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Ranked-choice votingMinnesota should give local governments the option of using ranked-choice voting in elections, the ECM Editorial Board says.

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Transparency in budgetingThe League of Minnesota Cities honored Eagan for its citizen-friendly city budget process.

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SPORTS

Apple Valley’s volunteer fire crews

fought a daytime fire on Freesia Way on a cold March day with

plenty of snow on the ground. Daytime fire

coverage is a chal-lenge for many area fire departments as

some volunteers have full-time jobs that

have them commut-ing out of the local

area. (Photos by Tad Johnson)

Firefighters hard to recruit, retainStations in Dakota County, throughout the state face same obstacles

by Jeffrey HageSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Shortly before 11 p.m. Jan. 15, a fiery explosion ripped through the Coin-Tainer Co.’s block-long manufacturing facility in Mi-laca. As fire lit the January night sky, firefighters from four de-partments as close as Milaca and as far away as Onamia (22 miles north of Milaca) left the warm

confines of their homes to fight the fire in 19-degree tempera-tures. All were volunteers. As of 2012, there were 1.1 million firefighters in the United States and 70 percent were vol-unteers, according to data pro-vided by the Mound Fire De-partment. “They don’t do it for the mon-ey,” said Greg Lerud, co-chief of the Milaca Fire Department.

“They do it to give back to the community.” But the demands of train-ing, an increasing number of emergency calls, a desire to be involved in the busy world of family activities and a firefighter candidate pool that is increas-ingly more transient is making fire service less attractive to vol-unteers throughout Minnesota.

Two charged with killing Anarae Schunk by John Gessner

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Authorities say they don’t know why Anarae Schunk’s killers wanted her dead. But prosecutors needn’t prove a motive to prove the crime, said Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom, whose of-fice filed murder charges June 27 in the 20-year-old Burnsville woman’s stab-bing death last Sept. 22.

Shavelle Oscar Chavez-Nelson, 32, and his 24-year-old girlfriend, Ashley Marie Conrade of

Rosemount, were charged with intentional second-degree murder. The pair killed Sc-hunk sometime between 3:30 and 4:30 a.m. in the kitchen of Conrade’s Rosemount townhome, Backstrom said at a news conference in Hastings. He said Schunk was stabbed 22 times. Chavez-Nelson and Conrade are accused of “aiding each other” in the alleged murder, Back-strom said.

It occurred hours after Chavez-Nelson, aka An-thony Lee Nelson, alleged-ly shot and killed 23-year-old Palagor Jobi of Savage in a closing-time alterca-tion outside Nina’s Grill in Burnsville. Chavez-Nelson is charged with first- and second-degree murder in that case. Chavez-Nelson, Con-rade and Schunk had gone to the bar together and returned together to Con-rade’s townhome at 14500

Shannon Parkway. “As to exactly what hap-pened and the sequence of how it happened, we don’t know,” Backstrom said. “But we have a lot of evi-dence in this case that was analyzed that we believe implicates both of these individuals as having been directly involved in caus-ing her death.” The pair are accused of “aiding each other” in the

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No wake? No problem for Crystal Lake boat parade

Annual Fourth of July event is on

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


No wake? No problem, at least for the slow-moving boaters who will revive an annual tradition Friday on Burnsville’s Crystal Lake. It’s the Fourth of July boat parade, which starts at 8 p.m. after a 6 p.m. picnic social. “The water is high. We’ve been on a no-wake restriction for 12 days,” Crys-tal Lake homeowner Greg Klaus said

Monday. “But the boat parade goes slow, so the boat parade by definition is a no-wake parade. The no-wake restriction doesn’t affect how the parade goes.” Those who don’t live on or near a lake may not realize how entrenched in lake-shore culture Independence Day boat parades are. “I’d say a lake without a Fourth of July parade is like a hamburger without ketchup. It just doesn’t make sense,” said Klaus, current president of the 52-year-old Crystal Lake Improvement Associa-tion.

This is a scene from last year’s Fourth of July boat parade on Crystal Lake in Burnsville. (Submitted photo)

Boys addnew wrinkleto Funfest

Ambassador program now includes male

contestantsby Nick Hassett


Eagan’s Funfest Am-bassador program has been running on and off for a number of years, but after a restructuring in 2012, the youth com-petition has found its first male candidates. “It had been a pageant of sorts,” Mike Ferber, the program’s co-coordinator, said. “We took a year off and revamped the pro-gram, with a focus on vol-unteering, leadership, and giving back to the commu-nity.” The ambassador pro-gram started allowing male candidates that year, but until 2014 no one had applied. “We’ve not had any candidates brave enough to do it until this year,” Ferber said. The program’s corona-tion, in which this year’s nine candidates will be narrowed down to six am-bassadors, takes place July 7. For one of the young men vying for the role, it’s more about the journey rather than the destina-tion. “I’m a little bit of an oddball (candidate), I’m doing it more for fun,” Da-vid Hudson said. “Person-ally, I’m not nervous be-cause I don’t honestly care if I win. It’s the same vol-unteer stuff I do anyway, and whoever the ambas-sadors are I’ll be proud of them. It’s a good group.” Hudson said he knew many of the candidates before the program start-ed, and got to know the

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Runestone musicalThe mysteries of the Kensington Runestone are set to music in an Apple Valley writer’s Minnesota Fringe Festival show.

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Record broken at all-star footballLocal people were heavily involved in the state high school all-star football game, including one who kicked a record-setting field goal.

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Eagan woman gets short jail sentence, probation for arson An Eagan woman was sentenced to nearly a month in jail and proba-tion after pleading guilty to charges related to set-ting her own house on fire. Patricia Joy Klatt, 63, pleaded guilty on May 21 to first-degree arson and was sentenced to 24 days in Dakota County Jail and 10 years supervised probation. Klatt received

credit for one day in jail and will be required to undergo 90 days electron-ic monitoring upon her release. Klatt also received a stayed 48-month prison sentence. While serving proba-tion, Klatt will be re-quired to attend an al-cohol recovery program, abide by a mental health professional’s treatment

plan and avoid alcohol. According to court documents, Klatt started her home on fire on the night of March 2, 2012. Neighbors called police who found Klatt at a neighbor’s home. Officers attempted to speak with her but she was uncooperative and smelling of alcohol. Klatt denied consum-ing alcohol. Upon being

asked additional ques-tions, Klatt cursed at of-ficers and said it wasn’t their business. Klatt was the only per-son in the home when the fire started. After the fire was ex-tinguished, police found a handwritten obituary for Klatt that had been left on a table along with songs for her funeral.

— Jessica Harper

Environmental melodies

Musician and storyteller Jack Pearson will present his “Forever Green and Blue” show for kids at Eagan’s Ca-poni Art Park at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 8. The program, part of the summer-long Family Fun Tuesdays series held each week in the art park’s sculpture garden, is designed to promote environmental awareness through stories and songs, including the “Earth Day Jig.” More information is at www.caponiartpark.org. (Photo submitted)

Senior Day at IMAX set Senior Citizen Day is Tuesday, July 8, at the IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo, 12000 Zoo Blvd., Apple Valley. Complimentary coffee and refreshments will be

served at 9 a.m. The film “Deep Sea 3D” will begin at 10 a.m. Cost is $5. For questions or group reservations, call 952-997-9714 or email [email protected].

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Eagan’s excellence recognized by peers

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


Eagan was recently recognized by its peers for the city’s innovative transparency in its budget process. The city received the 2014 City of Excellence Award on June 18 from the League of Minnesota Cities for engaging citi-zens in the budget pro-cess. “We are pleased the judges recognized our willingness and desire to develop more transpar-ency in our budget pro-cess,” City Administrator Dave Osberg said. “It’s a nice achievement for the (City Council), who rec-ognized the importance of engagement with the community.” Last year the city cre-ated its Budget Connect

Virtual Open House to make the budget process more accessible to the public. The virtual open house used social media and other digital means to let citizens ask their questions. Mayor Mike Ma-guire and city officials answered residents’ questions during a live broadcast that was aired on Eagan Television and at www.cityofeagan.com. In its award applica-tion, city officials stated, “Eagan believes it is es-sential to be open and transparent about its operations, including the budget process. With Budget Connect, the city was able to test a more approachable format for citizen engagement, facil-itating increased visibility and taxpayer participa-

tion in the budget pro-cess.” More than 800 cit-ies are members of the LMC, which promotes excellence in local gov-ernment. The City of Excellence Award is presented annu-ally to recognize a proj-ect, program or initiative that was administered to achieve specific goals re-lated to improving qual-ity of a city service and/or creative involvement of citizens in making a decision. Eagan’s Bud-get Connect program re-ceived the league’s highest honor in its topical cat-egory: Engaging Citizens in the Budget Process.

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

DFL opens new campaign office in Eagan With campaign season swinging into high gear, the Minnesota DFL has opened 18 offices across the state, including in Ea-gan. “Eagan is a pretty cen-tral part of the 2nd Con-gressional District, which is a targeted race for us,” DFL Chair Ken Martin said. The 2nd Congressional District office is located at 4555 Erin Drive, Suite 260, in Eagan. DFL leaders cel-

ebrated an official opening on June 24 with speeches by Martin, House Major-ity Leader Erin Murphy and Mike Obermueller, the DFL-endorsed candi-date for the 2nd District, among others. By opening new offices, the party will be able to better mobilize and en-gage its volunteer base, said Martin, an Eagan resident. “We hope it will also help create excitement and

buzz around our candi-dates,” he said. The DFL also opened offices in Albert Lea, Be-midji, Brainerd, Duluth, Grand Rapids, Hibbing, Mankato, Moorhead, Morris, Rochester, Shor-eview, St. Cloud, St. Paul, Virginia and Willmar. All 18 offices are tem-porary sites that will be open only during election season.

— Jessica Harper

Patio hour extension proposal divides Lakeville

Downtown residents cited more concerns than northern counterparts

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


Lakeville Mayor Matt Little’s effort to referee neighborhood issues ended in a draw after he held two meetings in June that produced completely opposite out-comes. The three neighbors who met with Little and Carbone’s Restaurant representatives cited more concerns about garbage trucks than a proposal to allow food and liquor to be served on patios an hour later (until 11 p.m. Sunday-Thursdays and until midnight Friday and Saturday) for restau-rants within 150 feet of residential properties. After a 25-minute conversation, hand-shakes were exchanged before the restaurant/bar representatives and neighbors parted ways. The meeting for Babe’s Bar & Grill end-ed in frustration for the 11 neighbors who cited numerous complaints about multiple issues and were uniformly op-posed to any extension of patio hours. Residents expressed anger at loud music, rev-ving motorcycles, noisy drunken patrons smok-ing and screaming at all hours, freely dropping “f-bombs” and crossing their yards for a shortcut or using their bushes as a bathroom. They suggested Babe’s owners Tom Tomaro and

Mike Tupa, of Stillwa-ter, build an attractive wall with a waterfall and plants for smokers to gather to help keep noise and smoke from travel-ing. The idea was opposed by Tomaro, who said their customers want to watch downtown traf-fic from the patio and would not like to have a wall blocking their view. He also said they con-sidered building a wall, but concluded noise would echo off it into another direction. He also said multiple walls would make patrons feel like they were in a cave. Neighbor Glenn Nord said the music and noise travels for blocks and called it “an absolute in-trusion” into every other property owner’s ability to enjoy their property. Little promised better enforcement and said he intends to propose the city purchase a decibel meter to ensure noise levels stay within allow-able range of 55 decibels at 10 p.m. and later. He also encouraged residents to report dis-turbances to the police, noting that the city shut down a Cinco de Mayo celebration at Teresa’s Mexican Restaurant when noise exceeded decibel limits. Nord challenged the city’s ordinances because they allowed Babe’s to expand into a residential area, then build a patio that served as a further expansion.

Tomaro said he wants to be a good neighbor, noting the restaurant re-sponds to complaints. Babe’s manager Mark Streefland said they fixed a noisy ventilating fan immediately after re-ceiving a complaint from a neighbor about it. Streefland added that bouncers regularly walk around the building in an attempt to control noise and manage the crowd. Carbone’s owners re-quested the ordinance change earlier this year to allow their business to compete with other restaurants located in neighboring cities that allow later patio hours. Because allowing lat-er hours would require an ordinance change that affected Babe’s as well, the restaurant/bar became part of the dis-cussion. Little’s proposal that Babe’s patio be allowed to stay open an extra hour but then com-pletely close was rejected by neighbors, who said smokers would congre-gate in other areas where smoke would loft into open windows. After about 90 min-utes of sometimes heat-ed exchanges, Little de-clared the parties had hit an impasse. “We’ll keep the dia-logue going,” Little said.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Racing for resources

Residents of the Chadwick Farm neighborhood held its second annual charitable 5K race on June 7. Nearly 300 people registered for the race that brought in close to $5,000, with help of some corporate sponsorship. More than 300 people attended the end-of-the-year party at the end of the race. Money raised through the event will be presented to the parent-teacher organizations at McGuire Middle School and Lakev-iew Elementary School in the fall. (Photo submitted)

Lakeville police: Small homemade bombs in park posed little danger

Public cautioned to be on alert for others by Laura Adelmann


Lakeville police are asking the public to watch for plastic bot-tles left in odd areas of the city after two, small homemade bombs were found in a local park June 25. Made with aluminum foil, Drano and Works toilet bowl cleaner, the small bottle bombs were reported found in Kens-ington Park near 205th Street and Kensington Avenue, according to Lakeville police. One of the devices

had already exploded when police officers re-sponded, and they fired a pellet gun bullet at another to release pres-sure inside the remaining bottle. Police said there was little or no danger to the public because the bombs were located in a remote area, but they warned others may be in the city. Residents are being asked to watch out for plastic bottles left in odd areas in city parks or along the streets. If found, residents are asked to leave the bottle

undisturbed, move away from it, tell others to move away, and immedi-ately call 911. Bomb bottles will be capped, have aluminum foil and liquid visible inside and be swelled or distorted. Police said there may be empty Dra-no, Works or other con-tainers in nearby trash or laying around it, and there may be other bot-tles nearby that appear to have exploded. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].


Correction The story “The Retreat: A place for older adults to solidify sobriety,” pub-lished in the June 19/20 Mature Lifestyles sec-tion, included an incor-rect phone number. The correct number for The Retreat in Wayzata is 952-476-0566. The newspaper regrets the error.

No shutdown To the editor: I attended the June 20 town hall meeting hosted by state Rep. Sandra Ma-sin, DFL-Eagan and state Sen. Jim Carlson, DFL-Eagan. They described a leg-islative session that pro-duced a legitimately bal-anced budget, repayment of money borrowed by previous legislatures from our children’s education funding, and provided all-day kindergarten for our youngest citizens among a list of other accomplish-ments. But almost best of all, this Legislature didn’t re-quire shutting down the government for even one day to get their work done.

JOHN W. FOXEagan

Other people’s money To the editor: Letter writer Paul Hoffinger has again put his hands out for hand outs in his letter June 27. In his latest plea, Hoffin-ger would have our elected federal office holders vio-late their oaths to uphold the Constitution so they might take the earnings from one segment of our society and give them to another.

Hoffinger insists that our government officials ignore the invaluable les-sons learned from having free markets, freedom of association and the free-dom to pursue happiness. Instead, he would have us controlled by govern-ment bureaucracies which emerge from the “soft tyr-anny of democracies.” We would do well to heed the warnings of the 19th cen-tury political philosopher, Alexis De Tocqueville, who assured us that despo-tism follows pure democ-racies whereby people are allowed to compete for the fruits of the labors of oth-ers. Apparently Hoffinger would have us believe that the agony, the nihilism, the terror, and the bloodshed that were endemic to Bol-shevism have some unseen rewards. He might believe that taking, through gov-ernment power, is altru-istic as did Hegel, Marx, Lenin, Stalin and hosts of others. But in the end, those beguiled by this pure fraud suffered incalculably and offered us the most painful lessons of history. Now our progeny is im-periled as we glibly destroy that which has been a so-ciety which rewarded its most productive members so all might benefit. It is time to ask Hoffin-ger and all of his “fellow travelers,” just how much of other people’s money, labor, capital, and their endemic risks are we en-titled? As for me, I will ask that U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, continue to champion the virtues of individual liberties, free markets, freedom of as-sociation and that he re-nounce those big spenders in Washington, D.C., who find it so delicious spend-

ing other people’s money.

RICHARD IFFERTEagan

Morgan is key education supporter To the editor: State Rep. Will Morgan, DFL-Burnsville, deserves a tremendous amount of credit for restoring Minne-sota’s historical commit-ment to education. As a physics teacher of 20 years at Burnsville High School, Morgan has a firsthand understanding of how a strong educa-tion can help every stu-dent reach his or her full potential – something that is key if we want to build a highly skilled workforce that can compete in to-day’s global economy. During the 2013-2014 legislative session, nick-named by many as the “education session,” Mor-gan’s work as a member of the Education Commit-tee, which I chair, helped provide all-day kindergar-ten for every child free of charge, expand preschool scholarships, boost fund-ing for every school and freeze tuition for two years for college students. In fact, he was the chief author of legislation this year that reinvested part of Minnesota’s $1.2 bil-lion budget surplus in our schools. That kind of lead-ership demonstrates an unwavering commitment to our children. But Morgan also un-derstood that more fund-ing is not the only answer. That’s why he supported the World’s Best Work-force initiative, which ties new funding to ambi-tious goals such as closing achievement gaps, ensur-

ing all students can read at grade level by third grade and reaching a 100 per-cent high school gradua-tion rate. Those kinds of steps make sure taxpayers get the most bang for their buck. Investing in our chil-dren’s education is the best investment we can make. In Will Morgan, the peo-ple of District 56B have a representative who will never waver from that be-lief. Rep. PAUL MARQUARTDFL-Dilworth Chair, House Education Finance Committee

Support the Minnesota Zoo To the editor: This Fourth of July weekend, consider visit-ing the Minnesota Zoo. I love it so much I spent six summers volunteering there during high school and college. I love it for its realistic habitats, enrich-ment activities for both children and the animals, and efforts the zoo has done to breed animals and reintroduce them into ar-eas where the species are threatened. I also enjoy seeing the zoo update the exhibits. Although I love all of the zoo, some of my favorite new features are Russia’s Grizzly Coast, the new dhole exhibit, and the ef-forts that have been made to make the entrance to the zoo more welcoming for guests. This year I can’t wait to see the Conserva-tion Carousel and the Big Bugs seasonal exhibit. I want to thank all the pri-vate donors, grant funders, and our state legislators who passed a bipartisan bonding bill to keep our Minnesota Zoo current, educational and entertain-ing. OLIVIA MARTINBurnsville

Masin is a proven leader To the editor: I had to chuckle read-ing about Angela Todd Harlin in a letter to the

editor in the June 27 edi-tion. First off her “vital voice to health care issues” was mentioned. In actual-ity she has worked for the government bureaucracy, basically drinking from the public well. She has had her health care insur-ance provided by the state of Minnesota. Todd-Harlin’s oppo-nent in House District 51B, Rep. Sandra Masin, DFL-Eagan, has experi-ence far beyond working in a government agency. Masin has stood up for the people in her dis-trict, fighting to and get-ting money, taken by the GOP, back to our schools. Masin authored a bill which was included as part of the “Women’s Economic Security Act.” Masin has been endorsed by the Minnesota Nurses Association, a vital part of health care and speaks to Masin’s understand-ing of pertinent issues. Education Minnesota has also endorsed Masin. We need people like Masin who have been tested and proven that they stand for middle class Minnesota.

DEBORAH MATHIOWETZEagan

Proud of the Minnesota Veterans Home To the editor: So many negative things have been written about the federal veterans hospitals that I wanted people to know about our Minnesota Veterans Home in Minneapolis. Two years ago a new facility was opened on the campus with private rooms and baths. Now an old building is being torn down so another one can be built like the one my husband is in. I can’t begin to tell you how good the staff is to these military men and women. They are efficient, kind, caring and fun. I know because I am there three or four times a week to see it. They have two chap-lains who meet their spiri-tual needs, physical thera-

pist who help them gain strength and very good nurses and aides on every floor. They have many volun-teers and school students who perform and friends who play guitars, etc. There is so much good done there and I wanted Minnesotans to be proud.

DIANA WEIDENHAFTEagan

Hansen, Bakken have served well To the editor: As a 40-year resident of Eagan I have had a chance to observe the per-formance of many city councils. Some governed the city well and some not so well. I have to say that the current City Council is probably the best council that has ever governed our city. In fact they consis-tently are rated as one of the top city councils in the metro area in independent surveys of Eagan resi-dents. Two of the current council members, Gary Hansen and Paul Bakken, are up for election this year and will be in a pri-mary on Aug. 12. They are both impor-tant members of this top notch council, and I will be voting for both of them in the primary and in the election this November. I have watched and attended many council meetings over the years and these two always do their homework prior to the meetings, ask thought-ful questions and make good decisions backed up by the data. In addition they are always accessible to the citizens. Whereas I applaud the other three candidates for offering their time and talent to our city as council candidates, there is no question in my mind that Hansen and Bakken should continue to repre-sent this city on the coun-cil.

MIKE WOLDEagan

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Ranked-choice voting worthy of local option Last November, 35 candidates ran for mayor Minneapolis under a ranked-choice voting system. It took 33 rounds of vote counting before a winner was declared. One would think with 35 candidates in the race, it could get nasty, with many candidates going negative against the perceived front-runners. That never happened, and ranked-choice voting is widely credited with keeping the candi-dates focused on their vision for the city instead of knocking their opponents. We are now heading into another traditional election process in which the various parties hold primaries to choose their nominees, and then the survivors go at it hammer and tong. By November, many voters will believe, based on the negative advertising, that the republic is doomed no matter for whom they vote. Reviewing the results from last year’s municipal elections in Minneapolis and St. Paul, however, the campaign atmo-sphere suggests there may be a better way to restore the balance between pos-itive and negative politics. Candidates being elected under a ranked-choice voting system will try to avoid offend-ing those voters for whom they may not be the first choice, but for whom they would be an acceptable alternative. Under ranked-choice voting, voters would be able to rank the candidates by their own preference. Here’s how it would work: If three candidates were in a race, and respectively, Candidate A was the first choice of 40 percent,

Candidate B was the first choice of 35 percent and Candidate C were the first choice of 25 percent, once it was deter-mined that no candidate had 50 percent of the vote, election judges would re-deploy the votes of the candidate with the fewest votes to the second choice of those voters. If those second-choice votes broke so that 60 percent of Can-didate C’s votes went to Candidate A and 40 percent for Candidate B, Can-didate A would win with a vote total greater than 50 percent. Under the traditional primary sys-tem, a small group of voters end up choosing the party nominees. In recent years, turnout for primaries statewide in Minnesota have been around 18 per-cent of all eligible voters. Assuming that there is an equal turnout of DFL and Republican primary voters, that means that only 9 percent of all vot-ers are choosing a party’s nominee, and need only a majority of those, or less than 5 percent to win a primary. The result has often been that ex-treme candidates are able to move for-ward. Although the majority of vot-ers are near the center of the political spectrum, they may be forced to choose between extremists, and thus become disengaged from the political process. As it is, it has been 20 years since Minnesota last elected a governor with at least 50 percent of the vote, the lon-

gest such period in state history. On the other hand, ranked-choice voting forces candidates to campaign more to the center. In our three-candi-date example above, if the candidates are respectively a conservative, moder-ate and a liberal, the candidates will have to be careful what they say about each other, knowing that being the sec-ond choice behind one of the other two candidates may make the ultimate dif-ference. A second solid reason why ranked-choice voting deserves more consider-ation is that it eliminates primary elec-tions, saving substantially on cost. That said, ranked-choice voting was approved by city charter amendment in St. Paul and Minneapolis in 2006, but is not in use elsewhere in Minnesota. While the concept has some support in both the DFL and Republican parties, state Sen. Katie Sieben, DFL-Cottage Grove, chair of the Senate Elections Committee, refused to hear a bill in the last legislative session that would give local governments the option to use ranked-choice voting if they so desired. Sieben thinks ranked-choice voting is too difficult to grasp. She said, “If you have to have an informational session to tell people how to vote, it’s too com-plicated.” A seminar is unneeded. A post-election poll found 95 percent of Min-neapolis voters thought ranked-choice voting was either “very easy” or “easy.” A more likely hang-up to gaining legislative support is that ranked-choice

may adversely affect some legislators, were it to apply to state government elections. In those districts dominated by one party, which is to say most of them, an extremist could easily defeat a moderate in a traditional primary, but would be threatened if the mod-erate were the second choice of the heretofore minority party’s candidate. Ranked-choice changes the whole dy-namic. Because it would change elections so significantly, we do not yet advo-cate applying ranked-choice voting to all elections statewide. The next step ought to be to give local governments an option to use it. If there are flaws in the software used to count the ballots, for example, better to discover them in jurisdictions where hand-counting the ballots is not an overwhelmingly expen-sive task. However, technology now makes it possible to elect candidates who are acceptable to a majority of voters and identify the winner quickly. Instead of using the traditional system that hands victory to some candidates even though they have less than majority support. Minnesota should let local govern-ments have the option to use ranked-choice voting.

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District 196 finance director recognized for work on FeePay District 196 Director of Finance and Opera-tions Jeff Solomon is one of three school business professionals selected to receive a 2014 Pinnacle of Achievement Award from the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO) International. Solomon was nominated for his work leading to develop-ment of a fee management system that District 196 parents use to sign up and pay for almost all of their children’s school-related activities and fees. ASBO’s annual Pinna-cle of Achievement awards and Pinnacle of Excel-lence Award recognize school business officials for outstanding practices and new ideas that have enhanced their schools and the lives of students in their districts. Whether by finding innovative ways to save money, add resources, or improve efficiencies, the accomplishments of Pinnacle Award recipients serve as success stories that can be replicated in other districts. “Unable to find a cash handling system that satis-fied all the elements on the district wish list, Solomon worked with several part-ners to develop one of the first truly comprehensive fee management systems in the nation,” the ASBO website reads. Using the FeePay system for the last two years, “the district

has streamlined its busi-ness practices and central-ized all of its schools with one common practice, one form and one process.” FeePay offers online payment and registration for more than 100 items, including student activi-ties, child care, transporta-tion services, school meal accounts, community edu-cation classes and events, public use of school facili-ties, parking and lost book fees, to name a few, and there are no transaction fees assessed to the user. Registration informa-tion that was previously submitted on paper forms is now collected during the registration process on FeePay. The system does not allow the user to com-plete registration until all of the required informa-tion has been provided or is on file with the school, such as a current physical examination form if one is required for participation in the chosen activity. “By making it more convenient for parents to register and pay online, FeePay has helped our district achieve a goal of significantly reducing the amount of cash and check handling in schools,” Sol-omon said. Nearly half of school-related fees were collected online in the district’s first full year using FeePay in 2012-13, and last year the number jumped by 87 percent. This rapid growth in on-line payment has signifi-cantly reduced the time teachers spend collecting money for field trips and other school-related activ-ities, time which can now

stay focused on the task of teaching and learning. “The success of FeePay is the result of the efforts of many people from our school district and TIES,” Solomon said. TIES is a technology collaborative of nearly 50 Minnesota school districts, including District 196. TIES devel-oped FeePay with part-ners Arux, a developer of community education software, and BankCard Services Worldwide, a pay-ment service provider.

Community education classes Lakeville Area Com-munity Education will of-fer the following classes. Call 952-232-2150 or visit www.LakevilleAreaCom-munityEd.net to register or for more information. Summer Spanish Camp for grades K-3 at Chris-tina Huddleston Elemen-tary. This camp is appro-priate for beginners and non-beginners. Week 1: The Amazing Amazon, Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 4-7. Week 2: Leapin’ Lizards, Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 11-14. Session three of week-day swim lessons begins Monday, July 7, and ses-sion B of evening lessons begins Tuesday, July 8.

District 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, special meeting of

the District 194 School Board at Lakeville City Hall.

1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Roll Call 2. Discussion a. Update on School Road Safety Task Force Report b. Mattamy Development Presentation3. Adjournment

District 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, regular meeting of the District 194 School Board at Lakeville City Hall.

1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Pledge of Allegiance

c. Roll Call and Board Intro-ductions d. Good News e. Public Comment f. Board Communications g. Agenda Additions2. Consider Approval of Consent Agenda a. Board Minutes b. Employment Recommen-dations, Leave Requests and Res-ignations c. Other Personnel Matters d. Payment of Bills & Claims e. Authorization to Release Checks f. 2014-15 Milk Bids g. Other Business Matters h. Resolution Regarding Ac-ceptance of Gift Donations i. Field Trips j. Worker’s Compensation Managed Care h. Custodial Supply Lease Agreement3. Consent Agenda Discussion Items 4. Reports a. Review of Elementary Class Size Projections – Mr.

Massaros b. First Reading Policy 514-Bullying Prohibition – Mr. Massaros c. Academic Return on In-vestment – Mr. Molesky, Ms. Ouillette5. Recommended Actions a. MN State High School League Resolution for 2014-15 Membership – Dr. Snyder b. Membership in Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce 2014-15 – Dr. Snyder c. Membership in MN School Board Association 2014-15 – Dr. Snyder d. AMSD Membership 2014-15 – Dr. Snyder e. Approval of Changing 3rd grade class size guidelines for 2014-15 – Dr. Snyder, Mr. Mas-saros6. Additions to Agenda 7. Information a. Superintendent’s Report b. Board Members’ Reports 8. Adjournment

Training aims to increase school safety Lakeville district safety levy likely in fall 2015

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK


School shootings around the country have changed the dynamic of student safety in Lakeville. Last August marked the first time in Lakeville school history that the po-lice executed a comprehen-sive all-district live shooter training event at Lakeville North High School. An estimated 1,400 school teachers and staff experienced emergency scenarios that if had re-ally occurred could drive people into therapy: ac-tive gun fire (blanks), a simulated bomb complete with smoke, loudspeaker announcement warnings with chaos and crowd re-actions at the school. Lakeville police Lt. Ja-son Polinski said the mas-sive training was meant to help teachers and staff overcome paralyzing fear

and react in case of a real situation. “It’s proven with cops, under high-stress mo-ments you resort to your training,” Polinski said. He said the department is committed to holding some kind of training with school staff annually, and plans for this year are still in the works. “I personally would like to see the large-scale training every two to three years, but that’s still being discussed,” Polinski said. Polinski said last year’s training encouraged staff to view their work envi-ronment from a different perspective. Teachers were taught to think about escape routes, hiding places and options available in an emergency situation. “It actually got school staff thinking about what they could use in their room if they needed to

fight,” Polinski said. “Teachers typically don’t look at objects like a flag as a weapon. This training kind of opened their eyes.” Increasing safety con-cerns have tightened inter-actions between Lakeville police and school officials in the 15 years since school resource officers began to work in the schools. “I have numerous school personnel on my cellphone that I know will take my call at any time of the day and vice versa,” Polinski said. “When any-thing comes up, they’re usually our first contact.” Polinski said the de-partment has followed up the active-shooter train-ing with smaller trainings at individual schools, and developed detailed sugges-tions for improving safety at each school after police inspected every one. “The district was ex-tremely receptive to it,”

Polinski said, calling po-lice actions “the right thing to do” to help out the schools. School Board Chair-woman Roz Peterson said ideas range from inexpen-sive fixes to improvements that would require a levy referendum, likely to be held next fall. Ideas that are being considered include a visi-tor pass system made from a scan of an identification card that includes a photo. She said other badge programs include a back-ground check but con-cerns were raised that the district could be intruding on personal privacy. “Those are the discus-sions I think we want to have with our public,” Pe-terson said. “I think we want to know who’s going in and out of our schools in general, but as far as requiring background checks for all of our vol-

unteers … most of these people are parents and grandparents.” A levy question may in-clude asking voters to ap-prove funds to install secu-rity systems, but Peterson said there are many differ-ent options and prices. There are also ques-tions about whether the same system would be used in all schools and if district offices would also benefit from a security sys-tem. Some other options are cheap and effective. One idea is to post room numbers on windows fac-ing out so police can easily identify locations from the outside of the building. “With so many build-ings in a city, we don’t al-ways know the layout of the building,” said Lakev-ille police Chief Jeff Long. “So what is very familiar to some people, for instance to them it could be (direc-

tions to) just go inside the administrative doors. Well, that really doesn’t mean anything to the patrol offi-cer, so just putting a num-ber on a door whether it’s internal or external (allows for instructions to) enter in Door 2.” Peterson said district officials will seek input from the public about se-curity decisions as they are also trying to weigh safety measures against freedoms in the schools and afforded to American citizens. “It’s a balancing of the freedoms and making sure our schools are safe,” Peterson said. “We want to find that right balance with our community” More information about school safety will be presented in the district’s August newsletter. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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UCare plan options UCare will host the following informational meetings about its UCare for Seniors health plan op-tions: • 2 p.m. Thursday, July 10, Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Park-way, Eagan. • 2 p.m. Monday, July 21, Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. To register for a meet-ing or for more informa-tion, call 877-523-1518.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior events. Monday, July 7 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Pinoch-

le, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Tuesday, July 8 – Quil-ters, 9:30 a.m.; Cedar Lanes Bowling, 10 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Du-plicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Troubadours, 1 p.m.; Cof-fee Talk, 5 Wishes, 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 9 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Tai Chi MS, 11 a.m.; Defensive Driving Re-fresher, noon; 500 and Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Hear-ing Clinic, 1 p.m.; SS Flex; Wednesday in the Park, 7 p.m. Thursday, July 10 – Massage, 9 a.m.; Fun & Friendship (program, en-tertainment, lunch, cards and bingo), 11 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, July 11 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Knitters, 9:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; SS Flex.

Eagan seniors The following senior activities are offered by

the Eagan Parks and Rec-reation Department in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Community Cen-ter, 1501 Central Park-way. Call 651-675-5500 for more information. Monday, July 7 – Zumba, 9 a.m.; FFL and FFL+ (Oasis), 10 and 11 a.m.; Book Club No. 2, 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 8 – Book Club No. 3, 10 a.m.; Eu-chre and 500, 1 p.m.; Recycled Cards, 1 p.m.; Zumba, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, July 9 – LORockers and Bring a Treat Wednesday, 9 a.m.; Blood Pressure Checks, 9:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 1 p.m.; Garden Flower Ar-rangements, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, July 10 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Nimble Fingers, 9:30 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m.; Zumba, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 6:30 p.m. Friday, July 11 – ESP-AB, 9 a.m.; Zumba, 10:15 a.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m.

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Vendors5:30PM Children’s Funfest Bike Parade6:00PM - 10:00PM Texas Hold’em Tournament

(Free Entry)8:00PM - Midnight Funfest Concert: The DWEEBS

(8th Consecutive Year!)Midnight Funfest Closing

Friday, July 410:00AM Stars & Stripes ParadeNoon - Midnight Carnival and Funfest Vendors1:00PM - 5:00PM Car Show1:00PM 7th Annual Brain Freeze Contest1:00PM - 4:00PM Bingo (Texas Hold’em Tent)1:00PM - 7:00PM Red Cross Blood Drive2:30PM - 4:00PM Jason Huneke Comedy

Juggling Show6:00PM - 10:00PM Texas Hold’em Tournament

(Free Entry)8:30PM - Midnight Funfest Concert: Rock Godz10:00PM FIREWORKS!Midnight Funfest Closing

Monday, July 76:00PMAmbassador Red Carpet Reception(Eagan Community Center)7:00PM2014 Ambassador Coronation(Eagan Community Center,Oaks Room)

Discover the best beer at Pan-O-Prog’s Brew BattleFirst-time

event aims to be a crowd-

pleaser by Laura Adelmann


Something big is brew-ing at Pan-O-Prog. The first annual Brew Battle on Saturday, July 12, will pit local and inter-national breweries against each other for the coveted distinction of being voted best beer — a competition that is guaranteed to of-fer the best of the best for Pan-O-Prog button hold-ers 21 and up to sample. Held from 1-4 p.m. at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Avenue, the tasting event will feature more than 100 types of craft and import beers offered by 33 brew-eries. “We got a better re-sponse than I thought we would,” Lakeville Liquor Operations Director Bren-da Visnovec said.

She said breweries are competing from all over the world, including Lu-cid, a Minnetonka-based, family-owned brewery; Tallgrass from Manhat-tan, Kansas, and Stiegl, the largest privately owned brewery in Austria. Other breweries include Angry Orchard from Cin-cinnati, Ohio; Crispin Cider of Colfax, Calif.; Curious Traveler made in Burlington, Vt.., and Lake Monster from Minneapo-lis. Brew masters will be on hand to answer ques-tions and interact with the crowd. “People will hear di-rectly from the people who are brewing the product,” Visnovec said. She added the compe-tition is going to become an annual part of Pan-O-Prog, first proposed by Pan-O-Prog parade chair-man and past president Dan Pellinen. Visnovec called the Brew Battle a “good fit,” noting the logis-tics worked, but also the

popularity of craft beers, typically a one-of-a-kind brew, crated by a small, in-dependent operators who produce limited amounts of beer. “The craft beer seg-ment is on fire,” Visnovec said. “It’s been like an ex-plosion.” Craft beer production is growing in Minnesota, with 35 breweries reported in 2011, 47 in 2012 and 52 in 2013, according to the Brewers Association. The association said there are 367,681 barrels of craft beer produced annually in the state with an economic impact of $741.9 million. Minnesota’s beer-lov-ing neighbor Wisconsin is home to 90 craft brewer-ies that crank out 444,311 barrels of beer annually with an economic impact of $855.8 million, accord-ing to the association. The increased inter-est and production of craft beers has prompted Lakeville officials to craft an ordinance that allows brew pubs, farm wineries

with a tasting room, brew-eries, tap rooms, and mi-cro distilleries with tasting rooms to locate in Lakev-ille. Farm wineries would be allowed in rural areas as an interim use in antici-pation of their becoming included in the Metropoli-tan Urban Service Area and designated an urban land use. At the Brew Battle, visitors will serve as judges and receive a glass they can keep along with a tally sheet and 109 different beers for sample. Food trucks will be available, and at the end of the event, tasters will mark their three favorite beers sampled. Visnovec said the top three winners will be an-nounced, and those beers will be on sale at Lakeville Liquor stores throughout the month of August. She said a six-pack of craft beer typically costs $9.99-$15.99, about the same price for a 12-pack of regular beer. Tickets are $25 if pur-

chased in advance at http://bit.y/1m6zts5 or at any of the Lakeville Li-quor stores.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Wineries, brew pubs considered for Lakeville The increased interest and production of craft beers and independent wineries has prompted Lakeville officials to craft an ordinance that allows brew pubs, farm wineries with a tasting room, breweries, tap rooms, and micro distill-eries with tasting rooms to locate in Lakeville. Under the proposal discussed by the Lakev-ille Planning Commis-sion in a March work session and at a meeting in June, farm wineries would be allowed in ru-ral areas as an interim use in anticipation of their becoming included in the Metropolitan Ur-ban Service Area and

designated an urban land use. Lakeville Planning Director Daryl Morey said the city is hope-ful such businesses will want to locate in Lakeville, building the tax base and providing residents who like craft beers the opportunity to make their purchase lo-cally. “It’s good for the business community, and it’s good for the residents of Lakeville,” Morey said. The Lakeville City Council is expected to consider the ordinance at its July 7 meeting.

— Laura Adelmann

Farmington Council has no appetite for waterpark Staff directed to close pool, build splash pad in Farmington

by Andy RogersSUN THISWEEK


The Farmington City Council decided a $7 mil-lion to $10 million water-park was more of a want than a need at a work ses-sion on Monday. Instead, the council directed city staff to po-tentially close the current Farmington Municipal Swimming Pool at the end of the 2015 season, and open a free-to-the-public splash pad at that location in 2016. A splash pad is a cheap-er option than a potential aquatic facility that in-cluded a lap pool, water

slides and “lazy river.” A pool committee rec-ommended a potential aquatic facility built on the Jim Bell Park and Re-serve near 195th Street and Diamond Path Road after reviewing a feasibil-ity study by USAquatics at a workshop in June. After receiving feed-back from the public, board members didn’t feel the community was hun-gry for such a project. “I don’t envision Farm-ington with a big water-park,” Council Member Christy Jo Fogarty said. “I don’t see a Cascade Bay in Farmington. I’m not sure the public wants some-thing so grandiose.”

Cascade Bay is a water-park located in Eagan and operated by the city. “The price tag is huge and it’s not without some risk,” Council Member Doug Bonar said. “The economic impact is un-known. It’s all specula-tion.” The council also direct-ed city staff to survey citi-zens to gauge the public’s appetite for new parks and facilities. The Jim Bell Park mas-ter plan features a youth athletic complex that in-cludes tennis courts, out-door ice rinks, baseball fields and soccer/lacrosse fields. “I’m interested in devel-

oping that park,” Mayor Todd Larson said. “We al-ways hear about the need for more athletic fields.” How much would be developed would depend on the desire of the public. The council is also hoping to partner with area orga-nizations to help pay for the development. It was a more attractive option considering a pool would only be in use for about two to three months a year, while athletic fields can be used six to eight months a year. If there’s enough public interest, there could be a levy to vote to raise funds to develop the parcel as soon as 2015.

“There’s not enough time to do a successful campaign this year,” Lar-son said. The city may need a levy to pay for a splash pad, which has a price tag between $600,000 and $700,000. The city would also need to subsidize the park annually with a simi-lar expense to the current facility. The current pool is in need of many repairs and it has compliance issues with the Americans for Disabilities Act. The cost of repairs come between $566,400 and $644,400. With expenses rising, attendance falling and the number of Farmington

residents growing, the city felt it needed to explore options. “Fixing it was not get-ting enough bang for our buck,” Larson said. When making the deci-sion not to pursue the wa-terpark, the council also considered other capital requests such as a ladder fire truck, a second sheet of ice at Schmitz-Maki arena, the costs associ-ated with supporting the economic development of the Vermillion River Crossings, and the general fund/debt fund tax levy for 2015.

Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].

Highway 55/149 reconstruction project begins June 30 Motorists near Eagan will encounter lane clo-sures on Highway 149 between Interstate 494 and Highway 55, and on Highway 55 between the east and west junctions of Highway 149. The city of Eagan will be reconstructing high-ways 149 and 55. Work began on June 30. Re-construction will include additional lanes and turn lanes, signal upgrades and drainage improvements along the corridor. During construction motorists should expect

to see lane closures, in-tersections closures and a weekend with full closure of Highway 55 when a cul-vert is placed beneath the roadway. Weather permitting, the project will be complete by Nov. 1. For more informa-tion regarding this project, visit www.dot.s t a t e . m n . u s / m e t r o /projects/149and55eagan.

Job Transitions Group John Warder will pres-ent “StrengthsFinder in Living Color” at the July 8 meeting of the Easter Job Transitions Group. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. at Easter Lutheran Church – By the Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan.

Small group sessions are offered at 9:30 a.m. each week on many differ-ent topics. Call 651-452-3680 for information.

Criminal expungement info session The Dakota County Law Library and Volun-teer Lawyers Network will host a free informa-tional clinic on criminal expungement at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, in room 1920 at the Dakota County Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Christopher Hanrahan from Volunteer Lawyers Network will present the program.

Expungement is the process of going to court to ask a judge to seal a court record. Usually, people ask for an expunge-ment when they have been denied a job, housing, or a professional license be-cause of their criminal background. For more information, call the Dakota County Law Library at 651-438-8080.

Women’s fitness challenge supports cancer research Puravida Fitness, Lakeville, will launch its four-week Beauty and Body Makeover Challenge

July 19 to raise money for Relay for Life, which funds cancer research through the American Cancer So-ciety, and to help area women get in shape. The challenge is open to all south metro area women who want coach-ing and guidance from a body transformation ex-pert. One winner will be selected from all partici-pants based on best over-all transformation (weight and inches lost) and re-ceive a grand prize, which includes a beauty make-over, one month of train-ing at Puravida Fitness and a one-hour massage from the Life Wellness Center. The cost to participate is $40, with 50 percent go-ing directly to Relay for

Life. “Our goal is to raise $1,500 for charity and help as many south metro area women as possible catch the fitness bug,” said Erik Peacock, owner of Puravi-da Fitness. “We’re also re-ally excited that Life Well-ness and Mob Salon have partnered with us to help spread the word about the challenge and provide a great grand prize gift. I think it’s really important for local businesses to give back to the community that supports us and to lo-cal charities whenever we can.” For information on the challenge and to register, go to www.lakevillefit-women.com.

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Korean business and investment seminar The Dakota County Region-al Chamber of Commerce and Allthatstory America will host a seminar for businesses inter-ested in learning about Korean market exports and investments from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, July 24, at the Eagan Fire Safety Center. The seminar is sup-ported by a variety of experts including the Department of Employment and Economic De-velopment, 3M and KOTRA. The seminar will expose business owners and interested enterprises to Korean trade op-portunities and how these op-portunities can help their busi-nesses. Following the seminar, there will be an opportunity to obtain more detailed informa-tion on specific topics through private meetings with the spe-cialists. The event will include lunch. Register at www.dcrchamber.com or by calling the DCR Chamber at 651-452-9872.

Uponor a top workplace The Star Tribune has named Uponor North America, Ap-ple Valley, one of the Top 100 Workplaces in Minnesota. The newspaper’s Top Workplaces special section was published on Sunday, June 15. “It’s always an honor to be chosen for an award,” said Bill Gray, president, Uponor North America. “Being named as one of the top places to work in Minnesota is especially reward-ing because it was based on feedback from the people who know us best – our employees. “All of us at Uponor North America – collectively – have created an environment where people respond, not only

through exceptional day-to-day performance, but also by par-ticipating and giving feedback,” Gray said. “We are striving to create something special here at Uponor; our employees’ feed-back is vital in helping us to continue this journey.”

Title company expands to AV TitleSmart Inc., a Twin Cities title insurance company, has ex-panded its business with a new branch in Apple Valley. TitleSmart, a certified Wom-en’s Business Enterprise, has been providing title, escrow and real estate closing solutions to the Twin Cities since 2007 and currently has seven metro area locations. “We are thrilled to provide the Apple Valley area with a convenient location for excep-tional title, escrow and real estate closing solutions,” said Cindy Koebele, president and owner. “We are extremely pas-sionate about the work we do and the communities we serve and we look forward to building even stronger relationships with our partners and customers in Apple Valley.” TitleSmart Inc.’s Apple Val-ley location will open on or be-fore Sept. 1 in the Wings Finan-cial Building at 14985 Glazier Ave. For additional informa-tion, contact Koebele at 651-779-3075 or [email protected].

Ribbon cutting at Ideal Woodbury-based Ideal Cred-it Union, formerly PCU, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its corporate headquarters June 18 to celebrate the rebranding of the 88-year-old cooperative. Local dignitaries and royalty, chamber members and credit union representatives took part

in the festivities. Ideal has an Eagan branch location.

BBB receives LSS Financial Advocacy Award Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota was one of five organizations to receive LSS Financial Coun-seling’s Financial Advocacy Award June 18 in Minneapolis. The award recognizes people or organizations that serve to im-prove economic justice and ad-vocate for people and families in vulnerable financial situations. “At LSS Financial Counsel-ing, we are in a unique posi-

tion to witness the outstanding advocacy of other community leaders who work tirelessly to bring hope and financial stabil-ity to people in vulnerable fi-nancial situations,” said Darryl Dahlheimer, program director for LSS Financial Counseling. “These extraordinary people and organizations have really inspired us through their work and it’s an honor for us to recog-nize them.” More than 80 attendees gath-ered to honor the five organiza-tions receiving the 2014 Finan-cial Advocacy Award: Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota, Boynton Health Service of the University of Minnesota, Hiway Federal

Credit Union, Mankato Eco-nomic Development Authority and Minnesota Life College. “We’re honored to receive this award and thank LSS Financial Counseling for recognizing our efforts,” said Dan Hendrickson, BBB communication coordina-tor. “Fraud prevention is one of our primary goals. We know that scams often target those in our communities who can afford it least.” LSS Financial Counseling recognized BBB for a blog it maintains that provides the pub-lic with helpful tips, warnings on scams and insights on trends in the marketplace. To learn more, visit http://thefirstbbb.areavoic-es.com.

Lone Oak Market grand opening

Eagan’s Lone Oak Market celebrated a Dakota County Regional Chamber ribbon cutting and grand opening for its location at 1286 Lone Oak Road. Inside the Shell gas station is what owner Tony Donatell believes to be the only station in Eagan that features a 24-hour full menu restaurant and espresso bar, with fresh wraps, chicken, burgers and pizza. In the summer, the restaurant’s outside Lone Oak BBQ Grill is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays. The business employs a staff of 25. (Photo submitted)

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Teacher, student create page-turners Rosemount author, illustrator duo to pen a series

by Nick HassettSUN THISWEEK


After finding success in adapting a classic Christmas tale to be set in Rosemount, a teach-er and former student of Rosemount High School will be creating a Rosemount series. “’Twas the Night Before Christmas In Rosemount” was the brainchild of Chuck Brooks, who enlisted the help of student An-dré Nelson to illustrate the children’s book. It was originally a column Brooks wrote for the Rosemount Town Pag-es, and was published in December 2012. “We were over-whelmed at the response,” Brooks said. “We ordered 300 copies for the first print, and right away needed another 200. We’ve sold 600 since.” The book was well re-ceived in Rosemount, with even mayor Bill Droste giving a public reading. And with the start of a new year, Brooks found new inspiration. “(André and I) worked so well together,” he said. “I put the words down and he picks up exactly what I’m thinking and paints it. We had so much fun with this. So I said to

André: I’ve got another idea.” That idea became an-other adaptation: The 12 Days ’Fore Chrismas In Rosemount. While the first book is a heartwarm-ing tale of the Rosemount community coming to-gether on Christmas Eve, Brooks sees this one as humorous. “The protagonist is like a Charlie Brown charac-ter. He gets a mysterious invitation to his first party and doesn’t worry about who sent it,” he said. The invitation comes from an enigmatic char-acter who, in keeping true

to the source material, sends myriad items on each of the 12 days. But don’t expect five golden rings. Among the gifts the protagonist receives are a set of leprechaun statues that may not be inanimate figurines. “They’re not very well behaved,” Brooks said. “By the day before Christ-mas, he’s ready for the in-stitution.” Nelson and Brooks hope to escalate the ac-tion on each of the 15 pages, pairing the narra-tive with the illustration. “You’ll be enjoying it more, chuckling more

with every page,” Brooks said. “It’s a bit wordier (than the first book), but there’s an artistic bal-ance.” The two plan to put out the second book by Nov. 1, and hold a read-ing at Barnes and Noble in December. Brooks will retire from Rosmount High School after this year, but hopes to continue working with Nelson to put out a third book in 2017, to commer-ate the 100th graduating class of RHS. “It’s kind of the little school that could,” he said. “The book will be an abbreviated his-tory tour, a child’s ap-proach to what it’s gone through.” It’s only fitting for the unlikely duo, who met at the high school. Brooks sought out a student artist to help illustrate “’Twas the Night Before Christ-mas in Rosemount,” and he found Nelson, who was known around the high school as a landscape painter. He was a little leery of trying his hand at a different art style, at first. “I didn’t want to draw faces, besides the (main character),” Nelson said. “But I broke up the col-umn into a storyboad, and figured out what

spoke to me, what jumped out that I could visualize in the writing.” Nelson drew his sketches first in pencil, and eventually paint-ed them. One of the more difficult parts for him was getting the iconic aerial view of downtown Rose-mount just right. “You have to mentally put yourself into that per-spective for painting,” he said. But after painting doz-ens of scenes for the two

books, Brooks is confident in Nelson’s ability, and is looking forward to creat-ing their third to-gether. “I’m pretty con-vinced he can do this,” he said. “And I think it’s

time for a book to com-plement it all, everything that’s happened at Rose-mount High School.”

Email Nick Hassett at [email protected].

Chuck Brooks has been the Rosemount Leprechaun Days Grand Parade announcer for the past few years. The Rosemount High School teacher has added author to his list of titles with last year’s release of the book “’Twas the Night Before Christmas in Rosemount.” (File photo)

André Nelson



First-year event attracts

legions of activity-seekers

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


One could say the Rose-mount Area Arts Council outdid itself last week. In less than six months, the nonprofit, all-volun-teer group turned a little idea into an ArtBlast of 36 events from June 23-29. Except for a few hic-cups due to rains that fell Saturday that moved the Bluegrass Americana Fes-tival indoors, scores of area residents gathered in several venues throughout the city to experience and

participate in writing, vi-sual art, music and theater events. “Our initial reaction to ArtBlast was, ‘Whew, what a whirlwind of ac-tivity.’ And it was,” said Jeanne Schwartz, council president. “Overall we feel really good about the en-tire ArtBlast experience.” She said council mem-bers could feel the festi-val’s momentum building as the week progressed, especially with regard to growing numbers of peo-ple who wanted to be part of the One Tile, One Rose-mount project. The mural painting project had four different “signing” events during the week when local resi-dents had a chance to per-sonalize one of the 9,200 1-by-1 inch tiles that will become part of the 8-by-8

foot mosaic to be installed in the Robert Trail Library lobby. “There was definitely a buzz building,” Schwartz said. She said council mem-bers were most impressed with the children’s events, such as the Groth Music Meet the Instruments pro-gram, Kids Corner and Duct Tape Crafts along with the Art Demos when many people were asking how to sign up for RAAC classes. Schwartz said the melo-drama “A Penny Saved,” staged by RAAC’s Front Porch Players, was a really fun event. Among the improve-ments for next year is having a rain-day venue set aside for the Blue-grass Americana Festival and possibly other larger outdoor events and more

advance notice for events that required registration, such as the Rosemount Sings vocal music contest. The contest was won

by Madison Holtze, a se-nior All-State singer from Rosemount High School. “Overall, for a first year event, we are very pleased, and we will work hard over

the coming year to make it bigger and better in 2015,” Schwartz said.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

TICKET GIVEAWAY!

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ArtBlast launches fun

Haley Platts, 6, (left) and Louise Brandt, 7, work intently and patiently to weave bas-kets during Art Sampling & Demos at the Steeple Center in Rosemount last Friday afternoon during the Rosemount Area Arts Council’s ArtBlast. The weeklong celebra-tion June 23-29 included a variety of arts events, such as those related to theater, mu-sic, visual art and much more. More photos are online at SunThisweek.com. (Photos by Jennifer Chick)

From left, cousins Isabelle Young, 9; Esme Young, 6; Riley Nelson, 12; and Marina Nelson, 9, choose from a rainbow of duct tapes as they make duct tape crafts at the Robert Trail Library in Rosemount last Thursday. The free Make and Take: Duct Tape Crafts event was part of the week-long ArtBlast celebration in Rosemount from June 23-29. The craft event will be offered at 1:30 p.m. July 17 at the Burnhaven Library in Burnsville and 2 p.m. July 21 at the Wescott Library in Eagan. (Photos by Jennifer Chick)

Rotary fundraiser kicks off Newly installed Apple Valley Rotary President Bruce Nordquist kicked off the group’s annual car raffle ticket sales by sell-ing one of the first tickets to Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland. Hamann-Roland said the raffle for a 2014 Ford Fusion in partnership with Apple Ford Lincoln is so important, and by selling tickets club members are making a big positive dif-ference in the community. She said she looks for-ward to drawing the win-ners’ names at an Oct. 25 drawing and celebration at the dealership. Nordquist and raffle co-chairmen, Patrick Selchow and Alan Player, recently passed out the raffle tickets to the club’s 49 members. Also serving on the raffle committee are Bill Tschohl, Clint Hooppaw, David Kingsbury, John Hartley, Catherine Magu-ire, Ryan Lynch, Sharon LaComb, Steve Degenaar and Tom Lawell. Tickets are $20 each and are available from any Apple Valley Rotary mem-ber. The grand prize is a 2014 Ford Fusion, second prize is a gas grill from Warners’ Stellian and third prize is $500. This year there will be three $100 prizes.

Nordquist stated that in 2013 the raffle raised $41,000 to support local community and interna-tional needs. In 2012, the club raised $34,600. This is the club’s an-nual Apple Valley Rotary Scholarship Foundation fundraiser for graduates of Apple Valley and East-view high schools. The funds also are used to support the Dictionary Project, through which 3,000 dictionaries are de-livered to third-grade stu-dents in Apple Valley. Each year since 1991 the club has sponsored the Teacher Recognition Award at Apple Valley High School. The winner this year was Neil Michels, longtime physics teacher who is retiring this year af-ter 30 years at the school. Nordquist said the club is also involved in com-munity projects including Adopt a Park (Legacy and Redwood), Adopt a Highway, 360 Communi-ties food shelf, Feed My Starving Children, Be-yond the Yellow Ribbon, Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, support for military fami-lies, Lewis House, Youth Exchange Program, Polio Plus, STRIVE Program at AVHS, AVHS Speech and National Honor Society, Safewater Plus and much more.

Last year’s winner of a 2013 Ford Focus was Sha-ron Tadsen. Steve Matt-son, Rotary member, sold the winning ticket. The second prize, a grill from Warners’ Stellian, was won by Chris Kelly. His ticket was sold by John Dusek. The $500 cash prize was won by David Ken-nedy whose ticket was sold by Roger Huber. The top three ticket salespeople in 2013 were members Ed Corbett, Mattson and Tschohl. Without the support of the community and the dedication of the club members it would not be possible to offer so much support to the community, according to Nordquist. He said support for the fundraiser from the com-munity has been phenom-enal and that the $20 do-nation for a ticket goes so far in helping so many. The club will display the car and sell tickets at various events throughout the city, such as the farm-ers market on Saturday mornings and football games. For more information about joining Rotary or about the raffle, contact Nordquist at [email protected] or call 952-953-2576.

Worship DirectoryShare your weekly worship schedule or other activities with the

community. Email [email protected] or call 952-392-6875 for rates and informatilon.


Obituaries

Religion

The Minnesota Valley Christian Women’s Connection luncheon will be held from 12:30-2 p.m. Thursday, July 10, at GrandStay Hotel, 7083 153rd St., Apple Valley. Cost is $16. It includes lunch, special speaker

and door prizes. Sue Selbin will deliver a talk titled “Lavish … Exquisite … Tan-talizing: The Frosting on the Cake of Life.” She will share how she discovered “a special ingredient that

changed her unappetizing life into a culinary creation.” For reservations, call Pam at 612-207-3100 or Jan at 651-434-5795.

The Rev. Zappa honored

Burnsville Mayor Elizabeth Kautz affixed a starfish pin June 29 to the Rev. Jim Zappa, who is retiring after serv-ing since 1993 as pastor of Mary, Mother of the Church. Zappa, the second pastor in the Catholic parish’s 49-year history, has been weakened by nonalcoholic cirrhosis of the liver, whose treatment will eventually include kidney and liver transplants. About 1,000 people attended a farewell Mass, lunch and reception for Zappa June 29. (Submitted photo)

Rosemount seniors to sell Leprechaun Days buttons The Rosemount Area Seniors are selling official Rosemount Leprechaun Days buttons now through the end of the July 18-27 festival. People who buy a $1 button may enter their name for a chance to win several prizes. Buttons are being sold at Cub Foods, Terry’s Hardware, Kwik Trip, First State Bank of Rose-mount, Walgreen’s, Holi-day Station Store on Chip-pendale Avenue, Super America, Merchants Bank and BP Service Station. The buttons were de-signed by Rosemount Middle School student Taylor Brunes in conjunc-tion with the Rosemount

Leprechaun Days Com-mittee. Taylor will be entering eighth grade this fall. She said she has been involved in arts and crafts as long as she can remember. “It’s a way to relax and stay busy,” she said. She said she was very excited and surprised to find out she had won the contest, which made her

eligible to select from among four prizes with free admission to area at-tractions. Taylor said she hopes people think of excite-ment and fun times when

they see the button design. For her, that means the Rosemount Leprechaun Days carnival rides at the Midsummer Faire and the Grand Parade, which she said are her favorite events. The committee con-nected with Rosemount Middle School to have stu-dents work on the button design project. Those who purchase a button are eligible for prizes, including gift cer-tificates and other donat-ed items from several area merchants and businesses. The fundraising project is one of the largest for the seniors. Funds raised go toward programming for activities and future ex-penses.

Taylor Brunes

Apple Valley captain among Rosemount chief finalists

Women’s luncheon set in Apple Valley

Apple Valley police Capt. Mitchell Scott is among three finalists for the vacant chief of po-lice position in the city of Rosemount. Scott was named as a finalist Wednesday along with Mark Elliott, com-mander with the Bloom-

ington Police Department, and Richard Schroeder, sergeant with the Dakota County Sheriff ’s Office and current Rosemount fire chief. The Rosemount City Council is inviting resi-dents and business owners to meet the three finalists

at City Hall, 2875 145th St. W., on Tuesday, July 8, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Council members will conduct separate inter-views with each of the fi-nalists that evening. The council will make its final selection later in hopes that the new chief will be

in place by the end of the summer. The city invited ap-plications for police chief this spring after the resig-nation of Chief Eric Wer-ner, who had accepted the same position at the city of Maple Grove.

Master gardeners give tips on harvesting, preserving vegetables

The University of Min-nesota Extension Dakota County Master Garden-ers will give a free talk on “Harvesting and Preserv-ing Vegetables” at 7 p.m. July 14 at the Church of

St. Joseph, 13900 Biscayne Ave. W., Rosemount. The talk is free and open to the public. Master gardeners will focus on how to store some vegetables, such as

onions and carrots, and on canning, freezing and dehydrating fresh produce. Gardeners of all levels of experience and other inter-ested persons are encour-aged to attend and bring

their questions. Email Donna Matusze-wski at [email protected] for more infor-mation.


murder, Backstrom said. Schunk was a 2011 Burnsville High School graduate and graduation class speaker who excelled in competitive chess and was an assistant coach for the powerhouse Metcalf Junior chess program for five years after competing there herself. She was a University of Minnesota sociol-ogy student when she met Chavez-Nelson at a Min-neapolis bus stop near the apartment where she was living with three room-mates. The two dated for sev-eral months in 2012 be-fore Schunk broke off the relationship around Thanksgiving. She went to meet Chavez-Nelson at the Caribou Coffee near her family’s North River Hills home the afternoon of Sept. 21 to ask him to repay money she had loaned him. Her parents told police she had given him $5,000. “Little did anyone know that Anarae would be dead within 13 hours,” Backstrom said. Chavez-Nelson had a long history of violent crimes and had spent much of his adult life in jail or prison. He’s now serving in Stillwater for a Hennepin County convic-tion of being a felon pos-sessing a weapon, Back-strom said. “She told her parents (when they were dat-ing) that she had hoped she might be able to save Chavez-Nelson from his troubled past,” Back-strom said. “At some point she loaned $5,000 to Chavez-Nelson and began a physical relationship with him.” A thousand people attended Schunk’s Oct. 6 memorial service in Burnsville.

“From all that I’ve learned about Anarae Sc-hunk since her disappear-ance and death, I can tell you she was a lovely, intel-ligent and kind-hearted young woman,” Back-strom said. “She may, unfortunately, have been a little too kind-hearted when she began a rela-tionship with a man now charged with her murder.” Schunk’s naked body was found Sept. 30 at the edge of a cornfield in ru-ral Rice County. Ashes and a charred cornstalk at the scene are evidence of a failed attempt to burn her body, Backstrom said. “She fought for her life,” he said. “She had defensive wounds on her hands.” Schunk, whose fam-ily reported her missing Sept. 23, suffered 22 stab wounds, including two to her neck that severed her carotid arteries and jugu-lar veins. “The medical exam-iner has told us Anarae could not have lived more than 20 seconds after these deadly wounds were struck,” Backstrom said. Authorities say evi-dence — including Sc-hunk’s blood-stained and punctured Minnesota Golden Gophers sweat-jacket, blood-soaked blue jeans and towels from Conrade’s town-

home — was seized from the townhome and from the St. Paul apartment of Chavez-Nelson’s es-tranged wife. Analysis of DNA and fingerprint evidence con-tributed to the length of the investigation, one of the most extensive in Dakota County history, Backstrom said.

Evidence While Chavez-Nelson and Conrade both de-nied knowing what had become of Schunk, po-lice worked “around the clock” to gather evidence and find her, Backstrom said. A Sept. 24 search of Conrade’s townhome un-covered a large plastic tote bag in the garage raf-ters with blood on it. In-side the tote, police found a comforter and two large black plastic bags, all with blood on them, the com-plaint said. A towel on the garage floor also was bloody. Samples of DNA from the items matched Schunk’s, the complaint said. Inside the townhome, police found a knife block with an empty slot, a pair of kitchen shears and a hacksaw with blood on it. The DNA matched Sc-hunk’s. Cellphone records

revealed that Chavez-Nelson had called his estranged wife several times in the early-morn-ing hours of Sept. 22. A Sept. 27 search of her apartment turned up a knife on the roof of the building, where she said Chavez-Nelson had thrown it when he vis-ited on the morning of Sept. 22. She said he had brought a black plastic bag to the apartment con-taining what appeared to be bloody towels. Believ-ing the contents may have been related to Schunk’s disappearance, she called her father and asked him to take the bag “until she could decide what to do,” the complaint said. At the request of of-ficers, she had her father return the bag Sept. 27. They opened it to a “strong rotting smell and the smell of bleach,” the complaint said. The numerous items in-side included the Gophers jacket, most of which was soaked in blood, and other items of bloody clothing. DNA samples from the blood matched Schunk’s. Other items includ-ed bloody towels, black plastic bags, yellow rub-ber gloves with blood on them and a black glove with blood on it. DNA analysis of the one of the yellow gloves showed a predominant match with Schunk, but also a mixture of three or more people. Schunk, Conrade and Chavez-Nelson can’t be excluded as sources of the DNA, but “99.94 percent of the general population” can be, the complaint said. Conrade, interviewed six separate times by po-lice, finally admitted on Sept. 29 that she’d seen Schunk’s dead body in her kitchen the afternoon of Sept. 22 after she re-

turned home from work, Backstrom said. She also admitted to helping Chavez-Nelson load Anarae’s body into the trunk of her car later that evening, he said. “She denied participat-ing in the killing of An-arae and offered no infor-mation as to who killed her or how she died or where her body could be found,” Backstrom said. Conrade was told that garbage bags inside the tote bag matched those she and Chavez-Nelson were recorded buying by a surveillance camera at the Apple Valley Walmart store. She was told there was blood on the bags, there were garbage bags lining the trunk of her car, and blood was found in the trunk. “So how is that my fault when he had control of my entire life,” Con-rade responded, accord-ing to the complaint. She was also shown pictures of the bloody towels from the plastic bag taken from Chavez-Nelson’s estranged wife’s apartment — towels that Conrade admitted came from her home. “I’m thinking that she’s dead,” Conrade then said of Schunk, later adding, “I know that she’s dead.” Conrade said she saw the tote bag on Sept. 22 and said it was covered with a blue blanket. She said she saw Chavez-Nel-son pull it outside. She said he asked for her help when he was unable to lift it into the trunk of her car. She said she grabbed one side and helped him lift it. She claimed she didn’t see Schunk inside because of the blanket “but as-sumed” the bag contained her body, the complaint said. “Conrade stated that Chavez-Nelson left her residence in her car and

was gone for a long time. According to Conrade, she went to bed and cried herself to sleep,” the com-plaint said. When Chavez-Nelson returned, he dropped off the car and didn’t come inside, it said. Asked if she looked in her trunk the next morn-ing, Conrade said she “was scared” and “didn’t wanna see her,” the com-plaint said. Conrade’s story “changed numerous times as she was interviewed by police,” Backstrom said. “Conrade was, how-ever, observed by a co-worker the morning after Anarae’s disappearance with an injured finger, a cut on one of her palms and a cut on one of her arms,” he said. Surveillance video at Conrade’s workplace, the Holiday station in Apple Valley, confirmed the wounds, showing her wearing gauze on her hand and a splint on her right index finger, the complaint said. Conrade was previ-ously charged with aid-ing an offender, a felony, for allegedly harboring Chavez-Nelson after the Jobi shooting. She posted bail at the time, Back-strom said. Now she’s in the jail on $2 million bail ($750,000 with conditions). Her first court appearance on the murder charge was June 27. Backstrom said prose-cutors hope to try Chavez-Nelson for the Jobi shoot-ing before trying him and Conrade on the murder charges. The Jobi trial has been continued to Oct. 27, he said.

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

Anarae Schunk

MURDER, from 1A


SportsLocal players shine at football showcase

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


It’s difficult for a kicker to get noticed at a football all-star game, unless he does what Reid Tauben-heim did Saturday after-noon. The South all-stars were well on their way to victory when they sent the Farmington High School graduate on the field to try a 52-yard field goal. He made it with plenty to spare for the longest field goal in the history of the Minnesota Foot-ball Coaches Association Tackle Cancer All-Star Football Game. Tauben-heim also kicked four ex-tra points as the South all-stars defeated the North 37-22 at St. John’s Univer-sity. “As soon as you kick it, you know (if it’s going to be long enough),” Tauben-heim said. “I kind of knew that one was going to go through.” There is a long history of high school all-star football games in Minne-sota. The first games were played in 1945 and 1946 before the event went on

hiatus, resuming in 1952 and running through 1960. It went away again but was reinstated in 1974 and has run every year since. Not only did Tauben-heim’s record-setting kick come in a game with plen-ty of history, his achieve-ment could stand for a while. There have been only two field goals longer than 40 yards in the event’s history, and the previous longest field goal of 46 yards was in 1998. He also kicked the lon-gest field goal in Farming-ton High School history. “I had a 48 (in a game dur-ing his junior season), but they never let me kick one longer than that,” Tauben-heim said, smiling. Taubenheim was re-garded as one of the top kicking prospects in Min-nesota high school football last fall. He received pre-ferred walk-on offers from Minnesota and Wisconsin but chose instead to sign with North Dakota, which graduated its kicker from the 2013 season. Tauben-heim’s competition for the North Dakota kicking job could come from another Dakota County athlete,

Eastview High School graduate Sam Fluegge. At North Dakota, it will be all kicking (and possibly punting; Tauben-heim said he also hopes to compete for that job). But at Farmington, he was known for more than a big leg. Taubenheim also was a starting safety. In the

opening game of the 2012 season, he kicked four field goals, tying a state record he shares with three other kickers, and also made 10 tackles. Taubenheim said the South all-star coaching staff, headed up by Eden Prairie’s Mike Grant, at least joked about putting

his tackling skills into play. “We had a few guys on our defense who were banged up and the coach-es looked at me and said, ‘You used to play safety, didn’t you?’ ” Taubenheim said. He never did see the field on defense, but the all-star game was still

“an awesome experience,” Taubenheim said. “You meet some people here you played against and after a few days you’re the best of friends.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Farmington’s Reid Taubenheim kicks an extra point during the first half of Saturday’s state high school all-star football game. In the fourth quarter, he kicked a game-record 52-yard field goal. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

52-yard field goal capped‘awesome experience’

for Farmington’s Taubenheim

Now, Hyeamang will try to help Columbia turn it around by Mike Shaughnessy


Helping Apple Valley High School reach the state football quarterfinals two years in a row ranks as one of Lord Josh Hy-eamang’s career highlights because the Eagles previ-ously had been in a down cycle. “Down cycle” doesn’t begin to describe where Hyeamang’s new team has been. Columbia Univer-sity, an Ivy League school that started playing colle-giate football in 1870, gen-erates headlines mainly for futility. The Lions haven’t had a winning season since 1996 and had only one .500 season since then. In the 1980s, they had a 44-game losing streak, still the longest in the Football Championship Subdivi-sion. Hyeamang, who signed with Columbia in Febru-ary, said he was attracted to the academic and ath-letic challenges there. “I really liked the coaching staff and they want to turn it around,” Hyeamang said. “They brought in three or four defensive linemen who are my size, so I’m going to have to work to earn a job” in the lineup. Hyeamang was named defensive MVP for the

South at Saturday’s Min-nesota Football Coaches Association All-Star Foot-ball Game at St. John’s University. The 6-foot-4, 240-pound defensive line-man made four tackles as the South team defeated the North all-stars 37-22. “That’s a great honor because there are a lot of

good players here,” said Hyeamang, who was the fifth Apple Valley player to win an MVP award at the all-star game. Hyeamang was one of two AVHS graduates to play for the South team in the 2014 all-star game. The other is offensive lineman Tyler Rolland,

who also will continue his football career at a school (Carleton College) with challenging academics. The all-star game came at the end of a week-long camp. The South all-stars’ head coach was Eden Prairie coach Mike Grant, whose teams have won nine state champion-

ships. Grant played at St. John’s under legendary head coach John Gagliar-di, whose unique coaching philosophy included mini-mal contact during prac-tice. “We had some two-a-days,” Hyeamang said, “but coach Grant is big on saving it for the game. We

were in helmets and shells most of the time.” Hyeamang scored 30 on his ACT exam and was a National Achievement Scholarship semifinalist in 2013, which helps explain why Columbia pursued him. He also proved to be a quick study in foot-ball and wrestling, each of which he started later than many other students. He has played football for five years. In his se-nior year at AVHS Hyea-mang was a force on de-fense with 65 tackles, nine tackles for losses and six sacks. He held down the 285-pound lineup spot for the wrestling team, which won its ninth consecutive Class 3A team champion-ship last winter, and also qualified individually for state. “In football, I started getting better by working on my strength and quick-ness,” Hyeamang said. “That also gave me more confidence. In wrestling, really, it was the same thing.” Now he will try to help Columbia football make news for something other than losing games.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Lord Josh Hyeamang of Apple Valley looks to rush the quarterback during the state high school all-star football game. Hyeamang was named defensive MVP for the South all-stars. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

More who helped make all-star game happen

Here’s a look at other local people who took part in the Minnesota Foot-ball Coaches Association Tackle Cancer All-Star Football Game on Satur-day. The players listed all were members of the win-ning South all-star team. Lakeville North’s Ja-miah Newell rushed eight times for 26 yards and caught one pass. The 5-foot-8, 170-pound run-ning back has signed with Minnesota-Duluth. Lakeville South line-backer Tyler Lattery made one tackle and intercepted a pass on the final play of the game. After being a high school rival of New-ell’s, Lattery (6-3, 230) will join him in college at Min-nesota-Duluth. Rosemount’s Conner Yepsen played perhaps his final game of organized football at Saturday’s all-star game. The cornerback had two tackles. Yepsen (5-10, 160) and his twin

brother Carter, who were starters at defensive back for Rosemount’s state Class 6A runner-up team, will play lacrosse at Robert Morris University. Eastview’s Jacob Bechstein is headed to Carleton College. The 5-11, 195-pound lineback-er made one tackle in the all-star game. Also going to Carleton is Apple Valley offensive lineman Tyler Rolland. A three-year starter at AVHS, Rolland (6-3, 300) shared time at center in Saturday’s game. Joey Marinello of Eastview played offensive tackle for the South all-stars. Marinello (6-6, 300), signed in February with Montana State, a Division I Football Championship Subdivision program. He described getting a schol-arship offer from Mon-tana State as his favorite football memory. Alex Hoffman, a 6-3,

235-pound defensive end from Lakeville South, is headed to Bemidji State. He made one tackle in Sat-urday’s game. Lakeville resident Ray Betton was an assistant coach for the South all-stars. Betton is varsity football coach at Holy An-gels after previous stops as head coach at East Ridge and Simley. Dave Fritze, an Eagan High School counselor and the Wildcats’ former varsity football coach, completed his 15th year as director of the all-star game. EHS social studies teacher Jim Becker is the assistant game director. Eagan resident Dave Giles, the public address voice for numerous Eagan High School and Minnesota State High School League events, also does PA for the all-star football game and is the event’s historian and media relations direc-tor.

State high school football all-star game director Dave Fritze gives an award to Josh Sitarz of Totino-Grace following Saturday’s game at St. John’s University. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)


ones he didn’t. “The only ones I didn’t know were the two other guys and a couple of girls, and now the three of us guys stick together. It’s been really nice,” he said. “We run into each other all the time. It’s a close-knit group.” Hudson said he had

heard the Eagan program was looking for guys since last year, but this year he sought out the informa-tion to apply. It was a dif-ferent story for candidate Nik Bailey; his father, Da-vid Bailey, provided the initial encouragement. “We were out for dinner and saw a poster that men-tioned the Funfest,” David Bailey said. “I said, ‘Hey,

you can be the first boy.’ ” Bailey thinks the op-portunity will let his son develop important skills for the future. “Meeting each of the current ambassadors, some were really young, but they’re all confident and poised,” he said. “I’m guessing this will give him some practice with public speaking.”

The candidates will participate in a number of events on July 4, including an ice cream eating contest and the city parade. The ambassador coronation starts at 7 p.m. Monday, with a red carpet recep-tion beginning at 6 p.m. Once the ambassadors are selected, they will serve for one year, striving to build community connections

and visiting neighboring cities. “There’s 50 events, so during that one year pe-riod they’ll be doing some-thing almost every week,” Ferber said. The program offers male and female positions in three age categories: Ju-nior 10-12 years old, Teen 13-14 years old and Youth 15-19 years old.

The ambassador can-didates are Kari Giles 17; Avery Ward, 14; Ainsley Schwerr, 12; Hanna Ol-son, 11; Payton Greenlee, 11; Mia Eisenberg, 10; Da-vid Hudson, 17; Nik Bai-ley, 13; and Reece Peters, 13.

Email Nick Hassett at [email protected].

BOYS, from 1A

“To address and attract volunteers, we are much more open with them on the front side to ensure that they know what they are getting themselves into,” said Rosemount Fire Chief Richard Schro-eder. “We make sure to in-form them about the time commitment and what it is going to take to make it through the first two years of training and time away from their family. Even as thorough as we are in ex-plaining things to them, we still lose 30-40 percent of the new hires. It just be-comes too much.” All firefighter candi-dates in Minnesota must complete state-mandated Firefighter I and Firefight-er II courses, which take up more than 200 hours of a candidate’s time in the first two years. Firefighters have always needed to pass physical agility tests, but criminal background checks have become mandatory under state law. All firefighters must receive medical and hazmat training. “The public has an ex-pectation when they call 911 that they’re getting the best possible people, so that’s why we have that process to make it tough to get on – because we want quality people,” said Doug Nelson, assistant fire chief with the Burnsville Fire Department and former 23-year firefighter with the Spring Lake Park-Blaine-Mounds View Fire Department. These time-consuming requirements can turn

away potential firefighters, Dayton Fire Chief Jason Mickelson said. That time commit-ment concerns Loretto Fire Chief Jeff Leuer, who foresees an impending de-cline in volunteer firefight-ers. “The mandated train-ing that a firefighter needs to take and sustain is a lot of hours,” Leuer said. “I tell someone you need to commit at least eight hours a week for meeting, training and public events, and they say they just don’t have that.” Schroeder, like many of his colleagues, attributes those challenges to peo-ple’s time commitments. “The biggest reason that volunteers quit is the tremendous time com-mitment that they must give, which takes time away from their families,” Schroeder said. “I can to-tally relate to them as I have been there and gone through what they are ex-periencing.” “Volunteer or paid-on-call firefighters are a dying breed,” said Farmington Fire Chief Tim Pietsch. In Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune’s coverage area, only Burns-ville has a full-time fire de-partment. “It takes a lot of sac-rifice from families, full-time jobs,” Pietsch said, “just making the overall commitment, training, making calls, etc.” Scott Anderson, fire chief in Maple Grove, has noticed that most new firefighters leave before five years of service. They encounter more family re-

sponsibilities, job changes and the desire to go back to school for advanced training and degrees. N o r w o o d - Yo u n g America Fire Chief Steve Zumberge said recruiting firefighters is not as easy as it used to be. “We used to have a waiting list. ... Now we’re about to advertise,” Zum-berge said. Pietsch said posting a “help wanted” banner outside the station has been effective in recruiting candidates. Anderson has used cre-ative efforts to recruit day-time firefighters. He has stopped at garage sales and asked about who is home during the day. He then knocks on doors and asks whether anyone there is interested in being a fire-fighter. Maple Grove fire-fighters also use classroom visits as a recruitment tool. They ask kids to talk with parents about becom-ing firefighters.

Old days gone John Wolff, fire chief in Chanhassen, noted about 50 percent of his commu-nity is transient, pulling people who could be valu-able volunteer firefighters out of the community for most of the day. Some surveys have said that 62 percent of Dakota County residents com-mute outside of the coun-ty each day. With the exception of small, rural fire depart-ments where many fire-fighters work in small towns, many other fire de-partments are struggling to recruit crews with mem-

bers who are on board for fires in the daytime. In Rockford, Fire Chief Ben Sanderson told the Rockford City Council re-cently that, due to sched-ules and conflicts, about half the current members show up on calls. “We’re burning out the 15 people who can show up to calls as it is,” he said. Rockford is consider-ing adding a reserve team of 10 that would presum-ably result in an additional five members at a call. Al-bertville, St. Michael and Monticello have added similar programs. Schroeder said Rose-mount having a “duty crew” for daytime calls could be explored in the future. Pietsch said Farming-ton has a number of fire-fighters who work night shifts, so it has been get-ting by for daytime re-sponse. Rosemount recently hired one firefighter as a city employee for daytime response. “This is a concept that was used back in the day when I was hired and I have a feeling that cities may have to move back to-ward that trend to get day-time responders,” Schro-eder said. “Full-time firefighters will cost a lot of money; most cities do not have the resources available to fund such a proposal,” Pietsch said. “We actively try to recruit daytime person-nel.” Maple Grove’s Ander-son grew up in a small town where the fire depart-ment responded to around

three calls per week. The owner of a hardware store could post a sign on his door saying something like, “Gone to fire call. Be back soon.” Those days are gone, Anderson noted. Chief Mike Rademach-er, during the recruitment process with Northeast Sherburne, lets his fire-fighters know that family comes first and the depart-ment is comfortable giving its firefighters some lee-way when it comes to fam-ily dynamics. Northeast Sherburne also organizes activities for the spouses of firefighters that bring the department closer as a “family,” Rademacher said. The city of Rosemount is approved to have 50 firefighters. It is currently reviewing a group of new potential recruits and will likely generate a new pool of candidates in July for activation in October. Schroeder hopes out of those two pools to boost the force to 50 by the end of 2015. “That’s something that hasn’t happened in a long time, he said. Pietsch said the depart-ment is in the process of adding four to six new members to fill its roster of 50.

Retention Wolff said the major-ity of firefighters who join his Chanhassen depart-ment will make it about 10 years. “Some will make it 20,” he said. “It gets harder and harder every year to at-

tract volunteers and ones that will stick around for 20 years,” Schroeder said. The city of Rosemount is in the process of increas-ing the yearly retirement amount for each year of service. “I am hoping that the higher dollar figure will play a big part in attract-ing new hires and keeping them around for a mini-mum of 10 years,” he said. Schroeder said the city may also change its cur-rent $10/fire call stipend to hourly pay. “(It is my hope this will) be a better recruiting tool to get and keep person-nel on the department,” Schroeder said. Dayton’s Mickelson said once a new firefighter has signed on to serve the community, it is easier to retain them. “Newer firefighters tend to be tech savvy, where older firefighters sometimes struggle to use items like laptops and iPads,” he said. Some have joined fire departments and stayed on for years, even decades. “I think most firefight-ers join to help others in their time of need, wheth-er it be a fire or a health problem,” Mickelson said. “Most are joining to give something back to their communities.”

Jeff Hage can be reached at [email protected]. Editors Adam Gruenewald, Jessica Harper, Sue Van Cleaf, Theresa Malloy, Eric Hagen and Tad John-son contributed to this story.

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LEGAL NOTICES

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194

JUNE 10, 2014REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

This is a summary of the IndependentSchool District No. 194 Regular School Board Meeting on Tues, June 10, 2014 with full text available for public inspec-tion on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or District Office at 8670 210thStreet W., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 7:00p.m. followed by pledge of allegiance. All board members and administrators were present.

Public Comment: Kathy Lewis, 18455Jamaica Path, presented a Philips AEDand case to be mounted in a district build-ing.

Consent agenda items approved: Min-utes of the meetings on May 27 and June2; employment recommendations, leaverequests and resignations; payment of bills & claims; alt facilities change orders; donations; non-public school transporta-tion contracts.

Report presented: 2014 Summer ProgramsRecommended actions approved: IT

Long Term Infrastructure Plan for DigitalLearning & Refined iLearn 2.0 Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Proposals for grades 3-5 at CHE and OLE (including K-2 at OLEusing existing devices; History of Rockand Roll Resource Adoption; FY 15 Pro-posed $143.9 Million Budget Adoption; Ratification of Small Wonders Instructors Employment Agreement, 2013-15.

Adjournment at 9:10 p.m. Published in

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSMINUTES OF JUNE 17, 2014SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

Vice Chairperson Jackie Magnu-son called the special board meet-ing to order at 5 p.m., June 17, 2014 at the District Office.

Present: Joel Albright, Art Coul-son, Rob Duchscher, Gary Huusko, Jackie Magnuson, Bob Schutte. Absent: Mike Roseen.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Coulson and carried with four members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition, to approve the agenda.

Business was conducted in a closed session pursuant to Minn. Stat. §13D.05, subd. 2(a)(3) for pur-poses of discussing educational data concerning a student. The motion to close the meeting was made by Magnuson, seconded by Huusko and carried, with four members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition, to close the meeting.

Albright and Duchscher joined the meeting in progress.

Motion by Coulson, second-ed by Huusko and carried, with five members voting in favor and Duchscher voting in opposition, to approve a resolution to expel a student immediately through the second trimester of the 2014-15 school year, continuing through and including March 12, 2015 (Ex-hibit A).

Motion by Magnuson, seconded by Coulson and carried, with six members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition, to open the meeting.

Motion by Magnuson, seconded by Schutte and carried, with six members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition, to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 p.m.

Published in theApple Valley, Lakeville,

Burnsville/EaganJuly 4, 2014

243123INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

DISTRICT 196ROSEMOUNT-APPLE

VALLEY-EAGANPUBLIC SCHOOLS

MINUTES OF JUNE 9, 2014REGULAR BOARD MEETING

Chairperson Rob Duchscher called the regular School Board meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. on June 9, 2014 at Dakota Ridge School.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the School Board.

Present: Joel Albright, Art Coul-son, treasurer; Rob Duchscher, chairperson; Gary Huusko, clerk; Jackie Magnuson, vice chairper-son; Bob Schutte and Superinten-dent Jane K. Berenz.

Absent: Mike Roseen.Motion by Huusko, seconded by

Coulson and carried, with six mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the agenda.

The board recognized Desti-nation ImagiNation teams from Diamond Path Elementary School of International Studies; Shan-non Park, Parkview, Greenleaf and Woodland elementary schools, and Dakota Hills Middle School that qualified for the Destination Imagi-Nation Global Finals. They also recognized Diamond Path for being selected one of the top five Magnet Schools of Excellence in the nation.

Berenz congratulated:• Eastview High School Quiz

Bowl team on advancing to the playoff round of the national tour-nament;

• Dakota United Hawks softball teams on finishing runners-up at their state tournaments;

• Jennifer Young, Rosemount High School, on winning first place in a national poster contest;

• Utkarsh Koshti, Eagan High School, on having the high score of any Minnesota student in this year’s American Mathematics Competition;

• Boys’ and girls’ high school state track and field competitors, and Payton Otterdahl, Rosemount High School senior who was state champion in discus and shot put;

• Zach Ekstein, Eagan High School, on advancing to the quar-terfinal round of the singles Class 2A state tennis tournament

• Rosemount High School girls’ golf team members on winning the Section 3 championship;

• Rosemount High School boys’ and Apple Valley girls’ lacrosse teams on winning their Section 3 tournaments;

• Polly Reikowski, Eagan High School principal, on being named Principal of the Year by the National Speech and Debate Association, and

• The more than 2,000 stu-dents who graduated from our high schools and programs.

Linda Krummel, Eastview Com-munity Foundation Grants Chair, presented four grants totaling $4,994 to Eastview High School, Falcon Ridge Middle School and Highland Elementary School.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Coulson and carried, with six mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the following Consent items:

Minutes of May 12, 2014 regular board meeting (Exhibit A1);

District memberships in organi-zations for 2014-15 (Exhibit A2);

ECM Publishers, Sun Thisweek, as the official newspaper for 2014-15 (Exhibit A3);

Authorize Superintendent Jane K. Berenz and her designee Di-rector of Finance and Operations Jeffrey Solomon to approve appli-cations and budgets on Minnesota Department of Education electronic documents (Exhibit A4);

Claims for May 7-June 3, 2014 (Exhibit B1);

Electronic funds transfer sched-ule for May 3-30, 2014 (Exhibit B2);

Schedule of investments for May 3-30, 2014 (Exhibit B3);

Treasurer’s report for month ending April 30, 2014 (Exhibit B4);

Gifts received during May 2014 totaling $68,614.21 (Exhibit B5);

Four grants totaling $4,994 from the Eastview Community Founda-tion (Exhibit B6);

Contract with JS Cates for base bid and alternates 1 and 2 totaling $231,624 for the 2014-15 science lab room upgrade at Valley Middle-School of STEM (Exhibit B7):

Contract with Audio Video Elec-tronics for the base bid of $160,250 for the Eagan High School Audito-rium Sound System replacement project (Exhibit B8);

Contract with School Specialty for educational rugs for elementary classrooms for $96,713.76 (Exhibit B9);

Contract with Malloy, Montague, Karnowski, Radosevich & Co., P.A. (MMKR) to conduct the 2013-14 fi-nancial records audit (Exhibit B10);

Appointment of Kathy Cason, Karen Harrold, Charles McCready and John Wollersheim to the Bud-get Advisory Council, effective July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017 (Exhibit B11);

Spring budget adjustments for 2013-14 to accurately reflect ap-proved grant awards and other ap-proved changes (Exhibit B12);

Contract with Hewlett-Packard Company and DSW-G for the pur-chase of computer equipment (Ex-hibit B13);

A $1,000 PPG Industries Foun-dation grant for Diamond Path El-ementary School of International Studies (Exhibit B14);

A $40,000 English Language/Civic Grant for Adult Basic Educa-tion for 2014-15 (Exhibit B15);

Separations, leaves of absence and new staff (Exhibit C1);

Resolution confirming the place-ment of David Baertsch, a continu-ing contract teacher, on unpaid, un-requested leave of absence (ULA) effective at the end of the 2013-14 school year on June 30, 2014 (Ex-hibit C2);

Three-year contact with Lin-coln Financial Group for employee group life and long-term disability insurance effective September 1, 2014 (Exhibit C3);

Agreement to extend the proba-tionary period of a teacher during 2014-15 and limit her continuing contract rights (Exhibit D1);

Contract with Glencoe-McGraw-Hill, Macmillian Holdings, LLC and Pearson Prentice Hall to purchase textbooks and instructional materi-als not to exceed $640,000 for high school social studies courses and College in the Schools (CIS) Span-ish (Exhibit E1);

Appointment of Director of Teaching and Learning Steve Troen as the 2014-15 Local Education Agency (LEA) representative ( Ex-hibit E2);

Agreement with the Southwest Area YMCA and the Minnesota Valley Branch of YMCA to provide school-age care for students in grades K-8 from June 12 through August 15, 2014 (Exhibit F1);

Appointment of Michelle Doepke, Josh Gaffke, Deena Lau-gen, Melissa Nielsen and Wendy Sawyer of Apple Valley; Rizwan Hassan and Lori Rogers of Rose-mount, Christopher Knight of Lakeville, and Caroline Koerner and Melissa Rogan of Eagan to the Early Childhood Family Services Advisory Council beginning Au-gust 26, 2014 through September 1, 2017 and alternates Kerry Bullen and Jenny Kidambi of Eagan (Ex-hibit F2), and

Joint Powers Agreement for 2013-14 Interagency Early Inter-vention Services in Dakota County (Exhibit G1).

Director of Communications Tony Taschner and Charles Mc-Cready, a district parent who served on the Legislative Advisory Council (LAC), highlighted the ed-ucation-related legislation that was approved during the 2014 session and the impact of those laws on the district.

McCready recapped the LAC activities and priorities during the session. Priorities included greater local funding authority for addi-tional school space to house all-day kindergarten and expansion of early learning programs; up-to-date technology and access, and providing for the safety of students, staff and visitors. Legislators were informed of a $1.2 billion forecast-ed budget surplus before the ses-sion started and decided to use it to provide $543 million in tax cuts to individuals and businesses, a $150 million increase to state re-serves, $200 million for capital projects not included in the bond-ing bill, and $238 million in new spending, including $54 million that is targeted for E-12 education.

Taschner reviewed plans for the $54 million in new spending for education, which will include a $25 per pupil increase to the gen-eral education formula allowance; increases English Learner (EL) eligibility for a sixth year; small in-creases to early childhood funding and scholarships, a $50 per pupil increase to the building lease levy authority and funding to provide free school lunches to students who currently qualify for reduced-price school meals under federal income guidelines.

He also reviewed education policy changes, including reforms to English Learner instruction and achievement. Taschner noted the administration worked closely with Senator Greg Clausen on the Safe and Supportive Minnesota Schools Act to influence the approved lan-guage. He also noted Director of Human Resources Tom Pederstuen and Director of Finance and Op-

erations Jeff Solomon spent time testifying on the Health and Insur-ance Transparency Act to get self-funded districts exempted from having to get a bid from the Public Employee Insurance Program.

Taschner said the district will fur-ther analyze legislation and imple-ment necessary changes to district policies; meet with education lob-bying organizations to begin plan-ning for the 2015 session and meet with candidates for local House of Representative seats that are up for election this November.

Director of Community Educa-tion Khia Brown asked the board to approve revisions to Administrative Regulation 801.5AR, Community Use of District Facilities, increasing swimming pool rental fees (Exhibit H).

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Schutte and carried, with six mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the fee increases.

Coordinator of Finance Stella Johnson reviewed the 2014-15 preliminary budget (Exhibit I) not-ing that it is slightly higher than presented in the initial estimates from the financial plan. She gave an overview of the budget process, individual funds and fund balances, and revenue sources and expen-ditures. Johnson summarized projections for all funds: revenues of $406,966,903, expenditures of $416,045,019 and a projected fund balance as of June 2015 of $70,967,093, with more than half of that amount directly tied to the restricted Internal Service Funds (Other Post-employment Benefits Trust {OPEB} and Insurance re-serve accounts).

The board is expected to take action on the proposed preliminary budget at its June 23 meeting. By law, the district must approve a preliminary budget before the start of the school and fiscal year on July 1.

Berenz announced that elemen-tary principal vacancies at South-view, Northview and Glacier Hills will be filled by Christine Heilman, Kerri Town and Scott Thomas, re-spectively.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Magnuson and carried, with six members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to adjourn the meeting at 7:03 p.m.

Published in Apple Valley,

Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganJuly 4, 2014

243086INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

DISTRICT 196ROSEMOUNT-APPLE

VALLEY-EAGAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

CALL FOR BIDSCOMPUTERIZED MEASURES OF

ACADEMIC PROGRESSNotice is hereby given that

BIDS will be received for the pur-chase of the Internet Version of NWEA’s Computerized Measures of Academic Progress and NWEA Instructional Resources – Class Breakdown Reports by Goal and RIT of approved alternate of equal or better quality/functionality by Independent School District 196, 3455 153rd Street W., Rosemount, MN 55068, until 10 a.m., Friday, July 18, 2014 at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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

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

If you should have any questions regarding this bid you may contact the Michelle DeMers at (651) 423-7856.

Gary Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196

Published in Apple Valley, Lakeville,

Burnsville/EaganJuly 4, 11, 2014

245373CITY OF BURNSVILLE

PUBLIC NOTICEPUBLIC HEARING

A Public Hearing will be held onJuly 14, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. or as soonthereafter as possible by the Burns-ville Planning Commission, 100 CivicCenter Parkway, in the Council Cham-bers on the application of FreedomEnterprises LLC for a Conditional Use Permit Amendment for a time exten-sion to complete the building expan-sion at 2000 Highway 13 FrontageRoad North.

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


244907

PUBLIC HEARINGA public hearing will be held on Tues-

day, July 8, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. or as soonthereafter as possible by the BurnsvilleCity Council, 100 Civic Center Parkway, in the Council Chambers on an applicationto vacate the drainage and utility ease-ments in the RIVER RIDGE ADDITION andHOLIDAY STATIONSTORES BURNSVILLEADDITION plats.

All persons desiring to speak on this item are encouraged to attend. For moreinformation concerning this request,please contact the City of Burnsville at(952) 895-4534.

Macheal Collins, City ClerkCity of Burnsville

Published in Burnsville/Eagan Sun Thisweek

6/27/14 & 7/4/14

PUBLIC NOTICENOTICE TO

TRANSPORTATION PROVIDERS

ProAct, Inc. of Eagan, Minn. hereby provides notice that it in-tends to apply to the Minnesota Department of Transportation for the following transportation equip-ment to serve persons with disabili-ties in the cities of Farmington and Mendota Heights: (A) One (1) large bus (class 400) with 16 permanent seated positions and 2 non-perma-nent flip seats to accommodate in-dividuals in wheelchairs. Individu-als or agencies seeking to request transportation service, coordinate transportation with ProAct or com-ment about the application should contact Jane Snyder, Transporta-tion Coordinator, at ProAct, 3195 Neil Armstrong Blvd, Eagan, MN 55121, (651) 289-3159. The dead-line for submitting this application is August 20, 2014.

Published inBurnsville/Eagan

July 4, 2014245428

CITY OF BURNSVILLEPUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC HEARINGA Public Hearing will be held on

July 14, 2014, at 6:30 p.m. or as soonthereafter as possible by the Burns-ville Planning Commission, 100 CivicCenter Parkway, in the Council Cham-bers on the application of United Properties for a preliminary and final plat of a one lot subdivision to be known as APPLEWOOD POINTE OF BURNSVILLE and a PUD amendment for construction of a 44 unit senior co-operative at the northwest corner of Burnsville Parkway and 125th Street.

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


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CITY OF BURNSVILLEHEART OF THE CITY

PARKING DECK EXPANSIONTRAVELERS TRAIL WEST AND PILLSBURY AVENUEBURNSVILLE, MINNESOTA

55337• Issue Date: June 27, 2014• Owner: City of Burnsville, Burns-

ville City Hall, 100 Civic Center Park-way, Burnsville, Minnesota 55337.

• Parking Deck Design Engineer:Bolton & Menk, Inc., 12224 NicolletAvenue, Burnsville, Minnesota 55337

• Consulting Architect: 292 Design Group, Inc., 3533 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55406.

• Civil Engineer: Bolton & Menk, Inc., 12224 Nicollet Avenue, Burns-

ville, Minnesota 55337 • Structural Engineer: BKBM Engi-

neers, 5930 Brooklyn Boulevard, Min-neapolis, Minnesota 55429

• Mechanical/Electrical Engineers: Nelson-Rudie & Associates, Inc., 910049th Avenue North, New Hope, Min-nesota 55428.

“NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Burnsville will receivesealed bids for the General Construc-tion of the new City of Burnsville Heart of The City Parking Deck Expansion until 1:00 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, July22, 2014. The building consists of a two level parking deck expansion ap-proximately 6,830 square feet per lev-el for a total building area of approxi-mately 13,660 square feet. The lower level parking deck will consist of a bi-tuminous parking surface with cast-in-place concrete walls, columns, foun-dation walls and footings. The upper level parking surface will consist of a post tensioned concrete slab. Exterior walls will be cast-in-place concrete. The exterior face consists of face brickveneer and metal wall panels.

Bids shall be on a lump-sum basis for General Construction of the Cityof Burnsville Heart of The City Parking Deck Expansion.

Substantial Completion of construc-tion of the City of Burnsville Heart of The City Parking Deck Expansion; onor before December 19, 2014.

Bid Submission:Provide a single copy of Proposal in

exact accordance with the proposalforms as issued in the Project Manual, and sign in long-hand. No oral, tele-graphic or fax bids will accepted or considered.

Bids for Construction will be openedand reviewed, and publicly read aloud immediately after specified closingtime. Envelopes containing Bids must be sealed and marked City of Burns-ville Heart of The City - Parking Deck Expansion. The name and address ofthe Bidder must be shown on the out-side of the envelope. The date and time of the bid is to be noted on the label. Bids received after this time will not be accepted and will be returned unopened.

City of Burnsville Heart of The City Parking Deck Expansion Contract is anticipated to be awarded on Tues-day, August 5, 2014.

How to Get PlansComplete digital project bidding

documents will be available on or about Monday, June 30, 2014 at www.bolton-menk.com or www.questcdn.com. You may download the digital plan documents for $20.00 by in-putting Quest project #3397606 on the website’s Project Search page.Please contact QuestCDN.com at952-233-1632 or [email protected] for assistance in free member-ship registration, downloading, and working with this digital project in-formation. An optional paper set of project documents is also available for a nonrefundable price of $100.00 per set, which includes applicable salestax and shipping. Please make your check payable to Bolton & Menk, Inc. and send it to 12224 Nicollet Avenue, Burnsville, MN 55337. Please contactus a 952-890-0509 if you have any questions.

AddendumQuestions and requests for sub-

stitutions must be made in writing tothe Engineer, Bolton & Menk at theiroffice and will be accepted and an-swered until Monday, July 14, 2014at 3:00 pm. These questions and an-swers and substitution information will be published by Bolton & Menk in an Addendum to be issued no later than four (4) working days before the bid due date.

Bid Security: Furnish bid security in the amount of 5% of the bid amount, and in the form of cash, certified check, bid bond, or treasurer’s or ca-shier’s check issued by a responsible Minnesota bank or trust company, payable to the City of Burnsville.

Successful bidder will be requiredto provide a surety performance and payment bond in the amount equal to100 percent of the contract amountby a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Minnesotain accordance with Minnesota State Statue 574.26 Subd. 1.

It is the proposing Contractor’s re-sponsibility to make itself familiar with the complete set of Contract Docu-ments and the existing jobsite con-ditions; neither the Owner, The City of Burnsville, nor Bolton & Menk norany of the above listed consultants assumes responsibility for errors or omissions resulting from the use of an incomplete set of Bid Documents.

Bids may not be withdrawn for a pe-riod of forty five (45) days following the scheduled time of opening bids, with-out the consent of the owner. All bids will be evaluated by the Owner, andthe Design Team. The Owner reserves the right to accept any bid or rejectany or all bids or parts of such bidsand waive informalities or irregularities in bidding and to accept alternates in any order regardless of the orderin which they may appear in the Bid-ding Documents. Successful bidderswill be required to furnish satisfactory Labor and Material Payment Bond, Performance Bond, and Certificatesof Insurance and a signed contract within 10 days of award of contract.

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The boaters — mostly lakeshore residents — festoon their pon-toons, runabouts and even jet skis in Independence Day garb. Beth Breeden, a Crystal Lake home-owner for 15 years, said she started a contest for the best-decorated boat in 2011. “Obviously, red, white and blue is a theme,” said Klaus, an eight-year lakeshore homeowner. “And U.S. and pirate flags are a common theme.” The city of Burnsville issued the no-wake restriction, which limits all watercraft to puttering speeds that don’t make waves. The restriction, prompted by all the re-cent rainfall, is in place to protect the 292-acre southeast Burnsville lake’s shoreline from erosion. “If there were areas on our lake that were dangerous because of the high water level, we wouldn’t encourage the parade to go on,” Klaus said. “But the boat launch is open, and as long as people follow the no-wake, people can boat and the parade will go on as planned.” By city ordinance, the no-wake restriction kicks in when the water level reaches 934.6 feet above sea level, according to the lakeshore association’s website. The lake’s normal level is 931.62 feet. A watershed drainage system keeps water moving through sev-eral of Burnsville’s main water bodies, from Keller Lake to Crys-tal Lake to Earley Lake to Sunset Pond and on to the Minnesota

River, Klaus said. “It’s all gravity and watershed,” he said, noting that a 48-inch pipe was installed in the 1970s to trans-port water away from a then flood-prone Crystal Lake. “Keller is what fills up first.” Most of the parade participants are residents and their guests, Klaus said. But, Breeden noted, anyone is welcome to drop their boat at the public boat ramp at Crystal Lake West Park and join in. “We’ve given them root beer floats in the past,” she said of the nonresident participants. “It’s not just for people who live on the lake. Anybody can participate.” The parade usually features anywhere from a dozen to two doz-en boats, Klaus said. Homeowners and their Fourth of July guests of-ten gather on their docks to watch. “Generally the more boats you have in the parade, the fewer peo-ple are watching, because they’re in the parade,” Klaus said. The general public can watch, too. Public access points are Crys-tal Beach on the east side of the lake, West Park Beach (also known as Cherry Beach) on the west, the boat ramp and a public fishing dock. This year’s event, hosted by lakeshore homeowners Pat and Tony Miller, is slated to begin on Pik Nik Island near Crystal Beach, where boaters are encouraged to tie up and gather for hot dogs, beans, chips and desserts. Breeden said Tuesday it was

uncertain whether the city would grant a permit for use of the island because of the high water. “Our default location is West Park Beach like it has been in the past,” she said. The boat chosen best decorated will lead the parade at 8 p.m. “It takes a good 45 minutes to circle the main part of the lake if you’re going slow,” Breeden said. In recent years the lakeshore as-sociation has taken a greater role in supporting and promoting the res-ident-managed event, said Klaus , a project manager and supply-chain professional at Medtronic whose wife, Cyndi, is a partner at the Lar-kin Hoffman law firm. They have two daughters, one at Echo Park Elementary in Burnsville and one at Valley Middle School in Apple Valley. Life on Crystal Lake is “up-north living with city taxes,” Klaus said. “How many people can have a nice lake experience and then are five minutes from Costco or Sam’s Club?” The lake has been quieter this season with repeated no-wake re-strictions. “There are two schools of thought,” Klaus said. “The wake-boarders and the skiers and the jet skiers find it a hardship. There are an equal number of people who enjoy the relative tranquility of no-wake. It might be a wash.”

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

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Friends at camp

Caitlin Carr, of Burnsville, (right) poses with a camper during an arts and crafts activity at Camp Friendship of True Friends. Carr is the arts and crafts leader at the camp this summer. True Friends is an organization specializing in providing camp and other services to children and adults with disabilities. Carr, a senior at St. Cloud State Univer-sity, has participated at the summer camp for the past three years. (Photo submitted)


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International Festival The International Fes-tival of Burnsville will be 3-9 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at Nicollet Commons Park, 12550 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. The free festi-val will feature a variety of cultural dance, musical performances, ethnic food, cultural exhibits and chil-dren’s activities. For more information, visit http://intlfestburnsville.org.

‘Grease’ tickets on sale Tickets are on sale for the August performances of “Grease” by The Play’s the Thing Productions at

Ames Center. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 8 and 9, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10. Tickets are $14 for adults and $13 for children age 12 and younger. Tick-ets are available in person at the box office, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, 952-895-4680; and at Tick-etmaster.com, 1-800-982-2787.

‘Shrek’ in Eagan Tickets are on sale for the Eagan Summer The-atre production of “Shrek, The Musical,” which will play in the Eagan High School auditorium July 18

to Aug. 2. A free senior citizen performance will be 7 p.m. Thursday, July 17. There will be a Fai-rytale Costume Parade before each performance. All children dressed as a fairytale character are wel-come to appear on stage each performance before curtain. Arrive 20 minutes early for instructions. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors (62 and older) and children 12 and younger. Tickets can be purchased online at ea-gan.k12.mn.us. All seating is reserved. The box office can be reached at 651-683-6964.

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

ecm-inc.com.

Auditions Eagan Theater Company will hold auditions for its “Back to School Blues” program Thurs-day, July 10, at the Wescott Library in Eagan. Roles for chil-dren (ages 5-18) and adults are available. Child auditions will be 1-4 p.m.; adult auditions will be 6-8 p.m. The program will be presented at the Aug. 27 Eagan Market Fest. Information: www.etc-mn.org, Judy Marder at [email protected] or Amy Ka-marainen at [email protected].

Dance Jawaahir Dance Company: Middle Eastern Dancing, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, July 6, Caponi Art Park’s Theater in the Woods, Ea-gan. Suggested donation of $5 per person. Information: capon-iartpark.org.

Events/festivals Apple Valley Freedom Days, June 27 to July 4. Informa-tion: avfreedomdays.com. Eagan Funfest, July 2-4. Information: www.eaganfunfest.org. Lakeville Pan-O-Prog, July 4-13. Information: www.pano-prog.org. Minnesota Scottish Fair & Highland Games, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, July 12, Faithful Shepherd Catholic School, 3355 Columbia Drive, Eagan. Informa-tion: www.mnscottishfair.org. International Festival of Burnsville, 3-9 p.m. Saturday, July 12, Nicollet Commons Park, Burnsville. Free. Information: http://intlfestburnsville.org/. Middle Eastern Festival, July 18-20, St. George Ortho-dox Church, 1250 Oakdale Ave.,

West St. Paul. Information: www.mideastfest.com. Rosemount Leprechaun Days, July 18-27. Information: www.RosemountEvents.com.

Exhibits East Asian painting exhibit, June 1-Aug. 31, Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Digital Impressionism pho-tography exhibit by Becqi Sher-man, June 2-July 31, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Information: 952-985-4640.

Music The Hold Steady, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 5, in the amphi-theater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $45, $57.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://mnzoo.org/plan-your-visit/music-zoo/. Gillian Welch, 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 7, in the amphi-theater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $37, $49.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://mnzoo.org/plan-your-visit/music-zoo/. Percolators, danceable ’60s and ’70s rock with a little coun-try and blues, 7 p.m. on July 9 as part of the Wednesday in the Park Concert Series at Civic Center Park, 75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville. Free. Music in Kelley Park featur-ing Patty Peterson, 6-9 p.m. Fri-day, July 11, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages available for purchase.

Workshops/classes/other The Eagan Art House offers art classes for all ages, www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/rec-reation/eagan-art-house, 651-675-5500. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of

each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Arts Building, Burns-ville. Information: www.christine-tierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art educa-tion through drawing and paint-ing. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Summer Theatre Camps, ages 4-16, week-long camps June-August, In the Company of Kids Creative Arts Center, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, www.cokartscenter.com, 952-736-3644. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Present-ed by Making Scents in Minne-sota. Country line dance classes held for intermediates Mondays 1:30-4 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. Country line dance classes on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; In-termediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the sec-ond Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Informa-tion: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

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

[email protected].

Friday, July 4 Forever Wild Family Friday: Picnic in the Park, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. Bring a blanket and picnic in the park. Play backyard lawn games with a twist and participate in fun activities for the Fourth of July. All ages. Free. Registration re-quested. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks.

Monday, July 7 Shriners Motor Corps Show, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Burns-ville Center, 915 County Road 42, Burnsville. Learn more about the miniature Shriners cars and see them up close during the 2014 Imperial Session Interna-tional Association of Shrine Mo-tor Corps competition. Open to the public. Information: www.iasmc.net.

Tuesday, July 8 Family Fun Tuesday – For-ever Green and Blue with Jack Pearson, 10-11 a.m. in the Sculpture Garden at Caponi Art Park, Eagan. $4 per person do-nation suggested. Information: 651-454-9412 or www.capon-iartpark.org. Tuesday Evenings in the Garden – Straw Bale Garden-ing with Mickey Scullard, 6:30-8 p.m. in the red barn on the Da-kota County Fairgrounds, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. Straw bale gardening is an easy and inexpensive way for gardeners with limited space or poor soil to grow herbs and vegetables. Free. Class size is limited; reg-ister by calling 651-480-7700. Information: www.dakotamas-tergardeners.org.

Wednesday, July 9 Criminal expungement information clinic, 1:30 p.m., room 1920, Dakota County Western Service Center, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Free. Information: Dakota County Law

Library at 651-438-8080. Eagan Market Fest, 4-8 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. Farmers market, en-tertainment by Randy McAllis-ter & Band. Information: www.cityofeagan.com/marketfest or 651-675-5500.

Thursday, July 10 Music in the Parks – Ms. Catherine, 10 a.m., Camfield Park, 14795 Canada Ave., Rosemount. Weather-related updates: 651-322-6020, option No. 6. Thursday Rockin’ Read-ers, 11 a.m., Nicollet Com-mons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Hidden Valley Elementary Principal Jon Bonn-eville will read books to children. Books are geared toward ele-mentary and preschool children. Spin Zone will perform at noon for the Thursday Rockin’ Lunch Hour concert at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free. Minnesota Valley Christian Women’s Connection lun-cheon, 12:30-2 p.m., Grand-Stay Hotel, 7083 153rd St., Ap-ple Valley. Speaker: Sue Selbin, “Lavish … Exquisite … Tantaliz-ing: The Frosting on the Cake of Life.” Cost: $16. Reservations: Pam at 612-207-3100 or Jan at 651-434-5795. Open house for Link12 Lakeville, an online K-12 public school open to any family re-siding in Minnesota, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Crystal Lake Education Center, 16250 Ipava Ave., Lake-ville.

Friday, July 11 Race Car Alley, 5-8 p.m., downtown Lakeville on 209th Street between Holyoke Ave. and Howland Ave. Free ac-tivities for families and children during Lakeville’s Pan-O-Prog Cruise Night to promote short track racing. Sponsored by Cedar View Electric, 952-469-2100. Relay for Life of Eagan begins at 6 p.m., Eagan High

School, 4185 Braddock Trail, Eagan. Silent auction ends at 9 p.m. Outdoor movie, “The Nut Job,” rated PG, 7:30 p.m., dusk showtime, Nicollet Commons Park in the Heart of the City, Burnsville.

Saturday, July 12 Movies in the Park, “Mon-sters University,” at dusk at the Central Park Amphitheater near City Hall, Rosemount. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. Weather-related updates: 651-322-6020, option No. 6.

Reunions Rosemount High School Class of 1984 – 30 Year Re-union, 6-10 p.m. Saturday, July 19, on the back patio at Car-bone’s in Farmington. Henry Sibley Senior High School Class of 1974 – 40 Year Reunion, Aug. 9, Lost Spur Golf & Event Center, Eagan. For de-tails and registration go to class website: www.henrysibley74.com or call Murray or Linda Kieffer at 651-452-7645.

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. • July 4, 1-7 p.m., Eagan Market Fest, Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. • July 5, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. • July 7, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Culver’s, 3445 O’Leary Lane, Eagan. • July 9, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Threads & Inks, 20137 Icenic Trail, Lakeville. • July 9, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Valmont Industries, 20805 Ea-ton Ave., Farmington. • July 10, 1-6 p.m., Hope Church, 7477 145th St., Apple Valley.

The Runestone enigma, set to music Apple Valley writer presents ‘Ohman Stone’ at Fringe Festival by Andrew Miller


The perennial puzzle of the Kensington Runestone is the focus of a new musi-cal by Apple Valley writer and director Sheridan O’Keefe. “The Ohman Stone,” which debuts at the Min-nesota Fringe Festival on Aug. 2, involves a de-bate among ghosts in the netherworld regarding the authenticity of the myste-rious 200-pound stone, a real-life enigma that has been the subject of intense debate in academic circles since its discovery in 1898 in Douglas County, Minn. Purportedly discovered by Swedish immigrant Olof Ohman, the stone, covered in runes on its face and side, lends itself to the hypothesis that Scan-dinavian explorers found their way to the middle of North America in the 14th century, long before Columbus. Many experts, however, assert the Kens-ington Runestone to be a 19th-century hoax. “The Ohman Stone” adds some theatrical flair to the academic minutiae of the Kensington Rune-

stone debate, featuring ac-tors, singers, dancers and musicians. The production includes original music by Nicholas Mroczek, with lyrics by O’Keefe, that ranges from Russian op-era to Scandinavian-influ-enced hip hop. Most of the charac-ters in the play are ghosts — based on the people involved in the original controversy — with the ex-ception of one. The char-acter Brian Storm, played by actor Andy Rakerd,

is based on present-day Kensington Runestone expert Scott Wolter, host of the History Channel program “America Un-earthed.” O’Keefe said he’d heard about the Kensington Runestone as a boy, but his interest blossomed when he attended a talk by Wolter eight years ago at the Swedish Institute in Minneapolis. The two struck up a correspondence and be-came fast friends. Wolter

served as an informal con-sultant on the script as O’Keefe hashed it out at his keyboard this spring. Another research con-sultant of sorts on “The Ohman Stone” was Olof’s grandson, Darwin Ohm-an, who accompanied O’Keefe on a trip to the Ohman family farm where the Kensington Runestone was reputed to be found, providing family details and other information. While the musical presents an offbeat, oth-erworldly take on the

Kensington Runestone controversy, its intent is serious. “If I were to describe the play in a sentence it would be ‘Hamlet Meets 12 Angry Men: The Mu-sical,’ ” said O’Keefe. “I think this is going to be one of the most contro-versial shows the Fringe Festival has ever done — it doesn’t put academia in a very good light. “Scholars accused Olof Ohman of being a con man. … The way they treated the Ohmans, the

way they slandered Olof, who was an honorable man with nine children, the way they tainted the Ohmans’ name was com-pletely unjustified.” “The Ohman Stone” will open at Intermedia Arts Center, 2822 Lyn-dale Ave., Minneapolis, at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2. Other shows are sched-uled for Aug. 3, 5, 6 and 10. Tickets are $12 plus a $4 Fringe Festival button, which can be purchased at the festival’s website, fringefestival.org.

“The Ohman Stone” director Sheridan O’Keefe, left, talks with actors Andy Rakerd and Emily Stevenson during a recent rehearsal at Scott Highlands Middle School in Apple Valley. O’Keefe wrote the script for “The Ohman Stone” this spring with input from Scott Wolter, a Kensington Runestone expert and host of the History Channel program “America Unearthed.”

Olof Ohman, pictured in this archival photo beside the Kensington Runestone he pur-portedly discovered in 1898 while clearing his land of trees and stumps, is among the cast of characters debating the stone’s authenticity in “The Ohman Stone.”

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ThisweekendThisweekendART-FILLED WEEKEND

The Eagan Art Festival celebrated its 20th anniversary with a weekend of art exhibits, activities and entertainment June 28-29 at the city’s Central Park. The event included a community art project that saw festival-goers painting 200 small masks for public display, along with entering a photo booth to take selfies which were then added to a giant 4-foot-by-5-foot mask that will be featured in Eagan’s Fourth of July Funfest parade.

Above: Twin Cities puppet artist Seth Eberle adds papier-mache to the 4-foot-by-5-foot mask he created for the festival’s community art project. Far left: Guitarist John Della Selva pounds out a solo during a performance by Steve Clarke and the Working Stiffs. Near left: Masks painted by festival guests were displayed on latticework outside the art activity tents. (Photos by Andrew Miller)


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