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Wrestlers ready for state actionThe Apple Valley wrestling team’s members are brushing aside detractors on their way to state.

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Chorale hosts ‘Cabaret’ eventThe South Metro Chorale will present its annual “Cabaret” and silent auction March 5-6 at the Lakeville Area Arts Center.

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Transportation needs attentionThe first priority for state surplus funds should be to address transportation needs throughout the state.

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Paideia charter school to close

Behold the binturong

Officials unite to curtail Met Council’s authority

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK

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Paideia Academy will close at the end of the 2015-16 academic year as its board of directors has cited a lack of finan-cial resources to keep the 11-year-old charter school operating in Apple Valley. “Based on Paideia’s projected enrollment for 2016-2017 and the antici-pated revenue and costs

over the next three years, the Paideia Academy Board of Directors has made the very difficult de-cision to close the school at the end of this school year,” the school reported in a Feb. 19 press release. Paideia Board of Di-rectors Chairman Jona-than Bradley said the board considered closing the school as one of its options after the school’s authorizer, Friends of

Education, sent on Jan. 19 a “letter of concern” describing how the school had to increase student achievement, stabilize en-rollment, and create a bal-anced budget for the next three years. After two years of be-ing designated a High-Quality Charter School by the Minnesota Depart-ment of Education, the school’s Minnesota Com-prehensive Assessment

scores dipped in the past year to among the lowest 25 percent of Minnesota schools receiving Title 1 funding as it was desig-nated as a Continuous Im-provement School. This year the school added three staff positions to implement new pro-grams and intervention plans in an effort to im-prove its test performance. Enrollment dropped below 300 in 2015-16, ac-

cording to Bradley, after it was 380 and 355 in the previous two years. Brad-ley said the board was reviewing a conservative 160-170 for enrollment in 2016-17. “As the board worked through our proposal for FOE, we came to the re-alization that we did not have high enough enroll-ment projections to create

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


A rising chorus of sub-urban angst over the Met-ropolitan Council came Monday to Burnsville, where critics lit into the regional transit and plan-ning body and elected of-ficials urged reforms to disperse its authority. Some proposals to cur-tail the council’s power emerged last year in the state Legislature. Expect more this year, officials said. A coalition of four counties, including Dako-ta, is calling for a majority of Met Council members to be local elected officials appointed by cities and counties. All members are now appointed by the gov-

ernor. The Metro Cities group has also proposed reforms. “I personally feel like this is an opportunity,” said state Rep. Roz Pe-terson, R-Lakeville, who hosted a Feb. 22 “town meeting” on the Met Council at Burnhaven Li-brary. “We have a gover-nor (Mark Dayton) who is open to seeing some changes” and isn’t seeking re-election. “There are some ben-efits, certainly, to regional planning,” said Chris Ger-lach, of Apple Valley, one of three Dakota County commissioners at the meeting. “The pendulum has just swung too far.” Several area Repub-

Academy’s leaders cite funding, projected enrollment as reasons for the decision

Burnsville meeting airs gripes

A binturong cub was born Feb. 12 at the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley, the first of its species born at the zoo in 35 years. Zoo officials say the cub, whose gender is not yet known, is doing well in a behind-the-scenes area, gaining weight and spending time inside a nest box with its mother. Binturongs are listed as a “vulnerable” species under the International Union for Conservation of Nature; the recent birth is the ninth born at the Minnesota Zoo in its history. Though the cub is not yet visible to the public, binturongs can be seen in the zoo’s Tropics Trail area; sometimes called “bearcats,” they are members of the mongoose family, and are tree-dwellers native to tropical forests in Asia. (Photo submitted)

Dakota County Commissioner Chris Gerlach, of Apple Valley, discussed proposals to reform the Metropolitan Council during a Feb. 22 meeting at Burnhaven Library in Burnsville. (Photo by John Gessner)

Minnesota caucuses planned March 1

by Seth RoweSUN THISWEEK


Minnesotans will help de-termine who becomes the nominees for president of the United States on Super Tues-day, March 1. Precinct caucuses for the Republican Party and DFL Party, which is aligned with the national Democratic Par-ty, will begin 7 p.m. at sites throughout the state. The chairs of each party said they are expecting a large turnout. DFL Party Chair Ken Mar-tin, of Eagan, advised people caucusing for the party to reg-ister at their local caucuses at 6:30 p.m. while Keith Downey, chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota, is encouraging people to arrive by 6 p.m. or 6:30 p.m. to ensure time to register and find seats. Caucuses entail the election of local party officers and the proposal of resolutions for the party platform, but the first order of business will be the presidential preference ballot. This year, the results will be binding for both parties, meaning that the delegates selected must agree to vote based upon the results of the choices of caucus attendees. Martin said the DFL Par-ty’s presidential preference ballot has been binding for years. The rule is new for the Republican Party, Downey said. “In past years, we held the straw poll vote, but it was not proscriptive in terms of how many delegates the candidates

would get,” Downey said. “The delegates were actually chosen later in the spring with the district and state conven-tions.” The rules changed after the 2012 presidential year, in which states sought to “leap-frog” each other to become the earliest to vote for presi-dent, threatening to establish a “national primary” in which a candidate was essentially cho-sen in January of an election year, Downey said. The party decided to re-quire states that chose to hold an event in March to allocate their delegates proportionally, according to the vote of at-tendees. “The result of those rule changes would keep it open

Super Tuesday will help shape the presidential candidate field

IN BRIEF Caucuses will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. un-less otherwise noted.

Senate District 57 DFL: For residents in Apple Valley, Rosemount, and Lakeville precincts 16-17 at Apple Val-ley High School, 14450 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. Republican: Apple Valley precincts 1-5A, 6 and 11-15 and Lakeville precincts 16-17 in House District 57A, Eastview High School, 6200 140th St. W., in Apple Valley. Apple Valley precincts 5B, 7-10, Rosemount and Coates in House District 57B at Rose-mount High School, 3335 142nd St. W. in Rosemount.

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Area BriefsFrozen Apple concert at Valleywood Jazz singer Patty Peter-son, winner of the Minne-sota Music Award for best vocalist, will be joined on stage by musician friends for a Saturday, March 12, performance at the Val-leywood Golf Course clubhouse as part of the Frozen Apple winter con-cert series presented by the Apple Valley Arts Foun-dation. The group, which per-forms as Patty Peterson and Friends, also features Bobby Vandell, Ronny Loew, Billy Franze and Ja-son Peterson Delaire. Admission is free to the concert, which runs from 6-9 p.m. in the clubhouse at Valleywood located at 4851 McAndrews Road, Apple Valley. Doors open at 5 p.m., and guests are encouraged to come at the opening because space is limited. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. More information is at www.avartsfoundation.org.

Chamber hosts state of the county address The Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce will host the inaugural State of Dakota County address to be pre-sented by Commissioner

Nancy Schouweiler 7:30-9 a.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the Dakota County Community Development Agency, 1228 Town Centre Drive, Eagan. The address is free to attend. The chamber will also host State of the City ad-dresses in four of com-munities: Farmington, Rosemount, Eagan and West Saint Paul. These ad-dresses will be given by the mayor of each respective community. • Farmington: Noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednes-day, March 7, at Ground Round, 20700 Chippen-dale Ave. W., Farming-ton). Keynote by Mayor Todd Larson. Free to at-tend. • Rosemount: 7:30-9 a.m. Wednesday, March 16, at the Steeple Cen-ter, 14375 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Keynote by Mayor Bill Droste. Free to attend. • Eagan: 7:30-9 a.m. Thursday, March 17, at City Hall, 3830 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Key-note by Mayor Mike Ma-guire. Free to attend. • West St. Paul: 7:30-9 a.m. Wednesday, March 30, at Southview Country Club, 239 Mendota Road E., West St. Paul. Keynote by Mayor David Meis-inger. This event is in part-nership with the West St. Paul Rotary. Cost is $13, includes breakfast (pay at the door). All addresses are open to the community.

For more information or to RSVP, visit www.dcrchamber.com or call 651-452-9872.

Dakota County to host open house Dakota County will host an open house for two projects 6-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at the Dakota County Western Service Center, 14955 Gal-axie Ave., Apple Valley. The county is currently preparing a Natural Re-sources System Plan to develop an overall ap-proach for managing natural resources and re-storing healthy landscapes and waterways in parks, green ways and conserva-tion easements. It is also preparing a Park Visitor Services Plan to improve services that enrich the parks experience, includ-ing events, outdoor educa-tion, food, volunteerism, rentals, marketing and customer service. Both projects are in the research phase — evaluat-ing the current state, po-tential opportunities and public interests in a better park system. The open house will include a formal presenta-tion slated 6:30-7:45 p.m. Displays and other project information will be avail-able to view and weigh in on from 6-6:30 p.m. and 7:45-8:30 p.m.

Annual Spring Spree is March 12 in Burnsville Vineyard Community Services is sponsoring the annual fundraising event called Spring Spree at 6 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at South Metro Vineyard Church in support of its Fruit of the Vine Food Shelf. The evening includes: • Kristen Spielman’s family-friendly comedy. Spielman is touted as hav-ing a gift for making the ordinary extraordinarily funny. Her ability to hit life’s curveballs with en-ergetic wit helps her take everyday experiences and turn them into comedic home runs. • Dinner starting with grilled chicken and ending with a variety of desserts. • Silent auction with items from local commu-nity partners. “We are excited to cel-ebrate all of the VCS min-istry accomplishments in 2015 with a family-friendly comedy and dinner show featuring comedian Kris-ten Spielman, along with a

great silent auction,” said Brian Geraty, VCS execu-tive director. Fruit of the Vine Food Shelf is a nonprofit emer-gency relief organization that relies on donations. Donations, money or auction items, given as part of the Spring Spree are matched dollar-wise by Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches as part of this year’s Minne-sota FoodShare Program in the month of March. Advance tickets are $20 and are available online at www.vcsmn.org/Spring-Spree Vendors wanting to donate items to the silent auction or those who want more information should contact Tori Peterson at [email protected] or 952-595-5980 ext. 111. The church is located at 13798 Parkwood Drive, Burnsville.

Polar Plunge is Feb. 27 The South Metro Polar Plunge is 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at Crystal Beach, 1100 Crystal Lake Road E., Burnsville. Register online at plungemn.org. Partici-pants may plunge as indi-viduals or in teams. They are also encouraged to wear unique and outra-geous costumes. Each par-ticipant must raise a mini-mum of $75. Shoes and towel are also required. Event proceeds benefit Special Olympics Minne-sota. Check-in is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more informa-tion or to register, visit plungemn.org or email [email protected].

Bike race in Lakeville The fourth annual L a ke v i l l e - M i l l t o w n -Lakeville bike race will be Saturday, March 26. The race will start and end at Harry’s Café in Lakeville, with a checkpoint at Mill-town Cycles in Faribault. The self-navigation gravel road race will be 80-plus miles. This year the race will raise awareness and funds for a local man with inop-erable cancer. In addition to the race, a team of volunteers sponsored by Hearth and Home Technologies of Lakeville will bag grocer-ies Saturday, May 7, at the Cub Foods Lakeville Heritage Square location to raise funds and cancer awareness. For more information, visit lakeville-milltown- lakeville.blogspot.com.

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Parents honor daughter they lost with ‘Make a Splash’

Three-year-old Mary O’Keefe plays with crafts and toys provided by Child-Family Life Services at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital during one of her many hospitalizations in 2008 and 2009. (Photo submitted)

Fundraiser at Water Park of America set March 6 by Andrew Miller

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

An Apple Valley couple is honoring the daughter they lost to cancer through the Mary Moon Founda-tion. Peter and Christine O’Keefe started the non-profit foundation in honor of their 3-year-old daugh-ter, Mary, who died from cancer in 2009. The Mary Moon Foun-dation is hosting its fifth annual “Make a Splash” event Sunday, March 6, at the Water Park of Ameri-ca in Bloomington, with proceeds going to Child-Family Life Services at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospi-tal. Mary was hospitalized for much of her final year — 63 consecutive days, at one point. The toys, games, painting supplies and pup-pet shows provided by

Child-Family Life were a regular source of plea-sure for the girl while she battled neuroblastoma, a cancer that occurs mostly in infants and toddlers. “From our perspective, the services of Child-Fam-ily Life were just as impor-tant as the medical proce-dures,” Christine O’Keefe said. “They were there the day Mary was diagnosed — blowing bubbles to ease the tension — all the way to the end, when they made a mold of her hand as a memorial.” The nonprofit grew out of the O’Keefe’s efforts in the wake of Mary’s pass-ing to bring art supplies to patients at the children’s hospital where Mary had been treated, in hopes of brightening the days of other kids there. Founded in 2011, the Mary Moon Foundation holds fundraising events to help finance toys, games

and art supplies for Ma-sonic Children’s Hospi-tal. Craft supplies such as crayons, paper and mark-ers are all given to the hos-pitalized kids to keep, be-cause the risk of spreading germs is high. Largely due to its an-nual “Make a Splash” event at the Water Park of America, the Mary Moon Foundation — so named because Mary’s nickname was Moon — has gifted $85,000 to the hospital since the nonprofit’s incep-tion. This year’s “Make a Splash” event, which starts at 4 p.m. on March 6, fea-tures discounted admis-sion to the Water Park of America, games, enter-tainment, food and a silent auction. Tickets can be purchased at www.mary-moonfoundation.org.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

Event encourages youths to Don’t Stop BelievingSuicide prevention program organized March 4 at Apple Valley High School

Kevin Breel

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


A suicide prevention program called Don’t Stop Believing will start at 6 p.m. Friday, March 4, at Apple Valley High School. The event, which will include a performance by comedian and author Kevin Breel, was orga-nized in response to recent suicides in Dakota County and beyond as Apple Val-ley resident John Glynn has led the effort. Glynn has coordinated with the Rosemount-Ap-ple Valley-Eagan School District, Apple Valley High School and St. Paul-based Suicide Prevention Collaborative to organize the event that aims to re-move the stigma that pre-

vents people from talking about mental health is-sues. Designed for high school-age students, the event will include a re-source fair, panel discus-sion led by local high school students and a pre-sentation by Woodbury-based theater group S.O.S. for Youth. Glynn said the high-light of the event will be Breel, who is in demand worldwide and is touted as offering comedy along with an honest and hope-ful conversation about mental health. He has battled depres-sion, which he has chron-icled in his book “Boy Meets Depression: Or Life Sucks and Then You Live.”

As a mental health ac-tivist, Breel is the national spokesperson for the Bell LET’S TALK campaign and has been a guest speaker at more than 100 college campuses. His work has been fea-tured by Huffington Post, MTV, CNN, “The Today Show,” Mashable and the Wall Street Journal. As a 19-year-old, Breel’s TEDx talk “Con-fessions of a Depressed Comic” went instantly viral online – with more than half a million views in less than 30 days. It has amassed more than 3 mil-lion viewers and has been featured on more than 200 media outlets. Glynn said he hopes the event empowers young people to talk about the

problems they are facing and seek help when they need it. “We are trying to make a shift for students to help inspire forever tomor-rows,” he said. People will go to the doctor if they have a bro-ken arm, he said, and he wants young people to think the same way if they are broken by depression. Glynn said young peo-ple will often talk to their friends about their prob-lems facing depression and thoughts of suicide, but often don’t turn to adults for help. He said he hopes the program results in stu-dents realizing that if they notice their friends need help that they take charge and get adults involved.

“We want them to say: ‘I know where you can go. You have to go. I care about you,’ ” Glynn said. He said a similar pro-gram was organized in Woodbury and had great success in getting students talking more about their mental health problems and seeking help. Glynn said prevention programs like this are tricky to judge since the lack of bad things happen-ing is the main outcome. He said he has appre-ciated the help offered by Apple Valley High School Principal Steve Degenaar, who has really champi-oned the cause of suicide prevention. Glynn said he has sent information and post-ers regarding the event to

high schools throughout District 196 and even into St. Paul and Prior Lake. “We hope to pack the house,” he said. More information is at www.suicideprevention-collaborative.org.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @editorTJ.

Dakota Communications Center leader Diane Lind to retire by Laura Adelmann


After nine years as ex-ecutive director of the Dakota Communications Center, Diane Lind will retire on May 31. Lind was appointed to the role in January 2007 after 21 years of working in 911 dispatch services and was responsible for overall management of the countywide emergen-cy dispatch center. Lind was selected from multiple applicants to replace the DCC’s first

executive director, Kent Therkelsen, former police chief in Eagan. She had been the DCC’s first operations director when the joint emergency dispatch cen-ter was being planned and then opened. She is a for-mer communications su-pervisor with the Burns-ville Police Department. She announced her re-tirement to the board of directors, composed of elected Dakota County officials, at their Feb. 18 board meeting, according to Justin Miller, executive

committee board chair and Lakeville city admin-istrator. Miller described Lind’s leadership as key to the smooth operations at the DCC. “There’s just a great group of dispatchers and staff that, under her lead-ership, has really oper-ated seamlessly,” he said. “That is a testament to her leadership.” In a news release, Lind expressed how hard it was to make the decision to retire. “While I am excited

to take this step into re-tirement, this was an extremely difficult deci-sion to make,” Lind said. “Public service to the citi-zens of Dakota County is all I have known for over 30 years.” Miller said the execu-tive committee, composed of city managers and administrators through-out the county, has been directed by the board to find a search firm and recruit for the open posi-tion. The news release said the search process is to

begin immediately with the intent of having a new director on board as soon as possible. “Over the next month, the executive board will be talking about the qual-ities, the traits and experi-ence level we’re looking for the next director,” Miller said. Miller described Lind’s contributions as signifi-cant and the work as inte-gral to public safety. “She clearly has the knowledge and the exper-tise of that field, and so we’re going to miss her,”

Miller said. Dakota Communica-tions Center provides 911 dispatch services to all of Dakota County under a joint powers agreement between Dakota County and the cities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Ea-gan, Farmington, Hast-ings, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Mendota Heights, Rosemount, South St. Paul and West St. Paul.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].


Support Jason Lewis To the editor: Super Tuesday, March 1, will soon be upon us. I plan to do my part in our political process by at-tending my local precinct caucus to support our Re-publican candidates, par-ticularly Jason Lewis for Congress. I urge everyone in the 2nd Congressional Dis-trict to support Jason Lewis. He has a great knowledge of local and national issues and will be a solid voice for CD2 and all of Minnesota in Con-gress.

CAROLINE V.ERICKSONBurnsville

It’s party timeTo the editor: Admission is free, and

the stakes are high. The crowds are coming, and are ready for action. Do you have a better offer for Tuesday night, March 1? So where’s the party? Well, there’s more than one. Take your pick at caucus-finder.sos.state.mn.us. The parties are a bit exclusive though, and it’s dishonest to crash a party with which you are not truly aligned. But there’s a special party for those who like exclusion. Our nation was born in 1789 as an exclusive whites-only club. It took 76 years to free the slaves (1865), to give the right to vote to blacks along with most other “races” (1868 and 1964), to give the right of citizenship to Asians (1868), the right to vote even to women (1920), and finally citizenship to Native Americans (1924). It has taken a long time and unending struggle

to expand that circle of citizenship, and many are still fighting back with schemes like Photo-ID. If you want to take our country back, you’ll find a party that wants to build a bigger wall and to send them all back. How about another wall for the Cay-man Islands crowd? If exclusion is not your style, there’s a party that likes inclusion. Those party goers are trying to expand another circle, that of human and civil rights. Progressives are trying to make a place for everyone at the table, a big mix-up of rich and poor alike. Our nation has been struggling to realize that original vi-sion in a high-risk experi-ment to birth democracy into reality. A widening circle of inclusion has been the direction of our nation since its founding. There once was a party that’s no longer around.

They came with a useful perspective that helped bring balance into solving problems. All that’s left is a wild party that has gone so far out of balance that it is flying apart and has gone off the rails. Its wreckage sits there now, obstruct-ing progress. Wishing you success in trying to heft it back on again. RAY LARSONEagan

Later start times for schools needed To the editor: The studies have been done, the evidence is in: There is a simple way to improve our children’s ac-ademic performance, raise their test scores, reduce their chance of suffer-ing from anxiety, depres-sion, substance abuse or obesity, all while keeping

our kids and the commu-nity safer by reducing the risk of car accidents. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the Minnesota Medical Association, the CDC and other public health groups urge us to do it. This is what shifting to later school start times for teens is all about, and that is why many Minne-sota districts are doing it. Contrary to popular be-

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Community forums can foster interfaith relationships

Keep transportation funding as top priority for state surplus

by Don HeinzmanSUN THISWEEK


A Muslim mother recently told a hushed Bloomington crowd she is afraid for her safety and that of her children because of how Muslims are being tar-geted, particularly by the media. Zanib Mohamed, of Bloomington, is a student advocate for all students at Bloomington Kennedy High School. She was one of four speakers at a Janu-ary forum titled “One Nation, Many Beliefs,” sponsored by the high school, where over half of the students are non-white. Because the school’s enrollment is so diverse, Principal Andy Beaton and school staff decided to have the session, which was attended by high-ranking school and city officials, some parents and teachers. Mohamed said since the media has been singling out Muslim students, some Muslim Bloomington Kennedy students have been coming to her fearful and with tears in their eyes. Beaton said some Muslim students have expressed their fears to him as well. So far, students have not disturbed Mus-lims; none have been disciplined for that,

Beaton said. Mohamed and the other speakers par-ticularly zeroed in on the media, which they say is one-sided, citing Muslim Americans for some of the shootings while not citing other shooters as Chris-tian Americans or any other religions in their broadcasts. As a result, Muslim children are re-porting they are being taunted more. Mohamed related how she told her son she could not take him to a birthday par-ty because it was around the time terror-ists attacked a restaurant in Paris. The speakers all agreed that most Americans do not understand Islam, which they say in some ways is compa-rable to Christianity. They particularly stressed that Islam as well as Christianity have peaceful goals, and only a small percentage are in ISIS, which they said is not following the

teachings of Islam. As for women covering themselves and particularly their foreheads, the speakers said, today there are Christian sects who cover their body completely. Islam, they said, does not oppose other religions, but in effect accepts the teachings of other religions, including what is written in the Bible. The problem, they contended, is people are suspicious because they do not understand Islam. Speaker Hanadi Chehabeddine suggested that commu-nities should sponsor events so people can understand Islam, and she urged people to talk openly and ask ques-tions. In Brooklyn Park, Mayor Jeff Lunde led the formation of an interfaith discus-sion Jan. 28, put together by Islam and Christian faith leaders. He said: “We want people, across cultures and faiths, interacting and having a conversation. It’s really hard to hate someone when you know them.” Out of that discussion attended by faith and community leaders, the group decided to start field trips when members of churches and mosques will visit one another. “We rely on the faith community be-

cause we believe there are shared values and shared goals and we should talk about what we share,” Lunde said. Nausheena Hussain, a board mem-ber of the Brooklyn Park Islamic Cen-ter, shares the mayor’s opinion. She is working with others to get people to tell their stories about interactions between people of Islamic faith and their com-munities, hoping that people have more commonalities than differences. “The main thing is that we want ev-eryone in Brooklyn Park to be united. It is an opportunity for us to get to know each other and dispel the myths,” she said. As for Beaton, he believes the forum succeeded in convincing the people that Bloomington Kennedy respects all stu-dents and that it is a safe place to work and learn. Hussain summed it up well: “What people of Islamic faith want for them-selves and their families isn’t different than anyone else. Everyone is trying to live the American dream.” Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers. He can be reached through [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

It is commonly assumed that the off-year legislative session is simply a time for legislators to pass a bonding bill, fix some recently-passed legislation and go home. That’s far from the case in 2016. When this session opens on March 8, legislators will face a big challenge. They must figure how to utilize a $1.2 billion general fund surplus that is projected for the next biennium. According to Minnesota Manage-ment and Budget, the general fund fore-cast is now $1.871 billion. Under exist-ing law, $544 million must go into the budget reserve and $71 million must go to environmental funds, leaving a bal-ance of $1.256 billion. During this session the debate will be about that surplus: how to spend it, re-serve it or whether to refund dollars to taxpayers. The ECM Publishers Editorial Board continues to favor spending a major por-tion of the surplus to improve roads and fix bridges throughout the state. We rec-ognize passing a gas tax to fund a long-range plan won’t happen this election year, even though it is estimated $11 bil-lion will be needed the next 10 years to upgrade bridges, roads and highways. If a Republican-backed proposal to direct existing taxes on auto parts and rental car fees to road and bridge needs is ap-

proved, the negative impact on the state’s general fund must receive serious consid-eration. We favor utilizing some of the surplus to further build the reserve fund, and we believe some funds should go to reduc-ing taxes by increasing the eligibility for the Child and Dependent Care Credit, a reduction in the statewide business prop-erty tax and utilizing a new Market Tax Credit as proposed by Republicans. The latter is one of the nation’s most success-ful programs using the federal New Mar-kets Tax Credit program. New Markets Tax Credits revitalize low-income, dis-tressed communities by creating public-private partnerships that provide much-needed capital to strengthen businesses and community facilities. We also favor Gov. Mark Dayton’s plan to expand the state college grant program and address tuition issues at the two-year colleges and technical schools. We continue to favor spending for pre-school education, but funding questions remain for a universal, public school-based program. Districts continue to ad-just facilities and curriculum to accom-modate all-day, every-day kindergarten. If a universal pre-kindergarten program

is adopted, schools must have the class-rooms and facilities to handle the pro-gram. A study of the impact on private daycare facilities is warranted. Funding the Southwest Light Rail Transit line from Minneapolis to Eden Prairie is essential for easing traffic con-gestion, moving employees to jobs and stimulating investment along the line. With federal dollars again in the budget for 2016, the Legislature should continue to study a seven-county regional half-cent sales tax to fund the state’s $135 million share to keep this important line funded and on track. The proposed sales tax is the Metropolitan Council’s pre-ferred funding option. Last year, during the Editorial Board’s study of violence in society, we realized there is a need to have stronger penalties for hate crimes. We favor Sen. Ron Latz’s proposed legislation to stiffen hate-crime charges from a gross misdemeanor to a felony. We continue to call for stronger penal-ties for drivers whose distractions cause serious accidents and deaths. We believe the penalties for driving while texting should be the same as for drunken driv-ing. The penalty for a first offense of tex-ting while driving is $50 and $225 for a second offense. Compare this to a first drunken driv-

ing offense of up to 90 days in jail, a fine of up to $1,000, and a suspended driver’s license of 90 days. ` Furthermore, we favor a mandatory helmet law for motorcyclists, considering the number of fatalities involving motor-cycles. Local government aid (LGA) to Min-nesota cities also remains a viable topic, particularly for cities in greater Minne-sota that have seen this funding source gutted. A one-time injection of budget surplus would be welcome but the Legis-lature must decide if additional funding for LGA is a wise investment and how it can be supported with a permanent funding stream. The inability of the governor and lawmakers to agree on a special session this winter will create other topics for this session. The Real ID driver’s license requirement of the federal government, finding funds to study racial disparity and extending unemployment insurance compensation for laid-off miners on the Iron Range are all subjects that must be addressed.

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District 196 eyes site in Lakeville for new school

by Jessica HarperSUN THISWEEK


The Rosemount-Ap-ple Valley-Eagan School District is looking at po-tentially building a new school in Lakeville. The School Board di-rected staff on Feb. 23 to begin negations with Lakeville developer Tra-ditions Company to pur-chase a 22.4-acre parcel at Diamond Path and 160th Street. “When we start to look at location and impact on the need for boundary modifications, this particular site is one the better sites,” said Jeff Solomon, finance direc-tor for District 196. The property — locat-

ed in the Traditions hous-ing development — is one of three sites that the dis-trict considered. Officials also consider another Lakeville property as well as land in Rosemount and Apple Valley. District officials agreed that the Tradi-tions site would best alle-viate overcrowding issues and accommodate future growth in the southeast-ern portion of the district without drastically alter-ing existing attendance boundaries, Solomon said. The site was previ-ously a mining site. Envi-ronmental contaminants from past mining activity have already been cleaned up by the developer, dis-

trict officials said. Solomon said he ex-pects a purchase agree-ment will be made in time for a proposal to go be-fore in the School Board on March 14. At that time, a purchase price will be made public. The project’s estimat-ed cost is $29.8 million, which will be paid by the bond referendum that voters passed last year. Site work is expected to begin this summer with construction of the building to be complete in August 2017, in time for the start of the 2017-18 school year.

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

Eagan middle school teacher charged with stalking a student



A former Eagan mid-dle school teacher was charged on Thursday with stalking a 12-year-old female student. Cody Woodrow Han-sen, who was a teacher at Black Hawk Middle School, allegedly sent numerous inappropriate messages to a student in his class via Snapchat from November to Janu-ary. Hansen, 25, has since resigned from the school district. The student took screen shots and saved some of the conversa-tions, which she reported to Eagan police, accord-ing to the criminal com-plaint. “Criminal activity of this nature is a breach of trust of students and

is a violation of the law and school policy,” Da-kota County Attorney Jim Backstrom said in a statement. “This be-havior ultimately hurts both the student and the student’s parents who have placed their trust in school staff.” Hansen, a Hastings resident, contacted the girl during the course of the school day and dur-ing holiday breaks using various usernames, in-cluding one in which his name was spelled back-ward. In one message Han-sen allegedly told the girl she was cute. In another, he asked if she had ever kissed anyone and if she liked older men. The girl didn’t know Hansen sent the messages until he admitted doing so, and he stated that he could get into trouble for

talking to her, according to the complaint. During one exchange, the student told Hansen that what he was doing was illegal and “extreme-ly weird.” The girl told police she felt “creepy and unsafe” in Hansen’s classroom. In an interview with police, Hansen alledgedly admitted he found the student’s Snapchat user-name from her Instagram account and sent her the inappropriate messages. Hansen told police he has stopped communicating with the girl and “hoped this would all go away.” Hansen was charged by summons and his first court appearance has not yet been scheduled.


Allegedly sent inappropriate messages to 12-year-old girl

22-acre site is at Diamond Path and 160th Street


Michael Coughlin, left, and his brother, Scott, stood in front of a paused video of the press conference announcing the discovery of gravitational waves. (Submitted photo)

Young scientists share in historic discovery by John Gessner


The pride of author-ship is crowded on the paper announcing the first detection of gravita-tional waves, the existence of which was foretold by Albert Einstein a century ago. Two young brothers from Burnsville, Michael and Scott Coughlin, are among the 1,004 scien-tists named in the paper’s notes. So many names is not unusual for a big scientif-ic discovery — the Higgs boson paper carried a few thousand, Michael noted. The teams of scien-tists across the world who worked on the gravita-tional wave project are happy to share the credit. “Especially the peo-ple who have been on board for, like, 20 years — they’re ecstatic,” Scott said. “This is their whole life.” The Coughlin brothers have been on board for several years. Both gradu-ated from Trinity School at River Ridge in Eagan — Michael in 2008 and Scott in 2010. Both brothers (sons of Burnsville City Council Member Bill Coughlin) wrote gravitational wave research proposals in ap-plications for prestigious overseas scholarships. Both are affiliated with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Ob-servatory (LIGO). The LIGO Scientific Collabo-ration, which has anten-nas in Washington state and Louisiana, published the gravitational wave re-port along with a Europe-an scientific team called the Virgo Collaboration. Last Sept. 14, the two LIGO detectors simulta-neously observed a tran-sient gravitational wave signal. “These observations dem-onstrate the existence of

binary stellar-mass black hole systems,” the LIGO paper said. “This is the first detection of gravita-tional waves and the first observation of a binary black hole merger.” The discovery fulfills “the last prediction of Ein-stein’s general theory of relativity,” the New York Times reports.

Scholars andscientists Michael earned a bachelor’s degree in phys-ics and astronomy and math from Carleton Col-lege. He won a Churchill Scholarship and earned a master’s degree at Cam-bridge University’s In-stitute of Astronomy in England. Now he’s work-ing on a doctorate in phys-ics at Harvard, where he’s a researcher and teaching assistant. Michael said his re-search work is split be-tween LIGO and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope project. As a LIGO researcher, he probes the qualities and mysteries of binary black hole systems. “The fundamental dif-ference between what I work on and what hap-pened with this detection is I look for gravitational waves that are present all the time but are not nec-essarily so loud in ampli-tude that we can see them individually,” the 25-year-old said. “Whereas this one that was detected was loud enough that you could see it in the data of the gravitation wave de-tectors by eye.” His work has implica-tions for detecting other forces in the universe, Mi-chael said. “I work on searches that, if you were to imag-ine taking all of these black hole systems in the universe and summing up their gravitational wave contribution here at Earth, I search for what

you call a stochastic back-ground of gravitational waves from all of these systems,” he said. Scott, 23, graduated from Illinois’ Northwest-ern University with ma-jors in math, economics and classics. He earned a Fulbright Scholarship to study gravitational wave physics at Cardiff Univer-sity in Wales. Since Sep-tember he’s been back at Northwestern as a gradu-ate research assistant in the physics and astrono-my department. The work of LIGO

researchers at Northwest-ern has been to prepare for, and then execute, ex-traction of physical data about the black hole sys-tem from its gravitational wave, Scott said. “This is the first direct information about black holes that’s ever been ,” he said. “What we’ve done to prep for that is to simulate this thing happening, ba-sically. We’ve spent many years practicing for this thing to happen, to hone our skills, and then we got to actually put it into practice four months ago

and got the information.”

Like brother, likebrother Scott said he got the bug for physics research from his older brother, who was doing sophisti-cated coding and software writing while still in high school. Scott was more into math than physics, but the data analysis of what his brother was up to was in his wheelhouse. “Michael sort of started it. He really liked physics and thought this

sounded like a cool thing to do. And I got interest-ed, I think, a little more for the computer pro-gramming aspect of it,” Scott said. They remain brothers in science and discovery. “It’s hard to say why we’re both still doing it five years later, or howev-er long it’s been,” he said, “but we are both still do-ing it.”

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

STEAM Day for middle school girls is March 12 To help young women experience first-hand the excitement of careers in science, technology, en-gineering, the arts, and math (STEAM), Visita-tion School in Mendota Heights will host STEAM Day for middle school girls from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12. This year’s participants will select four hands-on

workshops from among 15 options, including sew like a surgeon, police forensics, international disaster re-lief homes, digital video, remote control airplanes, pendulum painting, epide-miology, and the chemis-try of making soap. The workshops will be guided by STEAM professionals such as an emergency room physi-

cian, professional actors, a police detective and an en-gineer in human centered design. The keynote speaker will be 2004 Visitation alumna Courtney McCar-thy, who has worked at Li-onsgate film studio in Los Angeles and FOX Broad-casting and is currently with Google’s computer science education division.

Registration is limited to 100 participants. The $55 fee includes lunch and a gift. Scholarships are available. To learn more about STEAM Day 2016, go to www.visitation.net/steamday or visit www.visitation.net and enter “STEAM Day for Girls” in the search box.

Religion

Women’s luncheon The Minnesota Val-ley Christian Women’s Connection will hold its March luncheon 12:30-2 p.m. Thursday, March 10, at GrandStay Hotel and Conference Center, 7083 153rd St., Apple Valley. Speaker Donna Clark will share a message on “Picking Up the Pieces” through song and spoken word to tell how her life was put back together. Lifeway Christian Book Store staff will share new releases for 2016 Cost is $16. To RSVP, call Jan at 651-434-5795.

Prayer vigil in Apple Valley On June 17, 2015, nine black people were shot dead at a Bible study at Emanuel African Meth-odist Episcopal Church (Mother Emanuel AME) in Charleston, South Carolina. Community of Christ Church, 5990 134th St. Court, Apple Valley, will hold a prayer vigil 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, for the congregation and families of victims.

Community meals at Grace Grace Lutheran Church in Apple Valley will serve free community meals on Mondays, March 7, 14 and 28. Dining hall doors open at 5:30 p.m. and dinner is served from 6-6:30 p.m. These meals are for se-nior citizens, single-parent families, families in transi-tion and all others in the surrounding community seeking a healthy meal in a relaxed atmosphere. Al-though the meals are free, donations are accepted. For more information, call the church at 952-432-7273. Grace Lutheran is located at the intersection of Pennock Avenue and County Road 42.


Madison Holtze, performing during a Rosemount High School marching band contest, was named the Instrumental Music Student of the Year for 2014 at Rosemount High School. (File photo)

Immersed in music for 7Days a weekRosemount graduate returns to town

with a cappella groupby Tad Johnson


Rosemount High School graduate Madison Holtze is coming back to Rosemount with a few of her friends on Saturday night. It’s not a rare visit for Holtze, who didn’t stray too far from home as a sophomore at the Uni-versity of Minnesota, but her crew is a group of ac-complished singers ready to entertain as 7Days A Cappella at 7:30 p.m. at the Rosemount Steeple Center. “I love the people in 7Days,” Holtze said. “It is cool to be a group of people who have a genuine love of singing.” 7Days performs in the same vein as popular a cappella groups such as Tonic Sol Fa and Straight No Chaser, but differ in that it is comprised of both men and women. That allows the group a dynamic range as it covers

such artists as ’80s one-hit wonder A-ha, indie rock band Bastille, Spanish art-ist Nika and pop legend Stevie Wonder. Those familiar with the 2012 and 2015 “Pitch Per-fect” movies will recognize the kinds of arrangements 7Days offers, combin-ing vocal instrumentation such as beat box. Holtze is a vocal per-formance major, who one year after being selected for the group among about 100 who auditioned, is a music coordinator this year charged with making the audition selections. “I had no idea I would be chosen,” she said. “Ab-solutely not did I think I would get it. … I was re-ally hoping I’d make it.” The group, which in-cludes only one other music major like Holtze, practices two times a week for two hours. She said those kinds of diverse musical back-grounds means that Hol-tze is teaching in an atmo-

sphere that is somewhat intense. “If it was any more intense, I don’t think it would be a fun student group,” she said. Though the group has directors, each person contributes to an arrange-ment and brings ideas without having to think about “theory and techni-cality.” She said 7Days serves as a outlet for not having

to be immersed in classical music all the time. Holtze is taking music theory, history and vocal classes. Her goal is to graduate from the four-year pro-gram and pursue an ad-vanced degree that could lead her into conducting, being a college professor or singing in a profession-al opera or musical theater company. “I love it,” she said of

studying classical music. “It’s fascinating just learn-ing about the music his-tory. It is so much fun for me.” Holtze is the daughter of John and Julia Holtze. Her father is a business consultant and plays in the band at Hosanna Lu-theran Church in Lakev-ille, where her mother is a pastor in adult ministries. Her sister, Petra, is a Rose-mount High School junior

who is involved in march-ing band, choir and the-ater. Tickets for Saturday’s show are $10 and can be purchased through the Rosemount Area Arts Council’s website at www.rosemountarts.com. The Steeple Center is located at 14375 S. Robert Trail.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

Education BriefsEastview stars at state One-Act Festival The cast and crew of East-view High School’s one-act play “Doubt: A Parable” earned a starred-performance rat-ing at this year’s state One-Act Play Festival held Feb. 12 at O’Shaughnessy Auditorium in St. Paul. Eagan High School was also among the eight state qualifiers in Class AA, but not among the three to earn a starred rating. Eagan also per-formed “Doubt” by John Pat-rick Shanley. For Eastview, it was the school’s 11th appearance at the state festival and 11th starred rating. Eagan made its record

20th appearance at the state fes-tival and has received 18 starred ratings in previous appearances, the most of any school in the state. The starred rating is the high-est award given to a one-act play and is the equivalent of a state championship. Judges rate the plays according to specific cri-teria, including pace, blocking, costuming and projection of the play’s meaning. Each produc-tion is limited to 10 minutes of stage preparation and 35 min-utes of performance. Eastview’s performance was directed by Scott Durocher and Rob Rachow and student direc-tor Cali Swanson; cast mem-bers included Caleb Rotman, Kacie Riddle, Rachel Williams and Maya Butler; Kaila Hellam

played violin, and crew members were Sarah Amundson, Jill Bak-er, Brian Coan, Corey Christian, Dayton Duffy, Andy Johns, Da-vid Johnson, Claire Jordahl, Sam Lynch, Jasa Mahlen, Cade Schroeder-Phillips, Zahra Sha-ba, Bhoomi Parikh and Whit-ney Weichelt.

Local mock trial teams to compete at state The mock trial teams from Apple Valley and Lakeville North high schools are among the 12 teams to compete at the 2016 state competition in St. Paul on March 3-4. This year’s competition case is based on the 1933 kidnapping

of William Hamm Jr., the presi-dent of Hamm’s Brewery, by gangster and speakeasy opera-tor Jack Peifer. Mock trial is a program of the Minnesota State Bar Asso-ciation. More information is at /www.mnbar.org/public/mock-trial.

Prom dress resale and expo The District 196 AVID pro-gram is holding the 2016 Prom Dress Resale & Expo from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at Apple Valley High School, 14451 Hayes Road. The primary goal is to reduce the cost of prom for students and families by collecting 300 or more dresses to be sold for $10-

$80 at the expo. Those who would like to do-nate a dress (or other formal wear) can drop it off by March 7 at any one of the five district high schools during school hours. All donations are tax deduct-ible. Donors will receive a cou-pon to be used at the event. AVID is a college readiness program aimed at supporting underrepresented students in the “academic middle” in a rig-orous Honors/AP courseload to prepare them for success in col-lege and beyond. Contact Jodi Hanson for more information ([email protected]). For event details, visit www.face-book.com/ promresale2014 or promsale2016. weebly.com.


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Business BuzzWomEn’s Conference The Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce is host-ing its sixth annual WomEn’s Conference on March 10 at Lost Spur Golf and Event Center in Eagan. The conference aims to connect women and enrich their personal and professional lives by providing the tools and resources to fulfill their aspira-tions. Keynote speakers include Gina Soleil, speaking on lead-ership, and Jenni Lillidahl, co-owner of Brave New Workshop, speaking on how to energize our authentic selves. The event features a panel of women who lead in male-dom-inated industries and is moder-ated by Vineeta Sawkar, Star Tribune. Panelists include Jean Kane, CEO of Welsh/Colliers International; Kelly Larson, CFO of Summit Brewing; and Lana Siewert-Olson, president of Ideal Printers. A marketplace of businesses offering their products and ser-vices related to energizing, edu-cating and empowering women will be available throughout the conference to participants. This year’s nonprofit partner is the DCR Charitable Founda-

tion. Funds raised will be used to give four $500 scholarships to deserving female students at-tending high school in the Dako-ta County region. The four stu-dents who will be awarded this year’s scholarships are Emiliana Almanza Lopez, Henry Sibley High School; Noelle Hinrichs, Burnsville High School; Ta-lia Hintermeister, Eagan High School; and Gelila Solomon, Eastview High School. For registration, sponsor-ship or scholarship information, contact the chamber at 651-452-9872 or visit http://www.dcrchamber.com/womens-con-ference.cfm.

Nominations open for small business award Nominations are open for the Champions of Business Awards, a specialized awards program for small businesses in the Twin Cities metro area. Sponsored by Calhoun Com-panies, Thompson Hall and C-Level Magazine, the awards recognize the importance of the nearly 500,000 small businesses in Minnesota. Candidates must be owners, employees or a professional-service provider who work with

independently owned businesses with 500 or fewer employees in the Twin Cities metro. The awards program was launched as part of a local cele-bration of National Small Busi-ness Week to honor the often unacknowledged leaders and contributors who have made a significant impact on their busi-nesses and communities. Nominations are open through March 1, and winners will be announced during Na-tional Small Business Week in May. Nominations are accepted on-line at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bDY71-z1Q2jpql5jTv V R l L L F 1 Fo 4 n y R h 2 D TVQVGGGdY/viewform.

Credit union to open new location Burnsville-based US Federal Credit Union, which rebrands to Firefly Credit Union in March, will open a new branch location in Chanhassen this summer. This will be the first credit union to locate in Chanhassen and is the ninth full-service location for US Federal. The branch will be located at the corner of Highway 5 and Great Plains Boulevard.

Marketing agency expands to Florida Media Relations Inc., a Burnsville-based marketing agency, has opened a location in Fort Myers, Florida. “We are eager to jump in to help local businesses improve their products’ visibility,” said CEO Lonny Kocina, who with wife and COO/CFO Robin Ko-cina founded the agency in 1988.

Girard earns accreditation Derrick Girard, vice presi-dent of Investment Solutions (a division of Roundbank), has been awarded the Accredited In-vestment Fiduciary designation from the Center of Fiduciary Studies. The AIF designation signifies a specialized knowledge of fidu-ciary responsibility and the abil-ity to implement policies and procedures that meet a defined standard of care. The designa-tion is the culmination of a rig-orous training program, which includes a comprehensive exam-ination and agreement to abide by the Code of Ethics and Con-duct Standards. On an ongoing basis, completion of continuing education and adherence to the

Code of Ethics and Conduct Standards are required to main-tain the AIF designation. Girard is also a certified fi-nancial planner. Roundbank is based in Wase-ca and has a location in Farm-ington.

Legislative session kickoff The Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce and St. Paul As-sociation of Realtors will spon-sor a kickoff to the 2016 legisla-tive session 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Attendees will hear from state legislators regarding policy issues and learn their outlook for the 2016 session. Elected officials invited in-clude: Sen. Greg Clausen (con-firmed); Sen. Dan Hall (con-firmed); Sen. Dave Thompson; Rep. Jon Koznick (confirmed); Rep. Roz Peterson (confirmed); Rep. Tara Mack; Rep. Bob Vo-gel (confirmed). Legislative updates begin at 6 p.m. Cost is $5. Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be pro-vided. Registration required. In-formation: Tim Roche at [email protected].

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

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Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, March 1, 7:30-9 a.m., Cham-ber Coffee Connection, Apple Valley City Hall, 7100 147th St. W., Apple Valley. Hosted by Apple Valley Business Watch. Free. Informa-tion: Fabiana at [email protected]. • Wednesday, March 16, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Business After Hours, Think Mutual Bank, 15751 Emperor Ave., Apple Valley. Free. Information: Fabiana at [email protected]. Burnsville Chamber of Commerce events: • Tuesday, March 1, 7:30-9 a.m., Chamber Breakfast: Legislative Session Preview, Best Western Premier Nicollet Inn, 14201 Nicollet Ave. S., Burnsville. Panel with local legisla-tors. Cost: $15 members, $25 nonmembers. Register at www.burnsvillechamber.com. In-formation: [email protected]. • Thursday, March 3, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Business After Hours, JL Beers, 1230 County Road 42, Burnsville. Free to attend. Informa-tion: Tricia Andrews at [email protected]. • Wednesday, March 9, 8-9 a.m., AM Cof-fee Break, Welcyon - Fitness After 50, 14635 County Road 11, Burnsville. Free. Informa-tion: [email protected]. Dakota County Regional Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, March 2, 7:30-9 a.m., Da-kota County State of the County Address, Dakota County Community Development

Agency, 1228 Town Centre Drive, Eagan. Free to attend. Registration required. Information: 651-452-9872. • Thursday, March 3, 4:30-6 p.m., Legisla-tive Reception, Southview Country Club, 239 Mendota Road E., West St. Paul. Area legisla-tors invited to attend. Free to attend. Regis-tration required. Cash bar and complimentary hors d’oeuvres. Information: 651-452-9872. • Friday, March 4, 7:30-9 a.m., Legislative Breakfast, The Commons on Marice, 1380 Marice Drive, Eagan. Cost is $25 members, $30 nonmembers; a series pass is $160. Registration required. Information: 651-452-9872. • Monday, March 7, 12-1:30 p.m., Farm-ington State of the City Address, Ground Round, 20700 Chippendale Ave. W., Farm-ington. Dutch treat. Registration required. Information: Vicki Stute at 651-452-9872 or [email protected]. Lakeville Area Chamber of Commerce events: • Wednesday, March 2, 7:30-8:30 a.m., Morning Brew, Aero Drapery & Blind, 1254 County Road 42 W., Burnsville. • Saturday, March 12, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 2016 Landscape & Home/Consumer Show-case Expo, Lakeville North High School, 19600 Ipava Ave. Information: 952-469-2020. Small Business Advisory Board event: • Wednesday, March 9, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Marketing Your Business Effectively, Lost Spur Golf and Event Center, 2750 Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan. Speakers: Ryan Berkness, founder and CEO of PR Caffeine: Home of EspreSEO; Todd Churchill, owner and founder of CFO Insights LLC. Free, but RSVP required at www.smallbizab.com/rsvp.

Business CalendarEmployers of Excellence awards program The Dakota-Scott Workforce Development Board is recruiting em-ployers to participate in the “Employers of Excel-lence” awards program. The program recognizes the best employers in the two-county area and pro-vides an overview of em-ployment data, and trends and practices on what em-ployers are doing to main-tain an engaged workforce. The program collects data from area employers and produces a 20-page report on employment trends and practices in Da-kota and Scott counties. From the data received the WDB will recognize the businesses that are ex-periencing the best results in employee retention ef-forts and providing the best work environments in the area. Participating em-ployers will receive a con-fidential report including their individual metrics.

“Employers throughout our business community are looking for the best ways to retain and attract talent. We want to know who is doing a great job and what are they doing to keep their workforce engaged,” said Mark Lof-thus, chairperson of the WDB’s Business Services committee. The Dakota-Scott WDB is working with Per-sonnel Dynamics Consult-ing in Florida to collect the data from area businesses. Personnel Dynamics will analyze the data and cal-culate the turnover rates, growth percentages, pro-motion percentages, and benefit packages for each company. A total of 37 dif-ferent measurements are analyzed. Every participat-ing company will receive a personalized report detail-ing how they compared with other companies in the area and suggestions

for improving the work en-vironment. All costs are being cov-ered by the WDB and area sponsors including Dakota County Technical College, Inver Hills Community College, Dakota County Community Development Agency and Scott County Housing and Redevelop-ment Authority. Winners will be an-nounced May 25 at the Employers of Excellence Awards Banquet to be held at the Eagan Community Center. Contact WDB Director Mark Jacobs at 651 554-5622 for more information or go to http://mn.gov/deed/excellence to find a link to the survey under the “Employers of Excel-lence” tab. Deadline for consideration for this pro-gram — available this year at no cost to employers — is April 1.


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Better Business Bureau: Suspect firms promise student loan relief According to the Wall Street Journal, the class of 2015, on average, graduated from col-lege owing slightly more than $35,000 in student loans. But they’re not alone. Student loan debt is weighing many people down and scammers are prom-ising quick and easy relief. Un-fortunately, these promises are hollow, and too many hopeful borrowers don’t discover that until after they’ve paid still more money out of pocket. Bet-ter Business Bureau of Minne-sota and North Dakota (BBB) reminds people it’s easy to make grand claims – but tough to de-

liver. “Scammers often prey on those that are desperate, and they know there are many peo-ple out there who are dealing with a lot of student loan debt,” said Dana Badgerow, president and CEO of BBB of Minnesota and North Dakota. “Unfortunately, these so-called offers of assistance leave people in even worse shape fi-nancially.” BBB of Minnesota and North Dakota has received two reports recently through BBB Scam Tracker wherein Minne-sota residents with student loan

debt signed up with a Califor-nia firm that promised to help them qualify for a student loan forgiveness program. Both indi-viduals paid the company nearly $600 upfront for the service and then the company failed to de-liver. BBB advises people to watch out for scams and suspect offers that entice student loan holders by promising to wipe out their debt. How these ‘offers’ work: You get a phone call, email or spot a post on social media that claims a company can erase your stu-dent loan debt. Many claim that

their service is made possible by a new government program or policy. The company then asks for an upfront fee to suppos-edly negotiate with your lender or student loan servicing com-pany on your behalf. They will claim they’ve helped numerous other clients, but don’t believe them! Student loans can only be forgiven under specific circum-stances, which are not fast or easy. Once the money has been paid, the scammers take your fee and disappear. In another version of the stu-dent loan scam, con artists claim that they can save you money by

consolidating your loans. Some charge a fee for using a free gov-ernment service. Others may ac-tually move your loans to a pri-vate lender with a higher interest rate. The best way to avoid stu-dent loan relief scams? Be on guard, know your options and stay in contact with your lend-er or loan servicing company. Contact BBB or your school’s financial aid office if you receive questionable offers. You can also research loan forgiveness programs offered by the federal government by visiting studen-taid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans.


Area Briefs

Minnesota Zoo naturalist Amanda Drews introduces children to Tupi the tamandua — a member of the anteater family — during the Minnesota Zoomobile’s visit to the West 7th Community Center in St. Paul last week. The zoo teamed up with Adventure Advertising to provide complimentary Zoomobile visits to children’s hospital patients and senior citizens in assisted living, in addition to the Community Kids after-school program at the West 7th Community Center, on Feb. 17 as part of Random Acts of Kindness Day. (Photo submitted)

Zoomobile on the move

Stream restoration project seeks volunteers The Twin Cities chapter of Trout Unlimited is seek-ing community volunteers for its first stream resto-ration work day, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 5, at the Department of Natural Resources South Branch of the Vermillion Aquatic Management Area, east of Farmington, next to 4758 200th St. E. A free lunch will follow. Under the supervision of the DNR, volunteers

will clear non-native buck-thorn, honeysuckle and other invasive brush that chokes the banks of this trout stream. Brush will be dragged into big piles for burning next year. Volunteers should dress to get muddy and bring hiking or knee boots, work gloves, tree loppers or hand saws (if available). Also needed are expert chainsaw operators with proper training and pro-tective gear. RSVP to dan@twincitiestu. org for food planning purposes. A do-nation jar will be available at the event.

A few more people are needed to help feed the crew. If interested, contact Tony Nelson at [email protected] or call 952-486-2282. For information about volunteer day, visit www.twincitiestu.org.

DFL Senior Caucus Ken Pentel, director of The Ecology Democ-racy Network, is the guest speaker at the DFL Se-nior Caucus, South Metro Chapter’s next meeting at noon Wednesday, March 9, at the Apple Valley Pizza Ranch, 15662 Pilot Knob, Apple Valley, 952-431-3333. Buffet lunch is available for purchase. The chapter meets the sec-ond Wednesday of every month. All are welcome.

Energy training for teachers offered through Dakota Electric Dakota Electric Associ-ation is seeking educators who desire to learn about the energy industry to at-tend a June 13-16 seminar. The Lignite Council is offering the seminar again in 2016 due to overwhelm-ing positive feedback it has received from past participants. Teachers of all grade levels are ac-cepted, and Great River Energy, Dakota Electric’s power supplier, will cover the expenses related to the training. The seminar includes discussions on lignite coal mining and its conversion into energy, including the economic impact of the industry on the region. This training also includes a tour of a lignite mine, a lignite-fired power plant, the Great Plains Synfuels Plant (which converts coal into synthetic natural gas), and the Headwaters’ Visi-tor’s Center at Fort Man-dan, which was construct-ed with the use of coal combustion byproducts. The seminar is being held in cooperation with Bismarck State College, the Center for Economic Education at the Univer-sity of North Dakota, North Dakota State Uni-versity and Minot State University. Application deadline is April 15. For more information, contact Kay LaCoe at 800-932-7117 or visit lignite.com/teachers.

Job Transitions Group to meet Catherine Byers Breet will present “Breaking Through the Job Hunt Jungle (aka How to Break Through the 10 Worst Employer Offenses)” at the March 1 meeting of the Easter Job Transitions Group. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. at Easter Lu-theran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Small group sessions are offered following the meeting at 9:30 a.m. each week on many different topics. Call 651-452-3680 for information.

Early episode psychosis class in Burnsville The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Minnesota will offer a free class to help young people who have experi-enced psychosis and/or

their family members and loved ones understand symptoms, causes and treatments of psychosis. Participants who have ex-perienced psychosis will learn how to self-advocate and get back to work or school and achieve recov-ery. Loved ones and fam-ily members will learn how to help and support a young person through recovery. The class will be held 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thurs-day, March 10, at Fairview Ridges Hospital, 201 E. Nicollet Blvd., Burnsville. For more information or to register (required), call 651-645-2948 or go to namihelps.org.

New Sociables to meet New Sociables Women’s Organization will meet 9:15 a.m. Monday, March 7, at Spirit of Life Presby-terian Church, 14401 Pilot Knob Road, Apple Valley. The church is located a half mile north of County Road 42.

Guest speakers will be Erin Hart and Paddy O’Brien. This husband and wife team will give a multimedia presentation on their books, with mu-sic. Hart will talk about her latest book, “The Book of Killowen,” which is about an ancient manuscript found in an Irish bog. Her books are archaeologi-cal crime novels set in the mysterious bogs of Ire-land. O’Brien will chat about his memoir, “The Road from Castlebarnagh,” about growing up in Ire-land in the 1950s and 1960s in a thatched house with no running water and no electricity. New Sociables is a so-cial and service organiza-tion for all women in the south suburbs. Activities include 500 card club, book group, bridge, mah-jong, crafts and more. For more information, call Ruth Block at 952-432-2964 or Jean Benda at 952-423-7102.

Donate baby carriers, clothing for refugees Twin Cities residents can now donate baby car-riers and winter clothing for refugees in Greece through Carry The Fu-ture. California-based Carry The Future collects donat-ed soft-structured carriers like Baby Bjorn, Snugli, Infantino, Ergo, and Tula and personally distributes them to refugees arriving in Greece from war-torn countries like Syria and Iraq. More than a million refugees from these areas have entered Europe, of-ten making much of their journey on foot. The group also wel-comes donations that can fit inside the pockets of baby carriers: toddler- and baby-sized winter hats, mittens, and socks; small plush toys and protein bars. Donations in the Twin Cities are packaged by volunteers, then routed through Madison, Wis-consin, and Chicago be-fore more volunteers take them abroad. To donate a carrier or other item, contact a vol-unteer at [email protected] to ar-range drop-off or pick-up. Carry The Future can-not accept wrap-style, sling or ring carriers, or hard-structured backpack carriers. Find more infor-mation at carrythefuture.org.


Focus on wellness at The Body Project

Since opening in 2008, The Body Project in Eagan has seen revenues steadily rise every year, allowing the busi-ness to expand its programming and facility. (Photo by Jessica Harper)



By age 54, Mary Bro-back had tried for years through exercise and chi-ropractic care to alleviate her chronic back pain but nothing worked. Then in 2013 a friend recommend-ed a holistic rehabilitation program offered at The Body Project in Eagan. Eager to try something dif-ferent, Broback decided to give it a try. “I knew right away it was different from any-thing else I tried,” Broback said. Thanks to satisfied cli-ents like Broback, The Body Project has grown and expanded exponen-tially in recent years. In 2014 the center ex-panded its facility to in-clude meditation, stress management and sleep management programs. As part of its stress manage-ment program, The Body Project began offering light therapy. It also recently be-gan offering micro current systems to identify un-healthy muscle tissues. When owners Rob and Paula Smith opened the fitness and wellness center in 2008, it focused primar-ily on exercise and nutri-tion programs. From the beginning, the center took a holistic approach to ad-dressing health and fitness by examining other factors such as food allergies, diet, stress and environment in addition to exercise and nutrition goals. Broback said she began to notice improvements af-ter the first few treatments. Three years later Broback said she is not only pain-free but has also lost 30 pounds. “I’m in excellent health today. Probably the best health I’ve ever been,” Bro-back, 57, said. Broback quickly be-came passionate about The Body Project and the work it does, so much so that she left her corporate adminis-trative job last year to work

as an administrator at The Body Project. Broback is one of nine employees at center. It’s success stories like Broback’s that owner Rob Smith said he finds most rewarding about operating The Body Project. The Body Project of-fers personal training and group fitness classes that are tailored to customers’ individual needs. “We don’t have a cookie cutter commodity,” Smith said. “Anyone can make you hot and tired but we try to make you better.” Due to The Body Proj-ect’s customized approach, a higher than average rate of members (98 percent) regularly use its fitness center, Smith said. On av-erage, approximately 44 percent of members regu-larly use their health club, according to a recent re-port by the International Health, Racquet & Sports-club Association, a trade group that serves the glob-al health club and fitness industry. Unlike most health

clubs, the fitness room is void of treadmills, exercise bikes, and other machines. “We focus on natural movement and exercise. Our bodies weren’t made to be on machines,” Smith said. It’s target audience is between the ages of 40 and 60 but The Body Project also provides stress and physical rehab programs for teens. Prior to founding The Body Project, Rob worked for years as a personal trainer and manager at area health clubs while Paula worked as a kinesi-ologist. The Body Project – lo-cated at 525 Diffley Road, Suite 2060 – offers weekly and monthly memberships as well as a per-service fee option. Group train-ing starts at about $150. Prices vary on personal training and wellness pro-grams based on individu-als needs.



by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


It’s that time of year again – time for the wres-tling community to specu-late about whether Apple Valley can be beaten at the state tournament. The Eagles, particularly their veteran wrestlers, have heard fans cheer loudly for Apple Valley’s opponents at venues such as Xcel Energy Center. They’ve read unflattering things written about them online. As the Eagles seek an 11th consecutive state Class 3A championship this week, they seem to re-spond to the chatter from what coach Dalen Was-mund calls “the naysay-ers” with more amusement than anger. “I don’t know if (my teammates) read it or any-thing, but I know my dad does, and he’ll tell me stuff people have said (online),” said senior Mark Hall, who will go for an unprec-edented sixth state indi-vidual championship this weekend. “For me, it’s all motivation, and I can only assume for these guys it is, too. We have too much history, too much we’ve worked through already. There’s nothing some-body can say to us that we haven’t heard before.” “It never affects me in a negative way,” said senior Brock Morgan. “It kind of makes me feel like a lot of people want us to lose, so it fires me up and makes me want to prove that no, we’re not going to lose.” Some years in the re-cent past it wasn’t so much a question of whether Ap-ple Valley would win the state championship, but by how many points. That wasn’t the case last year – the Eagles were tied with St. Michael-Albertville with one weight remaining in the Class 3A champion-ship match before winning 36-30 – and it might not be the case this year. No. 1-ranked Apple Valley (18-1) will face Hastings in the first round of the Class 3A team tour-nament at 9 a.m. Thurs-day at Xcel Energy Cen-ter and might have to go through Farmington and St. Michael-Albertville as well if it is to win another championship. The Ea-gles defeated STMA and Farmington in the regular season, but both matches were close.

“There are a bunch of teams out there that have been battling, and it’ll go on all weekend,” Was-mund said. “We graduated four state place-winners from last year and don’t have a lot of seniors. Peo-ple thought we don’t have a chance against St. Mi-chael, which has a lot of seniors. I think our kids would tell you they’ve got a chance.” Morgan, one of only three seniors in the varsity lineup, said his younger teammates have matured and learned rapidly. “We had some younger guys, and some guys who didn’t know what to expect or wondered whether they belonged,” he said. “We’ve been in some tough tour-naments, and those guys realized how tough they were and what they’re ca-pable of. Now I think we’re

a more confident team.” “We’re growing con-stantly,” Hall said before an Eagles practice Tuesday afternoon. “We’re one day before we go (to the tour-nament), and guys still know there’s something they can work on. There’s still room to get better.” Nobody has more state tournament experience than Apple Valley, and Morgan said it’s an advan-tage. “From all the times we’ve been to state, I never thought we got too crazy,” said Morgan, who will wrestle at Columbia Uni-versity next year. “There’s this sense of calmness in all of us. We trained the whole year as hard as we could, we have confidence in ourselves, confidence in the coaches and the work-outs they put us through. We feel like we’re ready.”

Nine Apple Valley wrestlers will be in the state individual tourna-ment Friday and Satur-day at Xcel Energy Cen-ter. Hall, the defending Class 3A champion at 170 pounds, will try to become the first Minnesota high school wrestler to win six individual state champion-ships. Sophomore Gable Steveson is going for a sec-ond consecutive state title at 220. Five of the Eagles’ nine individual qualifiers have been to state before. That includes Morgan, who will make his fifth ap-pearance in the individual tourney. “I want to wrestle the way I know I can and show everyone how good I actually am, since the last few years I haven’t really been able to prove that. I want to prove it this year,” said Morgan, whose best state finish was third in 2014. Hall, who is headed to Penn State, understands his high school career is about to end, but “there’s a lot to look forward to this week. There’s a lot I could easily be sad about. Keeping a positive attitude will be good for me this week, and acting like it’s another week. “My coach calls it tun-nel vision. Not looking ahead, and not looking back at my past accom-plishments.” There will be plenty of time for that after Sat-urday. For now, the Xcel beckons again.

Email Mike Shaughnessy at [email protected].

SportsEagles know they won’t have easy time at state

Apple Valley seeks 11th consecutive wrestling championship

Lightning wins Class AA consolation titleComeback victory over Lakeville South closes girls hockey season



Although Eastview didn’t achieve what it wanted at last week’s state girls hockey tournament, it moved up one rung on the ladder. The Lightning (20-7-4) set a goal of playing three games at Xcel Energy Center. Eastview played three games in the tourna-ment but the last two were at Ridder Arena follow-ing a 1-0 loss to Edina in the Class AA quarterfinal round. Victories over For-est Lake and Lakeville South gave the Lightning fifth place and the conso-lation trophy. Eastview, making its second appear-ance at the state tourna-ment, placed sixth last year. Natalie Snodgrass and Mary Keating scored goals 30 seconds apart early in the third period as the Lightning defeated Lakeville South 2-1 in the Class AA consola-tion final Saturday. It was Lakeville South’s first loss all season to a South Sub-urban Conference team; the SSC champion Cou-gars went 16-0-2 in league play during the regular

season, including a victory and tie against Eastview. Senior goalie Emma Tschida made 25 saves for the Lightning. In the Class AA quar-terfinals Feb. 18, Edina’s Emily Oden scored the game’s only goal at 7:44 of

the third period as the No. 2-seeded Hornets edged Eastview. Snodgrass had a dif-ficult time finding lanes to shoot, even though she did have seven of the Lightning’s 17 shots on goal. In the final seconds

the Lightning got a draw to Snodgrass, who took a wrist shot only to have it swallowed up by the Edina defense before it got to goalie Anna Goldstein. “They did a good job of clogging the middle and I couldn’t get a shot to the

net,” Snodgrass said. Eastview coach Herb Harvey said the Lightning played a strong game, es-pecially on defense. “Edina’s a fast team, all three lines,” he said. “We knew they were looking to move the puck cross-ice a lot. I really thought we were prepared for that with our defense.” The Hornets’ Oden broke through that de-fense one time, and it was enough to send Edina to the semifinals. “My defense did such a good job of clearing the puck and clearing the slot,” Tschida said. “I thought they did a really good job of shutting them down.” “So did you,” Snod-grass added. Eastview remained in the tournament with a 5-3 victory over Forest Lake on Friday in the consola-tion semifinals at Ridder Arena. Snodgrass had two goals and one assist as Eastview held off the Rangers (18-9-3). Snodgrass, who had 37 goals this season, scored on the power play late in the second period and added an even-strength goal early in the third as

Eastview took a 4-2 lead. Tschida made 37 saves. Mary Keating and Hal-ey Ford scored first-period goals for the Lightning. Molly Beckman scored an empty-netter with 10 sec-onds remaining.

Notes • Snodgrass, who also scored the tournament-winning goal for the U.S. team at the Under-18 world championships last month, made the in-troductory “Let’s Play Hockey” call at Tuesday’s Minnesota Wild game. She was the lone Eastview player named to the Class AA all-tournament team. • Eden Prairie won its third state championship and first since 2008 with a 3-2 overtime victory over Maple Grove in the Class AA title game Saturday night. Maple Grove de-feated Hill-Murray 1-0 in the semifinals last Friday, giving the Pioneers their first loss of the season and ending their two-year reign as state champions.


State individual wrestling tourney starts FridayHall, Hedin, Steveson are defending

Class 3A champions by Mike Shaughnessy


Almost three dozen wrestlers from the Sun Thisweek and Dakota County Tribune coverage area – including five who have won state champion-ships – will compete in the state individual tourna-ment Friday and Saturday at Xcel Energy Center. Among the former champions is Apple Val-ley senior Mark Hall, who is seeking to become the only high school wrestler in state history to win six individual titles. He is one of six who have won five individual championships; that group includes former Apple Valley wrestler Des-tin McCauley. Hall is heavily favored to successfully defend his Class 3A, 170-pound title this weekend, and with good reason: He has a career record of 271-4 and has won his last 164 matches. Hall, a Penn State recruit, has not lost a high school match since his freshman year. On Tuesday, Hall said he’s content to let his op-ponents take the risks. “I’m wrestling a lot safer now,” he said. “In seventh grade, maybe I would do something where I would hit a roll-under or some other move that could put me in dan-ger, but those are things now I completely rule out. I have enough body control where I don’t have to try out those things. I just have to wrestle basic, wrestle smart.” Rosemount senior Adam Hedin (132) and Apple Valley sophomore Gable Steveson (220) also are defending state cham-pions in Class 3A. Also re-turning to the Xcel Energy Center are Farmington senior Taylor Venz, who won a state title in 2013, and Lakeville North ju-nior Wade Sullivan, a state champion in 2014. After the state team championships are de-cided Thursday (Apple Valley is seeking an 11th consecutive state title, and Farmington is among the final eight teams), the in-dividual tournament takes over Friday and Saturday.

First-round matches in Class 3A begin at 11 a.m. Friday. Championship matches in all three classes start at 7 p.m. Saturday. Here are the local qual-ifiers for the state tourna-ment (wrestlers will com-pete in Class 3A unless noted):

Apple Valley Nate Larson, sopho-more, 35-5. Section 2 runner-up at 113 pounds. Two-time state qualifier; third at 106 last year. Sebas Swiggum, fresh-man, 27-9. Section 2 run-ner-up at 120. Kyle Rathman, junior, 35-6. Section 2 runner-up at 126. Three-time state qualifier; placed third the last two years. Jalen Thul, junior, 30-11. Section 2 champion at 132. Brock Morgan, senior, 31-2, Section 2 champion at 152. Five-time state qualifier; third at 145 in 2014. Mark Hall, senior, 41-0. Section 2 champion at 170. Six-time state quali-fier; five-time state cham-pion; defending champion at 170. Prince Hyeamang, senior, 18-16. Section 2 champion at 182. Gable Steveson, soph-omore, 39-0. Section 2 champion at 220. Three-time state qualifier; de-fending state champion; placed second in 2014. Tanyi Besong, junior, 31-10. Section 2 runner-up at 285.

Eastview Alex Lindstrom, junior, 31-10. Section 2 runner-up at 160. Two-time state qualifier. Collin Dolejs, senior, 35-7. Section 2 runner-up at 170. Mike Delich, junior, 30-6. Section 2 champion at 195. Two-time state quali-fier. Dane McDevitt, junior, 29-11. Section 2 runner-up at 220. Tim Duffy, senior, 30-6. Section 2 champion at 285. Two-time state quali-fier; placed fifth last year.


Eastview’s Sally Nelson (18) and goalie Emma Tschida break up an Edina scoring chance in the state Class AA girls hockey quarterfinals. (Photo by John Bloom/Guy Warren Photography)

Prince Hyeamang of Apple Valley tries to pull Dan-iel Arehart of Eastview back to the mat during the 182-pound championship match at the Class 3A, Section 3 individual tournament. Hyeamang won 8-2 to qualify for the state tourney. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Eastview’s five state qualifiers pose with their brackets from the Class 3A, Section 2 individual wrestling tournament at Eastview High School. (Submitted photo)


Pedestrian killed in Burnsville A Richfield man died after being struck by a vehicle on Highway 13 in Burnsville on Mon-day night. At 11:48 p.m., a 1998 Toyota Camry traveling southbound on High-way 13 struck a pedes-trian, 50-year-old Paul Dmitruk, in the left lane at the intersection of Washburn Avenue, ac-cording to the Minne-sota State Patrol. The driver of the Camry, 46-year-old Todd Poeuk of Savage, had no apparent inju-ries. According to the State Patrol, the road conditions were dry.

Culver’s in Eagan closes temporarily Culver’s in Eagan will soon undergo an exten-sive remodel in an effort by its new owners to give the restaurant an updat-ed, warmer look. The restaurant will close temporarily at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27. Drive-thru service will be available beginning Monday, Feb. 29 at 10 a.m. The entire restau-rant will reopen at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 3. The remodel will in-clude new floor tiles, booths, lighting and wallpaper as well as the installation of a tiered ceiling. “We want to give the restaurant more dimen-sion and a warmer, more inviting, more modern look,” said co-owner Amanda Braml.

— Jessica Harper

Gymnastics coach’s loyalties pulled in several different directions

His daughter takes 3rd on

floor at state; his team takes 8th



Fans paying close at-tention at Saturday night’s state Class AA finals might have wondered why a Lakeville North assistant coach would be spotting for an Apple Val-ley gymnast. Or why that same coach would watch intently while an Eagan gymnast competed on floor exercise. It was all in a night’s work for Mick Ramboldt, whose influence is felt across several South Sub-urban Conference pro-grams. For the last several years he has run Lake-ville North’s gymnas-tics off-season program, which isn’t restricted to just North gymnasts. Apple Valley senior Sid-ney Bethke trained in that program the last six years with Ramboldt, and when Bethke qualified for the state meet in the all-around, it stood to reason that Ramboldt would be there to lend support – and spotting. That Eagan gymnast he was watching? It’s Ram-boldt’s daughter Teagan, an eighth-grader who fin-ished third on floor exer-cise in her first state meet. Until a few years ago Ramboldt was an assis-tant coach for his wife Jodi on the Eastview High School team. This season they coached for opposing teams because Jodi Ram-boldt is an assistant at Ea-gan. “When we left East-view, Jodi actually re-tired (from coaching) and I started coaching at Lakeville North,” Mick

Ramboldt said. “That was when Milan (Mad-er, Lakeville’s legendary gymnastics and volleyball coach) was still there. I coached there two years, then got a teaching job in Chaska and coached three years at Chaska/Chanhas-sen.” He left teaching but continued to run the North off-season program. This season, current Panthers head coach Teri Homan asked Ramboldt to be an in-season assistant coach for the Panthers. “I didn’t want to coach because then I would miss some of Teagan’s meets,” he said. “So we made a deal that (on meet nights) I would coach vault, and if Teagan had a meet the same night I would leave

when vault was done and drive to her meet. I’d miss her vault but watch her last three events.” Floor exercise was Tea-gan Ramboldt’s only event at the state meet, and she had to wait until the sev-enth of eight rotations to compete. She scored 9.65 to place third behind two seniors from East Ridge. “Teagan normally does all-around, but floor is her favorite event and it’s kind of easy for her, so she wasn’t worried at all,” her father said. “Some-times it’s nicer to go at the end of the meet, when the judges have seen everyone else.” Bethke, Apple Valley’s lone state meet qualifier, finished 23rd in the all-around with 36.275 and

19th on balance beam with 8.875. It likely was Bethke’s last gymnastics meet as she will play soc-cer at Bemidji State Uni-versity. “I told her, go out, have fun, it’s your last meet,” Mick Ramboldt said. “She wasn’t really expecting to place or anything, but she wanted to have fun and that’s what she did.” Lakeville North eighth-grader Ashley Goodlund earned a medal in the all-around, placing fifth with 37.525. After helping gymnasts

from several teams on the floor Saturday at the University of Minnesota Sports Pavilion, Ramboldt said he might watch next year’s state meet from a different vantage point – in the stands. He said he’s leaning against coaching next winter. “I just did this for one year to help Teri,” he said. “I like being a parent for Teagan. It’s kind of fun.” Eastview sophomore Bailey Davidson scored 9.15 and finished 13th on balance beam, her only event of the state meet.

Apple Valley’s Sidney Bethke finished 23rd in the Class AA all-around in what likely is her final gymnastics meet. She has a scholarship to play soccer at Bemidji State University. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Eastview sophomore Bailey Davidson competes on balance beam at the state Class AA gymnastics meet Saturday. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)


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INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 917

SPECIAL MEETING MINUTESFEBRUARY 17, 2016

This is a summary of the Inter-mediate School District 917 Special School Board Meeting on Wednes-day, February 17, 2016, with full text available for public inspection on the district website at www.isd917.k12.mn.us or the District Office at 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount, MN 55068.

The meeting was called to order at 4:30 PM. Board members pres-ent: Bob Erickson, Ron Hill, Dan Cater, Deb Clark, Dick Bergstrom, Vanda Pressnall, Melissa Sauser, and administrators were present. Board members absent: Joanne Mansur (was not physically pres-ent but on conference call) and Jill Lewis. Recommended actions approved: January 5 and January 19, 2016, minutes, personnel items, bills, wire transfers, investment reports, and donations. Valerie Dosland of Ewald Consulting re-ported on the upcoming legislative session. Approved maintenance payments to member districts; resolution directing administration to make recommendations for re-ductions in programs and positions and reasons therefore; changed March meeting to Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 4:15 PM, and added a finance board work session on Tuesday, March 15, at 2:00 PM. Board went into closed session at 6:10 PM to discuss negotiations and resumed at 6:55 PM. Adjourn-ment at 6:56 PM.

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lief, teens need more sleep than younger children. It is teen biology that makes it difficult for them to fall asleep before 11 p.m. In our district, most teens get up around 5:30 a.m. to get to school, which leaves them in a constant state of sleep deprivation. One study of Twin Cities metro schools showed that starting school just half an hour later reduced student car crashes by 65 percent. Teachers report-edly enjoy having students who are alert and ready for learning, and in Edina, when parents were surveyed one year after the switch 92 percent of them pre-ferred the later time. Depending on implementation, the change can result in earlier times for elementary students, and there may be initial additional transportation costs. However, the district’s own analysis shows they could move start times by half an hour with no added cost. Unlike many educational policy deci-sions, this one has long term effects on the safety and well-being of our chil-dren. Yet the board and administration have not led or educated on the matter. However, in January the administra-tion sent some information to princi-pals and asked for limited input from site councils. Neither the information nor the process was shared with parents. The superintendent will now write an

executive summary for the board, who will decide whether to further explore it. There is a lot of information avail-able online, and it is worth looking at closely. And now is the time write or call your board, superintendent, principal and site council. LISA MORLEYRosemount

Election will be interesting To the editor: The political letters regarding 2nd District candidates Angie Craig have been most interesting in their content. One day, in early January, upon an-swering the phone, I heard a gentleman ask me if I knew who Ms. Craig was. At that time, I had no clue. He informed me who she was. I have since read the pa-pers a bit more closely. One is never too old to learn. The po-litical process is indeed going to be very interesting this year. They already have a good start. With the slate of possible presidential contenders coupled with the death of Supreme Court Justice An-tonin Scalia, the process is going to be wide open.

PHYLLIS A. PETERApple Valley

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lican legislators also at-tended. Reform proposals have emerged from the Republican-controlled House as well as the DFL-controlled Senate, said Rep. Tony Albright, R-Prior Lake. The Met Council’s long-term planning blue-print, Thrive MSP 2040, is stoking much of the animosity toward the 16-member council and its professional staff, which have an annual budget of nearly $1 billion. The council’s “assault on local control” has reached a “watershed” with the 30-year docu-ment, said prominent Met Council critic Katherine Kersten, senior fellow at Center of the American Experiment, a conserva-tive think tank. The council uses its dual role as “planning czar” and “funding gatekeeper” to pick winners and losers among the seven-county region’s 186 municipali-ties, Kersten said. “Local officials must acquiesce and fall into line because in too many cases they’re unable to object on behalf of their constitu-ents for fear of retalia-tion,” Kersten said. Along with Thrive MSP 2040 the council has issued “system statements” that cities must use in writing their comprehensive-plan updates due in 2018, Ker-sten said. The Met Coun-cil is charged with signing off on cities’ plans. The council wants to impose principles that ex-ceed its lawful authority, particularly in housing, said Kersten and Kim Crockett, vice president and senior policy fellow at the Center of the Ameri-can Experiment. Thrive MSP 2040’s 140-page housing plan is full of “top-down controls,” Kersten said. Burnsville, for exam-ple, already has plenty of affordable housing —

“something like 79 percent affordable to people who are at or below 80 per-cent of adjusted median income,” she said. “Nev-ertheless, the Met Council has assigned an afford-able housing need of 266 (more) units to Burnsville, and about half of those must be affordable to very low-income families, about $25,000 income for a family of four.” Burnsville City Council Member Mary Sherry said her nearly fully built city can’t accommodate that volume of housing in the Minnesota River Quad-rant, where most future development is expected to occur. “If we are expected to put more dense hous-ing in, that is going to make it, sorry to say, even more affordable,” Sherry said. “This is affecting our schools. It’s a vicious circle. It’s not under our control. We want back our control.” Kersten said Thrive MSP 2040 pursues a ru-inous agenda to “densify our region and impose transit-oriented develop-ment;” deplete road fund-ing in favor of transit and increase traffic congestion; “push us out of our cars;” remake cities and neigh-borhoods with a “govern-ment-approved mix” of race, ethnicity and income; distort market forces and sap development outside the core cities of Minne-apolis and St. Paul; and make it harder for people to travel to their jobs. “The objective is to re-distribute wealth from the suburbs to the urban core in order to pay for all of this,” Kersten said. “Un-der the new plan, subur-ban residents will likely pay more in taxes but get less in infrastructure and in services.” The Met Council’s am-bitions don’t end there, Kersten said. It says its mission extends to solving complex social problems like income inequality, the

educational achievement gap and climate change, she said. Thrive MSP 2040 is “an advanced symptom of the governance problem that we need to solve,” Crock-ett said. “The good news here is the Legislature can fix this, and the bad news is only the Legislature can fix this,” she said. The Met Council should be “unwound in an orderly fashion, much like AT & T was broken into Baby Bells.” The four-county Twin Cities’ Local Government Coalition has sent model resolutions to 186 cities, hoping for passage to fuel its efforts at the Capitol. In addition to seeking locally appointed council mem-bers, the group wants to stagger terms of members appointed by the governor so a new governor can’t immediately replace the chair and all 16 members. “What we saw as the key problem was the cen-tralized control of the Met Council, that the governor holds all the cards,” Ger-lach said. It’s not merely a parti-san issue — even former Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed a mea-sure to adopt staggered terms, Gerlach said. The four counties are Dakota, Anoka, Carver and Scott. Other elected officials at the meeting included Dakota County commis-sioners Mary Liz Hol-berg, of Lakeville, and Liz Workman, of Burnsville; Rep. Drew Christensen, R-Burnsville; Sen. Dan Hall, R-Burnsville; Rep. Linda Runbeck, R-Circle Pines, chair of the House Subcommittee on Metro-politan Council Account-ability and Transparency; and Savage Mayor Janet Williams.

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

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a financially sustainable pro-gram in our current facility,” Bradley wrote in an email to the newspaper. “We explored all the potential opportuni-ties, but given the time frame, we did not have any financially feasible options.” Paideia officials said the staff and board are committed to ensuring that each student continues to receive a high-quality education through the end of the school year, and staff will be coordinating with families and their new schools of choice to support students’ transitions. School Director Marci Levy-Maguire wrote in Paide-ia’s newsletter that the school is working on communications, planning events and gathering information to help ease the students’ transition. She wrote that last Thurs-day the school’s advisers met with students to discuss the closing. Levy-Maguire said she could not have been more proud of the students on the day they were informed the Apple Valley school would close. “For many of them, their biggest concern was about the staff and where we would be working next year,” she wrote in a message to parents. “A number of them asked if we could join them at their new schools.” Paideia currently has a staff of 47 people, according to its website. Levy-Maguire described the week when the announcement was made as a hard one. “During the past few days, we have all experienced a wide variety of emotions even as we have continued to support your children to share and un-derstand their own feelings,” Levy-Maguire wrote. “I know that there is a strong sense of sadness around our school closing, and I hope that we can continue to work togeth-er to support all of our staff, students, and families through this transition.” In making the announce-ment, school officials said an-other impact that led to the decision was the recent ap-

proval of additional bond and operating levy funds for area school districts to help bolster their programs in similar areas in which Paideia strove to be unique in – arts and music pro-grams, language offerings and gifted education programs. “Paideia’s successes have certainly impacted the aca-demic programming of local districts, which expanded their arts and music programs, lan-guage offerings and gifted edu-cation programs,” the release said. Since 2005, Paideia has of-fered a modified year-round calendar, K-8 Spanish pro-gram, Latin instruction in fifth through eighth grades, a classical studies program, and strong music and art programs in addition to a school uniform policy. The ways in which Paideia strove to be different have be-come “the new standard” for area districts, the release said. The school receives less state funding per pupil than surrounding districts, the press release said. Charter schools do not have the ability to seek voter ap-proval for a school-proposed operating levy or bond. Nearly all of the state’s public school districts receive voter-approved funds to supplement the state’s per-pupil funding allotment, which is $5,982 for 2016. Paideia officials said they were proud to have graduated seven classes of eighth-graders during the past decade, and will be celebrating their eighth and final graduating class with a ceremony on June 9. They said they were thank-ful for the support the school has received from local elected officials, community members, and business owners through-out the school’s years of exis-tence. “The decision to close was extremely difficult,” Bradley said. “Many people in our community were diligently working to try and make the necessary changes needed to make Paideia strong again. I was very disappointed to see this great school close.”

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to more than one candidate and not simply favor the candi-date with the most money and highest name identification,” Downey said. On the Democratic Party side, most delegates will also be assigned according to the proportion of votes their can-didates receive. However, su-perdelegates will be free to vote for whomever they like at the party’s national convention. In Minnesota, the superdelegates include Gov. Mark Dayton, DFL members of Congress and the U.S. Senate, the state party chair, vice chair, other Demo-cratic National Convention members and “Distinguished Party Leader” Walter Mondale. Each party will select del-egates based on the percentage of votes for each candidate by congressional district. They will also select some delegates based on the percentage of votes for each candidate statewide. Downey noted that in past years many Republican caucus attendees mistakenly thought their votes in the presidential straw poll determined the na-tional delegates from Minneso-ta. “Now it’s actually true,” he said.

Turnout expectations Both state party leaders an-ticipate the robust debates this year will help prompt a strong voter turnout. “There’s a lot of excitement for both Secretary (of State Hillary) Clinton and Sen. (Ber-nie) Sanders in our party,” Mar-tin said. “We expect there to be near-record turnout on Tuesday, March 1. The race around the country right now is very tight, and we happen to fall on Super Tuesday this year for the cau-cus.” For Democrats, Minnesota is the second largest state after Washington to hold a caucus and is therefore a large prize, Martin said. As for Republicans, Downey said, “The energy and excite-ment that we have seen in the states that have had their pri-mary and caucus events so far indicate that we will have a lot of turnout. It’s a very close race and one where Minnesota gets a

chance to be a part of the Su-per Tuesday states that could very well swing the nomination one way or another. People are excited to have the caucuses be relevant in Minnesota, so we’re anticipating a big night.” In some years, Minnesota has been an island regarding the timing of its caucuses, Downey said. He and Martin met about a year ago to work out an agree-ment to hold this year’s caucus-es March 1. “Lo and behold, it ended up being great for a lot of the other states’ calendars, too, because there’s 12 of us going on March 1,” Downey said. Many of the other states will conduct primaries, a system similar to a general election, but Minnesota leaders have sup-ported maintaining the caucus system. Both major parties sup-port caucuses because they al-low ordinary people to have a say not only in the selection of candidates, but also in the elec-tion of officers and the party platform, according to Martin. “Primaries tend to support those candidates who have the most money and run a lot of glitzy commercials and send out a lot of mailers, but in a caucus system it’s much more grass-roots,” Martin said. He added that the caucuses allow neighbors to gather to-gether to debate issues of con-cern. “Minnesota’s caucus system provides an opportunity that most states do not have to show up at a precinct caucus room and have a direct say in who will actually nominate those candi-dates from each of the political parties,” Downey said. “On Su-per Tuesday, we’re right in the heart of one of the most excit-ing nights in determining who those candidates are.” Each of the party chairs said they have instructed people or-ganizing the caucuses to prepare for big crowds. “I’ve said it’s better to be safe than sorry,” Martin said. “You never know how many people will show up.” Downey said he told pre-cinct organizers to assume a turnout one-and-a-half to two times higher than the record. He noted he had heard stories from a past caucus in which people could not get into the parking

lot. “We’re hoping to avoid that,” Downey said. Caucus attendees will receive ballots with which to select their choice for the party’s presiden-tial nominee. They may stay to participate in the rest of the par-ty business but are not required to do so. The ballot process will end at 8 p.m. for each of the parties. “You can’t show up at 8:15 and expect to be able to vote,” Downey stressed. “Get there early.” Anyone who is eligible to vote by this year’s November general election may participate. Each person is limited to attending the caucus in his or her precinct. They must sign a statement that includes an address within the precinct and state that they gen-erally agree with the principles of the party hosting the caucus. Although the parties run the caucuses, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon has an-nounced an official state pre-cinct caucus finder to help Min-nesotans determine where they should go to participate. The tool includes caucus locations provided by the DFL Party and the Republican Party of Min-nesota. It is at caucusfinder.sos.state.mn.us. “Our vote is our voice, and I encourage all Minnesotans to go out and caucus on March 1 and make their voices heard,” Simon said. “This is an impor-tant election year in Minnesota and going to a caucus is a great way for Minnesotans to show support for their preferred can-didates, raise an important is-sue, and meet people in their community.” The DFL Party includes in-formation about its caucus at dfl.org while the Republican Party of Minnesota provides in-formation at mngop.com. Some minor parties are also planning caucuses. Information about the Independence Party of Minnesota is at mnip.org. The Libertarian Party of Min-nesota lists caucus details on its website, lpmn.org. The Green Party of Minnesota lists its cau-cuses at tinyurl.com/jcjgt6g.

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Engagements

Steffen/KevittJackie Steffen and

Corey Kevitt of Lakeville, MN will be married on September 17, 2016 in Chaska. Jackie is the daughter of James and Denise Steffen and the late Mary Tierney Steffen and Corey is the son of Rich and Laura Kevitt.

Jackie is a graduate of UW-River Falls. Corey is a graduate of Metropolitan State University.

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‘Cyrano’ at Trinity School The Trinity School at River Ridge drama class will present “Cyrano de Bergerac” 7:30 p.m. Fri-day, March 11, and Satur-day, March 12. Actors include Maddy Brylski of Apple Valley; Emma Maslow, Ruth Ol-son and Peter Zhao of Burnsville; Eddie Hoey, Will Rasschaert and Bec-ca Wilkin of Eagan; Josh Cline-Cole of Farming-ton; Ivy Liu and Patrick Votel of Lakeville. Tickets will be available at the door for $6 adults, $4 students and senior citizens, or $25 per family. The school is at 601 River Ridge Parkway in Eagan. For more information, vis-it www.TSRR.org or call 651-789-2890.

Art and architecture series A series by Art & Ar-chitecture in Cinema will be presented at the Car-

mike Theater in Apple Valley. All episodes will be shown at 7 p.m. and in-clude: • March 31, “Leonardo Da Vinci - The Genius in Milan” • April 21, “Renoir – The Unknown Artist” • May 12, “Monet to Matisse” • June 16, “Teatro Alla Scala” • July 14, “Papal Basili-cas of Rome” Cost is $15 adults, $12.50 seniors, $10 school groups. The theater is at 15630 Cedar Ave., Apple Valley. For more information, go to www.carmike.com.

‘Man of La Mancha’ at Burnsville High The Burnsville High School Theatre Guild presents “Man of La Mancha,” directed by Randy Day, at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25-27 and March 3-5, and 3 p.m. Feb. 28. Performances are at

the school’s Mraz Center. Tickets are $10 adults, $9 seniors and $8 students. Purchase tickets at www.mrazcentertickets.com.

‘Zootopia’ fun at Paragon In conjunction with the release of “Zooto-pia,” Paragon Odyssey 15 IMAX Theater in Burns-ville is offering free face painting, coloring and musical chairs 12-4 p.m. Saturday, March 5. Call 952-892-3456 for informa-tion.

River Heights Chorale The River Heights Cho-rale celebrates 10 years of music with a 7 p.m. con-cert with special guest, Lumuna, Saturday, Feb. 27, at First Presbyterian Church, 535 20th Ave. N., South St. Paul. A recep-tion follows the concert. More information is at www.riverheightschorale.org/.

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Auditions The Northfield Arts Guild will hold auditions for “Grease” 6-8 p.m. March 6 and 7 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 418 Sumner St. E., Northfield. Those auditioning should prepare 16 bars of a musical theater or ’50s/’60s classic rock ‘n’ roll song. Dress for a dance audition and bring along a schedule of any rehearsal conflicts. To sign up for an audition slot, send an email to [email protected] or call 507-645-8877. Send name, age (if a minor), phone number, email address, and give preference of date and time slot (6, 6:30, 7 or 7:30 p.m.). Information: northfieldartsguild.org/the-ater/auditions/.

Books SouthSide Writers, Sat-urday workgroup for aspir-ing writers, offering critique, submission and manuscript preparation information, sup-port and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Infor-mation: 651-688-0365.

Comedy Adam Ray and Gary Vid-er, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26 and 27, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake. Tickets: $19. Mature audiences only. Information: 952-445-9000 or www.mysti-clake.com.

Dance Dance Show: “Be Moved,” Rosemount High School, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26-27. Information: 651-423-7501.

Events Halfway to Leprechaun Days Chili Cook-off, 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, Shenani-gan’s Pub, 14605 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Enter con-test by Feb. 26; email [email protected]. Chili tasting: $10.

Exhibits Acrylic abstract paintings by Sue Kemnitz are on exhibit through March 4 at the Lake-ville Area Arts Center gallery, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Information: 952-985-4640. Paintings by Lynn Moore are on exhibit through March 2 at the art gallery at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. The gallery is closed Feb. 26-28. Informa-tion: 952-895-4685.

Music Zeitgeist, 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, part of the Coffee Concert Series at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holy-oke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $15 adults, $12 seniors age 60 and older, $6 ages 12 and under. Information: 982-985-4640.

EHS showcase vocal concerts, 6 and 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29, Eagan High School. Information: 651-683-6900. RHS percussion ensem-ble concert, 7:30 p.m. Mon-day, Feb. 29, Rosemount High School. Information: 651-423-7501. LNHS Masterworks choir concerts, 6 and 8 p.m. Thurs-day, March 3, Lakeville North High School. Information: 952-232-3600. First Thursday Pub Night: Relativity the Band, 6-9 p.m. Thursday, March 3, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holy-oke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $5 in advance, $7 at the door. In-formation: 952-985-4640. RHS jazz concert, 7 p.m. Thursday, March 3, Rose-mount High School. Informa-tion: 651-423-7501. Twin Cities Community Gospel Choir, 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 5, Galaxie Li-brary atrium, 14955 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. A Black History Month program. Free. Information: 952-891-7045. South Metro Chorale’s Cabaret – “Radio Time Ma-chine,” 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5, and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 6, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Silent auction one hour before each show. Tick-ets: $20 adults, $15 seniors and students. Information: 952-985-4640.

Theater “[title of show],” pre-sented by Chameleon The-atre Circle, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25-27, March 3-5; 2 p.m. Feb. 28, March 6; at Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burns-ville. Tickets: $22 at the box office, 800-982-2787 or Tick-etmaster.com. The Feb. 22 show is “pay what you can.” Intended for adults. Informa-tion: www.ames-center.com. “Broadway 2016: At the Dance,” Apple Valley High School, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26-27; 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28. Tickets: $9 adults, $7 senior citizens, $5 students. Tickets available on-line at www.seatyourself.biz/avhs. Box office open for cash ticket sales 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 22-26 and one hour prior to each performance. “Encore 2016: Road Show,” Eagan High School, 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26-27. Tickets: $9 adults, $7 senior citizens, $5 stu-dents. Purchase tickets online at www.eagan.k12.mn.us/. Ticket booth open each day students are in school 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. beginning Tuesday, Feb. 16, and one hour prior to each performance, 651-683-6964. “Man of La Mancha,” presented by Burnsville High School, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25-27 and March 3-5, and 3 p.m. Feb. 28, at Mraz Center, Burnsville High School. Tick-ets: $10 adults, $9 seniors, $8 students, at http://www.the-

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Friday, Feb. 26 Walleye fry by Dakota County Elks Lodge 2832, 5-7:30 p.m., Mary Center at Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. All-you-can-eat walleye, baked potatoes, coleslaw, rolls, milk and coffee. Cost: $13 adults, $6 ages 11 and younger, $3 ages 8 and younger for a kid’s meal of macaroni and cheese, animal crackers and milk. Fish fry, 5-9 p.m., Rose-mount American Legion Post 65, 14590 Burma Ave., Rose-mount. All-you-can-eat fish ($11.95 adults, $10.95 seniors, $7.95 kids). Information: 651-423-3380.

Saturday, Feb. 27 14th annual Twin Cities Area Trade-O-Ree, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., St. James Lutheran Church, 3650 Williams Drive, Burnsville. Silent auctions all day. For those who collect or trade Boy Scout or Girl Scout patches and memorabilia. Open to the public; free admis-sion. Collections Merit Badge will be offered (sign up in ad-vance with Bruce Paulson at [email protected] or 651-492-9089). Snack bar pro-vided by Boy Scout Troop 445. Indoor Winter Farmers Market, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Ea-gan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway. Information:

www.cityofeagan.com/market-fest. Adopted Friends lunch, 12:30 p.m., Culver’s in Apple Valley. Adopted Friends is a group for friendship, support, and fun for adoptive families. Information: [email protected].

Wednesday, March 2 Parkinson’s Support Group, 2-3 p.m., Augustana Regent at Burnsville, 14500 Regent Lane, Burnsville. Infor-mation: Jane Hubbard at 952-898-8728.

Thursday, March 3 Burnsville Park Nicollet’s Dementia Caregiver Support Group, 10 a.m., in the third floor administration conference room, 14000 Fairview Drive, Burnsville. No registration re-quired. Information: Connie at 952-993-8739.

Friday, March 4 Fish dinner by the Faithful Shepherd Knights of Colum-bus, 5-7 p.m., at the St. John Neumann Social Hall, 4030 Pi-lot Knob Road, Eagan. All-you-can-eat fish (fried or baked), macaroni and cheese, cole-slaw, and ice cream. Cost: $10 adults, $5 children. Walleye fry by Dakota County Elks Lodge 2832, 5-7:30 p.m., Mary Center at Mary, Mother of the Church, 3333 Cliff Road, Burnsville. All-you-can-eat walleye, baked potatoes, coleslaw, rolls, milk

and coffee. Cost: $13 adults, $6 ages 11 and younger, $3 ages 8 and younger for a kid’s meal of macaroni and cheese, animal crackers and milk. Fish fry, 5-9 p.m., Rose-mount American Legion Post 65, 14590 Burma Ave., Rose-mount. All-you-can-eat fish ($11.95 adults, $10.95 seniors, $7.95 kids). Information: 651-423-3380. Mental health awareness event, 6-8:30 p.m., Apple Val-ley High School, 14450 Hayes Road, Apple Valley. For people high school age to adult. Fea-tures writer and comedian Kev-in Breel, a resource fair, SOS for youth presentation and teen panel. Information: www.sui-cidepreventioncollaborativemn.org. Forever Wild Family Fri-day: Celebration of Spring, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. Musical ensemble Tra-ki plays Bulgarian folk music that celebrates the coming of spring. All ages. Free. Regis-tration requested. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks/.

Saturday, March 5 Let’s Get Growing Spring Expo hosted by the University of Minnesota Master Garden-ers of Dakota County, 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Rosemount Com-munity Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Cost: $35. Register by calling 651-480-

From the Archives

This photo of a buried railroad sign along the Mankato Line tracks on Denmark Avenue south of Farmington documented the heavy snowfalls that hit Dakota County in early 1979. “It is obvious the trains have not been running,” the Dakota County Tribune noted in its coverage in the Feb. 8, 1979, edition. The photo was published on the front page under the headline “We’re Havin’ a Cold Wave.”

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Workshops/classes/other Rosemount Area Arts Council classes at the Stee-ple Center: Watercolor class-es, 1-3 p.m. Feb. 26, March 18 and April 29, $22 RAAC mem-bers, $24 nonmembers. Water-color classes, 6-8 p.m. March 7 and April 11, $22 RAAC members; $24 nonmembers. Knitting: Beginners Cowl, 10 a.m. to noon March 1, 3, 8 and 10, $54 RAAC members, $60 nonmembers. Knitting: Beyond the Basics Cowl, 10 a.m. to noon March 2, 9 and 16, $45 for RAAC members; $50 nonmembers. Woodburn-ing, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 5, $54 RAAC members; $60 nonmembers. (Woodburning tool with three tips must be purchased prior to class. Con-tact Megan at [email protected] for places to purchase tool.) Nuno Felted Silk Scarf, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 7, $36 RAAC members, $40 non-members (plus a $25 materi-als fee payable to instructor). Felted Vases, Vessels & Bowls, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 22, $36 RAAC members, $40 non-members (plus a $20 materials fee payable to instructor). The Joy of Photography, 6:30-9 p.m. March 8, 15, 22 and 29, March 19 at the zoo (time to be determined), $45 RAAC members, $50 nonmembers. Basket Weaving: Fruit Bowl Basket, 6-9 p.m. March 9, $11 RAAC members, $12 non-members (plus a $10 materials fee payable to the instructor). Basket Weaving: Heart Embel-lished Basket, 6-9 p.m. April 12 and 16, $11 RAAC mem-bers, $12 nonmembers (plus a $10 materials fee payable to the instructor). Basket Weav-ing: Yarn Storage Basket, May 10 and 17, $11 RAAC mem-bers, $12 nonmembers (plus an $18 materials fee payable to the instructor). Kind Hearts Princess School offers Daddy/Daugh-ter dance classes, ages 3-6, 6:30-7:30 p.m. begin-ning March 11. Information: [email protected]. Watch Me Draw Art Stu-dio, 20908 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville, classes: Ladies Night Out, 6-8 p.m. the sec-ond and fourth Friday of the month, create a 9x12 acrylic painting, $30; Date Night Painting, 6-8 p.m. the first and third Friday of the month, choose to paint individual can-vases or one large canvas, age 21 and older, $55 per couple includes light appetizers; Coffee & Canvas, 9-11 a.m. Wednesdays, create a 9x12 acrylic painting, $25. Informa-tion: www.watchmedraw.net or 952-454-2736. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Battle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tues-day of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Chris-tine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. Informa-tion: www.christinetierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art edu-cation through drawing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Pa-tricia Schwartz, www.Brush-worksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. 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. Line dance classes Wednesdays at Lakeville Heri-tage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave., beginners 9-10 a.m., intermediate 10 a.m. to noon. Information: Marilyn, 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Robert Trail Li-brary. Information: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

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The South Metro Chorale, a 50-member mixed choir based in Prior Lake, will present its annual “Cabaret” and silent auction event at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 5, and 3 p.m. Sunday, March 6, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. This year’s theme is “Radio Time Machine,” and guests can enjoy a variety of small and large group performances, along with games, a cash raffle and refreshments. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students and seniors, and can be purchased at the door or in advance at 612-386-4636 or [email protected]. More information is at www.southmetrochorale.org. (Photo submitted)

Chorale hosts ‘Cabaret’ event

7Days, a co-ed a cappella group from the University of Minnesota, is set to perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Steeple Center in Rosemount. The 20-member group, which includes past “Rosemount Sings!” vocal contest winner Madison Holtze, performs original arrangements of pop, rock and country. Tickets are $10 for the concert hosted by the Rosemount Area Arts Council, and can be purchased at www.rosemountarts.com. The Steeple Center is located at 14375 S. Robert Trail. (Photo submitted)

7Days concert in Rosemount

by Andrew MillerSUN THISWEEK


The Front Porch Players are making their return to Rose-mount’s Steeple Cen-ter next month with a classic Agatha Christie whodunit. The theater group, sponsored by the Rosemount Area Arts Council, made its de-but in the summer of 2014 with the Neil Simon play “Bare-foot in the Park.” It was the first and, until now, only production the Front Porch Players were able to stage at the Steeple Center because of construction of an addition to the historic venue, which the troupe considers its home site. With the Steeple Center operational again, the Front Porch Players are set to present the murder mystery “The Mousetrap” March 4-13. The play, which debuted in London’s West End theater district in 1952, is set at an English manor during a snow-storm following a murder. “It’s just a fun show to put on,” said director Keith Reed, who serves as president and artistic director of the Front Porch Players. “People know the Agatha Christie characters — a lot of people read Agatha Christie, and even

if you don’t, you know the name.” The cast of the Front Porch Players produc-tion includes April Bai-ley, Brian Broszko, Alan Davis, Dave Hefferman, Ginny Leutgeb, Jeny Stevens, Andrew Troth and Kaleb Wick. The set for “The Mousetrap” — featur-ing two large bay win-dows and a fireplace — was under construction

this week, with the Second Act Play-ers, the arts council’s theater group for adults 50 and older, serving as the pri-mary volunteers. Reed said the Front Porch Players’s aim is to stage two full productions, along with two smaller melodrama pro-ductions, each year at the Steeple Cen-ter. A follow-up production to “The Mousetrap” is tentatively planned for fall 2016. Tickets for “The Mousetrap” are $14 and can be purchased on the Rose-mount Area Arts Council website, www.rosemountarts.com. Show times are 7 p.m. March 4-5 and 11-12, and 2 p.m. March 6 and 13.

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Murder mystery comes to Steeple Center stage

Front Porch Players present ‘The Mousetrap’

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Ongoing Emotions Anonymous meetings, 7:30-9 p.m. Tues-days at SouthCross Commu-nity Church, 1800 E. County Road 42 (at Summit Oak Drive), Apple Valley. EA is a 12-step program for those seeking emotional health. All are wel-come. Information: http://www.emotionsanonymous.org/out-of-the-darkness-walks.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood

drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • Feb. 27, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Caribou Coffee, 3868 150th St., Rosemount. • Feb. 29, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Lutheran Church of the Ascen-sion, 1801 E. Cliff Road, Burns-ville. • March 1, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, 16725 Highview Ave., Lakeville. • March 2, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Culver’s, 15225 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. • March 3, 1-7 p.m., South-wind Village, 15025 Green-haven Drive, Burnsville.

FAMILY, from previous • March 4, 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. • March 5, 10:15 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville. • March 7, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Minnesota Valley YMCA, 13850 Portland Ave., Burnsville.

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