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Ellorie Jacobs’ bright blue eyes betray none of the harrowing treatments the 1-year-old has endured since last fall. What started for El-lorie’s parents Jeff “Jake” and Kari Jacobs as a trip to the doctor in October 2014, regarding concern about Ellorie’s lack of ap-petite, quickly turned into their worst nightmare. An x-ray revealed a cancerous tumor in then 9-month-old Ellorie’s stomach. “We we’re like: ‘What?’ ” Kari Jacobs said. “That’s like .001 on your radar. We just thought she had a tummy ache or didn’t like what she ate the night be-fore.” The stunned family was immediately sent to Children’s Hospital, where doctors began a battery of tests on Ellorie then uttered the words “neuro-blastoma cancer” to her horrified parents. Holidays and Ellorie’s first birthday in December were tarnished as she has now endured eight rounds of chemotherapy, each

lasting 21-28 days. Lengthy hospitaliza-tions kept the couple at El-lorie’s bedside, and when she was allowed to go home, the couple contin-ued giving her medications and cleaning the “Hick-

man” catheter attached to little Ellorie’s chest. Ellorie recently under-went surgery and doc-tors removed 99 percent of the tumor, but doctors will continue testing to see if the cancer returns for

years to come. “With neuroblastoma, they don’t have to get 100 percent of it, but we have to watch it … to make sure it doesn’t grow back,” Kari Jacobs said. “So then we’re on pins and needles

doing scans every three to four months.” The family’s worries about Ellorie are com-pounded by other signifi-cant challenges that oc-curred just before Ellorie’s diagnosis. After 17 successful years at PepsiCo, Jeff Ja-cobs was hired with an-other company in sales management, but lost the position when the com-pany was bought out and the new ownership pared down its workforce based on seniority. Kari Jacobs is a part-time contractor who has been unable to continue with work due to Ellorie’s medical needs. Determined to care for his family, Jeff Jacobs has spent months searching in futile for another sales po-sition. “My husband feels de-feated because he can’t provide for his family. … It’s tough out there,” Kari Jacobs said. The Jacobs’ had just moved into a new home in Lakeville that they now worry about losing as they face ever-mounting medi-

Benefit set for baby battling cancer Father laid off work just days before infant daughter diagnosed

Jeff “Jake” and Kari Jacobs with their daughter, Ellorie Jacobs, who was diagnosed with cancer weeks after Jeff Jacobs was laid off from a new job and they moved into a new home in Lakeville. An all-you-can-drink beer and soda fundraiser with a silent auction is planned to help the family from 4-6 p.m. at Babe’s Music Bar in downtown Lakeville on Feb. 14. (Photo submitted)

District looks to innovate, create School Board to review list of possible expenses, programs to fund



Lakeville Area School District staff have prepared a list of items that could be included in a possible capi-tal levy referendum this fall. Preliminary ideas that could be funded through a potential levy include hiring “digital integration coaches” for teacher train-ing and adding two tech support positions, buying 3-D printers for elemen-tary schools, replacing computers and iPads and enhancing or creating sci-

ence, technology, engineer-ing and math (STEM) pro-grams at every grade level. The draft possibilities categorized into areas of technology, STEM and se-curity were presented to the district’s Finance Advisory Council Feb. 10 to garner feedback. The Lakeville Area School Board will review them at its Feb. 17 study session. District officials stressed that the scenarios and cost estimates are preliminary. “We haven’t decided anything yet,” Superin-tendent Lisa Snyder said. “This is all our current

analysis of where we’re at.” She said while the sce-narios appear to be “about stuff” all of the underlying rationale has to do with student achievement and learning. Total costs depend on multiple factors and pos-sible options, such as if the district continues to have students bring their own electronic devices or if the district provides them for students, either through lease or purchase. The biggest expendi-ture may be for replacing and buying new computers and electronic devices, add-

ing tech support staff and digital coaches at a cost of approximately $4.7 million annually for the next de-cade. Security enhance-ments would cost about $300,000 per year for 10 years and STEM funding for elementary, middle and high school programming, equipment and replacing consumables would be ap-proximately $740,000 over the next three years.

Technology Jason Molesky, technol-ogy and data services exec-utive director, included for

consideration computer replacements and device purchases as well has hir-ing seven new data coaches to train teachers and add-ing two new IT staff for re-pairs. He estimated the new staff would cost $700,000 annually, including ben-efits. Keeping district equip-ment up to date was also identified as a funding pos-sibility. Molesky said replacing all teachers’ laptop com-puters is estimated to cost

Future uncertain for Lakeville MOM Brands jobs

Consolidation business plan underway



The future of hundreds of Lakeville jobs are in question after the recent $1.15 billion purchase of MOM Brands. Post Holdings of St. Louis, Missouri, will combine MOM Brands with Post Cereal company to become the nation’s third-largest cereal manufacturer behind Kellogg’s in Michigan and Min-nesota-based Gen-eral Mills. Linda Fisher, MOM Brands commu-nications director, said rep-resentatives of Post Holdings, Post Cereal and MOM Brands are part of a transition team meeting to de-termine a consolidated business plan that will be an-nounced by mid-May. Among the issues the transition team are discuss-ing are how the new company will produce cereals and go to market, where their headquarters will be located and how to continue growing in a competitive market. MOM Brands, maker of bagged cereal and hot

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Reception set for Dennis Feller City’s first finance director retiring

after 38 years



The public is invited to a reception for retiring Lakeville Finance Direc-tor Dennis Feller at Lake-ville City Hall at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17. Feller, 65, has led the city’s finance department since in 1976, before the city’s development boom led to years of significant residential and commer-cial growth. During his tenure, Feller helped Lakeville in-vest in infrastructure and financially manage explo-sive growth, along the way building a reputation for

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Lakeville bank sponsors fraud protection seminarsOne for business, the other geared

for consumers by Laura Adelmann

SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Citizens Bank, Lakeville, is sponsoring two free seminars to teach individuals and business owners how to protect themselves from identity theft and fraud. Fred Laing II, president of the Upper Midwest Automated Clearing House Association, a nonprofit that provides guidance on electronic payments rules and risk management practices, is an expert in cyber crime and will conduct both presenta-tions Feb. 24. His first seminar, from 2:30-4:30 p.m. will focus on the latest threats to businesses, including “hackivist” groups that are targeting smaller and mid-size companies because most smaller organiza-tions lack the resources to build strong control sys-tems to protect against attacks. Laing will present security information geared for consumers from 5:30-7:30 p.m., with advice for any-one who wants to protect their personal information from being compromised and also people who fear their personal information has already been stolen.

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Distracted driving can kill Columnist Don Heinzman calls for people to end distracted driving and the crashes caused by it.

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SPORTS

Lakeville North on a rollThe Lakeville North boys hockey team is rolling toward the playoffs.

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Inside this edition is a notice for the advertisement of bids for a multi-site fire alarm replacement in the Lakeville Area School District.

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‘Dakota County Naturally’A new art exhibit at the Dakota County Western Service Center shines a spotlight on natural wonders not too far from home.

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Corby exits local chamberBill Corby is leaving the Burnsville Chamber of Commerce after serving in the post for two years.

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Art In Motion

Search is on for new president by John Gessner


Burnsville Chamber of Commerce Presi-dent Bill Corby is out of a job after parting ways with the board of directors. Corby’s exit was ef-fective Feb. 4, board Chair Ameet Shah an-nounced in an email to chamber members. A separation agree-ment prohibits both parties from discussing the split, Corby said in an interview. “Basically, the reason for my leaving is just that the board has a dif-ferent vision than I do for the organization,” said Corby, of Savage. “He left the organi-zation,” Shah said in an interview. The board is assem-bling a search commit-tee and hopes to hire a new president in two or three months, said Shah, CEO of Shah Corp. in Burnsville. Corby said he had a productive two-and-a-half-year run at the helm of the 50-year old business organization, which has about 350 members. “It was a good ex-perience for me,” he said. “I felt privileged and honored to serve the Burnsville business community.”

He started in Sep-tember 2012 after five years as president of the Hutchinson Area cham-ber and convention and visitors bureau. Before that, Corby and his wife, Sue, owned a Hutchin-son photography studio for 13 years. His immediate task in Burnsville was find-ing new offices for the chamber, which, along with every other tenant, lost its lease at the still-vacant Parkway Place building on Burnsville Parkway. The chamber wound up in the nearby Gate-way Office Plaza on Burnsville Parkway. “I had 60 days to find us a new home,” said Corby, who replaced Daron Van Helden af-ter he took another job. “Working with one of our board members we were able to do that pretty quickly and made the move at the end of October.”

Corby said he im-proved the chamber’s finances as it emerged from the recession. “I had to make some quick changes to the billing,” he said. “We arranged monthly in-stallments with some of our creditors and added a few internal efficien-cies. ... By the end of 2012 we were in a much more stable position. Payables were all cur-rent, and things were looking a lot better.” Corby said he im-proved the chamber’s budget presentation to make it more transpar-ent for board mem-bers. He was part of a two-person staff that updated the chamber’s data and phone systems, Corby said. During his tenure the chamber developed col-laborations with the city and School District 191 and joined with the Da-kota County Regional Chamber of Commerce to form the South Met-ro Young Professionals, Corby said. The Economic De-velopment Association of Minnesota awarded the Burnsville chamber, the city and the school district a Partnership Award for their 2014 Real World Ready Ca-reer Day, he said. John Gessner can be reached at (952) 846-2031 or email [email protected].

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4-H group seeks greater sales tax break on fundraiser

by Lee Ann SchutzSESSION DAILY

The Dakota County 4-H group maintains malt and lunch stands during the annual week-long Da-kota County Fair to raise funds for their organiza-tion. Under current law, eli-gible organizations, such as 4-H, are exempt from paying sales tax on gross receipts as long as their fundraising doesn’t exceed $20,000. They receive a break from paying sales tax on their leases at the event, but the time span for exemption may not cover the duration of the fair or other event being used to raise money. Rep. Anna Wills, R-Apple Valley, would like to change that.

Currently, if a non-profit organization holds an event on premises that they lease for more than five days but less than 30 days, the sales at the event are subject to sales tax. House File 412 would ex-tend the tax-free minimum from five to 10 days. Heard by the House Taxes Committee on Tues-day, the bill was held over for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill. Its com-panion, Senate File 381, sponsored by Sen. Greg Clausen, DFL-Apple Val-ley, awaits action by the Senate Taxes Committee. Rep. Diane Loeffler, DFL-Minneapolis, noted the more than $300,000 annual impact to the Gen-eral Fund, if the bill was to become law. She ques-

tioned using tax policy to support efforts of youth groups with a large vol-unteer infrastructure over those that may not have the ability to organize a large event. “It is really hard for me to sit on this com-mittee and think about which youth groups we are benefitting,” she said. “I am equally interested in the communities and the schools, whether they are rural, suburban or city, that struggle because they don’t have the capacity. … To run something for 10 days, takes a lot of work.”

More Session Daily stories are at www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/sdaily.aspx.

Chavez-Nelson to go on trial in Schunk killing

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


Ashley Marie Conrade, one of two people indicted in the murder of 20-year-old Anarae Schunk of Burnsville, pleaded guilty to lesser charges Feb. 6 and has agreed to testify in the upcoming murder trial. Conrade, 25, pleaded guilty to two counts of aiding an offender after the fact, both involving killings on Sept. 22, 2013, Dakota County Attor-ney James Backstrom an-nounced. She will be sentenced to 15 years in prison under a plea agreement, Back-strom said. One guilty plea is in connection with Schunk’s stabbing death. The other is in connection with the

earlier shooting death of Palagor Jobi by Conrade’s then-boyfriend, Shavelle Chavez-Nelson, outside Nina’s Grill in Burnsville Chavez-Nelson, 32, has been convicted of first-degree murder for kill-ing Jobi, 23, of Savage. Chavez-Nelson is serving a life sentence. Chavez-Nelson and Conrade were indicted last July on first- and second-degree murder charges in Schunk’s death. Under the plea agree-ment, Conrade, formerly of Rosemount, will testify in Chavez-Nelson’s trial and “fully cooperate” in further investigation of Schunk’s death, according to Backstrom. “This plea agreement was offered after addi-tional evidence in the in-vestigation of the death of Anarae Schunk was uncovered following the issuance of the indictment against Ashley Conrade,” Backstrom said.

Chavez-Nelson mur-dered Jobi in an alterca-tion outside Nina’s just before closing time. Con-rade and Schunk were with Chavez-Nelson at the time. The three returned to Conrade’s Rosemount townhome after the shoot-ing. Investigators say physi-cal evidence showed that Schunk was stabbed to death in the early-morning hours at the townhome. Her body was found eight days later at the edge of a cornfield on a rural Rice County road. Chavez-Nelson’s trial is set for May 11, Backstrom said. His next court ap-pearance is March 20 in Hastings. Conrade won’t be sentenced until after the Chavez-Nelson case is fin-ished, Backstrom said.

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

Conrade pleads to lesser charges, will testify

Corby out at Burnsville chamber

Business


The right questions for Lebanon Hills To the editor: I disagree with guest columnist Christie So-derberg (Feb. 5/6). The questions Dakota County planners are asking – about Lebanon Hills’ lack of paved trails, the park’s lack of visitors, and how we can draw more peo-ple – are exactly the right questions to be asking. Lebanon Hills is a re-gional, county-owned park, not a local nature preserve. Its 2,000 acres are to be used by everyone in the county, not to be an undisturbed neighbor-hood amenity. While the park’s rustic dirt paths and quiet horse trails will remain – and increase – under the new plan, there is surely enough room for one paved trail to cross this vast and beauti-ful park, opening up the natural landscape to chil-dren, bicyclists, joggers, and others for whom an uneven dirt trail is a bar-rier, not a path. It is understandable that Soderberg, letter

writer Mike Fedde, and others who are fortunate to live within a block or two of the park would want to keep the traf-fic down, but the greater public good lies in in-viting all of us into this park’s beauty. The County Board has been very patient as it gathers public input. In 2013, the citizens on the county Planning Commis-sion spent many months discussing the greenway trail and touring proposed trail alignments. In 2014, a diverse citizen panel spent even more time studying these issues (and found a better trail alignment than was in our 2013 plan). The consensus of both citizen groups was that Lebanon Hills Regional Park should include pro-tected wilderness, im-proved nature restoration efforts – and one paved, low-speed greenway con-nector trail. I encourage people to study the plan (http://bit.ly/1A40Dxs) and make up their own mind. Then, by Feb. 25, let the County Board know what you think. This should not

be a neighborhood issue. Lebanon Hills is a county park.

NATE REITZLakevilleDakota County Planning Commission member

Of, by and for the people To the editor: Our republican de-mocracy is supposed to mean government of, by, and for the people. That means all, not just the wealthy few and corpora-tions. In its Citizens United v. FEC decision in 2010, the Supreme Court swept away a century of prec-edent that barred corpo-rate money in elections. It endorsed the danger-ous fiction that corpo-rations have the same constitutional rights as living, breathing people. In effect, this gives cor-porations a veto over democratically enacted laws, because a consti-tutional right trumps a regular law when the two conflict. This threatens laws

protecting the safety of our food, air, health care, civil rights, and the fun-damental underpinning of democracy – essential-ly, any law that could get in the way of corporate profits. The most direct result of Citizens United is that we can no longer bar cor-porations from spending limitless sums of money to take over elections. Citizens United, in prac-tice, also opened the door to unlimited giving by in-dividuals to independent campaign groups such as SuperPACs. There are currently two Senate Files in the Minnesota Legislature regarding campaign fi-nance reform. They are S.F. 154, Campaign fi-nance provisions modi-fications; expressly advocating definition modification, and elec-tioneering communi-cations regulations, sponsored by Sens. Jim Carlson, DFL-Eagan, and John Marty, DFL-Roseville; and S.F. 205, Campaign finance and public disclosure board provisions modifications, sponsored by Carlson, Katie Sieben, DFL-New-port, and Greg Clausen, DFL-Apple Valley. They have companion bills in the House, H.F. 337 and H.F. 43.

This is not a partisan issue. All across the Unit-ed States, state and city governments, supported by both Republicans and Democrats, have adopted resolutions to correct this huge injustice imposed by the U.S. Supreme Court. It is extremely impor-tant that we protect our rights as voters, and al-low each and every vote to count. While Min-nesota voters and many other states are working to overturn the ruling, we do not have equality in our elections. I urge state Reps. Drew Christensen, R-Savage, and Roz Peterson, R-Lakeville, and Sen. Dan Hall, R-Burnsville, to support these bills. Vot-ers should tell their elect-ed officials to support this important issue, too.

SANDY SANDOVALSavage

Craig poised to make history To the editor: As reported in Sun Thisweek and the Dakota County Tribune, Angie Craig, a 42-year-old med-ical device executive, has declared her candidacy for Congress in Minne-sota’s 2nd District, which includes numerous south-ern suburbs and rural ar-

eas. Citing controversial votes restricting access to medical insurance and defunding the president’s executive immigration order, Craig, a vice presi-dent at St. Jude Medical, says she wants to better represent the priorities of voters in the district. Although critics are quick point out her lack of political experience, supporters say she will bring balance to a district that has seen increasing numbers of immigrants from the inner cities. Married, Craig and her wife are parents of four sons, three teenagers and an 11-year old. She’s said she wants to work for a platform that strengthens the economy and builds economic security for middle-income people. Some voters have questioned the advisabili-ty of voting for an openly gay person as a represen-tative in Congress, saying the country isn’t ready for that yet. Others point to the work done by Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wis-consin and Reps. Barney Frank of Massachusetts and Jim Kolbe of Ari-zona. Regardless of vot-ers’ preferences, Craig is poised to make history in Minnesota’s 2nd District. NANCY HALLBurnsville

Letters

Correction The Rosemount Area Arts Council’s Meet the Author event featuring “The Fog Machine” author Susan Follett scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, will be held at the Rosemount Community Center (and not at the Robert Trail Li-brary, as a story in last week’s edition reported.) The Rosemount Community Center is at 13885 S. Robert Trail.

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Increased campaign spending disclosure is needed

Let’s drive home message of distracted driving’s dangers

by Laurie HalversonSPECIAL TO SUN THISWEEKDAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The 2014 elections saw a dramatic rise of money being funneled into our local elections, and the vast majority of that money came from outside of Eagan. Lo-cal residents were subjected to two to three attack mailers a day, some too large to fit in their mailboxes. This happened all across Minnesota in a several-months-long onslaught of TV, radio and mail advertising. The 2014 election cycle was the biggest spending year ever in state campaigns. There are estimates that some state House races topped $1 million in spending – nearly double the spending of the 2012 elec-tions. Year-end campaign finance reports were due Jan. 31 and all candidates and political committees were required to disclose spending and large donors for public review. But not all political ads are created equal. The truth is, we will never really know the full amount of campaign spending

because of a quirk in Minnesota law. Under current statue, nonprofit groups that buy political ads and mailers are exempt from reporting requirements if their ads or literature do not use – so-called “magic” words – such as “vote for” or “vote against.” In other words, these ads are not held to the same standards of transparency and reporting as other campaign ads, even if they are clearly for or against a candidate. In addition, the public does not get to see the large do-nors who fund these outside groups and, in turn, their communications. As I’m sure you noticed when checking the mail this fall – a large percentage of political ads use this tactic. It appears that Minnesota is following a national trend.

In 2014, the top 100 political donors nationwide gave about as much as nearly 5 million small donors. As big-donor spending increases, so does a sentiment of corruption and distrust in politics and government. Nearly 90 percent of Americans believe that big money has too much influence in politics, and 72 percent of Americans support tough anti-corruption laws to get big corpo-rate money out of politics. The top con-cern in Gallup’s January 2014 poll was corruption and abuse of power, not the economy. It is no surprise so many feel this way when they are bombarded with outside and inaccurate campaign material that doesn’t need to be disclosed to the pub-lic. Minnesota has a proud history of high voter turnout and clean elections – it’s important that we keep it that way. If citizens feel as if their voice doesn’t mat-ter and they choose not to vote or engage in democracy, we will lose the most ef-fective check on our government – the power of the people. I am proud to be co-authoring a bill this session to require more of these out-

side interest groups to disclose how much money they are spending and to allow the public to see where big-donor money is coming from. This legislation will go a long way to help to expose the secret money influencing our elections. If passed, a greater number of ads would be subject to the same disclosure requirements as candidates and political parties, and the voters will have the tools to hold big spending special interests groups accountable. Nonprofit corpora-tions are already busy spending secret money in our community to influence the 2016 election. Our democracy deserves better. Special interests should not be able to hide in the shadows and suppress civic engagement. Local campaigns must re-main local – not subject to undue finan-cial influence by special interests outside our communities or even our state. State Rep. Laurie Halverson, DFL-Ea-gan, was first elected in District 51B in 2012. She can be reached at [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

by Don HeinzmanSUN THISWEEK


A movement is underway nationwide to increase awareness of distracted driv-ing and eventually make it illegal to talk on a cellphone while driving. In Minnesota, Lakeville attorney Art Kosieradzki hopes to make students so aware of the dangers of distracted driv-ing that they’ll organize a campaign against it, just as a group of students did decades ago when they formed Students Against Driving Drunk. Student groups in Lakeville’s North and South high schools are meeting monthly to raise student awareness of distracted driv-ing’s consequences. The Lakeville Police Department also is involved. Kosieradzki brought the distracted driving message home to Lakeville stu-dents last year when he had them hear from parents whose son died instantly one summer day in 2013. Monticello High School graduate Phillip LaVallee, 19, was an accom-plished cross-country runner and track star attending South Dakota State Uni-versity on a sports scholarship. He was

running on the side of a county road in Otsego on Aug. 8, 2013, when a van crossed the center line of the road and hit him from behind. “Just like that he was gone,” his moth-er, Amy LaVallee, told the hushed group of health class students. “Losing a child is the worst thing you can go through.” The driver, an Albertville woman, has been charged with criminal vehicular homicide. Investigators said they found no skid marks on the road and phone re-cords reportedly show the driver received a call at the time of the incident. Amy and Greg LaVallee have told their story about the death of their son to students at Monticello High School. They also hope to talk about the dan-gers of distracted driving to students in neighboring high schools.

Greg LaVallee hopes this effort to increase awareness of distracted driving will cause the Minnesota Legislature to ban talking on a cellphone while driving. He’s found that legislators are reluctant to do it because they believe there is not enough support for it. Kosieradzki and his law firm, Sieben-Carey, are preparing a “No Distracted Driving” petition for students to sign, with a special effort in April, which is Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Kosieradzki told Sun Thisweek and Dakota County Tribune reporter Laura Adelmann that distracted driving isn’t just about cellphone use. It includes eat-ing, grooming, drinking, smoking, ad-justing the radio and reaching for objects in the car. The movement to stop distracted driv-ing has gone national, thanks to the lead-ership of Joel Feldman, whose daughter Casey, 21, a Pennsylvania native, died in a crash in New Jersey involving a dis-tracted driver. Already 225,000 people from 41 states are mobilizing to bring about stricter penalties for distracted driving, accord-ing to End Distracted Driving.

The Minnesota Office of Traffic Safe-ty reported in 2014 that distracted driv-ing is responsible for at least 70 deaths and 350 serious injuries a year in the state. According to the National Safety Council, 22 percent of traffic accidents are caused by distracted drivers. Talking and driving both demand thought, and some research is showing that a driver talking on the phone delays braking and has difficulty seeing traffic. The National Safety Transportation Board seeks to ban all use of mobile devices, including use of hands-free de-vices, by drivers. Amy LaVallee is hoping the Minneso-ta Legislature will pass legislation requir-ing stricter penalties for those distracted drivers who cause crashes, just as it did for drunken drivers, such as losing their license. For more information on distracted driving and how to get videos to show about it, go to EndDD.org. Don Heinzman is a columnist for ECM Publishers Inc. Columns reflect the opin-ion of the author.

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Police body cams raise privacy fearsBurnsville chief of police testifies at State Capitol

by Chris StellerSESSION DAILY

Minnesota faces com-plicated questions about how to handle video from police body cameras, the House Civil Law and Data Practices Committee heard at an information-only meeting Tuesday. Burnsville Police Chief Eric Gieseke, who said his department was a pioneer in the use of body cams, brought several models from the past to show the devices’ evolution. From the time of the city’s first homicide scene caught on responding officers’ body cams, “we were believers,” he said. The video “pre-served evidence in such a way that it helped us build our case.” Don Gemberling, Minnesota Coalition on Government Information board member, said the body camera data falls un-der the state’s data practic-es law, with the presump-tion that all government data is public unless the Legislature makes excep-tions. Videos showing mul-tiple people raise special problems, he said, when some of those shown are protected under state pri-vacy laws and others are not. Gieseke said respond-ing to a public data re-quest meant two days of work for his department to

blur and redact 13 minutes of body cam video. Rep. Debra Hilstrom, DFL-Brooklyn Center, expressed concern about videos classified as public data that show children or people who are naked or partly undressed. She said a website outside of Min-nesota streams body cam video obtained through an ongoing public-data re-quest. The concern about vid-eo from first responders at private homes becoming

public data was personal for Rep. Nick Zerwas, R-Elk River. “I’ve been on the floor unable to move, suffering from a stroke,” he said. “I looked terrible and it’s embarrassing.” Rep. Peggy Scott, R-Andover, who chairs the committee, warned of a “law enforcement-indus-trial complex,” with com-mercial vendors pushing new technology that “just keeps upping the ante. Our privacy and our personal space around us is shrink-

ing. … We don’t want a policy just for body cams. We need an overall policy.” Gemberling, likewise, urged the committee to take a broad view of priva-cy issues rather than focus on devices of the day. “We do live in a surveillance so-ciety,” he said. “What kind

of surveillance society do you want to live in? How far should we go?” Earlier in the meeting, the committee heard tes-timony from Blooming-ton Police Chief Jeff Potts and privacy advocate Rich Neumeister on law en-forcement agencies’ use of

license plate readers. Com-mittee members said they expect to see legislation proposed this session on both topics.

More Session Daily stories are at www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hinfo/sdaily.aspx.

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$1 million. He suggested reducing inequity between schools in classroom technology by purchasing items and like document cameras, televi-sions and interactive white boards, for schools that have not raised funds on their own. A cost estimate for the purchase was not pre-sented because Molesky said he is still interviewing teachers across the district to determine what equip-ment would be requested. Two options were pre-sented for providing stu-dent technology: continu-ing the district’s efforts with the bring-your-own-device model or establish a blend of BYOD and the district providing devices. In the blended scenario, Molesky estimated it would cost $1.5 million, and about $3.2 million if the district provided Chromebooks to all 6-12 grade students, carts with iPad minis in K-2 and Chromebook class-room carts for grades 3-5. Molesky said school computer labs, primarily used for mandated testing, are aged and replacing the computers and printers across the district would cost about $1.8 million. Barb Knudsen, execu-tive director of teaching and learning, described a scenario that uses tech-nology to redefine the classroom and prepares students to fill millions of STEM jobs the govern-ment expects to be open and unfilled by 2018. “I feel like we have an

obligation to really look at how can we get our stu-dents interested in those career paths,” Knudsen said. In 2014, Knudsen and Snyder led a STEM Phase In Committee that devel-oped a proposals to inte-grate STEM education at every grade level and el-ementary also receiving art classes (STEAM). Some of the commit-tee recommendations have been implemented, includ-ing hiring a STEAM spe-cialist at each elementary and adopting Engineering is Elementary curriculum at the elementary level. Knudsen said the dis-trict would like to make the specialists full-time and fund the purchase of 3-D printers at each school to add a “21st century” art component. At the middle level, the committee recommended incorporating Project Lead the Way, a lab-based pro-gram, and adding Engi-neering Your Future 3 (to compliment courses 1 and 2) with a capstone project at Lakeville South High School. The program would re-quire students to take four years of math and science, then participate in Engi-neering Your Future where they would concentrate on design aspects of engineer-ing. She said there are five pathways in the program now: Engineering, com-puter design, bioengineer-ing, industrial technologies and environmental engi-neering. A new aviation and

aerospace course could be added along with the pos-sibility of creating a “Make rSpace,” lab which could be opened to people in the community. At Lakeville North High School, officials are researching adding courses and equipment to eventu-ally establish a bioengi-neering and medical career pathways academy. Knudsen said some grants may be available, and community partners may help teach the stu-dents in the speciality ar-eas, such as aerospace. Snyder said the teacher may become more of a facilitator to help students find experts in the field. “You can’t believe how generous some of these companies and organiza-tions are with their time, because they’re trying to build the next generation,” Snyder said. “They’re very concerned for their future workforce, so we’re see-ing so much enthusiasm in these organizations to partner with high schools to really open these path-ways up to kids.” Michael Baumann, ex-ecutive director of business services, said the $300,000 annual security scenario for 10 years could be used to maintain the system and integrate technology, possi-bly allow the district’s secu-rity cameras to tie into the Lakeville Police Depart-ment. Baumann added the district’s improved security systems at 14 district build-ings are being installed and buildings should be com-pleted by fall.

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Concussions are on everyone’s mind Prevention becomes a major part of the student-athlete experience

by Andy RogersSUN THISWEEK


Perhaps in a perfect world, everyone’s skull would be reinforced with steel and air bags, but for now student athletes, coaches, parents and trainers are focused on preventing and mitigating the damage from concus-sions. Nearly every sport has been altered in some way through rules, techniques and equipment to mini-mize concussions in the past five years. Although all athletic activities have a risk of concussion – particularly contact sports such as soccer, hockey, basket-ball, baseball, lacrosse and wrestling – the rate in football is the highest. A study by the Minne-sota Health Department estimated about 3,000 student athletes suffered a concussion during the 2013-14 school year, and about 1,300 happened while playing football. Many studies have shown that suffering a concussion has larger im-plications than previously thought. A recent study pub-lished in the medical jour-nal Neurology, by the Bos-ton University School of Medicine, found that NFL players who played tackle football before the age of 12 were more likely than those who didn’t to suffer notable cognitive issues later in life. While concussions are nearly impossible to elimi-nate, efforts have been made to minimize the chances of receiving one. The Minnesota State High School League is considering new changes to its policies regarding football practices, such as limiting the number of practices per week, length of practices and contact allowed during football practices as recommended by the National Federa-tion of State High School Associations, NFHS. “We have had a lot of discussion about the con-tact days and practice re-strictions,” Farmington athletic director Bill Tsch-ida said. “It is something that we need more infor-mation on.” It would be a challeng-ing year to implement any changes because the 2015 football season is already being condensed. Scheduling conflicts with TCF Bank Stadium, the site of the state play-offs, is forcing the sched-ule to begin a week earlier, so teams will play three games before school even starts. There won’t be time for a regularly scheduled scrimmage this summer. With the student-ath-lete’s safety in mind, the MSHSL has a several pro-tocols already in place. If an athlete suffers a concussion, someone

is supposed to test their memory function and bal-ance and look for dozens of symptoms. It’s law in Minnesota that if young athletes show signs of a concus-sion, coaches must sideline them until they can get a medical all-clear. “That stuff that’s hap-pening now maybe didn’t happen 10 years ago,” Ts-chida said. “If I’m a par-ent, I’m looking at (the) long-term health of a child.” Tschida said all three of his children were three-sport athletes and never suffered a conclusion, and he said if they did, he would approach it much differently now that he would have four years ago. “Right now it’s a very current subject in the fore-front of everyone’s mind,” Tschida said. “There’s bet-ter things going on in deal-ing with it.” In 2011, the Farm-ington High School ath-letic department began using Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing, a video game-like program that takes 15-20 minutes, assessing concentration, speed, reaction time and memory. ImPACT is used in high schools, colleges and at the professional level across the country.

Before the athletic sea-son begins, the all ninth-grade student athletes take the test, which is put on file. Should a head injury occur, the athlete retakes the test to compare results. The goal was to keep off the field kids who still suffer from the affects of a concussion because go-ing back on the field too soon increases the damage and odds of repeating the injury. “The idea you want to keep kids safe,” Tschida said. “This is more about their long-term health. High school activities is a small part of their life.” It was a piece of the puzzle. ImPACT testing does nothing to protect an athlete from their initial concussion. “You’re never going to completely eliminate concussions in a contact sport,” Tschida said. “It’s not a reality.” In football, Farming-ton’s helmets are approved by the National Operating Committee on Standards for Sports Athletic Equip-ment. According to a release from the committee in 2014, for concussion pro-tection to be truly effec-tive, actions must be taken on and off the field by stu-dent athletes, parents and coaches. They wrote that

scientific evidence does not support the claim that a particular helmet brand or model is more effective in reducing the occurrence of concussive events. “There is no magic hel-met that can prevent a con-cussion from happening,” Tschida said. “There isn’t any perfect way to stop a concussion from happen-ing. ... They’re always try-ing to make things safer — changing the rules and upgrading equipment.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Foundation’s Heads Up to Parents program recom-mends ensuring the athlete has a properly fitted hel-met, is taught proper tech-niques and is following the rules. Farmington varsity wrestling coach Chad Ol-son, who also coaches football and played col-lege football at Augustana, said he sees more frequent diagnoses of concussions than every before, but he attributes that to aware-ness more than anything. “You’re more aware of it,” Olson said. “You’re quicker to send a kid out. There’s a whole five-day protocol for them to come back to practice.” In football, athletes are taught better techniques, such as how to avoid tack-ling head first.

A Rosemount football player pats his teammate on the head during a game in 2014. Concussion prevention has altered the way teams practice and play in recent years. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

“If your head is down, you can’t really control where your head is,” Olson said. “If your head is up, you can see where you’re going and brace for im-pact.” Tschida said football in general, not specifically in Farmington, has seen lower numbers of partici-pation in recent years. In 2007-2008 there were 27,626 football par-ticipants in Minnesota. In 2013-2014, there were 25,487. According to the NFHS, there are hidden consequences of not hav-ing a deep enough roster. The fewer the numbers, the greater the exposure to repeat drills and play-ing time. The chances also increase for players who play multiple positions on both offense, defense and special teams. Still, nationwide foot-ball is the most popular sport for boys. It’s still quite popular at home. Farmington Community Education youth tackle football is offered for grades first through sixth, and there are four middle school teams and six high school level teams. There is still some drop off year to year. “I know our numbers dip a little bit, but I don’t always know why,” Olson said. “I know some of it is because they know they’re

not going to play.” Farmington often saw a large decrease in numbers from freshmen year to sophomore year, but that was due to the fact they only offered one sopho-more team as opposed to two freshmen teams. Now that Farmington plays in the South Suburban Con-ference, which has a 10A and 10B schedule, the drop off hasn’t been as se-vere. But football isn’t the only place a student ath-lete could get a concus-sion. There was a point last season that the wres-tling team had more than eight wrestlers out with concussions, Olson said. The biggest issue with wrestling is not the blow to the head, but the whip-lash effect where the head snaps back. Olson said the team works on neck strengthening exercises al-most every day. This season Olson said just two wrestlers have had concussions. He attributed it to a bit of luck and the fact that he has a veteran team comprised of many juniors and seniors with better body awareness. But athletes, coaches, parents and trainers aren’t going to rely on luck alone. It’s just another piece of the puzzle.

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Dakota County officials are seeking a second round of public input on its master plan for Lebanon Hills Re-gional Park. The park borders Ea-gan and Apple Valley. The county was met with pas-sionate opposition when it released the park plan in 2014. More than 300 people attended open houses on the topic and expressed concerns about buckthorn removal, bridge repairs and overde-velopment. The hottest topic was the proposed paved trail through the middle of the park, which some contend would ruin visitors’ wilder-ness experience. County commissioners became concerned and de-cided to create a citizen panel to review the plan and guide the regional park’s develop-ment. The panel was com-prised of area residents and park-goers who were nomi-nated by commissioners. The panel’s comments are in and the county posted a new ver-sion of the master plan on its website Jan. 26 for a 30-day comment period. The county’s initial plan released last year includes 24.5 miles of unpaved trails, a new paved 6.5-mile con-nector trail that runs east and west and a 2-mile paved loop around Holland and McDonough lakes. The plan would keep all existing un-paved trails in Lebanon Hills the same, and would add six miles of unpaved trails. In total, the park would have 46 miles of unpaved trails. The paved trails would provide access to people with

disabilities as well as four-season recreation for bicy-clists, walkers and skaters. The revised plan still in-cludes a paved trail but panel members disagreed on if, and where it should be built. Some wanted a shorter paved connector trail that is moved toward the edge of the park, while others were comfort-able with the proposal to cre-ate a trail through the middle of the park. The panel was also di-vided on whether to remove a proposed Holland Lake paved loop from the plans and leave a single paved loop around McDonough Lake. One panel member, Holly Jenkins, was disappointed with the panel’s final report. Jenkins claims the county failed to provide informa-tion on viable alternatives to county’s plan. In her report Jenkins states the park plan should include recreation areas and trails, but place a stronger emphasis on eco-logical restoration. “Any infrastructure should complement, not conflict, with high quality, nature-based recreation and education,” she said in an in-terview. In her report, Jenkins rec-ommended that the county add services such as pro-gramming, marketing and park employees before in-creasing the park’s develop-ment footprint. Commissioners are ex-pected to review the revised plan in March and hold a public hearing on the issue.

Jessica Harper is at [email protected] or face-book.com/sunthisweek.

After New Hope, council takes danger training

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


With last month’s fatal gun-fire exchange at New Hope City Hall fresh in their minds, police put Burnsville officials through a training session on how to react to dangerous incidents. The training was held dur-ing Tuesday night’s City Council work session. The training was closed to the public, which Min-nesota law allows for some gov-ernment meetings on security matters. “New Hope certainly wasn’t the first city in the country to experience this type of thing,” Burnsville Police Chief Eric Gie-seke said Monday. “I’ve read dif-ferent stories over the years. But when it’s close to home, certainly you want to evaluate your situa-tion and make sure you’re think-ing through the potential prob-lems that could occur.” On Jan. 26 in New Hope, 68-year-old Raymond Kmetz shot and wounded two police offi-cers outside the council chambers after their swearing-in at a City Council meeting. Police returned fire, killing Kmetz — who, according to media reports, had a history of

mental illness, arrests and threats against local government officials. The Burnsville training ses-sion for council members and city staffers offered guidance on recognizing and reacting to vari-ous emergencies that might arise during a council meeting or work session. “There are always decisions that we make that some people agree with and some people don’t agree with,” Mayor Elizabeth Kautz said Monday, noting that the Burnsville council has a po-lice presence during its regular meetings. “Sometimes it becomes highly emotional for some folks, and some people take extreme action. We have to be cautious about that and be cognizant that it exists. We’ve seen examples of that (nationwide), most recently in New Hope. But it’s not some-thing that we have been ignorant of.” The training was to include a showing of a Department of Homeland Security-funded video called “Run. Hide. Fight: Surviv-ing an Active Shooter Event,” Gieseke said. He said police want to equip city officials with a “mental checklist” of steps that will keep them from freezing up if a crisis

occurs. “I always like to say, ‘Prepa-ration, not paranoia,’ ” said the chief, who was joined at the train-ing session by Burnsville Emer-gency Management Coordina-tor Don Stenger and police Sgt. Brent Murray. City Manager Heather John-ston and Gieseke have deter-mined there will always be “police coverage” during regular council meetings, Kautz said. The mayor, who took office in 1995, has witnessed tense mo-ments during her tenure. There have been contentious council meetings on, among other things, thinning of the deer herd, a failed proposal for an outdoor amphi-theater and construction of the Burnsville Performing Arts Cen-ter (now the Ames Center). “We’ve had experiences where it was concerning,” Kautz said. She noted that the mayor’s place at the council dais is equipped with a red button that can be pushed to alert police. Po-lice also have camera views of the council chambers, she said.

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

County seeks comment on revised Lebanon Hills plan

Lakeville Seniors All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call 952-985-4622 for informa-tion. Monday, Feb. 16 – Closed for Presidents Day. Tuesday, Feb. 17 – Dominoes and Cards, 9 a.m.; Tappercize, 9:30 a.m.; Scrapbooking, Recycled Cards, 9:30 a.m.; Creative Writing, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Weight Control Support, 11:30 a.m.; Party Bridge, noon; Zumba Gold, 3:30

p.m.; Pilates Mat Class, 5 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18 – Cards, 9 a.m.; Line Dancing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Health-ways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Pi-nochle, noon; Dime Bingo, 1 p.m.; Chess, 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19 – “Classic Voices” Chorus, 9-10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Chorus, 10:30 a.m.; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Church Basement Ladies

Trip, 12:40 p.m.; Machine Sewing Group, 1 p.m.; Ping Pong, 1-3 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m.; Billiards, 6:30-8:30 p.m.; deadline, “Social Se-curity” Trip. Friday, Feb. 20 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Cards, 9 a.m.; Digital Photography, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Oil & Acrylic Painting Class, 1 p.m.


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Jazmin Jacobson, president of the Lakeville South art club, coordinated donations and card making events to create 251 Valentine’s Day cards that she then distributed to Meals on Wheels facilities in New Prague, Prior Lake, Lakeville, Farmington, Rosemount, Eagan and Burnsville. The process took one and a half months from start to finish. Donations came from Ben Franklin in Lakeville and friends and family of the art club. Cards were made by students, family and friends. (Photo submitted)

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Technical college foundation seeks award nominations Nominations are being ac-cepted for Dakota County Technical College’s 2015 recognition awards. DCTC established the recognition award pro-gram to acknowledge ex-cellence in the work of higher education in sup-port of DCTC’s mission of “education for employ-ment.” This year’s award recip-ients will be recognized at DCTC’s annual True Blue Gala on Thursday, April 23, at Brackett’s Crossing in Lakeville. Faculty, staff, students, alumni and other stake-holders may nominate individuals who meet the criteria for the following awards: • DCTC Advocacy Award – The DCTC Ad-vocacy Award recognizes and individual or business that has displayed extraor-dinary support for the college mission through partnerships, community engagement and the pro-motion of technical edu-cation as a pivotal com-ponent in the quest for economic prosperity. • Spirit of DCTC Award – The Spirit of

DCTC Award recognizes an individual who has shown exceptional lead-ership, work ethic and dedication as a part of the DCTC community. • Outstanding Alumni Award – The Outstand-ing Alumni Award recog-nizes an individual who has shown exceptional leadership, work ethic and dedication as a part of the DCTC community. • Rising Star Award – The Rising Star Award recognizes a young alum (having received their de-gree or diploma within the last 10 years) who is making significant contri-butions to society through professional or philan-thropic work. Criteria for the awards and nomination can be viewed online at www.dctc.edu/nominate. Nom-inations must be received by March 13. For more information about the DCTC Founda-tion and the DCTC Rec-ognition Award Program, contact: Tharan Leopold, executive director of foun-dation and alumni, at 651-423-8293.

Kline calls for student art U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Burnsville, is inviting high school students from Minnesota’s 2nd Congres-sional District to partici-pate in the 34th Annual Congressional “Artistic Discovery” competition. The nationwide art competition provides members of Congress an opportunity to showcase the talents of high school students in their districts. The annual competition includes paintings, draw-ings, collages, prints, pho-tography, computer-gener-ated art and mixed media presentations. Winning entries from the competition are dis-played for one year in the U.S. Capitol Building. The

winner will also be invited to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new dis-play in Washington with airfare for the student and a guardian provided – free of charge – by a partici-pating airline. Artwork by the two runners-up will be dis-played in Kline’s offices in Washington and Burns-ville. All artists who enter the competition receive certificates of participa-tion. Art entries must be received by Kline’s office in Burnsville by Friday, April 17. For more infor-mation, visit http://kline.house.gov and see the Stu-dent Corner by clicking on the Constituent Services link.

Technical college foundation to host scholarship fundraiser Dakota County Tech-nical College’s Foundation will host its fourth True Blue Gala on Thursday, April 23, at Brackett’s Crossing County Club in Lakeville. Community members and college supporters are invited to the annual event, which was established to raise scholarship funds for students in need. The eve-ning will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a social hour and si-lent auction followed by dinner at 7 p.m. and an awards ceremony at 8 p.m. Gala tickets can be pur-chased online at https://dctc.ejoinme.org/gala2015 or by calling 651-423-8777.

Complimentary hors d’ oeuvres will be served and there will be a cash bar. People will have a chance to bid on a number of si-lent auction items donated by local businesses and try their luck at the Wheel of Wine and participate in the raffle prize drawing. The True Blue Gala will also serve as a formal recognition event, with the following award recipients recognized: Outstanding Alumni, Rising Star, Spirit of DCTC and DCTC Ad-vocacy. “This important fund-raising event will benefit students by helping them pay for tuition and books and allowing them to stay

in college when they ex-perience financial hard-ship. It’s also provides a great opportunity for alumni to reconnect with the college,” said Tharan Leopold, DCTC execu-tive director of foundation and alumni. “In addition, this celebration recognizes award recipients, recon-nects alumni and raises money for student schol-arships.” Established in 1983 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or-ganization, the DCTC Foundation functions as an conduit for gifts and grants that benefit the col-lege and their students. Governed by a board of directors with up to 18

members, the foundation has generated more than $3.2 million in financial assistance for students while building a general endowment fund and es-tablishing private endow-ment funds. The foundation has also received in-kind do-nations for equipment, tools and supplies used in many DCTC programs. For more information about the True Blue Gala or the DCTC Foundation, contact: Leopold at [email protected] or 651-423-8293; or Barb Se-leski, office service special-ist, at [email protected] or 651-423-8777.


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Lakeville Parks and Recreation contacted the Lakeville North High School painting classes to design and paint murals for the some of its warming houses. Painting student Nicole Wallerick’s design was chosen for the mural at Cherryview and painted by using a variety of techniques. Students working on the mural included Wallerick (pictured)and Michaela Preachuk with some special touches by warming house attendant Matt Hoffermann. The mural was completed on Jan. 22. (Photo submitted)

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Three teams represented Lakeville at the First Lego League State Championship on Saturday, Feb. 7. Caught in a Brainstorm (all Century students) is coached by Maureen Carrigan. The team won the Second Place Championship Award (advancing to World Championships in St. Louis), Second Place Teamwork Award and First Place Presentation Award. Glitter Girls (representing all three Lakeville middle schools) is coached by Debby and Dave Orgeman. The team won the First Place Research Award and Second Place Mechanical Design Award. Brain Surge (fifth-graders) is coached by Holly Traub and Maureen Carrigan. The team won Presentation Recognition. (Photo submitted)

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District 194 School Board Following is the agenda for the 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, special meeting of the District 194 School Board in the Crystal Lake Educa-tion Center Media Center.

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SportsLakeville North football players were in high demand

School celebrates eight who signed letters of intentby Mike Shaughnessy


Deciding which foot-ball game to attend each weekend used to be easy for Cory and Tara Carde-nas. For the past couple of years, they just pointed their vehicle toward where Lakeville North was play-ing – and where their twin sons, Jesse and Jordan, were starters on the Pan-thers’ defense. As of last week, things got a little more compli-cated. As their parents watched, beaming with pride, the boys signed Na-tional Letters of Intent to play college football. But, with different schools. Jesse, a linebacker, signed with Northern Iowa while Jordan, a defensive back, is going to Augustana Col-lege in Sioux Falls, Iowa. So now their parents have a dilemma. Which son will they watch play each weekend for the next few years. “Whichever one’s get-ting better grades,” Cory Cardenas said, grinning. “We’ve talked about it. A lot depends on whether ei-ther one redshirts his first year. Or, whichever one’s game is the shortest drive. But we’ve told them we’re probably going to be alter-nating.” A lot of Lakeville North players’ parents figure to be hitting the road on college football weekends next fall. Eight

Panthers signed letters of intent last week. In ad-dition to the Cardenas twins, players accepting scholarship offers were linebacker Tristyn Han-son (Air Force), defensive end Carl Engwall (North Dakota), linebacker Da-kota Toedter (Northern State), defensive back Stu Hamann (St. Cloud State) and linebacker Connor Melz (Southwest State). Offensive/defensive line-man Boyd Draeger signed with Wyoming as a pre-ferred walk-on. That’s eight members of a defense that was one of the state’s best in 2014 and good enough to help

the Panthers reach the state Class 6A semifinals. “It’ll probably be a long time before we have eight kids from one class sign again,” Lakeville North football coach Brian Vos-sen said. “It was a special group. One of my regrets is we didn’t win a state championship with these kids. We had an opportu-nity, and we were close.” Although athletes are able to use the Internet and sites such as hudl.com to post videos of them-selves in action, coaches still spend a considerable amount of time serving as liaisons between their ath-letes and college recruit-

ers. Vossen said he’s never tried to calculate how much time he spends on those tasks, but added he will do whatever he needs to in order to give his play-ers opportunities. In particular, he doesn’t want players to think that changing high schools is the route to offers from high-profile college pro-grams. “I don’t want any kid to leave Lakeville North because he thinks he will get a better opportunity somewhere else,” Vossen said. A key, Vossen said, is getting a player to a school that sincerely wants

him and has plans for him. That was the case with Melz, probably the least publicized of North’s stout linebacker group. Vossen said Melz was do-ing all the right things in the recruiting process but wasn’t garnering as much attention from colleges as some of his teammates. But he found a match with Southwest State. “They wanted him, and it’s very important to go some-where that wants you,” Vossen said. Engwall, who verbally committed to North Da-kota last summer, said the program pursued him. He went to a football camp in Grand Forks last sum-mer, and after a couple more trips to the campus, was sold. He also said his high school coaches were instrumental in help-ing him get looks from several Midwestern col-leges with strong football teams. “Eight guys from the same defense signing to play college football is a big day for our school,” Engwall said. “I have to give credit to our coaches for making that happen.” Hanson was concerned his college football pros-pects would dry up when he broke his ankle in the third game of the 2014 season. He said last week some of the schools that were recruiting him did back off after he was in-jured. But he returned

during the playoffs and the first school that of-fered him a scholarship, Air Force, stuck with him. “It’s a very structured environment, and I think that’s something I’ll like,” said Hanson, who still has to complete his se-nior season of high school wrestling (he is ranked second in Class 3A at 195 pounds). Cory and Tara Carde-nas held out hope that their sons would play for the same college. North-ern Iowa offered Jesse a scholarship and invited Jordan to walk on. Jor-dan decided to visit other schools and took a schol-arship offer from Augus-tana, a football program with strong ties to Lake-ville. Seven graduates of Lakeville North or Lake-ville South were on the Augustana roster last season, including starting quarterback Trey Heid, starting running back Da-jon Newell and starting linebacker Ben Skelly, all from North. Cory Cardenas said he’s convinced that his sons have landed in good places. “It’s a credit to the Lakeville North program to have this many players signing with college pro-grams,” he said. “We’re very happy with how this worked out.”

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Lakeville North seniors Jordan Cardenas (left) and his brother Jesse shared a laugh be-fore signing National Letters of Intent to play college football – Jordan at Augustana and Jesse at Northern Iowa. Eight players from the 2014 Lakeville North football team signed with colleges last week. (Photo by Mike Shaughnessy)

Panthers’ streak grows to 23 by Mike Shaughnessy


Lakeville North isn’t pretending to ignore what everybody else knows – the Panthers are on the verge of some unprecedented achievements. If they win their next two games, they would be the first boys hockey team from Lakeville with an un-defeated regular season. If they win their next eight, they would be the first Minnesota large-school team in 22 years to finish undefeated and untied. The streak helps keep the Panthers (23-0 with two regular-season games remaining) accountable, coach Trent Eigner said. At the same time, they don’t want to make too much of it. “People want to talk about the streak. I don’t mind the questions, and I know our kids don’t,” Eigner said. “As a fan, I’d want to talk about it too. As a coach, it doesn’t af-fect what we’re trying to do on the ice. We’re fo-cused on how we can try to get better.” The Panthers, who play Eastview at 7 p.m. Thursday at Ames Arena, doesn’t seem to have much room for improvement. That doesn’t mean they’ll stop looking, Eigner said. Lakeville North’s of-fensive skill is well known. The Panthers have been working on their play in the defensive zone, and are seeing results. They have shut out five of their last 12 opponents and have not trailed in a game since Dec. 31. “We have been making a conscious effort to get better on defense,” Eigner said. “We play an aggres-sive style. Our kids are cre-ative in the offensive zone, but it can’t come at the expense of our defense. We’ve played very well in our own end, and that’s probably one reason we’ve been getting out to a lot of leads.” The North defense is a veteran group led by four seniors, Jack McNeely, Jack Sadek, Luke Seper and Angelo Altavilla. Ju-nior goalie Ryan Edquist, in his first season with the Panthers, has a 1.48 goals-against average, .933 save

percentage and six shut-outs. Jack Poehling and Nick Poehling, two of North’s three Mr. Hockey Award finalists (Sadek is the oth-er) are second and third in the South Suburban Con-ference in scoring with 51 and 47 points. Four other Panthers have at least 13 goals for a team that’s av-eraging more than five a game. North clinched its sec-ond consecutive South Suburban Conference championship with a 4-1 victory at Prior Lake on Feb. 5. In the win, the Panthers showed they’re more than a few play-ers deep. The top line of Nick, Jack and Ryan Poe-hling was held without a point, but Lakeville North got two goals and an assist from Henry Enebak and one goal each from Max Johnson and Maxwell Mc-Glade. Taylor Schneider had two assists. Sadek had a goal and four assists and Jack Poeh-ling had two goals and two assists in a 7-3 victory over Eagan on Feb. 7. Lakeville North plays at Shakopee at 4 p.m. Sat-urday, Feb. 14, to close the regular season.

The Panthers will be the No. 1 seed in the Sec-tion 1AA tournament and play at home in the quar-terfinals Feb. 19. What if they win out and take their first state championship? They probably would be ac-claimed as one of the best Minnesota high school teams of all time. Since the two-class era started in 1994-95, no Class AA team has had an undefeated, untied season. Bloomington Jefferson went 28-0 in 1992-93, the first year of the state tour-nament’s Tier I/Tier II ex-periment. Red Wing went 28-0 on its way to the 1997 Class A championship. But that’s getting ahead of things a little bit. How do the Panthers avoid do-ing that? “It comes back to our leadership,” Eigner said. “We have outstanding se-nior leadership. They’re players who were in the state championship game last year, know what that’s like, and really dedicated themselves in the off-sea-son.”


Senior defenseman Jack McNeely handles the puck for Lakeville North, which is undefeated and ranked first in Class AA boys hockey. (Photo by Jim Lindquist/side-kick.smugmug.com)

Notebook: MSHSL approves tweaks to 6A football playoff format

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


The format for the Class 6A football playoffs will change in 2015 after the Minnesota State High School League approved a plan presented by two South Suburban Conference coaches. The plan, proposed by the state coach-es association and presented by Eagan head coach Rick Sutton and Eastview head coach Kelly Sherwin at the MSHSL board of directors meeting last week, would make it impossible for teams from the same section to meet in the first two rounds of the Class 6A playoffs. This would result in fewer first-round match-ups between teams that already met dur-ing the regular season. Under the new plan, each section would be seeded by coaches in the tra-ditional manner, then plugged into one of six random 32-team brackets. There would be eight sub-groups of four teams, with each of the four teams coming from a different section. That means teams from the same section couldn’t meet until the quarterfinal round. It would eliminate having to re-seed the Class 6A playoffs before the quar-terfinal round. Also, it would prevent coaches from attempting to manipulate the seedings within a section to avoid playing certain teams. Travel costs are not expected to be a factor because all 32 Class 6A teams are in the metro area. This was the second time the coaches association proposed the Class 6A play-off tweaks to the MSHSL. A year ago, the league rejected the idea. Playoff for-mats for Nine-Man through Class 5A would not change. Seven South Suburban Conference football teams (Burnsville, Eagan, East-view, Farmington, Lakeville North, Lakeville South and Rosemount) are in Class 6A, Section 3. Prior Lake and Sha-kopee are in Section 6, and Apple Valley is a Class 5A team. Last season, there were three first-round Section 3 games between teams that faced each other in the regular sea-son – Rosemount vs. Farmington, Eagan vs. Lakeville South and Burnsville vs. Eastview.

More from the MSHSL The MSHSL changed its summer football practice regulations to allow a maximum of 11 practice dates, of which four can include contact. Starting in 2015, girls cross country races will be 5,000 meters, the same as for boys races. Minnesota was one of a handful of states that still had high school girls running 4,000-meter races.

Mr. Hockey fi nalists Three players from Lakeville North and one from Burnsville are finalists for

the Mr. Hockey Award to be presented March 8 by the Minnesota Minute Men to the state’s top high school senior play-er. Among the 10 finalists are forwards Jack Poehling and Nick Poehling, and defenseman Jack Sadek, all of Lakeville North. Burnsville defenseman Jack Ah-can also is a finalist. Going into this week’s play Jack Poe-hling had 51 points (22 goals, 29 assists) in 23 games for undefeated Lakeville North. Nick Poehling had 24 goals and 23 assists for 47 points. Sadek had 24 points (four goals, 20 assists). Burnsville’s Ahcan had 29 points on six goals and 23 assists. The Poehling brothers and Ahcan have signed to play at St. Cloud State University. Sadek has signed with Min-nesota. Burnsville goalie Dyllan Lubbesmey-er is one of two finalists for the Frank Brimsek Award, given to the state’s top senior goalie. Lubbesmeyer has a 2.23 goals against average, .908 save percent-age and three shutouts for the Blaze. The Mr. Hockey and Brimsek awards will be presented at a banquet at noon March 8 at RiverCentre in St. Paul.

Just reward Lakeville South girls cross country coach Jessica Just received an award at the 29th annual Minnesota Girls and Women in Sports Day on Feb. 4 at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul. Just was among 11 coaches and ad-ministrations who received the Breaking Barriers Award. She has led the Lakeville South girls team to the state meet seven times, in-cluding six consecutive trips from 2009 to 2014. The Cougars finished second in the 2011 Class AA meet and have been third two other times.


Jessica Just (left) with her award


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Girl Scout troop, Parkview Student Council to have benefit breakfast Girl Scout Troop 55486 and Parkview Elementary School Student Council have organized an all-you-can-eat Wish for a Well Waffle Breakfast on Sat-urday, Feb. 21, from 8:30-11:30 a.m. at the school. This is the second phase of fundraising for the Wish for a Well proj-ect, which started Dec. 4, 2014, when Parkview students attended a pre-sentation of photos and heard about the village of Ilambo, Tanzania, Africa. The pictures showed dirty drinking water, people car-rying water to their homes, typical bedrooms with dirt floors, and homemade toys like scooters and soc-cer balls. Following the presen-tation Parkview students were given a bottle of wa-ter to bring home. They were invited to join the fundraiser Bottled Hope by drinking the clean wa-ter, filling the bottle with money, and returning the filled bottle to school. The campaign raised $2,600 of the $3,500 needed to spon-sor a well in Tanzania.

This is the largest student-led fundraiser to date, ac-cording to a release from the Girl Scout troop. The troop hopes to raise the remainder of the amount during the break-fast. This project will help the Girl Scout troop earn their Bronze Award.

Eagan resident re-elected as chairman of Minnesota DFL DFL Party Chairman Ken Martin, of Eagan, was re-elected to his third two-year term by a unani-mous vote of the Minne-sota DFL State Central Committee at their busi-ness conference on Satur-day, Feb. 7 in Monticello. “I am very humbled by the vote and the confi-dence party members have in my leadership,” Martin said. “It is truly one of the greatest honors of my life to be able to lead the party.” When Martin took of-fice in 2011, he inherited a party with a deep debt. Af-ter the bruising defeat in the 2010 election, morale was low and stakeholders had little confidence in the party, according to a re-lease from the DFL Party. DFL officials said that Martin turned that around by raising record amounts of money that was used to retire debt and build a campaign infrastructure that could win. Because of this work, the DFL had one of the most successful election cycles in party history in 2012 – winning majorities back in both legislative chambers, taking back the

seat in the 8th Congres-sional District and playing an instrumental role in de-feating two divisive consti-tutional amendments, the release said. In 2014, the Minne-sota DFL was one of the bright spots in one of the most brutal mid-term elec-tions for Democrats since 1928, the release said. Under Martin’s leader-ship, the DFL re-elected Gov. Mark Dayton, Sen. Al Franken and kept all statewide offices in DFL hands. “While there is so much to be proud of, we can-not rest on our laurels,” Martin said. “Now is the time to roll up our sleeves and get to work so that we can keep Minnesota blue for our Democratic presi-dential nominee, keep our majority in the Minnesota Senate and reclaim our majority in the Minnesota House.” The DFL lost its 73-61 advantage in the Minne-sota House as Republi-cans captured 72 seats to the DFL’s 62 after election night 2014. Also returning for third terms as state DFL Party officers are Marge Hof-fa, vice chair, and Jacob Grippen, secretary. Join-ing Martin as part of the executive team are Shivan-thi Sathanandan, outreach officer, and Ron Harris, treasurer. “I’m excited by the ex-perience this leadership team brings to the table,” Martin said. “I look for-ward to working with our new officers as we build the party toward victory in 2016.”

Dakota Electric launches mobile website, billing option Dakota Electric As-sociation members can view information and pay their electric bills on their mobile devices thanks to a newly launched mobile website, announced by the member-owned coopera-tive. “We have provided our most sought-after in-formation on our mobile website,” Mike Fosse, vice president, Energy and Member Services, said. “This will allow members on their mobile devices to quickly find what they are seeking.” Using the mobile web-site, members can pay their bills, report an out-age with click-to-call phone numbers, receive outage updates for larger outages, check the Conser-vation Gauge, which sig-nals increasing wholesale costs due to daily demand, and find contact informa-tion for various resources at Dakota Electric. The bill-paying option takes members to Dakota Electric’s billing vendor who manages the online and mobile payment op-tions. Members can view their bills, check account balances and pay their bills using a variety of op-tions. Notifications can be set up from a computer so that their mobile devices receive alerts regarding their account. Dakota Electric’s web-site will determine if someone is visiting from a phone or tablet and will automatically provide the mobile version. If some-one is looking for infor-

mation other than what is shown on the mobile site, the person can click a link to go to the full version of www.dakotaelectric.com.

Peterson introduces bill Rep. Roz Peterson, R-Lakeville, has introduced legislation to put pay de-cisions for commission-ers back in the hands of the legislature in response to recent news of Gov. Mark Dayton unilater-ally approving more than $800,000 in salary increas-es to commissioners and political appointees, . Peterson’s bill HF666 would reverse a 2013 law passed by the DFL-controlled legislature and signed by Dayton. The bill was referred to the Gov-ernment Operations Com-mittee.

Dakota County employee honored Joel Beckman, Dakota County director of prop-erty taxation records, was recognized as Recorder of the Year during the annual Minnesota Association of County Officers Confer-ence Jan. 14-17 in Bloom-ington. Officers receiving awards at the conference are voted in by their peers. All 87 counties in the state are members of MACO. The organization is comprised of two indi-vidual associations – the Minnesota Association of County Auditors, Treasur-ers and Financial Officers, and the Minnesota Coun-ty Recorders Association. For more information, visit www.mncounty.org.

Trails by Candlelight canceled As a result of poor snow, ice and trail con-ditions, Dakota County Parks’ Trails by Candle-light event scheduled for Feb. 14 at Lebanon Hills Regional Park has been canceled. Parks officials said in a press release that inad-equate snow for cross-country skiing, sledding, and snowshoeing, and icy hiking trails pose safety challenges, and the safety of guests is a priority in Dakota County Parks. Trails by Candlelight remains an annual event and will be held next year as long as weather permits.

Job Transitions Jim Rhodes will present “Developing Your Person-al Brand” at the Feb. 17 meeting of the Easter Job Transitions Group. The group meets at 7:30 a.m. at Easter Lutheran Church – By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. Small group sessions are offered following the meeting at 9:30 a.m. each week on many different topics. Call 651-452-3680 for information.

Lottery winner Wendy Mareau, of Farmington, won $5,000 by playing the Lottery’s Mega Millions game. Mareau claimed the prize on Jan. 29. The winning ticket was purchased at SuperAmerica, 16180 Kenrick Ave. in Lakeville.

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mort-gage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: September 28, 2007MORTGAGOR: Amy A.

Schultz and John W. Schultz, wife and husband.

MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Provi-dent Funding Associates, L.P..

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded October 17, 2007 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2550929.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: CitiMort-gage, Inc. Dated October 12, 2010 Recorded November 10, 2010, as Document No. 2765345 and also by document Dated June 11, 2013 Recorded June 24, 2013 as Docu-ment No. 2958248.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100017935170901447LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Provident Fund-ing Associates, L.P.

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: CitiMortgage, Inc.

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 18541 English Avenue, Farmington, MN 55024

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 14.58651.02.020LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY: Lot 2, Block 2, Prairie Creek 2nd Addition.

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Dakota

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $207,500.00

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NO-TICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE:

$249,436.02That prior to the commence-

ment of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;

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

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 7, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

fice, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hastings, MN

to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including at-torneys’ fees allowed by law sub-ject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on October 7, 2015, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:None

“THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAG-OR’S PERSONAL REPRESEN-TATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMIN-ING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREM-ISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICUL-TURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.”Dated: January 27, 2015CitiMortgage, Inc.Mortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688810 - 14-008768 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.

Published inLakeville

February 6, 13, 20, 27, March 6, 13, 2015

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NEW MARKET TOWNSHIPAUDIT MEETING

The New Market Township Board will meet on Wednesday, February 25, 2014 at 7:00 PM to audit the 2014 Township financial records. No other business will be conducted.

Meeting will be held at the New Market Township Hall. 8950 230th St. E., Lakeville, MN 55044

By order of the Township Board.LeRoy Clausen, ClerkNew Market Township

Published in Lakeville

February 13, 2015346810

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mort-gage:

DATE OF MORTGAGE: April 2, 2007MORTGAGOR: Douglas B. Sim-

mons, a married man.MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Elec-

tronic Registration Systems, Inc..

DATE AND PLACE OF RE-CORDING: Recorded April 16, 2007 Dakota County Recorder, Document No. 2509949.

ASSIGNMENTS OF MORT-GAGE: Assigned to: Bank of America, N.A. successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing LP. Dated November 1, 2011 Recorded January 31, 2012, as Document No. 2845504.

TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registra-

tion Systems, Inc.TRANSACTION AGENT’S

MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON MORTGAGE:

100315900000393180LENDER OR BROKER AND

MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: River City Mort-gage & Financial, LLC

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: Bank of America, N.A.

MORTGAGED PROPERTY AD-DRESS: 18685 Jasmine Way, Lakeville, MN 55044

TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 22.44306.01.060LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF

PROPERTY:Lot 6, Block 1, Lakeview Heights

2nd AdditionCOUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY

IS LOCATED: DakotaORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

OF MORTGAGE: $201,600.00AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED

TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NO-TICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE:

$260,409.78That prior to the commence-

ment of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by stat-ute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or other-wise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;

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

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: March 3, 2015 at 10:00 AMPLACE OF SALE: Sheriff’s Of-

fice, Law Enforcement Center, 1580 Hwy 55, Lobby #S-100, Hastings, MN

to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attor-neys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal rep-resentatives or assigns unless re-duced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07.

TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise pro-vided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must va-cate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed un-der section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on September 3, 2015 unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next week-day, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032.

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None

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

Dated: December 23, 2014Bank of America, N.A.Mortgagee/Assignee of MortgageeUSSET, WEINGARDEN AND LI-EBO, P.L.L.P.Attorneys for Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee4500 Park Glen Road #300Minneapolis, MN 55416(952) 925-688818 - 14-008168 FCTHIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.


January 9, 16, 23, 30, February 6, 13, 2015

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INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 917

REGULAR BOARD MINUTESFEBRUARY 3, 2015

This is a summary of the Inter-mediate School District 917 Regu-lar School Board Meeting on Tues-day, February 3, 2015, 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, Rose-mount, MN 55068.

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM. Board meeting was held at 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount, MN in the 917 Board Room. Board members present: Dick Bergstrom, Bob Erickson, Ron Hill, Jill Lewis, Dan Cater, Deb Clark, Vanda Pressnall, Melissa Sauser, Joanne Mansur, and ad-ministrators were present. Absent: none. Good news reports were presented. The following Consent Agenda items were approved: min-utes, personnel, donations, bills to be paid, investment report, and wire transfers. Reports: Melissa Schaller reported on Special Edu-cation Program and Staff Planning projections for 2015/2016. Eric VanBrocklin reported on Second-ary Programs and Staff Planning Projections for 2015/2016. Supt. Christiansen reported to the Board on TEA Facility Information for 2015/2016. Recommended ac-tions approved: Resolution Di-recting Administration to Make Recommendations for Reductions in Programs and Positions and Reasons Therefore; Maintenance Payments to Member Districts; 2014/2015 budget adjustment for grant awards; 2014/2015 budget adjustments for Special Education. Adjournment at 7:16 PM.

Published in Apple Valley, Lakeville,

Burnsville/EaganFebruary 13, 2015

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CITY OF LAKEVILLE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

REQUEST: The vacation of a public drainage and utility ease-ments and street right-of-way in Spirit of Brandtjen Farm.

APPLICANT: SBF Development Corp.LOCATION AND LEGAL DE-

SCRIPTION: The public drainage and utility easements and street right –of-way to be vacated are lo-cated south of 160th Street (CSAH 46) and east of Pilot Knob Road (CSAH 31) in the City of Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota and are legally described as follows:

Vacation of the drainage and utility easements over, under and across Outlot F, SPIRIT OF BRANDTJEN FARM COMMER-CIAL 1ST ADDITION, according to the recorded plat thereof, Da-kota County, Minnesota, as dedi-cated per plat of said SPIRIT OF BRANDTJEN FARM COMMER-CIAL 1ST ADDITION, and

Vacation of the drainage and utility easements over, under and across Outlots AA, EE and GG, SPIRIT OF BRANDTJEN FARM, ac-cording to the recorded plat there-of, Dakota County, Minnesota, as dedicated per plat of said SPIRIT OF BRANDTJEN FARM, and

Vacation of the drainage and utility easements over, under and across Outlot B, DIAMONTE AT SPIRIT OF BRANDTJEN FARM, ac-cording to the recorded plat there-of, Dakota County, Minnesota, as dedicated per plat of said SPIRIT OF BRANDTJEN FARM, SPIRIT OF BRANDTJEN FARM 3RD AD-DITION, SPIRIT OF BRANDTJEN FARM 7TH ADDITION, SPIRIT OF BRANDTJEN FARM 10TH ADDI-TION, and DIAMONTE AT SPIRIT OF BRANDTJEN FARM, according to the recorded plats thereof, all in Dakota County, Minnesota.

That part of Eagleview Drive, as dedicated per plat of SPIRIT OF BRANDTJEN FARM, according to the recorded plat thereof, Dakota County, Minnesota, lying north-easterly of the following described line and its northwesterly and southeasterly extensions:

Beginning at the most east-erly corner of Lot 1, Block 12, said SPIRIT OF BRANDTJEN FARM; thence southeasterly to the north-erly corner of Lot 1, Block 4, SPIRIT OF BRANDTJEN FARM 8TH ADDI-TION, according to the recorded plat thereof, Dakota County, Minne-sota and said line there terminating.

WHEN: Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the parties may be heard.

WHERE: Planning Commission meeting at the City Hall Council Chambers, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, Lakeville, Minnesota.

QUESTIONS: Contact Plan-ning Director Daryl Morey at (952) 985-4422 or by e-mail at dmorey@ lakevillemn.gov

DATED this 10th day of Febru-ary 2015.CITY OF LAKEVILLECharlene Friedges, City Clerk


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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #194

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REPLACEMENTCHERRY VIEW ELEMENTARY

8600 175TH STREET WEST

LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044

KENWOOD TRAIL

MIDDLE SCHOOL

19455 KENWOOD TRAIL

LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA 55044

Independent School District #194 will receive single prime sealed bids for Multi-Site Fire Alarm Replacement until 2:00 p.m. local time on February 26, 2015 at the District Office, 8670 210th Street West, Lakeville, Minnesota, 55044, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bidding documents, including the Proposal Form, Drawings and Specifications, will be on file at the Offices of the Architect, Wold Archi-tects and Engineers, 305 St. Peter Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102. (651) 227-7773; at the Minnesota Builders Exchange; McGraw Hill Construction/Dodge Plan Center; Reed Construction; iSqFt Plan Room (St. Paul, MN); and from PlanWell at www.e-arc.com.

This project includes: Removal and replacement of the fire alarm system throughout the entire build-ing.

American Reprographics Com-pany, 4730 Park Glen Road, St. Louis Park, Minnesota 55416 (952) 697-8800, facsimile (952) 697-8803, will provide complete down-loadable sets of the Bidding Docu-ments to prospective bidders and subcontractors. The downloadable set will be available on or about February 2, 2015. A deposit check in the amount of $25 made out to ARC for each set downloaded via the internet at www.e-arc.com and clicking on the PlanWell icon, then the Public Plan Room icon, select Multi-Site Fire Alarm Replacement.

Make proposals on the bid forms supplied in the Project Manual. No oral, telegraphic or telephonic proposals or modifications will be considered. Submit with each bid, a certified check or acceptable bid-der’s bond payable to Independent School District #194 in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the total bid. The successful bidder will be required to furnish satisfactory Labor and Material Payment Bond, and Performance Bond.

Bids may not be withdrawn within thirty (30) days after the scheduled time of opening bids, without the consent of the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to accept any bid or to reject any or all bids, or parts of such bids, and waive informalities or irregularities in bidding.

The Owner requires Substantial Completion of the project on or be-fore August 14, 2015.Board of EducationINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIS-TRICT #194

Published in Lakeville, Burnsville/Eagan

February 13, 20, 2015346958

MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE

OF ASSUMED NAMEMinnesota Statutes, 333

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

business.ASSUMED NAME: Robert Thomas HomesPRINCIPAL PLACEOF BUSINESS: 16972 Brandtjen Farm DriveLakeville, MN 55044NAMEHOLDER(S): Robert Thomas Homes, Inc.16972 Brandtjen Farm DriveLakeville, MN 55044I, the undersigned, certify that

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

DATE FILED: February 2, 2015SIGNED BY: Todd Stutz


February 6, 13, 2015345632


ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSEDUCATING OUR

STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL

CALL FOR BIDS2015 HARDSCAPE REHABILITATION

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the 2015 Hardscape Rehabilita-tion by Independent School District 196, at the District Offices (Vermil-lion Conference Room) located at 3455 153rd St. W., Rosemount, MN 55068, until 11:00 a.m. local time on Friday, February 27, 2015, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A pre-bid conference will be held on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the District Offices (Vermillion Conference Room) lo-cated at 3455 153rd St. W., Rose-mount, MN 55068. In the interest of all parties present at the pre-bid conference, cell phone use will not be permitted.

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

A Bid Bond, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check in the amount of 5% of the total bid price, made payable to Independent School District 196, must be submitted with the bid. No personal checks will be accepted.Gary L. Huusko, Board ClerkIndependent School District #196


Burnsville/EaganFebruary 13, 20, 2015

348239

CITY OF LAKEVILLEDAKOTA COUNTY,

MINNESOTAORDINANCE NO. 934

AN ORDINANCE REZONING PROPERTY FROM O-R TO PUD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE AR-GONNE SENIOR HOUSING PLAT

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEVILLE ORDAINS:

Section 1. Legal Description. The following described property located within the City of Lakeville, Dakota County, Minnesota is here-by rezoned from O-R, Office/Resi-dential Transition District to PUD, Planned Unit Development District:

Outlot A, Argonne VillageSection 2. Zoning Map. The

zoning map of the City of Lakeville, adopted by Section 11-45-5 of the City Code, shall not be republished to show the aforesaid rezoning, but the Zoning Administrator shall ap-propriately mark the zoning map on file in the Zoning Administrator’s office for the purpose of indicating the rezoning hereinabove provided for in this Ordinance, and all of the notations, references and other in-formation shown thereon are here-by incorporated by reference and made part of this Ordinance.

Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be effective upon its passage by the City Council and the recording of the Argonne Senior Housing Final Plat.

Adopted by the Lakeville City Council this 2nd day of February 2015.CITY OF LAKEVILLEBY: Matt Little, MayorATTEST: Charlene Friedges City Clerk


February 13, 2015348179

CREDIT RIVER TOWNSHIPSCOTT COUNTY

STATE OF MINNESOTANOTICE OF HEARING ON

THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS

TO 196TH STREET EAST AND SOUTHFORK DRIVENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

THAT the Town Board of Credit River Township, Scott County, Minnesota, will meet at the Prior Lake Fire Department #1 located at 16776 Fish Point Road, Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372 at 7:00 p.m. on February 25, 2015 to consider to consider a project to repair and improve portions of 196th Street East and Southfork Drive, all said improvements located within Credit River Township pursuant to Min-nesota Statutes, Sections 420.011 to 429.111. The areas proposed to be assessed are all those proper-ties abutting or having access to said roads, all located in Credit River Township. The estimated cost of the improvements pro-posed by Credit River Township is $136,880. A reasonable estimate of the impact of the assessment will be available at the hearing. Such persons as desire to be heard with reference to the proposed improve-ments will be heard at this meeting.Dated: February 2, 2015 /s/ Lisa Quinn, ClerkCredit River Township


February 13, 20, 2015346989

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196


PUBLIC SCHOOLS

MINUTES OF JANUARY 12, 2015

ORGANIZATION AND REGULAR BOARD MEETING

Chairperson Rob Duchscher called the organization and regular School Board meeting to order at 6 p.m. on January 12, 2015 at Dakota Ridge School.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the School Board.

There was a moment of silence for Lihua Jing, an Adult Basic Edu-cation student, who passed away.

Roll call to establish a quo-rum. Present: Joel Albright, Rob Duchscher, Gary Huusko, Jackie Magnuson, Mike Roseen and Bob Schutte.

Absent: Art Coulson.Superintendent Jane K. Berenz

was also present.Motion by Huusko, seconded by

Schutte and carried, with six mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition to approve the agenda.

Election of officers for January through December 2015 went as follows:

Magnuson nominated Rob Duchscher to the office of chair-person. Huusko seconded the nomination. There being no other nominations, Duchscher closed the nominations. Motion carried with six members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition.

Huusko nominated Jackie Mag-nuson to the office of vice chair-person. Duchscher seconded the nomination. There being no other nominations, Duchscher closed the nominations. Motion carried with six members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition.

Albright nominated Gary Huus-ko to the office of clerk. Magnuson seconded the nomination. There being no other nominations, Duch-scher closed the nominations. Mo-tion carried with six members vot-ing in favor and no members voting in opposition.

Huusko nominated Art Coulson to the office of treasurer. Magnuson seconded the nomination. There being no other nominations, Duch-scher closed the nominations. Mo-tion carried with six members vot-ing in favor and no members voting in opposition.

Duchscher asked the board to approve School Board Commit-tees and Appointments for January through December 2015.

Motion by Roseen, seconded by Albright and carried, with six members voting in favor and no members voting in opposition to approve the assignments.

Board members recognized Ce-dar Park Elementary STEM School Principal John Garcia, who was named 2015 Science and Math-ematics Principal of the Year, and Woodland Elementary School Prin-cipal Lisa Carlson for Woodland being named a 2014-15 Minnesota School of Excellence.

Superintendent Berenz con-gratulated:

• Students and staff of Cedar Park Elementary STEM School on being named a Celebration School;

• Eighteen high school students who qualified for the State Debate Tournament;

• Eight juniors who have been nominated for the Excellence in Community, Education and Lead-ership (ExCEL) Award, and

• Paraprofessional employees for the important work they do with students and parents.

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

• Minutes of December 8, 2014 regular board meeting;

• Revisions to Policy 503, Stu-dent Rights and Responsibilities to align with Minnesota Statute 120A.22 on ages of compulsory instruction;

• Claims for December 3, 2014 through January 6, 2015;

• Electronic funds transfer schedule for November 29, 2014 through January 2, 2015;

• Schedule of investments for November 29, 2014 through Janu-ary 2, 2015;

• Treasurer’s report for month ending November 30, 2014;

• Gifts valued at more than $500 and received as of January 5, 2015 totaling $109,527.79;

• Advertising revenue received by January 5, 2015 totaling $500;

• A manual signature, in addi-tion to the facsimile signatures on checks of $100,000 or more, of ei-ther the School Board chairperson, treasurer, clerk, superintendent, director of finance and operations or director of secondary education;

• Two $1,000 PPG Foundation Public Education Leadership Com-munity grants for Diamond Path Elementary School of International Studies;

• A $3,850 Midwest Dairy Coun-cil “Fuel Up to Play 60” grant for Cedar Park Elementary STEM School;

• Resolution to submit Form B/C grant applications on behalf of Dis-trict 196 high schools to the Min-nesota State High School League Foundation;

• Personnel separations, leaves of absence and new staff;

• Student teacher agreements with the University of Minnesota-Morris, effective January 5, 2015 until June 30, 2016, and the Univer-sity of Wisconsin-Stout, effective January 1, 2015 through the end of the 2016-17 school year;

• Employment agreement with a continuing contract teacher for an additional .2 FTE during the 2014-15 school year without the ad-ditional FTE becoming part of the teacher’s continuing contract;

• Transition Plus and Pathway programs application to the Min-nesota Department of Education (MDE) for flexible learning year calendars for the 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years, and implementation as planned if ap-proved by MDE, and

• Joint Powers Agreement with Dakota County for Interagency Early Intervention Services through June 30, 2015.

Director of Secondary Education Mark Parr and Director of Finance and Operations Jeff Solomon pre-sented a status update on the fa-cilities and equipment needs. Any of the improvements being consid-ered by the Strategic Planning Fa-cilities and Equipment Task Force would require voter-approved bond funding. Parr noted the presenta-tion was being given to provide information to the community at large and to seek input on the task

force’s preliminary recommenda-tions. Parr outlined the steps lead-ing up to the facilities review, noted the last review was completed in 2003 and commented about ongo-ing safety and security concerns. Another reason for the review is due to overcrowding at the elemen-tary schools with the implementa-tion full-day kindergarten, targeted expansion of school-based pre-school and enrollment growth in portions of the district. The last reason is due to the fact that the 10-year technology levy is expiring at the end of this year.

The Strategic Planning Facili-ties and Equipment Task Force was charged with developing recom-mendations and a course of ac-tion to provide the facilities and equipment needed to support the district’s strategies in teaching and learning, early learning, equity and partnerships that were adopted by the board in 2011. The review was conducted by analyzing building capacities and enrollment, review-ing recommendations from the Dis-trict Emergency Team, Early Learn-ing Initiative Committee, STEM education programming pathway, and the Learning and Technology Vision Task Force. Input was also received from school administra-tors.

More than $200 million building-specific requests are not included in the preliminary recommenda-tions, nor are artificial turf fields, field houses, remodeled locker rooms, theater improvements and playground equipment.

The preliminary recommenda-tions include safety and security improvements, space for learning and technology for learning. Parr shared that preliminary recommen-dations in the area of safety and security include replacing obsolete analog camera equipment, upgrad-ing exterior door controls, installing emergency response buttons in school offices, modifying entrances to lead directly into offices at all el-ementary schools and five middle schools, securing vestibules with electronic sign-in systems and small greeter areas at high schools, and improving pedestrian and traf-fic safety.

Solomon provided details about preliminary recommendations in the area of space for learning that in-clude adding 41 elementary class-rooms to accommodate enrollment growth and full-day kindergarten, bringing all classrooms up to the district size standard and provid-ing space for targeted expansion of school-based preschool. Prelimi-nary space recommendations also contain a possible new elemen-tary school, elementary attendance area adjustments, STEM pathway expansion, renovation and equip-ment, and replacement of outdated student furniture at middle schools and high schools. The third area or preliminary recommendations, technology for learning, would build the capacity of core class-rooms that effectively use technol-ogy with every individual student. Solomon commented on the learn-ing and technology vision to imple-ment 1-to-1 access for all students in grades 4-12 by the start of the 2018-19 school year and the need to continually update the technol-ogy infrastructure.

Next, the task force will review input received from staff members, focus groups, site councils and ad-visory councils and develop final recommendations to present at the March 9 School Board. If the board agrees to move forward with some or all recommendations, a polling firm will be hired to survey commu-nity members in March and results would be presented to the board in April. Based on the results of the survey, the board may direct the administration to conduct a bond referendum election in November 2015.

Solomon asked the board to approve the 2014-15 final budget that was presented in detail at the December board meeting. He high-lighted two changes to the bud-get: an increase of a federal aid to support STEM programs at Apple Valley STEM High School and the establishment of an account for the Parkview Elementary School addi-tion.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Roseen and carried, with six mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition to approve the final budget.

School District Attorney Jill Coyle presented revisions to Policy 406, Employee Welfare with re-gards to alcohol and drug testing of employees. Changes would allow the district to conduct drug and alcohol testing of any employee when there is “reasonable suspi-cion” of violation under section 3, Chemical-Free Workplace. Revi-sions were made in compliance with state and federal laws. Coyle highlighted the processes to be fol-lowed in district policy, regulation and procedures.

The board is scheduled to act on the proposed revision at its Febru-ary 9 meeting.

Director of Secondary Education Mark Parr presented the annual Native American Parent Advisory Committee (NAPAC) Resolution of Concurrence, approved by NAPAC at its December 18, 2014 meet-ing, for acceptance by the School Board. Parr reviewed the purpose of the committee, highlighted some of the programs offered, and shared student and staff statistics. Examples of the district’s program include tutoring, work with con-sultant Anton Treuer from Bemidji State and parent education. NA-PAC Chair John Other Medicine, and members Pam Peterson and Richard Beane expressed their ap-preciation for the program and its leaders.

Motion by Magnuson, seconded by Huusko and carried, with six members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition to ap-prove accepting the resolution.

Berenz reported the Dakota Val-ley Learning Center for early child-hood and adult learners opened the first week in January and an-nounced nominations are being ac-cepted for the Andrew Christopher Randall Travel Award through Feb-ruary 20.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Albright and carried, with six mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition to adjourn the meeting at 7:10 p.m.


LEGAL NOTICES



348670



PUBLIC SCHOOLSEDUCATING OUR

STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL

CALL FOR BIDS 2015 ROOF REHABILITATIONNotice is hereby given that

sealed bids will be received for the 2015 Roof Rehabilitation by Inde-pendent School District 196, at the District Offices (Vermillion Confer-ence Room) located at 3455 153rd St. W., Rosemount, MN 55068, until 10:00 a.m., local time on Fri-day, February 27, 2015, at which time and place bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

A pre-bid conference will be held on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the District Offices (Vermillion Conference Room) lo-cated at 3455 153rd St. W., Rose-mount, MN 55068. In the interest of all parties present at the pre-bid conference, cell phone use will not be permitted.

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

A Bid Bond, Certified Check or Cashier’s Check in the amount of 5% of the total bid price, made payable to Independent School District 196, must be submitted with the bid. No personal checks will be accepted.Gary L. Huusko, Board Clerk Independent School District 196


Burnsville/EaganFebruary 13, 20, 2015

348255


STATE OF MINNESOTANOTICE OF HEARING ON THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO

CASEY PARKWAY AND KILLARNEY LANE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Town Board of Credit Riv-er Township, Scott County, Minne-sota, will meet at the Prior Lake Fire Department #1 located at 16776 Fish Point Road, Prior Lake, Minne-sota 55372 at 7:45 p.m. on Febru-ary 25, 2015 to consider to consider a project to repair and improve por-tions of Casey Parkway and Killar-ney Lane, all said improvements lo-cated within Credit River Township pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 420.011 to 429.111. The areas proposed to be assessed are all those properties abutting or hav-ing access to said roads, all located in Credit River Township. The es-timated cost of the improvements proposed by Credit River Township is $149,910. A reasonable estimate of the impact of the assessment will be available at the hearing. Such persons as desire to be heard with reference to the proposed improve-ments will be heard at this meeting.Dated: February 2, 2015 /s/ Lisa Quinn, ClerkCredit River Township


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STATE OF MINNESOTANOTICE OF HEARING ON THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO KANE AVENUE AND CENTURY COURT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Town Board of Credit Riv-er Township, Scott County, Minne-sota, will meet at the Prior Lake Fire Department #1 located at 16776 Fish Point Road, Prior Lake, Minne-sota 55372 at 6:30 p.m. on Febru-ary 25, 2015 to consider to consider a project to repair and improve por-tions of Kane Avenue and Century Court, all said improvements lo-cated within Credit River Township pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 420.011 to 429.111. The areas proposed to be assessed are all those properties abutting or hav-ing access to said roads, all located in Credit River Township. The es-timated cost of the improvements proposed by Credit River Township is $70,400. A reasonable estimate of the impact of the assessment will be available at the hearing. Such persons as desire to be heard with reference to the proposed improve-ments will be heard at this meeting.Dated: February 2, 2015 /s/Lisa Quinn, Clerk Credit River Township


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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196


PUBLIC SCHOOLSMINUTES OF

JANUARY 26, 2015SPECIAL BOARD MEETING

Chairperson Rob Duchscher called the special School Board meeting to order at 5:03 p.m. on January 26, 2015 at the District Of-fice.

Present: Joel Albright, Art Coul-son, treasurer; Rob Duchscher, chairperson; Gary Huusko, clerk; Jackie Magnuson, vice chairper-son; Mike Roseen, Bob Schutte and Superintendent Jane K. Berenz.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Coulson and carried, with six mem-bers voting in favor and no member voting in opposition to approve the agenda.

Schutte arrived at 5:10 p.m.Superintendent Berenz shared

details about preliminary recom-mendations of the Facilities and Equipment Task Force—safety and security, space for learning, and technology for learning. As each area was discussed, Berenz re-viewed comments from the three nights of focus groups conducted in Rosemount, Apple Valley and Eagan. Focus groups indicated the district is on the right track with the three areas of safety, space and technology.

Referring to the Facilities and Equipment Review Timeline, Berenz pointed out that each of the three areas of recommendations have been reported out at board

meetings beginning in the 2012-13 school year. Information from those early reports was incorporated into the work of the Strategic Plan-ning Facilities and Equipment Task Force which began meeting last August.

Berenz stated that district staff, site councils and advisory coun-cils are hearing a second round of information prior to final recom-mendations being presented to the board on March 9. A scientific com-munity survey will be conducted in late March that will test the tax tol-erance of the District 196 commu-nity. The board will hear the results of the survey on April 27. District administrators will continue pro-viding site councils with detailed information about school-based preschool/early learning and the technology vision/beta classes.

Although it is still early in the process for a final cost figure, Berenz estimates the district will ask voters to approve a referen-dum of $175-$180 million. Direc-tor of Finance and Operations Jeff Solomon stated the $175 million estimate includes $125 million of building bonds for 14 years and $50 million of a capital project levy for ten years. Because of a reduc-tion in existing debt, taxes would increase but not to the level they were in 2014. A bond referendum of $175-$180 million would cost the owner of an average-price home approximately $11 to $12 a month.

During budget adjustments for the 2011-12 school year, Direc-tor of Finance and Operations Jeff Solomon and Transportation Coordinator Randy Dukek identi-fied that a $500,000 annual cost savings could be achieved if the district operated a second, more central transportation hub. Al-though unable to begin the process in 2011-12, work on the project has progressed. The goal of the proj-ect will be to increase the size of our district-owned bus fleet (sav-ing money on contracted buses needed to complete our extensive route structure) and split the fleet between the two hubs (Apple Val-ley and Rosemount) thereby de-creasing fuel and employee costs incurred by having one main facility located in the southeast portion of the district. Solomon shared with board members a timeline for plan-ning and construction of a new dis-trict transportation hub.

On September 8, 2014, the board approved a purchase agree-ment to acquire land in Apple Val-ley. A Phase I environmental study has been conducted and no issues have been found that would cause the district concern. Solomon met with City of Apple Valley officials and WOLD architects on November 25 to discuss the upcoming devel-opment. District staff and WOLD began the initial master planning for the facility on December 11. Solomon and Berenz met again in late December with the Apple Val-ley mayor and city administrator.

On January 15, a second mas-ter planning session was held with WOLD and district staff. Solomon and WOLD will meet again with City of Apple Valley administrators to update them on the planning progress. The initial master plan should be complete in February. At that time, district administrators will meet with the neighboring commu-nity members to share the informa-tion about the project.

If the project remains on track, it will be complete at the end of July 2016 and ready for the 2016-17 school year.

As part of the district’s annual budget planning process, after receiving input from the Budget Advisory Council, administra-tion provided recommendations to the School Board of base plan assumptions (projected enroll-ment, expenditures and revenue) to use to prepare the five-year fi-nancial plan and in preparation of the 2015-16 preliminary budget. Solomon reviewed three financial plan scenarios with summary work-sheets factoring 1%, 1.5% and 2% increases to the basic fund-ing formula from the state with an estimated “better-to-budget” sav-ings of $6.5 million from the current year. Current projections show the possibility of budget adjustments in 2016-17 but Solomon assured school board members that district administration would continue to monitor actual variables that may impact financial plan results.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Schutte and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition, to close the meeting pursuant to Min-nesota Statute 13D.05, Subd. 2 to discuss an individual’s medical re-cords.

Motion by Schutte, seconded by Magnuson and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition to re-open the meeting.

Board members discussed al-ternatives for a medically fragile individual.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Schutte and carried, with seven members voting in favor and no member voting in opposition to ad-journ the meeting at 6:50 p.m.



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PUBLISHYOUR LEGALNOTICEHEREEmail legal notices for publication to [email protected] days anddeadlines vary. Call 763-691-6001 for more information.

Lenten

exploration

of core

values The Rev. Bob Schwartz, a nationally recognized retreat di-rector and speaker, will be leading a three-part Lenten series of mini-retreats on core values for a parish at St. Jo-seph Catholic Church in Rosemount. People of all faiths are welcome to attend. The sessions will be Fridays Feb. 20, March 6 and March 20. Each will start at 6 p.m. with a soup supper with both meat and vegetarian op-tions. St. Joseph Church is located at 13900 Bis-cayne Ave. For more informa-tion, call 651-423-4402 or go online to www.stjo-sephcommunity.org. Tai chi and chai tea at Grace Grace United Meth-odist Church, 15309 Maple Island Drive, Burnsville, will offer the Arthritis Founda-tion’s Tai Chi Program. Classes will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesdays, Feb. 24 to April 7. They will be followed by an optional time for tea and conver-sation. Past participants in this program have re-ported decreased joint pain and stress, increased range of motion and im-proved balance. Cost is $35. Scholar-ships are available. To register, call Tracy at 952-215-7052 or sign up online at www.apparent-plan.org.

The Rev. Robert Smith, left, pastor of Spirit of Life Presbyterian Church in Apple Valley, recently introduced the church’s new music director, Kyle Frost, and new accompanist, Kate Kidwell. Frost will conduct the choir and the hand-bell choir; he plays the trumpet and piano. Kidwell plays the piano and sings. (Photo submitted)

New faces at Spirit of Life

Religion

Lenten, Easter programs at Spirit of LifeApple Valley’s Spirit of Life Presbyterian Church will present a series of special services and devotions during Lent, culminating on Easter Sunday, April 5. The theme of the series is “Crossroads.” The church’s pastor is the Rev. Robert Smith. On Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, a contemplative worship service will be-gin at 7 p.m. For the five Sundays in Lent, for the 10 a.m. worship services, the sermon topics will include “A New Iden-tity,” “A New Path” and “The Choice Is Yours.”

On Palm Sunday, March 29, the theme will be a “Peace March.” On Maundy Thursday, April 2, starting at 6 p.m., there will be a kid-friendly pot-luck meal, with communion served. On Easter Sunday the theme will be “The Uprising Begins,” and communion will again be served. The choir and the hand-bell choir will perform several special selections. Kyle Frost is the church’s new mu-sic director, and Kate Kidwell is the new piano accompanist. During the Lenten

season the church’s Meet in the Middle (M in M) after-school program will continue on Wednes-day afternoons, except on Ash Wednesday and on April 1 (the day be-fore Maundy Thursday), when all children’s ac-tivities will be suspend-ed. From 6 to 7 p.m. on other Wednesdays dur-ing Lent there will be a meal with devotions for people of all ages. Spirit of Life is locat-ed at 14401 Pilot Knob Road in Apple Valley. For more information, call 952-423-2212, or vis-it www.spiritoflifeav.org.


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Notice of Nondiscriminatory

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3600 MiscellaneousFor Sale

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4550 Roommates &Rooms For Rent

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4570 StorageFor Rent

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4610 Houses For Sale

Real Estate AuctionsMonday Feb 23

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Part –Time Operations Supervisor AssistantOwatonna, Minnesota

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Child Care

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5510 Full-time

Drive for a Winning Team!

DaRan Inc., a familyowned OTR/Regional trucking company in

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wheat and oatmeal prod-ucts, has been exclusively headquartered in Lakeville since 2013 when it com-pleted relocating its cor-porate headquarters from downtown Minneapolis to Lakeville’s Fairfield Busi-ness Campus. Fisher said 248 employ-ees work at the headquar-ters, located at County Road 70 and Kensington Boule-vard. MOM Brands is a pri-vately held company, still run by descendants of its founder John Campbell, and makes products includ-ing Malt-O-Meal, Golden Puffs and Frosted Mini Spooners. Heading the new com-bined cereal business is Richard R. Koulouris, who has experience integrating acquisitions and started with Post on Feb. 9. Chris Neugent, current chair and CEO of MOM Brands, will serve as presi-dent of the MOM Brands business and report to Kou-louris. Post has approximately 7,500 employees in the U.S., according to its 2014 annual report. The company has reported the consolidation would result in cuts of $50

million in run-rate costs an-nually. The acquisition, an-nounced on Jan. 26 for $1.05 billion and approximately 2.45 million shares of Post common stock to MOM Brand owners, is expected to be completed by this fall. Post said in a news re-lease it obtained financing commitments from various lenders that have committed to provide up to $700 mil-lion under a secured term loan. The company stated it plans to obtain additional acquisition funding by sell-ing approximately $240 mil-lion of equity, subject to market conditions. Post Holdings reported its net sales were $2.4 mil-lion in fiscal 2014, up from $1.03 million in fiscal 2013. Fisher said MOM Brands closed 2014 with sales of $760 million and the company is experienc-ing a promising uptick in sales this year, particularly in their new brands that in-clude Weight Watchers and Better Oats, a line of high-quality instant oatmeal. Post estimated MOM Brands had between $119 million and $121 million in earnings before interest, tax-es, depreciation and amorti-zation for fiscal year ending

Dec. 27, 2014. MOM Brands has also started a Mom’s Best, ready-to-eat cereal that is free of artificial flavorings, color-ings and preservatives. “It’s still kid-favorite tastes,” Fisher said. Fisher said “it is too ear-ly to speculate” whether the consolidation would affect any Lakeville jobs, and said she is not privy to discus-sions regarding whether or not the merger would close the MOM Brands head-quarters in Lakeville. Post’s news release stated the company expects to re-duce costs through “infra-structure rationalization, shared administrative ser-vices, and improved leverage within the combined sales force.” Fisher said the merger will result in a “strong num-ber three” cereal company. “It’s going to be very in-teresting in the cereal cat-egory,” Fisher said. “It will bring new competition and probably some new excite-ment to the cereal category. We’re looking forward to building that kind of a busi-ness that’s going to be good for cereal and good for fam-ilies.”

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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Both presentations will take place at the Holiday Inn, 20800 Kenrick Ave., Lakeville. Laing said participants will learn about risks of identity theft, who the criminals are and how they get away with it, and what steps people and businesses can take to reduce the likelihood of becoming the victim of a cyber breech or identity thief. Det. Russ Helmueller with the Lakeville Police Department will also be at the event to field ques-tions. Laing said he will share informa-tion about what malware is and how it gets into computers. He said once thieves break into a business system, they often lurk and examine operations for months to mimic transactions so they can maximize the amount of money and information they can steal. “Bad guys, they don’t go in, get your credentials and slam you right away,” Laing said. “The aver-age time that they’re in your system looking at it to determine what they should or shouldn’t and can or can’t do is close to 18 months.” Businesses should layer protec-tions as much as possible so they are not the “low-hanging fruit” thieves seek, he said. “You want as much stuff out there, as many ways as you can to stop the bad guy,” Laing said. For consumers, those most at risk are the people with wealth. “They go and research who’s got

money,” Laing said. “Who has got big houses, big boats? Who is spend-ing dollars so then they can go after them?” He said anyone can be a victim because the criminals work to look legitimate and it only takes one wrong click online to inadvertently allow them access to personal infor-mation and money. Laing said a senior executive was victimized after he clicked on a link in an email that falsely claimed it would lead him to information re-garding a (false) court subpoena. “Everybody clicks, because it’s like oh my goodness, gracious, what have I been summoned for,” Laing said. “The link was a piece of mal-ware that he downloaded into his computer, and at that point in time, he’s wide open.” Citizens Bank Marketing Officer Missy Marti said the company de-cided to hold this event in Lakeville to give back to the community and because of growing the risks involv-ing technology. “Fraud has become more of an issue with businesses and especially with consumers and the recent cred-it and debit breaches,” Marti said. “I think people think it won’t happen to me, but it can, and it’s happening more and more.” Register for the event by Wednes-day, Feb. 18, by calling or emailing Sandy Ihrke at 952-469-1919 or [email protected]. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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cal expenses. Family and friends are doing what they can to help the struggling family. Their new neighbors have embraced them, and a pancake breakfast fund-raiser was held in Decem-ber. An online fundraiser is still active at gofundme.com/EllorieJacobs, that as of last week had helped raised $8,885 of the $25,000 goal. Neighbors are holding a Valentines Day fundraiser for the family on Saturday, Feb. 14, at Babe’s Music Bar, 20685 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. For a $10 donation, at-tendees can drink beer and soda at the event from 4-6

p.m. It will also include si-lent auction that orga-nizer Bridget Ginnis said includes donations from the Minnesota Wild, for-mer Minnesota Twins first baseman Kent Hrbek and former Minnesota Vikings defensive end Bob Lurtse-ma. Items up for bid include skis, Minnesota Wild tick-ets and golf clubs. Ginnis said that al-though Ellorie has “had her days” as she endured so many treatments in her short life, she is a happy baby with a bright person-ality. Jeff Jacobs’ sister Mari Jacobs said her brother is normally a fun-loving family man with a great

sense of humor — he came dressed as “Thing 2” at a Dr. Seuss baby shower — but is now worried about providing for his family. She described Kari Ja-cobs as a devoted mom and a “Martha Stewart type” who is worried and having a tough time with all the stress. Kari Jacobs said she cannot believe how quick-ly their life has unraveled since Ellorie’s diagnosis. “I never in a million years thought we’d hit rock bottom, but we did,” Kari Jacobs said. “My husband gets laid off from his job, my daughter gets cancer, we just closed on a house, then our life is in the hos-pital with no income, noth-ing going on … everything

was totally derailed.” She said they have been overwhelmed by the gen-erosity, compassion and thoughtfulness of friends, family and even strangers who have reached out to help. “I can’t believe people are willing to give,” Kari Jacobs said. “It’s just unbe-lievable the support we’ve received. I don’t think any one person realized how much we appreciate it and how much we definitely need it. We still have a journey ahead of us: Medi-cal bills and mortgages and all that fun.”


ELLORIE, from 1A

ingenuity, dedication, professionalism and a work ethic Mayor Matt Little has described as “tire-less.” He typically comes in before 6 a.m. and often leaves after dark, and he has built many strong relationships with colleagues who said they enjoy his wit and good nature. Feller announced his retirement in December, and the city has hired Dave Unmacht of Springst-ed Inc. for $8,000 to recruit candidates to become the city’s next finance director. Unmacht recently conducted searches for the city’s police chief and city administrator, resulting in the hiring of Chief Jeff Long, the former police chief in Edina, and Justin Miller, as Lakeville city administrator. The reception has been scheduled for the last meeting Feller will attend as finance director. His last day is Feb. 28, and the search process for his replacement is expected to be completed by March.


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Auditions Auditions for Ballet Royale Minnesota July 6-31 Summer Intensive, 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, Bal-let Royale Minnesota, 16368 Kenrick Ave., Lakeville. Infor-mation: http://balletroyalemn.

org/summer-programs/sum-mer-intensive-programs.

Books Meet the Author: Susan Follett, 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, Rosemount Commu-nity Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail. Follett, author of “The Fog Machine,” a novel that explores the price of free-dom in racially charged Mis-

sissippi in 1964, will lead a panel discussion focusing on her debut novel and the inspiration behind it. Follett will sell and sign her book. A Black History Month program presented by the Rosemount Area Arts Council. SouthSide Writers, Sat-urday workgroup for aspir-ing writers, offering critique, submission and manuscript

Actors from the Eagan Theater Company are adding a macabre twist to Valentine’s Day with their mystery dinner theater show “My Fatal Valentine.” The interactive play, which will be presented Feb. 13-14 at Brianno’s Royal Cliff Center in Eagan, offers guests a night of comedic fun, a romantic Italian dinner and a chance to put their crime-solving skills to the test. While the Saturday show is already sold out, tickets are still available for the Friday performance; tickets are $38 and are available on the theater group’s website, www.etc-mn.org. (Photo submitted)

Love and death (and dinner)

Sun Thisweek is happy to receive visitors at its Apple Valley offices — especially visitors bearing interesting homemade contraptions. The newsroom received just such a guest last week when Werner Frankamp stopped

by with a box full of hand-crafted curiosities to

show the newsroom’s staff. The 84-year-old Apple Valley retiree does a fair amount of tinkering at his home; among his recent creations are a bird sculpture made from a golf club, golf ball and tee, a toy tractor built from odds and ends picked up at the hardware store, and a giant tower structure for his cat to climb on. He also brought in a geological specimen: a slab of limestone rock adorned with clam shell fossils that he found at the farm in Kansas where he grew up. In the winter months, Frankamp does his tinkering at the kitchen table, but moves his operation to the garage in the warmer months, leaving the door open so neighbors can peek inside while he works.

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preparation information, sup-port and direction, 10 a.m. to noon, Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan. Infor-mation: 651-688-0365.

Dance Art in Motion presented by Twin Cities Ballet of Min-nesota, in collaboration with Ballet Royale Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, Lakeville Area Arts Cen-ter, 20965 Holyoke Ave. A unique performance featur-ing dances inspired by local artwork. Tickets: $15 at 952-985-4640 or www.Lakevil-leAreaArtsCenter.com.

Events Valentine’s Day Couple’s Dinner, Rosemount Ameri-can Legion, 14590 Burma Ave., Rosemount. Cost: $40 in advance, $45 at the event. Dinner available 5-8 p.m. Reservations requested. In-formation: 651-423-3380. Love Me Tender Week-end, Feb. 13-14, Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake. In-formation: mysticlake.com/lovemetender15.

Music The Teddy Bear Band, 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, Farmington High School, 20655 Flagstaff Ave. Part of the Vermillion Voices Concert Series. Free.

Theater “My Fatal Valentine,” pre-sented by the Eagan Theater Company, 6 p.m. Feb. 13-14, Brianno’s Royal Cliff Center, 2280 Cliff Road, Eagan. Inter-active murder-mystery dinner theater. Tickets: $38 at www.etc-mn.org. “Love, Loss and What I Wore,” 2 and 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13, Black Box Theatre, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $30 at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 and online at Tick-etmaster.com.

“Cirque Ziva,” presented by the Golden Dragon Acro-bats, 8 p.m. Feb. 13, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $20-$40 at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 and online at Ticketmaster.com. “Honk!” presented by Children’s Castle Theater, 7 p.m. Feb. 13-14 and 20-21 and 2 p.m. Feb. 14-15 and 21-22, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave., Lakeville. Tickets: $13. Infor-mation: 952-985-4640. “The Church Basement Ladies in The Last (Pot-luck) Supper,” 2 and 7 p.m. Feb. 19, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tick-ets: $30-$40 at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 and online at Ticketmaster.com. “Veronica’s Room,” pre-sented by Chameleon The-atre Circle, Feb. 20-March 8, Black Box Theatre, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Adult situations, possible nudity. Tickets: $22 adults, $19 seniors and stu-dents, at the box office, by phone at 800-982-2787 and online at Ticketmaster.com.

Workshops/classes/other International Festival of Burnsville Planning Com-mittee: Get involved with the July 2015 festival; choose from entertainment, market-ing, publicity, sponsorships, and general event planning. Visit www.intlfestburnsville.org or contact [email protected]. The Eagan Art House of-fers art classes for all ages, www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/recreation/eagan-art-house, 651-675-5500. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Battle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at Ap-ple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18.

Dan Petrov Art Studio, Burnsville, offers oil painting classes with continuous en-rollment in fall/winter semes-ter for beginners, intermedi-ate and advanced oil painting students. Information: Dan Petrov, www.danpetrovart.com, 763-843-2734. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Chris-tine Tierney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednesdays, River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville. In-formation: www.christinetier-ney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art education through draw-ing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Informa-tion: Patricia Schwartz, www.BrushworksSchoolofArt.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. Country line dance classes held for intermedi-ates Mondays 1:30-4 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. Country line dance classes on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Begin-ners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermediate, 10 a.m. to noon. $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. The Lakeville Area Arts Center offers arts classes for all ages, www.lakevillemn.gov, 952-985-4640. Rosemount History Book Club meets 6:30-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Rob-ert Trail Library. Information: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].


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Valentine tea at LeDuc LeDuc Historic Estate, 1629 Vermillion St., Hast-ings, will host a High Tea at 3:30 p.m. Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14. High tea, historically, was actually the tea imbibed in by the “common” man after work, at high tables, at public places. The staff and volunteers will be serv-ing what is now considered a High Tea, with scones, tea sandwiches and goodies. There will be an opportu-nity to try a variety of teas and guests will learn about the LeDuc’s involvement and love for tea over the years. Cost is $35 and guests must register in advance by calling 651-437-7055 or through Hastings Commu-nity Education at www.hast-ingscommunityed.com. The LeDuc Historic Es-tate is owned by the city of Hastings and managed by Dakota County Historical Society, www.dakotahistory.org.

Comedy at Mystic Lake Jesse Joyce and Drew Michael will take the Mys-tic Comedy Club stage at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, and Saturday, Feb. 28, at Mystic Lake in Prior Lake. For mature audiences only. Tickets are $19. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for details.

‘Fifty Shades’ parody “50 Shades! The Musical Parody” makes a stop at the Mystic Showroom for an 8 p.m. performance Saturday, March 14. The musical explores the steamy relationship between Christian Grey and Anasta-sia Steele, as seen through the eyes of a trio of girl-friends at a book club meet-ing. Adults only. Tickets are $29 and $39. Contact the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for details.

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Saturday, Feb. 14 Indoor winter farmers market, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Ea-gan Community Center, 1501 Central Parkway, Eagan. Fea-tures winter produce, breads, meats, sweet treats and more. Information: Eagan Parks and Recreation at 651-675-5500. Adopted Friends sledding, 11 a.m., Crystal Lake Educa-tion Center, 16250 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Bring your own sled. Meet at 11:45 a.m. at Pizza Ranch, 16995 Kenyon Ave., Lakeville. Friendship, support, and fun for adoptive families. Information: www.adopted-friends.com or [email protected].

Sunday, Feb. 15 Essential oils for everyone and yoga, Platinum Yoga of Burnsville, 509 E. County Road 42, Burnsville. Vinyasa flow yoga class at 1 p.m.; essential oils class at 2:15 p.m. Open to all. Come to one or both. Free. Information: Emily Heinis at [email protected] or 952-451-7976.

Monday, Feb. 16 Wildlife rehabilitation edu-cation, 7-9 p.m., Elko New Market Library, 110 J. Roberts Way, Elko New Market. Free. Learn about what you can do to help orphaned or injured wildlife. Hosted by Windmill Animal Rescue. Information: https://www.facebook.com/events/822089921195598/.

Thursday, Feb. 19 Nature Play Date, 10-11 a.m., Cleary Lake Regional Park, Prior Lake. Explore, dis-cover and play in the park. Meet families interested in get-ting their children outdoors. Wear appropriate clothes and shoes. Free. Children 17 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. “Improving Techniques for Using Internet for Genealogi-cal Research” 7 p.m., Dakota County Historical Society, 130 Third Ave. N., South St. Paul. Speaker: Tom Rice, director of the Irish Genealogical Society International. Sponsored by the Dakota County Genealogical

‘DAKOTA COUNTY NATURALLY’

“Dakota County Naturally,” a community art exhibit curated by the Dakota County Public Art Citizens Advisory Committee, features work by 19 local artists with images centered around two themes — “Critters of the Minnesota Zoo” and “Natural Wonders of the Parks of Dakota County.” The exhibit, which opened Jan. 20, is on display at the Dakota County Western Service Center in Apple Valley. Above: Organizers include, from left, Betty Thompson, Beth Adams, Lynn Gruber, Murray Wilson, Jean Erickson, Jim Overocker, Len Nachman and Betty McNeill. At left: Gary Shade of Apple Valley holds his piece, “Watching You.”

Society. Free program open to the public. Information: www.heritagehunters.com.

Sunday, Feb. 22 Fill The Bowl, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Brunswick Zone XL, 11129 162nd St. W., Lakeville. Bowling fundraiser for Windmill Animal Rescue. Registration: $15, includes bowling, shoes, food, soda, door prizes. Teams of five or six. Information: https://www.facebook.com/events/335872199948697/. Adopted Friends meet and eat, 5:30 p.m., Culver’s,

17800 Kenwood Trail, Lakeville. Friendship, support, and fun for adoptive families. Information: www.adoptedfriends.com. or [email protected].

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/.

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