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AUGUST 13, 2010 VOLUME 31, NO. 24

District, seven Lakeville schools miss state ‘No Child’ targets

by Derrick WilliamsTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Lakeville’s students and their teachers are improv-ing. In many cases, signifi-cantly. Almost across the board, Lakeville’s students increased their proficiency in reading, math and sci-ence on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assess-ment-II, a state mandated test required of Minneso-

ta’s public school students. Despite the progress, however, which in many cases blew away state av-erages, the scores aren’t

keeping up with ever accel-erating targets set forth in the federal No Child Left Behind Act. As a result, the Lakev-ille Area Public School District, as well as seven of its schools, failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress. “We recognize we have some growth to make,” said Jason Molesky, Lakeville’s assessment and account-ability coordinator. “But I

LAKEVILLE

Proficiency levels increase or remain steady, but district having difficulty keeping up with accelerating goals

by Kara HildrethTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

The Farmington School Board heard an enroll-ment update at the Mon-day, Aug. 9, board meeting held at Boeckman Middle School. Linda Goers, the dis-trict’s human resources director, reported that ini-tial enrollment numbers at the elementary level were down by 82 students, and total student body enroll-ment was at 3,219, down from an earlier projection of 3,301. School administrators

and elementary principals plan to talk again Aug. 16 to look the numbers at each grade level, said Christine Weymouth, as-sistant superintendent who

was sitting in for Superin-tendent Brad Meeks at the meeting. “I want to say to parents that we are going to do our very best in balancing and placing FTEs where they need the attention,” Wey-mouth said. The district is still re-ceiving in-district elemen-tary transfers after parents finalize daycare plans for children, said Goers. “I am confident and the principals are confi-dent and they watch out for you and your concerns

School board backs parents, district gives enrollment update

More workforce, affordable housing comes to Lakeville


Lakeville generally isn’t synonymous with work-force housing. The median home value in Lakeville is estimated by the city at $233,700. But Lakeville is also home to the metro’s largest industrial complex south of the river, and Airlake In-dustrial Park has more than 4,000 blue collar workers, many of whom call Lakev-ille home. That’s why the Dakota County Community Devel-opment Agency has put a large focus on Lakeville.

The CDA specializes in providing housing services for low- and moderate-in-come households, according to Sara Swenson, assistant director of administration for the CDA. And Swenson said that this month the CDA is put-ting the finishing touches on 40 rental townhouse units in a development called Mead-owlark. Swenson said the fami-lies moving into the rental units, located along 210th Street, right across the road from Airlake, will pay less because their rent is par-tially subsidized through tax credits, grants and other money the CDA receives. Swenson said a two-bedroom unit in Meadow-

lark goes for $625 a month. Similar sized two-bedroom apartments go for $968 around the area, Swenson said. “It’s quite a difference in price and allows families affordable rent so they can save for other things, like reliable transportation or a down payment on their own house,” Swenson said. But families who ap-ply for CDA housing can have a combined income of $45,360 or less to qualify, Swenson said. “We’ve seen people come in who have lost jobs and unfortunately have fore-closed on their homes,” Sw-enson said. “They come to us for help. And we’re seeing more people come through our doors than ever before.” Lakeville is now home

to four CDA developments that offer affordable rental housing – the most in the county, Swenson said. Cedar Valley, Country Lane and Prairie Crossing,

along with Meadowlark, give the CDA 139 rental units in Lakeville. There are only 552 CDA-run units across the county, Swenson said.

“It’s important to have that kind of housing avail-able in Lakeville,” she said. “It’s growing and will be home to a lot of people in the coming years.” Meadowlark has been years in the making, accord-ing to Lakeville’s economic development director, Da-vid Olson. The site was a former dump, and before the CDA could build, the site needed to be cleaned up, he said. “It’s a great project,” Olson said. “For one, it cleaned up and redeveloped an old dump site, which wasn’t likely to be done pri-vately. And two, it’s the type of housing that workers from the industrial park can benefit from.” Olson said the purchase

LAKEVILLE

Photo by Derrick Williams

Meadowlark, a 40-unit affordable housing development along 210th Street in Lakeville, is almost finished. The Da-kota County Community Development Agency project will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom rental townhouses to families in need of affordable housing. The development is the fourth such CDA neighborhood in Lakeville.

FARMINGTON

Forty county-subsidized rental unitsfinished near Airlake

Industrial Park

Anastasia Smith’s photo of a horse’s nose finished in second place in the student photo contest at the Dakota County Fair.

Prize-winning red peppers were displayed in the Horti-culture and Foods Building at the Dakota County Fair.

by Aaron VehlingTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

In a mirror of the DFL gubernatorial race, primary voters on Aug. 10 repudiated a party endorsee, this time in the south metro. Former state representative Shelley Madore received 19,973 votes over Dan Powers’ 16,522, a 10 percent margin. “I am very pleased and grateful,” Madore said in a phone interview Wednesday morning. “Voters saw a real challenger for (U.S. Rep.) John Kline.” The DFL Party establishment of-ficially endorsed Powers at its conven-tion in Duluth in April. He was unreachable by the time this story went to press. “I think Dan ran a competitive race,” Madore said. “Now it is time for us to focus on John Kline.” Madore will challenge Kline this November for his seat in the Second Congressional District, which en-compasses most of the south metro.

Where’s the beef? Madore said she will continue her 35 Cent Tour, which is designed to showcase the effects on the district of Kline’s “no pork stance.” For every federal tax dollar, she said, Dakota Coun-ty only sees 35 cents on the dollar compared to an av-erage of 77 cents in other Minnesota Congressional districts. She said that might be perceived as protecting our tax dollars from being wasted. “In reality,” she said during the primary campaign, “Mr. Kline has refused to request federal tax dollars for important community projects, even when asked by our trusted county, city and school leaders.” Troy Young, communications director for John Kline, issued a statement on behalf of the congress-man. “Kline remains committed to listening to his con-stituents and restoring the values of limited govern-ment, personal responsibility and economic freedom that open the door to opportunity and prosperity,” Young said.

Madore wins DFL primaryFormer state legislator will challenge

incumbent Rep. John Kline in November

Shelley Madore

Photos by Rick Orndorf

Andrew Kisling from Hudson, Wis., competes in the quick-sawing contest at the All American Lum-berjack Show at the Dakota Coun-ty Fair.

See Lakeville, 5A See Farmington, 5A

See Madore, 17A

See Housing, 17A

Burnsville is getting all jazzed up for the seventh annual Art & All That Jazz Festival

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Colleen Ratzlaff LaBeau announced she is running for Lakeville City Council in the No-vember election. LaBeau is presi-dent and owner of Ratzlaff Homes, Inc. and is also a licensed Realtor with Re-Max Advantage Plus. She is married to Tom LaBeau and has resided in Lakeville since 1987. LaBeau decided to run for council after serving on a committee with other Lakeville business owners and personnel to review and give direction on the 2010 city budget. She believes the city would benefit from council members who have a greater understanding of budgets and expenditures from a business perspective. “In these difficult eco-nomic times it is extremely important to prioritize and maintain services in an ef-ficient and fiscally responsi-ble way. We must prudently limit tax burdens,” LaBeau said. LaBeau believes her

combination of ex-perience in running her own small busi-ness while surviving in one of the hardest hit industries during this economic down-turn, plus meeting a payroll for 25 years, will give the city an

edge, and the involvement in numerous volunteer and professional organizations, and dedication to Lakeville will make her an excellent council representative able to make difficult decisions. LaBeau has served on many committees on the Local Board of Realtors, and State Board as well as served as president in 2005 and awarded Realtor of the year. In addition, she received the Distinguished Realtor Award in 2009 for her commitment not only to her industry, but the com-munity as well. She also has served on the Builders Association committees and serves in various areas at Crossroads Church. Ratzlaff LaBeau can be reached for comments at [email protected].

Ratzlaff LaBeau announces run for Lakeville City Council

Colleen Rat-zlaff LaBeau

The following activi-ties are offered through the Lakeville Parks and Recre-ation Department. Register online at www.lakeville-rapconnect.com; for more information, call (952) 985-4600. Nickelodeon Uni-verse, Mall of America, Bloomington: Discount on admission. Valid anytime; purchase and pick up at Parks and Recreation De-

partment, City Hall, 20195 Holyoke Ave. Safety Camp: This camp is designed for children en-tering grades three and four. Camp is Monday, Aug. 16, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Tuesday, Aug. 17, 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Families are invited to a graduation cer-emony on Tuesday at 4:45 p.m. Camp is held at Ant-lers Park, 9740 201st St. W. Cost: $32, includes T-shirt.

Reading group meetings set The next title for dis-cussion by the Heritage Library Reading Groups will be “The Canterbury Papers” by Judith Koll Healey, a suspenseful nov-el set in medieval times featuring historical fig-ures. Two reading groups are offered. The evening group will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18, at The Loft Literary Cen-ter in Minneapolis, where the author will join the group for the discussion. The afternoon group will meet at 12:30 p.m. Thurs-day, Sept. 2, in the library meeting room (attendees should feel free to bring a lunch). The title for the meet-ings on Sept. 29 and Oct. 7 will be “The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference” by Harry Boyle. The reading groups are free and new attendees are welcome. The library is located at 20085 Heri-tage Drive in Lakeville; call (952) 891-0360 or visit www.dakotacounty.us/li-brary for information.

Marine Corps Pfc. Ben H. Hansen, son of Gwendolyn and Robert Hansen of Lakeville, re-cently graduated from the Marine Aviation Sup-ply Mechanized Course. Hansen is a 2008 graduate of Lakeville North High School and joined the Marine Corps in January 2010.

The Southern Cruzers Car Club will host its 22nd annual Summer Spectacu-lar Car Show from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 28, at the Dakota County Fair-grounds in Farmington. A total of 29 car and two motorcycle classes will be featured. Pre-registration for the car show is $10; registration

at the gate is $15. The reg-istration form is available online at www.TheSummer-Spectacular.com. The event will include more than 100 craft booths, food booths, a swap meet and car corral, and an awards presentation. Entertainment will be provided by Chopper, billed as “the world’s nuttiest DJ.”

General admission is $5 per person. Children ages 12 and younger are free when accompanied by a paid adult. The event will be held rain or shine. Proceeds will be donated to local chari-ties. For more information, visit www.TheSummer-Spectacular.com or www.southerncruzers.com.

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Christine Weymouth, as-sistant superintendent for District 192 Farmington Schools, is one of six semi-finalists for the superinten-dent job in South St. Paul. Weymouth joins five other finalists, including Raymond Arsenault, su-perintendent of Gallup-McKinley County Schools in New Mexico; John Bezak, principal at Tartan

High School in Oakdale; Stan Mack II, executive director of the Minnesota Board of School Adminis-trators in Roseville; Julian Stafford, vice president for marketing at Modern Par-ents Magazine in Marreo, La.; and Dave Webb, princi-pal of Fridley High School. Final candidate inter-views are planned for Tues-day, Aug. 17.

District 192 assistant superintendent named semifinalist for South St. Paul post

Sign up for the following Lakeville Area Community Education classes at www.LakevilleAreaCommuni-tyEd.net or call (952) 232-2150 for more information. • Dog Training: K9 Ex-press — Adults and their dogs will be taught basic foundation behaviors as a team, using the Least Invasive, Minimally Aver-sive (LIMA) training phi-losophy to obtain results through reward-based training. Class runs Satur-days, Sept. 11-Oct. 2. • Community Weight Loss Challenge — Adults can join this nine-week class where they can lose weight and win money and prizes. Class runs Sept. 13-

Nov. 15. • Intro to Enameling – Adults can create a unique gift item or just have fun learning the classic tech-nique of fusing glass to metal (enameling). Class is offered Monday, Sept. 13. • Starwatch with Mike Lynch — For ages 7 to adult. Start the night off with an indoor orientation followed by outdoor time getting to know the con-stellations and some of the stories behind them. Class meets Wednesday, Sept. 15. • Swim Lessons - All Levels — Preschoolers through adults can learn to swim in a fun, supportive environment. Lessons start Sept. 13.

Grams in Touch Grams in Touch meet to pray for their grand-children at 7 p.m. every other Wednesday evening at Trinity Evangelical Free Church, 10658 210th St. W., Lakeville. All area grandmothers are invited to join this group. For more information, call (952) 469-3015.

ESL classes offered English as a Second Language (ESL) classes are now being offered from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Satur-days at Trinity Evangelical Free Church, 10658 210th St., Lakeville. Experienced teachers for both beginner and in-termediate classes help students improve on gram-mar, vocabulary, and ev-eryday use of the English language. Students will practice writing, reading and speaking English in everyday situations they would encounter in the marketplace, at work or

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with friends and family. The classes are free and open to the public. For more information, call the church office at (952) 435-5548.

Lakeville Area Community Ed classes


Cross of ChristCommunity

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Worship Service: 10:30AMEducation: 9:30AM

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600 Walnut Street, Farmington651-463-7225

Rev. James MarkworthRev. Wil FranzmeierWORSHIP SERVICES

Wednesdays 7pmSundays 9am

Holy Communion2nd & 4th Sundays

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All SaintsCatholicChurch

19795 Holyoke AvenueLakeville, Minnesota952-469-4481

Weekend Mass TimesSaturdays at 5:00 pmSundays at:7:30, 9:00, 11 am & 5:30 pm

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PUBLIC NOTICECredit River Township Board Meeting

Monday, August 16, 2010

Agenda

Call to Order, Pledge of Allegiance1 Consent Agenda

1) Approve minutes from July 19thSealcoating meeting

2) Approve minutes from August 2ndBoard meeting2 Old Business

1) Integra Franchise Agreement2) Territory mowing and sign update3) Hills of Credit River road project

update3 Resident Open Forum4 Engineer's Report

1) Stonebridge invoice from Witt2) Progress invoice from Gopher State

Sealcoat5 Treasurer's Report

1) EcoCheck Territory charges - LOCexpense or SSD

2) EcoCheck MHSP charge - capitalreserve or operating fund

3) Gopher One utility mapping issue4) Developer Agreements - who is

responsible for monitoring compliance5) Pledged Security Release signa-

tures for Merchants Bank collateral6) Address Banyon Accounting Soft-

ware resident concerns7) Treasurer Report monthly review

process6 New Business

1) 2011 Budget7 Review and Pay Bills8 Adjourn

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also think this speaks very well to the work our teach-ers and our learners are doing in the classroom.” AYP is a measuring stick used to determine proficiency standards that public schools and districts must meet under require-ments of the 2003 federal No Child Left Behind Act. Missing AYP this year, was the Lakeville Area School District as a whole, as well as Crystal Lake El-ementary, Christina Hud-dleston Elementary, Oak Hills Elementary, Orchard Lake Elementary, Century Middle, and Kenwood Trial Middle schools, and the Area Learning Center missed one or more AYP targets. Whether or not a school makes AYP is based almost entirely on student scores on the MCA-II, which were given to students in grades three-eight, 10 and 11 in the 2009-10 school year. Each grade that takes the test is then broken into nine subgroups — all stu-dents, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, black, white, limited Eng-lish proficiency, special education and free and re-duced priced lunch. Each

subgroup is then measured in four areas — partici-pation in taking the test; classroom attendance; MCA-II scores; and grad-uation rate. Each building is then analyzed, and if any of the subgroups misses a target, that school misses AYP. Statewide, only about half of Minnesota schools, some 1,066, made AYP this year while 1,048 didn’t. “It keeps getting hard-er,” Molesky said of AYP targets. The goal of the federal law is to have 100 percent of all schools achieving AYP by 2014. A school not making AYP can trigger a whole list of penalties, from forc-ing schools to offer private tutoring, replacing the staff and even sending kids elsewhere. This is the second year the district as a whole missed AYP, and as a re-sult, the district will set aside more money for professional development, supplemental educational services. Also missing for the sec-ond year is Crystal Lake Elementary School, mean-ing parents of students will get a letter offering their students a chance to leave the school. The building will also

have to set aside more of its funding for profession-al development.

Other news • Lightning struck the district office during the Tuesday, Aug. 10, School Board meeting, knocking out the live broadcast. The meeting was taped and it can be viewed in its entirety on Channel 22 during the normal air times for the meeting. • Tony Massaros, the district’s director of ad-ministrative services, said enrollment for the 2010-2011 school year are only nine students off projec-tions. There are currently 11,025 students enrolled district wide, compared with the 11,034 projection made last year. • With building mainte-nance bids coming in more than $2.25 million under projections, the School Board authorized eight new projects, totalling $1.8 million to be completed. Many of the projects were planned for upcom-ing years and include boiler replacement at JFK Elementary School and chiller repair at Lakeville North High School.

E-mail Derrick Williams at: [email protected]

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and they appreciate and care about you,” said Wey-mouth, addressing parents who sat in the audience. A few elementary grade levels are being closely monitored at North Trail, Farmington Elementary and Riverview, Weymouth said. “From my perspective, we are watching all these classes with great concern,’ Weymouth said. Each year at the start of school there are “no shows,” or students that the district was planning to see return to a certain grade that do not, Goers explained. The natural tendency is for parents to overlook the need to let a school district know when they move out of the district or a neigh-borhood, Goers said.

Board feedback When a few Farming-ton parents asked for spe-cific numbers for each grade level at the five elementary

buildings, they were not giv-en the information. “I understand that things change, but very frankly, it is starting to look like we are starting to hide some-thing,” said John Kampf, Farmington school board member. Most school board mem-bers were in agreement that the elementary grade num-bers at each building should be released, except for board chair Bob Heman, who was reluctant. After the meeting, the specific grade level break-down and number of stu-dents in each class from kindergarten through fifth grade in each of the five el-ementary buildings was giv-en or e-mailed to parents. Roz Pautzke, director of administrative services, said enrollment projections are based on July 30 enrollment information. The enroll-ment data is merely a snap-shot and should not be con-strued as actual enrollment for the school year. Teacher classroom as-

signment letters were slated to be mailed out to parents on Friday, Aug. 13, but may be delayed until later in the day Aug. 16.

Kara Hildreth is at [email protected].

Farmington/from 1A


Opinion

Compromise, cooperation made this country greatTo the editor: Jerry Ewing’s letter criticiz-es Larry Werner’s assertion in his July 2 column (“A moder-ate Republican reminds us of better days”). Ewing advocates “no com-promises.” This is one year after the murder of Dr. Tiller in his church by another “no com-promise, I am right” zealot named Scott Roeder. The “no compromise, no new taxes” Gov. Pawlenty has been gumming up our Min-nesota government for years. These attitudes are identi-cal to the ones the Taliban practices, although our coun-try is trying, by war, to reform them. Before we incur trillions in national debt to reform oth-ers, shouldn’t we first work hard to clear our own country of all the misrepresentation and narrow-minded intoler-ance? President Reagan invented the evasive guise that “gov-ernment is the problem” and introduced “trickle-down Reaganomics” with small government and big tax cuts. If any of this would have worked it would have been adapted long before Reagan and be part of our lives today. However, what really hap-pened was the biggest govern-ment expansion in history, a 40 percent increase of mili-tary spending, an increase of the national debt from 700 billion to 3 trillion, the 1987 stock market crash and the saving and loan crisis, just to name a few — together with the biggest tax increases to pay for Reagan’s yarn. If once was not enough, the same ideas under Bush produced an even bigger di-saster. The Republicans still have not come up with any bet-ter solutions; instead they are poisoning minds and are pitching the same old guise a third time. Until Republicans have a new solution that positively

works, they need to moderate, compromise and cooperate. That is what worked in the past and made this country great.

JOE NIEDERMAYRLakeville

Stretching the truthTo the editor: Wow. First we hear from Republican Tom Emmer, wannabe governor, that wait-ers and waitresses make $100,000 a year and, there-fore, don’t need minimum wage protection. Then, after his source, the one restaurant owner he interviewed, says he got his facts wrong, Emmer admits the misstatement and suggests we instead “exempt” the first $20,000 of their wag-es. Flip and flop. Closer to home we have Diane Anderson, Republican candidate for House 38A, claiming that she has more legislative experience than our current state representative, DFLer Sandy Masin. An-derson claims her “legislative” experience as a community volunteer (actually, she’s a registered lobbyist, registra-tion #3783) is greater than Masin’s as a legislator. Masin is a representative who has actually drafted, in-troduced and secured passage of important jobs, budget and government reform leg-islation, and has helped pass dozens of other bills, includ-ing the long needed trans-portation funding law (which Anderson has said she would have opposed) and the I-35W bridge collapse victims relief fund. In fact, Masin has au-thored or co-sponsored 120 pieces of legislation in the last four years. It is hard to make sense of the candidate’s claim. But I guess when you have no real legislative experience and your credentials are thinner than August ice on Black-hawk Lake, there isn’t much else to do than make things up. Anderson, like Emmer, must think she can say any-thing and most voters won’t know the difference. If you prefer honest and

thoughtful representation, it’s Masin all the way. And that’s no lie.

STAN HORNBECK JR.Eagan

Quist the right person to fill Pariseau’s shoesTo the editor: Steve Quist of Farmington is running for the state Senate in District 36, which includes Farmington. He is the DFL-endorsed candidate, but I think he will appeal to Inde-pendents and Republicans as well. Sen. Pat Pariseau, our District 36 state senator, has retired, meaning we should all look carefully at the two can-didates running for her seat. Quist is not your typical candidate. First of all, he’s an accountant for a large non-profit organization. As such, he’s a believer in fiscal respon-sibility, accountability and transparency. Second, the local DFL asked him to run. He didn’t enter the race to gain personal power. He’s a family man who wants to see Minnesota back on solid financial ground as his three boys grow up. He’s a proponent of strong public education and against taxpayer-funded vouchers for private schools. He’s an outdoors lover who wants to maintain clean air and water to make sure we don’t lose habitat for fisher-men and hunters. He’s an ardent supporter of our veterans and the ben-efits they receive, and he en-courages everyone to seek out a World War II veteran and hear some personal history while they are still among us. He’s a genuine guy who cares about others. Quist is an open-minded, no-nonsense leader who keeps his blinders off and really listens to both sides of an argument. We would be lucky to have him represent Senate District 36.

ERIK STARKMANFarmington

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Thisweek ColumnistIt takes a few good leaders to raise a village

by Larry WernerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Fifteen years ago this month, I married into a family that remembers Lakeville as the small town that served the surrounding townships of farm families. The family I married into was the LeRoy Zweber family, which operated a dairy farm on land that is now Heritage Links Golf Club in Credit River Township. By the time I started courting LeRoy’s daughter, Ann, dementia had claimed LeRoy’s personality, and he died in an Apple Valley nurs-ing home less than a year after Ann and I were married – a year before his farm opened to golfers who now chase balls where cows used to feed on alfalfa. After moving from north of the river so Ann and I could be closer to her widowed mother and the golf course, I learned that Lakev-ille wasn’t the sprawling, subur-ban place it had always been in

my mind. It was, indeed, a fast-growing suburb, but one that grew from a village built by civic leaders who are now passing from the scene. Last month, we told you about the death of Don McGuire, the longtime super-

intendent of schools in Lakeville. It was Don who gave my late father-in-law a job managing buildings and grounds for the school district when LeRoy decided there was a better way to make a living than milking cows. In April, Lakeville editor Der-rick Williams wrote about the death of Jerry Enggren, who had oper-ated the local grocery store and owned much of the downtown with his brother, John, and other family members. It was Jerry Enggren who recruited Ann and her sisters to work the checkout counter at Eng-gren’s Market when they were go-ing to Lakeville schools. Last week, the life of “the other Jerry” – Jerry Erickson – was cel-

ebrated by the community after he gave in to several years of declining health on Friday, July 30. Jerry Er-ickson, like Jerry Enggren and Don McGuire, worked to make Lakeville the special place it is. Erickson, along with Enggren and many others, created the an-nual summer festival known as Pan-O-Prog. As it happens, my wife was a school representative with Er-ickson on the first Pan-O-Prog com-mittee in 1966. Jerry moved to Lakeville in 1963 to open Erickson Drug, the down-town pharmacy he ran with his wife, Martha, for many years before sell-ing it so he could spend more time fishing and working with his son, Scott, at the Ben Franklin store, which Jerry also started. He was a charter member of the Lakeville Area Chamber of Com-merce and a founder of the local youth baseball program. Erickson, Enggren and McGuire were not only leaders in the busi-ness and civic communities but also

patriarchs of local families whose names are synonymous with the city’s history. Community life doesn’t just hap-pen. It is nurtured by people like Enggren, McGuire and Erickson. It is built by families that include these three families and others with names like Kohlnhofer, Friedges, Speiker and, yes, Zweber. Mary Ajax, the CEO of the magnificent social-service agency now known as 360 Communi-ties, surprised me when she made the comment that she is the fourth generation in her family to live in Burnsville. This summer, Eagan is celebrat-ing its 150th anniversary as a com-munity. From downtown Minneapolis, where I worked for many years, and from Edina, where I lived for many years, it was easy to look at so-called “outer-ring suburbs” as bedroom communities without his-tory, charm or personality. All it took was a few months

living south of the river for me to discover that these places are great places to live, work and play be-cause of people named Enggren, Erickson and McGuire. In last week’s Thisweek news-paper, Eagan editor Erin Johnson wrote a touching tribute to Terry Davis, a longtime city volunteer and community activist who died of pancreatic cancer just a week after the illness was diagnosed. His work with the city’s parks and on environmental issues helped make Eagan the place it is. Dakota County is rich with peo-ple who make the south metro a bet-ter place. It’s an honor for me to be man-aging the newspapers that have told you the stories of their accomplish-ments and, sadly, their passing.

Larry Werner is editor and general manager of Thisweek Newspapers and the Dakota County Tribune. He is at [email protected].

by Mary Ajax360 COMMUNITIES

I grew up in Burnsville in the 1950s, while it was still a rural community. Back then kids played outside all day and evening organizing their own games without parents or coaches. There was an informal neighbor-hood watch—moms and dads nearby keeping an eye on them. My mom and her sister lived along Highway 13 and regularly warned each other when they saw strangers along the road.Though we should al-ways be alert for danger from strangers, we are at far greater risk of being harmed from someone we know, neighbors, friends, even family members. I know this first-hand. For many years, in a house, in our neighbor-hood, one family after an-other was involved in crime. The police were called many times for domestic violence, drugs, child abuse and ne-glect. My son, who was in grade school, wouldn’t cross the street to walk to school because he was afraid to get close to that house. If he was afraid, think about the innocent children in that house and the fear in which they lived. How could they go to school each day ready to learn? What were they learning about family love and relationships? In my own circle of ac-quaintances, five people have died as the result of domestic violence. These were people I had met through my children’s day care and sports teams. All five met death at the hands of an intimate partner: a current or former spouse or a person they had been dat-

ing. And this sad tally does not include the people I have known in my 35-year of my career working on

domestic violence. The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) survey reported that, on one day – Septem-ber 15, 2009 – “local domes-tic violence programs across the United States provided life-saving services to 65,321 adults and children.” On that same day NNEDV’s survey also re-corded that 2 women mis-carried as a result of do-mestic violence, 7 babies were born to mothers living in shelters, 4 women were murdered by their intimate partners and 7 children were killed by their fathers in domestic violence homi-cides.” Domestic violence touches all of us regard-less of race, age, religion and income. I know many adults who are deeply con-cerned for their grandchil-dren, daughters, sisters, nieces and nephews. At the root of violence in our community is vio-lence in our homes. If we want violence to stop in our communities, we have got to stop violence in our homes and neighborhoods. The cost to each of us and society is too great to ignore it. In their Cost of Violence in the U.S., 2007, report, the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Preven-tion cited 16,800 homicides and $2.2 million (medically treated) injuries due to in-timate partner violence an-nually, which costs $37 bil-lion. These personal and fi-

nancial costs, to our com-munities are too great. The first steps in reducing them are the conversations we should be having with our children and the behavior we need to be modeling for them. We know that crime isn’t just about strang-ers. We cannot ignore the astounding numbers of crimes committed by peo-ple the victim knows. Many neighborhoods re-cently celebrated neighbor-hood watch groups; Night to Unite or National Night Out events. Building neigh-borhood relationships is a vital first step in prevent-ing domestic violence, and preventing such problems is a key part of developing a healthy neighborhood. What are you and yours doing to nurture neigh-borhood relationships and build community safety? 360 Communities be-lieves that every individual can share in leadership, and every community can achieve a healthy future. Together with engaged citi-zens and community lead-ers, we identify opportuni-ties to build stronger, safer, self-sustaining communi-ties.

Mary Ajax is the President and CEO of 360 Commu-nities, formerly known as Community Action Council. Mary serves on the Fairview Minnesota Valley Care Sys-tem Board of Trustees, is a past president of the Burns-ville Rotary Club, and a past chair of the United Way Council of Agency Execu-tives. For ideas on how to have the conversations, de-vise these strategies, be a 360 Communities’ volunteer or contribute, visit 360Com-munities.org or call (952) 985-5300.

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Censured judge sails through primary voteClark to challenge Blakely for seat

by Laura AdelmannTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

A recently censured judge easily led challeng-ers in Tuesday’s primary and will be in the general election. Timothy Blakely, First District incumbent judge, earned 11,160 votes, 38 percent of the 29,541 votes cast, to ensure his return in the November general election. Then, Blakely will face Larry Clark, an assistant

prosecutor for Dakota County, who won over at-torney Steven Allan Baker, the third-place candidate, by 641 votes. Clark earned 9,511 votes, 32 percent of bal-lots cast in the race, while Baker ended his campaign with 8,870 votes, 30 per-cent of ballots tallied for the race. During their campaigns, both Baker and Clark had criticized Blakely because in 2009 he was reprimand-

ed for using his position to refer clients to his personal divorce attorney to get a $64,000 discount on his le-gal bill. Clark said he never in-tended to run for a judicial seat, but was compelled to run in an effort to restore integrity and respect to the position. “As a judge, I promise to not let my personal in-terests interfere with my decisions,” Clark states in his campaign materials.

Blakely has emphasized his service as a naval offi-cer and told the Red Wing Republican Eagle that his suspension from the bench was due to “unintended misconduct.” According to the news-paper, he urged voters to consider the judgement of the Justices who ordered his reinstatement.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

County jail inmate floods cell, adjoining hallway Abdiaziz Osman charged with felony-level damage


A Dakota County Jail in-mate doubled the number of felony charges against him when he allegedly snapped off a sprinkler head in his cell Aug. 4. The action triggered a fire alarm and response from the Hastings Fire Department, said Dakota County Sheriff Dave Bellows. Abdiaziz Osman, 27, of Edina was charged with

felony property damage for the incident, which flooded the cell and hallway, caus-ing about $1,500 in damages and response time. According to the com-plaint, Osman was alone in his cell when the alarm was triggered, and firefighters determined the sprinkler head had been snapped off. Initially Osman told of-ficers he had been hearing voices in his head, but upon further questioning, he re-

fused to speak about the in-cident without a lawyer pres-ent. Osman had been arrested July 29 for allegedly distract-ing clerks at the Holiday Gas Station in Eagan while some of the four others he’d en-tered the store with allegedly grabbed a box containing cartons of cigarettes, worth over $1,000. Bellows said similar inci-dents have happened before in the jail.

“This type of behavior unnecessarily endangers these individuals who re-spond (to the fire alarm),” Bellows said. “They come and have to be escorted through the jail. This one act, when someone breaks a sprinkler head, isn’t a simple act. That’s why we charge these folks.”


Dakota County takes ownership of damCostly upgrades needed, but future profit expected


Dakota County will fully own a dam and hydroelec-tric plant that was for de-cades jointly owned with Goodhue County. On Tuesday, Dakota County commissioners au-thorized the $1 purchase of Goodhue County’s interest in the Lake Byllesby Dam and power plant, but pre-dicted costly upgrades in the near future. According to the county, the Federal Energy Regula-tory Commission is requir-ing upgrades estimated to cost between $2.4 million and $4.8 million. Under the agreement, Dakota County is respon-

sible for all long-term main-tenance of the dam and plant, but is also to receive all future revenue from sell-ing power produced at the plant. While the exact figures were not public because a lawsuit is under way with dam operator North Ameri-can Hydro Holdings Inc. regarding an unpaid lease agreement, County Admin-istrator Brandt Richardson said the deal is good for the county. He said the county has closely analyzed costs and revenues and predicted pow-er sales increases will trump operating costs in the future. Richardson added the plant revenues will likely

prove more profitable than the county’s investments, which have recently taken a beating in this economic cli-mate. The dam and power plant are located in the Can-non River in Cannon Falls near Randolph Township. Dakota County officials are concerned about keep-ing the dam maintained to protect downstream devel-opments. Fiscal implications and estimates will be further dis-cussed as county commis-sioners continue discussions regarding the 2011 budget.


Schouweiler, Klein to vie in November raceClear difference between county commissioner candidates


In the only contested Da-kota County commissioner race to go to a primary, District 4 incumbent Nancy Schouweiler earned 53 per-cent of the 4,236 votes cast. In November’s general election, the 11-year incum-bent will face challenger Bill Klein, who received 1,424 votes and earned a 34 per-cent tally in the primary. Candidate Linda Apfel was eliminated from the race with 567 votes cast. There are clear differenc-es between the two remain-ing candidates. Klein, 62, has been an Inver Grove Heights City Council member for 18 years. He is opposed to a plan to bring light rail to the Robert Street corridor, call-ing LRT not cost-effective, and promoting the need for roads as a priority. In addition, Klein has criticized commissioners making trips to Washing-

Dakota County

ton, D.C., or going on con-ferences, and emphasizes the need for fiscal respon-sibility in these tough eco-nomic times. Schouweiler, 53, who

was recently diagnosed with type-2 diabetes, has expressed her desire to see the county’s Public Health Department educate citi-See Race, 17A


Darah LynnRobertson

8-12-89 6-7-08On Your 21st Birthday

The day you were born some-where a flower bloomed, the sunshone even brighter, and when thewind moved over the ocean itwhispered your name.

McNish -Simonson

Nate S imonson and Kat i eMcNish announce their engage-ment.

Parents of the couple are Curtand Carol Simonson of Savage,MN and Lynn McNish of EauClaire, WI.

Katie has a bachelor’s degreefrom Winona State Universityand is pursuing a master’s degreefrom UW-Eau Claire, WI. She isa special education teacher in theEau Claire Area School District.

Nate has an associate’s degreein criminal justice from GlobeUniversity and is pursuing ateaching degree from the Univer-sity of Wisconsin Stout in specialeducation. Nate is a special edu-cation aid in the Eau Claire AreaSchool District.

An October 9th wedding isplanned.

Phillips-WesserElizabeth Phillips, daughter of

Stephen and Sally Phillips ofHouston, TX, and JonathanWesser, son of Charlie and KrisW e s s e r o f A p p l e V a l l e y ,announce their engagement.

Lizzie is a 2005 graduate ofLourdes High School in Roches-ter, MN and a 2009 graduate ofSt. Olaf College. Jonathan is a2004 graduate of Eastview HighSchool and a 2008 graduate of St.Olaf College.

Lizzie is continuing her educa-tion as a nursing student at St.O l a f C o l l e g e . J o n a t h a n i semployed with Forte Partners inEagan, MN.

An August 21st wedding isplanned at Woodbury LutheranChurch in Woodbury, MN. Thecouple will reside in Apple Valley.

Janisch-KufahlAdam Joseph Janisch, Son of

David and Marlys Janisch ofEagan, and Jessica Erin Kufahl,daughte r o f Pe te r and Loi sKufahl of Wausau, WI, announcetheir engagement.

The couple i s p lanning anOctober 2nd wedding at PeaceChurch in Eagan, followed by arecept ion at the RosemountVFW.

Adam is a 2000 graduate ofEagan High School and is cur-rently employed by Slumberlandin Inver Grove Heights. Jessica isa 2001 graduate of Wausau EastHigh School, and a 2005 gradu-ate of University Wisconsin atEau Claire, earning a degree inCriminal Justice. She is currentlye m p l o y e d a t t h e H e n n e p i nCounty Sheriff's Office in Minne-apolis.

The happy couple resides intheir new home in Apple Valley,MN. Adam and Jessica arep l a n n i n g t o H o n e y m o o n i nPuerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Hernandez-Keeler

Rachel Hernandez, daughter ofDeb Hernandez of Bloomingtonand Jeff Hernandez of Savage,and Adam Keeler, son of Shellyand Blake Keeler of Eagan,announce their engagement.Rachel is a 2002 graduate ofBurnsville High School. She iscurrently employed as a Dis-patcher for Dakota Count Com-munications Center. Adam is a2000 graduate of Eastview HighSchool. He is currently employedas a Police Officer in Apple Val-ley. A September wedding isplanned in Rosemount.

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Heather Marie Larson, daugh-ter of David and Patricia Larsonof Apple Valley and Jamie Krist-jon Tveitbakk, son of Ronald andKaren Tveitbakk of Chisago Cityare pleased to announce theirengagement and upcoming mar-riage.

Heather is a 1999 graduate ofEastview High School, and a 2003graduate of Dakota CountyTechnical College with an Associ-ate of Applied Science Degree inthe Nursing program. Heatherhas been a Licensed PracticalNurse for a family practice clinicin Eagan for the last seven years.

Jamie is a 1996 graduate ofChisago Lakes High School and a2000 graduate of Bethel Univer-sity in St. Paul with a Bachelor ofArts Degree in Psychology. Jamieis a Local Sales Assistant forKMSP Fox 9 News in Eden Prai-rie.

An August 21, 2010 wedding isplanned in Eagan, with the recep-tion to follow at Crystal LakeGolf Course in Lakeville. Thecouple will reside in Apple Valley.

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Dorothy AliceEllert Martin

Was born August 14, 1921, inDalton, Minnesota, the fourth ofnine children to Herman andAlma (Olson) Ellert. She attendedschool and was confirmed inErdahl, Minnesota. She marriedHarold Eugene Martin on June25, 1938 at her parents home inSouth St. Paul. They lived in theLakeville area and in 1956, pur-chased their first house (whichwas located where Fleet Farm isnow). In July 1978, they pur-c h a s e d a h o m e i n W e b s t e r .Harold died on December 14,1994, and Dorothy remained inWebster unti l moving to theWindsor Senior Apartments inLakeville in 1997. She made manyfriends and enjoyed her time att h e W i n d s o r A p a r t m e n t s ,remaining there until May of thisyear. During those years sheenjoyed Bible Study Group,going out to lunch, and shoppingwith her family and friends.

Dorothy was a member ofChristiania Lutheran Church. Sheenjoyed cleaning and with 10 kidshad a lot of practice. She alsoenjoyed sewing, embroidering,cooking, l i s tening to music ,reading, gardening and flowers.Dorothy took great pride in herlarge family. On the 4th of Julyshe was able to help celebrate herson Gary’s birthday. Each familyhas received gifts of embroideryfrom her, some as beautiful setsof towels and others as banners ofclassic cars. She was a wonderfulhousekeeper and passed that onto her daughters and some of hersons! She taught patience andperseverance.

Survivor include her 10 chil-dren and their spouses: Richard(Myrna) of Lakeville, MarilynMartin of Lead Hill, Arkansas,Russell (Judy) of Elko, Carol(Richard) Ostlie of Lakeville,Amy (David) Tonsager of Farm-ington, Aleda (Robert) Fritzke ofWascott, Wisconsin, William ofLakeville, Harold of Northfield,Steven (Teresa) of Northfield,Gary of Northfield; 14 grandchil-dren: Jeff (Robin) Martin, Jeanne(Todd) Bergstrom, Rick Martin,Geri Mae (Bob) Howard, EugenePester, Michelle Martin, Ryan(Chrissy) Martin, Julie (Jerry)F i s h , J a s o n O s t l i e , R e n a e (Michael) DeCesare, Dawn (Nate)Simon, Vickie (Chris) Loken,Edward Martin and Cliff Martin;2 s tep-grandch i ldren : Dave(Sarah) Fritzke, Sharon (Kai)Kroll; 17 great-grandchildren, 5s tep-great -grandchi ldren , 3great-great-grandchildren; broth-ers, Harvey and Roger Ellert;many nieces, nephews and otherrelatives and friends.

She was preceded in death byher husband, Harold; 3 sisters:Florence Strom, Gladys Johnson,Lila Gonsowski ; 3 brothers:Ardys, Verlyn and Roy Ellert.

Dorothy passed away with herfamily by her side on Sundayafternoon, August 8, 2010, atTrinity Health Care Center inFarmington, at the age of 88. Shewas 6 days short of her 89thbirthday.

Services were held at 11AMThursday, August 12, 2010, atChristiania Lutheran Church inrural Lakeville with Rev. DaveMesaros officiating. Intermentwas in East Christiania Cemetery.

Special thanks to the wonderfulstaff and the Trinity Care Center.

Arrangements are with thewonderful staff at Benson &Langehough Funeral Home.

Rose, Richard L.Age 67, of Lakeville, MN, died

in Nashville, TN, July 27, 2010, ofa heart attack while visiting hisdaughter.

Retired from USAF and Lock-heed Martin.

Survived by wife, Linda; chil-dren, James (Jody) and Malinda;g r a n d c h i l d r e n , R o b y n a n dZakary. He was a loving hus-band, father and friend to all hemet.

Memorials preferred to RonaldMcDonald House or AmericanHeart Association.

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by Andrew MillerTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

This year’s Art and All That Jazz Festival in Burns-ville’s Nicollet Commons Park will be easy on the pocketbook. Now in its seventh year, the outdoor music festival on Saturday, Aug. 21, is a free-admission event. “We wanted to make it accessible to everybody,” festival chair Nigel Lin-den said of the decision to nix the $5 cover that was charged in past years. “The park’s going to be com-pletely open – no barriers, people can come and go as they please.” What hasn’t changed at Art and All That Jazz is the lineup of top-notch jazz acts of both local and na-tional renown. The live mu-sic kicks off at noon with the Jack Brass Band, a New Orleans-style brass band, and runs continuously into the evening, with Latin jazz guitarist Jesse Cook head-lining at 8 p.m. Also on the bill are Steve Clarke and the Working Stiffs, the Pen-guins, and Lao Tizer with Karen Briggs and Chieli

Minucci. Organizers have added a covered stage this year, meaning that a little rain won’t put the kibosh on the festival – as it did in 2007 – and performers can play through a drizzle without fear of equipment damage. Eighteen art vendors, each of whom had to pass a jury-selection process to be admitted to the festival, will be selling paintings, jew-elry, sculptures and other fine-art items in tents along Nicollet Avenue, which will be closed to traffic at 134th Street. Festival-goers will have plenty of options to sate their hunger and slake their thirst, with about a dozen food vendors offering ev-erything from turkey legs and corn on the cob to gyro salads and baklava. There will be a full bar. New this year is an in-strument “petting zoo,” hosted by CDLC Preschool, with keyboards, percus-sion instruments and gui-tars for children to try out. “The kids can just come in and bang away – the idea is just to get kids interested

in music,” Linden said.

Friday kickoff The festival officially kicks off on Friday, Aug. 20, with a concert by the Larry Carlton Trio on the main stage of the Burns-ville Performing Arts Cen-ter. Unlike the free outdoor component of the festival on Saturday, the Larry Carlton concert comes with a $32 ticket price. Advance tickets are available at the PAC’s box office, through Ticketmaster.com, or by calling (800) 982-2787.

Andrew Miller is at [email protected].

Burnsville brings the jazz

Photos submitted

Above: Nationally renowned Latin jazz guitarist Jesse

Cook is the headlining act at this year’s Art and All That Jazz Festival on Aug. 21 in Burnsville’s Nicollet Com-

mons Park.

At right: The Penguins return to Art and All That

Jazz this year. The band composed of Apple Valley,

Eagan, and Lakeville South graduates takes the stage at

4 p.m. on Aug. 21.

Art and All That Jazz Festival returns to Nicollet Commons Park

The seventh an-nual Art and All That Jazz Festival runs Aug. 20-21 at the Burns-ville Performing Arts Center and in Nicollet Commons Park. A full lineup, along with artist information, is at www.burnsvilleartjazz.com.

IN BRIEF

Shamrock Film Festival call for entries The Shamrock Film Fes-tival, taking place Oct. 7-9 in Rosemount, is looking for short film entries. Visit www.shamrockfilmfest.com for more information or call (952) 583-4577. The sub-mission deadline is Sept. 27.

Auditions set for ‘Our Town’ Open auditions for Ap-plause Community The-atre’s production of “Our Town” will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Aug. 16 and 17 at Neill Park, 13481 Up-ton Ave., Burnsville. For more information, visit www.applausecommu-nitytheatre.com.

Dance festival Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota will host the Twin Cities Summer Dance Festival at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 18 at the Burnsville Perform-ing Arts Center. The festival, which began in 2004, typically involves between six to 12 dance schools and professional groups from the Twin Cities metro area performing in a cooperative and non-com-petitive environment. The festival is free, but a suggested donation of $10/adult and $5/student is re-quested. No tickets are re-quired.

Celebrate art at the Eagan Art House The Eagan Art House will host a variety of art activi-ties from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30. Admission is free. Featured this year will be the opening of the fifth an-nual Harvest of Art Com-munity Art Exhibit as well as a public Raku pottery firing where guests can purchase a pot and fire it in the outdoor kiln. Also available will be hands-on art activities, enter-tainment, a pottery sale and Ring Mountain Creamery. Exhibit awards will be presented at 3 p.m. Eagan Art Festival volunteers will also be recognized. The Eagan Art House is located at 3981 Lexington Ave. For more information, call (651) 686-9134.

Cyril Paul and the Calypso Monarchs Musicians Cyril Paul and the Calypso Monarchs will bring the energy of Carni-val time and the Caribbean to Caponi Art Park’s The-ater in the Woods at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22. Paul, a native of Trini-dad, West Indies, will lead the five-member ensemble of drums, guitar, keyboard, congas and electric bass in an energetic performance of Caribbean music. The performance in the Theater in the Woods am-phitheater is free and open to the public. A Carnival-inspired children’s art activ-ity will take place from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Ice cream from Ring Mountain Creamery will be for sale. A $4 per person suggest-ed donation helps to make the program possible. Caponi Art Park is at 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. Visit www.caponiartpark.org or call (651) 454-9412 for more information.

To submit items for the Arts Calendar, e-mail: [email protected].

Auditions Auditions for “Mame,” “A Christmas Carol” and “Peter Pan” will take place on the Burns-ville Performing Arts Center’s Main Stage on Aug. 24 and 25. Children’s auditions will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Adult auditions will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Infor-mation: (952) 895-4680.Performances Expressions! Lakeville Com-munity Theater will present “The Education of Angels” at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 13-14 and 2 p.m. Aug. 15 at the Lakeville Area Arts Cen-ter. Tickets are $12 and are avail-able at www.lakevillemn.gov un-der “Lakeville Area Arts Center.” Events The Art and All that Jazz Festival will be held Aug. 20-21 at Nicollet Commons Park and the Burnsville Performing Arts Center in the Heart of the City, Burnsville. Information: www.burnsvilleart-jazz.com. Colleen Raye’s Musical Trib-ute to Patsy Cline will come to the Burnsville Performing Arts Center at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. Tickets will be on sale ($18/

adults, $16/students) beginning at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 6, at tick-etmaster.com or at the box office.Comedy “Times are Tough … Laugh-ing is Easy” comedy showcase presented by the MinneHAHA Comedy Club at 9:30 p.m. Aug. 20 and 21 at Jensen’s Supper Club, 3840 Sibley Memorial High-way, Eagan. Comedian Tammy Nerby headlines with special guest Elaine Thompson. Admis-sion: $12.50. For reservations log onto www.minnehahacomedy-club.com or call (612) 860-9388.Classes/workshops Brushworks School of Art in Burnsville will offer Summer Teen Drawing and Painting from 5 to 7 p.m. on Mondays throughout the summer. Register at www.Brush-worksSchoolofArt.com or call (651) 214-4732. Brushworks School of Artin Burnsville offers Family Friday Art Day on Aug. 27. Cost: $60 per family of four. For information and to register: www.BrushworksS-choolofArt.com or call (651) 214-4732.

Brushworks School of Artoffers visual art classes at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center. Array Color Mixing, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sept. 23-24. Register online

at www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.com or call (651) 214-4732. 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 to 3 p.m. Class fee is $3 per person and includes all supplies. Bring any old jewelry you would like to re-make. The Eagan Art House is located at 3981 Lexington Ave. S. For more information, call (651) 686-9134.

In The Company of Kids Creative Arts Center presents the Fairytale Adventures Program, a music-based based dance pro-gram for parents and children. Newborns to age 3 welcome with parent or caregiver. Call (952) 736-3644 for more information or visit www.cokartscenter.com. Register now for summer classes at the Eagan Art House. Classes are offered for all ages from age 4 through adult. A vari-ety of schedules and course offer-ings are available. For a complete listing visit www.cityofeagan.com/eaganarthouse. For more infor-mation, call the Eagan Art House at (651) 686-9134.

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 to 3:30 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farm-ington. Cost is $5 per class. Call Marilyn at (651) 463-7833.

Beginner country line dance classes on Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20732 Holt Ave. $5/class. Call Marilyn (651) 463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Cen-ter offers arts classes for all ages. For class and registration information, visit www.lakevil-lemn.gov or call the Arts Center office at (952) 985-4640. DanceWorks Performing Arts Center’s Let’s Dance pro-gram will hold a “First Friday” dance event on the first Friday of each month. Latin/swing/ballroom class from 6 to 7 p.m., followed by a two-hour “practice session” from 7 to 9 p.m. The lesson is free. The “practice session” is $12 per family (high school students are free) or $7 per person. A partner is not needed to participate. The monthly event is at DanceWorks Central, 20137 Icenic Trail, Lakev-ille. Call (952) 432-7123 to reserve a spot or visit www.danceworks-mn.com.

To submit items for Thisweek-end’s Music Calendar, e-mail:

[email protected].

Friday, Aug. 13Carey Langer, 7:30 to 10

p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burns-ville, (952) 736-3001.

Strange Daze, 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513. Shirts & Skins, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave., Lakev-ille, (952) 469-5200.

Mixed Tape Review, 9:30 p.m., McKracken’s Pub, 3120 W. Highway 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197.

TBA, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Rudy’s Redeye Grill, 20800 Ken-rick Ave., Lakeville, (952) 469-0711. East of Innocence, 8 to 11 p.m., The Ugly Mug Coffee, Bar and Grill, 18450 Pilot Knob Road,

Farmington, (651) 463-6844.Larry Johnson on key-

boards, 7 to 11 p.m., Chateau Lamothe, 14351 Nicollet Court, Burnsville, (952) 435-7709.

Saturday, Aug. 14Nate Griner, 7:30 to 10 p.m.,

Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burns-ville, (952) 736-3001.

Jimi Jamison (former lead singer of Survivor) with Heart-breaker (Back Bar), 9:30 p.m., Neisen’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513.

Steel Orchid, 9:30 p.m., McK-racken’s Pub, 3120 W. Highway 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197.

TBA, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Rudy’s Redeye Grill, 20800 Ken-rick Ave., Lakeville, (952) 469-0711.

Late for Lunch, 8 to 11 p.m., The Ugly Mug Coffee, Bar and Grill, 18450 Pilot Knob Road,

Farmington, (651) 463-6844.Larry Johnson on key-

boards, 7 to 11 p.m., Chateau Lamothe, 14351 Nicollet Court, Burnsville, (952) 435-7709.

Monday, Aug. 16Open mic, 9 p.m., Bogart’s

Place, 14917 Garrett Ave. S., Apple Valley, (952) 432-1515.

Wednesday, Aug. 18Mark Stacey, Enjoy! Res-

taurant, 15435 Founders Lane, Apple Valley, (952) 891-6569.

Thursday, Aug. 19Skitzo, Babe’s Music Bar,

20685 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville, (952) 469-5200.

TBA, 9:30 p.m., McKracken’s Pub, 3120 W. Highway 13, Burns-ville, (952) 277-0197.

Friday, Aug. 20Dream of the Wild, 7:30 to

10 p.m., Jo Jo’s Rise & Wine, 12501 Nicollet Ave., Suite 100, Burnsville, (952) 736-3001.

Joyride, 9:30 p.m., Neis-en’s Sports Bar and Grill, 4851 W. 123rd St., Savage, (952) 846-4513.

Spooky Poodle, Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville, (952) 469-5200.

Key West Rejects, 9:30 p.m., McKracken’s Pub, 3120 W. Highway 13, Burnsville, (952) 277-0197.

Scottie Miller, 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Rudy’s Redeye Grill, 20800 Kenrick Ave., Lakeville, (952) 469-0711. Mike Swenson, 8 to 11 p.m., The Ugly Mug Coffee, Bar and Grill, 18450 Pilot Knob Road, Farmington, (651) 463-6844. Larry Johnson on key-boards, 7 to 11 p.m., Chateau Lamothe, 14351 Nicollet Court, Burnsville, (952) 435-7709.


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THISWEEKENDS PUZZLE ANSWERS

Youngster writes chapter book Davis Christian (D.C.) Smith, a 9-year-old from Prior Lake, will sign copies of his first chapter book, “THD – The Holiday Disasters Se-ries #1: New Year’s Eve,” at an open house from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 16, at In The Company of Kids Cre-

ative Arts Center, 190 S. River Ridge Circle, Burnsville. D.C. has Asperger’s, an autism spectrum disorder, but that hasn’t deterred him from accomplishing his goal of be-ing a published author. Books will be for sale at $8.99 each with 10 percent of the proceeds donated to Au-tism Speaks’ Walk Now for Autism.

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Cactus Willie, Boxcar Bob & The Drifter will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. The performance will include a blend of folk, country, rock, and bluegrass music. Their style has been likened to the Kingston Trio and acoustic folk groups of the 1950s and ’60s. Tickets are $12 and are available at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Advance purchase is recommended. For tickets or additional information, call (952) 985-4640.

Cactus Willie, Boxcar Bob & The Drifter to perform at Lakeville Area Arts Center

Men’s chorale begins rehearsals The Minnesota Val-ley Men’s Chorale will be-gin rehearsals at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23, at Grace Lutheran Church, 7800 W. County Road 42, Apple Valley. All men are invited to join; no audition is need-ed. For more information, visit www.mvmcsings.org.

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Burnhaven Library1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville, (952) 891-0300 Social Networking for adults from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24. Basic Internet knowledge is required. Take a whirlwind tour of blogs, wikis, podcasts, TV down-loads, photo sharing sites, social networking sites and more. This class will be a demonstration only – no accounts will be created in the class due to time limitations. Registration required. Microsoft Excel 2007 for adults from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Sat-urday, Aug. 28. Prerequisite: Ba-sic knowledge of Microsoft Word or equivalent. This class covers the basics of using Microsoft Ex-cel spreadsheet software through the example of a family budget.

Registration required.

Farmington Library508 Third St., Farmington(651) 438-0250 Microsoft Excel 2007 from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 17. Reg-istration required. Guitar Hero for teens from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19.

Galaxie Library14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Val-ley, (952) 891-7045 Registration for the Summer Reading Program ends on Sat-urday, Aug. 14. Last day for prize pick-up is Saturday, Sept. 4. Anime and Manga Club for teens from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 23.

Heritage Library20085 Heritage Drive, Lakeville(952) 891-0360 Ice Cream Social hosted by the Friends of Heritage Library from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 19. Learn about the Friends and their activities.

Robert Trail Library14395 S. Robert TrailRosemount, (651) 480-1210 Disney’s “Mulan” for teens from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 20. Movie is rated G.

Wescott Library1340 Wescott Road, Eagan (651) 450-2900 Teen Advisory Groups (TAGs) from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Tues-day, Aug. 24.

To submit an item for the Groups Calendar, send it by e-mail to

[email protected].

Family Apple Valley South MOMS Club (Moms Offering Moms Sup-port) holds summer meetings at 10 a.m. on the third Wednesday of the month at Alimagnet Park (at Ridgeview Drive and Walnut Lane, Apple Valley). MOMS Club is a national nonprofit organiza-tion for moms who have chosen to stay at home full-time or part-time. We offer weekly events for mom and kids, monthly meetings, and a chance to make new, life-long friends. For more informa-tion or directions to the park, e-mail [email protected].

Miscellaneous Sons of Norway – Norsota Lodge in Lakeville will launch its

2010-11 year with a corn feed at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14, at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20732 Holt Ave. Bring a dish or dessert to share. A business meeting will follow the corn feed. In addition, tickets will be on sale for the 3 p.m. Oct. 17 Lindesnes Accor-dion Club concert at Lakeville North High School. Contact Polly Bergerson at (952) 890-4295 with questions. All are welcome.

Support The Twin Cities South-east Metro Caregiver Support Group for family caregivers of people with Lewy Body Demen-tias (LBD), Alzheimer’s disease, or any other dementia will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the sec-ond Thursday of each month at Peaceful Mind Homes, 3808 Blackhawk Ridge Place, Eagan. For more information, contact Kam Aggarwal at (651) 538-4499

or e-mail [email protected]. Cancer Support Group — “Healing and the Cancer Jour-ney,” open to both men and women, meets the first and third Tuesday every month from 7-9 p.m. at Christian Life Building (adjacent to Prince of Peace Church) in the chapel. Informa-tion: Mary at (612) 237-6564. CBC (Challenged by Can-cer) meets 7-9 p.m. on the sec-ond Tuesday of each month at Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. This is an opportunity for women living with cancer to gather and support one another. Women who have cancer or have a loved one with cancer are invited. For questions, leave a message on the parish nurse line at (952) 985-7365 or e-mail [email protected].

Friday, Aug. 13 Brew at the Zoo, 7 to 10 p.m. at the Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley. Includes: Souvenir tasting glass, complimentary appetizers, beer sampling, live music featuring Tim Mahoney. Adults only. Tickets: $55. Information: www.mnzoo.org.

Sunday, Aug. 15 Bird banding from 9 a.m. to noon at Ritter Farm Park, 19300 Ritter Trail, Lakeville. Join natural-ists Mark Newstrom and Roger Everhart for an up-close and per-sonal look at wild birds. Fee: $2 for ages 10 and older, free for children under 10. Information: Lakeville Parks and Recreation, (952) 985-4600, www.lakevillemn.gov. Open house from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Lutz Railroad Garden, 2960 Egan Ave., Eagan. Free. Informa-tion: (651) 454-3534 or www.lutz-railroadgarden.net.

Tuesday, Aug. 17 Caponi Art Park’s Family Fun Tuesday – Caribbean Carnival: Music of the West Indies with Cyril Paul, 10 to 11 a.m., 1220 Diffley Road, Eagan. $2 suggested dona-tion. Information: (651) 454-9412.

Wednesday, Aug. 18 Classic Car Show & Oldie’s Music Night – Eagan Market Fest from 4 to 8 p.m. at Central Park’s Festival Grounds at the Eagan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway. Classic car show, contests, Elvis tribute band and more. Entertainment: The Elvis Ex-perience. Wednesday on Main – The Teddy Bear Band and Panda, 6:15 p.m., Pioneer Park Plaza, Holyoke

Avenue and 208th Street, Lakev-ille. Rescheduled from July 14. ECFE staff will have teddy bear activities in the Bubbles classroom at 6:30 p.m. Tacos compliments of Teresa’s Mexican Restaurant served at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, Aug. 19 Open house from 4 to 8 p.m., Rosemount Research and Out-reach Center at UMore Park, 1605 160th St. W., Rosemount. Informa-tion: (651) 423-2455 or www.umor-epark.umn.edu. Family Matters with Long-Term Care Seminar hosted by Ed-ward Jones financial advisor Sta-cey Bartelson from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Fireside Restaurant, 3400 150th St., Rosemount. Free, but RVSP is required at (651) 322-2905.

Saturday, Aug. 21 Amur Leopard Festival from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Minnesota Zoo. Enjoy a day filled with ani-mals, crafts, music and face paint-ing while learning about the impor-tance of preserving these big cats. Information: www.mnzoo.org. Chemo In, Cancer Out ~ Ben-efit for Lisa Thompson from 3 to 7 p.m. at JR’s Bar & Grill in Burns-ville. Silent auction, bake sale, door prizes and raffles; $10 donation will include spaghetti pie dinner and free tap beer. Call Shawna at (612) 860-0410 with questions. Movie in the Park – “The Prin-cess and the Frog,” begins at dusk, Central Park Amphitheater, Rose-mount. Bring blankets and lawn chairs.

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Aug. 14-15 at the Dakota Ridge Hotel on 35E and Yankee Doodle in Eagan. Information: www.mar-riages.org or (651) 454-3238. The American Red Cross will sponsor the following blood drives. Type O negative and type B negative blood donations are especially needed. For more infor-mation, call 1 (800) 448-3543 or 1 (800) GIVE-LIFE or visit www.red-crossblood.org. • Aug. 14, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Dakota County Fair, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. • Aug. 16, noon to 5 p.m., First Baptist Church of Rosemount, 14400 Diamond Path W., Rose-mount. • Aug. 16, 1 to 7 p.m., Township Hall, 8950 230th St., New Market. • Aug. 17, 1 to 7 p.m., Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. • Aug. 18, 2 to 7 p.m., Holiday Inn, 14201 Nicollet Ave. S., Burns-ville. • Aug. 19, noon to 6 p.m., St. James Lutheran Church, 3650 Wil-liams Drive, Burnsville. • Aug. 19, 1 to 7 p.m., St. Mar-tha & Mary Episcopal Church, 4180 Lexington Ave. S., Eagan. • Aug. 21, 10:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville.

Thisweek Newspapers ac-cepts submissions for calendar events in Apple Valley, Burns-ville, Eagan, Farmington, Lakev-ille and Rosemount by fax at (952) 846-2010, by e-mail at [email protected] or by phone at (952) 846-2034. Deadline for submissions is 5 p.m. Monday.

Besides signing books with 8-year-old illustrator Serena Lins (his cousin), D.C. will also read a chapter from his book, followed by a guest ap-pearance at 6:30 p.m. by Mela Kamin, Christian singer/songwriter/speaker. For more information, call (952) 855-4751.

Nutcracker auditions slated The Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota (formerly Lakev-ille City Ballet) will hold open auditions for its annual Nut-cracker ballet production at Ballet Royale Minnesota for dancers ages 7-12 from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, fol-lowed by mandatory parent meeting. Any dancers ages 13 or older with previous ballet experience should call Denise Vogt for audition information at (952) 452-3163. For additional informa-tion, call or e-mail Twin Cit-ies Ballet at (952) 452-3163 or [email protected].


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unteers, one garden plot is dedicated to growing pro-duce that is donated to the Farmington 360 Communi-ties Food Shelf. “It is great to have it as a community resource and it is fun to be able to come together to get fresh produce that can be given away to the local food shelf,” Pierce said. Lisa Dargis, coordinator for Farmington Farmers’ Market and city representa-tive who served on the plan-ning committee, said she worked to solicit donations of tools, supplies and plants from local businesses. The local businesses that helped sprout the commu-nity garden and get it off the ground include Pellicci Ace Hardware in Farmington, which donated garden tools. Farmington Greenhouse do-nated flowers and many veg-

etable plants in the spring. Dakota Electric in Farming-ton donated wood chips to line pathways between gar-den plots. Bachman’s Cedar Acres in Farmington gave a discount on landscaping perennials such as deep bur-gundy barberry bushes. “I worked with Paul Gerten, who donated all the plants, and he was very gen-erous,” Dargis said. District 192 residents can inquire about next year’s garden plots by calling (651) 460-3203 or visiting www.farmington.k12.mn.us/gar-den. “We are hoping to get more volunteer involvement from the community next year,” Pierce said. Next spring the garden space will double in size to offer 20 plots that each mea-sure 6 feet by 20 feet. “I am surprised by how big the plants have got with the hot, wet summer – every-thing is huge,” said Dargis. District 192 residents can sign up for a garden plot at Farmington’s Community Expo in January. During planting, weed-ing, watering, fertilizing and harvest, the garden site acts as a way to connect neigh-bors who have similar inter-ests, Dargis said. “It is just another exam-ple of a good building proj-ect and it is a nice, collab-orative effort that connects the city, the school district and 360 Communities,” said Dargis.


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“Growing healthful foods and a healthy community” is the motto for the new Farm-ington Area Community Garden. Gardeners gathered with baskets in hand to pick juicy, robust tomatoes, zucchini, peppers and green beans at the community garden’s open house harvest Wednes-day, Aug. 4. In full bloom, the com-munity garden is thriving in a large, fenced-in garden space divided into 10 gar-den plots planted behind Meadowview Elementary in Farmington. This spring, new and vet-eran gardeners sowed seeds and built new connections with neighbors. The hope is that the garden will serve as a place to teach people how to garden and make health-ful food choices. Since the garden is plant-ed behind an elementary school, community program coordinator Barb Pierce said it will be a great place for teachers to take students on a walking field trip. “We will have a potato harvest in the fall and it will serve as a place for the kids to be learning about gar-dening and plant growth,” Pierce said. Working as a part of the school district’s wellness program, Pierce said District 192 residents can rent a gar-den plot next spring. Gardeners come together to labor over planting, weed-ing, watering and harvest-ing. Gardeners learn new skills such as patience and determination as they wait until flowers bloom and veg-gies ripen, said Aaron Tin-klenberg, district communi-cations specialist. The community garden as a whole serves as a learn-ing tool for inexperienced gardeners and those who sport a green thumb. The garden got its start after the Farmington School District received a $4,800 grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Minnesota Department of Health’s Statewide Improvement Pro-gram (SHIP). “It is an affordable way for families who do not have access to a garden,” said Jodi Pire, community health spe-cialist for Dakota County. Planning started last year and the planting took place in spring after volunteers installed a short fence with a gate to keep critters out. Then a shed was installed to store tools, and compost was brought in to amend the sandy soil. Community gardens have

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Aaron Tinklenberg, district communications specialist, helped harvest the first crop of veg-etables at the Farmington Area Community Garden open house, alongside other gardeners on Wednesday, Aug. 4, in the garden planted behind Meadowview Elementary. “Our goal is to connect residents throughout the community and educate students and residents about healthful food options and provide fresh produce to families in need,” Tinklenberg said.

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“It is an affordable way for families who do not have ac-cess to a garden,” said Jodi Pire, community health spe-cialist for Dakota County, who said more than 600 Da-kota County residents are participating in nine commu-nity gardens in the county.


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Farmington parents questioned why the Farm-ington School District could not release informa-tion about updated ele-mentary grade enrollment at this week’s Farmington School Board meeting. Tera Lee, a Farmington parent of four children, asked the school board why she and other parents could not access elemen-tary grade enrollment numbers at each of five elementary buildings in the open forum during the Monday, Aug. 9, school board meeting held in the Little Theater at Boeck-man Middle School. “It is very frustrat-ing for the school district to withhold information from the parents because we all care a great deal about our schools, and all we were asking with this request was to stay informed,” said Lee, who said she is seriously con-sidering a run for a seat on the Farmington School Board. Elementary principals and administrators met Aug. 3 to discuss current enrollment numbers. Lee requested the information be shared with parents. Farmington School Board Chair Bob Heman forwarded Lee’s e-mail request to the adminis-tration, which responded by saying a few internal staffing adjustments were being made to address enrollment issues in some buildings. The administration re-ported elementary princi-pals were in the process of informing affected staff of changes. The administra-

tion said the public would not be receiving the status report prior to staff being informed. The administra-tion also said further staff-ing adjustments would be made, if necessary. Deciding to inquire about projected enroll-ment and elementary class sizes from neighboring school districts by tele-phone, Lee said: “Each one of them freely gave me their class size numbers with no reservations.” Understanding there is a continual flux in student enrollment during August and the total student en-rollment is not known at each elementary building, Lee questioned why the administration would not release the information to parents. “Have we moved from being an informed and en-gaged community to the category of being an en-emy who should be kept in the dark?” Lee said. At a previous school board meeting, parents said six additional elemen-tary teachers were needed to cover all the “bubbles,” or larger elementary class-es, that were projected for second grade and other grades. “We were also assured somewhat strongly that we would have the money

in August to hire all the teachers we needed,” Lee said. Kim Dahlberg, par-ent of a North Trail sec-ond-grader and a middle school seventh-grader, voiced concern about high projected class sizes of 30 to 32 students in second grade. After the May 24 school board meeting, Dahlberg said she has been patient and understanding of how the administration and principals were closely watching higher class siz-es. “I have been waiting and counting on the ad-ministration to ensure proper and adequate funds,” to fix larger class sizes, Dahlberg said.After being told she could not be given enrollment numbers for her school building, Dahlberg said, “We do have options to move our students to dis-tricts that provide a suc-cessful learning environ-ment like District 196 and 194 where there are 24 to 25 students enrolled at the second-grade level.” Dahlberg asked the school board to ensure a 1.00 FTE (full-time equiv-alent) teacher be added at North Trail Elementary and to look at other high-er class numbers at the five elementary schools.

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worked as an ESL (English as a Sec-ond Language) paraprofessional at Edina High School. Her experi-ence working with students from dif-ferent backgrounds compelled her to

become active in the Farm-ington school district’s strategic planning com-mittee where she currently serves as a member. Sauser teaches Sun-day school at her church and participates in Early Childhood Family Educa-tion classes offered by the Farmington School Dis-trict. She also is involved with the MOMS Club of Farmington. She will launch her cam-paign website at www.me-lissasauser.com. Sauser can be contacted at [email protected].

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School supply donations needed School supply dona-tions are being accepted for Farmington students as part of the Farmington back-to-school event on Aug. 26 sponsored by 360 Communities Partners for Success and the Farm-ington 360 Communities Food Shelf. Each year 360 Com-munities Partners for Suc-cess staff in Farmington schools identify more than 250 Farmington students who may be in need of school supplies. The local families-in-need can come in and “shop” for their children’s school supplies.

Donations can be dropped off at Farming-ton 360 Communities Food Shelf at 510 Wal-nut St. between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 24. Enter the south side of the building due to road construction. For more information on school supplies need-ed, call the food shelf at (651) 463-5019.

School Board filing period open through Aug. 17 The window to file an affidavit of candidacy for a seat on the Farmington School Board will run un-

til Tuesday, Aug. 17. Three seats up for elec-tion on the Nov. 2 bal-lot include seats held by board members Bob He-man, John Kampf and Ve-ronica Walter. All board positions are at-large, meaning each seat repre-sents the entire district. To run for a Farming-ton School Board seat, candidates must file an af-fidavit of candidacy with the Farmington District office. For more informa-tion on board elections, call the district office at (651) 463-5000. Board members are elected to four-year terms that begin Jan. 1, 2011.

Voters to fill two council seats Farmington voters will elect two Farmington City Council members in the fall election to begin four-year terms in January 2011. The seats for council members Christy Jo Fog-arty and Steve Wilson are open. The candidate filing period runs until Aug. 17 and interested candidates can file at Farmington City Hall.

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A scrappy battle Though the DFL did not endorse her, Madore was endorsed by several teach-ers’ unions, the National Women’s Political Caucus and the Minnesota Wom-en’s Political Caucus. Both Powers, of Burns-ville, and Madore, of Apple Valley, had been having trouble fundraising. Powers had raised nearly $82,000, according to the Federal Election Commission.

Some of that money is from the DFL (as an endorsee) and several thousand of that is from a loan to his own campaign. Madore raised just over $42,000, none of which is from Po-litical Action Committees (PACs), she said. Those numbers are quite low compared to the $1.13 million Kline has in his war chest. Kline has been re-elected by as much as 40 percent every two years since he de-feated Bill Luther in 2002.

Madore said she is not intimidated. She is dedi-cated to building a better Minnesota, she said, echo-ing DFL candidate for gov-ernor Mark Dayton. “Voters today want to hear how they will be able to keep their house and job,” she said. “Right now, (Kline) has not delivered that.”

E-mail Aaron Vehling at [email protected].

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and clean-up of the site was almost totally funded by grants from the state and Metropolitan Council. “The city worked with the CDA and assisted in finding the site,” Olson said. But other than some block grant dollars, the city didn’t spend anything to help the

CDA clean up the site. Swenson said the CDA manages and leases the 18 developments they have across Dakota County, but they’re actually owned by private investors. “Investors purchase tax credits and provide around 60 percent of the equity to build,” Swenson said. “The other money comes from

grants, philanthropic sourc-es and other programs.” Swenson said US Bank is the primary investor for Meadowlark. For more information about the CDA, visit www.dakotacda.org.


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zens about the disease and healthy eating choices. She supports transit on Robert Street, but has said the biggest issue in the near future will be managing the county budget in light of the state funding cuts. District 4 includes Inver Grove Heights Precincts 1-7; Eagan Precincts 10, 12-16, 18-20; and Apple Valley Precinct 10.


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owview Elementary with an estimated enrollment of 109 students, which could mean up to 28 stu-dents in a class. Second grade at Akin Road Elementary that currently sits at about 108 students with up to 27 or 28 students in a class. Second grade at Farm-ington Elementary with about 111 students that means classes could run

with 28 or 29 students. Fifth grade at Farm-ington Elementary that has about 96 students and could mean class sizes are as high as 32 students. After much discussion, the Farmington School Board members asked the administration to release all the grade level informa-tion to parents. “I was very happy that school board members went to bat for us last night,” Lee said, except for

board chair Bob Heman, who preferred waiting to release the building enroll-ment information. More elementary en-rollment information will be shared with parents at an enrollment update given at the next school board meeting on Mon-day, Aug. 23, and prior to the first day of school on Tuesday, Sept. 7.


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Chloe Nelson of Farmington (left) won first place in the age 9-12 category and Molly Mogensen of Farmington (right) won first place in the age 5-8 category for the “Make A Splash With Art” contest sponsored by the Da-kota County Library. A total of 210 entries were received.

Young artists make a splash


SportsRacing

Saturday August 7NASCAR Whelen All American Se-ries at Elko Speedway

NASCAR Super Late ModelsFast Qualifier Matt Goede New Ger-many 13.836 seconds (97.572 mph)Semi Feature #1 15 laps 1. Dean Cornelius Chaska 2. Brian Johnson Lakeville 3. Jason Schneider New Market 4. Donny Reuvers Dundas 5. Adam Royle LonsdaleSemi Feature #2 15 laps 1. Nick Murgic Rosemount 2. Bryan Roach Goodhue 3. Steve Anderson Lakev-ille 4. Paul Paine Mound 5. Ryan Johnson EaganDwain Behrens Memorial 40 1. Nick Murgic Rosemount 2. Adam Royle Lonsdale 3. Dean Cornelius Chaska 4. Donny Reuvers Dundas 5. Steve Anderson Lakeville 6. Brian Johnson Lakeville 7. Bryan Roach Goodhue 8. Jason Schneider New Market 9. Paul Paine Mound 10. Ryan Johnson Eagan

Big 8 SportsmanFast Qualifier Doug Brown Prior Lake 14. 804 seconds (91.192 mph)Heat 12 laps 1. Lawrence Berthiaume Rogers 2. Travis Stanley Prior Lake 3. Nick Barstad Prior Lake 4. Doug Brown Prior Lake 5. Tom Kamish FarmingtonFeature 30 laps 1. Doug Brown Prior Lake 2. Tom Kamish Farmington 3. Travis Stanley Prior Lake 4. Nick Barstad Prior Lake 5. Lawrence Ber-thiaume Rogers

Thunder CarsFast Qualifier Brent Kane Lonsdale 15.927 mph (84.762 mph)Heat 12 laps 1. Brent Kane Lonsdale 2. Ted Reuvers Dundas 3. Chris Marek Lakeville 4. Jack Paulson Faribault 5. Scott King LakevilleFeature 25 laps 1. Brent Kane Lonsdale 2. Scott King Lakeville 3. Ted Reuvers Dundas 4. Chris Marek Lakeville 5. Craig Bennett Forest Lake

Click Club USA LegendsFeature #1 20 laps 1. Bryan Syer-Kes-ke Lakeville 2. Shon Jacobsen East Bethel 3. Dirk Henry Sauk Center 4. Matt Ostdiek Lakeville 5. Todd Tracy Belle PlaineFeature #2 20 laps 1. Bryan Syer-Kes-ke Lakeville 2. Shon Jacobsen East Bethel 3. Dirk Henry Sauk Center 4. Matt Ostdiek Lakeville 5. Pat Zands-tra Buffalo

Power StocksHeat 10 laps 1. Tom Doten St. Paul 2. Paul Hamilton Hastings 3. Dillon Sellner Farmington 4. Darren Wal-terman Webster 5. Taylor Goldman MinnetonkaFeature 20 laps 1. Paul Hamilton Hastings 2. Josiah King Lakeville 3. Dillon Sellner Farmington 4. Tay-lor Goldman Minnetonka 5. Rob Schnickels Elko

Super HornetsHeat 10 laps 1. Shawn Grabinger Medford 2. Corey Miller Elko 3. Zach Schelhaas New Prague 4. Brandon Peterson Faribault 5. Kevin Ander-son ShakopeeFeature 15 laps 1. Brandon Peter-son Faribault 2. Kevin Anderson Shakopee 3. Norm Grabinger Med-ford 4. Shawn Grabinger Medford 5. Robin Roth Faribault

FootballThursday, Sept. 2• Lakeville North at Eastview, 7 p.m.• Bloomington Kennedy at Rose-mount, 7 p.m.• Burnsville at Bloomington Jeffer-son, 7 p.m.• Prior Lake at Apple Valley, 7 p.m.Friday, Sept. 3• Lakeville South at Eagan, 7 p.m.Friday, Sept. 10• Eastview at Eden Prarie, 7 p.m.• Wayzata at Lakeville South, 7 p.m.• Bloomington Jefferson at Prior Lake, 7 p.m.• Eagan at Bloomington Kennedy, 7 p.m. • Rosemount at Burnsville, 7 p.m.• Apple Valley at Lakeville North, 7 p.m.Friday, Sept. 17• Lakeville South at Apple Valley, 7 p.m.• Lakeville North at Bloomington Jef-ferson, 7 p.m. • Eagan at Eastview, 7 p.m.• Prior Lake at Rosemount, 7 p.m.• Bloomington Kennedy at Burns-ville, 7 p.m.Friday, Sept. 24• Apple Valley at Eagan, 7 p.m.• Bloomington Jefferson at Lakeville South, 7 p.m. • Burnsville at Prior Lake, 7 p.m.• Eastview at Bloomington Kennedy, 7 p.m.• Rosemount at Lakeville North, 7 p.m.Friday, Oct 1• Bloomington Kennedy at Prior Lake, 7 p.m.• Lakeville South at Rosemount, 7 p.m.• Eagan at Bloomington Jefferson, 7 p.m.• Eastview at Apple Valley, 7 p.m.• Lakeville North at Burnsville, 7 p.m.Friday, Oct 8• Burnsville at Eastview, 7 p.m.• Prior Lake at Eagan, 7 p.m.• Bloomington Jefferson at Bloomington Kennedy, 7 p.m.• Rosemount at Apple Valley, 7 p.m.• Lakeville North at Lakeville South, 7 p.m.Friday, Oct 15• Apple Valley at Bloomington Jeffer-son, 7 p.m.• Lakeville South at Prior Lake, 7 p.m.• Eastview at Rosemount, 7 p.m.• Eagan at Burnsville, 7 p.m.• Bloomington Kennedy at Lakeville North, 7 p.m.Wednesday, Oct 20• Bloomington Jefferson at Eastview, 7 p.m.• Apple Valley at Bloomington Ken-nedy, 7 p.m.• Burnsville at Lakeville South, 7 p.m.• Rosemount at Eagan, 7 p.m.• Prior Lake at Lakeville North, 7 p.m.

Standings New conference will feature top-flight talentby Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

It may still seem like the middle of summer, but fall practice will begin on Mon-day and we are less than two weeks away from the first game of the newly minted South Suburban Confer-ence. While there are a few tennis tournaments, by my calculations the first varsity competition between two South Suburban Confer-ence teams will be on Aug. 26 with girls tennis. The South Suburban Conference will feature mostly former Lake Con-ference teams, swapping Eden Prairie, Chaska and Chanhassen for Prior Lake. While most of the schools in the conference are familiar, the competi-tion should be as strong as ever.

Looking back to the fall sea-son last year, taking away the omni-present Eden Prairie, South Suburban programs still filled the state tournament brackets. Eastview and Lakeville North football both quali-fied for the state tourna-ment. Burnsville volleyball finished third at the state tournament. Apple Valley was the state champion in boys soc-cer and looks like a favorite again this season. Lakeville North and Eagan both had representation at the girls state soccer tournament. Both Lakeville girls swimming programs fin-

ished in the top 10 at state. Rosemount made an excit-ing appearance at the state girls tennis tournament as well, and the Burnsville boys were third at state in cross country. Don’t count out Prior Lake as some cute, little ad-dition either. The girls cross country program is one of the best in the state, finish-ing second last season. The volleyball team went 23-5, and the girls soccer team was the Missota Conference champion. I covered Prior Lake sports in the Missota Con-ference for a few years. The competition isn’t nearly as strong as the Lake Con-ference and there aren’t as many top-class schools. For instance, Farmington and Prior Lake were the only schools to compete in Class 5A for football. But they’re

a determined bunch to the west and they’re not going to shy away from anyone. The same teams might not get back to the state tournament like they did in 2009, but one of their fellow conference competitors will almost certainly get there. They can change the name of the conference, but every season, every sport will feature some of the best athletes in Minnesota.

Ouch! North Dakota State Uni-versity’s Zach Vraa broke his collar bone Sunday. The freshman wide receiver watched Monday’s practice with his arm in a sling. Vraa was Minnesota’s Mr. Football in his senior high school season. He is one of the top athletes to come out of Rosemount High School ever.

Eagan Patriots 2-2 at regionals The American Legion baseball team from Eagan held their own at the Great Lakes Regional tournament in Mattoon, Ill., last week-end. Eagan went 2-2, defeat-ing La Crosse, Wis., 12-5, and Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 12-1. The losses came against Terre Haute, Ind., 7-1, and Moline, Ill., 8-7. Neal Kunik, Matt Li-chty, JD Dorgan and Louis LaChapelle each batted above .400. LaChapelle and Dorgan each had nine hits and Litchty had seven RBIs. Garrison Harris threw eight shutout innings and Neal Kunik struck out 11 in 8.2 innings.

Andy Rogers is at [email protected].

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Dakota County Gun Club tries to attract youths, women

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Certified gun safety instructors teach youngsters how to properly handle rifles at the Dakota County Gun Club in Rosemount.

by Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

With a new compound bow, Joshua Policarpio need-ed a place to try it out four years ago. He wanted to pursue his hobby of archery, but the city is a difficult place to practice. He discovered that the Da-kota County Gun Club gives out free instruction the first and third Saturday in June, July and August. They provided free in-struction on the proper use of .22-caliber rifles, shotguns and archery equipment. All ammunition is free and he received one-on-one training with certified firearm safety instructors. “I was intimidated by a rifle at first,” Policarpio said.

“I wanted to try something new.” He discovered the instruc-tors were effective helping be-ginners as well as people who wanted to refine their tech-nique. Four years later, Poli-carpio tries to go out at least five of the six sessions every summer, shooting targets and traps. One of the Dakota County Gun Club’s goals is to educate people on handling a rifle and how to do so safely. “What we emphasize if a youngster goes over to a friend’s house and shows them a gun – we teach young-sters how to handle that situ-ation,” Dakota County Gun Club’s Bruce Vogelgesang said. “It’s not there to play with. We show them the ba-

sics, like never point the bar-rel at anything. It may never come up in their life, but it’s very important.” The Dakota County Gun Club has sponsored free ses-sions for youths and women for the past five years when they noticed a void in the area for gun safety programs. The next event is scheduled for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. for youths and 3-7 p.m. for women on Aug. 21. Everything is free for the participants, including the use of the firearms, ear protection and the ammunition, thanks to donations from vendors. Last weekend there were about 36 youths new to the sport along with a few regu-lars. The women’s session is free

for females age 16 and older. At the sessions, about 80 to 90 percent of the women have never picked up a firearm be-fore. “Their husbands might have a gun around or they do target shooting,” Vogelgesang said. “They want to know if it’s going to scare them or not. It hasn’t really been available for the ladies. We anticipate more than 150 ladies out there.” The ladies session will have a number of different firearms on hand for testing. They’ll have Sharps rifles, buf-falo guns, musket loaders, pis-tols, revolvers, shotguns, and AR-15 rifles. The Dakota County Gun Club has an 88-acre range in Rosemount leased from the

University of Minnesota. It’s located south of Dakota County Technical College at 17501 Station Trail in Rose-mount. The club works closely with the Department of Nat-ural Resources. “They love this because this is part of what the DNR is all about,” Vogelgesang said. “They want to expand shooting as a sport. It’s go-ing to help them with the kids and the outdoors.” The club currently has a membership which is capped at 450 members with a two-year waiting list.


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Dakota County Gun Club’s Bruce Vogelgesang shows a youngster gun safety during a twice-a-month session at the gun club in Rosemount.

Buzz around the fair

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Jessie Doerfler races in the Farmington mo-tocross races at the Dakota County Fair last week.

Dog days of summer filled with youth sportsby Andy RogersTHISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

Youth sports crowd many families’ schedules all summer long, but it’s al-most always worth it. Teams will play almost 70 games over the sum-mer with tournaments just about every weekend. It takes some dedicated families, coaches and ath-letes to have all that fun ev-ery year. “I just enjoy working with kids,” Lakeville fast-pitch coach Mel Simon said. “They keep me young and you can tell they appre-ciate it.” He coached his second oldest daughter this season with the Lakeville Invasion 14U that won the USSSA World Series in July. He works full time while spending the last 13 sum-mers as a volunteer coach. “June through July is very busy,” Simon said. With his daughter on the team and one helping him coach, he spends more time with his family than many fathers. “I always say, if they want to work and put in the time, I’ll be there,” Simon said about coaching his daughters. Out-of-state tourna-ments turn into family vaca-tions for many youth teams. “I have had some of my players with me for four years and it is very reward-ing to see them develop into great little soccer players and even better people,” Dakota REV coach Tim

Thompson said. “I have watched some of these kids grow up right before my eyes. “To put that much work into something and have it end with a state champion-ship is so rewarding. The feeling is indescribable.” There are many volun-teer coaches who are mainly parents who volunteer their time all summer, while a number of the top teams hire top coaches. There are more than 1000 youth summer pro-grams in the south metro and several have reached some high marks this sum-mer.

National champ in Lakeville Simon coached the Lakeville Invasion 14U, a club team with the Lakeville Fastpitch Softball Associa-tion, along with assistants Bob Harris and Eric Nel-son, who won the USSSA World Series national soft-ball tournament in July. The team includes two girls who played varsity softball last spring and three in junior varsity. The rest played either sopho-more or freshmen softball, while one chose to partici-pate in track. They played in two dif-ferent leagues this summer, the Elite League and the Minnesota Fastpitch ASA league. “One thing about this group is that they’ve very balanced,” Simon said.

“They have no ego. They just go out and play. “ In intense heat and hu-midity, the girls played near-ly flawless softball to bring home the first 14U National Title home to Lakeville. Megan Lilliencrantz received the Tournament MVP Award and Kylie Sto-ber received the Tourna-ment Outstanding Pitcher Award.

Rebels win state Dakota Rev Rebels U14 girls soccer team won the 2010 state championship this summer at the Classic 2 skill level finishing with a record of 61-9-5. The girls won the Blaine Breakout, Rev-It-Up, Ton-ka Spash and the Rochester Invitational. The biggest highlight was winning the state tournament. Dakota REV Girls U11 Riptide also won a state title and two of REV’s premier teams won their league. Dakota REV teams play in the Rosemount dome and local school gyms all winter long and their season runs from May to late July with players from Rosemount, Eagan, Apple Valley, Burns-ville and Lakeville. The Rebels earned 83.3 percent of their points (three for a win and one for a tie) this season, which means than can move up to C1, a higher level, in 2011.



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Lakeville is home to the ubiquitous chain restau-rants that offer delivery, but until last fall, the Ole Piper Inn was one of the only family restaurants of-fering unique pizza choic-es. But by October, pizza lovers will have plenty of choices. Goodfellas Pizza Bar and Grill opened along Kenrick Avenue near County Road 70 last fall, adding one new pizza op-tion to the mix. By October, Pizza Ranch will occupy a space in the HOM Furniture-anchored strip mall along Interstate 35, and Paradise Pizza and Grill will open in the space once filled by Kazolly’s Sweetshop in downtown Lakeville. “They’re all kind of dif-ferent,” said Dave Olson, Lakeville’s community and economic development di-rector. “They all have their

own niche.” Pizza Ranch is an Io-wa-based chain that has restaurants in nine other states. During the Aug. 2 City Council meeting, city planner Daryl Morey said the restaurant will be open in the fall. Pizza Ranch will take over two storefronts in the strip mall adjacent to HOM Furniture. HOM agreed to provide parking in its lot for Pizza Ranch, in part because the furniture store owns the mall in which the restau-rant will lease space. Olson said the restau-rant is a buffet-style fam-ily restaurant that doesn’t serve alcohol. Meanwhile, Paradise Pizza will be located at 20731 Holyoke Ave. and is a family restaurant featur-ing gourmet pizza and grill food with a tropical atmo-

sphere. Owner Tim Falkenberg owns another location in Savage and is expanding in Lakeville. Olson said the restau-rant will offer a small din-ing area but will be more of a take-out pizza restau-rant. Falkenberg didn’t im-mediately return phone calls seeking comment. Downtown Lakeville Business Association di-rector Judy Tschumper said Paradise Pizza will be a welcome addition to downtown when it opens before fall. Goodfellas Pizza Bar and Grill, located at 20643 Kenrick Ave., opened last fall. Like Ole Piper, locat-ed at 16604 Cedar Ave., Goodfellas sells alcohol for its patrons, Olson said. “All of these places — they’re all different,” Ol-son said. “And that’s good for the community.”

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Sometime in October, the small strip mall in front of HOM Furni-ture, along Interstate 35 in Lakeville, will be home to Pizza Ranch, a large, family-friendly pizza restaurant. The Iowa-based franchise has location in nine states.


Paradise Pizza will move into the space once occu-pied by Kazolly’s candy store in downtown Lakeville. Owner Tim Faulkner has one location in Savage, and the Lakeville location will be an expansion of his business. It’s not known when the store will open.

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