to combat plant infestations, zebra mussels and the spread of carp. Funding is desperately needed. The bonding dollars would provide upgrades to the center’s centu-ry-old building and target inadequate water, electrical and heating and cool-ing systems. With an improved facility, the center expects to add more student

researchers tasked with studying inva-sive aquatic plants. A $3 million bond-ing proposal would be matched by $3 million in university dollars for a new lab to study problems related to bees. Our lawmakers need to make sure these projects are not left on the cut-ting table when the final bonding bill is carved out. They are simply too impor-tant to pass over. Bonding for a $5 million dam repair and carp barrier on the Rum River in Anoka has not been supported by the governor. The dam repair ranks only 42nd on the DNR’s priority list. The threat of carp migrating north to Mille Lacs Lake through the Rum River is real and the Anoka barrier is a step to protect the state’s marquee wall-eye fishery from a carp infestation. It should not be ignored for long. It is not only lawmakers who must be good stewards. Everyone who launches a boat needs to do their part to avoid spreading aquatic plants and zebra mussels from lake to lake. And there have been positive results. The DNR continues to work with local government to train monitors who check boats at launch areas. Con-servation officers remain vigilant and

fewer violators were issued misdemean-or tickets in 2013 compared to 2012. Watershed district boards and private lake associations are stepping forward. These efforts, coupled with public edu-cation, will help slow the spread of in-vasive aquatic plant species and zebra mussels that are here now. There are procedures that need to be taken by anyone launching a boat. State law requires that all visible aquat-ic plants and zebra mussels be cleaned from a boat, trailer and other water-related equipment before leaving a boat launch. Drain all boat ballast tanks, portable bait containers, livewell, bilge and baitwell containers before leaving a water access and keep drain plugs open while moving a boat. Dispose of unwanted bait in the trash. It is recom-mended that boats and equipment be sprayed and rinsed and allowed to dry before going to another water body. There is little we can do in the wait for winter to pass, but when it comes to protecting our lakes and rivers, there is much we can and must do.

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by Dan Hall SPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

This week the political leadership of MNsure (Minnesota’s version of Obam-acare) touted reports that nearly 170,000 Minnesotans signed up for insurance through the health care exchange. The reason for their misplaced pride was their claim to have surpassed their (twice low-ered) enrollment target. While the Gov. Mark Dayton admin-istration and the leaders of MNsure are busy exchanging high-fives and spending their performance bonuses, Minnesotans who care wonder whether the $160 mil-lion spent on MNsure’s broken website was wise. Consider the following: • MNsure’s enrollment data fails to answer the pressing question – how many MNsure enrollees are newly insured Minnesotans. We do not know whether we are really addressing a societal need or simply moving people from one type of coverage to another. • MNsure’s enrollment numbers pur-

posefully conflate two types of enrollees. They fail to differentiate between those who bought private insurance and thus paid additional taxes to support MNsure – and those whose insurance costs are subsidized by the purchases of others. • In fact, only 47,000 MNsure enroll-ees bought private insurance (30,000 en-rollees less than anticipated). This means that MNsure is financially out of balance and in danger of needing even greater public subsidies in the future. • Both the U.S. House Oversight Committee and Minnesota’s own Of-fice of the Legislative Auditor are in-vestigating MNsure for everything from data-breaches (that put enrollees at risk of identity theft) to good old fashioned

incompetence. Minnesota didn’t need intervention from Washington and MNsure bureau-crats to provide excellent health care for its residents. Prior to MNsure, Minne-sotans were some of the most satisfied health care consumers in the nation. A 2012 survey by the Bush Foundation found that 70 percent of Minnesotans felt supported by the health care system, and capable of making good decisions for themselves and their families. Min-nesota ranked sixth in the nation for its highly insured population (90 percent-plus). Before MNsure a generous safety net was in place for the working poor, and children could stay on their parents’ plan until age 25. Even those who were turned down in the private marketplace due to a pre-existing condition were guaranteed coverage under Minnesota Comprehen-sive Health Association, a nonprofit or-ganization with a 35-year history in the state. Minnesota didn’t need Obamacare and MNsure bureaucrats in order to pro-

vide excellent health care for residents before, and we shouldn’t accept subpar choices now. It is generally understood that the president was wrong when he told us: “If you like the plan you have, you can keep it. If you like the doctor you have, you can keep your doctor, too. The only change you’ll see are falling costs as our reforms take hold.” Now that the truth is known, we need to leave broken promises behind and move on to true health care reform. The Democrat majority in the Min-nesota House and Senate and the gover-nor’s office have the power to fix health care in Minnesota. With one vote and the stroke of a pen, we could return to the days when the vast majority of consum-ers felt empowered by their numerous healthcare choices. The DFL should be courageous, acknowledge their partisan error and join me in fighting for health care freedom in Minnesota. State Sen. Dan Hall, R-Burnsville, can be reached at [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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wages for most Americans have stagnated and the minimum wage is worth less than it was in the 1960s. For Walmart to pay their employees a living wage, it would result in a cost increase of 1 cent for every $16 spent at their store. As it is, their em-ployees don’t earn enough to make ends meet, and are forced on to govern-ment programs to get by. We need someone in Congress who will stand up for the middle class and to protect everyday Amer-icans. Tom Craft, who is seeking the DFL endorse-ment in the 2nd District, is the right candidate for the job. He believes we need to take action to ensure eco-nomic opportunities for everyone. We need to raise the minimum wage, ex-pand access to higher edu-cation, and establish more retraining programs for the recently unemployed. Craft was born and raised in a union family,

and knows that can be the difference between strug-gling to get by and hav-ing a good life, and he will fight in Congress to pro-tect the right to unionize. He knows, to quote Paul Wellstone, that “We all do better when we all do bet-ter.” ANGIE GARDNEREagan

Data can be skewed To the editor: It was sad to read the March 21 story about the Lakeville VFW having to lay off 13 people and probably go out of busi-ness, then read a letter on the opinion page quote statistics from polls and research firms advocating a raise in the current mini-mum wage. Caution: Be careful with data from general polls and analyses. They don’t dig into specific ef-fects changes have on in-dividuals. Conclusive data show the end result, not the pain and difficulty that

led to it. They are struc-tured to get a person’s opinion in passing, like at a state fair. Their ques-tions usually manipulates a person’s answer and can be skewed easily. The national minimum wage was never intended to support a family and is all relative. If I have to pay employees more, I have to raise prices for services. When employees purchase coffee or pay rent, they will pay more because that owner is also abiding by the new standard, essen-

tially wiping out gains em-ployees make from a wage increase. What is so diffi-cult about understanding this? Most minimum wage raise advocates have little understanding of the fra-gility of a small business. Should they have their way, many workers whom they claim to care about are usually forced to work at some big business, (like-ly having some influence with the government) be-cause either my small busi-ness didn’t survive, or I

had to lay them off. They are now subject to worse conditions, probable part-time hours, and little choice in employment op-tions. The small business owner is helping that worker more than a big business would ever care to. The small business owner provides the invest-ment and the education that will pull that worker from a beginner’s salary to one that can ultimately support a family. Also, raising the self-esteem and confidence level of that worker … for what that’s worth, right? If you’re asked to vote on this issue, please ask yourself this simple ques-tion: Whose word are you going to take? The one quoting from polls and analyses? Or the one dirty-ing his/her hands out in the field?

MARK BELLILELakeville

Thank you for solar power

To the editor: On behalf of Lakeville Friends of the Environ-ment, we would like to thank Dakota Electric for its solar forum, Shedding Light on Solar. On Tuesday, March 25, more than 130 people filled the Heritage Center meeting room in Lakeville. The event was standing room only, and no one was disappointed. The speak-ers were informative and inspiring. The information tables were there to answer spe-cific how-to questions and were beneficial for those seriously considering in-vesting in solar for their homes and businesses. The future of renewable energy is very bright. New inno-vations like community solar will allow us to wean ourselves from fossil fuels one day soon. We look forward to fu-ture collaborations with Dakota Electric.

DEBORAH NELSONCINDY LINAFELTERLakeville Friends of the Environment

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County commissioner race heats up with new entrant

Halberg, Holberg running

for Krause’s long-held seat

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


Chuck Halberg, a for-mer state senator and rep-resentative, will challenge state Rep. Mary Liz Hol-berg this fall to represent Lakeville on the Dakota County Board of Com-missioners. After much specula-tion, Paul Krause an-nounced last week he would not seek re-election to the seat he has held for two decades. Holberg an-nounced last month she would decline a ninth term in the Minnesota House to seek the County Board seat. Halberg, 70, represent-ed much of the southern Dakota County area dur-ing the 1980s and 1990s when he served in the Min-nesota House and Senate. In recent years, he has served as a senior execu-tive in various industries, including health care, pub-lishing and medical equip-ment. He also served as CEO of Good Samaritan of Minnesota, American MedServe Corp. and American Medical Prod-ucts Inc. as well as COO of Augsburg Publishing company of Minneapolis. A Lakeville resident since 2005, Halberg said he believes his experience

and understanding of finance and gov-ernment make him a good candidate to represent tax-payers. His biggest con-cern is keeping tax-es down. He said state taxes are hitting their limits, and predicted in-creased pressure to lo-cal governments to raise property taxes to fund government activities like road and bridge projects. “I see that government spending is a continuing problem, particularly at the local level,” Halberg said. “I can’t over-em-phasize the importance of keeping close watch on the increasing pressure to use property taxes to fund needs, because it will im-pact the residents of Lake-ville in a big way.” Halberg said he sup-ports revisiting Dakota County’s long-standing policy of charging cities 45 percent of the cost for county road projects. Dakota County is the only county in Minnesota that requires cities to pay 45 percent of the cost for improving county roads plus 100 percent of project costs that would improve city roads, such as under-ground infrastructure con-nections. Cities in other Min-nesota counties typically pay about 15 percent of the cost of a county road project, according to Bob Egan, of Lakeville,

a former Dakota County construc-tion and mainte-nance engineer. Some Lake-ville City Coun-cil members have supported asking Dakota County to pay more of

the costs associated with the County Road 50/60 roundabout project since it is expected to signifi-cantly affect city roads as traffic is diverted during construction in 2015. Halberg cited the dis-pute is an example of the kind of tension that is go-ing to play out between cities and counties in the future. “The problems of the state slop over to the lo-cal counties and then they slop over to the cities,” he said. “We’re all in this to-gether. We can’t unilater-ally roll over costs to the cities.” He said he appreci-ates the work Krause has done to keep taxes down. Halberg said his extensive financial background and government experience will work well to continue to represent taxpayers’ concerns at the Dakota County Board. “I will do everything I can to hold the line on spending at the local level and the urge to increase property taxes,” Halberg said.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

ChuckHalberg

Tree, shrub and plant sale The city of Burnsville will sell bare-root trees, native shrubs and plants at its annual sale from 7:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 26, at the city’s former maintenance facility at 75 Civic Center Parkway. Tree prices range from $25 to $35. Trees are local-ly grown and vary in size from 5 to 12 feet. Native shrubs and plants are geared toward shady areas. Shrubs are 6- to 18-inch bare-root stock and will be sold in packs of five for $5 per pack. Plants are in 3-inch plugs and will need to be protected from frost for a few weeks. Plugs are $2 each or three for $5. The sale is for Burns-ville residents only. There is a limit of two trees, 54 plants and 30 shrubs per household. For a complete listing of available plants and pricing, visit www.burns-ville.org/treesale.

Phillips recognized by alma mater Kerry Phillips, recre-ation supervisor for the city of Eagan, is one of 23 emerging rising lead-ers from the University of Minnesota’s College

of Education & Human Development recognized in a new Web profile series who have achieved early distinction in their careers, demonstrated emerging leadership, or shown ex-ceptional volunteer service in their communities. Phil-lips’ profile can be found at www.cehd.umn.edu/alumni/rising/2014/Phil-lips.html.

Book sale at Wescott Library The Wescott Library Spring Book Sale runs April 30 to May 4. Hours are 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 30 (member preview night); 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thurs-day, May 1; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, May 2, and Satur-day, May 3; and 1-3 p.m. Sunday, May 4 (bag day). The sale includes books as well as CDs, DVDs and books on tape. Members of the Friends of the Wescott Library gain entrance into preview night before the book sale officially begins. Members also receive a discount on all purchases during the sale. To become a member, stop by the reception desk at the Wescott Library, visit www.fwlonline.com, or join onsite at the book sale.

Geocache and clean park Eagan Girl Scout Troop 53541 will hold a Cache In Trash Out (CITO) event from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, April 26, at Blackhawk Park in Eagan. The event, for the troop’s Silver Award, aims to “raise awareness for CITO events by geo-caching and cleaning up Eagan’s parks, making it safer for its plants, animals and users.” Geocaching is the rec-reational activity of hunt-ing for and finding a hid-den object by means of GPS coordinates posted on a website. Those interested in par-ticipating should RSVP by April 12 to [email protected].

Scouting open house An open house will be held for children in kin-dergarten through grade 12 and their parents from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, at Pinewood Community School, 4300 Dodd Road, Eagan. For more information about boy and girl scout-ing, visit www.Adventu-reIsCalling.org or call 763-231-7201.

News Briefs


Kline earns GOP endorsement David Gerson

concedes before results announced by Tad Johnson


U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, was en-dorsed by 2nd District Republicans on Saturday, April 5, at Lakeville South High School. “I am honored to once again receive the vote of confidence from 2nd Dis-trict Republicans,” Kline said in a statement. “I remain committed to the constitutionally guaran-teed freedoms and liber-ties our founding fathers envisioned and will fight for all Minnesotans to en-sure a better future for our children and grandchil-dren.” South St. Paul resident David Gerson, who also sought the Republicans endorsement, conceded the nomination to Kline before the results were an-nounced. “I want to thank every-one who came out to sup-port me today,” Gerson wrote on his website on Saturday. “It was a long road and a powerful and humbling experience. I also wish to congratulate Congressman John Kline on winning the Repub-lican endorsement. We

must all work together to keep our district red in November.” Gerson ran against Kline in the 2012 primary when the incumbent cap-tured 85 percent of the vote. Gerson, an engineer who works for aerospace company Meggitt PLC, portrayed himself as a more conservative candi-date than Kline. Kline, 66, a 25-year vet-eran of the Marine Corps and chairman of the Edu-cation and the Workforce Committee, is seeking his seventh term in the House. He also serves on the House Armed Services Committee. Kline first won election by defeating incumbent Rep. Bill Luther in 2002. It was the third Kline-Lu-ther matchup. He then defeated a string of Democrat candi-dates that included former Burnsville City Coun-cil Member Teresa Daly, former FBI agent Coleen Rowley, Iraq War veteran

Steve Sarvi, for-mer state Rep. Shelley Madore and Eagan attor-ney and former state Rep. Mike Obermueller. K l i n e won 54 percent of the vote in 2012, while O b e r m u e l l e r finished with 46 percent.

Some had speculated that the redrawn 2nd Dis-trict lines would favor Obermueller as the reliably Republican western por-tion of the district was cut out and Democrat-leaning portions of Dakota and Washington counties were added along with areas south of Dakota County. Kline defeated Madore in 2010 with 63 percent of the vote and Sarvi in 2008 with 56 percent of the vote. Obermueller is consid-ered the front runner to earn the DFL endorse-ment, which will be de-cided on Saturday, April 26, at South St. Paul High School. The other two candi-dates seeking endorse-ment are Eagan residents and political newcomers Thomas Craft and Paula Overby.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

John Kline Mike Obermueller

In an effort to help seniors connect with re-sources and services, U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burns-ville, will host the Aging and Wellness Expo from 9 a.m.-noon, Thursday, April 24, at the Rosemount Community Center. The event is free and open to the public. “Aging Minnesotans and their loved ones face difficult decisions about living arrangements, health services, and other issues,” Kline said. “I am pleased to host the Ag-ing and Wellness Expo to

bring together our seniors and their caretakers with a variety of important re-sources.” The Community Cen-ter is at 13885 South Rob-ert Trail. The event will fea-ture seminars, including a workshop on “Identity Theft and Scamming” by the Better Business Bu-reau of Minnesota and a session on Medicare ben-efits by the Minnesota Board on Aging. Caseworkers and liai-sons from state and fed-eral programs will be on

hand. The Dakota County Sheriff ’s office will be collecting unwanted pre-scription medications. Medicine should be in the original container and la-bel information removed or crossed out. Loose pills and liquids should be placed into clear plas-tic bags and sealed tightly. Cancer-treating drugs, needles, and sharps are not accepted. For more information, email Sally Bryant at [email protected].

Kline to host Aging and Wellness Expo


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Education

District 196 spends higher percentage on regular classroom instruction The Rosemount-Ap-ple Valley-Eagan Public Schools (District 196) spent nearly $500 per pu-pil less than the average of the 10 largest districts in the state last year, accord-ing to recently released statewide data on school district expenditures for fiscal year 2013. Each spring, the Min-nesota Department of Education makes avail-able financial data for all of the nearly 350 operat-ing school districts in the state. District 196 is the state’s fourth largest dis-

trict. Comparable expen-diture data for FY 2013 shows that District 196 spent less per pupil than the averages for the state, metro area and 10 largest districts in four of the 10 general fund expenditure categories, including op-erations and maintenance, student transportation, pupil support services and district-level administra-tion. In the area of regular instruction, District 196 spent more per pupil than the averages for the state and 48 metro-area dis-tricts.

“This data shows that we continue to spend a higher percentage of avail-able funds on regular in-struction, which is teach-ers in the classroom, and less on district administra-tion and support services,” said District 196 Superin-tendent Jane K. Berenz, who noted that fiscal year 2013 comparisons are similar to previous years. “Our teachers make the difference in what we do for students and that is where we will continue to focus our efforts.”

Expenditures Per Pupil for Fiscal Year 2013

Expenditure Category District 196 State Average Metro Average 10 Largest Average**Regular Instruction $5,085 $4,617 $4,717 $5,178Special Education 2,115 1,870 1,843 2,084Operation, Maintenance & Other* 669 827 807 851Student Transportation* 532 616 614 648Instructional Support Services 526 460 480 554School-Level Administration 460 412 408 430District-Level Administration* 331 468 420 397Student Activities & Athletics 283 271 265 207Pupil Support Services* 231 287 297 357Career & Technical Instruction 139 130 118 143

TOTAL $10,371 $9,958 $9,969 $10,849General Fund Operating Expenditures

* Category where District 196 spent less per pupil than the averages for the state, metro area and 10-largest districts.

** The 10 largest school districts in Minnesota in FY2013 were, in order from largest: Anoka-Hennepin, St. Paul, Minneapolis, District 196, Osseo, South Washington County, Rochester, Elk River, Robbinsdale and North St. Paul-Maplewood.

District 196 students fill red carpet at television production awards The journalism and vid-eo production programs at Apple Valley, Eagan and Eastview high schools won a combined 13 of 26 Crystal Pillar awards that were presented to high school students at the re-gional Student Production Awards ceremony held March 30 at the Mall of America. The Student Produc-tion Awards are sponsored by the Upper Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NA-TAS). Apple Valley stu-dents won eight Crystal Pillar awards, Eagan four and Eastview one. The winning entries are listed by category, along with the names of the students involved with producing each of them. Newscast: Eagan AM-Halloween special edi-tion, Eagan High; direc-tor Nissi Kunjummen, co-anchors Nick Saxton and David Immen, sports anchor Josh Severson and crew and production team members. Newscast: EaglEye-episode 100, Apple Valley High; co-anchors Lane

Klumb and Ashley Krae-mer, and crew and produc-tion team members. News General As-signment-Serious: Eagan High, “Teen Pregnancy,” reporter Luke Moe. News General Assign-ment-Light: Eagan High, “Pearson’s Candy Fac-tory,” reporter Reid Em-mons and photographer Daniel Debner. Arts and Entertain-ment/Cultural Affairs: Apple Valley High, “Meet Your Muslim Neighbor,” reporter/editor Dante Smith and photographer Sara Jaroscak. Short Form Non-Fiction: Eastview High, “Sherwin’s Story,” produc-er Matt Huhner and pho-tographers Jack Bernstein and Ben Oberfeld. Sports: EaglEye, Apple Valley High, “Jesus Rive-ra,” reporter Alicia Dodge, editor Lane Klumb and photographers Kali Shaw and Jacob Voss. Sports Live Event: Ap-ple Valley High, “Boys’ Basketball vs. Prior Lake,” director March Mwangi, announcers Mitch John-son and A.J. Hill, camera operators Scott Le, Ja-

cob Aquilar and Yassin Abasher, and Hamza Ibra-him on graphics. Public Affairs/Com-munity Service: Eagl-Eye, Apple Valley High, “Video Game Addiction,” reporter/editor Maddi Engel, photographer Kyli-ann Ableidinger and crew member Nick Allrich. Animation/Graphics/Special Effects: Eagan AM, Eagan High, editors Daniel Debner, Scott Fisk, Derrick Lockwood and Luke Moe. Editor: Marcus Nelson, Apple Valley High. Talent: Adam Thomp-son, Apple Valley High. Writing: Maddi Engel, Apple Valley High. These and the other winning entries in this year’s Student Production Awards can be viewed on the NATAS Upper Mid-west Chapter website at http: / /midwestemmys.org/20140330/2014-high-school-student-produc-tion-award-recipients/. Staff advisors are Tzitel Voss and Cliff Dodge at Apple Valley High, Paul Saxton at Eagan High and Nick Fornicoia at East-view High.

Apple Valley High School students celebrate their success at the Student Production Awards on March 30 at the Mall of America. (Photo submitted)

District 196 seeks curriculum council members Parents in the Rose-mount-Apple Valley-Ea-gan Public Schools who are interested in becoming involved in districtwide conversations regard-ing curriculum, instruc-tion and assessment are encouraged to apply for membership on the dis-trict’s Curriculum and In-struction Advisory Coun-cil (CIAC). Applications will be accepted through May 16 for two elementa-ry school parent positions, one middle school par-ent position and one high school parent position. The terms of all four po-sitions are for three years beginning in July. The purpose of the CIAC is to ensure active community participation

in all phases of planning and improving the instruc-tion and curriculum af-fecting state graduation standards. The CIAC also recommends to the School Board districtwide edu-cation standards, assess-ments and program evalu-ations. CIAC parent mem-bership is determined, in part, by the grade level of children attending District 196 schools and geographic representation within the district. For this reason, the open positions will be filled by applicants who will have a child at-tending one of the follow-ing schools in the 2014-15 school year: • Cedar Park, Echo Park, Southview or West-

view elementary schools – one position. • Diamond Path, Greenleaf, Highland, Oak Ridge or Thomas Lake elementary schools – one position. • Rosemount Middle School – one position, andEagan High School – one position. Members currently serving on the CIAC may reapply to serve a second, three-year term, but a sec-ond term is not automati-cally granted. Parents interested in be-ing considered for CIAC membership must submit an application by May 16. The application is avail-able at www.District196.org or by calling 651-423-7739.

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MyStop will provide estimated bus arrival times in District 191 A new service will give parents and students a better idea of where a bus is along its route and about what time it will arrive at their stop. Called MyStop, the system uses GPS to track all Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 buses. Using a smartphone, tablet or com-puter, parents and students can log in to view the current location of buses on routes and the estimated time of arrival at their neighborhood bus stops. “The hope is that this will give par-ents some peace of mind regarding their child’s bus,” said District 191 Transpor-tation Director Glenn Simon. “For those times when the bus is running late, they can check online to see that it’s coming and estimate when it will arrive, or it will let them know that the bus has reached their stop in the afternoon, so their child should be home.” Simon noted that bus locations are only updated once every 60 to 120 sec-onds, so the online map should not be considered to show an exact representa-tion of where the bus is. For more information on using MyS-top, parents can go www.isd191.org/my-stop.

BHS students qualify for state automotive competition Burnsville High School seniors Noah Henry and Trevor Sterzinger were the school’s top scorers on a technical online exam and have qualified to be among the top 10 teams in the statewide 2014 Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition at AutoMotorPlex in Chanhassen on May 7. At the hands-on competition, 2014 model year autos are “bugged” with identical problems that students are re-quired to diagnose in 90 minutes. The competition challenges high school stu-dents’ knowledge and mechanical abili-ties in the field of automotive technol-ogy. For more information on the competi-tion, go to www.autoskills.com.

School of Environmental Studies reps attend conference Five School of Environmental Stud-ies Education Foundation representa-tives will be attending the Economic and Social Council commission on Popula-tion and Development conference at the United Nations in New York April 6-11. Two School of Environmental Studies

students, two faculty members and one SESEF Board member will attend con-ference sessions and will have the oppor-tunity to meet with country representa-tives at various levels. SES representatives plan to gain first-hand knowledge of how the conferences at the United Nations are organized and conducted. The group plans to explore potential connections with other schools and non-profit organizations in New York City; network with organizations that also have consultative status with the ECO-SOC, and gather information about lo-gistics that could be used by future SES groups going to New York for UN com-mission conferences. In 2013, the School of Environmen-tal Studies Education Foundation was granted special consultative status with the United Nations which allows SE-SEF/SES representatives to participate in a wide range of UN commission and forum conferences on topics such as pop-ulation, status of women, indigenous is-sues, and sustainable development. Students and faculty plan to use this visit to expand opportunities for the SES community to participate in the UN/ECOSOC process in the future. They also hope to identify where various UN commission conferences and other ECO-SOC opportunities could enhance the SES curriculum.

Eastview cheerleading tryouts set An informational meeting for parents and students interested in joining the 2014-15 Eastview High School compe-tition/football cheerleading team will be 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, in room C250 at Eastview. Tryouts will be held on the following dates: • Monday, April 28, 6:30-9 p.m. • Tuesday, April 29, 6:30-9 p.m. • Thursday, May 1, 6:30-9 p.m. • Saturday, May 3, 9 a.m. to noon. Details about tryouts will be provided at the April 15 meeting. For more information, visit http://eastviewathletics.com/competitive_cheer.

Diamond Path Wolf Run Registration is open for Diamond Path Elementary’s May 18 Wolf Run at Lebanon Hills Park. The race features both a 5-K and half-mile route. The run supports Diamond Path stu-dents who will be attending Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center. Register at www.active.com (search for “Wolf Run”). The fee is $25 for the 5K and $12 for the half-mile. Race-day registration is available at a higher price.

Education BriefsObituaries Anniversaries

William (Bill) and Jeri Ganz

50th Anniversary Bill and Jeri were mar-

ried in California on April 11, 1964. They traveled the country following Bill’s career in the United States Marine Corps.

Bill retired as a Lt. Colo-nel and continues to serve his community through countless hours of ser-vice to 360 Communities. Jeri continues to serve “active duty” as devoted wife, mother to their four children, grandmother to their seven grandchildren, and master chef to the many friends and family they graciously welcome into their home!

Cheers to 50 Years!With so much love from

all of us, Happy Golden Anniversary Mom and Dad!


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Rosemount dads are the headliners Veteran Twin

Cities rocker Tim Mahoney to open benefit concert

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


A bunch of Rosemount area dads will be able to say some day that Tim Mahoney was their open-ing act after Saturday night’s gig at the Rose-mount VFW. Mahoney, a stalwart of the Twin Cities mu-sic scene for the past 15 years and a contestant on the NBC megahit show “The Voice,” is the un-likely opening act after Rosemount resident Greg Baune placed the highest bid to secure the rocker’s services. Baune was thrilled to have won the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society auction item, but then he needed a big enough venue to house a Mahoney con-cert. He found his answer after calling his friends in The Prospects, who prac-tice and play often at the VFW. That’s when another connection was made. The concert will ben-efit Rosemount VFW causes and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the latter of which is an orga-nization that is close to the heart of VFW manager and longtime Rosemount resident Lisa Calafat. Calafat, who has worked at the VFW since 2012, is going on her sixth year as a lymphoma survi-vor. It’s remarkable that Calafat is still tending bar these days after her May 2008 diagnosis revealed she had cancerous cells “from her head to her toes.” “At that point, it’s all out of your hands, there’s

nothing you can do,” she said. An aggressive series of chemotherapy treat-ments beat back the Stage 4 cancer, which she battled for about a year using frequent shots to boost her immune system that was already weak due to Crohn’s disease. “I wasn’t ready to go,” Calafat said. “My family is pretty strong.” She said she helped organize this benefit as a way of giving back to the community that held a fundraiser for her as she attempted to keep up with medical bills when she was battling cancer. “I would have lost my house if it wasn’t for this community,” she said. Calafat, who also worked for about nine years each for the Rose-mount American Legion and Shenanigan’s, still goes in for checkups every six months so doctors can ensure the cancer has not returned. “I’ve been in the com-munity and bartended here for a long time,” she said. “It is a beautiful community. I’ve seen peo-ple help others in so many ways.” The members of The Prospects have been work-ing with Calafat for the

past two months to sched-ule a date for the Mahoney appearance. The group formed about six years ago when neighbors Matt Brokl and Doug Molitor were talk-ing one day about their mutual longing to play in a band again. Brokl, who was playing guitar in a band at Easter Lutheran Church in Ea-gan with drummer Dar-rin Cresswell, suggested the three could play at a neighborhood birthday party. “Then everything took off from there,” Brokl said. The band has pulled in Paul Jacobson and Tony Vega since then and played at venues such as O’Gara’s in St. Paul and Mississippi Mud in Inver Grove Heights. “For us it’s all about staying involved with mu-sic,” Brokl said. “All of us are channeling our inner musical child.” Make that inner teen-ager. The band covers a wide range of material, includ-ing songs from Jimi Hen-drix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, U2 and Foo Fighters. “We play what people want to hear, something they can dance to and is lively,” Brokl said. “We are

really having fun.” The Prospects, who also will play a May 2 Moms and Neighbors fundraiser at Carbone’s in Rose-mount, enjoy the idea of helping others, which also explains their allegiance to the VFW. “The VFW has been so good to us, and we con-sider that our home base,” Brokl said. “What a great group of people they are to open their doors to us who might not fit with their stereotypical crowd. … It’s been a great symbi-otic relationship.”


Superintendent Snyder’s contract renewed Board approves annual

raises, contract adds standards

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


Lakeville School Board members unanimously approved a three-year contract for Superintendent Lisa Snyder. Under its provisions, Snyder will receive an annual 1.3 percent raise, increasing from $180,000 to $182,394 this school year and to $184,820 in 2015-16. By 2017, Snyder will earn $187,278 annually, according to the contract. The contract also includes an op-tion for the board to grant Snyder a performance pay bonus of up to $7,000 annually. To determine the amount, the board will measure Snyder’s perfor-mance against a set of key indica-tors and goals mutually developed by Snyder and the School Board. Evaluation criteria the board will consider is detailed in the contract and includes leadership, profession-alism, student achievement, fiscal responsibility, community connect-

edness and workforce quality. Snyder will also re-ceive 30 days of paid va-cation annually, and may elect to receive a maxi-mum of five days pay in lieu of vacation leave each contract year. She is also allocated 15 days of paid sick leave each year and two days of paid personal leave in addition to medical, dental life in-surance benefits. The district will pay for full fam-ily dental insurance, and share med-ical coverage costs, according to the contract. For employee plus one coverage, Snyder would pay $100 per month or $150 per month for full depen-dent coverage. The district will pay the first 2.5 percent of any health insurance pre-mium increase and split any remain-ing costs with Snyder. Snyder was hired in 2011 at a sal-ary of $169,500 and has received $12,367 in bonus pay since coming to the district, which has approxi-mately 10,800 students. Her next performance pay review is in June.

School Board Chair Roz Peterson praised Snyder for her hard work and dedication to the job, noting it is a 24/7 year-round commitment that requires her to be on-call around the clock. In June 2013, Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District Su-perintendent Jane Berenz received a 2 percent pay in-

crease, raising her annual salary to $195,840 beginning July 1. Berenz received a 3.78 percent pay raise in 2012 after incurring a pay freeze for three years. The dis-trict has approximately 28,000 stu-dents. When Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District Superintendent Joe Gothard was hired in May 2013, he was to be paid a base salary of $185,000 in his first year under a three-year contract. Gothard’s salary rises to $186,800 for the 2014-15 school year and to $188,600 for 2015-16. The district has 9,500 students. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

The Prospects are (from left) Doug Molitor, Matt Brokl, Darrin Cresswell, Paul Jacobson and Tony Vega (below). (Photo submitted)

Benefit concert A concert to ben-efit veterans service pro-grams and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will be held from 6 p.m. to closing time Saturday, April 12, at the Rose-mount VFW, 2625 120th St. Mahoney will open the concert from 6-8 p.m. with The Prospects to follow. Tickets, which are tax deductible and can be purchased at the door, are $10 each with an ad-ditional $10 suggested donation. More informa-tion is at www.thepro-spectsrock.com. Mahoney will also play the Concert For A Cause to benefit the Leu-kemia & Lymphoma So-ciety at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at The Pantag-es Theatre in Minneapo-lis. Tickets for that show range from $25 to $100 with VIP treatment. To purchase tickets for the April 19 show, call the box office at 1-800-982-2787 or visit http://bit.ly/1gggb6G.

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by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


The route from farm field to your dining table doesn’t get much more di-rect than through the new Community Supported Ag-riculture program at Pahl’s Market in Apple Valley. By purchasing shares at the onset of the growing season, members receive fresh produce — grown at Pahl’s own farmland in Dakota and Scott counties — from mid-June through the end of October. “When you shop at the grocery store you might notice produce from all over the world, but with a CSA you can support a lo-cal farmer and your local economy,” said Pahl’s co-owner Gary Pahl. Members in the CSA program pick up their “share box” each week during the 20-week CSA season. The program offers two “share options” for mem-bers — the standard share is a half bushel ($425) and

the family share offers a full bushel ($775). Heading the farming duties for the CSA pro-gram is Cole Moldenhau-er, who started working at Pahl’s in 2008 when he was 15, hoeing pumpkins and working the fields. His roots in farming run deep — he started working on his grandpa’s dairy farm as a young boy. “I am a firm believer in the farm-to-table move-ment, which ensures fresh homegrown foods are distributed locally,” said

Moldenhauer. The CSA program at Pahl’s also offers mem-bers opportunities to visit the farm where the food is grown and take part in Harvest Event days — a snap pea picking event in June, for example, and a freezing and canning event in August. More about the pro-gram, including sign-up information, is at www.pahls.com/csa-program. Pahl’s Market is located at 6885 160th St. W., in Apple Valley.

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After purchasing shares in the Community Supported Agriculture program at Pahl’s Market, members pick up their “share box” each week during the 20-week CSA season where co-owner Gary Pahl (left) and Pahl’s CSA farmer Cole Moldenhauer work. (Photo submitted)


SportsSpreading the language of basketball

Clinic owner helped teach the sport on island off Honduras

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Like many places in the Caribbean, the island of Roatan is a thriving tour-ist destination with a des-perately poor native popu-lation. It’s popular among scuba divers, which is why Brian Ammann first went there eight years ago. When he returned in March, he brought sup-plies to help the locals not only further their edu-cation, but feed their interest in basketball, a growing sport on the island. E i g h t pallets of donated items went with Ammann, a Lakeville resi-dent, on what was a com-bined humanitarian trip and vacation. Donations ranged from backpacks to hold school supplies, to bicycles, to an electronic basketball scoreboard, which Ammann said is the first one on the island. Ammann, who owns the Minnesota School of Basketball, ran clinics for the local players for sev-eral days. He still had time to make 23 dives off the cost of Roatan, one of the Bay Islands that are part of Honduras. Local high school basketball programs in-cluding the Apple Valley, Eagan, Eastview, Rose-mount, Farmington and

Lakeville South boys and girls teams, donated items for the mission. Even if it was used gear, it was a vast improvement over what the local players had, Am-mann said. It’s not uncommon for basketball players in Roatan to have to share shoes, Ammann said. If one player comes out of a game or practice, he would leave his shoes on the court so the player coming in could wear them. “We were able to come down there with about 800 pairs of shoes,” Ammann said. By what Ammann de-scribed as “happenstance,” he found out about World Youth Movement, an or-ganization founded by By-ron, Minn., native Court-ney Lenox. Lenox lived on Roatan for six years as her organization worked to get resources to at-risk youth. One of the things she did was organize a basketball program, which now has two teams. The older of the two teams won a tour-nament in Tegucigalpa, the Honduras capital, and five of its players received scholarships to continue their education at private schools on the mainland. Ammann collaborated with World Youth Move-ment to get the supplies to the island. It wasn’t just about basketball, though. “School supplies are really needed there,” Am-mann said. “The prob-lem is they don’t have any money. Kids get one note-book, for every subject, for the whole school year. Up until last year, they only went through sixth grade, although they go through ninth grade now.” Stories such as that res-onated with Melissa Gue-

bert, a School District 196 teacher and head coach of the state Class 4A cham-pion Eastview girls basket-ball team. Her team was one of those that donated items for the relief effort. “Living here, I think it’s hard for kids to under-stand what it’s like to liter-ally have nothing,” Gue-bert said. Getting the supplies to Roatan was a difficult task in itself. First it had to be taken by truck to Miami, then put on a boat to the island. A parent of one of Ammann’s basketball stu-dents is paying the trans-port costs. The work wasn’t done once the supplies reached the island. Ammann said Honduras customs of-

ficials demanded $1,300 before they would allow the cargo to be unloaded. When that was paid, they asked for $1,000 more. Ammann and others in-volved in the relief effort balked at the second de-mand and the customs of-ficials relented. Ammann said the Roatan youth are enthusi-astic about basketball but need guidance. “The level of basketball isn’t to where it is in the United States, but it’s im-proving,” said Ammann, a former men’s basketball coach at Augsburg Col-lege. “From working with the kids, I found that their ball-handling skills were very good. There were some kids there who could

really handle the basket-ball. “Most of them have never run an offense be-cause they haven’t been exposed to coaching. It’s all freelance. They’re ath-letic and like to get to the rim but they’re a little re-luctant to shoot from out-side because they’re not as successful at that. They need some help develop-ing their mechanics. What they know about shooting is what they’ve seen from watching the NBA on TV, and 90 percent of the play-ers there want to get to the rim and dunk. About 10 percent of the players in the NBA are actually good shooters.” Eventually, the goal is to place some Roatan

players on American ju-nior college teams, Am-mann said. But if basket-ball gives them access to a better education on the mainland, that too will be a success, he said. It would be difficult to come back to the same people year after year for donations, but Ammann said he is considering making a Roatan relief effort an every-other-year venture. Besides, he said, it’s time to go back to work. “The last few weeks I spent more time on this than I did on my real job,” he said.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Brian Ammann, owner of the Minnesota School of Basketball in Apple Valley and Golden Valley, directs a ball han-dling drill during a clinic for children on the island of Roatan. (Photo courtesy of Brian Ammann)

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Local schools honor top female athletesSt. Paul Athena Award luncheon

is next week by Mike Shaughnessy


Several athletes from high schools in the Sun Thisweek coverage area will be among those hon-ored at the St. Paul Area Athena Awards luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 16, at the Prom Cen-ter in Oakdale. Forty metro-area schools participate in the St. Paul program, which recognizes each school’s top senior female athlete. This year’s Athena win-ners include Erica Power of Apple Valley, Raissa Hansen of Eagan, Kel-lie McGahn of Eastview, Isabelle Ferm of Farm-ington, Alexis Joyce of Lakeville North, Shaina Burns of Lakeville South and Hannah Grim of Rosemount. Burnsville High School is part of the Minneapo-lis Athena Awards pro-gram, which will have its luncheon May 4 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Vivian Hett is the BHS Athena winner for 2014. KARE-TV news an-chor Randy Shaver will be master of ceremonies for the St. Paul luncheon. Keynote speaker will be Nicole M. LaVoi, associ-ate director of the Tuck-er Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sports at the University of Minnesota.

Vivian Hett The Burnsville senior was runner-up at the state Nordic skiing meet the last two years and will pursue that sport as well as cross country at North-ern Michigan University. She has earned 16 varsity letters in three sports, 13 all-conference awards and seven all-state awards. Hett has won three conference champion-ships and two section

championships in Nordic skiing, one conference championship in cross country and one section championship in track and field. She is a National Hon-or Society student and has received academic all-state awards Hett qualified to rep-resent the United States in the Under-18 Scandi-navian Cup skiing meet in Finland in January 2014. She is Burnsville’s school-record holder in the 4-ki-lometer race for Nordic skiing and the 1,600- and 3,200-meter races in track and field.

Raissa Hansen Hansen has been a captain of Eagan’s cross country, basketball and track and field teams and has earned 11 letters in the three sports. A three-time all-conference award win-ner in cross country, she ran on the Wildcats’ Class AA state runner-up team in 2012 as well as a section championship track and field team in 2013. Other athletic accom-plishments include being part of an Eagan team at the Nike Cross Nation-als cross country meet in 2012 and being part of a fourth-place team in the 4x800-meter relay at the 2013 Class AA track and field meet. She will attend Winona State University, where she will major in nursing and run cross country and track and field. Hansen’s 3.82 GPA ranks in the top 10 percent of her class, and she has earned three academic all-state awards in cross country and one in track and field.

Kellie McGahn McGahn, who helped Eastview reach the state soccer tournament twice, also is a two-time all-state player. She will play soc-cer next fall at the Univer-sity of Minnesota. She played varsity soc-cer and hockey for four years each and was on the

track and field team for three years. McGahn was the soccer team’s MVP in 2013 and received an Out-standing Academic Ath-lete award. She was on the Class AA all-tournament team her sophomore year. McGahn has a 3.87 GPA.

Erica Power Power has been a three-sport standout at Apple Valley while maintaining a 3.995 grade-point aver-age. She was the hockey team’s leading scorer for four years and is a four-time all-conference selec-tion. In soccer, she earned three varsity letters and was named academic all-section. Power is in her fourth season with the Eagles’ golf team.

Isabelle Ferm Ferm ran the anchor leg on a Farmington 4x400-meter relay team that placed second in the 2013 state Class AA track and field meet. She also played defense for a Ti-gers soccer team that fin-ished second to Lakeville North in the Section 1AA tournament. She is a two-time all-state player. Her interests extend beyond sports as she was named one of Farming-ton High School’s AAA (academics, athletics, arts) Award winners for 2013-14. She participates in choir and has a 3.978 GPA.

Alexis Joyce Joyce has been a key player on Panthers soc-cer and hockey teams that have been regular state tournament participants. Joyce was the goalkeeper on North soccer teams that finished second at state in 2013, third in 2012 and fourth in 2011. She had 51 career shutouts, second-most in state his-tory in girls soccer. She also helped North place third at the state girls hockey tournament the last two years. Joyce, a forward in hockey, has

116 career goals, includ-ing 27 in the 2013-14 season. She has signed to play hockey at Bemidji State University.

Shaina Burns Burns is one of Minne-sota’s most versatile track and field athletes, as evi-denced by her victory in the heptathlon in the New Balance indoor cham-pionships last month in New York City. She also has won several outdoor national championships in the heptathlon, which is a combination of sprints, middle-distance races, hurdles races and field events. The heptathlon isn’t part of Minnesota high school competition, but last year Burns finished fifth in the shot put, fifth in the 300-meter hurdles and eighth in the long jump at the state Class AA finals, helping South take second place in the team competition. The year be-fore, the Cougars won the state title as Burns me-daled in both hurdles rac-es. Burns, who also played tennis at Lakeville South, will compete in track and field at Texas A&M.

Hannah Grim Grim is one of three guards from Minnesota on their way to the Mar-quette University wom-en’s basketball team in the fall. She averaged more than 22 points a game as a senior and scored a school-record 38 in a Jan-uary game against East-view. She is the school’s career scoring leader with 1,791 points. Grim also was a stand-out in cross country, qual-ifying for the state meet five times and finishing 48th in the Class AA race as a senior. Grim, also a track and field athlete, has a 3.8 GPA.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Notebook: Mark Osiecki named to coach U.S. in 2015 World Juniors

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Burnsville native Mark Osiecki this week was named coach of the U.S. team for the 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championships. Osiecki, an assistant coach for the Rockford Ice Hogs of the American Hockey League, was an assistant coach on three other U.S. teams at the World Juniors. He coached on teams that won gold medals in 2010 and 2013 and earned a bronze in 2011. The 2015 tournament will be Dec. 26, 2014-Jan. 5, 2015, in Montreal and Toronto. The U.S., coached by University of Minnesota head coach Don Lucia, reached the quarterfinals of the 2014 World Juniors before losing to Russia. Before going to Rockford, Osiecki was head coach at Ohio State for three years. He also was an assistant coach at Wisconsin for six years and head coach and general manager of the Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League for seven years. He played on Burnsville High School’s state champi-onship teams in 1985 and 1986. Both were coached by Tom Osiecki, Mark’s father. Mark Osiecki also played for Wisconsin’s 1990 NCAA championship team and played parts of four seasons in the NHL before a wrist injury ended his career.

Jason Obarski to coach at Farmington Farmington High School recently announced the hiring of Jason Obarski as boys soccer coach and the resignation of Keith Revels as boys hockey coach. South Suburban Conference soccer should be fa-miliar territory for Obarski, a 2008 graduate of Apple Valley High School. He was an all-state player in soc-cer and also kicked for the Eagles’ football team. He was one of three Obarski brothers to serve in that dual soccer-football role at Apple Valley. Later, he kicked for the North Dakota State and St. Olaf College football teams. Obarski’s father Mark is head girls soccer coach at Eagan High School. Obarski currently is athletic director at Prairie Seeds Academy, a charter school in Brooklyn Park, and is coaching director for the Farmington-based South Metro Futbol Club. Last fall he coached one of the University of Minnesota men’s club teams. He takes over a Farmington team that was 8-5-5 last season and was Section 1AA runner-up under Julian Buss, who was the Tigers’ coach the last five years. Obarski guides the Tigers into what might be the state’s strongest boys soccer conference. The South Suburban has had a team in the state Class AA boys championship game every year since the league formed in 2010.

SCSU gets a goalie Eastview High School boys hockey goalie Zach Driscoll recently announced a verbal commitment to St. Cloud State University. Driscoll, a junior, helped lead the Lightning to the state Class AA tournament in 2013. He will join three Lakeville North players – brothers Jack, Nick and Ryan Poehling – at St. Cloud. The Poe-hlings, all forwards, verbally committed in February.


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some medication before she fell asleep on the couch. The victim allegedly left a message on her sister’s voicemail that day saying Gherity “has gone berserk, I can’t call now, I’ll call you later.” She said Gherity was in the residence when she fell asleep. When she awoke to the fire, Gherity was not there and smoke alarms had gone off. At about 2:44 p.m., fire-fighters found the victim sitting at the kitchen table on fire, which they extin-guished. The victim told firefight-ers that “he lit the fire” and “the bastard tried to burn my house down” before she was taken to the HCMC Burn Unit in Minneapolis.

Gherity allegedly went to HCMC smelling of smoke and covered with soot, according to medi-cal staff. He alleged that he went to the residence after the fire, but that was inconsistent with building records of when he last en-tered the building, accord-ing to the criminal com-plaint. Medical staff also re-ported that the first thing Gherity, a former attor-ney, asked was if the victim had an advanced health care directive. When told the victim did not, Gher-ity said he would write one up and have the victim sign it. Medical personnel told Gherity the victim was medicated and would not be signing anything. The Bureau of Criminal Apprehension determined

the clothes the victim was wearing carried a mixture of alcohol, lotion and pos-sibly hairspray and finger-nail polish remover. The victim told police on March 7 that she has not used hairspray for sev-eral months and she does not use fingernail polish or remover. The victim’s sister said Gherity told her on Feb. 10 that maybe nail polish, nail polish remover or hairspray she uses started her on fire, according to the criminal complaint. The maximum sentence for the three charges is 60 years in prison and $85,000 in fines.


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County honors residents for ‘healthy’ contributions The Dakota County Board of Commissioners presented Public Health Achievement Awards to four recipients at its meet-ing Tuesday, April 9, as part of National Public Health Week. Laura Sweere and Natalie Hamley, students at Lakeville North High School; Joe McCarthy, physical education teacher at Meadowview Elementa-ry School in Farmington; and “A Healthier Hast-ings 4 All” community collaborative sponsored by Regina Medical Center were recognized for their efforts to build and sustain healthy families and com-munities in Dakota Coun-ty. Sweere, a sophomore, and Hamley, a junior, were recognized in the youth category for train-ing fourth-grade students

throughout the county in managing peer pressure and avoiding use of alco-hol and tobacco. Sweere and Hamley participate in the Youth Teaching Youth program from the University of Min-nesota Extension, which promotes leadership and positive role modeling to encourage young students to make healthy and safe choices. McCarthy, who was awarded in the individ-ual category, has devel-oped and implemented award-winning programs at Meadowview Elemen-tary that increase student achievement, reduce obe-sity and increase positive student behavior. He has successfully engaged par-ents to participate with their kids in fitness activi-ties through family events that encourage physical

activity. “A Healthier Hast-ings 4 All,” recipient of the “community group” award, consists of 15 com-munity organizations in-cluding schools, business-es, the city of Hastings, YMCA and Regina Medi-cal Center. The collabora-tive works with commu-nity members to create a culture of wellness, pro-mote nutrition and physi-cal activity, and provide healthy living resources, activities, and events in Hastings. The Dakota County Board established the Pub-lic Health Achievement Awards in March 2000 to recognize and honor the contributions of Dakota County residents who devote their time, energy and talents to creating a healthy future for their fel-low county residents.

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LEGAL NOTICES

CITY OF EAGANADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposal bids will be received by the City of Eagan, Minne-sota, in City Hall at 3830 Pilot Knob Road, until 10:30 A.M., C.D.S.T., on Thursday, May 1, 2014 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud for the furnishing of all labor and materials and all else necessary for the following:

CEDAR GROVE AREA INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTSCITY OF EAGAN

S.A.P. 195-108-007CITY PROJECT NO. 1153City Contract No. 14-09

Involving Approximately:Pavement Marking Removal 180 Lin FtRemove Curb & Gutter 180 Lin FtRemove Bituminous Walk 820 Sq FtRemove Concrete Walk 2480 Sq FtRemove Bituminous Pavement 140 Sq YdAggregate Base (CV) Class 5 90 TonType SP 12.5 Wear Course 60 Ton Concrete Walk & (Special) 3250 Sq FtBituminous Walk 230 Sq FtConcrete Curb & Gutter 180 Lin Ft

Truncated Domes 120 Sq Ft Sign Type C 22 Sq FtRevise Signal System 2 EachSediment Control 90 Lin FtSodding 60 Sq YdPavement Marking 50 Lin FtComplete digital contract bidding documents are available at www.

questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $20.00 by inputting Quest project #3238283 on the website’s Proj-ect Search page. Please contact QuestCDN.com at 952-233-1632 or [email protected] for assistance in free membership registra-tion, downloading, and working with this digital project information. Complete contract documents may also be seen at the offices of SRF Consulting Group, at One Carlson Parkway North, Suite 150, Minneapolis, MN 55447, Phone (763) 475-0010. Contractors desir-ing a hardcopy of the complete bidding documents may obtain them from the office of SRF Consulting Group upon payment of $50.00. No money will be refunded to any person who obtains plans and specifications.

Each bid proposal shall be accompanied by a bidder’s bond nam-ing the City of Eagan as obligee, a certified check payable to the Clerk of the City of Eagan or a cash deposit equal to at least five percent (5%) of the amount of the bid, which shall be forfeited to the City in the event that the bidder fails to enter into a contract. The City Council reserves the right to retain the deposits of the three lowest bidders for a period not to exceed forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening of the bids. No bids may be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after the date and time set for the opening of bids. Payment for the work will be by cash or check.

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

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICECITY OF EAGAN

DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING:Advisory Planning CommissionMeeting: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at6:30 pm, City Hall Council Cham-bers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd

DEVELOPMENT/APPLICANT:Enterprise Commercial Trucks/Richard Morphew

LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIP-TION: 2905 Lexington Ave S, Lot 1,Block 1, Eagandale Center Indus-trial Park No. 10

REQUEST(S):Conditional Use PermitA Conditional Use Permit to allow

outdoor storage of rental trucks.File Number: 03-CU-03-03-14QUESTIONS: Call the Planning

Department at (651) 675-5685or contact Mike Ridley, the Plan-ner at (651) 675-5650 or [email protected] with the aboveinformation.

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICECITY OF EAGAN

DATE/LOCATION OF HEARING: Advisory Planning Commission Meeting: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 6:30 pm, City Hall Council Cham-bers, 3830 Pilot Knob Rd

DEVELOPMENT/APPLICANT: Fi-esta Cancun Outdoor Dining/Mark Ravich

LOCATION/LEGAL DESCRIP-TION: 4250 Lexington Ave S, Lot 1, Block 1, Eagan Center 1st Addition

REQUEST(S):Planned DevelopmentA Planned Development Amend-

ment to allow for outdoor patio din-ing.

File Number: 26-PA-04-03-14QUESTIONS: Call the Planning

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

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 191

SCHOOL BOARD MINUTESMARCH 18, 2014

The meeting of the Board of Educationwas called to order by Chair Schmid at 4:00 p.m. at the Administrative Services Center, 100 River Ridge Court, Burnsville,MN, 55337.

Members present: Directors Sweep,Currier, Hill, Alt, VandenBoom, and ChairSchmid. Others in attendance were Su-perintendent Gothard, Executive AssistantJami Kenney, and Attorney Jim Martin.

Schmid opened the meeting and askedCurrier to lead the Pledge of Allegiance.

Moved by Hill, seconded by Vanden-Boom, to approve the agenda. Motioncarried (6, 0).

Moved by Currier, seconded by Sweep,to close the board meeting, pursuant toMinn. Statutes 13.D.05, Subdivision 2, 4band 13.32 for the purpose of discussing private student data. Motion carried (6, 0).

Director Luth arrived at 4:01 p.m.The closed meeting began at 4:03 p.m. • Private student data was discussedThe closed meeting adjourned and the

regular board meeting reconvened at 4:58 p.m.

Moved by Hill, seconded by Alt, toadopt the resolution relating to the pro-posed expulsion of the student and toexpel the student immediately throughJanuary 16, 2015, which is the end of the first semester of the 2014-2015 schoolyear. Motion carried (6, 1: with Currier, Alt, Schmid, Hill, Luth and Sweep voting infavor and VandenBoom voting opposed).

Moved by Hill, seconded by Currier, toadjourn at 5:00 p.m.

Date Approved: April 3, 2014/s/ DeeDee Currier, Clerk

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SCHOOL BOARD MINUTESMARCH 6, 2014

The meeting of the Board of Educationwas called to order by Chair Schmid at6:30 p.m. at the Burnsville High SchoolSenior Campus in the Diamondhead Edu-cation Center.

Members present: Directors Sweep,Currier, Hill, Alt, VandenBoom, Luth andChair Schmid. Others in attendance wereSuperintendent Gothard, Student AdvisorShreedaran, administrators and staff.

Schmid welcomed the audience andasked Alt to lead the Pledge of Allegiance.

Moved by Alt, seconded by Luth, to ap-prove the agenda. Motion carried (7, 0).

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Moved by Sweep, seconded by Currier,to approve the consent agenda:

- Minutes of the February 6, 2014,board meeting

- Minutes of the March 3, 2014, boardretreat

- Approve personnel recommenda-tions for R. Nelson, C. Dorigan-Slette, A.Franks, S. Knee, N. Neibauer, R. Ama-dio, L. Coddington, K. Firstbrook, E.LeCompte, K. Musa-Agboneni, E. Niesen,K. Robertson, H. Thompson, J. VanOekel,P. Auron, P. Berge, D. Busch, P. Norgaard, E. Przytarski, S. Erickon, S. Hermes, M.Holmes, C. Knutson, K. Larson, T. Nelson,C. Orlenko, K. Wendling, S. Zucollo, J.Kronabetter, A. Omar, T. Sahli, K. Zeimet,M. Christensen, R. Dimberio, G. Older, J. Sahli, J. Babiash, and C. Byrnes

- Adopt a resolution to approve and ac-cept donations as presented. A completelist of donations is listed on the district website.

- Approve January payroll checks num-bered 717553-717590, and direct deposit notices numbered 524018-526936, in thenet amount of $3,503,460.92. January& February claims to date represented by checks numbered 429926-430616,1009240-1009588,and 100900-100907and wire transfers and adjustments total-ing $14,198,905.90. Accept January re-ceipts of $12,887,278.46 and investments for the General Fund, 2012A Alt Facilities,and OPEB of $52,380,066.06 as of Janu-ary 31, 2014.

-Accept the Budget Analysis for themonth ending January 31, 2014.

-Cancel the regular board meeting thatis scheduled on March 13, 2014.

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

Boom, to award the base bid ($196,605.00)and accept add alternate #1($3,985.38);add alternate #3($55,444.00); and unit price #3 (4 Crossover Zone Track Protec-tors $1,825.00) to Fisher Tracks Inc. forthe total amount of $257,859.38. Motioncarried (7, 0).

Moved by Luth, seconded by Alt, toaward the base bid ($611,850.00) and addalternate #1($181,775.00) to BituminousRoadways Inc. for the total amount of$793,625.00. Motion carried (7, 0).

Moved by Hill, seconded by Van-denBoom, to award the base bid($296,900.00) for the Joseph Nicollet Ju-nior High School Door Replacement proj-ect to Meisinger Construction Company, Inc. for the total amount of $296,900.00.Motion carried (7, 0).

Moved by Currier, seconded by Alt, toaward the base bid ($204,000.00) for theJoseph Nicollet Junior High School Toi-let Alterations project to C.M. Construc-tion Company for the total amount of$204,000.00. Motion carried (7, 0).

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Received a report on the Annual Giving Campaign.

Moved by Luth, seconded by Currier, toapprove the proposed 2013-14 Integra-tion grant budget revisions. Motion car-ried (7, 0).

Received a report on the 2015-17 Achievement and Integration Plan.

• Oral reports were given for the follow-ing committees:

• Legislative Committee by Luth• Student Performance and Achieve-

ment.Committee by VandenBoom• Policy Review Committee by Alt and

Schmid• Meet and Confer Committee by

Sweep• Ad Hoc Technology Committee by

LuthStudent Advisor Shreedaran gave an

oral report.Superintendent Gothard gave an oral

report.Board member reports were given by

Alt, Currier, VandenBoom, Sweep andChair Schmid

Moved by Sweep, seconded by Van-denBoom, to adjourn at 8:09 p.m. to aboard workshop. Motion carried (7, 0).

The board workshop began at 8:19 p.m.Two topics were discussed:• Update on Premiums and Rates for FY

15 Employee Benefits• Teacher Evaluation ProcessThe workshop concluded at 10:33 p.m.Date Approved: April 3, 2014/s/ DeeDee Currier, Clerk


April 11, 2014201273

CITY OF BURNSVILLEPUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARINGA Public Hearing will be held on

April 14, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by the Burns-ville Planning Commission, 100 CivicCenter Parkway, in the Council Cham-bers on the application of the City of Burnsville for a Conditional Use Permitfor reconstruction of Black Dog Roadwithin the Floodplain and Shoreland District of the Minnesota River andBlack Dog Lake between I-35 and Ce-dar Avenue.

The application will be scheduled for the next appropriate City Council meeting following the Planning Com-mission meeting.

All persons desiring to speak on thisapplication are encouraged to attend.For more information concerning thisrequest, please contact Planner Chris Slania (952) 895-4451 at the City of Burnsville.

Chris Slania On Behalf of the Chair of the Burns-

ville Planning CommissionPublished in

Burnsville/EaganApril 4, 11, 2014

199024


EAGAN HIGH SCHOOLEXTERIOR BLEACHER FOUNDATION REPAIR

4185 BRADDOCK TRAILEAGAN, MINNESOTA

55123-1575Notice is hereby given that

sealed bids will be received for the Eagan High School Exterior Bleacher Foundation Repair by In-dependent School District 196, at the Facilities and Grounds Office located at 14445 Diamond Path West, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2:00 p.m., April 29, 2014, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

This project includes: Removal of existing exterior bleachers. Re-move existing concrete footings, provide new footings and reinstall existing bleachers.

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled for April 17, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. at West Stadium Bleachers at Eagan High School. Attendance at this meeting is highly recommended.

Complete instructions on how to obtain Bidding Documents can be found at:

http://www.district196.org/Dis-trict/LegalNotices/index.cfm

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

Gary L. Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

Published in Apple Valley,

Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganApril 4, 11, 2014

198827CITY OF BURNSVILLE

PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that a Pub-lic Hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, by the Burns-ville City Council at the Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Center Parkway, toconsider an increase for On-Sale, 3.2Percent On-Sale, Wine, and 3.2 Per-cent Off-Sale liquor license fees withinthe City of Burnsville.

All persons desiring to be heard onthis item will be heard at this time.For more information concerning this request, please contact the City of Burnsville. Telephone (952) 895-4460, TDD: (952) 895-4567.

Tina ZinkCITY OF BURNSVILLE


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CITY OF BURNSVILLEBURNSVILLE, MINNESOTA

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 2014 Hydrant

Storz Nozzle Upgrade Project(City Project No. 14-324)

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 P.M.,on Tuesday, May 6, 2014, for the mak-ing of the following described local improvements, said proposal for the furnishing of all labor and materials for the construction, complete in place of the following approximate quantities:

188 EACH Hydrant Storz Adaptors198 EACH Hydrant Storz Nozzles 36 EACH Hydrant Operation & Maintenance The bids must be submitted on Pro-

posal Forms provided in accordance with the Contract Documents, Plans and Specifications as prepared by the City Engineer, which are on file with the City Clerk and may be obtained at the 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 3232733. Bidders can down-load the Contract Documents for $20by searching for the project on the QuestCDN website’s Project Search page or selecting the Engineering/Public Work Bid link and then the proj-ect on the Burnsville website. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233-1632 or [email protected] for assis-tance with free membership registra-tion, downloading, and working withthis digital project information. Bid-ders can also view the Contract Docu-ments at either website free of charge.

No bids will be considered unless sealed and filed with the City Clerk of the City of Burnsville endorsed upon the outside wrapper with a brief state-ment or summary as to the work for which the bid is made and accom-panied by a cash deposit, certifiedcheck, bid bond, or cashier’s check payable to the City of Burnsville in the amount of five percent (5%) ofthe amount of bid, to be forfeited as liquidated damages in the event that the bid is accepted and the biddershall fail to promptly enter into a writ-ten contract and furnish the requiredbond.

The City of Burnsville reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive informalities, and to award the bid in the best interest of the City. 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 open bids in the City Hall. The Council will consider such bids in the Council Chambers at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, 2014.

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

Published in Burnsville/EaganApril 11, 18, 2014

201816

CITY OF EAGAN ORDINANCE NO. 527

SECOND SERIESAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EA-

GAN, MINNESOTA, AMENDING EAGANCITY CODE, CHAPTER TEN, ENTITLED“PUBLIC PROTECTION, CRIMES ANDOFFENSES” BY AMENDING SEC-TION 10.21 REGARDING PLANTINGAND MAINTENANCE OF TREES AND GRASS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY; AND BY ADOPTING BY REFERENCE EAGANCITY CODE CHAPTER 1 AND SECTION10.99

Section 10.21, regulating planting andmaintenance of turf grass on privateproperty within the City, was amended topermit alternative vegetation or landscapeplantings in lieu of traditional turf grass.

The amendment added definitions andregulations for establishment and mainte-nance of other permitted vegetation.

A printed copy of the ordinance is avail-able for inspection by any person duringregular office hours at the office of theCity Clerk at the Eagan Municipal Center,3830 Pilot Knob Road,Eagan, Minnesota55122.

Effective date. This ordinance shall takeeffect upon its passage and publication.

Published in the Burnsville/Eagan

April 11, 2014202512


PUBLIC HEARINGA Public Hearing will be held on

April 14, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible by theBurnsville Planning Commission, 100Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on the application of In-dependent School District 191 for a Conditional Use Permit Amendment to replace the existing stadium score-boards at Burnsville High School lo-cated at 600 West Highway 13.

The application will be scheduled for the next appropriate City Council meeting following the Planning Com-mission meeting.

All persons desiring to speak on thisapplication are encouraged to attend.For more information concerning thisrequest, please contact Planner Chris Slania (952) 895-4451 at the City of Burnsville.

Chris Slania On Behalf of the Chair of the Burnsville Planning Commission

Published in Burnsville/EaganApril 4, 11, 2014

199031

CITY OF EAGANPUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE PROPOSED CODE CHANGE: An Ordi-

nance Amendment to Chapter 11 regard-ing accessory dewlling units.

WHEN: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 6:30pm

WHERE: Advisory Planning Commis-sion Meeting, City Hall Council Chambers,3830 Pilot Knob Rd

ANY QUESTIONS: Call the PlanningDepartment at (651) 675-5685 or contactMike Ridley, the Planner at (651) 675-5650or [email protected] with the fol-lowing information:

DEVELOPMENT: Accessory Dwelling UnitsCASE#: 01-OR-02-03-14CITY OF EAGAN Christina Scipioni - City Clerk


April 11, 2014202754

CITY OF EAGANPUBLIC HEARING NOTICEPROPOSED CODE CHANGE: An Ordi-

nance Amendment to Chapter 11 regard-ing dynamic signage hold times.

WHEN: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 6:30pm

WHERE: Advisory Planning Commis-sion Meeting, City Hall Council Chambers,3830 Pilot Knob Rd

ANY QUESTIONS: Call the PlanningDepartment at (651) 675-5685 or contactMike Ridley, the Planner at (651) 675-5650or [email protected] with the fol-lowing information:

DEVELOPMENT: Dynamic SignageCASE #: 01-OR-01-03-14CITY OF EAGAN Christina Scipioni - City Clerk


April 11, 2014202767

CITY OF EAGANPUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF INTERNET PUBLIC AUCTION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on orabout April 23, 2014, unclaimed bicyclesheld by the Police Department will betransferred to PropertyRoom.com, Inc. to be sold via Internet public auction at www.PropertyRoom.com.

Anyone wishing to claim any unclaimed property should contact the Eagan Police Department with proper identificationprior to April 21, 2014.

Approved by Council: April 1, 2014Christina M. Scipioni, City ClerkCity of Eagan


April 11, 2014202635


PUBLIC HEARINGNotice is hereby given that a Public

Hearing will be held on April 22, 2014 at 6:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, by the Burnsville City Coun-cil at the Burnsville City Hall, 100 Civic Center Parkway, on the application ofMinnesota Fine Wines & Spirits, LLC d.b.a. Total Wine & More for an Off-Sale Liquor License at 820 County Rd. 42 W.

All persons desiring to be heard onthis item will be heard at this time.

Tina ZinkCity of Burnsville


April 11, 2014201859

ing the store. His parents bought him some more magic tricks and jokes to play with while he was re-covering. Sometimes the jokes were on the nurses, he said. He started doing magic performances, sometimes at birthday parties, and getting paid for it. By 15, Kahlow said he knew he wanted to work with mag-ic. He bought Eagle Magic

in 1970 and became the fourth owner of the store, he said. When Kahlow bought the store there were multiple locations includ-ing Seventh Street and

Hennepin Avenue and Sev-enth Street and Portland Avenue in downtown Min-neapolis, he said. While Kahlow was own-er of Eagle Magic’s mul-tiple locations the stores sold magic tricks, practical jokes, masks, beards and also rented costumes. Kahlow closed all of his locations in 2008 and consolidated them into one new store in Burnsville southeast of the junction of Highway 13 and County Road 11. Some of his long-

time customers used their own cars to help Kahlow transport his inventory from three locations to Burnsville. Eagle Magic has evolved and so has Kahlow, who now mentors newcomers, giving magic lessons and hiring out his services to individuals and companies for performances. Kahlow’s love for magic is apparent when he inter-acts with his customers. He’s playful in his teaching approach. As he demon-

strated a simple card trick using a fake deck of cards, he explained that years ago the fake decks weren’t as convincing as are to-day’s. They looked so fake that his grandmother even asked if they were. “I had to lie to her,” Kahlow said. “I got over it.” After Kahlow closes shop for the day he tends to stay late to learn more about magic tricks by read-ing books and practicing new material. Kahlow said

he has become an expert in the trade by studying and the occasional shared se-cret from other magicians, he said. Famous people such as magician David Copper-field, escape artist Harry Houdini and boxer Mu-hammad Ali have visited Eagle Magic since its open-ing 1899, Kahlow said. When asked why he liked magic so much, Kahlow said, “It’s fun to be fooled, but it’s more fun to be the fooler.”

MAGIC, from 1AEagle Magic More information about Eagle Magic is at www.eaglemagics-tore.com. The store is at 11995 County Road 11 and can be reached at 612-333-4702.

members can watch tele-vision, play pool and talk cars in Auto Vault’s club-house. For an added fee, mem-bers can also rent high-end sports cars such as a BMW 650 LX, a Porsche Panamera, or a Porsche 911 turbo. Auto Vault also owns a McLaren, which features the company’s logo, and is available to members for ride-alongs. Auto Vault is among several businesses founded by Redmond, who also owns Redwoods, an Eagan

based merchant services and business consulting company, and CarMatch.com, an Internet site that aims to pair a person with the car best suited for them. Born in Zurich, Swit-zerland, the 43-year-old

says he has held a pas-sion for cars since he was 3 years old driving around in his red Porsche peddle car. Redmond said his love for cars also stemmed from his parents forcing him to wait until he was 17 to get his driver’s license. “Once I could drive, I felt so much freedom from it. It still feel that,” he said. Since then, the Hudson, Wis., resident has owned 260 cars and has taken up racing. Redmond is not only passionate about cars, he is also devoted to helping

local charities. Currently, 5 percent of Auto Vault’s profits and 10 percent of Redwoods’ is dedicated to two local nonprofits: Nadia’s Gift and Small Sums. Inver Grove Heights nonprofit Nadia’s Gift provides assistance to families whose children are diagnosed with can-cer, while Small Sums of St. Paul provides clothing, transportation and other assistance to help home-less people obtain jobs. The longtime entre-preneur didn’t always see himself as a business own-

er, as he pursued a degree in English in hopes of be-coming a teacher. After three years in school, his entrepreneurial spirit took over and Red-mond opened a commu-nications business in the early 1990s. Since then, he has built and sold two other compa-nies. Redmond said he choose Eagan for his latest venture due to its proxim-ity to the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport and demo-graphics. As it looks to build on its marketing plan, Auto

Vault hopes to sponsor driving events and part-ner with manufacturers to host car shows at the busi-ness. The company is also looking to open a second location in Plymouth, if the Eagan location fares well. A grand opening is set for May 10 from 2 to 6 p.m. at Auto Vault. For more information on Auto Vault, visit autovaultmn.com.


AUTO, from 1AAuto Vault A grand opening is set for May 10 from 2 to 6 p.m. at 1675 Meadow View Road. For more information on Auto Vault, visit autovaultmn.com.

condition, you can ask for the promise from God. ... The condition is fear of the Lord. I’ve listed all the promises you can receive with the one condition.” She was working on a study guide of Bible verses about Jesus’ return when she got the idea to

write a Noah story. The end times and Noah’s time bear a striking re-semblance in Scripture, Schultz said. “I think there was a lot of evil in the world,” she said. “You look at all the people that didn’t sur-vive.” “The Days of Noah” has Schultz’s prose su-

perimposed over color-ful cartoon illustrations she commissioned from MAA Illustrations of In-dia. At the bottom of each page are the applicable Bible verses, mostly from Genesis. Her husband, an architectural designer by trade, is credited with the book’s graphic design. “It rhymes,” Schultz

said of her text. “I was a fan of Dr. Seuss. I like books that rhyme. They’re fun. I think children like them.” She said Tate Publish-ing called her last Septem-ber about printing a sec-ond edition of “The Days of Noah,” which it would do for a fee much smaller than a first-edition self-

publishing fee. “At the time I wrote this I did not even know the movie was com-ing out. So the timing is great,” she said. As a companion piece she and Kenn designed and manufactured a board game called “Ref-uge” that follows the Noah story.

“The object is to get to dry land,” Schultz said. “The one who gets to dry land first wins.” Her books are avail-able at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.

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

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Ins’d Ron 612-221-9480

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952-457-1352

5340 Landscaping

E-Z LandscapeRetaining/Boulder Walls,

Paver Patios, Bobcat Work, Sod, Mulch & Rock.

Call 952-334-9840E-ZLandscape.com

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4 Seasons Lawncare Clean- ups, Mow, Trim, Dethatch, landscp promptIns’d. 952-237-8936

$45 Lawn AerationsMulti Neighbor DiscountWkly Mowing/Dethatching

Mark 651-245-7876

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Spring Clean-Ups, WeeklyMowing, Gutter Cleaning

Brush Removal, Sod &Landscaping 612-990-0945

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1020 Junkers& Repairables

2510 Pets

4030 Garage& Estate Sales


2510 Pets

4530 Houses For Rent

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Dependable Great ServiceJOE’S LAWN SERVICE

Commercial & Residential Dethatch Clean-up

Mow Aerate FertilizeReas Rates/Free Ests/Insured

952-894-9221

Liberty Lawn Care Spr. cleanup starts at $99. Leaf/gutters/pet cleanup. Lawn Mowing 952-261-6552


Int/Ext Painting 26 years, Insured, Ref’s.

Mike 763-434-0001


3 Interior Rooms/$250Wallpaper Removal.

Drywall Repair. Cabi-net Enameling and

Staining. 30 yrs exp. Steve 763-545-0506

612•390•6845Quality ResidentialPainting & Drywall

Ceiling & Wall TexturesH20 Damage-Plaster Repair

Wallpaper RemovalINTERIOR � EXTERIOR


Ben’s Painting

Int/Ext, Drywall Repair Paint/Stain/Ceilings. We accept Visa/MC/Discvr.,

952-432-2605 DAVE’S PAINTING

and WALLPAPERINGInt/Ext • Free Est. • 23 Yrs.

Will meet or beat any price! Lic/Ins

Visa/MC 952-469-6800

**Mike the Painter Interi-or/ exterior, Wallpaper, 35 yrs exp, Ins 612-964-5776

5380 Plumbing

SAVE MONEY - Competent Master Plumb-er needs work. Lic# M3869.

Jason 952-891-2490


A Family Operated Business

Roofing/Tear-offsNew Construction

BBB Free Est. MC/Visa Lic # BC170064

No Subcontractors Used. Ins. 952-891-8586


NEED A ROOF? Dun-Rite Roofing/Siding

Locally owned & operated!952-461-5155 Lic# 2017781

www.DunRiteMN.com

Re-Roofing & Roof Repairs - 30 Yrs Exp

Insured - Lic#20126880 John Haley #1 Roofer, LLC.

Call 952-925-6156

◆ Roofing ◆ Siding Gutters ◆ Soffit/Fascia

TOPSIDE, INC. 612-869-1177

Lic CR005276 ◆ Bonded ◆ Insured

34 Yrs Exp. A+ Rating BBB

* Roofing, Siding, Gutters Greg Johnson Roofing

612-272-7165. Lic BC48741


$0 For Estimate Timberline Tree & Landscape.

Spring Discount - 25% Off Tree Trimming, Tree

Removal, Stump Grinding 612-644-8035 Remove Large

Trees & Stumps CHEAP!!

◆ 651-338-5881 ◆Exp’d. Prof., Lic., Ins’d.

Reasonable Rates. absolutetreeservicemn.com

A Good Job!! 15 yrs exp.Thomas Tree Service

Immaculate Clean-up! Tree Removal/TrimmingLot Clearing/Stump Removal Free Ests 952-440-6104

ArborBarberMN.com612-703-0175 Mbr: BBB

Trimming, Removal & Stump Grinding.


Silver Fox ServicesTree Trimming/Removal

& Stump Grinding.Fully Licensed & Insured

BBB Accredited “A” RatingRegistered W/Dept of

Agriculture. 16+ Yrs Exp. Family Owned & Operated

Free Estimates952-883-0671 612-715-2105

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1000 WHEELS

1010 Vehicles

1991 Ford Crown Victoria LX, 85K, $4,500. Original owner. 612-866-5184


$$$ $200 - $10,000 $$$Junkers & Repairables

More if Saleable. MN Licensed

www.crosstownauto.net 612-861-3020 651-645-7715

$225+ for most Vehicles Free Towing

651-769-0857

1500 SPORTING

1540 Guns

9MM ($350/1000 rounds); and 45ACP ($450/1000

rounds). 612-388-2403

3000 ANNOUNCEMENTS

3010 Announcements

Burnsville Lakeville

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Thursdays 7:30 PMA closed,

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East Frontage Road of I 35 across from

Buck Hill - Burnsville

3500 MERCHANDISE

3520 Cemetery Lots

Glen Haven Memorial Gar-dens (Crystal) 2 spaces, 2 vaults & comp. memorial. $3000/BO. 612-850-3028

3580 Household/Furnishings

Bed - Antq 3/4, hdbrd, ft-brd, sidebrds. Incl matt/bx spr, $495. 612-868-0300

DR Set: 70x42 tbl, 4 sheaf back chrs, 2 lvs, birch. $850 Like New! 612-868-0300

QN. PILLOWTOP SETNew In Plastic!! $150

MUST SELL!! 763-360-3829

Rare, Stunning, Tribal Persian Area Rugs. Must sacrifice! For more details and photos Email:[email protected] Or call 303-669-3027 (local)

3610 MiscellaneousWanted

Buying Old Trains & ToysSTEVE’S TRAIN CITY

952-933-0200

* WANTED * US Coins, Currency Proofs,

Mint Sets, Collections, Gold & 14K Jewelry

Will Travel. 30 yrs exp Cash! Dick 612-986-2566

◆ ◆ WANTED ◆ ◆Old Stereo / Hifi equip.

Andy 651-329-0515

3620 MusicInstruments

Kawaii Console Piano Just tuned & repaired. Make me an offer! 952-939-9177 or

[email protected]

4000 SALES


Burnsville 4/10-12 (9-5) HOME SCHOOL MATE-RIALS, books, cloz, furn., misc. 2505 Parkway Place

Burnsville: Moving Sale! 1005 Leisure CourtApr 17th & 18th 9-5pm, Sm furn. items, home deco items & misc. Tools too!

Eagan 75+ Families!All Saints Lutheran Church4/11 (8-5) & 4/12 (8-3) 3810 Lexington Ave. South

(Lexington & Wescott)

Eagan: HUGE KIDS SALE

400+ Sellers!!4/12-13 (10-7) 4/14 (10-5)High Performance Academy

2950 Lexington Ave

NEW HOPE ESTATE SALE Sat., April 12 (9-4). Lowry Director Organ, HH items, collectibles, DR set (7 pcs), BR set (4 pcs), LR furn, porch furn. No cloz. Cash only. 6048 Sumter Ave.


LAKEVILLE: 4/11 & 4/12, ECFE Kids’ Stuff Sale

Fri 4/11 (7:30pm-9:30pm) $5 adm. 4/12 Sat(8am-3pm). $1 adm til 10am; 50%Off at 11am-2pm; $5 Bag Sale 2:30-3pm. Ken-wood Trail MS 19455 Ken-wood Trail, Lakeville. www.lakevilleECFEsale.com

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Plymouth: Wayzata HS Annual Band Sale 4955 Peony Ln. N., Sat., 4/12 (8-2) in HS cafeteria. All donations tax deductible & accepted 4/11 (2:30-7:30)

Richfield: Huge Yard Sale! 4/18-19 (8-4) All must go! Tools, furn., collect., vintg. & antiqs., cameras, lots of HH. Cash only. No early birds!6928 Logan Ave. South

Shakopee: 2221 Wild-wood Drive Apr. 10th 11th & 12th 9-5pm. Ultimate Moving Sale everything must go! Buy a house of furniture we have the rooms to go! All accessories are model home quality. Tools & lawn items galore! Cash Only! 952-657-5760

4500 RENTALS / REAL ESTATE

4510 Apartments/Condos For Rent

1 & 2BR (2BA & 2 AC), $675 & $875

800/1200SF, Dishw, large balcony, Garage/$50mo.

16829 Toronto Ave SEPrior Lake 612-824-7554

AV: 1 BR Condo, Pool, Ga-rage, Avail now. No pets. $725 952-942-5328

Rosemount, 2 BR Off St. prkg. No Pets. Available NOW. $600 952-944-6808

4520 Townhomes/Dbls/Duplexes For Rent

AV TH! 2BR/1.5 BA, Fplc., W/D, lg. Kitch, $1200+utils. 651-437-8627

4530 Houses For Rent

Farmington House 2+br,gar, w/appliances, lg yard, Exc Cond Avail Immed $1350 Must See! by own-er Call 612-804-7591

Farmington, House 3br, 2 ba, dbl gar w/applianc-es Exc Cond, avail May $1295 Must See! by own-er Call: 612-804-7591

Farmington,House 4br,2ba ba, dbl gar w/appliances-Fenced yrd,Exc Cond Avail Immed $1495 Must See! by owner Call 612-804-7591

4560 CommercialFor Rent

Apple Valley Office Suites available. Rents $350-$450/mo. Avl. April 1. 14530 Pennock Ave. 952-432-4666

4620 Modular/Manufactured For Sale

We pay Cash for used mo-bile homes, 1976 & newer , any size 763-434-4465

5500 EMPLOYMENT

5510 Full-time

Administrative Assistant

Escali in Burnsville is looking for an Admin. Asst. Duties include answering phone calls, emails, and web-com-munications, order pro-cessing & other admin. duties. A qualified can-didate will have 2+ yrs cust. svc. Exp. & excellent communication skills. Please email resume to:

[email protected]

Complete Lawn Care Is now hiring FT year round position. Hrs 6:30AM to 4:30/5PM Must be reliable, dependable & accountable. Must have Valid Driver’s Lic. Contact Tim 612-220-7584

Diesel Truck ServicerFT Position available at:

Randy’s Environmental Services Burnsville.

Please contact Ed at 952.808.0705 or

612.919.2241 for more information and schedule an interview. Email: [email protected] EOE

DRIVER - FTRedi-mix Concrete Driver. Class B or A Lic required. Savage, MN location. Starts May 1st. Call 952-890-7072

Drivers and Owner/Opera-torsTrucking Company look-ing for reliable drivers and owner/operators to haul poultry from farms to man-ufacturing facilities within MN and WI. No touch loading and home week-ends. Must possess a valid CDL, clean driving record, and 1 ½ years driving expe-rience. Call 507-530-3318.

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Drivers Local/Regional

Class A 2 years reqd. Late Model Equip. Pay based on

experience. Call Nik: 651-325-0307

FT Exp. Auto Mechanic must have own tools, drive-ability & scan tool knowlege a must. Pay according to exp. No wkends. Farmington. 952-393-8668

FT Journeyman Electrician

With industrial/com-mercial experience. Call Static Electric at 1-651-388-3302

(Red Wing)

5510 Full-time

General Office- Busy Burnsville Service Co. seeks motivated individual w/strong computer skills to perform all levels & types of office tasks including light bookkeeping. Must be detail oriented & posses positive attitude. Email: [email protected]

HOUSE CLEANERS$80-$110/day FT/PT7:20am-3:00pm. We

provide CAR. Burnsville location. 952-432-2134

Lot AttendantNeeded

Burnsville ToyotaFull time outdoor work. Benefits. Call Tony 952-435-8200

Having aGarage Sale?Advertise your sale with us

952-846-2000Nursery Production

Helpers Bachman’s Inc. Farm-ington Nursery. Season-al $10.00 per hour. Start-ing April 7. Contact Rock 651-463-6466

RECEPTIONISTExp’d FT medical re-ceptionist position avl in Burnsville for busy pediatric clinic. Call Elaine at 952-435-2450


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5520 Part-time

5530 Full-time orPart-time

5520 Part-time


5510 Full-time

McLane Company, Inc., one of the country’s largest and fastest growing distrib-utors of food and general merchandise, is seeking an experienced Operations Training Specialist/Safety and a Distribution Cen-ter Supervisor to become valuable members of our Northfield, MN team.

Trainer/Safety

This position is respon-sible for implementing division operation’s train-ing and safety. Stand-up facilitation, workshops, e-learning, and one-on-one sessions. Safety compli-ance required by DOT and OSHA, routine route ride and warehouse days. Con-duct Professional Truck Driver Defensive Driving Course. Hands on experi-ence in training and Safety. Demonstrates exemplary public speaking ability. Bachelor’s degree Req 2+ year’s experience

Distribution Center Supervisor

The responsibilities of a DC Supervisor include main-taining order quality, pro-duction standards, staffing, employee development, safety compliance, and policies. Must have strong leadership, communica-tion, and administrative skills. Must be able to work any shift. Bachelor’s de-gree Req 3+ year’s ware-house supervisor exp.

Exempt positions: Mid $40,000 / year depending on experience. McLane offers a great benefit pack-age, including 401k profit sharing, three medical plans, two dental plans, vision, life, STD, etc. avail-able day one. Online App:

www.mclaneco.comTo apply: Email:

[email protected]: McLane Company

1111 W 5th Street Northfield, MN 55057

Fax: (507) 664-3042

SOUS CHEFCrystal Lake Golf Club & Catering looking for an experienced, hands on Sous Chef. Full time po-sition requires knowl-edge in banquet & line cooking, kitchen opera-tion and management. Email resume to:

[email protected]

or fax to Ryan at: 952-953-6462.

16725 Innsbrook Dr, Lakeville, MN 55044

5520 Part-time

House Cleaners $10+/hour M-F No Nights, No Weekends. No Holidays South Metro Call 952-898-1560

5520 Part-time

GARDEN CENTER WORKER Seasonal, part-time, including

some weekends. Retail exp., plant knowledge and customer service

skills req. 952-469-3202

NEWSPAPER DELIVERY

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

ECM DISTRIBUTION

952-846-2070

PT M-F, 4-8PM Rewarding Position with DD adults in IGH. Robin 612-636-1659


Crystal Lake Golf Course

is looking for a golf course mechanic (FT/PT) to start immedi-ately. Contact GM – Mr. Lorie Kjergaard at 952-432-6566, x6 or send resume to [email protected]

Crystal Lake Golf 16725 Innsbrook Dr.

Lakeville, MN

Estimator/Project Man-ager for well established Commercial Electrical Contractor in Burnsville Must have good commu-nication & organizational skills. Should project pro-fessional image, have posi-tive attitude & strong work ethic. Requires electrical knowledge and computer skills to perform all lev-els/ types of electrical es-timating. Includes design build & plan/spec projects. Competitive salary based on exp. Submit resumes to: [email protected]

Houseaides FT & PTCommunity Assisted Living is looking for

FT, PT & E/O Weekend Houseaides to work in our residential homes

taking care of 5/6 Seniors in Farmington & Apple

Valley. We have openings on Evenings & Nights. All shifts include E/O

weekend. Previous direct care exp. is preferred.

Call 952-440-3955 for application address.

INSECT REARING HELP. Full or Part time. 2 month position, but could lead to permanent. Call after 1 pm. Crop Characteristics, Inc. Farmington. 651-460-2400.


REGISTEREDPHARMACY

TECHNICIANRegistered Pharmacy Technician. Experience required, certified pre-ferred, excellent cus-tomer service skills. Du-ties would include, data entry, filling, resolving ins. problems, ordering, inventory, customer ser-vice. Hours may be 20-35. Availability 8-8 m-f, 8-5 on weekends. Please apply in per-son at 115 Elm Street, Farmington, MN 55024.

or online at: www.Spartannash.com“SpartanNash is an EOE

Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans.”

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5540 Healthcare

RN/LPN’s -Prior Lake-River Valley Home Care is seeking reliable, out go-ing nurses to assist with 55 yr. old vent dependent cli-ent in Prior Lake. Requires “Total” care. Has G-tube, vent, suction,etc. Resides with wife at his home. Work e/o wknd & every Fri.7pm-7am. Call: 651-460-4201

or Email resume to: [email protected]

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18+yrs. Apple Valley Burns-ville Jordan Rosemont Lakeville Farmington Belle Plaine Office clerks & load-ers avl. Starts May 14th. 1-800-979-7978, Mon-Fri Job#50013-A. EOE

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Author talk for tweens in Lakeville Author Margi Preus will discuss her newest book, “Shadow on the Mountain,” from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, at the Heritage Library in Lakeville. Geared to ages 10-14, “Shadow on the Mountain” recounts the adventures of a 14-year-old Norwegian boy during World War II. Preus incorporates archival photos and other images to tell this story based on the real-life adventures of Nor-wegian Erling Storrusten. There’s no cost to at-tend the event; the Heritage Library is located at 20085 Heritage Drive.

Swing dance with big band The Dakota County His-torical Society is celebrating its 75th anniversary (1939-2014) Saturday, May 3, by holding a Big Band – Swing Dance from 6:30-11 p.m. at the Rosemount Commu-nity Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail. The event theme is “Great Movies of 1939—The Biggest Year in Holly-wood’s History.” The celebration begins with swing dance lessons

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

[email protected].

Auditions Ballet Royale Minnesota, 16233 Kenyon Ave., Lakeville, will hold an audition for its Sum-mer Intensive Ballet programs at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 13. Regis-tration begins at 12:30 p.m. In-formation: balletroyalemn.org or 952-898-3163. The Front Porch Players of Rosemount will hold audi-tions for the Neil Simon comedy “Barefoot in the Park” and the melodrama “A Penny Saved” at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 13, and 7 p.m. Monday, April 14, at the Steeple Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Performances for “Barefoot in the Park” are June 13-15 and June 20-22. “A Penny Saved” will be performed at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 25. Rehearsals begin the first week of May. Roles available for

males and females, aged 29-60. Information: www.rosemoun-tarts.com or director Keith Reed at 651-261-1954.

Call for Art The Eagan Art House is seeking two-dimensional art-work to include in an exhibit highlighting Americana themes. Artwork will be placed at the Byerly’s in Eagan and Ring Mountain Creamery. Register by April 18 at eaganarthouse.org. Information: 651-675-5521.

Exhibits Children’s Art Festival ex-hibit, March 27-April 27, Ames Center gallery, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Information: 952-895-4685. Savage Juried Art Compe-tition & Show, April 27-May 29. Award ceremony: 2 p.m. Sun-day, April 27, at McColl Pond Environmental Learning Center, 13550 Dakota Ave. S., Savage.

Information: savageartscouncil.org.

Music Luther College Jazz Or-chestra, 5 p.m. Sunday, April 13, at Christus Victor Lutheran Church, 7510 Palomino Drive, Apple Valley. A free-will dona-tion will be taken.

Theatre “The Dixie Swim Club,” presented by Expressions Com-munity Theater, 7:30 p.m. April 11-12 and 2 p.m. April 13, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Tickets: $13 at www.Lakevil-leAreaArtsCenter.com or 952-985-4640. “Godspell,” 6:30 p.m. April 16; 7:30 p.m. April 17-18; 1:30 p.m. April 19; at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 13901 Fair-view Drive, Burnsville. A free-will offering will be taken. Informa-tion: 952-435-8102.

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

[email protected].

Friday, April 11 Fish fry dinner, 5-8 p.m., Lakeville VFW Post 210. All-you-can-eat fish (broiled or fried) din-ner, salad and soup bar included. Cost: $10.95 for adults, $7.95 for children age 10 and younger. In-formation: 952-469-5717. Fish fry dinner, 5-8 p.m., Rosemount VFW Post 9433. All-you-can-eat. Cost: $11. Informa-tion: 651-423-9938.

Saturday, April 12 Pancake breakfast by Boy Scout Troop 455, 8 a.m. to noon, Rosemount American Legion, 14590 Burma Ave. W. All-you-can-eat pancakes, sausages, juice and coffee. Tickets: $5 at the door; children 5 and under are free. Bake sale and prize raffle available. Waffle breakfast by the Lakeville North marching band, 8:30 a.m. to noon, in the LNHS Commons, 19600 Ipava Ave. All-you-can-eat Belgian waffles, sausages, and beverages. Tick-ets are $7; ages 5 and under free. Carry-outs available. Buy a ticket from a band member or purchase at the door. Raffle will be held for Twins tickets on the day of the event.

Sunday, April 13 Lincoln Place Bowling Par-ty, noon to 3:30 p.m., Cedarvale

Lanes, 3883 Cedar Grove Park-way, Eagan. Cost: $25 adults, $10 children 18 and younger. Register at http://www.thelink-mn.org/events.

Thursday, April 17 Open house for Link12 Lakeville, an online K-12 public school open to any family resid-ing in Minnesota, 1-3 p.m., Crys-tal Lake Education Center, 16250 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Feline nutrition information session, 7 p.m., Elko New Mar-ket Library, 110 J Roberts Way. Free. Sponsored by Windmill An-imal Rescue and Windmill Feed and Pet Supply. “Tools for Working with Evi-dence,” 7 p.m., Dakota County Historical Society, 130 Third Ave. N., South St. Paul. Genealogist Lois Abromitis Mackin will dis-cuss some of the most useful tools for compiling and analyzing the value of evidence gathered in researching your ancestors. Re-scheduled from Feb. 20. Spon-sored by the Dakota County Ge-nealogical Society. Information: Dick Thill, 651-248-9251.

Friday, April 18 Fish fry dinner, 5-8 p.m., Lakeville VFW Post 210. All-you-can-eat fish (broiled or fried) din-ner, salad and soup bar included. Cost: $10.95 for adults, $7.95 for children age 10 and younger. In-formation: 952-469-5717. Fish fry dinner, 5-8 p.m., Rosemount VFW Post 9433. All-

you-can-eat. Cost: $11. Informa-tion: 651-423-9938.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • April 12, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. • April 12, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. • April 14, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Coca-Cola Refreshments, 2750 Eagandale Blvd., Eagan. • April 15, 1-7 p.m., Rose-mount Community Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. • April 15, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 10970 185th St. W., Lakeville. • April 16, 1 -7 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 151 E. County Road 42, Burnsville. • April 17, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Valmont Industries, 20805 Eaton Ave., Farmington. • April 17, 12-6 p.m., St. James Lutheran Church, 3650 Williams Drive, Burnsville. • April 22, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Burnsville Alternative High School, 2140 Diffley Road, Ea-gan. • April 23, 1-7 p.m., Church of St. Michael, 22120 Denmark Ave., Farmington.

Season of bluegrass Bluegrass guitarist Marty Marrone will be bringing his signature flat-picking guitar style to Rosemount on April 17 when he and the Blue Moon Boys perform as part of the ongoing “Bluegrass at the Steeple Center” concert series. Sponsored by the Rosemount Area Arts Council, the series offers a different bluegrass band each month, January through May; this season’s final concert will feature the Roe Family Singers on May 15. Tickets for the shows, which run from 7-9 p.m., are $5 and can be purchased at the art’s council’s website, www.rosemoun-tarts.com, and in person at the Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail. (Photo submitted)

provided by the Univer-sity of Minnesota Ballroom Dance Club from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Bend in the River Big Band entertains from 8-11 p.m. Guests are invited to come dressed as their favor-ite characters from popular 1939 movies (“Gone with the Wind,” “Wizard of Oz,” “Stagecoach,” “Wuthering Heights”). Food, beer, wine and cocktails will be available for purchase. A raffle will be held for prizes. Tickets are $15 if pur-chased before April 26, and $20 if purchased after April 26 or at the door. To pur-chase advance tickets, call 651-552-7548.

Author at LeDuc Estate Bruce Kohn, retired law-yer and former newspaper reporter, will be the featured author for Author’s Sunday

at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 27, at the LeDuc Historic Es-tate, 1629 Vermillion St., Hastings. Kohn’s book, “Dakota Child, Governor’s Daugh-ter,” tells not only the story about the daughter of Min-nesota’s first governor, but about how her life reflected the changes going on in the state’s beginnings. He will tell what motivates him to write, describe his writing style, read passages from his book, sign and sell books. The event is open to the public and is sponsored by the Dakota County Histori-cal Society and Friends of LeDuc of Historic Hast-ings. Suggested donation: $2. More information is at www.dakotahistory.org.

El Día de los Niños Dakota County Library will join libraries across the

country this April for the annual celebration of El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros, otherwise known as The Day of the Child/The Day of the Book. Wentworth Library, 199 E. Wentworth Ave., West St. Paul, will host a free celebra-tion from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, April 26. The event will feature family ac-tivities, live entertainment, guitarist Scott Davies, dance troupe Los Alegres Bailla-dores, Rosie the Clown, re-freshments, crafts, a piñata and informational displays from community agencies. El Día de los Niños/El Día de los Libros is spon-sored by Dakota County Library, Legacy funding and El Loro restaurant. The event is free and open to all ages. For more information, call 651-450-2900 or visit www.dakotacounty.us/li-brary and search El Día.


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The Minnesota Morman Chorale will perform an Easter concert at 7 p.m. April 12 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 18460 Kachina Court, Lakeville. (Photo submitted)

Morman chorus to perform in Lakeville The Minnesota Mor-man Chorale will per-form an Easter concert at 7 p.m. April 12 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 18460 Kachina Court, Lakeville. The choir, celebrat-ing its 10th anniversary, draws members from across the Twin Cities and rehearses in New Brighton. A Fridley woman, Erin Gray, started the choir in an effort to emu-late the Mormon Taber-nacle Choir.

The concert will fea-ture guest artists Sabina Thatcher, the former principal violist of the St. Paul Chamber Orches-tra, and George Dyer, a Branson, Mo., singer who headlines his own show and won Branson’s Male Performer of the Year in 2010 and 2012. Dyer, who will play the part of Peter, cited the music and quality of the singers and or-chestra as his reason for returning for his second year performing with the group.

“The oratorio is just beautiful,” Dyer said. “You will absolutely love it. You will be blown away. It is very moving and beautifully written. It’s really going to have a lot of people feeling the spirit of the Easter season. I’m excited to be part of it again.” The concert, an orato-rio “The Lamb of God,” will be performed with the group’s orchestra. This is the third year the group has hosted the work that drew more than 1,700 at its metro

area Easter concerts last year. The nonprofit choir consists of 55 volunteer and auditioned singers and a 23-member audi-tioned accompanying or-chestra. The groups include sopranos Susan Quick and Marilyn Morales, both of Eagan, and or-chestra members Fred Larson, of Apple Valley, clarinet, and Sean Thay-er, of Lakeville, tuba. Free tickets are avail-able through www.mn-mormonchorale.org.

An art exhibition by Burnsville Alternative High School students is on display through April 13 at Northrup King – Studio 173, 1500 Jackson St., Minneapolis. An open-ing reception is scheduled from noon to 1:15 p.m. Friday, April 11. (Photo submitted)

Cello rock band Break of Reality is set to take the stage of the Ames Center (formerly the Burnsville Performing Arts Center) at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 14. The New York-based band, featuring three cellists and a percus-sionist, performs a combination of rock and classical. Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for students and are avail-able by phone at 800-982-2787 or online at Ticketmaster.com More about the band is at www.breakofreality.com. (Photo submitted)

Music in the Zoo returns Monkees, Indigo Girls among acts

booked for summer series Music fans have plenty to look forward to this summer at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley. The annual summer concert series Music in the Zoo, which offers more than a dozen concerts in the zoo’s 1,450-seat out-door amphitheater, kicks off June 2 with The Mon-kees (featuring original members Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith) and concludes Aug. 23 with country mu-sic singer Josh Turner. Between those two dates music lovers will find concerts catering to a variety of tastes. Among the notables in this year’s lineup are the Indigo Girls (June 3), Aaron Neville (June 19), Rufus

Wainwright (June 24), the Hold Steady (July 5) and Ziggy Marley (Aug. 13). This year a family-oriented Father’s Day concert has been sched-uled June 15, which will feature Grammy-winning children’s duo the Okee Dokee Brothers. Tickets go on sale Sat-urday, April 26, and are available through www.etix.com; the Minneso-ta Zoo’s box office sells available tickets after 6:30 p.m. the night of each concert. Tickets for most of the shows are in the $40-$70 range. The full concert sched-ule is at www.suemclean.com/zoo.

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Lyle Lovett is among the artists booked for this year’s Minnesota Zoo concerts. The country singer-songwriter takes the stage of the zoo’s 1,450-seat outdoor amphithe-ater Aug. 3. (Photo submitted)

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