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June 15, 2012 | Volume 33 | Number 16

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environment top concern for Swanson Chris Gerlach for lower taxes, less government

by Laura AdelmannSuN ThISweek

An Apple Valley resi-dent for 24 years, Victoria “Vicki” Swanson said she has always dreamed of fol-lowing in her father’s foot-steps and becoming a pub-lic servant . “I want to give back to my community,” Swanson said of her decision to file to run against state Sen . Chris Gerlach for the Da-kota County commissioner seat held for 16 years by will Branning, who is not seeking re-election . Swanson, 52, said she shares interest in health

and welfare issues as did her father, former Demo-cratic state Rep . Jim Swan-son, who served Richfield from 1969-84 and helped pass the bill that allowed development of the Cedar Avenue bridge that opened in 1980 . She called environ-

mental issues her “biggest passion,” and said she is concerned about preserv-ing and promoting county parks . “I use the parks, I bike and walk and hike,” she said . “I want to make sure everything stays usable .” She also cited con-cerns about jobs and the economy, noting many of her friends are under-em-ployed . “with Northwest Air-lines, 44,000 associates were laid off,” she said . “A high percentage of those are still struggling . … It would be prudent to get some type of

manufacturing, a mid-size company we could entice into the area to produce jobs for people .” Swanson added that she would also work to ensure the environment was pro-tected by business develop-ment . “we need jobs, but I would probably scruti-nize how they handle their waste,” Swanson said . “That’s my deal .” She added that job losses have affected the county, and emphasized the need for the county to prioritize

by Tad JohnsonSuN ThISweek

A bolt of lightning that struck a tree in Apple Val-ley on Sunday night started fires in two homes in the 6000 block of Lower 131st Court west, according to Fire Chief Nealon Thomp-son . No one was injured in the twin blazes that started at about 11:30 p .m ., but the home at 6003 131st St . Court w . had significant damage and was unable to be occupied the next morn-ing . People living in the homes were evacuated and took shelter at neighboring residences in the cul-de-sac located about a 1/2 mile south of McAndrews Road adjacent to Johnny Cake Ridge Road . A total of 10 residents were evacuated for approxi-mately five hours during the incident . Thompson described the fires starting after the lightning charge struck the tree, traveled underground through a tracer wire col-located with a natural gas utility to the two homes that were separated by another residence . Once the electrical charge reached the gas me-ters, it arched creating me-chanical damage to each meter and igniting the gas, according to the Apple Val-ley fire marshal . The two-alarm fire was worked by 36 firefighters who extinguished the struc-tural fires and called Cen-terPoint energy to secure the natural gas leaks in both homes . After CenterPoint se-cured the gas to both homes, firefighters contin-ued “extinguishment and overhaul,” according to Thompson .

Tad Johnson can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

lightning strike ignites fires at two apple Valley homes

Chris Gerlach

Vicki Swanson


Stacy Lufkin is new to her leadership role for the Rosemount Relay for Life, but she’s not new to the dev-astating effects of cancer . She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and has had four of her relatives and many friends afflicted with the disease . with that history, the chairwoman and her plan-ning committee cohorts aim to raise over $29,000 to help support cancer research during the June 22 and 23 walking relay event at the Rosemount high School Irish Stadium . Last year’s

event raised $27,955 . “we are really excited about the event and are hoping for a strong turn-out from the community,” Lufkin said . The night-into-day event centers on teams of eight to 15 people walking around the track, and this year there will be loads of activities to energize the participants . Nearly every 30 minutes, there will a different activity including music from a live band, themed laps, a chil-dren’s tent with activities, coloring pages, snacks and a silent auction . enthusi-asm will be an essential part of the event as teams will

compete for Spirit Points that can earn them prizes . The main event of the evening is the opening cer-emony at 6 p .m . when an estimated 50 local cancer survivors will be honored . “It is an inspiration to see the survivors,” Lufkin said of which more than 100 were invited . “espe-cially as a survivor of only a couple years, it is amazing to see those that have 10, 15, 20-plus years as a survivor . It is a source of hope to see them and be able to meet them and spend time walk-ing around the track with them .” The luminaria ceremony

will be at 9 p .m . when those who have died from cancer will be remembered . “It is an amazing sight to see,” Lufkin said . “It is one of the most powerful parts of the relay experience .” This year’s honorary chairperson was Jeff Pay-ette of Apple Valley who died Sunday from compli-cations due to esophageal cancer . expected to speak at the event are his son Josh Payette, and Dylan John-son, the teenage son of a cancer survivor . Local residents are en-couraged to sign up as a

relay leader knows from experience Cancer survivor is fundraiser’s committee chairwoman

See relay, 7A

Photo by Andrew Miller

Young students at Monique School of Dance prepare for an upcoming recital. The Apple Valley studio currently has about 250 students and offers instruction in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop and other styles.

dancing through the decades Apple Valley’s Monique School of Dance

celebrates 40 yearsby Andrew Miller

SuN ThISweek

Dancing since the age of 7 and trained as a ballerina in eu-rope, Monique kampa is a be-liever in dance’s ability to build better people . “Dancing is good for you – physically, of course, but for poise and self-confidence as well,” said kampa, a former ballerina with the Geneva Op-era Company in Switzerland . That philosophy has served

kampa well as founder and di-rector of Monique School of Dance in Apple Valley, which this year is celebrating its 40th anniversary . The studio has been a fam-ily affair from the beginning . kampa’s daughter, Patti Swed-berg, has been studio manager since it opened in 1972 in the Valley Ridge Shopping Center in Burnsville . her other daugh-

See dancing, 7A


Lon Anderson is one “Tough Mudder .” The 47-year-old Rose-mount man proved it by completing the 11 .5-mile Tough Mudder extreme obstacle course May 20 to raise money for military veterans wounded in com-bat . It was that higher pur-pose that Anderson says propelled him and his eight-person team to endure the morning’s cold, windy con-ditions and muddy course that attempted to recreate a “boot camp” training run . “Conditions were down-right nasty,” Anderson said . “we were all chilled to the bone after the first obstacle, which was referred to as the ‘arctic enema .’ ” The obstacle was a 40-foot-wide dumpster filled with colored ice water . Barbed wire was stretched across the surface of the water at the midway point forcing participants to swim under water for several feet before coming back to the surface . “Of all the obstacles to have first, this one would

One Tough Mudder

Rosemount resident trains

‘all out’ to honor wounded military

veterans

See Mudder, 16A

The Apple Valley Freedom Days Committee wishes to acknowledge and thank the American Legion

Post 1776 for their many years of continued support. The Legion is involved in supporting all of our

festival events, our schools, and our community. These men and women truly represent our country

and have served as defenders of our freedoms.

Thank you Post 1776 for forty-six years of celebrating with us!

14917 GARRETT AVE., APPLE VALLEY (ONE BLOCK NE OF CEDAR & CO. RD. 42)

Dancin’ & Cruisin’Classic Car, Truck &Mororcycle Show

46th Annual

see full schedule of apple valley freedom days on page 2

The Apple Valley Legion, Post 1776, is

a major sponsor of the Freedom Days

Celebration, including

the flyover during the parade.

AmericAn LegionPost 1776

14521 Granada Drive, Apple Valley

952-431-1776

Chicken BBQ

11:00 a.m. until gone

on Club grounds. Cost will be $8.50

for 1/2 BBQ chicken dinner

Brats, Hot Dogs, Chips and Cold Pop

served by the Post 1776 Auxiliary

Beer Wagon featuring several tap beers

Live Band “Flyer”

3:00-6:00 outside

(In case of rain the band will be playing inside.)

Free Outdoor Activities for Children

including a Club House “Bouncer”

Cash Raffles

conducted by the SAL throughout the day

4th of July Raffle Tickets

will be sold on the grounds at a separate

tent and all along the parade route.

• $1.00 per ticket

• You need not be present to win

• Ticket sales will end at 6:30 pm (no exceptions)

• Drawing will be held at 7:00 pm

• A total of $4,350.00 in prize

will be given awayWe have seating outside for 280 with

tables and seating in the pavilion for 90.

4th of July activities

$10 per person. Children 12 & under: FREE

Food will be available for purchase.

Friday, June 29th • 13th Annual

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Classic cars on display 6:00 pm till midnight

Thanksto our Major Sponsors

Johnny Holm Band 8:30 pm till midnight

Gates Open at 6 pm • Lucas Live at 3 pm on the Patio

by Mike ShaughnessySuN ThISweek

Andrew koenen wanted the state boys lacrosse title badly enough to take a shot in warmups on his thumb, watch it discolor and swell before his eyes, and not even think about asking out of the championship game . his eastview high School boys team wanted the title badly enough to endure several weeks of riding buses last summer, going to camps and tour-naments to seek the best competition available . And when the state tour-nament arrived, eastview couldn’t be stopped . The Lightning defeated eden Prairie 10-4 on June 7 at Chanhassen high School for the school’s first state championship in a boys sport . The title capped a 16-1 season for eastview, which had been to the state tournament three other times, including a runner-up finish in 2009 . eastview coach Tim Roche said the champion-ship was a tribute to the players’ dedication – and to the fact they could still put up with each other after spending so much time on buses last summer . “Coach (Colin) Achen-bach went out with them, and I flew out later to meet

them,” Roche said . “Then I rode back with them on the bus, and let me tell you, I’m never doing that again . Riding a bus for 26 hours is miserable . “But it was fun when we weren’t on the bus . we played in three tourna-ments on a 13-day trip, and it got us ready to play this season .” koenen, the Lightning

goalie, said the No . 1 ben-efit of the trip was “it made us like a family . when you spend that much time on the road, you get to know people . You see people on their good days, and you see them when they’re down or mad, and you form a bond .” “we did it because we wanted to be the best team in the state, and the best

team we could be,” senior attack Jacob heppner said after eastview was awarded the championship trophy . “we put in the time, and our parents put up the money so we could go on the trip . Tonight, it all paid off .” koenen was asked if there is more passion for

Title is worth the waitLacrosse championship is Eastview High School’s first in a boys sport

Photo by Rick Orndorf

Eastview players celebrate moments after the final buzzer in their 10-4 victory over Eden Prairie in the state boys lacrosse championship game. More photos are at SunThisweek.com.

See eaSTView, 7A

See SwanSOn, 15A

art festival features cultureThe eagan Art Festival later this month will take visitors on a journey around the world through art .

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charter schools on the riseCharter school enrollment in Minnesota has increased, according to a new study . Joe Nathan explains what the numbers mean .

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eagles place third at stateThe Apple Valley girls lacrosse team caps momentous season with a third-place finish at state .

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The Rosemount-based34th “Red Bull” InfantryDivision has a new leaderafterachange in leadershipceremonySaturday. Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Joel M.ArnoldofPrairieduChien,Wis., is replacing Doug Ju-lin, who most recently heldthesametitleandisretiringafter more than 35 years inthemilitary. “Cmd. Sgt. Maj. JoelArnold has a proven trackrecord as a leader in bothIraqandAfghanistanandIamconfidentinhisabilitytobringthedivisiontothenextlevel,”saidArmyMaj.Gen.David J. Elicerio, 34th RedBullInfantryDivisioncom-mander. Arnold’s position is themost senior ranking of theenlisted members in the di-vision. He will be respon-sibleforoverseeingmultiplefacets of readiness for thedivision soldiers such as:morale, welfare, discipline,performance,training,equalopportunityandpromotion,accordingtoElicerio. “His extensive militarybackground will providenew ideas in advancing ourpriorities,”Eliceriosaid. Arnold entered military

service as a member of theIndiana National Guard inSeptember of 1980. He hasservedonactivedutyinthe8th Infantry Division andthe82ndAirborneDivision,as an Army Reservist withthe 3rd Infantry Regiment,and as a National Guards-man in Illinois, Minnesota,andIowa.HewasamemberoftheIowaNationalGuardfor16years. In April 2003, Arnoldmobilized and deployed toSinai,Egypt,aspartof theMultinational Force andObservermission.In2005to2007,hedeployedtoIraqas

commandsergeantmajorofthe 1st Battalion, 133rd In-fantryonahistoricallylongdeploymenttoIraqwiththe1st Brigade Combat Team,34th Infantry Division. In2010 he mobilized and de-ployed to Afghanistan ascommand sergeant majorofthe2ndBrigadeCombatTeam, 34th Infantry Divi-sion. His military educationincludes Basic Airborne,Air Assault, U.S. ArmyRanger Course and all lev-els of NCO education. Hecompleted the non-residentsergeant major’s course in2008. Arnold received a bach-elorofsciencedegreeinop-erations management fromNorthernIllinoisUniversityin 1989. He holds profes-sional certificates in publicaccounting, managementaccounting, and productionandinventorycontrol. He currently works forthe 3M Company, head-quarteredinSt.Paul. He and his wife Dawnhave three adult children,including a son who is cur-rently serving with the U.S.ArmyinGermany.

— Tad Johnson

Rosemount Army division has new leaderChange in leadership ceremony held Saturday

Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Joel M. Arnold

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Physicians and executives with Emergency Physicians Professional Association stand with shovels in hand beside representatives of RJM Construction and Collaborative Design Group architects to break ground on the new Urgency Room set to open in October. The 12,851-square-foot facility is located at 3010 Denmark Ave. in Eagan. The UR will offer an alternative to a hospital-based ER for people who feel they need urgent medical care for such issues as broken bones, serious lacerations, blood clots, heart attack symptoms and more. To learn more about the Urgency Room, go to: www.urgencyroom.com.

The Urgency Room construction begins

BurnsvillenativeJackAmend,21,anApple Valley High school graduate cur-rentlymajoringininternationalrelationsat the University of California, SantaBarbara, will help lead a new nonprofitinitiative, Inspire a Child, to build thefirst environmentally sustainable soccerfieldinaremotevillageinNepal. Amendisoneof11Californiauniver-sityvolunteerswhowill travel inJulytothevillageandimplementapublicserviceprojectforfourweeks.Inaddition,hewillleadanenvironmentaleducationandsus-

tainability curriculum for children whohavebeenpsychologicallyandphysicallyaffectedbythewarinNepal. TheprojectwilltakeplaceattheSar-swati Peace School in Arupokhari-1,Gorkha,Nepal,whichwasestablishedin2009. Inquiries can be sent to Amend [email protected]. Donations canbe made at www.gofundme.com/qg4pw,www.inspire-a-child.org or www.face-book.com/soccer.scholarship.peace.

Apple Valley graduate to help in Nepal

Two men charged with felony theft after golf cart joyride Two men are facing afelony charge after alleg-edly stealing a golf cartand going for a joyride attheKingstonGreenApart-ments in Apple Valley ear-lierthisyear. According to police,22-year-old Edward T.Bowens and 19-year-oldDeshawn T. Bowens, bothofAppleValley,werejoinedby a 17-year-old Burns-ville male the afternoon ofMarch 28 during their un-authorizedrideonthecart,which is used as a mainte-nancevehiclebyemployeesattheapartmentcomplexat15601FoliageAve. After Kingston Greenmanagement contacted po-lice to report the theft of

the golf cart from the un-derground parking garageand Apple Valley officerswere en route, a KingstonGreenemployeelocatedthevehicle in another part ofthegaragewiththreemalesinit. DeshawnBowenswasinthe passenger seat, EdwardBowens was in the cargoportionofthecartandthe17-year-oldwasdriving,thecomplaintsaid. Upon seeing the em-ployee,thedriverreportedlyturnedanddroveoff intheoppositedirection.Eventu-ally all three suspects weredetainedbyapartmentstaff after fleeing the cart onfoot. Thethreetoldpolicethey

gained access to the securegarage when the 17-year-old entered the building tovisit a relative living there,thecomplaintsaid. The golf cart, whichKingston Green staff saidisvaluedatbetween$2,000and $3,000, suffered nodamageintheincident. The17-year-oldsuspect’snamehasnotbeenreleasedbecause he’s a juvenile.His case is being handledthrough Dakota County’sjuvenilecourtsystem. EdwardBowensandDe-shawn Bowens have eachbeenchargedwiththeftofamotorvehicle,afelonypun-ishablebyuptofiveyearsinprisonanda$10,000fine.

—Andrew Miller

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Balanced budget without cuts expected in District 196

by Jessica HarperSun ThiSweek

For the first time in three years, the Rosemount-Ap-ple Valley-eagan School District will be able to bal-ance its budget without re-ductions. “it’s so exciting to me that we are not cutting and that we are performing bet-ter than in previous years,” Board Member Jackie Mag-nuson said. Officials estimate that the District 196 general fund budget will be $294.8 million during the 2012-13 school year. This budget accounts for funds not allo-cated for specific purposes, such as special education or food service. expenditures are slightly above that figure, but the school district can use gen-eral funds to balance the budget. The general fund balance is a projected $33.2 million, 11.03 percent of the general fund budget. This is above the district’s 8 percent goal. The district’s total bud-get is projected to be $343.1 million. Jeff Solomon, finance director for District 196, credits the balanced budget to the state’s efforts to rein-state k-12 funding and the district’s efforts to conserve

its money. The state promised the district in July an extra $50 per pupil this school year and another $50 per pupil in 2012-13. This amounts to $1.5 million each year in addi-tional revenue. District 196 also will re-ceive $2.96 million in com-pensatory funding starting in 2012-13. Legislators passed the one-time money for 20 dis-tricts with the largest enroll-ment aside from Minneapo-lis, St. Paul and Duluth. District 196 is expected to receive the largest sum of this money. The district also expects to receive $1.63 million in literacy aid for 2012-13. The aid is based on literacy achievement of third- and fourth-graders. This additional aid en-abled District 196 to avoid seeking a new operating levy referendum. The recent news is a much needed silver lining for the embattled school district, which faced deep cuts the past three years. Last year, District 196 was forced to lay off 107 teachers — both tenured and nontenured — as it sought to slash $3.5 million from the 2011-12 budget.

Many of the layoffs of tenured teachers had more to do with changes at the middle school level than its budget constraints, said Tom Pederstuen, director of human resources in District 196. in January 2011, the School Board unanimously approved shortening its middle school schedule to six periods in an effort to boost student achievement, particularly in math, and save money. eliminating two class periods is expected to save an estimated $1.76 million each year. in addition to cuts, the district looked to borrow-ing as a way to balance the books. The School Board approved opening a line of credit last summer and a $15 million aid anticipation loan. This was the first time the district opened a line of credit. State statute allows school districts to borrow up to 95 percent of their av-erage monthly expenses. For District 196, this is $24 million. Jessica Harper is at [email protected] orfacebook.com/sunthisweek.

Stop SmokingToday’s The day

by Laura AdelmannSun ThiSweek

A hampton man is charged with felony as-sault and obstructing the legal process after allegedly beating a man at the Farm-ington VFw on June 2. According to a June 8 Dakota County criminal complaint: keith Roy Bistodeau, 46, “cold cocked” a man after another patron inter-vened and released Bisto-deau from a choke hold. A witness told Farming-ton police officers alleged victim fell to the ground and appeared unconscious while Bistodeau repeatedly kicked him in the ribs and

punched him in the face, before hitting him on the head with a board, break-ing it in two. when Farmington po-lice arrived, the alleged victim was being tended to for a bloodied face and substantially swollen and bruised left eye that was “clearly impairing his eye-sight.” The police reported the man also suffered a bruised forehead and the broken board with blood on it was next to him. Bistodeau exited the bar when police arrived, and kept walking after an officer told him to stop, turn around and get on the ground.

Police say Bistodeau gave the officer a “blank stare” and rolled his right hand into a fist. Bistodeau was taken to the ground, but would not comply with the offi-cer’s commands, pushing himself off the pavement and at least once up to his knees. with the help of a sec-ond officer, Bistodeau who allegedly had “refused” to get into the squad, was “physically forced into the back seat.” [email protected] orfacebook.com/sunthisweek.

Hampton man chargedafter June 2 bar fight

Fists, feet, board allegedly used in beating

Contractor allegedly falsely says it is ‘agent’ of Minnesota EnergyRecent reports say an insulation installer is using the tactic

by Tad JohnsonSun ThiSweek

Due to recent reports of a private insulation contrac-tor saying it is an “agent” of Rosemount-based Min-nesota energy Resources, the company is reminding customers that it does not endorse, recommend or is affiliated with any home contractor services. People who are ap-proached by contractors doing door-to-door mar-keting saying they are af-filiated with MeRC should contact the Better Business Bureau at http://minnesota.bbb.org, (651) 699-1111 or 1-800-646-6222. Although a contrac-

tor may provide rebate in-formation to customers, MeRC does not authorize any contractor to state they represent the company, ac-cording to a release issued June 8. MeRC recommends a background check should be conducted of any con-tracted home improvement company offering services, particularly if soliciting door-to-door. MeRC sug-gests getting at least two to three bids for any ma-jor purchase or work being done prior to purchasing services. The BBB should be con-tacted to provide reliable background checks on a

contractor’s credibility or to file a concern or com-plaint about any contrac-tor’s business practices. MeRC customers who have concerns about po-tential offers on energy ef-ficiency program rebates or related contracted services necessary to quality for re-bates are encouraged to call 800-889-9508 or go online at www.minnesotaener-gyresources.com to find out more.

TadJohnsoncanbereachedat [email protected] or facebook.com/sun-thisweek.


Opinionby Joe Nathan

Sun ThiSweek

widespread adoption of cell phones and computers helps explain a startling statistic: in the last decade, the number of Minne-sota k-12 students attending charter pub-lic schools has increased more than 29,000, while the number of students attending dis-trict public schools has declined by more than 45,000. That’s according to a new study from the Center for School Change, based on data from the Minnesota Department of education website. The report is available at www.centerforschoolchange.org. what does this trend mean for families and for Minnesota public education? The majority of Minnesota young people still attend district public schools. however as with phones and computers, many families are looking for something different, and they hope, better. But neither district nor charter public schools are always “better.” The label “charter public school” like “district public school” tells you nothing about the curriculum, philosophy or in-structional approach. Comparing is about as useful as trying to decide which has bet-ter gas mileage, leased or purchased cars. Because there are enormous differences within each category, the comparison does

not make sense. But the charter movement has allowed educators and parents to create new, and in some cases more personalized, distinctive options. That has helped many students and provided valuable opportunities for educa-tors. That’s in part why Minnesota charter k-12 enrollment rose in the last decade, while district k-12 enrollment declined. it also helps explain why charter enrollment in u.S. charters rose from less than 100 stu-dents 20 years ago, to more than 2 million in the 2011-12 school year. Many Minnesota charters offer something “different.” For example: • Lakes international offers an elementa-ry Chinese and Spanish immersion in Forest Lake. • Swan River and world Learner give ele-mentary/middle school Montessori options in Monticello and Chaska, respectively.

• Small, “classical” high schools are of-fered at Spectrum (high school in elk River), Seven hills (elementary school in Bloomington), St. Croix Prep (k-12 in Still-water), and Cologne Academy in Cologne. • Mainstream is an arts high school in hopkins, and new heights is a small, per-sonalized k-12 school in Stillwater. • northwest Passage high school features extensive travel in Coon Rapids. • Trio/wolf Creek is an online school based in Chisago City. wise school districts have responded, in part, by offering distinctive programs. For example, School District196 offers the School of environmental Studies for 11th- and 12th-graders. Anoka-hennepin offers the Science and Technology education Program for high school students. Forest Lake has a Montessori option. Minnetonka provides a Chinese option. edina offers a French immersion elementa-ry school. Cambridge/isanti has School for Four Seasons and “the Minnesota Center” for middle school students. At least some of these, such as the Forest Lake Montessori, were opened in response to the possibility that parents and educators would set up a charter if the district did not respond. The charter movement has helped

some educators and districts recognize that there is no single perfect kind of school for all students. Some educators have recognized that identical does not mean not equal educa-tional opportunity. Saying “one size or for-mat fits all” is like saying everyone can wear a Size 8 shoe comfortably. As Gov. Mark Dayton and education Commissioner Brenda Cassellius have sug-gested, we should learn from the most effec-tive, while offering opportunities to develop new approaches (as has been done with phones and computers). enrollment trends suggest that wise edu-cators will look for more effective ways to organize learning and teaching. Students don’t need more district or charter public schools. They need more personalized, ex-cellent public schools. Joe Nathan, formerly a Minnesota public school teacher, administrator and PTA presi-dent, directs the Center for School Change. Reactions welcome, [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

What do changes in school enrollments mean?Sun Thisweek

ColumnistJoe Nathan

by Don Heinzman Sun ThiSweek

The recent drowning of a 6-year-old at a supervised country club pool in hopkins points out the need for more vigilance and knowledge on how to save a person from drowning. Last year there were 50 drowning deaths in Minnesota, 19 of them in hennepin County. Six persons drown every day in the united States. A third of them are children under 14. Children from 1 to 4 years of age drown more in residential swimming pools. On wednesday, June 6, there was an-other tragic example in South Chisago Lake Township of rural Chisago County where a 14-month-old infant girl drowned in the shal-low end of an above ground pool. A recent study of hennepin County drowning deaths by a task force, revealed that last year the majority of drowning deaths

happened in apartment complex pools. what’s more, the study showed that many of the residents had no idea how to react to a drowning. There isn’t much time to save someone who becomes unconscious after be-ing submerged in water for two minutes or less and brain damaged after being under wa-ter four to six minutes. A new safety coalition, the Twin Cities Metro water Safety Task Force, is so con-cerned about drowning deaths, it has con-ducted three classes on water safety aimed at

people who frequent private pools in apart-ment complexes. Sara Cwayna, a public safety education specialist for the city of Plymouth, noted that most people do not know the signs of some-one drowning. Those people do not realize that drown-ing can be quick and silent, contrary to the misconception of victims jumping up and screaming for help. The first reaction of a bystander is to jump into the water and try to save the victim, who may climb on the res-cuer’s back causing both to drown. The task force found there was safety equipment at the pools but no one knew how to use the equipment. They should use the ring buoy or a shepherd’s hook to save the person. The task force has put together a CD in english and Spanish on how to prevent drowning deaths. it will be available soon on

the a video-sharing website YouTube and on demand. A plastic poster in five languages that can be posted at swimming pools soon will be available at a cost of $65. For information on the CD and poster, call LeeAnn Mortensen at north Memorial hospital, injury Preven-tion: (763) 520-4145. The task force is hoping for donations to buy posters that can be placed in pools throughout the area. This effort deserves your support.

Don Heinzman is a member of the ECM Editorial Board. Sun Thisweek and the Da-kota County Tribune are part of ECM Pub-lishers. Heinzman can be reached at [email protected]. Columns reflect the opinion of the author.

Vigilance, education will help prevent drownings Sun Thisweek

ColumnistDon Heinzman

The following was submitted by the Da-kota County High Performance Partnership. enhanced service at a reduced cost – it’s the illusive dream of every consumer. who wouldn’t want to pay a little less to receive just a little bit more? For Dakota County and its largest cities, that concept has be-gun to evolve from dream to a new “hiPP” reality. “Through the years, our residents have been holding government to higher stan-dards, both of efficiency and of effective-ness,” said Rosemount Mayor Bill Droste. “we’ve found ways to collaborate with our neighbors, and make our tax dollars go far-ther. And we’re still finding new ways to do it.” in 2004, local government leaders from across the county formed the Dakota County high Performance Partnership (hiPP). The idea was simple – identify ar-eas where south-of-the-river neighboring communities could share resources, and then figure out a way to make it happen. Measuring success was key. if the results of a hiPP initiative saved the county and cit-ies money – and provided a more efficient process for residents – it made the list.

“when hiPP first started in 2004, local governments throughout Dakota County were facing economic uncertainty – very similar to the uncertainty we have been facing the last several years,” said Dave Os-berg, hastings city administrator and orig-inal hiPP member. “The need to cooperate and collaborate was strong, and remains the strong today.” Over the next six years, these Dakota County ‘hiPP’-sters (comprised of mayors, city council members, county board mem-bers, and city and county administrators) focused on specific areas where consolida-tion seemed to make the most sense. Their biggest victory came early in the process when, in 2005, the Dakota Communica-tions Center gained countywide approval. in 2007, the countywide 911 dispatch center began handling all of the county’s emergency calls, eliminating the need for individual dispatch centers in each city. The result was a streamlined process that consolidated individual cities’ needs for expensive head-end equipment, limited the

number of radio towers needed to serve the county and saved cities an estimated $8 million in capital and operating expenses in its first five years. even though some hiPP projects such as the DCC thrived, success was not always a guarantee. ideas such as consolidated human resources departments for Dakota County cities, or jointly-purchased health care plans ultimately proved not to be cost-effective, and were projected to be very dif-ficult to administer. “we have always stressed that looking into the possibilities of an idea and con-cluding that it isn’t beneficial is a totally acceptable outcome,” said Craig ebeling, Burnsville city manager and another origi-nal hiPP member. “not every concept will be a winner.” Between limited resources, turnover in political leadership, and at times, a plain-old resistance to change, the work of the hiPP group was never easy. By 2010, it was apparent that a “refocus of efforts” was needed to recapture some of the clarity and momentum that existed in the partnership’s earlier years. So, hiPP leaders decided to “reset” their areas of focus to represent a new set of government challenges. Through surveys of county and the city employees, resident focus groups and town hall meetings, hiPP chose six new areas of focus, and developed a new set of goals for potential shared services. They are: • e-Government Platforms – explore opportunities for countywide shared soft-ware and technology services. • Public Safety Facilities – Continue to develop shared fire training procedures and a solution to the existing shared training facility that is in need of repairs. • Shared Technical expertise – Deter-mine ways in which we can share staff ex-pertise throughout the county. Six ideas being examined further are volunteer co-ordination, energy/facility management, safety and OShA compliance, grant writ-ing, and additional shared purchasing. • Dark Fiber – Research ways for the cities’ and county’s dark fiber (internet) networks to provide more functionality for government operations and to serve as a potential backbone system for a county-wide broadband provider. • Administrative Citations – explore the feasibility of one local citation process with a common administrative law judge.

• Training Programs –Continue to devel-op joint training opportunities for county and city employees, specifically in the area of human resources. hiPP adopted these new focus areas in April 2011. Little more than a year later, some have already seen early success. in May, Dakota County launched a new per-mitting system that will help standardize right-of-way permit applications and pro-cesses countywide. Once in place, a busi-ness needing to do work in the right-of-any Dakota County city will be able to access and pay for the permit in a single location. The e-Government Platforms group is also exploring an automated solution for public meeting agendas and minutes that could be used to streamline and create con-sistency among public meetings county-wide. Burnsville will be the first city to test the proposed solution later this year, and the group has already secured discount pricing for any other cities looking to jump on board. “we are already seeing some early suc-cesses with the latest hiPP endeavors, and we are excited about the work that con-tinues on potential projects,” said eagan Mayor Mike Maguire. “But most of all, i have been impressed by the enthusiasm and the spirit of cooperation among all of the partners. Dakota County is a special place because of the way our local leaders work together.” “The hope was that the cooperative spirit shown by local government in 2004 would continue, and it did,” Osberg said. “we all recognize the importance of exhib-iting courageous and bold leadership and examining new methods to provide pub-lic service with our peers throughout the county.” For Dakota County and its diverse com-munities – being hiPP is simple. it means cities and county working together to make things better. it means collaborating on in-novative solutions to complex problems. it also means, enhancing service while re-ducing cost. now that sounds like a dream come true.

The Dakota County HiPP steering commit-tee currently consists of representatives from Dakota County, Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farmington, Hampton, Hastings, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Mendota Heights, Rosemount, South St. Paul, Sun-fish Lake and West St. Paul.

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A Rosemount com-pany was ordered to pay a$500,000fineafteritplead-edguiltyJune7inU.S.Dis-trict Court in Minneapolisto two counts of violatingthe federal false statementsstatute, according to a re-lease from the U.S Attor-ney’sOffice. SpectroAlloysCorpora-tion, which operates a sec-ondary aluminum process-ing facility, was charged inApril after allegedly failingto disclose violations oflimits placed on its emis-sionsofhazardousairpol-lutantsundertheCleanAirAct. Judge John R. Tunheimsentenced the company topaythecriminalfine,placedSpectro on probation fortwo years, and ordered ittodevelop, implement,andmaintain procedures to en-surecompleteandaccuratereportinginthefuture. Spectro must retain afull-time environmentalhealth and safety managerandreporttoboththeMin-nesota Pollution ControlAgencyandEnvironmental

Protection Agency the re-sults of all emissions test-ing,whetherornotrequiredbylaw. Spectro is also requiredunderthetermsofaparal-lelcivilsettlementtoinstalladditional pollution-con-trol equipment relating toitsemissions. “In order to safeguardpublic health, it is abso-lutelyessentialthatgovern-ment officials assure com-pliance with environmentalregulations through accu-rate testing, measurement,and honest reporting,”said Randall Ashe, specialagent-in-charge of the U.S.EPA criminal enforcementprograminChicago,whoseregion includes Minnesota.“Violatorswhosubmitfalseinformationundermineourefforts to protect the pub-lic and the environment.Today’s guilty plea shouldserve as a warning to any-onewhoknowinglyputsthepublic’s health at risk: youwill be prosecuted to thefullestextentofthelaw.” Spectro admitted thatin May 2007, it submitted

a semi-annual compliancereport to both the MPCAandtheEPAthatfalselyin-dicated that its facility wasin compliance with all pol-lution limits. The companyfailed to disclose that itsown testing had revealedexcessive dioxin/furansemissions. Spectro furtheradmittedthatinalettersenttotheEPAinMarch2007,whichwas submitted in re-sponsetoaviolationnoticeissuedbytheEPA,thecom-pany also knowingly failedto disclose those excessivedioxin/furanemissions. In addition to the June7 guilty plea, the UnitedStates recently reached asettlement with Spectro re-gardingcivilclaimsfiledbythe EPA for alleged viola-tions of the Clean Air Actand civil administrativeclaims of the EPA for al-leged violations of the Re-source Conservation andRecovery Act. The civilsettlement, embodied in aconsent decree, is awaitingfinalcourtapproval. The consent decree re-solves allegations that in

2009, the company emit-ted dioxin/furans and hy-drochloric acid in amountsexceeding federal emissionslimits; that the companyfailed to install, operate,and inspect an adequatesystemtocaptureandtreatits emissions; and that be-tween 2004 and 2008, itviolated various Clean AirAct regulations regardingmonitoring, reporting, andtemperature maintenance.Theconsentdecreealsoset-tlesallegedviolationsoftheResourceConservationandRecoveryAct foroperatinga hazardous waste storagefacilitywithoutapermitorinterim status and failingto comply with hazardouswastemanagementrequire-mentsattheSpectrofacility. Undertheproposedcon-sentdecree,Spectrowillpayacivilpenaltyof$600,000,install additional pollutioncontrolequipment,conductadditional emissions test-ing, and accurately complywith all reporting require-ments.

Rosemount company pleads guilty to failing to disclose emissions violations

News BriefsChamber has cell phone fundraiser The Dakota CountyRegional Chamber Foun-dation has partnered withCellphones for my Cause,a free fundraising pro-gram started by MendotaHeights-based companyMPC, to start a cellphonerecyclingfundraisertoraisemoneyforthefoundation. For every cell phonecollected, DCR ChamberFoundation will receivea monetary donation tobenefit their cause. All cellphones will be accepted,regardless of make, modelandworkingcondition. All cellphones collectedthroughthisfundraiserwillbeshippedtoasecureMPCrecycling facility to be re-cycled. Todonatecellphonestothe DCR Chamber Foun-dation fundraiser, dropthemoffatDCRChamber,1121 Town Centre Drive,Suite102,Eagan,orprintamailinglabelfromthefund-raising page at www.cell-phonesformycause.comandsearchfor“DakotaCountyRegionalChamberFounda-tion.”

Financial adviser hosts long-term care seminar Edward Jones financialadviser Stacey Bartelsonof Rosemount and LauraRettke from Genworthare hosting a free 60-min-ute educational seminartitled“FamilyMatterswithLong-term Care” at 6 p.m.June 19 at 3420 150th St.W.,Suite103,Rosemount. Seminarparticipantswilllearnabout: • The common fundingoptions to provide qualitylong-termcare. • How long-term careinsurancecanplayasignifi-cant role inhelping topre-serveone’sassets. •Howonecantakecon-trolofwhereandhowonereceives long-termcareser-vices. The seminar is free, butspaceis limited.Tomakeareservation, call Janine Al-cornat(651)322-2905.

Vets invited to be in July 4th parade Membersof theBeyondtheYellowRibbonNetworkof Apple Valley invite allveteransandactiveservice-memberstoparticipatewiththeminAppleValley’sJuly4thFreedomDaysParade. For theparade,veteransandactiveservicemembers

can walk or ride in WorldWarIIandKoreanWarve-hicles. To participate or formore information, contactBruce Folken at [email protected].

Teen to compete in scholarship competition Aria Stiles of AppleValley, a 2012 graduate ofEastview High School, willtravel to Mobile, Ala., onSunday, June 17, to par-ticipate in the 55th Distin-guishedYoungWomenNa-tionalFinalstobeheldJune28-30 at the Mobile CivicCenter Theater. Stiles isone of 50 state representa-tives competing fora shareofaround$130,000incashscholarshipsandtheoppor-tunitytorepresentthepro-gram as the DistinguishedYoungWomanofAmericafor2012. During her two weeksin Mobile, Stiles will par-

ticipate in team buildingactivities, complete com-munity service projects, in-teract with the Gulf Coastcommunitythroughvariousevents and engage in manyhoursofrehearsalinprepa-ration for the three-nightscholarshipcompetition. Toview the livewebcastoftheDistinguishedYoungWomen National Finals,visit http://www.local15tv.com on Saturday, June 30,at7p.m.CST.Toseephotosofparticipantsduringtheirtime inMobile,visithttp://www.fusionpointmedia.com.


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PUBLIC NOTICEDOCUMENT 00 11 13

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Water Treatment Facility ExpansionCity of Apple Valley, Minnesota

SEH No. APPLE 118533City Project No. 2012-105

Notice is hereby given that sealed Bids will be received by the Cityof Apple Valley until 10:00 am CDST, Thursday July 12, 2012 at theApple Valley Municipal Center at 7100 West 147th Street AppleValley, MN 55124 at which time they will be publicly opened andread aloud, for the furnishing of all labor and material and all elsenecessary for the construction of the Apple Valley Water TreatmentFacility Expansion. Major components of the Work include:

* 6.5 MGD concrete filter expansion* Two new concrete backwash holding tanks* 12,000 square foot garage/shop expansion* A vehicle wash bay expansion* Demolition* Process pumps* Chemical feed systems* Process piping, fittings, and valves* Process instrumentation and controls* Concrete and brick masonry* Tip-up precast walls (wash bay)* Precast ceiling* Steel trusses* Electrical* Standby Generator* Mechanical* HVAC* Painting* Water Main* Sanitary Sewer* Storm Sewer* Site Work* Landscaping* Bituminous Driveway

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Minimum General Contractor Qualifications: The Bidder shallhave experience of successfully completing work on at least three(3) water treatment plant facilities. Of these, the Bidder must haveexperience of successfully completing work on at least two (2) ofthese projects in the last 7 years as a General Contractor involvinggravity or pressure filters or a lime softening water treatment plant,where the capacity of the facility was equal to or greater than 5 mil-lion gallons per day, and where the work experience includes:earthwork, demolition, concrete, piping, process equipment, weld-ing, coating applications, mechanical HVAC systems, electrical,instrumentation, and control work.

Pre-Bid Conference: A pre-Bid conference will be held at 10:00am CDST on Tuesday June 26, 2012 at the Water Treatment Plantlocated on 6442 West 140th Street in Apple Valley, Minnesota.Representatives of Owner and Engineer will be present to discussthe Project. Bidders of concrete, process piping, mechanical, elec-trical and painting work are strongly encouraged to attend and par-ticipate in the conference.

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Bids shall be directed to the City Clerk, securely sealed andendorsed upon the outside wrapper, "BID FOR APPLE VALLEYWATER TREATMENT FACILITY EXPANSION - CITY PROJECTNUMBER: 2012-105."

Owner reserves the right to retain the deposits of the three lowestBidders for a period not to exceed 60 days after the date and timeset for the opening of Bids. No Bids may be withdrawn for a periodof 60 days after the date and time set for the opening of Bids.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waiveirregularities and informalities therein and to award the Contract inthe best interests of the Owner.

Pamela J. GackstetterCity ClerkCity of Apple Valley, Minnesota

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District 917School BoardProceedingsThis is a summary of the Intermediate

School District 917 Regular School BoardMeeting on Tuesday, May 1, 2012, with fulltext available for public inspection on thedistrict website at www.isd917.k12.mn.usor the District Office at 1300 145th StreetEast, Rosemount, MN 55068.

The meeting was called to order at 5:00PM at 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount,MN. Board members present: Ar leneBush, Dan Cater, Deb Clark, Kathy Lewis,Tom Ryerson, Vanda Pressnall, Jill Lewis,Vicki Roy, and ex-officio member Supt.John Chr ist iansen. Absent: VeronicaWalter. Also present: Dan Hurley, MelissaSchaller, Nicolle Roush, and Linda Berg.Good news reports were presented. Thefollow ing Consent Agenda items wereapproved: minutes, personnel, bills to bepaid, petty cash report, investment reportand wire transfers. Recommended actionsapproved: Construction Trades Program tobuild a house for the 2012-2013 schoolyear; Blood Borne Pathogens ExposureControl Plan; resolutions proposing to placeteache r s on un reques ted leaves o fabsence; and lead teacher positions forDCALS and Special Education. Adjourn-ment at 5:25 PM.

_________________________________This is a summary of the Intermediate

School District 917 Regular School BoardMeeting on Tuesday, June 5, 2012, with fulltext available for public inspection on thedistrict website at www.isd917.k12.mn.usor the District Office at 1300 145th StreetEast, Rosemount, MN 55068.

The meeting was called to order at 5:00PM at 1300 145th Street East, Rosemount,MN. Board members present: Ar leneBush, Dan Cater, Deb Clark, Kathy Lewis,Tom Ryerson, Vanda Pressnall, Jill Lewis,Vicki Roy, Veronica Walter and ex-officiomember Supt. John Christiansen. Absent:none. Also present: Dan Hurley, MelissaSchaller, Nicolle Roush, and Lauren Trainer.Good news reports were presented. Thefollow ing Consent Agenda items wereapproved: minutes, personnel, bills to bepaid, investment report and wire transfers.Recommended actions approved: Budgetf o r I S D 9 1 7 f o r 2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 3 ;Superintendent's Evaluation and Perfor-mance Incentive; Health Associate Con-tract for 2012-2014; Interpreters' Contractfor 2012-2014; and new lunch prices for2012-2013. Adjournment at 6:27 PM.3049647 6/15/12

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participant on the day of the event or stop down for dinner as there will be food galore, including pork chops on a stick from the Rosemount Knights of Co-lumbus. There is no cost to attend, but registration is $10 and the suggested fund-raising level is $100. Lumi-nary bags can be placed in honor of a loved one for a suggested donation of $10. “It feels good to know that the money we raise will help fund research, but it also goes to people in our area that need rides to treat-ment and doctors’ appoint-ments, support groups, classes on living with cancer and being at your best while

going through treatment,” Lufkin said. Volunteers and service groups are invited to help set up prior to the start Friday night, assist with ac-tivities and then clean up on Saturday morning when the event ends at 6 a.m. Lufkin said serving on the committee has allowed people to develop new friendships and share expe-riences. “It has also helped us feel empowered over a thing that we have very little con-trol of,” Lufkin said. “It is also creating a network of people that can reach out to those in our community that are diagnosed with cancer or caring for some-one with cancer.”

In the end, they also know they are working hard for an important cause. “It is an amazing feel-ing to be part of such an inspirational event,” Lufkin said. “I have been involved in many charity events, but this one is special because it is a community event that involves people of all ages and backgrounds that come together for a common goal: Less Cancer – More Birthdays! … It is such a powerful event.” More information is at www.relayforlife.org/rose-mountmn.


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Rosemount-area cancer survivors walk around the Rosemount High School Irish Stadium track to open last year’s Rosemount Relay for Life. This year’s event will be held June 22 and 23 at the high school.

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ter, Cindy Kampa, serves as company director. Two years after it opened, the studio moved to Apple Valley, setting up shop at 147th Street and Pennock Avenue on the site of what is now Rascal’s Bar and Grill. It moved to its current loca-tion, just across the street from Rascal’s, in 1981, when what was then a roller skat-ing rink was put up for sale. “I came over and saw these beautiful wood floors and knew it was the place,” said Kampa, known to her students simply as Miss Mo-nique. The studio, which cur-rently has about 250 stu-dents, offers ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop and other styles of dance. “We teach pretty much everything,” Swedberg said. “Everything except pole dancing,” Kampa added with a laugh. Over the years Kampa has seen many of her stu-dents enter the ranks of pro-

fessional dance. Former stu-dents have performed with the Moulin Rouge in Paris, danced with the Radio City Rockettes in New York City,

and appeared in a host of Hollywood films including “The Blues Brothers.” Twice a group of Kam-pa’s dancers have appeared in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, in 2001 and 2011. That first appearance was espe-cially memorable, coming just months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “We visited Ground Zero,” she recalled. “It was very emotional for all the girls to go through.” Kampa, who before she opened her own studio was a teacher with the Anda-hazy Borealis Ballet Com-pany in St. Paul, said she doesn’t have plans to retire anytime soon. “My first ballet teacher was 90,” Kampa said. “I don’t plan on teaching until I’m 90, but I plan on teach-ing a few more years.”

Andrew Miller can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Monique Kampa opened Monique School of Dance in 1972, and over the years she’s seen many of her students enter the ranks of professional dance. Former students have performed with the Moulin Rouge in Paris, danced with the Radio City Rockettes in New York City, and appeared in Hollywood films including “The Blues Brothers.”

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Jeff Payette of Apple Valley had planned to mark his third year as a cancer survivor by serving as the honorary chairperson at the Rosemount Relay for Life on June 22 and 23. But the 50-year-old fa-ther of three died June 10 after what his family de-scribed as a heroic battle against esophageal cancer. Payette, who was born Nov. 24, 1961, was diag-nosed three years ago with the inoperable cancer, which he said in a January 2012 Thisweek story that doctors said was caused, in part, by years of erosion created by acid reflux. “It was devastating,” he

said in January. “But I have too much to live for. I don’t have time to get depressed.” After his diagnosis Pay-ette endured chemotherapy, radiation treatments and fi-nancial burdens, for which a benefit was organized ear-lier this year.

“Through this whole time, everyone’s been so helpful,” he said at the time. “I don’t think I have enough thank yous to give.” Payette, a custodian at Scott Highlands Middle School, was a Marine for eight years, serving in Desert Storm and Desert Shield. He is survived by wife, Maria; sons, Joshua, Alex and Miguel; father, Jack (Mary); brothers, Tony, Steve (Barb); sisters, Mary (Tim) Duecker, Chris (Steve) Borman; and many nieces and nephews.


apple Valley man dies from cancerJeff Payette fought a ‘heroic battle’ against the disease

Jeff Payette

the sport at Eastview than at some other high schools. “I think so,” he replied. “At Eastview, the expecta-tion is the team is going to be good every year, and that’s something we desire. When we didn’t get out of the section last year, it mo-tivated us.” In the state champion-ship game, the Lightning started quickly and never let Eden Prairie (15-3) back into it. Eastview led 4-0 be-fore the game was 10 min-utes old. Heppner, named the state’s Mr. Lacrosse earlier in the week, had two goals and one assist in the first quarter. Heppner said Eastview noticed early in the game that Eden Prairie seemed committed to taking away Ryan McNamara, the Lightning’s talented junior attack. “Once we saw they were trying to lock out Mac, I felt like I had to step up a little,” Heppner said. Heppner finished with two goals and two assists. Junior attack Tanner Ha-

mill scored twice in the second quarter after Eden Prairie cut Eastview’s lead to 4-2. Senior attack Erik Gage had a goal and three assists. McNamara, Brett Sch-weiger, Mitch Beattie, Shane Kenealey and Jake McGlocklin also scored for Eastview in the champion-ship game. Koenen and the Eastview defense shut down an Eden Prairie team that scored 15 goals in its state semifinal victory over Totino-Grace. Koenen stopped 16 of 20 shots and Eden Prairie was held to one goal in each quarter. “Our goalie played out of his mind tonight,” Roche said. “We always knew we had a great goalie,” Heppner said, “but no one gave him any respect.” McNamara had four goals and four assists as Eastview defeated Edina 15-6 in a semifinal game June 5. Hamill scored three goals for the Lightning, which scored nine of the game’s final 10 goals. After beating Minnetonka 16-15 in its

season opener, Eastview didn’t allow an opponent more than nine goals in any of its last 16 games. “I just think we all re-laxed,” Koenen said. “When we played Minnetonka, be-cause it was our first game, we were probably a little tight. But we knew what we were supposed to do and we settled down.” Not everything went smoothly for Eastview this season. The Lightning lost senior midfielder Alex Wohl to a torn knee ligament after he scored nine goals in the team’s first seven games. It also was missing a starting defender during the state tournament because of an unspecified code violation. And the Lightning’s faith could have been shaken by a 9-8 loss to Lakeville North on May 8. Instead, Eastview won its final eight games. “Right after we lost to North, we knew why we lost,” Roche said. “And we made sure it never hap-pened again. That’s what I love about these guys.”

Mike Shaughnessy is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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by Jessica HarperSun ThiSweek

Grab your passport and ex-plore the artistic wonders across the globe in eagan. now in its 18th year, the eagan Art Festival will take guests on a journey June 23 and 24 to different cultures with its exhibits, music, food and dem-onstrations. “we hope people will enjoy looking at the variety of art and gain an appreciation for music and art from all cultures,” said wanda Borman, festival direc-tor. Those who attend event, which is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, will be given passports at the event’s entrance at ea-gan’s Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. The passports will be stamped at each tent, and the person with the most stamps can earn a prize. Attendees will be drawn to different continents while listen-ing to eastern, Celtic and Latin music. Artists in the experience tent will provide demonstrations in pottery, painting, fused glass, henna, and other crafts. Classic oil painter, Larry Landis of eagan, is the festival’s featured artist. Landis, a Vietnam and iraq

war veteran, took up painting while studying engineering in the mid-1970s at St. Paul College. A few years later, he began study-ing studio art at the university of Minnesota. Landis said in his biography on the festival’s Facebook page that he often turned to art while serving abroad. in 2004, Landis retired from the military and began studying under Thomas Stiltz, a popular contemporary artist in Califor-nia. “we try to have different me-diums on our cover,” Borman said. “it’s not often you find a classic oil painter, and he’s very talented.” Borman noted that Landis’ paintings are so detailed and clean they resemble photo-graphs. The festival will feature 98 artists who will exhibit a wide variety of pieces include paint-ing, weaving, sculptures, jewelry and photography. Multicultural activities won’t be limited to adults. Children will be able to learn about other cultures through a puppet show and by creating a mask. The eagan Art Festival has continued to grow every year. Borman said she expects the event will attract more than the 6,800 people who attended last year.

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

Eagan Art Festival returns for its 18th year

Explore wonders of the world

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The Eagan Art Festival is back for its 18th year June 23 and 24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at Eagan’s Central Park, 1501 Central Parkway. The festival will take guests on a journey across the globe with exhibits from several cultures.

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The Eagan Art Festival attracted 6,800 people last year and is expected to top that figure this year.

theater and arts briefsHeartbeat performance heartbeat Studios’ dancers, actors and singers will perform Saturday, June 16, and Sunday, June 17, at eastview high School. Stu-dents ages 3 to 12 will per-form at 1 p.m. A 6:30 p.m. show will feature heartbeat Studios’ teen, adult, teach-ing staff and guest artists. Music of the 1980s will be highlighted. Tickets are available at the door. Call (952) 432-7833 for informa-tion.

Nobel Peace Portraits Doug knutson, son of former state Sen. howard knutson, and brother of former state senator and current Dakota County Judge David knutson, will be displaying his no-bel Peace Portraits at the

Burnsville Performing Arts Center on June 14 through July 21. An opening recep-tion will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 14. knutson, a 1979 gradu-ate of Burnsville high School, has been a com-mercial photographer based in Minneapolis for 25 years. Over the course of his career he has photographed 21 nobel Peace Laureates including Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Lech walesa and elie wiesel.

Mini-workshops for dance heartbeat Studios, 7661 w. 145th St., Apple Valley, is offering social dance mini-workshops in ballroom and Latin. each workshop is one hour per day for four days. Separate

workshops are offered for children and teens/adults. workshops are sched-uled evenings June 18-21 (ballroom) and June 25-28 (Latin). Call (952) 432-7833 for more information.

Whitesidewalls to perform The whitesidewalls are opening the 33rd annual wednesday in the Park free music series at Burnsville’s Civic Center Park at 7 p.m. June 20. Concert-goers are en-couraged to bring a canned or nonperishable food item to donate to the M.O.M.S. program food shelf and re-ceive a free Pepsi product. Food will be available for purchase. For more informa-tion, visit www.communi-tyed191.org or call iSD 191 Community education at (952) 707-4150.


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by Andrew MillerSun ThiSweek

if you enjoy theater but prefer it in small doses, the Lakeville Area Arts Center has just the ticket this week-end. Fast Fest, the Minnesota Association of Community Theatres’ short-play festi-val, will take the stage of the arts center tomorrow (Saturday, June 16) with eight plays lasting no longer than 20 minutes each. The event features the-

ater troupes from across the state, including three based in Dakota County. The Da-kota Fine Arts Consortium will present the comedy “Love Always,” Lakeville-based The Play’s The Thing Productions is staging the drama “Loons,” and Ap-plause Community Theatre of Burnsville will perform “embers.” in a sense, actors and crew members of the the-ater groups involved will have to hustle – in addition

to the 20-minute time limit for performances, they’ll each have just five minutes to assemble a set, and five minutes to strike it after

they perform. Following each play, there will be a question-and-answer session with the performers, moderated

by Minnesota theater direc-tors Juliana Skluzacek and Mona Poehling. “To see theater is won-derful, but to be able to take part in a discussion like that is invaluable,” said Dayna Railton of Lakeville, a MACT board member and the chair of Fast Fest. “That’s when you learn – what worked, what didn’t, why did the actors make the choices they did? it chal-lenges you and makes you think.” Though the festival runs from 1 to 10 p.m., it’s bro-ken into an afternoon ses-sion and evening session.

Tickets, which will be avail-able at the door, are $25 for the full festival or $10 for one of the sessions. An “afterglow party” with the actors and direc-tors is scheduled at Old Chi-cago in Apple Valley follow-ing the final performance at Fast Fest. it’s open to the public with a $5 cover, but it’s free if you purchased the all-day festival pass. More information about Fast Fest is at www.mact.net.

Andrew Miller can be reached at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

Lakeville Area Arts Centerhosts Fast Fest on June 16

At short-play festival, actors have to hustle

arts calendar

family calendar

To submit items for the Arts Calendar, email: darcy.

[email protected].

Auditions Auditions for Expressions Community Theater’s “The Odd Couple” will be 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, June 18, and Wednes-day, June 20, at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. If needed, callbacks will be 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 21. Auditions will be readings from the script. Bring a head shot or current photo. Age range for all roles is 35-plus. Call director Andy Wilkins at (612) 293-0173 with questions.

Books Larry Millett will be at the Apple Valley Barnes & Noble store, 14880 Florence Trail, from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 16, to sign copies of “Once There Were Castles: Lost Mansions and Estates of the Twin Cities.” Information: (952) 997-8928.

Comedy Isaac Witty with special guest Robert Baril at 8:30 p.m. Friday, June 15, and Sat-urday, June 16, at MinneHAHA Comedy Club, 1583 E. First Ave., Shakopee (lower level of Dangerfield’s), (612) 860-9388, www.minnehahacomedyclub.com. Tickets: $13.

Concerts Music in Kelley Park fea-turing Dustin Hatzenbuhler and Four Degrees of Freedom from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 15, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and beverages available for pur-chase. The Wesley Bell Ringers, a group of 33 high school students from Christ United Methodist Church in Salt Lake City, Utah, will play their nearly 200 hand-bells in concert at 7 p.m. Friday, June 15, at River Hills United Methodist Church, 11100 River Hills Drive, Burnsville. Jimmy Cliff with Toki Wright, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 16, Subway Music in the Zoo, Minnesota Zoo amphithe-ater, Apple Valley. Cost: $41. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com. Minnesota Sinfonia will per-form a Father’s Day concert at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 17, at Caponi Art Park’s outdoor amphitheater, Eagan. A $5 per person donation is suggested. Rain date: July 15 at 7:30 p.m. Information: www.caponiartpark.org. Wednesday in the Park Concert Series with The White Sidewalls, 7 p.m. June 20 at Civ-ic Center Park, 75 Civic Center Parkway, Burnsville. Jerry Jeff Walker with GB Leighton, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 17, Subway Music in the Zoo, Minnesota Zoo amphithe-ater, Apple Valley. Cost: $41. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com. Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers with Van Ghost, 7:30 p.m. June 19, Subway Music in the Zoo, Minnesota Zoo amphitheater, Apple Valley. Cost: $44. Tickets available at ticketmaster.com. Brandi Carlile, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, June 20-21, Subway Music in the Zoo, Minnesota Zoo amphitheater, Apple Valley. Cost: $44. Tickets

available at ticketmaster.com. Music in Kelley Park featur-ing Ménage à Neuf from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 22, at Kelley Park, 6855 Fortino St., Apple Valley. Free. Food and bever-ages available for purchase.

Exhibits World Travel Photography exhibit by artist Becqi Sherman at the Lakeville Area Arts Center, 20965 Holyoke Ave. Information: (952) 985-4640.

Festivals Farmington Dew Days runs June 13-16. Information: http://farmingtondewdays.com. The International Festival of Burnsville will take place from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 16, in Nicollet Commons Park, Burnsville. The free festival will feature a variety of cultural dance and musical performanc-es, ethnic food, cultural exhibits, and children’s activities. Infor-mation: www.intlfestburnsville.org.

Theater The Chameleon Theatre Circle will present “A Chorus Line” at 7:30 p.m. June 14-16 and at 2 p.m. June 17 at the Burnsville Performing Arts Cen-ter, 12600 Nicollet Ave. Tickets are $20 for adults; $17 for stu-dents, seniors, and groups and can be purchased at the box of-fice or via Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787 or ticketmaster.com. Cromulent Shakespeare Company’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” will be presented at 6:30 p.m. June 24 in the The-ater in the Woods outdoor am-phitheater at Caponi Art Park in Eagan. Free, but a $5 donation is requested. Information: www.caponiartpark.org.

Workshops/classes Music Together in the Val-ley offers classes for parents and their infant, toddler and pre-school children in Rosemount, Farmington, Lakeville and Apple Valley. Information: www.music-togetherclasses.com or (651) 439-4219. The Eagan Art House of-fers classes for all ages. For a complete listing go to www.eaganarthouse.org or call (651) 675-5521. Dan Petrov Art Studio in Burnsville offers oil painting classes for beginners, interme-diate and advanced skill level painters, www.danpetrovart.com, (763) 843-2734. Teens Express Yourself with Paint, 5 to 7 p.m. Mondays at Brushworks School of Art in Burnsville, www.BrushworksS-choolofArt.com, (651) 214-4732. Drama/theater classes for ages 4 and up at River Ridge Arts Building, Burnsville, (952) 736-3644. Special needs theater pro-gram (autism-DCD), ages 5 and older, Burnsville, (952) 736-3644. Join other 55-plus adults at the Eagan Art House to create beaded jewelry. The Jewelry Club meets on the third Friday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m. Fee is $3 and includes all sup-plies. Bring any old jewelry you would like to re-make. 3981 Lex-ington Ave. S., (651) 675-5500. Savage Art Studios, 4735 W. 123rd St., Suite 200, Sav-age, offers classes/workshops

for all ages. Information: www.savageartstudios.com or (952) 895-0375. 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. Present-

ed by Making Scents in Minne-sota. Country line dance classes held for intermediates Mondays 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Rambling River Center, 325 Oak St., Farmington, $5/class. Call Mari-lyn (651) 463-7833.

Beginner country line dance classes on Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m., at the Lakeville VFW, 8790 Upper 208th St. $5/class. Call Marilyn (651) 463-7833. Country line dance classes on Wednesdays at the Lakeville

Senior Center, 20732 Holt Ave. Beginners, 9-10 a.m.; Intermedi-ate, 10 a.m.-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.

To submit items for the Fam-ily Calendar, email: darcy.

[email protected].

Friday, June 15 Summer Fresh Friday Film, “Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead,” 6 to 8 p.m. at Valley Natural Foods, 13750 County Road 11, Burns-ville. Information: (952) 891-1212, ext. 221.

Saturday, June 16 Tenth annual Junk Market from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Towne and Country Shopping Center, 1998 Cliff Road E., Burnsville. Free admission. Vendor oppor-tunities available. Held rain or shine. Father’s Day Tractor Show from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Pahl’s Market, 6885 160th St., Apple Valley. Information: (952) 431-4345, www.pahls.com. Food drive for Dakota Coun-ty food shelves, 9 a.m. to noon, at Ss. Martha & Mary Episcopal Church, 4180 Lexington Ave. S., Eagan (Diffley and Lexington). Requested: canned food, peanut butter, dry goods, personal hy-giene items, cooking oil, flour and baking items. Cash donations ac-cepted. The International Festival

of Burnsville from 3 to 9 p.m. in Nicollet Commons Park, Burns-ville. The free festival will feature a variety of cultural dance and musical performances, ethnic food, cultural exhibits, and plenty of children’s activities. Informa-tion: www.intlfestburnsville.org. Marriage Encounter week-end begins at Mt. Olivet Confer-ence Center in Farmington. Visit www.marriages.org for a listing of retreats or call (651) 454-3238.

Sunday, June 17 Father’s Day Tractor Show from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Pahl’s Market, 6885 160th St., Apple Valley. Information: (952) 431-4345, www.pahls.com. Open house from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Lutz Railroad Garden, 2960 Egan Ave., Eagan. Free. Trains will not run if raining. Infor-mation: (651) 454-3534.

Tuesday, June 19 Family Fun Tuesday – Car-natic music of South India with Nirmala Rajasekar and the Naadha Rasa Ensemble, 10 to 11 a.m. in the Sculpture Garden at Caponi Art Park, Eagan. $4 per person donation is suggested. Information: (651) 454-9412 or www.caponiartpark.org.

Thursday, June 21 Music in the Parks – Music that Tickles, 10 a.m. at Central Park Amphitheater, Rosemount. Free. Weather line: Call (952) 985-1780 option 6 to find out if a performance has been cancelled. Thursday Rockin’ Readers – M.W. Savage Principal Jeremy Willey, 11:15 a.m., Nicollet Com-mons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free. Thursday Rockin’ Lunch Hour – Bob the Beachcomber, noon, Nicollet Commons Park, 12600 Nicollet Ave., Burnsville. Free.

Friday, June 22 Inaugural Louie Schmitz Me-morial Golf Tournament at noon at Fountain Valley Golf Course, 2830 220th St. W., Farmington. Cost: $100; includes golf, free beer and food on the course, prizes and music, and a steak dinner at the Farmington Legion. Proceeds will go towards memo-rial scholarships and a fund for financial assistance for student athletes. For more information or to register, contact John Barger at (952) 240-6793 or [email protected]. Outdoor movie, “Soul Surf-

er,” 7:30 p.m. seating, dusk show-time, part of Burnsville’s “Flicks on the Bricks” series at Nicollet Commons Park in the Heart of the City.

Saturday, June 23 Family open house for Rocky Point Lighthouse Vaca-tion Bible School from 9 a.m. to noon at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church & School, 151 E. County Road 42, Burnsville. Activities in-clude music, games, crafts, skits, bounce house, and a community service project. Free. Informa-tion: www.goodshep.com or (952) 432-5527. Benefit for the Gagnon family at noon at Hope Church, 7477 145th St. W., Apple Valley. Bill Gagnon is currently receiving hospice care for stage 4 colon cancer. His wife Leanne is in re-mission from breast cancer. Ben-efit includes lunch, silent auction, bake sale, and family-friendly games. Donations can be made to the Gagnon family and mailed to the church. Field Day – An emergency communications public dem-onstration, starting at 1 p.m. and running 24 hours at Neill Park, Burnsville (Upton entrance). See how local “ham” radio operators

with the Twin Cities Repeater Club serve the community during an emergency. Information: www.tcrc.org. Movies in the Park, “How To Train Your Dragon,” at dusk at the Central Park Amphitheater near City Hall, Rosemount. Bring blan-kets and lawn chairs. Weather-related updates: (952) 985-1790, option No. 6.

Blood drives The American Red Cross will hold the following blood drives. Call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. • June 15, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m., Easter Lutheran Church - By The Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan. • June 15, 1 to 6 p.m. Celebra-tion Church, 16655 Kenyon Ave., Lakeville. • June 16, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Brunswick Zone XL, 11129 162nd St. W., Lakeville. • June 18, noon to 5 p.m., Cul-ver’s, 16225 Galaxie Ave., Apple Valley. • June 19, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m., Roundbank, 3380 Vermillion Riv-er Trail, Farmington. • June 20, 1 to 7 p.m., Rose-

mount Community Center, 13885 S. Robert Trail, Rosemount. • June 20, 2 to 7 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 151 E. County Road 42, Burnsville. • June 21, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 10970 185th St. W., Lakeville. • June 23, 10:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., Burnhaven Library, 1101 W. County Road 42, Burnsville.

Reunions Lakeville High School Class of 1972 will hold its 40th reunion at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 28, at the home of Bruce and Pat Zweber, 387 Maple Island Road, Burns-ville. Information: Mary Boege-man Johnson at [email protected] or Mary Ann Knox at [email protected]. Burnsville High School Class of 1992 will hold its 20th reunion from 7 to 11 p.m. Satur-day, Aug. 4, at the Hyatt Regency, downtown Minneapolis. Tickets are $50 in advance or $65 at the door. To register and purchase tickets, visit https://reunionman-ager.net/class_members/regis-tration.php?class_id=124786 or contact Kelly Bruce Regan at [email protected] or Bob Hayes at [email protected] with questions.


Sportsby Mike Shaughnessy

Sun ThiSweek

katrina Vogelgesang and hannah Segar were ninth-graders when Apple Val-ley high School went out on its own in girls lacrosse. Last week the two senior captains said they assumed their reward for playing four years on varsity would be helping build a founda-tion for future eagles teams to reach the state tourna-ment. They said they didn’t think they could dare dream about getting to state before they graduated – which is what made Apple Valley’s third-place finish in the 2012 tournament all the more satisfying. “Back then, i don’t think any of us could have thought this would hap-

pen,” Segar said. “But we did come close last year, and we start to think if we could make some improve-ment this year, we might get there.” Apple Valley (14-5) got to the state tournament after toppling no. 1-seed-ed Lakeville north in the Section 3 final. At last week’s state tournament at Chanhassen high School, the eagles lost to eden Prai-rie 11-2 in the semifinals before defeating Stillwater 9-8 in the third-place game. Segar’s goal with 1 minute, 54 seconds remaining – her fifth of the game – was the winner against Stillwater. Apple Valley high School’s girls lacrosse pro-gram is in its fourth year after a previous co-op with eastview dissolved. For

a while, things didn’t go smoothly, Vogelgesang said. “i think we won two games our first year,” said Vogelgesang, a forward. “There’s a group of four or five of us who have been on the team since we were in ninth grade. each year, we won a couple more games and after last year we started to think there was a chance we could go to state this year.” Apple Valley, seeded fourth of the four state tournament qualifiers, lost 11-2 to no. 1-seeded eden Prairie in the semifinals June 6. Ten minutes into the game the teams were tied 2-2, then eden Prairie scored the game’s final nine goals. Segar acknowledged that the eagles weren’t sure if they could pull the upset. “we were in the game for a while,” she said. “we started thinking maybe we could do it. But eden Prairie is so good.” Segar and Vogelgesang scored in the eden Prairie game. Apple Valley built a four-goal lead by halftime of the third-place game, only to see Stillwater come back to tie the game with 3:21 remaining. Stillwater had possession with a chance to take the lead but committed a turnover, and Segar raced downfield to score the win-ning goal. Vogelgesang, hannah D’Cunha, Liz hermes and Mandie kaiser also scored in the Stillwater game June 7. hermes added two assists for a three-point afternoon. Blake (16-2) defeated eden Prairie 11-10 to win its fourth state champion-

ship. The loss was the first in 18 games this season for eden Prairie. Blake and eden Prairie have played for the state ti-tle every year since the Min-nesota State high School League started sponsoring a girls lacrosse tournament in 2007. Other seniors on the Ap-ple Valley team are goalie Ashlynn Seely, forward kai-ser, forward Anna nguyen,

defender Tess Rybar, for-ward hermes, defender Alyssa Lewis and defender Dilini Sundaram. Six of the starters against Stillwater will be back next season. is that enough for the eagles to make another push for the state tourna-ment? “For sure,” said Segar, who might play club la-crosse at the university of Minnesota. “They’ll still

have katie (Larson, a soph-omore midfielder), who is so fast. we had a good sophomore class this year. if they keep getting better, they have a good chance of coming back here next year.”


Third place at state OK with EaglesGirls lacrosse team makes big strides in four years

by Mike ShaughnessySun ThiSweek

Apple Valley high School hired its new head wrestling coach from with-in, giving the appearance that it will be business as usual at one of the nation’s most successful programs. Just don’t tell that to the new coach, Dalen was-mund. he has coached wrestling for 30 years, in-cluding 20 at Apple Valley, and knows the demands of the role he’s taking on. “The two people who were head coaches here be-fore me are legends,” was-mund said, referring to Jim Jackson and Bill Demaray. “Those are big shoes to fill.” not to mention a lot of institutional knowledge to replace. Jackson, who re-tired from coaching this spring, led Apple Valley to state championships in 14 of his 17 years as head coach. Although Jackson wouldn’t completely close the door on coaching in the future, he has said he does not anticipate returning at any level. Demaray was Apple Val-ley’s head coach from 1976, when the school opened, until 1995, when he stepped down and was replaced by Jackson. his teams won seven state championships. Demaray took one year off from coaching before re-turning to the eagles as an assistant and remained in that position through last season. wasmund said De-maray has told him he will not return as an assistant coach next season. That meant wasmund, who was named head coach last week, has been busy speaking with candidates to fill positions on the staff. “Fortunately, i’m finding there are a lot of qualified people,” he said. wasmund had two stints

as an assistant coach with the eagles. he was with the program from 1982 un-til 1990, when he became head coach at eagan high School. he was the wildcats’ coach for 10 seasons before returning to Apple Valley as an assistant in 2000, in part because it would allow him to coach his sons in wres-tling and football at AVhS. wasmund is a mathematics teacher at Apple Valley wasmund said he had no designs on the head coach-ing job at Apple Valley. “i wasn’t really looking at it,” he said. “i just thought (Jackson) would be here as long as i was, and we’d re-tire at the same time.” he was a two-time state champion at worthington high School and had a 117-4 record. From there, he wrestled for the university of Minnesota, earning All-America honors twice, and twice was a u.S. Olympic Team alternate. wasmund also was named national high School Assistant wrestling Coach of the Year in 2011. One of the questions

asked most frequently of wasmund since being named head coach is how he plans to keep the eagles nationally prominent. Ap-ple Valley was third in the high school national rank-ings in 2011-12 after win-ning national titles the pre-vious two years. For that to continue, the eagles will need to contin-ue wrestling an ambitious schedule. in recent seasons, the eagles have wrestled in tournaments almost every weekend during the regular season, some of which took them out of state. That requires a large amount of fundraising. Jackson told Sun Thisweek newspapers last month he found fundraising one of the most difficult aspects of being a head coach. “i believe in a great schedule,” wasmund said. “The kids like competition, and they realize good com-petition makes them bet-ter.”


Wasmund takes on a weighty task

Longtime AV assistant will be head wrestling coach


Molly Flynn of Rosemount lines up a putt

at the state Class AAA girls golf tournament

Tuesday at Bunker Hills in Coon Rapids. Flynn

shot 88 in the first round and was tied for 33rd

place. Meanwhile, the Eastview girls were in

sixth place after the first round. The final round of

the tournament was still in progress when this edition

went to press. Visit SunThisweek.com

for updates.


Eden Prairie’s Davis Dalton (25) and Eastview’s Tanner Hamill collide during the state lacrosse championship game last week at Chanhassen High School.

Long time comingEastview lacrosse wins school’s first boys state title

Photo by Brian nelson

Apple Valley midfielder Hannah Segar brings the ball upfield against Eden Prairie during the state girls lacrosse tournament last week. Segar had six goals in the state tourney, including five against Stillwater in the third-place game.

Photo by Brian nelson

Apple Valley’s Liz Hermes tries to get past an Eden Prairie defender during the state girls lacrosse tournament.


Dalen Wasmund (left), who has coached wrestling in School District 196 for 30 years, is Apple Valley’s new head coach.

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Sports Briefs

Eagle relay pleased with secondState record falls in girls 4x100

by Mike ShaughnessySun ThiSweek

Apple Valley could not win a second consecutive state championship in the girls 4x100-meter relay. But the eagles’ runners couldn’t be too disappointed, con-sidering the team that beat them this year set a state meet record. “i know i felt like i left it all out there,” said Jaryn Pipkins, a junior. “And in this meet, you should feel that way.” The second place by the girls 4x100 relay was tied for the best finish by an Apple Valley high School athlete at last weekend’s state Class AA track and field meet at hamline university. Jor-dan Charles also was a state runner-up in the boys triple jump. Pipkins teamed with Megan Maki, Brita Daw-son and emily Bonewell to run the girls 4x100 in 48.44 seconds. Although the eagles improved on their preliminary time by more than eight-tenths of a second, they couldn’t catch hopkins, which blazed to victory in 47.73. That time broke a state meet record set by Minneapolis washburn in 2004. Pipkins and Maki ran on an eagles team that won the 4x100 relay at state last year. Apple Valley might make a run at the title next year, too; of the four girls who ran on this year’s relay, only Bonewell graduates. The Apple Valley ath-lete said they put in a lot of time on refining their hand-offs, and all three exchanges worked smoothly in the state finals. “That’s really the biggest thing because you can move up or down a place by hun-dredths of a second,” Daw-son said.

The second-place relay finish was worth 10 team points to the eagles, who were 10th in the Class AA team standings with 25. Fourteen more points came from the pole vault, where junior hannah Linder and senior kelsey harms fin-ished third and fourth. Linder cleared 11 feet, 6 inches, the same height as state champion em-ily Guimont of edina and runner-up Paige Clements of Mounds View. But none of the three could break the 11-6 barrier, and Guimont earned the title because she had the fewest missed vaults. harms topped a list of four vaulters that cleared 11-3. eagles senior Marissa Akinseye finished ninth in the shot put at 38-9 1/2. She was one of five throwers from the South Suburban Conference to place in the

top nine. Apple Valley’s boys nar-rowly missed coming away from the state meet with a team trophy. The South Suburban Conference and Section 3AA champions were fourth at state with 41 points. The top three teams receive trophies. Jordan Charles, a junior, went 46-1 in the triple jump to take second place behind Park of Cottage Grove se-nior Rilwan Alowonle, the star of the Class AA state meet. Alowonle won the triple jump, 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles, and ran on Park’s first-place 4x100 re-lay. Apple Valley placed third in two relays. Quinn hooks, Charles, Dom McDew-Stauffer and Steven wilson ran the 4x200 in 1:28.24. The eagles were defend-ing state champions in the 4x100 and took third this year with DaShawn Lewis,

hooks, Patrick O’neil and wilson finishing in 42.68. Jalen Stewart, Alex Brandel, Charles and Mitch hechsel finished sixth in the 4x400 relay in 3:24.97. Other top-nine finishers for the Apple Valley boys were kevin Davis in the 110 hurdles (fifth, 14.61), McDew-Stauffer in the discus (fifth, 155-0) and hechsel in the 400 (eighth, 49.55). individuals and re-lays that finish in the top nine at the state meet earn All-State recognition. wayzata won the boys team championship at the Class AA state meet while Lakeville South won the girls title.

Eastview eastview was 35th in the boys and girls team stand-ings at the Class AA meet last weekend. Junior erica Bestul led eastview’s girls with a fifth-place finish in the 800. her time was 2:15.30. Allie Funk, also a junior, cleared 11-3 to finish sixth in the pole vault, just 3 inches short of the winning height. The Lightning’s Melita ware was 12th in the triple jump. eastview also had a med-al winner in the boys pole vault, where senior Bren-dan Cole cleared 14-0 to tie for fourth place. The other Lightning athlete to score points at state was senior sprinter Leandre kennedy, who was eighth in the 100.

Rosemount Rosemount girls made the Class AA finals in two hurdles races last weekend. Rachel Schow, the only ninth-grader to reach the finals in the 100 hurdles, placed sixth in 15.15. Mad-eline Phillips, a senior, fin-ished eighth in the 300 hur-

dles in 46.43. They scored Rosemount’s six team points at state. The irish boys didn’t get on the state team score-board this year. Coming closest to a top-nine finish was senior Chandler Dye,

who was 10th in the 1,600.


Photo by Mike Shaughnessy

AppleValleyseniorTannerRaymankeepstheballinplayduringadoublesmatchat thestateClassAAboys tennistournamentlastweekattheUniversityofMinnesota.TheywereSection3AAdoubleschampions.

Photo by Mike Shaughnessy

Apple Valley senior Sam Hoyt serves during a doublesmatch at the state Class AA boys tennis tournament lastweekattheUniversityofMinnesota.HoytandteammateTannerRaymanwononeoftheirtwomatchesatstate.

Youth shoot at Dakota County Gun Club The next free youth shoot at the Dakota County Gun Club in Rosemount is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Boys and girls 16 and un-der are welcome. All equip-ment will be provided free. Participants will be outfit-ted with .22-caliber rifles, 20-gauge shotguns, am-munition, hearing and eye protection, bows, arrows and arm protection. Partici-pants will receive one-on-one instruction on how to handle firearms and archery equipment safely. Youth shoots this sum-mer are scheduled for June 16, July 7, July 21, Aug. 3 and Aug. 18. There will also be a free women’s shoot from 3 to 8 p.m. Aug. 18 to try rifles, handguns, muzzle-loading rifles and shotguns. Partici-pants must be 16 or older.


AppleValley’sBritaDawsonhandsofftoteammateEmilyBonewell during the girls 4x100-meter relay preliminariesatthestateClassAAtrackandfieldmeet.ThetwoteamedwithJarynPipkinsandMeganMakitotakesecondplaceinthefinalstoaHopkinsteamthatsetastatemeetrecord.


AppleValley juniorJordanCharlesfinishedsecondintheboystriplejumpatthestateClassAAtrackandfieldmeetlastweekendatHamlineUniversity.


Leandre Kennedy of Eastview runs the 100-meter dashpreliminaries at the state Class AA track and field meet.Kennedywentontoplaceeighthinthefinals.

Stop SmokingToday’s The dayEagle doubles

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Landscape Managementcompany seeking CrewLeads for its St Paul loca-tion in grounds mainte-nance. Job duties includeability to operate mowingequipment, physical la-bor; up to and includingbending, kneeling, andlifting up to 50 lbs. andother duties as assigned.Additional requirementsinclude basic knowledgeof turf care, tree, shrub,and flower maintenance,leadership, and organiza-tion skills. Experiencehelpful. Seasonal or year-round positions available.Must have valid driver'slicense and clean drivingrecord, pass a driver's li-cense and backgroundcheck, drug/alcohol pre-employment test, andmedical certificationphysical. Compensation:$12.00-$18.00 per hourpending experience. To apply visit our web siteat www.rxlandscape.com

Food Manufacturing Entry level positionsavailable 1st and 2ndshifts $9.00 Hour.

Call 763-504-4522 formore information.

Education

Teachers New Horizon Acade-my in Eagan is accept-ing resumes for Teach-ers at our Lexingtonand Diffley location.Candidates must beteacher qualified underMN Rule 3 guidelines.

For more informationor to schedule an

interview call Cheryl @651-688-6638 or email

resume to [email protected]

E.O.E.

Drivers Full-time OTR, Van/Reefer. Minimum 2 yrs re-quired. Late Model equip-ment. Regional/ Longhaul. Weekend Hometime. Competitive wageDOE. Call Nik:

651-325-0307

CTX is looking for OwnerOperators based out ofMinneapolis/St. Paul andSt. Cloud area. Primarytravel w/in 300 miles of St.Paul, home daily with op-tional weekend work, ex-tremely competitive pay,freight includes live loads,live unloads, drop & hookand door to door service.Must have truck in goodmechanical condition,clean driving and DOTrecord. 763-444-7290 Joe

Help Wanted/Full Time

9100

Construction Companylooking for PROFES-SIONAL Sales Reps! Jobis salary based w/ com-mission & very attainablewkly & monthly bonuses.Only respond if you desireto make $75,000.00+ a yr!Call Bryan at 763.244.6679

CNC ProgrammerBloomington manufactur-er seeking Advanced CNCProgrammer position inour CNC Dept. 7-3:30pm M-F. Qualified individualswill be responsible for pro-gramming various typesof CNC machines. Profi-cient in Virtual Gibbs re-quired. Send resume w/salary to: [email protected]

Carpenter/FramerSeeking entry level

carpenter. Strong candi-date will have some

experience framing orother similar carpentrywork. Must be comfort-able with heights and

heavy lifting. Must pro-vide own transportation

to south metro area.Call Chris at 612-749-9752


9100

St. Lucas Care Centeris Hiring LPN's

Winner of the esteemedAHCA Silver QualityAward.

We offer varied nursingopportunities including:Transitional Care Unit,Ventilator DependantCare, Alzheimer's, andTraditional Long Term.

If you are a motivated anddependable individuallooking for a job in a re-warding work environ-ment, consider a career inlong term care at St. LucasCare Center.

RN SupervisorEvening's & Overnights

LPN'sAll Shifts

If you are an enthusiasticteam player and want tomake a difference in thelives of others, please sendresume to:

Sheri Ferguson, HR Director

St. Lucas Care Center500 First Street SE

Faribault, MN 55021

Or email [email protected]

EEO/AA

RN/LPN'sRegency Home HealthCareis seeking part/full time;day, eve and nightRN/LPN's to provide ser-vices to ventilator depen-dent clients in privatehomes as well as groupsettings. Seeking nursesin Maple Grove, Plymouth,Minneapolis, BrooklynPark, Burnsville, Ro-seville, Maplewood, St.Paul and Blaine. Musthave great attention to de-tail, problem solving, ex-cellent communicationand clinical skills. If interested please submit

online application at www.regencyhhc.comor fax resume attn: Julie

@ 651-488-4656. EOE

PCAsRegency Home HealthCareis seeking part-time day,evening and night PCAs tocare for a clients at ourMendota Heights, AssistedLiving Home, as well as inprivate homecare settingsin the Burnsville/AppleValley and Lakeville areas.

Responsible for all clientcares. Must be compas-sionate, have great atten-tion to detail, excellentproblem solving and com-munication skills.

If interested, please sub-mit online application atwww.regencyhhc.com orfax resume attn: Julie at

651-488-4656. EOE.

HealthCare

9050

Laid off? Downsized?Stay home Moms/Dads

need extra money? Unlim-ited income potential. Get

Paid Daily. Call AndyBesser Ind. Assoc.

612.454.5821

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BusinessOpps & Info

9020

Employment9000

Lakeville: Manufactured

HomeFor Sale

$8000952-435-7979 2 BR, 1 BA.

Lakeville: For Rent!

Starting $800 per month

2 BR, Manufactured

HomeNo shared walls!

Call Tanya 952-435-7979 W/D Hookups!

Lakeville: For Rent!

Newer 2 BR, 2 BA Manufactured Home

Full amenities inkitchen

Starting at $865952-435-7979

For Sale: Mobile Home inApple Valley. '89 Skyline 3 BR, 2 BA, 6” walls, 14' X70'. Needs attention, main-ly carpeting. $15,000. 612-275-7823.

ManufacturedHomes

8100

Choice beautiful adjoininglots in cud sac, near EagleLake, Willmar. 320-235-1270

Lotsfor Sale

7700

1 BR $625/800 sf 1A/C. &2 BRs, 2BA $800/1100sf, 2 A/C's Deluxe Apart-ments, lg balcony + dish-

washer. BrooksideApartments 16829 Toron-to Ave. SE, Prior Lake MN

Apartments& Condos For Sale

7400

Real Estate7000

Rosemount: 2 BD Off St.pkg. Includes heat & wa-ter. NO PETS. AvailableNOW. $600. 952-944-7983

Lakeville, 2BR, 1BA, Qui-et 4-plex, Heat, water & garincl., No pets, Avail Now,1 month free w/ 12 monthlease, $675, (952)495-4095

Farmington 2BR & Studio On site Laundry.

No pets. 612-670-4777

Apartments &Condos For Rent

6400

Manor Homes of Edina onLangford Drive. Single gar.$75/mo. David 612-859-3600

Garages& Misc

5900

Warehouse in Great Location! 1200 sq ft

heated/lighted Shop /Warehouse Space for

Lease. Located off PilotKnob Rd Apple Valley

No bathrooms Info: 612-889-8768

Storage5700

All real estate advertisingin this newspaper is sub-ject to the Fair HousingAct which makes it illegalto advertise “any prefer-ence limitation or dis-crimination based on race,color, religion, sex handi-cap, familial status, or na-tional origin, or an inten-tion, to make any suchpreference, limitation ordiscrimination.” Familialstatus includes childrenunder the age of 18 livingwith parents or legal cus-todians; pregnant women;and people securing cus-tody of children under 18.

This newspaper will notknowingly accept any ad-vertising for real estatewhich is in violation ofthe law. Our readers arehereby informed that alldwellings advertised inthis newspaper are avail-able on an equal opportu-nity basis. To complain ofdiscrimination call HUDtoll-free telephone numberfor the hearing impairedis 1-800-927-9275.

RentalInformation

5500

Rsmt 2 Bdrm Duplex 2 car garage $900/mo.

612-251-0063

Duplexes/DblBungalows For Rent5300

Pets3970

Prior Lake 2BR, attachedgarage, pets OK. $950/mo.Includes Sewer & WaterAvl Now! 952-440-4112

Townhouse ForRent

5200

AV TH: Conv. loc! Wlkingtrls, schl Sr. Ctr, 2BR/1.5BA, Fplc., W/D, lg. Kitch,$1125+util. 651-437-8627

Townhouse ForRent

5200

Rentals5000

PCA 11 Yrs Exp. 1 to 1 inyour home, overnightsavailable 952-435-3152

Home HealthCare Providers

4300

Pets3970

Rosemount, Church runlicensed child care. StartsAugust 6. Affordable pric-ing. Call for information.651-423-2271

LV Daycare DesignLic/Exp 2+ Ex. rate, Cur-

ric. H! Memb. 952-432-8885

Farmington PT/FT Day-care 20mos+. Drop in avl.

Kathy (651) 463-3765

Apple Valley/RosemountThe Bridges Child Care

Center & PreschoolEstab. in 1973.

Summer & Fall ProgramsPreschool: 2 1/2-5 yr olds,2 days $112/mo. or 3 days

$135/mo, 9:30-11:30AMChildcare: Free Preschlprog incld, 2 1/2-12 yrs;6am-6pm, FT/PT. Certi-fied staff. $175/wk FT;

$38/day PT. Discounts forFamilies. Transp. to Diam

Path, Cedar Park &Glacier Hills Schls

651-423-2527

ChildCare

4100

Family Care4000

Up for Adoption:Beautiful 4 yr old Blue

Seal Himalayan Cat.With accessories. $50

952-890-1165

Peeka & Boo, 2 sweet &beautiful, bro & sis, orangetabby cats, together only toa special loving home. Alltests/shots/spay/neut. $75for both. Vet. refs. req'd.Call Jerry 952-888-9524

Free Kittens!

Assorted, mostly yellow!

6-10 WeeksMales & Females952-469-5155

Cat for adoption Tipper,4 yr old male Ragdoll cat.Current on all shots. Hasbeen neutered, declawedand microchipped. 952-892-0959

Pets3970

Agriculture/Animals/Pets3900

1989 Bayliner Capri 19.5 ft, Mercruiser 2.3 liter I/O, open bow. Garaged in-doors, one owner, in great shape, with trailer, ready to launch, $4,700. Burnsville.

952-435-1953

Boats, New& Used

3720

Boat Slip, Giddeons Bays/Tonka Bay. Up to 18'. elec. Pk30'/dock $1650. 612-824-7554

Boat Services,Storage & Slips

3730

Leisure3700

Sale! 6/22-23, 9-5. 6501 W.18th St. toys, kids cloz,couch dishes TV/dvds more

St. LouisPark

3683

St John's ChurchGarage Sale

12508 Lynn Ave.Savage, MN

Preview Night 6/20 (5-8)$3 Admission;

6/21-22 (9am-8pm);Bag sale 6/23 (9am-1pm)$5/bag or 5 bags for $20.

952-890-9465

Savage3673

June 21 and 22, 7am-4pmcouch, chair, dresser,

household items 15229Claret Ave. West

Rosemount3671

Garage/Plant/Yard ArtSale 6/21-23 (9-6) Multi-

Family, unique items!4548 Grimes Ave. No.

Robbinsdale3668

Prior Lake, June 21-23,9am-7pm 8616 Oak HillCircle Huge Multi-FamilySale

PriorLake

3666

Multi-Family Sale2296 Terrace Drive

June 21 - 22 - 23 (9-6)

MoundsView

3656

6/21-23 9-4pm Moving Sale!Furn, linens, tools, lamps16175 Crystal Hills Dr.

Lakeville3643

Farmington, 6/21 6/226/23, 8 - 6 19913 LangfordLane Toys includingAmerican Girl, House-holds, Girl clothes, misc....

Farmington3628

June 21 (8-3), June 23 (9-1),round oak dining tbl, antqschool desk, stamping upproducts, garden fencing& more. 6109 Concord Ave

Colony at Edina Community Garage SaleFri June 22 and Sat June23 (8am – 6pm) Barrie Rd –Colony Way – North of 65th

Street, East of Fairview

Edina3625

Multi-Family 6/21-23 (8-4)Baby items, HH, cloz, misc4333 Beaver Dam Rd.

Eagan3623

Don't miss this one! 5607 Regent Ave. North6/21-23 (9-6) Men's cloz

(2x-4x), file cab., fishing, HH,baby items, much more!

Crystal3619

Multi-Fam Nice cloz Womns-m, mens, kids, HH 6/14-158-4, 6/16, 8-12. 228 73rd Way N

Moved Mom SaleFri, 6/22 (9-5); Sat 6/23 (9-1)7361 James Ave. North

BrooklynPark

3608

Estate Sale. Misc kitchitems w/knick knacks &furn, game items. 6/22-24,(10-6) 7000 Quail Cir W

BrooklynCenter

3607

Multi-Family SaleJune 21 - 22 (8am-5pm)9218 10th Ave. South

Moving In Sale 6/21-22 (7-6) Furn., dresser, toys, HH.11144 Rhode Island Ave So

Bloomington3606

AV: 6/23 8-4p Multi Fami-ly Mary Kay closeout, HH& Misc. 14795 Haven Dr

6/21-23 9-6p, HH, collCD/DVD, mowers, beads& misc. 1072 Ramsdell

AppleValley

3603

Garage Salesnext week3600

HUGE COMMUNITYGARAGE SALE

Saturday, June 16 (9-4)7400 OAK PARK VILLAGE DRIVE

BIG SALE: 6/14-15 (8-4)Name brand cloz & toys,HH. 2840 Brunswick Ave S

St. Louis Park

3583

Big Sale! June 14-15 (8-5);and June 16 (8-12)

3937 Halifax Ave. North

Robbinsdale3568

Big Sale! 6/14-16 (8-5)Lot's of everything! 6511 Logan Ave S

Richfield3567

HUGE SALE: 6/14-16 (9-5),College items, Furn, tools,Variety, 21 Teakwood Ln

Plymouth3565

Huge Sale: 6/21-23 (8-5).Furn, designer cloz sm to+sizes, lots more! 4505 W.Branch Rd (CR rd 19 & 151)

Orono

3563

Multi Fam: 6/14-16 (9-4).Teen/kids cloz, toys, HH,misc. 3017 Lakeshore Blvd

HUGE SALE: 6/14-16 (9-5),Dishes, Pic Frames, HH,Misc. 13623 Bellevue Dr

Minnetonka

3554

Lkvl, June 20-23, W 4-8,TH/F 8-4, S 8-12 16016Harvard Dr. Multi-famsale kids clothes, toys,household items and furn.

6/14, 15, & 16th 8-4pm16886 Greenland Path

Pool tbl, beer signs, Hutch

Lakeville

3543

Farmington, June 14, 15,16;, Th,F 8-4; Sat 8-1 6021175th St W - Exer Equip;

Clothes; Toys; Furn; misc.

Farmington, 6/13/12 &6/14/12, 11:00 AM-6:00PM North Trail Elemen-tary School- 170th & PilotKnob Factory Direct Hunt-ing Clothing Sale. Visithttp://tinyurl.com/huntingclothes for more info

6/15-16th 9-5pm Clothes,dresses, HH, Sports! 18559 Everest Path

Farmington3528

Multi Fam 6/14 - 16th 8-4p Furn. Bks, cloz, HH &

more! 721 Granite Dr.

Eagan, June 15-16, 8:00am-4 pm 4693 ParkridgeDrive HH items, babyitems, boy clothes, toys,candles.

Eagan, 6/14-6/16, 8-43762 Brown Bear Trail.Garage Sale--Lots of baby

items and girl clothes!

Eagan 90 Unit Twn-home Community Sale!

6/14-6/17, 8-4pm. OnCliff Lk Rd, Btwn Rahn &Blackhawk (across from

Cub) HH, furn, glassware,plus sz cloz, art & more!

Eagan

3523

Multi-Family 6/14-16 (8-5)HH, water/boat toys, tools,more! 4800 Hampshire Av N

Crystal

3519

Multi Fam: 6/14-16 Hunt-ing & Camp, books, cloz, ,HH, misc. 6927 45th Place N

Crystal

3519

30 Houses Fri-Sat 6/15-16(8a-4p) 36½ - 40th Aves &

Central Ave - Johnson

Columbia Heights

3514

Moving! 6/14-16th 9-5p.422 W. 158th St. Furn, fzr,HH, craft stuff. Lots of stuff!

Huge Sales! June 14-15, 8-5,June 16, 8-1. 13808 E.Wellington Crescent

Burnsville Moving SaleWednesday, June 13th –June 14th, 0-5, 2721 TerraceDrive Great deals! Down-sizing too much smallerhome!

149th St & Cty Rd 5!(Signs) 6/14-16th 8-5pm.Dog kennels, crates, furn,

dishes. Holiday décor,orig. artwork & more!

Burnsville3509

Multi-Fam! HH, furn, fullsz BR set, appl, misc. 6/15-16 (9-5) 1040 74th-½ Ave N.(Dupont & Meadowood)

Moving Sale! 6/14-16 (8-4), 6708 Yukon Ave N.Furn, sofas, dining set,bar stlz, piano, HH & more

Huge Sale! Offc supplies,jewelry, books, bird feed-ers, sporting, HH. 6/14-16,9a-7p. 8549 Adair Circle N.

BrooklynPark

3508

June 14-15-16 (8-5) Oak bedframe, refrig., misc. HHitems 5537 Emerson Ave N

Big Sale: 6/15 & 16 (8-4)HH items, tools, furn, cloz,1906 Brookview Drive

6/14-16 (9-6), TV's, Cloz (in-fant to + size). HH, Misc.

6837 Orchard Ave N

BrooklynCenter

3507

Saturday only June 9th &16th. Yard tools, HH, booksand more. 8528 5th Ave S

Multi-Family 6/15-16 (8-4)Garden plants, HH, furn.,much more! 10920 Irwin Ave

Multi-Family 6/14-15 (8-5)Cloz (Ladies sz. 1x-3x; boys10), mens stuff, bed linens,HH, misc. 8209 12th Ave So.

Moving Sale! Everythingmust go! 5581 Hyland CrtsDr – B Court. HH, furn,bks, art, tools. 6/15-16 (9-5)

Moving Sale 6/14-16 (9-5)HH, hunt/fish gear, antiqs,cloz (kid & adult), tons ofmisc! 10807 York Ave S.

Moving 6/16 (8-5); 6/17 (9-2) Furn., yard tools, antiq.sewing mach., HH. Cashonly. 10416 Wyoming Av S.

6/14-15 (8-4) 6/16 (8-1) HH,furn, cloz, bedding, books,dolls, misc. 5313 W. 106th St

Bloomington3506

Saddle Ridge AnnualMulti Fam Furn. HH,tools, cloz & baby gds.6/14-16 9-5p; located OffPennock on 128th St W btwnMcAndrews & Palomino

Hunters Woods Garage /Moving Sale. 6/14-16th 8-5p,Furn, antqs, toys & tools.

8720 Highwood Way

Estate/Moving! The es-tate of an 'Occasional Sale'vendor. 5990 134th St. Ct.6/13 -16th 9 - 5pm Held atthe Comm. of ChristChurch 100's of new, vin-tage, antq, HH & furn items

AppleValley

3503

Garage Salesthis week3500

Piano Wurlitzer Consoledelivered, tuned, warran-ty. $795 952-540-7444

MusicalInstuments

3280

Buying Old Trains & ToysSTEVE'S TRAIN CITY

952-933-0200

� � WANTED � �Hifi/stereo equip., HAM,& misc. old electronics.

Andy 651-329-0515

Misc.Wanted

3270

COURT RESOURCES-SAVE! Bkrptcy Debt Re-lief $860* Divorce/Custody$570* Civil/Criminal DUIstart $165* *court fees ad-ditional 763-792-4940, 218-828-4483

Antique Hay Wagon7 foot Long. Includes SteelWheels and Spring Loaded

Seat. 5 foot wide.$500 or best offer.

Makes for great lawn art. Call 952-451-2480

Misc.For Sale

3260

Free Boxelder Firewood 4-6 ft lengths. U haul! Fgtnarea. 651-208-7838

Give-Aways& Swaps

3200

Powerwashing2490

Teak Ofc: Lrg desk ($2,800new), credenza, lamp, 3drwr cab, 4 shlf bkcs, magrack, flr planter, vid cab.$450. Daybed: Whiteiron/brass hdbrd & sides,rollout, incls. mats $175.All exc cond! 952-820-0254

Patio Set Round 48” dia.Glass top, 4 chairs 2 swivel

Lkvl $175 952-898-2611

Couch, loveseat, chairTan, microfiber, Solid Exccond $499. 952-843-8138

Couch floral exc. Cond.$95 952-423-5098

Furnishings3160

To Place Your Sale AdCall Jeanne 952-392-6875

Deadline: Mondays at 3pm

VICTORIA600 Interlaken

Sat., June 16 (8:30-4:30)#'s at 8 am

Sun., June 17 (8:30-3:30)Incredible quality designer

furniture, HH items & accesswww.willmatthill.com

EDINA - 5210 Villa WayAntiqs., China (ChristmasLenox, Schumann, Belleek& Occupied Japan), Crystalstemware, purses, scarves,

lrg. rock collection, 2 curios,2 sets BR furn 6/15-16 (9-7)

EstateSales

3130

Grandview Park Cemetery,Hopkins. 2 side by side plots,$950 ea, or BO. 602-861-8082

Glenhaven MasonicGardens, 2 plots, $3,000.

763-545-5867a

For Sale: 4 Lots GlenhavenGood Samaritan Garden$7,000/BO. 320-243-3165

Burial Plots(2): Glen HavenMemorial Gardens (MasonicGarden) $850 for both. (651)331-1670 [email protected]

Bloomington Cemetery:2 plots $2,200.

Call 952-884-0868

CemeteryLots

3090

Vintage Occasional Sales12 Vintage Shops

within minutes - 8 inCarver & 4 in Chaska

3 Days Every Month!June 21, 22, 23

Thurs (10-5); Fri-Sat (10-4)Antiqs, Vintage & SeasonalFacebook: The OccasionalShops of Carver & Chaska

Antiques3010

Merchandise3000

Tennis LessonsUSPTA Pro - 15 years exp.CALL RON 651-292-0043

Schools &Instruction

2750

Piano Tuning & Repair35 Yrs Experience

952-540-7444

Music &Dance

2730

TreeService

2620

Window Cleaning

651-646-4000

Rich's Window CleaningQuality Service. Afford-

able rates. 952-435-7871

WindowCleaning

2660


2510

Powerwashing2490

Tree Service CleanCut Tree Service: Treetrim/remove, stumpgrinding, bush trim.FREE estimates. Call Eugene (651) 855-8189

TREE REMOVAL/TRIMMINGShrub Pruning Free Ests

Lic'd / Ins'd / 20 Yrs Exp.651-455-7704

Cedar Valley Tree Ser-vice Specializing in largeremovals.We are fully in-sured. Licensed in citiesthat are required. 24 yrs

exp. Locally owned & operated! 612-532-3786

TreeService

2620

A Good Job!! 15 yrs exp.Thomas Tree Service Immaculate Clean-up! Tree Removal/Trimming

Lot Clearing & Stump RemovalFree Estimates 952-440-6104

612-275-2574AJ's Tree Service

Trimming & RemovalFree Estimates & Insured

$0 For Estimate Timberline Tree & Landscape.

Spring Discount - 25% Off Tree Trimming, Tree

Removal, Stump Grinding 612-644-8035 Remove Large

Trees & Stumps CHEAP

PAUL BUNYAN TREESERVICE, INC.

Tree Trimming & Removal Insured 952-445-1812

paulbunyantreeserviceinc.com

651-338-5881 Absolute Tree Service

Exper. prof., lic., Ins. Reas. rates.

absolutetreeservicemn.com

TreeService

2620

STUMP GRINDINGFree Ests. Best $$. Ins'd

Brett 612-290-1213

NOVAK STUMP REMOVALFree Est Lic/Ins 952-888-5123

Al & Rich's Low CostStump Removal, PortableMach. Prof tree trimming& removal. 952-469-2634

StumpRemoval

2600


2510

Powerwashing2490

Tear-offs & New ConstructionSiding & Gutters

Over 17 yrs exp. Free est.Rodney Oldenburg

612-210-5267952-443-9957

Lic #BC156835 • Insured

Why WaitRoofing LLC

Offering the Best ExtendedManufacturers Warranty

We Take Care of Insurance Claims

Spring Discounts Avl!Regal Enterprises IncRoofing, Siding, WindowsGutters. Insurance Work.Since 1980. Lic. BC 51571.

952-201-4817 Regalenterprisesinc.net

Roofing * Siding Gutters * Soffit/FasciaTOPSIDE, INC. 612-869-1177 Licensed * Bonded * Insured32 Yrs Exp. A+ Rating BBB

NEED A ROOF?Dun-Rite Roofing

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952-461-5155 www.DunRiteMN.com

Lic. 2017781

Majestic Remodlers LLCRoofing •Siding •Gutters

Ins. Claim ExpertLic. #BC004723

Curt at 612-363-7510

A Family Operated Business

Roofing/Tear-offsNew Construction

BBB Free Est.MC/Visa

No SubcontractorsUsed.

Lic/Ins. 952-891-8586


2510

Great Service Affordable Prices

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ROENROOFING Inc.

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Storm Damage RestorationRoofing ■ siding ■ windows

Established 1984

(763) 550-0043(952) 476-7601(651) 221-2600

3500 Vicksburg Lane Suite 400-351Plymouth, MN 55447 Lic # 6793

General Contractors

Commercial and residential pressure washingDecks strip & seal, roof washing, house washing,

concrete cleaning and staining. Full exterior washing.

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Mike and Marty Udermann ofR o s e m o u n t a n n o u n c e t h eengagement of their son Mat-thew Thomas Udermann to SonjaJoy Quist, daughter of Brad andKristin Quist of Lakeville. Thetwo will graduate from the Uni-versity of Minnesota in May of2013. They are both currentlyserv ing in the Uni ted S ta tesArmy. The two will be joined inMarriage on August 24th, 2012 atthe Church of St . Joseph ’s inRosemount.

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Thomas Gene Matakis, III ofBurnsville, MN, age 62 died onJune 1, 2012 in Junction City, KSsurrounded by family. He wasborn in St. Paul, MN and grewup in Grafton, WI. He gradu-a t e d f r o m C e d a r b u r g H i g hSchool. He was an automobileenthusiast, and shared the pas-sion for the outdoors with both ofhis sons . He was preceded indeath by his wife, Donna in 2004,parents Thomas and Joyce. Hewas survived by his sons, Adamof Apple Valley, MN and Seth ofFort Riley, KS; brothers Mark,Scott and Craig. A funeral ser-v ice was held a t S t . Br idge tCatholic Cemetery, 345 Cem-etery Rd,, River Falls, WI at 1pm on June 8, 2012. Flowers andmemorials were welcome.

Jeff PayetteAge 50 of Apple Valley passed

away on June 10, 2012 after aheroic battle with esophagealcancer. Preceded in death by hismother Margaret "Muggs". Hewas an outstanding husband,father, son, brother, and friend.He was a proud Marine for eightyears, serving in Desert Stormand Desert Shield. He will be car-ried in our hearts forever. Sur-vived by wife Maria, sons Joshua,Alex and Miguel, father Jack(Mary), brothers Tony, Steve( B a r b ) , s i s t e r s M a r y ( T i m )Duecker, Chris (Steve) Bormanand many nieces and nephews.Memorial Mass 11AM Friday,June 15, 2012 at Church of theRisen Savior, 1501 E. CountyRoad 42, Burnsville, MN. Gath-ering of family and friends 5-8pmThursday a t Whi te Fune ra lHome, 14560 Pennock Ave.

Interment, Lebanon Cemetery,Apple Valley, MN

White Funeral HomeApple Valley 952-432-2001www.whitefuneralhomes.com

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honor of Wes Hasbrouck’s 80thbirthday , on Sunday June 24thfrom 2-4 pm at the RosemountUnited Methodist Church. Pleasejoin us! No gifts please.

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spending, noting there are many more vacant homes than in years past. “That will be putting a tax burden on what we are able to spend as a county,” Swanson said. “The con-cern I have is if we’re losing revenue that way, how can we make it up?” Swanson said many people encouraged her to run against Gerlach after Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland decided not to run, in part because they told her they were con-cerned he would hold up transit development. Gerlach told Sun Thisweek he was chief au-thor of legislation to fund Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit both as a represen-tative and a senator. Gerlach was elected to the House in 1998 and re-elected in 2000 and 2002. In a special election, Gerlach moved to the Senate in 2004 and was re-elected in 2006 and 2010. “What the county needs is a balanced transportation system of roads and tran-sit,” Gerlach said. “That is what I’ve advocated for at

the Legislature.” He said the county is “well-managed,” noting Dakota County has the lowest county tax rate in the state, and advocated for limited government and lower taxes. “It’s a nonpartisan of-fice,” Gerlach said. “But, I think it’s no secret that I’m a Republican. I have a con-servative view of what gov-ernment should be.” Gerlach said he decided to seek office to continue his public service, stating his experience will benefit the county. “I know who’s push-ing the buttons at the State Capitol, and I’m going to be able to help navigate and build on that state-county relationship in behalf of Dakota County.” Swanson said her pas-sion and “deep roots” in the Apple Valley-Rosemount area will allow her to best represent the district. “I’d like to carry on my father’s legacy,” she said.

Laura Adelmann is at [email protected] or facebook.com/sunthisweek.

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Educators and volun-teers celebrated the 15th an-niversary of the Learning Buddies program in Dakota County during a luncheon last week. The program, which is fa-cilitated by DARTS, brings adults to classrooms to help elementary students with reading, math and science. The program began in Eagan in 1997 with a few adults who read with chil-dren at Glacier Hills El-ementary School. Now, the program has 28 participating schools and 90 volunteers in Dakota Coun-ty. Some 37,000 children have been mentored dur-ing more than 67,000 hours with Learning Buddies over the years. “The DARTS Learning Buddies program provides a vital link between schools in need of help and commu-nity volunteers who want to help,” said Jo Lynn Bucki, Learning Buddies coordina-tor. “Our wonderful volun-teers look forward to work-ing in classrooms just as much as the students look forward to seeing them. The program is a win for schools, children and volunteers as they connect, share experi-ences, and learn from one another.” Learning Buddies vol-unteers do a variety of ac-tivities, such as helping stu-dents with math problems,

leading reading groups, or facilitating small groups in science activities. Some vol-unteers have been with the program since it started, and some spend three entire school days a week helping in classrooms. Rosemount-based Flint Hills Resources has provid-ed funding and support for Learning Buddies since it began in 1997. “It has been an honor for Flint Hills Resources to be a part of the success of the Learning Buddies program,” said Scott Lin-demann, vice president of operations and plant man-ager at Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery. “From kindergartners to grandpar-ents, there are countless lives that have been positively im-pacted by this program.” The volunteers contrib-ute the equivalent of more than $110,000 in volun-teer time to schools each year. Teacher surveys show that students who receive individual attention from Learning Buddies volun-teers make significant gains in reading and math skills. As the 2011-2012 school year wraps up, DARTS is seeking new volunteers for next year. More information about the program is at www.darts1.org/volunteer/help-school-children/learning-buddies-program.

Learning Buddies connects adults with students

Flint Hills Resources, DARTS collaborate on 15-year-old program


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have been my last choice based on weather condi-tions and air temperature,” Anderson said. After that obstacle, An-derson completed the rest of 28 obstacles on the rain-soaked course in 3.5 hours with his team of four men and four women amid 15-20 mph winds and 50-degree temperatures. “The race was by far the most difficult event I’ve ever participated in,” said Anderson, who has run 5K and 10K races and a 12-mile urbanathlon with five obsta-cles that were made to seem like “Romper Room” com-pared to the Tough Mudder. “When they say ‘toughest event on the planet,’ they mean it.” He said the event had a “no-man-left-behind” theme that his overall team, which included a total of 22 people from the Burnsville-Savage area where his UPS delivery route is located (in addition to Rosemount resi-dents Jake Askew and Anne West), agreed to adhere to honor the military’s wound-ed warriors. As a result, he said faster runners had to go at a slower pace or wait at each obsta-cle, most of which required teamwork to overcome. “The course was de-signed by British Special Forces and was constructed to push your mental and physical barriers to the lim-its,” Anderson said. “Many of (the obstacles) were more psychologically difficult than physical.” Anderson said he never felt fatigued during the race, which he attributed to his training that started in De-cember. The Rosemount resident since 1990 made a “com-plete nutritional overhaul” that had him eating nearly 100 percent fruits, vegeta-bles, fish and chicken. His running routine con-sisted of weekday 5 a.m. runs of 5 miles, lunch break runs of 4 to 6 miles during the week and weekend runs of 10 to 12 miles. He said he averaged 500 push-ups and 100 pull-ups Monday through Friday since December. Anderson said he stayed motivated during his train-ing and the race because of the sacrifice of America’s wounded warriors. “It’s so much easier to put out that kind of physi-cal effort if you are doing it on behalf of someone else,” he said. “This was all about our military heroes.” Anderson has raised $5,225 and made hundreds of friends and family mem-bers aware of the Wounded Warrior Project. One donation that An-derson said he is so proud of is that from Rosemount resi-dents Jeff and Lori Wilfahrt, the parents of Andrew, who

was killed in Afghanistan in 2011. “I have never dedicated myself more to anything I’ve ever done than I did this event,” said Anderson, who is married to Cathy and has two sons, Phillip, 22, and Miles, 20. “I was determined to do it to the best of my ability to honor our wound-ed American veterans. “The feeling I felt when I finished is hard to explain,” he said. “I never doubted my ability to do it, so I wasn’t surprised that I finished. I guess I was very proud be-cause I did it for all the right reasons and did everything I could possibly do for the Wounded Warrior Project and to physically prepare my body for the challenge. I also felt a little empty be-cause it became such a huge part of who I was this year.”


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Photo submitted by Nancy FitzGerald

Rosemount resident Lon Anderson runs through a series of muddy mounds while electrified wires hang from a rigging during the Tough Mudder race on May 20. The race raised money to treat U.S. military personnel wounded in battle.

Photo submitted by Nancy FitzGerald

Rosemount resident Lon Anderson smiles after finishing the Tough Mudder race on May 20 when his team of eight completed the extreme obstacle course to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project.

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