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Lakeville North falls at stateThe Lakeville North High School football team lost to Osseo in the state playoffs last week.

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Watercolor wondersThe Minnesota Watercolor Society is presenting its fall exhibition, “Brilliant Passages,” at the Ames Center in Burnsville.

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Former teacher honoredThe late Sandra Peterson had a tremendous impact on students across the state as a teacher, union leader and legislator.

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Tobacco store loses licenseWith a co-owner facing felony drug and firearm charges, Burnsville Tobacco had its license revoked by the City Council.

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by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Lakeville Area School District 194 voters approved over $30 million in new fund-ing for the schools, passing both a capital and operating levy increase in the special election Nov. 3. The 10-year, $20 million capital levy for technology,

building security and sci-ence, technology, engineering and math (STEM) programs, passed by 760 votes, or 54.44 percent of ballots cast. Question two, the oper-ating levy of $100 per pupil for the next decade, passed by 1,467 votes, and garnered 58.57 percent of ballots cast.

A Lakeville Area School District 194 voter signs in to cast his ballot Nov. 3. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Dad charged with attempted murder of his childrenPreschoolers safe after

police intervention, chase



A Lakeville father is charged with two felony at-tempted murder charges af-ter police say he attempted to kill himself and his two sons by piping exhaust in-side a vehicle. Police say Jay Anthony Ernst, 27, was found on Oct. 29 by his mother with his two preschool-age chil-dren inside the running ve-hicle in a closed garage with a gar-den hose routed into the Ford Edge from the exhaust pipe. The mother removed the hose and pounded on the vehicle win-dow to get Ernst’s attention, ac-cording to the Dakota County criminal complaint, and Ernst allegedly came out of the SUV through the rear hatch, walked to

the driver’s side, said “goodbye” and drove off. Police say the mother went in-side and called police at 1:45 a.m. and they asked her to check on the children, ages 2 and 4, that she be-lieved were sleeping in the house. She allegedly said the children

and some of their favorite toys were missing and an Amber alert was issued. Police say they called Ernst’s cellphone several times, and the first call was answered, but after saying “hello” the person hung up. After several hours of searching and investiga-tion, Ernst was spotted traveling south on I-35E

by Burnsville police, who arrested him after a brief struggle at around 4:30 a.m. The children were located in the vehicle and appeared to be un-harmed. Ernst allegedly told police he put the hose inside the vehicle and

Jay Anthony Ernst

Grazzini-Rucki back in Minnesota

MacDonald requests different

venue for hearing by Laura Adelmann

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After a 3:43 a.m. arrest in an upscale Florida resort by U.S. Marshals Oct. 18, Sandra Grazzini-Rucki is back in Minnesota to face charges, says her attorney Michelle MacDonald. Grazzini-Rucki is the Lakeville woman whom police suspect knows where her missing teen daughters are and is charged with deprivation of custodial and parental rights. MacDonald has filed a motion for the Dakota County case against Grazzini-Rucki to be heard elsewhere, citing concerns that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in Dakota County. Police say the girls, Samantha Rucki, 17, and Gianna Rucki, 16, ran away from their Lakeville home and their aunt’s custody on April 19, 2013, leaving behind everything. Suspended Eagan attorney Dale Nathan said the girls fled the house and got into a vehicle he was in that was driven by Grazzini-Rucki. After hours of driving around, Nathan said he was left at a truck stop and then picked up by for-mer Elko New Market police officer Mike Rhedin and one of his sons and dropped off at his car in Apple Valley. The last known public sighting of the girls was in a television news interview with then FOX-9 news investigative reporter Trish Van Pilsum.



Two months after open-ing to a chorus of crashes, Lakeville drivers appear to be better navigating the two-lane county roads 50 and 60 roundabout. There were 28 accidents at the roundabout in Sep-tember, the first month it opened, according to Lakeville Police Chief Jeff Long. He reported there were 16 accidents in the round-about in October, al-most half of September’s amount. Lakeville resident Steve Bakke lives near the roundabout. He said he witnessed people accelerating instead of slowing down when they enter the roundabout. “A lot of people get in the intersection and they don’t yield,” he said. “They step on it. They want to get through before you.” Dakota County Trans-portation Director Mark

Krebsbach said drivers must slow down and plan when a roundabout is ahead.

“The biggest issue we’re facing out there is from

Brenda Visnovec works to fend

off private sector competition



Lakeville’s municipal liquor business was tops among metro municipali-ties in 2014, according to the latest Minnesota State Auditor’s Office re-port. Of 12 Minnesota metro cities operating off-sale liquor stores, Lakeville ranked first in sales ($14.8 million) and last in operating expenses ($2.3 million), ending the year with $1.3 million net profit. Edina ranked second in 2014 with $13.5 mil-lion in sales, $2.4 million in operating expenses and $1.1 million in net profit, according to the report.

Despite Lakeville Li-quor’s high ranking, sales have fallen since 2013 when Lakeville posted $15.3 million in sales and $1.4 million net profit. Lakeville Liquors Op-erations Director Brenda Visnovec cited increased competition, particularly from discount retailer Total Wine & More in Burnsville, as a leading cause for the decline in sales. Total Wine opened in 2014 and advertises cheaper prices compared to Lakeville Liquors’ in full-page newspaper ads. Visnovec remains confident the downturn is not a trend, and plans to increase sales through great customer service and educating customers about the benefits of mu-nicipal liquor stores. She said one of the business’ primary mis-sions is to control the sale

of alcohol. “I’ve seen what alco-hol abuse can do,” Visn-ovec said. “I’m very, very adamant about control-ling the sale of alcohol. ‘Passionate’ might be a better word.” She said they are le-gally required to sell only to those of legal drinking age, but they also make

sure they are not provid-ing the means for a minor to access alcohol. “If two or three come in a group, we will say we need to see all IDs,” Visn-ovec said. She said anyone who comes in intoxicated will be called a taxi, but if they drive away, store em-ployees notify the police

department. Recent incident re-ports filed by the store employees include a lost truck driver who hit the mailbox in the County Road 46 Lakeville Li-quor parking lot. The driver allegedly appeared “off ” to the clerk but not intoxicated. The report said police followed up and found he was diabetic. Another incident re-port stated, a clerk ap-proached a frequent customer who appeared red-faced and smelled of alcohol. The man admit-ted to drinking, and the employee followed him to the door and told the man if he drove away, they would have to notify the police. The man said he was locking his door and walking home.

Lakeville Liquors leads Metro in municipal liquor profit

Lakeville Liquor Operations Director Brenda Visnovec oversees the city’s liquor business. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Voters say ‘yes, yes’ More support for operating levy

Number of Lakeville roundabout accidents drop

County officials warn drivers to yield

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New Lakeville firefighters Zach Weise and Kevin Peters receive congratulations from Lakeville City Council members after being sworn in at the Nov. 2 council meeting. Also sworn in, but not pictured, was Josh Ruppert. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

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National Guard awards Kline with Charles Dick Medal of Merit U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, was pre-sented with the Charles Dick Medal of Merit award in front of mem-bers of the Minnesota National Guard last week at the Rosemount Armory. Kline received the award for champion-ing efforts in Congress on behalf of men and women in the National Guard. “When I first came to Congress, I wanted to ensure promises made to our veterans, troops, and their families were prom-ises kept,” said Kline, a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. “We must keep faith with our veterans of today and to-morrow and I consider it

a privilege to make sure Washington supports our men and women serving our country in the National Guard and Reserve.” The award is designed to recognize outstand-ing service and contri-butions to the National Guard by elected repre-sentatives. The National Guard recognized Kline for his efforts in making the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon program avail-able to units nation-wide, ensuring National Guard members received overdue bonus pay, and securing legal services for victims of sexual as-sault in the National Guard and Reserve. “In the National

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Minnesota National Guard Maj. Gen. Rick Nash (left), U.S. Rep. John Kline, and Maj. Gen. Gus Hargett of the National Guard Association of the U.S. gathered after an awards ceremony in Rosemount. (Photo submitted)

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The proof in the Benghazi hearings To the editor: Dave Granlund’s po-litical cartoon depicted the GOP as on a hope-less “fishing” expedition against Hillary Clinton and finding nothing dur-ing the Benghazi hearings. Did Granlund actually listen to the hearings? Did he go out for coffee dur-ing the part that exposed more than 600 requests for additional security lead-ing up to and during the 13 hours of the attack? Did he miss that the State Department and Clinton either ignored or refused these requests? Was he at lunch when it was proven that in the middle of the attack – at around 10 p.m. – Clinton emailed Chelsea Clinton that the Benghazi compound was under at-tack by Islamic terrorists? Had Granlund gone home when it was shown that Hillary Clinton repeated this assertion to the Egyp-tian president the next day? If Hillary Clinton thought this information was important enough to share with Chelsea Clin-ton and the Egyptian pres-ident, do Granlund and the editors think Hillary Clinton failed to tell Presi-dent Obama? Yet, for almost two weeks, Obama, Hillary Clinton and their min-ions continued to lie to the American people and tell us the attack was a spon-taneous objection to an obscure video.

Only someone totally besotted with Hillary Clinton and/or Obama would discount the proof presented in the Benghazi hearings as “nothing.”

DIANA BRATLIELakeville

Focus on those who commit crimes To the editor: In last week’s letters to the editor, comments were made by writer Sarah Scovell criticizing state Rep. Roz Peterson’s re-marks concerning a vir-tual gun range. Maybe the timing wasn’t the greatest but I’m sure that Peter-son’s comments weren’t intentionally sent to over-shadow the tragedy in Or-egon. I’m not familiar with Peterson’s fundraiser, nor do I care. I do care about Scovell’s comment “when will the promotion of this violence end?” Every kid from 1-year-old and up is subjected to violence on television programs, media news, online and personal phones. I doubt there will be any significant dam-age done to anyone who uses a virtual gun range. Any school shooting is a travesty but they are com-mitted by sick people and they’re the ones we should be concentrating on. The fact that 42 percent indi-vidual ownership of fire-arms by the U.S. popula-tion is a moot point as the Second Amendment allows for that. Any “nut-case” or individual with criminal intent can get

hold of a gun to do harm, regardless of the number of people owning guns or even if they were banned, as so many of the liberals would prefer. GARY STINARLakeville

Bill aims to help association homeowners To the editor: Introduction of Sen-ate File 339 and compan-ion House File 1959 are again being considered in the 2016 Senate legis-lative session. This bill would set up an ombuds-man office to help Com-mon Interest Community homeowners who have disputes with their as-sociation board or man-agement company. In addition, this bill would help CIC homeowners without causing them fi-nancial ruin in their pur-suit to their legal rights. Last session, Sen. David Hann introduced the bill after receiving a let-ter from a constituent in regard to her problems with the a management company. He is working with Sen. James Metzen on this, while the H.F. 1959 is sponsored by Rep. Cheryl Youakim. However, the Com-munity Associations In-stitute is lobbying heavily to prevent this bill from becoming law. A Feb. 2, 2015, post at its website contains the comments of its legislative action

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Keeping our communities safe from foreign fighters

Teacher, union leader, legislator had statewide impact

by John KlineSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Home-land Security launched a bipartisan task force focusing on Combating Terrorist and Foreign Fighter Travel. Eight of my colleagues were tasked with explor-ing and examining the threat to the U.S. from “foreign fighters” – defined as indi-viduals who leave their home in the U.S., travel abroad to terrorist safe havens and join, assist, and partner with violent ex-tremist groups. The task force released its report last month assessing the sever-ity of the threat from individuals who leave our country to join jihadist groups overseas and identifying potential secu-rity gaps. “Armed with combat experience and extremist connections, many of them are only a plane-flight away from our shores,” reports the task force. “Even if they do not return home to plot attacks, foreign fighters have taken the lead in recruiting a new generation of terrorists and are seeking to radicalize Westerners online to spread terror back home.” The congressional task force report should be sobering for all Americans. According to the report, Minnesota leads the nation in young people leav-ing the United States to join the terrorist organization ISIS. Most alarming in the report is that more than 250 Americans either successfully joined or attempted to fight with extremists in Syria and Iraq, and federal authorities were only able to stop 28 from ultimately reaching the Middle East. The Star Tribune reported that eight Minnesotans were successful-ly interdicted by the FBI and unable to leave the U.S. for Syria. The report comes as little surprise to Minnesota’s law enforcement, including our communities’ finest in the south met-ro. As local law enforcement officers and security personnel have told me in recent months, homegrown terrorism remains a serious issue in Minnesota. This summer, I met with local law enforcement and security personnel to hear their concerns and the challenges combatting local crime as well as ter-roristic threats they face both inside and outside of Minnesota and the United States. Our law enforcement play a vital role in keeping our communities safe and the south metro is blessed with men and women dedicated to duty and the public safety of Minnesotans. I was pleased to not only thank our local heroes, but also hear the concerns they and security per-sonnel are facing daily to keep us safe. In Apple Valley, Dakota County

Sheriff Tim Leslie hosted a roundtable coordinated with Dakota County po-lice chiefs so I could hear their updates, concerns, and thoughts on serious issues facing our communities that include homegrown terrorism, drugs, and gang activity. After the roundtable, I met with secu-rity personnel and senior Mall of Amer-ica leadership to tour their facilities in Bloomington and discuss local and national security issues they face on a daily basis. The discussion included ways MOA security is connected with law en-forcement communities. Earlier this year, the MOA was one of numerous targets featured in a terrorism recruiting video produced by known Islamist extremist rebel group, Al Shabaab. The congressional task force report is deeply concerning because it demon-strates that the Obama Administration does not have a comprehensive strat-egy to defeat ISIS and Islamist terror-ists. The administration’s strategic void abroad left by their unwillingness to as-sert strong U.S. leadership is having con-sequences here at home. As the task force report reveals, this problem is far from restricted to foreign soil. As the threats increase abroad and reach our shores, a mere body of water no longer separates good from evil. While the federal government must do its part to provide our states and com-munities with the necessary resources to combat homegrown terrorism, our law enforcement is playing a vital role com-batting terrorism in our backyards every day. As a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Ma-rine Corps, I have devoted much of my efforts in Congress to ensuring we keep faith with our veterans, troops, and their families. But I also want to publicly high-light the efforts of our local law enforce-ment and offer sincere gratitude for all they do to keep families and communi-ties safe in Minnesota and across the country. John Kline serves on the House Armed Services Committee and is also Chairman of the House Education and the Work-force Committee. He and his wife, Vicky, live in Burnsville. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

by Joe NathanSUN THISWEEK


Sandra Peterson was a rare, remark-able woman, who deserves more atten-tion. Peterson’s colleague, Sen. Ann Rest, of New Hope, told a TV reporter, “Min-nesota’s children are better off because of the life of Sandy Peterson.” (Watch the report at https://youtu.be/m-5HJ9p-s7uw.) She was a farm girl from west central Minnesota who became a teacher, teacher union president and state legislator, as well as wife, mother and grandmother. She had a huge impact on Minnesota. Peterson died on Oct. 24. Peterson taught 1970-1987 in the Robbinsdale Area School District. She worked with kinder-garten students and students with special needs, at two elementary schools and at Armstrong High School, according to an email from Latisha Gray, marketing and communications program director for Robbinsdale Area Schools. Information provided by Chris Wil-liams at the teachers union Education Minnesota states Peterson ran for Min-nesota Federation of Teachers secretary in 1985 and was elected as that teachers union’s first full-time president in 1987. The Education Minnesota information includes a statement from Peterson that

sounds very much like the education leader I’ve known over 30 years: “I love teaching; I was fortunate to teach almost every grade level from K to 12. And the

love of the profession is what has driven me through the years as a union leader.” Peterson was passionate and sometimes controversial. She concluded, for many reasons, that a merger of the unions Min-nesota Federation of Teachers and Minnesota Education Asso-ciation was a good idea. Some of her members disagreed, but she

and then MEA President Judy Schau-bach concurred. So, ultimately, did most teachers. This cooperative merger meant that MEA and MFT stopped spending money challenging each other as to who would represent teachers. More time and money was devoted to what teachers wanted the Minnesota Legislature to do. Minnesota public school teachers have more power and influence because of these two women.

Peterson was one of the first state leaders in Minnesota to urge greater in-vestment in early childhood programs. She rightly recognized that well-designed early childhood programs could have a strong, positive, long-lasting impact. Peterson and I sometimes disagreed. When the Postsecondary Enrollment Op-tions law was passed in 1985, the MFT filed a lawsuit, believing the law was unconstitutional. MFT felt it was unac-ceptable to allow public funds to support high school students taking courses on campuses affiliated with religious insti-tutions. Minnesota courts ruled this was OK, since the law prohibited students from taking sectarian courses. In con-versations over the years, I found that Peterson concluded that PSEO was on balance, a good thing. I don’t know that she changed her mind about chartering. She and MFT strongly opposed allowing organiza-tions other than local school boards to approve these new public schools. Some of us pointed out that school boards al-ready could do this and that some teach-ers and families were frustrated with dis-tricts that turned down good ideas. This situation helped convince legislators to adopt the nation’s first charter law. But Peterson was open-minded and gracious. I never encountered the bit-terness or disdain from her that some PSEO and charter opponents displayed. She was willing to listen, as well as to ad-

vocate. I remember frank conversations with her that often started, “Now, Joe, have you considered …?” She was open to new ideas. That led her to run, successfully, for the state Leg-islature. She won four elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives, retiring in 2012 because of health chal-lenges. Peterson kept going when she retired from the Legislature, both personally and professionally. Her daughter-in-law, Jeannine Peterson, told me that the week before she died, Peterson delivered a hockey bag to one of her grandchildren and attended a board meeting of the Children’s Museum. Sandra Peterson was a positive, hon-orable leader. She died the same week-end as a much-beloved Minnesota bas-ketball coach and player, Flip Saunders. There was a lot of press coverage about Saunders. There was some for Peterson. I mean no disrespect to Saunders. But I believe that Peterson had a greater im-pact on Minnesota’s young people and Minnesota’s future. Rest is right. Minnesota’s children are better off because of Sandra Peterson.

Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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committee. Who is CAI? CAI is a huge nation-al organization whose members are lawyers, management companies and vendors. They fear the new ombudsman bill because it will bring more regulations and it will be against the very interest of their members. People can send an email or a letter to the legislators telling them of the problems they have experienced with a board or the manage-ment company. The legis-lators need to hear these voices, because CAI is presenting a “rosy” pic-ture to them and telling them there are “no prob-lems.” How will the legis-lators enact the best bill if they hear only CAI’s interest and their lobby-ing groups? Based on these letters, legislators can get more ideas how to help the life in the HOAs. If the leg-islators do not know of the problems, they can-not help. It is the duty of those concerned to ad-vise them so they can en-act a bill that represents the real situation.

MARIA WINLETLakeville

Investing in education benefits us all To the editor: Thank you for the fac-tual, well-reasoned ECM Editorial on Oct. 23 en-couraging investment in youth programs and in education, including ear-ly childhood education. There is so much schol-arly evidence that these up-front investments pay off exponentially more compared to remedial pro-grams, or the $50,000-plus each year that it costs tax-payers to incarcerate each offender, not to mention the personal costs on the parts of both the victims and perpetrators of their crimes. If we don’t equitably invest in public education and other youth empower-ment programs, what are our forgotten drop-outs going to do? Odds are that a good number of them will end up in criminal activity that we taxpayers will pay for one way or another. Even the meanest and most prejudiced vot-ers should see the self-in-terested side of educating and supporting our young people before it is too late.

NAOMI BAKKENEagan

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Incumbents reclaim seats in District 196by Jessica Harper


The incumbents on the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Board will serve another term. District 196 School Board members Jackie Magnuson, Rob Duch-scher, Joel Albright and Bob Schutte earned the most votes during Tues-day’s election, enabling them to serve another four-year term. Magnuson garnered the most votes with 21.13 percent, according to the Minnesota Secretary of State. Albright earned 18.15 percent, followed by Duchscher with 17.12 percent and Schutte with 17.07 percent. Of the three challeng-ers, Michael Atherley took the most votes with 8.80 percent. Sachin Isaa-

cs earned 8.23 percent and Craig Angrimson earned 8.19 percent of the vote. All 14 precincts report-ed their totals as of 11:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Secretary of State. Magnuson was first elected in 1989 and serves on the district’s Curricu-lum and Instruction, and Legislative, committees. She was appointed as board representative to the Community Collabo-ration Council, Continu-ing Education/Vocational Relicensure, Metropolitan Educational Cooperative Service Unit, and Q Comp

Educational Improvement Planning Team. Magnu-son is past president of the Minnesota School Boards Association and serves on the board of directors for the National School Boards Association. Albright was first elected in 2003 and serves on the district’s Curricu-lum and Instruction, and Policy Review committees. Albright was appointed as board representative to the Association of Metro-politan School Districts, Schools for Equity in Edu-cation, Special Education Advisory Council and

Technology and Informa-tion Educational Services. Duchscher was first elected in 1999 and serves as the board chairperson. He also serves on the dis-trict’s Audit and Finance, and Policy Review com-mittees and was appointed board representative to the Minnesota State High School League. Schutte was first elect-ed in 1987 and serves on the district’s Audit and Finance, and Curriculum and Instruction commit-tees. Schutte also was ap-pointed as board represen-tative to the Association of Metropolitan School Districts, Community Ed-ucation Advisory Council, and Schools for Equity in Education.

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

Joel Albright

Rob Duchscher

Jackie Magnuson

Bob Schutte

Two charged in Farmington vehicle break-ins Two Farmington resi-dents were charged with two counts of felony ag-gravated theft and face up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine following a string of vehicle break-ins last summer. Nathaniel Steven Wratz, 27, and Shawn Ty-ler Shaw, 19, along with a four other juveniles al-legedly broke into several vehicles in July, stealing about $4,500 worth of goods and causing hun-dreds of dollars in dam-age. Officers were called to the corner of Embers Ave-nue and 195th Street West in Farmington on July 22 on a report of suspicious activity. They located Shaw, and found two other males, Wratz and a juvenile, hid-ing in bushes nearby. Of-ficers noticed a large sub-woofer and an iPad laying next to the bushes, which had been stolen from cars in the neighborhood. The three individuals admitted they took items from open vehicles. They were released pending for-mal charges. A short time later, of-ficers returned to the area on a report of a suspicious vehicle picking up items

in the bushes. Upon ar-rival at Wratz’s residence, officers found Shaw and Wratz and other juveniles unloading several other items. After being taken into custody, Shaw said he was out with Wratz and three other juveniles and went through unlocked cars. Wratz said they entered 20 to 25 cars. Wratz said he took a stereo, ampli-fier and two subwoof-ers. Subsequent searches turned up a hockey bag with more than $1,500 worth of equipment, two GPS devices, a Nintendo DS, several car stereos and valuable sunglasses.

— Andy Rogers



Holiday festival at LCA The Women’s Guild of The Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 1803 E. Cliff Road, Burnsville, will host its 25th annual Holiday Festival 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat-urday, Nov. 7. The festival features more than 25 craft-ers, lunch with homemade soups, pies and rolls, and a bake sale with a “Chocolate Lovers Fantasy” section. For more information, call 952-890-3412.

Fall luncheon and auction Christian Women’s Con-nection will present its an-nual fall auction 12:30-2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at GrandStay Hotel & Confer-ence Center, 7083 153rd St. W., Apple Valley. Sandie Ordahl will speak on “How Would You Define A Friend?” “Home Made Blessings” auction will be conducted by Darrah Wil-liams.

St. Nicholas gala and auction The 36th annual St. Nicholas Gala and Auc-tion hosted by St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Elko New Market will be held at the Park Ballroom in New Prague on Saturday, Nov. 14. Social hour begins at 5 p.m. and will be followed by a meal with all the trim-mings. The evening will in-clude a silent and live auc-tion, games, raffles, a wine pull, and Big Ticket win-ners. Tickets are $62.50 and include dinner, cocktails and a chance to win $1,000. Tickets must be purchased in advance by calling 952-461-2403.

Art and craft fair Community of Hope Church, 14401 Biscayne Ave. W., Rosemount, will hold its Art and Craft Fair, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14.

Collingsworth Christmas The Collingsworth Family will present their Christmas concert 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, at Trinity Evangelical Free Church, 10658 210th St. W., Lakev-ille. Phil and Kim Colling-sworth began their music ministry in 1986 as musi-cians for a church camp in Michigan. Their ministry now includes their children. Besides vocals, the fam-ily shares its skills in violin, piano and trumpet. For tickets, call 651-638-6333 or visit www.music-forthemaster.com.

Lakeville outreach event Volunteers will gather for a reviveTWIN CITIES outreach event 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Evergreen Community Church, 16165 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville. At this special worship, teaching and outreach event, participants will reach out to the community through conversation – meeting and praying for people in their daily lives. This outreach is an opportunity for believ-ers to serve the community’s spiritual needs by loving, lis-tening and sharing – leaving people feeling blessed, hope-filled, and encouraged. reviveTWINCITIES unites local congregations and provides tools and op-portunities to share the heart of the gospel message in a loving, easy, conversa-tional way. Training is provided on how to use a simple tool to share the gospel. People who have never done out-reach before are encouraged to attend, watch and learn, and will be paired with ex-perienced participants. The event begins with worship and prayer, fol-lowed by training and out-reach. The event is free. For more information, contact Sheri Richards at 952-898-9165 or visit www.revive-twincities.org.

Lakeville seniors All Lakeville Area Ac-tive Adults events are held at Lakeville Heritage Cen-ter, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for in-formation. Monday, Nov. 9 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Interval Walk-ing, 9:30 a.m.; Health Insurance Counseling, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Knit-ting Class, 9:30 a.m.; Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Hear-ing Screening, 11 a.m.; Healthways Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Fitness 2, noon; Cribbage, 12:30 p.m.; Cards, 1 p.m.; Mah-jong, 1 p.m.; Basic Spanish Class, 1:30 p.m.; Driver Safety Class (four hour), 5:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10 – Dominoes & Poker, 9 a.m.; Tappercize, 9:30 a.m.; Craft Group, 9:30 a.m.; Blood Pressure Checks, 9:30 a.m.; Creative Writ-ing, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 10:30 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Billiards, 1 p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Deadline, iPad/iPhone - Top 10 Apps, Diner’s Club. Wednesday, Nov. 11 – Closed for Veterans Day. Thursday, Nov. 12 – iPad/iPhone - Top 10 Apps, 9 a.m.; Classic Voic-es Chorus, 9 a.m.; Interval Walking, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Chorus, 10:30 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Eu-chre, Hand & Foot, noon; Red Hat Chorus at Arbor Lane, 1:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Diner’s Club – Rudy’s (Lakeville), 5 p.m. Deadline, Econom-ic Update Workshop. Friday, Nov. 13 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Poker & 500, 9 a.m.; Flu Shot Clinic, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Oil and Acrylic Painting, 1 p.m.; Tatting, 1 p.m. Deadline, Jewelry Making – Copper, Nutcracker’s Nuts Trip.

SeniorsReligionVintage Voices concert VocalEssence’s Vintage Voices choir based at Au-gustana Open Circle of Apple Valley will perform a concert titled “Songs of Love and Life” 2-3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at the Apple Valley senior living facility at 14610 Garrett Ave. The concert is free and open to the public. Vintage Voices is a new choral program that in-tegrates the arts into the everyday lives of older adults by fostering the cre-ation of choirs in assisted living communities and se-nior centers. Vintage Voic-es conductor Rob Graham and piano accompanist John Jensen will help these seniors take the stage with a program featuring jazz, blues, spirituals, folk songs and more.

Senior day at IMAX Theatre Senior Citizen Day is Tuesday, Nov. 10, 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, “Under the Sea 3D,” will begin at 10 a.m. Cost is $6. For questions or group reservations, call 952-997-9714 or email [email protected].

Apple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Se-nior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the fol-lowing activities, which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityofapplevalley.org. Monday, Nov. 9 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.;

Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Membership Committee, 11:15 a.m.; Pool, noon; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; IMAX Coffee and Show, 9 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Pool, noon; Pi-nochle, 12:30 p.m.; Vets Day Program, 1 p.m.; Cribbage, 1 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Spanish – Intermediate, 1 p.m.; Spanish for Travelers, 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11 – Closed for Veterans Day. Thursday, Nov. 12 – Defensive Driving, 9 a.m.; Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Discover Group, 10 a.m.; Pool, noon; In-surance Counseling, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m.; Coloring Group, 1:30 p.m.; Social Seniors, 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13 – De-fensive Driving, 9 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Cremation Presentation, 11 a.m.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the

Diamondhead Educa-tion Center at 200 W. Burnsville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for infor-mation about the follow-ing senior events. Monday, Nov. 9 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Card Recycle, 12:30 p.m.; Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; De-fensive Driving Class, 5 p.m.; SS Flex. Tuesday, Nov. 10 – Quilters, 9:30 a.m.; Cof-fee Talk – Medical As-sistance and Veterans Benefits, 10 a.m.; Scrab-ble, 10:30 a.m.; Dupli-cate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Troubadours, 1 p.m.; Bloodmobile, 1:30-7:30 p.m.; Defensive Driving Class, 5 p.m.; Line Danc-ing. Wednesday, Nov. 11 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Tai Chi, 11 a.m.; 500, 12:45 p.m.; Hearing Clin-ic, 1 p.m.; SS Flex. Thursday, Nov. 12 – Health Insurance Coun-cil, 9 a.m.; Massage, 9 a.m.; Fun & Friendship (program, entertain-ment, lunch, cards and bingo), 11 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Knit-ters, 9:30 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; SS Flex.


District 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, special meeting of the District 194 School Board at the District Of-fice.

1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Roll Call2. Closed Session – per MN Stat-ute 13D.05, subd 3(a) a. Review of Administrative Evaluation Feedback b. Superintendent Perfor-mance Pay 3. Adjournment

District 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the 7 p.m. Tuesday,

Nov. 10, 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. Spotlight on Innovation e. Good News f. Public Comment g. Board Communications h. Agenda Additions i. Approval of Agenda 2. 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. Other Business Matters f. Resolution Regarding Ac-ceptance of Gift Donations g. Field Trips

h. Additional Non-Public School Transportation Con-tracts i. District Office Space Con-struction j. Bid Award – LN & LS High Schools Graduation Rental Ap-parel3. Consent Agenda Discussion Items 4. Reports a. FY 16 Quarterly Report – Mr. Baumann b. Accountability (AYP and MMR) Update – Mr. Molesky c. Membership into League of Innovative Schools – Dr. Sny-der/Mr. Molesky5. Recommended Actions a. Resolution Canvassing Re-turns of Votes on School District Special Election – Dr. Snyder b. National Inclusive Schools Week – Ms. Ouillette 6. Additions to Agenda 7. Information a. Superintendent’s Report b. Board Members Reports 8. Adjournment

Lakeville Area Com-munity Education offers the following classes: Zumba, Tuesdays starting Nov. 10. Adults. Total Body Sculpting, Thursdays starting Nov. 12. Adults. Pilates in Elko New Market, Mondays start-ing Nov. 9. All levels wel-come. Adults. Yoga for Beginners or Intermediates, Mondays starting Nov. 9. Adults. Essential Oils – Help Children to Calm Behav-

iors, Focus and Reduce Stress, 6:30 p.m. Mon-day, Nov. 9. Adults. Beaded Wire Wrap-ping Flatware, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10. Spruce up your serving dishes with a beaded wire wrap-ping serving set. Adults. Yogurt & Mozzarella Cheese Making, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12. Easy, inexpensive, nu-tritious and gluten-free – learn to make mozza-rella cheese and yogurt at home. Adults.

After School Classes for Grades K-5: Art, sci-ence, Legos, chess and more. Classes start soon, visit LakevilleAreaCom-munityEd.net for more information. Fencing classes for grades 2-5 and 6-12 start Monday, Nov. 16. Call 952-232-2150 or visit LakevilleAreaCom-munityEd.net to register or for more information on these and all classes offered.

‘Speaking of Kids’ seminar The second “Speaking of Kids” seminar present-ed by Farmington School District 192 and Lakeville School District 194 Com-munity Education will be 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Meadowview El-ementary School Cafeto-rium, 6100 195th St. W., Farmington. Titled “Top 20 Par-ents Help Their Children Learn From Mistakes and Move Outside Their Com-fort Zone,” the seminar is

led by Tom Cody. Cody will provide ad-vice for parents to help their children be comfort-able when making mis-takes. He will share how people form beliefs about themselves when they make mistakes, based on the messages they receive from others, things that keep people stuck in their comfort zone, and more effective ways of respond-ing to a parent’s own mis-takes and the mistakes of

their children. Registration informa-tion is available at www.speakingofkids.info or by calling 651-460-3200. Free Child care is available by registration prior to the event. Free continuing education credits available with registration. The other seminars are planned for Feb. 29, 2016, and April 11, 2016, at either school district de-pending on the date.

Lakeville Rotary supports scholarship program Jay Young, founda-tion chair of the Lakeville Rotary Club, presented a check for $5,000 to Gail Morrison, execu-tive director of the Inver Hills Community College Foundation, and Erin Ed-lund, representing Dakota County Technical Col-lege’s Foundation, to sup-port the TuitionMatch-MN student scholarship program. Both college founda-tions will receive $2,500 to support the program, which will allow low- and middle-income students to enroll in college and earn their degree with minimal debt by 2018. TuitionMatch-MN is a consortium of six two-and four-year Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

System (MnSCU) institu-tions. The $5,000 grant will leverage an additional $5,000 in federal funding and provide $10,000 to match student savings for college tuition. Low- and middle-income students will receive $3 for every $1 saved in a special In-dividual Development Account (up to $2,880 in matched funds) to pay for college. Students will work with college counselors to develop a career plan, complete a 12-hour finan-cial literacy course and get placed in on-the-job work experience. Three to five low- and middle-income students from the Lakeville com-munity will: • Enroll in either Inver

Hills Community College or Dakota County Tech-nical College • Open an Individual Development Account • Receive a $3-to-$1 match for college savings • Complete the finan-cial literacy course and career counseling • Receive on-the-job training • Earn a postsecondary degree with minimal debt “The Rotary Club of Lakeville is excited to be a part of the TuitionMatch-MN program with Inver Hills and Dakota County Technical College,” said Young. “We strongly believe in being a good neighbor and helping oth-ers in our community suc-ceed and meet their educa-tional goals.”

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Field trip to The Works Museum in Bloomington provides hands-on experience

All 2,120 Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District sixth-graders are honing their engineering skills this fall by using hammers, drills, saws, and rubber bands to build catapults at The Works Museum in Bloom-ington. The field trips, spon-sored by Rosemount’s Flint Hills Resources, of-fers a hands-on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) curri-cula. At The Works Mu-seum, workshop leaders used the Engineering De-sign Process to guide Dis-trict 196 students through the planning, design, and building phases of the cat-apult project, followed by field testing and modifica-tions to make the devices more powerful and accu-rate. “When we’re able to augment time in the class-room with interactive fields trips, our students receive a more enriching educational experience,” said Cathy Kindem, teach-ing and learning coordina-tor for District 196. “We are thankful for Flint Hills Resources’ generous spon-sorships that make these unique learning opportu-nities possible.” “The Works Museum provides essential STEM education to students

across Minnesota. Our engineering programs in-spire students to explore engineering and develop critical thinking skills, in-cluding creativity, problem solving and persistence. These are skills students need to succeed in school and beyond,” said Jill Measells, CEO of The Works Museum. “The team at The Works Museum has a unique ability to inspire

young minds,” said Heath-er Rein, community affairs director for Flint Hills Re-sources. “We feel fortunate to partner with an orga-nization where creativity and engineering go hand-in-hand with fun.” More information about The Works is at www.theworks.org. More information about Flint Hills’ Rose-mount refinery is at www.pinebendrefinery.com.

District 196 sixth-graders hone engineering skills

Rosemount Middle School sixth-grader Emma Duchscherer builds a catapult with her mom, Jennifer Duchscherer, who chaperoned a field trip to The Works Museum in Bloomington as part of a special engineering program supported by Rosemount’s Flint Hills Resources. (Photo submitted)


Mistletoe Market at Faithful Shepherd The Mistletoe Market holiday shopping event takes place 4-9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at Faithful Shepherd Catholic School, 3355 Co-lumbia Drive, Eagan. The upscale vendor show features a variety of vendors and retailers ranging from original art; clothing, shoes and fashion accessories; items for home, garden and kitchen; jewelry of all kinds; pottery, ceramics; gourmet food items; gifts and ac-cessories; children’s books; holiday decor, and more. “We’re excited about Mistletoe Market,” said Adrienne Foley, event co-chair. “In the past, we held a daytime, family-oriented craft fair. This year, our shoppers will enjoy an adult evening out with friends, sipping wine and enjoying delicious food while shop-ping more than 75 unique vendors.” Vendors include Apricot Lane, Mainstream Bou-tique, The Olive Grove, Groveland Confections, Ur-ban Halo, Honey and Lace, Bombshell Botanticals, Clay Pots Pottery, and more. For a complete list, visit www.mistletoemarketeagan.com. Mistletoe Market is open to the public. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. The first 100 shoppers will receive a gift bag, and admission for all shoppers includes one complimentary drink ticket. Cash bar and small bites will be available as well as raffles for ward-robe and gift items. The event is sponsored by the Urgency Room, Wish Boutique, Pool & Yacht Club, and Nothing Bundt Cakes.

Bake and craft sale St. John the Baptist Catholic School’s Annual Bake and Craft Sale will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. The sale will feature unique handmade items and a variety of savory and sweet baked goods. St. John’s is at 12508 Lynn Ave., Savage.

From ‘tough school’ to top choice schoolCedar Park Elementary

named as School of Excellence

for turnaround success

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


In 2004, Cedar Park Elementary in Apple Valley was a school in crisis. It had been desig-nated as racially isolated, students’ test scores were behind state standards and its reputation was that of a “tough school.” More than a decade later, Cedar Park has transformed into a very different school — one that by all appearances has a very bright future. Now a magnet school, Cedar Park has made strides in achieving ra-cial balance and students of every demographic group are exceeding an-nual proficiency goals on state tests, some by 20 percentage points. Their accomplish-ments haven’t gone un-noticed. Last month Ce-dar Park was one of six schools to be endorsed as a Minnesota School of Excellence by the Minnesota Elementary School Principals Asso-ciation. MESPA endorses schools that demonstrate marked improvements on state standardized tests, leadership, vision, student learning and community engagement, according to the organi-zation’s website. Teachers and district administrators credit much of Cedar Park’s success to its principal, John Garcia, who was recently named Science and Mathematics Princi-pal of the Year by MES-PA. “It really is the lead-ership of John and his

staff, who are committed to student learning and achievement, that has enabled them to achieve this success,” said Sally Soliday, director of el-ementary education for District 196. Before coming to Ce-dar Park, Garcia was a principal in St. Paul and was a sixth-grade teach-er in north Minneapolis and taught in Kansas. He took a break from education to work as a pharmacy sales manager for seven years. During a trip to Ha-waii with his wife, Gar-cia realized he wasn’t happy and needed to re-turn to education. When Garcia was hired in 2007, Cedar Park was the district’s most diverse school and there was a lot of “white flight.” He immediately got to work on changing the school’s identity. He set out to completely re-brand Cedar Park with skills he learned from the business world. Garcia chose a color scheme and placed bright decals on the school’s walls and windows. He

encouraged teachers and other employees to wear something with the school’s name on it ev-eryday and wore Cedar Park gear everyday him-self, even on weekends. His other first direc-tive as principal was to close the school’s “be-havior room,” which Garcia said was ineffec-tive and disproportion-ately disciplined students of color. “It was filled with black and brown kids,” Garcia said. “It showed us that we were not con-necting with all our stu-dents.” Teachers and admin-istrators received diver-sity and equity training and now focus on pro-actively addressing stu-dents’ academic and be-havior issues before they become an problem, he said. Minority students continue to make up about 50 percent of the school’s population and 34 percent of students speak English as a sec-ond language. Getting parents in-volved in the school was another top priority. “It’s about having re-

spect and appreciation for all our families, Gar-cia said. Cedar Park became a Science, Technol-ogy, Engineering and Math (STEM) magnet school in 2010. Magnet schools are free public schools but differ from other public schools in that they have a focused theme and aligned curri-cula in science, technol-ogy, math, fine arts, lan-guage and other areas. Although school lead-ers continue focus on meeting state standards, professional develop-ment was changed to emphasize student curi-osity and creativity. “The way kids learn at Cedar Park is hands-on,” Garcia said. “Ask-ing questions is the norm and students are taught that through failure comes more opportuni-ties for learning.” This focus on hands-on learning and creativ-ity is best demonstrated in school’s Maker Space, an area within its multi-media room where stu-dents use tablets, 3-D printers and other tech-nology to build and code

small robots and cre-ate 3-D figures and art work. “It’s a way for kids to have an authentic way to learn,” Garcia said. The new model has also significantly curbed discipline issues because students are engaged, he said. As part of its focus on science, technology and mathematics, the school regularly reaches out to local technology firms to teach students and fami-lies about various career opportunities. “Both our teachers and community are very committed to our stu-dents and it’s this com-mitment that has led to our success. It takes shared leadership. No one person can do it alone,” Garcia said. The school’s image has taken a 180 degree turn. Cedar Park is now on the state’s list of 22 “Celebration Schools” and won five consecutive national magnet school awards. It has grown by 200 students since becom-ing a magnet school and has become a top school of choice for families in the region with a waiting of 141 students. Due to the growing interest, the school faces overcrowd-ing with a student body of 700. The school dis-trict’s $130 million build-ing bond, which passed on Nov. 3, will enable the Cedar Park to add eight new classrooms to ac-commodate its growth. “We’re going to continue to grow and change, and promote STEM to other schools. Our hope is that Cedar Park’s success will in-spire other struggling schools,” Garcia said. Jessica Harper is at jes-s i ca .harper@ecm- inc.com or facebook.com/sun-thisweek.

Cedar Park Elementary School in Apple Valley was recently named one of six Minnesota Schools of Excellence. Teachers and administrators credit the school’s emphasis on creativity and hands-on learning as one of the driving forces behind its success. In the school’s “Maker Space,” students use tablets, 3-D printers and other technology to build and code small robots and create 3-D figures and artwork. (Photo by Jessica Harper)


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Area BriefsMetro Republican Women Former state Sen. Ted Daley, a lieutenant colo-nel in the U.S. Army Re-serve, will discuss the need to address the challenges of veterans in the need for proper health care, employment and family support when he appears at the Nov. 14 meeting of Metro Republican Women in Mendota Heights. The West Point gradu-ate, whose military career included tours of duty in Korea and the Gulf War, later served with several overseas deployments af-ter the September 11 at-tacks. He is a certified public accountant, with an MBA from the Univer-sity of St. Thomas, and works with the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce on the “Hiring Minne-sota Heroes” initiative. He represented Eagan and Burnsville in the Min-nesota Senate from 2010 through 2012. Jill Stephenson, a Gold Star Mother who lost a son in combat in Afghani-stan, will share her story of personal loss and hope and talk about her son’s patriotism and decision to join the military. The Nov. 14 event be-gins at 8:30 a.m., with a buffet breakfast served at 8:45 a.m., at Mendakota Country Club, 2075 Men-dakota Drive in Mendota Heights. Cost is $18 members, $20 nonmembers and $10 students. Walk-ins are wel-come but reservations are encouraged. For reserva-tions, contact Mary Muel-ler at [email protected]. RSVP by Nov. 10.

Immunization clinics Dakota County Public Health provides low-cost flu vaccinations for eli-gible children and adults. Check www.dakotacoun-ty.us (search “vaccines”)

or call 952-891-7528 for eligibility guidelines, vac-cine availability or to schedule an appointment. November clinics at Dakota County Western Service Center, 14955 Gal-axie Ave., Suite 286, Apple Valley: • Tuesday, Nov. 10, by appointment only. • Tuesday, Nov. 17, walk-in from 4-6 p.m. • Tuesday, Nov. 24, by appointment only. A donation of $21 for each vaccination is sug-gested, but persons who qualify for reduced-fee immunizations will not be turned away if not able to pay the donation. Credit and debit cards are not ac-cepted. For more information, call the Immunization Ho-tline at 952-891-7999.

Job Transitions Group to meet The Rev. Kris Capel will present “Why Job Loss Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to My Family” at the Nov. 10 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 following the meet-ing at 9:30 a.m. each week on many different topics. Call 651-452-3680 for information.

Kids ’n Kinship honors outstanding contributors Kids ’n Kinship pre-sented its 2015 awards recognizing the significant contributions of individu-als and supporters of the program at the organiza-tion’s recent Gala Fund-raiser. Award recipients in-clude: • Heart of Kids ’n Kin-ship Award: Rick Ander-son of Apple Valley, a

mentor and organizer of “Rick’s Bike Sale” fund-raiser. “It is an honor to be recognized by Kids ’n Kin-ship,” said Anderson. “Of course it is not all me. I have a wonderful group of volunteers that make the bike sale the successful fundraiser it has become. I am doing something that I really enjoy and makes me feel good. I am glad Kids ’n Kinship can benefit from that.” • Community Partner Award: The 3M Company. “As a company commit-ted to improving outcomes and opportunities for stu-

dents, 3M is pleased to partner with Kids ’n Kin-ship, with a proven record of improving lives,” said Lynn Christianson, office supervisor, 3M Marketing and Sales. “We are hon-ored to have been chosen to receive the Commu-nity Partner Award. 3M is proud to be a part of pro-viding children and their families with opportunities they may otherwise not be able to experience.” • Friend of the Program Award: Janet Lekson, board member. “I am proud and privi-leged to be part of the Kids ’n Kinship organization

and it is an honor to be a recipient of this award. The dedication of the Kin-ship staff and commitment of our wonderful mentors is the foundation of the success of Kinship and I appreciate the opportunity to part of a team that has had such a positive impact on our children and com-munity,” said Lekson. Kids ’n Kinship is a pri-vate nonprofit organiza-tion that matches youths who have a need for an additional supportive re-lationship with carefully screened adult volunteers. Visit www.kidsnkinship.org/ for more information.

Scam alert: Over-the-phone scam The Minnesota Depart-ment of Revenue recently published a warning for Minnesotans to be aware of an over-the-phone phishing scam. The depart-ment says that “Phishing (as in ‘fishing for informa-tion’ and ‘hooking’ victims) is a scam to trick taxpay-ers into revealing personal and financial information which can be used to steal the taxpayer’s identity.” “If you receive a phone call or voice message say-ing you are being audited by the IRS and that you must call back to make a payment to settle the tax debt, chances are you are the target of this scam,” said Sen. Greg Clausen, DFL-Apple Valley. “Be vigilant if you receive a call like this and never provide personal information un-less you are certain the call is legitimate.” The Department of Revenue encourages Min-nesotans to visit its website (http://www.revenue.state.mn.us/use_of_informa-tion/Pages/fraud_alerts.aspx) to learn more about fraud and tax scams, as well as how to report suspi-cious activity. Information on iden-tity theft protection can be found at: https://www.irs.gov/Individuals/Identity-Protection. Clausen encourages Minnesotans to sign up for email updates from the Department of Rev-enue on these scams at

https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/MNREV/subscriber/new?topic_id=MNREV_145. Those with questions or concerns on over-the-phone scams or any issue dealing with state govern-ment can contact Clausen at [email protected] or call his office at 651-296-4120.

Farmington Library programs The Farmington Li-brary, 508 Third St., will offer the following pro-grams. Call 651-438-0250 or visit www.dakotacoun-ty.us/library for more in-formation. Microsoft PowerPoint, 6-8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9. Create a basic slide show using Microsoft Power-Point. Learn how to add text, graphics and simple animation. Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Mi-crosoft Word or equiva-lent. Registration required. Teen-led Book Group, 6-7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9. Join members of the Teen Advisory Group for a teen-led discussion of books and reading. Ages: 12-18. Teen Advisory Group, 7-8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9. Recommend books and music, help plan library programs and participate in community events and service projects. Ages: 12-18. Farmington Afternoon Book Group, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10. Moved to second Tues-day due to elections. The discussion in November will be on Rhoda Janzen’s memoir, “Mennonite in a Little Black Dress.” Friends of the Farm-ington Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10. Moved to second Tuesday due to elections. Join the Friends of the Farmington Library organization to support the library and meet new people. Legos & Duplos at the Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13. Get your kids’ imaginations work-ing by exploring the many things they can create with Legos and Duplos. Ages: 2-12. Teen Game Day, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13. Play board games and Wii with your friends. Ages: 10-16. Fall Poetry, 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. Capture the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of au-tumn on the page by learn-ing how to write poems inspired by the season. Presented by the Loft Lit-erary Center. Registration required.

Jamie Elvestad received the Township Leader of the Year award from Dakota Electric Association. (Photo submitted)

Elvestad wins Dakota Electric’s Township Leader award Dakota Electric Association recently awarded Farm-ington resident Jamie Elvestad the Township Leader of the Year award. Each year, Dakota Electric seeks to recognize out-standing leadership with the award, and Dakota Elec-tric Director Jerry Pittman attended a recent Dakota County Township Officers Association meeting to pres-ent the award to Elvestad. Elvestad has been an Empire Township supervisor since 2004. He has served the local community in many ways, including serving on the planning commission since the early 1990s, spearheading the Empire ball-fields; helping to get the maintenance building con-structed and upgrading 170th Street. Terry Holmes, chair of the Township board, said Elvestad is very conscientious and helpful in his work for the township. Elvestad is up very early in the winter checking on road conditions to see what needs plowing. “Jamie is here for the citizens of Empire Township. He has their interests in mind,” Holmes said. “I was surprised by the award,” said Elvestad, who is a self-employed carpenter. “I was happy to receive it, but didn’t expect it. I don’t do any of it for recognition.” “People who serve the local townships are very dedicated to their communities,” Peggy Johnson, Da-kota Electric’s community relations director, said. “As a member-owned cooperative, Dakota Electric is pleased to help recognize people like Jamie who do outstanding work.”


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cracked garage door’s pa-thetic rumble every time it opened to the chipped and peeling siding to a desper-ate need for gutters (our basement floods every time it rained) to my hus-band’s humble garden be-hind the garage, our begin-nings were meager indeed, though manageable, as any military member can say that anything is manage-able (especially if they’ve been in a war zone). I was in the bedroom feeding my daughter at the time Steve announced to Kevin that

Home Depot was spon-soring us for a grant of over $8,000. Needless to say I broke down then and there and started crying. More crying was to come though namely on June 26, 2014. June 26 was the busi-est day I’d ever witnessed around our house. A team of over 50 people from Yellow Ribbon and Home Depot stead-fastly worked on several projects: garage painted, new sod rolled out, edg-ing inlaid, dumpsters filled, herb boxes built, new garden created, 500 pounds of shale removed, new shed constructed, 10 yards of mulch spread for new landscaping, new deck built, stumps ground down, hammock put up, garage door and opener on its way, basement win-dows and gutters to be installed. Special thanks to Cayering Lawn Service of Eagan for donation of sod and for the usage of their new Bobcat, and to Nitti Sanitation of Eagan for the lightning dump-ster. With the amount of people working and all the equipment they used (in-cluding semitrucks), you’d think we were on some home makeover show. Back in 2012, when we laid eyes on our house, we wanted it. From the

central location to its modest and comfy style (per-fect for a couple with two children, which is our de-sire), we knew it was the perfect house for us. Even with the necessary garage repair and the weed-infested yard, we could see the potential. This

was the house we wanted to raise our children in. This was the yard where we wanted to see them running around, scamper-ing over a watery sprin-kler head. And despite the area where the garden now flourishes was once cov-ered in layers of brambles, trash, and tree branches, Kevin envisions putter-ing around in the garden, teaching his little girl how to dig the soil and plant the seeds, passing on the value of hard work he was taught growing up and in the Army. No matter how long one has served or how short, the time and experience one never loses. As a veteran, Kevin cer-tainly has not. Beyond the Yellow Rib-bon, Eagan saw something in us, too. Just an ordinary couple who had fallen on hard times, struggling against the odds and uniting together through rough waters. And they didn’t just lend a hand. They didn’t just plug a few holes in a leaky canoe. Their team is a battle-ship, charging through the waters, tossing out life preservers and not forget-ting to hand out towels on board the ship. We hope to pay it forward by spread-ing the word as far and wide as we can so Beyond the Yellow Ribbon, Eagan and Team Depot can help even more veterans and military, who have sacri-ficed their freedom to keep others safe. May we never forget the men and women who serve our country. May we lift up those organizations like Beyond the Yellow Ribbon and Home Depot that want to serve them back.

Veteran’s family receives much-needed help Beyond the Yellow Ribbon pitched in with home improvements

Veterans Dayby Emily Rotzien

SPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

When it comes to our veterans, whether they’ve served 30 years or five years, whether they served in World War II or Iraq, there is no such thing as going overboard – even for ones who feel they don’t deserve it. In our case, the support is overwhelming and our appreciation – boundless! It all started in 2013 when I told my Iraq War veteran husband, Kevin, that I was pregnant. We had just moved in to our three-bedroom rambler in Lakeville a year before and began trying as soon as we paid our first mort-gage. Discouraged after many months of failure, we were naturally over-joyed, but it was the calm before the storm. In my first trimester, I contracted a severe deep vein thrombosis – a blood clot – scaling from my pel-vis down to my ankle. I have a blood clotting dis-order, which puts me at tremendous risks for clots in any future pregnan-cies. At the same time I contracted this dangerous blood clot, my husband lost his job. Like any hus-band (with a brand new home and a wife who was pregnant with a serious medical condition), Kev-in was concerned at this stage of our lives. Enter Beyond the Yel-low Ribbon, Eagan – a

communitywide network that seeks to proactively support and honor ser-vice members, veterans and their families. My brother-in-law, Andy, who promotes this great orga-nization, reached out to them on our behalf. Even though we were staying afloat, members of Be-yond the Yellow Ribbon reached out to us through various service projects: landscaping, mowing our yard, planting perennials, hacking away at old tree branches, trimming bush-es, whatever they could do to be of service. This was an amazing encourage-ment, especially during my third trimester, when I was

discovered to have severe preeclampsia and required an emergency C-section at 37 weeks. We were proud to announce the birth of our daughter in November 2013: Emmyleigh Faith. Even during the winter, Beyond the Yellow Ribbon was there, from bundles of thoughtful cookies to check-up visits and snow-blowing. (Even though my husband found a new job in October, the blessing of a snow-blower during those cruel winter months was incredible.) May 2014 was the biggest month for our modest Minnesota home. Steve from Be-yond the Yellow Ribbon had con-tacted Home De-pot in an attempt to put a team to-gether to work on our house, garage and surround-ing yard. From a

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Personal experience offers perspective Vietnam veteran wonders if the

U.S. has learned from its past by Tad Johnson


Apple Valley resident and Vietnam War vet-eran Tom Goodwin said the world was a different place when he enlisted in the Marines 50 years ago. At the time, U.S. lead-ers considered the spread of Communism from the Soviet Union and China as the greatest threat to future generations. When he was a high school student in Beloit, Wisconsin, Goodwin and his classmates were part of “duck-and-cov-er” drills when students would be instructed to crouch under their desks in preparation for a pos-sible nuclear attack. “We laughed about it,” Goodwin said. “We knew that if a bomb hit, a desk wouldn’t save us.” A few years removed from taking part in those drills, Goodwin enlisted in the Marines with six of his Beloit buddies. “That sounds like a John Wayne kind of ad-venture,” Goodwin said of their thinking of the

time. “We thought we were bulletproof.” When he was a few thousand miles away as a radio operator stationed at a communications base in Vietnam, Goodwin thought otherwise. He said he started thinking about his preg-nant wife and the son he hadn’t seen yet. “I wondered what would the world be like back home if I hadn’t been there,” Goodwin said. “I thought, ‘Way to go, stupid.’ ” Goodwin wasn’t in-volved in heavy fighting during his June 1966 to June 1967 deployment and “was shot at a few times,” but two of his Be-loit buddies were injured and one of them was among the 58,200 Ameri-cans killed in Vietnam. When Goodwin re-turned home, he took a commercial flight and walked through the air-port with little reaction from others. The Vietnam War’s

intensity and the U.S. soldiers’ casualties didn’t start mounting until later as the American troop count reached 500,000 in November 1967 and there were 15,058 Ameri-cans killed and 109,527 wounded in the fighting at that time. That’s when Vietnam War protests ramped up and the nega-tive reactions were hurled at veterans returning from war. Nearly 50 years later, Goodwin said he’s done a lot of thinking about the Vietnam War and the U.S. involvement in other con-flicts around the world. He said he’s done much reading on the subjects. “The thing that both-ered me the most is that there was one hearing on the resolution to go to war,” Goodwin said of the escalation in Vietnam. Its parallel to U.S. in-volvement in Iraq in 2002 is troublesome to Good-win. He said the reasons for escalating troop levels in both instances were based on much-disputed evi-dence. In Vietnam, it was the alleged North Vietnam torpedo attacks of two U.S. warships in the Gulf of Tonkin. In Iraq, it was the alleged possession of

weapons of mass destruc-tion by the Iraq military. He said the votes with regard to Vietnam and Iraq after the Tonkin and early WMD reports were similar. Only two U.S. sena-tors opposed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that gave President Lyndon Johnson broad discretion on troop levels in Viet-nam. The votes to approve the Iraq resolution were 297-133 in the House and 77-23 in the Senate. It gave President George W. Bush authority use the armed forces to protect U.S. national security. A large majority of the people who voted to go to war in Iraq did not have relatives in the military. “That bothers me a lot,” Goodwin said. Goodwin says it’s per-sonal experience that of-fers a different perspec-tive on military matters. He wonders if Bush would have made a dif-ferent decision about Iraq if he were an Army lieu-tenant during Vietnam in charge of a platoon. “What if Bush had to write one of those let-ters?” Goodwin asks of the letters that are written to family members after a soldier dies. “It is about

personal experience.” “I thought we had learned a lesson, but the same thing happened in Iraq,” Goodwin said. “I don’t think the na-tion should start a war if it doesn’t have to.” Goodwin is concerned the recognition of veter-ans and their families is fading in America. He said people cared about what was happen-ing in Vietnam because 32 percent of Americans had a relative serving in the military. Now only 1 percent of Americans are related to a service mem-ber. In an effort to show he cares about those who have served Goodwin has been a member of the Fort Snelling rifle squad that conducts 21-gun sa-lutes for those military veterans buried at the na-tional cemetery. Goodwin said he has served on the rifle squad for about seven years to honor “all of those sol-diers on guard who didn’t know if anyone cared about them.” Most of the people buried at Fort Snelling are low-ranking officers like Goodwin and many of the members of the rifle squad. “People don’t have a

feel for the low-ranking officer,” Goodwin said. Goodwin said he is thankful the world is a different place than it was at the end of the Vietnam War. He is impressed strides are being made to help veterans and their fami-lies, and he wishes people would do more than just “thank” people for their service. Goodwin is a mem-ber of the Apple Valley American Legion and Ro-tary, which supports the Apple Valley Beyond the Yellow Ribbon. These or-ganizations are working together to help veterans reintegrate in the commu-nity after a deployment and families while their loved one is serving over-seas. These organizations offer tangible ways in which people can show they care about military members. To find out more about the work of Beyond the Yellow Ribbon, go online to www.beyondtheyellow-ribbon.org or email Paul Chellsen at [email protected]. Email Tad Johnson at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @editorTJ.

Veterans Day

Bill Goodwin, in the mid-1960s and a recent photo.

Vets dinner set in Lakeville Lakeville Yellow Rib-bon invites veterans to the seventh annual Military Appreciation Dinner 6-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at Trinity Evangelical Free Church, 10658 210th St. W., Lakeville.

Dinner, entertainment and prizes are provided. The event is free for each veteran and one guest. Registration is required at www.lakevilleyellowrib-bon.org or 612-382-4420.

Green Light A Vet campaign This year marked the start of the Green Light A Vet campaign, which aims to establish a visible national support for veter-ans. This Veterans Day and throughout the year, the campaign asks people to change a light on a porch or in the home or office to green to show support for veterans.

People are encour-aged to take a picture of their light and post it with #GreenLightaVet. The campaign is also telling the stories of vet-erans at its website, www.greenlightavet.com, in an effort to put personal link to show how veterans have overcome obstacles in their daily lives.

District 191 schools plan Veterans Day observances Veterans Day programs are taking place at some schools in Burnsville-Ea-gan-Savage School District 191. All who have served or are serving in the mili-tary are invited to a Veter-ans Day program at Vista View Elementary School in Burnsville 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11. Veter-ans will be honored by the student body through mu-sic and poetry, according

to Kimberly Wood, music teacher. “It’s our annual pro-gram to honor and thank our veterans as well as re-member those who have served our country,” said Wood. Second-graders will be singing patriotic songs and sixth-grade students will share poetry and sto-ries they’ve written. The entire student body will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “America the

Beautiful.” At Gideon Pond El-ementary School in Burns-ville, a Veterans Day program begins at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, and includes patriotic music. Steven Floyd, a Burnsville High School math teacher who has served in the mili-tary for 17 years, will be the guest speaker. At Harriet Bishop El-ementary School in Sav-age, fourth-grade students

will honor those who have served in the military dur-ing programs at 9:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in the gym. At Marion W. Savage El-ementary School in Savage, the Veterans Day program begins 9:30 a.m. Wednes-day, Nov. 11. The program will include music, special guests and a slide show of Marion W. Savage family members who have served in the armed forces.

Lakeville event to honor World War II veterans The Fountains at Ho-sanna, a senior living com-munity in Lakeville, will host a pancake breakfast 8-10:30 a.m. on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, to honor America’s World War II veterans. The Fountains is located at 9850 163rd St. W., Lakev-ille. The annual fundraiser, which last year raised more than $5,500 through sales and donations, will benefit Honor Flight Twin

Cities (www.honorflight-twincities.org), a nonprofit organization that helps to transport war heroes at no cost to Washington, D.C., to see the World War II Memorial. The event will include music and a flag ceremo-ny. A worship service at Hosanna will immediately follow. The cost of the breakfast is $5. To RSVP, call Beverly Kossack at 952-435-7199 or [email protected].


$180M referendum passes in District 196

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District voters approved on Tuesday a $180 million bond and levy referendum, which will fund building up-grades, the expansion of magnet school programs and new technology. The referendum passed with 69.02 percent of the vote, and includes a $130 million building bond and a 10-year, $50 million capital improvement levy. As a result of the referendum’s passage, taxes on the average valued home of $250,000 will likely increase by about $144 be-tween payable 2015 and payable 2016, which is about $12 more a month. “We went in with high hopes and are very happy with the results,” School Board Chairman Rob Duchscher said. “We were even caught off guard by the level of support, which was better than expected.” The district plans to use the building bond to renovate and construct addi-tions onto several schools, upgrade se-curity equipment and potentially build a new school. Additions are planned for Cedar Park, Diamond Path, Glacier Hills, Echo Park and Oak Ridge elementary schools to address space constraints at those schools. Cedar Park, Diamond Path and Gla-cier Hills are currently magnet schools. Magnet schools are free public schools but differ from other public schools in that they have a focused theme and aligned curricula in science, technology, math, fine arts, language and other areas. All three magnet schools in the district have waiting lists. The School Board voted in May to turn Echo Park Elementary in Burnsville and Oak Ridge Elementary in Eagan into magnet schools next year. District officials also plan to build a new elementary school in the south-central portion of the district to address increased enrollment in the area. District officials will begin looking at potential locations in the next few months, Duch-scher said. The building bond will pay for the second phase of an addition to Parkview

Elementary in Lakeville. The first phase included a remodel and 13,200-square-foot addition. The estimated $4.3 million project is an effort to combat growing class sizes, district officials say. Though enrollment has remained sta-ble with about 800 students in the past 10 years, Parkview expects to face a rap-id increase in enrollment in the next few years due to new housing development within its attendance area and the dis-trict’s new all-day kindergarten program. Officials also plan to renovate the district’s five middle schools, Apple Val-ley High School and Rosemount High School. In addition to construction projects, the building bond referendum will pay for security improvements at all district schools, which would include replac-ing outdated security cameras, altering school entrances to better direct visi-tors to the main office and reconfiguring parking lots to improve traffic flow. The proposed $50 million capital im-provements levy will pay for technology upgrades that would include expanding Wi-Fi capacity, maintaining interactive classroom equipment and replacing out-dated telephone systems. The levy will also enable the district to purchase additional computer tablets and other devices for students to use in the classroom. Last school year, the district launched a pilot program that provided 46 “beta” classrooms with tablets for every student in the class. The program included el-ementary, middle school and high school classes and allowed students to take the tablets home each day. Teachers also had their own tablets. District 196 was among 23 districts, including Lakeville and Farmington, in which voters passed at least one bond or capital improvement levy question on Tuesday. A $30 million capital and op-erating levy passed in the Lakeville Area School District and a $433 per student operating levy increase and $45 million building bond referendum passed in the Farmington Area School District.

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

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Tobbaco store license revoked Co-owner charged with drug, weapons crimes

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


After hearing a sorrow-ful plea from the co-owner of a Burnsville tobacco store whose business part-ner is charged with sell-ing drugs there, the City Council voted 4-0 Nov. 2 to revoke the store’s retail tobacco license. “My partner, he did mess up big time, but I wasn’t aware,” said Achour Redjoul, co-owner of Burnsville Tobacco at 1008 County Road 42. His partner, 39-year-old Burnsville resident Joseph Hocini, is charged with a first-degree controlled substance crime for posses-sion of methamphetamine that he allegedly sold at the store. Hocini, who has a 2013 felony conviction for marijuana possession, is also charged with felony firearm possession. The charges in Dakota County District Court fol-lowed a search of the store that turned up 45.8 grams of methamphetamine and a .45-caliber handgun, according to a criminal complaint. The search also turned up 89 pills of hydro-codone, a Schedule II drug under federal law. The Oct. 1 search by

Dakota County Drug Task Force agents came after agents successfully bought methamphetamine from Hocini at the store, the complaint said. The license holder vio-lated city ordinance by allowing illegal acts unre-lated to tobacco sales and by knowing of those acts and failing to report them to police, according to the city. The license is issued to the partnership of Hocini Redjoul LLC. “Responsible business owners must be aware of all aspects of their estab-lishment and take action to stay within the law,” said Chris Forslund, the city’s licensing and code enforce-ment coordinator. Redjoul, of Minneapo-lis, said Hocini “stays” in the “back” of the store because it’s been repeat-edly robbed since opening eight years ago. He said the store’s landlord had complained to him about someone smoking marijua-na, and he had urged her to call police, which she did. “I know for sure no one sells drugs from the store. No one sells from the reg-ister,” Redjoul said. He said he’s 52, works as an engineer in Eagan, has

a second job at the airport, has never taken drugs and “didn’t come to Burnsville to sell drugs.” “When I saw the news (about the store) today on Channel 5, I threw up in the bathroom because I’ve never in my life been in a situation like this,” Red-joul, accompanied by a lawyer, told the council. Mayor Elizabeth Kautz responded that the license violations are “pretty dire.” “We appreciate that you came to clear your name, except your partner put you in a very bad position,” she told Redjoul. “We ap-preciate your courage for coming before us. But what we have to deal with is the criminal activity.” Dakota County Drug Task Force agents ob-tained a search warrant after making a “controlled buy” from Hocini at the store, the complaint said. Agents had information about “the ongoing sale of methamphetamine by Mr. Hocini out of the store location,” and were told by an informant Hocini had “bragged about having a large caliber handgun in the business,” the com-plaint said. In addition to metham-phetamine, the handgun

and hydrocodone pills, the search turned up drug paraphernalia and a digital scale, the complaint said. Agents waited until Ho-cini left the shop before searching the store. They arrested him a short time later. Hocini denied the drugs belonged to him and told police he “may have touched” the gun while “playing around,” the com-plaint said. Hocini attended the council meeting. Redjoul’s attorney, Nathan Snyder, told the council that his client had an agreement to buy Hocini’s share of the business. But with the license revocation, the deal is off, Snyder and Hocini said in an interview after the meeting. “There’s nothing to pur-chase at this point,” Snyder said. Kautz said Redjoul can apply for a new license under his own name. Red-joul said in an interview he wants to apply for a license at the same store location, if the landlord will have him.

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


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Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, Nov. 11, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Chamber Lun-cheon, Vivo Kitchen, 15435 Founders Lane, Apple Valley. Guest speaker: Adam Duininck, Metropolitan Council chair. Cost: $15 members, $20 nonmembers or guests. Make checks payable to Apple Valley Chamber of Com-merce. RSVP to Fabiana at [email protected]. • Wednesday, Nov. 18, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Chamber Business Af-ter Hours, Wings Financial Build-ing, 14985 Glazier Ave., Apple Valley. Hosted by Wings Financial Credit Union and Dougherty, Mo-lenda, Solfest, Hills & Bauer P.A. Open to all Apple Valley Chamber

members and their guests. Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, Nov. 11, 8-9 a.m., AM Coffee Break, Aero Drapery and Blind, 1254 County Road 42 W., Burnsville. Free to attend. Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, Nov. 12, 8-9 a.m., Coffee Break, Color Me Mine, 3324 Promenade Ave., Eagan. Open to all DCRC members. In-formation: Emily Corson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Thursday, Nov. 12, 3:30-4 p.m., ribbon cutting, Simon Says Lead, 3440 Federal Drive, Suite 230, Eagan. Free to attend. Infor-mation: 651-452-9872 or [email protected]. • Monday, Nov. 16, 12-1 p.m., Let’s Do Lunch, Las Tortillas Mex-

ican Restaurant, 15051 Crestone Ave., Rosemount. Exchange in-formation, learn about the latest business issues and economic development opportunities in Rosemount, and network over the lunch hour. Individuals will be responsible for lunch payment directly to host restaurant. RSVP to ensure a seat is saved for you. Information: 651-452-9872 or [email protected]. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, Nov. 12, 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lakeville Women in Business Luncheon, Holiday Inn & Suites, 20800 Kenrick Ave., Lakeville. Speaker: Kim Insley, KARE 11. Cost: $25 members, $40 nonmembers. Registration required. No walk-ins. Informa-tion: Shanen at 952-469-2020 or [email protected].

AV clinic names administrator Mark Pottenger was named administrator and chief operating officer of the Apple Valley Medi-cal Clinic, located within the Apple Valley Medical Center. He replaces Mike Foley, who left the clinic to become chief operat-ing officer at Children’s Respiratory and Critical Care Specialists. Pottenger spent the last 25 years as admin-istrator of Northwest Family Physicians, based in Crystal. While there, he led the development of the Crystal Medical Center and supported key quality initiatives that resulted in North-west Family Physicians being ranked as the No. 1 clinic by Consumer Reports Magazine based on quality and cost data. Northwest Family Physi-cians was also named one of 11 “exemplary pri-mary care practices” out of 15,000 in the United States by the Stanford University Clinical Ex-cellence Research Center. Pottenger holds a B.A. degree in hospital admin-istration from Concordia College, Moorhead, and a certificate in advanced health care management from the University of St. Thomas. He also completed a mini MBA in health care manage-ment at the University of St. Thomas. Pottenger is a board member and founding member of Phy-sicians Service Network and a board member of Minnesota Healthcare Network and PrimaCare Direct. He is active in the Minnesota Medical Group Management As-sociation and a member of the group’s national organization.

Apartments open in Apple Valley Remington Cove Apart-ments, 15430 Founders Lane, near Kelley Park in Apple Valley, recently opened its doors for new residents. Managed by StuartCo, the property offers 101 apartments ranging in size from studio to three bedroom with amenities including a fitness center, fenced dog park, patio with fire pit, Wi-Fi lounge and business center. More move-ins are planned over the next few weeks. Visit www.reming-toncoveapts.com for more information.

Tax workshop for small business The Galaxie Library in Apple Valley will host a free Small Business Tax Work-shop 1-2:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19. Attendees will learn what IRS resources are available to assist small business owners from an IRS representative and hear from a local CPA firm what is needed to prepare busi-ness taxes and how they can help. Sponsored in part by South Metro SCORE and Cummings, Keegan & Co., P.L.L.P. Registration is required at https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/libraries.

Business excellence awards The Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce will present its 2015 Business Excellence Awards and Annual Meet-ing 4:30-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at Southview Country Club, 239 Men-

dota Road E. West St. Paul. Call 651-452-9872 for ticket information.

James Barton wins ROMA Apple Valley-based James Barton Design-Build Inc. has earned a Remodeler of Merit Award (ROMA) from the Build-ers Association of the Twin Cities (BATC) for its entry in the Outdoor Living cat-egory. Since 1982, BATC has presented the ROMA Award to remodelers to recognize creativity, design and the remodeler’s ability to meet the client’s require-ments. Winners were se-lected by a team of remod-eling professionals from the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Builders Association after evaluating photographs, floor plans and descriptions of the remodeling project. For more information, visit www.jbdb.biz.

Leaders vs. managers Leaders vs. managers will be the topic for the next Dakota County Regional Chamber’s WomEn’s Circle 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thurs-day, Nov. 19, at Lost Spur Golf & Event Center, 2750 Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan. Speaker Erin Dady, head of Government and Community Relations at the University of Minneso-ta and former chief of staff for St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, will help define the differences between leading and managing. Cost is $150 for all year-ly events. Attend as a guest one time for $25. To register or for more information, contact Em-ily Corson at [email protected] or 651-288-9202.

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A total of 24 students have enrolled in the Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA) sponsored by the Lakeville Chamber of Commerce. YEA’s first meeting was Oct. 28. The class will meet in 25 sessions in which students will learn how to develop a business plan with the goal of actually opening their own business. The tagline for the program is “Make a job not find a job.” (Photo submitted)

Young entrepreneurs meet

ProAct names Employers of the Year Eagan-based nonprofit ProAct honored its Em-ployers of the Year at the organization’s recent An-nual Recognition Banquet at the Prom Center in Oak-dale. Carquest and Cub Foods at Town Centre in Eagan were winners in the supported employment cat-egory. Hilton Garden Inn in

Eagan was recognized in the community employ-ment category. EnviroBate, a Minne-apolis environmental con-tractor that provides haz-ardous material abatement and other services, won in the vocational partner cat-egory. IMV Technologies USA, with offices in Maple Grove, won the award in

the business partner cat-egory. ProAct is headquartered in Eagan and has addition-al operations in Red Wing, Zumbrota and in Hudson, Wisconsin. Its mission is to provide person-centered services that enhance the quality of life for people with disabilities in the areas of employment, life skills and community inclusion.


Visnovec said the city’s liquor store business also helps the city avoid “over-saturation” of li-quor operations. She said profits are used on city projects and the business has also raised thousands for lo-cal causes, including pur-chase of a K-9 officer and food shelf contributions. “We’ve become very much a community part-ner,” Visnovec said. A fundraiser to replace the Land of Amazement playground in Steve Mi-chaud Park will be held in the stores this winter. The playground up-grade costs $356,627 and the city has budgeted

$85,000 for the play-ground. Lakeville Rotary is also giving $50,000 and the city is working to fundraise the remaining $221,627. Representatives from Total Wine did not re-spond to multiple emails seeking comment, but the company’s website also states its dedication to supporting community fundraisers. Its cashiers also re-quire customers to pro-vide proof of their age before a purchase, and the company’s newly re-designed website requires users to vow they are of legal age before they can enter the site. Despite Lakeville Li-quors’ loss in revenue

since Total Wine opened, Visnovec expressed con-fidence that sales will rebound because of the staff. She said several cus-tomers drive for miles to purchase from Lakeville Liquors, including one that recently drove from New Ulm to buy wine for a wedding reception in Madelia. “That goes to the staff,” Visnovec said. “When they can draw a customer from New Ulm who’s having a wedding in Madelia that’s custom-er service.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

LIQUOR, from 1A

The operating levy re-instates fifth-grade band, elementary art and lowers certain core high school class sizes, all issues that have raised concerns of parents and students for years. As a result, property taxes on the average-val-ue $257,000 home will increase $126 for the next 10 years. A total of 9,669 “yes” votes were cast – 4,657 approving the capital levy and 5,012 passing the op-erating levy. A total of 7,442 “no” votes were recorded – 3,897 opposing the capi-tal levy and 3,545 casting “no” votes for the operat-

ing levy increase. District 194 Superin-tendent Lisa Snyder said they are focused on the work ahead. In an email to District 194 staff, Snyder called this an exciting time for the district. “We have made great strides in restoring some of the reductions result-ing from the decade of failed referendums and budget reductions,” Sny-der wrote. “In addition, we are now better po-sitioned to achieve our vision of world-class, personalized learning en-suring success for every student.” She said they will be-gin to plan for hiring high school teachers, and add

fifth-grade band and art programming beginning next school year. Snyder said a stake-holder group will be de-veloped to gather infor-mation about the digital learning needs at each grade level and content area. A stakeholder group will lead a process of re-design to incorporate STEM programming into the middle school level, and the Safety and Secu-rity Committee will refine plans for the next decade of secured funding, ac-cording to Snyder. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

VOTERS, from 1A

Lakeville Parks and Recreation will offer the following activities. Reg-ister at www.lakeville-rapconnect.com or in person at 20195 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Nickelodeon Universe, Mall of America, Bloom-ington: Purchase all-day discount wristbands for $26 online at www.lakeville-rapconnect.com or at the Lakeville Parks and Recreation office in City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Pick up tickets at City Hall. Discount tickets for “Disney on Ice – Dare to Dream,” 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 11, at Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul. Cost: $20 per person for ages 2 and older. Deadline: Nov. 29. For more infor-mation, go to lakeville-rapconnect.com or call 952-985-4600. Adult Foxtrot Dance Classes, ages 17 and old-er, 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays, Nov. 9 to Dec. 14, at Lakeville Heritage Cen-ter, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Cost: $72 per couple. Santa’s Secret Store Volunteers: Volunteers are needed for Friday, Dec. 4, and Saturday,

Dec. 5. Jobs include Fri-day night setup, shopper helpers, gift wrappers, cookies for Santa. Inter-ested volunteers should call 952-985-4600 to re-ceive a volunteer packet with full details. Com-pleted packets need to be returned to Lakeville Parks and Recreation by Nov. 16. Holidays at the Heri-tage Center, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. Heritage Center is at 20110 Holyoke Ave. Ac-tivities include: • Santa’s Secret Store: Specially designed for children to purchase gifts for family and friends. Great gifts will be avail-able, priced from $1 to $15. Children and par-ents work together to make a shopping list in-cluding who to buy for and how much to spend on each person. Then it’s shopping time. While parents wait in the coffee shop, volunteers assist the children with their gifts. Gifts are wrapped and brought home to remain a secret until the holidays. All ages wel-come, no registration re-quired.

• Holiday Bake Shoppe: Purchase home-made holiday treats, sweet breads, cookies, candies and more. Juice, hot cocoa, hot cider and coffee will also be avail-able. • Holiday Vendor Market: The market fea-tures handmade items and crafts. Holiday Programs: Register at lakeville-rap-connect.com for these upcoming holiday pro-grams; or call 952-985-4600 for a form. • Letter from Santa. Completed forms must be received no later than Dec. 1. • Phone call from Santa. Completed forms must be received no later than Dec. 1. • Cookies for Santa. Decorate a cookie for Santa, enjoy fun holiday activities, and fill your plate with cookies for Santa. Open house for-mat. All children must be accompanied by an adult. $5 per child. Saturday, Dec. 5: 9-10 a.m., 10-11 a.m., 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. or 12-1 p.m. at Lakeville Heritage Center. Regis-tration deadline: Dec. 1.

Parks and Recreation Kudos for volunteer mentor Rick Anderson, of Apple Valley, was recently honored with The Heart of Kids ’n Kinship Award at the annual gala of local youth-mentoring organization Kids ’n Kinship. In addition to serving as a mentor, Anderson holds an annual fundraiser, “Rick’s Bike Sale,” to raise money for the Apple Valley-based nonprofit. “I have a wonderful group of volunteers that make the bike sale the successful fundraiser it has become,” Anderson said. “I am doing something that I really enjoy and makes me feel good. I am glad Kids ’n Kinship can benefit from that.” (Photo submitted)


SportsEden Prairie prevails over North in shootoutPanthers control

play, but it’s not enough to

advance at state by Mike Shaughnessy


Lakeville North still hasn’t allowed a non-shootout goal since Sept. 10, and yet the Panthers’ bid for a state champion-ship is over. That’s the reality the players – some in tears, all in a state of disbelief – had to process upon leav-ing St. Cloud State Uni-versity on Monday after losing to Eden Prairie 1-0 in the Class AA girls soc-cer semifinals. After 100 minutes of regulation time and overtime went score-less, Eden Prairie convert-ed four shootout attempts to North’s two to advance to the state championship game at 2:30 p.m. Thurs-day, also at SCSU. Lakeville North (17-2), which entered the state tournament as the No. 1 seed, will play Mounds View in the third-place game at 1 p.m. Thurs-day at Mahtomedi High School. Lakeville North had a 17-3 advantage in shots attempted, took seven cor-ner kicks to Eden Prairie’s two, and had the best scor-ing chances during over-time. It didn’t add up to victory for the Panthers. “It’s a stupid game

sometimes,” North coach Jeremiah Johnson said. Eden Prairie scored on its first four attempts in the shootout. Lauren Witte and Gillian Hedberg converted for North, but Eden Prairie goalie Lind-say Eliasen made saves

against Olivia Moran and Hannah Cade. “It’s a crapshoot as a goaltender. You go out hoping to save one,” John-son said. “They saved two, and that didn’t bode well for us.” Johnson said he

thought a handball in the penalty area against Eden Prairie was missed, adding “it could have been over in the first two minutes of the game.” Still, he said, the Pan-thers had plenty of other chances, particularly in

overtime. Witte, Olivia Bruce and Alexis Tou-signant had point-blank chances in the extra 20 minutes that Eliasen saved. Several players from both teams had to leave the field after being involved in collisions. Lakeville

North All-State midfield-ers Cade and Haley Steel came out of the game in the second half. Cade was able to return, wearing a bandage on her forehead and a new number (21, as opposed to the No. 4 she has worn). Steel did not return. Johnson wouldn’t go into specifics about any of his players’ injuries, but did drop a broad hint. “One of the keys to our game was, this entire tour-nament’s going to be phys-ical,” he said. “You’re go-ing to have to treat it like somebody’s trying to take something away from you. You’re going to have to be nasty, and it got nasty. It got way, way, way out of control. It shouldn’t have gotten that far out of con-trol in terms of potentially two and possibly three players leaving the field because of concussions. I mean, that’s insane.” Lakeville North, which finished fourth at the 2014 state tournament, will try to close its 2015 season with a victory on Thurs-day. The memory of Mon-day’s loss probably will linger, though. “You tell them you hope they can take this ex-perience, be able to reflect on it next year, five years, 10 years, 20 years down the road … you can still take a lot from this, even though it stinks,” Johnson said.

Lakeville North defender Temi Carda (10) moves in to challenge Eden Prairie’s Naomi Rogge during a state Class AA girls soccer semifinal game Monday at St. Cloud State University. (Photo by Bill Jones)

Panthers can’t contain all of Osseo’s weapons

Football team finishes 9-2

after making 5th straight playoff

appearance

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


The final two South Suburban Conference teams are gone from the state football playoffs. Buoyed by a 98-yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter, Osseo held off a Lakeville North comeback and won 24-21 in a Class 6A semifinal game Oct. 29 at Eden Prai-rie High School. The next day, Maple Grove scored 17 points in the first quar-ter and went on to defeat Burnsville 32-14. Lakeville North and Burnsville both finished 9-2. Class 6A will have a new champion following Totino-Grace’s 27-13 vic-tory over undefeated and No. 1-ranked Eden Prai-rie on Friday night. Eden Prairie won the last four state large-school cham-pionships and had a 40-game winning streak dat-ing to the 2012 season. Totino-Grace (9-2) will play Osseo (8-3) in the semifinal round at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at Minnetonka High School. Maple Grove (9-2) faces East Ridge (10-1) in the other semifinal at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at Eden Prairie. Winners play the state championship at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at TCF Bank Stadium. Asked what Osseo did that gave his team the most trouble, Lakeville North coach Brian Vossen made an expression as if to say, “where do you want me to start?” “Twenty-one (receiver/defensive back Dama-rio Armstrong), 28 (re-ceiver Martelius Hughes), 22 (running back Price Kruah), the quarterback (Malik Gaillard) on the naked boot,” Vossen said.

Lakeville North defensive back Jadon Hatt races downfield with one of two interceptions he made during the Panthers’ 24-21 loss to Osseo in the state Class 6A football quarterfinals. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)

“They have a big O-line. I’m proud of the effort our kids gave to hold them to what we held them to.” Lakeville North led ear-ly – scoring four minutes into the game on a 6-yard pass from Drew Stewart to Nick Fossey – and threat-ened late, but Osseo made more big plays. The Ori-oles stopped North twice on fourth and one and scored touchdowns on each of the two ensuing possessions. In the fourth quarter, after the Panthers downed a punt at the Osseo 2-yard line, the Orioles marched downfield for a touch-down that increased their lead to 24-14 with less than four minutes remain-ing. “We went for it on fourth and one, which I think you have to do this time of year, and we weren’t able to get them. Those were turning points,” Vossen said. Asked if there were any errors on the Panthers’ end on the short-yardage plays, Vossen said, “(Os-seo) made good plays. They found the right gaps, got in there and stopped them. Sometimes you have to tip your cap.” With North trailing 17-7, Panthers defensive back Jadon Hatt inter-cepted a pass and returned it 40 yards to the Osseo 15. That set up a 3-yard touchdown run by Wade Sullivan that cut the defi-cit to 17-14 with one sec-ond remaining in the third quarter. Lakeville North then attempted and recovered

an onside kick. Although the Panthers couldn’t turn that into points, they were able to pin the Orioles at their 2-yard line. Problem was, North couldn’t keep Osseo there. Stewart threw a 3-yard touchdown pass to David Lindstrand with 2:29 re-maining. Osseo, however, recovered an onside kick and picked up a first down on third and 13 to ensure the Panthers wouldn’t see the ball again. Kruah, who gained more than 800 yards rush-ing in Osseo’s previous three games, rushed for 150 yards and one touch-down against North. Armstrong caught seven passes for 106 yards and one score. The Orioles’ de-fense also sacked Stewart six times. It was Lakeville North’s fifth consecutive trip to the state playoffs, one that some might not have ex-pected after the Panthers had heavy graduation losses following a trip to the Class 6A semifinals in 2014. The Panthers were unranked going into this season, although that last-ed only one week because they beat East Ridge in their opening game. Vossen said this year’s North seniors “have been doubted and proven peo-ple wrong. They love play-ing with each other. It’s a close-knit group that com-petes hard and had fun doing it. When you have kids like that, it shouldn’t be a surprise that winning happens. “But you can’t win them all.”

North boys advance to state; South girls narrowly miss

Farmington edges Cougar girls at section cross country

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


The Farmington girls’ performance at last week’s Section 1AA meet was his-toric. By finishing second, the Tigers qualified for the state meet for the first time in 26 years. To get there, the Ti-gers had to get past an established state power in Lakeville South. Red Wing won the Section 1AA girls team champion-ship in Owatonna with 60 points while Farmington was second with 78, one point ahead of South. Lakeville South’s six-year streak of qualifying for state as a team was broken, but the Cougars still will have two individ-uals at the Class AA state race at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at St. Olaf College in Northfield. Lakeville North’s boys team will advance to state after the Panthers finished second to Rochester Cen-tury at the Section 1AA meet. The Panthers’ state meet spot was never really in danger as they finished 33 points ahead of the third-place team, Roches-ter Mayo. The state Class AA boys race will be 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Olaf Col-lege.

Boys Previously unranked Rochester Century edged 12th-ranked Lakeville North by seven points for the Section 1AA boys championship. The Pan-thers, who won the South Suburban Conference

championship in mid-Oc-tober, still qualified com-fortably for the state meet. Lakeville North will com-pete at state for the sixth time as a team and the first time since 2013. Seniors Collin VanDus-sen and Justin Paschall led North by finishing among the top 10 individuals. VanDussen was fourth in 16:17.0 and Paschall placed eighth in 16:32.1. Also counting toward the Panthers’ team score were Conner Bach (14th, 16:54.2), Jacob Beckstrom (21st, 17:05.6) and Robert Frederick (28th, 17:15.5). Duncan Ince (43rd) and Luke Tollefson (72nd) also ran at state for the Pan-thers. Lakeville South placed fifth with 148 points, but Sam Moerbitz’s 10th-place finish in 16:35.3 earned him a spot at the state meet. Jack Otterson, who finished 20th, was the Cougars’ No. 2 finisher at the section meet. Farmington was ninth in the team standings. The Tigers’ Alex Hart was 13th individually in 16:46.8, missing a place in the state meet by less than three seconds.

Girls Farmington teams have qualified for state six times but not since 1989. Saturday will be the Ti-gers’ first appearance in the Class AA state meet. Their previous four trips were for the Class A meet. Farmington also advanced twice in the 1970s when the state meet was single-class. Three runners – Emma Christensen of Rochester John Marshall and Lauren Peterson and Anna Fen-ske of Farmington – broke away from the pack in the

Section 1AA race. Chris-tensen won in 17:54.0, with Peterson second in 17:56.3 and Fenske third in 17:58. Lakeville South’s Bri-anne Brewster (eighth, 18:40.3) and Patty Jo English (13th, 19:18.1) advanced to state as indi-viduals. Cassie Jenny, who was 14th, was less than three seconds away from qualifying. Hannah Oechsle (16th) and Lauren Geary (28th) completed the Cougars’ top five, but the high fin-ishes by Farmington’s Peterson and Fenske left South with too much ground to make up. Lakeville North was fourth with 128 points, with Danielle Bellino (17th) and Taylor Loth (19th) putting up top-20 finishes for the Panthers.

Brianne Brewster, shown running in the South Sub-urban Conference meet in October, is one of two Lakeville South girls who qualified for Saturday’s state Class AA cross coun-try meet. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

South plans Nov. 11 signing ceremony A number of Lakeville South High School ath-letes will sign a National Letter of Intent dur-ing a ceremony at 7 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at the high school. As of noon Wednes-day, these are the South athletes scheduled to par-ticipate (others could be added in the days preced-

ing the ceremony): Nicholas Petersen (Mount Olive, lacrosse), Donovan Dempsey (De-troit Mercy, lacrosse), Jocelyn Johnson (St. Cloud State, basketball), Mariah Douville (Colo-rado Christian University, basketball), Shea Bougie (Nebraska, swimming), Brianna Alexander (Mi-

ami of Ohio, swimming), Greta Knower (North Da-kota, track and field), Erin Cozad (Taylor University, softball), Amber Kusler (Minnesota Crookston, softball) and Madison Rutter (softball, Northern State). The first signing day for football and soccer players is Feb. 3, 2016.


LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following de-scribed mortgage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: May 21, 2004ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF MORTGAGE: $169,686.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Shaun D. Fumanti (unmarried)MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

tronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for U.S. Bank N.A.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.MIN#: 100021278908262392SERVICER: U.S. Bank National AssociationLENDER: U.S. Bank N.A..DATE AND PLACE OF FILING:

Scott County Minnesota, Recorder, on June 2, 2004, as Document No. A658819.

ASSIGNED TO: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Dated: August 19, 2014, and recorded August 26, 2014 by Document No. A964089.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY:

Unit No. 104, Common interest community No. 1129, Ridgewood condominiums, A Condominium, Scott County, Minnesota.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 7622 Southridge Ln, Savage, MN 55378

PROPERTY I.D: 263691040COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: ScottTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO

BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: One Hundred Forty Thousand Seventy-Three and 98/100 ($140,073.98)

THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recov-er the debt secured by said mort-gage, or any part thereof; that there has been compliance with all pre-foreclosure notice and acceleration requirements of said mortgage, and/or applicable statutes;

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

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM on December 3, 2015PLACE OF SALE: in the lobby of

the Scott County Law Enforcement Center, 301 S. Fuller Street, Shako-pee, MN 55379

to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is 6.00 months from the date of sale. If Mortgage is not reinstated under Minn. Stat. §580.30 or the prop-erty is not redeemed under Minn. Stat. §580.23, the Mortgagor must vacate the property on or before 11:59 p.m. on June 3, 2016, or the next business day if June 3, 2016 falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”

Dated: October 9, 2015U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIA-TIONRandall S. Miller & Associates, PLLC

Attorneys for Assignee of Mort-gage/MortgageeCanadian Pacific Plaza, 120 South Sixth Street, Suite 2050Minneapolis, MN 55402Phone: 952-232-0052Our File No. 15MN00492-1THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

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CITY OF LAKEVILLE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

REQUEST: The preliminary plat of 67 single family residential lots to be known as DODD CROSSING.

APPLICANT: CNC Development, LLCLOCATION AND LEGAL DE-

SCRIPTION: The property is locat-ed south of 160th Street (CSAH 46), west of Pilot Knob Road (CSAH 31) and north of Dodd Boulevard (CSAH 9) in the City of Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota and is legally described as follows:

That part of the Northeast Quar-ter of the Northeast Quarter, the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 2, Township 114, Range 20, Dakota County, Minnesota, described as follows:

Beginning at the Northeast cor-ner of said Section 2; thence South 01 degrees 11 minutes 40 seconds East, along the East line of said Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 1219.34 feet to the centerline of Dodd Boulevard according to Dakota County Road Right of Way Map No. 177; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 37 seconds West, along said center-line of Dodd Boulevard, a distance of 1531.63 feet; thence deflecting on a tangential curve concave to the Southeast having a radius of 1432.39 feet, a delta angle of 37 degrees 47 minutes 05 seconds and a length of 944.62 feet; thence North 52 degrees 09 minutes 13 seconds East, along the centerline of Old Dodd Boulevard a distance of 2481.25 feet to the north line of said Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 16 seconds East, along said north line, a dis-tance of 423.39 feet to the point of beginning.

Exception No. 1:Parcel 5 as designated on Dako-

ta County Road Right of Way Map No. 177.

ANDParcels 6, 7, 9, 10, and 14, Da-

kota County Right of Way Map No. 177, according the recorded map thereof, Dakota County, Minnesota.

ANDOutlot A, LAKEVILLE SUBSTA-

TIONWHEN: Thursday, November 19,

2015 beginning at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the parties may be heard.

WHERE: Planning Commis-sion Meeting. City Hall Council Chambers, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota.

QUESTIONS: Call the Planning Department at (952) 985-4424 or e-mail comments or questions to Associate Planner Kris Jenson at [email protected] this 3rd day of November 2015.CITY OF LAKEVILLECharlene FriedgesCity Clerk

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DATE OF MORTGAGE:

May 17, 2013ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF MORTGAGE: $107,850.00MORTGAGOR(S): Kimberly M.

Wenker and Kolin A. Wenker, Wife & Husband

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-tronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Bremer Bank National Association


tion Systems, IncMIN#: 1000739-8110688988-5SERVICER: U.S. Bank National AssociationLENDER: Bremer Bank National

Association.DATE AND PLACE OF FILING:

Dakota County Minnesota, Record-er, on May 31, 2013, as Document No. 2953128.

ASSIGNED TO: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Dated: December 17, 2014, and recorded December 22, 2014 by Document No. 3044002.


Unit No. 903, Hastings Century South, CIC No. 336, Dakota Coun-ty, Minnesota.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 367 Frederick Circle, Hastings, MN 55033PROPERTY I.D: 19-17500-50-903COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: DakotaTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO

BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: One Hundred Seven Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Three and 25/100 ($107,253.25)



DATE AND TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM on December 22, 2015

PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff`s Main Office, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Highway 55, Hastings MN 55033-2343



Dated: November 6, 2015U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIA-TIONRandall S. Miller & Associates, PLLCAttorneys for Assignee of Mort-gage/MortgageeCanadian Pacific Plaza, 120 South Sixth Street, Suite 2050Minneapolis, MN 55402Phone: 952-232-0052Our File No. 15MN00530-1THIS IS A COMMUNICATION

FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.Published in the

Lakeville Sun ThisweekNovember 6, 13, 20, 27, December 4, 11, 2015

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194

This is a summary of the Inde-pendent School District No. 194 Regular Board of Education Meet-ing on October 13 and Special Board of Education Meeting on October 20, 2015 and with full text available for public inspection on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210th Street W., Lakeville, MN 55044

REGULAR MEETING:OCTOBER 13, 2015

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

Public Comment: Darcy & Mic-ayla Riess, 9785 Oak Shore Drive

Consent agenda items ap-proved: Minutes of the meetings on September 15, 21 and 22; em-ployment recommendations, leave requests and resignations; pay-ment of bills & claims; donations; field trips; additional non-public transportation contracts; MSHSL resolutions.

Reports presented: Commu-nity base summer report; key per-formance indicators; 2015 levy referendum; student enrollment and staffing; first reading policies 505-Distribution of Non-School Sponsored Materials on School Premises by Students and Em-ployees, 904-Distribution of Materi-als on School District Property by Non-School Persons, 905-Adver-tising, 706-Acceptance of Gifts, and 535-Political Campaigns and Activities

Approved actions: 2015-17 Edu-cation Minnesota-Lakeville collec-tive bargaining agreement.

Adjournment at 9:04 p.m. SPECIAL MEETING:OCTOBER 20, 2015

The special meeting was called to order at 6:01 p.m. All board members and Superintendent Sny-der, Exec Dir.’s Baumann, Knudsen, and Massaros were present.

Discussions: Preliminary audit report FY15; transportation fees; FY16 quarterly report.

Meeting adjourned at 8:06 p.m.Published in the

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November 6, 2015468330

CITY OF LAKEVILLE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

The Planning Commission of the City of Lakeville will hold a public hearing on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon there-after as the parties may be heard at the City Hall Council Chambers, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota to consider an amend-ment to Section 11-2-3 (definition of yard, side) and Section 11-21-5.F (residential fencing and screen-ing) of the Lakeville City Code.

All who wish to comment are asked to attend and be heard.

QUESTIONS: Call Planning Director Daryl Morey at 952-985-4422 or e-mail questions or com-ments to [email protected] this 3rd day of November 2015CITY OF LAKEVILLECharlene Friedges, City Clerk

Published in theLakeville Sun Thisweek

November 6, 2015471486




DATE OF MORTGAGE:

May 27, 2009ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF MORTGAGE: $149,408.00MORTGAGOR(S): Mary Whelan,

an unmarried womanMORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

tronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc.


tion Systems, Inc.MIN#: 100039032203441361SERVICER: Bayview Loan Servicing, LLCLENDER: Quicken Loans Inc..DATE AND PLACE OF FILING:

Dakota County Minnesota, on June 23, 2009, as Document No. 2666112.

ASSIGNED TO: Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company Dated: Septem-ber 12, 2014, and recorded Oc-tober 9, 2014 by Document No. 3033437.


Unit NO. 88, CIC NO. 319, A Condominium, Middle Creek Con-dominium, Dakota County, Minne-sota.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 20621 Claire Ct, Farmington, MN 55024

PROPERTY I.D: 14-48703-05-088COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: DakotaTHE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE

DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: One Hun-dred Seventy-Two Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-Six and 95/100 ($172,866.95)



DATE AND TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM on December 1, 2015PLACE OF SALE: Sheriff`s Main

Office, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Highway 55, Hastings MN 55033-2343



Dated: October 16, 2015Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Com-panyRandall S. Miller & Associates, PLLCAttorneys for Assignee of Mort-gage/MortgageeCanadian Pacific Plaza, 120 South Sixth Street, Suite 2050Minneapolis, MN 55402Phone: 952-232-0052Our File No. 15MN00417-1THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


October 16, 21, 30, November 6, 13, 20, 2015

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CITY OF LAKEVILLE DAKOTA COUNTY,

MINNESOTANOTICE OF HEARING ON IMPROVEMENT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the City Council of Lakeville will meet at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 16, 2015, at the City Council Chambers, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota, to consider the 2016 Street Recon-struction Project, City Improvement Project 16-02, pursuant to Minn. Stat. 429.011 to 429.111.

The area proposed to be as-sessed for the improvements is as follows:

The project will include property in that part of Sections 18 and 19 Township 114 Range 20, and Sec-tions 12, 13 and 24 Township 114 Range 21 within the City of Lakev-ille, Dakota County, Minnesota, and also being in subdivisions: Amoco Addition, Argonne Park, South-fork Center 1st – 3rd Additions, Woodridge Estates, Woodridge Estates 2nd – 4th Additions, Ra-ven Lake 1st Addition, Great Oak Shores, Great Oak Shores Point, Marion Hills 1st – 2nd Additions, Fox Meadows, Wilson Addition, Family of Christ Lutheran Church Addition, Antlers Park, Marion Pines, Marion Pines 3rd Addi-tion, Lenihans Lots Antlers Park, Kirk Meyer Addition, Bassetts 1st – 3rd Additions, Wagners View, Oak Knolls Addition, Greers Rear-rangement, Orchard Meadows of Lakeville, Antlers Park Minnesota Subdivision of Lot 1 Block 23 and Antlers Park Subdivision of Blocks 24 and 26.

The estimated cost of the im-provement is $12,933,260. Such persons as desire to be heard with reference to the proposed improve-ment will be heard at this meeting.

DATED this 19th day of October, 2015CITY OF LAKEVILLEBY: Charlene FriedgesCity Clerk


October 30, November 6, 2015464465

MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclu-sive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a business.

ASSUMED NAME: The Hearing ShoppesPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 19012 Ireton WayLakeville, MN 55044NAMEHOLDER(S): Connect Hearing, Inc.215 Shuman Blvd., Suite 401Naperville, Illinois 60563I, the undersigned, certify that

I am signing this document as the person whose signature is required, or as agent of the person(s) whose signature would be required who has authorized me to sign this document on his/her behalf, or in both capacities. I further certify that I have completed all required fields, and that the information in this document is true and correct and in compliance with the appli-cable chapter of Minnesota Stat-utes. I understand that by signing this document I am subject to the penalties of perjury as set forth in Section 609.48 as if I had signed this document under oath.

DATE FILED: October 30, 2015SIGNED BY: Daniel Beck

Published in theLakeville Sun ThisweekNovember 6, 13, 2015

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drivers not yielding to the traffic in the roundabout,” Krebsbach said. “Almost every crash we have is be-cause of that driver error.” Bakke said since it opened more people are understanding how to drive through the round-about. “Every day, it’s get-ting better.” When approaching the two-lane roundabout, drivers are to slow down, yield to both lanes of traf-fic in the roundabout and pick their lane depending on where they intend to go. Drivers turning right must be in the right lane, and those turning left or making a U-turn are to be in the left lane. Vehicles that are going straight can be in either lane. Drivers must yield to all traffic in either lane, along with pedestrians and bi-cyclists, according to the

county. Dakota County offi-cials replaced the signal-ized intersection with the multilane roundabout to address heavy traffic and extended delays that at times required police di-recting traffic. Building the round-about started in early May and led to months of traf-fic headaches for commut-ers in and around Lake-ville with multiples weeks of significant backups on I-35 during commute times. Laura Peterson, stu-dent transportation man-ager with Schmitty & Sons Bus Company, said she “expected kind of a mess” when the roundabout was put in, but is finding that there are enough breaks in the traffic that school bus-es are able to get through their routes on time. Peterson said at first she was opposed to the roundabout, but since see-ing it in action, she sup-

ports it. She said one bus had a fender-bender in the roundabout shortly after it opened, but drivers have had no problems since. Bakke said getting out of his driveway can be dif-ficult during morning and evening rush hours and he has had to wait three to four minutes to find a way onto the busy road. Construction at the roundabout is still under-way. The county is install-ing overhead signs that, Krebsbach said, will help direct drivers into the ap-propriate lanes. A major thoroughfare in the heart of Lakeville, County Road 50 is slated for improvement work soon. Dakota County and the city are planning to widen County Road 50 (Kenwood Trail) to a four-lane divided highway from Dodd Boulevard to Coun-ty Road 60 (185th Street) in 2017.

ACCIDENTS, from 1A

According to the Aug. 12 warrant for Grazzi-ni-Rucki, Nathan said Grazzini-Rucki told him after the girls disap-peared that they were go-ing to be interviewed by FOX television on May 15, 2013. The interview of the girls aired that day, and Nathan said Grazzini-Rucki was “very tight-lipped” about where the girls were and how they could be contacted, ac-cording to the warrant. Lakeville Police Lt. Ja-son Polinski said since her arrest, Grazzini-Rucki has not provided investi-gators with any informa-tion about where the girls are, and MacDonald says her client does not know their whereabouts. Polinski said he be-lieves Grazzini-Rucki knows where the girls are, and that they are be-ing kept by a network of people who believe fam-ily courts are corrupt. He cited photos police found showing Grazzini-Rucki in tropical loca-tions throughout the world, not appearing worried about the girls, but like she was “having the time of her life.” In an interview, Mac-Donald said a picture is usually worth 1,000 words, but not in this case. She said Grazzini-

Rucki travels for her work with an airline, is “stressed out” and was surviving by the help of friends. “She’s terrified for herself and all her kids,” MacDonald said. MacDonald said Grazzini-Rucki was ar-rested after U.S. Mar-shals woke her up with guns pointed at her head and were looking for the girls. “She was terrified,” MacDonald said, adding that Grazzini-Rucki has been working the whole time police have been looking for her, and they could have found her work schedule and ar-rested her at work. MacDonald said she would prefer the case be heard in either Minneap-olis or St. Paul, because a potential jury pool would be people who “under-stand what’s going on.” “I think we would get somebody who under-stands homelessness per-haps, because Sandra has been homeless,” Mac-Donald said. MacDonald said dur-ing the divorce, the court ordered Grazzini-Rucki out of her home, and the children into the custody of their aunt. She said the court sys-tem in Dakota County is corrupt, describing corruption in Grazzini-Rucki’s case as a “lack of accountability.”

“Dakota County is where her life ended,” MacDonald said. She said Grazzini-Rucki tried to get help from the police, courts, child protection, but re-ceived none. “Everywhere and anywhere she turned … within the system, there was not help for the fam-ily,” MacDonald said. MacDonald said she learned from Grazzini-Rucki’s cellmate that her client had been taken from the Osceola County Jail on Oct. 30 around 8:30 p.m. and has not had any contact with Grazzini-Rucki since. “November 1st, I learned she was here in Minnesota,” MacDonald said. “Nobody’s telling me anything so I can help her.” Lakeville police have described Grazzini-Rucki as “a person of in-terest” in the case. Grazzini-Rucki claims her former husband, Da-vid Rucki, abused herself and the girls, allegations that Rucki denies and Dakota County courts have said lack evidence. The courts granted Rucki full custody of the couple’s five children af-ter a contentious divorce proceeding.


MISSING, from 1A

laid down with the boys in the back, but left the rear hatch open and believed there would be enough air flow around it that they would not be harmed. The complaint says he thought his mother would come out to the garage eventually, and when the light came on he closed the vehicle doors.

Police say Ernst had in recent days made suicidal statements to family mem-bers, and Ernst allegedly told police this was his way of crying out for help to address his addiction is-sues. Ernst allegedly sent text messages to himself as a way of journaling events, and police said two of the journal entries included specific references to he

and his children not being around anymore and his wife not having to worry about being a single mom raising kids. Ernst faces two first-degree felony counts of premeditated attempted murder that carries a max-imum sentence of up to 20 years in prison.


CHARGES, from 1A


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Sat., November 79am - 5:30 pm

Sun., November 8

8:30am-1:30pm Mary, Mother of

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Golden Valley

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5080 Child &Adult Care

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5300 Heating &Cooling Services

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5330 Irrigation

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5340 Landscaping

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5350 Lawn &Garden Services

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5370 Painting &Decorating

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5380 Plumbing

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5390 Roofing, Siding& Gutters

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theater and arts briefsPaul Sailer featured at author event The Rosemount Area Arts Council’s ongoing “Meet the Author” series will feature Paul Sailer, author of “The Oranges are Sweet,” at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, at the Robert Trail Library in Rosemount. “The Oranges are Sweet” is a study of Major Don Beerbower, a World War II fighter pilot who commanded the 353rd Fighter Squadron, a unit that had more aerial victo-ries than any other squad-ron in the U.S. Army Air

Forces during World War II. The book chronicles the daily life of Beerbower during World War II and that of his wife and family on the home front in Min-nesota. Sailer is also set to speak at the Rosemount Historical Society’s His-tory Book Club at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Robert Trail Library. The book club is open to the public. There is no cost to at-tend the “Meet the Au-thor” event. The Robert Trail Library is at 14395 S. Robert Trail.

Fall choral concerts The Minnesota Val-ley Men’s and Women’s Chorale are gearing up for their annual Fall Cho-ral Concerts – “A Hint of Christmas.” Both choirs will per-form a variety of choral repertoire including sa-cred, secular, multi-cultur-al, spirituals and Broad-way. Also highlighted will be familiar Christmas se-lections. A guest brass ensem-ble, featuring instrumen-tal faculty members from District 196, will also per-form and accompany the choirs. The choirs will present concerts 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Burns-ville, and 7:30 p.m. Sat-urday, Nov. 14, at Grace Lutheran Church in Apple Valley. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased online at MVWCsings.org or MVMCsings.org. Tickets may also be purchased at the door. There is no re-served seating.

Festival of new plays at Ames The Chameleon The-atre Circle’s 16th annual New Play Festival starts 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, in the Black Box The-atre at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Admission and parking are free. For a full sched-ule and a list of actors in-volved in the festival, visit www.chameleontheatre.org.

Poetry reading in Eagan Minnesota poet Rich-ard Meyer will give a po-etry reading of his debut book “Orbital Paths” at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at

Barnes and Noble, 1291 Promenade Place, Eagan. Meyer’s poems have received national recogni-tion. “Fieldstone” won the 2012 Robert Frost Farm Prize and “The Autumn Way” won the 2014 String Poet Prize. Meyer also re-ceived top honors in the Great River Shakespeare Festival sonnet contest. Call 651-683-1955 for more information.

FHS presents ‘Godspell’ Farmington High School presents the musi-cal “Godspell” Nov. 13-15 and 20-21 on the Boeck-man Middle School stage. Performances are 7 p.m. Nov. 13, 14, 20 and 21, and 2 p.m. Nov. 15. Tickets can be pur-chased at the door or through a cast, crew or pit member. Tickets are $12 preferred seating (email [email protected]), $10 adults, $6 students and seniors.

‘Into the Woods’ at BHS Burnsville High School Theatre Guild presents Stephen Sondheim’s mu-sical “Into the Woods” Nov. 12-15 and 19-21 in the Mraz Center for the Performing Arts, 600 E. Highway 13, Burnsville. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, and 3 p.m. Nov. 15. Tickets can be pur-chased at www.MrazCen-terTickets.com.

LNHS presents ‘Sweeney Todd’ Lakeville North High School presents the mu-sical thriller “Sweeney Todd” at 7 p.m. Nov. 13, 14, 19 and 21 in the Lakev-ille North auditorium. Tickets are $10 adults, $5 students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased online at www.seatyour-self.biz.

Winter art experience Eagan Art Festival, Lunds & Byerlys, and the Eagan Art House present Winter Art Experience 12:30-3:30 p.m. Satur-day, Nov. 14, at Lunds & Byerlys, 1299 Promenade Place, Eagan. Attendees can experi-ence art on display, art-ists creating their work, a children’s art activity, live music, and food sampling.

Santa arrives at Burnsville Center Santa arrives at Burns-ville Center on Saturday, Nov. 7. He is available for visits through Christmas 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon-days-Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays. Visits with Santa are free; photo packages are avail-able for purchase. Pet Nights with Santa are 6-9 p.m. Dec. 1 and 8. Pets must be leashed or in a carrier and use the mall entrance near Chuck E. Cheese. Santa is located on the

lower level, in front of Macy’s. For photo pack-age prices and more in-formation, visit Burnsvil-leCenter.com.

Eagan Art House pottery and art sale The annual Eagan Art House Pottery & Art Sale will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21. The sale features 24 local art-ists from the Eagan Art House and from Eagan Artist Connect. The sale has expanded this year to two locations – the Eagan Art House and just across the parking lot at Advent United Methodist Church. Admission is free. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Eagan Art Festival Board in support of the arts in Eagan. The Eagan Art House is located at 3981 Lexing-ton Ave. S. and Advent United Methodist Church is at 3945 Lexington Ave. S. For more information, call 651-675-5521.

Local Author Fair in Apple Valley Dakota County Li-brary’s Local Author Fair will be 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, in the Western Service Center atrium, ad-jacent to the Galaxie Li-brary, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. Forty local authors will be present throughout the day to showcase their tal-ent and offer books for sale. Keynote speaker will be Benjamin Percy, Minne-sota author of “The Dead Lands,” “Red Moon” and “The Wilding.” Common Good Books will sell Per-cy’s work, and the author will be available for sign-ing his books. The Loft Literary Cen-ter will present free writing workshops from 2-4 p.m. For more information, visit www.dakotacounty.us/library and search “lo-cal author fair” or call 651-450-2918.

Community Art Exhibit deadline The Dakota County Public Art Citizen Advi-sory Committee is seeking original works of art for its fifth Community Art Exhibition. The deadline for submitting artwork is Nov. 9. Submissions should

represent the themes “New Perspectives of Historic Places in Dakota County” or “Your Favorite Build-ing in Dakota County.” Artists 8 years old and older living in Da-kota County are invited to submit original two-dimensional art that meets the committee’s criteria outlined online. One entry per person per theme is al-lowed. The committee will review submissions and make a recommendation to the Dakota County Board of Commissioners, which will make the final decision on which artwork is exhibited. The six-month exhibit will be installed in No-vember in various Dakota County buildings. For submission criteria, visit www.dakotacounty.us and search “art exhib-it.” To learn more, contact Jean Erickson at 651-438-4286 or [email protected].

Holiday Harvest at Mystic Lake Mystic Lake Casino Hotel in Prior Lake is de-buting Holiday Harvest, touted as the ultimate all-you-can-eat Thanksgiving buffet. In addition to tradi-tional Thanksgiving fa-vorites, the buffet includes oysters on the half shell, crab claws, pan-seared Chilean sea bass gremo-lata, pepper-smoked salm-on, chef-prepared omelets and butterscotch pot de crème. The buffet runs 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 26, in the Grand Ballroom. Cost is $44.95 adults, $22.95 children ages 4 to 12, and free for children under 4. Reserva-tions are being accepted at mysticlake.com/holiday-harvest or by calling 952-445-9000.

Santa kicks off holiday show Mystic Lake is kicking off the holiday season by offering free photos with Santa on Friday, Nov. 27, to celebrate the opening night of its new holiday show “Borealis – The Hol-iday Magic Continues.” Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus and Santa’s Elves will be on hand to meet children and pose for pictures. Each family will have the opportunity to take home a free souvenir photo print

CORO!, a Twin Cities opera ensemble, is set to perform at 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at Family of Christ Lutheran Church in Lakeville. The 22-member ensemble conducted by John-Scott Moir sings with “full voice” technique, differing dramatically from the standard Midwest choral sound. The English-language opera program will include selections from “The Crucible,” “Ballad of Baby Doe” and “Candide.” Additional concerts are scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at Lake Harriet Methodist Church in Minneapolis, and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at St. Anne’s Episcopal Church in Sunfish Lake. Admission is free, though donations will be accepted. (Photo submitted)

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Books Local Author Fair, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, in the atrium adjoining the Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Val-ley. Free. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/libraries. SouthSide Writers, Sat-urday workgroup for aspiring writers, offering critique, sub-mission and manuscript prep-aration information, support and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Information: 651-688-0365.

Comedy Lisa Landry and Lucas O’Neil, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, and Saturday, Nov. 14, Mystic Lake, Prior Lake. Ma-ture audiences only. Tickets: $19. Information: www.mysti-clake.com or 952-445-9000.

Dance Eastview High School fall dance shows, 6:30 and 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, Eastview High School. Tickets: $7 adults, $5 students. Information: 952-431-8900.

Exhibits Minnesota Watercolor Society Fall Exhibition runs through Dec. 12 at Ames Cen-ter art gallery, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Information: www.ames-center.com. Tuesday Painters exhibit runs through November at the Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount.

Music Farmington High School wind ensemble/Army band concert, 6:30 p.m. Satur-day, Nov. 7, Farmington High School. Information: 651-252-2501. Symphony On The Rocks with The Vic Ferrari Band, 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, Ames

Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $33 at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com. Foghorn Stringband, 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8, at St. James Lutheran Church, 3650 Williams Drive, Burnsville. Old-time American music. Suggest-ed donation: $15. Eagan High School pops instrumental concert, 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9, Eagan High School. Information: 651-683-6900. Farmington High School fall band concert, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, Farmington High School. Information: 651-252-2501. November Dance Night at Skateville, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, 201 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. Dance les-sons 7-8 p.m. ($10) by Fred Astaire Studio, live music 8-10 p.m. by Red Rock Swing Band ($10). Information: https://www.facebook.com/events/874023549313205/.

Theater “9 to 5: The Musical,” pre-sented by Apple Valley High School Theater, 7 p.m. Nov. 5-7 and 2 p.m. Nov. 8, Apple Valley High School. Tickets: $9 adults, $7 senior citizens, $5 students. Tickets can be purchased on-line at www.seatyourself.biz/avhs and at the box office one hour prior to performances. “Stanley Ann: The Unlikely Story of Barack Obama’s Mother,” Nov. 6-22, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Nov. 9 is “pay what you can” at the door. Tickets: $22 at the box office, Ticket-master.com or 800-982-2787.

Workshops/classes/other Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny

“Sunshine” (above) by David Smith and “Winter Biker” (at

right) by Emmy White are among the more than 70

paintings featured at the Minnesota

Watercolor Society’s fall exhibition, which runs through Dec. 12

at the Ames Center in Burnsville.

Watercolor wonders at the Ames Center gallery

Opening reception Nov.

6 for MNWS fall exhibition

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


There’s a double meaning embedded in the title of the Minne-sota Watercolor Society’s fall exhibition, “Brilliant Passages.” “Brilliant Passages” refers to the transitions a watercolor artist makes with colors, moving from one part of the canvas to the next, explained Suzi McArdle, chair of the MNWS exhibition. It also refers to the real-world, life transitions the painters are seeking to convey with their images. “Every passage, whether in time, place or a painting, has the poten-tial to carry a particular brilliance in memory or effect for the artist and observer,” McArdle said.

The exhibition, which runs Nov. 5-Dec. 12 at the Ames Center gallery in Burnsville, features more than 70 paintings by members of the non-profit, volunteer-run painting society. An opening reception is scheduled for 6-8:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at the gallery. The recep-tion, which is free and open to the public, in-cludes a 7 p.m. awards ceremony, with 10 artists receiving ribbon awards. Sally Johnson, owner and curator of the Groveland Gallery in Minneapolis, is jurying the paintings. Prior to the launch of the exhibition, Andy Evansen, of Vermillion, provided workshops for MNWS members at the Ames Center Nov. 2-4. An internationally known watercolor artist whose studio is in Hast-ings, he’s a past MNWS president and works pro-fessionally as a medical illustrator. “He’s one of these

natural painters that we all aspire to learn from,” McArdle said. This is the second year MNWS has held its fall exhibition at the Ames Center. The theme of the 2014 exhibition was “In-spired Images.” MNWS has about 280 members statewide, and holds two exhibitions each year, one in the spring and one in the fall. The society grew out of a social gathering of watercolor painters held in an artist’s home in 1982. The Twin Cities Watercolor Society was founded by Jeanette Stor-dahl and Jeanne Emrich, with 47 members attend-ing the first meeting in 1983. In 1998, the Twin Cities Watercolor Society became the Minnesota Watercolor Society. More about the exhi-bition is at www.minne-sotawatercolors.com.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre is set to present “Flamenco on Fire,” an evening of traditional Spanish flamenco dance and music, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Tickets are $17-$21 and are available at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com or at the arts center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. The ticket price includes light tapas 30 minutes prior to the show; a cash bar will be available. (Photo submitted)

‘Flamenco on Fire’ Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tier-ney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes-days, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through drawing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksS-choolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Soy candle making class-es held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Ja-mie at 651-315-4849 for dates

and times. $10 per person. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. Line dance classes Wednesdays at Lakeville Heri-tage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., beginners 9-10 a.m., in-termediate 10 a.m. to noon. Information: Marilyn, 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Infor-mation: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

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of the occasion. Photos with Santa will be avail-able 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27, inside Mystic Lake near the entrance to the Mystic Showroom. “Borealis – The Holi-day Magic Continues” features acts including aerialists, acrobats, dare-devils and more. The show includes a state-of-the-art lighting design including lasers and projection map-ping. Tickets are $29 and $39. For more informa-tion, visit mysticlake.com/borealis.

‘Crystal Ball’ event Nov. 19 The free Crystal Ball event with psychics, palm and tarot card readers plus America’s Best Psychic will be 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at Mystic Lake. For more information, visit www.mysticlake.com.

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