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MnDOT study to recommend no change of 55 mph limit

Matt Ettl: Close Dodd near Lakeville North High School by Laura Adelmann

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State officials will not reduce the 55 mph speed limit on a road where a Lakeville teen died in a car crash last winter, according to Kaare Fes-tvog, a Minnesota Department of Transportation speed zoning super-visor. Local officials had requested a speed study, the first step to chang-ing a speed limit, on Dodd Boule-vard (County Road 9) near Lake-ville North High School after the vehicle LNHS junior Alyssa Ettl

was driving slid sideways into on-coming traffic on Dec. 4, 2013. The resulting crash killed her instantly. The narrow two-lane road has a steep grade, curves, deep ditches lined with telephone poles and no shoulders. Dakota County and Lakeville officials have planned but delayed upgrades to Dodd Boulevard be-tween 185th Street to 194th Street for years as development funding for it waned and other projects were prioritized before it. Officials have now rescheduled Dodd Boulevard improvements

from 2018 to 2016, which Mayor Matt Little said is the earliest time-line technically possible. A School Road Safety Task Force, formed in response to pub-lic outcry for action, identified the area as the top school road safety issue in the city, but Festvog said the study, due for release in two to four weeks, shows a slower speed limit there is not warranted and could actually make traveling the road more dangerous. Festvog said the study, which

Housing construction is underway near Dodd Boulevard, where 16-year-old Alyssa Ettl died in a car crash accident last winter. A speed study coming out within weeks does not recommend reducing Dodd Boulevard’s 55 mph speed limit, raising concerns from Lakeville officials and Alyssa’s father, Matt Ettl. (Photo by Laura Adelmann)

Former Lakeville city administrator considers running for mayor

Bob Erickson may challenge first-term Mayor Matt Little for office

by Laura AdelmannSUN THISWEEK

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Former Lakeville City Administrator Bob Erick-son is considering chal-lenging incumbent Matt Little in the race for Lake-ville mayor. Erickson said he is talking to his family and others about the possibil-ity of running for mayor, and many people are urg-ing him to run against Little, who announced in January he will seek a sec-ond term as mayor. After a 15 years lead-ing the city, Erickson joined the Lakeville Area School Board in 2009, and is halfway through his four-year term, which expires in December 2016. Little was elected to the City Council in 2010 and unseated Mayor Mark Bellows in a contentious battle in 2012. The two often disagreed on issues, and Little aired his criti-cisms of Bellows on social media, prompting several City Council members to raise concerns with the practice. Since becoming may-or, Little has promoted decorum and respect in interactions with the pub-lic and between council members. He remains ac-tive on social media, now primarily employing it for campaigning and cheer-leading various initiatives. This week, he wrote

several Facebook posts that indicate he is ready for a challenger, and his comments indicate he may be taking a different approach to campaigning this time around. “Got word that there may be an opponent an-nouncing this week,” Lit-tle wrote. “If they do, let’s meet them with respect and stick to the issues.” Little also posted no-tice that if a challenger steps forward, he has 28 4-by-8 foot signs “framed and ready.” In an interview, Little said if Erickson decided to run for mayor he would welcome him to the race, and run an energetic cam-paign.

First chair An exchange between Erickson and Little at the July 21 City Coun-cil meeting may indicate

how such a mayoral race would play out. During public com-ment, Erickson delved into several topics, includ-ing a proposal to start a community band. Little said he would be interested in joining such a band, mentioning he played trumpet and would be “happy to bring that thing out.” Erickson hurried back to the podium and asked to which chair Little earned when he played an instrument. “Sophomore year, it was first chair,” Little responded, which desig-nates the principal per-former in the section. Erickson quickly re-sponded they would have to compete against each other because he also earned a first chair posi-

Matt LittleBob Erickson

Township man accused of burglarizing neighbors

Brett Volkmeier allegedly sold

items in Burnsville pawn shop



A southern Dakota County man has been charged with five felonies for posses-sion of con-trolled sub-stances and burglarizing m u l t i p l e neighbors’ homes. B r e t t Eric Volk-meier, 44, of Greenva-le Township, was arrested July 9 after attempting to pawn jewelry in Burnsville that police say was stolen from several of Volkmei-er’s neighbors, according to a July 11 Dakota Coun-ty criminal complaint. The burglary reports were on June 27, June 29 and July 3. According to the com-plaint, items reported sto-len include two cellphones, a class ring, a silver wed-

BrettVolkmeier

Lakeville businesswoman announces re-election bid

LaBeau seeking second term on Lakeville City Council



A Lakeville business-woman with a history of volunteerism will seek a second term on the Lake-ville City Council in No-vember. Colleen LaBeau, 52, a licensed Realtor for 30 years and owner of a building and remodeling company, said she wants to continue as a council member to be a voice for the people. “Taxpayers want to feel like they can go to some-one to try to solve an issue that they feel staff hasn’t

heard them out com-pletely,” she said. L a B e a u said she listens to c o n s t i t u -ents, and r e s i d e n t s frequently drop by her

office to ask questions or share frustrations. She said she has been encouraged to run again by community members, in part because she always works to find answers or

Michelle Volk seeks re-election to School Board

‘I’m not a rubber-stamp School Board member’



An incumbent Lake-ville Area School Board member said passion for issues and concern for stu-dents and families is driv-ing her to seek re-election this fall. Michelle Volk, 53, said she is “fired up” about state and federal initiatives that are not in the best in-terest of Lakeville students and families. The small business own-er and married mother of three Lakeville graduates sounded alarm about the controversial federal edu-cation standards, Com-

mon Core, which she has exten-sively re-searched. She said C o m -mon Core c o n t a i n s o u t r i g h t m i s i n fo r -m a t i o n ,

eliminates critical informa-tion students should know and includes academic ex-ercises that advocate a left-ist, socialist political view-point. She said history stan-dards leave out critical de-

Colleen LaBeau

Michelle Volk

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Volunteer to keep sharp Young people can learn a lot this summer even when they are out of school. Volunteering can help them learn life lessons.

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Dancing toward enlightenmentFormer Apple Valley High School dance instructor Cathy Wright is entering magical territory with her Fringe Festival show “Tough Love.”

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Dakota County Fair to startA special section inside today’s edition highlights events at the Dakota County Fair at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington.

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Economic powerhouseA business-minded Burnsville man is remembered for his strenth leading the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce.

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Olson put Burnsville Chamber of Commerce on the map State chamber president dies at 57

by John GessnerSUN THISWEEK


Long before he became one of the state’s top busi-ness leaders, David C.

Olson put the Burnsville Chamber of Commerce on the map. Olson was the cham-ber’s first full-time presi-dent before later becoming

the longtime president of the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. Olson, 57, died July 16 after an 18-month fight with non-Hodgkin’s lym-

phoma. Olson led the Burns-ville chamber for three years, from 1983 to 1985, before being lured away to the multicity TwinWest Chamber of Commerce in Plymouth, which he led from 1985 to 1990. Tributes to Olson, of Golden Valley, have poured in from around the state, including Burnsville. “TwinWest chamber’s gain was Burnsville’s loss, although Burnsville still benefits today from the large footprint left by David Olson,” longtime Burnsville chamber mem-ber Kirk Detlefsen wrote in a tribute. Detlefsen, who’s had a State Farm Insurance agency in Burnsville for nearly 40 years, headed the chamber’s board of direc-tors in 1982 when it began searching for its first full-time president. From the field of ap-plicants board members chose Olson, a young staffer with the Minne-apolis Chamber of Com-merce. With a starting salary that exceeded the cham-ber’s annual revenue, Ol-son knew he had make the organization grow, ac-cording to Detlefsen. “With his leadership, membership numbers and investment income in-creased severalfold,” De-tlefsen wrote. “Not only was David able to cover his own payroll, but the chamber hired additional staff to assist with pro-gramming.” The chamber became

the fastest-growing cham-ber in Minnesota, and one of the most active cham-bers, Detlefsen wrote: “Burnsville was on the map!” During his tenure, Ol-son formed the Ambas-sadors group and began hosting the Morning Cof-fee Break and Business After Hours programs — all of which continue more than 30 years later. “Chamber activi-ties were fun,” Detlefsen wrote. “Volunteers filled all of the various commit-tees that were created by David and the board.” Olson’s success didn’t go unnoticed. When Twin-West came calling, Olson couldn’t pass up the op-portunity to lead the larg-er chamber. “David was an incred-ible leader and mentor as well as a great friend,” said Brad Meier, current TwinWest president. “He was always there for the local chambers and would travel all over the state of Minnesota to help with initiatives, strategic plan-ning or to attend events.” Olson was named president of the Minne-sota chamber in 1991. The organization represents more than 2,300 Minne-sota companies, 130 local chambers and 65 business trade associations, the chamber said in a news release about Olson’s pass-ing. “David’s deep com-mitment to improving the state’s economy and the lives of Minnesotans carried throughout his

career,” said Bill Blazar, senior vice president of public affairs and busi-ness development at the Minnesota chamber. “He loved our state. He worked every day to make it better and loved being engaged in anything and everything that would make our econ-omy stronger.” The Minnesota cham-ber had many accomplish-ments under Olson’s lead-ership, including repeal of the sales tax on business-to-business transactions in 2014. “The Minnesota cham-ber is stronger than ever because of an excellent board of directors and staff. David built that each and every year,” said Jeff DeYoung, managing partner at Baker Tilly and chair of the Minnesota chamber board. “He was also directly responsible for building the statewide voice of business at the Capitol.” Other organizations also sought Olson for his expertise in shaping and advancing public policy. In recent years, ensuring a skilled workforce for Min-nesota employers became a high priority for him personally as well as the Minnesota chamber. He served six years on the Minnesota State Col-leges and Universities Board of Trustees, in-cluding as chairman from

David C. Olson

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2007-10. During his ten-ure, he made great strides in initiatives to better align post-secondary of-ferings with workforce needs. He also was a mem-ber of local and national boards. He served on the boards for the National Association of Manufac-turers, United Way and Northern Star Coun-cil Boy Scouts. He was chairmain-elect of the

Council of State Manu-facturers Association, lead business represen-tative on the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council and a member of the Generation Next Partnership Board. He served on a number of other business and com-munity work groups. Olson earned a master of science degree in pub-lic administration from Mankato State Univer-sity, and a bachelor of arts degree in urban and

political science from St. Olaf College in North-field. He was an Eagle Scout. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn, and sons Erik and Nick. A memorial service was July 21 at Westmin-ster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis.

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

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Farmington may host potential special session

High school seen as possible

location by Andy Rogers

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Farmington could serve as the state capitol for a day at the suggestion of Rep. Pat Garofalo. If the Minnesota Leg-islature needs a special session to address flood relief, Garofalo, R-Farm-ington, on July 17 brought up the idea of having it at Farmington High School. June storms have cost Minnesota more than $55 million for flood response and repairs. “We have the facility, we have the technology, we have the volunteer base to allow this,” Garofalo said at a news conference at the State Capitol. “We’re hop-ing the governor will at least consider it.” President Barack Obama approved federal relief funds requested by Gov. Mark Dayton on July 21, but Dayton hasn’t confirmed an official spe-cial session to match the funds. The State Capitol building is currently being renovated, which might require the Legislature to hold a special session else-where. The chambers are still open along with sev-eral committee rooms and offices, but parts of the building are inaccessible. Garofalo said sessions historically have always been recorded, but there are some issues with re-cording in the Capitol cur-rently. He also said there could be safety concerns for the public as parts of the Capitol are off-limits. “We also spend a lot of time in Minneapolis and St. Paul with legislative activities,” Garofalo said. “It would be a healthy thing to get legislators out of the urban core and get them out into other parts

of Minnesota.” Garofalo said there have been discussions about the state renting a facility for the special ses-sion. Getting the technol-ogy up and running to re-cord the session would be an additional cost. Farmington is ready to help. “We would embrace the opportunity to showcase all the great things our community has to offer and be the home for state Legislature this summer,” Farmington Mayor Todd Larson said. Farmington High School was built five years ago, and two years ago it implemented a one-to-one iPad initiative. “We built a state-of-the-art high school where anything is possible,” Su-perintendent Jay Haugen said. “We are thrilled to be in a position to share our space and talents with oth-ers.” Jason Berg, Farming-ton High School princi-pal, said the infrastructure at the high school could handle the special session. School Board Chair Tera Lee highlighted the dis-trict’s desire to serve the greater community and share its technical capa-bilities. Garofalo said it’s not a partisan issue. “This is purely to showcase the accomplish-ments we’ve had in the city of Farmington and the schools down there,” Garofalo said. “I’m very proud of the fact that our school district has been able to successfully de-ploy technology in a way that not only reduces costs but improves academic achievement.” If it were to happen, it would be the first spe-cial session outside of the State Capitol building since it opened in 1905.

Email Andy Rogers at [email protected].

The Farmington Area Veterans Memorial received a challenge pledge last February of $10,000, from Support Our Troops Haunted House if the Memorial Committee could match that amount with other donations. Response to the challenge was great. With donations from local people and businesses combined with donations from neighbor-ing areas, including Rosemount, Cannon Falls, New Prague and Iowa, the challenge was met. On July 10, officials from Support Our Troops Haunted House presented a check for $10,000 to be used in upcoming completion of the memorial. The Support Our Troops organization raises funds each year by operating a haunted house at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in the fall and uses those funds for various military veteran causes. From left are Grant Beyl, treasurer, and Leon Orr, chairman of the Memorial Committee; Joe Walsh, haunted house volunteer, and Jonathan Lombardo, president of Support Our Troops Haunted House. (Photo submitted)

Haunted house donates to memorial

Charges filed against man in connection to body discovered in Dakota County A 39-year-old Rock Island, Ill., man was charged on July 18 with first-degree murder and concealment of a homi-cide in connection to the death of a woman whose body was found on April 5 in Dakota County. Timothy McVay, who was arrested on the same day in Silvis, Ill., without incident was charged by the Illinois State’s Attor-

ney’s Office in the death of Carrie Elaine Olson, 29, of Davenport, Iowa. Olson’s body was found in a wooded area in Raven-na Township southeast of Hastings. The landowner of the wooded area on Pres-ley Circle north of 175th Street East found the body, which may have been there for three months, accord-ing to news reports.

It has not been report-ed how or why Olson’s body ended up in Dakota County or if McVay had any connections to the area. Olson was last seen alive at a gas station in Rock Island on Dec. 23, 2013. Davenport police made a plea for the public’s help in finding Olson, who did not report to work on

Dec. 30, 2013. The Dakota County Sheriff ’s Office and Hen-nepin County Medical Ex-aminer’s Office assisted in the investigation. The Rock Island and Davenport police depart-ments and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Ap-prehension also investi-gated the case.

– Tad Johnson

Lakeville safety camp announced

The Lakeville Parks and Recreation, Police and Fire departments will offer a Safety Camp for children entering third and fourth grades from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 11-12 at Antlers Park in Lakeville. Participants will learn about fire, water and electri-cal safety; self-defense; drug awareness; and stranger danger. Cost is $32. Register at https://www.lakeville-rapconnect.com (course 7021) or call 952-985-4600 for informa-tion. (Photo submitted)

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Koznick has history of leadership To the editor: Last week at Pan-O-Prog events, I saw a lot of signs for Jon Koznick for Minnesota House of Representatives, and we were glad to talk with him on main street after Cruise Night. Pan-O-Prog is a fantastic com-munity event and Jon will continue to be a visible community leader. While we have only known Jon for the last few years, we learned that he has a long history of being involved in the Lakeville commu-nity. His involvement started when his fam-ily moved to Lakeville in 2001 and he joined the Chamber of Commerce. He worked on the Taste of Lakeville starting in 2003 when he was in Rotary. He participated in the 2005 Leadership Lakeville program. Jon came up with the idea and spearheaded the fundraising parade for the high school band to raise money for their 2005 Presidential In-auguration Parade in Washington, D.C. He is still an advisory board member on the Down-town Lakeville Business Association. Koznick was the 2005-2008 chair of the Downtown Dash Lakeville 5K race that raised scholarship funds for graduating seniors. Jon is also his company’s contact for the summer food drive. We were able to work with him as co-chairs for the All Saints Spring Gala that helped raise $40,000 for the church. He also helps on the church garage sale, and is on the Finance Council. This is an im-pressive list of behind-the-scenes service. We are happy to sup-port Jon because he be-lieves in giving and being involved in the Lakeville community, and has a long history of caring and providing leadership. He has creative ideas and works hard to get things done. Lakeville will be well served in the Minne-

sota Legislature by elect-ing a community leader and solid candidate like Jon Koznick.

ANGIE and PAULHUGHESLakeville

Taxes should cover college expensesTo the editor: There is much in the news about the problems of college students in-curring more than $1.2 trillion dollars in debt, second only to mortgage interest. The President has mandated a cap on loan payments to 10 per-cent of income. Student loans have been crushing recent graduates, unable to afford a home or other investments. How did this happen? When we were in college, student loans had very low interest and paying it off was not an issue. My sons worked through high school and in the summer to raise money for college and still end-ed up with thousands of dollars of debt. Average college debt in Minne-sota is nearly $30,000 per student. Behind rising tuition has been the de-cline in public investment in college. The Chronicle of Higher Education says colleges have responded by passing costs to stu-dents and their families. College education used to be seen as a public good. Now people think it’s a private benefit, to be paid for by students. Two decades ago it was common for 80 percent of college expenses to come from taxes. Now it is under 20 percent and falling. Some states may con-tribute nothing to higher education in the future. Colorado is on schedule to stop funding college by 2022, Minnesota by 2037. Currently the University of Minnesota receives less than 17 percent of its funds from state revenue. Faculty must seek out-side funding for research. In the 2nd District, Mike Obermueller advo-

cates public investment in college, because of the advantages to our econ-omy. College develops informed citizens, entre-preneurs, and a highly skilled, professional workforce. Unfortunately fewer students are likely to afford it in the future. Let’s hope we begin to see the value of keep-ing college affordable. College students need a good start in life without massive debt. Declining investment helps banks, not students. Let’s invest in our future and that of our children. Much de-pends on it.

VEDA KANITZLakeville

No assurances from MNsure To the editor: When the final bill to create MNsure, Minne-sota’s Obamacare web-site, went through the state Legislature with no bipartisan support last year, we heard grand promises from Demo-crats about the big sav-ings that would come. Unfortunately, with Rep. Will Morgan’s sup-port every step of the way, Obamacare has left Minnesotans with fewer health insurance choices and less money in their pockets. We all know that MN-sure had a disastrous start last year, with So-cial Security numbers be-ing exposed, the website crashing, and hours-long call center wait times. While Minnesotans’ health insurance was on hold, MNsure execu-tives got paid more than $26,000 in bonuses under a compensation scheme that Morgan voted for. Sadly, the MNsure-Obamacare experiment hasn’t gotten any better. Last week, we learned that insurance applica-tions from 16,000 work-ing class Minnesotans were lost in the broken system. And people in Dakota County are pay-ing more – a lot more. A report from the Manhattan Institute shows that, for a 27-year-

old in Dakota County, the average individual and family insurance pre-mium went up 44 percent last year. For a 40-year-old, the premium in-crease was 49 percent. Rather than promised savings, Dakota County families are paying al-most 50 percent more in just the first year. Those savings won’t be coming anytime soon. The Minnesota Council of Health Plans believes individual and family in-surance premiums could increase by another 8-12 percent next year. We won’t know exactly how much our rates are going up until Nov. 15 – 11 days after the upcom-ing election. Morgan and his liberal allies blocked efforts to let us see rates a month earlier, like last year, so people can find the right plan and budget for the price increases. It’s disappointing that Morgan stood with his Democrat colleagues in-stead of with consum-ers in his district. People deserve as much time as possible to find insur-ance that meets the needs of them and their fam-ily. With MNsure still in shambles, and rates go-ing up, who knows how many people will be left without health insurance without the extra time.

LISA SCHNEEGANSLakeville

‘Monopoly’ and real life To the editor: One could draw a lot of comparisons about an economy to the game of Monopoly. In the be-ginning, all players are busy buying and selling property and collect-ing rents. This economy hums along for hours until one person owns all of the railroads, utilities, real estate and dollars. At this point the game is over. This happens most-ly because of the luck of the dice and without any help from the gov-ernment. Government will always have a role to play in our economy … something to think about when you vote in November. In 1980, the Tea/Re-publican Party gave us Reaganomics. Later this was to become known as trickle-down econom-ics. Today, we know it as tax cuts for the “job cre-ators.” This Tea/Repub-lican Party wants you to believe 47 percent of us are just kicked back, taking it easy and sliding by “Go” every so often to collect our $200 from the government while the 1 percent or better known as “job creators” are quietly stashing hun-dreds of billions of dol-lars in offshore bank accounts to avoid pay-ing their taxes. The Tea/

Republican plan has not changed in 35 years. This economic plan does not serve America well and greatly contributed to our “great” recession. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions but they are not entitled to their own facts. Budget deficits have done bet-ter under Democratic control. The national debt has also done bet-ter under Democratic control. More people have access to afford-able health care under Democratic control. The quality of life for all is better under Democratic control. Ask someone who is dependent on their job for income in Mississippi or Alabama. Most would tell you they have worked hard all of their lives and barely have enough to get by. It should always raise con-cern about an individu-al’s knowledge and mo-tive when they use words like Nazi, Lenin, Stalin and Marxism to defend their beliefs. George Ber-nard Shaw said, “Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.” Republican President George H.W. Bush called this tax plan “voodoo” economics. It didn’t work in 1980. It’s not going to work in 2016.

GARY ANDERSONApple Valley

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Make community service part of the summer by Joe Nathan


One of my favorite family memories is sandbagging by the St. Croix River with two of our children. It comes to mind after the Independence Day – a holiday celebrating the sacrifice and selflessness of others. One of the most important things a family can do together this summer is help young people continue this tradi-tion. Service should be a part of sum-mer. One of the people who knows most about this is Minnesotan Jim Kielsmei-er. Since returning from military duty in Korea, he has spent decades promot-ing youth leadership, service and learn-ing. He’s mentored many educators and youth workers in the U.S. and other countries. For decades, he directed the National Youth Leadership Forum, which encouraged service learning in and outside of schools. During a recent phone call, he told me, “You teach more clearly what you

do with your children than what you dictate to your children.” Over the years, he’s worked with his family to plant trees, plant and tend a garden that pro-duced food that was contributed to food shelves, and work on environmental res-toration. Kielsmeier says these experiences help young people develop a “capacity to care.” They help young people develop perspective on their lives and a belief that they can, and should, make a differ-ence with other people. And often, these experiences are fun. I remember a spring Sunday when a group of us decided to take our young people to help with sandbagging in Af-ton, Minnesota. The town was facing a

major flood from the St. Croix River. We pulled up to the flood control headquar-ters with about 20 adults and young peo-ple. The person in charge greeted us with: “Thank God you’ve come. We need you badly.” We spent several hours sandbag-ging. Our children still talk about how needed they felt and how satisfying that morning was, though it happened more than 20 years ago. We’ve done other things together, like serving meals at a food shelter. We’ve tried to model that one of our fam-ily’s values is service. We’ve helped oth-ers. When there was a fire at our home many years ago, people helped us. That was just one of many times when others helped us. One of the best sources of possible service projects is the website, www.whatkidscando.org. At the top of the website’s home page, there’s a link to “Fill your summer with random acts of kindness.” For example: • Help organize and cleanup your block or neighborhood.

• Help recent immigrants learn to speak or read English. • Collect your family’s history. • Cut the grass or go to the store for an elderly neighbor who’s not very mobile. • Connect with a group like Habitat for Humanity and help build a house. The possibilities are endless. And young people learn quickly that you give yourself a present when you give to oth-ers. The What Kids Can Do website quotes noted author Maya Angelou, who recently died. She wrote, “The best part of life is not just surviving, but thriving with passion and compassion and humor and style and generosity and kindness.” Summer is a great time for families to help young people learn how true that is. Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA president, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions are welcome at [email protected]. Columns re-flect the opinion of the author.

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Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District superintendent signs three-year contract

by Tad JohnsonSUN THISWEEK


The Rosemount-Ap-ple Valley-Eagan School Board unanimously ap-proved a new three-year contract for Superinten-dent Jane Berenz during its Monday, July 14, regu-lar meeting. Berenz’s current $195,840 annual salary will increase by 2 percent in the 2015-16 contract year with no other increas-es slated during the July 2015 to June 2018 contract term. The board will consider pay changes in the other years after conducting its annual superintendent performance evaluation. Prior to the contract approval, the School Board conducted its an-nual evaluation and deter-mined a raise was merited. “From the board stand-point we were very, very happy with her,” Board Chairman Rob Duchscher said during the meeting. Duchscher said the evaluation included Berenz’s self-assessment based on her performance goals, board input and a discussion among board members and Berenz re-garding her performance. He said Berenz accom-plished what she set out to do and made it easy for them to be board mem-bers. Duchscher, senior vice president of information technology at Starkey Hearing Technologies, said if the district was a company its stock price would be pretty good and it would have a good re-turn on investment.

“I don’t think there is a district that is functioning better in the state,” he said. “It is pretty humbling to be the superintendent in a district where I have so many great people around me,” Berenz said. She said she appreciates the support of a School Board that cares greatly about children, a cabinet that is second to none, and administrators and teach-ers who are there for the students. Board Member Art Coulson said the con-tract’s approval should give the public the confi-dence that the district will continue to operate with very high academic out-comes at a very low cost to taxpayers. Under Berenz’s lead-ership, except for a tax increase passed for this year’s board-approved levy, the district lowered the levy in each of the pre-vious four years. Board Member Bob Schutte credited Berenz with being an important district liaison to the pub-lic and staff members. Berenz helped inform district voters who said yes in November 2013 to revoking a $20 million an-nual operating levy and replacing it with a 10-year, $30 million annual levy by about a 2-to-1 margin. Students also continue to exceed state averages on Minnesota Compre-hensive Assessment tests based on 2012 results (the most recent). Those results included averages that beat state average levels by 16 and 13 percentage points for 11th-grade math and 10th-grade reading, re-

spectively. Berenz’s contract changes took into account general compensations trends, the district’s collec-tive bargaining settlements with other administrative and non-administrative employee units and the district’s budget guide-lines, according district information. Other changes to the contract were to increase the 403(b) savings plan match of 6 percent, which will not exceed the state maximum, and the district will increase its contribu-tion to her health insur-ance coverage by 1 percent for 2015-16, 2 percent for 2016-17 and 2 percent for 2017-18. In June 2013, Berenz received a 2 percent pay increase, raising her an-nual salary to $195,840 beginning July 1, 2013. Berenz received a 3.78 percent pay raise in 2012 after incurring a pay freeze for three years. The district has approx-imately 28,000 students. When Burnsville-Ea-gan-Savage School Dis-trict Superintendent Joe Gothard was hired in May 2013, he was to be paid a

base salary of $185,000 in his first year under a three-year contract. Gothard’s salary rises to $186,800 for the 2014-15 school year and to $188,600 for 2015-16. The district has 9,500 students. Lakeville Area School District Superintendent Lisa Snyder will receive an annual 1.3 percent raise, increasing from $180,000 to $182,394 for 2014-15 and to $184,820 in 2015-16. By 2017, Snyder will earn $187,278 annually. Snyder’s contract includes an option for performance pay of up to $7,000 annu-ally. Snyder was hired in 2011 at a salary of $169,500 and has received $12,367 in bonus pay since coming to the district, which has approximately 10,800 students.

Email Tad Johnson at [email protected].

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Lakeville building report statistics filed Lakeville issued build-ing permits with a total valuation of $63,659,167 through June 2014. This compares to a total valu-ation of $70,043,388 through June 2013. The city issued com-mercial and industrial permits with a total valuation of $3,644,000

through June 2014 com-pared to a total valua-tion of $6,950,250 during the same period in 2013. The city also issued per-mits for 157 single-family homes through June 2014 with a total valuation of $53,878,000. This com-pares to 170 single-family home permits through

June 2013 with a total val-uation of $52,575,000. The 157 single-fami-ly home permits issued through June 2014 was the highest number of residential permits in the metropolitan area based on figures released by the Builders Association of the Twin Cities.


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From now through 4 p.m. Friday, July 25, Sum-mer Splash tickets are buy one, get one free. Summer Splash is a wine, spirits and beer sam-pling that will be held from 5-8 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at the Lakeville Heritage Center.

Other activities include: • Try bratwurst and hot dogs simmered in Jim Beam Black Cherry Bour-bon and RumChata cup-cakes. • Buy raffle tickets and try to win one of more than 30 gift baskets. • Bid on silent auction

items. All proceeds will ben-efit the Lakeville Heritage Center. Purchase one ticket online at lakeville-rapcon-nect.com or at any Lakev-ille Liquors location, at the Heritage Center or City Hall.

210 Bar & Grill will feature

homestyle meals, pizza



Two local women are risking all to start a new business in Lakeville. Pam Carlson, of Eagan, and Shelly Hedrick, of Apple Valley, are investing their combined retirement savings to start 210 Bar & Grill, an American restau-rant featuring homestyle lunches, dinners and one-of-a-kind pizza that Carl-son calls the best she’s ever eaten. The restaurant, locat-ed at 8275 210th St., will feature nutritious sand-

wiches, soups and salads that can be quickly served over lunch break and din-ners like roasted chicken, meatloaf or pot roast with mashed potatoes, vegeta-bles and a roll. Carlson said all the food will be made from scratch; her ex-husband Ed Carlson is lead chef, and her son Grant Carl-son is the pizza chef. Both men love cooking and have experience in the food industry. Ed Carlson owned a bar in Mayer, Minnesota, and Grant Carlson owned a bar/restaurant in Inver Grove Heights where He-drick worked as a bartend-er. “They will be good, home cooked meals,” Pam Carlson said. “And the

menu will change accord-ing to the season.” Pam Carlson said she has “business sense” and will focus on administra-tive work. She said Hedrick proved herself to be a competent, hard worker, and the two women were both struggling to find employment in the econ-omy, so they decided to pool their retirement and take a chance. “We’re in for the long haul,” Pam Carlson said. “We’re going full force.” The restaurant, which was last home to a Mexi-can restaurant, is slated for a soft opening in Au-gust with a grand opening planned for September. “This building seemed ideal for this situation,”

Pam Carlson said. “It didn’t need a lot of recon-struction. … It has a nice kitchen and dining area; we wanted a single build-ing and we didn’t want to be in a strip mall. It just happened to fit what we were looking for.” They hope to eventu-ally open a patio and offer pizza delivery. Pam Carlson, a mem-ber of Hosanna Church, said they would also like to donate some of their profits to local charitable organizations, and they plan to be active in the community. “We want to be a vi-tal part of the Lakeville scene,” Pam Carlson said.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

Two women invest retirement savings to open new restaurant in Lakeville

Lakeville Summer Splash deal available

The beat will continue to go on in Burnsville GARAGE to become nonprofit music club



With the city of Burns-ville looking to get out of the business of running a teen center and weekend music venue, Jack Kolb-Williams had an opening to pitch his vision. He saw an all-ages club with educational oppor-tunities for young people, which The GARAGE teen center had already offered for years. But this would be The GARAGE on steroids, with a recording studio, more live shows and more opportunities for kids to learn music-biz crafts from show booking and sound mixing to graphic design and photography. And it would be run by a nonprofit, not the city, which for several years has sought to supplant The GARAGE’s weekday menu of after-school and

summer offerings with a broader array of youth programs. It’s about to happen. The GARAGE, located in the old maintenance building near City Hall, is scheduled to begin op-erating in January under the auspices of Twin Cit-ies Catalyst Music Inc., a nonprofit led by Kolb-Williams and partner Lo-gan Adams. The city, meanwhile, is joining with School Dis-trict 191 and the Burns-ville YMCA to offer after-school and summer programs. The academic and enrichment programs will begin this fall at Nicol-let Junior High, with pos-sible expansion in follow-ing years to the district’s other two junior highs. The music nonprofit will become a branch of that partnership, called the Burnsville Youth Col-

laborative. Kolb-Williams sold city officials on a concept un-der which the city will con-tinue to provide the venue for one of the Twin Cit-ies’ premier all-ages music clubs. “I think about it and I’m still absolutely floored this is really happening,” said Kolb-Williams, 29, who currently works for the city as a recreational assistant and The GA-RAGE’s talent buyer. “It’s surreal. It’s amazing. Just to have a space, that’s the real important thing.” In recent years the venue’s fate has been un-certain. City officials ex-plored other options for youth programs and some-times struggled to attract grants to help support The GARAGE and after-school programs such as homework help. “There’s been uncer-

tainty related to grant pro-grams and grant funding,” said Terry Schultz, Burns-ville’s director of parks, recreation and natural re-sources. “And because the dollars have fluctuated, I think the number of par-ticipants has fluctuated.” Now that the direction is set, GARAGE fans can tune out any rumors that the music is ending, Kolb-Williams said. “There’s a lot of work to be done, but we’re not in immediate jeopardy of shutting down,” he said. “People really understand how important the facility

Jack Kolb-Williams, now the talent buyer at The GARAGE in Burnsville, leads the nonprofit Twin Cities Catalyst Music Inc. with partner Logan Adams. The nonprofit will take over the city-owned GARAGE’s music program in January. (Photo by John Gessner)

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One tile at a time A community

art project gains momentumby Nick Hassett


Rosemount Lepre-chaun Days is underway, but the event isn’t just a city-wide get together. With help from the com-munity, a collaborative art installation is being put to-gether one piece at a time. The One Tile One Rosemount community art project is traveling all across the city in hopes of creating an 8-by-8 foot mosaic of thousands of tiles, 9,216 to be exact. Each tile will be painted a solid color, and contribu-tors can personalize the tile they painted to leave their mark. “Our biggest challenge is going to be getting those 9,000 tiles,” Rose-mount Area Arts Council member John Loch said. “That’s more than a third of the population of Rose-mount, but you don’t have to be from Rosemount to take part.” At the city’s Public Safety in the Park event on July 9, Loch said 174 tiles had been painted. At the start of a tile signing event Tuesday in Jaycee Park, around 340 had been com-pleted. The mosaic, called Journey, depicts Schaar’s Bluff at Spring Lake Park Reserve, the place where Rosemount borders on the Mississippi River. “A lot of people don’t know that we have a (Rosemount) Port Au-thority, and that’s why,” RAAC member Jeanne Schwartz said. “Rose-mount was founded when settlers came off the Mis-sissippi.” The tile signing events started June 23 at Rose-mount’s Steeple Center, and community members have shown up to cre-ate their tiles at multiple events since then. Tile signings will happen to-night at the Rosemount

library, and continue Sat-urday at the Church of St. Joseph. Other tile signing events have included an ice cream social at 360 Communities Family Resource Center and will be at the city-wide Night To Unite on Aug. 5. Loch also mentioned a potential partnership with art teachers in Rosemount schools. With thousands of tiles left to paint, the project seems daunting. But Loch says there’s “no time con-straints,” and Schwartz looked to 2015. “We think it’ll take about a year,” she said. The installation will use a special paint that doesn’t fade easily to help accom-modate that time frame. At the events just one color will be used for any particular day. With 35 different colors making up the mosaic, coordinators already know how many 1-inch square tiles they’ll need per color. The project has a bud-get of $24,000, most of which has been provided by sponsors. Original-ly, project coordinators sought out state grant funding. They were de-nied in favor of Vadnais Heights. As a result, Loch said they still are looking for $7,000 in donations. “We’ve had good dona-tions, the people that can afford it are doing it,” he said. “But this is a free event. You shouldn’t have to pay, it’s OK not to. We want everyone to partici-pate.” At Jaycee Park on Tues-day, a line of tile painters formed, filling up picnic tables set up for the event. “We heard about it at the parade, and wanted to be a part of it,” Rose-mount parent Scott Harris said. His daughter, Melissa, was just excited to paint. “It’s a great community builder,” Schwartz said. “With this, I’d like to see art grow in Rosemount.”

Email Nick Hassett at [email protected].

The Lakeville High School Class of 1964 will hold its 50-year reunion Sept. 18-20. Activities include: • Meet-and-greet and icebreaker at 6 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Red Fox Tav-ern, 22815 Pillsbury Ave., Lakeville, 952-469-3919. • Reunion event at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at Heritage Links Golf Club, 8075 Lucerne Blvd., Lakeville, 952-440-4656. • Farewell post-reunion brunch at 10 a.m. Sept. 20 at Harry’s Cafe, 20790 Ke-

okuk Ave., Lakeville, 952-460-5696. Friends and family members are welcome to attend any of the events but should inform a com-mittee member for plan-ning purposes. Guests will be on their own tabs for drinks and beverages for any of the events. For more information, contact Clare Zweber at cmzweber@gmail .com or 612-385-0838 or Wally Jepsen at [email protected] or 612-247-7799.

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Apple Valley seniors The Apple Valley Se-nior Center, 14601 Hayes Road, is home to the fol-lowing activities, which are organized and run by the Apple Valley Seniors and Apple Valley Parks and Recreation. The facility is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call 952-953-2345 or go to www.cityofapplevalley.org. Monday, July 28 – Int. Line Dancing, 9:30 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Exec. Committee, 10 a.m.; Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; Pool, 1 p.m.; Happy Stitchers, 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 29 – Quilting Bees, 9 a.m.; Bike Group, 9 a.m.; Tuesday Painters, 9:30 a.m.; Pi-nochle, 12:30 p.m.; Span-ish, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 1 p.m.; Hand & Foot Cards, 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 30 – Donated Bread, 9 a.m.; Bicycle Club, 9 a.m.; Yoga, 9:45 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Domi-noes, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m. Thursday, July 31 – Beg. Line Dancing, 9:15 a.m.; Int. Line Dancing, 10 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Tap Dancing; 12:30 p.m.; Pool, 1 p.m.; 500, 1 p.m.; Hardanger, 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 – Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Bicy-cle Club, 9 a.m.; Morning Stretch, 10 a.m.; Women’s Pool, 11 a.m.; Members Bingo; 12:30 p.m.

Burnsville seniors The Burnsville Senior Center is located in the Diamondhead Education Center at 200 W. Burns-ville Parkway. Call 952-707-4120 for information about the following senior

events. Monday, July 28 – Sun-rise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Cribbage, 11 a.m.; Card Recycle, 12:30 p.m.; Pi-nochle, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex. Tuesday, July 29 – Trea-sure Island, 8:30 a.m.; Cedar Lanes Bowling, 10 a.m.; Scrabble, 10:30 a.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dancing. Wednesday, July 30 – Woodcarvers, 8 a.m.; Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Tai Chi MS, 11 a.m.; 500 and Bridge, 12:45 p.m.; SS Flex; Wednesday in the Park, 7 p.m. Thursday, July 31 – Wood Carving, 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 – Sunrise Stretch, 8:30 a.m.; Men’s Breakfast, 8:30 a.m.; Painting, 9 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 12:15 p.m.; SS Flex.

Eagan seniors The following senior activities are offered by the Eagan Parks and Rec-reation Department in the Lone Oak Room at the Eagan Community Cen-ter, 1501 Central Park-way. Call 651-675-5500 for more information. Monday, July 28 – Zumba, 9 a.m.; FFL and FFL+ (Oasis), 10 and 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 29 – Health Ins. Counseling, by appointment only, 8:30 a.m. to noon; Euchre and 500, 1 p.m.; Zumba, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, July 30 – LORockers, 9 a.m.; Speak-er, 10 a.m.; Strawberry Themed Potluck, 11 a.m.; Hand & Foot, 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 31 – Dominoes, 9 a.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m.; Zumba, 5:30 p.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 6:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 – ESP-AB, 9 a.m.; Zumba, 10:15 a.m.; Yoga (Oasis), 11:10 a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m.

SeniorsFarmington seniors The Rambling River Center is located at 325 Oak St. For more informa-tion on trips, programs and other activities, call 651-280-6970. Monday, July 28 – Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Dulci-mer Club, 10 a.m.; Domi-noes, 10:30 a.m.; Recycled Cards, 12:30 p.m.; Day Old Bread, 12:30 p.m.; 500 Cards, 12:30 p.m.; Line Dancing, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 29 – Cof-fee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Fit-ness Center Orientation, 9:30 a.m.; Chair Exercise, 10 a.m.; Wood Carving, 1 p.m.; Bowling, 1 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m.; Yoga Class, 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 30 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Seniors on the Move Fitness, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 12:30 p.m.; MN Centennial Showboat Trip, 12:30 p.m.; Bridge, 1 p.m. Thursday, July 31 – Zumba Gold, 9:15 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Pinochle, 12:30 p.m.; Table Tennis, 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 – Wii Games, 9 a.m.; Coffee Guys, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 9:30 a.m.; Sch-weich’s Hotel & Restau-rant, 10:30 a.m.

Lakeville seniors All events are held at Lakeville Heritage Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Call

952-985-4622 for informa-tion. Monday, July 28 – Computer Lessons, 9 a.m.; Knitting Class, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Legal Advice, 11 a.m.; Tap Dance Boot Camp, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fit-ness 2, noon; Cards, 1 p.m.; Mahjong, 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 29 – Dominoes & Cards, 9 a.m.; Scrapbooking, Recycled Cards, 9:30 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Walk-ing Club/Weight Control, 11:30 a.m.; Party Bridge,

12:15 p.m.; Silver Clay Jew-elry Class, 1-3 p.m.; Tap Dance, 2:30 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 30 – Men’s Golf at Gopher Hills, 8 a.m.; Learn to Line Dance, 8:30 a.m.; Health Angels Biking, 9 a.m.; Cards, 9 a.m.; Line Danc-ing, 9 and 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:30 a.m.; Pinoch-le, noon; MN Centennial Showboat Trip (leave from Farmington), 12:30 p.m.; Dime Bingo, 1 p.m.; Chess Club, 1 p.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, 3 p.m.

Thursday, July 31 – DARTS Learning Buddies, 10 a.m.; Day Old Bread, 10:15 a.m.; Red Hat Cho-rus, 10:30 a.m.; Euchre, Hand & Foot, noon; Ping Pong, 1-3 p.m.; Zumba Gold, 3:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1 – Yoga, 8:15 a.m.; Cards, 9 a.m.; Pickleball at Bunker Hill Park, 9 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 1, 11 a.m.; Healthways Flex Fitness 2, noon; Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m.


Obituaries

Engagements

Donner / SmithJoseph Donner and

Kristina Smith are happy to announce their engage-ment.

Parents are Paul and Rebecca Donner of Lakeville, Lisa Tulisaari of Lakeville, and Steve Smith of Wisconsin.

Joseph graduated from Augsburg College with a degree in Business Man-agement and is employed at Dart Advantage Lo-gistics in Eagan. Kris-tina graduated from St. Thomas University with a degree in Marketing Man-agement and is employed at The Creative Agency, Periscope in Minneapolis.

They will be married August 2014.

Ofstedal/FranzJulie Ofstedal, daugh-

ter of Dennis and Janet Ofstedal of Eagan, and Ryan Franz, son of Joel and Nancy Franz of Crystal, announce their engagement.

Julie is a 1999 gradu-ate of Burnsville High School, and Ryan is a 2001 graduate of Rob-binsdale Armstrong High School. Both are gradu-ates of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. Julie is employed as a digi-tal marketing manager at the YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities. Ryan found-ed and operates HIT Re-sults Fitness in St. Louis Park. A September wed-ding is planned.

Engagements

and the community it cre-ates is to the Twin Cities music scene, not just here in Burnsville.” The city’s proposed contribution to the non-profit venue, aside from the building and heat, is $106,000 in federal grants earmarked for youth pro-grams to build the re-cording studio and make restroom renovations. The total estimated bill is $256,000, with $90,000 coming from a GARAGE fund balance and $60,000 more slated from a grant and donations. “The music portion, the concerts, have been very successful over the years, and we’ve always wanted to find a way to continue to offer that to the com-munity,” Schultz said. The new nonprofit will have access to some grant fund-ing that city government wouldn’t, he said.

Years of ticket-sale data are encouraging, but the nonprofit will be looking for outside help through grants and in-kind dona-tions, Kolb-Williams said. As a member of the youth collaborative, the nonprofit is planning a partnership with the school district, whose Community Education department would be the main portal for music- and recording-related educa-tion programs for students in grades six through 12. There’s even talk of for-credit classes for Burns-ville High School students. “Now that we have (the school district’s) pools and resources available to us, we’re hoping this is just going to start to spike even more interest from people,” Kolb-Williams said. More live shows, now limited mostly to Friday and Saturday nights, are also likely.

BEAT, from 6A

An advocate for himself and othersBurnsville man makes his mark

in disability movement



Mike Williams doesn’t ask for much. Personal-care attendants help him through the day at his Burnsville group home, and his father, Richard, visits frequently. “To me, I’m just like a normal person,” said Wil-liams, 45, who was born with cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. “I don’t want to be treated any oth-er way, nor do I let people treat me any other way.” Williams doesn’t ask for much, but he’s spent a good chunk of his adult life advocating for what’s rightfully his. A steadfast advocate for the disability movement, he served on the board of the old Arc Suburban for part of the ’90s. The orga-nization, which promotes the rights of people with intellectual and develop-mental disabilities, later became The Arc Greater Twin Cities. In May Williams was elected to a new term on The Arc’s 20-member board of directors, which includes community lead-ers, disabled people and their family members. Wil-liams has served on The Arc’s Self-Advocacy Ad-visory Committee since its 2012 inception. And last year he won The Arc Minnesota’s An-drew R. Richardson Ad-vocacy Award. “The biggest thing for me that really stands out is I know I have rights, and that’s the biggest thing I advocate for,” said Wil-liams, who grew up in Ap-ple Valley and has lived at his current home on Park-

wood Drive for 13 years. “I speak up for those who can’t.” He led a weekly self-advocacy group at Pro-Act in Eagan, where he worked for years with oth-er disabled people. He’s a graduate of Partners in Policymaking, an advoca-cy training program spon-sored by the Minnesota Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabili-ties. In 2011 and 2013 he hosted home visits for The Arc Greater Twin Cities, welcoming Burnsville state lawmakers Dan Hall, Will Morgan and Pam Myhra into his home to discuss disability policy. The Arc Greater Twin Cities calls Williams “an emerging leader in the self-advocacy movement.” “Mike’s heart lies in his advocacy and self-advoca-cy work. Everything else takes second place,” the organization said in nomi-nating him for the Andrew R. Richardson Award. “His hard work, posi-

tive attitude and perse-verance inspire everyone around him. He is a model of what advocacy for hu-man equality looks like.” Williams said he’s for-tunate to have escaped the days when many with intellectual and develop-mental disabilities were housed in institutional set-tings. The deinstitutionaliza-tion movement took hold in the 1970s, said Guthrie Byard, a staff advocate for The Arc Greater Twin Cities who works with Williams on the advisory council and has accom-panied him on Disabil-ity Day rallies at the state Capitol. The more he learned about the past, Williams said, the more his self-ad-vocacy became something bigger. “Through the years, through other people that had come out of state in-stitutions, I heard some of the stories,” he said. “I just want to make sure we don’t fall back into the

institutions. Some were good, and some were re-ally bad.” The advisory commit-tee Williams serves on has been focusing on issues such as transportation, voter mobilization and the school anti-bullying bill that passed this year, Byard said. Some disabled people testified for the bill based on their own past school experiences, he said. “We really try to help folks share their stories, and Mike is really good at that,” Byard said. Williams “loves The Arc” and stays on top of disability issues, said Ayanna McAdory, the program counselor at his group home. “Because of The Arc and other organizations I’ve been a part of,” Wil-liams said, “I have a voice and I can speak and peo-ple will listen.”

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

Mike Williams of Burnsville was recently elected to the board of directors of The Arc Greater Twin Cities, which has called him “an emerging leader in the self-advocacy movement.” (Photo by John Gessner)

“The building will al-ways be buzzing,” Kolb-Williams said. “It’s just a matter of whether it’s a show or there’s a learning opportunity happening.”

Music background Kolb-Williams has a bachelor’s degree in music education from the Uni-versity of Wisconsin-La-Crosse, where he studied to become a band teacher. In addition to working at The GARAGE, he has for five years taught music lessons at Cyprus Classical Academy, a Montessori school on County Road 5 in Burnsville. Kolb-Wil-liams specializes in percus-sion but teaches all band instruments. He’s also a rocker who played with LaCrosse band Shoeless Revolution and is a member of Min-neapolis’ Bigtree Bonsai. He has worked as a tour manager and band repre-sentative. Logan Adams, his main partner in the non-profit, is a writer who edits the GARAGE MUSIC

NEWS blog. The GARAGE’s two stages host everything from indie-folk to hip-hop and metal. Local and na-tional touring acts have played there, including a recent show by local-boys-made-good Motion City Soundtrack. As a recent City Pages article notes, The GA-RAGE has become a mag-net for many of the heavy metal and punk bands that used to play at down-town St. Paul’s Station 4 nightclub, which closed last year. “I’ve certainly grown to appreciate the metal,” Kolb-Williams said. “I understand why people are very passionate about it. That’s a tradition The GARAGE has had for a number of years. It’s something the young people especially gravitate toward. We’ll continue to hold that torch as a place for them to play.”

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

Day at campMore than 160 girls in first through seventh grades par-ticipated in the three-day Lakeville Girl Scout Day Camp at the Phillippo Scout Reservation in Cannon Falls. The camp is open to all girls. Younger campers move through a progressive outdoor skills program and older girls are provided a leadership experience. A total of 33 girls in grades eight through 12 led the camp experience for each grade level. Five camp alumni who graduated returned to serve as some of the approximately 50 adult volunteers. For information about Lakeville Girl Scouts, visit http://lakevillegirlscouts.com. (Photo submitted)


Nominations open for Lakeville High distinguished alumni

Lakeville High School is seeking candidates to be honored during half-time at the homecoming football game as “Distin-guished Alumni.” Nominations will be judged on the following criteria: • The candidate must have contributed to soci-ety in an exemplary man-ner. • The candidate must have achieved outstanding success in the following: business, a profession, the arts, humanitarian efforts, or community service. • The candidate must be a good role model for stu-dents.

• The candidate must be a graduate of Lakeville North or Lakeville South high school. Nomination forms are available online on the district website at www.isd194.k12.mn.us, on the LNHS website at www.lnhs.isd194.k12.mn.us and at the LNHS Administra-tion Office. Completed forms should be returned before Aug. 1 to Principal Marne Berkvam at Lakeville North High School, 19600 Ipava Ave., Lakeville, MN 55044. Contact Berkvam at 952-232-3610 with ques-tions.

Dakota County Technical set to host TXT2014 for girls Dakota County Tech-nical College is hosting the fourth annual Teens eXpe-riencing Technical Educa-tion workshop event July 28 through Aug. 1 on the college’s main campus in Rosemount. “TXT2014 gives teen-aged girls the chance to experience fun, hands-on, get-dirty workshops that highlight technical educa-tion and career opportu-nities in technical fields,” said Linda Foster, DCTC instructional technol-

ogy director as well as the creator and organizer of TXT. “About two hundred girls will explore programs in the Business & Man-agement, Design & Tech-nology, Health & Human Services, Industry Careers and Transportation de-partments at the college.” The workshop, for girls entering grades five through seven, runs 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and costs $50. For more information, contact Linda Foster at 651-423-8439.

Community education classes are set in Lakeville Lakeville Area Com-munity Education will of-fer the following classes. Call 952-232-2150 or visit www.LakevilleAreaCom-munityEd.net to register or for more information. Summer Spanish Camp, grades K-5, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 4-7 and Aug. 11-14, Christina Huddleston Elementary. Adapted Class – Op-

portunity in the Arts, grades K-12, 1-2 p.m. Aug. 4-7, CVE. 3D Virtual Game World Design, grades 5-8, 1-3:30 p.m. July 28-31, KTMS. Fencing Camp, grades 1-8, 9 a.m. to noon, July 28 to Aug. 1, MMS. Babysitting, ages 10.5-15, 9:30 a.m. to noon July 28-30, LSHS.

Concordia College, Moorhead, spring dean’s list, from Lakeville – Peter Johnson, MaryEllen Saatzer, Lisa Streckert, Emily Swanson, Hailey Von Wald, Rebekah Weidenhaft. Dunwoody College of Technology, Minneapolis, spring dean’s list, from Lakeville – John Ander-son, Jonathan Carlson, Anthony Kopp. University of North-western – St. Paul, spring

dean’s list, from Lakeville – Carmen Anderson, Peter Masterjohn, Emily Pratt. University of North-western – St. Paul, spring graduates, from Lakeville – Scott Knutson, Emily Pratt. University of Wiscon-sin-Eau Claire, spring graduate, Eric Franzen, of Lakeville, B.S., business administration. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, spring dean’s list, from

Elko New Market – Tyler Giegerich, Beau Laniel; from Lakeville – Benjamin Alman, Preston Camp-bell, Jenna Graveline, Coty Helminski, Luke Kuznia, Thomas Marus-ka, Allison Moore, Kelly Nizzari, Michael Picken, Josie Sanderson, Amanda Thompson.

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Preparing for college life is a must, whether you are planning to live on or off campus. But it can be overwhelming without a game plan.

To make this exciting ex-perience as smooth as pos-sible, the college experts at Bed Bath & Beyond are offering helpful shopping tips for students and par-ents.

• Use a checklist: Stay organized and on budget with a checklist. Some re-tailers offer online and in-store lists breaking down the essential gear needed

Shopping tips for college-bound studentsfor on and off-campus liv-ing.

• Know your school rules: To avoid any unwel-come surprises on move-in day, learn your school-specifi c rules before shop-ping. From microwaves to

coffeemakers, know what you can and can’t bring to your school. Look up your school rules at www.bedbathandbeyond.com/shopforcollege.

• Create a college reg-istry: A registry makes a

great resource for fam-ily and friends choosing graduation or college gifts. Students can also use their registry to share what they’re bringing to school with roommates

Beware of student loan assistance scams Many students are graduating from college this month. Student loan debt in the United States now tops $1 trillion. It is the second largest form of consumer debt, second only to home mortgage debt. With many recent graduates struggling to find jobs and the amount of student debt rising, the student loan assistance industry — and the op-portunity for scams — has grown. Student loan assistance companies sell services that claim to help bor-rowers manage and repay their student loans. Student loan assistance scams try to hide the fact that they charge thou-sands of dollars for some-thing borrowers can do for free, often claiming to have “inside information” or special relationships with the U.S. Department of Education to dupe bor-rowers into paying. It is important for stu-dent loan borrowers to be on the lookout for scam artists who charge hefty fees for one size fits all services that aren’t right for everyone and are often available for free from the government. Here’s how it might happen: “Tracy” signed up for what she thought was a student loan repayment

plan sponsored by the U.S. Department of Educa-tion. After paying almost $500 in fees—money that she was told would count toward her loan pay-ments—she found out that the repayment plan was not affiliated with the gov-ernment and the fees were not applied to her loans. “Jeff” contracted with a student debt relief firm to consolidate his loans. After several $40 monthly payments, Jeff discovered that none of the payments had been applied to his loans and that his loans were now in default.

Red fl ags Student loan assistance scammers may advertise consolidation and defer-ment and forbearance pro-grams as one size fits all, sure fire fixes for borrow-ers struggling to manage their student loan debt. It is important to remem-ber that not all repayment plans work for everyone. Choosing the wrong re-payment plan can have serious consequences. For example, some deferment and forbearance plans are only appropriate for someone who is perma-nently disabled and unable to work. If a person who signed up for one of these plans gets a job and earns money down the road, the

person may have to pay back thousands of dollars in back payments, fees, and interest.To avoid student debt as-sistance scams, watch out for these red flags: • High-pressure sales pitches • Hefty upfront fees • Blank contracts • Deceptive logos • Over reaching or mis-used powers of attorney • Phrases like “CALL NOW!” “GUARAN-TEED RESULTS!” or “SAVINGS PLAN AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!” • Requests for a stu-dent’s loan PIN for ser-vices (The U.S. Depart-ment of Education advises borrowers against sharing their four digit National Student Loan Data Sys-tem PIN with others.)

How to get help If you need help manag-ing or paying student loan debt, you should contact your loan servicer to learn about the repayment plan that is best for you and your loans. You can also visit the U.S. Department of Education Federal Stu-dent Aid Office website, at studentaid.ed.gov, to learn more. All forms are free to download and submit. The following agencies also provide information

about repayment plans and how to avoid student loan assistance scams: • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, De-partment of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20220; Toll free: 1-855-411-CFPB (2372); con-sumerfinance.gov • U.S. Department of Education, Federal Stu-dent Aid Ombudsman Group, 830 1st St. N.E., Mail Stop 5144, Washing-ton, D.C. 20202-5144; Toll free: 1-877-557-2575; stu-dentaid.ed.gov • Federal Trade Com-mission, Consumer Response Center, 600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580; Toll free: 1-877-382-4357; consumer.ftc.gov If you have been con-tacted by a student loan assistance scammer, you may report the matter to the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office as fol-lows: Office of Minnesota Attorney General, 1400 Bremer Tower, 445 Min-nesota St., St. Paul, MN 55101; 651-296-3353 or 800-657-3787; TTY: 651-297-7206 or 800-366-4812; ag.state.mn.us

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RIDING INTO THE SUNSET

At left: Acoustic artist Michael Monroe and saxophonist Pat Mackin entertained guests at the Friday night concert. (Photos by Andrew Miller)

The distinctive sound of hooves hitting pavement could be heard in Apple Valley’s Central Village district the evening of Friday, July 18, during the weekly Music in Kelley Park concert hosted by the Apple Valley Arts Foundation. Guests at the event were treated to horse-drawn wagon rides around the park from Kenyon, Minn.-based Lazy K Ranch.


Hindu Milan Mandir held its grand opening July 18-20 at its new home at 501 Walnut St., Farmington, starting with a ceremonial procession and ribbon cutting Friday, and finishing with a cultural show on Sunday. Several monks came to celebrate from as far away as India. (Photo by Andy Rogers)

Grand opening at Hindu temple


Heritage Library children’s programs The Heritage Library in Lakeville will host the fol-lowing children’s programs: Chapters: “Penguin Problems,” 1:30-3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5. Children will listen to the book “Penguin Prob-lems” make a related penguin craft project. Ages 5-10. Storytime Shivers and a Monster Craft, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 6. Listen to a slightly scary sto-rytime program followed by a monster-making craft. Ages 3-10. Spook Detectives with the Storyman from England, 2-3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7. Participate in an eerie sto-rytelling experience with the Storyman from England. Ages 10-15. Amazing Ocean Animal Survival Stories, 10:30-11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8. Whales, dolphins and manatees are featured in amazing, true, animal survival stories. Ages 4-10. Chapters: “I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916,” 1:30-3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12. Children will listen to the book “I Survived the Shark Attacks of 1916” and make a shark hat. Ages 5-10. Mother Goose Visits the Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13. Mother Goose makes a special guest appearance to share her favorite rhymes, songs and stories. Bring your camera for a photo with Mother Goose. Ages 1-6. Old School Games with the Minnesota Historical Society, 2-4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13. Play some games and make two games to keep in this hands-on history program. Ages 8-12. Registration required beginning July 30. Waggin’ Tales, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 16. Read aloud to a registered therapy dog. Ages: 5-10.


SportsNotebook: Burns competing at World Junior track meet by Mike Shaughnessy


Shaina Burns’ suc-cessful spring in track and field has transitioned smoothly into a successful summer. Burns, who graduated from Lakeville South High School in June and will at-tend Texas A&M this fall, is competing for Team USA at the International Association of Athletics Federations World Junior Championships this week in Eugene, Ore. Competing in the hep-tathlon against some of the world’s top junior ath-letes, Burns was 18th in the 100-meter hurdles and 13th in the high jump on Tuesday. Still to come were the shot put, 200 dash, long jump, javelin throw and 800. The heptathlon concluded Wednesday, after this edition went to press. She ran the 100 hur-dles in 14.58 seconds and cleared 1.7 meters (almost 5 feet, 7 inches) in the high jump. Burns was 17th in the overall standings after two events. Burns qualified for the IAAF World Juniors by taking second place at

the U.S. Junior Outdoor Championships in June. Her score of 5,363 points was the eighth-best ever by a high school athlete. She also swept the heptathlon championships at the New Balance outdoor and in-

door high school national meets. At the New Bal-ance outdoor champion-ships Burns was within six points of the meet record. In the state Class AA girls meet in June, Burns won the 100 hurdles and

shot put, finished third in the 300 hurdles and ran on South’s third-place 4x400 relay. Lakeville South took third place in the team competition. She plans to compete in the heptathlon at Texas A&M.

Representing

the USA Several local players have been named to two USA Hockey Select teams that will compete in inter-national tournaments next month. Brock Boeser of Burns-ville and Nick Swaney of Lakeville, both forwards, will play for the Under-18 Select team that will com-pete in the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup on Aug. 11-16 in the Czech Repub-lic and Slovakia. Boeser, who played last season for Burnsville High School, was a member of the U.S. team that won the Under-17 Five Nations tournament last summer. Swaney played for Lakev-ille South High School last winter. They are among three Minnesota residents on the Under-18 Select roster, which also includes a Wis-

consin resident who plays high school hockey for St. Thomas Academy. Defenseman Samuel Rossini of Burnsville High School and goalie Ryan Edquist, a Lakeville resi-dent who plays at Shat-tuck-St. Mary’s, are on the U.S. Under-17 Select team that will play in the 2014 Five Nations tournament beginning Aug. 13 in Ger-many. Nine Minnesotans made the Under-17 Select team.

Legion baseball

playoffs American Legion base-ball teams are competing this week for spots in next week’s state tournament to be held in Eagan, Burns-ville and Bloomington. Fifteen “Sub-State” tournaments are being held across Minnesota, with the winners of each advancing to the state tournament that begins Aug. 1. The Eagan Patri-ots will be the 16th team in the field, earning an auto-matic berth as tournament host. Rosemount, Burnsville, Apple Valley, Lakeville South and Farmington will play in the Sub-State

5 tournament this week at Alimagnet Park in Burns-ville. Rosemount faced St. Paul Park on Wednesday, with the winner going on to the double-elimination portion of the tourna-ment. On Thursday, Apple Valley and Lakeville South play at 4 p.m., Burnsville plays Woodbury Blue at 4:20, Farmington plays New Prague at 7 and Inver Grove Heights meets the St. Paul Park-Rosemount winner at 7:20. The tour-nament runs through Sun-day afternoon. Lakeville North, Eagan and Eastview are in the Sub-State 6 tournament in Northfield and Dundas. That tournament start-ed Wednesday and runs through Sunday. A second Eagan Ameri-can Legion team is playing in the Sub-State 4 tourna-ment in Minnetonka. Eden Prairie won the 2013 state Legion tourna-ment. Burnsville, which finished second in the state tournament, went on to win the Central Plains Regional and play in the American Legion World Series.

Lakeville South High School graduate Shaina Burns is competing against the world’s top heptathletes in her age group this week in Oregon. (File photo)

Dakota Rev Rampage players Amanda Hartmann (11), Kaitlin Ptacek (5) and Jamie Rademacher move into position in front of the Twin Cities Fire net during the girls Under-19 A flight final of the USA Cup Weekend tournament. (Photo by Jason Olson)

Rampage picks up more soccer hardwareDakota Rev team wins at USA Cup

Weekend by Mike Shaughnessy


The Dakota Rev Ram-page, a team with some of the metro area’s top girls soccer players, won an-other championship at the USA Cup Weekend tour-nament July 11-13. The team won six games in the girls Un-der-19 A Flight at the weekend tournament, out-scoring opponents 22-2. Dakota Rev defeated the Blaine-based Twin Cities Fire 3-0 in the champion-ship game. In the spring, the Ram-page finished first in the U18 Premier II division in the Midwest Regional League. Last summer, many of the same players traveled to Sweden and won their division at the Gothia Cup tournament. The Rampage roster includes numerous play-ers who are headed to college soccer, such as Kellie McGahn (an East-view High School gradu-ate) and Alyssa Blahnik (Burnsville), who have signed with the University of Minnesota. Univer-sity of Nebraska redshirt freshman Natalie Muench (Burnsville) also played for the Rampage, as did

Eastview graduate Paige Wilberding, who is joining the Cornhuskers this sea-son. Julia Lam, a Rampage player from Apple Valley High School, is headed to South Dakota State. Lauren Sherry, a defender for the Rampage as well as state high school Class AA runner-up Lakeville North, is headed to Cen-tral Michigan. Leah Schmidt of Ea-gan, Hannah Keirstead of Burnsville, Amanda Hart-mann of Burnsville, Ka-tie Eaton of Apple Valley (Eastview), Emily Sutliff of Apple Valley (Eastview) and Brianna Lindstrom of Apple Valley (Eastview) also played for the Ram-page.

USA Cup recap Although no teams from the Sun Thisweek coverage area reached Gold or Silver division fi-nals in the weeklong USA Cup tournament that ended July 19 in Blaine, several did reach champi-onship games in the July 11-13 USA Cup weekend tourney. In addition to the Da-kota Rev Rampage’s girls U19 championship, the Lakeville Lightning fin-ished first in the girls U13 B flight playoff, outscor-ing three playoff oppo-nents 10-0. The Lightning defeated Futura Feroce of

Missouri 3-0 in the cham-pionship game. The Dakota Rev Re-venge won the girls U15 B flight, defeating Integrity XC 2-0 in the champion-ship game. Valley United Fusion

reached the boys U19 A flight final in the USA Cup Weekend tourney before losing to St. Croix of Minnesota 1-0. Val-ley United also finished second in the boys U12 C flight.

Summer

state tourney The Minnesota Youth Soccer Association’s sum-mer state tournament is in progress this week. Pool play in the U11, U12 and

U13 age groups took place at Steve Michaud Park in Lakeville. The tournament changed its schedule this year and moved champi-onship games in all divi-sions to Saturday at Sha-kopee Soccer Complex.

Father and son taking on new coaching challengesObarskis remain

heavily involved in local soccer

by Mike ShaughnessySUN THISWEEK


The Obarski family has been a fixture in south metro youth and high school soccer for de-cades. This fall, however, finds two of them trying to leave im-prints on new teams. Jason Obarski, one of Mark’s and Barb’s five soccer-playing children, is a high school head coach for the first time, taking over the boys program at Farm-ington High School. Mark, head girls soccer coach at Eagan High School for the last 14 years, was hired in June to coach the women’s team at Dakota County Technical Col-lege. “He had a lot of success at Eagan; he accomplished most of the things he wanted to do there,” Jason said of his father’s job change. “At the same time, he always had an eye on college coaching. This job lets him stay at Eagan as a teacher and gives him the chance he wanted to

coach a college team.” Mark, on his son running the Farmington boys program: “I think it’s great. He has a passion for coaching. His team looks like it has a good foundation. He’s coaching in the South Sub-urban Conference, which is not only a strong conference but one he’s familiar with.”

Back to the fi eld Jason Obarski, an All-State soccer and football player at Ap-ple Valley High School, has had a non-traditional career track. He was an athletic director be-fore becoming a head coach, an almost unheard-of occurrence. In 2013-14 he was athletic di-rector at Prairie Seeds Academy, a charter school in Brooklyn Park. One of his biggest tasks was repairing the school’s relationship with the Minnesota State High School League and its other members. Before Obarski was hired, the MSHSL kicked Prairie Seeds out of the 2012 state Class A

boys soccer tournament for us-ing ineligible players. Part of Obarski’s job was to make sure Prairie Seeds coaches under-stood the high school league’s rules and put procedures in place to make sure they were fol-lowed. But, he wanted to coach. “Farmington is a growing community and the fact that the school is in the South Suburban Conference is definitely a plus, because I played at Apple Val-ley when most of those schools were in the Lake Conference,” Obarski said. In addition to coaching the high school team, Obarski will direct a Minnesota Thunder Academy regional branch in Farmington, which will operate the community’s youth soccer program. Farmington reached the Sec-tion 1AA championship game last season. From what Obar-ski has seen of the Tigers’ var-sity candidates this summer, he said they look like an unselfish, coachable group. He will run a camp for the high school players later this month. “I’m implementing my phi-losophy, developing our style of

play and building a relationship with the players so we’re not all going in blind Aug. 11 (when fall practices start),” he said.

Looking for

a few more Mark Obarski was hired less than two months before the Da-kota County Technical College women’s team is scheduled to begin practice. Recruiting start-ed almost immediately. “We have a number of play-ers on the roster already, but we’re definitely look-ing for more,” he said. He planned to be at the USA Cup Weekend and USA Cup tournaments in Blaine to see if he can find any players who slipped through the recruiting cracks. “We’ll look at kids who grad-uated (from high school) this year or the year before and see if they’re still interested in playing college soccer,” he said. Obarski takes over for Cam Stoltz, who founded the DCTC

women’s team in 2003 and re-mains at the college as men’s soccer coach and athletic coor-dinator. The DCTC women’s soccer rosters had a heavy Twin Cities influence under Stoltz. All of the players on last year’s team were from metro-area high schools. Obarski said he will have the same philosophy toward assem-bling his rosters. “My goal is to really hit the metro area hard for recruiting,” he said. A lot of colleges recruit Min-nesota players, but Obarski said he will emphasize DCTC’s at-tributes: close to home, an on-campus field, and interesting road trips. “We have a trip to Salt Lake City this year,” Obar-ski said. “Sports is part of the college experience,” he said, “and that’s true if you’re at a two-year col-lege or a four-year college.” Obarski, a two-time state high school coach of the year, said he believes his ideas will translate to college soccer. Hav-ing been a local high school coach could help him get a foot in the door with players. “I hope so,” he said.

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included examining driver behavior and crash data, found posted limits on the two-lane road from 185th Street to 194th Street reflect actual travel speeds and are appropriate there under ideal driving conditions. Festvog said speed lim-its are set based on ideal conditions, and it is legally the driver’s responsibility to travel at a speed reflective of weather and road condi-tions. “If conditions are not ideal, it’s the duty of the driver to respond to those conditions,” Festvog said. “There’s no way we can fac-tor in weather conditions when creating the speed limit.” According to state and local police records, dozens of accidents have occurred on Dodd Boulevard near Lakeville North in the last five years, and two LNHS students have died on the stretch since 2004. Festvog said the crash data shows most of the fac-tors related to the accidents did not involve speeding or skidding on that section of Dodd Boulevard. He added that people tend to drive at speeds based on roadway conditions and what is around the road instead of the speed limit sign, so lowering the speed limit there could actually reduce safety. “You have some people who will follow the sign, but a lot of people drive at what they feel comfortable, so you have speed differential issues,” Festvog said. “It’s much safer to have everyone driving with consistency.” Alyssa’s dad, Matt Ettl, expressed frustration when informed of the upcoming recommendation. “Frankly, it’s just not a safe road,” Ettl said, call-ing reducing the speed limit “the easiest and most sim-ple way of trying to reduce injury accidents.” He said Dodd Boule-vard’s design is made more unsafe with winter weather and summer construction. Hundreds of homes in multiple developments are being constructed nearby

LNHS that Ettl said will bring industrial truck traf-fic that drops dirt and grav-el on the road; he said piles of dirt are regularly moved and winds blow dirt and debris across Dodd Boule-vard. “I think the road should be closed down as long as construction is there,” Ettl said. “I think they should just shut it down and make people go around.” Lakeville Police Chief Jeff Long said he respects the state engineers’ profes-sional opinion, but ques-tioned why the speed limit for Ipava Avenue, which has shoulders, a center median and other safety features has a 45 mph limit but Dodd Boulevard, which is narrow, winding and lined with steep ditches, is 55 mph. “It just doesn’t make sense to me,” Long said, calling Dodd Boulevard a roadway that everyone agrees “needs to be done.” He expressed concern that the road borders Cen-tury Middle School and that many young and inex-perienced drivers use it as it is an entrance to the LNHS student parking lot. Long said based on a law enforcement perspective, he would prefer to see the speed limit reduced. “I have some concerns because of the history of Dodd Boulevard,” he said. Lakeville School Board Member Jim Skelly, a mem-ber of the School Road Safety Task Force, agreed with Long’s concerns. He said the study con-clusion not to reduce the speed limit “doesn’t seem to pass the common-sense test” because of the road’s curvy, narrow design, the history of accidents there and new housing develop-ments being constructed. “Try to imagine all these hundreds of new homes be-ing constructed, and (Dodd Boulevard) is going to be their main route?” Skelly said. “Highview (Avenue’s) even in better shape,” He said Alyssa Ettl’s death changed Lakeville and brought road safety is-sues to the forefront. “Don’t underestimate

the impact the Alyssa Ettl accident had on Lakeville,” Skelly said. “People are still grieving about this. They’re still holding memorials, still doing benefits on her behalf. And the whole next school year, it will con-tinue on because it would have been her senior year. This wasn’t just a one-time thing. This will have a last-ing impact on the city.” Skelly said the next three years in Lakeville will be filled with road construc-tion and detours, but when it comes to that stretch of Dodd Boulevard, because of Alyssa Ettl, nobody would complain about a little inconvenience. “If we could turn back the clock and have a four-lane divided road there, we would not have the tragedy, in my estimation,” he said, predicting that the majority of Lakeville residents will disagree with the study’s recommendation.

Interim options The School Road Safety Task Force’s top recom-mendation was for interim safety measures along the road to improve traffic flow and access restrictions to the Lakeville North student parking lot. Lakeville School Board Member Bob Erickson on July 21 presented to the City Council two engineer-ing renderings he commis-sioned that showed po-tential options for interim safety improvement, noting slated improvements are two winters away. Erickson’s proposal would add shoulders with rumble strips along Dodd Boulevard near LNHS and install concrete or cable barriers in the center of the road to separate opposing traffic. Little cited concerns that there is no room for shoul-ders; he said he talked to city and county staff who said barriers in the middle of the road would push traffic closer to the road’s steep ditches. Erickson said there is enough room for a shoulder and questioned what Little is doing to solve the issue rather than dismiss his po-

tential solution. He said the paved shoul-ders adds width and creates rumble strip to alert drivers to the steep slopes. Erickson added that he was surprised to see bypass lanes were added on Dodd Boulevard last week and questioned how they will affect road safety. “I can’t imagine this en-hances the safety of this increasingly busy traveled county road,” Erickson said. Little said the real solu-tion is to totally revamp the road as the School Road Safety Task Force recom-mended. “It’s not necessarily the speed, but the condition of the road that is the true problem,” he said. Frustrated with Little’s response, Erickson said he canceled a personal meet-ing with Little about his proposed solution. “If he doesn’t want to solve the problem and somebody else is killed, it will be on his watch,” Er-ickson said. “I’m just trying to help. It’s not political for me, I just know how to deal with issues like that.” Matt Ettl also ques-tioned the human cost of keeping the speed limit at 55 mph. “There’s more issues on that stretch of road than somebody sitting in a big chair making a decision that it needed to stay 55 (MPH),” Ettl said. “The person who sits in that big chair, I guess they have the authority to do that. I just hope they don’t have any other issues.” Festvog called Alyssa Ettl’s accident “horrible,” noting that the weather was bad that day. He said MnDOT’s rec-ommendations are made with safety in mind. “We don’t want to do anything that’s dangerous,” Festvog said. “We try to do what’s best for safety and people who are using the roadway for their transpor-tation.”


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tion. City Council members whose terms expire at the end of this year are Little, Colleen LaBeau and Bart Davis; all are seeking re-election. Lakeville Area School Board members up for re-election are Michelle Volk, Jim Skelly and Chair Roz Peterson, the Republican endorsed candidate running against DFLer Will Morgan for state representative in District 56B. Skelly said he intends to file, and Volk has announced her re-election campaign this week. Candidates interested in running for mayor, the two open the Lakeville City Council seats or the District 194 School Board can begin filing for office July 29. Filing closes Aug. 12 and candidates have un-til Aug. 14 to withdraw their name from consid-eration for the office.


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ding ring with a heart-shaped diamond, guns, a herringbone necklace, a gold ring with a pearl, a laptop computer, a gold diamond wedding ring, diamond earrings and ammunition. Pawn records allegedly indicate Volkmeier pawned 15 pieces of jewelry on July 3 that match items multiple neighbors reported stolen. Volkmeier was allegedly attempting to pawn additional items at the store July 9 when he was arrested. The complaint states he was carrying a key to a gun safe kept at his home that contained a shotgun and a rifle that resembled several items that were reported stolen after a June 29 bur-glary at a home a few blocks from Volkmeier’s home. Identification cards belonging to a Goodhue County burglary victim were also found in the safe, according to the complaint. During the safe’s search, police say they also found three metal containers containing a white crystal substance that tested positive for meth-amphetamine and a plastic bag containing a brown substance that tested positive for heroin. The complaint said police also found 19 plas-tic bags containing 2,657 grams of marijuana and 24 prescription drugs containing Loraz-epam, a Schedule IV controlled substance. Greenvale Town Board Chair Greg Langer said home break-ins have increased over the past two years. “It’s been a concern,” he said. A Dakota County deputy said at a recent township meeting that the burglary investigation is ongoing. Laura Adelmann is at [email protected].

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LEGAL NOTICES

CITY OF LAKEVILLELEGAL NOTICE

PUBLIC ACCURACY TEST OF VOTING SYSTEMS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a pub-lic accuracy test of the voting systems be-ing used at the August 12, 2014 PrimaryElection will be held at Lakeville City Hall on Thursday, August 7, 2014. The test willbe held in the Council Chambers at 2:00p.m.DATED this 17th day of July, 2014 Charlene Friedges, City Clerk

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NEW MARKET TOWNSHIPPUBLIC NOTICE

New Market Township is accepting sealed bids on a 2006 Caterpillar 143 H Motor Grader with approximately 4200 hours, but is still in service. Grader has a14 ft moldboard, RDO Packer, and a oneway snow plow. Any questions regard-ing the Grader contact Chairman MarkoPopovich 612 247 0967. Sealed bids willbe accepted until 12:00 noon, TuesdayAugust 5, 2014. Bids should be mailed or delivered to New Market Township Clerk,8950 230th St E Lakeville, Mn 55044.Bids will be reviewed and awarded at the monthly meeting August 5, 2014 at 8:00 PM. The Grader will be sold to the highestbidder, however, the Township has a re-serve price of $135,000.00. If the reserve is not met, New Market Township reserves the right to terminate the sale of the Grad-er until further notice

Published by the Board of Supervisors, New Market Township, Scott County.LeRoy Clausen, ClerkNew Market Township


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PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a

public hearing will be held before the City Council of the City of Lakeville inthe Council Chambers, 20195 Holyoke Avenue, on the 4th day of August, 2014,at 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the parties may be heard to consider the ap-plication of Northern Tier Retail, LLC, foran off-sale 3.2% malt liquor license. The applicant proposes to operate a Supe-rAmerica Store, located at 20920 Keokuk Avenue.DATED this 16th day of July 2014 Charlene Friedges, City Clerk


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INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 196

ROSEMOUNT-APPLE VALLEY-EAGAN

PUBLIC SCHOOLSMINUTES OF JUNE 23, 2014REGULAR BOARD MEETING

Vice Chairperson Jackie Magnu-son called the regular School Board meeting to order at 6 p.m. on June 23, 2014 at Dakota Ridge School.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the School Board.

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

Absent: Rob Duchscher, chair-person.

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.

The board recognized John Her-ron, Rosemount High School (RHS), for his Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) International Career Development second-place finish in retail merchandising, and Payton Otterdahl, RHS, who won the Minnesota Track and Field shot

put and discus championships.Berenz congratulated the RHS

boys’ lacrosse team on finishing runner-up in the state tournament, Conner Yepsen, who was selected Minnesota’s 2014 Mr. Lacrosse and the Apple Valley High School girls’ lacrosse team on winning its state quarterfinal game.

She introduced new elementary principals Christine Heilman and Kerri Town, who will be at South-view and Northview elementary schools, respectively.

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

Minutes of June 9 regular and June 17 special board meetings (Exhibits A1 and A2);

Claims for June 4-17, 2014 (Ex-hibit B1);

Electronic funds transfer sched-ule for May 31-June 13, 2014 (Ex-hibit B2);

Schedule of investments for May 31-June 13, 2014 (Exhibit B3);

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

Gifts received during June 2014 totaling $129,830.49 (Exhibit B5);

Advertising revenue received last quarter totaling $3,410 (Exhibit B6);

Metro ECSU $1,500 paraprofes-sional grant for a fall 2013 special education workshop (Exhibit B7);

Health and safety budget for 2014-15 totaling $989,840 (Exhibit B8);

Twins Community Fund $10,000 grant to remove and replace the wood outfield wall at Eagan High School (Exhibit B9);

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

Contract renewal with Travelers Insurance for workers’ compensa-tion insurance coverage through a guaranteed-cost plan effective July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 (Ex-

hibit C2);Resolution relating to the termi-

nation and non-renewal of teaching contracts for Angela Burroughs and Sara Schenck (Exhibit C3);

Agreement to extend the proba-tionary period of a teacher during 2014-15 and waive his continuing contract rights, and an agreement for an additional .2 FTE for the 2014-15 school year without the additional FTE becoming part of the teacher’s continuing contract (Exhibit D1);

Resolution to expel a student immediately, through the end of quarter 2 (January 30, 2015) or tri-mester 2 (March 12, 2015) of the 2104-15 school year, depending on which high school the student elects to attend (Exhibit D2).

Director of Teaching and Learn-ing Steve Troen provided an over-view of the Learning and Technol-ogy Vision Task Force’s work and shared information on the imple-mentation the different phases of the plan. The task force determined the district has a responsibil-ity to ensure that the students are prepared for success in a rapidly changing digital world. It focused on discovering what a student’s educational experience would look like if that experience, enhanced by technology, was as engaging and dynamic as the world around them.

Troen noted the foundation for success includes three areas: the art of teaching, strong curriculum, and technology knowledge and use of technology by students and staff. The goal is for all students to use digital resources to access and analyze; collaborate and com-municate; problem-solve; innovate and create; understand technology concepts, operations and tools, and practice responsible use of technology (digital citizenship).

Phase one involves beta groups of classroom teachers, technology integration leaders, instructional

specialists and administrators who will work collaboratively to build the district’s instructional capacity for effectively using one-to-one tech-nology in the classroom. After two years of beta groups, phase two of the plan begins a three-year rollout of providing a device for each stu-dent, starting with grades 8, 9 and 10. The following year, grades 6, 7 and 11 would be added in phase three, and phase four would be grades 4, 5 and 12 in 2018-19, the fifth year of the learning and tech-nology plan.

Troen formed a 17-member team for the selection of mobile de-vices. The team recommended an iPad mini for all students in grades 4-12+, supplemented with district-funded carts of Chromebooks, and an iPad mini and laptop to replace current desktop computers for all teachers PreK-12+. The student devices will be replaced on a three-year schedule as implemented.

Director of Finance and Opera-tions Jeff Solomon asked the board to approve the 2014-15 preliminary budget (Exhibit E) and noted there were no changes to the budget since it was presented at the June 9, 2014 board meeting.

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

School District Attorney Jill Coyle presented a resolution for membership in The Alliance for Lia-bility and Property Services (ALPS) a new insurance pool for joint pur-chasing under an intergovernmen-tal agreement (Exhibit F-Revised). ALPS members establish a self-funded pool of money to pay for property and liability claims up to a certain amount. A third-party ad-ministrator handles the loss claims. Membership includes a three-year commitment to remain in ALPS, with the cost of participation to be

determined annually by the mem-bers. The estimated maximum cost to District 196 for the first year is $780,697, which would be an ap-proximate 6 percent decrease from last year’s liability and property in-surance premiums.

ALPS membership will provide the district greater control over costs by retaining a portion of pre-dictable losses within the estab-lished loss fund while transferring a portion of catastrophic risk to in-surance. This coverage is known as “protected self-insurance.” Current school district members include Minnetonka and Stillwater, with a fourth district also considering membership. Coyle noted joining ALPS while initially being formed allows the district to have a repre-sentative on the ALPS board.

Coyle introduced David Howard of Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Man-agement who addressed possible membership expansion. Howard noted that each district is analyzed and no district subsidizes the other.

Motion by Huusko, seconded by Roseen and carried by roll call vote with Coulson, Huusko, Roseen, Schutte, Albright and Magnuson voting in favor and no member vot-ing in opposition, to approve the resolution for membership in ALPS.

Magnuson congratulated all graduates and noted that com-mencement ceremonies went won-derfully.

Berenz reported approximately 900 students in grades 2 through 5 attended the seventh annual Young Scholars summer camp.

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 6:55 p.m.

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help devises solutions to accom-modate people’s needs or con-cerns. “I pride myself on trying to work toward a compromise if there is a stall in a process so citi-zens and businesses feel we are trying to accommodate their need or concern if it is valid,” LaBeau said. She said her experience in real estate has proven valuable when the city is negotiating contracts and solve development issues. “I often am able to question some contractual language that better protects the city, since that is the line of work I do,” LaBeau said. Since joining the City Council in 2011, LaBeau has also been a strong advocate for increasing transparency in local govern-ment. She described her first four-year term as “interesting,” be-cause she started to challenge “a lot of things that hadn’t been challenged by the previous coun-cil.” “It appeared in the past some of the previous council members did not read their materials be-fore the meetings, nor were there questions being asked that allows the taxpayer to better understand why a decision is made or turned down,” LaBeau said. She said her questions and attention to detail have helped promote better informed deci-sion-making and increased public awareness of city actions. LaBeau said her intention is not to downgrade or pick apart an issue, but to make sure all op-tions have been researched and considered to find the most effec-tive solution at the least cost to

the taxpayer. She said another reason she is seeking re-election is to provide consistency as the city undergoes a search to replace its leadership. Former City Administrator Steve Mielke recently left Lake-ville after a decade at its helm to serve as physical development di-rector for Dakota County. The city has started the search for a new administrator, a process expected to take months. Other top issues facing the city that LaBeau said concern her in-clude replacing the city’s aging road system while trying to install collector roads, traffic safety fea-tures, safe pathways to schools, trails and roundabouts. “That takes a lot of money,” LaBeau said, noting there is a “mass shortage for dollars” to do road improvements, and taxpay-ers are left to help cover the cost. She said she wants to continue to seek ways that encourage city staff to “think outside the norm” to save money and maximize re-sources. LaBeau said there may be ways to combine services with other lo-cal governments or the state to help keep taxes low. She said she is passionate about public engagement, and belongs to the Lakeville Con-vention and Visitors Bureau and Lakeville Rotary. She will serve as Rotary president in 2015-16. LaBeau served on the Cham-ber of Commerce’s Public Policy group to monitor local city and school issues in hopes of offering ways government systems could operate in a more businesslike manner. As a Lakeville Rotarian, La-Beau has chaired and co-chaired the Taste of Lakeville for the past two years, raising over $240,000

that is reinvested into local schol-arships and community projects like Miracle Field and the Heri-tage Center. During her first City Council term, LaBeau served on the city’s Liquor Committee, Personnel Committee, Public Safety, Fire Relief Board. Her community involvement has also included being a member of the Met Council Land Use Ad-visory Council, Black Dog Water-shed Board, Arenas Board, and Safe Way to Schools Study. “Definitely the commitment to council is a lot more than meets the eye,” LaBeau said, adding that she has learned a lot and appreciated all the issues govern-ment tackles. LaBeau also serves on Cross-roads Church Leadership team and is chairs its Finance Commit-tee. Professionally, LaBeau has served on the Minnesota Asso-ciation of Realtors Public Policy for over 25 years and the Board of Directors and Executive Com-mittee combined for more than 12 years. Locally she has served on the Public Policy Committee for over 28 years. She said both groups study and monitor bills and ordi-nances that effect the homeown-er/taxpayer directly and work to reduce any unnecessary burdens or increased costs. The groups ad-ditionally work to protect hom-eowner private property rights. LaBeau also served as the Southern Twin Cites Association of Realtors Board president in 2005, and in 2009 was awarded the Distinguished Realtor of the Year for Community Service.


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tails about America’s Founding Fathers and engage in revision-ism. “It’s very selective in how they chose to present their history,” Volk said. “They leave out why the Founding Fathers created the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution the way they did — this history that goes before the Founding Fathers came to Amer-ica — and why those documents are important on the founding of our country.” She called the calculation methods contained in Common Core math standards “absolutely absurd,” noting they require two pages of calculations to solve one problem. Volk warned that although those particular standards have not been adopted in Minnesota, depending on the state Legisla-ture, they easily could be. “That’s what I want to protect against — what could be,” Volk said. She said she is equally con-cerned about Minnesota’s man-dated anti-bullying bill, which was given a first reading at the School Board’s July 7 meeting. There, Administrative Services Executive Director Tony Massa-ros said the law requires districts adopt bullying prohibition poli-

cies that meet numerous statutory requirements. He said at Volk’s suggestion, Lakeville’s version of the policy is proposed to include unique pro-visions that inform and involve parents if their child is accused of bullying and is being investigated and/or disciplined. “My main goal has always been not to tell parents how to parent and to protect family’s rights,” Volk said. She said she wants the Lake-ville Area School District to use its limited resources to provide “the best education possible” for students by employing “creative thinking.” “We have to think about how to deliver education in a different way,” Volk said. “The traditional way is not sustainable.” She quickly added she does not advocate for eliminating teachers, but figuring out ways to address their work load while giving stu-dents the tools and resources they need to be able to succeed. Volk advocated for a model like Impact Academy, which groups students by ability, not age. She said the district will also probably have to leverage technology to be cost-effective. “But that doesn’t mean I agree with spending,” Volk said. She offered neither support nor opposition to a proposed technol-

ogy levy referendum question that has been discussed by the School Board for voters’ consideration in 2016, saying she would “let the voters decide.” Volk said she should be re-elected because she delves into issues, asks questions and advo-cates for students and families. “I am not a rubber-stamp School Board member,” Volk said. “The administration doesn’t just give me a proposal, and I say ‘Oh, yeah.’ I ask questions. I want to know details and how it will work. I want to hear from parents in the community, will this work for them? There’s a lot of research and thought process that goes into every item on the agenda on my part before I approve any-thing, because it’s the best thing for students.” Volk was first elected to a two-year term in 2000 and was re-elected to the board for regular four-year terms in 2002, 2006 and 2010. Other School Board members whose terms expire in 2014 are Vice Chair Jim Skelly and Chair Roz Peterson, the Republican-endorsed candidate for state rep-resentative in District 56B who is running against Rep. Will Mor-gan, DFL-Burnsville.


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The Recycling Zone at fair Those who visit the Gov-ernment Building at the 2014 Dakota County Fair will learn more than they ever knew before about The Recycling Zone in Dakota County. With The Recycling Zone as its theme this year, the building will be covered in educational messages that will not just help people understand what recycled materials are turned into, but also remind them of the variety of items that are ac-cepted for free at their local recycling facility. Some aspects of The Recycling Zone will even be brought directly to the fairgrounds as fairgoers are invited to drop off their unused cellphones, ink car-tridges and plastic bags in the Government Build-ing for free and environ-mentally-friendly disposal. Adults can also browse Da-kota County’s online Green Guide to learn what can and can’t be recycled, and uti-lize online maps to search for driving directions from their home to The Recy-cling Zone, while kids enjoy a variety of activities in the building. To inspire children to get into the habit of recycling, Dakota County staff will give superhero capes to kids as a reminder that “Super-heroes Recycle” at The Re-cycling Zone. Local super-hero Sustainability Man will stop by to meet and greet kids from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5, at the Gov-ernment Building. The fair is held Aug. 4-10 at the Dakota County fair-grounds, 4008 220th St. W., Farmington. Open hours at the Government Building are noon to 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Aug. 5-9; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10. For more information about the fair, visit www.da-kotacountyfair.org.

Golden Ridge Stables to host Night to Unite Party Golden Ridge Stables, 8315 190th St. W., Lakeville, will host a Night to Unite Party from 5-8 p.m. Tues-day, Aug. 5. The free event is a way for Golden Ridge to share its horses with the Lakeville community. Children ages 3-12 may participate in pony rides provided they wear jeans and closed toed shoes. There also will be demonstrations, party games and petting op-

portunities for all. The event is part of Golden Ridge’s efforts in the 100 Day Horse Challenge sponsored by the American Horse Council. The chal-lenge is to expose as many people to horses as possible over 100 days and is a na-tionwide effort. For more information about Golden Ridge Stables, visit www.GoldenRidgeSta-bles.com or call 952-469-4640.

Fundraiser for MS Foundation Kelly Hurley, her team, and her daughter are plan-ning a fundraiser for the Multiple Sclerosis Founda-tion at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 16 at 17706 Hillwood Ave., Lake-ville. Hurley has had MS for years. She is a mother of three and lives her daily life without interruption. A silent auction begins at 5:30 p.m. and ends at 7:45 p.m. A plate is $6 and includes a ticket to the taco bar (also including tortilla chips) and a soft drink or water. Dessert is free and al-coholic beverage donations range from $2.50 to $3. The event will go on rain or shine. There will be a large tent with tables and chairs in case of rain. All donations will be accepted.

Lakeville business sponsors backpack giveaway The Cellular Connection, 7656 160th St. W., Lake-ville, in a joint effort with its customers, will donate backpacks full of school supplies to children through its School Rocks Backpack Giveaway. The store will donate backpacks to children from noon to 2 p.m. Aug. 2. One backpack per child pres-ent will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. All left-over backpacks will be do-nated to local schools.

Host families needed Face The World, an in-ternational high school ex-change program, is seeking host families for teenage ex-change students for five or 10 months starting this fall. Students have their own spending money and insur-ance. For more information, email [email protected] or visit www.facetheworld.org.

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Kelley Park concert series The David Gonza-lez Band is bringing its rhythm & blues and Latin music to Apple Valley on Friday, July 25, as part of the summerlong Music in Kelley Park concert series hosted by the Apple Valley Arts Foundation. Admission is free to the 6-9 p.m. concert in the park located at Found-ers Lane and West 153rd Street, and vendors will be on hand offering festival food such as burgers and brats along with wine and beer. This summer’s concert series concludes Aug. 1 with a performance by Steve Sullivan & the Fac-tory. More information is at Facebook.com/Mu-sicInKelleyPark.

‘Annie Jr. – The Musical’ APPLAUSE! Perform-ing Arts Camps: BROAD-WAY presents “Annie Jr. – The Musical” on the Fal-con Ridge Middle School stage in Apple Valley. The production is un-der the direction of Mi-chael and Julianne Skaar. Performances are

Thursday, July 24, at 7 p.m.; Friday, July 25, at 11 a.m.; and Friday, July 25, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 at the door; $5 advanced ticket sales are available from cast members or at the FRMS lower entrance from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

Expressions production “Insane With Power,” a comedy by Expressions Community Theater, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 1-2 and 7-9 and at 2 p.m. Aug. 3 at the Lakev-ille Area Arts Center. Tickets are $13 on-line at www.Lakevil-leAreaArtsCenter.com or in person at the Arts Cen-ter, 20965 Holyoke Ave. For additional informa-tion, call 952-985-4640.

Author’s Sunday Fred Johnson, author of “The Sea Wing Disaster of 1890,” will be the guest author at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17, at the LeDuc His-toric Estate, 1629 Vermil-lion St., Hastings. The steamboat Sea Wing capsized on Lake Pepin during a summer

evening storm, claiming the lives of 98 people. The event is open to the public. A $2 donation is requested. Visitors are encour-aged to attend the 6:30 p.m. concert (with music by The Squires) sponsored by the Hastings Concert Association in the apple orchard behind the LeDuc House. Pie, ice cream, brownies and beverages will be served for a mini-mal fee by a nonprofit or-ganization. The LeDuc Historic Estate is owned by the city of Hastings and managed by Dakota County His-torical Society. Visit www.dakotahistory.org or call 651-437-7055 for more in-formation.

Merle Haggard at Mystic Lake Grammy Award win-ner and country music superstar Merle Haggard will take the Mystic Show-room stage at 8 p.m. Sun-day, Oct. 5. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 26, for $39 and $49. Call the box office at 952-445-9000 or visit mysticlake.com for more details.

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Auditions The Prior Lake Players will hold open auditions for their fall production of “The Leg-end of Sleepy Hollow” from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, and Tuesday, Aug. 19, at Twin Oaks Middle School, 15860 Fish Point Road S.E., Prior Lake. Roles available for children and adults. Auditions are first come, first served; no appointments necessary. Per-formances will be Oct. 10-12 and 24-26. More details are at plplayers.org.

Dance Rhythmic Circus: “Feet Don’t Fail Me Now,” 8 p.m. July 25 and 26, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $30-$40 at Ticketmas-ter.com. Information: 952-895-4685.

Events/festivals Rosemount Leprechaun Days, July 18-27. Information: www.RosemountEvents.com. Dakota County Fair, Aug. 4-10, Dakota County Fair-grounds, 4008 W. 220th St., Farmington. Information: www.dakotacountyfair.org.

Exhibits East Asian painting exhib-it, June 1-Aug. 31, Robert Trail Library, 14395 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. Digital Impressionism photography exhibit by Bec-qi Sherman, June 2-July 31, Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Informa-tion: 952-985-4640. Cultural Perspectives: Bringing Heritage Home ex-hibit, July 10-Aug. 24, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville.

Music Music in Kelley Park fea-turing The David Gonzalez Band, 6-9 p.m. Friday, July 25, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages available for purchase.

BoDeans, 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 25, in the amphitheater at the Minnesota Zoo as part of Subway Music in the Zoo. Tickets: $37, $49.50 VIP box seat. Information: http://mn-zoo.org/plan-your-visit/music-zoo/. Summer Salon, chamber music concert featuring Dolce Wind Quintet, Steve Staruch and Valerie Kahler, 7 p.m. Sunday, July 27, Presbyterian Church of the Apostles, 701 E. 130th St., Burnsville. Silent auction at 6:30 p.m. Suggest-ed donation of $20, checks and cash only. Information: 952-890-7877. Sam McColley, folk music, 7-7:30 p.m., and The Man-chester Social Club, folk/rock, 7:45-8:30 p.m. on July 27 as part of Sunday Night Music in the Park at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free. Machinery Hill, original tunes that blend ska, klezmer, Celtic, rock and American folk, 7 p.m. on July 30 as part of the Wednesday in the Park Concert Series at Civic Center Park, 75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville. Free. Music in Kelley Park fea-turing Steve Sullivan & the Factory, 6-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages available for purchase.

Theater “Shrek, The Musical,” presented by Eagan Summer Theatre, July 18 to Aug. 2, Ea-gan High School auditorium. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 se-niors and children age 12 and younger. Purchase tickets on-line at eagan.k12.mn.us. Box office: 651-683-6964. “Grease,” presented by The Play’s The Thing Produc-tions, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8-9 and 2 p.m. Aug. 10, Ames Center, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Tickets: $14 adults, $13 chil-dren age 12 and younger. Pur-chase tickets at the box office or at Ticketmaster.com, 1-800-982-2787.

Workshops/classes/other

The Eagan Art House of-fers art classes for all ages, www.cityofeagan.com/index.php/recreat ion/eagan-art-house, 651-675-5500. Teen Poetry Jam/Rap Battle, 4-5 p.m. the first Tues-day of each month at Apple Valley Teen Center, 14255 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Ap-ple Valley, 952-953-2385. Ages 12-18. Drawing & Painting (adults and teens) with Christine Tier-ney, 9 a.m. to noon Wednes-days, River Ridge Arts Build-ing, Burnsville. Information: www.christ inet ierney.com, 612-210-3377. Brushworks School of Art Burnsville offers fine art edu-cation through drawing and painting. Classes for adults and teens. Information: Pa-tricia Schwartz, www.Brush-worksSchoolofArt.com, 651-214-4732. Summer Theatre Camps, ages 4-16, week-long camps June-August, In the Company of Kids Creative Arts Center, 13710 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville, www.cokartscenter.com, 952-736-3644. 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 class-es held for intermediates Mon-days 1:30-4 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Marilyn 651-463-7833. Country line dance class-es on Wednesdays at the Lakeville Senior Center, 20110 Holyoke Ave. Beginners, 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 Robert Trail Li-brary. Information: John Loch, 952-255-8545 or [email protected].

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Friday, July 25 Outdoor movie, “Despi-cable Me 2,” rated PG, 7:30 p.m., dusk showtime, Nicollet Commons Park in the Heart of the City, Burnsville.

Tuesday, July 29 Family Fun Tuesday – Hu-morous Storytelling through Percussive Dance with Flying Foot Forum, 10-11 a.m. in the Sculpture Garden at Caponi Art Park, Eagan. $4 per person do-nation suggested. Information: 651-454-9412 or www.capon-iartpark.org. Open house for Link12 Lakeville, an online K-12 pub-lic school open to any family re-siding in Minnesota, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Crystal Lake Education Center, 16250 Ipava Ave., Lakeville. Chipotle fundraiser by the Eastview High School cheer-leaders, 5:30-8 p.m. at the South Eagan Chipotle, Cliff Road and Park Center Drive. Bring in the flyer (found at http://eastviewathletics.com/competitive_cheer), show it on a smartphone or tell the cashier and the team will receive half of the proceeds.

Wednesday, July 30 Eagan Market Fest, 4-8 p.m., Eagan Festival Grounds at Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. Farmers market, en-tertainment by Ticket to Brasil and Tropical Zone Band. Infor-mation: www.cityofeagan.com/marketfest or 651-675-5500.

Thursday, July 31 Magic Show will perform at noon for the Thursday Rockin’ Lunch Hour concert at Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free. Thursday Rockin’ Read-ers, 11 a.m., Nicollet Com-mons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. William Byrne

Elementary Principal Lyle Bom-sta will read books to children. Books are geared toward el-ementary and preschool chil-dren.

Friday, Aug. 1 Forever Wild Family Fri-day: Storytelling with Roy Edward Power, 7-8:30 p.m., Lebanon Hills Visitor Center, 860 Cliff Road, Eagan. All ages. Free. Registration requested. Information: www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks.

Saturday, Aug. 2 Sunset Hike for Adults, 7-9 p.m., Jensen Lake Shelter, Leb-anon Hills Regional Park, 1350 Carriage Hills Drive, Eagan. Ages 16 and older. Cost: $8. Registration required at www.co.dakota.mn.us/parks. Movies in the Park, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2,” at dusk at the Central Park Amphitheater near City Hall, Rosemount. Bring blankets and lawn chairs. Weather-related updates: 651-322-6020, option No. 6.

Sunday, Aug. 3 Windmill Animal Rescue Days, Webster Township Park, 4633 40th St. W., Webster. 5K run begins at 9 a.m., check-in at 8 a.m. Pet walk starts at 11 a.m., check-in at 10 a.m. Walk pledge sheet available at www.windmillanimalrescue.com. Volunteers needed, contact Toni Maat at 952-461-2765 or [email protected].

Reunions Henry Sibley Senior High School Class of 1974 – 40 Year Reunion, Aug. 9, Lost Spur Golf & Event Center, Ea-gan. For details and registra-tion go to class website: www.henrysibley74.com or call Mur-ray or Linda Kieffer at 651-452-7645. Lakeville High School Class of 1964 – 50 Year Re-union, Sept. 18-20. Informa-

tion: Clare Zweber, [email protected], 612-385-0838; Wally Jepsen, [email protected], 612-247-7799. Burnsville High School Class of 2004 – 10 Year Re-union, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, at Solera in Minne-apolis. Information: https://w w w. e v e n t b r i t e . c o m / e /b u r n s v i l l e - h i g h - s c h o o l -c l a s s - o f - 2 0 0 4 - t e n - y e a r-r e u n i o n - t i c k e t s - 1 1 9 6 7 293497.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit red-crossblood.org to make an ap-pointment or for more informa-tion. • July 26, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Walgreens, 15034 Shannon Parkway, Rosemount. • July 28, 12:30-6:30 p.m., Scott County Library – Market Village, 100 J. Roberts Way, New Market. • July 29, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Fairview Ridges Hospital, 201 E. Nicollet Blvd., Burnsville. • July 30, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., School of Environmental Studies, 12155 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. • July 30, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., First American Title, 14551 County Road 11, Burnsville. • July 30, 12-5 p.m., Hilltop Family Chiropractic, 1121 Town Centre Drive, Eagan. • July 31, 12-6 p.m., Shep-herd of the Valley Lutheran Church, 12650 Johnny Cake Ridge Road, Apple Valley. • July 31, 2-7 p.m., Glen-dale United Methodist Church, 13550 Glendale Road, Savage. • Aug. 1, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Paideia Academy, 7200 147th St. W., Apple Valley. • Aug. 2, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Caribou Coffee, 3868 150th St., Rosemount. • Aug. 2, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wescott Library, 1340 Wescott Road, Eagan.

Lynea and Bridget McCulloch and Stephanie and Jim Henkemeyer found the Leprechaun’s Lost Medallion on Monday, July 21. This year’s $500 prize was offered for the fourth consecutive year by Sterling State Bank. (Photo by Tad Johnson)

Jim Henkemeyer and his daughter, Stephanie and her friends Lynea and Bridget McCulloch, all 14 years old, found the me-dallion Monday at about 1 p.m. on the Koch Minne-sota Trail between Central and Erickson parks. Jim said he found the medallion, which was rest-ing sideways on a retaining wall facing Erickson Pond. He said the medallion was very hard to see, but he reached down to see what it was. To his surprise, it was the

medallion. The crew won the $500 prize offered by Sterling State Bank for finding the medallion. This is the fourth year in a row that the bank has offered the prize money. Having the medallion found on the first day of the hunt is very rare. In recent years, the medallion has been found on the fourth, third and second days of the hunt. Previous to those years, the hunt was only slated to be five days long and it rarely went that long.

Jim said they were very lucky to have found it since the clue didn’t offer any specific information that pointed to this location. He also said what he saw didn’t look like it could be the me-dallion since only the top side of it was visible. He said they were in the park looking around for about 15 minutes or so until they found it. They had al-ready been to Jaycee, Cam-field and Charlie’s parks be-fore going to Central Park and continuing to the trail.

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Cathy Wright’s “Tough Love” tells the story of the gypsy vagabond Eun Mohawk Manini, or “little bird,” and her journey over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii to find her guru. (Photo submitted)

Flying Foot Forum, a Twin Cities-based percussive theater and dance troupe, will be presenting two shows at Eagan’s Caponi Art Park in coming days. The group — which uses music and dance to tell humorous, unusual tales and create a variety of wild characters — is set to perform at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 29, and then again at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3, as part of the art park’s Family Fun Tuesdays and Summer Performance Series programs. Admission is free with a $4 per person suggested donation to the July 29 event and a $5 suggested donation on Aug. 3; guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to spread on the art park amphitheater’s grassy slopes. More is at www.caponiartpark.org. (Photo submitted)

Salsa party Eagan Market Fest is getting a blast of salsa and other Latin music next week with performances from the Tropical Zone Band (pictured) and Ticket to Brasil. The concert on July 30 opens at 4 p.m. with Ticket to Brasil, which plays a mix of Bossa Nova, Latin jazz and Afro-Brazilian Samba; at 6 p.m. the Tropical Zone Band takes the stage to deliver its Puerto Rican salsa and merengue dance music. Admission is free to Market Fest, a weekly farmers market and community festival held on Wednesday nights throughout the summer at Eagan’s Central Park festival grounds, with live music each week at the Rotary Band Shell. More on the event is at www.cityofeagan.com. (Photo submitted)

Dancing toward enlightenment with ‘Tough Love’ Former Apple Valley High School dance teacher enters

magical territory with Fringe Festival show by Andrew Miller


After suffering three painful ankle injuries in the course of a year while teaching dance at Apple Valley High School, Cathy Wright decided it was time for a change. The experiences that fol-lowed Wright’s departure from the high school’s dance department in 2012 gave her a whole new perspective on life, which is on display in her new one-person show, “Tough Love.” The dance-centered mul-timedia show, which opens July 31 in Minneapolis as part of the Minnesota Fringe Festival, brings to-gether bits and pieces of Wright’s sabbatical travel and yoga and meditation practice. It tells the story of the gypsy vagabond Eun Mohawk Manini, or “little bird,” and her journey over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii to find her guru. “Tough Love” mirrors Wright’s own journey. She traveled to Hawaii in Oc-tober 2013, where she at-tended yoga, dance and drumming conferences, spent time at a Buddhist monastery, began practicing qigong, consulted with sha-mans, and undertook a 40-day kundalini meditation. During that long medi-tation she had a vision of

what she wanted to share with the world through her performances. “On day 28, I had this epiphany of ‘Tough Love,’ this message of love and kindness and compassion,” said Wright, who returned from Hawaii in April. “It’s a whole new area of perfor-mance for me.” “Tough Love” features dance vignettes, mantra-style chanting, film, and live ukulele music. Min-neapolis is the fourth stop

on Wright’s seven-city tour with the show; she’s already staged performances in Portland and Santa Cruz, Calif. The performance won’t be Wright’s first appearance at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. She won the fes-tival’s Encore Award in 2009 with her production “Thrower of Light.” Following the run of “Tough Love,” the 1995 Apple Valley High School graduate said she plans to focus on Art Yoga Cat, her performance art and yoga company, along with seek-ing out an artist residence that incorporates her back-ground in dance and yoga. “Tough Love” will be performed July 31-Aug. 10 at Intermedia Arts in Min-neapolis. Show times and ticket information are at www.fringefestival.org.

Email Andrew Miller at [email protected].

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