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Man charged with weapons on school property ordered to St. Peter

Michael Adrian arrested by Apple Valley police June 7

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK

DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

A 26 year-old man charged with felo-ny possession of a dangerous weapon on school property in Lakeville has been court ordered to St. Peter for mental evaluation. Michael Oliver Adrian was ar-rested on a warrant by Apple Valley police the morning of June 7 after he had been released on $40,000 bail May 30, ac-cording to Dakota County court records. Apple Valley police Chief Jon Rechtzigel said officers acted on an anon-

ymous tip and responded to the Apple Valley Holi-day Stationstore on 149th Street where Adrian was

arrested. Rechtzigel said Adrian had vio-lated conditions of his release that in-cluded informing police of his cur-rent address. According to an Apple Valley po-lice incident re-

port, Adrian “physically complied” with orders, but was “verbally combative and (insulting) toward of-ficers while making the ar-rest.” The incident report stat-



Lakeville City Administrator Steve Mielke, who oversaw Lakeville’s con-struction boom, recessionary drag and a recent development resurgence, has been tapped as Dakota County’s next physical development director. Mielke’s last day at City Hall will be July 10, and he starts with the county on July 21. “The things that I really love about Lakeville are on the development end,” Mielke said. “I really like helping plan the growth and development of Lake-ville. That has to do with parks, roads, transportation and sewer and water and working with developers. The major-ity of this position is going to focus on those areas.” Mielke, 56, will earn $152,000 in his new position and benefits that include 240 hours of flex leave, according to Dakota County Communications Di-rector Gail Plewacki; his current salary is $158,100 plus benefits, according to Lakeville. Mielke’s career began in Eagan as an intern, where he was mentored for six months by former City Administrator Tom Hedges. He served as an assistant/planner in North Mankato and in 1984 became the first city administrator for Janesville, Minn. “That’s where I really learned the management side, the business side of cities,” Mielke said. Mielke worked for more than 17 years in Hopkins, serving as that city’s com-munity development director for 2-1/2 years before becoming city manger. He left that job to lead Lakeville in 2004. Mielke said one of his priorities when he came to Lakeville was implementing

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Lakeville North and Lakeville South high schools held their graduation ceremonies on Thursday, June 5, at Target Center in downtown Minneapolis. It was the 100th commencement since Lakeville High School was established. The Lakeville North ceremony included a performance by the school’s Chorale (above) and speeches by student Mikayla Coleman and teacher Scott Schmelzle. The Lakeville South ceremony included a tossing of the hats (below) and speeches by senior speaker Elise Redetzke and retiring Principal Scott Douglas, the only principal of the school since it opened in 2004. More photos are inside this edition and at SunThisweek.com/tag/District-194. (Photos by Tad Johnson)

Intersection to be closed in 2015Anderson questions city contribution

to county road projects by Laura Adelmann

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Next construction sea-son, more than 30,000 vehicles using the county roads 50/60 intersection daily will be re-routed through Lakeville as con-struction of a multi-lane roundabout is underway. Full closure of the busy Lakeville intersec-tion is anticipated to last months and significantly increase traffic on Ipava Avenue. To promote move-ment of the high traffic volumes, Dakota County and the city have agreed to remove the all-way stop and install a permanent signal at Ipava Avenue and 175th Street by early next spring, according to Lakeville Public Works Director Chris Petree. He said changes are also being considered to the four-way stop at Ipava Avenue and 165th Street. First proposed was a pole and span-wire tem-porary signal on Ipava Avenue at 165th Street, but that may change after completion of a $31,000 intersection control eval-uation, recently approved by the City Council. The evaluation will explore options includ-ing installing a perma-

nent signal at Ipava Av-enue and 165th Street, building a roundabout or keeping it a four-way stop, according to Petree. He said results of the evaluation findings will be discussed with the City Council to determine the plan for the intersection. According to city documents, temporary signals cost $100,000 and Dakota County would pay $55,000 of the ex-pense, with the city pick-ing up the remaining $45,000. Temporary turn lanes cost $50,000; the county is paying $27,500 of the

Lakeville City Council Member Doug Anderson is asking questions about how much cities contribute to county road projects. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)



The Lakeville Area School Board passed a $143.9 million fiscal year 2014-15 budget June 10. District Executive Di-rector of Business Ser-vices Michael Baumann said the budget antici-pates continued dropping enrollment, adds staff and all-day kindergar-

ten while incorporating STEAM (science, tech-nology, engineering, arts and math) into the cur-riculum. Enrollment is estimat-ed to drop from 10,979 this school year to 10,940 next, according to the district, but fewer stu-dents are open enrolling out of the district, nar-

Lakeville city administrator resigns

for job with Dakota County Mielke to become county physical development director

School Board passes 2014-15 budget

General Fund revenue increases

Lakeville to hire search firm to replace Mielke Interim city administrator

will be sought by Laura Adelmann


The Lakeville City Council agreed on Monday to hire a search firm to fill the city’s top job of administra-tor. City Human Resources Manager Cindi Joosten estimated it would take about three to six months to conduct a search and hire a replace-ment for Lakeville City Administra-tor Steve Mielke, who after 10 years with Lakeville is leaving to become

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Summer reading tip Columnist Joe Nathan offers a summer reading tip that aims to offer insight into the world of education.

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Intrigue in Apple ValleyTwin Cities mystery writers Marilyn Jax and Craig MacIntosh host the Mystery Writers Workshop at the Apple Valley Barnes & Noble.

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First sign of summer is hereFarmington’s big bash has arrived. Find out all the Dew Days details inside. A special section also is included in select Lakeville editions.

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Lakeville North High School alum teaches inner city youthHunter Hawes, a 2007 graduate of Lakeville North High School, is working this summer with intercity teenagers in Brooklyn, N.Y., through an organization called POW-RPLNT. The organization

provides inner city youth access to computers and training. Hawes is teaching a class about making beats utilizing Ableton Live mu-sic software. POWRPLNT has a crowdfunding page at www.indiegogo.com/proj-

ects/powr-on-at-powrplnt-digital-art-collaboratory to raise money for its programs. Above, Hawes instructs students at the POWRPLNT collabora-tory. (Photo submitted)

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Tea Party group plans ‘birthday bash’

Apple Valley-based South Metro Tea Party celebrates one-year mark

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


Occasionally, a new guest at one of the South Metro Tea Par-ty’s monthly meetings at Bogart’s Place in Apple Valley will decline to sit with the group, instead preferring to hang out by the door and observe the proceedings from the fringes. Leslie Henschel, one of the South Metro Tea Party’s several organiz-ers, is always a bit puz-zled when this happens, though she realizes pub-lic perception of the Tea Party tends not to jibe with her experience of the politically minded group. “It always floors me when someone shows up and is hesitant to walk in,” said Henschel of Apple Valley. “They have a preconceived notion we’re a violent group of protesters or a radical right-wing group, and we’re not. “Some people think the Tea Party is Republi-cans — we’re not. We’re non-partisan. We have three core values — free markets, fiscal responsi-bility and constitution-ally limited government — and we try to fight for these values in a re-spectful manner.” The South Metro Tea Party, which was formed in the summer of 2013,

is celebrating its one-year anniversary this month with a “birthday bash” celebration at its June 24 meeting. The public is invit-ed to attend the 7 p.m. meeting at Bogart’s Place, which will include birthday cake, prizes, music by DJ Bennie, and the quiz game “Who Wants to Be a Million-aire Before Taxes?” Guests are encour-aged to bring non-per-ishable food donations for Second Harvest food shelf; the speaker for the evening will be state Rep. Anna Wills, R-Apple Valley. There’s no cost to attend. “It will be a little bit of silliness and a little bit of seriousness,” Hen-schel said of the June 24 meeting. In its first year, the South Metro Tea Party has held monthly meet-ings at Bogart’s Place, with guest speakers that have included Andy Cilek of the Minnesota Voters Alliance, politi-cal commentator and Fightin’ Words blogger Walter Hudson, and U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville. Henschel said Kline’s visit to a meeting under-scored the group’s status as non-partisan. “They grilled him pretty hard,” she said. “People were respect-ful and polite, but they

did try to hold him ac-countable for his voting record.” The south-metro group has also teamed with the MN Tea Party Alliance, helping to or-ganize statewide events such as a talk by Joe Ar-paio, outspoken sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County, at the Mermaid in Mounds View. The South Metro Tea Party also functions as a citizen watchdog group, with four or five of its members regularly at-tending school board, city council and county board meetings in the south metro, then re-porting back to guests at the Bogart’s Place meetings. There’s also an activ-ist bent among mem-bers, many of whom attended recent court proceedings in Hastings regarding an eminent domain case. Members sat in the courtroom wearing buttons reading “eminent domain” with a line through it, in what Henschel described as a “respectful and polite” show of support. The South Metro Tea Party is open to new members. More about the group is at Face-book.com/SouthMe-troTeaParty.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Dew Days is on next weekby Jennifer Chick


Organizers are hoping to see as many as 8,000 residents flood downtown Farmington next week as Dew Days kicks off. The annual celebration returned to its downtown roots several years ago after many requests from residents and has seen a resurgence of interest. “It’s back to the old town festival that people enjoy,” said Darla Don-nelly, chair of the Farm-ington Dew Days Com-mittee. There’s something for everyone as Dew Days begins Tuesday, June 17, with the week-long medal-lion hunt, duct tape crafts for ages 11-16 at Farming-ton City Hall, and crown-ing of Farmington Roy-alty that evening. For a listing of all the events and more informa-tion, go online to Sun-Thisweek.com/tag/Dew-Days-2014. For this year’s medal-lion hunt, people will be searching for the lost Farmington Research Rover, a space-like re-search robot similar to the real one that landed on Mars, according to Zach Mohlis, hunt organizer. He said the angle is that the research robot has gone haywire and missing while out on a data-gath-ering mission. The hunt features a new clue every day starting at noon on Tuesday, and the hunt will continue through Saturday, June 21, or un-til it is found.. The prize for finding the medallion is $150, if the finder has a Dew Days button. A finder without a button will receive $50. The robot will be hidden on public ground within Farming-ton, not on school district property. There will also be sev-eral items hidden around Farmington that are re-lated to the hunt. There’s a

small prize for those who find the smaller objects. Clues will be posted on the Dew Days website at www.FarmingtonDew-Days.com. The popular Flavors of Farmington and bingo events have flip flopped this year to reduce con-flicts with other area bin-go games. Flavors of Farming-ton, where people sample free food from local res-taurants and retailers, will be Wednesday night, 6-9 p.m., with a beer garden. Donnelly said that the committee has ordered sun for the week, but Flavors will be held rain or shine. She said they have ordered a bigger tent to accommo-date more people. Beer, Brats and Bingo will be Thursday from 5-10 p.m.. It is organized by Long Branch Gossips Bar and Grill will all the proceeds benefiting CEEF. Friday is when Dew Days swings into full gear. Some streets will be closed Friday and Saturday to ac-commodate a large lineup of events. There will be many ac-tivities for children as well as contests and races. Are you a lover of piz-za? There is a pizza eating contest at 3 p.m. If you’ve got a sweet tooth, the pie eating con-test at 5:30 p.m. might be your event. There’s a bubble blow-ing contest at 4 p.m., ages

3 to 103, and kids’ Big Wheel and horse race at 5 p.m. The popular bed rac-es start at 6:30 p.m. and Rockin Hollywoods will be the live music for the evening on the state near the Beer Gardens. Saturday starts with a bang as the Dew Run starts at 8 a.m. There’s a waffle breakfast, rib cook off, steak fry, art fair, kid-die parade, and the Grand Parade at 5 p.m. The 2014 Farmington Dew Days grand mar-shal will be Harold Roy, a World War II veteran from Farmington. Live music by Brat Pack Radio closes the night. After premiering at Dew Days last year, the men’s softball tournament is again scheduled for Sat-urday, June 21, and Sun-day, June 22. This year, the tournament will be played on the new Empire Soft-ball Fields off Highway 3. There is space for up to 42 teams. Many of the events are free. Donnelly said those people who attend Dew Days for the first time this year will be back next year. It’s an event that draws people in and makes them look forward to the next year, she said. To find out more about the events, visit www.FarmingtonDewDays.com.

The streets of Farmington will be filled with music and other fanfare Saturday, June 21, during the Dew Days Grand Parade. More about the events is online at Sun-Thisweek.com/tag/Dew-Days-2014. (File photo)


Corrections The “Man arrested after his own se-curity test” story in last week’s edition incorrectly attributed a quote from Lake-ville police Lt. Jason Polinski to Sgt. Jay Castonguay. The “Lake Marion’s Braun named Lakeville South principal” story in last week’s edition misspelled Lake Marion Elementary interim Principal Bret Dom-strand’s name. The newspaper regrets the errors.

Grade-school students make a difference To the editor: As CEO of Make-A-Wish Minnesota and Lakeville resident, I just want to send a public thank you to the fifth-grade chil-dren of Orchard Lake Elementary. This past month, they presented to Make-A-Wish over $1,500 worth of iTunes gift cards. They have been studying the posi-tive effects music can have on people’s health. They did not stop at the studying part. They passionately wanted to make a difference in the lives of children less for-tunate than them, they wanted to provide some relief for children with life-threat-ening medical conditions. I cannot thank Carol Metz, music teacher, and the fifth-grade students for Orchard Lake for their work in helping making our communities a better place. It truly is always special when children show such compassion to their peers who are suffering. It truly warms one’s heart. Thank you.

TOM McKINNEYPresident and CEO Make-A-Wish

Education issues in the 2nd District To the editor: Second District congressional candi-date Mike Obermueller has a long record of advocating for education. His efforts include years of work for early educa-tion on behalf of preschoolers and their families. In a recent event at the Univer-sity of Minnesota, research chief of note, Minnesota’s own Art Rolnick spoke out about the great returns from investing in young minds. Obermueller’s opponent continues to question the value of early education in the face of this expertise on the question. Obermueller has also called for greater federal financial support for federally-mandated Special Education programs throughout the elementary and second-ary school years. Although his opponent said in 2011 that he was not planning to push for that greater support and as long as people weren’t pushing him, he would disregard the mandate. It seems that Obermueller’s long-term stand for funding has moved his opponent in that direction as he finally held a hearing on

the issue. Obermueller has college-age children. He understands the burdens parents and students face in high tuition and outra-geous interest charges on student loans. Unlike his opponent, Obermueller would support the proposal by Democrats in Congress to permit college loan interest rates equal to what banks get from the Federal Reserve. Current rates provided to the largest banks are set at 0.75 per-cent. The incumbent voted against this proposal. While many, including the incumbent, give lip service to making education avail-able to all, including vulnerable children, Obermueller’s productive work toward that goal is a refreshing change from that held by the Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. JUDY FINGERApple Valley

Get health care back on track To the editor: I would say Mike Obermueller was using scare tactics in his guest columnist article on the May 29/30 Opinion page to enhance his drive to DFL-endorsed can-didacy for the 2nd District held by U.S. Rep. John Kline, a Republican. First of all Obama lied to the Ameri-can public when all the facts indicate he knew better that if you like your plan, doctor, etc., you can keep it, period. Sec-ond, just because Kline is going to re-peal ACA doesn’t mean that there will no longer be health insurance. Hopefully the private sector will be in charge with certain rules and guidelines to make it more efficient. The Veterans Administra-tion health care fiasco is another example of the federal government’s inability to manage health care efficiently. The Dem-ocrats love big government, big spending and big taxes. Let’s give the other guys a

chance to see if they can get this country back on the right track.

JACK HERRICKBurnsville

Congressman Kline voted against womenTo the editor: In 1963, President Kennedy passed the Equal Pay Act to combat pay discrimina-tion based on sex. It is offensive that in 2014, women’s contributions are still short-changed in the workplace. We need to make sure that all children and adults have equal oppor-tunity. Women are half of America’s work-force and in 40 percent of households with children, women are the sole or main breadwinners. Paying women their fair share helps women provide for their children and their family, and pumps money into communities. Women still earn less than men but that’s fine with U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville. Kline did not vote for common-sense solutions like the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act against unequal, discrimination pay based on gender. John Kline voted against women, our daugh-ters and our granddaughters. That is wrong and it is not good for Minnesota’s economy and families. Vote against Kline in November be-cause women deserve equal pay for equal work. Do not allow Kline to continue to vote against women’s civil rights in Con-gress.

CAROL FRECHETTEShakopee

Obermueller listens, brings balanceTo the editor: I don’t like labels, especially the ones that have a negative connotation. Too many times I’ve heard people use a de-scriptive term about a person’s political beliefs along with pejorative terms. It may seem contradictory that at the same time, I admire people who stand strongly for their beliefs, regardless of the opinions of others. This is all the more true when these people can listen to, understand and respectfully repeat the points of a person with whom they dis-agree. It is so much easier just to ignore the rationale of somebody with whom I

disagree. Those are some of the reasons why I support Mike Obermueller. Although Mike is running for Congress in the 2nd Congressional District as the endorsed candidate of the DFL, I find he listens well to Republicans, Independents and Greens. I must admit some of his beliefs tend toward fiscal conservatism, and they make common sense. He wants to reduce our national debt by eliminating some of the $200 billion in government redundan-cies and waste identified by the non-par-tisan Government Accountability Office. He wants to avoid the sacrifices middle-income families have had to make for big oil company subsidies and millionaires. Above all, Obermueller advocates high tech research and development and solid education for our young people, the non-negotiable building blocks of a successful economy in international competition in the years to come. It’s time for a congressman who brings balance. NANCY HALLBurnsville

Job creation in Congress To the editor: U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, has recently claimed that “we have a bro-ken workforce development system.” Un-der Kline’s leadership, the House Educa-tion and Workforce Committee has had ample opportunity to focus on jobs legis-lation but has failed to do so. The presi-dent’s job creation programs were flatly rejected by Kline and the Republicans. We must reverse this trend. In spite of the Republicans’ failure to act, the size of our government has declined and private sector jobs have in-creased. Unfortunately, this does not help those individuals whose unemployment benefits have expired, and who remain unemployed. Kline, by voting against an extension of unemployment benefits, has not helped those individuals. Kline, by voting against an increase in the mini-mum wage, has not helped those fami-lies. Increased student loan interest rates, sponsored by Kline, does not help those with insurmountable student loan debt. Existing federal programs, supported by Democrats, are responsible for the success in the economy since 2008. But, as chairman of the Education and Work-force Committee, Kline has a terrible record on job creation. A substantial number of jobs bills remain buried in his committee. These bills could easily have been brought forward under Kline’s lead-ership. Even the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act provides funding for the Jobs Corps that was less than the amount allocated in 2012. Kline’s claim that he is working for the benefit of those who want and need jobs in our economy is simply not accurate. Congress and the 2nd Congressional District can do better than this. It is time for a representative in Congress who will listen to the views of others, who will generate consensus, and stop the partisan line-drawing that has made this Congress the worst Congress in history. It is time to elect Mike Obermueller to Congress.

DEE RICHARDSEagan

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‘Teaching with Heart’: A great summer book for educators, families by Joe Nathan


Here’s a suggestion for the sum-mer. If you care about learning, teach-ing, schools or parenting, get a copy of “Teaching with Heart,” edited by educa-tor Sam M. Intrator and writer Megan Scribner. The book has 90 brief, one-page essays by educators, explaining and describing a poem that has inspired them. The book contains some of the most majestic, memorable writing I’ve ever read. Whether as a parent, grandparent or educator, you’ve probably experienced the exhilaration, and sometimes frustration, of working with youngsters. You’ll recog-nize, identify with and enjoy the complex array of emotions described here. One of my favorite essays, by South Carolina high school teacher Leatha Fields-Carey, discusses the poem “Pur-ple” by Alexis Rotella. The poem com-pares emotions a youngster felt by having two teachers react to art projects. Fields-Carey agrees that in the poem, and in life, “Teachers have incredible power to hurt and to heal.” Julia Hill, a Minnesota reading teach-

er, speaks for many veteran teachers (and parents) when she explains, “In my 16 years (of teaching), the road has not been easy.” But she keeps coming back, citing Gary Snyder’s poem “For the Chil-dren.” Snyder urges, among other things, “stay together.” Hall does this, trying not to “let the weight of the system take my energy away from what I know is best for the children.” Idaho middle and high school teach-er April Niemela praises “Persistence,” by former President Calvin Coolidge. Niemela believes that while her official job is to “teach literary analysis and close reading,” what she’s really doing is teach-ing “survival skills, resilience, this refusal to give up the dream.” Many of the essays recall a particu-lar student the teacher helped. Emanuel Pariser, a Maine teacher, writes of Al-

exander, who “had a pattern of rarely finishing anything, moving from school to school.” Yet Alexander “bloomed” in the high school Pariser helped start that focuses on farming, forestry, sustainabil-ity and alternative energy. Pariser cites John O’Donohue’s poem “Beannacht.” It includes a goal that Pariser seeks, to help young people find what O’Donohue describes as “the clarity of light” after “weight deadens on your shoulders.” Georgia teacher Jovan Miles recalls his first year of teaching, which was deeply, daily frustrating. But Miles found strength to continue in Maya Angelou’s poem “The Lesson,” which concludes, “I keep on dying,/ Because I love to live.” A few pages later, Sandie Merriam de-scribes her fears on retiring from teaching after 38 years. But a poem by Judy Sorum Brown, “Hummingbirds Asleep,” has en-couraged her to stay busy and active. “Teaching with Heart” includes es-says by district, union, charter, private, traditionally trained and Teach For America classroom teachers. Authors also include principals, superintendents, college professors and a congressman. Some describe the enormous satisfaction of helping students. Others acknowledge

the encouragement and inspiration that students gave them. My only quibble with the book is the introduction by educator Parker Palmer. He comes on heavy in his criticism of standardized tests and news media. His essay seems out of place and unneces-sary. Some of the educators’ essays cite frustrations with traditional tests, pov-erty and other challenges. These concerns are not raised in the opening essay, written by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten. She comments on the poem “The New Colossus” by Emma Laza-rus, found on the Statute of Liberty. The poem ends, “I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” Our country and our schools are not perfect. But as this beautiful book re-minds us, at our best, this nation and its schools represent a “golden door” of op-portunity.

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

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Lakeville South holds commencement Lakeville South High School held its graduation ceremony on Thurs-day, June 5, at Target Center in downtown Minneapolis. The cer-emony included speeches by senior speaker Elise Redetzke and retir-ing Principal Scott Douglas, the only principal of the school since it opened in 2004. More photos are at SunThisweek.com/tag/Dis-trict-194. (Photos by Tad Johnson)

Lakeville North seniors commence Lakeville North High School held its graduation ceremony on Thursday, June 5, at Target Center in downtown Minneapo-lis. The ceremony included speeches by student Mi-kayla Coleman and teacher Scott Schmelzle. More photos are at SunThisweek.com/tag/District-194. (Photos by Tad Johnson)

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Photographer at Kingsley Shores Kingsley Shores Senior Living in Lakeville is host-ing Doug Ohman, award-winning photographer, author of several books and story teller, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 25, in the Activity Center. Ohman explores the history, culture and beau-ty of the Mississippi River from Lake Itasca to just north of the Twin Cities. His photography is fea-tured in the “Minnesota Byways” series. His books will be available for pur-chase and signing. The event is free and open to the public. Kingsley Shores Senior Living is located at 16880 Klamath Trail, next to the Chart House Restaurant. RSVP by June 21 at 952-435-8002.

Driver improvement The Minnesota High-way Safety Center will offer 55-plus driver-im-provement courses on the following days: • 5:30-9:30 p.m. June 17 and 18 (eight-hour first-time course), Burnsville Senior Center – ISD 191, 200 W. Burnsville Park-way, Burnsville. • 1-5 p.m. June 18 (four-hour refresher), Burnsville Senior Center – ISD 191, 200 W. Burnsville Park-way, Burnsville. • 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. June 19 (eight-hour first-time course), Apple Val-ley Senior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. • 8 a.m. to noon June 23 (four-hour refresher), Eagan Community Cen-ter, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. • 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 24 (four-hour refresher), AAA Minneso-ta-Iowa, 600 W. Travelers Trail, Burnsville. • 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 24 (four-hour refresher), Superior Service Center, 3425 Washington Drive, Eagan. • 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 28 (four-hour refresher), Lakeville Se-nior Center – Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Drive, Lakeville. The courses are open to the public; however, pre-registration is requested. The eight-hour course is

$24; the four-hour refresh-er is $20. For more infor-mation or to register, visit www.mnsafetycenter.org or call 888-234-1294.

Apple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Se-nior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the fol-lowing activities which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityo-fapplevalley.org. Monday, June 16 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Pool, 1 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 17 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Bike Group, 9 a.m.; Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Blood Pressure, 11:15 a.m.; Ca-tered Lunch, 11:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Spanish, 1 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 18 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; Bicycle Club, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; FMSC, 11:30 a.m.; Dominoes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m. Thursday, June 19 – Defensive Driving, 9 a.m.; Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Insurance Coun-seling, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Tap Dancing; 12:30 p.m.; Pool, 1 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Har-danger, 1 p.m.; Recreated Cards, 1 p.m. Friday, June 20 – Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Women’s Breakfast, 9 a.m.; Bicycle Club, 9 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Members Bingo, 12:30 p.m.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior events. Monday, June 16 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Advisory Council, 9:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.;

Pinochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Tuesday, June 17 – Ce-dar Lanes Bowling, 10 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Defensive Driv-ing Class, 5:30 p.m.; Line Dancing. Wednesday, June 18 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; 500 and Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Belle Lunch Luau Vivien’s, 1 p.m.; Defensive Driving Refresher, 1 p.m.; Defensive Driving Class, 5:30 p.m.; SS Flex. Thursday, June 19 – Foot Clinic, 9 a.m.; Health Ins. Council, 9 a.m.; Belle Scrappers, 9:30 a.m.; Cof-fee Talk – Dementia, 10 a.m.; Crafters, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, June 20 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; SS Flex.

Eagan seniors The following senior activities are offered by the Eagan Parks and Rec-reation Department in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Community Cen-ter, 1501 Central Park-way. Call 651-675-5500 for more information. Monday, June 16 – Zumba, 9 a.m.; FFL and FFL+ (Oasis), 10 and 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 17 – Quilting, 9:30 a.m.; Eu-chre and 500, 1 p.m.; Zumba, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, June 18 – LORockers, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 1 p.m. Thursday, June 19 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m.; Zumba, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 6:30 p.m.; Book Club No. 4, 7 p.m. Friday, June 20 – Zum-ba, 10:15 a.m.; Yoga (Oa-sis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m.

Farmington seniors The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more infor-mation on trips, programs and other activities, call 651-280-6970. Monday, June 16 – Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Dulcimer Club, 10 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 12:30 p.m.; Day Old Bread, 12:30 p.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dancing, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 17 –

Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fitness Center Orienta-tion, 9:30 a.m.; Chair Exercise, 10 a.m.; Lady Slipper Trip, 10:30 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Bowling, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 18 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Cof-fee Guys/Gals, 9:30 a.m.; Seniors on the Move Fit-ness, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 12:30 p.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, June 19 – Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; Big Band Era, 3:30 p.m.; Ghost, Orpheum, 6 p.m. Friday, June 20 – Mod-el Train Display, 9 a.m.; Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Missis-sippi Pub, 10:30 a.m.

Rosemount seniors The following activi-ties are sponsored by the Rosemount Parks and Recreation Department and the Rosemount Area Seniors. For more infor-mation, call the Rose-mount Parks and Rec-reation Department at 651-322-6000. Monday, June 16 – Bridge, 9 a.m., Do Drop Inn; 500, 1 p.m., DDI. Tuesday, June 17 – Coffee, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Rosemount Cub; Bid Eu-chre, 9 a.m., DDI; Crafts, 1 p.m., DDI. Wednesday, June 18 – Hand and Foot, 1 p.m., DDI. Thursday, June 19 – Cribbage, 9 a.m., DDI. Friday, June 20 – Eu-chre, 9 a.m., DDI; Bowl-ing, 1 p.m., Apple Place in Apple Valley; Euchre Tournament, 7 p.m., Rosemount Community Center. Glass Blowing Tour & Lunch, Wednesday, Aug. 13, Minneapolis. The trip will start with a glass blowing demonstration in a rustic building with no elevator; wear stable footwear suitable for climbing stairs. Follow-ing the demonstration, have a soup and sandwich lunch at Hell’s Kitchen in downtown Minneapolis. The bus will depart from the Rosemount Com-munity Center at 9:45 a.m. and return at 2:45 p.m. Cost is $61, which includes bus transporta-

tion, demonstration and lunch. Registration dead-line: July 18. Senior Driver Im-provement four-hour refresher, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, Rosemount Community Center. Cost: $20. Pre-registration required; call 651-322-6000 for more information. The Rosemount Area Seniors “Do Drop Inn” is open to senior citizens 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday-Friday. The room is lo-cated in the Rosemount Community Center and allows seniors a place to stop by and socialize during the week.

Lakeville seniors All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Cen-ter, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for in-formation. Monday, June 16 – Computer Lessons, 9 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Hearts, 12:15 p.m.; Cards, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m.; deadline, Tap Dance Boot Camp. Tuesday, June 17 – Dominoes & Cards, 9 a.m.; St. Croix/Stillwater Trip, 9:45 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Walk-ing Club/Weight Control, 11:30 a.m.; Active Adults Advisory Comm. Mtg., noon; Party Bridge, 12:15 p.m.; Fire Station Tour, 2 p.m.; Tap Dance, 2:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 18 – Men’s Golf at Gopher Hills, 8 a.m.; Learn to Line Dance, 8:30 a.m.; Health Angels Biking, 9 a.m.; Cards, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:30 a.m.; Pinochle, noon; Dime Bingo, 1 p.m.; Chess Club, 1 p.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, 3 p.m. Thursday, June 19 – Red Hat Chorus, 10:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Ping Pong, 1-3 p.m.; Machine Sewing Group, 1 p.m.; Red Hat Chorus at Vet’s Home, Minneapolis, 2 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 20 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Cards, 9 a.m.; Pickleball at Bunker Hill Park, 9 a.m.; Digi-

tal Photography Club, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fit-ness 2, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 21 – Motorcycle Ride to Belle Plaine, 9 a.m.; Social Hour “Friendly Folks” at TFI Fridays, Burnsville, 4-6 p.m. Healthways Flex Fit-ness cardio and strength classes begin the week of June 9. Level 1 Exercise Class (beginner), 11 a.m. to noon Fridays; Level 2 Exercise Class (inter-mediate to advanced), noon to 1 p.m. Mon-days and Fridays, 3-4 p.m. Wednesdays. Reg-istration required. Cost: UCare and Humana members, one punch per class; non-UCare and Humana members, $3 per class. Tap Dance Boot Camp, 11 a.m. to noon Mondays, June 23 to July 28. Learn the basics. No tap shoes required. Cost: $30 for Lakeville Area Active Adults members. Registration deadline: June 16. Fire Station Tour, 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 17. Tour Fire Station No. 1 and have a chance to practice using a fire ex-tinguisher on a video screen. Glass Blowing Tour and Lunch at Hell’s Kitchen, Wednesday, Aug. 13. See a glass-blowing demonstration and have lunch at Hell’s Kitchen in Minneapolis. Stable footwear suitable for standing is advised. Leave the center at 9:15 a.m. and return at 3:15 p.m. Cost: $61 members, $71 nonmembers. Regis-tration deadline: July 18. Stillwater Trolley Tour, Thursday, Sept. 18. Board the old-time trol-ley for a narrated tour of Stillwater. After the trolley tour, walk the city’s historic streets to shop or relax along the waterfront. Lunch is at the Gasthaus Bavarian Hunter. After lunch, stop at Aamodt’s Apple Farm and the St. Croix Winery store for apples, wine, baked goods and fresh apple cider. Leave Heri-tage Center at 8:45 a.m. and return at 4:15 p.m. Cost is $64 members, $74 nonmembers. Registra-tion deadline: Aug. 22.

Seniors

Women publish faith stories “The Hand of the Lord: Testimonies of His Blessings in Our Lives” has been published by the women of the Apple Val-ley ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Lakeville Stake.

The book is a collection of faith-promoting experi-ences, memories and an-swers to prayer. The idea for the book originated with Jackie Kel-lington. A total of 72 au-thors wrote 84 stories for the book. Writers range in age from 12 to 75 and come from 21 states and seven countries; a brief

biography is included on each. Ginger Hamer edited and designed the book and arranged to have it published by CreateSpace, a print-on-demand pub-lishing company affiliated with Amazon.com. The collection of stories is available through the Da-kota County Library sys-

Religiontem and on Amazon.com.

Healing and peace service Farmington Luther-an Church, 20600 Akin Road, will host a service of prayer for healing and peace at 7 p.m. Wednes-day, June 18. The service is open to the community as a joint ministry of the ELCA

churches in Farmington (Farmington Lutheran, Light of the World and Lord of Life). For more information, call 651-463-4100.

Plan Well Finish Well seminar Anne Elizabeth Denny and Mary Frances Price, local experts on late-life health-care planning, will

offer a half-day seminar sponsored by Hosanna Church and The Foun-tains at Hosanna on Sat-urday, June 14, from 8:30 a.m. to noon. The event, held at Hosanna Church, is free and open to the public. Space is limited; reservations are recom-mended and can be made by calling 952-435-7199.


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Community members named to Flint Hills Pine Bend Advisory Council

To submit items for the Business Calendar, email:

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Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Thursday, June 19, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Chamber Business After Hours, Superior Service Center of Apple Valley, 14580 Glenda Drive, Apple Valley. Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Friday, June 13, 4-5 p.m., ribbon cutting, The Hair District, 12700 Nicollet Ave. S., Burnsville. Information: Jina at [email protected]. Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce events: • Monday, June 16, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., DCR Cham-ber Golf Classic, Menda-kota Country Club. Sold out. Sponsorship and volunteer opportunities available. Infor-mation: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or cjohnson@

dcrchamber.com. • Tuesday, June 17, noon to 1:30 p.m., Meet the Cham-ber, DCR Chamber Office, 1121 Town Centre Drive, Suite 102, Eagan. Informa-tion: Kate Bowen at 651-288-9200 or [email protected]. • Wednesday, June 18, 8-9 a.m., Farmington Coffee Break, Anchor Bank, 324 Oak St., Farmington. Open to all DCRC members. Information: Vicki Stute at 651-288-9201 or [email protected]. • Monday, June 23, 4-4:30 p.m., ribbon cutting, Lone Oak Market, 1286 Lone Oak Road, Eagan. Information: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Tuesday, June 24, 8-9 a.m., West St. Paul/Mendota Heights Coffee Break, MTM/MNet, 149 Thompson Ave. E., Suite 150, West St. Paul. Open to all DCRC mem-bers. Information: Chelsea

Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. • Wednesday, June 25, 4-4:30 p.m., ribbon cutting, Regus, 860 Blue Gentian Road, Suite 200, Eagan. In-formation: Chelsea Johnson at 651-288-9202 or [email protected]. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, June 17, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., General Mem-bership Luncheon – Legisla-tive Wrap-up, Crystal Lake Golf Club, 16725 Innsbrook Drive, Lakeville. Cost: $20 members, $40 nonmembers. Registration required. Infor-mation: Todd or Michele at info@lakevil lechambercvb.org. • Thursday, June 26, 4-6 p.m., After Hours, Green Mill. • Monday, June 30, 3-5:30 p.m., grand re-opening and ribbon cutting, Minnesota School of Beauty, 20186 Her-itage Drive, Lakeville.

Business Calendar Five new community members have been named to Flint Hills Pine Bend Refinery’s Community Advisory Council. They are James Hagen and Donna Willis represent-ing Apple Valley, Jeanne Hagen representing Rose-mount, Paul Kluskowski representing Hastings, and

David Ritchie representing Nininger Township. The council, in opera-tion since December 1998, provides community mem-bers an opportunity to discuss issues and make recommendations to Rose-mount-based Flint Hills Resources regarding envi-ronmental, safety, and oth-

er issues of concern to the citizens living within close proximity of the refinery. All council members serve in a voluntary capacity and may serve two consecutive, three-year terms. For more information on the council, visit www.flinthillscac.org or call 651-429-8391.

Fourth-generation Vogel named bank president New Market Bank, an independent community bank, has promoted Ani-ta Vogel-Drentlaw, CPA, to president, succeeding her father, Robert “Bob” Vogel, who continues to serve as chairman and credit analyst. Vogel-Drentlaw is the fourth generation of Vogels to be president of the fam-ily-owned bank. The an-nouncement comes as the bank celebrates its 109th anniversary on June 10. “It is an incredible honor for me to be the fourth generation to lead New Market Bank,” Vo-gel-Drentlaw said. “My father, grandfather and great-grandfather have been amazing leaders of the bank and the banking industry in Minnesota. I am inspired by the ex-amples they have set and look forward to meeting the opportunities that lie ahead with the support of our board and employ-

ees.” On her way to becom-ing president, Vogel-Drentlaw held many po-sitions at New Market Bank, most recently ex-ecutive vice president and chief financial officer. Pri-or to joining the company in 2002, she worked as a public accountant at Mc-Gladrey & Pullen, serving

small community banks. She received her Certi-fied Public Accountant certificate in 2001 and has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the Uni-versity of St. Thomas, St. Paul. She has since gradu-ated from the University of Colorado’s Graduate School of Banking, Boul-der, Colo. “Anita has worked hard to earn her way to the po-sition of president,” Vogel said of his daughter. “The banking industry has be-come incredibly complex and difficult in light of increasing regulation, and fierce competition from large national banks and online services. The board and I feel that Anita has demonstrated excellent visionary and leadership skills in this climate, and appreciate her commit-ment to continuing our company’s contributions to the long-term vitality of local and independent

banks.” Vogel himself has had a long and distin-guished career in bank-ing and public service. In the banking industry, he inaugurated the Fam-ily Held Bank Institute in 2005 to help facilitate in-tergenerational transfers of businesses. He is a past chair and board member of United Bankers Bank, and Independent Com-munity Bankers of Min-nesota Insurance Trust; and a past board member of the Independent Com-munity Bankers of Min-nesota, the Community Bankers Transfer System, and the Minnesota Trans-fer System. He also has been active in the community, serving as a Scott County com-missioner for four years, two of which he was vice chair and two others he served as chair. He opted not to seek a third term, adhering to his self-im-

posed term limits. He also served on the Scott Watershed Management Organization, Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Board, the Met-ropolitan Council Land Use Advisory Committee, the Metropolitan Emer-gency Services Board, the Metro Radio Board, and the Metro Emergency Services Board. He served as chair and member of the Lakeville Economic Development Commis-sion and the Lakeville Area Chamber of Com-merce. He is currently vice chairman of the Fairview Ridges Hospital board, a body he has served since 2011. He was previously a trustee of St. Nicholas Church in New Market, treasurer for the city of New Market, secretary-treasurer of the New Market Volunteer Fire Department, a member of the New Prague Schools

PER board and superin-tendent search committee, and the Lakeville Strate-gic Growth Task Force. He has been a member of the N.E.W. Lions Club since 1975, and served as the 5M2 district governor. He received the Lions International 100 Per-cent District Governors Award, and the Univer-sity of St. Thomas Busi-ness Excellence Award in Community Service, and was named the Lakev-ille Business Person of the Year. He recently an-nounced his candidacy for the Minnesota House of Representatives. Founded as the First State Bank of New Mar-ket on June 10, 1905, New Market Bank has four locations today: two in Lakeville, one in Prior Lake and its downtown New Market location, which operates in the brick building that first opened in 1913.

Anita Vogel-Drentlaw

Business

Lakeville issues building report update Lakeville issued build-ing permits with a total valuation of $52,171,964 through May 2014. This compares to a total valu-ation of $55,867,159 through May 2013. The city issued commer-cial and industrial permits with a total valuation of $3,593,750 through May

2014 compared to a total valuation of $5,593,750 during the same period in 2013. Lakeville issued per-mits for 128 single-family homes through May 2014 with a total valuation of $43,864,000. This com-pares to 104 single-family home permits through

May 2013 with a total valuation of $42,200,000. The 128 single-family home permits issued through May 2014 was the highest number of residential permits in the metropolitan area based on figures released by the Builders Association of the Twin Cities.


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OLE music students donate money to Make A Wish The fifth-grade mu-sic classes at Orchard Lake Elementary donat-ed more than $2,000 in iTunes cards to Make A Wish Minnesota. The donation stems from the song “Happy” by Pharrell Williams. It was among the songs the students chose for their final concert. One of the students asked why people are happy when they sing that song. Music spe-cialist Carol Metz chal-lenged the students to re-search to find the answer. They discovered listen-

ing to music has many health benefits. Listen-ing to classical music or music with a positive message can help lower blood pressure, reduce heart-rate, reduce stress, reduce pain, and it re-leases a chemical in the brain called endorphins, which make people hap-py. After much class dis-cussion, students decid-ed to collect iTunes cards and donations toward the purchase of iTunes cards and donate them to Make A Wish Min-nesota. Students wanted

to help children with life-threatening illnesses to feel better by sharing their love of listening to music. At their concert, the students presented their gift to Tom McKinney, executive director of Make A Wish Minne-sota. This gift included a donation from shift workers at Cargill Salt in Savage. The Orchard Lake fifth-graders and Metz said they wish to thank everyone who made a contribution to the project.

Gorence receives Pizza Ranch scholarship John Gorence, a Lakev-ille North senior and em-ployee of Pizza Ranch in Lakeville, was recently awarded a $2,000 college scholarship through the Pizza Ranch Coca-Cola Scholarships program. Gorence was nominated by the restaurant’s general manager, John Brule, and was one of 10 employees systemwide to receive the scholarship this year. Gorence has been with the Lakeville Pizza Ranch since it opened three years ago and is also a customer service representative for Pearson in Bloomington. “John is an outstand-ing employee and embod-ies what Pizza Ranch is all about,” said Brule. “On a daily basis we hold our-

selves accountable to our guests and the community. Our food alone may not change the world, but by positively impacting the lives of our guests, em-ployees like John are mak-ing our community a bet-

ter place.” Each year, the Pizza Ranch Coca-Cola Schol-arships program awards multiple $2,000 scholar-ships to its employees who are planning on attending a post-secondary educa-tional institution. To ap-ply, qualifying candidates are asked to submit a writ-ten essay that details how their actions exemplify the Pizza Ranch mission. As a supplement, the general manager of the restaurant is asked to submit a letter of recommendation for their employee. To date, Pizza Ranch Corporate has given out over $25,000 in grants to its employees through the Pizza Ranch Coca-Cola Scholarships program. Dakota Electric Associ-

ation has awarded scholar-ships to 104 area students. The $160,000 donated comes from the coopera-tive’s unclaimed capital credit fund. Apple Valley High School recipients: Brean-na Blocker, John Crippes, Nabil Junaidi, Hannah Humke, Tracey Le, Mi-chael Milbauer, Paige Nel-son, Sarah Youngner. Burnsville High School recipients: Jenna Allen, Sa-mantha Connolly, Nicho-las DiGregorio, Nicolle Domek, Anna Fritchman, Desmond Fulton, Grant Hopkins, Kallie LaValle, Kaytlin McCasey, Jacob Odom. Eagan High School re-cipients: Collin Amund-son, Messei Ayele, Mar-garita Cabrera, Payton Chavie, Maayuk Eta, T.J.

Harder, Reilly Hostager, Tyler Huusko, Tarryn Mi-chaelson, Matthew Nor-ton. Eastview High School recipients: Perry Abdulka-dir, Lucas Brunner, Mo-nique Davis, Natalie Ghaf-fari-Nikou, Rachel Kottke, Alicia Nguyen, Ighedosa Ogbeide, Eric Olson, Cas-sandra Viotay, Mariah Yos. Farmington High School recipients: Amanda Balke, Alexander Burton, Brian Caravantes, Itzell Flores, Jonathan Hicks, Jacob Hoffman, Alex-andra Karye, Nhi Bella Lam, Naomi Phillips, Eric Stoeckmann. Lakeville North High School recipients: Riley Broughten, Bronson Bru-neau, Andrew Crenshaw, Griffin Holland, Karly Kroeten, Taylor Lees, Ra-chael Pilgrim, Jessica Rebi-

schke, Melissa Saholt, Ty-ler Steinley. Lakeville South High School recipients: Nicole Boyd, Elizabeth Endersbe, Carly Friedrich, Sydney Grossman, Cody Kai-ris, Megan Lubow, Taylor Vold, Brianna Wenande, Anthony Wetzel, Kathleen Wilcox. Randolph High School recipients: Kelsie Jo En-dres, Josie Fields. Rosemount High School recipients: Sanam Bhakta, Amari Brown, Maggie Bushiri, Abigail Greaves, Savannah Kearns, Vy Le, Vanessa Robbins, Sarah Swanson, Kim Tran, Kao Vang. Student scholarship recipients at Inver Hills Community College and Dakota County Technical College will receive their scholarships in the fall.

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Education

Dakota Electric awards scholarships

Community education classes are set Lakeville Area Com-munity Education will of-fer the following classes. Call 952-232-2150 or visit www.LakevilleAreaCom-munityEd.net to register or for more information. Camp Invention, grades K-5, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. June 16-20. Experi-

ment with STEM concepts in four hands-on modules each day. Registration for this class is taken at 1-800-968-4332 or www.campin-vention.org. Guitar Lessons, grades 4-12, 7-8 p.m. June 16 to July 21. Small groups (maximum of six) offer

individualized attention. Bring your acoustic guitar. Music will be provided. Private guitar lessons are also available. Open Swim, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays at McGuire Middle School. Cost: $3 students, $5 adults.

New Stepping Stones classroom to open Farmington Commu-nity Education will open another classroom for Stepping Stones, a child care program for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds with Wee Tigers Preschool options. Stepping Stones is cur-rently offered at Mead-owview Elementary, North Trail Elementary and Riverview Elementary

for 80 students. The new classroom will be located at Meadowview Elemen-tary and will serve 20 stu-dents. Stepping Stones pro-vides children enriching experiences that focus on their social, emotional, physical and intellectual development in a manner that is just right for this

age group. Through the curriculum, children can gain school readiness skills which build the founda-tion for kindergarten and later learning. Registrations are being accepted now. For more information, call 651-460-3209 or visit www.Farm-ingtonSteppingStones.com.

Worship DirectoryShare your weekly worship schedule or other activities with the

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


Former Lakeville School Board Member Kathy Lewis donated a defibrillator to the district at its June 10 meeting. Lewis, a nurse, founded Lakeville Heart Restart with former Lakeville police Chief Tom Vonhof in 2010 to train community members in CPR. The equipment was purchased with a grant from Walmart. Lewis said the com-munity-based initiative was founded to teach people about sudden cardiac arrest, a condition that strikes about 325,000 people every year and is fatal about 95 percent of the time. Lakeville Heart Restart offers free training on the using the defibrillator and lifesaving techniques. “The idea is for everyone to learn so if they ever see anybody (suffering sudden cardiac arrest) they don’t hesitate, but go ahead and act,” Lewis said. “I can’t promise them they’ll save a life, but I can guarantee they won’t if they don’t do anything,” (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

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Heritage Library children’s programs offered The Heritage Library in Lakeville will host the following children’s pro-grams: Chapters: “Wizard of Oz,” 1:30-3 p.m. Tuesday, June 24. Listen to the sto-ry of “The Wizard of Oz” and make a related craft project. Ages 5-10. Zoo Storytime and An-imal Mask Craft, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Wednesday, June 25. Half-hour pro-gram of zoo stories, songs and rhymes followed by a chance to decorate an ani-mal mask to wear home. For children of all ages and their caregivers. Backyard Birdfeeder Craft, 2-4 p.m. Wednes-day, June 25. Make a backyard birdfeeder in a program presented by ArtStart. Registration re-quired beginning June 11. Ages 6-12.

Juggler Jason Huneke, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Friday, June 27. All ages. Blues Harmonica, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 28. Learn the basics of blues harmonica from a member of the Minnesota Blues Society. Registration required beginning June 14. Each registered par-ticipant will receive a har-monica to keep. Ages 8-15. Independence Day Storytime and Sidewalk Chalk Art, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 2. Stories and songs for In-dependence Day followed by a trip outside to use sidewalk chalk to decorate the library’s sidewalks. For children of all ages and their caregivers. These library programs are free. For more infor-mation, call 952-891-0360.


New online tool for state parks Just in time for Na-tional Get Outdoors Day – coming up Satur-day, June 14 – the De-partment of Natural Resources is rolling out a new tool to help plan an outdoor adventure at a Minnesota state park or recreation area. Looking for a Min-nesota state park with a swimming beach, a bike trail and drive-in camp-sites? Or a park with an accessible camper cabin and fishing pier? Park-Finder – as the new, in-teractive tool is called – can help people find which of Minnesota’s state parks and recre-ation areas best match their needs and interests. In just a few clicks, users can enter search criteria, view the results and make a reservation.

Search options in-clude where to find: Nature programs. Trails – including hik-ing, biking, horse, ski and snowmobile trails. Rental equipment – including canoes, kay-aks, stand-up paddle-boards, cross-country skis and snowshoes. Overnight camping and lodging facilities – including drive-in, cart-in and canoe-in camp-sites; RV sites; camper cabins and more. Amenities – such as beaches, playgrounds, fishing piers and picnic shelters, including which ones are accessible to wheelchairs and other mobility-assist devices. ParkFinder was de-signed and developed by the Parks and Trails Di-vision in collaboration

with the DNR’s Infor-mation Technology staff and can be found on the DNR website at www.mndnr.gov/parkfinder. Entry to all Minne-sota state parks and rec-reation areas is free on National Get Outdoors Day, and many of them have planned special ac-tivities to introduce kids and families to the fun of geocaching, kayaking, camping and other types of outdoor recreation. For more informa-tion, visit www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/getoutdoorsday.html or contact the DNR Infor-mation Center at [email protected] or 651-296-6157 or 888-646-6367 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.


SportsSoftball title belongs to Lakeville SouthCougars win with sixth-inning rally by Mike Shaughnessy


Not long after Kylie Stober committed to the University of Minnesota, the whispers started. According to Stober’s coach at Lakeville South, Rob Laden, the whispers came from people who questioned whether Sto-ber was good enough to play for a major college softball program. As a group, the Cou-gars had their share of doubters. No team among the eight state Class 3A tournament qualifiers had more losses than Lakeville South’s five. Was a team that finished third in its conference – even one as good as the South Subur-ban – really state champi-onship material? On Thursday and Fri-day, Stober – and the Cougars – had a golden opportunity to prove their softball worth. “We played some of the best teams in the state all season,” Stober said. “We always felt we could com-pete with them.” Stober pitched a four-hitter with 11 strikeouts as the Cougars defeated Ma-ple Grove 3-2 in the Class 3A championship game Friday at Caswell Park in North Mankato. The Crimson hit only one fair ball sharply

against Stober, but it was a double that scored two runs in the third inning. For a while, it looked as if it would be enough to give Maple Grove its first victory in three trips to the state final. South (22-5) scored one run in the fourth and cobbled together a two-run rally in the sixth to take the lead. The Cou-gars pushed across the go-ahead run on a suicide squeeze by Mariah Up-hoff that scored Michaela Thielen, who just barely beat the throw home. Lakeville South had runners at second and third with one out when Laden called for the

squeeze. He said later he was playing the percent-ages. Laden said in his coaching career the sui-cide squeeze has had a 74 percent success rate when the batter gets the ball on the ground. “Even if you have a .300 or .400 hitter at the plate, that’s only a 30 or 40 percent chance if she swings away,” Laden said. At least one South player wasn’t surprised by the squeeze call. “No, he’s done that be-fore,” said Isabella Laden, the starting shortstop and the head coach’s daughter. “He’s pretty aggressive in situations like that.”

Alicia Young drove in the first run of the sixth inning with a single that brought home Bailee Jack-son, who had a leadoff double. The Cougars got an un-earned run in the fourth inning when Maple Grove pitcher Sydney Smith’s throwing error allowed South pinch-runner Jenna Uphoff to score. Stober had to pitch out of trouble in the seventh when Maple Grove (22-4) had runners at first and second with one out and second and third with two out. She struck out Smith to end the game. Lakeville South de-feated Orono 2-1 in eight

innings in a quarterfinal game Thursday. Jenna Uphoff scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the top of the eighth. Amanda Bloomquist hit a grand slam during an eight-run fifth inning as the Cougars beat Ano-ka 11-0 in the semifinal round. Stober and Madi-son Rutter had two RBI each. In 2013, Lakeville South made a surprise run at the Section 3 champion-ship before losing back-to-back games to Blooming-ton Jefferson. After that, South was moved to Sec-tion 1 and lost its coach, Colleen Powers, who be-came head coach at St.

Catherine University. Rob Laden, a longtime Lakeville youth and trav-eling softball coach who had worked with most of the South players, stepped in. Despite having just two seniors, Stober and pitch-er/first baseman Maddi Bianchi, the South play-ers felt good about their chances in 2014. “We had our leaders, Kylie and Maddi, who are also great pitchers,” Isabella Laden said. “Our younger players are really talented, and we were able to put a good lineup to-gether.” “At the start of the season I was a little wor-ried about playing in our conference because it has so many good teams,” Bloomquist said. “But af-ter a few games we saw we were a good team, too.” On Friday, the Cougars could have stuck around North Mankato for hours, having their photos taken with the state champion-ship trophy. They were obviously elated and in at least one instance felt vin-dicated. “It seems like I’ve al-ways been No. 2 or No. 3 compared to some other players,” Stober said. “It feels great to be on top, fi-nally.”

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

Michaela Thielen (44) of Lakeville South avoids a tag by Maple Grove catcher Jordan Mauch to score the winning run in the state Class 3A softball championship game. (Photo by Bill Jones)

Lakeville Panther Hall of Fame banquet is July 13

6 new members to be inducted The Lakeville Panther Hall of Fame will induct six new members at its an-nual banquet July 13 at Crystal Lake Golf Course. This year’s inductees: • Dick Ames and Ray “Butch” Ames of Ames Construction, whose con-tributions to Lakeville schools include financial support of Ames Arena, the Lakeville North High School stadium field scoreboard and Panther Athletic Hall of Fame. • Nathan Earp, band di-rector at Lakeville North for 35 years. • Michelle Pekel Grabow, a 1998 graduate and gymnastics and track and field standout. • Brad Jirik, a 1992 graduate and football and track and field athlete. • Adam Platt, a 1993 graduate who competed

in football, basketball and baseball. From its inception in 2005 through 2013, the Panther Athletic Hall of Fame has inducted 46 in-dividuals and one team (the 1952 Lakeville High School football team). Inductees include former U.S. Olympic volleyball player Elisabeth Bachman McCutcheon and former NFL player Kevin Kaesvi-harn. Social hour for the June 13 banquet begins at 4:30 p.m., with dinner starting at 5:30. Tickets are $25 and must be purchased by June 30. Tickets are avail-able through the activities office at Lakeville North High School (952-232-3620) or online at www.LNHSpanthers.com (click on the Hall of Fame tab on the top of the page).

Shaina Burns of Lakeville South runs the girls 300-meter hurdles at the state track and field finals Saturday at Hamline University. Burns won the 100 hurdles and shot put and took third in the 300 hurdles. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Burns wins 2 events as South takes thirdCougars earn another trophy at state track meet

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


Since committing to Texas A&M University for track and field, Shaina Burns has become quite the Aggies football fan, which is why she evoked images of former A&M quarterback Johnny Man-ziel while on the awards stand of the state high school meet. After winning the 100-meter hurdles at the Class AA finals Saturday, Burns raised both arms and rubbed her fingers together in the universal sign for money. Manziel, now with the Cleveland Browns, frequently could be seen doing that after throwing touchdown pass-es for Texas A&M. “I threw up the Johnny Football money thing,” Burns admitted. “I thought it was kind of funny.” But while Manziel has been dogged by accusa-tions of selfishness, Burns’ reputation in Lakeville South track and field is that of a team player. In 2008, as a seventh-grader, she cleared 5 feet, 6 inches in the high jump. Several years later she dropped the event to try to score points for the Cougars in the shot

put. On Saturday, Burns won state titles in the 100 hurdles and shot put, fin-ished third in the 300 hur-dles and ran on South’s third-place 4x400 relay. The Cougars finished in the top three at the Class AA state meet at Hamline University for the third consecutive year, taking third by half a point over Alexandria. “The individual med-als are a plus, but these girls, these are my family,” Burns said. “I’ve spent a third of my life with this team. Watching us start from the bottom to grow to where we are today ... I feel like that was the big-gest victory for me.” Versatility is Burns’ strength as a track and field athlete, and it will be her future, too. At Texas A&M she will compete in the heptathlon, which for women consists of the 100 hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200 dash, long jump, javelin throw and 800 me-ters. At Lakeville South, she switched from high jump to shot put because the Cougars already had two top athletes in the high jump (Caraline Slattery and Morgan Pieri). “We needed a shot put-

ter for team points, and the coaches said, ‘Shaina’s big, Shaina’s strong, let’s try her in the shot put,’” Burns said. “I just kind of stuck with it.” Said South head coach Andrew Hilliard: “For a while, Shaina, Morgan and Caraline all could jump 5-6 at any time. We thought we could spread the wealth, and Shaina was all for it.” Burns’ winning throw at the state meet was 44 feet, 10.5 inches. “When I jumped 5-6 as a seventh-grader, that probably got me on the varsity right away,” Burns said. “It’s funny – I start-ed as a high jumper and now I’m standing here with a shot put medal. I guess I’ve evolved over the years.” In the 100 hurdles she knocked off defending Class AA champion Ra-chel Schow of Rosemount. Burns ran 14.44 seconds in the final, with Schow sec-ond at 14.58 The difference was “this year I found my con-fidence in my own races,” Burns said. “I stopped looking to the left and right when I was running. I focused on what I needed to do.” Burns ran the 300 hur-

dles in 43.80. Erin Huls of Rocori won in 43.39. Minnetonka had al-ready clinched a second consecutive Class AA team championship by the time runners took the track for the state meet’s final event, the 4x400 re-lay. The Skippers had 70 points and were ahead of second-place Cretin-Derham Hall and third-place Alexandria, neither of which was in the 4x400 relay final. Minnetonka added 10 to its total with a second place in the 4x400. Lakeville South stood at fourth with 54, meaning the Cougars couldn’t catch Minnetonka but could tie Cretin-Derham for sec-ond overall with a victory in the 4x400. They would pass Alexandria for third place by finishing second or third in the final relay. Jenny Mosser, Burns, Slattery and Haley Lubow were third in the 4x400 in 3:53.56. Slattery, the defending Class AA champion in the high jump, finished sec-ond this year by clearing 5-6. Kasson-Mantorville’s Taylor Wiebke, who fin-ished second to Slattery at state last year, jumped 5-9 to win this year. Both are juniors, meaning they will continue their high school

rivalry for one more sea-son. “I knew coming into it Taylor would be really strong. She broke the state record this year,” Slattery said. “It’s a friendly rival-ry; we’re in the same sec-

tion, too.” Slattery also medaled in the 300 hurdles, taking sixth in 45.69. Lubow was seventh in the 400 in 57.90. Mosser,

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Lakeville teams 1-1 at state lacrosse by Mike Shaughnessy


South Suburban Con-ference teams went 3-1 in the state lacrosse tourna-ment quarterfinals Tues-day, and the league is as-sured of having a team in the boys state champion-ship game for the third consecutive year. Rosemount, the No. 1 seed in the boys tour-nament, and No. 5 seed Lakeville North won their quarterfinal games and will meet in the semifi-nals at 7 p.m. Thursday at Chanhassen High School, with the winner advancing to the title game at 7 p.m. Saturday. In the girls tourna-ment, undefeated and third-seeded Apple Valley squeaked past Robbins-dale Armstrong, while No. 4 seed Lakeville South lost to Stillwater on a goal with 28 seconds remaining. Roman Rohrbach had three goals and two as-sists in the North boys’ 11-9 victory over Blake at Chaska High School. Ian Klotz had two goals and two assists for the Pan-thers (14-3). Stillwater’s Ellie An-derson scored with 28 seconds remaining to lead her team to a 10-9 victory over Lakeville South in the girls quarterfinals. Brooke Galle, Logan Halvorson and Tea Baker scored two goals each for the Cougars (13-4).

Kacy Rodamaker, Pieri and Lubow were fifth in the 4x200 relay in 1:44.12. The Cougars competed most of the season with-out junior distance run-ner Kaytlyn Larson, who was not fully recovered from offseason foot sur-gery. She tried to run in the state True Team meet before being shut down for the rest of the season. Larson was fourth in the 800 and fifth in the 1,600 at last year’s state meet, so it’s reasonable to think South might have passed Cretin-Derham Hall for

second place had she been available. But it still was a good day for the Cougars de-spite Saturday’s miserable weather. The start of the Class AA finals was de-layed about 30 minutes because of lightning in the Hamline University area, and it rained off and on during the meet. “You can complain about it, but it’s better to laugh about it,” Slattery said. “It started pouring (Saturday) morning and we just started laughing really hard. You have to kind of try to embrace it.” Hilliard said he didn’t

mind that the weather turned bad Saturday, add-ing it might have helped the Cougars. “We practice in this kind of weather a lot,” he said. “Some of our girls secretly prefer it.”

Lakeville North Michaela Preachuk and Andrew Anyaogu were Lakeville North’s point scorers at the state meet. Preachuk, a junior, placed third in a girls 100 hurdles race in which South Suburban Confer-ence athletes swept the

top three places. Lakeville South’s Shaina Burns won in 14.44. Defending state champion Rachel Schow of Rosemount was second in 14.58. Preachuk, who last year finished second to Schow by .01, was third in 14.66. The last time all three runners were on the same track at the same time – the South Suburban Conference finals May 21 – they finished in the same order, with Preachuk just .03 behind Burns. Preachuk also ad-vanced to state in the 100 dash but did not qualify for the finals. Lakeville

North finished 13th in the 4x100 relay preliminaries. Anyaogu, a senior, fin-ished sixth in the boys tri-ple jump. His best jump of 44-1 exceeded his winning jump at the Section 1AA meet by 1 inch. Anyaogu and senior Justin Greene did not ad-vance to the finals in the 100. The two North boys relays that went to state – the 4x100 and 4x200 – also did not reach the fi-nals.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

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Put under pressure again, Panthers thriveNorth baseball

wins 3 in row to return to state

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


For the second year in a row, Lakeville North stared at elimination in the section baseball tour-nament and refused to blink. After winning their fi-nal three Section 3 playoff games by a combined 25-2, the Panthers are back in the state Class 3A tourney and are the No. 1 seed. They will play Brainerd in the state tournament opener at 10 a.m. Thurs-day at Midway Stadium in St. Paul. Lakeville South, which won the Section 1 champi-onship, plays Mahtomedi at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Be-cause the Lakeville teams are on opposite sides of the state bracket, they could only meet in the fi-

nal round – for first, third or fifth place. Once again, North had to play its best when the pressure was on. Last year the Panthers won back-to-back games against Burnsville to reach the state tourney, where they won the consolation championship. This time they lost to Bloomington Jefferson in the winners’ bracket final and responded with vic-tories over Eastview (9-2) and Jefferson (10-0 and 6-0) to win the section. “I guess we don’t like to do it the convention-al, easy way,” Lakeville North coach Tony Mar-ket said. “But our kids have a lot of pride. There wasn’t a moment when we thought we couldn’t come back.” Lakeville North’s only loss in the section tourna-ment was 8-5 against Jef-ferson on May 30. When the teams met again June 3-4, North held the Jag-

uars scoreless over 13 in-nings. Four days after being hit hard by the Jaguars in the winners’ bracket final, North senior left-hander Dalton Lehnen pitched a five-hit shutout against Jefferson to keep his team in the tournament. “That first game, I didn’t pitch; I threw,” Lehnen said. “After we beat Eastview, I knew I was going to pitch again against Jefferson. I knew it was going to be one of the biggest games of my life, but I want to pitch in those situations.” Nick Dorfman, who worked three innings in the Panthers’ June 2 victo-ry over Eastview, worked the first four innings of the June 4 section champi-onship game before turn-ing over a 6-0 lead to A.J. Sayer. The two held Jeffer-son to three hits and com-bined to strike out five. North scored all six of its runs in the champion-

ship game in the fourth inning. Angelo Altavilla singled and Lehnen dou-bled off the right-field fence, putting runners at second and third with no outs. Both scored on Ben Jensen’s single. Later, Drew Stewart drew a bases-loaded walk, making it 3-0. Sayer sin-gled to drive in the fourth run, and Joseph Larson made it 5-0 by scoring on a wild pitch. An infield single by Matt Arnold brought in the sixth run. Stewart had two hits and three RBI in the 10-0 victory over Jefferson on June 3. Jensen drove in two runs, and Lehnen and Kyle Rhodus had two hits each. “It’s been a great year for a lot of teams at Lakeville North, and we didn’t want to be left out,” Market said. If the Panthers (21-4) beat Brainerd (21-3) in the quarterfinals, they would play defending state

champion Mounds View (18-6) or Elk River (17-8) in the semifinals at noon Friday at Midway Sta-dium. The championship game is 6 p.m. Saturday at Target Field. After clinching the Section 3 championship, Lakeville North players and coaches were particu-larly interested in where Lakeville South would be placed at state. Lakeville South finished last in the South Suburban Confer-ence but went 5-1 in the Section 1 tournament to earn a place at state. It’s the first time both Lakev-ille teams have qualified for the state baseball tour-nament. “I think it’s great for Lakeville baseball,” Leh-nen said. “I don’t think having two teams from the same city in the state tournament has hap-pened very often, if ever. Hopefully we get to play (Lakeville South). That would be really cool.”


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Weddings

Albrecht/SchmidMichael and Karen Al-

brecht of Apple Valley are pleased to announce the marriage of their son, Ryan Albrecht to Jennifer Schmid on May 10, 2014. The wedding was held in Pismo Beach, Califor-nia and celebrated with several close friends and relatives. Ryan is a 2006 graduate of Apple Valley High School and a 2010 graduate of the United States Air Force Acad-emy. Ryan is a Captain in the Air Force and is sta-tioned at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Jenny is from Stuttgart, Germany and they met while Ryan was stationed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. Ryan and Jenny make their home in Santa Maria, California.

Meyer/KawadaAndrew Meyer and

Moeko Kawada were married in Toyko, Japan on April 29, 2014. A for-mal wedding will follow in November with family and friends in Kyoto, Ja-pan. Andrew is the son of Kathleen and Richard Meyer, all formerly of Eagan. He is the brother of Peter Meyer of Rose-mount, MN and Hillary Meyer of Stockholm, Sweden. Andrew is a practicing attorney for an American law firm in Tokyo, and Moeko is in marketing for a business media company in Tokyo

Anniversaries

Mr and Mrs. Francis Plumb 70th Wedding Anniversary

Mr and Mrs. Francis (Sonny) Plumb have been a part of the Lakeville community since 1920.Alice, age 97, and Francis (Sonny) Plumb, age 98, of Lakeville will celebrate their 70th Wedding An-niversary on June 14th, 2014. They have shown that love is the secret to a long and happy life!

ObituariesWeddings

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


When Joseph Steiner first started practicing dentistry in 1964, things were a little different. “Back then we didn’t have gowns, we didn’t have gloves, we didn’t have masks,” said the dentist at Valley Oaks Dental in Ap-ple Valley. “Silver fillings were big — versus the white fillings we have today — we didn’t have digital X-rays, and there were no computers, so all the books were handwrit-ten. There have been a lot of changes.” While many of the tools of trade have changed, the secret to longevity in the dental trade is the same as it always was, according to Steiner. Tending to teeth in Apple Valley since 1969, he’s the city’s longest-practicing den-tist. He’s been practicing so long, in fact, that he’s now seeing the fifth generation of some of the local families whose gums he began exam-ining back in the late 1960s.

The key to his success, he said, has a lot to do with dis-position. “If you’re an introvert, you’re not going to make it (as a dentist). You’ve got to love the patients,” said Stein-er, who announced recently he plans to stop seeing pa-tients at the end of the year. “The best part has been the relationships I’ve experi-enced with my patients.” That sentiment was echoed by Steiner’s col-league Jeff Wichmann, who recently took over the Val-ley Oaks Dental practice. An Apple Valley native and 1997 Apple Valley High School graduate, Wichmann said it’s not uncommon to find himself examining the molars and incisors of for-mer classmates and child-hood friends. “Even in my first few days here, I was seeing old neighbors, old teachers, kids that had the same kinder-garten teacher that I had — those were really neat con-nections,” said Wichmann, who joined Valley Oaks Dental in 2006. Steiner, who’s marking

his 50-year anniversary as a dentist this month, was one of the first dentists in Apple Valley — when he be-gan practicing in the city, he and a colleague had a small office near Glen’s Market at the northeast corner of County Road 42 and Gar-den View Drive. His practice has since moved to the 7300 block of West 147th Street, across the street from Mer-chants Bank. Steiner has reduced his work schedule in recent years and now sees patients one day a week. He said his decision to stop seeing pa-tients at the end of the year will afford him more time with his grandkids and more time for his favorite pastime, golf. “The legacy he built — 50 years is a long time to be a dentist,” said Wichmann. “It can be stressful and physical — you’re twisting and turning and it can be hard on our bodies. It takes a special person to do this job that long.”

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Changing of the (mouth) guard

at Valley Oaks Dental Apple Valley’s longest-practicing dentist will stop

seeing patients at end of year

Dr. Joseph Steiner, left, stands beside Dr. Jeff Wichmann in the Valley Oaks Dental clinic. Steiner, who’s been practicing dentistry in Apple Valley since 1969, plans to stop seeing patients at the end of the year. Wichmann, a 1997 graduate of Apple Valley High School, has been seeing patients at the clinic since 2006 and recently took over the practice. (Photo by Andrew Miller)

BBB warning: Fraudulent postcards target the region Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota (BBB) is warning area consumers to watch out for a scam involving a postcard purportedly alerting recipients to “an unclaimed reward of $100 in gift savings good at Walmart or Target.” The mailing does not have a return address but directs people to call 844-633-9988 to claim their supposed prizes. BBB is advising the public to ei-ther shred these mailings or report them to the FTC (877-382-4357), your local post office or both. This bogus offer was brought to BBB’s atten-tion by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. Variations of this particular scam have popped up sporadically

nationwide for the last few years. Some notifica-tions have been delivered via text message and oth-ers through email. People may also receive phone calls claiming they’re the recipient of such prizes. In every case like this to date, Target and Walmart head-quarters have stated these postcards/communiqués were not issued by them. A Better Business Bu-reau employee called the number on the postcard and tried to claim a prize. The representative – who claimed to represent a company called Care Ex-press – had a heavy foreign accent and stated that a “one-time shipping/activa-tion fee of $3.95” would need to be paid via credit card to receive the alleged gift savings. At that point,

the BBB employee discon-nected the call. During the call, the company repre-sentative also refused to provide his location. Better Business Bureau reminds consumers to: • Never give out person-al or financial information to unknown parties over the phone, through the mail or via the Internet. • Always research of-fers before making any decisions. Visit bbb.org or call 1-800-646-6222. • Be wary of deals that sound too good to be true. If you’ve already pro-vided your credit card number to the individuals behind this offer, contact your card issuer or finan-cial institution immediate-ly – as well as your local authorities – and monitor your statements closely.

Motorcycle ride raises funds to stop domestic violence Bikers Against Domestic Violence is organizing the inaugural Stop the Cy-cle motorcycle ride Saturday, June 14, at VFW Post 9433, 2625 120th St. W., Rosemount. Proceeds will benefit 360 Communities Lewis House sexual and domestic violence shelters in Eagan and Hastings. Schedule: Noon, registration; 12:45 p.m., address by Rosemount Mayor Bill Droste; 1 p.m., ride begins; 4:30 p.m., barbecue dinner and silent auction. Cost is $25 for one rider, $35 for two riders on one bike. Call 952-985-4018 to register. The motorcycle riders will leave from the Rosemount VFW, travel through Dakota County to Hastings, to Prescott, down Wisconsin Highway 35, to Cannon Falls, to Northfield, and re-turn to the Rosemount VFW. The ride will last about three and a half hours. Local churches, businesses and other organizations have sponsored the event with nearly $4,500 in support. For more information, to sponsor the event, or to donate, call 651-244-9829.

District 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the noon Thursday, June 19, retreat of the District 194 School Board in the District Office/City Hall.

1. Preliminary Actions a. Call to Order b. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Discussion/Activities at District Of-fice – Board Room a. Lunch & Team Building/Review of Strategic Plan – Dr. Snyder/Chair Peter-son b. Security & Safety Review – Dr. Snyder/Mr. Baumann/Ms. Swanson/Mr. Molesky c. Closed Session per MN Stat 13D.05(d) to discuss issues related to se-curity systems and emergency response procedures3. Continued Discussions/Activities at City Hall – Council Chambers a. Chambers Tour and Training – Ms. Swanson/City Team b. Discussion and Board Input on Enrollment Methodology & Potential Scenario Development – Mr. Baumann/Mr. Molesky c. Recommendations & Solicita-tion for Feedback/Input for Legislative Increase of 25. per pupil – Cabinet & Board d. Introduction to Academic Return on Investment A-ROI Methodology for Program Evaluation – Mr. Molesky4. Adjournment

Agendas


LEGAL NOTICES

INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 917REGULAR BOARD

MEETING JUNE 3, 2014This is a summary of the Intermediate

School District 917 Regular School Board Meeting on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, with full text available for public inspection onthe district website at www.isd917.k12.mn.us or the District Office at 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount, MN 55068.

The meeting was called to order at 5:15PM. The meeting was held at Dakota County Technical College, 1300 145thStreet East, Rosemount, MN. Board members present: Dick Bergstrom, DanCater, Deb Clark, Bob Erickson, Tom Ry-erson, Jill Lewis, Ron Hill (arrived at 5:44 PM), Vanda Pressnall, Melissa Sauser,and administrators were present. Absent: none. Good news reports were present-ed. The following Consent Agenda itemswere approved: minutes, personnel, bills to be paid, and donations. Recom-mended actions approved: ResolutionPlacing Staff on Unrequested Leave ofAbsence (full copy available in the Super-intendent’s Office), Policy 456 – Substitute Instructor Pay Schedule; 2014-2015 ISD917 Budget; Resolution Pertaining to the Termination of Employment of Support Service Employees (full copy available in the Superintendent’s Office); Superinten-dent’s Evaluation and incentive for 2013-2014; Superintendent’s Salary increase and contract modifications for 2012-2015contract; Resolution approving 917’sHealth and Safety Program Budget; LeaseLevy; Safe Schools Levy; and EducatorDevelopment Evaluation Process. BoardMember Tom Ryerson was thanked for his nine years of service on the 917 SchoolBoard. Adjournment at 6:58 PM.

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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 196

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSCALL FOR BIDS

RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNotice is hereby given that

sealed bids will be received for the service of Resource Manage-ment (Waste Processing, Re-cycling and Composting) at the Independent School District 196 Facilities Department, located at 14445 Diamond Path, Rosemount, MN 55068, until 2 p.m., local time on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bid forms and specifications maybe obtained at the Facilities Department of Independent School District 196, 14445 Diamond Path West, Rosemount, Minnesota 55068.

A 5% Bid Bond, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check must be sub-mitted with the bid.

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.

If you should have questions regarding this bid you may contact the Mike Schwanke at (651) 423-7702.Gary Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District 196Rosemount, MN 55068

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PUBLIC SCHOOLSMINUTES OF MAY 12, 2014

REGULAR BOARD MEETINGChairperson Rob Duchscher

called the regular School Board meeting to order at 6 p.m. on May 12, 2014 at Dakota Ridge School.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the School Board.

Present: Joel Albright, Art Coul-son, treasurer; Rob Duchscher, chairperson; Mike Roseen, Bob Schutte and Superintendent Jane K. Berenz.

Absent: Gary Huusko, clerk and Jackie Magnuson, vice chairper-son.

Motion by Roseen, seconded by Albright and carried, with five mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the agenda.

The board recognized Yodahe Heramo, Helen Matsooff and An-drew Kemp of Eagan High School and Apoorva Malarvannan of East-view High School, who each earned a National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Award in Writing.

Berenz congratulated:• Fifty-five high school students

who were named All-State Musi-cians for 2014-15;

• Daniel Debner, Eagan High School, who was selected one of 40 Scholars of Distinction by the Minnesota Department of Educa-tion;

• John Herron, Rosemount High School, who finished second place in retail merchandising at the DECA International Career Development Conference, and

• Nine Destination ImagiNation teams that will be competing at the Global Finals.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Albright and carried, with five mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the following Consent items:

Minutes of April 28, 2014 regular board meeting (Exhibit A1);

Claims for April 23-May 6, 2014 (Exhibit B1);

Electronic funds transfer sched-ule for April 19-May 2, 2014 (Exhibit B2);

Schedule of investments for April 19-May 2, 2014 (Exhibit B3);

Treasurer’s report for month ending March 31, 2014 (Exhibit B4);

Gifts received during April 2014 totaling $123,346.07 (Exhibit B5);

Advertising revenue received during April 2014 totaling $550 (Ex-hibit B6);

Contract with Restoration Spe-cialists for the Eagan High School bleacher repair project for $88,750 (Exhibit B7);

Contract with Agropur using the escalation pricing of $518,638 for 2014-15 dairy products (Exhibit B8);

A $500 Jump Rope for Heart grant from the Minnesota Associa-tion for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance to Woodland Elementary School (Exhibit B9);

Amendment to Lease Number Four to extend the lease for the Early Childhood Learning Center with no increase in rent through December 31, 2014 (Exhibit B10);

Contract with Bossardt Corpo-ration for construction manage-ment services, at a basic cost of $146,925 plus reimbursable expenses, for the classroom ad-ditions at Parkview Elementary School (Exhibit B11);

Contract addendum with Wold Architects and Engineers for ar-chitectural services, at a basic cost of $247,000 plus reimburs-able expenses, for the classroom additions at Parkview Elementary School (Exhibit B12);

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

Resolution proposing to place teacher David Baertsch on an un-requested leave of absence (ULA) effective at the end of the 2013-14 school year on June 30, 2014 (Ex-hibit C2);

Increasing pay rates for some substitute, temporary and part-time Community Education aquatic em-ployees for 2014-15 (Exhibit C3);

Agreements for an additional .2

FTE for the 2014-15 school year with two individual teachers with-out the additional FTE becoming part of the teachers’ continuing contract (Exhibit D1);

Agreement to extend the pro-bationary period of a school nurse during 2014-15 and limit her con-tinuing contract rights (Exhibit D2), and

Agreements for counseling ser-vices during 2014-15 between pri-vate counselors and Faithful Shep-herd Catholic School, St. Joseph School and Trinity School (Exhibit D3).

Food and Nutrition Services Co-ordinator Wendy Knight reported federal law requires school districts to complete an annual review of their Wellness Policy. The policy was adopted by the School Board in 2006 and supports a healthy school and community environ-ment that enhances student learn-ing and the development of lifelong wellness practices.

A District Wellness Committee was formed is responsible for es-tablishing standards for all foods and beverages available during the school day and at school-spon-sored events, monitoring results of the policy, compiling data to as-sess compliance with the policy, periodically reporting on the district progress in attaining the goals of the policy and, when necessary, making recommendations about the policy.

In response to the increase in obesity in America, the federal government adopted the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 to promote wellness in school-age children through healthy eating and physical activities. In collaboration with Dakota County, the district participates in the Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) health reform to improve health and build stronger communities. Knight shared examples of nutrition and physical activities that SHIP funds have supported in the district.

Wellness survey results will be analyzed and evaluated during 2014-15 along with the effective-ness of the Wellness Policy. Knight invited parents and community members to join the Wellness Com-mittee.

Director of Community Educa-tion Khia Brown shared proposed revisions to Administrative Regu-lation 801.5AR, Community Use of District Facilities, pertaining to swimming pool rental fees (Exhibit E). She reported Community Edu-cation staff conducted an aquatics market study of surrounding school districts and found the pay rates for District 196 aquatics staff were low. In order to hire and retain quality employees and to maintain a bal-anced budget, the administration proposed a 2.5 percent increase in swimming pool rental fees.

The board is expected to take action on the increase at its June 9 board meeting.

K-12 Curriculum and English Language Coordinator Renee Erv-asti asked the board to approve the Letter of Understanding with Dako-ta County United Educators (DCUE) on the Teacher Development and Evaluation (TDE) Plan (Exhibit F). The Minnesota Legislature, during a special session in summer 2011, mandated a statewide teacher de-velopment and evaluation require-ment that all school districts have a TDE plan in place by the 2014-15 school year. The plan could be lo-cally developed by school boards and teachers, it could be the state plan or a hybrid of the state plan with locally determined elements.

During the past year teachers and administrators developed a District 196 TDE plan which they presented to teachers so they

could determine which plan the district would use. Teachers voted on May 1, and by an overwhelming 99 percent, voted to use the locally developed plan. The plan supports the goals of increasing student achievement, benefits teachers and their professional develop-ment and growth, keeps quality in classrooms and meets the many requirements of the state statute. Ervasti reported the committee was able to incorporate many of the components currently being used through the Quality Compensation (Q-Comp) Plan for probationary teachers.

The letter of understanding will become part of the 2015-17 mas-ter agreement if approved by the board.

One member of the audience spoke.

Motion by Schutte, seconded Coulson and carried, with five members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the Letter of Understand-ing.

Director of Finance and Opera-tions Jeff Solomon noted that at the April 14 board meeting the board approved a resolution authorizing the refunding of the Series 2005B General Obligation School Building Bonds. He said this is similar to re-financing a home mortgage in that the district would save money for taxpayers with a lower interest rate. He introduced Jodie Zesbaugh, financial advisor with Ehlers & As-sociates, Inc.

Zesbaugh reported district staff conducted a conference call with Moody’s Investors Service prior to the sale and Moody’s assigned an Aa1 underlying /Aa2 enhanced rating to the refunding bonds. She reviewed the results of the sale of the $2,230,000 General Obligation School Building Refunding Bonds, Series, 2014A (Exhibit G), which in-cluded 11 bids with the low bidder being Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc., at a true interest cost of 1.1213 per-cent. Zesbaugh said this will save taxpayers about $180,000 total or $30,000 per year and asked the board to approve resolution relat-ing to the sale.

Motion by Coulson, seconded by Schutte and carried, with five members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to approve the resolution.

Berenz reported that more than 2,000 students will celebrate high school graduation this spring and noted the complete schedule of ceremonies is on the district web-site and in the summer issue of Spotlight.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Roseen and carried, with five mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to adjourn the meeting at 6:42 p.m.

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public hearing will be held before the City Council of the City of Lakeville in theCouncil Chambers, 20195 Holyoke Av-enue, on the 7th day of July, 2014, at 7:00p.m. or as soon thereafter as the partiesmay be heard to consider the applica-tion of 210 Bar & Grill LLP for an on-saleand Sunday liquor license and an off-sale 3.2% malt liquor license. The applicantproposes to operate a bar/restaurantknown as 210 Bar & Grill, located at 8275 – 210th Street W. DATED this 5th day of June 2014 Charlene Friedges, City Clerk

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rowing from 98 trans-fers in FY2012 to 28 in FY2013. School officials are hopeful that new housing starts will turn around the trend, and District Controller Jaber Alsid-diqui said staff was en-couraged by the increase in students choosing to stay in the district. Superintendent Lisa Snyder recently spear-headed an effort to draw them back. Alsiddiqui added that the district’s online school, LinK12, is pro-jected to enroll 40 stu-dents next school year. The district’s General Fund revenue is project-ed to increase by nearly $10 million to $112.7 million next year due to increased state aid and voters passing the $5.8 million annual operating levy referendum, which will be in place and grow with inflation for a de-cade. During a later dis-cussion regarding the district’s iLearn 2.0 bring-your-own-device initiative to upgrade technological capabilities at the schools, the district would have to ask voters for more money by No-vember 2015 under its fu-ture budget scenario. The amount of fund-ing has not been dis-cussed but would likely be enough to also address school security building upgrades such as buzzer systems, video improve-ments and building re-modeling. Baumann said the dis-

BUDGET, from 1A trict’s FY2015 levy prior-ities include maintaining programs and operations and reducing class sizes. Parents and teachers at JFK Elementary re-cently expressed concern third grade there is losing a section and class sizes will increase next year without additional staff-ing. Board Member Bob Erickson said nine class-es in the district are being monitored for the possi-bility of adding a section. General Fund expen-ditures will increase by $7.7 million or 7 percent from the projected fiscal year 2014 amount due to increased costs of em-ployee salaries and ben-efits caused by contract increases and hiring 29 additional staff. Baumann said the in-crease also was generated by transferring 6.5 teach-ers for all-day kindergar-ten from the Community Service Fund, K-Plus program to the General Fund. School Board Mem-ber Bob Erickson com-plimented Baumann and Alsiddiqui on their de-tailed report for its trans-parency and how easy it is to understand. The report will be posted on the district website, www.isd194.k12.mn.us.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Burnsville man killed in I-35W motorcycle crash

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


A 55-year-old Burns-ville man was killed the morning of June 5 when his motorcycle sideswiped a car on Interstate 35W in Burnsville, the State Pa-trol reported. Gregory D. Cox was declared dead at the scene of the accident, which oc-curred at 8:20 a.m. It’s one of a string of motorcycle crashes around Minnesota that have killed four people since May 29 and injured 28, the Department of Public Safety said. Cox was killed on northbound I-35W near Burnsville Parkway when his Yamaha motorcycle sideswiped a Nissan Mu-rano, which was then struck by another Nissan Murano, according to a

State Patrol report. No one else was in-jured, the patrol said. The accident, which caused a morning traf-fic slowdown, is one of several in Minnesota since the arrival of warm weather. Two motorcyclists were struck by a car June 4 at a north Minneapolis inter-section, killing one rider and injuring the other, Public Safety announced. A rider and passenger were killed May 29 in Isanti County when a van made a U-turn in front of their motorcycle. The department urged riders to protect them-selves with protective, high-visibility clothing and helmets and urged motor-ists to watch for motorcy-cles, check blind spots and give riders room. Drivers “need to check

twice when they’re turn-ing or changing lanes to be sure there’s not a mo-torcycle in their path or they’re not going into the path of a motorcycle,” State Patrol spokesman Lt. Eric Roeske said. Cox grew up in Rich-field and was lead driver for the Richfield Bus Co. in Bloomington, accord-ing to his obituary. He is survived by his wife, Jane; son, Nathan; mother, Helen, of Fort Myers, Fla.; and brother, Gary, of Miami, FL. Visitation is Friday, June 13, at 10 a.m., and the service is at 11 a.m. both at Hope Presbyteri-an Church, 7132 Portland Ave. S., Richfield.

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

Minnesota’s first known transgender candidate, Paula Overby received the Independence Party’s en-dorsement this week and will go on to face DFL candidate and former state Rep. Mike Obermueller and Republican U.S. Rep. John Kline in the Novem-ber election. Overby was endorsed on June 8 and was the only candidate in the district to seek the third-party en-

dorsement. The 59-year-old Eagan resident previously com-peted against Obermuel-ler and Eagan resident Thomas Craft for the DFL endorsement at the party’s 2nd District convention April 26. Overby and Craft withdrew their candidacies during the first round of voting and agreed to en-dorse Obermueller. Since a unanimous con-sent to endorse Obermuel-

ler was passed before the final count was announced, the exact percentage of votes each candidate re-ceived wasn’t made public. Overby has said she hopes to bring campaign finance reform to the fore-front of the race. She has said she plans to also focus on the economy, wealth inequality, educa-tion and civil rights issues relating to women and mi-norities.

Overby receives Independence Party endorsement in 2nd DistrictEagan resident will face Obermueller, Kline in November


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Buying Old Trains & ToysSTEVE’S TRAIN CITY

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4020 Crafts, Boutiques& Flea Markets

LAKEVILLE: 10240 210th ST. West June 13/14th 9-4PM, Pottery, Stained Glass, & Jewelry!


Apple Valley Estate Sale, June 20 and June 21, 8 am to 6 pm. Furniture, bed-room set, piano, end ta-bles, beds, kitchen ware, seasonal decorations, women’s clothing and shoes 13010 Garrett Lane

Apple Valley Multi-Fam/Moving Sale 6/13-14 (8-3) Furn, HH, baby, toys, cloz, lwnmower 13560 Guild Ave

Apple Valley

SHEPHERD’S SALEbenefiting children in need

June 25-26-27 Wed. (2-8) - No strollers or

price scanners on Wed.; Thurs. (9-7); Fri. (8-11)

* Friday Bag Sale *Funds supplemented by

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Shepherd of the ValleyLutheran Church

12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Rd

(East of MN Zoo)

APPLE VALLEY, June 13 & 14th 10-4pm, Huge Mov-ing! Furn, Wildlife art, & Sports! 5849 139th St. West

Apple Valley, June 20-21, 9-5. Fish / hunt / camp / garden equip. 4 hp out-board motor. Kids & vin-tage clothes. Games & books. HH items. 12816 Denmark Ave.

Bloomington6/20-21 (8-3), Kid toys & clothes, art, Christmas, misc. 10024 Zinran Rd

Bloomington Hi-End Baby Girl Cloz (0-24 mos), Toys, Crib, Access. 6/21-22 (8-4) 9025 Pillsbury Ave. So.

Bloomington

HUGE SALE EVENT!100+ Families!

Incredible varietyJune 12-14 (Thurs. 8-5;

Fri. 8-5; Sat 8-12)Nativity of Mary School99th St. & Lyndale Ave

BloomingtonMoving Sale! June 19- 21st, 8-4. Furn, HH, cloz, tools, and more. 8901 10th Ave S

Bloomington, 6/13-14, (9-6). Misc. HH, furn, girl clz, toys, bikes, tot edu, much more. 9649 Grand Ave S

Bloomington, June 12 to 14, 8-6. Antiques, vintage, furn, HH, lawn + more. 9408 5th Ave S.


BloomingtonTownhome Association

Garage Sales. Friday June 13, 8am-5pm and Saturday June 14, 8am-3pm. West of Normandale

Blvd at Overlook Drive approx 3 blocks south of

the intersection of Old Shakopee and Norman-

dale Blvd Overlook Drive

Bloomington, June 12-14, (8-5). Huge Sale! Too many new/used items to list due to years of hoarding. 10509 Maryland Rd

Bloomington, June 19, 20, 21, 9-4. All house-hold, garage, patio items for sale. 11416 Johnson Avenue South.

Bloomington, June 20 & June 21, 9-4. Downsizing! antiques, sports equip, hh.

6100 West 105th St

Bloomington, Moving Sale! 6/19-21 (8-5), Lots of yard equip. 5715 Mount Normandale Dr

Bloomington- 6/14 & 6/159a-5p - Multi-home sale!

Brand New items! Designer Bags, Art,- 9230 3rd Ave S.

Bloomington: 310 Spring Valley Dr. 6/12-13 (9-4), 6/14 (9-2). Toys, crib, furn, HH & more.

Bloomington: Moving/Garage Sale. Old, New &

Antiques. June 12-14 (9-5p) 8535 5th Ave S

Brklyn Park X-mas, HH, Butcher block Tbl, Wmns 8.5 shoes, drapes. 6/19-21 (9-5) 8524 Telford Crossing

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June 13th & 14th 9 am - 5 pm. * Big Sale! *

5307 Oliver Ave N

Brooklyn Park1925 Pearson Parkway

June 13-14 (9-5) Furn, HH, kids, antiqs, M/F des. cloz

Brookyln Center HUGE SALE! 6/12-14 (9-6). New/used cloz & much variety!

6407 Scott Ave. North

Burnsville - Great Stuff! 6/12-14 (9-4) Antiqs, wick-er furn, couch, many HH items. 13505 Nicollet Lane

BURNSVILLE Birnamwood Sales June 14th, 8-3pm

(BV Parkway & Hwy 13)

Burnsville, June 13 & 14, 8 a.m.. Estate Sale: House-hold Grandfather Clock, Singer Sewing Machine 50’s, Antique saws, baskets, furniture. 13709 Portland.


Burnsville: 74 Unit Town-house Community Sale! Sat. 6/21, 8-4p. 35E South to Co Rd 11, right on Co Rd

11, left on 134th St. to Settler’s Ridge Dr.

Many treasures, HH, Furn, Clothes & much more!

Columbia Hts: Thrift Sale Immaculate Conception Church 6/19-21 Thurs & Fri 8-7; Sat., bag sale 8-12.763-788-9062 ICCSonline.org

4030 Jackson St. NE

Deephaven, 6/12-13, 8a-5p; 6/14, 8a-noon. Estate Sale: Wayzata home filled with exquisite antiques (mid century modern, 18th century Americana & primitives) a collection of leather-bound classic books, porcelain, antique linens, French wine rack, upholstered, wicker & out-door furniture, lamps, fire-place tools & screen, mili-tary collectibles, framed prints & art, & so much more! 18175 Carole Lane, Deephaven.

Eagan Estate Sale Thur-Sat 6/19-6/20, 9-5, 6/21, 9-2. Collectibles: Harley, Boyd’s Bears, Pre-cious Moments, Avon, etc; decor, art, hh, tools, more! 4555 Acorn (off Cliff Rd)

EAGAN, 6/11 4-7pm, 6/12-14th 8-6pm, Great Variety don’t miss! Furn.,Tools, Cloz. 1671 Oakbrooke Ct

EAGAN: 4836 Sky View Court 6/12 & 6/13th 8-4pm, 6/14th 9-1pm, We-ber BBQ, pool table, futon, end tbles, HH, Bks & Tools

Eagan: 90 Unit Townhome Community Sale!

6/12-6/15, 8-4pm. On Cliff Lake Rd, Btwn Rahn & Blackhawk (across from Cub) HH, furniture, glass-ware, clothing, art & more!

EAGAN: June 19th - 21st8-5PM, Furn, Antqs. HH, glass, books, Singer mach. 1449 HEMLOCK CIRC.

Eden Prairie Moving SaleFurn., exercise equip, misc HH. 6/26 (9-4), 6/27 (9-1). 10115 Gristmill Ridge

Edina

Colony at Edina Community Garage Sale

Barrie Rd & Colony WayThurs-Sat, 6/19-21 (8-5)

For map see:www.colonyedina.com

Edina, 6/12, 6/13, 6/14, Th 8-5, Fr 8-5, Sa 8-12. Fur-niture, Home Décor, Sea-sonal, Fashion Accessories, Barbie Doll Collection and Much More! 6941 Valley View Road

FARMINGTON 18738 Em-bry Ave. Huge Sale! 6/20 & 6/21st 8-4pm, Furn, vin-tage sled, decor, HH, bird houses, CDs, pict. frames, puzzles & books & More!

Farmington- 6/11-4p-8p,6/12-8a-4p, 6/13-8a-noon Large Multi-Family Sale

16962 Fairhaven Ave

Golden Valley2205 Wisconsin Ave N 6/19-21, (9-5). CSAC, 3 ga-rages. Misc. items.

Hopkins: Annual ParkValley Association Sales.

Multi Homes 10+ June 21, 8-2p. 6th Av. S & 7th St. S

MAPLE GROVE: Red Fox Cove Neighborhood SalesSat., 6/14 (8-3) Furn, HH, Kid/Adlt Cloz, much more!

Red Fox Drive (55369)

MINNEAPOLIS: 5239 13th Ave So. 6/12-6/14th 8-5pm Vintage/Estate Sale! Fur-niture! Tools & Antiques!

Minnetonka, 6/19-21, 9-6. Furn, appliances, child & adult cloz, glassware, yarn books. 5721 High Park Dr

Plymouth Multi-Family!6/19-20 (9-5), 6/22 (10-5) HH, furn., cloz, hobby items 12310 26th Ave. No.


Minnetonka, Multi FAM June 12-14 9-6. “We sold the cabin!” Furn, HH, tools, 5 bikes, gas grill. 10905 Joy Ln, nr 394 & Hopkins Cr Rd

Plymouth: Estate Sales June 20-21 , 9-5. Reming-ton Bronzes & Gun safe, Check out estatesales.net 4125 Black Oaks Lane N

Plymouth: Multi-Family 6/12-13 (9-5); 6/14 (9-11). Clean, good HH items, Furn., Cloz. Great prices! 2235 Xanthus Lane North

Richfield Moving Sale6/13-14 (9-4) Furn., bikes, games, kitchenware, misc. 7408 Oakland Ave. South

RICHFIELDSt Richard’s Catholic Church

Fri, June 13 (9-5);Sat, June 14 (9-12) Bag day

7540 Penn Ave. Southwww.strichards.com

Robbinsdale - Estate Sale Inside and out. Cash only. June 20, 8-4; June 21, 8-12

4257 Zenith Ave N

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ROBBINSDALEESTATE SALE

3854 Crystal Lake BlvdJune 13-14 (9-5). Furn., glassware, silver, books, X-mas items and more!42 year accumulation!

Love & Co.

SavageSt John’s Church

Super Sale12508 Lynn Ave.

Preview Night 6/18 (5-8)Admission;

Sale 6/19-20 (9am-8pm);Bag sale 6/21 (9am-1pm)$5/bag or 5 bags for $20

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ed after he was handcuffed and put in the squad, he “rambled on about how the whole criminal justice system was corrupt.” Adrian reportedly said he was going to pray to his God that he and the officer would get in an ac-cident on the way to jail and both die, the incident report stated. A different Apple Val-ley incident report states that Adrian allegedly was using cocaine, acid and methamphetamine and in-dicated to multiple people he wanted to commit sui-cide by cop. Dakota County Chief Deputy Attorney Phil Prokopowicz said Adrian was ordered by Judge Les-

lie Metzen be transported to St. Peter Hospital for a Rule 20 evaluation to de-termine if he is competent to proceed with the court hearing regarding the of-fense. Prokopowicz said the evaluation will determine if he is capable of under-standing the nature of the charges to assist in his de-fense or if he is suffering from such mental illness that he does not have that ability. He said a report must be filed with the court within 60 days of the order. “If he is found incom-petent to proceed, the case is suspended,” Prokopo-wicz said. “Civil commit-ment process is initiated, and then they try to ad-dress the underlying men-

tal health issues.” Prokopowicz said once any issues identified have been resolved, Adrian would return to face the criminal charges. Adrian allegedly was wearing military garb, sunglasses and a bandana covering his face while skateboarding with an ar-row secured to his arm at Lakeville North High School on May 22 when he encountered staff in the parking lot. The criminal complaint stated he told the staff members he was a public servant going around to see if people would stop him places. He said anyone with military experience would be able to enter the school in no time, and if he had

not been stopped, he would have attempted to enter the school, accord-ing to the complaint. Multiple Lakeville po-lice officers arrested Adri-an near the high school shortly after the encoun-ter with the school staff and found he was carry-ing weapons that included throwing knives, pepper spray, a box cutter and sling shot, according to the criminal complaint. Last week, Lakeville School District Commu-nications Director Linda Swanson said the district issued a trespass notice banning Adrian from all Lakeville school property for a year. After Adrian was re-leased on bail May 30, officials at Northview El-

ementary in Eagan tempo-rarily kept students inside on June 6 after reports from Eagan police that Adrian may have been near the school on June 5, according to Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District spokes-man Tony Taschner. He said the district is-sues “shelter-in-place” or-ders on a case-by-case ba-sis; Adrian was not found near the school. Adrian who has a histo-ry of minor marijuana and alcohol charges on his re-cord and is on probation, was reported near Oak Hills Elementary in Lake-ville on June 2, according to a staff email dated that day from Tony Massaros, district executive director of administrative services.

Lakeville police Chief Jeff Long said there was no threat to Lakeville stu-dents because Adrian left school when he was asked to do so, and he had been quickly detained and ap-prehended. “We did not suggest a (school) lockdown be-cause we were there so quickly and had the per-son detained,” Long said. He added that he sup-ports the court’s decision regarding the case. “Based on the judge-ment he used, I think the court’s actions are very ap-propriate,” Long said. “It’s something we would have liked to see sooner rather than later.” Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

polices that guide how the city redevelops its aging infrastructure, an issue that “wasn’t even on the radar” when he arrived be-cause it was such a young community. He said in his career, he has gained broad knowl-edge of developing and re-development communities that will help him be effec-tive at the county level. “I truly was not look-ing for a job,” Mielke said. “But talking to the recruit-er, it became of interest to me. … The closer I got to looking at it, the more ex-cited I became about the opportunity.” Lakeville Mayor Matt Little credited Mielke for guiding Lakeville through strong and weak econo-mies, noting he will be hard to replace. “Steve’s done an excel-lent job,” Little said. “I’ve enjoyed working with him for almost three and a half years I’ve been on the City Council. He’s well orga-nized, well spoken and highly respected by all the staff. We will miss him greatly.” During Mielke’s tenure, Lakeville has grown to in-clude major housing and commercial developments

that include Target, Life Time Fitness and Walmart; he also led the city during the major reconstruction of the County Road 70/I-35 intersection. During the recession, housing developments dropped from around 900 single- and multi-family units to about 125, which Mielke described as a “shocker” that led to the city cutting staff by about 10 percent and its budget by about 6 percent. “Fortunately, we’re back to where we’re pro-ducing as many single-family homes now as we did in 2004,” he said. “The townhome market is con-tinuing to be soft, but the residential development and the growth is back. That provides a lot of op-portunities and a lot of challenges.” Mielke credited city staff for accomplishments throughout the city. “My job is easier be-cause of them,” Mielke said. “They make me look good because they are so good.” The incoming city ad-ministrator, he said, should have an ability to collabo-rate with others, be flexible and able to work with dif-ferent people on the City Council while rallying

staff around the direction set by the City Council. Little said characteristics important to the position include knowledge about running different facets of the city, adding the next city leader should be highly or-ganized, be able to set pri-orities and possess excellent people skills. Mielke predicted the biggest challenges facing Lakeville are financial, how to balance citizens’ desire for amenities and new services with the need to repair or replace aging infrastructure. He indicated a good leader for Lakeville should offer new ideas to address fiscal issues. “There’s always the de-sire to continue momen-tum in the things you’ve always done,” Mielke said. “The manager has to find ways to accomplish those things smarter, cheaper, faster.” Mielke called Lakeville the premier city in the state. “I don’t think there’s a better city in the state,” he said. “I think they’re going to attract top candidates to this job. They’ll bring new enthusiasm, new perspec-tive and new leadership to this job, which will only benefit the community.”

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physical development di-rector for Dakota County. Joosten said several search firms have been in-vited to submit proposals, and the City Council is ex-pected to select one at its June 16 meeting. Mielke’s last day on the job is July 10, and coun-cil members agreed they

would need to hire an in-terim candidate until a permanent replacement can be found. The interim hire could be an internal or exter-nal candidate, but coun-cil members indicated a preference for an internal candidate who could allow more consistency and keep the city moving forward. Council members

agreed any internal candi-date who serves as interim city administrator would be ineligible for the per-manent position. Mayor Matt Little said the city could also seek a retired administrator for the interim position.


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ADRIAN, from 1A

cost and Lakeville’s share is $22,500. If a permanent signal is approved, Dakota Coun-ty’s contribution would remain $55,000, and Lake-ville’s share would increase to $271,000, according to city documents. Lakeville officials are proposing the funds come from the city’s Municipal State Aid Fund. Dakota County is the only county in Minnesota that requires cities to pay 45 percent of the cost for improving county roads plus 100 percent of project costs that would improve city roads, such as under-ground infrastructure con-nections. Other cities typically pay about 15 percent of the cost of a county road project, according to Bob

Egan of Lakeville, a for-mer Dakota County con-struction and maintenance engineer. City Council Member Doug Anderson said he has requested review of Dakota County’s financ-ing formula for county roads. He said the county’s funding formula is not al-ways followed, like when Dakota County funded 100 percent of the bus rapid transit corridor in Lakeville . “The first step is to fig-ure out what’s been hap-pening,” Anderson said. “They kind of have this 45/55 split, but it doesn’t always work out that way.” He said he is not trying to be critical of the county, but wants to understand what has been going on historically to determine

if the policy has been con-sistent and how Lakeville’s contributions to county road projects compare to that of other cities. “Let’s not describe it as 45/55 or whatever,” An-derson said. “Let’s look at the reality. So, if you take some other fast-growing county … to compare ourselves to, what ends up happening? What is the split? Forget about what it’s called, let’s just look at what it is in the end, and how much is Lakeville contributing for some of these major projects?” Petree said Dakota County Transportation Director Mark Krebsbach will explain the county’s cost-share policy at an up-coming meeting.


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Books Gardening with Carolyn Harstad, 7-8 p.m. Thursday, June 19, Heritage Library, 20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville. The au-thor will present unique landscap-ing ideas and answer gardening questions. Information: 952-891-0360. Mystery Writer’s Workshop with authors Marilyn Jax and Craig MacIntosh, 1-3 p.m. Sat-urday, June 28, Barnes & Noble, 14880 Florence Trail, Apple Val-ley.

Events/festivals Farmington Dew Days, June 17-21. Information: farming-tondewdays.com. Rosemount ArtBlast, June 23-29. Information: http://sun-thisweek.com/tag/artblast/. Apple Valley Freedom Days, June 27 to July 4. Information: av-freedomdays.com. Eagan Art Festival, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 28, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 29, at Central Park, Eagan. Informa-tion: www.eaganartfestival.org.

Exhibits Burnsville Historical Society exhibit, May 8-June 15, Ames Center gallery, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free. Informa-tion: 952-895-4685. East Asian painting exhibit, June 1-Aug. 31, Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Digital Impressionism pho-tography exhibit by Becqi Sher-man, June 2-July 31, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Information: 952-985-4640.

Music Music in Kelley Park featur-ing The Tasty Tones, 6-9 p.m. Fri-day, June 13, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages available for purchase. The Okee Dokee Brothers, 7 p.m. Sunday, June 15, in the am-phitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $20, $32.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://mnzoo.org/plan-your-visit/music-zoo/. moe. with Chris Robinson Brotherhood, 7:30 p.m. Tues-day, June 17, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tick-ets: $35, $47.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://mnzoo.org/plan-your-visit/music-zoo/. Aaron Neville, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 19, in the am-phitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $45, $57.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://mnzoo.org/plan-your-visit/music-zoo/. Music in Kelley Park featur-ing Jaybee and the Routine, 6-9 p.m. Friday, June 20, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Val-

ley. Free. Food and beverages available for purchase. Jonny Lang, 7:30 p.m. Satur-day, June 21, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tick-ets: $65, $77.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://mnzoo.org/plan-your-visit/music-zoo/. Minnesota Sinfonia, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 22, Caponi Art Park’s Theater in the Woods, Eagan. Suggested donation of $5 per person. Rain date: June 29 at 6:30 p.m. Information: caponiart-park.org. Los Lobos, 7:30 p.m. Sun-day, June 22, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tick-ets: $45, $57.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://mnzoo.org/plan-your-visit/music-zoo/. South of the River Commu-nity Band, 7 p.m. Thursday, June 26, Central Park Amphitheater near City Hall, Rosemount. Free. Weather-related updates: 651-322-6020, option No. 6.

Theater “Twelfth Night” in the Japa-nese Kabuki tradition by Chame-leon Theatre Circle and Green T Productions, 7:30 p.m. June 12-14, Ames Center, 12600 Nicol-let Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $20 adults, $17 seniors and students, at the box office or Ticketmaster.com. “Lord of the Rings: The Fel-lowship of the Ring” presented by Heartbeat Performing Arts Center, noon and 5 p.m. June 14-15 at Eastview High School. Call 952-432-7833 for tickets; tickets will also be available at the door. “The Jungle Book” present-ed by Children’s Castle Theater, 7 p.m. June 27-28 and 2 p.m. June 28-29, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Tickets: $10 adults, $8 seniors and children 12 and under. Information: 952-985-4640.

Workshops/classes/other Christian classes: Prin-cess Prep School for ages 3-5 (4-5 p.m.) and 6-10 (5-6 p.m.), Tuesdays, June 17, 24, July 15, 22, Aug. 5, 19, Hope Church in Apple Valley. Born Again Zoo-min’ (Zumba), 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays, June 17, 24, July 15, 22, Aug. 5, 19, Hope Church, women; 3-4 p.m. Wednesdays, June 18, 25, July 16, 23, Aug. 13, 20, Foot-steps Dance Studio in Burnsville, families. Bible Ballerina Dance Camp for ages 3-5 (11 a.m. to noon) and 6-10 (noon to 1 p.m.), Wednesdays, June 18, 25, July 16, 23, Aug. 13, 20, Footsteps Dance Studio. Star Dancers for ages 5-12, 1-2 p.m. Wednes-days, June 18, 25, July 16, 23, Aug. 13, 20, Footsteps Dance Studio (tap shoes required). Da-vid’s Mighty Men for ages 4-8, 2-3 p.m. Wednesdays, June 18, 25, July 16, 23, Aug. 13, 20. Cost: $15 for the first class, $10 per class for additional classes; Ba-Zoom is $5 per class, $20 per

family of four. Email Miss Karin at [email protected] for regis-tration form. 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 provid-ed. Information: 651-675-5521. Summer camps for ages 4-15 are open for registration at the Eagan Art House. Informa-tion: 651-675-5521 or www.ea-ganarthouse.org. Arts classes for all ages are offered by the Eagan Art House, 3981 Lexington Ave. S. Informa-tion: www.eaganarthouse.org, 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. In-formation: 651-675-5521. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, Riv-er Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Information: www.christinetier-ney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art educa-tion through drawing and paint-ing. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Summer Theatre Camps, ages 4-16, week-long camps June-August, In the Company of Kids Creative Arts Center, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, www.co-kartscenter.com, 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. Infor-mation: 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. Presented by Making Scents in Minnesota. 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 Cen-ter 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].

Free Father’s Day movies The Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley is giving dads complimen-tary admission with the purchase of any regular priced ticket for Father’s Day weekend, June 14-15. Saturday/Sunday show times: “Island of Lemurs: Madagascar,” 10 a.m., 1 p.m. “Under the Sea,” 11 a.m. “Space Station,” noon. “Edge of Tomorrow: An IMAX 3D Experi-ence,” 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.imax.com/min-nesota or call 952-431-4629.

Rosemount Sings event Rosemount Sings, a contest for amateur sing-ers ages 15 to 25, is 3 p.m. Sunday, June 29, at the Steeple Center in Rose-mount. Prizes are $100 for the winner and $50 for the runner-up. Rosemount Sings, sponsored by the Rose-mount Area Arts Coun-cil, is a qualifying event for Minnesota Sings to be held Sept. 28 in St. Paul. The registration dead-

line for Rosemount Sings is June 20. For registration materials and more infor-mation, visit www.Rose-mountArts.com or call Jeanne at 612-272-0997. The contest is the final event of the week-long ArtBlast, which starts June 23. More informa-tion about ArtBlast is at SunThisweek.com/tag/ArtBlast-2014.

‘The Jungle Book’ Children’s Castle The-ater will present “The Jungle Book” June 27-29 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. This comedic re-telling pits a Dr. Shere Khan (who believes that every-one has a tiger within) against the unruly forces of a wild wolf pack. Tickets are $10 adults, $8 seniors and children 12 and younger. Call 952-985-4640 for information.

Food trucks and live bands Mystic Lake’s Rock and Rockets Fourth of July Celebration will take place outside Mystic Lake beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, July 4, and will feature live music, food trucks, games, giveaways and two beer gardens. Local bands Boogie Wonderland, Lost High-

way and Free Fallin’ will take the stage from 6-10 p.m. The Anchor Fish & Chips, Butcher Salt, Café Racer, Potter’s Pasties and Taqueria La Hacienda will serve up a variety of food truck fare. Guests can bring their own lawn chairs or blan-kets to the event, which will conclude with a fire-works display beginning at 10 p.m. The event will take place, rain or shine, in the parking area between Mystic Lake and Little Six casinos off Dakotah Park-way in Prior Lake. Coolers, picnic baskets, umbrellas and outside food and beverages will not be allowed, but a vari-ety of food and drinks will be available for purchase. Visit mysticlake.com/rockandrockets for more details.

Family night at IMAX The IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo in Ap-ple Valley will host Family Night on Monday, June 16. Admission for the 6:30 p.m. showing of “Under the Sea” is $5 per person. Complimentary food and drink (while supplies last) will be served in the lobby beginning at 5:30 p.m.

The Tasty Tones, a nine-piece horn band from the Twin Cities, will be bringing their signature brand of funk, dance and party music to Apple Valley on Friday, June 13, as part of the summerlong Music in Kelley Park concert series hosted by the Apple Valley Arts Foundation. Admission is free to the 6-9 p.m. concert in the park located at Founders Lane and West 153rd Street, and vendors will be on hand offering festival food such as burgers and brats along with wine and beer. More about the event is at Facebook.com/MusicInKelleyPark. (Photo submitted)

Father’s Day concert Grammy Award-winning children’s band the Okee Dokee Brothers will presenting a Father’s Day concert on Sunday, June 15, at the Minnesota Zoo’s outdoor amphitheater as part of the summerlong Music in the Zoo series. The musical duo of Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing, who specialize in kids-oriented folk and bluegrass music, won a Grammy in 2012 for Best Children’s Music Album. Tickets for the 7 p.m. concert are $20 and are available through www.etix.com. (Photo submitted)

The Minnesota Sinfonia will present a family-oriented summer pops concert at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 22, at Caponi Art Park in Eagan. The Twin Cities-based chamber orchestra’s summer pops performances feature a mix of music including marches, waltzes, Broadway and light classics. The event is part of Caponi’s Summer Performance Series, which offers theater, music and dance on Sunday evenings throughout the summer. Admission is free with a $5 per person suggested donation, and guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to spread on the art park amphitheater’s grassy slopes. More is at www.caponiartpark.org. (Photo submitted)

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Summer pops at Caponi


ThisweekendThisweekendMystery writers share their secrets

Apple Valley Barnes & Noble hosts Mystery Writers Workshop on June 28 by Andrew Miller


Any aspiring Dashiell Hammetts will find plen-ty of food for thought later this month at the Apple Valley Barnes & Noble. On Saturday, June 28, the bookstore is hosting its second annual Mys-tery Writers Workshop, which will be led by Twin Cities mystery writers Marilyn Jax and Craig MacIntosh. The free, 1-4 p.m. event will cover the basic ele-ments of the genre — set-ting, plot, clues, suspense, tension — and is geared to writers of all experience levels. Jax and MacIntosh will discuss their back-grounds and share how they draw on their experi-ences to create page-turn-ing fiction. There will be writing exercises to spark participants’ creative juic-es, along with question-and-answer sessions with the two authors.

Jax, a Minnetonka resi-dent, brings a background in fraud investigation to the mystery writing craft. Last year, her book “Sap-phire Trails,” the third in-

stallment of the mystery series featuring private investigators Claire Cas-well and Gaston “Guy” Lombard, won the mys-tery category of the USA

Best Book Awards and was named a finalist in the Midwest Book Awards. Jax’s new book, “Never in Ink,” is set for release in July.

MacIntosh, of Rose-mount, brings a military background — he was an infantry platoon leader in Vietnam — and a keen in-terest in military history to

his books. Formerly a car-toonist, he recently retired from his longtime job as illustrator of the syndi-cated comic strip “Sally Forth” in order to focus on fiction full-time. He made his fiction de-but in 2009 with “The For-tunate Orphans,” which was followed in 2012 by “The Last Lightning.” Both novels are mystery-adventure tales that use incidents from World War II as their starting points. His third novel, “Mc-Fadden’s War,” was re-leased this month and follows an ex-Green Be-ret and an ex-Navy Seal through the seedy, crime-filled underworld of the Philippines as they at-tempt to launch a deep-sea diving business. No registration is re-quired for the Barnes & Noble event. More about the featured authors is at www.marilynjax.com and www.cjmacintosh.com. Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Craig MacIntosh Marilyn Jax


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