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Lakeville teams may collideLakeville North and Lakeville South’s girls hockey teams may meet in the section semifinal game.

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End domestic violence360 Communities programs are working with parents and their children to end the cycle of domestic violence.

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Brass act all the wayThe Chestnut Brass Company is bringing it horn-centered sound to the stage of the Lakeville Area Arts Center on Feb. 9.

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Picture perfect wedding plansSun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune offer its Wedding & Bridal 2014 special focus inside this edition.

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LaBeau: Could trail money be spent on roads?

Cheer teams compete at state

Burnsville’s Lari appointed to state Asian council Transportation expert also involved in ethnic issues

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

A Lakeville City Coun-cil member is sounding the alarm about the increasing costs of trail maintenance. Council Member Col-leen LaBeau suggests re-ducing the number of trails being built in the city to save money on their main-tenance and instead use the money for road improve-ments near schools. A School Road Task

Force is being formed to make recommendations to the City Council regarding prioritiz-ing school roads i m p r o v e m e n t s throughout the city. LaBeau said the Task Force should consider trail maintenance costs as it deliberates pri-orities for limited taxpayer funds. The Lakeville Parks Capital Improvement Plan,

dedicates $1.1 mil-lion to trail main-tenance between 2013 and 2017, 100 percent funded through taxes. Those costs are likely to increase as more trails are built.

Construction of the two-mile trail to complete the Lake Marion Loop will be completed this spring. Parks and Recreation Director Brett Altergott

said the $1.8 million trail connection was primarily funded through a federal grant and developer fees, but maintenance costs are paid for by city taxes. Construction costs were higher than normal because the trail involved building a bridge to cross wetlands and triggered extra environ-mental work. LaBeau noted that the cost of building parks is passed on to residents who purchase lots, and she

questioned whether the city should keep adding so many trails because of the maintenance cost to tax-payers. Altergott cited the recent Envision Lakeville plan that indicated trails are among the amenities residents val-ue, but LaBeau said they are not regularly and con-sistently used by residents. According to the city’s Parks CIP, there are about

Thompson selects running mate

by Mandy Moran Froemming and

Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


State Sen. and Republi-can candidate for governor Dave Thompson, R-Lakev-ille, said last week he had se-lected Sen. Michelle Benson, R-Ham Lake, as his running mate. Both suburban senators were first elected in 2010 and re-elected in 2012 in what are regarded as strong Republican districts. B e n s o n serves Dis-trict 31, which in-cludes Ham Lake, An-dover and surrounding cities and townships to the north. She serves as the assis-tant minority leader and is a ranking mi-nority mem-ber of the Health, Hu-man Services and Housing Committee. “In her short time in the Minnesota Senate, Michelle has risen to a leadership position through her strong work ethic and her desire to bring conservative reforms

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


Civil engineer Adeel Lari has had a lot to say about how Min-nesotans get around. Hired by the Minnesota De-partment of Transportation in the mid-’70s, Lari was in charge of ramp meters and freeway cams, devices that made the ardu-ous commute from his bedroom suburb of Burnsville a little more tolerable. “Most of the time they would transfer the (complaint) calls to me, and I would say, ‘Yeah, I know – I was there 10 minutes ago,’” said Lari, who worked at a traffic-management center in Minneapolis. He held a variety of increas-ingly lofty positions during 30 years at MnDOT, which he left to study and champion newfangled transportation ideas at the Hum-phrey Institute of Public Affairs.

He helped lead the suc-cessful push for MnPASS toll lanes, an idea he’d touted since 1996, and these days he is studying benefits of the driverless car, which Lari says could increase road capacity by replacing the flawed judgement of human drivers with the efficient traffic logic of com-puters. “I believe it is going to change the way we move,” Lari said. But the well-known engineer-ing and policy wonk, currently serving as director of innovative financing in the Humphrey Insti-tute’s State and Local Policy Pro-gram, has long been influential in another realm of Minnesota life. A native of Pakistan, Lari helped lead the push for creation of the Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, which the Legisla-ture formed in 1985. Lari has served a total of 12

years as an appointed council member (eight as chair) and, after an ab-sence, was appointed this month to a new four-year term by Gov. Mark Day-ton. His is one of four advi-sory councils speaking

on behalf of minority groups in Minnesota, Lari said. “We were the last one to be formed,” said Lari, a Burnsville resident since 1975. “We also saw that the other ones were be-ing represented. We felt that we should have the representation as well.” Pakistanis are still a small seg-ment of Minnesota’s population — about 3,000, Lari said — and the original statute creating the council left people from his south Asian country ineligible for mem-bership. “But the idea wasn’t that I should be on the board,” Lari

said. “The idea was that we should have an institution that could speak on behalf of the Asian-Pacific community.” While segments of Minne-sota’s Asian immigrant commu-nity may have little in common, either in background or social and educational achievement, the group as a whole is viewed by the larger population as “people from somewhere else.” “So it was important for us that we would have a group that could speak for us,” said Lari, who has also been a DFL Party activist and founded the party’s Asian-American Caucus. One of the committee’s ac-complishments, which he spear-headed, was getting the state Board of Education to subdi-vide academic-performance data among Asian students, Lari said. “Part of our population, which

City Council member suggests new way to fund roads

Area teams vied at the Minnesota Cheerleading

Coaches Association state competition Saturday, Feb.

1, at Roy Wilkins Audi-torium in St. Paul. Three area teams finished in the top four of the Class AA

Non-Tumbling 1 divi-sion. Apple Valley placed

second, while Eastview and Lakeville North earned third- and fourth-place

finishes, respectively. Other Dakota County

teams in the competition were Eagan, Rosemount

and Farmington. (Photos by Rich Moll)

Colleen LaBeau

Dave Thompson

Michelle Benson

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Adeel Lari

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Study finds city could support mid-scale hotel

by Jennifer ChickSUN THISWEEK


A recent study found that Farmington could support a 36-room hotel. Farmington does not currently have a com-petitive hotel within its city limits, and over the years, the city has been approached several times by citizens and potential developers interested in building a hotel there. Farmington City Ad-ministrator Dave McK-night said John Seibert of BriMark Builders ap-proached the city about building a mid-scale hotel within Farmington last August. “The council gets asked this question more times than you even know,” McKnight said. After Farmington and BriMark Builders funded a hotel study through Hospitality Consulting Group, it was completed in November 2013. Based on the results of the mar-ket study, Hospitality Consulting Group found that a 36-room hotel can be market justified and economically feasible in Farmington. The study said Efficien-cy Inn is the only lodging property currently operat-ing in Farmington. Con-structed in 1950, the study found the 28-room lodg-ing facility with outside entrances and no ameni-ties would not be consid-ered competitive with a new hotel. According to the study, visitors and guests to Farmington must travel five miles to Lakeville or eight miles to Apple Valley

to find hotel accommoda-tions. The study further specified the most mar-ketable hotel would have 34 regular guest rooms and two suites, a meeting room, indoor pool, exer-cise room, business center, complimentary breakfast and high speed wireless Internet access through-out the hotel. The study found that the five competitive hotels in the area achieved an overall annual occupancy rate of 61 percent, and for the first nine months of 2013, demand was up 4 percent over the same pe-riod in 2012. According to the study, Farmington’s population has increased by 71 per-cent over the last decade, with a projected popula-tion of 27,000 by 2020. Major commercial em-ployers in the community are the Minneapolis Air Traffic Control Center and a Kemps Dairy Prod-ucts processing plant. BriMark has helped build hotels in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Ne-braska, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Wis-consin. BriMark is associated with Cobblestone Hotels, a rapidly growing chain of upper mid-market lodging facilities designed to func-tion in smaller communi-ties. The study indicates amenities at Cobblestone Hotels include a beer and wine bar off the lobby, in-door pool, fitness room, high speed wireless Inter-net, business center, guest laundry, convenience store, and free hot break-fast.

Farmington Skybound Fitness to have grand opening Skybound Fitness, which owner Jon Reicherts says is a trendy new gym with a cult-like following, will hold a open house from noon to 2 p.m. Sun-day, Feb. 16. Residents are invited to tour the studio at 15225 Carrousel Way, south-west of the intersection of County Road 42 and

Highway 3. “I started this busi-ness as an alternative to big box gyms, believing you can get great results by fostering a community of clients that hold each other accountable and provide a safe welcoming atmosphere for all fitness levels,” Reicherts said. The event will feature

prizes, free healthy food and a chance to meet Sky-bound’s trainers. The 1,200-square-foot studio provides group fit-ness classes at rates that are affordable, according to Reicherts, as less tradi-tional equipment is used like tires, ropes, medi-cine balls, kettlebells, and more.

Reicherts said classes such as Boot Camp, Yoga, Zumba, and Kettlebell makes Skybound an ap-pealing option for those looking for variety. For more information, call 612-234-1759 or log onto www.skyboundfit-ness.com.

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by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


A 39-year-old Roseville woman died just before midnight Monday, Feb. 3, after her family decided to remove her from life sup-port following a Jan. 31 crash in Empire Township. The crash occurred

about 7:54 p.m. on Coun-ty Road 46 near Barbara Avenue. An off-duty Hast-ings firefighter who wit-nessed the crash started CPR Susanne Elizabeth Preda, who was uncon-scious and did not have a pulse. She was taken, in critical condition, to Re-gions Hospital in St. Paul.

The firefighter was able to obtain a pulse and doc-tors stabilized her condi-tion, but she continued to be on life support. The preliminary inves-tigation revealed that the Impala driven by Preda was traveling west on County Road 46 when it abruptly crossed the cen-

ter line directly in front of a GMC Envoy traveling east on the road. The Envoy struck the Impala in the passenger side rear, causing the ve-hicle to spin out of control and into the south ditch. After impact, the Envoy remained in the traffic lane.

The three people in the Envoy were found to be conscious and breathing; they reported minor inju-ries. The driver and one passenger from the Envoy were taken to Regions Hospital, where they re-ceived treatment. The crash remains un-der investigation, and the

Ramsey County Medical Examiner is conducting an autopsy. The Dakota County Sheriff ’s Office reports this is the first fatal crash of 2014.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

Mother charged with manslaughter in 4-year-old’s deathCharges follow murder counts against boyfriend

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


Key’ontay Miller’s life might have been saved, authorities say — even af-ter an alleged “whooping” by his mother’s boyfriend caused him serious inter-nal injuries. But the 4-year-old, whom authorities say lived in a violent house-hold plagued by intimida-tion, went untreated and died last June 11 after his mother reportedly tried to cool his fevered body in the bathtub. The boyfriend, Wil-liam Alphonso Warr, was indicted Jan. 17 on eight murder counts in Key’ontay’s death. Now his mother faces three counts of second-degree manslaughter al-leging child neglect, fail-ure to seek medical care, permitting physical abuse and child endangerment. Sha’reese Monique Miller, 24, was charged Feb. 3 in Dakota County District Court. Miller had an ongoing relationship with Warr, 26, despite a May 2012 protection order that barred him from contact with Miller, Key’ontay and his 2-year-old brother, authorities say. “These charges al-leged that Sha’reese Miller failed to protect her son from a person she knew was harming him, plac-ing him in extreme dan-ger by doing so, and that she failed to seek timely

medical care when his life could have been saved,” Da-kota County At-torney James Backstrom said in a news release. Key’ontay was declared dead at the scene by re-sponders after a 911 call from Miller’s townhouse at 31 Horizon Heights Road in northeast Burns-ville. Medics believe he had been dead for “some time,” said the criminal complaint against his mother. An autopsy in Henne-pin County revealed that the boy had an injury in his small intestine and was bleeding in his bowel area. The medical examiner ruled the death a homicide caused by complications from blunt-force injuries to the abdomen and chest. Key’ontay “was left with this injury long enough for him to develop sepsis and infection,” the complaint said. “Had the injury been treated in a timely manner, it may not have been fatal.” The complaint sheds new light on a case in which police questioned the boy’s family members, child-protection workers and even Warr’s former fellow inmates in the Da-kota County Jail to estab-lish a pattern of abuse and neglect. Warr, who faces four counts each of first- and second-degree mur-der, is in state prison after pleading guilty to violat-

ing the protection order and trying to flee the town-house complex as police arrived. A medical exam-iner’s investiga-tor who examined Key’ontay’s body at the townhouse

found his stomach was “extremely bloated,” and he was bruised on his fore-head, arms and chest. The autopsy revealed that his abdomen was “filled with gas and blood” and that his inju-ries included “multiple contusions to his head, chest and legs,” the com-plaint said. He had eight rib frac-tures “in various stages of healing, indicating the injuries occurred on more than one occasion,” the complaint said. A contu-sion “consistent with an adult human bite mark was found on his upper thigh.” Miller told police June 11 her son had been ill since June 6. He appeared to be improving, but two days before his death was vomiting and having diar-rhea. She called and made a doctor’s appointment for the “following day” but grew concerned when Key’ontay felt “warm to the touch,” the complaint said. She told police she called Warr to care for her other two children, a 2-year-old boy and an 8-month-old girl, who is Warr’s daughter.

After he arrived, Miller told police, she took Key’ontay upstairs at around 4:45 p.m. to try to cool him down in the bathtub. After 15 to 20 minutes, he stopped breathing, she said. Miller at first claimed she didn’t know Warr was at the townhouse, but in subsequent police inter-views admitted he was there that day and had been on “numerous occa-sions” since she moved to Burnsville last May. She admitted that Warr — who assaulted her “ap-proximately 100” times during their relationship and once, during an ar-gument, threatened to shoot her and her fam-ily — had been left alone with Key’ontay “on more than one occasion,” most recently on May 27 and June 1. She admitted to “will-ingly” allowing Warr to vi-olate the protection order. Evidence that he had been staying at the townhouse included his clothing in a bedroom closet and pre-scription pill bottles with his name, police say. Key’ontay was scared of Warr, according to in-terviews with “some of (Miller’s) relatives.” They said the boy had a black eye; one took four photos of the eye on May 20 and gave them to police. Miller told the female relative he had bumped his eye on a toy chest. Privately, the boy told the relative Warr had

“whooped” him, accord-ing to the complaint. When Miller previously lived in Hennepin County, “multiple reports” were made to Child Protec-tion Services that Warr was abusing Miller’s two sons, the complaint said. Key’ontay himself told his day care provider on Feb. 22, 2012, that Warr had “spanked him with a belt.” Miller denied any abuse by Warr when ques-tioned by child-protection staffers, the complaint said. When the day care provider found an injury on the back of Key’ontay’s head, his mother said he had fallen in the tub and hit his head on the faucet. The dangers of domes-tic violence to her children were discussed “at length” with Miller after a March 11, 2012, report that Warr had strangled her in the children’s presence, the complaint said. Only after he assault-ed her in late May and threatened to kill her and her sons did Miller obtain the protection order, the complaint said. But she continued to allow the contact, sparking a new report to Child Protec-tion Services in Dakota County after she moved to Burnsville. The report said Warr had “spanked” Key’ontay, causing him to fall into a toy box and hit his eye. Interviewed by a protec-tion worker June 7, Miller claimed she hadn’t seen Warr since May a year

earlier. “A safety plan was cre-ated and (Miller) agreed that she would not allow (Key’ontay) to have any contact with Warr,” the complaint said.Jailhouse discussions While jailed in Dakota County, Warr told one inmate that about a week before Key’ontay died, he had punched him in the side while holding him in the air and had dropped him, causing the boy to hit his side on a bed frame, the complaint said. Key’ontay “wasn’t right” after that, not wanting to eat or play, Warr told the inmate. He didn’t tell Miller what he had done and persuaded her to not seek medical at-tention for Key’ontay. Warr told another in-mate he had “duped” po-lice and child-protection workers several times. He said he had “whooped” Key’ontay a few days be-fore his death, “and that he knew he screwed up” when the boy “started throwing up and defecat-ing everywhere,” the com-plaint said. On the day he died, Warr told the inmate, Key’ontay couldn’t stand or walk.

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

Sha’reese Miller

Roseville woman dies three days after crash


Attention snowmobilers: Be nice To the editor: The weather has co-operated this season with lots of snow, so snow-mobiling season is in full swing. As a member of the Lakeville Sno-Track-ers Snowmobile Club, I’ve been enjoying riding all the trails our club has established in the area, along with lots of other winter enthusiasts. With so many riders using the trails, they be-come pretty chewed up by the end of the weekend, but the Sno-Trackers and surrounding trail asso-ciations have groomers and volunteer drivers to smooth them back out during the week. The vast majority of the riders obey the laws and respect the landowner’s proper-ties, and I want to thank

them for that. But it saddens me to see evidence of a few peo-ple who don’t. Riding off the trails, on sidewalks, and across pri-vate property is trespass-ing, and is not only illegal, but makes us all look bad to the non-snowmobiling public. We work hard with local landowners so ev-eryone can enjoy trails in and around Lakeville that connect to surrounding communities and want to enjoy this great winter sport for years to come. So stay on the trails, easy on the throttles, and if you want to “hot dog,” join a race team where you can get all the “air-time” you can handle.

LARRY LULFPresident of the Lakeville Sno-Trackers Snowmobile Club

Changes to park are unacceptable To the editor: Two Dakota County Parks that have numerous hills and some steep ter-rain are planned to have 5 percent grade and 10- to 20-foot-wide bike trails. The natural terrain within Spring Lake Park Reserve and Lebanon Hills Regional Park is far from the 5 percent grade that is required for the trails planned by the Da-kota County Parks and seven county commission-ers. The cost of construct-ing retaining walls, bridg-es, tunnels, and overpasses along with the trails are in the multi millions. These planned trails are quite invasive to the variety of wildlife, trees, river and lakes within both of these parks. I do not feel the ma-jority of the public wants

this type of spending and destruction of two beau-tiful and rare parks that make Dakota County spe-cial. The Dakota County slogan “Forever Wild” will be extremely false if the natural beauty of these parks are destroyed by paved trails, according to this proposed plan. If there is a true need for new bike trails, please consider construction along main roads and around not through these parks. Keep pavement near existing pavement, save millions of dollars and leave the wild and natural peaceful and “Forever Wild.”

PATRICIA LUETH and familyEagan

Van driver saved him twice To the editor: I was on Cedar Avenue and Interstate 35E when my car broke down. A call to AAA got me a tow truck from Dick’s Valley Towing. My problem, I’m a paraplegic with no legs. There is no way I can get into the tow truck. The tow driver made a call. Soon a minivan arrived and drove me home. Once at home, I realized my house keys were missing. The van driver left. Fifteen minutes later my cellphone rang. The van driver had gone back to the break-down site and found my keys. Again the van driver drove to my home. This time to give me my keys.

Both trips he made to my home were out of the goodness of his heart. He didn’t get paid to drive me around. As he delivered my keys, I thanked him, say-ing, “You have saved me twice today. What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Dick. I own Dick’s Valley Towing.” I cannot thank him enough. Thank you, Dick!

NED CEDERGRENBurnsville

Wood smoke hazards deserve airingTo the editor: The Dave Granlund cartoon, “Some of us needed a little more con-

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by Ann AverillSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

When a survivor leaves an abusive relationship, transitioning to a safe and healthy future is not easy. This difficult task requires a stabilizing support system to be successful. 360 Communities Lewis House provides the safe shelter, counsel-ing and resources women and children need to build a violence-free future. When I met Rita and her two boys, Stephen, 8, and Christian, 9, (all names have been changed for this story), it was clear that the abuse they had suffered had taken its toll. Hank, Rita’s boy-friend, was a heavy drinker and would beat her regularly for things as trivial as forgetting to bring home something he wanted from the store. Hank was not the boys’ father, but was the only father figure they knew. Hank would abuse and demean Rita in front of the boys and would tell her that she was a bad mom. She believed him. It didn’t take long for Stephen and Christian to begin treating Rita the way Hank did. After one violent outburst, Hank was arrested and Rita left with the boys. The court issued a no contact order, which he quickly violated. Rita, scared for her family’s safety, called our crisis line to talk with an advocate. When the family arrived at the Lewis House, Rita was overcome with depres-sion. Sometimes it was hard for her to get out of bed and feed her children in the morning. After regular meetings with our therapist and advocates, it didn’t take her long to look at her situation more positively, even though she knew she had

a long road ahead of her. However, Rita’s boys were out of control. The boys would run around the house swearing and calling everyone, including their mother, horrible names, they would hit when they got upset, and they would tell people they hated them. Stephen and Christian also had trouble in school and their grades were slipping. The problems the boys were experiencing were not surprising, given their circum-stances. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that children who experience domestic violence are more likely to exhibit a broad range of problems, from behavioral issues to dif-ficulties with cognitive development and social skills. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, the strongest risk factor of perpetuating domestic violence from one generation to the next, is when children witness vio-lence between their parents or guardians. “Boys who witness domestic violence are twice as likely to abuse their own part-ners when they become adults,” they re-port. At Lewis House, we know the damage can be repaired. Children are resilient, and at our shelters, we are able to provide

resources and experiences to help them heal and thrive. Jack, a Lewis House volunteer, came a few times a week to hang out with Ste-phen and Christian. Jack helped with homework, took the boys fishing, played games, worked on puzzles, and read sto-ries with them. Jack was the first posi-tive male role model in their lives. After working with Jack, their grades started to improve as well as their behavior in school and at home. Stephen and Christian also partici-pated in our Children’s Support Group, where they learned and developed strat-egies to handle frustrations, anger, and conflict in a healthy way. Rita also benefited from the Lewis House Women’s Support Group and as well as one-on-one counseling. Rita was relieved to hear other parents have simi-lar challenges with their children. She developed her own sense of self-worth and implemented positive parenting strategies. Eventually, Rita didn’t need to come to our staff as often with her frus-trations with the boys. Building up her confidence and her parenting skills were critical to promoting her self-sufficiency. After months of hard work, Rita was accepted into a long-term supportive housing program. She had a smile on her face that lasted for the rest of her stay at the Lewis House. Rita regularly checks in with Lewis House staff and contin-ues to succeed. She feels safe, and hasn’t thought about going back to her abuser. Rita is currently enrolled in school and is pursuing a degree in Social Work. She said that after working with advocates at

the Lewis House, she is motivated to help others in a similar way. She also says the change in the boys’ behavior is definitely noticeable. They show her more respect and love than before, and are getting good grades in school. Rita emphasizes that they wouldn’t be where they are to-day if it weren’t for the help they received at Lewis House. Our 29th annual Domestic Abuse Awareness Luncheon will be held n Feb. 7. Elected officials, law enforcement and concerned community members will gather at Brackett’s Crossing in Lakeville to say “no more” to violence in all forms. Our guest speaker, actor and advocate Peter Hermann will talk about his Joyful Heart Foundation and how it is spear-heading the NO MORE campaign. NO MORE seeks to spark national conversa-tion and awareness about domestic vio-lence and sexual assault. 360 Communi-ties is proud to be a local ally of the NO MORE campaign. You can help the cause by getting involved. To donate to 360 Communi-ties, or to volunteer at one of our Lewis House locations, please visit 360Com-munities.org. To learn more about NO MORE, visit NOMORE.org.

Ann Averill is supervisor of 360 Commu-nities Lewis House in Hastings. 360 Com-munities is a nonprofit that provides hope and support for people by engaging com-munities to prevent violence, ensure school success and promote long-term self-suffi-ciency. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Letters

Lewis House helps end the cycle of domestic violence

Survey shows continued popularity of newspapers by Don Heinzman

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Minnesota newspapers and their web-sites are valued for their readership and advertising results, according to a survey hot off the press. Results of a survey, conducted by Scarborough researchers for the Minne-sota Newspaper Association, show that in almost every category of news and buying decisions, newspapers and their websites are the first choice for informa-tion. While it’s true that younger readers get information from smartphones, apps and social media, those readers 35 years and older overwhelmingly prefer newspapers in just about every news and advertising category, survey results show. The researchers found that newspa-pers and their websites during a typical month reach 89 percent of the state’s res-idents and 78 percent in an average week. The weekly community newspapers have 51 percent readership, mirroring the 49 percent of Sunday readership. Taking

results of community, Sunday and week-day readership together, the net print readership is 71 percent. Responses in the survey showed news-paper advertising is valued: More than two-thirds (69 percent) of Minnesotans surveyed said newspaper advertising is important. These numbers are meaningful be-cause they torpedo the beliefs that news-paper advertising is going out of style. Consider these other findings from the survey. Coupons are used by 74 percent, with 55 percent of respondents saying they most likely get them from newspapers. The biggest eye-opener in the survey is the high ranking of newspapers on

consumer purchases. For example, 59 percent bought home improvement merchandise, and of that percentage, 92 percent say they were reached by Minnesota newspapers. More than half (56 percent) bought lawn and garden equipment, with 93 percent say-ing they were reached by newspapers. In every purchase category – new and used vehicles, furniture and real estate sales – the reach of newspapers was over 90 per-cent. Newspapers are preferred as the source for all those glossy inserts. The newspaper is the preferred source by far for useful information about community schools, high school sports, things to do, local crime news, making voting decisions and local government news. ECM Publishers prides itself in pub-lishing more local community news than any other media company in the state be-cause the leadership believes news closest to you matters and adds to your quality of life. Readership surveys show that you

read and depend on your weekly com-munity newspaper and its website for information and analysis more than any other source. Of course, some say this is all self-serving information from a survey con-ducted for the MNA. And you might say that you can do anything with figures. You need to know that 1,005 adults were surveyed by telephone in 12-min-ute English language interviews. The survey included 800 random-digit-dial interviews, 150 cellphone interviews and 50 oversamples (that is, additional inter-views of a subgroup for more reliable data) with residents 18-34. I began by saying newspaper reader-ship and advertising results are better than you’ve been led to believe. I just thought you’d like to know there is an-other side to the story, and we intend to tell it. The numbers are on our side. Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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vincing…” in the Jan. 31 edition commemorating the 50th anniversary of cigarette health warnings was spot on. The same can be said about wood smoke: Some of us still need a little more convinc-ing. And, I couldn’t help but notice the irony of the cartoon’s position next to yet another article about the controversy swirl-ing around the plans at Lebanon Hills Regional Park where they have an event planned for Feb. 8 at which nine bonfires will be burning throughout the evening. While people can no longer smoke tobacco in Minnesota indoor estab-lishments and in many parks, there is virtually no protection from wood smoke which contains hundreds of the same toxic chemicals and fine particulates as tobacco smoke. Wood smoke is, in

fact, more concentrated, travels farther and remains chemically active in the body up to 40 times lon-ger. It is time that wood smoke is recognized as a physical barrier to the use and enjoyment of public spaces for many people with disabilities such as asthma, COPD, cardiac disease, and diabetes. The South Coast Air Quality Management District in Southern California has found that the particulate emissions rate per minute from one beach bonfire is equal to that from the sec-ondhand smoke from 800 cigarettes. So while the debate continues about wheth-er or not new trails are needed and whether or not they should be paved, we should also be ask-ing ourselves if everyone can breathe the air in and around the park. BARBARA JOHNSONBurnsville

It’s not too late for Lebanon Hills redo To the editor: It seems that the Dako-ta County Parks director and the Dakota County planning supervisor are more concerned with meeting the expectations of the county commission-ers than of the people who use the parks. I do not un-derstand why there is not a user group involved in updating the master plan for Lebanon Hills Re-gional Park. The proposed plan was created without such citizen involvement. It directly conflicts with the planning done in 2001 when the government and citizens worked together. I live on the border of Lebanon Hills. I feel pas-sionate about the park and the use of the park. Please allow citizens to be involved so that the fi-nal plan does have public

support. Please direct the staff to involve a citizen group in creating the plan.

SARAH SORIANOEagan

Earth is doing its thing To the editor: Global warming or no global warming? Climate change or no climate change? Depends on who you listen to. In watching programs on “History” several years ago, this old Earth has done its thing pre- and post-dinosaurs. And, humans, factories, cars, etc., weren’t around then. What caused it? There have been five times in the Earth’s his-tory when it was covered with a very thick cover of ice. Greenland used to be that – green, inhabited, crops grown, cattle raised, dwelling places were built. Now, it’s thawing. People are in a panic. It’s doing its thing. Mr. McCarney was “spot on” with his think-ing.

Now, if Mount Rainier or Yellowstone decide to blow, it will make these so-called problems and us nonexistent.

PHYLLIS PETERApple Valley

Obermueller supports clean energy To the editor: American business has gradually rebounded over the last several years and jobs are increasing. Mike Obermueller, who is run-ning for Congress in the 2nd District, has said we must re-train the long-term unemployed, and de-velop an economy where energy alternatives begin to yield the jobs they are producing in Europe and elsewhere. Clean and re-newable energy is in our future, and we can prepare for it by reducing expen-sive subsidies for already-successful traditional fu-els. Obermueller says American ingenuity has led the way with innova-tion in the past and we can

do that again. In the case of alternative energy, we can use our entrepreneur-ial skills to design ways to clean up our fragile envi-ronment. Our marketing genius can help us catch Germany and France and use the energy reserves available in our resource-rich country. For decades our univer-sities have been the most sought-after in the world. Many foreign students come here to take advan-tage of the opportunities to be found there, and despite reduced funding for many important pro-grams. Obermueller has said a quality college edu-cation needs to be more available to American stu-dents, too. These institu-tions can also be tapped to help design transitions to less-polluting fuels, for the good of our planet, the employment of our people and for leadership by U.S. industry. We need Mike Obermueller in Congress to ensure our country’s continued leadership on the world stage. JUDY FINGERApple Valley

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Federal solutions won’t ‘fill the hungry’ by Dan Hall

STATE SENATOR, DISTRICT 56

During the Christmas season, I reread and considered these words — perhaps, you did, too: “He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted the lowly. He has filled the hun-gry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty.” Not all of you are familiar, or desire to be familiar, with the basis for Christ-mas. But for those of us who appreciate the story, the quote above is powerful and gives pause. I want to be (and I want to help others be) among those who are filled with good things — not among those sent away empty. So it is a natural to ask, What impact should Christmas have on legislators and the public policies we produce? As it happens, during the very time we considered Christmas, we also heard the voices of politicians past and pres-ent. The 50-year anniversary of Presi-

dent Lyndon Baines Johnson’s “War on Poverty” was observed, and we were re-minded that the architect of the war told Congress that Johnson’s policies would completely eliminate poverty in 10 years. Trillions of tax dollars, numerous de-cades and many government programs later, we still have poverty. The continued existence of poverty caused our current president to announce in December that he was proposing ever more and newer government programs to address what he called “income inequality.” It seems a positive thing that Presi-dent Obama and I can share the goal of filling the hungry with good things. Vot-ers and officeholders alike appreciate bi-

partisan work. Yet there is a huge chasm that stands between the stated goal and our respective maps to get to the goal. President Obama argues the federal government needs to be bigger, more powerful and more active in order to reach the goal. He argues this during a time when Edward Snowden and the National Security Agency have made it manifestly clear that the government al-ready views the intimate details of our lives as its data. The government also re-gards private technology and communi-cations firms as their surrogate spies (to the damage of the companies’ business interests). During his “income inequality” speech, the president made it clear that he views private employers as the govern-ment’s domestic public policy tool. The president wants more federal minimum wage legislation, more federal civil rights litigation and more favorable federal treatment of unions to ensure that peo-ple are not mistreated. Yet those same laws keep willing employers from taking

a chance on “not-so-promising-pros-pects” or from paying a sole breadwinner more than a young person who still lives at home. It might seem natural to endorse the federal government expansions sought by the likes of Johnson and Obama as a means to fill the hungry. Yet, time and experience have shown us that many ex-pansions of government benefit those in control of the government, rather than the governed. Those who want to “fill the hungry” would do well to find local solutions rather than empower the federal govern-ment. Teaching a person to fish, or farm, or better govern his or her life does not take a more expansive federal govern-ment — it takes parents, friends, affilia-tion groups and communities.

Sen. Dan Hall is a Republican from Burns-ville. He represents District 56, which includes southern and part of central Burnsville and part of northern Lakeville. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

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Not long after a fire damaged the south portion of Celts Pub in Rose-mount, members of the Rosemount Fire Department showed up to help once again. Many of the same firefight-ers who responded to the longtime downtown business when a fire started in the early morning hours of Monday, Sept. 9, carried axes and other equipment to help with the needed demolition work before Celts could rebuild. “They wanted their place back,” said owner Brandon Barth. “We wanted to build it back for them it so it was as good as it was before. We think it’s better than it was before.” The firefighters who volunteered their time made quick work of the demolition as the burned and smoke-damaged fixtures, wood and sheetrock were ripped out and flung into a dumpster. “Smoke and soot was in every-thing,” Barth said. “We cleared out everything, all the interior walls, all the sheetrock, to the solid concrete wall.” In honor of the work the firefight-ers did on Sept. 9 and afterward, the Rosemount Fire Station is represent-ed on the interior of the renovated bar and grill. A hose signed by many fire-fighters is in a case that is part of a streetscape reminiscent of many of Ireland’s roadways. In addition to the fire station, there’s the police station, a jail and depictions of second-floor apart-ments above the bar. “We took what was outside and brought it inside,” said Barth, who is an Irish descendant from the O’Connell clan and traveled throughout Ireland on an 11-day trip in 2001. “It makes it unique,” Barth said. “It gives you that taste of Ireland.” While many Irish pubs have lots

of wood and booths that are more like nooks, the new Celts is more open, airy and inviting. The rebuild also came with some upgrades. Kitchen modifications mean it will more efficiently be able to han-dle lunch and dinner rushes, plus there were improvements to the rest-rooms. Rosemount manager Justin Lech-er said the idea of the streetscape was something that seemed right. The chance to incorporate bold colors appealed to them and blended well with the mural that Lecher, who studied graphic design at the Univer-sity of Minnesota, originally painted 12 years ago when Celts first opened. Since the mural of Cashel Castle was covered in a sealant, it was one of the mainstays that were preserved after the fire. The other two of note were the sanded and refinished bar top and a door from the kitchen that was included in the streetscape. That morning of the fire, Barth and Lecher did know what, if any-thing, could be preserved. “It was a scary morning,” Lecher said. “We did not know what was happening. When we walked in the building about mid-afternoon, we did not know the extent of the dam-age.”

Barth knew about community support prior to the fire but was overwhelmed by the outpouring of concern. People sent many well-wishes through Celts’ Facebook page, some of them commenting about how Celts had been part of family tradi-tions – birthdays, anniversaries and post-game meals. He said people knew the best way they could help was to keep coming in. Despite the closure of the kitch-en, Barth said people continued to frequent the north portion of the business, where there is a second bar and has had music, a disc jockey and karaoke in the past. “It helped us keep the doors open,” Barth said. “It was tough.” In addition to the support from patrons, Barth said their links to other community organizations has helped. “We have received great support from the high school and Lepre-chaun Days,” Barth said. “We want to stay involved in the community.” The community is invited to cele-brate the grand opening of the south portion from 11 a.m. to close Satur-day, Feb. 8. The event will include prize draw-ings, happy hour prices, bingo, a meat raffle and music. Celtic folk musicians in the Lock-lin Road Band will perform from 5-7 p.m. in the south bar, while rock band Drama Queen will take the stage at the north bar from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Barth hopes the event will be the beginning of another chapter in Celts history. “We have been around a long time and we plan to be here a lot longer,” Barth said. “At the end of the day, it’s nice to have old memories, but we wanted people to be able to make some new memories.”


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Back in the neighborhood Renovated interior of Celts Pub depicts Irish city street

One of the Celts Pub mainstays that was preserved after a Sept. 9 fire damaged the longtime Rosemount business was a mural painting that was completed 12 years ago by current manager Justin Lecher. The mural was saved by a sealants covering the paint. Below: a fire hose signed my many of the firefighters who fought the blaze became part of the new interior. (Photos by Tad Johnson)

Commissioner Slavik to seek re-electionfor District 1 seat Dakota Coun-ty Commissioner Mike Slavik an-nounced last week that he will seek re-election to the County Board this fall. “I am running for re-election be-cause I want to continue to work hard for the resi-dents of District 1 in Da-kota County,” Slavik said. “The county continues to face a new generation of challenges and I represent a unique mix of private and public sector skills that can meet those chal-lenges.” Slavik was first elected to the County Board in 2012 to District 1, which includes the cities of Hastings, Farmington and southeastern Dakota County. He previously served six years on the Hastings City Council as an at-large member. During the 2012 cam-paign, Slavik said he ad-vocated for high qual-ity investments within the county, while being mind-ful of taxpayer dollars. “I am proud that in 2014, the Dakota County Board doubled the invest-ment in transportation and roads, while reducing the property tax levy for its residents,” Slavik said. Slavik said he is also proud of the county’s ac-complishments in stream-

lining county gov-ernment through the use of tech-nology and inno-vative programs. “Dakota County is held in high regard by other counties around the state because

we have been able to im-plement some truly inno-vative initiatives,” he said. “I want to continue this kind of bold leadership and vision on the County Board.” He said he has spent a lot of time in his first term traveling around the dis-trict, listening to residents and visiting with township and city officials. “I am looking forward to a vigorous campaign and the opportunity to meet and listen to even more residents across the district in the coming year,” he said. In addition to serv-ing on the County Board, Slavik represents the coun-ty on a number of other boards including the Met-ropolitan Mosquito Con-trol District Board, the Cannon River Watershed Partnership, the Dakota County Communications Center Board of Directors and the Red Rock Corri-dor Commission. He serves as treasurer of the Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging and is chairman of the Vermil-lion River Watershed. Currently he serves on the Hastings Area YMCA Board of Directors and is president of the Hastings High School Alumni As-sociation. He works as a Realtor at Keystone Real Estate in Hastings. He is also part owner and President of Home-town Laundry LLC, a laundromat and real estate holdings company. Slavik is a graduate of Saint John’s University in Collegeville with a bach-elor’s degree in political science.

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Giant Step presents ‘Snow White’

Giant Step Theatre’s performances of “Snow White and the 7 or 8 Dwarfs” are Feb. 7-8 and Feb. 14-15 at Lakeville North High School. The production features about 160 local youths. Tickets are available online for $6 in advance at www.LakevilleAreaCom-munityEd.net or $8 at the door. Online tickets must be ordered by 3 p.m. the Friday of the weekend of the show. (Photo submitted)

Parenting series “The Brain – Body Connection: How Activ-ity Affects Learning, Be-havior & Academics,” part of the 2014 Farmington/Lakeville Parenting Se-ries, will be presented from 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, in the Farmington High School auditorium. Participants will learn how physical activity can increase fitness, learn-ing and academic success. Throughout the presenta-tion, participants will play three energetic games that will require thinking on their feet. Wear comfort-able clothes and shoes. Time will be available at the end for questions. For more information, visit www.farmingtonCE.com or www.rschooltoday.com/meadowviewelemen-tary/phyed.

Oak Hills students excel at WordMasters The Ignite! third grade class from Oak Hills El-ementary achieved High-est Honors in the recent WordMasters Challenge, a national vocabulary com-petition involving nearly 150,000 students annu-ally. The team scored 175 points out of a possible 200 in the first of three meets this year, placing seventh in the nation. Competing in the Gold Division for students with superior language skills, third-grader Dylan McK-enzie earned a perfect score of 20. Nationally, only 17 third-graders achieved this result. Other Ignite! students who achieved individual outstanding re-sults include Evan Raiche, Katelyn Caulder, John Morton and Justus Ray. The WordMasters Challenge is an exercise in critical thinking that first encourages students to become familiar with a set of interesting new words (considerably harder than grade level), and then challenges them to use those words to complete

analogies expressing vari-ous kinds of logical rela-tionships.

Area teachers nominated for Teacher of the Year Six area teachers are among the 128 candidates nominated for the 2014 Minnesota Teacher of the Year Award. They are Stephanie Cin and Steven Orth, Burnsville-Eagan-Savage; Kim Jirik and Jill Mitzo, Lakeville; and Michelle Betts and Karen Pachan, Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan. The 2014 Minnesota Teacher of the Year will be announced Sunday, May 4, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Bloomington – Minneapolis South in Bloomington. Over the coming weeks, a 25-mem-ber panel of community leaders will name a group of semifinalists and final-ists.

District 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, special meeting of the District 194 School Board in the District Of-fice.

1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Roll Call 2. Discussion a. iLearn 2.0 Proposal b. Q Comp3. Adjournment

Following is the agenda for the 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, regular meeting of the District 194 School Board in the District Of-fice.

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 – Closed session 1/28 h. Agenda Additions 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. Alt Facilities Change Or-ders f. Other Business Matters g. Resolution Regarding Ac-ceptance of Gift Donations h. Field Trips 3. Consent Agenda Discussion Items 4. Reports a. Boundary Committee Analysis Report & Proposals – Dr. Snyder b. In District Achievement & Integration Report – Dr. Hays/Ms. Knudsen c. First Reading New/Revised Policies – Mr. Massaros 5. Recommended Actions a. Intent to Renew Superin-tendent Contract – Mr. Massaros b. Policy 516-Student Medi-cation – Mr. Massaros6. Additions to Agenda 7. Information a. Superintendent’s Report b. Board Members Reports 8. Adjournment

College news Winona State Uni-versity, fall dean’s list, from Elko New Market – Emma Cozad, Kristof-fer Custer, Sara Rookaird, Rachel Thompson; from Lakeville – Alexandra Davich, Kelly Davitt, Ja-cob Eklund, Kelsey Et-ter, Brooke Geary, Megan Grenier, Cody Hovdet, Carly Howells, Samuel Jensen, Megan Lillien-crantz, Megan Madson, Megan Malina, Catherine Miller, Delaney Miller, Al-exander Morrison, Alicia Morrison, Hannah Muel-ler, Christina Mulvihill, Elizabeth Ortiz, Danielle Peecher, Nicole Ratzlaff, Alexandra Rockholt, Al-exander Rud, Benjamin Rydberg, Joseph Schmitt, Samantha Slinger, Katy Soliday, Emily Yetzer. Winona State Uni-versity, fall graduates, from Elko New Market – Emma Cozad, B.A., psychology; from Lake-ville – Sara Cordell, B.S., elementary education (teaching); Brooke Geary, B.S., accounting, and B.S., business administration, magna cum laude; Mela-nie Parker, B.A., psychol-ogy; Joshua Taubenheim, B.A., history; Tyler Trae-tow, B.A., psychology.

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to Minnesota,” Thompson said in his announcement Thursday, Jan. 30. Thompson said he and Benson would partner to en-act strong conservative poli-cies for Minnesota. He listed spending, tax and regulatory policy and education among his special concerns. Thompson has asked Benson to partner with him in reforming Minnesota’s health care system. Benson announced she and Thompson intend to introduce bills this legislative session to change the struc-ture of the MNsure Board and strengthen the role of

the Legislative Oversight Committee. Thompson previously said he would abide by the Republican endorsement process, which had an un-official start Tuesday with preference polls during cau-cus night. Other Republicans seek-ing the GOP nod are former House leaders Marty Seif-ert, of Marshall, and Kurt Zellers, of Maple Grove; Wayzata businessman Scott Honour; and Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson. Benson is a longtime resi-dent of Ham Lake and is a certified public accountant with a master of business administration degree from

the University of St. Thom-as. Other committee assign-ments in the Senate include the Energy, Agriculture and Government Reform and Redesign committees. A small business lawyer, Thompson hosted the The Dave Thompson Show for 7 1/2 years. The radio talk show aired on KSTP in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Thompson’s show pro-moted generally conserva-tive views. This past session, Thompson served the Min-nesota Senate on the Educa-tion Committee, State and Local Government Commit-tee, Taxes Committee and Tax Reform Division as the ranking minority member.

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is immigrant, like Chinese and South Asians, are do-ing very, very well in edu-cation,” he said. “But then the other half, which con-sists of Hmong and Lao-tians and Cambodians, they are not doing very well in education. If you average all the Asians, we are doing very well. But part of the population is really hurting.” Southeast Asians came to the United States as war refugees, Lari ex-plained, while southern and far eastern Asians came as immigrants, many to attend school, and some, like him, with

degrees already in hand. “So we talk about dis-parities in education, dis-parities in health, other issues,” he said. “A lot of disparities are there, and we talk about those. But at the same time, we talk about encouraging trad-ing” with Asian countries. Lari said he was first appointed to the council in the early 1990s by Gov. Arne Carlson. He was re-appointed by Gov. Jesse Ventura, Lari said, and applied for appointment by Gov. Tim Pawlenty but wasn’t selected. Regardless of his gu-bernatorially appointed membership status, he has been a near-constant

presence on the council and has served as a coun-cil-appointed community liaison. Lari headed the search committee for a new ex-ecutive director after Kao Ly Ilean Her resigned in October 2012. Her re-placement, Sia Her, was named in early 2013. “I believe in serving the community and do-ing what I can,” said Lari, who also serves as a head election judge in Burns-ville. “I feel that I have some experience.”

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

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Marrying in Dakota County by the numbers More than 2,000 marriage licenses were purchased in the county the past two years

Weddings are a big deal in Dakota County. In 2013, 2,411 marriage li-censes were purchased in the county, up from the 2012 total of 2,386. While not all of the people who purchased marriage licens-es in the county were married here, it’s likely that close to that number of wedding ceremonies were held in area churches and other venues in the past year. Based on those numbers, there could be close to 40 wed-dings conducted every weekend in Dakota County. However, there’s a wedding season in Min-nesota that roughly corresponds with the good weather seasons, so most weddings are held in spring, summer and fall. With that in mind, prime sites for wedding receptions and cer-emonies fill up fast in Dakota County as competition, based on the numbers, is great. These days, many wedding ceremonies and receptions are planned about a year in ad-vance. Today’s special Bridal pages in Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune aim to get those looking to tie the knot a head start in their planning. The county is home to plenty of locations where couples can

tie the knot, celebrate in style and sleep the night (or next morning) away in one of the many hotels. Some of those lo-cations are noted on these pages. Couples getting married in Dakota County churches and other venues should keep in mind that there are plentiful options for receptions, wedding party dinners and hotels close

by. Keeping those venues as close to each other as possible will help couples, their family and friends maximize time spent to-gether on the big day. Local venues also will be able to offer competitive and often less expensive options than go-ing into the central cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Engaged cou-ples are often flood-ed with advice, but here are some tips for selecting a re-ception venue: • Consider the size of the facility. Some couples pre-fer an intimate af-fair with relatively few guests, while others will desire a large wedding party with lots of guests. Couples can find a banquet hall that’s capable of catering to small or large wedding par-ties, but find one that fits your party specifically. If your wedding party is small, then avoid a larger facility that will appear empty.

If the party is large, make sure there’s adequate room so guests won’t feel like they’re sitting on top of one another during din-ner and dessert. • Don’t downplay decor. A banquet hall with an attractive decor is not only aesthetically appealing but can appeal to a couple’s finances as well.

Such a hall likely won’t need any additional decorations, while a banquet hall that’s un-adorned and lacks embellish-ments will, and those decora-tions can dip into a couple’s overall wedding budget. Com-pare the costs of the more deco-rated banquet hall with the one that’s more plain in appearance, factoring in the cost to decorate the latter, and you might just re-alize the one with more aesthetic appeal is more affordable in the long run. • Prioritize privacy. Few cou-ples would be open to strangers having easy access to their wed-ding reception. When shopping for a banquet hall, look for one that gives you and your guests all the privacy you need. Many couples have taken to hosting the entire ceremony at a hotel, which may handle the bulk of the planning and remove the hassle of transportation for out-of-town guests. However, cou-ples considering a hotel should look for one that can promise privacy from other guests at the hotel who aren’t there for the wedding. The reception room should be secluded from the rest of the hotel so other guests walking by aren’t tempted to walk in on the festivities.

Dakota County is home to a variety of places to hold a wedding reception. All of the other services one needs to plan a perfect wedding also are located in the county. Today’s special focus on Wedding & Bridal 2014 offers some leads for starting the planning. (Photo submitted)

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100 miles of paved trails in Lakeville, originally built with fees from developers, but that are maintained by taxpayer dollars. “I’m opposed to building more trails because I think thtey’re under-utilized,” La-Beau said. “I travel this city quite a bit, and it breaks my heart to see all these great amenities not being used that much now and we have all these roads that need major improvements.” LaBeau also questioned the city’s plans to pave the entire parking lot at King

Park, which features a field that allows disabled chil-dren to play baseball. The city’s park plan includes spending about $220,500 to pave the King Field parking lot this year, according to the Parks CIP. LaBeau suggested paving a portion of the gravel lot to accommodate the Miracle League Field players, and prioritizing CIP spending on roads like Dodd Boule-vard and County Road 50 that many have said need to be upgraded. “Roads are more impor-tant,” LaBeau said. “We have some very tough deci-

sions to make.” Residents have sounded off about their desire to improve narrow, dangerous two-lane roads like Dodd Boulevard that have been the site of numerous acci-dents that include fatalities. Altergott said he is “not in favor of people dying on roads either,” but said there are reasons for spending money on trails that pro-vide transportation options and create safe walkways along busy roads. He said paving the whole lot at Kings Park could help players who may not get a handicapped parking spot.

“We can’t possibly have enough handicapped park-ing to meet the needs of that facility,” Altergott said. “They’re going to have to park in regular spots and we want to give them the best possible route to get there.” LaBeau also questioned plans for building major collector roads within close proximity to each other; the roads include walking paths on both sides. She said she opposes plans to build collector roads at 185th Street, 190th Street, and four blocks away, 194th Street.

“It does not make sense to me to put (paved walks) on both sides of the road,” LaBeau said. “I don’t think people realize how much money that costs,” Altergott said the coun-cil is going to review and update the city’s 2006 Parks, Trails and Opens Space Plan, delayed last year until the Envision Lakeville re-port was completed. He said the process will involve meetings with the City Council and Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. Altergott said while road safety is important, trails

provide alternative connec-tions that could also pro-vide students safe school routes. “We’re looking for con-nections that will add to public safety as well,” Alter-gott said.”Obviously, roads are extremely important. We all drive them every day, but how many of those trails could be important as well?” The review will also in-volve consideration of the number and proximity of neighborhood parks, which during the boom years were included in most if not all developments.

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Radio days return to Rosemount



The good old days of radio are back at Rose-mount High School with performances of “On the Air” this weekend. The school’s theater and vocal students will take the stage as part of RHS Radio Theater’s one-hour production, for which rehearsals started the first week of January. Not even a handful of missed school days due to cold temperatures from the “polar vortex” could stop these talented students from assembling the comedic and dramatic shorts, along with vocal and instrumental selec-tions. “The 15 students who make up the Radio The-ater company this year are some of the finest actors, singers, and musicians that we have at RHS,” said di-rector Thomas Hoffman. He said the missed school days were the big-gest challenge to the pro-duction, but the students’ talent has made up for the lost time. This is the second year for “On the Air.” Hoffman said they decided to pro-

duce another show since it is allows performing arts students to experience per-formance in other venues other than the standard

high school plays, musi-cals or musical revues. “It’s a unique experi-ence,” Hoffman said. Another feature of “On the Air” will be its live webcast. A link to the we-bcast will be at the RHS webpage, RHS Theatre Arts webpage, or on Face-book at Rosemount-High-School-Theatre-Arts. Student performers are Justin Blackman, Connor Cruit, Dylan Giles, Jacob Grunklee, Maddie Holtze, Nicole Hutchinson, Colin Lamoreaux, Ryan Poehler, Audrey Powell, Emma Schneider, Becca Schultz,

Claire Shaw, Governess Simpson, George Tangen and Peter Wallin. Main performances will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 7 and 8 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9. Reserved seating tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for se-niors and students. Tickets can be pur-chased online at www.dis-trict196.org/rhs/theaterar-ts/tickets or by contacting the PAC Ticket Office at (651) 423-7540 or 651-683-6969, ext. 37540.


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Rosemount High School theater and vocal students perform during a dress rehearsal Tuesday for “On the Air” – a production of RHS Radio Theater. “On the Air” will be staged three times this weekend. (Photo submitted)

Hockey team raises money for charity

The Lakeville South U12A girls hockey team collected $300.55 and 438 pounds of food and supplies for the Ronald McDonald House during a charity drive during the Lakeville South versus North boys and girls games Feb. 1. The U12A team is comprised of Ellie Boisjolie, Anna Freemark, Jenna Hayes, Maile Keilen, Malia Keilen, Lindsay Maloney, Meghan McBride, Macey Ravndalen, Emily Reed, Kallie Schneider, Kaitlyn Sorvari, Taylor Steffan and Amanda Ziemkowski. One parent remarked that it truly was a rewarding experience for the girls and made them proud to provide such a substantial amount of food and money from the hockey community. (Photo submitted via Submit Reader News)


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Formerly rivals, soon to be teammatesUMD football draws recruits from Lakeville

North and South by Mike Shaughnessy


This isn’t necessarily how they planned it, but the more Tyler Lattery and Jamiah Newell thought about playing football at the same college, the more they liked the idea. They liked it so much that the two high school rivals – Lattery played linebacker and tight end at Lakeville South and Newell was a star running back for Lakeville North – signed with Minnesota-Duluth on Wednesday and will be teammates. “It’ll be nice not having to chase (Newell) around anymore,” Lattery said. While they weren’t planning to be a package deal, Newell and Lattery compared notes while they were being recruited and found they liked a lot of the same things about UMD – the city, the cam-pus, the facilities and es-pecially the fact that the Bulldogs have been win-ners in football. “The No. 1 thing for me was they have two na-tional championships,” said Newell, referring to UMD’s NCAA Division II titles in 2008 and 2010. “They’ve been ranked No. 1. They’ve had All-Amer-icans. They have a blue-print for success, if you’re willing to do the work.”

Lattery, 6-foot-2 and 230 pounds, said the UMD coaches told him he could try out at tight end or linebacker, but they expected to have a more pressing need at tight end. So, tight end it is. Last fall he was primarily a blocker for a South offense that was run-oriented. The Bulldogs “have a couple of young quarter-backs coming in, so hope-fully we’ll grow together,” Lattery said. Despite his size, New-ell (5-9, 170) was a du-rable runner for Lakeville North, recording 1,000-yard seasons as a junior and senior. Last fall he rushed for more than 1,600 yards, scored 14 touchdowns and fumbled only once in almost 250 carries. UMD is “a zone-run team, which is almost like a perfect fit,” Newell said. “We didn’t run it much in high school, but when we did use it, it was success-ful. UMD has a one-back offense, which I like, and uses a lot of cutback runs, which is something I think I can do well.” Newell said the Bull-dogs return a senior run-ning back and a junior running back. There could be opportunities for younger backs to contrib-ute, so it’s not out of the question for Newell to play as a true freshman. Lattery, meanwhile, said he’s likely to redshirt in the 2014 season. Lattery and Newell both were recruited by

Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D., a school that has a long-standing relationship with Lakeville football. The Vikings have seven graduates of Lakev-ille North and Lakeville South on their 2014 roster, including starting quarter-back Trey Heid and rush-ing leader Dajon Newell, both North alumni. Dajon Newell is Ja-miah’s older brother. Two other members of the family are currently play-ing college sports – Fred (basketball, North Dakota State) and Kyrell (football, Drake). Jamiah Newell, who’s planning to study physical therapy or special educa-tion, said he decided fairly early in the recruiting pro-cess that he didn’t want to try to follow in Dajon’s footsteps. “I think all four of us decided we wanted to go on our own path and be our own person,” he

said. Lattery said he’s in-terested in studying en-gineering, and a school that offered a four-year engineering program – as UMD does – became all the more attractive. Lattery also was ap-proached by Wyoming and three-time defending NCAA Football Champi-onship Subdivision winner North Dakota State about walking on. “I made up my mind to at least stay in the Mid-west,” Lattery said. “The only thing that would have changed that is if I had a full ride to a big-time DI school.” Newell said location wasn’t as big a consider-ation for him, although he added his parents prob-ably are happy he will be close by. “I think it’ll be good to be just a couple hours away so people from here

can come and watch us play,” he said.

National

Signing Day The first day of the NCAA’s winter signing period for high school ath-letes – informally known as National Signing Day – was Wednesday, and both Lakeville high schools planned ceremonies to honor athletes who were making their college com-mitments official. Two of Newell’s Lakev-ille North football team-mates also were expected to sign – defensive lineman Gregory Menard with North Dakota State and long snapper/tight end Bronson Bruneau with Duke. Lakeville North foot-ball coach Brian Vossen said Bruneau was joining Duke as a preferred walk-on, but there was a chance

he could become the Blue Devils’ long snapper next season. Also signing were two members of Lakeville North’s state runner-up girls soccer team – Lauren Sherry (Central Michigan) and Lauren Brownrigg (Arkansas, Little Rock). Lattery was one of seven Lakeville South ath-letes scheduled to sign Na-tional Letters of Intent on Wednesday. They included football players A.J. We-strude (South Dakota State) and Alex Hoffman (Bemidji State), track and field athletes Shaina Burns (Texas A&M) and Mor-gan Pieri (Nebraska), soc-cer player Elizabeth Brett-schneider (Minnesota, Crookston) and swimmer Mitch Herrera (Colum-bia).

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Lakeville South’s Tyler Lattery (right) pursues Lakeville North runner Trystyn Hanson during the 2013 football season opener. Lattery is going to the University of Minnesota-Duluth and plans to play tight end. (Photo by Rick Orndorf)

After gaining more than 1,600 yards in 2013, Lakeville North’s Jamiah Newell (3) will go to Minnesota-Duluth. His three older brothers also are college athletes. (Photo by Rick Orndorf)

Anna Konietzko of Lakeville North skis at the Section 6 Alpine meet Tuesday at Buck Hill. Lakeville North finished second in the girls competition and qualified for the state meet. (Photo by John Sherman)

Kavanaugh, Lindsay are runners-up

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Skiers from Burnsville, Eastview, Apple Valley and Lakeville North qual-ified for the state Alpine meet via Tuesday’s Sec-tion 6 competition at Buck Hill. Lakeville North also will send its girls team after finishing second to Mankato West. North senior Courtney Kavanaugh helped lead her team to the state meet by finishing second in the Section 6 meet with a two-run time of 47.68 seconds. It will be a return to state for Kavanaugh, who qual-ified individually in 2013. Kate Hanson of Roch-ester Century won the sec-tion girls individual cham-pionship in 45.65. Bailey Servais of Lakeville North was fifth in 48.39. Kathryn Kossack also was among the top 20 individuals, finishing 16th in 51.01. Emily Ray was 31st in 56.04, Anna Konietzko placed 41st in 59.70 and Hoiland Taylor was 52nd in 1:02.51. Section champion Mankato West is the other state-qualifying team from the Section 6 meet. Burns-ville was fifth in the girls team standings Also qualifying were the top 10 girls finishers who don’t ski for Mankato West or Lakeville North. That group includes East-

view’s Claire Hefko, who finished sixth in 48.48, and Burnsville senior Liz Drusch, seventh in 48.63. This will be Drusch’s third consecutive trip to the state meet. Edina and Chanhassen earned the top two spots in the Section 6 boys compe-tition. Eastview and Apple Valley were fifth and sixth, and Burnsville also was in the top 10, placing ninth. Burnsville’s Jack Lind-say tied for second in the individual competition in 43.31 and is one of two skiers from the Blaze boys team to qualify for state. The other is junior Jon Garbe, who will go to state for the second consecutive year after finishing eighth in 44.57 at the section meet. Others qualifying in-dividually for the boys state meet include East-view’s Luke Doolittle, fifth in 43.87; Apple Valley’s Robert Hapke, seventh in 44.18; Matt Xi of Lakev-ille North, 10th in 44.72; Liam Tyler of Apple Val-ley, 14th in 45.51; and Croix Turner of Apple Valley, 15th in 45.61. Rosemount’s Aaron Ahlberg finished 18th overall and missed a place at state by one-tenth of a second. Louis Nguyen of Chanhassen completed two runs in 41.46 to win the boys individual title. Edina’s Spencer Knack tied Lindsay for second place. The state meet is Wednesday, Feb. 12, at Gi-ants Ridge in Biwabik.

Panther girls grab spotin state Alpine meet

North gets No. 1 seed in section hockeyCougars seeded

fourth, setting up possible semifi-nal game with

Panthers by Mike Shaughnessy


There will not be an all-Lakeville final in the Section 1AA girls hockey tournament. That’s because if Lakeville North and Lakeville South meet in the playoffs it will be in the semifinals as North was seeded first and South fourth in the Sec-tion 1 tourney. Lakeville North com-pleted its regular season with a 4-2 victory over Lakeville South on Sat-urday at Hasse Arena in the first game of a varsity girls-boys doublehead-er. The Panthers, who clinched the South Subur-ban Conference champi-onship two days earlier by beating Bloomington Jef-ferson/Kennedy, are ready for the postseason, coach Buck Kochevar said. “We love to play in playoff games,” Koche-var said. “And we knew (Saturday’s game) was go-ing to be a lot like a play-off game. The kids know what to expect. They have to play hard for three pe-riods in a game like this.” The Lakeville teams opened the playoffs Wednesday night in games that took place after this edition went to press. Lakeville North (18-5-2) played a quar-terfinal game at home against Rochester Mayo, which was 57th of 64 Class AA teams in the minnesota-scores.net Quality Results Formula rankings (Lakeville North was sixth). Lakeville South (16-8-1) played Rochester Century in a quarterfinal game Wednesday at Hasse Arena. Century was 21-3 in the regular season but played a significantly weaker schedule than South and could draw only the No. 5 seed in the section. The Cougars likely will be without head coach Natalie Darwitz for the

postseason. Darwitz is working as an analyst for women’s hockey games during NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage. Her father Scott, a South as-sistant coach and former Eagan head coach, di-rected the Cougars in last Saturday’s game against North. If both Lakeville teams win Wednesday, they would meet in the semi-finals at 7 p.m. Saturday at Ames Arena, North’s home ice. The Section 1AA championship game is 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, at Four Seasons Arena in Owatonna. Dodge County (20-5) and Rochester John Mar-shall (21-4) are the second and third seeds in the sec-tion. North was 13-1-2 in South Suburban Confer-ence games en route to its third consecutive league

title. North’s last regular-season loss was 3-2 to Burnsville about three weeks ago. It was about that time that Kochevar juggled his top two lines, moving Ms. Hockey award semifinal-ist Alexis Joyce to a line with Riley Tousignant and Megan Lebens. Pre-viously, Joyce skated with Maddie McGlade and Heidi Winiecki on a line that consisted of the Pan-thers’ top three scorers. Kochevar said he is looking primarily for sol-id defense from North’s third line and hoped to achieve better scoring bal-ance with the first two. “Those two lines have been getting a lot of chances,” Kochevar said. “Before, I think it was a little too easy for teams to match up against our top line.” The North defense, led

by Dani Sadek and Taylor Flaherty on the blue line and Abby Cooper in goal, allowed just 24 goals in 25 regular-season games. The Panthers had 11 shut-outs. Lakeville South fin-ished fourth in the South Suburban at 11-5. The Cougars bring some bal-anced scoring into the playoffs – five players had 17 points or more during the regular season – and goalies Chloe Crosby and Claire Wallenta both have played well. Lakeville South is try-ing to get to the state tournament for the first time in three years and the first time in Natalie Darwitz’s tenure as head coach. Lakeville North has won the Section 1AA championship the last two years and three of the last four.

Lakeville North’s Dani Sadek tries to fend off a check by a Lakeville South player during the Panthers’ 4-2 victory Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/side-kick.smugmug.com)

Lakeville South forward Morgan Morse drives toward the net during Saturday’s game against Lakeville North. North’s Riley Tousignant is defending. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/sidekick.smugmug.com)


Scislow to play soccer at SDSUSt. Croix Lutheran senior is school’s scoring leader

Jennie Scis-low, a Lakeville resident and St. Croix Lu-theran’s all-time leading scorer in girls soccer, signed a Na-tional Letter of Intent this week to play soccer at South Dakota State University, a Division I pro-gram that plays in the Summit League. Scislow is a two-time

s e c o n d - t e a m All-State selec-tion. She is her school’s career leader in points (137), assists (54) and goals (83). In 2013, she scored 22 goals, a St. Croix Lutheran single-season re-cord, and added 12 assists. She formerly played

for Lakeville Soccer As-sociation traveling teams

and later for the Minne-sota Thunder Academy. She also competes in basketball and track and field and has been captain in all three of her sports. Scislow is a five-time state Class A track qualifier in the 800 meters and fin-ished seventh in that race at state in 2013. Recently named saluta-torian of her class, Scislow plans to major in interior design at South Dakota State.

Jennie Scislow

3 local teams qualify for state Nordic by Mike Shaughnessy


The Eagan boys, East-view girls and Burnsville girls all were favorites go-ing into their section Nor-dic skiing meets Tuesday – and lived up to the ex-pectations as all won sec-tion championships. Eagan won the Sec-tion 1 boys championship Tuesday at Valleywood Golf Course, while East-view took the girls title, marking the first time an Eastview team has quali-fied for the state Nordic meet. Burnsville qualified for the state girls meet for the third consecutive year by winning the Section 3 championship at Theo-dore Wirth Park in Min-neapolis.

Section 1 Eagan senior Josh Podpeskar won the boys pursuit race, consisting of a 5-kilometer classic leg and a 5K freestyle leg. He had the fastest time for both halves of the race, and his overall time was 30 minutes, 23 seconds. He won by 33 seconds. Senior Jacob Edmond (third, 31:09) and ninth-grader Patrick Acton (sev-enth, 32:14) also finished in the top 10 for Eagan. Acton was the only skier among the top 17 individ-uals who wasn’t a junior or senior.

Eagan senior Brady Mavetz was 14th in 32:49. Also advancing to state for the Wildcats are junior Chris Acton (27th, 35:44), ninth-grader Ryan Conroy (33rd, 36:52) and ninth-grader Ryan Steger (41st, 37:29). The Wildcats qualified for state in 2013, finish-ing seventh. Podpeskar, Edmond, Mavetz, Patrick Acton and Chris Acton all competed in last year’s state meet. The top eight individ-ual finishers who are not Eagan skiers also quali-fied for state. That group includes Lakeville South senior Mitchell Miller (eighth, 32:16) and Apple Valley senior Rhett Carl-son (ninth, 32:20). Eagan scored 380 points and won the section championship by 11 over Winona/Winona Cotter. Lakeville South was third with 343. Apple Valley was fifth with 304, Lakev-ille North was eighth with 244, Rosemount was 10th with 209 and Eastview fin-ished 13th with 77. Eastview sophomore Margie Freed was girls pursuit champion in 35:04, more than one min-ute ahead of the runner-up. She returns to the state meet after finishing 37th a year ago. The difference this year is Freed will compete at state with her team. Three

Eastview girls finished in the top five and four were in the top nine as the Lightning won by almost 40 points over Winona/Winona Cotter. Eastview senior Kaley Hedberg was fourth in 37:57 and sophomore An-nika Martell finished fifth in 38:04. Kylie Kraemer, a sophomore, finished ninth in 38:54. Indicative of the Light-ning’s strength at the sec-tion girls meet was that Eastview skiers Sydney Hedberg and Lauren Her-land were the only individ-uals in the top 25 whose finishes did not count to-ward their team’s total. Hedberg was 14th in 40:18 and Herland was 24th in 42:26. Also going to state for Eastview is Elena Daw-son, who was 30th in the section meet in 44:24. Qualifying individually for state were Lakeville North sophomore Molly Wilson (10th, 38:56) and Lakeville South senior Carley Endersbe (11th, 38:59). Lakeville North (340 points), Lakeville South (312) and Apple Valley (289) were fourth through sixth in the team stand-ings. Eagan finished 10th. The state meet starts at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, at Giants Ridge in Bi-wabik.


Blue Thumb workshops begin Blue Thumb-Planting for Clean Water workshops will begin in February and will teach Dakota County resi-dents how to create their own rain garden, native plant gar-den or a garden to stabilize shoreland. Last year, more than 300 home owners attend-ed Blue Thumb workshops. Introductory workshops are free. Garden design cours-es, which will be offered two to three weeks after the initial workshop, cost $25. Preregis-tration is required. The design course helps home owners cre-ate a garden that’s perfect for their yard. The program will even help install the garden, and if funds are available, may even help with the cost. For workshop dates, ad-ditional information or to register, visit www.dako-tacountyswcd.org or call 651-480-7777. Find more infor-mation about Blue Thumb at www.bluethumb.org.

Booster club Valentine social The Lakeville North Boys Hockey Booster club will hold its annual Valentine’s Social and Silent Auction 7-11 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 15, at Crystal Lake Golf Club. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased from any hockey parent or player or by calling 612-812-7655. Event proceeds will sup-port the Lakeville North boys hockey team.

Citizens academy offered The Dakota County Sher-iff ’s Office is hosting its third annual citizens academy from 6-9 p.m. Thursdays, March 20 to May 8.

The eight-week academy allows residents to learn about issues facing law enforcement locally and helps build insight into the philosophy and op-erations of the department. Topics to be covered in-clude history of the sheriff ’s office, use of force, traffic stops and searching and hand-cuffing procedures. Participants will also learn about arrest laws, criminal charging, the judicial process, crime scene processing and In-ternet crime. Taser and canine demon-strations also will be covered as well as an overview of the Dakota County Jail and in-formation about the county’s Specials Weapons and Tacti-cal (SWAT) Team. To regiter or for more infor-mation, call 651-438-4721 or email [email protected].

Dakota Electric solar study Rocky Mountain Institute selected Dakota Electric Asso-ciation to participate in a so-lar study that seeks to imple-ment a solar business model that will provide value to both utilities and those who seek to install solar. Dakota Electric is one of three Great River Energy co-operatives selected to partici-pate in the RMI study to be conducted throughout 2014. The study will examine pricing and business models, providing an analysis of these factors to determine the best way all parties can benefit from solar installations. The goal is to develop a working model that can be expanded to other utilities around the country. The study is expected to conclude later this year.

Firearm safety class A firearm safety class will be offered from 7-9 p.m. Tues-days, March 4 through April 29 (no class March 25), at Rosemount Middle School, 3135 143rd St. W., Rose-mount. Range day on April 26. Registration night will be 6 p.m. on Feb. 27. A parent or legal guardian must accom-pany student to registration. Class fee is $7.50. Upon class completion, a $7.50 DNR fee is paid online to self-certify. Class size is limited. The minimum age to attend class is 11. To enroll a student, send full name, age and name of parent or legal guardian to [email protected].

BPAC friends dissolves The Friends of the Burns-ville Performing Arts Center board of directors on Jan. 8 unanimously decided to dis-solve the organization as its mission has been completed. Three of the members present at the meeting have been with FOBPAC since its conception in 2007 – Wayne Huelskoetter, Dick Manley and Sue Olesen. The organization was char-tered to raise funds in support of the development and ongo-ing success of the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. Overall, more than $400,000 in cash and in-kind donations were raised from individuals, foundations and corporations. All remaining raised funds will be used to pay off the final lease payments for the Stein-way piano and for the BPAC to use in community outreach.

Lakeville seniors All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for infor-mation. Monday, Feb. 10 – Health Insurance Counseling, 9 a.m. to noon; Tap Dance, 9:30 a.m.; Knitting Class, 9:30 a.m.; Wii Bowling, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Hearing Screening, 11 a.m.; Walking Club, 11:30 a.m.; Weight Control Support Group, noon; Hearts, noon; Cards, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11 – Dominoes & Cards, 9 a.m.; Blood Pressure Checks, 9:30 a.m.; Creative Writ-ing, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Heart Restart CPR, 10:30 a.m.; Walking Club, 11:30 a.m.; Party Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Chess Club, 1 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; deadline, Diner’s Club. Wednesday, Feb. 12 – Cards, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Walking Club, 11:30 a.m.; Pi-nochle, noon; Dime Bingo, 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 – Tax As-sistance, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; “Clas-sic Voices” Chorus, 9-10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Chorus, 10:30 a.m.; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; R.H. Cho-rus at Highview Hills, 2 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Diner’s Club at Rudy’s, Lakeville, 5 p.m.; Billiards, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Cards, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Tatting, 1-3 p.m.; Oil Painting Class, 1 p.m.; Bingo, 1:30 p.m.; deadline, Chair Massage and Arthritis Health Tips Clinic.

Senior Day at IMAX Theatre Senior Citizen Day is Tuesday, Feb. 11, at the IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo, 12000 Zoo Blvd., Apple Valley. Complimentary coffee and re-freshments will be served at 9 a.m. The film, “Galapagos 3D,” will begin at 10 a.m. Cost is $6.50.

For questions or group res-ervations, call 952-997-9714 or email [email protected].

Life Line Screening Life Line Screening will con-duct screenings for stroke and osteoporosis on Feb. 21 at The Rivers, 11111 River Hills Drive, Burnsville. A total of five screenings can be purchased. Packages start at $149. For information or to make an appointment, call 1-877-237-1287.

Driver improvement The Minnesota Highway Safe-ty Center will offer 55-plus driver-improvement courses on the fol-lowing days: • 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 10 and 11 (eight-hour full course), Market Village Apartments, 100 J Roberts Way, Elko New Market. • 5:30-9:30 p.m. Feb. 11 (four-hour refresher course), Apple Val-ley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. • 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 18 (four-hour refresher course), AAA Minnesota-Iowa, 600 W. Travelers Trail, Burnsville. • 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 18 (four-hour refresher course), Burnsville Senior Center – ISD 191, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burnsville. • 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feb. 22 (four-hour refresher course), Lakeville Senior Center – Heri-tage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. • 5:30-9:30 p.m. Feb. 25 and 26 (eight-hour full course), Burns-ville Senior Center – ISD 191, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Burns-ville. • 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 27 (four-hour refresher course), Apple Val-ley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. The courses are open to the public; however, preregistration is requested. The eight-hour course is $24; the four-hour refresher is $20. For more information or to register, visit www.mnsafetycen-ter.org or call 888-234-1294.

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3070 OrganizationalNotices

South Suburban Alanon

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Burnsville, MN 55337 Mixed, Wheelchair

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Castle Rock Bank is currently accepting applications for a full-time teller position. Previous teller experi-ence is preferred with Spanish as a second language a plus. Con-tact either Dave Nicolai or Jane at 651-463-4014

Community Habilitation SpecialistRewarding position assist-ing individuals with intel-lectual disabilities and sensory impairments in a center based setting in Bloomington. Provide su-pervision, job skills train-ing, implement programs and track goals, participate in community integration activities and assist with self-care needs. Position requires the ability to lift and transfer individuals to/from wheelchairs. A valid driver’s license and compliance with MVR & Rule 11 background checks required. Ability to obtain a CDL license within 6 months of hire and drug/alcohol testing required. Driving a Rise van or lift equipped bus is a daily function of the job. Posi-tion requires individual to lift and carry 50+ pounds on a regular basis. Posi-tion is full-time, M-F with excellent benefits. $11-$12 HR/DOQ with a generous training & benefit package. One year experience work-ing with individuals with intellectual disabilities and degree preferred. Submit cover letter and resume to Jamie at [email protected].

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TEACHERSNew Horizon Academy in Lakeville is now accepting

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SNOW REMOVALAn Eagan Based Co. isseeking individuals to shovel snow with a crew on our commer-cial properties from 11PM to 9AM when it snows. Looking for a hardworking, punctual, dependable and able to handle a physically de-manding job. Email us [email protected]


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HIRING: Experienced Hydraulic Cylinder Re-pair Technician, Lakev-ille. Email: [email protected] / call 612-314-3778

Production Staff to pro-duce plants. Apply: Wagner Greenhouses 6024 Penn Ave S. Mpls. M-F, 8-4:30


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LEGAL NOTICES

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: Gold House PressPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 10240 176th Street WestLakeville, MN. 55044NAMEHOLDER(S): Gold House Enterprises, LLC10240 176th Street WestLakeville, MN. 55044I, 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: January 22, 2014SIGNED BY: Jacquelyn B. Fletcher

Published in Lakeville

January 31, February 7, 2014169152

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 194

REGULAR MEETINGJANUARY 14, 2014

This is a summary of the IndependentSchool District No.194 Regular SchoolBoard Meeting on Tues., January 14, 2014with full text available for public inspec-tion on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or District Office at 8670 210thStreet W., Lakeville, MN 55044

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

Election of Board Officers: Chair-RozPeterson, Vice-Chair-Jim Skelly, Clerk-Michelle Volk, Treasurer-Bob Erickson.

Public Comment: Angela Gunter, 664 Tamarack Trail, shared special educationpara job duties.

Consent agenda items approved: Min-utes of the meetings on December 10; employment recommendations, leave requests and resignations; payment of bills & claims as presented; Alt facilitieschange orders; donations, fieldtrips andearly graduation for LN/LS students.

Reports presented: New/Revised poli-cies 516, 532, and 610;

Recommended actions approved: MCC Achievement & Integration Plan; EVESchool Resource Dog; 2014-15 Program of Studies; First Quarter Budget Adjust-ments for Current Fiscal Year; Tony Mas-saros as Responsible Authority for DataPractices Compliance; Board annual sal-ary/mileage; annual meeting dates/times; committee assignments; official newspa-per; staff attorneys; organizational mattersrelated to business office functions; Reso-lution regarding Dodd Boulevard.

Adjournment at 8:47 p.m. Published in

Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganFebruary 7, 2014

170306

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 196CALL FOR BIDS

2014 HARDSCAPE REHABILITATION

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the 2014 Hardscape and Tennis Court Rehabilitation by Independent School District 196, at the Facili-ties and Grounds Office located at 14445 Diamond Path, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday March 4, 2014; at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A pre-bid conference will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at the Facili-ties and Grounds Office located at 14445 Diamond Path, Rosemount, MN 55068.

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

The School Board of Indepen-dent School District 196 reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in bidding.

Gary L. Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District #196

Published in Apple Valley,

Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganFebruary 7, 14, 2014

172907INDEPENDENT SCHOOL

DISTRICT NO. 194SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

JANUARY 14, 2014This is a summary of the Independent

School District No. 194 Special Board ofEducation Meeting on Tuesday, January14, 2014 with full text available for publicinspection on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us or 8670 210th StreetW., Lakeville, MN 55044

The meeting was called to order at 6:03

p.m. All board members and administra-tors were present.

Discussions: Closed session discussionwas held per MN Statute 13D.03 regard-ing contract negotiations.

Meeting adjourned at 6:55 p.m.Published in

Lakeville, Burnsville/EaganFebruary 7, 2014

170319


2014 ROOF REHABILITATION

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the 2014 Roof Rehabilitation by Inde-pendent School District 196, at the District Office (Dakota Conference Room), 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 10:00 a.m., local time on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A pre-bid conference will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at the District Office (Dakota Conference Room) located at 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, MN 55068. Attendees shall meet at the main entrance.

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

The School Board of Indepen-dent School District 196 reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informality in bidding.

Gary L. Huusko, Board Clerk Independent School District 196



172921


NORTEL NETWORKS TELEPHONE SYSTEM

MAINTENANCE AND UPGRADE

Notice is hereby given that BIDS will be received for the purpose of securing a contract for mainte-nance services and optionally an upgrade to the latest version of Succession software for the Dis-trict’s 32 Nortel Network CS1000 Release 4.5 PBX systems by Inde-pendent School District 196 at the District Office, 3455 153rd Street West, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 25, 2014, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read.

Complete instructions on how to obtain bidding documents can be found at: http://www.district196.org/District/LegalNotices/.

If you should have any questions regarding this bid, you may contact Edward Heier at (651) 423-7793.

Gary Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196



172944CITY OF LAKEVILLE

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICEREQUEST: The preliminary plat of 49

single family lots to be known as Choke-cherry Hill 3rd Addition.

APPLICANT: Shamrock DevelopmentLOCATION AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION:

The property is located east of Dodd Bou-levard (CR 9) and north of 190th Street inthe City of Lakeville, Dakota County, Min-nesota and is legally described as follows:

Outlot D, Chokecherry Hill AdditionWHEN: Thursday, February 20, 2014 at

6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the par-ties may be heard.

WHERE: Planning Commission meet-ing at the City Hall Council Chambers,

20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Min-nesota.

QUESTIONS: Contact Planning Direc-tor Daryl Morey at (952) 985-4422 or by e-mail at [email protected]

DATED this 4th day of February, 2014.CITY OF LAKEVILLECharlene Friedges, City Clerk

Published in Lakeville

February 7, 2014172878

CITY OF LAKEVILLENOTICE TO BIDDERS

2014 STREET RECONSTRUCTION

PROJECTThe City of Lakeville, Minnesota,

hereby gives notice that sealed bids willbe received until 10:00 a.m., Local Time,on Friday, March 7, 2014 for the 2014 Street Reconstruction Project. Bids will be received in the office of the City Clerk, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Min-nesota 55044. The project involves the construction of watermain, storm sewer, streets and sidewalks. The majority of the work includes reclamation, common ex-cavation, utility pipe installation, roadwayconstruction, concrete curb and gutter in-stallation and bituminous paving.

A full notice can by viewed by goingto http://www.lakevillemn.gov and click-ing on the “Requests for Bids” button. Afull notice can also be obtained at the of-fice of the City Engineer located at 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota55044.

Charlene Friedges, City ClerkPublished in

LakevilleFebruary 7, 2014

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Lakeville Parks and Recreation Lakeville Parks and Recreation will offer the following activities. Register at www.lakeville-rapcon-nect.com or in person at 20195 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Nickelodeon Universe Mall of America, Bloomington: Purchase all-day discount wristbands for $24 online at www.lakeville-rapcon-nect.com or at the Lakeville Parks & Recreation office in City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Pick up tickets at City Hall. Adult dance classes – West Coast Swing and Nightclub Two-Step, ages 17 and older, Mondays, Feb. 24 to March 31, at the Lake-ville Heritage Center, 20110 Holy-oke Ave. West Coast Swing: 7-8

p.m. Nightclub Two-Step: 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $70 per couple per session. Intro to Dog Sledding – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, Ritter Farm Park, 19300 Ritter Trail, Lakeville. Ages 12 and older. Hands-on learning with the dogs and handlers from Hastings Hus-kies & Horses. Cost: $120. Public skating schedule: 4-9 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday; noon to 8 p.m. Sun-day. Holiday schedule: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Feb. 17. Map of outdoor rinks – A map of outdoor rinks is at www.lakevil-lemn.gov, or call 952-985-4600 to have a map mailed. Inclement weather – Call the hotline at 952-985-4690, option 1. A decision on the status of rinks

will be made one hour before the scheduled opening of rinks. Snowshoe rental – Snowshoes are available for rent. Call 952-985-4600 to reserve a pair or for more information and availability. Cost: $3 per pair per day, three-day mini-mum on weekends. Deposit: $75 per pair. Three sizes to choose from (up to 150, 200 and 275 pounds). Pick up and return snowshoes 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at Lakeville City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Ave.

ProAct receives training grant ProAct, an Eagan-based non-profit serving people with disabili-ties, has received a $200,000 State of Minnesota grant through Min-

nesota Southeast Technical, Red Wing, to enhance its training for staff members and people with disabilities, while improving the nonprofit’s production capabili-ties. The funds flow from the Min-nesota Job Skills Partnership Program and will impact about 140 ProAct employees over an 18-month period. Entry-level training and retraining are to be emphasized. Much of the training will ben-efit ProAct’s Red Wing location, but Eagan employees will also be involved. The grant provides assistance in several areas, including Auto-CAD, trained medication admin-istration, special needs job coach-ing and team building.

To submit items for the Business Calendar, email:

[email protected].

Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, Feb. 12, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Lake-ville Women in Business Lun-cheon, Holiday Inn & Suites, 20800 Kenrick Ave., Lakeville. Speaker: Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau. Cost: $20 for members, $40 for non-members. RSVP by Feb. 5. No walk-ins. Information: Linda or Michele, [email protected]. • Thursday, Feb. 13, 4:30-6:30 p.m., After Hours, Ayars & Ayars, 21900 Kenrick Ave., Lakeville. • Wednesday, Feb. 19, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Morning Brew, Lakeville Police Department, 9237 183rd St.

BusinessCalendar

News Briefs


Obituaries Anniversaries

Sonya & Jerry Larson

60th Anniversary The Larsons of Eagan

celebrate their 60th on March 6th, 2014. In cele-bration, a summer family trip is planned. Congrats Mom & Dad!

Retirements

Dennis & Bert Geertsema Retire

Dennis has been in the Farmington School Dis-trict as a Custodian for 20 years. Opening Mead-owview Elementary in 2002 as Head Custodian. Also working in other Farmington Schools. Pre-viously working in Red-wing School for seven years. Plus, Unisys Corp as a computer technician for seventeen years.

Bert has had her own Hair Salon for 35 years as ‘Hair Empire’ in Rose-mount for eighteen years & in Empire for seventeen years. Bert has been work-ing now in ‘Hairstyling’ for forty-seven years. For ten years she carried a li-cence also as an instructor in Cosmetology, working in various schools.

They both decided to retire & move to their farm in southern Minn. where they intend to build the home they’ve dreamt of for twenty some years to spend more time w/family & friends.

They would want you to come and celebrate with them at Carbone’s in Farmington Open House 1-4pm Saturday, Feb. 15th.

theater and arts briefs

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Friday, Feb. 7 Forever Wild Family Fri-day: Sledding Party, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Regional Park, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. Bring your sled for a fun party on the lit sledding hill. All ages. Free. Registration requested at www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks.

Saturday, Feb. 8 How To Make 2014 Your Best Year Ever, women’s well-ness seminar, 9-11 a.m., Lake-ville Chart House, 11287 Klam-ath Trail, Lakeville. Free, but a $10 tax-deductible donation to the 360 Communities’ Lewis House will be taken at the door; receipts given. Information: www.lakevillefitwomen.com. Co-Parenting Following Divorce, 9-11 a.m., InnerLight Healing Center, 17305 Cedar Ave. S., Lakeville. Cost: $39. Registration/information: coun-selingandhealing.com, 952-435-4144. Volunteer Income Tax As-sistance (VITA), 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, 952-981-7045. For those who are age 65 or older, disabled, speak limited English, or whose an-nual household income is less than $52,000. Free income tax preparation assistance. Bring tax-deductible expenses (in-cluding property tax or rental payment records), photo ID, family Social Security cards and a copy of last year’s tax re-turn. No appointments taken.

Tuesday, Feb. 11 Open house, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Faithful Shepherd Cath-olic School, 3355 Columbia Drive, Eagan. Information: Shawnessy Schwartz at 651-262-2898 or [email protected]. Clear Communication workshop, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thrive Therapy, 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Suite 208, Burnsville. Free. Register at http:// thrivetherapymn.com.

Wednesday, Feb. 12 Eagan Garden Club, 7-9 p.m., Eagan Municipal Center, 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Topic: “Lilies, Jewels of the Garden” by Peggy Nerdahl.

Thursday, Feb. 13 AARP Tax Aide, 10 a.m.

to 2 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. Tax preparation help for low-income seniors, adults and families. Registration re-quired at 952-891-0300. MN Valley Christian Wo-mens Connection luncheon, 12:30-2 p.m., GrandStay Hotel and Conference Center, 7083 153rd St. W., Apple Valley. In-cludes lunch, special speaker, a feature on quilting and door prizes. Cost $16. Reservations required. Contact Pam at 612-207-3100 or Jan at 651-434-5795. Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), 2-6 p.m., Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley, 952-981-7045. For those who are age 65 or older, disabled, speak lim-ited English, or whose annual household income is less than $52,000. Free income tax prep-aration assistance. Bring tax-deductible expenses (including property tax or rental payment records), photo ID, family So-cial Security cards and a copy of last year’s tax return. No ap-pointments taken. Free community meal, 6-7 p.m., All Saints Catholic Church, 19795 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Enter at door M, opening at 5:45 p.m. Informa-tion: 952-469-4481.

Friday, Feb. 14 Valentine’s dinner event, Rosemount American Legion Post 65. Information: 651-423-3380. MaxaMom “Love vs. He-licopters in the Air” event, 6:30 p.m., A 2-147 Helicopter Battalion, 206 Airport Road, St. Paul. Free, but space is limited. RSVP required at Facebook.com/MaxaMom.

Saturday, Feb. 15 Winter Farmers Market, 9 a.m. to noon, Eagan Com-munity Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. Items for sale include locally produced food items such as honey, jams, sauces, sweet treats, artisan bakery items, strudel, root veg-etables and more.

Ongoing Feed My Starving Children South Metro Mobilepack, Feb. 3-8, various shifts available, Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church, 3611 North Berens Road N.W., Prior Lake. Volun-teers are needed to help pack 3 million meals to be distributed

to children across the world. To register or donate: www.fund-raising.fmsc.org/southmetro. For questions, contact Heather Hecht at [email protected]. Firearm safety class, 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays, March 4 to April 29 (no class March 25), at Rosemount Middle School, 3135 143rd St. W., Rosemount. Range day on April 26. Regis-tration night will be Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. A parent or legal guard-ian must accompany student to registration. Class fee is $7.50. Upon class completion, a $7.50 DNR fee is paid online to self-certify. Class size limited. Mini-mum age to attend is 11. To en-roll student(s), send full name, age and name of parent or legal guardian to [email protected].

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • Feb. 8, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. • Feb. 10, 1-6 p.m., Christus Victor Lutheran Church, 7510 Palomino Drive, Apple Valley. • Feb. 10, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce, 1121 Town Centre Drive, Suite 102, Eagan. • Feb. 11, 1:30-7:30 p.m., School District 191 – Commu-nity Education Center, 200 W. Burnsville Parkway, Suite 102, Burnsville. • Feb. 11, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 10970 185th St. W., Lakeville. • Feb. 13, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Roundbank, 3380 Vermil-lion River Trail, Farmington. • Feb. 14, 12:30-5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church – By the Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. • Feb. 15, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. • Feb. 17, 1-7 p.m., Church of St. Joseph, 13900 Biscayne Ave. W., Rosemount. Memorial Blood Centers will hold the following blood drive. Call 888-GIVE-BLD or visit MBC.org to make an appoint-ment or for more information. • Feb. 13, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Argosy University, 1515 Central Parkway, Eagan.

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Call for Artists The Eagan Art House is ac-cepting registrations through Feb. 21 for the 2014 exhibit “Art Is… Exhibit and Artist Per-spective.” Information: www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/rec-reation/eagan-art-house.

Exhibits Burnsville Visual Arts Soci-ety’s Art Fete, Feb. 13 to March 23, Burnsville Performing Arts Center gallery, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Information: 952-895-4685. “Opposing Landscapes,” a photography exhibit by Dean Seaton, is on display during Feb-ruary at Dunn Bros Coffee, 1012 Diffley Road, Eagan. Includes images captured at Lake Mo-raine, Alberta, Canada, and the Badlands near Rapid City, S.D. “My Minnesota,” a photog-raphy exhibit by Dean Seaton, is on display Feb. 8 through March 10 at Dunn Bros Coffee, 20700 Chippendale Ave. W., Farming-ton. Features images captured near Grand Marais. Winter Art Experience, an exhibit sponsored by the Ea-gan Art Festival and Eagan Art House, is on display through February at the Eagan Byerly’s, 1299 Promenade Place. Infor-mation: 651-675-5521.

Music Saturday Musical Matinee with MacPhail Center for Music cellist Jacqueline Ultan and flut-ist Julie Johnson, 1 p.m. Satur-day, Feb. 8, Apple Valley Villa, 14610 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley. Features music through the cen-turies from around the world. Re-freshments follow. Free. RSVP at 952-236-2600. Sponsored by Augustana Care and MacPhail Center for Music. Rockie Lynne “Radio Road” CD release event Sat-urday, Feb. 8, at Bogart’s Place, 14917 Garrett Ave., Apple Valley. Pre-show dinner at 6 p.m. with main show at 9 p.m. Dinner and main show, $40, http://shop.rockielynnemusicgroup.com. Tickets for the 9 p.m. perfor-mance are $15 at the door. Infor-mation: www.rockielynne.com. Jazz at the Steeple Center featuring the Septonics and the Night Owl Band, 7-9 p.m. Satur-day, Feb. 8, Rosemount Steeple Center, 14375 S. Robert Trail. Tickets: $5, www.rosemoun-tarts.com.

Chestnut Brass Company, 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Part of the Kingsley Shores Coffee Concert Series “Straight from the Heart.” Tickets: $15 adults, $12 seniors and students; www.lakevilleareaartscenter.com, 952-985-4640. Three Choirs Festival fea-turing the Dakota Valley Sym-phony and Chorus and choirs from Lakeville North and South high schools, 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets: $5-$16 at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 or Ticketmaster.com.

Theater “Snow White & the 7 or 8 Dwarfs,” presented by Lakeville Area Community Education and Giant Step Children’s Theatre, Feb. 7-8, Feb. 14-15 and Feb. 17, Lakeville North High School, 19600 Ipava Ave. Tickets: $6 in advance at 952-232-2150 (www.lakevilleareacommunityed.net) or $8 at the door. “Ole & Lena’s 50th Wed-ding Anniversary and Vow Renewal,” 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets: $20 at 952-895-4680 or Ticketmaster.com.

Workshops/classes/other Art-themed birthday par-ties are offered by the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Cost: $125-$135 for up to 10 people. Additional guests are $12.50 per child. Supplies provided. Information: 651-675-5521. Winter art classes are open for registration at the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Information: www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/recreation/ea-gan-art-house, 651-675-5521. Family Saturday Sampler - Painting, 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. For families with children ages 6 and above. Cost: $20 per family up to four people, $3 each additional per-son. Supplies provided. Reg-istration/information: 651-675-5521. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Bat-tle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Adult painting open studio, 9 a.m. to noon Fridays at the Ea-gan Art House, 3981 Lexington

Ave. S. Fee is $5 per session. Information: 651-675-5521. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tier-ney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes-days, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Teens Express Yourself with Paint, 5-7 p.m. Mondays at Brushworks School of Art in Burnsville, www.BrushworksS-choolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Act-Sing-Dance winter ses-sion enrollment open for ages 7-17. Burnsville location. Infor-mation: 952-220-1676, Drama Interaction. Homeschool Theatre Pro-gram, winter session open en-rollment, Wednesdays, ages 7-17. In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, 952-736-3644. Show Biz Kids Theater Class for children with special needs (ASD/DCD programs), In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, 952-736-3644. Broadway Kids Dance and Theater Program for all ages and abilities, In the Company of Kids, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, 952-736-3644. Join other 55-plus adults at the Eagan Art House to create beaded jewelry. The Jewelry Club meets on the third Friday of each month from 1-3 p.m. In-formation: 651-675-5500. Soy candle making classes held weekly in Eagan near 55 and Yankee Doodle. Call Jamie at 651-315-4849 for dates and times. $10 per person. Present-ed by Making Scents in Minne-sota. Country line dance classes held for intermediates Mondays 1:30-4 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. Country line dance classes on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; In-termediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the sec-ond Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Library. Informa-tion: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

Student art on display An art exhibit featuring the work of area elemen-tary school students is on display at the Robert Trail Library, 14295 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Artwork by students from Rosemount Elemen-tary is on display for Feb-ruary. An artists’ reception is 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9. Red Pine Elementary student art will be spot-lighted in March (artists’ reception 1-3 p.m. March 2), followed by Shannon

Park Elementary in April (artists’ reception 1-3 p.m. April 6) and Diamond Path Elementary in May (artists’ reception 1-3 p.m. May 4). The exhibit is spon-sored by the Rosemount Area Arts Council and the Robert Trail Library. For more information, visit www.rosemountarts.com or call John at 952-255-8545.

Floyd Cramer legacy The Lakeville Area Arts

Center will present “The Legacy of Floyd Cramer” by Jason Coleman at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. Cramer’s signature pi-ano styling can be heard in recordings by countless music legends including Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison and Elvis Presley. His distinctive sound is still alive through his grandson, Jason Cole-man, whose performance includes highlights of his music. Tickets are $17 in ad-vance and $20 at the door and are available at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.

com or at the Arts Cen-ter at 20965 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4640 for more information.

Fly Days at IMAX The Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minne-sota Zoo in Apple Valley celebrates flight Friday, Feb. 7 through Sunday, Feb. 9. Films featured in-clude “Bugs! in IMAX 3D,” “Flying Monsters in IMAX 3D,” “Fighter Pi-lot: Operation Red Flag,” and “Adventures in Wild

California.” All tickets are $5. Show times and tickets for Fly Days can be found at http://shop.omniticket.com/mnz.

Savage arts center grand opening A grand opening for the Savage Arts & Cultur-al Center will be 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. The center is located in the Savage Library Building Annex at 13090 Alabama Ave., Savage.

The free event will in-clude a 10 a.m. ribbon cut-ting, light refreshments, artist demonstrations, door prizes, a raffle featur-ing artwork of local art-ists, and more. The space, provided by the city of Savage and shared with the Savage Senior Group, will be the first permanent location for the Savage Arts Coun-cil. For more informa-tion, visit http://sav-ageartscouncil.org.

The Lakeville Area Arts Center in conjunction with Bal-let Royale Minnesota is presenting “An Evening of Art and Dance” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7. The evening features a collaboration of local visual artists and cho-reographers sharing interpretations of selected pieces of artwork including Hazel Belvo’s “Emptying Out” (pictured). A complimentary coffee hour where audi-ence members can meet the artists and dancers follows the program. Tickets are $12 and are available online at www.LakevilleAreaArtsCenter.com and at the arts cen-ter at 20965 Holyoke Ave. (Photo submitted)

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The Chestnut Brass Company has come a long way from its salad days as a Philadelphia street band in the late 1970s. The brass quintet has been featured on National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” saw its music aired on the PBS docu-mentary “A House Di-vided” and, in 2000, won a Grammy for the album “Hornsmoke” with com-poser Peter Schickele. The band will be bring-ing its horn-centered sound to the Lakeville Area Arts Center on Sun-day, Feb. 9, to perform as part of the ongoing King-sley Shores Coffee Con-certs series.

“Our Lakeville pro-gram is ‘Made in Ameri-ca,’ ” explained trombon-ist Larry Zimmerman of Apple Valley, who joined Chestnut Brass in 1990. “We’ll perform folk songs from diverse tradi-tions, popular tunes of George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Duke Elling-ton, and two new works by American composers Joseph Turrin and Eric Ewazen, who the quintet is happy to count as friends.” The concert is the sec-ond in this year’s Coffee Concerts series, which opened Jan. 12 with a performance by Minne-sota Opera resident artists John Robert Lindsey and Victoria Vargas. After the Chestnut Brass concert, the series

returns April 27 with the Bakken Trio, a group formed by Minnesota Or-chestra musicians. The concerts include complimentary coffee and refreshments in the series’ informal cabaret setting, with the musicians pro-viding some background and insights on the pieces they’ve chosen to perform. All the performances are on Sundays at 2 p.m. at the arts center located at 20965 Holyoke Ave. in downtown Lakeville. Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors, and are avail-able online at www.Lakev-illeAreaArtsCenter.com and at the door.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

The Chestnut Brass Company, started as a street band in Philadelphia in the late 1970s, won a Grammy in 2000 for the album “Hornsmoke” with composer Peter Schickele. (Photo submitted)

A brass act all the wayChestnut Brass Company concert Feb. 9 in Lakeville

Puppies playing hockey Rosemount author debuts

children’s book ‘Paws On Ice’ The premise of Jeff Lozano’s chil-dren’s picture book combines two of his favorite things: puppies and ice hockey. “Paws On Ice,” which Lozano re-leased earlier this month, centers on a dog who finds a hockey stick and puck beside a magical frozen pond and takes to the ice like it’s second na-ture. “I’m a hockey fan and a dog lover,” said the 37-year-old Rosemount author. “I love the Min-nesota Wild and I’ve been playing hockey since I was a kid.” Lozano’s girlfriend, Li-zette Reiland, did the il-lustrations for “Paws On

Ice.” One of the canine characters in the book, Tails, was created with some real-life in-spiration. “My girlfriend had a puppy, San-dy, which had to be put down last year

because she had cancer, but she based the illustra-tions of Tails off of her own dog,” Lozano said. Lozano said he hopes to author additional chil-dren’s picture books; a longtime student of mar-tial arts who trains at Warrior’s Cove in Burns-ville, he said he wouldn’t rule out the possibility of a “puppies and martial arts”-themed book. A second “puppies and hockey” book is another

possibility, said Lozano, whose bibliography also includes a self-published book of poetry. “Paws On Ice” is avail-able for $10 by emailing the author at [email protected].

—Andrew Miller

“Paws On Ice” features puppy illustrations by Lizette Reiland.

Farmington Library events During its remodeling project, the Farmington Library is located in tem-porary space on the sec-ond floor of City Hall, 430 Third St. in downtown Farmington. Hours are noon to 8 p.m. Monday and Tues-day; 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday through Fri-day; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat-urday. Closed on Sunday. • Teen Advisory Group, 6-7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10. TAGs recommend books and music, help plan li-brary programs and par-ticipate in community events and service proj-ects. Ages: 12-18.

• Storytime for All Ages, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14. Stories and activities for mixed-ages such as child care groups and families. Ages 0-6. • Men’s Book Group, 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18. The group will dis-

cuss “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemp-tion” by Laura Hillen-brand. The meeting will be at Dunn Bros Coffee, 20700 Chippendale Ave. W., Farmington. Call 651-438-0250 for more information.

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